"Racism has rightly been called America's original sin. It remains a blot on our national life and continues to cause acts and attitudes of hatred, as recent events have made evident. The need to condemn, and combat, the demonic ideologies of white supremacy, neo-Nazism and racism has become especially urgent at this time. Our efforts must be constantly led and accompanied by prayer - but they must also include concrete action.
"The Executive Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops expresses full agreement with His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, USCCB President, in creating the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism. We also pledge our enthusiastic support to the new committee and its chairman, Bishop George Murry, SJ, as he leads the committee in its work. May God give you, Bishop Murry, the members of the committee, and all those who will support you, the grace and courage to combat this manifestation of evil in our time. May He grant success to the work of your hands. And, through your work and that of many others, may He bring healing and peace to our nation."


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Gustaf Rudolf "Gus" Lawson (April 3, 1882 – September 8, 1913) was a record holding professional cyclist who died in a race.

Biography

Gus Lawson was born as Gustaf Rudolph Larsson on April 3, 1882 in Norrköping, Sweden to Lars Gustaf Larsson (1847–c.1940) and Emma Sofia Sundberg (1845–1888). He had two siblings, Iver Lawson and John Lawson, both professional cyclists.

In 1900 he set the indoor 1 hour record by cycling 34 and 5/8 miles.

He died on September 8, 1913 while riding in a 100-kilometer race in Cologne, Germany when a tire burst on the pace motorcycle he was riding. He fractured his skull and both arms.

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1913 deaths
American male cyclists
Sportspeople from Norrköping
Cyclists who died while racing
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St1 Oy is a Finnish energy company owning the St1 service stations' chain in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Poland.  The company was established in 1995 under the name Greenergy Baltic Oy.  In 1997, the St1 chain was established in Finland .  In 2000 Greenergy Baltic changed its name to Green.  In the same year, it purchased the St1 chain.  The company adopted the name St1 in 2005.

St1 Oy owns around 1400 service stations in four countries.  The first service station outside of Finland was established in 2004 in Sweden.  In 2007, the company took over Oy Esso Ab, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil in Finland, and its service stations.  In 2009, St1 Oy purchased 198 unmanned filling stations in Sweden and Norway from Statoil.  In 2010, it purchased service stations from Royal Dutch Shell in Finland and Sweden.

In addition the service stations, the St1 Oy owns the St1 Refinery in Gothenburg, produces ethanol fuel at six bioethanol plants in Finland, and generates and sells electricity.  Together with the SOK Group it owns the wind farms developer TuuliWatti Oy.

See also

 Energy in Finland

References

External links

Official website
St1 Biofuels on Cleantech Finland Website

Oil companies of Finland
Alcohol fuel producers
Automotive fuel retailers
Companies based in Helsinki


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Sam Smith Mystery Series
Books 11 – 20
Sam's Diary August 2019
Eve's War
Giliana Balmaceda
Lise de Baissac
Mary Katherine Herbert
Sonya Butt
Valentine Blanche Charlet
Book One: Roots
Book Two: Branches
Esperanza Careaga
Fifi Roberts
Lily Margaret Powell
Social History 1930s
Thomas Glyn Evans
Thora Silverthorne
Tim Harrington
Wales and Spain
Carys Beaumond
Daniel Morgan
Florrie Williams
Jennet Quinn
Mr Robeson
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Ann's War
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The Airfield
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Recommended Reading #4
18/05/2019 Recommended ReadingChildren's Books, Detective Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Handcrafts, Music, Mystery Fiction, Science Fiction, SuffragettesGoylake Publishing
Spike, the Not So Nice Dinosaur by Denise McCabe
Spike the dinosaur had not always been so nice. In fact, not too long ago, Spike was a bit of a mean dinosaur. He didn't like to share, didn't understand honesty and didn't know how to say he was sorry. He loved eating the other dinosaur's sandwiches. But that was before Mike, the microraptor, showed him what kindness was and how he too could learn to get along and be the good dinosaur friend. Activities included.
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Combining fantasy with science fiction, Pearseus is filled with passion, warfare, and betrayal. Described as "ancient Greece in space," it gives readers who want a different kind of fantasy an exciting new series to devour.
Terrified of an ominous prophecy and spurred on by a shadowy advisor, a cruel ruler sends the young son of her favorite General to be executed. Soon, however, she must beg the grieving father to save the country from an invading army. Now, the General faces a stark choice between revenge and honoring his vows, unaware that his son's fate and that of the entire planet are inextricably linked.
This bundle includes all books from the best-selling sci-fi fantasy series, voted as one of the 100 Indie books you should read before you die, plus bonus material.
The Vinyl Detective by Andrew Cartmel
He is a record collector -a connoisseur of vinyl, hunting out rare and elusive LPs. His business card describes him as the "Vinyl Detective" and some people take this more literally than others. Like the beautiful, mysterious woman who wants to pay him a large sum of money to find a priceless lost recording on behalf of an extremely wealthy, yet shadowy, client. So begins a painful and dangerous odyssey in search of the rarest jazz record of them all…
So, You Say I Can't Vote! Frances Connelly: The working-class woman's route to the vote by Sheena Macleod
Women were granted the legal right to vote in Parliamentary elections in the UK in 1918. This right, however, extended only to property-owning, renting or university educated women over the age of thirty.
Seven years before this, Frances Connelly, a working woman walked past suffragists protesting outside the polling station in Yeovil, England, to cast her vote in an election. Her vote, and others like it, helped to keep the question in people's minds — If one woman can vote, why not all?
Frances Connelly's name is now largely unknown or forgotten. Her story is told here within the context of other women who voted in England before 1918, the struggles and complexities of the times in which these people lived and the contributions made by working-class women to women's suffrage.
Crafting With Lacey by Lacey Lane
Want to create crafts but need ideas and a plan? Do you have ten thumbs? Let Lacey guide you to crafting success. Learn how to make candle holders, jewellery, childrens' play things, storage solutions, decorations for your house and much more. Simple, beautiful, and practical crafts are just one click away.
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Add possibility to see "All Cases"
There is no possibility to see "All Cases", whatever their status, although it could be useful to see all cases of an entity created in a chronological order.
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For one entity to manage and follow case creation by its administrators, it could be very useful to add the capability of extracting under .csv or other Excel-compatible format the Case database at anytime (by adding a button "Extract all Cases" for instance).
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We all do it, whether we have kids or not – judge parenting. If you are a parent, chances are good that someone thinks you're not doing it the way they would. While us parents are tossed around by public opinion – from being a working mom to how our tired and hungry children behave in public – there is still nothing more annoying than the opinion of the childless.
The bearers of childless parenting opinions will declare they, in fact, know more about parenthood than you do. Some pride themselves on biting their tongues in person, but waste no time using body language or the Internet to convey their righteous disapproval. They often tire of being told they would understand if only they had a child themselves because, after all, they have a former babysitting career, are Aunts and Uncles, or my personal favorite, they are dog owners.
Perhaps the topic of discussion here is overprotective parenting, or (call me crazy) common courtesy, but is a woman without a child herself any authority on the appropriate amount of protection a parent should provide?
This anxiety is where parents are labeled "paranoid." There is admittedly some truth to the modern phenomenon of parents being scared silly by the 24-hour, ratings- driven news cycle, informing us of abductions, abuse and predators. Yet every parent has their own threshold of acceptable parenting, like whether their kids get to school by car or by foot. Duffy says it is oftentimes an instinctual response to how we ourselves were parented.
Parenting today is a game of high stakes. We believe that whatever decisions we make for our children – from how much TV they watch to how far to push them out of their comfort zones – is a major factor in the kind of adults they become. Duffy reveals that his office is like a confessional for parents who tell him everything they've done wrong – or think they've done wrong.
It is when parents have so much invested in raising their children with the best of intentions that unsolicited opinions can sting. Dr. Robin Lanzi, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, refers to this as the "Mama Bear" reaction.
My first moment of public judgment was when I let my two-year-old daughter scream at the top of her chocolate bunny-deprived lungs in the seat of a grocery cart while I carried on with my shopping as if the only sound was the smooth 80's jam on the PA system.
What the childless don't realize is that it takes a rock-solid will, a feat of intense patience, and a momentous act of courage to be the parent and teach a child in these moments what is and is not acceptable behavior. Not giving in to a screaming child is, in my belief, what is creating a well-adjusted young adult later.
Though we all think we're experts at it, every parent is uncertain about parenting and every non-parent lacks experiential credibility. Until you experience the agony over decisions that will build your child's confidence, but keep them grounded; make them cautious of strangers, but not fearful of the world; give them independence, but not endanger them; instill discipline, but not screw them up for life – all without knowing the consequences for another 20 years – then you are no more qualified to have an opinion on parenting than I am to perform surgery on your child-free brain.
Here are six tips to help my fellow parents cope with the annoying opinions of the childless, and everyone else.
First determine whether you feel the judgment is valid. When someone does offer an opinion, it may be an honest attempt to help. If you feel the advice is coming from a good-natured place, you could actually learn from it.
Don't be afraid to bring levity to the situation. If you can make a joke or laugh, it can ease the anxiety of the parent, the child and any others that are jumping to conclusions.
Trust your instincts. If you can strip away your insecurity about parenting, your instincts are going to be a good guide. Parents are not perfect – you don't have to be and your kids don't need you to be.
Pick your battles. Decide how much you want to invest in a situation where you feel put on the defensive. Think about how you would want your child to react in a difficult situation and then model that behavior.
Don't worry about what other people think. If you are overly concerned about what others think, your own judgment will be clouded.
Don't be so quick to judge. We need to assume that we don't know what underlies anything we look at in terms of a parenting issue. If we ourselves judge others, our kids learn to do the same, and that is difficult to undo.
Still a good post. Often when getting advice, I simply think to myself, just wait.


