Actiontec Optim Advanced Analytics: Proactive home networks management for providers
Actiontec Electronics has expanded its award-winning Optim Managed Service Assurance Platform, launching a suite of analytics tools and services that enable service providers to optimize their customer’s home Wi-Fi networks and broadband experience.
Optim Advanced Analytics makes it easy and cost-effective for providers to proactively identify and resolve common problems in the home network including poor coverage, router configuration issues, and network congestion.
“Optim’s Advanced Analytics give service providers the ability to be proactive in managing their subscribers’ home networks and broadband experience. By the time a customer calls tech support, they’re already frustrated and have been struggling with poor Wi-Fi and a poor broadband experience for too long,” said Brian Henrichs, Chief Business Development Officer at Actiontec Electronics.
“With Optim Advanced Analytics, it’s easy for providers to proactively identify and resolve Wi-Fi problems to increase overall customer satisfaction. Optim also reduces operational costs with more efficient troubleshooting and management.”
The Advanced Analytics Suite provides remote visibility into service quality across a provider’s service area, enabling them to visualize trends and proactively identify issues.
This powerful, standards-based platform gathers data from all the core network elements and wireless access devices across a provider’s deployment, processing vast amounts of network-level data and presenting it in a flexible, intuitive interface and reports.
With Optim’s software and services, providers can remotely diagnose and resolve common issues in the home network that would have traditionally required a lengthy support call or visit to the customer home. For example:
- Wi-Fi coverage issues: Providers can automatically identify homes with Wi-Fi dead zones or coverage issues. Armed with this information, a provider can proactively recommend a solution, such as relocating the router or adding a network extender, to deliver fast and robust Wi-Fi everywhere in the home.
- Router configuration issues: Providers get remote visibility into the configuration settings of end devices in subscriber homes, in order to identify and remedy configuration issues that may be impacting network performance. For example, providers can find 5 GHz capable devices that are connecting at the slower and more congested 2.4 GHz band.
- Channel interference and congestion issues: Providers can remotely identify issues with Wi-Fi channel interference and congestion that can degrade airtime efficiency and Wi-Fi performance.
- Interference from neighboring networks: Providers can remotely identify those households that are experiencing possible interference from a nearby Wi-Fi network and recommend that the subscriber changes the Wi-Fi channel for better performance.
Optim is currently used to optimize Wi-Fi performance in more than five million households. The hardware agnostic platform is currently running on a variety of Wi-Fi routers and gateways and works with any of the leading Wi-Fi radio chipsets including Broadcom, Quantenna, and Mediatek.
This gives providers a single standards-based platform to optimize Wi-Fi performance across their territory even with a mix of CPE devices and vendors in subscriber homes. Optim is a fully virtualized solution that can be hosted by Actiontec or the service provider.


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OREM, Utah – The Arizona State University wrestling team dropped to .500 on the season following a 26-15 loss the Utah Valley University on Friday night in Orem, Utah.
The Sun Devils and Wolverine Green split the matches down the middle as each won five bouts, but ASU managed no bonus point victories while UVU scored four – including three pins and a tech fall.
Codey Combs got things off on the right foot for ASU, notching his ninth straight dual victory at 157 pounds with a 5-2 decision over Ethan Smith that set up a 4-3 victory for Joel Smith at 165 pounds over Curtis Cook to put ASU up 6-0.
Monte Schmalhaus answered for UVU as he pinned Ray Water – who was filling in for Blake Stauffer – in 4:46 to knot things back up at six.
ASU ripped off the next three points with decision victories by Jake Meredith and Levi Cooper at 184, 197 and HWT and the Sun Devils were up 15-6 just past the midway point.
Matt Kraus dropped a 10-3 decision at 141 pounds to Avery Garner before Josh Wilson logged a tech fall over Preston McCalmon to seal the deal.
ASU is now 7-7 on the season as the head to Idaho to take on Boise State on Sunday at 2 p.m. MT. ASU will be looking to remain undefeated in that matchup, taking a 2-0 record in Pac-12 play to the competition.
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Indian mobility company TVS has acquired a 75% stake in SEMG (Swiss E-Mobility Group) as part of a strategy to expand in Europe.
SEMG is a provider of electric mobility solutions that operates an e-bike retail chain called M-way in Switzerland.
TVS says e-bikes are establishing themselves as the “de-facto form of personal mobility in Europe” due to the increased ease of usage, regulatory support and overall perception as a sustainable form of transport.
The firm's joint managing director Sudarshan Venu says: “We are strengthening our presence in the rapidly growing e-bikes segment. SEMG has strong omnichannel distribution and aspirational brands, including Cilo, Simpel, and Zenith - bikes.”
TVS recently acquired another Swiss mobility firm, Ego Movement, as well as the famous Norton Motorcycles brand.
TVS chairman Venu Srinivasan says: “TVS Motor has always been committed to sustainability and has been investing in electric vehicles for over 10 years. The increasing global focus on the environment and personal well-being is rapidly accelerating demand for newer mobility solutions, and TVS Motor is investing to drive this change.”


