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Henry Crowther April 16, 2018
Toys of War is a war based game, which a charming visual depiction of light, armoured battles, and a serviceable amount of fun for multiplayer enthusiasts. The game sadly stumbles due to often terrible controls, a lack of worthwhile content, and overly little variety.
Toys of War's core gameplay involves four war vehicles, one controlled by the player, the other three by AI opponents, or four players in multiplayer. Over the game's various modes, the player's primary objective is to either survive against or destroy the other three vehicles to win. Each match is made up of five rounds. Winning all five will grant the player victory. Players could pick between several vehicles such as a tank or a helicopter though some vehicles are locked off in several modes since the nature of the mode is designed to work only with that vehicle. Once deployed onto the battle zone, the land will change after each following match, with different walls for protection as well as vegetation and muddy grounds. Each vehicle is equipped with a single weapon, used to destroy the other vehicle. One, like the helicopter, fires small missiles at a rapid rate, while the tank fires a large missile, that takes a longer amount of time to reload.
Toys of War has up to ten modes. The first, and most basic, is Deathmatch, where players shoot at each other and the first to win every match in the tournament will claim the ultimate victory. In Spoils of war, players must pick up loot crates, falling from the sky, before the other players could touch them. Another mode, Bombshell, has players try and stay within an area of the map to avoid being bombarded by missiles. Some of these modes, like Bombshell, provide some different ideas than the others but they don't make up for the fact that there aren't many ideas going on in the game. All the modes basically revolve around blowing up the other vehicles and this none of the modes provide enough variety in their objectives to make you want to play it for hours on end.
The game's art style is graphically similar to other Unity games like Rogues like us. While there are some rough edges in the game's backgrounds, the game's World War 2 inspired setting works well and manages to help immerse players, as well as a well-done score, that plays throughout the menu and matches.
During fights, the vehicles control reasonably well. Players move the war machine through the W, A, S and D keys, and fire their weapon with the left mouse button. With the position of the camera, the movement controls can occasionally become confusing and you struggle to figure out how to move in a certain direction. The controls in the menu, however, are appalling. The complete lack of support for the mouse makes getting around each of the game's modes and managing AI and player vehicles a complete fiasco. You can eventually get to know how the controls work, but constantly using the keyboard, and the lack of some sufficient prompts to display the keys, makes the control system highly frustrating and confusing.
Alongside the game's single-player offerings, players could compete in matches made up of other players, as they fight for supremacy for themselves. The multiplayer is set around the same matches as in the rest of the game and players are given the same rules as they are given when fighting against AI opponents. because of the game's small-scale and lack of depth compared to other multiplayer games, matches in multiplayer can feel very familiar to matches players have taken part in by themselves. However, playing with friends with a microphone makes things much better and Further add much more replayability to the game.
Toys of War has a lot of potential with its premise but most of it feels underdeveloped. The modes, while there are a lot of them, don't contain enough depth or variety to distinguish themselves as unique ways of play. Multiplayer provides some benefits that add to the game's replayability, but with the lack of worthwhile content, the game eventually succumbs to repetition.
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The Evolution of Canada's National Park System
2019-08-01 2019-12-05 Mel Lecture Event
Speaker: Gerry Lee
Lecture title: Then, Then and Now: The Evolution of Canada's National Park System
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From its inception in 1885, Canada's National Park System has taken many turns on the path to maturity, turns that have altered its purpose, its size and its politics. Prior to the 1930 Natural Resource Acts [ which gave provinces control over their natural resources], National Parks could only be created on federally-owned lands. Also prior to 1930, federal parks were more often referred to as Dominion Parks, Forest Parks, or simply Parks. It took the passage of the National Parks Act, also in 1930, to officially coin the term "National" and state the purpose for which they were created. Politics, at either the federal or provincial level, have played a significant role in the final selection of new park areas, but new methodologies developed in the 60s have added more objectivity to the process, replacing the Park descriptor "outstanding" with "representative". Being a part of this evolutionary process was both professionally and personally exciting and rewarding, not the least of which was the field work part. Some field anecdotes will be shared re the life of a new park planner.
Bio: Gerry Lee
Gerry Lee graduated from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) 1964-1968 with a Masters in Forestry, minor in Wildlife Management. He joined Parks Canada in 1965 as a new park planner, doing boundary and resource studies for Gros Morne (Nfld), Nahanni (NWT) and Kluane (Yukon) plus co-authored Park Systems Planning Manual and initiated a National Wild River Study, forerunner of the Heritage Rivers Program. Gerry joined the Lands Directorate in 1974 as Chief, Federal Land Services, then moved to his final position as Chief, Habitat Conservation, Canadian Wildlife Service. Retired in 1996, he served on the Wildlife Habitat Canada Board and Ontario's Fish and Wildlife Heritage Commission as well as Michigan's School of Natural Resources Board of Governors (2 terms). Currently, he spends about four days/week year-round at his forest property on Indian Creek, Pakenham Twp., managing a wildlife-focused woodland.
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After seeing that you indeed need the accounting and tax services, you can now go ahead and look for a company to outsource to. The organization you outsource to can represent the moment of truth for the fate of your firm, so you ought to be extremely cautious. If you commit an error, the consequences could be shocking. The notoriety of the organization ought to be one of your greatest concerns, ensure the notoriety is great, and it has helped many firms before. It is generally advised to choose firms that are well known. It should be notable for the correct reasons, however. Ensure that what you need for your organization is available from them. This is to stay away from any errors that may come up after you have marked an agreement with them. Look at the businesses they have worked with previously, is there one in one industry as you? If there is, then this is your most logical option because they have a thought of how to deal with things in your business. Also, the experience will ensure that there are no rookie mistakes made.
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Knicks' two big men hold their own against Jahlil Okafor
Jahlil Okafor, the Knicks suspected, had something to prove. The third overall pick in 2015, had been out of the rotation in Philadelphia, but now seems entrenched after the trade of Nerlens Noel. Yup, probably had something to prove.But Knicks centers Willy...
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Jahlil Okafor, the Knicks suspected, had something to prove. The third overall pick in 2015, had been out of the rotation in Philadelphia, but now seems entrenched after the trade of Nerlens Noel. Yup, probably had something to prove.
But Knicks centers Willy Hernangomez and Kyle O'Quinn felt the same way. They needed to show they could handle the heavy lifting with Knicks bigs Kristaps Porzingis and Joakim Noah on the sideline.
"Tough challenge, they go to him a lot. He was out of the rotation a while and he's got things to prove. Trade talks and all," O'Quinn said of Okafor. "I'm sure he went out there tonight like, 'Man, I'm going to play' and it showed."
Okafor had a monster game — 28 points, 10 rebounds — but O'Quinn made one valid point.
"Good game for him individually, but good win for us," said O'Quinn after the Knicks sidestepped a potentially devastating loss and emerged with a 110-109 victory over Philadelphia on Carmelo Anthony's game-winning jumper with three-tenths of a second remaining.
The news on Noah's sore left hamstring continues to be a downer. He missed his seventh straight game and likely will sit Monday against Toronto. Porzingis sat with a sprained right ankle, and though he is expected back Monday, that didn't help against Okafor and Philly. So the Knicks looked to their two-headed center and received 20 points and 14 rebounds combined from Hernangomez and O'Quinn.
