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11 Points with Wildcard Charlie Lee
November 3, 2021 2021, INTERVIEWS, NEWS
by Alan Thatcher
1: Charlie, you must be looking forward to your first appearance on the glass court at the East Wintergarden – and especially against such an amazing player as Miguel Angel Rodriguez?
Absolutely. I've dreamed of playing here since my first time spectating as a 10 year old! The atmosphere is always first class and being so close to home it'll be great to have a few friendly faces in the crowd.
To play a top player like Miguel at such an iconic venue really is an incredible opportunity, so thank you to Tim and everyone involved in the event. I can't wait to get out there.
2: It's probably the strongest draw we have ever had in 18 years at Canary Wharf. Who are the players you are most looking forward to seeing in action this week?
With a line up like that it's not easy to single anyone out. I'll definitely be watching as much as I can and trying to learn from the countless world class players in the draw.
I thought the Qatar final between Paul Coll and Diego Elias was fantastic so it'll be great to see them in action live. Ali Farag is obviously incredible to watch and learn from too… amongst so many others.
3: Life, they say, is a learning process. Which players you have learned most from in your career, and what are the special things they do that have caught your eye?
Starting out I was very lucky to have my brother Joe and Tom Richards training at the same club as me (St George's). Having that access to regularly hit with and talk to professionals as a junior was a real fast-tracker and definitely taught me a lot. We've also fortunately had loads of top players in our PSL team through the years.
Watching how they operate up close, pestering them for hits and getting to know them through that was and has been invaluable. Mohamed ElShorbagy, Daryl Selby and Borja Golan to name a few.
I also loved the early 2010s era with so many legends occupying the top ranking spots. Having Nick Matthew and James Willstrop as two Englishmen at the top of their game during that period was a constant source of inspiration.
Being able to watch them live at events around the UK as a youngster and then occasionally training with them at squads since I've turned pro has shown me how complete a player you have to be to reach the summit of the game. The accuracy, tactical nous and incredible physicality particularly stand out as things that caught my eye. I've still got lots to improve and always try to find things in the current top players' games that I can try to emulate to progress my own.
4: Top marks to your dad, Danny, for staging several events at St. George's Hill in Weybridge to provide tournament play for so many professional players. I'm guessing that must have helped you to get back into the swing of things after lockdown.
He's put a lot into the game for so many years now. The Pro Squash Challenge Series has been fantastic during the past 12 months in providing competitive action for so many players – particularly during times when there were more or less no events in the UK.
I think it also conjured up plenty of interest from fans who were desperate to watch some squash, as well as a slightly different pressure for the players with the 'title fight' element.
For me personally, it kept my motivation up at times where there seemed to be no light at the end of the tunnel in terms of being able to play a tournament. I think it could definitely be an exciting concept in the future, especially with crowds back.
5: You were obviously playing some great stuff in The Eriswell Challenge at St. George's Hill in Weybridge in July. You beat Nick Wall in the first round and Emyr Evans in the quarter-finals (both in straight games) but then had to retire before the semi-final against Rory Stewart after Nick texted you just before your match to tell you he had tested positive. That must have been a huge disappointment.
Yes, it was immensely disappointing and difficult to come to terms with to be honest! Things were going very smoothly, I was feeling confident and playing well. Plus it was my first PSA tournament for nearly three years, so more than anything I was loving being back.
For it to end so abruptly and in such bizarre circumstances felt unfair, but these things can happen in sport.
6: Your brother Joe then beat Rory in a monster final in the Eriswell Challenge lasting 83 minutes! I understand you then suffered a freak ankle injury training with Joe when your feet got tangled up. What happened?
Despite my own disappointment it was great to see Joe win it and be in such good form all summer after his long term injury. I'd have loved the chance to face him in the final at our home club but hopefully we get another opportunity soon.
With regards to the ankle, it happened a few days after my 10 day isolation subsequent to my tournament ending. I'd spent the isolation training at home and felt I maintained fitness well, but just as I was getting back to normal on-court training I rolled my ankle pretty badly which resulted in a double ligament rupture.
After crutches and a boot came a couple of months of progressive rehab. I managed to play my first tournament back last week. So all in all not the best run of luck but I'm still very positive about the future.
7: With your blessing, let's talk about some of the health and fitness issues facing every professional – and especially the challenges facing young players who have to juggle the need to stay at optimum health with the stress of travelling all over the UK and beyond to play tournaments and league matches. I understand you had some issues with fatigue in the past. How did you cope with that?
It's certainly a tough balance to strike, there's definitely not a short answer! I think in the midst of a season it's easy to underestimate the toll travelling can take on the body alongside training, league matches and everything else that comes with being a squash player. It's also easy to disregard just how hard squash actually is physically!
My issues started in late 2018 when I got ill and essentially came back to hard training and trekking round the country for league matches too quickly. It was the feeling of not doing enough with tournaments on the horizon and fear of losing ground which made me come back too soon.
This led to months of feeling run down, with bad headaches more or less every day. It was tough for a number of reasons, particularly as there aren't really any answers as to when you'll be better and feeling normal again, plus the stress attached to losing crucial months of my career wasn't easy.
Some days I felt better and thought I'd made the whole thing up, only to feel bad again the next day. Eventually things started to improve and in September 2019 I was able to begin very light progressive training with the help of The English Institute of Sport in Bisham. I returned to competition at The British Nationals in February 2020 but then sadly the pandemic began.
In some ways this allowed me to consolidate my progressive work and not return too quickly to the pressures of travelling the world tour, although it probably went on a bit long in the end! I've been feeling great since then anyway and have learned a lot from the experience in terms of managing my workload.
8: With your partner Jasmine Hutton climbing the women's rankings, you must talk a lot about squash all the time! How often are you able to see each other play?
We spend a lot of time in the same training environments so I guess during those parts of the day the chat is likely quite squash focused! The rest of the time I think we try to get away from it.
As far as watching each other, we're part of a few of the same league teams and occasionally play the same tournaments. She's mostly playing in the world series events now, so I'll always watch her matches in those if they're streamed. Hopefully soon I'll be joining her in the bigger events.
9: What does a normal week in squash look like for you two?
It would generally be pretty similar in terms of sessions, although we obviously work on different aspects of our games, so that dictates the sessions we do to an extent. It'd generally be at least one squash session a day 5 or 6 days a week and then solos, gym work, ghosting in the other sessions.
Some weeks are of course different with tournaments and league matches or if we are in Birmingham with our coach Rob Owen then we'll perhaps spend more time on court to work on things.
10: Away from squash, what are your favourite things in life?
I'm a massive Liverpool fan and try to watch every game. I used to play football every week but these days that wouldn't be the smartest idea. I love playing tennis, padel and golf when time allows too – all sports really.
I also enjoy making electronic music on my laptop, mixing records and playing a few instruments pretty poorly! Since my ankle injury I started a finance course too which has been very interesting and kept me productive. Hopefully I can progress from my current beginner level!
11: Lockdown put everyone's lives on hold and gave us all a time for reflection. How did you and Jasmine cope with that break from squash? Did you keep training? Did you start doing anything differently and come back with fresh ideas once lockdown was over?
Before we could get back on court we were doing lots of running, garden/lounge circuits and zoom sessions with friends from the tour. I remember the weather was strangely good at the start of lockdown so that definitely gave us an extra push to keep going and get outside.
I tried to take it day by day and not overthink how long it might last, as I imagine looking too far ahead would've killed my motivation. If you'd have told me it'd be over a year after the first lockdown that I'd be able to play a PSA tournament I'm not sure I'd have been able to train how I did.
We were lucky to get back on court after a few months too as part of the elite athlete exemption. That allowed us to feel as though we had a more 'normal' routine and just get on with things and keep trying to improve.
Thanks Charlie, and good luck against Miguel on Sunday …
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Mercedes-Benz Stadium turf will be replaced
Friday, Feb 08, 2019
The artificial turf on which Super Bowl LIII was played will be replaced before next football season, Mercedes-Benz Stadium officials said Thursday.
The plan is to use a "very similar but newer version" of turf from the same company, FieldTurf, that installed the current playing surface before the building opened in 2017, stadium general manager Scott Jenkins said.
The work, which will take about a week, will be scheduled before the start of the Falcons season and during the Atlanta United season, Jenkins said.
"We're looking for an opening in the schedule," he said.
Jenkins said the turf likely will be replaced every two years, in part for aesthetic reasons because of wear from the field being constantly repainted and rebranded for various events.
The turf replacement, which will cost about $700,000, is the most expensive item on a lengthy list of capital improvements proposed for the stadium this year by the Falcons organization, which operates the facility. The list, totaling $1.97 million, was presented Thursday at a meeting of the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, a state board that has an oversight role over the stadium.
Among other items on the list: self-serve coolers for the upper deck ($22,700), five additional automated turnstiles ($69,829), video equipment ($150,000), restoring/updating finishes because of wear and tear ($250,000) and a new cooling tower water-treatment system ($364,360).
Capital improvements are funded in part by a portion of the Atlanta hotel-motel tax dedicated to the stadium. If there aren't sufficient funds from the tax to cover needed improvements, the Falcons organization is responsible for the rest.
The GWCCA has 25 business days to provide feedback about this year's proposed expenditures.
Stadium officials also presented the board with a projection of capital-improvement costs over the next five years, showing a dramatic rise in 2022 (to $10.4 million) and 2023 ($18.9 million). Technology and video upgrades that will be needed around that time, as well as suite and club "refinishings," will account for the increased costs in those years, the board was told.
As the GWCCA meeting was held, work continued to return the stadium to regular operations post-Super Bowl.
"It's starting to get back to normal," Jenkins said. "I find it amazing you look around the city now and you can barely tell we hosted a Super Bowl only a few days ago. It has been a beehive of activity, for sure, and we're going right into private events and the dirt shows (Monster Jam and Supercross) and then we start soccer. So the building is going to start humming again."
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Picking the right fight with free radicals using 2-HOBA!
Free radicals, unfortunately we cannot avoid them, they target us in various forms from inside and outside our body. From the food we eat, the air we breathe, the environment we live in, and frequently as a by-product of chemical processes that occur in our bodies, such as metabolism.
To understand exactly what a free radical is requires a very quick science lesson. All atoms have layers outside their nucleus called shells. Each shell needs to be filled by a set number of electrons, and if an atom cannot fill its outer shell, it may bond with another atom to complete its outer shell.
Atoms that do not have a full outer shell are called free radicals, and are very unstable, and therefore react quickly with other substances.
When oxygen molecules split into single atoms that have unpaired electrons, they become unstable free radicals, otherwise known as reactive oxygen species (ROS) Having too many of these free radicals initiates a process called oxidative stress, which if it persists over a long period of time, can have an negative impact on the health of our cells and our body.
Most of us associate free radicals with toxic insults, or environmental chemicals, whether it is cigarette smoke, pesticides and air pollution or excessive alcohol, high fatty food and preserved and charred meat consumption. We also produce an abundance of ROS internally, which inflict damage to our DNA, cell membranes, proteins, and the vital mitochondria in our cells. This accumulated damage has a significant effect on the aging process, and accelerates genomic instability, which is one of the primary Hallmarks of Aging.
The free radical theory of aging was examined by measuring the formation of superoxide radical (SOR) and the level of lipid peroxides in various tissues of the aging rat. A significant increase in SOR production was seen in mitochondria prepared from the brain and the heart as the rats aged. An elevation in the level of lipid peroxidation was also found in tissue of the brain and the liver. 1
The human body is a complex machine, and surprising to many, it turns out that the body needs free radicals - at just the right levels - not too many and not too few.
ROS generated by cells and tissues act as signalling molecules and as agents to defend against infections. 2 They are vital for our immune system. So there lies the conundrum, what to do about these damaging ROS, which can cause significant damage in our bodies, leading to inflammatory conditions and accelerated aging, but at the same time aid in our wellbeing.
We have been educated that the best combative approach for free radicals, is to eat food rich in antioxidants or take them as supplements. Antioxidants are found abundantly in colourful fruits and vegetables, and their key mechanism of action is donating an electron to the outer shell of unstable atoms and in the process neutralising them. Antioxidant consumption via a balanced healthy diet causes no issues, however, there have been adverse effects measured for people taking high dose antioxidants over long periods of time, because as mentioned, ROS play critical roles in our bodies.
A new alternative approach to broad suppression of ROS with antioxidants is to use a new type of molecule called a reactive carbonyl scavenger (RCS). That is a bit of a mouthful, but it turns out that the real damage to our cells from ROS occur after a free radical stabilises itself by reacting with part of our delicate cellular machinery. This is because the the molecule that lost the electron becomes radicalised itself and subsequently steals an electron from the adjacent molecule. This sets off a chain reaction of damage to molecules in close proximity of which reactive carbonyl scavengers act as a circuit breaker to stop that chain reaction in its tracks.
Nature so often provides us with solutions and has done so with a unique and new type of molecule called 2-HOBA (Hobamine) found in Himalayan Tartary Buckwheat. 2-HOBA utilises the selective scavenging activity on reactive carbonyl species discussed above and most importantly, does not interfere with normal ROS signalling required by the immune system. 3
In short 2-HOBA is a brand new tool in our arsenal to prevent free radical damage, because it can do this without interfering with healthy free radical signalling. Research is showing that this new approach has a significant and beneficial effect on the health and function of our cells.
As we go through our aging journey, we can do our best to minimise free radical triggers by making healthy diet and lifestyle choices with an inclusion of colourful fruits and vegetables, preferably organic and in season. For many of us however, we live in a polluted, stressful environment and our aging bodies are doing their own radical thing due to nutritional deficiencies and epigenetic alterations. It is of upmost importance we maintain the stability of our operating manual otherwise known as our genome, to minimise the conditions aging brings. Fortunately, nature has provided some goodies to give us a helping hand.
Nerena Morris B.Sc., N.D is a medical herbalist and naturopath with over 20 years of experience working in the natural health industry.
Masaaki S, John CC.,Changes in superoxide radical and lipid peroxide formation in the brain, heart and liver during the lifetime of the rat. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. Volume 41, Issues 1–2: 125-137, (1987). ISSN 0047-6374, https://doi.org/10.1016/0047-6374(87)90057-1.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0047637487900571)
Davies SS, Zhang LS. Reactive Carbonyl Species Scavengers-Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Chronic Diseases. Curr Pharmacol Rep. 2017 Apr;3(2):51-67. doi: 10.1007/s40495-017-0081-6. Epub 2017 Feb 14. PMID: 28993795; PMCID: PMC5630168.
Tao, H., Huang, J., Yancey, P.G. et al. Scavenging of reactive dicarbonyls with 2-hydroxybenzylamine reduces atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic Ldlr−/− mice. Nat Commun 11, 4084 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17915-w


