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Q: Training GRU for multivariate data I am trying to train multivariate data using GRU.
Data input/output format are
Input shape (1231, 30, 3)
Output shape (1231, 7, 3)
There are altogether 1231 dataset.
Input shape is 30,3 and output shape is 7,3 as shown below.
Input data
[[451. 163. 288.]
 [458. 166. 292.]
 [460. 168. 292.]
 [460. 168. 292.]
 [464. 169. 295.]
 [470. 172. 298.]
 [476. 174. 302.]
 [479. 176. 303.]
 [479. 176. 303.]
 [479. 176. 303.]
 [479. 176. 303.]
 [486. 179. 307.]
 [491. 183. 308.]
 [494. 183. 311.]
 [501. 187. 314.]
 [507. 191. 316.]
 [510. 193. 317.]
 [510. 193. 317.]
 [514. 195. 319.]
 [518. 196. 322.]
 [522. 196. 326.]
 [533. 201. 332.]
 [540. 204. 336.]
 [545. 205. 340.]
 [545. 205. 340.]
 [558. 209. 349.]
 [566. 214. 352.]
 [574. 218. 356.]
 [581. 221. 360.]
 [589. 224. 365.]]

Output data
[[592. 294. 298.]
 [592. 294. 298.]
 [583. 290. 293.]
 [578. 289. 289.]
 [569. 285. 284.]
 [567. 284. 283.]
 [565. 283. 282.]]

I have GRU model as below.
n_steps = 30
predict_period=7
def create_GRU_model():
    model = Sequential()
    model.add(GRU(32, input_shape=(n_steps, n_features), activation='relu', return_sequences=True))
    model.add(Dropout(0.4))
    model.add(GRU(16, activation='relu'))
    model.add(Dropout(0.3))
    model.add(Dense(predict_period,n_features))

    optimizer = keras.optimizers.Adam(lr=0.0001)
    model.compile(optimizer, loss='mse')
    return model
GRU_model = create_GRU_model()

Error is as follows.
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-8-6f82c6f91502> in <module>()
     20     model.compile(optimizer, loss='mse')
     21     return model
---> 22 GRU_model = create_GRU_model()
     23 #stack_lstm_model = load_model('stack_lstm_model')
     24 # fit model

3 frames
/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/keras/activations.py in get(identifier)
    579     raise TypeError(
    580         'Could not interpret activation function identifier: {}'.format(
--> 581             identifier))

TypeError: Could not interpret activation function identifier: 3

What could be wrong?

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#ifndef NANOSHIELD_LOADCELL_h
#define NANOSHIELD_LOADCELL_h

#include <Arduino.h>
#include <SPI.h>

/**
 * Maximum number of samples that can be used in the moving average filter. This is also the
 * default value.
 */
#define LOADCELL_MAX_SAMPLES 10

/**
 * Timer to use for sampling ADS1230. Timers 1 to 5 are supported.
 */
#if defined(__AVR_ATmega1280__) || defined(__AVR_ATmega2560__)
#define LOADCELL_TIMER 5
#elif defined(__AVR_ATmega32U4__)
#define LOADCELL_TIMER 3
#else
#define LOADCELL_TIMER 2
#endif

/**
 * A LoadCell Nanoshield or similar module using the ADS1230 IC.
 */
class Nanoshield_LoadCell
{
  public:
    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * Creates an object to access one LoadCell Nanoshield. The constructor parameters must match
     * the hardware configuration used.
     *
     * @param capacity    load cell capacity. Any measurement unit can be used.
     * @param sensitivity load cell sensitivity, in mV/V.
     * @param cs          chip select pin matching the jumper selected on the board (D4, D7, etc.).
     * @param hiGain      true if operating in high gain mode (GAIN jumper closed), false if in low
     *                    gain mode (GAIN jumper open).
     * @param numSamples  number of samples used in moving average filter. Minimum is one (no
     *                    filtering) and maximum is {@link LOADCELL_MAX_SAMPLES}.
     * @see   begin()
     */
    Nanoshield_LoadCell(float capacity, float sensitivity, int cs = 8,
                        bool hiGain = true, int numSamples = LOADCELL_MAX_SAMPLES);

    /**
     * Initializes the module.
     *
     * Initializes SPI, CS pin, Timer 2 interrupts and moving average circular buffer. Performs
     * initial self-calibration if requested via the \p calibrate parameter.
     *
     * @param calibrate if true, performs ADS1230 offset calibration during initialization.
     */
    void begin(bool calibrate = true);

    /**
     * Checks if a new load cell reading is available.
     *
     * @return true if a new load cell reading is available.
     */
    bool updated();

    /**
     * Gets the current 20-bit value, filtered and offset-corrected.
     *
     * @return current load cell value.
     */
    int32_t getValue();

    /**
     * Gets the current 20-bit value, filtered but not offset-corrected.
     *
     * @return current load cell value without offset correction.
     */
    int32_t getRawValue();

    /**
     * Gets the latest reading (unfiltered 20-bit value), offset-corrected.
     *
     * @return latest load cell value.
     */
    int32_t getLatestValue();

    /**
     * Gets the latest reading (unfiltered 20-bit value), offset-corrected.
     *
     * @return latest load cell value, without offset correction.
     */
    int32_t getLatestRawValue();

    /**
     * Gets the weight, filtered and offset-corrected.
     *
     * @return current weight reading.
     */
    float getWeight();

    /**
     * Sets the current value to be the zero-weight value (offset or tare).
     */
    void setZero();

    /**
     * Performs ADS1230 offset calibration.
     */
    void calibrate();

  private:
    static SPISettings spiSettings;
    static int timeout;

    int cs;
    bool newData;
    int32_t offset;
    float capacity;
    float sensitivity;
    bool hiGain;
    bool calibrateOnNextCycle;
    uint8_t actualSamples;
    int32_t samplesSum;
    uint8_t numSamples;
    uint8_t head;
    uint8_t tail;
    int32_t samples[LOADCELL_MAX_SAMPLES];

    void readDataIfReady();
    void resetBuffer();

    friend void timerOverflowIsr(int i);
};

