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The Agenda on Food
To tackle world hunger, the international community must roll out an ambitious agenda and undertake a wide-ranging, participative reform of the whole food production industry – from how food is grown to how it is processed and delivered.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UNFAO). Since its inception, it has made significant contributions to strengthening global food security. Through close work with member states, it defines credible policies, provides support to countries in need, and assists the poor and hungry.
Since 1990, the number of hungry people in the world has fallen by 209 million. Access to food has improved dramatically in countries that are making economic progress – both Eastern and Southeast Asia over the past decade, as well Southern Asia and Latin America – but especially in countries with adequate safety nets and other forms of social protection for the rural poor.
But despite this progress, the Organization has still found that about 805 million people, or one in nine people on the planet, do not get enough food to lead a healthy lifestyle. Several regions continue to struggle to combat this problem. In Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, more than one in four people remain chronically undernourished, while Asia, the world’s most populous region, is home to the majority of the world’s hungry, an astonishing 526 million people.
Member Countries of the United Nations committed themselves to halving the number of undernourished people by 2015. This goal is still within our reach, but only if appropriate and immediate efforts are taken. To date, 63 developing countries have reached the Millennium Development Goal target, and six more are on track to reach it by the end of 2015.
Current UN projections indicate that the world population could increase by more than 2 billion people over the next 35 years, reaching 9.15 billion by 2050. Incomes will grow even faster. To meet increased food demands, UNFAO projects that global agricultural production in 2050 will need to be 60% higher than it was in the period from 2005 to 2007. This is a smaller increase than the agricultural sector has achieved over the past half century, but it still raises concerns about sustainability.
More than 85% of production increases over the next 40 years are expected to come from improved yields rather than through the expansion of arable farmland. Some gains will also come from higher crop intensity, predominantly in developed countries.
Save Resources, No Waste
In 2015, UNFAO is promoting the International Year of Soils, a United Nations initiative to raise awareness and encourage more sustainable use of this critical resource. The problem is too important and cannot be neglected. It is worth noting that one-third of all soil is degraded due to erosion, compaction, sealing, salinization, organic matter and nutrient depletion, acidification, pollution, and other processes caused by unsustainable land management practices. Unless new approaches are adopted, the amount of arable and productive land per person will drop to one-fourth of 1960 levels by 2050.
Water is another critical resource. The area equipped for irrigation worldwide has doubled since the 1960s to 300 million hectares, but the potential for further expansion is limited. While water resources are abundant on a global scale, they are extremely scarce where they are most needed, like in the Middle East and North Africa.
A key challenge in achieving food security for our growing population is climate change. Climate Smart Agriculture addresses this by prioritizing sustainable lifestyles as well as climate change adaptation and mitigation. The recently launched Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture, supported by the UNFAO, is a step in the right direction. Its goal is to systematically incorporate climate change into an agricultural development pathway that supports food security and the production of non-food products, while safeguarding natural resources and ensuring the survival of people and their managed ecosystems in the short and long term.
Particular attention needs to be paid to family farmers, as they play a key role in global food security. The International Year of Family Farming 2014 provided an excellent opportunity to highlight their part in eradicating hunger and conserving our natural resources.
Sustainability is the key to our future development. The UN will discuss strategies for achieving sustainable development at the highest level this year. UNFAO is fully engaged in these discussions. In order to feed the growing population and preserve our planet for future generations, we need to develop agriculture as efficiently as possible. Our activities should be based on the following principles:
- Agricultural production should focus on the cultivation of nutritious food;
- The use of natural resources in agrifood systems – particularly water, energy, and land – must be more efficient;
- Concerted efforts are needed to improve soil and land management, which are the basis for the sustainable production of both food and non-food products;
- We must supporting the production systems and livelihood of family farmers, who play a central role in natural resource management and the production of nutritious food.
We should better utilize agricultural products. Every year, roughly one-third of the food produced for human consumption – approximately 1.3 billion tons – gets lost or wasted. Food loss and waste amount to roughly $680 billion in industrialized countries and $310 billion in developing countries, or nearly $1 trillion in total. Consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food (222 million tons) as the entire net food production of Sub-Saharan Africa (230 million tons). The amount of food lost or wasted each year is equivalent to more than half of the world’s annual grain crops (2.3 billion tons in 2009/2010).
Since 1990, the number of hungry people in the world has fallen by 209 million. Access to food has improved dramatically in countries that are making economic progress – both Eastern and Southeast Asia over the past decade, as well Southern Asia and Latin America – but especially in countries with adequate safety nets and other forms of social protection for the rural poor. But despite this progress, the Organization has still found that about 805 million people, or one in nine people on the planet, do not get enough food to lead a healthy lifestyle
Forty percent of food losses in developing countries occur during the post-harvest and processing stages, while in industrialized countries more than 40% of losses happen at the retail and consumer levels. At the retail level, large quantities of food are wasted due to quality standards that over-emphasize appearance. Even if just one-fourth of the food currently lost or wasted globally could be saved, it would be more than enough to feed all of the 805 million hungry people in the world.
Last November, UNFAO was proud to host a high-level global intergovernmental meeting, the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), jointly organized with the World Health Organization. The Conference directed public attention to the persistent and unacceptably high levels of global malnutrition. FAO is determined to make the nutrition agenda a priority in order to address and overcome the world’s malnutrition problem.
This is an ambitious but essential agenda for us. To tackle the challenges ahead, UNFAO has undertaken a wide-ranging, participative reform process. The Organization is now more cost-effective and works in a more integrated manner to address the interlinked challenges of achieving more sustainable food production, enhancing food systems and value chains, increasing adaptability, and meeting food security and poverty reduction goals.


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Buoyed by court win, the City offers “garage” university a choice
Santo Domingo.- A National District City Council study on Unicaribe University’s traffic situation disclosed Thursday seeks a solution without having to build a pedestrian bridge over 30 de Mayo Highway (El Malecon).
The proposal includes speed redactors on both sides of the highway, a traffic light and signals at the pedestrian crossing, and the installation of fences to protect bus passengers. It said the measures also include bolstering the current presence of Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET) agents.
The study also notes residents’ complaints against Unicaribe’s growth "without any control by the authorities."
"The university approves and encourages the use of areas which are not designated for vehicle parking, since they are public spaces for pedestrians, not for parking," it said.
The City Council’s proposal comes in the heels of the Manganagua Municipal Affairs Court ruling upholding its ban on the construction of the pedestrian bridge, being built by the Government agency, OISOE.
Nonetheless the Council’s Communications Dept. criticizes the "always belligerent attitude" on the part of Unicaribe, one of many “garage” universities built without control across the country.