Since 2011, the United Way of Marathon County RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) has been supporting the volunteer efforts of persons ages 55 years and over.
In the past year alone, 406 RSVP volunteers provided 57,604 hours of service to local nonprofit organizations helping to support our local community.
United Way RSVP is a nationwide volunteer program made possible through a federal grant by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The RSVP program is free and open to anyone age 55+.
RSVP provides personalized volunteer placement assistance to help members get connected with the right volunteer opportunity. RSVP will arrange for agency visits, tours, and other ways to check out a potential volunteer opportunity before making a commitment, ensuring members' talents, skills, and interests are being utilized in the best way that is meaningful for them.
United Way of Marathon County RSVP volunteers assisting at an area food pantry.
Monthly RSVP Coffee Hours offer an opportunity to meet new people and get a behind-the-scenes look at local nonprofits. RSVP also presents other community education and social programs to promote healthy, active living. These events are free and open to the public.
Another unique benefit is that all RSVP volunteers receive supplemental volunteer liability insurance, auto liability insurance, and accidental medical coverage while volunteering. All insurance provided by RSVP is secondary to a current provider.
In addition, RSVP provides a Community Connection Calendar featuring free or low-cost events geared to adults 55+. This handy monthly calendar includes educational programs, entertainment, and community events available to everyone in the community. View RSVP's Community Connection Calendar here.
Coffee Hour on Volunteering With Area Students. Learn how you can help at the Wausau School District, Weston Elementary School, the United Way Reading Buddies program in Mosinee and Marathon City, or mentoring with the Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Boys and Girls Club programs. September 25 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Event details.
Early Birds Flock Together, A Conversation About Retirement. RSVP Volunteer Nancy Runner will share stories about some of the challenges and opportunities faced in retirement, plus resources and strategies for a happy and meaningful retirement. She will also provide information on how you, too, could publish "the book within you." September 26 from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. Event details.
Fall and Winter Birding. Lori Schubring, longtime birder and owner of Wild Birds Unlimited, will provide information on what birds to get ready for in the fall and winter, identifying and attracting birds to your yard, types of feeders and what to feed, how to provide water in winter, and other helpful tips to enjoy your feathered visitors. October 9 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Event details.
Medicare Basics. This program provides information for those who are new to Medicare (or will be soon). Or refresh your knowledge of benefits provided by Medicare A, B, C, & D, plus Medicare supplement policies and other prescription drug coverage. October 10 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Event details.
How to Make Spring Rolls. Learn how to make homemade spring rolls, plus connect with other active adults. October 10. Coffee & social time begins at 8:45 a.m.; program begins at 9:00 a.m. Event details.
One-to-One Technology Assistance. Marathon County Public Library staff will provide you with technology assistance on your computer, tablet, or smartphone, including basic computer skills, saving and moving digital files, using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.), social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), using the library's online resources, and more. Event details.
An event you won't want to miss is Volunteer Fest on October 17, 2018, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn at Cedar Creek. Bring a friend to meet, socialize, and network with other community-minded people, plus learn more about volunteering and the United Way RSVP volunteer program. Visit with representatives of over 30 nonprofit organizations who will have informational booths and can talk with you about their services and volunteer opportunities. Enjoy a short program, live music, refreshments, appetizers, and a chance to win door prizes. This event is hosted by United Way RSVP of Marathon County and sponsored by Ascension.
Register to attend Volunteer Fest — or learn more about the RSVP program in general — by calling 715-298-5721 or emailing tomernik@unitedwaymc.org.
Tony Omernik has served as Program Director for RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) since 2010. Locally, the RSVP program supports adults ages 55+ in Marathon County with programs that go beyond volunteering. Tony works to coordinate retirement well-being and healthy aging education programs, technology tutoring, blood pressure screening and hypertension education, community coffee hours, and a community connection calendar, which all support healthy, active living for older adults and are provided free of charge to the Marathon County community. Email Tony Omernik.


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In June 2013, high in the mountains in Darjeeling, India, our weirdnesses collided. Our mutual love of travel, food and adventure became instantly apparent. Over the next five months, we travelled around Cambodia – volunteering for two months at a youth centre – Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia.
As so often happens when a couple meets while on the road, the time came to head home. So followed a year of long-distance, 6784 km apart, from France to the US, during which we both worked hard to make our dream of long-term travel come true.
Now here we are, over 15 months into 'the big adventure', with no plan to stop any time soon. We constantly get asked "but when are you coming home?" The answer to this question has gone from "2017" to "2018" to "we will try to fit in a visit sometime soon." Honestly, the truth is that the world has too much to offer. There are so many amazing places to see, and so much delicious food to eat, and yes, we plan to see (and eat) it all.
I believe in making dreams come true. By the age of 12, I had bought two sailing boats, spending all my life savings. After becoming a scuba diver, aged 10, I swore I would one day become an instructor. This dream came true in November 2014. When told I could not do a bungee jump in New Zealand (as I was not quite 2 years old), I waited 18 years and jumped over the Ganges in India instead.
My parents took me out of school for a year and we travelled for 10 months. I blame them for giving me the travel bug, but can never thank them enough.
Although born in London, I lived in France for the greater part of my life. I quit school to travel and have never looked back.
I love dogs, food, cooking, taking photos (am very much still learning), and the ocean.
I grew up in small town West Virginia and before the age of 18 had never been outside the United States border. A study abroad program in Bangkok, Thailand changed all that and thrust my life in a different direction. Street food, food carts, and dingy restaurants have been a haven for cheap eats and memorable meals. There's no place too crowded nor too sketchy when it's dinner time. I want it all and I want it in my belly. New and challenging experiences are what I thrive on. Sounds dangerous, yet exciting? Count me in. You can find me being hurled out of a plane, at the bottom of the ocean, and everywhere in between. Usually sporting a full stomach, and a drink in hand at the end of the day.


