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Gerrymandered districts help Republicans keep control of Michigan Legislature
Democrats gain in state House, Senate
Michigan Democrats narrowed the Republican majorities in the state Legislature by picking up a net of five House and six Senate seats, mostly on strength in Metro Detroit and Grand Rapids and a number in districts that had backed President Trump in 2016. Click on the map to see how a district voted and how that compared with past elections.
Michigan House
Michigan Senate
Source: Michigan Secretary of State
June 2019: What the U.S. Supreme Court gerrymandering ruling means for Michigan
June 2019: Reaction in Michigan to U.S. Supreme Court gerrymandering decision
May 24, 2019: U.S. Supreme Court halts order requiring Michigan to redraw political lines
April 30, 2019: Michigan Republicans appeal gerrymandering ruling. What you need to know.
April 29, 2019: To fix maps, Republicans must please Whitmer and three irked judges
April 25, 2019: Michigan's political districts illegally gerrymandered, court rules
Update: Expert testifies gerrymandering in Michigan is worse than almost anywhere
Feb. 5, 2019: Michigan Republicans defend political maps as gerrymandering trial opens
Feb. 4, 2019: New emails show Michigan GOP used maps to consolidate Republican power
Jan. 17, 2019: Michigan secretary of state wants to settle gerrymandering lawsuit
Nov. 30: Michigan gerrymandering trial on for February; court cites 'profound' bias
Michigan's Democrats scored victories across every statewide office Tuesday, sweeping the top statewide offices, adding a Supreme Court seat and winning multiple chairs at university boards.
They slashed the Republican advantage in the congressional delegation, picking up two seats previously held by the GOP, to draw to a 7-7 split.
But for all their victories, Democrats remain a distinct minority in the state Legislature – despite picking up over half the votes cast in all state House and Senate races.
Related: Proposal to end gerrymandering resonated in red and blue Michigan
Related: Gerrymandering 101: How voters favor Dems, but GOP keeps Michigan Legislature
Related: These maps show how Michigan Republicans kept power despite blue wave
Chart: Democrats can thank more educated voters for swinging Michigan seats
A Bridge Magazine analysis shows the discrepancy largely is because of gerrymandered districts drawn in 2001 and refined in 2011 to reshape the state to Republican advantage.
"Democrats won every statewide election. not just the top statewide races, but all eight of the education boards, and Democrats still could not even get a tie, let alone control of the Legislature," said Southfield attorney Mark Brewer who is challenging the GOP maps in federal court. He's also a former chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party.
"That's a durable, powerful gerrymander."
Related coverage:
- Emails: Michigan Republicans brag that redistricting 'protects incumbents'
- How a shadow Republican group gerrymandered Michigan – sparking a backlash
- Maps show how gerrymandering benefitted Michigan Republicans
- These Republican insiders split $1 million to design and defend Michigan 2011 map
- Emails suggest Republicans gerrymandered Michigan to weaken 'Dem garbage'
- Democrats blast Michigan Chamber over gerrymandering emails
- Voting results deliver on Michigan Chamber VP's gerrymandering promise
- Gerrymandering in Michigan is among the nation's worst, new test claims
By law, whichever party controls the Legislature after the decennial Census draws the maps, and during the last two cycles, Republicans have been Michigan's official political cartographer.
Throughout this year, Bridge Magazine has published numerous articles showing the GOP and business interests joined forces in past redistricting efforts to pay for consultants and lawyers to ensure that districts remain some of the most heavily tilted toward Republicans in the nation.
"At the end of the day, those maps tend to favor Republican candidates," said Arnold Weinfeld, associate director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University.
Despite typically getting less than half the votes in statewide races, Republicans had a 63-47 advantage in the House and a 27-11 lead in the Senate going into Tuesday's election.
Those leads shrunk amid heavy turnout for Democrats, but Republican majorities remain: 58-52 in the House and 22-16 in the Senate.
In the Senate, statewide Democratic candidates received 50.4 percent of all votes, yet Republicans control 58 percent of Senate seats.
And in Congress, Democrats received 50.7 percent of all votes to the Republicans' 46.2 percent, but could only muster a tie.
"Clearly the way the lines have been drawn have been to give favor the Republican Party," said Eric Lupher, president of the Citizens Research Council of Michigan, which has studied gerrymandering for years.
One way to measure the effect of gerrymandering is something called the "efficiency gap," which measures how many votes of the minority party are wasted as a result of unfavorably drawn districts.
Anything over 7 percent is considered gerrymandering strong enough to "to entrench the majority," according to a formula used, in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, to argue that Wisconsin's district were unfair.
After Tuesday, the efficiency gap fell from 22.8 percent to 12.8 percent for the state Senate, 15.5 to 11.5 for the congressional delegation, but it rose from 10.1 percent to 10.6 percent for the state House delegation.
Voters want to end gerrymandering
While the Legislature remains in firm Republican control, voters Tuesday also approved Proposal 2 that will take the map-making duties away from legislators and put it in the hands of an independent citizens commission.
The commission is set to begin after the 2020 Census, so the first election with its districts will be 2022.
What the 13-member panel, comprised of Democrats, Republicans and Independents, will find is a state that geographically favors Republicans, Lupher said.
Even though Democrats have swept statewide offices, many of those votes came from relatively small geographic areas – Detroit, Grand Rapids, Flint.
Indeed, excluding Detroit, Republican Tom Leonard on Tuesday would have beaten Democrat Dana Nessel by 60,000 votes to become attorney general.
But Nessel was pushed to victory by a 167,000-vote win in Detroit.
But while those same loyal Democratic voters helped elect more than a dozen House members, typically with 90 percent of the vote, they cannot help a Democrat running for a state house seat in Alpena or Escanaba, Lupher said.
Multiple fronts
On the same week voters spoke at the ballot box about gerrymandering, a federal judge could decide Friday whether a lawsuit can proceed that seeks to declare the 2010 districts unconstitutional.
The League of Women Voters of Michigan is suing Secretary of State Ruth Johnson over the 2011 redistricting, alleging it is unconstitutional. Lawyers for Johnson have sought to dismiss the case, brought by Brewer.
The suit has unearthed a trove of emails showing Republicans met in secret and drew maps to help them win elections for years to come.
One email, from a top aide to former GOP Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, suggested drawing boundaries in southeast Michigan to "cram ALL of the Dem garbage" in four congressional districts. Another bragged a district was drawn to give an incumbent Democrat "the finger," while consultants vowed the lines would give the GOP a majority for years to come.
"We've spent a lot of time providing options to ensure we have a solid 9-5 delegation in 2012 and beyond," one 2011 email from Robert LaBrant, a retired Michigan Chamber of Commerce executive reads.
(The prediction proved accurate for three election cycles, but Democrats pulled even to 7-7 on Tuesday.)
LaBrant is a founder of the Michigan Redistricting Resource Institute, a dark money group that evidence uncovered in the lawsuit shows paid $1 million in consultant and lawyer fees for the 2011 redistricting.
Lawyers for Johnson have argued the process is apolitical and the emails are out of context. They seek to dismiss the case, arguing the suit has come far too late and the League of Women Voters can't prove lasting damages.
Bridge reporter Jim Malewitz contributed
Related Michigan Proposal 2 coverage:
- One woman's Facebook post leads to Michigan vote against gerrymandering
- Michigan ballot issues: What to know about Prop 2 (redistricting)
- 5 concerns about Michigan's redistricting proposal and what to make of them
- Here's how Michigan's redistricting commission would work
- California's redistricting commission has some free advice for Michigan
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Full Bloom
As the metal was cut, many
strange shapes were made. Why would you cut-up old license plates this
Now, starting to lay the random pieces up into a not so random fashion. Do you see where we're going with this?....
