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Buhari to Declare Open Meeting of African Central Bank Governors
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President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to formally declare open the 39th ordinary meeting of the Association of African Central Banks (AACB), to be hosted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), this Thursday.
With the theme: "Unwinding Unconventional Monetary Policies: Implications for Monetary Policy and Financial Stability in Africa" the meeting is expected to discuss avenues through which African Central Banks can unwind the impact of unconventional policies so that monetary policy can return to its core function of stabilising short term prices.
A statement further disclosed that the four sub-themes of the meeting "will address various strands of the broader picture by looking at the implications of unwinding/versus not doing so, likely impacts that may follow the unwinding and how they can be mitigated, implications on financial stability and the role of fiscal policy in closing any gaps opened up in the process."
Hosts of international speakers from the academia, central banking and government circles are expected to share both theoretical and practical experience with the Assembly.
The AACB Assembly of Governors Meeting of Friday, August 19, 2016, is to be preceded by meetings of the AACB Technical Committee and the AACB Bureau billed for Monday, 15 and Wednesday 17 August 2016, respectively; as well as the AACB symposium to be graced by President Buhari.
Expected to be guests of CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, who is also the Vice Chairman of the group, is the AACB Chairman and the Governor of the Central Bank of Central African States (Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale – BEAC), Mr. Lucas Abaga Ncama and his colleagues from across the five sub-regions based on the African Union regional classification.
The Association of African Central Banks was formed on May 25, 1963 at the summit of African Heads of States and Governments held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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University of Ibadan (UI) on Friday announced it is going ahead with resumption on February 20 despite the second wave of COVID-19.
In a statement released by the school, the First Semester of the 2020/2021 academic session will commence virtually on February 20, 2021.
The virtual academic session will last for 13 straight weeks and end on Friday May 12, 2021, while the matriculation ceremony will hold on Tuesday March 16, 2021.
The University of Ibadan also scheduled one week for the Finalization of Continuous Assessment, to begin from Mon. 17 May and ends Friday 21 May.
The rising number of COVID-19 cases has compelled the Senate to approve the virtual academic session in an effort to ensure the tertiary institution abides by the protocols established by the Federal Government to curb the spread of the pandemic.
"It, therefore, agreed that the 2020/2021 First Semester lectures will be delivered online. In this regard, students will not be accommodated on campus," a statement from the school said.
"Senate also approved the cancellation of the 2019/2020 session. The next session is, therefore, renamed 2020/2021 Academic Session. Consequently, students who have been admitted for the 2019/2020 session will now be regarded as the 2020/2021 intakes.
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The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday impeached President Trump for the second time after instigating the US Capitol invasion.
Led by Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, 232 representatives, including 10 Republicans, voted to impeach the outgoing president against 197 that voted for him to remain in the office for the next six days when he would handover to the president-elect, Joe Biden.
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Speaking before the vote, Pelosi said "a constitutional remedy that will ensure that the Republic will be safe from this man who is so resolutely determined to tear down the things that we hold dear and that hold us together."
"He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love," she said, adding later, "It gives me no pleasure to say this — it breaks my heart."
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The Ford Mustang 2015: A Pop Culture Icon That Drives Memories
AUTOMOTIVE/POP CULTURE
What's YOUR favorite Ford Mustang memory? The iconic coupe celebrates its 50th anniversary on April 17 with a fully revamped platform, design, and technological features. Its 1963 design was originally conceived for the 1964 New York World's Fair. Very few cars can claim continuous production for half a century.
I turned a half century last May and feel as though I've literally grown up with the 'Stang!
[1967 Ford Mustang; photo courtesy of Coastal Ford]
There's over 300 Mustang enthusiast clubs in the world, 16 of them in Canada. It's awe-inspiring to learn from Dean Geddes (Ford's Brand & EV Product Marketing Manager) that the Mustang's been included in 3,000 feature films and television shows since its inception. Even today, Mustang's Facebook page is swamped with fans to the tune of 6,201,475 likes and counting.
A spiffy fire engine red 2015 model was unveiled this morning at the 94th Annual Vancouver International Auto Show, on now through Sunday at the Vancouver Convention Centre West.
According to Dean, several key design features are part of the 2015 edition, including:
– A lower, wider stance with a reduction in roof height, wider rear fenders and track
– The return of Mustang fastback with a sleeker profile enabled by more steeply sloped windshield and rear glass
– 3D tri-bar tail lamps with sequential turn signals
– Contemporary redesign of the signature shark-nosed grill
Ford feels the need to go further, always keeping the Mustang (as well as the rest of its models) in check with contemporary design, functionality, and technology.
The models are now available with three engine choices: 5.0-liter V8, 3.7- liter V6, and an all-new fuel-efficient 2.3-liter EcoBoost® engine. The car remains true to its driving dynamics and Geddes anticipates another 50 years of Mustang.
"With at least 300 horsepower and 270 lb.-ft. of torque on tap from the standard 3.7-liter V6, even the most accessible Mustang delivers the performance customers expect."
For those too young to remember the classic 60's design, this year's model will start creating memories for decades to come.
Seen as an inspiring car symbolic of the wide open road, Mustang is in our collective conscience, and for the first time, Europe and Asia will become part of its magnificent culture.
The Vancouver International Auto Show is Canada's third largest auto show, one of Western North America's premier automotive exhibition events. For more information, visit the event's website.
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Taking a guided tour can open up whole new worlds for a curious traveller. As well as discovering the history and culture of a place, and getting a feel for its geography, you'll be regaled with lots of entertaining anecdotes.
You'll find our tour leaders are often energetic, passionate students of their chosen subject, able to deliver information with plenty of good humour. And many tours also run on a special theme such as ghosts, gardens, heritage, food and drink, boats, pubs, sacred sites, film and TV... even Jane Austen (parasols positively encouraged).
Along the Great West Way you'll also find tours by bus, boat, bike and even chauffeur driven taxi. Each mode bringing a different dynamic to the experience.
Sightseeing trips are also a fun, easy way to see some of the highlights along the Great West Way, especially those harder to reach by public transport. You'll find plenty of day trips by bus and coach. They'll take you from cities and towns to visit countryside attractions, before delivering you safely back to your hotel.
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This Rare And Appreciating Classic 1996 Toyota Paseo 1.5 Si, Is Based On The Toyota Starlet Chassis And Suspension With The Larger 5EFE 1.5 Toyota Engine Similar To The Toyota Glanza (The Sports Version Of The Starlet), And Shares Many Other Toyota Components. The Interior Is Also Similar To The Starlet And With Only 85 Taxed Examples Of This '96 Model Year On UK Roads You Will Could Be Driving Around A Unique Piece Of Motoring History.
This Example As Been Lightly Modified Having Been Fitted Recently With KYB Rear Shocks, Brakes All Round, Apex Lowering Springs, Front To Back Exhaust Including A Catalytic Converter With A 3" Bore Rear Silencer. This Car Has An MoT Until February 2020 and Benefited From Regular Servicing Through Out It's Life, Having Had Cam Belt Kit And Water Pump Fitted With Auxillery Belts Changed, A Set Of Iridium Spark Plugs And All Filters Recently. It Hhas Also Had A Replacement Battery Fitted Along With 4 Uniroyal Rain Sport 3 Tyre's, Absolutely Brilliant In Wet Conditions And Fantastic Grip In Dry Weather. Finished In Turquoise Metallic And Riding on White Toyota Yaris T Sport Alloy Wheels, This Car Certainly Will Turn A Few Heads!
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In the region of the country where Vic and I reside, winter is normally a laughable experience. In fact, we rarely have to get out the heavy winter coats, and our two sometimes cantankerous corgis are often disappointed by the lack of snow.
In an effort to shake off some of the winter blues, I wanted to make something that made me happy, something that was bright. Luckily for me, less so for my waistline, this just so happened to coincide with my dad's birthday. So, this cake, one might argue, is capable of providing someone with double the amount of happiness.
Between the tart bite from the blood oranges, and the sweetness of the dense cake supporting said citrus, this cake does not disappoint. In fact, it's as pleasing to the eye as it is to the tastebuds.
I was so thankful that in my weekly Sweet Peas Meals Planning Guide there was a recipe for this Blood Orange Upside Down Cake (I will do a post about my meal planning and how the ladies from Sweet Peas have done an excellent job with their company at a later date).
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9-inch round cake pan with nonstick spray and set aside. Make sure it's well coated.
2. Make the quick caramel: Heat 1⁄4 cup (1⁄2 stick) of the butter in a saucepan over medium heat and once melted, whisk in the brown sugar and 1⁄2 teaspoon of the cinnamon until it starts to bubble. Remove from the heat and pour the mixture in the bottom of the prepared cake pan. Arrange the sliced blood orange over top, covering the bottom of the pan completely in 1 uniform layer. This will end up being the top of the cake (once it's flipped), so take care to make it look nice! Set aside.
3. Mix the dry ingredients: In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and the remaining 1⁄4 teaspoon of cinnamon. Set aside.
4. Mix the wet ingredients: Place the remaining 3⁄4 cup (1 1⁄2 sticks) of butter in the bowl of your electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until creamy. Beat in the granulated sugar and gradually increase the speed to high, beating until fluffy and scraping down the sides if necessary, about 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until combined. Beat in the vanilla extract and scraped beans from the vanilla pod.
5. Mix the cake batter: With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients and stir until the batter just comes together – be careful not to overmix! Place dollops of the batter all over the oranges in the cake pan from Step 2 and gently spread the batter evenly to cover the oranges.
6. Bake the cake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and set. Remove from the oven and allow for it to cool for about 5 minutes, just so the fruit settles and stops bubbling. After 5 minutes (no longer!), run a knife along the edges of the cake and place a cake plate over top, then gently flip the cake to remove it from the pan. Here, you can fix any fruit than has slid off or rearrange it if desired. Let the cake cool completely.
7. Make the blood orange syrup: Meanwhile, as the cake bakes, make the blood orange syrup. Heat the blood orange juice and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk until the sugar dissolves and the mixture begins to bubble. Allow to cool completely to room temperature. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
8. Make the vanilla whipped cream: Meanwhile, as the cake bakes, make the vanilla whipped cream: Place the cold cream and vanilla in the bowl of your electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on high speed until peaks form. Beat in the powdered sugar and serve immediately.
9. To serve the cake, top it with the blood orange syrup. Slice into wedges and top with dollops of the homemade whipped cream.
Thank you so much!!! I truly appreciate it! You should give it a try for sure.