Given their American advisers, it could have been considered an Obama moment. Having captured the Indian vote and being sure of where their sensibilities lay, it was necessary to keep the normally ebullient Indians out of sight and parade the Africans on stage. So that while the voice of labour, black power and state's rights were paraded before the audience the real heavyweights were left for last, Kamla appropriately assuring the nation that UNC's identity was not lost in all of this partnership talk. Unity in diversity was the slogan of the evening.
Such sentiments were in keeping with the moment. It was the objective for which Tubal Uriah Butler and Adrian Rienzi had fought. Although Butler revered His Majesty, the King, and placed much faith in his benevolence, he also understood that he who performed the labor must reap its benefits. Such down-to-earth plebian sentiments seemed to be in keeping with what we should aspire to which is why one listened in horror as Mr. Manning sought to belittle Dagga and his outfit at his meeting. That is why Kamla was correct when she urged that we learn to honor our icons: they are the ones who made us who we are.
Kamla saw victory at hand and reverted to British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan's timely phrase from his "Wind of Change" speech that he delivered when he addressed the South African Parliament in 1960 during his tour of the African Commonwealth states. In this important speech Macmillan acknowledged that black people in African were claiming the right to rule themselves in light of the tremendous surge of nationalism that had swept the continent.
And, it would have been a magnificent stroke of genius if Kamla had kept on that theme and told the people why that moment, the coming together of so many political and civic groups, is so very important for Trinidad and Tobago and what it portends for our future. In fact, I make bold to say that if this flower that was planted in Fyzabad is allowed to bloom or, better yet, if those organizations who came together allow the flower to bloom or, even see the light of day, it may just be the dawning of new beginning for T&T.
Instead of rising to the occasion, Kamla was platitudinous. She threw God into the equation; conceded we had lost our way; and acknowledge that "we are all gathered here to make history." She didn't say how we would achieve the "sustainable good governance" that her Partnership document called for. She invoked the words of our anthem that promised that "every creed and race shall find an equal place" and warned that those (meaning the PNM) who do not learn from history are likely to repeat its mistakes.
It was good theatre; perhaps a necessary beginning to a partnership that may grow and develop in small steps. But, it must outline its program. They must not disrespect our people's intelligence and sink us further into the dust. Theirs is the task to make our people realize their power and their potential in a land that promises so much but which has fallen short of its glory in many ways.
If the partnership is to capture the moment, and advance the struggle that Butler, Renzi and Dr. Eric Williams bequeathed to us, then it is honor bound to honestly chart out a philosophy and program that speaks to our development. It must lift up our people's imagination and allow them to see higher heights (Kamla says she loves Bob Marley's lyrics); to conceptualize the practicality of racial harmony and, most of all, strive to return political power to the communities in which it belongs in the first place. This is the logical culmination of the political and social struggle that began when Dagga mutinied in St. Joseph in 1837; the same struggle that Butler and Rienzi extended; and the same one that Dr. Williams concretized in the independence movement.
This new social order can arise only from our communities. Inescapably, this suggests the further decentralization of government and the removal of power from the top and returning it to the people at the bottom of the society. In the final analysis we must strive to create a system that eliminates the very status and positions of power to which the leaders of the partnership aspire.
Such an ideal will take time. However, over the next thirty days we will see how the people's partnership begins to speak to this ideal.
So the dead, departed, porcine leader of the PNM, Dr. Eric Williams, 'concretized in the independence movement,' to, 'strive to return political power to the communities in which it belongs in the first place,' and yet he and the PNM conmen then and thereafter, during ALL their tenure, FAILED to do so, and MAINTAINED those very same, 'status and positions of power' which they occupied!!!
Is this 'we' being referred to the code word for the African-descended, major constituent of the (ah-go-dead-ah) PNM voting mob??
"Together we aspire, Together we Achieve". What is it that you want to do Bacon 172000? I want a reasonably assimilated society. The people who can't come together in society need to leave the country.
PEOPLE DO NOT READ THIS RACIST – This creature should be banished from the world of print – he only rears his ugly head at the time of elections or when he thinks his PNM is about to loose power – thats his only purpose – to perpetuate and spew racial venom, nothing else.
Does the University that you teach in the US, know that you are a rabid racist only intent on de-stabilizing the country that gave birth to you? They should be told of your racist exploits in life.
Hope we dont see you anywhere around here for this election or even after – keep your distance, please.


Made in 1938 to boost national morale in the face of Japanese aggression against China, this war epic is a prime example of a war propaganda movie. As the central government retreated to the interior,The Eight Hundred Heroes was made in the temporary capital without sound equipment. Despite being silent, the scenes of battle are staged brilliantly. It is one of the best war films produced in China during the early phase of the anti-Japanese war.
One of the most important documentaries in Chinese history. Lai Man-wai ,a pioneer of HK cinema, followed the national hero Sun Yat-sen on the Northern Expedition to rid China of warlords, documenting the entire journey during the 1920s. The film had been preserved by Lai's family and was restored by the HKFA in 2003.
Adapted from one of the greatest Chinese novels of the last century, It was a Cold Winter Night is a masterpiece in Cantonese melodrama. The film is a lamentation on human suffering, detailing the struggles of a humble office clerk as he seeks a delicate balance between war-time hardships, filial duties towards a dominating but often unreasonable mother and devotion to a loving wife who happens to draw the wrath of the mother. Lee Sun-fung's evocative direction sets the mood for this touching drama, capturing the subtle but powerful emotions of the characters by highlighting calibrated performances by lead actors Ng Cho-fan, Pak Yin and Wong Man-lei.
An ambitious anti-nuclear melodrama that witnesses the rise in HK of a humanism with an international scope. This film, more than any figures or social indicators, signals an urge among certain members of the citizenry to look beyond the borders of the then colony. Shot mostly on location in Hiroshima, this is probably the first HK film to tell a story entirely through the perspectives of a Japanese family (though all the characters are played by Chinese actors).
Ann Hui's Boat People represents a high point in HK cinema and also a milestone of her own career. A box-office success and an invitee to the Cannes International Film Festival, the film was the first to depict the syndrome of fear over the 1997 question.
Andy Lau's appearance on the big screen reveals the great potential of a megastar.