Oh by the way, Angie did
finally get her new gate. It was only four months late.....
Back to Mantown... A little more detail -- Arizona... New Mexico... Ahh, things are taking shape now.....
It's all coming
One last rub-a-dub-scrub
before final assembly.....
And so, "Southwestern Sunflower" is completed. After a small material investment, a lot of metal shavings to clean up, and some patience and vision; I have again demonstrated that I can take other peoples' random junk and turn it into my own organized junk. Coming full-circle, I had a plan to dispose of some old license plates that were taking-up space. Now, I still have those plates, plus about a dozen more with sharp edges, and a bunch of old wood to boot. I started getting a little impatient toward the end, and therefore, a little bit sloppy. There are a few things I would do differently if I were to do it again, but overall I am happy with the work.
Ta-da! Prop this up
among the wagon wheels, rusty farm tools, and whiskey barrels on your
porch. Or, out in the yard with the old hot water heaters and that '79
Trans-Camaro you've had on blocks since the Reagan Administration. You
know, the one with the blackberries growing up through hood and the Journey tape
still in the deck.....
The last thing I need is
another project in the queue, but -- oh-oh, the geographer sees potential for another
folksy license plate
project! Do you see it? This one could take a while. I better
get proficient with that jigsaw -- I'll be wishing there were more Wyomings and
fewer Michigans.....
Thanks for looking.
The End.

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Sony explores "emotions" for the future of robotics and Artificial Intelligence at Milan Design Week
Italy Architecture News - Apr 12, 2019 - 05:02 12875 views
Japanese brand Sony has designed a colourful and interactive exhibition at this year's Milan Design Week, exploring the emotions, companionship and behaviour of robotics for the future of robotic environment and artificial intelligence. Sony's exhibition can be seen at the Spazio Zegna, Via Savona, in Milan until April 14, 2019 within the scope of Salone del Mobile.
Dubbed as Affinity in Autonomy, the exhibition, exploring Sony's vision for life-enriching robotics, presents a world in which intelligence and technology is integrated more into our day to day lives, it looks further at the relationship between humans and robots.
Interaction: Accordance
The installation shows how humans interact, co-exist both now and in the future and looks at the impact on our senses through technology. Since the creation of the world first Entertainment Robot, "AIBO" in 1999, Sony has continued to grow its knowledge and understanding of artificial intelligence and Robotics.
"It looks at the future relationship humans can develop with robots capable of emotion; setting out to show that when humans feel that our robotic friends are alive, we will begin to feel an affinity toward them," said Sony in a statement.
Visitors at the exhibition walk through different sensory "zones" examining five key interactions between humans and robotics: Awakening, Autonomous, Accordance, Affiliation and Association.
Interaction: Accordance
Accordance means moving into a zone inhabited by 'spheres', each of which has its own distinct personality, they interlink, cooperate, and act in accordance with those around them. The unpredictable movements of these robots can spark the formation of communities.
"Affinity in Autonomy shows the evolving relationship between humans and technology; a glimpse into what the future of AI x Robotics could look like – exploring robotic intelligence and emotion," said Yutaka Hasegawa, Head of Creative Center.
Interaction: Association
Association means Robotics will play an integral role in our lives, society and infrastructure in the coming years. The final part of the exhibition experience will ask, what are your thoughts on the future of affinity in autonomy?
Interaction: Association
"Since its inception back in 1961, Sony has been at forefront of design and innovation by keeping true to the founders' doctrine of 'Do what has never been done before' and 'Always stay one step ahead."
"Since the creation of the world first Entertainment Robot, 'AIBO' in 1999, Sony has continued to grow its knowledge and understanding of AI. The exhibition draws on Sony's credentials in this field; with the evolution, emotion and behaviour of robotics prompting learning, growth and development with companionship playing a part," Hasegawa added.
Interaction: Awakening
Interaction: Awakening
Awakening is the first zone heightens sensory awareness whereby visitors experience a new type of intelligence shown on the wall embodied within light and sound. Visitors will be guided on a path to the future looking ahead to how we will interact with robots in unexpected and unimaginable ways.
Interaction: Autonomous
Autonomous means this space explores independence and free will of robotics with a pendulum taking centre stage. Guests are detected by the autonomous beings as they enter. It may make visitors question their feelings and responses in this situation.
Interaction: Autonomous
Interaction: Affiliation
Interaction: Affiliation
Affiliation means through continual interaction with humans, robots will evolve both intellectually and emotionally – something experienced in this room. Starting to understand this symbiotic relationship, guests can imagine a future where robotics will have the appearance of being more alive.
Sony's leading image sensor technologies are used in the exhibits of "Affinity in Autonomy". Stereo cameras with back-illuminated Time-of-Flight image sensor and CMOS image sensor for sensing applications equipped with global shutter enable new interactive experiences by sensing conditions surrounding human and robotics.
Sony has always been at the forefront of design and became one of the first companies to create an in-house creative studio. Since its inception in 1961, Sony Design has forged its reputation as a leading and award-winning global design team.
Milan Design Week started on April 9 and will be on view until April 14, 2019 in Milan.
All images & video courtesy of Sony
> via Salone del Mobile/Sony


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There are a lot of very famous applications found in most social networking sites such as facebook. You have the very famous mafia-style game applications such as mobsters, mafia wars, and mafia. And of course, there are probably hundreds or thousands of other applications you can play. Among them is Farmville. A game application where, you guessed it, create and manage your own farm.
At first, I was skeptical about the game since it isn't the usual action/fighting game that you see. But as I've seen a lot of my friends play Farmville, well I said to myself that it probably wouldn't hurt to try playing it. So I did and I never expected that it would be such a great game.
In Farmville, you plant trees and plants and you can harvest from them. Of course, it takes time and it depends on what type of seed or tree you planted. Some may take only a few hours before you can harvest them and some could take a couple of days. You earn coins upon harvesting and you can use them to buy new seeds and trees. You can also take care of different animals and collect from them such as milk from cows and eggs from chickens. The only difference is that once you harvest a plant, you need to buy new seeds. Unlike, of course, animals and trees, after you collect from them, you just have to wait then collect from them again after a few days or so.
Aside from collecting money, another really good aspect of this game is you have full control over your farm. You can place buildings and several decorations in your farm. Place a barn, a cottage, or some fences. It's actually one of the most fun elements of this game. You can even increase the size of your farm to accommodate more.
You can also have neighbors who can help you clean up your farm and you can also send gifts to each other. It's really nice to see your friends' farm and how they designed theirs. It's another fun way of electronically spending time with them. You can even leave messages on sign posts and place them on their farm.
There are also medals that could be awarded to you by meeting certain conditions such as harvesting a set number of unique plants, collecting from a number of animals, having a certain number of neighbors, and even a number of unique farm screenshots. It's really challenging at some point but most of them do take time to accomplish.
As with a lot of game applications, there is an option to buy Farmville cash using real money. You can buy much more lavish buildings and decorations. But again, this is totally optional. It's not that expensive but I find it not really viable.
It's really fun and it is a good way of spending your time on facebook and myspace. Whatever your goal is; whether to earn lots of coins, design a wonderful farm, or just collect all the medals, I would really recommend this game application. Have fun in your farm!


