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James Bond would feel at home in the Triton 36,000/3 personal submarine ($30 million), which can descend to 35,800 feet in suave spy style. Handout
From submarines to eco bikes, 2015's most exclusive ways to move
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❶ Your own personal sub
Personal submarines are emerging as the toy of choice for this year's billionaire bad boys. Florida-based Triton Subs produces an array of colorful submersibles that hold one-to-eight passengers and dive between 3,300 and 36,000 feet. Triton's 1000/2 model (from $2.5 million) achieved the first-ever personal-sub dive in Antarctica last year.
The Dragon sub from DeepFlight starts at $1.5 million.Handout
Swashbuckling entrepreneurs like Richard Branson and Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz, meanwhile, are fans of California-based DeepFlight, whose personal subs are designed for airplane like maneuverability.
DeepFlight's signature two-passenger Super Falcon ($1.7 million) reaches depths of 400 feet, while its eco-friendly Dragon ($1.5 million) hovers just below the surface for panoramic underwater viewing.
Finally, for sub fans with limitless budgets, there's the 350-foot Migaloo submersible yacht from Motion Code: Blue. Still in the development stage, the Migaloo will include six decks, a helipad, a movie theater and a 26-foot swimming pool (price to be determined).
❷ The world's glitziest airports
The staircased lounge at HIA.Qatar Airways
This year, the over-the-top Persian Gulf airline industry will outshine even itself. Dubai International Airport just edged out long-time champ London Heathrow as the world's busiest airport, with more than 71 million international passengers passing through in 2014.
Set in the nose of its massive Airbus A380 planes, Etihad Airways' new Residence features a private bedroom, salon, bathroom — and butler.Courtesy Etihad Airways
Dubai expects to host 75 million in 2015, and when its new Al Maktoum International is fully functional, that number is expected to double.
Meanwhile, in Qatar, Doha's new Hamad International Airport — a $15 billion behemoth — arrives in time to host the Airbus A350. Qatar Airways is the world's first airline to fly that next-generation plane, though Delta, United and Lufthansa have also placed orders.
Finally, in Abu Dhabi, national carrier Etihad Airways has debuted the world's most grandiose premium cabins on its new Airbus A380.
The planes offer nine first-class "Apartments," each decked out with 7-foot beds and 24-inch flat-screen TVs, as well as "The Residence," a three-room zone in the plane's nose area that comes with its own separate bedroom, salon and bathroom, along with a private butler trained at London's Savoy Hotel. Flying from Abu Dhabi to London in The Residence rings up at about $20,000. One way.
❸ Must-have bikes for urban eco-warriors
"The Erban" bamboo bike, $4,200 from Erba Cycles, is lightweight and retro cool.Handout
When they first appeared two centuries ago, bicycles were built from wood. Now cycle-makers are again embracing organic materials that appeal to eco-conscious, urban pedal-pushers looking for a breezier commute.
Boston-based Erba Cycles, for example, specializes in sleek, lightweight bamboo-and-hemp-based bicycles. Fashion king Tommy Hilfiger is a fan of Erba's minimalist designs, which are handmade in New England. This year, Erba (which means grass in Italian) will expand into eco-conscious cycling accessories — including wood baskets made from recycled wine crates — while its Erban commuter bike remains a brand classic ($4,200).
The Renovo Elwood.Handout
On the West Coast, Portland-based Renovo Bikes has just launched a series of seven "ready to ride" models (from $4,865), featuring hollow frames made from delicate layers of maple, ash, walnut or wenge.
The mostly handmade cycles are produced in a matter of weeks — much quicker than the full year it can take to build Renovo's bespoke bikes (which cost up to $14,000).
Finally, in the Midwest, Detroit-based manufacturer Shinola is partnering with classic fashion line Filson to create the retro-cool Bixby Bicycle, which boasts elegant bamboo fenders and leather grips (from $2,300).
❹ $300K luxury-on-wheels from the UK
The British are coming — faster than ever, as the ultra-quick, ultra-luxe Bentley Mulsanne Speed.Handout
Britain is taking the lead on speed in the car world this year.
Luxury stalwarts Rolls-Royce and Bentley recently debuted new takes on classic sports sedans that are as swift as they are chic. Rolls-Royce's new Ghost Series II (from $286,750) offers a seriously sexy update on the brand's five-year-old Ghost, now tricked out with everything from massage seats to an 18-speaker sound system.
The Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II hits American roads.Handout
While a behemoth — it stretches 15 feet long and weighs some 2.6 tons — the new Ghost can still clock an impressive zero to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds. Then there's Bentley's latest version of the art deco-inspired Mulsanne Speed (from $335,600), which revs up to 190 mph on its V-8 engine. Like the Ghost, the new Mulsanne is a techie's fantasy, complete with a 60 GB hard drive, multiple media screens and a 20-speaker sound system.
The car's suspension shifts from the relatively staid "comfort" status to stealthy "sport" with the flip of a button. Finally, proving that everything old is indeed new again, London's posh Mayfair district is welcoming JD Classics, a showroom specializing in vintage autos painstakingly restored by owner Derek Hood and his team of 60 craftsfolk. The gleaming collection of Ferraris, Aston Martins and their ilk includes an ultra-rare Jaguar XKSS from 1957 worth more than $15 million.
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Tom and Maxine Yunker pose in front of their gardening barn at their home-based farm called Fir Forest Harvest in Spring.
Fir Forest Harvest is a suburban farm in the middle of a Spring subdivision. Typical, it's not.
Owners Tom and Maxine Yunker live in a modest, one-story house surrounded by newer, bigger homes. Their 4-acre lot, though, is huge by comparison. There's a long, gravely driveway, lots of trees and abundant space to grow fruits and vegetables.
"Our original intention was just for us to eat healthy," Tom says.
But when their backyard crops yielded more than they could consume, the couple introduced the bounty to their neighbors, then to farmers markets.
Fir Forest Harvest is not certified organic, but the Yunkers are committed to sustainable and natural practices.
"We do everything all organic," Tom says.
"And we do everything all by hand," Maxine adds.
Earning the U.S. Department of Agriculture's organic certification involves great cost, time and paperwork. "It's a huge, bureaucratic, lengthy, expensive process," says Jacquie Miller, market manager of Bayou City Farmers' Market. "It involves years of record-keeping, and so many people who may be qualified, even, don't want to do it."
Customers seem to understand this predicament.
"The people who buy from us definitely want organically/naturally grown and do not seem to be put off by the fact that we are not certified," Maxine says. "They are much more concerned with no synthetic pesticides and no synthetic fertilizers than they are with a government stamp. There are a few who do ask us if we are certified. When we answer 'no,' they still buy from us. And once they do, they keep coming back week after week for more."
The Yunkers farm only the amount of land they can handle. Right now, that's 1 acre, or a quarter of their lot.
"We're always torn in how big to be," Maxine says.
In late winter, rows of raised beds were thriving with lettuce, arugula, garlic, onions, broccoli and herbs, including parsley, cilantro and English mint. Off to one side, blackberry and citrus plants formed a small but growing grove.
"Every year we try new things," Maxine says.
Tom had just put some prized heirloom tomatoes in the ground and was babying others with a heat mat and lights in a spare room in the house.
"Everyone wants tomatoes," Maxine says. "The world wants tomatoes."
Tom, 63, is a certified organic-vegetable specialist through Urban Harvest, a Houston nonprofit that teaches organic gardening techniques and helps neighborhoods build community gardens.
After serving in the Navy in Vietnam, Tom attended forestry school in Minnesota. He moved to Texas for the warmer weather and longer growing season.
The Yunkers wake before dawn to hit the gym so they can be in the garden by 7 a.m. When Houston is too hot to grow much during the middle of summer, they hike in Colorado. They run marathons, too.
"We feel that the vegetables (enable) us to do these things," says Maxine, 57, a former school teacher. "We have a terrific life."
At the farmers markets, people not only ask for gardening and cooking tips, they seek information on growing practices such as crop rotation, pest control and composting, Maxine says.
Fir Forest Harvest composts yard and kitchen scraps, and gets coffee grounds from Starbucks for added nitrogen. This year Tom is experimenting with a batch of tomatoes grown in a pile of compost, inspired by tomatoes that accidentally sprouted from a pile last year. The couple are picky about who they buy seeds from, grow "green manure crops" such as rye and clover to improve soil conditions before reintroducing more vegetables and continually add new beds so the older ones can rest. Beneficial spiders and snakes are left alone.
"We eat everything we grow, and we sell everything we grow," Maxine says. "We're very proud of the product ... We do make some money, but that's not what it's about."


