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DRBC announces flood analysis model status update
WEST TRENTON, NJ - Delaware River Basin Commission Executive Director Carol Collier announced that the flood analysis model being developed by an interagency team led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is now expected to be available sometime this summer.
"The USGS and its two federal partners are adapting existing model applications to develop the flood analysis model for the DRBC," Collier said. "While all three agencies are well-versed in the use of these types of models, it is proving to be more time intensive than originally expected to represent multiple watersheds and reservoirs, each with unique characteristics, for a river system as large and diverse as the Delaware. The agencies understand the need to deliver the model as soon as possible, but this is a complex undertaking and our foremost goal is to produce a modeling tool that is scientifically sound."
The USGS is the lead agency working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center (USACE - HEC) and the National Weather Service (NWS) to develop the model for DRBC. The model's components include rainfall runoff, localized hydrologic conditions, and snow pack.
When completed, this tool will help the DRBC (a five-member agency comprised of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York State, and the federal government) and the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decree parties (the four basin states and New York City) to evaluate the potential impacts that different initial storage levels at 15 major reservoirs would have had on flooding at forecast points located downstream for the three storm events experienced in September 2004, April 2005, and June 2006. Model results will be among the many considerations that inform future reservoir management and policy decisions focusing on competing water storage demands in the basin.
Work on the flood analysis model began in August 2007 with $500,000 provided by the four basin state governors. Additional funds and in-kind services from USGS, NWS, and the USACE have totaled $285,000. It was among the 45 recommendations identified by the Delaware River Basin Interstate Flood Mitigation Task Force, formed at the request of the four governors, in its July 2007 action agenda for a more proactive, sustainable, and systematic approach to flood damage reduction.
Additional information can be found on the commission's web site at www.drbc.net.

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Farhad Garashov (azerbajdzsáni: Fərhad Arif oğlu Qaraşov; Baku, 1986. december 12. –) azerbajdzsáni üzletember. XXI Századi Nemzetközi Oktatási és Innovációs Központ felügyelőbizottságának elnöke, az Azerbajdzsáni Gránátalma Termelők és Exportőrök Tanácsa és a KOBIA elnöke, a közgazdaságtan filozófia doktora, az Azerbajdzsánban készült az Originar márka megalkotója.

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Farhad Garashov 1986. december 12-én született Baku városában.

1992-2003 között a bakui 248-as iskolában tanult.  2003-ban beiratkozott az Azerbajdzsáni Állami Közgazdaságtudományi Egyetemre.  Az egyetemen nemzetközi gazdasági kapcsolatok szakon szerzett bachelor fokozatot.  Érettségi után 2007-2010-ben szerzett diplomát az egyetemen nemzetközi kereskedelem mesterszakon.

2007-2008-ban az Azerbajdzsáni Köztársaság Igazságügyi Minisztériuma Börtönszolgálatának Katonai Ezredénél szolgált.

2009. január-februárban az Azerbajdzsáni Nemzetközi Bank Nemteljesítő Hitelek Osztályának főszakértőjeként dolgozott.

2008-2012-ben diplomázott a Bakui Állami Egyetem Jogi karán, és megszerezte második diplomáját.

2016-2017-ben az angliai Anglia Ruskin Egyetemen szerzett MBA fokozatot üzleti adminisztrációból.

2017-ben a Kapital Bank OJSC New Azerbaijan Party Ifjúsági Szervezetének vezetőjévé, majd az Új Azerbajdzsán Párt Nesimi Szervezete Ifjúsági Szövetségének alelnökévé választották.

2009 és 2017 között menedzser-asszisztensként és menedzserként dolgozott a Kapital Bank OJSC különböző fiókjaiban.

Házas.  Két gyermeke van.

Szociális tevékenységek
2017-ben az Azerbajdzsáni Gránátalma Termelők és Exportőrök Szövetségének elnökévé választották.

2018 júliusában a XXI. Századi Nemzetközi Oktatási és Innovációs Központ Ellenőrző Testületének elnökévé, novemberben pedig a Kis- és Középvállalkozások Fejlesztési Ügynöksége Köztanácsának elnökévé választották.
2019 júliusában a Turkic Speaking Countries Chamber of Commerce és Iparkamara (CCTS) tagjává választották.

2021 augusztusában a Gazdasági Minisztérium Köztanácsának tagjává választották.

2021 novemberében Farhad Garashovot, az Azerbajdzsáni Gránátalma Termelők és Exportőrök Szövetségének elnökét az Azerbajdzsáni Köztársaság Állami Statisztikai Bizottságán belüli Statisztikai Tanács tagjává nevezték ki.

Tudományos és alkotó tevékenység
2012-2015-ben az Azerbajdzsáni Állami Mezőgazdasági Egyetemen védte meg "Az innovatív és fenntartható üzleti környezet megteremtésének prioritásai a mezőgazdasági szektorban" című disszertációját, és megszerezte a közgazdaságtan filozófia doktori címét.

Az egyik legnépszerűbb mezőgazdasági termék, az Original márka a "Made in Azerbaijan", azaz a gránátalma megalkotója.

Díjak
2019  június 3-án az Azerbajdzsán Köztársaság elnöke, Ilham Aliyev "Haladás" kitüntetésben részesítette az Azerbajdzsán Köztársaság gazdasági fejlődéséhez való hozzájárulásáért és az állami politika végrehajtásában végzett eredményes tevékenységéért.  a vállalkozói szellem előmozdítása.

ISNI 2019 – Farhad Garashov nemzetközi oklevelet kapott.

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 Neft-Kimya Prosesləri İnstitutu ilə Azərbaycan Nar İstehsalçıları və İxracatçıları Assosasiyası arasında əməkdaşlıq memorandumu imzalanmışdır.
 Neft-Kimya Prosesləri İnstitutunun alimləri ANİİA ilə bağlanmış əməkdaşlıq memorandumuna əsasən Kürdəmir rayonu ərazisində salınmış nar bağı sahələrində olmuşlar.
 Fərhad Qaraşovun Azərbaycanda Nar istehsalatının inkişaf etdirilməsi naminə, Nar tullantılarının emalı ilə əlaqədar müsahibəsi.
 KOBİA yanında İctimai Şuranın növbəti forumunda qida biznesi məsələləri müzakirə edilib. 23.01.2020
 Fərhad Qaraşov, Azərbaycan Nar İstehsalçıları və İxracatçıları Assosiasiyası adından koronavirus pandemiyasının (COVID-19) qarşısının alınması və kənd təsərrüfatına olan qayğısı istiqamətində ölkə Prezidentinə təşəkkür məktubu göndərdi. — President.az 11 may 2020
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 Azerbaycan narı UNESCO'nun Somut Olmayan Kültürel Miras listesinde. — cnnturk.com 23 dekabr 2020

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Nick is a Research Fellow with the Public Transport Research Group. He has a PhD in transport engineering and dual Masters degrees in transport engineering and regional planning from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass). Prior to graduate study, he worked as a design engineer in San Francisco, California for three years gaining practical industry experience. During his Masters' work he was intern for the U.S. Department of Transportation at the Volpe National Transportation Center working on a variety of federal projects, such as policy, modelling, and organisational performance. During his PhD work he was part of a joint project between UMass and MIT to create a travel incentive and energy optimisation platform for Boston, as well as being involved in a variety of smaller independent research projects.
Nick has a wide range of research experience and interests that span everything from demand modelling, driving simulators and human factors, large-scale integrated network simulations, and even health impact and crash safety analysis. He is particularly interested in multi-modal systems and land-use with his dissertation topic on evaluating the equity impacts of congestion pricing in a multi-modal system.


