President pours scorn on opposition group and claims reduction in "direct confrontation" since arrival of UN monitors.
Countries that "sow chaos" in Syria could suffer from it themselves, President Bashar al-Assad has said in an interview shown on Russian television.
Assad is facing an increasingly militarised uprising, which has claimed thousands of lives across the country since it erupted in March last year.
"For the leaders of these countries, it's becoming clear that this is not 'Spring' but chaos, and as I have said, if you sow chaos in Syria you may be infected by it yourself, and they understand this perfectly well," Assad said in the interview, broadcast on Rossiya-24 TV on Wednesday, referring to the so-called Arab Spring that toppled other long-time rulers.
He again denounced the armed opposition as a gang of "criminals" who he said contained religious extremists including members of al-Qaeda.
Referring to the opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA), Assad said: "It is not an army and it is not free.
"They get money and weapons from abroad from various countries. It is a group of criminals who have for years broken the law and received convictions."
Assad said that many "foreign mercenaries" from Arab countries fighting for the opposition had been killed, but others were still alive.
"They have been captured and we are preparing to show them to the world," he said, without giving further details.
The government says it has implemented a number of political reforms, but opposition groups have rejected the moves as too little, too late, and say that Assad's departure is an unconditional demand.
But he said in the TV interview that the main opposition bloc, the Syrian National Council, did not have "any kind of weight or significance within Syria", and that a majority of the people supported the government.
He said Syrians showed in the May 7 parliamentary elections that they supported what he called the government's policy of reform.
"The polling stations show the opinion of the people. It is a serious message for everyone both inside the country and also beyond its borders," Assad said.
Syrian officials say voter turnout in the election was 51 per cent, However, only limited results have been released.
Meanwhile, hundreds of UN observers have been deployed in the country to monitor compliance with a ceasefire plan negotiated by Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy.
Assad said that since the observers' arrival, there had been a reduction in "direct confrontation" between the two sides but an increase in "terrorist attacks".
Accusing the West of ignoring opposition violence, he said: "The West only talks about violence, violence on the government side. There is not a word about the terrorists. We are still waiting."
Assad's televised remarks came as six UN monitors, who were caught up in violence in the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun, were handed back to their UN colleagues on Wednesday by opposition fighters.
"We gave the six with their cars to a UN convoy near the entrance of Khan Sheikhoun. They are all safe, in good heath and on their way to Damascus," Abu Hassan, a Free Syrian Army commander, said by satellite phone from the site of the handover.
Opposition activists said at least 21 civilians were killed in the town, in Idlib province, on Tuesday after security forces opened fire on a funeral procession while the observers were there.
A spokesman for the UN mission in Syria said three UN vehicles were damaged by an improvised explosive device, but no UN personnel were injured.
A pro-government TV station said unidentified attackers opened fire at the funeral.
The head of the monitoring mission, Major-General Robert Mood, confirmed the monitors were heading back to base.
"They have departed from Khan Sheikhoun and are on their way back. They expressed to me that they have been well treated," he said in Damascus on Wednesday.
He expressed gratitude to the Syrian government for "facilitating co-ordination" for the exit of the observers, and to the people of Khan Sheikhoun for treating them "with respect".
"That kind of violence is obviously the kind of violence we don't want to see," he said. "It is not going to contribute constructively to the aspirations of the Syrian people."


We tried and we failed earlier in the year after putting the house on the market without any real tarting up. The house had been rented out for a couple of years and needed tidying up. The advice we had was let the new buyers add their own stamp which is what I thought too but the Devonport market seems to be a wee bit pickier than that.
The feedback was the house needed a bit of TLC and everyone seemed scared to come near it!
Blinds cleaned, room, windows, skirtings, doors all painted.
Over the last month or so, we've sanded, fixed up and painted all the doors. We've repainted 7 rooms through the house including windows, architraves and skirting boards.
6 Doors in the hall all sanded, fixed up, filled and painted.
We've had the garden made over and the house professionally water blasted.. its looking great. We also had some lots of help from stylist friend Stacey, along with Jenna and Fiona with the staging and it looks heaps better. Lighter and cleaner looking seems to be the name of the game!
Garden all tidy, everything waterblased, steps painted.
Bedroom was yellow.. all painted.
Living arera not really changed.
Fingers and toes crossed !
Thanks for that. Enjoy your time in France. We were there this time last year.


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Climate Defenders highlight important interventions for global climate conference
Some of the country's top 'Climate Defenders' attended recently a meeting convened by the British Embassy in Manila in preparation for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP26 in November this year.
Among those at the meeting hosted by British Ambassador Daniel Pruce were three-term Senator and now Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno represented by Managing Director Lyn Javier, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Executive Director Theresa Mundita Lim, Oscar M. Lopez Center Executive […]
Legarda underscores mandate to provide quality healthcare services, adequate health workforce under Universal Health Care Act
Three-term Senator, now Deputy Speaker, Loren Legarda reminded today that the full implementation of the Universal Health Care Act mandates the regulation of the country's health facilities and services and the support given to the healthcare workforce to enhance their capability to attend to the needs of the Filipino people.
"Now is the time, more than any other, when people require easy access to quality and affordable health care programs and services due to them. Two years after the approval of the Universal Health Care Act of 2019, many Filipinos are still in despair trying to gain access to the assistance intended for them and some are still suffering from the inequity in our healthcare system," Legarda said.
Legarda: Support agriculture, promote urban farming to alleviate malnutrition, improve food security
"In the 2020 fourth quarter survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) in November, an estimated 4 million families experienced involuntary hunger or hunger due to lack of food to eat. This record gave us some relief because the previous survey results in September 2020 indicated 7.6 million affected families. However, the statistics is still alarming knowing that there are still 4 million families out there who do not have adequate food on their table," Legarda said.
"Our country is abundant with natural resources if only we know how to source and utilize these properly. We have to provide our people with the kind of support that will have long-term effects to effectively reduce, if not eliminate, hunger and malnutrition in the country. Let us achieve food security through stronger support for agriculture and the promotion of urban farming," Legarda said.
Legarda Hails Approval of Emergency Vaccine Procurement Bill on Third Reading
"Let us not prolong the agony of our people and help them have safer everyday life. We are in the midst of a pandemic and we cannot disregard the right of our people to have access to the COVID-19 vaccines that will not only save lives, but, will also save the country's struggling economy,"Legarda concluded.
Legarda, Experts Call for Science-based Governance as PH makes Headway in Climate Action but fails in other SDGs
House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, speaking at the first session of the Future Earth Philippines Regional Workshop for Visayas today, called for stronger science-based governance as the Philippines remains on track in Climate Action under Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13, but could be failing in its pursuit of other SDGs.
"We need to undertake science-based and risk-informed action and investment planning. This is crucial for all our local government units (LGUs) that are at the forefront of the preparation and implementation […]

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The WHP15 series began two weeks ago and already thousands of people have passed through the walls of Store Street to witness sets from the likes of Seth Troxler, Daphni, Jackmaster, Skepta, DJ EZ, Jackmaster & Cajmere and The Martinez Brothers to name but a few. The Warehouse Project recently unveiled their New Year's Eve and New Year's Day line-ups.
MK, Hanna Wants, Catz 'n' Dogz, and Miguel Campbell will lead the proceedings on New Year's Eve. On New Year's Day, the final event of the 2015 season includes Adam Beyer, Nina Kraviz, Ben Klock and Robert Hood, also joining will be Pan-Pot, Skream, Alan Fitzpatrick b2b B-Traits, Midland, Lucy, Job Jobse, Jasper James and more.
The New Year shows will bring the 2015 season at Store Street to a close, ending the 10th Anniversary year in true Warehouse Project style.


