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House Votes to Slash Amtrak Funding Just Hours After Horrible Crash
Just hours after seven people were killed and hundreds injured in an Amtrak derailment near Philadelphia, the U.S. House voted to cut funding for the passenger rail service.
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Early reports suggest the derailment was caused by excessive speed — exactly the type of crash that could be avoided with a new safety system that Amtrak is in the midst of installing on the Northeast Corridor. Watchdogs have identified a lack of funds as one obstacle to timely implementation of the system, known as Positive Train Control.
Nevertheless, the House voted this morning to approve an appropriations bill that cuts Amtrak funding by $260 million.
According to the New York Times, the train was traveling 100 mph on a stretch of track near Frankford Junction where the advised limit is 50 mph:
That area, in the Port Richmond section of the city, does not have a safety system called Positive Train Control that can, among other features, automatically reduce the speed of a train that is going too fast.
MSNBC says the House vote came after a heated debate about whether insufficient infrastructure funding was responsible for the crash.
Federal safety officials have required Amtrak to install Positive Train Control by the end of 2015. A report issued by the Amtrak Inspector General at the end of 2012 [PDF] concluded that a "significant challenge" to meeting the deadline is "ensuring that Amtrak has enough funds available to implement PTC."
John Olivieri, national campaign director for transportation at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, called the House vote unbelievable. "The nation's intercity rail network has seen growing ridership and Americans increasingly are looking for alternatives to driving," he said. "They should be increasing the Amtrak budget, not cutting it."
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The bespoke rainbow coloured corner flags sat at the heart of a wide range of activities that the EFL and its clubs undertook as part of the Rainbow Laces campaign, and the Cobblers dedicated Saturday's game against Grimsby Town to the cause.
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Stonewall's Rainbow Laces campaign aims to make sport everyone's game with national teams, leading clubs, professional players, fans and grassroots players from across football showing their support for LGBT+ people in sport.
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The creation of periodical structures of a submicron size, or smaller than one-thousandth of millimetre, is of a crucial importance in selected branches. Photo: HiLASE laser centre
Prague, Nov 14 (CTK) – A research team from the Czech-based HiLASE laser centre has discovered a way of using laser to create regular structures on metal surface quickly and accurately, a method that can be effective in areas such as the aircraft industry, the experts have announced in a press release.
The team from HiLASE, a centre in Dolni Brezany near Prague, cooperated on the research with their Italian counterparts.
The creation of periodical structures of a submicron size, or smaller than one-thousandth of millimetre, is of a crucial importance in selected branches.
Such structures are indiscernable by eye, therefore they can be part of protective elements on securities.
Periodical micro- and macro-structures are also important in the aircraft industry where they prevent the freezing of water on planes' wings. The problem is, however, how to create such structures on a large surface.
HiLASE experts have succeeded in using laser impulses to create regular, beforehand chosen structures on the surface of metals such as aluminium, titanium, copper, molybdenum, gold and steel.
"This effect will probably be usable for a large number of elements and materials, maybe even for all metals," the scientists wrote.
The new method is much faster and accurate than the technologies applied so far, which considerably raises its chance of being introduced in practice, they wrote.
The research was initiated by scientists from Modena, Italy, who tested their own method with alternative successes, did not know why it worked with selected materials only, and asked HilASE for assistance.
Experts expect the new method to replace a part of the methods applied so far, such as dusting, chemical and plasmatic cautery and nano-imprinting, which are cost-intensive and extremely laborious to apply.
HiLASE, tasked to develop lasers of a new generation, was opened as an institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences' Institute of Physics in 2014. Its establishment cost 850 million crowns, 85 percent of which were covered from EU funds.
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Startup debuts with open-source licence package
Black Duck Software, a small software startup, will make its debut at LinuxWorld next week by rolling out a package it believes...
Black Duck Software, a small software startup, will make its debut at LinuxWorld next week by rolling out a package it believes can help developers manage and reduce the intellectual property risks of reusing and mixing both open source and proprietary software code.
Enterprise Edition, a management tool, integrates the development cycle starting from the initial concept, through code development and distribution, and finally provides an audit trail that tracks what technical contributions were made by each individual developer.
The software provides preconfigured views of activity for developers and their managers allowing them to see exactly what the activities of outsourcing and software development contractors are. It can also provide views tailored for business managers and attorneys.
"The increasing complexity of software licensing is a major issue among developers. There are 45 to 50 authorised open-source licences with another 20 to 30 unauthorised ones now in use. We are proponents of people using open-source software but the [licensing] complexity, especially when used in combination with proprietary code, is prohibitive," said Black Duck chief executive officer Doug Levin.
If a developer wants to combine proprietary code with other code under the General Public Licence (GPL), for instance, the company's Enterprise Edition presents them with all of the individual steps and associated issues that are related to combining that code. The product also presents developers with all the other licences that are derivatives of that particular proprietary and GPL-compliant code.
"On average there are two new open-source licences being authorised by http://www.osi.org every single month. So from a numbers standpoint alone, never mind the many conditions being laid down by them, that is introducing a lot of complexity into this area," Levin said. "But this software can present those licence conditions every time it detects an open software module, snippet, or an entire program that is being used."
Some analysts think Black Duck is breaking new ground in helping developers manage the licensing of software and think it will help increase the number of corporate and third-party projects as well as the acceleration of existing ones.
"As far as I know, Black Duck is the only company around with software that enables commercial OSS product development by automating the identification and verification of licences and their restrictions," said Bill Claybrook, an analyst at Aberdeen Group. "This can be very useful for companies developing proprietary software to run on Linux or porting existing proprietary software to Linux."
Because the Enterprise Edition is multi-user, this sort of information can be distributed simultaneously to product managers, business managers, internal lawyers, and legal consultants outside the company.
What is at the heart of the product is the Project Licence Profile (PLP), is a machine-readable form of a software licence which can be appended to whatever file a developer is working on. The PLP, which functions like a log that tracks issues related to the code under development, addresses issues having to do with distribution, ownership, trademarks, copyrights, special restrictions and economic issues including royalties due.
The company is expected to target corporate accounts as well as the government market, where there has been rapidly growing interest in Linux and other open-source technologies. Black Duck will also pursue outsourcing companies.
"Outsourcing among corporations taking their non-critical programming offshore to take advantage of low labour rates is growing. But when they do so, they lose control. We can give them a view of developers in the outsourced company to see what their proper or improper use of open source and proprietary software is, and what the productivity level of individual programmers is," Levin said.
The Enterprise Edition, which will be sold by subscription, will cost $995 per seat.
