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Hardly a day goes by without another bad news story about rhinos.
We hear horrific tales of poaching, of horns hacked off of still-living animals, of rangers killed in the line of duty or forced to kill poachers who choose to fight rather than surrender. The death tally continues to climb, with no end seemingly in sight.
It is tempting to give in to despair, to think that our mission to save rhinos faces insurmountable odds. But it is at precisely times like this that we must remember where we came from, the battles we have previously faced and those we have won.
On World Rhino Day 2014, here are our three reasons to celebrate:
- The recovery of white rhinos from the brink of extinction 100 years ago to over 20,000 today is one of conservation's greatest success stories.
- Black rhino numbers have more than doubled from their low point of 2,400 in 1994 to more than 5,000 today.
- The greater one-horned rhino faced a similar extinction threat at the turn of the 20th century, when only a handful remained, but have since recovered to over 3,300 today.
We are not without hope for the other two rhino species. There are between 44 and 60 Javan rhinos in a single park in Indonesia, yet their numbers have doubled since monitoring began in 1967. There are possibly fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos, yet their populations, too, could recover given the right management interventions and continued protection; something that a partnership of conservation organizations are working on together.
As conservationists, we have learned what it takes to help them recover from the very edge of extinction.
The formula is quite simple: protect rhinos where they exist, incentivize community stewardship of rhino populations, manage populations for maximum growth, establish new populations in suitable locations for maximum protection and population growth. This formula is achievable, but it does require political will and resources to see the plan through.
Yes, the poaching threat is serious. Yes, the tales are horrendous, and the challenge is not to be taken lightly.
But this is a battle we can win. We have proof.
If we are successful at putting these measures in place, rhinos will not only be conserved for future generations, they will recover and thrive, reclaiming their ecological niche in the forests and grasslands of Asia and Africa. Without decades of implementing this pro-active strategy of rhino recovery, rhino populations would not be able to withstand the current poaching crisis. Rhinos have recovered in the past and they will continue to recover if we maintain a relentless focus on recovery and population growth.
Together the three authors – WWF's Nilanga Jayasinghe, Matthew Lewis and Barney Long – have a combined 55 years of conservation experience.


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Made with nourishing Argan Oil, Shea Butter and Macadamia Oil, our formulation is a delightfully rich, non-greasy hand creme. Enriched with Rose Hip Oil, this formulation will leave the skin silky smooth and beautifully fragrant.
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Current events this week may leave you and your middle grade students with more Constitutional questions than answers. Perhaps our entry on teaching with the 2018 Orbis Pictus Honor Book Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect Us Today can help!
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Flying to/from Cork Airport? Avoid the queues and enjoy a relaxing lunch or dinner in our sumptuous surroundings at the New Yorker Bar & Restaurant.
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Replenish your moisture barrier with this lightweight, silky facial lotion. Specially formulated to hydrate without feeling greasy, with tea tree & zinc to combat shine throughout the day.
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If the pandemic has shown us anything, it's that the Creative Capital truly lives up to its name, and perhaps the most colorful example is in the newest addition to our everyday wardrobe: face masks. Equal parts protection and fashion, these go beyond scraps of fabric and enter the realm of art. There are cheery, bold patterns like those made by Pawtucket designer Laura Burkett, who uses proceeds to offset costs for masks she donates to first responders and health-care heroes. There are exotic prints sourced from Bamako, Mali, sewn into masks by RISD and MIT instructor Eliza Squibb. Then there's the innovative solution to irritating ear loops brainstormed by former toy designer Jen Long, who can share simple instructions to make your own mask. Dozens, if not more, city dwellers have found creative, artistic, inventive ways to craft this social distancing essential for friends, family, and frontline workers – and we're loving every single one of them.
Squibb is co-founder of ZTwist Design, a design studio that partners with international artists to create visual communication for social impact. Based in Providence, Squibb received a BFA in Textile Design from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she currently teaches at Project Open Door, RISD's college access program for adolescent artists. Squibb is also co-instructor for D-Lab Design, a course at MIT that connects innovative global start-ups and nonprofits with teams of student engineers.
When Squibb saw some of the first DIY mask patterns circulating on social media in mid-March, she immediately shared it with a friend and fellow textile artist in Niamey, Niger. "We messaged back and forth, sharing photos and inspiration," she says. "Seeing his productivity and motivation to protect his community helped me get started trying out different patterns and digging into my fabric supplies." Squibb's work as a textile designer in the field of global health has taken her to many parts of the world. Fabric in the pictures hails from near and far; Bamako, Mali, as well as the New Battambang Market in Providence.
Making masks for friends and neighbors (and taking the occasional selfie!) has been a way for Squibb to feel creative during a stressful time.
Long is a former toy designer who may just have designed some of the toys you or your babies and children have played with through the last few decades, like My Little Ponies and Kick n Play pianos, or, most humorously, The John Deere Corn Cob Teether!
As Long researched more patterns, she saw reports of irritation from the kind that loops over your ears, and read about shortages of elastic itself. She decided to design a better one and that's how the Badass BandanAIRa came to life. It's a design that's easy to make, does not require patterns or printer, and involves little pinning and almost no sewing. If you have questions or would like a copy of the directions, you can contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Burkett is a full-time designer and entrepreneur. Her company, Laura Burkett Designs, creates finely crafted leather goods such as backpacks, messenger bags, totes, and other business accessories. She is the founder of ArtSmart productions, a team of experienced marketers that produces the Art Providence Show and offers integrated, low-cost marketing services to artists and art-based businesses. Burkett grew up in Kentucky and lived in Europe for nine years before moving to Pawtucket in 2009.
Burkett decided to switch gears and jumped into mask-making and selling them online, using part of the proceeds to offset costs for masks she donates to frontline heroes working in healthcare and emergency response teams, who use them to keep their medical masks cleaner longer. She focuses on cheerful color and bold patterns, as well as a "Thank you for keeping us safe" message printed onto the mask to help brighten their day and remind them how much they're appreciated. Response has been incredible, and Burkett's thrilled to be able to help.
Masks are made of dual-layer, double-stitched cotton and range from $14 to $19, with ability to choose ear loops or ties and the option to add a six-inch stainless nose bridge wire. Buy online at LauraBurkettDesigns.com.


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April 17, 1865
PEORIA DAILY TRANSCRIPT, Illinois, April 17, 1865
* Abraham Lincoln's assassination
* Actor John Wilkes Booth
* Ford's Theatre play
Although 2 days after most newspapers reported the assassination, this page 2 account of all the news reads just like a first report.
The 2nd column has a nice stack of heads including: "HORRIBLE TRAGEDY!" "ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN!" "Attempted Assassination of Secretary Seward!" "He Is Stabbed in the Neck Three Times!" "The Assassins Escape!" "The Country Terribly Excited!" "The Assassins Known and Described!" "Various Reports Concerning The Terrible Event" "The President's Death-Bed" "and more.
Almost the entirety of pg. 2 is taken up with related news items concerning the assassination including a lengthy, black-bordered editorial headed: "The Assassination of the President!
The various photos show just portion is the fine & very detailed coverage on page 2. Some end-of-war reports as well.
Four pages, somewhat large size, never bound nor trimmed with wide margins, some wear at the folds cause a bit of perforation, archivally strengthened at the blank spine, various small tears & minor wear at the edges. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
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It was the paragraph talking about people who don't want to be J.W's being executed, and it being an act of compassion from Jehovah towards his Witnesses.
My unbelieving husband was offended by the WatchTower just studied
by Isambard Crater 32 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Can you post a link of the paragraph?
It sounds very disturbing indeed.
Para 10, Page 10-11 September 2017 Study edition:
The time is coming when he will execute judgment on all those who refuse to obey him. (2 Thess. 1:6-10) That will not be the time for him to show compassion for those whom he has judged to be wicked. Rather, executing them will be an appropriate expression of God's compassion for the righteous, whom he will preserve.
Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho
This Jehovah guy sounds charming. Anyone got his number?
So here we go execution is imminent. So why did they build the palace? why the raking in the money? etc etc etc
It look like there is none found righteous in Syria then or (list any numbers of hell holes)
He ought to look at some of the old stuff! he would be downright apoplectic
Thanks for that Dreary.
........and people worship a psycho like that?
Worse still, people lap up this utter BS from the self serving rock star popes......who are not infallible or inspired by the way..........as if it's actually truth.
The person writing this horsesheisse should be encouraged to retract it with a lethal injection up their arse.
Half banana
Compassion my foot! A clear example of Watchtower F.O.G. Fear, Obligation and Guilt.
If you told a child that if he did not obey God that God will kill him, this would be outrageous child abuse.
To say it to an adult is an insult to his or her intelligence....... and to believe it, is a sad admission of gross naivety.
executing them will be an appropriate expression of God's compassion for the righteous, whom he will preserve.
Charming little comment right there.
Plus "appropriate" is one of their favourite words. They consider themselves the world experts on what is "appropriate", from when it's "appropriate" to ignore family members to when is an "appropriate" time for God to act. I'd like to do a search of WT literature for "appropriate" occurrences. They are especially good at telling God what is appropriate.
How would we ever know what is appropriate without Watchtower to tell us?
True narcissistic behaviour by the GB in writing such stuff!
Well, after all, are they not just imitating the God of the bible? A true bully and narcissist if ever there was one!
"Worship me or I'll kill you!"


