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Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, has been developing solar panels for more than a decade, and the infamous border town likely will play a major role in developing components for more green power to meet demand in California and the world.
Work being done in Tijuana was highlighted at two recent U.S. events, according to the Tijuana Economic Development Council.
Although best known for nefarious reasons in the U.S., Tijuana is home to significant manufacturing facilities, including those for two of the world’s larger photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers, Kyocera and UniSolar.
At the Solar Power 2010 conference in California, the Tijuana Economic Development Council highlighted the manufacturing facilities and their recent expansions.
According to a Nov. 10 press release by the council, Kyocera Mexicana “designs, engineers, and manufactures multi-crystal photovoltaic (PV) modules & assembly bases for ceramic semiconductors,” at their facility Tijuana.
Tijuana Economic Development Council Executive Director Flavio Olivieri said that Kyocera has been producing electronics in Tijuana for 15 years and manufacturing PV modules at their facility for three to four years.
And UniSolar has been manufacturing PV in Tijuana for 18 years, he said.
“This year they’re adding 200 more positions,” he said. That would bring their total number of employees in the area up to 800.
Together, Kyocera and UniSolar employ about 1,600 people in Tijuana. Other PV companies have expressed interest in building manufacturing facilities in the city, but thus far none have committed to it, according to Olivieri.
Also in October, former Vice President Al Gore spoke about sustainability and Baja California’s manufacturing prowess in the green energy fields, including solar.
“I am keenly aware of how important it is that Baja is a neighbor to California,” Gore said during his speech. “It’s been a leader in green energy and accountability. Combined they are a leader in sustainable energy.”
He also recognized that a number of wind and solar energy projects now are able to serve both Baja California residents and California residents through the existing grid in the region.
“Sustainable energy companies are already here, and benefitting from our lower-cost, yet highly innovative manufacturing culture,” said Oliveri in the press release. “That—and the fact that Tijuana’s total cost to the U.S. market is often lower than China—is why we continue to grow some of the largest solar companies in the world here.”
While no other manufacturing facilities for wind or solar have been built in Tijuana at this point, the idea is still on the table.
“We’ve had interest from several companies but haven’t signed anything,” Oliveri said.
Looking forward, future green energy manufacturing in the area could include more solar and wind.
He added that other manufacturing facilities, which now produce parts for ships, automobiles and jets could be repurposed to manufacture parts for wind turbines, among other things.
Pictured: A worker in UniSolar's Tijuana facility pulls a roll of thin film to make a series of golden tickets, which are sure to bring a veritable cornucopia of oddballs into the plant to meet the eccentric owner.


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This whimsical artist’s rendering shows a toll booth next to the the Chronicle office building. Route details are unknown, but manned cabins are indeed a feature of the plan, and celebrity cabin operators (here is music publisher Kevin Curtin) handing out copies of the the Chronicle could provide a lift for weary commuters. (Courtesy of Rolf Spalio Design Firm, with photos by Jana Birchum/Getty Images)
I have already written here about the fact that the the Chronicle office building is within the condemnation area for planned I-35 expansion by TxDOT (“Public Notice: Condemning the the ChronicleSeptember 10, 2021), along with some 130 other businesses along the freeway. And while the Texas Department of Transportation seems determined to move forward with their favorite “Build Alternative 3,” city planners and Public transit promoters continue to question the project, both as a whole and in its specifics.
While the the Chronicle historically opposed toll roads, it turns out that when designed well, they can be of great benefit to the community.
And in the the ChronicleIn this case, there’s also a problem with the historic status of the building – which once housed the Elgin-Butler Brick Co., one of the oldest businesses in town. And that turned out to be the key. With the help of the law firm Arron Badler, who specializes in conviction cases, we were able to convince the state that the building should not be demolished, but incorporated into the design. It’s taken a while to get here, but I’m happy to announce an agreement that we hope to finalize this Friday, April 1, that will not only allow us to stay in our building, but will provide an ongoing source of funding not just for the the Chroniclebut for the highway itself, while advancing the goals of the city and local transit authority.
It turns out that the solution – forged in negotiations between the the Chronicle, TxDOT and Capital Metro – is as old as antiquity: a toll booth. Or rather a completely new toll system, centered on the the Chronicle building, perfectly located at the north end of the busiest part of the highway. And while the the Chronicle has historically opposed toll roads as being “an ineffective and backward approach to providing public highways”, as the National Automobile Association puts it, it turns out that when properly designed and implemented they can be of great benefit to the community.
The historic nature of this mid-century modern brick building was key to TxDOT changing its plans; the new toll lanes will be constructed above and beside the building. (Photo by John Anderson)
The personal touch
What makes this toll booth design so unusual – and so unique to Austin – are the toll booths themselves. Most modern toll roads have done away with cabs altogether, in favor of a supposedly more efficient but completely impersonal system of license plate scanners and automatic billing which has led to outrageous stories of overcharging and mistaken identities. But the ChronToll The system bucks the trend and doubles the toll booth experience, aiming to bring a personal touch to every interaction. Part of that is staffing: the intention is to recruit heavily from performers and the arts community, who can bring a livelier feel to the customer experience. To that end, TxDOT is committed to keeping wages low, to stay in tune with the service industry vibe that musicians and other creatives are accustomed to. And there may be guest celebrity booth operators from time to time – either the Chronicle staff members ready to talk about the issue, as seen in the photo at the top of this story, or other prominent figures in the city, sitting for a few hours facing the motoring public.
And distribute papers. Along with the remaining building, this is the largest part of the deal for the the Chronicle: Distributing copies of the newspaper to potentially 200,000 cars a day will instantly make us one of the most widely circulated magazines in the country, putting us in the same league as titles like Martha Stewart alive and American Rifleman. We realize that not all of these drivers may want to pick up a copy of the newspaper – especially commuters who might pass by 10 times a week – but as an incentive, TxDOT has agreed to provide a $1 toll discount for those who pick up a newspaper – making us the first newspaper in the country to pay people to pick up a copy. (Although we won’t be the last; Editor and publisher magazine previously tweeted that the “negative cover price [is] the future of journalism.”
And speaking of dollars, this is another innovation in the customer experience, as ChronToll does not use any traditional credit card system; instead, payment will be accepted either in dollar coins or in Chroines, a new cryptocurrency that we are launching as part of the project. The chroins could be a story in their own right; suffice it to say, you can see the start of this marketing campaign in advertisements elsewhere in the issue. But the dollar coins are an idea cooked up in Washington, D.C. The US Treasury Department is excited to put them back into circulation, and the Mint is getting in on the action too, issuing a new 2022 dollar coin with the system. interstate on one side, and the Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg the other.
So instead of just a drive-by and robot camera shot, with ChronToll you get something tangible for your money, perhaps with a chat about the latest news or a tip on a popular group. And if you think everything seems to take a long time, and not the fastest way to get traffic through the toll zone – well, it turns out that’s a feature, not a bug.
Connect with Project Connect
This all fits perfectly with Capital Metro’s ambitious Project Connect plan, according to the CapMet planner. Georges Mareski, who asked not to be identified. “The idea is to get people to use public transit instead of their car, right?” Mareski said, after being assured his comments were confidential. “Well, there are two parts to that. No matter how well you run public transportation, it’s never going to match the convenience of jumping in your car and driving to where you want to go. – unless the traffic is really bad and you can’t park anywhere then the bus starts to seem like a better option and it’s much easier to move the needle to that side than to the side of public transit. Here’s an example: Suppose someone is trying to decide whether to drive or take the bus. A $200 no left turn sign can add three minutes to the time it takes to run an errand in your car. Compare that to what it would cost to cut three minutes off the bus ride – well, you probably can’t even do that. So really, we’re focusing in big part about making car journeys more s slower and more difficult. It’s still confidential, isn’t it? »
“If you can turn I-35 into a parking lot, that’s a big win for us.” This photo illustrates how many more cars are on a stretch of highway if it is stopped bumper-to-bumper than if the cars are speeding past at 65 miles per hour. (Photo via Getty Images)
Mareski went on to describe a working group he was part of, of which I should note Project Connect denies knowledge; however, Mareski showed me a graph (below) that he says was from that task force, illustrating how many more cars can fit on I-35 if stopped bumper-to-bumper shocks as if the cars go by at 65 miles per hour. “If you can turn I-35 into a parking lot,” he said, “that’s a big win for us.” Not only might some of these drivers be convinced to use public transit for their next trip, but there is also the sheer number of cars that are being pulled from city streets. To the north, traffic will likely be stuck well past Round Rock most hours of the day. If they’re bumper to bumper, that could be up to 10,000 or more cars that won’t be on city streets. And in the south, where most of the relocated businesses are, the task force envisioned the toll-induced slowdown could open up a whole new range of services, catering to drivers literally parked outside their storefronts. For example, Stars Cafe, one of the businesses in the pipeline, could thrive and find a whole new clientele by serving curbside coffee or even migas.
Overall, the schedule remains unchanged, with construction expected to begin in late 2025. Now that the design is fully finalized, TxDOT will begin a robust public input process for both stakeholders and the general public. Interested parties should register at my35capex.com/input.
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“It’s just Bernie being Bernie” – How a photo of Sanders wearing mittens at Inauguration Day went viral
One of the most enduring and endearing photos – an image of independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders – has made waves across the internet, sparking thousands of photoshopped memes on social
October has not one, but two full moons — and because it’s 2020, the second one naturally falls on Halloween. That gives this year 13 full moons instead of the usual 12. October’s first full moon was the harvest moon on October 1, and the second is a rare full Halloween blue hunter’s
The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.
Scientists are flocking to Florida’s Gulf Coast for a glimpse of a mysterious 425-feet-deep “blue hole” on the ocean floor.
The first reports of blue holes came from fishermen and recreational divers, not scientists or researchers. In general, the holes appear to host diverse biological communities
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Stunning photograph shows an ancient tradition dating back to 960 AD
This is the spectacular moment a fisherman with a close bond to cormorants used a flock of birds to catch big fish in a centuries old ritual in southern China. Photographer Julia Wimmerlin said: ‘Seeing this whole process and the beautiful setting where it takes place just takes your breath away.
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He’s over the moon! British photographer spends two years getting the perfect shot on 1,000ft hill
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Astronomers announced on Wednesday that at last they had captured an image of the unobservable: a black hole, a cosmic abyss so deep and dense that not even light can escape it.
“We have seen what we thought was unseeable,” said Shep Doeleman, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and director of the effort to capture the
They went surfing during the polar vortex and the photos are surreal… Temperatures below zero can’t come between these guys and catching some waves!
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NEW DELHI: It is three weeks now since the Delhi state government announced its decision to purchase 1,000 new compressed natural gas (CNG)-run buses for the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC).
The proposal is gathering dust in the state finance department even as the Supreme Court's June 30 deadline to phase out diesel buses is drawing near.
Following the apex court's April 5 order, the state government had announced that 1,000 new CNG buses would join the 2,200-strong DTC fleet by June-end.
However, even after the DTC board cleared the proposal three days after the announcement, the state government has failed to endorse it. DTC chairman K S Baidwan said: ''We sent the proposal to the state government which has to allocate funds for the buses. Until we get the finances, we cannot place orders,'' he said.
The state government has to allocate Rs 194 crore to the DTC to purchase the buses. Sources said the way the proposal is being delayed, the DTC may not be able to bring in new buses till 2003. ''The manufacturers will take at least a year to deliver chassis for 1,000 buses. Commuters may face severe problems when diesel buses go off road on June 30,'' an official said.
With plans to unbundle DTC in the offing, the state finance department does not know under which head to allocate the Rs 194 crore.
The proposal has also got delayed due to the inability of Telco and Ashok Leyland, the two bus manufacturing companies, to deliver adequate number of buses. The bus manufactures are yet to deliver chassis to private operators who had placed orders earlier.
State transport minister Ajay Maken, however, said the DTC would be able to procure 1,000 buses within six months of placing the order. "With their capacity to manufacture 1,000 chassis a month, Telco and Ashok Leyland will be able to deliver the buses,'' he said.


