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Corruption killing Nigeria, 5 others —US
US Secretary of State, John Kerry, in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, mentioned Nigeria, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and Yemen as countries wracked by corruption. Kerry said the US would redouble its commitment to fighting corruption as a national security priority that costs the global economy some $2.6 trillion a year and "complicates every single security, diplomatic, and social initiative we undertake." "We have to acknowledge in all quarters of leadership that the plagues of violent extremism, greed, lust for power, and sectarian exploitation often find their nourishment where governments are fragile and leaders are incompetent or dishonest," Kerry said in a keynote address to the forum. He noted that graft and ineffective governance had either caused or contributed greatly to crises in Iraq, Nigeria, Syria, Ukraine, Libya and Yemen and thus had become an international, rather than purely domestic, problem. "The fact is there is nothing, absolutely nothing, more demoralizing and disempowering to any citizen of any nation than the belief the system is rigged against them and that people in positions of power are — to use a diplomatic term of art — crooks who are stealing the future of their own people; and by the way, depositing their ill-gotten gains in ostensibly legitimate financial institutions around the world," Kerry said. He said corruption is a social danger, a radicalizer used as a recruitment tool by extremist groups, and a destroyer of opportunity. "The bottom line is that it's everybody's responsibility to condemn and expose corruption, to hold perpetrators accountable, and to replace a culture of corruption," Kerry said. "Never forget: the impact of corruption touches everyone," he said. "We all pay for it. So we have to wage this fight collectively — not reluctantly, but wholeheartedly by embracing standards that make corruption the exception, not the norm." On refugees, Kerry said the US would encourage donors to increase financing for worldwide humanitarian appeals by 30 percent, from $10 billion to $13 billion a year. He said the US would also push countries that currently accept refugees to double the number they resettle, increase the number of refugees in school by one million and the number of refugees legally allowed to work by one million. And, he said at least 10 more countries should begin accepting refugees or make major improvements to their policies. "These calls will be a centerpiece of a refugee summit that President Barack Obama will host at the UN General Assembly this fall," Kerry said.]]>
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Stratospheric ozone by MACC is now evaluated by comparison with observations retrieved from limb-scanning satellite instruments: see the new evaluation page (i.e. on the left pane, click "NRT products"->"Evaluation"->"Vs satellite obs").
Three instruments are currently included: Aura-MLS, OMPS-limb and Odin-OSIRIS. Note that Aura-MLS is assimilated, so it only provides verification about the impact of the assimilation. OMPS-limb and Odin-OSIRIS are not assimilated, hence provide independent validation, but currently do not deliver data on a regular basis (last data for OSIRIS is in February 2014; for OMPS in November 2013). For full acknowledgements to the data providers, see the new evaluation page.


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Marcin Wadowita (Wadovius, surnommé Campius), né à Wadowice en 1567 et mort le , est un prêtre, théologien, professeur et chancelier de l'université de Cracovie.

Marcin Wadowita fut étudiant à l'université jagellonne de Cracovie. Il poursuivit ses humanités à Rome.

Marcin Wadowita devint professeur à Cracovie, puis chancelier de l'université. Il fit édifié plusieurs bâtiments universitaires. Au cours de son mandat en tant que chancelier, l'université Jagellonne prospéra et rayonna.

Il publia un certain nombre d'ouvrages en latin.

Œuvres
 1603 : "Qvaestio De Incarnatione" (Traité sur l'Incarnation);
 1604 : "Qvaestio De Christi Merito" (Traité du Christ méritant);
 1608 : "Qvaestio De Divina Volvntate Et Radice Continentiae" (Traité de la Volonté Divine de Dieu);
 1616 : "Qvaestio De Hypostasi Aeternae, Foelicitatis, Primoqve Medio Salvtis, Interno Actv Fidei" (Traité de l'être éternel, le bonheur et le salut);
 1620 : "Disputatio theologica" (Réflexions théologiques);
 1620 : "Qvaestio merito de Christi Domini" (Traité sur le mérite du Christ Seigneur);
 1622 : "Disputatio de evidentia misterii" (Réflexions sur le mystère évident);
 1622 : Eucharistiae Sacramento (Traité sur le sacrement divin de l'Eucharistie);
 1636 : "Qvaestio De Invenienda, Cognoscenda, discernenda vera Christi Ecclesia in Terris" (Traité sur l'obligation de la recherche des connaissances, et de distinguer la véritable Église du Christ sur la terre);
 1638 : "Qvaestio De Visione Beata" (Traité de la vision béatifique)

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Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989) was a British travel writer and novelist. After working first at Sotheby's, and then for the Sunday Times, he made a pilgrimage to Patagonia in 1974, which inspired the book that launched his writing career. In Patagonia won the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M. Forster Award. Chatwin went on to write many successful travel memoirs, including The Songlines, about Indigenous Australian mythology. His novel, Utz, was shortlisted for the 1988 Booker Prize.
Bruce Chatwin on Granta.com
In Conversation|The Online Edition
Bruce Chatwin | Interview
Bruce Chatwin & Michael Ignatieff
'We have everything here, but I always wish I was somewhere else. It's a condition that makes one very difficult to live with.'
The Road to Ouidah
'Sweat, fruit, dust. The stunted goats. On the beach the straight line of white breakers, a pale blue sea, the colour almost of the sky. The bleached hulls of the pirogues. The blown coconut palms.'
'The island of Chiloé is celebrated for its black storms and black soil, its thickets of fuchsia and bamboo, its Jesuit churches and the golden hands of its woodcarvers.'
'In Alice Springs – a grid of scorching streets where men in long white socks were forever getting in and out of Land Cruisers – I met a Russian who was mapping the sacred sites of the Aboriginals.'
A Coup
'You do not understand. In this country one understands nothing.'
The Bey
'"Ha!" said the old gentleman. "I see you have The Eye. I too have The Eye. We shall be friends."'
Mrs Mandelstam
'The doctor, I assume, was her KGB man.'
'On the south side of the Beagle Channel is the Chilean island of Navarino, with its naval base at Puerto Williams. I hoped to walk around the coast and get a glimpse of Hermit Island, which is the breeding colony of the black-browed Albatross.'
Konstantin Melnikov: Architect
'The death-knell of visionary architecture in Russia had already been sounded when Lenin's commissioner for enlightenment, Anatoly Lunacharsky, announced, "The people also have a right to colonnades."'


John Paulding Associates is a Cambridge (UK) based consultancy which focuses on the specialised motor industry. With over 30 years experience the company has extensive knowledge of the industry and offers services covering all aspects of marketing, advertising and PR, complimented by its design ability and creative flair.
Our client list reads like a Who's Who of the performance and styling industry, representing most of the main players from manufacturing, distribution and retail areas.
Our client base is worldwide and JPA acts as UK and European representatives for several overseas companies.
Through combining a background in engineering and a passion for all things automotive, John Paulding Associates has become established as a successful and reliable resource for all sectors of the performance, classic, styling and motorsports markets.
Part of this success is an ability to respond to an ever-changing market. This is demonstrated by our digital marketing operations - which now includes SEO and Pay Per Click services - and, recently, by the linking up with a leading German agency to enhance publicity in Continental Europe, and the appointment of an American partner to provide similar services in the North American market.
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What If the Neo-Nuts Find Out That 'O' Snubbed Kwanzaa??
When President Obama and his family addressed troops at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, the president failed to give lip service to the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa. Of course, the GOP was too busy manufacturing the War Against Christmas to bother with noticing.
It is not really surprising that the president failed to bring up the holiday alongside his other greetings.
Kwanzaa has seen better days. Having been at its prime in the 80's and 90's, the number of people in America who celebrate Kwanzaa these days is around 2 percent.
The president and the first lady did release an official statement on the first day of Kwanzaa, sending their best wishes and giving a brief summary of the holiday.
Clearly, it's time that we launch the official War on Kwanzaa. We're calling on you, Fox News!


