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Oakland Athletics Should Be Fighting Astros For AL West Lead Right Now
By Katrina Hamrick
What if the Oakland Athletics' were 57-50?
Imagine how this season would look if the Oakland Athletics' had a record that was seven games over .500. Hypothetically, they would be in second place in the AL West, locked into a pennant race battle. Ben Zobrist, Scott Kazmir and Tyler Clippard would all still be with the team, and fans wouldn't be scouring the Internet for news of prospects who won't make an impact for two to three seasons.
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Here's something to think about: according to baseball stats guru Bill James, the A's should be in just that situation.
Pythagorean winning percentage sounds like a complex math formula, but it's fairly simple. James developed the formula himself, and Baseball-Reference.com uses a modified version, but it's basically this:
"(Runs Scored)^1.83(Runs Scored)^1.83 + (Runs Allowed)^1.83"
Don't be intimidated by the math – the answer is simple. Based on the runs the A's have given up (410 runs) and the runs they've scored themselves (441 runs), the 2015 Oakland Athletics are far better than their record. In fact, they're 57-50, according to this formula.
Now, everyone knows that games don't always work this way. Just because a team scores 12 runs and their opponent scores two, it doesn't make the winners a better team. However, over the course of a season, this formula typically evens out and shows what a team is truly capable of. At least, it shows what they would have been capable of, if the cards had fallen their way.
Let's look more closely. The Athletics' are 11-25 in one-run games. In those games, they've allowed 139 runs to score, but have scored 125 of their own. Because of that, they've lost two out of every three one-run games.
On the other hand, they're 18-12 in games where the run differential is five runs or more. In those games, the A's have scored 177 runs while allowing just 124.
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What that says is that the A's generally have stellar pitching, and they do have a strong offense. Getting the two halves of the team to coincide is another matter entirely. Add in the fact that "runs allowed" includes defensive mistakes, and the Oakland Athletics are the worst defensive team in the league, and it's no wonder that they've struggled.
Yet, it didn't need to be that way. Sonny Gray leads the AL in WAR for pitchers, and is second only to former Oakland Athletics' pitcher Kazmir in ERA. Gray also has the fifth-highest overall WAR among all major league players, including position players. With talent like Gray and Kazmir, where did it go wrong for the A's?
Even their position players have been unexpectedly good. No one thought Stephen Vogt would be an All-Star this season. Josh Reddick hasn't played this well in his entire career. Billy Burns shocked the league after his May call-up, and might even have a shot at Rookie of the Year for his efforts.
But there have been devastating losses, as well. Coco Crisp was expected to be a big part of the team after returning from elbow surgery, but instead, he returned from the disabled list on Monday after missing two month with neck soreness. Sean Doolittle has missed the entire year, as well, shaking up the bullpen and leading to a disastrous year for the relief crew. Evan Scribner, Fernando Abad and Dan Otero have been disappointing, and Ryan Cook was so bad that the A's traded him away at the deadline.
Maybe there really is no reason to be concerned for next year. Perhaps the A's encountered some bad luck, coupled with bad defense from young players like Marcus Semien, and it was just enough to push them from 57-50 to 47-60. While it might seem like a big leap in their record, the distance from first place to last place is never far in major league baseball, and the A's should have been in a much better place at this point in the year based on their run differential.
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Day 18 – State Calls the Mother of Marvin Roberts, Brother of John Hartman
Posted on November 3, 2015 by thefairbanksfour
Day 18 – October 29, 2015
The State of Alaska called Hazel Roberts, the mother of accused Marvin Roberts, as the first witness of the day. In disjointed and wandering videotaped testimony aired earlier in the week, former Roberts acquaintance Margaretta Hoffman claimed that on the night John Hartman was killed she was at the Roberts home doing cocaine, getting drunk, and was ultimately part of a conspiracy to throw away shoes. Hoffman, a self-confessed user of methamphetamine and cocaine since 1993, provided testimony which did not comply with any testimony given by any others in the case. Hazel Roberts was called to the witness stand in response to the Hoffman claims and reiterated her original testimony, which matches those of the other household members and has been consistent from her first contact with police in 1997 through today. She knew Hoffman, Roberts said, and did hang out with her a few times, but not the night in question. None of the things Hoffman testified to happened. When a 19-year-old Marvin Roberts came home the night in question everyone was in bed, there was no remarkable entrance, no shoes thrown out, nothing but a quiet return. Marvin Roberts turned off the light above the stove and went to bed.
The testimony of Hazel Roberts was followed by Chris "Sean" Kelly, John Hartman's brother. Although in earlier filings special prosecutor described Sean Kelly's testimony as "words he could never forget," and indicated some absolute proof would come from Kelly as to the guilt of the Fairbanks Four, his testimony was focused mostly on forgotten words, gaps, heartbreak, confusion.
Kelly took the stand dressed in gray, his clean-cut and angular face unmistakably similar to the pictures of victim John Hartman. Unlike Hartman, who has remained frozen at the entrance to adolescence in his death, the years were evident on Sean Kelly, who is no longer the lanky teen brother from the original case footage, but a middle-aged man.
Kelly testified that shortly after his brother's death he was incarcerated at Fairbanks Correctional Center with the Fairbanks Four. According to Kelly, he approached Eugene Vent one night and confronted him. Kelly recalls Vent saying, "We didn't know that was your little brother." Kelly was unclear on any other words exchanged. To the clear frustration of Prosecutor Adrienne Bachman, he could not recall portions of earlier statements about the incident. Bachman alleged that Eugene Vent had made more incriminating confessional statements to Kelly.
"It didn't go down like that, I wouldn't…No, that's….it's not what I remember," Kelly said.
"It would help that the truth comes out, no matter what. I would like some closure," Kelly said in an interview after testimony.
After his testimony was complete Kelly discussed the process with reporter Stephanie Woodard. He said that testifying brings back the pain of his brother's murder. He talked about his mother crying, this very specific and unforgettable cry, a bedside vigil for a beloved little brother who was so brutally attacked that footprints remained on his skin.
Chris "Sean" Kelly seems to still believe that the right men are in prison for his brother's death. Petitioner's attorney Whitney Glover attempted to open with condolences from her clients to Kelly, which he bristled at. After a long list evidence pointing toward the alternative suspects, Kelly countered, "well they're not the ones sitting in jail for it."
And if Kelly believes the right men are in prison, that is okay. None of us can possibly imagine what it would be like to live through what he has. He lost a baby brother at the hands of really horrible people who committed a disgusting awful unthinkable crime. The pain of losing a loved one to that kind of violence is beyond understanding. In his grief and pain he was assured by the people in power that his brother would get justice, that they had the right guys, and those guys would pay. It is only natural that he is attached to the story, it is how they made sense from something that does not make sense. There is a life path for him, he is on it, and if God sees fit to change Kelly's mind he will. Until then, we hope advocates for the Fairbanks Four can see Kelly simply as a grieving man who suffered a serious loss, who is willing to face it down, remember his brother with honor, and a man who deserves our kindness.
For eighteen long years this case has never, despite the sincerest desires of the State of Alaska, "gone away." For John Hartman's family the violence that took their loved one remains splashed across headlines, a hot topic on social media, the subject of films. It must be extremely painful.
Injustice reaches across many lives and leaves much pain in its wake. It is time for the story of this injustice to end.
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The paper "Ethnicity in Roman Portraiture" by Elizabeth Bartman discusses the issue of identifying ethnic features in portraits created in Imperial Rome.
The author begins by saying that although the problem of ethnic identity has been the main point in classical literature for a long time, so far researchers have not paid sufficient attention to the portrait when analyzing the ethnic identity in the Roman Empire, as a relation between facial features and ethnicity is frequently regarded as biased nowadays.
The paper has several objectives. One of them is to give particular examples of Roman portraits wherein ethnic features are distinctly recognizable. Another goal is to understand what the works signified to those who saw them in the capital and in the provinces.
The author draws our attention to the fact that there are no special indicators that can help us to identify ethnicity in portraiture. It is rather a combination of certain signs by analyzing which that aim can be achieved.
According to the researcher, the main problem faced by scholars today when examining the Roman portraits is to understand whether the individual in a portrait undoubtedly belongs to a certain ethnic group or merely has uncommon facial features.
To support her argument, Elizabeth Bartman uses portraits that considerably differ in hairstyles, facial hair and features from what was regarded normal by Roman artists. To prove that those differences defined the ethnic origin of the sitters, oral accounts or images of provincials must exist. Inscriptions and geographical locations where portraits were discovered can also be helpful.
The author goes on to say that an important aspect of understanding ethnic portraits is the visual representation of barbarians in the art of the Roman Empire. The ethnic portraits were closely related to "barbarian imagery", but differed conceptually from the typical visual representation of barbarians in literature and art.
By several examples, the researcher shows that one of the features in the Roman portraiture that can be used to determine the ethnic identity is hair: its length and texture. Other ethnicitty markers may include lips and nostrils.
The final section of the paper is devoted to the notion of hybrid portraits. The author maintains that the lack of distinct ethnic elements in the Roman portraits can be explained by their social and political purpose. Many people in the provinces preferred to resemble the Romans in every detail. The sitter in a province almost adopted the "Roman way" with the exception of the facial features, garment, and hair typical of his native land. The final product can be characterized as a "hybrid".
The members of provincial ruling classes required a "hybrid" portrait to represent two different cultural spheres: that of Rome and that of their own locality. Such approach was crucial for surviving politically. The Roman emperors entrusted the governing of the empire to the local kings, who ordered their portraits to be made. Those images reflected the local elite's desire to target two "audiences" simultaneously.
And that is the author's principal argument. She claims that ethnic portraits show us that provincials chose to use some of the Roman manners, customs, and material objects, and projected them to their lifestyle. However, the sitters did not avoid showing their differences in the portraits in order to appear loyal to Rome. In that way, they also intended to ensure the support of their own subjects.


