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Dear Daniel, Ella, Aaron, Olivia, Sophie and Caitlin
Here are the answers to your questions.
1. What is it like in
? Taiwan
The weather here is very warm, sunny and wet.
The people here are friendly and passionate.
Taiwan abounds in fresh, sweet tropic fruit.
And there is no lack of beautiful seceneries, for example, beautiful beaches in Kenting, and the Taroko Gorge in Hualien .
But I think that the most special thing for you is the night market.
We often go out with family or friends after dinner, and night market is a good place for people who want to relax after a working or school day. Good snack, games, and drinks, you can have a lot fun there.
2. What's the name of your school?
The name of my school is
. Kaohsiung Municipal Fo-Gong Elementary School
3.What's your favorite subject in school?
My favorite subject is English. Because we always sing and dance in the class, that's funny!
4. What's the most commen pet in your country?
Dogs and cats are popular. There is a Cultural Center in Kaohsiung, many people will walk their dogs there and enjoy a beautiful afternoon.
5. What type of music do you listen to?
I listen to pop music of
like Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai and May Day. Taiwan
I listen to K-pop music, too. Girls' Generation, Super Junior, CNBLUE.
6. What kinds of things do you celebrate?
We celebrate the Chinese New Year in January or February.
We gather around the table to eat Lunar New Year's Eve dinner, and children receive red envelopes from their parents.
And paste spring couplets on the gateposts.
7.What's your culture like?
Taiwanese culture is a culture of mixed Confucian culture,
, Japan Europe and the . United States
Roughly divided in aboriginal Culture, Hakka culture, and Han culture.
In recent years, Taiwan has increased a number of foreign brides from Southeast Asia, these new immigrants bring some new culture.
8.What do you do for your Hobbies?
I enjoy watching TV, listening to music, painting and playing basketball with my friends.
9. What have you been learning about?
, we have to learn many things. Taiwan
Math, Chinese, and mother tongue, I have been learning from grade one.
Science, History, Geography, Civics, and English, I have been learning from third grade.
10. Do you know any facts about World War II which we have been learning about?
Comparing with the part of Europe, I think that I know more about China and Japan's wars.
I think that If WWII had never happened,
might have been a part of Taiwan today and the leader of China might were not the communists. China
Of course, mentioned above is just my guess.
As everyone knows, the US dropped the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki , and that brought an end to WWII.
Japanese paid the price for their ambition. But my opinion is that war is cruel and uncivilized, so we should use more wise way to solve problems.
Thanks for all the questions, we had fun answering them.
The way we say goodbye is "zai jian(再見) "and it means "see you", or just say "bye bye".
Zai jian!
Yours Sincerely,
(Linlin's student)


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I also check wowheadnews and wow insider (aka joystiq.com) as well each day. Usually I log in, say hi to guild, and read for 10 mins or so. That's the best time to queue for Dragon Soul LFL (looking for loot).
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Flowers and incense sticks in the centre of the spiral
area: On July 20th a very important ceremony was conducted on the new school area a Hopi arrow stone was buried. Some months before we already deposed a Sree Yantram in the ground – one of the most important spiritual symbols in India.
Linda and the four directions
All the school members participated – 145 students, 9 teachers, the crew on the new land including the construction workers, Linda – conducting the ceremony – and I. Four students of the 7th class - as the embodiments of the elements connected with the directions of the sky (North – air, South – fire, East – earth, West – water) buried this arrow stone symbolizing the energetic connection of our area with the Hopi people. This well known Red Indian tribe traditionally has a very good and loving relationship with Mother Earth. Afterwards head mistress Sabitha, project manager Horst Wagner and I spoke prayers; as the highlight of the ceremony we sang and danced; Premananda as the main musician guided us.
singing Dancing and singing in the medicine wheel
According to the tradition of the medicine wheel we had arranged a circle of stones around the centre; for our ceremony a second circle of stones additionally had been prepared. The centre of the spiral as the most holy and sacred focus is something like a temple. The spiral is a very important symbol leading into higher dimensions of consciousness. As mentioned before our octagon shaped class rooms will be arranged in the form of a spiral; every class will have an own room enabling teachings in a silent and peaceful atmosphere close to the nature. We are a Nature School, and the Earth is our temple, our church or our mosque. Our main donor Professor Weyer likes the spiral as a shape and as a symbol very much as well. Because of this he seems to be our "right" donor. In a letter to his employees – thanking for a book prepared for his 60th birthday (with a big variety of artistically arranged spirals) he wrote the following words: "There is a special shape
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It takes away the Ego mindedness of the singular centre.
I say cordially Thank you for the joy caused by this book and as well for the strong support for children far away from us, at the end of the spiral."
Last not least: We perform our spiritual ceremonies because we want to initiate a WE based consciousness in the centre of the spiral. We are – besides – not only a Nature School; but our education is grounded on human values. Human values – beyond cultural specifics – are the fundament for every good education. Selfless service for others and for mankind should be in our focus. We want to nurture the big WE and not the small Ego. And the spiral is the symbol for this consciousness spreading and growing more and more. With cordial greetings, Yours, Helga Shanti Fründt
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SPSP 2013 Contributed Papers: Communities & Institutions: Objectivity, Equality, & Trust
Tweeted from the 4th biennial conference of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 28, 2013, during Concurrent Sessions VI
This was a session, by the way, in which it was necessary to confront my limitations as a conference live-tweeter. The session was in a room where the only available electrical outlets were at the front (where the speakers were), and my battery was rapidly running out of juice. And my right shoulder was seizing up. And I ended up in Twitter Jail (for "too many tweets today!" per Twitter's proprietary algorithm), which meant that the last chunk of tweets I composed for the second talk got pasted into a text file and tweeted hours later, while my notes for the third talk in the session went into my quad-ruled notebook.With multiple live-tweeters in a given session, this trifecta of fail (in my tweeting -- the session papers were a trifecta of good stuff!) would have been less traumatic for me. But philosophers are not quite as keen to live-tweet as, say, ScienceOnline attendees ... yet.There was, however, a bit of backup! Christine James was driving SPSP's shiny new Twitter account, SocPhilSciPract, and she happened choose the same session of contributed papers to attend and to tweet. She also tweeted some pictures.