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P2PRG                                                           S. Kamei
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T. Nishitani
ALTO-Like Activities and Experiments in P2P Network Experiment Council
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This document provides some suggestions about ALTO architecture
through experiments made by P2P Network Experiment Council in Japan.
This document also introduces experiments made by the Council in
Japan to harmonize P2P technology with the infrastructure.
Specifically, this document describes Hint Server technology, which
is similar to ALTO technology.
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described in the BSD License.
2.  Background in Japan  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
2.1.  P2P traffic  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
2.2.  Impact on network infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
3.  The object of P2P Network Experiment Council . . . . . . . . .  5
4.  Activity in P2P Network Experiment Council . . . . . . . . . .  6
4.1.  Dummy Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
4.2.  Hint Server ('08)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
4.3.  Difference between ALTO and Hint Server technology . . . .  9
5.  High-Level Trial Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.1.  Peer Selection with P2P  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.2.  Peer Selection with the Hint Server  . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.  Next steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.  Feedback to ALTO WG  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.1.  Harmonizing a Hint Server with ALTO  . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.2.  Measurement mechanism  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
10. Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
11. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
An overlay network, which is used by P2P and other applications,
offers the advantage of allowing flexible provision of services while
hiding the lower layer network.  The downside is that inefficient
routes are often taken in the lower IP network, thereby increasing
the network load.  Several proposals have been made to build an
overlay network that takes account of the information about the lower
layer network.  Since the management of the Internet is highly
distributed, it is difficult to implement such proposals and thus
optimize a network without the cooperation of network providers.
Recently, the controversy between the overlay network and the network
providers have been rekindled.  Under these circumstances, some
researchers have studied overlay network control technology that
takes account of the network topology information obtained from
network providers.
One of activities concerning this issue has been made by the P2P
Network Experiment Council in Japan.  This document reports on the
issues addressed and experiments being made by the P2P Network
Experiment Council in Japan, focusing on the experiments made from
2007 to 2008.
2.  Background in Japan
2.1.  P2P traffic
In Japan, the major of P2P applications used today is Winny.  P2P
applications are the sources of a considerable volume of traffic.
Recent study [1] showed more than 60% of Internet traffic in Japan is
generated by P2P applications.
Although traffic from P2P applications increased much more rapidly
than traffic from client-server-type web applications, it has leveled
off lately as a result of legal restrictions advocated by copyright
management organizations and traffic control implemented by ISPs.
According to [2], video delivery sites using Flash has again
increased volume of web traffic per user, making P2P traffic
relatively less conspicuous than before.
Consequently, some believe that P2P traffic is no longer a threat to
the infrastructure.  P2P applications, however, rapidly became widely
used to get around the limit of the servers' capacity, which was
caused by the increase in demand for delivery of music files.  It is
likely that the traffic of client-server video delivery will shift to
P2P delivery.
In fact, some P2P content delivery systems solve copyright issues,
for example, Sharecast, Ocean-Grid, TVBand, and so on.  The
transmission of President Obama's Inaugural Address, which is the
largest-scale transmission of content in recent history, was mostly
of the client-server type.  However, the delivery by CNN used a P2P
plug-in made by Octoshape.  Traffic data observed by Illinois
University revealed unique traffic patterns that the upstream traffic
exceeded the downstream traffic.
2.2.  Impact on network infrastructure
One of advantage of using P2P technology for content delivery is that
peers exchange content directly among themselves.  This reduces the
physical load on servers .  Also, P2P applications can reduce
upstream traffic from an original content server.  This is
significant that the charge for upstream traffic is usually traffic-
sensitive for content delivery services, and it is not negligible.
Actually, the volume of traffic sent by the content server in
TVBank's P2P content delivery was reduced by a maximum of 96%
compared with the volume of traffic received by users [3].  This
indicates the great cost-saving of P2P technology from the
perspectives of the load on server hardware and the traffic relaying
cost of data centers.  However, the story is quite different for
network providers.  From viewpoint of network providers, the traffic
that content servers generate has shifted to the edge network and the
amount of traffic has not necessarily been reduced.  Another problem
for network providers that an extremely inefficient routing may be
selected has been raised.  It is because overlay network systems are
configured without any regard to the structure of the lower layer
network or network geometry.
Traffic on the Internet used to be limited by the capacity of
servers.  Today the improvement in the scalability of servers has
made it likely that network resources will be used up before server
resources are.  Using P2P applications increases the volume of
traffic per user remarkably.
Faced with increase in the load on network infrastructure, network
providers are compelled to take actions to overcome the sudden
increase in facilities' cost.  Representative actions include placing
content in IXs or data centers, introducing bandwidth control, and
raising the access fees [2].
In the future, video posting sites, which has been delivered using
client-server applications, may adopt P2P system.  The increase in
traffic arising from such a shift will be a great threat to the
network.
3.  The object of P2P Network Experiment Council
The Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, which
has jurisdiction over information and communication systems in Japan,
held meetings of an advisory panel on network neutrality from 2006 to
2007 in order to study issues related to next generation networks,
such as how to ensure fairness in the use of networks and how to
define fairness in cost burden.  The panel took an interest in P2P
technology as a solution to the impending traffic saturation in the
backbone network resulting from the rapid expansion of broadband
access in Japan, and formed a "Working Group on the P2P Network",
which carried out an intensive study of P2P networks.
The Working Group reported that it is necessary to undertake the
following four activities, which are intended to encourage the
government to adopt relevant policies [4]:
o  Formulate guidelines to be self-imposed by the industry on P2P
file delivery applications,
o  Promote feasibility tests of P2P networks,
o  Study the current state of traffic control and promote the sharing
of information,
o  Hold working group meetings on traffic control.
The first two proposals led to the establishment of the P2P Network
Experiment Council supported by the Japanese Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications [5].  The Council, with membership from
P2P delivery providers, content holders, and network providers, began
a variety of delivery experiments, which were expected to strengthen
cooperative control between different layers.  In contrast to P4P,
which takes a relatively top-down approach of adopting architecture
based on a proposal from a university, the Council is characterized
by its bottom-up approach.  The aim of establishing the Council has
been described as follows.
The rapid growth of broadband access enables content delivery
system to deliver high-quality and high-volume videos securely and
efficiently.  Although P2P technology is an effective technology
for this requirement, it still has some issues to be coped with.
Therefore, the "P2P Network Experiment Council" was established
with the support of the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Communications with its secretariat set up within the Foundation
for MultiMedia Communications (FMMC) in order to formulate
guidelines for providers and conduct feasibility tests so that
users can receive video delivery services safely.
The activities of the P2P Network Experiment Council can be
classified into two categories.  The first is activities to formulate
guidelines for the promotion of the commercial use of P2P technology.
These will enable users to use P2P technology safely, and providers
to have clear rules they must observe.  The other is feasibility
tests of P2P technology.  The next section mainly reports on
experiments conducted from 2007 to 2008.
4.  Activity in P2P Network Experiment Council
4.1.  Dummy Node
While the effect of delivery using P2P technology on reducing the
traffic and the load on servers is well known, traffic behavior in
the Internet is not known.  However, it is not realistic to measure
the behavior of P2P applications at user terminals connected to the
Internet because that would require a large-scale arrangement for
measurement, such as using Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) on aggregated
lines.  To solve this problem, dummy nodes have been introduced.
Dummy nodes have been settled in the Internet and P2P applications
have been installed on these nodes.  Dummy nodes enable us to measure
and analyze communication among peers.
Specifically, Linux servers were installed at 40 sites of some ISPs,
and a virtual Windows environment was installed on the servers.  P2P
applications which were target to measure were running on that
environment, and packets were captured by a Linux program to obtain
information on communication destinations and communication
frequencies.
4.2.  Hint Server ('08)
In Japan, bottleneck in IP networks will shift from access networks
to backbone networks and equipments, such as bandwidth between ISPs
and capacity in IXs, since FTTH has rapidly spread all over Japan.
Under this situation. the Council proposed a less restrictive and
more flexible cooperation between ISPs than ALTO.  The proposed
method consists of the following elements: (1) P2P clients, (2) P2P
control servers, and (3) a peer selection hint server, and a Hint
Server. (1) and (2) are existing systems but whether (2) exists
depends on each application. (3) is a server that provides a hint as
to the selection of a peer, and plays a role equivalent to that of
iTracker in P4P's study.  Note that this proposal was based on
results of experiments using dummy nodes.  The results showed that it
was possible to reduce unnecessary traffic that flows across the
boundaries of districts or ISPs through providing information about
the physical network to P2P applications.
When a peer joins the network, it registers its location information
(IP address) and supplementary information (line speed, etc.) with
the Hint Server.  The Hint Server makes a mapping of the new peer
(P2P client) based on network topology information obtained from the
ISP, generates a routing table in which peers are listed in the order
of priority for selection, and returns the table to the peer.
If all information can be made public, the above procedure can
produce a result which is close to overall optimization.  However,
some information held by ISPs can often be confidential.  Besides, in
some cases, the volume of calculation required to process all
information can be excessive.  To avoid these problems, it is planned
to conduct experiments with a limited set of functions, analyze
experiment results, and gradually expand the scope of optimization.
A control mechanism that makes use of all possible information is
difficult not only technically but also because it is difficult to
achieve coordination among providers.  In consideration of these
difficulties, the P2P Network Experiment Council has been limiting
the implementation and experiments to the following scope since 2006.
Figure 1 shows an outline of the hint server.
+---------+   GetLocation    +-------------GeoIP DB Server---------+
|         |  +-----------+   |   +----------+      +-----------+   |
|         |--|IP Address |-->|   | GeoIP DB |      |Quagga etc |   |
|         |                  | +-------------+  +----------------+ |
|         |  +-----------+   | |  District   |  |    Routing     | |
|         |--|AS Code:   |---| | information |  |information(DGP)| |
|         |  |Regional   |   | |             |  |                | |
|P2P Peers|  |Information|   | |   Range of  |  |AS Code(origin) | |
|   or    |  +-----------+   | | IP address  |  |                | |
| Contro| |                  | +-------------+  +----------------+ |
| Server  |                  +-------------------------------------+
|         |                                  |      ^
|         |  PeerSelection                   v      |
|         |  +-----------+   +--------------------------------------+
|         |--|IP Address |-->| +--Prioryty Node Selection System--+ |
|         |  |    List   |   | |                                  | |
|         |  +-----------+   | |     Peer candidate ranking       | |
|         |  +-----------+   | |                                  | |
|         |--|  Ranking  |-->| +----------------------------------+ |
The network information used by the Hint Server is not information
solicited from individual ISPs but the AS number and district
information, which are more or less already public.  Routing tables
are not generated.  Instead, peers within the same ISP or the same
district are selected with higher priority in order to confine
traffic to within the same ISP or the same district.
When the Hint Server receives an IP address, it returns its attribute
information, to achieve the above.  A peer can select a peer based on
the returned information.  This operation is called GetLocation.
However, in preparation for the time when it becomes necessary to
hide topology information, an interface is provided through which a
priority order is returned in response to an input of a list of
candidate peers.  This operation is called PeerSelection.
Although the priority node is selected based on the criterion that it
is within the same ISP or the same district, this type of selection
is not very effective if the number of participating peers is small.
Table 1 shows ratio of peers within the same AS or the same
prefecture calculated from the distribution of ASs and prefectures in
the IP address space from one-day data on a Winny network.
+--------------------+--------+
| Conditions         |  ratio |
| AS matches         |  6.70% |
| Prefecture matches | 12.76% |
| Both match         |  2.09% |
| Neither match      | 78.45% |
Table 1: AS and prefecture distributions
Since, in addition to the above, the presence/absence of content
affects the result, the control of selecting a peer within the same
district may be inadequate.  Therefore, it is necessary to introduce
the weight of a continuous quantity that reflects the physical
distance or the AS path length as an indicator of the proximity of
the areas involved.
In consideration of the above, the following two measures are used
for the evaluation of proximity between peers in a Hint Server.
o  AS path length (distance between ISPs)
Distances between peers are weighted using the degree of paths'
matching from an origin AS to ASs that target peers belong to.
The degree of paths' matching means ratio of common paths from an
origin AS (for example, 4/6 between A-B-C, and A-B-D, 6/8 between
A-B-C-D and A-B-C-E).  In this year, the OCN is used as an origin
AS.  Distance is calculated as int((1.0- degree of matching of AS
paths)*15).  Distance is 15 if either of AS path is indefinite,
and is 0 if there is a perfect match.
o  Physical distance
Distances between peers are measured using physical distance of
prefectural capitals that target peers belong to.  The distance
between prefectural capitals is used to calculate physical
distance.  Distances between prefectural capitals are sorted into
ascending order, and then into bands, with weights 1 to 15
assigned to them so that there are a more or less equal number of
"capital pairs" in each band.  If either of their location is
indefinite, distance is equal to 15 and, if they are in the same
prefecture, distance is equal to 0.
Evaluation of distances between peers showed that the distribution
of distances was almost uniform when distances between peers are
normalized.  This result suggests that using normalized distances
expands the area where the control by a Hint Server is effective.
4.3.  Difference between ALTO and Hint Server technology
To explain difference between ALTO and Hint Server technology,
architecture proposed by ALTO is described.  P4P aims to control
traffic in such a way that traffic is confined within the same
district or AS.  As shown in Figure 2, iTracker provides an interface
for P2P content delivery using appTracker and peers in BitTorrent.
This arrangement provides a framework for efficient control based on
network information.
In this framework, it is proposed that ISPs and applications share
the following types of information through iTracker:
o  Info: information about peers within an ISP
- ASID AS number
- Group number of PID node (peer)
- LOC: virtual and geographical coordinates
o  Policy: information about policy on usage specified by an ISP
- Ratio between outgoing traffic and incoming traffic that flows
between domains
- Desirable daily traffic variation pattern on a link
- Specifications about relations between peer groups (PID)
o  Capability: information about the capability of an ISP
- Information about usable service classes
- Information about the cache server
Note that [6] reports on the results of a field test in which it was
attempted to reduce overall traffic by using the above concept to
confine traffic exchange destinations to within the same ISP or the
same city.  It reports that, in an evaluation with a Verizon network,
traffic to locations outside an ISP was reduced by 30 to 50% and that
the ratio of inter-city traffic to Verizon's total traffic was more
or less halved.
+------------------------+         Internet
|   +----------------+   |      +------------+
|   |  iTracker      |   |      | appTracker |
|   |   *Info        |--------> +------------+
|   |   *Policy      |   |            ^
|   |   *capability  |   |            |
|   +----------------+   |            |
|                        |            |
|   |      Peer      |----------------+
|   +----------------+   |
Comparing ALTO with Hint Server technology, the following three
differences are observed:
o  Target of optimization:
ALTO technology focuses on optimization within an ISP, while Hint
Server technology focuses on optimization in backbone traffic.
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o  Target applications:
ALTO technology focuses on supporting BitTorrent, while Hint
Server technology does not specify any P2P applications.
o  Strength of cooperation between P2P providers and ISPs:
ALTO technology requires close cooperation between ISPs and P2P
providers, while Hint Server technology does not require.
5.  High-Level Trial Results
5.1.  Peer Selection with P2P
Table 2 shows the result of the analysis of communication in a node
of an ISP installed in Tokyo, as an example of measurement results.
+-----------------------------------------+------------+------------+
| Conditions                              | Experiment | Experiment |
|                                         |      1     |      2     |
| *Peers selected within the same ISP     |     22%    |     29%    |
| *Peers selected within the same         |     19%    |     23%    |
| district                                |            |            |
| *Peers selected within the same         |     5%     |     7%     |
| district and the same ISP               |            |            |
Table 2: Percentage of communication within the same ISP
The table shows that the probability of communication with peers in
the same ISP is proportional to the number of population and the
share of the ISP in each district.  The data show that peers were
selected at random.  Note that the vendor of a P2P application used
in this experiment explained that the mechanism of selection a peer
using network information can be implemented.  However, peer
selection is normally based on past information because users often
cannot actually perceive the effect of using network information.
5.2.  Peer Selection with the Hint Server
Since the main objective of this experiment was to verify the
operations of the Hint Server and P2P applications, the degree to
which traffic in the network was actually reduced was not evaluated.
However, the distances between a dummy node and a peer were obtained
from data on the dummy nodes.  An examination of the distances
between a dummy node and a peer revealed that mean value of distance
after the Hint Server was introduced was reduced by 10% and that 95%
value of that was reduced by 5%.
6.  Next steps
This document has reported on activities aimed at achieving
cooperative control between the P2P/overlay network and the network
infrastructure.  Specifically, it has described issues to be
addressed and the activities of the P2P Network Experiment Council in
Japan, which was established to address these issues.  It has also
introduced the Council's activities, from 2007 to 2008, focusing on
the use of a Hint Server, which is a feature of the traffic
engineering mechanism proposed by the Council.
The P2P Network Experiment Council has been renamed the Advanced
Network Use Promotion Council.  The new Council aims to create new
network services suitable for the broadband environment and to
promote the widespread use of such services in rural areas.  It has
expanded its scope of work to include all cache technologies,
including P2P technology.  It will promote more advanced use of the
network by encouraging an exchange of views among a broad spectrum of
parties on how to use the network effectively, and by supporting a
variety of feasibility tests.
The Council aims to continue the analysis of the experiment results
obtained, and further study by involving a wider spectrum of P2P
providers, network providers and delivery service providers.
7.  Feedback to ALTO WG
This section describes what the authors learned with this experiment
would be useful for the ALTO WG.
7.1.  Harmonizing a Hint Server with ALTO
As described before, a Hint Server control mechanism focuses on
control between ISPs, while ALTO does control within an ISP.
Generally speaking, control mechanism that a peer chooses a replica
from its neighbors shows higher performance when probability of a
peer having a content is higher.  This means ISP cooperation
mechanism that enlarges area in choosing peers will have much impact
on P2P performance.  The authors consider combination of these two
mechanisms produce better P2P performance.  The authors propose
hierarchical structure to harmonize a Hint Server with ALTO.  From
viewpoint of cooperation between ISPs, fine information is not
necessarily required and it is difficult to exchange fine information
between ISPs.  Considering this situation, the authors use only
coarse information to control backbone traffic in the experiments
this year, though demand of controlling traffic within an ISP using
fine information will arise in the near future.  The authors consider
that introducing hierarchical structure into ALTO is necessary to
cope with both situations.  Actually, the authors plan to try a
hierarchical control mechanism in the next steps, which include the
following two steps.
o  In the first step, coarse information about whole the network is
used to select ISPs.
o  Next, fine information within the ISP is used to select a peer.
7.2.  Measurement mechanism
In experiments, there were two difficulties as follows:
o  Evaluating effect of introducing a Hint Server was difficult,
since P2P applications had their own measurement mechanisms.
o  How to treat priority orders of peers suggested by a Hint Server
could not be predetermined for P2P applications.
From these experiences, the authors consider that clarifying
requirements about measurement mechanisms for P2P applications are
necessary also in Alto.
There are no security considerations in this document.
No need to describe any request regarding number assignment.
10.  Acknowledgments
These experiments were performed under cooperation among P2P Network
Experiment Council members, and DREAMBOAT co.,ltd., Bitmedia Inc.,
Utagoe.  Inc. and Toyama IX have especially supported analyses of the
experimernts.  The authors appreciate Tohru Asami, Hiroshi Esaki and
Tatsuya Yamshita for their constructive comments.
11.  Informative References
[1]  Hiroshi Esaki, "The State of Traffic and the Effects of P2P",
Special Symposium on Broadband, September 2008 (in Japanese).
[2]  Yoichi Yamazaki, "ISPs have Begun to Explore Tomorrow due to the
Expansion of Traffic", Nikkei Communications, December 2007 (in
Japanese).
[3]  TVBank, "Live Delivery using `BB Broadcast'Achieving 96% Saving
in Traffic!", http:.wwww.tv-bank.com/jp/20081031.html, 2008 (in
[4]  Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Disclosure of
the Report `Working Group on P2P Networks'",
http://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_news/s-news/2007/070629_11.html,
2007 (in Japanese).
[5]  The Foundation for MultiMedia Communications, "The P2P Network
Experiment Council", http://www.fmmc.or.jp/P2P/about.htm, 2007
(in Japanese).
[6]  Open P4P, "P4P Field Tests: Yale-Pando-Verizon",
http://www.openp4p.net/front/fieldests, 2009.
Satoshi Kamei
NTT Service Integration Laboratories
3-9-11, Midori-cho
Musashino-shi, Tokyo  180-8585
Email: kamei.satoshi@lab.ntt.co.jp
Tsuyoshi Momose
Cisco Systems G.K.
2-1-1 Nishi-Shinjuku
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo  163-0409
Email: tmomose@cisco.com
Takeshi Inoue
3-4-1, Shibaura
Minato-ku, Tokyo  108-8118
Email: inoue@jp.ntt.net
Tomohiro Nishitani
1-2-20, Kaigan
Email: tomohiro.nishitani@ntt.com


