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Erdogan: 'May God Forgive Us!' — But Will Turkey?
Date: August 4, 2016Author: Abbas Djavadi
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, talking about U.S.-based Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen, whom he calls the "mastermind" of the July 15 coup attempt against him, said: "Unfortunately, we have made serious mistakes [in the past on Gulen.] May God forgive us!"
And he added, "If you had told me that 20 years ago, 10, three, or four years ago, even I wouldn't believe it."
Well, he should know. In those years he was a powerful prime minister running the government himself.
Outsiders may not understand what he meant by "mistakes in the past." Erdogan was referring to the period at least from the time he came to power in 2002 to 2013, when they were close allies fighting Turkey's old secular, republican system with its strong military.
The peak of this dangerous and destructive alliance was when a group of newly recruited prosecutors and judges led a number of sensational, high-profile trials against more than 750 leading military officers, justice-system employees, journalists, and lawmakers. They were accused of creating a clandestine criminal group called "Ergenekon," which in Turkey is now a synonym for Turkish-style Stalinist show trials. The defendants were accused of an armed coup attempt by the army against…, against whom? Against then-Prime Minister Erdogan and the government of his ruling Justice and Development Party.
The alleged "plotters" were mostly traditional Turkish secularists critical of the Erdogan government out of fear that it would derail the country from its secular path onto a "hidden Islamism." Generals, prosecutors, prominent journalists, and politicians were taken away in shame, held in detention for years without any — or as it turned out — on fake and fabricated evidence.
That strongly supported Erdogan in an overwhelmingly secular government environment in the late 2000s. To some, it even guaranteed Erdogan's hold on power when his political career was on the balance in cases raised by the country's Constitutional Court.
But in a few years two things became clear: 1) the trials were based on fake documents and imaginary claims, and 2) the prosecutors and judges who ran the show trials were Gulen supporters implanted with the Erdogan government's support or at least tolerance just a few years back into the judiciary and military.
Finally, in April this year, Turkey's highest appeals court ruled that those show trials' verdicts will be overturned since there was no "criminal group called Ergenekon" to undertake that coup attempt in the first place.
In 2010, Erdogan started himself to act against the Gulen movement's dangerously growing power. From 2013 on, he began to clean Gulen supporters out of the government, military, and media.
Meanwhile, the strongman president of Turkey preferred not to comment on the Ergenekon show trials, its victims, and the damage done to the country's military and state system. "The judiciary is independent in Turkey," he used to say. "We prefer not to comment in order not to influence the courts' decisions."
That is why, on a different occasion, complaining again about his former ally, Erdogan said, "What did they [Gulenists] ask for that we didn't give them?"
Today, more than two weeks since the coup attempt, it has been reported that at least 60 percent of the military's generals and admirals have been fired for allegiance with the Gulen movement. "The Turkish military is now a broken force and it will take years for it to heal," Aaron Stein of the Washington-based Atlantic Council told Reuters. Many of the high-ranking officers of the recent coup attempt are reported to be recruits of Gulenists in the army over the last 20 years.
Nobody knows if God will forgive Erdogan. But people will remember Gulen's orchestrated Ergenekon trials for years to come — something that first helped Erdogan establish his unchallenged rule and then pulled the entire country into the July coup attempt.
Published by Abbas Djavadi
Born and raised in Tabriz, Iran. Studied in Austria, Turkey and Germany (PhD,) taught in Cologne, worked 1985-2019 at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) as journalist, service director and regional director for Azeri, Tajik, Afghan, Iran and Central Asian services.	View all posts by Abbas Djavadi
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The 2000 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 21st tournament of the Thomas Cup, and the 18th tournament of the Uber Cup, which are the major international team competitions in world badminton.

Host city selection
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was the only city to submit a bid. International Badminton Federation accepted the bid during a meeting in Copenhagen.

Thomas Cup

Teams
49 teams took part in the competition, and eight teams qualified for the final Stage, including Indonesia, as defending champion, and Malaysia, as host team.

Final stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

Uber Cup

Teams
43 teams took part in the competition, and eight teams qualified for the final Stage.

Final stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links
Thomas, Uber Cup teams announced
Smash: 2000 Thomas Cup - Final Round
Smash: Uber Cup Calendar
Smash: 2000 Uber Cup - Final Round

Thomas & Uber Cup
Thomas Uber Cup
Badminton tournaments in Malaysia
International sports competitions hosted by Malaysia
Sport in Kuala Lumpur
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Tottenham Must Find Quick Cure For Travel Sickness
Away form could derail title ambitions
Simon Lillicrap
Tottenham, Champions League finalists from last season and tenants of the most technologically advanced stadium in the country look well placed to challenge for the league title over the next few seasons. However, in 2019 they have been worryingly let down by one part of their game, their shoddy record on the road.
Amazingly, Spurs have failed to beat a current Premier League side across all competitions away from home in 2019.
Their last away win against a current Premier League side came before Christmas last year, as they hit Everton for six on December 23, but since then it has not been pretty viewing for the Spurs fans following their side on the road.
Their two away Premier League wins of 2019 came in their opening two games of the calendar year against Cardiff and Fulham, but with both of those sides being relegated at the end of the season, the run against current top-flight sides stretches back all the way to that Everton game, nine months ago.
A run of horrendous results on the road began in late January as Chelsea got the better of them in the League Cup semi-final after a penalty shootout. Crystal Palace then beat them in the FA Cup before defeats at Burnley and Chelsea in the Premier League.
Of course, things haven't been all bad for Spurs fans on the road as last season they enjoyed their finest performance in European competition for three decades. A win against Borussia Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion secured their place in the last eight and a 4-3 defeat against Man City at the Etihad was enough to take them through on away goals, but it was still a loss to a Premier League side.
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That City defeat was preceded by two more away defeats against Southampton and Liverpool and followed up by two more league defeats on the road, one at the Etihad three days after the Champions League game and another south coast defeat to Bournemouth.
That run of defeats made it nine consecutive away losses to Premier League sides and this is a run without a win that has continued into this campaign, albeit in slightly different circumstances.
Things have slightly improved this term and remaining undefeated from two tough away games at Manchester City and Arsenal is certainly a positive for Spurs, although they will feel they should have won the North London derby on Arsenal's patch, having been 2-0 up at one stage.
So we head into the weekend where Mauricio Pochettino's men will travel to the King Power to face a Leicester side who are incredibly strong at home. Brendan Rodgers' side have only lost one game at home since the Northern Irishman arrived and that was a surprise defeat to Newcastle, but the Foxes are certainly stronger in front of their own fans.
If Tottenham fail to pick up all three points here, then their run without an away win against current Premier League opposition will stretch to ten months. For a side apparently harbouring ambitions to win the title over the next few years this is a clear area they are currently falling short in, in comparison to their title rivals.
Manchester City and Liverpool lost a combined total of four Premier League away games last season, the same amount that Tottenham lost in the last two months of the campaign alone. Pochettino's men may be thriving in their brand new stadium, but they must improve on the road if they are to seriously challenge the top two this season.

