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Congratulations to the winners of the Hugo Awards and Retro Hugo Awards!
Hugo and Retro Hugo Voting
Hugo and Retro Hugo voting closed at 12:00 am, August 1, 2004 EDT.
Please make sure to join us at our Friday night celebration of our Guests of Honor and the Retro Hugos, the Time Travel Machine, on Friday, September 3, 2004, at 8:00 pm and at our Hugo Ceremony on September 4, 2004 at 8:00 pm to find out who's won.
The Hugo and Retro Hugo Award Nominees list is still available with links to the short stories, novellas and novelettes that are available online.
What Are the Hugo Awards?
The Hugo Awards are awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. A list of the current award categories is available here. Hugos are awarded each year by the World Science Fiction Society, at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon).
The Retro Hugos are also awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy—for a year in which a Worldcon was held but no Hugo awards were given. So Noreascon Four's Retro Hugos are being given for 1954, when no Hugo awards (then called "Special Achievement Awards") were given. Works eligible for the Retro Hugos were first published or released in 1953.
For more information about works that were eligible for Retro Hugos, download a copy of our Introduction to the Retro Hugo Awards for 1953. If you'd like a paper copy, send mail to retrobooklet@noreascon.org. Additional information, including lists of professional artists active in 1953 and most of the short stories published in 1953, is available at Fanac, the Fan History Project.
John W. Campbell Award
The John W. Campbell Award was first awarded at Torcon II in 1973 in the memory of John W. Campbell, Jr., the greatest and most influential editor the field has seen. Campbell was known for his discovery and nurturing of new writers and the publisher of Analog (Conde Nast at the time) decided to establish an award to be voted on by the members of the World Science Fiction convention for the best new writer of the previous two years. The award has been given out annually since 1973 and it continues to be presented by the publisher of Analog (presently Dell Magazines). Noreascon 4 has published the rules for the Campbell Award.
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Srinagar: Srinagar's prime tourist attraction, Dal Lake, is no more the scenic beauty it used to be. It's turning into an eyesore, thanks to sewage discharge and weed growth. A paper titled Water Quality assessments of Dal Lake, Jammu & Kashmir published in the International Journal of Scientific And Engineering Research in December 2017 (PDF of the report attached below) reveals that 1,200 houseboats alone dump about 9,000 metric tonnes of waste into the lake in a year. Further, 15 major drains empty into the lake, bringing along 18.2 tonnes of phosphorous and 25 tonnes of inorganic nitrogen nutrients.
The second largest lake in Kashmir, Dal Lake has four basins: Gagribal, Lokut Dal, Bod Dal and Nagin. According to the study, Lokut Dal and Bod Dal receive about 97,000 kg of sewage every day.
Another research report published in November 2017, Status of Pollution Level in Dal Lake of Jammu and Kashmir – A Review (PDF of the report attached below), estimates that besides nitrates and phosphates, about 80,000 tonnes of silt get deposited in the lake every year.
Ghulam Mohammad Itoo, a resident of Rainawari, concurs. "The strong stench is making life unbearable for people living here," he says.
Prof. Shakeel Rhomsoo, the head of the Earth Sciences Department at the University of Kashmir and an expert on Dal Lake, says its western side is the most polluted as it receives untreated sewage. He says this has resulted in the extensive growth of weed and lakhs of rupees are spent every year to remove it.
A detailed project report that Alternate Hydro Energy Centre of Roorkee University (now IIT Roorkee) had prepared for the J&K Lakes & Waterways Development Authority (JKLDA) in the year 2000 reveals that Dal Lake has been receiving sewage for a long time. The 17-year-old report indicates that the lake was getting increasingly polluted even then owing to untreated sewage and solid waste from Srinagar's peripheral areas, houseboats and agricultural return flow from catchment areas.
A public-interest litigation on the conservation of Dal Lake filed in 2002 is still pending. Over the past years, the J&K High Court had passed many directives but, as advocate Nadeem Qadri says, even the best efforts of the authorities have failed to help conserve the lake.
The JKLDA vice-chairman Dr Abdul Hafiz Shah says strenuous efforts are being made to upgrade all the sewage treatment plants (STPs) and a new one at Dal Lake's Nishat basin is also being planned. An executive engineer with the JKLDA, Ishtiyaq Ahmed Shah says, "Tenders have been advertised for engaging an expert authority to upgrade the STPs".
Prof Rhomsoo stresses that upgrading the STPs is critically important. He says the STPs are inefficient and don't treat the sewage completely. A government report confirms his allegation. The State Policy For Waste Water Reuse For Jammu & Kashmir published in April 2017 (PDF of the report attached below), cites the J&K Urban Environmental Engineering Department's finding that 80 percent of the state's total water supply contributes to sewage generation.
Further, Prof Rhomsoo explains how dumping of electronic waste and plastic in Dal has led to a high concentration of heavy metals in its water. He says that through fish and other aquatic plants that people consume, these heavy metals find their way into the human body. He says increased exposure to these elements can cause damage to the brain, liver and kidneys.
Hailed as the crown jewel of Kashmir, parts of Dal Lake are in a pitiable condition today. The paper, Water Quality assessments of Dal Lake, Jammu & Kashmir, concludes that the colour of the lake's water has changed from bluish green to hazel due to higher turbidity which has reduced the lake's aesthetic appeal and resulted in a lower inflow of tourists. The report goes on to state that the lake's water is unfit for drinking and the general water quality is not good. The lake's aquatic life is under threat owing to depletion of dissolved oxygen.
Last October, chief minister Mehbooba Mufti visited the interiors of the lake and expressed concern over its rising pollution level. Two committees were set up to conserve the lake: a scientific-advisory committee and a monitoring committee. Their recommendations have already been submitted but nothing has been done so far, says Rhomsoo, who is a member of the scientific advisory committee.
He says, "The suggestions included upgrading STPs, augmentation of artificial wetlands, assessment of pesticides, water-quality analysis, vegetation mapping, de-weeding and uprooting of lily pads. Currently, lily pads have covered a large portion of the lake." The JKLDA's Shah says all these issues are being carried out on a war footing. He points out that the work on uprooting lily pads and de-weeding is going on.
The HOA president Patloo agrees that 50 percent of lily pads have been uprooted but wonders when other issues such as dumping of untreated sewage, illegal constructions and encroachments on wetlands will be taken care of.
Apart from houseboat owners, vegetable sellers or shikarawalas also depend on Dal Lake for a living. Worried over tourists' increasing reluctance to visit the once-picturesque water body, they are concerned about their future. "The lake is dying and so are we," says Ayoub Aslam, a vendor.
While Dal is always in the public eye, Kashmir's other major lakes such as Anchar, Wular, Gilsar, Khushalsar and Nagin are also in a pitiable condition owing to unchecked pollution and encroachment. The restoration of Dal Lake holds the key to their future as well.