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Poetry with A Kick and A Bite, Beck’s Words Are A Call To Arms
So, after yet another hectic weekend, the scourge of the summer months, some rest was required. Being of a relatively antisocial bent at times, I wanted a chance to sit by myself and simply exist. In my extensive experience of avoiding others, a good book is always a worthwhile companion and so I managed to form a delightfully withdrawn bubble of isolation for a short while this week.
The trusty defence against social intrusion was Virtual Living by Gary Beck. Published by Thurston Howl Publications, this is a collection of Beck’s poetry previously published in a wide array of publications including Boston Poetry magazine, collated for the first time into a slim, snappy volume.
Virtual Living is a ‘revealing glimpse’ into our ever-evolving relationship with technology, particularly our relationship with online spaces. In this poetry collection, Beck has remained abstract enough to allow readers to form their own view. But he has provided a ‘peek into humanity’ designed to shift the readers’ perspective regarding their relationship with technology and the impact this has on their interaction with the rest of the world. Described as a ‘harsh but necessary’ collection of poetry which is ‘a gut punching’ reminder that we grow increasingly connected to the technology we use every day, this collection challenges and seeks to inspire readers to ‘transform their poetic views’ and stimulate social and political movements.
As well as being an established author, Gary Beck also has a history of working in the arts, as a theatre director, and also as an art dealer when he “couldn’t make a living in the theatre”. He has published a number of poetry collections including Days of Destruction, Expectations, Dawn in the Cities, Assault on Nature, Songs of a Clerk, Civilized Ways, Displays, Perceptions and Fault Lines. His novels include Extreme Change, Call to Valor, and Flawed Connections. He has also published a short story collection A Glimpse of Youth, as well as poetry, fiction, and essays in hundreds of literary magazines, whilst producing a number of Off Broadway plays.
Whilst this is an anthology of existing poems, rather than a new collection, there are obvious themes to Beck’s work. The poems here encompass all realms of virtual space, from gaming to chat rooms and social media.
“…a triumph of human feelings over the anonymity of cyberspace.”
the hazards of our progressive dependence on technology
Intimacy and the impact of technology on relationships is a frequent theme and many poems in Virtual Living focus on the negative effect of technology on love, sex, and human interaction. It is difficult not to feel the fatalistic sense of ennui swamping Beck’s view of online relationships and it may cause the reader to stop and contemplate the likelihood of heartache when making that Tinder profile.
“Video games train our youth, with quick eyes, quick hands to kill the enemy…”
The insidious impact of remote violence on empathy also occurs throughout this collection and Beck makes some interesting, thought provoking points about the effect of virtual, assumedly victimless, violence on compassion and connection. The development from massacring thousands of people in video games to massacring thousands of people overseas in remote military campaigns is highlighted with bruising clarity here and should stimulate debate for those of you who extol the stress relieving properties of Call of Duty.
“…but junior, hubby, boy friend, assorted creeps, won’t catch disease from small screens.”
Even Beck’s views on the positives of virtual life are tinged with wry cynicism. Although online sex won’t leave you with an itch, it will in all likelihood leave you unfulfilled. We may be living in the information age, with the answer to any question available instantaneously but we are now a generation of narcissistic ‘malicious dolts’ who spend our lives glued to small screens, killing virtual people, having computer generated relationships, and slowly eroding the planet. Many of the poems included here are cautionary tales about the hazards of our progressive dependence on technology and hold a mirror up to our ever-evolving relationships within increasingly simulated societies.
This is a collection for those who like their poetry with a kick and a bite. Not a cheery volume by any stretch but at the very least, many poems included here will cause the reader to pause and consider the impact of their own technology use on their life, for better or worse, and may at least promote a desire for a digital detox.
Virtual Living is a call to arms for those who fear the relentless march of the digital age and feel the metallic fingers of technology grasping them around the throat.
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Oven Roasted Red Potatoes are the perfect quick and easy side dish to any protein you’ve got cookin’ for dinner!
I love red potatoes and I think they’re especially tasty when tossed in the oven for a simple roasty-toasty finish… YUM!
- 10-12 red potatoes, scrubbed and cut in half width-wise
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Drizzle olive oil on baking sheet.
- Evenly sprinkle salt and pepper onto sheet.
- Place red potatoes cut side down onto baking sheet.
- Bake 25-30 minutes or until potatoes slightly give with light pressure.
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 592Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 248mgCarbohydrates: 117gFiber: 11gSugar: 9gProtein: 14g
Oven Roasted Red Potatoes are delightful served with a little dollop of sour cream and whatever else floats your families boat when it comes to potatoes.
I survived last week of Finals and Practicals! Now, I get to par-tay with an extra long spring break! Whoo-hoo 🙂
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Jenny Rademacher is Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies at Babson College. She has published widely on genre, identity, and new narrative formats, including the contemporary surge in biofiction. She earned her PhD in Spanish Literature from the University of Virginia, M.A. in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and B.A. from Harvard University. She is a recipient of the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Conference - Biofiction as World Literature / La Biofiction comme littérature mondiale - Leuven, 29-31 October 2020 Call for Papers Biofiction (literature that takes a real biography as its point of departure) is powered by what Colm Tóibín has recently called “the anchored imagination”, which grants the fictional narrative a certain ambiguous (...
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As you know Fridays is guest author day. Today I’m sharing with you the new novel of Annie Seaton, a wonderful author I met through Facebook and who loves nothing more than to make our hearts beat faster with her romantic stories.
She’s been very kind sharing with us the story of how she decided to write Italian Affair.
Thanks for hosting me on your blog.
I’d like to tell you about how this book came about…
Having my first contemporary romance, Holiday Affair, accepted for publication by the fabulous Entangled Publishing was the first exciting part of my writing journey after I retired from my career in education two years ago. Seeing my debut novel hit the best seller lists and get fabulous reviews was overwhelming . Suddenly I was an author, a published author and a bestselling author all in a matter of four months!
So where did the idea for the second book in the series… Italian Affair come from?
Tom, the middle brother in Holiday Affair needed to find his happy ever after and I mulled over his problem and what sort of woman he would need to fall in love with, to complete his happiness.
Now, for those of you who have read Holiday Affair, you will remember Tom as a bit of a stuffed shirt, as one reviewer of Italian Affair described him! Tom needed someone who was free spirited, who could tease him, but who would also fall in love with the wonderful man he is.
Inspiration came to me through a very dear friend and I have dedicated Italian Affair to this friend, Melissa Lulham who told me how she had discovered her birth grandfather on Lipari Island.
Brianna Ballantine was born in that moment. Free spirited and with an urgent need to find a husband in four days, she meets Tom on the plane on the way to Italy. And that is where their story begins.
I adore this book. I have learned and developed so much as a writer over the past couple of years; I hope everyone enjoys my story and will ‘laugh, cry, and sigh’ as Amy Andrews wrote for my cover quote!
And an excerpt of the book:
She looked from one to the other and then placed her hand on Tom’s arm. She wanted to know what was being said. Tom shook his head and the elderly lawyer frowned at her. A flash of white caught her eye and she looked across to the corner as the other lawyer wiped a tear from his eye. Absorbed in watching the old man wipe his eyes, she jumped when Tom reached out and placed his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close to him.
He leaned down and placed his lips against hers before she could move. “What the f—” she whispered against his lips.
“Just follow my lead,” he murmured into her mouth.
“Kissing men, crying lawyers. This is bizarre,” she muttered and Tom frowned at her.
She sat straight in her chair and flicked her braid over her shoulder. She concentrated and tried to follow the conversation. Signore Antoniolli directed a comment to the man in the corner, and he gave a cry of distress and jumped out of his chair, launching himself at her. He leaned over and hugged her tightly from behind, his papery skin rubbing against her cheek before he stood and wiped his eyes once again.
“Più tardi,” he said as he walked to the door and left, shutting it behind him.
Brianna turned to Tom, absolutely bewildered. “What the hell was that all about? Translate, please.”
“No, now,” she said in a furious whisper. “Tell me now.”
Tom looked at her patiently. “It means later. Più tardi means later.”
And if you’re as impressed as I am I’m sure you’ll want to get to know Annie a bit better:
Annie lives with her husband, and ‘Bob’ the dog and two white cats in a house next to the beach on the east coast of Australia. She sits in her writing chair, gazing at the ocean and writing stories. Their two children are grown and married and she loves spending time gardening, walking on the beach and spoiling her two grandchildren. She has always been fascinated by all things romantic and has found her niche in life writing romance novels, ranging from contemporary to paranormal with a foray into steampunk!
Her debut full length novel, Holiday Affair, a contemporary romance set in the South Pacific was released as part of Entangled Publishing’s Indulgence line in March 2012 and has been a best seller on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The sequel Italian Affair released in June 2013, will be followed shortly after by Outback Affair. Annie has more books being released in 2013 with Entangled Publishing in the Bliss, Entangled Suspense and Covet imprints.
Annie has also ventured into independent publishing with her de Vargas family steampunk series: Winter of the Passion Flower and Summer of the Moon Flower. Blind Lust (Musa Publishing) a paranormal novella is a sweet romance and one of Annie’s favourites.
In appreciation of the supportive author community, Annie has
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Annie loves to hear from readers at: firstname.lastname@example.org
Thank you so much for reading, thanks Annie for being my guest and for sharing your creative process.
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I got some new Unity Stamps in the mail last week (and my second batch last night - eeeee!) and so I've set to work creating some lovely greeting creationg
I used some of my homemade spray mists for the background, and added in some red misting around the heart as well. And then I layered all the little components.
I really like how this card came out, and those little people are just too cute! I cannot wait to create more with them! I mixed and matched a couple of the different stamp sets that I recieved.


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"We've got to stop ISIS...al-Qaida...Syria's Assad...Hamas...Hezbollah...Taliban ...Shebab...the wicked Ruskis in Ukraine..those Yemeni Houthis...Iran... Sudan...Islamists in Libya and Mali... Boko Haram in Nigeria...the Red Chinese in Asia. Oh yes, and defend Latvia and fight the Lord's Army in Uganda.
That's the view in Washington where international police fever and growing hysteria over ISIS, the latest Mideast bogeyman, have gripped the nation, as elections near and politicians talk more nonsense than usual.
Listen to Republican windbags and you'd believe the hordes of ISIS are about to put Cleveland to the sword.
My question is: which "we" is going to stop all these malefactors?
To quote Frederick the Great, "he who defends everything, defends nothing." To which we may add, he who spends on wars everywhere, ends up broke. And he who ignores domestic needs for the sake of imperial glory abroad is cruising for a bruising.
The American Imperium can no longer enforce the international status quo that had given it immense power and wealth since 1945. The Hapsburg Emperor Charles V and poor Louis XVI faced the same problem.
When confronted by complex problems -- as the US is now in Iraq and Syria -- sometimes the best strategy is to do nothing at all. The problem may go away or burn itself out.
But the Obama administration is under growing pressure from the neoconservatives, Republicans and pro-war media to attack Syria and confront Russia in Ukraine.
President Barack Obama just made the surprisingly candid admission that he had not yet developed a strategy for dealing with ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Republicans screamed.
Take your time, Mr. President. Fools charge in where angels fear to tread.
Speaking as an old Mideast hand and veteran war correspondent, I say no plan is a good plan. Washington has made such an awful mess of its foreign policy that inaction is an increasingly attractive option. More little wars will mean the US falling into the trap set by Osama bin Laden.
Who came down from the mountain and said the US must police the globe, from the South China Sea to the jungles of Peru? After losing wars in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the US should reconsider its overly militarized foreign policy and exaggerated international pretensions. You can't rule the globe on money borrowed from China and Japan.
Obama's decision to send tiny US military forces to Ukraine and Iraq violates the basic laws of war: strike swiftly with maximum concentrated force. More worrying, expanded US naval patrols in the Black Sea are a dangerous provocation. Imagine if Russian naval units sailed into Lake Ontario?
Pushing the European Union into sanctions against Russia has ended up hurting the western powers more than Russia. The EU will now have to bail out its farmers and other exporters whose business in Russia was shut down.
President Putin's offer nine months ago of a referendum in Ukraine leading to more local autonomy is the sensible way out of this mess. Allowing ISIS to run around in Mesopotamia until the local powers - including Turkey - decide to shut it down is the best strategy for dealing with these upstarts.
US Republican hawks calling for sending US troops back into Iraq and Afghanistan should bear in mind a terrible number: 253,000 former US military veterans suffering grave permanent brain damage from wars in those nations. They will require intensive lifetime medical care. This figure pales compared to the nearly 8,000 US soldiers killed in action.
Bombing Iraq now costs the US $7.5 million daily, or $562 million since June. This is just the opening ante for Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama's very own Iraq War. George W. Bush's Iraq War cost well over $1 trillion. This at a time when 44 million Americans rely on food stamps and infrastructure is crumbling all over America.
As they say at the Betty Ford Clinic for drug and alcohol addicts, "just say no." Or, if Americans really want more jolly little wars around the globe, then raise taxes to pay for them instead of hiding their cost in the national debt.
Americans now face two conflicts in places they can't even find on the map.