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Politics September 13, 2017
Delta APC Vows to Displace PDP in 2019
The Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday said it would spare no resources in its quest to displace the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State come 2019.
Making the vow in Ozoro, Isoko South Local Government area of the state, a chieftain of the APC and chairman of the Consolidated Dynamic APC (CDA), Peter Akarogbe, said his party would free the people of the state from the political enslavement PDP had subjected them to for the past 18 years.
He said the pressure group, which is made up of both pioneer legacy party members of the Democratic People's Party (DPP), Light of Labour (LOL), People's Democratic Party and others, was set up to "create awareness of the APC in the consciousness of the citizens of the state."
While inaugurating the various coordinators of the CDA, Akarogbe tasked them not to engage in any anti party activities that will bring disrepute and unhealthy rivalry between members o
f the party.
"We assure the State Working Committee (SWC) of our constant cooperation on how to move our great party in Delta State forward and to support the various candidates of the party at all levels in order to ensure electoral victories – especially in Delta State where its citizens are yearning for the alternative leadership that our great party alone can provide," Akarogbe said.
On the Delta State local government election that will soon take place this year, Akarogbe said the party is doing all it can to make sure that they give the ruling party "a run for their money."
The Delta APC chairman, Prophet Jones Erueh, who was represented by his Deputy, Chief Cyril Eboh, had said that the party was giving its support to the pressure group because it knows that the CDA coordinators across the 25 local government areas in the state would work assiduously to ensure that the party takes over the reigns of power from the PDP.
Also, Barrister Dennis Nwanokwai, Secretary of CDA, promised the party that the political pressure group would go into all the nook and cranny of the state and make sure that they sanitise Deltans on the need for the them to join the alternative party, APC.
On her part, Mrs. Veronica Ogbuagu, APC chieftain and former Delta State Commissioner for Education in her remark, advised the CDA coordinators to be servant leaders that would lead APC to victory in 2019.
She also charged the CDA coordinators not to tow the part of some APC leaders who have in the past been involved in money politics and deceit, adding that this attitude was what brought the party to its knees in the state.
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Roscoe Pound Institute is better than ever at 50.
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As it begins its 50th year, the Roscoe Pound Institute continues its efforts to build a bridge between the academic, legal, and judicial communities. In the last six months, the institute has produced several well-received programs examining issues of critical importance to the civil justice system.
In conjunction with the Vanderbilt University Law School, the institute hosted its second Law Professor Symposium in October. The symposium featured papers on medical malpractice by Neil Vidmar of Duke Law School, Lucinda Finley of SUNY-Buffalo, Stephen Daniels and Joanne Martin of the American Bar Foundation, Charles Silver of the University of Texas, David Hyman of the University of Illinois, and James Blumstein of Vanderbilt University Law School, among others.
The papers looked at issues such as dishonest medical mistakes, what happens to medical malpractice verdicts after trial, the impact of medical malpractice on women, the specialization of medical malpractice plaintiff lawyers, and recent empirical literature.
The symposium also featured a roundtable on patient safety, which included Pound Fellow John Day of Nashville, a past president of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, and experts on improving medical care from the Vanderbilt Medical Center.
Symposium papers will be published in the Vanderbilt Law Review in 2006; Pound Fellows will receive a complimentary copy.
Regional Judges Forum
In September, the Pound Institute presented a Regional Judges Forum on the civil jury at the American Judges Association meeting in Anchorage, before more than 75 trial and appellate judges from around the nation. Vidmar spoke about the landmark Arizona jury project, a study that examined the real-life deliberations of actual juries. Professor Stephen Landsman of DePaul College of Law talked about the phenomenon of the vanishing jury trial.
Tom Munsterman of the National Center for State Courts discussed innovations designed to improve the experience people have when they serve on juries and the quality of deliberations. ATLA Governor Donna McCready addressed the importance of juries in protecting plaintiffs' rights and access to justice. Judge Gerald Elliott of Kansas related his long, positive experience in dealing with juries, and Donna Melby, current president of the American Board of Trial Advocates, discussed the board's efforts to protect the jury.
Judges rated the program 4.67--a perfect score was 5. The session gave "a new appreciation for the role of the jury," said one attendee.
13th Annual Forum for State Appellate Court Judges
This forum was held in Toronto in July before an audience of more than 50 state court judges. The topic, "The Rule(s) of Law: Electronic Discovery and the Challenge of Rule-Making in the State Courts," examined the processes and politics of court rule-making, with a special look at attempts to change the rules regarding electronic discovery. Professor Linda Mullenix of the University of Texas Law School and Judge John Carroll, dean of Cumberland Law School at Samford University, presented papers.
Mullenix's paper, "The Varieties of State Rule-Making Experience and the Consequences for Substantive and Procedural Fairness," discussed how various rule-making methods might affect litigants' rights. (See related article on page 28.) Carroll's paper, "E-Discovery: A Case Study in Rule-Making by State and Federal Courts," examined efforts to change federal e-discovery rules and discussed how states might approach similar changes.
"The Pound forums are extremely valuable in keeping us current on issues important to the administration of justice," said one attending judge. Another said the forum "educated me on rules under consideration and the impact on our court."
For more information, visit www.roscoepound.org. From the site, you can download papers and materials from these programs and learn more about other institute programs and social events--including the Pound Fellows Reception in Honolulu in February and the 50th-anniversary party at the Experience Music Project in Seattle this July.
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Elevate a Climate Change Exhibit
Two weeks ago, ProjectARCC challenged archivists to elevate their collections related to climate change using #PreserveClimate. There's also a survey archivists can fill out for collections to go into a larger project.
One example of an archive that has recently elevated their materials related to climate change is the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. In late October, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) launched its Online Reading Room, providing the public with access to thousands of historic public television and radio programming dating back to the 1950s. As part of the inauguration of the Online Reading Room, AAPB staff launched three curated exhibits featuring content that is topically and historically significant. AAPB Project Manager Casey Davis curated one of the three exhibits, the title of which is "Climate Change Conversations: Causes, Impacts, Solutions."
The exhibit highlights television and radio conversations with climate scientists, activists, journalists, historians, and students who used the venue of public broadcasting to discuss climate change for more than a quarter of a century. In these recordings, they have repeatedly communicated the science of human-driven climate change and its impacts in interviews, call-in radio shows, debates, public lectures, news programs, and documentaries.
While scientists and activists have consistently used public broadcasting to disseminate information about climate change, the conversation has changed over time. In the 1980s, focus was primarily on communicating the potential threats of global warming. Since then, programming has increasingly examined the actual impacts, and in addition, struggled to keep the American public informed and engaged.
Organized into six sections, the exhibit highlights public broadcasting recordings of conversations on climate change—its causes, impacts, and proposed solutions—from 1970, the first year that Earth Day was celebrated, to the present. Among the recordings include conversations with Gus Speth, former Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, James Hansen, the first scientist to testify before Congress on the threat of global warming, former Vice President Al Gore, three recordings with Bill McKibben, writer and activist who founded the international organization 350.org, Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist who has become well-known for communicating climate change to fellow evangelical Christians, and David Brower, founder of Friends of the Earth.
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GasTerra has taken note of Eni's press release dated 20 July 2016. On 23 June 2016, a final arbitral award was issued by the arbitral tribunal in the arbitration initiated by Eni under a long term gas sales agreement between GasTerra and Eni. In the arbitral award, the arbitral tribunal has dismissed Eni's claims for a price revision as of 1 October 2012 in their entirety. These claims amounted to around Euro 2 billion. GasTerra had requested the full dismissal of Eni's claims.
Pending the arbitration, GasTerra had provisionally and for invoicing purposes only, charged a lower price as of 1 October 2012 under an agreement between GasTerra and Eni. Following the full dismissal of Eni's price decrease claims in the arbitral award, GasTerra has charged Eni the difference between the provisional price and the contract price which resulted in an additional amount of Euro 918 million including interest.
Eni has informed GasTerra that it will not pay the additional amount. According to Eni, despite the dismissal of all of its claims for a price revision by the arbitral award, the price revision 2012 has not been resolved and Eni can again claim a price revision per 1 October 2012. Furthermore, Eni has informed GasTerra that it will start proceedings in case GasTerra is not prepared to resume negotiations on a price revision as of 1 October 2012. GasTerra disagrees with Eni's position and has initiated arbitration proceedings to collect the amount due by Eni. To secure its claims, GasTerra has seized Eni's assets in the Netherlands following leave to do so for an amount of Euro 1.01 billion from the President of the Amsterdam District Court.


