Once upon a time, sometime around 1988 or 1989 in gorgeous Barcelona city, a little girl got hooked up by "Mecano's" videoclip playing on TV with the young Penélope Cruz starring on it, with a song called "La fuerza del destino".
"Mecano" is a Spanish music group who became popular in the 80s and 90s, however everyone always hopes for a come back and the songs are still widely played on Spanish radio stations. It is formed by 2 brothers José María Cano and Nacho Cano, and a female singer Ana Torroja.
Dad came to pick my brother and me up and went to the shopping mall. One of the funny facts is that my dad was (yes was!) Chinese, and asking dad to buy me a Spanish cassette seemed like a mission impossible to achieve. Only when we left the shopping mall ("El Corte Inglés" if you want to know), already near home in a park, I found the courage to express my wish to have that cassette. Dad asked us to stay in the park, he would be back in no time. You cannot say this anymore to your children, back then, it was safe. I could not believe they understood him and he bought the right one for me, I was so happy! Luckily for us he bought us a walkman for my brother and me a few months before. Probably my brother was oblivious to what that cassette was about, but soon we were both playing that special blue cassette in our walkmans. Below I have uploaded pictures of what a walkman and a cassette are, some new generation might not know what I am talking about!
My brother who is 2 years older than me pointed out the sad lyrics from "Laika", it is a rather sad song talking about the Russian dog who was put into space and died. Ever since I started crying whenever I listened to that song. Years later I heard that "Laika" is not a name but a Russian dog breed?? It also amused me to see how long he could sing the end of "Héroes de la Antártida" song, quite a breathing challenge!
We were never a rich family, so I only asked for that tape, but a friend had others we could listen to.
Years go by and the songs never get old, unfortunately "Mecano" dissolved in 1992, they did a brief come back but it was only temporary.
I read their story in Wikipedia's entry with interest as I did not know much about themselves, funny how José María Cano was the leader at first but everyone knows that the biggest talent is from Nacho Cano, and the group had one of the best voices, Ana Torroja with her amusing outfits and hairstyles. Still today I wonder if she is gay, not that it matters at all of course. I didn't know that she was José María's girlfriend when they first started!
Nacho Cano started a musical called in 2005 "Hoy no me puedo levantar" in Madrid. For years I wanted to go and see it but I always hoped it would come to Barcelona, and it eventually did!
I even forgot about it and as a bus passed by, I saw their advertisement. I had to book tickets asap! Mum spoilt me to a first row in balcony seat, and I introduced my nephew to their music. It was one of the happiest moments of my life, remembering their songs live, and the Theatre storyline was written very well, pointing most of the songs referred to either drugs or social problems from back then. Unfortunately the play went onto South America and now it's over. For some unknown reason Nacho Cano was left out of the Theatre production in 2007 despite being one of the key people of "Mecano".
I was telling a friend who once lived in "Spain" about how I went to see "Mecano's" theatre play and at some point I saw she was confused. It turned out she thought I was talking about the toy "Meccano"!
I was pleased to hear that a couple of French friends knew "Mecano" as they translated some of the songs to French and Italian and released their albums abroad. Also I met once an American man in Australia who said he was recently introduced to "Mecano" and he loved it.
I have never seen them live as I was too young to attend any of the concerts, but who knows, maybe one day they might come back.
Back then we did not have Wikipedia, YouTube or Spotify, so luckily for you, we do now, so I hope you enjoy at least one of their songs.
Feel free and welcome to comment below if you know "Mecano" and what your favourite song/album is.
"Descanso Dominical" album by "Mecano"
"ANA, JOSE, NACHO" album by "Mecano"
Walkmans for cassettes to be played.


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Ашот Гамлетович Анастасян (; 16 июля 1964, Ереван — 26 декабря 2016, Ереван) — армянский шахматист; международный гроссмейстер, восьмикратный чемпион Армении (1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994 и 2005), шестикратный участник шахматных олимпиад (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002).

Спортивная карьера

В 1997, 2001 и 2005 годах в составе сборной Армении становился бронзовым призёром командного чемпионата мира, в 1992 и 2002 гг. бронзовым призёром Всемирных шахматных Олимпиад, а в 1999 году победителем командного чемпионата Европы (лучший результат на 3-й доске). Победитель Кубка Европы среди клубов в составе команды «Ереван» (1995).

Другие значительные результаты:
 Пловдив (Болгария, 1987) — 1-е место;
 Ленинград (СССР, 1989) — 1-е место;
 Воскресенск (Россия, 1992) — 1-2-е места;
 Москва (1992) — 2-4-е места;
 Катовице-опен (Польша, 1993) — 1-2-е места;
 Ереван (1994) — 1-е место;
 Тегеран (Иран, 1998) — 1-е место;
 Париж (Франция, 1999) — 1-е место;
 Будапешт (Венгрия, 1999) — 1-е место;
 Абу-Даби-опен (ОАЭ, 1999) — 1-3-е места;
 Степанакерт (НКР, 2004) — 3-5-е места;
 Дубай-опен (ОАЭ, 2005) — 2-10-е места;
 Абу-Даби-опен (ОАЭ, 2007) — 1-2-е места.

Изменения рейтинга

Примечания

Литература

 Чатинян Р. А. Созвездие армянских гроссмейстеров. Ереван : 2004. С 139-142.

Ссылки

 Статистика на сайте Sport-stat.ru

Шахматисты Армении
Шахматисты СССР
Чемпионы Европы по шахматам

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A Golden Valley woman has been charged after Eden Prairie Police say she led them on a chase that reached 80 mph on a 50 mph stretch of Flying Cloud Drive.