(Ecofin Agency) – The Ivorian government will spend CFA308 billion ($550 million) to rehabilitate the “Coastal Road” which links Abidjan to San Pedro. The announcement was made last September 18 by the Prime Minister, Patrick Achi, at the launching ceremony.
The soon-to-be-rehabilitated road, which connects the country’s two port cities, has been suffering advanced degradation for several years. The situation weighed on the economy, tourism, and sports, and also on sub-regional integration.
The PM says the project will relieve the population thanks to “the improvement and densification of the paved road network, the reduction of the cost and time of travel, the reduction of the number of accidents through better road safety, the creation of jobs for the youth of the region.”
The rehabilitation work takes into account three road sections, including Songon – Dabou – Grand-Lahou (93 Km); Grand-Lahou – Fresco (80 Km), and Fresco – Sassandra – San Pedro – Grand-Béréby (180.5 Km). “The localities crossed by the sections will benefit from a linear road of 72 km, including 25 km in the town of San Pedro,” the PM explained.
The work is scheduled for completion in December 2022, shortly before the launch of the 2023 African Cup of Nations, which will be held in both cities (Abidjan and San Pedro).
Jean-Marc Gogbeu (intern)


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the ultimate double date for foodies 🙌✨
We love going out to eat with our other couple friends, and while looking for a last minute-ish res, our friends recommended L'accolade—a modern french bistro that they'd been loving!
We were thrilled to discover their insanely generous fixed menu— $75 per person, and each gets to select three dishes from the menu (a starter, a pasta, a main). They had 13 dishes on the menu during our visit, which means we got to try everything except one salad.
I've never been somewhere that lets you select courses for your fixed menu, and couldn't get over how good of a deal this was for an upscale restaurant.
We had delicious beef tartare, scallop and strawberry crudo, a selection of fresh pasta, and all four luxurious mains (trout, sirloin, lamb and duck!!) and more. A single main is around ~$40 so it was a no brainer to opt for the deal.
The service was absolutely flawless here, and the entire staff speak or are from France which added to the overall ambience of the quaint cozy bistro. The wine list was beautiful, full of natural and organic wines from across Europe.
We dined like actual royalty, and at the end we felt like the bill reflected a nice date night for friends instead of the absolutely crushing cost of some nearby restaurants in the neighborhood!
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Bread. Need I say more? I’ve had people ask me if a piece of garlic bread was worth the carbs (whilst I was eating said piece) and I was rather shocked that they even had to ask. I know many are trying to lose weight and I am too. However, I don’t believe in making myself miserable. As far as I am aware, I’ve got one chance on this planet. I am relatively happy with the way I look- and even though I could stand to lose a few pounds- I’ve decided to do that with exercise and eating healthy instead of starving myself and eating nasty tasting diet food. I’m not sprinkling powder on my food or even using wraps to punish my stomach muscles. I do portion control, and I don’t think one must remove the items one enjoys from a menu to lose weight.
Now, a good destroyer of diet plans everywhere, bread. A good rule of thumb in eating health is to avoid white food. White bread, white pasta, white rice- all have starch which can help pack on the inches and make you feel a little bloated. Eat wheat and whole grain foods- you gain your healthy servings of grain and satisfy that wonderful craving for a hot slice.
Ironically, my go-to recipe is for making white bread. However, I tend to alter it quite a bit. I got the original recipe from my Mum, and I believe hers came from a bread machine book. I use my bread machine quite a bit and this recipe is designed for the lovely machine. As in all bread machine recipes, you put the liquids in first.
1 cup + 2 Tablespoons water (make sure it is warm (but not scorching) so as to activate the yeast)
1 Tablespoon Oil
2 Tablespoons Sugar
1 Tablespoon Milk Powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups flour ( Here is where I substitute wheat flour a lot- just substitute up to half, but not over of the 3 cups or it gets really dense and sometimes doesn’t rise as well). I have substituted all of the flour for wheat before and ended up with a Frisbee.
2 teaspoons yeast
Put wet, then dry ingredients in bread machine. Set on the dough setting, and let the machine do its thing. I use this recipe for a couple of things.
If I am doing a loaf, I take a loaf pan, rub the insides with Crisco, and then dust with flour. This makes an amazing crust when you go to bake it.
After the dough is ready, dump out onto a floured chopping board and knead slightly. Shape and put in your prepared loaf pan and let rise until it is the size you desire. I usually do ½ to 1 hour as needed.
Bake for 30 minutes at 375 F.
Use the above recipe, but when you dump onto the floured board, cut pieces off the dough and start rolling. I use my pizza stone to get lovely browned rolls. Bake for roughly the same amount of time, but keep an eye on it so that it doesn’t overbrown.
My last batch of rolls is below, although I included my Mum’s homemade strawberry jam for color (I have had several people tell me her jam could be used as another form of currency).