"With Jo and KP out, our two big guys, K.O. and me, we tried to do extra effort," said Hernangomez, who made his fifth start overall and fourth straight. "We're not as tall as KP and Jo so maybe we can switch or we can be more aggressive on him. K.O. did a great job today and that helped to get a win."
Hernangomez helped, too. He had 11 points and nine rebounds, but ran into some of the foul trouble that has plagued him as a rookie. O'Quinn contributed nine points and five rebounds and ended the game with an easy swipe of Philly's attempted lob inbounds to the rim after Anthony's game-winner. O'Quinn also had five assists.
"Opportunity was there," said O'Quinn, noting teammates "cut hard" when he had the ball. "Guys know I want to pass."
Noah aggravated his injury in practice just before the All-Star break.
"Before that practice, they put us through a program and moving him up steps," coach Jeff Hornacek said. "He was good for about the first five minutes and then he made a hard drive to the basket and kind of tweaked it again."
So Hornacek went to his tag team unit.
"Okafor is very talented and skilled inside. He's got a big body. Even though you know he's going right every time he finds a way to position his body where he can turn right and get the shot off," Hornacek said. "Willy and Kyle, they had to tag team him all night. Sometimes they got him. Sometimes they got beat. I thought they battled."
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RSC to launch new Chemical Database Service
By Phillip Broadwith17 December 2012
Society says that the main databases will be accessible in January after protracted negotiations on the future of the service
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is to provide a new UK National Chemical Database Service. Contractual negotiations relating to the existing service, which offers access to a range of chemical information resources, have been somewhat protracted and have delayed the process, leaving users unsure of how the service will continue.
For those elements of the former service, the RSC can confirm that it will be ready to provide access to the main databases (based on current usage) when funding for the current service expires at the end of December 2012, with others added as negotiations with database providers progress. New services will also gradually come online, such as the central repository service for UK research data outputs.
We're hoping to have all the core services up in January if at all possible
The Chemical Database Service (CDS) is currently run from the Daresbury Laboratory, and has provided UK academic institutions with access to chemical information and developed interfaces to enable researchers to make use of that data in various forms for many years. The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), which funds the CDS, invited commercial tenders for a new contract for the service. In September, it was announced the RSC was the preferred bidder.
'The RSC won that tender on the basis of providing a different service,' says the RSC's business development manager, Richard Kidd. 'We will provide core databases that were in the previous service, but we will also be building a community data repository. So while there is some overlap, it will not be a direct continuation.'
This, according to Joseph Wright from the University of East Anglia, is the biggest concern for users of the service. 'Change is not necessarily a problem,' Wright says. What is really important is knowing whether the information will still be accessible in some form, and having enough notice to make appropriate plans for any loss or break in service. 'The databases available [through the existing CDS] have changed over time for various financial and use reasons, but there has always been notice given on when and how that will happen,' he adds.
Kidd acknowledges that the RSC has not been able to give the community as much information about the changeover as it would have liked, owing to complex negotiations over contracts. 'We're hoping to have all the core services up in January if at all possible,' he says, 'and the interfaces to those will evolve between then and mid-year.'
As things currently stand, the services available in January will include the Cambridge Structural Database, ACD's ILab and Accelrys's Available Chemicals Directory. Kidd explains that institutional access will be provided using IP address recognition, rather than the current individual login.
Notably missing from that list is the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD). While there are several other databases that the CDS currently provides access to, for University College London's Andrea Sella, the structural databases are absolutely fundamental research tools. 'They are our Library of Alexandria,' he says. 'Every synthetic chemist uses them extensively.'
Kidd stresses that licensing negotiations with the publishers of the ICSD and some of the other databases to be offered by the CDS are ongoing. He adds that services will be made available as soon as possible in the new year.
The biggest difference between the existing CDS and the RSC's vision, Kidd adds, will be the creation of a central data repository for all UK chemical science research data outputs. 'The plan is that researchers will be able to upload their data, but keep it private until they want to publish it or share it with their group, their university, all of UK academia or publicly to anyone who wants to see it.'
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Q: Dividing an Integral by Another Integral Can this be simplified?
$$\frac{\int_a^b \int_c^d \frac{1}{l_1(y,z)l_2^2(y,z)} \cos(kl_1+kl_2) \,dy\,dz
}{\int_a^b \int_c^d \frac{1}{l_1(y,z)l_2^2(y,z)} \sin(kl_1+kl_2) \,dy\,dz}$$
where
$$l_1 =\sqrt{A^2+y^2+z^2}$$
$$l_2=\sqrt{B^2+(C-y)^2+z^2} $$
$A,B,C$ and $k$ are constants.
More Information:
Let $K_1=\int_a^b \int_{c(w)}^{d(w)} \frac{1}{l_1(y,z)l_2^2(y,z)} \cos(kl_1+kl_2) \,dy\,dz\,\,\,$  and $K_2=\int_a^b \int_{c(w)}^{d(w)} \frac{1}{l_1(y,z)l_2^2(y,z)} \sin(kl_1+kl_2) \,dy\,dz\,\,\,$
(I set $d(w) =w/2$ and $c(w)=-w/2$)
I wanted to maximize $K_1^2 + K_2^2$ with respect to $w$ so:
$$\frac{\partial}{\partial w}(K_1^2 + K_2^2)=2 K_1 \frac{\partial K_1}{\partial w}+2 K_2 \frac{\partial K_2}{\partial w}=0$$
This equation will allow me to find the extremum.
$$2 K_1 \frac{\partial K_1}{\partial w}+2 K_2 \frac{\partial K_2}{\partial w}=0$$
use Leibniz Integral Rule for $\frac{\partial K_1}{\partial w}$ and $\frac{\partial K_2}{\partial w}$
Dividing by $K_2$
$$\frac{K_1}{K_2}  \frac{\partial K_1}{\partial w}+  \frac{\partial K_2}{\partial w}=0$$
$K_1$ and $K_2$ are very similar so I thought that there might be a mathematical trick to simplify $\frac{K_1}{K_2}$
At first, I thought I can get away with setting $ \frac{\partial K_1}{\partial w}=0$ and $\frac{\partial K_2}{\partial w}=0$ but it seems that there is a conflict in the two equations.
So I tried not to ignore $\frac{K_1}{K_2}$. One of the possible solutions is
$$\frac{K_1}{K_2}=-\frac{\sin(kl_1+kl_2)}{\cos(kl_1+kl_2)}$$

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Hannah Minx: The Real Facts About Her
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1 Detail Guide On Hannah Minx
1.1 What is Hannah Minx's Real name?
1.2 How did she become well-known?
1.3 How did Hannah Minx get lost?
1.4 What's Hannah up to right now?
2 Theories about what happened to her and why she vanished
2.1 First Theory
2.2 Second Theory
3.2 How did she get lost?
3.3 What does Hannah Minx like to do for fun?
Miss Hannah Minx, who used to be famous on YouTube as Mistress Hannah Jinx, is known for her Kawaii anime style and Japanese classes. She showed films that taught about the culture and language of Japan. Despite her popularity, Hannah suddenly disappeared from the Internet without a trace, leaving her fans to wonder what happened to her.
Detail Guide On Hannah Minx
What is Hannah Minx's Real name?
Hannah Minx was born on Halloween in 1988. A little over 20 years later, she vanished out of nowhere and out of the blue. There were a lot of ideas and questions about why she suddenly stopped posting videos on YouTube. Not only were these accounts inactive, but so were her Twitter and Facebook accounts, which was a surprise. Even now, eight years later, fans are still trying to find out where she went and what happened to her.
