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January 2006
Islamic Finance
What's included?
BIS Review No 4 (30 January 2006)
Christian Noyer:
The Eurosystems single monetary policy - a view from the inside
David Dodge:
Summary of the latest monetary policy report
John Hurley:
Schools information pack on price stability
Zhou Xiaochuan:
Capital return of state-owned enterprises
Joseph Yam:
Establishment of the Treasury Markets Association
Zeti Akhtar Aziz:
Towards the positioning of Islamic finance as an
integrated component of
the International Financial System
5th Annual Islamic Finance Summit
24th & 25th January 2006 -
Millennium Hotel London Mayfair
Euromoney SeminarsIslamic Finance Summit is now established as the leading Islamic finance event in Europe. It represents the opportunity for the industry's most distinguished representatives to meet and update themselves with the latest evolutions from around the world.
This summit is the occasion to build bridges between the Islamic world and the "West" and to reinforce the links and the relationship between both sides.
Beyond the traditional Shari'ah panel, more than forty eminent representatives from the Islamic banking industry will share their experiences and deliver detailed presentations on a wide range of new subjects in the 2006 programme including:
The Islamic structure:
Improving the performances and the visibility of Islamic finance
The Islamic mega banks projects:
Real estate:
The Environment of Islamic finance
The combination of views and experiences from across the regulatory, legal, financial and consultancy spectrums will generate first-class debates on the evolution and the perspectives of the Islamic finance industry.
Keynote speakers include:
Shari'ah panel:
- Sheikh Nizam Yaquby
- Sheikh Esam Mohammed Ishaqq
- Dr. Muhammad Imran Usmani<
- Dr. Mohamed A. Elgari
- Sheikh Dr. M.A. Zaki Badawwi
-Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia
Whether you are firmly established in Islamic finance with an in-depth understanding of Shari'ah principles, or if you want to develop your knowledge of this area, the programme has been designed to maximise attendee value. Given that over 270 attendees were at the event in February 2005, representing firms across the Middle East, South East Asia, Europe and North America, there is only one event you need to attend for all your learning and networking needs in 2006.
Zeti Akhtar Aziz:
"Towards the positioning of
Islamic finance as an integrated component
of the International Financial System."
Opening speech by Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz,
Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia,
at the 5th Annual Islamic Finance Summit,
London, 24 January 2006.
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It is my great pleasure to be here in London to speak at this5th Annual Islamic Finance Summit organised by Euromoney.
Islamic finance has made significant breakthroughs to now gain a place in today's challenging global environment with its international dimension now becoming increasingly more significant. It has now evolved to become an integral part of the international financial system. As this international financial integration process intensifies, it will not only increase the potential for Islamic finance to contribute towards enhancing the prospects for more balanced global growth through fostering greater trade and wealth creation, but also through facilitating greater diversification of risks, it will contribute towards increased global financial stability.
Rapid Evolution of the Global Islamic Financial Services Industry
As recent as five years ago, the development of Islamic finance was still regarded as an infant industry striving to prove its viability and competitiveness in the global financial environment. At that time, the growth of Islamic finance was mainly organic and largely concentrated in countries where the Muslim population was significant. Islamic finance was also for the most part governed by conventional regulatory and accounting standards. In addition, the divergence of views on some of the outstanding issues called for greater harmonization. Indeed, there was also some apprehension amongst the regulatory authorities, consumers, business communities and investors on the future potential of Islamic finance.
Notwithstanding this, over the recent five years, there has been a rapid evolution and expansion of the industry.Today, Islamic finance has been recognised as a viable and competitive form of financial intermediation not only in Muslim countries but also outside the Muslim world and offering a wide range of financial products and services. Licences are being issued to facilitate the establishment of Islamic banks including in the industrial economies in Western jurisdictions. There are also an increasing number of international conventional banking institutions offering Islamic financial products and services through dedicated subsidiaries or branches as well as through window arrangements. In addition, countries that have pockets of Muslim population, in particular, in the Asian region are now exploring the prospect of providing access to Islamic financial services to promote greater inclusion. These trends have not only been in terms of numbers of Islamic financial institutions, but also in terms of institutions with larger size of capital and a more established operational governance framework including risk management. Islamic financial institutions that previously operated only in their own domestic jurisdictions have also begun to venture abroad to tap new growth opportunities in other regions and forge greater cross-border linkages.
In the Islamic capital markets, there has been a growing interest in the issuance of Islamic sukuks by both sovereigns and multinational corporations. At the international level, the issuance of the first sovereign global Islamic sukuk by the Government of Malaysia in 2002 has been followed by a series of other issues. Corporations and multilateral development institutions have also embarked to issue Islamic financial instruments resulting in an increase in the range of products in the international capital market. Islamic sukuks have now breached the USD15 billion mark. The Islamic sukuks have attracted a broad range of investors. In 2004, to deepen our capital market further, Malaysia liberalized our exchange administration rules to allow multinational corporations and multilateral agencies to raise ringgit denominated papers in our domestic bond market. Multilateral financial institutions including the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank have since issued Islamic based ringgit-denominated instruments. We welcome the origination and issuance of Islamic financial instruments to be issued in Malaysia.
The growth in Islamic asset and wealth management has also been phenomenal arising from the diverse and innovative structures of Islamic investment funds, includingIslamic hedge funds.
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It is estimated that more than 250 Shariah-compliant mutual funds are currently managing approximately USD300 billion in assets. Shariah-compliant screening techniques have been able to improve risk-adjusted returns on Islamic investment funds which in turn have led to its adoption in improving the risk-adjusted returns of conventional equity funds.Benchmark indices such as the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes and the Financial Times Stock Exchange Global Islamic Index Series in the international equity market and the listing of Islamic financial instruments on international exchanges have all contributed to enhance the depth of the Islamic financial markets as an attractive asset class for investment.
On the regulatory front, the standardised international rules and regulations for the Islamic financial institutions now being issued by theIslamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) will be important in effectively ensuring the stability and soundness of the system. Two important standards, the standards for capital adequacy and risk management have been approved by the Council of the IFSB in 2005. The two standards have taken into account the aspects of risks associated with the different contracts in Islamic banking business. Proper assignment of capital charge on profit-sharing arrangement and the introduction of profit equalization and investment risk reserve are risk-mitigating elements to ensure the soundness in Islamic banking business. The on-going work in the area of supervisory review process, market discipline, corporate governance and transparency will complete the range of the prudential and supervisory standards of Islamic financial institutions. The increased participation in the IFSB from across the globe reflects the growing interest of the global financial community to be involved, at the onset, in the development of regulatory standards in Islamic finance. In addition to these developments, regulatory and legal reforms are also being undertaken in a number of jurisdictions to accommodate the unique characteristics of Islamic financial transactions to support the progressive development of Islamic finance.
Following these institutional enhancements, the significant growth of Islamic financial markets and the development of the supporting financial infrastructure, the international financial architecture for Islamic finance has been strengthened considerably. Established international financial centers have now included the development of Islamic finance as part of their agenda.Also emerging on the horizon are new Islamic financial centers in which innovative and competitive Islamic financial services industry is evolving. With the supporting comprehensive Islamic financial infrastructure in place in Malaysia and the diversity of Islamic financial players following the recent increased liberalization in the Islamic finance sector, Malaysia is positioning itself as an international Islamic financial center.
Key Challenges Ahead
While Islamic finance has made significant strides, there are key challenges that needs to be addressed for Islamic finance to sustain its development in the global financial system. My remarks will focus on four of these challenges.
The development of robust Islamic financial system at the national level
Firstly, there is the challenge to develop a robust Islamic financial system at the national level. The level of development of Islamic finance across jurisdictions varies significantly. While in some, Islamic finance is at an advanced stage of development, in others, more meaningful progress is yet to be made. To foster greater international linkages and cross-border transactions, the level of development of Islamic finance needs to reach a certain threshold of development and sophistication. It requires the development of a robustIslamic financial system which encompasses both the banking and the non-bank Islamic financial intermediaries, the Islamic financial markets, offering the range of Islamic financial products that is supported by a developed Islamic financial infrastructure.
The formulation of the ten-year masterplan for the Islamic financial services industry by theIslamic Development Bank and the Islamic Financial Services Board, marks an important step in setting the blueprint for leading the development of Islamic finance in a systematic and synchronized manner across jurisdictions to achieve the common goal of a vibrant and comprehensive Islamic financial services industry. Malaysia had five years ago launched our own Financial Sector Masterplan which includes the strategic direction for the development of Islamic finance forward in Malaysia. It has now culminated in the progress that Malaysia has achieved today.
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Malaysia has now evolved a comprehensive domestic Islamic financial system that is diversified in terms of its institutions, markets and players. The strategy has been to institute the entire financial system chain to ensure the smooth functioning of the system. The initiatives include building the required financial institutions including, the Islamic banking institutions, the takaful industry, the non-banking institutions and developing the Islamic money and capital markets. These respective components have recently been progressively liberalized to become internationally more integrated. The supporting financial infrastructure includes a robust regulatory and supervisory framework reinforced by the legal and Shariah framework, the payment and settlement systems, the development of the pool of talent and the mechanism for the liquidity operations of the Central Bank as part of its monetary policy.
The development of efficient and active international Islamic financial markets
The second challenge is to advance further the development of an efficient and active international Islamic financial market. Well-developed international Islamic financial markets enhance the liquidity of the instruments and risk management capacity of the players. This would promote the efficient functioning of the markets and thus facilitate capital flows and thereby strengthen global integration. Coordinated initiatives are therefore essential to foster the development of an efficient and vibrant international Islamic financial market. Sustainable supply of sukuks on a regular basis needs to be ensured. The participation of issuers including multilateral organizations, governments and multinational corporations would contribute to this process. In Malaysia, the domestic bond market now accounts for 80% of GDP. Of this, 44% of the papers are Islamic based.
A fundamental pre-requisite is to promote innovation in the development of a broader range of Islamic financial market instruments. These include instruments with equity ownership features,Islamic asset-backed securities, inclusion of permissible forms of credit enhancements as well as Shariah-compliant risk mitigating instruments. The development of an Islamic derivatives market for hedging is required for market-making activities to support the development of secondary markets. Research and development therefore need to be intensified. The Shariah fund recently established by Malaysia is to support research activities in these areas. This initiative is also to facilitate annual dialogues amongst international Shariah scholars. It is to provide a platform for deliberation on the Shariah compatibility of newly developed Islamic financial instruments and markets.
A further pre-requisite is to ensure sufficient availability of liquidity to support the intermediation of funds in the Islamic financial system. The demand for central bank discount window operations is inevitable. Central banks must therefore have sufficient Islamic financial instruments at its disposal to manage the liquidity conditions in the Islamic financial system. This is an area that has yet to be fully developed. In relation to this, Malaysia has developed Islamic monetary instruments that includes both the government and our own Bank Negara Malaysia Islamic financial instruments. We have also a dedicated clearing and settlement mechanism to ensure the smooth functioning of the Islamic financial system. To add to the existing range of Islamic financial instruments, Bank Negara Malaysia will in February this year issue an Ijarah paper to further meet the requirements of Islamic market players in the domestic Islamic money market and also for the purpose of conducting monetary policy. Of equal importance is having in place appropriate regulatory and legal framework to support the development of Islamic financial instruments and markets to ensure investor protection, uphold market integrity in addition to containing systemic risks.
The adoption of IFSB standards
The third is to ensure the adoption of the IFSB standards. The standards on capital adequacy and risk management that have now been approved by theCouncil of the Islamic Financial Services Board in December in 2005 is scheduled for implementation in 2007. Islamic financial institutions must therefore be equipped with the required capacity and infrastructure to capture the respective risk weights and assign appropriate amount of regulatory capital at each of the different stages of the Islamic financial transaction. The exclusion of risk-weighted assets funded by the profit-sharing investment accounts from the calculation of regulatory capital requirement places critical emphasis on a comprehensive infrastructure in the Islamic financial institutions to clearly segregate the restricted and unrestricted profit-sharing investment accounts from the non-profit-sharing accounts and shareholders funds and to track their respective flows in financing and investment transactions.
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Strategic investments in the state-of-the-art IT and risk management systems are integral to this process.
Supervisory authorities need to be equipped with the specialized skills necessary to have the right assessments on the level of risks that the Islamic financial institutions are exposed to and the effectiveness of the risk management infrastructure in the Islamic financial institutions in mitigating these risks.
The development of a sufficient pool of talent in Islamic finance
Finally, the development of a sufficient pool of appropriately skilled Islamic finance practitioners needs to be accorded the highest priority. The required skill set in Islamic finance is unique. It needs to have the right blend of knowledge of finance with the understanding of the Shariah as being central. The Shariah principles must be embedded in each and every operational aspect of the Islamic financial institution, including in the design of financial products and financing structures, financial contracts and their execution, liquidity and balance sheet management, risk management as well as asset and wealth management. The upholding of Shariah principles must permeate from the highest level, including at the board and senior management levels, which provide the strategic direction for the Islamic financial institution and to the operational levels. Sound policies and practices premised on Shariah principles will evolve the Islamic financial system into a financial system that is distinctively ethical and that which promotes economic justice.
To meet this objective of providing a total talent management solution for the global Islamic financial services industry and to meet the educational needs of the different levels of Islamic finance practitioners, including professionals and specialists in Islamic finance, Malaysia is establishing an International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF). INCEIF will commence operations in March this year and will offer professional certification programmes in Islamic finance. INCEIF will also forge strategic alliances with domestic and foreign academic institutions to offer post-graduate programmes, namely Masters and Doctorates in Islamic Finance with specific areas of specialization. A professional association for Islamic finance professionals will also be established for the alumni of INCEIF to keep abreast with the latest developments in Islamic finance.
Building the foundations on which Islamic finance has been able to advance forward has been vital to its viability, competitiveness and sustainability in this challenging global financial environment. With its integration into the international financial system, it would strengthen further the global economic and financial inter-linkages and in so doing would open new frontiers towards achieving more balanced global growth and greater shared global prosperity.
Thank you.
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Zeti Akhtar Aziz: Towards the positioning of Islamic finance as an integrated component of the International Financial System (Central Bank Articles and Speeches) /review/r060130f.pdf
Opening speech by Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz,
Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia,
at the 5th Annual Islamic Finance Summit,
London, 24 January 2006.
Islamic Finance & The Emerging International System
January 30, 2006


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This High Peaks Hospice documentary introduces you to Dale Lashway, North Country Champion Fiddler, and his wife and caregiver Beverly, of Willsboro, New York. At a very young age, Dale showed a talent for playing the fiddle. He was a five-time champion of New York State Fiddle Contests. He played with the Cold Brook Ramblers for many years, as well as joining in with many jam sessions at local nursing homes and anywhere he found a group of music lovers.
This documentary tells the heartwarming story of Dale's life: his love of music, how he and Beverly met and finally wed. Listen to his humorous storytelling and be treated to his amazing skills on the fiddle. Dale shares his life's journey, which includes being diagnosed with chronic airway obstruction and pulmonary hypertension. Despite battling a life-limiting condition, but with the help of High Peaks Hospice, Dale was able to play the music he loved. He passed away at his home on August 31, 2014, while sitting in his favorite chair.
This documentary also introduces one of High Peaks Hospice's Social Workers, Patience Whitman, L-MSW. Patience talks about some of the support and services Hospice Social Workers can offer to our patients and their families.

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Feature Requests
- 1 New Requests
- 1.1 Internal Cockpit View - HUD System Changes
- 1.2 Orders for bomber turrets
- 1.3 Multiple shield meshes
- 1.4 Toggleable subsystems
- 1.5 Minefields
- 1.6 Ship headlights
- 1.7 Maximum asteroid number increase
- 1.8 Gatling Turrets
- 1.9 Submodel Animation Triggers & Upgrades
- 1.10 3D Muzzle Flashes
- 1.11 Arrays and Other Collections
- 1.12 Warping Without Vortex
- 1.13 Convergence Firing
- 1.14 Adjustable Weapon Convergence
- 1.15 Cinematic Controls
- 1.16 Include List of Completed Campaigns in Pilot File
- 1.17 Persistent Impact Explosion Effects
- 1.18 In-Game Microphone Chat
- 1.19 Sound Test
- 2 In Progress
- 3 Partially Complete
- 4 Implemented
New Requests
Internal Cockpit View - HUD System Changes
In order to get a more immersive in-cockpit view than we currently have, there are a number of necessary changes. The short-term system changes would primarily involve:
- An option somewhere to turn cockpit view on or off.
- Placing a specified 'standard cockpit model' POF in the mission with it's eyepoint lined up with the players in-ship viewpoint.
- A way to move or replicate the HUD and all it's functionality to fit in with the standard cockpit model. (This would most likely involve completing the HUD_guages.tbl feature, but it would also involve a way to define an alternate 'in cockpit' HUD component layout)
In the long term this feature would involve:
- Being able to define a different internal cockpit on a per-ship basis.
- Different internal cockpit models would need to be associated with different HUD component layouts
The changes are described in detail in this thread here.
I'm more than willing to help out any coders who do take this on in regards to the modeling/texturing/interface art side of things. --VA
- Supported By: FSU, Twisted Infinities, Shadows of Lylat, Fate of the Galaxy, The Dark Space Project
Orders for bomber turrets
When using retail AI (as opposed to a modified AI package like Fury AI), bomber turrets only attack your target, which makes them usless as defensive weapons. The idea is to be able to order your turret and make it useful. Added comm options would be:
- turret: (keypress shift-1),
- protect me
- sync to gun (acts as a gunpoint)
- attack my target
- defend all friendlies
- attack any hostile
- all turrets: (keypress shift-2)
- protect me
- sync to gun (acts as a gunpoint)
- attack my target
- defend all friendlies
- attack any hostile
(This idea is modified from one from the thread "actually useful bomber turrets")
- Supported By: several comunity members and by The Dark Space Project. Note that many custom AI profiles now allow turrets to select their own targets.
Multiple shield meshes
You can have an individual shield mesh for each part of the ship. It would also allow you to shield certain turrets, important parts, ect. and not shield everything else.
- Supported By: The Dark Space, FreeSpace: Arcade (unadvertised mod)
Toggleable subsystems
Support for subsystems that can be turned on and off (ie when 'off', act as though they never existed - are untargetable, leave behind no damage LOD, do not take damage, cannot be collided with, etc.) This would be useful for ships where someone might want to remove or swap a subsystem (ie fighter cockpits could have Terran and Vasudan versions). The ability to do this with turrets too would be great.
- Supported By: Shadows of Lylat, Twisted Infinities, Fringespace, The Sagitta Project
Just like asteroid fields, only they're mines, and they explode violently instead of burning up.
- Supported By: Starforce
Ship headlights
Ship headlights/floodlights that actually cast light on objects.
- Supported By: Starforce, The Dark Space Project
Maximum asteroid number increase
From 256 to 1024+ (possibly use depth culling to reduce rendering load).
- Supported By: Starforce
Gatling Turrets
Support for Gatling gun turrets, which work same as a regular multipart turret but has an extra subobject (child of the barel) that rotates while the turret is firing.
- Supported By: Nukemod - Children of Shiva, The Sagitta Project, The Dark Space Project
Submodel Animation Triggers & Upgrades
Trigger Requests:
- Subspace - Performs animation on entrance to supspace, and undoes when a ship comes out of subspace, and acts as a initial position if the "mission takes place in subspace" flag is set.
- Weapon Fire - Performs animation when weapon is fired and undoes it before the weapon can fire again.
- Sexp - Animation triggered by sexp.
- Flight Control - Triggered by the the activation, toggle or motion of a particular flight control.
Requested Upgrades:
- Support for submodel translation within the submodel animation code. (It *can* already be done, but only with scripting, and doing it this way breaks collision detection)
- Support for "model-relative" movement in addition to "current submodel position-relative" movement that already exists.
- Incremental movement - moves a submodel to the position indicated, but does not undo the motion.
- Glowpoint linking - Make it possible to activate/deactivate/toggle a certain bank/slot of glowpoint(s).
- Counter-rotate option - allow an object to inherit its parent's motion while counter-rotating, usefull for translation effect.
- Increase heirarchy depth instance limit to at least 10 levels of heirarchy.
- Simple linked animation support - Support for animations liked with flight controls and other variable setting ship controls, usefull for making animated cockpit controls, control surfaces, and thrust vectoring nozzels.
- Supported By: Nukemod - Children of Shiva, Twisted Infinities, Shadows of Lylat, Fringespace, The Sagitta Project
3D Muzzle Flashes
Support for pof based 3d muzzel flashes. perhaps also add variables for scale factor and fade speed.
- Supported By: Nukemod - Children of Shiva
Arrays and Other Collections
Support for FRED using arrays or other collections (or both) in a similar fashion to variables as there is currently no way to directly associate two variables with each other. Obviously some way to search the collection for a certain value would be needed.
- Supported By: MindGames, The Babylon Project, Twisted Infinities
Warping Without Vortex
Adds another checkbox to the arrival and departure cues for ships and wings, to disable rendering of the warp vortex, but will preserve all other aspescts of conventional warping, such as the arrival/departure speeds and deceleration/accelleration. Current option to disable warp rendering, will cause ship to appear and disappear without movement.
- Supported By: The Babylon Project, Fringespace
Convergence Firing
Also called "X-Firing", allows a weapon to have secondary source effects so that a weapon can appear to gain a charge boost from converging fire from other sources on the model. Could be either a beam or a standard primary. Would require additional data in the weapon table entry, for effects to be used and timing of the secondary prior to the main firing sequence, as well as data on the turret entry in the ships table, indicating co-ords for where the secondary effects will originate, and the number of secondary sources.
- Supported By: The Babylon Project, Fringespace
Adjustable Weapon Convergence
Add an ability in-game to adjust the distance from the firing points where a fighter/bomber's weapons will converge on a specific point, in distance from the ship (i.e. 100 m, 300 m, etc).
- Supported By: Beyond the Red Line, Star Wars Conversion, Fringespace
Cinematic Controls
Add in a large number of commands in FRED to make in-mission cut scenes easier to do and with more exact control. The full list is as follows:
- FirePrimary (Ship) (# seconds)
- FireSecondary (Ship) (# times)
- FireCM (Ship) (# times)
- FireTurret (Ship) (Turret) (Target <co-ords or ship>) (# times)
- MoveRotation (Ship) (Degrees)
- MoveSmoothFP (Ship) (Waypoint)
- IgnoreAllButOrders (Ship)
- UseAfterburner (Ship) (# seconds)
- ForwardShields (Ship) (# Times)
- RightShields (Ship) (# Times)
- RearShields (Ship) (# Times)
- LeftShields (Ship) (# Times)
- TogglePrimaryB1 (Ship)
- TogglePrimaryB2 (Ship)
- ToggleSecondaryB1 (Ship)
- ToggleSecondaryB2 (Ship)
- ToggleSecondaryB3 (Ship)
- SetDoublePrimary (Ship)
- SetDoubleSecondary (Ship) (Bank)
- CounterDestroysMissile (Target Ship) (Firing Ship)
- Supported By: The Sagitta Project
Include List of Completed Campaigns in Pilot File
When a Pilot begins a campaign, the name of this campaign is saved in the Pilot file along with an Integer at 0. If and when the Campaign is completed, 1 is added to the Integer. The Campaign and the number of completions can be viewed in the Barracks.
Persistent Impact Explosion Effects
When a weapon with this enabled hits its target, it will leave behind a sustained explosion effect to give more proper impression of damage to a target vessel. Explosion effects would be defined in the tables, with fields for explosion size, duration, effect, and an option for large explosion effects to have a series of smaller explosions along the perimeter to make it more convincing. Damage for beam weapons should be simple, with the exception of slasher types, since they don't create a continuous swath of damage. Persistent explosions could also be made to be created when subsystems are destroyed. Could tie in with damage decals if it ever gets implemented.
In-Game Microphone Chat
It would be nice to have this feature integrated into the multiplayer instead of having to run another program, such as TeamSpeak, in the background.
Sound Test
And/or music player. Both FS1 & 2 tracks. Accessible from the Tech Room.
In Progress
Customizable ship types
Add a new table (or an addendum to ships.tbl) that would allow modders to turn on and off individual aspects of ship types, as well as define new ones. Type should be settable in the $Flags: variable, just as it is now, and the :V: defaults should be integrated so that they may be overriden by mods.
- Supported By: The Babylon Project, Twisted Infinities, Fringespace
Partially Complete
Side Multipart Turrets
Support for fully rotating turrets on the sides of ships.
- Supported By: Beyond the Red Line, The Babylon Project, Wing Commander Saga, Nukemod - Children of Shiva, Fate of the Galaxy
Implemented. See Bobboau's Turret Build However, changes have since been put on hiatus due to code incompatibilites, in both stable and HEAD builds.
Flak Screen
Ability to set detonation range/time for flak shots so that flak weapons could fire at approaching ships beyond their 'detonation range' thus generating a flak screen in front of the approaching ships with the flak explosions. Preferably with little variance in the exact detonation time as there is always a little variance in normal flak explosions. Beams already support this sort of firing with +range: option.
Wanderer 10:56, 9 Dec 2005 (GMT)
- Supported By: The Apocalypse Project
Submodel Animation Triggers & Upgrades
- Afterburners - Performs animation when afterburners are used and undoes the anumation when they go off.
- Turret Fire - Performs animation when a particular turret is fired and undoes it before the turret can fire again.
Muzzle Flashes and Turrets
Extented support for muzzle flashes so that all turreted weapons could use the muzzle flashes.
- Supported By: Shadows of Lylat, Twisted Infinities, The Dark Space
Limited Sensor Range For Non-Primitive Sensors
Self-explanatory. Implemented, see Radar set max range. Shade 23:52, 17 August 2007 (CDT)
- Supported By: Starforce


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Cupcake Decorated with Colored Marzipan Gifts for Christmas
A fun delicious cupcake to create the right atmosphere at Christmas.
Season & Occasion
serves for
total time
For the cupcakes: heat the oven to 160°C (140° fan) 325°F gas 3. Place paper cases in a 12 hole bun tin.
Beat together all the ingredients in a mixing bowl until smooth.
Spoon into the paper cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and springy to the touch. Place on a wire rack to cool completely.
To decorate: Divide the marzipan into 6 equal portions. Knead a few drops of food colouring into each portion until evenly coloured.
Roll out the green marzipan thinly on a surface lightly dusted with icing sugar and cut out 12 leaf shapes using a cookie cutter or a card template.
Roll out 1-2 portions of another colour as before and cut out stocking shapes using a cookie cutter or a card template.
Roll out the remaining coloured marzipan thickly and cut into cubes for the 'parcels'.
Brush the cakes with the warmed jam and attach the decorations.
Pipe the decorative details with white piping icing and leave to set.


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Let's get digital
Everyone's still trying to figure out this digital thing. Some financial institutions are doing better at it than others. USAA's customer-centric charter leads digital innovation, not the other way around. "Since the military community moves more often than the average consumer, USAA found a way to move with them."
One entity that doesn't quite get it is, well, the Fed. The organization launched a Facebook page recently. That's when things started to go a bit off the rails. The Fed is using its social media presence to give a kinder, gentler view of its inner workings but the user comments are just flat out hysterical. It appears the public isn't quite ready for this level of access.
The Australian Stock Exchange was shut down by a technical failure that stopped trading for a few hours. ING suffered a similar fate when a loud boom was followed by an outage at one of the bank's data centers in Bucharest.
When they do decide to put rubber to pavement, banks and asset managers may do so using an advanced form of surveillance technology.
I don't think P2P means what you think it means
There's been a lot of excitement about Lemonade, the new well-capitalized insurance startup that launched this week. Much of that interest stemmed from the company's marketing of its new peer to peer model of insurance. Looking at the app, Lemonade must mean something else when it says it's P2P. Regardless, the app still looks pretty sweet.
Also, as more devices track our every move, some insurance companies are using this data to craft more personalized insurance policies around our behavior. In some instances, insurers are using this data to help modify policyholder behavior to nudge better outcomes (for both the guy who pays the premiums and the insurer itself).
Not sure how this fits in? Mike Galarza understands what fintech success means. The immigrant founder of Entryless was inspired by a talk Peter Thiel delivered at Stanford to do something he was passionate about. And he did.
Domo arigato, Mister Roboto
Roboadvisors have, by default almost, become the poster boys for consumer fintech. As they've grown and acquired more assets, they've also changed their focus. Lex Sokolin, who founded one of the first robos, joins us on the Tradestreaming Podcast this week to discuss what he calls, the four stages of roboadvice. It's an interesting discussion and perspective, given the fact that Sokolin, who's director of fintech research for Autonomous, believes we're currently in the third wave.
According to a new McKinsey study, digital finance could add more than $3 trillion to emerging market GDP. Sure, the consulting firm is just talking up its book, but when you look at what's happening, incumbent financial institutions are paying attention. 25 percent of them are actively considering acquiring fintech firms.
Speaking of robos, robo tax manager, Avalara raised close to $100 million.
Is bitcoin really money or not?
There's still a lot of dickering going on about Bitcoin. The U.S. legal system, for example, is still trying to figure out if the cryptocurrency is money. After a local Miami judge ruled that Bitcoin wasn't money, a U.S. judge just ruled that it actually is money.
Lots of banks are getting into the P2P game. But, honestly, it's an interesting phenomenon that more banks haven't gotten into the digital gifting game, which is weird because Christmas expenditure on gifts alone is $830 billion in the U.S.. As we explore the changing role of banks, we'll probably see some financial institutions experiment more with this type of thing.
API-ification of banking
We've been exploring the theme of increasing use of APIs in banking. Here's a good place to start answering the question, what is a bank API? What's starting to happen is that banks are making their banking rails available, either publicly and or privately, to third parties to build stuff on. While the financial industry is behind other industries, it's slowly legging into APIs. Regulation will help encourage the sharing of data, too.


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As French auto manufacturer, Renault re-enters the market with is Fluence sedan, following the end of their partnership with Indian auto maker, Mahindra & Mahindra, they have priced heir diesel version cheaper than the car's petrol version. The diesel version of the Fluence is priced at Rs.12.99 lakhs, whereas the premium petrol version is priced at Rs.14.4 lakhs.
The company, encouraged by Gujarat's preference towards diesel cars, the company expects that 80 to 85% of sales for its diesel version Fluence will be from Gujarat itself.
The company's VP of marketing and sales, Len Curran, said that the Gujarat market is a suited towards diesel cars, and they expect to sell 80 to 85% net sales for their diesel version to sell in Gujarat. Overall, the company expects 70% sales of the Renault Fluence in India, to be for its diesel version. For markets like New Delhi, they expect diesel sales to be nearer 65%.
Renault plans to sell around 100,000 vehicles by 2013 in India, by which time, they plan to increase their product portfolio to include 5 models.


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In current circumstances, we are using Zoom to connect together on Sundays at 10:30am. The meetings will still be recorded and uploaded onto the website under the AM Celebration podcast feed. Each week we will also share the slides from the meeting, so you can go over them and use it in your times with the Lord throughout the week.
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/831517712?pwd=Z3pSSEJiR3MxNlhjTTZQYzBUVTQvUT09
If you have a personal Zoom account or app on your device, please make sure you are logged out before clicking the link to join. This should avoid you having to fill in meeting ID and password. Email email@example.com if you have any questions.
This past Sunday, Darren and Ray explored the prophetic and what it looks like to be "a prophetic Church"; a place where everyone is encouraged to prophesy and so build one another up. Some great encouragements were shared. Have a look at the Celebration recording (link above, named "podcast feed") to hear what was said.
Over the next few weeks, we will feature one of the nations represented in Jubilee per week as we celebrate our cultural diversity. Join us on Sunday to find out more about the first one.
Conversations with …
"Single Parents Prayer Evening" with Molly, Debs and Sophya | Tuesday 7th July 8:00pm
Come let us pray together, find peace in God's presence and be REFRESHED!
Zoom link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72801119806?pwd=a3FiTTBhSzdmVlg2UGxxNE42RHNBZz09
Alpha Course
We will be running another Alpha Course starting Monday 13th July.
The course is run over 10 weeks, meeting once a week between 8:00-9:30pm over Zoom. The course looks at various topics such as "Who is Jesus?", "How does God guide us?", "How can I have faith?", "Why and how do I read the Bible?" and more.
It is a great platform for any questions you might have about God or around Christianity.
For more information or to sign up, contact us at email@example.com.
The Marriage Course
Holy Trinity Brompton (who run the Marriage Course) have made a free online version. It includes 7 sessions for you to do when suits you in your schedule.
Register and order booklets at www.htb.org/marriage
For more info contact Paul & Gwyneth Darling on firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mature Open-minded Sociable Adults In Connection
Mosaic runs every second Tuesday at 11am. During this time of lockdown, we are using Zoom to connect with one another.
For more info contact Ray & Jacqui Skilton on ray.skilton @jubilee.co
New to Jubilee or not quite sure how to access all the resources available on our website? Have a look at this video above that shows you how to navigate your way around.
Help in a time of need
Due to the Corona pandemic, many life situations have changed drastically almost overnight. For many, it has come with challenges in how to provide for themselves and their loved ones. Kent Voice (www.kentvoice.com) is a forum that offers information about the different kinds of help that is available.
If you are struggling in any way, please contact us at email@example.com and we will find the best way to help you and support you in they way you need.
Prayer for our Parkwood Home
As a Jubilee family, we have been praying more specifically into various areas of our new home-in-process in Parkwood.
If you haven't received one of the leaflets handed out, please ask the Welcome Team on a Sunday morning.
Prayer points
– Wisdom for the elders & project team as they lead the project.
– For the right building contractor to be appointed.
– Favour with the local contractors.
– Finance.
– Safety of those who work on-site.
– For the project to run smoothly from start to finish with no delays.
Join us as we trust God together to see our new home built to be a place where He is glorified and made known to the community around us.
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Filmmaker Seuss Leroy Releases 'War In Chiraq: The Movie' Trailer Pt. 2
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Chicago filmmaker Soundman has made his popular debut film "The Lic" available for streaming on YouTube. Soundman released his project to positive reviews via Vimeo in July. Soundman, who directed and starred in the film, aimed to…Read More
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Twin brothers Jarrell and Jerome Lucas of Chicago have taken to Kickstarter in hopes of raising $25,000 to complete their feature length documentary "Bucket." The film project is about the bucket boys of Chicago.Read More
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Only the News items tagged "national" are shown. Use the above "move laterally" menu to access additional News for each CZO.
28 Dec 2017 - Lou Derry (Cornell) is one of 13 U.S. scientists to receive a grant from French President Emmanuel Macron's "Make Our Planet Great Again" initiative.
05 Dec 2017 - Information on CZO award recipients, events, presentations, etc. at the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting.
02 Nov 2017 - UC Merced scientists are sharing their research, stories, and expertise at Merced City School District's new STEAM Center.
31 Oct 2017 - This issue of In the Trenches explores the richly interdisciplinary concept of the Critical Zone (CZ).
30 Oct 2017 - Water Resources Research published a new special collection in September 2017 featuring concentration-discharge research from multiple CZOs.
25 Oct 2017 - The CZO National Office's quarterly newsletter CZNews: Fall 2017.
24 Oct 2017 - (Updated) Hurricane Maria has caused damage to both the landscape and the infrastructure at Luquillo CZO, Puerto Rico.
18 Oct 2017 - In a recent interview published in Science, French sociologist of science Bruno Latour discussed the history of the criticism of science and its...
05 Oct 2017 - NSF's CTEMPs offers a two-day hands-on workshop on distributed fiber sensing. 9-10 Dec. Limited to 30 participants. Register soon!
18 Sep 2017 - Analysis of more than five decades of data leads to new conclusions
05 Sep 2017 - Hugo Sindelar's documentary film about the Soda Fire, which burned the northern portion of Reynolds Creek and a total of 280,000 acres in just 7 days.
30 Aug 2017 - The Kings River Experimental Watershed (KREW) and the Southern Sierra CZO jointly invite applications for a postdoctoral research position.
15 Aug 2017 - For Earth Science Week 2017, the American Geosciences Institute invites you to enter the Earth Connections video contest. Submit a brief, 30-90...
14 Aug 2017 - Researchers find that carbon starvation and hydraulic failure kill drought-stricken trees.
31 Jul 2017 - CUAHSI is now accepting proposals for the Instrumentation Discovery Travel Grant program until September 30, 2017.
28 Jul 2017 - Frontiers in Earth Science Biogeoscience research topic: CZ Export to Streams as Indicator for CZ Structure and Function
27 Jul 2017 - CZO National Office's quarterly newsletter CZNews: Summer 2017.
21 Jul 2017 - New award announced for graduate students planning to conduct field research in the Berkeley reserves & field stations in 2018.
13 Jul 2017 - Researchers at NSF Critical Zone Observatory and Long-Term Ecological Research sites are finding out.
03 Jul 2017 - The Teacher-Friendly Guide™ to Climate Change is now available free online from the Paleontological Research Institution,
23 Jun 2017 - Advances in Agronomy is a first-rate resource describing the latest research in agronomy. This prestigious serial contains major review articles...
21 Jun 2017 - University of California Television (UCTV) features Bales, Conklin, Glaser, Safeeq, and others on the new Sustainable California channel
21 Jun 2017 - Scientists obtain comprehensive view of agricultural ecosystems
20 Jun 2017 - AGI has released its award-winning "Faces of Earth" series on YouTube for Earth Science Week 2017.
19 Jun 2017 - From local communities to international efforts, education and geoscience both play important roles in our society. The National Association of...
22 May 2017 - Contribute a classroom or field activity to Teach the Earth.
01 May 2017 - CZO Newsletter CZNews: Spring 2017
21 Apr 2017 - AGU has published a collection of commentaries highlighting the important role Earth and space science research plays in society.
10 Apr 2017 - The NSF has joined with NBC Learn to release a video series, the "Human Water Cycle," that explores the connection between water, food and energy.
06 Apr 2017 - 2017 CZO Webinar Series: Critical Zone and Society.
05 Apr 2017 - This course provides an intensive, two-week introduction to the tools and techniques used in Environmental Sciences.
03 Apr 2017 - Abstract Submission for the 2017 Conference on Hydroinformatics is now open!
24 Mar 2017 - The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) is a professional scientific society, made up of soil scientists, educators, and consultants focused on...
08 Mar 2017 - Help shape the scientific program by submitting a session proposal by 19 April. Meeting will be held 11-15 Dec 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana
03 Feb 2017 - Application deadline: 14 Feb 2017. Part-Time (50%) Academic Coordinator - Eel River CZO - Berkeley Natural History Museum.
25 Jan 2017 - CZO Newsletter CZNews: Winter 2017
18 Jan 2017 - Get a sense of the people and the work. Several members of the Reynolds Creek CZO are profiled here, including students and professors.
17 Jan 2017 - Applications are being accepted for 2017 CZO SAVI Summer Interns until March 24.
17 Jan 2017 - Applications will be accepted for the spring round of IDTG funding until April 1, 2017.
10 Jan 2017 - The Watershed Ecology Lab at the University of Florida (www.watershedecology.org) and the UF Water Institute (www.waterinstitute.ufl.edu) are...
05 Jan 2017 - NSF REU for summer 2017: Basic and Environmental Soil Science Training (BESST)
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A hospital stay can be difficult for both the patient and their family. And when the next step involves moving beyond the four walls of the hospital to a post-acute facility, the placement can be both time consuming and stressful—even if the patient is staying within the health system.
From the patient's perspective, they may still be quite ill and want to transition easily to the next step in their treatment plan. From the health system perspective, they also want to help the patient who is ready to leave—and consequently open up that acute care bed for the next patient that needs it.
We know that patient flow technology has the power to streamline processes and improve the patient experience within both the acute care and outpatient settings, but can it be just as impactful outside the walls of the hospital and in the community?
The benefits are clear when a patient moves effectively and efficiently through the healthcare system, so the hope is that by extending this approach to the post-acute space:
So how would this work you might ask?
Here are a few of the differences Skilled Nursing Facilities [SNF] have from the typical acute-care processes:
And that's what it really comes down to—the power of data. Metrics that can be used to track progress and drive change.
Over the past 25 years, there have been amazing leaps forward in improving the patient experience by improving patient flow. It will be just as exciting to see these processes integrate into other aspects of the care continuum—leading to a truly seamless patient experience.
This will allow us to personalize your experience on TeleTracking.com. Of course, we will never sell your information and you can opt-out at any time. Need help now? Contact a Patient Flow expert.


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ONTAP Discussions
Assuming a policy and rule is associated with a client x.x.x.x, been running fine. Now, supoose I misteknly change it to a wrong IP, say "y.y.y.y", in SYSTEM MANAGER gui, via EDIT, and made SAVE then CLOSE.
So, with this operatoin,
1. will this change take effect immediately? or will the client x.x.x.x immediately have the issue to access the volume?
2. if I correct the IP and change it back to x.x.x.x within a couple minteus, should the client have any interruption?
3. In 7-mode, the export policy would staty in memory unless you make a change in memory as well. What about in cDOT situationi?
Thank you for sharing!
From what I've seen NFS export policy & rule changes on cDOT should be practically instant. It's not quite the same concept as 7mode where there was the potential of having differing exports in memory vs. the /etc/exports file.
As far as impact to the client - it depends on what is using the NFS mount (different outcomes are possible with the NFS export serving a DB vs. a VMware datastore vs. storage for random flat files, etc.) and if data was actively trying to be written during the time of the NFS export change. Generally, I'd assume it would be a negative impact.
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In implementing the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), the GEO community of 89 nations, the European Commission and 77 international scientific organizations is identifying areas where the ability to collect, analyze and use environmental data is lacking and taking action to address those needs.
In the three years since the last GEO Ministerial Summit, the GEO community has made significant progress toward its goal of implementing GEOSS.
Currently, the GEOSS Portal, the central hub for searching, accessing and using data, information, tools and services from national and scientific databases across the globe, enables decision-makers in government, science, non-profits and the private sector to search more than 65 million data resources. Of those, more than 50 million are tagged as GEOSS DataCORE, meaning they are accessible at low or no cost. The Discovery and Access Broker (DAB), which powers the GEOSS gateway, connects users and data providers to each other, and increases the discoverability of the ever-growing number of databases and information systems available around the world.


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From the left navigation menu, select Element Store and then Views.
Click to open the Actions menu for the view you want to edit and select Edit.
Change the view settings as needed:
The full path from the top level of the storage system on the cluster to the location exposed by the view.
Select the protocol(s) you want to expose the view to. Supported combinations are NFS (which is NFSv3) with SMB, and NFS with NFS4. The combination of NFS4 and SMB is not supported.
SMB Share Name
Required for SMB shares.
If this is the first time you're exposing the view to SMB, enter a name for the SMB share. The name cannot include the following characters: /\:|<>*?"
If the view was already configured with an SMB share, you cannot modify the share name.
NFS Alias
Optional for NFSv3 exports. Enabled if NFS is selected in the Protocols field.
An alias for the mount path of an NFS export. An alias must begin with a forward slash ("/") and must consist of only ASCII characters.
Policy Name
Select a view policy. To see details of configured view policies, go to the View Policies tab. For more information about configuring view policies, see the relevant workflow:
Create Directory
If the directory does not already exist in the file system, enable the Create Directory setting to create the directory.
Click Update to save your changes.
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OK I'll admit it, I've been less than productive when it comes to the painting, and stuff. But I'd like ta think I've had some what of an excuse.
OK so, I put this thing up on line so that I feel a little responsible and under the gun, to be a bit productive, and produce some freakin' art.
Ok, done With this one. I have to admit that the last few days have been a real bitch. Between being pretty busy at work, and than trying to come home and work on this lil lady. I will admit that part of the problem was this piece.
OK, last few days have been busier than Hell, between work, and a handful of extracurricular activities. But I've finally gotten around to putting a bit of time in on this one. It started Friday Morning, when I gessoed the surface. IM working on Water color paper, gessoed black. A bit different for me.
Ok here we are. Finally a day off put to some good use. Just finished the latest painting, and what I hope will be the second piece for my Airbrush seminar booklet (to debut at Hell City OH, this May).
Well what can I say Comic Con, was cool as Hell. Julio and I had a blast. Got there good and early, made our rounds down Artist alley, and got to buy some great sketch books, and art book. I also met my friend Alberto Ruiz, and was introduced to one Shane Glines. IM a huge fan So purchased a couple of his new Sketch books (get em if ya know what's good for ya). www.brandstudiopress.com As well as got my greedy lil mitts on a couple of original sketches, sweet.


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Educational Experiences of Children in Out-of-Home Care
Schools are one of the primary institutions shaping children's development, and successful school experiences increase the likelihood of their successful transition to adulthood. The state is responsible for the educational needs of youth in out-of-home care. This research indicates that young people in state care are more likely to face academic challenges and disruptions.
What We Did
This study had three components:
- Quantitative analysis of administrative data
- Qualitative interviews
- A national search to identify programs and practices that target the educational needs of children in care
The quantitative analysis explored academic performance; experiences of school change; and the extent and nature of special education classifications among children in out-of-home care who were enrolled in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). These were then compared to other students in CPS. We also used these data to see longitudinal trajectories in academic achievement for these children.
The qualitative interviews explored the context and process of some of the educational experiences of children in care. We also reviewed and summarized programs in other states targeting the educational needs of children in foster care. We invited representatives of those programs to join us, along with staff of the Department of Children and Family Services and CPS, for a discussion of ways in which efforts to meet the educational needs of children in care might be improved.
What We Found
Compared to their peers, children in care were more likely to experience a range of educational difficulties:
- A significant proportion of students in care in Chicago had low achievement test scores. Children in care at age 8 are entering care an average of a year's learning behind other CPS students and are not closing this achievement gap during their elementary school career.
- Children in care are at greater risk of being retained in the same grade the year following their placement.
- Children in care are also disproportionately likely to change schools, particularly at the time of entering care and also when they experience placement changes.
Entering care is a disruptive academic experience for most students, many of whom are already struggling academically. Students in care are significantly more likely than other CPS students to have a special education classification, particularly behavioral disorders or learning disabilities.
Academic and behavioral challenges among children in care are also apparent among high school age students. Those students in care are almost twice as likely to drop out of school as other CPS students, and they are disproportionately likely to be incarcerated.
What it Means
The findings suggest a need to attend to more than just educational achievement and outcomes for children in out-of-home care. We must pay attention to continuity of their school experiences and the connections between the children, their schools, and the child welfare system that serves them.
Evidence presented in this report also suggests that there are several factors constraining opportunities for the development of strong working relationships with consistent interactions between school staff and DCFS caseworkers.Download Report Download Executive Summary


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Cultural Boundaries on Home and Away Flights
What cultural differences do I need to know?
Cultural Boundaries can be difficult. Can I shake their hand? Is my skirt too short? Do I, don't I?
In this special blog post, Aviation Job Search talks about cultural boundaries and how to consider them during your time travelling or crewing with an airline.
Although flights are considered a place of mixed culture whereby in theory anything goes, there are still cultural differences during the flight that you need to be aware of.
This should be considered both when you step off the flight into particular countries, and on the flight itself.
This article will help you understand a few common questions that cabin crew members have about visiting other countries. The advice can also be used whilst exploring cities in your downtime, so you can enjoy being a care-free traveller too!
Dubai & the Middle-East
Foreign officials have stated that Brits are likely to be convicted in Dubai more than any other country. Yet Dubai still holds the place as one of the world's most sought after countries for travellers. However it's important to know how to follow the rules.
Things to think about when working in Dubai are:
- The layovers and huge airports give you time to shop for your loved ones.
- You need never dread an airport toilet break again! These individual toilets are like individual bathrooms, complete with their own make-up mirrors and sinks.
- Although you definitely should not drink off premises in an Islamic city, as the country becomes more liberal they have created the most amazing licensed areas for those who choose to drink, in the city skyscrapers.
- Leave that kiss for behind doors, and avoid any hand holding!
South-East Asian Countries
- A nod is a sign of acknowledgment, respect and acceptance. Nod back! It is highly infectious. Soon, you'll find yourself nodding to your family and friends.
- There will be less western fliers on these types of flights, which gives you a chance to really understand the culture of this side of the world. Most of these countries work at a slower pace than us, so you'll get to know the calmer, more relaxing way of life on these flights.
- South-Eastern countries will open you up to a fountain of religions, which you can learn about in your down-time. South Eastern manners are different, and they are more reserved than someone from a western culture. Many passengers on long haul will open up to tell stories – who knows what you could learn?
- To be hygienic and show respect, it is good practise to take your shoes off in temples (as is the case in most temples across the globe).
- Items are extremely cheap. But bear in mind that customs do not like pictures of Buddhas, because the pictures are holy symbols. Tourist shops may be quick to sell you these items, but will not tell you about customs banning these items if they struggle to communicate in fluent English.


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Pine Squirrel Zonker Strips
Wow. These Pine squirrel zonker strips look great and have been selling like crazy. They are much finer than rabbit strips and they have a very thin hide, unlike some other squirrel strips. The hair is naturally speckled and have been dyed in really cool colors. The ol' gears will start crankin' when you get these in your hands. Also see our Pine Squirrel Zonked Skins.
Each package contains approximately 7 strips 6" in length.


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How to make an attractive city
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We've grown good at making many things in the modern world - but strangely the art of making attractive cities has been lost. The School of Life, in this video, provides some key principles for how to make attractive cities once again. What kind of city would you create?
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- Data Without Borders is holding their first event in New York next month. If you're an empiricist looking to do some good or an NGO in need of some data help, check them out here
- The team over at Information is Beautiful have announced a (recurring?) data visualization contest, The Information is Beautiful Awards
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There's a scene about halfway through DC Comics' limited series Justice that really captures the innocent, morally unambiguous Silver Age spirit of the entire series: Green Lantern Hal Jordan is brawling with his arch-nemesis Sinestro as the world is falling apart all around them. Jordan is pummeling Sinestro over and over, finally knocking the pink-skinned baddie to the ground. Jordan grabs Sinestro by his throat, ready to kill his rival with a blow. "Fine, Jordan," Sinestro seethes, "have your vengeance." Jordan pauses, seemingly realizing he was on the edge of going too far, then knocks Sinestro out with a quick punch to the jaw. He stands up, composes himself. "This isn't vengeance, Sinestro," Jordan says. "It's justice."
Justice was a 12-issue limited series written by Jim Krueger with art by superstar Alex Ross and pencils by Doug Braithwaite that featured the entire Justice League of America in an all-out war against the entire Legion of Doom in a beautiful and inspiring Silver Age homage to the innocent and bright-eyed comics of yesteryear. Original published in individual issues from 2005 to 2007, Justice was just released in a complete paperback collection this year on June 19, and anybody who read and loved Ross' and Mark Waid's Kingdom Come mini-series would be remiss in skipping out on this incredible labor of love that is not only one of the best limited series in recent memory, but also one of the best comic stories ever told.
It begins with a nightmare. The world falls under nuclear attack, and try as they might the superheroes comprising the Justice League of America are unable to stop or to save anybody. Each hero is killed off in the attacks along with the human race, as Superman is left alone, powerless to do anything shed a tear in absolute helplessness and fly into space leaving mankind to its inevitable doom. One by one, the criminal supervillains of earth awake from this shared nightmare, shaken to their very core. In their fear, they turn to Lex Luthor, who has also shared this nightmare – and he has a plan to make sure that what they all saw in their dreams never becomes reality.
Lex Luthor and the Legion of Doom are going to save the world.
What follows is an incredibly well-written piece of superhero literature (that's right, dear reader, literature) that has enough twists and turns to keep any reader pinned to their seat until they finish the entire book. It's that good. The JLA is rightfully confused by formerly evil supervillains helping people in need in preparation for the impending doomsday. Using the black-ball like utopias that float under the sea or in the sky, created by Superman arch-nemesis Brainiac, the Legion of Doom goes about healing the sick and helping the poor with their significant powers and then shipping them off into these new perfect cities in the sky (or sea) to protect from the coming nuclear fallout. While all this do-gooding is going on, however, Batman has stumbled on to some sinister plot thanks to an enigmatic tip from The Riddler. By the time Batman figures out what is going on, the supervillains have already begun taking out the Justice League of America one member at a time. Think JLA: Tower of Babel or Identity Crisis, but on a scale that effects every member of the JLA. It seems the baddies, believing that because the superheroes are unable to save humanity from the coming apocalypse, have pre-emptively decided to get rid of the good guys so they can go about their efforts to save the world. If it seems twisted, it's because it is twisted. Luthor and Co. feel betrayed by what these heroes will do – or be unable to do – when the end is upon us, and in their own twisted way, they truly believe what they are doing is for the best of mankind. And the fact that they get to nearly kill their good-hearted nemeses is an added pleasure.
Batman and Alfred are trapped in the Batcave after it's overrun by Poison Ivy's plants. Wonder Woman is viciously attacked by The Cheetah, whose claws have been dipped in Heracles' Lament – a poison that is slowly turning Wonder Woman back to stone. Aquaman is kidnapped by Black Manta and operated on by Brainiac. Superman is mercilessly beaten by Solomon Grundy, Metallo, Parasite, and Bizarro. Sinestro uses a Boom Tube on Hal Jordan, transporting the Green Lantern to an unknown sector of space that is blanketed in pitch-blackness. One by one, our superheroes are taken out and beaten by enemies that have gotten ahold of not only their true identities, but their deepest weakness as well.
The best part of Justice is seeing our heroes beaten to the very depths of defeat, only to watch them rise and fight the good fight in all of their glory. They work together to get to the bottom of this great mystery while taking on the malevolent forces of darkness in an onslaught that is the very definition of the word EPIC. They literally don armor – thanks to the Metal Men and Dr. Magnus (I told you every Justice League of America member and friend was in this series!) – and battle their opponents to save the world not only from the impending nuclear disaster (which happens to be Brainiac's plan all-along) but to save the Legion of Doom from themselves, and they do so with such honor and high regard for life that the only way to truly describe it is as beautiful. These are the heroes we grew up believing in, the heroes we wanted to be when we grew up. These are the values we grew up believing in because we read comic books, and they are the values we stick to when the world around continues to fall apart and go the wrong way. Justice is by its very nature inspiring. And Jim Krueger's elegant writing only adds to that. The characters – good and bad – are real. The story is deep and layered and a complete blast from start to finish. The art is beyond description – if Krueger's writing makes the characters real, then Ross' art is the equivalent of a reporter taking photos as this epic confrontation between good and evil plays out. Braithwaite's drawings are incredible, and Ross' watercolors only add to their perfection.
Justice is a graphic novel collection that every comics fan should read at least once. It's that vital, that important to superhero mythology. If comics and superheroes are our modern myths – our own versions of Greek, Roman, Norse, etc. mythology – then Justice is as close to being our Iliad or our Ragnarok as any other comics series has gotten. And the fact that it is done in true Silver Age fashion only adds to its legend.


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Have you ever wondered what anime genre may be the one for you? Well, if you enjoy the genres that are stereotypically female, then you will love shoujo anime! The word "shoujo" is literally the Japanese word for "girl." Shoujo series are directed towards young, teenage girls. Still, that does not mean boys or adult women cannot enjoy a good shoujo series!
General Content of Shoujo
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Shoujo anime will typically feature romance as part of the main storyline. There are an endless number of shoujo anime and manga on the market revolving around high school romances. The romances in shoujo anime tend to be more idealistic in nature with themes like "love at first sight" or "love has always been at your side." While I hate to make it sound negative, I would rather describe it as the fantasy romance that many girls dream of.
Many characters in shoujo tend to battle some sort of conflict within themselves whether it's something as simple as being painfully shy, having an inferiority complex, or even trying to achieve a dream, but many of the issues are ones that girls do face as adolescents. One really funny series is a manga called Heroine Shikkaku, by Koda Momoko, where the main character Hitori thought of herself as the heroine in her own story who was destined to end up with her childhood friend Rita, and labeled everyone else as a side character from reading too many romance novels.
This actually may affect some teens who are passive and believe that things will just work out in their favor. There's also Fruits Basket, in which Tohru must cope with the loss of both of her parents and attempt to live independently while trying to fulfill the dream of her mother. Many teenagers have to cope with the loss of a loved one so many may be able to sympathize with Tohru.
There are a few notable traits of shoujo heroines. One would be naivety such as in the case of Hikari from Special A, who is so naive, she can't fathom the concept of romance in her own life. Many shoujo heroine believe in the goodness of people and cannot think that others have bad intentions. There are quite a few shoujo heroine who will stand up for their friends, no matter how vile and selfish they really are, and defend them to the end.
Shoujo heroine tend to be the pure type with many outstanding qualities that bring out the goodness in some and make others feel completely dirty, but the shoujo series themselves will revolve around these endearing characters and show how they brighten up the world. It's truly a genre for making us believe that there are good people out there.
Shoujo tends to be a more lighthearted genre compared to some others. Many are full of exciting doki doki moments like Kimi ni Todoke where you can't help but cheer on Sawako through her transformation in school and get excited about her love life. It is a very lighthearted shoujo anime, but it still has you on the edge hoping that everything works out, but true to many shoujo anime, Sawako still retains her innocence believing that a rival in love is a commendable thing instead of taking it as a chance to best someone else. Then Kaichou wa Maid-sama is also a very lighthearted anime, but it still seems to capture many fans and has many moe moments!
Contrary to popular belief, shoujo does not always entail a high school life, though many do take place in high school and some may take place in middle school. Some may take place in college or further down the line as adults. Enjouji Maki is an example of a popular shoujo mangaka whose works tend to revolve around office ladies or young adults more so than high school girls.
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Despite what people think shoujo it, it can be fairly complex and does not solely consist of romance. There are many sub genres including fantasy, yaoi, magical girl, historical fiction, harem and ladies' comics. Yaoi is a very popular genre in shoujo, so much so that there are many jokes about girls liking yaoi in many different series across the board. Yaoi and shounen ai are very popular genres amongst girls, so it is no surprise that a large collection does exist as shoujo manga, but the love may continue for many girls as they become young adults so the genre does extend into the josei category as well.
Fantasy, supernatural, and historical fiction are common themes in shoujo, aside from the usual school life genre. A very popular series that has even been licensed in the USA is Tsuki no Shippo by Ueda Rinko which takes place at a time when ninja were believed to have existed and the main character is a kunoichi, Usagi who is supposed to marry another ninja. Despite having an aspect of romance, the series really revolves around personal growth than anything else, which goes to show you that shoujo isn't all romance.
Another notable subgenre of shoujo, almost as notable as yaoi, would be reverse harems. Yes, ladies get their own harems as well! These tend to have a singular female character surrounded by males who adore her. We have seen many become anime like Saiunkoku Monogatari, Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge, and Ouran High School Host Club from manga, but many do come from visual novels as well like Amnesia, Diabolik Lovers, and Starry Sky. There are so many moe moments and scenes that drive you mad, it's worth watching at least once. Still, it is not a genre that is so plentiful in anime the way harems are. Reverse harems are more plentiful as otome games or manga, but the ones that are in animated form as still very fun to watch!
While the shoujo genre tends to be misconstrued as innocent at times, I want to make note that it is not as innocent as it may seem. That's when Ladies' Comics come into play. Once known for publishing josei, now Ladies' Comics publishes more steamy manga for the enjoyment of adolescent girls or office ladies. As a subgenre, this may be labeled as smut, involving something slightly more toned down than hentai, but it can be pretty graphic.
Although there may be aspects that are fairly serious in nature like rape, the mangaka will add in a budding romance between both parties making it seem more innocent and endearing than it really is. A popular mangaka who does just this is Shinjo Mayu whose works rarely seem to start off with mutual feelings. Of course, when these are made into anime, they are slightly toned down. Mitsu x Mitsu Drops (Honey x Honey Drops) by Minami Kanan is an OVA where you can get an idea of what may be included in the manga, but it won't give you anything graphic.
Now, a really popular subgenre of shoujo that draws in a large male audience would be the magical girl subgenre, but that isn't to say that all magical girl anime is also shoujo. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon is a magical girl anime that is also shoujo for its character traits and the themes in the anime, while the magical girl anime Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica is not a shoujo anime. A few other notable magical girl anime that are also shoujo would be Shugo Chara and Kamichama Karin whose heroines are very idealistic and pure in nature, and the plots are more lighthearted in content.
Categorizing as Shoujo
Publication of the original manga series is also a way to categorize a series into the selected genre, which may confuse some western audiences because of its notable difference from others in the same genre. An example would be the Deep Love series that is clearly more mature in content and not as idealistic as other shoujo manga, but because the manga is published in a shoujo magazine, it is is a shoujo manga.
When western audiences try to categorize anime as shoujo, many anime tend to be mislabeled as shoujo because often times, westerners will categorize anime that contain romance as shoujo such as Ah! My Goddess. Sometimes anime with generally female audiences will also be mislabeled as shoujo like Azumanga Daioh. Both of these anime are not shoujo, but they just happen to feature romance so it is a misconception that all romances are shoujo. It would be important to note that Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, an anime voted to be the funniest of 2014, is also an anime that can be misconstrued as shoujo, but it is actually a shounen anime.
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Shoujo is a pretty lighthearted genre, but it does have many complexities. However, despite being aimed at younger girls, many people can have an appreciation for shoujo anime and manga. Surprisingly enough, the Koreans and the Chinese have a form of shoujo in their own manhwa and manhua so they, too, can enjoy the genre. Some notable ones are The Flower Ring, Angel Diary, and The Bridge of the Water God.
Regardless of what form you choose to enjoy shoujo in, it is a very fun genre with many feel good moments. I know I have my own favorite shoujo mangaka that I absolutely love. Who else out there enjoys a good shoujo series? Anyone recommend anything? Please share your thoughts!
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Around mid-January, all across India, a tribute is offered to the Sun God- a fiesta identified by various names coupled with a number of rituals including taking a holy dip in the rivers. Commonly known as Makar Sankranti, it is celebrated as a community festival, transforming the mood into gaiety. A cultural practice manifests itself in a popular age-old tradition of kite flying on the day also known as Uttarayan (Hindi name for the date depicts the Sun's transit into the northern hemisphere).
Every year during this period, "The International Kite Festival" is hosted in Ahmedabad in the State of Gujarat in India since 1989 to commemorate the enthusiasm shared by people all over the world. During this time, the sight in Ahmedabad will leave you mesmerized when you see kites from different countries in various shapes, sizes and colors beautify its panorama. A million colorful kites take over the morning skies, with every rooftop swooped by highly passionate children and elders alike.
Kite flying is an experience one must have at least once in a lifetime, I am sure you will not stop thereafter. The art of flying a kite is a lesson of aerodynamics. The joy in snapping others' kite strings in playful kite games is unmatched while the air is blissful. But here is a word of caution. Be aware of your surroundings or you could trip over or run through the strings attached to kites. These are sharp, quite often coated with glass and can cause slits and cuts or other serious injuries.
The city of great contrasts- Ahmedabad, has been accorded the status of "India's First World Heritage City" by UNESCO. Right from your arrival at the airport, you can feel the synergy of the past and the future. Each and every corner inside the terminal showcases either the heritage or the progressive outlook of this important business hub of India. In recent years, this airport has evolved itself to win many National and International accolades. It represents the essence of Gujarat and its culture, like a mirror.. so spend some time inside the airport for some glimpses of Gujarat. You could click some of your best selfies within this beautiful airport. It is meticulously designed to replicate the best tourist destinations of the State for you to discover, including a replica of "GIR" National Park at the Domestic Terminal, and the "Statue of Unity" at the International Terminal building. It's just amazing!! You have to see it to believe it.
Ahmedabad is a city with an ambience that brings out the hidden child in you, a city where the spirit around kite flying days is as high as it gets- an experience in itself. In addition to the International Kite Festival, Ahmedabad is a marvelous city and an admirable place to travel in its own right. Heritage sites like Adalaj Stepwell or Ahmed Shah's Mosque are attractions for your historic soul. Naming a few other things you could do, and for your social media updates or #tag clicks:-
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- #feelthecalm at Gandhi Ashram at the Sabarmati riverfront or visit Mahatma Mandir at Gandhinagar to know the extent of simplicity of the "Father of the Nation".
- #visit the renowned Hathee Singh Jain Temple or admire the architectural marvels with the divinity at Akshardham.
The International Kite Festival, 2020 dates for Ahmedabad are from the 7th to 14th of January. Entry is free for all, between 10.00 a.m. and 5 p.m. The access to kite flying area is not provided to the visitors. All the facilities like parking, food and handicraft stalls, selfie points and interactive display kiosks etc. are well planned to make you feel delighted to the core. Gujarat Tourism website provides all the needed information to plan your journey: http://ikf.gujarattourism.com
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Melanie Standish (PSYC 3rd year), president of the Illinois Tech Union Board, may be a member of Generation Web; but since history is one of her strong interests, she relished the opportunity to spend hours in the IIT Archives digging up facts the old-school way for a recent project. She prepared an exhibit on the history of the Union Board that was on display at the inauguration reception for President Alan W. Cramb and during Homecoming weekend last fall. Standish says that one of the first clamshell file boxes she sifted through in the archives yielded a wonderful surprise: the cover of the first Student Union Handbook.
"Someone made that," she says, her voice carrying a note of wonder. "It's really neat that it was hand drawn because everything is electronically done today. The drawing was done in 1953 by John S. Inman, then chair of the Student Union Commission. It's of Main Building because it housed the student union then, which is really cool."
The purpose of the Union Board—then as now—is to provide a wide variety of fun extracurricular activities for students, and Standish included a number of items in the exhibit that reflected this. Besides the handbook cover, she had selected an article from TechNews about a November 23, 1938, planning meeting to discuss the first student union; part of a report on the cultural purpose of the Union Board presented to Illinois Tech President John T. Rettaliata in 1965; and the first Union Board newsletter, Spoken Here, featuring a photo of Chicago's The Second City comedy troupe. Her archival research led her to have her own conversation with university leadership.
"I wrote my own mission statement this year and sat down with President Cramb to discuss it. I think that his goals for the university are similar to my goals for my organization," says Standish. "The inspiration for my meeting was an article in an archival newspaper I found about how the gentleman who wrote the first Student Union Handbook presented it to the president," she explains. "I felt that was a really good idea."
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