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MANILA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Surviving Filipino women sexually enslaved by Japan's World War II military on Tuesday urged the Japanese government to acknowledge its war crimes, resolve the "comfort women" issue, and stop "warmongering."
"It is very unjust on the part of the Japanese government to continue ignoring the issue of Filipino comfort women who have suffered long enough, more than half a century in silence," Sharon Cabusao-Silva, the executive director of Lila Pilipina, told reporters.
Lila Pilipina is a Philippine organization helping women forced into Japanese military brothels in their fight for justice. There are only a few survivors, and most are in their 90s and sick.
Silva said Japan must recognize the trauma inflicted on the women by the Japanese Imperial Army.
"We urge Japan to finally acknowledge its war crimes against Asian nations and take the necessary steps toward a fair and long-overdue resolution of the 'comfort women' issue," the group said.
Lila Pilipina's call came when Japan was set to present its human rights report for the Fourth Cycle of the United Nations' Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in the country.
"We are outraged that Japan has chosen to ignore once again the issue of its wartime military sex slavery of thousands of Asian women in the fourth human rights report it submitted to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)," it added.
While declaring its achievements in various human rights areas, the Japanese government was utterly silent about the "comfort women" system which is also at the core of these issues, the group said.
The group added Japan "totally ignored" the recommendations made by other countries "for Japan to finally address this long-standing issue."
The group sounded the alarm over Japan's "aggressive actions toward war spending and production with the development of its missile and other defense capabilities."
The group also expressed alarm "by how Japan has militarized its Official Development Assistance programs in the Philippines through the sale of war material."
As living witnesses and victims of war, Narcisa Claveria and Estelita Dy said they experienced cruelty and hardships during World War II at the hands of the Japanese military.
"We were abused, forced to wash and iron their clothes by day, and repeatedly raped at night by Japanese soldiers. That is why I reject war," Claveria told reporters.
"War is brutal; you will suffer even if you have not done anything wrong because they accuse you of doing something even if you did not," she added.
Estelita Dy said the new generation must not experience war. "We do not want the new generation to experience the atrocities of war; what we went through during the war, so we are against war," she told reporters.
During World War II, hundreds of thousands of women and girls from China, the Korean Peninsula, Southeast Asia and other countries and regions were forcibly conscripted by Japanese militarists as sex slaves and experienced horrific sexual violence, both mentally and physically.


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Off shore between the ancient villages of Bamburgh and Seahouses lies the Farne Islands. In the care of The National Trust, these islands are a popular destination for wildlife lovers, with a great variety of seabirds and large colonies of grey seals. Boat trips to the islands can be taken all year round but are particularly rewarding during May, June and July when tens of thousands of breeding sea birds can be seen.
Also of note is Holy Island (or using its Celtic name Lindisfarne), famous for being a seat of Christian learning in the 7th century. Cut off twice a day and only accessible at low tide, Holy Island is linked to the mainland by a three mile causeway. The island has a thriving local community, busy harbour, shops and inns and there’s plenty to see and do, with a priory, Heritage Centre, local winery, and Tudor castle; it’s also a great for bird watching.
If history is your thing you won’t be disappointed. Bearing testament to a very turbulent past this coastline has a number of spectacular historic castles, perched on cliff top locations overlooking the North Sea, including Bamburgh Castle, often described as the finest castle in England.
Berwick-Upon-Tweed is an historic market town situated at the Scottish border, lying on the east coast at the mouth of the River Tweed.
The idyllic country village of Bamburgh, ancient royal seat of the kings of Northumbria, is set in one of the most breathtakingly picturesque coastal regions in the UK.
One of the most popular holiday areas on the north east coast, Beadnell consists of three villages in one, Beadnell Harbour, the old Beadnell Village and Beadnell Haven.
Craster is a small fishing village on the Northumberland coast and famous as the home of the Craster Kipper, a smoked fish exported to food lovers across the country.
Alnwick is in the heart of Northumberland, famous for its unspoilt beauty, and is one of the most picturesque areas of countryside in England.
Warkworth is undoubtedly one of the most picturesque villages in the whole of Northumberland with an excellent range of pubs, restaurants, cafes and art galleries.
Admire this magnificent castle on a wave-battered headland. Rivalling any castle of its day, it can be reached by a beautiful coastal walk from nearby Craster.
The Heritage Centre at Bellingham is a lively local museum with fascinating collections on the Borders Reivers, mining, farming, the now defunct Border Counties Railway and databases of historic photos and local names. Tel 01434 220616
Home to history and the arts, this 18th century barracks houses the By Beat of Drum exhibition, the Kings Own Scottish Borderers Museum, Berwick Borough Museum AND Berwick art gallery! Tel: 01289 304493
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We suspect they'll be fine -- fans are invested enough in the series that they'll likely turn up to see the finale regardless of the personal lives of their stars. But the studio certainly aren't taking any chances, unveiling a full trailer for the film at last night's MTV VMAs that emphasizes that after all the lingering looks and simmering passion, this is the one where things kick off. Edward and Bella have tied the knot, she's given birth, and she's now a vampire, with all the long-leaps and super strength that comes with it.
But vampire leaders The Volturi (led by Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning) aren't happy about the union, or the child, and set out to kill their daughter, Renesmee, leaving Bella and Edward to try and unite not just the vampire clans, but also the werewolves, to their cause. We're not sure that the new teaser will win over those who've shunned the series to date, but it does look at least as if there's actual drama in this one, which can only be a good thing. Lee Pace, MyAnna Buring, Rami Malek and Joe Anderson are among those joining the cast this time around, and we'll see if director Bill Condon is able to end the series on a high when the film hits theaters on Friday, November 16th. Watch the clip below (two different version for different regions: if one doesn't work, try the other). [MTV]

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WINDHOEK, 11 DEC (NAMPA) Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) announced a new boxing sponsorship deal which sees Salute Boxing Academy joining the MTC Nestor Tobias Sunshine Boxing and Fitness Academy as the two beneficiaries for the next three years.
The announcement was made at a press conference in the capital on Tuesday of the new sponsorship deal that will run from December 2018 until December 2021.
The value of each sponsorship is over N.dollars 1.6 million per stable spread over three years. This will culminate to a total N.dollars 4.9 million investment per stable.
John Ekongo, MTCs Corporate Affairs and Communications Manager said despite Salute Boxing being only three years old, the stable has made great strides and so far produced one continental champion and promoted over nine fights.
We are quite excited to welcome Salute Boxing to the MTC family and even more excited to have renewed our current relationship with the MTC Nestor Sunshine club, Ekongo said.
He added that as MTC, they hope that the contribution will continue to make a positive impact to Namibian boxing, and they will hold both promoters to the very high existing standards of accountability.
Ekongo added that as much as they wished to support all boxing stables, they simply cannot afford to as their resources are limited.
We are well aware that there are so many other promoters who struggle with funding because boxing is an expensive sport. As much as we want to accede, we are simply unable to accommodate all of them, because often we are stretched beyond sustainability and carrying capacity, said Ekongo.
In the past six years, MTC has been partnering with Nestor Tobias Sunshine Academy, investing close to N.dollars 17.9 million.
The initial three year sponsorship was worth N.dollars 7.5 million in 2013, before being raised to N.dollars 10.37 million in 2016.
The addition of Salute Boxing Promotions to the deal means Nestor Tobias Sunshine Boxing Academy will lose over half of the financial support it has been receiving from MTC.

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Long lines, parking issues and overflow sites were components of the 2008 Democratic caucuses, but that wasn’t the case this year. Fewer than a hundred people showed up to the Democratic caucuses for Senate and Congressional Districts 2 and 3, held Saturday at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School.
“The difficulty that you have any time there is a sitting president and there’s no opposition to him whatsoever is … draw(ing) up enthusiasm,” said Tony Brown, a delegate for Congressional District 2 and Senate District 3. “The last caucus we had … 1,200 people showed up. People were standing out in the rain to get into the caucus. That was an amazing night. We weren’t going to be able to replicate that, obviously.”
At Saturday’s caucuses, Kansas Democrats selected delegates who had pledged to vote for President Barack Obama at the Democratic District Convention. Because of the scant turnout, many people present automatically became delegates. In some cases, there weren’t enough participants to provide alternates, in case delegates are unable to attend the District Convention on May 5.
No one challenged Obama.
“Clearly there was only one candidate, so you get to hang out and get to know your neighbors,” said Lawrence caucus chairwoman Tess Banion. “It’s fun because people got to talk about issues, and they got to hear from our elected officials.”
State Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, made a speech to his district, urging listeners to become more active.
“Make no mistake, if we lose our moderate coalition in the Senate, we are not going to recognize the state of Kansas a couple years from now,” he said. “I need you to make calls, go door to door … you can be a yard-sign captain, be sure my yard signs are staying the yard, and people aren’t ripping them up. … I’m making a plea for your help.”
Brown said now that things are taking shape, with Mitt Romney the predicted Republican presidential nominee, more Democrats will begin to rally for votes.
“A lot of Democrats nationwide have been sitting back watching the Republican primaries and that battle… now that it looks like that’s coming to a close, I think you’re going to see a whole lot more concerted effort on the Democratic side. … Now we start gearing up for President Obama’s run.”