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Ratings: Grammys Drop 24% vs. 2017, Draw Smallest Audience in Nine Years
By Matt Webb Mitovich / January 29 2018, 7:25 AM PST
Courtesy of CBS
The Grammys are singing a sad song this morning, as ratings for the kudoscast declined sharply year over year.
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CBS' three-and-a-half-hour broadcast of the 60th Grammy Awards on Sunday night scored a 12.7/21 in metered market ratings, down a full 20 percent from last year's overnight numbers.
Update: Per finals, the Grammys drew 19.8 million total viewers, down 24 percent in audience vs. last year to mark a nine-year low — yet ranking as the most-watched primetime entertainment program on any network since last February's Oscar telecast. The show's 5.9 demo rating meanwhile marks an all-time low.
The 2017 telecast — which aired opposite a fresh episode of The Walking Dead and was also hosted by James Corden — eventually reported 26.05 million total viewers and a 7.8 demo rating (per finals), which marked three-year highs.
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La principauté épiscopale de Spire était un État du Saint-Empire romain germanique, compris dans le cercle du Haut-Rhin, ayant pour capitale la ville de Spire jusqu'en 1379 puis d'Udenheim (devenue Philippsburg en 1632) et à partir de 1723, la ville de Bruchsal. C'est en l'an 888 que naît la principauté épiscopale. C'est à cette date que des territoires sont accordés aux évêques de Spire. Cet État a existé pendant plus de , jusqu'au Recès d'Empire en 1803. Son territoire est aujourd'hui partagé entre la Sarre, le Rhénanie-Palatinat et ainsi que l'Alsace.

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L'évêché était divisé en grands-bailliages et bailliages, les uns situés sur la rive gauche du Rhin, les autres sur sa rive droite.

Ceux situés sur la rive gauche du Rhin étaient :
 Le grand-bailliage de Kirrweiler ;
 Le bailliage de Deidesheim ;
 Le bailliage de  ;
 La prévôté de Wissembourg ;
 La grand-bailliage de Lauterbourg ;
 Le bailliage de  ;
 Le bailliage de Dahn.

Ceux situés sur la rive droite du Rhin étaient :
 Le grand-bailliage de Bruchsal ;
 La bailliage de Kislau (Bad Schönborn) ;
 Le bailliage de Grombach (Bruchsal) ;
 La bailliage de Rotenberg (Rauenberg)  ;
 Le bailliage de Philippsburg ;
 Le bailliage de Gernsbach.

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Abu Dhabi Police brief students on tasks of helicopters
The initiative aims to promote social responsibility and strengthen the security culture
Published: March 31, 2018 18:32 WAM
Abu Dhabi Police on Saturday briefed students who joined the "Future Pilot" initiative on the tasks of the Police helicopters. Image Credit: WAM
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police on Saturday briefed students who joined the 'Future Pilot' initiative on the tasks of police helicopters.
The initiative aims to promote social responsibility and strengthen the security culture among all segments of the society, especially students.
Lieutenant-Colonel Pilot Tariq Juma Al Awadi, head of Air Training Department at Abu Dhabi Police Air Wing of the Central Operations Sector, briefed the students on the tasks of air ambulances, search and rescue missions as well as on thermal imaging in aviation, rapid intervention and transporting VIPs. Students also joined officers and other employees in performing their daily work.
Lt-Col Al Awadi highlighted the mechanism for obtaining permissions to operate helicopters and accompanied students on a visit to the control tower at Al Bateen Executive Airport where they learnt about the tower's control area and how to coordinate aircraft landing and taking off and organise their movement on the ground.
The students also visited the fire department of the airport and watched a mock drill, in which they learnt about the response time, the way of dealing with accidents, public safety procedures, and readiness of its cadres, among others.


