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Abigail Reynolds: The British Countryside in Pictures
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Martin Clark
What ben makes track for what wil be. Words in the air pirnt foot steps on the groun for us to put our feet in to.
Riddley Walker, Russell Hoban, 1980
Russell Hoban's novel, Riddley Walker, was published in 1980, when the Cold War was at its height and the threat of a global nuclear apocalypse was very real and very present. The story is set some 2000 years after just such an event has occurred, the '1 Big 1'. Civilization has been wiped out, replaced with a primitive agrarian society, slowly developing from the ruins of the scorched and decimated earth. The novel's eponymous protagonist is a 'connexions man'. Living in a small social group, more like a tribe, he occupies a position somewhere between soothsayer, fortune-teller and scribe. Memories of our own civilisation's technology, politics and religion - distorted by time and the trauma of a cataclysmic nuclear war - survive now as obscure and muddled traces in the fractured language and mythology of the 'new' society. Walker attempts to make 'connexions' with these, to draw meaning and knowledge from the patterns he discerns in everyday events, and the fragments and echoes he finds around him of a lost and distant past.
This extraordinary book provides a useful frame with which to approach the work of Abigail Reynolds. Not least because it is one of the sources she has cited as in some ways informing her current practice (others include Nicolas Roeg's 1972 film Glastonbury Fayre, Margaret Atwood's novel, The Year of the Flood, and Paul Nash's 1951 book of photographs, Fertile Image). Many of the themes and ideas that emerge through the book are present in Reynolds recent work, notably: the land as a restless palimpsest and site of various histories at once social, political, architectural and cultural; the twentieth century's morbid and pervasive fear of an apocalyptic future; the radical politics of the recent past, and in particular the various utopian ideologies often associated with the English 'countryside', advanced and embodied by groups as diverse as the New Forest Shakers, the new age hippies, or the '90s 'ravers'; and the idea of a kind of cultural memory - one that is scattered, or dispersed, but that can be read somehow onto and out of the land. But Riddley Walker also provides an analogue for Reynolds working practice, in which she too attempts to make connections: searching for patterns, rhythms, meaning and knowledge in the cultural debris and detritus of her own society and its recent past.
Reynolds, like the neo-romantic artists before her such as Graham Sutherland, John Piper and Paul Nash, uses the British countryside as a site for her exploration of past, present and future. Like them, she is interested in the collapsing of histories onto place. Much of Reynolds work draws on books, and in particular photographs and plates that she finds, and often removes from them. She collects voraciously, amassing an unorthodox but inclusive library which is used as both the site of her research and the primary material in her work. Recent sources have included The British Countryside in Pictures, 1948, Britain: An Official Handbook, a government publication produced annually by HMSO, Tomorrow's People a photographic record of the Glastonbury Festival from 1974 (written by Jeremy Sandford), and England, a photographic guide published in 1959.
New Light, Abigail Reynolds (2013) Photo credit: Dom Moore
Books are, of course, receptacles or holders of human knowledge, history, culture and ideas, but Reynolds treats them less as discrete and specific bodies of knowledge and more as fertile, abundant sites through which she can scavenge. She is enormously sensitive to their materiality and the particularities of their design, print and construction, as well as the time and context in which they were produced. But Reynolds work owes as much to sculpture as it does to photography or collage, and they are equally as important for her as objects - as props and structures with which to produce her sculptural assemblages and makeshift constructions. The pages and images she excavates, now dislocated from their original context, become more like artifacts or archeological remnants - more visible, more enigmatic, more mutable, and open to more complex meaning and association.
The Maidens 2011 operates somewhere between display solution, architectural model, 3 dimensional collage and formal sculpture. The work brings together a series of images, objects and materials into a rudimentary but potent conjunction. A page featuring a black and white photographic plate, carefully cut from an unknown volume, is placed against a perforated screen, supported by the sturdy right angle of an open book. The photograph overlaps and aligns with another, printed on a page of the open book.
The first image is of a line of women, circling the perimeter of a barbed wire fence. The photograph was taken at Greenham Common in the early 1980s. It shows a blockade outside the RAF airbase by women from a nearby peace camp, protesting against US Cruise Missiles being held there. Where the image of the woman at Greenham meets the black and white plate on the open page of the book, the chain of people appears, almost magically, to continue - to cross from one photograph to the next, a rupture in time and space but a single, constant file, perfectly matched, perfectly spliced, an elegant, if abrupt, jump cut. But these aren't the Greenham women in this new frame, despite the line's seamless transition from one plate to the next, they have transformed into a group of Morris dancers, and the place has shifted too, from the barbed wire perimeter fence outside the Berkshire airbase, to a quiet village road outside a country pub.
The edge or rupture Reynolds creates through her 'connection', is flattened or framed behind a piece of coloured glass. The effect is almost alchemical, tinting the black and white images, and producing a veil or screen through which to view the image, amplifying the juxtaposition. It's a simple but transformative gesture performed by a humble piece of debris, a bit of broken glass, afforded privileged status, made precious and potent through its rarefied deployment. In these smaller works, often presented on bespoke stands, we see the model for the larger, more architectural pieces, with their free standing screens and panels, often of coloured or patterned glass. Again these armatures usually operate as a support structure or framework for her found images and book pages, but in these scaled up assemblages the viewer is implicated more directly through the works sculptural presence, the various screens reflecting, obscuring or distorting the body as it moves around the structure.
Reynolds often uses glass in her work, sometimes the evocatively named 'reeded glass' (already drawing a nice association with English folk: with reeds and flutes and the 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' – a reference as appropriate here to both Pink Floyd and The Wind in the Willows), which distorts or blurs the image behind it; sometimes coloured, opaque or marbled glass. Glass seems to operate for her as a way of simply but effectively disrupting the visual field, of literally (and legally) altering our perception. There are various productive associations here, from the rose coloured spectacles of the hippy's 'shades', to the lens of a movie camera; from the 'trippy' optical distortions of a simple filter, to the dark prophetic glass of an obsidian mirror.
Reynolds was a child of the 1970s, growing up through the eighties and nineties in Thatcher's Britain. Just as in Riddley Walker, the traces, detritus and reverberations of now distant cultural memories become distorted, corrupted, idealised and mytholgised in her work. As in the novel, there is a constant search to reconnect and make sense of the broken elements of a fractured world. From the image of the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster (pipers again), that is juxtaposed with a huge, leaning rock formation in Collapse 2011, to the various circular motifs of Countryside Unit 2011, where crop circles, record decks, the debris of the 1987 hurricane, and new age architectures, reiterate the same, simple form - cultural histories, political histories, ancestral histories, geological histories as well as future histories (expressed in the progressive music and drugs of the Castlemorton rave or the nuclear apocalypse of the Greenham protesters) are brought together through the increasingly antique medium of printed book plates. Patterns emerge, connections are made, meaning proliferates; and in her enigmatic installations and assemblages, the black and white photographs of those power stations and rock concerts look as ancient, as remote, as desolate, and as futuristic as the stone circles, the cliffs and the earthworks.
Martin Clark, Director at Bergen Kunsthall
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When it first dawned on me that food additives were very badly affecting my family, I obviously wanted to make some changes to what we were eating! I'd digested all the information, and started to apply it to the food we ate. It made a lot of sense, and I felt confident we were really onto something. I rejoiced as I saw many problematic symptoms start to evaporate.
And yet six months down the track we had what I call our "Christmas Holiday from Hell". Inexplicable defiance and impossible to manage behaviour caused us to pack up and return home several days early. So what went wrong? And what did I learn from this?
Even with the very best of intentions, an additive free diet can be challenging to maintain! The busyness of everyday life took over, diverting my attention away from what was so important for us. Effective dietary changes need some sort of structure to get us, and keep us, firmly on track. A simple structure can also help to simplify the whole process, meaning that it's far less likely to overwhelm you!
When starting out, it's great if you can simply change one product or one meal each week to an additive free version. It's not a race to a destination – it's a continuing journey, so you need to pace yourself. And the effects of food additives can be cumulative, so any changes you make will have a beneficial effect.
Choose a suitable structure for your needs. Using an Elimination Diet structure with specific challenges, can help to keep you on track, and also prove to yourself the worth of continuing your efforts. Whether it's a Full Elimination Diet (eliminate and challenge certain natural food chemicals as well as additives), or a structured Food Additive Elimination and Challenge process, when you can clearly observe a difference in symptoms, you'll be far more motivated to continue with dietary changes.
A very basic Menu Plan (a daily list of foods you'll be eating) can take the pain out of the whole process. You can then shop, or prepare ingredients (like homemade stock) or meals in advance, without having to overthink it too much.
Plan ahead. Special events shouldn't have to mean eating additive filled foods. Whether it's at school, a family BBQ, or even a formally catered event, thinking ahead can greatly reduce your exposure to additives.
Keep it simple. Children are often happy with many of the same favourite meals and snacks. As long as the meals contain nutritious food, and are happily eaten, don't worry that there is not enough variety.
Treat occasional "slip-ups" as learning moments, not mistakes. A return of nasty symptoms can be a timely reminder of why you're going to the trouble in the first place!! Gently remind your children (or yourself), the connection between the food eaten (and the additives involved), and the symptom(s) they are experiencing. Often this is easier to accept when the symptoms are abating somewhat!
Constantly remind yourself of all the good that you HAVE done. It's so easy to get caught in the trap of focussing on what we've NOT yet done, or NOT yet gotten right, forgetting how far you HAVE come, and the wonderful achievements made, often even forgetting the symptoms dietary change has already managed to eliminate.