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South Jersey high school football scores for Week 1
Here's how your favorite South Jersey high school football teams fared on Friday night and Saturday morning:
Woodrow Wilson 62, Camden Catholic 6: Senior quarterback Nick Kargman threw a South Jersey-record eight touchdown passes as the second-ranked Tigers rolled to a road win over the Irish.
Kargman hit Fadil Diggs on a 20-yard TD reception to open the scoring before connecting with Stanley King twice on throws of 35 and 11 yards later in the first quarter. King would have a third TD reception in the second quarter
Jahdir White turned a screen pass into a 25-yard touchdown in the second quarter and Kargman hit Jazmere Hoops on a 4th-and-10 throw for a TD and Armari Clark caught TD pass No. 7 - both in the third quarter.
Kargman threw the record-breaking TD pass to Malik Harvey on a 20-yard scoring strike.
St. Joseph 34, Millville 6: The No. 1-ranked Wildcats rode junior running back Jada Byers’ tremendous offensive day to a big win on Saturday.
Byers rushed for 279 yards on 23 carries and five touchdowns for St. Joe, which improved to 2-0 overall. The Thunderbolts fell to 0-2.
In the first half, Byers scored on runs of eight and five yards. St. Joe led at intermission, 16-0. His third touchdown came on the first drive of the third quarter on a 50-yard run.
He’d tack on another from 39 yards and finished the scoring in the fourth with a 2-yard run.
Tex Thompson notched the lone trip to the end zone for Millville with a 6-yard run in the third quarter.
Kingsway 16, Washington Twp. 7: The Dragons scored 16 unanswered points, including touchdown runs by AJ Butler and Alex Odom en route to the road win over the Minutemen.
Kingsway (1-1) took a 9-7 lead on a safety while Odom's 16-yard TD run in the fourth sealed the victory.
Washington Twp. (0-1) took a 7-0 lead on the final play of the first quarter when Andrew Nocille reeled off an 11-yard touchdown run.
Holy Spirit 30, Eastern 22: E'Lijah Gray rushed 35 times for 237 yards and three scores while Ryan Jost completed 13-of-22 passes for 200 yards and a score to highlight the Spartan's first win of the season.
Delsea 21, Willingboro 6: Aidan Borguet scored two touchdowns, one on each side of the ball, as the Crusaders opened their season with a road win over the Chimeras.
The Crusaders broke open a tight game in the second half, turning a two-point lead into a 15-point lead with a Borguet fumble return on defense and a short quarterback sneak by James Vargo.
Cherry Hill West 23, Pennsauken 13: Nick Aracoli threw two touchdown passes and had a 1-yard QB sneak for a third score to lift the Lions to victory.
West Deptford 38, Collingswood 0: The Eagles picked up their first win under coach Jason Morrell as quarterback Aaron Graeber threw two touchdowns passes and ran for a third score. Kenny Lim scored three touchdowns, including a pair on the ground.
Cinnaminson 18, Pemberton 0: The Pirates' defense generated three interceptions and a safety en route to the team's second straight win.
Triton 18, Cherry Hill East 7: Geff Giancaterino threw a pair of TD passes to Joe Rubba in the first half, paving the way for the Mustangs.
Gloucester 15, Clayton 14: Jeffrey Lankford rushed for a touchdown Gavin Callahan connected with A.J. Radlinger for an 8-yard touchdown pass play as the Lions built a 15-point lead and held on for a home win. Dorien DePina rushed for two touchdowns to power Clayton.
Florence 47, Palmyra 0: Jajuan Hays rushed for three touchdowns and caught a pass from Shane Fajgier for a fourth score to spark the Flashes.
Penns Grove 33, Woodstown 0: Tyreke Brown (11 carries, 101 yards) rushed for four touchdowns and Nasir Robinson had 16 carries for 121 yards and a touchdowns to lead the Red Devils.
Winslow Twp. 20, Moorestown 15: Prince Dru-Bey tossed two touchdown passes as the Eagles gave their coach Kenny Scott his first win with the program.
Vineland 21, Atlantic City 0: The Vineland High School football team didn't need to take any gambles Friday night as the Fighting Clan produced three first-half scores and rode a stout defensive effort to a 21-0 victory at Atlantic City.
Junior quarterback Ryan Shelton and senior running back Nahzir Broome each rushed for touchdowns in the first quarter while freshman running back Anthony Arthur notched his first scholastic touchdown in the second to power the offense.
Vineland's defense posted its first shutout and converted its first takeaway of the season. Senior noseguard George Robinson had a sack and fumble recovery in the fourth quarter to seal the shutout.
Mainland 27, Absegami 0: The Mainland Regional High School football team did all of its scoring in the first half and held Absegami to just 90 yards of total offense en route to a 27-0 win in a West Jersey Football League Independence Division game Friday night.
Three plays after Elijah Fogg blocked a punt, Tyquan Campbell scored on a 35-yard run to give the Mustangs a 17-0 lead early in the second quarter. Mainland recovered a fumble on Absegami's ensuing possession to set up a 1-yard TD run by quarterback Dean Hall for a 24-0 lead.
Sean Carey's 37-yard field goal closed the scoring midway through the second quarter.
St. Augustine 30, Lenape 6: Sincere Rhea scored on a 76-yard return of a free kick following a safety in the second quarter to spark the Hermits.
Isaiah Raikes started the scoring for St. Augustine with a 2-yard TD run in the first quarter and the Hermits opened up a 16-0 lead on a safety and Rhea's return. The Indians scored their lone points on a 3-yard run by Xavier Coleman before halftime.
Joseph Bonchek returned the opening kickoff of the second half 70 yards for a score, and Corey Yeoman later added a 3-yard TD run to close the scoring for St. Augustine.
Oakcrest 12, Bridgeton 0: Oakcrest scored on its final two possessions to break a scoreless deadlock.
Keevon Berry had a 19-yard scoring run midway through the fourth quarter, and the Falcons clinched it with an inception that set up Franklin Sayers' 19-yard TD strike to Harrison Doe in the closing minute.
Salem 46, Schalick 6: Jameal Bundy threw for three touchdowns and returned an interception 84 yards for another score as the Rams rolled past the Cougars.
The Rams built a 40-6 lead by halftime.
Bundy started the scoring with his interception return, and added a pair of 23-yard TD passes to Kaciir Street and Ja'yon Mejias, and 20-yard strike to Keith Chung. Chung also had a 45-yard scoring run.
Schalick's lone points came on a 7-yard TD pass from Patrick McCann to Javon Spann.
Northern Burlington 7, Ewing 6: Jacobey Lewis scored on a 23-yard pass from Joseph Woods in the second quarter as Northern held on for the win. Ewing pulled to within a point on a 71-yard punt return by Tony Wynn in the fourth quarter but a potential game-winning 2-point conversion pass fell incomplete.
Lower Cape May 14, Riverside 8 (suspended): The game between Lower Cape May and Riverside was suspended late in the first half due to weather, and no decision about when or if the game would be resumed was announced.
Pat Moore scored both touchdowns for Lower Cape May, returning his own blocked field goal 15 yards for one score and running 24 yards for another. Riverside scored on a 3-yard TD run by quarterback Danny Devlin, who also threw for a 2-point conversion.
Other finals from Friday night football:
Seneca 39, Cumberland 21
Egg Harbor Twp. 25, Ocean City 6
Middle Twp. 41, Seaford (Del.) 0
Holy Cross 35, Bordentown 0
Many games were postponed Friday night due to inclement weather and have been rescheduled for the following times on Saturday:
Timber Creek 28, Hammonton 7
Burlington Twp. 48, Paul VI 7
Glassboro 30, Pennsville 27
Delran at Bishop Eustace, late
Overbrook at Deptford, late
Haddonfield at Sterling, late
Williamstown at Rancocas Valley, late
Regularly scheduled Saturday games:
Gloucester Catholic 47, Robbinsville 20
Paulsboro 46, Haddon Heights 0
Woodbury 20, Audubon 7

