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Hill Dispatches: It's omnibus bill time (again) -- where's the evidence? Plus, C-4 debate gets personal
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In March of 1982, the Progressive Conservative Opposition of the day forced the complete stoppage of Parliament for 15 days as a protest against a Liberal government omnibus energy bill. The Opposition did this by not answering the call of the bells announcing a vote on the bill -- which meant there was no quorum, and the bells rang constantly for more than two weeks, while the House sat vacant. The stalemate ended when the Trudeau government agreed to break up its bill and allow separate votes on each of its numerous provisions.
Joe Clark's Conservatives believed they had won a significant victory and that no future government would dare commit such a flagrant offence to democracy. They argued that members of Parliament should have the right to consider distinct legislative initiatives separately and support or oppose them on their merits. Bundling together a basketful of vaguely related new laws did not cut it, they said, and they forced the government of the day to back down.
The Harper Conservative government likes to claim a direct lineage to Canadian Conservative governments and Oppositions of the past. It just named a building in Ottawa after John Diefenbaker (Progressive Conservative Prime Minister from 1957 to 1963), as part of an effort to identify with the party's long history. But on Tuesday, that same Harper government introduced exactly the type of omnibus legislation that gave Joe Clark's Conservatives conniptions.
Tuesday's bill, the "Safer Streets and Communities Act," bundles together nine previously separate and distinct pieces of proposed legislation. The individual initiatives range from:
- Mandatory minimum sentences for drug trafficking and production (including, it seems, growing marijuana), to...
- Encouraging more adult sentences for youth offenders to...
- Eliminating courts' ability to impose "house arrest" in a wide variety of cases, to...
- Allowing victims of terrorism to sue foreign organizations and governments in Canadian courts.
Whew! And that's just a small part of it.
Parliament is supposed to consider all of these provisions, and a whole lot more, in a single, massive piece of legislation. Law enforcement and the judicial system, primarily within the provincial jurisdiction, will then have to pick up the pieces, deal with it all -- and pay for it, too.
There is not a word about social conditions, mental health, addiction or restorative justice in all of these many pages of new proposed laws. There is no mention of the impact on Aboriginal Canadians, already vastly over-represented in Canada's prisons; nor any recognition of the economic and social factors that contribute to crime. And, of course, there is no evidence, whatsoever, offered to support the need for this legislation. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson's only allusion to facts, at the press conference in Brampton to announce the new omnibus bill, was to admit that crime rates had, indeed, gone down. He asserted, nonetheless, that the government would like those rates to be even lower. He did not even make a token effort to demonstrate how any of the many provisions in this new bill would have any impact on crime rates.
Each new day of this Conservative majority affirms a rueful, and very private, observation one senior public servant made many months ago: "This government has no interest in evidence-based policy-making." The point of it all is ideological positioning, not effective policy. It is an exercise in political theatre, right down to a 905-district backdrop (why show respect for Parliament by announcing legislation there?) complete with dutifully assembled, uniformed police officers.
This omnibus bill will certainly be the subject of very vigorous debate in the House, although the rules have been changed so that the bell-ringing strategy the 1982 Progressive Conservatives used is no longer possible.
In the meantime, today, the House continued to debate the proposed "human smuggling" law, Bill C-4.
There was a touching moment when newly elected NDP member Anne Minh-Thu Quach stood to speak. Ms. Quach is the child of boat people, and knows something about what it feels like to be a refugee. In her speech, she made the point that locking up people for one year, who have fled violence and persecution, is hardly a way of showing a warm welcome to refugees!
During yesterday's debate on C-4, the NDP's Don Davies made a similar point when he brought up the 1939 case of the SS St. Louis. That ship was carrying Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. Cuba, the United States and Canada all turned it away, and it had to go back to Europe. Many of its passengers perished in the Holocaust. Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth's response was to forcefully state that this government would never send any ships full of refugees back where they came from! He did not add that, according to the provisions of Bill C-4, while the government might not send the would-be refugees back, it would jail them for a year, deny them access to due process, and prevent them from reunifying with their families for at least five years!
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Tata Steel reaches out to 3.15 lakh people during the COVID-19 lockdown period through TSF's ten-point #CombatCOVID19 programme
Jamshedpur, May 02, 2020
Tata Steel, through Tata Steel Foundation (TSF), has reached out to 3.15 lakh individuals in last 31 days of the COVID-19 lockdown period through its ten-point #CombatCOVID19 programme.
In addition to the Company's operational areas in Jharkhand and Odisha, the community initiatives have also reached to another 19 States in the country during the lockdown.
A total of 18 lakh meals have been served to the poor during this period and 28000 packets of dry ration were distributed in the Company's operational areas. More than a lakh masks have been made and distributed to ~40000 people.
Rs 30 lakh income, benefitting 2700 households, has been disbursed so far through TSF's cash for work programme, which includes making wall writings, creating newspaper bags, setting up of kitchen gardens and more.
TSF, along with the East Singhbhum district administration, is exploring possibilities of a positive outreach mechanism to address the issues of migrant labour and linking them with the cash for work programme. The assessment of stress level, skills and economic implications are also being worked upon. The immediate concern of the government is reintegration of a large number of migrant labourers into the society.
In context of its continued medical efforts to fight the pandemic, Tata Main Hospital (TMH) Jamshedpur has tested a total of 145 samples since April 24 when the facility received the approval for COVID-19 testing. TMH is the first and the only private laboratory in Jharkhand to be certified by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for RT-PCR diagnostic testing for COVID-19. It has the capacity to test 50 samples per day.
A Great Place to Work-Certified organisation, Tata Steel Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 65,000.
Tata Steel retained the 'Global Steel Industry Leader' position in the DJSI 2018. The Company has been recognised as the Climate Disclosure Leader in 'Steel category' by CDP (2017). Besides being a member of the World Steel Climate Action Programme, Tata Steel has won several awards including the Lighthouse recognition for its Kalinganagar Plant – a first in India, Prime Minister's Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17, 'GreenPro' certification for products (Tata Pravesh Steel Doors, Tata Structura, Tata Pipes) by CII, Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) status (Tier 2) by the Directorate of International Customs (Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India), 'Corporate Strategy Award' by Mint (2018), Golden Peacock Award for Risk Management (2018) and Best Risk Management Framework & Systems Award (2019) by CNBC TV18. The Company also received the 'Most Ethical Company' award from Ethisphere Institute for the eight time (2019), Steel Sustainability Champion (2018) by the World Steel Association, Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards (2019), Golden Peacock HR Excellence Award by Institute of Directors (2018), 'Best Companies To Work For' recognition by Business Today, 'Asia's Best Integrated Report' award by the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (2017), among several others.
Last year, the Company launched a corporate brand campaign #WeAlsoMakeTomorrow..
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E-mail: kulvinsuri@tatasteel.com

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Matt and Stuart from the Robosavvy Forums have released a libavr/libbioloid C library for the CM5 controller, allowing you to program your CM-5 Bioloid Controller directly in C. It's a work in progress still, but it's always great to see grassroots projects like this come to life. Programming the CM-5 in C has been possible for some time, but it is somewhat of a convoluted process. The project creators are setting out to demystify the process as well as provide a working library of commands to make custom programming of the Bioloid that much easier. Great work guys! Can't wait to see this project continue to mature!
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The Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN) is an inclusive partnership of actors operating in different parts of the ecosystem for agri-food and rural small and medium enterprise (SME) investment, with a focus on access to finance and complementary services.
The network is currently facilitated by a team housed in the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). It comprises over thirty institutions from the private, public and philanthropic sectors, including governments, different types of finance providers and financial intermediaries, development banks, and farmers' organizations.
SAFIN partners recognise that smallholder farmers and other rural SMEs are key investors in inclusive and sustainable rural economies and food systems. They understand the many challenges and gaps in the ecosystem around such investments, and share an interest in joining forces to address these.
Inclusive and sustainable rural transformation is critical for the realisation of the 2030 Agenda, particularly ending hunger and malnutrition and promoting sustainable food systems. In many contexts, rural and agri-food SMEs are the backbone of rural economies and local and national agri-food systems. The capacity of these enterprises to invest more effectively, profitably, and sustainably is critical for the kind of transformations that the 2030 Agenda requires.
Closing the investment gap for agri-food and rural SMEs requires a concerted, multi-stakeholder effort to transform the ecosystem. The same is needed to close the gap between demand and supply for finance and complementary services in the ecosystem, as a critical part of the solution to the investment gap.
The SAFIN network provides partners with a pre-competitive space to align their efforts and to scale up and multiply their positive impact. It does this through activities and tools for shared learning, peer support, frank and open dialogue, and the identification of opportunities for coordinated action.
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Coordinated engagement on selected policy issues.
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Pursuing opportunities for collaboration on the ground through inclusive business models.
Pooling knowledge around specific challenges requiring innovation or scaling up of successes.
Helping to build bridges across research communities.
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New network aims to help bridge multi-billion-dollar financing gap in rural areas
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Rome, 27 January 2017 – The establishment of a new network to help bridge the estimated US$150 billion financing gap that prevents small rural producers and businesses in developing countries from growing their operations and strengthening rural economies, was announced today.
The Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN)
The Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN) is an inclusive partnership of actors working in different parts of the global ecosystem for agricultural and related small and medium enterprise (SME) finance and investment.
The Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network: Vision, Activity Lines, Commitments and Governance (2018-2020)
The Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN) is an inclusive partnership of actors operating in different parts of the ecosystem for agricultural and related rural small and medium enterprise (SME) investment, with a focus on access to finance and complementary services.