Session on "Communities & Institutions: Objectivity, Equality, and Trust" #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
First, Heidi Grasswick, "Trustworthiness of Scientific Institutions: Implications of Situated Knowing" #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Situated Knowing: social location can matter to what you know & how; all knowledge 'situated" (partial, limited) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
How r differently situated knowers able 2 know responsibly; diff soc locations may affect how much trust of inst #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Responsible trust of science required trustworthiness of science insitutions #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
What makes an institution trustworthy? How do we get evidence that they're working well? #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Trust makes us vulnerable, and somewhat "blind" #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Reasoning about when & how to trust; needs to be some weight of evidence for trustworthiness of sci institution #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
To trust = to have certain expectations. To be trustworthy = to be capable of/likely to make good on expectation #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Lay expectations of scientific institutions (as providers of significant knowledge): make reliable knowledge #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
... share/filter it, develop technologies that shape our lives, etc, #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Scientific institutions as producing SIGNIFICANT knowledge (asking sig Qs, finding sig As). Significant to whom? #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
If scientific institution doesn't take up significant Qs, or answer them, or transmit As, etc., ... #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
... not living up to public's expectations/trust #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Objectivity as rationality grounding trust (Naomi Scheman, 2001) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
We are epistemically dependent on others (why we need trust)/marginalized folks can have rational distrust of sci #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
History can provide one ground for rational distrust of scientific institutions #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Abuse and distrust in the experience of marginalized peoples #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Ethical failings thus can undercut epistemic role of scientific institutions #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Ignorance often NOT benign gaps in knowledge, but actively produced & maintained by politically dominant #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
What counts as relevant knowledge has depended on political dominance and subordination #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
If responsible distrust tracks marginalized groups, this is a form of epistemic injustice #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Grasswick discussing case study of trust of institutions: Native American, Arizona State #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Havasupai case (blood samples donated 2 study diabetes; subsequently used for other projects w/out their consent) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Havasupai study at Arizona State, case study: blood samples used in other studies without permission #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Distrust of genetics hit all-time high w/ most Native American groups in aftermath #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Significant issue for the tribe but trust eroded quickly #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Trust takes much longer to develop than to destroy #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Failure to provide significant knowledge (how exactly samples were to be used) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Acknowledging situated knowledge and situated distrust - conditions of responsible trust for scientists required #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Reasons to worry: 1) Trust req'd for research going forward (local mistakes can lead to large scale erosion) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
2)Trust necessary for knowledge use & uptake (bare trust risks exposure) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
3) Grounding trust across locations (earning trust); 4) epistemic injustice concerns #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
General problem w/consent forms: what do I look for to exercise rational trust? Hard for lay people to tell #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
However, fragility of trust moreso among marginalized groups (less reason to believe won't be used, hurt) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Q: how to locate the epistemic injustice of distrust? Trustworthiness side has deficit #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Q: is trust connected to interests of potential trusters? Knowledge that threatens your current beliefs... #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Researchers trying to build new knowledge out of old samples (not to do harm) ... but intent isn't magic! #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Next: Boaz Miller, "An account of epistemic equality" #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Acquire many beliefs from testimony of others, including experts, & from social institutions (e.g. science) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
generation of knowledge depends on an apt division of cognitive labour among researchers #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
depends on the existence of justified relations of trust among them #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
hypotheses must undergo a social process of critical scrutiny and evaluation #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Unequal power relations may obstruct the generation of knowledge #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Top-down and bottom-up approaches to epistemology, Miller argues for bottom-up #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Epistemic equality is designed to aid the smooth and successful generation of knowledge #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
concerned with epistemic equality in the context of justification; addressing a distributive problem. #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Participation/influence over knowledge-generating discourse as limited good #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
needs to be justly distributed among putative members of an epistemic community. #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
How may epistemic equality be characterized as a model of distributive justice? #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Different spheres ruled by diff criteria of distributive justice #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
In epistemic equality, only relevant expertise should matter as far as participation in epistemic community #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Prob w/top-down approaches: hard to identify relevant experts; need meta-experts #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Social privileges, decide when alleged experts are wrong, "experts" vetting "experts" Expertise as social status #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Seem to be out of Twitter Jail now. Will resume with tweets I kept in text file ... #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Accredited experts participating and generating discourse #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Examining credentials as way to ID experts? Leads to underrepresentation in community of experts #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
… if that underrepresentation exists in educational institutions #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Also undervaluing of expertise from experience (sheep farmers, beekeepers) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Relevant stakeholders with relevant interests and expertise #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Expertise not just cognitive status but also a social status #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Being an expert give you certain social privileges (e.g., getting to decide when other experts are wrong) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Social status affects who is listened to, who is considered an "expert" #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Socially diverse expert community 4 sake of diversity/tempered equality of intellectual equality is color-blind #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
No guarantee that experts' contributions will be positive, useful. Experts sometimes misuse their power #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Bottom-up approach: get active participation of members of disempowered group w/ seemingly relevant interests #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Make discourse as diverse as possible rather than gatekeeping for expertise #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
All accredited experts w/relevant expertise equally participate (regardless of prestige, status of institution) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Advantages of bottom-up approach: epistemic equality recognized as a political ideal #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Primary aim is to smooth generation of relaible knowledge, though … #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Epistemic aim realize b/c more diverse discourse, higher chance of reaching the truth #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Higher chance that reaching the truth wasn't just accidental (rather, have considered, ruled out alternatives) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Objections? Impracticality (hard for disempowered group to converse w/experts) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Not a cognitive problem! And research shows public CAN acquire this ability #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
It's a social problem (of not being listened to) #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Institutional affiliation at most weak proxy for expertise; entrenches existing power disparities #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
@docfreeride asking Boaz Miller about vaccine hesitancy and authority in science, bottom-up approach negative #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
The right to equally participate in science discussion, without guarantee the bottom-up view will become accepted #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Question: how to enforce procedural rules for participatory science discussions #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
1 more talk in that session needs transcription 2 tweets. Twitter jail, battery down, shoulder spasm ... #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
... means I couldn't Tweet it in real-time. Will try tomorrow! #SPSP2013 #SPSP2013Toronto
Luckily (as you will have noticed) I was not the only one tweeting this session!
Longino, objectivity of scientific method vs. individual attitudes and practices #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
The relevant citation here is Chapter 4 ("Values and Objectivity") in Helen E. Longino, Science as Social Knowledge, Princeton University Press, 1990.The big idea is that scientific knowledge becomes more objective by way of intersubjective engagement between the knowledge-builders.