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## Description

This Git Repo provides sample widgets (light-weight web applications) designed for use with the [OZONE Widget Framework (OWF)](https://github.com/ozoneplatform/owf) that leverage the [ArcGIS JavaScript API](https://developers.arcgis.com/en/javascript/) to provide mapping capabilities to end users.  In addition to sample widgets, this repo includes AMD module sets for integrating map based widgets via the [Common Map Widget Application Programming Interface (CMWAPI)](http://www.cmwapi.org).

## Included Components

#### [ArcGIS OWF Map Widget](https://github.com/Esri/Esri-Ozone-Map-Widget/tree/master/owf-map-widget)

A resusable map widget that supports CMWAPI v1.1 widget interactions.  This widget includes a few common ArcGIS JavaScript map controls for map view manipulation and allows the plotting of map layers through the CMWAPI.  Additionally, it includes a basic Overlay Manager for displaying and manipulating map Overlays and Features as defined by the CMWAPI.  This widget leverages the CMWAPI 1.1 Specification Implementation and the ArcGIS CMWAPI Adapter modules described below.

#### [ArcGIS OWF Context Map Widget](https://github.com/Esri/Esri-Ozone-Map-Widget/tree/master/owf-context-map-widget)

The widget is intended to be used with the ArcGIS OWF Map Widget or another CMWAPI 1.1 compliant widget.  It shows the context of the viewed area in the primary map widget, as compared to a 2-D map of the world.  Clicking in or dragging a bounding box in the context map sends a message to listening maps to center on the click or bounding box location.

#### [ArcGIS Image Collection Query Widget](https://github.com/Esri/Esri-Ozone-Map-Widget/tree/master/image-collection-query-widget)

Allows the user to query for image metadata from a a particular feature service RESTful endpoint provided by Esri, within a time interval and cloud coverage percentage.  The endpoint returns KML, which the widget broadcasts via CMWAPI.  Users using CMWAPI-compliant widgets, including the ArcGIS OWF Map Widget, then see the existence and metadata of images of analytical interest, plotted on their map.

#### [cmwapi](https://github.com/Esri/Esri-Ozone-Map-Widget/tree/master/cmwapi)

A set of AMD modules that implement the CMWAPI specification and allow any OWF widget to communicate via CMWAPI channels without having to duplicate standard channel management and verification logic.  These modules attempt to provide all map-agnostic CMWAPI constructs and processing for client code.  They abstract the OWF pub/sub mechanism and include default message validation using specification rules. Where appropriate, missing message elements are replaced with default values (e.g., replacing missing overlayId values with the id of the sending widget).  Any errors detected by these modules are published on the map.error channel.

#### [cmwapi-adapter](https://github.com/Esri/Esri-Ozone-Map-Widget/tree/master/cmwapi-adapter)

A set of AMD modules that can be used in conjunction with an [ArcGIS Map](https://developers.arcgis.com/en/javascript/jsapi/map-amd.html) object to interact with OWF widgets via the CMWAPI.  These modules attach a series of event handlers to the CMWAPI channels that translate CMWAPI messages to appropriate ArcGIS JavaScript calls via the [cmwapi](https://github.com/Esri/Esri-Ozone-Map-Widget/tree/master/cmwapi) modules. They represent the ArcGIS specific portion of a full CMWAPI implementation.

#### [Basic Map Widget](https://github.com/Esri/Esri-Ozone-Map-Widget/tree/master/basic-map-widget)

A simple map widget using the ESRI [ArcGIS JavaScript API](https://developers.arcgis.com/en/javascript/). It's purpose is to provide a basic demonstration of using ArcGIS maps within OWF widgets.  When run within OWF alongside the Contacts Manager widget described below, it includes the following features:

* Receives [drag and drop](https://github.com/ozoneplatform/owf/wiki/OWF-7-Developer-Widget-Drag-and-Drop-API) data from other OWF widgets.