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The 1st National Coconut Sap Sugar Industry Congress with a theme of"Coco Sap Sugar: Handog ay Kaunlaran at Kalusugan sa Pamayanan"ventured jointly by the Philippine Coconut Authority and the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research held last 5-6 March 2012 at the Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City, Philippines.
With the increasing domestic and export demand, the coconut sap sugar industry presents a promising business opportunity for the farmers and the small to medium enterprises. The increase in demand could be related to the high prevalence of diabetics and thegrowing interest of health enthusiasts locally and worldwide. In fact, the projected increase in share of sweetener consumption in the market for alternative sweeteners has reached US$1.1 billion.
The industry also serves as a job-generating enterprise which provides immediate source of income for rural communities. Moreover, the product can serve as a value-adding option for coconut-based agro-enterprise. Thus, in order to sustain the growing industry, efficient supply/value chain approach in business development should be in place. Likewise, Philippine National Standards (PNS) and certification for system of the product should be well-established to safeguard the industry.
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Police confirm body found in Wastwater was missing diver
Last updated at 09:21, Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Police have confirmed that a body found in Wastwater yesterday (Tuesday) was that of a diver missing since Sunday afternoon.
Carl Andrew Morris, 39, of Broadgate, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was diving with a group of people when he failed to surface.
His body was recovered by the North West Police Underwater Search Team during a major multi-agency search.
The search operation, involving a helicopter from RAF Valley and Cumbria police, Whitehaven Coastguard, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service and Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team, got underway after the alarm was raised.
The police underwater search team, from Lancashire, searched the lake, the deepest in England, from 11pm on Sunday until 6.30am Monday before resuming later in the day.
Bad weather on Monday afternoon forced the search to be postponed until yesterday morning.
A joint investigation by police and the Health and Safety Executive into the circumstances of Mr Morris's death is underway.
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Peace and Safety to the Epicureans of today, no matter where you might be!
I know that some find it odd, and others find it tedious, that I am forever pointing out the differences between Stoicism and Epicureanism. And then there are those who as simply mystified why Epicurus would leave “reason” out of the “Canon of Truth” – the three categories of measuring tools by which truth is determined. Today’s Twentieth Post may strike some as more confusion, but I hope it will help explain why the issue is important and what is at stake. In my view, it is as much of an error to assert that “Reason” is superior to Nature as it is to assert that “Religion” is superior to Nature. Epicurus did not simply reject the false arguments of religion – he rejected the false arguments of those who asserted that they could “reason” their way to a “virtue” higher than the goal of pleasurable living set by Nature.
To set off this argument in greater detail, here is a particularly important passage from Jefferson’s “Head and Heart” letter. The context is Jefferson holding a dialogue between the his Head, representing the forces of Reason, and his Heart, representing the guidance of Nature through Pleasure. I hope this excerpt prompts you to want to read the entire letter, which is here.
I pick up the sequence is mid-debate. The Head has asserted the superior role of calculation in life, and has argued in typical Stoic fashion: “I wished to make you sensible how imprudent it is to place your affections, without reserve, on objects you must so soon lose, & whose loss when it comes must cost you such severe pangs.”
Here is the response of the Heart, which in my view Epicurus would endorse:
Heart. And what more sublime delight than to mingle tears with one whom the hand of heaven hath smitten! To watch over the bed of sickness, & to beguile its redious & its painful moments! To share our bread with one to whom misfortune has left none! This world abounds indeed with misery: to lighten its burthen we must divide it with one another. But let us now try the virtues of your mathematical balance, & as you have put into one scale the burthen of friendship, let me put its comforts into the other. When languishing then under disease, how grateful is the solace of our friends! How are we penetrated with their assiduities & attentions! How much are we supported by their encouragements & kind offices! When heaven has taken from us some object of our love, how sweet is it to have a bosom whereon to recline our heads, & into which we may pour the torrent of our tears! Grief, with such a comfort, is almost a luxury! In a life where we are perpetually exposed to want & accident, yours is a wonderful proposition, to insulate ourselves, to retire from all aid, & to wrap ourselves in the mantle of self-sufficiency! For assuredly nobody will care for him who care for nobody. But friendship is precious, not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life; & thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.
I will recur for proof to the days we have lately passed. On these indeed the sun shone brightly. How gay did the face of nature appear! Hills, valleys, chateaux, gardens, rivers, every object wore its liveliest hue! Whence did they borrow it? From the presence of our charming companion. They were pleasing, because she seemed pleased. Alone, the scene would have been dull & insipid: the participation of it with her gave it relish. Let the gloomy monk, sequestered from the world, seek unsocial pleasures in the bottom of his cell! Let the sublimated philosopher grasp visionary happiness while pursuing phantoms dressed in the garb of truth! Their supreme wisdom is supreme folly; & they mistake for happiness the mere absence of pain. Had they ever felt the solid pleasure of one generous spasm of the heart, they would exchange for it all the frigid speculations of their lives, which you have been vaunting in such elevated terms.
Believe me then my friend, that that is a miserable arithmetic which, could estimate friendship at nothing, or at less than nothing. Respect for you has induced me to enter into this discussion, & to hear principles uttered which I detest & abjure. Respect for myself now obliges me to recall you into the proper limits of your office. When nature assigned us the same habitation, she gave us over it a divided empire. To you she allotted the field of science; to me that of morals. When the circle is to be squared, or the orbit of a comet to be traced; when the arch of greatest strength, or the solid of least resistance is to be investigated, take up the problem; it is yours; nature has given me no cognizance of it. In like manner, in denying to you the feelings of sympathy, of benevolence, of gratitude, of justice, of love, of friendship, she has excluded you from their controul. To these she has adapted the mechanism of the heart. Morals were too essential to the happiness of man to be risked on the incertain combinations of the head. She laid their foundation therefore in sentiment, not in science. That she gave to all, as necessary to all: this to a few only, as sufficing with a few. I know indeed that you pretend authority to the sovereign controul of our conduct in all its parts: & a respect for your grave saws & maxims, a desire to do what is right, has sometimes induced me to conform to your counsels.
A few facts however which I can readily recall to your memory, will suffice to prove to you that nature has not organized you for our moral direction. When the poor wearied souldier whom we overtook at Chickahomony with his pack on his back, begged us to let him get up behind our chariot, you began to calculate that the road was full of souldiers, & that if all should be taken up our horses would fail in their journey. We drove on therefore. But soon becoming sensible you had made me do wrong, that tho we cannot relieve all the distressed we should relieve as many as we can, I turned about to take up the souldier; but he had entered a bye path, & was no more to be found; & from that moment to this I could never find him out to ask his forgiveness. Again, when the poor woman came o ask a charity in Philadelphia, you whispered that she looked like a drunkard, & that half a dollar was enough to give her for the ale-house. Those who want the dispositions to give, easily find reasons why they ought not to give. When I sought her out afterwards, & did what I should have done at first, you know that she employed the money immediately towards placing her child at school. If our country, when pressed with wrongs at the point of the bayonet, had been governed by its heads instead of its hearts, where should we have been now? Hanging on a gallows as high as Hamans.
You began to calculate & to compare wealth and numbers: we threw up a few pulsations of our warmest blood; we supplied enthusiasm against wealth and numbers; we put our existence to the hazard when the hazard seemed against us, and we saved our country: justifying at the same time the ways of Providence, whose precept is to do always what is right, and leave the issue to him. In short, my friend, as far as my recollection serves me, I do not know that I ever did a good thing on your suggestion, or a dirty one without it. I do forever then disclaim your interference in my province. Fill papers as you please with triangles & squares: try how many ways you can hang & combine them together. I shall never envy nor controul your sublime delights. But leave me to decide when & where friendships are to be contracted. You say I contract them at random. So you said the woman at Philadelphia was a drunkard. I receive no one into my esteem till I know they are worthy of it. Wealth, title, office, are no recommendations to my friendship. On the contrary great good qualities are requisite to make amends for their having wealth, title, & office. You confess that in the present case I could not have made a worthier choice. You only object that I was so soon to lose them. We are not immortal ourselves, my friend; how can we expect our enjoyments to be so? We have no rose without its thorn; no pleasure without alloy. It is the law of our existence; & we must acquiesce. It is the condition annexed to all our pleasures, not by us who receive, but by him who gives them. True, this condition is pressing cruelly on me at this moment. I feel more fit for death than life. But when I look back on the pleasures of which it is the consequence, I am conscious they were worth the price I am paying.
As Jefferson says, the greater part of life is sunshine, but we will never appreciate it if we bind ourselves to the sterile calculations of those who hold “Reason,” as others hold “Religion,” to be superior to Nature.
Peace and safety to you all!
As Seneca recorded: Sic fac omnia tamquam spectet Epicurus! So do all things as though watching were Epicurus!
And as Philodemus wrote: “I will be faithful to Epicurus, according to whom it has been my choice to live.“ughts and topics, and I commend his entire article to you so that you can yourself not simply defer to Epirucus, but reason the issue through to you own conclusion.