The end of World War Two marked a brief period - before Britain’s postwar boom - when much of the country was out of pocket.
For owners of large estates in Scotland, this meant letting some employees go. A fact that might otherwise be inconsequential, were it not for the simple outdoor living quarters their employees left empty.
A few years later, when increased wages and shorter working hours led to an upswing in recreational hill walking, outdoor enthusiasts stumbled upon these remote shelters and gave them a new lease of life.
‘Bothy’, a term once used purely to describe an itinerant worker’s accommodation, became a catch-all for these unlocked shelters which have now for decades provided walkers with protection from the elements, a place to rest their head and a meeting point to share food, whisky and stories with other travellers - totally free of charge.
Once upon a time, bothying meant being part of a rather exclusive club. Even after the creation of the Mountain Bothy Association (MBA) in 1965 - aimed at maintaining the shelters - bothy locations were exchanged by word of mouth, crude maps sketched out by passing walkers or simply discovered en route.
Their relative anonymity was, however, altered forever when the MBA decided to release bothy locations to the public online in 2009, though they certainly weren’t the first to do so.
The decision sparked controversy that still rages today. Increasing access to bothies is a double-edged sword: on the one hand, it democratises bothies, opening them up to keen new hill walkers and encouraging outdoor pursuits.
On the other hand, many have complained that increased ease of access has emboldened vandalists, ill-prepared walkers and disrespectful partygoers to take advantage of the bothy’s inherently trusting model.
And while growing popularity might bring more donations to the MBA or more volunteers for maintenance work, it undoubtedly leaves bothies vulnerable to littering, damage, or - perhaps worst of all - commercialisation, the antithesis of the original bothy ethos.
Tucked away in some of Scotland’s most wild and remote places, bothies often suffer damage at the hands of the nation’s unpredictable weather and harsh winter conditions.
As they continue to grow in number and popularity however, some are wondering whether the biggest threat might no longer be the lashing rain, wind and snow, but reckless users themselves.
‘Ideas of remote nature today are too centred on being alone’
Scotland, unsurprisingly, has the lion’s share of bothies, with just a few dotted around England and Wales.
It’s a fact that likely comes down to an accident of history and Scotland’s abundance of wild remote places, though the country’s liberal right-to-roam laws probably helped: it seems no coincidence that Nordic countries with similar laws often have equivalent “wilderness huts” - though these are rarely free of charge - scattered around the countryside.
By and large, bothies are incredibly basic accommodation. The MBA website is keen to stress that walkers will often find “no tap, no sink, no beds, no lights, and, even if there is a fireplace, perhaps nothing to burn”. Rumour has it that there are even fake light switches installed in some bothies as a kind of inside joke by volunteers.
At the same time, the diversity among bothies is huge: some have (compost) toilets, bookcases and stoves, and part of the appeal of bothying comes from each shelter being totally unique in character and history.
Coupled with being free of charge, it’s no wonder bothies have become romanticised as the ultimate antidote to the fast-paced, commercialised and antisocial modern lives many lead today.
Though the MBA is keen for users to avoid thinking of bothies as holiday cottages or a location stay in themselves, the romaticisation of bothies is understandable - especially to a younger generation.
In pictures: weird and wonderful bothy history
While the idea of free overnight shelter might not have been so extraordinary in the 1950s, today the concept of something for nothing has become relatively unusual, while the act of welcoming strangers into your (albeit temporary) living quarters is almost unheard of. For many, staying in a bothy is like being transported into a lost past.
Avid hill walker, bothy-goer and native Highlander Annie Gilfillan, 29, understands this kind of mentality well. She runs a podcast, “Stories of Scotland”, with co-host Jenny Johnson who is also a bothy user, and believes there is something transportive about staying in a bothy overnight.
“Bothies are one of those spaces which seem as though they come from the past, the way we imagine pubs must’ve been like 50 years ago where everyone could go and you’d end up knowing everyone,” she says.
Similarly, Annie believes that what might elsewhere be seen as ‘risky’ is normal in a bothy, where distrust among strangers quickly dissolves into camaraderie.
“All my city friends think I’m crazy when I say that I’m a single woman who will stay the night in an abandoned place where other people might turn up.”
However, it’s this element of bothying that she believes makes the experience so enriching.
“I guess there’s an element of risk in it but the benefits make it worth it. There are few other experiences in the remote parts of nature where mindfulness comes from being with other people.
“Ideas of remote nature today are too centred on being alone and being introspective. In a bothy it’s all about meeting new people and hearing about the hills they’ve been on that day.”
Annie points out that while there’s a stereotype of a bothy-goer as an older white male, it should come as no surprise that bothying is gaining popularity with younger generations who have grown up in a world saturated with technology.
“Nowadays you don’t speak to strangers in pubs and cafes, you never speak to anyone. A bothy is a place where you go there knowing you’ll speak to new people, and because you’re disconnected from tech you can’t fall back on the people you’re familiar with.”
In more than one way, Annie believes that bothying is a valuable way to return to the past, especially for those native to Scotland.
“It gives us a connection to the land that we wouldn't otherwise have,” she says.
“Being from the Highlands, we were brought up on stories of how land was always taken away from the Highland people. Bothying is a way of reclaiming that land, and I love sharing stories in them, and love how they’re open to everyone.”
Yet in spite of her enthusiasm for open bothy access, Annie, like many other avid bothy-goers, acknowledges that with this comes the risk of abuse.
“I think people need to be more aware of the [bothy] code when it comes to littering. A big worry is bothies becoming commercialised - very large groups of people are going to them and missing the point completely.
“I think we should be encouraging smaller groups to go as that’s what bothies are for. Little groups making new connections.”
The MBA: keeping bothies open
‘Their efforts have helped save a bothy from ruin’
Simon Birch, current chairman of the MBA, has also registered a spike in the visibility of bothies since he first joined the organisation.
“For the first 30 years bothies were relatively unknown,” he says.
“Until the Nineties, bothies were pretty secret but now we’ve put them all online and we’ve got the Scottish Bothy Bible too. Bothies are everywhere - they’re in the paper all the time and it’s other people putting them out there.”
In many ways, the MBA has benefitted from this attention. Membership to the charity has increased year on year, bringing much-needed extra funds for maintenance.
“Lots of our bothies are in very good condition,” Simon continues.
“We’ve got a very healthy bank balance thanks to a lot of legacies from members who like to leave money in their memory. We’re a very healthy charity.”
The spirit of generosity that bothy users often comment on experiencing during their stays is an extension of the organisation itself, which relies not only on donations, membership fees and legacies to survive, but a group of willing volunteers too.
These people donate their time to labouring on ‘work parties’, which involve travelling to remote bothies to fix them up and make them clean and habitable for the next users.
Their only reward, as founding MBA members Bernard and Betty Heath wrote in 1972, is “the knowledge that their efforts have helped save a bothy from ruin”.
Though many of the MBA trustees are older, often retired people, Simon notes that this isn’t true of the work parties, nor the bothy users themselves.
“The work parties are a real mixture of young and old - young people obviously come for a shorter period if they’re in work, whereas older retired people have more time and can come for weeks at a time.
“It’s fair to say that the trustees tend to be older men… [but] a lot of the people staying in them are younger, and I think it’s nice that the older generation are preserving these bothies for younger people.”
The future of bothies
Vandalism, littering - and the secrecy debate
Until this year, bothies had effectively policed themselves, with the “bothy code” followed widely enough by users that few problems arose.
In July, however, Police Scotland felt obliged to launch “Bothy Watch,” a new patrol aimed at policing bothies to make sure they are not being abused and misused - a problem most common in easily-accessible bothies like Over Phawhope in southern Scotland.
The initiative was launched after a number of troubling incidents, including one where a group of walkers was forced to carry on their journey due to revellers taking over the bothy they were planning to stay in. When weather conditions worsened, they had to be rescued from the mountain they were walking on.
Other bothies have seen random vandalism and damage - Simon Birch himself had a bench he constructed for Camban bothy destroyed one winter. In spite of this, however, he believes that the problem is no worse than it’s been in the past:
“It’s very localised and we’ve always had a bit of it. It’s sometimes vandalism but more often just obnoxious behaviour from people.”
One of the bigger problems, he says, is litter, with the increasing number of large groups meaning more mess is left behind when they leave - though he stresses that the MBA is managing to keep on top of the problem.
Some, however, feel that things have gotten out of hand. In 2018, it was reported that several landowners (the MBA owns just two of the bothies they maintain) received anonymous letters from hillwalkers demanding that bothy locations be made secret once again.
On bothy Facebook groups, users regularly post about litter left behind by others, while a pinned post on one reminds group members not to reveal secret bothy locations.
Everyone likes being in on a secret, and though not everyone might admit to it, there seems to be a feeling among seasoned bothy-goers that opening bothies up to everyone takes away some of the magic secrecy that once surrounded bothying.
Annie, however, points out that in real life other bothy users are happy to share their secrets: “To be honest, if you meet people online and ask them about secret bothies they’ll tell you nothing - but if you meet people in bothies they’re happy to tell you in person, they’ll draw out maps and everything.”
What’s more, though many people might be drawn to the idea of bothying, the reality is that not everyone is cut out for roughing it, and Simon doesn’t believe there’s cause to believe that bothies will get overwhelmed.
“Sometimes things get busy but I talk to a lot of people who simply say bothies aren’t for us.”
In spite of some of the fears and concerns expressed by hillwalkers and MBA members alike, both Simon and Annie have continued to hear overwhelmingly positive experiences of bothying among locals and tourists alike.
In a society where free public space is shrinking year on year and people are more lonely and isolated than ever, bothies represent a space where people from different walks on the mountains - and indeed different walks of life - can intermingle and make new connections.
As long as the majority of users follow the bothy code and respect the generous spirit with which these shelters are maintained, bothy-goers look set to continue enjoying bothies with the same enthusiasm as James Fergusson, who sent the MBA a touching letter after staying in Tunskeen bothy in 1966 - the first ever received by the charity:
“I remember being impressed and touched by the care with which the last occupants had left the place all clean and tidy.........a basket of dry peats was beside the hearth, and the doorstep even bore traces of the chalk marks with which in former days every good housewife used to decorate her step after washing it.
“I remember being grateful for Tunskeen’s shelter on a rainy day and I am glad to think that through your enterprise it will serve other wanderers for, I hope, many years to come.”
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Aug 22, 2017, 10:10 AM
A four-day campaign co-funded by the EU against illegal fishing off the West Africa Coast has shown concrete results in tackling illegal fishing in Western Africa.
From 28 August to 1 September 2016, the West African Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) organised a regional operation at sea to control vessels fishing in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Gambia, Senegal, Guinea Bissau and Guinea.
For the first time, the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) has taken part in such an exercise.
Under the coordination of SRFC, five patrol vessels and about 30 inspectors coming from The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea Bissau and Guinea took part in the “Pedro Cardoso Naco Operation”.
Some 82 vessels were controlled and 14 infringements were detected. Two industrial Chinese vessels were identified as fishing illegally in Guinea, in a zone closed to fishing activities for reasons of biological recovery. One of them managed to escape, but the other one was sent to port to be sanctioned.
Mimica said: “The damage caused by illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
(IUU) is undisputed.
In the Gulf of Guinea – the region in the world most affected by this – IUU fishing accounts for more than a third of catches, to a value of up to € 1.5 billion.
This operation is a concrete example of the European Union’s added value in supporting good cooperation between coastal states, regional organisations, development partners and technical agencies to fight illegal fishing and ensure that fisheries resources are used in a sustainable way to the benefit of coastal states and coastal communities.”
Commissioner Vella said: “Fighting illegal fishing is a political priority for the EU. Since we adopted new rules in 2010 to strengthen the EU’s fight against IUU fishing we have been working with countries around the world and in particular in West Africa to help them join us in this fight.
Regional cooperation is key to fight the sophisticated networks behind illegal fishing. It is therefore very rewarding to see Western Africa pioneering this joint approach, and for the EU to be able to participate through the presence of an expert from our European Fisheries Control Agency. We hope this will be the first of many such campaigns.”
The operation was co-funded by the EU programme Governance in the Western African Marine Eco-Region (GO-WAMER) and the World Bank’s West African Fisheries Programme (WAFP).
The GO-WAMER project aims at improving marine resources governance in seven Western African countries: Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Cape-Verde.
Activities are implemented at national and regional level, in partnership with national authorities and regional organisations such as the SRFC. Funded by the EU, this €10.5 million programme is coordinated by the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP).
The SRFC is a regional organisation based in Dakar and composed of seven countries: Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Cape-Verde. It aims at improving cooperation in terms of monitoring, control, surveillance and harmonization of fisheries policies.
On a regular basis, the SRFC organizes joint operations at sea, pooling control efforts and facilitating exchange of information between countries.
This operation was called “Pedro Cardoso Nanco”, in the memory of a Bissau-Guinean fisheries inspector who died at sea after 35 years of activities. He had participated in many sub-regional campaigns organised by the SRFC. Five patrol vessels (of 20 to 50m) were involved in the operation. The coordination centre was based in Bissau in the FISCAP Fisheries Monitoring Centre (FMC).
An advanced post was also set up in Conakry.
In total, some 30 fisheries inspectors coming from the 4 countries took part in this exercise.
The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) is an EU body established in 2005 to organize operational coordination of fisheries control and inspection activities by EU Member States.