Ed Scannell writes for InfoWorld
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Kernel PCA
Title: Kernel PCA
Subject: Principal component analysis, Feature extraction
In the field of multivariate statistics, kernel principal component analysis (kernel PCA) [1] is an extension of principal component analysis (PCA) using techniques of kernel methods. Using a kernel, the originally linear operations of PCA are done in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space with a non-linear mapping.
1 Background: Linear PCA
2 Introduction of the Kernel to PCA
3 Large Datasets
Background: Linear PCA
Recall that conventional PCA operates on zero-centered data; that is,
\frac{1}{N}\sum_{i=1}^N \mathbf{x}_i = \mathbf{0}.
It operates by diagonalizing the covariance matrix,
C=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{i=1}^N \mathbf{x}_i\mathbf{x}_i^\top
in other words, it gives an eigendecomposition of the covariance matrix:
\lambda \mathbf{v}=C\mathbf{v}
which can be rewritten as
\lambda \mathbf{x}_i^\top \mathbf{v}=\mathbf{x}_i^\top C\mathbf{v} \quad\forall i\in [1,N].[2]
(See also: Covariance matrix as a linear operator)
Introduction of the Kernel to PCA
To understand the utility of kernel PCA, particularly for clustering, observe that, while N points cannot in general be linearly separated in d dimensions, they can almost always be linearly separated in d\geq N dimensions. That is, given N points, \mathbf{x}_i, if we map them to an N-dimensional space with
\Phi(\mathbf{x}_i) where \Phi : \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}^N.
it is easy to construct a hyperplane that divides the points into arbitrary clusters. Of course, this \Phi creates linearly independent vectors, so there is no covariance on which to perform eigendecomposition explicitly as we would in linear PCA.
Instead, in kernel PCA, a non-trivial, arbitrary \Phi function is 'chosen' that is never calculated explicitly, allowing the possibility to use very high dimensional \Phi's if we never have to actually evaluate the data in that space. Since we generally try to avoid working in the \Phi-space, which we will call the 'feature space', we can create the N-by-N kernel
K = k(\mathbf{x},\mathbf{y}) = (\Phi(\mathbf{x}),\Phi(\mathbf{y})) = \Phi(\mathbf{x})^T\Phi(\mathbf{y})
which represents the inner product space (see Gramian matrix) of the otherwise intractable feature space. The dual form that arises in the creation of a kernel allows us to mathematically formulate a version of PCA in which we never actually solve the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of the covariance matrix in the \Phi(\mathbf{x})-space (see Kernel trick). The N-elements in each column of K represent the dot product of one point of the transformed data with respect to all the transformed points (N points). Some well-known kernels are shown in the example below.
Because we are never working directly in the feature space, the kernel-formulation of PCA is restricted in that it computes not the principal components themselves, but the projections of our data onto those components. To evaluate the projection from a point in the feature space \Phi(\mathbf{x}) onto the kth principal component V (where exponent k means the component k, not powers of k)
{\mathbf{V}^k}^T\Phi(\mathbf{x}) =\left(\sum_{i=1}^N \mathbf{a_i}^k\Phi(\mathbf{x_i})\right)^T\Phi(\mathbf{x})
We note that \Phi(\mathbf{x_i})^T\Phi(\mathbf{x}) denotes dot product, which is simply the elements of the kernel K. It seems all that's left is to calculate and normalize the \mathbf{a_i}^k, which can be done by solving the eigenvector equation
N \lambda\mathbf{a} =K\mathbf{a}
where N is the number of data points in the set, and \lambda and \mathbf{a} are the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of K. Then to normalize the eigenvectors \mathbf{a}^k's, we require that
1 = (\mathbf{a}^k)^T \mathbf{a}^k
Care must be taken regarding the fact that, whether or not x has zero-mean in its original space, it is not guaranteed to be centered in the feature space (which we never compute explicitly). Since centered data is required to perform an effective principal component analysis, we 'centralize' K to become K'
K' = K - \mathbf{1_N} K - K \mathbf{1_N} + \mathbf{1_N} K \mathbf{1_N}
where \mathbf{1_N} denotes a N-by-N matrix for which each element takes value 1/N. We use K' to perform the kernel PCA algorithm described above.
One caveat of kernel PCA should be illustrated here. In linear PCA, we can use the eigenvalues to rank the eigenvectors based on how much of the variation of the data is captured by each principal component. This is useful for data dimensionality reduction. However in kernel PCA no such ranking exists.
Large Datasets
In practice, a large data set leads to a large K, and storing K may become a problem. One way to deal with this is to perform clustering on your large dataset, and populate the kernel with the means of those clusters. Since even this method may yield a relatively large K, it is common to compute only the top P eigenvalues and eigenvectors of K.
Consider three concentric clouds of points (shown); we wish to use kernel PCA to identify these groups. The color of the points is not part of the algorithm, but only there to show how the data groups together before and after the transformation.
First, consider the kernel
k(\boldsymbol{x},\boldsymbol{y}) = (\boldsymbol{x}^\mathrm{T}\boldsymbol{y} + 1)^2
Applying this to kernel PCA yields the next image.
Now consider a Gaussian kernel:
k(\boldsymbol{x},\boldsymbol{y}) = e^\frac{-||\boldsymbol{x} - \boldsymbol{y}||^2}{2\sigma^2},
That is, this kernel is a measure of closeness, equal to 1 when the points coincide and equal to 0 at infinity.
Note in particular that the first principal component is enough to distinguish the three different groups, which is impossible using only linear PCA, because linear PCA operates only in the given (in this case two-dimensional) space, in which these concentric point clouds are not linearly separable.
Kernel PCA has been demonstrated to be useful for novelty detection[3] and image de-noising.[4]
Spectral clustering
Kernel trick
Multilinear PCA
Multilinear subspace learning
Nonlinear dimensionality reduction
Cluster analysissv:Principalkomponentanalys#Olinjär PCA
Regression analysis, YouTube, Singular value decomposition, Statistics, Covariance matrix
Feature extraction
Machine learning, Image processing, Pattern recognition, Feature (machine learning), Dimensionality reduction


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Rangnick insists Cristiano Ronaldo 'can't do everything on his own'
Team news for Brentford v Man Utd
Posted Tuesday 18th January 2022 on MUFC Official Site
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Rangnick refuses to close door on staying on as Manchester United boss
New Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick has opened the door to staying on as boss beyond the summer.
The 63-year-old German was due to take his first training session on Friday after succeeding Ole Gunnar Solskjaer until the end of the season.
Due to retreat to a rather vague consultancy role beyond that, Rangnick was asked at a press conference on Friday morning whether there was a possibility of remaining in the dug out beyond that.
Ralf Rangnick gave his first press conference as Manchester United's interim manager
Rangnick said: 'I mean the people with whom I have spoken so far have been very clear that we're talking about a six, six-and-a-half month role as a manager currently.
