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Bulpin's "babies" have arrived
The first thing that strikes one in Doha is the flurry of highways. As you drive ahead you notice there's construction going on almost everywhere – construction amidst the desert; building for the future. In the country which has hosted some of the most successful sporting events in the recent past, everything seems to be served to you on a platter – 'readymade.'
In the posh Orix Rotana Hotel, barely a ten-minute drive from the Doha International Airport where India's U-23 Olympic Squad is based, Chief Coach Desmond Bulpin finds some similarity between his squad and the 'drive for future' which is presently on in Doha.
"Look at my squad. It is almost readymade. Isn't it?" he quips. One will find it hard not to accept that. "The beauty of the squad stays that most of the boys – ten out of my registered eighteen are from Indian Arrows. It's been served on a platter," he smiles.
Sometimes you will find Bulpin to be over-possessive of his 'babies.' You can't blame him for that. "He is a father-figure to all of us," Captain Raju Eknath Gaikwad adds. "He has been guiding us; he's the one whom we consult for everything," Raju goes on.
"Let me not be mistaken. This is India's U-23 National Squad. This isn't solely about the Arrows. Only that, they form the nucleus of the squad."
Despite not being an 'Arrow,' striker SC Sabeeth, presently with Viva Kerala stays aware of the entire concept. "It all started under Colm Toal," Sabeeth, who was a part of the U-19 AFC Qualifiers squad informs. "We have been a part of the family since then. And in this present squad, never for a moment have I been felt left-out. The sessions with the coach describes it all."
"All of us are from the same-age group. We are friends. The spirit is excellent," Raju interferes.
Apart from Toal and Bulpin who have been building this squad from scratch, someone who's been part of 'building for the future,' has been goalkeeping coach Tanumoy Basu. "The present bunch speaks about the success of AIFF's Youth Development Programme (YDP). The boys have graduated into the mainstream and have already marked their arrival," Basu opines. "It's a readymade squad available to us – and it helps."
Given the vastness of the country, it surely does.
Though he stays an Ocean away, the boys never fail to make a mention of Toal in almost every alternate sentence. Sabeeth adds: "We started our journey under him. We owe it to him as much we owe it to Bulpin."
Indeed. Much like the fast-paced cars on the flurry of flyovers and the bright lights which pierce the darkness of the night to illuminate Doha's skyline, the Indian Arrows, a product of AIFF's YDP, speak of the bright future.
Bulpin's 'babies' have arrived for sure.
(AIFF Press Release)
By: Chris Punnakkattu Daniel
2012 London Olympics, All India Football Federation (AIFF), Desmond Bulpin, India U-23, Indian national team, Qatar
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Why We Explore
Under the Moons of Mars
Editor's Note: This is the 27th in a series of essays on exploration by NASA's Chief Historian, Steven J. Dick.
A recent conference on the moons of Mars reminded me of the wonders that await us even in our own solar system. The two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, have a storied history. Long before their discovery in 1877, Johannes Kepler speculated that since the Earth had one moon and Jupiter had four known in his time, Mars might have two moons since it orbits between Earth and Jupiter. In 1726 Jonathan Swift, probably influenced by this speculation, wrote in Gulliver's Travels that the scientists of Laputa discovered "two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve about Mars."
In real life, however, all searches failed until the American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered them using the giant 26-inch refractor of the U. S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. The discovery was made because Hall came to doubt the conventional wisdom that Mars had no moon, and because he searched much closer to the planet than others had. In the early morning of August 17, 1877, having been urged on in the search by his wife Chloe Angeline Stickney, Hall made the remarkable discovery: not one, but two moons that traveled so close to Mars that they were within the glare of the planet. The inner moon was brighter, and zipped around Mars in less than 8 hours, faster than the planet's own rotation – instead of taking a leisurely month as does our Moon. To a hypothetical Martian, the inner moon would rise in the west and set in the east, and pass through all its phases in a few hours. The news took both the public and the astronomical world by storm. Hall chose to name the inner satellite Phobos (Flight) and the outer satellite Deimos (Fear), based on Homer's Illiad, where Phobos and Deimos are the attendants, or sons, of Mars.
Phobos as imaged on Aug. 19, 1998, by the Mars Global Surveyor. The spacecraft was approximately 1,080 km (671 mi) from Phobos at closest approach.
Over the next century, the moons were revealed to be even stranger. It was recognized almost immediately from their brightness that they were small, maybe six or seven miles in diameter. Then in the mid-20th century, observations showed that Phobos was slowly spiraling into Mars, and would crash into the planet in less than 100 million years, an eyeblink in astronomical terms. Reputable scientists even suggested this motion might be explained by hollow artificial satellites lofted by the Martians. Alas, it is now known to be due to solid tidal interaction with Mars.
It took the space age to reveal the real nature of the moons. In 1971 the Mariner 9 spacecraft – the same one that showed Mars to have river-like dry channels – revealed that the moons were potato-shaped, and indeed only a few miles in size along their longest axis. In the 1970s surface features were given names, with Phobos landmarks named after individuals involved with its discovery, and Deimos features named after literary and artistic allusions. Thus on Phobos we find Hall and Stickney (with the latter much the larger), while Deimos sports Swift and Voltaire. The two tiny objects were no longer mere points of light, but new worlds with their own "geography."
Much greater resolution was achieved when the two Viking Orbiters flew within a few hundred kilometers of the surfaces of the moons in the summer and fall of 1976, then as close as 100 to 300 kilometers in February and May 1977, detecting features as small as 10 to 200 meters. In October 1977 Viking Orbiter II flew less than 30 kilometers from Deimos. The low resolution photos were useful in determining the sizes, shapes and rotational properties of the Martian satellites, while the higher resolution photos revealed small scale features such as surface fractures, crater chains, and wall slumping of craters. It was during a close flyby of Phobos in late 1976 that numerous mysterious grooves were discovered on the surface. More study showed they were likely associated with the crater Stickney, and may come from deep fractures under the surface. Deimos has no such grooves. A major objective of Vikings observations of the moons was to determine their composition through color measurements and mass determination, a goal in which it was only partially successful. In 1977 scientists noted that the surface of Phobos was similar to Type I or II carbonaceous chondrites and to the asteroid Ceres. From this the researchers inferred that Phobos and Deimos may have originated in the asteroid belt and were captured by Mars. Almost exactly one century after Hall had discovered the moons, enough information had been gleaned to speculate on their origin.
Further observations were made by the Soviet Phobos 2 mission in 1989, Mars Global Surveyor in 1998 and 2003, and the European's Mars Express beginning in 2004. The latter continues to make sporadic close flybys of Phobos with high resolution imaging, and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is also studying the spectral properties of the Martian moons as part of its larger Mars mission. Thanks to the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, we even know how the moons appear from the surface -- as tiny dots due to their small size. Unlike the Earth, the Martian surface will not be moonlit, despite having two moons instead of one.
Taking advantage of extra solar energy collected during the day, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit settled in for an evening of stargazing, photographing the two moons of Mars as they crossed the night sky. Spirit took this succession of images at 150-second intervals from a perch atop "Husband Hill" in Gusev Crater on Martian day, or sol, 594 (Sept. 4, 2005), as the faster-moving Martian moon Phobos was passing Deimos in the night sky. Phobos is the brighter object on the left and Deimos is the dimmer object on the right. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/Texas A&M
Despite these advances, a great deal remains unknown about the moons of Mars, including even their basic composition and their origin. The attendees at the First International Conference on the Exploration on Phobos and Deimos discussed what was known, what was unknown, and how to find out more. Most continue to believe the moons are captured asteroids, but the capture mechanism is unknown and the scenarios unlikely. Some believe rings of Mars may exist – just as they do around Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Surprisingly, the fact they have not yet been seen is no proof of their absence – gossamer dust rings might be so thin that even spacecraft instruments have not yet seen them. In any case, it seems the two moons may hold the secret to the evolution of small bodies in the solar system. Conferees discussed the possibility of both human and robotic missions to the moons, and their possible use as outposts for the study of Mars close-up. As various studies have emphasized since 1981, landing humans on the moons of Mars would save a considerable amount of money because the liftoff for return to Earth is much easier from such small bodies with less gravity.
The moons of Mars have often been featured in popular culture, beginning (aside from Jonathan Swift) with the Mars novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1955 science fiction writer Donald Wollheim published his bracing adventure novel The Secret of the Martian Moons (I still have my copy!). In Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy the first colonists to Mars build a city within the crater Stickney. More recently novelist Tom Mallon set his story Two Moons in 1877 Washington, D.C., and Ty Drago wrote his debut novel Phobos. Some video games even feature Phobos. Meanwhile, NASA continues to study its options for exploration of the Mars system, including even a human mission to a near earth asteroid, which may resemble the moons of Mars.
Today, 130 years after Asaph Hall's discovery, Phobos and Deimos still hold their secrets. As missions to Mars continue in the 21st century, they are likely to receive increased attention from both science and the general public. And these are only two of the 169 known moons of the solar system – each with its own history and mystery, each awaiting exploration.
Dick, Steven. "Asaph Hall, the Great Refractor and the Moons of Mars," chapter 6 in Sky and Ocean Joined: The U. S. Naval Observatory, 1830-2000 (Cambridge University Press, 2003).
Lunar and Planetary Institute, First International Conference on the Exploration of Phobos and Deimos, Nov. 5-7, 2007. Program and abstracts at http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/phobosdeimos2007/phobosdeimos2007.authorindex.shtml.
Mallon, Thomas. Two Moons (Pantheon, 2000).
Portree, David S. F. Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mission Planning, 1950-2000 (NASA SP-2001-4521). Online at http://history.nasa.gov/monograph21.pdf.
Steven J. Dick
NASA Chief Historian
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Wauseon takes advantage of mistakes in 13-1 win over Delta
Regardless of whether it's an important game in the spring or a summer league ACME game, you have to catch the baseball in order to win, and if you don't, you won't.
Wauseon took advantage of six Delta errors — including three in the first inning — to score nine unearned runs in a 13-1 victory over the Panthers Tuesday in ACME baseball.
After Jude Armstrong singled and was immediately picked off first to open the game, Tyson Rodriguez floated a single to right off Panther starter Alex Brown and stole second.
After a walk and a strikeout, Rodriguez stole third and when the throw was muffed, he continued home for the first Indian run.
Kage Little's fly ball to center was dropped for a three-base error and Reece Nation's pop up was dropped as well to give Wauseon a 3-0 lead.
Delta threatened in the second when Wil Brown and Aaden Koder singled around a walk to load the bases with one down, but Braylon Miller extinguished the rally, striking out the next two Panthers.
Wauseon reincarnated a three spot in the third — but using an entirely different manner than the trio in the first.
Two walks, a double steal, and Eli Delgado's looping single to center plated two runs and Little's soft liner brought home one more to make it 6-0.
The Indians got three more in the fourth off Koder who came in to start the inning after two were out.
Consecutive hit batters, yet another muffed pop up — this one to third — and Reece Nation's line drive single to left brought home the runs to make it 9-0.
Wauseon tacked on four more in the fifth courtesy of three walks, a fielder's choice out at third, another walk, a bouncer to third in which the fielder tried to beat the runner back to third which went fruitless and yet another pop up that was misplayed for the sixth Delta error.
Delta got a run in the bottom of the fifth when Little walked the first three hitters and Lucas Ford pushed a squeeze bunt up the first base line to bring in the only Panther tally of the night.
Miller scored the victory on the mound for Wauseon, going the first three innings, allowing just the aforementioned two hits, two walks and five strikeouts.
Brown gave up the first six Wauseon runs, not all his doing as just three were earned to take the loss.
Delta plays Liberty Center Thursday as the ACME season continues. Wauseon welcomes Napoleon the same night.
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Dionysis Anemogiannis is a soundscape researcher, a museum professional and a journalist with endless curiosity. A graduate of a cultural heritage studies master degree at Newcastle University, he has worked in several well-reputed institutions in Newcastle and Athens while maintaining a close relationship with the fields of journalism and communication. In the past two years, he has organized and participated in several cultural projects with local communities and vulnerable groups while continuing his work with young people. Along with the above, he is very enthusiastic about his research work regarding the integration of sound-scapes in cultural heritage interpretation practice and new media applications in the cultural field.
NACUSSO (Natural and Cultural Soundscape and Storytelling Organization) is a multiple nuclei organization that innovates in the field of acoustic ecology, oral history and storytelling. NACUSSO harnesses the power of soundscapes in order to create memorable stories that trigger personal reverberations and capture the essence of the places they were created in. Our Sound Stories take many different forms: from sensory augmented walks to educational programs, sound-maps, mobile applications, museum-based interventions and artistic installations. Our projects target young audiences or people with learning difficulties. We believe, that Sound Stories are a great tool to engage those audiences and encourage them to rediscover their local environment. Our vision is to promote social and cultural change through our learning, cultural and research-based initiatives, and to share with the public a different standpoint to listen and interpret the world around them.
Since its establishment, NACUSSO has collaborated with several cultural and research institutions and organizations in Greece, Germany and the UK and has worked in tandem with artists, researchers and sound/learning professionals. Our goal is to keep experimenting, learning and expanding; spreading our Sound Stories as far as sound can travel.
The Sound of Kythera (SoKy) is a multilevel cultural and learning project that takes advantage of the new media technologies in order to explore the field of cultural heritage in novel ways. The aim of the program is to present the cultural heritage and distinct identity of Kythera in a fresh and creative way: through the most characteristic sounds and stories of the island. These sounds are processed and pinned on a sound-map application, namely a digital map of Kythera, where every location is represented by its characteristic sounds.