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Die Bündner Strahlenziege (früher auch "Bündner Ziege") ist eine schwarz-weiss gefärbte alte Schweizer Hausziege. Der Ursprung dieser Gebirgsziegenrasse liegt in der Surselva im Kanton Graubünden.

Traditionelle Haltung und Bedeutung
In der Schweiz spielten bis zum Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts Ziegen als Fleisch-, vor allem aber als Milchlieferanten eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Grundversorgung der Menschen. Das gilt im besonderen Masse für die Gebirgsregionen, wo Ackerbau nur sehr eingeschränkt möglich ist und auch für Kühe nur wenig geeignete Weidefläche zur Verfügung steht. Die von Natur aus anspruchslosen und trittsicheren Ziegen sind die einzigen europäischen Nutztiere, die die steilen und kargen Gebirgshänge beweiden können. Demzufolge haben sich in den hochalpinen Regionen der Schweiz im Laufe der Jahrhunderte zahlreiche Gebirgsziegenrassen entwickelt, die an die klimatischen und geographischen Bedingungen sowie an die regionsspezifische traditionelle Haltung angepasst sind. In Graubündens Surselva war dies die Strahlenziege. Bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg besass dort jede Familie mindestens eine, meist mehrere Ziegen, so dass es in Graubünden bis zur Jahrhundertwende mehr Ziegen als Einwohner gab. Die Bedeutung der Ziegen für die Gebirgsregionen Graubündens spiegelt sich auch im Vokabular der rätoromanischen Sprache wider, in der es viele spezifische Ausdrücke, die die Ziegenhaltung betreffen, gibt (etwa die Unterscheidung ansiel/ansola für "männliches/weibliches Zicklein", chavrer für "Ziegenhirt", stargella für "junge Ziege").

Aus welcher Rasse die Strahlenziege hervorgegangen ist und seit wann sie ihre rassespezifischen Merkmale zeigt, ist unklar. Allgemein wird eine enge Verwandtschaft mit der im Tessin beheimateten Nera-Verzasca-Ziege angenommen. Die erste urkundliche Erwähnung gibt es erst 1913, seit 1938 ist die Strahlenziege eine anerkannte eigenständige Rasse.

Traditionell wurden während des Sommers die Ziegen frühmorgens (zwischen vier und fünf Uhr) gemolken und anschliessend von Ziegenhirten, meist Jungen ab acht Jahren, abgeholt, gesammelt und anschliessend auf die ihnen zugeteilte Weide getrieben. Nicht selten bedeutete dies Märsche von etlichen Kilometern und die Überwindung von einigen hundert Höhenmetern. Am späten Nachmittag brachte der Hirt die Ziegen zurück, woraufhin sie abermals gemolken wurden und anschliessend die Nacht in einem Stall oder einer Koppel verbrachten.

Den Anforderungen entsprechend wurde Wert auf marschtüchtige, robuste, trittsichere und herdenorientierte Ziegen mit den Umständen entsprechender hoher Milchleistung gelegt, Eigenschaften, die auch heute noch den Strahlenziegen eigen sind.

Die Ziegen wurden auch auf Alpen gesömmert, wo ihre Milch zu Käse verarbeitet wurde. Hauptsächlich wurden sie jedoch gehalten, um die Bauern während des Sommers – wenn die Kühe auf den Alp waren – mit Milch zu versorgen.

Körperliche Merkmale

Die Strahlenziege ist eine mittelgrosse Ziege (Widerristhöhe: weiblich 75 bis 85 cm, männlich 80 bis 90 cm, bei einem Mindestgewicht von 50 kg bei den Ziegen und 70 kg bei Böcken) mit kräftigen Gliedmassen und grossen Hörnern. Alle Exemplare besitzen Hörner und einen mehr oder weniger stark ausgeprägten Bart, nicht alle haben Zotteln. Charakteristisch ist – wie bei den anderen Schweizer Gebirgsziegenrassen – das oft gespaltene Euter.

Das Fell ist kurz und glatt. Die Hauptfarbe ist Anthrazit bis Schwarz.

Namensgebend sind die weissen Abzeichen am Kopf (im Bünder Dialekt: "Strahlen", bzw. "strala" im Rätoromanischen), die sich von der Nase bis zu den ebenfalls stets weissen Ohren erstrecken. Bei manchen Exemplaren, besonders bei männlichen, können diese Strahlen auch unterbrochen sein. Ferner sind der Spiegel sowie die Gliedmassen ("Stiefel") und bisweilen auch Teile des Bauches weiss.

Diese Zeichnung, in Grossbritannien "swiss markings" genannt, entspricht derjenigen der Toggenburger Ziege, deren Grundfarbe aber Hellbraun ist, sowie einiger anderer Ziegenrassen, welche aus einer dieser beiden Rassen hervorgegangen sind, so z. B. die British Alpine aus Grossbritannien, die Thüringer Waldziege aus Deutschland oder die Capra Frisa Frontalsasca als dem Veltlin/Italien.

In jüngster Zeit wird die Strahlenziege auch genetisch hornlos gezüchtet.

Wesen
Die Strahlenziege ist von ruhigem Gemüt. Sie besitzt einen stark ausgeprägten Herdentrieb und fühlt sich in grossen Herden  mit 30 bis 100 Tieren wohlsten. Strahlenziegen sind sehr trittsicher und lieben es, auf steilem Gelände zu grasen, auch dann, wenn in flacheren Regionen gleichwertiges oder reichhaltigeres Futter zur Verfügung steht. Sie haben einen hohen Bewegungsdrang und sind für reine Stallhaltung ungeeignet – die meisten Züchter ermöglichen ihren Tieren auch während der Wintermonate Auslauf.

Leistung

Die durchschnittliche Milchleistung der Strahlenziege beträgt 601,4l kg pro Laktationsperiode (236,6 Tage, das entspricht 2,54 kg pro Tag). Dies ist im Vergleich zu den anderen Schweizer Ziegenrassen unterdurchschnittlich. Die Milch ist dafür besonders gehaltvoll (3,4 % Fett, 3,0 % Eiweiss, 4,6 % Laktose: Spitzenwerte für Schweizer Ziegenrassen mit landestypischer Fütterung).

Seit 1992 wurde die Steigerung der Milchleistung als primäres Zuchtziel festgelegt. Zu diesem Zweck wurden in zwei Schüben 1992 und 1994 British Alpineböcke eingekreuzt, eine Rasse, die vermutlich von den Strahlenziegen abstammt und seit 1903 in Grossbritannien zur Hochleistungsrasse gezüchtet wurde (1099 kg bei 270–365 Tagen; 4,12 % Fett, 2,97 % Eiweiss).

Der Erfolg dieser Massnahme wird kontrovers diskutiert, da die importierten Zuchtböcke kaum gebirgstauglich waren und sie und ihre Nachkommen unter erhöhter Krankheitsanfälligkeit litten.