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Palestinians observe national mourning over Gaza deaths
March 31, 2018 at 3:11 pm | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine
A wounded Palestinian is being moved away from the site after Israeli forces fire at protesters during the 'Great March of Return' in Gaza on 30 March 2018 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency]
Palestinians marked a general strike and a day of mourning today over the death of 15 Palestinians by Israeli gunfire during rallies demanding the right of return to refugees reported on Anadolu Agency.
Shops across the occupied West Bank shuttered their doors, universities and schools suspended their classes and most businesses observed the general strike.
At least 15 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip were martyred and hundreds injured when Israeli forces opened fire on protesters marking "Land Day", an annual Palestinian commemoration of the deaths of six Arab citizens of Israel killed by Israeli forces in 1976 during demonstrations over government land confiscations in northern Israel.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared Saturday a day of mourning over Friday's deaths.
The Great March of Return: An opportunity for Palestinians to return to Najd or is it Sedrot?
"Palestinian factions have responded to the president's decision to declare mourning for the victims of the Israeli massacre," Wasel Abu Yusuf, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s executive committee, told Anadolu Agency.
"The national and Islamic forces declared a general strike in all Palestinian areas and called for demonstrations to protest the Israeli massacre against our people in Gaza," he said.
Meanwhile, thousands of mourners in the Gaza Strip on Saturday buried the bodies of six protesters martyred by Israeli gunfire a day earlier.
Nine demonstrators had been laid to rest in the Palestinian enclave on Friday.
Friday's rallies were the start of a six-week protest that culminates on May 15, the day the Palestinians call as "Nakba", or "Catastrophe", when Israel was created.
The demonstrators are demanding that Palestinian refugees be allowed the right of return to towns and villages which their families fled from, or were driven out of, when the state of Israel was created in 1948.
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New Vision Dance Center promises to put the well-being of children first in the design and administration of our programs. We continually strive to promote the physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and moral growth of each child, all while nurturing a love of dance. Our dedicated instructors have devoted their lives to dance and are proud to share that passion with children of all ages and experience.
30 minute introductory dance class to guide children in developing strength, flexibility, coordination and self-confidence through creative movement. Young dancers will learn how to follow direction and imitate movement in a positive environment. The use of props such as parachutes and butterfly nets send young dancers to an imaginary destination of exploration and pure enjoyment!
30 minute introductory dance class that includes ballet, tap and creative movement. Young dancers will be taught basic steps while learning how to follow direction from a non-parent authority figure and emulate movements in an encouraging environment. Engaging music is used to get these tots inspired! The use of props such as Twinkle Bears and hula hoops enables the young dancers to use their imagination, creativity, and most of all, have fun!
This energetic class provides a structured method of learning various Hip Hop dance movements and technique in a fun-filled and vibrant class environment. Meanwhile, dancers build stamina, improve strength, and explore rhythm isolations while being challenged to learn and recall choreography from week to week.
This is a class that introduces classical ballet and tap while encouraging a child's free expression. The goal of this class is to provide a healthy and positive experience that stimulates a love for dance.
This class introduces the classical ballet positions, leaps, and works rhythm steps of tap. There is a focus on helping students understand the class structure, taking turns, and expressing themselves.
This class dives deeper into classical ballet movement and terminology, and combines the coordination and rhythm of tap.
These classes teach classical ballet positions, barre work, center floor, adagio and allegro at an age appropriate level.
Students will develop rhythm, coordination, and clarity of sounds while learning tap's founding skills and some of today's newest tricks.
These classes develop flexibility, control, and technique through the use of isolation movements, turns, and jumps. Dancer's overall confidence and self-esteem will soar with this class.
This is a high-energy class emphasizing popular dance steps with age appropriate music, focusing on learning choreography.
This style will combine the technique of ballet with the asymmetrical lines of jazz in a choreography-based class where the dancers will explore musicality through movement.
A talented group of dancers who train intensely in ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, and contemporary. The group also performs at community events. This program develops poise, self-confidence, self-expression, and discipline that is carried into the dancers' everyday lives. To further their training these students travel and perform nationally. By invitation only.
Our classes are designed to introduce our students to age-appropriate technique while cultivating a lifetime love of movement and dance. View our schedule of classes to see a breakdown of the classes by age group.


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Anger over college closure 'disruption'
ANGRY parents of AS-level pupils have criticised Brooklands College for disrupting their children's studies unnecessarily.
Brooklands College took the decision to close its Ashford campus after promised government funding from the Learning and Skills Council failed to materialise.
From July 2010, all vocational courses will take place at the Weybridge campus while A-level provision will be scrapped altogether.
Nathalie Scarrott, whose son Oliver is taking AS-levels in physics and use of maths plus a vocational qualification in aerospace engineering, told the Surrey Advertiser : "I'm really cross. My son only joined Brooklands six weeks ago and now he's going to have to move places again.
"He is also doing both A-levels and vocational studies so he can carry on his vocational studies at Brooklands but not the A-levels.
"And the problem is a lot of other colleges won't take him on part-time.
"They've said they're working in partnership with other schools in the area but they haven't mentioned anything like that in the letter."
Mrs Scarrott also claimed that another difficulty she and her son were now facing was the possibility of A-level classes at another school clashing with Oliver's vocational studies at Brooklands.
According to Mrs Scarrott, her 18-year-old son has no choice but to continue with his vocational course at Brooklands as there is no funding for students older than 19.
"He's very disappointed," said Mrs Scarrott.
She added: "It's very disruptive because most of them will have come from other schools and so will have already had to move once.
"It just seems ludicrous to not see the current students through until the end of their studies."
Another parent, who wished to remain anonymous and whose 17-year-old daughter attends the college, said: "Teenagers have hard enough lives as it is without this added disruption.
"I understand Brooklands have been put in a difficult position but the way it's all been handled isn't great.
"I didn't even get sent a letter as a parent."
There are currently 150 students registered to study for AS-levels.
A letter, dated October 29, was sent out to students from college principal Colin Staff, who also announced his retirement this week for the end of this academic year.
Mr Staff told the Surrey Advertiser that it was not possible for the college to continue its A-level provision past 2010 because of the desperate lack of funding.
Mr Staff said: "Ideally that is exactly what we would want to do.
"The difficulty is the degree of financial difficulty is such that we have to get out of the Ashford campus by the end of the academic year, so the idea is to try and transfer as much as we can to the Weybridge campus,"
Mr Staff also claimed: "We look at this on a student-by-student basis and I'm trying to deal with as many questions from parents as I can."
He also denied his departure was a means of 'jumping before he is pushed', saying: "I was due to retire last May. But originally my intention was to hang on until the new buildings were finished.
"Obviously that's not going to happen any more. And whilst I can begin to reshape the college this really needs some new blood and a fresh perspective."


A roller coaster capable of doing spin-outs and other racing moves, invented by a ride innovation company based in Port Coquitlam was unveiled last week in Orlando at the global exposition for theme park operators put on by the International Attractions and Amusement Parks Association (IAAPA).
Dynamic Attractions' new products have consistently been recognized by IAAPA as the 'Best New Product Concept'. Over the past three years, the coveted Brass Ring has been awarded to Dynamic's All-Terrain Dark Ride (2017), Motion Theater (2016), and SFX Coaster (2015). In addition to all that, the company's new roller coaster already received the highest honor in the industry: The 2018 Best New Product Innovation Award.
Of course, we are quite sure that Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood will likely receive clones of the Japanese version of this ride (it would make sense for a variety of reasons), but we can dream, can't we? In any case, Theme Park fans have a lot to look forward to.
RENDERINGS & VIDEO: © 2018 Walt Disney World Resort. All Rights Reserved.