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EgyptAir flights to Doha hampered following diplomatic ties cut with Qatar
Ola NoureldinJune 5, 2017
Flights departing via Egypt's EgyptAir flag-carrier to Doha from Cairo International Airport were delayed on Monday, following an announcement by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and UAE that they are severing diplomatic ties with Qatar.
"EgyptAir announced a delay in the flight to Doha expected to depart at 7.35 am on Monday, before a final decision on air communication between Cairo and the capital of Qatar," the company said on Monday morning, pointing out that they are still waiting for further instructions.
Egypt's Civil Aviation authority said that it has not yet received instructions to stop traffic or continue to work, and that delays in flights between Egypt Air and Qatar Airways are awaiting clarification of the general attitude of the political leadership, Hani al-Adawi, head of the civil aviation authority said on Monday.
Egypt announced the closure of its airspace and seaports for all Qatari transportation to protect its national security, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Egypt's Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs, Nabila Makram Ebeid, affirmed on Monday that Egyptians can return from Doha to Cairo through other available flights from countries that have not cut their ties with Qatar.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain cut off their ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of supporting terrorism and opening up the worst rift between them in years.
Saudi Arabian Airlines has also suspended all flights to Qatar, it said on its official Twitter account on Monday, without providing further details.
Other airlines including Fly Dubai, Emirates, Etihad Airways and Air Arabia have also announced similar moves, while Qatar Airways has announced it is suspending all flights to Saudi Arabia.
FlyDubai said on Monday it would suspend flights to and from Doha starting Tuesday "after the United Arab Emirates cut diplomatic ties with Qatar."
"Starting Tuesday, June 6, 2017, all FlyDubai flights between Dubai and Doha will be suspended," the statement said.
The Dubai-based airline Emirates said it is suspending flights starting Tuesday to Qatar amid a "growing diplomatic rift".
Etihad airlines said on its website that its last flights "until further notice" would also leave early Tuesday morning. Etihad gave no reasons for the decision. It is the flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates.
The announcements also included the countries cutting off all air, land and sea links with Qatar within 24 hours and giving Qatari visitors 14 days to exit. Qatari diplomats were given 48 hours to exit.
The three gulf countries also announced they would not allow their citizens to visit or transit through Qatar and that Qatari flights would not be able to pass through their airspaces.
Qatar responded that there is "no legitimate justification" for four Arab nations cutting off diplomatic ties. It said that the decision is a "violation of its sovereignty", vowing to its citizens it won't affect them.
Qatar's Foreign Affairs Ministry released the statement Monday, hours after Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates announced they would be cutting ties.
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Die Mauergeckos (Tarentola) sind eine Gattung der Blattfingergeckos mit 31 Arten. Die Erstbeschreibung erfolgte 1825 durch John Edward Gray.

