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Australia-VN investment to continue growing
Dr. Mark Roberts in Melbourne, Australia and retired Vietnamese Nguyễn Bá Khuyến write some thoughts on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of bilateral ties (26/2/1973 – 26/2/2018).
The first milestone in the relationship between Australia and Việt Nam came with the actual establishment of diplomatic relations by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's Labour government on February 26, 1973, in the context of a greater Australian role in the region.
Education was regarded as vital to Việt Nam becoming incorporated into the region and the world. The "Việt Nam Project", teaching English language to teachers and government officials, operated on Australian funds channeled through the UN Development Programme, and was a milestone that emanated from the conviction within the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs that to relate to the western world, Việt Nam needed to communicate in its language.
From the small, low-key projects there are now some 22,000 Vietnamese students in Australia, mostly full fee paying, with another 7,500 studying for an Australian qualification in Việt Nam. The Australian Government gives great scholarships for Vietnamese students every year. There are now 50,000 alumni, who the Australian ambassador suggests provide "a ready bridge for Australian business."
An innovative arrangement between the Australian National University (ANU) and Hà Nội's Institute of Information Technology (IOIT) resulted in Australia introducing the internet to Việt Nam, enabling even more involvement in regional and global affairs. There was some modest government funding, but it was the dedication of two key figures, Rob Hurle at ANU and Trần Bá Thái at IOIT, that made this possible. In 2018, it is estimated that over 55 million people are using the internet, approximately 60 per cent of the Vietnamese population.
Leaders' visits
In May 1993, Prime Minister Võ Văn Kiệt was the first head of government from either country to make a visit. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed regarding civil aviation and the aid programme. This visit set the precedent for subsequent leaders' visits. Such exchanges were highly valued by Việt Nam as it attempted to rejoin the region and the world. If their Prime Minister could meet with the Australian leader, and engage in useful bilateral discussions, it indicated not only that Việt Nam was looking outwards, but also that Australia was embracing Việt Nam.
The following year, in April 1994, Prime Minister Paul Keating visited Việt Nam, the first Australian leader to do so. It coincided with a period of busy diplomatic activity in Việt Nam as the United States embargo was finally lifted only two months before Keating's visit and Việt Nam was increasingly portrayed as a place of almost unlimited economic opportunity.
The relationship continued despite the change of government in 1996, reflecting the level of maturity that had been achieved. High-level visits are now more regular, serving to emphasise the growing maturity in the relationship between Australia and Việt Nam.
In September 2009, Australia and Việt Nam defined the relationship as a Comprehensive Partnership. In representing a "strong mutual commitment" to the relationship, the agreement built a framework to strengthen and deepen co-operation across several key areas: expanding political ties and public policy exchanges; promoting economic growth and trade development; ongoing development assistance and technology co-operation; building defence and security ties; supporting people-to-people links; and advancing the global and regional agenda.
In March 2015, the Australian and Vietnamese Governments, "noting the strategic and economic developments in the region" since signing the first agreement, committed to a "Declaration on Enhancing the Australia-Việt Nam Comprehensive Partnership". The declaration notes mutual interest in "regional security, stability and economic growth", with both countries recognising the region's "significant challenges" to peace, stability and prosperity. Both countries believe in strengthening regional bodies and note the need for a "rules-based multilateral trading system" while creating the "best possible conditions" for bilateral trade and investment to reach its potential. The declaration is intended to "build on previous successes" and to "deepen and expand the strong relations between Australia and Việt Nam."
Nguyễn Bá Khuyến
In the Declaration "Enhancing the Australia-Việt Nam Comprehensive Partnership", both "Australia and Việt Nam value the contribution of the Vietnamese community in Australia (about 300,000 people) and the Australian community in Việt Nam to the social and economic development of both countries, and in promoting friendship and co-operation". As the Australia-Việt Nam Relationship developed, more Vietnamese-Australians began visiting their homeland, and attitudes changed gradually.
The period under the Hawke/Keating Labour governments was a critical period for establishing and substantially developing the relationship. Government-to-government activities were crucial, but much was achieved at the people-to-people level. The channeling of indirect aid in the 1980s relied heavily on individuals, both here and in Việt Nam, and early attempts at doing business in Việt Nam depended to a great extent on interested and determined people.
The Australian Government-owned communications company OTC (Overseas Telecommunications Commission), later to become Telstra, was a great example of an Australian company taking early advantage of opportunities in an economically liberalising Việt Nam. Starting with an A$5 million investment, over a decade it became Telstra's "largest single offshore investment", with a "committed investment of approximately A$200 million", evolving into a Business Cooperation Contract, which later became the standard for the telecommunications industry in Việt Nam.
Drawing on the example of OTC and other smaller businesses, Australia was one of the leading foreign investors in the early years, and trade increased exponentially, albeit from a tiny base. Two-way trade with Việt Nam increased from just over A$100 million in 1989/90 to just under A$1 billion in 1997/98, to just over A$10 billion in 2015/16, making Việt Nam Australia's 15th largest trading partner. Australian investment in Việt Nam was A$355 million in 1990/91 and A$1.5 billion in December 2015. Vietnamese investment in Australia at the same time was A$468 million.
There is every reason to believe that trade and investment will continue to grow. Corruption and bureaucratic obstacles are still problems, but Việt Nam understands that these are problems and will hopefully continue working to minimise these barriers over time. Việt Nam is now considered a middle-income country, with a young population of over 90 million, an ongoing growth rate of 5.5 per cent p.a. and an expectation that by "mid-century, Việt Nam is expected to be on the cusp of joining the world's top 20 economies".
Australia's aid programme continues to help Việt Nam reduce poverty, reach sustainable development, modernise its business practices and improve its infrastructure, especially roads and bridges. Having earlier constructed the Mỹ Thuận Bridge -Australia's largest infrastructure project then, the Cao Lãnh Bridge will also open in 2018. With Australian funding of A$160 million, it is the "single largest Australian aid activity on mainland Southeast Asia and is being jointly funded by the governments of Australia and Việt Nam, and the Asian Development Bank". These projects assist Việt Nam, but also benefit Australian companies. — VNS
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Michelangelo's Mozes is een marmeren beeldhouwwerk dat tussen 1513 en 1516 door Michelangelo Buonarroti is gemaakt. Het is een voorstelling van de Bijbelse persoon Mozes in de basiliek San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome.

Oorspronkelijk was het beeldhouwwerk bestemd voor het graf van paus Julius II in de Sint-Pietersbasiliek, maar Mozes en de graftombe werden in plaats daarvan geplaatst in de minder belangrijke basiliek van San Pietro in Vincoli op de Esquilijn in Rome.

De familie della Rovere, waar Giuliano della Rovere (later paus Julius II) van afstamde had goede banden met deze basiliek. Ook was Giuliano kardinaal in de San Pietro in Vincoli geweest.

Het standbeeld stelt Mozes met hoorns op zijn hoofd voor. Men gaat ervan uit dat dit komt door de foute vertaling van Exodus 34:29-35 in de Vulgaat door Hiëronymus van Stridon. In deze verzen gaf de Vulgaat weer, dat karan or "gehoornd" betekent. Het woord keren betekent in andere contexten weliswaar vaak hoorn, maar in deze context is de betekenis van karan or eerder "stralend".

In 1998 werd begonnen met een grote restauratie van het beeld. In november 2003 waren de specialisten klaar, waarna het in januari 2004 opnieuw werd ingewijd.

