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Why can't supercar scalpers buy Bitcoin instead?
by Nik Berg
6 January 2021 3 min read
Photos of McLaren: RM Sotheby's/Ted Seven
Just before Christmas 2020 Sony released the PS5. Millions joined the virtual queue to get the next-generation games console in time for Christmas and many were disappointed not to be able to get one.
Why couldn't they get the latest bit of gaming kit? Because scalpers had bought up the stock to sell on at a profit. By using bots to buy the consoles online in bulk, they took sales away from legitimate buyers, before flogging the devices at massive markups. The problem wasn't unique to Sony's flagship console, with Microsoft's Xbox Series X also falling prey to the opportunists who resold their purchases for two or even three times the original price.
The situation was so dire that a group of British MPs called for legislation to ban this profiteering practice, as has already been applied to concert tickets.
What has all this got to do with cars you ask? Well, the same thing happens all the time when eagerly anticipated and limited-edition models are released – only it's called 'flipping.'
When Porsche launched its 'dream specification' 911 R in 2016, the 991 models built had a list price of £136,901 yet cars soon changed hands for half a million or more. McLaren's Speedtail is limited to a run of just 106 and, even before all have been delivered to buyers paying £1.8m apiece, there's one for auction in America with an estimate of between £2.6-£3.3m.
Flipping supercars is profiteering and nothing less. But why should anyone outside the one per cent care?
This practice means that cars that are built for enthusiasts to enjoy have simply become a currency to be traded and so are unlikely to ever be used as they were designed. That McLaren Speedtail has 30 miles on the odometer and its next buyer is hardly likely to add to that, especially if he or she has paid a million over the original asking price.
That's a shame. When Andrew Frankel drove and reviewed the car for Hagerty – click here to immerse yourself in Speedtail goodness – he summed up what speculators would be missing out on: 'McLaren reckons there are at most five F1s in the world in anything approaching regular use today, and I can see the Speedtail going the same way. I hope to be proven wrong, because in my one day in England I drove the Speedtail hard and fast enough to know what they'd be missing: one of the most sublime driving experiences it has been my pleasure to enjoy.'
Frankel probably racked up more miles during his road test than some of these cars will in a lifetime. And that is, frankly, criminal. Think of the hours spent in the design studio, the wind tunnel, climate chambers and test tracks that are effectively for nothing if these cars only get traded, not driven.
Photo: Ferrari
Some car makers try to avoid this opportunism by vetting customers, and only selling their most limited cars to loyal collectors, but that in itself causes problems. In 2016 former racer Preston Henn wanted to buy a LaFerrari Aperta, but despite owning 18 different Ferraris including an F40, an ex-Michael Schumacher F1 car and a hardtop LaFerrari, he was told that he was not eligible for the new hypercar. Feeling thoroughly resented after years of loyalty Henn attempted to sue Ferrari for defamation. Not what you'd call great customer relations.
It's a free market you say. Supply and demand. Your MP probably isn't going to go rushing to Parliament with a protest if you feel you've been scammed out of the line for the latest Lamborghini. Who cares if some one percenter pays over the odds for a Bentley Bacalar?
Well it's not just the cars aimed at billionaires. BMW's M2 received such an excitable reception in 2016 that within weeks a Los Angeles dealer was offering the car at almost double the manufacturer's list price. Similarly a Florida dealer was offering a 2020 Toyota Supra for almost $200,000 when Toyota would sell you one for $50,000.
Photo: Porsche
This kind of behaviour skews the market massively, turns a quick profit for some, but potentially leaves others in negative equity. Remember the half-million pound 911 R? Yours for £300,000 today.
With manufacturers seemingly releasing more and more limited editions and fuelling the fire, the biggest shame is that these investments simply become too valuable to be used, locked away in private collections and traded online.
Why can't the speculators just buy bitcoin instead?
What's your view of so-called supercar scalpers? Add your take to the comments, below.
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Will Derrius Guice Play Against Florida Today?
There have been a lot of questions about LSU Running Back Derrius Guice this season in Baton Rouge. Things like "Is he as good as we thought?" or "Will he stay healthy?" or "What's going on with that Range Rover?"...all are fair questions. We also seem to have to ask them over and over, because we're either not getting answers, or the answers keep changing.
"It sounds like LSU star running back Derrius Guice will play against the Gators, but will not see a lot of playing time. Head Coach Ed Orgeron says Guice will be limited after missing last week's loss to Troy due to a possible knee injury.
Orgeron says running back Darrel Williams will also be limited and true freshman Saahdiq Charles will start at right tackle, which means Toby Weathersby will likely not play."


We wait for all kinds of things…test results, a phone call or text from a spouse or partner or child…acceptance letters…vacation…the return of a loved one deployed in service to our country…the death of a loved one in hospice care…the birth of a child.
You can add to the list can't you? What are you most waiting for? Advent is a season that reminds us of our waiting and asks us to consider HOW we wait…anxiously…in fear or worry…or patiently…in hope and trust!
Advent begins a NEW YEAR…a time to give thanks for what has been, amend what needs to be changed within us…so that we can spend this season renewing once again our hope and faith in God's abiding presence.
So, this Advent…bring whatever burdens or worries you to worship…and offer it in prayer…and leave it here so that you may leave worship encouraged…renewed…and watchful for the signs of hope around you!
I've written an overview about our Worship during Advent at St. Luke's which can be found by clicking on Concerning the Service Advent.
Thak you for the inspirational letter "Waiting in Joyful Hope". I am printing it out and putting it in my purse. It will help me with all my trials and tribulations this Advent Season.


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Firstly, you need to have set up a valid mail configuration in Apple Mail (or possibly other mailers). You also need to make sure that the From address you specify uses the same server as one of your Mail configuration, as it finds the configuration based on the server domain.


Elyx takes some time out of its busy schedule this final week to return to Belgium and pay a special visit to the staff of UNRIC who have assisted Elyx during the journey around the world.
As Elyx learned during the previous visit, UNRIC aims to spread the UN message in Western Europe. UNRIC is composed of nine desks which communicate the message to their respective countries. Every desk has its own responsibilities and its own part to play, so Elyx goes on a little trip around the office to find out exactly what they do.
At the office, Elyx is greeted by the UNRIC interns who will show the digital ambassador around. Elyx first stops by the Benelux desk, which serves Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Elyx learns that one of the desk's tasks is preparing the 'week ahead', an agenda that is sent to UN agencies and journalists all over Europe to inform them of the most interesting UN related and other international events every week. In addition, the team also attends events to inform the public of the UN's work, as they did earlier this week at Flanders UN Day. The desk is also actively involved in the preparations for the Brussels UN Day this Sunday at the Grand Place!
The Benelux desk works closely with the French desk, which inform Elyx that every morning they review the main headlines of the international section of the French press and in the afternoon they summarize one particular article. Another task is the daily press review, which focuses on climate and COP 21, which will take place in Paris at the end of this year. Every Monday, the French desk also provides a French translation of the 'week ahead'. Finally, the French and Benelux desks work together on articles explaining the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Next, Elyx stops by the UK & Ireland Desk. This desk aims to raise awareness of the work of the UN through events and campaigns with partners in civil society, the media and governmental and other institutions. They inform the Digital Ambassador that they are also here to answer people's questions on the UN and to refer them, where possible, to the relevant person or department if they cannot help. Contributing to national and regional initiatives, they also work towards informing the public about the Sustainable Development Goals. Last, but not least, they are responsible for a very successful outreach initiative called United Nations Cinema (Cine-ONU), where they screen films on global issues followed by a high-level discussion on the subject raised in the film, both in Brussels and in London.
Not only the UK & Ireland desk, but also the Nordic desk organizes Ciné-ONU documentary screenings, which take place in Helsinki. The most recent screening featured the documentary "The Price We Pay" that tackles the subject of tax evasion. In addition, every month, the Nordic Desk sends out a newsletter, which covers different UN related topics from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. The monthly section "Nordic of the month" has included interviews with prominent UN officials such as Danish President of the General Assembly, Mogens Lykketoft, and many others.
Elyx's new UNRIC friends take the Digital Ambassador to another room, where Elyx meets the desk for Greece and Cyprus. This desk's main tasks include translating articles from English to Greek and vice versa, as well as press monitoring. The translated texts are uploaded to the official Greek UNRIC webpage. The desk also uses social media in an effort to further inform the public and to promote the UN's message. Currently, the desk is actively involved in the "Turn the World UN blue" campaign, lighting up many buildings and monuments across Greece to celebrate the UN's 70th anniversary.
At the Desk for Spain and Andorra, Elyx is fascinated by what is going on. Carlos, the Desk Officer, is preparing the visit of the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, to Spain next week, to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Spain in the United Nations. It is a busy week for the Spanish Desk Officer, the telephone has been ringing off the hook all week long. Carlos has spent the last days contacting and preparing the meetings with all the different authorities that the Secretary-General will encounter during his stay in Spain. He has to make sure that everything runs smoothly, from receptions, to cultural events, accommodation or transport. And, of course, verify that everyone is well informed of the trip's schedule!
From there, Elyx goes to the Portuguese desk. This desk is responsible for keeping the Portuguese public informed on the main UN related activities and also has a special exchange relationship with the members of the Community of the Portuguese Speaking Countries. The Portuguese section also makes important UN reports, documents, publications, fact sheets, press releases and news available for the general public. In addition, together with the Portuguese government and civil society this desk also assists in the development of informational and cultural events (including lectures, film series, exhibitions, etc.). The desk is a partner in the communication and promotion of other UN agencies in Portugal.
Afterwards, Elyx is introduced to Fabio, the desk officer for Italy, the Holy See, San Marino and Malta. He tells Elyx that Italy obviously takes up a big part of their activity, but that they make it a point not to overlook needs and instances coming from other smaller realities. The horizontal focus of their work is on food and peacekeeping. The World Expo has been at the core of this year's efforts, culminating with the Secretary-General's visit last week for World Food Day. Peacekeeping is one of Italy's vital interests in the UN agenda given the country's strong financial and human resources commitment to peace operations in the world.
While walking through the office, Elyx was reminded that the German desk does not work from Brussels, but has a separate office in Bonn, which the ambassador passed by during its visit to Germany earlier this month.
After visiting the desks, the interns show Elyx the UNRIC library. The librarians publish leaflets and documents with background information on the UN. A complete list of their publications can be found on the UNRIC library website. The librarians can tell you anything you might want to know about the UN. Elyx is really impressed by all of this.
Elyx decided to stop by the busy Deputy Director's office where the UMOJA Core Team and web colleagues were looking at the best way to implement a new administrative system that will radically impact UNRIC's daily work and procedures. Corinne, Chris, Phil, Sonia and Caroline have been working for weeks on how to prepare the office and the colleagues for the "famous UMOJA launch". Afterwards Caroline had to leave to give an interview to the Belgian radio on the UN Blue initiative with more than 100 sites in Europe turning blue for UN70 while Greg went back to monitor the social media coverage of this Blue wave.
Elyx is very pleased to see that all the desks work tirelessly to keep Western Europe informed about UN activities and is very glad to have come back and watched UNRIC at work. Now it is time for Elyx to jump back on its cloud and to move on to the Netherlands!


