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When Donald Keeling lost his rental home in an electrical fire, he wasn’t thinking about seeking out the American Red Cross, but they sought him out.
Keeling lived at a rental property on Fairview Road for 14 years. He was cooking breakfast on the morning of July 1 when he smelled something burning. He checked and saw his living room was ablaze. He attempted to put water on the fire, but quickly realized it was beyond his control and he had to get out.
“I lost everything in the fire,” said Keeling . “It was very scary. I had to sit outside and watch it burn. There was nothing I could do.”
The contents of Keeling’s wallet were also destroyed. His drivers license, social security card and other important documentation to prove who he is, all lost in the fire. With the help of the Red Cross, Keeling is slowly putting back together the pieces of his life.
Red Cross put Keeling up temporarily at the Best Western hotel, gave him a prepaid card to buy food and clothing and they’re helping him get his identification cards back.
“I’m very grateful for their help. I’m amazed they came as early as they did,” said Keeling.
With all that happened it was difficult for Keeling to figure out his next steps.
“I couldn’t get it all together. I didn’t know where I needed to go, or what I needed to do,” he said. “I’ve got good friends and people who are trying to help me. I thank the Lord for that.”
Paula Rutledge, executive director of the Franklin County Chapter American Red Cross, said having an individual who is calm and separate from the disaster is very important.
“I always tell my volunteers that it’s your job to think for them while they are not thinking clearly,” said Rutledge.
Rutledge, whose Red Cross region is Anderson, Franklin and Woodford counties, said this past fiscal year alone they’ve had four disaster cases in Anderson County, assisting eight adults and six children.
Red Cross assists individuals affected by a variety of disastrous circumstances including tornadoes, ice storms, floods and single-family fires.
In 2010, Red Cross assisted in a flood in Anderson County, providing feedings and damage assessments. Red Cross also assisted in the 2009 ice storm, providing supplies, bedding and set up a shelter locally.
The Red Cross also attempts to take a proactive approach with disaster preparedness. They have a Disaster Action Team, a group of 24-hour volunteer emergency responders to small disasters.
Bill Hinline, after hours responder coordinator for Anderson County, works with Bart Powell, Anderson County director of public safety, and the fire department to identify areas of need.
They also work with local churches to provide shelters and volunteer training. Currently, Red Cross has agreements with two local churches to set up shelters in the event of a disaster.
In responding to disasters, timeliness is key. Rutledge said the Red Cross is required to be able to set up a shelter and serve a meal within two hours.
In additional to disaster assistance, Red Cross assists with blood donations. Rutledge said in the past, Anderson County has been a big help with blood donations.
Last year, 355 units of blood were donated in Anderson County alone. Every unity of blood can help up to three patients, Rutledge said.
Rutledge said it’s likely that blood donations will assist locally since to the Red Cross is the Frankfort Regional Medical Center’s contracted blood supplier.
Hinline, a former firefighter, often assists at local blood drives; giving volunteers juice, snacks and monitoring them after their donation.
Fundraisers and blood drives are vital to the Red Cross’s efforts.
“We are not a government entity. All our financial assistance comes from the money we raise,” said Rutledge.
The Red Cross also assists in relaying messages from family to military servicemen, which are typically in the event of a serious family illness or death. Rutledge said though they relay messages to servicemen, they do not make the call on whether or not they get to go home. Only the military has the authority to send servicemen home.
Last year, the Red Cross worked three cases of relaying messages to servicemen in Anderson County.
In addition, the Red Cross provides a “Safe and Well” registry to allow people to register as okay after a disaster, hospital and nursing home volunteers, CPR, Health and Safety and babysitter training, book readers to the blind and a program for kids to educate them to not be afraid of emergency responders.
“I’ve always had a desire to help people. What I like about the Red Cross is that there are so many facets,” Hinline said. “Everyone has a niche.”
To find out more about the Red Cross and volunteer opportunities and upcoming blood drives visit www.redcross.org


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Am I Addicted to Sugar?
I love my chocolate as much as the next girl, but there’s a dangerous side to sweet treats that you may not be aware of.
Most Americans know that sugar is bad for their health. You got the message that it can cause brain fog, weight gain, diabetes, and even heart disease. While you know the risks, the temptations are real, and you may not be able to stop yourself. That’s because your body could quite literally be addicted to sugar.
If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “I would love to take sugar out of my diet, but it’s so dang hard! Am I addicted to sugar?” Don’t worry. It’s not about willpower, it is biochemical. Your body is programmed to like sugar. It doesn’t help that the food industry hides sugar in just about everything.
In this article, I’m going to share all about sugar addiction, what sugar does to your body, why you should consider cutting out sugar, and how to break sugar addiction. If you want to break free from your sugar addiction, keep reading!
How Does Sugar Affect Your Body?
The United States is obsessed with sugar. The average American consumes about 57 pounds of added sugar a year. Worse, a strawberry-flavored yogurt can have up to 20 grams of sugar in one 6oz serving! With all that sugar circulating around, one has to wonder how it affects your body, right?
Sugar is a carbohydrate that you can easily find in MANY foods. The body uses carbohydrates for energy and breaks down carbs into sugars. But, there are different types of sugars based on their molecular structure. For example, monosaccharides have just one sugar molecule making them a simple sugar. Glucose and fructose are examples of monosaccharides. Polysaccharides have more than one sugar molecule and include sucrose, lactose, and starch.
The body breaks down carbohydrates into glucose, which enters the bloodstream and acts as a source of energy.
Some sugars, such as glucose, fructose, and lactose, occur naturally in foods and drinks. Meanwhile, added sugars refer to any sugars in foods that are not naturally occurring, such as sugar in baked goods…or hidden in your salad dressings.
Unfortunately, an excess of glucose in the blood can result in high blood sugar levels and is a precursor to insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, diabetes, and obesity.
Besides being used for energy, sugar also releases a hormonal response in your body. When you consume sugar it stimulates the dopamine reward circuit. This releases dopamine which results in feelings of pleasure and euphoria. So you’ll want more and more sugar.Yikes!
Negative Effects of Sugar on the Body
Sugar and Gut Health
Sugar promotes gut dysbiosis or an imbalance in the beneficial bacteria that live inside your GI tract. The bacteria that live in your intestines thrive on carbohydrates, both the “good” and the “bad” variety. Sugar can also lead to increased candida overgrowth.
Complex carbs, such as soluble fiber found in starchy plants like squash or sweet potatoes, feed beneficial gut bacteria. They also boost anti-inflammatory gut microbiota and discourage the growth of pathogenic bacteria. But, the consumption of processed carbs and refined sugar triggers the growth of harmful gut bacteria and promotes an inflammatory gut microbiota.
Sugar and Hormones
Sugar is also detrimental to the balance of hormones in your body. Consuming too much sugar disrupts the hormone insulin and causes insulin resistance. This leads to high blood sugar and excess fat storage.
You see, when insulin spikes, typically after a meal high in sugar, it lowers levels of an essential protein known as sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG). SHBG binds excess estrogen and testosterone in the blood, but when it’s low, these hormone levels increase. Insulin also increases the production of testosterone, which is then converted into even more estrogen by fat tissue in the belly.
These effects mean the ratio of estrogen to progesterone, known for keeping us calm and happy, is way too high, leading to irritability, anxiety, insomnia, and more.
Sugar and Inflammation
Consumption of refined sugar has been linked to impaired immune function. Alterations in the gut microbiota induced by refined sugar intake may set off an immune response, which in turn contributes to impaired immune function and chronic inflammation.
8 Tips on How to Break Sugar Addiction
Getting over any type of addiction is hard, and sugar addiction is no different. While it may not be a piece of cake, you can break free from the cycle and stop pondering, “Am I addicted to sugar?” Here are 8 tips to help you break sugar addiction for good.
Prepare for Sugar Withdrawal Symptoms
Withdrawal from sugar can lead to several mental and physical challenges. Mood changes due to a lack of dopamine and anxiety and nervousness due to drops in blood glucose levels could occur. You may also have trouble concentrating, sleep issues, and physical discomfort.
Cutting sugar all at once is not likely to happen. Instead, try and focus on decreasing your sugar consumption week by week. This is much more achievable and realistic.
Look for Hidden Sugars
Get comfortable with all the various names for sugar and start reading the ingredient labels on food before you purchase it. When possible choose real, whole foods rather than processed foods.
Avoid Artificial Sweeteners
There are plenty of natural sweeteners, for example, maple syrup, raw honey, coconut sugar, dates/ date paste. Keep in mind that these sweeteners, though natural, are only a crutch to help you resolve your sugar cravings altogether. You can certainly add them back into your diet once you have broken your sugar addiction, but until then it’s best to avoid them.
Eat More Fiber, Protein, and Healthy Fats
When looking to detox from sugar, consume a balanced diet with plenty of fiber from fruits and vegetables, proteins from different sources like meat, fish, and eggs, and healthy fats like fish, avocado and olive oil.
Swap sugary drinks for fruit-infused filtered water.
Get Good Sleep
A good night of sleep will help to keep your sugar cravings under control. Sleep deprivation can disrupt your circadian rhythm and the signaling of the satiety hormone leptin and increase the hunger hormone ghrelin, causing you to eat more.
Exercising regularly can help you deal with withdrawal symptoms, by replacing the dopamine high that you get from sugar with the dopamine high you get from exercise.