Het graf van paus Julius II
Rond 1505 gaf paus Julius II Michelangelo de opdracht om een praalgraf voor hem te ontwerpen en bouwen. De aanvankelijke ontwerpen voor het grafmonument lieten een kolossale constructie zien, die Michelangelo alle ruimte zou hebben gegeven om zijn bovenmenselijke en tragische beeldentaal te laten zien. Het vervaardigen van het graf werd echter een van de grootste teleurstellingen in het leven van de kunstenaar. Om onverklaarde redenen werd de opdracht echter naar de achtergrond verplaatst en was er steeds minder geld beschikbaar. De mogelijke oorzaak hiervoor was dat de fondsen, bedoeld voor Bramantes verbouwing van de Sint-Pietersbasiliek, op waren en er geld gehaald moest worden uit andere fondsen.

Het oorspronkelijke ontwerp van het project was een vrijstaand, op drie niveaus gebouwd graf met 48 standbeelden dat vrijstaand in de apsis van de Sint-Pietersbasiliek zou staan. Na de dood van de paus in 1513, werd het project door de opvolgers van Julius II minder belangrijk geacht en werd het stap voor stap verkleind. Het hele graf was in 1545, 32 jaar na de dood van de paus klaar. Uiteindelijk was het een eenvoudig praalgraf aan de muur geworden met minder dan één derde van de oorspronkelijk geplande beelden. Het beeld van Mozes middenin en de beelden van Lea en Rachel aan zijn zijde zijn door Michelangelo gemaakt. De andere beelden op het graf zijn gemaakt door Michelangelo's leerlingen. Een latere opdracht van paus Julius II voor het voorzien van fresco's op het plafond van de Sixtijnse Kapel in Rome, leidt tot Michelangelo's beroemdste schilderwerken. Michelangelo vervaardigde voor het graf enkele, deels niet voltooide, beelden die nu in andere steden te zien zijn. Deze werken, waaronder zijn beroemde slaven, geven een goed beeld van de oorspronkelijke plannen van Michelangelo voor het grafmonument.

De beelden van Michelangelo die aanvankelijk voor het praalgraf van Julius II gemaakt heeft zijn:

 Rebellerende Slaaf en Stervende Slaaf, tussen 1513 en 1516, nu in het Louvre, Parijs
 Jonge Slaaf, Atlas Slaaf, Bebaarde Slaaf en Ontwakende Slaaf, tussen 1520 en 1523, Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
 Hurkende jongen, tussen 1530 en 1534, Hermitage in Sint-Petersburg
 De Overwinning, tussen 1532 en 1534, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

Mozes
De leider van Israël wordt in zittende houding getoond, met de Tien Geboden in zijn ene hand en met zijn andere hand aan zijn baard. Het beeld stelt een pauzerende Mozes voor, die uitrust nadat hij de 10 geboden heeft ontvangen en van de Sinaï af is gedaald. Beneden ziet hij de mensen rond het Gouden Kalf dansen en is hij woedend. Ook bij dit werk gebruikt Michelangelo een gedraaid hoofd, wat een aangezicht van woede over het beeld geeft. Het beeld van Mozes is 2,35 meter hoog.

Michelangelo heeft de beelden op het graf gedetailleerd. Bij bestudering van het beeld van Mozes zijn spierzwellingen, zwellende aders en stevig gespierde benen te zien. Een schrijver zei eens over het beeld:

Als deze titaan (Mozes) zijn voet omhoog haalt en deze weer neer laat dalen, dan zal de wereld door midden breken.

Michelangelo zelf vond dat het kunstwerk van Mozes zijn meest levensechte verwezenlijking was.
Er gaat een legende dat toen Michelangelo met de rechterknie van Mozes klaar was, hij sprak "Perché non parli?" ("Waarom praat je niet!"). Dit sprak hij terwijl hij met zijn hamer op de knie van Mozes sloeg. In het beeld is op de knie een litteken te zien waarvan verwacht wordt dat deze hierdoor is ontstaan. Volgens sommigen zou Michelangelo ook een heel klein zelfportret verwerkt hebben in een van de plukken van zijn omvangrijke baard, al is dit niet honderd procent duidelijk en wordt dit dus door anderen in twijfel getrokken.

Het beeld inspireerde een ander standbeeld van Mozes in de fontein Fontana della Aqua Felice, het eindpunt van het aquaduct Acqua Felice.
Ook heeft het beeld een verwantschap met Donatello's Sint Jan-Baptist en met fresco's van de profeten uit de Sixtijnse kapel.

Externe link
 Artikel Katholiek Nederland betreffende de restauratie

Beeld van Michelangelo
16e-eeuwse beeldende kunst
1510-1519
Beeld in Rome

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Heroes and Patriots
By USAF SSgt. Stacia Zachary
Airmen Honor Fallen Comrade In Arms
(May 27, 2009)
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq (5/26/2009 - AFNS) -- Airmen here paid tribute to a fallen comrade on the two-year anniversary of the death of a fire team leader from the 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Det. 3, Police Transition Training Team here.
Capt. David Watts and Senior Airman Cole Magin stand beside a wreath placed as a memorial for Staff Sgt. John T. Self who was killed in action two years ago on this date when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle May 14 in Iraq. Captain Watts and Airman Magin served with Sergeant Self and currently are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. John T. Self was killed May 14, 2007, while out on patrol when the Humvee he was in struck by an improvised explosive device.
The convoy was making its way through a known hub for anti-Iraqi force snipers and IEDs when the sergeant succumbed to injuries sustained in that blast.
The PTT team dedicated the May 14 convoy mission to Sergeant Self by first visiting the site where the IED struck the vehicle. Two former members of Wildcard, the call sign for the PTT team rotation, both Airmen who were deployed with Sergeant Self, laid a wreath at the impact site and said a few words.
"We come to this spot to honor our fallen Wildcard Warrior known by us as 'the Jackal,'" said Capt. David Watts, the former operations officer from the Wildcard PTT team. "I am grateful for this chance to peacefully honor the life of Sergeant Self. He died doing what he believed in and he believed that being here and helping the Iraqi people was a just cause. Two years later, his beliefs are reality; the progress is amazing."
The experience provided a surreal moment for another member of Sergeant Self's team. Senior Airman Cole Magin is on his second tour with the PTT team.
"It's weird to be here right now," Airman Magin said of his first visit to the scene of the attack since the sergeant's death. "A big part of taking another deployment with the PTT team was to give me a chance to get over losing (Sergeant Self). I took a chance and today it's all about remembering the man he was every day. He had the biggest heart. I wish more people were like him."
The team paid their respects, made their way through the city of Baghdad and arrived at Al-Bayaa Iraqi police station, the Iraqi police station that Sergeant Self's squad was responsible for training and mentoring.
Captain Watts and Airman Magin presented the wreath to the station commander and asked that it be displayed proudly. The captain also had the commander sign a metal plate with pictures of the Wildcard squad in which Sergeant Self was a member.
"We remember him today," said the Iraqi police commander. "We still carry a heavy burden for his death and we honor him for his sacrifice. (The PTT) team has helped us so much and we thank you so much."
The PTT team is responsible for providing outside-the-wire combat support to the Iraqi police. They are responsible for training the Iraqi police on tactical maneuvers and other techniques necessary to provide security to the greater Baghdad community.
In the two years following Sergeant Self's death, the city has undergone a huge change. In many ways, the city is beginning to come alive again after so much fighting.
"I never would have thought that anyone would be safe to step outside their vehicles in broad daylight again," Airman Magin said. "You still can't wander around aimlessly and you can't let your guard down but it's a far sight better now than I could have ever hoped for two years ago."
The memorial marked a moment of acceptance for the Airmen, too.
"I needed to be a part of this. It helps bring things full circle for me," Airman Magin said. "To come back and finally see change -- especially when we were so without hope -- has helped me put to rest this anger I had for my friend being killed. Seeing this place now, walking the streets, helps me accept that what we did here two years ago helped accomplish this. Sergeant Self would have liked to see this."
The captain echoed his sentiments.
"Two years ago, everything (was) hopeless," Captain Watts said. "Knowing there's been such significant change has helped us grasp that we were a part of creating this and that Jackal's death wasn't for nothing. There's finally hope again."
U.S. Air Forces Central combat camera team
Reprinted from Air Force News Service

