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Q: Need a formula to check the first x amount of characters if numbers Is there a formula to check if the first 7 characters in the cell are numbers?

A: It is more rigorous (see my comment to the previous poster's solution) to check each character for numericalness on an individual basis, e.g.:
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Peromyscus polionotus is een zoogdier uit de familie van de Cricetidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd door Wagner in 1843.

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Ernst Klodwig (n. 23 mai 1903 – d. 15 aprilie 1973) a fost un pilot german de Formula 1 care a evoluat în Campionatul Mondial între anii 1952 și 1953.

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For many anglers, summer is the season when warm weather and lots of fishing opportunities are available. But winter should never be forgotten, especially in offshore waters. Jay Sconyers of Ace's up Fishing Charters loves to head offshore out of his Murrells Inlet, S.C., home base on a winter day.
February may be a transition month, but that doesn't mean it can't be a big month for crappie at Jordan Lake near Raleigh, N.C.
February is an unpredictable month for bass fishing, but the fish that bite are usually big.
During the dead of winter, anglers can expect a strong inshore bite, specifically in the section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway around Little River, just a few yards south of the North Carolina-South Carolina border.


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Clark Montgomery at the Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials in 2015.
This year, many Texans are headed to Rio for the Summer Olympic Games. Clark Montgomery, who hails from Bryan, Texas, will be representing the United States in the only event which involves both men and women competing against each other: three-day eventing, an equestrian sport.
"What's unique about eventing is that we do three different disciplines, we do dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. So it's kind of like the triathlon of equestrian sports," he says.
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Jurassic Truck Corporation ist ein US-amerikanisches Unternehmen und ehemaliger Hersteller von Automobilen.

Unternehmensgeschichte
Das Unternehmen wurde am 9. Dezember 1996 in Arlington in Texas gegründet. 1998 begann die Produktion von Automobilen und Kit Cars. Der Markenname lautete Jurassic Truck. 2001 endete die Fahrzeugproduktion. Das Unternehmen gilt noch als aktiv.

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Das einzige Modell T-Rex war ein Fahrzeug im Stil des Hummer. Ein Fahrgestell vom Chevrolet Suburban mit Allradantrieb bildete die Basis. Die Breite betrug fast 220 cm. Ein V8-Motor mit 350 PS Leistung trieb die Fahrzeuge an. Die Preise lagen deutlich unter denen von Hummer.

Literatur

 George Nick Georgano (Chefredakteur): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G–O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1, S. 804. (englisch)

Weblinks
 Zach Doell: Jurassic Truck T-REX: Don't Call it a Hummer Vom 3. Dezember 2015. (englisch)