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Bodies Rotting in the Street: COVID-19 Chaos Grips Ecuador
Jeremy Kryt
April 11, 2020, 4:43 AM ·8 min read
CALI, Colombia—Images coming out of Guayaquil, a port city on Ecuador's Pacific coast, are as grim as anything the world has seen since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
As the death toll has overwhelmed hospitals and morgues, bodies have been abandoned in the streets or left to decay in houses, cargo trailers, and parking lots. The smell of the exposed corpses sticks like bile in the throat, and flocks of vultures wheel above the city waiting their chance to feed on human carrion.
Cemeteries are far beyond capacity, so some of the dead are now buried in unmarked graves in outlying fields. Other cadavers are secreted out of the city by loved ones, disguised as sleeping passengers to slip through military checkpoints trying to stop the spread of the contagion.
Lacking the advanced technology and robust infrastructure of their First World counterparts, hospitals and health centers in Guayaquil have been swamped by climbing infection rates since late March, often leaving ordinary citizens to deal as best they can with dead and dying family members.
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Videos allegedly showing bodies being burned in the streets are now widespread on social media and reproduced by news outlets across Latin America—although the provenance of those public cremation clips remains controversial, and journalists in Guayaquil say they are not what they seem. Fires were lit to draw attention to bodies, not to incinerate them.
There is no doubt that on Monday of this week the Ecuadorian government began issuing makeshift cardboard caskets, because traditional, more durable models have run out. And two new cemeteries with an estimated 10,000 graves are under construction, as experts predict the worst is yet to come, with the death toll likely to peak in late April.
"We are living in hell," Blanca Moncada, a journalist with El Diario Expreso in Guayaquil, tells The Daily Beast. Moncada describes local medical facilities as resembling "war hospitals." Such descriptions have been used in almost every hard-hit region, including New York City, but in Guayaquil the situation is still more grotesque.
"There are bodies stacked in freezers, corpses lining the corridors, even piled up outside the hospital," she says. Reporters covering the crisis in Guayaquil have been particularly hard hit, with at least 14 infections and four deaths, including Moncada's close friend and mentor at El Diario, who died a few days ago. She says she knows there are many in the city who are much worse off than white-collar workers like herself.
"At least we can lock down and work from home," she says. "Many in the barrios don't have that choice. For them it's either go out to work or starve."
Guayaquil, which is Ecuador's largest city, has become the epicenter for COVID-19 in Latin America. As such, it has been described as a kind of bellwether for how the virus might impact other developing countries in the region—a gruesome harbinger of what's to come when poverty meets pandemic.
As the crisis unfolds, U.S. citizens have been fleeing Guayaquil and surrounding areas, with special charter flights been arranged for them, according to a State Department spokesperson who declined to be named. "Overall, over 3,000 Americans have departed Ecuador since March 19, through 26 flights the Embassy facilitated through commercial airlines and State Department-chartered aircraft."
Because embassy workers are already in quarantine, "only emergency consular services are available" in Guayaquil at this time, the spokesperson said. If conditions continue to worsen: "The consulate has a strong contingency plan for any necessary emergency evacuation."
'POOR VIGILANCE'
The original contagion is thought to have been brought by travelers returning from Spain and Italy in late winter. The Guayaquil airport is a major travel hub for surrounding districts, and early screening for the virus was marked by "poor epidemiological vigilance," says Dr. Esteban Ortiz-Prado, an infectious disease expert at the University of the Americas in Quito.
Because passengers were only tested for high temperatures, many asymptomatic carriers slipped through. A lack of self-isolation protocols followed, failures which were in turn compounded by poverty, urban overcrowding, and a high number of senior citizens in vulnerable communities.
"When you add up all those factors together—Boom!—you get an explosion of infections," Ortiz-Prado says. And that explosion eventually led to what he calls the "definitive collapse" of the public health system in the city.
Demographics and a lack of preparedness aside, some in Guayaquil feel the national government's inadequate response has directly contributed to the scale of the outbreak. Critics say President Lenín Moreno is basing policy decisions on infection statistics that are unrealistically low, while also failing to call for a general lockdown, even as the outbreak escalates.
Here's a quick rundown of the numbers:
As of Thursday, April 9, the official tally was 4,965 total cases and 272 deaths nationwide. However, government records in Guayaquil show at least 1,350 bodies were collected from streets and private homes in that city between March 23 and April 5, dwarfing the official stats for the entire country. The nation's public health director also confirmed 150 coronavirus-related deaths in Guayaquil on April 8 alone.
Some of the discrepancy in numbers could be attributed to a lack of test kits and diagnostic equipment. But a deliberate willingness to look the other way as the body count rises might also be a way for President Moreno to delay implementing the kind of full quarantine measures that have proven effective—although sometimes politically unpopular—in other countries.
"We have a partial quarantine right now," says epidemiologist Ortiz-Prado, with businesses open and people allowed out on the streets from five in the morning until two in the afternoon each weekday.
The lockdown "definitely needs to be stronger in Guayaquil and elsewhere," he says. "We need to keep people from going out except to buy necessities."
But keeping people under strict quarantine is easier said than done in the many poverty-stricken barrios around Guayaquil, where daily existence remains a hand-to-mouth struggle. Indeed, such precarious living conditions are common throughout Latin America, and will pose grave challenges to public health officials as the pandemic unfolds.
To its credit, Moreno's government has already begun to distribute a stipend of $60 per month to workers in the informal economy, but Moncada says that's not nearly enough to feed married couples and families.
"The people keep going out," says Guayaquil mayor Cynthia Viteri Jiménez in a recent interview with Univision. "People chase the police with stones and knives [when they try to enforce the curfew]. In some sectors they just don't want to realize the magnitude of what is happening in Ecuador."
One of the lessons other countries might want to learn from Ecuador's unfortunate example is to prevent "the rapid spread of disinformation," says Ortiz-Prado.
"Countries must control dangerous messages that circulate in social media in relation to the quarantine. Here in Ecuador, for example, there are people with millions of followers on Instagram who say: 'Nothing is happening, go out into the streets. Nothing will happen to you,'" he says. "This has to be considered a major risk factor."
While some in Guayaquil mislead the public by denying actual dangers, others have erred on the other side of the truth—sensationalizing human suffering by failing to fact check in order to generate click bait.
"There have been news outlets everywhere saying they were burning corpses in the street, but this did not happen," says El Diario's Moncada. Instead of funeral pyres, she says, the viral videos actually show signal fires.
"What they did was burn the furniture, the coffin, or the belongings of the deceased. Those were desperate acts to get the authorities to come quickly to remove the bodies. They left the corpses outside their houses and they burned tires and furniture hoping to get a response. To get help," she says.
Other forms of deception and intimidation indicate just how severe the breakdown of society has become. For example, workers in a Guayaquil morgue are now being investigated for extorting grieving families, demanding bribes in exchange for returning their loved ones' bodies.
Nor has the medical community been spared. At least 10 doctors in the city have died, and an estimated 1,600 more health-care workers have become infected, largely due to the lack of masks, gloves, and gowns. Yet those who speak publicly about shortages say they're being threatened by superiors who want them silenced.
"The doctors I've interviewed are desperate due to the lack of supplies," Moncada says. "But if they complain they know they risk getting fined, or even permanently fired, by the hospitals."
Ortiz-Prado says he also worried about dwindling stockpiles, and he hopes eventually "developed countries like the U.S. could support us by sending resources like test kits, medical experts, and personal protection equipment."
Above all he stresses the need for developing nations in Latin America to adopt a unilateral approach and work together to prevent the outbreak from spreading.
"The region is very permeable to the infection and with a high morbidity rate," he says, by way of advocating for a comprehensive, region-wide strategy.
"We can't just try to control the outbreak in one country and leave people to die in another."
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THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) projects January 2023 inflation to settle within the range of 7.5 to 8.3 percent."Upward price pressures for the month are expected to emanate from higher electricity rates, approved water rate rebasing, higher domestic petroleum prices, uptick in the prices of key food items, and the annual increase in sin taxes," the central bank in an advisory Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.Meanwhile, "the reduction in LPG prices as well as the peso appreciation could contribute
Landslide in Barangay Maigang, Barili forces at least 12 families to evacuate
AT LEAST 12 to 15 families in Barangay Maigang in the western town of Barili, Cebu had to be evacuated due to the landslide in the area.This was confirmed by Neil Sanchez, head of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.Based on their last inspection, he said 30 to 40 houses had been affected by the incident.He said cracks on the ground were first discovered on January 12. One of the reasons for this was the softening of the soil due to frequent