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Stillwater, MN (Scout Headquarters)
Today, Scout, Inc. announced it has released its Desktop Device Interface. DDI is a software application that utilizes your current computer as the input device, giving users flexibility to manage warehouse inventory management functions according to a company's business practices. DDI can be used in stand-alone mode as a desktop application or in conjunction with a USB based barcode or RFID scanner. "The DDI module is great for businesses that are getting into warehouse management and don't want to spend additional capital on mobile hardware and wireless networks," says Michael Drucker, Senior Program Developer. "It gives them a robust application that uses their current computer infrastructure." Scout's DDI is available immediately and is a fee based application.
Founded in 2002, Scout, Inc is a leader in subscription cloud based inventory management, route accounting, RFID applications and e-commerce. Scout's suite of software enables businesses to implement enterprise solutions quickly within their current IP infrastructure.
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Dan Robbins was no Leonardo da Vinci. But he copied one of the master's basic techniques and thereby enabled children to grow up believing that they, too, could paint "The Last Supper."
Mr. Robbins, a package designer who died on Monday at 93, helped to conceive what became known as paint by numbers. He copied the idea from Leonardo, who numbered the objects in the background of his paintings and had his apprentices paint them with designated colors.
With paint-by-numbers kits, young baby boomers in the 1950s followed the same mechanics as those Renaissance artisans, coloring inside the outlines of images of everything from seascapes and the Matterhorn to kittens and Queen Elizabeth II. The process opened up art to the masses — another notch on the continuum of a limitless democratic American ethos that promised "a chicken in every pot" and "every man a king."
As the packaging on one paint-by-numbers kit promised, "Every man a Rembrandt."
For a time, it might be said that Dan Robbins, who was essentially an illustrator, was the most exhibited artist in the world. His original freehand drawings provided the templates for the paint-by-numbers kits, and the results covered the empty walls of newly built postwar suburban living rooms.
In 1955, sales hit 20 million kits, with Craft Master, the brand Mr. Robbins worked for, selling about 12 million. (It did not have a patent on the technique, however, so other manufacturers were able to flood the market with their own versions.)
Paint-by-numbers works were hung in the Eisenhower White House, reimagined by Andy Warhol and used on the cover of Mad magazine, rendering Alfred E. Neuman's gaptoothed face in outlines and numbers.
"Paint by numbers was viral before there was viral," Skip Davis, a Michigan graphic designer who has collected more than 1,500 paintings that were painted by number, said in an interview. "It was bigger than Hula Hoops and bigger than TV dinners."
But was it art?
Critics rolled their eyes. The paint-by-numbers craze was to them symbolic of the conformity of the bland Eisenhower era. "Paint by numbers" became shorthand for unthinking, mechanical, "just following orders" behavior.
"I don't know what America is coming to," wrote one art critic, "when thousands of people, many of them adults, are willing to be regimented into brushing paint on a jigsaw miscellany of dictated shapes and all by rote."
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History staged an exhibit in 2001 called "Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s." It surveyed the phenomenon less as art than as a window through which to examine "the history of creativity, leisure and domesticity in postwar America."
William Lawrence Bird, curator emeritus of the museum, said in an interview that he does not consider paint-by-numbers paintings as art, though some are in the museum's permanent collection.
"But," he said, "when you're doing this, you could learn what art was."
The self-effacing Mr. Robbins had no pretensions.
"I never claim that painting by number is art," he wrote in "Whatever Happened to Paint-By-Numbers?" a book published in 1998. "But it is the experience of art, and it brings that experience to the individual who would normally not pick up a brush, not dip it in paint. That's what it does."
After all, the paint-by-numbers phenomenon developed not from a creative impulse but from a commercial one. Max Klein, who owned the Palmer Show Card Paint Company in Detroit, had asked Mr. Robbins, his employee, to figure out a way to sell more paint.
John Daniel Robbins was born in Detroit on May 26, 1925. His father, Lou, was a car salesman and part-time vaudeville singer, his mother, Helen (Levine) Robbins, a homemaker.
He graduated from Cass Technical High School in Detroit in 1943, served in the Army Corps of Engineers in the maps division, returned from the war, married Estelle Shapiro in 1946 and began working as a freelance artist, using skills he had developed at Cass Tech in pencil drawing, graphic design, lithography, water coloring and art composition.
Hired by Palmer Paints, which made washable poster paints for children, he was designing packages and working on coloring books for children when Mr. Klein, eager to improve sales, suggested to him that he create a coloring book for adults.
Mr. Robbins didn't care for that idea. But he remembered learning about that technique of Leonardo's, of creating outlines and numbering each space to be painted. He gave it a try and came up with a Cubist still life.
Mr. Klein, who had been a chemist at General Motors and was no fan of abstract art, was horrified by the Cubist painting. But he liked the number concept and asked Mr. Robbins to paint something representational that might be more appealing. Mr. Robbins returned with "The Fishermen," painted from a photograph taken off the New England coast.
They knew they had a winner, and under the name Craft Master, they began the slow, cumbersome process of making kits with brushes, pieces of canvas and paints. Mr. Robbins created all the original art, drawing 30 or 40 illustrations freehand. He and his wife would then lay a clear film over the drawing, trace it and assign a color to every part of the picture.
One of their bigger challenges, as one of his granddaughters, Sarah J. Robbins, recounted in an article last year, was how to package the paints that were sold as part of each kit. They realized that gelatin capsules — the kind used for vitamin pills — were the perfect vehicle: They dissolved in water but would hold oil-based paint.
"My grandfather reached out to Eli Lilly and Company and called in a box of 50,000 empty gelatin capsules, which he and my grandmother separated while sitting in front of the TV," Ms. Robbins wrote. With a grease gun, they manually filled each capsule with paint.
After heavy marketing, sales eventually took off, and they streamlined the process, hiring more illustrators and mechanizing the process of squeezing paints into tiny plastic pots.
Their first hire was an illustrator, Adam Grant, a Holocaust survivor. He created the company's best-selling paint-by-numbers painting, which, fittingly, was Leonardo's "The Last Supper."
Palmer's Craft Master was not the first company to produce a numbered painting kit; a patent for the concept had been filed in 1923. But Craft Master originated the modern industry and became a leader in the field as dozens of competitors popped up.
Alas, when the big boxy appliance that accompanied those TV dinners started invading living rooms in the mid-1950s, sales of paint-by-numbers kits ebbed. But they still sell steadily today, having become ever more sophisticated. In appealing to adults, they are marketed as ways to relax and shut down the brain.
Mr. Robbins died in hospice care in Sylvania, Ohio. His son Larry said the cause was complications of pneumonia. In addition to him, Mr. Robbins is survived by his wife; another son, Michael; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Larry Robbins said that despite the scorn of critics, his father remained adamant that paint-by-numbers gave everyone the chance to create something, even if they could not draw at all. And, he said, 20 copies of the same painting can still show variations in style and coloring, "just as if you had 20 different people playing Beethoven, you would have 20 different sounds."


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Monthly Report
Monthly Report No.38 (April. 30, 2013)
Dear AC21 Members,
Greetings from the AC21 General Secretariat!
Thank you very much for your continued support of AC21 and its activities. The following are updates and some recent news from AC21.
1. AC21 International Graduate Summer School Update
The AC21 International Graduate Summer School (AC21 IGSS) is one month away. The three host universities, namely, Chulalongkorn University, Kasetsart University and Nagoya University, have been working diligently to prepare for the AC21 IGSS. The keynote speakers and lecturers for the AC21 IGSS are all now confirmed. We are very grateful for the cooperation of the member universities in nominating their distinguished scholars as keynote speakers and lecturers for the AC21 IGSS.
We also would like to thank the coordinators of our member universities for nominating students for the AC21 IGSS. The latest program, short biographies of keynote speakers and lecturers and their abstracts can be viewed on the AC21 website. Please visit the website below for up-to-date information about the AC21 IGSS.
2. The Fifth AC21 Working Breakfast at NAFSA 2013 hosted by Chemnitz University of Technology
Chemnitz University of Technology has generously offered to host the Fifth AC21 Working Breakfast at NAFSA 2013 on May 28 from 8:30 am - 11:30 am, at Hilton at the Ballpark in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. The NAFSA 2013 Annual Conference will be held from May 26-31. Please be sure to attend!
3. The Fifth AC21 Student World Forum
We are happy to announce that the Fifth AC21 Student World Forum will be hosted by Tongji University from October 16 - 22, 2013 at Tongji University, Shanghai, China. The main theme of the Fifth Student World Forum is "Sustainable Mobility and the City of the Future". The 11th Steering Committee Meeting will be also hosted by Tongji University on October 16 and 17. The announcement of the Student World Forum from Tongji University will be sent to AC21 Communicators shortly. We hope that all member universities will be able to send their students in order to take full advantage of this great opportunity!
4. The Seventh AC21 International Forum 2014
We are also happy to announce that the Seventh AC21 International Forum 2014 will be held from April 13 - 16, 2014 in Stellenbosch, South Africa and will be hosted by Stellenbosch University. The 12th Steering Committee Meeting and Sixth General Assembly will also be hosted by Stellenbosch University. Please mark your calendar with these important dates!
5. AC21 Leaflet and AC21 Newsletter Volume 15
Both the revised AC21 Leaflet and Volume 15 of the AC21 Newsletter are now available online as well as in print. Volume 15 of the AC21 Newsletter should have arrived at your universities. We would appreciate it if you could distribute this Newsletter to the appropriate recipients to keep them informed of AC21 news and its activities.
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The 2012 White Stones Chardonnay is also sourced from the Adrianna vineyard in Gualtallary. The grapes were harvested at five different points in time, and the wine is an outstanding blending exercise. There is more ripeness here and more balsamic aromas, even a minty note that is a little exotic. Despite the ripeness of the vintage the palate is more austere, linear and very tasty. 1,600 bottles produced.
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Tightly wound, this has plenty of engaging minty notes to the white cherry and dried raspberry flavors. Cream and spice details show on the minerally finish. A distinctive style that needs some time in the bottle. Best from 2017 through 2021. 120 cases imported.
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Stony, minerally aromas show a pinch of toast on top of white peach and apple cider scents. On the palate, this stays on the straight and narrow, with high acidity. Clementine and tangerine flavors finish as stony as the name implies; drink this shellfish-friendly, unique Argentinean Chardonnay through 2022.


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The Sheltering Arms Foundation has been honored to be a part of your work over the last year. We appreciate you taking the time the share with us your insights, learnings and progress made toward your original project goals.
Grantees may now access their online reporting requirement via the Grantee Portal. Final Reports are due September 15, 2018.


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Chef Mario
Brown Sugar Balsamic Drumsticks with Roasted Veggies
Brown Sugar Balsamic Drumsticks
By Chef Mario
Fabulously tasty and tender Chicken Drumsticks seasoned with a Hearty Balsamic Marinade, roasted to 'fall-apart tender' and served with Roasted Veggies
Serving Size: Family Size (Four Portions)
About Chef Mario
Chef Mario's started out as a personal chef service in Cary in 1998, and has since expanded into a popular full-service catering business in the Triangle. Chef Mario's believes health starts with nutrition, and he has a passion for taking classic dishes and giving them a healthy twist.
Nutrition Facts
Brown Sugar Balsamic Drumsticks Gluten-free 556 Cal, 37g protein, 32g carbs, 4g fiber, 31g fat
Ingredients: Chicken drumsticks, potatoes, heavy cream, butter, Balsamic Vinegar, Brown Sugar, Dijon Mustard, Lemon Juice, fresh herbs, Salt and Pepper, zucchini, bell pepper
**Note: Meals are prepared in kitchens that process allergens including but not limited to gluten, dairy, eggs, shellfish, and nuts. We're sorry, but at this time we cannot accommodate any food allergies.**


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Photo and Video play back
Previously you had Wi-Fi, which allows you to send live preview from your camera to your smartphone or tablet, but with a few seconds lag it wasn't ideal to frame your shot in real time.
With the screen directly on the back of your GoPro camera this problem is eliminated. You can now see what the camera see, in real time.
You also get video playback, with audio through built-in speaker or 3.5mm jack, and the screen has a slow-motion feature.
This also means you can review your shots and delete the ones you won't use to clean storage space.
User-friendly menus
Changing settings with only 2 buttons available can take some time. By adding a touch screen you get a much simpler and faster way to change all the settings of your camera.
This is even more valuable when you use the Protune functionality, which allows you to modify settings for Color, ISO Limit, White Balance, Sharpness and Exposure.
Whether you use the Standard Housing, Skeleton Housing and Blackout Housing, GoPro has you covered. The LCD Touch Screen comes with customized Backdoors which will effectivly protect your camera AND your screen.
Note that you can use the LCD screen underwater to frame your shots. However the touch functions will stop working if you dive.
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Data Scientists on the Front Line: The Second Digital Revolution
Anyone still writing their school or academic essays on typewriters became an unwitting witness to a revolutionary event whose impact on all aspects of life conjures memories of the 19th century industrial revolution: Analogue became digital – in less than 20 years. Whereas the digital proportion of stored information amounted to just three percent in 1993, by 2007 it had already reached an estimated 94 percent.
People are now talking about a new digital revolution that renders the previously described changes as mere foreplay. Witnesses of this paradigm shift are all those who have to battle the adversities of the digital world – infinite emails that clog up inboxes on a daily basis and the endless search for important business documents that appear to be lost in a virtual Nirvana. This affects all those people who work privately or professionally with a PC, tablet or smartphone…so basically all of us.
The starting point and motivation of the "second digital revolution" is to clean up the chaos that the uninhibited digitisation of the world has brought. It's about transforming the virtual mountains of rubbish that have amassed over the past two decades into valuable material. Under the catchy motto "from trash to treasure". What happens is that the infinite individual pieces of data in different formats such as emails, documents, photos, videos and audio files are connected to logical units. What's so special about this? The result of this process is much greater than the sum of the individual parts.
Every revolution has its protagonists – in the original wave of digitisation it was the IT engineers who developed methods to turn analogue information to digital. Now it's the data scientists on the front line. Their profile exactly reflects the fundamental "from trash to treasure" process of which they are the driving force. Their strength is to combine a wide range of specialised skills such as mathematics, computer science, statistics, software development, business intelligence and business process development management to extract knowledge in a way that goes far beyond the integration of the individual disciplines. Their role within a company also fits this principle as data scientists are trained to transcend departmental borders and to see the company and its information treasure as a whole – a prerequisite for e.g. optimising internal organisation, opening new business areas, or, put simply, to increase revenue and profit.
Without suitable tools however, data scientists would simply be left fighting windmills. They need a reliable database to be able to make statements about the current strengths and weaknesses of a company or to make propositions about future possibilities. These tasks are fulfilled by enterprise search solutions that have been developed since the beginning of the first digital revolution and who can play out their full benefits with the second revolution. They are capable, using different technologies such as crawling, indexing and ranking, to transform the ever rising mountain of rubbish that exists in every company into an information treasure chest. The principle of enterprise search systems is easy to understand. The benefit for data scientists however, to be able to extract the optimum value from the tools, is priceless.
The second digital revolution has only just begun. Just a few European companies have recognised what advantages the duo of data scientist + enterprise search can generate – USA and China are already ahead. It's time to decide which side of the revolution you want to be on: The winning side or the losing side!


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The big news out of the Republican National Convention was the lying. Paul Ryan went down in convention history as delivering one of the most lie-filled speeches ever. Even Sally Kohn of Fox News wrote that "to anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan's speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech." Then Mitt Romney's speech was heralded in USAToday as mostly "puffery and exaggeration."
After the lying came the lambasting when videos were released of Romney demeaning 47% of the US population, Latinos, African Americans, and anyone who has ever thought that it makes sense for our nation to offer support to those in need.
Romney's response to the videos next led to some creative number crunching. First he defended his disdain for 47% of the US population, then he explained that his presidency would support 100% of the population. He defends the fact that he doesn't care about 47% of the population, but he assures us that his "campaign is about 100 percent of America"? If those numbers make sense, we all need to go back to second grade.
Romney's comments must also be taken in conjunction with Ryan's earlier statement that rape is just another "method of conception." And these are only just a few of the most egregious cases where Romney or Ryan has made an outrageously negative comment about a major segment of the population. So when we add up the 47%, Latinos, African-Americans, women, and anyone who thinks that it makes sense for the wealthy to pay more in taxes than the poor, when we add together all of the US citizens that have been demeaned by this campaign, it is hard to see how the Romney/Ryan ticket has the numbers to win. These guys can't seem to decide whether to lie to voters or insult them.
And yet, thus far, the race is still on. After the media frenzy over the Romney gaffes, an old tape of Obama was trotted out to attempt to even the playing field. It is hard to see how a statement made in 1998 that effectively talks about such extreme ideas as having the rich pay a higher share of taxes than the poor compares to Romney's offensive comments, but you wouldn't know it from watching the Fox News.
And that is why we need to continue to thank Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for using their powerful political comedy to shed some light on these recent developments. The segments they have run show us that Romney's comments are not gaffes. They are not bloopers. In fact, they are glimpses into the character behind the candidates.
Colbert hit this point home with typical satirical wit when his right-wing pundit character explained that this was "not a crisis for Romney, this is a triumph, because Mitt nailed it! Obama supporters are nothing but lazy parasites." He then came to Mitt's rescue by showing him how to "elegantly deliver his message with more panache." Watch the full clip here:
The Colbert Report
Jon Stewart helped highlight the hypocrisy of Romney's comments, pointing out that his own father had received welfare, meaning that by Romney's own logic, he couldn't even count on a vote from his own dad. What really railed Stewart, though, was Romney's claim that the campaign would be easier for him if he were Latino. Watch the clip where he is joined by Al Madrigal and Jessica Williams, who satirically express admiration for Romney's accomplishments as an "underprivileged rich white male."
As the mainstream news media stumbles from one campaign crisis to another, we can thank Comedy Central for offering us two credible sources on the key issues behind the campaign. Stewart and Colbert combine night after night to offer us a refreshing critique of the media coverage of the campaigns and of the spin offered by the candidates. And they do it while entertaining us.
To trope on Bill Clinton, "It's Arithmetic." Colbert and Stewart have shown us that the Romney campaign adds up to lies and insults. Now it's our turn to do the math and decide what this campaign really adds up to.


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Amorality Erodes Civility because it lacks moral restraints. Amoral behavior began becoming socially acceptable in America in the late 1940's. We do not have to look far to see the extremes to which is now has gone.
Amorality begins when people determine for themselves what is right in their own eyes and claim their right to speak and act with no moral restraint.
Roots of amorality and erosion of civility go back to the fall of Adam and Eve. The primary cause of amorality is rebellion against God and the desire to be god unto self.
Civility in America began to seriously erode after the second world war. In the 1940's, it was not socially acceptable to violate godly speech or conduct. Even unbelievers recognized sin was sin. Even though they practiced sinful speech and conduct, they didn't flaunt it in the presence of people they recognized as believers in God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
Godly conduct is essential to civility. Jesus is our example. He didn't judge people, destining them to hell. Jesus did speak the truth in love pointing conduct worthy of God as well as sinful conduct.
1. …not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral. 2. having no moral standards, restraints, or principles; unaware of or indifferent to questions of right or wrong: a completely amoral person. Link
Definition of Civility
My Bible based definition of civility is to be kind, considerate and courteous, to give honor to whom honer is due, to love one another, to speak the truth in love, to love our enemies, to protect civility.
Roots of amorality—erosion of civility beginning with the enlightenment.
The Enlightenment or the Age of Reason began in the 1700's, about 200 years after the Reformation. Liberals trace their worldly worldview to that time.
The Enlightenment ushered in "Liberal Christianity" in which amoral theologians put their own human reason above Scripture and God. It's proponents believed the changes it would bring would be the future of the Christian church.
The Enlightenment ushered in liberalism, communism and socialism. Karl Marx, born 200 years ago (1818–1883), was a product of the enlightenment. He was a pagan, and is typically cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science and socialism. He co-authored The Communist Manifesto in 1848 and is where we get the terms Marxist and Marxism.
Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production[10] as well as the political theories and movements associated with them.
Secular humanism is another product of the enlightenment. It began in the late 1800's.
Secular humanism is a philosophy or life stance that embraces human reason, ethics, social justice, and philosophical naturalism while specifically rejecting religious dogma, supernaturalism, pseudoscience, and superstition as the basis of morality and decision making.
Secular humanism posits that human beings are capable of being ethical and moral without religion or a god.
By their enlightenment, liberals identify themselves as heathens, or as they prefer, secular. Heathens have no God in this world. What they won't admit is we who follow Jesus have a spirit to spirit relationship with God, not just a religion.
14But the unbeliever does not welcome what comes from God's Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually. 15The spiritual person, however, can evaluate everything, yet he himself cannot be evaluated by anyone. 16For
- who has known the Lord's mind,
- that he may instruct Him?
But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:14-16 HCSB cf. 1 Cor 1; 2.
I don't know what religion Obama identifies with, but as a Democrat presidential candidate, he was derisive of Christians. On April 6, 2008 Obama had a fundraiser in San Francisco. To these receptive democrats, he said:
And it's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations. Link
The Huffington Post broke the story and commented.
"Obama made a problematic judgment call in trying to explain working class culture to a much wealthier audience. He described blue collar Pennsylvanians with a series of what in the eyes of Californians might be considered pure negatives: guns, clinging to religion, antipathy, xenophobia.
"There he presented his own antipathy to people not like him. Antipathy is a voluntary or involuntary dislike for something or somebody, the opposite of sympathy. Xenophobia is the fear and distrust of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange, particularly opposition to foreign culture."
It is true that followers of Messiah Jesus distrust liberals. For, liberals in their amorality hate God, Messiah Jesus, the Holy Spirit and followers of Messiah. They have openly expressed their vehement hate for years.
"Their wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic."
Who is wise and has understanding among you? He should show his works by good conduct with wisdom's gentleness. 14But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't brag and deny the truth. 15Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil. 17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy. 18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace. James 3:13-18 HCSB


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Bearings - there is a big difference between absolute trash and good bearings. There is very little difference between good and great. Ceramic (of a good enough quality to last without chipping - there are even different grades of black ceramic) are expensive - on the order of $170 (USD)
you find a good sale. Wheels make a much bigger difference. Top of the line steel bearings are about $70, and good bearings are available for $50. Bones Reds are available for less than $30, but they will wear out and have to be replaced in about a season if you skate enough and don't do very regular maintenance.
Also, to be clear, I am not saying all Chinese stuff is junk. Very good stuff comes from there (include stock Bonts, I believe). However, aliexpress is full of cheap knock offs which are made with cheap materials from sellers who merely see the shape of skates and think they can make them cheap and undersell the established brands. If you have a frame made out of a lower quality aluminum it is much more likely to bend or break while skating. That requires you to buy another frame at the least, and may cause a crash as well.
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Deacon Frey Has Seamless Transition Filling In For Late Father In The Eagles
October 12, 2018
The Eagles co-founder and legendary guitarist Glen Frey passed away in January 2016.
Immediately, music fans began asking what would become of the band he helped found and led for over near five decades. Luckily, Frey had a son.
Deacon Frey decided to pick up the guitar, and step into his legendary father's shoes, alongside Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, and Vince Gil. And he sounds AMAZING. The band seriously has not missed a beat with Deacon.
The band is currently touring across the United States, before heading off to Europe, Australia, and New Zealand in 2019.
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Home improvement projects can be fun and rewarding. The advice presented here is sure to be helpful if you are a novice DIY home improvement enthusiast. You'll be glad you read this article when the next improvement project comes your way.
Get motivated by making improvements you love. You'll be adding personal touches whenever you take on a project.
New furniture is expensive. You may be able to make your room shine with by buying a few pieces of furniture from a thrift store of a garage sale. There are often some real gems hiding amongst used items. They may need some refurbishing, but with a bit of elbow grease, can be a marvelous addition to your home furnishings.
If you are thinking about home improvement, consider which part of your house needs the work first. Remember, you don't have to improve your whole house at once; you can just do a room at a time to manage your time and funds. Plan your remodeling ahead of time and watch out for bargains that can save you a bundle. This is a great way to put more money back in your pocket and improve your home at the same time.
Use two-liter empty bottles as containers for kitchen storage. You can see what is inside them, and can store and protect dry goods like flour or sugar. You can store it in the freezer or refrigerator and even outside on a shelf. You can pop off the cap and the contents will pour right out.
Putting on a new roof is one of the major expenses of home ownership. Get estimates from three different roofing companies and check references as well. There are many options for new roofing material, including lightweight tile and metal roofs, in addition to the more traditional wood shake and composite shingles. Turn to a professional roofing contractor for help with this decision.
You don't need to buy fancy artwork to decorate your walls. Something as simple as 3D tiles are all you need for a beautiful piece of art. Choose two different colors of tile and arrange them behind your furniture to give your walls a unique look.
To save cash, buy a drain snake. This will keep you from needing drain cleaners as often. You might want to ask a professional to demonstrate how to operate a drain snake before you try using it. Research how big or small the drain snake needs to be to avoid harming your pipes.
If you feel you are outgrowing your home, whether because of family size or just overall boredom with the property, consider renovating it instead of moving completely. With renovation projects, you can make your home into the environment you want, without having to resort to buying someone else's home and designs. Plus, a home renovation is financially much less than a new home purchase.
Making home improvements now only boosts your home's value, but it also boosts your confidence. The advice you have read will help you complete your project, no matter how inexperienced you may be.


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Samu Manoa just DESTROYED someone for Seattle
This was an absolutely massive hit, can't get over the power of it. Manoa has made some massive hits in the past, and this was no different. The poor lad for Toronto could barely get up after the hot from Manoa, it certainly knocked the wind out of him.
The crowd itself was electric as well which was really nice to see from a crowd in the US. Samu Manoa is a truly big hitter.
In other news: Tovey returns to Cardiff Blues
Jason Tovey will return to Arms Park for a second stint after signing a two-year deal with Cardiff Blues.
The vastly experienced fly-half was released by the Dragons last month, having established himself as the region's record points scorer with 1,009 points in 178 games.
But he will now provide competition for the number 10 jersey at Wales' Capital Region and head coach John Mulvihill believes he is the perfect fit.
Mulvihill said: "Jason will add important depth in the number 10 jersey for us, which is crucial in a Rugby World Cup season.
"There's every possibility that Jarrod will be on the plane to Japan, so it became a priority for us to look for cover in his position. Jason has a wealth of experience and knowledge in the Guinness PRO14, and he will be available all season which makes him an ideal signing for us.
"We'll also have options at outside half with the likes of Matthew Morgan, Dan Fish and Ben Thomas capable of slotting in, but Jason is an out-and-out number 10 who will take pressure off these guys, especially during the crucial first few weeks of the campaign."
Tovey is Cardiff Blues' fourth signing ahead of the 2019-20 season, with Josh Adams, Hallam Amos and Will Boyde also coming on board.
The 30-year-old, who originally joined the Blues for a season in 2012, has also enjoyed a three-year spell at Edinburgh. He returned to Wales last year and was picked up by the Dragons for a third stint.
He made 15 further appearances for the Rodney Parade outfit, with his last act a match-winning kick against the Scarlets on Judgement Day.
The 30-year-old is now relishing his return to Wales' Capital Region and believes he is now a far more complete player.
He said: "I'm very grateful to have been given a second opportunity to join Cardiff blues. I still have a lot more to give to the professional game and I can't wait to get started with the boys later this month.
"I've grown a lot as a person both on and off the field since 2012 and feel my particular strengths can help the team. The opportunity to learn off the players and coaches already here will also only help improve me as an individual.
"Watching the Blues last season, they play an exciting brand of rugby, score a lot of tries and have a lot of young talent coming through like Jarrod Evans, Tomos Williams and Owen Lane. I'm looking forward to sharing my knowledge and experience with these boys during the next couple of seasons."