#endif

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The Fourth HMS Conway - HMS Nile 1826 - 1876
There were several vessels called HMS Nile prior to the vessel that eventually became HMS Conway. They were:
1800 Jul 8:
HMS Nile involved in capture of French Desiree (38) in dunkirk Roads. 3 other frigates escaped.
1800 Nov 17:
Cutter from HMS Nile destgroys French Reloaise and 2 merchant ships in Port Novalo, Morbihan.
"Lugger" HMS Nile involved in a major action with the French and Spanish 150 miles WNW of Ferol. Captured 2 Spanish ships. alos engaged in an action off Rochefort.
A 12-gun cutter was purchased in 1806. This may have been the former hired armed cutter Nile. HMS Nile was put up for sale in October 1810 and sold, but the purchaser rejected her; she was subsequently broken up in 1811.
Image for sale from John Maggs. It is one of a series of paintings created for the front page of the maritime 'Blue Peter' magazine in the 1920s and 30
Laid down coronation at HM Dockyard, Plymouth as a two deck second rate sailing line of battle ship. LOA 205 feet, depth 54 feet, weight 4,375 tons. A 92 gun vessel with ten 8 inch guns, eighty two 30 pounders. Built entirely of wood her construction costs were £86,197. Sister ships were Rodney and London.
Her full complement of men was 850.
1839 Jun 28 Sat
Launched at 6pm on the anniversary of Queen Victoria's coronation. A very large crowd, estimated at around 50,000 had gathered to watch. She was launched by Miss Warren the daughter of the Dockyard Admiral.
1839 - 1854 Held in Reserve at Devonport.
During this period the French had launched steam sailing ships and the Admiralty began to debate the need for similar vessels in the Royal Navy. Docked in Devonport to be converted to a screw ship with a engine, propeller and funnel. This took a long time and cost £63,837. The 500 hp engine was made by Sewards.
On completion of the conversion she was finally commissioned.
1854 Feb 25 to 1854 Jul 17
Commanded by Commodore Henry Byam Martin, Western (Channel) squadron with complement of 830 men and boys.
1854 Apr 16-18
Underwent steam trials in Stokes Bay.
Commanded by Captain George Rodney Mundy. Sailed for the Gulf of Finland to join the Baltic Squadron - war had been declared on Russia on March 27th.
1854 Jul 17 to 1857 Apr 20
Commanded (until paying off at Plymouth) by Captain George Rodney Mundy.
Left Gulf of Finland.
Departed Kiel for Devonport.
Dry-docked in Devonport (after a minor collision).
855 Apr
Departed for the Baltic.
Arrived Kiel.
Led the inshore squadron into the Gulf to an anchorage in Biorko Sound. Engaged the Russians on several occasions capturing or destroying large numbers of vessels and supplies.
1855 Jun17
HMS Nile was off Seskar on the Baltic
near Cronstadt that guards the approaches to St Petersburg. The Captain was John Wilson Carmichael.
http://www.west.net/~pamass/htmfiles/russ06.htm
Nile's boats boarded and burnt some Russian vessels, reportedly near Hammeliski (possibly Humaliski on the island of Björkö, now called Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast).
Left for Kiel and Devonport
Part of the Spithead Review to mark the end of the Crimean War.
Sailed for Halifax, Nova Scotia to patrol the North American and West Indies stations. She was the flagship of Rear Admirtal Arthur Flagshawe.
1856 Jun-Dec
Visited Halifax, Bermuda, San Domingo and various Caribbean ports.
1857 Visited San Domingo, Port Royal and Havana
Departed for Spithead and Plymouth. Paid off.
1858 Feb 28th
Carpenter 1st Class Thomas Barnard was appointed. he left the ship on 1st Oct 1859. He had previously served in Conway.
1858 Mar 1 to Dec 7
Commanded by Captain Henry Ducie Chads, later promoted Rear-Admiral and she became his flagship at Queenstown, Ireland.
Spent 7 weeks in Greenock (River Clyde) as a show ship open to visitors.
Arrived on the Mersey for a similar visit, mooring very near the first HMS Conway then awaiting her first New Chums and official opening.
Exercised with the Channel Fleet.
Departed for the West Indies but was caught in a hurricane and returned to Cork for repairs some 40 days later. Moved to Plymouth for further repairs.
Commanded by Captain Arthur Parry Eardley-Wilmot, flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles Talbot, Queenstown
Departed for Bermuda under the command of Captain Edward King Barnard and carrying the flag of Rear Admiral Alexander Milne, the Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station.
Ship's band attends opening of HMS Conway.
Departed for Holyhead. A few days later called at Queenstown.
At half-past 6 o'clock on Saturday evening Nile steamed out of Cork harbour to join the Channel squadron at Spithead.
1859 Sep 2-16
Exercised with the fleet in Torbay
The Times reported she was commanded by Capt. A.P.E. Wilmot;
Returned to Plymouth.
The Times reported that "It is expected that the Nile will return to Queenstown, where her crew will probably be reduced to 350."
Sailed into the Atlantic for the West Indies.
1859 Nov 4-5
Caught in hurricane in North Atlantic, suffered considerable damage and loss.
Arrived in Cork for urgent repairs.
Towed to Plymouth for further repairs.
1859 Dec 31 to 1864 Apr 23
Captain Edward King Barnard, appointed Captain at Devonport. Nile becomes flagship of Rear-Admiral Alexander Milne, North America and West Indies
Sailed for Bermuda.
Arrived Bermuda.
Arrived Halifax as flagship North American Squadron. Halifax Museum Negative 14902 is a photo of HMS Nile in Halifax Harbour.
1860 Entertained the Prince Of Wales onboard. Visited Halifax, Bermuda and Ireland Island.
In Grassy Bay, Bermuda
1861 Visited Antigua, Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica and Bermuda.
With the Admiral's flag, she was at Bermuda.
1862 Feb 4
According to the Bermuda Royal Gazette, she was at Bermuda, commanded by Capt. Barnard, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.B.
With other vessels engaged in recovering the stores from the Conqueror a total wreck on Rum Cay.
Still at Bermuda
Replaced as Queenstown guardship by the newly commisioned Sans Pareil.
1862 Visited Bermuda, Halifax, Charlottetown, Nassau and Newfoundland.
1863 Visited Jamaica, Havana, Bermuda, Barbados, Antigua, Martinique.
Some of Nile's crew circa 1865
Intervention In The American Civil War?
The battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 marked the highpoint of the Confederacy who hoped for international recognition, especially from Britain and France. There were rumours that Britain would support the Confederacy and on Sept 15 th the Union's Foreign Secretary Seward issued a notice to all consulates decrying Britain and France's belief that the Union could not win and that secession was likely.
Nile was flagship of the North American Squadron, Rear Admiral Milne was CinC. Public Records Office records show there was steady communication between Milne, the Admiralty and the Duke Of Somerset - the First Lord Of The Admiralty from 1861 discussing the capacity, readiness and potential response of the North American Squadron to any interference with British merchant shipping. On 29 September 1863 Milne visited New York with what is described as the Russian Fleet (see New York Times archives). They remained for at least 4 weeks during which they were very well received by the people of New York and were entertained to balls and other events – the local businessmen (Roosevelts, Astors and Browns) forming a special committee for the purpose. There was a formal visit of New Yorkers to Nile. On October 12-15 Milne and Secretary Seward visited a number of fortifications together. Even at the time of the visit the Confederate side was still strong was still strong
There are suggestions that this visit was a cover for high level negotiations with the Union which would decide finally whether or not Britain remained neutral in the American Civil War. I can find no direct evidence to support this but would be interested to hear from anyone who can shed light on the matter.
1864 Visited Port Royal, Jamaica, Havana, Bermuda and returned to Spithead by 18 April.
Placed in Reserve at Devonport where she first started.
1875 Mar 20 to May 13
Engines, boilers, underwater fittings and funnel removed.
1876 The Admiralty carried out many renovations to the ship and a fitted a new foremast (the old main mast of HMS Satellite), main mast, mizzen mast and bowsprit from HMS Jason. Many spars were transferred from the second Conway.
Moved to Birkenhead and moored in The Soyne off Rock Ferry pier. Renamed HMS Conway.
Suffered amny near misses form German mines during the Liverpool blitz. Order given to Abandon Ship when one mine was swept close to her stern.
Moved to the Menai Strait to avoid further danger from the blitz and moored at Glyn Garth off Bangor pier.
Moved to a new mooring near Plas Newydd
The ship slipped her moorings and was taken in tow by the Dongarth (again!) and the Minegarth - the same pair that had brought her from Glyn Garth. During the difficult passage of the Swellies she ran aground on the Platters Rocks below the Menai Suspension Bridge. She settled as the tide fell and broke her back and she became a total loss. The wreck was returned to the Admiralty for disposal. Removal of the wreck became the responsibility of the Caernafon Harbour Board. Details of the removal are in the Gwynedd County Archives.
Burnt to the waterline whilst being dismantled.
Later HMS Nile
A new Trafalgar Class HMS Nile was begun - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nile_(1888). She was the last British battleship to be completed with a single citadel; all subsequent capital ships had separate citadels fore and aft. Also, she was the first British battleship to mount a secondary armament of quick-firing guns - guns in which the charge and shell are combined together in a cartridge which is loaded as a single unit.
This vessel was part of the fleet off Tripoli when HMS Victoria was sunk (rammed) by HMS Camperdown on 22 June.
Sold and broken up at Swansea.
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Cosco Shipyard makes tanker debut
Super User_2 | Jan 24, 2008
Shanghai: Cosco Shipyard Group (CSG) has secured its first tanker newbuilding contracts as well as announcing a series of tanker to bulker conversions in deals worth $422m.
CSG will construct two shuttle tankers for unnamed Norwegian shipowning interests at its subsidiary Cosco Nantong Shipyard.
The tankers are costing $171.6m in total and are due for delivery in 2010 and 2011. The deal includes options for two identical ships.
The company has also confirmed 18 conversion contracts worth $250m, fifteen of which involve tanker to bulker conversions.
Eight of the contracts, worth $101.4m, involve tanker to bulker conversions, another five, worth $57.5m, will see tankers converted into ore carriers. [24/01/08]