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I myself am in the minority believing that early second-generation Camaros look ten thousand times better than 1967-1969 Camaros, but I will admit that this version of Bumblebee looks pretty great. Is it better than the old '77 Bumblebee? That's hard to say.
The fender flares are sweet, the deep-dish wheels looks great, and the yellow nose stripe is much cooler than any traditional racing stripe or hockey stick side stripe could've been.
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If you have a Raspberry Pi (or more specifically, Raspbian x86 Pixel desktop) as a virtual machine on your Windows/Mac/Ubuntu PC/laptop, you can attach a real Raspberry Pi Zero and use its GPIO pins to control basic operations such as flashing an LED or detecting button presses.
Note that this can NOT yet be used for more advanced SPI/I2C add-ons such as HATs or Blinkt etc. It's just basic on/off/PWM output and high/low input. Great for breadboard projects with components such as LEDs, buttons, resistors etc. Some very simple add-ons such as traffic light LEDs, basic H-bridge motor controllers or charlieplexed Christmas LEDs may also work.
A real Raspberry Pi Zero - can be any model of Zero including W and non-W; also could be a model A or A+. The point is, it must be a Pi that has only one USB data port (an OTG "On The Go" port). So not a B, B+, 2B, 3B or 3B+. You can buy a Raspberry Pi Zero WH with pre-soldered headers from Amazon, The Pi Hut, Pimoroni or Mod My Pi. Alternatively, if you're able to solder on your own headers, and don't need the Zero to have WiFi for other projects, you can get a barebones Pi Zero for under £5 plus postage.
A good quality micro USB cable. You can buy a good quality micro USB cable from Amazon and lots of other places - look for an AWG rating of 28 or lower, which means a thicker cable. Shorter length and lower AWG is better.
This tutorial assumes you are using an existing, working installation of VirtualBox as the virtual machine host, and Raspbian x86 as the virtual guest; see my setup how-to.
Remove any SD card from the Pi Zero.
Connect your real-world Pi Zero's USB port (the middle port - not the power port) to a micro USB cable. Make sure it is a proper micro USB data cable, not just a charge-only cable. I recommend a short, high-quality cable (look for an AWG value of 24 or lower - which means thicker) and I also recommend that you do NOT use a USB hub (connect directly to your PC/laptop).
From the Virtualbox host window, select your virtual Pi then click the Settings button.
Select USB and then click the plug + icon.
Start the virtual machine. Once booted, it should show a new window saying "A Raspberry Pi has been connected."
Select that you want to use it as a "GPIO expansion board", tick "Remember selection" and click OK.
It will display a progress bar. After a moment, it will hang at "Waiting for BCM2835/6/7".
This is where things start to get complicated. The Pi Zero becomes three different USB devices, depending on how far through the USB boot process you are (technically it's booting over IPv6 network), and we need to tell the host to let the virtual Pi control all of them. So far, we've only told the host about one of those three.
Note that you don't want to take too long doing the following steps. The "Raspberry Pi connected" wizard will time out if you take too long. If that happens, just unplug the real Pi and start again.
Go into the host Devices - USB - USB Settings menu.
Now click the Plug Add icon and add "Broadcom BCM2710 Boot".
Click OK. The progress will continue, then the window will close.
Now, again from the Devices - USB menu, click the Plug Add button and select "Raspberry Pi Zero - GPIO expansion board"
The reason we're doing this through the "USB Settings" menu, and not directly from the Device - USB menu, is that if you do it through "USB Settings", it remembers it after reboot.
Note that if you take a long time to add the extra devices, the process may not work - it gives up after a while. Just unplug the Pi Zero and start again. You don't need to be super fast, but you don't want to hang about making the selections. That's why we're making sure that these settings survive a reboot; we don't want to have to go through this effort every time.
Reboot the virtual machine to ensure this change is applied.
Problems? Try a better quality, shorter micro USB cable. If you're using a USB hub, try directly attaching the Pi Zero to your PC/laptop instead. Also bear in mind that this really only works for basic breadboarding - LEDs, switches, resistors etc. - and won't work for advanced HATs or add-ons such as Blinkt, Sense HAT etc. (IC2, SPI etc). Some very simple add-ons such as Pibrella or simple H-bridge motor controllers or Christmas tree LED arrays may work.
Another gotcha for problem-solving, is that you must remove the SD card from the Pi Zero in order for it to boot over USB.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has more details including usage with Scratch 2.


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Tempting Fate is a 2019 American made-for-television drama film directed by Kim Raver in her directorial debut and Manu Boyer, starring Alyssa Milano as a married housewife who becomes pregnant with another man's baby. The movie is based on author Jane Green's 2014 New York Times best-selling novel of the same name.

Tempting Fate is the first of three Lifetime movies based on novels by Jane Green. The other movie adaptations aired shortly after are To Have and to Hold (2019) and Family Pictures (2019).

Plot
42-year-old Gabby (Alyssa Milano) has a seemingly perfect life: married with two teenage daughters, she lives in a typical Connecticut neighborhood and leads a typical life. She restores furniture as a hobby, while her husband Elliott (Steve Kazee) works as a doctor to provide for the family. Unbeknownst to many, her marriage is currently going through a rough patch: Gabby desperately wants to have a third kid, but Elliott is unwilling and underwent a vasectomy without consulting his wife. In order to reduce tensions inside the house, Elliott takes the kids on a weekend trip to Vermont while she stays at home. Her good friend Claire (Jessica Harmon) convinces Gabby to accompany her to a party, where soon Gabby meets 33-year-old Matt Shaw (Zane Holtz), a successful web developer. Even though Gabby upfront tells him about her marriage, they hit it off, and Matt invites her to join a business meeting the next day.

Coming from a humble background, Matt has used his power for projects such as building non-profit schools. He is currently building a school in the neighborhood and hires Gabby as a designer. Initially wary of getting close to Matt, Gabby soon develops a crush on him, and their correspondence grows more and more flirtatious. Meanwhile, Gabby gets more estranged from her husband, especially when he reveals that he is not willing to undergo a reverse vasectomy. As Elliot devotes more time to his work, Gabby spends more time with Matt. One night while having dinner together, Gabby asks him to respect her marriage and boundaries. Nevertheless, before long their relationship becomes physical.

Torn by guilt, Gabby immediately cuts off all contact with Matt, though soon she finds out she is pregnant. Claire recommends her to get an abortion, but she is unwilling to and instead tells Elliott the whole truth. Feeling betrayed by his wife's infidelity, he moves out of the house. Gabby tells her children the truth about her affair and pregnancy, which prompts the oldest daughter Olivia (Emilija Baranac) to move out too, though her youngest daughter is more supportive and decides to help her mom out. Before long, Elliott announces to Gabby that he wants a divorce and will sell their house. Seeing her life fall apart, Gabby tries to make amends, and puts all of her energy into her furniture restoration to earn enough money to buy the house from Elliott. Despite her attempts to save their marriage, Elliott cannot forgive her and starts to date Trish (Lucia Walters), an acquaintance of Gabby.

Shortly after, Gabby gives birth to a son, Henry. Olivia reconciles with her mother and moves back in to help her out with Henry. Gabby reconnects with Matt to give him an opportunity to meet his son. He is now happily dating another woman, Monroe (Rebecca Olson). Elliott, meanwhile, breaks off his relationship with Trish, and finally decides to give his marriage to Gabby another chance. In the end, all parties work out an agreement that Gabby and Elliott will raise Henry, while Matt meets with them once in a while.