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The president of Italian Serie A club Napoli has set out his vision for a new stadium and it will not be on the site of the club’s current Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.
Aurelio De Laurentiis told Sky Sports Italia that the idea of renovating the Maradona stadium by removing the athletics track has been abandoned.
The 54,726-capacity Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, formerly known as the Stadio San Paolo, is a stadium in the Western Fuorigrotta suburb of Naples, Italy.
It is the fourth largest football stadium in Italy, after Milan’s 75,817-capacity San Siro Stadium, Rome’s 72,698-capacity Stadio Olimpico and Bari’s 58,270-capacity Stadio San Nicola. It serves as the home of S.S.C. Napoli.
The Municipality of Naples approved the renaming of the stadium in honor of Diego Maradona after the death of the soccer legend in 2020. Maradona was instrumental in Napoli winning two Serie A titles in 1984 and 1991.
De Laurentiis explained his thinking, saying, “I want another stadium, not the one in Fuorigrotta. We would have to play three years outside the city.
“I won’t redo the Fuorigrotta stadium, but I will build a new stadium in Bagnoli.”
Bagnoli is a seaside district to the west of the city of Naples.
The president of Napoli denied rumors that have circulated in recent days about the possibility of renovating the Diego Armando Maradona stadium without the athletics track.
The hypothesis has been circulating in view of the 2032 European Championships, which Italy will host together with Turkey.
The owner of Napoli explained to Sky Sport Italia the reasons for his choice. He said, “There was the intention to redevelop the current facility and the Zavanella architecture studio had been reflecting on the hypotheses for a month. We also carried out an inspection together to do this.
“However, a new stadium would have had to be built inside the Maradona to bring all the stands closer to the pitch and this would have meant that Napoli had to play three years outside the city. So, I asked Zavanella to design a very modern stadium.”
The chosen area would be located in the Bagnoli district of Naples, which is also home to a famous steel plant decommissioned in 1992.
De Laurentiis has already set the date of the first match: “With the reclamation of the area begun in October, which will continue for another 18 months, I plan to lay the first stone in 2025 and to play the first match on July 15, 2027.

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I cannot tell you how much chocolate and peanut butter have been on my mind lately! I mean, it is a FABULOUS combination, but I have never craved it so much before! I do not usually eat a lot candy, but I have seriously been wanting some Reese's... I knew I needed to get my little craving out of the way, so I whipped these up in no time and brought them over to a little Superbowl viewing party. They were still warm and received rave reviews. I do have to say, that they are not very good the next day unless you warm them up, so make these for a party/gathering/sharing. Believe me, you won't want these in your peripheral vision while you're trying to convince yourself to go to the gym...
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies
Recipe adapted from The Sweetest Kitchen
Makes 16 bars
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups AP flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup semisweet or milk chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350. Grease/spray 8x8 pan. In a saucepan over medium heat, melt better and sugar until smooth.
Mix together dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add egg to butter mixter, stirring to combine. Add vanilla. Pour wet mixture into dry mixture. Stir to create a smooth, thick batter.
Fold in half of the chocolate chips, reserving half to sprinkle on top.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Press remaining chips into top of batter to make sure they stick.
Bake 20-25 minutes until top is golden and edges are slightly browned. Allow to cool slightly before cutting into 16 squares and serving.
Enjoy while warm!
It really is a great combination! And it's great that you could satisfy you craving for it with these. I love their colour - perfectly golden/brown.ReplyDelete
Brittany- I agree!! My chocolate peanut butter craving has still not gone away, but these sure did help! :ReplyDelete
These look amazing! Such a winning combo!ReplyDelete
I hope you and Gordon are well.
I tried to make these the other day but when I got to the stage where you pour the mixture into the tin, it was far too thick!
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Ally — 5/5 Night Elf Worgen Druid — Play Cost: 6
When Alpha Prime enters play, put a 2 / 2 Worgen ally token into play for this and each other Night Elf ally you control.
This and other Worgen allies you control have Aberration.
Ralaar Fangfire, also known as Alpha Prime, is the leader of the Druids of the Scythe.
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Lake Washington can be one moody and turbulent boss, but it did not really matter. The bridge engineers at the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) were going to float another one of their ideas by it anyway.
At times, the muscular body of water, which lies adjacent to the city of Seattle, has delivered a wrath powerful enough that it had many wondering just how much time the existing four-lane buoyant bridge carrying S.R. 520 had left in its current position. In fact, the Inauguration Day Storm of 1993, with wind gusts over 60 mph, riled up the lake so much it produced waves so abusive the need for therapy has been constant ever since. According to John White, project director at WSDOT, crews have repaired over 30,000 linear feet of cracking to date.
“This bridge probably could not take another Inauguration Day Storm without undergoing some type of significant damage that could put it out of service,” he told ROADS & BRIDGES.
Despite the demands, WSDOT still believed a replacement span that could float—with some obvious modifications—was the best solution. When all is said and done, the new S.R. 520 bridge, which will cost $586.5 million, will be the longest of its kind in the world. It will carry six lanes of traffic and also a pedestrian/bicycle lane. The total price tag on the project, which also includes improvements to the east and west sides of the span to accommodate six-lane travel, is $4.65 billion. WSDOT has secured more than half of the funding needed for the S.R. 520 corridor improvements and has all of the funding needed to build the replacement floating bridge, drawing on state and federal gas taxes and by placing a toll on the existing 520 bridge, which is expected to generate up to $1 billion.
“The WSDOT bridge engineers who specialize in floating bridges, they consider themselves the best in the world,” said White. “This project is taking all of their knowledge and expertise and combining it with that of the private industry, allowing them to apply innovation to [the WSDOT] expertise. It makes for a powerful combination in the end.”
Forming the other end of WSDOT’s confident partnership is the joint venture of Kiewit-General-Manson, which has experience in the construction of floating bridges as deep as the darkest parts of Lake Washington. The two are teaming to produce some of the largest pontoons in history, and at the fastest rate. The speed is needed to fulfill an aggressive schedule, one that calls for the bridge to be open to traffic by the end of 2014.
For years, WSDOT took bits and pieces of knowledge gained from past projects involving floating bridges. However, the demands of Lake Washington and project requirements for a minimum 75-year design life called for a new approach. So in 2010 the agency embarked on the ACME (Advanced Construction Methods and Engineering) project for the pontoon construction. The goal was to test a variety of mix designs, thermal control systems, vibration approaches and different types of materials for forming. The winning approach not only had to withstand the punches of the lake, but also the hard slap of winter weather that would be in full force during pontoon construction and the ride up the coast in the Pacific Ocean.
“They came up with an optimal mix design that balanced flowability with strength in the hopes to eliminate air pockets and other anomalies,” said White, “and eliminate the cracking, both the amount and severity.”
That optimal mix contains the following:
Type I-II low-alkalai cement;
Water retarding/hydration (stabilizing admixture);
High-range water-reducing admixture; and
The thermal control plan involves the use of concrete blankets and heaters, and “will utilize heating and cooling piping to mitigate cracks due to temperature differences in the concrete placements,” Erik Nelson, project manager with Kiewit-General-Manson, told ROADS & BRIDGES. KGM is handling the construction of 44 supplemental pontoons at the port of Tacoma.
The ACME project also produced strong recommendations for the form system involving the pontoons, which included utilizing a steel skin plate on the exterior forms and executing external vibration. Typical wall construction for cast-in-place concrete utilizes internal vibration where workers use vibrators that go down into the concrete inside the formwork. External vibration calls for the vibrators to be attached on the external face of the form to vibrate it. If done correctly, according to Nelson, the process will reduce the amount of honeycomb and imperfections in the exterior concrete surface by removing more of the trapped air.
“This will ensure a good, solid hard finish on the exterior face. It is intuitive for pontoons that the exterior finish is of high quality,” said Nelson.
The cure method for the supplemental pontoons has yet to be finalized. The 21 longitudinal pontoons, which will be the largest in WSDOT history, will follow a five-day moisture-retention cure or a seven-day wet cure, with a 28-day compressive strength of 7,500 psi.
Strengthening the bridge design also called for a lift. In order to minimize the effects to traffic operations due to splashing on the bridge deck during storm events, and to accommodate the majority of routine maintenance activities without impacting traffic operations, WSDOT decided to construct 10-ft piers on top on the pontoons. The road deck would then be built on top of the piers to provide the needed buffer zone.
To assemble the biggest group of pontoons (longitudinal) WSDOT needed a lot of land with access to the water. The search led the agency to an old logging yard in Aberdeen. Under a separate $367 million contract, Kiewit-General broke ground on the casting facility in March 2011, and at press time crews were in the midst of the first construction cycle of pontoons while also wrapping up work on the gate and navigation channel. One cycle could consist of as many as six pieces, depending on pontoon size. Pontoons will be cast in place and later towed north along the Pacific coastline around Washington’s Olympic peninsula into Puget Sound and Seattle.
The longitudinal pontoons produced at Aberdeen will be 360 ft long, 75 ft wide and 29 ft tall, while cross pontoons placed at each end of the floating bridge will measure in at 240 ft long, 75 ft wide and 34 ft tall. The 44 supplemental pontoons produced at the port of Tacoma will be 98 ft long, 50 or 60 ft wide and 29 ft tall. Crews were getting ready for a mock-up test pour in mid-December at the port of Tacoma. Nelson expected that crews would start producing the supplemental segments in January and said multiple shifts will work around the clock to meet an overly aggressive schedule.
Pontoon construction, however, goes well beyond mix design and dimensions. The environmental sensitivity of the area will force the contractor to hit window deadlines or suffer delays.
Restrictions range from spawning and returning salmon to the harsh winter weather.
“The weather is really dynamic in the lake in the winter months,” said White. “It’s pretty rough. This has some unique challenges because if you have a one-month delay that has you missing a weather window it could turn into a three- or four-month hit that you have to try to recover from.”
The wind can pick up to 30-40 mph during the cold season, but that should not affect the pontoon construction since much of the work is done in the dry casting basins. However, the gusts could shut down crane operations, which would strain the schedule.
“When it comes to the fish migration and spawning, that’s relatively predictable,” White continued. “You have to make sure to take advantage of the windows when they are available. If you don’t make those windows then you don’t get another opportunity to perform that certain type of work until the next window, which could be six months later.”
The next three months will be spent creating the first cycle of pontoons, with the first float-out expected to take place in May 2012. Groups of pontoons will be towed to the bridge site and joined together. For the longitudinal pontoons, adjoining bolts, roughly 3 in. in diameter, will be lined across the face of each pontoon to provide a connection, which also involves the use of a grouted joint in between the pontoon ends. The supplemental pontoons will be bolted alongside the longitudinal pieces and will be connected with the help of post-tensioning.
Anchors tying the floating bridge to the bottom of Lake Washington will be placed prior to pontoon placement. Three different types of anchors—fluke, gravity and shaft—will be used. Fluke anchors are 40-ft-tall concrete structures with a back face that will be jetted into the lake bottom. These anchors will be located out in the deeper portion of the lake where there is soft soil. Gravity anchors are concrete boxes that are placed at the bottom of the lake and filled with ballast rock. These types will be placed where the topography of the lake bottom is on a slope where crews can rely on friction. Shaft anchors, which are essentially drilled shafts, will be used in shallow areas of the lake. R&B