Truro: capital city of Cornwall and gateway to beautiful countryside (good walking) around the Fal Estuary. Beautiful young cathedral (1910). Excellent small shops and cafés. Tennis courts. Farmers' market every Saturday. Sandy beaches at St Agnes and Perranporth, 7 miles; Falmouth, 10; great gardens at Glendurgan and Trebah, 13.


THESE ARE GREAT reading glasses. Love the quality and the style. Just the right amount of pretty and not glitzy or blingie. Just my style. The lenses are clear and bright and the spring hinges are awesome. VERY good price point, FAST shipping. I highly recommend. actually more purple than blue.


Yay! P for Pumpkin! We have definitely learned this letter extensively. We did endless pumpkin activities and had so much fun.
Added to our morning circle routine was the "Five Little Pumpkins" song. They both loved it.
One of the days we did a craft to match!
We did a Letter P scavenger hunt and then they named what we found and I wrote it down. They loved this. It helps that every toy we own right now is perfectly spread out aka total mess.
We did a number match game. Timmy has trouble with numbers 6 and 9.
Grace was so serious about this lacing pumpkin. When I would try to take a picture she would say not yet mom I'm not done. She's so cute and I love how she loves to learn.
Timmy did a size sorting activity while Grace did the lacing pumpkin. I've started giving him direction and walking away and then come back to check his work. It is amazing to me how much he can do on his own. He only got one wrong.
Timmys handwriting and scissor cutting skills have improved so much since August. He did this entirely by himself.
Now when I gave him this pattern worksheet and he did it correctly this mama was amazed. There is no better reward to this "homeschooling" thing than when you see your child get it. When I first tried to explain patterns to Timmy in the beginning of the school year I thought for sure this was out of our league. But nope. Look at this.
While Timmy was busy with his work Grace did a color matching activity and she did it perfect.
Look at that face. So focused on staying in the lines. Here we separated uppercase and lowercase P.
This activity was cute. I put the number up and they added the correct number of pumpkins. Then vice versa.


Spring Mathematics Competition was founded in 1996 by Dr. Carlos Bosch. The competition is aimed at two categories of Junior High School students: under thirteen and under fifteen.
Participation in the competition is individual at both the local and international level. The objective is to encourage interest in math amongst young participants. In addition, these competitions have served teachers at all levels by creating a forum for reflection and dialogue on mathematics teaching.
The contest is carried out in three stages. The first two stages are applied in school under the supervision of teachers who have volunteered to participate in the competition. During the second stage, the best students each level are selected to participate in the third stage. The top ten students from each level of the third stage become Mexican delegation representatives at the May Olympiad and the Rio de la Plata Mathematics Olympiad.
The May Olympiad, organized by the Latin American Federation of Math Competitions, is held by correspondence simultaneously in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries. Mexican contestants have won awards at these competitions. In the period between 1996 and 2013 Mexico won 25 gold medals, 64 silver medals, 160 bronze medals and 87 honorable mentions.
The Rio de la Plata Mathematics Olympiad, organized by the same institution, is held each year in the second week of December at a location in Rio de la Plata. This competition is for Latin American countries. Between 1996 and 2013 Mexico won 12 gold medals, 19 silver medals and 28 bronze medals.


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Jan III Waza (ur. 20 grudnia 1537 w zamku Stegeborg, zm. 17 listopada/27 listopada 1592 w Sztokholmie) – książę Finlandii w latach 1556–1563, król Szwecji w latach 1569–1592. Od 1581 pierwszy wielki książę Finlandii.

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Syn Gustawa I Wazy i jego drugiej żony Małgorzaty Leijonhufvud. Wyznania protestanckiego.
Książę Finlandii od 1556. W 1562 poślubił starszą o 11 lat Katarzynę Jagiellonkę. Związek małżeński zawarty został w Wilnie. Postępowanie brata król Eryk XIV Waza uznał za zdradę i w 1563 uwięził go wraz z Katarzyną na zamku Gripsholm. W 1567 uwolnieni zostali przez Radę Królestwa. Następnie, przy poparciu możnych Jan obalił rządy brata i objął tron szwedzki. W 1570 pokojem w Szczecinie zakończył wojnę z Danią (północna wojna siedmioletnia); w walkach z Rosją 1572–1583 jego dowódcy zdobyli m.in. Narwę. W czasie elekcji 1573 roku był wysunięty jako kandydat do tronu polskiego. Ponownie kandydował w elekcji 1575 roku.

W 1587 zgodził się na elekcję syna Zygmunta na tron polski; wykształcony, interesował się teologią i historią, usiłował doprowadzić do zbliżenia między luteranizmem a katolicyzmem. Pod wpływem żony sprowadził do Szwecji zakon jezuitów a w 1576 zgodnie z jego wolą wprowadzono nową liturgię wzorowaną na katolickiej. Interesował się sztuką, szczególnie architekturą. Po śmierci Katarzyny poślubił Gunnillę z którą miał syna Jana urodzonego w 1589 roku. W tym samym roku Jan III zawiedziony niechęcią Polaków do walki przeciwko Moskwie próbował ściągnąć swojego syna do Szwecji. Jego decyzję zablokowała arystokratyczna Rada Królestwa (Riksråd), za co jej członkowie popadli w niełaskę. Jan III chcąc złamać szwedzką arystokrację zawarł przymierze z Karolem Sudermańskim. Jednak będąc już śmiertelnie chory Jan przywrócił urzędy odtrąconym arystokratom wymuszając na nich przyrzeczenie, iż po śmierci króla nie dopuszczą Karola do rządów w kraju.

Jego dewizą było łacińskie zdanie "Deus protector noster" (Bóg jest naszym obrońcą). Po jego śmierci jako zwolennika katolicyzmu odbył się zjazd w Uppsali (przedstawicieli szlachty, magnaterii i kleru) który zniósł narzuconą przez niego liturgię i ogłosił protestancki charakter państwa.

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Bibliografia
 Larsson L.-O., Arvet Efter Gustav Vasa: En Berattelse Om Fyra Kungar Och Ett Rike, Wydawnictwo "Prisma", Stockholm 2005, .
 Ericsson L., Johan III: En Biografi, Wydawnictwo "Historiska Media", Stockholm 2004, .
 Praca zbiorowa: Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon, Wydawnictwo "Albert Bonniers Förlag", Sztokholm 1906, [on-line] T. I. s. 549–550.  [dostęp 1 lutego 2011]
 Praca zbiorowa: Nordisk familjebok, Wydawnictwo "Nordisk familjeboks förlags aktiebolag", Sztokholm 1910, [on-line] wyd. II. T. 12. s. 1432–1435.  [dostęp 1 lutego 2011]

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Wazowie
Władcy Szwecji
Kandydaci do polskiego tronu elekcyjnego (1573)
Kandydaci do polskiego tronu elekcyjnego (1575)
Urodzeni w 1537
Zmarli w 1592
Władcy Finlandii

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Depending on who you ask, the key to a happy marriage can be anything from honesty to communication to patience to separate bathrooms to separate bedrooms to separate houses to separate lives. But if you ask world-renowned marriage and relationship expert Dr. Ashley Graham, she'll tell you that the key to a happy marriage lies within your crotch. Because how can you and your spouse fight over money or them texting that gutter sludge skeezer from work if your mouths are busy 69ing?