Cast
Alyssa Milano as Gabby Cartwright
Zane Holtz as Matt Shaw
Steve Kazee as Elliott Cartwright
Jessica Harmon as Claire
Lucia Walters as Trish
Magda Apanowicz as Josephine
Emilija Baranac as Olivia Cartwright
Beatrice Kitsos as Alana Cartwright
Daniel Bacon as Tim
Kelly Konno as Dr. Rodriguez
Rebecca Olson as Monroe

Production
In June 2018, it was announced that three Jane Green novels would be adapted for the small screen, with Kim Raver as the director for and Alyssa Milano as the leading actress in Tempting Fate.

Raver was drawn to the script because "the central figure doesn't become a victim but instead finds her own voice". Milano signed on for similar reasons: "Having a movie that combines the sensationalized idea of infidelity but still giving it something that is rounded and has depth and nuance. It's a testament to [executive producers and directors] Kim [Raver] and Manu Boyer. I think this would have been a very different movie in different directors' hands."

Milano commented in an interview that she intentionally did not read the novel before production: "I get really nervous reading books that people love and then going in and playing those characters. I think I would've obsessed over making sure I was giving the fans of the book what they felt they needed rather than giving the character what it needed to be a successful character."

Reception
Milano's role in the movie sparked some online backlash due to the actress' public stance in support for abortion rights, while in the movie her character will not consider abortion. In a June 2019 interview, Milano commented on these parallels: "I think anytime you're able to convey social, political issues in art and storytelling, it's an important thing to do, because it kind of depoliticizes [the issue]. It's good for the social movement aspect because it humanizes it. You then understand the process of what goes into making a decision like that. I think that that's really important. I don't wish there was more [dialogue about abortion] in the film because I think it deals with it in a perfect way, especially because Gabby talked about wanting more kids. Also, it wasn't like, the Republican party is going to pull back Roe v. Wade, let's deal with that in our Lifetime movie. We never had that kind of conversation. But I'm glad it's in there, for sure."

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2019 television films
2019 films
American drama television films
Films based on American novels
Films set in Connecticut
Films shot in Vancouver
Lifetime (TV network) films
2019 drama films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films


A comparatively new medical discipline, Integrative Medicine combines widespread therapy choices with less typical therapies. First, in order that individuals who want to join holistic care – to provide it, or obtain it – know what they're signing up for, precisely.
Most individuals most likely do not even take into consideration therapeutic massage as a sort of different drugs. Homeopathy applies natural remedies based on the law "remedy like remedy" and considers the inclusion of the emotional, psychological and bodily stage for therapeutic.


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Home News Man rips up his cheating girlfriend's $2,000 floorboards with a power drill and then BURNS all of the wood - before filming her furious reaction to the 'childish' revenge prank
Man rips up his cheating girlfriend's $2,000 floorboards with a power drill and then BURNS all of the wood - before filming her furious reaction to the 'childish' revenge prank
A man got revenge on his cheating girlfriend by ripping up her floorboards with a power drill in a savage prank that has seen him earn viral fame in the process.
The unnamed boyfriend was caught on camera using the power tool to remove all of the flooring from his girlfriend's apartment by his friend Ivan Cervantes, 21, who then posted footage of the prank on TikTok, where it racked up millions of views.
In the video, Ivan's friend is seen using an electric floor scraper to completely destroy all of the hardwood flooring in his girlfriend's home - with the Arkansas resident claiming that he had actually paid for the $2,000 feature, and even helped to install it.
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Fury: A man ripped up his girlfriend's hardwood floors in an act of revenge after discovering that she had cheated on him
Spreading the news: TikTok user Ivan Cervantes, 21, shared a video of his unnamed friend using a power tool to destroy the flooring, while revealing that the boyfriend had paid for it
The video shows shards of wood littering what appears to be a concrete floor, as the boyfriend - who is wearing a baseball cap and protective goggles - slowly makes his way around the room, clearing out every single piece of wood.
Angry: The unnamed boyfriend (pictured) spent $2,000 on the hardwood floors for his now-ex-girlfriend
'When your [girlfriend] cheats but you paid for her floor,' Ivan captioned the short clip.
TikTok users were left in stitches by the prank, which amassed more than 3.3 million views, with dozens praising the betrayed boyfriend for his actions.
'That's a whole other level of petty I love it,' one person wrote, while another added: 'I'm a girl but I still support this as you should.'
'As a girl, she deserves it,' a third person agreed.
Many users also begged Ivan to share a video of the girlfriend's reaction - which he did just one day later, posting a clip of the woman furiously ranting at her boyfriend, labeling him 'childish' and then slapping him through his car window.
'So what is this that I came home to? Frickin' the whole floor was gone. Are you serious? That was so fricking childish of you,' she screams at him in the clip. 'So petty. What's the reason for that?'
She then becomes all the more irate when her boyfriend refuses to respond, simply saying, 'hm,' in reaction to everything she says.
Awkward! The video quickly went viral, racking up millions of views, with many users praising the boyfriend's act of revenge
Going, going, gone: Ivan captioned the video, 'When your [girlfriend] cheats but you paid for her floor'
'Is that all you can say is, "hm"? Huh? Is that it?' she yells. 'You know you're so freakin' childish. No wonder I cheated on you. I needed a man. Maybe you didn't turn into a man cause your dad wasn't even in your life cause he didn't even want you.
'God you p**s me off so much!' she continued while slamming her hand against the side of his car. 'This is why you don't amount to anything because you're so f***ing childish!'
She then leans into the car and slaps her boyfriend on the arm, before storming off.
Her reaction proved less than popular with many TikTok users, a number of whom hit out at her for her behavior, while urging her now-ex-boyfriend to get back at her with even more acts of revenge.
'Have someone break into her house on random dates sneakily putting creepy sticky notes in places she will find sooner or later,' one rather bizarre suggestion read.
'Good job man, she deserves it,' another person commented.
TikTok star films cheater's reaction after her boyfriend's revenge
Fight: Ivan also recorded the girlfriend's furious reaction when she discovered what her boyfriend had done, revealing that she started hurling insults at him through his car window
Going out with a bang: After the girlfriend furiously ranted at him, the boyfriend decided to burn the floorboards in a bonfire
Up in flames: The boyfriend was filmed pouring gasoline over the remains of the floorboards and then setting it alight
However the saga did not end there, with Ivan sharing a third video about the end of his friend's relationship in which he answered a few questions about the former couple.
'My friend was dating this girl for about three years [and] he really thought she was going to be the one he was going to marry,' Ivan explains in the clip.
'But little did we know, she was cheating on him. So what we did next was we removed the $2,000 floor he installed for her.'
Ivan goes on to reveal that his friend started to feel 'kinda bad' when he was midway through his floor project - however that feeling of guilt quickly turned to happiness when his ex furiously confronted him about her ruined floor.
So to round off the revenge plot in the most fiery way possible, Ivan and his friend burned all of the wood from the floor, with the TikToker concluding: 'So my message to his ex is, "Since you already walked all over my boy's heart, having fun walking over nothing!"'
Man rips up his cheating girlfriend's $2,000 floorboards with a power drill and then BURNS all of the wood - before filming her furious reaction to the 'childish' revenge prank Reviewed by Facts on October 02, 2020 Rating: 5