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Prime News, National (Hyderabad), November 30:- In an atrocious remark on the murder of a veterinary doctor in Hyderabad, Telangana Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali has asked why did the girl not call the police but her family. The girl was educated and she should have dialled 100 but she called her family, Mehboob Ali told reporters in Hyderabad. The Telangana home minister, however, did not explain why the police did not act for almost four hours and reach the spot despite the girl’s father lodging a complain at 11 pm on the night of the tragedy. Police later found her charred body from near an under-construction bridge.
“Don’t hang up, I am feeling scared,” Telangana vet had told her sister moments before her phone battery died. Her father has also said that he lodged a complaint with the police but for four hours they kept checking something or the other. “I pleaded with the police to accompany him to the toll plaza (her last location) but I was told to visit another police station,” vet’s father told a news channel.
The case is a chilling reminder of December 16 Nirbhaya gangrape case and has sent shockwaves across the state. Telangana DGP has said four people believed to be involved in the case have been detained and a probe was underway. One of the four accused is reportedly a minor. However, the manner in which the Hyderabad’s vet was strangulated to death and then set ablaze is an agonising reminder of Nirbhaya gangrape and murder.
Meanwhile, reacting to the Telangana minister comments, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shot back saying the cops were “inefficient.”
Meanwhile, badminton star Jwala Gutta said the terrible news is a failure of the society. (MR, Inputs: Agencies).

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Drunk driver jailed after 130mph chase through Manchester
A driver from Greater Manchester has been jailed for 12 months after leading police on a 16-mile chase and reaching speeds up to 130mph.
Callum Dorrian, 26-year-old from Ordsall, Greater Manchester, was pursued by police for 16 minutes after the chase began at 11:45pm on 16th June.
Footage captured from the police car showed the driver jumping multiple red lights, driving on the wrong side of the road and driving into the police cars in an attempt to flee the law.
The chase came to an end when Dorrian smashed through a primary school's gates and was then cornered by police when trying to escape the scene on foot.
At points the driver reached speeds of up to 130mph in his Volkswagen Golf GTD, with the chase spanning the M66 motorway and the towns of Bury, Prestwich and Radcliffe.
When caught, it was revealed that Dorrian was two-and-a-half times over the legal alcohol limit following a breathalyser test and he was arrested.
The driver, who had also served time in the past for another alcohol fuelled incident, for which he was jailed for 20 months, pleaded guilty to dangerous and drink driving when he appeared at Bolton Crown Court.
Judge Richard Gioserano said: "Here you are again drinking far too much to drive, but driving anyway. The danger you posed to others that night is obvious and substantial.
"It is only a matter of pure chance that no one was hurt."
Dorrian was also banned from driving for two-and-a-half years, before then having to take an extended retest.
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Experimental study of the effect of rotation on nonlinear internal waves
Grimshaw, Roger H. J.
Helfrich, Karl R.
Johnson, Edward R.
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Large amplitude internal waves are commonly observed in the coastal ocean. In the weakly nonlinear long wave r egime, they are often modeled by the Korteweg-de Vries equation, which predicts that the long-time outcome of generic localised initial conditions is a train of internal solitary waves. However, when the e ect of background rotation is taken into account, it is known from several theoretical and numerical studies that the formation of solitary waves is inhibited, and instead nonlinear wave packets form. In this paper, we report the results from a laboratory experiment on the Coriolis platform which describes this process.
Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2013. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of AIP Publishing for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Physics of Fluids 25 (2013): 056602, doi:10.1063/1.4805092.

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Does Razer have N-key rollover? Yes, Razer keyboards feature a gaming optimized key matrix that allows the recognition of up to six simultaneous key presses. N-key rollover (NKRO) only works with a direct connection to
Does Razer have N-key rollover?
Yes, Razer keyboards feature a gaming optimized key matrix that allows the recognition of up to six simultaneous key presses. N-key rollover (NKRO) only works with a direct connection to a native PS/2 port on the computer which provides for other limitations that USB overcomes.
What does N-key rollover means?
Certain high-end keyboards have “n-key rollover” (NKRO). This means that each key is scanned completely independently by the keyboard hardware, so that each keypress is correctly detected regardless of how many other keys are being pressed or held down at the time.
Is N-key rollover important for gaming?
That number tells you how many keys you can press simultaneously with the keyboard being aware. For example, if your keyboard has 6-key rollover, you can press six keys at once with successful input. N-key rollover is particularly relevant/helpful for gaming keyboards.
How do I get rid of N-key rollover?
Gamers and fast typists will love to hear that Das Keyboard 4 supports full n-key rollover (NKRO) over USB. No need to use a PS2 adapter anymore. Just press shift + mute to toggle NKRO.
Do you need N-key rollover?
It’s important to remember that rollover is a minimum, not a maximum. If your keyboard can correctly register some six key combinations, but it can’t correctly register one three key combination, then it is a 2KRO keyboard, not a 6KRO keyboard.
How do I know if my keyboard has rollover?
The test involves holding down both the left and right shift keys and typing the following sentence while still holding down both shift keys:
- the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
- TE UIC RWN JUS VER TE LAY DG.
- THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG.
How important is N-key rollover?
N-key rollover, or “NKRO,” is a feature of high-end keyboards that detects all keystrokes no matter how many keys are pressed simultaneously. It ensures every keystroke is recorded and prevents “ghosting,” in which an extra keystroke may be registered when multiple keys are pressed together.
How does N-Key Rollover work?
Is 6 key rollover enough for gaming?
To avoid ghosting, quality gaming keyboards come with a minimum 6-Key Rollover. 6KRO allows enough simultaneous keystrokes for fast typists and most gamers. If you’re seeking competitive-level performance, keyboards with N-Key Rollover (NKRO) are guaranteed to register EVERY keystroke.
What is key rollover anti ghosting?
Anti-Ghosting – This can refer to the ability of a keyboard to recognize 3 or more key presses at once. The number of simultaneously recognized key presses varies between each model of keyboard that does not have full n-key rollover.