Value-freedom not desireable or attainable, subjecting evidence, reasoning and results to critique #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Longino 1990: venues, response to criticism, shared standards, tempered equality of intellectual authority #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Governance over spheres - "health" sphere not influenced by economic influence #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Criteria that are problematic for diversity and objectivity Biddle 2007, Leuschner 2012, Smith 2004 #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
In particular, the worries are that Longino's criteria for objective communities might be:-too universal-too vague-circularSaana Jukola also worried that the criteria might permit practices that threaten the diversity of the community that Longino sees as necessary for objectivity
Conflicts of interest in research, financial, professional, or the way she or he evaluates different claims #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Not only might individuals in the epistemic community have conflicts of interest relevant to their research, but there are empirical studies that suggest that these COIs can bias an individual's evaluation of claims even if that individual is consciously pursuing neutrality.This seems like a place for a diverse epistemic community to do some useful work in counteracting the bias. However ...
Problematic bias of researchers on SSRIs and suicidality #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
What about situations where the individual biases within a community are all pretty similar?M. Carrier (2012) asks whether COIs could promote objectivity by increasing the diversity of competing viewpoints within a research community. Not if the "competitors" within this community have a significant overlapping set of shared interests.Which brings us to research on SSRIs, which is very commercialized. There are indications that the data on efficacy that are published and those that are unpublished would lead to quite different "knowledge" about SSRIs. Ferguson et al. (2005) claim that studies on SSRIs have suffered from methodological flaws. D. Healy (2002) argues that individual biases shared widely by researchers within the field caused possible problems with SSRIs (at least as products for treating patients) to go unnoticed.
Do Longino's criteria for objective communities detect the main problems in SSRI research?*The diversity of the field (at least with respect to possible bias in favor of safety and efficacy of SSRIs) was limited because of the funding structure. With this limited diversity, the social backup system that's supposed to help screen out bias didn't function properly.*But, the criteria don't detect that biases from individual COIs can't be disposed by critical discussions -- at least, critical discussions are not enough to address the effects of such biases in this funding context (where all the people likely to be in the discussions have biases in the same direction).
Will increasing public funding of research encourage competing approaches? #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
It seems the diversity of research communities depends on decisions of external parties/institutions
Research communities are not autonomous in tending to the conditions of their community in order to achieve the conditions required for objective research. Where the money comes from matters (because of its ability to bias), and it's coming from outside the community.Thus, we also need to notice the impact of science policy (including but not limited to policy around funding research) and educational policy, both nationally and internationally, on epistemic diversity. Saanna argues that Longino's criteria could be updated to acknowledge this.
Call for philosophers to comment more actively on policy decisions #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
Longino has said that scientific communities ought to cultivate dissenting views. What are the policy implications of this?
Saanna Jukola is concerned that the requirements for entry to the research communities should be supplemented to protect research communities from the effects of outside forces (forces that, presumably, may not value objectivity in the same way).Boaz Miller says he thinks Longino may have some resources she can bring to bear here.What about alternate funding regimes the cultivate diversity within research communities? (What might these look like?Kristin Borgerson says that Longino is describing norms, and that things like funding policy should be assessed in this light. If a funding policy makes it impossible for a research community to live up to these norms, that funding policy should be ditched.Jon Rosenberg suggests that the problem might be in how Longino delineates who should count as being part of the scientific discourse.
Longino's criteria may need revision, include philosophy of science - where to draw borders of discourse? #SPSP2013Toronto #SPSP2013
If we don't want to include philosophers of science in the discourse, even broadening it to include researchers not working on SSRIs (or researchers not funded by big pharma/other private entities) might help. (We shouldn't forget Carl Elliott's warning that philosophers can be corrupted by money just as easily as scientists.)Research communities are defined by their similar aims, and by the similar questions they're trying to answer ... but how strong a sense of similarity do we need here?
Editorial note: By necessity, this session was reconstructed from a combination of tweets and handwritten notes. The hybrid actually seems to work out pretty well.The question I have (which might get different answers from people who were in the room vs. people who followed the session remotely) is whether the predominately tweeted papers (early in the session) lose something in the presentation. (We might also ask whether my transcribed notes lose something by being wordy rather than concise.)
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The Martingale System is said to be one of the first roulette systems that were developed and was believed to have been formulated way back during the time when roulette was invented. Despite the game's evolution, it is a system that has stood the test of time. Roulette can sometimes be referred to as a game that needs a lot of luck. Players can either have good or bad luck while playing. Clearly, everyone prefers to have good luck to win. Although players are aware of this, the majority of them prefer to use a roulette system when playing the game. It is a popular component of the game, but how do roulette systems work?
Players Have Several Options
There is no need to bring a lucky charm with you when you want to play roulette and win. It also does not matter if you are good at playing roulette. It is just impossible to win every time the roulette wheel is spun. However, one very effective tool used by those are able to win more games at roulette is knowing what their options are.
If you are curious to know if roulette systems can help you and also want to find out how do roulette systems work, you must know that there are a number of roulette systems out there. Familiarizing yourself with each one and having a complete understanding of how it works will help answer your question how each of them works.
The Martingale and Its Popularity
Roulette players can choose between traditional and modern roulette systems if they are looking for something that would help them as they play this game. We have the traditional roulette systems that include the Martingale, Labouchere, Paroli, D'Alembert and Fibonacci.
Aside from using roulette systems, players can also utilize some roulette software like the roulette bot pro, roulette killer, roulette assault and break roulette software to help them analyze data. Using it in conjunction with a roulette system makes it much easier to choose what number to place a bet on, with a higher probability of winning.
The Martingale System was developed back in the 1800s. The system was not really created to be used in roulette. It was to be used for a coin game where players need to get the "heads" to get a win. Nevertheless, people thought it would work with a game of luck like roulette. When using the Martingale, a player has to double the amount of the previous bet made, every time a game is lost. The reason behind this, is for a player to immediately get back the amount lost in the previous round, while providing profit which is equivalent to the initial bet.
Available Variations of the Martingale
Even if the Martingale had been already a good system in itself, over the years, variations of this roulette system were developed, but still had the original idea of progressive betting involved. The Grand Martingale System is one variation. It is basically a luxurious twist of the original version. It involves adding one unit or more to your doubled bet after making losing bet. Hence, if a player initially makes a bet of $5, instead of just doubling it to make a $10 bet, a player must make a $11 or $12 bet. Indeed, it is a type of system that must be used only if you have a huge bankroll. Consecutive losses will easily wipe you out of your bankroll.
