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Lee Chi Ho (, born 16 November 1982 in Hong Kong) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer. His usual position is right back while occasionally playing as a central defender as well.

Club career

South China
He was awarded to be the South China Most Improved Player of the season in 2006/07.

On 25 September 2012, Lee announced his retirement from international football. Soon after the announcement the departure of Head Coach Ernie Merrick, Lee has returned to international football with his fellows in South China.

Beijing Guoan
On 31 May 2013, Lee hinted that he would sign for Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan in June. On 13 June 2013, he travelled to Beijing to sign an 18-month contract with Beijing Guoan.

South China
Without making a single appearance for Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan in official matches after joining the club for nearly 4 months, Lee Chi Ho returned to his former club South China on a 3-month loan.

On 4 January 2014, it was announced that Lee re-joined South China on a permanent deal.

Meizhou Hakka
Lee Chi Ho joined China League One club Meizhou Hakka in 2015 after the Second Round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. He had his contract terminated by mutual consent in May 2017 due to pregnancy of his wife.

Happy Valley
On 15 August 2018, Hong Kong First Division club Happy Valley confirmed Lee as one of their signings for the upcoming season.

International career
Lee gained his first cap for Hong Kong in 2000, when Hong Kong beat Singapore by 1–0. Having 70 international caps in total, Lee is currently the second most capped player of the Hong Kong national football team.

Honours

Club
Happy Valley
Hong Kong First Division: 2018–19

International
East Asian Games: 2009

Career statistics

Club
As of 14 June 2013

International
As of 26 December 2017

References

External links
 Lee Chi Ho at HKFA

1982 births
Living people
Hong Kong footballers
Association football defenders
Hong Kong First Division League players
Hong Kong Premier League players
Chinese Super League players
China League One players
Yee Hope players
South China AA players
Beijing Guoan F.C. players
Hong Kong Rangers FC players
Meizhou Hakka F.C. players
Eastern Sports Club footballers
Happy Valley AA players
Hong Kong international footballers
Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games
Hong Kong expatriate footballers
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"During Holy Week, you'll find some people on the streets of Honduras celebrating Jesus' life, death, and resurrection, while many others will be at the beach enjoying extended time off work and school during the hottest time of the year.
In many neighborhoods, devout Catholics make altars in front of their homes with statues of Jesus, Mary, and other saints, in order to represent one of the fourteen stations of the cross. To prepare for Good Friday, Hondurans will work all night to make alfombras, colorful rugs made out of sawdust. The alfrombras are displayed throughout the city to illustrate the stations of the cross. On Friday, there are vigils and fiestas where people sing, eat, and read the bible together.
Saturday morning will see a parade usually led by Catholic priests. People pray and sing while they walk on the alfombras along the processional route to the Catholic Church. After attending Sunday services, the town is completely back to normal with a lot of traffic as people make their way back home. Life goes on. Year after year, it is typically forgotten that Christ's story continues the rest of the year.
The Honduran seminary that we work with celebrates the resurrection of Christ with a joint service at 5:00 am on Sunday. It is a very special time for which many of the different churches in the area come together.
Honduras was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, but in the years that followed God has used the catastrophe to recharge the church. Nonetheless, the country remains among the most economically depressed in the Western Hemisphere. Honduras is the second largest and the most mountainous of the five Central American republics. Rain forests cover 45 percent of the country. Camino ministries are centered primarily in the cities of Tegucigalpa (capital), Siguatepeque, Santa Barbara, and San Pedro Sula. There is a desperate need for leadership training, construction and evangelism teams, AIDS crisis intervention, microenterprise development, technology, communications and media, and ESL (English as a Second Language), to support the overall need and strategy for church growth and development.
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Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Warwickshire. Its 50 overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears and its T20 team the Birmingham Bears. Founded in 1882, the club held minor status until it was classified as an unofficial first-class team by substantial sources in 1894; classified as an official first-class team from 1895 by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the County Championship clubs; classified as a List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963; and classified as a senior Twenty20 team since 2003. Warwickshire's kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor is Gullivers Sports Travel. The club's home is Edgbaston Cricket Ground in south Birmingham, which regularly hosts Test and One Day International matches.
County Championship 1911, 1951, 1972, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2012.
Edgbaston was also the first English ground outside Lord's to host a major international one day tournament final when it hosted the ICC Champions Trophy final in 2013.
Edgbaston was the venue of the first senior game under floodlights in English cricket and has hosted the first day/night Test match in England in August 2017 when England played the West Indies.
With permanent seating for approximately 25,000 spectators, Edgbaston is the fourth-largest cricketing venue in the United Kingdom, after Lord's, Old Trafford and The Oval.


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Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer
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Eric Pearson
The Consultant Item 47
"What should I tell the police?"
"Tell them those Tae-bo tapes really paid off."
―Cashier and Phil Coulson[src]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer is the second in a series of Marvel One-Shots, released on the Captain America: The First Avenger Blu-ray on October 25, 2011. It takes place during the events of The Incredible Hulk, and in between the events of Iron Man 2 and Thor.
Phil Coulson stops a gas station robbery on his way to New Mexico.
Agent Phil Coulson leaves Tony Stark's lab in Malibu to investigate a situation in New Mexico. Coulson stops at a Roxxon Gas Station to fill up his car and, as he tries to decide between which donuts to buy, two armed robbers enter the shop and hold the night clerk at gun point telling her to empty the cash register. Coulson reveals himself to the criminals and feigns stupidity, offering to surrender his pistol. However, he tricks them into allowing him to slide it over through the next aisle, and while they are distracted, the agent takes them both down. Agent Coulson then casually pays for his donuts and leaves the night clerk staring in awe and recommends that she inform the police that she was the one who subdued the thieves.
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According to Eric Pearson in an interview for Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe, the action scene in this short film took up 80% of the budget for the first two One-Shots leaving only enough money for two people talking, forcing Pearson to come up with the idea for The Consultant.
The title of the One-Shot is a reference to the musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and its film adaptation.
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Patients who have experienced wearing dentures, whether full or partial will understand some of the many drawbacks. Dentures require rigorous cleaning, to be removed at night-time, they can move around uncomfortably while talking and eating, and some find the experience embarrassing. What denture wearers may not know however is that opting for dentures is also opting for slow and silent deterioration of the jawbone, something that not all dental practitioners will tell you. When you lose even a single tooth, bone loss will occur. Patients will experience movement of surrounding teeth resulting in a change of their bite. There are also serious health risks related to poorly managed tooth loss.
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Above: Emmet Cahill has been Ireland's "Tenor of the Year" and won multiple classical competitions throughout his homeland.
Are your Irish eyes still smiling from the weekend's St. Patrick's Day festivities? Extend your Celtic spirit another week for acclaimed Irish tenor Emmet Cahill's return to Greater Des Moines.
Principal vocalist for the Irish music show "Celtic Thunder," Cahill will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 23, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1627 Grand Ave., West Des Moines. In addition to Irish selections from his albums, Cahill will sing Broadway standards, hymns, arias and a medley of other favorites by request.
Tickets are $30-$45 and may be purchased online here or at the door.