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UPDATE: Californians on Feb. 5th Vote NO on Prop. 93 – Term Limits
tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Fabian Nunez, Maria Shriver, Proposition 93
UPDATE: We did it – we VOTED DOWN the Proposition – That means Fabian Nuñez and his ilk CANNOT RUN AGAIN IN NOVEMBER !!!
Don't be fooled by the slick ads and endorsements in favor of Proposition 93 in the February 5th primary — it's a bait and switch!
You are being conned by the career politicians who will be TERMED OUT in the November election!
In the Assembly that's 12 Republicans and 11 Democrats and 6 Democrats and 4 Republicans in the Senate.
The most conspicuous of them all is Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez who is the chief proponent of the measure.
In 1990, Californians passed Proposition 140 which set term limits for legislators to a maximum of 14 years. Our greedy state politicians try to tell us that Prop. 93 decreases Term Limits to 12 years — NOT REALLY TRUE.
If Prop. 93 passes it will give those about to be termed out more time in office: it doubles Assembly terms from 6 years to 12 and Senate terms 50% longer from 8 years to 12 years.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has softened his past opposition to changes to California's term-limits law, by endorsing the ballot measure that would allow many sitting lawmakers to run for office again this year rather than be forced to leave the Legislature.
This is also a crock and a payback to Nuñez, who endeared himself to Schwarzenegger by pushing a health-care overhaul that the two leaders negotiated through the Assembly last month. Schwarzenegger denies that the two had cooked up "an exchange" of support for their pet measures.
Not only is Schwarzenegger sleeping with a Democrat (Maria Shriver) but he's also kissing the ass of Fabian Nuñez.
Everything Arnold was elected on has been cast aside. The state's deficit is now bigger than when he was first elected. His health-care plan — free care to every Californian – ILLEGALS ALIENS INCLUDED will put us deeper in the red. Now he is pandering to the elitists in Sacramento.
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I started inviting primary schools in Gordon to help design my Christmas card about 15 years ago. This year I made the selection for my last Christmas card before I stand down as the local MP.
The winner was Eilidh Henderson from Kennethmont School. Her sister, Kirsten, designed the winning card two years ago. Clearly, there is talent in the Henderson family. Her design based on 'Oh Christmas Tree' showed Santa, Rudolf, a snowman and an elf singing lustily next to a Christmas tree.
Congratulations to all the winners and to all those who took part and thank you to the teachers who encouraged and inspired their pupils to enter.
The card is sent out to nearly 1000 people ranging from the Prime Minister to local schools, hospitals and all the local and national organisations I deal with throughout the year.
So, Alex Salmond has finally ended his teasing and announced he intends to be the SNP candidate for Gordon at the General Election.
Let me raise some issues on behalf of the majority of voters in Gordon.
How does he justify trying to return to the Westminster Parliament he despises and seeks to, in his words, "rumble up?" He already left and took a year's salary in severance pay which he refuses to repay.
How can he seriously represent the interests of constituents in two Parliaments 400 miles apart?
How can he represent the wishes of the nearly two thirds majority of the people of Gordon who rejected the proposition he has spent his whole life trying to promote - namely the break-up of the UK? We voted no.
Now we should tell him we meant it.
As we wait and wait for our bypass, the dualling at Tipperty, the resolution of the Inveramsay Bridge whose completion was promised by the last election, only 1 per cent of the Scottish transport budget has been spent in the North East.
The Times summed up his bid as follows: "In plotting his return to power at Westminster Alex Salmond makes too many assumptions... Gordon will be no pushover.
This is backed up by the social media where there is clear support for voters to unite behind Christine as the candidate best placed to represent the aspirations of the majority of people in Gordon.
The plummeting oil price is a real cause of concern for the North East economy which so far has been relatively protected from recession.
I will not make any predictions about the future direction of the oil price.
Those who do are nearly always proved wrong. It would be complacent to assume it will quickly bounce back.
Saudi Arabia appears to be content to let the price stay low. Russia, desperately dependent on oil revenues will need to sell as much as possible and this will keep the price down.
On top of this, John Swinney has added uncertainty to the North East housing market with his announcement of new rates for the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax, Scottish replacement of stamp duty, which has been complicated by George Osborne's reduction of some rates for England and Wales in the autumn statement.
Transactions on houses costing above £300,000 will be more in Scotland than in England and Wales, with the differential widening as prices rise.
This could make it difficult to attract key people into the public and private sector.
It could also encourage people who have a choice as to where they live, and many in the oil and gas sector do to choose to live south of the border, depriving the North East and Scotland of their tax and spending power.
These uncertainties need to be monitored closely.
And finally I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.


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Lost in Terminology of Quality Attributes of Inhalation Products! Terms Currently Used by EPAG Companies to Encourage Harmonization in International Pharmacopoeias, Regulatory Guidelines and Literature
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Attributes describing the quality and testing of inhalation drug products are contained within international pharmacopoeias, regulatory guidance from the international Health authorities, ICH guidelines and ISO standards. There are currently wide differences in the use of these attributes between international regulatory guidance, usage in literature and by companies. Different terms for the same quality attributes were collected from the various sources to make the broad variety visible. The terms were grouped according to their use and listed together with their source in tabular lists. This list was then distributed to all European Pharmaceutical Aerosol Group (EPAG) member companies with the request for them to indicate their most commonly used terms. This survey presents the most commonly used terms for quality attributes by two thirds of the EPAG member companies and highlights the need for harmonization in regulatory guidance and communication. Such harmonization over all regions of the world would be a valuable goal to achieve and would ease the compilation of documentation for international submissions or company internal documents. As a starting point for international attempts to achieve this goal, this survey is published with the target to encourage individuals and organizations that are responsible for the determination of binding terms for inhalation products in pharmacopoeias and regulatory guidance to aim for consolidation and harmonization of the terminology in all regions. Since the current difference in terminology creates a burden for internationally operating companies, EPAG is more than willing to support all attempts that aim for harmonization.
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Anushka Sen is living her best life in Paris and her vacation photos are a proof of it
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On August 4, well-known actress Anushka Sen celebrates her birthday. This young actress doesn't need an introduction since, thanks to her superb acting abilities, she has already earned a special place in people' hearts. She has wowed the crowd with her superb performance in a number of performances during her career and has found success at a very young age. Anushka has accomplished a lot in her lengthy career and is continuing to rise to new heights of accomplishment. Even though Anushka is working on several amazing projects, she is now on vacation. The actress and her parents are frequently seen on vacations in far-off places. Prior to her birthday, the actress and her parents flew to Paris to celebrate their daughter's 20th birthday.
The adorable diva often updates her Instagram followers on her travels with posts and stories, and she just shared some photos of her and her parents posing in front of the Eiffel Tower, and what kind of trip to Paris would be complete without seeing the Eiffel Tower? As a result, Anushka can be seen taking pictures with the Eiffel Tower in the backdrop. In the pictures, she can be seen smiling broadly while posing in a sweet, pastel-coloured rainbow midi dress that she paired with white sneakers. The actress accessorised it with a cute little blue shoulder purse, black sunglasses, and brunette hair. Anushka is seen in the next set of images standing next to her parents, with the Eiffel Tower in the distance. They all look happy and at peace as a family.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Anushka was last seen as a contestant in Khatron ke Khiladi 12, she is currently hosting chat show Not Just A Chat Show
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Be Thankful, Save the World?
By Cathy Lynn Grossman
IMAGINE AN UNLIKELY DUET. One singer is National Review senior editor Jonah Goldberg, a conservative political columnist who admits he indulged in "smash-mouth" rhetoric and once did a video mocking "social justice" as meaningless mush. The other is religion scholar Diana Butler Bass, a progressive liberal and author who champions social justice as central to a life of faith. Both published books this spring, and as they made separate media rounds, they sang the same song—an ode to gratitude.
Gratitude is having a big turn in the spotlight right now as influential writers, university researchers bolstered with millions in foundation grant funds, #blessed social media mavens, and more tout thankfulness as a boon to one's spirit and health.
The claims are mighty for the benefits of thankfulness to others, to God, to Mother Nature. Bolster peace in the world—or at least your own small corner of it—via the virtue that could, by opening a path to moral consensus, save our society from fracturing in tribalism, fear, and frustration. Lower your blood pressure. Enhance your marriage. Find joy and avoid the sin of being an ingrate. Books and websites offer instructions for keeping a gratitude journal (feel measurably better about your life in a month!) or the recipe for a gratitude letter (allow 15 minutes, stay under 300 words, deliver in person if possible).
A recent study found that people who wrote "gratitude letters"—turning away from the "toxic emotions" stirred by negative thoughts to elucidate thankfulness—reported significantly better mental health four weeks and 12 weeks after their writing exercise ended, according to the online magazine of the University of California, Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. The center is the nexus for the Expanding the Science and Practice of Gratitude project, with more than $3 million in research grants and outreach programs.


This is the last in a series of articles focusing on Conflict in the Workplace. In Managing Conflict at Work Part I we talked about the value of Conflict – greater clarity on issues, individual and group growth and improved relationships, to name a few. Managing Conflict at Work Part II examined the different tendencies people use in response to Conflict, i.e. Competing, Accommodating, Avoiding, Compromising and Collaborating.
Let's now take a look at four types of conflict, keeping in mind that conflicts do not normally fall into just one category. Further detail regarding these categories can be found at HBR Guide to Managing Conflict at Work.
Task Conflicts – Disagreement about what the group is trying to achieve. One might feel that the goal is to have a 0 bug product while their colleague thinks that they were tasked to deliver the product to the client on time, even with bugs.
Status Conflicts – These are disagreements about who's in charge. An engineer believes they can respond directly to a client inquiry, while the project manager believes only they should be interfacing with the client.
Keeping the end in mind is a critical skill in managing conflict. What do you want to walk away with and how do you want to feel? What do you want the other person to walk away with and how do you want them to feel? Keep these thoughts in the forefront of your mind and act a filter for what you say.
Remember, we have options. Sometime doing/saying nothing is the best choice. In other situations addressing the conflict directly is the best course of action. The quality of our choices to act or not requires control over our own emotions, understanding the other person's tendencies in responding to conflict, knowing what the conflict is about – before it gets personal and last, but not least being clear about the end-game.
Honing our skills in managing conflict is a life-long process. We can all benefit from elevating our ability to effectively manage conflict – for the better. For all of us.
Action: Consider yourself and your team engaging in the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument. It's quick and it's effective.