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Winnersh man to hike whole country and scale three mountains for cancer charities
Chris Cottam is walking from John O'Groats to Land's End and climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon
Nathan John Hyde
A man from Winnersh is walking the length of the country to raise funds for cancer charities after watching family members battle the deadly disease.
Chris Cottam is walking from John O'Groats to Land's End and scaling three of the countries tallest peaks - Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon.
The 57-year-old is planning to cover more than 1,000 miles to raise money for Cure Leukaemia, Breast Cancer UK and the Holt School in Wokingham, where he is a governor.
Mr Cottam decided to raise funds for Breast Cancer UK after seeing his wife Hazel survive two battles with breast cancer.
He also opted to fundraise for Cure Leukaemia after losing a number of family members, friends and associates to blood cancer.
"I am filled with both excitement and trepidation at this stage", said Mr Cottam, "but ultimately I am looking forward to starting this challenge.
"There have been months of preparation, training and fundraising and in some ways I will be relieved to get walking.
"I'd like to thank everyone who has donated and shown support already and whilst I know this is going to be incredibly tough it will be with the knowledge that I am doing it for three wonderful causes that will keep me going."
Chris Cottam
He added: "I am really keen to not only boost donations but also to encourage people to join me for the days I am taking on the three peaks so if anyone would like to join me for Ben Nevis on May 1, Scafell Pike on May 15 or Snowdon on May 29, I'd really appreciate some company."
Before he set off Mr Cottam was boosted by supportive video messages from England cricket legend Ian Botham and internationals Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott.
He's also welcomed the support of blood cancer patient Jaymz Goodman, who will benefit from the money raised.
Cure Leukaemia chief executive James McLaughlin said: "After meeting Chris I was struck by his determination to not only take on this epic challenge but also raise significant funds for his chosen causes.
"Every penny Chris raises for Cure Leukaemia will go towards helping people who are battling this terrible disease every day, these funds will help save lives."
To contact Chris and arrange to join him at any point on his walk email chrisbigjogle@outlook.com or to make a donation click here.