Duval Withdraws from Bay Hill Invitational
Duval played two weeks ago at the Genuity Championship and finished in a tie for 63rd with a total score of one-under-par 287.
The 29-year-old Duval opened the 2001 season with a seventh-place finish at the Mercedes Championships in Hawaii. He went on to miss back-to-back cuts at the Phoenix Open and the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, marking the first time since 1998 he missed consecutive cuts. He also finished in a tie for 51st at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in February. The following week he withdrew from the Nissan Open because of fatigue.
This past weekend, Thomas Bjorn informed officials at the Bay Hill Invitational that he would not be able to compete due to travel problems.
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The US confirmed its intentions to fend off the advance of Sunni factions, but naturally nothing was said of the support it has been lending to jihadists in the region. But if coming, these are still small steps, no relevant military actions are foreseen in the short term. One of the reasons floated by the US media for this hesitation is a lack of intelligence regarding the geographic lay out of the Sunni command hierarchy. Quite ironic, one year after Edward Snowden's revelations - it seems the US has wired the whole world, except for those that really matter wiring.
On the field there are now reports of shortages of refined products; the impacts of this war are definitly coming.
The GuardianOne of the most contested assets in the press (and surely in the battle field) has been the Baiji refinery, the largest in Iraq. Irrespective of whom may control it, this refinery is most likely impaired for the foreseeable future.
Dwindling oil reserves in Baghdad lead to soaring prices worldwide
Fazel Hawramy and Terry Macalister, 18-06-2014
As fighting raged around Iraq's biggest oil refinery on Wednesday, hundreds of cars queued for hours at petrol stations in Irbil and Kirkuk. Iraqi Kurdistan has so far escaped violence, but supplies of petrol are running low. The shortage is rumoured to have been caused by locally produced fuel being smuggled into Mosul and other affected areas. On Wednesday, prices more than doubled in the course of the day.
The growing threat of civil war is unnerving residents in Kirkuk and Baghdad – but it should also worry consumers around the world. Iraq is one of the world's key oil producers, and until recently its growing crude exports had helped to keep global petrol prices from rising too high, .
[...] Earlier this year, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) predicted that 60% of the oil cartel's future production growth to the end of the decade will come from there. This now seems in doubt - at a time when global demand continues to grow as Europe moves out of recession and the economies of energy-hungry developing nations such as China and India continue to forge ahead.
Output from Iraq reached an all-time high of 3.5 barrels a day earlier this year and remains at a high level but output is hampered by a lack of export capacity made worse since a northern pipeline was blown up.
Deutsche WellaThe financial/economical world seems to be waking out of slumber into stark reality. The mood change was already in the air and ISIL brought a definitive end to the dreams of plenty. No more talk of "booms" or "energy independence" to be heard.
ISIS attacks Iraq's Baiji oil refinery
The attack on the refinery by rebels from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) started at 4 a.m. (0100 UTC) in Baiji, security sources and employees told news agencies. One mortar hit a spare-parts warehouse and smoke billowed from the building, the sources told the news agency Reuters.
Authorities evacuated foreigners from the refinery Tuesday as forces braced for the attack. Late Tuesday, reports had suggested that the compound was still being held by elite government troops, while the nearby town fell to ISIS fighters.
On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister warned of potential civil war in Iraq as Sunni militants pulled within 60 kilometers (40 miles) of Baghdad. The ISIS insurgents, who launched their lightning assault on June 9, have since captured Mosul, a city of more than 2 million inhabitants, and a large area of land north of the capital. Soldiers from the Iraqi army and Shiite militias have joined forces to repel the ISIS fighters.
Here is an alternative view on the grand scheme, from someone much closer to the battle field. I would stress the various assertions that ISIL is just one of several Sunni factions leading the military operation in northern Iraq. The fact that these diverse organisations have been acting together as single army is by itself remarkable.
Brent oil tops $115 a barrel on Iraq worries
William L. Watts, 19-06-2014
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, on Thursday pushed above $115 a barrel for the first 8...9time since September, boosted by continued worries over Iraq and extended gains after President Barack Obama said U.S. troops won’t return to combat in the country but that targeted military strikes are an option.
[...] However, reports Wednesday that major oil companies have begun to move nonessential personnel out of the south have highlighted concerns that exports could be curtailed. Iraq exports around 2.5 million barrels a day. Strategists have warned that significant disruptions could send oil toward $125 a barrel or higher. Meanwhile, the conflict has undercut expectations for Iraq to boost future oil production, which could provide a long-term floor for prices.
“Specifically, key infrastructure developments might be delayed, hampering export growth in spite of rising export handling capacity at Basra,” in the south, wrote strategists at JBC Energy. However, in the north of Iraq, “the apparent consolidation of Kurdish power may in fact even herald higher exports,” they said in a note.
Some nervousness out of Jordan, that seems now to fear the advancing Sunni army. The reports of US run jihadist training camps are old, but it is important to keep in mind why ISIL et alia grew to the powerful army they make today.
WNDOther interesting aspect emerging this week is the return of civilians to ISIL territory, where many take the jihadist army as liberators. Lest to see if the jihadists are as implacable with civilians as they have been with Shiia troopers.
Blowback! U.S. trained ISIS at secret Jordan base
Aaron Klein, 17-06-2014
Members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS, were trained in 2012 by U.S. instructors working at a secret base in Jordan, according to informed Jordanian officials.
The officials said dozens of ISIS members were trained at the time as part of covert aid to the insurgents targeting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The officials said the training was not meant to be used for any future campaign in Iraq.
The Jordanian officials said all ISIS members who received U.S. training to fight in Syria were first vetted for any links to extremist groups like al-Qaida.
In February 2012, WND was first to report the U.S., Turkey and Jordan were running a training base for the Syrian rebels in the Jordanian town of Safawi in the country’s northern desert region.
That report has since been corroborated by numerous other media accounts.
[...] The source told WND that at least one of the training camps of the group Iraq of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria, the ISIS, is in the vicinity of Incirlik Air Base near Adana, Turkey, where American personnel and equipment are located.
He called Obama “an accomplice” in the attacks that are threatening the Maliki government the U.S. helped establish through the Iraq war.
NBC NewsEven without the war in Iraq, the petroleum market was already set for troubled waters. This is obvious from the lack of action from OPEC in face of projected rises in consumption. If nothing else, the market itself will solve any shortages with price.
Life Under ISIS: Iraqis Return to Mosul, Seeing Militants As Safer Bet
Susannah George, 16-06-2014
He called the Iraqi military an occupying force and described negotiating checkpoints as a daily humiliation.
Following the outbreak of Iraq's bloody civil war in 2006, many cities became mazes of concrete blast walls and traffic-slowing checkpoints. Residents initially greeted these developments as good faith efforts to stop car bombs and improve security, but in the years that followed people grew resentful.
Other families near the citadel have similar things to say about the sunny reports they are getting from back home over the past few days. They say extremist fighters have restored water and power to Mosul, and that they are selling cheap gas and going door to door pledging not to harm residents.
The fact that many Mosul residents embrace the extremist fighters led by ISIL as liberators, shows how deeply Iraq's Sunni community distrusts Maliki's government and the military he controls.
UPIMore details have emerged from this OPEC meeting on the dwindling petroleum exports from Angola. A decline this large and fast will not be easy to plug, but the size of coming prospects should not be underestimated.
OPEC can't act alone, minister says
Daniel J. Graeber, 11-06-2014
The acting minister said the cartel expects world oil demand to increase by 1.1 million barrels per day and keeping markets satiated required a global effort. Market stability, he said, benefits all market players.
"To achieve this, though, OPEC cannot stand alone," he said in his address. "It will need the support and contribution of many stakeholders, who must do their part."
The 12 OPEC members combine to produce about 40 percent of the world's crude oil and their exports represent about 60 percent of the international market.
PlattsIraq has pushed to inner pages other important news in the energy world. One of them was the cut of gas flow from Russia to Ukraine. In spite of the thousands of millions of euros sent to Kiev by the IMF, no payments have been made to Gazprom. With Summer starting this is not a problem in the short term, but any long term supply disruption will be certainly felt in Winter, rest to know by whom.
Angola's oil output drops to 1.6 million b/d: minister
Angola's oil production has fallen to 1.6 million b/d, oil minister Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos said Wednesday, making it increasingly unlikely that Africa's second-biggest producer will reach its output target of 2 million b/d next year.
Vasconcelos Wednesday blamed the country's declining output on lengthy maintenance issues and supply disruptions at some of its fields. Rapid reservoir depletion has also resulted in steep decline rates at some developments, the minister said on the sidelines of Wednesday's OPEC meeting in Vienna.
Oil production has averaged 1.65 million b/d in the last six months and has been declining month on month since November, according to data compiled by Platts.
EUObserverBelow an alternative view to the conflict in Ukraine that strikes a chord or two. Some would say coincidences do not exist.
Russia to stop gas to Ukraine, rejects EU proposal
Andrew Rettman, 16-06-2014
Russian firm Gazprom is stopping gas supplies to Ukraine after talks on a new price broke down in the small hours of Monday (16 June).
It said in a statement published at 10am Moscow time – its deadline for Ukraine to pay almost $2 billion of old debt – that it is switching to "prepayment for gas supplies … Starting today, the Ukrainian company will only get the Russian gas it has paid for".
It added that Ukraine has not made prepayments for June.
The situation does not mean immediate shortages for Ukraine or for EU countries which get Russian gas via Ukraine because Ukraine has large volumes in its storage vaults and demand is low in summer.
The Voice of RussiaNuclear is a technology that rarely features in this review, in part since positive news have all but disappeared after Fukushima. Below, an entry level article that scraps the surface on what may be coming regarding Thorium technologies. Personally, I expect the Chinese programme to have a more relevant impact on the future of Nuclear, and perhaps on the way the public opinion perceives it.
Putin's aide proposes anti-dollar alliance to force US to end Ukraine's civil war
Valentin Mândrăşescu, 18-06-2014
In his article, published by Argumenty Nedeli, Putin's economic aide and the mastermind behind the Eurasian Economic Union, argues that Washington is trying to provoke a Russian military intervention in Ukraine, using the junta in Kiev as bait. If fulfilled, the plan will give Washington a number of important benefits. Firstly, it will allow the US to introduce new sanctions against Russia, writing off Moscow's portfolio of US Treasury bills. More important is that a new wave of sanctions will create a situation in which Russian companies won't be able to service their debts to European banks.
According to Glazyev, the so-called "third phase" of sanctions against Russia will be a tremendous cost for the European Union. The total estimated losses will be higher than 1 trillion euros. Such losses will severely hurt the European economy, making the US the sole "safe haven" in the world. Harsh sanctions against Russia will also displace Gazprom from the European energy market, leaving it wide open for the much more expensive LNG from the US.
Co-opting European countries in a new arms race and military operations against Russia will increase American political influence in Europe and will help the US force the European Union to accept the American version of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a trade agreement that will basically transform the EU into a big economic colony of the US. Glazyev believes that igniting a new war in Europe will only bring benefits for America and only problems for the European Union. Washington has repeatedly used global and regional wars for the benefit of the American economy and now the White House is trying to use the civil war in Ukraine as a pretext to repeat the old trick.
OilPrice.comFollowing a very good piece on Coal extraction in the US from an unexpected source. An outlet that would probably benefit from embarking on the IPCC/IIASA inflation of fossil fuel resources takes a cold look at the industry in their country. It comes up with a bleak picture, at least in what extraction rates are concerned. Keep in mind when reading this long piece the progressive shift from hard to brown coal resources, with the accompanying EROEI decline it implies.
Thorium: Energy Savior or Red Herring?
Andrew Topf, 18-06-2014
So, if thorium is such a wonder-metal, why hasn't it been accelerated? (Pardon the pun.) There is currently a race on to develop a functioning thorium reactor, with the number one and two positions held by China and Norway. Last year, Thor Energy, a private Norwegian company, started producing power from thorium at its Halden test reactor, with help from nuclear giant Westinghouse. Uranium-poor India and France are among other countries developing thorium research programs.
All of them, however, will be chasing China, which according to a recent Telegraph article, is “going for broke” to build the first thorium reactor within the next 10 years. The project reportedly started with a budget of $350 million and the recruitment of 140 scientists at the Shanghai Institute of Nuclear and Applied Physics. It plans to have 750 employees by 2015.
So should the nuclear industry herald the death of uranium and make way for this new thorium darling? Not so fast, skeptics say.
Clean Energy ActionGreat weekend reading by Al Jazeera on the role energy is playing in the political turmoil in Egypt.
Geology and Markets, not EPA, Waging War on Coal
Zane Selvans, 04-06-2014
Even without the threat of carbon regulations, the US coal industry is already in dire straits — due primarily to geology and the steady transformation of our energy markets — not politics and carbon regulations. That 25% decline in coal burning we’ve already seen? That came from flat or declining electricity demand, plummeting costs for long-term renewable energy contracts with guaranteed prices, a glut of cheap fracked gas, and steadily increasing coal production costs which have resulted in steadily increasing delivered coal prices (as we reported in October, 2013) These factors have all worked together to squeeze coal’s profit margins, and send the industry into decline. On top of all that, China’s once insatiable and rapidly growing appetite for imported coal appears to have subsided, much to the dismay of producers who were hoping to garner fatter profits from selling US natural resources overseas. Amidst this backdrop, the widespread realization that carbon pricing and regulation is inevitable is just icing on the cake.
The truth about the US coal industry can be found in their financial statements, publicly available through regulatory filings submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Their annual 10-K and quarterly 10-Q filings paint a picture of an industry in trouble.
Al JazeeraIn Spain the first stage of the anti-solar energy law was finally approved, almost one year after being first proposed. Although not entirely slashing feed-in-tariffs, it reduces them to levels where feeding PV electricity to the grid no longer makes sense. This will naturally lead to the famous "sun tax", to avoid any ideas of off-the-grid systems. Further chapters in this story soon to follow.
Egypt's blackouts are here to stay
Mika Minio-Paluello, 18-06-2014
The energy situation in Egypt is desperate. After exporting much of its gas, Egypt faces an acute fuel shortage and rising demand. Electricity blackouts are an everyday occurrence and parts of Cairo go dark four times a day, always unannounced. Streets are blocked near petrol stations with long queues of cars waiting for fuel. Many expect the crisis to escalate through Ramadan and the summer - especially as climate change could bring the hottest weather to date.
Ensconced in the Presidential Palace at Ittihadeya, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi faces pressure to come up with answers fast. Government officials have started making promises: Egypt will go nuclear; coal imports will start; fracking will open up new gas fields in the desert; gas will be imported - from the Gulf or maybe from Israel.
Sisi's recent economic plan included a nuclear power station in Dabaa near Alexandria. This sounds like a quick fix, and there's an implication that Egypt might acquire nuclear weapons in the process. The price tag for the nuclear power plant is huge and disposing of nuclear waste will be costly. It is clear that the costs - whether financial or environmental - will be dumped on future Egyptian generations. Nuclear power plants being built in France and Finland are many years behind schedule. And while Egypt going nuclear might stroke some macho egos, the plants will be run by foreign companies and will just make the country more vulnerable.
BloombergElsewhere in Europe, Energy Policy is taken a tad more seriously. The French government presented its version of the Energiwende, in what may be the most comprehensive energy legislative package ever put forward in the continent. I could not possibly go through it in detail, but I welcome its reach, with measures on Housing, Transport, Electricity generation, Heat generation, Efficiency and Recycling. Absent seem outlandish goals or knee jerk policy swirls. Will it work properly all together? Perhaps, perhaps not, but it is better to have a plan than nothing.
Spain Caps Earnings From Renewables in Subsidy Overhaul
Marc Roca, 06-06-2014
The retroactive measures have angered the renewable energy industry, which says the government has acted illegally and will bankrupt many projects. The Asociacion de Productores de Energias Renovables, a lobby group, in February estimated they would cut more than 2,000 million euros in revenue for generators. In April, the government’s new regulator CNMC said they would cut revenue by 1,700 million euros this year.
Acciona SA (ANA), Spain’s largest wind operator after Iberdrola SA (IBE), said the decree is retroactive and will destroy the value of the company’s renewable energy investments in Spain. The company said in an e-mail it will challenge the rules in Spain’s Supreme Court.
Acciona already wrote down the value of its Spanish assets by 1.7 billion euros last year to reflect the lower subsidies expected. The rules cut about 40 percent of the earnings from its generation business in Spain.
The government announced in July that it would bring in a new system to replace feed-in tariffs, which grant above-market rates for power from clean sources. Today’s measures will be implemented retroactively to apply from July 2013.
Le MondeAnd that is more than enough in another news rich week. While it feels like Autumn is starting, today is actually the first day of Summer. Enjoy.
Des dizaines de mesures pour conduire la transition énergétique
Laetitia Van Eeckhout et Marie-Béatrice Baudet, 18-06-2014
Le projet de loi sur la transition énergétique présenté mercredi 18 juin au conseil des ministres par Ségolène Royal, compte 80 articles et balaie les grands secteurs économiques qui sont concernés par la mutation engagée. De nombreuses mesures d'accompagnement financier et administratif sont prévues.
[...] Le texte fait la part belle aux voitures électriques en prévoyant 7 millions de points de recharge en France d'ici à 2030. Il sera aussi obligatoire d'installer des bornes lors de travaux sur les parkings qu'ils soient publics ou privés.
[...] La réduction de 75 % à 50 %, à l'horizon 2025, de la part du nucléaire dans la production d'électricité sera inscrite dans la loi. Mais pas la durée de vie des centrales (40 ans) ni la fermeture de Fessenheim. De source proche du dossier, cette dernière mention aurait déclenché des montants d'indemnisation colossaux, EDF étant une société anonyme cotée en bourse.
[...] Affichant la volonté de développer le biogaz, ressource en énergie produite et consommée localement, pour en faire un substitut progressif au gaz fossile, le texte prévoit le lancement de 1 500 projets de méthaniseurs, répartis dans les territoires ruraux de l'Hexagone, destinés à produire de l'énergie à partir de déchet agricoles.


