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Rupp PR Hosts Sustainable Travel Panel at Berlin Travel Festival.
Inspiring, significant, fun, effective, important. These are the words that were used to describe sustainable travel in the panel we curated and hosted at this year's Berlin Travel Festival.
The panel was moderated by the wonderful sustainable travel expert, Shannon O'Donnell, and featured three travel companies that all have the notion of sustainable travel at the core of their business operations: Navigaia Journeys, CAS Trips, and G Adventures' Planeterra Foundation.
But more importantly, the panel included two students from Munich International School, who shared their honest opinions on the concept of sustainable travel. We often find that expert panel discussions include incredible industry thought leaders but almost always lack the consumer perspective. The two students, Quinn and Elsa, were invited to provide more current and critical thoughts from the eyes of future independent travelers.
Sustainable Travel On The Rise
We quickly learned that the younger generation - especially those coming from an international background - are passionate about the environment (see the global protests that took place last Friday), and the idea of sustainable travel. They learn about the importance of living sustainably within various subjects in school, and so, unlike previous generations, are growing up in a way that is more considerate of the world they live in.
Travel companies see the critical value of sustainable travel, and understand the need to educate more people on the topic. According to Kelly Galaski from G Adventures, there is still hope to implement sustainable travel around the world.
"People have become more aware of their actions," she says, after explaining the influences of social media on the travel world. "We start to see people recognize when something in the travel industry may not be right." She also states that travelers need to educate themselves on how they will be traveling before starting a trip. And if travelers are too overwhelmed doing the research themselves, they can make sure to use a travel company that is dedicated to sustainable travel.
It's Also About Personal Development
As the panel unfolded, it became clear that people do not enjoy taking the less convenient path to make less of an impact with CO2 emissions for example. "Traveling is about personal development," says Veronika Mercks, founder of Navigaia Journeys, "which is part of sustainability." She goes on to say, "It's hard to really get that awareness out there because a lot of people do not want to change."
Maybe we need to stop traveling for the sake of seeing places, and start traveling for the sake of experiencing places, and ourselves in them. As part of that personal development process, we can learn to become more conscious of our impact when traveling - whether for business or pleasure.
The Issue With The Term Sustainable Travel
"Sustainability becomes cliché and we need to reimagine it." CAS Trips Founder, Simon Armstrong, explains that when the word sustainability is mentioned within a conversation, people tend to tune out. He went on to tell the audience about the misunderstanding people usually have in regards to sustainable travel. "True sustainable travel is enjoyable," he says.
Concrete Steps for Sustainable Travel
Shannon O'Donnell concluded the panel discussion by asking each participant, "What is one step that everyone can do to become more sustainable?" So similarly to the panel discussion, we will conclude this blog post with five concrete steps you can take to travel more sustainably.
Each panelist gave a piece of advice to their audience. This guidance came in the form of things like educate yourself on the importance of sustainability, use better transportation (and carbon offsetting), asking questions (like "do I really need this?"), and just spreading awareness whether it's at school or work, talk to people!
So, let's conclude with five things we can take away from the discussion panel:
1. Take the bus or train, instead of flying somewhere - especially within Europe!
2. If you do fly, carbon offset your flight, for example with Atmosfair.
3. Ask yourself questions and be honest with yourself. Is the way you are traveling the most sustainable option? If not, consider taking the less convenient route for the sake of the environment.
4. Educate yourself. Research the places you are planning to travel to, understand the local social conflicts, use ethical tour operators, and stay in sustainable hotels. Unsure what makes a sustainable hotel? Check out our infographic.
5. Be aware of the choices you make. You as the traveler and consumer have the power to spend your money eating at a local restaurant rather than an international fast food chain. Understand that the choices you make in your destination country directly impact the people living there.
Coauthored by Quinn Donovan.


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Indonesia's power slowly but steadily increasing on a global scale. During the period under review, the Bonn Power Shift Monitor has recorded a Power Shift Rate of +0.21 for the island state which ranks it 7th on the list. This rate marks an increase of almost 30 percent to Indonesia's power in 2005. In absolute terms, Indonesia is still by far the smallest Asian-Pacific power in the G20. It's Power Score is only 0.92 in 2015 which ranks it 17th among the 19 rated states – only Argentina and South Africa have a smaller power base. Although Indonesia shifts power in its favor, it cannot keep up to the pace of certain rising neighbors such as China or South Korea. Its small but positive power shift is particularly related to three BPSM categories which are armed forces, leading companies and its GDP growth, whereas Indonesia cannot present any progress in view of top-rated universities.