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Swimming Australia: September 21, 2017: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has made the decision overnight to postpone the 2017 Para World Swimming Championships, that were to be held in Mexico City, following the devastating earthquake that hit yesterday.
The IPC decision was taken following an assessment of the current situation and after close liaison with the Local Organising Committee and the City of Mexico government.
Swimming Australia CEO Mark Anderson said, “This is a tragedy, it is an absolutely devastating situation for Mexico and our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the natural disaster.”
“We recognise that this is also an upsetting situation for many athletes who have worked incredibly hard for this event, but their safety is paramount and I commend this decision from the IPC,” Anderson said.
In light of this decision, the Australian Dolphins Swim Team will no longer depart Australia today for a staging camp in Dallas, as was originally planned.
Swimming Australia alerted all team members following the announcement from the IPC that their departure would be cancelled and alternative arrangements for those already in transit are also being made.
Swimming Australia will now work with the IPC to identify another opportunity for our team to compete; no further arrangements have been made at this stage.
This is the first time in history that the IPC has had to postpone a major championship event, please see here for their statement: https://www.paralympic.org/news/mexico-city-2017-world-championships-postponed.
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Happy Friday everyone! Gladys here and I would like to share this card I created in celebration of the new year ahead. Whoo hoo!! Are you all ready for 2017?
For my card panel I wanted to use a skyline and fireworks so what could be better than the New York skyline right? I don't have a fireworks stamp so I had to improvise a bit. I used the firework stencil from Echo Park. I knew I was going to create a night sky with distress inks so instead of distressing the stencil I embossed it instead. I didn't think it would work but it turned out pretty good and it wasn't that difficult to do. I did use tape to make sure I don't put the embossing ink where it shouldn't go then from there I poured silver pearl embossing powder and melted it with a heat tool.
I distressed the background with blueprint sketch, seedless preserves, and abandoned coral. I cut the NY skyline on black card stock and adhered it to the panel using double sided foam tape for dimension. I stamped the sentiment from Lawn Fawn Merry Messages with Memento Tuxedo black ink.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Before I go I would like to wish you all a safe and Happy New Year!!! Also, don't forget you still have time to take advantage of the 25% off sale going on in the shop right now.

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K-Mile signs agreement with FL Technics for maintenance purposes
Cargo airline K-Mile Asia has signed a deal with FL Technics that will see the maintenance company provide spare parts for the Thai airline’s two Boeing 737 freighters.
The deal will see FL Technics provide both routine and ad hoc spare parts delivery for K-Mile’s two B737-400SF at the carrier’s hub at Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK), Bangkok, Thailand.
The agreement also covers spare parts deliveries to airports in Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, as well as other destinations in the region.
“Suvarnabhumi airport is a major aviation hub for both passenger and cargo transportation. In order to ensure smooth operations from this airport, airlines need reliable partners that can provide prompt and, most importantly, quality support, including spare parts supply.
“We are thankful to our colleagues at K-Mile Asia for choosing us as their MRO partner,” said Zilvinas Lapinskas, Chief Executive of FL Technics.