PAS is an extremist Islamic party detrimental to the harmony of Sabah, says DAP
(FMT) – Sabah DAP has shot back at PBS president Maximus Ongkili (pic) for suggesting that Chinese voters reconsider their support for the DAP and PKR in the state after the lack of Chinese leaders in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) government.
Ongkili, the Kota Marudu MP, had said Chinese voters’ support for GRS in last week’s state election was “disappointing” and it was about time to rethink their support to both parties, which are part of the Warisan Plus coalition.
However, Sabah DAP secretary Chan Foong Hin disagreed with Ongkili’s remarks, saying PBS should instead reconsider its position as a partner of Perikatan Nasional (PN), which is an ally of PAS.
According to Chan, who is Kota Kinabalu MP, Sabahans in general have rejected the Islamist party, alleging PAS’ “extremism” would be detrimental to the harmony in Sabah.
“For example, Dewan Ulama chief and Pasir Puteh MP Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh refused to apologise for the ‘distorted bible’ remark. He did not even apologise after receiving public backlash, especially from the Sabah Christian community,” he said in a statement here today.
“If PAS really had the confidence to have a representative in Sabah, why did the party not participate in the election? Because they know their logo and extreme politics are not welcomed in Sabah.
“To retain the harmonious relationship, PBS should reconsider support for PN, including PAS, instead of asking urban voters to pull back support from Warisan Plus.”
There has been speculation that a PAS member would be named as one of the six nominated assemblymen and later made a minister.
This was amplified after Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary-general Annuar Musa posted on Twitter that he expected PAS, a political ally in Muafakat Nasional, to be given a nominated assemblyman spot.
Deputy Chief Minister Jeffrey Kitingan had, however, earlier today advised the Sabahan public against believing that a PAS member would be made minister, saying it was fake news.
Meanwhile, Chan said Warisan Plus received tremendous support from urbanites across all ethnic groups.
“Greater Kota Kinabalu and Greater Sandakan have 11 and seven state seats respectively. Only Likas and Luyang have more than 50% Chinese voters while the rest are either mixed seats, Kadazan Dusun Murut (KDM) or Muslim-Bumiputera majority.
“Yet, Warisan Plus successfully defended eight out of the 11 Greater Kota Kinabalu state seats, losing only Karambunai and Tanjung Keramat.
“In Greater Sandakan, Warisan Plus gained five out of the seven state seats, losing only Sungai Manila and Sungai Sibuga,” he said.
Judging from the results, Chan said Warisan, PKR and DAP candidates had received the trust from the urbanites, not just from the Chinese but also from the KDM, Bajau and Suluk communities.