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Hamels tames Mariners, Rangers stay close in wild-card hunt
SEATTLE (AP) Cole Hamels has a long history of winning down the stretch, and he gave the Texas Rangers exactly what they needed Thursday night.
Hamels dominated for eight innings, Adrian Beltre and Shin-Soo Choo went deep and the Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 to hang around the AL wild-card hunt.
Texas and the Los Angeles Angels are 2 1/2 games behind Minnesota for the second wild card. The Angels lost to Cleveland, while the Twins blew out Detroit.
Hamels (11-4) allowed three hits and a run while striking out eight. He gave up a solo homer to Nelson Cruz – his 35th – in the seventh, along with a pair of singles to Jean Segura.
Hamels has a 29-16 career record in September and October, including 8-3 in three seasons with Texas.
"That's veteran leadership showing up," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. "That's knowing how to go out and perform and put your team in a winning situation. We've seen it so many times before from him."
Keone Kela got his second save despite yielding a solo homer to Robinson Cano in the ninth. It was Cano's 22nd this season and 300th of his career.
"It means a lot," Cano said. "In a humble way, it's something that makes me proud of myself, proud of my family and the way they raised me to help me get to this level."
The Mariners have lost five straight games and are five back in the wild-card chase with nine games remaining.
James Paxton (12-5) allowed two runs in 3 2/3 choppy innings. The hard-throwing left-hander was making his second start since a pectoral injury landed him on the disabled list, and he's struggled both times.
"I was moving the fastball around better, breaking stuff was sharper," Paxton said. "Not as sharp as I can be, but it's definitely a step in the right direction. Tonight, unfortunately, it wasn't enough."
Carlos Gomez had a two-run double in the first that caromed off the glove of Seattle third baseman Kyle Seager.
"It's important for us to finish strong," said Gomez, now in his 11th big-league season. "We showed the young guys that this is going to be tough but we never give up."
Beltre hit his 17th home run in the sixth and Choo hit his 20th in the seventh. For Beltre, that tied him with Jose Canseco, Adam Dunn and Detroit's Miguel Cabrera for 35th on the career home run list with 462.
Mariners closer Edwin Diaz, whose home island of Puerto Rico has been battered by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, finally heard from his family Wednesday. His cousin called and said the damage was minimal. "Nothing bad. I'm happy for that," he said, although he doesn't know the status of his house or his grandmother's house.
Diaz has been anxious but said he has to block it out. "The game is one part and my family is another part," he said. "When I'm in the game, I have to do my work. I think about them, but I have to concentrate 100 percent on what I do."
Rangers: Gomez started in center field after missing most of 10 games with a right ankle sprain. He did appear in one game, Tuesday, as a pinch hitter.
Mariners: RHP Dan Altavilla, rested the past couple games with a bruised foot, entered with two outs in the fourth inning.
Rangers: RHP Nick Martinez (3-6, 5.47) goes into the Oakland Coliseum, where he has a 1.77 ERA in seven appearances, ninth lowest ever there (min: 35 innings). He'll be opposed by A's RHP Kendall Graveman (5-4, 4.39).
Mariners: RHP Erasmo Ramirez (5-6, 4.56), re-acquired in a July 28 trade with Tampa Bay, makes his 10th appearance with Seattle. Since arriving, he is 1-3 with a 4.22 ERA. The Indians will start RHP Trevor Bauer (16-9, 4.41).
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Breathtaking and vibrant are the first two words that will come to mind when you first look at the Spring 2019 Prom & Pageant collection of Jovani and JVN prom dresses. One of the industry's premier prom dress designers has really outdone themselves this year, producing two lines of elegant and colorful prom dresses and gowns that surpasses anything they have put on the market previously. Colorful doesn't even begin to describe them. The images you'll see when you look at these videos will give you life.
None of that is an exaggeration. Before you go shopping for a prom limo, a prom tuxedo for your date, or find a prom hairstylist, you need to focus and consider a Jovani or JVN prom dress before one of your classmates gets to it. The 2019 collection is absolutely spectacular and you will want to be wearing something from it when you show up at the prom venue on prom night.
Jovani showcases it's plus size collection very nicely. Their new collection has a selection of blues, reds, pinks, yellows, and greens that stand out and that are cut to fit girls of all shapes and sizes. If you have a prom this year you are truly the luckiest class of the past four years. The Jovani and JVN prom dresses you have to choose from this year are the best ever.
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I love how prom dress styles are changing. Some remind me of when I was in school! It's so fun!
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The plus size collection is gorgeous, I love all the rhinestones.
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I wish we had something like this when I attended prom! I love that a plus size collection is also available.
These dresses are beautiful. I'm glad there are more options (beautiful gorgeous options) for plus size.
These are stunning, and the options for plus sizes are more stunning than ever. I'm so glad you can't tell they're actually plus size, apart from the label.
Amazing that prom collection is truly outstanding. I wish I had that during my prom.
These dresses are gorgeous, now I want to have another prom! Such memories.
These are gorgeous dresses!!!! I love how prom dresses are constantly evolving and never the same year after year! I really can't wait to see whats in store for 2020!!
We love seeing the collections year after year too!
Beautiful collection! Any girl will transform into a lovely, blooming lady in any of these amazing pieces.
This collection look nice, good luck for the prom.
OMG! Can I get all these dresses for free? 😀 Very beautiful. Though they look best on Prom nights I want to wear them anytime. Very beautiful.
You definitely would not want these dresses for free. The make you feel so grand and luxe, you would not want to miss out on the feeling of abundance you get when you buy something of this quality.
I started following Jovani dresses when I went to prom in 2013, and I still without shame follow their instagram page to see these gorgeous dresses! Jovani is awesome.
It is a great testimony to Jovani dresses that you would continue to support their collections.
Beautiful! I love all the sparkles and the glamour that comes with each dress.
Sparkles are everything and these gowns have it!
Yes, sometimes less is more. Fortunately Jovani and JVN has some great looks for everyone.
Those gowns are simply gorgeous. I looked at them over and over again.
Thanks for coming back again and again to look at the gorgeous Jovani and JVN gowns.