Dr Paul Coulter, Comms@cui.ie, 09/05/18 .
This series was originally written as a single article by Dr Paul Coulter. For purposes of this blog, it has been divided into five sequential blog posts that will be shared in the weeks to follow. Part 1 can be found here.
God – is greater stress placed on His transcendence (the fact that He is beyond our knowing) or His immanence (the fact that He has revealed Himself to us and can be known).
Sin – how has sin affected the ability of humans to apprehend truth about God (the effects of sin on the mind are called the noetic effects of sin).
2) Evidential method (e.g. Gary R. Habermas, John W. Montgomery, Clark Pinnock, Wolfhart Pannenberg) Uses both historical and philosophical arguments but focuses primarily on historical and other evidence for the truth of Christianity. Will argue at the same time both for theism in general and Christianity in particular.
3) Cumulative case method (e.g. Paul D. Feinberg, Basil Mitchell, C.S. Lewis, C. Stephen Evans) Rather than approaching the task as a formal logical argument, sees the case for Christianity as more like the brief a lawyer makes in a law court – an informal argument drawing together evidence that together makes a compelling case with which no other hypothesis can compete.
4) Presuppositional method (e.g. John M. Frame, Cornelius Van Til, Gordon Clark, Greg Bahnsen, Francis Schaeffer) Emphasises the noetic effects of sin to the degree that believers and unbelievers will not share enough common ground for the preceding three methods to accomplish their goal. The apologist must presuppose the truth of Christianity as the proper starting point for apologetics. All experience is interpreted and all truth known through the Christian revelation in the Scriptures.
5) Reformed epistemology method (e.g. Kelly James Clark, Alvin Platinga, Nicholas Wolterstorff, George Mavrodes, William Alston) Argues that people believe many things without evidence and that this is perfectly reasonable. Although positive arguments in defence of Christianity are not necessarily wrong, belief in God does not need the support of evidence or argument to be rational. The focus, therefore, tends to be more on negative apologetics, defending against challenges to theistic belief.
The book Cowan edited, entitled Five Views on Apologetics (Zondervan, 2000) contains chapters by proponents of each of these five approaches as well are responses to each chapter by the other four contributors. It is a helpful, although fairly technical, attempt to show the commonalities and differences between different approaches.
Although I agree that Cowan's categories are very helpful, I prefer a four–way categorisation of approaches that is used by Kenneth D. Boa and Robert M Bowman, which combines both the epistemology and the approach to constructing arguments. The four methodologies they identify are Classical apologetics, Evidential apologetics, Reformed apologetics and Fideism.
It should be obvious that three of these four approaches are identical to three of Cowan's: classical, evidential, and Reformed. Cowan's 'cumulative case method' is a distinct approach to formulating arguments but since it draws together insights from the classical and evidential methods it is not strictly a distinct approach to apologetics. Cowan's presuppositional method is largely subsumed under Reformed apologetics in this four–fold scheme (a careful reading of the descriptions above will show that they have much in common). The fourth approach in the Boa and Bowman scheme, which is not covered in Cowan's classification although it shares ground with some people Cowan would class as 'presuppositionalists', is Fideism. This position correlates to the first line of the table of religious epistemologies, as it identifies faith as the sole way to know God and appeals to the Christian experience of God's grace as the only appropriate basis for apologetics.
In practice it is not always easy to place apologists neatly into any one methodology as many use different approaches depending on the question at hand. It is probably best to see these approaches as tools in a toolkit or weapons in an armoury. We can freely draw on different approaches depending on the situation in which we find ourselves. We will return to this idea in the section entitled The dynamic of apologetic dialogue.
This is part 2 of a 5 part series of the Introduction to Apologetics by Dr Paul B Coulter. Part 1 can be found here. Paul is seeking to understand how his various life experiences – as a family man, medic, pastor, lecturer and theologian – relate to one another with the unique person of Jesus Christ as Lord at the centre. He is currently a full–time lecturer in Belfast Bible College and speaks regularly in various contexts on the interfaces between culture and Christianity.


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My Visit - July 26, 2010
RCAF Beaverbank
Exploration Date
Military 2010-07-26 Abandoned Nova Scotia Canada
Submitted by Mike on Sun, 08/22/2010 - 15:15
Construction of this site was completed, and operations began in the fall of 1954. During its 10 years of operation, RCAF Station Beaverbank would feature such search radar as the CPS-6B, FPS-502, FPS-3, and FPS-508. Height radar would include the Bangor NORAD Sector with headquarters at Topsham Air Force Station in Brunswick, Maine.
SAGE was fully operational at RCAF Station Beaverbank on January 1, 1964. Unfortunately, also as a result of reorganization, it was determined that Beaverbank was no longer required, and was closed on April 1, 1964, just 4 months after SAGE went live.
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Taking a roundabout and somewhat rough road, we arrived just below the operations site and continued the remaining distance on foot following the water-filled ATV tracks. Arriving at the main concrete building with it's semi-detached tower, we immediately set about checking for a way in. We found what could have been an entry point, but were ill-equipped to take advantage. Unfortunately, the interior would have to remain an unseen mystery to us, at least first-hand.
After having a look around, we decided to return for a look at the remains of the domestic site surrounding the Nursing Home that currently dominates the property.
Beaverbank 1957-59
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We had go cart races down the hill from the radar site, lots of crashes so next year they had it by the PMQ buildings. Thanks to all the dads who built the carts.
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While there ought to be a nice conjunction visible in the evening sky this evening, the weather here today is unseasonably overcast. In fact, it's 9pm and currently raining.
On a related note, for some reason Kiwis believe that the first day of summer is 1 December (while it's properly the equinox on 21 December). A comment I heard today was, "First day of summer and the weather is terrible!"


All right, first up today... we have a new feature here at The Digital Bits. Tim has just added a new wrinkle to his already good column, called Scream for a Week. Therein, about every other week, he'll be reviewing a few new Scream Factory titles and calling attention to some we've reviewed in the past that you may have missed. To kick the feature off this week, he's posted new reviews of Scream's Blacula/Scream Blacula Scream and Bubba Ho-Tep: Collector's Edition. Do give them a look!


Clarabelle's Cupcakes is a small neighborhood bakery that specializes in cupcakes and some other homemade sweets. The truck will strictly sell cupcakes and drinks but if a customer sees an item and requests it that day that the truck is gonna be out they'll be happy to make it and have it available. They have a gigantic assortment of cupcakes available so I'd definitely make some requests for your favorite.
Everything they make is supervised kosher parve (Pas Yisroel) and 100% dairy-free (although most of their sweets do contain eggs). When is the truck debuting? This Sunday at Flipper's Truck Stop!


This week for homework, read the stories in Lesson 27 by Betty G. Birney. By Friday, you should complete three tic-tac-toe activities in your homework notebook. At the top of each page, you should write the date and title of the story.
Read the fables on page 30. Match each fable to a moral and explain why each moral explains the fable. Read the poems on page 28 and 29. Write your own poem about frog or a toad. Summarize The Frog in the Milk Pail. Include the who, what, where, why, and when in three-five sentences.
Why is the moral of the story In The Frog in the Milk Pail Never give up? Read Amphibian Alert. Identify the main idea of each of the four subtitles. Write a letter to the frog in The Frog in the Milk Pail. Include a compliment and advice to the frog. Your letter should have five sentences and be written in correct letter format.
How are the poems on pages 28 and 29 different? How are they the same? Please write your observations in a Venn Diagram. Write a letter to Miss Wejman about what you learned from reading Amphibian Alert. Your letter should have five sentences and be written in correct letter format. As you are reading, identify an unfamiliar word. Include the word written in the sentence. Explain how you used context clues to define the word. Then, look up the word to find the actual definition.


