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/* $Id: iprt-openssl.h $ */
/** @file
 * IPRT - Internal header for the OpenSSL helpers.
 */

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2015 Oracle Corporation
 *
 * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
 * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
 * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
 * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
 * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
 * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
 * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
 *
 * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
 * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
 * (CDDL) only, as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file of the
 * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the
 * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
 *
 * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
 * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
 */

#ifndef ___internal_iprt_openssl_h
#define ___internal_iprt_openssl_h

#include <iprt/crypto/x509.h>

RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN

DECLHIDDEN(void) rtCrOpenSslInit(void);
DECLHIDDEN(int)  rtCrOpenSslErrInfoCallback(const char *pach, size_t cch, void *pvUser);
DECLHIDDEN(int)  rtCrOpenSslAddX509CertToStack(void *pvOsslStack, PCRTCRX509CERTIFICATE pCert);

RT_C_DECLS_END

#endif


This photo taken on March 14, 2019 shows residents of Barangka in Manila, gathering water. Manila has been hit by its worst water shortage in years, leaving bucket-bearing families to wait hours for a fill up from tanker trucks and some hospitals to turn away less urgent cases.
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte and water regulators were set to meet Tuesday to discuss the water crisis that Malacañang has blamed on mismanagement of officials and utilities.
The president and officials of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System were scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m., according to presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo.
"Perhaps the MWSS will explain," Panelo said in a chance interview.
"Perhaps they will report latest developments. Perhaps they will report to him on how they complied with his directive," he added.
Duterte has ordered MWSS to compel water utilities and offices involved in water management to deliver enough water to affected households and to release water from Angat Dam to address supply issues.
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said the water crisis would have been "much less of a threat" if the Kaliwa Dam were built during previous administrations. The dam will be funded through an official development assistance from China and will be built by China Energy Engineering Corp.
But environment groups and local officials are opposed to the construction of the dam, saying it would cause floods, displace residents and destroy Sierra Madre's diversity.
Panelo said the administration could stop the Kaliwa Dam project if it is fraught with anomalies.
"It will push through until perhaps anomalies are discovered," the presidential spokesman said.
"Of course, the president can stop anything unless there is a contract already. There might be impairment of obligations in the contract. But it can be (stopped) if there was fraud in entering it," he added.
Panelo, also the president's chief legal counsel, said the project would be implemented "unless it's stopped by the president." He said it would be up to Duterte to decide whether to reevaluate its deal with China.
"We will leave it to his judgment call. But if you ask me personally, if the advantage is so clear, if it is true that the Chinese proposal is onerous, I think we should look into it," Panelo added.
Panelo said he would ask the National Economic and Development Authority why it preferred the Chinese deal over the proposal by Japanese firm Global Utility Development Corp. The Japanese firm has expressed readiness to build the Kaliwa Dam under a 25-year Build-Operate-Transfer scheme. Its proposal costs about $410 million.
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I Have Become Embered (The One About Dark Souls 3)
First, my apologies for being MIA for a while; I've had a big helping of life smack me in the face on top of investing +70 hours in Dark Souls 3, so I've been a bit preoccupied!
I gotta say, the masterminds behind Dark Souls 3 have really outdone themselves. After investing as much time as I have, which I have defeated every single boss, I can say that this is my favorite entry in the Dark Souls Trilogy. The boss battles are challenging, the puzzles are clever, and the locations are gorgeous. Jolly cooperation is the best of the series, and PVP is exactly what you'd expect from Dark Souls; entirely unpredictable, yet fun and grueling.
Which is why I'm somewhat upset with some of the community bashing/trash talking arguably the best entry in the series. This doesn't seem to be coming from the "core" Dark Souls fans; it's coming from people who are either new to the series or casual players. Mind you, there's nothing wrong with either player type...if it were nearly any other game, I would consider myself a pretty casual gamer. And I was new to the series at one point (having dropped in at Dark Souls 2,) so I will relate to some of the new gamer frustrations with the game. What I cannot relate to, however, is the nonsensical whimpering of those who simply don't "get it."
I would like to say that, to those claiming the game is too "easy" and made for a wider audience; you obviously didn't continue to play after the final boss fight. This was experienced first hand by one of our members in our online group, or clan, which they now must go back through the game on a much harder difficulty and fight these monstrosities for the first time. If you're speed running through the game to collect the best gear/armor and not spending time reading the lore and exploring literally every single nook and cranny, I feel that you're doing it wrong and should be playing more linear games (Lords of the Fallen may be a good alternative for you...not kidding...I love that game!)
This is a game full of challenge and reward...if you're willing to invest the time. Even with as much as I've put in, I have barely scratched the surface of the underlying story. The crew and I have done very minimal guide look-ups, only referencing the bare minimum while still maintaining the sense of awe and wonder the series is so famous for (I will admit, however, that I did look up one boss battle, but I was getting STOMPED.) At end game, you're main hurdle is finding a good fight via PVP. If you're finding that to be a breeze, it's time to up your game to New Game Plus.
And in regards to the complaining about stats, frame rates, etc, they're all trivial things. The stats work near exactly as they did in the last entry, and, if you're not able to best your fellow "Embered One" in PVP because they maxed out one or two stats, you have some character leveling to do. The frame rate rant, in my opinion, is bogus as well; with as many giant creatures, multiple minions, and up to six PVP-ers in a world at once, 30 fps was the obvious way to go to avoid issues. Mind you, this argument is for the vanilla launch, so the horrible experiences players are having with patch 1.04 aren't being debated here. But players knew of this before launch if they paid attention to anything that was published beforehand.
While it may be irritating, I'm not letting the whiny, yet very vocal, few cast a shadow over an excellent game. Regardless of your previous experience with the Dark Souls series (or lack of,) this is a phenomenal game that is more than worthy of your time...I plan on investing plenty more of mine before moving on!
If you'd like, I invite you to check out my YouTube page, TheStarSmasher, or follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for regular updates, pics, videos, and random nonsense! Also, there will be a central hub for everything soon (a dedicated "website," if you will,) which I will be sure to update on soon(ish)!

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Not (entirely) an accident: Going viral requires preparation
Getting a video to go viral on social media is like hitting in baseball: You need to be ready for every single pitch, understand that only a small percentage of swings will yield a base hit and accept that everything has to line up perfectly in order for you to hit a home run.
Newsrooms, like the batting box, are a place where you wait with the knowledge that something will be thrown in your direction. Digital producers need to develop an eye for those good pitches, swing when appropriate and then be ready to reset and go again.
Take as an example our Stay & Play video playlist on Facebook.
We add a few videos to that list every month, focused on content about fun and exciting events happening in the area. We want to celebrate local festivals, reveal the story behind big events and share ways people can get involved.
Content for these items comes from repurposed video, which was originally collected for WCVB's traditional television stories or episodes of Chronicle. We apply unique graphics and music, designed specifically for social media.
Most of these videos are base hits, garnering tens of thousands of views on the Facebook platform. Occasionally we might hit a double or a triple.
Recently, however, we hit a grand slam — an international viral video that is a perfect example of preparing and executing as a team.
Work on our viral video about the annual greasy pole contest held at St. Peter's Fiesta in Gloucester began a year earlier, with the observation that a competitor had covered the event. We made a point of putting the event onto our calendar for this year and suggesting it for coverage across multiple platforms.
As with most at-bats, there was more than one swing at this pitch. Our live stream of the event was fine, but it wasn't a smash.
But by empowering a junior member of the team, we were able to take another swing — and this time hit the home run.
After being published to Facebook on June 29, the hilarious video went viral and has accumulated more than 150 million views on that platform. Tens of millions came from within the United States, but it exploded again when the video jumped to India, where apparently they have a tradition of greasy pole climbing.
We were prepared, we were practiced and, eventually, there was a perfect pitch for our team to hit. That's enough to make any skipper proud.
The race to be second
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package com.topview.po.major;

import java.util.Date;