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Headline News from around the Southeast for January 13
Disaster Relief, International Mission Board, International News, National News
When David Schorejs became pastor of First Baptist Church Apopka on Easter 2014, he established one goal. "Instead of creating ministry and asking God to bless it, we decided to embrace the community around us," he said. Located north of Orlando, the community surrounding the church was home to a large population of homeless and destitute people, the Florida Baptist Witness reported. The church soon began to host weekly dinners as a part of its Next Step Ministry. "The ministry is designed to remind the community that everyone has a next step in life," he explained. Each week between 60 and 70 volunteers come out to serve in the ministry, and as many as 60 impoverished people attend the dinners. Through the years, more than 30 community residents have made professions of faith in Jesus and have been baptized. "We love seeing what the Lord is doing," Schorejs said. For more of this story, click here.
The mile-wide path of destruction left behind after an EF-4 tornado rumbled across Coweta County in March was nearly beyond imagination. Less than a year later, the trees downed by the tornado have become firewood to help needy families heat their homes this winter. With cold weather approaching, Pastor Jamie Callaway and members of Faith Baptist Church in Bowman have delivered 20 tons of tornado-ravaged firewood to the Ramah Navajo Reservation near Pine Hill, New Mexico, The Christian Index reported.
"What was a tragedy for Greg [Thompson] and his family [who lost their home in the tornado] turned out to be a blessing for our brothers and sisters in the Navajo nation," Callaway said. Homeowner Thompson said God used the tornado to renew his faith, explaining that God brought him "to a state of repentance" because he had not been "as close to Him as I should be." To read more, click here.
After more than a decade of membership decline, Scottsville Road Baptist Church in Bowling Green voted unanimously in August 2020 to become a campus of nearby Living Hope Baptist Church, called Living Hope Scottsville Road, The Baptist Paper reported.
Will Burnham, pastor of the new campus, said the decision to merge has been positive for all involved. "Being part of the [Southern Baptist Convention], you are not alone. There's always somebody out there who's ready to help. It's just being willing to ask for help and to know that we are stronger together. That's the beating heart of the SBC, isn't it? To cooperate together, to advance the Kingdom," Burnham said. "If there is a church out there struggling, I would encourage it to be willing to have a conversation with a sister church in its county." Click here to read more of this story.
Nearly eight years after arriving in the United States as a refugee, Nathan Rostampour still reaches families in Central Asia with the gospel, raising up leaders among secret house churches in the region, the Biblical Recorder reported.
On Sundays, he broadcasts worship services through Instagram, which is one platform not blocked in Iran. At the end of the service, he opens a chat box where members fellowship virtually and share prayer requests.
About 1,000 families tune in from their homes to join services and discipleship courses every week.
On Saturdays, Rostampour holds an online class through which he teaches discipleship and leadership concepts. He hosts multiple Zoom meetings and phone calls with house church leaders throughout the week to mentor, keep in touch with and pray for leaders in Iran.
The evangelical population in Iran is quickly growing, he said. "It's an amazing opportunity for the church in general to reach Iran these days." To read more about this ministry, click here.
Leaders at Carson-Newman University are continuing to navigate through the recovery and assessment phases in the wake of a Nov. 26 fire that damaged the school's Pedersen Nursing Building, the Baptist and Reflector reported.
Campus leaders expressed thanks to the many who donated to replenish lost supplies and training equipment.
Due to fire and water damage, nothing in the building was salvageable.
Because the fire occurred when students were away for Thanksgiving break, no one had been in the building for days.
"It was a hallelujah moment when we discovered that everybody was accounted for and safe. … We can replace technology and equipment and buildings.
"But you just can't replace a life," said Fowler, who requested prayer for the school's leaders and for God to work in the details as the university continues through the transition. Click here to read more.
When 5,000 Afghan refugees were relocated to a U.S. military base on the East Coast earlier this year, Sarah Parker (name changed for security reasons) felt called to help.
A Marine wife and member of Pillar Church of Dumfries, Parker began to look for ways to minister to the families displaced by the Taliban's takeover of Kabul.
Working with Send Relief, Parker helps coordinate numerous activities for children, including sports, games, songs, English as a Second Language classes and crafts.
"The goal is to go in and love on these kids who have been through so much trauma and transition in a short period of time," Parker said.
"We want to set them up for success in the American education system, while reminding them that they are children who can still play and have fun despite what they've been through," she said. "This is our missions field." Click here to read more.


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[![100px-Sigil.svg](/assets/2013/02/100px-Sigil.svg_.png)](/assets/2013/02/100px-Sigil.svg_.png)

##### Sigil CC-BY-SA by [bwigfield](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sigil.jpg).

In [chaos magick](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magick), s[igils](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil_(magic)) are visual embodiments of intent used to focus and actualize that intent. Within both [supernatural](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Liber-Null-Psychonaut-Peter-Carroll/dp/0877286396/) and [cognitive](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brain-Magick-Exercises-Meta-Magick-Invocation/dp/0738729264/) theories of magic the principle is the same: sigils are foci for attracting the resources (supernatural or mental) required to achieve the desire of the person who has constructed them.

Traditional sigils are drawings, two dimensional graphical forms, created using magic square or letter abstraction techniques. Contemporary mages have constructed hypermedia sigils in [various formats](http://technoccult.net/archives/2010/02/18/hypersigils-reconsidered/), from comic book series to interactive multimedia installations.

Sigils created by creative computer graphics programming software can be printed cheaply using Open Source 3D printers or online 3D printing services. This opens up a new range of techniques for creating and using sigils.

[![Image copyright 2011 Marius Watz](/assets/2013/02/7660-SF-Kinotek-Form-studies-Makerbot.png)](/assets/2013/02/7660-SF-Kinotek-Form-studies-Makerbot.png)

##### Image copyright 2011 Marius Watz

The 3D printed art of [Marius Watz](http://mariuswatz.com/) shows how data can be modelled in aesthetically appealing three dimensional form, and how the challenges of modelling complex arbitrary data can be met while still creating easily printed models. [RIG's experiments](http://russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2010/01/data-decs.html) in 3D printed models of user data by distorting pre-existing forms [Chernoff Face](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernoff_face)-style to display a as christmas tree decorations. We Can use these approaches and more (such as [model mash-ups](http://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=mashup) and extrusion of [2D sigils](http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:10849)) to embody the intent of sigils rather than Web 2.0 data or random numbers in 3D printed form.

[![azathoth_3d_sigil_letters](/assets/2013/02/azathoth_3d_sigil_letters.png)](/assets/2013/02/azathoth_3d_sigil_letters.png)

##### Image Copyright Joshua Madara 2011.

[Joshua Madara's](http://hyperritual.com/joshua) 3D graphics sigil creator [Processing sketch](http://hyperritual.com/portfolio/3d-sigil-maker/) demonstrates the creation of a virtual three dimensional sigil form. The sigil is line-based, to keep its genetic link to magic square-based sigils, and would not be 3D printable in this form. But the lines could be replaced with cylinders or rectangular beams, with the angles of joins between them limited to ensure that they can be printed without support on [Open Source 3D printers](http://www.reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page).

[![Probability-Lattice-0304-Final-pieces](/assets/2013/02/Probability-Lattice-0304-Final-pieces.png)](/assets/2013/02/Probability-Lattice-0304-Final-pieces.png)

##### Image copyright 2011 Marius Watz

Whether Watz's [organic](http://mariuswatz.com/2011/07/21/form-studies-makerbot/) or [machinic](http://mariuswatz.com/2012/05/09/probability-lattice/) forms, more object based approaches or something even more abstract, it is easy to see how this can be applied to the construction of sigils. The mapping of letters (or words) to formal properties or objects by software in order to encode them in forms is how 3D printed sigil models can be produced. This adds an extra dimension of reality and relationality between the virtual and the real that affords a corresponding increase in persuasiveness and richness for sigils.