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A MISSING mom was found and reunited with her family almost two weeks after she vanished in Zion National Park.
Holly Suzanne Courtier, 38, was found by search and rescue crews after she was spotted by another park visitor who sent a tip to park rangers, the National Parks Service said in a press release.
Before her disappearance, Courtier - described as an experienced hiker - was on a road trip to visit national parks after she lost her job as a nanny because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“We are overjoyed that she was found safely today. We would like to thank the rangers and search teams who relentlessly looked for her day and night and never gave up hope,” the family said in a statement.
The family continued: “We are also so grateful to the countless volunteers who were generous with their time, resources and support. This wouldn’t have been possible without the network of people who came together.”
Courtier, who went missing on October 6, was dropped off at the park by a private shuttle but did not return for her scheduled pick-up later that day.
Rescuers searched for her with drones and K-9 units – but no further details have been released on her condition or where she was found.
In an update to a GoFundMe, started before she was found, Courtier’s sister Jaime Strong wrote that she “will need medical care in the days moving forward.”
The family is opting to keep the fundraiser open to pay for her medical bills as she has no health insurance, Strong wrote.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone's continued support and prayers! Details on her rescue are limited right now and we will update you when we have all the information,” Strong wrote.
Courtier's daughter Kailey Chambers, in an interview with CNN, said she traveled to Zion to try to find her mother.
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"This was her dream, to see national parks," Chambers told the outlet.
She continued: "She lost her job as a nanny due to Covid-19. The family could not afford to keep paying her. She made that a positive thing -- said that gave her the time to get out, see the parks."
Zion, located in Utah, is one of the most visited parks in the country, according to the National Parks Service.
So far there have been 2,484,815 visitors at the park this year – with a staggering 520,987 visitors reports just in September.


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Attached is the Michael and Marisa music video “The Same”. They were so much fun to work with and so very talented. They wrote this song following Pheobe Prince’s suicide in Massachusetts 2010. I respect their Michael and Marisa’s talent and their mission to stop bullying. I too feel strongly that teens need to speak up and stop bullying when it happens and speak out as often as we can about it.