/**
 * 专业各类文章的实体类
 * @author Garson
 *
 */
public class MajorArticle {

	//专业id
	private Long majorId;
	//板块id(1为专业建设板块,2为专业发展板块,3为专业人才培养板块)
	private int modelId;
	//文章内容
	private String article;
	//文章标题
	private String articleTitle;
	//相关的课程名称
	private String courseName;
	//文章创建时间
	private Date createTime;
	//文章修改时间
	private Date modifiedTime;

	public MajorArticle() {
		super();
	}

	/**
	 * 搜索专业课程文章,分页显示标题的构造方法
	 * @param courseName 课程名称
	 * @param articleTitle 文章标题
	 */
	public MajorArticle(String courseName, String articleTitle, Date createTime) {
		super();
		this.createTime = createTime;
		this.courseName = courseName;
		this.articleTitle = articleTitle;
	}

	/**
	 * 搜索专业课程文章的构造方法
	 * @param article 文章内容
	 * @param articleTitle 文章标题
	 * @param createTime 文章创建时间
	 * @param modifiedTime 文章修改时间
	 */
	public MajorArticle(String article, String articleTitle, Date createTime,
			Date modifiedTime) {
		super();
		this.article = article;
		this.articleTitle = articleTitle;
		this.createTime = createTime;
		this.modifiedTime = modifiedTime;
	}

	/**
	 * 搜索其他专业板块文章的构造方法
	 * @param majorId 专业id
	 * @param article 文章内容
	 * @param createTime 文章创建时间
	 * @param modifiedTime 文章修改时间
	 */
	public MajorArticle(Long majorId , String article, Date createTime,
			Date modifiedTime) {
		super();
		this.majorId = majorId;
		this.article = article;
		this.createTime = createTime;
		this.modifiedTime = modifiedTime;
	}

	/**
	 * 添加专业课程板块文章的构造方法
	 * @param majorId 专业id
	 * @param courseName 课程名称
	 * @param article 文章内容
	 * @param articleTitle 文章标题
	 * @param createTime 文章创建时间
	 * @param modifiedTime 文章修改时间
	 */
	public MajorArticle(Long majorId, String courseName, String article,
			String articleTitle, Date createTime, Date modifiedTime) {
		super();
		this.majorId = majorId;
		this.courseName = courseName;
		this.article = article;
		this.articleTitle = articleTitle;
		this.createTime = createTime;
		this.modifiedTime = modifiedTime;
	}

	/**
	 * 添加其他专业模块文章的构造方法
	 * @param majorId 专业id
	 * @param article 文章内容
	 * @param createTime 文章创建时间
	 * @param modifiedTime 文章修改时间
	 */
	public MajorArticle(Long majorId, String article, Date createTime,
			Date modifiedTime, int modelId) {
		super();
		this.majorId = majorId;
		this.article = article;
		this.createTime = createTime;
		this.modifiedTime = modifiedTime;
		this.modelId = modelId;
	}

	/**
	 * 修改专业课程板块文章的构造方法
	 * @param majorId 专业id
	 * @param courseName 课程名称
	 * @param article 文章内容
	 * @param articleTitle 文章标题
	 * @param modifiedTime 文章修改时间
	 */
	public MajorArticle(Long majorId, String courseName, String article,
			String articleTitle, Date modifiedTime) {
		super();
		this.majorId = majorId;
		this.courseName = courseName;
		this.article = article;
		this.articleTitle = articleTitle;
		this.modifiedTime = modifiedTime;
	}

	/**
	 * 修改其他专业板块文章的构造方法
	 * @param majorId 专业id
	 * @param article 文章内容
	 * @param modifiedTime 文章修改时间
	 */
	public MajorArticle(Long majorId, String article, Date modifiedTime, int modelId) {
		super();
		this.majorId = majorId;
		this.article = article;
		this.modifiedTime = modifiedTime;
		this.modelId = modelId;
	}

	public Long getMajorId() {
		return majorId;
	}
	public void setMajorId(Long majorId) {
		this.majorId = majorId;
	}
	public int getModelId() {
		return modelId;
	}
	public void setModelId(int modelId) {
		this.modelId = modelId;
	}
	public String getArticle() {
		return article;
	}
	public void setArticle(String article) {
		this.article = article;
	}
	public String getArticleTitle() { return articleTitle; }
	public void setArticleTitle(String articleTitle) { this.articleTitle = articleTitle; }
	public void setCourseName(String courseName){this.courseName = courseName; }
	public String getCourseName(){return courseName; }
	public Date getCreateTime() {
		return createTime;
	}
	public void setCreateTime(Date createTime) {
		this.createTime = createTime;
	}
	public Date getModifiedTime() {
		return modifiedTime;
	}
	public void setModifiedTime(Date modifiedTime) {
		this.modifiedTime = modifiedTime;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return "MajorArticle{" +
				"majorId=" + majorId +
				", modelId=" + modelId +
				", article='" + article + '\'' +
				", articleTitle='" + articleTitle + '\'' +
				", courseName='" + courseName + '\'' +
				", createTime=" + createTime +
				", modifiedTime=" + modifiedTime +
				'}';
	}
}