Over the last years, Indonesia has increased its global footprint in six out of the eight categories considered by the BPSM. With its extraordinary economic growth, it is now placed among the global top ten in terms of purchasing power parity. This is also visible in a growth rate above the global average that corresponds to the expanse of Indonesia's economic shares in the GDP category of +0.37. These figures illustrate Indonesia's success story managing to overcome its downfall from the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997/8 and to transition from authority to democracy. Though it achieved to double its GDP over the years considered, Indonesia's progress stays behind other emerging economies, most prominently China, resulting in comparatively low foreign interest, hence a research gap, in the country's development.[1]
Most interestingly, the country's international footprint has varied significantly over the last decade. In general, Indonesia's positive trade balance underlines its potential for projecting economic power abroad. Having said that, its economy is by far not as export oriented as for example that of China. This proved a structural advantage in the past as domestic consummation compensated lower external demand during the global financial crisis of 2009.[2] On the other hand, low export quotes underline little international influence in terms of trade. Indeed its export shares have been decreasing over the last years, while still remaining positive.[3] However, the marginal increase of merchandise export shares (MC +0.08 percent) and even slight reduction of service export shares (MC -0.03 percent) indicate that Indonesia does not harness its potential evolve as an influencer of global markets.
While the island state is not insulated global policy making as in the G20, its relative underperformance in shaping the economies of tomorrow is reflected by the two Indonesian companies listed among the world's largest in 2015. Both, Pertamina and Perusahaan Listrik Negara,[4] are state-owned companies that hold certain monopolies in the state. Two entries on the 2015's Fortune 500s list is certainly a positive remark for Indonesia. Compared to the much higher number of e.g. Korean companies (17 in 2015), the indicator however reveals lacking incentives for private sector development.
The BPSM notes lacking innovation and knowledge-based capacities that hamper Indonesia's long-term prospects. Currently, the state's economic growth heavily relies on the exploitation of its natural resources, e.g. coal, liquid natural gas and palm oil.[5] Thisn elevated the country to the G20 and contributed to rising welfare. In turn, this signals low competitiveness in research-intensive domains as more than half of Indonesia's exports consist of primary commodities.[6] Its innovative backlog is emphasized by the BPSM data: no Indonesian university is listed among the QS world's elite and Indonesia has the lowest publication output of all individual G20 states. The country published only 5,071 scientific articles in 2015 which is not even one tenth of Australia's research output (52,147 articles). There is, nonetheless, an intensified dedication to raise its academic impact expressed in an enormous 830 percent increase (ICR) in the number of publications between 2005 and 2015 which is by far the steepest increase of publications in our ranking. To illustrate: in 2005, the National Science Foundation only recorded 545 Indonesian publications. Its low significance is yet expressed by Indonesia's marginal global share of only 0.22 percent of all recorded publications in 2015 in comparison to Australia (2.26 percent) or next ranked Argentina (0.38 percent).
Both the Indonesian academic community and the government are aware of their little international impact. The Directorate General of Higher Education tried to foster the research output by decreeing students to publish in academic journals as a precondition for graduation in 2012.[7] Yet this did not change the disincentive at universities to promote and fund researchers based on teaching hours with less emphasis on research. Furthermore, there is a strong divide between universities based on Java and those that are not. Around 90 percent of the recorded publications have been produced by researchers based in Java due to better access to funding.[8] However, the division between the islands also holds beyond the education sector, e.g. in terms of infrastructure expansion.[9] This suggests more balanced political attention beyond the capital island in order to foster development throughout the country.
Low-Level Military Build-up
Concerning its hard power, Indonesia succeeded to build-up its military capacities and also devoted greater investments into defense issues. The BPSM records in both categories a relative as well as absolute increase. This is particularly notable as on a global level, the number of force personnel has decreased over the period of observation, while Indonesia staffed up its armed troops by 16 percent, a plus of more than 94,000. In addition, it more than doubled its defense budget up to $7.6 billion in 2015. While this sounds like a broad upturn in spending, its sheer manpower which is the sixth largest force in the world, consumes much of these extra resources. Therefore, the Tentara Nasional Indonsia (TNI) are considered as weak in global comparison despite being one of the biggest militaries in the region.[10] To illustrate, in the Asian-Pacific view of the G20, Indonesia has more force personnel than South Korea, Japan and Australia as of 2015. The current President Jokowi has yet recognized the gap between funding and personnel size promising to raise the defense budget in the next years.[11]
The increase of hard power capacities is oriented to cease internal security challenges such as insurgent movements, as well as external challenges concerning maritime defense. As Indonesia is also one of the largest contributors to UN Peacekeeping Missions, its military upgrade has also an impact on its foreign reputation, thus soft power. In general, Indonesia concentrates on diplomacy and a non-confrontational approach instead of robust hard-power projection in international affairs.[12] The BPSM data reveals that there is, however, a growing dedication towards military modernization. Nevertheless, Indonesia contributes only about one-third of e.g. Australia's defense budget to its more than ten times bigger force personnel, signaling hard power as a second-order issue to the Indonesian administration.
Indonesia has long been underestimated in its significance for international affairs. The Bonn Power Shift Monitor records its outstanding expansion while being challenged with social transformation and internal security threats. Among the world's leading powers, Indonesia remains small, the third smallest in the G20 in front of Argentina and South Africa, but steadily growing. Being among the founding nations of ASEAN and MIKTA, Indonesia has proved its capability to act as a bridge-builder between developing and developed states taking a soft-revisionist stance to voice emerging power interests.[13] The Monitor thus points to Indonesia's geostrategic opportunities, but also stresses to tackle security and research-related weaknesses.