'We have never spoken about what will happen in the summer.
'But right now I'm fully aware they might be looking for a new manager. If they will then speak with me about that we will see.
'Maybe if they ask my opinion and everything goes well and we develop the team I might even make the same recommendation to the board that I did at Leipzig twice when I recommended it might be a good idea to keep working with me for one year.
'But this is all hypothetical. We cannot speak about that. For me now it's about winning the next games and this is the major focus.'
The German refused to rule himself out of taking the job permanently in the summer
If United improve under his watch Rangnick feels it may be a 'good idea' for him to stay on
In the stands for United's exciting 3-2 win over Arsenal at Old Trafford on Thursday night, Rangnick inherits a team still within touching distance of a top four spot.
But the former RB Leipzig and Schalke coach stressed that United simply cannot play like that if they are to move forwards.
'It was exciting but it's not the kind of game you can have every day,' he said.
'We need to have control of the game. We have to transfer the game away from our own penalty box to the opponents.
'The major target for me in the next couple of days and weeks is to bring more balance into the team.
'Yesterday, we conceded two goals, we needed three goals to win the game and if you look at the total number of goals conceded, it is almost two on average, per game, and this is just too much.
'This is my approach. To help the team to get more balance, more control of the game.
Fans embraced Rangnick's first visit to Old Trafford as he watched the Arsenal win on Thursday
'Yesterday's game was exciting for the fans, but even for myself, as the future coach, those are not the kind of games that we need every day because football, for me, is to minimise the coincidence factor and have control and gain control of a game.
'This is football, what it's about. This my approach and I will try to help these outstanding, talented players to try and keep away from their own goal.'
Nevertheless, Rangnick was complimentary about United's squad, particularly its attacking strength, and believes the club is in a better position than Liverpool were when countryman Jurgen Klopp took over at Anfield in 2015. Klopp's team won the Premier League in 2019.
Rangnick added: 'This squad is definitely good enough to compete in the top flight [top four].
'If you look at the top three teams currently they seem to be very stable and have top coaches, probably some of the best coaches in the world, and if you see how they play and how they win games in style, controlling the games, this is something we have to develop.
'When Jurgen came to Liverpool, the squad he inherited at the time was definitely not a better squad than the one I inherit here now at United.'
Rangnick will look to appoint two or three new members of coaching staff after losing Solskjaer's assistant Michael Carrick after Thursday night's game. He claimed he spoke for an hour with Carrick to try and persuade him to stay – despite Carrick seeming to suggest otherwise this week - and also had a two-hour telephone conversation with Solskjaer and half an hour with owner Joel Glazer.
He will be looking to add some new coaches to his staff after Michael Carrick stepped down
With Rangnick's style of football known to be similar to Klopp's in term of high intensity pressing, he was asked whether 36-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo would be able to fit in to that.
'You always have to adapt your style to suit players,' he said.
'Ronaldo is amazing. I have never seen a player as physically fit. He can still make a difference. From what I saw last night he will do that. The others players will have to do the same.'
Rangnick admitted on Friday morning that he spoke to Chelsea about replacing Frank Lampard last season but did not fancy the short-term nature of the job.
'When Chelsea contacted me in February, we spoke only about the interim manager for four months, without any perspective to work in the long-term together and here now we are talking about six-and-a-half months, so we only have one-third of the games played in the Premier League and, as you all know, we have agreed on a two-year advisory role after those six-and-a-half months,' he said.
'In the end, to be honest, when a club like Manchester United contacts you for such a role you cannot possibly turn it down.'
United are refusing to disclose details of what Rangnick's consultancy role may look like. For example, it is not known whether the German will be free to work for other clubs at the same time.
The new boss admitted that he will adapt his playing style to help Cristiano Ronaldo (right)


Most people think of eating disorders and drug addiction as separate and distinct issues, but as many people who suffer with these maladies know firsthand, there is often significant overlap between the two. According to The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, up to one-half of individuals with eating disorders (especially bulimia) abuse drugs or alcohol, compared to 9 percent of the general population. Up to 35 percent of drug abusers have eating disorders, compared to 3 percent of the general population.
The root causes of eating disorders and drug addiction are similar. Research suggests a strong genetic component to both, as well as links to certain chemical processes in the brain, personality traits such as impulsivity, social pressures, family dynamics, media messages, environmental triggers and emotional trauma. Eating disorders and addictions frequently develop during stressful times in an effort to cope with difficult emotions or to self-medicate underlying mental health issues such as depression or anxiety. Both are chronic diseases with resistance to treatment and high relapse rates, requiring intensive, long-term therapy.
Despite all of these similarities, there are a few important differences that make recovery from eating disorders and addictions distinct processes. While addicts can sever their relationship with drugs and alcohol, people with eating disorders cannot abstain from food. Instead, they face the unique challenges of developing a healthy relationship with food and learning to sit at a dinner table, eat in public and engage in other triggering activities without relapsing. For this reason, eating disorder treatment programs must address both the disordered eating itself and the broader relationship with food – a task that can be extremely difficult even for those who do not have an eating disorder.
Another aspect that is unique to eating disorders is that their self-evaluation is very dependent on their weight and/ or appearance. Whether an individual is severely underweight or overweight, their self-worth is unduly influenced by their body shape or the number on the scale. In some cases, the self-loathing reaches a point of suicidality (the suicide rate for someone with anorexia is 57 times what we would expect to see in that age group). While most people without eating disorders would like to lose weight, what differentiates someone with an eating disorder is the compulsion to go to extremes to make it happen through starving themselves, purging or excessive exercise.
This distinction adds another dimension of difficulty in treating eating disorders. The body serves as a metaphor for the individual's emotional state. They may say, "I feel fat," but the underlying issue is unaddressed emotions such as anger, shame or sadness that get expressed through the body. Even years into recovery, someone with an eating disorder can be triggered by seeing a stick-thin model or stepping on the scale. For this reason, they must form a sense of identity separate from their eating disorder.
Recognizing the high level of cross addiction between drugs and eating disorders, some dual diagnosis treatment centers screen for and treat both conditions simultaneously. This type of care is surprisingly difficult to find as most addiction programs are ill-equipped to address eating disorders (e.g., few offer meal-time support, access to eating disorder specialists and intensive medical monitoring) and most eating disorder programs aren't well-versed in treating addictions. Yet a large body of research shows that this concurrent approach is essential for a complete recovery.