Recently, 2K Games announced the minimum and recommended PC specs needed to run their upcoming basketball game, NBA 2K18.
According to the system requirements, both the minimum and recommended specs to run the title are reasonable, especially since both specifications require Windows 7 as the minimum operating system. Additionally, the PC version of the game will take up 70GB of free space on your hard drive. Thankfully, the game is not requiring high-end PC parts to run as well as to maintain a smooth frame rate.
NBA 2K18 is scheduled to release on September 19th for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox 360. Those who pre-order it, however, will be able to obtain the game four days early on September 15th.


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ESG/Finance
GreenBiz on Social Media
In pursuit of the elusive 'energy strategy'
To create an effective strategy, you have to think like an investor.
By Joe Árvai
Sergey Nivens
Close Authorship
I had the privilege last month of attending the excellent New York Times Energy for Tomorrow meeting, which was held in Paris prior to the COP22 meeting in Marrakech. The meeting involved a wide range of well-known and well-respected leaders from both government and the private sector. The list included political leaders such as Vidar Helgesen, Ségolène Royal and Laurence Tubiana, and business luminaries such as Peter Agnefjäll, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe and Carlos Ghosn.
Highlighting the agenda was narrative after narrative about what companies and policy makers are doing — or, in some cases, could be doing — to facilitate the hotly desired but largely elusive transition from a carbon-intensive to a low-carbon energy future. A shortlist of interrelated talking points included the importance of a price on carbon, the need to transition to an electrified economy that does not depend upon fossil fuels, the promise and perils of CCS and the efficiencies that might be obtained from a distributed (vs. bulk utility) energy delivery model.
More than once, these ideas — and others — were highlighted as the strategies for helping governments and business to meet the goals set forth by COP21.
But here's the thing: A strategy for facilitating an energy transition isn't the same thing as discussions about all the things we could or should do, or that we have done. Putting it another way, energy strategies should not be mistaken for the promotion of specific options, such as the deployment of electric vehicles, the construction of wind farms, R&D in carbon capture and storage or renewed investment in nuclear power. (This meeting took place in France, after all, where nuclear power accounts for approximately three-quarters of the country's electricity supply).
It's far too easy to respond with what I have come call the litany of 'No, because' arguments.
Don't get me wrong: Discussions about options are necessary to fuel the imagination with images of what might be. But at the same time, when strategic discussions focus with too much exclusivity on specific options, it's far too easy to respond with what I have come call the litany of "No, because" arguments. No, we can't have electric cars because the electricity to power them comes from coal. No, we can't have wind farms because they are unsightly and are hazardous to birds and bats. No, we can't invest in CCS because of the risks of leakage, or because the required price threshold for carbon has yet to be reached.
There's also a flip side to the "No, because" argument. It's that, when it comes to decision-making within complex systems, saying no to something implicitly removes an opportunity to make an informed, evidence-based decision. When considering energy transitions, for example, saying no to nuclear power implicitly means saying yes to something else — to a default, such as coal or hydro — without thinking in detail about the default's merits relative to the wider range of options that otherwise might be considered. Ultimately, when it comes to things like infrastructure and policy, saying no to something usually means saying yes to sunk costs and the status quo.
Smart and forward-thinking
So, if all of this is represents a bad substitute for the development of an energy strategy, what might count as a good one?
The cornerstone of an effective energy strategy — or any kind of business or public sector strategy, for that matter — is smart and forward-thinking decision-making. That is, a process for organizing analysis, encouraging deliberation and generating and evaluating options in a scientifically rigorous, transparent and defensible manner.
An energy strategy, therefore, isn't a report that can be released to elected officials, citizens or shareholders. Rather, it is a living process that hinges on organizing information and dialogue about the risks, costs and benefits of a wide array of energy options. Likewise, it offers a mechanism for understanding — and making choices in light of — path dependency; certain decisions and investments made today will open and close doors in terms of future decisions and investments. An effective energy strategy structures decision-making about energy options in a manner that facilitates tradeoffs when objectives conflict.
It's important to recognize that an energy strategy isn't a one-size-fits-all proposition.
It's also important to recognize that an energy strategy isn't a one-size-fits-all proposition. The suite of options that may work in one country or economic sector aren't necessarily going to be workable in others. On the surface, this may seem like an obstacle; in reality, it's a benefit.
National and corporate sovereignty means that actors will strategize about their own energy futures. However, sovereignty doesn't mean turning a blind eye to the broad marketplace of options and experiences of others; building upon the tenets of adaptive management, an effective energy strategy incorporates learning and — importantly, facilitates mid-course corrections — within and across organizations and communities — after selected options are deployed.
Portfolio pros and cons
When I teach or talk about this in public, the analogy I use for how to think about energy strategy is financial investments. No serious financial investor — and make no mistake: energy strategy, because of its consequences for sustainability, is serious business — would make decisions without thinking creatively about different portfolios, and without thinking about their pros and cons and risks and benefits. Moreover, no serious investor works in an information (and learning) vacuum; nor would they make and implement decision today without monitoring and, when necessary, revisiting that decision in the future.
Likewise, different investors have different objectives and different tolerances for accepting risk, both of which necessarily change over time. It makes perfect sense, therefore, that the investment strategy of Investor A will different from that of Investor B; likewise, Investor A's strategy today will differ from this same investor's strategy 10 years from now. Moreover, even if Investor A and Investor B strike out on different pathways, it would be counterproductive for them to not monitor and learn from each other's experiences.