The approximate monthly cost of care for this facility is about $3,155. This is higher than the $2,813 estimated cost for the Tucson area. While the nationwide average cost is around $2,625, the State of Arizona is around $2,363 per month.
Kenyon Care Adult Living Two is located in the Broadway Pantano East area of Tucson, Arizona. They are a residential care facility for seniors. The neighborhood surrounding this community is a primarily middle income area, with a median household income of $42,196. It is heavily populated, including about 54,439 people in the zip code. The residence is located near by various local conveniences, which include shopping, health care services, and houses of worship. There are multiple churches within 4 miles, including Episcopal Church of St Matthew, Compassion Christian Center, Spanish Trail Lutheran Church, and Saguaro Christian Church. There are a large number of pharmacies within one mile of the facility. They are also just 2.6 miles from Carondelet St Josephs Hospital.
Kenyon Care Adult Living Two offers residential home care. They are a good option for seniors who require some special care but who want to remain in a home-like setting.


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More info on Project Serpo
Project Serpo: Map
Top rankings for Project Serpo
24th Top government responses to UFOs
Project Serpo is the name of an alleged top-secret exchange program between the United States government and an alien planet nicknamed Serpo. Details of the exchange and what it was supposed to have entailed have appeared in several UFO conspiracy stories over the last 30 years, including one incident in 1983 in which a man identifying himself as USAF Sergeant Richard C. Doty contacted investigative journalist Linda Moulton Howe claiming to be able to supply her Air Force records of the exchange for her HBO documentary "The ET Factor"; only to pull out without providing any evidence to substantiate his story, and one incident in 2005 when a series of emails were sent to a UFO discussion group run by Victor Martinez claiming that the project was real.
Some variations on the conspiracy story state that the name Serpo is the nickname of the extrasolar planet. Other versions state that it is a mispronunciation of either Serponia or Seinu by US authorities involved in the project.
The first mention of a 'Project Serpo' was in a UFO email list maintained by enthusiast Victor Martinez. Various versions of the conspiracy theory circulated, and were later detailed on www.serpo.info.
According to the most common version of the story, an alien survived a crash near Roswell in the later 1940s (see Roswell UFO incident). This alien was detained but treated well by American military forces, contacted its home planet and eventually repatriated. The story continues by claiming that this led to the establishment of some sort of relationship between the American government and the people of its home world – said to be a planet of the binary star system Zeta Reticuli.Zeta Reticuli has a history in ufology (including the Betty and Barney Hill abduction), having been claimed as the home system of an alien race called the Greys.The story finally claims that twelve American military personnel visited the planet between 1965 and 1978 and that all of the party have since died, from 'after effects of high radiation levels from the two suns'.
One criticism of Project Serpo stems from the lack of veracity of one of its alleged witnesses, Sergeant Richard Doty. Doty has been involved in other alleged UFO-related activities (see Majestic 12 and Paul Bennewitz), and this makes the Project Serpo allegations automatically suspect. Additionally, there is no physical evidence supporting the project's existence. According to Tim Swartz of Mysteries Magazine, Doty, who promised evidence to Moulton Howe before backing out, has been involved in circulating several other UFO conspiracy stories. Swartz also expressed that the details of Project Serpo have varied considerably with different accounts.
It has since been discovered that the entire set of posts were merely to virally encourage sales for a new book by Doty. Cited here; http://www.realityuncovered.net/ufology/articles/serpo/
Further criticisms of the story include the usual arguments against conspiracy theories, UFOs, and faster-than-light travel, as well as astronomical knowledge of the Zeta Reticuli system. There is currently no evidence of technological life in the system and also no evidence of planets. Because the stars are widely separated (several thousand astronomical units), claims of excess radiation as a result of the presence of a second star are nonsensical.
On a more fundamental level, it is entirely possible that the messages originating the story were deliberate hoaxes. The postings were to Internet forums that cover conspiracy theories and UFOs, and a cursory examination of such forums shows that hoaxes are not uncommon. Some ufologists have even claimed that the messages were a hoax perpetrated by the American military and intelligence communities to protect real, related, activities.
Discontinuation of website
Bill Ryan, a chief proponent of publicizing the Project Serpo claims, announced on March 5th, 2007 that he was stepping down from his role as webmaster for the Serpo material. Ryan nevertheless maintains his belief that an extraterrestrial exchange program did occur - although he states that the Serpo releases definitely contained disinformation.
Project Serpo: Fact or Fiction?, Mysteries Magazine, Issue #15, Tim Swartz, November 2006
Serpo.org: A Final Update from Bill Ryan: 5 March 2007


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DTIME — Execution time subroutine (or function)

Description

DTIME(VALUES, TIME) initially returns the number of seconds of runtime
since the start of the process's execution in <var>TIME</var>.  <var>VALUES</var>
returns the user and system components of this time in VALUES(1) and
VALUES(2) respectively. <var>TIME</var> is equal to VALUES(1) +
VALUES(2).

Subsequent invocations of DTIME return values accumulated since the
previous invocation.

On some systems, the underlying timings are represented using types with
sufficiently small limits that overflows (wrap around) are possible, such as
32-bit types. Therefore, the values returned by this intrinsic might be, or
become, negative, or numerically less than previous values, during a single
run of the compiled program.

Please note, that this implementation is thread safe if used within OpenMP
directives, i.e., its state will be consistent while called from multiple
threads. However, if DTIME is called from multiple threads, the result
is still the time since the last invocation. This may not give the intended
results. If possible, use CPU_TIME instead.

This intrinsic is provided in both subroutine and function forms; however,
only one form can be used in any given program unit.

<var>VALUES</var> and <var>TIME</var> are INTENT(OUT) and provide the following:

	VALUES(1): 	User time in seconds.

	VALUES(2): 	System time in seconds.

	TIME: 	Run time since start in seconds.

Syntax

CALL DTIME(VALUES, TIME).

TIME = DTIME(VALUES), (not recommended).

Arguments

<var>VALUES</var>	The type shall be REAL(4), DIMENSION(2).

<var>TIME</var>	The type shall be REAL(4).

Return value

Elapsed time in seconds since the last invocation or since the start of program
execution if not called before.

Example

program test_dtime

    integer(8) :: i, j

    real, dimension(2) :: tarray

    real :: result

    call dtime(tarray, result)

    print *, result

    print *, tarray(1)

    print *, tarray(2)

    do i=1,100000000    ! Just a delay

        j = i * i - i

    end do

    call dtime(tarray, result)

    print *, result

    print *, tarray(1)

    print *, tarray(2)

end program test_dtime

Standard

GNU extension

Class

Subroutine, function

See also

CPU_TIME

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Following the success of Misantropicalia on Hotflush earlier this year, Daniela Caldellas (aka Terr) is set to return to the label with a brand new track, "Midnight." On the flip, "Outrun" (the original taken from that Misantropicalia EP) gets the remix treatment from Tuff City Kids (a.k.a Gerd Janson and Phillip Lauer).
Ahead of the 12"s July 21 release, an ambient rework of "Midnight" is exclusively available to download via the WeTransfer button below.


The new HBO Eastbound & Down show stars Danny McBride as Kenny Powers, a 35-year-old ex MLB pitcher who is forced to return to his home town to be a P.E. teacher. The story is exactly what you would expect if John Rocker was forced to go back to his home town.
The show's executive producers are Will Ferrel and Adam McKay. The men from funny or Die who brought you Pearl in The Landlord and Good Cop, Baby Cop.
The show is great, at least the first episode was. To give you an idea, Kenny Powers's motto is "You're F**Kin' Out, I'm F**kin' In!" What more could one ask for?