Treated separately, what usually happens is that the individual gets help for either an eating disorder or drug addiction, and when that goes into remission the other condition crops up. The patient goes from one treatment facility to another, thinking they're making progress but ending up stuck in an endless cycle of remission and relapse. This observation supports the theory that these conditions are used as a coping mechanism. In the absence of new coping skills, insights into their disease(s) and some form of social support (often through involvement in a 12-Step program), the individual will perpetually be fighting one or the other condition.
With either condition alone, and especially both at the same time, recovery is a long-term process. Thirty days of treatment doesn't cure either disease. Studies show that 25 percent will get better and do well throughout their lives (usually the ones who get quality care early on); 50 percent will fall into the relapse-remit cycle; and 25 percent will continue to struggle. In the case of eating disorders, 10 percent of those who continue to struggle will die from the disease.
The link between eating disorders and substance abuse is often overlooked, to the detriment of our patients. Recognizing that where there are eating disorders, there's often addiction, and vice versa, and offering concurrent, multidisciplinary care, we can help some of our sickest patients get on the road to recovery faster and stay there for life.
You contend that research shows a "root cause" of eating disorders is "family dynamics." This is a controversial idea. I ask, therefore, that you cite the research to which you are referring, specifically with regard to anorexia nervosa. I'm not convinced you are correct.
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In an August 1, 2019 Press Release, Medical Marijuana Inc., a U.S.-based and publicly traded cannabis company announced that its subsidiary Kannaway, partnered with Endocanna Health, Inc., a research and development biotech company that specializes in endocannabinoid DNA testing and personalization. Endocanna, which is based in California, specializes in genetic testing with DNA so that CBD users may have a more personalized experience.
According to the press release, the two companies will work together to develop and distribute endocannabinoid DNA test products. The agreement provides that Endocanna will handle the manufacture of the patent-pending Endocannabinoid DNA Test Kits and license the technology to Kannaway. Consumers will be able to use the kits to determine personalized data and other cannabinoids may interact with their body's regulatory system. The agreement also gives Kannaway the opportunity to genetically aligned formulations by Endocanna into Kannaway products.
Stuart Titus, Medical Marijuana Inc. CEO, shared in the press release,
"Our goal, in addition to offering high-quality hemp-derived CBD products, is to provide our customers with education on which CBD products may work best for them. This partnership creates an opportunity for us to do this in an initial hyper-personalized way and help consumers learn how to incorporate CBD into their everyday lives. We are very excited about our first steps in this endeavor with Endocanna, but we also appreciate the growth potential of this partnership with the eventual goal of creating personalized dietary supplement products to fit one's genetic typing and internal body chemistry. We look forward to creating a long-lasting relationship with Endocanna and improving results for a diverse population, such as we have here in the United States."
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On June 7, 1917 at the invitation of Melvin Jones, delegates met in Chicago. The only point of contention was the selection of a name for the new organization. Melvin Jones researched the idea of calling the new organization Lions. He was convinced that the lion stood for strength, courage, fidelity and vital action. On a secret ballot the name Lions was chosen over several others.
The name Lions stands not only for fraternity, good fellowship, strength of character and purpose, but above all, its combination of L-I-O-N-S heralds to the country the true meaning of citizenship: LIBERTY, INTELLIGENCE, OUR NATION'S SAFETY.
Our name was not selected at random, neither was it a coined name. From time immemorial, the lion has been the symbol of all that was good, and because of the symbolism that name was chosen. Four outstanding qualities – Courage, Strength, Activity and Fidelity – had largely to do with the adoption of the name. The last mentioned of these qualities, Fidelity, has a deep and peculiar significance for all Lions. The lion symbol has been a symbol of Fidelity through the ages and among all nations, ancient and modern. It stands for loyalty to a friend, loyalty to a principle, loyalty to a duty, loyalty to a trust.


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Revolution in Libya: if the war eradicates history
Amid social and political chaos, the fate of Italian colonial architecture and art is in question.
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More immediately and explicitly than other arts, architecture represents dominant ideologies in particular historical contexts; it is a litmus test.
Revolutions are always a threat to memory. The idea of being liberated from the "yoke of power" is tied to the process of canceling the signs through which that power reached its apex. Just think of the end of the various "museums of the revolution," for example, in Hungary and that a proposal was made for the demolition of Lenin's mausoleum and the relocation of those famous remains in Moscow's Red Square. In this sense, the current Arab "spring" may even put segments of these countries' historical heritages at risk.
Libya's history, for better or for worse, is inextricably linked to Italy, which, besides having very convincingly played the part of enforcer and executioner in the first phase of occupation, later undertook remarkable, powerful and comprehensive investments in constructing what was then known as Italy's "Fourth Shore," underlining the importance of a unifying Mediterranean basin. While the other Italian colonies were largely left undeveloped, Libya was annexed in 1938 and declared Italy's 19th Region.
From 1911 to 1920, the Italians, as Del Boca [1] has explained on several occasions, were involved, above all, in a bloody military crackdown implemented with the help of chemical weapons, while, from the 1920s onwards, they were committed to the construction of structures that would be useful to the community. In fact, architecture and the visual arts had already recorded a significant advance in the early 20s, especially in terms of building and urban planning. Armando Brasini, Alessandro Limongelli, Florestano Di Fausto, Alberto Alpago Novello, Ottavio Cabiati and Marcello Piacentini [2], among others, all went to Libya to design and build. But it was in the 1930s, especially under the governorship of Italo Balbo, that Libya saw a true influx of artists and public works [3]. In the second half of the 30s, construction sites throughout the Libyan territory were innumerable. Among them was the construction of Rural Villages [4] designed completely and "finished" with extreme care down to decoration and furniture designed by architects [5], painters, sculptors and Italian craftsmen who created styles suited to purpose and context. A distinctive "metaphysical" vernacular feature united most of the buildings, the omnipresent elongated portico that emphasized the perspective of the sequence of its white arches.
Funi, Ghiringhelli, and Melis—who directed the arts and crafts school in Tripoli, along with Prini, Quaglino, Reggiani and Selva—were among the many painters and sculptors who enriched the fabric of the Libyan aesthetic experiences through a variety of styles, making available their talents and going on site to help create Libya's new face.
Even if the Italian contribution to national the image of Libya has long been the subject of a form of damnatio memoriae [6]—something for the Italians to remove because it is inextricably linked to the fascist regime and its populist spectacle—for Libyans it is also an unwelcome topic insofar as it was the product of colonization that stifled national resistance. On Libyan soil, common and obvious signs of Italian occupation—still in operation today—remain functional to the life of its people. For example, the Governor's Mansion [7] in Tripoli still houses ministerial offices while the Cathedral was transformed in 1969, into a mosque by the mere removal of the crosses, altars, and the statue of the Pietà by Attilio Selva. The first excavations and restorations bringing to light the archaeological heritage of Sabratha and Leptis Magna [8], unique international tourist destinations, were the work of Italians.