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As a former director of Financial Aid, I personally saw the need to make as many scholarships available as possible. That's why we established the LSC Promise, a scholarship and community service program that provides two years of "last-dollar" money that can be used at any Lone Star College location.
Students who apply are given assistance to navigate and complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). LSC Promise then funds the balance of tuition and mandatory fees due for students who still demonstrate financial need. The scholarship is partially funded by the Lone Star College Foundation.
"Lone Star College has played a large role in my life for the past few years," said Rachel Perez, LSC graduate. Perez will transfer to the University of Houston Downtown thanks to a partnership between the two institutions that allows students to seamlessly transfer. Perez plans to study biology before enrolling into medical school.
Worried about missing out on extracurricular college activities? LSC students have access to lots of exciting ways to get involved with their campus, other students and even the community. LSC has a comprehensive schedule of both intramural and club sports, as well as many clubs and student organizations.
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Technology has improved considerably over recent years. Technology has literally allowed access to global information to become available at a touch of the finger tip; Culture, nature, history and so much more can be accessed by just typing in on the internet. Communication world wide has been made easier by using emails, instant messaging etc, businesses have been able to access information about their clients and technology has enabled marketing efforts to be reduced with the ability to advertise online and enabling their customers to buy and see their products and information online.
So, we can see that the improved and sophisticated technology is of such a great advantage and has made life so much easier and efficient for all. However, information accessed by technology can also be abused if in the wrong hands and can be, potentially, very dangerous. In the U. S, a big brother style system has caused a stir amongst the U. S citizens. The system uses a technique known as Data Mining and the U. S insists that it will ensure greater security to all the American people.
The system is so powerful that anything that anyone does can be recorded and checked to ensure that all are good citizens and are law abiding. The U. S government uses Total Awareness Systems which aim to use some of the techniques above in order to track down foreign terrorists. Information such as gun purchases, credit card transactions and airline reservations will be recorded and even trivial information such as school records, emails and instant messaging services. How much the system can and will record is still being debated and will be agreed upon over the coming years.
But the basic idea of collecting and analysing important information is being used currently in many forms and using many different techniques. Data mining is used by different organizations around the world. Police and defence departments cross check information to catch criminals and businesses also use techniques to identify potential clients. Data mining allows companies to be more targeted with the types of services and products they provide for their customer base. This gives them a lot more information about the buying patterns and habits of their clients.
For example, by using the information from checkouts, supermarkets can organize how to lay out their shelves with products and how much of a certain product they might need. And telephone companies can target their email campaigns to the right demographics. Many say that SPAM will be reduced with more data mining as it narrows down marketing efforts by knowing just who would be interested in the products being advertised for example, but it also highlights the fact that those in power can get our details without our permission and our knowledge.
Many different organizations are making good use of data mining, even areas of science, but there can be great disadvantages too. The issue is not the collection of the information, but the purpose for which it's collected. It's completely understandable how some individuals and organisations may want certain information about others, but there are good reasons for their to be a limit and some control over how much personal information is available and how much of such information should be in the control of the individual concerned.
It comes down to basic human rights and an individuals right to privacy. There is also the fact that the more people know about us, the more it can be used against us and, as we know, what is known about us is growing all the time. For example, any business can find out when an individual has visited their website by using cookies. This information can be tracked over time and can be used to build up a profile of the individual without that persons knowledge. Mobile phones allow phone companies and services to track you down and know where you are as you move between the receiving towers.
Mobile phone companies have been used by governments for the tracking of potential criminals and terrorists. Also, phone conversations can be monitored and are routinely recorded in some countries, where human rights are given less prominence. Internet service providers know what their customers are doing on the net constantly. If the government or one of the security services ask to know what an individual is up to, the internet service providers are often obliged to divulge such information, meaning that they can determine exactly what that individual is op to.
In larger cities, one can be tracked down in ones car by the use of certain systems used as video cameras. One can be tracked down whilst on foot too, with the help of surveillance cameras. For example, in London, which is the most "surveyed" city in the world, it is reckoned that you can't travel more than a street or so without being filmed. So, technology does help surveillance, but the question is whether the information found by using technology will be abused.
For instance, if an authority wanted to employ certain people to work together to help find out information about an individual, there would be so much vital, private information that one could find out about the person, that if this were to fall into the hands, i. e. the hands of someone who would want to abuse the information, they could reek all sorts of havoc on that individuals life. Whether Total Information Awareness System will become reality is yet to be seen, but Data mining and gathering will continue to increase and the way that society uses that data will have to be carefully monitored and considered.
Power is not always in the hands of large organizations and privacy on the internet is not always a certain person trying to protect and defend their rights against government and big businesses and organizations. Many fear that big organizations will invade every detail of our lives, but in reality there are many smaller organizations and individuals who are of an even bigger threat and who could also misuse information. For example an individual could take photos of children and post them on the internet which would then be available for paedophiles.
A person could make up details about an individual they know and post them on an accessible site. Or a SCAM artist could make people give there bank details because they are lead to believe that it is for an important issue, when actually his/her details are about to go into the hands of a fake professional, and someone who would now how to use the bank details for their own purposes. Maintaining the right power in relationships has always been one of the big ethical challenges in society.
Giving more privacy to individuals gives them more power. For example, new technology allows the receiver of the phone call to know the number of an incoming call, this is potentially a threat to the caller because companies may use the number to make unsolicited calls at a later date. By blocking the callers ID gives more power to the caller by protecting their privacy. For instance, a scam artist who convinces a person to give out their bank details can only make the trick work by hiding his ID.
Secrecy is basically behind the deceptive acts, secrecy gives more power to those undertaking criminal activity. Even with businesses behaving lawfully, power is increased from the secrets that can be kept hidden. The freedom of information act is a law which reduces the privacy of those in power, reducing their abilities to keep secret important information. When things are out in the open there is a lot more strain on those who have to keep secrets and it is a lot harder for them to do so and if they still manage to do, they can get into trouble.
This means that those in powerful positions, such as those in government, can be kept in check. In a similar way, the individuals can be brought to justice. As an analogy, if the school bully has been found out, he no longer has the same power! Data security is all about control. There are those that are trying to make things more secure, and then there are those which are trying to break into the security. Identity theft is when someone steels some one else's identity by steeling, for example, their driving licence, passport or ID card.
By using the person's name that has had their identity stolen, they could create a new bank account in this name, transferring the money from the person's account into the new account. They could borrow money under the persons name. The person who has had their identity stolen might not be able to do anything about it until it is too late! Shopkeepers can also steel someone's identity by illegally skimming credit cards and knowing their signature. This means they can access someone's account!
Smartcards were then invented in America which don't have a magnetic strip, but have a computer chip instead making it harder to copy. When sending private information online from one place to another, it goes through a process known as encryption. This is when the receiver uses decryption to unscramble details. So basically security equals control. Musicians know that record companies with too much control restrict the sharing of new music. So some new internet sites allow musicians to download music free and it allows people to view the music free.
The musicians then have more control over their music and have more of an acknowledgement for their music. But some think that these sites are bad for the music industry as they will cause harm in the long run. They believe that "anything that devalues the integrity of copyright is a bad thing because creators of that property ought to be compensated. If we chip away at the value of copyright, eventually it is chipping away at the creativity that pushes the culture forward. "
Photographers are happy about publishing their photos on sites for all to see as long as they are then not copyrighted and they get the acknowledgement, so a system called watermarking was invented which places a permanent mark on the photo unless they have paid for it to be removed. Some computer software producers try to use passwords and built in functions to limit use. This all shows us that some want control, with no one sharing music, photos or any product and some want freedom where all is published, all can acknowledge the new inventions and products and where everything can be shared.
An operating system known as Linux was developed as a competing system to Microsoft's system. It is what's known as an open access code system, where anybody can see and improve on how it works. As a result it is said to be one of the most successful operating systems in the world. So, as the battle of distributing music continues, IT developers must remember that they have a very delicate and vital role to play as the tension continues between those who want freedom and those who want control.
On the internet there are people who exaggerate or who don't tell the truth. In circumstances where the reader or listener does not know much on the subject they can get away with it. Some times, due to marketing or advertising, companies and people can lie as their target audience is ignorant on a particular subject. It all comes down to common sense and the conflict of interest. But the freedom of information law helps people to know the truth. Where information is inaccurate, one has to judge on whether it is either deception or a mistake.
But in some circumstances, information has to be up to nearly one-hundred percent accurate or else it is catastrophic. In cases like this, safety critical software is used in IT. But mistakes can still happen and it's either down to the responsibility of the manufacturer, software or the organization using technology. It's all down to accuracy being the highest priority and in this case it is the speed of the information against trusting the information and one has to find a healthy balance between scepticism and trust.
But the use of IT has become more and more sophisticated, complex and dangerous. For instance pharmacogenics is where one uses genetic information to inform us about which drugs will best suit us. In theory we could have individual tailor made drugs based on genes. This would not be possible without the recent advances in IT and the resulting significant increases in computing power. Genomics is the science of mapping and sequencing and analyzing genes which are the building blocks of life. Managing and controlling genetic information will have a huge impact on society.
It is the fastest growing knowledge base about humanity in history. Genomics might even change what we think is ethical. So pharmacogenics could result in a total reduction of side effects, but would we be happy about this type of information being stored in the hands of others? What if this information was abused? This leads me to my conclusion on the issues raised by IT. I believe that IT is good for society if used correctly, in a trustworthy way and if used for a generally good purpose.
But IT has become so powerful and advanced, that if mishandled and abused, it could be effectively incredibly dangerous and have a massive impact on our freedoms and human rights. I believe that some are still too ignorant on the advantages and especially the disadvantages of IT, so that is why I have even more reason to believe that IT should be monitored much more carefully. IT is potentially very powerful and dangerous in the wrong hands, but it allows us to have a better relationship and come to a better understanding with all parts of society if used correctly.
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FIRST Robotics Competition is an organization founded to promote science, technology, engineering and math. By challenging teams of students to compete in various challenges, FRC engages students with adult mentors to learn and promote STEM within their communities.
Since 2010, I have participated as a mentor on FRC Team 3322 at Ann Arbor Skyline High School.
2013′s game Ultimate Ascent called for robots that were able to launch frisbees and climb a pyramid structure. Our team designed a robot that featured a rugged 2-speed drive-train that clocked in just over 15 ft/sec, as well as a low gear that produced enough torque to spin the wheels at stall. Based on our success from the 2012 year, we spent a lot of time designing a frisbee launcher for consistency. Although the robot was accurate and fast, we were plagued with frisbee jamming issues and a CAN bus freezing problem that led to mediocre season results.
The FRC game for 2012 was called Rebound Rumble, which involved shooting 8″ foam basketballs into a series of hoops, and finally balancing on a bridge with other robots. Eager to correct our mistakes from the 2011 season, our team set out to built a mechanically robust robot. The result of our hard work was one of the most accurate basketball shooters that was built that year, along with a simple active ball collecting mechanism, a passive bridge-tipping mechanism, and our first 2-speed drivetrain. Our deadly-accurate shooting system was our strength, and behind it we had a great year, including our first ever district event win!
We competed in Logomotion during the 2011 season, where robots were supposed to grab large inner tubes of various shapes and hang them on a pegs to complete FIRST logos. Near the end of the game, teams attempted to deploy "mini-bots" to race straight up 10-ft metal poles. We built a mechanum-wheeled robot for ultimate maneuverability, along with a telescoping lift and mini-bot deployment system. We had a lot of fun during the season, but spent too much time in the pit fixing broken robot parts.
Our team started in 2010 with Breakaway – a soccer themed game where robots tried to kick soccer balls into small goals, and eventually climb one of two central towers. We had a grand total of one person with one year of experience on the team, so our focus was getting a robot on the field, not trying to build the best machine possible. Our result was a simple robot that featured a rotating flipper to kick balls. The simplicity of our machine proved to be a great asset, helping us win two rookie all-star awards, and one rookie high-seed award, along with our first trip to the Michigan State Championship