In their second guide to birding in New Mexico, Judy Liddell and Barbara Hussey share their experiences and intimate knowledge of the best places to find birds in and around Santa Fe and other areas in northern New Mexico. Like their first book, published by Texas A & M University Press as part of their W.L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series, this guide also provides user-friendly resources to help both new and experienced birders locate convenient places to enjoy their passion, or to assist visitors and newcomers to locate specific bird species.
Following the same format as their book on the Albuquerque area, the authors describe 32 sites organized by geographic regions. Along with a general description of each area, the authors list target birds; explain where and when to look for them; give driving directions; provide information about public transportation, parking, fees, restrooms, food, and lodging; and give tips on availability of water and picnic facilities and on the presence of hazards such as poison ivy, rattlesnakes, and bears. Maps and photographs provide trail diagrams and images of some of the target birds and their environments.
A "helpful information" section covering weather, altitude, safety, transportation, and other local birding resources is included along with an annotated checklist of 276 bird species seen with some regularity in and around Santa Fe.
The book was selected as winner of the Reference Book category in the 2016 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards.


This delightful blue-toned hanging charm is inspired by the stunning ball gown gifted to Cinderella by her Fairy Godmother for the Royal Ball. This stunning charm is a sweet reminder that your own Prince Charming may be waiting just around the corner.This item is a single charm only. Bracelets sold seperately. Styling images may show this charm on a bracelet as styling inspiration.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Suze from Precious! I bought this charm for my daughter-in-law who still loves Disney Princesses! It's precious and delicate, with great detailing. Highly recommend!
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This position is responsible for executing security duties on assigned shift by providing a safe environment for Associates and Guests.
Responsible for the safety of Guests and Associates.
Responsible for asking for identification from all persons who appear to be under the age of eighteen to ensure compliance with state and federal gaming regulations.
Responsible for asking for identification from all persons who appear to be under the age of twenty-one to ensure compliance with alcohol service.
Regularly provides escorts of money, casino assets, and persons in money-handling positions.
Patrols all sections of the casino complex and outlying properties to identify safety hazards and potential security breaches and report to the appropriate individual for proper resolution.
Observant at all times when at posts or while roving the casino complex and outlying properties to provide accurate descriptions of any incidents that may occur.
Becomes familiar with and is able to identify hazardous materials used on property, and all applicable laws, rules and regulations governing the same.
Maintains a working knowledge of casino complex and outlying properties, as well as special events in order to advise Guests and Associates of same, whenever possible.
Direct and guide Guests and Associates during crisis situations.
Makes lost and found detailed descriptions of people and incidents.
Accurately documents any necessary reports regarding security-related incidents involving Guests, Associates and/or the casino complex and outlying properties.
Attends regularly scheduled training and departmental and mandatory meetings.
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Q: Overriding Django Default Authentication Form I am trying to override the canned error message for the Django AuthorizationForm.  Instead of it saying this field is required I am trying to get it to say Username is required.
I have tried to subclass the AuthorizationForm with the standard LoginView and it doesn't pick up my custom clean method.  I looked at this SO similar issue, Change default django error messages for AuthenticationForm and tried to follow the tips in there but still can't get it to work.  Thanks in advance for any tips on what I might be doing wrong.
class AuthenticationForm(AuthenticationForm):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(AuthenticationForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    def clean(self):
        cleaned_data = super(AuthenticationForm, self).clean()
        username = cleaned_data.get('username')
        password = cleaned_data.get('password')

        if username and password:
            pass
        else:
            self.add_error('username','Username and Password required.')
            pass

I am trying to get it to show Username and Password Required instead of the canned default This field is required messages.  No matter what I do I can't seem to get it to pick up my code above.  I have it stored in my project forms.py file.  I believe I'm subclassing it incorrectly.  I've tried a lot of different combinations but can't seem to get it see this form.  I'm running Django 1.11

A: @Jagjeet Singh Thank you!
Jagleet's suggestion helped me understand that I needed to define this form in the format below in my forms.py file for User to get my desired end result.
class AuthenticationForm(AuthenticationForm):

    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = '__all__'

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(AuthenticationForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

        for field in self.fields.values():
            field.error_messages = {'required':'{fieldname} is required'.format(
            fieldname=field.label)}