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Иностранные языки Exercise 8. Complete the following sentences with the words according to the text.
Exercise 7. Match the word in the left column with its synonym out of four given in the right column.
Exercise 6. Decide if the following statements are true or false.
Exercise 5. Give the Ukrainian equivalents to the expressions.
the number of the particles; the result of a complicated history; were abundant in the early universe; produced briefly in laboratories; annihilate or decay; the tightly bound clusters; exist diffusely throughout the universe; this tendency is so pronounced; to be never found in isolation; the reasons why quarks insist on clustering; that attempts to describe how quarks behave; involves the interactions; they bind the quarks together; are unstable under present conditions; they change spontaneously into less massive particles; decay into protons in a few minutes.
1. The particle types haven't been changed since the origin of the universe.
2. Some types of particles can be produced only in laboratories.
3. Scientists know the exact number of particle types.
4. Quarks and electrons are able to form the tightly bound clusters that we call nuclei and atoms.
5. Photons and neutrinos have the same properties that quarks and electrons do.
6. Of the two, electrons have a greater tendency to cluster together.
7. QCD involves the interactions of particles.
8. When in isolation, neutrinos are unstable.
9. Electrons bind together into more complex and lasting objects.
10. Neutrons can bind with each other.
abundant huge, plentiful, unstable, tight
annihilate forecast, eliminate, create, involve
completely entirely, tightly, obviously, hopefully
complicated unstable ,immense, complex, easy,
immense obvious, huge, complex, creative
involve refer to, annihilate, notice, last
observe enter, speculate, bind, notice,
origin ending, prediction, reason, beginning
prediction complexion, isolation, property, forecasting,
reason ground, speculation, prediction, motivation
universe macrocosm, ground, diversity, tightness
The _______ of the particles of each type in the present _______ is the result of a _______ history. Most of the particle types that were _______ in the early universe have long ago _______. We only observe them when they are produced _______ in laboratories, and then _______ or _______.
In the present universe, _______ and electrons have _______ that allow them to form the _______ _______ clusters that we call nuclei and atoms. Photons and neutrinos cannot do this, and so exist much more _______ throughout the universe.
_______, most of the universe we know is made of quarks and electrons. Of the two, quarks have a greater _______ to cluster together.
The reasons why quarks _______ clustering in this way are not _______ understood. There is a general theory, known as quantum chromodynamics (QCD) that _______ to describe how quarks _______. QCD _______ the interactions of fields _______ with quarks and fields associated with another type of particle called _______. Most physicists believe that when the _______ of this theory are better understood, we will know why quarks cluster as they do.
Ever since the first microsecond after the origin of the universe, quarks have been_______ together, in groups of three, into neutrons or protons. All of the other _______ of quarks or the other quark types, which also can bind together, are _______ under present conditions.