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Pluto's Trauma: Introduction
Pluto Psychology Astrology
January 20, 2015 September 8, 2016 astrologyplace
"In every death, there is a mystery until the cause is known. A coroner has the job of deciding whether it was natural or unnatural, a homicide, a suicide, an accident? A medical detective is trained to solve that mystery." By Thomas T. Noguchi – Coroner (Sun opposite Pluto).
The mystery of death is something that has always kept us in the dark. Our personal trauma may be easy to pinpoint, but mostly it is not as obvious or it has been deeply buried. In this way, our personal wounds can sometimes be difficult to interpret or understand. The coroner searches for areas of trauma on the body to determine what happened. In the case of the astrologer, we examine Pluto to understand an individual's psychic wounding.
Pluto involves slicing and dicing inside, and it can send us into a deep examination, delving into our own pain. Pluto also involves incredibly soul-wrenching experiences and entails some kind of survivorship and its aspects reveal what we need to bring to light and this can be obsessive impulses, uncontrollable unconscious processes and something buried deep. In doing so, this energy can be transformed. On paper, this sounds incredibly easy, when really – it's bloody exhausting.
The Most Commonly Wounding Experiences of Pluto:
Pluto aspects are associated with violence, abuse, and terror. Something cut us deeply and left behind a psychological scar. Remember when mother used to bestow a magic kiss on us when we hurt our knee. We would suddenly feel a whole lot better and miraculously heal. The kind of cut Pluto brings, well, all the magic kisses in the world will never be able to take away the sting.
Pluto wounding can be denigrating damage, demeaning put downs regarding appearance and behavior. Humiliation is a feeling that is commonly stated, and it occurs through playground bullying. The coldness and cruelness of children and a feeling of being tormented. It could be teasing about clothes, or something much deeper. It's the ugly taunts that wound and can make an individual feel as if he or she is nothing.
Pluto can be related to feelings of hate, hatred, revulsion, disgust and loathing. There is commonly a feeling of being the "black sheep" of the family, and a feeling of alienation. Being ridiculed and made to feel small and helpless is also something that occurs and has relation to the power we hold over others and a feeling of powerlessness. Pluto rules the secrets buried, unclean feelings, a feeling of being tainted and a need to wash away the inner filth. The feelings, which are deeply felt, can range from different levels of extremity. Inevitably, it can take us down underground and to desperately low points in our life. We are often flung into a scary situation that we are usually not emotionally mature enough to handle.
Pluto is the volcano in our horoscope and it can lay dormant for long periods, but it also erupts and sends smoldering hot lava spewing over everything. The word "hate" often becomes a big part of our vocabulary aimed at the people, events, and situations that have unquestionably hurt us. Growing up, we don't receive a course on Pluto 101 and we don't know how to deal with it. Of course, in extreme cases, suicide and feelings of self-destruction creep dangerously into the psyche and we can be left walking in a dark tunnel, trying to figure out where the light at the end will occur, if ever. A deep loss in the family is also a major trauma and anything that gives us the feeling that life will never be the same again. It could entail emotional abandonment, spiteful behavior, and venomous feelings. A parent may have engaged in a threatening or dangerous behavior, and there could have been domestic violence, sexual or physical abuse.
In Pluto's realm, there is often a feeling of spiraling downwards, with a long and powerful upward journey back to the surface. Our overt actions show us lashing out, and having no control over our feelings. Extreme turmoil exists in Pluto's kingdom and so we often bury feelings and start over. But often events seem to be drawn to us that add fuel to the inner fire, and all the pent-up emotions explode.
Jeff Green's Pluto: The Evolutionary Journey of the Soul reveals that Pluto involves some sort of massive confrontation in our adult life with all of the limitations we have felt in expressing ourselves, and true feelings related to our earlier wounding. It could involve a major power struggle with the mother or father. It could be in a relationship where the emotional battlefield is laid out. Perhaps some kind of intellectual confrontation occurs and so forth. The main point is that we unconsciously and consciously seek to heal and be free. It's the release aspect of Pluto which impacts emotionally and obviously the Plutonic images of the Phoenix rising from the ashes. Usually, all of this involves the intensity of something incredible, about surviving and also forgiveness and the ability to fully let go.
Not everyone's Pluto profile is so intense, penetrating and extreme. We all have Pluto somewhere in the horoscope and we all have something shadowy to contend with in life. What Pluto can do is it can bury the individual under hurt and shame, tainting our individual expression and we must uncover the buried trust, love, and light spirit. However, we acquire a depth throughout these experiences, wisdom and hopefully kill off the internal voices that continue to criticize us and we realize that we have become our own worst enemy. It's the great internal battle that is acted out and a self with self, intense meeting.
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I Love Loosies and the People Who Sell Them
by Sheldon Richman
The cops who ganged up on Eric Garner, got him into a chokehold, and mashed his face into the sidewalk didn't intend to kill him. They intended only to show him who's boss on the streets of Staten Island — and show him in a way he would never forget.
As a Facebook friend of mine put it, instead they showed him in a way he will never remember.
This pretty much explains the cops' reckless disregard for Garner's life that day, and it is what makes the grand-jury sham especially appalling.
This was about power. Yes, to an extent the fatal confrontation was about race — although it's no great feat to imagine something similar happening to a low-income white guy. It was also about class. An obviously affluent and likely well-connected person probably need not fear being accosted on the street by the police.
Let's remember what the police say Garner was doing: selling cigarettes that had not been subjected to the high taxes imposed in New York City and State: $5.95 in all. (The feds add another buck.) Thus, a pack costs at least $14. As a result, entrepreneurial cigarette smuggling from low-tax states is big business. Whenever the tax goes up, so does the smuggling.
In fact, smuggling used to be an honorable American profession. In colonial times and into the early national period, the entrepreneurial smuggler who served consumers by defying the customs agents was celebrated. It was the government agent who risked being tarred and feathered, then rode out of town on a rail. Had Eric Garner been set upon by Red Coats on colonial New England streets, many people might have come to his defense. Today the best we can hope for is that someone will video the confrontation with a cell phone.
The fact is that Eric Garner was a threat to no one. He was just a guy trying to make a few bucks by selling loose cigarettes — loosies — to low-income smokers harmed by the state's and city's tax collectors.
Well, let's amend that. Garner, like other practitioners of his trade, was indeed a threat — to the politicians who need that revenue to play their destructive games and to assure they remain in power. Come to think of it, in the eyes of those politicians, threatening the steady flow of taxpayer money is about as serious a crime as anyone can commit. Without that money they would be nothing.
That's why New York City officials, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of those phony men-of-the-people, have ordered the police to crack down on sellers of loosies.
The city's accomplices in this highway robbery of smokers are the licensed retailers. The police provide the protection racket that shields the retailers' cigarette business from free competition.
To great fanfare de Blasio announced a program to prevent a recurrence of the confrontation that killed Eric Garner. The police will get new training, blah, blah, blah.
Sorry, Mr. Mayor, but that won't do it. Some truly radical things need to be done — such as eliminating the top-down, militarist model of policing, and moving to a decentralized system of community governance. But something significant can be done in the meantime: halt police confrontations with nonviolent persons suspected of committing victimless so-called crimes. These are acts that in themselves violate no one's rights, such as selling or possessing drugs and guns, taking bets, and participating in other prohibited but peaceful, consensual activities.
This won't guarantee there will be no more Eric Garners, because police have long harassed, beaten, and killed people using low-tech weapons and without the cover of victimless-crime laws. But it would help. If fewer people are harassed on the street, fewer people will become fed up and resist — if we must stretch the word resist to describe what Eric Garner did that fateful day.
Low-income minority neighborhoods experience what the rest of us can usually grasp only abstractly: the police force is an occupying army. Its ostensible purpose is to protect innocent life and property, but what it does day to day is monitor everyone with a suspicion that the sovereign's decrees are not being respected.
This has got to change.
Sheldon Richman is vice president and editor at The Future of Freedom Foundation in Fairfax, Va. (www.fff.org).
Sheldon Richman, author of Coming to Palestine, keeps the blog Free Association and is a senior fellow and chair of the trustees of the Center for a Stateless Society, and a contributing editor at Antiwar.com. He is also the Executive Editor of The Libertarian Institute.