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In making the violin I will be working with tolerances of tenths of a millimetre or less. Go ahead and take out 2 credit cards and stack them on top of each other. This is the average thickness of the top and back plates of most violins. The ribs are Even less than one credit card! But a violin is made Up of more than 60 pieces of wood and from the inside out and so lets get to the heart of the matter.
Before one line is cut or one line is even drawn, I needed to ask myself a few basic questions which will determine how I will start. Will I be using my own design? Will I be buying a ready-made pattern? How accurate is that pattern? Sometimes, you will be able to get your dimensions from a plaster cast. Like the one in the picture, below, which I made on my first day in the shop.
Or, if you are like me, you will be lucky enough to be taking the measurements And profiles directly from the violin, a 7/8ths Amati violin.
In making the plaster casts, I first had to clean and scrape anything that through the profile of the top/back off of the existing mould. Next I warmed the mould with a hair dryer so that the Vaseline would melt. The Vaseline will help when it comes time to remove my mould. I next made a cardboard boarder, sealed any spaces, and poured in the plaster. One day later I was able to remove my mould and set it aside to dry for a week or two.
When it comes to sharpening a chisel there are two cardinal rules: first flatten the back edge of the chisel and second never lift your right (or left hand if you are left handed)as this will result in an edge which will also be rounded and this will of course throw everything you want flat to be rounded. Not good. The trouble is that if you are right/left handed that is the hand which wants to lift that chisel. Which is why it takes so long to learn how to sharpen at the beginning.
When John asked me which side of the drawing did I want to use as my standard design. I choose the base side and John agreed.
I then transferred half the pattern, including the center line, by poking a series of holes through the paper and into the pexiglass. John made sure that I filed just past the marks. If I had of kept the line on on each successive transfer I would have ended up with a viola by the end of 6 months. Just kidding, but it certainly would not have been the size I had wanted.
As it was, in most areas I was bang on but there were a couple of stubborn areas. This template helped give me the dimensions and shape for the inside template. This will be exactly 2.5 mm inside the first template. I began to see why it was important which side of the line you file down to.
The mould is the piece of flat wood usually 12 mm thick that is used to keep the corner and end blocks, perfectly at 90 degrees, while you (I) glue the ribs in place. The mould will eventually be removed.
However, ...... if I make a mistake in the making of the mould, such as not having the sides perfectly at 90 degrees, then this will throughout the entire shape of the violin, no matter how careful I am (will be) every where else.
We getting closer to the fun part, Of actually working on the violin, but first I have to get past filing and sanding those sides of the mould. And if it is one thing I do not like to do is sanding. Which is why it took me a day and a half.
Holes still need to be drilled along the edge of the mould and then cutting out the spaces for the four corner and two end blocks Will complete the making of the mould.
John's comment on the mould, "Well done, your work is now spot on. What you unto next?"
Next week I'll be working on shaping the corner blocks, making the ribs, and perhaps even begin working on the neck. Cool.
If you are in the market for a violin be sure to look at the side of the nut. If its corners blends into the fingerboard and the peg box, nicely, chances are good the luthier has also paid attention to most of other finer details as well.
Thanks for pulling up a chair, sharing a cup of tea, and I will see you all in a couple of weeks.
Is the plexiglass piece your actual template?
Thanks for asking the question. Yes, the two pexiglass cut outs are the templates. However, it is as true that the initial drawing and the mould could be seen as a template. Your drawing gives the outer template, then inner template, the mould, the ribs, the plates, and lastly the purling. So everything you do will directly directly impacts on the finished violin. You'll see that as the process developed.