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India tour of Bangladesh, 2015 »
Fatullah Test Day 4: Match heads for draw as ...
Fatullah Test Day 4: Match heads for draw as rain continues
Tags: India tour of Bangladesh, 2015, India, Bangladesh, Harbhajan Singh, Mominul Haque, Bangladesh Vs India - Only Test at Fatullah, Jun 10-14, 2015
Published on: Jun 13, 2015
It was another day of frustration for fans as well as players from both India and Bangladesh as only 30.1 overs were possible on the fourth day
It was another day of frustration for fans as well as players from both India and Bangladesh as only 30.1 overs were possible on the fourth day. A lot happened during this phase, if one were to look for highlights. Imrul Kayes completed an unbeaten half-century, continuing his good form, Tamim Iqbal overtook Habibul Bashar as the leading run-scorer for Bangladesh in Tests, Mominul Haque couldn't equal AB de Villiers' record of 12 half-centuries while Harbhajan Singh picked up his first wicket on comeback to international cricket after two years.
Knowing very well that there wasn't enough time for Bangladesh to be bowled out twice, the hosts attacked the Indian bowlers from the start. Tamim began in his usual aggressive fashion and hit three boundaries before Ravichandran Ashwin got him with one that dipped on the batsman, beat his bat and went into Wriddhiman Saha's gloves. Tamim was drawn out of his crease, and Saha had his first stumping in Tests. Kayes, however, continued to attack. He raced away to his third half-century, never looking in too much trouble out in the middle.
Mominul, who was chasing a record, seemed a bit off-colour. He struggled against the pace of Umesh Yadav, and edged a couple of boundaries. Harbhajan did not begin confidently on comeback, but he and Ashwin in tandem began to keep things tight. Bangladesh had got closer to 100 in 24 overs, but then followed a period when only four runs came in four overs.
Kayes managed to find a few boundaries, but after a while Mominul's luck ran out. He mishit Harbhajan down the ground where Yadav took a simple catch, and Mominul fell 20 short of de Villiers' record. Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim did not last long, as he was dismissed bat pad to Ashwin. Shakib Al Hasan had only faced a few deliveries when the rain come down, and prevented any further play.
-- By A Cricket Correspondent
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Home inFocus The state of the art of gearboxes
The state of the art of gearboxes
Regularly scheduled maintenance keeps turbines spinning, and the proper lubricants can extend the period between checkups.
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Much has been written about the global growth in the wind turbine industry. Today, more than 341,320 wind turbines are operating worldwide. In particular, the number of offshore installations has exploded in the past seven years (Figures 1-2).
Production of gearboxes for wind turbines. Today's gearbox normally requires a major scheduled maintenance only after seven to 10 years, typically for bearing replacement. (Courtesy: Shutterstock)
The continuous reliability gains in the industry have caused the cost of wind-turbine electricity to drop significantly, so much so that some current offshore projects are underway without any government subsidy, with full understanding of the unique maintenance issues and costs associated with offshore installations. This momentum is proof of how far wind turbines have come in terms of reliability and cost effectiveness.
Figure 1: Installed global wind capacity in megawatts (Global Wind Energy Council).
Time Between Maintenance: Lubricant
In regard to the wind-turbine gearbox, gone are the epidemic failure rates of less than three years seen in the early 2000s. Rather, today's gearbox normally requires a major scheduled maintenance only after seven to 10 years, typically for bearing replacement. And remember, this is a scheduled maintenance, not a replacement of a failed gearbox.
Figure 2: Cumulative offshore capacity in megawatts (Global Wind Energy Council).
Unfortunately, the wind-turbine gearbox lubricant and filtration system has not achieved a similar increase in durability. A maximum of three to five years is the typical life expectancy for the lubricant and even less for the lubricant filters. As a result, major efforts are under way to increase the life expectancy of the lubricant. Approaches such as improved filtration, lower lubricant operating temperatures, and newer formulations have all been and continue to be studied in this effort. The goal is to increase the time between maintenance for the lubricant to match or exceed that for the gearbox.
In particular, lubricant debris generated from the gear teeth during start up and operation is a major cause of lubricant deterioration. Despite all the improvements in gear design and manufacturing, wind-turbine gear teeth continue to rub (i.e. operated in mixed EHL) and release hard iron metal particles into the lubricant. These metal particles rapidly clog the filters if they are large enough to be captured. Unfortunately, many are too small to be filtered out. These unfilterable small particles, typically 1-5 microns in size, create numerous lubricant problems. For instance, very large pressure peaks are produced when a small hard metal particle passes through the contact zone of a gear or bearing, as represented in Figures 3-4.
Figure 3: Schematic of a contact zone containing a hard metal particle and its resulting pressure peak.
Along with denting or abrading the tribological surface of the given component, which leads to a further increase in mixed EHL, the particles result in high pressure peaks that accelerate the surface fatigue of the gear or bearing. In fact, some experts believe the high pressure peaks from metal particles in bearing contacts lead to or contribute to the problem of axial fatigue cracking in today's wind-turbine industry (T. Stalin; Vattenfall; NREL/GRC presentation February 2018).
Further problems develop when small iron particles combine with other lubricant materials to form large, soft conglomerates. These conglomerates accelerate the clogging of the filters. And remember, once the filter is clogged, the filter bypass automatically opens, and all filtration is lost until the filters can be changed.
Figure 4: Image of the pressure peak caused by a hard particle in a contact zone.
Also, small metal particles in the presence of the high lubricant operating temperatures are catalysts for numerous deteriorating side chemical reactions. In particular, water in the high temperature lubricant, down to even 100 ppm, is an excellent ingredient to react with iron particles and some of the special lubricant additives. Many wind turbines are operating with 1-2 percent water content in their lubricant along with >1,000 ppm of small iron particles. This is an excellent incubator for deteriorating chemical side reactions.
A New Approach
It is understandable that wind-turbine lubricant filtration, lowering operating temperatures, and new formulations have gotten the initial industry focus to increase the time between lubricant maintenance. Much has already been accomplished in these areas, but there are limits that these approaches can accomplish and most improvements have already been achieved.
A different approach has been proposed, and its study has begun. Rather than accepting the problems associated with the teeth generating hard iron particle debris, the goal is to eliminate the tooth debris altogether. This approach is using the ISF® process to superfinish all the gears throughout the gearbox.
Figure 5: Three multi-megawatt class isotropic superfinished planets removed after seven years of operation.
Historically, isotropic superfinishing has been applied only to the input stage of a wind-turbine gearbox such as the annulus, sun pinion, and planets. These are the slowest moving and highest loaded gears and experience the most amount of surface distress. Commercial experience since 2003 has proved that isotropic superfinished wind-turbine gears do not develop surface distress, even after many years of operation. So it is expected that fully isotropic superfinished wind-turbine gearboxes will achieve the same result.
Figures 5-6 depict a set of multi-mega wind turbine planets that were originally isotropic superfinished by the manufacturer. The "galvanized" tooth surface appearance is the normal burnished appearance. These planets had been removed after seven years of operation for bearing maintenance and were returned to operation without any repair. Note there is no metal-to-metal contact pattern on the tooth flanks. This is proof that these isotropic superfinished planets were, and are continuing to operate, in full EHL. In other words, the planet teeth are not rubbing against the sun pinion or annulus teeth and no iron particle debris is being generated.
Figure 6: Closeup of the top planet after seven years showing no metal-to-metal contact pattern.
The new study will use a series of gearboxes where all the gears are isotropic superfinished. These gearboxes will be placed in operation and carefully monitored for particle debris generation. After a period of time, if all goes well, the original filters will be upgraded with finer particle filters to remove even the smallest of debris. (Remember, even 1-micron particle debris can damage the bearings in a wind turbine gearbox.) Then the wind turbines will be allowed to continue operating indefinitely, and the condition of the lubricant will be monitored.
Hopefully, the lubricant will remain fully operational for seven or more years, and the time between maintenance for the gearbox, its lubricant and filter will be extended and balanced. This study will take many years to complete. Periodically, progress reports will be published to the wind-turbine industry on this effort.
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Title: For how long can glaciers keep advancing in a warming world?
Recipient(s): Dr B Anderson | PI | Victoria University of Wellington
Dr AN Mackintosh | AI | Victoria University of Wellington
Prof J Oerlemans | AI | Universiteit Utrecht
Public Summary: The vast majority of the world's glaciers are retreating as a result of global-scale warming. Yet a small proportion of glaciers, in areas such as New Zealand, have advanced during this period of Earth warming. We will use a coupled energy-balance ice-flow model to test the causes of this advance and assess whether expected future precipitation increases can offset projected temperature increases. The result will be a very detailed projection of future change on New Zealand's iconic and economically important glaciers such as Tasman and Franz Josef. This glacier response dataset will be used to distill the essential climatic, topographic and dynamic characteristics that need to be captured when predicting future glacier response. A simple dynamic model that captures these characteristics will be tested and applied to the New Zealand Glacier inventory of 3144 glaciers, providing the first estimate of future glacier change in this region. The glaciological parameterisations and simple models developed will allow quantitative projections of future glacier change to be made on global glacier datasets, which will ultimately refine the considerable uncertainty in changes in water resources and global sea-level rise estimates.
Contact Person: Dr B Anderson
Title: Fractionating face blindness: Creating a taxonomy for developmental prosopagnosia
Recipient(s): Dr T Susilo | PI | Victoria University of Wellington
Associate Professor BC Duchaine | AI | Victoria University of Wellington
Public Summary: Developmental prosopagnosia (DP) is a developmental disorder defined by lifelong impairments in face recognition in the absence of basic visual problems and learning disabilities. DP has detrimental effects on well-being and social functioning, and it is estimated to affect 90,000 people in New Zealand alone. A fundamental issue in DP research is the lack of systematic knowledge about varieties of DP. By diagnosis, DP individuals are impaired at identifying others from their face, but they may or may not be impaired at other cognitive functions such as recognising objects, reading words, perceiving biological motion, or navigating the environment. This research is the first step in our programme to create a taxonomy of DP by fractionating DP into its valid subtypes. We will run a web-based investigation with an unprecedentedly large sample of DP participants, focusing on demarcating DP individuals who show face-specific impairments from those who do not. Results will lay the groundwork for the creation of a DP taxonomy, facilitate research on the cognitive and neural determinants of DP, and inform the development of effective rehabilitation strategies.