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Why are young adults the loneliest generation in America?
By Rachel Simmons
This week, a study by the health company Cigna found that young adults 18 to 22 are the loneliest generation of Americans, more disconnected and isolated than even our nation's elderly.
As an educator working on a college campus, I am not surprised. More than 40 percent of 18-to-24-year-olds are college students, and the young people who knock on my office door are markedly different from the ones I went to school with in the 1990s.
When I first arrived on campus, I made small talk with students by telling them about the day-tripping and goofy late-night pranks of my college life. After frenetic high school days in Rockville, where I raced from school to sports practice to homework, college offered a welcome downshift: more than enough time to sleep, go to class, babysit and get my work done, while still hanging out with friends. I assumed the same would be true of my students.
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Not so. My students charge into their undergraduate lives with the same intense schedule they had in high school, filling their every waking minute with work.
The phenomenon can be seen all over the country. UCLA's 2015 Freshman Survey, which includes responses from 150,000 full-time students at more than 200 colleges and universities, found that the number of first-year students who spent 16 or more hours a week hanging out with friends fell by nearly half over 10 years, to just 18 percent. The same survey found that 41 percent of students said they felt "overwhelmed by all I had to do," and logged the highest levels of unhappiness ever recorded among women, who are the majority of college students.
How is it possible that at a time when access to friendship is at its peak — when adolescents are less encumbered than ever by the demands of family and work — more than half of young adults say they feel left out, isolated and without anyone to talk to? After all, the study found that people who have frequent, meaningful in-person interactions report better health and less loneliness than those who have scant face time with others.
The answer is not the smartphone — at least, not as much as we think. Cigna's study found no correlation between social media use and loneliness. It is no doubt true that social media amplifies feelings of social insecurity and being left out. But to impugn smartphones exclusively not only oversimplifies a complex problem; it also turns our attention away from other cultural forces undermining young adult wellness.
Indeed, the problem is hardly that college students spend all their time alone and on screens. It is that they spend too much of their time with peers working: running meetings, producing plays, organizing conferences or studying. They prioritize activities that achieve goals, not meaningful connection. The study found that 69 percent in this age group felt that the people around them were "not really with them," and 68 percent felt as if no one knew them well. I suspect this is because young adults are far less content to be than to do.
Students I have interviewed across the country fear that if they are not constantly busy studying or attending meetings, something must be wrong with them, their schedule or their work ethic. These new norms of stress culture translate to fewer opportunities to let their conversations and minds wander. If anything, many young adults turn to the screen because they feel it's the only authorized recreation in a culture of constant work. You don't have to leave your library carrel to scroll through Instagram or take a BuzzFeed quiz.
But why not go to the gym or call a friend? Students tell me that "everyone is working harder than I am" and "I can't stop," erroneous beliefs fueled by a sense of personal inadequacy, which fuels their isolation.
"I can't have downtime," one college sophomore told me. "I feel like I'm doing something wrong if I'm not doing anything." It is mealtimes, students say, that are the last bastions of casual conversation (and that, too, often turns to the subject of work). "When I'm eating I feel justified to be not working," a college junior told me. "Any other situation where I'm having a lot of fun, I'm not totally present. I feel distracted and sometimes I'm not fully engaged because I feel guilty that I'm not working."
To be overwhelmed and constantly busy are the new baselines. Anything less, for many young adults, feels lazy. Still, my students long for more authentic connections with peers. The most common feedback they give me in their program evaluations? They want more time just to "get to know" their classmates.
Constant busyness takes a toll not only on the quality of relationships, but also on the skills young adults use to forge them. To walk into a dorm living room where you know only one other person, make small talk with people at a party, connect spontaneously with a stranger in an orientation group — this comes naturally to only very few. Skills are like muscles: They need to be flexed repeatedly. Friend-making skills atrophy from underuse.
The not-so-invisible hand of parents on college students' schedules is evident, despite hand wringing among parents who claim their children put "too much pressure on themselves." In 2014, Harvard's Making Caring Common project found a wide gap between what parents told researchers they valued in their children, and what their middle- and high school student children said their parents actually cared about. Some 96 percent of parents told researchers moral character was "essential" in their children, but more than 80 percent of teens said their parents most valued achievement or personal happiness.
So what can parents of college students do?
Encourage your child to take self-care seriously. Stress culture has demoted self-care from a right to a privilege for too many students, making it something they think they deserve only once they've done enough work. But the Cigna study found that people who get enough sleep (but not too much) and have a healthy balance of daily activities are less likely to say they are lonely. Periods of rest and recharge will also help your child work smarter and longer.
Remind your young adult that everyone gets lonely sometimes. Some of the most popular people on college campuses, including student government and dorm presidents, confide to me that they feel lonely. It happens to everyone. The point is not to never feel lonely, but to know what you need when it happens. Anyway, sometimes we need to feel lonely. It can be a signal that tells us something is not right, and that can help us change our lives for the better.
Tell her that loneliness isn't her fault. Remind her of the systems in play that contribute to a nationwide epidemic of quiet isolation: the pressure to work constantly, the sense among students that no amount of work completed is ever truly enough, and, yes, the rise of smartphone use that shunts us away from face-to-face interaction.
There is a difference, too, between being lonely and alone. People who are always busy may not know the difference. They may not know what to do, or who they are, when they are idle. Overscheduling their lives may, for these students, be a defense against solitude and stillness, or the fear of it.
Above all, urge her to tell someone about how she is feeling. When we surface and share the thing we feel afraid of, we take away much of its power. We also find that others are feeling the same way. College is hardly the best four years of every student's life, but to pretend that it should be will keep students quiet and feeling ashamed.
Rachel Simmons is the Leadership Development Specialist at Smith College and the author of Enough as She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards to Live Healthy, Happy, Fulfilling Lives. Follow her on twitter @racheljsimmons.
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Allergy-friendly apple varieties
Frozen samples of newly grown apples. Credit: Technical University Munich
In a few years, apples that are officially deemed allergy-friendly will be available in supermarkets. The apples are a result of a project in which researchers in cooperation with the Züchtungsinitiative Niederelbe (ZIN), an initiative for breeding apple varieties, have successfully developed two varieties of apples, which are officially recognized as being allergy friendly. This is the first time apple varieties have been awarded an ECARF Seal by the European Center for Allergy Research Foundation.
As head of the fruit-growing department at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Prof. Werner Dierend is responsible for the development of the new allergy-friendly apple varieties. He and the other scientists involved were able to draw on more than 700 varieties of apples from the ZIN breeding program and the ultimate success of the project was made possible by the utilization of expertise from various disciplines.
"Since it is known that different varieties have varying allergen potential, we were very confident that in this pool of varieties we would come across one or perhaps several, which are allergy-friendly," says Prof. Dierend. The next step was to send the samples from Osnabrück to the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where they were analyzed for allergens.
Birch pollen allergy sufferers often also affected by apple allergy
Currently, four families of apple allergens are known, two of which are considered less import. "The majority of apple allergy sufferers in Northern and Central Europe as well as in North America react to the allergen Mal d 1. This protein has a very similar molecular structure to the allergen Bet v 1 in birch pollen. Hence, birch pollen allergy sufferers often also experience unpleasant side effects from eating apples," explains Wilfried Schwab, Professor of Biotechnology of Natural Products at the TUM.
Based on this information, Prof. Schwab and his team examined a total of 700 different ZIN varieties of apples for their MAL d 1 content. The apple varieties that had a particularly low allergen content were sent to Prof. Karl-Christian Bergmann, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin university hospital, where Bergmann and his team performed oral provocation tests in which apple allergy sufferers under medical supervision consumed first 30 grams, and later 100 grams of fresh apple samples. Typical symptoms such as itching, tingling in the mouth, and swelling of the lips, tongue and oral mucosa were then rated on a three-point scale according to their intensity.
Nineteen ZIN varieties were tested in the first year, and in the following year 22 were tested (17 of which were tested for the second time). Although the comparative apple variety "Santana" is classified as allergy-friendly, it was found that some of the ZIN varieties tested are even better tolerated. Still, factors other than variety can influence allergen potential, and apple allergy sufferers react individually, so tests have to be repeated over a period of several years.
New apple varieties may be on the market in a few years
"Despite precise investigations, it may never be possible to develop completely allergen-free apples. But, allergy-friendly apples have, for the first time, already made it possible for many allergy sufferers to bite into an apple without negative consequences," says Prof. Schwab.
The new apple varieties, which are still currently called ZIN 168 and ZIN 186, have a red fruit surface. The apples of the ZIN 168 variety are sweet, juicy, and tasty with a firm and crisp flesh. They have a medium red color and are medium to large in size. The ZIN 186 apples are predominantly large, crisp and juicy, and have a slight predominance of sweetness.
The scientists are optimistic that the two allergy-friendly apples will be on supermarket shelves in 2025 or 2026.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a social distancing strategy that really worked in the early days of the pandemic: New research shows that providing hotel rooms to homeless people at high risk for severe COVID-19 significantly lowered their chance of infection.
In early April 2020, the city of Chicago made 200 rooms at a hotel available to homeless people in shelters who were considered at high risk because they were: at least 60; at least 55 with any underlying health condition; or younger than 55 years with HIV/AIDS or any other health condition known to substantially increase COVID-19 risk.
The participants also received extensive health and social support services, and could stay as long as desired during the five months that the rooms were available.
"We saw that people in this intervention were 2.5 times less likely to contract the virus compared to rates among people experiencing homelessness in shelters across the city," said study co-author Dr. Elizabeth Tung. She is an assistant professor of medicine at University of Chicago Medicine.
"It shows that the basic intervention of moving people out of congregate settings worked to lower COVID-19 rates. But the other takeaway here is that this was an opportunity to pilot a model of temporary stabilization housing for people with high-risk health conditions — we saw dramatic improvements in hypertension and diabetes control, and stabilization of mental health and substance use disorders. Over half of these patients went on to more permanent housing," Tung said in a university news release.
"All of this has public health implications. When you think about how much time and money is spent every time someone ends up in the ER because they're experiencing homelessness and can't take care of their medical needs — it's more expensive, it's worse for the patient, and you end up with terrible outcomes. These data show us that a medical housing approach could help," Tung concluded.
The study was published online Dec. 13 in JAMA Network Open.
Study co-author Dr. Thomas Huggett said, "Housing is health care and an issue of racial equity." He is a family medicine physician at Lawndale Christian Health Center, in Chicago.
"When we provide housing, people's health improves. There are fewer hospitalizations, fewer emergency room visits, and life span increases," Huggett explained. "This intervention is part of that — providing people with not just the housing but also the wraparound supports they needed, both medically and socially."
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more on homeless people and COVID-19.
SOURCE: University of Chicago Medical Center, news release, Dec. 13, 2021