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Rowing is a sport that engages over 90% of body muscles. Even though it might look like you only need to use your arms to row, but you are actually engaging your back and leg muscles as well. Because of that, you can lose over 300 calories in about 30 minutes, which is really a lot compared to other exercises. Changes in appearance should also be visible sooner than after other workouts. The parts of your body that will undergo most pressure are your thighs, arms, abs, and back muscles. Rowing will also improve your stamina and strength.
This is a perfect sport for overweight people who have health problems connected to their weight, as it helps both the cardiovascular and respiratory system. Consequently, it is a good prevention against heart and lung diseases. It also helps with psychological problems such as anxiety and insomnia, and it is a good stress reliever.
With some effort, one could burn up to 800 calories in an hour, which is impossible to achieve through running, biking, swimming, or any other form of exercise. However, this needs very intensive training and a lot of commitment. It is crucial to warm up well before exercising. Posture and movement also need to be specific, because the result is different otherwise. The good news is that learning how to row is very easy, all you will probably need would be simple directions from someone who is familiar to it.
Donai??i??t worry if you donai??i??t like water, or if you donai??i??t have a boat. You can simply find a gym that has rowing machines. They are highly effective and work exactly the same as ai???realai??i?? rowing. If you are still cynical, it is important to note that professional rowers use those to prepare for competitions.
No matter whether you want to:
-lose weight
-become stronger
-improve your health
-be able to endure more physical work
rowing is a perfect choice, as it covers all of those areas.


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Stylish atmosphere and excellent cooking verified by Zdeněk Pohlreich
Stylish atmosphere and excellent cooking verified by Zdeněk Pohlreich
Briefly about us
The Pizzeria Latrán, an Italian restaurant with a wine cellar in the centre of Český Krumlov, offers a congenial atmosphere not only for family gatherings or parties, but also for corporate events, banquetss, and celebrations. The genius loci of Český Krumlov, the unique UNESCO historical monument together with the ambiance of the renaissance building, in which the pizzeria is based, enhances the quality of services including the excellent cuisine and professional service. We offer specialities of Italian cuisine, short order dishes and pizza pies baked on wood in a brick oven as well as a wide range of buffet-style meals.
The pizzeria seats up to 45 guests and the wine cellar offering a wonderful place for private parties can accommodate groups of up to 30 guests.
The Pizzeria Latrán has been owned and operated by the Auviex, s.r.o. company since June 1997.
News and upcoming events
Special menu
Každý týden od pátku do neděle připravujeme pro naše hosty speciální menu za zvýhodněné ceny. Podívejte se na naši facebookovou stránku a zjistěte jaké dobroty jsme pro Vás připravili tento týden. Těšíme se na Vaši návštěvu.
Closed on Mondays
Vážení hosté, od pondělí 19. 1. 2015 bude po dobu tří měsíců vždy v pondělí zavřeno. Na vaši návštěvu a telefonické objednávky se budeme těšit vždy od úterý do neděle. Tým pizzerie Latrán.
Pizzeria Latrán was awarded the star rating by Zdeněk Pohlreich, a respected figure in Czech gastronomy.
"The Week with Zdeněk Pohlreich" was a very important event for us as it started us on our long journey to success. I knew that the star from Zdeněk Polreich was not a life-time guarantee of quality. "Above all it was a great impulse for us to try to always do our best to deliver the highest quality" says the catering and restaurant operation manager Jana Havlová
Pizzeria Latrán
Latrán 37
381 01 Český Krumlov
+420 380 712 651
Jana Havlová (catering and restaurant operation manager)
+420 604 660 385
Lucie Stejskalová (restaurant manager)
+420 724 567 681


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A recent study by the Consejeria de Inmigracion y Cooperacion in Madrid found that overall foreigners and Madrilenos are getting along just fine and in fact, 54% of immigrants and 35% of Spaniards in Madrid stated there has been a notable improvement in the relationship between the two groups. Furthermore, the most outstanding fact is that 76% of foreigners residing in Madrid feel totally integrated in the community albeit the largest hurdle most have to overcome is the language barrier and employment.
This isn't all surprising to me as it is common knowledge among all Spaniards and foreigners that have spent some time living in Espana that out of all of the big cities, Madrid happens to be the most cosmopolitan with a positive multi-cultural presence. If the study were to be conducted in Barcelona I have a sneaky suspicion those numbers would be flipped on their heads. Even fellow Spaniards from other parts of the country get the cold shoulder from their Catalan brothers and sisters so being a legal immigrant one can just imagine how hard it can be to break the ice with the locals.
As beautiful as Barcelona is with its regal boulevards lined with magnificent buildings styled in Catalan Nouveau, its picturesque seaside location and amazing cultural institutions its not as open nor open minded as its sister city, Madrid. This schism causes one to ponder the irony of it all because Barcelona is the design capital of Spain. It has a strong artistic history starting with Gaudi, Picasso, and Miro… none of whom can be categorized as traditional. However, Catalans are a tight-knit group that is wary of outsiders with a cultural pride that runs deep throughout their community. Therefore I doubt many would fall into the same category as the 62% of Madrilenos that believe immigration of foreigners have had a positive affect on the Spanish economy.
We, I, all of us legal foreign residents have made Barcelona our home. We patronize Catalan establishments, they are our colleagues at work, we root for their football team (FC Barca) like we were born and bread FC Barca fans and some of us have even learned their native language but very few us can call them our friends. A small minority of the large international residents feels integrated into the community let alone feels welcomed.
After living here for three years I can count numerous Catalans as acquaintances but there are only two that I would call friends. In comparison, the study found 63% of foreigners interviewed in the survey have a Spanish friend and one out of three Madrilenos claim they have an international pal.
I mix and mingle with an international crowd of people that also include other Spaniards from different regions and a common topic is why don't we have more Catalan friends? Some friends that have spent years here have found that their inability to integrate into the local community has left them frustrated and rather bitter. Even my novio, a true blue Espanol from Andulucia has told me stories of his struggle to acclimate himself in Barna during his university years.
I have chosen to make Barna my home but at times I wonder if I would be better off in Madrid?
-Espana Fly
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It's been three years since Microsoft released its first Surface tablet, however, if you're in India, the tablet is yet to mark its official launch. But that might change soon, as two of the previous generation Surface tablets -- Surface RT and Surface Pro 2 seem to be making their way to the second most populous nation.
Both the tablets are listed in country's regulatory authority, the Bureau of Indian Standards. In the simplest of terms, what it means is that the tablets has been certified by India's regulatory body. But there is no word on when (or if) the device will hit the retailers.
"As per BIS processes, certification is mandatory for this category. For Microsoft, we do go through these processes from time-to-time, as part of any market assessment perspective. But, at this stage, we have no announcements to offer for launch timing of the said model or other models of Microsoft Surface in India," said a Microsoft spokesperson.
This is what a Microsoft spokesperson had told me a few months ago about the company's plan to launch Surface tablets in India. "We value all of our Surface customers across the globe. We're always evaluating our options and as we've said before, we've taken a measured and phased approach to Surface availability in order to meet customer demand and partner expectations. In regards to additional market availability, we have nothing further to share at this time."
As of now, that's all the information we have regarding Surface's possible launch in the country. But for those who can't wait, you may want to check Ebay.in, as several of Surface tablets are available there.


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Will the Greek eurozone crisis ever end…apparently not. Here is the latest run down.
Some highlights of today's meeting, as reported by Zerohedge…
- Slovakia FinMin Peter Kazimir said quite simply earlier "it's not possible to reach deal today."
- "We continue to work to establish the conditions to start negotiations, which is the real target – it's not about closing a deal, it's about starting negotiations," Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan tells reporters in Brussels.