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Canada's government and opposition trumpet Israel's "right" to wage endless war in Gaza
By Carl Bronski and Keith Jones
Global Research, January 11, 2009
World Socialist Web Site 10 January 2009
Region: Canada
Theme: Crimes against Humanity
Canada's political establishment has given its full support to the Israeli state's bloody onslaught against the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip.
Canada's minority Conservative government has been amongst the most strident state supporters of the assault on Gaza. Since Israel launched its attack on Gaza two weeks ago, ministers in Stephen Harper's government have repeatedly echoed the cynical pronouncements emanating from Washington and Tel Aviv. This has included arguing against an "immediate ceasefire," laying all blame for the conflict and for the large number of civilians killed by Israeli air strikes and artillery barrages on Hamas, and otherwise apologizing for Israeli war crimes.
The new leader of Canada's official opposition Liberals, Michael Ignatieff, has followed suit, denouncing Hamas, which won Palestinian Authority elections in 2006, as a "terrorist organization" and asserting Israel's right to kill scores of Palestinians daily until Hamas cedes to its demands.
A day after the aerial bombardment of the densely populated Palestinian enclave began on December 26, Lawrence Cannon, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, gave full support to the attack. "Israel has a clear right to defend itself against the continued rocket attacks by Palestinian militant groups which have deliberately targeted civilians," said Cannon. "First and foremost those rocket attacks must stop."
As the carnage visited upon the Palestinians in Gaza escalated with the advent of the Israeli ground invasion, statements emanating from the Canadian Foreign Office were among the most supportive of all Israel's allies.
When 42 people, many of them women, children and the elderly, were killed and 55 wounded January 6 in an Israeli barrage on a clearly-marked United Nations-run school in the Jabaliya refugee camp, Peter Kent, the minister of state for Foreign Affairs—Cannon's deputy—told the Globe and Mail, "Hamas bears a terrible responsibility for this and for the wider deepening humanitarian tragedy. The burden of responsibility is on Hamas to stop its terrorist rocketing of Israel."
Parroting the line of an Israeli Defence Force (IDF) spokesperson on the incident, Kent, a former news anchor for the Global television network, ignored unequivocal UN reports from the refugee camp that only civilians were in the school at the time of the attack. Said Kent, "We really don't have complete details yet, other than the fact we know that Hamas has made a habit of using civilians and civilian infrastructure as shields for their terrorist activities, and that would seem to be the case again today."
According to the BBC, 770 Palestinians, including hundreds of civilians, have so far died in the fighting and thousands more have been injured. Severe food and medicine shortages affect the entire Gaza population and the lack of potable water and sewage disposal capabilities has raised the spectre of disease. There have been 14 Israeli fatalities, almost all of them IDF personnel.
When asked about the disproportionate use of force—Israel, thanks to US patronage, has one of the world's best-equipped and powerful militaries—and the huge difference in casualty rates, Kent responded that "numbers are a mug's game in this sort of situation."
The Conservative government has echoed the line of the Bush administration and the Israeli government in regard to entreaties from European Union leaders for a ceasefire: Unless any ceasefire agreement is "durable," the IDF had every right to continue its attack, declares Ottawa. In the parlance of diplomatic double-speak, "durable" means only when all IDF objectives in its Gaza invasion have been attained.
The callous indifference of the Canadian government to the plight of the people of Gaza is underlined by its failure to take timely action to evacuate Canadian citizens from the tiny, war-torn enclave. Only after the US and five other countries succeeded in getting their nationals out of Gaza on January 2 did Canadian government officials even contact the Israeli government to discuss the evacuation of Canadian passport-holders.
"I don't know of the relationship of those timings," said Kent in answer to criticism of the government's failure to provide timely assistance to the Canadians, all or almost all of them of Palestinian ethnic origin, trapped in Gaza as it was being pummelled by Israel with the support of Canada's government.
On Thursday, i.e. six days after the original evacuation, 48 Canadian citizens were able to leave Gaza in a deal worked out with Israel. Several others were reportedly too scared to report to an International Committee of the Red Cross rallying-point because of constant Israeli bombing.
Even as they left, the evacuees were given a gruesome demonstration of the wanton slaughter being carried out by the Israeli military. According to news reports, the evacuation was held up for hours after the Canadians witnessed the death of a UN relief worker, who had been shot by Israeli forces while moving wheat on a forklift truck. The Israeli military had been fully informed by the UN of its relief effort.
Israel's actions have caused a growing international outcry, with even the UN and International Committee of the Red Cross issuing increasingly forceful denunciations of Israel for targeting civilians and creating a humanitarian disaster.
None of this, however, fazes Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, a purported expert in human rights and international law. Speaking in Halifax on Thursday, Ignatieff reaffirmed his and his party's support for the Israeli assault on Gaza: "Canada has to support the right of a democratic country to defend itself. Israel has been attacked from Gaza, not just last year, but for almost 10 years."
Ignatieff denounced Hamas as a terrorist organization, blithely ignoring the dispossession of the Palestinian people and the state terrorism practiced by Israel, as well as the electoral mandate Hamas has received from the Palestinians of Gaza.
"Hamas," he declared, "is a terrorist organization and Canada can't touch Hamas with a 10-foot pole."
Ignatieff justified Israel continuing to kill scores of Palestinians on a daily basis. Canada, he said, should stand ready to provide humanitarian relief to the people of Gaza, but only after Hamas has ceded to Israel's demands for "security."
Canada's nominal left-wing party, the New Democratic Party or NDP, has remained all but silent on the Israeli blitzkrieg in Gaza. On Dec. 29 it issued a brief statement, which made a pro forma appeal for an end to all hostilities and failed to condemn the Israeli attack on Gaza. The NDP, it should be recalled, recently repudiated its demand for the immediate withdrawal of Canadian troops from Afghanistan in the hopes of forming a coalition government with the big business Liberals.
Like the Conservatives and Liberals, the editorial pages of most of Canada's major dailies have echoed the war propaganda of the Israeli government and endorsed Israel's war aims. Time and again, the Canadian press has asserted that Hamas broke a truce with Israel—no matter that Israel twice violated the truce by staging bloody strikes on Gaza in November and had long failed to implement pledges to ease a devastating economic blockade against the tiny Palestinian enclave.
The reaction of Canada's media is typified by an editorial published in Tuesday's Globe and Mail and titled "Israel in Gaza: Measured action on the ground." Canada's ostensible newspaper of record asserts that Israel has a "right" to wage unending war, irrespective of the cost to Palestinian lives, declaring "If the Israeli Defence Forces have to return again and again, to suppress new supplies of rockets, so be it."
Especially heinous was the Globe's dismissal of the mounting number of Palestinian corpses—men, women, and children. "It is true," said the Globe, "that many more Palestinians than Israeli civilians have been killed in the current conflict. But the government of Israel, like that of any other nation-state, is above all answerable for the safety of its own people …"
The three-year-old Harper Conservative government has shifted Canada's foreign policy sharply right, parroting the stances of the Bush administration on one issue after another. This is especially true in respect to the dispossession of the Palestinian people and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The Harper government fully supported the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, declaring Hezbollah "responsible" for the vast civilian casualties caused by Israeli bombs and tanks. Harper went so far as to provide alibis for the Israeli Defence Force when it targeted a UN observation post for attack and killed a Canadian Armed Forces' officer.
The Conservatives boast that theirs was the first government in the world to announce a cut-off of aid to the Palestinian Authority after Hamas came to power in 2006.
The Harper government has championed war as an instrument of state policy. It has significantly expanded the plans of the previous Liberal government to rearm and increase the size of Canada's armed forces. With the help of the Liberals, it has extended Canada's leading role in the Afghan war for a further 5 years to the end of 2011. And in the summer of 2006 and again today it has enthusiastically supported Israeli invasions aimed at perpetuating the subjugation of the Palestinian people—invasions in which the Israeli Defence Forces have committed numerous war crimes, even according to the narrow definitions of great-power international law.
The unconditional support of the Liberal Party and the Canadian corporate media for the Israeli assault on Gaza demonstrates that the embrace of militarism and imperialism is not limited to the Conservatives and the self-avowed political right. It is the new consensus of the Canadian elite.
The original source of this article is World Socialist Web Site
Copyright © Carl Bronski and Keith Jones, World Socialist Web Site, 2009
Articles by: Carl Bronski and Keith Jones
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Q: jeditable, how to persist edit mode I'm working with Jeditable and want to keep the element in edit mode based on an error return type (post-server side validation). This question has been asked before, but it doesn't seem to have ever been answered satisfactorily. Does anyone who is familiar with Jeditable have any suggestions? Thanks.