The specific list would be very long, but it is important here to note that the appearance of the country's main cities, Tripoli and Benghazi, and even the most characteristic urban features of many of the smaller towns can been traced to Italian projects [9], but it is also exciting to discover that many signs of that presence are scattered throughout the Libyan territory.
I remember my amazement, during a visit to Tripoli during the second half of the 1990s, when I saw for the first time a bas-relief panel depicting a mounted knight fighting a dragon on the southern bastion of the Castle of Tripoli [10], overlooking the city's principal public space, Green Square. Anyone with any basic iconographic knowledge would immediately recognize Saint George. But how could it have ended up there? One day I discovered that this bas-relief was the work of the Genovese sculptor Prini and that it was a gift of Genoa to Tripoli as a sign of the twinning agreement between the two cities.
During my stay in Tripoli to further my research, which took place during the embargo, I was surprised to find all that I did. The climate of embargoed Tripoli ensured that a state spy followed me, controlling my every move. At the time, the archaeological museum, housed in the Tripoli Castle, only had captions in Arabic and the figure supervising the monuments was shadowed by someone who spoke only Arabic (and spit on the carpet of his office while he spoke with me with help of a translator). But, on the other hand, I remember the director of the Center for the Study of the Libyan Resistance as an educated and enlightened person who opened the precious archives of the Institute to me.
Tripoli, in particular, is currently still totally controlled by the Colonel—even if intent to solve daily issues of public policy, Benghazi, now a stronghold of the insurgents, and the whole area are all replete with visible signs of its heritage: the Gazelle fountain on Tripoli's waterfront, which is almost the primary symbol of the city, the Propylaea, structures midway between the flagpole and the obelisk, that stand out against the sky rising up from Green Square the same way they watch over Piazza San Marco in Venice, as well as several architectural works, buildings housing a variety of uses, including hotels such as the Uaddan and the Mehari, banks, schools, the buildings of the still-functioning fairgrounds. Many churches, now used for other functions, are distributed throughout the area (today they are often used as garages and warehouses) along with the roadworkers' houses located about every 50 km along the coastal road connecting Tripoli to Benghazi, and several hotels including the Hotel des Gazelles in Zliten, by architect Umberto Di Segni (1936),a dazzling example of rationalism "contaminated" by soft, oriental and Mediterranean lines and motifs, summarizing the design principles that so many theorists insisted upon at the time.
The war for the conquest of Libya goes back to 1911. Nearly three decades of domination resulted in significant investments of energy and material to undertake numerous initiatives in the country, which helped to shape the Italian collective imagination of the 20 years of Fascist regime and which represents a sampling of the taste and style trends of the time. Artists encountered the new territory by applying styles that refer in part to a more general exotic taste, but more often face the specific Libyan context, regarding both materials as well as styles, providing interpretations that are not at all banal. Among the "jewels" that are still intact, we find Funi's fresco cycle, in pure Giotto-esque style, in the church of San Francesco in Tripoli, the only place, after the 1969 revolution, dedicated to Catholic worship housing the seat of the bishopric. An interesting fact: we can make out the portraits of intellectuals from Balbo to Quilici to Brunelli in the likenesses of the monks.
What will remain of all this if Gaddafi completes his job? Unfortunately, his methods are now universally known. I remember a particularly sad story, whose veracity I was never able to verify, but, like all "urban legends," it says something that belongs to the collective imagination.
The story regards the destruction of a building, completed in 1915 as the headquarters of the Bank of Italy, overlooking Green Square in Tripoli. One of Gaddafi's government ministers whose name I can't remember, was restoring the building for his ministry, but the Colonel, who wanted to affirm the bedouin roots of Libyan culture and who was averse to permanent settlements, especially buildings that were examples of colonial architecture, preferred the government to have "nomadic" quarters. He held his meetings in tents in the desert between Tripoli and Benghazi in the hinterland of the Gulf of Sirte. To show his displeasure, Gaddafi ordered the building's demolition; one fine morning the city woke up to find yet another wound in its historic center, whose identity remains very legibly characterized by Italian public works. As for the Marble Arch—built to a design by Fausto Florestano on the border between Tripolitania and Cyrenaica along the coastal road from Tripoli to Benghazi, which, after the death of Italo Balbo, was named via Balbia—at the time of my trip, it was still standing, but today it is said that it was destroyed on Gaddafi's orders, but this is not the first time that this news has been reported.
Let's hope that Tripoli and Benghazi do not suffer the wounds of Beirut and that the bombing by the British in 1941–42 was the last. What remains in Libya has survived simply because there was no will to destroy it. But preservation does not mean merely not demolishing, but rather, restoring, reinterpreting, modernizing. From this point of view, France is a beacon but, unfortunately, its example, demonstrating the courage to change along with the responsibility of preserving, is a far cry for most countries.
A radio broadcast a few days ago informed us of the fact that it that it seems that Gaddafi has already contacted a team of plastic surgeons to change his features: everything changes.
And Italy?
[1] A. Del Boca, Gli italiani in Libia: dal facismo a Gheddafi, Rome 1988.
[2] Piacentini did many different projects, mainly in Benghazi, including the railway station, the Grande Albergo Italy and the Berenice movie theater.
[3] Lucio Scardino, "L'Officina ferrarese in Libia: Funi e gli altri," in Architettura italiana d'oltremare 1870–1940, Venice 1993.
[4] The villages, Bianchi (1937), Bede Littoria, Breviglieri, Gioda and Giordani (1938), were entirely designed by Di Segni, who, along with Pellegrini (architect of the Baracca village) also designed the Crispi (1938) and Tazzoli (1939) villages. Oliveti (1936) and Battisti (1938) are by Di Fausto. Their typology is similar to that of the new Italian "foundation" cities, with some variations in the lines.
[5] We recall the colonial house shown at the V Triennale in Milan by Luigi Piccinato.
[6] This "dual repression," among other things, has meant that the author has not yet found a publisher willing to publish the volume Arte italiana in Libia 1922–1942. Many architectural publications have been published over the past two decades regarding the typologies of Italian colonial architecture. Among them: Metafisica costruita. Le città di fondazione degli anni Trenta, dall'Italia all'Oltremare, exhibit catalog, Rome, April 8, 2002–May 30, 2002; Gresleri Giuliano, Pier Giorgio Massaretti, It Architettura italiana d'Oltremare, Bononia University Press, Bologna 2008. A special monograph on Umberto Di Segni, who worked extensively in Lbya, is authored by Jack Arbib (L'ombra e la luce. Note su Umberto Di Segni, architetto, Il laboratorio, Nola di Napoli 2010).