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In one of the marquee matchups of the weekend, the first-place Texans take on the second-place Colts in a battle for the AFC South!
Despite starting the season with a 6-3 record, the Texans have lost three straight and are in danger of losing their lead in the AFC South. Can Andrew Luck and the Colts take advantage of Houston's losing streak? We'll find out later today!
WHAT TIME DOES THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS VS. HOUSTON TEXANS GAME BEGIN?
The Texans and Colts are scheduled for a 1:00 P.M. Eastern kickoff.
HOW DO I LIVE STREAM THE HOUSTON TEXANS VS. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS GAME?
The good news is that the Colts/Texans game will be available to watch on CBS. The bad news? Unfortunately, that means that Texans vs. Colts free live streaming options are limited. Due to the current restrictions in place, NFL games broadcast on CBS are NOT shown on CBS All Access, CBS's streaming platform.
One possibility for fans is PlayStation Vue. Subscribers to their 'Access' basic cable streaming service have access to CBS, though channel lineups vary by region.
If you're a Verizon customer, you can also stream certain games airing on the NFL Network, FOX, CBS, NBC, and ESPN on the NFL Mobile app or go90 app, which is available to download for free via iTunes or Google Play.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO STREAM VIA DIRECTV SUNDAY TICKET?
Yes, but only if you live at an address at which DirecTV does NOT offer service (and only out-of-market games). You can check your eligibility here.
WHAT ABOUT NFL GAME PASS?
NFL Game Pass shows games that have already concluded. If you're fine with on demand NON-live games, sign up for $99/year.
WHAT ABOUT TWITTER? I HEARD THEY WERE STREAMING THE NFL THIS YEAR.
Twitter is indeed streaming a number of games, but only Thursday night games, and not all of them.