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Winner of the "Best Installation of the year" award at Digital Design Days/OFFF Italia 2016.
Cp Company is an Italian apparel brand founded in the 70's by Massimo Osti, the revolutionary designer internationally recognized as the "godfather of urban sportswear".
The brand celebrated its 40 years anniversary during Pitti Immagine 2015 in Florence, with an exclusive event hosted at Dogana di Via Valfonda.
StudioAIRA realized an immersive A/V performance focused on an all-surrounding environment, a 230-degree shell built around the audience, filled with 40 iconic jackets all along its 60-meter length.
Plumbing the depths of CP COMPANY's vintage collection of books and magazines, studioAIRA managed to extract the company's heritage and create an impressive and evocative series of contents ranging from Millemiglia races to pioneer aviators and iconic cyclists up to nowadays "urban ninjas".
Senses were stimulated thanks to a precise sync between audio fx and graphics elements, their movements and their shapes. In regard to sound design, sounds sampled from the jackets' buttons and zips, layered with epic percussions and recordings from old race cars, trains and aircrafts were adopted as audio palette for the installation.
Between the shows the installation remained active, projecting footage of each jacket in the exposition, to magnify every feature and design detail of the legacy collection.


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Härnösands län var ett län i Sverige 6 september 1645–13 mars 1654.

Härnösands län bildades ur Västernorrlands län, hade Härnösand som residensstad och bestod av Ångermanland, Medelpad och Jämtland. År 1654 slogs det återigen ihop med Hudiksvalls län till Västernorrlands län.

Historik
Sveriges förvärv av Jämtland och Härjedalen genom freden i Brömsebro 1645 föranledde omreglering av den i enlighet med 1634 års regeringsform då bestående länsindelningen i Norrland. Ur Hudiksvalls län (Gästrikland, Hälsingland, Medelpad, Ångermanland) utbröts Medelpad och Ångermanland, vilka tillsammans med Jämtland fick bilda ett nytt län, Härnösands län. Det återstående och reducerade Hudiksvalls län utökades med Härjedalen.

Ovannämnda nyindelning fastställdes i riksrådet den 15 september 1645. Därvid utsågs till landshövding Carl Hård, men då denne undanbad sig, blev den 9 oktober samma år Hans (Johan) Strijk utsedd till landshövding. Denne, som erhöll sin fullmakt av den 18 oktober, förestod länet till början av 1653. Han avled den 14 februari detta år, och redan den 29 januari 1653 hade till hans efterträdare utnämnts Anders Appelbom. Den sistnämndes landshövdingetid blev ej lång. Den 14 januari 1654 utfärdade drottning Kristina från Uppsala ett påbud om sammanslagning av Härnösands och Hudiksvalls län. Det i länsstyrelsens arkiv yngsta bevarade brevet, en skrivelse från krigskollegium till Appelbom, är daterat den 21 januari 1654. Sammanslagningen av de båda länen innebar, att Härnösands län inkorporerades i Hudiksvalls län, vilket senare alltså fortbestod, länets residens flyttades snart därpå till Gävle.

Av korrespondensen att döma har landshövding Strijk i början av februari 1646 begivit sig till sitt län. I början av mars har han anlänt till Härnösand. Kort därefter, den 24 mars, meddelades vid sammanträde med Ångermanlands landsting, att landshövdingen skulle ha sitt residens i Härnösand.

Landshövdingar
 1645–1653 – Hans Strijk
 1653–1654 – Anders Appelbom

Referenser

Fotnoter

Stater och territorier bildade 1645
Historiska svenska län
Stater och territorier upplösta 1654
Historiska indelningar i Västernorrlands län
Sverige under 1640-talet
Sverige under 1650-talet

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Aethomys chrysophilus és una espècie de rosegador de la família dels múrids. Són rosegadors de dimensions mitjanes, amb una llargada de cap a gropa de 120 a 169 mm i una cua de 126 a 202 mm. Poden arribar a pesar fins a 114 grams. Es troba a l'Àfrica oriental i meridional.

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Finland to launch high-performing supercomputer this year
Hewlett Packard's illustration of LUMI/Lehtikuva
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LUMI, a highly powerful supercomputer, is set to begin operations in Finland this year. Worth an estimated 200 million euros and hailed as one of the fastest computers of all time, it is capable of performing a whopping 552 million billion calculations per second, according to MTV.
LUMI's computing abilities are reportedly equivalent to that of over 1.5 million modern-day laptops. Preparations are underway to house the computer at the state-owned CSC's (IT Center for Science) data centre in the town of Kajaani in Kainuu, Eastern Finland.
The massive machine will require as much space as a tennis court, with equipment that weighs nearly 150,000 pounds.
The project was funded by the European Joint Undertaking EuroHPC, a collaboration between the EU and private partners dedicated to high-performance computing. Hewlett Packard was chosen as the system supplier.
The supercomputer will be delivered to the data centre in two stages, with the first phase amounting to 17 truckloads.
Hard iron materials will be shipped across the sea from the US and then transported to Kajaani via truck. The second stage of delivery is expected to be completed by Autumn.
Once assembled, LUMI will have multiple applications in a wide range of fields, including AI, astrophysics and climate studies. It could even play a key role in mitigating the effects of the ongoing coronavirus crisis and predicting future pandemics.
Tahira Sequeira
Helsinki Times