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How did she become well-known?
In March 2009, Hannah Minx released her first video, "Japanese Lesson: Introductions." It was a big hit immediately, so Hannah often added new content. Her channel's popularity has risen, and her most popular video has been watched more than 10 million times. She was known for teaching Japanese Words of the Week (JWOWs) and Japanese Phrases of the Week (JPOWs) (JPOWs). From 2009 to 2014, she put out a video every week that people liked. Her writing was funny, interesting, and fun to read. This helped her get almost 600,000 people to sign up for her newsletter.
How did Hannah Minx get lost?
Hannah Minx also worked on YouTube and made several movies. In 2012, she was in The Devil's Carnival. She also worked with other people on the movie Slay Belles. However, Hannah seemed to disappear from the Internet after the project was done.
On August 9, 2013, the would-be actress made her last YouTube video.
Her social media accounts last updated a while ago, and her old videos can't be found anywhere. Hannah has never told anyone why this happened, and she still hasn't done so. There was worry among fans and friends. One of her movie directors even hired a private eye to discover what happened.
What's Hannah up to right now?
People have discussed Hannah Minx's choice to leave and why she might have done that. There are a lot of rumors on the Internet, but one Reddit user makes a convincing case. This person is said to have been a fan of Hannah's work for a long time. Someone who watched Hannah's videos early in her career when she let fans on her personal Facebook page have a good idea of what she does every day.
The Reddit user says that Hannah is now married to Steve Fox Osterhagen and has kids with him. Also, the channel may be empty because of problems with how it is run. So, Hannah Minx won't be back anytime soon.
Theories about what happened to her and why she vanished
People have been curious and suspicious about what happened to Hannah Minx. One theory is that she was in an accident and died from her injuries. However, fans and friends were relieved to find out it was another 18-year-old woman with the same name.
First Theory
Some people think Hannah Minx just ghosted and disappeared because fans were bothering her or because she no longer wanted to post videos. She did the same thing before when she was making videos about French and smoking. At the time, Hannah deleted everything and disappeared for a while before coming back with her new Jay Well content.
This time, though, she never came back, so this theory isn't as likely as the others. Some people think Hannah was abducted, but there isn't enough evidence to back that up. This is because Hannah had enough friends, family, and fans online and at comic-con events to make people suspicious enough to look for her and file a missing person report with the police. If Hannah had been abducted or lost, there probably would have been a lot of news and updates online looking for her and asking for information. Considering how many fans and followers she had, if she had been taken away or died, it's likely that the news would have spread.
Second Theory
Another theory is that Hannah Minx just got married and moved on. This theory comes from a close fan who was added to Hannah's Facebook friends list when she used to accept friends online. The fan said that in addition to getting married, Hannah lost the rights to the Hannah minx trademark and decided to leave her brand and persona behind rather than fight for it. There was allegedly a post that showed Hannah was married and even had children, but the post has since been deleted.
People have talked a lot about Hannah's choice to leave and why she might have done that. There are a lot of rumors on the Internet, but one Reddit user seems to make a convincing case.
How did she get lost?
Hannah also worked on YouTube and made a number of movies. In 2012, she was in The Devil's Carnival. She also worked with other people on the movie Slay Belles. Hannah seemed to disappear from the internet after the project was done, though.
What does Hannah Minx like to do for fun?
Reading, taking pictures, learning, traveling, and surfing the Internet, just to name a few.
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Between 1978 and 1980, the European Economic Community donated funds towards the construction of Classes, Staff Houses and provision of teaching tools and equipments. In the same year the school was converted into Michuki Technical high school until 1986 when it was converted to Technical Training institute. In 1990 September it was renamed to Kangema Technical Training Institute up to 2003 when the name was changed to original name as Michuki Technical Training Institute under the certificate of registration No. MOEST/PC/806/2003.
Michuki Technical Training Institute operates under the Education Act as stipulated in the laws of Kenya. The Institute's operations are also carried out in accordance with the Government policies and procedures as spelt out in official documents and circulars. The institute is conscious of the Government's policy of industrialization by the year 2020, and the vision 2030. It is gearing towards playing a significant and leading role in the fulfillment of this policy.
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Indus River
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"Indus Valley" redirects here. For the Bronze Age civilisation, see Indus Valley Civilisation.
For the constellation, see Indus (constellation).
"Indus" and "Sindhu" redirect here. For other uses, see Indus (disambiguation) and Sindhu (disambiguation).
The Indus River (locally called Sindhu) is one of the longest rivers in Asia. Originating in the Tibetan Plateau in the vicinity of Lake Manasarovar, the river runs a course through the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, India, towards the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and the Hindukush ranges, and then flows in a southerly direction along the entire length of Pakistan to merge into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi in Sindh.[1][2] It is the longest river and national river of Pakistan.[3]
Satellite image of the Indus River basin in Pakistan and India
(International boundaries are superimposed)
Map of the Indus River basin excluding the tributaries draining in to Rann of Kutch
China, India, Pakistan
Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Tibet
Leh, Skardu, Dasu, Besham, Thakot, Swabi, Dera Ismail Khan, Sukkur, Hyderabad
Sênggê Zangbo
2nd source
Gar Tsangpo
Source confluence
Shiquanhe, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet and India
4,255 m (13,960 ft)
Arabian Sea (primary), Rann of Kutch (secondary)
Indus River Delta (primary), Kori Creek (secondary), Pakistan, India
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Basin features
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Zanskar River, Suru River, Soan River, Jhelum River, Chenab River, Ravi River, Beas River, Sutlej River, Panjnad River, Ghaggar-Hakra River, Luni River
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Shyok River, Hunza River, Gilgit River, Swat River, Kunar River, Kabul River, Kurram River, Gomal River, Zhob River
Indus River in Kharmang District, Pakistan.
The river has a total drainage area exceeding 1,165,000 km2 (450,000 sq mi). Its estimated annual flow stands at around 243 km3 (58 cu mi), twice that of the Nile River and three times that of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers combined, making it one of the largest rivers in the world in terms of annual flow.[4] The Zanskar is its left bank tributary in Ladakh. In the plains, its left bank tributary is the Panjnad which itself has five major tributaries, namely, the Chenab, Jhelum, the Ravi, the Beas, and the Sutlej. Its principal right bank tributaries are the Shyok, the Gilgit, the Kabul, the Gomal, and the Kurram. Beginning in a mountain spring and fed with glaciers and rivers in the Himalayan, Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, the river supports ecosystems of temperate forests, plains and arid countryside.
The northern part of the Indus Valley, with its tributaries, forms the Punjab region, while the lower course of the Indus is known as Sindh and ends in a large delta. The river has historically been important to many cultures of the region. The 3rd millennium BC saw the rise of a major urban civilization of the Bronze Age. During the 2nd millennium BC, the Punjab region was mentioned in the hymns of the Hindu Rigveda as Sapta Sindhu and the Zoroastrian Avesta as Hapta Hindu (both terms meaning "seven rivers"). Early historical kingdoms that arose in the Indus Valley include Gandhāra, and the Ror dynasty of Sauvīra. The Indus River came into the knowledge of the West early in the Classical Period, when King Darius of Persia sent his Greek subject Scylax of Caryanda to explore the river, ca. 515 BC.
