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Hillary Clinton: Women Are Not Victims, We Are Agents of Change
Watch Hillary Clinton give a rousing speech at the Women in the World Summit about the importance of fighting on for the rights of women and girls in the U.S. and around the world.
At the Women in the World Summit, the former secretary of state urged women around the globe to fight for equality and justice
Hillary Clinton opened the second day of the Women in the World Summit in New York with a rousing speech stating that there is work to be done in the U.S. and all over the world to advance the rights of women and girls.
"If we do not continue the campaign for women's rights and opportunities, the world we want to live [in], the country we all love and cherish, will not be what it should be."
Watch her speech here (starts at 6 minutes) and see transcript below.
Thank you so much. Oh, what a wonderful occasion for me to be back here, the fourth Women in the World conference I've been privileged to attend, introduced by the founder, creator, and my friend, Tina Brown. When one thinks about this annual conference it really is intended to, and I believe has, focused attention on the global challenges facing women from equal rights and education, to human slavery, literacy, the power of the media and technology to affect change in women's futures and so much else. [pullquote]"I have always believed that women are not victims, we are agents of change, we are drivers of progress, we are makers of peace—all we need is a fighting chance." — Hillary Clinton[/pullquote]And for that I thank Tina and the great team that she has worked with in order to produce this conference and the effects it has created. It's been such an honor to work with all of you over the years though it's hard to see from up here out into the audience, I did see some faces and I know that this is an occasion as well as for so many friends and colleagues to come together and take stock for where we stand and what more needs to be done in advancing the great unfinished business of the 21st century—advancing rights and opportunities for women and girls.
Now this is unfinished around the world, where too many women are still treated at best as second-class citizens, at worst as some kind of subhuman species. Those of you who were there last night saw that remarkable film that interviewed men primarily in Pakistan, talking very honestly about their intention to continue to control the women in their lives and their reach. But the business is still unfinished here at home in the United States, we have come so far together but there's still work to be done.
Now, I have always believed that women are not victims, we are agents of change, we are drivers of progress, we are makers of peace—all we need is a fighting chance.
And that firm faith in the untapped potential of women at home and around the world has been at the heart of my work my entire life, from college and law school, from Arkansas to the White House to the Senate. And when I became Secretary of State, I was determined to weave this perspective even deeper into the fabric of American foreign policy.[pullquote]When women participate in the economy, everyone benefits. When women participate in peace-making and peace-keeping, we are all safer and more secure. And when women participate in politics of their nations they can make a difference.[/pullquote]
But I knew to do that, I couldn't just preach to the usual choir. We had to reach out, not only to men, in solidarity and recruitment, but to religious communities, to every partner we could find. We had to make the case to the whole world that creating opportunities for women and girls advances security and prosperity for everyone. So we relied on the empirical research that shows that when women participate in the economy, everyone benefits. When women participate in peace-making and peace-keeping, we are all safer and more secure. And when women participate in politics of their nations they can make a difference.
But as strong a case as we've made, too many otherwise thoughtful people continue to see the fortunes of women and girls as somehow separate from society at large. They nod, they smile and then they relegate these issues once again to the sidelines. I have seen it over and over again, I have been kidded about it I have been ribbed, I have been challenged in boardrooms and official offices across the world.
But fighting to give women and girls a fighting chance isn't a nice thing to-do. It isn't some luxury that we get to when we have time on our hands to spend. This is a core imperative for every human being in every society. If we do not continue the campaign for women's rights and opportunities, the world we want to live, the country we all love and cherish, will not be what it should be.
It is no coincidence that so many of the countries that threaten regional and global peace are the very places where women and girls are deprived of dignity and opportunity. Think of the young women from northern Mali to Afghanistan whose schools have been destroyed. Or of the girls across Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia who have been condemned to child marriage. Or of the refugees of the conflicts from eastern Congo to Syria who endure rape and deprivation as a weapon of war.
It is no coincidence that so many of the countries where the rule of law and democracy are struggling to take root are the same places where women and girls cannot participate as full and equal citizens. Like in Egypt, where women stood on the front lines of the revolution but are now being denied their seats at the table and face a rising tide of sexual violence.
It is no coincidence that so many of the countries making the leap from poverty to prosperity are places now grappling with how to empower women. I think it is one of the unanswered questions of the rest of this century to whether countries, like China and India, can sustain their growth and emerge as true global economic powers. Much of that depends on what happens to women and girls.
None of these are coincidences. Instead, they demonstrate—and your presence here confirms—that we are meeting at a remarkable moment of confluence.
Because in countries and communities across the globe where for generations violence against women has gone unchecked, opportunity and dignity virtually unknown, there is a powerful new current of grassroots activism stirring, galvanized by events too outrageous to ignore and enabled by new technologies that give women and girls voices like never before. That's why we need to seize this moment. But we need to be thoughtful and smart and savvy about what this moment really offers to us.
Now many of us have been working and advocating and fighting for women and girls for more decades than we care to remember. And I think we can be and should proud of all that we've achieved. Conferences like this one have been part of that progress. But let's recognize much of our advocacy is still rooted in a 20th century, top-down frame. The world is changing beneath our feet and it is past time to embrace a 21st century approach to advancing the rights and opportunities of women and girls at home and across the globe.
Think about it. You know, technology, from satellite television to cell phones from Twitter to Tumblr, is helping bring abuses out of the shadows and into the center of global consciousness, Think of that woman in a blue bra beaten in Tahrir Square, think about that 6-year old girl in Afghanistan about to be sold into marriage to settle a family debt.
Just as importantly, technological changes are helping inspire, organize, and empower grassroots action. I have seen this and that is where progress is coming from and that's where our support is needed. We have a tremendous stake in the outcome of these metrics. [pullquote]Today, more than ever, we see clearly that the fate of women and girls around the world is tied up with the greatest security and economic challenges of our time.[/pullquote]
Today, more than ever, we see clearly that the fate of women and girls around the world is tied up with the greatest security and economic challenges of our time.
Consider Pakistan, a proud country with a rich history that recently marked a milestone in its democratic development when a civilian government completed its full term for the very first time. And it is no secret that Pakistan is plagued by many ills: violent extremism, sectarian conflict, poverty, energy shortages, corruption, weak democratic institutions. It is a combustible mix. And more than 30,000 Pakistanis have been killed by terrorists in the last decade.
The repression of women in Pakistan exacerbates all of these problems.
More than 5 million children do not attend school—and two-thirds of them are girls. The Taliban insurgency has made the situation even worse.
As Malala has said and reminded us: "We live in the 21st century. How can we be deprived from education?" She went on to say, "I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market. I have the right to speak up."
How many of us here today would have that kind of courage? The Taliban recognized this young girl, 14-year at the time, as a serious threat. You know what? They were right— she was a threat. Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice. As Malala said, "If this new generation is not given pens, they will be given guns."
But the Taliban miscalculated. They thought if they silenced Malala, and thank god they didn't, that not only she, but her cause would die. Instead, they inspired millions of Pakistanis to finally say, "Enough is enough." You heard it directly from those two brave young Pakistani women yesterday. And they are not alone. People marched in the streets and signed petitions demanding that every Pakistani child—girls as well as boys—have the opportunity to attend school. And that in itself was a rebuke to the extremists and their ideology.
I'm well aware that improving life for Pakistan's women is not a panacea. But it's impossible to imagine making real progress on the country's other problems—especially violent extremism—without tapping the talents and addressing the needs of Pakistan's women, including reducing corruption, ending the culture of impunity, expanding access to education, to credit, to all the tools that give a woman or a man make the most of their life's dreams. None of this will be easy or quick. But the grassroots response to Malala's shooting gives us hope for the future.
Again and again we have seen women drive peace and progress. In Northern Ireland, Catholic and Protestant women like Inez McCormick came together to demand an end to the Troubles and helped usher in the Good Friday Accords. In Liberia, women marched and protested until the country's warlords agreed to end their civil war, they prayed the devil back to hell, and they twice elected Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as the first woman president in Africa. An organization called Sisters Against Violent Extremism now connects women in more than a dozen countries who have risked their lives to tell terrorists that they are not welcome in their communities.
So the next time you hear someone say that the fate of women and girls is not a core national security issue, it's not one of those hard issues that really smart people deal with, remind them: The extremists understand the stakes of this struggle. They know that when women are liberated, so are entire societies. We must understand this too. And not only understand it, but act on it.
And the struggles do not end. Struggles do not end when countries attempt the transition to democracy. we've seen that very clearly the last few years.
Many millions including many of us were inspired and encouraged by the way women and men worked together during the revolutions in places like Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya. But we know that all over the world when the dust settles, too often women's gains are lot to better organized, more powerful forces of oppression. [pullquote]The extremists understand the stakes of this struggle. They know that when women are liberated, so are entire societies. We must understand this too. And not only understand it, but act on it.[/pullquote]
We see seeing women largely shut out of decision-making. We see women activists believe they are being targeted by organized campaigns of violence and intimidation.
But still, many brave activists, women and men alike, continue to advocate for equality and dignity for all Egyptians, Tunisians, and Libyans. They know the only way to realize the promise of the Arab Spring is with and through the full participation of half the population.
Now what is true in politics is also true economics.
In the years ahead, a number of rapidly developing nations are poised to reshape the global economy, lift many millions out of poverty and into the middle class. This will be good for them and good for us—it will create vast new markets and trading partners.
But no country can achieve its full economic potential when women are left out or left behind… a fact underscored day after day and most recently to me a tragedy in India.
Concerning the young 23-year-old woman, brutally beaten and raped on a Delhi bus last December she was from a poor farming family, but like so many women and men she wanted to climb that economic ladder. She had aspirations for her life. She studied all day to become a physical therapist, then went to work at call centers in the evening, she sleep two hours a night. President Mukherjeeof described her as a "symbol of all that New India strives to be."
But if her life embodied the aspirations of a rising nation, her death and her murder, pointed to the many challenges still holding it back. The culture of rape is tied up with a broader set of problems: official corruption, illiteracy, inadequate education, laws and traditions, customs, culture, that prevent women from being seen as equal human beings. And in addition, in many places, India and China being the leaders, in skewed gender balance with many more men than women, which contributes to human trafficking, child marriage, and other abuses that dehumanize women and corrode society.
So millions of Indians took to the streets in 2011, they protested corruption. In 2012, came the Delhi gang rape, and the two causes merged. Demands for stronger measures against rape were joined by calls for better policing and more responsive governance, for an India that could protect all its citizens and deliver the opportunities they deserve. Some have called that the "Indian Spring."
Because, as the protesters understood, India will rise or fall with its women. Its had a tradition of strong women leaders, but those women leaders like women leaders around the world like those who become presidents or prime ministers or foreign ministers or heads of corporations cannot be seen as tokens that give everyone else in society the chance to say we've taken care of our women. So any country that wants to rise economically and improve productivity needs to open the doors.
Latin America and the Caribbean have steadily increased women's participation in the labor market since the 1990s, they now account for more than half of all workers. The World Bank estimates that extreme poverty in the region has decreased by 30 percent as a result.
Here in the United States, American women went from holding 37 percent of all jobs forty years ago to nearly 48 percent today. And the productivity gains attributable to this increase account for more than $3.5 trillion in GDP growth over those four decades. Similarly, fast-growing Asian economies could boost their per capita incomes by as much as 14 percent by 2020 if they brought more women into the workforce.
Laws and traditions that hold back women, hold back entire societies, creating more opportunities for women and girls will grow economies and spread prosperity. When I first began talking about this using rape data from the World Bank and private sector analyses there were doubters who couldn't quite put the pieces together. But that debate is over. Opening the doors to one's economy for woman will make a difference.
Now, I want to conclude where I began, with the unfinished business we face here at home. The challenges and opportunities I've outlined today are not just for the people of the developing world. America must face this too if we want to continue leading the world.
Traveling the globe these last four years reaffirmed and deepened my pride in our country and the ideals we represent. But it also challenged me to think about who we are and the values we are supposed to be living here at home in order to represent abroad After all, our global leadership for peace and prosperity, for freedom and equality, is not a birthright. It must be earned by every generation.
And yes, we now have American women at high levels of business, academia, and government—you name it. But, as we've seen in recent months, we're still asking age-old questions about how to make women's way in male-dominated fields, how to balance the demands of work and family. The Economist magazine recently published what it called a "glass-ceiling index" ranking countries based on factors like opportunities for women in the workplace and equal pay. The United States was not even in the top 10. Worse, recent studies have found that, on average, women live shorter lives in America than in any other major industrialized country.
Think about it for a minute. We are the richest and most powerful country in the world. Yet many American women today are living shorter lives than their mothers, especially those with the least education. That is a historic reversal that rivals the decline in life expectancy for Russian men after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
Now there is no single explanation for why this is happening. Prescription drug overdoses have spiked: obesity, smoking, lack of health insurance, intractable poverty. But the fact is that for too many American women, opportunity and the dream of upward mobility—the American Dream— remains elusive.
That's not the way it's supposed to be. I think of the extraordinary sacrifices my mother made to survive her own difficult childhood, to give me not only life, but opportunity along with love and inspiration. And I'm very proud of my own daughter and I look at all these young women I'm privileged to work with or know through Chelsea and it's hard to imagine turning the clock back on them. But in places throughout America large and small the clock is turning back. [pullquote]So, we have work to do. Renewing America's vitality at home and strengthening our leadership abroad will take the energy and talents of all our people, women and men.[/pullquote]
So, we have work to do. Renewing America's vitality at home and strengthening our leadership abroad will take the energy and talents of all our people, women and men.
If America is going to lead, we need to learn from the women of the world who have blazed new paths and developed new solutions, on everything from economic development to education to environmental protection.
If America is going to lead, we need to catch up with so much of the rest of the world and finally ratify the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Discrimination Against Women.
If America is going to lead, we need to stand by the women of Afghanistan after our combat troops come home, we need to speak up for all the women working to realize the promise of the Arab Spring, and do more to save the lives of the hundreds of thousands of mothers who die every year during childbirth from preventable causes and so much more.
But that's not all.
Because if America is going to lead we expect ourselves to lead, we need to empower women here at home to participate fully in our economy and our society, we need to make equal pay a reality, we need to extending family and medical leave benefits to more workers and make them paid, we need to encourage more women and girls to pursue careers in math and science. [pullquote]Lets keep fighting for opportunity and dignity, let's keep fighting for freedom and equality, let's keep fighting for full participation.[/pullquote]
We need to invest in our people so they can live up to their own God-given potential.
That's how America will lead in the world.
So let's learn from the wisdom of every mother and father all over the world who teaches their daughters that there is no limit on how big she can dream and how much she can achieve.
This truly is the unfinished business of the 21st century. And It is the work we are all called to do. I look forward to being your partner in all the days and years ahead. Lets keep fighting for opportunity and dignity, let's keep fighting for freedom and equality, let's keep fighting for full participation. And let's keep telling the world over and over again that yes, women's rights are human rights and human rights are women's rights once and for all.