Verbreitung
Arten der Gattung sind auf beiden Seiten des Atlantischen Ozeans zu finden. So besiedeln 3 Arten die Karibik, während die übrigen 28 Arten auf der östlichen Seite des Atlantischen Ozeans leben. Hier werden Makaronesien mit den Kanaren, den Kapverden und der Ilhas Selvagens, Afrika nördlich des Äquators und Südeuropa besiedelt, im Osten reicht das Areal bis nach Saudi-Arabien. Der Verbreitungsschwerpunkt liegt im nordwestlichen bis nördlichen Afrika und auf den Kapverden, wo eine sehr hohe Anzahl an Arten zu finden ist. In Europa leben nur zwei Arten der Gattung, der Mauergecko und der Nordostafrikanische Mauergecko. Auf den Kanaren finden sich 4 Arten der Gattung, und zwar der Kanarische Mauergecko, der Gestreifte Kanarengecko, der Kanarengecko und der Gomera-Gecko. In die Gebiete Afrikas südlich der Sahara und Sahelzone dringen nur wenige Arten vor, die meisten Arten des afrikanischen Festlandes leben in den Ländern der nordwestafrikanischen Atlantikküste, nördlich der Sahara oder in der Sahara.
Einige Arten der Gattung wurden auch in andere Gebiete eingeführt, beispielsweise der Mauergecko, der im östlichen Mittelmeerraum, in den USA, in Uruguay, Argentinien und Chile eingeschleppt wurde.

Arten
Die Gattung enthält aktuell 31 Arten.

 Tarentola albertschwartzi  & , 1998
 Tarentola americana (, 1831)
 Kanarischer Mauergecko (Tarentola angustimentalis , 1891)
 Tarentola annularis (, 1827)
 Tarentola bischoffi , 1984
 Tarentola boavistensis , 1993
 Tarentola bocagei , , ,  & , 2012
 Böhmes Gecko (Tarentola boehmei , 1984)
 Gestreifter Kanarengecko (Tarentola boettgeri , 1891)
 Tarentola caboverdiana
 Helmkopfgecko (Tarentola chazaliae (, 1895))
 Tarentola crombiei  & , 2008
 Tarentola darwini , 1984
 Kanarengecko (Tarentola delalandii ( & , 1836))
 Tarentola deserti , 1891
 Tarentola ephippiata , 1875
 Nordostafrikanischer Mauergecko (Tarentola fascicularis (, 1802))
 Tarentola fogoensis , , ,  & , 2012
 Kapverdischer Riesengecko (Tarentola gigas (, 1875))
 Gomera-Gecko (Tarentola gomerensis  & , 1983)
 Tarentola maioensis , 1984
 Mauergecko (Tarentola mauritanica (, 1758))
 Ägyptischer Mauergecko (Tarentola mindiae , 1997)
 Tarentola neglecta , 1887
 Tarentola nicolauensis , 1984
 Tarentola parvicarinata , 1980
 Tarentola pastoria ,  & , 2012
 Tarentola protogigas , 1984
 Tarentola raziana , 1984
 Tarentola rudis , 1906
 Tarentola substituta , 1984

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Salling Efterskole (tidligere Salling Ungdomsskole) ligger i Jebjerg i Salling og har eksisteret som ungdomsskole siden 1921. Skolen lægger stor vægt på gymnastik og har deltaget i mange forskellige opvisninger.

I 2014 kunne skolen indvige et nyt 800 m2 springcenter. Springcentret indeholder 3 stortrampoliner, 2 springgrave, en fasttrack og en pomfritgrav.

Linjefag
Skolen tilbyder en række linjefag, som eleverne har 4 lektioner om ugen. Skolen har to linjefags perioder i løbet af året. Skolen kan tilbyde:
 Fodbold
 Håndbold
 Fitness/adventure
 Rytmisk gymnastik
 Springgymnastik
 Design
 Musik

Indkvartering
Eleverne på Salling bor i fritliggende huse på værelser med mellem 2 og 4 personer. På de nye gange er der bad på værelset, hvor der på de gamle er fællesbad. De fleste gange er blandet piger og drenge.
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 Fyrkat - ny
 Aggersborg - ny
 Urd - gammel
 Ask - gammel
 Birkely - gammel
 Rosenborg - gammel