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give special status to the state under the National AYUSH Mission as it has the "largest" infrastructure in the country in the AYUSH sector.
He said the state has 5,000 AYUSH medical centres in operation.
"Giving special status to Rajasthan under the National AYUSH Mission would help the state to take forward the mission of deemed university status to the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur as it has the largest AYUSH basic infrastructure in the country," the chief minister said.
Gehlot was speaking on the occasion of 5th Ayurveda Day on Friday in a virtual event where Prime Minister Modi dedicated the Institute of Teaching & Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Jamnagar and the National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur. The ITRA has been conferred the status of an Institution of National Importance (INI) by an Act of the Parliament and the NIA that of an Institution Deemed to be University by the University Grants Commission.
The chief minister said deemed university status will boost research and international scope of Ayurvedic, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH).
Gehlot also suggested amendment to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, making it compulsory for Ayurvedic drugs stores to have pharmacists, and demanded establishment of a central AYUSH Nursing Commission, development of Nadi science, setting up of a central council for Yoga and Naturopathy and setting up of ayurvedic hospitals as wellness centres.
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The Magic of Italian cloth
There is something magical about the finest Italian fabrics, it’s suppleness, the way it moves. At Octavian K. I want my customers wear and benefit from the centuries of expertise and tradition that go into Italian cloth.
o what is it that draws me to Italian cloth? I love its history, I love the smoothness of how the cloths are finished, its weight is perfect for an all year-round suit for the travelling man about town. There are cloths that can be used in more English patterns with defined shoulders and waists and there are cloths that look beautiful in a completely unstructured suit.
I use cloth from the best Italian mills among which Lora Piana, Vitale Barberis Canonico and Ariston. VBC is one of the oldest mills in the world dating back to 1663. They are famous for their lightweight 8 to 10 ounce wools and worsted flannels. Another favourite is Lora Pina. This famous cloth has become rightly famous for its cashmere. A newer firm, it was only founded in 1924 but rapidly has become one of the most desirable brands in the world. Whilst the firm’s cashmeres are lovely, I personally love its worsted suitings. They’re a little heavier that many Italian mills, around 10 – 12 ounces, and so are a natural combination for the more structured English silhouette Octavian K. specialises in. From pinstripe to Prince of Wales check and plaids, Loro Piana has elegant and refined cloth that will mark you, the Octavian K. customer, out as a man of taste and discernment.
I know that many of my customers are also fans of English cloth. Italian tailors, despite the abundance of superb mills in their own country, have always held English woven and finished cloth in very high regard. I offer cloths from Harrisons of Edinburgh. The mills was founded in 1863 and offers a comprehensive range of suit checks, flannels and tweed.
What is the difference between all these cloths you ask? English cloth has traditionally been slightly thicker with an emphasis on two-fold yarns in the warp and weft. However, the difference on many cloths lies in the finish, where the raw cloth is sent to specialist finishers for washing, scouring, cropping and steaming. Unsurprising given the climate, of the decades much English cloth has a slightly heavier finish whilst Italian cloth has a slightly smoother and shinier look. This has suited the two schools of tailoring, the lightweight suit of the palazzo and the heavier suit on the English estate.
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At Octavian K., my focus is to understand what you need your suit or jacket for and work with you to find the very best cloth that reflects the usage and most importantly the personality of the you, the wearer. Having a bespoke suit allows you to chose these all important details, whether you need the smoothest lightweight cashmere for travel, discreet flannel for business meetings or colourful check for a party, the top notch mills I work with will ensure you absolutely look your best.


Hudson Valley News Network: Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) announced that federal legislation he wrote to halt the United States Coast Guard’s Proposed Rulemaking to expand mooring infrastructure on the Hudson River between Kingston and Yonkers was included as part of the Coast Guard Authorization Act, which passed today in committee.
Rep. Maloney’s Anchorages Away Act, would require the Coast Guard, within 180 days of passage, to submit a report to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the impacts of these proposed anchorages on existing superfund sites and habitats of endangered species and the Coast Guard’s response to these concerns.
In addition, the Coast Guard is prohibited from establishing any anchorages on the Hudson River between Yonkers and Kingston until at least 180 days after the submission of this report.
Today, during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee mark-up of the Coast Guard Authorization Act, Rep. Maloney spoke in favor of his legislation and encouraged the Coast Guard to end the dangerous proposed rulemaking. You can watch Rep. Maloney’s remarks here.
“The Coast Guard’s proposal to install new anchorage sites on the Hudson River is disaster – it’s a terrible idea and I’ll do whatever I can to stop it,” said Rep. Maloney. “Getting my provision into this bill will make sure we slow this thing down and find out the effects this dangerous proposal will have on our river and our communities. We are going to kill this proposal once and for all – and today was a step in the right direction.” Read more.


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DECEMBER 16, 2015
What’s your learning style? It’s a hard choice, especially since according to one comprehensive study there are over 71 learning styles from a range of different models. The good news is that there is a powerful secret behind your learning style. It’s so powerful that it could transform how you approach learning. The secret is… that learning styles don’t matter. For learning professionals it presents even more opportunities.

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Cameroon’s National Assembly Approves 2023 Finance Bill with a 4.4% increase
By Synthia Lateu
The Cameroon National Assembly has adopted the sum of 6345.1 billion FCFA for the 2023 financial year, an increase of 264.7 billion FCFA year-on-year compared to 2022, i.e. an increase of 4.4% in relative value. This bill was adopted by the National Assembly on December 5, 2022, during a plenary sitting.
The finance bill was tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday, November 24, 2022, and several ministers succeeded each other in the hemicycle to defend their budget.
The Minister of Finance, Louise Paul Motaze congratulated the efforts of the finance committee and noted that the present crisis in the North West, South West, and Far North Regions continues to cause difficulties that leave the future uncertain. He said: “We have talked about the war; we hope that the war in Ukraine will go to an end. We don’t know how petrol will behave. The situation is very difficult but you know we are managing; we try to cope every time.”
The Member of Parliament, Honourable Findi Stanley Mokondo, explained that the budget reflects the ambitions of the head of state and hoped that it benefits every Cameroonian. He furthered that the ministry of finance reassure, them the budget has taken disposition for contracts not completely executed and the reconstruction and rehabilitation of SONARA “through a public-private partnership, SONARA should be rehabilitated the minister made it clear that efforts have been made and the committee has been set up effectively to execute the instructions of the head of state” Hon. Findi Stanley said.
Addressing the committee, Honorable Donald Malomba appealed for the non-executed contracts in the South West region not to be abandoned. He stated that the non-respect of the deadline of the award of the contract in the country affected the execution of these contracts in the conflict-stricken South West region now left with four working days.
Honorable Donald Malomba regretted that this situation accounts for the region being at the bottom of the classification during the last session of the national committee for the follow-up of the public investment budget.
Cameroon has in the past years been hit by sociopolitical and very recently, economic crises. Prices of necessities have been on the rise. The 2022 financial bill stood at FCFA 6,080.4 billion representing an increase of FCFA 264.7 billion of the proposed 2023 budget at the national assembly. The bill has been taken to the Senate for a second scrutiny.
The industrialization drive of Cameroon and efforts to put the country on the path to becoming an emerging economy by 2035 was raised. “Can the objective of industrializing our country be achieved with the inadequate power supply?” Hon. Cavaye Yeguie Dribril questioned.
“Government’s policy option of professionalizing teaching has made it possible to churn out a lot of graduates at the level of higher education. Paradoxically, the shortage of graduates with basic skills is becoming acute. As a result, we now have thousands of graduates without basic skills who cannot be gainfully employed or be self-employed to become stakeholders in our country’s industrialization bid.”


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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Secondary Characters: Buddies, Boyfriends and Wingmen
Back-up cops, spunky sidekicks and the busy body next door – these sideline characters can create some major dilemmas for an author. Even though they’re supposed to be secondary to the protagonist, sometimes they become larger than life, and if we’re not careful, they can eclipse the main character altogether.
Occasionally secondary characters expand as we write, especially if we’re a “pantser” (flying by the seat of our pants). There’s nothing wrong with this happening, but it does require us to carefully consider how to best use the character to further our story.
We should place these characters under a high-powered lens to ensure that the amount of “air time” they’re getting is truly integral to the story. If it seems like their character has gained so much momentum that they have truly obscured the protagonist, we should take a step back and examine why, and more specifically, what the main character might be missing. There’s always the possibility that the secondary character should be the focus, under which circumstance we should consider starting over (Wait! Don’t delete that file!).
We should take care not to overrun our stories with too many secondary characters. Too many names and behaviours can become dizzying, not to mention confusing the heck out of our readers. If this happens, consider combining the purposes of characters so that one person can take on the roles of several. This way, both the author and the readers will be able to follow those important characters without getting bogged down trying to sort out who is who, and who did what.
In my novel Indigo Blaze, superfluous characters were repeatedly pointed out to me. For some reason, I was resistant to getting rid of them, due to the fact that they each played a role (albeit, sometimes small ones). So I went back to really scrutinize what those particular characters were doing in the novel and considered combining the roles of two or more characters. At the end of the day, it wasn’t the characters that were important, but rather their effect on my protagonist and the story itself.
Even after I came to the conclusion that I needed to combine some characters and eliminate others altogether, I had a hard time taking that next step to make it concrete. Why was I holding on to characters that were unnecessary? It certainly wasn’t because I was trying to add pages to my novel (at 143,000 words, the opposite was probably true). It was because I felt attached to them. They were my babies; made up from my own thoughts, my own blood, sweat and tears. I had nurtured them, woke up with them in the middle of the night and provided tender loving care twenty four hours a day (in my head), all so that they would feel like real, living, breathing people. And they did.
The problem was, they had outgrown their use, but I wasn’t willing to give them up. What did I do? I put them in their own special little home I called “Side Characters”; not to neglect them, but just to foster them out temporarily, with every intention to breathe life back into them in another novel. That spiky-haired Tinkerbell sister and the red-haired, freckle-faced wingman are still waiting in their special little home, hibernating until I invite them out for their special moment to shine.
Have you had this much difficulty cutting secondary characters?