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Fels, Enrico (2017). "Shifting Power in Asia-Pacific? The Rise of China, Sino-US Competition and Regional Middle Power Allegiance." Bonn: Springer International Publishing Switzerland.
Gindarsah, Iis (2017). "Indonesia's Security and Defense Outlook: Evolving Low-Intensity Threats and Recalibrated Countermeasures." In: Security Outlook of the Asia Pacific Countries and Its Implications for the Defense Sector. Tokyo: The National Institute for Defense Studies, pp. 31-42.
OECD (2016). "Indonesia. In: OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2016." Paris: OECD Publishing.
Rakhmani, Inaya; Siregar, Fajri (2016). "Reforming Research in Indonesia: policies and practice." [Online] Available at: http://www.gdn.int/sites/default/files/Doing%20Research%20in%20Indonesia%20-%20Working%20Paper.pdf.
Razdan, Rohit; Das, Mohit; Sohoni, Ajay (2014). "The evolving Indonesian consumer." McKinsey&Company.
Santikajaya, Awidya (2016). "Walking the middle path: The characteristics of Indonesia's rise." International Journal, 71(4), p. 563–586.
Vujanovic, Petar (2015). "Policies for inclusive and sustainable growth in Indonesia." OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 1246.
Center for Global Studies (CGS) (2018). "Bonn Power Shift Monitor: Indonesia. A Bridge-Building Middle Power", University of Bonn, Bonn.
[1] Santikajaya 2016: 585
[2] Razdan et al 2014
[3] Destatis 2017: 5
[4] Perusahaan lost its Fortune 500 status in 2016.
[5] Fels 2017: 699
[7] Rakhmani & Siregar 2016: 27
[8] Rakhmani & Siregar 2016: 61-62
[9] Vujanovic 2015: 13
[10] Fels 2017: 702
[11] Gindarsah 2017: 37
[12] Gindarsah 2017: 41
[13] Santikajaya 2016: 575, 585


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DOHA: Aspire Academy received hundreds of young footballers from international schools to take part in the closing day of the Annual School Festival Tournament at the Aspire Academy on Monday.
The tournament was designed to provide a platform for talented youngsters to showcase their skills whilst supporting their athletic development and sporting potential. It comprises an important part of the Academy's mission to produce leading local athletes.
Organised by Aspire Academy's Football Skill Development Centre (FSDC), the programme featured grade 1 and 2 students who competed in matches held simultaneously between 9am to 12pm.
The list of participating international schools included the English Modern School (Al Wakrah), Pearling Season International School of Doha, ACS Doha, Qatar International School, Swiss International School of Qatar, Nord Anglia School Al Khor, Newton International School, Barwa, and Park House English School.
"The festival reflects the efforts made by the Football Skill Development Centre to identify and develop young players all-year round and highlights the success of our ongoing partnership with local schools to support young emerging talent," said Nasser Al Ahbabi, Head of the Football Skill Development Centre (FSDC) Administration,
Aspire Academy's officials awarded the winning teams with medals and trophies to ACS Doha and the Parkhouse English School for the first place in grades 1 and 2 respectively.
The academy's football programme is widely recognised as one of the strongest in the world in terms of identifying, evaluating and nurturing talent, as well as training players and giving them scope and opportunities to compete.


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"Prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer has become impossible and your heart has turned to stone. If you have never had any distractions you don't know how to pray. For the secret of prayer is a hunger for God and for the vision of God, a hunger that lies far deeper than the level of language or affection." Thomas Merton
Faith by Father Pablo & patheos.com
Faith: The realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1
Much has been written and said throughout the centuries about the faith of Abraham, our father in faith.
Yet I sometimes think we don't talk enough about Abraham. Out of all the people in the world, God chose and called Abraham from the darkness and made a promise to him that is still valid today about 4,000 years later: God promised Abraham that he would have descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sands on the seashore.
Saint Paul praises the faith of Abraham in today's second reading and he also does extensively in his letter to the Romans. Abraham believed in God and God's promise against all odds, he believed despite the fact he was old and his wife was sterile. He believed in God and his promise despite the fact God asked him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac.
What a faith and what an example of faith in God for us. This is why Abraham is our father in faith. We should be proud of having him as our father in faith and strive to imitate his firm faith.
As Saint Paul wrote, faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen. Abraham hoped to have descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky because God promised him so, and it came to be. What he hoped for was realized. Faith is the realization of what is hoped for. Abraham also found evidence in God's promise that he would have descendants as countless as the sands on the seashore, even though he could not see them. Faith is evidence of things not seen.
Faith is believing without seeing. Faith is true knowledge without having the whole picture. If we saw the whole picture, it would no longer require faith.
In the way Abraham was called by God, was given a promise, and believed, Jesus in today's Gospel calls us, gives us a promise and invites us to believe.
What is this promise?
"Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. The master will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them. The master will put the servant in charge of all his property."
Jesus also tells us that those who are not vigilant and are caught unprepared when the master returns will be beaten severely and be assigned a place with the unfaithful.
Jesus promises us eternal life with him if we are faithful to him and vigilant. This is his promise to us. Do we truly believe this? Is our faith firm like Abraham's?