Americans Continue to Demand Beef Amidst Record PricesFri, 25 Jul 2014 17:53:40 CDT
Across the board cattle and beef prices have surpassed record levels. Speaking at the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association annual convention, Livestock Marketing Information Center Director Jim Robb says from an economist view its a combination of the supply and demand side coming together.
"The domestic consumer demand has stayed surprisingly strong and we've had some support in the beef complex from the trials and tribulations in the pork industry and the moving up of pork and hog prices," Robb said. "Then the export demand has been surprising good at these very high prices that foreign demand has stayed very strong and very robust for beef, in fact we are getting year over year increases still in beef exports."
At the OCA meeting, Robb talked with Radio Oklahoma Network Farm News Director Ron Hays about the market situation. On the supply side, the industry has shrunk numbers significantly in recent years from ongoing drought in the south as well as the Midwest. In the short term Robb says packers are needing animals, which pushes cattle and in turn beef prices higher. He says there are strong fundamentals under the market and at some point the market will peak, but no one knows when that will take place.
While beef prices have moved to record levels, demand has not been effected. Robb says part of that is Americans having a craving for beef and in looking at the meat case, pork and chicken prices have also increased.
"Overall we have to remember that the US average consumer spends 11 percent of their disposable income according to USDA (on) food at home and away from home," Robb said. "So you have to shock 'em and really the beef prices have been a bit of a concern, but they haven't changed their buying patterns very much and that's really been a very key component of why we have these very strong prices."
Looking ahead Robb looks for this summer to be a turning point as the industry reaches a transition point nationally toward stabilizing and starting to build the cowherd.
Overall consumers have adjusted to these higher prices and have not backed away from beef. Robb says beef demand is following the overall health of the economy and he doesn't see beef demand dropping substantially, unless the economy slides into a major downturn.
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Governor Aurelio Umali has ordered the suspension of classes in all levels in both public and private schools from March 16 to April 14 as a precautionary measure against the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Umali issued on Saturday, March 14, Executive Order No. 006-2020 which also imposes a temporary ban on mass gatherings within the said period.
Umali underscored in his EO that the Department of Health (DOH) “strongly urges the public to avoid attending and participating in mass gatherings and organizing crowd-drawing events to minimize exposure and risks of further transmission of the disease.”
“It is necessary and appropriate to take action to control the spread of Covid-19 and to keep safe and secure the residents and visitors of the province of Nueva Ecija amid the public health threat, ” the EO reads.
Earlier, Cabanatuan City Mayor Myca Ekizabeth Vergara ordered an indefinite suspension of classes, in all levels both in public and private, starting Saturday, as per Executive Order 2020-005 issued Friday.
In her EO, Vergara stressed that the temporary suspension of classes was part of preventive measures “to avoid, contain and mitigate the possible transmission of the Covid-19.”
Vergara issued the EO comes in the wake of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of a State of Public Health Emergency under Proclamation No. 922 that enjoined all national agencies and local government units to immediately act to contain Covid-19.
She said the Cabanatuan city government will periodically evaluate whether such suspension shall continue, depending on the prevailing conditions and upon the advice of the DOH.
Cabanatuan City, dubbed as the trade and education center of Nueva Ecija where students come from as far as northern and eastern parts of Luzon, is host to various schools, universities and colleges.
Several private and public schools in the city have implemented the use of thermo scanners to monitor people entering their premises. (PNA)


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Nintendo’s Mario Kart Tour has achieved 90 million downloads in its first week, according to new data from SensorTower.
A new report from mobile analytics company SensorTower indicates that Mario Kart Tour is Nintendo fastest-performing mobile title. The game has easily surpassed Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Super Mario Run with an eye-watering 90 million first-week downloads.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp was the previous top performer, achieving 14.3 million downloads in its first week.
The data comes from SensorTower’s Store Intelligence product, which uses and a mixture of algorithms and data points to generate download and revenue estimates.
Surprisingly, Mario Kart Tour is not top of the podium for player spending. Despite its controversial $5 monthly pass, the game has generated $12.7 million in revenue so far. This puts it behind Super Mario Run – which managed $16.1 million with its equally controversial premium price point – and the free-to-play tactical RPG Fire Emblem Heroes, which earned $28.2 million through its Gacha mechanics.
SensorTower’s analysis also reports that despite the game being downloaded to more Android devices, iOS users have provided 75 per cent of its revenue.
Whatever your views on the game, it’s certainly doing better than Nintendo’s other recent mobile release, the disappointing Dr Mario World. Mario Kart Tour is available now via Google Play and the Apple App Store.
Original story: SensorTower
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Hymns, chiefly mediæval, on the joys and glories of paradise, tr. or ed. by J.M. Neale
ما يقوله الناس - كتابة مراجعة
لم نعثر على أي مراجعات في الأماكن المعتادة.
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Amen Angels battle bears beauty behold BERNARD OF CLUNY blessed blest body bright celestial CHRIST'S City Cross crown dear death doth dwell earth edition endless eternal everlasting evermore face fair fear following Hymn gates Give given gladness glorious glory gold golden grace grow happy hath heart heaven heavenly hell holy Home honour Hope Hymn Jerusalem King labour Land light lines live LORD Martyrs never night noble once original passed passion peace perfect pleasure poem poet possession praise present published pure Quod rest round Sacred Saints seen semper shine silver sing snow song sorrow soul sound speak Spirit spring stand stanzas streets sweet Tell thee things Thou thousand Throne translation triumph Virgins vision wings yield
الصفحة 7 - ... flos perpetuus rosarum ver agit perpetuum; candent lilia, rubescit crocus, sudat balsamum. virent prata, vernant sata, rivi mellis influunt; pigmentorum spirat odor, liquor et aromatum; pendent poma floridorum non lapsura nemorum. non alternat luna vices, sol vel cursus siderum; agnus est felicis urbis lumen inocciduum; nox et tempus desunt ei; diem fert continuum.
الصفحة 23 - Our sorrows still remain. But there they live in such delight, Such pleasure and such play, As that to them a thousand years Doth seem as yesterday.
الصفحة 25 - Jerusalem, my happy home, Would God I were in thee ! Would God my woes were at an end, Thy joys that I might see ! Anon.
الصفحة 62 - O how glorious and resplendent, Fragile body, shalt thou be, When endued with so much beauty, Full of health, and strong, and free, Full of vigour, full of pleasure That shall last eternally...
الصفحة 19 - Jerusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee ? When shall my sorrows have an end, Thy joys when shall I see...
الصفحة 22 - Ah, my sweet home, Jerusalem ! "Would God I were in thee, Would God my woes were at an end, Thy joys that I might see. Thy saints are crowned with glory great, They see God face to face, They triumph still, they still rejoice, Most happy is their case.
الصفحة 8 - Joy in unison secure : And in safety tell their battles And their foes' discomfiture. Freed from every stain of evil, All their carnal wars are done : For the flesh made spiritual And the soul agree in one : Peace unbroken spreads enjoyment, Sin and scandal are unknown.
الصفحة 76 - Here let my Lord hang up His conquering lance, And bloody armour with late slaughter warm, And, looking down on His weak militants, Behold His Saints...
الصفحة 78 - No bloodless malady empales their face ; No age drops on their hairs his silver snow ; No nakedness their bodies doth embase ; No poverty themselves and theirs disgrace: No fear of death the joy of life devours ; No unchaste sleep their precious time deflowers; No loss, no grief, no change, wait on their winged hours.
الصفحة 75 - Seeking their heaven out of their heaven to find, Sounding their silver trumpets out so loud, That the shrill noise broke through the starry cloud, And all the virgin souls in pure array, Came dancing forth and making joyous play : So him they led along into the courts of day. So him they led into the courts of day, Where never war nor wounds abide him more ; But in that house eternal peace doth play, Acquieting the souls that, new...