Efterskoler
Bygninger, konstruktioner og anlæg i Skive Kommune
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What is the trade up value of my device?
You can obtain an estimate of the trade up value of your device through the Trade Up for Samsung app which can be downloaded on the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, or through our dedicated trade up portal. The trade up value estimate will be quoted upon completion of the diagnostic assessment via the Trade Up for Samsung app or upon completion of your own assessment in the dedicated Trade Up Portal. The final trade up value will be determined by Brightstar after physical assessment of your trade up device.
For trade up of devices via the Trade Up for Samsung app, the estimated value is determined by the model type and device condition upon evaluation via the Trade Up for Samsung app and the final value is determined by trained technicians from Brightstar. For trade up of devices via our dedicated portal, the estimated value is determined by the model type and your assessment of the device condition. The final value however is determined by trained technicians from Brightstar.
Will I receive the quoted value as shown in the Trade Up for Samsung app?
You will receive the quoted value as shown in the Trade Up for Samsung app or in our dedicated trade up portal provided that Brightstar's inspection of your device is the same as that of the diagnostic assessment via the Trade Up for Samsung app, or via our dedicated trade up portal.
However, if Brightstar's inspection of your device is different from that of the diagnostic assessment via the Trade Up for Samsung app or via your own assessments via the trade up portal, Brightstar will revise the quote accordingly.
In such cases, you will receive an email from Brightstar with the revised quote along with reasons for the revised quote. You will have up to 14 calendar days from the date of Brightstar's email with the revised quote to accept or reject the revised quote.
Upon your acceptance of the revised quote, you will receive the payment within approximately 3 business days.
If you do not indicate your acceptance or rejection of the revised quote after 14 calendar days elapses, it will be considered as acceptance of the revised quote and you will receive the payment of the revised value in the local bank account you have provided Brightstar within approximately 3 business days from the 14th calendar day.
In the event you reject the revised quote, Brightstar will deliver your device back to the address you have provided Brightstar within 3 business days of your rejection of the revised quote.
All costs relating to the return of trade up device will be borne by Brightstar.
In such cases, you will receive an email from Brightstar with the revised quote along with details about why the value is different. You will have up to 14 calendar days to accept or reject the revised quote.
All costs relating to the return of trade-in device will be borne by Brightstar.
Is the inspected value the final quote for my device?
Yes. You will have up to 14 calendar days from the date of Brightstar's email with the revised quote to accept or reject the revised quote.
My device is not working or cannot be powered up. Can I trade it in?
If your device is no longer working or cannot be powered up, you cannot trade it in.
My device has some defects. Can I trade it in?
If your eligible device for trade up has some defects, you will not be entitled to the full trade up value of the device. Refer to the next question for the list of defects that will affect the residual value of your trade up device.
What are the defects that will affect my trade up value?
For Galaxy Note Series devices only, damaged S Pen including without limitation broken S Pen, cracks or chips on S Pen, broken S Pen tip and broken S Pen button.
How do I receive my trade up payment? How long will it take?
Once your trade up device has been received and assessed by Brightstar to be consistent with the original description of your trade up device via the Trade Up for Samsung app or via our dedicated portal, you will receive payment from Brightstar of the amount stated on the e-mail quotation in the local bank account you have provided Brightstar within approximately 3 business days from the date Brightstar sends you an email to confirm receipt of your device and issuance of payment to you.
Upon receipt of your trade up device, if Brightstar's inspection of your trade up device is different from that of the diagnostic assessment via the Trade Up for Samsung app or via our dedicated trade up portal, Brightstar will revise the quote and email you a revised quote based on the inspected value and reasons for the revised value. You will have up to 14 calendar days from the date of Brightstar's email stating the revised quote to accept or reject the revised quote.
In the event you accept the revised quote, you will receive the payment from Brightstar via bank transfer to the local bank account you have provided Brightstar within approximately 3 business days.
If you do not indicate your acceptance or rejection of the revised quote after 14 calendar days elapses, it will be considered as acceptance of the revised quote and you will receive Brightstar's payment of the revised value in the local bank account you have provided Brightstar within approximately 3 business days from the 14th calendar day.
Who should I contact if I need any help on the transaction?
Can I request for alternate modes of payment?
No, payments are only made via Bank Transfer to a local bank account that you have provided to Brightstar.
What if I do not have any bank account number?
You will need to obtain a local bank account as Brightstar can only make payment to you via Bank Transfer to the local bank account that you have provided to them.
What if my bank account is not a local bank account?
You will not be able to take part in this programme via the Trade Up for Samsung app as Brightstar can only make payment to you via Bank Transfer to the local bank account that you have provided to them.
What do I do if I do not receive any update on my transaction?
How long will it take to send my device to Brightstar?
Upon Brightstar's courier's confirmation of collection of your device, Brightstar will typically receive the device within 3 business days.
What happens if the quote expires before Brightstar receives my device?
If you have sent your device within 14 days of the date of Brightstar's Quote Confirmation Email, please contact Brightstar by emailing to HK.SamsungTradeUp@brightstar.com to inform them that your device has been handed over to them so that they can keep the quote valid.
As long as it is an eligible device, you will receive an e-mail with a revised quote for your device based on Brightstar's inspection at their facility. You will have 14 calendar days to accept or reject their revised offer.
No, Brightstar will pay for the collection of your device from your address to their facility.
If you request for your device to be sent back to you because of the revision of quotation due to the difference in Brightstar's inspection and the diagnostic assessment via the Trade Up for Samsung app, Brightstar will pay for the delivery cost.
How do I send my device to Brightstar?
You will have a complimentary return kit shipped to you in Hong Kong for you to package and return your device for free.
Can you collect my device from outside of Hong Kong?
No, Brightstar can only collect trade up devices from locations within Hong Kong.
The inspection process is typically completed within 3 business days of Brightstar's receipt of your device.
How long will the process take from the time Brightstar receives my device to the time I receive the payment?
From the time Brightstar receives your device, they will complete inspection of your device within 3 business days and if they conclude that your device is in the condition as assessed by the Trade Up for Samsung app, or as reported by you via the dedicated trade up portal, they will make the payment via Bank Transfer to the local bank account that you have provided within 3 business days. If Brightstar's inspection of your trade up device is different from that of the diagnostic assessment via the Trade Up for Samsung app or as reported by you via the trade up portal, Brightstar will revise the quote and email you a revised quote based on the inspected value and reasons for the revised value. You will have up to 14 calendar days from the date of Brightstar's email stating the revised quote to accept or reject the revised quote.
Once you accept the revised quote, you will receive the payment via bank transfer to the local bank account you have provided within 3 business days.
Does Brightstar keep my information safe and secure?
All devices will undergo a data wipe process to ensure that all data stored on the devices are deleted.
In the case of SIM cards and/or micro SD cards being left on the collected devices, Brightstar will destroy them upon receipt of devices so as to protect any personal data.
Your device will be thoroughly inspected by Brightstar's technician to assess its condition.
All devices collected by Brightstar will undergo a data wipe process upon receipt so as to ensure all data stored on the device is deleted.
If your device cannot be economically repaired, it will be recycled in an environmentally responsible way.
How do I turn off or remove "Find My iPhone", "Find My iPad", "iCloud", "Gmail", "Google account", "Samsung account" or "Find My Mobile"?
How do I find the IMEI number on my device?
^ The serial number of the newly purchased Samsung device is required; each serial number can be used once only.
* All Trade up values are subject to a final evaluation result from the Trade Up Website.
This service is available in Hong Kong only.
These Terms will apply to any contract between Brightstar Asia Limited., a company registered in Hong Kong and with registered office at 23 Man Lok Street, Gemstar Tower 16/F Units A&B Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong (referred to herein as "us", "our" and "we") for the trade up of Devices by you (the "Contract"). Please read these Terms carefully and make sure that you understand them, before trading in any Devices via our Site. Please note that before trading-in a Device by placing an order on our Site you will be asked to agree to these Terms. If you refuse to accept these Terms, you will not be able to process any Devices trade up via our Site.
We amend these Terms from time to time as set out in clause 5. Every time you wish to trade up Devices, please check these Terms to ensure you understand the terms which will apply at that time.
These Terms were most recently updated on 14 September 2018.
1.1 We offer the Site as part of the Samsung Trade Up (HK) programme (the "Programme").
1.2 Whilst the Programme includes the trade up of Samsung Devices, the trade up, reuse and recycling service of the Programme is provided by us as an independent third party. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS H.K. CO. LTD. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively "Samsung") are not party to the Contract between you and us and you shall have no right of action against Samsung for any breach of a Contract.
1.3 Samsung hereby disclaims and excludes any and all warranties of any kind, express or implied. By using the Site and participating in the Programme, you hereby release Samsung and its respective directors, employees and agents from any disputes, claims, demands, and/or damages (actual or consequential) of every kind, whether known or unknown, arising out of, or relating to, your use of the Site and our services, including, without limitation, incomplete or completed transactions and any claims or disputes between you and us.
3.3 By sending your Device to us, you agree to release us from all claims, losses or damages with respect to the SIM, and memory card, Data or Device. Subject to clause 13.2, we accept no responsibility in relation to the security, protection, confidentiality or use of such Data, the SIM or memory card.
3.4 It will not be possible for you to obtain any Data or other content from the Device, whether stored on the Device, SIM or memory card, once it has been sent in to us.
3.5 You agree that you have the sole responsibility to keep a separate backup copy of any Data before sending your Device to us; and that you have taken all reasonable steps to eliminate and delete Data that is deemed personal or confidential. Data recovery is not a part of the trade up, reuse and recycling service and subject to clause 13.2, we and Samsung accept no responsibility or liability for any lost Data.
(f) you or your parent or guardian (as the case may be) release us of any liabilities or claims that may arise if you send the Device to us in breach of this warranty.
5.2 Every time you process Devices trade up via this Site, the Terms in force at the time of your trade up will apply to the Contract between you and us.
6.1 We can only arrange for collection of Devices from within Hong Kong.
7.1 You are required to download and use the Samsung Trade Up (HK) application developed and licensed by Yougetitback Limited (trading as Inhance Technology) ("Application") from Google's Play Store or Apple's App Store. The Application will assess the overall condition of your Device and generate an indicative service decision and as estimate for the monetary value of your Device. Alternatively you are required to submit your Device trade up application through the Brightstar managed portal. You warrant that you will accurately describe the condition of your Devices so that we are able to accurately provide an initial quotation for your Device based on the estimate for the monetary value of your Device generated by the Application (the "Original Quotation"), subject to clauses 8 and 9 below. The Original Quotation will be valid for a period of 14 days from the date it is issued to you ("Initial Period"). In the event the Original Quotation expires before we receive your Device, you may contact us by emailing to HK.SamsungTradeUp@brightstar.com@brightstar.com to extend the validity of the Original Quotation within the Initial Period by a further period of 7 days from the end of the Initial Period ("Quote Validity Period").
7.3 You must ensure that we are in receipt of the Devices within the Initial Period or Quote Validity Period as appropriate. If we are not in receipt of a Device with the Initial Period or Quote Validity Period as appropriate, the Original Quotation will expire.
7.4 Upon receipt of your Device, we will carry out an Inspection (as defined in clause 9.1). If we find any incorrect or inaccurate Device descriptions during the Inspection, we reserve the right to re-evaluating our Original Quotation and provide you with a Revised Quotation (as defined in clause 9.4), subject to clauses 8 and 9 below.
8.5 We reserve the right to inform the relevant authorities if there is any suspicion that there is a deliberate attempt to perpetrate a fraud. We reserve the right to reclaim any money paid to you if it is discovered within three months of the trade up of that Device that the Device has either been reported as lost or stolen, or the Device is discovered to be a Fake.
9.2 The Inspection will focus on, amongst other things, the model and condition of the Device, the country of origin of the Device as well as the total number of Devices received by us. If the model, condition and/or origin are different to your original description, the Original Quotation will be adjusted in accordance with clause 9.4 below. Should our Inspection reveal that you have sent us a different model than the one that we provided an Original Quotation for, we will offer an amount for the different model based on the price displayed on the Site on the day that we are in receipt of the different model (subject to the condition of the Device).
10.2 Sending Devices to us shall constitute an offer by you to sell such Devices to us in return for the Original Quotation ("Your Offer"). However, please note that this does not mean that Your Offer has been accepted. Therefore we may, in our sole discretion, refuse to accept Your Offer for any reason. Our acceptance of your Offer will take place as described in clause 10.3. We may also, in our sole discretion, cancel any trade up order you place on the Site in which case the Devices relating to the order will not be collected by us.
12.2 You must own all rights in any Device(s) that you send to us. By placing your trade up order you declare that you are the true and rightful owner of, and have good title to, the enclosed Device(s) and as such, you confirm that you are legally authorized to sell or dispose of the Device(s) at your own discretion.
14.1 The trade up, reuse and recycling service is provided for lawful purposes only, and you agree to indemnify us from and against any claims brought against us arising from performing our obligations under a Contract or for any breach of these Terms by you.
16.2 You may contact our customer service team at +852 2980 8049 or by e-mailing us at HK.SamsungTradeUp@brightstar.com. If we have to contact you or give you notice in writing, we will do so by e-mail or by pre-paid post to the address you provide to us in your order.
18.6 These Terms are governed by the laws of Hong Kong. This means a Contract for the trade up of Devices through our Site and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it will be governed by the laws of Hong Kong.
18.7 We and you both irrevocably agree that the courts of Hong Kong and courts of appeal from them shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with a Contract or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).