A: I would just trigger jeditable event again in the callback function.  Like this http://jsfiddle.net/wgjV4/

A: I just struggled with the same issue. By looking at the source code I found the following piece:
var onerror  = settings.onerror  || reset;

The default behavior obviously resets the form. In order to keep the edit after an error, you can do this
$('.content').editable('/some-url', {
      onerror: function() {
        alert("ERRROOOORRRR");
      }
});

A: Use the onblur setting: onblur:function(){ return false; }

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The Endometriosis Foundation of America ( EndoFound) announced today its partnership in the 45th Annual 2018 BMW Berlin Marathon in Berlin Germany on September 16th, 2018.
Whether you're a seasoned runner looking to improve your personal best or an enthusiastic beginner just getting into the marathon scene, the 26-mile run through historic Berlin Germany offers a unique running experience. Starting at Brandenburg Gate and passing by iconic landmarks including the Reichstag, Potsdamer Platz, and Berlin Cathedral, you will be one of over 40,000 runners racing together from around the world!
Secure your guaranteed entry in this sold-out race as part of the EndoFound Berlin Marathon Charity team. Accepted runners will be required to meet a personal fundraising commitment of $1500 as they train to run an iconic marathon for endometriosis awareness and research.
Endometriosis affects one in ten women, is the third leading cause of female infertility and is one of the most misdiagnosed diseases. EndoFound strives to increase disease recognition, provide advocacy, facilitate expert surgical training, and fund landmark endometriosis research.
To apply to team EndoFound visit EndoFound.org or call 646.854.3337.
The BMW BERLIN-MARATHON belongs to the Abbott World Marathon Majors (Abbott WMM).


See the post at hiddenjesus about Jennie Ivey's article in this month's Guidepost. Marion in the Sunday School class sent us a copy of the complete article this week. Jennie describes a "weekend" trip to Elkmont in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, known as "the Park" around our family.
What magic times we spent there with the kids growing up. We have not been to Elkmont, however, which is where Jennie saw the fireflies. We've been to Smokemont, on the NC side of the Park, near Cherokee, and Cade's Cove toward the Tennessee side. We've made day trips to Deep Creek and other places. Near the Park, we camped off the Blue Ridge Parkway ("the Parkway"): Mt. Pisgah and Julian Price. Then below the Park, our favorites were Unicoi and Vogel in North Georgia. We visited Black Rock Mountain, too, near Clayton, but it was so hot that summer, the visit wasn't so pleasant.
Jennie lives in Middle Tennessee, so a visit to the Park can be made on a weekend. For us in Miami, its a major journey. But still worth it. Carol and I vow to make the journey again this fall. Who wants to join us?


Published on September 22nd 2011.
Welcome to our worldTHIS year for the first time ever the Labour Party's Annual Conference is in Liverpool.
Never mind Ed Miliband or Hillary Benn. Hugh Grant is said to be in town, ladies, as is Eddie Izzard, all apparently holed up in or around the Jury's Inn.
"We want to make sure everyone who comes has an experience they'll never forget," says the local Labour branch. "We're going to showcase all that's best about our great city."
So how to cheer delegates in the dark, strange city, far away from home? Why, Scouse Night, of course.
"On the Monday night of conference we're going to throw a party called Scouse Night," proclaims the blurb.
Forget any worries about stereotypes: "We'll have a Beatles tribute band performing, we'll serve scouse pie, we'll be giving away some of the best scouse competition prizes Liverpool has to offer, and even have a special scouse karaoke room, complete with Beatles wigs!" it goes on.
we could have PhotoshoppedOh yes. Fight it as you might, in Liverpool we are never more than 10ft away from the scuttling of a synthetic mop top.
"Tickets for this unforgettable event are £15 each. Tickets strictly limited, and they've already started to sell quickly! To make sure you don't miss out, book your place now!" – and it gives the web address where you can buy tickets.
Or perhaps not. Depending on your love of sherry.
Sherry, we said. Not Cherie.
*Labour Party Scouse Night, Monday September 26, 8 till late, Circo Bar, Albert Dock, Liverpool 3. Tickets £15.
Oh, you want the address where you can buy tickets? Fair enough. Go here.
Absinthe & TurksSeptember 23rd 2011.
Hilary FFS. 'Hillary' is a surname.


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| phylum             = Negarnaviricota
| class              = Ellioviricetes
| order              = Bunyavirales
| familia            = Hantaviridae
| genus              = Orthohantavirus
| species            = Puumala orthohantavirus
| subdivision_ranks  = Grupp
| subdivision        = Grupp V(-)ssRNA
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Puumalavirus (Puumala orthohantavirus) är en virusart inom släktet Orthohantavirus, där puumalavirus är en av släktets 35 arter.

Struktur
Puumalavirus är små, sfäriska virioner med enkelsträngat (ss)RNA med negativ polaritet som arvsmassa och med ett membranhölje runt sig. Två virala glykoproteiner, GN och Gc, förekommer på membranets yta. Viruset är ca 100 nm i diameter och genomet består av tre RNA-segment av negativ polaritet.

Puumalaviruset replikeras i cytoplasman. Eftersom det är ett minussträngat RNA-virus så måste det först kopieras innan virusets proteiner kan translateras.

Förekomst och epidemiologi
Puumalavirus orsakar sjukdomen sorkfeber  (Nephropathia epidemica), en zoonos som i Skandinavien sprids framför allt av skogssorken (Myodes glareolus'') som också är den huvudsakliga reservoaren och utbrotten når sin höjdpunkt samtidigt som sorkpopulationen når sin, vilket vanligtvis sker vart tredje till fjärde år. Sorken är enbart bärare av viruset och insjuknar inte själv. Spridningen sker enbart från sork till människa och inte mellan människor.

Viruset förekommer i stora delar av Europa; främst i Finland och Ryssland väster om Uralbergen, men det förekommer även i Danmark, Tyskland, Frankrike och i andra västeuropeiska länder. Viruset är uppkallat efter orten Puumala i Finland där det första virusisolatet upptäcktes.

Puumalavirus är i Sverige geografiskt i huvudsak avgränsat till norr om Dalälven, men under senare år har smittillfällen skett även så långt söderut som i Skåne. Förklaringen till den långsamma spridningen kan vara att sorkfeber är en sjukdom där viruset spridits av skogssork via Finland. Eftersom sorkar är djur med mycket små revir så sprids sjukdomen långsamt och endast över land. Det finns fall beskrivna från alla Sveriges landsting, men i många fall har patienten blivit smittad i en annan del av landet än där diagnos ställts.

Historik
Sorkfeber, sjukdomen som orsakas av puumalavirus beskrevs 1934 av två svenska läkare, Gustaf Myhrman och Sten Zetterholm, som oberoende av varandra studerat sjukdomen. Viruset upptäcktes 1982 i ett virusisolat från Puumala i Finland. Åren 2007-08 inträffade i norra Sverige det hittills största rapporterade utbrottet i landet. Detta gav upphov till en stor ökning i förekomst av antikroppar mot Puumala-virus hos människorna i Norr- och Västerbotten.