Contact Person: Dr T Susilo
Panel: EHB
Title: Free analysis and convexity
Recipient(s): Dr I Klep | PI | The University of Auckland
Professor JW Helton | AI | University of California, San Diego
Public Summary: Convexity is a basic notion from geometry that is applied for solving problems across many sciences. For instance, in economics and finance, the general equilibrium theory assumes convex preferences, and in statistics and probability Jensen's inequality plays a crucial role. In optimisation, convexity leads to 'safe' and numerically tractable problems. Convex optimisation is employed in control theory, communications and networks, signal processing, mechanical engineering, finance, optimal design in statistics, coding theory, and elsewhere.
This proposal aims to determine classes of optimisation problems which are effectively convex ones, even if they do not look like it. Advances in free analysis and free convexity are yielding exciting new approaches to this question, but there are still fundamental challenges ahead. This proposal intends to overcome these challenges by using algebraic, geometric and analytic tools in a novel way. A focus is the discovery of new geometric results for a class of convex objects arising from linear matrix inequalities.
Contact Person: Dr I Klep
Panel: MIS
Title: Free Analysis and its Applications
Recipient(s): Associate Professor I Klep | PI | The University of Auckland
Professor SA McCullough | AI | University of Florida
Professor AFM ter Elst | AI | University of Auckland
Public Summary: Convexity is a basic notion from geometry that is applied for solving problems across many sciences. In optimisation, convexity leads to reliable and numerically tractable problems. Convex optimisation is employed in control theory, communications and networks, signal processing, mechanical engineering, finance, optimal design in statistics, coding theory, etc.
This proposal aims to determine classes of optimisation problems which are effectively convex ones, even if they do not look like it. Advances in free analysis and real algebraic geometry are yielding exciting new approaches to this question, but there are still fundamental challenges ahead. This proposal intends to overcome these by using algebraic, geometric and analytic tools in a novel way.
The project is designed modularly consisting of two strands, one focusing on free function theory, and the other on real algebraic geometry and positivity of noncommutative functions. We will also vigorously pursue applications of free analysis to related fields such as operator algebra and quantum information theory. Key for this will be advances in algorithms and their implementations which we intend to make available online to the wider scientific community.
Contact Person: Associate Professor I Klep
Title: Friends on the forest floor: do facilitative interactions dominate in New Zealand's unique bryoflora?
Recipient(s): Dr AJ Brandt | PI | Landcare Research
Associate Professor DJ Burritt | AI | University of Otago
Dr DS Glenny | AI | Landcare Research
Public Summary: Competitive species interactions underpin modern theory on how plant communities are structured and which species are present. Facilitation, where the presence of a neighbouring species benefits rather than hinders a plant's growth, is considered important mainly in harsh environments, where the neighbour could ameliorate the impact of stressful conditions. Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) are the oldest land plants. They lack roots and internal transport vessels, making them fundamentally different from flowering plants. Because bryophytes obtain nutrients and water directly from the atmosphere, they may be more likely to share than compete for resources, and thus may be especially reliant on facilitation between species to acquire and maintain water in their cells. To determine whether facilitative interactions increase in strength under stressful conditions or occur along the entire environmental gradient, we will measure the stress and performance responses of bryophytes grown in monoculture and with other species along experimentally -imposed temperature and moisture gradients. This will allow us to test the generality of current ecological theory derived from studies of flowering plants.
Host: Landcare Research
Contact Person: Dr AJ Brandt
Project ID: 17-LCR-012
Title: From automatic groups to automatic structures and beyond
Recipient(s): Prof B Khoussainov | PI | The University of Auckland
Prof OG Kharlampovich | PI | McGill University
Prof AG Myasnikov | PI | Stevens Institute of Technology
Public Summary: Finite state machines such as automata constitute a simple mathematical yet a powerful model of
computer programs. By automata we typically mean any of the following: finite automata, tree automata, Buchi automata, and Rabin automata. Automata possess nice algebraic properties and many algorithmic problems about automata are decidable. These make automata important in applications and theoretical studies. This project investigates limits and possibilities of automata in representation of important mathematical structures, e.g. groups and graphs. Structures that have automata representations in a certain precise sense include fragments of the arithmetic, e.g. Skolem and Presburger arithmetic, state spaces of computer programs, and fundamental groups of many 3-dimensional manifolds. Topics include: (1) finding necessary and sufficient conditions for structures to possess representations by automata with an emphasis to tree automatic structures; (2) Investigating the relationship between various definitions of automaticity for structures. Examples of such definitions are Thurston's definition of automatic group and Khoussainov-Nerode's definition of automatic structures; (3) Computing invariants of mathematical structures represented by automata; (4) Studying geometric and algorithmic properties of structures (such as groups) represented by automata. These topics have both theoretical and practical significance.
Contact Person: Prof B Khoussainov
Title: From genomics to properties of the last Eukaryote common ancestor
Recipient(s): Prof D Penny | PI | Massey University
Mr M Irimia | AI | University of Barcelona
Dr S Roy | AI | Stanford University
Public Summary: Eukaryotes show a tremendous diversity of lifestyles, from plants and fungi that make all necessary chemical compounds from only very basic food sources, to animals that acquire many essential amino acids and enzyme cofactors (vitamins) by consuming other organisms. But which came first?
The nature and origins of the earliest complex unicellular eukaryotes remains a mystery, and one with deep implications for the history of life on earth. We are using new genomic sequences from every group of eukaryotics to test information about the biosynthetic capabilities of two key early ancestors: (i) the last common ancestor of all modern eukaryotes; and (ii) the ancestral cell that engulfed the mitochondrion. These results will help resolve some of the most central questions of the origins of complex life. Our immediate goal is to reconstruct the biosynthetic enzymes present in early ancestors of all eukaryotes. The longer-term goal is to put real biology into genomics (or vice versa): to harness comparative genomics to yield useful information about the life history and cell biology of organisms.
Contact Person: Prof D Penny
Title: From genotypes to phenotypes: Quantifying the functional load
Recipient(s): Professor MP Cox | PI | Massey University Manawatu
Dr I Gallego Romero | AI | Nanyang Technological University
Public Summary: We now have a good understanding of genetic diversity within species, especially in humans. But simply describing diversity was never the main goal of genetics. The question was always bigger: what fraction of genetic change actually causes a corresponding change in phenotype? Leveraging a unique human metapopulation system of small traditional villages in eastern Indonesia, we will jointly analyze genome-scale DNA, RNA, and methylation to quantify how much DNA diversity has functional effects, therefore presenting a target for selection, rather than simply reflecting noise and drift. By moving away from the strongly Eurocentric focus of previous research, we also offer a more representative picture of human diversity, with immediate downstream relevance to the history and health of Pacific peoples. This will provide evolutionary insight into the genome dynamics of traditional human populations, within the kinds of small community networks where most human evolution historically occurred. Biomedical studies typically lack this evolutionary framing, and we will thus provide a necessary perspective to advance burgeoning applications in genomic health. More fundamentally, disentangling the genotype-phenotype spectrum allows us to address an outstanding question in genetics: how much of the DNA diversity we observe is functional?
Host: Massey University Manawatu
Contact Person: Professor MP Cox
Title: From Geothermal Hot Springs to Microbial Gene Pools: Explaining Intra-Species Genomic Variations in Bacteria
Recipient(s): Dr CK Lee | PI | The University of Waikato
Professor MF Polz | PI | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor SC Cary | AI | University of Waikato
Dr MB Stott | AI | University of Canterbury
Public Summary: Natural bacterial populations are known to exhibit extraordinary intra-species genomic variations, an inconvenient truth not satisfactorily explained by the conventional framework for evolution, where natural selection acts on individual organisms exhibiting traits rather than directly on trait-conferring genes. Recent studies, however, have reported gene-specific selective sweeps of advantageous mutations across bacterial populations. This suggests that our current operational definitions of bacterial "species" do not in fact delineate bacterial populations that respond to natural selection in a cohesive manner, and that horizontal gene transfer, which is prevalent in bacteria, needs to be explicitly considered when defining bacterial "species".
Leveraging outputs from a near-national survey of New Zealand's geothermal microbial communities, we will attempt to resolve this paradox by examining the ecological population theory, which postulates that ecologically cohesive microbial populations are delineated by gene-flow boundaries. We hypothesise that ecological populations of bacteria exhibit behaviours analogous to metazoan populations, and we will test our hypothesis by answering three questions: (1) how do ecological populations respond to changes in environmental conditions; (2) do ecological populations exhibit biogeographical and dispersal patterns like those observed in metazoan populations; and (3) can we understand the mechanisms maintaining ecological populations by tracking them through a time series?
Host: The University of Waikato
Contact Person: Dr CK Lee
Project ID: 17-UOW-026
Title: From parasitism to mutualism: symbiosis interaction states and the adaptability of reef corals to climate change
Recipient(s): Associate Professor SK Davy | PI | Victoria University of Wellington
Professor RD Gates | AI | University of Hawaii
Professor AR Grossman | AI | Stanford University
Professor VM Weis | AI | Oregon State University
Public Summary: Coral reefs are in rapid decline, in part because warming causes corals to lose their symbiotic algae (bleaching). This provides an opportunity for infection by more thermally resistant, but less beneficial ('parasitic') algal types. However the long-term consequences of this parasitism might not be negative, as host selection can cause some parasites to become more mutualistic over time. We propose that such a shift can occur in corals, providing a mechanism by which they can adapt to warming. We will employ a powerful suite of molecular, cellular and physiological techniques to test this hypothesis. First we will characterise the cellular mechanisms that regulate the proliferation of mutualistic versus parasitic algae through the host's tissues. We will then test the competitiveness of these different algal types under a range of predicted global warming scenarios, and establish whether host fitness improves over time in those symbioses that initially tend towards parasitism. Our hugely experienced NZ-US team is ideally placed to tackle this project, at a time when public awareness of the threats posed by bleaching are at an all-time high due to the recent catastrophic events on the Great Barrier Reef, where 93% of reefs have reportedly been impacted.
Contact Person: Associate Professor SK Davy