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Q: How to show the inductive step of the strong induction? Note: This problem is from Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications [7th ed, prob 2, pg 341].
Problem: Use strong induction to show that all dominoes fall in an infinite arrangement of dominoes if you know that the first three dominoes fall, that when a domino falls, the domino three farther down in the arrangement also falls
My work: I know that the inductive step in strong induction is to show that "if $p(i)$ is true for all $i$ less than or equal to $k$ then $p(k+1)$ is true".
I know that strong induction has the the same basis step so I showed that  the first domino will fall because of the stated "you know that the first three dominoes fall".
How would I describe the inductive step here?
What I tried was saying that I assume $p(k)$ is true for every $n \leq k$ or that every domino before $k$ and $k$ itself will fall. Then is $p(k+1)$ saying the next domino will fall? From  the infinite staircase idea, the rest of the dominoes will fall? Now I've shown that all dominoes will fall? Am I missing something?

A: You're missing most of the essential details, I'm afraid.
Let $P(k)$ be the assertion that domino $k$ falls. You're given $P(1),P(2)$, and $P(3)$ to get the induction started. Now assume that for some $n\ge 3$ you know that $P(k)$ is true for each $k\le n$; that's your induction hypothesis, and your task in the induction step is to prove $P(n+1)$.
You know that for each $k$, if $P(k)$ is true, then $P(k+3)$ is true as well. Let $$\ell=(n+1)-3=n-2\;;$$ since $n\ge 3$, $n-2\ge 1$, and therefore the truth of $P(\ell)$ is part of your induction hypothesis. Thus, $P(\ell+3)=P(n+1)$ is true, and the induction step is complete.