Nobody knows the day nor the hour of their death. But this should not make us afraid if our faith is firm. Heaven is the goal of our faith: heaven is the realization of what we hope for. We hope for eternal life and know it will become a reality if we remain faithful. We trust in Jesus' promise even though we have not seen heaven, we walk by faith and not by sight.
Jesus also warns us that if we are not vigilant and become distracted, not fulfilling our duties, we will be punished. Jesus mentions eternal punishment and the eternal fires several times in Scripture. The modern notion that hell does not actually exist is probably the greatest trick Satan has ever played on mankind. At the end of time, divine justice always prevails and those who have done good will be rewarded and those who have done evil will be punished.
Returning to Paul's words, faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.
We hope for heaven. We have not seen heaven. Yet we know Jesus has promised us heaven and we know that Jesus' words are true.
Christ is our hope, our only certain hope, because we know his words are true and He will keep his promise.
As Abraham believed in God's promise and remained faithful despite all odds, let us embrace Jesus' promise by remaining faithful to him, trusting that He will reward us with eternal life and put us in charge of his household.
Worship by Pastor Ron Williams
"Every human being worships someone or something. Worship is everything we say and everything we do, revealing that which we treasure and value most in life. Worship allows us to love how God loves, what God loves, and who God loves."
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The "Surrender Prayer" by Patty Knap & aleteia.org
The best cure for anxiety: The "surrender prayer"
Jesus tells a soul: "Why are you upset and agitated? Leave your cares to Me and all will be fine."
Often we forget to even ask Him.
Forming this habit and accepting its consequent peace is not instantaneous, of course. But we can gradually surrender our troubles by entrusting them to God and centering ourselves in His peace.
"Jesus, You take over" definitely wasn't my way years back. I was more likely to fret, freak, and frazzle as I listed for God the possible ways He could work out my worry or situation. I'm sure he appreciated the suggestions, but my "to do" list was usually coming more from panic and despair than trust.
A friend emailed me a surrender prayer when I was going through a particularly stressful time with my teenage son who has autism. The peace I found in it and its central message, "Jesus, you take over," has stayed with me.
The prayer was written by Fr. Don Dolindo Ruotolo, based on his prayer and inspirations from God. Fr. Dolindo (1882-1970) now has a cause for canonization open. He prayed the Rosary constantly and referred to himself as "the Madonna's little old man."
Jesus to the soul: Why are you upset and agitated? Leave your cares to Me and all will be fine. I tell you honestly, every act of true and blind reliance on Me, results in what you desire and will resolve all your difficulties. Abandonment in Me does not mean being frustrated, becoming anxious and desperate, offering Me your anxious prayer, that I may follow you and have your anxiety be a prayer. Abandonment means to shut the eyes of your soul in peace, moving your thoughts away from your troubles, and instead of thinking about your worries and pain, let Me take over your troubles. Simply say: Jesus, You take over. To be worried, restless, and to think of the consequences of an event is the opposite of reliance, it is really contrary to it. It is like a child, who wants his mom to take care his needs, but in the way he wants: and with his whims and childish ideas he hampers her work. Shut your eyes and go with the flow of My grace. Do not ponder over your present moment and put away thoughts of your future as a temptation; rest in Me, believe in My goodness and I swear on My Love, that if you think like this: Jesus, You take over, I indeed will do it for you, I will comfort you, free you, and guide you.
If I have to take you in a different direction from the one you are looking at, I will train you, I pick you up in my arms, and you will find yourself, like a baby sleeping in his mother's arms, on the other shore. What gives you immense stress and hurts you, is your reasoning over it, your thoughts and the pains it gives you; it is wanting at all costs to take care by yourself of what is afflicting you. How many things I can do, be it a material or a spiritual need, when the soul turns to Me, looks at Me and says to Me: Jesus, You take over, and closes its eyes and rests in Me! You do not receive many graces because you insist on getting them by yourself; but instead you will receive numberless graces, when your prayer is in full reliance on Me. When you are in pain, and you pray that I may act, you want Me to act as you believe I should… you do not turn to Me; instead you want Me to submit to your ideas; you are like a sick person who does not ask the doctor for the cure, but tells him what the cure is to be. Don't be like this, but pray as I taught you in the Our Father: Hallowed be your name, which means, may You be glorified in this need of mine; Your kingdom come, which means, everything may work toward Your Kingdom in us and in the world; Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, which means, You direct it as it seems best to You for the good of our eternal and temporal life. When you truly tell me: Your will be done, which is the same then to say: Jesus, You take over, then I do intervene with all My omnipotence, and I will resolve every situation, even if there is no way out.