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10 Right Ways to Treating Piles (Haemorrhoids) During Pregnancy
What Are Haemorrhoids?
Haemorrhoids are those swollen blood vessels in the rectal area of your body. Their size will vary and can be as small as a pea to as big as a grape. They are known to develop inside the rectum or sometimes even protrude out through the anus. They are mildly uncomfortable and can also be itchy. Some of them are very painful too. They are known to cause rectal bleeding, most commonly seen during your bowel movement.
What Cause Piles During Pregnancy?
But you will be surprised to know they are actually common during your pregnancy. During pregnancy, your uterus grows along with an increase in the progesterone hormone, which makes it more possible for you to develop hemorrhoids. When the growing uterus puts pressure on the pelvic veins and on the inferior vena cava which is a large vein that gets blood from lower limbs, what all these will do is slow down the return of the blood from the lower half of your body. This puts pressure on the veins that are located below the uterus and thus make them swell.
Signs of Piles in Pregnancy
Here are some signs and symptoms your body sends out for you to know if you have piles or not.
- Soreness, aching and itching are common around your anus. You may also feel some swelling on your anus.
- You will experience pain during your bowel movement and also a mucus discharge later.
- You may also tend to bleed after passing stool and this blood is usually bright red.
- You will also notice a lump that hangs outside of the anus, which you have to push back after passing stool.
These signs are something to watch out for as to analyse what you may need to do next.
How to Get Rid of Haemorrhoids (Piles) During Pregnancy?
Pregnancy in itself can sometimes to daunting. Added to that is the worry of a painful haemorrhoids. But for your good news, there are some easy home remedies and medically proven creams to the rescue. Take a look below.
Veggies like broccoli have abundance of vitamins and minerals like C, iron, folic acid, calcium, and beta-carotene. It is also a rich source of fibre and anti-oxidants. Thus, eating broccoli means keeping your digestive system in place and it eliminates any possibility of developing piles and also helps treat them.
How to Use:
Use broccoli in your daily soup or you can also stir fry them among the other vegetables for your every consumption. Steam cooking is also an option. Make sure to include them in your pregnancy diet.
the next thing you need to include in your diet is apples. They are rich sources of fibre and the soluble fibres that are present in apple will prove beneficial in regulating cholesterol. Make sure to take your apples with its peel for a great benefit in curing piles. The peel contains the insoluble fibres and flavonoids that can cure haemorrhoid bleeding.
How to Use:
Make a bowl of salad, of all your favourite and recommended fruits. Include one full apple cut into pieces into it. This way, you get the benefit of all of the fruits and will also help in curing piles.
Eating bananas regularly are another great way to cure piles. The inside of the bananas contain sugar that is known to cure and soothe the swollen lump on the anus. This sugar also has antibiotic property that can cure the affected area from bacteria. Bananas draw out water from the cells and this allows this to pop the swollen mass inside.
How to Use:
Eat banana on an empty stomach every day. If you have bleeding haemorrhoids, you can eat up to three bananas a day.
4. Coconut Oil:
coconut oil, we know, contains goodness of anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties. The strong anti-inflammatory property that it comes packed with cures the swelling, thus offering relief. This beneficial property of coconut oil is very effective when it comes to treating piles and therefore offers a huge soothing effect. Here is how to treat piles during pregnancy.
How to Use:
Dab some amount of coconut oil on a cotton ball and apply generously on the affected area. It is at best however, to use it as soon as your bowel movement.
The next medication for haemorrhoids during pregnancy is including pumpkin in your diet. They contain beta carotene, magnesium, iron, folate and vitamin B36. It is also considered an energy booster vegetable that can relieve stress. While the reason is never clear, studies have shown how pumpkins can effectively treat piles.
How to Use:
Include pumpkin in your diet daily for best results. You can stir fry them or steam cook them along with other veggies.
6. Ice Packs:
the next best known home remedy for piles treatment is using ice packs. Ice packs Using ice packs is a good cold compress that can efficiently reduce the swelling and are only immediate home remedies to cure them. They are not really effective in the long run.
How to Use:
Using a clean towel, place three or four cubes of ice and wrap it well. Press it gently on the affected area and you will see how you get relief from itching and pain.
7. Aloe Vera:
Aloe Vera is also a good way of getting relief from piles. It is a good plant source to treat many skin related problems. It has anti-inflammatory properties and thus heals the swelling and the cooling property will add to the much needed relief. Here is how to put it to good use.
How to Use:
Simply peel the skin of aloe Vera and apply the gel on the affected area. Do this daily, twice a day and you will see results soon enough.
3 Best Creams for Hemorrhoids During Pregnancy:
There are multiple creams and treatment available in the market to treat piles. Take a look at the best top three that might work in your favour.
A. Preparation H ointment:
This is one good over the counter medication for haemorrhoids during pregnancy that you can use. It soothes the inflammation and offers you relief from the burning sensation. The ointment will lubricate the anal area. This is because the dry anal area is often more prone to irritation and itching. Thus, even your bowel movement becomes smooth and painless.
when nitroglycerin is applied to the affected area, the body will release nitric oxide, and this acts as a huge relief from pain that you may experience. It is made from the compound called nitrovasodilators. The release acts like a vasodilation. Nitroglycerins has been a trusted choice among many users and have claimed the best results too.
C. Musk ointment:
Musk ointment’s origin is from China and uses a concoction of seven highly effective medicines like musk, artificial bezoars, amber, calamine, borax, borneol and pearl. The mixture of the effective ingredients ensures you have a painless bowel movement and will also help build new tissues by decaying the old ones. The swollen tissues will shrink, thus leaving you without any sense of irritation or itching.
The Dos and Don’t s
Here are a couple of things you could do and abstain from doing to prevent and take the right care for your piles.
- Include a whole lot of vegetables and fruits that are rich in fibre in your diet.
- Plan to lose weight if you feel you are slightly overweight.
- Exercise regularly.
Here are a Set of Things You Need to Follow:
- Don’t force and strain over having to pass stool.
- Avoid the intake of spicy hot curries and especially avoid the use of regular laxatives.
- Avoid to too much alcohol and coffee.
- React to the bowel movement immediately. Do not defer or control.
Don’t really worry about them. While you are already pregnant, make sure to relax and seek doctor assistance if you think you are taking too much pain. Piles are literally the pain in the ass and even figuratively too! Consult your doctor in case it becomes too difficult to handle. Self-medication is good only to some extent.

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Earlier this year, Handfish Conservation Project coordinator Dr Jemina Stuart-Smith was invited to contribute an article to Ocean Geographic on Red handfish. The article has just been published!
You can purchase the full magazine by subscribing to Ocean Geographic HERE, or **you can download the section just on Red handfish HERE:
Thank you to contributing photographers: Antonia Cooper, Kris O'Keeffe, Rick Stuart-Smith.
And of course thank you to the supporters who contribute to this work - including our generous community donors and handfish sponsors!

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This is the Santa Drone, and he’s flown via a 4G link. This means that the drone can fly much further than ever before, meaning that both vital time-critical supplies and small presents can also be sent.
In addition, the new 5G network, with a lower latency, means that drones can be used in more heavily populated areas where 5G technology will make the drones more responsive.
Vodafone have tested a twinkling Santa sleigh, dropping festive treats to 75 volunteers watching over the South coast. The 4G network meant that Vodafone could drop off mince pies, chocolate and gingerbread for Christmas.
Scott Petty, Chief Technology Officer, Vodafone UK told us..
Technology plays an increasingly important role in connecting people over Christmas. Flying a drone over 4G for the first time gives us a glimpse of what Christmas deliveries of the future might look like. We have been working hard to build a network that now covers 99% of the UK population, and I’m really pleased we’ve been able to use it to support our rural communities this festive season.
Watch a video below…
Great to see Dr Rob from Vodafone again! We spoke to him back in 2015 as part of our tour of Vodafone HQ.