Bestandsentwicklung
Von dem Rückgang der Ziegen im Zuge der Industrialisierung der Landwirtschaft ab 1950 waren die Strahlenziegen in besonderen Masse betroffen. 1993 sank der Bestand der Herdebuchtiere auf 305 Tiere (1974: 1283). Massnahmen Bündner Ziegenzüchter sowie der Stiftung ProSpecieRara konnten erfolgreich ein Aussterben der Rasse verhindern und bewirkten einen stetigen Anstieg der Bestandszahlen. 2004 gab es bereits wieder 1434 im Herdebuch geführten Tiere. Mittlerweile (Stand 1. Mai 2013) sind 2285 Strahlenziegen eingetragen. (Diese Zahlen sagen nur bedingt etwas über den tatsächlichen Bestand aus. Schätzungen zufolge sind landesweit etwa ein Drittel der gehaltenen Ziegen im Herdebuch eingetragen.) Der Schweizer Ziegenzuchtverband (SZZV) führt die Strahlenziege als gefährdete Rasse.

Literatur
 Urs Weis (Hrsg.): Schweizer Ziegen. Birken Halde Verlag, 2004.

Weblinks

 Informationen über die Bündner Strahlenziege auf der Webseite von ProSpecieRara
 Seite des Schweizerischen Ziegenzuchtverbands zur Rasse mit Rassestandard