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SOLUZIONI SOSTENIBILI PER RIDURRE LA POVERTÀ
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Countries of intervention
10 micro hydroelectric power plants
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Micro hydroelectric power plants for climate change adaptation
Bolivia, Provinces: La Paz, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca; Municipalities of: La Asunta, Villa Tunari, Pelechuco, Guanay, Apolo, Ixiamas, Inquisivi, Incahuasi
From April 1, 2014 to September 30, 2017
Bolivia is ranked among those countries with the highest poverty rate. Rural areas witness severe lack of employment opportunities, basic services and access to electric energy. The most isolated areas are not connected to the Sistema Interconectado Nacional (SIN). In order to tackle energy deficiencies, the local population has resorted to a community-based system of self-production (i.e. hydroelectric micro-plants).
This intervention was solicited by the local partner PRODENER, with the aim to provide local rural communities with access to sustainable energy in remote areas of Bolivia. Based on the use of hydroelectric technology the energy supply will follow a sustainable business model, capable of generating positive social and environmental impact.
Improving living conditions and access to renewable electric energy for the local population in rural areas of Bolivia;
Enhancing community-based management of micro hydroelectric plants for 990 households, located in rural provinces of La Paz, Cochabamba and Chuquisaca
Community construction of turbines and micro hydroelectric plants;
Installation of electrical lines for the distribution of medium and low voltage energy; connection of the new facilities to existing community services (halls, schools, clinics, etc.);
Community meetings to raise awareness on waste management and effective use of energy;
Constitution, organization and registration of 10 Local Electrification Committees (CEL);
Training of CEL members on operations, maintenance and administration of the facilities;
Trainings in the target communities on the use of energy for production (surplus of domestic consumption used for small productive initiatives)
Public competitions to allocate funds for initiatives aimed at a more efficient, innovative and productive use of energy;
Trainings for national, local and regional public organizations, engaged in the use of efficient and green hydroelectric technologies, including technical experts of the Viceministerio de Electricidad y Energias Alternativas;
Realization of radio campaigns to create awareness on renewable energy;
Study Visits to share experiences among students enrolled in the Master on Management of Water Resources in the International Cooperation, offered at the University of Bicocca in Milan;
Systematization and dissemination of good practices in Bolivia and Europe.
990 households - about 4,950 people (56 % women) - who will receive energy for a total of 458 kW.
All communities are of indigenous origin (Aymara and Quechua).
Technical experts of the Viceministerio de Electricidad y Energias Alternativas (VMEEA) as well as organizations and participants of training sessions and outreach events in Italy and Bolivia.
Indirect beneficiaries:
1.330 households (6.650 people) plus an additional group of 610 households that will be included in the planned feasibility studies. About 720 households (80 communities) that will benefit from the implementation of new projects.
In the long-run, a long-lasting impact on the living conditions of the local population will be attained, as follows:
Reduction of diseases caused by lack of electricity (eye disease, burns etc.)
Decrease in family expenditure on energy;
Increased economic opportunities (e.g. employment creation at the micro-power plants);
Reduced pollution from greenhouse gas emissions and chemical batteries;
Decreased migration to urban areas thanks to access to basic services and connection to the electricity grid.
The micro hydro-power plants represent the most effective, efficient and sustainable technical solution to provide remote rural communities with access to electricity. This intervention is sustainable at the financial, social and environmental level.
Rates are determined on the basis of operational costs as well as principles of equality and financial inclusion. This approach will ensure an overall financial sustainability, together with an extraordinary fund for plants' maintenance. In addition, there will a surplus of energy to be sold to the Sistema Interconectado Nacional (SIN). Engaging local authorities (municipalities, Ministry Prefecture) will facilitate the improvement of public services (such as schools and clinics). From an environmental perspective, the micro-plants do not generate waste or harmful effects as large dams do. Micro plants will also reduce the quantity of firewood used to producer energy. Moreover, the intervention will be replicated in other areas where building new micro-plants and extending is feasible.
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Tobyhanna offers array of Firefinder services to foreign customers
Electronics Mechanic Joseph Brungard makes an adjustment to a counterfire radar antenna transceiver group during the alignment process. Firefinders are used by the Army, Marines, National Guard, and many Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Tobyhanna employees are testing, inspecting and repairing the Army AN/TPQ-36 Firefinders identified as excess defense articles and made available to foreign countries. Brungard works in the C4ISR Directorate's Air Defense/Counter Fire Systems Division.
By Jacqueline Boucher Tobyhanna Army Depot
TOBYHANNA, Pa. –
Interest in excess defense articles continues to bolster relationships between Tobyhanna Army Depot and many of the Army's international partners through the Foreign Military Sales Program.
As excess Army AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radars are being made available, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command officials will work with foreign countries to determine equipment needs and services to help strengthen their defense capabilities. An advantage of using FMS as an EDA divesture tool is the opportunity for Team Tobyhanna to provide its services for refurbishment, modernization, and repair and return. The sales are conducted through formal contracts or agreements between the U.S. government and an authorized foreign purchaser.
Garry Cooper is a sheet metal mechanic who fixes the Antenna Transceiver Group tub and antenna structures alongside coworkers in the Systems Integration and Support Directorate's Structural Repair Branch. He remembers volunteering to help the Portugal Army with a radar system that needed ATG structural repairs.
"The host country was courteous and appreciated the assistance Tobyhanna was able to provide," Cooper said. "Given the opportunity, I would travel for FMS again. I found the experience satisfying and rewarding knowing we were providing assistance to our allies."
Firefinders are used by the Army, Marines, National Guard, and many FMS customers. The radar systems locate the position of hostile mortars, rockets and artillery. The AN/TPQ-36 is composed of an ATG, shelter mounted on a Humvee, generator power group and an auxiliary trailer-mounted generator.
According to the logistics management specialist who oversees Tobyhanna's global support of the counter fire radars, the scope of work includes in-country and in-house repairs, training and site surveys. Subject matter experts here repair, overhaul, test and upgrade the radar systems, she said.
Thailand officials once asked the depot to apply upgrades and overhaul AN/TPQ-36 systems in their inventory.
"We use site surveys to inspect, evaluate and assess the radars, then give our recommendation for the best path forward," said Tim Higgins, chief of the Production Management Directorate's Air Defense and Counter Fire Systems Project Management Branch.
"The health assessment of the radar helps us determine if the system needs to be sent to Tobyhanna or if we should dispatch a team to do the work on-site."
There are six FMS Firefinder systems on the depot at different stages of work. The projected completion date for the first radar is in January, followed by one system each month until all are completed.
The Army sent two AN/TPQ-36 radars to Ukraine in 2015 as part of the presidential drawdown, according to officials in the Army Communications-Electronics Command's Security Assistance Management Directorate (SAMD). That sales agreement outlines how Tobyhanna's all-volunteer force will provide in-country maintenance for two years. In 2016, depot technicians followed four more counter fire radars to the Eastern European country to repair and field the assets as part of a foreign aid agreement.
Just a few weeks ago, members of the Jordan Armed Forces visited the depot and conducted a Joint Visual Inspection of stock Firefinder radars available for purchase through FMS. The assets are stored in DLA Distribution-Tobyhanna facilities.
"Jordan has existing Firefinder radars and is purchasing more," said Higgins. "They wanted to visit the depot to inspect the available assets and be briefed on our capabilities and services."
Nearly every depot organization plays a role in the FMS mission. Tobyhanna's success can be attributed to the skills and expertise of production management specialists, engineers, C4ISR technicians and Systems Integration Support experts who manage and execute work, Higgins said, adding that employees who work in the Technical Publications Branch help rewrite the maintenance and user manuals.
Brian Novak prioritizes work that comes through the trailer shop located in Building 10B. As a capacity controller it's his job to make sure the Firefinder mission stays on schedule and meets customer requirements.
"I look at all the work coming to our shop and create a weekly schedule to follow," Novak said. "Everyone here works hard to keep the assets moving through the depot to meet scheduled completion dates."
Craig Lonsiak is a supply technician who supports the Firefinder FMS mission by releasing the repair parts requested by the cost center to support production.
"If repair parts aren't in stock, I place the request through the Complex Assembly Manufacturing Solution, or CAMS, then contact the material planner to expedite the order," Lonsiak said. "I know mine is only a small piece of the puzzle, but I feel honored to be able to support this effort."
CECOM executes foreign military sales under the direction and guidance of USASAC by supporting allies and strengthening relationships through foreign military sales. CECOM's Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC) provides Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance equipment in support of Afghanistan, Iraq, Thailand and Pakistan, among others.
These military partnerships promote compatibility and interoperability in equipment and training, which are crucial to the National Defense Strategy.
Tobyhanna Army Depot is a recognized leader in providing world-class logistics support for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems across the Department of Defense. Tobyhanna's Corporate Philosophy, dedicated work force and electronics expertise ensure the depot is the Joint C4ISR provider of choice for all branches of the Armed Forces and industry partners.
Tobyhanna's unparalleled capabilities include full-spectrum logistics support for sustainment, overhaul and repair, fabrication and manufacturing, engineering design and development, systems integration, post production software support, technology insertion, modification, foreign military sales and global field support to our Joint Warfighters.
About 3,200 personnel are employed at Tobyhanna, which is located in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. Tobyhanna Army Depot is part of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command. Headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, the command's mission is to research, develop, acquire, field and sustain communications, command, control computer, intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors capabilities for the Armed Forces.
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The Clark Bridge, linking Illinois and Missouri at Alton, is a cable-stay bridge, unique in its structure in the United States. The bridge is named for explorer William Clark, who helped lead the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery expedition from 1804 to 1806. The bridge is a 4,620 foot gateway inviting visitors to discover the region. Requiring 8,100 tons of structural steel, 44,100 cubic yards of concrete and more than 160 miles of cable wrapped with four acres of yellow plastic piping, the Clark Bridge is expected to be a part of the area's scenery well into the next century. The bridge is supported by 44 steel cables looped over saddles and perched on top of a pair of ten foot wide concrete pylons 250 feet above the Mississippi River. Design work on the bridge began in 1985, with construction starting in June 1990. The span carries four lanes of traffic and two additional paths for bicycles and pedestrians.


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Commission found real fruits, no fraud
(Source: Medjugorje Today)
By Jakob Marschner
The findings of the Vatican Commission on Medjugorje make a favorable judgment an option, though in a partial form because the apparitions are ongoing. The Commission found real and significant fruits in the form of conversions, and no evidence of fraud, deception or abuse.
No fraud detected, good fruits recognized, initially positive conclusion positive while keeping in mind that the phenomenon is still going on: After four years of work, Medjugorje gets a positive review from the Vatican Commission. Photo: Hrvoje Joe Topic
Medjugorje gets a favorable review in the final report handed over this weekend from the international Commission of inquiry to the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The reports facilitates a favorable judgment, at least on matters that can be clarified and evaluated by a time when the apparitions continue, Vatican Insider has learned.
"The verdict could be positive, albeit partial. Vatican Insider has learnt that the Commission has focused mainly on the first phase of apparitions. There is apparently no proof of any tricks, hoaxes or abuse of popular credulity. However, it is proving difficult for the Church to form a definitive verdict on the supernatural nature of a phenomenon that is ongoing" the Vatican special section of the major Italian newspaper La Stampa continues.
Headed by Cardinal Camillo Ruini (left), the Medjugorje Commission was initiated by Pope Benedict XVI almost four years ago, on March 17th 2010
The Commission report also recognizes the spiritual fruits of Medjugorje:
"The Commission and Cardinal Ruini himself thanks to visits by people close to him have noticed that people really are converting to the faith or returning to the sacraments – what the Church refers to as spiritual fruits – in a significant way" Vatican Insider further notes.
While almost no one have expected the report to immediately precede the Church's final judgment on the authenticity of the events at Medjugorje, a number of insightful sources have said the report will likely affect the future administration of the place.
In this field, Vatican Insider revives the idea of removing Medjugorje from the diocese of Mostar where Bishop Ratko Peric never believed in the apparitions. First mentioned by sources as an option in 2011, the idea has since been dismissed by others as unrealistic:
"A couple of solutions proposed in the recent past, have been to restore the old diocese of Trebinje so as to remove Medjugorje from the territory of the Mostar diocese or to create a Marian shrine that would be managed by a rector from another diocese" Vatican Insider reports.