Patogenes
Puumalavirus kan infektera de flesta celler i kroppen. Efter inandning av viruskontaminerade sorkextrakt startar infektionen i lungorna och sprids sedan via blodet. Forskning har visat att Puumalavirus kan vara smittsamt utanför värden i två veckor och i vissa fall även mer. Det förefaller inte som att viruset i sig själv är cellpatogent utan det är den smittades överaktiva immunförsvar som påverkar sjukdomsförloppet.

Behandling/Provtagning
Puumalaviruset ger för det mesta upphov till ganska lindriga symptom och någon specifik botande behandling saknas. Diagnosen ställs genom påvisande av virusspecifikt IgM eller molekylärbiologisk undersökning, främst PCR. Man har testat antiviral behandling med olika preparat, men utan säkert positivt resultat. Inom några veckor läker sjukdomen vanligen ut av sig själv men kan orsaka lång konvalescens och dialysbehandling kan övergående krävas i vissa svåra fall.

Förebyggande åtgärder
För att reducera risken för smitta bör man i första hand försvåra för skogssorkar att få tillgång till utrymmen där människor vistas. Eftersom människor ofta smittas vid inandning av aerosol innehållande viruspartiklar bör man även undvika att röra upp damm där man misstänker att skogssorken har vistats. Det är bättre att våttorka, eventuellt med tillsats som förstör virusets hölje. Vid kontakt med sorkar eller deras lämningar skall skyddshandskar används och noggrann handhygien skall ske efteråt. Vid risk för luftburen smitta kan man använda andningsskydd (minst filterklass 2).

Källor

Virus

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Conformation is how well a goat conforms to the ideal according to breed. For the ADGA animal, conformation is the same across all breeds, except for breed specific characteristics such as ears, color, and stature. Below, you will find drawings of the ideal dairy goat. Why use drawings to show the ideal? Well, simply because there is no such thing as a PERFECT dairy goat.
Both ADGA and AGS have a unified scorecard for all dairy breeds. You can find the ADGA Unified Scorecard HERE and you can find the AGS Scorecard HERE. For breed specific conformation characteristics, visit your registry.


SALMED, Poland's largest trade fair of medical equipment, will once again gather together leaders of the medical market. The upcoming edition of the event is scheduled to take place on the premises of Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie on 10-12 February 2014, creating a great opportunity for the exchange of knowledge and experiences, and for forging relations between representatives of medicine, business and science.
SALMED International Trade Fair of Medical Equipment and Instruments, held on a biennial basis, is Poland's largest venue for presenting products offered by manufacturers and suppliers of medical devices and instruments, equipment for hospitals, clinics and private medical practices, as well as laboratory companies and firms supplying rehabilitation equipment.
One of the additional possibilities offered to Exhibitors during the fair is the presentation of their newest products, technologies and services. It is an excellent form of promotion and prominent display of products that are new on the market and those that make their debut at the fair.
New products are the driving force of technological development in every industry, which is why they are a very valuable addition to the trade fair offer. Products shown to professional audience are sure to be appreciated. Products debuting at the trade fair will be showcased in specially marked exhibitors' stands, which guarantees their high recognition among visitors as well as published in trade fair guides, press materials and on the fair's website.
An indispensable element of the SALMED fair is a program of seminars and specialist conferences, along with workshops, lectures and many business meetings. The thematic scope of SALMED comprises several conference modules: Management, Emergency Medicine, Rehabilitation Laboratory, Nursing and others.
An extensive programme of scientific events is targeted at those visitors who are professionally involved in the medical industry.


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2014 NASCAR Rhino Linings 350 Odds To Win: Ryan Blaney Favored
Drew Sharper
Rhino Linings 350 Odds
LAS VEGAS, NV (TheSpread) – The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drives under the lights Saturday night for the Rhino Linings 350. Here is a look at the odds for this race.
View Current NASCAR Odds
According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Ryan Blaney is favored to win the race, as Blaney has 3/1 odds to win. Other short odds to win are Darrell Wallace Jr. (7/2) and Matt Crafton (9/2).
Blaney is third in the point standings, 24 points out of first place. Blaney has competed in 16 Truck races this year, winning one of them with eight top 5s. His average finish is 8.6.
Wallace Jr. is fourth in the point standings, 35 points out of first. Wallace Jr. has competed in 16 Truck Series races this year and has two wins. He has an average finish of 9.6.
Crafton is the points leader by 7 on the field. He has competed in 16 Truck Series races this year, winning two of them with an average finish of 7.3.
Bet on NASCAR Odds
The Rhino Linings 350 will take place Saturday, September 27 at 10:19PM ET from Las Vegas Motor Speedway. For complete odds and track information on this year's race, see below.
Odds to win the Rhino Linings 350 – 2014 Rhino Linings 350 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Saturday, September 27
Ryan Blaney 3/1
Darrell Wallace Jr. 7/2
Matt Crafton 9/2
Erik Jones 13/2
Johnny Sauter 15/2
Timothy Peters 15/2
Ron Hornaday Jr. 12/1
German Quiroga 22/1
Joey Coulter 22/1
Jeb Burton 28/1
Tyler Reddick 28/1
Field (Any Other Driver) 8/1
2014 Rhino Linings 350 Information
Race Date: Saturday, September 27
Location: Las Vegas Motor Speedway; Las Vegas, NV
Pre-Race: 9:30PM ET
Green Flag: 10:19PM ET
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Track Type: Speedway (146 laps)
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Q: What is the best way to solve a non-linear kinetic problem using python? I have a chemical kinetics problem which involves several species that can transfer electrons between each other. I can describe the kinetics using a system of five differential equations.
I am trying to fit the model to time-resolved spectroscopic data. I believe that this system should be solved analytically, so I am trying to solve the system using sympy's dsolve:
from sympy import *

# Assumptions: Since the concentration of Ascn remains practically constant, [Ascn] is absorbed into k1

Ru2p, Rup, Asc, Rep, Re = symbols('Ru2p Rup Asc Rep Re', cls=Function)

Rep0, t, k1, k2, k3, k4 = symbols('Rep0 t k1 k2 k3 k4')

eq1 = Eq(diff(Ru2p(t)), -k1*Ru2p(t))
eq2 = Eq(diff(Rup(t)), k1*Ru2p(t) - k2*Rup(t)*Asc(t) - k3*Rup(t)*Rep(t))
eq3 = Eq(diff(Asc(t)), k1*Ru2p(t) - k2*Rup(t)*Asc(t)-k4*Asc(t)*Re(t))
eq4 = Eq(diff(Rep(t)), -k3*Rup(t)*Rep(t) + k4*Asc(t)*Re(t))
eq5 = Eq(diff(Re(t)), k3*Rup(t)*Rep(t) - k4*Asc(t)*Re(t))

system = [eq1, eq2, eq3, eq4, eq5]
ics = {Ru2p(0):1,Rup(0):0,Asc(0):0,Rep(0):Rep0,Re(0):0}

solution = dsolve(system,[Ru2p(t),Rup(t),Asc(t),Rep(t),Re(t)],ics=ics)
print(solution)

Running this results in:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Ruthenium.py", line 19, in <module>
    solution = dsolve(system,[Ru2p(t),Rup(t),Asc(t),Rep(t),Re(t)],ics=ics)
  File "/home/max/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sympy/solvers/ode/ode.py", line 599, in dsolve
    raise NotImplementedError
NotImplementedError

It is not clear to me what exactly is not implemented, so I don't know what is the current limitation with this method for which I need to find a solution. I would appreciate it if someone can give me some tips about how I might be able to solve this system, preferably with python.