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Inside Scenic Neptune, Scenic Eclipse's Submarine (Photo: Scenic Cruises)
First Time Cruiser
Under the Sea: Cruise Ships with Submarines
Dori Saltzman
By Dori Saltzman
Today's luxury expedition cruise ships have gadgets and gizmos aplenty, including four cruise ships with submarines. Holding from two to six cruise passengers, these subs can dive almost as far as 1,000 feet below sea level and can offer up to nearly 360-degree views of undersea scenery few ever get to see. If you'd like to be part of that world, here's what you need to know about the submarines on these four cruise ships.
Related: Why Scenic Eclipse Is the Luxury Cruise Ship for You
Scenic's first yacht-style expedition ship has a submarine called Scenic Neptune. The six-passenger sub (a U-Boat Worx Cruise Sub 7) is capable of diving up to 984 feet below sea level. Seats rotate 280 degrees and participants can take in the underwater view from every direction through the dual acrylic sphere windows. Tours in the sub -- up to eight a day -- cost extra (several hundred dollars) and last 20 or 40 minutes. (If you're prefer to head up in the air, Scenic Eclipse also has two helicopters.)
Crystal Esprit
Related: Crystal Esprit Vs. SeaDream Yacht Club
When it debuted in 2015, Crystal Esprit -- Crystal Cruises' 62-passenger luxury yacht -- introduced the world to the concept of a submarine on a cruise ship. Esprit's sub (a C-Explorer 3) can hold three people (the operator and two passengers), descend about 1,000 feet and reach speeds of up to 3 knots. The sub also has a 360-degree Plexiglas hull perfect for reef and marine life spotting. Dives are 20 to 30 minutes long and cost upward of $500.
Related: Crystal Cruises vs. Seabourn Cruise Line
Seabourn Venture
Seabourn Venture, the first expedition-specific vessel for Seabourn Cruises, will carry two of the same submarines that Scenic Eclipse has when it launches June 2021, but these will be modified slightly for Seabourn. Just like on Eclipse, the battery-powered subs will carry six passengers, plus a pilot, and will be able to dive to depths of up to 984 feet below sea level while offering 280-degree unobstructed views.
However, these subs will also be outfitted with special technology, including a 4k underwater video camera that will record the seas outside and an internal video recording system that will capture and film passenger reactions to their surroundings. A six-function manipulator arm capable of lifting up to 70 pounds will also be mounted on the side of the sub in case the pilot wants to move or inspect something. Subs will be operated multiple times per day in regions around the world where conditions are suitable; dives will cost extra.
Related: Antarctic Cruises from Tasmania, Australia and New Zealand
When it launches in August 2020, Crystal Endeavor will be the second Crystal cruise ship with a submarine. The first ship in the line's expedition fleet, Endeavor will offer a submersible larger than the one on Esprit, carrying six passengers (plus the pilot). No further information about the submarine has been released yet.
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Some of Canadians' favourite vacations will soon go the way of gas-guzzling cars and fur coats.
Putting on the Ritz is out. As are the usual mass migrations into and onto constructed and natural wonders tourists have gradually been destroying over the centuries such as the Coliseum and Great Barrier Reef to name just two.
The great Roman statesman Seneca once commended travel for improving the mind.
The problem began some fifteen hundred years or so later when the Industrial Revolution got a hold of leisure travel. BAZINGA, it conceived a monster that seemed like a good idea.
Consider these figures: International arrivals hit 25 million in 1950, 806 million in 2005 and will double again by 2020. When that many people on constant mass migrations go to the same urban areas and ecosystems, long-term effects can be traumatic.
Despite its "Hands Up!", fun-filled image, tourism as a polluter is up there with the big bad boys like chemicals and cars, a trillion-dollar industry accounting for 8 per cent of employment, 5 per cent of global GDP and not surprisingly 5 per cent of greenhouse gases.
As a country, it would be the fourth worst polluter in the world, Left unchecked, travel-related CO2 emissions will increase by 152 per cent in less than thirty years.
But amidst the gloom in a recent special advance online release of a report called "Investing in the Tourist Industry" the UN Environmental Protection Agency sees cause for optimism, especially how "green" travel, is growing six times faster than traditional travel.
The new travel chic for young and old, is various forms of sustainable tourism such as: 'nature-based tourism', 'ecotourism' and 'cultural tourism." The UN notes, "some say that what we presently call 'alternative' will be the 'mainstream' in a decade", though declining to elaborate on who the "some" saying that actually are.
The itineraries of the au courant now tend to harvesting organic coffee in Hawaii and roses in Azerbaijan. Or saving at-risk wildlife in Namibia.
A Google search turns up a bevy of organizations with catchy acronyms like TIES (The International Ecotourism Society) which provides links to approved tour operators.or WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms).
WWOOF, pronounced as a dog barks, was invented in 1971 by a London, England office worker who thought organic farms could use a hand from urban dwellers who could use a weekend in the lovely English countryside.
It has grown into a huge network of farm hosts in over a hundred countries around the world, where willing workers trade their labour for room and board in what economists, should they ever write about it, would call a barter exchange.
Canadian destinations range from the Queen Charlottes in the west to Bonavista in the Far East. And from the Northwest Territories to, for those who feel uneasy straying from the Centre of the Universe, a short commute from Toronto, WWOOF is not just a clever, catchy acronym, it has achieved that elite web status of being both noun and verb.
WWOOF's network of thousands of organic farms around the world is the kind of option the United Nations no less says is urgently required. WWOOF connects organic farmers looking for a hand with travellers looking for new experiences and more environmentally responsible choices as they have for other consumer goods such as clothing, cars and deodorant.
It's that planet-friendly kind of travel that's growing six times faster than traditional travel.
So how does WWOOF work, and save the planet?
The more people who work on sustainable farms, the less demand there is for giant resorts that can impact coastlines coral reefs, wildlife and vulnerable cultures. Plus, WWOOFing can offset much of the GHGs created by the jet travel by the increase in sustainable farm production.
How does it get you where you want to go? First it is NOT a travel booking agency. It can connect you with all kinds of farms from Alaska to Zimbabwe. But it's DIY from there.
Clearly not a great idea for the serious carnivore. But it beats the hell out of margaritas at the swim-up bar at the all-inclusive resort in all kinds of ways. And that is the point. Besides, how many chances do you get to work at a place called the Vulture Restaurant? The selfie: Viral. The sense of accomplishment? Endless.