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Ford Announces New Vehicle Recall
July 9, 2014 | By Dave Abels
In 2014, auto makers have recalled more vehicles than in any previous year. On Tuesday, the record grew a little larger as Ford announced a recall of about 100,000 vehicles.
The recall involves two separate issues with the larger of the two being an axle problem that may prevent a car from starting. In other cases, the faulty axle can cause a running vehicle to shift from drive into neutral. Parked vehicles can begin to roll if the parking break is not engaged. The 92,000 affected vehicles include model years 2012, 2013, and 2014 of the Ford Taurus, Flex, Edge, and Interceptor. About 200 Ford Fiestas from model year 2014 were recalled for a gas tank problem that could result in a potential leak, posing a threat to safety and a fire hazard.
Owners of the affected vehicles will be informed by Ford officials about the recall procedures including the steps to take to have the problems addressed and repaired.
Consumers have been faced with recalls totaling in excess of 32 million vehicles. Of those, General Motors has recalled 25.7 million and Ford approximately 3 million. So many vehicles have been recalled this year that a new annual record was set in June, just six months into the 2014 year. The prior record of 30.8 million recalled cars was set in 2004.
Defects in the design of cars that lead to safety threats have been responsible for thousands of accidents over the years. Some of these car crashes are minor and fortunately resulted in no injures, but in many cases, the drivers and passengers involved have been hurt or even killed.
When faulty design is responsible for injuries, the laws in Illinois may enable the victims of the crashes to seek relief. Speaking with a lawyer who represents car accident victims may help you understand your legal options, including whether you have a valid claim. Relief may entitled you to compensation for your injuries, pain and suffering, lost wages, and medical bills among any other damages you received. In the event that your loved one was killed, the right to seek a recovery may belong to the victim's surviving family members.
Posted in: Safety Defects
Updated: September 30, 2016 3:07 pm
Defective Toyota leads to lawsuit following Chicago car accident
February 9, 2010 | By Dave Abels
A 23-year-old St. Charles resident has filed a lawsuit claiming his defective Toyota led to aChicago car accident after the gas pedal stuck open on a rented 2010 Corolla, the Chicago Breaking News Center reported. The defective vehicle claim follows a series of massive recalls by Toyota for floor mats that interfere with the gas pedal and sticking gas pedals. I software issue has also been reported on new Prius models, which can reportedly cause a delay in braking. Repairs have begun on some of the millions of impacted vehicles, the Sun-Times reported. The lawsuit, the first of its kind filed in Cook County in connection with the Toyota recalls, seeks in excess of $50,000 in damages for the Dec. 26 crash. The claim reports that the man rended the car from a Chicago-area Hertz and crashed into another car at 7th and West Main streets in St. Charles. The suit blames the Chicago car accident on a defective Toyota, claiming the driver and a passenger were injured in the crash after the gas pedal stuck and he was unable to stop the vehicle. The Chicago personal injury lawsuit also claims Hertz was negligent for renting the vehicle after the recall.
Posted in: Car Accident and Safety Defects