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The US Confiscation Policy
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The United States plans to develop mechanisms for the confiscation of the property of Russians who have been sanctioned. The seized property would be used to provide assistance to Ukraine. In the near future, such mechanisms are likely to be enshrined in US law. There is a consensus between Congress and the Biden Administration on this issue. The benefits of such a move for the United States will be felt in the near future. Disadvantages will make themselves known later.
On April 28, US President Joe Biden asked Congress to pass new legislation on the confiscation of Russian property. The presidential proposals were previously developed at the level of key agencies responsible for sanctions: the Treasury (financial sanctions), the Department of State (responsible for visa sanctions and political aspects of restrictive measures), the Department of Commerce (export controls), and the Department of Justice (which prosecutes violators of sanctions regimes).
Biden's proposals include the following:
First, to create an effective mechanism for the confiscation of property located in the United States and owned by sanctioned "oligarchs" or persons involved in illegal activities. Previously, such property was only frozen, that is, access to it was prohibited, but formally it remained in the possession of its owners. It can be challenged in a US federal court. However, experience shows that previous attempts by Russian business to achieve the lifting of sanctions did not bring much success. It also proposes making it a criminal offense to receive funds directly derived from corrupt deals with the Russian government. The concept of such transactions and their parameters have not yet been deciphered.
Second, the Biden Administration is pushing for a mechanism that would allow the transfer of property seized from the "kleptocrats" to compensate Ukraine for the damage caused by military action.
Third, the confiscation of property that is used to help circumvent US sanctions, as well as the inclusion of sanctions circumvention in the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The administration also considers it necessary to extend the statute of limitations for money laundering offenses to 10 years.
Fourth, it is proposed to deepen interaction with foreign allies and partners. In the EU, in particular, property worth more than $30 billion has already been confiscated.
In Congress, such proposals have long appeared in the form of a series of bills. During March-April 2022, two such bills were introduced in the Senate (S. 3936 and S.3838) and five in the House of Representatives (H. R.7457, H. R. 7187, H. R.7083, H. R.6930 and H. R.7086). Most of these bills are cosponsored by both Republicans and Democrats, which means they are very likely to attract interparty consensus. It is most likely that the final version of the project will be much more detailed in comparison with the bills already submitted and will take into account the proposals of the Biden Administration.
The new legal mechanism will give the US both advantages and disadvantages. Among the first, it can be attributed the emergence of more effective tools for the final defeat of Russian big business both in the United States and beyond. The US authorities will have more powers for secondary sanctions and enforcement measures in order to prevent circumvention of the sanctions regimes. It is possible that such measures may also be applied to Russian partners from third countries. In addition, such confiscations will make it possible to provide military and financial assistance to Ukraine using Russian money. Washington is already sending billions of dollars to Kiev, and the scope of such assistance is likely to be expanded radically. If the European Union follows the example of the United States (and there is no doubt it will), then Ukraine in the future can count on tens and even hundreds of billions of dollars of assistance from Russian funds. Such a move would be welcomed by taxpayers in the US and the EU. With all their sympathy for Ukraine, they would prefer to assist it at the expense of Russian assets, rather than their own.
While the advantages of these moves will bear fruit in the very near future, disadvantages will make themselves felt later. First of all, Russia itself would move to confiscate Western-owned assets on its territory. Obviously, Moscow will take such steps with great caution — it is still in Russia's interests to preserve the remnants of investments and established ties. However, selective and targeted measures are quite possible. In response to the transfer of Russian property to Kiev, Moscow may confiscate some assets in the occupied territories of Ukraine, and the territory itself may be regarded as confiscated property. It can be transferred, for example, to the jurisdiction of the Donetsk People's Republics. In other words, experiments with confiscation deepen the escalation of the conflict.
Another disadvantage for the United States is the significant loss of leverage over certain segments of the Russian elite. Property and assets were "anchors" for a considerable number of Russian businessmen. The United States and other Western countries were seen by them as a "safe haven" and a place where the rule of law prevails. Now Russia has become their only harbour. This shortcoming may turn into an advantage for the Russian authorities, who will have more opportunities to consolidate the elite. Suspicion of government agencies and financial institutions towards Russians in general (including medium and small businesses and individuals) also reduces the motivation for the emigration of broader sections of Russian citizens.
Finally, the victorious march of the authorities of the US, the EU, and other countries over the fragments of Russian property gives rise to legitimate fears among investors from other countries. A bad signal for them is that the criminal motives for the seizure of property and the related concepts of corruption, kleptocracy and the like "suddenly" became relevant only after the start of the conflict in Ukraine. The question arises: if there was a criminal dossier on the Russians under sanctions, then why was it not released in droves earlier? The answer is simple. Most of the Russians who fell under the sanctions, apparently, simply did not have such a dossier. Or it was not enough for suspicion and charges of criminal offenses (money laundering and so on). Getting under sanctions is a consequence of politics. This means that the confiscation of property has political reasons and is not associated with violation of the law.
Accordingly, investors from other countries may have explicit or implicit suspicions that they may be next in line.
The US has conflicting relations with China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and a number of other countries. Dozens of bills on sanctions are being introduced in the US Congress on them. It is clear that extraordinary events must occur in order for the Americans to begin imposing sanctions on the Russian model and against the designated countries. Mass confiscations of their property are unlikely, at least for now. But trust is a subtle psychological category. Investors do not always understand the intricacies of politics. This means that they may well have a natural desire to diversify their assets. For American banks and investment funds, this is unlikely to be good news.
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Technology reducing wait times at Customs
Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A mobile passport control app launched at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is expanding to other airports around the country, with the goal of reducing wait times at Customs.
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Cutting down on lines is a key priority for airport officials, with expectations for a "robust summer travel season," said airport deputy general manager Michael Smith. Passenger counts at Hartsfield-Jackson are up 4.6 percent for the first four months of 2015.
The technology tested at the Atlanta airport since last August allows arriving international travelers to submit their Customs declaration via a mobile app — though it does not replace a passport. The mobile passport control app has been expanded from Atlanta to Miami, Chicago O'Hare and Seattle-Tacoma, with plans to expand to more airports later this year.
With Hartsfield-Jackson as the world's busiest airport, "Atlanta is the best place to test this technology," said Kevin Burke, president of Airports Council International - North America, which helped develop the technology with private firm Airside Mobile. "If it works here, it's going to work everywhere."
U.S. citizens and Canadian visitors can use the app to create a profile with their passport information. Then, after landing while the plane is taxiing to the gate, they can submit their Customs declaration information through the app, then receive an electronic receipt with a square-shaped scannable QR code that lasts four hours.
At Customs, mobile passport control users then submit their passport and mobile device with the code to a Customs officer.
According to Customs, the passport information is submitted via secure encryption protocols.
Few travelers have used the mobile passport control app, but other technologies to speed processing have become popular over time, including passport control kiosks at Customs and the trusted traveler Global Entry program. Airline and Customs officials plan to encourage more travelers to use the mobile app, while continue to offer the kiosks and expedited processing through Global Entry.
"Nothing's worse than getting off the plane after a 10 hour flight and having to wait two hours in a line," Burke said. "That's going away" with new technologies that speed processing.
The process with the mobile app takes 15 to 20 seconds of processing by a Customs and Border Protection officer versus 90 to 120 seconds for the older paper system, according to Airside Mobile chief executive Hans Miller.
Reducing the processing time through the kiosks and the mobile app for each passenger helps to shorten lines overall. Customs and Border Protection's Atlanta port director Stephen Kremer said in the past year less than 1 percent of travelers coming through Hartsfield-Jackson have waited for longer than an hour at Customs, "so we've done really well in that arena."
Among Delta Air Lines customers, about 54 percent use the passport control kiosks, 7 percent use Global Entry and about 1 percent use the mobile passport control app, said Delta senior vice president Greg Kennedy. He added that wait times have declined 29 percent since the 2012 opening of Hartsfield-Jackson's international terminal and Concourse F.


A workforce planning tool for clinical researchers adapted from US clinical research centers has helped staff in the UK with widely accepted metrics that provide recognized, valuable data and evidence. This session explores the UK Clinical Research Facilities Network (UKCRFN) Study Intensity tool (SIT) as a research specific workforce planning tool which originated in the general clinical research centers of the USA. With permission it has been adapted and developed for use in the UK. Its development has been driven by the UKCRFN Intensity Working Group (IWG). The wide dissemination and recognition of the metrics produced by the tool means that it is widely accepted as a measure of workforce planning within a research setting. This information is already utilized by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded Clinical Research Facilities in reporting annual metrics and therefore supports a consistent national approach to metrics reporting. It has also provided supporting evidence in the justification for an increase in resources when presenting business cases for additional research staff across a variety of research infrastructures.
This webinar is hosted by Complion. Complion will provide all registered attendees with a certificate of attendance for self-reporting continuing education credits, within 72 hours of the live presentation.