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GY441 Half Unit
The Politics of Housing
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Dr Jayaraj Sundaresan
This course is available on the MSc in City Design and Social Science, MSc in Real Estate Economics and Finance, MSc in Regional And Urban Planning Studies, MSc in Social Policy (Research), MSc in Social Policy (Social Policy and Planning), MSc in Social Policy and Development, MSc in Urban Policy (LSE and Sciences Po) and MSc in Urbanisation and Development. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
The aim of this course is to examine the politics of housing from a transnational and comparative perspective. The course will link the empirical analyses on housing to theoretical discussions on class, community, gender, ethnicity and design. It will analyse housing issues ranging from informality, homelessness and gated communities to housing tenure, architectural design and housing as a humanitarian tool. This is an interdisciplinary course, drawing upon debates in fields such as Architecture, Urban Planning, Geography, Sociology, Anthropology and Development Studies. The course will help students develop a broad knowledge of the politics of housing in different countries and how they intersect with issues such as urban development, housing finance and public policy. It will also encourage students to think about housing issues relationally and globally.
Some of the themes covered in this course include: Traditional Housing, Community and Housing Design, Gender and Housing, Race and Ethnicity and Housing, Homelessness, Housing and Emergencies etc.
10 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars in the MT.
Students will be expected to produce 1 piece of coursework in the MT.
1 1500 word essay and 4 one page reading responses
Attwood, Lynne. 2011. Gender and Housing in the Soviet Russia: Private Life in Public Space. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Caldeira, Teresa. 2001. City of Walls: Crime, Segregation and Citizenship in Sao Paolo. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Charlesworth, Esther. 2006. Architects without Frontiers: War, Reconstruction and Design Responsibility. Oxford: Architectural Press.
Datta, K and Jones, G.A. (2012) Housing and Finance in Developing Countries. Abingdon: Taylor and Francis.
Gowan, T. (2010) Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders: Homeless in San Francisco. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Glaeze, Webster, C and Frantz, K (2004) Private Cities: Global and Local Perspectives. London: Routledge.
Gottesdiener, L (2013) A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home. Westfield: Zuccotti Park Press
Jackson, K. (1985) Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press.
King, A. (1995) The Bungalow: The Production of a Global Culture, New York: Oxford University Press.
Smart, A. (2006) The Shek Kip Mei Myth: Squatters, Fires and Colonial Rule in Hong Kong, 1950-1963. Hong Kong University Press.
Essay (80%, 5000 words) in the LT.
Presentation (20%) in the MT.
Department: Geography & Environment
Total students 2016/17: 22
Average class size 2016/17: 11
Controlled access 2016/17: Yes
Value: Half Unit
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Designate the Long Island City Clock Tower as an individual landmark.
See more: licclocktower.org
The iconic Long Island City Clock Tower, which has towered over Queens Plaza since 1927, is one of the most significant architectural landmarks in Queens. Known historically as the Bank of Manhattan Building (29‑27 Queens Plaza North), the Clock Tower was designed by architect Morrell Smith and was the tallest building in the borough until the Citigroup building (1 Court Square) was erected in 1990. The building’s 14 stories—three of which comprise the tower and house its monumental 14’ four-faced illuminated clock—are faced with buff-colored pressed brick and Indiana limestone trim and boast neo-Gothic historical references that culminate in the crests and gargoyles decorating the battlements.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is currently evaluating the Clock Tower to determine its eligibility for designation, and it has already passed preliminary review. With the recent sale of the building, however, we need an immediate and strong show of community support to ensure that it is preserved.
- New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
I'm writing to express my support for landmarking the former Bank of Manhattan Building at 29-27 Queens Plaza North, known among local residents simply as 'The Clock Tower.' The 14-story tower and its 14' illuminated clock have dominated the Long Island City skyline for nearly 90 years, and for much of that time the building was the tallest in Queens. The Clock Tower is an iconic symbol of the history and development of Queens Plaza and deserves to be landmarked by virtue of its architectural merit as well as its continued place in the cultural life of the borough.
The building was designed by Queens architect Morrell Smith and completed in 1927. At its completion it was the tallest building in the borough, a title it held until it was surpassed in 1991 by the Citigroup building at 1 Court Square. Even then, the building defined the Long Island City skyline for some time, but the recent development boom in the area has seen the rise of a continuous stream of new construction projects that dwarf the Clock Tower. Notably, a new Marriott building currently under construction across the street from the tower will, once it reaches its planned 32 stories, soar nearly twice the height of the historic building. The Clock Tower, however, remains one of the area's most recognizable landmarks and serves as a symbolic bridge between the plaza's commercial past and its burgeoning renewal.
Mr. Morrell Smith's architectural legacy in Queens includes another landmarked building, the Jamaica Savings Bank, which was designed in the Moderne style and completed in 1939. Alongside the Clock Tower, the two buildings highlight the architect's aptitude for working across different styles. Morrell's Clock Tower is decidedly modern, but its decorative battlements and Neo-Gothic historical references stand in stark contrast to the Savings Bank.
The Clock Tower deserves to be landmarked. The rapid growth and development on Queens Plaza and throughout Long Island City will bring exciting opportunities to the area, but it also highlights the importance of designating worthy buildings that will anchor this growth to the broader history of New York City. I hope you will stand with us by supporting designation.
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BlackBerry’s BBM app has always been pretty popular and we suppose its exclusiveness helped play a part back then, but now that it has made its way onto iOS and Android
platforms, recent studies have found that the app still managed to retain its popularity
, especially amongst certain Asia countries to the point where it seems that customer service for a particular company in the Middle East has turned to using BBM to help keep in touch with customers as well as address any problems or enquiries that they might have. This is according to a tweet by @shahriyarali
who wrote on his Twitter account, “Middle East now running customer care service on BBM for stores.”
When it comes to customer service usually a hotline is provided, or an email address. Sometimes there are some websites which even have customer service representatives chatting with you live to address your queries, so be able to reach out via BBM is definitely a pretty uncommon sight! We’re not sure if this is such a good idea, especially since whoever is using the phone will have their hands full replying to customers all the time, but at the end of the day it’s like getting paid to chat at work which isn’t such a bad thing, right?
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Overall print sales for the graphic novel category are up 10% over last year, according to a new report released by Nielsen.
His two “Walking Dead” compendiums are the top two bestselling books in the category so far this year, selling 100,000 copies combined. Those are followed by “The Walking Dead: Volume 1,” which has sold 26,000 copies so far this year, putting it in the third spot.
Kirkman and his series occupy four of the top five positions on the list of top graphic novels year-to-date.
And Kirkman’s “The Walking Dead: Compendium One,” priced at $59.99, is the highest-priced book on Nielsen’s BookScan bestseller chart for overall adult fiction in 2013. Book enjoyed a 47% week-to-week sales lift coinciding with the season finale of show in late March, which was watched by nearly 16 million viewers.
While Kirkman’s books have sold more than 1 million units over the past 18-months, Naoko Takeuchi’s “Sailor Moon” manga series has moved 80,000-copies, and Masashi Kishimoto’s ninja manga series “Naruto” has sold almost 100,000 copies this year.
Nielsen found that graphic novels have been able to carve out a niche for themselves on book shelves with their rich plots and illustrations, and have no doubt, been given a boost by several successful TV shows and film franchises, like “Walking Dead,” and Marvel and DC’s superhero-based actioners.
“Watchmen,” “Marvel Avengers,” “Batman,” and “The DC Comics Ultimate Character Guide” also made the Top 25 list for 2013 so far — although not a single one of those made the top 10.


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Official Yerevan and Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian leadership hope that South Sudan’s independence will set another precedent for a resolution of the Karabakh conflict sought by them.
Preliminary official results of the referendum showed 99 percent of voters in the war-torn region voting for secession. Their announcement on Sunday sparked mass celebrations in the southern capital Juba.
The vote was held in early January in accordance with a 2005 peace deal that ended Africa’s longest secessionist conflict, which killed an estimated 2 million people. It was widely praised for meeting democratic standards.
“Armenia is welcoming the referendum held in South Sudan,” Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in written comments to the official Armenpress news agency released by his press office. “The published preliminary results of the referendum … confirmed one more time, that the self-determination is an inseparable right of every nation.”
“We hope that by choosing the way of determining its own destiny, through expression of its will, South Sudan will succeed in the establishment and the accomplishment of an independent statehood,” he said, signaling Yerevan’s intention to promptly recognize what will likely become the world’s newest country.
The 2005 accord enables South Sudan to formally declare independence in July. Its leaders have yet to agree with the Sudanese government in Khartoum on their shared border and settle other outstanding disputes.
Nalbandian described the referendum outcome as “the freshest example of the victory march of the right of self-determination and a right way to solve the existing problems” Bako Sahakian, president of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), echoed that assessment through his press secretary, Davit Babayan.
The principle of self-determination has long been championed by the Armenian side in its negotiations with Azerbaijan. The United States, Russia and France -- which have been jointly mediating those talks -- recognize it along with the territorial integrity of states. A combination of the two principles is at the heart of the “basic principles” of a Karabakh settlement put forward by them.
A key element of the proposed settlement is a future referendum on Karabakh’s final status. Armenian leaders maintain that the disputed territory’s predominantly Armenian population would be able to vote for independence or reunification with Armenia. Azerbaijani officials say, however, that the would-be vote could only determine the extent of Karabakh’s autonomy within Azerbaijan.
In an interview with the Moscow-based TV station Russia Today last week, Nalbandian confirmed that Yerevan thinks South Sudan’s independence will strengthen the Armenian case for international recognition of Karabakh’s secession from Azerbaijan.
“Can it become a precedent for Nagorno-Karabakh? Well, of course it can,” he told the English-language broadcaster. “But there are lots of such examples. They are not few in number.”
The Armenian and NKR leaderships similarly hailed a United Nations court ruling that upheld the legality of Kosovo’s secession from Serbia. President Serzh Sarkisian insisted in October that the non-binding ruling, handed down by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in July 2010, should serve as a blueprint for settling the Karabakh dispute.
Nalbandian made a point of meeting with Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni in New York in September. Still, he left no indication that Armenia could soon recognize Kosovo’s independence and risk putting itself at odds with Russia, its closest ally.
“The ongoing processes in South Sudan have turned the Kosovo precedent into a pattern,” Babayan, the Karabakh Armenian official, told RFE/RL’s Armenian service. He said there are many important similarities between the conflicts in Sudan and Karabakh.
Azerbaijani officials have insisted that the ICJ judgment is only applicable to Kosovo and can not have any bearing on the Karabakh peace process. Baku has not yet reacted to the referendum in South Sudan.