Autorefractor is a very helpful and time saving device which gives a rough idea of the level of refractive errors which the patient suffers. It is not 100% accurate and the optometrist will have to do the normal refraction work but still it narrows the range in which the optometrist has to work. It is very useful in patients who are verbally compromised or are un-cooperative. There are separate Autorefractor for pediatric patients which can be used from a distance of 1 meter. Autorefractors helps to give quick and fair readings of the amount of refractive errors in a patient. The instrument is basically used to measure refractive errors in both myopia and Hypermetropia patients. The patient is required to peer into an objective which features a series of moving images. The refractive path of the light in the eyes of the patient is measured. After the measurement is made it is the job of the computer to calculate the extent of the refractive errors and give the result. The diagnostic equipment give a probable range of readings from which the optometrist a fair idea of the range in which the manual refractory tests are to be considered.
Autorefractor is a very useful tool to speed up the process of testing refractive errors. This is important especially in less developed countries where charitable eye camps are set up and a large number of patients have to be checked and corrective lenses prescribed. Autorefractors is an essential diagnostic tool in any eye specialist's inventory. The appointment with any eye specialist starts inevitably with an Autorefractor test and gives a fair idea of the refractive errors of the patient before going on to other gadgets like the keratometer to check if the patient is not suffering with astigmatism.
It must be understood that the results which are given by the refraction measuring appliance is only a starting point. Further refracting tests are carried out by the optometrist to pin point the exact degree of refractory error. Once this has been calculated, it becomes easy for the eye specialist to prescribe the power of the corrective lens which has to be worn by the patient for a period of time before the power of the lens changes again due to the changes in the body. There are two common errors, myopia which requires diverging lenses and is most commonly seen in young patients. The second is Hypermetropia which requires a converging lens to correct the defect.


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Celebrity, Events, Trends
by zbogojeski on May 1, 2019
'America's Got Talent' season 14 spoilers Start date, new judges, host, guest judges
"America's Got Talent" doesn't start on NBC until May 28 but filming is already finished on the six audition and four judges cuts episodes of season 14. We've been doing some digging and have unearthed plenty of spoilers about this upcoming edition of this summer hit show. Keep reading if you dare for all the latest "AGT" news.
We already knew that there would be two new judges with actress Gabrielle Union and "Dancing with the Star" alum Julianne Hough replacing singer Mel B and model Heidi Klum, who had both been with the show since season 8. We can confirm that Simon Cowell, who joined the show he executive produces in season 11, is back for more merriment as is Howie Mandel, who has been with "AGT" since season 5.
Also new to the is host Terry Crews; he steps in for Tyra Banks who emceed the last two editions of the reality competition series. The "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" star also presided over "America's Got Talent: The Champions" earlier this year, which marked the farewell appearance for Mel B and Heidi.
"America's Got Talent" will follow the same schedule as last year with a premiere date on the Tuesday after Memorial Day. The half dozen episodes showcasing the best (and worst) of the auditions will air every week until July 9. Over the course of these six shows, we will see the judges and Crews hit the golden buzzer once each to send five lucky acts straight through to the live episodes.
The four episodes showcasing the judges cuts begin on July 16. Each episode will feature a guest who gets a Golden Buzzer too. This year's guest judges are: actress Ellie Kemper, talk show host Jay Leno, country singer Brad Paisley and NBA all-star Dwayne Wade (who is married to Gabrielle) and . The last of these episodes will air on Tuesday, August 6.
The live shows begin on August 13 with three weeks of quarter-finals airing every Tuesday and Wednesday until August 28. At this point in the competition, 36 acts (nine Golden Buzzers, two dozen from the judges cuts rounds, and three wildcards chosen by the producers) will still be in the running. Each week, 12 acts will perform with seven making it through to the semi-finals.
The semi-finals go out live on September 3, 4, 10 and 11. Aside from the 21 acts put through in the quarter-finals there will be one more wildcard. Each week, 11 acts will perform with five making it to the finals. The two-part final will air live on September 17 and 18. On the last night, the top five will be revealed before a countdown to the ultimate winner. Besides bragging rights, the champion act gets $1 million and a chance to headline at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Original article: https://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/americas-got-talent-season-14-spoilers-judges-host-agt-news/
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday urged the Trump administration not to waive or remove sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska or two companies he controls.
In a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Senator Bob Menendez cited unspecified reports that Treasury was considering such a move and noted the department's own analysis says the oligarch is accused of crimes from blackmail to murder.
"I see no reason to remove sanctions against Mr. Deripaska, and until he divests from and relinquishes control of Rusal and EN+, there is no justification to remove the sanctions on those companies," he wrote.
Russian election-related activities, including any coordination with the campaign of then-candidate Donald Trump, are being investigated by a federal special counsel.
In his letter, Menendez outlined Deripaska's close ties with the Kremlin and said changes to the sanctions would meet with strong opposition in Congress.
Rusal is the world's largest aluminum producer outside China.
"The goal is not to put EN+ or Rusal out of business given the global implications for the aluminum industry and the potential impact on our close allies in Europe," Menendez said.
But the Treasury Department must ensure that Deripaska relinquishes his control of both entities and no longer benefits from them, he said.
The federal government was closed on Wednesday for the funeral of former President George H.W. Bush and a Treasury spokesman did not return a call seeking comment.


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Demografie

Conform recensământului din 2001, majoritatea populației satului Zvîneace era vorbitoare de ucraineană (%), existând în minoritate și vorbitori de rusă (%).