An energy strategy is also specific to the objectives of the "investors" involved. A useful strategy is one that establishes a framework for helping these investors — policymakers, scientists and innovators and the public in this case — to answer questions about which components of an energy system are preferred. Specifically, an energy strategy should inform decisions about the desired level of investment in each element of an energy portfolio, where these investments should be made geographically and the signals or tipping points that will trigger the reallocation of funds and attention from one resource (coal or natural gas, for example) to another (say, renewables) over time. It should also help to distinguish between sources that are ready for development and those that require additional research.
Overlaid on these elements are questions about the level of risk and uncertainty ... that affected stakeholders are willing to tolerate.
Overlaid on these elements are questions about the level of risk and uncertainty — about the near-terms costs and long-term climate impacts of different energy futures — that affected stakeholders are willing to tolerate. At the end of the day, energy strategies hinge on a series of decisions that require a heavy lift; the inherent complexity can't be nudged away.
By the end of the New York Times meeting, I was struck by the fact that, when it comes to "energy for tomorrow," there's no shortage of good ideas out there. However, there is a shortage of good strategy. The energy landscape is dynamic and represents arguably the most important front in the battle against climate change.
Rethinking the manner in which we define and carry out energy strategy — especially in the era of Trump — this will be imperative.
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I write this knowing only the vaguest of rumours circulating the death of Michael Jackson. I'm certain that he won't be the first pop royalty to have rumours of his death greatly exaggerated. But I write not about MJ per se. I am writing to prophesise the coming hours, weeks and days as the global media Magimix whips us into such a state of frenzied grief you'll be able to see the soft peaks of pilgrims at Neverland from space.
I was in the UK in 1997 when Diana Princess of Wales was tragically killed. I was actually one of the few people awake early enough to hear reports of the accident prior to confirmation of her death. I spent the rest of the day playing cricket and being robbed (hence why I remember the details so clearly) before returning home to scenes of such unfamiliar public grief I could have believed I was in a parallel universe. The following hysterical weeks were of a gruesome like unknown in modern times. You could not move for someone trying to lay flowers at some landmark or other where Diana had posed, fawned or conducted an extra-marital affair. As far as modern icons go, the late MJ is one of the few who can compete. I fear for our collective sanity that he has now taken his final moon-walk.
I don't like Michael Jackson. I'll say that now. Don't get me wrong, he was a phenomenally talented songwriter, dancer and showman and richly deserves all of the industry accolades he has been showered with. The trouble is as an individual he has proven himself to be in a league of his own when it comes to being uncomfortably odd. The cosmetic surgery, the baby-juggling, the persistent rumours of paedophilia, the 'Jesus-Juice', the skin bleaching, the conversion to Islam, the chimp, the sailing of a giant effigy of himself down the Thames, calling his son Prince Michael, the list goes on. My point is (and this is not reserved specifically for Jackson) at what point should we divorce the soul of the genius from the deeply flawed individual in which it is housed? My answer is somewhere around the time the genius apes Christ and gyrates in flowing white robes surrounded by choirs of children practically catatonic in awe.
So now we have to endure days, if not weeks, of footage of Jacko as child, relive the horrific stories of his abusive J-Ho upbringing, rejoice in the cherubic brown child of the 70s, revolt as he matures into the pale ghoul of recent times, admire the ground-breaking music and videos – all suitably overlaid with classic hits of the past four decades. I haven't seen such a montage yet, but I am already over it.
I can predict with confidence an army of mawkish pilgrims en route to Neverland as I type, resplendent in their Jacko tour T-shirts, white gloves and comedy chimp puppets. Nothing attracts a crowd quite like the unexpected death of an icon, and Jackson's fans are nothing if not fanatical. No other group of devotees have had to endure as much as MJs. And still they remain; a stadium residency in London recently breaking box-office records despite (accurate) question-marks over the performer's health and professional capacity to complete such an arduous season.
And therein is the circle squared. Michael Jackson was a deeply flawed individual. Much of this can be attributed to a cruel and labour intensive childhood. Much of the rest is the product of chasing one's ego to the precipice of sanity to the cheers of vacant clones. Why didn't the fans try and help him? Where was the tough love? The demands for rehab? The rejection of bad-albums? For years the Jackson Leviathan has been fed by zombie sycophants. The same hangers-on will now be publicly lamenting the passing of their idol, blissfully unaware of their role in his downfall.
The death of Michael Jackson is tragic. The life of Michael Jackson was tragic. The Michael Jackson fans that are going to dominate my life for the next few weeks are tragic. A drug-addict who abused his body for the duration of his adult life has died prematurely. Can we please take a brief moment to reflect on the cost of such a waste and move on?
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"At what point should we divorce the soul of the genius from the deeply flawed individual in which it is housed?" Excellent point Jonathan. Will we, as a society, continue to make excuses for flawed geniuses? Continue to allow them liberties and celebrity when we wouldn't afford it of others?
I'm amazed at the media machine – churning out montages, interviews, tributes…yet aren't these the very publications, the very networks, that so heavily contributed to his demise?
My prediction is that we'll be hearing about this for weeks. Months, in fact. I do believe it's tragic – tragic that a man so talented is now gone, never to create again. But, if I can hope for anything, it's that we move on, swiftly, and begin to start living, and acting, as though we actually believe what he was singing about.
An interesting read, skeptical and intelligent.
Then there are the warm and fuzzy memories of confirmed Child Abusers…Liberace – he is so on par with the ostentatious glam demonstrated by MJ – a fashion foible. Good old Benny Hill – ahem. The glare and money to be made from these dominant 'stars' of their time was minuscule in comparison to MJ's lifespan.
Bizarre behavior but what a fabulous soundtrack he gave our lives.
The Ghouls will be dancing with glee.
"We got the star we deserved" as they say. Michael's life a demonstration of someone lost between the wants and desires of his family, peers and sensation seeking world. If someone had been able to show him hwo to extract himself from co-dependancy we would have a brilliant iconic musical genius to live with. Instead we got nothing but morbid sensationalism and only a sample of what he had to offer the world.
Maybe Michael has finally found his friend called "Ben" and I hope he gains the peace he wanted and needed so desparately. RIP Michael and thanks for enduring our intense voyeourism as long as you did.
Ok, so even I didn't expect this level of devotion from Melburnians. Just so you know, I will not be in Fed Square at 3am when it's cold enough to snow to watch anything to do with Michael Jackson.