In early 2015 we won the commission with a delivery and installation date in November the same year. We were selected by the University having demonstrated to them the quality of instruments installed in the Guildhall School of Music and Highgate School.
In November we completed the installation of our 3 manual digital organ commissioned for the brand new concert hall on the New Jersey Marine Campus site of Swansea University.
This was a complex project from the outset with the organ added after the initial design concept was agreed. Consequently the first site meeting in June was to plan placing speaker enclosures, a most critical part of the design of any digital or pipe organ installation.
For a more detailed account and pictures of the installation visit our blog post.
In September 2015, Swansea University opened a new campus adjacent to the grand sweep of Swansea Bay. The centrepiece of the new campus is the Great Hall – an imposing building containing a 600-seat auditorium.
The hall is used for concerts, graduation ceremonies, public lectures, dinners and other high-profile events. During the planning process, it became clear that an organ would be a desirable addition to the hall, and that a digital instrument would be the most appropriate choice.
The brief was for a versatile instrument, capable of accompanying a choir, playing ceremonial music, and being a convincing solo instrument. A recognisably British specification was needed, but with sufficient breadth to allow the performance of a broad range of music. Naturally, excellent realism of the organ sound and a high quality of finish of the console were essential requirements.
A very important consideration was that the installation of the organ had to take place during the fit-out of the auditorium, meaning that the organ builder would need to work closely with the fit-out contractor and, crucially, determine speaker chamber positions before being able to hear the final acoustic of the room.
After considering several leading digital organ builders, we concluded that Viscount Organs was the only company capable of meeting all these requirements. The draft specification suggested by Jeremy Meager was carefully thought out, and we were impressed with his understanding of tonal design – clearly the result of many years' experience as an organist. Discussion with Jeremy resulted in a small number of stops being added to the specification, but these were minor changes.
It was essential that the organ console should complement the fine interior of the Great Hall. The console custom-made for us by Renatus is beautifully designed and finished, and is very ergonomic to play. The Viscount team were fastidious in meeting our detailed needs regarding the console layout, and kept us informed at each stage.
The installation of the organ was perhaps the most challenging part of the job. The organ had to be brought into the building several meters above the ground, without the convenience of a lift big enough to take the console. After a somewhat hair-raising experience with a long-armed forklift, the installation had to be undertaken in the midst of a building site, with workmen, dust and noise all around. We were very grateful for the patience and perseverance of Jeremy, David Mason and the rest of the team, working in very difficult circumstances, installing the organ successfully, and even managing to do some basic tonal finishing at the same time.
Since installation, we have benefited from several further visits from Jeremy and David, who have refined the voicing of the instrument significantly over several days of work. Concert halls are always challenging for organ builders, but Viscount have worked hard to give us the best possible sound, and the final result is very pleasing and musically satisfying.
It has been a pleasure to work with Jeremy and David on this landmark project, and the organ is a distinguished addition to our new hall.


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BLACK SABBATH – PARANOID – METAL REWIND
Happy Friday Metalheads! Today we take a trip back to 1970 to the anniversary of the second album by Black Sabbath called "Paranoid" released 50 years ago on September 18, 1970.
The album which was released 7 months after their debut album, was their only album to hit the UK music charts, until the release of "13" in 2013. Recorded at Regent Sound Studios and Island Studios with producer Rodger Bain, the title track was a last minute addition that was written to complete the album. The band released the song as their first single and it has become one of the most classic songs in heavy metal history.
The band had originally planned to name the album "War Pigs" after the classic song but it was rumored that the record label was afraid of backlash as the Vietnam War was going on during that time. Ozzy Osbourne has debunked this theory in his book "I Am Ozzy" stating that it was changed because "Paranoid" was the first single and the record company felt the album would sell better.
In 2017, after completing their "The End' tour, the members of Black Sabbath announced that they were officially disbanding. Guitarist Tony Iommi however, has not completely shut the door on the band, noting that he'd be open to one-off shows. Ozzy has also expressed interest in reuniting with the band for a performance at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in their hometown of Birmingham.
Check out the videos below from the classic album:
Also you can check out the classic album here:
PARANOID (ALBUM)
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RANDY RHOADS – A TRIBUTE – METAL REWIND
Happy Friday Metalheads. I hope you had a great week. Today we honor the late guitar legend Randy Rhoads, who passed away 38 years ago on March 19, 1982.
Randy was on his way to Orlando, Florida for the next stop on the Ozzy Osbourne, Diary of a Madman tour. After driving most of the night, the band stopped to visit friends and ended up going for a joyride on a small engine plane piloted by tour bus driver Andrew Aycock. Rhoads, who was afraid of flying went only because seamstress/hairdresser Rachel Youngblood had a heart condition and Aycock promised he wouldn't do anything risky. Randy, who also loved photography wanted to take some aerial photos. Aycock tried to startle the sleeping members on the tour bus and flew the plane extremely close to the bus twice. The third trip, however, proved to be fatal. The plane crashed and burst into flames killing 25-year-old Rhoads, Youngblood and himself.
Randy began his foray into music forming a cover band at 14 called Violet Fox, with his brother on drums, playing classic songs by The Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper and David Bowie during performances at a local music school. After Violet Fox broke up, Randy formed The Whore and began playing over the next several months at backyard parties in LA. At 16, Randy and best friend Kelli Garni, who he had taught to play bass, formed Quiet Riot and started playing bars and clubs around LA including two of the most popular in that era: The Whisky a Go-Go and The Starwood. While they were creating a buzz, Quiet Riot was only able to sign a Japanese recording contract with CBS/Sony who released Quiet Riot and Quiet Riot II in Japan only.
In 1979, during an interview with a magazine, Ozzy Osbourne mentioned that he was looking for a new guitarist. The editors suggested Rhoads and when he showed up for his audition Ozzy hired him on the spot without even hearing a note. Randy had later recounted "I just tuned up and did some riffs, and he said, 'You've got the gig'; I had the weirdest feeling, because I thought, 'You didn't even hear me yet'". Osbourne was drunk and passed out during the audition, but described Rhoads' playing as "God entering my life".
Rhoads played on two Ozzy albums: "Blizzard of Oz" and "Diary of a Madman." Ozzy also released a 3 song live EP in 1980 called "Mr. Crowley Live EP" from a Southhampton, UK show earlier in the year.
Randy, who was a devoted student of classical guitar combined his classical music influences along with his own heavy style to create music that will live on forever. He has influenced many, many musicians and is considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time. His death was a huge shock to the world and Ozzy wrote in his autobiography "I Am Ozzy" that he almost quit music after Randy's death.
You may be gone but you are never forgotten!
OZZY OSBOURNE – MR. CROWLEY LIVE 1981
OZZY OSBOURNE – I DON'T KNOW LIVE 1981
OZZY OSBOURNE – CRAZY TRAIN
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Happy Friday Metalheads. I hope you had a great week. Today we honor the late guitar legend Randy Rhoads, who would have been 63 years old today.
Randy, who died in 1982, was on his way to Orlando, Florida for the next stop on the Ozzy Osbourne, Diary of a Madman tour. After driving most of the night, the band stopped to visit friends and ended up going for a joyride on a small engine plane piloted by tour bus driver Andrew Aycock. Rhoads, who was afraid of flying went only because seamstress/hairdresser Rachel Youngblood had a heart condition and Aycock promised he wouldn't do anything risky. Randy, who also loved photography wanted to take some aerial photos. Aycock tried to startle the sleeping members on the tour bus and flew the plane extremely close to the bus twice. The third trip, however, proved to be fatal. The plane crashed and burst into flames killing 25-year-old Rhoads, Youngblood and himself.
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Happy Friday Metalheads! Today we take a trip back to 1970 to the anniversary of the second album by Black Sabbath called "Paranoid" released 49 years ago this past week (September 18, 1970).
This entry was posted in METAL and tagged 13, 2022 Commonwealth Games, BIll Ward, Black Sabbath, Classic Metal Albums, Classic Metal Songs, Geezer Butler, I Am Ozzy, Island Studios, Ozzy Osbourne, Paranoid, Regent Sound, Rodger Bain, Tony Iommi, War Pigs on September 20, 2019 by Metal Princess.


Villa Victoria is one of the three-bedroom 'Heaven Villas' on the Sanctuary Villa Resort on the Grafton Estate.
Villa Victoria is located on the unspoiled, Jewel Island of Tobago in the Caribbean. The island is just off the coast of South America and a short 20-minute flight from its sister island of Trinidad. The people are friendly, the beaches are pristine, the water is turquoise blue and life is good.
Villa Victoria is located on the best site within a private resort and is a plantation style executive class luxury villa. On one side lies 260 acres of lush vegetation of the Grafton Caledonia Bird Sanctuary and on the other, the spectacular view of the world famous Buccoo Reef and the Caribbean Sea. Tobago is also fortunate to be one of the most important sites in the Caribbean for nesting sea turtles, including the giant Leatherback. Crown Point International Airport is the local airport and has direct flights from Germany and the United Kingdom, more are being added each year. Car rentals or taxis are readily available for the short 15 minutes drive to Villa Victoria. The language spoken is English.
Villa Victoria is within minutes of an 18 hole championship golf course, fine restaurants, beautiful beaches, five star hotels, snorkelling, fishing, scuba diving, tennis, bird watching, biking, hiking, wind-surfing and sailing.
Villa Victoria is an executive class plantation house. The design and colour reflect the large plantation houses of the past, but Victoria has all the modern amenities one could need for a relaxing holiday. Throughout the villa, the use of French doors, wooden louvres, large ceiling fans and a traditional plantation, Demerara kitchen window, helps to create that old-fashioned Caribbean flavour. The villa has two separate driveways leading up to two separate entries. One entry is to the kitchen and the other to the main floor bedroom.