For example, do you see your sickness becoming worse instead of improving? Don't become anxious, close your eyes and tell Me with trust: Your will be done, Jesus, You take over. I repeat it, I do take care, I intervene like a doctor, and even do a miracle if it is necessary. Does a patient become worse? Don't be frightened, close your eyes and say: Jesus, You take over. I tell you again: I will indeed do it for you, and there is no medicine more powerful than my loving intervention. I take over only when you close your eyes. You never sleep, you want to appraise everything, to think, to delve into everything; you choose to rely on human power, or, worse, on men, trusting their intervention. This is what hampers My words and My will. Oh how much I long for this reliance in order to assist you, and how much I grieve to see your anxiety. Satan does just this: he gives you anxiety to remove Me from you and throw you into human initiative. Trust only in Me instead, rest in Me, rely on Me in everything. I do miracles in proportion to your complete reliance on Me, with no thought of yourself. I spread treasures of graces when you are in the most squalid poverty. If you have your own resources, even a few, or if you seek them, you are at the natural level, thus you follow the natural way of things, which often are dominated by Satan. Never a thinker or a philosopher has done any miracle, not even among the Saints; only he who relies on God does divine work.
When you see that things become complicated, say with your eyes closed: Jesus, I abandon myself to You; Jesus, You take over, and stop worrying about it, because your mind is sharp and for you it is difficult to distinguish evil; but trust in Me, and let your mind wander away from your thoughts. Do this for all your needs; all of you, do this, and you shall see great things, endless and silent miracles. I swear it on My Love. I shall indeed take over, you can be sure of it. Pray always with this loving confidence and you shall have great peace and great fruits, even when I choose for you the grace of immolating yourself for reparation and the love that entails suffering. Do you believe it is impossible? Shut your eyes and say with all your soul: Jesus, You take over. Don't be afraid, I indeed will take care of you, and you shall bless My Name, in humility. A thousand prayers do not equal only one act of abandonment; don't ever forget it. There is no better novena than this: Oh Jesus I abandon myself to You, Jesus, You take over.


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Davies is desperate to bring in more firepower ahead of the new season and has also seen a #5m bid for Southampton's Kenwyne Jones rejected.
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Why honour matters in our society
What is the difference between an honour based culture to a dignity based culture? One promotes a society where individuals are isolated and selfishness and shamelessness abounds.
Honour based cultures however can motivate positive behaviours and encourage virtues like courage, integrity and loyalty to prosper.
Two philosophers discuss the potential benefits of re-prioritising honour as well as the challenges and dangers of doing so.
Tamler Sommers, Associate Professor at the University of Houston.
Raimond Gaita, Professorial Fellow in the Melbourne Law School and The Faculty of the Arts at the University of Melbourne and Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at King's College London.
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Why Honor Matters
By Tamler Sommers
Published May 2018 by Basic Books (part of the Hachette Book Group)
Comments (4)
Ross Boyd :
08 Dec 2018 8:45:09am
No people place more importance on honour than the Pashtun of Afghanistan. Known as Pashtunwali, it the way of the Pashtuns, the code values self-respect, independence, justice, hospitality, love, forgiveness, revenge and tolerance toward all (especially to strangers or guests), above all else.
While one can argue the strengths and weaknesses of this code no-one can dispute that the code has given them the ability to defeat foreign invaders through Millenia.
Gert :
09 Dec 2018 1:16:37pm
Are both halves of the population included, or is it for one sex only?
Rosemary :
08 Dec 2018 12:23:08pm
Honour codes as Geraldine quoted where women pay the price. Two men arguing about honour and neither mentioned the impact on women. Tired of hearing about fragile male honour.
Dan :
08 Dec 2018 11:35:32pm
Tired of hearing women pick out bad things about men in just about anything. Geraldine was there too, Rosemary. And what about the good things about honour. Did you hear any of those?


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Data warehouse project management
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Forrester: Expect more enterprise data warehouse software bundles
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The federal government promises Deutsche Bahn more money: For investments in the maintenance of rail infrastructure, the state-owned company will receive a total of 52 billion euros by 2029. This reported the "Handelsblatt" and the newspapers of the editorial network Germany (RND) and thus confirmed a report by the SPIEGEL.
The agreement had been decided at a meeting of Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU) and State Secretary of State Werner Gatzer (SPD) with budget and transport politicians of the coalition, the newspapers said.
According to Handelsblatt, the funds for maintaining the rail network will be increased from € 3.5 billion a year to € 4.6 billion annually over the next five years. Over the next five years, it should be 5.6 billion euros per year.
However, railway associations and trade unions had demanded even more money in view of the problems of the Deutsche Bahn and the climate goals of the Federal Government – they demanded seven billion euros annually for maintenance and investment in the rail. Negotiations between the federal government and the railways for a new performance and financing agreement with a term until 2029 have now been concluded with the agreement, the RND newspapers reported.
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Today we learned about the industrial revolution and how it affect village life through the playing of a game. The urban game is where you create a village through drawing, and edit it as time passes to follow what would happen if your village got hit by the industrial revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries. This connects to technology because it shows the negative and positive effects that progress can have on a town and the people in that town. In the game, we see that the creation of factories, causes the economy to boom, but the family lifestyle of the people to plummet.
Based on Urban Game, do you believe new technology is always good? Why or why not? (Use the game to help you explain your answer!)
No, I do not believe that new technology is always good because based on our findings from the Urban Game, the technological advancements can result in loss of jobs, an abundance of people, and crowded cities with businesses.