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HOMEWORK > Week 1
Week 1 Lecture: Curatorial Histories
Pick a topic for your Exhibition Project!
This week you should being looking into all kinds of possible topics for your exhibition project.
You should try to select a topic where:
- You can find a lot of images related to the topic.
- You can find a lot of information related to the topic.
- You can pick a topic that will sustain your interest for the whole course.
For your exhibition topic/ project you can choose to curate anything:
This can be an exhibition of:
Etc., Etc. --- You can curate a show of anything!
After you pick the topic you need to set up some guidlines for research which include selecting:
What year or years will you research?
What culture or cultures will you research?
Homework: You Must Select the following.
- A topic of interest for your exhibition project.
- A time-frame to research.
- A space, location(s), culture(s), or continent(s) that your exhibition project will explore.
(1) Spanish Baroque Painting, (2) 1600-1750, (3) Spain
(1) The Image Comics Revolution, (2) 1990-2000, (3) America
(1) Global Minimalism, (2) 1970-1980, (3) World cultures
5 Points total:
1 Point for researching different topics – free point.
1 Point for choosing a topic: Declared topic
1 Point for choosing a time-frame: Declared time-frame
1 Point for choosing a space or location: Declared geographic interest
1 Point for identifying a cultural narrative: Declared cultural narrative Interest
Optional Reading (Art 460/560):
[ ] A Short Guide to Writing About Art. By Sylvan Barnet: Formal Analysis (pgs. 81-100)
[ ] The Methodologies of Art: An Introduction. By Laurie Schneider Adams. Chapter 2: Formalism and Style.
Online Resources (Art 460/560)
Formalism in Modern Art
Wiki Formalism (art)
Who is Clement Greenberg, what is Formalism and what Greenberg thought about political art.
Video Resources (Total combined time: 47:98mins) (Art 460/560)
What is formalism? (1:49mins)
Formalism - What is it? Why does it matter? (19:11mins)
How to Look at Art-Formal Analysis (2:11mins)
Formal Analysis (11:03mins)
Introducing Art History: formal analysis (24:24)
Famous Formalist Critics (Art 560)
Clement Greenberg (Publications)
Books by Clemenet Greenberg
Clement Greenberg, The Clollected Essays and Criticism: Volume 1: Perceptions and Judgmenes, 1934-144, ed. John O'Brian, Clemeent Greenberg, The Clollected Essays and Criticism: Volume 2: Arrogant Purpose. 1945-1948 ed. John O'Brian, Clemeent Greenberg, The Clollected Essays and Criticism: Volume 2: Arrogant Purpose. 1945-1948 ed. John O'Brian, Clemeent Greenberg, The Clollected Essays and Criticism: Volume 3: Affirmations and Refusals. 1950-1956 ed. John O'Brian, Clemeent Greenberg, The Clollected Essays and Criticism: Volume 4: Modernism with a Vengence 1957-1969 ed. John O'Brian, Clement Greenberg, Art and Culture: Critical Essays, Clement Greenberg: Homemade Esthetics: Observations on Art and Taste, Clemenet Greenberg, Late Writings.
The Animated Theories of Clement Greenberg
Avant-Garde and Kitsch: http://www.sharecom.ca/greenberg/kitsch.html
Harold Rosenberg (Publications)
Greenberg vs. Rosenberg: http://www.theartstory.org/critics-greenberg-rosenberg.htm
Clive Bell (Publications)
Rodger Fry (Publications)
Formalist in the 20th Century
This method of writing and curating is often use to described formal innovations in a body of work, or as a means of decoding how form can be considered to be a type of content in and of itself. Formalism was the dominate mode of criticism by the mid-twentieth century, and it was used to make teleological arguments about canonization, quality, and the teleology of art (the direction art was heading).
Today, the formalist legacy lives on inasmuch as we still think of Masterpieces as formal or "technical" achievements that comprise a cultural legacy and/or cultural legacies that are innovative, and challenging. Formalism, as a school of thought sees form and content as intrinsically linked, and that form has the place of primacy as a carrier for content. Most formalist criticism become synonymous with "organic unity", the "truth of materials", and "medium specificity".
Schools of abstraction that were tied to formalism include Abstract Expressionism, Post Painterly Abstraction, Geometric Abstraction, Hard Edge Painting, Minimalism and many other movements.
Formalism as Method
Formalism as a method of analysis and formal inventiveness as it has come to be associated with "the shock of the new" was the driving force behind many the biggest shows of the 20th century, and these shows often lead to later canonization.
Example of a Formalist Art review: http://www.theartsbeacon.com/dion-johnson
CLASS DISCUSSION - What makes for a great work of art?
THE TEN GREATEST WORKS OF ART EVER
1. Leonardo Da Vinci, The Fetus in the Womb 1510-1513
2. Caravaggio, The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, 1608
Rembrandt, Self Portrait with Two Circles, 1665-69
3. Rembrandt, Self-Portrait with Two Circles, 1665-69
4. Chalet Cave Paintings, (30,000 years ago)
5. Jackson Pollock, One, Number 31, 1950
6. Valequez, Las Meninas, 1656
7. Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937
8. Michelangelo, Prisoners 1519-34
9. Parthenon Sculptures 447-442 BC
10. Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1902-04
TOP TEN MASTERPIECES OF THE 2Oth CENTURY (Early 20th Century)
1. Paul Cezanne, Mont Saitne-Victoire, 1902
2. Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907
3. Henri Matisse, The Dance, 1909-1910
4. George Braque, Man with a Guitar 1911-1912
5. Umberto Boccioni, Unique Froms of Continuity in Space 1913
6. Kasmir Malevich, Black Square, 1915
7. Rene Magritte, The Treachery of Images 1928-29
8. Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917
9. Hannah Hoch, Cut with the kitchen knife Dad through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany, 1919-1920
10. Jackson Pollock, Lavender Mist, 1950
MASTERPIECES OF THE 21st CENTURY
Peter Doig, 100 Years Ago, 2000.
Luc Tuymans, Lumumbra, 2000.
Julie Mehertu, Dispersion, 2002.
Ibrahim El-Salahi, The Tree, 2003.
Brice Marden, The Event, 2004-2007.
Maria Lessing, Krankenhaus (hospital) 2005.
Glen Brown, The Hinterland, 2006.
Marlene Dumas, The Blindfolded Man, 2007.
George Condo, Orgy Compositon, 2008.
Lisa Yuskavage, Pie Face, 2008.
Ellen Altfast, Armpit, 2011.
Tomma Abts,UPHE, 2011
14 WORKS THAT HAVE REDEFINED ART IN THE 21st CENTURY
Louise Bourgeois, I Do, Undo, Redo, 2000.
Rafael Rozondaal, www.whitetrash.nl, 2001.
Cornelia Konrad, Grash Works, 2002.
Dario-Robleto, Caught in Man’s Amnesia, 2003.
Ron English, MC Supersized, 2004.
Kehinde Wiley, Napolean Leading the Army over the Alps, 2005.
Cy Twonbly, Untitled (Blooming: A Scattering of Blossoms and Other Things, 2006.
Julie Mehretu, Black City, 2007.
Sephard Fairey, Hope (Poster), 2008.
Michalene Thomas, Something you Can Feel, 2009.
Martynka Wawrzyniak, Lipstick (four), 2010.
Ai Weiwei, Sofa in White, 2011.
Pussy Riot, Punk Prayer – Mother of God Chase Putin Away, 2012.
Yayoi Kusama, Inifinity Mirrored Room – The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away, 2012.
TOP TEN SHOWS BY GENRE AND CITY 2015
TOP CURATED SHOWS
COMPLIED FROM 20 SURVEY BOOKS________________________________
TOP 100 MASTERPIECES OF THE 20th CENTURY
6. Constantin Brancusi, Bird in Space (1928)
10. Marcel Duchamp, Fountain (Dada: 1917)
11. Rene Magritte, The Human Condition I (Surrealist: 1933)
12. Paul Cézanne, Mont Ste-Victoire (Impressionist: 1904-1906)
14. Richard Hamilton, Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? (Pop Art: 1956)
15. Willem de Kooning, Woman I (Abstract Expressionist: 1952)
16. Max Ernst, Elephant of the Celebes (Surrealist: 1921)
17. Edward Hopper, Nighthawks (American Realist: 1942)
18. Henri Matisse, The Dance (Fauvist: 1910)
21. Jasper Johns, US Flag (Neo-Dada: 1958)
23. Marcel Duchamp, Bicycle Wheel (Dada: 1913)
24. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Berlin Street Scene (Expressionist: 1913)
25. Paul Cezanne, The Large Bathers (Impressionist: 1905)
26. Gustav Klimt, Judith and Holofernes (Art Nouveau: 1901)
27. David Hockney, A Bigger Splash (Pop Art: 1967)
28. Henri Matisse, Luxe, Calme et Volupte (Fauvist: 1904)
29. Giorgio de Chirico, Melancholy and Mystery of a Street (Surrealist: 1914)
32. Max Ernst, The Robing of the Bride (Surrealist: 1940)
33. Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Horse (Futurist: 1914)
34. George Bellows, Stag at Sharkey's (American Realist: 1907)
35. Jasper Johns, Target with Four Faces (Neo-Dada: 1955)
36. Umberto Boccioni, The City Rises (Futurist: 1910)
37. Henri Matisse, The Joy of Life (Fauvist: 1905-06)
38. Mark Rothko, Orange and Yellow (Abstract Expressionist: 1956)
39. Roy Lichtenstein, M-Maybe (Pop Art: 1965)
40. Joan Miro, Composition (Surrealist: 1933)
42. Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup Can (Pop Art: 1962)
44. Wassily Kandinsky, Composition VII (Der Blaue Reiter: 1913)
45. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Five Women in the Street (Expressionist: 1913)
46. Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Ambrose Vollard (Cubist: 1909-10)
47. Claude Monet, Waterlilies (Impressionist: 1907)
49. Edward Hopper, Early Sunday Morning (American Realist: 1930)
50. Aristide Maillol, The Mediterranean (1902-05)
51. Georgia O'Keefe, Black Iris (American Realist: 1926)
52. Pablo Picasso, The Three Dancers (Cubist: 1925)
53. Grant Wood, American Gothic (American Realist: 1930)
55. Yves Klein, Anthropometry Performance (Neo-Dada Performance Art: 1960)
56. Edvard Munch, Dance of Life (Expressionist: 1900)
57. Diego Rivera, The Arsenal: Frida Kahlo Distributes Arms (Socialist Realist: 1928)
59. Alberto Burri, Sacking and Red (1954)
60. Andrew Wyeth, Christina's World (American Realist: 1948)
61. Giacomo Balla, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash (Futurism: 1912)
62. Francis Bacon, Head Surrounded by Sides of Beef (Expressionist: 1954)
63. Pierre Bonnard, Nude in Bath (Impressionist: 1936)
64. Francis Picabia, Amorous Parade (Dada: 1917)
65. Max Beckmann, Self-portrait with a Red Scarf (1917)
66. Christo, Surrounded Islands (Conceptual Art: 1980-83)
68. Pablo Picasso, Girl with Mandolin (Cubist: 1910)
69. Henri Matisse, Harmony in Red (Fauvist: 1908)
70. Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation No. 30 (Abstract Expressionist: 1913)
71. Robert Rauschenberg, Retroactive I (Neo-Dada: 1964)
72. Henri Matisse, The Green Stripe (Fauvist: 1905)
73. Giorgio de Chirico, Uncertainty of the Poet (Surrealist: 1913)
75. Juan Gris, Homage to Pablo Picasso (Cubist: 1912)
76. Raoul Hausmann, The Spirit of Our Time (Dada: 1919)
77. Jackson Pollack, Blue Poles, (Abstract Expressionist: 1948)
78. George Grosz, Gray Day: banker, veteran and ditch-digger, to work. (New Objectivity: 1921)
79. Robert Delaunay, The Eiffel Tower (Cubist: 1911)
80. Kurt Schwitters, Merzbild 25A, The Star Picture (Dada: 1920)
81. Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chairs (Conceptual Art: 1965)
82. Henry Moore, Reclining Figure (1929)
83. Pablo Picasso, Self-Portrait (Cubist: 1903)
84. Francis Bacon, Study of Red Pope (Study from Innocent X) (1962)
85. Umberto Boccioni, States of Mind I: The Farewells (1911)
86. Umberto Boccioni, The Noises of the Street Invade the House (1911)
88. Alberto Giacometti, Walking Man (1960)
89. Henri Matisse, Blue Nude (Fauvist: 1952)
90. Marc Chagall, I and the Village (1911)
91. Lucio Fontana, Spatial Concept (1951)
93. Peter Halley, CUSeeMe (1995)
94. John Heartfield, Hurray, the Butter is Gone! (Dada: 1935)
95. Eduardo Paolozzi, I was a Rich Man's Plaything (Neo-Dada: 1947)
96. Dorothea Tanning, A Little Night Music (Surrealist: 1946)
97. Damien Hirst, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (Post-Modernist: 1991)
98. Jenny Holzer, Protect Me From What I Want (Conceptual Art: 1985-86)
99. Hermann Nitsch, Orgien Mysterien Theater (1985)
100. Giorgio de Chirico, Song of Love (Surrealist: 1914)
CASE STUDIES: "Masterpiece Shows": Individuals / Genres / Time or Place / Marketplace
Masters shows of Single Artists
Masterpieces from the Musee National Picasso - Seattle Art Museum 405,976:
Masters of a Genre of Art
Master of Impressionism - Claude Monet - K11 Art Mall, Shanghi - 340,000 visitor. http://www.christies.com/features/Blockbuster-Shows-6061-1.aspx
Salvador Dali: Master of Surrealism / Mind of a Genuis - National Palace Museum, Taipei - 973,995
Salidor Dali: Master of Surrealism
Master shows of a group of artists from a Time or Place:
Nation Tresures of Japan, Tokyo - 386,708: http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/visitor-figures-2014-the-world-goes-dotty-over-yayoi-kusama/
Great Mastes of the Ming Danasty, National Palace Musuem, Taipei - 1,131,788. http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/visitor-figures-2014-the-world-goes-dotty-over-yayoi-kusama/
"The word “masterpiece” appeared in the title of 22 shows in the survey, often followed by “from the”. Besides the Mauritshuis, Orsay and Hermitage, lending institutions that sent shows abroad which attracted big crowds included the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Madrid’s Prado and the Musée National Picasso, Paris. Boston’s Japanese art and the Prado’s Goyas were popular in Tokyo. Picassos from the Musée National Picasso pulled in the crowds (and income for the Paris museum, which is closed for refurbishment) in Toronto and Sydney as they did in 2011 in Seattle, San Francisco and Richmond, Virginia." http://old.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Attendance-survey--Tour-de-force-show-puts-Tokyo-on-top/29142
Masters shows at Art Fairs
Frieze Masters: 28- Groups in Attendence: http://www.resnicow.com/client-news/frieze-masters-2016-record-museum-attendance-strong-sales-and-exceptional-presentations