- Finland's FinMin Stubb who said that while he is still hopeful "I think we're very far away from the types of conditionality that we need. If this was a negotiation from one to 10, I think we're still standing somewhere between 3 and 4. So making progress but not there yet. No one is blocking a deal, we're all constructively trying to find a solution in a very difficult situation."
- "We don't consider the Greek proposal at all sufficient for starting negotiations. Much must happen in order to advance. The Finnish government is unanimous on its stance on Greece."
To sum it up…again via Zerohedge…
Basically, all Europe has left now is hope: hope that Germany will change its mind in the last second and will backtrack on its demands. It got so bad that Luxembourg's foreign minister made a plea for Germany to avoid a Greek exit from the euro, warning Berlin of a catastrophic schism with France if it pushes for Athens to leave the currency union. The comments from Jean Asselborn, released on Sunday, came after Germany argued that Greece could take a five-year "time-out" from the euro zone and have some of its debts written off if Athens fails to improve proposals it has made for a bailout.
"It would be fatal for Germany's reputation in the EU and the world if Berlin does not now seize the chance that there now is with the Greek reform offers," Asselborn told Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
"If Germany pushes for a Grexit, it will provoke a profound conflict with France. That would be a catastrophe for Europe," he added in an advance release of an interview to run in the Sueddeutsche's Monday edition.
Some thoughts on all the theatre and tragedy from Sky News' Ed Conway…
Here are a few stream-of-consciousness thoughts about where we are, written at lunchtime on Sunday. They may be out-of-date by the time you read them. Then again, in the euro crisis, nothing ever seems to change all that much.
1. Today's Absolutely Final deadline is no longer final.
There was lots of talk (from the President of the European Council among others) that Sunday's leaders' and EU leaders' summit was the Very Last Opportunity to seal a deal or to throw Greece out of the euro. That seemed to make some sense — after all, not only are the Greek banks closed, the entire financial system seems to be about to run out of money. There's only so long you can run an economy without a fully-functioning banking system.
However, at yesterdays' eurogroup meeting (that's the euro finance ministers) it emerged that the decision on a deal may be put off for another few days. Sources said that the financial outflows were not so bad last week, and that the Greek banking system could survive for another few days. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen.
2. One big problem is trust
This is both good news and bad. Good because it signifies that in terms of the proposals for a bailout deal, there is no longer much distance between the two sides. Having persuaded his people to vote in last weekend's referendum against the deal proposed by the creditors, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has subsequently signed up to the vast majority of its strictures. So the two sides now, finally, largely agree on the kind of austerity that needs to be imposed (cuts to pension bills, liberalising monopolies and nationalised industries, raising VAT and removing exemptions, including on the islands etc). The problem is that no-one believes that Greece will actually go through with the reforms — especially after all the surprises, disappointments and broken promises of the past few weeks and months. That is why there is talk of waiting until the Greek parliament has actually passed some of these measures before giving the final go-ahead to new bailout talks.
3. The other big problem is domestic politics
Midway through yesterday's finance minister's meeting, it emerged that Finland's government was close to collapse, as the second-biggest party, the True Finns, were dead set against handing any extra cash to Greece. There were also extremely hawkish comments coming from the German and Slovakian teams. It's a reminder that around the Eurozone many countries are simply sick and tired of handing money to Greece. The largely centrist leaders in Spain and Italy, who face upsurgent anti-euro parties back home, are desperate to prove to the electorate that voting in a party like Syriza is the worst thing they could do. The more Greece suffers (preferably with wall-to-wall coverage across the European broadcast media) the more likely their voters are to think twice about voting for Podemos or Beppe Grillo.
This is probably the least edifying element of the crisis at present: in a sense, Greece is being ritually economically tortured in order to safeguard the jobs of politicians on the other side of Europe.
Either way, in order to get a deal, politicians will have to risk losing at least some votes (maybe lots of them) back home. And no politicians like that.
4. Crazy ideas are now mainstream
A few years ago it was forbidden to talk about the possibility that a country could leave the euro. That taboo was overcome a few years ago at the Cannes G20. Now some finance ministers are openly discussing how it would be done. The big story out of yesterday's eurogroup was that Germany has been throwing around an idea of a temporary Grexit — that Greece could leave the single currency for five years, restructure its debt and re-join when it is in better health. The problem with such an idea is that "temporary" changes in currency regimes almost always turn out to be permanent. Take the UK leaving the ERM in 1992, or leaving the gold standard in 1931, or the US closing the gold window in 1971. All were described as temporary. Many might have even believed that at the time. Ultimately, they were nothing of the sort.
Anyway, what seems more likely is that this plan is a mischievous attempt at brinksmanship. And, even if it never comes to pass, it is going down brilliantly back home with the German electorate [see point 3].
5. The cancellation of the full EU leaders' summit is neither a good nor a bad thing
There was originally supposed to be a euro leaders and then a full EU summit today — the idea presumably being that if Grexit was indeed likely, the whole of the EU might need to sign off both on that and the consequent humanitarian aid that might be needed. Now the EU summit has been cancelled — mainly because after last night's nine hour marathon of talks it is clear that there will be no straightforward conclusion from the eurogroup, and hence the leaders won't simply be coming into town to sign a piece of paper and then leave.
6. Best-case scenario: eurofudge
Of course, the pie-in-the-sky best-case scenario involves Greece getting a deal immediately and going home and successfully implementing it. But a more realistic scenario is probably going to involve a characteristic euro fudge.
The euro finance ministers could agree to begin bailout talks on the pre-condition that Greece implements a number of austerity/reform proposals in the next few days. This would be endorsed by the leaders, unanimously. Then, the European Central Bank confirms that because talks are now ongoing (as opposed to frozen) it can loosen conditions on Greece's banks (though they won't open for some time either way). The eurogroup confirms the bailout talks are underway in yet another meeting or teleconference later on this week. Note that there is no longer any hope of getting a full bailout signed off — the best that can be done is to begin formal negotiations for another bailout. All because the last deal expired a couple of weeks ago.
7. Worst-case scenario: eurodisaster
The worst-case scenario for both sides involves Greece leaving the euro. Quite how this happens is anyone's guess, though Germany's eurosabbatical paper yesterday underlined that despite the fact that the EU Treaties don't have a clause to allow it, Grexit is absolutely feasible. It would begin with a breakdown of today's talks, with a complete split in the eurogroup and euro leaders' meeting between those who believe Greece's departure is good news for the euro (Germany, Finland etc) and those who think it would be a disaster (France, Italy etc).
Rather than coming out and waving a piece of paper saying Greece is heading back to the drachma, the process might be more subtle and imperceptible: Athens might be allowed to print its own euro-denominated instruments; it might be allowed to print scrip; it might simply not be allowed to get extra liquidity from the ECB and be forced to nationalise its banks.
But though it might not begin with one big moment of fanfare, a departure would be messy, would provoke a further default by Greece on its debts to the IMF, the ECB and other euro nations. They would be pursued in the courts for decades for some sort of payback. Questions would arise over the future of the single currency. If the remaining members do not commit to big-scale further integration (a single Treasury, fiscal union) they will leave the door open for further departures in the coming years. Markets would plunge, not just in the Eurozone but everywhere around the world. Greece would almost certainly be out of the euro forever, however much the move would be branded initially as temporary.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of this site. This site does not give financial, investment or medical advice.