I believe that technology isn't always good. In the game, the new technology called for new jobs, which children and women took. They worked in poor conditions and were vulnerable to fatal accidents due to the machinery.
The outcome could be good or bad as it all comes back to who, what and how it's used. Like in the urban game for example when the canal was added it gave the town an upper hand because they were more advanced which made other towns admire them and maybe even fear them. It really boils down to who's on the receiving side of it and who benefits or who doesn't benefit from it.
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Main Inclusion Report for lensfun
Availability: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/lensfun; builds for all supported architectures
- Build dependency of Digikam (could also be used by recent version of ufraw)
- Provides automatic photo corrections for camera/lens artifacts
CVE entries: none
Secunia history: none
- No suid binaries, no daemons - only binary shipped is shared library.
- Network activity: does not open network ports or receives any data from network.
- Library is used to process binary data (photos) passed by caller (application like Digikam/ufraw).
- No source code review performed.
Quality assurance:
- Works out of box for all configurations.
- Does not ask any debconf questions.
Debian bugs: not yet in debian (waiting in Debian NEW queue)
Maintenance in Debian: just packaged, pending to get through NEW queue.
Upstream is calm (mostly focused around one main developer).
Upstream bug tracker: no critical issues
- Hardware: does not deal directly with HW.
- There are some unit tests in "tests" directory and they are executed during build.
UI standards:
- No UI
Standards compliance:
FHS, Debian Policy compliant
Debian library packaging guide standards compliant
- Packaging system: cdbs Patch system: no patches in current package.
debhelper (>= 7), autotools-dev, cdbs, python, doxygen, libglib2.0-dev, libpng12-dev
- All are in main.
- Most of code maintenance is expected upstream, we can expect some Wishlist bugs for support od addional cameras/lenses (may be backported or get from ptlens as patch).
Digikam packagers in Ubuntu (Luka Renko) and Debian (Mark Purcell) are expected to look over the bugs and work with upstream. There is also Pascal de Bruijn that did initial packaging on REVU and has some pending patches backported for consideration.
Background information:
- The general purpose and context of the package should be clear from the package's debian/control file. If it isn't then please explain.
- LensFun/lensfun name was used consistently.
- No UI
MIR bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/325858
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Talk:List of states with limited recognition
I will be editing this list. "Partially unrecognised" should imply a degree of illegitimacy. Thus the Republic of Hawaii should be on the list, as the illegal successor to the legal Kingdom of Hawaii, which should not be on the list.
Simply being "partially-recognised" is too loose a definition, and would include, for example:
- East Germany
- West Germany
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- Israel in Jerusalem
- India and Pakistan in Kashmir
- The People's Republic of China
- Cuba
- Gibraltar
- Ceuta
- Melilla
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As I see it there are two issues with this article. The first, verification, is always with us. The second it that historically almost everywhere has been disputed at some time. It would be best to cut this section about historic unrecognised countries as being a} permanently incomplete and b) largely unverifiable. It's enough if the article does a good job on the present-day world IMO. Macdonald-ross (talk) 13:42, 15 January 2015 (UTC)


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I've been in education for the past 6 years and 4 of those years were spent in the classroom as a teacher. Everyone knows teachers are severely underpaid, but have the most important jobs. Without teachers, there's no education. So this brings no surprise that teachers in certain parts of the country, are on strike.… Continue reading STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE!
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If you don't know the significance of this photo, then you don't live in, nor are you from a southern state. The emancipation proclamation was a document that ended slavery on January 1, 1863 in the southern states, however, because the slaves had no television, phone or any other way to get the news, they… Continue reading Free at Last!!!
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Unity Vegan Kitchen Review
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Contracting: Why I'm not a risk-taker but why I took the risk for my career
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I'm extremely excited to announce I've accepted my full-time role at Amazon as an Associate Art Director on the Home team! It's a dream to work on a team with such incredible people and for a company that is on the rise. Prior to accepting this role, I was contracting as an Art Director since March when I left my previous role at Nordstrom. I was looking for "the next step" in my career but wasn't sure what it entailed. Until a global staffing company reached out to me.
Let me first preface this blog post by saying, I consider myself ambitious and I'm a huge fan of setting numerous (and often unattainable) goals. But when it comes to stability, that is everything to me. I hate feeling unsettled in any aspect of my life whether it's my career, relationships, friendships, living situation, etc. The unknown scares me and the fact it scares me away from opportunities that force me to "live in the moment" I'd say is one of my biggest weaknesses.
I was ready for my next career move but I never once in my life considered contracting. Sure, I'd been freelancing and blogging for the last four years but my stable, full-time job was where I received my income. Contracting always seemed to be a huge unknown and I'd heard horror stories about people who took the risk to pursue a contract job and never got hired or were let go because of a re-org. I started seeking out the advice from my boyfriend, family and friends on if it was worth even pursuing contracting or if I should stick to a "for-sure thing" at another company that had offered me a position. I was told the same thing over and over again: yes, it's scary but you won't know if you don't try. This really stuck me. And so, I began the interview process. And weeks later, I was offered a position. Reality officially set in.