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2 Hospitalized in Explosive Home Fire in Sun Valley
Two men suffered critical burn injuries.
By Beverly White and City News Service	• Published December 7, 2016 • Updated on December 8, 2016 at 1:32 am
Fire damaged a home in Sun Valley on Wednesday, where two men suffered critical burn injuries.
The men were discovered across the street from the house at 8366 Glencrest Drive in critical condition with second- and third-degree burns, according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
It was unclear how the two men arrived there, Humphrey said. One was a 38-year-old man with burns to 46 percent of his body, and the other victim was a 20-year-old man who had burns to 56 percent of his body.
Firefighters said there was evidence of explosive damage that compromised the 66-year-old home prior to their arrival. Electric wires were also down from a power pole to the one-story structure, Humphrey said.
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Investigators believe a possible butane honey oil lab in the home may have started the fire. LA IMPACT drug task force was on scene awaiting a search warrant.
Firefighters dispatched to the location at 3:51 p.m. had the fire out within 34 minutes of their arrival, Humphrey said. The fire was confined to the home's garage and attic.


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Twitter and the News: How people use the social network to learn about the world
By Tom Rosenstiel, Jeff Sonderman, Kevin Loker, Maria Ivancin, and Nina Kjarval September 1, 2015
How does Twitter change the way people get news? What kinds of thought leaders, journalists and organizations do people follow on the network? How are these Twitter followers different than those on other social networks? And how are people reacting to added elements on Twitter, such as advertising and promoted tweets?
At a moment when the network is poised to make a number of changes, the American Press Institute and Twitter, in collaboration with research company DB5, have produced a new study that probes the relationship between news use and the Twittersphere.
The study, which involved an online survey of more than 4,700 social media users, finds that Twitter users tend to be heavier news consumers than other social media users. News, indeed, is one of the primary activities that they engage in on the network.
Twitter users also tend to be younger than social media users in general. They tend to use the service heavily—the majority several times a day—and their use of the network is increasing how much news they consume. Almost all Twitter users are also consumers of other forms of news media.
74% of those who use Twitter for news do so daily. Tweet This
While Twitter users follow news in general on the service, and sometimes do so just as a way of passing time, they act differently when they are following breaking news, becoming even more participatory—commenting, posting and sharing at moments when events are moving fastest.
All of these offer signals for how news publishers can make more effective use of social networks in general and Twitter in particular.
These are some of the findings of a comprehensive survey of Twitter users as well as social media users who are not on Twitter, produced by the American Press Institute and Twitter in collaboration with research firm DB5. The study, conducted online, surveyed 4,713 people — 3,713 Twitter users and, for comparison, a separate sample of 1,000 nationally representative social media users, including 469 who were not on Twitter.
The findings come at time when Twitter is increasing its emphasis on news and making tweaks that may affect publishers' strategies. At the end of this report, API has included a set of recommendations for publishers based on the survey findings.
Among the findings from the study:
Nearly 9 in 10 Twitter users in the study (86%) say they use Twitter for news, and the vast majority of those (74%) do so daily.
Roughly the same number of people say they use Twitter to be alerted to breaking news (40%) as to keep up with the news generally (39%).
Three quarters of Twitter news users follow individual journalists, writers and commentators (73%) and nearly two thirds follow institutional accounts (62%). Twitter users also are very likely to discover new journalists and writers and consequently follow their work, often on other platforms beyond Twitter.
Fully 94% of Twitter news users get their news either through scrolling their timelines or browsing tweets of those they follow. Other features are used far less often: For instance just 34% of Twitter news users say they get news from trending topics and 30% use search.
82% of Twitter users access the platform on their phones and many access Twitter across multiple devices.
A majority of non-Twitter users (51%) have seen tweets. 45% on TV, 33% from friends, 27% in news articles they read, 22% from going to twitter.com without signing up, 12% from search and 8% in a newspaper.
Twitter funded the study but granted API researchers independence to develop the survey questionnaire. DB5 conducted the survey between November 23 and December 15, 2014 and tabulated results. API analyzed the data and produced this written report. All topline results with questionnaire are available to the public, as well as a more detailed methodology.
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Najafabad (, also Romanized as Najafābād) is a village in Eqbal-e Sharqi Rural District, in the Central District of Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,348, in 347 families.

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Populated places in Qazvin County


In a number of cases, when the intensive entering of liquid (for example, the blood or of lymph) from the deep layers of cloth to the surface is absent, it is necessary to conduct partial drying surface in the regime of the sparing coagulation for the purpose of the final evaporation of pathologic liquids (for example, exudate) and achievement of the effect of sterilization.
For achievement the effect of partial drying and formulated above tasks there is no need for using entire temperature potential of air-plasma flow (HPF). Sufficient to ensure in the place of the contact of plasma jet with the cloth temperature in the range from 1000°C to 2000°C. The flow charts of the sparing coagulation are shown in the figure.
The sparing coagulation can be carried out as by coagulator (Fig. a), so by stimulator-coagulator (Fig. b). With the use of a coagulator the distance from the outlet to the region of coagulation must be not less than 25 mm. Visually this approximately corresponds to the end of the luminous part of the plasma torch of coagulator. The decrease of distance from the outlet to the region of coagulation will lead to the excess of the temperature limit into 2000°C.
The thermo-physical processes, proceeding during the sparing coagulation, are in many respects similar to the processes, proceeding during the traditional coagulation, but in this case low temperature potential flow does not make possible to be formed for the complete region of thermal changes. Process is limited to the formation of the small zone of spongy necrosis (SLN), zone of compact necrosis (CLN) and zone of paranecrosis. As a result this action the elastic film of lusterless nuance with a thickness not of more than 200 mkm is formed on the surface of cloth, which also is the purpose of the sparing coagulation.
With conducting of the sparing coagulation by stimulator-coagulator the distance from the outlet of manipulator to the cloth is minimal (Fig. b), since the temperature of the escaping flow does not exceed 1000°C.
This way, if it is necessary to realize the sparing coagulations on large surface it is possible to use a coagulator, and if it is necessary to coagulate the bounded spaces - stimulator-coagulator.


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Stenomicra delicata är en tvåvingeart som först beskrevs av Collin 1944. Enligt Catalogue of Life ingår Stenomicra delicata i släktet Stenomicra och familjen savflugor, men enligt Dyntaxa är tillhörigheten istället släktet Stenomicra och familjen dvärgflugor. Arten är reproducerande i Sverige. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Externa länkar

Savflugor
delicata


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Big Foot support for hospital chiller
Big Foot Systems has supplied a custom plant deck to support a chiller on the roof of Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Big Foot Technical worked with the contractors to design a solution that allowed the chiller to sit above existing pipework whilst allowing it to remain accessible for maintenance.
The deck sits approximately 1 metre above the asphalt roof level to allow for pipe runs and comes complete with a custom platform around the perimeter of the chiller. Big Foot also provided steps either side of the chiller, to enable access from both sides of the pipework, which saved the need for any step overs in another location. Big Foot Technical used foot pressure calculations, UDL (roof load) figures and a wind summary to ensure that the design was fit for purpose and in line with project requirements.
Sales Manager Peter Mellor said: "It was important to supply a support solution that was not only fit for the roof and weather conditions but that also provided suitable access to the plant. The design that our technical team produced spreads the load of the chiller safely and evenly, factors in local prevailing winds and provides safe access too."