    > When an entry is dragged from the Contacts Manager into the map it will then plot and zoom to the location.

* Receives [Intents](https://github.com/ozoneplatform/owf/wiki/OWF-7-Developer-Widget-Intents-API) from other OWF widgets that plot a location

#### [Contacts Manager](https://github.com/Esri/Esri-Ozone-Map-Widget/tree/master/contacts)

A modified version of the [Contacts Manager](https://github.com/ozoneplatform/owf/tree/master/web-app/examples/walkthrough/widgets/contacts) example widget that ships with OWF 7. This version uses Intents to allow the user to select which map widget implementation should receive the address when contact entry is clicked. (The original version was hard coded to send the address to a specific map widget.)

## Limitations / Known Issues

1. CMWAPI map.feature.plot messages are not supported by the map widget.  ArcGIS KMLLayers make use of an ArcGIS Portal service to parse KML data.  This service requires accessible URLs to KML data and does not accept KML string input.  See the [KML Layer JavaScript documentation] (https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/jsapi/kmllayer-amd.html) for more details.  A client side parser or an enhancement to the KML processing service may be provided in an update.

2. CMWAPI Drag and Drop messages that include "feature" attributes are not supported by the map widget.  These drag and drop messages provide KML data in string format.  See limitation 1.  Note that CMWAPI drag and drop messages that provide markers or feature URLs are supported.

3. "Zooming" to added feature layers when they are created is supported for features that can be rendered in one pass.  Composite features (e.g., KMZ files) that may result in multiple asynchronous data pulls do not auto-zoom the map after loading.  This may be added as an enhancement but can present certain usability issues.  If any of the asynchronous calls takes a long time, the eventual zooming to data may not appear connected to the user action that triggered it.

## Requirements

1. OWF 6.0 GA or better.  See the OWF [Get Started](http://www.owfgoss.org/getstarted.html) page, if you are not familiar with the framework.

    > NOTE: Although CMWAPI 1.1 makes use of eventing, the widgets also take advantage of widget intents, introduced in OWF6.  Since CMWAPI 1.2 intends to add widget intents to the specification, we have concentrated on supporting releases of OWF which have the widget intents capability.

2. Web server to host the widgets

    > NOTE: You may choose to host the widgets on the same server as OWF for convenience. The [OWF download](https://www.owfgoss.org/download.html) features a bundled [Tomcat](http://tomcat.apache.org/) instance.

3. Access to Esri services

    All widgets

    > _Esri Javascript API_, which itself presumes access to Esri services:   Tested with http://js.arcgis.com/3.7/, and configurable in each widget via the window.esriJsPath in js/dojoConfig.js.

    Image collection query widget

    >   _Image Collection Coverage service_  is a query to a RESTful endpoint provided by Esri which interacts with a feature service to provide a set of images for Iran.  Its endpoint location is configurable via DEFAULT_SERVER in app.js.

4. Proxy to provide access to Esri services

    > NOTE: Certain Esri services, including those dealing with WMS, require provision of a [proxy](https://developers.arcgis.com/en/javascript/jshelp/ags_proxy.html), which is a server-side code deployment.  Choose and configure the appropriate proxy implementation (ASP.NET, Java, PHP, ...) for your web server.  These widgets were tested against the Java/JSP proxy.  If using the Java/JSP proxy, be sure to modify the serverUrls variable to match your data URLs.  For development purposes, this variable can be set to pass "http://" and "https://".  A deployment version of the proxy should use more restrictive URL filters.

    > NOTE: The location for the proxy used by the ArcGIS OWF Map Widget is configured in app.js as esri.config.defaults.io.proxyUrl.

## Installation

1. Create an `esri` directory in the appropriate **_`webapps`_** location for your web server.

2. Copy the contents of this project to the newly created directory.

     > NOTE: To deploy minified versions of the CMWAPI and CMWAPI-ADAPTER modules, build the project using "grunt deploy" and copy the contents of the deployment folder to this location instead.

3. Login to your running OWF instance as an administrator.

4. [Create](https://github.com/ozoneplatform/owf/wiki/OWF-7-Administrator-Creating-and-Editing-Widgets) entries for the widgets in OWF by importing the following descriptor files from your server:
    * http(s)://_**yourserver**_:_**port**_/esri/owf-map-widget/descriptor.html
    * http(s)://_**yourserver**_:_**port**_/esri/basic-map-widget/descriptor.html
    * http(s)://_**yourserver**_:_**port**_/esri/contacts/descriptor/descriptor.html
    * http(s)://_**yourserver**_:_**port**_/esri/owf-context-map-widget/descriptor.html
    * http(s)://_**yourserver**_:_**port**_/esri/image-collection-query-widget/descriptor.html

5. Assign the widgets to the [OWF Users Group](https://github.com/ozoneplatform/owf/wiki/OWF-7-Administrator-Default-Content) or to specific users so they can be opened.

## Development Environment Setup

The unit tests and JavaScript documentation for this repository can be run/generated using the [GRUNT Task Runner](http://gruntjs.com "GRUNT: The JavaScript Task Runner - Homepage"). Said tests leverage the [Jasmine v1.3.1](http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine "Jasmine Introduction") testing framework and are executed with [Karma v0.10.2](http://karma-runner.github.io/0.10/index.html "Karma: Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript - Homepage"). The required development tools are provided by the [NPM Registry](http://npmjs.org "Node Packaged Modules - Homepage") and [Node JS v0.10.21](http://nodejs.org "Node.js - Homepage").  Java must be installed and available in your PATH for use by [JSDoc](https://github.com/krampstudio/grunt-jsdoc "Grunt-jsdoc plugin").

> NOTE: The products of this repository can be developed and extended using any number of current JavaScript and web development frameworks. The installation steps below are provided for the convenience of contributors.

To setup the development environment, use the directions below.

1. Install the appropriate [Node JS v0.10.21](http://nodejs.org/download "Node.js Downloads") package for your platform and the accompanying Node Package Manager (NPM).

    > WARNING: Older versions of Node/NPM (e.g., v0.8.x) may not execute the current Karma installation packages correctly on Windows. An update to the latest version of Node/NPM is recommended.

2. Install the GRUNT command line _globally_ by executing:

        npm install -g grunt-cli

3. Install other development dependencies by executing the following in the source code root directory (where the [package.json](package.json) file is located):

        npm install

4. (Optional) Install Karma _globally_ so that it may be executed manually outside of GRUNT (with alternate options specified):

        npm install -g karma

5. To run the unit tests and create JavaScript documentation simply execute `grunt` in the source code root directory.

We are also internally experimenting with the use of [Vagrant](http://www.vagrantup.com) and make our Vagrantfile efforts available in the dev-ops folder.

### Grunt Targets
Once the development environment has been setup, grunt can be used to run JSHint on the JavaScript code, execute the functional tests and generate project documentation.  To run everything in series, use the following command from the top level directory.

        grunt

Specific build targets are defined in the top level file, Gruntfile.js.  At present, there are a few primary targets:  jshint, test, jsdoc, and deploy.  Provide those targets on the command line to execute only those grunt tasks.

        grunt jsdoc

Notes that targets can be nested for further refinement.  For example, to produce only the documentation for the CMWAPI related JavaScript files, use the following command:

        grunt jsdoc:cmwapi

Note that the below task accomplishes all of the development tasks listed above, and finally prepares a deployment folder with minify-ed versions of necessary JavaScript files and all other needed resources.

        grunt deploy

### Additional JavaScript Test Options

If you have installed Karma globally (as noted above) you may execute it manually from the command and reference a specific configuration file:

    karma start test/test-chrome.conf.js

If any tests fail, a common way to debug them is through the use of browser-specific tools. To enable this, you may override the config file settings for a specific browser and put Karma in server mode to allow for repeated test execution:

    karma start test/test-chrome.conf.js --browsers=Chrome --single-run=false

## Copyright

Copyright © 2013 [Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (Esri)](http://www.esri.com)

## License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

A copy of the license is available in the repository's
[license.txt](https://github.com/Esri/Esri-Ozone-Map-Widget/blob/master/license.txt) file.