When I found out I got the job I was so excited and nervous. Excited mainly because it was for a role I had been hoping to achieve before I turned 30 and because it was for Amazon, a well-known company that has a lot of growth potential. I was also extremely nervous because this was in fact a contract position and there were a lot of unknowns if I'd get hired on full-time at the end of my contract or if when my time was up, my time was up. I had to get comfortable with that and prepare for "what if" that happened.
Seven months later, I'm convinced that contracting was the best decision I could have made at my age when I was looking to broaden my skill set and take a leap for my career. It's a risk I'll never regret!
Now, you may be someone who is sitting here reading this going – Allison, SO MANY people contract and spend their whole lives contracting for work, what's the big deal? Well, if you're someone like me who seeks stability and is unsure of why contracting is beneficial, I've decided to give you a little breakdown on why I found it to be the best thing I could have done!
1. It gives you insight into the company and the role. Contracting is almost like a preview of what it would be like to work at that company and in that role full-time. It's a great sneak peek into dynamics, company culture and what responsibilities are expected of you so you can determine if it's a fit or not. Because if you're offered a role as a contractor, it's still your choice if you want to accept it or not.
2. It gives you a sense of who you will be working for and who you are working with. Similar to above, contracting is a great way to get a feel for your coworkers and the dynamic you have with your manager.
3. You can determine if this is really a "dream job." Sometimes jobs sound better on paper than they are in person. Contracting is a great opportunity to determine if what you thought was a "dream job" is the real deal.
4. It shows that you took a risk. Contracting is a risk in itself; taking a contract job shows that you decided to try something out of your comfort zone to pursue a new job, creative field or life venture! For me, it's been a great conversation starter.
I also wanted to share 5 additional tips with you on how to have the best contracting experience you can have (and why it's worth it!)
1. Find a staffing agency/recruiter who is the right fit. It's so important to work with a staffing agency that you trust and that is excellent at communicating with you every step of the way! Do your research and at the end of the day, if it's not a fit, don't be afraid to stand your ground and say no.
2. Ask a lot of questions. Because this was my first time contracting I asked my recruiter SO MANY questions a lot of them revolved around: What can I expect as a contractor? What are the perks of contracting? What is the likelihood of getting hired as a contractor? etc, etc. While it seemed obnoxious to bombard my recruiter with so many questions, I wanted to feel confident in my decision to be a contractor.
3. Communication is key. If you are a contractor it is important to stay in constant communication with your manager and with your staffing agency. Stay updated on your role's expectations, how you can improve and be open and honest about your goals, wants and needs.
4. Be aware of the reality. The reality is, contracting is never a for-sure thing and that's why it's scary! But, that just means you have to prepare yourself for worst-case scenario if the job doesn't end up working out or just isn't a fit. Keep your resume and portfolio updated, continue to network and keep options on the back-burner just in case you don't get offered a full-time role. Often times, if you are working through a staffing agency, they will assist you with finding new roles that are a fit if and when your contract comes to an end.
5. Be willing to share your experience! I've since realized that contracting was not as scary as I anticipated. Yes, it made me feel uneasy but a huge reason it made me feel that way was from other people stressing me out about the negatives and "what ifs..." I've realized that having an honest conversation about contracting and its benefits and down-sides has helped others take the risk, too!


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Citizen Diver Promaster AutoZilla NH6930-09FB Professional 1000m Watch
Posted by imichael11 in forums.watchuseek.com
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Excellent condition, could possibly pass for NOS. Comes with everything new from the factory, plus a set of titanium Suppa Adapters and the incredible Stevral Stainless Steel Bracelet (a $300. value) Check out the 'Bay, and you'll find that they aren't showing up there anymore, so to find one in this shape is uncommon. Winds and runs great, keeps good time, no issues. Selling for $975.00 including shipping and PP.
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Citizen Diver Promaster AutoZilla Automatic NH6930-09FB NH6930 Sea Professional 1000m watch is one of the best rated diver watches in the world
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FORMAL assessments of Whitchurch's historic buildings could be carried out to protect them from unwanted development.
The parish council is to ask South Oxfordshire District Council, the planning authority, to reappraise the village's conservation area, which was last done in the Seventies.
This follows a planning application by Majesticare to knock down and rebuild the former Eastfield House care home in Eastfield Lane.
The building is within the eastern boundary of the zone but is not listed by English Heritage as it was deemed not sufficiently unique or historically significant in 2010.
The company says a new building is the only way to make the home viable and bring it into line with modern access requirements.
It would have 45 beds instead of the 27 previously and would meet a growing need for care places.
The new home would use reclaimed materials from the old building. The parish council and more than 80 residents have objected, saying it would spoil the character of its surroundings.
A new appraisal of the conservation area would outline its history and that of each building within it, explaining how they have a positive effect on the village's appearance.
It would also state what types of works should be permitted in the area, including landscaping and the erection of new buildings, in order to preserve its special characteristics.
Crucially, the district council would be obliged to consider the document when deciding planning applications.
The parish council may also ask the district council to consider issuing an urgent works notice against Majesticare to prevent Eastfield House from becoming irreparably damaged. An identical request made a year ago was turned down by the district council, which said there was no evidence of a problem.