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By: Herriot, James
Publisher: Collier-Macmillan: 1974
IF ONLY THEY COULD TALK
Publisher: Pan Books: 2006
When newly qualified vet James Herriot arrives in the small Yorkshire villa ge of Darrowby, he has no idea what to expect. How will he get on with his new boss? Herriot's books form the basis of the popular BBC TV series "All Creatures Great and Small" View more info
NAPOLEON: HIS WIVES AND WOMEN
By: Hibbert, Christopher
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd: 2003
A masterly biography of Napoleon, concentrating on his private life, by the historian described by Stella Tillyard as `a master portraitist of great m en's private lives' and by Amanda Foreman as `one of England's greatest liv ing historical writers'.Modern history has produced one single myth on a he roic scale to rival those of Alexander and Caesar - that of Napoleon. The c ontinuing fascination of this astonishingly gifted man is reflected in the number of books published each year on various aspects of the Napoleonic le gend: some 250,000 volumes in all since Napoleon's mysterious death in... View more info
MENCKEN: A LIFE
By: Hobson, Fred
Using material available for the first time--including letters, diaries, an d personal papers--the author of Serpent in Eden: H. L. Mencken and the Sou th offers a candid portrait of the American literary legend. 20,000 first p rinting. Tour. View more info
CITIZEN COHN
By: HOFFMAN, NICHOLAS VON
Publisher: Bantam: 1988
Based on interviews with family, colleagues, and friends, this biography of fers a comprehensive portrait of Roy Cohn, his ideological passions, person al life, and patterns of power and money. View more info
THE HAPPY HOOKER: MY OWN STORY
By: Hollander, Xaviera
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks: 2002
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. How did you first learn about sex? If you grew up in the 1970s, it may have been from a gleefully lusty tour guide named Xaviera Hollander In the late 1960s -- that era of sexual chaos, when Playboy Clubs and love- ins were competing for national attention -- a beautiful, intelligent young Dutch secretary named Xaviera de Vries moved to New York, grew swiftly tir ed of her desk job . . . and soon became the most visible and glamorous mad am the city ... View more info
DONALD HORNE ON HOW I CAME TO WRITE " THE LUCKY COUNTRY " (MUP MASTERWORKS) (MUP MASTERWORKS)
By: Horne, Donald
Publisher: Melbourne University Press: 2005
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The publication in 1964 of ""The Lucky Country"" changed the way that Australians thought about themselves. Its fresh and penetrating critique of the Australian way of life, both private and public, confirmed its author Donald Horne's status as a leading figure in Australian intellectual life, and is still influential four decades on. MUP republishes an extract from Horne's memoirs that recalls both critically and nostalgically the per... View more info
THE END OF TIME
By: Horowitz, David
Publisher: Encounter Books: 2005
Three days after terrorists slammed airliners into the World Trade Center a nd the Pentagon, David Horowitz, as disoriented as the rest of us by these cataclysmic events, discovered that he had prostate cancer. As America decl ared war on terror, Horowitz began treatment, emerging months later with a "reprieve" from his disease. He brought back with him this remarkable book of hard-won insights about our country and ourselves--how we get to our end s and what we learn along the way. An at times heart-catching departure fro m the polemics and social criticism that have made Horowitz one... View more info
TRUE HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT MAN, THE
By: Howell, Michael
In the mid 1880s, a patient admitted to the London Hospital in Whitechapel caught the imagination of the public. He was a horribly deformed man named Joseph Merrick, who suffered from severe multiple neurofibromatosis. The di sease made portions of his body grow freakishly; hence, he was called the " elephant man" in sideshows, where he was exhibited before coming to the att ention of doctors. Roughly a century later, Merrick again caught the public eye when his story was brought to film and Broadway. This revised edition of the 1980 original contains a more factual account of Merrick'... View more info
GREEN MANSIONS: A ROMANCE OF THE TROPICAL FOREST
By: Hudson, William Henry
Publisher: BiblioBazaar: 2007
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing c... View more info
PICASSO: CREATOR AND DESTROYER
By: Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos
Here is Picasso as never seen before, the indefatigable painter, the bohemi an, the sexual sadist, the betrayer, the loyal Communist, the father, and, ultimately, the man sacrificed on the altar of his on contradictions. Huffi ngton draws on several sources for her biography, including interviews with Picasso's daughter, Maya, and Francoise Gilot, his mistress of ten years a nd the mother of two of his children. Here, Picasso emerges from his myths. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. View more info
By: Hughes, Ted
Publisher: Faber Faber: 1999
Ted Hughes's Birthday Letters are addressed, with just two exceptions, to S ylvia Plath, the American poet to whom he was married. They were written ov er a period of more than twenty-five years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963, and represent Ted Hughes's only account of his relationsh ip with Plath and of the psychological drama that led both to the writing o f her greatest poems and to her death. The book became an instant bestselle r on its publication in 1998 and won the Forward Prize for Poetry in the sa me year. View more info
TOUCHING THE ROCK: AN EXPERIENCE OF BLINDNESS
By: Hull, John M.
Publisher: Arrow: 1991
An exploration of the world of blindness - of people without faces, strange sounds, the new feel of eating, lovemaking or playing with children. Blind ness introduced the author to a new dimension and a different perception of nature and the human personality. This is his story of that experience. View more info
TALKING STRAIGHT
By: Iacocca, Lee
From Library Journal In Iacocca, the author focused primarily on what goes on in the boardrooms of Ford and Chrysler. In this sequel, America's best known respected CEO turns to the nation's problems. Along the way he outlines his theory of management, including the eight "commandments" he has developed over a 40-year career. He addresses such public policy problems as corporate takeovers, the trade deficit, the plight of farmers, education, and the declining quality of American products. More personally, he talks about raising his two daughters, coping with his wife's death, his rec... View more info
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By the time Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, a ccording to the Gallup Poll, the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture the world's imagination. Yet Kissinger was also reviled by large segments of the American public, rangin g from liberal intellectuals to conservative activists. Kissinger explores the relationship between this complex man's personality and the foreign pol icy he pursued. Drawing on extensive interviews with Kissinger as well as 1 50 other sources, including U.S. presidents and his business clients, t... View more info
MAY WEEK WAS IN JUNE: UNRELIABLE MEMOIRS CONTINUED
By: James, Clive
Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Book: 1990
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This work forms the third part of Clive James's not entirely reliable memoi rs. The text covers the period of his life spent at Pembroke College, Cambr idge and follows his escapades as literary editor of "Granta" and his trave ls to Florence following Shelley's footsteps. View more info
MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS: A MEMOIR OF GOING HOME
By: Janzen, Rhoda
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin: 2010
A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Starred Review. At first, the worst week of Janzen's life--she gets into a debilitating car wreck right after her husband leaves her for a guy he met on the Internet and saddles her with a mortgage she can't afford--seems to come out of nowhere, but the disaster's long buildup becomes clearer as she opens herself up. Her 15-year relationship with Nick had always been punctuated by manic outbursts and verbally abusive behavior, so recognizing her co-dependent role in their marriage becomes an important part of Janzen's recovery (even as she tweak... View more info
By: Jones, Griff Rhys
A tight clean softcover, no markings throughout: Semi-detached Griff relives freezing bus journeys to school and the impulsive stealing of that half-a-crown from Charlie Hume's money box; sitting outside Butlins at Clacton (longing to be inside and on the Waltzer instead of stranded on the pebbles with his dad); hazy summer afternoons spent with feral gangs in the woods, or storming the mud flats singing extracts from the Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band. The memories are like Mivvis, frozen and fuzzy at the edges, but a sweet jam of pure recollected goo at the centre. From birth to the BBC, this is a ... View more info
LEE KUAN YEW: THE CRUCIAL YEARS
By: Josey, Alex
Publisher: Times Books International: 1980
Includes index. View more info
A TORCH KEPT LIT: GREAT LIVES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
By: Jr., William F. Buckley
Publisher: Crown Forum: 2016
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The New York Times Bestseller William F. Buckley, Jr. remembers--as only he could--the towering figures o f the twentieth century in a brilliant and emotionally powerful collection, compiled by acclaimed Fox News correspondent James Rosen. In a half century on the national stage, William F. Buckley, Jr. achieved u nique stature as a writer, a celebrity, and the undisputed godfather of mod ern American conservatism. He kept company with the best and ... View more info