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Hello crafty friends :) My Christmas card stash is starting to build up nicely, but I still have a long way to go. Today's card features the Hero Arts Coloring Layering Christmas Tree stamp set. I stamped the first three layers in a variety of green inks, and the fourth layer was heat embossed in white. The background was created by smooshing and splattering distress ink onto watercolor paper, and the ornaments are rhinestones I colored with a red sharpie.
I'm playing along with the Christmas Tree challenge at Merry Monday, and the Christmas challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
Card Stock: Solar White (Neenah), Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon (Stampin' Up), Watercolor Card Stock (Strathmore)
Ink Pads: Soft Olive, Field Greens, Forever Green, Cup O' Joe (Hero Arts), Tumbled Glass Distress Ink (Ranger), Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versamark
Tools: Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Stitched Hillside Border Dies (Lawn Fawn), Coloring Layering Christmas Tree Dies (Hero Arts), Heat Tool
Accessories: Rhinestones (Stampin' Up), White Embossing Powder (Hero Arts), Red Sharpie
Have a great day :)


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WordPress 4.7 Vaughan named after American jazz singer and Grammy award winner Sarah "Sassy" Vaughan, was released by WordPress.org on december 6 2016.
WordPress 4.7 is a very interesting update – not the least because of the new default theme Twenty Seventeen, which we believe is the best looking default theme yet, as well as other feature updates.
New 2017 Theme – Twenty Seventeen
As always, there is an all new theme enclosed in the new WordPress 4.7 Vaughan. The Twenty Seventeen theme is an elegant addition to the collection of default WordPress themes.
The new Twenty Seventeen theme includes unique new options for full screen images, header videos, widgets, social menus and more.
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Easy Theme Setup
WordPress 4.7 Vaughan introduces the option for theme developers to define sample content within the theme. This means that upon installation your theme can add sample menus, pages, posts and other content to help you get started faster.
It's important to note that this is an all new feature so the number of themes offering it will be limited at the moment. However, we're confident this is something you'll see many free theme developers picking up and possibly premium themes too.
Fast Menu Building
Last update WordPress moved the menu builder into the customizer, and now you can add pages from the menu screen. No need to make pages then builder your menu, now you can add new page drafts while creating your menu so you can get everything right and add your content later.
Other Features
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- Edit shortcuts in the live Customizer
- Instant custom CSS previews
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- Post type templates
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- New hooks & functions for developers
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The Club Championships took place in September & October 2013. Congratulations to double winners Natasha Shanks and Peter Kingston. Well done to them, and all others who participated. Special thanks to Tom Gallery, Peter Kingston and Tony O'Byrne for organising the event. Click on the link below for the full results:
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The 802.11ac Radio Module for the Cisco Aironet 3600 Series access point provides enterprise-class reliability and wired-network-like performance. It supports three spatial streams and 80 MHz-wide channels for a maximum data rate of 1.3 Gbps. This is three times the maximum data rate of today's high-end enterprise 802.11n access point.
Learn how the 802.11ac Radio Module can help organizations rise to the next-generation of Wi-Fi connectivity. (2:58 min)
Learn the fundamentals of 802.11ac on TechWiseTV. (6:04 min)
The 802.11ac Radio Module is based on the draft 5 of the IEEE 802.11ac specification. This module provides the following features.
The innovative, modular design, allows any existing 3600 Series access point to be field upgraded and immediately expand the available bandwidth for new 802.11ac devices while supporting all your traditional wireless devices on 802.11a/b/g/n.
With this flexibility, companies can grow their network bandwidth dynamically, as and when its needed, whether for pervasive coverage or spot coverage based on the high bandwidth demands of their user base. This may include , areas of high-user congregation, such as libraries, cafeterias, auditoriums or areas where high bandwidth applications such as video conferencing or large file imaging is used. Companies will have full control for how, where, and when to expand their wireless network.
Cisco Aironet Access Point Module for 802.11ac, the industrys first 802.11ac radio, offers a wire-like performance ideal for supporting HD video and high-client-density deployments.


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Professor Geist appeared on CBC Newsworld to discuss anti-spam legislative activity. While recent focus has centred on U.S. anti-spam legislation, Professor Geist noted some of the Canadian legal tools that can be used to combat spam. see: CBC Interview also see: Canadian Privacy Law Review Information
Privacy and Expectations
Keynote address at the 4th Annual Workshop on Privacy and Security held in Toronto on November 6 – 7, 2003. Professor Geist's talk begin at roughly the 41 minute mark.link
Spam Policy Again in the Spotlight
Professor Geist spent thirty minutes on the national radio program Rutherford discussing anti-spam legislation and potential Canadian solutions. see: Rutherford Show also see: Knight v. Hutchinson decision here
Internet File Sharing
Professor Geist comments on Internet file sharing on CBC Radio's Cross Country Check-up. Professor Geist's segment begins at roughly the 4 minute mark.link
As It Happens – Tasini Case
Professor Geist comments on the U.S. Tasini Supreme Court decision on CBC's As It Happens program. Professor Geist appears at roughly the 20 minute point.link


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Learn The Six Main Risk Factors Of Oral Cancer
Spotlight On Oral Cancer: Learn The Six Main Risk Factors
While you may know that your dentist examines your teeth and gums closely for cavities, decay, and gum disease during every dental check-up, you may not realize that they also examine your mouth closely for signs of oral cancer. Oral cancer can be deadly, and early detection is the key to winning the battle against it.
Among those diagnosed with oral cancer in recent years, only 64.5 percent of them have survived for a full five years after diagnosis. However, the five-year survival rate soars to 83 percent when the cancer is caught in its earliest stages.
While your dentist in Sarasota FL does their part every six months to determine if you are displaying any signs of oral cancer, you can help keep it from forming in the first place by knowing the oral cancer risk factors and eliminating any bad habits in your life that may be raising your risk.
While genetics does play a part in your family's predisposition to oral cancer development, read on to learn about the six other main risk factors, most of which are avoidable through proper oral cancer screening in Sarasota, FL.
Tobacco Use
While you may know that using chewing tobacco greatly increases a person's chance of developing oral cancer in their lifetime, you may not realize that tobacco use of any type also raises their risk. If anyone in your family smokes cigarettes, cigars, or a pipe, then urge them to quit.
Not only does smoking increase their chances of developing oral cancer, but it can also impact the health of those around when they smoke — anyone exposed to second-hand smoke is also at greater risk of oral cancer development than someone not exposed to it.
Alcohol Consumption
Medical professionals advise all women of legal drinking age to limit their alcohol consumption to one drink per day and for men of legal age to limit their intake of alcoholic beverages to two drinks per day. The consumption of alcohol raises a person's chance of the development of many types of cancers, including oral cancer.
While the reason drinking alcohol can cause cancer is still unclear to researchers, they do know that about 70 percent of all people diagnosed with oral cancer drink heavily.
When a person both drinks alcohol and smokes cigarettes, it doubles the likelihood that they will develop oral cancer in their lifetime compared to a person who does not smoke or drink heavily.
Sun Exposure
Cancer of the lip is more common in people who work outdoors or perform other tasks outdoors for long periods of time than those who send much of their time indoors. This makes it important to encourage every member of your family to wear a lip balm that contains an SPF of at least 30 any time they are outdoors, especially for long periods of time. Like sunscreen applied to skin, it is also important to reapply SPF lip balm at least every two hours when outdoors.
Immunosuppressant Medications
If you or anyone in your family takes a medication that suppresses their immune system, such as those used to help control autoimmune conditions, then realize that it raises their risk of oral cancer development.
Human Papillomavirus or HPV
If you or your partner have been diagnosed with Human Pappillomavirus, then it is important to know that this can increase your chances of the development of cancer in the tissues in the middle of your throat called your oropharynx.