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Levine Children's Hospital Spring Intern Showcase
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte '20
Taylor is a rising senior at UNC-Charlotte where she is majoring in Communication Studies with a concentration in Public Relations. She is also double-minoring in Journalism and Women & Gender Studies. Taylor is involved in leadership development programs, extracurriculars, and serves as the president of her sorority.
"One day we had a patient come downstairs with her nurses to do speech therapy by hosting her own comedy show. She was barely speaking at a whisper voice level, but the longer she was in the studio and speaking on air, the more her confidence boosted. She opened up to us, laughed, and sang along to Beyoncé, her favorite artist. Moments like these remind us why we do what we do."
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Spencer Buckler
University of South Carolina '21
Spencer is a Sophomore at USC studying Broadcast Journalism. He loves the news but also really loves to have fun and be goofy. If his favorite song comes on in public, there's a 100% chance that he'll dance or sing along.
"It's hard for me to pick a favorite moment but every Tuesday morning we shared good news happening in our lives and it was a great way to start the day."
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Closing out Seacrest Studios on a high note for our showcase!
Charlee Rae
Davidson College '21
Charlee Rae is a Sophomore in College majoring in Communication Studies. She has a passion for meeting people and having an opportunity to bring light into other people's lives. She loves production whether radio or television and hopes to pursue a career in entertainment in the coming years. In her free time, she loves spending time with friends, animals and doing lip sync battles.
"My favorite memory was when DJ Zion came to the studio and did just dance with the interns. It meant so much to him to be able to play games and dance, but it meant even more to his grandpa who was there with him every day and that's what really brought the meaning of Seacrest Studios together for me. It's not just an internship, it's an opportunity to be there for someone and support someone who you do not know and may never know again."
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UNC Charlotte '19
One of the earliest memories Kathleen has is racing down the stairs, grabbing a pop tart out of the microwave, and watching SportsCenter with her dad. Her passion for journalism continued to blossom throughout high school and college through her work with student media and the athletic department. Through multiple internships, especially Seacrest Studios, she was able to develop her skills and secure a job with ESPN on their new channel, the ACC Network.
"My favorite memory at Seacrest world definitely be working with DJ Lion. He was a patient I had that couldn't leave his room, but he wanted to do a show. I talked with his nurses and with Meredith and we were able to produce not one but two shows for him all from his room. It was neat to see how we can enhance what we already have to make Seacrest Studios more accessible to our patients."
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Arlette Hawkins
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University '19
Arlette Hawkins is a Spring 2019 graduate of North Carolina A&T State University. She studied Journalism & Mass Communications with a concentration in Multimedia and a minor in Spanish. Her interests in the two subjects motivated her to study abroad in the spring of 2018. The following year she joined the Seacrest Studios family to continue to discover more countries through her show "What in the World." Arlette is motivated by her favorite quote: "If you don't see it – create it." She is the recipient of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and a UNCF Walt Disney Scholar. She will continue her studies at Elon University in pursuit of a Master of Arts in Interactive Media. Arlette aspires to write for television, movies, and documentaries.
"My favorite memory in Seacrest Studios was learning sign language with a patient."
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Ryan Seacrest Studios-Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC 2019 Spring Semester Music: Earth, Wind, & Fire, "Let's Groove"
Holly Van Kuren - "DJ VK"
Queens University of Charlotte – Dec. '19
Holly is a Communications major at Queens University of Charlotte. She loves laughing and making others smile! During her time in the studio she hosted a sports show, "On the Sidelines" and a travel show "Traveling Today with DJ VK". She plans to pursue a career in sports broadcasting or health communications in the Charlotte area.
"My favorite memories include seeing many of our courageous patients discharged! As well as Meredith organizing a surprise visit for my family to come and see the magic we create in the studio!
Naomi Tellez-Duran
Queens University of Charlotte '21
Naomi Tellez-Duran is a rising junior at Queens University of Charlotte majoring in International Studies and Journalism. At Queens she is the president of the Latin American Student Organization, a Class Representative for the Student Government Association. Naomi is also the News Editor the the school's newspaper, the Queens Chronicle. She hopes to pursue a career in broadcast journalism after graduation.
"My favorite memory while at Seacrest Studios this spring was spending time with patient Noah. We spent half of the day together drawing, painting and dancing. He was a little boy full of energy and I made sure he could use his energy in a productive and fun way. He made me smile and made me see the value of life!


In keeping with her environment, ELORA is the ultimate garden wedding gown. A creature of sheer romance, she embodies the natural world through the use of a floral motif that adorns almost every inch of her bodice and hides among the many layers of her tulle skirt.
Given a unique character with the addition of soft off shoulder straps she takes on a truly romantic feel that is upheld by almost every element of her design. With romance in mind, she is finished with a leafy sweetheart neckline that descends into a slightly lowered back.


BOO! Classic Cuts 157 boasts 20 scarily good Halloween Dance tracks to get all the ghosts and ghouls on their feet! Artists include Basement Jaxx, Pendulum, Freaks, Beatfreakz and Fatboy Slim feat. Macy Gray. Each track has been carefully selected by DJs for DJs.


(Host) Another sixty members of the Vermont National Guard touched down today in Mississippi after nearly a year in Iraq.
They joined a group of fifty that arrived over the weekend.
The rest of the four hundred members of Task Force Saber will likely fly in on Tuesday.
VPR's Steve Zind is at Camp Shelby. He explains what the troops are doing before they make the next leg of their journey back to Vermont.
(Zind) The Vermonters' barracks at Camp Shelby were quiet Monday. Between doing paperwork, turning in equipment and getting medical checkups, soldiers had time to catch a nap or venture out into the 95 degree heat to shop at the PX or go to the mess hall.
There were also debriefing sessions to attend.
In the morning, guardsmen gathered in a large group to hear about the benefits and services available to them as Iraq war veterans.
Then, later in the day they were called into smaller groups – just 20 or 30 – to talk with counselors about the difficulties some of them would have adjusting to civilian life. Colonel John Coffin is one of the counselors.
(Zind) Coffin says the counseling sessions are structured. They involve asking the soldiers three questions. Question number one, they have to answer. The other two are optional.
First, the soldiers are asked to talk about what they did in Iraq.
Then, they're encouraged to discuss their first thoughts and feelings on arriving back in the U.S.
Finally, counselors ask them to describe the most difficult situation they faced.
Coffin says the exercise is designed to help soldiers go beyond thinking about their experiences to exploring their emotional responses to what they witnessed.
(Zind) Coffin says Vermont is the only state to send a team of counselors to Mississippi to work with returning guard members.
He says some soldiers are resistant to the idea of counseling. Some experience a delayed emotional reaction to the war. He tells every returning soldier to make four visits to a vet center to talk to a counselor, even if they might not think they need it.
David Swan of Chazy, N.Y., is among the Vermont guardsmen just back from Iraq. Swan says he feels all right, but he thinks it makes sense for the returning soldiers to talk to counselors.
(Zind) Vermont Guard officials say once all the soldiers in Task Force Saber are debriefed, they'll fly home to Vermont to join their families.
For Vermont Public Radio, I'm Steve Zind at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.


A wet and windy day saw the OA's get a bonus point win over Watford Seconds.
An early kick off to accommodate the England game off saw Watford Seconds travel over to local rivals Old Albanians to take on the Grizzlies (OA's 4s). Unfortunately, much like Eddie Jones' boys, it wasn't to be our day.
After an error strewn opening 10 minutes from both teams, OA's capitalised after initially being held up by the Watford pack. The OA's 10 crash over from the resulting scrum.
Some more scrappy play followed and OA's were over again, after a missed knock on allowed the OA's winger to dive over in the corner.
OA's third was a nicely worked try, from a turnover scrum they moved the ball wide to the winger who stepped over for a score.
Watford finally woke up after this and a 22 drop out from Keelan Tullett was gathered superbly by joe clancy. The ball was then worked to the left hand side of the pitch where it was popped out to Adam Hancock. Hancock tipped the ball on to Meredith who gave an out the back pass to Luke Bees who moved it quickly on to the looping Tullett who fed Pie. Pie then galloped his way to the try line, riding a tackle in the process.
Watford were nearly in again before the break after a nice move saw PJ Harriot offload to Meredith, but Meredith's pass didn't go to hand and the chance went begging.
Rallied from their late first half score, Watford started the second half well. They were nearly over through Richard Yates but a good cover tackle saw him spill the ball as he tried to offload. However Yatesy redeemed himself moments later with a splendid try in the corner, a poor clearance from OA's centre Stuart Williams, saw Clancy run the ball back and pass to Sean Silver, who drew the defender and popped to Yates to score. Clancy missed the subsequent conversion.
The rest of the second half consisted of scrums, scrums and more scrums. With a few lineouts thrown in for good measure. The main highlight was a monster hit from Adam Hancock on the OA's flanker, see the second half video on the website from 8:50 to see it!
OA's eventually got their bonus point try in the last play of the game to round off a good performance from them, having had one denied by Hancock, who stripped their 9 over the line.


You know things are bad when the police move away from talking about whether crime is up or down and they start talking about how we stack up per capita.
Wrong yardstick, officers. Violent robberies are way, way up and you know it. Now you're simply justifying the increase by telling us that we aren't being robbed nearly as much as the people in other parts of town are.
Perhaps we should try harder?
And this idea that the robbery surge is due to nightlife? That's ridiculous on its face. This may be surprising to some readers, but Wrigleyville and Boystown did not suddenly become popular nightlife districts in 2007. Boystown has been well-established for at least 20 years. Wrigleyville for much longer.
The "nightlife factor" has been a constant influence on robbery rates here for decades. It is a constant that's built in to every year's crime count.
As far as population goes, Lake View's population was essentially unchanged from 2000 to 2010. The neighborhood lost about 500 residents, according to the Census Bureau. So, we can't blame a surge in population for the surge in robberies.
So the nightlife isn't new. The dense population isn't new. The only things that are new are all these gosh darned robberies.
Overall crime on the beat is down by 69 incidents from the same period last year, representing a 9 percent dip. Robberies have dipped by four incidents, or 7 percent; burglaries are down 44, or 59 percent; and motor vehicle thefts are down 26, or 58 percent.
Thefts went up by seven, a 2 percent increase, and criminal sexual assaults doubled from five last year to 10 this year.
Rewind. Let's play that again.
Robberies down by four, thefts up by seven? Hmmm. Sounds like this CWB commentator may know exactly what he's talking about.
Well not too long ago Supt. McCartjy had all strong arm robberies or smash and grab as we call them, I.e. run up, push, and grab said property from victim. . . reclassified into theft from persons [instead of robberies]. All thefts from persons when force is used is really a strong arm robbery according to FBI/UCR crime classification. By decalssifyng a S/A to a theft from person you are effectively killing crime.