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A man and a woman were dating.
the freeway, she remarked about his slow driving habits.
you drive, I"ll remove one piece of clothing.
free but alas he was stuck.
anything to cover myself with!" she replied.
"You'll have to put this between your legs to cover it up,"
I can't pull him out!"
replies: "Ma'am, if he's in that far, I'm afraid he'a a goner!"
Flowers! I love flowers! I love them for their colours.
in Claude Monet's gardens and a few of his beautiful paintings.
flowers, you can visit their sites listed below.
not difficult to see where Monet got his inspiration from.
Pure black is rarely used by the impressionist painters. Monet obtained an appearence of black by combining several colors : blues, greens and reds. He eliminated almost completely black from his painting, even in the shadows. In the Red Boats, Argenteuil, shadows are purple.
Avoiding black was so deeply anchored in Monet's manner that when he died, his friend Georges Clemenceau would not stand the black sheet covering the coffin. He exclaimed : "No ! No black for Monet !" and replaced it by a flowered material.
rich or poor? Or even being happy or sad?
interesting how one looks at life and situations.
Do we sweat the small stuff?
being short-changed. You would be amazed.
to do that as at twenty-nine, he passed away yesterday.
two days and didn't regain consciousness.
betterment or comfort of another.
to be our last. Live life like there's no tomorrow.
Such a beautiful and moving piece.
hospital. One nurse took her copy to Ireland.
within . . we will all, one day, be there, too!
Watched this 1993 movie "Groundhog Day" on TV over the weekend. This is an inspiring story. It's about a weather man played by Bill Murray being reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting "rat" (as he calls it).
This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the 'following' day he discovers that it's Groundhog Day again, and again, and again which means he wakes up every morning at six, awakened by the same radio alarm playing the same song.
place, seeing the same people do the same thing EVERY day.
in the process improving their relationship.
superbly surprising his lady love.
you're stuck with living the same day over and over again.
What would you do? How would you live it?
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 359 people have been hanged since 1970. Many of them trafficked in drugs, some of them like notorious bomoh Mona Fandey were involved in murders and a number committed firearms robberies.
Malaysia is one of 76 countries in the world where the death penalty is still part of the law-and-order regime.
Lee Sum Wan: Hello can I speak to Annie Wan?
Mr Sori: Yes u could speak to me.
Mr Sori: You are talking to someone! Who is this?
Lee Sum Wan: I'm Sum Wan. And I need to talk to Annie Wan!
Mr Sori: I know u are someone and u want to talk to anyone!
But what's this urgent matter about?
sent to the hospital. Right now Avery Wan is going to the hospital.
find this hilarious but I don't have time for this!!!
I don't care, give me your name!
Mr Sori: Look lady, I told you already I'm Sori! I'm Sori!!
I'm SORI!!! you didn't even give me your name!
Lee Sum Wan: I told u before I'm Sum Wan! Sum Wan!!!
a very big position in the company. He is Noe Buddy.
holding an important position in the company.
Avery Buddy doesn't work there.
everybody and I also know that not everybody works here! Jeez!!!
sent to the hospital. But everyone is going to the hospital anyways.
Sensei MM, this one's for you.
Fun for everyone, but especially the lovers of the English language!
other two-letter word, and that is "UP."
of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
secretary to write UP a report?
kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
earth. When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
so............. Time to shut UP.....!
had not finished her paper yet.
mind because there were so many."
we take for granted are truly wondrous!
by hand or bought by man.
I'd post some trivia about her for your reading pleasure.
LOS ANGELES, March 5 — In a stunning twist, the motion picture academy turned its back on "Brokeback Mountain" and its unflinching gay love story Sunday night, awarding the Oscar for best picture to "Crash," a moody kaleidoscope of racial confrontation in Los Angeles in which every character is at once sympathetic and repulsive.
"Brokeback Mountain," which had taken nearly every major best-picture prize in the run-up to the Oscars, won the awards for its director, Ang Lee, and for best score and adapted screenplay.
"Crash" also won the Oscars for best original screenplay, for its writers, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, and for the film's editor, Hughes Winborne.
Philip Seymour Hoffman was named best actor for inhabiting the role of Truman Capote and Reese Witherspoon won best actress for her steely, charming turn as June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line."
And Rachel Weisz was named best supporting actress for her performance in "The Constant Gardener"
Philip Seymour Hoffman earned a best actor Oscar for playing Truman Capote in "Capote." Mr. Hoffman thanked his mother for having raised four children on her own.
With the first award of the night, George Clooney was a winner for best supporting actor for "Syriana." Mr. Clooney was the first person to be nominated for acting and directing awards for two different films in the same year.
Ben Stiller, in green suit, presented an Oscar to the visual effects team from "King Kong," which won three technical awards.
Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, the producers of "Crash," accepting the award for best picture.
How the Professionals "Do it"


The meeting was held within the framework of the official visit of President of Abkhazia Raul Khajimba to the Syrian Arab Republic.
Sukhum. 6 September. Apsnypress. President of the Republic of Abkhazia Raul Khajimba met with Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria Hammoud al-Sabag during his official visit to the Syrian Arab Republic.
"We highly appreciate your historic visit to Syria. This is the result of the step taken to recognize the two republics which also has historical significance.
Today the whole world and, in particular, the Syrian people are watching you. The meeting with the Syrian President reflected mutual support and good relations between the leadership and the peoples of our countries.
I'm sure you know in detail what Syria had to experience. Plots against Syria were defeated by resilience of the Syrian people, the heroic deeds of the Syrian army, all who died defending their land, and the wise leadership of our President. We also do not forget the support provided by friendly countries, strategic partners led by the Russian Federation, faithful numerous friends that you are.
Our colleagues who visited Abkhazia during the celebration of the Victory Day are here. They returned from Abkhazia with a lot of pleasant impressions. We are looking forward to meeting with Abkhaz colleagues. "
"These events are very important for our country. Establishment of diplomatic relations has given us an opportunity to continue the dialogue. The Treaty which was signed after the meeting with President of Syria gives a new impetus to the development of our interaction.
The ties between Syria and Abkhazia have a long history. The modern world requires more active interaction.
Our Adyghe brothers, Abkhazians live in Syria . We are proud that they stood next to the leadership of Syria to help the country to survive.
We are sincerely grateful to our Syrian friends who came to Abkhazia to see our country. I am confident that the Abkhaz and Syrian colleagues will work actively to ensure our relations be strong and developed for the benefit of our peoples. "


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L'église Saint-Christophe est l'édifice religieux catholique principal de la ville de Hannut, en province de Liège (Belgique). Datant du  dans ses parties anciennes, l'église paroissiale est connue aujourd'hui comme centre important de pèlerinage à saint Christophe.

Histoire
Le plus ancien document mentionnant l'église d'Hannut date de 1331. Il est intéressant de noter qu'elle est déjà dédiée à saint Christophe. Les soubassements de l'église datent de l'époque romane. Le corps de l'église date du  et le sanctuaire du . Le clocher est à l'origine une tour carrée de défense médiévale qui fut surélevée au . Rebâti en 1773 il donne à l'église son aspect vigoureusement trapu. L'intérieur de l'église a été restauré à la fin du  par l'architecte gantois Auguste Van Assche.

Ce qui attire l'attention, dans la nef droite de l'église, c'est une statue de grande dimension de saint Christophe. Haute de près de quatre mètres et taillée dans un tronc de chêne, elle date du  et est une des plus anciennes statues du saint en Belgique. Dans la main droite saint Christophe tient son bâton. Il porte l'Enfant-Jésus sur l'épaule gauche, lui-même tenant un livre dans une main et dans l'autre, le globe terrestre.

Culte à saint Christophe
Le culte de saint Christophe (le 'Porte-Christ') basé sur sa légende est fort présent en Europe occidentale, bien qu'il soit d'origine orientale. On l'invoque pour se protéger d'une mort subite (lors de calamités naturelles) ou accidentelle. Au  la grande statue du saint se trouve déjà dans l'église de Hannut qui lui est d'ailleurs consacrée.  Il est le saint patron des voyageurs.

La statue connait quelques déménagements successifs au sein de l'église pour aboutir dans une chapelle annexe en 1878.

Au début du  le culte à saint Christophe a un regain de ferveur avec la popularisation des 'automobiles' et la multiplication des voyages. En 1923 pour la première fois un pèlerinage pour automobilistes est organisé. Patron des voyageurs saint Christophe devient par extension le saint patron des automobilistes. Chaque année, le premier dimanche du mois d'août un pèlerinage est organisé.