Astro is a South Korean boy group formed by Fantagio in 2016. The group is composed of six members: MJ, JinJin, Eunwoo, Moon Bin, Rocky, and Sanha. They debuted with the single "Hide & Seek" from their debut EP Spring Up, and were subsequently named by Billboard as one of the best new K-pop groups of 2016.
KPOP's top solo artist, TAEYANG, is coming back to North America for his second world tour.
TAEYANG first started off his career as a member of BIGBANG and now Taeyang commenced his second world tour, White Night, with stadium concerts in Japan. The first two shows were held at Chiba Marine Stadium and were attended by 50,000 people, which was followed by two shows at Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium. The tour is set to visit 19 cities around the world, including stops in North America, with concerts in eight cities across Canada and the United States.
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De Kijkdoos was een particulier speelgoedmuseum in Hoorn.

De collectie omvatte speelgoed uit de negentiende en twintigste eeuw. Het museum sloot in 2015 definitief zijn deuren, omdat de inkomsten te laag werden om het museum draaiende te kunnen houden. De collectie is niet verspreid over musea, maar is via een veiling verkocht.

Het museum was gevestigd in een voormalig woonhuis uit de zeventiende eeuw. Het pand is gebouwd aan de Italiaanse Zeedijk die rond 1648 verder verhoogd werd om het water van de Zuiderzee ook bij vloed tegen te kunnen houden. Het woonhuis is onderdeel van de originele bebouwing. Het pand werd in 1962 gekocht door de gemeente en in 1987 overgenomen door Vereniging Hendrick de Keyser. In het pand zijn nog de originele bedstee en een spiltrap aanwezig. De indeling is nog uit de bouwtijd.

Nadat het museum zijn deuren had gesloten, nam Vereniging Hendrick de Keyser het pand op in het woningbestand. De eigenaresse van het museum woonde zelf ook in het pand.

Zie ook
 Lijst van panden van Vereniging Hendrick de Keyser
 Lijst van rijksmonumenten in Hoorn (plaats)

Externe links
 Speelgoedmuseum (www.hoorn.nl)

Referenties

Cultuur in Hoorn
Museum in Noord-Holland
Kijkdoos
Voormalig museum in Nederland
Rijksmonument in Hoorn


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AS PART OF A FINANCIAL AWARENESS PROGRAMME CONDUCTED BY BSE, I CONDUCTED TWO-WEEK PROGRAMMES FOR TWO MONTHS FOR INDIVIDUALS.
As part of financial awareness programme conducted by BSE i conducted two-week programmes for two months for individuals.
I trained 450 engineering students on financial markets, and of them 282 appeared for the BCFM exam conducted by BSE. Of those who appeared for the exam, 232 cleared it. This is considered to be one of good yardsticks by the BSE.
Using games designed by a German NGO, I trained 8th and 9th standard students in three schools in and around Madurai on the importance of finance. Besides that, I conducted a financial quiz for 600 students from 13 schools and picked 60 from them and eventually chose four for a cash prize.
I trained SHG women for 3 days with the games and also made them to undergo two tests one before the start of the programme and one after attending the session.
Some of them said that if the programme had been conducted a few months earlier, it would have changed their lives.
For the success of the programme, BSE felicitated me with a shield. Initially, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was supposed to be present, but due to his pre-occupation, he deputed his son, Karthik Chidambaram, to hand over the award to me.
After seeing the success of the programme, BSE has now decided to roll out financial literacy programmes through games across India.
The persons in dias are BSE CEO,BSE training CEO and BSE training GM and Mr Karthik Chidambaram.
Hard work and dedication always pays-off. It is the sincere and well appreciated effort our team which gave us the recognition of '10 Most Promising Financial Investment Planning Companies' by Silicon India.


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Die Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft "Glück Auf" Gera e.G. ist ein deutsches Wohnungsunternehmen mit Sitz in Gera. Zu ihrem Bestand zählen 3912 Wohnungen (Stand: 31. Dezember 2020), sowie Gewerbeeinheiten, Garagen und Stellplätze. Mehr als 4200 Personen sind Mitglied der Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft. Die "Glück Auf" Wohnservice GmbH ist ein 100%iges Tochterunternehmen der Genossenschaft für hauswirtschaftliche Dienstleistungen.

An der "Glück Auf" Pflegeservice GmbH, einem Pflegedienst, ist die Genossenschaft und ihr Tochterunternehmen mehrheitlich beteiligt.
Im Jahr 2015 übernahm die Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft im Rahmen einer Verschmelzung die 1908 gegründete Geraer Baugenossenschaft GWG e.G. mit 610 Wohnungen.

Geschichte

Gründung

Am 17. Juni 1956 gründeten 64 junge Leute die Arbeiterwohnungsbaugenossenschaft "Glück Auf" Gera, Günther Thiel war erster Vorsitzender der Genossenschaft. Ziel war es, mit Eigeninitiative Wohnungen für die Mitglieder und ihre Familien zu schaffen. Trägerbetrieb der "Glück Auf" war die SDAG WISMUT. Bei Eintritt in die Genossenschaft waren Anteile in Höhe von 2500 DM innerhalb von fünf Jahren sowie Eigenleistungen von Arbeitsstunden in den ersten zwei Jahren zu erbringen. 1957 war das erste Richtfest in der Kurt-Keicher-Straße, 1958 konnten 36 Wohnungen der "Glück Auf" bezogen werden. Weitere Neubauvorhaben folgten in der Herderstraße, Gagarinstraße und Berliner Straße. In einer Welle von Neugründungen von Genossenschaften entstand auch die AWG der Bauarbeiter Gera. Trägerbetrieb war der VEB Bau-Union Gera, angeschlossen waren die Volksbildung und die Handelseinrichtung Konsum in Gera. Am 1. August 1958 erfolgte die Fusion mit der AWG "Glück Auf". Mit diesem Schritt erhöhte sich die Mitgliederzahl der "Glück Auf" um 144. Anfang 1959 hatte die Genossenschaft 640 Mitglieder.

1960er Jahre bis 1989
Ein Schwerpunkt der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung lag Anfang der 1960er Jahre im Aufbau des industriellen Wohnungsbaus. Typenprojekte wurden entwickelt, welche die Vorfertigung von Bauteilen in großen Stückzahlen ermöglichten. Der Wohnungstyp Q6 schuf erstmals die Voraussetzungen für eine hohe Arbeitsproduktivität im Wohnungsbau. Wohnungsbaustandorte der "Glück Auf" waren die Innenstadt Geras, der Bieblacher Hang und Debschwitz.

In den 1970er Jahren lag neben der Errichtung der Wohngebiete "Südstraße" (1972) und "Pskower Straße" (1975) der Schwerpunkt des Wohnungsbaus in Lusan. Der Wohnungsbestand der Genossenschaft erhöhte sich mit großem Tempo, 1979 zählte die "Glück Auf" 4036 Wohnungen, 73 Prozent davon waren fernbeheizt.

Aufgrund der staatlich geforderten Ausrichtung des Wohnungsbauprogramms auf Neubaumaßnahmen fehlten Kapazitäten für die Werterhaltung von Wohnungen. Das führte in den 1980er Jahren zur Vernachlässigung der Altbausubstanz. Der Instandhaltungsbedarf stieg, der Wohnungsbestand wuchs bis 1989 auf 5798 Wohnungen an.

Nach der Wende

Die stufenweise Anhebung des Mietniveaus schuf die Voraussetzung für eine kostendeckende Bewirtschaftung des Wohnungsbestandes nach der Wende. Privatisierungsauflagen zur Kappung der Altschulden zwangen die Genossenschaft zu Veräußerungen. Wohnungsverkäufe erfolgten in den Folgejahren sowohl an Eigennutzer, als auch an die neu gegründete Wohngenossenschaft "Neuer Weg". Neben Fragen der Grundstücksübertragung standen vor allem Sanierungs- und Instandhaltungsvorhaben im Vordergrund.

Seit dem Jahr 2000 hat die Genossenschaft ihren Wohnungsbestand auf die besonderen Herausforderungen des regionalen Wohnungsmarktes angepasst. Dieser ist durch weiterhin rückläufige Bevölkerungszahlen von einem Überangebot an Wohnungen geprägt.
So wurden über 1500 Wohnungen abgerissen und weitere verkauft. Zur Bestandsoptimierung erfolgten aber auch Zukäufe sowie ein umfangreiches, oft quartiersbezogenes Sanierungs- und Aufwertungsprogramm. Schwerpunkt dabei ist in den letzten Jahren die Schaffung von barrierearmen Wohnungen. In den Jahren 2011 bis 2013 entstand der Wohnpark Berliner Straße. Dort entstand auch eine Begegnungsstätte.
2021 erfolgte der Startschuss für das Neubauvorhaben WeidenCarré. Damit baut die Genossenschaft erstmals nach 37 Jahren wieder neu in Geras größtem Stadtteil Lusan.