Seattle is a vote and a cleared $650 million check from getting an NHL team.
Think about that.
What started as a dream several years ago is now on the precipice of reality — and could come true before the 2018 holiday season.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman revealed Tuesday afternoon that Seattle received a unanimous recommendation from the executive committee, paving the way towards the end of an imbalanced and odd-numbered league.
The Emerald City has long served as the logical solution to evening the number of teams in the east and the west, while also giving the NHL a new market to dip its toes into.
Now it will be up to the Board of Governors to decide whether or not Seattle gets a team, and if so — when they will start playing.
Below are six things to keep an eye on in the coming days, weeks and months as we inch towards seeing NHL players wearing Seattle sweaters for the first time.
The NHL confirmed what I reported the day before Seattle’s pitch to the executive committee: the earliest the Board of Governors will vote on Seattle expansion will be at their next meetings December 3rd & 4th.
In order for Seattle to get a team, they need at least 75% of the Board of Governors to vote in favor of expansion.
Barring anything disastrous between now and then, that vote should mostly be a formality for a few different reasons.
- The Board of Governors has never gone against an expansion recommendation from the executive committee
- Thirty of the 31 NHL owners will be eager to get their cut of Seattle’s $650 million expansion fee (more on this in a moment)
- Both Tod & Tim Leiweke are familiar with many members of the Board of Governors due to their past work or current business dealings
- The NHL likely wants to put all talk of expansion to bed, and welcoming Seattle to the fold would put a tidy cap on a 32-team league
The only question the league has left is something that’s our second, but most important, thing to watch.
I know, I know. I’ve harped on this for months.
But it’s a legitimate concern, and one the NHL has despite the overwhelmingly positive talk of Seattle’s presentation to the executive committee.
My colleague Patrick Quinn was told after the presentation that the main questions from the league had to do with the arena construction timeline, and total cost of the project.
The latter is simple: Tim Leiweke & co. have to come up with a maximum total cost for the (estimated) $700 million rebuild of KeyArena. He’s mentioned that previously as one of the five huge hurdles he and the developers have to finish before they can break ground.
As I’ve mentioned in past posts: the agreement between the city and the Oak View Group says work cannot begin at Seattle Center unless several conditions are met or waived, including:
“The NHL Board of Governors shall have approved the application for and awarded the thirty-second (32nd) NHL expansion franchise to Seattle Hockey Partners LLC to be located in the City of Seattle, and delivered notice of same to the City, and Seattle Hockey Partners LLC and the NHL shall have executed the expansion franchise agreement.”
The problem is: the NHL typically does not want to approve expansion without a guarantee that a new arena will be done and in place for a team’s debut season.
This attitude changed starting with the Nashville expansion in 1997, when the Music City had a new arena already in place. Prior to that, cities and ownership groups were awarded teams but those franchises would often play in small, temporary arenas for their first few seasons until their sparkling new home was finished.
We need to look no further than the NHL’s newest addition in Sin City for justification of this new view.
May 1, 2014: Workers in Las Vegas break ground on T-Mobile Arena
December, 2014: Commissioner Bettman lets (at the time) potential owner Bill Foley do a season ticket deposit drive
February 10, 2015: Vegas season ticket deposit drive begins
April 6, 2016: T-Mobile Arena opens
June 22, 2016: NHL approves Vegas expansion
If you combine the NHL’s past stance with Seattle’s ‘expansion before construction’ clause, you leave yourself with a hockey version of the ‘chicken or the egg’ conundrum. If the plan is to have the NHL break into Seattle in October 2020, then one side will need to blink.
Unless the city or the league gives up its position, a December 5th groundbreaking for an October 2020 debut is the largest window we’d be looking at. As I’ve discussed multiple times: history says it’s incredibly rare to build a current arena in that short of a timespan.
Based on what Bettman said Tuesday, it seems like the league is in ‘wait and see’ mode on the arena and a debut. (Quote via Stephen Whyno of the Associated Press)
“They have a lot of work to do initially. They’ve got to stop using KeyArena, there’s some demolition, they’ve got to dig a bigger hole, they’ve got to put the steel in. Once that’s all accomplished, we’ll have a better sense. But everybody’s goal is 2020 if it can be accomplished. If it’s not, then we’ll do it in ’21.”
The last event at KeyArena was October 5th. That’s not an issue.
Yet it’s not exactly confidence-inducing to see Bettman citing the “lot of work to do initially” and saying “Once that’s all accomplished, we’ll have a better sense.” Both Bettman and the Seattle delegation agreed that they are shooting for 2020, though Bettman added that it depends on how things go.
If you read some of OVG CEO Tim Leiweke’s recent comments, then you get the idea they hope the positive recommendation from the executive committee is enough to satisfy the expansion clause in the city agreement. He wants to get into KeyArena as early as possible, and said they hope to gain some momentum this week and “convince people” that starting in November works.
Based on my past research of how long it took to build every single arena in regular use at the NHL level this year, here’s how a (theoretical) mid-November groundbreaking would look.
Still not great, but we get back over the 20% mark for the number of current arenas completed in 688 days or fewer (mid-November to Oct. 1, 2020). That puts us back in the plausible range.
I bring this November example up in light of Tim Leiweke’s comments, but also this report from TSN’s Frank Seravalli.
Frank told me he got that from a source. While I do not doubt Frank’s reporting (he’s very good, and I miss him on the Flyers beat), it does not match up with the specific wording in the ‘expansion before construction’ condition the city spelled out in its arena deal with OVG.
When asked earlier on Oct. 2nd whether a positive recommendation from the executive committee would satisfy that requirement, Mayor Jenny Durkan said this:
“You know the contract requires very specifics on what we have to do to go forward. And so we want a very clear sign that that happens, because the public has to know that the risk is on the ownership team.”
Neither myself nor colleague Quinn have gotten a response from the city or the Seattle Hockey Partners about Frank’s report.
However, a spokesperson for Mayor Durkan did release this statement Thursday.
“The completed Development Agreement set forth that [OVG] could begin its pre-construction as early as October 2018 and begin demolition once all conditions set forth in the agreement are met, which include securing all necessary permits, securing noise ordinance variances, and showing proof of insurance, as well as the NHL awarding a franchise, among other conditions. It has always been assumed that this work would proceed while the parties await final approval of an NHL franchise, and that timeline is memorialized in the Development Agreement.
“Following Tuesday’s unanimous recommendation by the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors, the City will continue its work with [OVG] to begin necessary pre-construction activities as soon as possible. There is considerable preliminary work that needs to be done before demolition can begin, including utility terminations, environmental and geotechnical testing and remediation, mobilization, material and equipment stockpiling, and installation of fencing. That work can proceed before the NHL franchise is officially awarded. The conditions for demolition and construction were carefully negotiated to protect the City’s interests while still looking forward to an arena opening in October 2020.”
So OVG will be allowed to do the pre-construction prep work once they get the keys to The Key on October 15th. The group confirmed this with a “construction update” of their own.
However, this statement from the Mayor’s spokesperson says OVG will not be allowed to do any demolition until the NHL franchise is officially awarded — lining up a December 4th or 5th groundbreaking (at the earliest). Those who’ve been following along knew what that timeline looks like in September.
What’s to-be-determined is whether OVG is actively trying to get the city to allow demolition to begin prior to the next Board of Governors meeting.
One more thing on the arena: the league could also punt the Seattle vote to its next meeting beyond December if it’s not happy with where things stand on construction, or the Board of Governors have unanswered questions following NHL Seattle’s next update.
While the NHL has not officially announced the dates of its third Board of Governors meetings, they’re typically held over the All-Star Break (which is January 24-27, 2019).
Based on the glowing comments from all involved in Tuesday’s league meetings, and the sense that both parties want to ‘get this done,’ I don’t think that delay to January happens. But I’d rather you be aware of the possibility now, than be caught off-guard in the future.
Ok, enough ‘potential gloom and perils’ for now.
Due to Tuesday’s action by the executive committee, and comments from the commissioner, we can now seriously start talking about the fun parts of expansion.
The Practice/Training Facility
It’s official: we’ll be talkin’ ’bout practice. (Yes I know this is a hockey blog, but the Philadelphian in me could not pass up making the reference.)
Tod Leiweke confirmed that NHL Seattle wants to put its three-rink training facility at the Northgate Mall. In addition to being necessary for an NHL team, it will also provide some much needed ice for people in the greater Seattle area to use and enjoy. (Andy Eide wrote up a good story explaining exactly why that ice is needed for the community).
While the renderings of the facility look pretty darn sweet, the question I wondered about (like always) is when they can get to work. Leiweke said it, like the arena, is contingent on the NHL awarding Seattle a team.
So again — we’re talking about a dream-scenario of an early December start. But the city will also have to sign off on the addition of this space to the plans to overhaul and redevelop Northgate before any construction can begin (sound familiar?).
Picking Seattle’s First Players
Yes, we can now start to actually daydream about the first players wearing Seattle sweaters/jerseys who will be skating at a new KeyArena.
Commissioner Bettman confirmed (again) that Seattle will have the same rules as the Vegas Golden Knights did in their expansion draft, with a minor twist that was first reported several months ago. Vegas will not be at risk of losing players to Seattle.
How are the Knights skating out of trouble?
Well, as Chris Johnston previously reported, Vegas’ owner Bill Foley will not be getting a cut of the $650 million check from Seattle. Per Chris, that was part of the deal Foley negotiated with the league when getting approved as the 31st franchise.
In terms of the actual rules which will determine the first players for a Seattle to-be-named team, I wrote up a deep-dive explaining all of the expansion draft nuances in June. There’s a lot in there, from the basics of how many guys each team protect, to who will and won’t be eligible, to who has to be available to Seattle.
Keep it handy or bookmarked as a reference during the next two hockey seasons when you want to start watching games and picking out players you hope Seattle will get.
Team Name & Colors
This is likely still the hottest hockey topic in Washington state.
NHL Seattle has said they’re monitoring several different online name tournaments to see which ones people seem to be in support of most (I’m all-in on Kraken, personally).
Tod Leiweke & co. have said their goal is to reveal the name and colors of the team sometime in the first or second quarter (January-June) of 2019.
Getting The GM
This will be the next important hire the Seattle Hockey Partners make.
Both Dave Tippett and Tod Leiweke have said they hope to have a general manager in place around the end of the 2019 NHL Entry (amateur) Draft. That would be 12 months before a 2020 expansion draft, and 15 months before a Seattle franchise’s first training camp.
That timeline, obviously, will depend on whether the NHL approves Seattle expansion for 2020 or 2021, but also who they hire.
Yet based on both Leiweke & Tippett’s effusive praise for how Vegas’ process went, and the success of their GM, I’d imagine Seattle wants to follow a similar road map if possible.
There’s already a roaring fire of speculation surrounding the future of the man who’s considered one of, if not the, best GMs in hockey. Seattle is one widely-guessed possibility for him (and he would be a slam-dunk hire).
But there is a whole other host of names that we should be monitoring throughout this season. Expect something from me on this soon as well.
There’s a lot of important stuff to keep an eye on — but also the fun things can be taken seriously from here on out.
Get to dreaming, debating, and strategizing.
Winter is (almost) on its way.
As always: if you have any questions or feedback: leave a comment, send me an email at the address on the bottom of the page or hit me up on Twitter (@ScottMalone91).
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Out of curiosity, which current NHL arenas that finished faster are you referring to?
It depends on the “groundbreaking” and “opening” dates we go with. A December 5th start (seeming likely) combined with an October 1 2020 opening gives us 667 days. Four current NHL arenas were built in 667 days or less: Arizona, Winnipeg, Ottawa & St. Louis. St. Louis drops out if you want the arena “opening” in mid-September 2020 (fewer days for work). More arenas get added with a mid-November groundbreaking and October 1 2020 opening (more days for work).