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Three F-35Bs on board the USS America for testing. Lockheed Martin
Defense Contractors Should Fear More Than Trump's Tweets
It's not just Lockheed and Boeing. As president, Trump can mess with just about any contract he wants, even high-priced fighter jets, ships and armored trucks.
It would be nearly impossible for President-Elect Donald Trump to kill the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter — or any other expensive Pentagon weapon that he inherits upon taking the oath of office on Jan. 20 — but he could shake down defense contractors for billions of dollars.
Trump has brought the rather mundane contract negotiation process out from the privacy of corporate board rooms and into the public spotlight with his recent tweets about the exorbitant estimated price tag for a new Air Force One and the "out of control" cost of the F-35 — the Pentagon's $400 billion stealth jet that has as well-documented history of being late and over budget.
"[I]t is very important to remember that the President has tremendous power to do/get what he wants," Roman Schweizer, an analyst with Cowen and Company wrote in a note to investors on Monday. "Of course, Congress has an important role in defense programs and we expect lawmakers to weigh in on F-35 and others. But which lawmaker is going to criticize Trump for trying to get better terms on 'overpriced' defense programs?"
Axing a project like the F-35 would be tough to force through Congress.The jet has created 146,000 jobs in 45 states and Puerto Rico. That leaves Trump with another option: Paying only what he feels companies deserve for the their work. In other words, he could force companies to accept a contract or walk.
Think that's a radical move? President Obama's Pentagon did just that last month, giving Lockheed a $6.1 billion take-it-or-leave-it deal to for 57 F-35s. Lockheed has until February to accept or appeal the offer.
It's unusual for a president to take a deep dive into nuances of the Pentagon's arms deals, but Trump's recent tweets have already had an impact on defense firms' bottom lines. Lockheed shares fell Monday more than 5 percent before rallying, closing down 2.47 percent. Lockheed's F-35 suppliers also took a hit on Wall Street. Shares of Northrop Grumman — which makes the jet's center fuselage, radar and other high-tech sensors — fell nearly 6.8 percent from Friday's close. It closed down 2.67 percent on Monday.
"Until the costs and risks of conceivable alternatives are known, compared to current F-35 plans, we don't believe investors should panic over the program's prospects based on a single Trump tweet," said Byron Callan, an analyst with Capital Alpha Partners, in an email to investors.
But there might be reason for concern.
"It's too early to determine or quantify an impact but we cannot dismiss the president-elect's demonstrated interest in high profile defense programs and his penchant for distilling his terse criticisms into 140 characters," Schweizer wrote.
The Pentagon plans to sign a lot of new, pricey contracts during Trump's presidency. New pilot training jets, intelligence planes, and helicopters are all expected in the next year or so. The Navy is planning to buy new nuclear submarines and the Marine Corps wants a new amphibious assault vehicle. There's also new intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear cruise missiles.
Then there are the projects already on the books, like the F-35. Every year, the Pentagon signs individual deals for each batch of warplanes, ships and armored vehicles. Each deal is typically negotiated on a yearly basis.
"[W]e do not think he is going to tolerate front-page headlines during his term about massive program overruns, poor performance, or broken ships and aircraft," Schweizer wrote. "And perception may matter more than details."
The Pentagon is already negotiating its next batch of about 100 F-35s, a deal that could be worth upwards of $7 billion. If a deal is not reached before Jan. 20, it could become the first real test of President Trump's skills as negotiator in chief.
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Wow, the mATX board really got shafted. People who want a smaller form factor want all the current features, too. In fact, it's even more important with fewer expansion options.
How are these different from enthusiast PC's? I'm a professional and have never considered going this direction.
The most apparent differences in this board are in quality control and ECC RAM support. If you don't know why you'd need a workstation board over something consumer grade, chances are you don't need it. This is pretty lame as far as workstation boards go anyway. Pretty, but still lame.
I don't get it. What is the point? With HPTX boards like SR-2 and X or with XL-ATX during X58 era yes. It was great stuff, but this? This is pointless in the extreme.
These boards don't seem to have much of a market unless you can find a Skylake based Xeon in stock. All of the i7 Skylake processors seem to be out of stock at newegg. There may be some cases where you can get a better deal on a low-end Xeon compared to a consumer version, but this doesn't seem like it would save much money.
I have considered building a system with server grade parts mostly for ECC. I am of the opinion that all memory should be ECC protected. I have gotten hit with bad memory (single bit error) before that caused a lot of file corruption. All of the files on your hard drive passed through memory on the way there. I had a lot of corrupted files before the error was noticed. Hard drives and SSDs always use some form of error correction; why is it okay to not use this on system memory? It annoys me that they use this feature for market segmentation. It cost quite a bit more to get ECC if you want speed comparable to a high-end desktop machine, it just isn't worth it for most people.
I am using an MSI C236M with a Skylake Pentium and ECC DDR4 memory. Essentially, this is a budget home workstation that won't be used for gaming.
If I wanted a full blown workstation, I would use an MSI C236A or ASUS P10S WS or Supermicro motherboard with a Xeon e3-1245v5.
But for my budget for a home workstation, the C236M and Pentium are pretty nice. Actually, this might work for gaming with a GTX 750 ti or GTX 950.


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Latin American Studies Librarian - University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia...
The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Penn's distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning.
Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.
The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.
Posted Job Title Latin American Studies Librarian
Job Profile Title Librarian C
Job Description Summary The Latin American Studies Librarian provides specialized reference, instruction, and academic liaison services to Penn faculty and students, both undergraduate and graduate, with research interests in Latin America in all departments and schools where they are included as topics of study. The Librarian maintains the Latin American Collection website.
The Latin American Studies Librarian works collaboratively with colleagues across the whole of the Penn Libraries, especially those in Area Studies, and with campus constituencies and donors related to the Latin American collection. The Latin American Studies Librarian works together with colleagues in technical services to set priorities for processing and to manage acquisition workflows. The Librarian will contribute to instruction work, special initiatives, and professional development across the Libraries, helping to foster a collaborative environment and bringing a global perspective to the broader work of the Libraries. The Librarian is also expected to participate in the larger field of Latin American librarianship on the national and international levels with particular emphasis on fostering collaboration.
Reporting to the Coordinator, Area Studies Collections, the Latin American Studies Librarian selects and acquires scholarly resources from and about Latin America (and countries with relevant émigré or diaspora communities) in a wide range of subjects and formats in Spanish, Portuguese, and other European languages, in support of Penn's current and future academic programs and in consultation with faculty members. The selection of resources in Western languages (e.g., English, French, and German) with regional provenance is an essential component of the job. The Latin American Studies Librarian is tasked with building and maintaining collections that are diverse, forward-looking, and appropriate to the Latin American studies at Penn—particularly in the form of the Latin American and Latinx Studies Program--and to a global, interdisciplinary community at Penn and beyond.
Collection Development. Reporting to the Coordinator, Area Studies Collections, the Latin American Studies Librarian selects and acquires scholarly resources from and about Latin America (and countries with relevant émigré or diaspora communities) in a wide range of subjects and formats in Spanish, Portuguese, and other European languages, in support of Penn's current and anticipated academic programs and in consultation with faculty members. The selection of resources in Western languages (e.g., English, French, and German) is an essential component of the job. The Latin American Studies Librarian is tasked with building and maintaining collections that are diverse, forward-looking, and appropriate to the Penn Latin American studies community.
Reference, instruction, and liaison services. The Latin American Studies Librarian provides specialized reference, instruction, and academic liaison services to Penn faculty and students, both undergraduate and graduate, with research interests in Latin America in all departments and schools where they are included as topics of study. The Librarian maintains the Latin American Collection website
Collaboration. The Latin American Studies Librarian works collaboratively with colleagues across the whole of the Penn Libraries, especially those in Area Studies, and with campus constituencies and donors related to the Latin American collection. The Latin American Studies Librarian works together with colleagues in technical services to set priorities for processing and to manage acquisition workflows. The Librarian will contribute to instruction work, special initiatives, and professional development across the Libraries, helping to foster a collaborative environment and bringing a global perspective to the broader work of the Libraries. The Librarian is also expected to participate in the larger field of Latin American librarianship on the national and international levels with particular emphasis on fostering collaboration.
An accredited Master's degree in library or information science with a minimum of three years of relevant professional experience or the equivalent in education and training. Advanced knowledge of Latin American history, literature, and culture. A graduate degree in Latin American Studies, preferred. Knowledge of the publishing industry throughout Latin America and trends in scholarship. Must have knowledge of current and developing patterns of scholarship and publishing in relevant fields of study and be committed to the international and interdisciplinary strengths of Penn's academic programs. Proficiency in Spanish, as well as excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of Portuguese is desirable, along with bibliographic proficiency in French or German.
Experience using bibliographic utilities for searching and cataloging in is desirable.
Ability to work independently and collegially with librarians and users.
*** REQUIRED*** Please submit a resume and cover letter as one attachment when applying.
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"Making Jesus Known Around the World"
At Ripon Grace we are committed to making disciples of all men. We do this through Evangelism, Discipleship groups and Missions here at home and across the world. We invite you to be a part of our Lord's work of reaching people with the Gospel and helping them grow in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Making Christ Known in Ripon is as urgent as evangelism around the world. Our desire is to encourage our local community through serving our community through a variety of ministries (ie. Main Street Days, Almond Blossom Festival, etc.).
Modesto Gospel Mission In addition to monthly support, we participate in leading monthly worship on Thursday evenings. Contact the Church Office to help.
Modesto Pregnancy Center We sponsor a Baby Bottle fund raising campaign twice yearly.
AWANA Missionary - Children matter to God and we seek to show Christ's love through our Awana program and supporting a local Awana Missionary.
In addition to supporting missionaries in our country and across the world, we also support and participate in missions projects throughout the world. Through Blocklayers Ministries International (BMI), Ripon Grace members have given to financially and/or supplied teams for the construction of churches and Bible Institutes in Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Philippines and Mexico (to train indigenous pastors and evangelists). For more information contact a member of the Missions Commission.
We have supported and continue to support youth and adults on short term missions to many parts of the world including Russia, Mexico City, Brazil, Philippines, China, Canada and Cambodia.
An annual golf tournament is held as a fund raiser for church planting world wide. If you desire to help with this tournament contact the Church Office.
We invite you to participate with us in taking the Good News to all men and helping them to grow in Christ by giving to and/or participating with us in these ministries. Please talk to one of our pastors or a member of the Missions Commission to become involved.