Einzelnachweise

Ziegenrasse
Schweizer Tierrasse
Kanton Graubünden

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Industry Research : Consumers Say No to Chatbot Silos in US and UK Survey
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eGain, a provider of cloud-based customer engagement solutions, announced that chatbot silos are the biggest hurdle for consumers in using virtual assistants. The finding is from an independent survey of 3,000 consumers, conducted by Chatbots.org.
Established in 2008, Chatbots.org is a global community devoted to the promotion of AI for business and societal value. The organization collaborates with businesses and academic institutions, sharing new developments in AI technologies such as chatbots and reasoning, and propagating best practices in leveraging them.
Sponsored by eGain, the research was conducted by Chatbots.org in Q4 calendar 2017 across the US and the UK, using SurveyMonkey™. Responses were compiled from 3,000 consumers who had used a chatbot for customer service in the prior 12 months. Key findings and corresponding viewpoints from Chatbots.org and eGain are:
59% of respondents (62% in the US and 55% in the UK) found that having to repeat information and context to a human agent in the event of escalation from chatbots was the biggest hassle by far in using virtual assistants. Not surprisingly, this is a result of chatbot deployments that are completely disconnected from agent-assisted touchpoints.
The second biggest deterrent at 32% (29% US and 37% UK) was chatbots "getting stuck and not knowing what to do next." This is a common problem that arises from a lack of focus on knowledge management to empower chatbots.
53% of the consumers surveyed (54% US and 52% UK) found chatbots to be "not effective" or only "somewhat effective." US consumers were harsher in their assessment of chatbots with 14% rating them as not effective versus only 5% of UK consumers. This is perhaps an indication that US consumers are challenging chatbots with more complex questions than UK consumers.
Younger consumers thought that chatbots were more effective—where 22% of Generation Z and 15% of millennials rated them as "very effective," only 12% of boomers and the silent generation gave them the same rating. This is likely due to the positive attitude that digitally savvy Gen Z and millennial consumers have towards chatbots.
Consumers with higher education found chatbots to be twice as ineffective as the less educated consumers did—13% of respondents with undergraduate or graduate degrees rated chatbots as "not effective" versus 7% of those with high school diplomas or incomplete high school education. This could be because educated consumers challenge chatbots to resolve more complex service problems.
"We wanted to understand the barriers consumers face in using chatbots in order to promote their adoption," said Erwin van Lun, CEO and founder of Chatbots.org. "The survey findings will help technology providers improve their offerings while helping businesses select and deploy chatbots the right way to make it easy for consumers."
About eGain Corporation:
Omnichannel customer engagement solutions power digital-first experiences. Infused with AI, machine learning, knowledge and analytics, our platform helps clients automate and optimize customer journeys via virtual assistance, messaging, social, mobile, web, and contact centers.
About Chatbots.org:
Chatbots.org is the largest independent research & business community on humanlike conversational AI (Artificial Intelligence): We're working on intelligent virtual characters, answering questions of consumers on behalf of the brand, in an automated way. This technology is also known as 'chatbot', 'virtual agent', 'virtual assistant', 'virtual human', or 'conversational agent'. Chatbots.org is an Industry Catalyst. It's mission it to advance the technology worldwide. All leading vendors in this area are a business member or our organisation. We'd like to work with the contact center industry to identity synergy as it is expected our industries will merge in the future.
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Women & Motorcycling: Mary McGee
As an ongoing feature, Women's Coalition of Motorcyclists will be celebrating the women who have made an impact on the motorcycle industry, from pioneers to newbies, industry players to racers, to you.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: MARY MCGEE
Championship Rider and Auto Racer
RIDE HISTORY
I was a car racer before I ever draped my 6'1" frame on a motorcycle. I never thought about riding, but when I was 22 years old a friend sold me his used 1956 200cc Triumph Cub when he left for Hawaii. I figured, "Why not? It's cheap." Unfortunately, that bike didn't always start, so the next year I bought a Honda C110, which I used for shopping, going to work, visiting friends . . . it was my sole means of transportation. I never experienced any backlash being a female on a motorcycle, or maybe I just never noticed.
I was born in Juneau, Alaska in 1936, but during World War II my Mother got me and my older brother out of imminent danger by sending us to Seattle and then by train to our final destination of my grandparents' farm in Iowa. I was 5, my brother 9, and we made that trip on our own! My Mother was an RN and wasn't allowed to leave Alaska during wartime, but she later joined us in Iowa and then I was raised in Phoenix. So, you could say I was always on a road adventure.
CURRENT WHEELS
I do vintage racing with my 1974 250 Husqvarna. 1974 is the most recent year they deem a bike vintage. It's an amazingly well-built bike, although getting parts can take 2-3 three months. I now compete in the Over 70 class.
I started racing in cars. There was a time trial where I lived in Phoenix, mostly because Stan Sugerman bought a stable of racing cars and needed a place to show it off. I got to drive a Porsche Spyder. I was hooked on Race Cars. In 1975, the first SCCA/CAL club sports car race in Phoenix, car owner, George Reis asked if I wanted to drive his Mercedes Benz 300SL and I said, "Oh yes!" It was a Ladies & Sedan race , which I won, despite spinning out. I got to drive some fabulous cars over the years. There is nothing like racing a V-12 Ferrari on the long course at Riverside Raceway. I was fortunate to be in the Inaugural 1967 Mexican 1000. I was in a 510 Datsun-we only made it to the half way point. The next year, I drove a pickup truck (built for short people, which I'm not!) and finished 4th. We had to race against the big trucks, as there was no mini pickup truck class yet. One of the oddest moments I had in these races was in 1969 when a McPhearson strut broke through the hood and oil stuck on the windshield, so I had to look out the side window a lot to keep racing.
At a party, fellow car racer, Steve McQueen said, "McGee, you've got to get off that pansy road racing bike and come out to the desert." I told him that I didn't want to get dirty, but I did say it might be fun. My husband worked for Honda so a 250 Honda Scrambler was my ride. Dirt bikes were to stay in my future, including Desert, Motocross and the Long Distance races. My career highlight racing bikes in Baja was in 1975, when I rode a 250 Husqvarna solo in the Baja 500, passing 17 two-man teams. The hardest thing I ever did was Baja. It was very barren, no electricity, no doctors, no phone. I carried Percodan in case of injury because you'd have to ride injured to get to someplace where someone has a car to get to Ensenada or La Paz to a clinic or back to the States. Luckily, I never had to use the Percodan, but I did come off the bike several times.
INFLUENCING FEMALE RIDERS
I've been told that I've inspired other women to ride, especially by female riders who came up to me in Carson City at the AMA International Women & Motorcycling Conference in the summer of 2012. If I've done anything to help, that's great. Women hold up half the sky! Women have long faced more obstacles than men, it was always NO such as "No, you can't vote," or "No, you can't race." Or No to any random thing. Women heard a lot of "No! Women can't do that." I did my time demonstrating for Equal Rights, Pro-Choice and Title 9. When it comes to motorcycling, I always say, "Just get out there and ride." Motorcycling equals freedom, plus it's such fun. You feel so different on a motorcycle than in a car. Being a woman on a motorcycle somehow makes you feel more important, like you're telling the world "I can do this". More women should also enter any kind of racing event. Just enter. You may not win, but at least you entered. My goal was to always finish.
2012 FIM AWARD
I received an email that I thought was spam, a joke. The email said that the FIM was offering me an all-expenses-paid trip to Monte Carlo, Monaco to receive an award. The next morning, I received a call from the FIM saying that I needed to tell them if I was coming or not. When I realized they were serious, I blurted out, Yes !" FIM took care of everything—my only challenge was finding proper dress up clothes for the formal evenings. I just got the official 14.5-pound award, engraved with "FIM Women Legend—Mary McGee." I am deeply honored, not only as a woman rider, but as a motorcycle rider.
FUTURE OF WOMEN IN MOTORCYCLING
I hope it's huge! Companies are starting to recognize that there are plenty of us women out there, but change is gradual. Honda didn't even have a display at the AMA Conference in Carson City, even though there were 600+ women motorcyclists there. They are finally making bikes that fit women. I was lucky that I was tall and could fit a standard bike fifty years ago. If I had been a foot shorter, my whole life might have been different! I am glad that the WCM (Women's Coalition of Motorcyclists) has been formed I think it will encourage more women to ride. And May has been Women Riders Month. Heck, I just got my street license last fall at age 75. Never stop riding!
by Christopher Gil, VP of Editorial at MAD Maps, Inc., www.madmaps.com
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Remy Ma is Being Investigated for Allegedly Punching 'Love & Hip-Hop' Star Brittney Taylor
By Aby Rivas
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Rapper Remy Ma is currently under investigation by NYPD after "Love & Hip Hop" co-star Brittney F. Taylor accused the rapper of assaulting her backstage at a benefit concert, leaving her with a black eye.
Brittney Taylor filed a police report at the 13th Precinct station on Wednesday, alleging that Remy hit her in the face on Tuesday night.
The pair, who have feuded in the show in the past, allegedly met backstage at the Pretty Lou Benefit Concert at Irving Plaza near Union Square, where Remy was scheduled to perform alongside Fat Joe.
According to Brittney, they exchanged some words in the green room after Remy accused her of having information about a recent attack on her stepdaughter Dejanae. Ma, Brittney says, threw the first punch.
Although there were police officers at the event, Brittney didn't report the incident right away because she was "embarrassed," according to Page Six sources.
Instead, she sought medical treatment at Mount Sinai Hospital over her injuries.
Law enforcement sources confirmed to TMZ that there is an open assault investigation from an altercation at the event, which included a female being punched. However, no charges have been filed, and no arrests have been made.
On Wednesday night, Taylor posted a video of her black eye to Instagram and wrote,
"So, here am I on my way to a very important meeting and it's hard to even focus because of what occurred last night. I didn't wanna bring it to social media because It's pretty embarrassing and not a good look tbh. I tried my best to cover it up with make up and move on but that still didn't work. My Question is @remyma why did you really do this?"
Taylor hired lawyer Sanford Rubenstein to represent her on Thursday. "She wants Remy Ma prosecuted for what she did to her," Rubenstein told the New York Daily News.
Back in 2007, Remy Ma, real name Reminisce Smith, was arrested for an attempted murder charge. She shot Makeda Barnes-Joseph, wounding her in the chest, after accusing her of stealing $1,000 from her.
Smith spent six years in jail and was released in May 2014. She is currently on parole.
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Since being released from jail, Remy has become a respected figure in the hip-hop industry, promoting women empowerment and working to raise funds that will benefit women that, like her, where once part of the system.
The 38-year-old welcomed her first child with husband Papoose, Reminisce Mackenzie, in December 2018. She also has one child from a previous relationship and is a step-mom to Pappose' three kids from past relationships.
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1st Pinay accorded Russian state award honored in Manila
MANILA — Russian Honorary Consul Armi Lopez-Garcia was hailed anew in Manila for recently receiving the Russian Order of Friendship from no less than President Vladimir Putin.
At a reception hosted by Russian Ambassador to Manila Igor Khovaev in Makati City on Wednesday night, the envoy congratulated Lopez-Garcia and praised her works in the past decade as a "highly efficient Russian honorary consul" covering Cebu, Aklan, and Bohol.
"For us, she is our very close friend and sister," Khovaev told reporters during the reception.
He added that the award is significant because Lopez-Garcia is the first Filipina to receive the high-level state award of Russia in the Kremlin.
"It's a clear message to all the Filipinos that Russia is a friendly country," he said.
Lopez-Garcia is the Honorary Consul of Russia based in Cebu as well as the founding chair of the Philippine-Russian Business Assembly.
Garcia was awarded the Order of Friendship for her "outstanding contributions to strengthening friendship and cooperation" between the Russian and Filipino people during Russia's National Unity Day on November 4. The decoration was conferred by Putin.
As the first Filipina to receive this, Garcia joins other prominent personalities who were bestowed with the same award such as Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew, former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, and Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