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"Loki and Sigyn" by Mårten Eskil Winge.
Many moons ago, I fell asleep thinking of Loki. It was a Wednesday night. On the edge of dream, I was drawn into the astral. There, in a dank cave – sometime between ages ago and just the other day – I met Sigyn, one of Loki's wives. The Lady stood worn, on the edge of her hope. Loki was there, bound to a large boulder. Surprisingly, he slept for most of the time that I was with them. He is sometimes able to sleep just after Sigyn has emptied the bowl.
Timidly, I approached Sigyn and the smaller of the two burdens of her arms. I offered to hold the bowl as an offering to her. I could feel the noxious poison accessing my pores and threatening my life even through the bowl. I warded immediately and also projected Elhaz onto the vessel in an attempt to block its corrosive effect on me. Then I attempted to craft a bindrune, both Elhaz and Thurisaz. That one caused the sleeping Loki to stir and the hanging serpent to hiss. Got it. That rune is off limits in this place.
Very soon after that Sigyn gestured for the bowl and she sent me to obtain a glass of water for her from the stream that runs near her hall, which was some ways away. The waters there are incredibly pure and healing. I drank deeply and felt better instantly upon drinking. I brought a cup of that water back and offered it to Sigyn. She drank her fill and thanked me. A strong scent of licorice filled the cave when I asked what offerings she might like.
This entry was posted in Deity Information, Divine Encounters, Runes, Spirit Work and tagged Dreams, Elhaz, God Loki, Goddess Sigyn, Licorice, Offerings, Thurisaz by Wandering Woman. Bookmark the permalink.
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e85 Ethanol Alternative Fuels
A major boost of ethanol proposed by Bush
January 24, 2007 January 24, 2007 e85 consumer	Leave a comment
Your comments are welcome if you are for or even against the proposed Ethanol mandates made by President Bush.
During tonight's state of the union address, President George W. Bush will make a proposal requiring automotive users to use 35 billion gallons of ethanol and other alternative fuels by 2017 in the State of the Union Address tonight, a major move that could shake up the entire U.S. agriculture and energy industry.
That is almost seven times the amount of ethanol made from corn in 2006. Most of the ethanol difference would have to come from sources of plant cellulose, inedible material, yearly grasses and wood chips.
The bid of 35 billion gallons is almost five times the amount of ethanol that refiners are required to use by 2012.
It is a "very ambitious goal, but we think it's achievable," said Joel Kaplan, the White House's chief of staff for policy.
He said that the White House would ask for more funding for research and development in 2008 and also expected the 2007 farm bill to provide additional funds needed to create a cellulosic ethanol industry.
"It is a big goal," said Jon Doggett, a lobbyist for the National Corn Growers Association, "but it also has some time for us to hit that."
He and a lobbyist for the Renewable Fuels Association were invited to the White House for a press briefing where officials spoke to the news media on the president's speech.
The mandate would displace nearly 15 percent of projected yearly gasoline usage in 2017.
The government could waive the mandate if officials decide that it is necessary.
Other fuels also would also be eligible for the mandate. Fuels include methanol and butanol, other forms of alcohol based fuels, and also hydrogen and biodiesel.
Bush is also proposing to increase the standards for fuel economy to save 8.5 billion gallons of gas by 2017. That would displace about 5 percent in the projected gasoline usage.
E85 Legislation
United States Senator Chuck Hagel, Republican from Nebraska, joined a bi-partisan group of Senators to re-introduce legislation that would grant the Secretary of Energy to use Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) penalties to provide grants to eligible entities who install alternative fuel pumps for fuel types such as E85 ethanol and natural gas. Senator Chuck Hagel was one of an original co-sponsor for the bill in the 109th Congress.
U.S. automakers are creating an increasing number of vehicles that operate on alternative fuels, such as E85 ethanol blended gasoline, but only one percent of the gas stations in the U.S. provide E85 fuel. This legislation will provide grant funds for the construction or expansion of infrastructure necessary to increase the availability of alternative fuels. CAFE standards are the weighted average fuel economy for a manufactures production list of automobiles. Penalties are assigned to manufactures who do not meet the CAFE standards.
"Our nation needs alternative fuels to play an increased role in creating a broader and more diverse energy portfolio. We must begin to expand the availability of alternative fuels, such as E85 ethanol, to American consumers. This is common sense legislation that will help reduce our nation's dependence on foreign sources of energy while at the same time providing additional markets for Nebraska's agriculture producers," Hagel proclaimed.
Ethanol causes farmers to plant more corn in 2007
TOLEDO, Ohio – Inspired by growing demand for corn for the growing ethanol industry, farmers across the United States are growing corn this year instead of soybeans, wheat and cotton.
Some in the Midwest are ending their longtime practice of rotating plantings of soybeans one year and corn the next, choosing to grow corn in consecutive years. Livestock farmers are turning pastures into cornfields.
"We have farmers half-joking about planting corn in their front yards," said Matt Roberts, an agricultural economist at Ohio State University. "A lot of farmers see this as an opportunity to have a very good year."
Prices for corn are up to $3.40 a bushel and are projected to approach $4, reaching highs not seen in the last decade. At least 6 million to 8 million more acres (2.4 million to 3.2 million more hectares) of corn will be needed to supply ethanol plants, analysts say.
Ethanol production is expected to double as new plants are built to turn corn into the gasoline additive, from around 5 billion gallons now to 11 billion gallons, according to industry estimates.
Private investment in ethanol plants has soared as government leaders have called for more production of renewable fuels.
Farmers in the Midwest may be able to make $50 per acre by going with corn instead soybeans, Roberts said. "That's a tremendous difference," he said.
Some farmers are contemplating planting continuous years of corn, but that can lead to pest problems and increased costs for fertilizer and seed, said Bruce Erickson, a Purdue University agricultural economist.
And those fields tend to produce less each year. Most farmers rotate their crops to stop insects and weeds and maintain soil nutrients.
"Most scientific research shows a 10 percent drop in yield when you plant corn on corn," Erickson said.
In Louisiana, the number of acres devoted to corn likely will double and possibly triple.
"Everybody wants to get into corn this year, some who have never planted it before," he said.
Jim Harper, who grows rice, cotton and sugar cane in Louisiana, said he could make $150 more per acre by growing corn instead of cotton if he has a good crop.
That gives him the idea of not planning any cotton for the first time in 30 years. "It's just a better income opportunity," he said.
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Carbon dioxide, Coal industry, Federal Regulation (U.S.), Natural gas, Oil Industry, Power plants
US carbon pollution from power plants hits 27-year low
August 5, 2015 Roger Straw
Repost from the Associated Press
[Editor: Significant quote: "A factor behind all these trends is that the writing is on the wall about the future of coal and thus the future of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions. The regulatory noose is tightening and companies are anticipating a future with lower and lower dependence on fossil fuels and lower and lower carbon dioxide emissions." (Princeton University professor Michael Oppenheimer) For background data, see U.S. Energy Information Administration report on April emissions. – RS]
By Seth Borenstein, Aug. 5, 2015 5:00 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heat-trapping pollution from U.S. power plants hit a 27-year low in April, the Department of Energy announced Wednesday.
A big factor was the long-term shift from coal to cleaner and cheaper natural gas, said Energy Department economist Allen McFarland. Outside experts also credit more renewable fuel use and energy efficiency.
Carbon dioxide — from the burning of coal, oil and gas — is the chief greenhouse gas responsible for man-made global warming.
"While good news for the environment, we certainly would not want to assume that this trend will continue and that we can simply relax," said John Reilly, co-director of MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.
Electric power plants spewed 141 million tons of carbon dioxide in April, the lowest for any month since April 1988, according to Energy Department figures. The power plants are responsible for about one-third of the country's heat-trapping emissions.
April emissions peaked at 192 million tons in 2008 and dropped by 26 percent in seven years.
Carbon pollution from power plants hit their peak in August 2007 with 273 million tons; summer emissions are higher because air conditioning requires more power.
In past years, experts said the U.S. reduction in carbon dioxide pollution was more a function of a sluggish economy, but McFarland said that's no longer the case.
"You don't have a 27-year low because of an economic blip," McFarland said. "There are more things happening than that."
The price of natural gas has dropped 39 percent in the past year, he said. Federal analysts predict that this year the amount of electricity from natural gas will increase 3 percent compared to last year while the power from coal will go down 10 percent.
Those reductions were calculated before this week's announcements of new power plant rules. The new rules aim to cut carbon pollution from electricity generators another 20 percent from current levels by 2030.
The pollution cuts in April are because efficiency has cut electricity demand and energy from non-hydropower renewable sources has more than doubled, said Princeton University professor Michael Oppenheimer.
"A factor behind all these trends is that the writing is on the wall about the future of coal and thus the future of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions," Oppenheimer said in an email. "The regulatory noose is tightening and companies are anticipating a future with lower and lower dependence on fossil fuels and lower and lower carbon dioxide emissions."
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Energy, Transportation departments to study volatility of oil moved by rail
April 28, 2015 Roger Straw
Repost from McClatchyDC
By Curtis Tate, April 28, 2015
The federal government will conduct a two-year study of how crude oil volatility affects the commodity's behavior in train derailments, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told a Senate panel Tuesday.The Energy Department will coordinate the study with the Department of Transportation, Moniz told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
After a series of fiery train derailments, the Transportation Department concluded early last year that light, sweet crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken region is more volatile than other kinds.
But derailments involving ethanol and other types of crude oil have cast doubt on whether Bakken is likely to react more severely than other flammable liquids transported by rail.
The petroleum industry has been citing its own studies and a recent report from the Energy Department's Sandia National Laboratory to support its position that there's no difference. But it's clear that more crude oil is moving by rail, and an increase in serious accidents has come with that increased volume.
Moniz said the Sandia report was "the most comprehensive literature survey in terms of properties of different oils" but showed the need for more research to determine their relevance in train derailments.
The joint Energy-Transportation study would look at other kinds of crude moving by rail, such as light crude from west Texas and heavy crude from western Canada.
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., a member of the Senate Energy panel who requested the departments work together on a study, noted that there had been four derailments of oil trains in the U.S. and Canada since the beginning of the year.
"A number of high-profile incidents have underscored major safety concerns," she said.
On April 1, North Dakota began setting vapor pressure limits for crude oil loaded in tank cars at no more than 13.7 pounds per square inch.
But the crude oil tested in many serious derailments had a lower vapor pressure than the new standard….. [MORE]
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A Very Lurky Christmas: Holiday at Bay Lake Tower… of TERROR!
This is the story of our first Christmas at Walt Disney World, including D23′s Magic & Merriment event, the DIS Boards' private party at Toy Story Mania, and more stalking of hapless photographers The Roots, who, by agreeing to shoot our wedding, unwittingly signed themselves up to be featured in and take pictures for every future Lurkyloo trip report, in perpetuity.
Day 1: Arrival and First Legitimate Dessert Party!
Day 2, Part 1: How to Say "May I See Your Pins?" in Five Languages!
Day 2, Part 2: Animal Kingdom… After Dark! Plus, Dinner at Jiko with da Roots!
Day 3, Part 2: Our Introduction to Osbourne Family Shreddin' Festival of Totally Awesome Lights!
Day 4, Part 2: The Roots Rescue My Trip Report!
Day 5, Part 2: Candlelight Processional & Dinner on the Set of Lights, Motors, Action!
Day 5, Part 3: Private Osbourne Lights + DISapalooza '09!
Day 6, Part 2: Cinderella Castle Suite + CAKE!!!
Day 6, Part 3: Mickey's Very Merry Not-So-Scary Christmas Party!
Day 7, Part 2: Candlelight Processional Dinner with the Roots!
Day 8, Part 2: Backstage at "Finding Nemo: The Musical"!
Day 8, Part 3: Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party & Wishes Dessert Party with the Roots!
Day 8, Part 4: Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade & A Slumber Party at Bay Lake Tower!