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Oct 16, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Fantasy Aces Daily Fantasy Sports Corp. (the "Corporation" or "FantasyAces") (FAS) announces that at the request of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, it has banned all players in Nevada from using the site. The Company is in the process of requesting a license from the Nevada Gaming Control Board to allow it to serve those that have be delisted.
"This change will only affect a very small percentage of users that play on our site," says Tom Frisina, Chief Executive Officer of Fantasy Aces. "This Nevada ruling will have a negligible effect on our Company. After carefully reviewing the notice, we feel that it is in our best interest to take action and work to obtain a license in the state of Nevada which will service those players affected. We pride ourselves in offering players 'a gold standard platform' that is totally legal and compliant in all jurisdictions."
Fantasy Aces is a leading DFS (Daily Fantasy Sports) site focused on every day skill based fantasy sports games. Fantasy Aces has developed proprietary software which allows users to create fantasy teams from the player rosters of actual sports leagues and then use their teams to compete against other users in various categories such as points scored, yards gained, goals, assists or home runs registered, depending on the specific sport. The FantasyAces.com website currently offers daily and weekly skill based fantasy sports games for six major North American sports, including the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, College Football and the PGA. Fantasy Aces also offers a variety of entry fee contest options for its members to play, in addition to free roll tournaments to attract new members to the site. FantasyAces charges a management fee from all entry fees collected on the website.
Certain information set forth in this news release contains forward-looking statements or information ("forward-looking statements"), including details about the Transaction and the Private Placement. By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond the Corporation's control, including the impact of general economic conditions, industry conditions, volatility of commodity prices, currency fluctuations, environmental risks, operational risks, competition from other industry participants, stock market volatility, and the ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources. Although the Corporation believes that the expectations in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, its forward-looking statements have been based on factors and assumptions concerning future events which may prove to be inaccurate. Those factors and assumptions are based upon currently available information. Such statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could influence actual results or events and cause actual results or events to differ materially from those stated, anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, as no assurance can be provided as to future results, levels of activity or achievements. Risks, uncertainties, material assumptions and other factors that could affect actual results are discussed in our public disclosure documents available at www.sedar.com. Furthermore, the forward-looking statements contained in this document are made as of the date of this document and, except as required by applicable law, the Corporation does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or to revise any of the included forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The forward-looking statements contained in this document are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
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High-Tech US Plants Offer Jobs Even as the Laid-Off Struggle
By Dan Sewell and Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press | August 15, 2017
Herbie Mays is 3M proud, and it shows — in the 3M shirt he wears; in the 3M ring he earned after three decades at the company's plant in suburban Cincinnati; in the way he shows off a card from a 3M supervisor, praising Mays as "a GREAT employee."
But it's all nostalgia.
Mays' last day at 3M was in March. Bent on cutting costs and refocusing its portfolio, the company decided to close the plant that made bandages, knee braces and other health care supplies and move work to its plant in Mexico.
At 62, Mays is unemployed and wants to work, though on the face of it he has plenty of opportunities: Barely 10 miles from Mays' ranch-style brick home in this blue-collar city, GE Aviation has been expanding — and hiring.
In the state-of-the-art laboratory in a World War II-era building the size of 27 football fields, workers use breakthrough technology to build jet engines that run on less fuel at higher temperatures. Bright flashes flare out as GE workers run tests with a robotic arm that can withstand 2,000 degrees (1,090 Celsius).
The open jobs there are among 30,000 manufacturing positions available positions open across Ohio. But Mays, like many of Ohio's unemployed, lacks the in-demand skills.
"If you don't keep up with the times," he said, "you're out of luck."
This is the paradox of American manufacturing jobs in 2017. Donald Trump won the presidency in great measure because he pledged to stop American jobs and manufacturing from going overseas, winning Rust Belt votes from Mays and other blue-collar voters.
It's true that many jobs have gone overseas, to lower-wage workers.
But at the same time, American manufacturers have actually added nearly a million jobs in the past seven years. Labor statistics show nearly 390,000 such jobs open.
The problem? Many of these are not the same jobs that for decades sustained the working class. More and more factory jobs now demand education, technical know-how or specialized skills. And many of the workers set adrift from low-tech factories lack such qualifications.
Factories will need to fill 2 million jobs over the next decade, according to a forecast by Deloitte Consulting and the American Manufacturing Institute. Workers are needed to run, operate and troubleshoot computer-directed machinery, including robots, and to maintain complex websites
Last year, software developer was the second-most-common job advertised by manufacturing companies, behind only sales, according to data provided by Burning Glass Technologies, a company that analyzes labor market data.
Yet the United States for now remains a follower, not a leader, of the trend. Workers in many European and Asian countries are more likely to be working with robots than U.S. workers, studies show. In such countries as Japan and Denmark, robotics and advanced automation have created solid jobs while increasing efficiencies for manufacturers.
Trump continues to make promises about adding U.S. manufacturing jobs. In blue-collar Youngstown, Ohio, he talked about passing by big factories whose jobs "have left Ohio" on his way to a July 25 rally, then told people not to sell their homes because the jobs are "coming back. They're all coming back."
But Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican and a former U.S. trade representative, conceded in an interview: "We're not going to see the kind of manufacturing renaissance that we all want in this country unless we focus on skills training."
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, in a visit to a Detroit factory in June, acknowledged the need to address the skills gap by developing advanced computing skills. And when Trump visited Pewaukee, Wisconsin, in June, he touted the value of training while doing.
"Apprenticeships teach striving Americans the skills they need to operate incredible machines," Trump said. "This is not the old days. This is new and computerized and complicated."
Of the 146 million jobs in the United States, only about 0.35 percent were filled by active apprentices in 2016. Filling millions of open jobs through apprenticeships would require a substantial increase in government resources. So far, the Trump administration has called for more funding but hasn't made any progress securing the funding from Congress.
Apprenticeships are much more common at some European companies, notably German firms. At Germany-based Stihl Inc.'s plant in Virginia Beach, Virginia, for example, A.J. Scherman is learning to be a "mechatronics technician." Mechatronics combines electrical and mechanical engineering as well as computer skills.
Stihl makes chain saws, leaf blowers and weed trimmers at the factory. Once he's completed his final year in Stihl's four-year apprenticeship program, Scherman will read diagnostic software on computer screens attached to each robot to repair and upgrade them. If necessary, he'll hook up a laptop to program changes.
Scherman, 37, is also earning a college degree as part of the apprenticeship. Thanks to financial aid from Stihl, he'll finish with zero debt.
Skip Johnson, Stihl's apprenticeship coordinator, said it's critically important to bring bright students into the plant, where they can see that the grime and dust they associate with factories are giving way to clean operations using futuristic technology.
"They just come in here, and they're wide-eyed," Johnson said.
U.S. manufacturing workers, excluding managers, make an average of $44,000 a year, according to government data. That's just 2.8 percent higher, adjusted for inflation, than a decade ago after years of shifting of jobs overseas or to nonunion states. And it compares with a much higher 8 percent gain for the labor force as a whole over the past decade.
But a typical mechatronics engineer with a four-year degree can earn $97,000 a year; a typical software developer makes just over $100,000.
Festo Didactic, the education arm of Germany-based Festo, last year launched two-year mechatronics apprenticeship programs in Ohio with Sinclair Community College, and is already expanding its U.S. apprenticeship offerings. At Festo's plant in Mason, workers monitor a robotic distribution system that self-adjusts its work flow to prevent backups.
"This kind of factory has nothing to do with the factory we knew in the 1960s or 1980 or even 2000," said Yannick Schilly, who heads global supply for Festo's North American business.
But there's not much demand locally these days for the kind of repetitive tasks done in those factories by workers such as Herbie Mays.
He acknowledged that there are "plenty of jobs out here.
"What you have to do is get training or education."
Rugaber reported from Virginia Beach and Washington, D.C. Contributing to this report were Associated Press business writer Yuri Kageyama in Tokyo, AP writer Jan M. Olsen in Kalundborg, Denmark; AP videojournalist Mike Householder in Detroit, and AP photographer John Minchillo in Cincinnati. Follow Dan Sewell at http://twitter.com/dansewell .
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Why Would Any Sane Republican Run for President?
If the GOP were to adopt Jeff Anderson and Jay Cost's presidential-nomination proposal—which would empower the grassroots, feature a real convention, shorten the process, and reduce the outsized influence of the press corps and donor class—"the Republican Party, and American democracy, would be better for it."
Slate, September 17, 2015
Frontier Lessons in Liberty
Meghan Clyne
The continuation of the American experiment requires cultivating a citizenry that can envision the rich life that flourishes between the extremes of overbearing government and radical individualism—in short, cultivating a citizenry that knows how to be free and prioritizes that freedom.
National Affairs, Summer 2012
The Myth of Federal Non-Violent Drug Offenses
The number of American citizens who are imprisoned solely for federal drug convictions is exceedingly low.
Conservative Review, September 3, 2015
We Can Apply the 14th Amendment While Also Reforming Birthright Citizenship
John C. Eastman
Neither the 14th Amendment's text, nor its history, nor the way it has been construed by the Supreme Court, requires the United States to grant birthright citizenship to illegal immigrants.
National Review, August 24, 2015
A Pro-Main Street Alternative to Obamacare
Jeffrey H. Anderson
While Obamacare is for the near-poor and near-elderly at the expense of everyone else, Scott Walker's proposal shows how a well-conceived conservative alternative would appeal to the middle class while saving a fortune.
The Weekly Standard, September 3, 2015
The President Who Gets to Name Mountains
Democratic republics must be governed by the rule of law, not by kingly executive decrees, or else they cease to be democratic republics.
Cato Goes Off the Rails On Health Policy
John C. Goodman
Actual tax credits—not subsidies to insurance companies like Obamacare gives when people buy government-mandated insurance through government-run exchanges—would "minimize the role of government," "eliminate perverse incentives to over-consume health care," "empower individuals," and lead to Obamacare's repeal.
Forbes, August 31, 2015
Walker's Obamacare Alternative: Setting the Record Straight
The Wisconsin governor's conservative alternative to Obamacare is a political and policy winner.
The Weekly Standard, August 26, 2015
Fleeting Raptor
Thomas Donnelly
One of the most crucial things for a new president to do in rebuilding our national defense will be to persuade Congress to resume production of the F-22 Raptor fighter—America's best plane.
Is Criminal Sentencing Reform a Trojan Horse?
With crime on the rise in the wake of President Obama's disparaging of police, it seems like a strange time for Republicans in Congress to be working with the Obama administration to make the federal justice system more lenient.
Dole, Gehry, and Ike
Andrew Ferguson
The National Mall does not need to be marred by a taxpayer-funded postmodern monstrosity that in no way reflects the republican mores that guided the man it would purportedly honor.
Poll on a Conservative Alternative and Repealing Obamacare
McLaughlin & Associates
With a conservative alternative in play that deals with both costs and coverage, likely voters support the repeal of Obamacare by a margin of 17 points—55 to 38 percent.
What Washington Has Wrought on Illegal Immigration
Santa Maria, California—site of the brutal rape and murder of an Air Force veteran—is a case study of what happens when the federal government won't enforce immigration laws or drug laws.
Obamacare's Deficit of Savings
Sally C. Pipes
The fanciful claim that Obamacare would eventually reduce deficits—despite raising them by $109 billion over the next five years (per the CBO)—hinges on the notion that its $800 billion Medicare raid will actually happen, and it's time to advance a conservative alternative that would dramatically reduce federal spending.
Real Clear Politics, August 4, 2015
Hard Truths about Conservation and Trophy Hunting
Whether trophy hunting helps or hurts conservation efforts depends upon the specific circumstances of the animals and societies involved.
Brookings Institute, July 30, 2015
The Genealogy of Obamacare
American Companies Think the Unthinkable—Leaving the U.S.
A Rendezvous with Disaster
The Wages of Immigration
A Winning Alternative to Obamacare