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Kudos to New Catholic Fair Trade Universities
July 12, 2017 June 30, 2017 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities News Catholic Mission, Fair Trade, Fair Trade Campaigns, Rockhurst University, St. John's University, University of Dayton
Congratulations to Rockhurst University, University of Dayton, and St. John's University for becoming Fair Trade Certified Universities during the past academic year!
Rockhurst University became the first Fair Trade University in Missouri in November. After years of hard work by the Rockhurst University Fair Trade Initiative raising awareness on campus, students are thrilled to be the first in the state. Gerald Moench, the University's chief financial officer, commented that "it's a reminder to our University community to always strive to move forward with ethics and our Jesuit commitment to social justice in mind."
University of Dayton celebrated their designation as a Fair Trade University with a reception at the campus bookstore and a video documenting the event.
St. John's University became a Fair Trade University in March. Executive vice president for Mission, Reverend Bernard M. Tracey, C.M., connects this resolution with University identity, saying "We are called as a Vincentian institution not only to respond to the needs of those marginalized in society, but to study, research and provide solutions to the root causes of poverty."
To learn more on how your institution can become Fair Trade Certified, visit the Fair Trade Campaigns website. To learn more about Fair Trade at ACCU institutions, visit our new webpage at www.accunet.org/FairTrade
Manhattan College Opens Student Run Fair Trade Store
June 30, 2017 June 28, 2017 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities News Fair Trade, Lasallian, Manhattan College, student-run
Last spring, when students from Manhattan College's School of Business were brainstorming potential group projects for the 2016-17 academic year, Dean Salwa Ammar, Ph.D. and Gwendolyn Tedeschi, Ph.D., brought up the idea of a student-run store focusing on selling fair trade products. A large group of students quickly embraced the idea and it has become a popular space for buying, selling and entrepreneurship in action.
The idea was a logical partnership of the School of Business's innovative culture and the leadership of Campus Ministry and Social Action's in the fair trade movement. In 2012, Manhattan College became the first Fair Trade Certified College in New York City. The fair trade store directly furthers this mission.
"We could've opened up a store and sold anything," Aileen Farrelly '95, assistant professor and assistant dean in the School of Business, said. "Fair trade embodies our Lasallian values, is critical to the College's mission, and using fair trade products to launch this project helped our students learn about all aspects of running a business."
Reflecting on World Oceans Day
June 8, 2017 June 7, 2017 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities News advocacy, care for creation, coalition of catholic organizations against human trafficking, environmental justice, Fair Trade, Fair Trade USA, human trafficking, oceans, Sustainability, World Oceans Day
Today, June 8, is World Oceans Day, founded in 2002 to celebrate, honor, help protect and conserve the oceans. Events in honor of World Oceans Day will occur across the globe. For some, this holiday prompts reflection on the issues related to oceans, such as sustainability and human trafficking practices in the seafood industry.
Over the past two years, the Coalition of Catholic Organizations Against Human Trafficking has coordinated advocacy efforts to encourage seafood companies to eradicate human trafficking practices. In 2016, the Coalition sponsored a postcard campaign, while in 2017 they focused on encouraging seafood companies who are cleaning up their supply chains to label their products. Read more about this year's project on their website.
In honor of World Oceans Day, Fair Trade USA has launched a campaign encouraging consumers to purchase seafood that is produced in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Launched in 2014, their certification of seafood products allows consumers to make purchases that have been shown to meet rigorous standards for workers in the fishing industry. Learn more about their work on their website.
How will your campus celebrate and reflect on World Oceans Day? Let us know!
Celebrate World Fair Trade Day!
May 11, 2017 May 9, 2017 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Events Event ideas, Fair Trade, Fair Trade Challenge, World Fair Trade Day
May 13 is the fifteenth annual celebration of World Fair Trade Day. Mark the day by hosting or attending an event or by enjoying a favorite Fair Trade product!
Ideas for events to celebrate fair trade are a film screening, bake sale, fair trade fashion show, or hosting a coffee hour. If you host an event in your community, register it with the Fair Trade Challenge or use the website to find an event to attend. Fair Trade Federation also offers resources to spread education on fair trade on their website.
Living Our Values: Colleges Promote Fair Trade
February 23, 2017 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Campus, Resources Carroll College, Catholic Relief Services, CRS, CRS Ethical Trade, Ethical trade, Fair Trade, Fair Trade Campaigns, human dignity, newsletter, rights of workers, St. Norbert College
As institutions inspired by faith, Catholic colleges and universities live their values in many ways, including through academic pursuits, business decisions, and student activities. One way Catholic colleges and universities reflect their mission to care for the poor and vulnerable throughout the world by protecting the rights of workers, upholding ethical economic practices and supporting sustainable environmental practices is through fair trade.
Fair trade is a designation placed on products to ensure that producers are paid a fair price for what they create by examining factors like price, labor conditions, sustainability, and community development. Carroll College and St. Norbert College are two examples of Catholic institutions that have successfully implemented different strategies to raise awareness for fair trade products and practices in creative ways.
Carroll College has promoted fair trade through academic courses, student life, and the Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice. Fair trade principles and practices were introduced in the class "Theological Foundations," part of Carroll's core curriculum, as a case study during a unit on Catholic Social Teaching. Another course, "Market Research," also examined the issue of fair trade through a research project on fair trade awareness in the community and on campus. Using research from this project, students from the Enactus student club, which focuses on developing business skills, designed a pocket-sized brochure on fair trade and Catholic Social Teaching, which also listed businesses in Helena selling fair trade products. More than 4,000 copies of the brochure were distributed across the Carroll and Helena communities. The student life department, with the Hunthausen Center, also sponsored a public fair trade market in the campus center where fair trade products were made available for purchase. Additionally, three "Fair Trade Friday" events featuring free samples of fair trade products and information on fair trade practices were held in the campus center, promoting greater awareness of the issue. These fair trade–focused projects were funded through the Global Solidarity Grant program, a collaborative program of ACCU and Catholic Relief Services that awards funding to Catholic colleges and universities to increase awareness of global injustice and expand student involvement in bringing about change. After signing a fair trade resolution, Carroll College became a Fair Trade certified university in 2016, the first university in Montana to be certified as such.
Another Global Solidarity Grant recipient, St. Norbert College, incorporated art into the discussion of fair trade. On exhibition in the Baer Gallery of the Bush Art Center was photographer Lisa Kristine's work "Enslaved: A Visual Story of Modern Day Slavery." St. Norbert hosted a reception with Catholic Relief Services called "Shine a Light" that used the powerful images on display to present a testimony of the need for change in the area of fair and ethical trade. Featured speaker Caroline Brennan, Senior Communications Officer at Catholic Relief Services, discussed the effects of fair trade programs around the world and how attendees could become involved. She also shared her own story and photographs as a member of the CRS emergency response team to an audience of faculty, students, and members of the local community. At the end of the reception, hundreds of postcards in support of the Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act were signed by visitors to the exhibit and reception attendees and given to representatives of Catholic Relief Services to send to Congressional representatives.
St. Norbert College students also run a fair trade business called Discoveries International. Run by international business students, Discoveries International sells fair trade items, such as jewelry, coffee, and tea, donating the profits to charities chosen by the group. For the 2016-2017 academic year, Discoveries International is donating to Feed My Starving Children, The Zambia Project, and Doctors without Borders. This business incorporates support for ethical markets with the teaching of management skills to students who are going to be involved in the international market.
Bring Fair Trade to Your Campus
Colleges and universities can connect with Catholic Relief Services Ethical Trade to help promote fair trade principles on their campus. CRS Ethical Trade provides academic resources that include various modules related specifically to incorporating fair trade and labor issues in the curriculum. In addition, they provide campus engagement materials, ranging from prayers to event ideas, that can help raise awareness on the issue of fair labor practices in the campus community. From their experience working with many campuses on promoting fair trade, CRS Ethical Trade tells success stories of Catholic colleges and universities that used the CRS Student Ambassador program to incorporate educational and faith formation resources into campus life while faculty offer academic modules in courses. In addition to these online resources, CRS staff members are available to present on ethical trade and its importance to the campus community.
Many Catholic universities also work with Fair Trade Campaigns to become a fair trade–certified university through their multi-step process. To start, a campus creates a team to support fair trade, who then reaches out to campus outlets to ensure a minimum of two fair trade products are available in campus-owned and -operated venues. The team works to grow the movement, using fair trade products at university meetings, events, and in university offices, and planning fair trade educational events or celebratory activities. The final step to certification is for the college or university to develop and pass a fair trade resolution. Fair Trade Campaigns has a toolkit available for ideas on how to meet these goals. As of February 2017, 21 Catholic colleges and universities are certified as fair trade institutions. ACCU provides more information on how to become a fair trade university, why Catholic institutions value fair trade, and additional creative ways to incorporate fair trade on campus on its Fair Trade webpage, where visitors can also download the Fair Trade and Catholic Higher Education brochure.
A rising number of Catholic colleges and universities are using their purchasing power as a way of expressing their Catholic mission by supporting the rights of workers to a fair wage and safe working conditions through fair trade items. Carroll College and St. Norbert College are engaging the issue of justice for workers, global solidarity with the poor and vulnerable, and care for creation through a variety of programs and awareness campaigns. By bringing together students through business practices, academic courses, and cultural events, these colleges are showing how fair trade practices in the daily workings of an institution can make a global impact.
Camilla MacKenzie is an undergraduate student at The Catholic University of America and the Peace and Justice Intern at the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities.
University of Dayton Celebrates Fair Trade Designation
December 9, 2016 December 5, 2016 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities News Fair Trade, Fair Trade Campaigns, Fair Trade University, University of Dayton, Video
Last month, the University of Dayton celebrated their designation as a fair trade university with an event at the university bookstore. Fair Trade Campaigns recognizes towns, colleges, universities, schools and congregations nationwide for embedding fair trade practices and principles into policy.
The university signed a resolution over the summer agreeing to fair trade practices, stating: "The University, as a large-scale employer and consumer and leader in international education, fully endorses the national community's call to 'Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all' and to 'Ensure sustainable consumption and productive patterns' as evidenced by the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 8 and 12) and sees supporting fair, ethical, and sustainable sourcing as an effective way to put these principles into practice." In addition to the resolution, University of Dayton also offers fair trade products in each outlet on campus, sustains a group working on implementing fair trade strategies, serves fair trade products at University events, and commits to a fair trade education.
As University of Dayton Provost Paul Benson states "This aligns our practices with our Catholic, Marianist principles, and affirms our dedication to deepening these practices." Watch the video celebrating the designation here.
Enter Fairtrade America's Essay Contest
August 25, 2016 August 23, 2016 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Campus, Events essays, Fair Trade, Fair Trade Campaigns, Fairtrade America, Lutheran World Relief, social justice, students
Are you a current college or university student who believes in the importance of fair trade? If so, consider entering Fairtrade America's back-to-school essay contest.
The judges of the contest will be Rick Peyster of Lutheran World Relief, Margarot Conover from Fairtrade America, and Suzi Hiza from Fair Trade Campaigns. Winners' essays will be published on Fair Trade Blog site, and the grand prize winner will have a chance to interview Rick Peyster for the blog. Don't delay – essays are due by September 15!
Fordham Becomes Latest Catholic Fair Trade University
August 9, 2016 August 9, 2016 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Campus, News Alta Gracia, Fair Trade, Fair Trade Campaigns, Fair Trade University, Fair Trade USA, Fordham University, just wage, social justice
The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities extends its congratulations to Fordham University for being the latest Catholic university to be designated a Fair Trade University! Fordham students have worked hard to create Students for Fair Trade (SFT), the official fair trade student organization at Fordham, and to incorporate fair trade products into daily life at the university.
SFT is a student-run club that promotes fair trade in business and consumption through education and advocacy. Through SFT, Fordham has been able not only to sell fair trade products at almost all of their restaurants and bookstores, but also to host employees of Alta Gracia, the only garment company in the global south to be certified for paying its workers a living wage.
Congratulations to Fordham for their great work in promoting fair trade!
Fair Trade Your Summer!
August 4, 2016 August 2, 2016 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Campus, Resources Fair Trade, Fair Trade University, Fair Trade USA, summer
This year, several Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities member institutions joined the ranks of Fair Trade Colleges and Universities! To help students and faculty of these institutions, as well as any promoters of fair trade products, continue consuming fair trade, Fair Trade USA has released a helpful guide for summer drinks and smoothies! From the Bhakti Chai Tropical Ginger Smoothie to the Honest Tea Peach Pick, their seven suggestions are sure to help you relax and enjoy your summer. Happy fair trading!
Register for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's Student Summit
July 5, 2016 June 30, 2016 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Events Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Campus Kitchens Project, care for creation, Care for Our Common Home, Environment, environmental justice, Fair Trade, Fair Trade Campaigns, Fair Trade University, food security, food sustainability, student leadership, Sustainability, sustainable
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education invites all students interested in promoting and enacting sustainability efforts at their campuses to join them for their annual Student Summit. Taking place October 9-12, 2016, the Summit will give participants the opportunity to explore career options in sustainability and ways to enact concrete change on their campuses. Attendees will also be able to network and collaborate not only with peers, but also with professional leaders in sustainability, as well as sustainability activists.
Cosponsored by a host of organizations and initiatives such as The Campus Kitchens Project and Fair Trade Colleges and Universities, the Summit is sure to be a wonderful opportunity for students to learn and explore, and to grow in their leadership skills. Be sure to register by July 15, 2016!
How does your college or university promote sustainability? Let us know!