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LATAM wants to expand fleet of A320neo jets
The carrier announced on Friday its intention to order 28 more aircraft from Airbus, but it needs approval from the US court to sign an agreement
After delaying the renewal of the single-aisle jet fleet, LATAM announced on Friday that it intends to sign an agreement to acquire 28 new A320neos with Airbus.
The order, however, is subject to approval by the US Court, which follows the airline's bankruptcy process, the so-called "Chapter 11".
LATAM did not give details of the versions to be chosen, but confirmed that it intends to have 70 aircraft from the Neo family in order to reduce fuel consumption and also help the goal of neutralizing the environmental footprint by 2050.
"The purchase of these highly efficient aircraft is a sign of the commitment we have made to transforming to a carbon neutral LATAM by 2050. At the same time, these 70 aircraft reinforce the region's connectivity scale. We will continue to work responsibly to leave Chapter 11 with a fleet that can keep up with the group's new challenges", said Roberto Alvo, CEO of LATAM Airlines Group.
LATAM Brasil first A320neo (Airbus)
The airline currently has an order for 36 A320neo and 19 A321neo. LATAM received 13 aircraft, but kept 12 of them in the fleet.
According to Planespotters, six A320neo are in the Chilean division and another six in the Brazilian branch.
LATAM was the first airline in the Americas to operate the A320neo in 2016. In 2018, the model, which had debuted in Brazil, was transferred to LATAM Chile.
Only in January 2019, Airbus returned to deliver new A320neo, which began to be incorporated at a good pace until the end of that year. Since then, there have been no more deliveries amidst the pandemic.
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The booklet "10x10. I principi della Carta etica del packaging per favorire buone pratiche" (The principles of The Etichal Packaging Charter to promote good practices) edited by Valeria Bucchetti and published by Edizioni Dativo contains the projects realized during the Workshop held in May 2017 at the Politecnico di Milano, School of Design (Master of Science in Communication Design).
With these projects, the students took part in Packplay 2, an initiative by École de design of UQAM and by Éco Entreprises Québec.
Each group has set the principles expressed by "The Etichal Packaging Charter" (responsible, balanced, safe, accessible, transparent, informative, up-to-date, forward-looking, educative, sustainable) as key-points from which to direct the project activity.


Researchers from Parabon NanoLabs have developed a new drug for combating a lethal brain cancer called glioblastoma multiforme. But what makes this particular drug unique is that it was printed — molecule by molecule — using a DNA self-assembly technique. And even more remarkable is that the DNA was custom designed with a drag-and-drop computer program. The breakthrough will not only drastically reduce the time it takes to both create and test medications, it will also open the door to completely novel drug designs.
The new technology, which was in part funded by the National Science Foundation, is called the Parabon Essemblix Drug Development Platform, and it combines computer-aided design (CAD) software called inSçquio with nanoscale fabrication technology.
"What differentiates our nanotechnology from others is our ability to rapidly, and precisely, specify the placement of every atom in a compound that we design, " said lead investigator Steven Armentrout through the NSF's official release.
The inSçquio software allowed the scientists to design molecular pieces with specific, functional components. They then optimized their designs using a cloud supercomputing platform called the Parabon Computation Grid that searches for sets of DNA sequences that can self-assemble its new components.
To design the compounds, the researchers applied their knowledge of the cell receptors they were targeting or the biological pathways they were trying to affect. And they did so by applying the principles of basic chemistry to explore the space of all possible assemblies. Consequently, the process was very deliberate and methodical, what the researchers say is unique in the drug development industry.
And to hasten the drug production process, the researches took their new sequences and chemically synthesized trillions of identical copies of the designed molecules. So, in a matter of weeks — and sometimes days — the developers produced their drugs. The technique is considerably faster than traditional drug discovery techniques — many of which simply utilize trial-and-error screening.
Looking forward, Parabon is hoping to develop synthetic vaccines for biodefense and gene therapies that can target disease (what will be based on information from an individual's genome). And interestingly, the technology may be usable outside of medicine; future applications could also include the development of nanoscale logic gates, devices critical for computing, and molecular nanosensors.