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Category Report
5 Insights from Drizly's June Sales
Ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails are spiking and tequila continues to climb, among other takeaways
Summer looks a little different this year, with fewer occasions to enjoy drinks at bars and restaurants. That shift directly impacted consumer purchasing habits in the month of June. Some expected seasonal categories, like hard seltzer, are still experiencing strong growth, while others, like ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails, are benefiting from the increase in outdoor and at-home consumption.
BevAlc Insights spoke with Liz Paquette, Drizly's head of consumer insights, to learn about breakout brands, dive into product category shifts, and gather insights about alcohol purchasing patterns in Houston, one of America's largest cities.
Product Breakouts
In June, High Noon, Cointreau, and Skrewball topped the list of products experiencing the highest year-over-year growth. According to Paquette, standout growth for hard seltzer brands was expected. "Summertime is seltzer season, so it's not surprising to see this brand take off during this month specifically," she says. However, the huge growth of relative newcomer High Noon points to the vodka-based seltzer's ability to succeed in both the RTD cocktail and hard seltzer categories.
Home cocktail culture has driven growth for liqueurs, cordials, and mixers, but Cointreau has the added benefit of its association with tequila (as an ingredient in the classic Margarita) — which has also been on an upward trajectory — to push it beyond ahead of other products in the category. As for Skrewball, which has likely also benefited from the increasing trend to make cocktails at home, Paquette points to the brand's ability to attract loyal fans. "Skrewball's Peanut Butter Whiskey has taken on somewhat of a cult following," she says.
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Category Growth
As they did in May, the hard seltzer and silver/blanco tequila categories experienced the highest year-over-year share growth in June: An increase of 1.99 percent and .93 percent, respectively. While these numbers initially seem to indicate a slowing of growth compared to the month prior, Paquette sees it differently. Tequila is coming off of a monster month for tequila purchasing around Cinco de Mayo, which was far higher in 2020 than 2019 given stay-at-home orders.
For hard seltzer, meanwhile, the category didn't really start taking off in 2019 until June. "Because of that, you saw a higher year-over-year share increase in May as the foothold that was gained in 2019 carried into late spring," Paquette clarifies.
However, a third category joined the list of standout growth categories in the month of June: RTD beverages, which were up over last year. While home cocktail culture has resulted in increased sales for spirits, liqueurs, and other cocktail ingredients, RTDs offer the added benefits of convenience and portability.
"Convenience is definitely a macro trend that continues to take hold in the beverage alcohol industry," says Paquette. Instead of having to mix up their favorite cocktails at home, consumers can simply reach for a chilled, ready-made cocktail in their own refrigerators. With more format options entering the market as well, RTDs are portable, which is increasingly important to current consumption habits. "This likely plays into some of the drinking occasions we're seeing more of in 2020, including outdoor picnics and barbecues," says Paquette.
RTD Category Growth
June sales indicate that the RTD category, which has seen very strong sales recently, has experienced some product shakeups recently. High Noon has begun to dominate the RTD category, holding 49.97 percent of RTD share in the month of June. "High Noon is an RTD vodka seltzer positioned amongst malt hard seltzers," says Paquette. "This has allowed the brand to both capitalize on the hard seltzer trend and differentiate the product with their 'real vodka, real juice' tag."
At the same time, last year's June leader on Drizly has experienced diminishing popularity; Skinnygirl, which accounted for 19.43 percent of share in June 2019, now holds just 5.73 percent of share. Paquette notes that this is likely because of new entrants to the category (like High Noon) as well as lack of portability that many canned RTDs offer.
New Customer Acquisition
New buyer sales were up 432 percent over baseline on the first weekend of summer, compared to an average of 270 percent over baseline in weeks prior. Because new buyer sales have been continuously strong since Covid-19 hit, Paquette surmises that this points to the continued trend for alcohol to be purchased and consumed at home, as social distancing continues. "Perhaps in the year prior," she says, "more consumers were out celebrating the longest day of the year in on-premise locations or vacation destinations versus stocking up for at home celebrations."
Market Insights: Houston
Houston residents flocked to Drizly during the month of June, making it one of the country's fastest growing markets. "This may have partially been driven by more consumers returning home as Covid-19 concerns rose in the area," says Paquette. New on-premise closures and renewed health cautions likely contributed to increasing demand for fast, reliable, and safe home alcohol deliveries.
Compared to one year prior, June also saw share decreases in Houston's top five categories — vodka, red wine, white wine, bourbon, and Scotch — as hard seltzer and tequila gained prominence, which these categories also did at a national level. Vodka maintains that top spot, though, which is a reflection of Houston's local beverage preferences. "Texas is by far and large a spirits market, driven in large part by vodka," says Paquette.
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Movies and music comes to life with this Sony HTCT290 sound bar with wireless subwoofer. This 2.1-channel system supports wireless streaming via Bluetooth. HDMI ARC lets you connect to your TV with a single cable and an HDMI port let you connect a device directly to the sound bar, like a video gaming console or Blu-ray player.