Etymology and namesEdit
This river was known to the ancient Indians in Sanskrit as Sindhu and the Persians as Hindu which was regarded by both of them as "the border river".[5][6][7][8][9] The variation between the two names is explained by the Old Iranian sound change *s > h, which occurred between 850–600 BCE according to Asko Parpola.[10][11] From the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the name passed to the Greeks as Indós (Ἰνδός).[12] It was adopted by the Romans as Indus.
The meaning of Sindhu as a "large body of water, sea, or ocean" is a later meaning in Classical Sanskrit.[13] A later Persian name for the river was Darya,[14] which similarly has the connotations of large body of water and sea.[citation needed] Other variants of the name Sindhu include Assyrian Sinda (as early as the 7th century BC), Persian Ab-e-sind, Pashto Abasind, Arab Al-Sind, Chinese Sintow, and Javanese Santri.[citation needed]
In other languages of the region, the river is known as सिन्धु (Sindhu) in Hindi and Nepali, سنڌو (Sindhu) in Sindhi, سندھ (Sindh) in Shahmukhi Punjabi, ਸਿੰਧ ਨਦੀ (Sindh Nadī) in Gurmukhī Punjabi, اباسين (Abāsin lit. "Father of Rivers") in Pashto, نهر السند (Nahar al-Sind) in Arabic, སེང་གེ་གཙང་པོ། (singi khamban lit. "Lion River" or Lion Spring) in Tibetan, 印度 (Yìndù) in Chinese, and Nilab in Turki.[citation needed]
Babur crossing the Indus River.
The Indus River provides key water resources for Pakistan's economy – especially the breadbasket of Punjab province, which accounts for most of the nation's agricultural production, and Sindh. The word Punjab means "land of five rivers" and the five rivers are Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej, all of which finally flow into the Indus. The Indus also supports many heavy industries and provides the main supply of potable water in Pakistan.
The ultimate source of the Indus is in Tibet; the river begins at the confluence of the Sengge Zangbo and Gar Tsangpo rivers that drain the Nganglong Kangri and Gangdise Shan (Gang Rinpoche, Mt. Kailash) mountain ranges. The Indus then flows northwest through Ladakh, India, and Baltistan into Gilgit, just south of the Karakoram range. The Shyok, Shigar and Gilgit rivers carry glacial waters into the main river. It gradually bends to the south and descends into the Punjab plains at Kalabagh, Pakistan. The Indus passes gigantic gorges 4,500–5,200 metres (15,000–17,000 feet) deep near the Nanga Parbat massif. It flows swiftly across Hazara and is dammed at the Tarbela Reservoir. The Kabul River joins it near Attock. The remainder of its route to the sea is in the plains of the Punjab[15] and Sindh, where the flow of the river becomes slow and highly braided. It is joined by the Panjnad at Mithankot. Beyond this confluence, the river, at one time, was named the Satnad River (sat = "seven", nadī = "river"), as the river now carried the waters of the Kabul River, the Indus River and the five Punjab rivers. Passing by Jamshoro, it ends in a large delta to the South of Thatta in the Sindh province of Pakistan
The Indus is one of the few rivers in the world to exhibit a tidal bore. The Indus system is largely fed by the snows and glaciers of the Himalayas, Karakoram and the Hindu Kush ranges of Tibet, the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh and Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The flow of the river is also determined by the seasons – it diminishes greatly in the winter, while flooding its banks in the monsoon months from July to September. There is also evidence of a steady shift in the course of the river since prehistoric times – it deviated westwards from flowing into the Rann of Kutch and adjoining Banni grasslands after the 1816 earthquake.[16][17] Presently, Indus water flows in to the Rann of Kutch during its floods breaching flood banks.[18]
The traditional source of the river is the Senge Khabab or "Lion's Mouth", a perennial spring, not far from the sacred Mount Kailash marked by a long low line of Tibetan chortens. There are several other tributaries nearby, which may possibly form a longer stream than Senge Khabab, but unlike the Senge Khabab, are all dependent on snowmelt. The Zanskar River, which flows into the Indus in Ladakh, has a greater volume of water than the Indus itself before that point.[19]
Extent and major sites of the Indus Valley Civilisation 3000 BC
Main articles: Indus Valley Civilization and History of Sindh
The Rigveda describes several rivers, including one named "Sindhu". The Rigvedic "Sindhu" is thought to be the present-day Indus river. It is attested 176 times in its text, 94 times in the plural, and most often used in the generic sense of "river". In the Rigveda, notably in the later hymns, the meaning of the word is narrowed to refer to the Indus river in particular, e.g. in the list of rivers mentioned in the hymn of Nadistuti sukta. The Rigvedic hymns apply a feminine gender to all the rivers mentioned therein, except for the Bramhaputra.
The major cities of the Indus Valley Civilisation, such as Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, date back to around 3300 BC, and represent some of the largest human habitations of the ancient world. The Indus Valley Civilisation extended from across northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India,[20] with an upward reach from east of Jhelum River to Ropar on the upper Sutlej. The coastal settlements extended from Sutkagan Dor at the Pakistan, Iran border to Kutch in modern Gujarat, India. There is an Indus site on the Amu Darya at Shortughai in northern Afghanistan, and the Indus site Alamgirpur at the Hindon River is located only 28 km (17 mi) from Delhi. To date, over 1,052 cities and settlements have been found, mainly in the general region of the Ghaggar-Hakra River and its tributaries. Among the settlements were the major urban centres of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, as well as Lothal, Dholavira, Ganeriwala, and Rakhigarhi. Only 90–96 of more than 800 known Indus Valley sites have been discovered on the Indus and its tributaries.[citation needed] The Sutlej, now a tributary of the Indus, in Harappan times flowed into the Ghaggar-Hakra River, in the watershed of which were more Harappan sites than along the Indus.
Most scholars believe that settlements of Gandhara grave culture of the early Indo-Aryans flourished in Gandhara from 1700 BC to 600 BC, when Mohenjo-daro and Harappa had already been abandoned.
The word "India" is derived from the Indus River. In ancient times, "India" initially referred to those regions immediately along the east bank of the Indus, but by 300 BC, Greek writers including Herodotus and Megasthenes were applying the term to the entire subcontinent that extends much farther eastward.[21][22]
The lower basin of the Indus forms a natural boundary between the Iranian Plateau and the Indian subcontinent; this region embraces all or parts of the Pakistani provinces Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh and the countries Afghanistan and India. It was crossed by the invading armies of Alexander, but after his Macedonians conquered the west bank—joining it to the Hellenic Empire, they elected to retreat along the southern course of the river, ending Alexander's Asian campaign. The Indus plains were later dominated by the Persian empire and then the Kushan empire. Over several centuries Muslim armies of Muhammad bin Qasim, Mahmud of Ghazni, Mohammed Ghori, Tamerlane and Babur crossed the river to invade the inner regions of the Punjab and points farther south and east
The Indus River near Leh, Ladakh
TributariesEdit
Beas River
Chenab River
Gar River
Gilgit River
Gomal River
Hunza River
Jhelum River
Kabul River
Kunar River
Kurram River
Panjnad River
Ravi River
Shyok River
Soan River
Suru River
Satluj River
Swat River
Zanskar River
Zhob River
GeologyEdit
Indus River viewed from the Karakoram Highway.