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Ehemaliger Pkw-Hersteller (Texas)
Organisation (Arlington, Texas)
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Russian Student Detained trying to Enter Syria
Turkish authorities have detained a female Russian student as she attempted to cross into war-torn Syria, Russian authorities said June 5.
Moscow State University student Varvara Karaulova, 19, was found in the Turkish border town of Kilis after she vanished from the Russian capital, the interior ministry said in a statement.
The cultural studies major who had apparently developed an interest in Islam and Arabic went missing on 27 May after skipping lectures at the prestigious university and flying to Istanbul, local media has reported, sparking speculation she wanted to link up with jihadists from the Islamic State or Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
An Interior Ministry statement said Friday that 19-year-old Varvara Karaulova was detained in Kilis while trying to cross the border and was being held by Turkish immigration authorities. It was not clear whether she would face charges there.
Russian media reports said Karaulova, a student at prestigious Moscow State University, went missing in late May. It was determined that she had flown to Turkey and her cellphone was traced to the border area.
The reports said Karaulova had adopted Islam and sometimes wore a hijab. Her father was quoted as saying he feared she had become radicalized.
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Kılıçdaroğlu:' AKP Wants to Break Ties With EU'
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A court squabble has erupted over the handling of Nikolas Cruz's inheritance from his late mother — a fight that could determine whether the school shooter is entitled to be free representation from the public defender or must hire a private lawyer.
Before Tuesday evening's Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting, protesters gathered outside City Hall with signs asking motorists to honk if they wanted to end the gun shows that take place at Holiday Park eight times a year.
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Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz discussed gun control at a roundtable Monday alongside students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
In the wake of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the school that killed 17 people, Wasserman Shultz said state and federal legislators must act.
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The Florida Senate on Monday night passed a comprehensive gun control and school safety bill crafted in response to the Parkland shooting by the narrowist margin.
Before passing the bill 20-18, the Republican-led Senate scaled down the plan for allowing teachers to be armed. Under the new version, people who are "exclusively" classroom teachers would not be allowed to carry concealed firearms unless they're in the military or law enforcement. Other staff would still qualify.
Throughout the second week after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead, experts sent by the Israeli government hosted a series of trauma training sessions in Broward County for teachers, counselors and other members of the community who were coping with the violence.
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Scott pushed his $500 million plan at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Thursday.
Gov. Scott's plan would include more law enforcement officers at schools, target hardening (making school buildings harder to attack or breach), more funding for mental health programs and keeping guns away from people who may be a threat to themselves or others.
Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School returned Thursday for their second day of classes since the shooting on Feb. 14 that killed 17.
This time around they were not greeted with the same fanfare as Wednesday, when crowds of supporters, police officers and even therapy dogs lined the perimeter of the school to welcome them back for the first time in two weeks.
Instead, students entered the building chatting with friends or listening to music on their earbuds -- things one might see on any ordinary school day, though things in Parkland are still far from ordinary.
A controversial proposal that would allow armed teachers in schools has led to bipartisan bickering and prompted accusations that people in both parties are making political pawns of victims of this month's catastrophic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 14 students and three faculty members dead.
Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., will once again walk the halls of their school Wednesday, exactly two weeks after many of them evacuated in single file lines, scared for their lives and worried about their friends.
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Hamlet (PC)
Aside from Flash games for my Flash Flood column, I really don't play casual games; if I'm not spending two hours pulling my hair out after dying on the same boss, the game just isn't any fun. However
Contributed by Nathaniel Hoover on April 29th, 2010 in Categories ReviewsWith content involving Tags adventure games, casual games, computer games, Hamlet, Nathaniel Hoover, puzzle games
System: PC
Genre: Puzzle
Max Players: 1
US Release: April 2010
Developer: mif2000
Publisher: Alawar Games
Similar Games: Monkey Island series, various Flash-based puzzle games
Aside from Flash games for my Flash Flood column, I really don't play casual games; if I'm not spending two hours pulling my hair out after dying on the same boss, the game just isn't any fun. However, when I am offered my first-ever free review copy of a puzzle/adventure game that also happens to be a casual game, I am totally a casual gamer. From Space Quest to Portal to The Adventures of Lolo, I love a game that wants me for my brain.
That is exactly why I enjoyed Hamlet, or the Last Game Without MMORPG Features, Shaders and Product Placement. I should point out that Hamlet is also the Last Game Without Multiple Save Slots or Menu Options of Any Kind. The three-button menu screen (New Game, Load Game, Quit Game) is a breath of fresh air from PC games with cryptic options like "Enable Hardware Moose" and "Anisotropic Toaster" that break your game if configured improperly. Simplicity is the name of the game. Well, Hamlet is the name of the game, but anyhow.
The only Hamlet screenshot on the Internet. Apparently, no one has ever made it past the first puzzle.
Forget what you thought you knew from half-paying attention in English class; Hamlet is the story of a man who hopped into a time machine, went back in time, and accidentally landed on Prince Hamlet. You know; the historical Prince Hamlet. Because of the whammy Hammy incident, the time-traveling man acts as Hamlet's understudy and sets off to slay the lovely Ophelia and woo the evil Claudius. You think I'm joking, but I distinctly remember the so-called "Hero" tossing Ophelia into a river so he could play Guitar Hero with Claudius a few scenes later. Just like in the original play.
Actually, if you're expecting Hamlet to be an adventure game that closely follows the plot of Shakespeare's classic and preserves every last "doth" and "thou," you'll be pleased to know that the game has nothing whatsoever to do with its source material. Hamlet takes creative liberties with Hamlet the way a radioactive spider bite takes creative liberties with your DNA. While there are certainly familiar elements from the play (such as "a castle"), Hamlet does whatever the heck it feels like doing with the story, and that's a good thing. In this case, the story isn't so much the brief cutscenes between acts as it is the way the action unfolds through a series of amusing, tedious, clever, and infuriating puzzles.
This is, like, the one puzzle that isn't particularly amusing, tedious, clever, or infuriating. Oops.
Unlike games such as Monkey Island and King's Quest, Hamlet does not possess a single puzzle that can be solved by randomly using inventory items on everything until something works ("Quit asking me why I'm trying to shove this ham sandwich into the padlock!"). Instead, Hamlet eschews the inventory system and utilizes a simple point-and-click interface where you click on an object, and either something or nothing happens. Period. This allows for puzzles that can be solved by randomly clicking on everything until something works. However, most of the puzzles involve some combination of timing, sequencing, attention to detail, pattern recognition, and metacognition (ooh, big word) that makes them nearly impossible to solve by randomly throwing a salt shaker at a hippo.
For the most part, Hamlet's puzzles are fair, intuitive, and creative enough to be an enjoyable challenge to veteran adventure gamers without alienating even the most casual of gamers. For the most part. A few puzzle objectives are woefully unclear, and the only source of insight is the thought bubble that appears over the Hero's head when you click on him. Unfortunately, the Hero uses up all his brainpower generating useful clues for the intuitive puzzles that you'll probably solve on your own, which leaves him with helpful comments such as, "What's going on?" and "Now I have defeat Claudius." [sic] for the puzzles that are starting to make you cry.
This is what bathtime was like when I was growing up.
Fortunately, as you continue to fail miserably at solving a puzzle, a circle fills up at the bottom of the screen that will give you a hint after several minutes of futile frustration. Given that so many of the puzzles are deviously clever or very poorly explained, it's not uncommon to just leave the hint clock ticking while you go out to the kitchen to grab a ham sandwich to shove into the padlock that's blocking your progress.
Even if the hints are occasionally a little cryptic, they are always extremely helpful, though I find it strange that, after viewing a hint, you have to wait several minutes for the circle to fill up again…only to see the same hint you saw before. A tiered hint system that got progressively more helpful would have been nice, but I'm willing to settle for feigning excitement every time the circle fills up again.
Even as a veteran adventure gamer who's gotten into the habit of trying to solve every puzzle game he plays without a walkthrough, I still found myself relying on the hint system on occasion…because I'm a veteran adventure gamer. It sometimes felt as though Hamlet was punishing me for thinking of complex puzzle solutions that, in my mind, made far more sense than the actual, way-simpler solution. I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, but there are little details all over the place that seem like they should be part of the puzzle solution, but are really just there to derail and annoy players who are used to listening for faintly grunting boars to determine which jungle path to take.
Stare at this image for about five minutes without doing anything productive. There, you've just experienced trying to solve this puzzle.