To help your children avoid catching HPV in the future, which can increase their chances of developing several types of cancer, get them vaccinated against the virus when they are preteens.
An Unhealthy Diet
A diet filled with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants can help ward off oral cancer development. Make sure everyone in your family eats plenty of fruits and vegetables that contain antioxidants that help fight the free-radicals that cause cancer.
Remember that dentists like Kenneth Schweizer DDS PA examine your mouth for signs of oral cancer every time you visit them for a check-up, so make sure you visit them every six months. However, the first step to preventing oral cancer is living a healthy lifestyle and eliminating any oral cancer risk factors that you can.


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So, you are considering getting your DNA tested to see where exactly your heritage stems from. There are a lot of reasons to get your DNA tested with a reputable genetics research service, like getting a better understanding of your genetic lineage and clearing up misconceptions in your family history, it may be able to help you find distant relatives if you can isolate the region or country that your family comes from, and it has never been more affordable than right now.
Also, the process has never been more convenient and simplistic for the consumer. Here are a few things you can expect when you get your DNA tested:
1. Selecting a package and service that is right for you
First things first: you need to create an account on the site that you choose to order the kit from. Next, you only need to order a product package that suits your needs which will show up to your house within a few business days. Most services offer a biogeographical ancestry package that will pinpoint what country or region your family comes from. Packages come with a set of instructions and a swab stick in a protected package for when you send the kit back.
2. Place your DNA in the kit
With the swab stick, you only need to gently swab the inside of your cheek where DNA in the saliva can be collected and analyzed later on. Once you have your sample placed in a bag, you will just need to send it back to the address. Then comes the waiting.
3. Get your Results!
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These are the three easy steps you need to take to get your full genetic profile that you can then share with your friends and family. Collecting your DNA results will help you get the full story of your family history and will allow you to have a discussion about your family origins. It is always a good idea to know where your roots came from and this is the quickest and easiest way to getting that information that you need.


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The aim of UnivEarthS is to combine the scientific expertise, technical know how, experience in space experiments, and human resources of three research institutes, all international leaders in their disciplinary field, in order to develop original interdisciplinary research projects. Their expertise includes Earth and environmental sciences (IPGP), planetary sciences (IPGP, AIM), high energy astrophysics (AIM, APC), cosmology and fundamental physics (APC).
The project is designed to set up a unique high-level teaching and training platform in the sciences of the Universe, to achieve efficient technology transfer between the partners as well as towards other institutes and industry, and to develop novel outreach initiatives.
The UnivEarthS project revolves around the general theme of "Evolution, Catastrophes and Emergence": how do natural systems of various scales form and evolve into self-organized dynamic structures, what are the catastrophic events that cause dramatic shifts in evolution, when and how did new processes and mechanisms appear ? Such questions arise when dealing with the primordial Universe, the organization of small to large scale structures in the Universe, violent phenomena associated with stellar explosions and black holes, the development of planetary systems, the differentiation and dynamics of the proto-Earth, the origin and early growth of Life, as well as the study of geological and astronomical catastrophes (volcanic eruptions, planetary-quakes, planetary collisions).
Variability and heterogeneity are ubiquitous features of the Universe structure and evolution, and catastrophic events impact the evolution of all natural objects regardless of their dimensions, from galaxy clusters down to stars and planets. Whilst the past decades have opened windows into the sky across the whole radiation spectrum, from radio waves to gamma rays, the next decades will open time windows into transient sources, bursts and flares over a large range of time scales. Large international sky-survey instruments are being prepared and we need to harness new precision technologies and analysis methods to detect and examine variability in huge real time or near-real time data flows and to identify transient sources.
UnivEarthS invests in algorithmic and analysis developments to actively participate to the international effort to prepare for this new time frontier. Initiatives involving several institutes are implemented :
- a large common computational center for massive data management and modelling. New technology has led to a dramatic increase in the amount of data that can be collected. We develop the numerical tools and calculation codes that are required for our specific researches.
- precision metrology strenghtening the links between fundamental physics in space and studies of Earth and Planetary processes.
- studies of the formation and evolution of solar and exo planets and of the Moon-Earth system in its early stages.
- observational and numerical developments in the study of violent phenomena in the Universe.
UnivEarthS supports the Paris Centre for Cosmological Physics (PCCP). This Centre is a place for research, education and exchange on the physics of the Universe. The project has been established under the leadership of George F. Smoot, Nobel Prize in physics in 2006, recruited as a professor at the University Paris Diderot in February 2010. Noting the remarkable concentration of laboratories working in Paris at the highest international level in the field of cosmology, George Smoot has decided to create this centre in order to develop synergies between these laboratories (which include APC, LUTh and GEPI) and to enhance the attractiveness of Paris in this scientific field dealing with key issues such as the origin of matter, the structure of space and time. The goals of PCCP are similar to those seeked by the Labex: attract senior researchers at the best international level, develop a high visibility program of PCCP postdoctoral fellows, foster the awareness of teachers, students and the general public on fundamental issues, develop a global approach to private funding for fundamental research.
Special effort are made to provide information on the UnivEarthS education programs and individual attention to candidates. Specific resources are allocated to a "welcome package" program for foreign master and doctoral students in order to help them with travel expenses, housing funding, and French courses. The partners of UnivEarthS supports the development of new education and public outreach tools based on teleconferences, video clips, and smartphones to illustrate science in motion in their disciplines, to interact with high-school teachers across France, and to help attract young people to science and engineering studies.
The UnivEarthS project intends to break the barriers that have hampered research cooperations and technology transfers between different Earth, Planetary and Universe Science Institutes in Paris. Two laboratories of the Observatoire de Paris, LUTh and GEPI, the Laboratory of Cosmochemistry of the Museum, the Laboratory of Geodesy of the Institut Géographique National (Lareg), as well as the Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calul des Ephemerides (IMCCE) are associated with this project and are represented in the Labex's scientific committee.
The partners of UnivEarthS are members of Université Paris Cité. They benefit from the Technology Transfer Bureau (SATT) of this Consortium and from the François Arago Computation Center.
Astrophysics – Cosmology et fundamental physics –Planetary sciences –Earth and environmental sciences
Violent phenomena in the Universe are connected to the presence of very compact objects, neutron stars or black holes. It is only very recently that black holes have acquired the status of astrophysical objects, and not just curiosities of the theory of gravitation (singularities protected by a horizon, whereas the big bang is a naked singularity). Indeed, black holes seem to be ubiquitous in the Universe: they represent the final stage of a star, are present in many binary systems, but also at the centre of most galaxies (such as our own). And, even though they are rather simple objects from the point of view of gravity, their environment is very complex. Indeed, the understanding of how high-energy phenomena recycle energy into their environment and the feedback to large distances of powerful explosions, jets, and the impact of their companion high-energy particles are keys to understanding the emergence of new structures (clouds, stars, galaxies) in the Universe. All require high precision observations and elaborated modeling.