[7] Built between 1927 and 1930 and designed by Mantegazza-Meraviglia.
[8] Italian technicians made important archaeological discoveries, carrying out their restoration and overseeing the creation and exhibition design of the adjoining museums. See the models, made during the 1930s, of the archaeological sites preserved in the SIAO (Istituto Italiano per l'Africa Orientale-Italian Institute for East Africa) in Rome which acquired the materials of the Colonial Museum in Rome.
[9] The first of the Building Regulations for the city of Tripoli date from 1924; in the early 30s a new city plan followed.
[10] The architect Brasinine oversaw the restoration.
[11] Above the urban design projects, Di Fausto placed two bronze sculptures, a caravel and a gazelle. During the 1970s, the caravel was replaced with the figure of Omar Mukhtar, hero of Libyan resistance.
Elizabeth Longari is an art historian and critic who teaches contemporary art history at the Academy of Brera in Milan. She has published with several publishing houses (Electa, Mazzotta, Franco Maria Ricci, Silvana, Ilisso). Her work includes studies of Chighine Alfredo (1991) and Sironi and the V Triennale of Milan (2005). She has lectured at the University of Bellas Artes in Valencia, at the Sorbonne and Paris 8 in Paris. She has curated several exhibits, among which Jose Barrias at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. She is vice-director of Academy of Fine Arts and has worked at Artforum.
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In every school environment, or any work environment for that matter, there will always be that one staff member that may prove difficult to deal with. However, knowing how to deal with those difficult individuals in the best way possible will avoid any unnecessary conflict.
This difficult individual may be someone that always wants to have the last say, is critical of your way of running your classroom, the way your dress, or your relationship with parents or other members of staff. They can often be competitive with work tasks or compete with you for the spotlight when it comes to working as a team member. This can often be a challenge if you are working in a school on an irregular basis, however, if this happens during a temporary block, the following tips may prove invaluable for you.
The first thing that should be done to handle any of these types of situations is to address the issue head on and early on. If the unaddressed conflict is left, you will eventually become miserable and will not look forward to going to work each day, which in turn has a domino effect on the other aspects of your work, such as losing interest in your tasks, slacking off on important tasks, and calling in on the occasional 'sickie'.
If the conflict is not resolved, you could run the risk of being labelled as "unable to solve their own issues" amongst the staff members of the school, or "unable to resolve conflict". Each could potentially pose risk on your career or future bookings at the school. Other staff may members may notice and perhaps not recommend you for future bookings.
So, after all that, let's talk about how to deal with difficult people at work, since that is the topic for discussion in this blog.
Is the other person the root of the problem? Are you overreacting? Is there a pattern of conflict following this certain individual meaning have you had conflict with them before or have they had similar conflict with other staff members or parents? It is important to answer these questions in your mind first before addressing them physically to avoid pinning a problem you may have with yourself on someone else.
It is always a good idea to confide in another trusted individual for advice and guidance of how best to address the issue or to talk through feelings about the situation, as each person has a different perspective and different ideas of a situation, they are not necessarily in themselves. An outsider's point of view is always helpful. As a Relief Teacher this can very often be challenging. You may know of other Relief teachers who have been to that school and have this conversation with them.
When you feel confident is the best time to address the person you are having conflict with to hopefully resolve the issue once and for all. Now, this conversation could go two ways: the conflict could be resolved, or the conflict could get worse.
It is important to remain calm and rational during this conversation and to be a good listener to the other person. Using "I" messages gives off the impression to the other person that you are expressing how you feel as an individual about the situation and are not attacking or accusing the other person of the wrong doings. It is also important to express the impact this conflict had on you, as well as the other person, this may not be the first time this other staff member has caused conflict with other staff members and may be a turning point for them? After all, if you work in the same school, it is best to try to resolve the issue to improve the working environment and attitude.
It is always important to follow-up after the discussion to see if the behaviour of the other individual has really changed for the better or for the worse. Hoping it is not the worst, but if it is, decide if you would like to ask a superior individual, like the principal or your head teacher to step in?
Your focus now is to "fly under the radar" to avoid your reputation as a Relief Teacher being damaged further if connected to the conflict.
Another tip would be to take anecdotal notes of each incident that has occurred with this certain staff member, as physical evidence to provide if the conflict appears to worsen over time. This way you can avoid being accused of things you may not have done.


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The purpose of the sacraments is to sanctify men, to build up the Body of Christ and, finally, to give worship to God. Because they are signs they also instruct. They not only presuppose faith, but by words and objects they also nourish, strengthen, and express it.
Catechism of the Catholic Church #1123
BAPTISM is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit and the door which gives access to the other sacraments.
Baptism begins a person's initiation into the life of the Church. The parish provides a preparation class for first-time parents. Please contact the church office in advance of the birth of your child to prepare for the baptism of your child.
Adults are initiated into the life of the Church through a process called the Rite of Christian Initiation. The process begins in the fall and candidates are baptized or received into the Church at the Easter Vigil.
CONFIRMATION is the sacrament which gives the Holy Spirit in order to incorporate us more firmly into Christ, strengthen our bond with the Church, associate us more closely with her mission, and help us bear witness to the Christian faith in words accompanied by deeds.
Students enrolled in our ccd program will be prepared to receive the sacrament. It is a three year program beginning in the sixth grade and continuing in the seventh & eighth grades. The Bishop of Covington, or his designee, celebrates this sacrament of initiation every three years at St. Edward.
Those baptized Catholic but beyond grade school age prepare for the sacrament individually. This celebration takes place on the feast of Pentecost each year at the Cathedral.
HOLY COMMUNION the principal fruit of receiving the Eucharist in Holy Communion is an intimate union with Christ Jesus. Indeed the Lord said: He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
Young parishioners are prepared for to receive their First Communion in a two year program, beginning in the first grade. The celebration of the sacrament, in the second grade, usually is celebrated on the first Sunday of May.
Holy Communion is brought to parishioners who are unable to attend Mass (short-term and long-term). They are asked to contact the church office make arrangements.
ANOINTING of the SICK by the sacred anointing of the sick and the prayer of the priests the whole Church commends those who are ill to the suffering and glorified Lord, that he may raise them up and save them.
The sacrament is celebrated individually and communally. Great care and concern should be taken to see that those of the faithful whose health is seriously impaired by sickness or old age receive this sacrament.
The sacrament may be repeated if the sick person recovers after being anointed and then again fall ill or if during the same illness the person's condition becomes more serious.
A sick person may be anointed before surgery whenever a serious illness is the reason for the surgery. Elderly people may be anointed if they have become notably weakened even though no serious illness is present.