One example, if I may be mildly spoileriffic, is a scene where you can hear rhythmic and incredibly obnoxious snoring coming from an open window. There are three penguins nearby that make various rhythmic noises when you click on them, but seem to serve no other purpose. As my objective for this area was not at all clear from the Hero's thought bubble, I figured these were mystical penguins that did something very special when you clicked on them in the right order. The noises they made sounded vaguely like the irritating snoring, so I figured I needed to listen closely to the ear-grating nose music to detect a pattern, and then click on the penguins in the proper order to make them produce sounds that mimicked that pattern.
See, this is why I don't make adventure games. You'd hate me.
Anyrage, this made perfect sense to me, but it turns out that everything about the whole situation was a red herring! Worse yet, the tedious solution didn't make any sense until after I solved the puzzle, so I found myself clicking on things with no real understanding of what purpose they served. This kind of thing didn't happen often, but it happened more than once, and that's more than once too many for my tastes.
Yeah, I felt the same way after a few of the puzzles. Except I don't remember the monkey being there.
Other puzzles were problematic for different reasons: One puzzle requires you to quickly click on a series of tiny objects that don't always register your clicks, and though I love the idea of the puzzle, it is extremely unfriendly to anyone who misses the X button every time they go to close a Windows application. Another puzzle required me to press color-coded buttons to follow along with something that was randomly changing colors, and any mistakes would destroy all my progress and force me to start over again; not a bad puzzle, except for the part where I'm color-blind. No, it's OK, it was funny; taking screenshots every five seconds and enlarging them to get a good look at the colors I could barely differentiate is funny.
You won't hear reviewers say this often, but take what I'm saying with a grain of salt from the shaker you were going to throw at that hippo. Hamlet, I suspect, is a game where the enjoyment you derive from it is largely dependent on the kind of gamer you are, and on the way your mind works. I overthought some of the puzzles, couldn't see the logic in a few of them, and greatly enjoyed many of them because they were absolutely impossible. Hamlet challenged my puzzle-solving skills in ways I have rarely been challenged in an adventure game, all the while testing my reflexes to make sure my hands didn't atrophy from leisurely pointing and clicking—and I liked that a lot. Hamlet aims to challenge the player in a variety of ways, and whether you like the game probably depends most on whether you've got enough of the necessary skills and not-color-blindness to be successful.
Can YOU find Waldo in this picture? Oh, wait; you can. So much for that joke.
Indeed, Hamlet makes no effort to sucker players into playing because of a dynamite soundtrack or jaw-dropping graphics—the focus is entirely on the puzzles. Hamlet takes the player through a series of relatively mundane locations such as inside a castle, outside a castle, below a castle, and nowhere near a castle, so you'll probably never find yourself getting lost in the wonder of some exotic locale. The simple, cartoony graphics are cute but not excessively so, meaning you'll never lose valuable playing time to dropping what you're doing and shouting "kawaii!!!", which is incidentally the single greatest reason for noise complaints in Japan.
Speaking of noise complaints, the soundtrack—assuming white noise qualifies as a soundtrack—is perhaps overly atmospheric, with little more than the faint sounds of wind, water, and machinery to keep you company. This is but one of many examples of how Hamlet's simplicity is both a blessing and a curse: the unobtrusive ambient sound effects create a pleasant atmosphere that encourages clear thinking, but without super-gorgeous graphics to ogle or even a mediocre soundtrack to hum along to, an impossible puzzle gets very dull very quickly. See, it's contagious—there's no music in this paragraph, and look how boring it's already gotten.
The cheerfully ominous tune that plays between each act almost makes up for the fact that there's virtually no music anywhere else, and I firmly believe that a little more music would be a welcome distraction from the more frustrating puzzles—one particular puzzle in the first act sits on the border between brilliant and infuriating, and I think the silly elevator music in the background helps to keep it from crossing the line. The generally lighthearted atmosphere and mild humor that permeate the game do a good job of reminding you that you're playing Hamlet to relax, have fun, and feel good about pushing Ophelia into the river.
This is a picture of me playing Hamlet.
So, without luscious 3D graphics to drool over, a horrendous soundtrack to complain about, complex controls to obfuscate the gameplay, a deeply intricate plot to fall in love with, or riotous comedy to burst your spleen, I don't expect players to have a strong reaction to anything in Hamlet except for the puzzles. That's not necessarily a good thing or a bad thing; it just means that each individual puzzle gets held up to higher scrutiny than usual, and boy, can I nit-pick.
There's only one thing independent of the puzzles that did elicit a somewhat strong reaction from me, and that's the save system. As I mentioned at the beginning, Hamlet does not have multiple save slots—not that you really need those, considering it's impossible to get stuck or die while playing (not that playing Hamlet makes you immortal; you misunderstand me). You're only allowed one savegame at a time, and your progress is automatically saved, meaning your options are to start a new game or continue where you left off last time. Rather convenient, actually, provided you don't want to go back and replay old puzzles to enjoy them again, take screenshots, and write a walkthrough, and if you don't have a house filled with siblings and/or a significant other who are also vying for Hamlet.
This isn't a huge deal (like most of the things I complain about in my reviews), as Hamlet can be finished in an hour if you are the Lord of Adventure Games, or if you are the Lord of Wishy-Washy Adventure Gamers Who Use a Walkthrough at the First Sign of Needing to Think. Once you (or your friendly neighborhood walkthrough) have solved all the puzzles, you're officially through with the game; subsequent playthroughs will yield nothing you haven't already experienced, aside from this tingly feeling of deja vu.
Heck, this puzzle alone will give you deja vu on the first try. And the second, and the third...
Despite the almost nonexistent replay value, a handful of unpleasant puzzles, and the agressive simplicity that simultaneously works for and against the benefit of the game, I enjoyed Hamlet. After nearly a month of playing the often-exasperating Mega Man 10 to complete every mode and challenge, it was a relief to play a game that didn't go on forever, felt comfortable and welcoming from the get-go, and challenged my brain more than my patience.
Hamlet has the makings of a truly stellar adventure game; with a bit of fine-tuning, consistently clear and logical objectives, and perhaps just a smidge more humor and audiovisual flair, Hamlet could truly set the standard for what inventory-free adventure games should be. Hamlet's biggest flaw—and its greatest asset—is that all the focus keeps coming back to the puzzles, which were really hit-or-miss with me. I liked the game well enough, but I'd love to see where a sequel, spiritual successor, or blatant ripoff could go from here.
Hey, I may sound like an adventure game curmudgeon, but I had fun—thanks again to Alawar Games for letting me try this out!
GameCola Rates This Game: 6 - Above Average
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Hmm. Loved the screenshots. They alone make the game seemingly worth playing. Also liked the snobbish jab at casual video gamers and their ilk (paraphrasing): "I use a walkthrough whenever I might have to think". Very informative review for such an apparently short game. 🙂
Nathaniel Hoover says:
Thanks, John! What can I say? I'm verbose. And probably more of a gaming snob than I'd like to admit. The game is worth playing, though, so if the screenshots are appealing, then definitely check it out.
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Microsoft leads Cybersecurity Roadmap to reduce threats in Chile
By Alice Chambers on 03 January 2023
Experts from public, private and academic sectors prepared the Roadmap, led by the UC Innovation Center and Microsoft Chile
Microsoft has developed a Cybersecurity Roadmap as part of its Plan Transforma Chile initiative, which aims to improve collaboration, remote learning and scalability of services for Chilean companies.
The Roadmap is designed to improve the national security of the country, including projects that can be implemented by 2025.
Microsoft worked with the Anacleto Angelini UC Innovation Center to develop the plan over eight months, with guidance from decision-makers of large enterprises across the private, public and academic sectors.
"This Roadmap allows us to commit to carrying out important actions that generate an effect in the short and long term for cybersecurity in the country," said María Francisca Yáñez, manager of innovation and technology at Microsoft Chile and chair of the Cybersecurity Roadmap. "One of the initiatives that is already being implemented is the first Minimum Viable Product of the cybersecurity academy, promoted by the UC Innovation Center and Microsoft. This program has made it possible to train native cybersecurity professionals in careers as diverse as engineering, art, social sciences and health areas."
Through the Roadmap, Microsoft also aims to prevent security risks that have been introduced through the adoption of technology and digital transformation in recent years.
"Today, it is critical to systematically and continuously protect information flows against all types of attacks," said Ramón Molina, executive director of the UC Innovation Center and co-chair of the Cybersecurity Roadmap. "The challenge, beyond technology and data, is in how to deal with threats to security systems. "For this reason, from the Anacleto Angelini UC Innovation Center, and together with Microsoft Chile, we have promoted the development of a space in which representatives of companies, academia, the public sector and civil society can define strategic guidelines and concrete and executable projects in a period of three years, which allow Chile to develop effective digital security, becoming a benchmark for the region."
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Palini (gr. Δήμος Παλλήνης, Dimos Palinis) – gmina w Grecji, w administracji zdecentralizowanej Attyka, w regionie Attyka, w jednostce regionalnej Attyka Wschodnia. Siedzibą gminy jest Jerakas. W 2011 roku liczyła 54 415 mieszkańców. W skład gminy wchodzą miejscowości: Antusa, Jerakas, Leondario i Palini. Powstała 1 stycznia 2011 roku w wyniku połączenia dotychczasowych gmin Palini i Jerakas oraz wspólnoty Antusa.