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Our tour guide and driver will pick you up from Noi Bai Airport then depart for Halong Bay, we drive for about 3.5 hours through the Red River Delta to Halong City. On the way, we will stop for refreshments. Upon arriving in Ha Long City, welcome on our junk, check in private cabin with A/C, following fresh sea lunch while boat cruising through amazing landscape of cliff stone mountains emerge from green crystal water, spend the afternoon time for visiting biggest and most beautiful cave in Halong Bay, swimming, relaxing at the beach other enjoy kayaking to explore lagoon, dinner and overnight on boat.
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The Tri-City Regional Port Authority is seeking to expand its territory and change its name in the process.
Senate Bill 499, sponsored by Sen. Bill Haine, D-Alton, would create America's Central Port District. It passed out of the state Senate April 7 and by month's end was pending before the House Rules Committee with Rep. Dan Beiser, D-Alton, as the chief sponsor.
If enacted, the Authority would expand its territory substantially. The Tri-City Regional Port District was created in 1959 encompassing three and a half townships: Venice, Granite City, Nameoki and the southern half of Chouteau. The bill would add five more townships: Wood River, Alton, Godfrey, Elsah and Quarry along with the remainder of Chouteau Township.
Dennis Wilmsmeyer, the port's executive director, said the interest in expansion is driven by success.
Wilmsmeyer said that their initial interest was just to expand up to take in the rest of Chouteau Township and add Wood River Township. They hired former Alton Mayor Tom Hoescht as a representative to talk to the various mayors and township officials to determine if there would be support for such a move.
ALTON — An unusual threefold plan to build on local business will kick off this month with the launch of a long-planned food hub project in Alton.
The project is a complexity of interwoven ingredients designed to sustain each other. One is a food hub that aims to get fresh, locally grown food products to local users. The second establishes a business incubator to build start-up companies. And the third creates commercial kitchen rental space that will generate a revenue stream to run the incubator and serve as a modest source of income for the kitchen owners, all of which are charitable in nature.
A public, fund-raising kickoff will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at the Alton Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1308, 4445 N. Alby St. The buffet is $15 a person. The VFW has a kitchen that gets little use and will be utilized as part of the commercial kitchen rental plan.
The key to the plan is the vendor network now involved in Alton's successful Farmers' and Artisans' Market, which this spring moves to a new location on the southeast corner of the intersection of Henry Street and Landmarks Boulevard.
The food project, in the works for about two years, is being coordinated by the Alton Area Business Development Association, an administrative body formed to run what's being called the Great Rivers Market Fresh Network, the working name for the combined incubator/food hub/commercial kitchen.
"The food hub movement across this country is no accident. It's gaining traction everywhere it goes," said Ron Tanner, a participant who publicly presented the plan for the first time at a meeting sponsored by the Small Business Development Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
The association's network hopes to broker unused commercial kitchen space to businesses and groups that need it.


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Monday, September 17th
Days after making landfall as a hurricane and slowing to a tropical depression, Florence slowly ravaged the South with rain and wind, leaving widespread and potentially catastrophic flooding.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP:
Financial Contributions:
Florence Recovery Fund:
United Way created the United Way Hurricane Florence Recovery Fund to support local communities in South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and the surrounding areas affected by Hurricane Florence. This fund will help local United Ways meet the storm-related needs and support mid- and long-term recovery efforts throughout the affected regions. 100% of individual donations given to the United Way Hurricane Florence Recovery Fund will be distributed to local United Ways in the affected areas. United Way's focus will be on mid- and long-term recovery.
Donated Goods:
United Way of Long Island is not collecting or transporting donated goods to the affected areas.
FEMA Recommends: It is better to send cash donations instead of having to transport and store items at great expense. Quite often, survivors do not need or can't use goods that are donated by generous fellow citizens. Organizations that receive unsolicited donations have to take time to catalogue and store such materials, which takes valuable time away from working on urgent needs.
Volunteer/Resources:
To connect to national organizations seeking volunteers: National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD), www.nvoad.org
North Carolina: https://dart-ncvolunteer.communityos.org/
South Carolina: http://www.volunteersc.org/
Virginia: https://dart-vavolunteer.communityos.org/
National VOAD members respond to disasters in the United States and around the world. Register with a National VOAD member to volunteer. Find a complete list of National VOAD members HERE.Just a friendly reminder to please BE PATIENT. You will be contacted once National VOAD has had an opportunity to assess the damage and identify unmet needs.
IF YOU NEED HELP:
2-1-1 across all affected areas is operational. If someone you know needs help, they can call 2-1-1, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There may be a wait, but calls will be answered. In case of emergency, dial 9-1-1.
2-1-1 is a free, confidential service that connects people from all communities to essential health and human services—24 hours a day, seven days a week. 2-1-1 will remain open and ready to provide local information about evacuation routes, shelters, food and water, health resources, and other needs throughout the storm.
North Carolina 211 2-1-1 or 1-888-892-1162 www.nc211.org
211 South Carolina 2-1-1 or 1-866-892-9211 www.sc211.org
211 Virginia 2-1-1 or 1-800-230-6977 www.211virginia.org
Below is a list of standard resources in the states expected to be impacted by Hurricane Florence. Each resource will likely be continually updated as more information and resources become available. Each state has active 2-1-1 Call Centers and Databases that can be accessed. In the event a 2-1-1 center must evacuate, back-up will be provided by 2-1-1s around the country.
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-North Carolina 2-1-1 Disaster Resources: https://www.nc211.org/
-Updates from the State of North Carolina, including evacuation orders: https://www.ncdps.gov/florence
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Why Marques Colston Chose a Small School Over Playing in The Big 12 (And What You Can Learn From It)
By Brandon HallPublished On: 2017-04-07
Shortly before National Signing Day in 2001, Marques Colston had a decision to make.
An All-Conference receiver at Susquehanna Township High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Colston had shown enough promise that two college programs deemed him worthy of a scholarship offer.
One of them was the University of Missouri, which plays its home games in a 70,000-seat stadium and was a member of the prestigious Big 12 Conference at the time. The other was Hofstra University, a little-known 1-AA program that plays its games in a 15,000-seat stadium.
Seems like a simple decision, right? Maybe not. Colston elected to go to Hofstra, where he was a four-year letterman and a three-year starter. He finished his career at Hofstra with 182 receptions for 2,834 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns. He was subsequently selected in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints and went on to become the franchise's all-time leader in every major receiving category.
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It's safe to say Colston's decision worked out well for him, but why did he choose little-known Hofstra over the bright lights of the Big 12? STACK recently caught up with Colston and learned his reasoning behind the decision. It can serve as helpful advice to any athlete who is or will be going through the recruiting process.
"I wasn't a super productive high school player, so therefore I didn't get recruited by a ton of schools. I only had two offers—one from Hofstra, one from the University of Missouri," Colston said. "Missouri kinda came into the fold late, and I had already taken my visit to Hofstra and had seen what the coaches and players ahead of me had to offer. I knew I wanted to have an opportunity to play [right away].
"Hofstra was my best opportunity to develop at my own pace and play sooner rather than later. Going to Missouri, Big 12 at the time, possibly redshirting and sitting and maybe getting a chance to play my junior or senior year. So I chose Hofstra and it worked out for me. The perceived biggest opportunity isn't always the biggest opportunity at the end of the day. I think in the recruiting process, a lot of people get tied up in the big-name schools and being able to select that hat on commitment day. But it's more about understanding where you're at and where you want to go."
Would Colston's decision to attend the University of Missouri have drawn more fanfare? Almost certainly. But he was thinking big picture, and he kne w that Hofstra was a better fit for him and his goals. Another important lesson Colston learned during his recruiting process was to be patient and continue to work even if the offers aren't pouring in. He said, "[It's about] really putting in the work and really grinding it out and putting yourself in position to be noticed. But at the same time, you gotta wait your turn sometimes. I'm a guy who wasn't a five-star recruit, didn't go to a 1-A school, no SEC or ACC. What that tells me is that everyone kinda develops at their own pace."
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At Linton Mead we believe that art stimulates creativity, imagination and inventiveness. We believe that art gives our pupils the skills, concepts and knowledge necessary for them to express responses to ideas and experiences. It fires their imagination.
Art should enable the children to communicate what they see, feel and think. Children should experiment with their ideas, their use of colour, texture, form, pattern and different materials and processes. Self-evaluation of work is encouraged and children are taught how to be resilience to achieve their goals.
We use sketchbooks to record experience and imagination, to help the children develop their ideas and to show progression in their artistic ability. We encourage children to work on their own and collaborating with others on projects in two and three dimensions and on small and large scales.