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The Volkswagen Touareg, you may recall, traces its roots to a joint effort between Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen to create a superior SUV for all environments, equally capable on tarmac and trail. Platform triplets were born, with the Touareg joined by the larger Audi Q7 and sportier Porsche Cayenne. These utes were indeed highly skilled in all conditions, but they were saddled with a bunch of hardcore off-road hardware that added weight and went unappreciated by most owners.
So what did Volkswagen do for the Touareg's 2011 redesign? Took a few hundred pounds of heavy-dutyness out of the suspension, gave the Touareg full-time all-wheel drive instead of two-mode four-wheel drive, and focused on the on-road driving experience—that's what.
Having put a Touareg TDI through its paces over a thousand miles of varied terrain, we can report that the Touareg's reinvention is a rousing success. The bushwhacking capability is still there to an extent, but it's now overshadowed by exemplary road manners at all speeds. Throw in exceptional fuel economy and range from the robust turbodiesel V-6, as well as an impressive suite of technology features, and you've got the rare $50,000-plus vehicle that can legitimately be called a bargain. No one's pursuing driving perfection like the Germans these days, and few SUVs come as close to that goal as the new Touareg TDI.
What's to Like
The Touareg's turbodiesel V-6 is a gem, delivering ample thrust and an estimated 28 miles per gallon on the highway. Road noise and vibration at speed are negligible, and off-road capability remains respectable. The steering is amazingly slop-free and responsive by SUV standards, and the brakes grab reassuringly. The touchscreen interface is crisply rendered and idiot-proof; we also like the high-resolution information display between the gauges. Backseat comfort is about perfect.
What's Not to Like
The Touareg's new eight-speed automatic transmission isn't nearly as smooth or responsive as the rest of the driving controls. The ride quality is decidedly firm over broken pavement, and you're stuck with it, as the previous Touareg's optional air suspension has been discontinued. Look closely and you'll find some less-than-premium interior materials; the Mercedes M-Class has the edge here. Keyless entry and ignition should be standard at this price point.
Driving Impressions
With the new Touareg, Volkswagen has created what we thought was an oxymoron: a driver's SUV. Other than the Cayenne, we doubt there's a more satisfying ute to drive. It starts with the driving position, which is stellar – an extra-large dead pedal accommodates feet of all sizes and is perfectly aligned with the accelerator, while the seat has seemingly two feet of vertical travel, allowing you to dial in the perfect amount of commanding height. The steering wheel is relatively compact and wonderfully contoured, adding to the sense of control. On the road, the Touareg's precise hydraulic (not electric) steering rack feels like it was yanked out of a sport sedan, and body roll through the corners is quite disciplined for a 5,000-pound brute (yes, the old TDI was even heavier). High-speed stability is exemplary, as is brake feel. Moreover, despite its lowered ride height and lack of low-range gearing, the new Touareg shrugs off washboard desert roads, grooving through whoop-de-dos on its long-travel suspension like a Ford Raptor protégé. Color us impressed.
The all-wheel-drive Volkswagen Touareg TDI is powered by a 3.0-liter turbodiesel V-6 that cranks out 225 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque. The transmission is an eight-speed automatic. We have no complaints about the TDI V-6, which will happily waft you up even the steepest highway grade at a cool 2,000-2,500 rpm. We take issue only with the transmission's leisurely and sometimes clunky gear-changes in automatic mode, which we circumvented by using manual mode most of the time. That's an imperfect solution, though, as the manual gate is located on the passenger side of the shift gate, and there are no shift paddles on the steering wheel. For better transmission performance in this segment, try the ML350 BlueTEC. Towing capacity is a very healthy 7,716 pounds.
Green Evaluation/Gas Mileage
The Touareg TDI is EPA-rated at a laudable 19 miles per gallon in the city, 28 mpg on the highway, and 22 mpg combined. For reference, the Volkswagen Passat V-6 family sedan is rated at 20/28/23, and it weighs about 1,700 pounds less. Like most US-certified diesels these days, the Touareg TDI features a special injection system that sprays a urea solution into the exhaust stream, reducing NOx emissions by up to 90 percent.
Interesting Features and Technology
Let's just run down some of the standard niceties provided in the $52,620 TDI Lux: bi-xenon headlamps, a dual-pane panoramic sunroof, dual-zone automatic climate control with rear climate vents (and a two-prong outlet for rear passengers), front and rear footwell lighting, power split-folding rear seatbacks with illuminated switches on the wall of the cargo bay, a power liftgate…yeah, that's all standard.
Fancy knob-based infotainment systems get all the press these days, but Volkswagen has quietly come up with a superb user-friendly alternative in the Touareg's eight-inch touchscreen interface (standard on TDI Lux). We've rarely encountered a system that achieves such intuitive harmony between the on-screen commands, the physical buttons below the screen, and the auxiliary steering-wheel buttons. The graphical resolution is also top-notch, and that goes for the complementary display in the instrument cluster as well. The VW system offers plenty of neat media features, too, including hard-drive music storage, iPod connectivity, and twin SD-card slots in the glovebox. Shoot, the navigation system even displays the current speed limit.
If you're worried about diesel clatter, don't be. The TDI has a gruff voice if you're standing next to it, but inside the cabin, there's so much sound insulation that you'll barely hear the engine at all. Regarding the interior design, we appreciate it because it manages to be at once upscale and unpretentious. Materials quality is generally high (though the cheesy flip-lid storage bin above the touchscreen would never have been approved by BMW or Benz), yet the controls are no-nonsense and intuitively laid out. The backseat merits special praise for being unusually accommodating, even for large adults.
The Touareg has always been an attractive vehicle, but the first-generation model lost its way toward the end with its shiny chrome face. Happily, order has been restored with the redesigned 2011 Touareg, which has VW's corporate three-slat grille and styling that generally epitomizes tasteful restraint.
Market Segment and Pricing
The Touareg TDI competes in a German-only class of diesel luxury SUVs that includes the Audi Q7 TDI, the BMW X5 xDrive35d, and the Mercedes ML350 BlueTEC. Not only is the VW the cheapest of the bunch with its starting price of $47,950, it's also neck-and-neck with the BMW for most fun to drive. The Mercedes has none of that athleticism, but its ride and transmission are smoother, and its interior is marginally nicer. As for the Q7, it shares the Touareg's powertrain but rides on the first-generation Audi/Porsche/VW platform, so it's still got all that extra weight. We'd skip it unless Audi's third-row seat is an absolute must.
In case you didn't notice, we like the Touareg TDI. A lot. If uncompromising engineering is what you're after, you may have found your next ride.
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I'm trying to create interactive slides in PPT using triggers (where text, images, etc appear when a user clicks on a text box).
Is there a way to play a specific audio clip when a user clicks on a box using the narration editor?
I created the entire presentation, but it's essentially a passive, lecture style presentation. I'm now trying to make it interactive by using triggers, but I would still like to keep the audio clips that explain the terms or concepts on the screen, but play them when the user hits a trigger.
Thank you for your question! iSpring media editor can create only synchronizes audio and video narration for slides. If you want a sound to start playing on click on a specific object, this can be done only using PowerPoint tools.
Nazrul, thanks for sharing your project!