PENANCE & RECONCILIATION the whole power of this sacrament consists in restoring us to God's grace and joining us with him in an intimate friendship.
Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God's mercy for the offense committed against him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins.
Penance is regularly celebrated on Saturday afternoon from 4:45 – 5:15 p.m. or by appointment.
Communal Penance Services, with individual confessions, are held in Advent and Lent. These services are announced in the Sunday Bulletin.
First Penance is usually celebrated in the winter months after the child has been prepared to receive this sacrament in the first and second grade.
MATRIMONY The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament.
Those wishing to celebrate the sacrament are asked to contact the church office at least six months in advance of the proposed wedding date. It is recommended that a wedding ceremony occur in the church where a person is registered and attends Mass regularly. Depending on the religious traditions of both the bride and groom the Church celebrates the Rite of Marriage inside or outside of Mass.
HOLY ORDERS is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time: thus it is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. It includes three orders: bishop, priest and deacon.
If you know a man who may be interested in living his life as a deacon or priest, please contact the pastor. A candidate for Holy Orders should show a concern for others, and possibly already be involved in the life and ministry of the Church.
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Martin O'Brien & Elly Griffiths in conversation with Richard Walker
June 27, 2015 By HR
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Elly Griffiths and Martin O'Brien will talk about the art of creating and writing about a detective, with Felixstowe-based writer Richard Walker.
From Sherlock Holmes to John Rebus, the detective is at the heart of crime writing. But who is he – or she? Gritty professional or inspired amateur? Forensic genius or just lucky? Defender of the law, or criminal at heart? Hear two accomplished exponents of the art of the detective story talk about creating and living with their detective characters.
Elly Griffifths' book The Ghost Fields is the latest in her series about forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway, set in the bleak and beautiful flatlands of north Norfolk. The Guardian called the series 'gripping' and 'enthralling', the New York Times called it 'highly atmospheric', while The Independent singled out her character Ruth Galloway for special praise.
Martin O'Brien is the author of the acclaimed French detective series featuring Daniel Jacquot. This eight-book series is set in Marseilles and in the Lubéron and demands frequent research trips to the South of France, a hardship that the author bears with patience and fortitude!


The Building Coastal Resilience for Greater U. S. Security project created a forum for coastal experts from the United States and globally to develop solutions for climate change impacts on coastal infrastructure, economy, communities and national security. The Hoover Institution, the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars jointly convened a series of discussions to advance coastal resilience to climate change impacts by identifying knowledge gaps and establishing policy solutions.
SB 7 supports both climate change mitigation and adaptation measures for Connecticut, with directives that will help to prepare the state for climate impacts, primarily sea level rise. Connecticut's statutory references to sea level rise will now reflect the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation's (CIRCA) planning recommendation of nearly two feet by 2050. The legislation requires all state or federally-funded coastal infrastructure projects to take this new sea level rise projection into account when being planned and developed.
Measure P is a $90 million bond measure approved by Foster City, San Francisco Bay area of California in June 2018, that will fund structural projects to reduce flood risks from sea level rise. Residential, office and commercial property owners will see an annual tax rate increase of approximately $40 per $100,000 of assessed property value.
The Florida Adaptation Planning Guidebook, developed at the culmination of the state's multi-year Community Resiliency Initiative, provides a step-by-step framework to assist local governments in Florida with preparing for the impacts of sea-level rise, particularly impacts of coastal flooding and erosion, and changes in ecosystems. The guidebook describes the steps of adaptation planning in the context of existing requirements and optional designations under state legislation passed since 2011, including the optional Adaptation Action Areas designation (Community Planning Act) and the requirements to consider sea-level rise in redevelopment policies (SB 1094, Peril of Flood Act).


When my husband and I moved to Minnesota, we knew that a lot of travel was in our future if we wanted to see our families regularly. Instead of hauling a week's worth of clothes and toiletries back and forth across the midwest multiple times a year, we've worked out a pretty good method that makes family visits still feel like vacations. Every year, all of us Midwesterners meet somewhere warm and sunny. Needless to say, Florida has been our destination of choice several times. We've explored some of the big family attractions the state has to offer and some of the less traditional must-see destinations.
If a family vacation is in your future, consider some of these kid-friendly, all ages activities in Florida. Whether you want to hike, camp, ride coasters, experience animal encounters, or scuba dive, your family can do it in the Sunshine State. Check out of a few of my favorite destinations.
Vibrant coral reefs are closer than you might think. Biscayne National Park is located close to Miami. Your family can canoe, enjoy a boat tour, hike on trails, and even scuba. Can't squeeze it all into one day? Camp and spend the night.
Little kids and teens alike will find something to love. They'll learn how insects eat, migrate, and breed along with watching butterflies go through metamorphosis. The Wings of Imagination art gallery is a must-see.
Learn about crocs, gators, reptiles, and fossils at the "only place in the world where you can see every live species of crocodilian." Wildlife shows and archaeological digs are accompanied by conservation education. Everyone in the family can even have a chance to snuggle up to a baby alligator.
Explore more than just the ocean in Florida. Kelly Park's hot springs and stream are perfect for a tubing. Or, snorkel, hike, and swim before a night of family-friendly camping.
Immerse your family in this swampland park's rich biodiversity. Panthers, bears, and birds make their home alongside 1,000-year-old oak trees and lush ferns.
Aquamarine-hued waters welcome your family in this lush, secluded spring. It's no wonder that hundreds of manatees call this 2,600 acre park home. Your family can camp, snorkel, scuba, and explore along the largest spring that originates from the St. Johns River.
If The Greatest Showman mesmerized your kids, bring the film to life with a visit to The Ringling Museum. See if your family can fit into a clown car, pretend to tame a tiger, and try trapeze walking. Bright colors fill every inch of the museum, including the live theater performance.
My daughters have the need for speed. If your kids crave it, too, visit the Daytona Int'l Speedway. Car and motorcycle races, guided tours, and autographs all await NASCAR enthusiasts.
Experience a shuttle launch, step inside a simulator to feel what it's like to be inside NASA's iconic shuttle, and build a rocket at this out of this world destination.
No family vacation bucket list would be complete without this globally-recognized theme park. Mickey Mouse and crew are constantly updating their amusements, rides, and attractions to make it easy to create unforgettable memories. Make way for Stormtrooper parades, gawk at the wonders of Pandora, and fall in love with the savannah during a safari.
Older kids, teens, and adults alike will all love stepping into the movies at this theme park that's tailored to the cinema. High-tech, 3D rides are worth the wait for each ride. Don't forget to take your favorite Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or even Slytherin to ride the Hogwarts Express through The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.