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A riot is a tumultuous disturbance of the peace by five or more persons, assembled and acting with a common object; either in executing a lawful or private enterprise in a violent and turbulent manner to the terror of the people, or in executing an unlawful enterprise in a violent and turbulent manner.
The modern definition of riot is in harmony with and follows the common law definition, and the legal meaning of the word corresponds with the meaning given to it.
Whenever force or violence is used by an unlawful assembly, or by any member thereof, in prosecution of the common object of such assembly, every member of such assembly is guilty of the offence of "rioting".
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2. There must be a common object.
3. Force or violence was used by such unlawful assembly or by any member of such unlawful assembly.
B. Usually in villages riotings take place between the two groups or two factions. The riotings between the factions in Rayalaseema, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, etc., are well known throughout India. Land disputes, inter-caste marriages, etc., enhance the grudges between the groups of the people. One group wants to demolish another group. A large number of the rioters participate in it.
C. Offend it becomes difficult to the prosecution and also to the Courts to identify the individual members who participated in rioting. The witnesses do not come forward due to fear.
Another important point to be noted is that it becomes difficult to name the specific act attributed to each of the accused. The Courts see that riotings are strictly proved by the prosecution before convicting the particular accused.
Where there were hundred or a thousand rioters and a large member of accused before the Sessions Judge, the prosecution should prove the act committed by every participant beyond reasonable doubt. Under such circumstances it becomes misfortune to the prosecution, and it cannot prove the offence. Thus it paves the way to release the culprits.
D. Sometimes the prosecution includes spectators, way farers, bystanders, etc., who accumulate to see the scene of the rioting by curiosity. Mere presence at the scene of rioting does not make a person an offender under the offence of rioting. It is the basic principle of the offence of unlawful assembly and rioting is that every member of such unlawful assembly or rioting should have common object or should have taken some active participation in such offence.
E. It is not safe to rely on a single witness to prove the rioting. The Supreme Court formulated the principle of witnesses in such circumstances.
Section 146 is the Definition Section only. It does not prescribe punishment. According to Sec. 147, every member of rioting shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine or with both. Nature of offence is cognizable, bailable, non-compoundable, and triable by any Magistrate.
Section 148 lays down that whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. Nature of offence under this Section is cognizable, bailable, .non-compoundable, and triable by Magistrate of the first class.
H. According to Section 152 (Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.), whoever assaults or threatens to assault or obstructs or attempts to obstruct, any public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant, in endeavouring to disperse an unlawful assembly, or to suppress a riot or affray, or uses, or threatens, or attempts to use criminal force to such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both Nature of offence under this Section is cognizable, bailable, non-compoundable, and triable by Magistrate of the first class.
If rioting not committed and if the offence of rioting be not committed, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
Nature of offence under this Section is cognizable, bailable, non-compoundable, and triable by any Magistrate.
J. According to Section 154 (Owner or occupier of land on which an unlawful assembly is held), whenever any unlawful assembly or riot takes place, the owner or occupier of the land upon which such unlawful assembly is held, or such riot is committed, and any person having or claiming an interest in such land, shall be punishable with fine not exceeding one thousand rupees, if he or his agent or manager, knowing that such offence is being or has been committed or having, reason to believe it is likely to be committed, do not give the earliest notice thereof in his or their power to the principal officer at the nearest police station, and do not, in the case of his or their having reason to believe that it was about to be committed, use all lawful means in his or their power to prevent it, and, in the event to its taking place, do not use all lawful means in his or their power to disperse or suppress the riot or unlawful assembly. Nature of offence under this Section is non-cognizable, bailable, non- compoundable, and triable by any Magistrate.
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Immediately after watching all three Lord of the Rings back to back to back, Ben and Matt sit down and podcast about the trilogy. Ben shares some of his Middle Earth knowledge from reading both the books and The Silmarillion and both Ben and Matt discuss some of the major spiritual themes that emerge throughout the story.
You guys joked (at about 52 minutes in) that JRRT discovered rather than wrote "The Lord of the Rings," but that's kind of the way Tolkien thought about it. Not that he really believed he wasn't inventing the story, of course; but it was also more than just "making up a story" for him. First, he was "subcreating": trying to almost uncover a self-consistent, separate world. Hence his obsession (no other word for it, not meant unkindly) with the languages. Second, he was more than just a linguist in general, he was a philologist, meaning he studied word origins, including hypothetical forms. So his languages are all "hypothetical" forms of human languages we have today, because Middle-earth is, "in fact," our world in earlier ages now lost to us. Again, it's not that JRRT couldn't tell reality from fantasy; but he strove to make his fantasy as "realistic" as possible. So you really weren't that far off the point!