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Preacher S01E03: The Possibilities – It's the inevitable morning after on a solid Preacher
When viewing Preachers third episode it's easy to look at what was missing. There was no insane set pieces, the cowboy tease continues to be just that, and the plot doesn't seem to have moved on all that much. This show exploded onto the screen like the religious leaders the entity discard (PIP Tom Cruise), with two episodes full of coffin black humour, and high octane action, with a chainsaw. Yet while episode three lacks these traits it's a necessary episode: one that shows the aftermath of all these crazy goings on in a tiny hick town. This episode shouldn't be called The Possibilities, which is some trademark Cassidy Brightside thinking, it should be called The Consequences.
We left off last week with Jessie, fresh from accidently wiping a child molesters mind with his Word, testing it out on a comatose girl that he felt deserved help. He3 asked her to open her eyes, she did, and like any sane person (perhaps the only one in town) he ran. Jessie himself doesn't turn up in this episode until before the first ad break. In his absence we see Annville the morning after: evidence of his darker nature literally meeting each other on the street. Donny, the "wife beater" from the first episode aptly described by his boss as a "Right hand man, with no right hand" putting his son on the school bus driven by the amnesiac pervert. They look at each other's injuries, perpetrated by the same man, each weaker and looking for recompense. Lastly we have Ted Ryerson, who memorably cut his own heart out at Jessie's suggestion, whose body has been delivered to the church for cremation and a funeral. This is the path of destruction that Jessie's good intentions have left in his wake. No wonder he's hiding.
It's Cassidy who finds him, and in a hilarious montage they test Jessie's power, or jedi mind trick, in better controlled conditions, until he tells Cassidy to fly. Cassidy, if you've read the comics and didn't doze through the first two episodes, is obviously something of a loose cannon. Yet in this weeks, and last week's episodes, he ends up cleaning up Jessie's mess. He takes Ted Ryersons body to the crematorium, donning some makeshift armour from the sun to do so, and doing his best Walter White impression kills Fiore and Deblanc again when they come after Jessie yet again. In doing this we finally get an explanation to where the cockney cowboys come from, and what they want. They're from heaven, and not clones as Orphan Black fan Cassidy suspects. They're here to recapture the entity and bring it back to heaven, in a coffee can. Now credit to Cassidy, he knows when he's in over his head, instead of killing the angels over and over again, or the angels coming back with a chainsaw, he proposes to be the middle man between them and Jessie. He assures them that he can convince Jessie to give up the entity without resorting to more violence. It could be self-preservation, he could be buying time for his "best mate", either way it won't be that easy.
Then there's Tulip, another consequence of Jessie's past misdeeds. Her meeting in Houston went a little too well as she doesn't get to punch anyone for the second week in a row. The map that she had was for a client of her old contact Danni, a member, or enemy of the Grail Corporation. Danni takes the map to her client, a bald white suited man who is frankly quite rude. Now I know how Game of Thrones readers feel, because anyone who has read the comics knows exactly who this bald dick is. Those of you who don't it may seem like another vague character intro like the cowboy, or Quincannon last week. Rest assured they're all worth the wait.
In exchange for the map Tulip is given the last known address of someone named Carlos, the man responsible for the day that changed her relationship with Jessie. Told in short flashbacks of a job gone bad, Carlos is the faceless (not literally faceless this show already has Eugene) getaway driver that left Jessie and Tulip to fend for themselves. Tulip is finally able to convince Jessie to come along for a spot of revenge: Tulip is between breaking all his bones with a hammer, or something involving battery acid. Jessie has never seemed more comfortable with Tulip, a brief look at the bad man she thinks he is, he even takes off his collar. That is until he has a moment of clarity in a gas station men's room. It's here that Donny, who has been the focus of ridicule from his boss and some mean children threatens Jessie with a gun. For a moment Jessie enjoys some of the possibilities of his power that Cassidy was talking about, as he tells Donny to turn the gun on himself, to put it in his mouth, and pull back the hammer. This is where Jessie pulls back, he tells Donny to drop the gun and leave, his dreams of revenge feeling petty, and he leaves Tulip at the gas station.
The Possibilities is a slow hour from a typically fast show, but it's episodes like this that make the fireworks count. Without episodes examining your characters the premise can end up engulfing the rest of the show and make it less like a drama than a cartoon.
7/10 A solid episode that keeps everything in Annville ticking along nicely, let's just get Tulip off the side-lines please.
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Indiana Dairy Hosts Screening of Food Evolution Movie
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The 2017 Indiana Dairy Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting at Fair Oaks Farms delved deeply into the subject of GMO foods. A new movie also takes that deep dive and the film was screened that evening. Trace Sheehan produced "Food Evolution" and doesn't hide the fact that researching the topic altered his own opinion of GMO's.
"I basically triangulated my position," he told HAT. "To steal a line from Nathanial Johnson who did the 26-part series on GMO's, he just said he eventually ran out of things to worry about. I think I did too, not to say there aren't valid concerns, but once you unpack what GMO really is, the process of genetic modification, you realize that it's a safe, essential tool in the toolbox that can help us have a more sustainable, abundant, nutritious food system for as many people as possible."
The annual event is sponsored by American Dairy Association Indiana, Inc. General Manager Deb Osza says the movie helps eliminate the emotions and allows consumers a look at the safe and sound science behind GMO technology.
"Trace and his film Food Evolution have just done a brilliant job of mitigating some of the fear that people have about these technologies and just explaining it in a friendly way that people can understand some of the good that comes from these technologies. There's not an evil intent behind these technologies," Osza said. "There's good intent and this movie, telling this story of real farmers who use these sometimes life-saving technologies is very moving and helps break through the clutter of all the fear that's out there. It allows people to understand why they're good and ok."
Food Evolution is available on Hulu and is from Academy Award-nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy. It is also being supported by the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance. Check their website to learn about hosting a screening event.
(Pictured: Jenni Browning, ADA Indiana; Trace Sheehan, Producer of Food Evolution; Sue McCloskey, Fair Oaks Farm; Jana McGuire, Center for Food Integrity; Deb Osza, ADA Indiana)
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Trump is considering a full pardon for former national security adviser Michael Flynn
President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is considering a full pardon for his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about dealings with Russia's ambassador before Trump took office
By Reuters Staff | Published Mar 15, 2020 11:45 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is considering a full pardon for his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about dealings with Russia's ambassador before Trump took office.
Flynn sought to withdraw the guilty plea in January, arguing that prosecutors violated his rights and duped him into a plea agreement. Trump said the FBI and Justice Department had "destroyed" Flynn's life and that of his family, and cited an unspecified, unsubstantiated report that they had lost records related to Flynn.
"I am strongly considering a Full Pardon!" Trump said on Twitter.
Flynn was supposed to help cooperate with the government as part of his plea deal. But he later switched lawyers and tactics, arguing that prosecutors in the case had violated his rights and tricked him into lying about his December 2016 conversations with Sergei Kislyak, then Moscow's ambassador in Washington.
The Department of Justice has repeatedly denied allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, and U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan rejected all of Flynn's claims in December and set a sentencing date.
Shortly after that, Flynn filed the motion to withdraw his plea.
Flynn, who also previously led the Defense Intelligence Agency, served just 24 days in the Republican Trump administration before he was fired in January 2017.
He was one of several former Trump aides to plead guilty or be convicted at trial in former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation that detailed Moscow's interference in the 2016 U.S. election to boost Trump's candidacy, as well as numerous contacts between Trump's campaign and Russia.


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Mylyn is supposed to manage tasks and task state (knowing which files need to be opened, etc.), but I cannot wrap my head around how I would use it in this situation. Would I have to switch branches manually before (or after?) switching tasks?
Coming from emacs desktop and separate directories for separate branch checkouts, which makes remembering what resources are in play easy (but has other limitations).

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What You Don't Know About the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
by Jon Sharp | Jul 4, 2015 | Coral Reefs, Featured, Latest News, Reef Life
Marine plastic pollution that has washed up on a beach
You've probably heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: a vast area in the northern Pacific Ocean that is highly concentrated in marine debris, primarily plastics. What perhaps you don't realize is that the garbage patch is not a "garbage island" of sorts—a huge floating mass of solid trash. However, it is an enormous area (estimated to be between 700,000 and 15,000,000 square kilometers) that is inundated with small and microscopic plastic particles.
The plastic pollution in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch exists primarily as tiny particles because of both wave-driven mechanical degradation and sunlight-driven photodegradation of larger plastic debris. Plastic is unique in that it can be broken down into smaller and smaller pieces but still remains a polymer; it can never be decomposed entirely. That is why ninety percent of trash floating in the ocean is plastic. The small plastic particles have accumulated in the North Pacific due to gradual transportation of marine pollution by a system of ocean surface currents that form the North Pacific Gyre.
Location and Discovery
The major currents that form the North Pacific Gyre
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, spans from the waters off the east coast of Japan to the waters off the west coast of California. It is bound by the North Pacific Gyre, a circular system of ocean currents that concentrates plastic pollution into two specific zones: the western garbage patch near Japan and the eastern garbage patch near California. The North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone links these two patches together. This convergence zone forms where cool Arctic water meets warm South Pacific water and acts as a passageway that can move debris from one patch to another.
The existence of the Pacific Ocean garbage patch was predicted by a 1989 scientific paper published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Several Alaska-based scientists studied the characteristics and distribution of surface plastic in the Pacific for a period of four years. The scientists proposed that a combination of surface currents, winds, and microscale convergences locally concentrated the plastic in the North Pacific and increased its probability of entering into food chains.
The remains of an albatross at Midway Atoll containing ingested plastic pollution
The garbage patch was first visibly identified by oceanographer Charles J. Moore in the late 1990s. He discovered a vast area of the ocean where in certain spots plastic pollution outweighed living biomass six to one. "There were shampoo caps and soap bottles and plastic bags and fishing floats as far as I could see," Moore said, "Here I was in the middle of the ocean, and there was nowhere I could go to avoid the plastic" (see Charles Moore speak about the Pacific garbage patch here). Since its discovery, there has been significant research conducted on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and new hazards are being detected as the patch continues to increase in size and intensity.
New Dangers
Recently, a tiny organism has been found to be wreaking havoc on coral reefs located near the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Halofolliculina is a small, single-celled ciliate that is thriving in the plastic-filled waters of the North Pacific. Halofolliculina is a pathogen that causes skeletal eroding band disease in corals, and it is thriving in the so-called "plastisphere" of the North Pacific Gyre.
Halofolliculina (Photo by Hank Carson)
Contrary to what you may expect, excessive trash in the ocean is not universally harmful to all organisms. Plastic pollution in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is hazardous to birds and certain fishes that mistakenly ingest it; but other organisms, such as Halofolliculina, are finding the assorted plastic pieces to be ideal surfaces to live on.
While this is great for Halofolliculina, it can be devastating for corals. Skeletal eroding band disease was first observed on coral reefs around the Hawaiian Islands in 2010. While it is not certain how the disease reached the islands, it is likely that the massive amounts of plastic pollution that wash up on the Hawaiian Islands every day harbor some Halofolliculina. This could transport skeletal eroding band disease to Hawaiian corals when they otherwise would not have been exposed to it.
Likewise, other invasive species can be transported to far away locations on plastic debris. Water skater insects, small crabs, barnacles, bryozoans, and other organisms that live on hard substrates are all reaping the benefits of plastic pollution in the Pacific garbage vortex. It is difficult to evaluate the impact of these invasive organisms, but their growing prevalence in the North Pacific Gyre is certainly the result of an environment that has been thrown out of balance by an abundance of plastic contamination.
An estimates two million plastic beverage bottles are used in the United States every five minutes.
Because of the sheer size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and its distance from any country's major coastline, attempting to clear the marine pollution is not an appealing venture. Charles Moore himself has stated that clearing the garbage patch would "bankrupt any country" that attempted it. Experts agree that the most effective immediate remedy would be to limit our production and consumption of plastic in the first place. This, however, is no easy task as the world's population skyrockets and we trend more and more towards becoming exclusively a "throw-away society."
Despite the obvious challenges, organizations like the Plastic Pollution Coalition and the Plastic Oceans Foundation are encouraging individuals and corporations to transition from toxic plastics to biodegradable and reusable materials. While it may not be realistically possible to remove the existing garbage from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, we can at least attempt to do all we can to keep the trash vortex from spiraling out of control.
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Goldstein, Miriam. "The Scariest Inhabitant of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Not What You Think." Deep Sea News. 14 May 2014. Web.
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Both the History & Frequents displays can be made shortcuts on the Home Screen. I have done this and use them frequently. One little annoying feature is that while the History content can be cleared from within that display, for the Frequents you have to exit the display, go into the full app, select either the Favourites or Frequents Group and then clear the content. Rather than long press the Frequents Group to clear content, could we have an option within the display same as History? Then both shortcuts operate the same. Consistency rules.
Re: History & Frequents shortcuts on the Home Screen.
I'm sorry I did not understand?
Using "Toolbox/Create shortcut to Home" I have placed icons for "History" and "Frequents" on the Home screen. I use these a lot.
If I invoke History from the Home screen I can delete the History Log from within the History display... Options/Delete the shown call log.
If I invoke Frequents from the Home screen there is no option to delete the shown Frequents log. I have to drop out of that display, go to the full DWP app, select either of the Favourites display or the Frequents group and then delete the log. Presently the delete log option in Frequents is by long press of the Group. For consistency it makes sense to change it to an option within the Frequents display. Then the delete action would be the same in both the Home screen shortcuts.
You mean clear favorite contacts?
No. I mean clear the Frequents log when the Frequents display is invoked from the Home Screen shortcut. Which currently is not possible. It is only possible from within the full app. So if you are using the Home Screen shortcut it is frustrating to have to exit and go to the full app to clear Frequents log. The Frequents log should be cleared from within the Frequents display, as is the case with the History display.
I'm sorry I did not understand what is "Frequents log".
Frequents Log = the information that is displayed when you open the Frequently Contacted Group.
Thanks for adding this ability to the Frequents display.