Organisé par la 'Confrérie nationale Saint-Christophe' la cérémonie de bénédiction des véhicules a lieu le premier dimanche du mois d'août. Après la messe un cortège de véhicules, autos, camions autant que tracteurs, motos et vélos, précédés des pompiers et ambulanciers, parcourt la ville. Lors de leur passage devant l'église Saint-Christophe ils sont bénis par le prêtre et placés sous la protection de saint Christophe.  C'est également l'occasion d'acheter et de placer dans la voiture le badge protecteur portant l'effigie de saint Christophe.

Patrimoine
La grande statue de saint Christophe, patron de la paroisse, date du . Elle est au centre de toute l'histoire de l'église.
 Le sanctuaire, de style gothique, est classé.
Le maître-autel, en bois polychrome est rehaussé d'un retable avec six portraits de saints et deux anges adorateurs.
La chaire de vérité date de 1688.

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Le guide des pèlerinages de Belgique, Bruxelles, Éd. de l'Octogone, 1994, .

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Bénédicte Dewez et Flavio Di Campli: L'église Saint-Christophe de Hannut, Hannut, Confrérie St-Christophe, 1998.

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Stacey Abrams on the Power of Storytelling and Showing Up – SXSW 2021 Keynote [Video]
April 22, 2021 Jordan Roberts
On the heels of an unprecedented voter turnout and historic win in Georgia during the 2020/2021 U.S. elections, multihyphenate Stacey Abrams – author, entrepreneur, leader of the Fair Fight Get Out the Vote movement, and 2021 nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize – joined award-winning science fiction novelist N.K. Jemisin for a Keynote conversation during SXSW Online 2021.
Kicking it off author to author, Abrams and Jemisin discussed storytelling and the writing hurdles Abrams maneuvered before entering politics. Abrams' first rule when faced with a roadblock is to find a new way no matter what: "It may not work out the way you intend but that doesn't relieve you of the responsibility." Beyond the pages of her many bestselling novels, it is clear Abrams applies this rule to all aspects of her life as an entrepreneur and political leader.
"Politics is about self-preservation and it's about creating the world that you want to see."
N.K. Jemisin touched on another form of storytelling: politics. Dissecting the political power of storytelling, Abrams shared how positioning the community – and the voter – in the narrative is key in connecting on public policy issues and gaining greater participation in civic engagement.
"By centering those communities…we create space for other people to tell better stories by going to the polls, by being involved, by being civically engaged."
As the founder of multiple organizations like Fair Fight and Fair Count, Abrams' fight for marginalized voices and against voter rights suppression proves there is power in investing in communities. In 2020, Abrams worked to engage the single highest number of communities of color as active Georgia voters in the state's history and subsequently deliver the state's first Jewish senator, first Black senator, and first Democratic candidate for president in 28 years. "We did it by telling them a story about their power," said Abrams of the Georgia voters. "If they want to be free from COVID, if they want access to voting rights, if they want criminal justice reform that's real, if they want policing reform – these are the things they need to do. They need to show up to vote, they need to make a plan, and bring their families. They listened."
"It's about the act of choosing. It's about the power to decide what my future looks like."
Engagement is where it begins but it doesn't stop there. Abrams noted that part of the responsibility is "to not just tell a chapter of the story but to come back and tell people what happens next." To every voter and anyone thinking of running for office, Abrams addressed that "our responsibility is to ensure the foundation of participation…we can fix the world if enough of us who want the world to be actually show up and demand that it be so."
Build out your summer reading list with Abrams' latest bestselling book, Our Time is Now, as well as the May 11 release of While Justice Sleeps. Then unofficially join in on the Abrams' family book club with their N.K. Jemisin selections including the Broken Earth trilogy and most recent bestseller, The City That Became.
Watch more videos from SXSW Online 2021 on our YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and SXSW News.
Stay tuned for 2022 PanelPicker®, Film Festival submissions, Music Festival applications, and other participation opportunities opening this summer.
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Offshore: Forecast Revised Upwards
Offshore wind energy has made a triumphant advance in recent years. And it has only just begun, as various new analyses show. Even the COVID-19 pandemic will not change this. Quite the contrary...
The offshore expansion will continue to gain speed in the coming years (Image: Pixabay)
Offshore wind is still considered a relatively new industry, but its triumphal march is already impressive. According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), 6.1 gigawatt of new capacity was installed last year alone. And despite COVID-19 and the difficulties it brings, the figure is likely to be even higher at the end of this year: GWEC currently expects 6.6 gigawatt of growth.
And in the next ten years the expansion will gain even more momentum. With one major exception, offshore wind energy is still in the starting blocks, especially in the Asian and American regions. But China remains number one in new installations for the second year in a row, with a record 2.4 GW installed last year, followed by the UK with 1.8 GW and Germany with 1.1 GW. No wonder that the forecast for 2030 in this year's GWEC offshore report had to be revised upwards again: At the moment, everything points to an expansion of over 234 GW by 2030.
Political ambitions, falling technology costs and international commitments to decarbonisation are contributing to the fact that more and more countries worldwide are turning to offshore wind energy. The pandemic has even improved their prospects, as, particularly in Europe, renewables have proven in recent months that they are generating electricity reliably and crisis-proof.
GWEC CEO, Ben Backwell, says: "Offshore wind is truly going global, as governments around the world recognise the role that the technology can play in kickstarting post-COVID economic recovery through large-scale investment, creating jobs and bringing economic development to coastal communities. Over the coming decade we will see emerging offshore markets like Japan, Korea and Vietnam move to full deployment, and see the first offshore turbines installed in a number of new countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa."
The continuing development of floating installations will also help to attract more countries to the scene. In the U.S. the potential market is thus expanding to areas off California. The U.S. government could earn $1.7 billion by issuing new leasehold licenses for 28 gigawatt there - by 2022 alone, according to an analysis by Wood Mackenzie.
Erik Milito, president of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), says: "American offshore wind is a generational opportunity. Infrastructure spending, energy security, and shovel-ready jobs with good wages will be unleashed. Importantly, offshore wind development will support jobs throughout the entire U.S. The same shipbuilders, heavy lift vessel operators, steel fabricators and countless other companies who built the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas sector stand ready to lend their expertise to the American offshore wind industry."
The production of green hydrogen will cause another boom in the offshore wind industry, the experts predict (Image: Pixabay).
Other new technologies such as Power-to-X for the promotion of green hydrogen are also expected. The German government has just announced an ambitious project to promote hydrogen production from renewable energies. First projects like the 'Reallabor Westküste 100' (Real Laboratory West Coast 100) are already underway - supported by the offshore industry.
Volker Malmen, Managing Director of the world's largest offshore project developer Ørsted: "We are very pleased with this positive decision. This project is unique because it uses offshore wind power for large-scale hydrogen production. Only offshore wind can provide such a reliable renewable source of green power for the electrolysis. This requires that the expansion of renewables and offshore wind power is balanced with the increased demand for hydrogen production. We believe that renewable hydrogen is key to decarbonize industrial sectors. The Westküste 100 project is a cornerstone in our efforts to lead the way in renewable hydrogen as we are doing in offshore wind, to create a world that runs entirely on green energy."
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By the end of the decade, cumulative global wind power capacity is projected to hit over 1,756 gigawatts (GW).
Global energy storage market to triple in 2021
Xu Le, senior research analyst from Wood Mackenzie, said: "The US and China will dominate the global storage market, together commanding over 70% of total global installed capacity through 2030."
Wood Mackenzie: Sweden's steel production could become green
The country boasts Europe's largest iron ore reserves and excellent renewable energy resources – two primary prerequisites for the production of green hydrogen and decarbonised crude steel.
RWE and Northland Power reveil plans for German offshore wind cluster
RWE and Northland Power have joined forces to co-develop a 1.3 gigawatts cluster of offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.


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Bromham and Rowde Halt was the railway station serving Bromham and Rowde in Wiltshire, England between 1909 and 1966. The station was a stop on the Devizes Branch Line, between Seend and Devizes.

The single-platform halt was at Sells Green in the north-east of Seend parish, close to the Devizes–Melksham road. It handled vegetables grown in the Bromham area, as well as milk.

After the completion of the Devizes line in 1858, the junction at Holt allowed the fastest route from London to the West Country. However, the Devizes line lost to competition and returned to a branch line in 1900.

Closure
Bromham and Rowde suffered from reduced traffic after the completion of the Patney and Chirton-Westbury line, that by-passed the Devizes Branch Line to shorten the London to Bristol journey by five miles. As a result, Bromham and Rowde later lost its stationmaster in 1952.

The line and the halt were closed in 1966 under the Beeching cuts and the station was demolished in 1970.