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If the government won't pursue hostage negotiations, help families so they could try.
WASHINGTON – As Americans gather with their families at Christmastime, we should pause to remember four who are not coming home for the holidays.
James Foley will not be with his family in New Hampshire. Steven Sotloff will not be going home to Florida. And Peter Kassig will not be at the table in Indiana. The three men — two journalists and an aid worker — were beheaded this year by the Islamic State terror group, which had taken them hostage in Syria. A fourth American, a female aid worker, remains held by Islamic State captors.
Those responsible for this suffering and death are the barbarians who seized these Americans — pure and simple. But it's also undeniable that their hope of a homecoming was set back by a well-intentioned U.S. policy that doesn't allow their loved ones to negotiate for their safe return.
In theory, the no-ransom policy makes sense as part of an overall strategy that says no negotiations with terrorists. But in practice, American purity in this area is neither real (the United States often cuts deals with terrorists and their sponsors) nor productive.
There's no call for the United States to go as far as European countries, which officially deny paying ransom but which quietly have paid tens of millions of dollars to free hostages. Still, the U.S. alternative — attempting rescue raids for hostages (one in Syria and two in Yemen) — has been both deadly and fruitless.
What the Obama administration could do, rather, is to drop any suggestion that families and would-be donors could be turned into criminals for trying to save their kin and fellow Americans. If the government isn't willing to pursue hostage negotiations, it could at least help families and other private parties make diplomatic connections so they could give it a try.
The administration has argued that paying ransom and bargaining with terrorists would make Americans more vulnerable to hostage-taking. But the hard-line stance clearly hasn't stopped terrorists from seizing Americans; it means only that these Americans are more likely to die. It's also unpersuasive for the Obama administration to claim an absolute position against dealing with terrorists. The administration recently traded five high-value Taliban leaders for the release of captive U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl. In Iran, the Obama administration didn't object when three American hikers and a Canadian Iranian correspondent for Newsweek were released after paying bail of as much as $500,000.
Just last week, the administration agreed to release three imprisoned Cuban spies in a swap with Cuba for a U.S. intelligence agent and the "humanitarian" release of political prisoner Alan Gross. Around the same time, Sony Pictures Entertainment bowed to threats of violence made by North Korea, pulling its provocative film "The Interview" and surrendering a reported $90 million (it has since opted for a "limited release").
Sony's buckling to terrorist threats dwarfs the modest hopes of the families of hostages to attempt to buy the freedom of their loved ones. Such efforts won't always work, of course. But it would be humane to abandon a policy that compounds the suffering of hostages' parents by punishing them for trying to help their children.


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I am now 6 weeks pregnant with twins. I used Clomid days 5-9 and triggered on day 15 with IUI on day 16. Hard to say if I had any symptoms during TWW as I was sick with an Upper Respiratory Infection. Beta on day 14 HCG at 206 and progesterone 32.1, second beta 48 hrs later HCG 556. We used donor 5341.This was our first time using 5341 and our second iui trying to conceive (our first IUI ended in ectopic twins).
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Yay twins!!!! Congratulations. I am currently 10.5 weeks pregnant with twins too! We had about the same fertility treatment, almost exact! Can't wait to welcome our twins into the World!


Episodes of The Lion Guard will be headlining 'Big Adventure Wednesdays' on Disney Junior throughout September. Fans of The Lion Guard will be delighted to hear that these wonderful creatures are the stars of Big Adventure Wednesdays from 7th September, a weekly block of four back to back episodes of top shows packed with animated adventures.
It starts each week at 5pm with The Lion Guard, followed by P.J. Masks (5.30pm), and Miles from Tomorrow (6pm) before The Lion Guard returns to conclude the adventures at 6.30pm.
Catch Emma Bunton in The Lion Guard on Monday, October 3rd at 5.00 pm on Disney Junior. The Lion Guard will air daily throughout September, plus don't miss episodes of other Disney Junior favourites including Doc McStuffins, Sofia the First and Miles from Tomorrow.
To celebrate The Lion Guard on Disney Junior's Big Adventure Wednesdays, Boo Roo and Tigger Too are lucky enough to have two The Lion Guard goodie packs (including The Lion Guard caps, activity sets, drawstring bags and more!) to giveaway.
I am "told" Kioon !!!
Kion we like a lot!
Oh it has to be Kion!
It has to be Bunga here.
Bunga is our favourite here!
Kion is my little boy's favourite.
has to be kion for us, fab!
We like Beshte the hippo in our house!
Bunga is a firm favourite in our house.
Kion, though it's really hard to choose!
My 3 girls love the Lion Guard and all things Lion King. My youngest twin (by a whole minute) loves Bunga, she spends most of her day singing Bunga the wise and the three of them pretend to be the characters all the time. This would absolutely be the best present that Paige could receive.
I like Mtoto. and the Believe in yourself song.
it has to be Kion!
Kion as mischievous as his Dad was.
We think that Bunga is awesome!
Kion wins for the 2 little rascals here!
I haven't seen it myself. Can I still enter? I gather Kion is a favourite.
My girls love The Lion Guard. They are always watching it and listening to the soundtrack in the car. They love pretending to be the characters and their favourites are Kion, Bunga and Janja.
My youngest loves Kion and the oldest loves Fuli, I like Beshte and my husband has no idea what we are talking about!!
In our house Kion is the favourite, but as Simba was previously it makes sense they love him so much.
Beshte, It's those eyes that do it!
My favourite would be Fuli but my son like Kion.
We like Scar in our house.
Kion is our favourite character.
Bunga by a whisker, apparently!
Kuli is my little ones.
Mufasa is my favourite character.
We watch this quite regularly. Both kids like any of the "cats". Kion.
My son loves Kion and my daughter loves Bunga. I quite like Besthe.
I like it when Timon and Pumba show up, although my little girl likes Bunga!
Must be Kion, of course!
My daughter's favourite is Bunga.
My kids love kion, Bungas a close second!
We love Kioon <3 <3 <3 !!!
My daughter loves The Lion Guard, her favourite character is Bunga because she thinks he's funny, but she loves Timone & Pumba too.
According to my daughter it's Kiara.
Bunga is great. We love him!