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For ye know the grace of cur Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.—2 Corinthians 8:9.
MEN talk about grace, but, as a rule, they know very little about it. Let a business man go to a banker’s to borrow a few hundred dollars for sixty or ninety days; if he is well able to pay, the banker will perhaps lend him the money if he can get another responsible man to sign the note with him. They give what they call “three days’ grace” after the sixty or ninety days have expired; but they will make the borrower pay interest on the money during these three days, and if he does not return principal and interest at the appointed time, they will sell his goods; they will perhaps turn him out of his house, and take the last piece of furniture in his possession.
That is not grace at all, but that fairly illustrates man’s idea of it. Grace not only frees from payment of the interest, but of the principal also. The grace of God frees us from the penalty of our sin without any payment on our part. Christ has paid the debt, and all we have to do is to believe on Him for our salvation.
 Moody, D. L. (1900). The D. L. Moody Year Book: A Living Daily Message from the Words of D. L. Moody. (E. M. Fitt, Ed.) (p. 36). East Northfield, MA: The Bookstore.

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Whether you’re a local or travelling from afar, The Kensi is the place to be. You’ll always find great food, cold beers and quality banter at everyone’s favourite watering-hole in the east of Adelaide.
Talking to the Box Office...
We acknowledge that we meet, work and create on the traditional country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains.
Ngadlurlu Kaurna Miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku tampinthi. Iyangka yartangka ngadlu inparrinthi, warpulayinthi, pintyanthi.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.
Yalarra, parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna puru purruna.
We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be.
Parnarlu yaku parnaku yarta yungki. Munaintyanangku, tunturri.

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Laura Whitmore has spoken about her experience of appearing on Strictly Come Dancing in 2016, admitting that she "cried every day" while on the BBC dance show. The 32-year-old was partnered up with Giovanni Pernice, who had split from Laura's friend, Georgia May Foote, prior to the series, and she said she inadvertently ended up in "the middle of someone's break-up". Writing for the Huffington Post, Laura explained: "I'm still not ready to talk in depth about my experience on the show. I love dancing – I topped the leader board twice – but before it even begins, I was thrown into the lion's den and into the middle of someone's break-up that had nothing to do with me. Once again, I was a 'rumoured love interest'.
Laura Whitmore was partnered with Giovanni Pernice for the 2016 series of Strictly
"I was placed with a dance partner I was extremely uncomfortable with – and in the end I felt broken, I cried every day. And I really was broken, both mentally and physically, by the end." She continued: "To the outside world I tried to suck it up and smile, and I did that to the best of my ability, but it affected me deeply. My friends and family knew that I was struggling. And they were there for me. The media, however, saw me as blonde bait in a sequinned dress."
STORY: Strictly's Giovanni Pernice and Jessica Wright enjoy romantic trip to Rome
In the same blog, Laura detailed incidents of sexual assault and harassment she has been subjected to over the years, and said she had been inspired to speak out following the rise of movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp. "As women, we need to start celebrating ourselves and asserting our true worth," she added. "We are not meat. We are beautiful, complex creatures."
STORY: Ex-Strictly star Gleb Savchenko says professional dancers 'should be paid more'

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Review of the forthcoming: "History of the Hamlin Family with Genealogies of Early Settlers of the Name in America, 1639-1894," by H. Franklin Andrews.
How to Cite:
(1895) “New Publications”, The Annals of Iowa 2(1), 75-75. doi: https://doi.org/10.17077/0003-4827.2015
Rights: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.

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Chinese mainland reports 14 new imported COVID-19 cases
No new locally transmitted confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported Tuesday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.
A total of 14 new confirmed cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported on the same day, including six in Shanghai, three in Zhejiang and one each in Tianjin, Jiangsu, Fujian, Sichuan and Shaanxi.
No new suspected cases or new deaths related to the disease were reported, the commission added.
Tuesday also saw the discharge of 102 COVID-19 patients from hospitals following their recovery.
By the end of Tuesday, a total of 4,832 imported cases had been reported on the mainland. Among them, 4,565 had been discharged from hospitals following recovery, and 267 remained hospitalized. No deaths had been reported among the imported cases.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland reached 89,734 by Tuesday, including 969 patients still receiving treatment, 17 of whom were in severe conditions.
A total of 84,129 patients had been discharged following recovery on the mainland, and 4,636 had died as a result of the virus, according to the commission.
There were two suspected COVID-19 cases on the mainland as of Tuesday, and 18,742 close contacts remained under medical observation.
Tuesday saw seven newly reported asymptomatic cases, all arriving from outside the mainland. On the same day, three asymptomatic cases were re-categorized as confirmed cases.
A total of 555 asymptomatic cases were under medical observation, of whom 292 arrived from outside the mainland.


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Welcome to The Canyons
An exclusive neighborhood blooming with desert beauty
Nestled in the foothills of the Catalina Mountains, this exclusive neighborhood is soaked in peace and sunshine. It feels tucked away from the rest of the world, and it’s easy to get outside here thanks to the many walking trails that begin near the neighborhood. A half-hour drive from downtown Tucson, with many suburbs in between, gives residents easy access to the bustle and the necessities of the city without sacrificing the privacy and beauty of their homes.
The expansive single-family homes in The Canyons sit on large lots. The predominant architectural styles are Tuscan, Southwest, and contemporary, all of which come with incredible modern amenities. Most homes have gorgeous pools to help beat the heat, and depending on what part of the neighborhood they’re located in, homes often have gorgeous views of the mountains and the city lights in the distance.
What to Love
- Private community tucked away from the bustle
- Walking trails into the foothills
- Mountain and city views
- Peaceful desert beauty at every turn
Living in The Canyons is a peaceful, nature-filled lifestyle. It’s private and your neighbors are close enough to get to know, but not so close that you feel cramped. The hallmarks of life here are easy access to the beauty of the desert and the mountains, while still being close enough to the rest of Tucson.
Dining, Entertainment and Shopping
The Canyons is conveniently located near an incredible shopping center, local boutiques and high-end dining establishments. There’s no need to venture far from home when you’ve got this many options just down the street.
is an outdoor shopping center with tons of retail options including Anthropolgie, Apple, Tiffany & Co., West Elm and Lululemon. This premiere shopping experience makes it easy to get everything you need. Shop local Tucson art at Madaras Gallery
, which has paintings, jewelry and ceramics for sale. Rent or buy an electric bike from local staple Pedego Electric Bikes Tucson
Vivace Italian Restaurant
is an elegant dining experience with a lengthy wine list and delicious Northern Italian fare. Fleming’s Steakhouse
serves handcrafted cocktails alongside prime cuts of beef and succulent seafood. They also have incredible happy hours, so come a little early for a delightful treat.
Things to Do
The Catalina Mountains give the area an abundance of recreation opportunities. The Canyons are close to some incredible hiking trails, and when it gets too hot, there are plenty of places to enjoy the air conditioning and entertainment.
Finger Rock Trailhead
is an uber-popular Tucson hike thanks to its iconic 100-foot high finger-shaped rock. It’s a challenging hike that is about four miles to the top, though some people make the journey on horseback. Rillito River Park
is a serene area full of paved walking and biking paths surrounded by gorgeous flora.
When it’s time to come inside to escape the heat, buy tickets for an evening at Mystery & Magic Dinner Theater Playhouse
. A three-course meal and three-act murder mystery play and magic show come together to create an evening like no other.
The Canyons is served by the highly-rated and academically challenging schools of Catalina Foothills School District.