Indus River near Leh, India, 2014
Confluence of Indus and Zanskar rivers. The Indus is at the left of the picture, flowing left-to-right; the Zanskar, carrying more water, comes in from the top of the picture.
The Indus river feeds the Indus submarine fan, which is the second largest sediment body on the Earth.[23] It consists of around 5 million cubic kilometres of material eroded from the mountains. Studies of the sediment in the modern river indicate that the Karakoram Mountains in northern Pakistan and India are the single most important source of material, with the Himalayas providing the next largest contribution, mostly via the large rivers of the Punjab (Jhelum, Ravi, Chenab, Beas and Sutlej). Analysis of sediments from the Arabian Sea has demonstrated that prior to five million years ago the Indus was not connected to these Punjab rivers which instead flowed east into the Ganga and were captured after that time.[24] Earlier work showed that sand and silt from western Tibet was reaching the Arabian Sea by 45 million years ago, implying the existence of an ancient Indus River by that time.[25] The delta of this proto-Indus river has subsequently been found in the Katawaz Basin, on the Afghan-Pakistan border.
In the Nanga Parbat region, the massive amounts of erosion due to the Indus river following the capture and rerouting through that area is thought to bring middle and lower crustal rocks to the surface.[26]
In November 2011, satellite images showed that the Indus river had re-entered India, feeding Great Rann of Kutch, Little Rann of Kutch and a lake near Ahmedabad known as Nal Sarovar.[18] Heavy rains had left the river basin along with the Lake Manchar, Lake Hemal and Kalri Lake (all in modern-day Pakistan) inundated. This happened two centuries after the Indus river shifted its course westwards following the 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake.
The Induan Age at start of the Triassic Period of geological time is named for the Indus region.
WildlifeEdit
Footbridge on the Indus River in Pakistan
Fishermen on the Indus River, c. 1905
Accounts of the Indus valley from the times of Alexander's campaign indicate a healthy forest cover in the region, which has now considerably receded. The Mughal Emperor Babur writes of encountering rhinoceroses along its bank in his memoirs (the Baburnama). Extensive deforestation and human interference in the ecology of the Shivalik Hills has led to a marked deterioration in vegetation and growing conditions. The Indus valley regions are arid with poor vegetation. Agriculture is sustained largely due to irrigation works. The Indus river and its watershed has a rich biodiversity. It is home to around 25 amphibian species.[27]
MammalsEdit
The Indus river dolphin (Platanista indicus minor) is found only in the Indus River. It is subspecies of the South Asian river dolphin. The Indus river dolphin formerly also occurred in the tributaries of the Indus river. According to the World Wildlife Fund it is one of the most threatened cetaceans with only about 1,000 still existing.[28]
There are two otter species in the Indus River basin: the Eurasian otter in the northeastern highland sections and the smooth-coated otter elsewhere in the river basin. The smooth-coated otters in the Indus River represent a subspecies found nowhere else, the Sindh otter (Lutrogale perspicillata sindica).[29]
FishEdit
The Indus River basin has a high diversity, being the home of more than 180 freshwater fish species,[30] including 22 which are found nowhere else.[27] Despite declines of several major species, fishing remains an economically important activity in the Indus.[31] Fish also played a major role in earlier cultures of the region, including the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation where depictions of fish were frequent. The Indus script has a commonly used fish sign, which in its various forms may simply have meant "fish", or referred to stars or gods.[32]
In the uppermost, highest part of the Indus River basin there are relatively few genera and species: Diptychus, Ptychobarbus, Schizopyge, Schizopygopsis and Schizothorax snowtrout, Triplophysa loaches, and the catfish Glyptosternon reticulatum.[30] Going downstream these are soon joined by the golden mahseer Tor putitora (alternatively T. macrolepis, although it often is regarded as a synonym of T. putitora) and Schistura loaches. Downriver from around Thakot, Tarbela, the Kabul–Indus river confluence, Attock Khurd and Peshawar the diversity rises strongly, including many cyprinids (Amblypharyngodon, Aspidoparia, Barilius, Chela, Cirrhinus, Crossocheilus, Cyprinion, Danio, Devario, Esomus, Garra, Labeo, Naziritor, Osteobrama, Pethia, Puntius, Rasbora, Salmophasia, Securicula and Systomus), true loaches (Botia and Lepidocephalus), stone loaches (Acanthocobitis and Nemacheilus), ailiid catfish (Clupisoma), bagridae catfish (Batasio, Mystus, Rita and Sperata), airsac catfish (Heteropneustes), schilbid catfish (Eutropiichthys), silurid catfish (Ompok and Wallago), sisorid catfish (Bagarius, Gagata, Glyptothorax and Sisor), gouramis (Trichogaster), nandid leaffish (Nandus), snakeheads (Channa), spiny eel (Macrognathus and Mastacembelus), knifefish (Notopterus), glassfish (Chanda and Parambassis), clupeids (Gudusia), needlefish (Xenentodon) and gobies (Glossogobius), as well as a few introduced species.[30] As the altitude further declines the Indus basin becomes overall quite slow-flowing as it passes through the Punjab Plain. Major carp become common, and chameleonfish (Badis), mullet (Sicamugil) and swamp eel (Monopterus) appear.[30] In some upland lakes and tributaries of the Punjab region snowtrout and mahseer are still common, but once the Indus basin reaches its lower plain the former group is entirely absent and the latter are rare.[30] Many of the species of the middle sections of the Indus basin are also present in the lower. Notable examples of genera that are present in the lower plain but generally not elsewhere in the Indus River basin are the Aphanius pupfish, Aplocheilus killifish, palla fish (Tenualosa ilisha), catla (Labeo catla), rohu (Labeo rohita) and Cirrhinus mrigala.[30][31] The last four are medium to large species that are important in fisheries and the last three have strongly declined.[31] The lowermost part of the river and its delta are home to freshwater fish, but also a number of brackish and marine species.[30] This includes including pomfret and prawns. The large delta has been recognized by conservationists as an important ecological region. Here, the river turns into many marshes, streams and creeks and meets the sea at shallow levels.
Palla fish (Tenualosa ilisha) of the river is a delicacy for people living along the river. The population of fish in the river is moderately high, with Sukkur, Thatta, and Kotri being the major fishing centres – all in the lower Sindh course. As a result, damming and irrigation has made fish farming an important economic activity.
The Indus is the most important supplier of water resources to the Punjab and Sindh plains – it forms the backbone of agriculture and food production in Pakistan. The river is especially critical since rainfall is meagre in the lower Indus valley. Irrigation canals were first built by the people of the Indus Valley Civilisation, and later by the engineers of the Kushan Empire and the Mughal Empire. Modern irrigation was introduced by the British East India Company in 1850 – the construction of modern canals accompanied with the restoration of old canals. The British supervised the construction of one of the most complex irrigation networks in the world. The Guddu Barrage is 1,350 m (4,430 ft) long – irrigating Sukkur, Jacobabad, Larkana and Kalat. The Sukkur Barrage serves over 20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi).