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Libyan Cloud News Agency
The United Nations Support Mission I Libya (UNSMIL), together with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and Deloitte International, convened a series of meetings with representatives of the Presidential Council, the Attorney General’s Office and both branches of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) to review and verify the preliminary results of the international financial review of the CBL.
Deloitte International is the firm selected to conduct the financial review process of the CBL.
UNSMIL said in a statement that the purpose of the international financial review is to restore integrity, transparency and confidence in the Libyan financial system and create the conditions for the unification of Libyan financial institutions.
Since the launch of the review process in August 2020, Deloitte gathered information from both branches of the CBL. This information was combined with additional data from other official sources which were then verified through third party confirmations with the relevant commercial banks.
The final report will be completed this month. It will include recommendations on how to improve the integrity and unity of the banking system including, in particular, practical steps to unify the central bank and enhance accountability and transparency.


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The first reviews from the UK:
"This second novel is even more gripping and astonishing than the first . . . Conscious of the way crime and other networks transcend national boundaries, it's a very modern novel. What makes it outstanding is the author's ability to handle dozens of characters and parallel narratives without ever losing tension. Larsson was a fantastic storyteller. This novel will leave readers on the edge of their seats."
""The best thriller I've read in ages . . . If you want a book to take on your lifetime trip on the Trans-Siberian railway, "The Girl Who Played With Fire" is the one."
-"Evening Herald "(Ireland)
"Umberto Eco transposed Sherlock Holmes to a different time and genre and imported learning from history, theology, philology and other disciplines. Larsson's [books are] likewise an enjoyable and instructive compendium of pop-culture references and academic knowledge . . . Salander is recognisably a Lara Croft for grown-ups-a female Terminator . . . [She is] the huge pleasure of these books, a fascinating creation with a complete and complex psychology."
"The essential first step to appreciating Stieg Larsson is to rid yourself of any fixed image you have of Swedish crime fiction. If Mankell is Swedish gloomy, Larsson is Swedish noir. Very . . . Lisbeth is a heroine like no other in crime fiction . . . Her mental and physical strengths are beyond those of ordinary humans. Yet Larsson's writing manages to make her intriguing, admirable and even sympathetic. . . "The Girl who Played with Fire" becomes an absorbing, exciting and bloody multi-layered chase . . . A riveting read."
-"Times" Praise for"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo":
"A remarkable first novel . . . Wildly suspenseful . . ." The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" has been a huge bestseller in Europe and will be one here if readers are looking for an intelligent, ingeniously plotted, utterly engrossing thriller that is variously a serial-killer saga, a search for a missing person and an informed glimpse into the worlds of journalism and business . . . It's a book that lingers in the mind . . . Lisbeth is a punk Watson to Mikael's dapper Holmes, and she's the coolest crime-fighting sidekick to come along in many years." --Patrick Anderson," Washington Post
"A super-smart amalgam of the corporate corruption tale, legal thriller and dysfunctional-family psychological suspense story. It's witty, and unflinching in its commonsense feminist social commentary . . . A veteran mystery reader could spot the clues to this novel's runaway popularity as easily as Poe's detective, Auguste Dupin, spotted that purloined letter . . . Larsson's multi-pieced plot snaps together as neatly as an Ikea bookcase, but even more satisfying is the anti-social character of Salander . . . I'm betting that this offbeat bad girl will win a lot of readers' affections." --Maureen Corrigan," Fresh Air" (NPR)
"Imagine the movies of Ingmar Bergman crossed with Thomas Harris's novel" The Silence of the Lambs." Larsson's mesmerizing tale succeeds because, like P.D. James, he has written a why-dunit rather than a whodunit." --Deirdre Donahue," USA Today"
""The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is a striking novel. Just when I was thinking there wasn't anything new on the horizon, along comes Stieg Larsson with this wonderfully unique story. Iwas completely absorbed." --Michael Connelly


President Trump Speaks At 45th Annual ‘March for Life’ In D.C., First Time In Presidential History
By Space Coast Daily // January 19, 2018
House Speaker Paul Ryan will also speak at event
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WASHINGTON D.C. – President Donald J. Trump will address the 45th annual March for Life live from the White House Rose Garden via satellite on Friday.
President Donald Trump will be the first sitting US president to address the event via satellite from the White House in the March for Life’s 45-year history.
“We are most grateful to announce that President Donald Trump will address the 45th annual March for Life from The White House via satellite on Friday January 19th. Since his first day in office, President Trump has remained steadfast on his campaign promises to the pro-life cause and has actively worked to protect the unborn,” said Jeanne Mancini, President of March for Life.
“Over the past year, the Trump administration has significantly advanced pro-life policy, and it is with great confidence that, under his leadership, we expect to see other pro-life achievements in the years to come. We welcome our 45th President, Donald Trump, to the 45th annual March for Life.”
President Donald Trump will headline this year’s lineup of pro-life leaders speaking at the March for Life, including House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), Pam Tebow, Matt and Adrianna Birk, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Bishop Vincent Matthews Jr., and Sister Bethany Madonna.
“Over one hundred thousand Americans are expected to travel from across the country to our nation’s capital for this year’s March for Life, a demonstration that stands against the greatest human rights violation of our time – abortion-on-demand,” said a spokesperson for the March for Life.
The theme of this year’s March for Life is “Love Saves Lives”, embodying the true spirit and mission of the pro-life movement by enlisting the power of love to empower others to choose life.
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He won fourth prize at the 1927 International
He became a sought-after educator whose many students included such well-known musicians as Gleb Axelrod, Sergei Dorensky, Regina Shamvili, and Sulamita Aronovsky.
His mother was his first piano teacher.
He was accepted into Moscow Conservatory as one of Alexander Goldenweiser's students.