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Jorge Abad, PhDGoogle Scholar
Dr. Abad is a civil engineer with 20 years of experience in hydraulic engineering with an emphasis on eco-hydraulics, hydro-geomorphology, computation fluid dynamics, hazard mapping, and sediment transport and mixing processes. He has an extensive experience in the application of highly-resolved numerical hydrogeomorphic models for river and environmental processes and restoration of aquatic systems. Dr. Abad has participated in engineering projects in USA, Peru, Brazil, and Argentina. Dr. Abad is also the author and co-author of 3 book chapters, more than 42 publications in indexed international journals, and more than 80 conference articles. Dr. Abad has also developed several workshops for river modeling around the world. Dr. Abad received the 2012 Lorenz Straub Prize from St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (University of Minnesota), and the distinction of "Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo Gomero 2018" Award by the Concytec (Peruvian National Science Foundation) for his contributions to science, such as those in the Andean-Amazonian River system. Dr. Abad has conducted numerous research and consultancy projects to develop monitoring protocols for Andean and Amazonian rivers, characterize river morphodynamics, from planform dynamics to bedform dynamics, and the development of engineering tools (e.g., RVR Meander, mSTAT, Bedform-ATM) for river geomorphic characterization. Dr. Abad’s experience includes also coordinating extensive field measurements along small- (creeks), medium- (e.g. Wabash River, Illinois), and large- (e.g. Amazon River) size rivers around the world, where hydrodynamics (using ADCP), sediment transport (suspended and bed load), bed morphodynamics (using single- and multi-beam echo sounders), and bank morphodynamics (using GPS RTK and Lidar instrumentation) processes were described in USA, Peru, and Brazil.
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Dr. Dominguez is a specialist in Fluvial Hydraulics. His research fields involve the development of computational tools for the characterization of fluvial systems. She has expertise in topics related to the estimation of suspended sand concentrations through acoustic techniques, treatment, and post-processing of satellite images for the description of fluvial patterns and hydro-sedimentological mathematical modeling. Dr. Dominguez's expertise also covers different fluvial environments such as natural channels, estuaries, and deltas Dr. Dominguez has been the main author of the mStat tool, applied to characterize meandering rivers.
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Dr. Filizola is the leader of the Hidrossistemas e o Homem na Amazônia (H2A / UFAM) research group. He also collaborates as a professor in the Graduate Program in Climate and Environment of the National Institute for Research in the Amazon (CLIAMB / INPA). Dr. Filizola has worked mainly on projects on Fluvial Dynamics Geomorphology and Water Resources Management in the Amazon since the 1990s. He has published more than 100 technical and scientific articles and is a member of the Technical Committee of the Amazon Fund, the Scientific Committee of the Government Program for International Cooperation LBA, and the coordination of the Geodynamics and Hydrology Observatory of the Amazon Basin (HYBAM). He is also a member of the State Council of Water Resources of Amazonas and the Management Council of the Anavilhanas National Park in Rio Negro-AM. He served as an International and Inter-institutional Relations Advisor at UFAM (2013 to 2017), as an Advisor to the Board of the National Water Agency (ANA-Brazil) and to the Hydrology Commission of the World Meteorological Organization, as well as a member of the management group of the national hydrometric network (1993 to 2005).
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Dr. Latrubesse has been, for two decades, Director of the Large Rivers and Global Change International Research Program, which has focused on the hydrogeomorphological and environmental study of large rivers across the world. He has also been the leader of the IGCP Unesco 281 “Tropical Rivers” program and is currently the coordinator of the working group “Tropical Rivers Geomorphology of the International Association of Geomorphologists-IAG”. For three decades the most important focus of his study has been the great rivers of the Amazon basin. He has also been a geoenvironmental consultant for the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Environment Program, the Organization of American States, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Geologic Service of Brazil (CPRM), the Ministry of the Environment-IBAMA-Brazil, the Federal Judiciary of Brazil, PETROBRAS, Socio-Economic and Ecological Zoning of the States of Rondonia and Mato Grosso, Zoning of the Brazil-Bolivia Border, FUNTAC, and multiple State Secretariats of Water Resources, among other institutions.
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Dr. Loayza is Associate Professor and Principal Investigator of the Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Director of the Professional School of Natural and Applied Sciences and the Chair of the Professional Career of Biology of the Faculty of Sciences and Philosophy of the UPCH, and President of the Competence Center of the Water (CCA). He has been working since 2005 in high Andean aquatic ecosystems, studying the responses and adaptations of macroinvertebrate communities to environmental stress caused by UV radiation, natural and mine acid drainage, and metal contamination; in the use of bioindicators and biomarkers for the evaluation of water quality, and in water and soil remediation systems using native flora and artificial swamps. He has published articles in high-impact indexed scientific journals in ecotoxicology, aquatic ecology, and bioremediation, and is a reviewer for journals in this area. He has been a consultant to private companies (BPZ, Walsh, Pluspetrol, Ecodes-Varichem Consortium, ECSA Ingenieros, PRW Ingenieros) and public entities (Ministry of the Environment, Technological Institute of Production, Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation) in the environmental area, with emphasis on the development of ecotoxicity tests for effluents and marine and freshwater sediments, the evaluation of information on contamination of ecosystems and aquatic species, the preparation of rehabilitation plans for areas contaminated by metals and hydrocarbons, and the development of water quality assessments.
Alejandro Mendoza, PhDGoogle Scholar
Dr. Mendoza is a specialist in computational fluid dynamics and mathematical and statistical modeling applications applied to environmental flows, with extensive experience in modeling geomorphological processes in fluvial systems and river engineering applications in the USA, Mexico, Peru, and Brazil. He has been a consultant for companies in Arizona (Adaptive Technologies LLC.), New York (Stonge Associates LLC.), Mexico (Presage Research S.A. and De Crews, S.A.), and Peru in projects related to hydraulics modeling and flow dynamics. Since 2015, Dr. Mendoza has taught fluvial hydraulics and computer simulation courses with TELEMAC. He has also published in several journals of hydraulics and geomorphology, presenting his research at world conferences such as the River, Coastal, and Estuary Morphodynamics (RCEM), Latin American Congress of Hydraulics, and River Flow.
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Forest Engineer and master's candidate in Civil Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology. He has experience in Landscape Ecology, River Geomorphology, Data Science and REDD+ carbon projects. He also collaborated in research projects related to geomorphology in Amazonian environments under a planimetric approach and estimation of geostatistical metrics. Currently, he specializes in remote sensing (GIS) and landscape modeling for carbon stock estimation projects.
Tania Rojas, MSGoogle Scholar
Civil Engineer and M.S. in Environmental Sciences and Policy from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, with experience in aquatic ecology, trophic ecology using stable isotopes, geomorphological characterization of Amazonian wetlands, environmental evaluations in high Andean and coastal wetlands, geomorphological reconstruction of channels in estuarine systems and coastal wetlands, analysis of change of use and land cover, and geomorphological characterization of the multitemporal dynamics at engineering and geological scales of rivers. She has training in population dynamics, environmental statistical analysis, river engineering, hydroinformatics, and remote sensing. She has participated in the planning and development of geomorphology projects in the Amazon, evaluation of the impacts on the ecosystem services of Peruvian coastal wetlands based on the understanding of the geomorphic characteristics and the environmental state, and management of water resources with a socio-environmental approach. She has also collaborated in the design and implementation of digital platforms for the geomorphological characterization of Amazonian rivers in Peru and in grant writing of research projects in Peru and Brazil.
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Geographer and master's candidate in Biotrade and Sustainable Development from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, she has experience in research, data processing, and analysis for national and international projects. She has worked on multidisciplinary local economic development and climate change adaptation projects, which involved geospatial analysis and validation with local stakeholders. Likewise, she has advanced management of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis for the territorial management of agrometeorological, hydrological and ecological data. She has worked on projects that involve thematic tables, planning, and discussion of results with different social and governmental actors.