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We specialize in Slavic and Eastern European books, with an emphasis on Ukrainian émigré material. We hold one of the largest collections of books and periodicals published in Ukrainian displaced persons (DP) camps.
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Skateboard star makes surprise appearance at Burlington, Vermont skatepark ceremony.
15 June 2016 (Burlington, VT) — Locals attending the naming ceremony for Burlington, Vermont's Andy "A-Dog" Williams Skatepark were surprised to see a familiar face in the lineup around the 21,000-square-foot park's bowl, as Tony Hawk made an unannounced appearance at the June 4 event and helped inaugurate the newly named park by demonstrating its true potential.
Check out the RIDE Channel video featuring highlights from Tony Hawk's surprise visit to the A-Dog Skatepark in Burlington, Vermont.
Also, see photos from the event on THF's facebook page.
Andy "A-Dog" Williams was a local skater, DJ, and artist who helped create the city's previous temporary skatepark, and was integral to the effort to build the permanent park. When he passed from Leukemia in 2013, his friends resolved to dedicate the skatepark to him. Little did they know that the completion of A-Dog's park also set a milestone for the Tony Hawk Foundation.
With International Go Skateboarding Day approaching on June 21, THF is celebrating the completion of its first 500 skateparks with a campaign to help create the next 500 parks.
Observe International Go Skateboarding Day by visiting your local skatepark, and by making a donation to the Tony Hawk Foundation to help THF create #500MoreSkateparks.
Communities in the U.S. that are pursuing free, concrete skateparks are encouraged to learn more about the process. Learn about THF skatepark grants.


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Fold: Fold – album review
Written by Simon Tucker28 October, 2015
Fold: Fold (Self-Released)
Leeds quartet Fold release their highly anticipated debut self-titled album on the 2nd of November. Simon Tucker gave it a listen for LTW and gave us these thoughts.
Politics and music shouldn't mix is the view quite a large number of people seem to share these days. As soon as an artist sticks their neck out and supports a cause, they are often derided or branded "champagne socialists" (these people who say these things often have Beatles, Stones, and Dylan albums in their collections somewhat ironically). Look at the wrath that has been aimed at Charlotte Church in recent months and you'll get the idea. Then there are the rest of us. Those who think now, more than ever, is the time for artists to be speaking out. To be nailing their flags to a cause. To be giving voice to those of us without a platform. There ARE bands out there doing this and it's not just through their music. Bands like Young Fathers and Sleaford Mods are highly emotive, voicing their dissent not just in their music but in how they conduct their personal and professional lives. Then there's the more established artists like Massive Attack, Geoff Barrow, and Thom Yorke who have long been champions of certain causes and are highly vocal on social media. So there IS a desire out there for social awareness and political dissent and into this frame steps Fold. A mix of the electronic and live, Fold create a brand of music that is soulful and full of heart, compassion, and concise anger aimed at the injustices they see in the world often using vocal samples of icons passed (John Lennon, Martin Luther King, JFK) to make the message clear.
What is remarkable about 'Fold' is that even though it is full of polemic, it is actually full of hooks and groove that make this the most danceable protest record since There's A Riot Going On.
A Reflection Of Us All is a laidback groove that slides along lulling you into the world, making your mind susceptible to the ideas and ideals that the band are going to be presenting before A Victim's Mentality skitters around on dark-shaded, smoky jazz fills and thrills.
Detroit Red is where the album starts throwing its weight around with a slam/bam (thank you mam) break-beat that really shakes the bones and the dust from the media saturated eyes before Mr President, We're In Trouble seeps in sweet soul and lounge beat.
The mixture of soulful electronics and jazz (with an added hip-hop pulse) continues throughout the rest of the album with tracks like She, the mighty Oil-Powered Machine, and Two Past Midnight being the finest examples.
Fold is a wonderful and thought provoking listen. It brings to mind Aim's Cold Water Music in its blend of beauty and grit. The production throughout adds a rich feel which is all encompassing. The album never tires or sags keeping everything crisp and fresh. You can approach this record in two ways. You can either a) just enjoy it as a piece of music perfect for the dancefloor or b) let the music wash over and educate you at the same time. Like most great art, Fold is full of lessons for us all but never heavy handed or righteous. It is a groove, a sensation, a news broadcast worth listening to with no shadowy figure directing the content.
Fold can be found via their website or via Facebook and Twitter where they tweet as @foldfm
All words by Simon Tucker. More writing by Simon on Louder Than War can be found at his author's archive. You can also find Simon on twitter as @simontucker1979
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AK Rockefeller
Yes, it is very odd that in this highly politicized time there's a conspicuous lack of politically motivated art, especially in the realm of music. In fact, I can't think of a single era when music has been so divorced from politics. Which is why Fold is such a refreshing breath of fresh air. Following in the tradition of the best political music, Fold is poignant as well as accessible. The music is clever without reveling in its cleverness. The samples, often taken from well known political figures of the past, depict a general sense of warmth and humanity in addition to an underlying sense of duty, honor and perseverance. The genius of Fold is that you never feel like you're at a lecture. It's music that draws on the past to create something unique for the here and now.


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Sophie Karthäuser (* 1974 in Malmedy) ist eine belgische Opernsängerin (Sopran).

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Der Kontakt zur Musik begann bereits in ihrer frühen Kindheit, ihre älteren Schwestern spielten Klarinette im örtlichen Musikverein und Sophie wollte es ihnen gleichtun. Da sie noch zu klein war begann sie mit Blockflötenunterricht und belegte ab dem fünften Lebensjahr das Fach Notenlehre und später Klarinette in der örtlichen Musikakademie. Inzwischen war sie Mitglied im Kirchenchor ihrer Heimatgemeinde Bellevaux.  Mit 16 Jahren begann sie mit dem Gesangsunterricht, den sie zwei Jahre später in der Klasse von Greta de Reyghere und Thierry Migliorini am Lütticher Konservatorium fortsetzte. 1997 gewann sie den belgischen Förderpreis und konnte sich an der Guildhall School of Music and Drama London in der Klasse von Noelle Barker spezialisieren.

Ihr Debüt als Opernsängerin gab sie in der Rolle der Pamina in Mozarts Zauberflöte in der Alten Oper Frankfurt. Inzwischen singt sie regelmäßig am Brüsseler Monnaie Theater, hier gelang ihr der internationale Durchbruch als Opernsängerin in der Rolle der Papagena (Zauberflöte) unter der Leitung von René Jacobs.

2013 gab sie die Ilia  in Idomeneo, Regie führte Stephan Aubé, in weiteren Rollen waren Gaëlle Arquez und Richard Croft zu hören.

Neben ihren vielseitigen Opernengagements liebt sie den Liedgesang, aber auch die historische Aufführungspraxis, hier tritt sie regelmäßig mit bekannten Ensembles auf, wie dem European Baroque Orchestra unter Philippe Herreweghe, der Academy of Ancient Music unter Roy Goodman, der Capella Augustina unter Andreas Spering, mit den Les Arts Florissants unter William Christie, Les Folies Françoises unter Patrick Cohën-Akenine, mit La Petite Bande unter Sigiswald Kuijken, dem Freiburger Barockorchester oder dem Ensemble Café Zimmermann.

Diskografie (Auswahl)
 "Airs d'opéra" Werke von André Grétry | mit Les Agrémens unter Guy Van Waas,  Label Ricercar
 Stabat Mater von Luigi Boccherini | mit Les Folies Françoises unter Patrick Cohën-Akenine,  Label Ricercar
 Kantaten BWV 55, 56, 98, 180 von Johann Sebastian Bach, mit La Petite Bande, Label Accent
 Il Ritorno di Tobia de Joseph Haydn | Cappella Coloniensis,  Label Naxos
 Die Schöpfung von Haydn | Les Arts Florissants & William Christie,  Label Virgin
 Faramondo von Händel | I barochisti & Diego Fassolis,  Label Virgin
 Mozart Arien, Live aus La Monnaie Brüssel, Label Cypres records
 Mozart: La finta giardiniera mit dem Freiburger Barockorchester unter René Jacobs  (Label HFM, 2012)
 Francis Poulenc: Solo-Album mit Liedern,  mit dem Pianisten Eugene Asti (harmonia mundi, 2014)
 Hugo Wolf: Lieder "Kennst du das Land?", mit dem Pianisten Eugene Asti (HMC, 2015)
 Michel-Richard Delalande: 3 Leçons de Ténèbres  mit dem Ensemble Correspondances unter der Leitung von Sébastien Daucé (harmonia mundi, 2015)
 Mozart: in Requiem mit dem Freiburger Barockorchester unter René Jacobs  (harmonia mundi, 2016)
 Hector Berlioz: in Béatrice et Bénédict  London Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonello Manacorda  (Opus Arte, 2016)
 Claude Debussy: Lieder – Harmonie du soir (harmonia mundi, 2017)
 Johann Sebastian Bach: Dialogkantaten, BWV 32, 49, 57 mit der Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (harmonia mundi, 2018)