After Pakistan came into existence, a water control treaty signed between India and Pakistan in 1960 guaranteed that Pakistan would receive water from the Indus River and its two tributaries the Jhelum River & the Chenab River independently of upstream control by India.[33]
The Indus Basin Project consisted primarily of the construction of two main dams, the Mangla Dam built on the Jhelum River and the Tarbela Dam constructed on the Indus River, together with their subsidiary dams.[34] The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority undertook the construction of the Chashma-Jhelum link canal – linking the waters of the Indus and Jhelum rivers – extending water supplies to the regions of Bahawalpur and Multan. Pakistan constructed the Tarbela Dam near Rawalpindi – standing 2,743 metres (9,000 ft) long and 143 metres (470 ft) high, with an 80-kilometre (50 mi) long reservoir. It supports the Chashma Barrage near Dera Ismail Khan for irrigation use and flood control and the Taunsa Barrage near Dera Ghazi Khan which also produces 100,000 kilowatts of electricity. The Kotri Barrage near Hyderabad is 915 metres (3,000 ft) long and provides additional water supplies for Karachi. The extensive linking of tributaries with the Indus has helped spread water resources to the valley of Peshawar, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The extensive irrigation and dam projects provide the basis for Pakistan's large production of crops such as cotton, sugarcane and wheat. The dams also generate electricity for heavy industries and urban centers.
PeopleEdit
The Indus River near Skardu, in Gilgit–Baltistan.
The Dubair Khwarr, a tributary of the Indus, near Shaikhdara, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The inhabitants of the regions are mainly Muslim as Pakistan is an Islamic country through which the Indus river passes and forms a major natural feature and resource are diverse in ethnicity, religion, national and linguistic backgrounds. On the northern course of the river in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India, live the Buddhist people of Ladakh, of Tibetan stock, and the Dards of Indo-Aryan or Dardic stock and practising Islam. Then it descends into Baltistan, northern Pakistan passing the main Balti city of Skardu. A river from Dubair Bala also drains into it at Dubair Bazar. People living in this area are mainly Kohistani and speak the Kohistani language. Major areas through which the Indus river passes in Kohistan are Dasu, Pattan and Dubair. As it continues through Pakistan, the Indus river forms a distinctive boundary of ethnicity and cultures – upon the western banks the population is largely Pashtun, Baloch, and of other Iranian stock. The eastern banks are largely populated by people of Indo-Aryan stock, such as the Punjabis and the Sindhis. In northern Punjab and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ethnic Pashtun tribes live alongside Dardic people in the hills (Khowar, Kalash, Shina, etc.), Burushos (in Hunza), and Punjabi people.
The people living along the Indus river speak Punjabi and Sindhi on the eastern side (in Punjab and Sindh provinces respectively), Pushto plus Balochi as well as Barohi (in Khyber Pakhtoonkha and Baluchistan provinces). In the province of Sindh, the upper third of the river is inhabited by people speaking Saraiki; which is a somewhat transitional dialect of the Punjabi and Sindhi languages.
Modern issuesEdit
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Satellite images of the upper Indus River valley, comparing water-levels on 1 August 2009 (top) and 31 July 2010 (bottom)
The Indus is a strategically vital resource for Pakistan's economy and society. After Pakistan and India declared Independence from the British Raj, the use of the waters of the Indus and its five eastern tributaries became a major dispute between India and Pakistan. The irrigation canals of the Sutlej valley and the Bari Doab were split – with the canals lying primarily in Pakistan and the headwork dams in India disrupting supply in some parts of Pakistan. The concern over India building large dams over various Punjab rivers that could undercut the supply flowing to Pakistan, as well as the possibility that India could divert rivers in the time of war, caused political consternation in Pakistan. Holding diplomatic talks brokered by the World Bank, India and Pakistan signed the Indus Waters Treaty in 1960. The treaty gave India control of the three easternmost rivers of the Punjab, the Sutlej, the Beas and the Ravi, while Pakistan gained control of the three western rivers, the Jhelum, the Chenab and the Indus. India retained the right to use of the western rivers for non-irrigation projects.[citation needed]
Large-scale diversion of the river's water for irrigation has raised far-reaching issues. Sediment clogging from poor maintenance of canals has affected agricultural production and vegetation on numerous occasions. Irrigation itself is increasing soil salinization, reducing crop yields and in some cases rendering farmland useless for cultivation.[35] And ecologically, the reduced flow of fresh water and silt into the Indus delta is threatening the area's mangrove forests.[36]
There are also concerns that the Indus River may be shifting its course westwards, although the progression spans centuries.
Indus deltaEdit
Main article: Indus River Delta
Originally, the delta used to receive almost all of the water from the Indus river, which has an annual flow of approximately 180 billion cubic metres (240 billion cubic yards), and is accompanied by 400 million tonnes (390 million long tons) of silt.[37] Since the 1940s, dams, barrages and irrigation works have been constructed on the river Indus. The Indus Basin Irrigation System is the "largest contiguous irrigation system developed over the past 140 years" anywhere in the world.[38] This has reduced the flow of water and by 2018, the average annual flow of water below the Kotri barrage was 33 billion cubic metres (43 billion cubic yards),[39] and annual amount of silt discharged was estimated at 100 million tonnes (98 million long tons).[36] As a result, the 2010 Pakistan floods were considered "good news" for the ecosystem and population of the river delta as they brought much needed fresh water.[40][41] Any further utilization of the river basin water is not economically feasible.[42][43]
Vegetation and wildlife of the Indus delta are threatened by the reduced inflow of fresh water, along with extensive deforestation, industrial pollution and global warming. Damming has also isolated the delta population of Indus River dolphins from those further upstream.[44]
Effects of climate change on the riverEdit
The Tibetan Plateau contains the world's third-largest store of ice. Qin Dahe, the former head of the China Meteorological Administration, said the recent fast pace of melting and warmer temperatures will be good for agriculture and tourism in the short term, but issued a strong warning:
"Temperatures are rising four times faster than elsewhere in China, and the Tibetan glaciers are retreating at a higher speed than in any other part of the world... In the short term, this will cause lakes to expand and bring floods and mudflows.. In the long run, the glaciers are vital lifelines of the Indus River. Once they vanish, water supplies in Pakistan will be in peril."[45]
"There is insufficient data to say what will happen to the Indus," says David Grey, the World Bank's senior water advisor in South Asia. "But we all have very nasty fears that the flows of the Indus could be severely, severely affected by glacier melt as a consequence of climate change," and reduced by perhaps as much as 50 percent. "Now what does that mean to a population that lives in a desert [where], without the river, there would be no life? I don't know the answer to that question," he says. "But we need to be concerned about that. Deeply, deeply concerned."[46]
U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke said, shortly before his death in 2010, that he believed that falling water levels in the Indus River "could very well precipitate World War III."[47]
PollutionEdit
Over the years factories on the banks of the Indus River have increased levels of water pollution in the river and the atmosphere around it. High levels of pollutants in the river have led to the deaths of endangered Indus River Dolphin. The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency has ordered polluting factories around the river to shut down under the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997.[48] Death of the Indus River Dolphin has also been attributed to fishermen using poison to kill fish and scooping them up.[49][50] As a result, the government banned fishing from Guddu Barrage to Sukkur.[51]
Coming second after the Yangtze, and together with 9 other rivers, the Indus transports 90 % of all the plastic that reaches the oceans.[52][53]
2010 floodsEdit
Affected areas as of 26 August 2010
Main article: 2010 Pakistan floods
Frequently, Indus river is prone to moderate to severe flooding.[54] In July 2010, following abnormally heavy monsoon rains, the Indus River rose above its banks and started flooding. The rain continued for the next two months, devastating large areas of Pakistan. In Sindh, the Indus burst its banks near Sukkur on 8 August, submerging the village of Mor Khan Jatoi.[55] In early August, the heaviest flooding moved southward along the Indus River from severely affected northern regions toward western Punjab, where at least 1,400,000 acres (570,000 ha) of cropland was destroyed, and the southern province of Sindh.[56] As of September 2010[update], over two thousand people had died and over a million homes had been destroyed since the flooding began.[57][58]
Main article: 2011 Sindh floods
The 2011 Sindh floods began during the Pakistani monsoon season in mid-August 2011, resulting from heavy monsoon rains in Sindh, eastern Balochistan, and southern Punjab.[59] The floods caused considerable damage; an estimated 434 civilians were killed, with 5.3 million people and 1,524,773 homes affected.[60] Sindh is a fertile region and often called the "breadbasket" of the country; the damage and toll of the floods on the local agrarian economy was said to be extensive. At least 1.7 million acres (690,000 ha; 2,700 sq mi) of arable land were inundated. The flooding followed the previous year's floods, which devastated a large part of the country.[60] Unprecedented torrential monsoon rains caused severe flooding in 16 districts of Sindh.[61]
Barrages, bridges, levees and damsEdit
In Pakistan currently there are three barrages on the Indus: Guddu barrage, Sukkur Barrage, and Kotri barrage (also called Ghulam Muhammad barrage). There are some bridges on river Indus, such as, Dadu Moro Bridge, Larkana Khairpur Indus River Bridge, Thatta-Sujawal bridge, Jhirk-Mula Katiar bridge and recently planned Kandhkot-Ghotki bridge. [62]
Kala Bagh Barrage, Chasma Barrage, and Taunsa Barrage are also built in Punjab on the Indus.