On Sunday, congressional negotiators came up with a plan to avert a shutdown this week and keep the government up and running through September. With the Republican caucus so divided, its members had to work with Democrats to figure out a bill that could pass. As a result, there is no funding for Trump’s border wall and no reductions in funding to “sanctuary cities.” There is, however, more domestic spending, protections for Planned Parenthood funding and money for Affordable Care Act subsidies.
Democrats have made clear that they are very happy with the spending deal and that they, not Trump, are the winners. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called it a “defeat” for Trump, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) gloated, “I think we had a strategy and it worked.”
This outcome has made Trump, who prides himself on being the best negotiator ever, incredibly angry. On Tuesday, he took to Twitter and threatened a “good” shutdown in September:
Mick Mulvaney, the White House budget director, told reporters Tuesday afternoon that the reason Trump floated the possibility of a shutdown was all because of Democrats’ happiness at the spending deal. Over and over, he went after Democrats for hurting the president’s feelings. Some highlights:
“The Dems have been trying to claim victory on this, which I think is a very strange way to look at a bipartisan discussion. If you’re in a bipartisan meeting, I think it is very unusual for one group to walk out and start spiking the football and say, ‘We won, we killed the other guys.’ It certainly doesn’t bode very well for future discussions.”
“I think the president is frustrated with the fact that he negotiated in good faith with the Democrats and they went out to try and spike the football to make him look bad. I get that frustration because I think it’s a terrible posture for the Democrats to take.”
“I think what you heard this morning was his sense of frustration over how he’s being mistreated by the Democrats on a bipartisan piece of legislation.”
“You have a president who is able to work with Democrats and Republicans. Again, a little disappointed with the way Democrats acted after the deal was put together.”
“What I think you heard the president express this morning was frustration over how he’s been treated as part of the negotiation. And it may be if things don’t get better, we may get to that point [of a shutdown].”
Mulvaney works for a president who still gloats about his (Electoral College) victory in the 2016 campaign at nearly every public event and in every interview. Trump also likes taking credit for jobs he didn’t create.
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Metsä Group made the decision concerning the largest investment in the history of Finnish forest industry in April 2015, and the large-scale project at Äänekoski has progressed as planned – on schedule and according to the budget – towards the mill’s start-up. At the moment, the bioproduct mill project is in the departments’ trial run and commissioning phase.
The mill start-up will begin in mid-August 2017, and pulp deliveries from the new mill to customers will begin in early September 2017. The current pulp mill at Äänekoski will be shut down once the bioproduct mill starts up.
The new wastewater treatment plant has already started up with wastewater from the Äänekoski integrated mill site. From now on, all of the mill site’s wastewater and, following the start-up of the new mill, also the bioproduct mill’s wastewater will be diverted to the treatment plant. Modern treatment technology enables the bioproduct mill to operate in line with the permit limits for the existing pulp mill, even though the bioproduct mill will produce nearly triple the amount of pulp.
The trial production run of the bioproduct mill’s new drying machine has begun with the pulp of the current pulp mill, and the new machine will be in productional use at the beginning of July.
“The measures completed before the start-up aim to ensure a good start-up curve for the bioproduct mill. Once the mill reaches full production, Metsä Group will be the world’s biggest producer of softwood pulp,” says Ilkka Hämälä, CEO of Metsä Fibre.
The bioproduct mill will achieve its nominal capacity approximately a year from the start-up. The mill’s pulp production capacity is 1.3 million tonnes of pulp a year. In addition, the mill will produce other bioproducts, such as tall oil, turpentine, product gas and sulphuric acid. The next-generation bioproduct mill will not use any fossil fuels at all, since it will generate all of the energy that it needs from side streams. In terms of its energy efficiency, the mill is among the world’s best within its industry. Its degree of self-sufficiency in electricity is 240 per cent.
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Tracking the human toll of the wave of violence in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.
Palestinians have clashed with Israeli forces and settlers across the West Bank as violence continued to grip the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.
Israeli settlers were extracted by the army in Nablus on Sunday after clashing with local Palestinian residents near the Joseph’s Tomb holy site, while Israeli soldiers clashed with armed Palestinians in the Qalandia refugee camp.
Israeli forces entered the Qalandia camp, situated between occupied East Jerusalem and Ramallah, during the early hours of Sunday morning. Clashes broke out between the soldiers and armed residents of the camp, according to local media.
At least three residents were injured by live ammunition and several were arrested.
On Saturday, five Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces or settlers during alleged stabbing incidents.
Triggered by Israeli incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound last month, protests against Israel’s occupation have increased in frequency across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces have responded with a crackdown on protesters, using tear gas, stun grenades, rubber-coated steel bullets and live ammunition.
At least 43 Palestinians – including suspected attackers, unarmed protesters and bystanders – have been killed by Israel since October 1.
Seven Israelis have been killed in attacks by Palestinians this month.
In Qalandia, Israeli forces delivered a home demolition order to the family of Tareq al-Dweik, a 22-year-old Palestinian who was arrested after allegedly stabbing four Israelis last week.
Soldiers were forced to withdraw from the camp during confrontations with locals, who prevented them from delivering another demolition order to the home of another Palestinian who allegedly attacked Israelis earlier this month.
An army spokesperson said they were “still looking into” the incident.
Last week, Israeli ministers approved a package of security measures, including home demolitions as a punitive move against the families of suspected Palestinian attackers.
Since the latest wave of unrest broke out, Israel has delivered a slew of home demolition orders to Palestinian families.
Rights groups have decried Israel’s recent measures.
The uptick in punitive home demolitions is “a sort of collective punishment which, according to the Fourth Geneva Convention is strictly forbidden”, according to Al-Haq, a Ramallah-based human rights group.
Several Israeli leaders, including the mayor of Jerusalem, have urged Israeli citizens to carry guns. Last month, the government relaxed live fire rules against Palestinian protesters.
Nur Arafeh, a research fellow at Al-Shabaka policy network, said that the harsh measures “lead to increased Palestinian resistance”.
“Israeli measures to legalise the killing of Palestinians or quell their protests fail to suppress a population revolting against injustice,” Arafeh told Al Jazeera.
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, a member of the ultra-nationalist Jewish Home party, announced last week that the government will also begin banishing alleged Palestinian attackers and their relatives from Jerusalem.
With neither Israeli nor Palestinian citizenship, Palestinian Jerusalemites carry Israeli-issued residency papers. Shaked said that attackers and their families will be stripped of their residency rights and social security.
Israeli troops have also been deployed across the city throughout the last week and have sealed off Palestinian neighbourhoods with additional road blocks and checkpoints.
According to Rima Awwad, a member of the Coalition for Jerusalem, a Palestinian rights group, the ongoing crackdown “shows the level of desperation”.
“Israeli leaders are trying to appease the Israeli public … by inciting against Palestinians,” she told Al Jazeera. “But it will only add to the frustrations of Palestinians living in Jerusalem.”
– Additional reporting by Patrick Strickland