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 */

namespace ListsIO\Bundle\UserBundle\DataFixtures\ORM;

use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\AbstractFixture;
use Doctrine\Common\DataFixtures\OrderedFixtureInterface;
use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ObjectManager;
use ListsIO\Bundle\UserBundle\Entity\User;

class LoadUserData extends AbstractFixture implements OrderedFixtureInterface
{
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function load(ObjectManager $manager)
    {
        $user = new User();
        $user->setUsername('testuser');
        $user->setEmail('test@example.com');
        $user->setPlainPassword('test');

        $manager->persist($user);
        $manager->flush();

        $this->addReference('user1', $user);

        $user = new User();
        $user->setUsername('testuser2');
        $user->setEmail('test2@example.com');
        $user->setPlainPassword('test');

        $manager->persist($user);
        $manager->flush();

        $this->addReference('user2', $user);

        $user = new User();
        $user->setUsername('testuser3');
        $user->setEmail('test3@example.com');
        $user->setPlainPassword('test');

        $manager->persist($user);
        $manager->flush();

        $this->addReference('user3', $user);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public function getOrder()
    {
        return 1; // the order in which fixtures will be loaded
    }
}

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Is North Korea kidnapping really a problem? According to multiple sources, North Korea has kidnapped over 3,800 people since the end of the Korean War in 1953. The vast majority of these victims are either Japanese or South Korean, and the stories of their abduction are tragic, rarely ending well. While the so-called "Hermit Kingdom" has returned a number of victims, hundreds are still being held in flagrant violation of their human rights.
Kidnapping reached its peak in the 1970s, when a slew of Japanese citizens were abducted by Korean agents, usually posing as tourists or potential work opportunities. Other cases are almost beyond belief, such as the star film actress and director kidnapped to make films for Kim Jong Il, or the women taken to serve as wives for US defectors. Some were extremely young, taken from their families to train spies.
Here are the most extreme and unbelievable cases of North Korea abduction. Much of the available information on these cases is unverified, and comes from unreliable sources, such as North Korean agents being held in custody, but something certainly seems to be awry in the DPRK.
Released in May 2018 due to efforts from the Trump administration, US citizen Kim Sang Duk was detained in North Korea on April 22, 2017. Duk had been teaching business and accounting at a North Korean university. While trying to board an airplane, North Korean police arrived and arrested him. He later faced accusations of trying to overthrow the North Korean government. Duk's family led many efforts to raise awareness and free him and ended up expressing gratitude towards the Trump administration when Duk finally came home.
Kim Hak-song was one of two US teachers detained in North Korea in 2017. Hak-song was released back into the United States in May 2018 due to efforts from the Trump administration. On May 7, 2017, North Korean police detained Hak-song on unclear charges. The government seemed to believe Hak-song was engaging in activities threatening to North Korea. Hak-sung, an agricultural expert, taught rice-growing at a university. He was attempting to help the country become more self-sufficient by teaching citizens effective farming methods. North Korea has historically struggled with famine and frequently been unable to feed its population.
A naturalized US citizen, Kim Dong Chul was arrested on spying charges in October 2015, but many Americans found the allegations bogus. He gave several interviews while in custody, including one to CNN, where he admitted to some of the charges. However, many believe Chul was under duress when he made his confessions. Prior to his arrest, Chul was living in a Chinese city near the border to North Korea. In his confession, Chul claimed he had been a spy for South Korea since 2015 and was sentenced to 10 years of hard labor. In 2018, due to efforts from the Trump administration, Chul was released alongside three other detainees.
South Korean actress and producer Choi Eun-hee was one of the biggest stars in the country, and ran a film production country with her husband, Shin Sang-ok. The duo had recently divorced when North Korean agents abducted her in Hong Kong. He was abducted as well, and the pair were broken down for years, before finally making films for the personal consumption of Kim Jong-Il. Eight years after their kidnapping, they escaped while in Vienna. In 2015, she released an English translation of her memoirs, detailing her ordeal.


text: Q: How did the electronic components in Parker Solar probe responsible for controlling it and communicating with base station survive high temperatures? The recent revelations by Nasa that their solar probe had been closer to the Sun by never before distances and aims at getting close to Sun by a mere 6.9 times radius of the Sun around year 2025. Given that surface temperature of Sun is estimated to be(quite unequivocally) around 5500K and it is quite normal for probe's electronic components to reach temperatures of several hundred degrees (despite thermal insulation due to long exposures from/to ambient radiation and also by thermal conduction). Given that semiconductors show their "semi-conductive" nature best at low temperatures and continue to do so till few hundred degree Celsius above which they either melt or become regular conductors(M.P. of Si=1410 degree Celsius) and generally loose their electron flow controlling property for good. How did Physicists achieved the difficult feat of keeping semiconductors operational even when the whole probe stayed near the Sun for so long ?