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Lincoln Automobile Company war ein US-amerikanischer Hersteller von Automobilen.

Unternehmensgeschichte
Das Unternehmen wurde 1907 in Lincoln in Illinois gegründet. Beteiligt waren William Bates, Robert M. Berry, William Fogarty Jr. und L. W. Walker. Nach einigen Prototypen begann Anfang 1908 die Serienproduktion von Automobilen. Der Markenname lautete Lincoln. 1909 endete die Produktion. Das Unternehmen ging in den Bankrott.

Weitere US-amerikanische Automarken namens Lincoln stellten Lincoln Electric Company, Lincoln Motor Car Works, Lincoln Motor Car Company sowie der Ford-Konzern als Lincoln her.

Fahrzeuge
Das Unternehmen stellte Highwheeler her. Typisch waren der luftgekühlte Zweizylindermotor, das Planetengetriebe, Vollgummireifen und Rechtslenkung Ungewöhnlich war die Wahl zwischen Ketten- und Kardanantrieb, während andere Highwheeler überwiegend Ketten verwendeten.

Das Model A war das schwächste und kürzeste Fahrzeug im Sortiment. Der Motor war mit 10/12 PS angegeben. Das Fahrgestell hatte 183 cm Radstand. Der Aufbau wurde Buggy genannt.

Das Model B hatte einen Motor, der mit 16/18 PS angegeben war. Der Radstand betrug 208 cm. Die Fahrzeuge waren als Runabout karosseriert.

Das Model C war abgesehen vom Aufbau als Surrey identisch.

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Ehemaliger Pkw-Hersteller (Illinois)
Organisation (Logan County, Illinois)
Gegründet 1907
Aufgelöst 1909
Lincoln (Illinois)


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how green is the fediverse?
the open research project "how green is the fediverse?" we started last days will need a lot of time - there is still a lot of work to do. while we are searching for a solution how to automatize the research process, we have to collect all the data by ourself and there are thousands of instances and servers to check wether they use renewable energy or not.
HOW TO HELP? if you are into scripts, please let us know how to automatize the research process. maybe a script that is checking domains with the result which pysical server is in use.
if you know a better source for a more complete list, please let us know!
if you are a admin and you are not listed yet, please fill in your instance by yourself.
you are free to choose by yourself. while the search-process which is sometimes a real detective-work-like-process we can search with: [the company name + renewable energy]. in most cases we will get further information. Save the webside-adresses at the list under: "Information about renewable energy" so everyone can see from where you get the information about the company and their energy-use. Maybe some are not using renewable energy, even so please fill in the source. there are others with no information, type in: "not found", maybe someone else will find it.
Our goal is to make it transparent, collect as much information as we can so that everyone can decide or judge if it's green enough for their personal use.


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Melissa Meyer
BISHKEK 2014
"Participating in the Art in Embassies program has been a great opportunity for me to bridge my personal aesthetic with that of another country." -Melissa Meyer
Participating in the Art in Embassies program has been a great opportunity for me to
bridge my personal aesthetic with that of another country. It is still too soon to tell the real personal and cultural value of this experience, but I am already excited, and can feel the effects—personally and aesthetically—of my exposure to a new history and tradition of art making. I hope to further address these questions as I continue to develop this project for the embassy in Bishkek. Melissa Meyer
Melissa Meyer was invited by Art in Embassies to create a site specific, large scale commission for the new U.S. Embassy in Bishkek. In October of 2014, Melissa traveled to Kyrgyzstan to learn about historical and contemporary Kyrgyzs textile production. Meyer met with the Tumar Art Group and their designers for a "show and tell" explaining and illustrating the history of the Kyrgyzs patterns and the uses of felt and embroidery. The artist was shown some of Tumar's archive of historical works and given a tour of an embroidery shop. The Northern designs, based on animals, and their Southern counterparts based on flowers, could function as possible inspiration for the artist's final commission
The patterns and motives, besides being visually beautiful.. "made me realize that I was also interested in a correlation between the traditional Kyrgyzs arts and an article I researched and co-wrote with Miriam Schapiro in 1978 titled "Femmage", which was originally published in the Heresies magazine issue called "Women's Traditional Arts and the Politics of Aesthetics". The artworks I was looking at were made before the collages of Picasso and Braque, and included quilts, devotional pieces made by nuns that were forerunners of valentines, and scrapbooks. If I had known about the art made by the women of Kyrgyzstan, I would have included it in the article."
One morning during the Artist Exchange, Meyer met with Emil Tilekov, a contemporary, abstract artist who uses Shyrdak symbols in his artwork and who is an expert at interpreting the meaning of symbols in art and the history of their existence. Tilekov also runs the Temir Kanat Design Studio. The meeting of the two artists resulted in a wonderful exchange. As he and Meyer discussed their work, (with Meyer showing catalogues which included her works on paper, paintings, and public projects), Tilekov felt a kinship with Meyer's use of abstract symbols. After the meeting, Meyer had a chance to tour the felt-making factory. That same day, Meyer met with Dilbar Ashimbai, the creative director of the Dilbar Fashion House, and viewed her beautiful creations which are a perfect example of melding traditional Kyrgyz symbolism with contemporary design in clothing and tapestry.
Meyer felt that the information , history, and aesthetic traditions that " I was exposed to during this research and artist exchange trip, will facilitate and aid the process and inspiration for creating a proposal for the mural…it was exciting and important to spend time in a part of the world I'd never experienced before….In this time period when the world has gotten smaller through media and digital exposure, the Art in Embassies program offers a direct, in-person opportunity to familiarize ourselves cross-culturally…. No single moment on my trip was more important than the total—a short but extremely vivid and informative—experience."
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Breakfast – Its Letter Time!
Start your day off right with a few fun ideas for reinforcing letters and their sounds!
Pancake letters – pour pancake batter on a skillet to form letters for the child to recognize. Remember to pour the letters backwards so that they will be correct when the pancake is flipped! We spell our names at least once a week in pancake batter!
Set your oven to broiler, and use squeeze butter to write letters on a piece of bread. Toast the bread in the oven or in a toaster oven (not a toaster). The butter will brown and the letter will be very visible!
Arrange dry cereal in a letter shape (such as Cheerios or Honeycomb). See how many letters your child can create on his or her own!
Every moment is a teachable moment, including meal times. Whether your child eats at home or is away for a meal, you can find ways to make it fun and educational!
What follows are ideas that I have gathered from fellow parents through observation in my pre-k classroom. There are loads more – share in the comments if you can think of others!
Sandwich letters: create a "letter puzzle" by cutting a sandwich to resemble a letter (in my class, I have a parent that cuts the Letter Of The Week for each sandwich). Leave the "extra" sandwich parts to create a puzzle for your child.
Eating the Art: using diluted food coloring, paint the letter of the week on your child's sandwich. Or cookie. Or graham cracker. Or cheese.
Create a lunch with items that begin with the same letter: bread, banana, beans, biscuit, and bacon for letter B, and cheese, carrots, corn, cup (of fruit!), and even a "circle sandwich" for letter C!
Label baggies, foil and/or plastic storage items with the names of foods inside. Sharpie pens will work on any of these surfaces (use masking tape if you don't want to write directly on something).
Write a note for your child on a napkin in the lunch box, using as many words with the same letter as possible. For instance, in a week where letter P is being introduced, perhaps say something like, "Have a perfectly pleasant day. Be polite and play nice!" Even if the child can't read, the teacher can read the note to him or her, and the child can identify the letters.
When I first started my career as a public school teacher, I had two requirements: children had to come to me knowing how to add and how to read (thus began my career in junior high!). I felt that once they had a foundation, I could work with them to do just about anything. But, I didn't want to be the responsible party for learning "the basics".
Fast forward to Today. I'm teaching four year olds. And, what am I teaching them? Numbers and letters. And, you know what? It isn't as daunting as I thought it would be! So, I thought I would share a few "tricks of the trade" with you. If you have preschool to early elementary children, these are great activities to do with them at home.
Cut and Paste: Choose a letter to "hunt" and write it at the top of a piece of paper or on the front of an envelope. Have the child scour magazines, newspapers, empty cereal boxes (anything consumable) for that specific letter. Once they find one, they can cut it out and either glue it to the paper or put it in the envelope. See how many of a certain letter they can find in fifteen minutes or in one magazine. A good idea is to start with the first letter of their first name. If the letters are in an envelope, they can be used later to create letter matching games or to spell simple words (when other letters are completed).
Punch-A-Letter: Using a hole punch, create a set of "confetti". Let the child create a specific letter using the hole punches and glue. For starters, have the letter written on a piece of paper as a guide. Once a child is ready to make their own letter with the punches, by all means let them do so.
Rubbings: Use the Punch-A-Letter activity to make a letter rubbing. Once the punches dry, place another paper on top of the letter. Use the side of a crayon to rub across the paper, making a rubbing of the letter.
Sticker Letters: Use smal incentive stickers (circular, uniform stickers about 2cm in diameter) to create a letter. Finding stickers that have pictures of objects that begin with that letter (stars for letter S, bugs for letter B, etc) is an added bonus to this activity!
Tape It Up: Use masking tape to make a letter on a piece of paper, then have the child completely color the paper with either markers or crayons. Once the paper is completely covered, peel off the masking tape to reveal the letter!
Tactile Experiences: Create Letter art with various media. Try popsicle sticks, various types of pasta or noodles, straws and toothpicks. Cereal also makes for great letter art, just be aware of the "sugar factor" and the bugs that may find it appealing as well if it sits out for days.
What are some of your favorite ways to reinforce letter recognition?
One of the best ways for children to learn their letters is through multi-sensory experiences. By creating letters for themselves in a variety of media, they are expanding their exposure to the shapes and strokes necessary to learn their alphabet. So, why not make it a truly delicious experience with edible letters?
Alphabet cookies can be made with pre-made dough from the store or with any plain sugar cookie or peanut butter-type recipe (see below for my favorite!). Roll the dough into 1.5 inch balls, then have the child roll the balls into "snakes" about 8 inches long. Shape the snakes into letters and follow the directions for baking on the package. It might be necessary to add a couple of minutes to the baking time; keep an eye on the cookies while they are cooking. This is also a great way to work with shapes and numbers as well.
In a large bowl, beat margarine, corn syrup, peanut butter, sugar and vanilla at medium speed until smooth. Lower the speed and gradually add flour until well blended. It might be necessary to chill the dough for about an hour or until it is easy to handle. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place dough on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on racks. These cookies may be stored in a tightly covered container for up to 3 weeks.