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On Friday, the United States Naval Institute (USNI) released an eye-catching video showing the British Royal assault team. fleetsimulating boarding of ships from the air thanks to the use of jetpacks.
The duration of the flight of the Marines in this equipment is said to be eight minutes. Five miniature jet engines are used as the power plant: four of them are strapped to the arms and one is located on the back. The drives, generating 1000 hp, can reach speeds of 88,5 km / h. According to the video, the flight in the backpack looks confident enough, allowing you to make an accurate landing on the deck.
As explained in the USNI, the tests were to demonstrate the possibility of using the specified equipment for "mass landing and boarding of ships." Moreover, Special Operations Command is currently evaluating a jetpack that could potentially "reach speeds in excess of 200 miles [322 km] per hour."
The satchel was manufactured by the British startup Gravity Industries headquartered in Salisbury. Its founder and part-time inventor Richard Browning has repeatedly publicly demonstrated the possibilities of his creation.
#FunFactFriday - The Royal Navy has been testing Jet Suit assault teams to determine if the Iron Man-like suits could be used to rapidly swarm and board ships. US Special Operations Command is also evaluating a jetpack that can reach speeds of more than 200 mph. pic.twitter.com/mo5FoGWkDu- US Naval Institute (@NavalInstitute) October 16, 2020


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Pittsburgh eyes $2 million for office-to-apartment conversions – GantNews.com
By Anthony Hennen | The central square
(The Center Square) – A pilot program in Pittsburgh would use federal funds to convert downtown office space into residential units for affordable housing.
The Pittsburgh City Council will consider legislation that would use $2.1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to make the downtown “a more vibrant and resilient neighborhood,” according to a Press release.
The funding is part of a $9 million effort by county and state officials to increase the number of affordable housing units in the city. The $2.1 million effort would boost the $3 million Commonwealth grant to the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for affordable housing.
“The City of Pittsburgh is the heart of Allegheny County and the economic engine of western Pennsylvania,” said Sen. Wayne Fontana, D-Pittsburgh. “Pittsburgh’s downtown conversion program is a bold and innovative idea to ensure the city continues to drive economic prosperity, while ensuring equitable access to housing.”
Fontana, who is also a board member of the Pittsburgh Land Bank and Habitat for Humanity in the Pittsburgh area, criticized the General Assembly for not doing more to lower rents and make housing more affordable. in Pennsylvania, as did The Center Square. Previously reported.
Pittsburgh has an office vacancy rate of nearly 22% according Newmark, a real estate services company. That’s an increase of about 5 percentage points before the pandemic, although Newmark noted that the overall outlook for 2022 is “more optimistic” than in 2021. The increase in the vacancy rate is in line with large citiesthough Pittsburgh’s reliance on office space rather than downtown residential units is a contributing factor in its vacancy rate being much higher than Philadelphia’s (10.6%).
However, converting vacant office space into housing can be difficult.
Washington, D.C. has lead the nation in the transformation of offices into apartments, with nearly 1,100 conversions in 2020 and 2021. In 2019 working group reporthowever, warned of roadblocks.
“Barriers to market-driven office-to-housing conversions include: the higher profitability of office space compared to multi-family housing conversion; the distribution of vacancies over several buildings so that there are very few completely vacant office buildings; incompatible regulations and building codes for residential housing; and lack of experience with conversion construction, including uncertainty over conversion costs and logistics,” the report noted.
Downtown conversions are also often more expensive to buy than office buildings closer to residential areas. Conversions to DC during the 2010s were “more likely to occur outside of core employment areas,” the report summarizes.
Office conversions are not a panacea for the lack of affordable housing; they are a minor aid, according to the report. Downtown Pittsburgh could benefit from office-to-apartment conversions, but the city will need more housing built inside and outside of downtown to affect market rents.
“Each year there may be a few office buildings that have the right combination of financial and structural circumstances to make conversion into housing, including affordable units, possible. Such conversions would slightly increase the affordable housing stock,” the report notes. “However, such conversions would make a small, unpredictable contribution to solving the district’s affordable housing challenge.”


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Clampdown on Corruption
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By Antony Ireland
Even the world’s corruption hot spots are now taking regulation more seriously.
If one doubts that progress is being made in anti-corruption enforcement in some of the world’s corruption hotspots, look no further than Brazil. In a bid to clean up the country’s energy sector, investigators unearthed a network of bribery and corruption that would, over three years, lead to the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, a nine-year jail term for her
predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the implication of 80 of Brazil’s political
and business elite.
While this example is glaring and high-profile, the anti-corruption landscape
is undoubtedly becoming more stringent around the world. China, for example,
expanded the scope of its anti-corruption watchdog in October, while France this
year introduced a game-changing ‘Sapin II’ framework.
Other countries are becoming more watchful, including developing markets
with a history of corruption. Multinational companies could find themselves
facing heavy penalties if they fail to keep up with compliance demands. However,
corruption is often deeply culturally rooted and traps remain.
According to John Kocoras, partner with the law firm McDermott, Will
and Emery, the most susceptible companies are those that operate in countries
where bribery is part of the business landscape, or in highly regulated industries
involved in sales to foreign government agencies and government-owned
“In short, the more government touch points a company has, typically the
greater the risk of anti-corruption compliance challenges,” he warned.
“Like crime, corruption cannot be totally avoided,” said Corina Monaghan,
senior vice president of credit, political, and security risk improvement, JLT
“What remains to be seen is whether these law changes are transparent
and enforced consistently enough for foreign investors to clearly know what
constitutes breaching the law,” she added.
“When there are gray areas in bureaucracy, this creates room for corruption.”
It is, of course, essential for multinational companies to get to know local
conditions as comprehensively as possible in every jurisdiction in which they
operate. That’s particularly true of systems, though the law can sometimes work
differently in theory and practice.
Monaghan advises clients to find out who the key players and counterparties
are in the sector in which they operate, including the government ministry with
whom they’ll be dealing.
“If there are elections coming up, find out who may be elected and how this
could affect your business,” she added.
However, even a granular knowledge of local legislation will only get multinational companies so far, as they could run afoul of domestic law even if they do
not break the rules overseas.
U.S.-listed companies, for example,
are obligated to maintain accurate
books and records. They also are
obligated to enforce effective internal
control. Failing to do so in a foreign
operation could cause liability in
“A substantial change over the last
10 years is our ability to address anti-corruption issues outside of the U.S.,”
“This used to be seen as a U.S.
concern, with the tail wagging the
dog as far as multinational operations
were concerned, but now cross-border
“When there are gray areas
in bureaucracy, this creates
room for corruption.”
— Corina Monaghan, senior vice president of
credit, political, and security risk improvement, JLT
• Companies that sell to foreign
governments and agencies are
• Porous bookkeeping on the part
of U.S.-based companies could
attract attention from foreign
• Even emerging markets are
becoming much more attentive to
the possibility of corruption.