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Today's homes are increasingly connected. Everyday appliances, from lights and ceiling fans to washing machines are now being connected to the Internet. Consumers will be able to control appliances, monitor and manage energy consumption, increase comfort and enhance entertainment to a whole new level as NFC enabled consumables make the Internet of Things (IoT) a reality. Our mobile device will increasingly become the 'remote control for our lives'.
Connecting our appliances to the home network, what is known as network commissioning, can be complicated or cumbersome (e.g.: install keys or button cumbersome push sequences). Thanks to NFC, appliances can be added to the home network with a single tap, and with the right app our smartphones and tablets can be used to control or configure almost everything.
In this session, we present how NXP solutions and NFC technology facilitates an easy, flexible, secure and protocol agnostic solution for one-touch network commissioning of our smart home devices.
Session Contents
- IoT introduction
What we understand as Internet of Things. A growing market with huge opportunities. How NFC supports IoT solutions. NFC as ubiquitous connectivity feature.
- NFC in the IoT and smart home market
Current roadblocks for smart home mass market adoption. NFC re-defining the at-home environment. One-touch commissioning solution. Commissioning schemes with NFC.
- NFC Forum scpecs
NFC Forum specs ensuring interoperability between devices and services (NDEF, NFC Forum Type Tags, Connection handover).
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NXP portfolio for NFC commissioning solutions (PN512, PN7120, NTAG I2C). Ordering details, products home pages, NXP Techzone.
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Cleaning up your landscapeRead Now
The outside areas of your home are basically outdoor lounge rooms. They are often under-utilised, especially in circumstances where the area has been neglected. Your landscaping is a key feature to finishing your home and with todays technologies it has never been easier.
So, what can I do to revamp my outdoor areas?
There are plenty of simple changes you can make to your garden and outdoor areas that can make a huge impact. We have put together a few affordable things that you can easily implement into your landscaping today.
Retaining walls
Retaining walls aren't just constructed and used for functional purposes anymore, they are also used to add an extra layer to your landscape. When constructed from the right material, retaining walls can be a great addition to your home landscape. You can source a local landscape construction company to make recommendations for retaining walls or barriers. They can help you to choose the best material to suit your home.
Artificial lawn
Lawn looks great, we can't deny it, however, it can be very difficult to keep green and luscious. If you're like me and live through the hot Australian summers you will know just how difficult it can be to keep your lawn alive. Laying fake lawn can make a huge impact on your garden area and also greatly reduces maintenance and water usage. It is relatively affordable to lay and your local landscaping consultant should be able to make recommendations on the best lawn types.
Garden features
Something as simple as a decoration can really bring your yard to life. You could look at having a water feature or statue put into your garden to complete the look of the space. You can pick garden decorations up from your local hardware store for cheap or even find something second-hand in your local classifieds like Gumtree or Craigslist.
Stones and pebbles
Nothing looks nicer in a garden space than fresh pebbles or stones lining a pathway. Stones are an inexpensive way to add some extra colour and excitement to your garden space. You can use pebbles to line areas throughout your garden, or use stones as stepping stones which can also serve a practical purpose.
Definitely a more expensive option, but one that can really increase the look of your garden areas. Decking looks great at the front or the rear of the home and makes a huge impact when in contrast with the house. Decking is so versatile now and all types of products and materials can be used. Wood is the favoured decking material however, you can now opt for eco-decking which is constructed using composite materials.
So, try one of our recommendations today and watch your garden area come back to life!
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With the Toronto Raptors winning the NBA Finals and Kawhi Leonard leaving for the Clippers, I decided to start a series going back to the beginning of 2018 to see what would happen. Can the Raptors still win the NBA Finals? Can we keep Kawhi in Toronto?
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Biyernes ng Ika-14 na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)
Oseas 14, 2-10
Salmo 50, 3-4. 8-9. 12-13. 14 at 17
Pupurihin ko kailanman ang dakila mong pangalan.
Mateo 10, 16-23
Biyernes ng Ika-24 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)
1 Corinto 15, 12-20
Salmo 16, 1. 6-7. 8b at 15
Paggising ko, Poong sinta, sa piling mo'y magsasaya.
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Categories: Schenectady County
With frustration mounting over progress on post-flood rebuilding, Schoharie County Supervisors last week disbanded a multi-member committee and placed county Treasurer William Cherry in charge of coordinating the effort.
The move came during Friday's meeting of the county's Board of Supervisors, where Fulton Supervisor Phil Skowfoe Jr. said residents are offering to donate labor to rebuild the county jail if the county pays for materials.
"That shows the people are getting frustrated," Skowfoe said. "The people are tired of sitting here and seeing no progress. We have to give our people hope, in this village, in this town and in other towns."
Cherry and Board of Supervisors Clerk Karen Miller coordinated the county's day-to-day business in the first few weeks following tropical storms Irene and Lee and the county board then created a team to organize recovery.
The team consisted of supervisors, consultants, representatives of the county DPW; its meetings drew 20 people or more.
Board Chairman Harold Vroman on Friday said the team did its job bringing the county to the present and the new decision to disband the team is the next step.
He said many are feeling impatient as the county tries to weave through the federal disaster assistance process. "I get frustrated as much as everybody else," he said.
The committee is to the point of making fewer decisions, which Cherry can bring to the Board of Supervisors' committees. "We're right at the point where everything is getting ready to fall into place," Vroman said.
Cherry said he sees the move as bringing the county government back into a process it's used to, and said the board will ultimately make any decisions.
He said he intends to focus on getting a jail up and running.
The county jail off Depot Lane was flooded after waters from the Schoharie Creek, swollen from the rains after Irene, inundated the building. Repairs have been estimated at between $5 million and $13 million.
In the meantime, the county is paying $70,000 a month to house its prisoners in Albany County, while losing another $70,000 monthly in revenue it used to earn from taking in inmates from other counties, Cherry said.
The county can either fix up the jail or build a new one, decisions that hinge on what the federal and state governments will help pay for, he said.
"It's been seven months and we don't have an answer to that. My job right now is to, one-on-one, get to the bottom of what can we do, how quickly can we do it," Cherry said.
He said it's difficult for a team of 20 and as many as 30 people to agree on a specific direction and the team should be commended for its dedication over the past six months. "They've put in a lot of time to try to coordinate the recovery efforts. Now it's time to get down to brass tacks."
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The tiny newborn baby, Jesus
"That is how our God first appeared
God wants to be contemplated and adored in this state
This Bethlehem crib is so beautiful and so great
* It contains the whole Christ, who is both God and human.
"In face of the hatred and anger of the worldwe must bring the gentleness and the smile of the Infant Jesus of Bethlehem.
In face of the pride of the worldwe must bring the littleness and powerlessness of the tiny new born baby of the crib."
- Little Sister Magdeleine of Jesus
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Year Published: 2010
My Rating: 4 stars
30 pages
This was a free book from Smashwords !
After much pushing and encouraging from her two best friends who she nicknames the "smutty twins", she goes to a gathering and meets a guy and hit it of.
He then texts her and calls, they go out on a date and the fun starts.
But they have agreed to have fun with no strings attached, once the night is over, she has second thoughts about the no strings theory..
Will he have the same feelings or was it a one night stand for him?
Although I have never read a book by this author before, when I found it free in Smashwords I thought I could give it a try and since I seem to be into short stories these days I felt like reading it.
I was not disappointed. It was really good. True it was short but the story was nicely done and I enjoyed the writing and the characters.
I will be looking for other books by this author.
Be warned, this is an erotica book :)
Quotes I enjoyed from the book:
We fit like the primary colors, when blended made the perfect shade.
"Tell me you want me," he demanded, yet it sounded like a subtle plea.
I expelled a deep breath. "And what if I want you. What if-" i turned my head away and he ran a knuckle across my cheek.
"What are you so afraid of? Who hurt you so much that you can't see the truth from the lies?" he asked softly.


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We know you love your pet. After all, you've made sure that their world inside your home is filled with plenty of water and healthy food, treats, a cozy bed, and their favorite toys. But is your backyard equally as safe and fun for your four-legged friend?
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Shin Bet deports Turkish Airline pilot with Iranian passport
Israel prevented the pilot of a Turkish Airlines civilian flight from entering the country on Friday because he is an Iranian passport-holder. Instead, the pilot was flown back to Turkey by the Turkish carrier.
The incident involved a routine Turkish Airlines flight to Ben-Gurion Airport, Channel 2 news reported Saturday. When the crew arrived at passport control, the pilot was found to be holding an Iranian passport, and he was not allowed to proceed. It was not clear from the TV report whether the pilot, who was not named, also had a Turkish or other passport.
The Turkish authorities asked Israel to make an exception in his case, and allow him to enter Israel for one night only. But Israel's Shin Bet security agency rejected the request, the TV report said, since it did not want a precedent set.
The airline acknowledged that it had "made a mistake," the TV report said, and the pilot was flown back to Turkey on a subsequent flight.
Channel 2 said that Turkish airlines hired some 200 Iranian pilots last year because of a shortage in its ranks, and assured Israel at the time that none of them would fly the Tel Aviv route.
Iran and Israel do not have diplomatic relations. Iran's leaders relentlessly encourage the demise of Israel, and Tehran arms, funds and trains terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and Hamas that seek to destroy Israel.
Israel's ties with Turkey, once very warm, were deeply harmed in recent years, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan castigating Israeli policy on the Palestinians and backing Hamas. The deaths of 10 Turkish citizens in the May 2010 Mavi Marmara incident — when a flotilla from Turkey tried to breach Israel's security blockade on Hamas-run Gaza, and Israeli soldiers taking charge of the Marmara opened fire when under attack — deepened the crisis.
Israeli and Turkish negotiators have been working to heal relations for the past three years, without concluding terms for a return to normalized ties.