Bay Ridge, Brooklyn has had two nicknames in recent years, both playing with its official name.
Bay Ridge has been called "Bar Ridge" because of its many bars on Third Avenue and Fifth Avenue.
Muslims have established Middle Eastern restaurants and other businesses in the area, causing some to rename Bay Ridge as "Beirut." Bay Ridge has also been nicknamed "Little Palestine" for the same reason.
Bay Ridge is a largely middle class neighborhood and is one of the few such places remaining in Brooklyn. With its strong family presence, it is not uncommon to see third or fourth generation families living in the region.
Bay Ridge has many bars and international restaurants, especially along 3rd and 5th Avenue, its main commercial strips. The neighborhood is notorious for its disproportionate number of churches and bars; and is sometimes referred to as "Bar Ridge". There are also many Middle Eastern Hookah bars, which have become very popular among Arabs and non-Arabs alike.
Over the last three decades, the European immigrant enclave of Bay Ridge has given way to Gazan barbers, halal butchers and Egyptian jewelers. But the newest settlers have not always been welcome.
"It became, 'This ain't Bay Ridge anymore, it's Beirut,' " said Russell Kain, a retired community affairs officer from the 68th Precinct.
Welcome to the new Bay Ridge/ Beirut. But you're right rising home values offsets the camel war factor any day.
actually I've called it "bar ridge" for as long as I can remember, especially when describing it to people who are not from around here who think we're some hidden little place. Cause we're so far south of manhattan, they assume we must be like a quiet little suburb...until they come here and see third avenue!
How is it that the formerly Irish/Dago home of 'Saturday Night Fever' could turn into the Middle Eastern jewel of Brooklyn in as little as twenty years? How did this happen? Why would any non-Arabs live there? Why Allah, WHY?!!
"Everyone calls me 'the Mayor of Bay Ridge' because I know more people and shake more hands than any politician you will ever meet," the Mayor, Walter Short, said.
As a former bar owner back in the days when Bay Ridge was known as Bar Ridge, the Mayor has developed into an iconic character who loves two things; his wife of 50 years and his neighborhood of longer.
There is also a thriving bar scene, with residents frequenting the Irish pubs abounding along 3rd, 4th, and 5th Avenues, the main commercial strips of the neighborhood. The neighborhood is notorious for its disproportionate number of churches and bars; it is sometimes informally and endearingly referred to as "Bar Ridge". Right-wing, anti-immigrant residents also sometimes refer to the neighborhood as "Beirut" (as in "Bay Root") because of the high number of Muslim residents.
Hm… I don't love falafel, but I find Mamoun's to be a good snack and Karam has a pretty good falafel. Karam's on 86th and 4th in Bay Ridge (Beirut.) The falafels are OK, but again I'm not a falafel lover. Their shawarma however is pretty incredible. My favorite shawarma = Karam. I also like their falafels, but maybe it's just an emotional thing?
Ooohh, Bay Ridge is nice, I think I once burnt my feet there.
LOL, why am I not surprised you've been to "Bar Ridge," Davey.
You're right. That is life in this city. Bay Ridge is a perfect example. It was and still is a strong Italian nabe. Now there are a lot of Arabs moving in some parts and you hear people call it "Beirut". People just don't like change. NYC is a city of mostly ethnic and economic nabes. When someone who is an "outsider" moves in, the historical population either protest or usually move out.
Beiruit is a pretty big city. You bring up New York, London, Paris, and eventually, you bring up Beiruit. It's the equivalence of Paris, only in the Middle East. That's what got it the nickname "Paris of the Middle East"!
Anyway, Arabs have been living in Bay Ridge for 30 years, maybe earlier if you count the 19th/early 20th century immigrants. It hasn't changed the neighborhood from being an Italian/Irish one.


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Rockwell Collins to upgrade ADF's Hawkei protected mobility vehicle-light system
Thales Australia has selected Rockwell Collins to modernise the Australian Defence Force's (ADF) Hawkei protected mobility vehicle-light system.
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Under the terms of the deal, Rockwell Collins will operate as a subcontractor to Thales Australia and be responsible for integrating the digital terminal control system (DTCS) into the Hawkei's integral computing system (ICS).
The DTCS facilitates the joint terminal attack controllers and joint fires observers to integrate easily with airborne assets, artillery and naval platforms.
Being a flexible, wearable solution for ground targeting, air support and call-for-fire missions, the DTCS can be incorporated on tanks and combat vehicles.
"The collaborative relationship that our company has with the ADF has provided a foundation for the delivery of reliable joint fires solutions under the Land 17 programme."
The integration of vehicles allows a soldier to leverage more capable sensors and communication systems that are organic to the vehicle.
Rockwell Collins Australia managing director Nick Gibbs said: "The collaborative relationship that our company has with the ADF has provided a foundation for the delivery of reliable joint fires solutions under the Land 17 programme."
As part of the deal, Rockwell Collins will also assist Thales Australia during the development, integration and testing of the DTCS.
Work under the contract, which commenced in January, will be carried out in Sydney, Australia, until February 2018.
The Hawkei is a highly protected, 7t vehicle equipped with in-built systems that allow it to be used as a fighting platform.
It has been developed to meet the ADF's requirement for a light armoured patrol vehicle, which will replace some of the force's Land Rover Perentie variants.
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There are many things that fill my mind while I am out running. It was no different while running the 2014 Boston Marathon. However, my thoughts were much different than any other run. I had run Boston before in 2003. That was a husband and three kids ago. That was also long before the events of the 2013 Boston Marathon. How could two people be so cruel? How could they choose to create so much hate and hurt? It left me angry, sad, yet hopeful that goodness would win out in the end. That is why I registered for this year's race. Runners are strong. Boston is stronger!
This year I waited in Athlete's Village with friends not knowing what was ahead of me. All I knew was that I had 26.2 miles to get there. My adrenaline was pumping, but as I looked around me I couldn't help but smile. I was doing this. The world was watching from TVs, computers, phones, and I was here living it. Soon it was time to start heading to the corrals. People were actually cheering us on as we walked to the start. This was my reminder of what this race meant to these people. It was so much more than "just a marathon." So, yes, I did take a sip of beer from that guy partying outside his house, because I was going to enjoy this race along with these incredible spectators!
The moment had arrived, no more waiting, no more nerves, time to run this race! I had already shed all my "warm" clothes and was bracing for my first run in MONTHS in shorts and a tank top. I joked after the race about my sunburn, saying that I escaped Wisconsin for a tropical vacation in Boston. I knew that the weather was going to be a factor, but I was ready to run. My training went well, so I was pumped and ready to go for it. I started strong and felt great. I was hitting all my splits and enjoying every step. The fans, the volunteers, and other runners were making the miles tick away quickly. Until I had to stop for a bathroom break at mile 15. I lost my stride and then was faced with the hills. They beat me up quite a bit. I knew then that this was not my day. I wondered how in the world I was going to get through the last long 10 plus miles. At this point I looked around and soaked in the crowd. It was their day. I tried my best to keep my smile, read every sign, and give every kid a high five. I walked more than any other race and hurt more than I could've anticipated. But I knew the crowd would help me finish this run. I had no idea what my time was and when I turned the corner onto Boylston I didn't really care. Emotion took over. The only clock I could see was from wave one (I was in wave 2). The clock read 4:09, the same time that was captured in so many photos as the time of the bombing last year. At that point I didn't even look at the clock for wave two, it didn't matter. I was finishing proud. I knew I did not hit my goal time, but my heart was happy. My emotions were beyond words.
As time passes, I am left to reflect on the race. I wanted to blame so much- the heat, training in an awful winter, nursing a 6 month old baby, going out too hard, blah, blah, blah! But now I shake away the negativity and know it was more than a number posted in the results. The memories In my heart will forever make me a stronger runner and person. I found what I was looking for when I registered for this race; goodness prevailed. Runners are strong. Boston is stronger.
A special thank you to my amazing husband who supports my crazy running addiction. He stayed home with our three beautiful children, so I could have this incredible experience. And a big congrats and thanks to those that I traveled with to Boston. It made the trip so much more to be with friends. We will forever share the bond of this race.