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Pantech Perception review: A good, but not great, midtier Android phone
Jessica Dolcourt
May 8, 2013 10:22 a.m. PT
Pantech has been quietly making pretty good, inexpensive phones for Verizon and AT&T for years. Like many of its brothers and sisters, Verizon's Pantech Perception is the kind of device you won't want to overlook if you're in the market for an affordable handset.
Pantech Perception
<b>Pantech's Perception</b> has a nice big screen, a large battery, and a very reasonable price tag. I like its 'edgy' design.
Camera performance on the Perception faltered, and the phone didn't seem to channel Verizon's LTE network with maximum speed. Call quality underperformed.
Consider the Pantech Perception if you're deciding among $100 smartphones, but you'll get more for your money with a discounted Samsung Galaxy S3 or other last-season phones.
The Perception, which costs $99.99 with a new two-year service agreement, is a large, solid, middle-of-the-road Android 4.0 phone that comes with a fast dual-core processor and an 8-megapixel camera that takes 1080p HD video. It also happens to bundle in a large helping of useful features, from using arguably the most popular virtual keyboard around to motion control and personalized settings options.
The handset is far from perfect, and you may even pass it up for another sale model. However, Verizon customers looking for a phone for $100 or less should at least give the Perception a look.
Pantech Perception props Android for $99 (pictures)
Apart from affordable price tags, one thing you can count on Pantech to provide is an eye-catching design that sets its phones apart from the usual herd, at least somewhat. In the Perception's case, that means some sharper angles on the back plate and a faux-brushed finish. There are also some subtle edges to make the phone's shoulders slightly rougher around the corners. The spine design softens the look with a curvier, almost elongated teardrop element, and the Perception gets a pinprick of red in the right spine's power/lock button.
Not every design element endears me. The Micro-USB jack on the top edge sits too close to the 3.5-millimeter headset jack, and the flap covering the charging slot gets in the way of the charging cable. The battery cover pops off without a problem when I used my thumbnail, though it didn't work very well when I tried curling it off with the nails on my middle and index fingers.
The Perception gets Pantech's signature edgy look. Josh Miller/CNET
Physically, the Perception is a fairly large device that stands 5.2 inches tall by 2.7 inches wide by 0.35-inch thick. Because of all those edges on the back panel, the phone doesn't quite conform to your hand's curves but I wouldn't call it uncomfortable to hold, either. The phone's dimensions are about on par with other handsets of the same size, and it fits into pockets and purses the same way.
As for bulk, the Perception's 4.8-ounce weight feels neither too heavy nor too light, but adds a certain amount of heft that makes you feel like you're holding a powerful electronic, not a prop.
There's no mistaking that when you're using the device, the screen is the star of the show. The Perception's 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display features a 1280x720-pixel resolution, with a pixel density of 306 ppi. This isn't the 1080p HD resolution of today's killer smartphone screens, but it's still a good 'un, with bright, rich hues and deep blacks, balanced by sharp, legible lettering. Of course, the screen looks better brighter, but automatic brightness settings were good enough for me in most situations.
There are no physical navigation buttons to be found on the Perception, but you can find the 2-megapixel camera module above the display, and the 8-megapixel shooter on the back cover, right above the LED flash. Beneath the back cover are the microSD card slot and removable battery.
OS and features
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is technically two versions behind the most recent Android build, but you won't sacrifice too much essential functionality on the Perception. There's no Google Now, and the notifications aren't as rich, but you'll still see the majority of Jelly Bean's most useful tricks.
While Pantech doesn't push its personality as far as some other manufacturers do, it does add some of its own flavor in the custom skin department. The Perception's lock screen, for instance, lays out shortcuts to the dial pad, messaging, camera, and music player, in addition to the general unlock button. In addition, Pantech has added its own style of system shortcuts in the notifications shade, as well as a skinned settings menu for the wallpaper presets and for the app tray.
Pantech's new lock screen (L,) and the Perception's main home screen. Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET
Fewer Android handset-makers follow Google's original Android 4.0 vision of using entirely on-screen controls. The Perception does this, scuttling any touch-sensitive navigation buttons in favor of software buttons at the bottom of the screen.
The Perception supports all the usual connections you can think of: Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, and it can also serve as a mobile hotspot for up to 10 devices over 4G (and as many as 5 over 3G).
There's support for extra motion controls that let you perform actions such as answering the phone with a wave of your hand, or advancing through your playlist with a similar wrist wiggle.
Keyboard snobs will appreciate Swiftkey for Pantech, a variation on the popular third-party keyboard app. You'll get the virtual QWERTY's penchant for learning from your social networks and other writing styles over time, as well as your preference to choosing predictive text or relying on autocorrection. Swiftkey is installed by default, though you can also switch over to Pantech's standard keyboard.
You can turn on an easy mode for Android training wheels (L,) and the Perception comes with Swiftkey's virtual keyboard app installed by default. Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET
Pantech doesn't stop there. The Perception comes with some easy-access personalization controls that let you customize the look of your lock screen, wallpaper, and other items from a central control menu.
For those who prefer training wheels while learning to use Android's many features, there's the option to switch into Easy Mode, a stripped-down and finger-friendly version of the OS that lets users access the most important parts of the device more intuitively.
When it comes to apps, the Perception has plenty. You'll find, of course, essentials like an alarm clock, calendar, and calculator, and Google's services, like search, mapping, and e-mail. Beyond these, Pantech and Verizon set you up with the full suite of Amazon apps, including Audible and Amazon Kindle for e-reading. There's Camnote, Color, a document viewer, NFL Mobile, some game demos, and a task manager. Viewdini, Smart Voice, and Slacker Radio are others you'll see on top of Verizon's own suite of management apps and storefronts.
Cameras and video
Nothing about an 8-megapixel camera sounds midrange from the outset, and I was really excited to test this one out. Unfortunately, photos were mediocre across the board, in both indoor and outdoor shots. That's too bad, since a high-resolution camera with autofocus and LED flash for a $100 package sounds like a steal.
The central flower is so devoid of detail, you'd hardly think I focused on it. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET
The camera quality isn't devoid of merit, though focus seemed extremely hit or miss, color reproduction was weak, and image details were flatter than they should have been. Zoomed in to full scale, subjects were noisy.
Pets are hard to photograph because they move around so much. This subject sat still long enough to take this not-too-crisp shot. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET
Perhaps the most telling image issue was our controlled indoor studio shot, always taken with a flash when the camera has one. In this case, the photo came out with a brick-red tint over the entire scene that we couldn't disregard.
CNET's standard studio shot gets eery through the Perception's lens. Josh Miller/CNET
My complaints also applied to the 1080p HD video recorder, which never got as crisp or clear as it should have, and to a lesser extent, to the 2-megapixel front-facing camera. High-end lenses and sensors cost more, and in this area, Pantech had to make concessions in order to meet its expected price.
Third time's the charm. The flash washed out this stove-browned tortilla during my first attempt. This third try was the best. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET
If the camera is low on your list of smartphone priorities, you'll still be happy to know that the usual modes and presets are all there, such as the choice to lower the camera's resolution and its change white balance presets. The Perception is slim on effects and modes, but you can give photos the look of a Polaroid picture or multiply photos into four smaller sizes, which is handy for creating your own wallet-size images.
Panorama and HDR (high-definition range) modes are tucked into onscreen controls that actually make them a little hard to find, but they're there.
I shot this Victorian house outdoors around dusk. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET
Call quality
I tested the Pantech Perception's call quality on Verizon (CDMA 800/900/1900/2100; LTE 700/2100) from my San Francisco base. Audio was totally passable, but not a fantastic experience. Voices sounded a little hollow and slightly unnatural, and also muted and never completely clear. On the plus side, volume was strong at medium-high, and the line was clear with no background noise. There's a noise-canceling control on the screen, but neither my test partner nor I could tell much of a difference.
My test partner also thought my audio sounded off and that I came across distorted, but he had a better audio experience than I did. He said I sounded pretty good, though a little unnatural, and also lacking the sharp finality you get with a crystal-clear call.
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I found speakerphone equally flawed when I held the phone at hip level. It was distractingly buzzy and and a little echoey, and volume did drop enough for me to punch it up a notch. On his end, my tester also noted dropped volume, but otherwise thought that audio quality sounded about the same as the my voice did through the earpiece.
Verizon's 4G LTE network courses through the Perception, but when I ran numbers on the Speedtest.net diagnostic app, something strange happened. The app consistently returned much slower results than I'm used to seeing. Speeds were fine when I whipped out the stopwatch to measure download and upload times, but other times, the pokiness returned. I had no problems, of course, using Wi-Fi.
Results from two diagnostic tests, one to measure processor performance (left) and the other to measure network speed. Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET
On the processor front, the Perception packs a respectable 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset, which not too long ago was a pinnacle of performance. It did well in its own Quadrant diagnostic test, scoring 5,314. To add some perspective, the two fastest Android smartphones on the market today score 11,381 (Samsung Galaxy S4) and 12,194 (HTC One.)
Pantech Perception (Verizon)
Download CNET mobile app (3.8MB) 41.5 seconds
Load up CNET mobile app 7.4 seconds
CNET mobile site load 4.2 seconds
CNET desktop site load 11.7 seconds
Boot time to lock screen 27 seconds
Camera boot time 2 seconds
Camera, shot-to-shot time 1-2 seconds, no auto-focus
The Perception has 1GB RAM and 16GB internal storage, with a microSD card slot that welcomes up to 32GB more. It's got a rated talk time of 11.6 days standby on its large 2,020mAh battery. Anecdotally, the Perception's battery life seemed to last a day before needing a charge, and it ran 7 hours, 20 minutes in our battery drain test playing looping video.
One last figure you might like to know is the Perception's digital SAR, which the FCC measured at 1.03 watts per kilogram.
So, should I buy it?
So long as you're not hung up on the camera or having the absolute speediest handset in town, you'll find a fair number of features in the attractive Perception. I like the processor and the phone's edgy look, Pantech's relatively uncluttered take on Android, and features like motion control as well. Yet, Verizon has also dropped last season's hottest phones down to the Perception's price.
For my money, I'd probably opt for Samsung's newly discounted Galaxy S3 over the Perception at this price. The LG Lucid 2 is another worthy $100 contender. Yet, if you wait for Verizon to drop the price, the Perception would be a fantastic $50 buy.
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Olho Seco é uma banda brasileira de punk rock, formada nos anos 1980, em São Paulo. É reconhecida com uma das grandes bandas do gênero no país.