Part of the efficacy of a sigil may come from the mindfulness and concentration involved in manually constructing and chargeing it. If this is the case then having a machine construct the sigil may work against the sigil's effectiveness. Constructing the code to make the sigil, and watching the mechanical operation of Open Source 3D printers alleviate this. And a better sigil form than could be made by hand will be a better focus, whether produced by magickal or technological means.

Create 3D sigils using creative coding software such as [Processing](http://processing.org/), or in 3D design software such as [Blender](http://www.blender.org/). Make the software and model files [Free Software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software) and [Free Culture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_culture_movement) ([GPL](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) the software, [BY-SA](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) the models, wherever you can) and empower others to follow in your footsteps. Upload the model to a filesharing site such as [Thingiverse](http://www.thingiverse.com/). Then print it using an Open Source 3D printer such as a [Lulzbot](http://www.lulzbot.com/) or a 3D printing service such as [Shapeways](http://www.shapeways.com/).

A 3D printed sigil can be used as a focus for contemplation, mediation or ritual. It can be placed in work or living space as a reminder and proof of the reality of the objective embodied in the sigil. Or it can be destroyed to release it into the imagination and the world as part of a ritual by burning or by melting using solvents (but beware toxic fumes). Uploading the sigil to a model [filesharing site](http://www.thingiverse.com/) will spread it further into the world as both virtual and, if anyone prints it, as physical form.

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Letter: Purple in October by Lynn Feldman
Some of you may remember the 1985 movie The Color Purple. The story's main character endures the trauma of domestic violence. When she sees the color in the landscape around her, it is evident that she will never give up her hope and belief that life is beautiful. In our cultural experience, the color purple is connected ironically both with pain and suffering as well as with royalty. Each year during October, Domestic Violence Awareness month, the color is a reminder to reflect on the issue of domestic violence in our community and nation. Not only does it alert us to the pain and suffering of domestic violence victims, but it also celebrates the strength of those who face it currently in their lives.
According to national domestic violence organizations, on average more than three women a day are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in the United States. One in every four women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. While nationally 85 percent of domestic violence victims are women, this epidemic is blind to gender, age, socioeconomic status, race, religion or educational background. In the state of Wisconsin, during the year 2011, there were 37 domestic violence murder victims. Approximately one in five of those victims were under the age of five. Thirteen were female and 24 were male. The victims ranged in age from less than one year old to 82.
The good news is that the murder count for 2011 was down from that in 2009 and 2010. Hopefully, awareness of the issue, prevention education for youth, information about safe shelters and accountability for perpetrators is making a difference. Take time this October to Mourn, Celebrate and Connect regarding the issue of domestic violence. Tri-County Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault has set aside Oct. 10 as Purple Day. Agency staff members ask that people wear purple apparel or at least a purple ribbon as a reminder that people have died as the result of domestic violence, and that currently people are surviving abuse in their homes. Connect as a community to stand up when abuse is witnessed. Be a piece of the puzzle to extinguish it completely.
Purple puzzle pins and ribbons are available at the Tri-County Council offices in Rhinelander, Crandon and Eagle River. As well, purple folders are available with informational materials on the nature of intimate partner, elder, teen and child abuse, as well as on sexual assault. For more information call (800) 236-1222.
Lynn Feldman, Domestic Violence Advocate, Tri-County Council
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Q: Markov Chain - method of generating function -to find nth power P= $\left(\begin {matrix}q&p&0&0\\0&q&p&0\\0&0&q&p\\0&0&0&1\end{matrix}\right)$
We are to find $P^n$  using method of generating function.
I have understood the steps up to finding the inverse as inv (I-sP) = $\frac{adj(I-sP)}{|I-sP|}$
This matrix works out to
P= $\left(\begin {matrix}(1-sq)^{-1}&sp(q-sq)^{-2}&s^2p^2(1-sq)^{-3}&s^3p^3(1-s)^{-1}(1-sq)^{-3}\\0&(1-sq)^{-1}&sp(1-sq)^2&s^2p^2(1-s)^{-1}(1-sq)^{-2}\\0&0&(1-sq)^{-1}&sp(1-s)^{-1}(1-sq)^{-1}\\0&0&0&(1-s)^{-1}\end{matrix}\right)$
I have not understood the next step in the textbook which says now collect coefficients of $s^n$ by expanding each element of $(I-sP)^{-1}$ in powers of s to get the matrix. The first row of this matrix is
$\left(\begin{matrix} q^n&& npq^{n-1}&&\frac{n(n-1)p^2q^{n-2}}{2}&&p^3(1+3q+6q^2+.......)\end{matrix}\right)$
Request guide as to how is this done for the first row of the matrix. I will work out the rest based on this