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Good for Us? Younger Voters Lose Trust in Institutions
Robert W. Hunnicutt - April 30, 2014
The very basis of Second Amendment activism is a jaundiced eye toward state power. Our core belief is that the right to keep and bear arms is the one that protects all the other items in the Bill of Rights from the forces of tyranny who seem never to disappear from human history.
Our opponents like to sneer that we're just a bunch of angry old heterosexual white guys who fear that a robust government will chip away at our unearned privileges for the benefit of various more deserving ethnic, sexual and economic groups. They like to comfort themselves with the notion we are going the way of the wooly mammoth and that activist government will soon be leading younger, better people to the sunny uplands of human happiness. Young people, they think, aren't burdened by our mania for individual rights, and will count on a beneficent state to deliver a secure and joyful existence.
Not so fast, parlor Bolshies. A recent survey by the Harvard Institute of Politics showed that younger people between 18 and 29 have rapidly lost faith in government.
"Compared to one year ago, the level of trust that young Americans between 18- and 29-years-old have in most American institutions tested in our survey has dissipated compared even to last year's historically low numbers. For example, in the last 12 months, trust in the President has decreased from 39 percent to 32 percent, the U.S. military has decreased from 54 percent to 47 percent (the first time below a majority) and the Supreme Court from 40 to 36 percent."
Since the youth vote was one of the keys to both the 2008 and 2012 elections, that news has to chill any advocate of big government. I would suspect few SGN readers will be shocked to hear the news about the President's trust ratings:
"The growing lack of trust in the President comes from Democrats (64% trusted the President to do the right thing all or most of the time in 2013, today the number is 53%) and Independents (31% in 2013, 23% today) — and not from Republicans whose opinion has not changed in the last year. Thirteen percent (13%) of Republicans trust the President to do the right thing all or most of the time."
That 13 percent of Republicans trust the President indicates that 13 percent didn't understand the question.
Not trusting the government is a healthy attitude and should better incline these future voters toward the right to bear arms. What is more disturbing is their increasing alienation toward politics in general:
Do you agree or disagree with each statement?
( % who agree strongly or somewhat )
Elected officials seem to be motivated by selfish reasons
54% - Feb. 2010
59% - Mar. 2012
59% - Apr. 2013
Elected officials don't seem to have the same priorities I have
- - Feb. 2011
Politics has become too partisan
People like me do not have any say about what the government does
Running for office is an honorable thing to do
Political involvement rarely has any tangible results
The idea of working in some form of public service is appealing to me
Now, given gerrymandering and other vote manipulation by polls, the infusion of cash from meddling billionaires like Michael Bloomberg, the cheerleading by the mainstream media for the increasingly unpopular current occupant of the White House and mudslinging campaign tactics that now extend right down to your local dogcatcher race, it's hard to fault the youngsters for cynicism.
But staying engaged with politics is how we hang onto, and preferably expand, our rights. We didn't get right-to-carry laws throughout the country by muttering into our beer. They were earned by continuous, painstaking effort over more than 20 years. Let's hope the young people on our side are the ones who haven't given up on the political process.
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Pittsburgh's New "Assault Weapons" Ban's Effect on the USCCA Expo
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Firearms News sat down with USDCCA founder, and president, Tim Schmidt to get the full story.
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Extinction Rebellion Facing 'Organised Crime' Curbs
Saturday 5th September 2020 |
The Sunday Telegraph
Government crackdown on extremist group after "unacceptable" attack on free press
Whitehall sources said Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have asked officials to take a 'fresh look' at how Extinction Rebellion is classified under the law CREDIT: Alamy Live News
Extinction Rebellion could be treated as an organised crime group as part of a major crackdown on its activities that may also include new protections for MPs, judges and the press, the Telegraph can disclose.
Whitehall sources said Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have asked officials to take a "fresh look" at how the group is classified under the law, after the Prime Minister described its blockading of major printing presses as "completely unacceptable".
On Saturday, police were criticised for failing to act more quickly after the blockade began on Friday evening.
Hertfordshire police faced anger for stating that officers were "working to facilitate the rights of both the protesters and those affected by their presence" but protesters were not cooperating.
"It's clear they're not your normal protest group, so you have to look at them in a different way," said one Whitehall source.
Ministers are also considering new powers making it easier for police to stop demonstrators from entering particular areas, bolstering protections for parts of the UK's critical national infrastructure, and explicitly outlawing disruption to "tenets of democracy", such as MPs voting in Parliament, judges attending court, and the printing and distribution of the free press.
The move comes after nearly 200 activists used vehicles and bamboo structures to block roads outside major printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool.
The presses print The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, along with Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp titles including the Sun and the Times.
Extinction Rebellion (XR) accused the newspapers of failing to report on climate change and chained themselves to the bamboo structures to obstruct the roads outside the works.
But there are fears the group has been infiltrated by far left groups, who want it to pursue a more overtly militant socialist agenda.
By Saturday night, 80 people had been arrested after the blockades resulted in delays to the distribution of several national publications to shops across the country.
Many readers of The Daily Telegraph were among those prevented from accessing a newspaper.
The Met Police issued fines totalling £200,000 to activists after they exceeded the limit of 30 people in any one gathering. […]
On Saturday, senior ministers were also discussing whether and how the group could be reclassified to help police to crack down on its activities.
A Whitehall source said one option under discussion was for XR to be viewed as an organised crime group, which could result in its members being policed primarily by the National Crime Agency – Britain's FBI.
Under the 2015 Serious Crime Act an organised crime group "has at its purpose, or one of its purposes, the carrying on of criminal activities, and consists of three or more people who agree to act together to further that purpose."
Those found to have participated in the activities of an organised crime group can be imprisoned for up to five years.
More than a thousand XR members have been arrested amid demonstrations since 2018. Activists have been convicted for public order offences, criminal damage and obstructing an engine or a carriage using a railway.
A second Whitehall source said: "They do this in a way that makes it as hard as possible for the police to remove them. The Home Office is looking at various ways we could deal with this kind of incident."
Some discussions have taken place about whether the group could even be proscribed as a terror organisation, but the source said it was thought to be highly unlikely that it would meet the legal threshold for such a move.
Last year, in a report published by Policy Exchange, Mr Walton said XR should be treated as an extremist anarchist group, after finding that it had a "subversive" agenda rooted in the "political extremism of anarchism" rather than just campaigning on climate change.
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The actual house the Perron's once inhabited they believed to be haunted. csicop.org
16. The House's Present Owner Sued Warner Brothers
Whether or not she is living in a haunted house, Norma Sutcliffe wants to be able to live her life in privacy. Unfortunately, plenty of fans of The Conjuring disagree. It is quite common for occupants of homes that became famous through movies to see a disproportionately high number of visitors (read: trespassers) who believe that their homes are tourist spots. This scenario happened with The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Goonies, and the Long Island home featured in The Amityville Horror. When The Conjuring was released, unsolicited trespassers poured onto Sutcliffe's private property as if they had every right to be there.
Virtually overnight, the secluded farmhouse in rural Rhode Island became a hotspot for thrill seekers and paranormal enthusiasts. Norma Sutcliffe said in an interview that she would go for days without sleeping because people would show up in her yard in the middle of the night, looking for ghosts with a flashlight. She also received harassing phone calls from people who wanted to know if hers was the house from The Conjuring. She went on to sue Warner Brothers for damages and the cost of a new state-of-the-art security system to keep trespassers away. The studio refused to comment.
Where did we find this stuff? Here are our sources:
"The Haunting of the Perron Family: The True Story Behind The Conjuring Movie." Paranormal Scholar. June 2, 2017.
"How the Perron Family Survived the House of Darkness," by The Lineup Staff. The Lineup. December 21, 2017.
"Q&A: Andrea and Cynthia Perron, subjects of The Conjuring." Trespass Magazine. July 11, 2013.
"The Conjuring (2013)." History vs Hollywood.
"The Conjuring house owner to sue Warner Bros." CBS News. October 28, 2015.