História
A formação original da banda foi Val (baixo), Fábio Sampaio (vocal), Redson (guitarra) e Sartana (bateria).

Em 1982, a banda participou da primeira coletânea de bandas punks brasileiras, o Grito Suburbano. O vocalista Fábio Sampaio foi quem alugou um estúdio de oito canais da Gravodisc para que Olho Seco, Cólera, Inocentes, Anarkólatras e M-19 registrassem suas músicas, em apenas 12 horas. No confuso processo de captação, Anarkóltras e M-19 acabaram ficando de fora do disco.

Neste mesmo ano, a banda se apresenta no festival O Começo do Fim do Mundo, o maior festival punk do Brasil até então, que aconteceu no Sesc Pompeia.

Um ano depois, a banda lançou seu primeiro compacto, o EP "Botas, Fuzis, Capacetes", que rendeu para banda o convite para participar de várias de coletâneas internacionais, uma delas é a Welcome to 1984.

Em 1999, a banda realiza sua primeira turnê internacional, passando por nove países e cerca de 25 shows. No dia 11 de dezembro, é realizado um show tributo à banda, no Hangar 110, em São Paulo, com a presença das bandas Ação Direta, Pacto Social, FDS, Calibre 12, Ulster, Kolapso 77, Downhill, Cólera e Agrotóxico. Neste show é lançado um CD-tributo à banda, pelo selo independente Red Star Records, com participação do grupo finlandês Força Macabra e do italiano Cripple Bastards, seguidos por diversos grupos brasileiros.

Em 2011, depois de 10 anos sem se apresentar, a banda retorna aos palcos, com a mesma formação com a qual vinha trabalhando desde 1998, com Fábio (vocal), Marcos (guitarra), Jeferson (baixo) e André (bateria).

Em 2014, a banda saí em turnê comemorativa aos 35 anos da banda, com Fabio Sampaio, Ricardo Quattrucci (guitarra), Fabio Braga (baixo) e Luiz Corrêa (bateria). Nesse ano, em 26 de abril, se apresentam no Festival Abril Pro Rock, no Chevrolet Hall, em Olinda (PE), abrindo para a banda norte-americana Conquest for Death.

Em 2015, Felipe Khaos assume a bateria. Junto da banda Cólera, lançam o Split Sobreviventes, gravado em 2014, e contam com a participação de Clemente (Inocentes), Thunderbird e Mauro (Ulster).