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Japan's economy rises out of quake slump
Japan's economy grew for the first time in four quarters in a comeback from the earthquake and tsunami disaster but the rebound already faces multiple global headwinds.
The world's No.3 economy expanded at an annualised rate of six per cent in the July-September period, driven by exports.
It was the first growth in four quarters.
The result announced on Monday was in line with market forecasts, including Kyodo News agency's projection of 6.2 per cent annualised growth.
"Having something as strong as hoped for is really good news," said Martin Schulz, senior economist at Fujitsu Research Institute in Tokyo.
"Basically all parts of the economy were expanding. And this is extremely important because we see a slowdown internationally, which is already hitting exports."
While such a robust rebound is encouraging, it is unlikely to last.
"The situation surrounding our country's economy is becoming tougher as we see the recovery in overseas economies weakening and face the impact of the Thai flood, in addition to the yen's rapid rise," said economic and fiscal policy minister Motohisa Furukawa, according to Kyodo.
Economists expect GDP - a measure of the value of all goods and services produced domestically - to contract in the last three months of the year before turning moderately positive again next year.
Last week, Japan's lower house of parliament passed a Y12.1 trillion ($A151.95 billion) extra budget to help fund recovery efforts in Japan's tsunami-battered northeast.
The budget includes measures aimed at easing pressure from the yen's recent surge.
Considered a safe haven, the Japanese currency has hit record highs against the dollar this year amid intensifying worries about Europe and the US.
The climb is particularly painful for exporters, whose overseas earnings shrink in value when repatriated.
The new government spending should help offset weaker overseas demand, said Kyohei Morita, chief economist at Barclays Capital in Tokyo.
"We maintain our view that Japan is likely to outpace other advanced economies in 2012," Morita said in a research note on Monday.
The International Monetary Fund agrees. It estimates Japan's economy will expand 2.3 per cent next year - the strongest growth forecast among the Group of Seven countries including the US, UK and Germany.
Japan's latest annualised GDP figure translates to growth of 1.5 per cent from the previous quarter, according to the Cabinet Office.
Consumer spending, which accounts for some 60 per cent of the economy, climbed 1 per cent. Capital investment by companies rose 1.1 per cent. Exports jumped 6.2 per cent.
Since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the country has steadily fixed its factories and benefited from pent-up demand for Japanese goods such as cars.
Toyota Motor Corp's production had recovered to pre-tsunami levels by September, earlier than initial estimates.
Japanese shares end 1.05% higher
Airports have trying year: industry says


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Jury Instructions
That if, when Mr. Buckner returned to Virginia in Novr. 1830, he left the Petitioner in Washington, hired out at service 'til June 1832, and made no attempt to carry her out 'til then sent for, then the Defendant is not within the provision of the 4th Section of the Maryland Law. Anno 1796, Ch. 67.
That the said Ariss Buckner could not be a settled and bonâ fide resident in Virginia and Washington at the same time, within the meaning of the 2nd section of the said Maryland Act, of 1796. ch. 67. and that the Jury ought to be satisfied from the evidence, in order to find for the Defendant, under that section of the act, that when the said Ariss Buckner removed to Washington, he intended to renounce his residence in Virginia, and to become a bonâ fide resident of another place.


Joshua Dean Wade, 33, of Poteau is behind bars on suspicion of first-degree murder after allegedly shooting another man with a compound bow on Sunday evening.
Poteau Assistant Police Chief Greg Russell said officers were dispatched to the area at 8:25 p.m. where they found 54-year-old Buddy Wayne Wade of Poteau shot through the chest with an arrow. It happened at an apartment on 203 Lacey Lane in Poteau. Buddy Wayne Wade was deceased at officers' arrival, Russell said.
Police took Joshua Wade into custody at the scene, as well as the compound bow allegedly used in the murder.
Russell said investigators believe Joshua Wade rang the doorbell at the apartment two separate times. He would hide around a corner after each ring.
Police believe on the second ring, Buddy Wade stepped onto the porch. It is then alleged Joshua Wade stepped around the corner and shot Buddy Wade with an arrow.
Joshua Wade was booked into the LeFlore County Detention Center.


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Spirit of a Warrior, Heart of a Patriot.
Due to safety concerns for everyone planning to attend our OKMHF Banquet and Induction Ceremony, we made the difficult decision to cancel it this year. We are already making plans for 2021 and will announce the date as soon as we know it. Take care and we look forward to seeing you all next year to honor Oklahoma's heroes.
Class of 2019 Inductees/Family Representatives
Front Row: L to R: CAPT Phillip Butler, CSM Wilson Hunt, Jim Wilson (family member of BrigGen Kenneth Taylor), Mrs. Flora Taylor (widow of BrigGen Taylor), LCpl Harvey Pratt, SGT Jacob Roush (grandson of MAJ MathewDallas), Mrs. Rita Dallas (widow of MAJ Dallas)
Back Row: L to R: Frank Hogan (nephew of COL Rosemary Hogan Luciano), CPT Bill Ford, CDR Danny Glenn, Karon Redmond (niece of SGT Roy Harmon), Rev Mike Finley (friend of Col Wayne Johnson), Brian Whitaker (son of SGM Ira Whitaker), Richard Lewis (cousin of COL Rosemary Hogan Luciano), Maurice Lozier ( (nephew of SGT Roy Harmon)
Not Shown: USS Oklahoma BB-37, Acceptors are Commodore Anthony Barnes and Mr. Dan Provo
Annual Recognition of Oklahoma Heroes
CAPT Phillip N. Butler, US Navy
MAJ Mathew D. Dallas, US Army
CPT William "Bill" L. Ford, US Army
CDR Danny E. Glenn, US Navy
SGT Roy W. W. Harmon, US Army
CSM George Wilson Hunt, US Army
Col Milton W. Johnson, US Air Force
COL Rosemary Hogan Luciano, US Army/US Air Force
LCpl Harvey P. Pratt, US Marine Corps
BG Kenneth M. Taylor, Army Air Corps/US Air Force
SGM Ira E. Whitaker, US Army
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Our Mission: Honoring the men and women of Oklahoma who served in the Uniformed Services of the United States, demonstrating extraordinary acts of courage, heroism or gallantry, and who continue to serve our country and communities today.
The Oklahoma Military Heritage Foundation is an all volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Letter from the OKMHF President
I am pleased to welcome all visitors to the Oklahoma Military Heritage Foundation website. This is your opportunity to share and appreciate the distinctive and gallant military history of our great state. From statehood through the World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War, the Gulf Wars, and the War on Terrorism, Oklahoma's servicemen and servicewomen have played, and continue to play, a major role in the defense of our Nation. Since statehood, 476,000 Oklahomans have served in America's armed forces in combat with over 9,890 killed or missing in action, over 1,500 POWs, and over 21,100 wounded. Currently, according to the Veterans Administration, there are over 305,000 living veterans who call Oklahoma home.
OKMHF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with an all-volunteer Board of ambassadors dedicated to finding and recognizing Oklahoma's military heroes. This is a year-round operation and truly a labor of love. The OKMHF Team spends the entire year preparing, organizing, researching, searching for relatives, coordinating, sending out newsletters, seeking "home-grown" Medal of Honor recipients, conducting a selection review of nominees, and raising funds for the next Banquet Induction ceremony. The awards themselves are professionally rendered, including a detailed image of our logo in a ribbon-suspended bronze medal; a matted and framed citation adorned with beaded and leathered warrior feather; and a framed freehand pencil portrait of each honoree by one of our very own talented artists.
Every year on or near the weekend celebrating Veteran's Day, OKMHF presides over the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame's annual Induction Ceremony and Banquet honoring nine individual military personnel or organizations who have demonstrated heroic gallantry in action, uncommon valor, sacrifice above and beyond the call of duty, or extraordinary leadership. These people define "Oklahoma's Military Heroes" and represent the epitome of the over 655,000 men and women who have honorably served Oklahoma and the Nation since statehood.
OKMHF also takes this opportunity to honor an individual or organization for outstanding public service activities extending beyond their military service. The "MG Douglas O. Dollar Distinguished Public Service Award" is named for the founder and first president of the OKMHF and is presented to an individual or organization actively involved in the community promoting good citizenship, continued patriotism beyond military service, and providing assistance to Oklahoma's veterans and families with the same exemplary dedication that has been the keystone of MG Dollar's military and civilian careers.
When you attend the induction ceremony and banquet and learn of the profound military and civic accomplishments of these extraordinary men and women, be ready for an event you'll never forget! You will be compelled to stand tall and applaud, your heart bursting with pride, and a tear in your eye with gratitude for what our honorees have done to preserve our freedom and liberties. These honorees make us proud to wear the uniform of the United States Military and to support those who do, and grateful to be a citizen of the great state of Oklahoma and the greatest Nation in the world, the United States of America.
Colonel Jerry Shiles, US Army, Retired
President, OKMHF
COL Jerry Shiles, US Army, Retired
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Below you will find a stocking full of Whistler activities for all ages, with a complete Fairmont Chateau Whistler Schedule of Christmas Events & Holiday Festivities for upcoming 2018 festive season.
To search by day, select your desired date below. Or, view all Christmas Arts & Crafts and Family Activities.
After September 15, 2018, activity and dining reservations over the festive season may be made by e-mailing our Concierge team - select Activities or Dining Reservations.
Little Elves' Playroom is full of fun and games tailored to guests aged 6 and under. Children must be accompanied by an adult guardian. Supervision is not provided.
Base Camp is an activity lounge featuring a gaming centre, billiards, foosball, board games and a selection of books. Young children must be accompanied by an adult guardian.
Please see the guest newsletter for daily film schedule.
To enhance your Whistler visit, we are pleased to offer the expertise of our Whistler Experience Guide. Featuring up to three activities daily including mountain tours, snowshoeing and more, each day's agenda will be available up to 48 hours in advance. For complete details, visit the Concierge in the lobby or dial '0' from your room.
Stretch and relax during this our daily yoga class. Visit the Front Desk, Concierge or dial '0' from your guest room for current class times.
Base Camp is an activity lounge featuring a gaming centre, billiards, foosball, board games and a wide selection of books. Young children must be accompanied by an adult guardian.
Please see the guest newsletter for the daily film schedule.
Join us for some good old fashioned Canadian fun! Hockey sticks supplied. Meet at the tennis courts dressed for the weather conditions.
Create a magical friend that sprinkles the message of joy and kindness wherever it goes.
Create a wintery scene straight out of your own imagination. The magic of snowfall is always transfixing, whether it's outside your window or inside this classic toy.
Have a Beary Happy Holiday! Join us for an afternoon painting party with Arts Adventures Canada as we paint a beloved Whistler resident on canvas. Instruction will start at 3:30 p.m.
Create a whimsical snowman using socks, stuffing and a dollop of creativity.
This 'Reindeer Rally' game by Eventology is in the style of 'Pokemon Go'. Find Rudolph the Reindeer in the hotel lobby to scan a QR code and download the free App on your smart phone or tablet. Rudolph has lost his reindeer friends and needs your help to find them as quickly as possible! Beat the clock and earn extra points by completing a series of festive and family themed challenges as you go. The hunt will take approximately 30 - 75 minutes to complete. The winner's prize, a special Holiday Basket and a $100 Fairmont Gift Card.
Be it to send a thank you during the holiday season, or simply to put a smile onsomeone's face, greeting cards are a thoughtful way to brighten up anyone's day.
Create a 'naturally' charming pinecone skier to remind you of your holiday adventures in Whistler.
Let us sing from the hotel rooftop with the Whistler Singers and Whistler Children's Chorus! A magical family après in a unique setting, complete with our favourite holiday carols, a marshmallow roast, and delightful surprises.
Indoor snowball fight, bouncy castle, dancing with DJ Jiggle, glow sticks, magic slipper craft and more!
Cozy up with a bowl of cereal in front of the big screen for a Saturday morning of animated bliss. Don't forget to wear your pajamas! Supervision is not provided.
Pay-it-forward by designing a work of art made with the intent to brighten up someone's day this festive season. Surprise a friend, a family member, a random stranger, or someone in need of a smile. We challenge you to gift your creation by December 25th. Art supplies will be available.
Join us for a gingerbread decorating workshop with a Whistler alpine touch.
Share a toast with our Fairmont family and other guests as we celebrate the holiday season. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and cocktails will be served.
Make and decorate a cedar wreath to hang on your guest room door.
Join some of the North Pole Elves for an adventure in toy making.
Whistler Community Church presents a non-denominational celebration of Christmas.
Spend the evening with Mrs. Claus as she reads her favourite stories and shares some milk and cookies. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
The Wildflower's Alpine Buffet is a delicious start to your festive celebrations. $39 Adults, $20 Children 6-12 years. Applicable taxes and 15% service fee applies. Reservations recommended.
Capture the magic of the day with the ones you love. Fees apply.
One of our most popular events of the festive season! The Christmas Gala showcases an extravagant buffet and live entertainment by the Tony Barton Orchestra. Be sure to make reservations for this unforgettable evening.
Get your cameras ready! The annual Chef's Parade of holiday fare will tour through the Macdonald Ballroom and The Wildflower, ending with a grand finale in the Lobby.
Join us for an insider's look at one of Canada's great resort hotels. Small children must be accompanied by an adult.
Weave together a vibrant dream catcher with feathers, beads, sinew and a suede wrapped hoop. Dream catchers are a craft passed on from neighboring First Nations trading partners who lived in the prairies and East Coast of Canada. They are suspended in windows to allow good dreams to pass through while entangling bad dreams in the web which then perish at the first light of dawn. Children under 10 will require adult assistance. Meet at 3:10 p.m. at Guest Services dressed for the outdoors. Workshop will be held in the neighbouring Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre.
Share a toast as we celebrate the holiday season. Complimentary canapés and cocktails will be served.
Craft an Inukshuk figure with guidance from the creative team of Whistler's Fathom Stone Art Gallery. Inukshuks are human-made stone landmarks, or cairns, used by the Inuit and other peoples of the Arctic region of North America. Young children will require assistance.
Decorate your very own holiday candy apple and enjoy the "fruit" of your labour!
An early buffet dinner is ideal for families and those celebrating New Year's Eve in Whistler Village.
For a more intimate setting to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, join us for a four-course gourmet dinner.
The Mallard is at the heart of the Chateau, and what better place to usher in the New Year in Whistler? Enjoy handcrafted cocktails and live entertainment until 2:00 a.m. Reservations are not required for The Mallard Lounge, seating is first come, first served.
Join us for a gala affair of pure indulgence when the Fairmont Chateau Whistler's grand Macdonald Ballroom transforms into a glamorous black and gold themed event. An opulent buffet dinner and evening of dancing will set the stage for a memorable New Year's Eve celebration. Returning by popular demand, the Famous Players Band will deliver an irresistible repertoire of today's and yesterday's best party songs. Reserve your table early for the most lavish Fairmont event of the year. $199 Adults. Applicable taxes and 15% service fee applies. Reservations recommended.
The Wildflower's Alpine Buffet, enhanced with festive items, is the perfect start to the New Year.
Frankie, our bear-y cool new mascot, dares you to start the new year off with a splash! Join us for an early morning dip in the outside pool. We will have hot chocolate, coffee, tea and breakfast pastries waiting!