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Myanmar testament to vulnerability of democracy
Rashed Rahman Published January 18, 2022
The military junta that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi's democratically elected National League for Democracy (NLD) by a coup on February 1, 2021 on the eve of the NLD's return to power for a second consecutive term after a landslide victory in the November 2020 general elections continues its extreme repression against all opposition. In the latest development, hundreds of Buddhist monks have fled two major towns in the east of the country, Loikaw in Kayah state (province) and Demoso, amongst thousands of people displaced by fighting between the military and anti-coup rebel groups. Around 30 monasteries lie abandoned, in a reversal of traditional respect for holy men and temples being considered sanctuaries. Fighting has intensified in the eastern region since December 2021. Over Christmas, 35 bodies, including two Save the Children workers, were found burnt in Kayah state, an atrocity blamed on the junta's troops. The junta is pressing ahead with brutal, indiscriminate air and ground attacks against rebel fighters and the population in this and other sectors.
Since the military coup on February 1, 2021, the junta has killed 1,469 peaceful protestors and arrested 11,000 (200 of the latter died under torture). The junta feels no compunction for its brutal crackdown because it fears no repercussions from the US-led west (despite mealy-mouthed statements of 'principle' regarding human and democratic rights) and has so far been able to rely on inaction internationally with the help of Russia, China and other countries (e.g. the UN General Assembly has condemned the coup, but the Security Council is hamstrung by Russian and Chinese obstruction, partly a reaction to Russia being taken for a ride by the west on Libya in the name of 'humanitarian intervention', partly China's support to Myanmar on the by now 'leaky' plea of no interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states).
Not only does the junta not suffer from sleepless nights on account of no repercussions, it can rely on some governments arming, legitimising and financing it. The latter is critical, given that the junta's handling of the economy since the coup has been described as in 'zombie mode'. Part of this zombie behaviour is the military being used to extract electricity bills on pain of death from people subscribing to withholding payment as part of a civil disobedience movement. This has deprived the junta of a crucial source of revenue. In the immediate aftermath of the coup, millions walked off their jobs in protest and millions more refused to pay their electricity bills on the grounds that these revenues translate into bullets to kill people. Many have compensated for being forced to pay at gunpoint by making donations to the People's Defence Force (PDF), an anti-regime militia formed since the coup and the brutal crackdown on peaceful protestors.
The armed resistance to the junta includes all the ethnic insurgencies of long standing, most of whom emerged after the military's first takeover in 1962. Fighting has been most intense in Chin, Kachin, Karen, Karenni, Shan states and the Sagiang Region. Myanmar has a central area inhabited by the Bamar majority ethnic group, surrounded by minority ethnic groups on its periphery and borders, almost all of whom have been waging armed resistance against military dictatorship for decades. Aung San Suu Kyi's five-year stint in power was expected to yield a resolution of these ethnic conflicts. Its failure may have persuaded the military that the NLD would decline at the polls in November 2020. But the result was the opposite. The NLD swept 80 percent of the civilian seats (25 percent are reserved for the military), had an overwhelming majority, and was poised to come back triumphantly into power. This electoral sweep panicked the military since it perceived it as an indicator that its monopoly over power was being eroded and slipping away in the face of the democratic forces led by the NLD's triumphant march forward. Army chief General Min Aung Hlaing demanded a power-sharing arrangement on the eve of the coup, which the NLD declined. The General also had a personal agenda. He was due to retire in July 2021 and saw the NLD's electoral victory as foreclosing his chance to become president. Hence the February 1, 2021 overthrow. It has also been alleged that General Hlaing moved to capture power fearing his reported invested wealth may be exposed. The military dominates Myanmar's important economic sectors. Aung San Suu Kyi's 2015-20 government opened up the economy to diversification and competition, which threatened the military-owned monopolies in the largest economic sectors.
Arguably therefore, the Myanmar coup may be summed up as (1) a continuation after a brief semi-democratic five year interregnum of the military's hold on power since 1962; (2) a testament to the vulnerability of even the most popular (and strengthening) democracy when a military expects no serious repercussions from the so-called 'international community' (read the US-led west) and support at some level or the other from the 'other side' (read the international 'competitors' of the US-led west). The favourite ploy of the former against regimes considered unacceptable, i.e. sanctions, are nowhere in sight. The new global 'Cold War' has persuaded the latter to weigh its possibilities and advantages in any situation in that light. In this 'happily' divided world, the Myanmar military junta has little to fear except the consequences and fallout of its own actions. If its intent to charge Aung San Suu Kyi with one absurd charge after another in order to sentence her to a possible 100 years imprisonment (which, for the 76-year old leader, amounts to a death sentence) is carried out, Myanmar's brave resistance brothers and sisters will not rest till justice, peace and democracy is restored to a country unremittingly in the grip of a brutal military dictatorship. The arrogance of possessing arms will not stand forever in the face of the winds of change history promises.
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Latest Absolver Update Adds New Competitive Modes
It's sure to be a hit.
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The latest update for online melee action game Absolver has gone live, adding several new features that are sure to please eager brawlers just itching to lay down the hurt.
The major feature introduced in this version is the three-versus-three Overtake mode, an epic six-player battle that pits two teams against one another across three different maps. The frantic gameplay and potential for teamwork and new strategies make this look like it'll be a popular addition to the game. The patch also adds the option to take on a player in your group for a private one-on-one showdown.
There are also various minor adjustments that have been made, including expanded prestige that allows players to exchange fragments and crystals for gear, weapons and emotes, as well as an improved range of gear available, and the option to dye their equipment with fragments.
Anti-cheat measures have also been implemented that will automatically kick cheaters and hackers from online play. In addition, the developer has made various tweaks to better balance gameplay.
Absolver is a martial arts-based action role playing game set in a mythical kingdom. It is available on the PlayStation Store (with limited physical copies available from the Absolver website), as well as on PC from STEAM or GOG. You can check out Twinfinite's review here.
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RMIT University PhD candidate Jimmy Toton received the 2019 Young Defence Innovator Award and $15,000 prize at the Avalon International Airshow for his research into 3D printed, high-strength cutting tools.
The research was conducted at RMIT's Advanced Manufacturing Precinct in collaboration with Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) and industry partner Sutton Tools.
The research team utilised Laser Metal Deposition technology to make its high-performance steel milling cutters, and subsequently staged a demonstration that proved the tools can cut titanium alloys as well as, or in some cases better than, conventional steel tools.
Mr Toton, who is currently working towards establishing a print-to-order capability for Australia's advanced manufacturing supply chains, said the opportunities brought forward by the new technology are enormous.
"Now that we've shown what's possible, the full potential of 3D printing can start being applied to this industry, where it could improve productivity and tool life while reducing cost," he said.
DMTC CEO, Dr Mark Hodge, said the technology could deliver improved productivity and cost-efficiency for Australian manufacturers.
"Supply chain innovations and advances like improved tooling capability all add up to meeting performance benchmarks and positioning Australian companies to win work in local and global supply chains," he said.
Professor Milan Brandt, Director of RMIT's Advanced Manufacturing Precinct and Toton's supervisor, said the work clearly showed the technology's potential.
"Additive technology is rising globally and Jimmy's project highlights a market where it can be applied to precisely because of the benefits that this technology offers over conventional manufacturing methods," the Professor concluded.