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Prediction: Masochism.
Disclosure: I'm watching a Lucy ep before I dive whole-hog into this because I watched a trailer for TGE and it looks like it's gonna be a painful evening. You can also watch that trailer here. Rotten Tomatoes didn't seem to offer any glimmer of hope either, despite an overall 66% fresh rating. The audience review was down around 35% last time I looked. Although after I'm done I expect it may go down a little.
That's a bad place to start from. Let's reset.
If you don't know anything about The Girlfriend Experience, here's the skinny:
Set in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election, "The Girlfriend Experience" is five days in the life of Chelsea (adult film star Sasha Grey in her mainstream film debut), an ultra high-end Manhattan call girl who offers more than sex to her clients, but companionship and conversation–the girlfriend experience. Chelsea thinks she has her life totally under control–she feels her future is secure because she runs her own business her own way, makes $2,000 an hour, and has a devoted boyfriend who accepts her lifestyle. But, when you're in the business of meeting people, you never know who you're going to meet.
Ok. That's… there's potential in there. And Steven Soderbergh knows how to hit it hard about half the time (Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Ocean's Eleven, Erin Brockovich) and knows how to make something fun even when it craps out in the last act (Magic Mike, Behind the Candelabra) so maybe there's something hiding in here that I'll think about fondly later.
At any rate, an updated series based on this movie begins Sunday night on STARZ (which – is that a channel?) so maybe now is the time to soak in Sasha Grey's first, yet shockingly not last mainstream film role. Let's dim the lights:
Oh! We're starting with a 'mature audiences' warning. Hulu means business.
I don't actually think I've ever watched a Hulu movie before. They're always really not good movies.
Oh. I get it now.
I read somewhere that this was revolutionary because they shot it all with a crappy camera or something. It's definitely going to be an affected style.
I should be recording my face during this. I'm already just… jaw dropped. She is… it's like she's in a middle school play or something. Wow.
BAAAHAHAHAHAHAH! HYPE GYM! I'm dead. That's so fucking funny that they're shooting at Hype. I love it.
I'm really hoping this takes a turn soon because right now this movie is predicated on the notion that this woman with the emotional quality of cold toast is an "ultra high-end call girl."
She can't talk.
Wait. Is this a faux documentary? Who is she narrating to?
Oh god she's Doogie Howser-ing. She's narrating into a computer journal. Gross. I'm so disappointed in this.
Oh I see where the porn starts in this. It's real estate porn. Her apartment is BANANAS. I feel like Liz Lemon being blown away that someone's elevator opens into their apartment.
Jesus. Sasha is wooden and awkward. She looks annoyed and tired in every single scene. This cannot be representative of what ultra high-end call girls are like. I want a refund. I want a refund FOR these guys.
I'm not good at summarizing plot and story, so you'll have to watch this or read about it or something. So far there's basically very little of either.
These conversations are so stilted. No humans talk like this.
Now we're meeting Tara, another UHECG. I can't fathom a universe where I would pay money to be in the company of people like this. My brain just rejects the notion.
I've checked the remaining time about five times in the last few minutes.
There's still almost an hour.
OH MY GOD. They're shooting in ANOTHER gym I worked for. What is this movie.
There are literally marketing materials that I designed and had printed in the background of these shots.
This is objectively bad. It's almost as objectively bad as Sasha Grey's posture.
It was a mistake to hire actors to work around Sasha. It's magnifying her lack of charisma.
I swear I'm not this negative of a person. This is really hard to watch. I don't even recommend you try it for yourself to find out.
I'm really ragging on SG here, but I want to be clear that no one in this film is a person you would want to spend even an extended elevator ride with.
I kind of can't believe there's 35 minutes left. I don't know if I'm going to make it.
Ok this scene is a great example of a scene I'm not ever in – "Chelsea" is being propositioned for a favorable review in exchange for sex. There's never been a moment in my career where I thought twice about situations like this and there's been more than a handful of times where I've walked myself right back out the door instead of "dealing with that" as Chelsea just did (spoiler – she fucked him, got a bad review anyway, and then was sad about it).
I'd give anything for Channing Tatum to wander into this story and just gyrate a little bit.
I wonder if there's an argument to be made for this being terrible as a way to shame escorts or put them in their place or something. I don't know what would ground that, but maybe Soderbergh wanted to make some "commentary" about sex work and so cast this pouty, depth-less sack of potatoes as the UHECG.
If I take anything away from this, it's that clients deserve to be treated better than this. I can't imagine another business where this kind of behavior would be acceptable. I'm personally offended.
The big climax of the film is happening right now and I had to stop tweeting to look up at the screen to realize that. Because it has exactly the same flavorless mashed potato consistency as all the rest of the movie.
HOW ARE THERE STILL TWELVE MINUTES LEFT.
I WISH I WEREN'T AWAKE ANYMORE.
Excruciating and unimportant.
I should have stayed with Lucy.
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A bruise is caused when tiny blood vessels or capillaries are damaged or broken near the surface of your body without breaking the skin as the result of some kind of trauma to the skin. Broken capillaries leak blood in the surrounding tissues, which causes tenderness and discoloration under your skin. A bruise is also medically referred to as a contusion. As the bruise heals, your body absorbs that leaked blood. That's why the appearance of a bruise changes.
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A research suggest fingerprinting identification become less reliable as the time interval between two sets of prints being taken increases, which recommends that the edges on a man's fingertips may really change somewhat finished the course of a man's life. But the body which is well protected still appears to work truly tried and dependable.
Hallucination is a false experience involving the apparent perception of something not exist and specify abnormality in perception, it seems very real or true but actually, it is created by your mind. This false perception is not considered for by the people's religious or cultural background. Some people experiencing hallucinations may be aware that the perceptions are false, whereas others may truly believe that what they are seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling, or smelling is real. We know from fMRI (Functional magnetic resonance imaging) studies that these hallucinations activate the same brain areas as sight, areas that are not activated by imagination. Many other hallucinations, including smells, sights, and sounds, also involve the same brain areas as real sensory experiences.
Hormones are special chemical messengers in the body which are created in the endocrine glands that are secreted directly into the blood, which carries them to organs and tissues of the body to exert their functions. The endocrine system relies on interactions between three features to do its job: glands, hormones, and trillions of cell receptors.
Two animals can be similar because they shared a recent common ancestor. Wolves and coyotes are similar because they share a recent common ancestor. Humans and chimpanzees, it's not accidental that we look very similar because we have a relatively recent common ancestor.
Sweating plays an important health role because it helps maintain body temperature by cooling us down. When we're hot and we sweat, that moisture evaporates and cools us off a bit. sweating, in reality, is the body's mechanism to cool itself down and regulate its internal temperature.
The University of California San Diego had first high highlighted this cause of brain disease more than 10 years ago. They identified a gene, Ankrd16, that may be able to stop the accumulation of protein deposits in the brain, a factor in developing brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.