For Lopez-Garcia, her "excitement" since she got the award early November has not worn off yet.
"It was given to me at the point where the relationship between our countries is at its peak and the relationship between President Rodrigo Duterte and President Vladimir Putin is very, very good. I think this is a signal that we have to move forward," she said in an interview.
Before her appointment in 2007, she is already involved in bridging friendship between the two nationalities and has in fact initiated a sisterhood agreement between Cebu and Vladivostok in the past.
Back then, the consul said a lot of people would often ask her, "why Russia?" — people who apparently base their perception about the Russian people through movies that portrayed the latter as villains.
"A lot of them were asking and wondering 'Why Russia?' And my answer would always be 'Why not?' Before my appointment, I had already been helping them in cultural events since 1996," she said.
She described that Russians are "really warm people and very educated"
"It dawned on me that I had to do something because the Russians are really warm people and very educated. Their values are similar with ours," she added.
Moving forward, Lopez-Garcia said she wanted to further promote understanding among Filipinos about friendship these foreign nationals offer. (PNA)
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In Letter to Pres. Biden, Smokefree Casino Advocates Raise Concerns About Smoking Indoors
djones2021-01-28T12:31:49-08:00January 27th, 2021|Categories: Casinos, Press Releases, Reopening Guidelines, Secondhand Smoke|Tags: Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR), coronavirus, COVID-19, Culinary Union, Nevada, President Biden|
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights concerned with industry-sought tax breaks and federal funding even as casinos fail to go smokefree indoors
Read the letter here
Contact: press@no-smoke.org
Berkeley, CA – As the new Biden administration seeks to get the pandemic under control, advocates for smokefree indoor air are raising the issue of smoking inside casinos that threatens the healthy and safety of gaming employees and guests alike. In a letter to President Biden, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) highlighted President Biden's statement last week that "No one should have to choose between their livelihoods and their own health."
"Unfortunately, that's the decision too many casino workers are making today," wrote ANR President and CEO Cynthia Hallett, MPH, in the letter to President Biden. "Guests must wear a mask indoors but are allowed to remove it to smoke (or vape), blowing potentially hazardous droplets into shared air for fellow guests and gaming employees to breathe in. This increases the risk for transmission of COVID-19, amongst other health risks. No credible public health official would approve of allowing the removal of masks to smoke, but it's still standard operating procedure in too many casinos, despite the pandemic."
Hallett noted that the Culinary Union has come out in favor of smokefree indoor air at casinos and that public health districts in Nevada have urged casinos and other businesses to implement tobacco-free policies. Further, the gaming industry is seeking taxpayer relief while not doing enough to stop the spread of the virus.
"The casino gaming industry is seeking a federal tax credit to help cover costs associated with cleaning and disinfecting measures they have implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. While we are pleased casinos have adopted these protocols to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, we are concerned that, unlike a significant number of Tribal casinos, too many commercial casinos are failing to take a commonsense step that would have a significant effect on preventing the spread of the virus — going 100% smokefree indoors," Hallett wrote. "According to the CDC, 'COVID-19 spreads less commonly through contact with contaminated surfaces,' with close contact and airborne transmission being much more common ways of transmission occurring. Yet too many commercial casinos refuse to address the more pressing matter of airborne spread through indoor smoking."
ANR also reiterated its request that casinos only received federal relief funding if they adopt smokefree indoor policies.
"Further, commercial casinos are seeking COVID relief funding in upcoming legislation in Congress. While we support efforts led by the American Gaming Association to secure such funding, given how hard the industry has been hit by this pandemic, we believe they should only accept taxpayer dollars if they agree to go smokefree indoors to reduce the spread of COVID and to ensure that safety of staff and guests is a priority," wrote Hallett.
In the letter, ANR concluded by noting the growing trend towards smokefree indoor policies.
"It is increasingly inevitable that all casinos will eventually go smokefree indoors, just as airplanes and restaurants have adopted such measures over the years. Today, nearly half of all states require such a policy. At least 160 sovereign Tribal gaming properties and Park MGM on the Las Vegas Strip have gone smokefree indoors. In total, more than 1,000 gaming properties do not permit smoking indoors, including more than 200 that have adopted temporary policies in response to COVID."
ABOUT AMERICANS FOR NONSMOKERS' RIGHTS
Americans for Nonsmoker's Rights (ANR) is a member-supported, non-profit advocacy group that has been working for 45 years, since 1976, to protect everyone's right to breathe nontoxic air in workplaces and public places, from offices and airplanes to restaurants, bars, and casinos. ANR has continuously shined a light on the tobacco industry's interference with sound and life-saving public health measures and successfully protected 61% of the population with local or statewide smokefree workplace, restaurant, and bar law. ANR aims to close gaps in smokefree protections for workers in all workplaces, including bars, music venues, casinos, and hotels. For more information, please visit https://nonsmokersrights.org and https://smokefreecasinos.org/.
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Launch of the Natwampane Programme "together to STOP sexual and gender-based violence"
On 9 and 10 December 2019 the European Union and the Government of Republic of Zambia officially launched the NATWAMPANE programme in two events held back to back in Mansa and Kasama, provincial capitals of Luapula and Northern Provinces respectively.
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Official signing ceremony of Contribution Agreement for the Regional Enterprise Competitiveness and Access to Markets Programme (RECAMP)
On 29th November 2019, the European Union (EU) Representative to COMESA, Ambassador Jacek Jankowski and the COMESA Secretary-General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe officially signed a Contribution Agreement for the Regional Enterprise Competitiveness and Access to Markets Programme (RECAMP), in the
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Dad Didn't Protect Son From Fatal Beating That Made 'Small Intestine Explode.' He's Now Facing Decades in Prison.
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A Virginia father who failed to protect his 4-year-old boy from a 2018 fatal beating has been found guilty of numerous charges that could land him in prison for years.
According to The Virginian-Pilot, a Norfolk jury found Hank Larkin Smith Jr. guilty last week of homicide and three felony child abuse counts. Smith's stepson, Robert "Robbie" Bolsinger-Hartshorn, who was 14 at the time of the incident, is accused of killing 4-year-old Larkin Carr while his mother, Catherine Louise Seals, and Smith weren't at home.
Seals was Smith's girlfriend and living with him at the time, along with her teen son, toddler daughter, and Larkin's 3-year-old brother.
During the weeklong trial, the defense team attempted to distance Smith from the murder. Smith's lawyer, Kristin Paulding, said that Child Protective Services dropped the ball when it failed to investigate claims from a neighbor that Bolsinger-Hartshorn was violent toward his Larkin and his brother.
"That tells me that Norfolk CPS had that report and either ignored it or it got lost in paperwork. Someone should have been looking at Robbie a month before this ever happened," Paulding said.
CBS 9 reports that CPS replied to the statement and defended its handling of the case.
"Norfolk Child Protective Services' staff thoughtfully and with great care conducted a thorough investigation. It is unfortunate that this attorney is attempting to distract the public from the outcome of her client's case," CPS said.
The prosecution called Seals to testify during the trial. In exchange for her testimony, she took a plea deal. Seals previously pleaded guilty to felony homicide and felony child abuse with serious injuries.
Seals told the court that Smith was rarely home because of his work schedule. She also admitted that she told her son to watch over Larkin when the fatal beating happened. Seals said she and Smith both made the decision not to take Larkin to the hospital, although she now "regrets" the decision.
Hank Larkin Smith and Catherine Seals/Police Handout
Larkin and his younger brother were staying with their father, Smith, on a trial basis in his Norfolk home when the alleged abuse began. After temporarily living in foster care, the boys moved in with their dad and Seals in July 2018.
Bolsinger-Hartshorn previously waived his preliminary hearing after Norfolk Juvenile Domestic Relations Court Judge Robert Smith III ruled the teen would face charges as an adult.
Bolsinger-Hartshorn is facing a second-degree murder charge. The teen is scheduled to go on trial in February 2022.
Larkin's cousin, Margie Thomas, told CrimeOnline she was relieved to learn that if convicted, the teen would likely get a lengthier sentence.
"I am overwhelmed with joy knowing he is being held accountable and charged as an adult. He took the life of my sweet baby cousin and knowing this gives us peace. We promised to be Larkin's voice and this is the first step to justice."
"Absolutely Nothing" Done to Stop the Abuse: Prosecutors
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Bolsinger-Hartshorn is accused of beating, kicking, slapping, starving, and torturing Larkin, who passed away in November 2018. Seals did "absolutely nothing" to stop the abuse, according to court documents filed at the Norfolk Circuit Court.
Detective Matthew Nordan previously said he spoke to Seals several times following Larkin's death. The detective said Seals changed her story multiple times, but ended up admitting she witnessed Larkin throwing up throughout an entire weekend before he died.
Seals admitted she saw a "brown-reddish substance" in the boy's vomit during one incident. She claimed she didn't take Larkin in for medical help because he didn't have a fever and had slowly started eating again.
Then, on November 12, 2018, Bolsinger-Hartshorn called his mother and said Larkin was unresponsive. Seals, who said she was not at home when her son contacted her, called 911 for assistance.
Larkin was subsequently taken to the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters (CHKD). Doctors noticed the boy had a black eye and bruises all over his body. He died in the hospital on the same day.
An autopsy noted Larkin had blunt force trauma to his head and abdomen. He had around 70 to 90 bruises on his body, according to WAVY. The autopsy indicated Larkin also had 10 welts on his scalp and a blow so severe that his small intestine ruptured.
When authorities questioned Bolsinger-Hartshorn, he said his mother left him in charge of the two boys on November 9, 2018. He reportedly admitted to punching Larkin repeatedly, slamming a chair into his stomach, and holding his head down.
Family Handout
Smith said he typically left his two boys with Seals while he worked. Seals then left the boys in the teen's care on numerous occasions, according to court documents.
Larkin's trip to the hospital in November marked the second time he'd been taken in with injuries. In September 2018, Larkin and his brother were brought into CHKD with noticeable injuries.
Patterns of Abuse and Lies: Prosecutor
Initially, the boys' father and the teen told authorities that the little boys harmed each other while playing, but medical experts said the injuries weren't caused by young children their age.
Prosecutors said the teen consistently abused both boys while watching them over a span from July 2018 to November 2018. He's accused of pushing them, taking away their toys, beating them, and making them hang from pull-up bars.
In 2019, Seals' defense lawyer argued that her bail should be reduced since she wasn't home at the time boy died, but still called emergency services to get him help. Judge Lauri D. Hogge, who said she was "speechless" after reviewing graphic images of Larkin's tiny bruised body, denied the woman's bond.
"I may go vomit," the judge said.
Seals is scheduled for sentencing in December, and as part of her plea deal, her sentence will be capped at 21 years in prison. Smith is scheduled for sentencing on January 14.
Check back for updates.
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After a dominating and consistent season racing in the BARC TinTops 'Beetle Challenge', David 'The Bandit' Charlton took the Challenge 2010 title in some style, in his 1303 bug 'Smokey'! Better still David came very close to winning the entire TinTops championship, coming second overall out of all the classes!
The biggest result is that we had beetles out there circuit racing for the first time in years!
Read the full race review here for details on this debut race in the Tin Top Championship as a 'Beetle' Class within the BARC South East Region Club.
November saw Trigger debut in his 'Nasty' bug - and he went on to win both class races.
The Beetle Challenge 2008 Championship Winner (Albeit a very short season!) - David Charlton in his 1600cc Rally Bug!