Recently I was getting bored with my hair color and wanted to experiment with a different shade. Due in part to bad experiences I've had in the past with coloring my own hair (a highlight experiment gone wrong lol), I've shied away from color in the past years. Still, I found myself itching to make a change and without the funds to get a Brazilian Blowout or Sew-In (my usual answers for hair boredom), I set out on a search to find "safe" color.... or a level 1 which would wash out in under 12 shampoos.
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using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class Form1
{

    private void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        SolidEdgeFramework.Application objApp = null;
        SolidEdgeDraft.DraftDocument objDoc = null;
        SolidEdgeDraft.DraftFilePreferences objFilePrefs = null;
        string objEdgeStyleName = null;
        try
        {
            objApp = (SolidEdgeFramework.Application)Marshal.GetActiveObject("SolidEdge.Application");
            objDoc = objApp.ActiveDocument();
            objFilePrefs = objDoc.FilePreferences();

            //// Visible
            objEdgeStyleName = objFilePrefs.DVEdgeStyleName(SolidEdgeConstants.DrawingViewEdgeStyleMappingEdgeType.seDVEdgeStyleMapping_VisibleEdge);
            objFilePrefs.DVEdgeStyleName(SolidEdgeConstants.DrawingViewEdgeStyleMappingEdgeType.seDVEdgeStyleMapping_VisibleEdge) = "Phantom";

            //// Hidden
            objEdgeStyleName = objFilePrefs.DVEdgeStyleName(SolidEdgeConstants.DrawingViewEdgeStyleMappingEdgeType.seDVEdgeStyleMapping_HiddenEdge);

            objFilePrefs.DVEdgeStyleName(SolidEdgeConstants.DrawingViewEdgeStyleMappingEdgeType.seDVEdgeStyleMapping_HiddenEdge) = "Phantom";

            //// Tangent
            objEdgeStyleName = objFilePrefs.DVEdgeStyleName(SolidEdgeConstants.DrawingViewEdgeStyleMappingEdgeType.seDVEdgeStyleMapping_TangentEdge);

            objFilePrefs.DVEdgeStyleName(SolidEdgeConstants.DrawingViewEdgeStyleMappingEdgeType.seDVEdgeStyleMapping_TangentEdge) = "Phantom";

            //// COMANDCS
            objEdgeStyleName = objFilePrefs.DVEdgeStyleName(SolidEdgeConstants.DrawingViewEdgeStyleMappingEdgeType.seDVEdgeStyleMapping_CoordinateSystemEdge);

            objFilePrefs.DVEdgeStyleName(SolidEdgeConstants.DrawingViewEdgeStyleMappingEdgeType.seDVEdgeStyleMapping_CoordinateSystemEdge) = "Phantom";

            //// Reference Visible
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            objFilePrefs.DVEdgeStyleName(SolidEdgeConstants.DrawingViewEdgeStyleMappingEdgeType.seDVEdgeStyleMapping_ReferenceVisibleEdge) = "Phantom";

            //// Reference Hidden
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            objFilePrefs.DVEdgeStyleName(SolidEdgeConstants.DrawingViewEdgeStyleMappingEdgeType.seDVEdgeStyleMapping_ReferenceHiddenEdge) = "Phantom";

            //// Reference Tangent
            objEdgeStyleName = objFilePrefs.DVEdgeStyleName(SolidEdgeConstants.DrawingViewEdgeStyleMappingEdgeType.seDVEdgeStyleMapping_ReferenceTangentEdge);

            objFilePrefs.DVEdgeStyleName(SolidEdgeConstants.DrawingViewEdgeStyleMappingEdgeType.seDVEdgeStyleMapping_ReferenceTangentEdge) = "Phantom";
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
        }
    }