It´s not what you know, it´s who you know. Or so the adage goes. Professor Matthew Jackson, world-leading researcher into social and economic networks, shows us why this is far truer than we´d like to believe. Based on his own ground-breaking research, The Human Network reveals how our relationships in school, university, work and society have extraordinary implications throughout our lives and demonstrates that by understanding and taking advantage of these networks, we can boost our happiness, success and influence.
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Pontevedra Pensées: 6.12.16
This is a very Spanish week. With public holidays on both Tuesday and Thursday, we have puente holidays on both Monday and Friday. In other words, some lucky folk will only work on Wednesday. Perhaps. Reader Sierra has advised that such 2-puente weeks are known as viaductos. He/she has also given us un puenteing, which might or not be his/her invention. This is to take off the intervening work day but is not to be confused with un puenting. Which is jumping off a bridge, or bungee jumping.
I see from a chit from my bank that the Tax Office (Hacienda) have taken out of my account the charge I appealed against back in September, without ever responding to my letter. Not much chance of success, then. Así son las cosas.
The government says that all AVE high-speed trains will have wifi from sometime next year. So, it's good to know that, as and when the highly-delayed Madrid-Galicia line is finally operative, we won't have to do without this. Meanwhile, the number of problems both at home and in my regular bar with wifi over the last 3 days suggests that few people are working this week in Movistar(Telefónica).
Someone senior in the EU has said there's no need to panic about events in Italy because the EU emerges stronger from every crisis. Really??
As with that other doleful idol, Leonard Cohen, I've never taken to the singing of Bob Dylan. Nor to his personality. So, I had no difficulty in agreeing with this podcast on his churlish behaviour vis-a-vis the Nobel Prize committee.
Finally . . . Inspired by a BBC podcast, I'm re-reading Robinson Crusoe on my kindle. Last night, I was looking at the illustrations in the copy I got as a child and noticed that the following longish section was missing from it. As it endorses moral relativism, I'm assuming it was expurgated on religious grounds, as inappropriate for Christian kids. Even more interesting is the vicious harangue – penned in 1718 - against the Spanish for their atrocities in South America. Compared with cannibalistic savages, they don't emerge too well - for having offended against their own moral/religious principles. But even more noteworthy, perhaps, is the acceptance of prisoner-killing as normal practice in 18th century Christian warfare.
As long as I kept my daily tour to the hill, to look out, so long also I kept up the vigour of my design, and my spirits seemed to be all the while in a suitable frame for so outrageous an execution as the killing twenty or thirty naked savages, for an offence which I had not at all entered into any discussion of in my thoughts, any farther than my passions were at first fired by the horror I conceived at the unnatural custom of the people of that country, who, it seems, had been suffered by Providence, in His wise disposition of the world, to have no other guide than that of their own abominable and vitiated passions; and consequently were left, and perhaps had been so for some ages, to act such horrid things, and receive such dreadful customs, as nothing but nature, entirely abandoned by Heaven, and actuated by some hellish degeneracy, could have run them into. But now my opinion of the action itself began to alter; and I began, with cooler and calmer thoughts, to consider what I was going to engage in; what authority or call I had to pretend to be judge and executioner upon these men as criminals, whom Heaven had thought fit for so many ages to suffer unpunished to go on, and to be as it were the executioners of His judgments one upon another; how far these people were offenders against me, and what right I had to engage in the quarrel of that blood which they shed promiscuously upon one another. I debated this very often with myself thus: "How do I know what God Himself judges in this particular case? It is certain these people do not commit this as a crime; it is not against their own consciences reproving, or their light reproaching them; they do not know it to be an offence, and then commit it in defiance of divine justice, as we do in almost all the sins we commit. They think it no more a crime to kill a captive taken in war than we do to kill an ox; or to eat human flesh than we do to eat mutton."
When I considered this a little, it followed necessarily that I was certainly in the wrong; that these people were not murderers, in the sense that I had before condemned them in my thoughts, any more than those Christians were murderers who often put to death the prisoners taken in battle; or more frequently, upon many occasions, put whole troops of men to the sword, without giving quarter, though they threw down their arms and submitted. In the next place, it occurred to me that although the usage they gave one another was thus brutish and inhuman, yet it was really nothing to me: these people had done me no injury: that if they attempted, or I saw it necessary, for my immediate preservation, to fall upon them, something might be said for it: but that I was yet out of their power, and they really had no knowledge of me, and consequently no design upon me; and therefore it could not be just for me to fall upon them; that this would justify the conduct of the Spaniards in all their barbarities practised in America, where they destroyed millions of these people; who, however they were idolators and barbarians, and had several bloody and barbarous rites in their customs, such as sacrificing human bodies to their idols, were yet, as to the Spaniards, very innocent people; and that the rooting them out of the country is spoken of with the utmost abhorrence and detestation by even the Spaniards themselves at this time, and by all other Christian nations of Europe, as a mere butchery, a bloody and unnatural piece of cruelty, unjustifiable either to God or man; and for which the very name of a Spaniard is reckoned to be frightful and terrible, to all people of humanity or of Christian compassion; as if the kingdom of Spain were particularly eminent for the produce of a race of men who were without principles of tenderness, or the common bowels of pity to the miserable, which is reckoned to be a mark of generous temper in the mind.
These considerations really put me to a pause, and to a kind of a full stop; and I began by little and little to be off my design, and to conclude I had taken wrong measures in my resolution to attack the savages; and that it was not my business to meddle with them, unless they first attacked me; and this it was my business, if possible, to prevent: but that, if I were discovered and attacked by them, I knew my duty. On the other hand, I argued with myself that this really was the way not to deliver myself, but entirely to ruin and destroy myself; for unless I was sure to kill every one that not only should be on shore at that time, but that should ever come on shore afterwards, if but one of them escaped to tell their country-people what had happened, they would come over again by thousands to revenge the death of their fellows, and I should only bring upon myself a certain destruction, which, at present, I had no manner of occasion for. Upon the whole, I concluded that I ought, neither in principle nor in policy, one way or other, to concern myself in this affair: that my business was, by all possible means to conceal myself from them, and not to leave the least sign for them to guess by that there were any living creatures upon the island—I mean of human shape.
Religion joined in with this prudential resolution; and I was convinced now, many ways, that I was perfectly out of my duty when I was laying all my bloody schemes for the destruction of innocent creatures—I mean innocent as to me. As to the crimes they were guilty of towards one another, I had nothing to do with them; they were national, and I ought to leave them to the justice of God, who is the Governor of nations, and knows how, by national punishments, to make a just retribution for national offences, and to bring public judgments upon those who offend in a public manner, by such ways as best please Him. This appeared so clear to me now, that nothing was a greater satisfaction to me than that I had not been suffered to do a thing which I now saw so much reason to believe would have been no less a sin than that of wilful murder if I had committed it; and I gave most humble thanks on my knees to God, that He had thus delivered me from blood-guiltiness; beseeching Him to grant me the protection of His providence, that I might not fall into the hands of the barbarians, or that I might not lay my hands upon them, unless I had a more clear call from Heaven to do it, in defence of my own life.
On a lighter note . . . Someone clearly didn't find this sign totally authoritative:-
Sierra said...
Re: AVE - further problems with 18kms. of the line - goodbye 2018:
http://elprogreso.galiciae.com/noticia/632814/la-xunta-participara-en-la-gestion-de-la-ap-9
Meanwhile - news of upgrading the Lugo-Ourense branch - (note - the upgrading of the local 7kms. stretch of this line has now been going on for 11 years - without a final date yet!):
http://elprogreso.galiciae.com/noticia/633223/fomento-modernizara-la-linea-ourense-para-conectar-lugo-con-el-ave
Pontevedra Pensées: 31.12.16
Pontvedra Pensées: 19.12.16
A Camino Espiritual special
Thoughts from Pontevedra: 8.12.16