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We are currently offering this awesome Go Kart program for Osaka area, where you can enjoy having a ride on a Go Kart while wearing funny costumes!
Note: Japanese drivers license, Japanese SOFA license, or an International Drivers Permit is required. International Driver's Permit based on the 1949 "GENEVA" Convention on Road Traffic" and passport. If not, host cannot let him/her drive the go-kart on the public roads and can't refund.
- Enjoy driving on the public road without a seat belt or helmet (safety first!).
- The maximum speed is 60km/h!
Dress up as your favorite characters and get on the Go Kart to explore Osaka's most famous sightseeing spots such as Namba, Dottonbori, Tsutenkaku Tower, and Kitashinchi area!
We have several different costumes, which you can choose and wear it while having a ride on the Go Kart! Most of the participants of this program would choose the cute costumes, as they want to represent the characters of Go-Kart series!
You can safely drive around Osaka city with the Go Kart, but you need to provide us a valid regular driving license to participate in this program! You don't have to wear helmets while driving on the Go Kart!
・In case that you rent one hour and more, please make the go-kart's tank full, when you return. If it is not done, we will charge 800 yen per kart.
・Please make sure to make a contact when you decide the extention.
※ You must have, and bring a valid Japanese drivers license, Japanese SOFA license, or International Driving Permit.
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If not, host cannot let him/her drive the go-kart on the public roads and can't refund.
※ Bring the copy of your passport (passport is not required for Japanese) to the shop on the day.
※ All karts are for 1-person. There are no multi-person karts.
※ We don't recommend you park the kart anywhere because there are not many parking lots in Osaka, and we can't take any responsibility if any accidents happen to the kart.
※ The facility has costumes that you can borrow for no charge; however, you can buy some inexpensive costumes at the nearby Don Quixote shop if you would like your own!
※ You can book an optional add-on for a driver to guide you throughout Osaka. The driver will drive in a separate kart.
※ The hight restriction: must be 150cm to 185cm.
※ The activity is cancelled only when it rains heavily. When the activity is cancelled due to bad weather, you will be able to re-schedule without charge. If the alternative date for re-scheduling due to bad weather is not available, you will get a full refund.
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SS&C Performance Management Survey Finds Improvements to Wealth Management Operations and Technology a Priority for Banks in Asia
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62% of banks surveyed are focused on improving the online and mobile experience for their clients
WINDSOR, Conn., April 23, 2015 /CNW/ -- SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC), a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, today announced the results of a survey examining wealth management operations and technology in Asia.
The findings show banks in Asia do not have the technology to meet high net worth customers' reporting and analytics demands. 85 percent of those surveyed say their middle office technology is not up to par. 49 percent of respondents believe the most significant client reporting challenge is access to accurate investment data. When asked about plans to improve overall customer experience, 62 percent indicated providing online and mobile access is a priority.
"With increasingly sophisticated customers and regulators demanding timeliness, accuracy and accessibility to investment information, the pressure is on banks to evaluate their technology and operations. Banks need the right technology to underpin this new service model or work with a service provider who can manage the entire process," said Christy Bremner, Senior Vice President, Institutional Investment Management, SS&C Technologies. "The survey highlights a number of gaps for wealth managers in Asia. The issues can be alleviated though the use of scalable technology, deployed onsite or through a service partner, to improve operational efficiency and enable a great customer experience."
Other key findings from respondents include:
56 percent reported performance and attribution analytics will deliver the most value to customers
38 percent cited automating and consolidating investment data in a timely manner an ongoing challenge for client reporting
57 percent don't think their investment management data analytics are meeting reporting expectations
56 percent don't have a single data management platform that consolidates data from all relevant systems
21 percent of banks continue to rely on spreadsheets or end-user databases for tracking investment data
The SS&C Performance Management Survey was conducted in partnership with Hubbis, an expert in the Asian wealth management industry. The results are based on responses from 61 executives including COOs, CIOs and other senior executives in technology and client reporting roles at international and local private and consumer banks. The majority of respondents (approximately 70%) are based in Hong Kong and Singapore, with the remainder split between India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.
A copy of the report summarizing the full survey results is available for download here together with an infographic summarizing the key findings.
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SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial software-enabled services and software focused exclusively on the global financial services industry. Founded in 1986, SS&C has its headquarters in Windsor, Connecticut and offices around the world. Some 7,000 financial services organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services. These clients in the aggregate manage over $26 trillion in assets.
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The Education Facilitator for French Immersion at McMath Secondary School was keen to support language fluency in senior students. He started an extracurricular French Improv club that met at lunch time over the year, and, together with another French Immersion teacher, taught and coached Improv skills. The team practiced regularly, and entered the Franco-Columbian Improvisation League (LIFC). At the annual Fesitival Du Bois celebrations in March, the team won 4th place out of eight teams, and represented themselves very well as the only French Immersion team in the competition.
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Over the winter we shared tips for ways to keep warm air in your house to prevent unwanted heat loss that results in wasted energy and money. We discussed several methods for ensuring that all the heat your system was working hard to produce, wasn't lost.
The same principles apply when looking for ways to keep hot air out, and moreover, the cool air in. During the dog days of this summer – which are known to drag out in New England – use the following tips and tricks to ensure that you aren't losing any of your energy to the outdoors.
Window treatments are sometimes considered an afterthought in regards to your home. However, blinds, curtains, shutters and even awnings can provide big energy savings during the hottest days of summer.
If you haven't already, install blinds or curtains that deflect the sun away from your home. Choosing a lighter color will still allow some natural light into the home without all the heat that comes with it. Draw the curtains during the day in the places that get the most direct sunlight. Once evening rolls around, you can open them back up and even open a window or two for a nice breeze. Just be sure you don't have your central air conditioning system on as well, otherwise you'll be letting that cool air right out the window.
Consider installing awnings on the south and west facing windows. These windows typically get hit the hardest by heat because they are facing the direction of the sun.
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There's no need to shudder at the thought of installing shutters. In fact, many types of shutters are easy to install and provide a nice added touch to your home's interior and exterior. Shutters have become extremely affordable and are a great way to not only keep the heat out in the summer, but to also trap it inside during the winter. Take a look at the different styles available for your home online and think about whether you'd like to install them yourself or have a professional help.
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Moderate Islam? On Qaradawi's visit to London
Posted by Maryam Namazie
International TV interview with Fariborz Pooya and Bahram Soroush
Maryam Namazie: I want to start by discussing Qaradawi's visit to the UK. He had come to chair a meeting of the European Council on Fatwa and Research – a very interesting name for an organisation! – and several other meetings on hijab and so on. Since his visit, many have been saying that his views are so extremist and despicable that he should be banned from entering the UK because of them. What would you say to that?
Fariborz Pooya: I have two problems with banning. Removing a person from the UK, or barring people from entering the UK, I think, doesn't deal with the problem. This is like saying: it's OK for Al-Qaradawi and the like to advocate such views abroad or in the Middle East as long as they don't bring it to the UK. On the other hand, it doesn't deal with the problem because if you face a similar home-grown mullah who advocates the same, then effectively you've lost the argument. It's important to face the Islamic movement head on, challenge them on their views and expose the outrageous views that they hold. Society needs to be vaccinated against such views. So I wouldn't agree with banning, but I would urge people who find his views abhorrent and distasteful to expose them and to show that such a person is a leader of the Islamic movement. Unfortunately, this is a movement that is growing, and we need to confront it and stop it.
Maryam Namazie: What if it's not just a question of someone's views but what they have done? For example, some say Qaradawi is the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is a political Islamic group. It's also alleged that he is a major shareholder in a bank that is part of Al Qaeda's fund-raising. We talked about not banning people because of their views, but what about banning people from entering the UK because of their actions? Would you agree with that or not?
Bahram Soroush: Again it depends what actions they have committed. If there has been a trial and what they have done has been substantiated in a due process of law, then the matter has been dealt with. But if the person is still advocating, or actively financing – as it's been alleged in the case of Qaradawi – Al Qaeda, for example, and actively organising support for a particular terrorist organisation, or his role in the Muslim Brotherhood, if those are well-documented, then that is something that can be looked at in this country as well. So it depends whether that person's presence in the UK is infringing the laws of the UK or not. I would agree with Fariborz that banning people for simply airing your views, however despicable they are, however repugnant they are, that wouldn't solve the problem. There should be room for those views to be expressed and then people have the right to oppose those views. At the same time, I don't believe that those views should be supported by a particular state; for example, that the UK government should play host to them, or like the Mayor of London chairing conferences, which he will be doing, or he has done already, which is specific support for those views.
Maryam Namazie: Some of his supporters have said – and there was a recent commentary in the Guardian on this – that Qaradawi's statements in which he encourages suicide bombings, that he encourages the death penalty against gays, that he permits wife-beating, these are all statements that have been attributed to him, but have been taking out of context, that he has been misquoted, and it is an effort to misrepresent who he really is. Would you agree that they are taken out of context?
Fariborz Pooya: I don't think so, because if you look at his writings, his views, his arguments, they are all distasteful; they are extremely reactionary and he represents the Islamic movement. I think it's important to recognise that this is not an academic discussion. It's a political Islamic movement. And there is a division of labour within this movement. You have the theoreticians who advocate the views, who support and provide the background to this movement. You have states that actually enforce Islamic laws. You have movements which, wherever they have the power, impose Islamic laws. And you have the military wings of this movement that has no regard for human life, and will use any means indiscriminately against everybody to advance the movement. So it's important to show this as a movement. And Qaradawi represents this movement. His views are well-publicized. You could refer to his views on wife-beating, etc.
I think that shows the desperation of the Islamic movement and their supporters, that the views of their representatives and advocates are so distasteful that they can't hide them. And when you refer to them and quote them, they say they have been misquoted or quoted out of context. His views are very clear. In a civilised society I don't think there would be any toleration for those views and we need to forcefully condemn them and oppose them.
Maryam Namazie: But again there is the issue of freedom of expression.
Bahram Soroush: Yes, there is. But at the same time there is freedom of expression for you and I to criticise his views. Freedom of expression doesn't mean respecting a particular viewpoint. So if he is holding a conference, we have the right to go there and say what we think about his views as well. And I think a lot of people have already expressed what they feel about his views on homosexuals, on violence against women and on suicide bombers. They are not out of context. They are very clear. He has uttered them and I think he would defend them still if he was asked about them.
Maryam Namazie: Let's go on to another question. Some of Qaradawi's supporters have said that, 'Islam not only prohibits attacking non-Muslims who don't launch attacks against Muslims, but it also urges Muslims to treat those non-Muslims with due respect and kindness, especially non-Muslims who live along with Muslims within Islamic territories'. Can you comment on that?
Bahram Soroush: I would like to know what he defines as 'people who do not attack Muslims'. Are people in Israel, is every Jew, a target of attack because they happen to be living there and there is terrorization by the Israeli state against the Palestinians? Would it be justified to attack them? You can't tell from just that quotation what he means. I have read other so called Islamic 'scholars', who have been very clear about it. They say this is Islam and the law of the Qesas, i.e. retribution. So if they attack us by killing civilians we have the right to attack and use the same methods to kill civilians. So every Jew is according to them a legitimate target. We have to look at that quotation in the context of what Qaradawi has said and his role, because there is so much else apart from that quotation.
Maryam Namazie: I suppose every woman who doesn't wear the hijab, every gay that has a relationship, everyone that has a voluntary sexual relation outside of marriage – these could all be considered as 'attacks'.
Fariborz Pooya: The deeds of the Islamic movement speak better than what they actually say, although what they say is again very distasteful. If you look at the history of the Islamic movement, in the last thirty years at least, its recent history, it is littered with violations of human rights. Look at the history of Iran since the Islamic government was established. All its opponents, anybody who had the slightest opposing view against the Islamic Republic of Iran, were wiped out. Political opponents, communists, socialists, anybody who had the slightest disagreement with the Islamic government, were killed. The history of Iran is tied with a Holocaust against the opposition. And that is the history of the Islamic movement. Look at Afghanistan. Why do we have to go so far? Look at today's Iraq… Even in Palestine, with the rise of this Islamic movement, you see how the picture of society in Palestine is changing. Even when you look at the quotations from this Middle Eastern mullah, you see that this is not about unconditional freedom to oppose Islam; it is conditioned by the fact that you agree with him. And if you disagree with him, then you are not protected against the attacks.
Maryam Namazie: Some of the Islamists are saying that he is a 'Muslim progressive social reformer', 'an esteemed scholar'. They say he is a 'moderate' and that it's 'extremely distressing' that he is being labelled as an extremist. They say 'if he is an extremist, then who's left out there to be a moderate'?
Fariborz Pooya: I think there is a problem to construct a reformist, liberal, moderate character or trend within the Islamic movement. The Islamic movement is misogynist; it's against equality; it's based on violationa of human rights; and it's an extremely oppressive movement. I can see the difficulty the Islamic movement has to actually come up with somebody decent enough not to get 'distressed' when they are quoted! We have seen this attempt to create and reconstruct a 'moderate' Islam in Iran. We've seen it in Iran and it's been defeated, because you can't find such a character within the political Islamic movement. I would also like to add that some try to construct such 'moderate features' within the Islamic movement because they want to work with it, because they want to use it. Clearly, the European states do so because they want to have good relations with oppressive Islamic governments in the Middle East, so they have come up with this theory of moderate Islam, which is effectively an effort to justify the relationship with the Islamic movement and the Islamic government, and to appease a brutal movement and government.
Maryam Namazie: You hear all the time that there is a difference between moderate Islamists, fundamentalist Islamists, the extremist political Islamic movement. Is there a distinction?
Bahram Soroush: There are distinctions. As in every phenomenon – and Islam is not excluded from that – you have extreme, moderate, centre, etc. But that is not the issue. This is a question of degrees; a relative thing. In any repugnant thing you can find things which are less repugnant than the others. Our problem is with the whole of Islam and the political movement of Islam. It's a movement that is running amok throughout the world, creating havoc, taking victims. You might find somebody, another version of it, which is a little bit less brutal, but that is not the issue. For us in the 21st century, that we should have lowered our expectations so much to say that a reformist – if such a thing was possible – liberal or a softer version of Islam or political Islam is tolerable. That is an insult to humanity. Our criticism, our attack, our problem with this Islamic movement is not just with its extremist faction; it's with the whole of it. So I think to anyone like that I would say, why do you bother, why not get rid of the whole thing? And as Fariborz was saying, in Iran they tried to do that, to reconstruct, to come up with a second kind of Islamic regime, which, even if it was possible, the people of Iran have said no to; they want to get rid of the whole thing.
Maryam Namazie: One of the questions this Islamist asks in the Guardian commentary is 'who are Muslims expected to follow if not Qaradawi'? If he's the moderate, they want to follow him. If he's not acceptable, who is?!
Fariborz Pooya: I'm not in a position to advise Muslims on who to follow! But I would say that the Islamic movement is a reactionary movement and anybody who wants to have a decent society needs to oppose the Islamic movement. You can't have a civilised society, you can't have a decent society, for yourself, for your children, for your future, by appeasing and supporting this movement. So I think people should advocate a non-religious state, a non-religious society. The only way to improve the situation of humanity today, to get out of this effectively dark scenario that has been built by the Islamic movement, is to oppose this movement and to defeat it. And we are pretty determined to do this.
Maryam Namazie: Someone has written and said that we have a 'pathetically narrow view of Islam'; that we are associating what some people are doing in the name of Islam with what Islam is; that we are categorizing all of Islam as something that is misogynist, etc., whereas it's the practice of just a few people. Can you comment briefly on that?
Bahram Soroush: Nobody has tried to categorize all Muslims as responsible for what is being done – the stonings, the amputation of limbs and all those atrocities. At the same time, my expectation from someone who is a Muslim would be to distance themselves from that, to say that they don't want to be identified with that. If they are as categorical in condemnation of that as we are, then that is fine. Then the next step would be to show the incompatibility of their standpoint with the teachings of Islam; to show where it's at odds with it…
Maryam Namazie: One final question. Is this not inciting religious hatred when you oppose Islam so strongly, when you oppose its political movement so strongly?
Fariborz Pooya: It's a reactionary ideology and you need to oppose it. There's no other way. That's not inciting hatred against a group of people. It's because we have a lot of respect for humanity and its welfare that we don't want it to be dominated by reactionary movements. We need to and we must, it's our duty, to expose this reactionary movement and to defend people's rights against it. I'm worried with the new attempts by the British government. David Blunkett has floated the idea again that he wants to bring a law to ban incitement to religious hatred. He hasn't actually publicly said how within that framework he wants to support the freedom of speech and freedom of criticising religion. That's an important thing. Freedom of speech, freedom of criticising reactionary movements and religion is a fundamental building block of a civilised society.
The above was an interview on TV International English on July 12, 2004 on www.anternasional.tv/english.
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Ticketmaster might replace physical tickets with facial recognition
Last minute panics over lost tickets might become a thing of the past
By El Hunt
Ticketmaster are developing a new facial recognition programme which will effectively allow customers to use their own face as a digital ticket in the future.
Live Nation Entertainment – the parent company of Ticketmaster – has announced a new partnership with Blink Identity. Live Nation's president CEO Michael Rapino announced the new project in the tech company in a statement to investors, saying that Blink Identity "has cutting-edge facial recognition technology, enabling you to associate your digital ticket with your image, then just walk into the show." Live Nation Entertainment have also invested in the new company.
Read more: This "bitcoin of ticketing" system may put an end to ticket touts
As The Verge reports, Blink Identity claims that they can identify people within "half a second," even if they aren't looking directly at a camera.
Though there isn't a definite timeline for when facial recognition tickets might be implemented, The Verge notes that for the program to work effectively, Ticketmaster will need to keep a database containing the faces of concertgoers who purchase tickets. In the light of the recent Facebook data leaks, this will understandably raise privacy concerns.
According to Blink Identity's website, the company "is dedicated to building identity in motion technology that identifies people as they walk past a sensor at full walking speed, enabling frictionless identification for convenient, rapid access and security for a variety of applications.
The founding team has spent the last decade building and deploying large scale biometric identification systems in the Middle East for the Department of Defense" it reads. They "are bringing their expertise to the commercial market to provide security, access control and VIP customer experiences to the commercial market."
Elsewhere, two graduates from Imperial College London have developed a new "bitcoin of ticketing" in order to eliminate ticket fraud. Using cryptocurrency, their software – called Aventus Protocol – uses blockchain technology, allowing gig organisers to give each ticket a unique identity linked to the ticket. Their new software will be tested for the first time at the 2018 World Cup.