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Following identity is called the pentagon identity \cite{Faddeev:1993rs} for non-commutative operators $xy=qyx$
\begin{align}\label{PI-Operator}
    l(y)l(x)=l(x)l(-xy)l(y),
\end{align}
where $ l(x)=\prod_{i=1}^{\infty}(1-xq^i)$ and $|q|<1$ for complex variable $x$.

This is the quantum generalization of the classical pentagon identity
\begin{align}
    L(x)+L(y)-L(xy)=L\Big(\frac{x-xy}{1-xy}\Big)+L\Big(\frac{y-xy}{1-xy}\Big),
\end{align}
where Rogers' dilogarithm $L(x)$ is defined as
\begin{align}
L(x):=-\int_0^x\frac{\log(1-z)}{z}dz+\log(1-x)\log(x)/2.
\end{align}

Notice that, pentagon identity for the quantum dilogarithm has been interpreted as the restricted star-triangle relation in statistical mechanics \cite{Faddeev:1993rs} and Pachner-moves \cite{Hikami:2001en}.

Consider the following five-term relation \footnote{ Here we define pentagon identity in the integral form.}
\begin{align} \label{PI}
\int d[\sigma] \mathcal{B}\mathcal{B}\mathcal{B}=\mathcal{B}\mathcal{B}.
\end{align}
Recently, one solution of this identity is observed  in terms of hyperbolic gamma function and plays very important role in shaped triangulation \cite{Kashaev:2012cz}. \footnote{For the case of ideal triangulation, see \cite{Dimofte:2011py,Garoufalidis:2017xah}}

Integral identity for this case reads
\begin{align}\label{Pentagon-Hyperbolic}
 \int_{-i\infty}^{i\infty}\frac{du}{i\sqrt{\omega_1\omega_2}} \prod_{i=1}^{3} \mathcal{B}\big(a_i+u,b_i-u\big)=\mathcal{B}\big(a_1+b_2,a_3+b_1\big)\mathcal{B}\big(a_2+b_1,a_3+b_2\big),
\end{align}
where $\mathcal{B}(x,y)$ is defined as
\begin{align}
    \mathcal{B}(x,y):=\frac{\gamma^{(2)}(x;\omega_1,\omega_2)\gamma^{(2)}(y;\omega_1,\omega_2)}{\gamma^{(2)}(x+y;\omega_1,\omega_2)}.
\end{align}
The hyperbolic gamma function is defined as
\begin{equation}\label{Hyp-Gam}
\gamma^{(2)}(u;\omega_1, \omega_2):=e^{-\pi i B_{2,2}(u;\mathbf{\omega})/2} \frac{(e^{2 \pi i u/\omega_1}\tilde{q};\tilde{q})}{(e^{2 \pi i u/\omega_1};q)} \quad \text{with} \quad q:=e^{2 \pi i \omega_1/\omega_2}, \quad \tilde{q}:=e^{-2 \pi i \omega_2/\omega_1} \; ,
\end{equation}
where  $B_{2,2}(u;\mathbf{\omega})$ is the second order Bernoulli polynomial,
\begin{equation}\label{B_{2,2}} B_{2,2}(u;\mathbf{\omega}):=
\frac{u^2}{\omega_1\omega_2} - \frac{u}{\omega_1} -
\frac{u}{\omega_2} + \frac{\omega_1}{6\omega_2} +
\frac{\omega_2}{6\omega_1} + \frac 12.
\end{equation}
Identity (\ref{Pentagon-Hyperbolic}) describe the matching of $S^3_b$ supersymmetric partition functions \cite{Hosomichi:2014hja} of 3-d duality with $U(1)$ gauge theories and six chiral multiplet for electric part, while no gauge degree of freedom and 9 chiral multiplets for magnetic part. \footnote{See \cite{Dimofte:2011py, Gahramanov:2014ona, Bozkurt:2018xno} for pentagon identities from gauge theories.}

Considering the same duality for three dimensional index leads  to the following pentagon identity \cite{Gahramanov:2016wxi} \footnote{
Special case of this identity corresponds to the pentagon identity related to the tetrahedron index \cite{Gahramanov:2013rda}.}
\begin{align}\nonumber \label{Pentagon-Index}
    \sum_{m=-\infty}^{\infty}  \oint \frac{1}{z^{3m}} \frac{dz}{2\pi i z} &\prod_{i=1}^{3} \mathcal{B}\big(a_iz,n_i+m;b_iz^{-1},m_i-m\big)\\
    &\quad=\mathcal{B}\big(a_1b_2,n_1+m_2;a_3b_1,n_3+m_1\big)\mathcal{B}\big(a_2b_1,n_2+m_1;a_3b_2,n_3+m_2\big),
\end{align}
where the corresponding $\mathcal{B}(a,n;b,m)$ is defined as
\begin{align}
    \mathcal{B}(a,n;b,m):=\frac{(q^{1+\frac{n}{2}}a^{-1};q)_{\infty}}{(q^{\frac{n}{2}}a;q)_{\infty}}\frac{(q^{1+\frac{m}{2}}b^{-1};q)_{\infty}}{(q^{\frac{m}{2}}b;q)_{\infty}}\frac{(q^{\frac{n+m}{2}}ab;q)_{\infty}\,a^{\frac{m}{2}}b^{\frac{n}{2}}}{(q^{1+\frac{n+m}{2}}(ab)^{-1};q)_{\infty}}.
\end{align}

In this letter, we study gamma function limit of identity (\ref{Pentagon-Index}) and present connection to statistical mechanics and superymmetric sphere partition function.  The structure of the paper starts with gamma function limit of three dimensional index in section \ref{2}. Afterwards, we study different gamma function limits of $S^3_b$ partition function in section \ref{3}.