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 Olho Seco EP
 Os Primeiros Dias EP
 Olho por Olho
 Fome Nuclear EP
 Haverá Futuro?
 European Tour
 Os Primeiros Dias
 Fome Nuclear
 Ao Vivo no Hangar 110

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Taiwan: China Willing to Sacrifice Lives for Taiwan, Sha Says
Interviewed for a BBC radio program on the topic, China's ambassador to the UN in Geneva Sha Zukang said China would "do the business" and sacrifice its own people's lives if any nation supported a declaration of independence by Taiwan
China's ambassador to the UN in Geneva told the U.S. on Thursday in no uncertain terms to "shut up and keep quiet" on the subject of Beijing's growing military spending.
Interviewed for a BBC radio program on the topic, Sha Zukang also said China would "do the business" and sacrifice its own people's lives if any nation supported a declaration of independence by Taiwan.
Responding to jitters within the Bush administration about Beijing's spiraling military budget, Sha said the U.S. itself accounts for half of the entire world's military spending.
"The Chinese population is six times or five times that of the United States," he said. "Why blame China?... It's better for the U.S. to shut up and keep quiet. It's much, much better."
Sha continued: "It's the US' sovereign right to do whatever they deem good for them -- but don't tell us what is good for China. Thank you very much!"
Sha was equally explicit on Taiwan declaring independence with U.S. backing -- a prospect that the BBC program, by former Beijing correspondent Carrie Gracie, called the motivating factor behind Chinese military spending.
"The moment Taiwan declares independence, supported by whoever, China will have no choice," he said. "We will do the business through whatever means available to the government. Nobody should have any illusions on that. We will do the business at any cost."
He added: "It's not a matter of how big Taiwan is, but for China, one inch of the territory is more valuable than the life of our people. We will never concede on that."
China's rising military spending, which has grown by double digits for much of the last 15 years, has caused concern in the U.S. and among China's neighbors in Asia.
In March the National People's Congress, largely a rubber-stamp for decisions taken at the top level of the Chinese Communist Party, approved a 14.7 percent increase in military spending to US$5 billion this year.
Although this is paltry compared to the US$419 billion U.S. defense budget this year, the Pentagon last year estimated that China's defense spending was two to three times the publicly announced figure.
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NPP NATIONAL EXECUTIVES EMBARK ON A NATIONWIDE WORKING TOUR TO TOUCH BASE WITH PARTY GRASSROOTS
The National Executives of the NPP, led by the National Chairman, Hon. Freddy Blay and General Secretary, John Boadu, on Friday, March 19, 2021, commenced a working tour of the 16 regions and 275 constituencies of the country, to touch base with party grassroots as part of efforts towards re-energizing, restructuring and repositioning the party for the task ahead.
The nationwide working tour is also to afford the national executives an opportunity to listen and address the concerns of party grassroots, and also engage the structures of the party on ways by which they can support the Akufo-Addo government to deliver on its second-term mandate in order to enhance the party's chances of breaking the 8-year governance cycle.
They began the tour in the Greater Accra Region on Friday, where they visited and interacted with party executives from 17 constituencies including Domeabra Obom, Bortianor Ngleshie Amanfro, Weija Gbawe, Anya Sowutuom, Okaikoi North, Okaikoi South, Okaikoi Central, Amasaman, Trobu, Ayawaso North, Ayawaso West, Ayawaso East, Ayawaso Central, Shai Osudoku, Adenta, Madina and Dome Kwabenya.
Also in attendance at these 'touching-base' meetings, were the MMDCEs and Members of Parliament for the respective districts and constituencies that were visited. The national officers were accompanied by the Greater Accra regional executives of the party led by the Regional Chairman, Mr. Divine Agorhum, in their tour of the Greater Accra Region.
The delegation comprised the National Chairman, Freddy Blay; General Secretary, John Boadu; National 1st Vice Chair, Rita Asobayire; National 3rd Vice Chair, Omari Wadie; National Treasurer, Amankwa Yeboah; National Organizer, Sammi Awuku; National Youth Organizer, Nana Boakye; National Nasara Coordinator, Abdul Aziz Futah; and the National Women Organizer, Kate Gyamfua.
From the Greater Accra, the National Executives are expected to proceed to the Ashanti Region, and then to Ahafo, Bono and Bono East Regions in the phase one of this nationwide tour.


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require 'rgis/request'
require 'rgis/services/geometry_service'
require 'json'

module RGis

  # The RGis envelope class represents an envelope geometry type. An envelope is a closed polygon (a square or a rectangle) that defines some extent to perform GIS operations over it
  # To create an instance of the envelope object, you'll need to have previously create two instances of RGis Point objects and pass these objects to the constructor of the envelope. The first argument represents the lower left of the extent (aka xmin and ymin coordinates). The second argument represents the upper right of the extent (aka xmax and ymax coordinates).
  #
  #  lower_left = RGis::Point.new(-46.23477632, -34.27347253)
  #  upper_right = RGis::Point.new(-22.7364552, -7.882377643)
  #  envelope = RGis::Envelope.new(lower_left, upper_right)
  class Envelope
    include RGis::Services::GeometryService

    # RGis point objects representing the lower left and the upper right point of the current envelope
    attr_accessor :lower_left_point, :upper_right_point

    # Initializes an instance of an envelope object. You must pass two RGis Point objects to construct and instance of envelope object.
    # If you try to pass in an instance of any other type, you'll receive a TypeError.
    def initialize(lower_left_point, upper_right_point)

      raise TypeError, "You should provide two RGis point objects to construct an envelope" unless lower_left_point.is_a?(RGis::Point) && upper_right_point.is_a?(RGis::Point)

      @lower_left_point = lower_left_point
      @upper_right_point = upper_right_point

    end

    # Compare the current envelope instance with another envelope instance passed as a parameter for equality. The envelopes are evaluated as equals when its lower left and upper right points match on both instances. Otherwise, the method will return false
    def ==(other)
      self.lower_left_point == other.lower_left_point && self.upper_right_point == other.upper_right_point
    end

    # Returns the current envelope instance as an array of array. The array returned is a one-dimensional array with two elements (two inner arrays inside). The first element of the array is an inner array containing the x and y coordinates of the lower left point and the second element of the array is an inner array containing the x and y coordinates of the upper right point
    def to_array
      [{:xmin => xmin, :ymin => ymin, :xmax => xmax, :ymax => ymax}]
    end

    # Returns the minimun value for the x axis of the current extent represented by this instance
    def xmin
      lower_left_point.x
    end

    # Returns the minimun value for the y axis of the current extent represented by this instance
    def ymin
      lower_left_point.y
    end

    # Returns the maximun value for the x axis of the current extent represented by this instance
    def xmax
      upper_right_point.x
    end

    # Returns the maximun value for the y axis of the current extent represented by this instance
    def ymax
      upper_right_point.y
    end

    # Creates a hash from the current instance (using the hashie gem) to be used for json generation
    def to_hash #:nodoc:
      request = Request.new
      request.geometryType = RGis::Helper::GEOMETRY_TYPES[:envelope]
      request.geometries = to_array
      request
    end

    # Converts the current instance to a json representation expected for the esri rest api.
    # For example:
    #   lower_left_point = RGis::Point.new(-46.23477632, -34.27347253)
    #   upper_right_point = RGis::Point.new(-37.2342324, -12.23452346)
    #   envelope = RGis::Envelope(lower_left_point, upper_right_point)
    #   puts envelope.to_json
    #
    #   => {"geometryType":"esriGeometryEnvelope","geometries":[{"xmin":-46.23477632,"ymin":-34.27347253, "xmax": -37.2342324, "ymax": -12.23452346}]}
    def to_json
      JSON.unparse(to_hash)
    end

    # Validates the current envelope. An envelope is considered valid when its xmin (the x coordinate of the lower_left_point) is lower than its xmax (the x coordinate of the upper_right_point) and its ymin (the y coordinate of the lower_left_point) is lower its ymax (the y coordinate of the upper_right_point)
    def valid?
      lower_left_point.x < upper_right_point.x && lower_left_point.y < upper_right_point.y
    end