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Ozzy Osbourne says he's "a lot better" after initial Parkinson's diagnosis
'Ordinary Man' is due out Feb. 21
Ozzy Osbourne is in the midst of an incredible comeback. His first new album in over ten years Ordinary Man is set to release Feb. 21. He's already dropped three singles "Under The Graveyard," "Straight To Hell," and "Ordinary Man" off it as well. Not to mention, he's gearing up for a legendary run of dates with Marilyn Manson.
In sad news today, however, Ozzy Osbourne has revealed that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, greatly affecting his nerves. Learn more below.
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In an exclusive interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America, Ozzy and his wife Sharon Osbourne opened up about his recent health struggles and his diagnosis with Parkinson's.
"It's been terribly challenging for us all," Osbourne told Roberts. "I did my last show New Year's Eve at The Forum. Then I had a bad fall. I had to have surgery on my neck, which screwed all my nerves."
"It's PRKN 2," Sharon says. "There's so many different types of Parkinson's; it's not a death sentence by any stretch of the imagination, but it does affect certain nerves in your body. And it's — it's like you have a good day, a good day, and then a really bad day."
Ozzy Osbourne postponed his world tour last year after a bad fall and a horrible bout with pneumonia. Ozzy rescheduled the tour late 2019 and has stated he's been on the mend ever since.
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"Coming from a working-class background, I hate to let people down. I hate to not do my job," said Osbourne. "And so when I see my wife goin' to work, my kids goin' to work, everybody's doing — tryin' to be helpful to me, that gets me down because I can't contribute to my family, you know."
"But you know, put it this way — I'm a lot better now than I was last February. I was in a shocking state."
Ozzy then answered to why he's choosing now to come out about his battle with the disease after previously denying it.
"I'm no good with secrets," Ozzy says. "I cannot walk around with it anymore 'cause it's like I'm running out of excuses, you know?"
What seems to be Ozzy's greatest fear is letting down his fans, after the tour postponement, he never wanted to lose their support.
"They're my air, you know," Osbourne says of his fans. "I feel better. I've owned up to the fact that I have – a case of Parkinson's. And I just hope they hang on and they're there for me because I need them. I wanna see my people, you know. It's like I'm – I miss them so much."
The release date of Ordinary Man is Feb. 21. The album can be preordered here. It features collaborations with Slash of Guns N' Roses, Post Malone, Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine and Elton John.
Listen to the title track "Ordinary Man" below and tell us how excited you are about Ozzy's new album in the comments!
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The first phase of a replacement bridge works near Habichtswald, Germany (District - Leeden, Region - Tecklenburg) for the Road Authority Münster, have now been completed for the traffic in the direction of Bremen.
The bridge construction was undertaken using incremental launching techniques, and performed in 11 stages (nominal length per stage - 24m). The structure has a combined length of 252m.
The box girder of the bridge incorporates both the BBV L9 and BBV L15 internal tendons, which following stressing works is injected with a cement grout. Additionally, BBV L19 external tendons are installed to the interior of the box girder, which are filled with a corrosion protection mass.
Post tensioning works commenced in December 2016 with the first phase of works completed in May 2017. The construction works for the second phase of the works, for the traffic in the direction of Münster are expected to begin in 2018.