To start with, there is no way to completely eliminate trial and error from the process. It takes time to fully evaluate why a certain focal length or type of lens will work or not for you. You will also find that your needs and abilities change over time. So the objective of this article is not some sort of magic formula that will guarantee you the perfect lens set for the rest of your life. Rather, its admittedly more modest aim is to help you to avoid some of the common pitfalls of the lens selecting process. Now, while we will be looking at this from the perspective (sorry, I couldn't resist) of manual focus lenses for 35mm film SLRs, the general principles can be applied to interchangeable lenses of all sorts, regardless of format size whether analog or digital.
Even if this was all true, remember that "so-in-so" is only one person with their own subjective viewpoint, and their own unique circumstances. This is not to say that you should not pay attention to the reviews of others; they can be very helpful, but only when you appraise them in light of your own needs. It's also wise to analyze how said reviewer arrived at their conclusions. Did they elaborate on what type of standards they were using to evaluate the lens and the conditions that they were using it in? Buying (or not buying) a lens on the sole basis of one person's opinion is a risky proposition. Being aware that most reviews are of a single copy of a particular lens is very important, too. There is this annoying thing called "sample variation" that basically means that there will almost always be be lousy copies of a given lens and outstanding copies due to manufacturing anomalies. Another crucial factor, dealing as we are almost entirely with used lenses in this context, is how hard of a life the lens has lived (e.g. dropping or smacking lenses into solid objects rarely improves performance). It is the smart thing, therefore, to look at several reviews, if possible, to determine the overall reputation of a particular optic. Keep in mind, too, that there is no guarantee that your particular copy of a lens will be lousy, average, or outstanding. This is one of the trial and error things that cannot be avoided, especially with used lenses. Be warned, it may take a few tries to get a good copy.
#2) Buying a lens based only on its specifications. This doesn't mean ignoring specifications completely, but restricting yourself to only constant aperture f/2.8 zooms or f/1.4 and faster primes, or some other quantitative measurement, merely for the sake of the numbers, is very likely going to be a waste of resources. Packing a bag full of such high-speed lenses is definitely going to take more energy. Which may be fine with you, if they satisfy a real need, not just a numeric one :-).
 It seems like, these days, we want everything reduced to numbers that denote the desirability of manufactured goods, from dishwashers to diapers. To a certain extent, specifications can reveal valuable information about a lens, how it relates to other lenses, and features that may be useful to you. The danger lies in putting all of your eggs into the numbers basket. Because so much of our interaction with lenses is based on what they show to our eye (something that is not yet quantifiable, and probably will not be so for quite some time), the eye-test should take precedence over numbers on paper (or a screen). There is also the matter of determining which specifications should have greater priority for your personal situation.
 #3) Favoring quantity over quality. You will be far better off financially, creatively, and your back and knees will be much happier if you have a few quality lenses that actually fit your needs and style rather than a bunch of middling lenses that cover every focal length. There are so many choices when it comes to focal lengths for both primes and zooms that it is very easy to get caught up in trying to have the "perfect" lens for every situation and covering every focal length. The reality is, for most of us, that this is: a) not economically viable, b) not physically viable to carry around for any length of time, and c) a surefire way to get bogged down in thinking about equipment rather than actually taking and making images.
Another application of this principle is to only take what you need on a particular shoot rather than your whole arsenal regardless of how good your lenses are. There are plenty of articles online that can help you to develop a strategy for carrying only two or three lenses (or even a single lens) for different situations. This achieves a few aims: 1) it makes you really stop and think about your photographic needs and goals, 2) by restricting your options it forces you to make the most of what you have which often leads to greater creativity, and 3) it reduces the distraction of packing a bunch of heavy gear by allowing you to focus more on photography rather than your body's complaints.
1) Look at good photographs and analyze what you like about them and what you would like to incorporate in your own work. This does not mean copying others' work. That is a dead-end street; you will be stunting your own creative growth. But, you will most likely find that there are certain perspectives, genres, and looks that appeal to you more than others. Learning what you like and how to achieve it is the first step to making good choices when it comes to lenses. Let's consider three areas in more depth.
Perspective - Perspective is determined by distance from your subject. Focal length determines the framing for a particular perspective. Learning how to manipulate perspective is one of the most important skills a photographer can develop. It is very influential in making your images stand out from the crowd and eliciting an emotional response. Most people find that they will zone in on one perspective/framing combination as feeling especially natural or comfortable. That can help you to determine a starting point for your lens set. Different focal lengths also impact spatial relationships between elements in a scene. Wide-angle lenses emphasize the distance between objects in the foreground and background, while telephotos compress such relationships to our eyes. So-called "normal" lenses fall in between. Whether you realize it or not, your perceptions on perspective have been shaped for years based on pictures you have seen together with your own intrinsic aesthetic sense. Check out this article by Thom Hogan for some interesting observations on this subject.
Genres - A major factor in lens choices is what you intend to use them for. It is not just a matter of focal length, either. For instance, if you want to photograph architecture, lenses that are well-corrected for rectilinear distortion are very desirable, as they keep straight lines straight at the edges of the frame rather than allowing them to distort outward (think of the sides of a wooden barrel) or inward (think of the edges of a pincushion). Or, for astrophotographers, a lens that is low in coma (an aberration that causes points of light to have a v-shape like a comet) is vital for sharp, pinpoint rendering of stars. A point to bear in mind with vintage lenses is that certain imaging characteristics will often change quite dramatically as you close down the aperture (As an example, the Minolta MC/MD Rokkor 85mm f/1.7 is widely regarded as a portrait legend due to its lower contrast and corner softness at f1.7 - 2.8. However, at the so-called "landscape" apertures of f/5.6 - 11 it shifts gears into a high-contrast, very sharp lens, making it quite a versatile lens for portaits and landscapes. It also is low in astigmatism and has no distortion). This is in contrast with more modern lenses, whose performance at wider apertures has been improved immensely but with the side effect that the look they give does not change as much when you close down the aperture. This is not a slight on newer lenses, but merely shows how you can exploit what some might view as the flaws of older lenses and kill more than one bird with one well-chosen stone (or lens, in this case :-)).
"Look" - This is again a very personal decision that only you can make. Things affecting the "look" of a lens are: how the various optical aberrations have been corrected (there is always some form of compromise here, as lens designers cannot correct everything perfectly, it is a balancing act), contrast, resistance (or not) to flare and ghosting, vignetting (corner shading), color rendering (cool, neutral, warm), how the out-of-focus areas look (commonly known as "bokeh"), performance at wide apertures, etc. You may find that the particular optical philosophy of certain manufacturers is more in line with your own than others and this can help to narrow things down a bit. Most lens makers had/have a certain look that they strive to achieve across their line as far as the constraints of design and physics allow.
#2) Determine your budget and which features are must-haves versus nice-to-haves or not needed. Do you really need that hulking 35/1.4 prime lens if you are a backpacker primarily shooting landscapes in daylight? Or will an f/2.8 version that weighs 40% less, takes up 35% less space, and costs 75% less than the 1.4 do the job? Or maybe the f/2 which slots neatly in between for half the cost of the 1.4? Or if you really need f/1.4, could you get by with the 50/1.4, which can be had for the same cost as the 35/2.8 and weighs only a few grams more? Lest we get caught up in the percentages (those are specs after all, aren't they ;-), will any of these lenses give you the "look" you want to achieve? Maybe you will need something wider, like a 24mm or 20mm. Interestingly, one of the most acclaimed landscape photographers of the late 20th century, Galen Rowell, often took only a 20/4 prime and a compact 80 - 200mm zoom with him on his forays into the backcountry. Look at his work and see if you think his two-lens kit held him back, or perhaps if it enabled him to get to places (and PERSPECTIVES ;-)) he otherwise mightn't have if he was packing 4 or 5 lenses and a couple of backup bodies. That is not to say that GR didn't have or use other equipment, but he was a master of taking only what was truly needed for the assignment at hand, instead of being mastered by his equipment.
On the subject of budget, once you have determined which focal length most closely matches the way you see the world, don't be afraid to slide a higher percentage of the budget to that lens. It will probably be on your camera the majority of the time, so it may be worth it. Also, if you have a good copy of a lens, please, PUH-LEEZE don't fall for the grass-is-greener impulse to try and find one that's just that little bit better. Just go take some pictures and enjoy yourself. Don't ask me why, just take my word for it ;-).
#3) Think long and hard about how much weight and bulk you can really handle. You may have noticed this current running already in this post and several others. When I was in my early 20's (and a bit of a slave to having the exact lens for the exact purpose thing) I thought nothing of cramming 5 or 6 lenses and an extra body in my pack. Leaving aside for the moment the inevitable misses of moments due to being caught out changing lenses when I should have just been getting the shot, I now cringe at the thought of that much weight. My knees and shoulders do not cringe...they now scream loudly and often when I am packing a single body and one or two lenses (and a bottle of painkillers) in my daypack :-0. Experience can be a cruel mistress. Obviously, if you are in a studio or another environment where you are not required to pack all of your gear with you, your priorities will be different because weight and bulk are not such a big deal. The point is to analyze your needs carefully and prioritize accordingly.
In Part 2, we will examine in more detail the different focal lengths of lenses, and begin to explore how they relate to each other.
How to Choose Lenses (4-part series) - Popular Photography Shoptalk column - April, May, June, July 1984 by Norman Goldberg.


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True Crime: Streets of LA — видеоигра в жанре шутера от третьего лица, разработанная компанией Luxoflux и изданная Activision в 2003 году на игровых консолях Xbox, PlayStation 2 и GameCube. В 2004 году и в 2005 была портирована на персональные компьютеры, для Windows и Macintosh. Версии для компьютеров включают некоторые дополнения, такие как многопользовательские режимы игры, открываемые персонажи, обучающие видео и песни.

В 2005 году было выпущено продолжение игры, True Crime: New York City.

Игровой процесс
True Crime: Streets of LA — одна из первых игр в жанре action с открытым миром после Grand Theft Auto 3, с похожим игровым процессом. Но в отличие от GTA, здесь важную роль играет этика. В зависимости от действий игрока его статус меняется между «хорошим» и «плохим» полицейским. Это влияет на дальнейшее развитие игры и в финале приводит к одной из трёх возможных концовок.

По геймплею True Crime часто называют «клоном GTA III, где ты играешь за копа», потому что общая механика в основном такая же: игрок крушит-ломает весь город и заодно продвигается по сюжету. Однако, так как игрок стоит с другой стороны закона, имеются некоторые различия между Grand Theft Auto и True Crime. Во-первых, в True Crime последствия от совершения преступлений менее серьёзны, но ранг Николаса Кэнга Уилсона в полиции снижается, иногда до такой степени, что его выгоняют из органов, и игроку приходится выполнять несколько действий «Хорошего Копа», чтобы вернуться на службу. "Действия «Хорошего Копа» включают в себя аресты, устранение одной из главных банд Лос-Анджелеса, срыв наркосделок и участие в поимке беглецов. Игрок может, ради забавы, арестовывать и опрашивать невинных граждан, что не унижает его положение в органах, но игрок не получает никакой награды.