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The KORE-LA foundation is focused on the education and health of the underprivileged
Fondation KORE Edikasyon ak Lasante (Education and Health) is an organization located in Cap Haitien, Haiti that focuses on the education and health of the underprivileged. Since its establishment in April 2016, they have catered to Cap Haitien and surrounding areas.
The foundation's work in promoting the basic education of children, supervising them, healing the sick and decreasing the infant mortality rate although met with difficulty has nonetheless been successful.
One of their goals is to establish a shelter for children, where the foundation can ensure that they go to school, are provided meals, have their medical needs met and have a place to sleep. This includes orphans and those whose families do no have the means to help them.
Not only that but they fight diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis,and malaria among many others through education, prevention, and medical services rendered.
Dr. Mompremier, the founder, has been steadily working to desensitize vulnerable populations against the dangers of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis epidemics and decrease the illiteracy rate and increase gender equality.
She believes that by investing in humans they can contribute to the social development of Haiti.
Within the Nord and Nord-Est region of Haiti the foundation has erected mobile clinics and challenged the ongoing ideas on gender-based, domestic and community violence through education initiatives.
They have provided training/classes on proper sanitation methods, sex education, and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Within their distribution of items various kits including food and hygiene kits are given to the residents. During the holiday season children recieve gifts depending on age and sex. More than a thousand students in different schools of the city of Cap-Haitien have received scholarships to further their studies.
The KORE-LA foundation is currently working on the construction of a large diagnostic center (laboratories, imaging) that will serve residents of Cap Haitien and surrounding areas as well as a school for impoverished children.
As of current, their biggest roadblocks are funding which would allow them to carry out certain activities planned in their agenda for 2018 including but not limited to the erection of a shelter, school, and clinic.
They are in need of sponsors, consulting, and partners who share their goals.
They aspire to make an enormous impact within this region.
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You know how sometimes you go somewhere and you don't realize until after that it was somewhere you've always wanted to go? That perfectly describes my trip to the Montauk Lighthouse. The view from the top is completely breathtaking, while the beachfront is serene and opened my eyes to the world of rock balancing.
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As a television news reporter, I have discovered that there is simply no better way to cap off a Wednesday than to come home to a package full of new makeup. I was so excited to try it out that I just couldn't wait until the morning… and now I'm even more excited to use it tomorrow for work!
I received my Make Up For Ever VoxBox for free – which made it even better – from Influenster. It's an app I use to learn about new products; I read reviews and answer questions about products I use myself. I've never known too much about makeup – it's been a learning curve for me – so Influenster has helped me to learn about what products work for me and how to use them in different ways.
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It seems only fitting that one of my last outings as a New Yorker took place during golden hour on top of the tallest building in the United States. I miss the city more and more each day but know I'll be returning soon enough. All I have left to say about this photo and, frankly, this city is… #AbsoluteChaos.
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NEW YORK—It was 3:30 p.m. on a Friday last April when Angela Clark and her husband, Jim, drove to a MedExpress Urgent Care clinic near their hometown in Bellefonte, Pa. Their blond, bubbly 3-year-old daughter, Raelynn, known for dressing head-to-toe in pink, had been drinking a lot of water and peeing almost uncontrollably.
The doctors tested her for a urinary tract infection, which came back negative. But the results showed that Raelynn had sugar in her urine.
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"Raelynn kept asking us for a drink of water in the car," Angela said. "We had no idea what diagnosis was in front of us."
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Katalium is a framework that provides a blueprint for test automation projects based on Selenium and TestNG.
When it comes to Selenium-based testing, Katalon Studio is the software of choice for testers and automation engineers to date. It offers a host of built-in features that simplify building test cases for users. However, for users who still need to work with TestNG and Selenium, Katalium Framework is a great head start.
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Alexander Dzhaparidze: Net Worth, House, Private Jet and yacht Here Comes the Sun
Author: Peter Yachtfan, Update: 2020-
Here Comes the Sun Yacht
Beatles Boat Name:
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Yacht Length:
83 m (272 ft)
16 in 8 cabins
25 in 12 cabins
Tim Heywood Design
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Alexander Dzhaparidze Net Worth:
US$ 1.2 billion
Eurasian Drilling Company
July 20, 1955
Cara de la Peña
Yuli Dzhaparidze, Asya Dzhaparidze, Vano Dzhaparidze, Georgy Dzhaparidze, Nana Dzhaparidze
Barvikha, Moscow, Russia
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Dzhaparidze has owned several yachts, all with a 'Beatles' themed name: Let It Be, Imagine, Here Comes The Sun. Check out our Photo Gallery of the yacht down this page. The yacht was listed for sale, asking EUR 155 million. In December 2019 it was reported she was sold.
According to rumors in the yacht industry the yacht was bought by Graeme Hart.
He is the CEO and founder of The Eurasian Drilling Company. He was born in July 1955. He is married to Cara de la Peña. He has 5 children (Yuli, Asya, Vano, Georgy and Nana Dzhaparidze)
The Eurasian Drilling Company (EDC) is an onshore and offshore drilling and well services contractor. EDC owns and operates one of the largest fleets of land drilling and workover units in the world.
EDC is the largest Russia drilling company by metres drilled. The company realizes revenues of US$ 3 billion and has 22,000 employees.
Dzhaparidze has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Company since August 2007 and was one of the Company's founders in 2002. He owns 30% of the shares. In 2015 Schlumberger acquired a minority stake for US$ 1.7 billion.
He was also founder of Petroalliance, a Russian oilfield services company, which he sold to Schlumbergen for US$ 650 million.
He has owned several yachts, all named after a Beatles song. The first was the Heesen 37 meter Let it Be, built in 2005. Then another Heesen: a 47 meter, also named Let it Be. He currently still owns the Amels 212 Imagine, which is now for sale.
And in 2016 his latest yacht Here Comes the Sun was delivered.
Forbes estimates his net worth at US$ 1.2 billion.
He lives with his wife Cara in a large house in Barvikha, near Moscow. He also owns a residence in the South of France.
Dzhaparidze owns a Dassault Falcon 7X private jet, with registration LX-
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The motor yacht Here Comes the Sun is the largest yacht built by Amels to date.
The yacht has a steel hull and aluminum superstructure. She is powered by 2 Caterpillar diesel engines. Which bring her a top speed of 17 knots. Her cruise speed is 15 knots. She has a range of 5,500nm at 15 knots.
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The yacht has a dedicated owner's deck measuring 42m long with total deck area of more than 300 sqm. it means that the five generously proportioned guest cabins can all be located on the main deck, where they might otherwise be situated on lower deck.
Some of the yacht's features are a 5.5 by 3.5 meter swimming pool, a 87 sqm Beach Club and a helipad with a max take of weight of 3,000 kgs.
The name is referring to a Beatles song written by George Harrison that was first released on the Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road. It is one of Harrison's best-
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The Hippodice contest is one of the best from a designer's point of view - it's widely known, run by serious game enthusiasts, has a relatively low entry fee, and is open to all. There are English rules here, and then there's a detailed entry description (English on the second page).
They wisely review these descriptions and then solicit entries from those, so they don't get a bajillion games submitted. I think that's a recent development - I think they used to just take all entries and then wade through them, but that probably got too tiresome.
If your game is selected, it's 5 Euros plus a copy of the game sent to Germany, plus return postage if you want it back, although setting up a prepaid return and customs forms through German mail is probably pretty difficult and not worth the hassle and expense unless your game has lots of expensive components or is hand-crafted or something.
One tricky bit - if you get selected, because Germany has VAT, and because you're sending them goods, you'll have to do a customs form that describes the contents appropriately to avoid there being tax due when it gets there. I had a variety of different experiences that way in Munich when getting sent stuff from the United States last year. Most of it came through fine, but a couple items got held up for a while because the documentation wasn't in order, and it wasn't always clear why one thing made it quickly and another didn't. It might be worth ponying up for one of the international shipping companies (DHL is affiliated with the German postal system) if you're nervous about regular mail.
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Legal market overview in Chile
Long-famed for being the world's leading copper exporter, Chile remains one of Latin America's better-performing economies; following a downbeat 2017, Chile's economy experienced a growth spurt of 4 per cent during 2018 in response to a number of factors, including increased domestic consumption levels and higher copper prices, while non-mining sectors such as manufacturing and wholesale trade have also thrived.
Chile's 2019 economic growth is reportedly expected to hover around the more modest rate of 3.4 per cent, partly as a result of the mining sector experiencing unfavourable climate conditions and temporary mine closures.
Significant legislation providing Chile's top legal practices with advisory work includes the country's 2019 update of its banking regulations, which among other requirements, involve new banking capital and reserve obligations; it also updates areas such as corporate governance and the banking regulator's powers. Furthermore, institutions previously supervised by the Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions (SBIF), are now subject to the supervision of the Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (CMF), which will assess the viability of banking checks that prevent manipulation of the financial system to commit crimes.
The Chilean Government's October 2018 announcement that it would overhaul the country's criminal law codes and anti-corruption practices, will also provide the country's law firms with a range of compliance instructions; coupled with the Government's announcement, a Criminal Procedure Code Reform Commission was established and Albagli Zaliasnik's founding partner, Gabriel Zaliasnik, was appointed its President. Indeed, as of last 20th November, some of the reforms of the Codigo Penal (stemming from the Comisión Engel) have already come into effect with Ley 21.121, which establishmes new offences related to corruption and economic crime such as 'undue negotiation between private parties' (negociación incompatible entre privados) and 'unfair administration of goods' (administración desleal de patrimonio). These new legal figures have already resulted in at least one significant (pending) case, el caso Prolesur.
Chile is also preparing to welcome in legislation that will specifically cover data privacy and data protection, including the creation of a Data Protection Agency to oversee regulations, fines and enforcement matters. Proposed amendments to a 2017 bill are expected to become law during 2019, and this is likely to lead to a range of data privacy compliance work for the country's law firms.
Headline arrivals in the local legal market saw global law firm Dentons launch a Chile practice by combining with Larrain Rencoret Urzua (which has significant legal expertise in mining, natural resources, energy and projects) as part of its growth strategy in Latin America; the office has already demonstrated its intention to expand, hiring the well-reputed Santiago Ried, formerly of Ugarte, Ried & Correa, to head up its new competition practice in August 2019. Meanwhile, BAZ|DLA Piper and NLD (Noguera Larraín & Dulanto), which merged under the name DLA Piper BAZ|NLD in 2018, is now known as DLA Piper (Chile), aligning itself with the firm's increasingly-strong regional offering.
Market moves at the local level have also seen mergers: Palma Abogados joined up with EDN Abogados and Vezpremy Abogados, to become Palma Edwards Veszpremy, for example; early May saw the formalisation of a strategic association between Fontaine & Cía and tax boutique Brzovic & Cía; and also a tie-up betweem Frias y Maira with José Tomás Lagos and Rodrigo Vial so create new firm FLMV Abogados, which focuses on corporate law, labour, real estate and litigation / dispute resolution. More frequent, however, was the formation of new firms as a result of spin-offs and departures: independent tax law firm Torretti & Cía. was launched by Eduardo Torretti, a former Correa Squella partner; Eugenio Merino -formerly a partner at Ortiz Quiroga- established boutique firm, Merino & Cía, with a focus on white collar & economic crime (derecho penal economico); Jaime Ríos left Prieto Abogados to co-found Ríos & Llaneza; Rodrigo Quintana left Bofill, Mir & Álvarez Jana to establish contentious boutique QRF Abogados; and Álvaro Jana has become one of the founding partners at Jana Charlin Cuevas Wegener Abogados which opened its doors in January 2019 - in addition to corporate work and dispute resolution matters, it has a broad offering across the real estate and construction, environmental and mining sectors. Most recently, former disputes-practice head José Ignacio Jiménez left Guerrero Olivos to open his own boutique, Jimenez y Cia Abogados.
Other start-ups include, PRB Abogados (founded by ex-Jara Del Favero & Ried Fabres associates Dino Pruzzo Gonzalez and Javier Ruscica, along with Francisco Brotfeld, who was formerly in house at Transelec), which focuses on energy and natural resources, disputes and associated contentious matters; the primarily insurance-focused RRG Abogados, spun out of the former Ríos Tagle Alessandri & Romero (now RTA Abogados) by Roberto Ríos, Stehanie Ramdohr and Alonso García; the July-2019 founding of Atkinson Costabal Undurraga & Achurra Abogados (ACU) by former Aninat Schwencke & Cia partners Arturo Costabal (real estate, agro-industry, competition), Pablo Undurraga (corporate/M&A, venture capital & investment funds) and Nicolás Atkinson (project finance & regulated markets), with former associate Santiago Achurra becoming firm managing partner; and the establishment of boutique firm Salinas Toledo Labor & Employment Lawyers by Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría's former labour-practice director Jaime Salinas, and five associates, in August 2019.
Key individual recruitment saw Contreras Velozo undertake the 2018 hires of Javier Velozo and Pablo Pardo from Aninat Schwencke & Cia so as to launch its competition and regulation department; while insurance, corporate, arbitration and contracts expert José Antonio Gutiérrez and insurance litigation of counsel Ricardo Peralta Valenzuela join Kennedys from Peralta, Gutierrez y Asociados. Other notable moves include Fleischmann & León Abogados' recruitment of litigation and arbitration specialist Juan Diego Rabat Celis from Molina Ríos Abogados; labour law expert Ramón Domínguez, formerly at DLA Piper (Chile), being hired by Rivadeneira Colombara Zegers; Garrigues' hire of former FNE deputy national prosecutor, Mario Ybar Abad, as counsel and head of the office's new competition practice; and the return of corporate and M&A specialist Gerardo Varela to Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos, following a stint at the Government's Ministry of Education.