Beteiligungen
Die Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft "Glück Auf" Gera eG ist alleiniger Gesellschafter der "Glück Auf" Wohnservice GmbH. Dabei handelt es sich um ein Unternehmen, das hauswirtschaftliche Dienstleistungen, Hausmeisterdienste und die Übernahme des Winterdienstes anbietet. Zu den Auftraggebern zählen nicht nur die Genossenschaft, sondern auch Dritte.
Seit 2012 ist die Genossenschaft Gesellschafter der "Glück Auf" Pflegeservice GmbH.
Dieser Pflegedienst bietet nicht nur den Genossenschaftsmitgliedern ambulante Pflege und Betreuung an. Diese erfolgt auch in den Seniorenwohngruppen, für die die Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft ein Wohnhaus ganz speziell altersgerecht und barrierefrei umgebaut hat.

Kooperationen

Die Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft "Glück Auf" Gera e.G. ist Mitglied der Initiative WIR in Gera, einem Zusammenschluss von fünf Wohnungsbaugenossenschaften zur Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Geraer Wohnungsgenossenschaften GbR. Die Genossenschaften kooperieren bereits seit 2003, um durch Synergieeffekte wie gemeinsamen Gas- und Stromeinkauf Kosten zu senken und in Kooperation mit der Duale Hochschule Gera-Eisenach Studenten auszubilden.

Organisation der Genossenschaft
Höchstes Organ der Genossenschaft ist die Vertreterversammlung. Die mindestens 50 Vertreter werden alle fünf Jahre von den Mitgliedern der Genossenschaft gewählt. Den Vertretern obliegt u. a. die Wahl des Aufsichtsrates. Vorsitzender des Gremiums ist Bernd Liebold. Der Aufsichtsrat bestellt die Mitglieder des Vorstandes. Sie vertreten die Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft und sind für die Geschäftsführung verantwortlich. Mitglieder des Vorstandes der WBG "Glück Auf" Gera eG sind Uwe Klinger (Vorsitzender) und Mathias Lack. Die Geschäftsstelle der Genossenschaft befindet sich in der Berliner Straße 5, in Gera.

Die Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft "Glück Auf" Gera e.G. beschäftigt 28 (Stand 31. Dezember 2020), die "Glück Auf" Wohnservice GmbH 36 und die "Glück Auf" Pflegeservice GmbH 40 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter.

Literatur
 Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft "Glück Auf" Gera e.G.: 50 Jahre "Glück Auf": 1956 - 2006; ein chronologischer Rückblick – 50 Jahre Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft "Glück Auf" Gera e.G, Gera 2006 (online)

Weblinks

 Internetauftritt der Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft "Glück Auf" Gera e.G.
 Internetauftritt der "Glück Auf" Wohnservice GmbH

Einzelnachweise

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft (Thüringen)
Unternehmen (Gera)


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Is it possible to attend college tuition-free apart from scholarships? For some students it is.
A handful of colleges are offering free tuition to admitted students. Stanford announced last week that it was offering free tuition to students whose families make less than $125,000 a year. But it's not the first college to slash tuition for admitted students. The wealthiest schools have long covered nearly all costs for their poorest students. Harvard since 2004 has broadened the group of students to whom they give large amounts of financial aid, thus putting pressure on other colleges to do the same.
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Tuition for 2015-16: $43,450
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Tuition is free, but what about all the other costs?
For those students whose families make more than $54,000-65,000 a year they will have to cover room and board. In addition to room and board, there are also incidental college costs: travel, meals and entertainment, books, fees and expenses. Granted, free tuition is a huge perk, but those added costs and fees can add up.
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In addition to these colleges that offer free tuition to students whose families qualify, here are nine ways your student might be able to attend college for free:
1. Get Good Grades & Score Well on the SAT
Many colleges offer free rides to valedictorians, top 10 percent, and other academic distinctions. High SAT scores help as well—where many colleges offer merit-based free tuition.
Students at Macaulay Honors College, part of the City University of New York system, don't stress about the high price of tuition. That's because theirs is free. At Macaulay and a handful of other service academies, work colleges, single-subject schools and conservatories, every student receives a full merit-based tuition scholarship for all four years. Macaulay students also receive a laptop and $7,500 in "opportunities funds" to pursue research, service experiences, study abroad programs and internships.
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Scoring high enough on the PSAT to become a Scholar, a Finalist or a Semi-Finalist can equal big money at some schools-public and private. That means your student may only need to score high enough to make it to the last round; he or she doesn't even have to be the last one standing. This list of colleges was compiled a few years ago and may have some changes; but use it as a guide when you are researching the colleges.
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With work and a tested method your student can cruise into college with multiple scholarships. Start early with the research, register on scholarship search sites, and look locally.
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There are several colleges that let you work while you attend and pay your tuition. In exchange for free tuition, students at the College of the Ozarks work on campus 15 hours a week. Possible jobs at this Missouri college include dairy farming and custodial work.
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Colleges offer free tuition to students who pursue specific career paths or areas of interest. For instance, prospective students must audition for enrollment into Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music. Those accepted receive full-tuition scholarships.
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A number of cities, counties, and states offer free tuition to students who either excel in their studies or demonstrate a serious need.
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Believe it or not, there are colleges overseas that offer free tuition to international students. For instance, students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology can get a free technological education at the Royal Institute of Technology. At Lund University in Sweden, you will not have to pay tuition fees.
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Get free tuition from these online colleges and you'll truly get a good deal. You won't even need to pay for room and board! Andrew Jackson University, Trinity College of Biblical Studies and The DiUlus Institute allow you to attend college online for free.
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Q: Thread still running after application stopps My main activity does some initial things and than starts InitDBActivity. This one is supposed to check i database is up to date and update it if necessary. The following is done in InitDBActivity's onCreate method.
Thread asyncDBCreation = new Thread(new Runnable() {
                public void run() {

                    SQLiteDatabase db = null;
                    try{
                        db = dbh.getWritableDatabase();
                    }catch(Exception ex){
                        return;
                    }

                    if(dbh.recreateDB(db)){
                        try{
                            dbh.insertQueries(dbh.getQueries(getAssets()),db);
                        }catch(Exception ex){
                            dbh.close();
                            finish();
                            return;
                        }
                        dbh.close();

                        prefEdit.putLong(dbVersion, dbFileVersion);
                        prefEdit.commit();

                        startActivity(intent);
                        finish();
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The problem is that if the user clicks the 'back' button he exits the app, but this thread is still running in background. It wold be fine - the job gets gone anyway, but... it turns out that if he launches the application again before this thread finishes - everything messes up. Data in database is multiplied. How can I kill this thread?

A: in java, dont have method can kill thread, only interrupt the thread, you can use method:thread.interrupt() to interrupt thread, but the thread must in the state which can be interrupted, like: sleep, or wait.
so, here you can use db.close method to close database, the data query work will throw exception, you can catch the exception to finish the thread work.

A: Manage your thread creation within a threadpool in Activity.onCreate(), and use Future.cancel() to kill the running thread in Activity.onDestroy():
private Future longRunningTaskFuture;

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  ... ...
  ThreadPoolExecutor threadPoolExecutor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
  Runnable longRunningTask = new Runnable();
  // submit task to threadpool:
  Future longRunningTaskFuture = threadPoolExecutor.submit(longRunningTask);
}

... ...
public void onDestroy() {
  // if you want to kill the task:
  if (longRunningTaskFuture != null)
    longRunningTaskFuture.cancel(true);
  ... ...
}

Cancel method will behaviour differently based on your task running state, check out the API for more details.


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Nizhnegorsky , ,  es una ciudad situada en la parte noreste de la península de Crimea, en la extensa llanura que cubre todo el norte. Es el centro administrativo del Raión de Nizhnegorsky dentro de la República de Crimea.

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