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Disused railway stations in Wiltshire
Former Great Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1909
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966
Beeching closures in England


We often fail to take the scientists at their word.
They meant for their "En-LIGHT-enment" project to be taken literally.
They had a determination to turn the full light of scientific curiosity upon that childhood darkness that lies at the top of all of Humanity's stairs, because they were certain to the point of certitude -They Had Faith - that it would turn out to be more simple, more regular and more benign than our dirty,cluttered day-to-day visible world.
Our fears of these dark unknown areas they dismissed as superstitions promoted by priests.
So between 1895-1945, we got ever more powerful searchlights that probed the skies above us or the seabed deep beneath submersibles.
In wartime, they served to coned Allied bombers high in the air or to Leigh-ted up U-boats lying low on the surface of the sea.
Bigger and bigger telescope lens or mirrors gathered up more light and concentrated it, letting us see further and further in Space and further and further back in Time.
With newer microscopes, we added ever sharper lights to ever more powerful lens, to clearly see Brownian motions and thus see the motion of molecules.
But ultimately there is a limit to the sharpness of visible light, so we expanded into X-Rays (circa 1895) to peer into bodies, metals and crystals and molecules and then Radar (circa 1945) to see into clouds and darkness and finally to bounce off of the Moon itself.
We developed flash photography, in ever shorter, sharper bursts so we could clearly photograph a speeding bullet stopped in mid-flight.
and to show us viruses and even atoms for the first time.
If an atom buster ray can be thought of as a form of light, it too revealed much that was new - in particular the world of sub-atomic particles, indirectly visible as con tails in cloud chambers or revealed on exposed film.
New radio telescopes (circa 1931) listened to waves of information coming into us from the darkness of the universe - as did cosmic ray detectors.
All of this before 1945, Auschwitz, Hiroshima, et al.
The Enlightenment didn't die or fail - it succeeded only too well in revealing what lies in those areas of Reality beyond our normal ken - but it was totally wrong in assuming that they would be simple,regular and benign.
Perhaps Adorno and Horkheimer wrote their famous little mimeographed book a little too early.
and proclaim, "Snorkers, Good Oh !"
Taken from a photo of all the 167 original members of the No 7 Canadian Stationary Hospital (Dalhousie University) taken in front of the original Dal building (aka The Forrest Building) ,now Dal Dental School, in December 1916 before heading overseas.


If you are getting paranoid that the latest Resident Evil CG animated film, Vendetta, will be meant only for our Japanese friends' eyes, you will be happy to know that a new trailer has been released, along with confirmation from Fathom films will be coming to the West in on June 19.
Resident Evil: Vendetta is the third in the line of the CG-animated Resident Evil films, which unlike the Milla Jovovich-driven live action films, are more closely inspired by Capcom's long-running line of survival horror and action horror games. Resident Evil: Vendetta will be shown at theaters across the US on June 19, and will have special airings that include behind the scenes footages and a special introduction that features the cast. Moviegoers can choose from 7 PM and 10 PM (local time) showings.
The English-language cast of Resident Evil: Vendetta includes Matt Mercer as Leon S. Kennedy, Kevin Dorman as Chris Redfield, and Erin Cahill as Rebecca Chambers. The film was written by Makoto Fukami (Psycho Pass), directed by Takanori Tsujimoto (Bushido Man), and produced by Marza Animation Planet with executive producer Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge).
For more details and to purchase tickets, you can go directly to the Fathom Events website.


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Finian Cunningham, formerly based in Belfast is Global Research's Middle East and East Africa correspondent and a Featured Writer on Dandelion Salad. He can be reached at cunninghamfin@yahoo.com.
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ICNST 2019 is focused on the fascinating nano-world, mesoscopic physics, analysis with atomic resolution, nano and quantum-effect devices, nanomechanics and atomic-scale processes and so on. ICNST 2019 is aiming to convene experts around the world to present their research works and discuss the present hot topics in the field of nano science and technology. ICNST 2019 will be held every year to make it an ideal platform for people to share views and experiences in nano science and technology and related areas. ICNST 2019 sincerely welcome all the researcher, developers, engineers, professors, students, and practitioners working in Japan and abroad to attend this conference.


Generates an XML value based on an XQuery constructor.
Computed constructors as defined in the XQuery specification are not supported by the XMLGEN function.
When you execute a query that contains an XMLGEN function, data in BINARY, LONG BINARY, IMAGE, and VARBINARY columns is automatically returned in base64-encoded format.
Element content is always escaped unless the data type is XML. Illegal XML element and attribute names are also escaped.
For information about escaping and the XMLGEN function, see Invalid names and SQL/XML.
SQL/2008 Vendor extension. XMLGEN provides similar functionality to the SQL/2008 XMLDOCUMENT function.
The following example generates <emp>, <Surname>, <GivenName>, and <StartDate> elements for each employee.


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The key business trends that will define 2022
2021 has seen organisations undergo digital transformations and a continued push for sustainable practices. Paul Browne examines the triggers driving major transformation programmes in Irish organisations and outlines some trends we can expect in 2022.
Fuelled by digital transformation and a heightened focus on cybersecurity and data protection, 2021 has seen a significant increase in activity across the Irish business landscape.
Disruptive trends are driving structural changes in the way organisations operate. Over the course of the year, we have seen a range of triggers driving major transformation programmes in the Irish market, such as a major focus on sustainability, millennials accelerating the adoption of tech-enabled products and services, and the reskilling of employees to make organisations more agile.
As we close out 2021, we see several key trends emerging for 2022.
Sustainability as a transformation driver
Sustainability has evolved into a key priority for the technology profession. In recent months, we have seen sustainability emerge as the new driver of transformation, similar to digital, driven by the need to meet emerging challenges along with rising importance and visibility across society.
The sustainability landscape is complex with multitudes of standards and metrics, and the ecosystem is ever-evolving. Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions in particular will evolve to include sustainability reporting and ratings. For example, power consumption or percentage of renewables used.
Investors and capital markets now weigh environmental sustainability more heavily as part of ESG (environmental, social and governance) analysis of investment opportunities. Organisations must show how they are contributing positively to society and not just meeting financial performance metrics. KPIs will explicitly reference energy consumption, carbon output and climate ethical work practices. We expect that the phrase "verifiable claims" will be critical for executives in 2022 as they seek to deliver the transparency demanded by stakeholders. Initial conversations post-COP26 have highlighted the role for blockchain and its ability to provide immutable evidence across an end-to-end supply chain.
A renewed focus on business resilience
Organisations continue to struggle to protect themselves fully against the multitude of emerging cyber threats. Many of the world's biggest and most technologically advanced organisations have suffered cyber events. The reliance on third parties in the supply chain has been a particular challenge. Proactive and predictive supply chain management with technology at its core has emerged.
Organisations can no longer assume that users, systems, or services within the security perimeter can be trusted. Technology companies must embrace digital trust to develop consumer confidence and competitive advantage. They need to embed privacy and risk management into their products and offerings and ensure that integrity, transparency, and accountability are designed into their systems.
Organisations are taking a proactive approach and continuously monitoring all system levels to react to threats effectively. They are planning and preparing for a breach, with many organisations now using cloud-hosted services to assist in reacting to a breach. It forms a vital part of their security defence within a comprehensive structure involving people, processes, and technology.
Cloud-supplied security offerings provide a cost-effective solution with a lower cost of entry. The 'pay per user' and 'pay as you go' cloud model offers full enterprise-level security to organisations that were previously priced out of the market. These offerings will continue to evolve, with artificial intelligence built into technology platforms rather than being provided as an add-on. For example, AIOps (artificial intelligence for IT operations) will be embedded into IT Operations to help reduce, simplify, optimise and automate a wide range of tasks and processes needed to deliver effective IT incident identification, management, and resolution.
Paul Browne is Director of Azure Cloud Engineering at EY.


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Once the Whistle's Blown - Then What?
Scott Schneider was a guest speaker at the NACUA's 2015 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. on July 1, 2015. His topic was "Once the Whistle's Blown - Then What?"