The entire left bank of Indus river in Sind province is protected from river flooding by constructing around 600 km long levees. The right bank side is also leveed from Guddu barrage to Lake Manchar. In response to the levees construction, the river has been aggrading rapidly over the last 20 years leading to breaches upstream of barrages and inundation of large areas.[63]
Tarbela Dam in Pakistan is constructed on the Indus River, while the controversial Kalabagh dam is also being constructed on Indus river.
Video of River Indus at Kotri Barrage, Sindh, Pakistan.
Frozen Indus, Near Nyoma
Indus at Skardu
Indus near Dera Ismail Khan
Chura Sharif
Ghaggar-Hakra River
HMS Indus
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CitationsEdit
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^ Osada, Toshiki (2006), Indus Civilization: Text & Context, Manohar Publishers & Distributors, p. 100, ISBN 978-81-7304-682-7 : 'P. Theme (1991) understood the Indus as the "border river" dividing IA and Iran. tribes and has derived it from IE with an etymology from the root "si(n)dh" to divide."'
^ Boyce, Mary (1989), A History of Zoroastrianism: The Early Period, BRILL, pp. 136–, ISBN 978-90-04-08847-4 : "The word hindu- (Skt. sindhu-), used thus to mean a river-frontier of the inhabited world, was also applied generally, it seems, to any big river which, like the Indus, formed a natural frontier between peoples or lands."
^ Bailey, H. W. (1975), "Indian Sindhu-, Iranian Hindu- (Notes and Communications)", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 38 (3): 610–611, doi:10.1017/S0041977X00048138, JSTOR 613711 : "The word sindhu- is used of a 'mass of water' (samudra-), not therefore primarily 'flowing' water. Hence the second derivation of 'enclosed banks' is clearly preferable."
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Fred Kent is the founder and president of the nonprofit organization Project for Public Spaces. The organization is dedicated to creating public places that foster communities.
He studied with Margaret Mead and worked with William H. Whyte on the "Street Life Project," assisting in observations and film analysis of corporate plazas, urban streets, parks, and other open spaces in New York City.
In 1968, Kent founded the Academy for Black and Latin Education (ABLE), a street academy for high school dropouts. He was Program Director for the Mayor's Council on the Environment in New York City under Mayor John Lindsay. In 1970, and again in 1990, Kent was the coordinator and chairman of New York City's Earth Day.
Kent is also an avid photographer, shooting thousands of photographs of public spaces and their users.
He attended Columbia University, where he studied geography, economics, transportation, planning, and anthropology.
"Some exciting new solutions to bad city planning and urban design are being discussed this week in Regina. It's called "Building Our Communities: A National Conference on Community Sustainability." One of the speakers is Fred Kent. His company, the New York-based Project For Public Spaces, teaches cities how to create a sense of place within their bleaker blocks. For instance he's responsible for the redesign of Bryant Park in front of the New York Public Library. It used to be a haven for drug dealers and thieves and now it's a hugely popular public gathering spot."
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A Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena demo has been released on Steam, allowing users to sample the game's online multiplayer mode with 3 of the 16 characters.
Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena was released to Steam on July 28th, 2016 and is based on Blade Arcus from Shining 2.1 EX, the most recent arcade version. It's a 2D fighting game featuring characters from the Sega-published Shining Blade and Shining Hearts games.
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You can learn all about the game on the Steam page, and stay tuned to SEGAbits for a potential review once the game releases.


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United Nations Country Team NEWSLETTER July 2017 | www.un.org.ua
UN Secretary-General expressed solidarity with the people of Ukraine
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres paid an official visit to Ukraine on 9 July and stressed the importance of maintaining territorial integrity of the country.
Guterres also highlighted that the conflict in Donbass was ongoing and called for the gunfire to end. The Secretary-General said the UN will need to continue providing humanitarian aid in the country.
'I want to express my solidarity to all those Ukrainians who are suffering because of the recent events that have caused 1.7 million displaced people in the country. I started to work with them as High Commissioner for Refugees, and I want to say that I deeply feel the suffering of the people and I am deeply committed to do everything I can in order to be able to address their plight'.
Read full text of the speech here
People we work for
According to the Ministry of Social Policy, more than 50,000 persons with disabilities had to flee their home because of the conflict in the East of Ukraine. Among them - Ruslan Riga and his wife Anna who had to flee the hometown of Lysychansk in Luhansk region and start their life from the very beginning in the city of Bila Tserkva in Kyiv region.
In Lysychansk, spouses had their own business of producing and selling cutters for metal and wood surfaces. Although the family was lucky enough to be able to relocate all the equipment, their database of clients was completely lost.
"Looking back, I can say that relocation had a positive influence on our business development. Our new location is much more convenient for the customers", says Ruslan.
Now, while Anna is busy with their online store, Ruslan trains others on how to use milling cutters. With help from the UNHCR project for internally displaced persons with disabilities, Ruslan not only supports his family, but also employs other IDPs.
"The assistance from the UN Refugee Agency gave me additional motivation to open a new sector for my business", admits Ruslan. The displaced entrepreneur has now started a business that produces various decor elements.
NEWS FROM UN Agencies, funds and programmes
FAO supports poultry farming in Eastern Ukraine. FAO continues to deliver humanitarian aid in conflict-affected Eastern Ukraine, with a focus on rural people living along the line of engagement. This time, some 2,750 households within the 8-kilometer zone have received one-day-old poultry. The help comes as part of FAO's emergency response programme in Ukraine, currently valued at US$ 2.3 million.Each beneficiary household received either 30 chicks, 25 ducklings or 25 turkey poults, step-by-step guides and starter fodder. More information
On the occasion of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, 30 July, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched a new website, the National Toll-Free Counter-Trafficking and Migrant Advice Hotline www.527.org.ua. It raises awareness about the threats of modern-day slavery and provides helpful information about safe migration. The website is easy to use on different devices and visitors can call the toll-free hotline with just a click.