Now parish councillors say the home is deteriorating and there are holes in the roof.
The building has already been vacant for more than two years and youths have broken in and attempted to start fires on a number of occasions. Earlier this year, Majesticare installed new fencing and CCTV to deter more vandalism.
Meanwhile, Henley MP John Howell has written to the district council expressing his concern at Majesticare's proposal, which follows two earlier plans to partly demolish Eastfield House which were turned down.
In the letter to head of planning Adrian Duffield, he said: "I am sure you are aware of the volume of comments from residents and thus the strength of local feeling against this application. Residents have raised a number of other detailed concerns but the key issue appears to be that this current application seems to have total disregard for the previous decision[s]."
Mr Howell told the Henley Standard: "The plans are insensitive and don't take account of the location. This is a situation where the two sides must work together to reach a compromise and, at the moment, the developer's position is not a good compromise."
Majesticare director Steve Oakes, said: "Eastfield House is no longer fit for purpose and re-using the original building would fundamentally undermine the viability of any future development.
"The need for care beds in this area is now critical and we want to bring the building back into operation as soon as possible. Within 10km of Eastfield House there is already a shortfall of 403 beds, which is likely to grow to 800 within 10 years."
The district council is due to make a decision by December 3.
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Williams shows off new title sponsorby Samarth Kanal on 11th February 2019
The team reveals new title sponsorship from technology company and distributor Rokit to replace Martini
Williams has revealed its new livery to be raced in Formula 1 this year, based on new title sponsorship from ROK Global.
Wolverhampton-based firm ROK Global is a diverse 'mobile, web and industrial technology development company' that distributes beverages, produces apps and even provides WiFi services, focusing mainly on telecommunications.
Williams called this afternoon's event at the team's Grove factory a "title partnership and livery launch," reflecting that its five-year deal with previous title sponsor Martini had come to an end and new sponsors were stepping in.
The Williams FW42 therefore sports a completely different paintscheme this year.
The new livery also includes Polish sponsorship associated with Robert Kubica in Polish oil company Orlen.
'ROKiT is a new telco brand challenging the status quo, offering premium smartphone technology, performance and design at an affordable price and installing innovative Wi-Fi networks to make the world a better place,' read a statement from Williams, issued on Monday.
'ROKiT is working internationally to develop smart cities and is currently rolling out public Wi-Fi across 27 of India's largest cities, with a vision to create smart cities in 10 other countries in the next 3 years. ROKiT's innovative mesh Wi-Fi network provides communities with better, faster and more cost-effective connections,'
The company was founded by Patrón Tequila co-founder John Paul DeJoria and Jonathan Kendrick, who worked as an engineer with Goodyear in the 1970s, briefly also working for Williams.
Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams said: "We are delighted to welcome ROKiT to our team as our title partner for the 2019 season and beyond.
"We share many similar values and aspirations with ROKiT; primarily putting engineering and innovation at the core of everything we do in our pursuit to be the best – the perfect platform from which to start a partnership.
"ROKiT is on an exciting journey in their world of telecommunications, as we are at Williams as we build the team for a successful future. Taking that path together will make us both stronger in our endeavours and so I can't wait to get started."
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Williams also is one of several F1 teams with an all-new driver line-up for this year, with Kubica returning to an F1 race role for the first time since his major rally accident in early 2011, which left him with severe arm injuries.
He was Williams' development and reserve driver last season and drove the car three grand prix practice sessions. Kubica is joined in this year's race line-up by reigning Formula 2 champion George Russell, who is making his F1 race debut.
Williams is hoping to bounce back after a disastrous 2018, wherein it dropped to finish last of the 10 constructors in the standings having finished fifth the season before. Its points total also dropped from 83 in 2017 to just seven last year.
Today's unveiling was of the 2019 livery only, with Williams' 2019 car to take to the track in preseason testing, which starts in Barcelona next Monday.
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If you are getting ready to book a rental car, few things might cross your mind. Is it big enough to fit all of my luggage and family? Is it a safe and reliable brand? How much petrol does it consume?
What should not be on your mental check list is renting a sat nav with it.
Let's say you are planning to rent a car for the weekend with the family home or abroad, say Friday to Sunday, the average car rental will cost you about £92.91.
Not too bad so far.
But then you realize, that you do not know exactly where you're going, especially when driving abroad. Or how to get from your hotel to the restaurant or to the next destination on your trip. You need sat nav, too.
These days, rental car companies are asking upwards of £13.91 per day for a car equipped with GPS. Need Wi-fi to access map data? That'll cost you £8.50 per day. You're also getting on top of it tax, theft protection and damage waivers depending on your insurance.
A simple car rental has already cost you more than £140!
The solution? Cut costs where you can by downloading CoPilot Premium sat nav app! Download your maps onboard your Smartphone and plan your whole route before you leave. As you won't need to rent a specific GPS or pay Wifi extras, you can save around £45 on your 2 day journey. Plus, CoPilot Premium is yours for a lifetime once you purchase, so it will save you money also during all your future trips.
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