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mod checksum_module;
mod cipher_module;
mod hex_bytes;
mod kdf_module;

pub use checksum_module::{ChecksumModule, EmptyMap, Sha256Checksum};
pub use cipher_module::{Aes128Ctr, Cipher, CipherModule};
pub use hex_bytes::HexBytes;
pub use kdf_module::{EmptyString, Kdf, KdfModule, Pbkdf2, Prf, Scrypt};
pub use uuid::Uuid;

use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use serde_repr::*;

/// JSON representation of [EIP-2335](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2335) keystore.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
pub struct JsonKeystore {
    pub crypto: Crypto,
    pub uuid: Uuid,
    /// EIP-2335 does not declare this field as optional, but Prysm is omitting it so we must
    /// support it.
    pub path: Option<String>,
    pub pubkey: String,
    pub version: Version,
    pub description: Option<String>,
    /// Not part of EIP-2335, but `ethdo` and Prysm have adopted it anyway so we must support it.
    pub name: Option<String>,
}

/// Version for `JsonKeystore`.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize_repr, Deserialize_repr)]
#[repr(u8)]
pub enum Version {
    V4 = 4,
}

impl Version {
    pub fn four() -> Self {
        Version::V4
    }
}

/// Crypto module for keystore.
#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
pub struct Crypto {
    pub kdf: KdfModule,
    pub checksum: ChecksumModule,
    pub cipher: CipherModule,
}

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Bradley Stiles' path to becoming an acupuncturist started out as a skeptical patient. He went into treatment to find help for the chronic back pain that comes from his scoliosis. Surprised by the results, Brad decided to study acupuncture. He completed his Masters degree of Acupuncture in September 2016 at the Maryland University of Integrative Health. Brad has a clinical interest in sports medicine acupuncture and creating improvements in injury recovery, pain management, and the side benefits (instead of side effects) of acupuncture creating better overall health and well-being.
Brad is Certified in Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture and received his training under Virginia Doran. Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture uses acupuncture to reduce the impression of fine lines and wrinkles. Facial Acupuncture uses needles in certain areas to reduce the effects of sagging portions of the face including the jowls, cheeks, or eyebrows.
When Brad isn't working he enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife and twin girls, traveling to new and interesting places (with plans to visit Thailand and Peru soon!), and enjoys staying active by doing weightlifting, yoga, and running. He occasionally finds time to put together a star wars Lego set for fun.
Brad is ready to see patients with Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cigna and Aetna plans in Timonium.
We do not accept insurance at our Kent Island location.


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Bloomberg: Hide Your Gold
"...Dig a hole in the ground four feet deep, pack gold and silver in a piece of plastic PVC pipe, seal it, and bury it."
Becket Adams
A recession in the U.S., the eurozone crisis, protesters on Wall Street, the Arab Spring, etc.
With all of these dark portents of things to come, is it really surprising that one of the most discussed topics on Bloomberg this month was titled Hiding Gold in All the Unusual Places?
Bloomberg's Ben Steverman writes:
If you're looking for a safe place to put your investments, Chad Venzke has a suggestion: Dig a hole in the ground four feet deep, pack gold and silver in a piece of plastic PVC pipe, seal it, and bury it.
Venzke is hardly the only investor who wants his precious metals nearby at all times. A pound of gold worth about $24,000 can easily fit in a pocket; how to protect it is a decision that carries expensive consequences. Do-it-yourself investors who don't trust banks must find creative storage options, whether burying gold in the yard, submerging it in a koi pond, stashing it behind air-conditioning ducts, or placing it under carpets.
And there is more than just a general distrust of banks that would make an investor leery of entrusting their precious metals to anyone but themselves:
Indeed, as Venezuela is about to reclaim possession of its tons of gold from UK vaults, even as the Dutch central bank proudly admit to hiding its own gold in precisely the same venues that are no longer good enough even for Chavez, the topic of where one should hide their physical is rapidly becoming a very incendiary.
One thing is certain: among the hard-core "physical" community, the idea of storing it in the same banking system that would be insolvent once the fiat status quo collapses, is verboten anathema. So what are the options?
Bloomberg continues.
[T]here are growing piles of precious metals in, under, or near American homes. From mid-2010 to mid-2011, U.S. investors bought up more than 100 tonnes of physical gold coins and bars, up from 15.2 tonnes in 2007, according to the World Gold Council . . .
The notion of keeping one's gold in a safety deposit box—inside the banks many gold aficionados find so untrustworthy—is anathema to many gold bugs. Venzke, who predicts "runaway inflation" and a crisis leading to a "new form of currency within this decade," worries that the boxes won't be accessible if banks shut down in a crisis. "How are you supposed to get your stuff out of there?" he asks.
For those storing gold and silver in or around their home, the most immediate danger isn't a crisis or a dip in metal prices. It's theft. The FBI, which tallies the theft of precious metals and jewelry in one category, says $1.6 billion was stolen in 2010, up 51 percent from 2005. Just 4.2 percent of the lost loot was recovered last year.
Metal detectors are a big worry. Basic detectors can find metal on the surface or in the first 12 inches to 14 inches below ground, depending on soil conditions, says Louis Mahnken Jr., a sales representative for Kellyco Metal Detectors in Winter Springs, Fla. That's why Venzke advises burying it at least four feet deep. There are online debates about the best way to frustrate such thieves, including using scrap metal as decoys or hiding metal by covering it underground with asbestos or mirrors.
Metal owners also use the "hiding in plain sight" maneuver. According to dealers, some customers buy 100-oz. silver bars, paint them black, and use them as doorstops. That's foolish, says Steven Ellsworth, a coin dealer in Clifton, Va., who teaches security classes for the American Numismatic Assn.
Safes can certainly deter thieves. Yet an inexpensive fire safe may be exactly the wrong place to put your valuables. Richard Krasilovsky, president of Empire Safe, calls such safes "handy carrying cases for burglars." A fire safe is designed to protect papers from fire, not from intruders, says Ryan Smith, a senior product manager at SentrySafe. "It wouldn't be wise to put any more than $20,000 of valuables in our products," he says.
Yet, writes Zero Hedge, as many of the more pragmatic survivalists have pointed out, in a game of rock, gold or lead, it is the latter that usually wins:
[W]hether gold is buried, put in a safe, or hidden under your bed, there's nothing to stop a determined person with a gun from making you show them where you put it. That's why it's important no one ever know you have gold in the first place. Krasilovsky's company will deliver safes in the middle of the night, installing them where no one, including a contractor, is likely to stumble across them.
"People have to be extraordinarily secretive," Krasilovsky says. This secrecy keeps away not only thieves but also prying relatives and the tax man. "One of the benefits of owning precious metals is nobody knows you own it," Venzke says. "It's the most private investment you can make."
Practical advice or worrying too much? Recent trends seem to lean in favor of the former rather than the latter.


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VANCOUVER, Canada, March 20, 2018, Sonoro Metals Corp., ("Sonoro") (TSXV: SMO) (OTCQB: SMOFF), announces that its Mexican subsidiary, Minera Mar De Plata, SA de C.V. has executed a formal option agreement (the "Rosario Option Agreement") with a resident of Tucson, Arizona (the "Vendor"), to acquire a 100% interest in the 403.5 hectare Rosario group of concessions ("Rosario") on the terms initially disclosed in a news release dated March 5, 2018. Rosario is located contiguous to the recently-acquired Cerro Caliche concessions in the prolific Cucurpe Sonora Mega-district of Sonora, Mexico. The option agreement increases the land holdings under option to Sonoro in this important gold mining district to 1,455 hectares.
Forward-Looking Statement Cautions: This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation, relating to, among other things, the Company's plans for the acquisition of the above-described Rosario Group of Concessions, located in the municipality of Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico, and the Company's future exploration plans for those properties. Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable based on current circumstances, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts; they are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates," "projects," "aims," "potential," "goal," "objective," "prospective," and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will," "would," "may," "can," "could" or "should" occur, or are those statements, which, by their nature, refer to future events. The Company cautions that forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company's management on the date the statements are made and they involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the possibility of unfavourable interim exploration results, the lack of sufficient future financing to carry out exploration plans, and unanticipated changes in the legal, regulatory and permitting requirements for the Company's exploration programs. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law or the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange. Readers are encouraged to review the Company's complete public disclosure record on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.