Now its probably weird to feature a bathroom on a home tour... But I really like our bathroom. We have another bathroom in the master bedroom but it is so small. So that bathroom is Chase's and this bathroom is Mine & Elsie's. Plus its the bathroom any guests would use. Enjoy!!
This is the view from the hall. Rugs are from IKEA and are AMAZING!
Shower curtain was a lucky find at Ross. Frame and Plants from IKEA.
I love the look of this vanity, but in the future I would definitely want cupboards instead of open space beneath the sink.
Towel rack from IKEA. If you guys havent noticed yet I am obsessed with IKEA.
'Get Naked' vinyl made by my mother in law.
Im not sure which room will be next. The guest room and master still need some work... Stay tuned to find out!


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U Sports athletes of the week (#12): Calgary's Ludlow, McGill's Jolin honoured
Danica Ludlow from the University of Calgary and Kendrik Jolin from McGill University are the ArcelorMittal Dofasco U Sports female and male athletes of the week for the period ending November 27.
Ludlow, a first-year arts student from Victoria, B.C., won six medals over the weekend – three individual gold along with three relay medals. The Dinos rookie was named Swimmer of the Meet after finishing in first place in the 200-metre, 400-metre, and 800-metre freestyle, while also adding a silver medal in the 4×100 medley relay and bronze in the 400-metre and 800-metre freestyle relays for the Dinos.
StFX hockey player Kara Power along with basketball players Maude Archambault from Bishop's, and Danielle Boiago from McMaster were also nominated for the women's award.
Jolin, a first-year arts student from Pointe-Claire, Que., scored a total of 47 points in the Redmen's two victories over Concordia and Bishop's. In the game against the Gaiters, the McGill rookie tallied a game-high 34-point, to go along with two assists and five steals, helping the Redmen to a 81-73 win. Over the two games, the 19-year old shot 70 per cent from the floor, including 69.2% from three-point range.
UBC swimmer Keegan Zanatta, Acadia hockey goaltender Robert Steeves, and basketball player Connor Wood from Carleton were also nominated for the men's honour.
Female nominees:
AUS: Kara Power, hockey, StFX
RSEQ: Maude Archambault, basketball, Bishop's
OUA: Danielle Boiago, basketball, McMaster
CWUAA: Danica Ludlow, swimming, Calgary (recipient)
Male nominees:
AUS: Robert Steeves, hockey, Acadia
RSEQ: Kendrick Jolin, basketball, McGill (recipient)
OUA: Connor Wood, basketball, Carleton
CWUAA: Keegan Zanatta, swimming, UBC
U Sports athletes of the week (#12)Calgary's Ludlow
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With a career that spans both government and private practice, Carol Tello helps multinational companies and individuals navigate the complex and rigorous realm of international taxation. Her practice includes a broad range of cross-border tax planning and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) controversy matters, including compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
Balancing the concurrent goals of minimizing tax consequences and complying with the law, Carol brings experience in cross-border restructuring transactions, inbound corporate transactions, withholding matters and treaty interpretation issues, as well as cross-border taxation of corporate executives and the U.S. taxation of non-U.S. citizens. She also advises clients on tax issues involving intellectual property transactions.
Counseled two U.S. multinationals in IRS foreign tax credit controversy.
Advised Fortune 200 and a U.S. subsidiary of a large foreign multinational company on preparation for a 1042 audit.
Served as tax counsel to a Fortune 100 firm on acquisition of a foreign group and the resulting cross-border business restructuring.
Aided foreign governments on U.S. tax matters.
Helped U.S. firms on international restructurings.
Represented Noble Systems in a $200 million recapitalization.
Secured tax-exempt status and advises U.S. organization that raises funds to support British charity.
Represented international insurance company in tax litigation regarding $306 million tax refund.
Eversheds Sutherland Partner Carol Tello presents on a Foreign Tax Credit panel at the IFA USA 2019 Annual Conference on February 22, 2019, in Washington DC.
Eversheds Sutherland (US) has a substantial international tax practice, and nearly 20 lawyers are regularly involved in the planning and controversy aspects of international taxation, including both outbound and inbound transactions.
College of William and Mary, B.A.
Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M. in Taxation; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D.