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text: DENVER, July 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- June proved to be another record-breaking month for U.S. natural gas output in the lower 48 States, with production totaling 68.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), according to the latest estimates from Bentek Energy, an oil and natural gas analytics and forecasting unit of Platts. This was up 0.3% from May and the highest monthly production average on record. It exceeded the previous monthly high set in May by nearly 0.2 Bcf/d. On June 27, production set a one-day record high of 68.7 Bcf/d, a record that Bentek expects will be broken in July. Average June 2014 natural gas production was 3.5 Bcf/d or 5.4% higher than levels seen in June 2013. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will publish its domestic production estimates for June on or around August 30, 2014. "While the pace of production gains slowed slightly this month, the magnitude of the overall increase in domestic natural gas production is remarkable," said Jack Weixel, Bentek director of energy analysis. "To think that just five years ago in 2009, the U.S. was averaging only 55.1 Bcf/d of production, really puts the recent run of 68 Bcf days in perspective. As we enter the summer's peak energy demand period, both wholesale and retail consumers of natural gas should feel more at ease about prices with this amount of supply at hand." Bentek data analysis suggests 2014 production will average approximately 67.5 Bcf/d due to a higher overall price environment for producers and continued growth in liquids-rich basins such as the Eagle Ford, Bakken, Permian and Greater Anadarko, in addition to continued increases in dry production in the Marcellus.