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Texas State Senator Middleton Files Bill, SB 649, to #SaveWomensSports & Keep Men Out of Women’s College Athletics
For Immediate Release
Austin, TX – January 30, 2023: Today, Senator Mayes Middleton filed SB 649, to protect Texas women collegiate athletes. The bill will make sure that men cannot compete on women’s sports teams at the college level. Last session, the Texas legislature passed HB 25, authored by Representative Valoree Swanson, that keeps boys out of girls sports in K-12 UIL athletic competitions. With the recent incident like that of male swimmer Lia Thomas competing and dominating the NCAA championship for women’s swimming, the state needs a law to make sure that women’s athletics competitions and scholarships are protected at the college level as well.
Texas Senator Mayes Middleton stated:
“I filed the Save Women’s Sports Act to protect the integrity of women’s sports. The bill makes sure women are not forced to compete against biological men, who steal victories and athletic records from females, and put women’s athletic scholarships unfairly at risk,” said Senator Middleton. “Allowing biological males to compete in women’s sports erodes Title IX, a federal law that protects opportunities previously denied to women.”
Mary Elizabeth Castle, Director of Government Relations for Texas Values Action released this comment:
“Title IX was passed 50 years ago to give women like me equal rights in athletics and education and we cannot allow those rights to be taken away. Texas must pass a law to make sure that college women athletes do not have their opportunities to compete and be victorious in sports stolen by men wanting to compete as women. Women athletes are winning the legal battle on this issue in other states. It is time for Texas to join other states in standing up for college women athletes.”
Texas Values Action is the leading organization on the issue of saving women’s sports in Texas.
Members of the Texas Values Action policy team are available for comment and media may contact email@example.com to coordinate interviews.
About Texas Values Action
Texas Values Action is the advocacy and legislative action arm of Texas Values. Texas Values Action operates as a 501(c)(4) non-profit lobbying and advocacy organization that directly advocates for faith, family, and freedom in the political arena.
Texas Values Action shares in the Texas Values Mission and Vision of standing for biblical, Judeo-Christian values to ensure that Texas is a state in which religious liberty flourishes, families prosper, and every human life is valued.


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The cryptocurrency market is falling as a consequence of bearish macroeconomic conditions. Bitcoin has fallen under the $19K mark and is at the moment buying and selling at $18.7K. Ethereum went down by 6% within the final 24 hours and by greater than 20% within the final 7 days. Nonetheless, Algorand’s native token ALGO is thrashing the bearish sentiment of the market.
ALGO is at the moment up by greater than 8% within the final 24 hours regardless of a significant sell-off in the remainder of the altcoin market. Within the final 7 days, Algorand is up by over 20%. Algorand’s achievement is a results of attaining 6000 TPS on its blockchain, which outperforms Mastercard’s 5000 TPS.
The Federal Reserve determined to extend rates of interest by an unusually large 75 basis points. Fed chair Jerome Powell promised that extra quantitative tightening is suitable. In consequence, the crypto market is in a significant rut.
Why Algorand Is Outperforming The Crypto Market?
Algorand is a proof-of-stake-based blockchain protocol. The crew claims to realize decentralization, safety, and scalability with out compromises. It additionally considers environmental sustainability because the protocol’s largest promoting level.
Yesterday, Algorand achieved one in all its most necessary technical accomplishments. State Proofs turned obtainable on the Algorand blockchain. State proofs give the blockchain the power to digitally signal any message in a really decentralized method. Based on Silvio Micali, the co-founder of Algorand, state proofs permit his blockchain security towards quantum assaults. It additionally permits decentralized bridges with different blockchains.
Extra importantly, the protocol claims that its blockchain can now deal with 6000 transactions per second. In distinction, well-liked monetary companies Mastercard is believed to have the ability to deal with solely 5000 transactions per second. The blockchain can be now in a position to attain finality and block formation in 3.7 seconds.
Algo’s State Proof Vs. Ethereum Merge
Algorand’s worth surge throughout the crypto crash is in stark distinction with Ethereum’s slide after the merge. Whereas Ethereum has fallen by 20% post-merge, Algorand’s technological achievements have resulted in a surge of over 20%.
The introduced content material could embrace the non-public opinion of the writer and is topic to market situation. Do your market analysis earlier than investing in cryptocurrencies. The writer or the publication doesn’t maintain any duty in your private monetary loss.


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Verdun residents raise concerns about beach project
Loud partying, possible wildlife destruction, litter among issues raised at public meeting
Louise Matte says she invested in a condo by the St. Lawrence because she enjoys the peace and quiet.
She's trying to sell it and says the only negative comments she gets are about the $4 million beach that is slated to open nearby next year.
"They'll be eating, they'll probably be drinking. They won't want to leave when it [closes]," she said.
Matte is one of a number condo owners who spoke about their frustrations with the beach at a public meeting last night.
Verdun Mayor Jean-Marc Parenteau said the meeting was meant to let citizens voice their concerns so the borough could act on them.
Others at the meeting asked if the borough had considered the increase in foot traffic and potential garbage.
Parenteau says the plan is to have the beach ready for use next summer in time for Montreal's 375th anniversary.
Threat to wildlife?
There was also concern about the impact on wildlife.
The borough looked at four different locations for this beach and finally decided on putting the beach behind the Verdun auditorium because they said it would have the least environmental impact on the land.
Parenteau says the new beach will work around the existing ecosystem.
"That's why we work with the [Environment Ministry], to ensure it will conform with the environment. With fish, birds, trees, it was hard but now we can present a beautiful project for the future," he said.
A park, bike path, strong current
It's also close to Verdun's busier streets. The borough believes putting the beach there will give its downtown area an economic boost.
But there are some drawbacks to the location.
The current is stronger there, so the city will have to do work to slow down the water.
The beach will include a park, woodlands, recreational facilities, a bike path and a library. The development extends over several hundred meters.
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Amid all the noise and empty promises being aired in the run-up to the general election, there's a law coming into effect on Thursday that proves, unexpectedly, not all our politicians are jokers.
April Fool's Day will see it become a criminal offence to purchase sex in England and Wales.
In Scotland, although kerb crawling became an offence last October, paying for sex in a brothel or sauna is not against the law. But efforts to ban it outright are underway. A consultation process is at the second stage and will soon go before the Scottish Parliament for debate.
But isn't it incredible this hasn't happened long before now?
Perhaps you think the change in law won't affect you because you're not one of Britain's 80,000 prostitutes.
But given that they have 64million clients a year, there's a good chance that a man you know uses them.
The latest research found more than one in 10 men have done so, with 90 per cent of those either married or in a steady relationship.
Does it bother you now?
How about the availability of sex in lap-dancing bars, the number of which has risen by more than 1000 per cent in just over 10 years.
These clubs are also linked to a rise in trafficked women, brought to this country to work as sex slaves.
Scotland, with its tolerance zones and support groups, giving out everything from free hot meals to condoms and advice for sex workers, has always seemed to be fairly progressive.
But compare our efforts with those of Iceland where paying for sex has not only already been made illegal but which has also just passed a law to shut down every strip club in the country.
Can you imagine the outcry if the same was attempted here? Harriet Harman, our Minister for Women and Equality, is regularly vilified for her attempts to drag us into the 21st century. In Iceland, they don't need a women's minister ... they have a female and openly lesbian head of state.
Efforts in Scotland to get rid of the sex industry are being made by many different organisations. But unfortunately they are faced with entrenched opinions, mostly held by men, that prostitution will always exist and legislation is pointless.
The evidence suggests otherwise. In Sweden, one of the first countries to criminalise men paying for sex instead of prostitutes, the number of sex workers dropped from 2500 to fewer than 100.
The Criminal Justice and Licensing legislation is due to become law in Scotland next year, although it's not clear yet what will be included.
If you support a ban on prostitution, go to www.endprostitutionnow.org where a public petition is available to sign.
If not, ask yourself why you believe that in this country, in this century, women should still be available to be bought and sold.