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For the past three months, our favorite deer have been bed up with many other local deer on the shore of Moose River, where they have access to open water and grain from the locals that sustain them through the chilly winter months. If you visited Tomhegan this winter, you may have spotted them on the shore of the river, the snowmobile trails or crossing the Northern Road.
This winter has been a more traditional Moosehead Lake winter with literally feet of snow and ice. This will likely push the arrival of the herd back further into Spring. By early March 2016, the deer were making trips to check the shoreline of the lake, yet with a solid two feet of ice this year we wondered if we would see them quite as early.
As the ice begins to melt, several deer will find their way to Tomhegan. A large group arrives at first, but once the lake is completely free of ice the group thins to the herd of furry friends we have all come to know and love.
It was not until today, April 15th when the temperatures finally rose to 64ºF and the ice had greatly receded that we began to see our herd return a few at a time. We were so happy to see their familiar faces, and many new pregnant bellies on the adult does. As always, we welcomed them home with some of their favorites; apples, potato scraps, carrots and of course their daily serving of hearty grains and seeds. We are excited to welcome all the newborn fawns in the next few months. May and June are the best time to visit if you would like the chance to see a fawn just hours old. Make sure to stay tuned for photos of the newest members of the Tomhegan family!


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Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Opens a Window of Toxicant Sensitivity
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Malm, Scott
Klimecki, Walter T.
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BEAS-2B, an immortalized but non-malignant bronchial epithelial cell line, has been used extensively to model toxicant-induced carcinogenesis. There are currently inconsistencies in the literature as to which culture media is most appropriate for BEAS-2B, which has profound impacts on cellular phenotype. Previous work has suggested that culture media containing fetal bovine serum (FBS) results in a loss of epithelial identity. In the current study, we identify that culture media containing fetal bovine serum (FBS) induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a fundamental cellular process involved in embryonic development, maintenance of tissue extracellular matrix (ECM), and wound healing.. We show that FBS exposure decreases cellular epithelial markers and increases mesenchymal markers at the mRNA and protein levels. These changes begin to reverse following removal of FBS from the culture media. Additionally, exposure to FBS results in nuclear accumulation of transcription factors known to cause global gene expression changes driving EMT. We show that FBS also results in global gene expression patterns consistent with nuclear accumulation of these EMT-driving transcription factors. We also demonstrate similarity between FBS exposure and canonical activation of EMT by transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1). At the cellular level, FBS-exposure also results in morphological and functional changes associated with EMT. These include an elongated spindle shape, increased cell invasiveness and anchorage-independent growth. Utilizing size-excluded media, we identify the EMT-inducing molecule or molecules within FBS to be larger than 30kD. Switching to a model of canonical EMT activation by TGF-β1, we were able to show that previously identified arsenite sensitivity in BEAS-2B in the presence of FBS is due to the induction of EMT. We showed that BEAS-2B and A549 cells stimulated to undergo EMT with TGF-β1 have deceased levels of cellular glutathione (GSH) and the catalytic subunit of glutamate-cysteine ligase (GCLC), the rate limiting enzyme in GSH synthesis. Both of these observations were reversible by removal of TGF-β1 as a stimulus. The reduction of GSH and GCLC resulted in sensitivity in both cell lines to arsenite and arsenic trioxide, which could be rescued by removal of TGF-β1 or supplementation with N-acetylcysteine, a precursor of GSH synthesis. This suggests the sensitivity is specific to the reduction of GSH following activation of EMT. We also show that EMT-stimulated BEAS-2B show greater markers of apoptosis and DNA double-strand breaks than unstimulated BEAS-2B at the same dose of toxicant. Ultimately, these studies show that the BEAS-2B cell line does not behave like an epithelial cell following culture in FBS. The culture conditions in which BEAS-2B are maintained should be scrutinized when interpreting published data in the literature. Also, these studies identify epithelial cells that have undergone EMT as a toxicant sensitive population, susceptible to both DNA damage and cell death following toxicant exposure. The cell type of origin for most lung cancers currently remains unknown. Our studies suggest that epithelial cells that have undergone EMT may be a candidate cell population for carcinogenesis.
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For the second time we will offer this great seminar. The first one was such a success and we have many requests to repeat it. In this seminar Chris Reachard will teach you how to make products from your alpaca manure to earn some extra cash.