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The Labour Party has produced a dossier highlighting 100 examples of “wasteful government spending”, which took place while Rishi Sunak was Chancellor and Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that during his time at the Treasury, Mr Sunak oversaw “billions of pounds” of wasted spending that “could have transformed Britain” but was instead “handed over to fraudsters and crony contractors”.
“The British people deserve a government that will treat taxpayer money with respect,” she said.
“What all these 100 examples have in common is that… the man whose job it was for three years to scrutinise this spending never lifted a finger to stop the money being thrown away, and in many cases, ignored direct warnings of the risks.”
She said that the examples were a “badge of shame” for the Prime Minister, and pledged that a Labour government would “treat every pound of taxpayer money with the respect it deserves”.
“With our strong fiscal rules and our Office for Value for Money, Labour will root out waste and make our economy stronger.”
The accusations from Labour comes as Mr Sunak and his Chancellor Jeremy Hunt prepare for the Budget next month when they will be under pressure from backbench MPs to find room for tax cuts.
Prior to becoming Prime Minister, Mr Sunak was Chief Secretary to the Treasury between July 2019 and February 2020 before he was promoted to Chancellor, a role he held until his resignation in July 2022.
The 100 examples produced by the Labour Party, which constitute £26.8bn in lost spending, cover multiple areas including coronavirus support, NHS spending and defence spending which were all overseen by Mr Sunak while he was at the Treasury.
Labour assembled the dossier from publicly available departmental data, reports from the National Audit Office (NAO) and reports in the media.
Several of the cases relate to PPE purchases during the pandemic, with £7.94bn reportedly wasted on products which were either overpriced, unusable in the NHS or not used by the expiry date.
Labour also highlighted taxpayer money lost to fraud relating to the furlough scheme, which totalled £3.46bn, and the bounce-back loan scheme for small businesses, which totalled £1.12bn.
Other coronavirus fraud examples include £1bn reportedly lost to fraud via Covid-era support for the self-employed and £1.12bn lost via the Bounce Back loan for businesses.
Unused vaccines incurred significant costs, with £2.33bn spent on non-refundable advances on vaccines that were eventually not required, and £214m spent on a contract for the French Valneva vaccine which was ultimately cancelled by the government.
Wasted spending was also highlighted in the Ministry of Defence (MoD), where multiple instances of delayed or cancelled procurements of equipment had led to a significant cost to the taxpayer.
76 months of delays to the new warhead facility in Burghfield have pushed the cost of the project £1.07bn over budget, while procurement of new Astute Class submarines was £1.01bn over budget.
The scrapping of the upgrades to Warrior armoured by the MoD cost £594.6m, while delays to the purchase of new Chinook helicopters had cost an extra £295m due to rising inflation pushing up the likely costs of the project.
Other examples included the Unboxed Festival – often dubbed the “Festival of Brexit” – which cost £120m to stage but received only 240,000 visitors despite having a target of 66 million.
The £46m worth of advertising campaigns ahead of the planned date of the UK’s departure from the EU, which was slated for 31 Oct 2019, was also wasted after it was pushed back. A report by the NAO later found that the campaign had also done little to raise public preparedness for the departure.
In response to the dossier, Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands said: “The fact that Keir Starmer thinks that spending on the vaccine rollout – which would have faced deadly delays if we listened to his calls to join the EU’s vaccine scheme – is ‘waste’, just goes to show that Labour are unfit to govern.”

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text: This was my first version of Civilization that I bought for a console instead of PC. The controls are well laid out and only have a few minor annoyances over the mouse and keyboard controls I'm accustom to using. A recent update improved things further by adding the much needed "build queue" which has been in previous versions of Civ. Performance is great for a portable version and I like that the Switch can sleep and keep my game active for days or weeks unlike a PC version where I have to exit the game and reload it later if I need to go do something else. I also picked up the game on sale and it was well below the price of a AAA game.

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UP JPIA’s “Pintig”
In its 57th year, the UP Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants takes its Too Much Information campaign, an advocacy campaign initiated to emphasize the value of transparency, a step further through Pintig: a night of music and lyrics, poetry and verse like no other, which will be held on April 29, 2016 at Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines, Diliman.
As the culminating activity of the UP JPIA’s Too Much Information campaign, Pintig features performances from some of Metro Manila’s up-and-coming spoken-word artists and acoustic acts: White Wall Poetry, Risen Collective, Us The Trio, BennyBunnyBand, Joie Munoz and many more!
Through this line-up of performances and by showcasing a selection of pieces from these artists, TMI aims to emphasize the role of transparency that goes deep into our personal lives and out to the social consciousness of the people, and engage people to deal with it as a challenge in our daily lives.
Don’t forget to like us on Facebook facebook.com/UPJPIATMI.
Pintig is also made possible by ClickTheCity, WhenInManila.Com, Indie Manila, Wazzup Pilipinas, Buhay Kolehiyo, Amplify.PH, pye.PH, AktivShow, 1DigiMedia and DZUP 1602.


In each operating mode, the measuring equipment with the low voltage drop can be switched on and off via CAN and control signal plus with the IPS60 button, as well as the voltage and the configurable current limit can be monitored and also the shutdown control of a computer via USB or RS-232 interface.
1) In the Normal mode, this is done with a single IPS60.
2) In the Port Expansion mode, this is done with several IPS60s in order to obtain several measurement technology or computer segments.
In Backup Power Supply mode, two IPS60s can provide a continuous power supply, even if the primary voltage source collapses or is discharged.
In addition, each IPS60 has a three-digit status display, a buzzer and powerful GPIO inputs and outputs for connecting external switches/buttons or relays.
The flow control via state machine can be freely created with the corresponding StateEdit2 program for Windows™ with many examples or can be easily adapted using a established state machine. In the StateEdit2 debugging environment, this can be analyzed in detail in a single step or in real time.
The IPS60 is a compact unit that can intelligently replace relays, a 1A...60A fuse and manual switches while far superior. The display of the current switching current, the supply voltage and the state of the flow control are particularly practical.


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Just Checking! | Dog Shaming “I fart so forcefully that I have to turn around and check that my butt is still there…every time.” Who knows, it may just vanish!
Farts turn into sharts in the blink of an eye. He’s just making sure its all clear back there.
So funny….what a beauty! He looks exactly like our rescue Guiness! May I ask what kind of dog ??
I wanted to ask what kind of dog he is too…my rescue puppy looks like a miniature version of him!!
Aww…he looks so solemn – fart-checking is serious business! What a handsome fellow. Love his brindle coat.
Gorgeous dog 🙂
Crazy!! Looks exactly like my Zoe I got off Petfinder. Shes from Kentucky, and the wonderful woman who saved her insists shes a short hair Dutch Shepherd/lab mix? But my vet says Pit mix?
So do I!!!!