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These aids can be bought separately or bundled together for a discount. Other discounts may be applicable too.
The bundles are a selection of training props grouped together to purchase with a discount.
For example, Bundle A=1+2 includes 1. Spine + 2. Stand for Spine.
Learners on our Manual Handling Instructors course receive a 10% discount when buying within a month of completing the course at NISO.
Alternatively you can email back the form to accounts@niso.ie and pay by credit card over the phone by calling NISO on 01 465 9760.


Rarely available craftsman style townhouse in desirable Steveston. Beautifully maintained with designer colors, laminate floors, maple cabinets and MORE! Huge bonus room can be used as 4th bedroom or a great games room for your growing family. One of the largest units in the complex, this home offers an open concept floor plan that is boasting with natural light, 9 foot ceilings and plenty of storage. Don't wait this home won't last.


On Saturday, July 1st from 11 AM to 4 PM, Robson Street sidewalks between Burrard and Denman will be filled with the sights, sounds and tastes of music, entertainment, giveaways, business promotions and treats!
– VIVA Vancouver is launching Bute Plaza on Canada Day, which will transform the current street into a colourful and fun outdoor lounge area, complete with tables, chairs, umbrellas and a piano.
– RYU Apparel is hosting a morning kettle bell workout at Bute Plaza from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m.
– Timber Ball Hockey Tournament (TBHT) benefitting the Britannia After School Hockey program will be taking place from 12-4pm, featuring local brewery teams, a Timber/Forage team, Bomber Brewing guys, and a team from B.A.S.H facing off to win the coveted TBHT trophy. Throughout the day, Timber will also feature drink specials, s'mores in the courtyard, and Chef Whittaker will be cookin' up some delicious bison on the patio.
– WE Arts will have a large outdoor art display featuring over 10 artists and musicians at Cardero Street.
–Holy Crab will be selling their newest menu items, including lobster rolls.
– Arc'teryx Vancouver – 8:30AM-9:30AM Good Morning Vancouver Run! Run distance is ~3-5KM and all skill and speed levels are more than welcome. 12-3PM The Hive Bouldering Gym is bringing their hang board to the store so you can try out your skills.
– Aveda / Civello Vancouver – FREE Mini massage services, Aveda samples, $20 service cards to Civello & Iced Tea.
– Boys'Co – Up to 70% off selected items & DJ in-store.
– COUTURIST – Chance to win $150 gift card with purchase of $150 or more.
– Earls Robson – Festive jars of bacon for $1.50 each, live DJ and food and drink promotions.
– GEOX – Up to 50% off storewide.
– Ladurée Canada – Exclusive macaron box to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday!
– Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (Canada) – Promotions on True North products, apples, ice cream bars and more.
– Roots Canada – Receive a FREE Cooper Canada with your purchase of $150+.
– RYU Apparel Inc. – Outdoor DJ from 12PM – 3PM & Trace Water Pop-up morning workout at Bute Plaza from 930AM – 1015AM.
– Saje Wellness – Saje team will be out with misters & FREE Peppermint Halo Rollers.
– SEPHORA – FREE mini services, face painting & photo booth.
– SWAROVSKI – FREE gift with purchase of $150.
We're thrilled to be partnering with some of Vancouver's best entertainment for our Canada Day 150 celebration! Check back for more additions.
Be sure to celebrate Canada Day #onRobson, everyone is invited! Stay up to date on our Facebook event page for details on retailer promotions and more!


1) Region play has begun in the sport of football. The rivalry and intensity of the games has picked up for our players, coaches and fans. Please continue to follow your security plan and make good sportsmanship a top priority.
Head coaches, please make sure you have informed your players and assistant coaches about staying on the sideline if a fracas or altercation occurs. A plan of action can easily be practiced on Thursdays (like practicing for a hands-team).
Rule: If a team leaves the sideline or bench and enters the court or playing surface during an altercation, the team will be penalized, players suspended, and may be removed from post-season play.
Shoot-arounds or "just opening the gym" for players after school or on the weekends are not allowed. Before of after school practices for winter sports cannot begin before the appropriate start date (October 17, 2016). Scrimmages with other schools are not allowed until the 1st scrimmage date (October 29) listed on the sports calendar.
3) The MHSAA Sports Calendar lists maximum number of contests /games to be played in a season. Please double-check the number of contests on your winter sports schedules to make sure the correct number will be played.
We've had a great start to the 2016-17 school year. Special thanks to our administrators and coaches for being proactive and taking care of business.
Together, we will continue to make a difference!!