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For the sake of completeness, content provider means an enterprise providing an integrated broadcasting content of 24 hours or a shorter period, available for transmission to the public. Otherwise said, the content provider offers the audio-visual content which is digitally transmitted through the network.
The digital transmission of the content is entrusted to a network provider which is an enterprise responsible for the establishment, operation, control or making available of a network. A licence from the National Telecommunications and Post Commission (''NTPC'') is required for the operation of a network provider, the latter being responsible for regulating all issues related to the network providers. In particular, private channels in Greece broadcasting their content through DIGEA, the only, to date, licensed network provider.
The licensing regime of television operators, has been regulated, throughout the years, by several legislative texts (initially by Law 2328/1995 and later by Law 3592/1997). However, the main characteristic of the media market in Greece is, since the entry of private media (i.e., in 1989), the uncertain licensing status of private television operators. Indeed, even though proper legislative tools were adopted, these were only partially enforced. As a result, the relevant legislative provisions remained dead letter, since even though invitations to tender for the licensing of analogue television were published all procedures were finally annulled. Thus, for years the Greek state, prolonged the uncertain status of the television operators by granting extensions to the terms of initially obtained provisional licenses, on the basis of subsequent legislative amendments to Law 1866/1989, by virtue of which licenses were originally issued. With regards to the Greek state's obligation for the implementation of terrestrial digital television, Law 3592/2007 did not contain a specific timeframe for the digital switchover and, therefore, all relevant crucial issues, including licensing, were to be decided at a later stage. In practice, the digital switchover was completed on February 2015 and currently all private channels are transmitting their programmes through digital technology, thus covering the entire Greek territory.
The licensing of content providers of free-to-air terrestrial digital broadcasting under new media law
However, only recently and following a bitter debate between the opposition parties and the governmental coalition, a new media law passed by the Hellenic Parliament on 24 October 2015, and came into force on 29 October 2015 (Official Gazette A' 133/29.10.2015), (''Law 4339/2015'' as stated above) the primary goal of which is to address the said uncertain licensing status of private channels and in particular to regulate the licensing regime of the content providers.
Under the new law, licenses to be granted are further categorised into (a) licenses of national coverage, and (b) licenses of regional coverage. National coverage licenses cover the entire Greek territory population-wise, whereas regional licenses cover specific regional zones, according to the applicable Frequency Charts.
Overview of the licensing requirements
(i) Tender Procedure
Licensees of free-to-air terrestrial digital broadcasting are allocated following a licensing tender, and, in particular, through an auction ran by the NRTC, which is an independent authority, responsible for the regulation, supervision and monitoring of media. In this respect, the NRTC shall be responsible for the issuance of an invitation to tender, which will mark the launch of the tender process. The invitations to tender will define the terms and the tender procedure, including the auction pattern that will be followed each time.
During a pre-selection phase the NRTC shall examine, whether applicants fulfil the requirements set by the new law and shall compile, in this respect, a list including bidders meeting, tender conditions and rejected applicants. The preselected bidders shall participate in the auction, which shall take place in multiple rounds and consist of higher bids compared to the starting price. Following tender completion, an announcement of successful bidders for each auction per coverage, programme and content shall be posted on NRTC's website.
The tender procedure shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable Frequency Charts of terrestrial digital broadcasting of television signals, which sets in detail the frequencies, the transmission restrictions imposed on network providers, the permitted broadcasting centers as well as their geographic coverage area and the technical specifications that network providers must satisfy.
Further, the Minister of State, following NRTC's reasoned opinion and public consultation, will set out the tender specifications, including the number of content providers licenses that will be tendered, per scope (national or regional), per programme (informative or non-informative) and per content (general or thematic). In addition, the Minister of Finance and the Minister of State shall also define, by a joint decision, the starting price (per licence category) of the tender, following NRTC's opinion.
(ii) Conditions for participation
The new media law sets out, in detail, the conditions for participation in the tender procedure, which
are as follows:
(a) Foreign or domestic companies that wish to participate in the tender procedure must be companies limited by shares (SA) (or joint ventures) active exclusively in the field of media, and having as object the provision of free-to-air digital terrestrial broadcasting services. Local authorities (OTA) operating under the legal form of a limited company by shares, may also participate so long as they fulfil the conditions set by the law;
(b) Participating companies need to have a minimum share capital during the entire licensing period, which is set at EUR 8 million for licenses of an informative programme of general content, EUR 5 million for licenses of an informative programme of thematic content, and EUR 2 million for licenses of a non-informative programme. In this respect, a letter of guarantee must be provided if the minimum shareholding requirements are not met during the tender procedure and up to the moment that the candidate is awarded the licence. With regards to regional licenses, the minimum share capital shall be decided jointly by the Minister of Finance and the Minister of State;
(c) The shares of the applicant companies as well as the shares of the companies holding the share capital of the applicant should be nominative shares up to the level of natural persons, with the exception of (i) foreign companies not being under such obligation in accordance with the law governing the foreign company; and (ii) companies listed on a stock exchange of the EU or OECD countries. In this case, foreign companies must submit before the NRTC an official certificate issued by the competent authorities providing that there is no obligation to have nominative shares under the law governing such entity and a list of shareholders having more than 1 per cent of the company's voting rights;
(d) Additional impediments are provided for shareholders of participating companies, holders of more than 1 per cent of the share capital of the applicant, members of the board of directors of the applicant as well as legal representatives of the applicant, who should not (i) be convicted for participation in a criminal organisation, for bribery, for fraud and legalisation of proceeds from illegal activities, and (ii) participate in companies that conclude public contracts or in opinion polling companies. In the latter case, entities must submit relevant official certificates;
(e) Certain minimum conditions shall apply, such as the requirement for technological equipment and infrastructure that guarantees sound digital broadcasting, and the requirement for a standard number of staff employed (based on the type of licence). Applicants must also meet specific content requirements;
(f) Participating companies shall not enter into liquidation, or become insolvent and shall be compliant with their insurance and tax obligations (and provide the relevant tax and social security contributions clearance certificates);
(g) Finally, applicants shall also present evidence with regards to the source of the financial means available for the operation of the company and must also submit a fee payable to the Greek state, which shall be determined in the invitation to tender to be issued by the NRTC.
(iii) Ownership restrictions
Participation in another company operating in the same media sector is permitted provided that there is no exercise of control, whereas, participation in another company operating in a different media sector is subject to considerable restrictions (Law 4339/2015 in conjunction with Law 3592/2007).
In this respect, a distinction between informative and non-informative channels is established. Thus, in case of informative channels participation (up to 100 per cent) is permitted (a) in one television channel, and (b) in one informative radio station, whereas, with regards to non-informative channels, participation is permitted as follows:
(a) one (national or regional) television channel (if the company also participates in an informative television channel); or (b) two (national or regional) television channels (provided that the company does not have a participation in any informative television channel) and (c) 15 per cent of all radio licensees issued by tender for each prefecture/region and for a maximum of three prefectures/regions, or (d) up to five radio stations in a maximum of three prefectures/regions.
The above restrictions apply to partners, shareholders, members of the Board of Directors and administrators established in Greece, but not if they are listed on a stock exchange of the EU or OECD.
(iv) Foreign ownership restrictions
Foreign investors may freely participate in broadcasting activities in Greece, since there is no limit to the participation of non-Greek companies in a television station. However, foreign companies shall meet the same conditions for participation in the tender procedure (e.g., must be companies limited by shares (SA) (or joint ventures)), with a few exceptions as referred to above.
(v) Concentration of control
In addition to the ownership restrictions, specific dominance thresholds apply, depending on the number of media sectors involved. In any case, companies are not prohibited from holding a dominant position, but they must ensure that this dominant position is not abused. Applicants must submit to NRTC official certificates declaring that there is no violation of the concentration of control rules.
(vi) Duration and possibility for renewal
Licenses are limited in time. In particular, the term of the awarded licenses shall be 10 years from the date of issuance and, so far, no renewal option has been provided for by the new law.
(vii) Modification and assignment of licenses
No change of use and transfer of a licence is permitted. However, the transfer of shares or transfer of the business of the content provider is permissible and shall be notified to the NRTC and the Secreteriat General of Media within 10 days.
In addition, content providers shall not assign the management and the exploitation of the television content or of the business to third parties, but are allowed to assign content production to companies of the same group or, in the case of specific programmes, to independent production companies.
In any case, the content provider is under an obligation to conclude an agreement with a network provider within three months from the award of a licence.
(viii) Terms and conditions that the licensees must meet throughout the duration of the license
For licenses to be valid certain terms need to be continuously met by television content providers, such as, inter alia, (a) an agreement shall be put in place between the content provider and a network provider within three months from the award of the licence, the latter being responsible to cover the relevant zone; (b) content providers shall deliver their technically sound digital signal to the network provider; and (c) content providers must guarantee the uninterrupted transmission of their content to the network provider. Apart from the above, content providers are obliged to, inter alia, conclude collective bargaining agreements with their staff, comply with the European and national copyright legislation, maintain a facility within the Greek territory during the entire licensing period, maintain equity at the declared level and not alter the terms of the licence.
(ix) Revocation of licenses
Finally, the NRTC has a wide array of reasons to revoke the awarded license, including - but not limited to: (a) failure to timely submit incorporation documentation by way of which the required legal form is certified; (b) staff reduction; (c) minimum share capital reduction; (d) alteration of the terms of the licence; (e) non-compliance with the requirement to have nominative shares belonging to natural persons; and (f) failure to conclude an agreement with a network provider within the time limits provided by the Law 4339/2015.
Undoubtedly, the newly adopted Media Law 4339/2015 sets out, in detail, the roadmap for the award of licenses to content providers of digital broadcasting, thus making the media market more promising from an investment perspective.
In terms of timing, in view of the fact that, specific prerequisites for the commencement of the tender procedure, such as the appointment of NRTC members, have not been fulfilled yet, we could not safely conclude on the likely timeframe within which the tender procedure for the issuance of digital broadcasting licences will be initiated.
For the sake of completeness, we note that, according to the latest media reports, the government aims to introduce soon an amendment to the new media law to accommodate received criticism.
Augustine Almyroudi joined the firm in 1992 and has extensive experience advising entities providing electronic communications services in Greece on the current regulatory framework, submitting applications for the issuance of electronic communication licenses and representing clients before the National Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT). She also advises on compliance with the licensing and regulatory requirements governing the media sector and liaising with the National Council for Radio and Television (ESR), as well as the regulatory requirements for entities established outside the EU wishing to provide telecom and media services in Greece or abroad. Ms Almyroudi has expertise in competition law aspects of mergers and acquisitions, privatisations and joint ventures and the implementation of the legislation governing monopolies, oligopolies and the protection of free competition. She has a substantial practice advising on the application of EU and competition law in Greece and state aid issues, as well as on dawn raids.
Tania Patsalia joined the firm in 2010 and is a member of the European Union and Competition and Telecommunications Media and Technology (TMT) departments. Her practice is focussed on the application of EU law in Greece and the regulatory requirements governing the TMT sector. Ms Patsalia provides guidance to telecom operators on licensing requirements in Greece and compliance with annual reporting obligations to the National Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT). She advises on licensing and regulatory aspects of media law and liaises with the National Council for Radio and Television (ESR). Her EU and Competition law practice is focussed on advising on antitrust, merger control and state aid issues. Prior to joining the firm, Ms Patsa;oa worked as a lawyer with Ashurst in Brussels as a member of its EU and Competition law team and as a trainee at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Competition, Cartels’ Unit.
Post-digital Switchover Era: The New Licensing Regime Regarding Digital Television broadcasting in Greece
M & P Bernitsas Law Offices
Greece has recently adopted a new media law, intended to address the longstanding uncertain licensing status of content providers of free-to-air terrestrial digital broadcasting. The newly adopted media law (''Law 4339/2015'') regulates the licensing of content providers of free-to-air terrestrial digital broadcasting.