India has witnessed a declining trend in Production of Crude Oil and Condensate from 2010-11 to 2016-17. Production of Crude Oil and Condensate was 37683.68 thousand metric tonnes (TMT) during 2010-11, out of which 35526.891 TMT (94.28%) was Crude Oil and 2156.789 TMT (5.72%) was Condensate. It has increased by 1.08% to 38089.68 TMT during 2011-12 over 2010-11. Out of the total Production of 38089.68 TMT during 2011-12, Crude Oil was 35933.853 TMT (94.34%) and Condensate was 2155.827 TMT (5.66%).
We have observed annual de-growth of -1.39% in Production of Crude Oil and Condensate during 2015-16 over 2014-15 from 37460.997 TMT. Production of Crude Oil and Condensate was 36008.829 TMT during 2016-17, down by -2.53% versus 36941.752 TMT during 2015-16. Out of the total Production of 36941.752 TMT during 2015-16, Crude Oil was 35500.079 TMT (96.1%) and Condensate was 1441.673 TMT (3.9%). Out of the total Production of 36008.829 TMT during 2016-17, Crude Oil was 34501.09 TMT (95.81%) and Condensate was 1507.739 TMT (4.19%).
Maximum Production of 38089.68 TMT was found in 2011-12 in Production of Crude Oil and Condensate during the period under consideration.
Note: NA: Not available; Total may not tally due to rounding off; ^: less than 0.5; P: Provisional; Source: ONGC, OIL and DGH.