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|Owned by Amtrak|
Architectural style Beaux-Arts architecture
Added to NRHP 12 September 1975
|Parking 550 spaces|
Area 7,689 m²
|Location 1515 North Charles Street
Platforms 3 island platforms (MARC and Amtrak) 1 side platform (Light Rail)
Tracks 8 (MARC and Amtrak) 1 (Light Rail)
Bicycle facilities Bike Share Stop #21 (16 docks)
Address Balti, MD 21201, United States
Connections Maryland Transit Administration, BoltBus
Similar BWI Rail Station, Camden Station, Union Station, West Balti station, Perryville station
Baltimore Pennsylvania Station (generally referred to as Penn Station) is the main transportation hub in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by New York architect Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison (1872–1938), it was constructed in 1911 in the Beaux-Arts style of architecture for the Pennsylvania Railroad. It is located at 1515 N. Charles Street, about a mile and a half north of downtown and the Inner Harbor, between the Mount Vernon neighborhood to the south, and Station North to the north. Originally called Union Station because it served the Pennsylvania Railroad and Western Maryland Railway, it was renamed to match other Pennsylvania Stations in 1928.
The building sits on a raised "island" of sorts between two open trenches, one for the Jones Falls Expressway and the other the tracks of the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The NEC approaches from the south through the two-track, 7,660-foot Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel, which opened in 1873 and whose 30 mph limit, sharp curves, and steep grades make it one of the NEC's worst bottlenecks. The NEC's northern approach is the 1873 Union Tunnel, which has one single-track bore and one double-track bore.
Penn Station is the seventh-busiest rail station in the United States by number of passengers served each year.
Penn Station is served by Amtrak, MARC, and the Maryland Transit Administration's light rail system. The station is the northern terminus of the Light Rail's Penn-Camden shuttle, connecting the Mount Vernon neighborhood with downtown; the southern terminus is Baltimore's Camden Station. MARC offers service between Washington, D.C., and Perryville. Amtrak Acela Express and Northeast Regional trains from Penn Station serve destinations along the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C. Some Regional trains from the station continue into Virginia and serve Alexandria, Newport News, Norfolk, Lynchburg, and points in between. Other long-distance trains from the station serve:
In the 1970s and 1980s, Amtrak also offered service to Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, St. Louis, and Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Before Amtrak's creation on May 1, 1971, Penn Station served as the main Baltimore station for its original owner, the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), though passenger trains of the Western Maryland Railway also used Penn Station as well. Until the late 1960s, the PRR also operated long-distance trains over its historic Northern Central Railway line from Penn Station to Harrisburg and beyond, such as "The General" to Chicago, the "Spirit of St. Louis" to its Missouri namesake, and the "Buffalo Day Express" and overnight "Northern Express" between Washington, DC, and Buffalo, New York. As late as 1956, this route also hosted the "Liberty Limited" to Chicago and the "Dominion Limited" to Toronto, Canada. The Baltimore Light Rail now operates over much of the Northern Central Railway's right of way in Baltimore and Baltimore County; however, the spur connecting Penn Station to this right of way is not the route originally taken by Northern Central trains. Baltimore Light Rail service began in 1997.
As part of the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project, the station was restored to its 1911 appearance in 1984.
The station's use as a Western Maryland station stop allowed passengers from Penn Station to ride directly to various Maryland towns such as Westminster, Hagerstown, and Cumberland. Passenger service on the Western Maryland ended in 1958.
Baltimore Penn Station is also used for MARC train storage during the weekends and overnight via off-peak service times on tracks 1, 3, 5, and F.
Pennsylvania Station opened on September 15, 1911. It is the third railroad depot on its North Charles Street site. The first one was a wooden structure built by the Northern Central Railway that began operating in 1873. This was replaced in 1886 by the Charles Street Union Station, which featured a three-story brick building situated below street level with a sloping driveway that led to its entrance and a train shed that measured 76 by 360 feet (23.16 by 109.73 meters).
The old station was demolished in January 1910.
During what became known as the Checkers speech, on September 23, 1952, Richard Nixon, then a U.S. Senator from California and the Republican Party's nominee for Vice President, cited Penn Station as the place where a package was waiting for him, containing a cocker spaniel dog his daughter Tricia would name "Checkers." Nixon referred to the station by its former name, "Union Station in Baltimore."
Male/Female sculpture controversy
In 2004, the City of Baltimore, through its public arts program, commissioned sculptor Jonathan Borofsky to create a sculpture as the centerpiece of a re-designed plaza in front of Penn Station. His work, a 51-foot (15.5 m)-tall aluminum statue entitled Male/Female, has generated considerable controversy ever since. Its defenders cite the contemporary imagery and artistic expression as complementing an urban landscape, while opponents criticize what they decry as a clash with Penn Station's Beaux-Arts architecture, detracting from its classic lines.
As The Baltimore Sun editorialized,
"Could this explain why defenders of "Male/Female", the sculpture in front of Penn Station, get so irritable? That large piece of quadrupedal artwork is out there all on its own, unclothed of commemorative armor that might deflect public criticism – unless you want to think of it as a memorial to the war between the sexes, but that's an issue that people tend to have a lot of different and strongly held opinions about anyway. No, "Male/Female" gets a lot of attention strictly on its artistic merits, and much of it isn't very positive, especially concerning its setting in front of the Beaux–Arts railroad station. This drives its proponents up the wall."
Three years later, Baltimore Sun columnist Dan Rodricks ridiculed the artwork, writing on August 26, 2007, "Patrons of art here paid $750,000 for a 51-foot sculpture...that looks like Gort from The Day the Earth Stood Still. I look at it and want to say: 'Klaatu barada nikto!' It's the first thing visitors see when they walk out of the train station." Another Sun reporter, commenting in July 2008 on what she described as the "stormy relationship" between Baltimore and public art, said "People's hate for Penn Station's behemoth Male/Female sculpture has burned for years."
It has also been featured a few times in the Zippy comic strip, beginning with the August 26, 2004 installment. Its cartoonist Bill Griffith opined that "the sculpture as I look at it is both intriguing and compelling but also a little kitschy, and I like that. It's a nice place to be – high art and low art at the same time." He was also attracted to its message that people are full of contradictions and its provocativeness, stating that "you can't not react to it."
Proposed hotel and remodel
Several proposals have been made to convert the upper floors of the station in a hotel. In 2001, an agreement was made with James M. Jost & Co. Inc. to convert the upper three floors into a 72-room hotel. This project was never completed. The proposal resurfaced in 2006 with a new, unnamed developer. This proposal was also never completed. In 2009, the idea surfaced once again as Amtrak announced it had reached an agreement with a developer for a 77-room hotel to be called The Inn at Penn Station. This project was later reported as stalled along with many other hotel proposals in Baltimore.

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A £23 million anaerobic digestion plant aimed at tackling the increasingly urgent issue of poultry waste disposal has been announced by Economy and Agriculture Ministers Simon Hamilton and Michelle McIlveen.
The project to build the new plant, at Tully Quarry near Ballymena, is being led by Stream BioEnergy and built by Xergi and local firm BSG Ltd.
It will use a new innovative nitrogen stripping technology to allow the plant to use up to 100% poultry litter and will be one of the first anaerobic digestion plants in the world able to do so. The plant will process 40,000 tonnes of NI poultry litter each year to produce biogas, generate 3MW of renewable electricity and produce a high quality organic fertiliser.
Economy Minister Simon Hamilton said: “It is an outstanding example of public sector and private investors coming together to support a new technology for sustainable agriculture and to grow our economy,” said Mr Hamilton.
“In addition to helping the local poultry sector to grow, the plant will create up to 100 jobs during the construction phase with a further 11 new jobs available when it becomes operational in 2017.”
DAERA Minister Michelle McIlveen said: “This project has seen close collaboration between technology companies, government and funding bodies, including the Green Investment Bank.
“It is a testament to our commitment to deliver a sustainable future for our agriculture sector.
“Projects such as this will play an important role in helping the poultry sector to address an environmental challenge.”
David Gibson, Moy Park Director of Agriculture said: “We very much welcome this innovative development which will be a world leading example in utilising poultry litter to produce renewable energy. This project is the result of true joined-up thinking and cooperation between a range of stakeholders across the supply chain, producing a sustainable solution to support the growth of the poultry sector.”