Лос-Анджелес
В игре обширно (620 км²) воссоздана большая часть Лос-Анджелеса, Беверли-Хиллз и Санта-Моники наряду с большинством названий улиц, достопримечательностей и магистралей. Однако, некоторые пользователи обнаружили неотмеченные окрестности вокруг карты. Игрок не может войти в эти части города, поскольку Ника переносит назад на ближайшую улицу. Однако, есть модификация для PC-версии, позволяющий входить в неотмеченные места, что также возможно, сделав сбой, который удаляет белый экран. Присутствуют также многочисленные транспортные средства, которые игрок может свободно присвоить.

Сюжет
Мы играем роль Ника (Кэнга) Уилсона, молодого детектива Китайско-Американского происхождения и ходячего ужаса для любого начальника полиции, из-за очень неортодоксальных и разрушительных способов захвата преступников — и самое невыносимое то, что он всегда добивается своего. Когда игра начинается, Кэнг возвращается в Лос-Анджелес, будучи временно отстранённым из-за того, что шёл за подозреваемым и не повиновался прямому приказу своих начальников.

Кэнг спокойно практикует в полицейском стрельбище свою методику стрельбы с двух рук, когда приходит Шеф E.O.D (Elite Operations Division, Подразделение Элитных Операций), Уонда Паркс. Паркс приветствует Ника и просит его о помощи в решении проблемы с бомбёжками местных фирм в районе Чайнатаун. Хотя они по-видимому несвязанные, но шаблонность преступлений указывает на работу одной или более китайских группировок Триада. Сначала Ник отказывается, желая сосредоточиться на своих личных делах; Паркс тонко принуждает его, и тот соглашается выручить, на одном условии — он всё сделает по-своему. Несмотря на репутацию Кэнга, Паркс быстро соглашается на это условие.

Паркс знакомит Ника с Рози Веласкес; когда Ник с иронией замечает, какая она «хорошая девочка», Рози сердито отвечает, что прежде чем стать детективом, она «в своё время работала с некоторыми Латинскими бандами». Как и другие сослуживцы из отдела, Рози беспокоится о Нике и его репутации, но для Рози это важнее — если Ник снова занервничает, она не хочет быть погребённой вместе с ним.

По мере того, как Ник распутывает клубок мелких преступных деловых отношений, он сталкивается с головорезами Триады, а также с преступными лордами типа Джимми Фу, Большого Чонга, таинственного и легендарного Древнего Ву, Рокки (члена Русской Мафии) и Хана Ю Кима (генерала Корейской народной армии).

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Почему Ник сначала отказался, а потом взял это дело? На то имеются личные причины. Его отец, Хенри Уилсон, был исключительным полицейским, вовлечённым в большую операцию с наркотиками в 1970-х. Однажды он исчез, и никто никогда его больше не видел. Вскоре после этого Внутренние дела (МВД) нашло в его шкафчике кокаин, что поставило под острый вопрос его роль в сложившейся ситуации. Хотя убитый горем из-за исчезновения своего отца, Ник отказывается верить этому.

Хотя и известен как худший кошмар любого полицейского, Ник Кэнг тайно весьма уважаем многими своими пэрами. Его отношения с Рози начинаются чрезвычайно резко, но развиваются до хорошей дружбы, основанной на взаимном уважении. В двух случаях Ник защищает жизнь своего партнёра.

Рози изучает прошлое Ника, и узнаёт, что когда его мать скончалась, а отец исчез, Ник и его брат Кэри поехали в Гонконг горевать. Ник потом вернулся ради мести, работая над другим делом. Его методы становились всё более и более опрометчивыми в преследовании «правосудия». Агент ФБР Мастерcон не доверяет Нику Кэнгу. Мастертон хочет отстранить его от дела, но всё же не в силах сделать что-либо, потому что у Бюро заключён контракт с Уондой Паркс. Он даже ещё больше расстраивается, когда Ник смущает его своим саркастическим чувством юмора.

Ник и его брат Кэри опытные бойцы, но Ник даёт себе личную клятву защитить младшего брата от любого вреда, из-за того, что случилось с их отцом. Но тем не менее не может защитить от нападения головорезов Рокки, и неуклонно преследует его (в возможном побочном сюжете Ник не может защитить своего брата, что приводит к его смерти. В ярости Ник клянётся отомстить за него и целеустремленно идёт за Рокки, теряя правду из виду).

Ник ходил под фамилией «Кэнг», когда его отец Хенри Уилсон погиб, потому что не мог соответствовать ожиданиям и репутации своего отца как великий коп. Он поделился этим чувством с Джорджем, лучшим другом отца.

Концовки
В игре сюжет принимает один из трёх различных оборотов: Плохой, Средний и Хороший. Действия Ника и его рейтинг Хорошего/Плохого копа решают течение событий. Каждый конец заканчивается дракой один на один.

Плохое Окончание: Ник мерится силами с Хан Ю Кимом на крыше высотного банка, с боем прорвавшись через наёмников Генерала. Если Ник проиграет финальную битву, он будет брошен с здания и очнётся лишь для того, чтобы понять свою судьбу, когда как Генерал улетает на вертолёте. Если Ник победит, Генерал успеет свалиться с здания прежде, чем Ник получит от него какую-либо информацию. Агент Мастерсон спрашивает у Ника, что только что случилось, в то время как Ник осознаёт, «что это больше, я знаю это» ('это' является всем делом), чем то, что пока известно. После Ник уходит от кричащего Мастерсона.

Среднее Окончание: Кэри мёртв, Рокки похитил Рози, что вынуждает Ника ехать на бронированном фургоне, полном фальшивых денег, на Площадь Китайского квартала, в обмен на её жизнь. Будучи заманенным в засаду и уничтожив наёмников Генерала, Ник устраивает с Рокки финальную битву. Если Ник проиграет, он погибнет, а Рокки сбежит. Если Ник победит, Рокки попытается хитростью заколоть его, но Рози застрелит негодяя. Чуть ранее тот насмехался над Ником и говорил, что якобы знает правду о его отце; однако секрет умер вместе с ним.

Хорошее Окончание: Пройдя испытания Древнего Ву, мы узнаём правду: Рокки раньше работал в КГБ, но быстро стал преступником, когда появилась возможность, вместе с Рэфферти, бывшим партнёром Хенри. Кэнг следит за ними до аэропорта Санта-Моники, но там лишается сознания. Придя в себя, он узнаёт от Рокки остальную часть истории: когда Хенри отказался работать с Рокки или Рэфферти, Рокки выстрелил в его голову и бросил тело в океан. Он собирается выстрелить в Ника, когда Рэфферти прыгает и принимает пулю, а моментом ранее Ник освобождается от наручников и нападает на Рокки, прежде чем отбить наёмников Генерала.

Ему удается уничтожить их и убежать из ангара, где его удерживали, как раз вовремя: он видит, как Рокки пытается скрыться на частном самолёте. Ник садится в спортивный автомобиль, стреляет в двигатели и шины, вызывая взрыв самолёта, потом уничтожает Рокки со словами «попробуй отмыть это, сука». В деле остался лишь один, Генерал, который уполномочил Рокки отмывать супердоллары, сделанные в Северной Корее, за настоящие деньги, чтобы перестроить свою экономику. Причастность Триад и Русских должна была замаскировать их действия. Однако Рокки решил сохранить деньги, что приводит к тому, что Генерал становится непосредственно вовлечённым. Рядом с обломками самолёта Рокки происходит финальная битва.

Если Ник проиграет, Генерал уходит, а Ник или падает в обморок, или умирает от ран, когда прибывают полицейские. Если Ник выиграет борьбу, Генерал по-видимому уничтожен, когда прибывают полицейские, сопровождаемые разъярённым Агентом Мастерсоном, который требует разъяснений по нанесённому ущербу и где Рокки. Он быстро успокаивается, ударившись о дверь автомобиля, на котором приезжают Уонда и Рози, поздравляя Ника с выполнением задания и хорошо проделанной работой. Он приглашает их на обед, от которого они категорически отказываются, и Ник возвращается в свою машину и едет в закат, в то время как Джордж читает конечное повествование.

Разветвления основных сюжетных линий в True Crime требуют выполнения многих задач «Хорошего Копа», дабы продвинуться ещё дальше.

Саундтрек
{{Музыкальный альбом | nocat=1
| Название        = True Crime: Streets of LA
| Тип        = саундтрек
| Исполнитель       = Разные Исполнители
| Обложка     =
| Выпущен     = 11 ноября 2003 г.
| Дата записи = 2003
| Жанр        = Гангста-рэпХардкор-рэпРэп Западного Побережья
| Длительность= 7 ч 42 мин 38 сек
| Лейбл = Koch Records
| Продюсер    = DJ QuikDJ BattlecatKing TechGoldfingaz
| Обзоры      = *Allmusic  ссылка
}}True Crime включает приблизительно 50 песен. Плюс к этим в PC-версию игры было добавлено ещё немного. Доступен саундтрек на CD. Несмотря на оценку 16+, песни в саундтреке не отцензурены и содержат ругательства, включая использование слов «fuck» и «nigga», в отличие от саундтреков Grand Theft Auto III и Grand Theft Auto: Vice City с оценкой 18+, которые не использовали такие слова, до релиза Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas в 2004 г.