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Q: EF core - parent.InverseParent returns null for some rows I have a Category table and it has a Parent Category, I try to iterate over all the categories and get the parents categories with it's Inverse Parent but some of them returns without the inverse parents from unknown reason.
Categories.cs
 public partial class Categories
{
    public Categories()
    {
        InverseParent = new HashSet<Categories>();
    }

    public int Id { get; set; }
    public int? ParentId { get; set; }
    public DateTime CreateDate { get; set; }
    public bool? Status { get; set; }

    public virtual Categories Parent { get; set; }

    public virtual ICollection<Categories> InverseParent { get; set; }

}

This is how I try to iterate them to create a select list items:
  var parentCategories = await _context.Categories.
                                                      Include(x => x.Parent).
                                                      Where(x => x.Status == true).
                                                      Where(x => x.Parent != null).
                                                      Select(x => x.Parent).
                                                      Distinct().
                                                      ToListAsync();

                foreach (var parent in parentCategories)
                {
                    SelectListGroup group = new SelectListGroup() { Name = parent.Id.ToString() };
                    foreach (var category in parent.InverseParent)
                    {
                        categories.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = category.Id.ToString(), Value = category.Id.ToString(), Group = group });
                    }
                }

So the problem is that some of my parent categories returns all their children categories and some don't and I don't why.

A: There are several issues with that code, all having some explaination in the Loading Related Data section of the documentation.
First, you didn't ask EF Core to include InverseParent, so it's more logically to expect it to be always null.
What you get is a result of the following Eager Loading behavior:

Tip
Entity Framework Core will automatically fix-up navigation properties to any other entities that were previously loaded into the context instance. So even if you don't explicitly include the data for a navigation property, the property may still be populated if some or all of the related entities were previously loaded.

Second, since the query is changing it's initial shape (Select, Disctinct), it's falling into Ignored Includes category.
With that being said, you should build the query other way around - starting directly with parent categories and including InverseParent:
var parentCategories = await _context.Categories
    .Include(x => x.InverseParent)
    .Where(x => x.InverseParent.Any(c => c.Status == true)) // to match your query filter
    .ToListAsync();

A: While you are including Include(x => x.Parent), you don't seem to do the same for InverseParent. This might affect your results exactly the way you describe. Would including it fix it?
parentCategories = await _context.Categories.
                                                      Include(x => x.Parent).
                                                      Include(x => x.InverseParent).
                                                      Where(x => x.Status == true).
                                                      Where(x => x.Parent != null).
                                                      Select(x => x.Parent).
                                                      Distinct().
                                                      ToListAsync();

                foreach (var parent in parentCategories)
                {
                    SelectListGroup group = new SelectListGroup() { Name = parent.Id.ToString() };
                    foreach (var category in parent.InverseParent)
                    {
                        categories.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = category.Id.ToString(), Value = category.Id.ToString(), Group = group });
                    }
                }

UPD: Since you are selecting x => x.Parent anyway it might be necessary to use ThenInclude() method instead.

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are you suggesting mr keeper that we send our celtic junior team. i bet they are not spending your money.
big fan (None) - Posts: 239 - 05/04/2010 11:42:51 608899
after this minor game in ireland, they should keep this team together and do training sessions. then come time for the cyc they will dominate the rest of the field like nacb and whoever else they would play. a good idea might be to have clubs come out from ireland to play against them in the cyc tournament. also maybe a tour in ireland over the summer where they play top clubs and just try to keep on raising the standard. the best way to improve is to train with the best players and then to play against the best. im not saying send them over to get embarrassed but putting them up against good competition in ireland is a good idea.
NY_rebel_county (USA) - Posts: 21 - 12/04/2010 18:55:42 615325
can somebody please list the players and clubs of the team that played galway on sunday cheers
pecho (Cavan) - Posts: 56 - 11/05/2010 19:15:29 644137
What an absolute joke this past weekend in ireland was with the NY minors. This team should never have traveled to ireland not matter what the outcome was gonna be. They came home to the hotel before the game was even played an got caught bringing in beer to the hotel that they were staying in, that in itself should tell you the commitment that thses kids had for this game. It is an absolute disgrace that we even bother to send this team to ireland this should tell everyone its a one an done deal with the NY minors they dont even have one kid of county caliber they are and always will be a club team at best cant compete against county teams case closed.
keeper1 (USA) - Posts: 27 - 11/05/2010 21:25:28 644312
In regards to All North American Minors it would be an ideal situation for them to compete at CYC to better promote the minor programs here.Example NY,NACB,LONDON and CANADA.Also the shoe has been on the other foot to as far as teenagers coming here to play and having a good time.It is a great experience for any American Born Minor player to play against his Irish peers.This is one way on how they are going to get better.Thanks and to all the minor coaches keep up the good work.
bstn_tom_tribe (USA) - Posts: 24 - 14/05/2010 19:20:36 647522
"New York Minors Compete in Galway"
After an almost 20 year absence from the All Ireland Minor Football competition, the New York Minor Team recently visited Galway to compete in the quarter-final of the Connacht Minor Football Championship. This game was a prelude to the big event in Pearse Stadium, on Sunday, May 9th New York took the field against a heavily favored Galway side which had no intentions of letting what happened to their senior side a week before happen to them. All 25 of the New York panel stood arm in arm on the field as the Star Spangled Banner was played prior to the throw-in.
Galway's first victory was in winning the coin toss, thus electing to play with a strong wind at their backs in the first half, which they immediately used to their advantage by pressing forward and putting the NY backs under pressure. Galway struck first for a goal and a point before NY got on the scoreboard from a Shane Flanagan free. This was quickly cancelled by a fine Galway goal to put them up 2-1 to 0-1. NY were given a much needed boost when midfielder Niall Croke sent a 45 screeching towards the Galway net that eluded the grasp of their full back and ended up in the back of the net. Unfortunately, momentum changed back to the Galway side and over the next 10 minutes they tacked on 6 points, followed by another well taken goal. NY's fading hopes were further hampered by the straight red card dismissal of center forward Shane Hanley for a minor scuffle after NY had been awarded a free. Indeed, several of the referee's decisions left the NY supporters baffled as two apparent penalties for NY were ignored by the ref. Galway then added a further 1-2 to leave the halftime score Galway 4-9, NY 1-1.
NY regrouped in the locker room and several changes were made for the second half. Playing with the wind now, NY took control early, but their efforts were thwarted by the extra Galway back. On a counter-attack, Galway got an opportunistic goal that eluded keeper Kieran Moran, who otherwise had an outstanding game with several point blank saves that drew cheers from the stands, so much so that he was named the Galway Crystal Man of the Match by the members of the Irish Press. NY added two points from Shane Flanagan and Dion Norney, but could not overcome the large first half deficit and being down a player. Both sides started to clear their benches and at the final whistle, Galway were deserving winners by a score of 5-18 to 1-3. While the scoreboard result looks one-sided, credit must be given to NY for never giving up and for playing with heart and determination from start to finish. They conceded only 1-9 in the second half. The New York Minors have once again been afforded the opportunity to compete at the highest level of Gaelic Football. The players got the opportunity to represent their home county and to play in an All Ireland Championship match. Also, post match, the Galway and NY players exchanged jerseys and shorts - which was a first to be seen by all in attendance. Later Sunday evening, many of the Galway players met up with the NY players and have been in contact by e-mail since. This is a prime example of all that is good about the GAA and Gaelic sports; competition on the field of play, but friendship and camaraderie off the pitch.
The New York Team: Kieran Moran, Frankie McDermott, James Hannon, John Quinn, Donnacha O'Dwyer, Shane Hogan, James Mullen, Conor Hogan, Niall Croke, Dylan O'Neill, Shane Hanley (Capt), Shane Flanagan, Dion Norney, Liam Deane, Keith Lang. Subs: Mike Mahon, Brian McMahon, Mike Keane, Connor Teahan, Tim O'Sullivan, Phil Kennedy, Danny Lehane, Shane Tierney, Rory O'Neill & Sean Buckley. Manager - Marty Hanley, Selectors - Eamonn Deane & Kieran Croke, Tour Manager - Eugene McArdle.
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Organizations are, in fact, set around the notion of diversity. First, all modern organizations are build around the economic advantage of deviding value creation into several diverse tasks. These are performed by experts, defined as being diverse, as they typically do not have the same capabilities. Second, organizations are inherently social and they can only strive, if a large part of the individuals working for them are able to reach their potentially diverse set of personal goals or needs.
It is no suprise that the active management of diversity has become an important topic for many organizations. However, there are still many myths surrounding the economic value or potential of diverse workforces. Especially, the notion of generational differences keeps on catching up every few years, as consultants and coaches try to make money of these arguments. Are diverse teams really outperforming their less diverse counterparts? Do generations really differ?
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The best hiring manager might just be the computer sitting on your desk. AI and ethics expert Joanna Bryson posits that artificial intelligence can go through all the resumes in a stack and find what employers are missing.
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My implications for HR? Whenever we talk about diversity, we tend to adress ethnic, cultural or gender topics. But this is actually a predjudicial choice in itself, which counteracts the very argument of the diversity movement. We should not become overly fixated with the discussion whether women are different form men, that some cultures are different from others and so on. What really matters is: Creating a workforce of diverse cognitive thinking styles to solve complex problems. We are actually looking for cognitive diversity, but we focus on gender or ethnicity.
In this article, David Rock and Heidi Grant argue that diverse teams are more successful because "nonhomogenous teams are simply smarter." They say that these teams are more focued on the facts than on socio-political dynamics (e.g., status, gender). Also they are supposed to consider different aspects of a problem more carefully.
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In particular, the effects of task-related and bio-demographic diversity at the group-level were meta-analyzed to test the hypothesis of synergistic performance resulting from diverse employee teams. Support was found for the positive impact of task-related diversity on team performance although bio-demographic diversity was not significantly related to team performance. Similarly, no discernible effect of team diversity was found on social integration.
Suzanne T. Bell and her co-authors tackle the issue of performance implications of diversity. And they focus on various types of diversity. They find evidence that, especially for more complex tasks (e.g., R&D), some forms of diversity matter. However, their meta-analysis does not find evidence for demographic diversity to be related to performance.
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Most studies, including the few time-lag studies, show that GenX and especially GenMe rate work as less central to their lives, value leisure more, and express a weaker work ethic than Boomers and Silents. Extrinsic work values (e.g., salary) are higher in GenMe and especially GenX. Contrary to popular conceptions, there were no generational differences in altruistic values (e.g., wanting to help others). Conflicting results appeared in desire for job stability, intrinsic values (e.g., meaning), and social/affiliative values (e.g., making friends). GenX, and especially GenMe are consistently higher in individualistic traits.