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California's carbon market could help stop Amazon deforestation »
By Derek Walker / Bio / Published: February 10, 2014
(This post first appeared in Point Carbon North America)
By Juan Carlos Jintiach, Shuar indigenous leader from the Amazon basin, and Derek Walker, Associate Vice President for the US Climate and Energy Program at Environmental Defense Fund
From left to right: Juan Carlos Jintiach, Megaron Txucarramae (a leader of Brazil's indigenous Kayapo tribe), Lubenay.
A recent10 article in the Journal of Climate predicts that destroying the Amazon rainforest would cause disastrous drought across California and the western United States. Californians are already no strangers to drought – the state is suffering one of its worst on record. But the research adds an interesting dimension to what we already know from numerous studies about deforestation: that greenhouse gas pollution in California and around the world makes forests, including the Amazon, drier and more susceptible to widespread fires. California may be thousands of miles away from "the Earth's lungs," but how we treat our diverse ecosystems directly affects the one atmosphere we all share.
It is good news for everyone that California's Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) – which includes the world's most comprehensive carbon market – is already helping reduce the state's greenhouse gas pollution. Amazon states and nations have also greatly reduced their greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, which collectively accounts for as much greenhouse gas pollution as all the cars, trucks, and buses in the world. California now has a terrific opportunity to show global environmental leadership by helping Amazon states keep deforestation rates headed for zero while helping save money for companies and consumers in the Golden State.
The current world leader in greenhouse gas reductions is Brazil, which has brought Amazon deforestation down about 75% since 2005 and kept almost 3 billion tons of carbon out of the atmosphere. Indigenous peoples and forest communities have played an essential role in this accomplishment. Decades of indigenous peoples' struggles against corporate miners, loggers, ranchers, and land grabbers and advocacy in defense of their land rights have resulted in the legal protection of 45% of the Amazon basin as indigenous territory and forest reserves – an area more than eight times the size of California.
Credit: Dylan Murray
These dedicated indigenous and forest lands hold about half of the forest carbon of the Amazon, and have proven to be effective barriers against frontier expansion and deforestation. In a real sense, indigenous and forest peoples are providing a huge global environmental service, but that service is almost entirely unrecognized, let alone compensated. And in Brazil, where agribusiness is pushing back hard against law enforcement and reserve creation, deforestation is back on the upswing – increasing nearly 30% last year.
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A few weeks ago, indigenous leaders from Brazil, Ecuador, and Mexico are in California engaging state leaders and policymakers on the issues of deforestation, indigenous and local peoples' rights, and potential partnership with California's carbon market. California should insist that only jurisdictions that respect indigenous and local peoples' rights, territory and knowledge, and ensure that they benefit from REDD+ programs get access to its market.
The successful adoption and implementation of AB 32 is proof that California is leading the nation on effective, market-based climate change policies. But it's time to take that another step forward. By allowing credits from REDD+ to play a role in the AB 32 program, the Golden State can be a world leader on one of the most significant causes of climate change and take action to protect the health and prosperity of a threatened land and its people.
Learn more about REDD+ and California:
A Blueprint for Advancing California's Strong Leadership on Global Climate Change
California's Carbon Market: A Potential Game-Changer in Slowing the Amazon's Deforestation
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This interview with the hosts of First Reaction/Fan Reaction is part of a series highlighting podcasts participating in Philly Podfest 2019. See the full line-up of live shows on our Schedule page.
By Sarah Palmatory
I sat down to chat with Cailin and Dara, the hosts of First Reaction/Fan Reaction and creators of WittyClothes Productions, which has a Philly Podfest live show scheduled for 4:30PM at Tattooed Mom on July 27th.
Q: To get started, many festival viewers will be listening to podcasts for the first time. If you were describing your podcast to someone who has never listened to a podcast, what would you say?
A: Well, we are two friends who watch TV shows that one of us has seen and is a big fan of, and the other person is watching for the first time.
Then we review episodes of the show which results in two different perspectives.
Q: Interesting premise. Why did you start the podcast?
Cailin: We've worked together for a while already before we started the podcast! We've known each other since college where we produced a movie/TV review program for our on campus TV station (we actually started producing that show together before we even became friends). After we graduated we still wanted to produce content together, and it was Dara's idea to review shows where one of us has seen it before and the other hasn't
Dara: It also came from discussion about TV shows and being upset when Cailin hadn't watched any of the shows I was talking about, and the experience of watching Avatar: The Last Airbender for the first time and talking about it to Cailin who has loved that show since childhood.
Q: Why podcasting? Do you plan to continue in the media long-term, or move toward producing for TV?
Dara: I think for me I started listening to podcasts in college, and I liked the idea of sitting down with a friend and having a conservation about something. Also it felt like there wasn't a time limit like with video so you could go in depth and go off topic, stuff like that.
Cailin: Yeah, I definitely also think with podcasting there's a lot of variety. I actually do TV stuff for work so I really like the variety that comes with working in a different format!
Q: Do you have any future plans for your podcast? Taking it to the "next step?"
Our idea of "next step" is branching out and covering more content. We have a lot of ideas for other shows so to be able to expand what we already have is where we see ourselves heading in the future. We always have something to talk about!
We have ideas for more reviewing style podcast, discussion podcast, and maybe even scripted podcast. WittyClothes is basically a production company and we want to have a variety of podcasts.
Q: What are you planning to talk about at your live show? Do you format live shows differently than usual episodes?
For our live shows, we tend to review movies instead of TV shows because it's easier to recap a movie in that amount of time. Also it's more likely that more people have seen it. There's definitely more planning that goes into live shows for us. For live shows, we don't have the benefit of editing so we have to have a good idea where we're headed from beginning to end. It makes it exciting and the extra planning makes the show into something special.
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To check it out for yourself, you can visit the pair on Facebook at facebook.com/wittyclothes and attend the live show at Tattooed Mom on the 27th!
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As I'm still riding high on vests, I thought I'd use this chance to make one. I haven't worn this scarf in a while but I still really like it. It's soft, sort of pretty, but yeah.. mostly it's just soft. Also, with this winter being as cold as it is, I'm all for any new layers I can add under my coat!
Step 1: Cut scarf in half, then cut one of the halves in half.
Step 2: On the large piece, place double stick tape along the edge (on the bad side) that you just cut and fold. Set this aside until Step 6.
Step 3: Place double stick along one cut edge on each of the small pieces and fold.
Step 4: Now lay the smaller pieces one over the other with good sides together and pin down one of the long, vertical sides.
Step 5: Stitch straight down the side you just pinned. Then, open the scarf. Place on the machine with the good side facing up and stitch across the edges with double stick tape.
Step 6: Now you're ready to use the large piece. Stretch the large piece out flat on the floor. Fold in half to find the center point and mark with a pin. Then unfold.
Step 7: With the good sides together, lay the long piece over the two smaller ones, so that the seam is lined up with the pin. Pin across the edge where the pieces meet up.
Step 8: Stitch across. Now is also a good time to stitch the edge on the long piece with the double stick tape on it.
Step 8: Fold the long piece of scarf so the ends all meet up with the bottom of the smaller pieces and pin.
Step 9: Finish by running a 3" row of stitches along each side, from the bottom edge going up.
Flip right side out and it's ready to wear.
so clever! this means it should be relatively easy to knit a vest as well. like, knit three pieces and stitch them together...have to try it!


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HAS POLITICS TURNED OUT TO BE THE COMMON DENOMINATOR AND A DOMINEERING FACTOR, OR, IS IT A TIP OF AN ICEBERG? By Mungai.
Posted by Mungai on December 8th, 2009
It's now eminent that O.D.M party is slowly tilting and it might be headed for disintegration, spilt or it might trumble down, if the current storm which has rocked the party is anything to go by. The recent past week events portrays the has been rocked by in-party wrangles and bickering which has hit the crescendo with no sign of reliering
Despite it been a domineering party which commands the majority in parliament, it rocked found its footing on the ground because right form the onset it has been rocked in wrangles with a section of the rift valley m.ps constantly in the collision course with the party leader ,ralia odinga,over a wide ranging of issues.
But, this isn't an exception case as this is the situation which characterizes the Kenyan political parties. The party leaders were accussed of constituting political parties that are poorly structured which doesn't have a clear cut leadership strategy. Most political parties are formed if a situation beckons, or to capitalise on something which mostly revolves around tribal and ethic lines. Hence if a certain tribe feels threatened, shortchanged or it was given a raw deal, it strate to sabotage the party and threatens to quit. A split becomes eminent if the circumstances forbids and that's. Why there are so many conglomerations of tribal parties.
This is the situation that O.D.M party found itself in. they formed their party at the height of the time forced them to constitution referendum situation of opposing the draft constitution at the time forced them to constitute that party and they based their formation on the block regions and tribes. And,that`s why right from the onset the rift valley block has been complaining that they were shortchanged and were given a raw deal when they were sharing the share of the national cake.
For quite along time, the party who is the prime minister, has been in constant crossfire path with a these m.ps, who have threatened to make good their threatened to abandon the party. They are proving to be a thorn in the flesh within the party.
He is facing a political storm of his life time, a make or break situation as pressure continues to mount as a formidable challenge which has been orchestra by this rift valley m.ps who haven't minced their words. This ironical political maneuvering might tear down the party if the words which are been lamented by these leaders are to be believed. He is trying to survive a battle that has been thrown at his court and directed at him by his political opponents
The simmering matter that is threatening to tear the party apart is the issue of the Mau forest conservation where the government made good its threat and its reclaiming the forest which was allocated to illegal beneficial lies. But the turn and way the eviction saga is taking disheartening which might be futile.
Most squatters have left voluntarily after the expiring of the deadline they were given by the government, a situation that made them to be internally displaced people. This situation has led the prime minister in direct collision course with the rift valley m.ps led by the agriculture minister.
It now seems as the two party leaders are pulling in different directions concerning this hot issue of Mau forest conservation. The agriculture minister and his counterparts proclaim that the evictees have been victimized and are been treated in an in humane manner, a matter at which has been blown out of proportion by the politicians to capitalize the matter politically. The premier has countered this by saying that this is one of the delicately handled evictions which have never happened in the recent past compared with the evictions.
But will we throw the real issue of conservation out of the window and substitute it with politics? Is the government sincere with the matter or is it a tip of the iceberg which will participate political regalements or is it just a passing cloud? But why is it that politics always become the common denominator and the domineering factor in all of our understandings?
Analysis of this shenanigan one only reads the irony behind it and the political sinister motive on the part of critics. And, surprisingly certain members of the cabinet have opted to make political capital out of the issue forgetting it was subject to their decision.
Efforts aimed at conserving our water towers must be supported at all costs. But the irony of it all is that the politicization of the conservation of Mau is clear deviation from the core issue. It also shows cases how politics inflates all our undertakings.
And anyone who thinks that the political class has the best interest of Kenyans at heart is woefully mistaken. On the centrally all that really counts for the majority of our politicians is the furtherance of their own selfish interests. Nothing demonstrates the veracity of this assertion more than what is currently unfolding in regard to the Mau eviction.
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THE SATIRICAL CATFIGHTS: By Mungai »
………..The real Kenyan politicking at its' homestretch…………it is being written that ……..As President Uhuru focuses on the fight against corruption and building bridges initiative agreed with Raila Odinga, Deputy president, William Ruto has invested his energy and resources in building a massive following in Mt. Kenya region, where several Members of Parliament and constituents sing his praises………….
…………………The tea industry in Kenya once cherished as gold, and, a leading foreign exchange earner, is in the doldrums, following the poor payment of the tea bonus….And, accusing fingers are pointing at Kenya Tea Development Agency, which the farmers are saying that it's behind the stagnation of the tea sector..
…………………Politics at the Pulpits and Altars in the Churches……….It has been noted with big concern a growing trend where politicians have invaded the Pulpits and Altars in Churches in total disguise that they are greeting the congregation whereas they are having their own political agendas………
…………." The Big Building Bridges Initiative divide"……..And, the jury is out, that the Building Bridges Initiative, might divide the country rather than unite…….if the political shenanigans that are happening in those Building Bridges Initiative forums cum political rallies are anything to go by……..