\section{Gamma function limit}\label{2}
In this section we consider the gamma function limit of the pentagon identity related to the three dimensional index. This limit corresponds to the new pentagon identities in terms of gamma function. This pentagon identity have interpretation as the identification of the sphere partition function for the dual  theories.

In order to consider the gamma function limit we take the following limit
\begin{equation}\label{Limit}
        \lim_{q \rightarrow 1} \frac {(q^\alpha;q)_\infty}{(q^\beta;q)_\infty} (1-q)^{\alpha-\beta}= \frac{ \Gamma (\beta)}{ \Gamma (\alpha)},
\end{equation}
from the pentagon identity (\ref{Pentagon-Index}) which gets the following form
\begin{align}\label{qSeib} \nonumber
     \sum_{m=-\infty}^{\infty}  \oint \prod_{i=1}^3 \frac{(q^{1+(m+n_i)/2}/a_iz,q^{1+(n_i-m)/2} z/b_i ;q)_\infty}{(q^{(m+n_i)/2}a_iz,q^{(n_i-m)/2} b_i/z ;q)_\infty} \frac{1}{z^{3m}} \frac{dz}{2\pi i z} \\ =\frac {2}{ \prod_{i=1}^3 a_i^{m_i}b_i^{n_i}}  \prod_{i,j=1}^{3} \frac {(q^{1+(m_i+n_j)/2}/a_i b_j;q)_\infty}{(q^{(m_i+n_j)/2}a_i b_j;q)_\infty},
\end{align}
with the conditions $\prod_{i=1}^3a_i=\prod_{i=1}^3b_i=q^{\frac{1}{2}}$ and $\sum_{i=1}^{3} m_i=\sum_{i=1}^{3} n_i=0$.  After the limit we obtain the following identity
\begin{align}\label{Penta-Sphere}\nonumber
  \sum_{m\in \mathcal{Z}}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{du}{2\pi }  \prod_{i=1}^{3} \frac{\Gamma(\frac{m+n_i}{2}+\alpha_i+ iu)}{\Gamma(1+\frac{ m+n_i}{2}-\alpha_i- iu)}&\frac{\Gamma(\frac{-m+m_i}{2}+\beta_i- iu)}{\Gamma(1+\frac{ -m+m_i}{2}-\beta_i+ iu)} \\\qquad&=\prod_{i,j=1}^{3} \frac{\Gamma(\alpha_i+\beta_j+\frac{n_i+m_j}{2})}{\Gamma(1-\alpha_i-\beta_j-\frac{n_i+m_j}{2})},
\end{align}
with the conditions $\sum_{i=1}^3\alpha_i=\sum_{i=1}^3\beta_i=\frac{1}{2}$ and $\sum_{i=1}^3m_i=\sum_{i=1}^3n_i=0$.
It is interesting that this identity corresponds to the identification of the sphere partition functions \cite{Benini:2016qnm} for the three dimensional duality which we discussed below the formula (\ref{B_{2,2}}). It would be interesting to study such duality in two dimension.

Identity (\ref{Penta-Sphere}) is equivalent to the following pentagon identity
\begin{align}\nonumber
    \sum_{m\in \mathcal{Z}}&\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{du}{2\pi }  \prod_{i=1}^{3}\mathcal{B}\big(\alpha_i+iu,n_i+m;\beta_i-iu,m_i-m\big)\\
    &\quad=\mathcal{B}\big(\alpha_1+\beta_2,n_1+m_2;\alpha_3+\beta_1,n_3+m_1\big)\mathcal{B}\big(\alpha_2+\beta_1,n_2+m_1;\alpha_3+\beta_2,n_3+m_2\big),
\end{align}
where $\mathcal{B}(a,n;b,m)$ reads
\begin{align}\label{Gamma2}
    \mathcal{B}(a,n;b,m):=\frac{\Gamma(a+\frac{n}{2})}{\Gamma(1-a+\frac{n}{2})}\frac{\Gamma(b+\frac{m}{2})}{\Gamma(1-b+\frac{m}{2})}\frac{\Gamma(1-a-b+\frac{n+m}{2})}{\Gamma(a+b+\frac{n+m}{2})}.
\end{align}
 Statistical mechanics interpretation of  this pentagon identity is equivalent to the star-triangle relation with continuous and discrete spin parameters.\footnote{See \cite{Spiridonov:2010em, Gahramanov:2015cva, Gahramanov:2017ysd} for the relation between supersymmetric dualities and star-triangle relation. More information about pentagon identities and star-triangle relations see \cite{Bozkurt:2019xno}.}

\section{Other Gamma Function Limits}\label{3}
In this section we will consider other gamma function solutions of pentagon identity. There are two different gamma function limits of $S^3_b$ partition function for dual theories.

If we consider the following limit
\begin{align}\label{limit}
\lim_{\omega_2\rightarrow \infty}    \gamma^{(2)}(z;\omega_1,\omega_2)=\big(\frac{\omega_2}{2\pi \omega_1}\big)^{\frac{1}{2}-\frac{z}{\omega_1}}\frac{\Gamma(z/\omega_1)}{2\pi},
\end{align}
for the pentagon identity (\ref{Pentagon-Hyperbolic}), we will get the pentagon identity in terms of gamma function  \cite{Kashaev:2012cz}.
Pentagon identity (\ref{PI}) gets the following form with  $\mathcal{B}(x,y):=\frac{\Gamma(x)\Gamma(y)}{\Gamma(x+y)}$ \cite{Kashaev:2015tma}
\begin{align}\label{Gamma1}
 \int_{-i\infty}^{i\infty} \frac{du}{2\pi i}  \prod_{i=1}^{3} \mathcal{B}\big(a_i+u,b_i-u\big)=\mathcal{B}\big(a_1+b_2,a_3+b_1\big)\mathcal{B}\big(a_2+b_1,a_3+b_2\big).
\end{align}

From statistical mechanics point of view identity (\ref{Pentagon-Hyperbolic}) is equivalent to the  star-triangle relation \cite{Spiridonov:2010em} for Faddeev-Volkov model \cite{Faddeev:1993pe} with continuous spin. In \cite{Bazhanov:2007vg}, authors also studied one of the main physical regime so-called ``strongly coupled'' regime of Faddeev-Volkov model corresponds to $\omega_1\rightarrow 1$. We note that in that case star-triangle relation is equivalent to the identity (\ref{Penta-Sphere}) obtained in this paper.

\section{Conclusion}
We study different gamma function limits of the pentagon identities related to three-dimensional index and $S^3_b$ partition function. We obtain a new solution to the pentagon identity in terms of gamma function (\ref{Gamma2}) by considering $q\rightarrow 1$ limit of the index. This solution is different from the one in literature (\ref{Gamma1}). Pentagon identity  (\ref{Penta-Sphere}) is equivalent to the ``strongly coupled'' regime of Faddeev-Volkov model. We conclude that $|b|\rightarrow 1$ limit of $S^3_b$ partition function for the duality is equivalent to  $q\rightarrow 1$ of three dimensional index for the same duality.