    public Form1()
    {
    	SubscribeToEvents();
    }

	private bool EventsSubscribed = false;
	private void SubscribeToEvents()
	{
		if (EventsSubscribed)
			return;
		else
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		Button1.Click += Button1_Click;
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India, the Fed, and dollar hyper-inflation
March 15, 2017 November 8, 2009 by Richard Moore
From: "Lifeforce" <•••@••.•••>
Date: 8 November 2009 02:05:08 GMT
To: "AB" <•••@••.•••>
Subject: Fw: Indian Central Bank Warns the Fed
Indian Central Bank Warns the Fed
By Richard J. Maybury
Copyright © 2009 by Henry Madison Research, Inc.
www.richardmaybury.com
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The week of November 3, 2009, could someday be known as a major turning point in the Great Monetary Calamity.
The government of India traded away US dollars for 200 tons of gold – one of the largest central bank purchases in history.
The Indian regime paid $1,045 per ounce, which means they believe a US dollar is worth one 1,045th of an ounce of gold – an amount that is almost microscopic.
That's a far cry from the 1930s, when a dollar was worth one 20th of an ounce. It shows what the Federal Reserve has done to the value of the dollar since the Fed went into business in 1914.
The public announcement of the India purchase was made on November 4th, the day Fed officials met to decide whether to raise interest rates to strengthen the dollar.
The Fed did not raise rates, and in fact stated the opposite, that they would maintain "exceptionally low" interest rates for "an extended period."
In other words, the government of India fired a shot across Washington's bow, and Washington ignored it.
Many thanks to reader J.S. for pointing out that India is a second tier financial power. If a first tier power, say the government of China, Germany or Saudi Arabia, had fired the warning shot, this may have been startling enough to trigger a global stampede out of the dollar.
J.S. theorizes that the first tier powers secretly asked the Indians to make the move, so that the message would be sent in a less frightening way.
What's important for readers of EWR is that, as I explained in the September 2008 issue, I believe the Federal reserve has run out of maneuvering room. It no longer has a choice between recession and double-digit inflation. It has created so much malinvestment – which means so much new money must be created to keep the malinvestment alive – that the choice now is only between depression and runaway inflation.
By announcing on November 4th that it would not raise interest rates even so much as a quarter point, the Fed was saying it has made it's choice: runaway inflation. The Fed is sacrificing the dollar.
In the January 2010 EWR, I will give a lengthy update of the September 2008 article.
As for your personal situation, if you have been following my suggestions since the Great Monetary Calamity began in August 2007, then I don't think you need to change anything; you're ready.
If you are a new subscriber, I suggest you begin by reviewing the October 2009 article about endurables, and the April 1, 2009 Subscriber Bulletin "Prepare for the Coming Riots."
Summarizing, the Fed's November 4th refusal to defend the dollar in the face of the Indian attack means the dollar is a much more frail currency today than it was just a few days ago. The central bank of India has edged closer to the exit, which means a lot of other big holders of dollars must be thinking about the fact that it's never a good idea to be last in line at a run.
–Richard Maybury
P.S. Just when I think I'm becoming overly alarmist, this pops up in an editorial by the staid, sober Wall Street Journal (November 5, 2009, p.A18.): "This Fed is clearly on autopilot. It's a good time for the world to strap itself tightly into the passenger crash seat because it looks like the dollar is in for a daredevil ride."
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EARNINGS FALL FOR 3 MAJOR FOREIGN TIRE MAKERS IN '93
AKRON-Reflecting sluggish economies in many parts of the world, three foreign-based tire makers-Continental A.G., Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. and Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.-recently reported decreased sales and earnings for 1993, compared with 1992. While only one, Yokohama, fell into the red, all echoed its comment that ``the company's operating environment was extremely challenging during the year.''
Continental's pre-tax earnings plummeted 52.3 percent, while those of Sumitomo plunged 31.9 percent, though the latter's net income slipped just 1.2 percent.
Though its pre-tax earnings were cut by more than half, Germany's Continental A.G. still finished the ``extremely difficult'' year in the black and reports improved earnings and sales in the first two months of 1994.
Earnings fell to $44.8 million (74 million German marks), while sales slid 3.3 percent to $5.7 billion (9.4 billion marks).
Business areas that turned a profit for the year were: European replacement passenger tires, North American truck tires and ContiTech industrial products, although ContiTech suffered measurable drops in both earnings and sales.
Conti recorded losses in its European original equipment and truck tire businesses, as well as North American passenger tires.
Investments fell 12 percent to $378 million, reflecting the completion of large projects in both the U.S. and Europe. The investment ratio dropped to 6.7 percent of sales.
The company's total worldwide employment at year's end was 50,974, slightly ahead of 1992. The employment number would have been down nearly 10 percent had Conti not added new subsidiaries in Germany and the Czech Republic.
Continental's board of directors will meet April 15 to discuss a dividend payment; the company last paid a dividend in 1990.
Tokyo-based Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. reported its first loss since 1983, as a weak domestic economy in Japan combined with the high value of the Japanese yen to push the company's earnings $1.85 million (207 million yen) into the red (currency conversions at year-end exchange rates).
In 1992, Yokohama earned $38.7 million, which represented a 6.3-percent decrease from the previous year.
Consolidated corporate sales fell 7.4 percent in 1993 to $3.57 billion (400.2 billion yen). Sales of tires-which accounted for nearly 72 percent of total corporate sales-dropped 6.6 percent to $2.56 billion.
Yokohama said sales of both original equipment and replacement tires declined in Japan, where car production fell 10 percent in the year and consumer spending was stagnant.
The company's export sales fell, due primarily, it said, to increased production at its U.S. plant in Salem, Va., and to sluggish economies outside the U.S. and Asia. Passenger tire production at the Salem plant grew to 5 million units in 1993, Yokohama said, adding it should increase further this year.
Profit margins on exports from Japan were reduced by ``significant fluctuations in exchange rates,'' the company said. Yokohama said it lost $62.5 million for the year on currency exchange alone.
The company said it has ``moved aggressively'' to respond to deteriorating business conditions by expanding its procurement of raw materials outside Japan, increasing production efficiency and reducing costs and long-term debt.
Though buffeted by the same ``severe circumstances'' in the Japanese economy that drove Yokohama into the red, Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd., which has more production outside Japan, managed to turn a profit for the year, though less than in 1992.
Sumitomo-the principal producer of Dunlop-brand tires worldwide-forecast a continued downturn in earnings and sales for 1994.
For 1993, the Kobe-based company reported a 31.9-percent drop in ordinary income (before extraordinary profit/loss and income taxes) to $71.8 million (8.04 billion yen), though net income edged down just over 1 percent to $50.8 million (5.69 billion yen).
The company's sales for the year fell 8.8 percent to $2.12 billion (237.5 billion yen). Tire sales, which accounted for 63.6 percent of the total, skidded 10.1 percent to $1.35 billion.
Replacement and original equipment tire sales were down both in volume and value, Sumitomo said, as were exports from Japan, due in part to the appreciation of the yen, which made Japanese-made products more expensive in other countries.
In the replacement market, the company said it had tried to stimulate sales by introducing a number of new radial passenger tires.
Looking at 1994, the company said it does not expect any near-term increase in personal spending or capital investment. It is forecasting a 1-percent decrease in net sales to $2.23 billion (at current exchange rates), while export sales are expected to slide 17.4 percent to $250 million. Net income is predicted to dive 38.4 percent to $33 million.
Europe Correspondent Bruce Davis contributed to this report.