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 Sophie Karthäuser Agenturprofil

Opernsänger
Sopran
Historische Aufführungspraxis
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Geboren 1974
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We left Villars in rain, then had snow as we drove over 2 passes on way to Gstaad. Then it was rain again on and off for much of the day.
Had a morning break for a wander around Zweisimmen in the rain. Then Jan drove us to Strasbourg avoiding Bern and most of Basel. We arrived here at 4.30pm just in time for more rain.
My bad back has been painful with all the time sitting in the car the last few days. Worried about it going into spasm so am taking all 3 drugs that doc has given me. Makes me feel a bit spaced out.
We wandered around the old town about 6pm as the rain had stopped and the light was pretty good for photos. Not many people about, reflections in the river and old black and white buildings, ideal for black and white photos!
After a meal it was dark and time for some night shots. I wandered around for about 3 hours taking photos in the old town, including the enormous cathedral and the river.
Time for lights out now, long drive to Calais for Eurotunnel tomorrow. Hopefully some more photos around Strasbourg in sunshine tomorrow before we leave.


"Edward Snowden has written to the German government expressing his willingness to testify about American spy surveillance if his asylum "situation" can be resolved without his extradition to the United States."
"March 23, 2012 Mr. Parfait Onanga (representative of UN Secretary General) and Mr. Richard Bennett, (representative of UN Human Rights Council) accompanied by their assistants visited the hunger strikers and handed them a letter on behalf of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and signed by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navi Pillay. The letter acknowledged the petition submitted by Tibetan Youth Congressat the beginning of the hunger strike campaign and also the meetings between Mr. Ivan Simonovic, UN Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights and the hunger strikers.
"On behalf of the Secretary General, I wish to bring to your attention that the Human Rights Mechanisms of the UN are actively engaged on your concerns". Adding that a number of UN Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the Human Rights Council have sent several of joint urgent appeals to the Government of China, expressing concern over specific cases in Tibet involving violations relating to their mandates.
Ms Navi Pillay (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) Ms Pillay said, "Some Special Procedures Mandate Holders have also sent requests to visit China, and these are pending a response from the Government". She added that she wrote to the Government of China to express not only her concern over the situation but will continue to engage with them and urged the hunger strikers to conclude the hunger strike.
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Spring associates with the beginning of something new. A lot of new articles appeared on our blog during this period. It is already summer and its time to sum up the season that passed. Let's check which postings you are most interested in. Here are top 5 spring most read articles at Cart2Cart Blog.
WordPress is one of the most widely used content management system. Accept a possibility to create a website or blog, it provides a great opportunity to start an online store. There are several WordPress built in platforms, but the most popular are WooCommerce and WP e-Commerce.
WooCommerce was launched by WooThemes, company that became known for creating high quality WordPress themes. Unsurprisingly, the platform provides it's customers with great design opportunities. Furthermore, an easy product management process gives you a possibility to sell different types of products (physical and downloadable). Marketing and SEO tools will help to establish effective promo campaigns. However, there are some drawbacks, for instance, lack of shipping gateways. Nonetheless, many of those cons were fixed in a new WooCommerce 2.0 version.
On the other hand, we have WP e-Commerce, which is more experienced player in e-Commerce. That's why it offers an enormous number of features, which you will be able to get right after installation. Numerous SEO tools will definitely motivate your visitors to become customers. From the other side WP e-Commerce is also not a perfect solution. Many merchants complain that it is rather buggy shopping cart.
Nowadays, e-Commerce became part of our everyday lives. It covers a range of different types of businesses. Moreover, it provides a great opportunity to sell and buy different types of products without any paper documentation. 85% of Internet users at least once bought something online. But how did it appear? What is the place of e-Commerce in today's business? How it is going to develop in the near future? Infographic shows answers for all those questions and even more.
Today's e-market offers over 350 shopping carts, which you can choose to build an online store. On one hand, this wide range of platforms offers a great opportunity to select the best for you. But on the other hand, it is easier to get confused in such an amount of e-Commerce solutions. That's why you better narrow the focus in order to make a decision process easier. Before choosing a platform, you have to evaluate your tech-savviness, payment preferences, willingness to sell on the other channels. Infographic illustrates 5 easy questions you should answer in order to select the platform which will satisfy personally your needs.
Guido Jansen is a well known Magento Community member, speaker on numerous events and generally passionate supporter of Magento shopping cart. Guido agreed to give us an exclusive interview and answer some interesting questions. He explained us reasons to choose Magento, for what kind of businesses it is suitable, how to migrate to this platform easily and even more. Furthermore, our interview with Guido Jansen was included in May's Round-up on Nexcess, famous hosting provider and owner of the extremely popular blog. So, don't hesitate and read one of May's best Magento content.
CS-Cart shopping cart is a powerful open source e-Commerce solution, which owns over 30,000 online stores. Increasing popularity of this platform can be explained with its numerous benefits.
High functionality of CS-Cart is represented by rich out-of-the-box features, inbuilt content manager, Multi-Vendor and Ultimate editions.
With easy installation process, intuitive admin dashboard and technical support shopping cart is convenient and accessible in usage.
Marketing tools will help to promote your store and attract attention of customers.
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Various add-ons will help you to get supplementary functions. Numerous extensions are available at CS-Cart community forums.
So, these are 5 articles, which you like the most. We're happy to receive attention to our work as we strive to make your business more prosperous. Bring a novelty to your understanding of e-Commerce with Cart2Cart Blog.


Eugene Laverty targets improvement at Mugello Moto GP.
The MotoGP World Championship makes its annual pilgrimage to Tuscany this weekend with Valentino Rossi leading the standings and the rejuvenated factory Ducati team looking to make it an extra special weekend for the passionate Italian fans. Mugello is a technical circuit, one of seven on the calendar to measure more than five kilometres in length and one of five to feature a kilometre-long straight. With its fast and flowing layout the key to Mugello is a combination of set-up and skill, qualities that have certainly not been lacking Jorge Lorenzo recently. The Spaniard has won the last two races and he will look to take the challenge to the home favourites this weekend.
The POWER ELECTRONICS Aspar Team travels to Tuscany on the back of its strongest weekend so far this season at Le Mans last time out. Nicky Hayden took victory in the Open class whilst Eugene Laverty picked up his first points in MotoGP, and both riders are highly motivated to build on those results at Mugello. The American is doubly determined to perform this weekend after missing this round last year with a hand injury, and after finding some set-up improvements in France two weeks ago his goal is to make further progress and stay in the chase for Open class wins. Whilst it might still be early days for his team-mate Eugene Laverty in MotoGP, there is no doubt that the Irishman is setting equally high goals in the medium term after also making good progress with his bike at Le Mans.
Motorsport.ie Eugene Laverty targets improvement at Mugello Moto GP.


we see our nation stained and the whole worlds up in flames.
what a low down dirty shame and abroad we see the same we have our selves to blame.
Save the world, feed the hungry people, show them we love and care.
he said he needed food to eat and spare some change please.
it warmed my heart as he said thank you ma'am to me.
just to see that there is more than one on every corner without a place to sleep.
please stretch out your hand.