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The Watcher Dethrones Dahmer As Netflix's No. 1 New Show, Despite Mixed Reviews
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Netflix's new thriller The Watcher has broken into the number one spot on the streamer's top 10 list. The show, co-created by Ryan Murphy, has dethroned Murphy's other true crime series, Dahmer – Monster: Jeffrey Dahmer's record-breaking series for Netflix.
The Watcher follows the Broaddus family who spends all of their savings moving into their dream home in suburban New Jersey. However, things start to go wrong when they are plagued by sinister letters from someone calling himself "the Watcher". Things get even worse when her neighbors start acting strange and spooky goings on inside her new house.
The show is currently top rated in 89 countries around the world, including the UK and the US, and it achieved all of this amid wildly mixed reviews from critics and viewers alike. The Watcher has a critic score of 38 percent and an audience score of 43 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. (opens in a new tab)
"You're better off just reading the long article about the real story," writes a Rotten Tomatoes ratings reviewer. (opens in a new tab). "This is really impossible to see." Another agreed, adding: "It was a real waste of time. Laborious, pointless and poorly acted, it's just bad."
"The Watcher is ridiculously sparse and plays out more like a dark comedy than anything else," says another reviewer. "A significant tonal departure from the chilling source material of the Netflix series."
However, some viewers enjoyed it and praised how it built tension throughout its seven episodes. "This TV show drives you crazy," writes one. "I couldn't stop looking, wanting to know the result." A second viewer says, "Ryan Murphy knows how to make good television."
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Dahmer has also had mixed responses from viewers, despite earning a spot on Netflix's list of the most-watched shows of all time. The series is based on the real-life murders of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, focusing on telling the stories of the victims.
To find out what else to stream right now, check out our guides to the best Netflix shows and the best Netflix movies.
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If you are going to wear your boyfriend's style shirt and to make him want you more than yesterday then pick something out of his closet .you will feel discomfort because it is really difficult to wear an oversized, boy-style-shirt. There are some better ways to wear your boyfriend's clothes and it can be an idea of your every day's outfits. So let's check it out!!
Try his casual shirts with shorts and skirts, you can even tuck into skinny jeans or else leave it half tucked and carry some funky accessories with ankle shoes & floral handbags as well.
You can even put an office chic style, take a formal shirt from his wardrobe and tuck it inside your pencil style skirts or office trousers, add a blazer on top along with stilettos.
Denim has become most popular among youngsters, whether college going or office going they all prefer to wear denim clothes. So, you can also wear his denim shirt, leave it unbuttoned and knot it up at waist with trousers and slim fit jeans.
Nowadays peplum style is in trend , if his shirt is too long and oversized then you can convert it into overskirt & wear some stocking with heels as well. It's better to wear peplum with shrugs.
Just look at the picture, cross tucked shirt, your boyfriend's shirt is the perfect pick to wear casually in different styles. Simply cross the shirt at your waist and properly tuck into your skirt or high waisted pants with sneakers or sports shoes as well.
The good thing is that you can try a number of boyfriend's style dress by mixing and matching with your clothes. So I guess you've got everything and gonna try these chic- styles.
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The site of the Washington Square Development for the City of East Chicago is appropriately named after Washington High School that stood proudly from 1919 until the final graduated class graced its marvelous stages in 1986. The magnificent building was later demolished paving the way for a community of new homes.
Home Ownership is the American dream of home and people are saving as much as possible to achieve home ownership. Potential home buyers and first-time buyers are the most optimistic. First-time home buyers are crucial to the housing market and the overall economy in the East Chicago community. They feel they are investing in the community which has enabled their family to grow. Home Ownership also spurs more new construction, generating additional jobs.
The City of East Chicago through the leadership of Mayor Anthony Copeland and its Department of Redevelopment, the focus went from an already successful multi-family housing development strategy in the North Harbor area of East Chicago to a single family homeownership initiative. This initiative is designed to aggressively increase homeownership in the City. The new homeownership initiative will provide construction of new housing units and the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing housing stock for homeownership beginning in the North Harbor and Calumet Neighborhoods. Abandoned and foreclosed properties owned by banks will be targeted first for acquisition, rehabilitation and resale as a part of this redevelopment strategy. These resale and new properties will be eligible for new homebuyer incentives that will serve not only to revitalize a neighborhood, but also increase the value of the properties surrounding the new construction. This program will be federally funded by the HOME Investment Partnership Grant, Community Development Block Grant dollars and other non-federal funds.
Mayor Anthony Copeland and the Department of Redevelopment successfully negotiated land acquisition in order to construct six brand new all brick high quality homes located on the corner of Parrish and Columbus Drive. The homes designs are Tri-levels and Two-story all brick, 3 bedrooms, two plus baths, with an attached 2 car garage and stainless steel appliances.
For persons interested in purchasing a pre-existing home, the City of East Chicago will provide down payment assistance of up to $10,000 toward the purchase of a reconstructed or existing home located in the City of East Chicago. The down payment will be a five (5) year forgivable loan, with equal percentages forgiven each year until year five (5) years after the loan closes. However, if the property is sold within the five year period, then a pro-rated amount of the forgivable loan shall be repaid to the City of East Chicago at the time of sale. In addition, employees of the City of East Chicago are actually eligible for up $30,000 in down payment assistance under this program.
Prospective applicants must be pre-approved for a mortgage. There are lenders approved as participating partners in the City of East Chicago's down payment assistance program, however, prospective applicants can choose to utilize other financial institutions. Applicants must complete the eight (8) hour Homebuyer Financial Education Workshop program provided through the Department of Redevelopment prior to receiving the down payment assistance. The Homebuyer Financial Education Workshop is designed to prepare homebuyers for homeownership, provide credit counseling if needed, and to assist families even after they have completed the ownership process. Participating lenders include Centier Bank, Citizens Financial Bank, Peoples Bank, PNC Bank, BMO Harris Bank, and Standard Bank.
The City currently partners with builders to build attractive, high quality houses that are designed to blend in and enhance the value of homes of a neighborhood. Mayor Anthony Copeland will be making announcements in the near future about new programs that will directly have an impact on neighborhoods throughout the City. This effort will bring stability and enhance neighborhoods and encourage participation in this comprehensive housing effort.
For questions on the down payment assistance programs, please contact the City of East Chicago Department of Redevelopment at 219-391-8513 or visit the website at www.eastchicago.com.


Diamond Ranch Academy | Clubs and Activities: BONUS!!!
For an extra Thanksgiving treat, both the girls' and boys' campuses ventured off-Ranch to the Cinema 8 in Hurricane. The girls got to see the newest Harry Potter movie while the boys' watched the action thriller "Unstoppable". All the students got popcorn, soda, and fruit snacks. The day off from school was very much enjoyed by students, teachers, and staff. "We all had a great day!" said several female students while waiting for the bus to take them back to the Ranch.


Come on, its just a game.
i'll second you on wellfedhobo, thats one of the cleanest 4dr's ive seen in a long time, put together quite well too.
I'll accept. And it's also been put back together like 4 times too.
I'll nominate kanarrjl for the last spot.


McLaren and Spacek have a weekly comic/cartoon going that looks like a bad clone of Dr.Fun. Ok, that was harsh. Too harsh. But I did feel like pointing out the resemblance.
Truth is, PLIF is ok, and if I never read Dr.Fun before, I would probably really like it. I still do like it, but every episode I read makes me realise that there's better comics out there.
Having established that, I have to fully admit PLIF is worth checking out. The style is clear and appealing, the jokes have a consistent absurdist taste to them, and a lot of people enjoy reading it. And despite what I said, I occasionally come back for peeks, too. The site also comes with the possibility to respond to each week's comic - which makes the criticism on the reoccurring Rocko & Socko strips hilarious to read.


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(originally written in 2009, after watching it at the Cinanima Festival, in Portugal)
What an interesting film, in the right moment. After a very rich festival, interesting, with which i'm still dealing right now, i have several high points to remember. This film is, of all the experiences i'v had, one of the strongest, more fascinating, and which interests me the most, for my personal interest in studying the relations between space and the exploration of that space through visual media. This film is one of the best recent experiences i've seen in film which approaches so directly the theme. On those matters alone, it already deserves to get into a special list, that i'm making, of films that matter to my mental construction of the theme space and cinema.
But the interest of the film goes beyond that. Let's see what it's about. There's a story. That story has to do with the advantages of difference, in a world where everything is black, the difference the red one can make. Ordinary, so far. Than, there is the idea of a cycle, which transpires into the whole narrative. The Lavoisier idea that everything becomes other things, and everything inevitably disapears. This is better stuff, because the film visually supports the text it chooses. All this is reasonably interesting, but it doesn't take my breath away, or makes me dream beyond normality.
But than there's something that yes, fascinates me, and yes, it is made in an exemplary, nearly perfect way. It is incorporated in the story, and it is absolutely supported and compensated by what we see. The story has to do with beings who build the space they inhabit, use, develop. We see the construction. The film starts inside spaces, supposedly natural, but already interesting, where the insects pick up the cubes which will become the pieces that will mold the spaces later used for experimentation. We get to see the picking up of the pieces, we get to see the transportation and, more important, we get to see the actual construction of each space, until the last piece. Finally, after this, we see those spaces, which do not exist only in the abstract world of the story, they are really built, so the camera can photograph them. Now, check this: even though there is digital support in the post-production of this film, it is mainly a stop motion. This means that not only the insects are real objects photographed, but also that every space we see is actually a built model, conceived to be photographed. This means that when we see insects building space, it's like a folding of the constructive characteristics of the sets, it's as if we were actually watching the working process of the film. The story of the film is the story In the filme. Subtle, well done, and architectural!
Some of the spaces are well conceived, for the pretended effect. The initial caves, the dome built with (sugar?) cubes and a space built with perfurated plaques. About this last space, which actually i thought was the most interesting and complex, and probably more adequate to be explored by the camera, i missed a bigger investment in its lighting, a more careful ilumination of the shots made there. The advantage (to me) of using those perfurated plaques is the possibility to create environments through light difusion. But that would fight the general imagem of the film. The camera bets mostly on side travelings, to give unity to every shot, and the exploration of space has mostly to do with angles and pov. There's nothing invented there, even because it's quite hard to expand even more the glossary of possibilities Tarkovsky and Welles gave us. But we have a consistent work here. My major complaint is the fact that, towards the end, the film fully abdicates its spacial exploration to enhance the less interesting bits of the story.
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Q: Configure vs code for Selenium 4 - error while installing dotnet 6 sdk using PowerShell I was following the steps here:
https://www.fleekitsolutions.com/use-selenium-c-visual-studio-code/
To use Selenium 4 with vs code. Then this led me to the following instructions here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/windows?tabs=net60#install-with-powershell-automation
to install .NET 6 SDK using PowerShell script, and I got the error below:

dotnet-install.ps1: Exception calling "ExtractToFile" with "3"
argument(s): "The archive entry was compressed using an unsupported
compression method.

See the snapshot below.
My intention was to get the latest version of "Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio" which led me to the above instructions to install dotnet 6 sdk.
Note the I am using elevated admin PowerShell console for this purpose.
I also got a similar error when I was trying to install the latest version of Selenium PowerShell Module using PowerShell. When I installed version 3.0.1 of Selenium-PowerShell module, it was successful.
Edit:
After installing .NET SDK 6 from MS Build Tools, I completed the steps to configure vscode for Selenium 4, and now I am getting this error:
PS> dotnet restore

C:\Projects\Selenium\demoProject\FirstTest\FirstTest.csproj : error
NU1100: Unable to resolve 'Selenium.WebDriver (>= 4.1.0)' for
'net6.0'.