The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and 22 other oil companies are yet to pay to the federation $3,632,075 as fines for flaring gas beyond their allowed thresholds.
The NPDC and four other oil companies also failed to remit $46,674,360.78 to the federation as royalty on the volume of oil they produced within the period, bringing the outstanding to over N49 million, an audit report has revealed.
Also, Nigeria has just about $34,432,432 to draw from the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited, being reimbursement for the $2,672,926,309 loan it gave for the establishment and running of the gas company.
These were contained in an audit report of operations in the country's oil and gas industry by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
The audit report, which covered the 2016 operations of the industry, was released at the weekend in Abuja by NEITI.
Among others, it shows how much money Nigeria earned from oil and gas production within the period, as well as issues such as loan repayments by NLNG to the country, gas flare fines defaults and unremitted oil royalties.
According to the report, in 2016, the NLNG paid $390,234,415 to bring the total value of payment to the country to $2,638,493,877 and drawdown its loan repayments to $34,432,432.
It equally stated that a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) – the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) – and 22 other oil companies failed to pay to the federation $3,632,075 as fines for flaring gas beyond their allowed thresholds.
Additionally, it noted that the NPDC and four other oil companies failed to remit $46,674,360.78 to the federation as royalty on the volume of oil they produced within the period.
Nigeria through the NNPC maintains a 49 per cent shareholding in the NLNG, and would still retain its dividends from the operations of the entity even after the loan repayment is completed.
"The total federation loan/investment in the NLNG project was $2,672,926,309 as at December 2016, out of which $2,638,493,877 has been liquidated leaving an outstanding balance of $34,432,432," said the NEITI report.
NEITI stated that the NNPC confirmed to it the receipt of the $390,234,415 as payment of dividend, loan repayment and interest by NLNG in 2016, but protested that these monies were paid into a JP Morgan Chase NNPC Depository Account domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as against an existing constitutional obligation in this regards.
"The NEITI audits have consistently maintained that these monies should be paid into the Federation Account. This position is based on Section 162(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which stipulates that, 'all revenue proceeds should be paid to the Federation Account'.
"NNPC has always referred to approvals by the federal government, authorising it to withhold remittances or in some cases utilise the funds for specific projects such as the Brass LNG project. NNPC made available these approvals for sighting by our team. The NNPC says that the Ministry of Finance is managing the fund," it further explained.
According to it, while the NPDC and companies such as Addax, Aiteo, Belema Oil, Brittania U, Conoil, Energia and Eroton incurred a total gas flared liability of$3,632,075 in 2016, the same NPDC and Dubri Oil, Newcross E&P, ND Western and Platform owed a total oil royalty underpayment worth $46,674,360.78 to Nigeria.
On the country's earnings from the use of oil pipelines it jointly invested in with oil companies, the report stated: "In 2016, the total revenue that accrued as pipeline transportation fee was$25,713,879.
It added however that there was an unreconciled difference of $23,185,327 due to the inability of the NNPC to provide proof of receipt of the total sum paid by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in this regards.
In 2016 as well, the NEITI report showed there was an unappropriated public spending of N99.598 billion by the NNPC as subsidy for petrol consumption in the country following price differentiation in the importation of fuel by NNPC.
It said thus: "The federal government discontinued fuel subsidy in 2016. However, NNPC, the sole importer of domestic PMS, introduced a system tagged under/over recovery of petroleum products. The approach aims to offset the shortfall in domestic supply of white fuels with imported products bought with revenues from the sale of excess domestic crude.


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Girls Varsity Tennis · Apr 18 Northview High School Girls Varsity Tennis beat Greencastle High School 3-2
Monday, April 18, 2016 5:00 PM Greencastle High School AWAY 2 Northview High School HOME 3 Meet Recap The Northview girls tennis team played an awesome match tonight against conference opponent Greencastle. Elle Tipton had a great win at #2 singles. Freshman Megan Heck had a huge comeback win taking her match into 3 sets
Knights News · Apr 18 IHSAA Tip of the Week
IHSAA Student-Athlete Tip of the Week (4-18-16) "Promoting education based athletics in Indiana" All teachers and coaches use the expression "no excuses" from time to time. Have you made excuses for not playing well or making a poor grade in the classroom? It's easy to place blame on others to cover-up your own deficiencies. However,
Multiple Teams · Apr 18 Northview High School Junior Varsity Baseball Black beat Plainfield High School–Dh 8-7
Saturday, April 16, 2016 10:00 AM Northview High School AWAY 8 Plainfield High School–Dh HOME 7 Game Recap JV Black won 1 game and lost 1 game at Plainfield
Multiple Teams · Apr 18 Northview High School Junior Varsity Baseball Black falls to Bloomington North/shakamak 4-2
Saturday, April 2, 2016 11:00 AM Northview High School AWAY 2 Bloomington North/shakamak HOME 4 Game Recap JV Black dropped two games at Bloomington North
Boys Varsity Track · Apr 18 Northview High School Boys Varsity Track scores 0 points at meet
Friday, April 15, 2016 6:00 PM Place 0 Points 0 Meet Recap Cam Trout was invited to compete in the Flashes Showcase Mile on Friday, April 25th based on his success during his senior campaign in Cross Country. This meet showcases the best distance runners in the state of Indiana in a full mile race
Friday, April 15, 2016 5:30 PM Place 0 Points 0 Meet Recap The Northview Boys track team traveled to North Montgomery High School Friday night for the 45th annual Charger Relays. No team scores are kept at this meet, but the Knights had several good performances on the night. There were 9 teams competing at
Knights News · Apr 18 All Teams Schedule: Week of April 18 – April 24
Here's a preview of this week's events for Northview High School, April 18 – April 24 MONDAY April 18, 2016 4:30 PM Boys Varsity Golf Cloverdale/shakamak @ Forest Park SCHEDULE 5:00 PM Girls Varsity Tennis Greencastle High School @ Northview High School SCHEDULE 5:30 PM Girls Varsity Softball @ Plainfield High School SCHEDULE 5:30 PM
Girls Junior Varsity Softball, Girls Varsity Softball · Apr 17 Northview High School Varsity Softball falls to North Posey 13-9
Saturday, April 16, 2016 2:00 PM North Posey AWAY 13 Northview High School HOME 9 Game Recap The Knights finished up the Jasper Invitational on Saturday, April 16th at 2:00PM with a well-fought game against North Posey. North Posey jumped out early on the Knights and had a 7-4 lead going into the bottom of
Girls Junior Varsity Softball, Girls Varsity Softball · Apr 17 Northview High School Varsity Softball falls to Vincennes Lincoln 2-1
Saturday, April 16, 2016 12:00 PM Vincennes Lincoln AWAY 2 Northview High School HOME 1 Game Recap On Saturday, April 16, the Northview Knights lost in extra innings by the international tie breaker to Vincennes Lincoln 2-1 at the Jasper Invitational. The Knights went up for an early lead 1-0 in the bottom of the
Girls Junior Varsity Softball, Girls Varsity Softball · Apr 17 Northview High School Varsity Softball beat North Harrison High School 13-12
Friday, April 15, 2016 8:00 PM North Harrison High School AWAY 12 Northview High School HOME 13 Game Recap The Northview Knights experienced a thrilling win over North Harrison 13-12 in a game on Friday evening, April 15th, at the Jasper Invitational. The Knight had a lead of 9-5 going into the top of the