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What is Dala Art?
Dala Art is art designed within a circle that has been divided into segments by one continuous line that may or may not cross over itself. It can be of any size, in any medium, either abstract or representational. The objects or patterns that fill each segment may be confined within the boundaries of each segment or spill out of the segment boundaries and the circumference of the circle. In 2013, to make my color workshop more fun, I used the format of a mandala to create color wheels. Back in my studio I became obsessed with altering the geometry of the mandalas and playing with variations of color shapes that still resembled a color wheel. One thing led to another and I began to draw objects into the shapes and to go beyond color wheels to experiment with color schemes. The Color Scheme Game was born.
I shared several of the circular paintings with other artists in a color workshop I was teaching in Maryland. Several of them asked if I also created Zentangles. I had no idea what a Zentangle was. After a few more nudges I gave Zentangles a try.
The first two were fun. After that, I felt restricted by both the small size and the named patterns that were to fill the spaces. My biggest frustration was that I couldn't create a "thread" line that flowed smoothly across a square. I gave up on zentangles and returned to my evolving mandalas. I added a compass to my travel kit to create mandalas depicting repeat patterns of buildings, seashells, landscapes and plants. On March 24, 2014, while sitting on a fire hydrant across from the Theo Chocolate factory in Seattle, I decided that repeating an intricate drawing of buildings and high tension wires four, five or six times, was too tedious. Later that day, in the Woodland Park Rose Garden, the first full deviation from the repeated patterns of a mandala occurred.
The next step was to bend reality even more by beginning with irregular shapes within the circle designated by a thread line (I refer to it as a swooping line), just like in a zentangle! My swooping line danced across the circle and led me to an art form that continues to delight me both in my studio and while traveling. At first I thought to call these circular paintings Zendalas, combining Zentangle and Mandala. One evening, after creating one of these circular designs of both patterns and objects, drawn with my Lamy Safari fountain pen, my husband laughed and called it a Dala Lamy. The name stuck and the art form has been called Dala Art ever since.
Dala Art gives permission to bend the world, to alter forms to fit into shapes, to zoom in as well as to zoom out, to turn reality into an abstract pattern, and to be playful with color. Welcome to the delightful world of Dala Art!
This is a ten week course with unlimited access even after completion. You can work at your own pace, and always refer back to the course information.
The most fun way I know to strengthen multiple skills while reinventing the world around you.
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Hill and Sea View Resort With sweeping views of the sea, the pool and the mountain, the Hill & Sea View Resort Kovalam offers air-conditioned rooms with free wireless internet access. The resort offers a day spa and modern and bright rooms with a flat-screen TV, a mini bar and a private balcony. For fitness and leisure, the Hill & Sea View Resort Kovalam has an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Facilities include a lift, a steam room and a beauty center A sauna, conference room(s) and a kids pool are also available to guests.
Every comfortable room at the Hill & Sea View Resort Kovalam has cable / satellite channels, a safe and tea and coffee making facilities. Each includes complimentary toiletries, a refrigerator and a coffee maker. Rooms are also equipped with hair dryers, and ironing facilities are also available.The Hill & Sea View Resort Kovalam features both a restaurant and a bar, where guests can relax at the end of the day. The property also provides a daily breakfast.Trivandrum International Airport (TRV) is less than a 30-minute drive from the Hill & Sea View Resort Kovalam. For those travelling by car, parking is provided by the resort.
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Syria: Kurdish feminist leads anti-ISIS offensive
June 6, 2016 Bill Weinberg
Rojda Felat, a Kurdish revolutionary feminist, is leading the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces' offensive on Raqqa, capital of the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate. A three-year veteran of the struggle against ISIS, she is serving as commander of 15,000 Kurdish and Arab fighters, backed by US special forces and warplanes, under the banner of the SDF. "My main goal is liberating the Kurdish woman and the Syrian woman in general from the ties and control of traditional society, as well as liberating the entirety of Syria from terrorism and tyranny," she told the London Times.
Felat was previously involved in the liberation of the town of Shadadi, in an operation known as "Wrath of Khabur" for the local tributary of Euphrates River. The town in Hasakah governorate was notorious for its use as a market to sell Yazidi girls as sex slaves captured in the Sinjar region of Iraq. "The Yazidi girls were sold at the Shadadi market, and today we took revenge for them," Felat said.
Hundreds of Yazidi women and girls remain captives of ISIS. This week in Mosul, at least 19 Yazidi girls were burned alive by their captors, activists and witnesses reported. The victims, who had been taken by ISIS as sex slaves, were placed in iron cages in central Mosul and burned to death in front of hundreds of people. "They were punished for refusing to have sex with ISIS militants," local media activist Abdullah al-Malla told ARA News.
But the involvement of imperial powers in the anti-ISIS offensive inevitably complicates things. There was a huge stink in the Turkish press last week when photos emerged of US Green Berets fighting alongside the People's Protection Unit (YPG, the Kurdish militia that constitutes the core of the SDF)—and wearing their insignia. The Pentagon said that special forces troops typically adopt the insignia of local forces they are embedded with, but Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu issued the requisite protest: "It is unacceptable that an ally country is using the YPG insignia. We reacted to it. It is impossible to accept it. This is a double standard and hypocrisy." (Hurriyet Daily News, May 27) The phrase "double standard" is a reference to ISIS, and a part of Turkey's cynical propaganda game of conflating the secular-democratic Kurdish forces and ISIS as equally "terrorist."
The need to appease Turkey in the face of this cooperation with the Kurds was on display last month when the US, Britain, France and Ukraine blocked a Russian proposal at the United Nations to blacklist Syrian rebel groups Jaish al-Islam and Ahrar al-Sham for links to al-Qaeda. (Reuters, May 11) These groups have indeed been openly collaborating with the Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, and are bitter enemies of the Syrian Kurds. But they are being backed by Turkey, and not blacklisting them was therefore mandated by the Great Game. As was Russia's move to get them blacklisted—a case of Moscow doing the right thing for the wrong reason.
Moscow's bad faith was made dramatically clear in reports of Russian warplanes carrying out bombing raids in Idblib May 30, leaving over 40 civilians dead and two hospitals destroyed. (Syrian Observer, June 1) Russia is continuing to target hospitals in rebel-held areas despite its announced "withdrawal" from Syria. In backing the genocidal regime of Bashar Assad, Russia forfeits all credibility to call out the US and Turkey on their connivance with reactionary jihadist factions.
We can root for Rojda Felat and her offensive against ISIS—without closing our eyes to the complexities and contradictions. In fact, we must.
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al-Qaeda, anarchists, femicide, genocide, Great Game, Iraq, ISIS, Kurdistan, Nusra Front, Russia, slavery, Syria, Yazidis
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Fact sheet on working with animals produced by the Women's Occupational Health Resource Center (WOHRC). The WOHRC (1979-1987) was a research and training program devoted to identifying and better understanding hazards faced by women workers. WOHRC was housed in Columbia's School of Public Health and directed by Professor Jeanne Mager Stellman. WOHRC was a designated OSHA New Directions Training program, and also received support from other federal and private agencies. As a New Directions project, WOHRC trained thousands of workers and professionals in hazard recognition and accident and illness prevention for women workers. In order to carry out its public health programs, WOHRC developed and disseminated original educational materials. The materials were designed to be authoritative while at the same time accessible to non-professional users (e.g. the workers). WOHRC published a monthly newsletter that contained a "fact sheet" focusing on a particular job or a particular hazard. The fact sheets were also made available individually or collected into "fact packs" of related materials.
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Geotab wins Google Cloud Cross-Industry Customer Award
Global telematics leader recognized for transformation, sustainability advancement and innovation excellence with Google Cloud
Toronto, ON - October 12, 2021 - Geotab Inc. ("Geotab"), a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, today announced that it has been named the Google Cloud Customer Award winner for Cross-Industry. Presented at Google Cloud Next '21, this award recognizes Geotab's ability to demonstrate innovative thinking, technical excellence and transformation with Google Cloud.
Geotab was recognized for its ability to provide rich data insights through integrations of the Google Cloud platform and Google BigQuery within the Geotab platform. The partnership enables Geotab to develop, test, and deploy applications without compromising reliability and security, while simultaneously allowing its customers to optimize, streamline and scale their data to help improve their fleet's operations, sustainability and safety.
"Sustainability, vehicle electrification and operational efficiency are driving businesses to undergo seismic transformations in the way goods and people move; telematics is the key enabling technology to help support this transformation," said Neil Cawse, President and CEO of Geotab. "Since partnering with Google Cloud in 2014, Geotab has been able to accelerate its vision to deliver critical data-driven insights powered by machine learning. With billions of data points being processed daily, Google Cloud allows us to build on our vision of providing safer, more sustainable connected vehicle outcomes for our global customers."