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Social innovations to protect soils and empower people
Why soils?
Social innovations Adaptive management
Our work on agricultural extension
A peer review process in Western Kenya Governor's Day with Farmers in Western Kenya Addressing farmers' needs in Ethiopia Innovating agricultural extension in Benin
Our work on gender
Securing women's land rights in Burkina Faso
Our work on land governance
Community-led lease guidelines in Kenya Voluntary land consolidation in Ethiopia Management of the commons in India
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Making agricultural extension services work for smallholder farmers
Inclusion, coordination, and accountability: challenging buzzwords in agricultural extension
"We no longer hear the sound of the extension officer's Yamaha motorbike. Nowadays they don't come to the field. They remain in the offices. If you have an urgent issue, you will have to pay for the officer's transport to come and visit your farm. Many of us cannot afford this."
These sentiments by a farmer in western Kenya are common amongst farmers, many of whom are referred to as smallholder farmers because they farm on land that is less than two and a half times the size of a football pitch. Often, the space only provides enough food for the family. Provision of agricultural extension services, comprising among other, information, knowledge and skills, are core to farmers if they are to effectively improve food production and implement sustainable land management (SLM) practices. Yet, as demonstrated by the multi-stakeholder dialogues conducted under TMG-led accompanying research, farmers are not adequately receiving these services due to a range of obstacles (see Fig. 1 below). In particular, farmers and agricultural sector stakeholders prioritised inclusion, coordination and accountability as the main challenges in extension service provision.
A peer review process for improving public extension services provision
Based on the mutually identified priority challenges, TMG and the county governments of Siaya, Kakamega and Bungoma designed a peer review process to improve the current extension service delivery systems in their respective counties.
INCLUSION: Poor and food-insecure farmers cannot be left alone to shoulder the financial burden of extension services provision
Called "demand-driven extension policy" in technical documents providing public agricultural extension services based on what farmers ask for negates the spirit of inclusiveness – of "leaving no-one behind" as espoused by Sustainable Development Goals. The problem is that this policy puts the responsibility of bearing the costs of extension services on farmers. While this arrangement works well for commercial farmers, subsistence farmers – many of them poor and without school education – hardly understand how the demand-driven extension approach works.
A rare picture: women extension agent with men farmers, Bouéré, Burkina Faso. © L. Stiem-Bhatia
Under the banner of "farming as a business" the public policy shift towards commercialisation has also resulted in a concentration of extension services on a few prioritised agricultural value chains, most of which are based on non-food cash crops like sugarcane and cotton. Subsistence farmers like those in the cotton growing areas of Benin are systematically excluded from receiving extension services. In the Indian region of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh, millets and maize – the main food crops of indigenous communities – are excluded from agricultural extension services, which focus on rice-wheat production systems.
COORDINATION: Pluralism of extension services provision must be accompanied by structures of coordination and regulation
With decreasing budgets, many governments, especially in developing countries, have opened the field of extension service provision to a variety of private service providers. But coordination remains a key challenge to pluralistic extension services provision. In India and Kenya, coordination across sectors such as crops, livestock, fisheries, and forestry is largely lacking, as is the sharing of resources – both within and between governmental departments as well as among private sector extension service providers working with smallholder farmers. There is little coordination and harmonisation of extension information packages, resulting in conflicting messages to farmers. Without harmonised roles, different extension provision actors work in different locations and times based on their financial resources and interests, resulting in unpredictable service provision.
TMG Research and institutional stakeholders of the agricultural sector in western Kenya adopted a peer review process as a platform where stakeholders critically examined options for providing effective agricultural extension services.
ACCOUNTABILITY: Accountability towards farmers must go beyond policy framework to action
Our research in Benin, Burkina Faso, India and Kenya noted the unidirectional, upward accountability of extension towards bureaucratic hierarchies, and with little reference to users of extension services – the farmers. Accountability and complaint mechanisms are rarely accessible to farmers. As a result, field agents are not accountable to farmers for the quality of their extension work and the quality of service provision is usually measured by activities, spending or quantitative indicators at best; results-based indicators are rare.
Consequently, farmers and civil society actors in these countries demanded effective feedback loops with extension service providers. During multi-stakeholder meetings in Benin, farmers and institutional actors suggested performance-based mechanisms to ensure quality control of field agents' work, for instance based on their terms of service ("cahier des charges", adoption rates, presence at work).
Governor's Day with Farmers
Stakeholders in Western Kenya proposed lobbying for institutionalisation of a Governor's Day with Farmers as a first policy step to entrenching accountability of public agricultural investments to farmers. It is envisioned to be an annual round-table with the local government's top policymakers and farmers. It aims at providing a direct feedback platform on farmers' concerns. Kakamega County Farmers Association (KACOFA), an apex body representing farmer groups in Kakamega County, is in process of mobilising the relevant stakeholders for the implementation of this proposal.
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A government grant for women is money that has been allocated by the federal, state or local government to assist women financially so they are able to contribute more to the economy and to society.
A grant is not a loan. It is money that is given for a specific purpose and does not have to be paid back. Since it is not a loan, grants are not usually based on your credit history, nor do you need to put up any collateral.
Government grants for women can have a variety of purposes. For example, the federal Pell grant offers up to $5300 a year for help in paying college expenses for undergraduate and Masters degree level students. This is not a scholarship – so a high grade point average is not a prerequisite. How much you will be offered is directly related to your income, based on your last years tax return.
Some states offer incentives for women to enter careers dominated by men. For example, recent bills introduced by Texas and supported by women's rights organizations attempt to fund higher levels of education for certain careers. If successful, a Texas scholarship would be available for any woman seeking a legal degree, pending passing the Texas bar exam. If your goal is to become a Texas attorney assisting truck accident victims, the state may be able to lend a helping hand. Even more needed are women lawyers assisting poor families negotiating the bureaucracy in general.
Grant money is also available at a state level for college or technical schools. If you are a woman looking to work in a nontraditional field such as welding, truck driving or in a nuclear plant there are additional grants available. Government contracts require a certain percentage of women employees for acceptance and this is the government's way of helping to make sure that happens in these industries.
Other government grants for women can be for business purposes. Most grants for traditional businesses are for improving and growing a business already in existence. For instance, you might have a business in a low income area that sells wigs to women who are suffering hair loss either due to medical procedures such as chemotherapy and radiation or from hair follicle related diseases such as alopecia. You want to expand the number of brands from top wig manufacturers such as Revlon wigs, and Amore wigs that offer quality wigs specifically for cancer / hair loss patients. Women who suffer from hair loss are more sensitice to the inside surface of the wig's cap construction. Therefore wigs that cater to such folks have design features that result in more softness against the scalp to provide all day wearing comfort. Amore wigs cap construction is known for its double monofilament layering where the fibers are hand tied for more ventilation. They even have a cap base layer that has the ability to match the wearer's own scalp color to give a more natural appearance. As a woman with a business that caters to women's needs reaching out to the folks living in a low income neighborhood, you just might qualify with a government grant. In addition, you can sometimes find start up money for not-for-profit organizations that will benefit the entire community.
The economic stimulus package has released a large amount of money on the Federal level that has been passed to the states for distribution through local government agencies. So the best chance of getting a government grant for women is actually right in your own neighborhood.
The best way to get your grant approval is to go through a company like Accelerated Grants.