Women put on makeup because they want to be beautiful. I hope older ladies would also put on some lipsticks. There has been a research study that said older ladies who put on makeup are healthier and have more physical balance. Because they have better physical balance, they don't fall down as often. Some researchers carried out this research with hundreds of ladies over 65 in France. They measured their physical balance. Ladies who put on makeup had more physical balance than ladies who don't. There are many older people who fall down and break their hips. So I hope you can put on more lipsticks as you grow older. The researcher who carried out this study told the husbands to be patient with their wives when they are putting on makeup. Women probably want to be beautiful because of men. Women from all over the globe put on makeup and desire to be beautiful.
There is truth behind this. The church members, the bride, want to be beautiful for Jesus Christ, the groom. Besides physical beauty, God sees our inner beauty as well. It is the same for both God and people. Let's say that a man married a woman was beautiful. However, the wife turned to become violent. The husband can't say that his wife is beautiful anymore. It is the same for God.
Today is Christmas Eve. We will look at the birth of Christ through today's Scripture. The Roman emperor took a census to tax the people. At that time, Joseph the husband and Mary the wife head back to their hometown. They were under Rome's captivity. They were not free. They must have been very uncomfortable. Also, they had heavy taxation. They probably were financially burdened. They had to move from Nazareth to Bethlehem. The pregnant wife had to move carefully to Bethlehem. It probably took them a lot of time. Mary had to give birth. They didn't know where to go. Because we are so thankful for Christ's birth, Luke 2 seems beautiful, but, in fact, it was a hard situation. If they were in today's time, they could do demonstration against Rome and the couple could have gotten in a fight on their way. In that difficult situation, an angel appeared with God's glory. "But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.'" All of a sudden, heavenly army appeared and praised. "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom His favor rests." God's mystery came upon this difficult time. God's glory is mysterious. How surprising is it to see the birth of the Messiah? The sign has been fulfilled. The peace came upon this world through Baby Jesus.
What should you think about during Christmas? The world is complicated and we get stressed out. We worry about money. We are nervous all the time and we are constantly competing against others. This is the world we live in. How's the place where the Christ laid in? It was a dark night, however, the heavenly host appeared and there were joy and peace. What should we do on Christmas? No matter how complicated the world we live in is, it is the day to restore Christ's joy and peace. As you all know, everyday is the Lord's day for the children of God. Likewise, everyday is Christmas. When we focus on God in the name of Jesus, believe that the heavenly host will be mobilized. You may not see it, but God's glory will come. The sign will be fulfilled. The shepherds shared with other people. You thought evangelism was hard, but the doors of evangelism naturally open up. This is the beauty of Christ. Even if you are in the midst of failure, there will be joy and peace in Christ.
Now we will look at Jesus' childhood. Jesus went to Jerusalem when He was 12. He left His parents. He was rebuked for that. However, He said the truth, "Didn't you know I had to be in My Father's house?" It is recorded in the end of Luke 2, "Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them." Even though Jesus was a young boy, He gave His confession of faith and was obedient to His parents. He sincerely spoke about His thoughts to His parents and did His part well. Others liked Jesus. He had a balanced childhood. "And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man." Isaiah 53 says that Jesus had no beauty or majesty to attract people to Him. He was beautiful in His words and action. Usually, kids rebel to their parents and get scars when rebuked. However, boy Jesus sincerely confessed to His parents and was obedient to them. He grew up beautifully. This power and mystery are in Christ. So call on Jesus' name. Then, everything will work out beautifully at the end. "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose." What kind of people do you want around you? Do you want someone who overworks in the beginning and burns out at the end or someone who is more fruitful at the end? You probably want the latter kind of people. We can't do it with our strength, we can when we call upon Christ's name. Why is Jesus so beautiful? It is because He resembles His Father. God the Father is a beautiful being.
1. God created every thing beautifully.
God created everything beautifully. In Genesis 1, God saw the world and said it was very good. When we experience God a little bit, everything will work for the good. I hope you experience Him. I hope you would be able to confess like David, "Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple." David staked his own life upon beautiful God. The Bible recommends us, "Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness." Bring the most beautiful confession of faith to God. God is beautiful.
Jesus Christ brought restoration and re-creation in this world. What did Jesus say? "But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked." This means that you should pay back the evil with good. All the figures in the Bible did so. Some of the representative figures are Joseph and David. Joseph's brothers envied Joseph. They tried to kill him. Because they couldn't do that, they sold Joseph as a slave. You know what happened later on. Joseph said, "And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you." Like Joseph, people who serve God pay back the evil with good. King Saul tried to kill David because he envied him. Even though David could kill Saul twice, he didn't kill him. Paying back the evil with good is beautiful.
There is the beauty of faith that shines in the darkness. There are Ruth, Nehemiah, Esther, and Job. Even though the family has been perished, Ruth made this confession, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God." God allowed her to meet Boas and overturned her life. Nehemiah built the temple against much opposition. How beautiful is this? We usually say that we can't do things because of others. Even Esther said in the midst of trial, "If I perish, I perish." Everything worked out for the good. Job fell into disbelief at first, but later he confessed, "But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold." Hearing this confession, God blessed him two folds. Even if you are in the midst of trials, I hope you would give the confession of faith. Then, Jesus Christ, the groom, will love and embrace us.
It is about the beauty that forgives and loves the enemy. Philemon had a servant called Onesimus. That servant stole Philemon's money and ran away. Then he got caught and sent to prison. Onesimus met Paul in the prison. He became a new person after hearing the Gospel of Christ through Paul. When Onesimus was about to set free, Paul wrote Philemon a letter and that is the Book of Philemon. "Formerly he was useless to you, buy now he has become useful both to you and to me." If I were Philemon, I wouldn't have accepted that plea. However, Philemon served Onesimus well. Later on, Onesimus became a pastor. That was God's blessing. It is beautiful. We were sinners, but Christ loved us so we became the children of God. Christ has the power to restore us and re-create us. This is the utmost beauty.
3. Church is the place of beauty where all members reach their fullness.
Sometimes we get mad in front of nonbelievers. Sometimes nonbelievers take advantage of the church members. We are absolutely at a loss. We must take that loss and spread the pleasing aroma to the nonbelievers. God sees those beautiful souls and blesses them. God is an accurate God. He is never at loss. He doesn't allow His children to be at loss. I will make a resolution. I will try to be beautiful in front of the church members and nonbelievers. Why is that? It is because I have to share the Gospel with them. That is why 1 Peter 2:9 says, "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light." Romans 10 says that the feet of the ones who share the Gospel are beautiful. Because we have to share this Gospel, we need to find the beauty of Christ.
Eventually, we will enter into the beautiful heaven. We will not get stressed in heaven. We don't have to worry about bills. God has prepared us the perfect place. The journey to that place is the covenant journey. As you go along this journey, I hope you leave behind many beautiful souls. Although Satan tries to leave behind scars and resentment, remember the beauty of Christ. How is this possible? It is possible because of Christ's power to resurrect. Imagine you were nailed on the cross. Christ was under severe pain and suffering. However, He resurrected. He restored His glory. He was seated at the right hand of the Father. Everything worked for the good. The power of resurrection can overturn everything. How? When we pray and wait, God works. I hope you could reveal the glory of God and be grateful to God.
Dear God, we give You thanks. We accept Christ who is the epitome of beauty. Please cleanse our hearts and remodel them. We confess that Christ is the way to meet God. You freed us from all sins and curses. You are the King who broke the forces of death of Satan. Please guide us until the end. In the name of Jesus Christ, we pray, Amen.