  end
end


I've been lurking here/on Xelfereht's discord for a while so I figured I would finally join the forums and maybe do the sketchbook thing.
I live in a small town with no real art to speak of so I've just been learning on my own via books/internet courses until recently.
Coming from mostly pencil sketches and cartoons, I tend to lean pretty heavily on line so I'm consciously working against that right now by painting things.
First of all welcome to the club.Looking foward to you opening a sketchbook thread.Make sure to include atleast 5 image of your most recent work to get feedback right away.
There nothing wrong about line if you want to be a comic artist but if you want to be a versatile artist you will have to touch digital painting eventually or painting.
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Wide Span Sheds is celebrating its 13th anniversary by launching a range of Customer Peace of Mind guarantees for their steel sheds and kit homes.
Beginning as a small business operating out of a small office in Sanctuary Cove on the Gold Coast, the brand is now leading the Australian steel shed and kit homes market.
The Wide Span Sheds product range includes steel sheds, farm sheds, garages, workshops, stables, riding arenas, barns, home and industrial buildings that are sold in kit form. Sold Australia-wide by a national sales team, Wide Span's products are also distributed through a network of agents in rural towns throughout the country.
Wide Span Sheds sets the bar high when it comes to engineering quality, manufacturing their kit buildings from BlueScope Steel, only the strongest steel on the Australian market. Over a decade of experience has allowed the brand to continually tweak and improve their steel building designs to suit the Australian market and harsh weather conditions.
For greater safety, Wide Span Sheds has added structural integrity through extended purlins, girts and overlaps as a standard feature. Sheds and kit homes are designed site specific, taking into consideration design criteria such as wind region, shielding and topography, and whether any snow or earthquake loading is required.
Committed to providing the best products to their customers, Wide Span Sheds has introduced a range of Customer Peace of Mind guarantees including the ShedSafe Accreditation, Steel Guarantee, and Supply Guarantee, ensuring the steel building kits will be delivered complete and undamaged.
The guarantees were launched in response to many customers having less than ideal experiences with other players in the shed industry.
General Manager – Sales and Marketing, James Folwell believes their customers have the right to deal with professional and friendly staff and be certain that they will actually receive their shed when they have paid for it.


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Imperial to produce renewable diesel at Strathcona refinery
édité le 26/08/2021 - Plus de news de "Imperial" - Voir la fiche entreprise de "Imperial"
Imperial is moving forward with plans to construct a world-class renewable diesel complex at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alberta. This new complex is expected to produce more than 1 billion litres per year of renewable diesel from locally sourced and grown feedstocks. The project is expected to realize about 3 million tonnes per year in emissions reductions in the Canadian transportation sector.
"Imperial is excited to announce our plan to build the largest renewable diesel manufacturing facility in Canada," said Brad Corson, Imperial chairman, president and chief executive officer. "This world-class facility will be a significant value-generating, forward-looking project that brings together our proprietary technologies and refining scale to the benefit of the environment, the economy and local job creation. Today's announcement further demonstrates Imperial's commitment and support for Canada's transition to lower-emission fuels, as well as Canada's ambition to achieve net zero by 2050."
Renewable diesel production will source blue hydrogen (hydrogen produced from natural gas with carbon capture and storage) to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions relative to conventional hydrogen production. Approximately 500,000 tonnes of CO2 are expected to be captured annually. The blue hydrogen and biofeedstock will be combined with a proprietary catalyst to produce premium low-carbon diesel fuel.
Imperial is currently in partnership discussions with government and industry, including the Government of Alberta, as well as the Government of British Columbia who have agreed to support this project with an agreement under Part 3 of its low-carbon fuel legislation.
A final investment decision will be based on several factors, including government support and approvals, market conditions and economic competitiveness. The project is expected to create about 600 direct construction jobs, along with hundreds more through investments by our business partners. Renewable diesel production is anticipated to start in 2024.
Third-party studies have shown renewable diesel from various non-petroleum feedstocks can provide life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions reductions of approximately 40 percent to 80 percent compared to petroleum-based diesel. The reduction of 3 million tonnes of greenhouse gases is estimated to be the equivalent to taking more than 650,000 passenger vehicles off the road for one year.
Today's announcement builds on Imperial's commitment to reducing emissions. In June, Imperial announced its participation as a founding member of the Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero Alliance. The goal of this unique alliance, working collectively with the broader oil and gas industry and the federal and Alberta governments, is to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands operations by 2050 to help Canada meet its climate goals, including its Paris Agreement commitments and 2050 net-zero aspirations. The company is committed to achieving this through projects that drive value for our shareholders.
This investment at the Strathcona refinery underscores its strategic importance to Imperial's operations. As the largest refinery in western Canada, Strathcona provides valuable products that keep our communities and the economy moving.
Since 1880 Imperial (TSE:IMO, NYSE American:IMO) has consistently demonstrated unwavering high standards, pioneering Canadian spirit, innovation and leadership in the challenging energy industry.
While much has changed for more than 140 years, remaining true to these fundamentals has kept us at the forefront of the race to meet the world's growing demands for energy. Our goal is to do business in an economically, environmentally and socially responsible manner while delivering superior long-term value.
At Imperial, we believe that we can have reliable and affordable energy, a strong economy and a clean environment, and we're committed to making it happen.
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Whether you are laying back at the beach or sitting in your office wishing you were, what better way to spend an hour than joining in our mobile digital experience Tweet Jam taking place at 1 pm EDT today!
Once again, we have a group of experts lined up to keep the conversation going. The Jam starts at 10am PDT/1pm EDT/ 1700 GMT. You can follow us on your favorite Twitter tool using the #CXMChat hashtag, join our chatroom or follow us on Cover-It-Live below.
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"Auschwitz" begins the tour through North America: first stop, Los Angeles
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Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.
The exhibition will be open at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library (RRPL), in Simi Valley (CA) from March 2023.
The German World War II freight car, which has become a symbol of the exhibition, was recently installed on the grounds of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
It is just the first of more than 700 original objects that make up the exhibition, which will soon return to the United States, opening on March 23 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, after closing in Malmö, Sweden, where the exhibition is currently open.
This stay on the West Coast, which will be followed by two more American cities to be announced, has been possible thanks to the participation of World Heritage Exhibition (WHE) and Cityneon, and the collaboration of the local community.
"We must show our respect for the victims of the Holocaust, for those who lost their lives and those who were lucky enough to survive", declared Auschwitz survivor David Lenga during the installation of the wagon that took place on the anniversary of the November Pogrom ("Kristallnacht"). "We must remember them with dignity and gratitude. We need to know that their lives have meaning and that our suffering will never be forgotten."
And that is precisely the aim of the exhibition, something that its Director, Luis Ferreiro, also wanted to emphasize from the United States: "At the heart of this project is the idea of making the history of Auschwitz in all its complexity accessible to all audiences. The exhibition is a powerful opportunity to understand how such a place could have come to exist, and what it means for us today".


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Panasonic Launched Transparent OLED Displays TP-55ZT110 and TP-55ZT100
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Panasonic, during its CIIE last year, announced that they were working on a transparent OLED display and as part of the event also gave a sneak peek from the upcoming display. Last week Panasonic delivered on its promise and launched the TP-55ZT110 and TP-55ZT100 transparent OLED displays.
Overall, there seems to be no disparity between what was introduced a year back, and what was launched last week. However, the main concern for a lot of people appears to be the realization of the dimming unit, and whether it is present in the OLED displays that were launched.
In its la...
Panasonic's venture into manufacturing transparent OLEDs is comparatively a long process since the company had announced such a concept as far back as 2016. The company had shown prototypes and concepts for such.
The two transparent displays that were launched use LG Display's 55-inch full HD OLED display that offers a resolution of 1820 x 1080 and weighs only 1.75 kg. The operating temperature range is limited to 0 to 40 degrees Celsius.
Compared to TP-55ZT100, the back panel of Panasonic TP-55ZT110 provides a dimming unit. This is something that is developed exclusively by Panasonic and it comes with the added feature to change the display to "Black Mode". It aims to reduce light transmission, reducing the transparency of the TV.
Consequently, the image quality is improved by increasing the contrast. This makes the TZ110 can be used as a regular display or as a transparent display.
Although Panasonic did not mention the price for the two TP-55ZT110 and TP-55ZT100 OLED displays; however, the company did mention that they will be available in Japan and the Asia-Pacific market as soon as December 2020.
Three of the main features of the transparent OLED displays that need special mentions is the fact that the displays show high-quality pictures with vivid colors; the dimming device will ensure sharp and clear image display, even in bright environments; and finally, due to the highly flexible modular specs, the displays could easily be installed in various spaces.panasonic transparent oled displays
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