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Q: how do you use Direct2D to render ClearType text on a transparent background? can anyone tell me why ClearType is picking up the transparency of the background in the simple SharpDX sample below? And how to stop it from doing that.
it renders two lines of solid black text into a semi-transparent bitmap. the first line is rendered with Grayscale, and the second is rendered with ClearType.
EDIT: it has been suggested that the problem is that the surface is pre-multiplied. but that doesn't explain the difference between the two Grayscale/ClearType renderings.
result (win7):

public static void Main()
{
    var pixelFormat = SharpDX.WIC.PixelFormat.Format32bppPBGRA;

    using (var wicFactory = new ImagingFactory())
    using (var dddFactory = new SharpDX.Direct2D1.Factory())
    using (var dwFactory = new SharpDX.DirectWrite.Factory())
    using (var textFormat = new TextFormat(dwFactory, "Arial", FontWeight.Bold, FontStyle.Normal, 48))
    using (var textLayout = new TextLayout(dwFactory, "argle-bargle", textFormat, float.PositiveInfinity, float.PositiveInfinity))
    {
        var width = (int) Math.Ceiling(textLayout.Metrics.Width);
        var height = (int) Math.Ceiling(textLayout.Metrics.Height);

        using (var wicBitmap = new SharpDX.WIC.Bitmap(
            wicFactory,
            width, height * 2,
            pixelFormat,
            BitmapCreateCacheOption.CacheOnLoad))
        {
            var renderTargetProperties = new RenderTargetProperties(new SharpDX.Direct2D1.PixelFormat(Format.B8G8R8A8_UNorm, AlphaMode.Premultiplied));
            Color4 textColor = new Color4(0f, 0f, 0f, 1f);

            using (var renderTarget = new WicRenderTarget(dddFactory, wicBitmap, renderTargetProperties))
            using (var textBrush = new SolidColorBrush(renderTarget, textColor))
            {
                renderTarget.BeginDraw();
                renderTarget.Clear(new Color4(1f, 1f, 0f, .25f));

                renderTarget.TextAntialiasMode = TextAntialiasMode.Grayscale;
                renderTarget.DrawTextLayout(new Vector2(0, 0), textLayout, textBrush);

                renderTarget.TextAntialiasMode = TextAntialiasMode.Cleartype;
                renderTarget.DrawTextLayout(new Vector2(0, height), textLayout, textBrush);

                renderTarget.EndDraw();
            }

            var path = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "test.png");
            using (var stream = File.OpenWrite(path))
            {
                using (var encoder = new PngBitmapEncoder(wicFactory, stream))
                using (var frameEncoder = new BitmapFrameEncode(encoder))
                {
                    frameEncoder.Initialize();
                    frameEncoder.WriteSource(wicBitmap);
                    frameEncoder.Commit();
                    encoder.Commit();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

A: This unexpected result is a "normal" behavior.
As it stands in MSDN:

If you specify an alpha mode other than D2D1_ALPHA_MODE_IGNORE for a
  render target, the text antialiasing mode automatically changes from
  D2D1_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE CLEARTYPE to D2D1_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE
  GRAYSCALE.

So, your first assignment of the renderTarget.TextAntialiasMode to Grayscale is pointless, because Grayscale is its initially setted value.
Another quote from MSDN:

You can use the SetTextAntialiasMode method to change the text
  antialias mode back to D2D1_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE CLEARTYPE, but
  rendering ClearType text to a transparent surface can create
  unpredictable results. If you want to render ClearType text to an
  transparent render target, we recommend that you use one of the
  following two techniques.

*

*Use the PushAxisAlignedClip method to clip the render target to the
  area where the text will be rendered, then call the Clear method and
  specify an opaque color, then render your text.

*Use DrawRectangle to draw an opaque rectangle behind the area where the text will be rendered.

Here is the full article: D2D1_ALPHA_MODE enumeration
So, if I have to summarize:

*

*Don't set D2D1_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE_CLEARTYPE to a render target with alpha mode different from D2D1_ALPHA_MODE_IGNORE

*Follow the techniques from above.


A Clark County-based volunteer organization is willing to work with local residents and city officials to address feral cat concerns.
Its members just want Bellefontaine's blessing.
Phyllis Monroe with Cat Alliance Located in Central Ohio TNR said the organization uses volunteer time and donations to handle trap, neuter or spay and return projects.
The city can help by endorsing the idea and educating residents about the idea, she said, during today's morning meeting of the Bellefontaine City Council Rules Committee.
Committee members met to discuss open feeding of feral cats, backyard chickens and feeding wild animals, specifically deer.
CALICO TNR is not incorporated as a non-profit organization, but it funnels donations through the non-profit His Hands Extended Sanctuary out of St. Paris.
One city resident, Jean Minnick, publicly pledged $2,000 toward a TNR project in the city.