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Police to ban people with criminal records from nightlife in Copenhagen
By Ryan Ford
People with specific criminal records will be banned from nightlife areas in Copenhagen, as local police have outlined new plans for safety in the Danish capital.
As part of the new proposals, the centre of Copenhagen would be split into four different zones with the famous streets of Gothersgade, Vestergade and Vesterbrogade becoming designated 'nightlife' zones, as well as Kødbyen. In these areas, bans will apply to those who carry previous criminal convictions, including offences involving weapons. Anyone in breach of these regulations could face particularly hefty fines (up to 10,000 kroner), and even prison time for repeat offences. Enforcement of the new rules will rely on Copenhagen police patrols assigned to the designated areas and on reports offered to the authorities from the public.
The new restrictions will fall into place from September 14 for an intriguing two-year period lasting through to autumn 2023.
Asked about the new regulations, Copenhagen Police director Anne Tønnes detailed;
"The law enables exchange of information about persons with nightlife bans with bar owners".
Adding that the zones will have "no practical significance" for "completely normal, law-abiding citizens" other than the intended effect of "creating a more secure nightlife environment for everyone".
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Regular coffee consumption has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity and decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes. And now, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, regular coffee consumption may also help prevent the recurrence of colon cancer and improve the chances of a cure.
The study followed 953 patients from the Institute who were undergoing chemotherapy as a result of a stage three colon cancer diagnosis. During the treatments and six months after chemotherapy, patients reported on their food consumption habits; this included coffee (caffeinated and decaffeinated) and non-herbal tea intake. Researchers evaluated the effects these beverages had on cancer recurrence and death.
Their findings revealed that coffee consumption had significant beneficial effects. Patients who consumed four cups of coffee per day, compared to those who abstained from coffee, had a 42% reduced risk of colon cancer recurrence and were more likely to survive the disease.
There were no improvements or beneficial effects for patients who consumed non-herbal teas and decaffeinated coffee.
"Drinking coffee daily may improve survival in colon cancer patients," ScienceDaily web site, August 17, 2015; www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150817161201.htm.
Guercio, B.J., et al., "Coffee Intake, Recurrence, and Mortality in Stage III Colon Cancer: Results from CALGB 89803 (Alliance)," Journal of Clinical Oncology 2015, doi: 10.1200/jco.2015.61.5062.