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Directive 2014/59/EU, or the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD), aims to ensure that the European Union (EU) effectively addresses the risks posed by the banking system. The BRRD contains 133 Recitals and stretches 132 Articles and it aims to create a harmonised framework across Europe for dealing with the problem of "too big to fail" through bank recovery and resolution. It entered into force on 2 July 2014 and establishes a common approach within the EU to the recovery and resolution of banks and investment firms. Article 130 (Transposition) exacts that the Member States shall adopt and publish by 31 December 2014 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the BRRD and that the text of those measures shall be communicated to the Commission and, save Section 5 (The bail-in tool) of Chapter IV (Resolution tools) which has an implementation deadline of 1 January 2016, the said measures shall apply from 1 January 2015.
As recorded in the initial recitals, the BRRD is firmly embedded in the belief that the financial crisis was of systemic dimension in the sense that it affected the access to funding of a large proportion of credit institutions. Therefore, in order to avoid failure, with consequences for the overall economy, such a crisis necessitates measures aiming to secure access to funding under equivalent conditions for all credit institutions that are otherwise solvent.
As a minimum harmonising directive, the BRRD sets a threshold which national legislation must meet. However, the Member States are permitted to adopt or create rules that are additional to those laid down in the BRRD or in the technical standards adopted under it.
A requirement for all deposit-takers and significant investment firms to have in place recovery plans for the institution or the group it is part of, designed to ensure that firms have credible plans in place to recover their financial position following a stress; and that the authorities could manage their failure in an orderly way.
The establishment of resolution authorities, with responsibility for planning for and managing the failure of banks and investment firms, and with the necessary tools to manage the failure of banks. This includes a bail-in tool, which allows the resolution authority to write down or cancel debt in a failing firm, and convert it in to equity.
A requirement to ensure that 8% of a bank's liabilities are used to absorb losses and recapitalise a failing bank before public funds can be used to absorb losses.
Co-operation between the authorities in different Member States in order to effectively plan for and manage the failure of firms which operate across borders.
Protection for depositors – deposits covered by Deposit Guarantee Schemes (such as the FSCS) are excluded from bail-in and will also be preferred liabilities. The introduction of depositor preference will ensure that these deposits, and the deposits of natural persons and SMEs, will be senior to other unsecured liabilities of the bank in the event of insolvency.
A framework for cooperating with third countries on resolution planning.
The establishment of resolution financing arrangements which will help ensure that the resolution tools can be used effectively. The Directive allows the UK to use the existing bank levy as the resolution financing arrangement.
The BRRD establishes a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms across the EU. Moreover, the policy objectives behind this legislation are to (1) maintain financial stability and confidence in the banking sector (2) minimise the loss to society from banking crises and (3) reduce the moral hazard and strengthen the EU internal market. Credit institutions, investment firms with a minimum capital of EUR 730,000, certain financial institutions, financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and mixed-activity holding companies fall within the ambit of the BRRD.
HM Treasury's consultation (highlighted above) poses a total of 30 questions and does not attempt to cover all aspects of transposition and elicits views on key aspects of transposition, particularly in areas where a policy choice remains in implementation.


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As a restaurant owner or manager, you probably know a thing or two about operating a frying line. When it comes to cooking oil for your restaurant service, there are two primary considerations. First, you must be aware of the key role oil plays in the flavors of the food produced by your kitchen, and second, you must know that the cost of fryer oil continues to experience a sharp increase. Here are four tips for managing your fryer oil in the most effective way possible to ensure your frying line delivers long into the future.
When it comes to fryer oil, extreme heat is not your friend. When heat mixes in the air with oxygen, oil breakdown is accelerated, which negatively affects the flavor of the food produced in the fryer. Fire up and shut down your fryer at regular intervals, and turn off vats when not in use. You'll also want to regularly check the temperatures of your oil vats.
You may or may not know that oil expands when heated up. Thus, it is critical that you monitor the oil levels in your vats regularly and that you top them off whenever necessary (but be sure not to overfill them).
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We had a brutally hard winter in the Ottawa area with all of January and February in the -20C range. The first two weeks of January did not even have much snow cover meaning the ground froze solid though snow finally did fall in the later part of the month in enough quantity to insulate the ground.
In the fall, I decided to try an experiment. Daubenton and some of its variations like variegated Daubenton overwintered well in my city garden but did not do so in my rural garden after we moved. My experiment was to cap all the Daubenton and Daubenton cross seedlings that I grew in 2014 with rose cones. Just that, nothing else. I wanted to see if I could increase survivability simply with something cheap and easy to use.
Then the winter came to stay. It was no wimpy winter. This was a testing year.
Colour me surprised when I discovered that not only did I get good survivability from most of the Daubentons and their crosses but that the crosses with red walking kale held out exceptionally well. There was some variation too with the pure Daubenton seedlings too promising the possibility of developing hardier varieties.
So this year, I selected out from the Daubenton crosses young seedlings with interesting colour and form characteristics. Part 2 will be seeing how they fair through winter covered.
I'll also be starting various other siblings for a mass overwintering trial. The ideal would be to find a balance between seeding and perennially while improving winter hardiness.
And yes, I do have Daubenton x Lancinato and Daubenton x Red Walking Kale for sale this year. Give it a go! Just add a rose cone.