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Q: Can we set up node environment without using any npm package or any framework on top of node? Can we set up node environment without using any npm package or any framework on top of node. That is can we do it using the features coming with node set up only ?
Our environments can be like NODE_ENV=production, NODE_ENV=development

A: you can simply use global variables. In general you need to handle different domains, different paths for your db, different ways of logging. Consider samething like this:
var domain = 127.0.0.1;
//var domain = your_public_domain;
var db_path = 127.0.0.1:3000;
//var db_path = your_production_path;

for logging you can use some logger module, like wiston.
Maybe there is a better way to do it but this is what i do!

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Your 3-Min Explainer On Trump's Latest Probably Illegal Phone Call & WTF Might Happen Next
By Alex Bruce-Smith
A leaked phone call has implicated President Donald Trump in yet another 'biggest scandal since Watergate', with the chances of this scandal, like the countless scandals before it, likely having zero impact.
On Monday, the Washington Post published a phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, during which Trump urged Raffensperger to "find" votes that would help him overturn the US presidential election.
"There's nothing wrong with saying that, you know, um, that you've recalculated," Trump says at one point.
In another, he says: "So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state."
Trump to Raffensperger (via @washingtonpost):
"You know what they did and you're not reporting it. That's a criminal- that's a criminal offense… that's a big risk."
"I'm notifying you that you're letting it happen."
"I just want to find 11,780 votes." pic.twitter.com/a3j4k0LJEa
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) January 3, 2021
Raffensperger, a Republican, repeatedly refused to do any such thing, saying that he believed the election was fair.
In the hour-long phone call, the Washington Post reports that Trump begged, flattered and threatened Raffensperger with "vague criminal consequences" in an attempt to coerce him into fudging the election results.
"The rambling and at times incoherent conversation offered a remarkable glimpse of how consumed and desperate the president remains about his loss, unwilling or unable to let the matter go and still asserting he can reverse the results in enough battleground states to remain in office," Washington Post reporter Amy Gardner wrote.
No surprises as to why the call leaked: here's what was tweeted mere hours earlier.
Respectfully, President Trump: What you're saying is not true. The truth will come out https://t.co/ViYjTSeRcC
— GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (@GaSecofState) January 3, 2021
Trump does a lot of brainless shit. Why is this worse?
The defining characteristic of the Trump era is that everything moves so fast. One minute, Trump is being impeached for soliciting damaging information on his political rival Joe Biden, the next, we're all just carrying on waiting for the next borderline illegal (or actually illegal) thing he'll do next.
To put it simply: attempting to defraud the residents of a fair and impartially conducted election process is a federal crime. It's also a crime in the state of Georgia.
Famed reporter Carl Bernstein said the phone call was "far worse than Watergate", referring to the story he broke in 1972 alongside Bob Woodward.
"In any other presidency, this tape would be evidence enough to result in the impeachment of the president of the United States," Bernstein told CNN.
"And really, an immediate call by members of Congress, including his own party, that he resign immediately."
And that's the key phrase: in any other presidency.
So like, will anything happen?
The specific bit that might have – and probably did – violate state and federal law is this bit, when Trump told Raffensperger:
"You know what they did and you're not reporting it. That's a criminal — that's a criminal offence. And you can't let that happen. That's a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer. And that's a big risk."
Former Justice Department inspector general and lawyer Michael Bromwich said it unless other evidence came to light, it was clear Trump committed a crime.
"Unless there are portions of the tape that somehow negate criminal intent, 'I just want to find 11,780 votes' and his threats against Raffensperger and his counsel violate 52 U.S. Code § 20511," Bromwich said on Twitter.
"His best defence would be insanity."
However, the New York Times spoke to several legal experts (including Bromwich), many of whom said it was unlikely anything would happen here.
Basically: Trump would have to know he was pushing for Raffensperger to commit election fraud. Given there were several other people on the call, you could argue that he legit did not know what he was asking for is illegal. It's unlikely federal prosecutors would bring such a case to court, Bromwich said.
Then it comes down to Joe Biden's Justice Department, after he's sworn in as president on January 20. As one Republican former chairman of the Federal Election Commission told the NYT: "Even if the Biden Justice Department thinks they have a good case, is that how they want to start off the Biden presidency? That is a policy decision."
But surely this can't just… go away?
I mean, Joe Biden will be sworn in as president in 16 days. Trump is still grasping at straws trying to overturn the results of the election, but as of January 20, he will no longer be the president. (The Secret Service have said they're willing to drag Trump out of the White House, if it comes to that.)
Biden's senior advisor Bob Bauer released a statement condemning the call, but made no indication of pursuing action.
"We now have irrefutable proof of a president pressuring and threatening an official of his own party to get him to rescind a state's lawful, certified vote count and fabricate another in its place," Bauer said in a statement to NBC News on Sunday.
"It captures the whole, disgraceful story about Donald Trump's assault on American democracy."
I'd love to say that Trump or his associates will face some kind of lasting consequences here, but I'm not hopeful. Nobody has ever been so successful as being untouched by scandal as Donald Trump.
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Our changing world
Meet the Change-makers
Victoria Laila Neill
Jairis Alvarez Trujillo
Tanishi Mathur
Opeyemi Ibukun
Evan Gywnne Davis
Being the difference: engineers protecting our planet
Climate change and its impact on human life is the dominant engineering challenge burdening my generation. Disasters such as the 2019 cyclones in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique, 2020 Australian wildfires as well as severe floods across Southern Asia and continuous droughts of East Africa and Central America have destroyed landscapes, leaving its inhabitants devastated. The infrastructure that humans created, was wiped out. The natural beauty, crafted over billions of years by Earth, was shattered. But the aftermath on human life was even more extreme. Each event has resulted in a loss of homes, food, crops, water, and, even life. At its heart, climate change is a life-or-death struggle, and as engineers it is imperative that we confront it.
We, as engineers are demanded to mitigate threatening global activities and adapt our practice to build a sustainable future. Our key focus has been on using renewable energy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which is an expanding industry.
I am the Executive of Watt Women in STEM, a female-focused society, and Vice-President of the Chemical Engineering Society. My roles are geared toward adapting the society to a changing STEM world.