Leveraging Google Cloud, Geotab has been able to develop and provide its customers with innovative tools and solutions such as Geotab's Electric Vehicle Suitability Assessment (EVSA) . The tool is designed to help fleets go electric by streamlining data loads with Google Cloud and allowing users to conduct assessments in a matter of seconds. Most recently, the partnership has also empowered Geotab to develop new lines of business such as Geotab's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Powered by Google technology, Geotab ITS enables the company to enter new markets by providing innovative solutions to help U.S. and Canadian transportation leaders create safer and more efficient transportation systems.
"Geotab is an excellent example of a like-minded Google Cloud partner that is focused on reducing its environmental impact with the power of technology," said Denise Pearl, Google Cloud Global ISV Partner Manager. "We are proud to recognize Geotab for its commitment to helping its customers accelerate their sustainability initiatives with the cloud, and for its ability to significantly scale their platform's capabilities over the past year."
To learn more about Geotab, please visit: geotab.com
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Aussie Police Raid Journalist's Home Over Secret Spying Report
Australian police on Tuesday raided the home of a prominent journalist who reported on a secret government plan to spy on Australian citizens.
The Australian Federal Police said the raid was carried out early Tuesday in a suburb of the federal capital, Canberra, as part of an "investigation into the alleged unauthorised disclosure of national security information."
"Police will allege the unauthorised disclosure of these specific documents undermines Australia's national security," it said in a statement, adding that no one had been arrested during the operation.
News Corp, the Rupert Murdoch-controlled news organisation, confirmed the raid targeted Annika Smethurst, political editor of the group's Sunday newspapers, calling the police action "outrageous and heavy-handed".
In April 2018, Smethurst reported that the home affairs and defence ministries in the conservative federal government had drawn up a plan granting new powers to the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) to secretly access emails, bank accounts and text messages of Australian citizens.
Under existing law, only the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, the domestic spy agency, had that authority.
The ASD, Australia's equivalent of the US National Security Agency, was tasked with countering foreign threats.
Smethurst's report included images of letters between senior home affairs and defence officials outlining the plan to allow the ASD to "proactively disrupt and covertly remove" domestic threats by "hacking into critical infrastructure."
The government declined at the time to comment on the leaked documents, and the plan was reportedly scrapped by then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull — a moderate who was ousted in a party coup in August by more hardline conservatives.
His successor as prime minister, Scott Morrison, went on to enact a series of law-and-order measures, including a controversial law forcing telecommunications and tech firms to monitor encrypted communications between suspected terrorists or other criminals.
Tuesday's raid came just weeks after Morrison's government unexpectedly won re-election.
In its statement, News Corp, Australia's biggest newspaper group, called the raid "a dangerous act of intimidation towards those committed to telling uncomfortable truths."
"What's gone on this morning sends clear and dangerous signals to journalists and newsrooms across Australia. This will chill public interest reporting."
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By Irina Slav - Jul 11, 2019, 9:30 AM CDT
Iranian military boats tried to seize a British tanker near the Strait of Hormuz after threats this would happen following the seizure by Gibraltar of an Iranian tanker carrying crude for Syria.
CNN quotes two U.S. Army officials as saying five Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps approached the British Heritage vessel as it was sailing into the Strait of Hormuz and ordered it to change course. The vessel, however, was escorted by a Royal Navy frigate, which threatened to shoot if the Iranians did not back away, which they did, the U.S. officials said. There was a U.S. aircraft in the sky where the encounter happened and the personnel in it recorded it on video, according to the officials.
The same sources spoke to Reuters, with one of them detailing the confrontation: "The Royal Navy HMS Montrose, which was also there, pointed it guns at the boats and warned them over radio, at which point they dispersed. It was harassment and an attempt to interfere with the passage."
The report follows a threat from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that the UK will face "consequences" for seizing its tanker. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has denied the report but the UK government confirmed the event today.
Gibraltar last Thursday detained a super tanker carrying crude oil to Syria because it had "reasonable grounds" to believe that the Grace 1 ship was violating European Union sanctions against Syria, the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, said in a statement. Related: WTI Spikes Above $60 For First Time In Nearly Two Months
Gibraltar has reason to believe that the super tanker was carrying crude oil to Syria's Banyas Refinery, which is owned by an entity subject to European Union sanctions against Syria, Picardo said.
The Grace 1 had sailed from the Persian Gulf all the way around Africa and was seized at the mouth of the Mediterranean.
The U.S. is currently trying to create an international coalition to ensure the passage of tankers through the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating tension between Washington and Tehran, and now London. Despite rising U.S. oil production, Middle Eastern oil accounts for a sizeable portion of global demand and if Iran moves to block the Strait of Hormuz or interfere with the passage of tankers through it in any other way, this would shock markets.
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PhD student Tom Christy and Prof Lucy Kuncheva try out the prototype deviceHaving a computer that can read our emotions could lead to all sorts of new applications, including computer games where the player has to control their emotions while playing. Thomas Christy, a Computer Science PhD student at Bangor University is hoping to bring this reality a little nearer by developing a system that will enable computers to read and interpret our emotions and moods in real time.
Tom's work focuses on 'hands-on' pattern recognition and machine learning. His supervisor Professor Lucy Kuncheva at the University's School of Computer Science is a world expert in pattern recognition and classification, specifically in classifier ensembles. A classifier ensemble is a group of programmes that independently analyse data and decide to which label or group the data belongs. The final decision is reached by a 'majority' or consensus, and is often more accurate than individual classifier decisions.
The plan is to combine brain wave information collected from a single electrode that sits on the forehead as part of a 'headset', a skin conductance response (which will detect tiny changes in perspiration as first indicators of stress) and a pulse signal, reflecting the wearer's heart rate. This information will form the data fed into a classifier ensemble set to determine which emotion a person is experiencing.
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Tom is working in close collaboration with the Bangor University's Schools of Electronic Engineering and Psychology and has had talks with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, USA in pursuit of his research. He is looking for industrial collaborators and innovators who would be interested in this area.
Tom comes from Upper Llandwrog in Gwynedd. He gained a first class degree in Computer Science at Bangor University in 2009.
Anyone who is interested working with them to develop this system should contact Prof. Lucy Kuncheva e-mail: l.i.kuncheva@bangor.ac.uk; telephone 01248 383661.
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You Gotta Have Heart
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The Art of Music Licensing
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Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
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Impetus: New Music: Issue No, 3 (Elton Dean, Kokomo, Eno, Mike Gibbs, David Bedford, Krzysztof Penderecki)
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The ARRL's new Chief Executive Officer Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, got down to work on his first day in office by promising to make the League's foundational business processes "rock solid" and bring them up to state of the art, which members have a right to expect. Gallagher, who arrived at Headquarters on February 29 as CEO-Elect, has now assumed the top leadership post long held by David Sumner, K1ZZ, who officially retired on April 18. In late January, all 15 ARRL Directors voted to elect Gallagher as CEO and Secretary, positions that Sumner now has relinquished, and Gallagher said he plans to build upon Sumner's legacy. During weeks of walking the halls and speaking with what he described as "the 95 outstanding employees we have here at Headquarters," Gallagher said he's seen a lot that's positive but acknowledged that some issues need attention.
Gallagher said some resources would be redeployed into areas that need more support, to improve or enhance the League's service.
Gallagher also has promised a spirit of openness and inclusiveness to bring the enrichment of Amateur Radio to a wider community. "Greater transparency is my guiding principle, as well as of ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, and the goals included in the Strategic Plan approved by the ARRL Board of Directors ," he added. Gallagher invited members to bring their suggestions and concerns directly to him.
Gallagher's assumption of the CEO post coincides with World Amateur Radio Day. He said he hopes to get on the air from W1AW to speak with other organizations and individuals who are celebrating the occasion, which marks the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) in 1925.
On April 19, Gallagher will head out of town on his first road trip on behalf of the League. He'll be attendingthe National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas, heading up the ARRL's contingent with ARRL Pacific Division Director Bob Vallio, W6RGG, and other volunteers to promote Amateur Radio. "I will be meeting with a number of broadcast professionals who are also ham radio operators, and I will be discussing topics like interference to signals in the AM broadcast band where ARRL's lab has clear subject matter expertise," he said, citing one common issue shared by hams and broadcasters. "We'll also be looking to build a stronger alliance between Amateur Radio and the broadcasting industry." He noted that ARRL also hopes to build on its excellent relationship with the IEEE community, which includes numerous radio amateurs.


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