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Exploring The Barely-There Gender Politics Of 'Alien: Covenant'
By Victoria McNally | Film | May 23, 2017 |
Spoiler warning! Reading after this point without having seen Alien Covenant yet is like taking your helmet off on a new planet — you should not do it, and if you do anyway, what happens to you after that is your own fault. Don't go any further if you don't want to get spoiled. You have been warned.
In 1979 when Alien was first released, it was revolutionary for the subversive way that it depicted gender and sexuality. The script, famously, didn't delineate the pronouns of any of its seven characters; once Ripley was cast as a woman, her competent demeanor in the face of adversity made her into a feminist icon. And then there's the deeply psychosexual aesthetic of the aliens, who literally penetrate someone and force him to give birth, turning an experience already anticipated by most childbearing women into a total nightmare for men.
Watching Alien: Covenant over the weekend, I was expecting something similar in theme. After all, this is the first ship in the franchise to be exclusively staffed by couples with the explicit purpose of populating a new homeworld. All these characters exist to settle down and make babies! It has the highest number of female crew members in any Alien movie! (the Nostramo and the Betty both had two women; the Prometheus had three; not counting Newt, the Sulaco had four; Covenant has five) And yet, it was not what I expected, and not because the movie didn't do anything with gender — but because what it did do was subtle and, frankly, a bit stereotypical. And maybe that was the point.
Most strikingly, even though the female crew members are all demonstrated to be capable at their jobs and devoted to their husbands, there's an odd strain of male possessiveness that simmers on the surface of the entire film. The crewman joke with one another about their wives' "tits" and about not leaving one another alone with them, even while their wives are there listening. Tennessee spends the entire movie referring to his wife by their shared last name, Faris, and gets so upset about her safety that he talks over her during a rough landing (leaving her to object that she knows what she's doing, thank you) and endangers an entire ship full of colonists to rescue her. Even when he's maintaining the ruse that Elizabeth Shaw died under unforeseen circumstances, David refers to her as "My" Elizabeth; once that ruse is discovered, his particular brand of ownership becomes even more insidious. The one notable exception to this phenomenon is Daniels Branson (nope, surprisingly Daniels is not her last name), whose husband dies at the beginning of the movie and who therefore has no one to claim her — not even Walter, although David certainly eggs him on to do so.
This would give you the impression that the film is not interested in its female characters (save, again, for Daniels), but that's not entirely the case either when you look at the various ways all the crew members are dispatched throughout the film. The women's deaths are tense and drawn out, clearly meant to provoke strong emotional reactions either in their grieving husbands or in the audience — think back to the dramatic close-ups of Rosenthal's severed head, bobbing in the water like a painting of drowned Ophelia. But the men die completely unceremoniously; mostly they're used as incubators for Xenomorphs and cast aside. In one case, a Xenomorph plunges itself through Jussee Smollet's character to get to his screaming, naked wife; the male character who brought that Xenomorph aboard in the first place doesn't get a death scene at all.
There are a few possible explanations for this, the most practical one being that watching Xenomorphs explode out of dudes is pretty old hat at this point and doesn't pack quite the same punch as it did in 1979. Another is that our culture is simply more accustomed to female suffering in art; as Edgar Allen Poe once said, "The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world." In fact, you could argue that the Final Girl trope only exists in the first place because audiences are more comfortable seeing a woman emotionally — and often sexually — terrorized by a monster. I mean, just look at how people rag on Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge for trying the same formula with a male ingenue instead.
Taken another way, however, you could make the argument that this is all intentional on Ridley Scott's part. The men of Alien: Covenant do very stupid things, like traveling to unknown planets because it feels less scary than following a plan, or leaning right into mysterious alien plantlife for a faceful of spores (or, extrapolated more broadly, they create sociopathic androids and don't think anything's wrong when those androids bleach their hair blond and get really into Wagner). The women, in contrast, make cautious choices and follow contamination protocol even in the direst of circumstances, and still suffer directly as a result of the men's poor decisions.
To be fair, this plot structure has always served as the narrative underpinning for every single Alien film; none of the men in charge ever listen to Ripley until it's too late, and it always falls to her to burn the whole thing down one way or another. But because the new Prometheus series is singularly focused on David, the triumphant moment where the Final Girl kills the monster doesn't actually happen. Sure, Daniels throws a Xenomorph out the airlock, but she realizes too late that the victory is ultimately David's, not hers. To put it in more basic terms, the heroine isn't our protagonist anymore — the monster is.
Personally, I've always equated Alien movies with female empowerment, and even though I enjoyed the film for what it was, it still felt very strange. David might be endlessly compelling, but it's taken decades for the rest of the media landscape to get on board with women-led genre movies (and it still isn't, not really); so it's odd that the one franchise known for a female lead has chosen to shy away from them. But maybe this is what Alienneeds in order to innovate beyond what it's always been about. It's just doing things in the reverse order that every recently rebooted franchise has — with the cool female heroine appearing first, rather than being the fresh new face.
Besides, if you view the movies in order of in-universe chronology rather than by release date, the trajectory of the series still remains fairly subversive by typical gender normative standards. A male character, David, produces horrors out of an obsession with creation; and a female character, Ripley, becomes an agent of destruction to end those horrors. Or, to put it another way: Man creates Android, Android creates Xenomorphs, Xenomorphs eat Man, Woman inherits the Earth. At least, what's left of it once she's done.
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Voyager Space Holdings to acquire multi-launch site startup The Launch Company
Voyager Space Holdings, one of the companies that has been on a bit of an acquisitive spree recently as it looks to put together a comprehensive and multi-vertical space technology offering, has announced that it intends to acquire The Launch Company, an Anchorage-based startup that is focused on "streamlining the launch process," with the ultimate aim of building a launch site capable of playing host to multiple users for quick turnaround between launches from different providers.
Already, The Launch Company has worked with a number of companies in the new space sector, including Firefly, Relativity and Virgin Orbit. It's been involved in the DARPA launch challenge, which was designed to kickstart the development of mobile and responsive multi-vehicle launch capabilities. The company's focus on flexible and responsive launch services is in high demand not only in the emerging commercial space industry, but also for deep-pocketed and consistent clients like the Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force.
Voyager has been focusing on assembling holdings that allow it to provide clients across the space industry with more vertical integration throughout the process of designing and launching a mission. They acquired Pioneer Technologies earlier this year, which is working with NASA on Artemis program elements, and also last year acquired Altius Space Machines, a satellite interface, servicing and design company.
More new space consolidation as Voyager Space Holdings acquires Pioneer Astronautics
Burn permits now available in Kincardine
Residents who have been missing a backyard fire can now apply for burn permits online, as well as in person at the fire station on Mahood Johnston Drive. As of Jan. 15, residents wishing to purchase a permit online have been directed to https://mok.burnpermits.com/loginto set up an account. Once that is complete, payment can be made online through 'Square One' with debit or credit. Cash purchases should be made in person. Fire prevention officer Shane Watson suggests that anyone purchasing a permit should read the terms and conditions carefully, so they are informed as to what the permit entitles them to do and conditions they must adhere to. The type of permit purchased determines the length of time it is valid for and the cost of the permit. A recreational burn permit is valid for the calendar year in which it is purchased, and costs $20, as does the open air burning permit. An agricultural burning permit is valid for seven days and costs $20. The special occurrence burning permit can only be granted by the chief fire official or the designate. The cost of the permit is $20. A house, barn or similar burning permit can only be granted by the chief fire official or the designate, and is only valid for one day. The cost of the permit is $50 and those applying for this permit are asked to see the terms and conditions in open air burning permits, for additional instruction. All permits, except the recreational burning permit, require the permit holder to notify (844) 777-0443 before any burning takes place. The terms and conditions also list all items that can and cannot be burned. If applicants have additional questions not covered on the https://mok.burnpermits.com/loginwebsite, they do have the option of calling Kincardine Fire and Emergency Services for assistance. Do not call 911, call the fire station at 519-396-2141 or email kinfire@kincardine.ca. "Kincardine Fire and Emergency Services are always trying to serve the community as best we can," said Watson. "This new online process adds another layer to allow the community to apply for burn permits online from the comfort of their home, while still offering in-person service for those that choose to do so. Safety is always our priority and we also recognize the times we are currently in. This is another reason why we are launching the online platform, to promote people and families staying at home while continuing to attain what they need, whether it's an approved fire to clear brush for crops, or a camp fire with your loved ones." Tammy Lindsay Schneider, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Kincardine Independent
Hydrogen gas-fuelled airships could spur development in remote communities
Hydrogen-filled cargo airships could do for the Northern economy what the railways did for Western Canada 125 years ago. It's time to lift the antiquated ban on hydrogen gas for use in blimps.
Theresa May rebukes Boris Johnson as UK welcomes Biden era