Lime leaves, pork, tomato and pineapple. A rich, sweet broth sort of like pho mixed with Thai curry.
Ground pork rice with basil, chili, peanut. Pickled cabbage, spinach, bamboo shoots and egg. One of the cooks at Angkor Wat Snacks sat with an enormous satchel of basil, tearing leaves off stems. Lunch for $5.50.
Tonight's meal at Fifi, an upscale Sichuan restaurant with a disco ball, techno beats and chic clientele drinking goblets of red wide, was the most expensive so the trip so far. It was good, but we were encouraged to stick with cheaper places that are just as good.
Dry green beans with chili and pork.
Leeks, black beans and ground pork.


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Pro running or Gift races allows athletes of all ages and abilities to compete in a fun and competitive environment. Each athlete is given a mark, or handicap, based on their ability, giving them an equal opportunity to triumph in their chosen event. Gifts are traditionally held on a grass surface and distances range from 70m to 3200m. There is prize money for each race from $300 to $60,000 and a sash for every winner. The VAL provide a wide range of race categories and distances to ensure there is something for everyone. Race categories include:
Junior (U14 - U18) - Must be under the age limit on the day of competition.
Restricted (must be 14+ years of age and never won a race excluding junior races worth a total of $300+ and never won an State or National title, excluding school competition)
Women's only events
Masters - Must be 35+ years of age on the day of the event.
Open - Open to all athletes
Frontmarkers (FM) and Backmarkers (BM) - Open to all athletes, these are races that are split into 2 fields depending on handicap.
Athletes must be 14+ years of age to compete in any appropriate race (excluding Junior races). Athletes must be 11 years of age on the day of competition to compete in the appropriate Junior races and cannot compete in any other category. Find out more on our FAQ's page.
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Lam: Connacht expected to defeat Toulouse
Updated / Sunday, 16 Oct 2016 12:06
Try-hero Bundee Aki
Pat Lam was again bursting with pride after Connacht produced a mammoth performance to defeat French powerhouse Toulouse in the European Champions Cup.
Connacht were ten points down at half-time, but second half tries by Tiernan O'Halloran and Bundee Aki, accompanied by a tough conversion from Craig Ronaldson, saw the Westerners to an epic 23-21 victory at the Sportsground.
And head coach Lam was full of praise for both his player and supporters, telling RTÉ Sport afterwards: "I'm extremely proud of this team and these boys and also our supporters, our province - unbelievable. Biggest crowd we've had this year, it got us home.
"The biggest highlight is the fact that we expect to win these games, rather than hope"
"Probably what summed it up was at the end there with two minutes to go – the boys being able to take on guys who are a stone heavier and keep them out.
"Our system, we didn't get it right the last time. We didn't get it right, we came back, we worked on it, we nailed it and we kept them out.
"The courage to take the hit and look after the ball and finish it was superb."
Next up for Connacht is Zebre at Stadio Lanfranchi next Sunday, and despite the 82-14 hammering the Italians received from Wasps yesterday, Lam is under no illusions about the test that awaits them.
He continued: "They sent a second team to Wasps and you know we watched their body language, it was terrible and they're going to get it all week, the criticism and that, so they're a dangerous beast now.
"So, we have to work hard and we'll be ready for it."
Aki got the all-important try on 67 minutes and produced an all-action performance despite struggling with an injury all week.
Lam revealed: "He hasn't trained all week. He's had a niggle in that leg, but he's got a big ticker, massive ticker. I mean, him and John Muldoon are big leaders and they've both got big hearts."
Lam then made a statement which highlighted the confidence in the Connacht squad these days. He said: "The biggest highlight is the fact that we expect to win these games, rather than hope."
Connacht lie in second place to Wasps in Pool 2 and expect to progress to the knock-out stages, and this performance will only strengthen that belief.
Pat Lam


There is no greater joy than standing beside a loved one as they marry their soul mate.
Meet Nancy and Dan, great partners who are dearly beloved by us Choosy Beggars folks. Over the last week you might have heard the creaking of crickets as our site loaded, and it's because we abandoned ship and went gallivanting off to Northern Ontario, specifically the beautiful and bohemian Thunder Bay area, to celebrate the wedding of two of our besties.
Together, we shared five days of laughter and song. From the late night campfires that were always accompanied by the soulful strumming of a guitar (or three) to jokes with old friends and new, we'll be keeping these memories close to our hearts for a very long time.
Nancy and I met about 14 years ago when we were both working at a resort in Muskoka, and the friendship was fast and built to last. We've had slumber parties with whispered confessions in cities across Canada, from Montreal, Quebec to Jasper, Alberta. She's one of the most caring, creative and dichotic people that I've ever met, and I count myself blessed to have her friendship. When Nancy started dating Dan a few years ago, obviously I ran the poor guy over hot coals, poking at him to see if I could find some buttons to press. After all, Nancy's my girl and she deserves nothing but the best.
Dan is like some mythical Captain Canuck, the wilderness hero with a kindness and moral purity that never ceases to astound me. There are times when Mike just shakes his head, muttering, "Goddamned Dan. He's just so…so…..so DECENT." Indeed, just being around Dan seems to dampen some of my natural vitriol, and if it's possible to become a better person by osmosis, well, he's the guy that will make it happen.
The love that Nancy and Dan share is touching and exquisite, and I could not imagine a better lover and companion for my girl. They are partners in the truest sense.
As for the wedding itself, it was perfect. The day was sunny with a gentle breeze, and the lapping waves of Lake Shebandowan gurgled a harmony of best wishes for the happy couple. The bride was stunning in a vintage gown from the 1930's, and the personal touches during the ceremony and reception were a reflection of the couple and their values. From the father of the bride's rendition of Frank Sinatra's "Nancy (With The Laughing Face)", which had me weeping like a silly goose, to the first dance, sung by the best man and I, it was a night of music, love and laughter.
Congratulations again to our good friends! It was a wonderful weekend.
Now then, on to the meat of this post. Or, in this case, the vegan salad. The Friday night of Nancy and Dan's wedding weekend was a big meet-and-greet style potluck at the camp. The groom's delightful father supplied enough ribs to keep our Alberta pig farms in business for another 10 years or so, and everyone brought their favorite massive salad or side dish. There were some classics, like the father of the bride's creamy potato salad, or "Jinny's Famously Good Peas" (which were creamy, full of bacon, and decidedly worthy of their title). It won't surprise you that a grazer like me adores a good potluck and all the variety that entails, and I'm still licking remembered rib-sauce of my lips with pleasure.
On behalf of the bridal party, our contribution to the night was mammoth roasting pan full of sweet and tangy spice rich Moroccan chickpea and raisin salad. The dressing had a touch too much cumin for my taste (which can be easily attributed to drinking a bottle of gin before whipping it together at 2am the previous night), but that has been corrected in the recipe below. Enjoy!
Press the garlic or mince and pound it into a paste. Put this in a smallish bowl along with the spices and salt. Squeeze in the lemon and lime juice and whisk in the honey. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil, whisking constantly, until the dressing is emulsified.
This salad is fairly quick and easy, but does require a fair bit of chopping. Dice the celery and red pepper into small (1/4″) squares. Finely chop the whole green onions, both white and green parts.
Add the chopped vegetables to a fairly large mixing bowl along with the cup of raisins and the two cans (drained and rinsed) of chickpeas. Pour the dressing over top.
Finely mince the leaves of the cilantro and parsley and stir the herbs into the salad. Taste and adjust the seasoning as you see fit.
The recipe is easily doubled for a potluck dish that can serve a crowd, but the best thing about this salad, in my opinion, is that it just gets better with time. Leftovers are a lucky blessing. Given a day in the fridge, the raisins will absorb the dressing and plump up and the flavors will mellow and marry. Aw, marriage. See? I do come back to my theme eventually.
Healthy and balanced, a little bit sweet and a little bit spicy, this salad is an awful lot like our friends Nancy and Dan and we just can't get enough.
Awww! The couple is so beautiful! Wedding your best friend away is a very difficult thing to do indeed. And even though I'm not the emotional types, wedding does TEARY things to me. Specially when you know two people are made for each other!
I'm finishing the salad today, yum! Unlike the salad, our gratitude will never deplete. We love you both.
Great post Tina. Can't wait to see more of the photos. And I wonder if Nancy has any more left overs. I'm getting a bit tired of the pea salad (as great as it is). Day six is a bit ridiculous!
Coincidentally, I'm just finishing the leftovers from my latest batch of your tomato, chickpea and bocconcini salad for lunch today. I can't wait to try this one!
This is a great salad, possibly the best bean salad I have ver eaten. A definite keeper.
Sally – you absolutely just made my day! Thank you kindly for the warm comments, and we're so glad that you enjoyed it!!
I made this salad yesterday, and it is divine. Definitely a keeper. Thanks so much for posting it!
Marcie, thank you so much for your comment!! I am so glad that you enjoyed this recipe, and we appreciate that you took the time to let us know.