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked the main entrance to Irish parliament Thursday, forcing Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin to enter though a back entrance.
Rivlin, the highest-ranking Israeli official to visit Ireland since 1985, told Army Radio that he wanted to speak with the demonstrators blocking the entrance but security officers prevented him.
Rivlin’s visit comes at a period of tense relations between Ireland and Israel, with Ireland directing heavy criticism at Israel for its blockade of Hamas-governed Gaza, and leading boycotts of Israel.
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Niv Asraf wasn’t kidnapped near Hebron after all. Apparently he and his friend planned this…
The discovery would be a death blow the PA claims that Tel Aviv is “Palestinian” if it weren’t for the fact that that Arafat was born in Egypt.
Three Israeli Caving Club hikers found the cache in a stalactite cave in northern Israel.
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Death Dust focuses on the largely unknown history of the development and demise of state-level radiological weapons (RWs)—sometimes portrayed as a "poor man's nuclear weapon." It does so by means of a comparative case study analysis of the pursuit of RWs in the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Egypt, and Iraq. This introductory chapter outlines the methodology employed in this volume, the sources of which it makes use, and the research questions it asks and answers. It also previews the major findings the authors derive relating to the circumstances that might encourage additional states to pursue RWs and how the proliferation of such weapons would impact nuclear deterrence and the international nuclear nonproliferation regime.
This chapter traces the evolution of the U.S. radiological weapons program and the factors that drove or inhibited it at different phases. In so doing, it highlights the unusual parallelism in time and substance between the emergence of RWs in science fiction and U.S. governmental interest in this capability. It shows that, while scientific-technocratic advocates of RW were able to persuade key military-technical stakeholders to implement a U.S. RW program, they were unsuccessful in securing broader support for the new weapons technology across government. It also finds evidence that RW advocates neglected to exploit external threats to justify the adoption of these weapons in part because of faulty intelligence about the state of the Soviet RW program. These shortcomings resulted in the RW program losing out in the competition for financial resources to chemical and nuclear weapons.
This chapter examines the Soviet experience with radiological weapons. It finds that, unbeknownst to U.S. intelligence, the USSR's active pursuit of an RW capability lasted for approximately a decade beginning in 1947. Drawing extensively on Russian-language sources, it identifies perceived foreign threats—including information pointing to the U.S. pursuit of radiological weapons—as a prime motivator behind Soviet efforts in this area. Ultimately, however, the sunsetting of the U.S. RW program, the departure of key RW advocates, competition from chemical and nuclear weapons, bureaucratic barriers to weapons innovation within the Soviet military industrial complex, and, to a lesser extent, health and safety considerations all contributed to the gradual demise of the Soviet RW program—though not before prototype radiological weapons were tested.
In contrast with the United States and Soviet Union, there is little evidence the United Kingdom seriously contemplated the pursuit of a radiological weapon during World War II. Still, as this chapter finds, a small number of military officials and scientists in that country were aware of the potential military implications of RWs and did not rule out the possibility that Nazi Germany might use radioactive fission products for both offensive and defensive purposes. This chapter examines the modest British exploration of radiological weapons that resulted and the forces that both drove and constrained it over time. Although a few individual advocates did play an oversized role in promoting RW, even these promoters acknowledged the shortcomings of RW when compared to chemical weapons and nuclear weapons. By 1952, the UK's interest in these weapons had all but ended.
This chapter examines Egypt's rudimentary and short-lived radiological weapons program. It demonstrates that although much of the evidence of these efforts remains circumstantial, resting to a large degree on Israeli claims and the testimony of Otto Joklik—an enigmatic, self-proclaimed arms merchant, former German army officer, and likely Israeli intelligence asset—there is no doubt that Gamal Abdel Nasser's Egypt sought to develop nonconventional weapons and means for their delivery. This chapter finds that the Egyptian RW program was almost entirely dependent on foreign assistance, was conceived of primarily for purposes of countering a regional adversary's military applications of nuclear energy, appears to have developed as a "special project" driven by an individual technological "entrepreneur," and was abandoned for reasons unrelated to progress in the pursuit of a nuclear weapon.
The chapter analyzes the heretofore untold story of Iraq's efforts to develop and test RW. It probes the factors behind this quest, including its relationship to the Iran-Iraq war and perceived Iraqi military requirements, the role played by individual advocates in advancing it, the influence of bureaucratic-institutional factors—including the unusually welcoming environment for scientific entrepreneurs to pursue novel weapons programs—and the technical and political impediments that ultimately led to its demise. In so doing, it highlights important similarities and differences between the Iraqi program and the corresponding U.S., Soviet, British, and Egyptian programs. Its focus on a non-nuclear weapon state also is important for the lessons it offers to future would-be RW proliferators about the obstacles they are likely to confront should they embark on a RW program.
The final chapter in this book highlights similarities and differences across the five state-level radiological weapons programs on which it focuses. By means of a comparative case study analysis, it points to more general explanations for the rise, evolution, and demise of weapons innovation involving RWs. It also explores what future circumstances might encourage additional states to pursue RWs, how the proliferation of such weapons would impact nuclear deterrence and the international nuclear nonproliferation regime, and practical steps that might usefully be taken by members of the international community to reduce the likelihood that there will be a resurgence of interest in and pursuit of radiological weapons. This discussion takes on special importance in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the need to reexamine a number of prevailing assumptions about the utility of nuclear weapons and the operation of nuclear deterrence.


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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
A Little Something For You
This month's desktop image is a street shot. Please feel free to download and enjoy.
Once I got to go to New Orleans. A city that celebrates death like it does life. I wanted to share this image with you for Halloween. Click on the image to download a copy of your own and freshen up your desktop!
Keep checking back for new images. Sometimes bridal, sometimes something different, but something always for you.


iSCSI / IP SAN and SAS expert Qsan has tested all of its iSCSI RAID controllers with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Qsan is always making its best efforts to support, implement, and be verified by Microsoft Windows OSes and applications. With Microsoft Hyper-V, users can easily install and maintain Qsan iSCSI RAID controller storage solutions into their virtual environments with less cost, less effort, and less time.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is the latest hypervisor-based server virtualization technology. Hyper-V helps users to have more flexibility and easier setup in virtualization implementation. With Hyper-V installed, users can setup fewer physical machines which mean less cost through fewer hardware, energy, and management efforts, and a more flexible IT infrastructure. With Windows Server 2008, everything needed to support virtualization is all available inside. For further information about Microsoft virtualization and technical resources, please visit the Virtualization TechCenter.
Today, virtualization and iSCSI SAN are frequently mentioned together, for both of virtualization and iSCSI natures are low-cost and low-effort to the existing IT environment and investment. Microsoft Hyper-V makes this combination even more efficient and save lots of cost. Windows Server 2008 has default installed with its iSCSI initiator software. Comparing the overall cost benefits of Hyper-V and iSCSI makes iSCSI storages a very smart choice for small and medium sized virtual environments. And with Qsan iSCSI RAID controller storage solutions, users who have very limited budget can start their storage plan by a server and a Qsan iSCSI RAID controller installed storage. In the beginning, users can take an existing server to be the virtualized server and directly connect the server to Qsan iSCSI RAID controller inside storage like DAS. This can save the cost of GbE switch and iSCSI HBA. In later future, if the server has more and more traffic to handle and the CPU is quite occupied, an iSCSI HBA can lower the CPU utilization. Or when more virtual servers are implemented, the iSCSI storage can be always easily connected to the new installed servers by a GbE switch and all the virtual servers can share the same iSCSI storage system. Even when the storage capacity need grows, Qsan iSCSI RAID controllers provide JBOD extension and users can just upgrade the storage capacity by a JBOD system or more. For more information about Qsan RAID controller solutions, please go to Qsan website or contact sales[.]Qsan.com.tw.
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Louder Than Bombs
(River East, opens April 29)
Joachim Trier’s essential third feature moves from Oslo to upstate New York to describe the unfinished grief of a hurt, artistic family. Trier is one of our most literary filmmakers, in the sense that in movies like “Reprise” and “Oslo, August 31st” he fuses the lyricism of cinema with the flow and structure of the novel.
(Music Box, opens May 13)
Ben Wheatley’s fourth feature is a sleek, nasty piece of work, a capering vaudeville of one of J. G. Ballard’s most provocative novels.
(Siskel, May 6-19)
Sokurov returns to the museum, this time resting his meditative powers upon the Louvre, under Nazi occupation, but coursing across the century.
Philippe Grandrieux Residency
(Film Studies Center at Logan Center for the Arts, 915 East 60th, May 14-15)
Rarely seen work by the French master of formal darkness and near-unbearable dread, including 2008’s “Un Lac” and his latest, “Malgré la nuit,” with the director present.
French Auteurs: Restorations, Rarities and Reevaluations
(Siskel, May 6-June 2)
Two features each by four filmmakers: in DCP digital restorations: Melville, Varda, Sautet and Clément, including “Forbidden Games” and “Cleo from 5 to 7.”
Ray Pride is Newcity’s film critic and a contributing editor to Filmmaker magazine.
His multimedia history of Chicago “Ghost Signs” will be published soon. Previews of the project are on Twitter and on Instagram as Ghost Signs Chicago. More photography on Instagram.