\section*{Acknowledgements}
I am indebted to Ilmar Gahramanov for reading the manuscript and fruitful discussions. I am thankful to Elmar Asgerov and Altar \c{C}i\c{c}eksiz for their contributions in the early stages of this work. I am specially grateful to Do\~{g}u D\"{o}nmez and Deniz Bozkurt for the discussion about the topic. I am also thankful to the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics for warm hospitality and support where the main part of the project has done during the program ``Exactly Solvable Models of Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Mechanics'' September 4 -- November 30, 2018. This project is partially supported by TUBITAK under Project No. 117F327 and by BAP Project (no. 2018-18), funded by Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul,
Turkey.\\

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Swensson iniziò la sua carriera gareggiando nello sci alpino: attivo in gare FIS dal dicembre del 2001, in Nor-Am Cup esordì il 5 gennaio 2004 a Sunday River in slalom gigante, senza completare la prova, ottenne l'unico podio il 17 febbraio 2011 ad Aspen in supergigante (3º) e prese per l'ultima volta il via il 20 marzo dello stesso anno a Whistler in supercombinata (21º). Si ritirò all'inizio della stagione 2011-2012 e la sua ultima gara fu un supergigante FIS disputato il 18 novembre a Copper Mountain, chiuso da Swensson al 35º posto; non debuttò in Coppa del Mondo né prese parte a rassegne olimpiche o iridate.

Dalla stagione 2011-2012 si dedicò al freestyle, specialità ski cross: esordì in Coppa del Mondo il 17 dicembre 2011 a San Candido (14º) e in Nor-Am Cup il 21 gennaio 2012 a Copper Mountain (16º). Ottenne l'unico podio in Coppa del Mondo il 19 dicembre 2012 a Val Thorens (3º) e l'unico podio in Nor-Am Cup il 6 febbraio 2013 a Killington (2º). Ai Mondiali di Oslo/Voss 2013, suo esordio iridato, si classificò 29º. Il 23 marzo 2014 prese per l'ultima volta il via in Coppa del Mondo, a La Plagne (29º); l'anno dopo ai Mondiali di Kreischberg 2015, suo congedo iridato, si classificò 37º. Si ritirò durante quella stessa stagione 2014-2015 e la sua ultima gara fu la prova di Nor-Am Cup disputata il 5 febbraio a Ski Cooper, chiusa da Swensson all'8º posto.

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Episode Info: Gameface episode 6Busisiwe, Dipuo and Mats discuss local football, Busisiwe is the main host or "Driver" of the show as she likes to call herself. Teko Modise's form and the possibility of him playing abroad is in question. Gavin Hunt's move to Wits is also on the cards,Andile Jali. Is his attitude costing him a place in the Bafana dream team?. PSL is home to a few "old"players, should they retire or is there experience essential? all that and more on episode 6 of Gameface. "If what Fani Madida said is true then Craig Rosslee is bad for South African football". The introduction of the show is done by Busisiwe who greets the listener and unpacks the content of episode 6, she allows her co-presenters to get comfortable and contribute on the topics. Teko Modise's form kick starts the conversation followed by Gavin Hunt moving to Wits. Andile Jali's comments about Bafana Bafana Coach and drama at Amazulu, staring Fani Madida and Craig Rosslee.


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Cultura Colectiva
culturacolectiva.com
Unattributed VC | Alive
$4.07M | 6 yrs ago
About Cultura Colectiva
Cultura Collective is a medium for the dissemination of artistic, cultural and social activities.
Calle de Durango 169 Roma Nte
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Faceboook data from over 540 million users found exposed online
Written on the 5 April 2019 by David Simmons The UpGuard Cyber Risk Team has discovered that two third-party developed Facebook app datasets have been found exposed online. One of these, originating from Mexican media company Cultura Colectiva, contains over 540 million records detailing comments, likes, reactions, account names, Facebook IDs, and more. A separate backup from a Facebook-integrated app called 'At the Pool' was also found to be vulnerable online. This dataset contained user information including likes, checkins, groups, interests, passwords, and ID data for 22,000 users of the 'At the Pool' app. UpGuard says in a blog post that these types of breaches demonstrate Facebook's lack of control over user data. "As Facebook faces scrutiny over its data stewardship practices, they have made efforts to reduce third party access. But as these exposures show, the data genie cannot be put back in the bottle," says UpGuard. "Data about Facebook users has been spread far beyond the bounds of what Facebook can control today. Combine that plenitude of personal data with storage technologies that are often misconfigured for public access, and the result is a long tail of data about Facebook users that continues to leak." Concerningly, it took Facebook nearly two months to secure the data from the Cultura Colectiva leak despute UpGuard alerting the social media giant to the leak. "These two situations speak to the inherent problem of mass information collection: the data doesn't naturally go away, and a derelict storage location may or may not be given the attention it requires," says UpGuard.
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Millions of Facebook user records were exposed on Amazon cloud server
Facebook removes exposed user records stored on Amazon servers
Cultura Colectiva Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Where is Cultura Colectiva's headquarters?
Cultura Colectiva's headquarters is located at Calle de Durango 169, Mexico City.
What is Cultura Colectiva's latest funding round?
Cultura Colectiva's latest funding round is Unattributed VC.
How much did Cultura Colectiva raise?
Cultura Colectiva raised a total of $4.07M.
Who are the investors of Cultura Colectiva?
Investors of Cultura Colectiva include Dalus Capital.


The CIF-H ( International Helicopter Training Centre ) provides a range of training courses adapted to the maintenance and use of helicopters according to rules governing use in force in the French armed forces.
The CIF-H is based in the Army Light Aviation Schools in Dax and Luc en Provence. During the advanced flying phase, the cadets learn how to fly with night goggle vision during night flying.


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Legionfarm, pairing pro gamers with amateurs, raises $6 million Series A
Jordan Crook	@jordanrcrook / 8 months
Legionfarm, the gaming platform that lets gamers play with pro players in their favorite games, has today announced the close of a $6 million Series A round. Investors in the round include SVB, Y Combinator, Scrum VC, Kevin Lin, Altair Capital, Ankur Nagpal and more.
Legionfarm launched out of Y Combinator at the beginning of last year with a mission to give pro players a way to generate income and amateur players the chance to get better by playing with a pro coach. It started out with an à la carte business model but has since added a subscription product.
It either costs $12/hour to play on an individual session basis (one hour of play) or you can pay $25 or $50/month. That gives gamers access to discounted prices for pros and unlimited sessions with pros who are brand new to the platform, which Legionfarm calls "rookies."
The company was founded by Alex Beliankin, who is a former pro gamer and was once in the top .01% of World of Warcraft players. There are many, many pro caliber players out in the world who can't necessarily make a living off of gaming. They either have to be signed by an org (super limited supply) or play in as many tournaments as possible (unreliable) or stream on Twitch.
Legionfarm gives these pros the opportunity to earn a living playing the games they love.
YC-backed Legionfarm lets competitive gamers pay to play with pro coaches
Meanwhile, gamers are always looking to get better but don't often have the environments in a game to do so, particularly in Battle Royale games. Legionfarm, which supports a couple of the biggest BRs (Call of Duty: Warzone and Apex Legends), allows these players to team up with pros and learn from them.
The startup is also running a hardware support program, which lets pros on the platform effectively rent gear by paying for it over time in installments that come directly out of their earnings each month.
"Recently, we've learned that one pro player can acquire seven or more new customers to the platform if we work with the pro properly," said Beliankin. "That's the biggest growth point for us and the biggest challenge. We don't need to demand in the performance channels, but through existing supply. If we manage to build some sustainable processes here, I think we're going to skyrocket because we see some huge potential here."
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