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Foresight Workshops
The urgency and scale of the climate crisis can be overwhelming and occasionally immobilizing: your mind just blanks at the complexity of the challenge. To overcome this and identify positive actions that we can and must take to be able to transition towards a sustainable internet, we find that visualizing an alternative future in which you've been successful helps to trace back the steps for how to get to where you want to be.
In a series of foresight workshops that take their inspiration from our art project "The Museum of the Fossilized Internet, 2050", we intend to convene diverse, interdisciplinary groups to explore different facets of this future. A pilot workshop in August 2020 will take a closer look at policy options, tapping into the idea of trustworthy AI and sustainability in the context of the EU's upcoming AI policy.
Additional foresight workshops will explore actions for technologists, business leaders, and funders. And if you have additional ideas or interested in running similar workshops, please do reach out, we're happy to connect with you and support the facilitation of your efforts.
Pilot Policy Workshop: Sustainability and Trustworthy AI
The world will cross the 1.5 degree warming threshold in 2024, quicker than previously estimated, forecasts the UN World Meteorological Organization. We have three and a half years to dramatically cut our emissions. We need sustainable systems, and we need them now.
We describe sustainability as a healthy environment, economic well-being, and social connection. We are particularly interested in reducing the internet's significant emissions while advocating to keep this global public resource open and accessible to all. It is essential that the internet advances healthy, sustainable practices.
Increasingly, our online lives are affected by artificial intelligence systems. If we want a healthy internet—and a healthy digital society—we need to make sure AI is trustworthy. For AI to be trustworthy, we need AI that is demonstrably worthy of trust. " Privacy, transparency, and human well-being are key considerations, and there is accountability for harms.
We must meet the moment of the climate crisis now—in the era of AI. This means bringing two currently separate conversations together: understanding the impact of greenhouse gases and identifying the main emitters and addressing the biases and civil rights concerns raised with the presently dominant implementations of AI. Both affect everyone and cause significant harm to already vulnerable people and communities.
To link trustworthy AI to climate justice, we must expand our understanding of human well-being and AI harms. Research demonstrates how AI intensifies energy consumption and AI systems developed by major tech companies (Amazon, Microsoft and more) are used to speed up extraction of oil and other natural resources. Tech companies are announcing ambitious climate plans, often following pressure and mobilization from their workforce. But none of these efforts take full account of the harms caused by their AI systems.
Our proposal
To understand the environmental harms caused by AI and situate these in a larger context of internet health and the climate crisis, we are convening an interdisciplinary group. We seek to demand AI systems that are trustworthy and sustainable. "Collective liberation and ecological sustainability," as described by Sasha Costanza-Chock in their book Design Justice, will be a guiding vision.
With these findings, we will develop a stronger call for sustainable and trustworthy AI that translates into policies and organizational agendas. We will pursue constructive approaches along the way, such as sustainability engineering and sustainability by design, aiming to create blueprints for others to build on.
We will focus this first convening on the policy window in Europe as the European Commission defines its AI strategy, climate agenda and COVID recovery plans. This moment offers a strategic opportunity to advance trustworthy AI and climate justice in the summer of 2020.
This workshop series is an initiative from Mozilla's Environmental Champions as part of Mozilla's Sustainability Programme. Facilitated by Michelle Thorne and Fieke Jansen.
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Cook the other 2 strips of bacon so that they are completely crispy. Let cool.
In the work bowl of a food processor, process the oats until they resemble the texture of grits. Add in the strips of crispy bacon along with the flour and baking powder. Process until there are no large chunks of bacon left.
Mix in the eggs so that the mixture turns into a crumbly but moist dough. It should look very crumbly, but when pressed it should stick together.
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A guest blog by Business Models Inc's Patrick van der Pijl.
How to decide in which Startup to invest?
On January 17th, the Demo Day of Startupbootcamp NFC & Contactless takes place in Amsterdam. 10 high potential startups, from seven countries, will pitch their businesses for an audience of 400+ investors. They all have developed products based on Wireless & Interactive technology. After 3 months of intense mentorship, inspiring workshops (f.e. about Business Modeling Tools for Startups – by Business Models Inc.), product building, and customer validation, they have the opportunity to find an investor for their idea. But how does an investor or VC (Venture Capitalist) select the right Startup?
1. Vision: What is the vision behind the Startup? Why do they exist? Do they have a winning aspiration? A strong vision drives the team and the business model forward.
2. Customer: Who exactly is the customer? Did the Startup test the idea with (potential) clients? What was the feedback? How many potential customers did the Startup actually meet in person?
3. Value Proposition: Does the Startup's value proposition address a relevant job-to-be-done for customers? Does their product really solve a problem for the client? How many prototypes (minimum viable products) have they already built to test their value proposition with real customers?
4. Revenue: Are customers willing to pay for the value provided? How much revenue did they generate so far? And is their business model scalable?
5. Partners: Do they have the right partners to succeed? Who exactly are the partners they are working with right now, to build a better value proposition for their customers?
6. Resources: What is the sales capacity of the Startup? Are they great product developers AND can they sell their product? Do they have a diverse team with diverse capacities?
Download here the Business Model Check for Venture Capitalists.
We wish all Startups of Startup Bootcamp NFC & Contactless a wonderful Demo Day and all VC's good luck with choosing the right Startup to invest in!


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One year on from Trees That Count partnership
Hon Shane Jones, Minister for Forestry
A partnership between the One Billion Trees Programme and Trees That Count has resulted in almost double the amount of native trees planted by the Trust in the past year, Forestry Minister Shane Jones said.
In June 2018, the Government announced a commitment of $6.6 million to support Project Crimson's Trees That Count – which provides a link between those donating trees and those planting trees.
"This partnership project was one of the first through the One Billion Trees Programme and has played a crucial role in mobilising kiwis to get out there and plant native trees to mitigate climate change, improve the environment and increase biodiversity," Shane Jones said.
"Over the last year, Trees That Count has supported 122,000 native trees to be planted, up from 64,000.
"Just as importantly, they have been able to accelerate their ability to unlock non-government funding at an exceptional rate with an increase from $135,000 to $650,000.
"On top of this, we have seen regional staff recruited across the country to better support landowners and share the benefits of planting native trees on their properties.
"This is about supporting landowners to integrate trees into their landscapes and plant the right tree, in the right place. It's also more than an investment in trees. It's an investment in people, our regional communities and our environment.
"In total, Trees That Count has supported the planting of more than 250,000 native trees throughout New Zealand," Shane Jones said.
Shane.Jones@parliament.govt.nz
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Tipping Removal Companies – Should You Do It?
Tipping removal companies always seems to be a grey area in the moving process. The short and simple answer to the question of whether to tip movers is this: it's up to you.


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Erneuville (en wallon Rnuveye) est une section de la commune belge de Tenneville située en Région wallonne dans la province de Luxembourg.

C'était une commune à part entière avant la fusion des communes de 1977.

Erneuville n'était une commune de la province de Luxembourg que depuis 1839. Elle faisait partie avant cela du département de Sambre-et-Meuse. Elle fut créée en 1823 par la réunion des communes de Cens et Erneuville.

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Created for the Manchester Festival, this new Opera by Damon Albarn and Rufus Norris featured a set by designer Paul Atkinson. Nominated for an International Opera Award 2013, the set design was based around two steel and serge-clad towers either side of the stage, connected by a moving two-tiered platform or bridge.
The bridge took the form of a 13.5m wide open fronted 'room', providing space for the orchestra to perform within, while the roof surface was used by performers. Appearing to float above the stage, it was controlled via two winches within the towers, gliding up and down to different levels enabling different performers to enter or exit as required.
We also created the astronomy themed floor, flew the character of Queen Elizabeth I, as well as providing drapery and flags.