In her extensive literature review Jean M. Twenge, one of the proponents of the generational differeces hypothesis, gathers evidence that generations differ with respect to some specific workplace values. But even her review does not find strong evidence for a "the GenY/Millenials are totally different" argument that we keep hearing in so many talks. There seem to be differences concerning special features of their value systems (e.g., value of salary). But does that make the generations completely different?
My implications for HR? Stop talking about general generational differences like they were a thing. Crunch the data and find out wether the generations in your firm really differ. And don't compare apples to oranges, please!
The findings suggest that meaningful differences among generations probably do not exist on the work-related variables we examined and that the differences that appear to exist are likely attributable to factors other than generational membership.
This meta-analytic evidence by David P. Costanza and his co-authors, sheds light on the weak scientific evidence for the generational differences argument.
My implications for HR? This is the study to refer to, whenever anyone mentions the importance of changing HR completely, because GenX..Y..Z are completely different. However, these generations live in a different labor market, which makes them powerful nagotiators. But, again, it's not because they're different as people!!!!
The concept of generations has a strong basis in sociological theory, but the academic empirical evidence for generational differences in work values is, at best, mixed. Many studies are unable to find the predicted differences in work values, and those that do often fail to distinguish between 'generation' and 'age' as possible drivers of such observed differences.
My implications for HR? "The evidence is, at best, mixed…" that is the scientific term for "don't burn your money on different HR for different generations". Do I say not to cater HR to the needs of the empoyees it's supposed to serve? NO! Just find a better reason to do it than to rely on the mixed evidence and urban myth of "GenX..Y..Z are completely different". At least crunch your firm's data and find out why they could be different. And if they are…fine…differ your HR approach.
From Amazon to Yahoo, we rank tech brands for diversity of employees by race and gender.
While the Tech companies are often taken as a roe model for "diversity in action", this graphic shows how well they do wih respect to creating a diverse workforce. I know, I've included this graphic in several issues…but it's just a great Viz.
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There is one paper of two and a half hours duration carrying 80 marks and Internal Assessment of 20 marks. The paper is divided into two sections: Section I (40 marks) and Section II (40 marks).
Section I consists of compulsory short answer questions. In Section II, you are required to answer four out of seven questions.
1. Pure Arithmetic
Irrational Numbers
(a) Rational, irrational numbers as real numbers, their place in the number system. Surds and rationalization of surds.
(b) Irrational numbers as non-repeating, non-terminating decimals.
(c) Classical definition of a rational number p/q, p, q ε Z, q≠ 0. Hence, define irrational numbers as what cannot be expressed as above.
(d) Simplifying an expression by rationalizing the denominator.
2. Commercial Mathematics
(i) Profit and Loss
The meaning of Marked price, selling price and discount, thus giving an idea of profit and loss on day to day dealings. Simple problems related to Profit and Loss and Discount, including inverse working.
(ii) Compound Interest
Compound Interest as a repeated Simple Interest computation with a growing Principal. Use of formula - A = P(1+r/100)n. Finding CI from the relation CI=A-P. Simple direct problems based on above formulae.
(i) Expansions
(a ± b)2
(x ± a)(x ± b)
(ii) Factorization
a2 – b2
a3 ± b3
ax2 + bx + c, by splitting the middle term.
(iii) Changing the subject of a formula
Concept that each formula is a perfect equation with variables.
Concept of expressing one variable in terms, of another various operators on terms transposing the terms squaring or taking square root, etc.
(iv) Linear Equations and Simultaneous (linear) Equations
Solving algebraically (by elimination as well as substitution) and graphically.
Solving simple problems based on these by framing appropriate formulae.
(v) Indices/ Exponents
Handling positive, fractional, negative and "zero" indices.
Simplification of expressions involving various exponents; use of laws of exponents.
(vi) Logarithms
(a) Logarithmic form vis-à-vis exponential form: interchanging.
(b) Laws of Logarithms and its use
Expansion of expression with the help of laws of logarithm
(i) Triangles, Relation between sides and angles of triangles. Types of triangles, Congruent triangles.
(a) Congruency: four cases: SSS, SAS, AAS, RHS. Illustration through cutouts. Simple applications.
(b) Problems based on:
Angles opposite equal sides are equal and converse.
If two sides of a triangle are unequal, then the greater angle is opposite the greater side and converse.
Sum of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the third side.
Of all straight lines that can be drawn to a given line from a point outside it, the perpendicular is the shortest.
Proofs not required.
(ii) Constructions (using ruler and compasses)
Constructions of triangles involving 30°, 45°, 60°, 75°, 90°, 120°, 135° angles.
(iii) Mid Point Theorem and its converse, equal intercept theorem
(a) Proof and simple applications of mid point theorem and its converse.
(b) Equal intercept theorem: proof and simple application.
(iv) Similarity, conditions of similar triangles.
(a) As a size transformation.
(b) Comparison with congruency, keyword being proportionality.
(c) Three conditions: SSS, SAS, AA. Simple applications (proof not included).
(d) Applications of Basic Proportionality Theorem.
(v) Pythagoras Theorem
Proof and Simple applications of Pythagoras Theorem and its converse.
(vi) Rectilinear Figures
Rectilinear figures or polygons, Different kinds of polygons and its names interior and exterior angles and their relations. Types of regular polygons parallelograms, conditions
of parallelograms, Rhombus, Rectangles.
Proof and use of theorems on parallelogram.
(a) Sum of interior angles of a polygon.
(b) Sum of exterior angles of a polygon.
(c) Regular polygons.
(d) Parallelogram:
Both pairs of opposite sides equal (without proof).
Both pairs of opposite angles equal.
One pair of opposite sides equal and parallel (without proof).
Diagonals bisect each other and bisect the parallelogram.
Rhombus as a special parallelogram whose diagonals meet at right angles.
In a rectangle, diagonals are equal, in a square they are equal and meet at right angles.
(e) Quadrilaterals
Construction of quadrilaterals (including parallelograms and rhombus) and regular hexagon using ruler and a pair of compasses only.
(f) Proof and use of area theorems on parallelograms:
Parallelograms on the same base and between the same parallels are equal in area.
The area of a triangle is half that of a parallelogram on the same base and between the same parallels.
Triangles between the same base and between the same parallels are equal in area (without proof).
Triangles with equal areas on the same bases have equal corresponding altitudes.
Note: Proofs of the theorems given above are to be taught unless specified otherwise.
5. Statistics
Introduction, collection of data, presentation of data, Graphical representation of data, Mean, Median of ungrouped data.
(i) Understanding and recognition of raw, arrayed and grouped data.
(ii) Tabulation of raw data using tally-marks.
(iii) Understanding and recognition of discrete and continuous variables.
(iv) Mean, median of ungrouped data (v) Class intervals, class boundaries and limits, frequency, frequency table, class size for grouped data.
(vi) Grouped frequency distributions: the need to and how to convert discontinuous intervals to continuous intervals.
(vii) Drawing a histogram and frequency polygon.
(viii) Understanding of how a histogram differs from a bar chart.
6. Mensuration
Area and perimeter of a triangle and a quadrilateral. Area and circumference of a circle. Surface area and volume of Cube, Cuboids and Cylinder.
(a) Area and perimeter of triangle (including Heron's formula), square, rhombus, rectangle, parallelogram and trapezium.
(b) (i) Circle: Area and circumference (ii) Simple direct problems involving inner and outer dimensions and cost.
(c) Surface area and volume of 3-D solids: cube, cuboid and cylinder including problems of type involving:
Different internal and external dimensions of the solid.
Concept of volume being equal to area of cross-section x height.
Open/closed cubes/cuboids/cylinders.
7. Trigonometry
(a) Trigonometric Ratios: sine, cosine, tangent of an angle and their reciprocals.
(b) Trigonometric ratios of standard angles - 0, 30, 45, 60, 90 degrees. Evaluation of an expression involving these ratios.
(c) Simple 2-D problems involving one right-angled triangle.
(d) Concept of sine and cosine being complementary with simple, direct application.
8. Co-ordinate Geometry
Cartesian System, Plotting a point in the plane for given coordinates.
(a) Dependent and independent variables.
(b) Ordered pairs, co-ordinates of points and plotting them in the Cartesian Plane.
(c) Graphs of x=0, y=0, x=a, y=a, x=y, y=mx+c including identification and conceptual understanding of slope and y-intercept.
(d) Recognition of graphs based on the above.
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For African Americans, a strong sense of culture is important to their ability to achieve high levels of mental and psychological functioning, particularly in environments they perceive to be hostile or unwelcoming. In general, African Americans with a strong sense of culture exhibit higher levels of self-affirmation and are generally healthier individuals. The acquisition of a college education is an important element for achieving an economically viable form ofemployment, and consequently, a higher standard of life in America. For those fortunate enough to obtain a college degree, the benefits far outweigh the costs associated with completing the rigors of postsecondary education.
This study examined the relationship between African self-consciousness and cultural congruence, which was used to predict the academic performance andpersistence of African American males attending a predominantly White university in the Midwest. Based on the results of the study, recommendations for student development programming, direction of future research, and curricula changes are provided.
Johnson, Darrell, "Academic Performance, Persistence, and Cultural Congruence of African American Males Attending Predominantly White Colleges and Universities" (2004). Dissertations. 1113.