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Enerside closes agreements and financing to carry out two projects in Brazil that will add 255 MW to its portfolio
THE GROUP IS MOVING TOWARDS ACHIEVING ITS OBJECTIVES IN IPP PROJECTS FOR 2023 THAT WILL GENERATE A RECURRING EBITDA OF 17 MILLION
The Pudong I project has obtained permission for grid connection and construction will begin in the second half of next year.
Enerside has also obtained financing from BNB (Banco do Nordeste de Brasil) and an agreement to start the work of Ribeiro Gonçalves.
With these advances, Enerside has more than 270 MW in the development or construction phase of IPP projects and is approaching the goal for 2023 of 330 MW.
Barcelona, 28th December 2022. Enerside Energy, a Spanish company vertically integrated in the photovoltaic solar industry, has increased its portfolio of projects under construction or RTB (Ready to Build) to 270 MW, thanks to the obtention of the necessary permits or financing.
The Pudong I project located in the province of Ceará, which has a capacity of 207 MW, has just obtained the Access Opinion, a permit that guarantees the connection to the grid. This work already has environmental and construction licenses and once it has financing it is estimated that construction will begin in the second half of 2023.
Another major project of the Enerside group in Brazil is Ribeiro Gonçalves, for which it has reached an agreement to start its construction, scheduled for the first quarter of 2023. A year ago, Enerside sold a part of this project, 280 MW out of a total of 322 MW, in the pre-RTB (Ready-to-Build) phase. With the remaining 42 MW it also had the option to sell or build and directly operate the facility and has finally chosen to maintain management. For this work, Enerside has closed the financing of BNB (Bank of the Northeast of Brazil) and is in the very advanced negotiation phase for the signing of a PPA with one of the main industrial groups in Brazil.
They will generate a recurring EBITDA of 17 million euros
With the progress of these two projects, Enerside already reaches more than 270 MW under construction or RTB, which means high visibility for the fulfillment of its business plan, which aims to reach more than 330 MW by the end of 2023.
Once operational, these projects will generate a recurring EBITDA of 17 million euros per year in the group's accounts.
Enerside Energy landed in Brazil in 2014. Since then, it has consolidated its commitment to the country where has three offices (São Paulo, Fortaleza and Belo Horizonte), and more than 30 people working, team which will increase considerably in the coming years. These growth figures consolidate Enerside's position as one of the leading developers of photovoltaic projects in the country, with a portfolio of own projects of more than 4 GW of capacity, entirely developed in-house.
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Enerside is a company in the photovoltaic solar energy sector, vertically integrated, and stands out for its marked industrial profile and geographical diversification in the markets with the greatest potential for solar energy (Spain, Italy, Brazil, and Chile).
The company is currently immersed in promoting the development of 5.5 GW in differentiated, highly qualified projects with an advanced degree of maturity that give it an excellent position to capture the growth of demand and a great capacity to generate value, through the sale of projects in RTB (Ready To Build) phase and with the direct exploitation of part of the pipeline as an independent energy producer (IPP).
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Q: Random image - corresponding text Is there a way to display text that corresponds to random image in another part of an email? My code so far:
VAR @random, @num1, @num3
SET @num1 = 1
SET @num3 = 3