The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll is in line with other recent polling that shows Trump's attacks on Mueller are backfiring.
Before talks broke down, Paul Manafort was trying to cut a plea deal with Robert Mueller, in a sign that the rumblings about a pardon coming from the White House weren't good enough for Trump's former campaign chairman.
During an interview on The Rachel Maddow Show, Michael Cohen's attorney, Lanny Davis, said that Cohen has information that Special Counsel Robert Mueller should be very interested in hearing.
The parallels between Watergate and the Russia scandal are growing as Michael Cohen's lawyer, Lanny Davis, is getting advice from the man who brought down Nixon, John Dean.
While speaking with reporters as he left the White House, Trump blew up all of his administration's excuses for the FBI firings and revoking Brennan's security clearance by admitting that he is doing all of this to discredit Robert Mueller.
The NRA's problems might be even worse than imagined as legal experts say that Mueller already has their tax returns, according to MSNBC's Ari Melber.
Trump's lawyers are trying to prevent a presidential interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller because they are worried about Trump facing counts of witness tampering and obstruction of justice.
The House Freedom Caucus thought that they were helping Trump by trying to impeach Rod Rosenstein, instead, they made it easier for Trump to be impeached.
We've been reporting for some time that Donald Trump, Jr. could be sent to jail, and now it seems that his father may finally be realizing this himself.
Robert Mueller responded to Trump's interview conditions, and he is not going to agree to let the president only answer questions in writing.
Former US Attorney Barbara McQuade discussed how Rudy Giuliani got prosecutors closer to be able to charge the Trumps with the crime of conspiracy.
Robert Mueller is investigating Trump's tweets, so the president responded by attacking the Special Counsel on Twitter.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) delivered the message to Michael Cohen that now is the time to cooperate with Robert Mueller.
Rachel Maddow confirmed CNN's reporting that Michael Cohen said that Trump signed off on infamous Trump Tower meeting with the Russians and that Cohen is willing to tell Special Counsel Robert Mueller what he knows.
Trump's National Security Advisor, John Bolton, said in a statement that Trump would not be meeting with Putin again until the "witch hunt" is over.
Democrats are turning up the pressure as Americans across the country are demanding to see Trump's tax returns after his summit fiasco with Putin.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) told MSNBC that the battle to get testimony or the notes of the translator from Trump's private meeting with Putin isn't over and that Special Counsel Robert Mueller may be able to get the translator's notes.
House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) had a message for House Republicans and Trump. It doesn't matter how much they try to hide information, Bob Mueller knows.
Trump's House Republican defenders are making a new move to shut down the Mueller investigation by impeaching Rod Rosenstein.


I've been successfully upping my mileage over the past few weeks.
After running my marathon in September, my mileage went from near 200 miles a month down to about 40. Mixed in there were various injuries, specifically my hip. So I would take time off and then try running again, get hurt, take time off and then try running again (you get the picture).
Finally I settled on a 3 mile route in my neighborhood. I ran that route and only that route for a month or so. It was getting really frustrating to be doing so little, but my theory and experience was that I needed to rebuild a base and allow my body to adjust to running again. Here was a guy who just ran 26.2 miles and was having trouble with 3 miles.
Anyway, I finally added about .8 miles to my run by running a little different route. This became my route for another few weeks (with a couple long runs built in). So 3.8 miles became my base.
A couple weeks ago I added another half mile to my route. That got me up to 4.3 miles a day. Then this week I added another half mile. So now I am close to 5 miles a day. So now I am up to an amount of miles that I feel is acceptable for a while.
Generally I try to not add more than 10% to my mileage a week. This will vary if I run a long run with TJ, but I am trying to keep my daily milage to a figure that isn't more than a 10% increase.
The past two days of 4.8 miles have been good runs. Monday was awesome. I went slow and felt I could have run another 5 miles if I wanted to. Yesterday went well. I went a little faster, but it was coooold outside (for Bama). It was 34 degrees with a 10 mph wind. Fortunately I bought a face/neck wrap at Dicks Sporting Goods on Sunday and broke it out. I was warm/really warm for most of my run and all I had on was a light jacket and shorts (along with the wrap).
Here is a picture I took after my 5 miler yesterday. My Lovely Wife is enjoying Korean dramas at the moment and so this picture I call my "City Hunter" look!
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Glad you're back in the swing of things!
Thanks Joey! It is a relief!


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BNP Paribas : AA+ rating reaffirmed by Standard & Poor's, with stable outlook
BNP Paribas is pleased to announce that on July 1st, 2008, Standard & Poor's reaffirmed the AA+ rating with stable outlook.
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Alexandria football coach immortalized in 'Remember the Titans' dies at 84
By Josh Rosenthal
Legendary Alexandria high school football coach Herman Boone - who was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the iconic film "Remember the Titans" – has died at 84.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (FOX 5 DC) - Legendary Alexandria high school football coach Herman Boone - who was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the iconic film "Remember the Titans" – has died at 84.
The movie celebrated the transformation of race relations in Alexandria in the larger context of the civil rights movement.
The T.C. Williams High School Boosters club referenced Boone's passing on Twitter.
Former T.C. Williams Head Football Coach Herman Boone. (@TCTitanFootball/Twitter)
Boone took over the team at T.C. Williams team in 1971.
That year, T.C. Williams went undefeated and captured the Virginia state title.
Bill Yoast – an assistant on that team – died earlier this year.
Boone and Yoast united the team in the newly integrated school, forging one of the most successful squads in the state.
Rio Verde water crisis: Here's what you should know as an Arizona town's battle over water supply continues


Sunny skies are on the horizon as the ManaTank Podcast looks towards the end of winter and starts making their summer vacation plans. Fortunately, most of those plans include sitting on a couch and playing video games like Dragon Ball Xenoverse and Dream Quest.
The MTP crew reconvenes, at their earliest convenience, to talk about The Order: 1886, Life is Strange: Episode 1, and how they really agree with Kanye – Mario Bros. WOULD be better if Mario were replaced with a giant phallus.
Waifus are examined, Matt's list of in-tolerances grows and our tired Nerd Olympians return, neck laden with medals. We also find time to talk about some video games like Evolve, The Order: 1886 and Unmechanical.


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Home News Local ROTARY DOESN'T REST IN TOUGH COVID-TIMES
ROTARY DOESN'T REST IN TOUGH COVID-TIMES
Rotary Club of Royal Hua Hin President and Members don't believe Covid-related restrictions are any reason for this service organisation to be idle, in fact their contributions to the well-being of the community have been in even greater demand in recent times. During this month alone, Rotary have been busy with significant donations to those in need.
Currently schools in the province of Prachuab Khiri Khan as well as the rest of Thailand have been closed for much of 2021; therefore, children are undertaking their studies on line. Currently the children are learning on line using mobile phone technology which makes learning more difficult using small screens, which could also lead to causing visionary problems later in life.
The Rotary Club of Royal Hua Hin has now purchased two new lap top computers, and two sets of head sets to improve their on-line learning experience. Another supporter of the Foundation has purchased one lap top. This means that a further two lap tops are still required; donations would be welcomed!
On Monday 9th August President Phil Lawrence and Past President Napa Keawtem were pleased to handover the computers to the Mercy House Foundation Chairman of the Board.
Local health authorities are struggling to manage severe increases in budgets to cope with protecting their staff from Covid -19 and other contaminants.
On 11th August a presentation was made to the Hua Hin Red Cross of three items of equipment. First a mist sprayer which can spray chemicals, disinfectants and deodorants which will enable the clinic to maintain clean working areas within the treatment areas by helping to neutralize any contamination of areas of Covid-19. The second item of equipment is a battery operated aspirator but also a new wireless access point to replace an outdated system in use that does not support the Medical Clinic Day to day operations.
The total value of these items came to 32,500 THB, however, the cost to the RCRHH will be 22,500 Thai Baht as generous donations amounting to 10,000 Thai Baht were received.
Finally on 13th August, the Hua Hin hospital was the beneficiary of protective equipment for medical staff valued at around 40,000 THB. This was a joint project with the Rotary Club of Hua Hin, the alternative Thai language Rotary Club in town.
RCRHH President Phil says "sometimes it's the smaller projects that bring the most happiness and reward to people, from a personal perspective to see the smiles on the faces underpins what we do in Rotary and makes it so worthwhile."
A looming issue for Rotary to manage is now the likelihood that their big annual fund raising event, the Charity Golf Day, may need to be postponed from the current November date until the New Year.
A Zoom meeting to keep members in touch
See more about the Rotary Club of Royal Hua Hin at www.rotaryroyalhuahin.org
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Q: Create a dart udp or tcp server inside a flutter app I'm making a multiplayer game in flutter and I wanted to know if it was possible to create a server in a flutter app.
Here is what I want to do :
You'll have a home page where you can choose between host a game and join a game. If you choose to host a game, it create a server and shows your IP adress.
If you choose to join a game, you can enter an IP adress and join the game that the other has create.
I'm open to any other solutions to connect two or more phones without extern server. It can be bluetooth connexion, wifi connextion or anything. Can someone help me ?