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James-Abra, Erin and Donald B. Smith. "Anahareo". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 24 January 2019, Historica Canada. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anahareo. Accessed 21 January 2020.
James-Abra, E.,, & Smith, D., Anahareo (2019). In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anahareo
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Anahareo
Article by Erin James-Abra, Donald B. Smith
Last Edited April 1, 2019
Anahareo, or Gertrude Philomen Bernard, CM, conservationist, prospector (born 18 June 1906 in Mattawa, ON; died 17 June 1986 in Kamloops, BC). An independent, forceful animal welfare advocate, Anahareo is credited with converting her well-known husband, Grey Owl, into a conservationist.
Anahareo, or Gertrude Philomen Bernard, c. 1925.
Anahareo was born to Matthew and Mary Bernard in Mattawa, Ontario, a small community on the border of Ontario and Quebec, just north of Algonquin Provincial Park. Her father was Mohawk and Algonquin, her mother Algonquin. Anahareo's great-great paternal grandmother was Scottish. She was captured during the Iroquois Wars	and married to Mohawk chief Naharrenou, from which the name Anahareo is derived.
Anahareo's mother died when she was four. Anahareo was sent to live with her paternal grandmother and her three siblings to other relatives. At age 11, the grandmother fell ill, and Anahareo's aunt and cousins moved in. Eventually, Anahareo's father reunited the family.
As a child, Anahareo disliked school, preferring instead to run and play in the woods. "Off I'd go on those summer mornings, happy as a lark, to a day of hooky and adventure in the woods," she later wrote.
In 1925, when Anahareo was 19, she took a waitressing job at Camp Wabikon, a resort on Lake Temagami, Ontario. It was there that she met 36-year-old Archibald Belaney, later known as Grey Owl, who was working at the camp as a guide. The two began a courtship, and Anahareo began spending time with Belaney at his home in the bush near Forsythe, Quebec.
While in Lac-Simon, Quebec, an Algonquin band invited the couple to a feast. There, Belaney and Anahareo asked the chief for a marriage blessing. By Canadian law, Belaney was still married to his first wife, Angele, but for the couple the ceremony was official recognition of their union.
Anahareo worked to learn as much as she could about bush life from Grey Owl, who was a trapper by trade. Around 1928, when the trapping business began to slow, Grey Owl took up writing about his life in the bush. He wrote first for British magazine Country Life and later for Forest and Outdoors, published by the Canadian Forestry Association. The articles led to speaking engagements, a book deal and eventually caught the attention of James Harkin, head of the National Parks branch of the federal government. Harkin commissioned a film, Beaver People, about Belaney, Anahareo and their efforts to protect dwindling beaver populations. Harkin also recognized the potential of the couple's growing public profile. In 1931, he offered them housing at Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba in the hopes they would draw tourists, which they did. Later that year the parks branch moved Grey Owl and Anahareo to Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, with the same goal.
Though she knew it to be false, Anahareo supported Grey Owl's public image as an Indigenous man because she thought it would help his conservation efforts. She did not, however, know that he was entirely British until after his death, since Grey Owl had told her he was part Scottish, part Indigenous and born in Mexico. Despite being lied to, following Grey Owl's death in 1938 Anahareo worked hard to restore his image from fraudster back to conservationist. "The more Archie did, the more Indian he became in the eyes of the public," she wrote in her autobiography Devil in Deerskins, "and he went along with it and became more Indian than Tecumseh himself. One may as well go the limit should it happen to facilitate the job at hand."
Adventurous and independent, Anahareo took up prospecting (the search for mineral deposits such as gold) in 1928 when Grey Owl's trapping business began to slow. Throughout their relationship Anahareo would periodically venture off to prospect for months at a time, leaving Grey Owl at home to write. Since the couple had become public figures, the Calgary Heraldreported on Anahareo's activities. Under the headline "Grey Owl's Wife Leaves Alone in Search for Gold," they noted Anahareo had "the courage of the sturdiest men."
Anahareo with her daughter, Katherine Moltke, in Saskatchewan, c. 1942-43.
Anahareo and Grey Owl's first daughter, Shirley Dawn, was born August 1932, in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Dawn spent much of her early years with family friends, the Winters, in Prince Albert. As a new mother, Anahareo welcomed the support Mrs. Winter offered her. Of the early days of mothering Anahareo wrote, "I don't suppose I would have been so dumb about such things if it hadn't been for the fact that I had just put down my prospector's pick to pick up a safety pin." The arrangement also allowed Anahareo to continue her prospecting adventures. When Anahareo and Grey Owl separated in 1936, Anahareo was pregnant with their second daughter. Anne was born in June 1937, in Calgary, Alberta. From Calgary Anahareo moved to Saskatoon where, desperate for employment, she appealed to the mayor for help. The mayor put her in touch with a schoolteacher named Wilna Moore. Moore arranged to have Anne placed in the care of Bethany Home, a Salvation Army residence for unwed mothers. While Moore appeared well-meaning, her actions were no doubt informed by a racial and moral superiority consistent with that of the Canadian government, who's policies of removing Indigenous children from their parents continued into the late 20th century (see Residential Schools; Sixties Scoop). Anne lived in the home until she was three, when Anahareo gave an Anglo-Canadian couple permission to adopt her.
Anahareo and her daughter, Katherine Moltke, 9 August 1945.
In 1939, Anahareo met her second husband, Eric von Moltke Huitfeldt, a count from Sweden. In 1942, while Eric was overseas serving in the Second World War, Anahareo gave birth to their daughter, Katherine. Upon his return from the war the couple had a rocky relationship until they separated, on good terms, in 1959.
More than any other individual, Anahareo played an important role in converting Grey Owl into a dedicated conservationist. In Pilgrims of the Wild (1934), Grey Owl recounts how Anahareo, by saving the lives of two beaver kits, led him to change his whole way of life and to work for the protection of wildlife.
After Grey Owl and Anahareo broke off their relationship, Anahareo continued to champion the rights of wild animals. She joined the Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals and campaigned against leg-hold traps and wolf poisoning, among other causes. Anahareo was admitted into the Order of Nature of the Paris-based International League of Animal Rights in 1979. She is the author of two books: My Life With Grey Owl (1940) and an autobiography, Devil in Deerskins (1972). In 1983, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.
Kristin L. Gleeson, "Blazing Her Own Trail: Anahareo's Rejection of Euro-Canadian Stereotypes," in Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands, ed. Sarah Carter and Patricia A. McCormack (2011).
Anahareo, Devil Deerskins: My Life with Grey Owl (1972).