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Q: Unable to import a module from one directory to another The above question has been asked multiple times. But with Hard luck I am unable to import modules in one folder into another.
I tried the command in moduele for feature engineering.py file
import modulefordatacleaning.Data_Clean_Module as dcm

However I get the error modulefordatacleaning doesn't exists..
Is there an easier way rather than adding in the sys.path ?
Please see below the structure of my project

A: If your project file in the same directory, the please use the below
from . import modulefordatacleaning.Data_Clean_Module as dcm


last week, at this time spring was in the air and bernie and i and the little red car were spotting robins all over the place..of course the grass is still a dull green but never-the-less, robins have returned from their long trip from florida and so that surely means it is spring, eh?
well, just this wednesday morning, southern ontario awoke to see that the idaho snow queen, who SHOULD have be changing into her spring finery and getting ready for her reign of idaho lilac princess, had dumped a huge pile of snow!! all over the place!..NOT nice!
that bernie fellow had to get out and do some clearing of snow from the little red car...and here he is retired for a year, and still having to work so hard and the little red car was just shivering!..NOT nice!
well, i was cold and shivering too inside our little white house but little did i know that mom ljung was sending me, all the way from norway, a warm gift....a homemade gift! and a lovely post card...so nice!
for sure and felisol's dear mom did come to the rescue.
here are some pictures of her knitting me a pair of warm stockings.
took the time to make these beautiful, many coloured stockings..
and i must thank you so much dear norwegian lady who is serina's beloved gramma and kel and felisol's dearest mom and gunnar's sweet mother- in- law!
you sent those stockings right in the nick of time, because even though bernie DID clean off the little red car, the roads were so bad, we did not venture out, but stayed snowed in, inside our little white house!
You indeed are singing my Mom's praise "in the gates."
I must go home soon to show her what you have done. Sure, she didn't expect even a thank you.
By the way Monten is her pet name, my Dad invented it, and all my friends from my youth and childhood use it when they talk to her.(So did we).
It began when my dad read to us about Taj Mahal, the mausoleum Sjah Jahan built for his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal. My Dad loved the story, and began to call my mother Mumtaz, which eventually developed to Monta or Monten.
So, even if my mother only got the little white house she still lives in, she for sure always has known, she is loved.
Good of you to talk so nicely to her.
I know she will appreciate it.
I so love your colorful knitted socks! They're all pretty and lovely!
dear felisol...your mom deserves any praise that i can give to her but these bible praises come right from the lord!
you are right natalie..they are very colourful and each stich i can feel are all knitted together with love.
Priceless, simply priceless....that is what those lovely stockings are! Isn't God just the very best?! He gives Felisol's precious Mom the yearning to knit the lovely stockings for you and then haves them arrived just in time for your spring snow! God is so good!
is she using 4 needles to knit. I was taught that way when I first started.