Cosmology and fundamental physics
We start with the Universe in its largest dimensions. The question of the emergence of space, popularly known as the big bang, is obviously a central one and requires one to study the Universe at its earliest times, i.e. the most distant Universe (because of the finiteness of the speed of light). The Universe has been transparent to light since about 380 000 years after the big bang. This first light is in the present epoch observed in the form of a microwave background, the so-called cosmic microwave background (CMB). Investigating times close to the big bang (the so-called inflation period) requires the identification of very tiny details on maps of fluctuations of the CMB (those for which G. Smoot received the Nobel Prize in 2006) and thus precision measurement methods. Another promising approach is the detection of deformations of spacetime known as gravitational waves. These waves could have formed immediately after the big bang and would provide the only direct test of the content of the Universe emerging from the big bang. Since those early epochs, the expansion of the Universe has been decelerating. It was discovered in 1998 that the expansion has been accelerating again for the past 4 billion years. This is attributed to some new form of energy, called dark energy. Identifying dark energy has been singled out by both the astrophysics and fundamental physics communities as the priority task of the coming decade. It is obviously related to the question of the future of our Universe.
Earth and environmental sciences
The research consists in locating the remaining witnesses of these early periods, collecting rare field samples and measurements, analyzing them with the most exquisite modern techniques of imagery, isotope geochemistry, mineralogy in extreme pressure and temperature conditions, as is beginning to be carried out on cores from Australia and South Africa that date back to 2.7 billion years and more. Because we need to go back even further in the past, to the first billion years of Earth's history, it requires pushing back the resolution limits of many current instruments and also improving our understanding of some basic physical, chemical and even biological principles, and producing when needed efficient numerical modeling of massive amounts of data.
But the Present and the Past are keys to one another, and understanding the distant past of the Earth requires even better understanding of the processes which are still currently active on Earth. This is for instance the case for active subduction of plates, a generator of dangerous, powerful earthquakes and volcanoes, but also the key operator allowing the formation of granitic crust, that is the precursors to continental fragments that generally remain afloat at the top of the mantle, to form buoyant continental plates. A case in point is the subduction of the American plates under the Caribbean, forming the active arc of the Antilles. Active volcanoes provide there field laboratories where large parts of our scientific endeavour can be tested. The processes of rock generation, fluid-rock interaction, alteration and erosion, and chemical input into the world's ocean can be studied near the three volcanological observatories of Martinique, Guadeloupe and Montserrat, three cousin volcanoes (which our teams continuously monitor) in different stages of their volcanic life cycle. This also leads to yet another kind of catastrophe, with potentially dangerous consequences to the local populations, bridging for us the gap between fundamental research and applications in the form of protection to the local populations and advice to the authorities.
Planetary sciences
The formation of planets, in particular the Earth and the Moon, through the process of accretion and proto-planetary impacts, controls their chemical state and thus their present dynamics. The understanding of the emergence of planets from the pristine solar disk, relies on detailed observations of remote solar systems with different degrees of maturation, in particular the observation of exoplanets, and on high resolution isotopic measurements of the composition of chondrites, the initial building blocks of planets. This is where the world views and approaches of the astro- and geo-sciences meet.
The accretion of the Earth forming objects, the Moon-forming impact, the nature and duration of a magma ocean, the formation of the Earth's core, the appearance of the Earth's magnetic field, early mantle convection and the emergence of the first oceans, atmosphere and continental fragments, the effect of the late heavy bombardment, the emergence of life, the growth of the inner core, the birth of plate tectonics are all key events in the history of the young Earth occurring in the first one or two billions of years, which have left precious few traces that modern geosciences are increasingly able to uncover and unravel. The early history of the Earth has not been a "long quiet river flowing" (as the title of a famous French movie goes) but it has been punctuated by catastrophic events separating periods when the rules of the game may have changed, with the emergence of new media and structures after each revolution. This new view of a non-linear evolution with "phase changes" is in line with progress in non-linear physics and chaos theory. There were a "before" and an "after", with often very different characteristics, regarding the appearance of many of the features recalled above.
Supervising institutions
UnivEarthS governance is ensured by a director, Marc Chaussidon (IPGP director) and a co-director Antoine Kouchner (APC director). They are supported by an executive board and a project manager, working closely with the work packages leaders, surround themselves with a scientific committee and present the results to the Labex the Council of partners.
Council of partners
At the top of the project's operation, the Council of partners follows the course of UnivEarthS. It consists of the legal representative of each partner and is chaired by the President of Université Paris Cité, the Labex bearer establishment. This committee gathers once a year, gives approval for the continuation of the project and provides guidelines for the following year, especially in case of significant change (funding, calendar, withdrawal of a partner).
The executive board (BE)
The Executive Board pilot and coordinates the Labex. It take the decisions necessary for its smooth running. It is chaired by the director and co-director and is completed by the representatives of the three UnivEarthS founders laboratories: Isabelle Grenier (AIM), Sotiris Loucatos (APC) and Gauthier Hulot (IPGP), designated by their direction.
The BE meets as many times as needed, approximately every 2 months to ensure regular monitoring of UnivEarthS. They oversee the entire Labex and development of each project projects in three areas: research, education, development.
The Scientific Committee
Science policy and the new programs of UnivEarthS are evaluated by the scientific committee.
Reflecting the different research areas of the Labex, the scientific committee is composed of French and international high-level scientists.
It is chaired by George Smoot (Nobel Prize in Physics 2006) and co-chaired by Sotiris Loucatos (APC and Irfu). Twelve other members were appointed on the 1st of July, 2019:
– Ursula Bassler (IN2P3, CNRS)
– Liane Benning (Interface Geochemistry, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany)
– Maud Boyet (OPGV-Laboratoire Magma et Volcans, Clermont-Ferrand)
– Anny Cazenave (Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, Toulouse)
– Donald B. Dingwell (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Munich, Germany)
– Guillaume Dubus (Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes)
– Fernando Ferroni (Gran Sasso Science Institute and INFN Roma, Italia)
– Anna Franckowiak (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Germany)
– Juan José Hernandez Rey (Instituto de Física Corpuscular, University of Valencia, Espana)
– Catherine L. Johnson (Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
– Augusto Neri (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Pisa, Italia)
– David Shoemaker (Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, MIT, Cambridge, USA)
The Scientific Council meets once a year. It assesses the progress of projects and makes recommendations on their pursuit, the allocation of funds and the launch of new projects.
Work-Package leaders assembly
Researchers from partner labs, work-package leaders meet twice a year, before and after the Scientific Council. They coordinate and scientific leadership. They form the equivalent of a laboratory council.
The project manager
From the beginning of the operation of UnivEarthS, the Executive Board wished to recruit (from the budget of Labex) a project manager to assist in its tasks and monitor them. Aurélia Olivier-Kaiser assumes this mission since March 2019.
The communications team
The communications team showcases the projects and their scientific results, and builds the image of the Labex following the decisions of the management of UnivEarthS.
Under the large national loan in 2010, the French government launched the "Investments for the Future" program for the country at the forefront of innovation. A budget of € 35 billion is reserved for this program.
Among the calls for proposals launched by the government, calling LabEx (Laboratory of Excellence) aims to develop significant resources research units with international visibility, to enable them to compete with their foreign counterparts to attract researchers and teacher-researchers of international renown and build an integrated policy research, training and development of high level.
The UnivEarthS project is one of 100 winners of the first wave of the call Laboratories of Excellence (2010 edition) projects.


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Friday, 19 December 2008
Last child free day....
6 comments:
- Claire Mackaness said...
Blooming heck girlie, your just a bit too quick off the mark for my liking LOL!! A lovely card, you do Louises fab images proud.
- 19 December 2008 at 13:56
- Chrissie said...
Your Christmas cards look great Adele and little Dottie looks so cute!
I love the look of these new downloads, may have to take a trip and check them out.
- 19 December 2008 at 15:00
- Jac's Playground said...