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"Flamboyant" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their greatest hits album, PopArt: The Hits (2003). It was released on 29 March 2004 as the album's second and final single, reaching number nine in Spain, number 12 in the United Kingdom, and number 13 in Denmark.

The song was remixed for single release, and an extended mix of the original album version—dubbed the "Tomcraft Extended Mix"—was issued as one of the single's B-sides. The other B-side, "I Didn't Get Where I Am Today", features Johnny Marr on guitars. The single cover art contains the song title and the duo's name in katakana: . The single cover features Chris Lowe with long hair, which he sported for a short time.

Music video
The music video for "Flamboyant" was directed by Nico Beyer. Heavily based on aspects of Japanese popular culture, it tells the story of a Japanese office worker who aspires to appear on the television variety show Kasou Taishou, where guests perform silly stunts. He envisions a billiards-based routine, where he and others portray living balls on an enormous pool table. In the beginning of the video, scenes are of his unsupportive environment; his wife is annoyed at him, his manager scolds him for reading a billiards magazine at work, and his coworkers tease him at lunch. At the end of the video, however, he and his team perform their routine successfully on the show and win top ranking. The story footage is intercut with fake Japanese-style television commercials where the Pet Shop Boys offer various products such as an automatic ironing machine and a car called Boxy (Nissan Micra).

The video was finally released on DVD on the documentary A Life in Pop, although the disc does not mention the video's inclusion. Some territories, like Canada, do not feature the video.

Track listings
2-track CD
 "Flamboyant" (single mix)
 "I Didn't Get Where I Am Today"

Enhanced CD
 "Flamboyant" (Tomcraft extended mix)
 "Flamboyant" (Scissor Sisters silhouettes & shadows mix)
 "Flamboyant" (DJ Hell remix)
 "Flamboyant" (demo version)
 "Flamboyant" (Enhanced video)

Charts

References

2003 songs
2004 singles
Parlophone singles
Pet Shop Boys songs
Songs written by Chris Lowe
Songs written by Neil Tennant

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German Masters 2015 − ósmy rankingowy turniej snookerowy w sezonie 2014/2015. Rozegrany został w dniach 4 – 8 lutego 2015 roku. Miejscem rozegrania była hala Berlin Tempodrom w stolicy Niemiec.

Obrońcą tytułu był reprezentant Chin, Ding Junhui.

Nagrody
Zwycięzca: 80 000 €
II miejsce: 35 000 €
Półfinalista: 20 000 €
Ćwierćfinalista: 10 000 €
Runda 2: 5000 €
Runda 1: 3000 €
Ostatnia 64: 1500 €

Najwyższy break: 4000 €

Łączna pula nagród: 335 000 €

Drabinka turniejowa

Finał

Breaki stupunktowe fazy głównej turnieju
 147, 104, 102  Judd Trump
 145, 141, 130, 118  Shaun Murphy
 134, 134, 117  Ronnie O'Sullivan
 133  Peter Ebdon
 126  Mark Selby
 119, 107  Stephen Maguire
 112  Alfie Burden
 111  Neil Robertson
 110  Mark Davis
 106, 102  Liang Wenbo
 106  Mark King
 103  Matthew Selt
 100  Mark Allen

Kwalifikacje
Mecze zostały rozegrane w dniach 17-19 grudnia w Robin Park Arena and Sports Centre, Wigan. Wszystkie mecze były rozgrywane do 5 wygranych frame'ów.

Runda 1

Runda 2

Breaki stupunktowe kwalifikacji

 142, 116  Shaun Murphy
 141, 101  Aditya Mehta
 136, 131  Ding Junhui
 136  Ian Burns
 136  Daniel Wells
 135, 134, 105, 101  Neil Robertson
 135  Ali Carter
 133  Zak Surety
 132  Mark Davis
 131, 121  Michael Wasley
 127  Mark Allen
 121  Adam Duffy
 120, 114, 105  Judd Trump
 117, 106, 104  Ronnie O'Sullivan
 117  Ryan Day

 117  Robin Hull
 117  Mitchell Mann
 115, 103  Li Hang
 115  Matthew Stevens
 115  Michael White
 113  Xiao Guodong
 112  David Gilbert
 109  Sam Baird
 105  Alfie Burden
 104  Michael Holt
 104  Michael Leslie
 103  Yu Delu
 103  Oliver Lines
 102  Jack Lisowski
 100  Jimmy Robertson

Przypisy

German Masters
2015 w sporcie
2015 w Niemczech
Sport w Berlinie


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Welcoming new teammates from HTC to our hardware organization
Welcoming new teammates from HTC
Rick Osterloh
Senior Vice President, Hardware
It's been a busy few months since we introduced our second-generation family of Made by Google products. We've heard from so many of you that our new products have been helpful in your everyday lives—whether you're taking stunning portrait mode photos with the new Pixel 2, getting hands-free help around the house with the Google Home Mini, or using real-time translation in 40 languages with Google Pixel Buds. But even with all the great things these products can do, building hardware is…hard, and there's still a long journey ahead.
That's why I'm delighted that we've officially closed our deal with HTC, and are welcoming an incredibly talented team to work on even better and more innovative products in the years to come. These new colleagues bring decades of experience achieving a series of "firsts" particularly in the smartphone industry—including bringing to market the first 3G smartphone in 2005, the first touch-centric phone in 2007, and the first all-metal unibody phone in 2013. This is also the same team we've been working closely with on the development of the Pixel and Pixel 2.
As our hardware business enters its third year, we remain committed to building and investing for the long run. Today, we start digging in with our new teammates, guided by the mission to create radically helpful experiences for people around the world, by combining the best of Google's AI, software and hardware.
Finally, with the official close of this deal, we're expanding our footprint in the Asia Pacific region. Taiwan is a key innovation and engineering hub for Google, and Taipei will now become the largest Google engineering site in APAC.
Breaking ground in Nevada
$1 billion for 20,000 Bay Area homes
Coming soon to the Lone Star State: more office space and a data center
Investing in Oklahoma and across the U.S.
From offices to libraries, building momentum in Michigan
An update on our workplace commitments


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Das Bangladesh National Museum ist ein Museum unter staatlicher Leitung in Dhaka, im Stadtteil Shahbag. Es enthält Sammlungen in den Bereichen Archäologie, Kunst, Geschichte, Naturgeschichte und Ethnologie. Weiter hat es eine Abteilung für öffentliche Bildung, ein Konservierungslabor und eine Verwaltungsabteilung. Es verfügt über 4 Zweigstellen in Chittagong, Sylhet und Maimansingh, sowie in Dhaka selbst im Mogulspalast Ahsan Manzil.

Geschichte
Das Vorläufermuseum wurde am 7. August 1913 unter dem Namen Dhaka Museum eingeweiht. Seine Gründung erfolgte auf dem Hintergrund der von Lord Curzon durchgeführten Teilung Bengalens 1905 und des daraus resultierenden Wachstums Dhakas. Die Sammlung dieses Museums wuchs schnell, eine erste Erweiterung von einem auf drei Räume erfolgte bereits im Juni 1914. Für die Öffentlichkeit wurde diese Sammlung, die damals 379 Objekte umfasste, am 25. August 1914 zugänglich. Der erste Kurator des Museums hieß Nalini Kanta Bhattasali.

Das Museum entwickelte eine enge Zusammenarbeit mit der University of Dhaka, die über keine eigene historische Sammlung verfügte. 1936 erfolgte dementsprechend eine Umorganisation der Museumsleitung, die dieser Kooperation Rechnung trug und in der der Vizekanzler der Universität als Präsident dem Dhaka Museum Committee vorstand. 1947 übernahm die Universität die Leitung des Museums ganz von der Provinzregierung. Nach mehreren internen Verwaltungsumstellungen wurde das Museum 1970 direkt der Regierung von Ostpakistan unterstellt.

Nach der Staatsgründung Bangladeschs 1971 zeigte der erste Premierminister des Landes, Shaikh Mujibur Rahman Interesse an einem Nationalmuseum, das die Geschichte des Freiheitskampfes des Landes dokumentieren sollte. Er war es auch, der als erster das Dhaka Museum als Bangladesh National Museum bezeichnete. Er spendete mehrere Ausstellungsstücke, darunter eine Flagge. Offiziell wurde das Museum als Nationalmuseum allerdings erst 1983 eingeweiht.

Sammlungen
In 44 Räumen werden Gegenstände aus den Bereichen Archäologie, Kunst, Geschichte, Naturgeschichte und Ethnologie gezeigt. Die archäologische Sammlung ist vor allem aufgrund der hinduistischen und buddhistischen Skulpturen erwähnenswert. Im Bereich der Naturgeschichte liegt ein Schwerpunkt auf der Darstellung des Naturerbes von Bangladesch. Zehn Räume sind den Pflanzen und Tieren, sowie den Steinen und Mineralien Bangladeschs gewidmet. Im Bereich Geschichte gibt es vor allem zwei Räume, der Geschichte der Landesgründung unter Berücksichtigung der bengalischen Sprachbewegung und des Bangladesch-Krieges gewidmet. Weiterhin sind in der Kunstsammlung die Werke Zainul Abedins erwähnenswert, die das Elend der Hungerperiode in Bangladesch abbilden.

Einzelnachweise

Museum in Bangladesch
Organisation (Dhaka)
Bauwerk in Dhaka
Gegründet 1913