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If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
– Dalai Lama
Learn About Rainforests
At Rainforest Foundation US, we take saving rainforests seriously. We work with communities that live in the rainforest to protect their homes. These communities are called "indigenous peoples." They and their grandparents and their great grandparents have been living in the rainforest for as long as they can remember and know best how to take care of it.
Rainforest Foundation US works closely with communities in the Amazon rainforest, the world's biggest rainforest located in South America. Follow along the slideshows below to learn more about the peoples, animals, and plants that live in the Amazon.
Kids of the Amazon
What is it like to live in a rainforest? It depends on where you live. For example, the Yanomami people in Brazil often live in large, communal houses, while the Embera people prefer living in small houses built up on stilts to protect themselves from flooding rivers.
In the rainforest, kids learn from their parents and grandparents about how to live in the forest and take care of it. In addition, kids sometimes have to travel great distances to study at schools far away from their parents because there are none nearby. Other villages might have a one-room school where all of the community's children are able to study together.
Read on to find out more about what it's like to grow up in a rainforest.
Don't Miss the School Canoe
The Achuar people live in the Amazon rainforest along the border between Ecuador and Peru. The many rivers and lakes in this region often run right through or sit next to their communities. Achuar kids get around using hand-carved canoes made from nearby trees. Canoes are the easiest way to move through the rainforest because there are so many rivers and streams. In other places, like Guyana, there's even a "school canoe" to go to class!
Dancing in the Rainforest
In Ecuador, like in many other areas of the rainforest, dancing is a very important part of life and performed for fun and for traditional ceremonies. Everyone in the villages can participate in the dances. Sometimes, even the entire village dances together! When they dance, the men and women wear traditional dresses, masks, or headdresses made of products from the rainforest like seeds, leaves, or feathers. It takes a long time to create them by hand, and the adornments can change from dance to dance.
Unusual Friends
In a city park you can see bees, ants, ladybugs, butterflies, and animals like dogs and cats. In the rainforest, there are thousands of different kinds of bugs, some of which are bigger than anything you see in your local park! In some places, kids see parrots and monkeys every day. Through stories, songs, and folk tales told by their elders, kids learn the names of the plants and animals that live in the rainforest with them.
Getting food in the rainforest is very different from going to a regular supermarket because the rainforest is the supermarket! The people living there, like the Aiapi people of French Guiana and Brazil, cultivate plants like cassava, sweet potatoes, yams, bananas, plantains, sugarcane, mangoes, papayas, and manioc or corn. Kids go with their parents to the rainforest to gather nuts and fruits, and also look for frogs and caterpillars that can be fire-roasted!
Paint Everywhere
Do you like to paint your face for Halloween, at a carnival, or to cheer on your favorite sports team? In the rainforest, kids and adults also paint their faces with patterns. The paint can come from plants, flowers, or charcoal. Wet charcoal is used to make black marks, while the seeds of the spiny achiote fruit are crushed for bright red-orange marks. With these colors, they paint their faces and bodies and dye their clothes and hair. Some of the paints also act as insect repellent!
The Original Playstation
Kids who live in rainforests don't need to go to parks because the park is all around them! Kids growing up in the rainforest - like the Wounaan of Panama - climb trees, run through the rainforest, hang from vines, jump from cliffs into rivers or streams, ride in their canoes, and swim with turtles near waterfalls!
Animals of the Amazon
The Amazon rainforest is home to thousands of kinds of insects, birds, mammals, and freshwater fish, many of which have yet to be discovered. Indigenous peoples have an intimate knowledge of the animals that they share the rainforest with and they also have a deep respect for the role each one plays in maintaining the health of the natural environment. Read on to find out more about the spectacular animals that live in the Amazon.
Emperor Tamarin Monkey
These small gray primates have reddish tales and a characteristic white mustache. Emperor tamarins are omnivorous, which means they eat both plants and animals, including fruit, nectar, leaves, and also insects. They usually live in family groups of 2 to 8, but may live in larger groups that include other types of tamarin monkeys. Male emperor tamarins are very involved in caring for infants, which they carry for the first 6 or 7 weeks of infancy. Emperor tamarins generally live between 10 and 20 years.
Scarlet macaws are large parrots that live throughout Central and South America. They have bright red, yellow, and blue feathers, and call loudly to each other. Scarlet macaws have large, flexible beaks that are capable of breaking into unripe nuts and fruits. They also eat seeds, leaves, insects, and occasionally clay (which is good for their digestion)! Due to habitat loss, only a few thousand scarlet macaws remain in Mexico and Central America. Macaws are also illegally captured in the wild to be sold as pets. They can live as long as 50 years in the wild.
Amazon River Dolphin
The Amazon river dolphin - also called the "pink dolphin" - is the largest of all 6 kinds of river dolphins found across the world. Amazon river dolphins can grow to more than 8 feet (2.4 meters) long and weigh 350 pounds (160 kg). Their colors range from dark gray to grayish-pink to bright pink. Like all freshwater river dolphins, they have small eyes and rely on excellent sonar to navigate muddy rivers. They eat fish and crabs or other crustaceans found on river bottoms. River dolphins are curious and usually friendly towards humans!
Poison Dart Frog
Also called "poison arrow frogs," poison dart frogs were so named because some indigenous peoples rub their arrows on the frogs' poisonous skin in order to stun their prey. Found across Central and South America, these frogs have brightly colored skin which acts as a warning to predators. Though small, they produce a variety of sounds, and different kinds of poison frogs can be distinguished by their calls. Poison frogs mainly eat small insects, such as ants and termites, which they capture with their long, sticky tongues. Poison frogs probably gain their poison from eating specific insects who have acquired the poison from the plants they eat. When fed a specific diet in captivity, poison frogs lose their toxicity.
Jaguars, also called "tigre americano," are the largest cat native to the Americas. They once roamed across Central and South America, but now are mostly found in the Amazon rainforest and other remote areas. Jaguars usually live in swamps and wooded areas, but you can also spot them in scrublands and deserts. Jaguars range in color from white to brown to black, but they all have characteristic black spots. They can grow to 9 feet (2.7 meters) in length and 2.6 feet (0.8 meter) tall. Adults can weigh between 220 to 350 pounds (100 to 160 kg).
Plants of the Amazon
Scientists estimate that the Amazon rainforest is home to 50,000 different kinds of plants, making it one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet! These range from small trees and vines, to giant lily pads and vibrant flowers. The indigenous peoples who live in the rainforest rely on plants for food, medicines and other daily uses. Read on to find out more about the Amazon's amazing plant life.
Have you ever eaten passion fruit or drank passion fruit juice? Did you know that passion fruit grows on plants that also produce beautiful flowers? There are more than 500 types of passionflower that grow in the rainforests of Central and South America. Most passionflowers are vines (although some are trees or bushes) that grow striking flowers that provide food for butterflies. Some types of passionflower grow fruit as small as berries or as large as gourds.
Did you know that chocolate originally comes from rainforests in South America, like the Amazon? Chocolate is made from cacao beans, which are the seeds of the cacao tree. There are many types of cacao tree, some of which grow small flowers directly from their trunks and branches. Cacao trees produce fruits that are shaped like long pods, ranging in color from yellow to purple. Each pod contains 20 to 60 cacao beans. The ripe beans are fermented, dried, then roasted and processed into cocoa powder, cocoa butter, and chocolate.
There are more than 3,000 kinds of bromeliads, all of which are evergreens with spiraling leaves. Most bromeliads are epiphytes, meaning they grow on the surface of other plants, like trees or cacti. Some Bromeliads grow flowers that later develop into fruit, the most recognizable of which is the pineapple! The largest known bromeliad can grow to more than 10 meters (33 feet) tall and is currently in danger of extinction. At least three kinds of bromeliads are carnivorous - they trap and digest insects!
Have you ever seen a variety of orchids in your local supermarket, garden store, or at a friend's house? There are more than 25,000 kinds of orchids that originally come from rainforests across the world! These stunning flowering plants may grow out of the soil or on top of other plants. Some varieties grow as vines, while others are shrubs. Orchid flowers vary in size from very small to more than 38 cm (15 inches) across. Their size and shape are often adapted to different pollinators.
There are around 200 varieties of heliconia, with flowers that range in color from red, orange, yellow, to green. Heliconia are usually pollinated by hummingbirds, and grow blue or purple fruit. One variety, called "hanging lobster claw," is so named because of the shape of its flowers. With stunning hot pink, yellow, and green petals, hanging lobster claw is the national flower of Bolivia.
Games, Activities, and Learning Materials
Kids, parents, and teachers: feel free to download and share the following resources. Don't forget to print on the front and back of each page and use recycled paper whenever you can.
Rainforest Animal Word Search
Poison-Arrow Frog & Bromeliad Maze
Rainforest Food Word Scramble
Rainforest Keywords Matching Quiz
Rainforest Facts & How You Can Help
Rainforests Around the World are Disappearing
The Amazon rainforest and other rainforests around the world are being cut down in order to harvest their wood to build buildings or furniture, to clear land for new farms or dig for gold. But destroying rainforests has a major impact on the people, plants, and animals that live there. It also affects those of us who live far away from rainforests; tropical rainforests clean the air we breathe, regulate the rainfall that feeds our farms, and provide medicines that keep us healthy.
How Kids Can Save Rainforests
Even if you live far from a rainforest or have never visited one, there are still a number of things kids can do to save tropical rainforests. You can share what you've learned with friends and family, say "no" to products that harm rainforests, or fundraise for organizations like Rainforest Foundation US that work on the ground to protect rainforests.
You're never too young to be a hero for the rainforest. The smallest efforts count, and the smallest people can make a huge difference. Read on to find out ways to help.
Now that you know how important rainforests are and the threats they face, you can share what you've learned with friends and family. Check out the ideas below, or get creative with your own.
Host a rainforest-themed party for your friends that inspire conversations about the peoples, plants, and animals that live there.
Start a rainforest club at your school
Ask your teachers at school to talk to your class about the importance of rainforests
Reduce Your Use of Rainforest Products
You can save rainforests by reducing your use of products that are grown on cleared rainforest lands – beef, soy, and palm oil are the products that contribute most to deforestation.
Buy fruits that were grown locally rather than in rainforest countries like Brazil.
Eat less beef, or ask your parents to buy meat from local farms.
Talk to your parents about reading food labels to avoid products containing palm oil.
Raise Funds for Rainforests
To raise funds, you can organize a sponsored talent show, run, walk, swim, bike ride, hop, three-legged race, dance, or any other activity you enjoy! You can also hold bake sales or open a lemonade stand.
If you would like to raise funds for Rainforest Foundation US, follow these easy steps:
First, you have to decide what kind of event you'd like to host. Next, decide where you want to host it. Whether it's a school, public park, or a friend's backyard, write a letter or email to the location's owner with a brief explanation of your idea and why you want to raise money to protect rainforests.
Create physical or digital fliers with a brief description of the event and the cause. Inform friends, classmates, and community members about your event.
Hold your event! Collect funds and keep them in a safe place.
Mail the donation to Rainforest Foundation US. Upon receipt of your donation, Rainforest Foundation US will send you a letter to tell you how much we appreciate what you've done!
Don't forget to thank your participants and all those who helped to organize your event.
If you have any questions about organizing a fundraiser feel free to email us at