Fabby Dottie cards Adele and I love what you have done with Nicola, I'm hoping to have a play tonight! Do I take it that you are not allowed to take pics of the school production? That just seems so out of order. All the while Ria was in primary we were able to take pics and I made sure I did and at the end of Yr6 the school produced a cd that had pics taken throughout primary school of all the yr 6s from when they started right up to the end, unfortunately Ria was only there 2 years but she was included and you could buy these for £3. These times are so important to record. Ooops sorry a bit of a waffle there! xx
- 19 December 2008 at 17:22
- Sammi said...
Oooh... I love those christmas cards... Great colours!! And that card with Nicola on it is AWESOME!! Lovely work Adele! :)
- 20 December 2008 at 22:59
- Louly said...
Absolutely gorgeous! I spy my Christmas card! Thank you so much for my card Adele,it's even more beautiful in real life.
- 21 December 2008 at 09:40
Everything you do Adele is lovely! x
As for not being able to take photos of Amelia that is so sad. It really does depend upon where you are I think. I'm in Kent and my Dad took loads of photos of my great niece in her playschool nativity at a Church.
It's a sad world when you can't photograph your own child's special moments. *hugs*
- 21 December 2008 at 16:11


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FEDERICO TURRIZIANI 27 November 2020
Diego Armando Maradona left us suddenly, Diego, El Pibe de oro… a month after he turned 60 he was struck down by cardiac arrest. Many messages of condolence from all over the world and especially from Naples where the fans stayed all night outside the San Paolo Stadium to remember him and bring flowers.
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Just in time: Detroit's Penobscot Building clock is fixed
The double-sided golden clock on the historic Penobscot building is now ticking again.
The hands, which have been missing for weeks, reappeared last week. After a brief stint stalled on the 12th hour, the clock now shows the correct time and the timepiece has been stamped with the Comerica Bank logo.
Comerica Bank, officially opened inside the Penobscot Monday. Kathleen Pitton, Vice President of Corporate Communications, said signage, repair and maintenance of the clock were included in the terms of their lease agreement.
Representatives from the property managers and leasing office, Triple Properties Detroit, did not return calls.
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The clock, located at the corner of West Fort Street and Griswold, is one of a handful of historic timepieces dotting downtown Detroit – from a lavish Tiffany piece in the Guardian building to new models donated by local clockmaker Shinola.
Here's a look:
Penobscot building clock
Corner of Griswold Street and W Fort Street
The golden clock mounted on the corner of the Penobscot building is a bulky piece of hardware that straddles the edge of the historic building, but boasts a simple, pale marble-like face with black accents.
The Penobscot was formally opened in 1929, and has since been widely recognized as staple of Detroit's skyline.
Former Free Press reporter and author of the book "Lost Detroit: Stories Behind the Motor City's Majestic Ruins" Dan Austin wrote on HistoricDetroit.org that the 47-story building is actually three structures in one.
"The first is the 13-story building (Simon] Murphy erected in 1905. It was was jointed a 24-story in 1916. The third, the 47-story tower known at the Greater Penobscot, was built at a cost of $5 million," he wrote.
At 565 feet, it was the tallest building in Detroit at the time of its construction.
While the building has a long history in the city, the vice president of the Detroit Area Art Deco Society, Rebecca Savage, said the clock is not original to the building and isn't included in historic photos from 1928-1930 or in records from the 1940s.
After searching through her Penobscot Building files, Savage said the best she can determine is that the clock was added in the 1960s or later.
Kern's Clock
Corner of Woodward Avenue and Gratiot Avenue
The Kern's Clock debuted in 1933, and it quickly became a landmark – it still is one today.
According to the Detroit Historical Society, people were often heard saying, "We'll meet under the Kern's Clock."
The timepiece originally graced the entrance of the Ernst Kern Co. Department store, which was once the largest and tallest building in downtown Detroit until the company was sold and the building was demolished in 1957.
The clock was placed in storage until the 1970s, but the Junior League of Detroit led a campaign to restore the clock and place it back to its original location. However, it once again was removed during the demolition of Hudson's.
In November 2003, Compuware Corp. acquired ownership of the clock and placed the famous ticker back in its original location.
Guardian building clock
Inside the Guardian Buidling at 500 Griswold St.
A Tiffany glass clock sits at the epicenter of an intricate art deco design made of monel (a nickel-copper alloy) and tile in between the lobby and banking hall at the Guardian Building. There are only four clocks of the same style that exist, according to Historic Detroit.
Surrounded by rich, earthy tones, the clock is embraced by geometric designs. Its bold, black hands point to the bold, black hours marking a glass face, whose design extends into beams that resemble the rays of a bright sun.
The building it calls home stands out as a bright orange, art deco blimp in the Detroit skyline. According to the Guardian Building website, Wirt C. Rowland designed the 496-foot, 40-story steel-framed building made up of 1.8 million orange bricks in a shade specially dubbed "Guardian Brick" by the architect. It was originally created for the Union Trust Co. and originally named the Union Guardian Building.
The Guardian Building was designated as National Historic Landmark in June 1989.
Shinola city clocks
Cobo Square, Ford Field, Shed 5 at Eastern Market, Belle Isle, Midtown Detroit on Cass Avenue and West Canfield Street (in front of a dog park), College for Creative Studies on the Corner of West Milwaukee Street and Cass Avenue (Shinola's headquarters and watch factory).
Look up! Shinola clocks are not just for your wrist, six of these designer tickers have been placed at various locations in the city.
Shinola partnered with the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority to introduce the first city clock in 2014.
In a statement provided to the Free Press, the company's president, Jacques Panis said, "The Shinola City Clocks were created and donated to key landmarks within the community to serve as a meeting place for all to enjoy."
According to a Shinola spokesperson, each double-sided clock stands at almost 13 feet tall, and they each boast a stainless steel case.
Each of these city clocks rock the familiar face of a vintage-style Shinola pocket watch. A classic and clean utilitarian design, the clocks have a black background for the face coupled, white numbers denoting hours and tick-marks for the seconds, plus orange accents.
They also come equipped with LED lights, so their faces can be spotted at night.
The clocks were produced by Electric Time Co., Inc. in Medfield, Massachusetts, which are the same manufacturers of the clock that sits atop Tiffany & Co.'s Fifth Avenue store in New York City, Shinola said in a statement.
Standard Savings and Loan Building
Corner of Griswold Street and West Jefferson Avenue in Detroit's Historic Financial District
The Standard Savings and Loans Building is eight-and-a-half story block of limestone set in a neoclassical design built by the sculptor Corrado G. Parducci, according to a report for the proposed Historic Detroit Financial District filed by the Detroit City Council's Historic Designation Advisory Board.
The place itself has had many roles. It was originally built for the Standard Savings Bank, but it was also the site of the founding and location of Detroit's oldest church -- Ste. Anne's Church founded by Antoine Cadillac in 1701.
There's also a boxy silver clock that adorns the building's corner. Its black and white faces look out onto Griswold and West Jefferson, and can be seen from the edge of Hart Plaza.
According to the Detroit City Council's Historic Designation Advisory Board, the two-sided chrome corner clock was added to the building in the middle of the century.
Austin said the earliest he has seen archival photographs of the clock attached to the building are circa the 1980s.
It was announced in July that the Church of Scientology will be opening its doors the old building and they've been issued for a building permit to do $8 million of renovations.
Karin Pouw, a spokesperson for the Church of Scientology, said restoring the clock is part of their renovation plans.
"We respect the role that the clock has played in the history and color of the neighborhood and we have been working with the Historic District Commission to ensure that our plans meet their approval before going forward," she said.
Contact reporter Aleanna Siacon at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @AleannaSiacon.