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed the start of a new U.K.-U.S. chapter on Wednesday under incoming U.S. President Joe Biden, even as his predecessor Theresa May accused Johnson of "abandoning" the U.K.'s moral leadership in the world during the tumultuous Trump era. May, who resigned in 2019 amid turmoil over Brexit, has been critical of Johnson's handling of Britain's exit from the European Union. The open criticism is unusual because both prime ministers represent the Conservative Party. Writing in the Daily Mail newspaper, May slammed Johnson's threat last year to breach the legally binding Brexit treaty he had signed with the EU, and his decision to abandon a commitment to spending 0.7% of Britain's GDP on foreign aid. May said "to lead we must live up to our values." "Threatening to break international law by going back on a treaty we had just signed and abandoning our position of global moral leadership as the only major economy to meet both the 2% defence spending target and the 0.7% international aid target were not actions which, in my view, raised our credibility in the eyes of the world," May said. Since Biden won the U.S. election in November, Johnson has tried to shake off criticism that he became too close to outgoing President Donald Trump. The two men's populist, crowd-pleasing styles have often drawn comparisons. Johnson's supporters argue that all British prime ministers have to forge strong relationships with the occupant of the White House. May was the first world leader to visit Trump after his inauguration in 2017, though their personal relationship was never warm. Johnson has congratulated Biden and noted that they share priorities, including combating climate change and bolstering international institutions. Johnson told the House of Commons that he looked forward to working with Biden "and with his new administration, strengthening the partnership between our countries and working on our shared priorities from tackling climate change, building back better from the pandemic and strengthening our transatlantic security.'' The Associated Press
22-year-old Bathurst area man dead after head-on crash
A man from the Bathurst area is dead after a motor vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon. The accident happened just before 4 p.m. on Route 11 near Petit-Rocher and was a head-on crash. A 22-year-old man died and a 45-year-old truck driver was injured. Traffic was rerouted for several hours.
EU sighs with relief as Biden readies to enter White House
BRUSSELS — The European Union's top officials breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday that Joe Biden will be taking over as president of the United States, but they warned that the world has changed after four years of Donald Trump and that trans-Atlantic ties will be different in the future. "This new dawn in America is the moment we've been awaiting for so long," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, hailing Biden's arrival as "resounding proof that, once again after four long years, Europe has a friend in the White House." "The United States are back, and Europe stands ready to reconnect with an old and trusted partner to breathe new life into our cherished alliance," she told EU lawmakers, hours before Biden was to be sworn in at his inauguration ceremony in Washington. European Council President Charles Michel, who chairs summits between the EU's 27 heads of state and government, said that trans-Atlantic relations have "greatly suffered in the last four years. In these years, the world has grown more complex, less stable and less predictable." "We have our differences and they will not magically disappear. America seems to have changed, and how it's perceived in Europe and the rest of the world has also changed," said Michel, whose open criticism of the Trump era contrasted starkly with the silence that mostly reigned in Europe while the Republican leader was in the White House. This change, Michel said, means "that we Europeans (must) take our fate firmly into our own hands, to defend our interests and promote our values," and he underlined that "the EU chooses its course and does not wait for permission to take its own decisions." The Europeans have invited Biden to a summit, quite probably in Brussels, in parallel with a top-level NATO meeting as soon as he's ready. Michel said the EU's priority is to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, rebuild the global economy and boost security ties with Washington. In Germany, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier issued a video statement on his website as well as Instagram and Facebook before the inauguration, calling it a "good day for democracy." He said that the U.S. had "faced tremendous challenges and endured." "Despite the attempts to tear at America's institutional fabric, election workers and governors, the judiciary and Congress have proven strong," he said. "I am greatly relieved that, today, Joe Biden is being sworn in as president and will be moving into the White House. I know many people in Germany share this feeling." With Biden and incoming Vice-President Kamala Harris, Steinmeier said there was new hope that the U.S. would again be a "vital partner" internationally to tackle issues like the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, security issues including arms control and disarmament, and multiple conflicts. "When our views do differ, such differences of opinion will not divide us, but should rather spur us on to find joint solutions," he said. "Despite all the joy we feel today, we must not forget that even the most powerful democracy in the world has been seduced by populism. "We must work resolutely to counter polarization, protect and strengthen the public square in our democracies, and shape our policies on the basis of reason and facts." ___ David Rising in Berlin contributed to this report. Lorne Cook, The Associated Press
Whiteout conditions, 40 cm possible for St. John's area Thursday
As Labrador hunkers down under an ongoing blizzard, the south-east portion of the province is waiting for its first major storm of the season. The latest forecast from CBC meteorologist Ashley Brauweiler calls for 30 to 40 centimetres of snow and gusts up to 90 km/h for much of the Avalon peninsula and the Bonavista area on Thursday. While Labrador will see its blizzard conditions peter out early Thursday, Brauweiler said just hours later a new weather system will move in. She expects snow to start falling on the island around mid-day. Brauweiler also has her eye on another storm system that could dump more snow on the island Saturday, but says it's too early to tell how much it will bring. "It is going to be unsettled — a very busy weather pattern over the next little bit," she said Wednesday evening. Her forecast echoes Wednesday morning's predictions from Veronica Sullivan, an Environment Canada meteorologist based in Gander. "For the next few days … it's going to be quite active, especially for eastern Newfoundland, the northeast coast and the Great Northern Peninsula, and also Labrador," Sullivan said. The Avalon and Bonavista peninsulas are under a winter storm warning, with Environment Canada predicting between 20 to 35 centimetres of snow as of Wednesday evening, and possibly higher amounts for the Avalon's easternmost points, including the St. John's area. That weather system could also affect the island's northeast coast and Northern Peninsula, said Sullivan, although that uncertain track means it's too soon to say how much snow will fall later on Thursday night. Blizzards, and a busy weekend Meanwhile, a storm is already pushing through Labrador's north coast with the entire area under a blizzard warning Wednesday. Heavy snow and high winds are reducing visibility to zero, according to Environment Canada, which predicts between 15 to 25 centimetres of snow and possibly more in certain areas by Thursday morning. However, much of Labrador can expect more snow on the way for the weekend, Sullivan said. That snow "could persist for many days," although it is too early to firm up that forecast. Read more from CBC Newfoundland and Labrador
Projet de tyrolienne au site de la Nouvelle-France
Saint-Félix-d'Otis entend donner un nouveau souffle au site de la Nouvelle-France avec l'installation d'une tyrolienne unique au Canada fabriquée par la compagnie Zip Liner qui permettrait des descentes rocambolesques sur un parcours de 1000 mètres en direction du fjord du Saguenay. Le projet de 1,4 M$ a été dévoilé par le maire de la municipalité, Pierre Deslauriers, en prévision de la mise en service pour la saison touristique 2022. En entrevue, M. Deslauriers a déclaré que le financement du projet était très avancé et qu'il ne restait que 200 000 $ à attacher pour aller de l'avant. Le maire Deslauriers a expliqué que l'idée d'installer une tyrolienne avec chaise et harnais a été inspirée de la directrice générale de la municipalité, Hélène Gagnon, qui a visité le village de Hoonah en Alaska, où a été aménagé le Icy Strait Point destiné à recevoir une clientèle de bateaux de croisière. Le Icy Strait Point est constitué de plusieurs tyroliennes qui permettent de parcourir à une vitesse maximale de 80 km/h une distance de 5300 pieds, sur une dénivellation de 1300 pieds devant le Pacifique, offrant un point de vue extraordinaire. Les passagers sont installés sur des chaises et retenus avec des harnais. « Lorsque je me suis rendue sur place, je n'ai aperçu que des têtes grises dans la tyrolienne. Il s'agit d'une belle aventure douce », témoigne Mme Gagnon. Le projet caressé par Saint-Félix-d'Otis serait plus modeste, puisqu'il permettrait de parcourir une distance d'un peu moins de 1000 mètres à partir du poste d'accueil pour une descente jusqu'à la maison de Champlain, près des rives du Saguenay. M. Deslauriers a mentionné qu'avant les Fêtes, des représentants de la firme Zip Liner, de Colombie-Britannique, sont venus repérer le site envisagé et ont constaté que le projet pourrait profiter d'une belle dénivellation de la montagne. Les tyroliennes permettraient une descente à faible hauteur du sol à une vitesse raisonnable. Plusieurs engagements Selon les informations transmises, le projet serait passablement avancé au niveau du financement puisque la MRC du Fjord-du-Saguenay s'est engagée pour un montant de 100 000 $ auquel s'ajouterait une enveloppe semblable provenant du programme des projets de grande envergure. Le site de la Nouvelle-France contribuerait pour 200 0000 $ tandis que la municipalité avancerait un demi million $. Québec se serait engagé pour un montant variant entre 150 000 $ à 200 000 $. Ne reste plus que l'engagement du fédéral à confirmer. « On travaille avec Développement économique Canada (DEC). On a discuté avec notre agent de projet. On complète le pro forma et on va tomber dans la phase d'analyse », explique M. Deslauriers. Au départ, il était question de mettre en place un système de visite virtuelle en 3D pour le site de la Nouvelle-France, mais ce projet a été remplacé le projet de tyrolienne, lequel s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un programme de développement du site qui vise à attirer les familles, les grands-parents, dans un cadre où l'histoire serait au centre des activités. La direction souhaite bonifier l'offre de sentiers pour la randonnée pédestre afin d'attirer un plus grand nombre de visiteurs. Pierre Deslauriers ne cache pas que le site a déjà vécu de meilleurs jours alors qu'à une certaine époque, environ 25 000 visiteurs le fréquentaient annuellement, comparativement à 5000 à 6000 présentement.Denis Villeneuve, Initiative de journalisme local, Le Quotidien


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