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McLean, Virginia – June 17, 2019 – Iron Vine Security has been named the 2019 Corporate Growth Company of the Year (Under $25M) by ACG National Capital, the voice of the middle market and the region's preeminent association for corporate professionals involved in middle-market growth, corporate development and M&A.
The Corporate Growth Awards are presented to individuals and companies that are selected for their accomplishments in crafting and executing on successful growth strategies and deals. Iron Vine Security was chosen for this honor from more than 100 nominated companies by the 2019 Corporate Growth Awards Committee. The award was presented at a black-tie gala on May 14, 2019.
"We're honored to be recognized" said Brent Duckworth, Founding Partner. "This award represents our team's unmatched commitment to progress. While it is a major milestone in Iron Vine's growth, it captures a consistent mindset our team members have had since day one."– Brent Duckworth (Founding Partner, Iron Vine Security)
Iron Vine's ACG award recognition comes during several major strategic initiatives, including a company rebrand and website launch. Iron Vine has recently added experts in security operations, security engineering, and cyber threat intel forensics. In addition, Iron Vine has recently been awarded multi-year contracts with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Homeland Security, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Millennium Challenge Corporation, and was recently appraised at CMMI SVC Level 3.
"2018 was an incredible year for corporate growth in the National Capital region, across all markets and industries," said Diane Zanetti, the 2019 Corporate Growth Awards Committee Chair and the Managing Director and Group Head of the Government Contractor Banking Group at Capital One. "The companies and individuals recognized this year were selected from hundreds of applicants because of their success in identifying and executing on winning growth strategies, and for having the foresight and courage necessary to make large, risky and sometimes transformational decisions on behalf of their organizations."
About Iron Vine Security
Founded in 2008, Iron Vine Security specializes in developing technical risk management solutions for public and private sector enterprises to help clients secure their systems, networks, and, most importantly, their sensitive data. Specifically, Iron Vine provides expertise for computer security programs using commercial off-the-shelf and custom software tools implemented through engineering, program management, systems integration, and software development best-practices. For more information, visit www.ivsec.com.
About ACG National Capital
ACG National Capital is a chapter of the international association, ACG (Association for Corporate Growth) that serves Washington, D.C., northern Virginia and southern Maryland. The association drives middle-market growth and increases deal flow, while providing unparalleled opportunities for networking, deal making and professional development for individuals involved in building corporate value through M&A, strategic partnerships, organic growth and capital funding.
ACG National Capital's veteran leadership and its membership of more than 400 executives and business leaders have participated in nearly every recent M&A transaction completed in the D.C. metro region. For more information, visit www.acgcapital.org or the ACG online publication at www.acgcapitalblog.com.
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is a for Indy's kids to learn and have fun, and on February 27, adults can explore the museum like never before. Here are 7 reasons to attend Museum by Moonlight at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
Maybe you don't have children and therefore haven't been to The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. This is your chance to explore the museum at this 21 and over event with a couple hundred other adults that are kids at heart. There are five floors to explore, so choose your shoes wisely.
What's better than an interactive event for a good cause? An interactive event that boasts an awesome array of restaurant and drink partners. Don't miss the chance to indulge with:
Not only will you party in a unique venue, you will party in unique exhibits. Don't miss Dinosphere, Treasures of the Earth, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secrets of the Sewer, and more.
Your ticket purchase supports The Children's Museum Fund, which supports the museum's operations, including its free and reduced admission programs, school programs and outreach initiatives, interpretative programs and theatrical productions, and more.
Hop on the museum's carousel complete with animals that were salvaged from the ride that operated in Broad Ripple Park in 1917.
Did I mention it is a chocolate slide? The museum's 47-foot slide and atrium have been transformed into a Wonka-inspired wonderland featuring a slide themed like a river of chocolate.
You won't want to miss the 43-foot blown glass tower by renowned artist Dale Chihuly. It is one of his largest permanent sculptures and features over 3,200 blown glass pieces.
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MONTCLAIR, NJ - Dan Taylor, STEM Coordinator for Mount Hebron facilitated during a five hour extracurricular workshop, which taught 8th grade students about electricity. Later this week Taylor and his students will spend another 4 to 5 hours building and testing a solar suitcase.
The solar suitcase is hailed as energy in a box. It was developed by a husband-and-wife team in Berkeley California to provide electricity to energy impoverished areas. The small suitcase not only provides emergency energy in hospitals but is also used recreationally and educationally to extend student days. In areas where there is no electricity this small suitcase can provide much-needed light for students.
The first two solar suitcases assembled by Mount Hebron students were sent to Ghana and Tanzania. This Saturday, students will be assembling another suitcase at a parent's home, and sending it to the Democratic Republic of Congo on behalf of the local organization Upright Africa, founded by local surgeon John Woods.
Mt. Hebron staff and students are grateful to all who contributed through fundraising in the 2013/2014 year. Without the generous donations of parents and interested members it would not have been possible to make this come to fruition.


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We've showcased a bit of Lindsey Stirling's skills on this blog before, and we thought it high-time that we do it again.
Neither Rachel nor I have ever played Halo, but the music is often found in video game music compilations that we've seen around YouTube and Spotify. The music has always sounded epic to us, especially this violin and piano collaboration between Lindsey and William Joseph. We hope you enjoy the video down below and the music as much as we do!