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The pearly droplets again started making appearances, playing with her eyelashes as she sat down for writing that last letter. There was no appropriate addressing she could think of, she was writing to a total stranger eventually. She never even thought that she might someday have to write to her love’s future love.
You definitely would be having a beautiful heart and that’s the only reason he is falling for you. I am not here to bore you with explanations and situations which ripped us apart, rather just to elucidate my wishes for him which remained incomplete. You might feel sometimes that I still hold onto his whole heart by his behavior or reactions but gradually he will learn to devote that space to you. It would seem ages to you while this transformation but he will. Lady, you are blessed enough that eventually he will fall for you someday being a charm that will never end.
Sometimes understanding him would make you feel like you are reading a mystical book with no end. He catches a cold even on a sun-blaring day; he needs total isolation for organizing his thoughts on things, he might not answer some of your questions ever, he will sometimes call you by my name accidentally, would react on small negligible matters with high temper, even will flinch at your touch sometimes, but please embrace him whenever he has those nightmares, give him black coffee when he catches cold, be by his side when he would hide that he is missing me.
Don’t let that dew drops fall from his eyes because of me, might be my soul won’t forgive me ever then. He has that habit of changing songs which bring back memories to him, be patient while he is still creating the new beautiful ones with you. He would give you time and be always late with a list of excuses but would hate himself if you get angry with him. He would feel guilty being with you remembering me often, he would feel betrayed thinking I still owe his soul and he might never be able to love you in beginning, he would always blame himself for spoiling your life but your love and concern will steadily lower that intense levels of all these things.
He will always be divergent when you will ask about his past to him but with time he will share every single emotion he feels. Don’t let him sleep without eating; he always does that when he is upset. He loves when it rains, he would often go to the balcony to gaze at that melodious drops falling slowly, be by his side when he stares at them, and hold his hand firmly at those times because he would be weakest at those moments. He will deny marrying you, tell you not to fall in love with him but those are mere words because even he knows his heart deserve all those happiness he has been denying all these years.
Don’t leave him abruptly or he might not love anyone else then. He is like broken pieces of fragile glass which might hurt you every time you pick up a piece, but even broken pieces make most admiring compositions. He would fall to your tinkling of anklets, bangles and those dangling earrings. He loves lights and shadows of candles, the things which create the hallucination of visions. Be the reason for lowering his addiction of cigarettes, he will snap, argue, deny, but will listen when it comes to you.
These might are the things you never want to read at least from me but I want you to fill the void that ultimately will bother his heart forever after my death.
His first love!
P.S.: Entwine your happiness, smiles, troubles, traits, feelings, last but not least soul with his, and he will be yours forever.”


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You realize in films when two different people connect when it comes to time that is first begin making down in the hallway and then crash through the entranceway and smash to the walls and tear each other people clothes down before every orgasming ten times each? If perhaps it just happened like this in real world.
In the event that you go in to the hookup once you understand this is the initial and final time, it could be a bit easier since there is less to get rid of, however, if this can be somebody you believe you would like, it can be horrifying. Therefore, listed here are a few things are recs, perhaps not rules:
Give consideration to in the event that you’d be fine never ever hearing from their store once more
Ooooookay, this appears dramatic, but it is maybe maybe maybe not. Lots of times — even though it is somebody we have been dating from them again— we hook up with someone and then never hear. Possibly the intercourse did not live as much as their standards that are stupid perhaps they may be concerned about becoming connected, or possibly they truly are ashamed by their very own performance. This is the reason i usually state you should think about in the event that you’d be ok never ever hearing from their website again https://datingreviewer.net/thaicupid-review, come tomorrow early morning. If you’re, great! Do it. If you should be concerned this can alter things between you two, then communicate with them about any of it first. They may have the precise exact same issues as you.
It is fine to steer
When there is one thing this individual is performing, or perhaps not doing — as you want them to choke you, but rather they may be whispering sweet nothings into the ear — it really is completely cool to share with them or suggest to them everything you want. With it, that is another conversation you have to have, but a lot of times people just aren’t sure what you might be into, and don’t want to do anything to freaky the first time around if they aren’t comfortable. Whenever you vocalize these specific things, it creates the complete experience at great deal less stressful for both of you.
Be sure you laugh things off
Up or something like that, do not put pressure on them, because it will only make things harder (not in a good way) if they can’t get it. Or if perhaps your chests fart, or if certainly one of you elbows one other one in the face area, or in any case, the thing that is worst can help you it imagine enjoy it did not take place. You might be both in the room that is same exactly the same bad. Both of you know very well what occurred, which is maybe perhaps not the final end around the globe.
About it, you aren’t right for each other, and that’s the tea if you can’t laugh.
Stop trying so very hard to wow them.
You may be a naked girl whom is agreeing to allow them place their strange penis inside of you!! They just do not care that which you appear to be, and tbh they most likely know already. There clearly was only a great deal it is possible to conceal with clothes, you realize? If they’ren’t involved with it, it isn’t regarding your human body, it really is about something different, like they don’t feel you two clicked for whatever reason, and that is not a thing you can easily alter, so unwind and attempt and enjoy your self. It is apparent an individual is super dedicated to by by themselves and their performance while having sex, and seriously, it is sorts of a turn down.
Turn your phone off
Maybe maybe Not you to be texting while on top, but there is nothing that kills the mood like a snapchat from “Matt” in the middle of your first time doing it that I expected. Simply turn it on silent and ignore it for as hour you will ever have. Everyone else shall be here whenever you two are done. Additionally, there is nothing more annoying than someone checking their phone right while you finish, therefore perhaps keep it well for a while after. Then, once you sneak off to go directly to the restroom or keep, you can easily take it to you.
It is actually simply typical courtesy. Additionally no body really wants to get a note away from you while you are lying nude, covered in somebody else’s bodily liquids.
Tell them exactly how it absolutely was
Unless it had been bad, it really is good to state one thing good. Otherwise you are both likely to be lying here, wondering just exactly what each other had been thinking. You don’t need to lie, however if you had enjoyable, tell them, or you had more than enjoyable, it’s fine to allow them understand that, too.
Aren’t getting all freaky and closed down once it’s done
So it is the exact same night or the following early early morning, and also you’re getting ready to keep and head to whatever that thing you initially utilized as a justification getting away is. This minute is practically because important as the intercourse it self. Again, if you’d a shit time, take a moment to leave! Nevertheless, yourself, feel free to reiterate if you enjoyed. Yours, don’t get all weird, and roll over and avoid eye contact by pretending to be sleepy if they are leaving. They just had their guts all up you can do is kiss in you, the least. This way, if you did have fun, they’ll certainly be prone to hit you up. Encouragement the first-time is nearly because crucial whilst the work.
Yourself, feel free to send a message once they’ve gone, but I usually prefer to wait for one from them if you enjoyed. Particularly than you, it’s the least they can do because they probably finished more times. Having said that, if each day or so passes and you also do not hear from their store, it is possible to drop a super casual message. Do not begin accusing them asking what’s going on. Possibly, these people weren’t certain exactly exactly how it went, in addition they were waiting on a text away from you.


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Is the Secret Service doing such a bad job these days because of President Barack Obama's race?
Ranking member of the House Oversight Committee Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) is one of the people looking into the Secret Service's failings, and on Sunday's "Face the Nation" he revealed what a large chunk of America's black community is thinking: The Secret Service would be doing a better job to protect a white president.
Cummings was quick to say he personally didn't believe racism was to blame, saying that the Secret Service has been having serious problems since well before President Obama took office, but he noted that "85 percent" of the black people he's talked to about presidential security believe that the president's race has something to do with why he's being guarded so poorly.
Cummings also claimed that the Obama family is not worried, despite the security breaches.
“The president’s people have told me that he feels very comfortable,” Cummings said. “He feels good about [the Secret Service], and most importantly the First Lady feels good about it.”
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