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25th February 2017 was the annual Singapore Industry Scholarship (SgIS) fair. This is the third year that Ecquaria is participating in this prestigious scholarship programme. SgIS scholarship is a collaboration between the Singapore government and the various market leaders to identify and nurture a strong core of Singapore talent.
During the fair, students and parents found out more about the development pathways in place for SgIS scholars through engaging sharing sessions. This year, the Ecquaria-sponsored scholars were on hand to engage the students and share their experience.
The fair facilitates a 2-way communication between the organisations and the students. Through the engagement with the students, Ecquaria now has a better understanding of the interests and concerns of the future generation. This has equipped us with the required information to craft out more strategic programmes to develop the full potential of next generation leaders. For the students, it was an excellent chance to understand the various industries, companies and opportunities better, before making their career choice.


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…..all covered with vapor…. We have returned from a short trip to Tennessee. Even though the weather was not very cooperative, we still had a wonderful relaxing time. We saw the “choo choo” in Chattanooga,
we toured the largest national military park in America—Chickamauga (hubby is a huge Civil War buff) on the Georgia side,
we stayed in a wonderful mountain log home in Gatlinburg,
we saw the artists and craftspeople both at Arrowmont and along the Glades Road loop,
and ate lots of delicious country food. Talk about flaky biscuits!
Of course, I have lots more touristy photos but I know you aren’t really interested in that!!! You want to know about the quilt shops, right? Well, here’s the loot:
Details of books and fabric will follow in a later post. It’s good stuff so check back.
I do have to share a piece of handthrown pottery that I just had to have. Wish I knew how to do that. Perfect for scrambling up two eggs for breakfast!
And, of course, I can’t travel without a handwork project! Inspired by this beauty and also a desire to whittle at the yarn leftovers, I crocheted a few rows on an afghan.
Now to whittle away at that pile of laundry….

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Abel Carlevaro, an exceptional virtuoso, composer and teacher, is not only one of the most important guitarists of our time, but the creator of a new school of instrumental technique as well. The Microestudios series is aimed at developing the classical guitarist's technical ability. Written in standard notation only. Specially commisioned by Chanterelle Verlag, these studies are extremely useful in building technique and frequently appear on examination lists. Highly recommended.
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I don’t know a woman who doesn’t wince at the mention of breast cancer, especially when our risks become elevated as we mature. If you really want to do everything in your power to reduce breast cancer risk, there’s one thing new research shows you should absolutely do: Give up alcohol.
Researchers at the University of Houston in Texas, led by cancer biologist Chin-Yo Lin, say recent findings suggest that alcohol exposure affects several cancer-related pathways and mechanisms, shedding light on the so-called cross-talk between alcohol and cancer-related gene pathways and networks. In other words, alcohol boosts a woman’s risk of getting breast cancer…
The same study has also found that alcohol weakened the ability of tamoxifen to suppress cancer cell growth. Tamoxifen is the most widely used drug to treat breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
“We want to provide women, in general, with more information and insight to be better able to balance their consumption of alcoholic beverages with the potential health risks,” says Lin. But his team feels their findings are especially relevant to menopausal women undergoing hormone replacement therapy because of the dangerous effect alcohol can have on the hormones they are taking to manage their symptoms. This group of women may increase their risk the most by drinking alcohol, but if you’re not on hormone therapy you’re not in the clear either…
That’s because this latest science reveals that alcohol may further boost estrogen’s role in breast cancer — even when it’s not present. Recent findings indicate that alcohol promotes the expression of a cancer-causing gene, called BRAF, because it can mimic estrogen’s effects, making you more susceptible to breast cancer.
Decreasing your risk
Current dietary guidelines recommend that women keep their alcohol consumption to no more than one drink daily, but to be on the safe side — and based on this most recent information — you may want to consider cutting out alcohol consumption completely.
Information at the American Institute of Cancer Research says women can further reduce breast cancer risk by 40 percent with specific lifestyle changes that include exercising, maintaining a healthy weight, and eating less red meat and fewer processed foods.
Still, there is more that can be done to avoid the threat of cancer including natural preventatives and therapies you won’t hear or read about from most medical sources — including thermography. Thermography could help women far beyond mammography. Here’s how…
A study by researchers from the Nordic Cochrane Center in Denmark reviewed the benefits and negative effects of seven breast cancer screening programs on 500,000 women — and the results were shocking.
For every 2,000 women who received mammograms over a 10-year period, only one would have her life prolonged, but ten would be harmed. That’s because mammograms can actually increase a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer by as much as three percent per year by irradiating the breast cells and triggering breast cancer.
Editor’s note: Discover how to live a cancer prevention lifestyle — using foods, vitamins, minerals and herbs — as well as little-known therapies allowed in other countries but denied to you by American mainstream medicine. Click here to discover Surviving Cancer! A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding the Causes, Treatments and Big Business Behind Medicine’s Most Frightening Diagnosis!


What does the Peach Festival celebrate? Palisade Peach Festival – Palisade | August
This ultimate outdoor festival celebrates the town’s bountiful harvest and is considered one of the original agriculture events in Colorado. Every year, people gather at the festival to enjoy live entertainment, great food, contests, and activities.
Is peach Fest 2022 Cancelled? 2022 Square Fest has been cancelled.
Is there going to be a peach festival? The Peach Music Festival Confirms Dates For 10th Anniversary Celebration In 2022. The Peach Music Festival will return to Scranton, PA’s Montage Mountain from Thursday, June 30th through Sunday, July 3rd, 2022.
Why is it called peach Fest? The festival featured a set in which The Allman Brothers Band performed the Eat A Peach album in its entirety.


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Often described as the most beautiful house in Ireland, Russborough is certainly the longest: Its granite façade stretches 700 feet. Designed by German-born architect Richard Castle, the Palladian building dates from the 1740s and was commissioned by Joseph Leeson, whose father had made a fortune in brewing and property speculation.
In the library ofRussborough House in County Wicklow, Ireland, the 20th-century sofa and armchairs are covered in oxblood leather, the George III–style table is inlaid mahogany, and the William IV plant stands flanking it are rosewood; the plaster ceiling by Paolo and Filippo Lafranchini dates from the 18th century, a portrait of the Countess of Airlie by Sir John Lavery hangs beside the 18th-century marble fireplace, the Venetian glass chandelier is 19th century, and the rug was commissioned in 1952 from Madrid's Royal Tapestry Factory.
On coming into his inheritance, Leeson decided to buy himself both a seat in parliament and a seat in the country, in County Wicklow. Soon Russborough was filled with treasures acquired during Leeson's two Grand Tours across mainland Europe. The rooms in which these were displayed offer outstanding examples of 18th-century Irish craftsmanship, with mahogany parquet flooring and elaborate plasterwork covering ceilings and even walls—all on shining display since 1978, when the property first opened to the public.
The George II console in the drawing room is flanked by a pair of 1794 chairs, the plasterwork is Baroque, and the 18th-century seascape is one of a quartet by Claude-Joseph Vernet.