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How this Singapore designer turned her quarantine into a productive 'workcation'
Priscilla Shunmugam, founder of Ong Shunmugam – which counts Tan Kheng Hua and Janice Koh among its fans – put her recent stay home notice to good use by creating new designs, and even launched a furniture collection from her hotel room.
Priscilla Shunmugam, 39, returned to Singapore in mid-September from London, where she has been partly based out of since 2018. (Photo: Aik Chen)
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When serving a stay home notice at a hotel upon one's return to Singapore, what do people do to stay occupied and keep boredom at bay? Some post images of their meals and cocktail deliveries, while others use the time to catch up on lost sleep or to get fit.
For Priscilla Shunmugam, founder of womenswear label Ong Shunmugam, her two weeks of isolation in a hotel room became what was effectively a round-the-clock "workcation".
"I've been so productive during this period that I would highly recommend this to anyone who feels they can't work from home anymore or need a break from dealing with their spouse or kids. You will be so focused," said Shunmugam via a Zoom call during her stay home period.
Her loyal clientele will be pleased to know she has been occupied with design work – her hotel room is filled with paraphernalia such as Pantone colour chips, measuring tapes and clothing samples which she fits on herself.
"I've been so productive during this period that I would highly recommend [working from a hotel room] to anyone who feels they can't work from home anymore," said Shunmugam. (Photo: Aik Chen)
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In the midst of this flurry of activity, she also remotely managed the unveiling of her new rattan furniture range under her brand's Suvarnabumi homeware line.
Shunmugam, 39, returned to Singapore in mid-September from London, where she has been partly based out of since 2018. Although she was unable to complete her stay home notice ahead of the launch date, she remained in constant WhatsApp contact with her staff and maintained an active presence on social media to drum up interest in the range.
After all, it is not like she has not orchestrated a virtual launch before.
In June and July, the designer released her second collection for her workwear-centric diffusion line, Om, via a series of Instagram Live sessions, with many pieces designed to be Zoom-friendly. The drops, which she filmed while in London, featured guest appearances by various Singaporean personalities who are fans of her clothing, including actresses Tan Kheng Hua and Janice Koh.
While she is still best known as the designer who reinvented the cheongsam with her unique flair for mixing traditional Asian textiles with modernised silhouettes, Shunmugam has in the last year expanded her design repertoire beyond clothing.
Following last year's successful Suvarnabumi tableware launch, which features tropical flora and fauna motifs, the brand is back this year with rattan furniture that are made-to-order in Malaysia.
Like her womenswear designs, the 12-piece furniture collection bears her now-distinctive design hallmarks including intricate patterns and the incorporation of batik and jacquard fabrics.
Like her womenswear designs, the 12-piece rattan furniture collection bears Shunmugam's now-distinctive design hallmarks including intricate patterns and the incorporation of batik and jacquard fabrics. (Photo: Ong Shunmugam)
"From my design perspective, I wanted something that was cohesive as a collection, in that when you look at it in its entirety, you can see threads of uniformity," she said. Included in the range are baskets, standing planters, dining chairs, a dining table and a screen.
The idea of designing a feminine collection of furniture also appealed. She mused, "How many female furniture designers are there? I don't know but I thought it would be nice for a woman to be designing for another woman. In terms of the choice of fabrics and colour palette, this collection is quite unapologetic about being feminine."
The collection is unapologetic about being feminine. (Photo: Ong Shunmugam)
The rattan furnishings can also be considered a product of the coronavirus pandemic. When extensive lockdowns were implemented earlier this year, Shunmugam, who was in London then, found her team spread out in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.
She tasked them to conduct research on the various artisanal makers accessible to them and through the process of elimination, landed on rattan weavers. This was because her production manager, who was stranded in Kuala Lumpur, had access to a rattan furniture maker who was willing to custom-build pieces for them.
"We tried our best to take a different path by ignoring the common references of rattan furniture. Most of our pieces had no template to build upon, meaning we had to draw them from scratch and the craftsmen had to build from our drawings," she said.
The artisans, she said, took her unconventional requests in their stride and were even "excited" to try something new.
"We challenged the craftsmen with technically demanding requests to merge materials and structures together in ways that hadn't been attempted before," she added.
For example, she wanted colourful binding that would wrap around the planters – it turned out to be an extremely labour intensive and intricate process which they executed to perfection. "I am amazed that across all these distances, we were able to make this connection," she said.
Still, this year has not been without its heartbreaks.
At the beginning of 2020, she jubilantly made an announcement that she would be launching her first overseas Ong Shunmugam boutique in London's Notting Hill. But when the UK imposed lockdowns in April to bring the virus under control, she made the heartbreaking decision to shutter her boutique even before it had opened to the public. Today, all that is left of this dream is a photograph of the renovated premises on the brand's Instagram.
"It was quite brutal because I didn't have a lot of time to think about it. I just had two phone calls with my lawyer and financial advisor and that was it. I had promised myself that the London store would have to stand on its own two feet and never be a burden to our operations in Singapore," she recalled.
"I went through such a rollercoaster of emotions and experienced utter loss. I was involved in everything, from packing inventory with my team in Singapore, unpacking it in London and then finally sending the stock back to Singapore," she said.
Luckily, the business "wasn't very badly hit" despite the store closure, which she attributes to her customer base who have always understood the importance of what she terms "meaningful purchasing".
For now though, she says has no plans to reopen her London boutique and does not intend to return to the British capital until the situation has stabilised or a vaccine is developed.
"You need to be living in London to realise how badly COVID-19 has shaken it," she said with a tinge of sadness. "I remember going to this huge Waitrose supermarket and I took a video where every rack was emptied out. They were overwhelmed."
To overcome her disappointment at having to close her dream boutique, she has channelled her feelings into a bout of "creative madness". Besides the Om and rattan collections, she will soon launch a ceramics range and her next cheongsam collection. "I found an outlet to send the sadness away and the work you are going to see, these all came from turning my feelings into something positive," she said.
There is still much to anticipate, including the brand's 10th anniversary this December. It is a significant milestone, she acknowledges, but how she will commemorate it remains up in the air.
"I feel it in my heart and that's all that matters. I am my harshest critic and I feel that over the years, we have managed to change things, even just a little bit," she said. "I feel like COVID-19 has made me realise how resilient I am as a person and also how resilient the business is."
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Curious what the future of medicine will look like? According to this recent article on CNBC.com, it appears that for many physicians it will involve a boss, a timeclock and a steady paycheck. Not surprisingly, as the legal and administrative burdens of running a private practice continue to increase, more and more seasoned physicians are making the leap to hospital employment. And, according to the CNBC article, it appears that a new generation of physicians is bypassing the private practice model altogether and heading right into hospital employment.
Unfortunately, in my experience, many hospitals are not prepared to accommodate physician employees on a large scale and often lack the expertise to manage physician practices efficiently. After all, hsopitals are in the business (often not-for-profit) of running hospitals, not doctors' offices. As a result, hospital-owned physician practices can quickly become money-losing propositions. While some hospitals may be willing to subsidize physician practices for a period of time, in my experience, they may try to play "catch-up" in the contract renewal period – imposing unrealistic performance targets on physicians or tying compensation to expenses or other factors beyond physician control.
Hospital employment can be a long-term career option but physicians should understand that most initial hospital employment terms will be less than 5 years and are commonly only 3 years. It is critical therefore that when negotiating your initial hospital employment agreement, you try to build a framework for negotiation of renewal terms. This may involve caps or floors on compensation adjustments, realistic performance criteria and mechanisms to overcome negotiation impasses such as reliance on independent third party valuation experts.