The other variation of this system is the Reverse Martingale. As the name suggests, it is the opposite of the original way a Martingale betting system is made. In this variation of the system, a bet must be doubled after a win, and not after a loss. So if a player bets $10 and wins, the player should double the bet for the next spin to make it $20. Once a player looses a bet, then the player needs to go back to the initial betting amount.
Even if The Martingale System could not provide a guarantee for a player to win every time they play roulette, it is a good system to use to ensure that players do not walk out losing a lot of money. Knowing how do roulette systems work is just half of what players need, they also need to set their budget before playing the game, so they know when to stop.


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It is really funny, you people aren't noticing it. If Trump would've lost then Hillary would've already caused a havoc with the Russian Government. This is hilarious.
The world most stupid idea to put a pig head Dumb on a case
Hey, Caviar! Are you planning to put Kim Jong-un and Hitler portraits for iphone 7 Plus? That would be great. The mighty 4 who could potentially destroy the world. Apple is officially evil.
Both portraits should be on the same phone because they are both the same kind of politicians!
Why waste that kind of money on THESE leaders? Of every official that has ever ruled over territory, you chose these guys? One's got the competence to destroy us, the other has the incompetence that will destroy us. Poor choice
AnonD-598916, 30 Jan 2017It's especially true for a country with a median income below 400$. E.g. when I'm in Thai or V... moreAnd when you spot one with a brand new galaxy s7 edge? Then of course your reaction isn't like that, disgusting fanboy
Anonymous, 30 Jan 2017I am sure they will find a market. I usually identify dullards through their iPhonesIt's especially true for a country with a median income below 400$. E.g. when I'm in Thai or Vietnam and spot a young girl sporting a brand new iPhone I cannot help but think that someone has a few screws loose.
AnonD-523334, 30 Jan 2017I'm not into fanboism etc but one thing, putin is loved in his country more than he is hated, ... morePutin is a serial killer. For real !! So...
I would buy one with putin on the back. The russians love him and I like the way he is pop and hard at the same time
libertine007, 30 Jan 2017if iphones arent bad enough, they put these idiots on them as wellI am sure they will find a market. I usually identify dullards through their iPhones
AnonD-523334, 30 Jan 2017I'm not into fanboism etc but one thing, putin is loved in his country more than he is hated, ... moreWhile Trump might be highly controversial figure in the US, he has very positive image in Russia and Caviar is a Russian company. Russians blame Obama's administration for running US-Russia relations into the ground and welcome Trump believing that he signifies the break away from the current anti-Russian policy and will lift sanctions imposed on Russia in the near future. You will not believe how every news outlet in Russia exploded with joy when Trump got elected with both politicians and common citizens congratulating each other as if the entire country has just won a lottery LOL
Caviar was not the only Russian company commemorating this event, Russians produced sugar with Trump's photo https://goo.gl/images/ws1OeM and minted a commemorative coin among other things
Hence Putin and Trump dual phone combo from Caviar, they are simply following the nationwide trend.
IronHeart8, 30 Jan 2017Make iphone great again, lol:-) very funny, can't stop laughing


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The campaign starts with the characters commanded by their respective superiors to attend a special meeting of the Lords Court, where they are given a mission to investigate a menacing element in the Dock Ward. They aren't given much info, being expected to root it out themselves, but they do manage to make a salary of 50 dragons in advance.
The party invokes their relationships to try to find out some info. Nina and Rhialla the Enlightened succeed; the temple leaders have heard rumors of their patrons attending a big underground event in the Dock Ward that night. The Harpers have found even more info—the main event is a cockfight with exotic creatures held at a gambling den called the Lucky Monkey. Not only that, but the menace the Lords were talking about is surely a Zhentarim sect starting up in the city.
The party decided to not go in guns blazing, but to infiltrate with disguises. Whereas you might expect them to play the part of the rogues they'd be around, they instead go the ostentatious route. Nina dresses in rich clothes and the rest of the party pretends to be the entourage to her "out-of-town dilettante." Making their way to the party, they are ambushed in the Dock Ward by a group of thugs who are a little too interested in the ritzy people walking down their street.
Unfortunately, the skirmish is plagued by terrible rolls for the PC's, so it takes longer for them to deal with the bandits than it should have. Pressing on, they arrive at the Monkey as a match between to cockatrices draws to a bloody close. While most of the party settles in at a corner of the establishment, Nithas Wartanran asks the barkeep, Pete, a few questions, including mentioning needed to talk to the Zhents. Pete's interest is piqued when he mentions them, but he does point the soldier toward a dark-haired man near the fighting cage. At the same time, Nina has caught the attention of Kurt, the owner of the establishment, who plans to meet with her later in the night.
Right after that, the main event is announced: two owlbears from the Savage North. The party bets on one of the monsters, the older one which Gwen Sylvari predicts has the advantage. However, as the party watches the match closely, they don't notice the cage itself, as the bars swing open and free the owlbears into the crowd. Most of the party moves to subdue the creatures, while Xander Xixor sneaks over to the bookie to try stealing all the prize money. He's suprised to see the supposed Zhent also attempting this and agrees to release the gold in exchange for a meeting in the alley behind the gambling den.
The owlbears taken care of and most of the patrons waiting outside the Monkey for their money, the party goes to the rendezvous with the Zhents…only to find the rogues have fled altogether. The party's animal companions track them easy enough, while they decide to bring the crowd's anger upon the thieves. They find the back entrance locked, but not for long with Xander Xixor's handiwork. They open the door to find eight Zhent awaiting an assault through the front door. The armored leader is the first to go down, despite managing to curse Nithas Wartanran for the battle, and the rest are short work for the party, who use everything to bring down their enemies. One of the men does manage to escape amid the chaos, however, and he picks up a scroll on the way out. He doesn't make it very far, however, as the mob ensnares him, giving the party enough time to clean the battle up allow Nithas Wartanran to arrest him. He refuses to give any info up, but they do take the scroll, which does mention a few members of the City Watch being paid off by the Zhentarim. Nithas Wartanran refuses to divulge any other details of the letter to the party, stating it's Watch business from now on.
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Mexico election candidate Lopez Obrador seeks recount
The runner-up in Sunday's presidential poll in Mexico has said he will demand a total recount of the vote.
"For the good of democracy and of the country, all the votes must be counted," Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, of the leftist PRD, told reporters.
He had refused to concede victory after the official preliminary count gave Enrique Pena Nieto of the PRI victory by more than six points.
Mr Lopez Obrador has accused Mr Pena Nieto of breaking electoral rules.
Speaking on Tuesday, Mr Lopez Obrador, the candidate of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) said he had evidence of widespread irregularities.
"Where these things happen, there needs to be a recount of the votes. It is not asking for a favour; it is asking for the law to be fulfilled," he said.
He has said the process itself was neither fair nor clean, accusing Mr Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI) of spending more than their allotted electoral budget and condemning biased media coverage.
Some 50 million of Mexico's eligible voters cast their ballots.
The initial official results show Mr Pena Nieto on 38.15% and Mr Lopez Obrador on 31.64%. The final official results were due on Sunday.
After losing the 2006 presidential election by a narrow margin to Felipe Calderon, Mr Lopez Obrador, a former mayor of Mexico City, launched street protests that lasted for several months.
Mr Pena Nieto, 45, declared himself the winner of Sunday's presidential election after a quick count.
He promised to govern "with and for all", saying he would "honour" the PRI's second chance with "a new style of governing".
The PRI governed Mexico for 71 years, but lost the presidency in 2000.
Mr Pena Nieto reiterated there would be no return to "old ways".
He also addressed Mexico's war on drugs, that has seen more than 55,000 deaths since Mr Calderon deployed troops against the gangs in late 2006.
Mr Pena Nieto said his administration would tackle organised crime and drug trafficking, but there would be a change of strategy and spending on security would increase.
Security efforts "must be married with strong economic reforms. You can't have security without stability," he said.
And other nations, particularly the United States, "must do more to curtail the demand for drugs".


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A few weeks ago, I posted a blog called "Don't Be A Baller" http://bit.ly/wErnAW in which I discussed the mythical city girl dressed in designer threads, hitting the hot-spots every night of the week, and living in luxury. While there are many successful, savvy women (and men) who do have –and can afford–this lifestyle, there are a ton of ladies (and guys) who talk the talk but CAN'T walk the walk. And by walking the walk, I mean paying for their over-the-top lifestyle.
In fact, the more I talk about managing debt and minimizing unnecessary expenses with friends, colleagues and acquaintances, the more ballers I find who have been popping up all over the place–women who grab their paychecks and go shopping immediately– before putting the 10% minimum into savings. Women who slouch around in Seven For All Mankind dressing rooms squeezing into jeans, trying on dresses at Reiss, shopping for wrinkle cream and lip gloss in Sephora, snagging Frye boots at Bloomingdale's–while their monthly bills sit unopened on their kitchen table. Women and men behind on their bills but hitting the clubs every Saturday and assuming their shrinking bonus check will cover up their spending sins.
I know life is hard, being single can be tough, work sucks, you just broke up with your boyfriend, yadda yadda yadda–and any other excuse we use to validate this outrageous behavior. But we need to get a grip! With a little focus and planning and a lot of self-control, we can change from being a baller to a shot–caller.
What's a shot-caller? She's a woman with a plan, focus and single-minded self-control. She sets goals for herself–maybe she wants to start a business, buy a home, start investing in ETFs or save for a wedding–sets up a plan to reach her goal, puts her head down and gets to work! Shot callers aren't always out at the club, they often pack their own lunches, use Groupons and coupons, skip big group dinners and buy things on sale. It's not that these ladies don't have fun–they just pick and choose when and where to make an appearance, keeping their eyes on the ultimate prize–their financial goal.
Shot-callers are just that: they call the shots when it comes to their finances, and not the other way around. They have already determined what their priorities are, and anything else that comes up is not as important. So if a particular Shot-Caller's goal is to accumulate six months' worth of savings to start a business, she may bid adieu to Antonio her fabulous but needy hair dresser and head to Super-Cuts for the next few haircuts in order to save some money. Or she may skip the sushi dinner with friends and just meet them after for drinks. And, she might choose to stay in her small but affordable apartment while her peers 'move on up to the east side'–just to allow her breathing room and freedom to save for a condo.
Rest assured, not all city-slickers and suburban-dwellers are ballers. Recently, I came across three shot-calling women who are large and in charge, and I wanted to share their stories. Each of their stories represents a significant D-word. Now D's have always meant something bad to me, ever since I got a D in Algebra 2 and was informed I wouldn't be allowed to move on to Trigonometry. This was good news to me since I would rather spend the night alone in a wax museum with a serial killer than do my multiplication tables, but my dad didn't see it that way. That guy was a closet mathematician and took out his math obsession on his very confused daughter, Lena.
But I digress.
This week, I am going to profile three different Shot-Callers–women who have successfully taken control of their financial futures and have survived to tell their stories. They have graciously shared their personal experiences in their plight to reach their goals and determine their future. And along the way, they have some great tips we can all learn from.
Tune in tomorrow when I will profile a Shot-Caller with Discipline: Sharon Richter, a certified nutritionist and founder of the Richter Reco (http://www.therichterreco.com/), who built her business from the ground-up, bought and renovated her dream NYC apartment and–most importantly–built a closet to house her Carrie Bradshaw-inspired shoe collection.
Wednesday/Thurs I will profile a Shot-Caller with Design: Tea M, a Croatian-born architect who came from war-torn Yugoslavia by way of Italy then NYC-and climbed Mt. Everest, Kilimanjaro and Macchu Picchu along the way. While young girls dreamt of their dream wedding dress, Tea envisioned her dream home, down to the color and design of the fixtures–and now she's living her dream!
Wrapping up the week will be a Shot-Caller with Determination: Tamar Vezirian, founder of Gotham Glow Tanning (http://gothamglow.com/) , who came to NYC from San Francisco to be a performer–and instead found herself spray-tanning celebrity clients, some of whom have greeted her at the door of their hotel rooms wearing nothing but a rhinestone necklace.
All of these ladies started with a dream, worked and saved for it and reached it. They have determined their lifestyle and financial future; if they can do it, so can you.


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In my continual meanderings through the wonders of the world-wide web, I have uncovered the following gems: A list to the beetles of Gibraltar, and a site on the Beetles and Rock Art of Libya which includes a list of the weevils found in that fair country.
If old entomological art is more your thing, this page showcasing the art of Edmund Reitter is both fascianting and beautiful. If you'd prefer to see a beetle walk, there's an animation of it here.
Monday, 12 July 2010
A miscellany including the beetles of Gibraltar and Libya
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- Samuel Brown said...
Full text PDFs of Reitter's "Fauna Germanie---Die Kafer des Deutchen Reiches" is available here on the BioLib webpage. The Rhyncophora (weevils) is volume (Band) 5.
- 3 August 2010 at 12:32
- Samuel Brown said...
Additionally, an indexed version of Reitter's plates and another link to the book is here.
- 3 August 2010 at 12:34
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After school today she made this simple craft in about half an hour - records into funky bowls!
Find a couple of old vinyl records. Garage sales, thrift stores, your parent's or grandparent's basement....
Place an oven proof bowl on a cookie sheet and centre record on top of bowl.
With oven at 200 F watch it carefully till the sides begin to droop over side of bowl. Remove from oven.
Working quickly use oven mitts to fold and press the record over the bowl shape.
It hardens pretty quickly. If you didn't get the shape you desire you can heat it some more and try again.
She tried a couple and here's the result! Pretty funky! I have no idea what she's going to do with them - maybe put chips in them for her upcoming b-day party.
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Sunday, March 9, 2014
Report From The Substitute (Freebie)
Teachers need to know the next morning what happened when the sub was in. Did all the plans get completed? Were there any major behaviors to be aware of? Any parent notes you need to know about? The possibilities are endless.
Sure, a sub might be able to snag a piece of computer paper and jot down a note or two at the end of the day. But what if a form was left behind by the sub with all the important info in one place? It would make teaching so much easier right? As teachers, it's the little things that make a world of difference!
As a substitute, imagine leaving behind a professional looking form with all the notes in one place. It would definitely make a lasting impression and make you more likely to be called back to sub again. That surely is a win win situation for both you and the classroom teacher!
I whipped up this adorable freebie (can easily be printed in black and white) for all the subs and classroom teachers out there. Just click the picture below to download.
It has places to list the children who were really superstars and those who needed extra reminders to get through the day. A section is included for students who were absent and any parent notes received. There is a large section on the lesson plan because it is important to know if the plans were completed or not. There is a section to list the highlights and challenges of the day in further detail. Finally, there is an other notes section. As a sub, this can be a place to leave your contact information.
So subs, take it with you to your next job and really impress the teacher. You classroom teachers, leave a copy for your sub to fill out and you will be sure to have all the information you need from the previous day.
If you have any other forms you would like to see me create as freebies, let me know in the comments below. I would be more than happy to create some for my fabulous followers!
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I love this idea! I will be using this to leave in my Sub Tub so that way my subs will be able to tell me about the day! Thank you for the awesome freebie!!ReplyDelete
Mrs. 3rd Grade
Looks great, Ash! When I was subbing, I always made sure to leave a note for the teacher but this would be so much easier (and quicker)!ReplyDelete
Sara :)
The Colorful Apple
I love your template! It is great for the teachers to be able to know exactly what happened while they were gone, and most don't leave a form in the sub tub. I sub in different grade levels at the same school. I was going to make a cute template, but it is quicker for me to type than write. I use the teacher's computer to type up notes from the day, print it on the grade level printer, and leave them on their desk. You could also include a spot for nurse visits and transportation changes. Teachers have told me that most subs don't leave notes. That seems crazy to me!ReplyDelete
This is a great idea- good thinking! :-)ReplyDelete
Real Teachers Learn
I absolutely love this! This will definitely come in handy one day, especially if I can't get a permanent position right out of college. Thanks for sharing!!ReplyDelete
The Blossoming Teacher


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First Class Broke
She touches the pole
and begins her dance..
All eyes, blazing, on her
watching her performance..
Lights dim,
Music loudens,
Bottles pop,
Glasses break,
What a big shame she's going to make.
Her lips never laugh but smile,
and her heart frightens
as the crowd tightens.
Skimpy, bold, clingy, inviting,
cheap, flaming, dirty, rowdy.
She moves to live,
She lives to die.
Heavy makeup,
Deceitful cover-up.
She's being ripped all night
from bottom to top.
Never loved herself,
Adores no one,
But papers with faces thrown to her nakedness.
If she walks out that door with a man,
She's making her happy
and will not leave him unsatisfied.
Yesterday, today until tomorrow,
there will never be a beautiful day to follow.
Yet yes , there are
beautiful days to follow
and a love waiting out
there for it's own
Sorry Valorie!--just noticed I misquoted Shakespeare above. It should be--
the forms of things unknown,
the poet's pen turns them to shapes..........
At least a few of you are assuming the persona of this poem is the poet herself, and that the experiences captured in the poem are the direct experiences of the poet herself. Even if the poet DID have these experiences, directly, the persona is NOT her. The persona is at an aesthetic distance from her-the-person--that's why she writes poetry, to create a world through which she can express herself and through which you can participate and discover. She may never have danced or sold sex or been near a club. Or she MAY. Who cares? Experience the poem, criticize the poem, feel with the poem, get angry with the poem,,,,or not. But don't equate her with it. this is her creation, not her confessional.
The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling
doth glance from heaven to earth,
from earth to heaven,
and as the imagination bodies forth
the shapes of things unknown
the poet's pen turns them to shapes
and gives to airy nothing
a local habitation, and a name.
Valorie, your poem has a great deal of strength and believability in its emotions and imagery, some of which is really striking and pulls the reader into the quiet sadness but also the optimism of the persona. There are occasional grammar and usage problems (that are not covered by poetic so-called "license"), which you'll want to work on, and the Form of the poem, I think, needs to be a little more part of your work with the imagery. They need to be in a fused partnership every step of the way. you know this intuitively--it's obvious--but your work will be stronger if you mold form more consciously. The American poet, Robert Creeley, put this critical issue so provocatively and succinctly''"Form is never more than an extension of Content" I've been working with poetry for quite a while, and I think I mumble that credo to myself pretty well every day! You have talent--I'm looking forward to reading a lot more of your stuff.
You have a really nice style !
Valorie , You have an incredible gift ! But more , that gift can give back to you so much in understanding of life , write on forever !.......Ed
Voted up. Very expressive poem. Must be the worst feeling having to be attractive for the sake of doing your job.
Been there done that. Being attractive to men and wanting them to bed you is not the way to validate who you are inside. First you must discover yourself, then stand true to yourself. I've lived a life of needing to be wanted and offering sex in order to feel good about myself. I learned later in life that is not the way to go. Validation comes from within and to hell with those who only want your body!
A wonderful poem and thank you for sharing. I now look forward to many more by you.
That was very moving when reading it.


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When canaries were guinea pigs, coal mining was even more perilous than it is today. Birds are no longer required in the mines, but I sent my own Foolish canary underground to be our fly on the mine shaft wall. After digging deep into earnings for several key U.S. coal producers, this is my canary's comprehensive coal industry status report.
The first pattern that our roving reporter observed was that operations remain profitable despite a broad and deepening set of challenges. Massey Energy
As I have reported over recent weeks, however, a confluence of indicators from throughout the American industrial sectors are sounding early warnings for persistent deterioration of domestic resource demand. Recognizing this increasingly glum outlook, the U.S. coal producers are again lowering expectations from already-reduced levels. They continue to strike a clear distinction between near-term demand disruption and a more bullish long-term picture for coal. But, to the frustration of investors, that near-term seems to drag on forever.
Hitting a Moving Target
Just a few months after forecasting a 1% decline in U.S. thermal coal demand for 2009, for example, Arch Coal now expects power generation to retreat 4% alongside the nation's worst reduction in power demand ever recorded. Peabody Energy predicted that overall U.S. coal demand will shrink by 90 million tons, but Arch Coal more recently suggested the decline would breach 100 million tons. Mirroring a domestic steel industry that has been sliced in half, Arch expects to sell 55% to 66% less metallurgical coal than it sold in 2008. To my canary's eye, it appears that the domestic economy has not yet stabilized to a degree that permits even near-term forecasts to stand the test of time.
Adding a much-needed bright side, Arch Coal's management suggested that production cuts during this period of weak pricing leave more resources in the ground to reap shareholder value once prices rebound. As I pointed out in the case of silver purchaser Silver Wheaton
Massey Energy permitted my canary to fly through the electrical utilities of the southeastern U.S., where eye-popping data showed an 18% reduction in the amount of coal burned by utilities in that region during the first quarter. We can attribute part of that reduction to decreased power consumption, but a key factor involves utilities switching to natural gas to fuel generators in place of coal. Although coal prices have continued to slide, the percentage drop in natural gas prices has been cut far deeper. Natural gas prices have plummeted approximately 75% from their peak. With exposure to natural gas production as well as high-quality Appalachian coal, the clear advantage in the context of this fuel-switching goes to this Fool's No. 2 pick in the coal sector: CONSOL Energy.
CONSOLing Fools
I have built a case for Peabody Coal as a well-positioned global producer, but CONSOL Energy continues to solidify its position as this Fool's top domestic producer. I expect Arch Coal to thrive again one day, but by its own admission Arch faces near-term challenges involving backfiring fuel hedges and geological challenges. CONSOL, on the other hand, is thriving today. In fact, CONSOL managed an impressive 71% boost to operating cash flow in the first quarter on the strength of a 37% increase in realized prices. The company's operating margin surged 79% from $15.25 to $27.33 per ton.
With almost all production from underground mines, CONSOL is poised to skirt the heightened scrutiny of surface operations signaled by the Obama administration. The company could skirt much of this price weakness as well. Although CONSOL will likely be forced to revise contracts to permit clients to defer deliveries, this process would begin from a position of strength. CONSOL has contracted virtually all 2009 production at an average price near $60 per ton, or 23% higher than 2008 realized prices.
For all of these reasons and more, I continue view CONSOL Energy as a standout competitor within a domestic coal industry that is under growing near-term pressure from this deepening economic downturn.
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- The case for coal in 2009
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Year 7 Performance Data
During the past week all year 7's in the Academy had an opportunity to review their key performance data for term 2. They looked at the current levels in comparison to their mile-stone targets, their attendance figures, their behaviour scores and discussed their personal qualities. From looking at the data so far it is nothing but positive! Well done to all.
Also, I just wanted to send a message to thank everyone who was involved with Year 7 parents evening last week. Every parent I saw was nothing short of thankful and very grateful for everything CCA does in supporting their children. It would be remiss of me not to thank the staff involved with the evening. It would not have run as smoothly without the support of Mrs West, Miss McCluskey and Mrs Hopkins. The evening went like clockwork. I suspect they all have shares in Rolex!
As year head it is incredibly rewarding to see that our year 7 students really take pride in their achievements and engage with the data in a mature way; really looking at what needs to be done today in order to secure the future they have chosen for themselves.
Well done year 7, make sure your final few months of this term as positive as the data suggests! Remember, excellence becomes force of habit.
Mr Davenport Year 7 Achievement Director
Year 8 Dream 100 Student of the Year
We have had some wonderful news in year 8 this week. Joseph Holmes has won Dream 100's Student of the year award. I nominated Joe for his constant hard work and dedication to his Academic studies. He constantly goes above and beyond what is expected of him. Joe's teachers often tell me how he is a pleasure to teach and he has managed to achieve 161 positives so far this year. We couldn't be any prouder of Joe! Congratulations! Joe gets to celebrate his success at a Gala evening with Stacey Soloman and Stevi Richie. #The CCA Way.
Miss Rawlings Year 8 Deputy Achievement Director
Year 9 Mighty Nines!
Year 9 are geared up and ready to vote in the CCA election campaign! Over the last few weeks, representatives from sixth form and KS4 have been campaigning for their parties, coming into assemblies to inform students what they stand for - it is important that students have an understanding of the political campaign that has dominated the media over the last month. On Thursday, students had the to opportunity to vote - who will win?
Students continue to work hard - as I pop in and out of lessons during my spot light, I am always proud to see such dedication put into their studies.
Can I remind you that if your child is off from school, a note from home is required. Remember, with the start of GCSEs just around the corner, 100% attendance is ever important.
Congratulations to those who went off to compete in the Athletics competition this week - it's great to see Year 9 representing the Academy - well done!
The outstanding balance for Harry Potter is due, this can be paid directly to Mrs Funnell in Student Reception.
Miss Blagrove
Year 9 Achievement Director
Year 10 Attendance
As we think it's really important to reward those pupils who attend school regularly, we have just started a new attendance reward initiative. Every day that a pupil is in school, their name is placed in their tutor group's 'attendance pot.' At the end of the week, each Year 10 tutor pulls a pupil's name out of the pot and the following prize is awarded:
Week 1: 50 Vivos.
Week 2: Hot chocolate / cake from the canteen.
Week 3: A pass to jump the dinner queue either at break or lunch for one week.
Week 4: 100 Vivos.
Week 5: Two cinema tickets.
Obviously the more times a name gets put in the pot, the greater chance that pupil has of winning one of the prizes above.
Good luck Year 10!
Mrs Starmer and Mrs Lowis Year 10 Achievement Directors
Year 11 Tickets now on sale
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Graphene has been incorporated into traditional concrete production by researchers at the University of Exeter, resulting in a low-cost composite material they say is twice as strong and four times more water-resistant than existing concrete and without defects.
The ACT Government has put the construction industry on notice in response to community feedback about building quality. It has introduced changes to licensing requirements for builders who have had regular complaints made against them, and from 2019 up to 20% will need to pass a test to renew their licences.
Structural engineer Jenny Burridge talks about minimising the environmental impact of concrete and focusing on the use of cement now and in future practice.
The NSW Government has introduced a pilot program of its State Design Review Panel (SDRP) made up of 40 members. The panel will assist the Government Architect and Department of Planning and Environment with design and planning advice on projects that are State Significant Developments.
Take a look at 87 Weston St, a bespoke building in London with a concrete shell with load bearing walls that create a stepped series of eight interlocking apartments much like a 3D puzzle.
Austroads has released a report following on from the investigations into the development and implementation of a national automated bridge assessment framework, outlining the ongoing validation works and recommended activities to assist in its deployment.
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My plan was as follows:
- Fly to Caldari space
- Buy Bantam, Badger and various other BPO's
- Fly back to 0.0 with said items.
- Setup shop, start ninja mining
- ???
- Profit!!!
H0wever, my genious plan was foiled by a Russian lady who was trying to catch some particular person with a bubble. I was over half-way to my destination, just on the edge of "safe" 0.0 space. I didn't pay attention to the star map enough and thus flew straight into this nefarious trap!
My poor Condor went *poof* in a second after fumbling franctically, trying to warp away. The nice lady apologized profusedly and told me in broken english "go on away" (what I assume ment: You can go, I won't pod you) . Well, I jumped with my pod to the next system. While I was warping to the next gate, I checked the regional market and there was a cheap Condor nearby. How lucky I was! I remotely bought the Condor and reconfigured my route so that I would pick up the condor, head back to loot my stuff and continue my journey to the fast outreaches of the galaxy. But it was not ment to be!
The station was only half way done and besides, it wouldn't let me dock. The curious builders asked me what the hell I was doing there, so far away from home, all alone, in a pod. I pondered this very question myself for a moment and sternly replied: "I'm trying to get podded to save some jumps."
The gentleman in a cruiser aggreed to help me out. He locked his missiles on me and sooner than I could say 'superglarigaficarious cadaver', I was in my clone, at the far outreaches of the galaxy.
My morale was down a bit. I kicked my brand new Ibis. I was too frustrated to try again right away. I bought some other blueprints from the nearby stations and went out to mine Jaspet in my hodgepodge of a ship. Perhaps later, after the restart I would try again.


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MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa -- A black tractor-trailer, its cab framed in twin chrome exhaust stacks, Teamsters logo emblazoned in silver, leads a convoy of air horn-blaring 18-wheelers into the dark parking lot of a highway motel.
A throng of burly union men awaits Dick Gephardt's arrival.
"I'm one of you," proclaims Gephardt, son of a Teamster, wearing leather sleeves on the black waist-jacket he dons for this nighttime rally. "Take America back!" chimes Gephardt. "Take America back!"


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What has changed in Bill C-59?
Bill C-59, is being scrutinized by a House of Commons committee in Ottawa.
The bill grants what some critics are calling "extraordinarily permissive" new powers to Canada's Communications Security Establishment (CSE).
If Bill C-59 were to pass , it would make it a lot easier for CSE to launch a cyber attack abroad, engaging in covert operations that could even include sabotaging a foreign electrical grid.
But that may not cause Canadians to have any sleepless nights, unless it has to do with their personal information. Turns out it is being scooped up by the agency, despite rules designed to prevent it.
If passed, Bill C-59 would immediately expand the CSE's mandate beyond just information gathering.
CSE employees could conduct "defensive cyber operations" and "active cyber operations."
The "defensive" actions, under the law, would need to somehow protect the government's online information and cyber-infrastructure, as well as other online information and infrastructure "of importance to the Government."
The active cyber operations, meanwhile, could be carried out to "degrade, disrupt, influence, respond to or interfere with the capabilities, intentions or activities of a foreign individual, state, organization or terrorist group as they relate to international affairs, defence or security."
Short of bodily harm, murder or the perversion of the course of "democracy" or "justice", the CSE would also be allowed to do "anything that is reasonably necessary to maintain the covert nature of the activity" when it comes to its defensive or offensive moves.
Bill C-59 will also establish new or expanded oversight mechanisms for these increased powers.
Before engaging in any of the hacking or other actions described above, the CSE would need to get the green light from the federal defence minister and, in the case of actively launching cyber attacks on foreign soil, from the minister of foreign affairs.
The spy agency will also be required to report the outcomes of all these activities to those ministers.
The CSE would, in addition, be subject to more general oversight by two arm's-length bodies:
An Intelligence Commissioner responsible for keeping an eye on multiple security agencies
A National Security and Intelligence Review Agency
Facial imagery, posts, photographs, videos, relationships and location data shared via social media could certainly qualify. So might personal data made public by hackers.
These days citizens in virtually every country are worried about their privacy being compromised by non-state hackers, marketers and other unscrupulous elements out to separate them from their money. Given all the risks out there from non-state actors, some might simply shrug and say to themselves, 'the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know.'


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There was not a question in that, Mr. Speaker, but I would like to ask a question back to the hon. member.
What does he not understand about 62%? We hear Conservatives saying that they know this farmer or that farmer who is opposed to the Wheat Board and they are basing their entire strategy of gutting the Wheat Board on a few friends who do not like it. Sixty-two percent, and that includes farmers in his riding as well, of farmers said that they wanted to keep the Wheat board. It is a simple message. It is something that any Conservative MP should understand. Sixty-two percent of western farmers want to keep single desk marketing.
Why will those members not listen to the needs and desires of western Canadian farmers?