SET @random = random(@num1, @num3)
]%%

%%[IF @random == "1" THEN ]%%

%%[ELSEIF @random =="2" THEN ]%%

%%[ELSEIF @random =="3" THEN ]%%

%%[ENDIF]%%

Couldnt find what i needed here - unless i missed something Showing random image in email

A: This will display text under the image:
%%[IF @random == "1" THEN ]%%

Some random text related to image 1

%%[ELSEIF @random =="2" THEN ]%%

Some random text related to image 2

%%[ELSEIF @random =="3" THEN ]%%

Some random text related to image 3

%%[ENDIF]%%

If you need to display the text in a completely different place, just add it to the main script:
%%[
VAR @random, @num1, @num3, @text
SET @num1 = 1
SET @num3 = 3

SET @random = random(@num1, @num3)

IF @random == "1" THEN
   set @text = "some text 1"
ELSEIF @random =="2" THEN
   set @text = "some text 2"
ELSEIF @random =="3" THEN
   set @text = "some text 3"
ENDIF

]%% %%[IF @random == "1" THEN ]%%

%%[ELSEIF @random =="2" THEN ]%%

%%[ELSEIF @random =="3" THEN ]%%

%%[ENDIF]%%

And include %%=v(@text)=%% anywhere where this text should be displayed.

A: What I might do to account for potential growth of random information, is to store all the information inside of a data extension.
I would have the following in the DE:
ID   |   ImageURL   |   Text
---------------------------------
1    | myImageURL1  |  Some Text1
2    | myImageURL2  |  Some Text2

Where ID is the primary key of the DE. This would store all the dynamic info you want associated together, so you can add/remove fields as needed.
Then inside the email, I would do the same Random function, but I would also do a LookupRows() and then set the values via ROW() and Field().
See below:
First, you need to get the size of the DE for the @max value using DataExtensionRowCount function:
SET @min = 1
SET @max = DataExtensionRowCount('myDE')

This will set the total number of rows in the DE to the max for the random function.
Second, you will gather the random number via AMPScript:
SET @random = Random(@min,@max)

This will grab a random number between 1 and the row count of your content DE. For the sake of this example, let's say the number is 3.
Next, now that we have the random number, what do we do? We then do a LookupRows() to retrieve the row from your DE.
SET @randRS = LookupRows('myDE',"ID",@random)

Finally, this will then return a rowset of the identified record. You can then use Row() and Field() to gather the info you need.
SET @row = Row(@randRS,1)
SET @image = Field(@row,"ImageURL")
SET @text = Field(@row,"Text")

You then just put the image/text as variable calls. Like so:

%%=v(@text)=%%

no need to use any if statements, etc.


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