"Winding Stream", 28 x 34 in., oil on canvas, 2012.
"The Many Colors of Sunset", 40 x 60 in., oil on canvas, 2012.
"The Autumn Trees", 36 x 36 in., oil on canvas, 2009.
"Textured Sky", 48 x 60 in., oil on canvas, 2009.
"Sunset in the Forest", 24 x 30 in., oil on canvas, 2010.
"Stormy Sky Triptych", 36 x 30 in. (3 panels), oil on canvas, 2012.
"Stormy Sky", 40 x 40 in., oil on canvas, 2012.
"Road to Nowhere", 48 x 36 in., oil on canvas, 2012.
"Hiver", 48 x 36 in., oil on canvas, 2012.
"Into the Mystery", 40 x 60 in., oil on canvas, 2012.
"Ochre Landscape", 40 x 36 in., oil on canvas, 2008.
"Purple Mountains", 30 x 60 in., oil on canvas, 2012.
"Moonscape Diptych", 48 x 42 in. (2 panels), oil on canvas, 2012.
"Dramatic Sky", 48 x 60 in., oil on canvas, 2012.
"Autumn in Provence Plein Aire", 24 x 30 in., oil on canvas.


The crypto and blockchain sector is evolving rapidly. Our experience in this sector means we understand the many challenges and opportunities that financial institutions, businesses, investors and start-ups face.
We have advised on some of the most innovative cryptocurrency funds, initial coin offerings (ICOs) and other digital asset ventures. By providing tailored advice we are able to protect our clients' positions throughout the development and testing phases and foresee potential regulatory and compliance issues.
We have excellent relationships with the regulators in our jurisdictions. We advise on the regulation of token sales and other digital asset–related transactions, the regulation of fintech businesses, company incorporations (including advising on the benefits of offshore jurisdictions), shareholder agreements, mining and pool agreements, joint venture agreements, money exchange regulation, fintech, blockchain and cryptocurrency–related taxation and disputes.
Advising on the launch of Jersey's first initial coin offering (ICO).
Advising on the launch of the first ever Ethereum denominated fund (CoinShares Fund I). Since followed by Fund II.
Advising on the world's first Bitcoin investment fund.


Channelled by Catherine Robson @ Angelic Light.
Take 3 deep breaths in and out to relax and centre yourself.
Call on your guides and angels for protection and support.
Imagine yourself sitting on lush green grass, connecting with nature and the earth. This will ground your energies.
"It is now time to decide what means more to you and what doesn't, dear ones. It is time to focus on the present and let go of the past and all that no longer serves your purpose. There is a reason why things are changing, and sometimes cords must be cut from past events to allow new doors and opportunities to open for you. Spread your wings and fly and don't let a...nyone stand in your way. All that is not of the light will crumble in their own way. You must focus on the light and move forward with strong hearts and minds. Go forth on your missions with blazing hearts and do God's work. We will fly with you and ensure a safe journey for you all. Go now, sweet ones and light up the sky with your lights! Bring peace to every situtation you find yourself in today and know that we are with you, guiding and protecting you along the way."
"We send you many blessings of peace, joy and love always. We forever hold you in the light and wish you to know that everyone has a special place in God's heart. There is no-one "left out in the rain". God loves all of his children and everyone will have a place in heaven when it is their time to go home. Go in peace, my beloveds and be the warriors you are. Fight for peace and fight for love. By this I do not mean in a negative way but from your hearts. We are all one and the same. Many blessings to you all." Archangel Metatron.
"Go gently inside and feel the peace, love and joy that radiates inside you. Although the world seems to be in turmoil, a greater plan is unfolding and that is one of great joy, as the world unites in peace and love. The world must move on now, and in doing so, each person strengthens their bond to each other, allowing greater light to unfold. The heavens are sending their own unique energies to help mankind. Be patient and you will see the greater picture, for what will unfold will be great strength and resiliance and great plans for the future. Go in love, peace and joy my children and be there for each other. Do not turn your backs to the darkness, but instead, let it be as it is and reach for the stars. Concentrate on the light and know that we are working behind the scenes to bring aid to those who need it. Do not fret or worry for all will be well. Those who have crossed over are safe and well in the spiritual realms and they are at peace. You must focus your love on those who are still alive and help them, for they are living in sorrow. Shine your light upon them and send them waves of pure joy and delight, for they do not know how to feel this right now. Bless them with your rays of great power and love and help them to shine again.


Today I had to go to court to testify regarding a mandlord/tenant matter that didn't involve me…. What I find interesting about it is the same thing that I came to realize when I went through a long legal battle years ago (I had a suit regarding a business matter, breach of contract, which I won)… neither law school nor passing the bar can be that hard. Once again, it was amature hour…. :o). I understand that there are different "levels" of lawyer, but at least one of these guys is supposed to be "good", and both of these guys are all over the place. It's like watching a bad soap opera, it's a "train wreck" but you can't stop watching….. now I just want to know what the verdict is going to be!


Ireland's Aer Lingus said that it would offer special rescue fares to Wow Air passengers who were scheduled to fly between Thursday and April 11. Customers who have Wow Air tickets for trips after April 12 are eligible for "value fares" with Aer Lingus, the company said.
The carrier said it may be obligated to compensate passengers in accordance with European regulations. "In case of a bankruptcy, claims should be filed to the administrator / liquidator," the company said.
The airline's customer support account on Twitter was hit with request after request for help. A litany of apologies in public messages Thursday instructed individual customers to send their booking information through private, direct messages for assistance. Customers complained about canceled flights, demanded refunds and asked for new bookings to continue their journeys.
Passengers who booked Wow Air travel using the app Hopper will receive a refund, Hopper's chief executive, Frederic Lalonde, said Thursday. The company will also cover the cost of rebooking for stranded passengers. Close to 1,000 Hopper customers were affected by the cancellations, the company said. It is reaching out to them through text messages and push notifications through the app.
Based in Iceland's capital city of Reykjavik, Wow Air was founded in 2011, employing about 1,000 people, according to the company's website. The airline flew 3.5 million passengers last year, serving airports in Europe, the U.S., Canada and Israel.
Wow Air's end of operations follows the demise of another European low-budget airline, Primera Air, which folded in October, less than two months after launching regular service between Dulles International Airport and London's Stansted Airport. As with Wow Air, Primera Air's sudden cancellations left many passengers stranded on both sides of the Atlantic.


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Two Walt Disney World Chefs Among 2017 'Top 10 Pastry Chefs in America'
Pastry Chef Stefan Riemer and Pastry Chef Olivier Saintemarie are among Dessert Professional Magazine's "Top 10 Pastry Chefs in America." Both chefs were invited to showcase their exquisite desserts at an event honoring winners on June 5 in New York City.
Riemer, executive pastry chef on the Culinary Development team for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, was classically trained in Europe and joined the Disney Culinary team in 1999 after traveling the world as a certified master pastry chef. In his current role he develops and implements pastry menus and new pastry brands such as Amorette's Patisserie and The Ganacheryat Disney Springs. He is the recipient of the prestigious Walt Disney Legacy Award, recognition for outstanding achievement, selected by leaders and peers.
"I am so honored to be recognized, but a chef is nothing without a great team and the influence of the people surrounding him," said Riemer.
Saintemarie is executive pastry chef for Chefs de France restaurant in the France pavilion at EpcotWorld Showcase. Also classically trained in Europe after a year in the French Navy, he relocated from Paris to London, then joined Disney Cruise Line in 1999 where he was executive pastry chef. He moved to the French pavilion at Epcot in 2014 to open the new bakery and production kitchen, where he oversees bread and pastry production for Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie, Les Chefs de France, Monsieur Paul and L'Artisan des Glaces.
"Stefan and I met when we both joined the Disney company in 1999, and it was such an honor to be there together in New York receiving the award, in the company of such notable chefs," said Saintemarie.
This is the 24th year the Dessert Professional magazine has honored pastry chefs based on talent, creativity, contributions to the industry and dedication to creating high-quality confections.
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Q: A Basis for a Vector Space with Non-Standard Operations of Addition and Scalar Multiplication
Consider the vector space defined hereabove. It may be proven of $(\mathbb{R^+})^n$, that it is isomorphic with  $(\mathbb{R})^n$ and so possesses a dimension of $n$. I wish to know how a basis (which shall be of size $n$) may be obtained for this vector space, provided the operations of vector addition and scalar multiplication are not standardly defined.

A: An isomorphism $\Psi$ from $\Bbb R^n$ onto $(\Bbb R^+)^n$ is$$(x_1,\ldots,x_n)\mapsto\left(e^{x_1},e^{x_2},\ldots,e^{x_n}\right).$$So, if $\{e_1,e_2,\ldots,e_n\}$ is the standard basis of $\Bbb R^n$ (or any other basis, for that matter), $\left\{\Psi(e_1),\Psi(e_2),\ldots\Psi(e_n)\right\}$ is a basis of $(\Bbb R^+)^n$.


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Title: Turning Point USA
Description: Sebastian Gorka, former deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, speaks at the High School Leadership Summit, a Turning Point USA event, at George Washington University in Washington on July 26, 2018. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)
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Image Description: Sebastian Gorka, former deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, speaks at the High School Leadership Summit, a Turning Point USA event, at George Washington University in Washington on July 26, 2018. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times)