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Vanadium-Incorporated Metallic (1-T) Molybdenum Sulfide Nanoroses for High-Energy-Density Asymmetric Supercapacitors
Shubra Lalwani, Raj Kishore Sharma, Gurmeet Singh, Hansung Kim
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The metallic phase (1T) of molybdenum sulfide is critical, pertaining to its exceptional interlayer structure and metastability, but forms up with low content. Herein, 1T-phase-prominent vanadium-incorporated MoS2 (MVS) nanoroses were synthesized through a hydrothermal process. A significant increase in 1T content (50 %) occurred with the addition of vanadium, enhancing the prompt diffusion of lithium ions by two orders. More exposed electroactive basal planes increased the number of redox active sites to 84 %, suggesting an excellent charge storage of 451 F g−1 at 1 A g−1. On assembling MVS with MnO2 to form an asymmetric cell (MnO2∥MVS), a high energy density (62.7 Wh kg−1 at 428 W kg−1) with a threefold increment from the MVS‖MVS symmetric cell (21.8 Wh kg−1 at 255 Wkg−1) was achieved. The asymmetric cell also exhibited a superior cycling stability with 98 % retention of its capacitance after 10 000 cycles.
ChemSusChem
https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201902154
This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2019R1A6A1A11055660) and by a National Research Foundation (NRF) grant funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (NRF-2018M3A7B4071535).
10.1002/cssc.201902154
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Lalwani, S., Sharma, R. K., Singh, G., & Kim, H. (2020). Vanadium-Incorporated Metallic (1-T) Molybdenum Sulfide Nanoroses for High-Energy-Density Asymmetric Supercapacitors. ChemSusChem, 13(1), 221-229. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201902154
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A&L Manufacturing is a third-generation family-owned business founded in 1954. The company was incorporated in 1980. A&L specializes in both production and custom fireplace and fire pit grates (gas and wood), log lighters, fire rings, fire stars, linear burners, h-shaped burners, and steel mesh.
Our products are made from stainless steel and mild steel. Our welding capabilities consist of mig-welding, tig-welding and plasma cutting. We have the ability to manufacture for other manufacturers, retailers, and contractors. We have the capability to ship our products worldwide.
There is no order too big or too small for A&L Manufacturing to produce.
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President of National Foodservice and On-Premise for The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) and WFF Board Member, Kathleen Ciaramello, has learned over her 32-year career with the world's most recognized brand that she, like many women, had a tendency to sell herself short. Today, she knows smart risk taking has its rewards.
Today, as one of the most senior female leaders at Coke, Ciaramello encourages her team, especially women, to embrace career risks and trust that they will quickly grow into new challenges. There is good reason for that. Smart risk taking has its rewards.
An online survey of more than 10,000 leaders and professionals by Leadership IQ found that top executives are 66% more likely to enjoy taking risks than frontline employees. Informed risk taking can open up new ways of doing things and new opportunities. Of course, unbridled risk taking doesn't make sense. But playing it safe holds risks of its own. You can get stuck in positions for which you have become overqualified and miss out on opportunities for growth.
One approach Ciaramello uses to counsel team members against aiming too low is to focus less on their next career move and more on where they want to be at the end of their career. "I understand people may feel unclear about exactly what they want to be doing in 10 or 15 years and that plans can change. But, even if it's just for your knowledge only, putting a stake in the ground about your desired future provides a valuable lens through which to evaluate career opportunities," she said.
Without a big picture view of the future, you may aim too low and choose positions that are too similar to your current role rather than expanding your skill set, perspective and value to the organization.
A mentor and sponsor helped Ciaramello avoid just such a mistake in her own career. "I was offered a lateral move that I really did not think I was interested in and I saw as a possible diversion from my ultimate goal of leading Foodservice," Ciaramello explained.
Ciaramello also urges women to advocate for their own advancement. That includes making sure your manager is familiar with your long-term goals and being willing to push for more responsibility, stretch opportunities and high-visibility assignments that help your boss achieve his or her goals as well.


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Verizon trials 5G mmWave, C-band aggregation, achieves 4.3 Gbps speeds
Verizon plans to cover 46 markets with 5G C-Band spectrum in the first quarter of 2022
Verizon, Ericsson and MediaTek conducted a recent lab trial, in which the group aggregated C-band spectrum with mmWave spectrum, achieving speeds of 4.3 Gbps. The trial follows Verizon's deals with Crown Castle and SBA Communications to accelerate the deployment of C-band equipment and amidst the carrier's continued preparation for the expansion of its millimeter-wave (mmWave) network — referred to as 5G Ultra Wideband — across its C-band spectrum.
The trial aggregated 100 megahertz of C-band spectrum together with 600 megahertz of mmWave spectrum and used Ericsson's basebands and radios, including the RAN Compute Baseband 6648, Antenna-Integrated Radio (AIR) 6449 for the C-band spectrum and the Streetmacro 6701 for mmWave. By leveraging massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) architectures and beamforming technology, the radios offered high performance and a better user experience, according to the vendor.
MediaTek provided its M80 modem, which combines mmWave and sub-6 GHz 5G technologies onto a single chip, for the trial. The company's 5G modems are designed for a range of devices, including smartphones, PCs, Mi-Fi hotspots, broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) and industrial IoT applications.
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Speaking to Verizon's spectrum holdings, more generally, Adam Koeppe, senior vice president of technology planning at Verizon claimed the Verizon now has the strongest spectrum portfolio in the industry. He added that the depth of the portfolio, "allows [Verizon] to quickly expand access to a world-class 5G experience for our mobile and fixed broadband customers, providing high speeds, low latencies and enormous capacity."
"These lab trials demonstrate the exceptional network performance our customers will receive as we are able to integrate our newly acquired C-band spectrum with mmWave spectrum," he said.
Further, Verizon has already started installation of C-band equipment from Ericsson and Samsung and plans to cover 46 markets with its new 5G C-Band spectrum in the first quarter of 2022. In that same timeframe, the carrier said it intends to provide 5G Ultra Wideband service to 100 million people. In the months and years following, coverage is expected to increase to more than 175 million people, and by 2024 and beyond, more than 250 million people are expected to have access to the 5G mmWave service on C-band spectrum.
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For the last three years I've spent my Christmas in Chennai. Each year we went back to the Taj Connemara for their Christmas brunch, which is pretty good with all the turkey, roast vegetables, pigs in blankets and so on, but to do it again for a fourth year. Just no. Not again.


LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities Wednesday arrested 18 El Monte Flores gang members and associates who used the former offices of the Boys & Girls Club as their hangout.
The 18 were among 41 people indicted by a federal grand jury last week on charges that include conspiracy, murder, drug trafficking, money laundering, and weapons violations.
Federal officials said the gang conducted illegal activities out of the Boys & Girls Club of America/San Gabriel Valley Club facilities on Mountain View Road.
"They used the club as a place where they would openly sell drugs and collect taxes," said Vijay Rathi, spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The gang also used the club, which recently held community meetings and hosted a car wash fundraiser for a Flores member who was murdered.
"It is very disturbing that a facility that is supposed to give boys and girls protection and a safe place could be used for that," Mayor Andrew Quintero said.
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Q: struggling with django regroup I have two models.
A project and a backers model.
I want to basically run a query that returns the projects with the most backers.
Is regroup the only way to achieve this?
class Project(models.Model):
    owner = models.ForeignKey(User)
    project_name = models.CharField(max_length=50, help_text='Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.')

class Backer(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User)
    project = models.ForeignKey(Project)
    amount = models.PositiveIntegerField()

I've tried the following:
{% regroup backers by project as backers_list %}
{% for obj in backers_list %}
    {{ obj.grouper }}

{% endfor %}

although this returns more than expected results.
So i basically want to get the total amount of backers that backed a project.