Within the Kyiv Fast Track City Initiative Elena Pinchuk, founder of the ANTIAIDS Foundation in Ukraine, and Vitaly Klitschko, Mayor of the Kyiv city jointly launched the beginning of the ART for 1,300 people living with HIV in Kyiv with a novelty sixth-generation medicine. Currently, Ukrainian patients are treated mainly with the fourth-generation ARVs. This is an unprecedented case of involvement of a private foundation in a treatment program in Eastern Europe. Until now, the Ukrainian antiretroviral therapy program was entirely financed from the national state budget and by international donors.
United nations development programme (UNDP)
UNDP launched the new business grants contest for internally displaced people and local residents of Donetsk and Luhansk regions to support entrepreneurship and small businesses in Donbas. Application for grants is open untill 3 August 2017. Grants will be allocated to help launch, restore or expand business activities. Applicants must present business plans that demonstrate long-term prospects for profit, use relevant market indicators, and which provide self-employment or job creation opportunities, including for family members.
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA)
On July 21, 2017, the forum "BUSINESS - YOUTH: THE WOW-EFFECT FROM CO-OPERATION" was held in Kremenchuk. This forum was held under the initiative "Ukrainian Pact for Youth-2020", which aims to unite the efforts of companies, the state and education sector for the employment of young people. Among the organizers of the forum are the United Nations Population Fund in Ukraine, the Ministry of Youth and Sport of Ukraine, the Center for Corporate Social Responsibility Development, with the support of the Kremenchuk City Council and the Kremenchuk Youth Parliament.
THE UN REFUGEE AGENCY (UNHCR)
On 7 July 2017, UNHCR and Art-zavod Platforma hosted the Opening Ceremony of the "Solidarity" Mural created by Japanese artist Miyazaki Kensuke together with displaced and refugee children. The event was organized in partnership with the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine. Famous Japanese artist Miyazaki Kensuke visited Ukraine in July 2017 as part of his global project "Over the Wall". His visit to Ukraine was dedicated to the 1st anniversary of the "City of Solidarity" initiative launched in Mariupol and the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Japan and Ukraine. During his mission, Mr. Miyazaki created wall paintings in Kyiv and Mariupol.
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN FUND (UNICEF)
Ukraine's Ministry of Health signed an agreement with three international organizations, including UNICEF, UNDP and the Crown Agents UK procurement agency, in order to continue carrying out transparent procurement of medicines under 39 state programs for a total of 5,9 billion UAH. "The fact that we signed the agreement at the end of July clearly indicates that we are moving away from the emergency mode of procurement towards a more planned process. Effective and long-term planning will enable more Ukrainian patients to receive their needed medications much faster," commented Neal Walker, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ukraine. Purchasing medicines through international organizations has also opened a window of opportunity for Ukrainian producers to enter international markets. More information
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING MISSION (UNHRMM)
The Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is now available in Ukrainian. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) translated these guidelines in order to assist the Government to document cases of torture, foster accountability and ensure justice for victims. In one month, HRMMU distributed more than 200 copies of the translated Protocol. Released in 1999, the Istanbul Protocol is the result of three years' work of more than 75 experts in law, health and human rights, representing 40 organizations from 15 countries.
UNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN (UN WOMEN)
The Comic Competition on Gender Equality, organized by UN Women Ukraine, invited young artists to submit comics representing their impressions of women's rights and gender equality. Seven winners, which were selected from 62 drawings submitted from 24 locations in Ukraine, received awards at a ceremony on 21 July. The event also included a series of discussions with youth on key gender issues: women's representation in decision-making positions, gender-based violence and gender stereotypes.
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP)
From November 2014, when WFP began its emergency operation, until the end of June 2017, WFP provided in-kind food assistance and cash-based transfers to 970,000 people among the most vulnerable and food insecure people. Between January and June 2017, WFP and its cooperating partners assisted some 120,000 people with in-kind food entitlements and cash-based transfers (CBT). WFP together with partners continues the implementation of livelihood recovery activities that started in May through the Food for Training (FFT) and Food for Asset (FFA) projects in government-controlled areas (GCA). The conflict-affected internally displaced population, people living with chronical diseases, people with disabilities and single mothers with limited or no means for survival are among those targeted. Until the end of December 2017, WFP plans to reach over 80,000 food insecure people with a mix of in-kind and CBT assistance in both GCA and non-government controlled areas (NGCA). More information
After three years of conflict, the health care system's resources in conflict-affected areas of Ukraine are stretched to a breaking point while humanitarian funding is dropping. With generous financial support from the German government, WHO supplied 11 tons of surgical medicines and medical materials to health facilities in government controlled areas near the contact line . In addition to surgical kits shipment, WHO imported large-scale orders of primary care supplies to support up to 1,200,000 patients on both sides of conflict line, as well as neonatal materials to ensure safe deliveries and neonatal resuscitation for 58 pediatric and obstetric units.
GENDER Equality workshop
On 17 July 2017, UNO Kyiv held the workshop on gender equality mainstreaming and communication for UN staff. The workshop was facilitated by gender equality expert Galyna Mesheryakova. Participants learned gender equality definitions, looked at gender roles and stereotypes as well as issues such as gender-based violence, discrimination and gender gaps.
BOOKS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
In July 2017, UNO Kyiv held a monthly social media campaign "Books for Sustainable Development", jointly with Yakaboo, the largest online books store in Ukraine. The aim of the campaign is to popularize reading and spread ideas that lead to more sustainable behaviors. Friends of the UN Ukraine Facebook page have an opportunity to win one of the three books each month.More information
Caspar Peek: Family planning is not a luxury. Read the article on Kyivpost
Pensions, which they earned. How thousand of people in the East do not receive pensions. Read the article in Ukrainian on UkrainskaPravda
The one who is efficiently controlling the territtory of Donbass has to respect human rights. Watch the video on Youtube
Energy efficiency investment rises, but falls short of needs. Read the article on KyivPost
✓ FAO launches project indicating climate change actions in Ukraine. Funded entirely by FAO, the project will be carried out in close collaboration with Ukraine's Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food and Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. It will address national policy development, methodological approaches and technical advisory services. More information
✓ A national youth forum "Youth, peace and security" will take place on 25-27 August in Kremenchuk. The form will gather 230 young persons, who will work on UN Security Council Resolution 2250 and learn how to maintain peace and security in their communities. More information
✓ Have you had a great experience with engaging youth in decision-making at the local level for the democratization and promotion of human rights in your community? The Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine with UNDP support is looking for stories from the field to promote quality youth work and active participation of young people. More information
UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL DAYS
9 August International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
12 August International Youth Day
19 August World Humanitarian Day
29 August International Day against Nuclear Tests
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All members of the United Nations system in Ukraine - the FAO, ILO, IOM, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNOCHA, UNODC, UNOPS, UNV, UN Women, WFP, WHO, and the World Bank - are united by one collective vision and approach which aims to better meet the needs of the population, including the new and more demanding humanitarian, socioeconomic, governance, security and political needs in the short, medium and long-term.
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