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SVRI Grant 2015 is supporting research or research related activities that will strengthen the evidence base for the prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence in low and middle income countries.
View brief summary of the SVRI Grant
SVRI and World Bank Group DM Award webinar recording
Successful SVRI Grant 2015 grantees are:
Candies in Hell +20: A Mixed-Methods Study on the Prevention of Violence against Women and Girls in León, Nicaragua: This project will document the history of violence prevention efforts in Nicaragua and assess their impact. They hypothesise a reduction in violence against women and girls in Nicaragua since 1995 study entitled "Candies from Hell". They will survey 1500 women in Leon, replicating this study. In addition, they will explore how different social and political forces may influence levels of violence. Read a summary brief on this study here.
Lead Agency: Global Women's Institute, The George Washington University, USA.
Project PI: Dr, Mary Ellsberg
Living Peace: Evaluating the IPV Prevention Impact of an Intervention with Male Partners of Women Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Rape in the DRC: Through this project Promundo will undertake a qualitative, time-series evaluation study to assess the IPV prevention impact of a pilot-tested program targeting husbands of conflict-related rape survivors in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Henny Slegh and Marian Tankink wrote a blog on this study titled - when no one is looking: 3 years of healing in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read the blog here. A research paper on this study is available here, and a summary brief here.
Lead Agency: Promundo
Project PI: Henny Slegh
Understanding the connection between intimate partner violence and violence against children in families in Kampala, Uganda to inform primary prevention: This project, a collaboration between Raising Voices and Columbia University, aims to develop a context-specific understanding of how and why IPV and VAC are connected through a mixed-methods study of the inter-linkages between intimate partner violence and violence against children in Kampala, Uganda. Findings are expected to inform new program approaches to promote healthy, non-violent, and just relationships within families. The research findings are available here and here. View a poster on this study and read a blog and summary brief. The research team presented a webinar in 2018, available here.
Lead Agency: Raising Voices, Uganda.
Project PIs: Sophie Namy (Raising Voices) and Catherine Carlson (Columbia University)
The Evaluation of a Parenting Intervention to Prevent the Development of Aggression in Children in South Africa: This study aims to enhance and test a book sharing intervention so that it strengthens both child cognitive and socio-emotional development. Existing materials will be adapted to incorporate socio-emotional contents, which will then be tested with 140 carers with children aged 20-24 months. The study will test whether an already effective intervention can also benefit the emotional and social development of children. Read the 2017 publication by the research team here and a summary brief here.
Lead Agency: Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Project PI: Prof Mark Tomlinson
Impact of a cluster randomized controlled trial (SAFE) in reducing violence against women and girls in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh: Effective interventions to curb spousal VAWG remain a challenge due to paucity of evidence on what works. To address this gap, SAFE, a cluster randomized controlled trial of an integrated multi-sectoral (health and legal) and multi-tier (individual, group and community) intervention combining group sessions, community mobilization, and services to survivors implemented over a 20 month period between March, 2012 and October 2013 was carried out. A policy brief presenting the main findings regarding SAFE'S impact on SVAWG and the pathways of change with specific recommendations for stakeholders has been published and available here. Read a summary brief on this study here. The research team published a paper in 2018, available here.
Lead Agency: International Centre for Diarrhoel Disease Research, Bangladesh.
Project PI: Dr Ruchira Naved
For more information about the SVRI Grant, please visit: http://www.svri.org/what-we-do/research-support/svri-grant


MINSK, 13 April (BelTA) – About 3 million people will participate in a nationwide subbotnik (voluntary labor day), BelTA learned from Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Leonid Zayats after a session of the working group in charge of organizing the upcoming subbotnik.
The head of state backed the government's proposal in favor of organizing the nationwide subbotnik. Leonid Zayats said: “A minister's resolution has been passed. The main tasks have been determined. A large number of people from worker collectives and ordinary citizens are expected to join in the event. A total of about 3 million citizens will take part in the subbotnik.”
In his words, there are plans to raise over Br12 million with this year's subbotnik. Since the event is timed to the Year of Peace and Creation, half of the money will be handed over to the Gomel Oblast administration for the sake of reconstructing a memorial that commemorates Ozarichi death camp prisoners in Kalinkovichi District. Another 50% will be transferred to the Brest Oblast administration for creating a national center for the patriotic upbringing of the youth on the basis of the Kobrin redoubt of the Brest fortress. A nationwide subbotnik held in 2022 generated Br11.7 million and all the money was spent as intended.
Leonid Zayats added: “Citizens are starting to actively participate in the work. We should focus efforts on sprucing up memorial complexes, monuments, sites of military glory of the Great Patriotic War [of 1941-1945]. Apart from that, many people will help plant forests and clean up their populated localities. Vehicles and machines will also be used to make beautification of territories across the country as effective as possible. Apart from that, public transport will deliver people to subbotnik sites. All the safety measures will be in place to avoid accidents.”
A videoconference session of the working group took place in the Council of Ministers on 13 April. Representatives of ministries and municipal authorities presented reports on the decisions that had been made. Worker collectives and cleanup sites were selected.


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by Jonathan Chesebrough, Head of Risk & Accounting Advisory at RBS Global Banking and Markets and Colin McKee, Risk & Accounting Advisory, RBS Global Banking and Markets
Since the implementation of IFRS, many treasurers have had to increase their focus, and indeed have had their decisions increasingly driven by the accounting for certain transactions. In some cases this has been beneficial, as the accounting has provided increased economic transparency. On the other hand, we have seen a few cases where treasurers have opted for what they felt are less desirable economic alternatives, as they felt the accounting for the more economically sensible options was so misleading that it was not a sensible choice.
At RBS, we have recognised the challenges that many of our customers have faced with certain aspects of IFRS in general, and specifically IAS 39. As such we have a team of dedicated accounting advisory personnel, who can provide a range of assistance, from understanding how the accounting works for a certain transaction to assistance with structuring certain transactions to achieve the desired accounting result. This article provides an overview of some of the more common ways we have assisted treasurers with the impact of IFRS, including:
- Compliance with derivative and hedge accounting requirements
- Restructuring of existing trades
- Balancing the economic vs. accounting debate
- Structured funding
- Managing covenant and rating agency metrics
Compliance with derivative and hedge accounting requirements
One of the key considerations for companies in developing an appropriate hedging strategy has been whether or not the chosen approach will comply with the requirements of IAS 39 and so be eligible for hedge accounting.
We have also been involved with structured funding, ensuring that companies can obtain potentially advantageous funding costs by embedding derivatives in the funding.

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Bethany started dance when she was 2 years old and hasn't stopped since! As a New Jersey native, she spent much of her upbringing training with Manhattan instructors, until she moved to Pennsylvania for college. Her training includes ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, pointe, hip hop and modern with a specialty in contemporary.
Bethany is a college graduate from Messiah College and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance. After graduating college, she trained at the Koresh School of Dance in Philadelphia, as well as the Rockette Summer Intensive, Broadway Dance Center and the Juilliard School for the NYCDA Winter Intensive in New York City.
She has experience teaching dance to students of all ages and levels (in many styles!) and loves the opportunity to share her passion with every student!


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Mayawati holds meeting to review BSP's rout in UP Assembly elections
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday chaired a meeting with party leaders to review the BSP's humiliating defeat in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
"The meeting is called upon to discuss the performance of the party in 2022 Assembly elections. In the previous elections in 2017 too, though we attained a lesser number of seats, we had 1.9 per cent more votes than Samajwadi Party," said BSP MLA Umashankar Singh Balla.
On March 11, the Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati admitted that her party's rout in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election was a "lesson". The former Chief Minister pointed out that it has become clear that the BSP was not "BJP's B Team" and that negative campaigns succeeded in misleading the people of the state.
The BSP which formed a full majority government in Uttar Pradesh in 2007 managed to win just one seat this time with a vote share of 12.88 per cent.
Also Read: Amit Shah inaugurates Integrated Command and Control Centre in Chandigarh

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Mountain Biking Highlight
Already on the first few meters in the direction Kronreith up, you have a magnificent view of the mountains. This accompanies you almost the whole tour. This makes the sweating and wheezing uphill much nicer.
The Steinerne Meer belongs to the Berchtesgaden Alps and is the largest of these nine mountain ranges. Depending on where you look at the mountain, it looks like a rocky sea with rolling (stone) waves - hence the name. Big, powerful and beautiful, it offers a fantastic view no matter where you look at it.
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