A: I'm not sure what you're doing with regroup, but the project with the most number of backers is:
Project.objects.annotate(Count('backer')).latest('backer__count')

Using annotation
http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/aggregation/
If you wanted the 10 most backed projects, it would be
Project.objects.annotate(Count('backer')).order_by('-backer__count')[:10]

Update: I see you might mean "amount" as in the field Backer.amount, in which case you would modify the query to use django.db.models.Sum.
Project.objects.annotate(amount = Sum('backer__amount')).order_by('-amount')[:10]

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"I want to extend greetings and best wishes to all those celebrating the birth of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh religion and an ambassador of peace and unity for human beings around the world.
"Today is an opportunity to honour an individual who promoted the principles of equality for all people, the value of service to your community and the merits of living an honest life – ideals shared by all British Columbians.
"As we commemorate the birth of the founder of Sikhism, we also celebrate our province's rich cultural diversity, one that welcomes new ideas, accepts old traditions and contributes to all of our success.
"By celebrating the birth of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, we preserve the culture and heritage of others, enrich our lives in the process and expand our understanding of what it is to be human.


Managing pest plants and animals is everyone's responsibility. Every year significant environmental, social and economic impacts are discovered within our community. To help reduce these impacts, the Hinchinbrook Local Government Area Biosecurity Plan was developed by the Councils Pest Management Working Group (PMWG). This plan provides strategic direction for the management of both declared and other priority pests within the Hinchinbrook Shire.
To view the current Hinchinbrook Local Government Biosecurity Plan, previously called the Pest Management Plan click here.
To view the current Hinchinbrook Shire Council Invasive Plants and Animals Surveillance Program please click here.
The various declared and environmental weeds that are known to exist locally have been prioritised by the Pest Management Working Group (PMWG). A Management Action Plan has been developed for each pest which details the priority ranking along with key information on controlling the pest. These Management Action Plans allow individuals or groups needing to manage pests to make better decisions on how to deal with a pest identified on lands under their control.
To view the Management Action Plans please refer to pages 36 to 72 of the Biosecurity Plan.
To view a list of the Priority Weeds for the Hinchinbrook Region please click here.
To view a list of the Environmental Weeds for the Hinchinbrook Region please click here.
Pest animals can cause significant social, economic and local environmental issues and have been prioritised in the Hinchinbrook Local Government Area Biosecurity Plan. A Management Action Plan has been developed for each pest which details the priority ranking along with key information on controlling the pest. These Management Action Plans allow individuals or groups needing to manage pests to make better decisions on how to deal with a pest identified on lands under their control.
To view a list of the Pest Animals for the Hinchinbrook Region please click here.


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var Bridge = require("matrix-appservice-bridge").Bridge;
var Cli = require("matrix-appservice-bridge").Cli;
var AppServiceRegistration = require("matrix-appservice-bridge").AppServiceRegistration;

var localbridge;

var bridge = {
  run: function (port, config, eventHandler, mapRoom ) {
      localbridge = new Bridge({
        homeserverUrl: config.hsurl,
        domain: config.domain,
        registration: config.registration,
        controller: {
            onUserQuery: function(queriedUser) {
                return {}; // auto-provision users with no additonal data
            },
            onEvent: (request, context) => {
              const event = request.getData();
              if (event.type !== "m.room.message" || !event.content) {
                return;
              }
              const room =  mapRoom.findIndex((ids) => event.room_id == ids[1])
              console.log(room,mapRoom, event.room_id);
              if(room > -1) {
                eventHandler.onMessage(event, mapRoom[room][0], mapRoom[room][1])
              }
            }
        }
    });
    console.log("Matrix-side listening on port %s", port);
    return localbridge.run(port, config);
  },
  getBridge: function() {
    return localbridge;
  }
};

module.exports = bridge;


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Actor John Saxon dies; 'Enter the Dragon' among many roles
6 months ago Arkansas Daily News
He starred with Bruce Lee in "Enter the Dragon" and appeared in several "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies.
Actor John Saxon, whose good looks won him not only legions of female fans but also a wide array of roles, has died at his home in Tennessee, according to the Hollywood Reporter. He was 83.
The entertainment news outlet quotes Saxon's wife, Gloria, as confirming that the actor died of pneumonia on Saturday in Murfreesboro. He was best known for starring with Bruce Lee in "Enter the Dragon" and appeared in several "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies.
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Born Carmine Orrico, the son of Italian-American parents, Saxon grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and began modeling while still a teenager. He then caught the eye of legendary talent agent Henry Willson, who spotted Saxon on the cover of a magazine and brought him to Hollywood. Willson was credited for representing and helping to develop the careers of male stars like Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter, the outlet said.
Italian-American actor John Saxon, who died on Saturday at the age of 83, played characters of various ethnicities during his long career https://t.co/WHoHb54Ifx
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) July 26, 2020
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Then just 17, the aspiring actor signed with Willson, studied dramatics and then flew to Hollywood, where he was signed by Universal. His name was changed to John Saxon.
According to internet movie website IMDB, Saxon appeared in nearly 200 roles in the movies and on television in a career that stretched over seven decades since he made his big screen debut in 1954 in uncredited roles in "It Should Happen to You" and George Cukor's "A Star Is Born."
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His striking, angular profile and dark eyes led to roles playing Mexicans, Native Americans and Mongols. Among other characters, Saxon portrayed an Indian chief on the popular TV Western series "Bonanza" and Marco Polo on the futuristic hit TV show "The Time Tunnel," according to IMDB.
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Seller: Poorani Doonan
© 2010 Doonan Speech Therapy, Inc.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later
"Speech with Milo" apps were created by a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, and have been downloaded over 100,000 times. "Speech with Milo: Verbs" was created as a versatile and entertaining speech therapy tool for children. Milo is for speech therapists working with children, or parents who want to teach language skills to their children. The app offers an enjoyable tool used in therapy at a cheap price.
* Nominated for the Mobile Premier Awards as THE outstanding education app.*
See a demo here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EevXmw0Y0f4
"Speech with Milo: Verbs" is centered on an adorable and energetic mouse named Milo. Milo performs over 100 actions, such as "bounce," "count," and "play". This provides an engaging way to build up an action word vocabulary in the child. Flash cards are typically used for this type of exercise, but the animation that comes with Milo will keep any child focused and attentive. And most important- it is fun!
The app comes with two sets of instructions- one for Speech Therapists and one for Parents. This app can be used for infants and toddlers, as well as children with language delays.
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(see more reviews under "All Versions")
•Used in therapy for children with special needs, such as: Autism / Asperger Syndrome, Down Syndrome, developmental delays, cognitive delays, speech and language delays.
•Fun and affordable
•Milo, an animated mouse, keeps children interested and motivated to learn.
•Instructions for Speech Therapists and Parents (in English only)
•Verb is spoken as the action is completed to reinforce action with auditory input. There is an option to turn this feature off.
•Written verb is displayed at the bottom of the screen to reinforce reading skills.
•Phrase button allows child to listen to a sentence using the verb.
•Milo takes a break every once in a while with some cheese and a dance. The child gets to feed Milo some cheese and watch him dance as a reward for his/her hard work.
•You may customize the actions that Milo performs. On List of Actions from the Home Page, you can do the following: random order, alphabetical order, or select your own custom set of verbs to work on by touching the word(s) in list of actions to activate/deactivate blue button.
•Background music can be turned off if it is too distracting for the child.
NOTE: THE APP IS ANIMATION INTENSIVE, WHICH MEANS IT MAY TAKE AS MUCH AS TWO MINUTES TO DOWNLOAD. IT IS WELL WORTH THE WAIT!
wagnerslp 7 September 2012 at 04:48
I would use The Milo plush in therapy while working on language and basic concepts!
Carol 7 September 2012 at 04:52
speech with milo: sequencing
Fides C 7 September 2012 at 07:58
Speech With Milo: Prepositions
Frank C. 8 September 2012 at 11:22
Speech with Milo: Adjectives
Sequencing! Thanks for the opportunity!