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BRIAN LITTLE will try to tempt Matty Done and Carl Tremarco into staying with Wrexham after telling Neil Roberts and Chris Llewellyn they can leave.
Winger Done and defender Tremarco are the only two players who have been offered new contracts by the Wrexham manager.
Meanwhile, Little will sit down with Steve Evans tomorrow to discuss the Wales defender's future.
And former Wales strikers Roberts and Llewellyn could yet be offered deals after the Racecourse boss left the door ajar for them possibly to stay with the club.
In line with the massive clear-out he promised last month, the Dragons boss yesterday released Roberts and Llewellyn, plus Danny Williams, Michael Jones, Jamie Reed, Michael Carvill, Alex Darlington and Robbie Garrett.
Little had previously confirmed that five contracted players – Anthony Williams, Richard Hope, Michael Proctor, Silvio Spann and Josh Johnson – were surplus to requirements.
A further 11 players, predominantly youngsters, will form the basis of Little's new squad in the Blue Square Premier next season and he is hoping to have 24 players for the start of pre-season training in July.
"The situation will be dictated by the five contracted players who are free to leave," said Little. "If they do move on there's a chance we could change track in respect of Neil and Chris if by that time they are still not fixed up anywhere else.
"Both Matty Done and Carl Tremarco have until the end of June to make up their minds and, although Matty's representatives are keen for him to stay in the Football League, our offer at least means we would get some compensation if he moves on.
"Although they can keep us waiting we need to try and free up as much space as possible. In an ideal world I'd like to bring in at least six new faces as quickly as possible and, depending on circumstances and finance, maybe increase that number into double figures."
Current Blue Square financial regulations dictate that clubs like Wrexham can allocate a basic £350,000 to the player budget, supplemented by 25% of the club's audited turnover in each of the two previous seasons.
That means the Dragons will have around £850,000 to spend in the current year.
"At the moment the only spending restrictions on me are those imposed by the rules and are not the result of a ceiling set by the club," Little added.
Wrexham will also withdraw their reserve team from the Pontins Holiday League next season.
Following the example of clubs such as Crewe Alexandra, Wrexham will instead play a series of friendly matches throughout the season and the Dragons boss claimed the club would benefit from the change.
"It's not been an ideal situation having to play reserve-team fixtures either 24 hours before or after a first team match and we also have the problem of needing international clearance every time we want to look at triallists or young players from Football League clubs," he said.
"What we are planning next year is to play a series of friendly games – as many as in the league – against sides from Premiership and league clubs.
"We can play in the afternoons, we can use our own training facilities and we believe the advantages far outweigh anything we could get by staying in the league.
"It will help immensely in the recruitment of players as opposed to the lengthy process of developing players."
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Valerie Loker is a former Canadian National Team member and represented her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in mixed doubles on the Canadian Olympic Team. She was a silver medalist in mixed doubles at the 2007 Pan Am Games. Valerie has her NCCP Provincial Coach Certification and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia University.
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WikiLeaks accuses Guardian over unredacted cables leak
Whistleblowers' group blames newspaper for security breach which led to full cache of 251,000 secret US embassy cables being available online without sensitive information removed
Posted: 1 September 2011 By: Joel Gunter
Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks
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Whistleblowers' group WikiLeaks has blamed the Guardian for a security breach which led to the full archive of 251,000 secret US embassy cables being published online without sensitive information, such as the names of sources, being removed.
In an editorial on its website, WikiLeaks claims that Guardian investigations editor David Leigh "negligently" disclosed the passwords to the encrypted cache in a book published earlier this year.
The book, by Leigh and fellow Guardian journalist Luke Harding and called WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy, was published in February this year. It tells the story of the newspaper's strained relationship with the whistleblowers' group.
The group also claims to have begun pre-litigation action against the Guardian and an individual in Germany, who it says is "distributing the Guardian passwords for individual gain". It alleges that in publishing the password, the newspaper broke a confidentiality agreement signed by WikiLeaks and Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of the Guardian, in July 2010.
Access to the complete trove of cables was provided to the newspaper last year for a period of a few hours so that it could download the documents. According to the Guardian, the server was then taken offline and all files removed, as previously agreed with WikiLeaks.
But the file was later published, reportedly by a WikiLeaks supporter, on BitTorrent, a filesharing network mostly used for downloading films and music. It is accessible using the same password published later in the Guardian book.
The availability of the file through BitTorrent was not publicised by WikiLeaks in any way, nor linked to on their website. According to the Guardian, the newspaper had no knowledge when the book was published that the file was still available online, encrypted with the same password.
A Guardian spokesperson said it was "nonsense to suggest the Guardian's WikiLeaks book has compromised security in any way".
"Our book about WikiLeaks was published last February. It contained a password, but no details of the location of the files, and we were told it was a temporary password which would expire and be deleted in a matter of hours.
"It was a meaningless piece of information to anyone except the person(s) who created the database.
"No concerns were expressed when the book was published and if anyone at WikiLeaks had thought this compromised security they have had seven months to remove the files. That they didn't do so clearly shows the problem was not caused by the Guardian's book."
WikiLeaks has been publishing the cables since November last year, when they were first made public, making use of media and charity organisations to help it redact sensitive information such as the names and locations of informants.
In response to discovering the security breach two weeks ago, the group took what it called "emergency action" and dramatically increased the level of publication of the cables via its partners, "to get as much of the material as possible into the hands of journalists and human rights lawyers who need it", it said.
According to its statement, WikiLeaks also contacted the US State Department over the breach, and editor-in-chief Julian Assange spoke to State Department legal adviser Cliff Johnson for 75 minutes.
WikiLeaks is now conducting a vote on Twitter as to whether is should release the full cache of unredacted cables on its own website. Followers have been asked to use the hashtags #WLVoteYes and #WLVoteNo to cast their votes online.
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University of Zurich UZH News All articles 2018 Gender Always Plays a Role
Second LERU Gender Conference, 14 - 15 June 2018
League of European Research Universities (LERU)
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20 Jun 2018 Second LERU Gender Conference
Gender Always Plays a Role
Women are less likely than men to reach top positions in academia and are under-represented at higher levels – the result of unconscious prejudices? The LERU Gender Conference, which took place at UZH last week, was devoted to exploring the topic of implicit bias.
Katrien Maes (left), Deputy Secretary General of LERU, and Jadranka Gvozdanovic (center), professor at the University of Heidelberg, discuss their LERU paper on gender bias in higher education with Caitlin Stephens of UZH Communications.
Can women earn doctorates, become professors and win Nobel prizes? Of course. But despite numerous programs to support and further women's careers, women remain strongly under-represented in academia, especially at higher levels. The uncomfortable reality is that professorial chairs, academic leadership positions and scientific prizes are more likely to go to men. In addition, male academics earn more than their female colleagues, are less likely to have to accept short-term contracts and are more successful at obtaining research funding. But why are women still facing these disadvantages after their long track record in academia?
The League of European Research Universities (LERU), an association of 23 leading European universities including UZH, recently published a new report looking into the bias underpinning the discrimination faced by women in academia. The LERU paper formed the basis for the second LERU Gender Conference, which took place last Thursday and Friday at UZH.
But what exactly is bias? Bias is understood as being prejudices or preconceptions that influence our behavior or decisions. We all have unconscious prejudices – we're hard-wired to make decisions in an efficient manner and therefore to take cognitive shortcuts. In social situations, such snap decisions may be based on stereotypes around age, gender, ethnicity, body size and so on.
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A few of the conference participants (from left to right): Christiane Löwe (head of the UZH Office for Gender Equality), Klara Landau (head of clinic at USZ and UZH professor), Karin Gilland Lutz (UZH Office for Gender Equality), Naomi Ellemers (University of Utrecht), Paul Walton (University of York), Gary Loke (ECU), UZH Vice President Gabriele Siegert, Tomas Brage (Lund University), UZH President Michael Hengartner, Anke Lipinsky (GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). (Photo: Frank Brüderli)
Fair chance
Picture a professorial appointment committee sitting deliberating in a meeting room of a university. They have two candidates to choose between – a man and a woman. The committee members praise the female candidate for her considerable number of publications which she achieved despite also having family commitments. They praise the man for his academic brilliance. First scenario: The man is appointed without any further discussion. Second scenario: A trained observer alerts the committee to possible implicit bias. Perhaps some members of the appointment committee unconsciously believe that a woman with children may well be assiduous, but can't be that brilliant? The observer asks the committee members to look again at the female candidate's publications and to take note of their quality. The woman gets a fair chance of being appointed.
Women also judge men more positively
It is not just men who have unconscious prejudices about women – women also have them about other women. In a 2012 study by Corinne A. Moss-Racusin of the University of Yale, female and male academics from the natural sciences were asked to evaluate CVs which had been randomly assigned male or female-sounding names for a position as head of a laboratory. The academics were told to assess the applicants' skills and choose who they would appoint and what salary they would pay the appointee. The male applicants received considerably better assessments in all areas. According to the study, men and women alike have so internalized society's gender stereotypes that these stereotypes unconsciously influence their evaluations – to the disadvantage of women. It is never just about research quality: Gender always plays a role in appointment decisions.
Great interest shown in the LERU event: Over 100 participants visited UZH for the Gender Conference (Picture: Frank Brüderli)
Combating prejudices
The good news is that thanks to intensive research efforts we now know what measures can be taken to eliminate at least some of the bias in universities. At the conference, Katrien Maes, Deputy Secretary General of LERU, presented some such possible measures (see also the video above).
For example, LERU recommends that decisions about the allocation of resources should be examined for gender-related bias in order to counteract these unconscious prejudices. Specially trained external observers could be helpful in this regard. Recruitment processes should also be transparent and truly meritocratic. She said it was also important to watch out for bias in the language used in evaluation reports.
It was key, stressed Dr. Maes, that university executive boards recognize the need for such measures and actively support them. In addition, universities should eliminate gender pay differences, provide paid parental leave, and overhaul part-time conditions.
Marita Fuchs, editor UZH News. English translation by Caitlin Stephens, UZH Communications.
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A vibration control feature used to synthesize a specified shock response spectrum (SRS) to measure a payload's resistance to shock damage.
SRS synthesis is used to evaluate the shock resistance of the DUT (device under test). This is achieved by synthesizing, within a closed-looped test system, a user-specified SRS profile of acceleration versus frequency in order to create complex transient waveforms for driving an electrodynamic shaker. The desired SRS profile is sometimes referred to as RRS (required response spectrum).
The test system takes advantage of the fact that many different transient waveforms can produce the same SRS profile; hence, parameters can be selected to account for the shaker's capabilities and for likely damage to the DUT.
An add-on function of the classic shock profile, SRS synthesis and control enables a more aggressive and sophisticated shock test. It synthesizes a complex transient waveform from sinusoidal components, or wavelets, based upon a table of sine beats (or damped sine), with a wavelet used for each of the Nth octave bands.
An iterative process is used to automatically adjust the amplitudes, half-cycles, and relative delays of the wavelets until the SRS of the synthesized pulse matches the profile SRS, within the required accuracy. The generated time-domain shock can then be manually adjusted within a specified SRS fitting error to create a pulse that matches the test criteria, typically pulse duration. The desired shock pulse is saved for future reference and can be applied repeatedly and consistently.
The user creates an SRS profile by either entering or importing a breakpoint table of frequencies and acceleration amplitudes, plus abort limits. Also specified are the Q-factor (or damping) and the synthesis method as either pyroshock, minimum acceleration or user-defined duration.
SRS analysis typically covers up to a 14-octave range using maxi-max, negative maximum, and positive maximum analysis techniques. The user specifies high and low frequencies, reference frequency, damping ratio or Q value and resolution (1/1, 1/3, 1/6, 1/12, 1/24, 1/48).