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The National Zakat Foundation has chosen Nester, a UK-based FCA regulated Islamic finance fintech, as its latest investment partner. The National Zakat Foundation has made significant investments across properties in the UK using Nester's unique sharia compliant fixed income investment technology.
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C. mooreana & C. luteola - Page 2 - Orchid Board - Most Complete Orchid Forum on the web !
I obtained several C. mooreanas from Lee Moore over the years. I used trek down to his townhouse in Kendell (Miami) where he'd have tons of Peruvian species spread out on blankets in his living room. He'd import them from his nursery several times a year, make a few phone calls and we'd all come down.
What I noticed about C. mooreanas w/smaller growths is that they tended to grow better than the mooreanas with full sized growths. It seemed to me that there was a mini Catt population and a standard Catt population of C. mooreana.
The flowers on both the small and large form are the same. Lee said that the smaller form was an intergrade population w/luteola somewhere in its background. I also had purchased several luteolas from Lee and the smaller form of mooreanas growth does look a lot like luteola.
I also heard the same thing from another grower, that the smaller form comes from the areas where luteola overlaps w/mooreana (mid-elevation). The larger growth form comes from higher elevations. I've killed quite of them few trying to get them to grow them in Miami.
While growing C. mooreana has always been challenging for me, the short form was easier to cultivate (for me).
Wow, this is some pretty valuable information!
That is very interesting! I lost both of the plants in the original post. Do you know a source for the smaller C. mooreana? I killed 3 from Peruflora, and all of them were the larger form.