Smartphones have become indispensable in everyone’s life, so why not begin analyzing a few of them? Asus is among the most well-known laptop makers, and its smartphones are gradually gaining popularity. The Zenfone brand has undergone numerous changes and has launched many affordable smartphones. The Zenfone 8 Flip wasn’t bad either, but it was more of a gradual improvement over the Zenfone 7 model. Still, there are plenty of opportunities for development in both scenarios, so here’s what the Asus Zenfone 9 series has got in 2022.
It is likely to be available for Rs 47,990 in India on 28th July 2022. Zenfone 9 has some remarkable features making it the right option to purchase.
Design and Durability
The Asus Zenfone 9 specs comprise a 5.9-inch Amoled Display with a screen resolution of 1080*2400 px and screen quality of 446 PPI. Above all, it can also be driven by a Snapdragon 895/895 5G chipset that can be combined with up to 16Gigabytes of RAM and 256GB of inbuilt storage. It may arrive in Horizon Silver, Pastel White, Red and Aurora Black colours. Moreover, it also has Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection.
The camera set is simply excellent. The sensor has Four Rear technology, which converts four pixels into a single pixel, resulting in a very detailed 64MP image. The sensor incorporates a 4-axis OIS that adjusts for any movement that occurs while filming. The lens is capable of taking high-quality photos with contrast enhancement. The Full HD feature can highlight dark portions of a photo while not overexposing the blue or other bright areas. Furthermore, Asus Zenfone 9 has a 16MP selfie camera with dual-pixel PDAF.
Also Read: Why You Should Not Buy Nothing Phone 1?
Connectivity and Security Features
The main security feature of the Phone is anticipated to be a built-in fingerprint sensor, along with a slew of connectivity choices such as 3G, 4G, Wifi, GPS, and NFC Wireless compatibility.
The Asus Zenfone 9 includes a 4300 mAh battery and a 67W fast charging option. It also provides the option of Reverse Charging with a C-type data cable.
Other Special Features
Asus Zenfone 9 is a dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) smartphone with an IP68 chipset that is water and dust proof. It also contains fantastic sensors such as a gyroscope, proximity, accelerometer, compass, and fingerprint scanner.
The Asus Zenfone 9 is an excellent mid-range smartphone. The device is great in all aspects, including excellent camera quality, extended battery life, enormous storage space, and the other characteristics mentioned above. These are unofficial specifications based on rumours, and the exact details will be revealed following the smartphone’s official launch.


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I have known Amanda for many years and she absolutely understands the responsibility of caring and loving your 4 legged family member(s). Amanda is the most loving and caring person towards animals that I know. Any animal she meets is automatically given the same love and care as if her own pet. Amanda is the person you would want taking care of and loving on your pets!
I have known Amanda almost all of my life. We have been friends since elementary school. She has always been a kind, compassionate, driven and funny person. I have seen her with animals on many occasions and she treats them with the same respect and compassion she does with humans. She would be great for dog walking because she loves adventures as much as the dogs do!
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Zimbabwe’s most recognized cryptocurrency exchange, Golix is re-launching its token deal after planning their ICO, which was initially proposed to be ready In the middle of May. However, it was deserted after apparent fall from favour with their dealings with customers coupled with the digital currency boycott staged by the reserve bank of Zimbabwe which was later overturned by the Harare high court.
For three years, the trade has been operational, processing exchanges worth $20 million, it was reported that Golix raised $32 million through token sales, to propel its administrations and infrastructure throughout the African continent. Golix announced that is has expanded its operations across three other African countries (Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda) starting from Friday, 1 June 2018.
The head of growth of Golix, Panashe Tapera said that “As part of our strategy starting from Friday 1 June, people in Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda will be able to start trading from Golix. This is one of our plans to be the leading exchange in Africa which is inspired by the vision to provide financial autonomy in the continent.”
Interestingly, just three countries out of 54 countries in Africa have cryptocurrency exchange while the remaining African counties are yet to understand the potential held by the blockchain innovation.
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Golix is set to tackle the problem of shortage of cryptocurrency set-up which is slowing down the adoption of digital currencies in Africa by spreading their services well across the entire African continent.
Golix lead of special projects, William Chui, recently said that the token sale was an idea the team set in place to make sure there are instant remittances and international payments through cryptocurrencies at lesser fees. William Chui’s said that;
“Since from the onset, our main agenda is to provide financial autonomy in Africa. The GLX token is going to be used to facilitate and realize the agenda. People from respective different countries will be able to buy the GLX token from the exchange using their fiat currencies. The GLX token will be used to buy other altcoins in the exchange; all this will be done at zero transaction fee.”
Chui also explained that the GLX token would also be used to facilitate remittances and international payments at lesser fees, compared to the current banking methods, he further said that it would contribute significantly towards GDP growth in African countries.
As from Friday, 1 June 2018 at 10:00 GMT/UTC, the GLX token which is an Ethereum ER20 token will be available for sale on the Golix token sale website, valued at $0.05612. Prospective buyers have the option of using bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) to purchase the GLX token.
During the token sale, about 1,274,240,097 tokens will be available, but just 637,120,097 which is about 50% of the available tokens will be sold to the public.
How Well Will The GLX Token Be Received In Kenya And Uganda?
Based on the outcome of several discussions and interactions with different people of both countries who are familiar with cryptocurrencies, it is fair to say that Uganda and Kenya are excited at the innovation and the new technology in their country.


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An excellent short-term acute care hospital in sunny Southern California seeks a RN Director Womens and Childrens Services to take the reigns in their newly renovated Family Birthing Center!
Reporting to the Chief Nursing Officer, the RN Director Womens and Childrens Services will oversee Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, and Pediatrics. The RN Director Womens and Childrens Services will be well supported by skilled team of 2 talented Nurse Managers and 4 Clinical Coordinators.
The Director Womens and Childrens Services will be responsible and accountable for departmental standards, staff competencies, and overall budget. In collaboration with the Director of Quality, the Director Womens and Childrens Services will also strive to improve the quality of patient care by utilizing best practices and implementing quality improvement initiatives.
The RN Director Womens and Childrens Services will be responsible for strategic planning, budget management, program development, policies and procedures implementation, performance improvement and compliance. The RN Director Womens and Childrens Services will collaborate with other Nursing Directors, Ancillary Directors, Nursing Administration and Physicians in variety of committees within the hospital.
This 300-bed medical center offers cutting edge patient care in Labor & Delivery, Surgical Services, Intensive Care, Orthopedics, and Emergency Services. Proudly affiliated with one of the top academic medical centers in the Los Angeles area, this organization is expanding and looking to increase bed count.
Whether you’re looking for vibrant city life or just to wiggle your toes in the sand, the area surrounding this well-regarded medical center has it all. Great schools, ample outdoor activities and proximity to the city make this the perfect choice for accomplished Labor and Delivery Nurse Directors from all walks of life.
This non-profit medical center is prepared to offer the qualified RN Director Womens and Childrens Services a competitive salary and comprehensive range of benefits, including relocation assistance, education stipend, and retirement plan matching. This stable, growing hospital is part of a large, successful health system known for promoting within.