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Veterinary practice support during the COVID-19 pandemic – an effective solution where face-to-face consultations may not be possible
At Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, the health and wellbeing of animals continue to be our number one priority especially more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have a duty to continue to support and protect pet owners and their pets, especially those who are in isolation because their pets are perhaps the only companions they may have.
Therefore as part of our continued support and commitment to pet owners, their pets as well as understanding the needs of veterinary professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health UK Limited has partnered with VetHelpDirect to offer all veterinary practices in the UK & Ireland free* access to an online video consultation platform for a period of three months.
By offering an alternative to face-to-face consultations, the online platform provides a means to continue to care for animals while protecting both clients and vet practice staff and still maintaining revenue streams. For example, patients can be triaged to determine whether they actually need to be seen and post-operative checks can be performed.
The system can be used by clients on most smart phones or tablet devices. Clients can book online or be sent a link by the practice, and with payment being taken online before the consultation commences, revenue streams are maintained.
With the increasing importance of avoiding unnecessary person-to-person contact, practices using online consultations will be able to provide care for clients that are self-isolating. Self-isolating staff may also be able to continue to work from home, allowing for business continuity.
The VetHelpDirect service will be provided free* of charge by Boehringer Ingelheim for three months for any UK or Ireland veterinary practice. To find out more or to register for the free service, visit https://bit.ly/bi_video_consulting
* Terms & Conditions
1. The VetHelpDirect Video Platform will be available free of charge for three months from the date of sign-up for all UK and Republic of Ireland veterinary practices.
2. The closing date for signing up to the offer is 1st June 2020.
3. VetHelpDirect reserves the right to extend or withdraw the free offer at any time.
4. If a practice wishes to continue to use the service after three-month free period, there will be a cost £20 per practice per month.
5. If, after the end of the promotional period, the veterinary practice is not already registered on the VetHelpDirect Directory, there will be an additional monthly fee of £38 for the first branch plus £16 for each additional branch.
6. Client payments are taken through Stripe and are subject to a 4.8% platforms fee.
7. Money collected for consultation payments will be paid monthly to the practice net of the platforms fee.
8. For further information please call 02382 250 102 or email info@vethelpdirect.com
9. All participants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
An effective solution where face-to-face consultations may not be possible
An educational service from Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health UK Ltd ("BI") makers of NexGard Spectra®. Further information available from BI, RG12 8YS, UK. ©2020 Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health UK Ltd. All rights reserved Date of preparation: Mar 2020. UI-MSP-0014-2020. Use Medicines Responsibly.
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General Press ReleaseJuly 18, 2019
100,000+ People Demand a Green New Deal that Transforms Our Food System
Citizen Petition Identifies Four Food System Policy Principles and Priorities that the Green New Deal Should Follow
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, eight environmental, farmworker, public health, and food safety advocacy organizations delivered a petition—signed by more than 100,000 people—to Congress. The petition champions solutions to urgent food and agriculture issues that should be addressed in Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Ed Markey's (D-MA) Green New Deal. The food and farming sector is the largest overall employer in the United States and a top contributor to climate change. For the Green New Deal to be truly effective, the working people who drive our food and agriculture system to make our meals possible—who are among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change—must be at the negotiating table.
"Agriculture—and the farmworker families on which it depends—are some of the first victims of a changing global climate," said Jeannie Economos, Pesticide Safety and Environmental Health Project Coordinator of the Farmworker Association of Florida. "Our current system of agriculture is one of the major contributors to climate change, but it's also where we should look for transformative and just solutions. When we begin to pair social justice for workers with a just transition for our country, only then will a Green New Deal be able to bring about the systemic change we need to protect all our communities from the ravages of climate change."
Weather-related disasters and disruptions spurred by climate change are already devastating the agriculture industry and harming those who work within it. There's been a 240% increase in dust storms in the central valley, leading to a huge increase in farm workers contracting valley fever fungus, which cost sick workers 20 work days each on average, and California taxpayers a total of $2.2 billion in valley-fever related hospital expenses.
"Any Green New Deal that's going to be truly effective in combating climate change must center around a transformation in our food and agricultural systems at their cores," said Navina Khanna, Director of the HEAL Food Alliance. "If we are to succeed in building a sustainable future with racial and gender equity as core values, we need a Green New Deal that centers family farmers, farm workers, and food workers. Making fundamental changes to our food and farming system is urgent and central to stabilizing our climate, and ensuring food security for current and future generations, and making sure that all people working in the system do so with meaning and dignity."
The original New Deal helped America's farmers survive the Great Depression and feed our nation while restoring farmlands and soil. The Green New Deal can do even better: restoring our climate by regenerating soil and biodiversity while ensuring fair prices and family-sustaining livable wages for the farmers, ranchers, fishers, and workers who bring food to our tables.
"If we are to address the climate crisis, we must transform our food system," said Lisa Archer, Food and Agriculture Director for Friends of the Earth. "We have no time to waste. Congress must support a rapid transition from the destructive, polluting industrial agriculture system we have now to a healthy, just food system that regenerates our soil, biodiversity, and communities."
As average temperatures rise, the air can hold more moisture, which is released as an increasing amount of rainfall. This extreme rainfall leads to severe flooding which takes a toll on corn and soy farmers in the Midwest as the soil becomes too soaked to accept new crops. Droughts brought on by the climate crisis also pose unsustainable challenges for our agriculture industry, as California's unprecedented droughts led to an almond shortage in 2015, even as the almond industry used more water that year than the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco combined.
"To embrace the future of agriculture is to end chemical-intensive agriculture by supporting and investing in the solutions posed by those at the frontlines of the climate crisis—including farmers, workers and their communities," said Ahna Kruzic, Communications and Media Director of Pesticide Action Network North America. "Continued reliance on chemical-intensive agriculture would exacerbate the climate crisis while impacting the health of our environments, farms and farmers, workers, and communities."
Fortunately, petition signees asserted, there are solutions—well-demonstrated, effective, and profitable agricultural practices at all scales and in all regions of the country—that can reduce pollution and repair the environment and climate while revitalizing communities across the country.
"Soil can actually capture carbon from the atmosphere, effectively reversing global warming and making soil healthier at the same time," said Joey Lee, Digital Manager of the Center for Food Safety. "We must integrate regenerative farming practices such as cover cropping, the use of compost, and reducing tillage to improve soil quality and sequester carbon."
Over 100,000 people have signed the petition to show support of a Green New Deal that adheres to the following principles:
4 Key Policy Priorities and Principles
Carbon reduction, sequestration, and climate resilience;
Fair prices for farmers, ranchers and fishers, anti-trust measures that help reverse food sector consolidation, and healthy working conditions with family-sustaining living wages for workers;