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Advice from Mom: Proper Storage Increases Life of Fresh Vegetables
by Rae Osenbaugh
Keeping Produce Fresh
My Story: Affordable Fruits and Veggies
Improved transportation and storage facilities have made it possible to have many varieties of fresh vegetables available all year. But, once you buy the fresh vegetable, you need to take proper care of it. Here are some of my tips for storing fresh vegetables.
These vegetables should be stored in the refrigerator crisper or in a plastic bag: asparagus, broccoli. Brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cucumbers, lettuce, greet onion, green peppers, radishes, and spinach.
Vegetables should be put in plastic bags if the crisper is not two-thirds full.
Removing tops from carrots and radishes helps reduce the wilting.
Sweet corn keeps best if refrigerated uncovered in the husks.
Unripe tomatoes can be kept at room temperature out of direct sunlight until they ripen. Ripe tomatoes should be stored uncovered in the refrigerator.
Onions should be kept at room temperature in a loosely woven container, or open mesh container.
Potatoes should be stored at 40-50 degrees in a dark, dry well-ventilated area (remember the old-time cellars?). If kept at room temperature, they should be used in one week.
Remember to get your five servings of fruits & vegetables today!
Have a great day! Rae
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The Law Journal was founded in 1822, followed by The Law Times in 1843, with the titles amalgamating in 1965 to become The New Law Journal (NLJ). It marks its 200th anniversary with a special 15-22 April issue.
David’s first column looks at the indictment laid against Julian Assange by the US government in one of the most politically charged criminal cases of modern times. His piece examines the extradition regime of solemn treaty obligations and safeguards and the fundamental importance of assurances offered by Requesting States.
“This is a really exciting opportunity to talk to the wider legal profession about cases making the headlines in crime and, hopefully, to give our colleagues in other specialisms an insight into the life-changing issues criminal practitioners grapple with on a daily basis”.
David Walbank QC practises in heavyweight crime and has been instructed for both prosecution and defence in many of the most serious, complex and sensitive cases brought by the major prosecution agencies and defended by front-rank defence firms. He is the founder and frontman of Crimecast.Law- a criminal law updating service which was launched in Oct 2020 and offers video case reviews on all the latest cases and legislation. The website currently hosts more than 200 free-to-view videos. See more here: [Crimecast.law]
Read column here: [New Law Journal – ‘Walbank on Assange’]


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This video gives you an insight into how the renowned Atlantis The Palm is. The resort is an awe-inspiring destination in Dubai for a perfect staycation, with all its breathtaking things to do, views etc. Enjoy the water park, Aquaventure, Ossiano Dubai underwater restaurant, The Lost champer, Dolphin Bay etc.
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Islamic and Conventional Banking in Malaysia Distinguishing Them Using Financial Ratios
Vijayarajan, Vishalini (2008) Islamic and Conventional Banking in Malaysia Distinguishing Them Using Financial Ratios. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
At a cursory glance, Islamic banking sector seems robust and profitable, growing about 19% per annum, surpassing the 16% growth of conventional banks, according to Bank Negara Malaysia. Due to the financial liberalisation of Islamic banks, big foreign financial institutions including Citigroup, HSBC and Deutche Bank have jumped on the Islamic bandwagon either by starting Islamic windows or Islamic subsidiaries. This is in line with the liberalisation of Islamic banks which was brought forward to 2004 from 2007 by Bank Negara Malaysia. Islamic banks operate under different principles, such as risk sharing, mark up pricing and the prohibition of interest which is different from the way conventional banks operate. However both types of banks operate side by side under the dual banking framework in Malaysia and face similar competition. Therefore, this study determines whether it is possible to distinguish between conventional and Islamic banks in Malaysia by using financial characteristics alone in the period of liberalisation where competition is intense. It remains unclear whether financial ratios will defer significantly between the two categories of banks. 8 financial ratios were used as inputs into the logit classification model to determine whether researches or regulators could use these ratios to distinguish between the two types of banks. Although the means of several ratios are similar between the types of banks the logit classification model is able to distinguish an Islamic from a conventional bank at about a success rate of 61%.
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Healthy food, healthy brain
Food has a large impact on the functioning of our brain. About one fifth of all nutrition we consume is transformed into energy to our brain. The brain contains nerve cells that communicate with each other. This communication is supported by a healthy diet. But wat is a healthy diet? Which food stimulates the functioning of our brain?
Nerve cells in the brain are connected, which enables transmission of communication. For this communication existing connections can be used, but also new connections can be made. To maintain all these connections intact or to build new connections, certain nutrients are essential.
An important nutrient for our brain is omega-3, amongst others found in fatty fish, nuts and plant oils. Omega-3 fatty acids ensure good communication between the nerve cells. That’s why it’s no surprise that with a shortage of omega-3 fatty acids people can develop problems like forgetfulness, Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases.
Also vitamin D has an important role in the well-functioning of the brain. The brain contains special receptors to which vitamin D can adhere. These receptors are mostly found in areas that play an important part in the memory. Vitamin D initiates processes that are essential to a good cognitive function. Lack of vitamin D is also associated with cognitive deterioration and dementia.
Next to that B-vitamins play an important part in keeping the brain healthy. This group of vitamins is also essential for the communication transfer in the brain. However, the proof of the importance of this group of vitamins is less strong than for omega-3 and vitamin D.
Finally healthy diets were investigated. This showed a positive influence of the Mediterranean diet. This diet consists mainly of fish, olive oil, vegetables, fruit and nuts. There are indications that following this diet diminishes the risk of cognitive deterioration.
Healthy food is very important for the well-functioning of the brain. The importance of healthy and also tasty food is high on TOP’s checklist. Through mild pasteurization technologies nutrients can be maintained intact. This results not only in food with better sensory properties, but also the nutritional value is optimally preserved.
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Apex Bans Outdoor Water Irrigation
The town of Apex has banned outdoor water irrigation.Posted — Updated
RALEIGH, N.C. — The town of Apex has banned outdoor water irrigation.
Bucket watering, hand watering, car washing and power washing are still permitted. However, exterior fountains may not be filled.
Special permits for establishing lawns will no longer be issued. Previously issued permits are valid for the remainder of the 60-day time period or 30 days from Friday, whichever comes first.
First-time violators get a warning, then a $50 fine for each additional offense. After that, the fine increases gradually with each offense, up to $1,000.
The new restrictions take effect on Friday.
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