President Obama is expected to make a public push to expand the income tax deduction that businesses can claim for investments in non-real estate assets. His proposal is, in essence, elective 100 percent bonus depreciation – "elective" meaning the taxpayer does not have to claim the deduction otherwise made allowable under the US tax law.
Assuming this idea catches on in Congress, it would make the deduction retroactive to assets placed in service on or after September 8, 2010 but before January 1, 2012.
For companies that rely on tax credits to justify making investments (such as the 30 percent alternative energy tax credit) this deduction means little. Tax credits are worth more than deductions and because the energy tax credit requires only a 50 percent basis reduction, bypassing the deduction in favor of a full tax credit will likely prove more beneficial. The alternative grant-in-lieu provision is currently only good through December 31, 2010, unless extended – and this also requires full tax basis to carry its full benefit, especially to businesses that are in a current tax-loss position.
Although the details of the 100 percent bonus depreciation are not fully known, it is likely that virtually all non-real estate assets used in business will qualify. This includes structural components of buildings such as solar arrays. "First use" will also likely be required, meaning previously used assets (but newly purchased by the taxpayer) will not qualify for the deduction. The materials or inventory held by a contractor, wholesaler or retailer prior to the effective date that go into creating an asset first placed into service after the effective date of the proposed measure will likely qualify the business project owner for bonus depreciation.
Income tax deductions for a business in a loss situation are of no current value. However, for a recently profitable business, the deduction may create or add to a tax loss that may be carried back to refund taxes paid in earlier years. Tax losses otherwise may be carried forward to offset future taxable income.
Congress will take up this proposal and a host of tax law "extenders" that benefit business investments, especially those made in solar energy.
Perhaps Congress should be reminded again by its constituents that struggling or start-up companies don't really benefit immediately from income tax deductions. Equivalent income tax credits (in the form of refundable grants) would be more stimulating to the economy. Congress and the administration appear to have a fundamental misunderstanding of how tax law impacts the vast majority of start-up or struggling businesses in America.
From an income tax sheltering perspective, a passive investor's desire to lay claim to "bonus depreciation" via an investment in an equipment leasing partnership (the desired asset to be owned for the use of the tax loss position project owner) will likely be of no avail because of the long standing passive activity loss rules. Such rules require material participation (normally a 500 hour per year test) in management of a business by the investor for the deductions to be used to offset earned, investment, or other non-passive sources of income. Material participation does not include activities that an investor would routinely perform, such as reviewing financial statements or attending a board-of-directors meeting.


Joburg born thirteen times Hong Kong champion jockey Douglas Whyte turned 45 last Tuesday and gave himself a belated birthday present when scoring his second Australian Gr1 win at Ascot on Saturday.
Whyte continued his love affair with Perth racing when he steered Scales Of Justice to an end to end win in the $1 million Railway Stakes.
The 'Durban Demon' as he was known in his SA riding days, got the call-up to ride the Lindsey Smith-trained gelding when Paul Harvey was suspended after Scales Of Justice won the G3 R J Peters Stakes on November 12.
Whyte rode a perfectly judged race to beat last year's winner, the Chris Waller-trained Good Project with the favourite Perfect Reflection third.
It was the second Australian Gr1 win for Whyte and both victories have been in Perth.
He rode the Waller-trained Moriarty to take out the 2014 Kingston Town Stakes at Ascot.
"It's good to get another Group One in Western Australia," Whyte said.
Scales Of Justice could go for the $1 million Kingston Town Classic over 1800m at Ascot in two weeks.
"We got Douglas down here and he showed why he's been champion jockey in Hong Kong so many times," said trainer Lindsey Smith.


Going great until the mistake in the last panel.
You mean the prophet muhammed who died over ten centuries earlier?
No. He means the 400,000 muslims called Muhammed.
Hang on, aren't you in Blur?
Perhaps that's because the cartoon features soldiers wearing WWI uniforms, which is the basis of Armistice Day/Remembrance Day/Poppy Day/11th November and the reference to wearing a poppy.
Nov 11th is the rememberance of all war dead Bizarre you should suggest otherwise.
Regardless, 400k is the number of muslim troops who served in WW1 out of 1.5m Indian soldiers of which around 75k lost their lives and a similar number were injured. There was at least one muslim V.C. too.


Brighter Promotions was established by Peter Marcus, John Henry and Bing Kinsey with the aim of organising and running dances and variety shows. Peter Marcus was the instigator of the venture which lasted about six years. The name was suggested by me at one of our first meetings. Brighter Promotions ran the Durban Debutantes Ball at the Durban City Hall for 5 years. A special function for all debutantes was usually held about a month after the ball, often at the Bon Chance Restaurantand Dance Club . Dances were also held in Pietermaritzburg, Verulem and Stanger. Brighter Promotions were also responsible for bringing The Invaders and The Lyceum Combo for their first tours to Durban.


Michael Mazur is a documentary filmmaker, drone operator, and founder of Diario Films. Michael has worked as a producer at various agencies and has created documentary programming for the US State Department, Kiva, and various independent production companies and non-profits. He is the co-founder of Lokal Media, which produces the international travel show, Lokal Stories.
He is currently in production on two feature documentaries: El Forajido - The Cautionary Tale of Toño Bicicleta in Puerto Rico and Living As Though People Matter in Ireland and Indonesia. He has produced and directed projects in Europe, the Caribbean, Central America, Asia and across the United States.
Marco Bollinger is the Co-founder & Chief Storyteller at Lokal Travel, a social enterprise that makes it easy to book eco adventures and cultural travel around the world that supports local communities.
Award-winning filmmaker and photographer Marco Bollinger believes that connecting people to meaningful travel experiences is the key to a more empathetic and courageous humanity. He and his team at Lokal work to transform the way the world travels by connecting travelers to unique, impactful experiences around the globe. Launching in 2019, Marco hosts an eco adventure travel show taking celebrities to spectacular destinations to connect with the issues facing local people around world.
During his career, the Peruvian-American artist has photographed Beyoncé and Obama, directed projects for the United Nations Refugee Agency and Time Warner Cable, and with his Lokal co-founder, danced for 107 hours in a full-body scarlet macaw costume to crowdfund their first feature documentary. From living in New York, L.A. and Tokyo shooting youth subculture, to years spent documenting Lebanon's refugee camps; he holds to his belief of living the story to find the human magic of his projects. He has won several awards including PDN's Best Portrait of an Artist, and an Indie Fest Humanitarian Award.


"Director Bill Voorhees and staff create a beautiful staging of the play, with superb design work that forms a harrowing yet sumptuous hell. Excellent lighting effects, colorful costumes, gorgeous sets, and imaginative animation, graphics, and sound produce an elegant yet frightening underworld." Tolucan Times review by Mary Mallory.