Diversified, resilient local and regional food economies anchored by family farmers, ranchers, and fishers that ensure healthy, sustainable food for all to combat consolidation in the food and farming sector and reverse the rapid loss of farmers and deterioration of farmland;
Avoid "false solutions" and agribusiness-sponsored proposals that do nothing to address the systemic causes of our climate crisis and delay progress.
This petition mirrors a letter signed by a coalition of 300 advocacy groups advocating that Congress support a Green New Deal that prioritizes food and agriculture solutions to climate change. The groups are asking anyone who supports the petition to tweet about it using the hashtag #GreenNewFoodDeal. This citizen petition component of this project was a collaboration between the Center for Food Safety, Friends of the Earth, the HEAL Food Alliance, the Farmworker Association of Florida, PANNA, 198 Methods, the Daily Kos, and the Organic Consumers Association.
About CFS: Center for Food Safety's mission is to empower people, support farmers, and protect the earth from the harmful impacts of industrial agriculture. Through groundbreaking legal, scientific, and grassroots action, we protect and promote your right to safe food and the environment. Please join our more than 900,000 advocates across the country at www.centerforfoodsafety.org. Twitter: @CFSTrueFood, @CFS_Press
The HEAL (Health, Environment, Agriculture, Labor) Food Alliance is a multi-sector, multi-racial coalition of over 50 organizations building collective power to transform our food and farm systems. HEAL is led by our member-organizations, and strive to amplify the experience and expertise of frontline communities who are most burdened by the disparities of our current systems.l@HEAL_Food
The Farmworker Association of Florida is a 36-year old, statewide, grassroots, multi-ethnic, non-profit farmworker membership organization with over 10,000 Haitian, Hispanic and African American members whose mission is to build power among farworker and rural, low-income communities of color to respond to and gain control over the social, economic, workplace, health and environmental justice issues that impact their lives.
Friends of the Earth fights to protect our environment and create a healthy and just world. We speak truth to power and expose those who endanger people and the planet. Our campaigns work to hold politicians and corporations accountable, transform our economic systems, protect our forests and oceans, and revolutionize our food & agriculture systems.
Neshani Jani, HEAL Food Alliance, (510) 974-3771, Neshani@healfoodalliance.org
Joey Lee; Center for Food Safety, 415-826-2770; jlee@centerforfoodsafety.org
Jeannie Economos, Farmworkers Association of Florida, 407-886-5151, jeannie@floridafarmworkers.org
Green New Deal, Press Release
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Updated EU RoHS Exemptions in February 2019 - Enviropass !
On top of the recent update of exemptions 6a and 6b on aluminum and steel alloys, the European Commission has published various amendments on general exemptions on the use of lead and cadmium in electrical and electronic applications.
7c-II Lead in dielectric ceramic in capacitors for a rated voltage of 125 V AC or 250 V DC or higher As of March 1st 2020: does not apply to applications covered by point 7c-I and 7c-IV.
Expires on: — 21 July 2021 for categories 1-7 and 10; — 21 July 2021 for categories 8 and 9 other than in vitro diagnostic medical devices and industrial monitoring and control instruments; — 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; — 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
7c-IV Lead in PZT-based dielectric ceramic materials for capacitors being part of integrated circuits or discrete semiconductors Expires on: — 21 July 2021 for categories 1-7 and 10; — 21 July 2021 for categories 8 and 9 other than in vitro diagnostic medical devices and industrial monitoring and control instruments; — 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; — 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
8b Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts As of March 1st 2020: applies to categories 8, 9 and 11 and expires on: — 21 July 2021 for categories 8 and 9 other than in vitro diagnostic medical devices and industrial monitoring and control instruments; — 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; — 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
— switches for use at voltage supply frequency ≥ 200 Hz. As of March 1st 2020: applies to categories 1 to 7 and 10 and expires on 21 July 2021.
15 Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor die and carrier within integrated circuit flip chip packages As of March 1st 2020: applies to categories 8, 9 and 11 and expires on: — 21 July 2021 for categories 8 and 9 other than in vitro diagnostic medical devices and industrial monitoring and control instruments; — 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; — 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
— stacked die packages with die of 300 mm2 or larger, or silicon interposers of 300 mm2 or larger. As of March 1st 2020: applies to categories 1 to 7 and 10 and expires on 21 July 2021.
18b Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1 % lead by weight or less) of discharge lamps when used as sun tanning lamps containing phosphors such as BSP (BaSi2O5:Pb). Expires on: — 21 July 2021 for categories 1-7 and 10; — 21 July 2021 for categories 8 and 9 other than in vitro diagnostic medical devices and industrial monitoring and control instruments; — 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; — 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
used for extracorporeal photopheresis lamps containing BSP (BaSi2O5:Pb) phosphors for Medial Devices and Monitoring and Control Instruments), and expires on 21 July 2021.
— 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; — 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
21a Cadmium when used in colour printed glass to provide filtering functions, used as a component in lighting applications installed in displays and control panels of EEE As of March 1st 2020: applies to categories 1 to 7 and 10 except applications covered by entry 21b or entry 39 and expires on 21 July 2021.
21b Cadmium in printing inks for the application of enamels on glasses, such as borosilicate and soda lime glasses As of March 1st 2020: applies to categories 1 to 7 and 10 except applications covered by entry 21a or 39 and expires on 21 July 2021.
21c Lead in printing inks for the application of enamels on other than borosilicate glasses As of March 1st 2020: applies to categories 1 to 7 and 10 and expires on 21 July 2021.
29 Lead bound in crystal glass as defined in Annex I (Categories 1, 2, 3, 4) of Directive 69/493/EEC Expires on: — 21 July 2021 for categories 1-7 and 10; — 21 July 2021 for categories 8 and 9 other than in vitro diagnostic medical devices and industrial monitoring and control instruments; — 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; — 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
32 Lead oxide in seal frit used for making window assemblies for Argon and Krypton laser tubes Expires on: — 21 July 2021 for categories 1-7 and 10, — 21 July 2021 for categories 8 and 9 other than in vitro diagnostic medical devices and industrial monitoring and control instruments, — 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices, — 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
37 Lead in the plating layer of high voltage diodes on the basis of a zinc borate glass body Expires on: — 21 July 2021 for categories 1-7 and 10; — 21 July 2021 for categories 8 and 9 other than in vitro diagnostic medical devices and industrial monitoring and control instruments; — 21 July 2023 for category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices; — 21 July 2024 for category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11.
— with engine total displacement < 15 litres and the engine is designed to operate in applications where the time between signal to start and full load is required to be less than 10 seconds; or regular maintenance is typically performed in a harsh and dirty outdoor environment, such as mining, construction, and agriculture applications Applies to category 11, excluding applications covered by entry 6c.
RoHS product technical files and declarations of conformity have to be updated accordingly.
Here are further details about EU RoHS requirements and here is the comprehensive EU RoHS exemptions list.


This 1 bedroom apartment is located in Carras and sleeps 4 people. It has WiFi, air conditioning and garage. The apartment is within walking distance of a beach.
2-room apartment 43 m2 on 4th floor.
The agent describes this apartment as a family friendly holiday rental ideal for the summer holidays. It is also good value for money. The apartment has a sea view and is located in Carras. The nearest airport is only 7km away. It is set in a very convenient location, just 300 metres away from a beach.
The apartment has free wireless internet. You can also park in the garage on-site at no extra charge. The apartment is well equipped: it has air conditioning, a dishwasher, a microwave, a washing machine and a freezer.


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