By Rule - requires only registration and, in some cases, a small fee. Used in most states if siting and design are low-risk and meet specific standards.
By Permit - requires more information to be provided and often requires well monitoring. Common for wells that pose a higher risk to ground quality.
Aquifer - coarse gravel or rock that contains and/or transmits groundwater.
Attenuation capacity - the ability of soil and sediment to reduce the mobility of contaminants passing through it.
Vadose zone - the area below the land surface but above the water table. Conducts but is not saturated with water.
Dry wells improve stormwater drainage and aquifer recharge by providing a fast, direct route for rainwater to drain deep into underlying sediment and rock. Dry wells are most common in the western U.S. where clay or caliche layers slow down the natural drainage of water into underlying aquifers. However, there is concern that in bypassing some of the natural pollutant-removing function of soil and sediment, contaminants in runoff could enter groundwater supplies. Location and design choices can reduce this risk, and many states have developed guidelines and standards to help protect their groundwater.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates the construction, operation, permitting, and closure of injection wells, including dry wells, through the underground injection control (UIC) program as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act. The majority of states have primacy or authority to implement and oversee their own UIC programs (e.g., Washington and Oregon, where dry wells are used extensively); the EPA directly implements programs in the remaining states (see map, above).
Distance from Vulnerable Sites. Mandatory horizontal separation distances between dry wells and public supply wells, natural waterbodies, and other sensitive areas are common. A distance of 100 to 500 feet is commonly required to prevent contamination of public supply wells.
High Risk Land Uses. Several states, including Oregon, Washington, New Jersey, and West Virginia, do not permit dry wells at vehicle servicing areas, gas stations, and other locations where hazardous chemicals could contaminate stormwater. In Illinois, these locations are discouraged but not banned. Other states, like Wyoming, require special equipment such as oil/water separators in dry wells near gas stations.
Underground Considerations. Clays in the vadose zone serve a useful role by trapping pollutants, decreasing the risk of groundwater contamination. Some states consider this "attenuation capacity" of the vadose zone in determining separation distances from groundwater. Oregon uses vadose zone modeling to set limits on pollutant concentrations that are allowed to enter the dry well. Most states require 2 to 10 feet of vertical separation between the bottom of the dry well and the seasonal high water table.
A dry well with two stages of pretreatment: grassy swale and sedimentation well. Image Credit: E. Edwards and B. Mandler.
Pretreatment features, such as swales or sedimentation manholes, remove sediment and associated pollutants from the water before it enters the dry well. This helps prevent clogging and removes contaminants. Many states require some form of pretreatment. Washington uses the attenuation capacity of the vadose zone as a key factor in determining the type of pretreatment necessary. Oregon typically requires a two-stage dry well system with structural and/or vegetated pre-treatment. Delaware requires structural or vegetative pretreatment and upstream traps to prevent clogging from leaves and other debris. Some states, such as Idaho, where aquifer depths are commonly 200 feet or more, require no pretreatment.
Regular monitoring - e.g., West Virginia (monitoring required twice yearly for contaminants of concern, or once yearly if the well is considered non-threatening) and Oregon (low-medium-risk wells are sampled twice the first year and annually after that; wells authorized under permits are monitored up to 6 times per year).
Why are there differences between programs in different states?
Although the regulatory and political environment has some influence on differences in dry well programs between states, many of the differences are due to different geologic conditions. States with greater amounts of precipitation, high water tables, or bedrock near the ground surface often will not use dry wells extensively, so the need for regulation is minimal. Other states, especially those with less rain and deeper water tables, tend to have more detailed regulations because their groundwater resources are less abundant and/or under greater strain.
Underground injection control is generally managed and enforced at the state level. Click on the relevant link for more information about underground injection control and dry wells in your area: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Navajo Nation, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Can't see your state above? The EPA directly manages Class V injection wells (including dry wells for stormwater drainage) in many tribal areas and a number of states, including Alaska, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
You are free to share or distribute this material for non-commercial purposes as long as it retains this licensing information, and attribution is given to the American Geosciences Institute.


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Advocate Chain Bought by a Daily
Hartford Courant, Subsidiary of Times Mirror Company, Acquires Five AAN Weeklies.
By Cory Zurowski
New Mass. Media, Inc., owner of the Advocate Weekly chain of five alternative newsweeklies, will be sold to Courant Specialty Products, a subsidiary of The Hartford Courant Company.
The sale was announced Wednesday by Courant Publisher and CEO Marty Petty and Christine Austin and Geoffrey Robinson, owners and group publishers of New Mass. Media.
The acquisition, which is expected to be completed before the end of May, is subject to federal regulatory review. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, according to a source familiar with the situation, the price tag was "between $15 and $20 million."
Austin and Robinson were both unavailable for comment Wednesday.
In a press release issued by New Mass. Media, Robinson said: "Management at The Courant understands the alternative press and its unique style, content, and relationship with readers. They are innovative and foster entrepreneurial activity. With The Courant's financial strength and technical resources, I expect the company to thrive and expand in both existing and new business areas under its new ownership."
New Mass. Media publishes five AAN member papers: Hartford Advocate, New Haven Advocate and the Valley Advocate, which covers western Massachusetts; and Fairfield County Weekly in Connecticut and Westchester County Weekly in suburban New York City. (The Fairfield and Westchester County papers share a joint management team and association membership.)
The Hartford Courant is Connecticut's largest newspaper, with a daily circulation of 211,000. The Courant is a subsidiary of the Times Mirror Company, a Los Angeles-based media conglomerate whose holdings include seven daily papers, twenty magazines and several professional information specialty publications.
According to Hartford Business Journal reporter Mike Goodman, who attended the press conference announcing the deal, "The people from New Mass. said that they had been thinking about selling the papers for a long time--looking to sell to someone who could supply big money which would help the papers compete in the future."
If Robinson and Austin were searching for buyers with deep pockets, they hit the jackpot with Times Mirror. In 1998, the company had annual revenue of more than $3 billion and its present market capitalization is over $4 billion. The company's chairman is Mark Willes, the former General Mills executive who has been a controversial figure in journalism circles since he was named CEO of Times Mirror in 1995.
Times Mirror's biggest papers are the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun and New York Newsday. But the assets that will derive a strategic benefit from the New Mass. Media deal are the Hartford Courant and the two small papers it owns in affluent Fairfield County -- The (Stamford) Advocate and Greenwich Time -- another market in which Times Mirror presently competes with the Advocate Weekly chain.
The New Mass. Media deal comes fast on the heels of another Times Mirror acquisition in the markets served by the Advocate Weekly papers. Two weeks ago, the company acquired ValuMail, a shared mail company that distributes preprinted advertising to more than 1.1 million households across Connecticut and western Massachusetts.
While the sale of the Advocate chain caught some AAN members off-guard, it wasn't a shock to many within the New Mass. Media rank-and-file.
"It's not news to us. [Robinson and Austin, who are divorced,] have not been happy working together," says one employee. "They put two to three years in where they tried to keep running the company together without selling. But after awhile, it became clear they couldn't do it.
"[Because of their strained relationship] it was no fun. The company was in pain. Personally, I'm relieved."
Adds Hartford Advocate Publisher Fran Zankowski: "I knew the company was searching for a buyer. I think [Robinson and Austin] knew it was difficult to continue. I also think they knew there comes a time when the best interests of the papers need to be served."
At the press conference announcing the sale, the Courant's Petty said the ownership change will not dilute the newsweeklies' editorial product.
"Each organization will continue to set the priorities and standards that make the best sense for its readers and advertisers, but will share a commitment to excellence in their respective fields," she said.
Zankowski says he is confident that Courant executives mean what they say.
"I know the people at the Courant. They've printed our paper for the last three years. We share this town. It's a small town. I personally know them. And I trust them when they say to me they have no intentions [of meddling] with our papers."
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