Other things I tried:
I tried the following config in .csproj and nothing worked:
<TargetFramework>net48</TargetFramework>
<TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
<TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
Note that the sample Hello World Program of dotnet new console is working fine with all the TargetFramework I used above. The error occurs when I add Selenium.WebDriver to the project using NuGet package manager extension.
After I add the Selenium WebDriver, I get popup requesting to restore, and OmniSharp server will restart, and then a similar error shows up in the output:
[warn]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectManager
        Failed to load project file 'c:\Projects\Selenium\demoProject\FirsProj\FirsProj.csproj'.
c:\Projects\Selenium\demoProject\FirsProj\FirsProj.csproj
c:\Projects\Selenium\demoProject\FirsProj\FirsProj.csproj(0,0): Error: Unable to resolve 'Selenium.WebDriver (>= 4.1.0)' for '.NETFramework,Version=v4.8'.
c:\Projects\Selenium\demoProject\FirsProj\FirsProj.csproj(0,0): Error: Unable to resolve 'Selenium.WebDriver (>= 4.1.0)' for '.NETFramework,Version=v4.8/win7-x86'.

[info]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.ProjectManager
        Update project: FirsProj
[warn]: OmniSharp.MSBuild.PackageDependencyChecker
        FirsProj: Did not find 'Selenium.WebDriver' in lock file.

I appreciate your help.

A: I solved the problems with the following:

*

*Using MS Build Tools, I downloaded the needed .NET SDKs. I selected only the needed items. I didn't download Visual Studio.

*I did try to download using older version such as using Visual Studio Build Tools 2019 but not sure exactly since I was trying a ton of steps...

*There is an issue that the config section of NuGet is empty. Add the following part to %appdata%\NuGet\nuget.config:

<configuration>
  <packageSources>
    <add key="nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" protocolVersion="3" />
    <add key="nuget.org" value="https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/" />
  </packageSources>
...

See this answer for details.
And, the error disappeared with both .NET 5 and .NET 6.
This is unfair, why it was so hard to find the solution?

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EP 4: Streetfood with Luke from Anne's Kitchen TV on Vimeo.
In this episode I'm joining my food friend Luke, who shows me the best streetfood places in Bangkok.
We explore the local Khlong Toei market, where they have very special pancakes and drinks in carrier bags.
I also get introduced to the art of Thai fruit carving – which I am definitely not very skilled in.
And, we're ending our day with delicious Tom Yum soup at Tom Yum Pe Aor, excellent streetfood and a very special dessert sandwich!
You can watch the teaser for the episode here.


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M2M Basics
M2M BasicsConnected World Staff2016-10-21T19:47:51+00:00
M2M 101
When a company invests in new technology, it's usually for a few reasons: to cut costs, increase revenue, and improve customer service. It's not often that one system can help with all three, but that's exactly the potential for an emerging technology called M2M (machine-to-machine) communication, which refers to the networking of physical assets so they can be monitored and maintained more effectively. M2M works by connecting communication hardware to a physical asset—anything from a production machine, a semi trailer, a freight pallet, or a finished product—so that information about its status and performance can be sent to a computer system and used to automate a business process or a consumer action. In other words, you take the data straight from a machine itself so a person doesn't have to do it manually.
The Roots of M2M
Machine-to-machine technology has its roots in the manufacturing industry, where companies have been networking physical assets for decades. Fundamentally, the purpose of M2M is no different than plant-floor automation systems or even remote-monitoring solutions such as SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition). Just like those legacy applications in manufacturing, M2M involves tapping sensor data inside a machine and transmitting it to an IT (information-technology) network. What separates M2M from these traditional remote-monitoring applications is the flexibility with which the networking is accomplished. Machine-to-machine communication uses existing public networks and access methods such as wireless cellular and Ethernet, which means the total cost of connecting assets or devices is usually conducive to deploying a large number of them. As a result, companies and consumers can start thinking about networking not just their most important production assets, but also just about every other physical asset they own or service for customers. This idea of networking machines to automate business processes has a dramatic effect on the enterprise. First, it can deliver reduced costs by cutting down on maintenance and equipment downtime. Second, it can boost revenue by creating new opportunities for servicing products in the field. Third, it can vastly improve customer service by proactively monitoring equipment, taking action before equipment fails and only when it's required. While SCADA and remote monitoring have been around for decades, M2M communication using public networks is still a relatively new concept. Early adopters are discovering some very innovative ways to network their assets, and in the process they're developing a competitive advantage and improving their business models down to their very core.
M2M Emerges
The term M2M emerged early this decade. On Sept. 20, 2002, two technology companies, Nokia and Opto 22, announced a partnership for delivering wireless communication to enterprise assets. They chose M2M as the term to describe the solutions they were developing for networking physical assets using cellular wireless and Ethernet-based communication. The following year, the trade publication M2M magazine was launched, taking Nokia's vision for a union of "people, devices, and systems" as its tagline. Since that time, M2M magazine has tracked that union and the business value it delivers to adopters in various industries. During the last five years, an industry has evolved to make it easier for companies to network their machines and devices. In that time, the evolutionary process has been two-fold: 1) refine the application systems, and 2) help adopters implement them. Much of that evolution has occurred around what the industry calls its technology value chain: the system components required to complete an end-to-end solution. For the last half decade, most of the work performed in M2M has been on the refinement and consolidation of that value chain. Countless alliances and acquisitions have been made, all designed to make it easier for adopters to buy and use the technology. As a result of this multi-layered value chain, M2M customers come in several forms. First are the end users or corporate adopters—in other words, the companies that use the networked machines and other assets in their own operations. There are also several other types of companies that buy M2M. There are OEMs and product manufacturers that connect the technology to the products they manufacture so they can be monitored at customer locations. There are also companies that buy modules to make terminals and modems, and companies that in turn buy terminals and modems to build application systems. Together, these companies and their technology suppliers make up the M2M industry, which is the focus of the m2mpremier.com website.
At the 2007 M2M United industry conference and tradeshow, M2M magazine Editorial Director Peggy Smedley introduced a new graphic that helps encapsulate the ever-expanding M2M universe. The graphic covers the "six pillars" of machine-to-machine technology, representing market segments that all involve networking physical assets and integrating machine data into business systems. The six pillars of M2M are 1) remote monitoring, 2) RFID (radio frequency identification), 3) sensor networking, 4) smart services, 5) telematics, and 6) telemetry. 6) Telemetry is usually associated with industrial, medical, and wildlife-tracking applications that transmit small amounts of wireless data. 5) Telematics is the integration of telecommunications and informatics, but most often it refers to tracking, navigation, and entertainment applications in vehicles. 4) The term "smart service" refers to the process of networking equipment and monitoring it at a customer's site so that it can be maintained and serviced more effectively. 3) A sensor network monitors physical or environmental conditions, with each sensor node acting cooperatively to form and maintain the network. 2) RFID (radio frequency identification) is a data-collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. 1) Remote monitoring is a generic term most often representing supervisory control, data acquisition, and automation of industrial assets. Each of the pillars represents a different set of technical skillsets that have to be combined for the end user to get the full value from the completed system. It's that completed system—and that combined set of technologies—that makes M2M so vital. M2M is the glue that fastens the six pillars through a common set of best practices, networking methodology, and scalability. Take away the glue, and end users are left with multiple application platforms and network accounts. Analysts often profess the importance of machines speaking a common language, but that doesn't have to mean a singular data protocol. Instead, it means enabling the user to network all of its physical assets with a common infrastructure and a consistent methodology for gathering machine data and figuring out what it means. The true power of machine-to-machine occurs when it's working behind the scenes, and that can't happen if companies have to manage multiple, independent systems.
As the M2M industry has matured, companies have embraced the six pillars in their messaging to customers, and we think this is a healthy and necessary step. In order to sell technology effectively, it must be delivered in the customer's own terms. Since the first issue of M2M, for example, the magazine has predicted M2M would diverge into vertical applications with a horizontal set of technology components: "Whether it's called M2M, pervasive computing, telemetry, invisible mobile, telematics, or none of the above, information is sitting inside machines that make up the financial and operational core of every company in business today. Most processes are already executed based on the performance and status of those assets, but rather than coming from the machines themselves, the data shows up in accounting metrics like unit production, cost, and profit." M2M has gone a long way toward uniting business intelligence and machine data. People may call it smart services, sensor networking, or telematics, but in the end what they all have in common is connecting the world to a network—and that's M2M.
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