Саундтрек был выпущен в Vybesquad Entertainment / Koch Records. Получил в 2004-м Billboard Digital Award (Лучший саундтрек в Видеоигре) и номинировался на «Лучший Саундтрек К Видеоигре» на MTV's 2004 Video Music Awards.

Песня «Dance Wit Me» играла на радио как сингл из саундтрека. Этот титл представили Snoop Dogg и Doggystyle Records' Quazedelic.

Саундтрек к одноимённой видеоигре. Релиз состоялся 11 ноября 2003 года в Koch Records, продюсировали его DJ Quik, DJ Battlecat, King Tech и Goldfingaz.

В альбоме широко представлены рэперы Западного Побережья, такие как Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Westside Connection, Warren G, Bishop Lamont и Джейо Фелони. Саундтрек по популярности был #100 на Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums и #42 на Top Independent Albums.

 «Dance Wit Me» — 2:57 (Snoop Dogg)
 «Terrorist Threats» — 2:29 (Westside Connection)
 «Mo money» — 4:05 (Styliztik ft. Dirty Rat)
 «Don't Fight the Pimpin'» — 3:07 (Suga Free)
 «What U Wanna Do» — 4:08 (Warren G, RBX)
 «True Crime Remix» — 4:06 (Young Dre, Bishop Lamont)
 «I'll Do Anything» — 3:18 (Damizza, N.U.N.E.)
 «Thug Night» — 4:17 (Jayo Felony)
 «Hollywood» — 4:20 (Bizzy Bone)
 «Drinks in the Air» — 3:11 (Hollywood)
 «Don't Do the Crime» — 4:17 (Kam, Cavie, Above the Law)
 «Legends» — 3:54 (Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.)
 «They Don't Know» — 3:47 (Dee Dimes, Bigg Swoop)
 «Flow» — 4:04 (Sly Boogy)
 «This Is How We Live» — 4:24 (Lil' 1/2 Dead, Kon-Troversy, Quicktomac)
 "We Don't Stop — 3:27 (Soul Star)
 «Can't Fuck With Us» — 4:23 (Tray Deee, Mr. Short Khop, Threat)
 «Do Time» — 4:02 (Pomona City Rydaz, Lil 1/2 Dead)
 «Roll Wit Me» — 3:08 (Young Billionaires)
 «Cali Folks» — 4:06 (Stylistik)
 «Lets Get It Crackin'» — 3:42 (Lil Eazy E / Co-Written By P"RizzyBoy"Floyd Jr. Produced By Big Swoop)
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Игра стала платиновой для PlayStation 2 в 2004-м, а также Xbox Classics для Xbox и тайтлом Player's Choice для Nintendo Gamecube. Сиквел, True Crime: New York City'', вышел в конце 2005 г. для Xbox, PlayStation 2 и GameCube.
Журнал «Игромания»  присвоил игре 8.5 баллов из 10.

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It's Tatt Awards season once again! It's time to vote for your favorite online influencers!
Anyway, I was invited to attend the media launch of the 4th installment of Tatt Awards and was able to check out this year's Tatt Council!
Tatt Awards continues to celebrate people whose presence on social media. They took shape with only one solid goal -recognizing greatness online. Continues tomove and influence the majority despite the medium's constant change.
Tatt Awards 2014 will recognize the masters of reinvention - those who have adapted to the medium, and have flourished with it, remaining relevant across generations.
Tatt Awards 2014 aiming to reach an international audience through its strong partnerships with worldwide digital outlets and special categories that will be awarded to international personalities.
From the online mavericks to the digital rock stars, brave, the witty, and the bold standing out, Tattoo stood witness to the evolution of social media. From creative photos and videos, down to socially relevant online movements, social media has gone bigger with its influence felt even on ground.
The remaining 50% will then be decided through public voting.
Screening of nominations will be from July 10, 2014 leading to the announcement of the finalists on July 15, 2014.
Public voting will then be open starting July 15, 2014 to August 3, 2014. After the tallying of votes, the winners of Tatt Awards 2014 will be revealed on August 8, 2014.
Winners of the major categories of Tatt Awards 2014 will receive a cash prize Php 100,000.00 and special awards will receive Php 50,000.00.
So, what are you waiting for? Cast your vote now and cheer for your favorite social media influencers!


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El Tercer Gobierno Costa es el actual gobierno de Portugal, formado a partir de los resultados de las elecciones legislativas del 30 de enero de 2022, que eligieron la XV Legislatura de la Tercera República Portuguesa. Es un gobierno de mayoría absoluta.

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Ian Grasmeder is a profoundly deaf runner who is running the London Marathon to raise money for DeafPLUS, our charity of the year for 2017/8.
He has been contributing to a blog entitled "Life of a Deaf Triathlete" which will follow his journey up to the date of the marathon on 22nd April 2018.
He has set up the blog to share his journey and he hopes people will take the time to share this exciting journey with him and support him along the way by whatever means they're able to.
To make a donation visit the blog page or go direct to the DeafPLUS website.


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These rival even my mom's shortbread cookies. And they're even quicker to make (though the recipes also makes a lot fewer).
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These are all great to make for little gift boxes for everyone on your holiday list.
A Quebec tradition, this recipe is to die for. I make this one every single year. And only at Christmas. Because otherwise, I would never stop eating it.


A must see documentary on AlJazeera English, dealing with the contemporary influence of Far Right Christianity on American politics. It gets really interesting from the 18:00 mark.
If you didn't know by now, Hamas and Hezbollah hablan mucho Español. If you also didn't know by now, GOP candidates like Rick Perry are retrying to combine the fear of immigrants and Mooslims taking over the country. Apparently, it is a tried and true method to win the GOP candidacy.
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As important as it is to learn to think critically—identifying markers of fake news, seeking information from the most reliable sources—it is equally important to know that one's emotional state is variable and can subvert your best efforts to think clearly.
Despite confidence in their soft skills, including critical thinking, a majority of young professionals in the Second Annual State of Critical Thinking Study commissioned by Massachusetts-based educational technology company MindEdge Learning resoundingly flunked a quiz that assessed their critical thinking skills specifically when applied to digital literacy.
The nine questions in the quiz targeted the respondents' ability to distinguish fake news on the internet from reliable, factual content. Getting the questions right demanded one pay attention to details of style (use of all caps, presence or absence of photo credits, words such as "promoted" or spelling errors, etc.) as well as technical aspects such as broken links and recognizable domains.
I asked MindEdge if I could see the survey questions and took the quiz myself. I am pretty sure I got all nine questions right. Not wanting a humiliating fail, I worked hard at it—focused intensely and read the questions several times to make sure I didn't miss any key details. But I'm not basking in my A+ critical-thinking-in-the-digital-age skills. I'm the same person who, a year ago, was excitedly circulating some political conspiracy theory tweets to relatives until a wise one, my millennial son, said to stop it. "If it's not in the New York Times," he said, "it can't be trusted."
I knew that, but I wasn't acting as if I did. Caught up short, I realized none of us is immune to serious lapses in critical thinking.
According to MindEdge, "Despite confidence in their own skills, only 57 percent of respondents say that their peers and colleagues are well-trained in critical thinking, far lower than their confidence in their own skills." That's a curious finding. One plausible hypothesis is that it's related to a general zeitgeist of mistrust today.
My own experience taking the study quiz bears this out. While my ability to identify fake news was being assessed, I was also learning how to do it better. I didn't need to be taught to be wary of feeds that featured all caps and misspellings. But I did need to be reminded to pay attention to domains and technical specifics such as broken links before I accepted a post as reasonably reliable.
There are two issues here to tease out. MindEdge's survey shows there is a reason to be concerned about peoples' ability to identify "fake news" as well as—and perhaps more significantly—their motivation to seek out information from reliable sources. In fact, comparing data from 2018 to their identical 2017 study, MindEdge found that on all dimensions, young professionals scored worse than they had the year before.
The second crucial issue is psychological. This dimension is not a focus of the MindEdge study. Whatever a person's baseline skill level at critical thinking, it is not stable. Lack of focus, context, distraction and most importantly intense emotion can all powerfully affect critical thinking capacity.
To use my personal example, the unreliable news sites I was excitedly following and sharing on Twitter last year were saying things I wanted to be true. They spoke to my needs and desires. They sparked the tiny bit of paranoid thinking that lurks in any and all of us.
After the first Annual State of Critical Thinking report came out in 2017, MindEdge's Frank Connolly interviewed Northeastern University journalism professor Dan Kennedy about his reactions to the study. Kennedy reminded us that fake news is nothing new, citing examples such as a fake story about the 1890 explosion of the USS Maine in Cuba that led to war. Ron Chernow's biography of Ulysses S. Grant demonstrates how Grant was plagued by fake news stories throughout his career. The difference now, Kennedy notes: "What the internet has done is it has hugely increased the quantity and the velocity of fake news."
What else hasn't changed besides the digitalized speed of its spread? Fake news exists as it always has because of human emotion and its demands as well as, sometimes, corrupt intent.
Educators and others who are interested in teaching digital literacy and critical thinking need to include this dimension of predictable variance due to emotional stimulation in their classes and training programs. People never function in a steady state. As important as it is to learn to think critically—identifying markers of fake news, seeking information from the most reliable sources—it is equally important to know that one's emotional state is variable and can subvert your best efforts to think clearly.
Without comparison data from other age cohorts, it's not really fair to conclude the numbers tell a negative story about millennials, so-called digital natives. I would love for MindEdge to repeat the survey with a cohort of 40-50-year old CEOs or my own group of aging boomers. I bet the millennials, for all their dropping percentages and suboptimal quiz scores noted by MindEdge, would win hands down compared to older age cohorts.
My other quibble with the MindEdge study is its title, which I think should focus on digital literacy per se. This is an important and thought-provoking study, but it really isn't assessing critical thinking in all its vital dimensions.
I've written previously about critical thinking as one of five core character traits and cognitive abilities fundamental to effective and responsible leadership. The capacity for critical thinking includes the ability to plan ahead, organize information logically and coherently, understand cause and effect and anticipate consequences. Critical thinking also requires the ability to compare current situations with similar ones experienced in the past and use acquired knowledge correctly—neither overvaluing nor undervaluing similarities and differences. The critical thinker doesn't oversimplify, can tolerate uncertainty and distinguishes crucial elements in a situation from less important ones.
While the MindEdge study doesn't assess all these important variables that are key indicators for leadership capacity, it does alert us to the need for attention to and focused training in digital literacy, possibly even more important for older professionals and leaders than for millennials.
Whatever your capacity for critical thinking may be, know that it will vary under different circumstances and will likely diminish in situations of heightened emotionality.
We all need to be better at distinguishing fake from real news.
The good news is we can learn to be better at this and other aspects of critical thinking.


