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3D Hierarchically Porous Nanostructured Catalyst Helps Efficiently Reduce CO2
- This new catalyst will bring CO2 one step closer to serving as a sustainable energy source. - KAIST researchers developed a three-dimensional (3D) hierarchically porous nanostructured catalyst with carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO) conversion rate up to 3.96 times higher than that of conventional nanoporous gold catalysts. This new catalyst helps overcome the existing limitations of the mass transport that has been a major cause of decreases in the CO2 conversion rate, holding a strong promise for the large-scale and cost-effective electrochemical conversion of CO2 into useful chemicals. As CO2 emissions increase and fossil fuels deplete globally, reducing and converting CO2 to clean energy electrochemically has attracted a great deal of attention as a promising technology. Especially due to the fact that the CO2 reduction reaction occurs competitively with hydrogen evolution reactions (HER) at similar redox potentials, the development of an efficient electrocatalyst for selective and robust CO2 reduction reactions has remained a key technological issue. Gold (Au) is one of the most commonly used catalysts in CO2 reduction reactions, but the high cost and scarcity of Au pose obstacles for mass commercial applications. The development of nanostructures has been extensively studied as a potential approach to improving the selectivity for target products and maximizing the number of active stable sites, thus enhancing the energy efficiency. However, the nanopores of the previously reported complex nanostructures were easily blocked by gaseous CO bubbles during aqueous reactions. The CO bubbles hindered mass transport of the reactants through the electrolyte, resulting in low CO2 conversion rates. In the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS) on March 4, a research group at KAIST led by Professor Seokwoo Jeon and Professor Jihun Oh from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering designed a 3D hierarchically porous Au nanostructure with two different sizes of macropores and nanopores. The team used proximity-field nanopatterning (PnP) and electroplating techniques that are effective for fabricating the 3D well-ordered nanostructures. The proposed nanostructure, comprised of interconnected macroporous channels 200 to 300 nanometers (nm) wide and 10 nm nanopores, induces efficient mass transport through the interconnected macroporous channels as well as high selectivity by producing highly active stable sites from numerous nanopores. As a result, its electrodes show a high CO selectivity of 85.8% at a low overpotential of 0.264 V and efficient mass activity that is up to 3.96 times higher than that of de-alloyed nanoporous Au electrodes. "These results are expected to solve the problem of mass transfer in the field of similar electrochemical reactions and can be applied to a wide range of green energy applications for the efficient utilization of electrocatalysts," said the researchers. This work was supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea. Image credit: Professor Seokwoo Jeon and Professor Jihun Oh, KAIST Image usage restrictions: News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this paper only. Publication: Hyun et al. (2020) Hierarchically porous Au nanostructures with interconnected channels for efficient mass transport in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS). Available online at https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1918837117 Profile: Seokwoo Jeon, PhD Professor firstname.lastname@example.com http://fdml.kaist.ac.kr Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) https://www.kaist.ac.kr Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)Daejeon, Republic of Korea Profile: Jihun Oh, PhD Associate Professor email@example.com http://les.kaist.ac.kr Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Department of Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability (EEWS) KAIST Profile: Gayea Hyun PhD Candidate firstname.lastname@example.com http://fdml.kaist.ac.kr Flexible Devices and Metamaterials Laboratory (FDML) Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) KAIST Profile: Jun Tae Song, PhD Assistant Professor firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.cstf.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~ishihara-lab/ Department of Applied Chemistry https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp Kyushu UniversityFukuoka, Japan (END)
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Bioengineers develop a new strategy for accurate prediction of cellular metabolic fluxes
A team of pioneering South Korean scientists has developed a new strategy for accurately predicting cellular metabolic fluxes under various genotypic and environmental conditions. This groundbreaking research is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS) on August 2, 2010. To understand cellular metabolism and predict its metabolic capability at systems-level, systems biological analysis by modeling and simulation of metabolic network plays an important role. The team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), led by Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee, focused their research on the development of a new strategy for more accurate prediction of cellular metabolism. "For strain improvement, biologists have made every effort to understand the global picture of biological systems and investigate the changes of all metabolic fluxes of the system under changing genotypic and environmental conditions," said Lee. The accumulation of omics data, including genome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, and fluxome, provides an opportunity to understand the cellular physiology and metabolic characteristics at systems-level. With the availability of the fully annotated genome sequence, the genome-scale in silico (means "performed on computer or via computer simulation.") metabolic models for a number of organisms have been successfully developed to improve our understanding on these biological systems. With these advances, the development of new simulation methods to analyze and integrate systematically large amounts of biological data and predict cellular metabolic capability for systems biological analysis is important. Information used to reconstruct the genome-scale in silico cell is not yet complete, which can make the simulation results different from the physiological performances of the real cell. Thus, additional information and procedures, such as providing additional constraints (constraint: a term to exclude incorrect metabolic fluxes by restricting the solution space of in silico cell) to the model, are often incorporated to improve the accuracy of the in silico cell. By employing information generated from the genome sequence and annotation, the KAIST team developed a new set of constraints, called Grouping Reaction (GR) constraints, to accurately predict metabolic fluxes. Based on the genomic information, functionally related reactions were organized into different groups. These groups were considered for the generation of GR constraints, as condition- and objective function- independent constraints. Since the method developed in this study does not require complex information but only the genome sequence and annotation, this strategy can be applied to any organism with a completely annotated genome sequence. "As we become increasingly concerned with environmental problems and the limits of fossil resources, bio-based production of chemicals from renewable biomass has been receiving great attention. Systems biological analysis by modeling and simulation of biological systems, to understand cellular metabolism and identify the targets for the strain improvement, has provided a new paradigm for developing successful bioprocesses," concluded Lee. This new strategy for predicting cellular metabolism is expected to contribute to more accurate determination of cellular metabolic characteristics, and consequently to the development of metabolic engineering strategies for the efficient production of important industrial products and identification of new drug targets in pathogens."
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Our Copenhagen regional headquarters, a brilliantly restored early 20th-century fire station, strongly echoes so much of what seafaring is about – safety, skill, service, sacrifice, history, dedication and duty.
On 30th September, it was lit up in blue to mark World Maritime Day as part of our efforts to highlight the tremendous professionalism and dedication of the world's two million seafarers during the Covid-19 pandemic. They have played a critical role in keeping the main arteries of international trade open, enabling countries around the world to receive the food, energy, PPE and vaccinations that their people need.
However, with a few notable exceptions, the payback for keeping global supply chains functioning has been sparse, a moral bankruptcy that has exacerbated the crew change crisis and left hundreds of thousands of seafarers stranded at sea even now. Many face innumerable hardships, including a lack of vaccinations and sometimes even basic medical assistance.
"Over the last year and a half, the shipping industry has been pleading for leadership from political leaders to help us find ways of treating seafarers with the respect they deserve. Another World Maritime Day is upon us and thus far our pleas have largely fallen on deaf ears," says our CEO Captain Rajesh Unni.
"Seafarers should be receiving priority vaccinations. By now, systems should be in place globally to enable smooth crew changes, priority air travel, immediate medical assistance and rapid repatriation. Yet still, we have no legal framework for this, either to cope now or during the next pandemic. "That is an abdication of responsibility by political leaders and a default on the huge debt of gratitude owed to seafarers worldwide."
"How does one begin to convince youngsters that life at sea is a good career choice when the treatment of seafarers has been so patently poor over the past one and a half years?"


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Jerry D'Amigo has been under the radar as a prospect for the Toronto Maple Leafs with all the talk about Tyler Bozak, Christian Hanson, Viktor Stalberg, and Nazem Kadri, but that is all going to change.
D'Amigo scored two goals against Sweden to put the USA into the Gold Medal game against Canada. He had a goal and an assist against Canada helping lead the USA to a Gold Medal win.
In both of those games he showed that under big time pressure he can produce.
He finished the World Junior under 20 Tournament with six goals, six assists for 12 points, and second in scoring for the Gold Medal winning USA.
He was selected by his coaches as one of the top three players on Team USA at the WJC along with Tyler Johnson and Derek Stepan.
After spending three years with the U.S. National Under-18 Team he is now playing for ...
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Property and casualty insurance is growing steadily. Profitability is increasing, as can be seen for example in the combined ratio. UNIQA's innovative solutions are strengthening its leading role in various areas and attracting new customers.
Property and casualty insurance, in terms of premiums, is the largest insurance line in the UNIQA Group. This insurance line covers property insurance for private persons and companies, as well as private casualty insurance. In property and casualty insurance, we cleared €2.6 billion in premiums across the Group in 2014; this was about 43 per cent of total premium volume.
Foundation for success – property and casualty insurance
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Fundamentals of property and casualty insurance
Property/casualty insurance covers needs arising from a loss. Examples of property insurance are fire insurance, comprehensive motor vehicle insurance, and liability insurance. The principle of meeting specific requirements applies here: the insurance benefit is determined by the insured sum, the insured value and the amount of the claim. In contrast, casualty insurance is a fixed-sum insurance product: the insurance benefit is precisely defined in advance.
The largest share by far in the volume of property and casualty insurance comes from the private customer business. Most property and casualty insurance policies are taken out at short notice, with a term of up to three years. Broad distribution across a great many customers and the relatively short duration of these products enables moderate capital requirements and makes this field of business attractive.
Profitability increased and combined ratio lowered
An important quantity for property and casualty insurance is the combined ratio: the relationship between insurance benefits and operating expenses as well as premiums. The lower this number is, the more profitable our business. Since the launch of our UNIQA 2.0 strategic programme, we have been working constantly on strengthening our operational profitability. We can see how successful our efforts have been in the improvement of the combined ratio, which we have been able to reduce every year since 2011. In 2014, we reached a combined ratio after reinsurance of 99.5 per cent for the Group, after 99.8 per cent in 2013, 101.3 per cent in 2012 and 104.9 per cent in 2011.
We were not able to fully attain our target for 2014 because of flooding in Southeastern Europe as well as major claims from small and medium-sized businesses. We are, however, well on our way to increasing operating profitability in property and casualty insurance even further: the UNIQA Group is aiming for a combined ratio of about 96 per cent beginning 2016.
Core business further improved
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Security and innovation
We are working constantly on innovations for the security of our customers. One example is SafeLine: this motor vehicle insurance, which is unique in Austria, came with a new, compact GPS box that includes a crash sensor in 2014. The emergency button is wireless and can be placed anywhere in the car. Another example is the UNIQA severe weather warning via text or e-mail, which we offer together with the UBIMET competence centre. This successful partnership was extended by six more years to 2020.
In 2014, we also added new components – for example, regarding advance directives and mediation – to legal expenses insurance and private home and flat insurance in Austria. We will conclude our revisions in commercial property insurance in 2015.
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Chance • over 5 years ago
Clarification on "Additional build time deadline"
Hello :)
For submission, are teams able to continue to work on the app after the project MVP is submitted?
We've read through the full rules page, and it sounds like teams can still work on it (the rules page mentions that "potential winners" can continue), but just want to be 100% sure we're interpreting it right and following the conditions correctly.
Our team will have submission MVP finished by the submission date, but we've got a lot of momentum so would like to continue to work on it. We're basically just looking to find out if we have to set up a separate "frozen" version of the project for the competition or if we can submit the MVP and continue as normal after.
From the rules page for context:
"Potential winners of any regional prize will be allowed to continue building his/her/its Application until 4:59:59 p.m. ET on August 24th, 2018 ("Additional Build Time Deadline"), provided that each potential regional winner that elects to continue working on his/her/its Application during this period must, before the Additional Build Time Deadline, submit an updated Entry that includes the revised Application in accordance with instructions provided by Sponsor or Administrator and/or posted to the Website. Any potential regional winner that updates his/her/its Application during this time, but fails to properly submit an updated Entry prior to the Additional Build Time Deadline will be judged in Phase 2 based on his/her/its original Entry as submitted during the Submission Period."
Cheers and thanks in advance.
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Stef Maccarone Manager • over 5 years ago
Hey Chance,
Good question and I'm happy to see you reading the rules :)
The software you submit should remain unchanged until the regional winners are announced (on or around Aug. 10th). After we announce the regional winners, you can update it however you'd like. Regional winners can update and resubmit for a chance at the global prizes.
I'd suggest doing whichever is easier for your team. You can either leave your project untouched until the regional winners are announced (this isn't too long) or you can submit a version to us and then continue building on a separate version.
Hope that helped!
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Thierno Ablaye SY • over 5 years ago
So confused about your response and this:
Entry Modifications: Prior to the end of the Contest Period, you may save draft versions of your Entry on Devpost to your portfolio before submitting the Entrant Content to the Contest for evaluation. Once the Contest Period has ended, you may not make any changes or alterations to your Entry, but you may continue to update the project in your Devpost portfolio. -
Stef Maccarone Manager • over 5 years ago
Hey There,
You can click on the "Edit Project" button in your portfolio and make changes there at any time. The judges will review a version that was saved at the time of the submission deadline. However, you should not edit the actual software so that if tested, it is the same version you explained and demoed on your submission form. If you have a live bot, the bot should be the same software you explained. Does that make sense?
Stefanie -
Thierno Ablaye SY • over 5 years ago
It's more clear now but It was a little contradictory: "You may not make changes" but "You may continue to update".
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When we talk about true talents, we mean our natural abilities. You will observe that some people are naturally athletic, some have exceptional singing voices without practicing, and some are talented in math by birth. Natural abilities require practice to make it even shinier. As we know, talent is built, not born, and when you realize it and work on it, you only become better.
Similarly, when it comes to children, parents should seek natural abilities. They must start embracing the skills whether they like it or not. However, there are some ways to find out your child's true abilities and passion. If you really want your child to grow, you have to find it out.
Well, the prime secret lies in discovering and finding their interests. You have to be very attentive and allow kids to do their activities. So, without any further talking, let us find out the ways to develop and find your child's true talent.
Don't rush and don't pressurize them
One of the most common mistakes made by parents is that they tend to hook their child up in a lot of other activities. This can sometimes make your child feel pressured. They have to meet the timelines, complete the syllabus, pass the scores, and so on can discourage them.
Rather than getting them entangled in a range of different activities, you need to find out what they are passionate about. You will be able to find it easily by releasing them and doing what they feel. If you watch them continuously to pick football, it means he or she has an interest in it. If you find them intrigued by drawing and colors, you should encourage them to pursue it.
This way, you will help them build and develop their interest for betterment.
Appreciation is Always Needed
If you start playing with your child, you will find them getting better every day. They will not only start taking up their favorite activities but will also work on perfecting them. When you watch your child trying to achieve what they are willing to do, you must not forget to appreciate them.
Remember that when you appreciate your child, you will encourage them to keep working on it. Even when they have not done it perfectly, try to acknowledge and appreciate it in every small step. This will constantly give them encouragement. Eventually, you will find them getting perfect one day.
Making Mistakes Is Perfectly Fine
Kids don't have patience, and you cannot scold them for that. If you think about yourself, you were just the same. This is why you might witness your kid getting frustrated after practicing once or twice. For example, if he or she is writing the letter A, after trying twice or thrice, they will throw the pencil.
So, it is your duty to encourage them to go on as a parent. Even when they are making mistakes and are unable to write the letter A in one strike, you should keep encouraging them. Failure is an essential step to growth. The more you help them keep doing without pressuring them, the more your child grows in the future.
Also Read: How to be a Good Parent
Foster a healthy relationship
Being a parent does not mean that you have to be very strict. But being a parent, it is your prime duty to support your children. It is very easy to impose rules and regulations, but what is hard is to allow children to understand their dreams. So, the first thing you must realize is to develop a healthy relationship with your child.
You have to keep your cool and not start conflicts with your child. You need to trust in the learning process. When you start showing that you love them and accept them even with their mistakes, they continue to get closer to you. You will soon find them sharing every bit of their daily life with you. Developing a friendly relationship with your child is the first step for every parent.
Be a good listener
When it is about your child, you have to make sure that you are listening to their ideas. You have to walk in their footsteps and guide them to make the right choice. Just because you have some ideas, you cannot expect your child to have the same. Since the world is advancing, so are the kids.
So, you must have all ears to listen to their aspirations and ideas. As they grow up, you will find their aspirations maturing as well. When you start learning about your child's interests and passions at an early age, you can encourage them to make the right choice at a later age.
Bottom Line
Parenthood is exceptionally hard! It is more about being patient and listening to your child's needs. You have to give your time to understand their interests. This will help you understand and encourage your child to work on their interests and enjoy a successful life.


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Should you be serious about marriage building then you definitely should be ready for some hard knocks. Right now there is certainly nothing through this life that is guaranteed. It will have heartache, soreness and even holes. But if you retain your head kept high and you have the passion to stay on, then you can certainly make this through together with your relationship building.


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Brathwaite and Blackwood shine as West Indies make hay
Apex Test Series
Day 3 of 2nd Test
Venue: Kensington Oval, Barbados
Toss: England won toss and batted
Scoreboard: https://www.windiescricket.com/matches/207784/#scorecard
Captain Kraigg Brathwaite and vice captain Jermaine Blackwood both made excellent hundreds as West Indies left their mark on the third of this enthralling Test with an exceptional batting effort on Friday. The 29-year-old Brathwaite crafted an unbeaten 109 – his tenth Test hundred – while the 30-year-Blackwood unfurled an equally outstanding 102 – his third Test century – as West Indies marched to the close on 288-4, in reply to England's massive first innings of 507-9 declared.
West Indies still trail by 219 runs heading into Saturday's fourth day, they are now within 20 runs of avoiding the follow-on, leaving the contest an open affair going into the decisive stages at the historic venue.
Resuming the morning on 71-1, West Indies lost Shamarh Brooks after he added just eight to his overnight 31 and Nkrumah Bonner fell for nine, reducing the home side to 101-3, 45 minutes before lunch. However Brathwaite and Blackwood combined in a 183-run fourth wicket partnership ensuring West Indies dominated the next two session.
Just what the #MenInMaroon needed! Bat on Skip! #WIvENG pic.twitter.com/oX11J5C6aW
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) March 18, 2022
Unflappable and solid in defence, Brathwaite has so far faced 337 balls in just short of 8-¼ hours at the crease and counting a 12 fours, in his first Test hundred in his homeland with his parents watching.
An off the mark boundary from blackwood before lunch! #WIvENG pic.twitter.com/qIKY1BNyxU
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) March 18, 2022
Blackwood complemented his skipper and struck 11 fours off 215 balls in just under five hours, before finally succumbing half-hour before the close to a rare misjudgment and falling leg-before wicket to off-spinner Dan Lawrence.
"This one means a lot. Obviously I've never scored a Test hundred at home," Brathwaite said afterwards. "My mother was here and she's never watched me play a game before, and my father and all my aunts were here so it was amazing The time spent at the crease, I was very happy with that. Obviously England got a big score so I think batting the whole day was crucial for us." Blackwood said he had his sights on something big ahead of this contest. "It was very special. The last time I played England here I scored 85 and 46 not out so this is a very special innings for me," he said. "The last game I didn't score any runs so I told myself this game I'm really going to settle down and bat some balls."
The match continues on Saturday at 10am (9am Jamaica Time).


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If this used firearm is found to be mechanically defective, it can be returned in its original, shipped condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of purchase. Learn more
These photos represent the overall condition of these Remington 870 Police Magnum police trades. Price is for one Remington 870 police trade shotgun.
As with many used and police trade-in firearms, these may contain scratches and/or signs of wear. This is not always the case, but should not be unexpected.
I just love this Ohio State Patrol shotgun. Functions flawlessly and looks practically new! I've purchased many police trade firearms from SOSS and they always are nicer than described. Thanks again SOSS!
This shotgun is awesome! I have to admit that I had my misgivings about buying a used gun unseen via the internet. But I have wanted one of these old sturdy Remington 870 Police Magnum shotguns for a while now. The finish has a few minor and very small scuff marks on it, but no rust anywhere, and the barrel is bright and shiny. The action is so smooth and silky, and of course I love the sound it makes when you operate the pump. Fantastic weapon, and I'm so glad I jumped on the opportunity.
This is your classic, workhorse 870P. Virtually new action, very little use, and very minor external wear from riding in a police rack. For all intents and purposes it is a new gun. Took it to sight it in, and it was already zeroed with two brands of slugs I use, Brenneke & Fiocchi. Patterned very well with several bands of buckshot. Side saddle is nice, just need to locktite the screws as they were a little loose. While these are available, I cannot imagine why you'd buy new.
I bought this gun to have a collector piece from OSP. I held off for a long time because the price is too high. I finally bit last week when they were on sale for $469. I knew it was still too high but I wanted a gun from OSP and the reviews looked pretty good. The gun arrived. I agree, it has not been shot much if at all. Gun is tight. However, it is very rough cosmetically and has been beat around. Mine had a sanded dime size rust spot on the magazine tube. Front and rear sling studs are gone. The pictures do not show it, but there was a nice gold OSP emblem on the base of the grip stock. Mine was tore up and the writing was gone. Im guessing thats why they didnt show a picture of it. If this had been intact, I would have been satisfied with my purchase. Im sad and disappointed. These are $300 guns tops. I hate I got sucked in. Buyer beware, used guns are a pig in a poke.
Couldn't be happier. Appears unfired. Only slight wear near the end of the extended mag tube, probably from putting it in and out of a storage rack. They don't make them like this anymore. If you've been wanting an 870 this is the one to get.
Shotgun received is 98% nearly new. Internal and external. There is no carbon in the breech area, so I don't think it was shot much if any. The side saddle was loose and flopping around so i took an allen wrench and tightened it up...good as new. Park finish the 2% is light handling marks and maybe put in the rack in a cruiser a few times. Markings are all crisp. Sling swivel stud in mag tube extension clamp. No sling swivel stud in the buttstock. The only department markings is a label with some numbers cover with clear tape. All in all, pleased with the hardware and the history being used in law enforcement despite the medium premium paid. I Hope they go on sale in a month for a hundred bucks cheaper. That would be a deal and a half then.


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By Hollie McKay | Fox News
It is something of an elite Russian squad tasked with sabotage and targeted assassinations.
Some call it "Putin's assassination squad." Some say, "Russian killing squad."
In any case, there is a Russian clandestine military intelligence unit known as the 29155, and it is believed to behind a string of scandals – most recently, a reported scheme to pay bounties to Afghan insurgents to kill U.S. troops.
So what exactly is the shadowy assemblage?
"There's no real U.S. analog. It's like a mix of CIA and special forces," Matthew Schmidt, associate professor of national security at the University of New Haven, told Fox News. "It's trained to make mayhem. The overall goal is to destabilize targeted political systems, including in Europe, to attack the political will to maintain NATO, with other missions as opportunity allows, including the killing of traitors."
Ultimately, experts and analysts define it as something of an elite squad tasked with sabotage and targeted assassinations.
In this June 16, 2018 file photo, Taliban fighters gather with residents to celebrate a three-day cease fire marking the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
Unit 29155 operates under Russia's umbrella intelligence agency the GRU, officially termed the Main Directorate of the General Staff, which formed after the folding of the Soviet-era KGB. This specialized outfit is believed to have been birthed around 2008, two years after Russian President Putin legalized targeted killings on foreign soil and in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Georgia that same year.
While it is unclear exactly how many operatives make up the unit, reports indicate that some involved have decades of experiences beneath their belt – dating back to the ultimately failed Soviet incursion into Afghanistan in the 1980s.
While it is unclear exactly when in recent years 29155 came onto the radar of Western intelligence, the Russian Defense Ministry is said to have lavished bonuses and praise on the team in 2012, and the Unit commander Maj. Gen Andrei Vladimirovich Averyanov – a veteran of the Chechen wars, starting in 1994 and 1999 respectively – was awarded the esteemed Hero of Russia medal in 2015, according to Business Insider.
It is also suspected that 29155 played a pivotal part in Russia's 2014 takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region, both through propaganda and media efforts and in the notion of "little green men" – as described to Fox News by locals – that mysteriously popped up in the peninsula ahead of the highly controversial annexation.
In this file photo taken on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, watches the Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in Moscow. Russian authorities seem to be pulling out all the stops to get people to vote on a series of constitutional amendments that would enable President Vladimir Putin to stay in office until 2036 by resetting the clock on his term limits. (Sergei Guneyev, Host Photo Agency via AP, file)
However, 29155 has spread its wings well beyond Eastern Europe in recent times.
The division is alleged to have been behind two 2015 attempts to assassinate Emilian Gebrev, a Bulgarian arms manufacturer, through poisoning. The following year, the unit was implicated for having likely orchestrated a botched coup in Montenegro, which entailed taking out Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic.
And in 2018, U.K. officials pointed fingers at unit members as having carried out an assassination pursuit – using a nerve agent – on defected Russian spy Sergei V. Skirpal.
In 2019, French officials reportedly unearthed a clandestine GRU base in the Alps, used to execute regional missions, on the heels of media reports that the Unit was videoed giving a retired military leader a wad of cash in Serbia.
Spanish officials have also blamed the 29155 of rousing the Catalan independence push, which started in 2010 and gained momentum following a referendum in November 2014. German leaders are also wary of foul play by the group on their soil – and subsequently expelled two Russian diplomats late last year over the audacious murder of a Georgian man in Berlin.
The unit is assumed to sometimes operate under diplomatic cover abroad.
But in regards to Afghanistan, U.S. intelligence is still trying to piece together the extent to which the assumed bounty operations were conducted. But according to multiple defense sources who spoke to Fox News on the condition of anonymity, there is some skepticism and questions as to whether it is being blown out of proportion.
"It's being portrayed that the Russians paid the Taliban to hit coalition forces, especially Americans. But whenever you have an operation using proxies, money is going to be involved," said one insider. "And it definitely shows that there are people in the intelligence community that are willing to leak information even if it is unverified. Clearly, that was done for political purposes."
U.S. troops patrol at an Afghan National Army (ANA) Base in Logar province, Afghanistan August 7, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani – RC1D8EB3A110
A former Afghan military official also told Fox News that mercenary-type activities are nothing unprecedented into the bloodied nation, although this unit in-particular has ostensibly gone under the radar for some time.
Indeed, Russian meddling in U.S. interests inside the country is also hardly new, with evidence surfacing in 2017 that Moscow was arming the Taliban. The Kremlin has openly advocated its support of any group fighting ISIS – which the Taliban has done – but denied any weapons transfers.
The Trump administration has mostly rebuffed the story as not being credible, with national security advisor Robert O'Brien telling Fox News on Wednesday that "the president's career CIA briefer decided not to brief him because it was unverified intelligence."
So what is Putin's play in Russia all about?
"The goal is simple: They want us out of Afghanistan. They want us out of their backyard," noted one U.S. defense source. "The same way we would view the situation if Russia suddenly brought troops to Mexico. Afghanistan is mineral-rich and has an incredible amount of precious metals; it has always been Russia's policy to [dominate] that."
According to the New York Times, an individual by the name of Rahmatullah Azizi – a businessman who wants to take advantage of the U.S. contractor cash flow into the beleaguered nation – was the "middle man" figure behind alleged efforts to launder money from Russia into Afghanistan to pay off militants, and presumably fled to Russia before the funds were located in one of his properties.
It also remains to be seen what – if any – impact accusations of Taliban taking Moscow money might have on their peace deal with the United States, which was signed in February following months of negotiations and paves the way for a withdrawal of U.S. troops after almost 19 years of stalemate war.
"This administration is set on a deal in order to get American troops out," Schmidt added. "Because the cost in lives wasn't worth it."
The Russian government and the Taliban have strongly denied the reports on the bounties.


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People should not dismiss the new ministry for the country's most at-risk children as just a rebrand of Child Youth and Family (CYF), a youth advocate says.
Oranga Tamariki, the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, launches today.
The complete overhaul of CYF and creation of the new minitsry has been years in the making and follows a comprehensive review by an expert advisory panel.
The state care agency has been the subject of 14 different reviews since its inception in 1989, so the stakes are high for the new ministry.
Youth advocate Tupua Urlich, 21, who spent much of his childhood in foster homes, was one of a group of young people who had been in state care who were consulted as Oranga Tamariki was being set up.
The government had an obligation to get things right this time, he said.
"Working with the government, we've shared our stories, so in a way they owe us this change because we've dug into our pasts and emotions, into things that aren't easy and we'd rather avoid," he said.
"We've instilled a whole lot of trust in these people, so now we will really see if they do care."
Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft said the public should not expect immediate changes.
"I am confident, in the long run, that we will get there, but it won't be overnight and there won't be instant success.
"It would be absurd to think that would ever be the case, given the way the agency has been set up so quickly, given the legislation is still happening."
Judge Becroft said a massive culture change was at the heart of what was needed, so that putting children first actually became a reality.
Part of that was making better resourcing, and standards for social workers, a priority.
"I think you could say the quality of social work goes from the good, the bad and the ugly. There is some excellent social work and there is some very poor social work," he said.
"I think perhaps there's been a culture of mediocrity in too many places, too often."
Oranga Tamariki chief executive Grainne Moss said there were good social workers, but better resourcing was more than just dollars and cents.
She said social workers needed to continually increase their skills in areas that would make a difference to young people.
"We need to look at the resourcing - we've got some additional resources, then we need to look at the tools, and then we need to look at how people are spending their time and are we putting people in the right place, at the right time, for the best outcomes."
Minister for Children Anne Tolley said part of the problem was social workers were having to deal with children and families with complex needs that pushed them beyond their skills and experience.
She said one of the issues the new ministry needed to tackle was making sure there were more high-skilled, specialised people in its workforce.
"In some areas, the cases are so complex that we cannot rely on social workers' skills alone. We do need the help of other professionals like child psychologists and therapists."
Mrs Tolley said there has been a shortage of them, and they have made up less than one percent of Child, Youth and Family's workforce.
Despite the concerns, Mr Urlich said people needed to give Oranga Tamariki a chance and they should not dismiss it as just a Child, Youth and Family rebrand.
"A lot of society has labelled CYF and they have their thoughts about it, but I'd encourage them not to," he said.
"If they are going to negatively attach a label to this new system that is supposed to provide us with hope, it just removes a bit of that hope that we'll have."
Today also marks the start of a new independent youth advocacy service, Voyce - Whakarongo Mai. Other changes include allowing children to remain in state care until they turned 18, ahead of further changes to raise the age to 21.
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President of the Conference in 2009, he was born in Gravesend on 21 May 1947 and educated at Gillingham Grammar School, Lawrence Sheriff School for Boys, Rugby, and the University of Hull (LL.B 1968). Subsequently he gained a B.Sc. (2000) and MA (Soc.Pol.) (2006) from the Open University. From1968 to 1971 he was a member of the Rochdale Methodist Mission Team Ministry and taught law and related subjects at Rochdale College and Oldham College of Technology. He was accepted for the ministry in 1970 and trained at Wesley House Cambridge (BA 1973, MA 1977). In 1973-74 he studied in Switzerland, Italy and Israel and gained a post-graduate Certificate in Ecumenical Studies from the University of Geneva. He was ordained in 1976. Following circuit appointments in Tadcaster (1974-81) and York South (1981-7) he was appointed children's work secretary at the Division of Education and Youth (1987-1995) and general secretary of the Division (1995-6). On the creation of the Connexional Team in 1996 he served as secretary for Family and Personal Relationships (1996-2003), then as Co-ordinating Secretary (from 2008, Officer) for Legal and Constitutional Practice. From 2012 to 2014 he served the Education Project with Methodist Schools. He was chair of the Methodist Council from 2012 to 2015.
After an earlier period as Vice-President he was elected President of the European Methodist Youth Council (2010-2013). He was board member of the National Family and Parenting Institute from 1993 to 2003 and vice-chair 2000-2003, chair of the Council of Barnardo's from 1997 to 2002 and Vice-President 2004-2015, and a member of the Board of Management of the National Stepfamily Association. Responsible for the operation of the Church's complaints and discipline process, he was also closely involved in issues of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and support for victims of abuse. He died suddenly on 11 September 2015.
Publications: general editor of the series, 'God's People at Worship' and author (with John Bradford and Joan King) of Godparents (2000); contributions to Children and Holy Communion (1989), Step Carefully (1995), Unfinished Business(1995), Carefully prepared (1998), Vows and Partings (2001), Time for Action (2002).
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The Theory-Practice Gap: Where Are We
? Professor Edward J. Davison University of Toronto
Monday, December 12
Reducing Highway Congestion: An Empirical Approach (Bode Lecture) Professor Pravin Varaiya University of California Thursday,
December 15
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Dynamic Programming and Suboptimal Control: From ADP to MPC Professor Dimitri Bertsekas Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tuesday, December
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Control Strategies in Atomic Force Microscopy Professor Andreas Stemmer Swiss Federal Inst. of Tech. Tuesday, December
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Identification for control: from the early achievements to the revival of experiment design Professor Michel Gevers Universitķ Catholique de Louvain Wednesday, December
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Professor Carlos Canudas de Witt Laboratorie d'Automatique de Grenoble Wednesday, December
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Energy Management and Drivability Control of Hybrid-Electric Vehicles
Rizzoni, Giorgio The Ohio State Univ.
Monday, December 12, 16:00 – 18:00 Ecija
Molecular Systems Biology and Control
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Tuesday, December 13, 10:00 – 12:00
Airspace De-Confliction
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Organizer: Samad, Tariq Honeywell Lab.
Tuesday, December 13th, 16:00 –
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Sensor Networks and Cooperative Control
Organizer: Cassandras, Christos G. Boston Univ.
Wednesday, December 14, 10:00 – 12:00 Giralda
Hybrid Control of Networked Embedded Systems
Organizer: Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, Francoise CNRS
Wednesday, December 14, 16:00 – 17:40 Giralda I
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An industrial view on the areas for future controls research
Organizers: Mike Grimble, and Reza Katebi
Panel (provisional): Alkis Konstantellos, EU Programme Officer, Chris Elston, RWEnpower, Matt MacDonald, SELEX-SAS, Andy Scarisbrick, Ford, UK, Chris Fryer, Alstom, Ron Patton, Hull.
Control Aspects of the Cassini / Huygens – Mission to Explore the Saturnian System
Organizer: Klaus Schilling
Panel: Bob Mitchell (NASA / JPL, Pasadena), Claudio Sollazzo (ESA / ESTEC, Darmstadt) and Klaus Schilling (Univ. of Werzburg).
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How do control system design engineers use models and simulation ?
Pieter J. Mosterman
Corporate Communications, The MathWorks
Monday, December 12
12:15 – 13:15
Giralda I
In control system design, we typically model the plant in detail and then make the model amenable to control law synthesis. With this law at its core, the controller model is gradually refined with implementation detail. Physical models are combined with computational models to ensure we can realize the design. At present, computational modeling increasingly replaces physical modeling. This requires sophisticated modeling formalisms and tools. For example, in plant modeling, domain specific languages for, e.g., multi-body systems and image processing systems as well as extensive tool infrastructure, are needed.
The challenges we face to further this trend are (i) providing domain-specific modeling formalisms, (ii) providing tool support, (iii) combining different formalisms, and (iv) automatic model translation.
We discuss the role of models in control system design and address questions such as: Is there a set of sufficient semantic notions for our modeling languages or a general 'computing API' to combine different formalisms? Is simulation a sufficiently powerful technology? What is the best approach to generating modeling formalisms (libraries, meta-modeling, API, other)? Is there an optimal formalism to translate between formalisms? Can we derive denotational or operational models from axiomatic specifications (i.e., generate models from 'scenarios')? How about producing target specific code? How can style guidelines be enforced and is there a need to configure tools for controller design? How about support for enterprise-wide modeling? Can model reduction techniques handle industrial models for control synthesis? How can you guarantee model composability? How can we obtain explicit models (e.g., hybrid automata) from models in a more practicable representation?
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Awards Ceremony and Reception Torre¾n de la Juliana |
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Warsop, Church Warsop & Warsop Vale My Childhood Memories
These memories were written after a drive on the 13 April 2010 with Pauline Marples who took the photographs.
I was born at No 18 King Road in 1948, my parents had moved into the house when it was newly built. Across the road were terraced houses, these have now been demolished and new houses are being built.
My dad worked at Warsop Main Colliery and he would leave home to walk down the lane to a path and a little old bridge which crossed the river Maun. He walked across the fields to work. On his way home, our cat used to wait for him in a tree near Windsor Drive, it would jump down and walk home with him.
An area near the bridge was known as Humps & Hollows or Hills & Holes, they used to have motor bike scrambles there. The gate is still there where we used to pay and watch them.
The day before I was two, we moved to Sycamore Street, Church Warsop. Our coal was delivered and left on the street, we had to get it in down very steep steps. Our house had a 1/- (shilling) gas meter and warm water was piped from the boiler house at the top of village. The gates to the boiler house are still there.
Mum didn't have any modern household gadgets like we have to day. From our house you could see across the fields where we played. I had a sister and two brothers and if mum wanted us to come in for our tea she would stand at the landing window and wave.
This is my sister Maureen, brother Colin and me (Marylin) on the right
As kids we would go Carol singing for pennies, I remember once that Mr & Mrs M…. gave us 2/6d
Bethel Church was where I first went to Sunday School, most village kids went there. It was previously a Salvation Army building and was empty for some time, then Mr Tonks, his wife and sister started the Bethal Church. Mr Tonks was gardener for the pit manager. Behind the church were some Nissan huts with stoves in where they had the kids Christmas parties. At the side were greenhouses where tomatoes were grown.
Mr & Mrs Tonks
We used to go to Mrs Tonks house to practise for Sunday School anniversaries.
Mrs Tonks only died in February 2010 aged 97.
I went to Church Warsop Wood School, there was a massive clock on the wall, maybe it wasn't that big but that's how it looked to me. There was a little garden that we used to look after.
My next school was the one on the main road, Warsop Vale School, it was built by the colliery and there was a coal fire in each room – there was always plenty of coal. The hall which was the biggest room was upstairs, the dining room was downstairs.
Mr Penrose was the Headmaster his house was next to the school
The headmasters house
Doreen Tipple used to be the school Lollipop lady and Mrs Noble was the dinner lady who checked your hands before lunch. We used to put little bottles of milk on the pipes to thaw out. I remember the nit nurse used to come to school.
I used to catch the bus to Warsop Vale school it was one penny each way.
We had street parties for the Coronation I had a dress with Hip Hip Ho-ray on.
We used to go for picnics in the woods with mum and our aunties, we used to picnic under three beeches. We made dens in the woods and had hours of fun.
I remember going with my Dad to the pit on a Friday for his money and we would go into Mansfield and the Home Stores for a treat – a bottle of lucozade with a straw!
Miners Welfare We used to go on trip from the 'Welfare' and 'Legion', if your dad was a member you got 10/ to spend. We went to Cleethorpes, Skegness or Mablethorpe. My dad was a big Legion Man. The trips went from the station
A Trip Round Warsop Vale
At the back of the Town Hall was the baby clinic, I remember going there (possibly with my mum) for cod live oil and orange juice.
The Plough Inn is where I used to go for Ballet Lessons with Nita Evans from Forest Town they were held in an upstairs room.
Me at 55 Sycamore Street.
On the left is my cousin Kathleen Hatton, Maureen my sister is in the middle and I am on the right
We used to walk by the river after going to the Bethal Church, and I remember when I was about 11, they had been cleaning the river out and on the banks it was all silt. Suddenly a young lady started to sink in the silt, she was up to her knees in it and two young men from church grabbed her and pulled her out.
Up till recently the Mill was still grinding flour, it had been a working mill for years – now the upstairs has been turned into flats.
We used to go up Cuckney Hill chestnutting and for a walk to the Greendale Oak.
This was once a Railway bridge, the railway used to go towards Cuckney Hill,
The woods are lovely they have wood anemones, daffodils and bluebells.
This was the field where the pit ponies used to be when they used to come out of the pit each year. It has since been used for Athletics, Alley Cats Jazz Band and football.
Picture of Miners Welfare – we used to go on trip from the 'Welfare' and 'Legion', if your dad was a member you got 10/ to spend.
The lane known as the Black Pad because they used to put black shale down, it goes across the fields and comes out near the Miners Welfare.
A house on Bishops Walk was where the Doctors Surgery and waiting room used to be, there was Dr Hay, Streven and Kelly.
These were once Colliery Houses
This was the pit yard area I can remember the pit yard and canteen, I used to go with my dad on a Friday for his money.
The Boiler House used to be there, warm water was piped to the village houses. Those are the original gates.
This grand house is where the pit manager lived.
Picture of Rhein o' Thorns
Just up the lane from the Pit managers house are these lovely old cottages known as the Rhein o' Thorns, or The Rocks – they were built before the pit.
This is where we went for nature walks and looked for frogs. The ridge over there is where the coal wagons used to run.
This was at one time the only private house in the village, it was owned by a Doctor.
This is the Resource Centre, it used to be the Co-op
The Vale Pub used to be known as the Swing.
I left Warsop in 1968 but it still hold many happy memories for me especially the time spent at the Bethel Church.


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Heavy lifters: Rigger trucks offer a heavy duty option for lifting and moving heavy machinery. ACT reports
24 April 2008
Described as "a forklift on steroids," today's rigger trucks fill an important and growing gap in the heavy lift sector, especially in industrial and plant settings where machines and supplies continue to increase in weight.
Rigger trucks have been available for about 30 years, and their popularity has grown as manufacturers have customized these machines to meet specific needs. Today's rigger trucks have very large capacities – 30,000 to 200,000 pounds – and are built on a compact frame allowing them to maneuver in tight spaces.
Rigger Trucks have the endurance and capacity to start and finish a job in just a few hours, as compared to a crane that would take days, money and manpower," says Michael Salter, president of Rigger Xtreme. "Rigger trucks are custom designed to fit into any situation and covering any capacity, with an example of the XC70-90. This truck is an extendable counterweight, which allows a rigger to pick at 70,000 pounds or at a maximum of 90,000 pounds. Built with small cushion tires, the XC70-90 offers the customer manageable usage, but still has the strength of a pneumatic."
The versatility of a rigger truck can be increased by using a wide range of attachments now available. Most units are purchased with forks and a boom or jib. Forks allow an operator to pick up cargo from underneath, while the boom allows the operator to pick up items from above. Most manufacturers of these machines work one on one with their customers to assess usage and needs. Salter says that by assessing the customers' individual needs, his company seldom builds the same rigger truck twice. "There is always a demand for something new or better," he says. "We see to it that each customer is treated as unique to our equipment."
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There is a range of rigger truck styles and models. Solid cushion tired rigger trucks tend to be smaller capacity and are mainly used in indoor industrial settings. With a smaller pressure footprint, the solid pneumatic tired forklifts are slightly larger but can run on softer or rougher terrain.
Gary Dick, owner of Custom Mobile Equipment, says the market for rental rigger trucks is growing. Custom Mobile Equipment owns 10 Versa-Lift rigger trucks and recently ordered five additional units in anticipation of demand. "We mostly rent them to rigging companies," says Dick. "They are used for all sorts of things, in every facet of the rigging industry. We rent them to companies that are setting up machinery tradeshows, and to companies that are moving plants from one state to another."
Dick said he is shipping a rigger truck to Missouri to move some large printing presses and he has some rigger trucks in Reno, NV working in the corrugated industry. As they are compact, offer hydrostatic drive and steering, Dick says the machines are small but powerful, and highly maneuverable – a key attribute.
"The Versa-Lift 2535 can lift 25,000 pounds in its normal compact version," Dick says. That's a lot of capacity for a small machine, a very streamlined machine."
Other rigger truck manufacturers include Rigger Lift, Taylor Machine Works, Lift Systems Inc., Erickson's, and Rig-N-Lift to name a few.
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Jose "Joe" Quintero
In Loving Memory of Jose "Joe" Quintero, age 68 of Austin, Texas was born September 17, 1951 and passed away July 2, 2020.
Mr. Quintero was proceeded on death by his father, Raul Quintero, siblings, Refugio, Adeliada, Armando, Raul Jr., Quintero, nephews, Refugio Esteban, and Toby Quintero
He is Survived by his former Spouse and dear friend, Carmen Magness, daughters Melissa Ann, Briana and son, Jose Jr. eight Grandchildren, four Great Grandchildren, and his loving mother, Margarita Quintero,
sisters, Leonarda, Magdalena, Domitila, and Alda, brothers, Pedro, Toribio, Mario, and many nieces and nephews.
Jose was a Born Again Christian, loving husband, father, and grandfather. He was our family mentor, and spiritual leader. A Native to East Austin and a graduate of Johnston High School. He was a prominent grassroots community activist and leader. Serving as a member of El Concillio with terms as President of both LULAC and The Greater East Austin Neighborhood Association; Jose's life purpose was to advocate for family, community, and La Raza as a whole.
The Quintero family want to thank Dr. James Uyeki and Staff as well as the wonderful staff at Austin Hospice that provided care during extraordinary COVID circumstances.
We deeply appreciate all the love and support from family and friends.
Honored to serve as Pallbearers:
Benny Carmona IV, Brandon Paul Jimenez, Noah Masoud, Pete Quintero Jr., Jesse Escobar Sr., and Edward Lopez.
Honorary Pallbearer: Sean Andrew Saldana
Visitation was held at DeLeon Funeral Home Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 8:00 a.m., with funeral service held after.
Burial followed in St. John Cemetery in Luling, Texas.
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Colorado Public Radio - To many people, Katharine Hayhoe would appear to have dueling identities: She is an evangelical Christian and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University. She sees the two as very much related.
The scientist operates a YouTube channel, Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe, in partnership with PBS Digital Studios. In videos she tackles subjects ranging from "The Bible doesn't talk about climate change, right?" to "Developing countries need fossil fuels to reach the standard of living we enjoy, right?"
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Ruben Bolling and I had a terrific time interviewing one of our heroes, the amazing Al Jaffee, who has been a member of MAD magazine's usual gang of idiots for 56 years (his work has appeared in every issue, save one).
Best known for his MAD Fold-in, which has appeared on the inside back cover of the magazine since 1964, he's also the creator of a long running column, "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions," and my favorite, his dozens and dozens of whimsical inventions that border on the edge of plausibility. Ruben went to Al Jaffee's studio in New York to talk to him about his remarkable career. It's so great to discover that someone you grew up worshipping turns out to be incredibly nice!
If you admire the work of Al Jaffee like Ruben and I do, here are two books that you will love: The first is The MAD Fold-In Collection: 1964-2010, a gorgeous four-volume set with 410 Fold-Ins, published by Chronicle books. The second is Al Jaffee's Mad Life: A Biography, by Mary-Lou Weisman and illustrated by Al Jaffee. Here's the description:
Jaffee's inventive work has enlivened the pages of MAD since 1955. To date he has pickled three generations of American kids in the brine of satire, and continues to bring millions of childhoods to untimely ends with the knowledge that parents are hypocrites, teachers are dummies, politicians are liars, and life isn't fair.
Jaffee's work for MAD has made him a cultural icon, but the compelling and at times bizarre story of his life has yet to be told. A synopsis of Jaffee's formative years alone reads like a comic strip of traumatic cliff-hangers with cartoons by Jaffee and captions by Freud. Six-year-old Jaffee was separated from his father, uprooted from his home in Savannah, Georgia, and transplanted by his mother to a shtetl in Lithuania, a nineteenth-century world of kerosene lamps, outhouses, physical abuse, and near starvation. He would be rescued by his father, returned to America, taken yet again by his mother back to the shtetl, and once again rescued by his father, even as Hitler was on the march.
When he finally settled back in America as a twelve-year-old wearing cobbled shoes and speaking his native English with a Yiddish accent, schoolmates called him "greenhorn." He struggled with challenges at least as great as those he had met in Europe. His luck changed, however, when he was chosen to be a member of the first class to attend New York City's High School of Music and Art. There his artistic ability saved him.
He would go on to forge relationships with Stan Lee, Harvey Kurtzman, and Will Elder, launching a career that would bring him to MAD magazine. There he found himself at the forefront of a movement that would change the face of humor and cartooning in America.
We close the episode with a song called "Sea-Monkeys" by the band Darling Pet Munkee. All the songs on their forthcoming album are based on old comic book ads, and they are all instant garage punk classics.


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On Day 3 of the AONTAS Adult Learners' Festival 2021 (Wednesday, 3rd March), AONTAS held an event in collaboration with the Paulo Freire Institute of Portugal to commemorate the centenary of Paulo Freire's birth in 1921.
On Day 1 of the AONTAS Adult Learners' Festival 2021 (Monday, 1st March 2021), 85 participants joined a workshop that showcased the Learners as Leaders change-orientated adult learning methodology, the Irish model of community education, and learner voice activities.
The role of Higher Education institutions in the response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis was the focal point of a recent UNESCO UIL Webinar on higher education institutions' support for local communities, held on Wednesday, 15th April 2020.
Romanian EAAL final conference in Bucharest
'Adult education is a means to personal and social change founded in the potential of people'. In this blog, Alice McDonnell AONTAS Board member shares her experience undertaking a course in Budapest as part of her Erasmus+ KA1 Mobility in November discussing the importance of education in both personal development and self-preservation.
In this blog AONTAS CEO, Niamh O'Reilly, focuses on specific areas of the recently published Global Report on Adult Learning and Education which relate to community education.
We were delighted to see the first ever AONTAS Lifelong Learning Advocacy Summer School making front page news in The Irish Times following its launch on 18th June 2018.


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Jason Ditz / AntiWar.com & Max Greenwood / The Hill & Associated Press – 2017-07-05 00:01:00
Pentagon Withholds
Nuclear Base Inspection Results
Grades No Longer a Matter of Public Record
Jason Ditz / AntiWar.com
(July 4, 2017) — Pass-Fail results of Pentagon inspections of America's nuclear weapons facilities have historically been a matter of public record, and one which has proven a repeated embarrassment, as those inspections have repeatedly shown substandard performance and disastrously bad security.
Officials seem to have figured a way around that, as they have begun withholding inspection results, including the very basic pass-fail details that the media usually knows about. This was apparently an internal policy recommendation as a reaction to all the embarrassing failures.
The Pentagon is urging that this is an "additional level of secrecy," which is meant to prevent "enemies" learning about the nuclear program. In practice, the information made public would've been of limited interest to other nations.
The real goal seems obvious. Facts about the systematic failures within America's nuclear weapons program lead to embarrassing media coverage, and keeping those facts secret is ultimately much simpler than actually making improvements so the inspections are all passed.
Pentagon Withholding
Nuclear Weapons Inspection Results
Max Greenwood / The Hill
(July 4, 2017) — The Pentagon has started withholding the results of inspections of its nuclear weapons operations, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.
Overall inspection results, such as "pass-fail" grades, at the country's nuclear weapons facilities were previously made public. But the Pentagon told the AP that by ending such disclosures, it's hoping to withhold key information about the US nuclear arsenal from the country's adversaries.
US nuclear weapons operations have faced a bevy of embarrassing failings and shortcomings in past year stemming from security blunders, substandard performance, insufficient funding and poor leadership.
By withholding inspection results, the Pentagon is following a recommendation generated by an internal review of shortcomings in the country's nuclear arsenal, including where and how the weapons are kept and the workers responsible for them.
Chuck Hagel, the former defense secretary under former President Barack Obama, ordered the internal review, as well as a separate study by an independent group, in 2014.
The recommendation to withhold inspection results was put forward in the internal review, which remains secret.
The Air Force personnel office posted on its website last month that the overall results of the inspections could no longer appear in personnel documents, such as performance reports.
But that change began taking effect in the Navy in March, according to the AP. The Navy oversees the country's submarine-launched ballistic missiles, while the Air Force operates aerial bombers and land-based missiles — in all, the three components that make up the nuclear triad.
US Nuclear Base Inspection Results
Made Secret to Conceal Failures, Critics Claim
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (July 3, 2017) — The Pentagon has thrown a cloak of secrecy over assessments of the safety and security of its nuclear weapons operations, a part of the military with a history of periodic inspection failures and bouts of low morale.
Overall results of routine inspections at nuclear weapons bases, such as a "pass-fail" grade, had previously been publicly available. They are now off-limits. The change goes beyond the standard practice of withholding detailed information on the inspections.
The stated reason for the change is to prevent adversaries from learning too much about US nuclear weapons vulnerabilities. Navy Capt Greg Hicks, spokesman for the joint chiefs of staff, said the added layer of secrecy was deemed necessary.
"We are comfortable with the secrecy," Hicks said on Monday, adding that it helps ensure that "as long as nuclear weapons exist, the US will maintain a safe, secure and effective nuclear stockpile".
Critics question the lockdown of information.
"The whole thing smells bad," said Steven Aftergood, a government secrecy expert with the Federation of American Scientists. "They're acting like they have something to hide, and it's not national security secrets.
"I think the new policy fails to distinguish between protecting valid secrets and shielding incompetence," he added. "Clearly, nuclear weapons technology secrets should be protected. But negligence or misconduct in handling nuclear weapons should not be insulated from public accountability."
The decision to conceal results from inspections of how nuclear weapons are operated, maintained and guarded follows a secret recommendation generated by in-depth Pentagon reviews of problems with the weapons, workers and facilities making up the nation's nuclear force.
But the problems that prompted the reviews three years ago weren't created by releasing inspection results. The problems were actual shortcomings in the nuclear force, including occasional poor performance, security lapses and flawed training, driven in part by underspending and weak leadership.
The overall results of such inspections, minus security-sensitive details, used to be publicly available.
They provided the initial basis for Associated Press reporting in 2013 and 2014 on missteps by the Air Force nuclear missile corps.
The AP documented security lapses, leadership and training failures, morale problems and other issues, prompting the Pentagon under then defense secretary Chuck Hagel to order an in-depth study by an independent group.
The review, published in November 2014, found deeply rooted problems and recommended remedies still in the works. In parallel, Hagel ordered what he called an internal review of the nuclear problems. Its findings and recommendation are secret.
Without commenting on the decision to classify inspection grades, Hagel said in an email exchange that excessive government secrecy is dangerous.
"Trust and confidence of the people is the coin of the realm for leaders and nations," Hagel wrote to the AP. "That requires an openness even on sensitive issues. Certain specifics must always stay classified for national security reasons but should be classified only when absolutely necessary. When you close down information channels and stop the flow of information you invite questions, distrust and investigations."
Of the two reviews conducted in 2014, the secret report is the one that contains the recommendation to further restrict release of inspection results, according to several officials, including Joseph W Kirschbaum, director of defense capabilities and management at the Government Accountability Office, the congressional watchdog.
In effect, the Pentagon used the cover of classification to obscure its decision to make nuclear inspection results secret.
The added layer of secrecy did not come to light until an Air Force personnel office posted on its website on 14 June a notice that the "grade", or overall result, of a nuclear inspection could no longer be mentioned in any personnel documents such as enlisted and officer performance reports, citations or award nominations.
The change is even broader, however. It prohibits any mention of inspection results in any unclassified defense department document.
The new rule started going into effect in phases in March, affecting the Navy, which operates the ballistic missile submarine segment of the nuclear force, and the Air Force, which operates land-based nuclear missiles and nuclear bombers.
The Pentagon made the change by rewriting an "instruction" issued by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff's office. The revision isn't publicly available.
Hicks, the joint chiefs spokesman, said the instruction is not classified but is authorized for "limited" distribution, keeping it from release. An AP request for a copy was denied.
Asked why the instruction was revised, Hicks said the 2014 Pentagon review recommended that the Air Force "adopt the Navy's policy" on classification of nuclear inspection results. "The elevated security classification" limits the amount of "potentially vulnerable information to adversary forces", he added.
The Pentagon has never asserted that reporting on nuclear inspection results has compromised nuclear security.
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Mahindra&Mahindra is easily the most ambitious manufacturer in India. The automaker started with making tractors and other utility vehicles and then moved to making luxury SUVs. They bought Ssangyong in one of the biggest overseas deals made by an Indian auto company and then bought controlling stake in REVA.
In yet another ambitious move, M&M has just announced that it has started work on a hybrid vehicle that will be launched in 2015.
Do not confuse a Hybrid with an Electric car. An electric car is powered entirely by electricity and needs to be charged from a socket.
On the other hand, a hybrid uses a conventional combustion engine mated to an electric motors and both sources of energy are used to propel the car. The hybrid car does not declare freedom from a fuel station but uses it moderately.
The best example of a hybrid is a Toyota Prius. Honda Siel was the first manufacturer to introduce a Hybrid Civic in India. The Hybrid Civic did not do well in India and the company has to sell it for half the price to get rid of the stock. The Prius, on the other hand, also does not sell well in India due to its exorbitant price.
A team of 14 people along with a European consultant is working day and night on the hybrid car at the company's newly established research and development (R&D) centre in Oragadam in Chennai. M&M has earmarked Rs.300 crore for the project. If you recall, Mahindra showcased a hybrid prototype of the Scorpio at the Auto Expo in 2008. At the 2010 edition, Mahindra bought a working prototype of the Maxximo EV (a mini lorry) followed by an electric Verito (Renault Logan) at the 2012 show.
M&M already offers something called as MicroHybrid on its popular SUVs. But this is not technically a hybrid but just a fancy name given to a start-stop technology.
The timing of the project is certainly right as fuel prices skyrocket in India. There are estimates that the demand for hybrids will rise 50-fold in the coming years.
M&M is also working with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, on hydrogen-powered vehicles.
[Source: livemint.com; Image - AutoInfoz.com]