Be the difference
For Chemical Engineering, I organised an industrial panel to celebrate 'This is Engineering Day' with a theme of 'Be the difference' highlighting the diverse and cutting-edge career opportunities available, as well as discussing the significant ethical improvements that major engineering companies are making to their practice. I pioneered and sat as a panellist on our new 'Be Future Made' global Watt Women in STEM panel series which focused on how female professionals in UK, Dubai and Malaysia are adapting to the fast-paced post-COVID world. We also discussed how to develop as a female entering a male-dominated pathway.
To develop low carbon technology and produce innovative solutions, we need to ensure the uptake of STEM studies in school and university.
As a STEM ambassador, I engage with high school and primary school students to teach them about science and my experience. These roles allow me to act as a role model to the future generation. Diversification of business is crucial to the maintenance and strengthening of a company and includes the people as well as products and technology. I hope that my continuous contribution influences the world by bringing a diverse and excited body of engineers to produce solutions to our global challenges.
Product life-cycle
A crucial facet of my studies is sustainability. We learn how to analyse the life-cycle of a product, from harvest to decommission. This means considering resources required to make the product and dispose of it. Since chemical engineering encompasses a 'big picture' approach, we use the assessment to establish environmental management systems and drive continuous improvement to achieve high corporate responsibility.
The UK government set a challenging target to be net zero by 2050 which means pioneering new technologies and collaboration in industry is necessary to achieve it. Net zero technologies are critical to this goal. An example is bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). The premise of which is to use biomass to generate heat and power and capture and store the CO2 released, underground.
Biogas technology
In 2019, I undertook an individual research project on the utilisation of Bio-CNG, a purified form of biogas, at the Malaysia campus in association with the Malaysian government. I looked at ways to produce, purify, distribute and use Bio-CNG considering the resource availability of palm oil and the current accessibility of technology.
My research examined current Malaysia's suitability for the technology. The demanding task required me to meet the needs of an emerging developing country whose government ambition lay in changing its reliance on fossil fuels. Subsequently, to advance my research further, the attainability of carbon capture technology could be explored. Although imminent for the UK's future, it is a close possibility for Malaysia.
Outstandingly, 47% of the UK's electricity generation is provided by these with a substantial increase in solar. Insulation and combination engines have been deployed to improve energy efficiency. Social aspects such as promoting the use of local goods and services are also being encouraged. But the problem can't be solved by these. Every current aspect of the way in which humans interact with the world has repercussions on the planet, and hence we need to embrace net-zero carbon practices to diminish the negative consequences.
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Steve Quinn, owner of JD Swallow Heating & Cooling in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, has modest goals for the company over the next five years, but working to achieve those goals is what has helped him win the Best Contractor to Work for Award in the North Central region.
JD Swallow was founded 47 years ago and services the residential marketplace in the Ottawa area. The company features 18 employees, 12 of which are service technicians and installers.
BENEFITS BEYOND MEDICAL/DENTAL INSURANCE: Retirement savings plan, company vehicle, tool allowance, uniforms, paid education to upgrade licensing or knowledge, flexible hours, profit sharing, and team participation in creating policies.
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION & CONTRACTOR GROUP MEMBERS: Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI), Ontario College of Trades, and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
THE NEWS SELECTED THIS CONTRACTOR BECAUSE: JD Swallow offers great benefits, approachable leadership, and ownership as well as a great desire to invest in employees. Numerous charitable initiatives, training opportunities, and prospects for advancement within the company helped owner Steve Quinn earn this recognition.
In earning this award, Quinn beat out competition from the North Central region, which includes Canada, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
"Winning something like this means I'm doing the right things," said Quinn. "I've been trying to do right by the company since I took over as owner. It means we are working toward changing the culture, and we have created a great culture if everyone considers this to be a good place to work.
TRUCKIN' ALONG: A look inside the fleet of trucks and service vans at JD Swallow. The company has 12 technicians and installers on its roster.
It's a sentiment clearly shared by those around him.
Similarly, Phil Shultz, a service specialist who has been with JD Swallow for three-and-a-half years, believes Quinn's leadership style reflects the care he has for everyone at the company.
TRULY A TEAM:(From left to right) Thomas Myers, lead technician; Quinn; Ben Ieradi, warehouse and purchasing employee; and Matt Dewar, project manager, stand in front of a company truck at JD Swallow. Quinn often accompanies technicians to training opportunities and other events.
Those circumstances can sometimes extend beyond the workplace, as Shultz said Quinn was a great shoulder to lean on when needed recently.
Darcy Gourlay, the company's bookkeeper, joined the company under unique circumstances in 2015 but quickly became a welcome part of that culture.
A PROVEN TRACK RECORD: JD Swallow Heating and Cooling is a family-owned and operated business for over 45 years. Employees, like Matt Dewar, project manager, credit the company's sense of family and team atmosphere to its success.
For Quinn, ensuring his employees are continuously striving for greater success is vitally important.
IN THE OFFICE: Gwen Pederson, office administrator, completes several tasks inside the offices of JD Swallow Heating & Cooling, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Over the last 12 months, employees have spent an average of 41 or more hours in training, and each level of certification an employee earns is beneficial to them. If an employee earns a new level of certification, Quinn will reimburse the expense of the course (in some cases paying for the course in its entirety.) Employees can also earn pay raises for their efforts as they increase their value to consumers.
Shultz said that, at times, Quinn himself will accompany the technicians to training courses.
The types of training available extend beyond HVAC-specific skills. Within Quinn's office is a vast library of books and videos centered around leadership, success, and being part of a healthy team environment.
JUST WHAT'S NEEDED: Ben Ieradi looks for the needed products and supplies inside of the storage room at JD Swallow.
Also helping to set the company apart is its commitment to charitable causes. JD Swallow offers paid compensation should an employee wish to volunteer and support local causes during business hours, such as at a soup kitchen. The company also supports youth sports, and, perhaps most prominently, works with a local family radio station to collect and distribute pajamas each Christmas.


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Jazz at the Anvil
About PIVA
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A new and exciting jazz series is coming to New Westminster! Starting September 2022, and running through to March 2023, Piva Presents: Jazz at the Anvil is bringing together some of the very best musical talent Vancouver has to offer. The goal of these shows is to not only elevate the appreciation of music and tell the story of jazz, but also to engage, strengthen, and amplify arts in the community.
With new takes and nods to classic artists, like Dave Brubeck and Ella Fitzgerald, and arrangements inspired by warm nights in New Orleans and Havana, these shows will move you in new ways and welcome you in to the rich world of jazz.
The proceeds from each show will be given to the music department at New West Secondary School, to enrich the lives of the students and provide new opportunities for them to explore the music in their heart.
Ticket prices ranging from $35 – $55 + service charges.
A Night in Havana by Jack Duncan
Doors: Open at 6:00 PM
Show: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The first time I heard the Irakere album 'Misa Negra' (Black Mass) it absolutely blew my mind. The combination of Afro-Cuban rhythms and jazz harmonies lit a fire within me that continues to burn to this day. Not even in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that 15 years later Chucho Valdés, the leader of Irakere, would invite me to perform as a featured artists at the Havana Jazz Plaza. — Jack Duncan
Like a spiced rum and salsa on the beach, and influenced by the cultural and musical flavours of Havana — Jack Duncan invites you in to an island vibe. He is recognized internationally for his work as a pioneer in the study and promotion of Afro-Cuban and African music. Jack, alongside his Afro-Cuban Jazz group Conga Cartel, will create a vibrant landscape of sound and emotion through his Conga drums.
Jack has appeared on numerous soundtracks, and most notably the Grammy and Oscar Award winning animated movie Ratatouille (Disney/Pixar).
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Jack Duncan Profile
A Night in New Orleans by Doc Fingers
Everything I play now, have ever played or will ever play all came from New Orleans. It's a meeting place where black meets white, New World meets the Old World, French meets English. When they meet, they all change, morphing into this new gumbo where everything retains its best qualities and becomes new. This is when the party starts . They created JAZZ , then created the BLUES, then the BLUES got pregnant, and they named the baby ROCK AND ROLL! — Doc Fingers
From the bones of Burbon Street and the sweet sounds of the Mississippi River, New Orleans is one of the birthplaces of jazz. Doc Fingers (known simply as Doc) will take you in to the heartbeat of this vibrant landscape—just what the Doctor ordered. As one of the predominant piano players, Doc can tickle the keys like no other. He has played with titans such as Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi John Hurt and Lee Oscar, to name a few.
This show will be full swing and boogie-woogie; exactly what the Doctor ordered.
Doc Fingers Profile
Doc Fingers
It was in the early seventies, during a stint with the Ronnie Hawkins Band in Toronto, Canada that Bruce Gallagher acquired that handle. "They initiated me as a Doctor of Fingerology and ever since then I've been known to everyone as "DOC"
The Doctor has treated crowds of parties from the snow peaks of British Columbia and the Swiss Alps to smokey jazz bars in Paris, France, from Hawaii to Keffalonia, Greece, and many places in between.
Vancouver Sun Music Critic Neal Hall says "GOOD TIMES MUSIC-ITS WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED………….When it comes for that therapeutic, good time, boogie woogie blues, jazz and rock and roll, there's no one that can tickle the keys quite like the doctor.
Jack Duncan
Percussionist, Jack Duncan started playing Conga drums at the age of 14. From the very beginning Jack became obsessed with learning the history and cultural significance of his chosen instrument. He is now recognized internationally for his work as a pioneer in the study and promotion of Afro-Cuban African music.
Jack has performed or recorded with world renowned musicians including Chicago, Donna Summers, Ricardo Lemvo & the Makina Loca, Chucho Valdes, Arturo Sandoval and J.J Johnson.
He is the leader of his own Afro-Cuban Jazz group Conga Cartel as well as being a founding member of Hugh Frasers iconic big band the Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation (VEJI) he performs John Korsrud's Hard Rubber Orchestra, Orquesta Goma Dura, Night Crawlers, Greasy G, Zapato Negro among others. Jack has appeared on over 60 CDs, receiving a Juno Award for his work on Alpha 'YAYA' Diallo's album The Messenger. Jack has appeared on numerous music soundtracks most notably the Grammy and Oscar Award winning animated movie Ratatouille Disney Pixar.
Jennifer Scott is a Vancouver-born vocalist and jazz pianist specializing in jazz, blues and world music. Jennifer is considered one of the most important jazz artists working in Canada and the United States today. From sold-out concerts in San Francisco to exclusive local club performances, Jennifer's performance experiences have been varied. Jennifer has appeared at Jazz Festivals all across Canada and in several of the United States. She has also appeared with such jazz luminaries as: Tommy Banks, Don Thompson, Kenny Wheeler, Skywalk, and Hugh Fraser, to name a few.
Jennifer Scott has appeared on Jazzbeat, Westcoast Performance, and CBC's Hot Air several times, and was selected to be featured on four separate CDs produced by the CBC. She has also appeared on several TV shows as a featured performer.
Jennifer is pianist/vocalist for San Francisco-based Novo Tempo, a Brazilian/jazz Fusion group featuring the music of Ed Johnson. She has recorded 2 CDs and toured extensively with this group, including dates at Dizzy's in San Diego and Catalina's in Los Angeles. She was featured with jazz legend Clark Terry, performing with him at the Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver.
Karin Plato
An acclaimed Canadian Juno nominated Jazz vocalist/composer and recording artist. She has performed throughout Canada and in the western USA for concert societies and at jazz festivals. She works as an arranger, music educator, concert producer, and she is the artistic director of the JOY OF JAZZ CONCERTS series in Vancouver, BC. She has released 8 recordings of jazz standards and original compositions. She has three times been nominated Canadian Jazz Vocalist of the Year at the National Jazz Awards and she's a West Coast Music Award nominee.
Her latest release THIS COULD BE THE ONE was recorded in the famed Warehouse Studio in Vancouver with recording engineer Sheldon Zaharko, who was able to capture a warm and natural "live off the floor" sound. Karin's band features pianist Chris Gestrin, clarinetist James Danderfer, bassist Laurence Mollerup and drummer Joe Poole as well as a few other special guest artists. Karin is the arranger and producer of this recording.
Miles Black
Vancouver, BC based composer, songwriter, arranger and multi-instrumentalist Miles Black has over 40 years of professional experience. He has recorded on over 800 albums, and has performed world-wide with many music greats, including Sweets Edison, George Coleman, Max Roach, Dee Daniels, Houston Person, Wynton Marsalis, Mark Murphy, Sheila Jordan and Lew Tabackin to name a few.
Miles is currently co-leading the award winning and Juno-nominated modern jazz quartet Altered Laws with reed-man Tom Keenlyside. He is a member of the Oliver Gannon Quartet, The Mike Allen Quartet, He is also pianist with an exciting jazz trio called "Triology", and leader of the Miles Black Octet.
Miles also is a noted jazz educator and clinician at the Vancouver Symphony School of Music.
Tom Keenlyside
As a multi-instrumentalist and saxophonist, Tom Keenlyside has performed with legendary performers such as Dizzy Gillespie, Mel Torme, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Harry Connick and Dionne Warwick, to namea few. He has written and arranged all types of music for nearly five decades, receiving many awards and accolades.
His music has received JUNO wins and nominations, multiple Westcoast Music Awards, SOCAN composition awards, and has been featured on Grammy winning/nominated albums by Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, INXS, and many others. He has earned a star on the BC Entertainment Walk of Fame.
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Uber announced this week that the company will help drivers in London convert to cleaner transportation by raising $260 million toward electric vehicle purchases. Many drivers shy away from EVs today because EV sticker prices are higher than for internal combustion engines, and purchase decisions are determined in large part based on the monthly payment rather than the lifetime total cost of ownership.
By transitioning to electric vehicles, drivers will benefit from a lower total cost of ownership and the public will benefit from reduced tailpipe pollution, so Uber's efforts to help buy down the monthly payments will bring both financial and environmental benefits.
London was targeted because the city plans to have only EVs on the road by 2025. To raise the capital to ease Uber drivers' transitions, passengers in that market will pay a slightly higher fee per mile to help Uber drivers save up. One hundred percent of the fees will be put into an individual savings account for the driver who earned the revenue. Drivers will have no minimum commitment to using the EV for Uber driving, and if a driver leaves Uber before withdrawing the funds the money will be spent on other clean air initiatives said Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
Every automaker takes pride in their engines, but few match the passion and conviction shown by Mazda. Mazda has reason to believe it's on the right track; in 2016, for the fourth year in a row, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named the company, whose fleet-wide adjusted fuel economy performance is 29.6 miles per gallon, the most fuel-efficient auto manufacturer in America. Mazda achieved this distinction despite offering not a single all-electric or plug-in, and only one hybrid electric model. No surprise, then, that Mazda's approach to electric vehicles has been relatively tepid.
Nonetheless, Mazda has announced that, starting in 2019, it will introduce electric vehicles and other electric drive technologies. And, by 2030, according to a recent report in the Japanese outlet Kyodo News, Mazda anticipates that all of its models will use electric motors; this does not mean that every vehicle will be fully electric, but each will have an element of electrification. This follows on the heels of similar news from other major automakers, most notably Volvo and Jaguar Land Rover, who are also transitioning to electrified powertrains.
By limiting deployment of electrified vehicles to regions meeting these specific characteristics, is Mazda adopting the "compliance car" mentality under which EVs are sold only to avoid penalties, or is Mazda looking to examine various regulatory and environmental market attributes and determine which of its vehicles will create the smallest environmental footprint by balancing tailpipe emissions against power plant emissions?
introducing electric vehicles and other electric drive technologies starting in 2019.
The goal appears to be to deploy gasoline and diesel vehicles where emissions from tailpipes are lower than from power plants, and electrified vehicles where electricity generation is cleaner than tailpipe emissions.
The good news is that, overall, electricity generation in the U.S. is increasingly powered by natural gas and other technologies that are cleaner than coal, with the trend toward clean energy clearly continuing. Because natural gas is largely displacing coal, the result will be reduced air emissions.
Regardless of the overall fuel mix, individual customers' electricity is generally derived from a variety of fuel sources at any given time based on economic dispatch directed by regional grid operators.
Drivers can ensure, in a sense, that their vehicle is charged with renewable energy by purchasing renewable energy credits, but this is a financial and not physical transaction.
Hourly Wind Generation in PJM (Sept. 15-17, 2017).
The amount of energy produced from wind and solar is growing as the price of installing these technologies continues to fall due to reduced costs and increased productivity.
On average, [battery electric vehicles] representative of those sold today produce less than half the global warming emissions of comparable gasoline-powered vehicles, even when the higher emissions associated with [battery electric vehicle] manufacturing are taken into consideration.
Globally, as the cost of batteries falls and vehicles' electric ranges increase, driving electric will become more and more feasible. In countries with weak electrical grids, proliferating distributed energy resources such as solar, wind, and battery storage can serve to strengthen the grid, improve reliability, and bring cleaner air.
Whether fueled by electricity or gasoline/diesel, the transportation sector is a key factor in reducing greenhouse gasses. Because electric vehicles, when paired with the decarbonizing electricity sector, will bring so many benefits, every auto manufacturer offering EVs is to be applauded. Mazda's plan is not only commendable, it is also highly thought-provoking because the company is taking a rational approach to its sales strategy with the purpose of not only doing well financially by responding to the clear market demand for electrified vehicles, but also doing good by strategically deploying vehicles where they will be most effective in helping the planet.
Audi today announced a plan to increase the range of the company's electric vehicles by generating onboard solar energy using thin-film solar cells. Audi and its partner, California-based Alta Devices, a subsidiary of the Chinese solar-cell specialist Hanergy, are taking an incremental approach and will first integrate Alta's efficient, thin, and flexible mobile power technology into panoramic glass roofs. A prototype is expected by the end of this year.
Recognizing that drivers demand maximum range from their electric vehicles, and also responding to ever more stringent fuel economy requirements around the globe, Audi and other vehicle manufacturers are going to great lengths to maximize every opportunity to increase overall efficiency as well as replace liquid fuels with electricity. Consistent with this effort, Audi's next step after integrating solar into glass panels will be to cover almost the entire roof with solar cells.
By generating onboard and clean renewable power for systems such as air-conditioning and seat heaters, the solar cells will reduce the demand on an all-electric vehicle's main battery, thereby providing a longer range for driving. But solar cells also can improve fuel efficiency in mild-hybrid vehicles by making the gasoline or diesel engine's output more fully available for moving the vehicle instead of producing electricity for in-cabin use. Eventually, Audi and Alta envision solar energy directly charging a fully-electric vehicle's main battery. "That would be a milestone along the way to achieving sustainable, emission-free mobility," said Bernd Martens, Audi's Board of Management Member for Procurement.
The partnership with premier automaker Audi is a high-profile opportunity for Alta, holder of multiple world records for energy conversion efficiency. "This partnership with Audi is Alta Devices' first cooperation with a high-end auto brand. By combining Alta's continuing breakthroughs in solar technology and Audi's drive toward a sustainable mobility of the future, we will shape the solar car of the future," said Alta CEO Ding Jian.
Mahindra says he is not worried about Tesla, and that "[Tesla] coming into India would actually increase the awareness of electric vehicles [and] increase the size of the pie." On the question of whether the company will expand its fully-electric portfolio beyond the e2oPlus subcompact, eVerito compact, and eSupro van, Mahindra said that he plans to build fully-electric vehicles and is "not going to take the halfway measure" with hybrids.
Mahindra is already producing vehicles at the entry-level of the market, and it has the resources to cover all segments, but whether it will go head-to-head with Tesla remains undecided for now. If Mahindra does take on the luxury EV market, the company is expected to turn to Pininfarina, the legendary Italian designer of iconic vehicles such as Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, and Maserati, which Mahindra acquired in late 2015.
Transitioning to clean transportation is a high priority for India. According to a report by NITI Aayog, India's most influential government think tank, switching from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles would save the country $60 billion in energy and decrease carbon emissions by 37%. Reducing emissions is a particularly important issue because, according to a 2014 World Health Organization study, 13 out of 20 of the world's most polluted cities are in India, and tailpipe emissions are dirtier per unit of energy produced than power plant emissions. That said, there is an emphasis in India to avoid the already-strained electrical grid altogether and charge EVs with solar panels. Each EV produced by Mahindra gets its first charge at the factory from solar panels, and customers can purchase their own solar panels for off-grid charging at home.
Buying an electric Volvo will soon become a lot easier. Volvo Cars announced today that, starting in 2019, every model the company launches will have an electric motor. This is, without a doubt, a big step for a large and influential automaker with a global footprint, though today's announcement does not mean that every vehicle in the lineup will be fully electric, or that internal combustion engines are going away immediately. Rather, all new models will be equipped with some form of electrified drivetrain, whether it be 48-volt mild hybrid, plug-in, or fully-electric. Then, as the company's gasoline-only portion of the lineup is redesigned or retired, there will be no more purely gasoline-powered vehicles.
While many customers do, indeed, seek out various types of electric drivetrains, Volvo's decision to include electric technology as a default recognizes that selling electric as an option is challenging because most customers will not step out of their comfort zone or pay extra for the new technology. Taking away the option eliminates the need for customers to make a proactive decision and simplifies sales staff training while improving fuel economy and reducing carbon emissions.
Volvo's portfolio will include a variety of electric technologies, each of which will improve fuel economy and reduce carbon emissions while at the same time supporting the power-hungry infotainment systems customers crave. Some models will be equipped with 48-volt mild hybrid systems, while others will be plug-in hybrids. Five vehicles, to be launched between 2019 and 2021, will be fully electric with no gasoline engine at all. Of these five, two will be high performance vehicles from Polestar, Volvo Cars' performance car arm.