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TV ReviewsInto The BadlandsSeason 1
Into The Badlands holds the wrong focus
David Kallison
Into The BadlandsSeason 1
Two Tigers Subdue Dragons
It makes no sense why The Widow and her clan are not the center of this show. Composed and calculating, but with a through line of empathy, The Widow is a fully realized protagonist and her daughter, Tilda, a wonderful sometimes companion, sometimes foil. It's the type of relationship that does not exist between Sunny and MK, the ostensible main characters of the show, and it's frustrating to watch dramatic possibilities go largely to waste. instead, Into The Badlands delivers another uneven episode that hints at more potential.
As the name of the episode implies, triumvirates play a large role In "Two Tigers Subdue Dragons," the fourth of a short six episode season. The main threeway is between the barons themselves, Quinn (our baron, so to speak), The Widow, and newcomer Jacoby, whose tribe is so into mining gold, they use their pickaxes as weapons. The Jacobys are pissed that Quinn took the oil fields, Quinn is pissed that The Widow keeps trying to kill his entire populace, and The Widow is pissed she got run out by Quinn. So, a parlay is in order.
Parlay comes to us via the Latin word par, which means equal (think parity). The main emotional hooks of the episode comes from a desire of each character to feel equal to another. MK, who goes into beast mode when he bleeds, desperately wants to be on par with his mentor Sunny. Disappointing is that these emotions are no different than they have been since the second episode; MK hasn't changed at all. He's training, but impatient, wanting to both to go on cool Clipper missions while also wanting to figure out how to bail out of the Badlands.
This dynamic, Sunny and MK's desire to escape the Badlands, but their continued willingness (or obligation) to serve Quinn and his empire, fails to properly materialize into believable emotions. The only other interactions Sunny and MK have are about training. They don't talk about the inherit tension of having to bust ass for a man, for an institution, they both want to escape. They don't talk about how to manipulate their surroundings to achieve that. And so their bond dissolves and weakens with each episode and that doesn't feel like an intentional choice from the creators.
It is heavily implied, interestingly but somewhat clumsily, that Tilda was raped by her father, The Widow's husband. That's a heavy bomb to drop, but it contextualizes The Widow's desire for power in a way the other characters lack. It also opens a Pandora's box of fucked up feelings between Tilda and The Widow, the wife of her abuser. The Widow wants to create a world where men are not in the position to exploit their power the way her husband did. It's rare to see such a demonstratively feminist character on television, especially in a genre show, and it's really refreshing. Again, it makes me want Into The Badlands to focus more on The Widow and Tilda, whose blue eyes stop MK's hulk fists after he is cut in the graveyard.
The Widow pulls off a smart trick and it's an example of political machinations we haven't seen yet on Into The Badlands. Honestly, the show could use a little more clever. The Widows ambush a Jacoby gold transport and then frames one of Quinn's Clippers for the robbery. In turn, Jacoby beheads one of Quinn's scouts and helpfully carves "PARLAY" into his forehead. Quinn still sends Ryder to parlay with Jacoby, but everyone involved is wary, a powder keg needing only a spark to ignite it.
At the parlay in the cemetery, that spark comes from a Jacoby axe that Tilda throws at Quinn's head. Luckily, MK, against orders, snuck along to the cemetery, and yells out a warning. The whole thing is a clever trick, but some of the logic of the show sags among the clinking swords. If this was all a set up to make Jacoby and Quinn fight each other, why would Tilda even bring her Widow ninja stars (aka The Widow's business card)? For all of the puzzle pieces that had to click into place, it seems a thoughtless mistake. Also, why would MK save The Baron? (Did he even know he was saving The Baron? We don't know.) However you slice it, The Baron dying helps MK's escape. And wouldn't the chaos of war make escape easier? Why are MK and Sunny even talking about "forms" instead of what's best politically for their uneasy alliance? Into The Badlands takes some logical leaps I can buy like the lack guns and the presence of bonkers accents, but in "Two Tigers Subdue Dragons," it violates its own emotional logic and that hinders the enjoyability of the episode.
Meanwhile, Ryder, wanting to be an equal of his father, is dragged into a threesome of his own with Zephyr (Jacoby's Regent) and The Widow. At the same time, The Widow has bribed Quinn's cogs to her side with the Jacoby gold, incensing Quinn and setting up the last act of the season. Finally, Sunny meets with the River King (seems like a nice dude) who reveals that MK straight up murdered about 30 of his cogs on the ship ride into the Badlands. The River King demands MK's head in exchange for safe passage out of the Badlands, ending the episode with the first interesting cliffhanger of the season.
"Two Tigers Subdue Dragons" offers up a lot and succeeds occasionally. However, the main characters, Sunny and MK, are far more boring than anyone else around them and while the others feel powerful, Sunny comes of as impotent. As Sunny himself said, "You need to learn to make the unexpected move."


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import urllib2
import json
import os
import os.path
import subprocess

def api(route):
    response = urllib2.urlopen("https://api.github.com%s" % route).read()
    return json.loads(response)

def get_version_str(ref):
    return ref["ref"].split("/")[-1]

def get_from_user(prompt, default, validate):
    result = None
    while result is None:
        user_entered_data = raw_input(prompt + " [%s] " % default)
        if not user_entered_data:
            result = default
        elif validate(user_entered_data):
            result = user_entered_data

    return result

print ""
print "DOWNLOADING SSLOL. DON'T PANIC, AND DON'T TELL ANYONE THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS."
print ""

refs = api("/repos/eboto/sslol/git/refs")
versions = [ref for ref in refs if "tags/v" in ref["ref"]] # lol

versions.sort(key=lambda v: v["ref"])
versions.reverse()

king = versions[0]

print "Available Versions:"

for version in versions:
    version_str = get_version_str(version)
    print "\t%s" % version_str,

    if version is king:
        print " (most recent)"
    else:
        print ""

user_version = None

print ""

while user_version is None:
    inputted_version = raw_input("Get which version? [%s] " % get_version_str(king))
    if not inputted_version:
        user_version = king
    else:
        try:
            user_version = next(ver for ver in versions if get_version_str(ver) == inputted_version)
        except StopIteration:
            print "\tEnter a version from the list above"
            pass

version_str = get_version_str(user_version)
print "Gonna get version %s" % get_version_str(user_version)
print ""

filename = "SSLOL-%s.scala" % version_str
current_dir = os.getcwd()

def validate_dir(dir):
    result = os.path.isdir(dir)
    if not result:
        print "Valid directory if you please!\n"
    return result

target_dir = get_from_user("Where to put %s?" % filename, current_dir, validate_dir)
target_file_spec = "%s/%s" % (target_dir, filename)

subprocess.call(["curl", "https://raw.github.com/eboto/sslol/%s/SSLOL.scala" % version_str, "--output", target_file_spec])
print ""
print "Aaand done. Go to your target directory and type `sbt console` to play with it."

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