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Optical properties of hybrid organic/inorganic nano-particles for photovoltaic applications: toward a predictive computational approach
Hopes for a new generation of photovoltaic technology (PV) which may overcome the limitations of the present semiconductor-based technology are based on organic materials, due to their light weight and broad absorption spectrum. In this respect, a special role is played by hybrid organic/inorganic nano-particles. Typical hybrid PV (HPVs) are composite films of semiconductor nano-particles (quantum dots) coupled to organic cromophores active in the visible range. Despite the strong efforts to improve efficiency and stability of HPVs to outperform standard inorganic cells, at present no theoretical/computational approach, going beyond heuristic models, is available to reliably describe the optical excitation of HPVs. These complex systems are untractable by present computational tools due to the very different nature of light-matter interactions in the different segments, leading the respective optical excitations to cover very different length scales. This situation is particularly unsatisfactory as the optical properties of hybrid organic/inorganic nano-particles may find ground-breaking applications in other applied field, notably nano-medicine and biology. The goal of the present proposal is to build the theoretical/computational background for a quantitative modeling of the light response of HPV. The specific objectives are i) a methodological advancement in HPV description, namely, the development of a genuine multi-scale computational method, based on a 'hybrid' Configuration Interaction approach, suited to deal with nano-hybrid systems; the new method should be able to describe excitations unique to, and delocalized over, the hybrid system in a nearly parameter-free approach, comparable to standard quantum-chemistry approaches which would not be applicable in this case; ii) the application of the new scheme to selected proto-typical systems of interest for HPV, and the conceptualization of the microscopic mechanisms of their optical properties.
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Final Report Summary - HY-SUNLIGHT (Optical properties of hybrid organic / inorganic nanoparticles for photovoltaic applications: toward a predictive computational approach)
Photovoltaic (PV) sets itself as a key technology to fight climate change and enhance supply of electricity, particularly where grid access is not permitted/too costly. Spreading of present PV based on semiconductor solar cells, however, is hindered by their high cost and high weight. Hopes for a new PV generation are currently based on organic materials for their light weight and broad absorption spectrum, with a potential for disruptive pricing and new products, such as building integrated PVs.
In this respect, fascinating perspectives are provided by exploiting hybrid organic / inorganic nanoparticles as the light-absorbing active layer. Typical hybrid PV (HPVs) are composite films of semiconductor nanoparticles (also called quantum dots) coupled to organic cromophores or polymers active in the visible range. Simulating the optical properties of these systems by present computational tools, however, is an extremely challenging task. On the one hand, this is due to the need to treat on a pure quantum level the very large molecular systems involved. On the other hand, the very different nature of light-matter interactions in the different segments of the HPV material, makes the optical response of HPVs not just the sum the constituents' responses, and much more difficult to describe theoretically.
This project moved decisive steps toward the development of the theoretical background and implementation of computational methodologies for the quantitative description of the electronic and optical properties of hybrid systems with PV applications. We focused our attention on ab-initio modelling, i.e. atom-by-atom fully quantum description of dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs), which are being intensively investigated due to their competitive efficiency transforming solar energy into electricity. These are multi-scale systems with three components: an organic or inorganic dye-molecule that defines the optically active medium, whose optical absorption should overlap as much as possible to the solar radiation spectrum, a semiconductor nanoparticle, often made from titanium dioxide, where photo-excited electrons should rapidly be injected and transported to the anode, and the electrolyte solution containing a redox couple to reduce efficiently the oxidised chromophore.
In a step-by-step strategy toward this goal, we have first developed the computational tools to investigate the optical properties of isolated dye molecules by accurate ab initio methods. Then, we have set the theoretical / computational background to model the hybrid system, that is, the dye molecule close to the nanoparticle and embedded in a solvent (electrolyte) solution, and demonstrated the new scheme with a prototype system.
Of the many possible molecular compounds for PVs, the best performance are typically shown by ruthenium complexes. We successfully completed the first ever ab initio calculation of the optical absorption of a ruthenium dyes (a molecule known as black dye) in gas phase, employing a method known as configuration interaction, which allows to take into account accurately the instantaneous interactions between the many electrons of the molecule. Previous studies were limited to so-called mean-field methods, where electrons are treated as an average electrostatic field, an approximation which may typically lead to strong overestimate, e.g. of the optical gap, the threshold frequency for light absorption. For this goal to be achieved, it has been necessary to first compare several ab initio quantum-chemistry software, and assess their performance in terms of memory requirements and scalability on massive parallel architectures. Final calculations have been performed exploiting the High Performance Computing facility at CINECA (see http://www.cineca.it online for further details), an HPC-Europe Tier-0 node, and required several tens of thousands of CPU hours to be completed. Our results allowed not only to demonstrate that the optical absorption of ruthenium complexes can be predicted on a fully quantum basis, but also to establish which of the many available approximate (and therefore computationally far less intensive) methods could be used, and with which confidence. This study will therefore constitute a benchmarking calculation for future works in this field.
The next step toward modelling optical properties of DSSCs has been to include the effect of a dielectric nanoparticle and of the solvent. This requires to take into account that electrons in the molecular dye interact differently from the well-known Coulomb law if they are immersed in a polarisable medium and / or are in the presence of a dielectric nanoparticle. This can be described by a so-called Green's function appropriate to the problem at hand, which has been implemented within the integral equation formalism method of the 'polarisable continuum model'. Here, the molecular system is embedded in an imaginary surface with an appropriate surface charge. The necessary numerical algorithms have been coded in a set of highly optimised Fortran 90 modules and implemented into GAMESS, one of the most popular and efficient software for quantum chemistry calculations.
We have applied this new methodology to study the optical and redox properties of the L0 organic sensitiser close to a titanium dioxide nanoparticle in a acetonitrile solution, the typical solvent used in DSSC. Our method allowed to calculate by ab initio methods the so-called oxidation potentials, the driving forces to separate the photo-generated charges and for dye regeneration, the key parameters for solar cells efficiency, as a function the distance of the molecular system to the surface of the nanoparticle and for different relative orientations of the dye and the nanoparticle.
Predicting these types of dependencies with quantitative accuracy are clearly crucial to design new HPVs, avoiding a costly trial-and-error process. The implemented model is general and can be applied to organic or inorganic dye-molecules, to simulate the spectral and electrochemical properties of such systems attached or closed to continuum mediums. This may clearly have a large impact in driving the choice for new molecular systems for HPV applications, but it may also find important use in nanomedicine and biology, where the optical properties of hybrid organic / inorganic nanoparticles may find ground-breaking applications.
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Electronic excitations of C-60 aggregates
Author(s): Montero-Alejo, A. L.,Menendez-Proupin, E.,Fuentes, M. E.,Delgado, A.,Montforts, F-P,Montero-Cabrera, L. A.,Garcia de la Vega, J. M.
Published in: ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY 2012
Permanent ID: doi:10.1039/c2cp41979c
Low-lying electronic excitations and optical absorption spectra of the black dye sensitizer: a first-principles study
Author(s): Delgado, Alain,Corni, Stefano,Goldoni, Guido
Published in: SPRINGER 2012
Permanent ID: doi:10.1007/s00214-012-1115-0
The absorption spectrum of C-60 in n-hexane solution revisited: Fitted experiment and TDDFT/PCM calculations
Author(s): Menendez-Proupin, E.,Delgado, Alain,Montero-Alejo, Ana L.,Garcia de la Vega, J. M.
Published in: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 2014
Permanent ID: doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2013.12.067
Modeling opto-electronic properties of a dye molecule in proximity of a semiconductor nanoparticle
Published in: AMER INST PHYSICS 2013
Permanent ID: doi:10.1063/1.4812680


India's one of the biggest Television Reality Show that is MTV Roadies Xtreme 2018 (MTV Roadies X6 2018) is already started.
Yes, today 25th February 2018 a New Fresh Episode is going to air on MTV Channel and it is going to very interesting one. Yes, the action continues in Delhi.
Tonight Delhi Audition Episode 2 of MTV Roadies Xtreme 2018 is going to air and there is some ugly fight takes place between one of the Gang Leader and Contestant.
After successful previous Renault Roadies Rising X5 Season coming with a new version.The New Season 16 of MTV Roadies was started from 18th February 2018.
The much-awaited MTV Roadies Xtreme 2018 Season is back and this time it is going to be the Power Packed and Hard-Hitting like never before.
Last Week we saw the Power Packed Delhi Auditions started the show of MTV Roadies Xtreme in Episode 1 and tonight the Delhi Audition Journey Continues.
During the course of the journey, there are vote outs, vote-ins, eliminations and game-changing twists. Eventually, the contestant who manages to survive vote outs and succeed in the final task is chosen as the winner. The show has enjoyed much success among the youth.
Prince Narula, Neha Dhupia, Nikhil Chinapa, and Rapper Raftaar named for the Judges or Gang Leaders of MTV Roadies Xtreme 2018. But the latest breaking news is that Rannvijay Singh is not a Gang leader this time yet he will play a vital role in this Season for MTV Roadies X6 2018.
MTV Roadies Xtreme 2018 airing timing is 7.00 PM IST and the show airs on MTV Channel on Every Sunday.
The MTV Roadies Xtreme Journey which started from Delhi city last week will continue from the same city tonight.
The concept for the Roadies Xtreme (X6) is different from all season.Yes, the Gang Leaders will select the pool of Roadies this time and not a single Roadie to his or her Gang.
Rannvijay Singh has some special powers in his hand and in the entire season also. He can completely change the game with his one decision.
Soon we will update all the selected contestant's names which started the Journey of MTV Roadies Xtreme 2018. Today 25th February 2018 Episode 2 Promo Video of Roadies X6 Delhi Audition Round 2 is just given below. Check out now.


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Q: Filling $\mathbb{R}^3$ with skew lines I would like to know if it is possible to fill $\mathbb{R}^3$ with lines with the
following two properties:
(1) Every point $x \in \mathbb{R}^3$ is contained in precisely one line.
(2) Every neighborhood of every point is pierced by lines whose directions fill out the
sphere of possible line orientations, in this sense:
For every point $x$ and every $\epsilon > 0$, the lines that pass through a point
in the ball $B_\epsilon(x)$ of radius $\epsilon$ centered on $x$ have the property
that, were they all translated to pass through the origin, the closure of the set of points that
constitutes their intersection with an origin-centered sphere $S$, fills out $S$ completely.
This image below is meant to suggest the idea:

I am sure there is a more concise way to phrase the second condition; apologies for my
ungainly formulation.  I want to be able to find every line orientation within a neighborhood of
every point.
Perhaps condition (2) is not possible to achieve
in conjunction with (1). But I don't see an argument.
Any ideas/insights/pointers would be appreciated—Thanks!