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LA Metro will be offering free rides from midnight until 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, Primary Election Day.
There is a voting center next to Station El Monte and in the lobby of Metro headquarters next to Union Station, open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
You can also return your vote-by-mail ballot at one of the drop off boxes located at the below Metro stations:
- Union Station (East Portal)
- El Monte Bus Station J Line, many local bus lines (plaza area)
- Harbor Freeway Station C and J Lines (park and ride area)
- Harbor Gateway Transit Center J Line, many other local lines (transit plaza area)
- Hollywood/Western Station B (Red) Line, (mezzanine area)
- North Hollywood Station B (Red) Line, (plaza area outside portal)
- Norwalk Station C Line, (plaza area)
- Wilshire/Vermont Station B (Red) and D (Purple) Lines, (courtyard area)
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I have been an out and proud gay woman for almost 15 years. Count them….15. I told my parents that I was gay as a teenager almost as soon as I knew myself. A few years after that my mom and dad divorced but have always stayed friendly. My dad remarried to a decent, if domineering, woman. My mom never did. I’ve always urged her to date or to at least get out of the house but to no avail. Last week, we were having dinner to celebrate her 55th birthday and she drops this bombshell on me. My mom is gay. She has been in a relationship with the same woman for over five years and she is in love with her. I was so shocked I didn’t know what to say. She told me she never told me before because she could never find the right time and she was worried how I might react. I’m a lesbian for God’s sake. I’m her only daughter and I always thought we had a close relationship. Who better to tell!? Now I’m left wondering what to think. Were we really as close as I thought we were? Does she think I’m too immature to handle the news? Has she always been a lesbian? I mean, what is going on here?
Signed, Daughter Drama
Dear Daughter Drama,
You need to take a deep breath and think about this situation for a minute. Think good and hard. Remember back to the time you came out to your parents and how hard it might have been for you. Remember the time and energy that went into planning how and when to tell them. Remember their reaction, good or bad, and how you felt about it. Now think about how hard it must have been for your mother to come to you with this news. Keep these respectful feelings on the forefront as you begin to deal with this news.
Having a gay parent, although not terribly uncommon, can be quite a shock. As children, we tend to marginalize our parents into images that we remember of them. However, just like us, our parents change and evolve as individuals over time. When our parents were our age, coming out as a gay person was not as viable of an option as it is today. Today there is widespread support to “be who you are” and “true to yourself”. Back then, the message was to conform as much as you possible could to the norm. Being gay back then was renegade status. Now, thankfully or not, it’s just part of the landscape of our humanity.
I know your question centers around wondering why she didn’t tell you sooner as you are a gay woman as well. My advice is to begin a dialogue with her. Find out as much as you can. This is your chance to find out another side of your mother. It is a side that, from my perspective, seems rich and complex. What a wonderful opportunity for you to get to know your mother on a whole different level. My wish for you would be that you will get beyond your shock and settle into this new knowledge with an open mind and heart.
I have a coworker I know is gay. I just know it. He has all the signs of a gay man. He dresses well. He’s good looking, sweet, not into sports but works out religiously at the gym. I don’t know if I should say something to him like “Hey, I’m gay too so it’s cool” or if that would be too forward. He seems a little depressed some of the time and my guess is that it might be that he’s struggling with his sexuality. I could be a great friend to him if he would only let me in.
Jim in Tamarac
Hold on there little buddy. It seems like maybe you might want to take a step or two back and assess the situation a bit more before you make any moves. If this guy really is gay and is having a hard time with it, a little subtlety may be in order. Casually befriend him and, over time, find out more about him. Maybe you could “out” yourself in some low key fashion and see how he responds. Whatever you do, don’t back him into a corner and force him to tell you or tell other co-workers that you think he is gay. Nothing will make him run from you quicker than if he thinks he can’t trust you.
Also, consider your motives on this one. Do you just want to know or do you want more from this guy? You didn’t say so, but it seems as if you may have a crush on him. Is this true? If so, my advice is to be even more cautious. My advice would be to try and put the crush on the back burner and see what kind of friendship develops. You never know, he could be one of those “Metrosexuals”. Straight guys who dress gay and have gay sensibilities and like the company of gay men but like to sleep with women. So look at the whole situation first before you make any move.

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To deter counterfeiting activities, the Reserve Bank will soon put into circulation new banknotes of Rs 500 and Rs 100 denominations of the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 with enhanced security features.
“The Reserve Bank will shortly issue Rs 500 denomination bank notes with three additional/revised features in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005, with inset letter ‘E’ in both the numbering panels, bearing the signature of Dr Raghuram G Rajan, Governor, RBI,” it said in a notification today.
The RBI said that these notes will have ascending size of numerals in the number panels, bleed lines, and enlarged identification mark, on the obverse.
It had earlier issued 500 denomination notes with the same inset letter in August with the ascending size of numerals in the number panels but without bleed lines and enlarged identification mark.
TheRBI will also issue Rs 100 new bank notes with added features including identification marks for visually impaired persons.
“Rs 100 banknotes will have a total of four angular bleed lines in two sets of two-two lines on the obverse on both the left and right-hand edge of the bank note,” it said.
The central bank said that Rs 100 notes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 will have enlarged identification mark as the existing mark of a triangle near the left edge of the banknote has been enlarged.
The existing banknotes of both the denominations will continue to be legal tender, it added.


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Where’s the shuttle diplomacy? In any other administration, at least since Nixon’s, the secretary of state would have flown to the Middle East days ago, would already have touched down in Tel Aviv, Beirut, and Damascus—maybe more than once—to hammer out a cease-fire, a settlement, or at least some sort of compromise to keep the conflict from expanding.
This is how Henry Kissinger and James Baker made their reputations (the good sides anyway). President Clinton and the first President Bush had a special Middle East envoy, Dennis Ross, whose sole job was to put out local and regional fires the instant somebody struck a match.
Yet six days into Israel’s most violent border conflict in nearly a quarter-century, President George W. Bush seems in no hurry to put Condoleezza Rice on a plane. At the G-8 summit in St. Petersburg today, British Prime Minister Tony Blair told Bush (in a private conversation picked up by an open mic) that things in the region could quickly “spiral out of control.” Bush interrupted him. “Yeah,” he said, “she’s going. I think Condi’s going to go pretty soon.”
Why the wait?
There are two possible reasons, neither mutually exclusive. First, Bush may not yet have decided what to do, and there’s no point sending Rice—who would clearly be speaking with the president’s authority—if she has no position to offer. Second, Bush may be in no hurry to put this fire out; he may want the Israeli government to gain more leverage, to twist Hezbollah’s arm tighter, before pressuring them both to the negotiating table.
Israel’s position is that a return to the status quo of a week ago is unacceptable—that a cease-fire or some diplomatic accord would be useless if it left Hezbollah with the ability, and the tacit permission from the Lebanese government, to continue firing missiles into Israeli territory.
Bush agrees with the Israelis on this score, as do the G-8 countries and, in a highly unusual declaration, a few neighboring Arab leaders who fear the spread of Iranian influence (though their populations may not agree).
The problem is that both sides in this conflict—the Israeli government and the Hezbollah militants—seem to feel they have the upper hand. Neither side seems at all ready to back down; both seem willing to push the fight as far as necessary to accomplish their aims. In this sense, neither is likely to succeed. Hezbollah’s rockets are not going to make Israel drop its conditions for national security. Israeli rockets and tanks aren’t going to disarm Hezbollah. As Karby Leggett reports in today’s Wall Street Journal, Hezbollah keeps its weapons hidden in the houses or backyards of its many supporters. Israel would have to launch a full-scale invasion of Lebanon to root out all the armaments. Israel did this once before in 1982; it started out well (people in southern Lebanon were happy to see the PLO expelled) but soon turned sour, and it ended with a pullout after an 18-year-long nightmare. This time around, an invasion wouldn’t even start out well.
Israeli officials haven’t ruled out going after the source of Hezbollah’s strength—Syria and Iran. Does President Bush want Israel bombing those two countries? Does he want to take the risk that they’ll respond with stepped-up attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq or on American targets elsewhere, or by launching longer-range missiles all across Israel, or by cutting off oil exports?
These are the sorts of scenarios Blair no doubt meant when he said that, unless someone stops the fighting quickly, “this thing will spin out of control.” They’re the sorts of scenarios that have driven former American presidents to put so much effort into Middle East peacekeeping.
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is trying to put together a cease-fire proposal, followed by a “stabilization force” in southern Lebanon. Bush is skeptical. He told Blair,
I don’t like the sequence of it. His idea is basically cease fire and everything else happens. … I feel like telling Kofi to get on the phone with [Syrian President Bashir] Assad and make something happen. … See, the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit.
In some ways, Bush is right here. A cease-fire alone won’t settle the issues. Syria gives Hezbollah its supplies and probably its permission to attack Israeli targets. Assad probably is the one person whose pressure on Hezbollah would have instant impact. (The Lebanese government and army lack the strength, the will, or both.) But the real “irony” is this: Because Bush tends to cut off contact with regimes he doesn’t like, the United States has no diplomatic ties with Syria (or Iran), no way to strike a deal or to communicate formally.
As a result, in order to do what Bush himself sees is necessary to “make something happen,” he needs to get some third party to get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop firing rockets.
What kind of way is this for a superpower to behave?
Unless he wants to heighten the chances of a war that engulfs the entire Middle East, Bush needs to do what most presidents in far less dire circumstances would already have done: drop the moral posturing; resume diplomatic relations (not the same thing as friendship) with all parties; “get on the phone with Assad” himself (don’t leave it to Annan, whose leverage is limited); and get Condi on that plane, not “pretty soon,” but now.


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