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News | Policy
Govt Innovation Hub's Impact Investing Potential
Impact Investing Australia says the launch of the Federal Government's $140 million development innovation hub will create new opportunities for tackling pressing social issues.
Lina Caneva | 25 March 2015 at 9:47 am
Impact Investing Australia says the launch of the Federal Government's $140 million development innovation hub will create new opportunities for tackling pressing social issues.and help scale up Australia's impact in social and economic development and poverty reduction.
innovationXchange, launched this week by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, aims to support innovation across the Australian aid program by leveraging new sources of financing and catalysing new approaches to development.
"This initiative has great potential to showcase the role that social and financial innovation can play in tackling the challenges faced by many countries in our region, including access to quality healthcare, education and secure employment", Chair of Impact Investing Australia, Rosemary Addis, said.
"Governments and philanthropy alone can't address the challenges that many of our neighbouring countries face. All sectors have a role to play in creating opportunities for people in our region. That includes the private sector, working in partnership with Governments, social purpose organisations and communities.
"Impact investments – which target measurable social returns along with a financial return – provide an opportunity to bring new and larger amounts of capital to financing social innovations, improve the effectiveness of international development programs, and in the process make Australia more competitive in global growth markets.
"We welcome the opportunity that the hub will create to showcase what can be done from Australia to contribute new solutions and enable better, measurable outcomes for people in our region whether that be provision of basic services, job creation or sustainable agriculture and energy solutions."
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop launched the $140 million project saying it was a sign of a push for her Department to be more creative, entrepreneurial and innovative in its design and delivery of the Australian aid program.
"I am pleased to announce the first three innovationXchange initiatives; the Data for Health partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, SEED Pacific and the International Reference Group," Bishop said.
"The US$100 million Data for Health partnership is the first of its kind for the Australian Government (US$15 million) and for Bloomberg Philanthropies (US$85 million). It will build the capacity of Governments in developing countries to collect vital health information quickly and efficiently. This comprehensive new data will allow us to shape policies and priorities to better address health challenges.
"SEED Pacific will ensure the best new development ideas, approaches and players are mobilised to benefit our immediate region, the Pacific. This $20 million initiative will broker and support partnerships between global businesses and local organisations to solve seemingly intractable development challenges."
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Not quite ready to delete out all of the games from last year, but don't want the assignments included on your officials' game counts? Don't want to see next year's games that leagues and schools have already entered? Need to focus on a single sport, and not interested in any others that your group assigns? The Global Filter allows administrators to limit and focus their field of vision to certain games within their account.
To navigate to the Global Filter page, click on the Settings tab, and then click on the "Global Filter" sub-tab.
If you have an Arbiter360 account, you can limit which sub-group's games appear in your supergroup account. To add a subgroup to your filter, select the group from the list in the left-side box, and then click the blue arrow to move them to the list in the box on the right.
This filter can be especially useful for sub-assigners who only work with a few specific sports in their group. To limit your vision of the schedule to a specific set of sports, select those sports from the list on the left, and then click the blue arrow to move them to the list on the right.
To limit the date range of your account, click on the drop-down menu labeled "Date Range," and choose which filter type best fits your needs (e.g. before, after, between, on). Next, enter the date in the field field below by either typing it in (use the format mm/dd/yyyy), or click on the calendar icon to select a specific day from the calendar.
When you have finished setting your Global Filter, click the "Save" button at the bottom of the page.
NOTE: When setting a Global Filter for which SubGroups or Sports you can view in your account, if everything is listed in the left side of the section, then the Global Filter will be inactive, and you will be able to view everything.


"Question!" is a song by the band System of a Down. It is the second single of their fourth album Mezmerize, which focuses on life after death. The song was first premiered by the famous Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ on May 23, 2005 and was released to alternative and rock radio stations on July 12 of the same year.
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Guilty Verdicts Announced In 2014 Murder Of Ronnie Goodman Jr.
Staff - Apr 21, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO—On Thursday, April 14 the San Francisco District Attorney's Office announced that a jury convicted Luis Gutierrez of first-degree murder for the 2014...
DA's Chief Of Victim Services Stepping Down
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Robots may influence children's opinions
17 Aug 2018 12:00 AM GMT
Young children are significantly more likely than adults to have their opinions and decisions influenced by robots, according to a study The research, published in the journal Science Robotics, raises concerns about the negative influence machines might have on vulnerable youngsters
London : Young children are significantly more likely than adults to have their opinions and decisions influenced by robots, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Science Robotics, raises concerns about the negative influence machines might have on vulnerable youngsters. Researchers from the University of Plymouth in the UK compared how adults and children respond to an identical task when in the presence of both their peers and humanoid robots. They found that while adults regularly have their opinions influenced by peers, something also demonstrated in previous studies, they are largely able to resist being persuaded by robots.
However, children aged between seven and nine were more likely to give the same responses as the robots, even if they were obviously incorrect. The study used the Asch paradigm, first developed in the 1950s, which asks people to look at a screen showing four lines and say which two match in length. When alone, people almost never make a mistake but when doing the experiment with others, they tend to follow what others are saying. When children were alone in the room in this research, they scored 87 per cent on the test, but when the robots joined in, their score dropped to 75 per cent.
Of the wrong answers, 74 per cent matched those of the robot, researchers said. The study provides an interesting insight into how robots could be used positively within society. However, they also say it does raise some concerns around the potential for robots to have a negative influence on vulnerable young children. "People often follow the opinions of others and we have known for a long time that it is hard to resist taking over views and opinions of people around us," said Tony Belpaeme, from the University of Plymouth. "We know this as conformity. But as robots will soon be found in the home and the workplace, we were wondering if people would conform to robots," Belpaeme said. "What our results show is that adults do not conform to what the robots are saying. But when we did the experiment with children, they did.
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General Information on Available and Scheduled Exchange Programs for Graduate Students at the Business and Technology University
Categories გაცვლითი პროგრამები
Date September 9, 2021
Exchange programs under the Erasmus + program funded by the European Commission (fully funded):
University of Applied Sciences Koblenz, Germany
Exchange programs under bilateral cooperation agreements (partially funded):
University of Tuscany, Italy;
Bragancha Polytechnic Institute, Portugal;
University of Sciences using Aschaffenburg, Germany;
Rzeszow University, Poland;
Rzeszow Technological University, Poland;
Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania;
Afyon Kojatepe University, Turkey.
In addition to the existing collaborations, we look forward to fully funded exchange programs from the 2020/2021 academic year with the following new partner universities under the European Commission-funded Erasmus + program:
University of Coruna, Spain;
Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain;
Paris Business School, France;
University of Limerick, Ireland;
Lodz University of Technology, Poland;
University of Belgrade, Serbia;
West Timisoara University, Romania;
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General Information on Available and Planned Exchange Programs for Undergraduate Students at the Business and Technology University
The Government of Latvia announces a competition for students and academic staff of all three levels for the 2020/2021 academic year
German Academic Exchange Service ,,DAAD" Information Day at BTU!
The first international summer school in the Caucasus starts with the full funding of the German Federal Foreign Office and the participation of BTU
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A panel discussion about green technologies was held at BTU
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