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A Lakeside Vacation
If you’re looking for a weekend getaway, look no further than beautiful Lakeside, Michigan! Located along the shores of Lake Michigan, Lakeside is an unincorporated community set between the popular destination towns of Union Pier and Harbert. Lakeside offers the perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Whether you’re into outdoor activities like fishing and kayaking or prefer to relax with fine dining and luxurious spa treatments, there’s something here for everyone. Come vacation in Lakeside, Michigan.


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Not Only White is a Dutch design brand with distinctive and flexible bathroom solutions for residential and commercial projects. Their products are brought back to the basics, yet always with a touch of warmth and elegance.
Not Only White was founded in 2010 by designer Marike Andeweg in Amsterdam.
Working for Not Only White, Justin took care of numerous tasks.
Next to technical drawings, client contact, order processing and quotations, Justin worked closely with Marike to develop a new washbasin that was missing in the collection: an oval one.
Carefully chosen proportions ensure the spacious and functional character of the Mono basin. The organic shape creates a beautiful gradient inside the bowl, while also forming an interesting contrast with the sharp outer lines.
The project started with a simple sketch, followed by multiple sketches and 3D models, in search of the right proportions. Working for Not Only White gave Justin a lot of insight in what dimensions work well for most people. He was able to use this knowledge to determine the dimensions, forming an aesthetically pleasing yet functional bowl. Justin worked closely with the manufacturer, ensuring the bowl could be produced in the best way possible.
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MAKE that and party at the city’s Central Library next month.
A humongous celebration of the creative side of life is coming to the impressive premises - including some well-known creatures from one of British TV’s best-loved shows .
Makefest goes by the phrase, ‘think, make, learn, share’ and features a host of stalls where families can find out more about electronics, coding, computing, prosthetics and more traditional crafts.
READ MORE: Looking back on Makefest 2015
As well as the UK branch of the R2D2 Builders Club, the pinhole photographers and Merseyside Embroiderers’ Guild (they can show you how to make your own elephant!) - prop maker Ray Phillips will be there to display his Faces of Doctor Who.
An expert in sculpture and prop-making, Ray will show off his recreations of the Davros, Ood and Cybermen masks which actors would have donned in the BBC sci-fi series to provide a scare or two for the youngsters (and a few grown-ups) tuning in on Saturday nights.
Even though Peter Capaldi can’t be there to scare the beasties away with a wave of his sonic screwdriver, there’ll be a chance to see the masks up close for yourself,
And woe betide anyone who is late returning a book on Makefest day. The Daleks will be on patrol, greeting visitors with a wave of the plunger. Just in case any younger visitors are concerned, we have it on good authority that the pepperpot-shaped baddies have promised not to exterminate anyone on the day as arts and crafts are very popular on the planet Skaro.
If you are interested in going along to Makefest - which includes Mersey Comic-Con - the event is completely free to attend and takes place on Saturday, June 25.
For more information on getting hold of a ticket, visit the Makefest website .


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JCSO: Burglary thwarted by armed homeowner, window shade
Jackson County deputies say an alleged burglar in Higdon ran into two obstacles he didn't count on: a homeowner with a gun.... and a window shade.
Wanted felon who bragged he 'wouldn't be arrested without fight' taken into custody after...
Members of the DeKalb County special response team forced their way into an abandoned home at Cartersville today to arrest a wanted felon, Aaron Wayne West, 22, of Higdon, and two others who refused to come out for Ider and Hengar police officers, DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris said.
Drug Task Force Shuts Down Two Marijuana Grow Operations
Sheriff Jimmy Harris reports Drug Task Force agents dismantled two large indoor marijuana grow operations this weekend and arrested three individuals.

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As part of Allison Transmission, UK battery manufacturer Vantage Power has a particular focus on battery technology development, including for electric hybrid propulsion, and is competing strongly on performance in the commercial vehicle sector
Marelli Automotive Lighting is working with the BMW Group on the introduction of blockchain technology to connect suppliers’ and carmakers’ plants to improve the management of automotive supply chains. Together, the companies have designed and developed the PartChain application, which is being used initially as a pilot focused on the traceability of headlamps, rear lamps and lighting modules supplied by Marelli Automotive Lighting to a number of BMW Group vehicles
The US finished vehicle sector is fighting for space because the outbound supply chain has become congested with excess inventory, resulting in risk of theft and vandalism to vehicles and haulage equipment
Capacity constraints have tested the resourcefulness of Haropa ports, which oversees activity at the sea port of Le Havre, and the inland ports of Rouen and Paris, but the company is responding with investment, redevelopment and the application of smart technology
Susanne Lehmann, Volkswagen’s senior director of production for North America, is in charge of pulling production and supply chain together in the region, including in areas such as programme planning, production steering, design for manufacturing and digitalisation. VW is already seeing results in productivity and supplier management but, as she ...
Lars Bäumann, director of information management and digitalisation for production and logistics across VW brands, tells Christopher Ludwig about his problem-solving mission to synthesise the various production and supply chain processes at VW’s plants across the world into one digitalised system. Together with its global partner Amazon Web Services (AWS), ...
Christopher Ludwig wraps up the Automotive Logistics Mexico 2020 conference with an overview of the key topics discussed, including the impact of USMCA localisation rules and certification, both which raise questions but also opportunities for logistics providers to manage complexity. The increase in the use of connected supply chain technology ...
Logistics workers at Audi car assembly plant in Győr, Hungary are trialling digital shelf labelling…
You asked, we answer. We return to the questions from our audience that we didn’t have time to answer in our live webinar, ranging from which parts of automotive tier 1 suppliers’ business models are at risk of commodification, to how tier suppliers are changing supply chain processes
Norwegian finished vehicle logistics provider, Auto Transport Service (ATS), is now using an IT system from German logistics software export Inform for compound and transport management at its two vehicle logistics facilities at the port of Drammen…
Tier one driveline component supplier Dana has turned to Transplace for AI-supported transport management of its shipments to customers in North America
As OEMs and automotive parts suppliers see their margins decline, cost pressures are going to increase on logistics operations and service providers further down the supply chain
Novel freight-on-demand services such as Uber Freight are helping to connect shippers and hauliers, promising to help transport operators to optimise the capacity of their vehicles and increase profit margins…
The EV revolution is great for the planet but problematic for many dealerships that must now reconcile the unique technical complexities of a variety of engines all at the same time
Haah Automotive Holdings is using a cloud-based platform powered by Oracle Netsuite to manage sales and distribution of Zoyte vehicles and parts in the US
Hyundai Motor has successfully conducted its first platooning of trucks on the Yeoju Smart Highway in South Korea to replicate real-world traffic conditions
Groupe Cat, one of Europe’s biggest finished vehicle services company, has signed up to the Vinturas consortium, which is developing a blockchain-based platform providing digital services to OEMs, fleet owners and dealers.
US finished vehicle logistics provider, Acertus, has launched a transport management system (TMS) for its automotive customers.
Volvo Trucks’ US division has turned to Geotab for an integrated electronic logging device (ELD) to be coupled to the truck manufacturer’s own factory-fit telematics. Geotab provides global positioning system fleet management and vehicle tracking technology.
Mark Sargeant has been promoted to CEO of AutoMap after nine years with the company, most recently moving from his role as vice-president of business development and marketing


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