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Indian star's 'electrifying' response to tragedy
01/07/2021 Jas, strict travel restrictions
Representing your country in the Test arena is one of the highest honours for any cricketer, and Indian pace bowler Mohammed Siraj isn't hiding his emotions about the opportunity.
Ahead of his second Test match, Siraj was filmed with tears streaming down his cheeks during the national anthem before play on day one at the SCG.
He wiped tears from his eyes as teammate Jasprit Bumrah offered some words of encouragement.
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The 26-year-old lost his father at the start of the tour in November, and was unable to attend the funeral due to strict travel restrictions.
"It was my father's dream that Siraj should represent India in Tests," his brother Mohammed Ismail told PTI last month. "He always wanted to see him in blue and white jersey to represent the nation, so our dream got fulfilled today."
Mohammad Siraj wiping tears away during the national anthem ❤#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/Az78qumI6L
Watching Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj, a Muslim, cry during the Indian national anthem for the start of Third Test against Australia makes a mockery of Hindutva fascists who falsely claim Muslims are "unpatriotic" or "traitors."
Lovely and electrifying to see Siraj tear up after the anthem. Looking forward to our young quicks today. Go Saini! #AUSvIND
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Siraj probably would not have played in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy if not for season-ending injuries for Ishant Sharma and Mohammad Shami.
But Siraj proved his worth at Test level on debut at the MCG, snaring 5/77 in the Boxing Day fixture.
He was the first Indian bowler to claim at least five wickets on Test debut since Shami achieved the feat in 2013.
And the right-armer started his second Test in exemplary fashion, removing the dangerous David Warner for five during the morning session.
Siraj tempted Warner with a wide delivery outside the off stump, which the Aussie edged it through to the slip cordon.
Mohammed Siraj celebrates his wicket of Australia's David Warner.Source:News Corp Australia
Meanwhile, the updated lyrics for Advanced Australia Fair were implemented for the first time on Thursday morning, with vocalist Stephanie Jones singing "one and free" rather than "young and free" in the opening line.
The lyrical change was announced by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on New Year's Eve, and copped some backlash at the time, most notably from boxing great Anthony Mundine.
However, the new version of the Australian national anthem was greeted by applause from the 10,000 spectators at the SCG on Thursday morning.
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Motivational speaking--and related activities such as life coaching and performance training--is a vibrant industry as organizations and individuals seek new paths to productivity, prosperity and fulfillment. One man stands out as a giant in the field: Zig Ziglar, renowned speaker, trainer and author for half a century.
Born Hilary Hinton Ziglar in 1926, Ziglar grew up in Yazoo City, Miss., the tenth of 12 children to Lila and John Silas Ziglar, a hardworking, devout couple. After the loss of his father and baby sister in 1932, young Zig learned his most important life lessons from his mother who provided tirelessly for the remaining children while instilling biblical principles in them. He honed his work ethic, selling peanuts for a penny-a-bag profit during grade school before becoming a grocery clerk in his adolescent years. Ziglar went straight from high school to the U.S. Navy, entering college under a navy training program in 1945. He married the former Jean Abernathy upon war's end.
In the late 1940s, a commission-based position for a cookware company introduced Zig Ziglar to the world of sales and the importance of positive thinking. After a slow start and some blunt advice on improving his time management, Ziglar became a top producing salesman and moved up to field manager and division supervisor. As he continued his career in training management, he built his reputation as a motivational speaker. In 1970, he went into the motivational speaking business full time, eventually founding his own performance enhancement company. As of 2009, Ziglar has written 27 books and hundreds of articles. He has addressed audiences around the globe as a solo speaker and jointly with presidents, generals and other noted leaders. The Ziglar organization has counseled Fortune 500 corporations, U.S. Government agencies, small- and mid-sized businesses, schools and nonprofit agencies.
A review of Ziglar's personal and professional credentials attests to his character and the pillars of his success: child of the Depression South, World War II veteran, famous speaker and author, husband for 62 years, father of four, grandfather of seven, great-grandfather of nine. One ultimate word sums up Ziglar: Christian.
Everyday Christian: You committed to Jesus Christ on July 4, 1972, at age 45. What led to your commitment?
Ziglar: "My mother used the Bible and biblical principles in bringing up her 11 children (my father and my baby sister died within five days of one another--I was almost six then), and she saw to it that all of us were in church Sunday morning, Sunday evening and Wednesday evening. Despite her efforts and her ongoing prayers, although I knew about Christ I didn't invite Him to be Lord of my life until I was 45 years old, broke and in debt. Sister Jessie, a friend of a friend, spent the Fourth of July weekend in our home. She walked in talking about Jesus and walked out talking about Jesus, and she talked about Jesus the whole time in between. God used Sister Jessie, an elderly black lady, to lead me to committing my life to Christ."
You declare your faith in your writing and speaking and relate your training and motivational methods to the Bible and belief in God. What kind of reactions do you receive?
"Almost unanimously, my audiences respond with much enthusiasm. Even people who don't share my specific faith (denomination, beliefs, etc.) are typically enthusiastic about my profession of faith in God and my commitment to living to God-given standards."
Salespeople are sometimes stereotypically portrayed as money-hungry and untrustworthy. How can someone be a good salesperson and a good Christian?
"By living by the Golden Rule-treating clients and customers as he or she would like to be treated. When our clients, prospects and customers see, understand and believe that we as salespeople have their best interests at heart, it just isn't difficult. Selling is something we do for our clients--not to our clients. We are offering our prospects an opportunity to improve their lives or the lives of their families. If someone we have sold to goes out of their way to avoid us, we need to re-examine our selling motives."
You teach people to eliminate "stinkin' thinkin'" in your book See You at the Top. Are most people prone to negativity? Can only a select few learn to stay "up"?
"Absolutely not. I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so. We make available our tri-fold self-talk cards on our website specifically for that purpose. And, no, I wouldn't say 'most' people are prone to negativity. I think it's probably that most people allow negativity to color their thinking, depending on circumstances, but I also believe most people make the necessary efforts to return to positive thinking as quickly as possible. Studies and research have now shown for years that positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will!"
In Confessions of a Grieving Christian, you tell the story of losing your eldest child Suzan to lung disease. As a well-known motivator, did you have to "switch gears" to discuss death and grief? How important has this testimony been to your family and the public?
"I never felt I was "switching gears" at all, only that I was experiencing something I'd not experienced before, the incredible grief that comes from losing a child. Discussing her death and my resulting grief, whether in writing or in live appearances, felt like a truly natural progression of events in my life. I am so thankful I had the strength and promises of a loving God to guide my choices and decisions, and to uphold me through the unbelievably dark days and times of overwhelming sorrow. I am reluctant to even think how I might have handled such an experience before I had committed my life to Christ, and trusted Him with my days and hours. I believe my testimony through the mourning time and to this very day was something I shared with others in my family, and something I hope and pray pointed them as well as the public to faith in Christ."
You frequently cite your formative boyhood experiences during the Depression and the perseverance of your widowed mother who raised 11 surviving children. Does America have the same strengths and values to get through today's economic crisis?
"Absolutely, America does have the same strengths and values to get through today's economic crisis. It's very possible and even highly likely that some of those strengths and values need to be dusted off and brought back into the light of day, but I have no doubt but that they remain with us. Hard times always uncover the basic goodness and evil of the day; it's our responsibility to see to it that the good outweighs the evil and I am convinced beyond a doubt that today's Americans will do exactly that!"
Who have been your mentors and teachers? How can other people find their own mentors and teachers?
"On my 'wall of gratitude' in our Dallas offices are photographs of 27 people who, from birth until today, God has placed in my life to teach me, lead me, mentor me, support and encourage me. Obviously, my mother was the first, with her fifth-grade education and inestimable biblical wisdom. My first-grade teacher went out of her way to instruct me despite the several childhood diseases I experienced during that year; other teachers and professors aided in my education. Surrogate fathers and other male figures stepped in to give guidance after my dad died. Businessmen taught me to honor my commitments; others gave me opportunities beyond my wildest imaginations. Authors and speakers set good, solid examples of high standards and lofty goals for me; mature, committed Christians nurtured and instructed me.
"All one needs to do is read--books, magazines, research the Internet--and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world. Oftentimes we must be mentored by the lessons they've already learned and reported on, but many times these people are willing and able to give of their time, energy and talents to take the younger under their wings and help them develop the principles and character that will enable them to live lives of worth and value. It does, however, require effort and desire on the part of the student."
What are the unique challenges and advantages that Christians face in the business world?
"I suggest the greatest challenge to Christians in the business world is within--making the heart determination (simply put, the choice) to live by God's principles and sticking with it; making the commitment to serving Christ and mankind with our efforts, our gifts and our knowledge.
I believe the greatest advantages are in the obvious watch care and protection our Heavenly Father promises His own if we will live our lives committed and consecrated to Him."
Editor's Note: Ziglar went to be with His Lord at the age of eighty-six in November of 2012.


All songs co-arranged by Elisa Brown and Barry Goldstein.
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I could sum up this album in just three words "Relaxing and Fun". From beginning to end this album was like a buffet of beautiful lyrics sung by a very eloquent voice. The combination of music and voice leads to a very relaxing and peaceful escape.
I give this album a firm 5/5 "Roos"