A: I have to give a lecture in a few minutes, so this will be just a quick sketch.  List, in a well-ordered sequence of length $\mathfrak c$ (the initial ordinal of cardinality continuum) the requirements that (1) some line passes through $x$ (one requirement for each $x\in\mathbb R^3$) and (2) some line passes through $B$ in direction $d$ (one requirement for each open ball $B$ and direction $d$).  Now go through the requirements, one at a time, and choose, for each one, a line fulfilling that requirement and disjoint from previously chosen lines.  (Exception: If you get to a requirement (1) and the relevant $x$ is on a previously chosen line, skip that requirement since it's already satisfied.)  I claim it's easy to check that you never get stuck, i.e., at any stage, the previously chosen, strictly fewer than $\mathfrak c$ lines, cannot block all the lines that would satisfy your current requirement.
Since this "construction" depends on well-ordering a set of the cardinality of the continuum, it will give a horrible decomposition of $\mathbb R^3$.  I don't see at the moment whether this can be done "nicely", for example with a Borel partition.

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I was wondering what code I must add to ,letts say, 'memberlist.php' so that only 1 (or multiple) usergroups can see that page and not everyone ?
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Keeping in sync with personal finances is not a cakewalk. You need to maintain a delicate balance so that the needs of your loved ones are satisfied and you have sufficient money left to take care of unplanned emergencies. This problem amplifies once you are married and are blessed with kids. So, here in this article, we will provide you with a checklist that will help you keep a tab on your budget.
Do you live on hand to mouth basis, or do you save proverbially for a rainy day? Do you like to take risks or are you the safe investor? Are you an impulse buyer or do you make the decision after much deliberations? Are you comfortably managing credit and does your credit score speak well of you? Before investing money in any area, these are the areas that you need to ponder upon.
Your individual outlook towards money will lay the foundation of your financial health, both now and once you are married or have a kid at home. If you have sorted all these financial matters with your spouse, it's great; otherwise, it's time to start doing it now.
Goals can be further divided into long-term or short-term goals – for example a job change, buying a home or car is a short term goal, but financing the education of your child or planning for retirement is a long term goal.
So, depending upon your present needs and desire, you can categorize your goals into short and long-term goals. It is important to review the goals together with your spouse on the ongoing basis. It will ensure that you are progressing as per plan.
A budget is nothing but a statement that categorically shows your income and expenses. There are several superior quality finance and budgeting apps available on the mobile app stores that help you to maintain financial discipline. These apps actually help you to keep track and manage your finances in a hassle- free way.
With a monthly budget planner, you can keep a track on the outflow and inflow of your expenses and income. Moreover, these apps are user-friendly, interactive, make it easy to store data, record inflows and outflows, enter the budget, and get an accurate picture of finances.
Before taking any big financial decisions, it is important to list out your expenses and revenues for the month. Note down your investments that include stock investment, investment in gold, in real estate sector, SIP, mutual funds, and so on. Also, make a note of income that comes from other sources, personal loans, credit card loan, etc. Decide where you want to invest and then make a strategy. Start your life together without any personal loans or credit card debt. If that is not the case, plan how to repay the debt jointly.
Earlier you used to have an individual asset and liability account. But now that you have settled together, we advise you to open a joint bank account. You can also get supplementary cards to manage and keep track of the expenses in a better way.
Once you have analyzed your expenses, it is important to keep aside 6-12 months of salary in your bank account to fulfill any contingency that arises. Where and when to invest is a separate question and it's a matter of personal choice- it could be in a separate saving account or building a mutual fund or creating a fixed deposit or even a liquid fund for that matter. The key is that the money should be available to you as and when required. The last thing that you want to do is to wait for a couple of days to get access to these funds.
After the initial phase of marriage, the reality dawns. Questions like who will protect us when we are old or if we are sick, trouble our mind. Well, there are several family floater health insurance policies that act as a protector policy or life insurance policies that you can take.
Check whether your respective parents are dependent upon you. Check whether they are covered under health insurance plan or not? As they grow old, the cost of medicines and treatment will shoot up, so make a provision for that. There are several senior citizen health insurance plan that are worth trying out (the premiums are high). If you start at a young age, your premiums are really low.
Expanding your family also means that you need to plan your income and expenses better. These points will definitely help you take a sound financial decision and provide well for the needs of your family members and dependents. You can try out a Personal Finance Manager App like Money View to help you with setting a budget and monitoring your finances.


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World's first 5G laptop hits the market: Meet the Lenovo Flex 5G
By Henry T. Casey
The $1,399 Lenovo Flex can stay connected all the time, while delivering 5G speeds where available
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Lenovo Flex 5G specs
CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx 5G
Graphics: Integrated Qualcomm Adreno 680 GPU
Display: 14-inch (1920x1080 pixels) touchscreen
Cellular modem: Foxconn T99W175 5G
SIM Card: Nano-SIM Card Verizon 5G
Materials: Aluminum, Magnesium
Ports: 2x USB-A, 1x Type-C, headphone jack, nano-SIM
The first 5G laptop is finally here — almost. The Lenovo Flex 5G, first announced in January at CES, is going on sale from Verizon starting this Thursday (June 18). Oh, and Lenovo claims the portable will last up to 24 hours on a single charge.
The $1,399 Lenovo Flex 5G runs on a 5G variation of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx chipset. This platform was first released in 2018 to help bring LTE to laptops, and other laptops running the 8cx chipset include the Samsung Galaxy Book S, which became available in January.
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That 5G connectivity appears to have been hard to pull off for Lenovo, at least in the Flex 5G's 2-in-1 form factor. In a press release, Lenovo noted that its engineers and designers had to shrink "the 5G antennas to fit into a slim chassis while enabling and maintaining 5G coverage regardless of how a user flips and folds the device into its laptop or tablet mode." The success, it turned out, came by a new patented 5G antenna system that supports both mmWave and Sub-6 GHz standards. Lenovo claims this is made possible by "the industry's smallest 5G module."
Expect to surf the world's 5G networks (where you can find them) with the Flex 5G (or the Yoga 5G as it's known outside of the U.S.). Lenovo has worked with EE in the UK, Sunrise in Switzerland and CMCC in China for international support.
The Lenovo Flex 5G is made of aluminum and magnesium, runs on a Snapdragon 8cx 5G processor with an integrated Qualcomm Adreno 680 GPU. The laptop features pretty ordinary specs, otherwise, with 8GB of memory and 256GB of storage, and 1080p 14-inch touchscreen display.
The Flex 5G's 360-degree hinge allows for tent and display in tablet mode, in addition to the standard laptop mode. A pair of USB-A ports plus a USB-C port eliminate the need for adapter dongles. At 3 pounds, Lenovo's laptop is neither light nor heavy.
That Snapdragon chip inside the Flex 5G makes it an ARM-processor powered PC, meaning it will include all the possible risks of other Windows 10 ARM laptops, such as the compatibility and performance issues we saw in the Surface Pro X and the HP Envy x2.
Those are the same challenges that Apple faces as it works toward the MacBook ARM, which will require a lot of leg work from developers. That could be why rumors suggest Apple will only announce a move to ARM later this month, to give itself a full year to transition to the new chips.
You'll be able to buy the Lenovo Flex 5G through Verizon starting this Thursday. If paying the full $1,399 price at once gives you pause, you'll be able to break that payment up into monthly installments of $58.33. Your purchase comes with a one-year Microsoft 360 Personal subscription.
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There's one ultimate color that cannot be avoided when someone mentions fall or office wear and its the color Grey. Not only is this color a great investment for the other years winter to follow But it's a perfect must have color for the office to shade it up and rock it through your week at the office for a clean and classy finish so here's what we have in store for you .
Reversible Two piece with asymmetry detail , something different to the walldrobe, you can wear it with a shirt underneath, you can turn it and wear it back to front either way it will still look "Grayeat"
It would be unfair if we didn't mentioned one of the hottest trend for the year Snake print! Even in office you can get away with it if its kept to the minimal like adding a belt, scarf or shoes like paired on this look, this is a great way to stay trendy and still look commanding so cast those animal print fears aside because its your time to tap on your wild side.
Accessories used for this collection are classics that are inspiration from the boys , like the brim hat, scarves but with a feminine approach on the texture, lace socks can be styled with any shoes for the office to stay trendy and yet sophisticated.
Inspired by classic 3 piece Men's suit, our Pinafore Tailored check dress with matching Tailored jacket , this look resembles a waist coat, skirt with fly zip but its actually a one piece dress, you can pair this with a classic shirt underneath shaded with the color pallet from head to toe, on simple days a plain color T-shirt, on heavy winter a turtle (polo) neck inside and the matching Blazer on top to finish on the look.