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This month, I've been reaching for my Lorac Unzipped Palette constantly to create a soft and romantic rose-gold makeup look. I really like the end result and have the feeling it's what will be my go-to look for the rest of the month. I've taken my first whack at a tutorial, so I hope you enjoy it. I'd really appreciate it if you'd subscribe to my YouTube channel, too!


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L'Institut Marini était une institution recueillant des enfants orphelins entre 1887 et 1979. Il était situé dans les murs de l'ancien château de Montet, sur l'actuelle commune de Les Montets (Broye) dans le canton de Fribourg, en Suisse.

Histoire
Sous la Confédération des XXII cantons, des sœurs de la Société du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus installent une maison d'éducation dans le château de Montet. Néanmoins, celle-ci est considérée comme un couvent par les autorités fribourgeoises qui l'interdisent et forcent les religieuses à quitter les lieux en 1847. En 1875, la comtesse Victoire de Marini lègue  au frère d'une de ses dames de compagnie, Alphonsine Torche, de Cheiry, dans le but de créer un orphelinat dans le canton de Fribourg. L'abbé Eugène Torche rachète le château et crée un orphelinat pour filles, dont il confie la gestion à des Sœurs Ursulines. En 1884, l'orphelinat devient mixte et accueille une trentaine de garçons. L'Orphelinat Marini est fondé en 1887 et l'abbé Torche en devient directeur à vie.

Il est composé de deux sections, l'une nommée asile est destinée aux garçons de 4 à 13 ans et la seconde, nommée orphelinat agricole est destinée à tout orphelin de 13 à 19 ans. Il y a alors une centaine de pensionnaires et le personnel est composé d'une vingtaine d'équivalents temps plein. La secrétaire de l'institution est Alphonsine Torche.

Le , à la mort de l'abbé Torche, la direction de l'Orphelinat revient aux frères lasalliens. Ils y demeurent jusqu'en 1929. L'Orphelinat est alors dirigé par des prêtres diocésains jusqu'en 1955, année où les Salésiens de Don Bosco reprennent la gestion opérationnelle de l'institution jusqu'en 1959. De 1960 à 1962, la gestion est à nouveau assurée par un prêtre diocésain. En 1961, les premiers Salvatoriens arrivent. Ils reprennent Marini en 1962 et le dirigent jusqu'à sa fermeture en 1979.

En 1981, le mouvement des Focolari acquiert les lieux afin d'en faire un centre de rencontre et de formation.

Affaires de pédophilie

En 2015, à la suite de la découverte d'archives et de registres de l'Institut Marini par l'archiviste de l'Evêché, Charles Morerod, évêque de Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg, a mandaté une recherche historique sur cette institution. Le but était de faire la lumière sur les abus sexuels et les maltraitances qui y ont été commis pour la plupart par des prêtres, mais aussi par des surveillants laïcs. La période concernée par cette étude sont les années 1929 à 1955, années durant lesquelles l'Institut Marini relevait directement de la responsabilité de l'évêque diocésain. Le rapport des historiens a été présenté en , lors d'une conférence de presse, à l'Evêché. Il a permis de rendre public des faits qui ont été longtemps cachés par l'Église catholique et l'État de Fribourg. Le , l'émission Temps Présent, de la RTS, est revenue sur le sombre vécu des enfants ayant été placés à Marini.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Article connexe
 Abus sexuels sur mineurs dans l'Église catholique
 Rétention administrative

Enseignement dans le canton de Fribourg
École privée en Suisse
Habitat humain
Internat
Orphelinat
2016 en Suisse
Affaire relative à la pédophilie dans l'Église catholique en Suisse

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Will My Cat Use It?
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Best Cat Tree Buying Guide – What to Look At?
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Yes, I am one of the lucky ones going to Book Expo America next week*, so I thought that for Waiting on Wednesday today I'd share my Go Home Happy list. I have a fairly long list of books I'll be checking out, but there are the ones I'm particularly looking forward to. I don't know that all of them will be available at BEA, but I'll have my eyes out for them!
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Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-Made Catastrophes by Lenore Look (Schwartz & Wade, September 2010).
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse, October 2010).
Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen (HarperCollins, October 2010).
The Candymakers by Wendy Mass (Little, Brown, October 2010).
Clementine, Friend of the Week by Sara Pennypacker (Hyperion, July 2010).
Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn (Knopf Books for Young Readers, October 2010).
Extraordinary by Nancy Werlin (Dial, September 2010).
The Extraordinary Secrets of April, June, and May by Robin Benway (Razorbill, August 2010).
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson (Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishing, October 2010).
The Half-Life of Planets by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin (Hyperion, June 2010).
HALO by Alexandra Adornetto (Feiwel & Friends, September 2010).
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (Hyperion, October 2010).
A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner (Dial, June 2010).
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, September 2010).
The Secret of Ka by Christopher Pike (Harcourt Children's Books, September 2010).
The Things a Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt (Wendy Lamb Books, September 2010).
Zombies Vs. Unicorns, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (Margaret K. McElderry, September 2010).
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*And by "one of the lucky ones" I actually mean one of the ones using vacation days and shelling out $$ for a plane ticket, hotel room, etc. because I decided I wanted to go.
I am jealous too, wish the promoters of this would have realized a lot of bloggers are teachers and librarians and scheduled it when school was out. I am also jealous that you will be able to get to look at both Extraordinary and Forge. Both books I am waiting for.
What a great post! I'm so jealous that you're attending...have a wonderful time and tell us all about it!
I am literally green with envy right now. I want to go so bad, but can't get off work. The new Rick Riordan sounds good! My WOW is at The Crowded Leaf.
I added several of these to my list. I am jealous about BEA, which never will work for me since it falls at the end of the school year. Sigh.
I posted yesterday about this PW article. I am so sad that I don't get to go this year. I'm looking forward to Extraordinary, Forge, Behemoth and a few of those others, too!
A new Clementine book?!?!?! Awesome!


In episode 120 of Financially Simple, Justin continues his deep dive into a Best in Class Finance Department looking at the role of a CFO/CPA.
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