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They belong to the moral and ethical branch of Kashmir Saivism. The translator has caught the spirit of the original in this translation. The linguistic intricacies, nuances, diction, word order.
Mar 31, 2016 · Branches OF Linguistics that every student must know.Linguistics is the discipline that studies the language in broad and general prospective. Broadly means the scope which covers all aspects and components of language. Generally means the goal is not just limited to one language only, but all languages of the world.
B. Semantics as a branch of Linguistics – i n linguistics, semantics is the subfield that is devoted to the study of meaning, as inherent at the levels of words, phrases, sentences, and larger units of discourse (termed texts, or narratives). The study of semantics is also closely linked to the subjects of representation, reference and denotation.
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Apr 20, 2016 · The branch of linguistics that deals with the exploration of the relation between language and society is known as sociolinguistics, and the sociology of language. Sociolinguistics is based on the fact that language is not a single homogeneous entity, but has different forms in different situations.
Based on the audio recordings of participants' voices, the researchers used linguistic principles to. Medical Education.
Morphology is the field within linguistics that studies the internal structure of words. (Words as units in the lexicon are the subject matter of lexicology.) While words are generally accepted as being (with clitics) the smallest units of syntax, it is clear that in most (if not all) languages, words can be related to other words by rules.
Applied linguistics – the study of applying linguistics to real-life situations An applied linguistic will likely work in fields such as such as language education, translation, or language policy. For example, an applied linguist may also carry out research in first and second language acquisition in order to figure out effective and efficient.
Morphology concerns the words and meaningful subwords constructed out of the phonological elements—that Fideau is a noun, naming some mongrel, that chase is a verb signifying a specific action which calls for both a chaser and a chasee, that -ed is a suffix indicating past action, and so on.
Feb 18, 2012 · Branches of linguistics. GRAMMAR The syntax of a language deals with the grammatical structure of a language. Grammar is the structural foundation of our ability to express ourselves.  Descriptive grammar : structure actually used by speakers and writers.  Prescriptive grammar : structure that should be used.
Linguistics – Linguistics – Morphology: The grammatical description of many, if not all, languages is conveniently divided into two complementary sections: morphology and syntax. The relationship between them, as generally stated, is as follows: morphology accounts for the internal structure of words, and syntax describes how words are combined to form phrases, clauses, and sentences.
According to the conventional understanding of this theory, the so-called Aryans were an indigenous race of people, some of.
Morphology, the study of forms, is the branch of linguistics that deals with the internal structure of complex words. The term was first used in linguistics by August Schleicher in 1859.
Statutory meaning derives from linguistic context. My lexicographic role is to give. The judiciary is the most elegant branch b/c it's the only one expected to explain, methodically, how it.
It is possible to find your niche in one of its four main branches; social or cultural, physical or biological, archaeology, and linguistics. Anthropology, not least its social or cultural branch,
He was central to the invention of dub, the effects-laden, bare-bones branch of reggae music. He even released an album.
Moreover, as the video above indicates, without a bi-millennial tradition of universality ("catholicism") transcending.
Abstract. computational linguistics — the simulation of language by the use of computers. comparative linguistics — the study of different languages and their respective linguistic systems. historical linguistics — the study of language change over time. applied linguistics — the study of language teaching.
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Morphology. Morphology, in linguistics, study of the internal construction of words. Languages vary widely in the degree to which words can be analyzed into word elements, or morpheme s ( q.v. ). In English there are numerous examples, such as "replacement," which is composed of re-, "place," and -ment, and "walked," from.
Morphology is the study of minimal units of meaning which includes morphemes and word Pragmatics, Syntax, Morphology and Phonology are different sub-fields or branches of linguistics. Pragmatics deals with the study of language by considering the context in which it is used.
1. a branch of linguistics that studies and describes patterns of word formation, including inflection, derivation, and compounding of a language. 2. such patterns of a particular language. — morphologist, n. — morphological, adj.
Morphology (linguistics) In this way, morphology is the branch of linguistics that studies such patterns of word-formation across and within languages, and attempts to explicate formal rules reflective of the knowledge of the speakers of those languages.
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Morphology is all about our mental dictionary and the words stored in our minds; the mental system of rules that helps us form and understand words.[1] The capacity of your mental lexicon is immense and we benefit from this knowledge not only when we use existing words but also when we create or try to understand new words.
Mar 23, 2014 · Branches of linguistics. • Morphology is the study of the formation of words. It is a branch of linguistics which breaks words into morphemes. It can be considered as the grammar of words as syntax is the grammar of sentences. MICROLINGUISTICS • Syntax deals with the combination of words into phrases, clauses and sentences.
Linguistics Exam : Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics. They provide standard forms of a language. They are useful in teaching and learning second languages. Social reasons: They reinforce social divisions and inequality. They often come from an older form of the language.


1. How much money was distributed in the Programme Period 2009 – 2014?
A total of 131.8 million EUR was allocated to the Czech Republic from the EEA and Norway Grants 2009-2014. Almost 100 % of the funds dedicated to individual open calls were allocated to specific projects. In fact in total 91 % of allocated funds was used.
2. When will the new programme period begin?
The third period of the EEA and Norway Grants in the Czech Republic was already ceremoniously started by signing the Memorandum of Understanding in Prague on 4 September 2017.
3. When do you expect that new applications for financial support in the new period can be filed?
At the present time all programs are currently being prepared and these programs must also be approved by donors. The first calls will be announced in the first half of 2019. Only programme Education has been already approved by donors and the Programme Agreement was already signed on 21 November 2018.
4. Is it possible to receive any funds already now?
First open calls have been already launched. For further information please visit the menu Calls.
5. Which areas will be supported?
Supported will be projects focusing primarily on research and innovation, environmental protection, cultural heritage, public health, education and cooperation in justice. Compared to the previous period the more emphasis will be put on human rights, Roma inclusion and the development of civil society. The new period also offers great possibilities for bilateral projects.
6. Is it necessary to submit the project in partnership with institutions from the donor state?
Yes, Fund for bilateral relations will support the strengthening of bilateral cooperation between entities from the Czech Republic and institutions from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. The total allocation of the Fund is 2 % of the funds dedicated to the Czech Republic for the period 2014-2021, i.e. approximately CZK 96 million. Part of the allocation will be dedicated to financing of bilateral activities at programme level, the remaining funds will be allocated to support pre-defined activities and initiatives approved under open calls. Announcement of calls together with relevant manuals and other necessary information will be posted on time on this websites.
7. Is it necessary to interlink the programme with a partner from the country supporting the project?
The project does not necessarily need to have a foreign partner. The quality evaluation criteria were published as part of each call. A partnership in a project with donor countries was rated depending on its scope in each call a little differently (max. several points of a hundred points available), but in this respect, the partnership project had a slight advantage.
8. Why do countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) contribute financially to the Czech Republic and other European countries?
Countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), namely Liechtenstein, Iceland and especially Norway, have so-called "affiliated" relation with the European Union (EU) through the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement and other treaties. In practice it means that these countries are not EU Member States but have access to the single European market, basically applying them to the four fundamental freedoms of the EU (free movement of goods, persons, services and capital). At the same time these countries preserve the right to protect their own interests, it means to adopt only specific parts of EU legislation into its legal systems. For this specific relationship with the EU and on the basis of contracting agreements with the EU, these countries in a long-term basis contribute to the EEA Financial Mechanism (the so-called EEA Grants) and to the separate Norwegian Financial Mechanism (the so-called Norway Grants) currently used by 15 EU Member States from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe.