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The Surveillance Program Operated Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Testimony of:
Dean C. Garfield, President & CEO, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
I am Dean Garfield, president and CEO of the Information Technology Industry Council, or ITI, a U.S.-‐based global trade association representing more than 50 of the world's most dynamic and innovative companies in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector.
I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) today and thank you for inviting me.
PCLOB, as an independent government agency charged with ensuring that the privacy and civil liberties of individuals are protected, is in a unique position to be a driving force in effectuating change to the surveillance framework in this country.
Business Impact
The ongoing revelations about data collection by the National Security Agency (NSA) are having a significant economic impact on the technology sector. In addition to addressing the economic impact in my comments today, I will also discuss the potential long-‐term implications for innovation and Internet governance on the global economy. Finally, I will offer up some thoughts on solutions.
The United States has been a leader in nearly every part of the technology sector. Public and government responses around the world to the NSA disclosures put this leadership at risk. The erosion of the public's trust and protectionist regulatory proposals from foreign governments are alarming developments.
While we can talk about specific programs and authorities such as Section 215 or Section 702, it is the totality of the revelations that have brought us to where we are today—an environment where U.S. technology companies are facing uphill battles to keep or secure business in overseas markets.
"Made in America" is no longer viewed as positive for customers of U.S. online services. Many ITI member companies are experiencing increased levels of concern about government access to data, specifically access by the U.S. government. Other governments, of course, engage in online surveillance, but the impression being fueled globally in response to the NSA disclosures is that the U.S. government is the source of the problem, with U.S. companies seen as either aiding government surveillance, or particularly vulnerable to it.
The potential losses are tangible, demonstrable, and widespread. In the short term, the resulting commercial losses will likely reach the tens of billions of dollars. One study from the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation anticipates the revelations could result in as much as a $35 billion loss to the U.S. cloud computing industry over the course of three years. Other studies, including by Forrester, suggest the losses could be even higher over a longer period of time.
Broader Implications
The potential adverse economic impact here in the U.S. could be even more significant and lasting if other governments enact legislation to force localized data storage and production of technology. Such forced localization measures would also disrupt the current Internet governance model that to date has ignited and sustained the incredible success of the Internet as a global platform for innovation and economic productivity.
These problematic policy proposals are spreading across the globe and are putting the open Internet of today at risk. We are facing the possibility of a Balkanized Internet, and global innovation will certainly suffer. Brazil, for example, is considering a legislative proposal that could lead to the requirement that certain data be stored in that country. Brazil has also taken steps aimed at ensuring that all government communications, including email, are managed by local companies.
The revelations have also received significant attention in the European Union (EU). One of the most critical data transfer mechanisms that many U.S. companies in numerous sectors rely on to transfer data from the EU to our nation is in jeopardy. Government officials in the EU are now questioning whether the U.S.-‐EU Safe Harbor Framework should continue to operate. Similarly, a number of European nations are proposing to establish country-‐specific clouds.
These types of proposals and requirements would be highly disruptive to business operations. They risk creating network architecture inefficiencies that would hinder the performance of ICT services. They also have the potential to Balkanize open platforms, including the Internet, that are key to continued transformative innovations and global commerce.
The U.S. government must take the lead to repair the erosion of public trust and the acceleration of forced localization and other onerous policies that would Balkanize the Internet and other open platforms. Economic and commercial interests must be part of the discussion around government surveillance, coequal to the factors governments globally now in the information age need to consider, including individual privacy, economic prosperity, and national security.
While reforms are being considered here in the United States, we also urge the administration to actively engage on this issue globally, and at the highest levels.
International government-to-government dialogue is critical to prevent harmful policies that will impact our economy.
ITI has worked with its member companies to arrive at several consensus recommendations about how to reform our surveillance programs to consider both the national security needs of our nation as we know them, with the dire need to restore confidence in the "Made in America" brand. While our recommendations are not unique to Section 702, our proposals can be applied across the board to a range of intelligence programs.
The recommendations I outline below largely derive from a set of seven global principles that ITI has developed with the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). We believe these principles should guide government surveillance policies around the world. Among other imperatives, these principles highlight the need for greater transparency and oversight in connection with how intelligence-‐gathering programs operate. I also ask that our seven global principles be submitted for the record along with my testimony. Our recommendations, as well as the principles, are guided by a recognition that we don't know what we don't know on national security, and by a realization that privacy and security do not sit on opposite ends of a spectrum. It is possible to advance both.
As recognized in the January 2014 PCLOB report, "transparency is one of the foundations of democratic governance." In furtherance of this ideal, companies that make up the technology sector are committed to informing their users and the public about requests received from governments around the world for law enforcement and intelligence purposes. Companies should be able to provide more information about such orders. The administration's recent decision to allow companies to disclose certain information is certainly a step forward. Greater transparency, however, should be permitted and legislation enabling such disclosures is desirable. Specifically, companies should be permitted to disclose the number of government orders for information made under specific legal authorities, including, but not limited to, separate disclosures for Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, and various National Security Letter statutes. Also, companies should be permitted to disclose the number of individuals or accounts, including accounts of business customers, impacted by the orders received as well as the type of information that is sought by such orders.
In addition, as appropriate, the U.S. government should supplement the annual reporting that is already required by law with information similar to what companies should be permitted to disclose: the total number of orders under specific authorities for specific types of data, and the number of individuals or accounts affected by each. Basic information about how the government uses its various law enforcement related investigative authorities has been published for years without any apparent disruption to criminal investigations. Further, the provision of such data to the public on a time-‐delayed basis and in aggregate form should not compromise any ongoing investigation.
An additional transparency measure we would recommend relates to the legal decisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). The legal decisions of the FISC are not routinely disclosed to the public. These decisions, however, involve constitutional questions and interpretations of legal authorities pursuant to which the U.S. conducts its surveillance activities. These decisions should be released publicly, as appropriate, to enable an informed public discourse about the court's rulings, and to better guide future congressional oversight and policymaking. This type of transparency can also yield greater public trust in the government's surveillance programs, their oversight, and the process utilized by the government to gain access to user data.
FISC proceedings operate in a non-‐public forum and the U.S. government is the sole party appearing before the judges. An additional party should be appointed or consulted in appropriate cases to assist the FISC in evaluating the issues at hand. Additional parties would be an advocate for the privacy and civil liberty considerations implicated in court proceedings.
Rebuilding Trust: Cryptography
Steps should be taken, using a transparent, public process, to restore public trust in the central role that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plays in developing standards and guidelines to protect federal information and information systems, and industry at large.
Recent news reports describe in general terms the efforts of the NSA to defeat cryptographic protections for surveillance purposes. The reports suggest this effort went beyond the use of specially designed high-‐speed computers to crack encryption codes and involved the NSA in an attempt to introduce weaknesses into the encryption standards followed by hardware and software developers worldwide.
For nearly 20 years, the technology and user communities have welcomed the involvement of the NSA, as one of many stakeholders, in the work of developing cryptographic standards because it brings one of the most knowledgeable and experienced code-‐writing institutions to the vital task of protecting information from unauthorized access. The public, the technology sector, and the government all have an interest in the creation and widespread use of the strongest possible cryptographic standards. Regardless of the accuracy of these reports, the mere suggestion that the NSA has used its participation in the cryptography development process to introduce weaknesses into cryptographic standards has created a crisis of trust in the technology community. Some security firms have issued advisories to their customers to avoid using algorithms that might contain weaknesses.
We further appreciate NIST's history of extensive collaboration with the world's cryptography experts to support robust encryption. NIST has reopened public comment on some specific standards and stated clearly: "If vulnerabilities are found in these or any other NIST standards, we will work with the cryptographic community to address them as quickly as possible." This initiative is an important step toward regaining trust in NIST's commitment to strong, robust, cryptographic, and other standards that have been vetted by experts globally.
The facts alleged in the news accounts should be investigated and the separate roles played by NIST and the NSA in cryptographic standards should be reaffirmed.
Rebuilding Trust: Collection
In addition to the transparency and other measures outlined above that are designed to increase public trust, with regard to specific statutory authorities and the collection programs currently in operation, I urge that the public be assured that such collection is not indiscriminate. If reforms are necessary to ensure that such collection is not indiscriminate, they should be implemented. Avoiding indiscriminate collection is critical to public trust and to ensure an open Internet where individuals can take advantage of all that technology has to offer.
We need to restore "Made in America" as positive. It is imperative that the necessary steps be taken by Congress and the Administration to restore trust in the innovative products and services that ITI member companies provide, and to maintain the open and borderless Internet that has served to the benefit of so many individuals, companies, and countries around the world.
Thank you for this opportunity to appear before you today. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.


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by Samuel K. Darling, Divorce Attorney in Everett, WA
Most parents do not know what they may or may not say to their children during a divorce. In fact, many parents don't even realize courts consider certain topics of conversation off limits. Worse, in Washington, and likely most other states, the law describes these taboo topics of conversation in nebulous terms, such as "abusive use of conflict" or "putting the kids in the middle."
Judges sometimes try to clarify by ordering parties to "not discuss the divorce case with the children". But that order presents practical difficulties. For example, the parents need to tell the children where the parenting plan or custody order requires the kids to be on certain days. Parents MUST talk to the children about aspects of the divorce at some point, regardless whether the judge says it's okay.
Fear not, this article provides a set of guidelines on what you can say to your kids. Please keep in mind, there is no official set of rules on this subject, and lawyers and judges routinely debate these points. But in our firm's experience, judges typically agree with the following:
Guidelines for Parent-Child Communication
Rule 1) Okay to Inform of Schedule; Not Okay to Inform of Disputes. Parents can and should communicate the parenting schedule and upcoming changes to their children, but should not inform the children of any parent-parent disagreements.
Rule 2) Okay to Encourage Kids to Speak-up; Not Okay to Ask Kids to Choose. Generally, parents can and should encourage children to communicate their views. This is especially important for older children, whose expressed views are often the best measure of a parent-child bond and source of information regarding parenting concerns. But parents should not ask the children who they want to live with, ask the children to take a side on a custody-related issue, or coach them on what to tell others. If someone needs to ask the children for their opinion on a custody-related issue, that person should usually be a guardian ad litem, not a parent.
Rule 3) No Interrogating. Parents can ask their children general questions about their time with the other parent, but should not ask specific questions with the intent of using the child as a "spy" to gather un-volunteered information.
Rule 4) No Badmouthing. Parents should not speak negatively about each other or allow others to do so within the children's presence.
Again, our firm wants to emphasize that the term "rule" is meant loosely. These are not codified legal principals, and not everyone agrees with them.
Our firm's hope is that this article will reduce some of the anxiety and acrimony many divorce litigants experience during custody disputes.
For more articles pertaining to divorce and other legal topics, we encourage you explore the resources tab of our firm's website by clicking here.

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Music video director Max Nichols has been hired to make his feature debut with the indie romantic comedy "Two Night Stand," which Beau Flynn and "Gangster Squad" director Ruben Fleischer are producing.
Flynn Picture Co., which acquired Mark Hammer's script earlier this year, is producing "Two Night Stand" with Flynn Pictures' Adam Yoelin exec producing. Hammer's script, selected for last year's Black List, follows a man and a woman trapped in his apartment after a one-night stand because of a terrible snowstorm outside — forcing them to get to know each other far more.
Flynn told Variety he's aiming to begin production in the fall, adding that calls are coming in from reps seeking to cast clients in lead roles.
Flynn's credits include "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," "Journey to the Center of the Earth," "The Rite," and "Red Dawn," which FilmDistrict has set for a Nov. 21 launch. He's also developing a third "Journey" pic for New Line, where he's based. Flynn's most recent indie was "Choke."
Fleischer directed "Gangster Squad" for Warner Bros.
Nichols is represented by CAA. Hammer is repped by UTA and manager Tom Drumm of The Safran Company.
Fleischer is repped by UTA.
UTA is putting the financing together and representing the world rights.


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New data demonstrates the extent to which the spread of COVID-19 is rapidly gathering pace.
A list of the latest available seven-day infection rates for English council areas (see the top 20 at the bottom of this page) shows, for example, how the virus has spread five-fold in Nottingham.
There were 496.8 cases per 100,000 people in the seven days up to 4 October, compared to 94.3 per 100,000 in the seven days to 27 September.
Meanwhile, COVID prevalence is more than doubling in two other major cities: Leeds and Sheffield.
According to the data, which is based on government testing figures, the Merseyside borough of Knowsley has the highest rate of new coronavirus infections in the country, with 574.7 cases per 100,000 in the seven days to 4 October.
Meanwhile, with the exception of Exeter, all the areas in the top 20 are in the north of England.
It comes as leader of northern cities told the government they think local lockdown restrictions are not working.
The Labour leaders of Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle city councils – Judith Blake, Sir Richard Leese and Nick Forbes – joined Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson in writing to health secretary Matt Hancock to say they are "extremely concerned" about the rise in cases.
Watch: Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson clash over 10pm curfew
They wrote: "The existing restrictions are not working, confusing for the public and some, like the 10pm [curfew for pubs], are counterproductive."
They called for additional powers to punish those who break rules; new restrictions to be developed by police, council and public health experts; and for a locally controlled test and trace system.
On Wednesday, meanwhile, the government recorded a further 14,162 daily cases in the UK.
This is the second highest daily figure in the entire pandemic, though more testing is now being carried out compared to the first wave in the spring – and the government has said over 100,000 people a day were contracting the virus at the peak in April.
Here are the 20 areas with the highest coronavirus infection rates per 100,000 people in the seven days to 4 October (infection rates per 100,000 for the seven days to 27 September are in brackets)
Knowsley 574.7 (334.7)
Liverpool 551.6 (342.3)
Manchester 541.5 (307.0)
Nottingham 496.8 (94.3)
Newcastle upon Tyne 479.8 (298.9)
Burnley 403.7 (373.4)
Leeds 363.5 (170.3)
Sheffield 358.2 (120.9)
Sefton 350.6 (226.8)
Exeter 338.6 (54.8)
St. Helens 332.8 (254.2)
Halton 327.6 (265.8)
Rochdale 324.6 (202.3)
Preston 306.7 (223.6)
Salford 304.8 (195.1)
Pendle 299.6 (255.1)
Sunderland 285.6 (215.7)
Hyndburn 282.6 (236.9)
Bradford 282.0 (184.2)
Bury 281.7 (216.2)
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It was an hour before sunset, but the holy city was already twilight dark. Late summer is Mecca's stormy season. It's also the season just before the hajj—Islam's annual pilgrimage—and the Grand Mosque at the city's center was already filled with visitors. A blustery storm was whipping through the city's skyscrapers, half-built high rises, and thicket of tower cranes. It was probably a big gust that caught the large red and white crawler crane, pushing its massive boom like a giant lever until the machine did a backwards somersault and landed on the mosque's roof.
When the crane hit at 5:20pm on September 11, it hit hard, and the collision shook loose tons of concrete and debris onto the pilgrims and visitors inside. One hundred and eleven are now dead, and nearly 400 injured. But cranes are for lifting big things off the ground—they're engineered to be very, very stable. So how could one flip so disastrously?
"Their physics are pretty simple," says Henry Petroski, an engineer who studies structural failure at Duke University. "Whatever you're lifting is a significant force, and that has to be balanced by the crane's geometry." The crane that fell on the Grand Mosque was a crawler crane, with four basic geometrical parts: superstructure, boom, mast, and cables.
The superstructure, where the operator sits and where the crane pivots, rests on two tank-like treads. Attached to the front of that superstructure is the boom, the long arm that carries the crane's load, which itself is connected by steel cables to a smaller structure—called the mast—extending from the back of the superstructure. The cables move the boom up and down, but the mast is what keeps the weight balanced.
Let's say you want to lift 10 tons. That weight is pretty stable if it's held close to, or directly above, the crane's superstructure. As the crane extends the loaded boom, the superstructure's base has more trouble staying on the ground, and the boom needs more support to keep from buckling.
Balancing all those forces comes down to counterweighting. Sometimes the mast is enough to disperse the load, but superstructures often get loaded down with huge concrete and steel weights to help. Crawler cranes also have extendable feet called outriggers that give it a wider base, for increased stabilization.
Despite their low center of gravity, crawler cranes—so-named because they move around on a pair of tank-like treads—are far less stable than teetering tower cranes. "Basically a crawler crane has to be on firm ground and level within one percent," says Terry McGettigan, a 43-year veteran crane operator and proprietor of the crane safety site Towercranesupport.com. Soft ground will throw a crane out of balance, and an out of balance crane is ripe for disaster.
Wind is a crane's greatest foe, and even a perfectly set-up structure is susceptible. This is because the boom acts like a giant lever that the wind can push upon. "If you think about it, the higher up you have the boom, the less wind it will take to push the crane over," says McGettigan.
On the evening of the collapse, Mecca's airport weather station showed sustained winds around 25 mph. This does not account for gusts—which could have been much higher—or how wind behaves when it encounters tall, clustered buildings like the ones that surround the Grand Mosque. "There can be channeling effects," says Petroski. "Like, if you have water flowing in a stream and the channel narrows, the water will go much faster. That's how you get rapids." Tall buildings do the same thing, forcing the wind to go faster in order to go between them.
The toppled crane was also one of dozens surrounding the Grand Mosque. McGettigan thinks this crowd of cranes didn't leave the toppled crane's operator enough room to lower the boom. When the wind kicks up, crawler crane operators should either lower the boom down to the ground, or tie it down. "I looked at the pictures, and logistically it just did not seem possible," he says.
Finally, the earth itself could have revolted against the crane. Cranes are incredibly heavy, and put an enormous amount of strain on the ground beneath them. "Rain could soften the ground on which the crane is sitting," says Petroski. Even in very little wind, or none at all, the mushy ground could become the cause of an accident. Even properly seated outriggers wouldn't be much help if they aren't seated on solid ground. The images of the toppled crane appear to show the outriggers deployed.
Even the best engineers can't control the weather, but they can try to accommodate it through safety procedures. "There are all these things that are supposed to be done," says Petroski. "But you've got human beings involved so they don't always follow the rules." The shifty gust that caught this crawler off guard was devastating, but it was probably no act of god.


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Police have charged a man following an assault incident at Carseldine this afternoon, Queensland Police say.
At about 1.30pm, officers attended a service station on Gympie Road in relation to man allegedly causing a disturbance.
When police approached the man, it is alleged the man punched an officer in the face and punched and kicked the second officer.
After a brief struggle the man was arrested.
It is alleged whilst searching the man, police located a large machete hidden in the man's pants.
Both officers received bruising as a result of the incident.
The 29-year-old Caboolture man is charged with two counts of serious assault police and one count each of public nuisance and possess knife in a public place.
The man will appear in the Sandgate Magistrates Court on September 14.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
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Rare Chinese postage stamps up 46% pa in value since March 2009
Rare Chinese postage stamps up 46% pa in value since March 2009
The increasing wealth of the Chinese is behind the country's buoyant rare postage stamp sector
The value of the most collectible Chinese postage stamps is up 46% pa since March 2009, according to new figures, with China's increasingly wealthy inhabitants thought to be behind the surge.
The China 100 Stamp Index tracks the auction performance of 100 stamp sets from the Qing Dynasty (ended 1911) to late 20th century specimens.
Starting with a figure of 100 in March 2009, the index stood at 238 in February 2012.
"During the Cultural Revolution, Chinese people were too poor to buy stamps," Ricky Tam Siu-hing, one of the founders of the company behind the index, told Hong Kong's The Standard newspaper.
"Now as they are wealthier, many would like to collect them."
He added that the index has outperformed more traditional investments such as the stock market and property during the same time frame.
Chinese monkey stamps: up 186% in 21 months
The index includes stamps such as the Red Revenue Large $1, Mei Lang Fang souvenir sheet, as well as the much in-demand Chinese monkey stamps, produced in 1980 to celebrate the year's Golden Monkey zodiac sign.
The world record for a sheet of Chinese monkey stamps has been broken four times in the past two years.
A sheet of the stamps sold for HK$1.49m ($192,000) at a Hong Kong auction in September 2011, marking a 186% increase in price since January 2010.
A recent report by the Hurun Research Institute states that one in 1,400 Chinese citizens is now a millionaire, while figures from the Boston Consulting Group indicate there were 670,000 Chinese millionaires in 2009, up from 190,000 in 2004.
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Shattered Truth is the twenty-first release for the Naruto CCG,
introducing over 100 new cards to the popular collectible card game.
This set chronicles the final battle between Sasuke and Itachi as the
truth behind the history of the Uchiha clan is revealed. New cards of
the "Six Tails", "Madera" and the powerful "Jutsus Kirin" and "Susanoo"
make their first appearance to the game. Also, players will enjoy
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Telling children that it is perfectly normal to sometimes fail at school can actually help them do better academically, according to newly published research.
The results of three experiments by French researchers are not definitive but they are intuitive; kids who don't feel overwhelming pressure to do well all the time are more likely to feel free to explore, take academic chances and not fall apart if they make a mistake.
The first experiment explains how the three were conducted: 111 sixth-graders were all given very difficult anagram problems. A sub-group of the students who were told that learning can be hard and that they should expect to sometimes fail did better on a test measuring working memory capacity than students in two other groups who did not have the same failure-is-okay discussion. Working memory capacity is said to be a good predictor of reading comprehension, problem solving and other aspects of academic achievement.
The findings are explained in article called "Improving Working Memory Efficiency by Reframing Metacognitive Interpretation of Task Difficulty," by Frederique Autin and Jean-Claude Croizet of the University of Poitiers and the National Center for Scientific Research in Poitiers, France. The article was published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General by the American Psychological Association.
In a news release about the article, Autin was quoted as saying: "We focused on a widespread cultural belief that equates academic success with a high level of competence and failure with intellectual inferiority. By being obsessed with success, students are afraid to fail, so they are reluctant to take difficult steps to master new material. Acknowledging that difficulty is a crucial part of learning could stop a vicious circle in which difficulty creates feelings of incompetence that in turn disrupts learning."
And Croize was quoted as saying, "People usually believe that academic achievement simply reflects students' inherent academic ability, which can be difficult to change. But teachers and parents may be able to help students succeed just by changing the way in which the material is presented."
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In honor of Madonna, 12 more spectacular stage dives
LONDON — Madonna stacked it spectacularly at the Brit Awards Wednesday night, prompting the usual brilliant Twitter memes, but she's far from the first to take a tumble onstage.
A combination of elaborate outfits, intricate stage set-ups and often slippy floors usually only lead to one thing — whether it's at a gig, festival, awards ceremony or fashion show.
Axl Rose, Beyoncé, Steven Tyler, Pink and of course Kanye West are just a few of the singers who have gone ass over tit for our enjoyment over the years.
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Designers of composite parts can choose from a wide variety of fiber reinforcements and resin systems. Knowledge of material properties is a prerequisite to satisfactory product design, but cost is a major factor, as well. Over-designed composites cannot compete with lower-cost, established material systems. The well-designed part not only employs the right materials and processes to meet application requirements, but, many times, is commercially competitive with other materials, when installation, maintenance and lifecycle costs are factored into the equation.
As noted above, fiber reinforcements provide mechanical properties, such as stiffness and strength, and resin matrices provide physical characteristics, including toughness and resistance to impact, weather, fire, UV light and corrosive chemicals.
A significant design consideration is fiber-to-matrix ratio, which is a determining factor in the ultimate weight and cost of the component and governs the extent to which performance properties inherent in the fiber reinforcement can be optimized in the part. Fiber-to-resin ratio can range from 20:80 for low-cost, nonstructural components to as high as 70:30 in some high-end pultrusion applications for structural use. A 60:40 or higher ratio is common in advanced composites.
Three additional factors must be considered when designing with fiber: fiber type, form and orientation or architecture. Orientation refers to fiber direction in relation to the longest part dimension. Typically, fiber architecture is tailored in the direction of the primary loads placed on a structure, a design principle comparable to what civil engineers use to orient steel reinforcing bars in a concrete structure. Common orientations are parallel (longitudinal or 0°), circumferential (90°) and helical (usually ±33° to ±45°). However, fiber direction can vary greatly. For example, a 54° winding angle satisfies both the circumferential (hoop) and longitudinal (axial) strength requirements of most pipes and pressure vessels, usually manufactured by the filament winding process. However, if more stress is placed on the pipe in the axial direction, as is the case with an unsupported span, a ±20°/±70° fiber orientation will provide a stiffer bending modulus for increased axial strength.
Composites, by nature, allow designers to tailor fiber architecture to match the performance requirements for a specific part. Laminates may be designed to be isotropic or anisotropic, balanced or unbalanced, symmetrical or asymmetrical - depending on the in-use forces a component must withstand (see "Glossary of Terms,"p. 47). Varied fiber orientation allows a range of wall-thickness variations, making it possible to develop lightweight, complex shapes and to produce large parts with integral reinforcing members.
An understanding of layered or laminated structural behavior is vital to effective composite component design. Adhesion between laminate layers (called plies) is critical; poor adhesion can result in delamination under stress, strain, impact and load conditions. Ply layup designers must consider mechanical stresses/loads, adhesion, weight, stiffness, operating temperature and toughness requirements, as well as variables such as electromagnetic transparency and radiation resistance. Additionally, composite component design must encompass surface finish, fatigue life, overall part configuration, and scrap or rework potential, to name just a few of the many applicable factors.
The intended fabrication method also will influence design. For instance, manufacturers of filament-wound or tape-layed structures use different reinforcement forms and build-up patterns than those used either for laminate panels layed up by hand or for vacuum-bag-cured prepreg parts.Resin transfer molding (RTM) accommodates three-dimensional preforms more easily than do some other manufacturing techniques. The varying benefits and limitations of these fabrication techniques provide designers a very flexible set of options, in their efforts to achieve optimum performance and economies.
A common type of composite structure - sandwich construction - combines a lightweight core material with laminated composite skins (facesheets), similar to the construction of corrugated cardboard. These very lightweight panels have the highest stiffness-to-weight and strength-to-weight performance of all composite structures and are extremely resistant to bending and buckling. Suitable core materials include closed-cell foams, balsa wood and celled honeycomb in a variety of forms (aluminum, paper or plastic). Some foam cores are syntactic (i.e., containing hollow microspheres) for even lighter weight. Sandwich construction is used extensively on modern aircraft and boats as well as in applications such as cargo containers and modular buildings.


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The New Captain Carvesh
"Captain? What were you thinking, uncle?"
"Only what was necessary in the moment." Carvesh, Anya and Carwell were gathered together in the upper room of Quelana's home. It was the only place that was not filled with the wounded and the dying, and offered at least some measure of privacy. The hysterical woman had been dragged away, with orders that she was to be watched carefully. It was clear that she had gone mad with grief, but Quelana believed she would recover enough to recognize how irrational she had been. In the meantime, they would take all measures to keep her away from Carvesh.
"How was that necessary? You've just given me a military position."
"A relatively minor one."
"I'm an exile, uncle," said Carvesh. "I have no place in the army."
"You have no place in Relen'kar at all."
"Yesterday you had all but arrested me. You threatened to put me in chains."
"As I recall, that was your idea. I was just saying that it could be done. I know what I said, Carvesh. I know that I said you could not leave the village on your own. But things have changed. Yesterday I was investigating rumours. Today I find myself at war."
"If my mother finds out—"
"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. It won't be the first time we've butt heads. I'll survive it. She's a hard woman, Carvesh, but she has to be. It's the only way she keeps herself alive. There are a half dozen other Lords who've had their eye on the Winged Throne since your father's execution. The only things that keep her in power are her iron will, the support of those Lords still loyal to her, and Jayslen's rightful claim as heir. If she should lose any of those—well I'm afraid she would find herself in a very difficult position. But that's not the point. The point is that we've deflected—at least for the time being. When people look at you they won't see the tall southerner with a prince's name. They'll see Carvesh, the demon slayer."
"You mean Demonsbane?" Anya smiled.
Carwell furrowed his brow. "It's not very good is it? Torshen would have done better. He always had a way with words."
"It may be a tad melodramatic," she replied.
"It seemed right at the time."
"Like making me Captain?" Carvesh interjected. "What are we going to do about that? Can you undo it? Say you made a mistake?"
"I'm afraid not. I don't make a habit of lying. Besides, it was a decision I'd already made. That woman just forced me to declare it earlier than I'd intended. If we're going to fight this war, then I'm damned well going to do everything I can to win it."
"I don't see what that has to do with me."
Carwell regarded him thoughtfully then turned to Anya. "He really doesn't see it does he?"
"He never has," she replied.
"No, I don't suppose you would. Merek was blind to it too—even to the end. But I suppose that's part of what made him who he was."
"I don't understand what either of you are talking about," said Carvesh.
"He's saying you're a natural-born leader," Anya smiled and placed one hand on his forearm.
"I'm just a farmer," he protested.
"No, my dear. Farming is only something you've been doing. You've done it well, but it's never been who you are. You were born to lead, my love. That you don't see it in yourself only confirms it."
"Your father was the same way," said Carwell. "Have you ever wondered how he came to the Winged Throne? Why Torshen stepped aside for a younger brother?"
He had, of course. As Carvesh understood his history, no first-born heir to the Winged Throne had ever abdicated as Torshen had done. Younger brothers had laid claim to the Throne, but such ascensions had always been wrought with war and blood or political scheming, and has always left the Realm in a worse state than it had started—drained of resources and fragmented by opposing allegiances. Torshen had been the first and only prince to ever step aside of his own free will, clearing the way for Merek to become King.
Carvesh remembered the day it happened. He had been just six years old and his grandfather, King Lachlan had been ailing. The Lords of the Realm had descended upon Relen'ayar for a special Council. Carvesh had been excited because it was the first time that he was to allowed to sit and watch the Council in session. He could still remember his grandfather, looking so grey and tired, rising slowly to his feet and calling on Torshen to address all those assembled.
And so he had. Dressed in royal garb, he had stood before all the Lords of the Realm, looking every inch like a king in his own right. He had spoken of his love for his father, and the honour in which he held his own family. He had spoken of duty to the Realm and of doing what was right in the eyes of the Nine. Carvesh was not sure why he recalled those details so clearly, but he remembered thinking the peech sounded just like one of the High Chaplin's sermons. At least until the moment when Torshen had announced that he was renouncing all claim to the Winged Throne, in favour of his younger brother. The Council had erupted into a cacophony of voices, and Carvesh, Jayslen and Vhanna had been ushered back to their rooms.
Six months later, Lachlan Rayderon had died and Carvesh's father had been ascended to the Throne.
"I have wondered," Carvesh admitted, "Though I've never been able to do more than that. While I was in Mesinia, the entire Yeartide separated me from Relen'kar, and the People of the Sun care little for our politics. So long as trade continues, one King is much like another." Anya nodded in agreement. "There were few answers to any questions I had. And since returning, so much of our time and energy has been spent in trying to stay hidden that I've never dared to ask anything about my family."
"For fear of drawing too much attention to yourself," concluded Carwell.
Carvesh nodded. The only people he was ever able to speak freely with were Anya—who knew less about his family than he did—and Jayslen. But Carvesh had always found his brother to be unpredictable and moody. Any mention of their father was more likely to be met with sullen silence than any real answers.
"Then let me tell you." Carwell sat down on a bench, folding his hands and wresting his forearms on his knees. "There have been those that have said that Torshen was a coward. He was nothing of the sort. Others will tell you that he was showing the first signs of madness. Another lie. His mind was as sharp as his sword. The simple reality was that both your uncle and your grandfather saw something in Merek. I saw it too, first when we were boys and then later when we campaigned together on the Ice Range. We all recognized that, while men might follow us because of our power and and titles, men would follow your father simply because of who he was. They followed him because they wanted to follow him. Because they loved him.
"Hear me when I tell you that Merek Rayderon was a man worth fighting for and, if necessary, a man worth dying for. All the Nine know that your brother did not inherit that quality. I believe you did."
"Don't be ridiculous," said Carvesh. "Men don't follow me."
"Madik," Carwell countered, "and Jadoc."
"Uncle, I really don't think—"
"The Mayor speaks well of you. That woman outside claimed that her son fought and died because he was inspired by you. Merek did that to people too. And what about Taaru? He cares nothing for my title, yet he defers to you."
"He speaks the truth," said Anya. "I've known as much for years."
"But I don't want it!" Carvesh shouted. He felt trapped and cornered, and for a moment, he was transported back to that day when he was taken from his father's arm and told that he was being sent to live across the Yeartide. All the same emotions began welling up in his heart. He wanted to scream in frustration. He wanted to grasp on to the power of the Flame, just for an instant, so he could smash something to pieces. "I don't want anyone dying for me!"
"Of course you don't," said Carwell. "Any man who relishes the death of his followers is not worthy of his power. But sometimes it's the men who don't want the burden of leadership that are the best suited for it. I told your father this on the morning of Torshen's abdication. I'm telling you the same thing now. You were born to greater things than this, Carvesh. I'm not sure why the Nine chose to deny you the Flame, but in just one short day, I've come to believe that your purpose is greater than working the land and tending you livestock. I recognize that those are important tasks. I just don't believe that they are for you."
"You're going to insist on this, aren't you?"
"I'm afraid so."
"Ashes and bloody embers. How am I supposed to shoulder that kind of responsibility? How am I supposed to look a man in the eye knowing that he could die because of some decision I make?"
"With a great deal of difficulty, I should expect. I won't pretend it's easy. But it's what men need. When a man believes that his commander respects and values him, he will push further and fight harder. Your father taught me that." Carwell shook his head and smiled sadly. "He was a master at it, and he never even knew it.
"During our campaign on the Ice Range, I watched an entire company of mercenaries throw themselves at a band of armed Titans in order to save your father. These were hard, vicious men, whose services your grandfather had purchased in order to bolster the strength of his own forces. The sort of men that are loyal to nothing but their own purses. Yet they threw themselves against the Titans with zealous ferocity."
"What happened?" asked Carvesh.
"They were slaughtered. To a man. And do you know what your father did? He honoured them. He wrote their names in a small book he kept with him—he called the Book of the Fallen—and when he returned home, he spent an entire year tracking down their families. Mothers and fathers, wives and children. To each of these, he sent a letter, along with fifty golden crowns, as recompense for their loss. When your father died, years later, seven of those mercenaries' sons were serving, or training to serve, as members of the Winged Guard. As far as I know, they're still serving today, dedicating their lives to protect your family."
"I'm not my father."
"No. You're not. He was more hot-headed than you seem to be, more prone to thinking with his heart instead of his head. I think you might have more of your mother's patience and cunning. But never forget, Carvesh, that you are the son of Merek Rayderon, and that is not something to be taken lightly."
"I don't know—"
"I do. Trust me on this. Now you'd best get packing. We still have a long march ahead of us. I'll see you in the square later today, Captain."


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The Program provides support for students pursuing cross-disciplinary training in the social sciences and medicine by offering strong mentoring, fostering an intellectual community through programmatic activities, and providing funding support on a competitive basis. Students receive their MD from Harvard Medical School and their PhD from one of the relevant social sciences or humanities departments at Harvard's Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (GSAS). The program seeks to educate students to apply social science perspectives and methods to health and health care delivery.
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Students typically spend the first two years enrolled at HMS. For most students, at the beginning of their third year, they begin doctoral work in their respective social science departments. Although timing varies depending on discipline and dissertation research, students generally spend 3-5 years on their doctoral studies before returning to HMS to complete the final two years of medical school. Faculty from HMS and the appropriate graduate program are available for mentorship about future goals and research interests.
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Unfortunately, this weekend was cancelled!
Spring is around the corner, time to come out of the darkness and prepare yourself for the sun!
Wicked Retreats offers you the place and the time to prepare yourself for coming season, by guiding you into re-awakening your body from the slumber of winter.
Would you like to spend some days in peace, learning to care of your body and to create a delicious and healthy eating pattern?
Join Rianne and Marrit for a long Easter weekend getaway, in the beautiful valley of Monte Mariposa in the Algarve in south Portugal. This is the place to unwind, reconnect to yourself and nature and enjoy some quiet you-time.
Reconnect with your body during the Meditation and Yoga sessions.
Find inner calm with our breathing deepening practice.
Nourish and optimise your energy levels with amazing vegetarian food.
Prepare delicious meals in our Creative Vegetarian Cooking Workshop.
Cleanse your body with our sweat lodge ceremony.
Our aim, besides creating a beautiful experience during our Spring Cleaning Retreat, is to provide you with the tools and information to continue with the integration in your everyday life.
The retreat
has over 10 years of yoga experience and will guide you through meditation and the yoga sessions. You will explore mindful movement and get to know and feel your body better. The practice is fairly gentle, but challenging at the same time. It will make you even more present with what you are doing and discover your body and movement in a deeper way. You just have to be curious!
Rianne will also teach a breathing deepening practice. Breathing is something we all do, but we're hardly ever aware of it. The breath is a great indicator of how you are doing in this moment. In the breathing deepening practice, you will explore your breath and practice different breathing techniques. We will also link it to your posture. In this way, it will also be of benefit in your movement and meditation practice as well as during daily life.
For more info on Rianne, please visit her website Vyana yoga or her Vyana yoga facebook
is passionate about yoga, plant based cooking and nutrition. She will teach you useful of vegetarian cooking skills during the Creative Vegetarian Cooking Workshop. The focus will be on creating a healthy and tasteful eating pattern, while keeping things fun and practical. There are so many healthy and delicious recipes that we will share with you! Vegetarian food can be festive, colourful and nourishing – even for meat lovers.
In the workshops we share nutritional information, practical tips and experiences, focused on creating more sensibility in listening to your body´s needs. You will be guided through the preparation of a delightful lunch, which we will enjoy together. You will also receive the recipes of all the meals that are eaten during the retreat so you can continue nourishing your body after the retreat.
For more info on Marrit, please visit her Creative Vegetarian Cooking facebook
We have invited our friend Marie to host the sweat lodge ceremony in order to offer you a full spring cleaning experience. Her first sweat in 2012, she feels a strong calling to work with sweatlodges. When she sits inside the sacred womb, her soul feels at the right place. She is very thankful for all teachings she has received. Earth, fire, wind and water on her side, being guided and always send to right people. She is grateful to herself for stepping into her powers and overcome her fears.
The Day to Day
We would like to start the day in silence, to give everyone the space to wake up in peace. We then start waking up our body in the morning yoga session, followed by a healthy vegetarian breakfast. After a short break the different workshops and activities will commence, see our program for full details. In the afternoon, there is enough time to just relax, read a book, take a dip in the pool or explore the beautiful surroundings of the valley. You also have the opportunity to book a personal bodywork or Thai massage session (not included in the price). Do note that the availability of this is limited, so book in time.
The Sweatlodge Ceremony
The Sweatlodge Ceremony has been a sacred practice for many different cultures for thousands of years. Those cultures use this practice to go back to the sacred womb of mother earth to reconnect with their light and love. They give thanks to life and to praise pachamama. Inside they pray, sing or are in silence.
In our ceremony, the transformative power of the elements will help us to co-create a sacred field of healing, receiving insights and getting reborn as a more aligned version of ourselves.
The Location
In a beautiful valley, surrounded by cork, almond and orange trees, you can find retreat centre Monte Mariposa. The perfect place to enjoy the peace and tranquillity the Algarve has to offer. At the same time the picturesque village of Tavira is just 15 minutes' drive, just like the beautiful beaches of the Ria Formosa. Faro airport is only 30 minutes by car.
The peaceful valley is located behind the main building. We have a lovely spacious studio space, covered with glass windows that can be opened. This way you're protected against the sun and wind, but still have the sense of being outside in nature. There are wooden cabins with 2 single beds scattered around the valley. We have an open kitchen and dining area available and shower/bathroom facilities.
What you get
This Wicked Weekend was cancelled.
Price includes:
- 4x breakfast and 3x lunch and dinner (with recipes)
- 4 nights in a 2-person shared accommodation
(single accommodation by request, extra fee applies)
- Yoga and Meditation sessions
- Creative Vegetarian Cooking Workshop
- Fascial Release workshop
- Breathing deepening practice
- Sweatlodge ceremony
Price excludes:
- Flights
- Transport to and from Faro airport (please state in your booking if you need one) latest transfer at 15:00 on March 30th
(we encourage the sharing of a taxi, or sharing of a hired car).
- Optional bodywork/massage session
(€50 for 60 min, €75 for 90 min)
Note that the program can be subject to change.
Arrival day, Friday, March 30
16:30 – 17:00 Welcome meditation (optional)
18:00 – 19:30 Opening circle and dinner
19:30 – 21:00 Creative Vegetarian Cooking Workshop – theory
Saturday, March 31
8:30 – 9:45 Yoga Somatics
9:45 – 11:00 Breakfast
11:00 – 13:00 Cooking / Massage Workshops
(half of the group will join per workshop and change the next day)
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 18:00 Free time (optional treatments)
18:00 – 19:30 Breathing deepening practice
19.30 Dinner followed by a campfire before bedtime
Sunday, April 1
8:30 – 9:45 Yoga Somatics
9:45 – 11:00 Breakfast
11:00 – 13:00 Cooking / Massage Workshops
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 18:00 Free time
18:00 – 19:30 Restorative yoga followed by a deep relaxation
19:30 Dinner followed by an optional evening program
Monday, April 2
08:30 – 09:45 Morning walk, preparation for sweatlodge
09:45 – 11:00 Breakfast
11:00 – 18:00 Sweatlodge Ceremony
18:00 – 20:00 Celebratory dinner, followed by an optional evening program
Tuesday, April 3
08:30 – 10:15 Yoga & Meditation
10:15 – 11:45 Breakfast and closing circle
Other info
A minimum of 7 participants is needed for the retreat to continue. There is a maximum of 12 participants. If the minimum number of participants is not met, the retreat will be cancelled and there will be a full refund of money already paid. Upon booking you will be requested to fill out a small questionnaire. This will give us an idea of the group and allow us to adjust the program to make it most beneficial.
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To book your place at Wicked Weekend: Spring Cleaning send us an email at: email@example.com
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We also have a retreat available in May in the Netherlands. This retreat, about the 7 senses, will be in Dutch.
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Global Mango Puree Market: Overview
Mango puree is a pressed and blended soft creamy paste or thick liquid, which is obtained in mango pulp format. Mango puree has an accepted brix range from 14.0 – 18.0. Aseptic mango purees with a natural brix of up to 28 degrees have been produced and used for making dairy products (yoghurts, etc.), ice cream, and biscuit making (chocolate & cereal bars, etc.). There are two types of mango purees available i.e. organic and conventional mango puree. Organic mango puree is free from synthetic additives such as pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and dyes. Whereas, conventional mango puree product is processed with other additives or mixed with other suitable mixtures to form a product prepared under good manufacturing practices.
Future Market Insights has come up with a new research report on the global mango puree market titled 'Mango Puree Market: Global Industry Analysis (2012 – 2026) and Opportunity Assessment (2017 – 2027)'. According to the research report, the market is expected to hold a market value of over US$ 1,000 Mn in 2017, reaching a value of over US$ 2,100 Mn in 2027. The market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 7.3% during the forecast period.
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Global Mango Puree Market: Dynamics
The global mango puree market is experiencing an exceptional growth as the overall consumption of mangoes has increased. As the flavour is liked by a large number of people all over the world, it is used in the production of many products from different industries such as infant food, ice-cream and yoghurt, bakery snacks etc. However the market is still facing some restraints due to lack of production, strict import policies especially in the U.S., which depends completely on imports for mangoes. The market may also face a backlash from a sudden wave of health consciousness among people.
Global Mango Puree Market: Segmental Highlights
This research bifurcates the global mango puree market into different segments that helps in easy understanding and analysis of the complete market. The segmentation is done on the basis of source, end use and region.
Here are some key highlights of the segmental analysis:
- On the basis of source, the analysis shows that conventional form of mango puree is leading the segment with a market value of over US$ 1,000 Mn in 2017. However organic form is expected to grow at a higher rate with a CAGR of 7.9%, as compared to the CAGR of the conventional form at 7.2% during the forecast period of 2017-2027.
- The analysis of end use shows that the beverages segment is expected to dominate the market with a market value of over US$ 570 Mn in 2017, growing at a CAGR of 7.2%.
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The second of this year's come-and-try-it evening club ten mile time trials on the UC361R Frome bypass was held last night. Nigel and Alison Vuagniaux organised the event. It was a busy night for Nigel as he also put up signs for the event, held up the riders at the start and rode the event well.
It had been fairly cloudy for most of the day, with the occasional hint of light rain. However it was a warm, slightly humid evening with light winds. As in there previous event, the wind helped more on the outward leg and slightly hindered on the return leg.
A total of nineteen riders arrived to ride the event. A nearly 60% improvement on the previous event. Resulting in the timekeeper removing both socks to access enough digits to count in the riders.
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Alastair McChesney VC Bristol 21m 39s
Steve Cottington Cadence RT 21m 57s
Matt Ray Cadence RT 22m 53s
George Rowntree Bath CC 23m 24s
Nigel Vuagniaux Bath CC 24m 02s
Alex Muse Bath CC 24m 28s
Rob Stone BAD Tri 24m 36s
Darren Edwards Bath CC 24m 54s
Tom Ryan Bath CC 25m 37s
Tony Thorne Bath CC 26m 29s
Pete Wilson Bath CC 27m 48s
Richard Newman BAD Tri 28m 34s
Alison Vaugniaux Bath CC 28m 54s
Lindsay Jacobs CATI [1] 29m 48s
Teresa Jacobs CATI [1] 30m 00s
Howard Beavan CATI [1] 30m 08s
Joe Krige CATI [1] 32m 49s
Lisa Bennett CATI [1] 33m 16s
Alan Pickard Bath CC DNF (puncture)
[1] CATI is a "Come And Try It" rider.
Alan Pickard managed to puncture on the first lap of the course.
That's the first time we've seen a DNF for a long time. Apart from that, it was a quick evening with many riders — Alastair McChesney, Steve Cottington, George Rowntree, Alex Muse, Alison Vuagniaux, Howard Beavan, etc — improving on their times from the evening event in May.
In a last event before jetting off to exotic climes, Tony Thorne clipped a minute off his time from the last event. However the improvement of the evening came from Teresa Jacobs who improved by over five minutes and recorded a time of exactly thirty minutes.
The final come-and-try-it evening club ten is in three week's time, on Wednesday August the 6th at 7:00PM.
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How do you challenge the government when they have decided to take your property through the eminent domain process? What can level the playing field between the average property owner and the government?
The eminent domain process is a complex one with a number of potential methods for fighting the condemning of your property or to help ensure that you are fully compensated for any governmental taking.
The Decades Of Experience You Need
At the Property Rights Law Firm, P.A., we are skilled at making the eminent domain process work for our clients. Our sole focus is on eminent domain issues. We bring decades of experience to the table for our clients. Our firm has created positive resolutions for many clients in the past by attacking various aspects of the government's case for seizing your property such as:
- Improper procedures — The government's failure to follow a required eminent domain procedure can result in either a delay or dismissal of the attempt to take. A failure to provide notice, for instance, may bar the process of further eminent domain actions. Other defenses would be gross abuse of discretion at the "resolution of necessity" hearing, fraud or bribery. Eminent domain attorneys at the Property Rights Law Firm, P.A., thoroughly analyze all potential defenses against the government pursuant to the merits of each case to ensure that all of your rights are protected.
- No public use — The government is allowed to take private property for "public use" only. Unfortunately, the term "public use" has been leniently interpreted by the courts. The term "public use" includes clear-cut examples such as schools, highways, subways, fire and police stations, court houses, roads, parks, public buildings; as well as other more subtle uses such as the elimination of blight through redevelopment. "Public use" simply means a public benefit must exist as a reason for the government taking. However, the use need not be a physically accessible public place. The attorneys of the Property Rights Law Firm, P.A., can effectively devise tactics to help you challenge whether the government has met the "public use" requirement.
- Full compensation — Usually, a private property owner's only recourse is to recover "full compensation" for the value of the target property. The experienced and professional eminent domain attorneys at the Florida Domain Law Firm work with numerous highly qualified experts to help you determine the full value of your property and any and all potential loses or resulting consequences related to the taking of the property. Once this information is determined, the Florida Property Rights Law Firm, P.A., can help ensure that you recover the maximum recovery possible.
- Litigation cost — If a challenge to the taking is successful or if the compensation obtained has increased over the government's initial offer, the Property Rights Law Firm, P.A., attorneys can get the taking authority to pay all attorney fees and taxable costs, including expert witness fees. Additionally, if the Property Rights Law Firm, P.A., is not successful, we will not charge you anything for our representation or for the costs expended in representing you. Thus, it is a no lose situation for you, the property owner, because you are able to obtain high-quality representation at no cost or risk. If you win, the government pays your attorneys' fees. If you lose, you pay no attorneys' fees.
Other topics that can provide information regarding your ability to challenge the government's ability to take your property include:
- What are the possible reasons for the government taking property?
- What agencies have the authority to condemn?
- How does stimulus money play a part?
- What if the FDOT is involved?
- How do changes in the law affect my case?
- What about eminent domain cases involving sewer and water projects?
- Do trends in the Florida real estate market going forward impact my case?
Challenging The Government's Eminent Domain Process In Florida
The outcome of the eminent domain process is not inevitable. Turn to the Property Rights Law Firm, P.A., for the skilled help you need to challenge the government. To schedule a free initial consultation, call 407-208-2652 or contact us online.


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Meiereihof 7, 74357 Bönnigheim
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Would you like to learn more about the history of schnaps? Are you interested to know when the first alcohol still was invented, and would you like to enjoy an entertaining schnaps and liqueur tasting, including a snack, in a quaint ambience? Then the Swabian Schnaps Museum's the place for you!
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So have you bought your Instant Pot? If you haven't, you should!
Having an Instant Pot makes life so much easier! Now that I have had mine for a while and cooked a wide verity of meals I have found my top 5 accessories that make the Instant Pot even better!
Top 5 Instant Pot Must Haves!
1. Stainless Steel Inner Cooking Pot
Your Instant Pot already comes with one Inner Potbut having a second one has been a game changer for me. With an additional pot you can store on in the refrigertor with left overs or when you are cooking more than one thing you can prepare two meals and cook them back to back. You can buy one here .
2. Silicone Lid Cover
Are you storing your left overs? Or prepared a meal that you're taking with you to a party? Then you need one of these covers. It fits over the inner pot perfectly with no leaking. I ordered 2 for each pot. You can get one here.
3. Silicone Egg Bite Molds
This is one of my favorite accessories for the Instant Pot, with it you can make:
-Egg Bites
-Mini meatloaf bites
-Baby Food; if you have a baby these are the perfect size to make your own.
I would say get one of these as your first purchase for your Instant Pot. Get one here.
4. Steamer Basket
Any type of veggie, hard-boiled eggs or if you're making homemade broth. The steamer basket is perfect for this. There are 2 options for the steamer baskets and you can get them both here or here.
5.Silicone Loaf Pan
I just recently got one of these and I'm already loving it. This loaf pan is perfect for making your own bread, cakes and meatloaf. The loaf pan was also very inexpensive. You can get one here.
So once you have your Instant Pot or if you already have it, these are the best most usable accessories to ease cooking. Let me know if you decided to try these and how it goes. Enjoy cooking in your Instant Pot!


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We've seen a shift where macOS is now looking and acting like a manual transmission — robust, accurate, and putting the user in full control. On the other hand iOS is very much acting like an automatic transmission — anticipatory, seamless, and convenient. What kind of transmission does your car have?
Ben makes a great point with his analogy: iOS 10 is a major shift for iOS. However, his analogy implies that just like most of us drive automatic cars, we'll all eventually be using the "automatic transmission" of iOS.
While iPhone and iPad are more capable every year because of the advances in operating system and hardware, it's a platform for consumers first. macOS is robust—and "manual" shall we say—because it's what professionals need. While some signs seem to point to the fact that Apple has forgotten what "pro" means, my gut tells me they haven't forgotten about us.
In the end, I have two cars. One automatic, the other manual, and I use each for what they're best at.


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Hungary's decision to allow ethnic Hungarians living abroad to apply for dual citizenship has sparked an angry response from neighbouring Slovakia.
Slovakia has voted to amend its own citizenship law, stripping anyone of their Slovak citizenship if they apply for a second nationality.
Southern Slovakia is home to roughly 500,000 ethnic Hungarians, about a tenth of the country's population.
Slovak leader Robert Fico has called Hungary's move a "security threat".
The two EU members have repeatedly sparred over the treatment of the substantial Hungarian minority in Slovakia, most recently about a new language law which Hungary says hurts minority rights.
Tit-for-tat moves
The amendment to Hungary's citizenship law passed almost unanimously in the Hungarian parliament on Wednesday.
Slovakia retaliated by passing its own measure later in the day.
The Hungarian measure is due to come into effect in 2011, while the Slovak one, which still needs approval from the president, would come into force in July, Reuters news agency reported.
The Hungarian law will allow ethnic Hungarians living abroad to apply for Hungarian citizenship, if they speak Hungarian and have Hungarian ancestry.
This was one of the campaign pledges of incoming Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his centre-right Fidesz party, which won a landslide majority in elections in April.
Of Hungary's neighbours, only Slovakia has objected to the move.
Mr Fico told the Slovak parliament on Tuesday that Hungary was attempting to revise history, and accused Hungary of gross ignorance of the bilateral friendship treaty, the BBC's Nick Thorpe reports from Budapest.
Hungary ceded two-thirds of its territory under the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, after being on the losing side in World War I. As a result, large Hungarian minorities now live in neighbouring Slovakia, Romania and Serbia.
Bratislava is particularly upset that Hungary did not seek talks before passing the amendment, our correspondent says.
Slovakia will hold parliamentary elections next month, and Mr Fico is battling for the nationalist vote, he adds.


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We are all getting back from our tour of the West Coast, and wanted to say thanks and thanks to all those that housed us, and listened to us, and played with us, and gave us directions!!!!!!
Thank you to Swaan Miller, the Olympic National Rainforest, Squidlabs, Betty Nyugen, Mara Sohn, Lindsay at Calliope, Michael Hurley!, Mark, Dave and Hana, Hisham, the nation of Paperad, Jacob and Jessica, Big Sur National Forest and Shoreline, Entrance!! Guy and Maximilla, Jana Hunter, The White White Quilt, and Devendra Banhart. Much love to all.
Asa especially requested that we mention how cool the band Dengue Fever is!! We played with them in Santa Cruz were totally taken away by them and you should go see them!! (Everything is sung in cambodian by the most beautiful voiced singer, and all the musicians are tops.)
Ruth is travelling across the country right now with our friend Abby Banks playing songs at people's houses! Catch her if you can. We will post more info here as we receive it! If you've seen her, write in!
Meara will be playing some solo shows on the West Coast with a secret instrument that she made, as well as playing with a band called Grass, consisting of members of Espers, and Currituck County. Be sure to go to the Quiet Quiet Forest Spectrum festival on August 11th, put on by Bright Black Morning Light (seehere for more details and tickets)!!!!!!!!! Other dates to be posted soon.
In other news, we are sad to say that we have had to postpone our August dates in the the UK and Europe due to lack of funds and glitches in planning. We will not be appearing at the Green Man Festival. Thank you so much to everyone who tried to help us out!! I'm sure we will be over as soon as we can.
Thanks again and speak soon!


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"Here. It can go in the 'trash' pile." "Really?" *Nod* "Yes! Finally!" The item in question was an ornamental miniature version of a Greek statue. It had been given to my husband by his grandmother when he was a child, and he had been carting it around ever since. We've gone through three moves together, … Continue reading On being ruthless
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Do people really think this is a good thing?
I have a pretty strict view of debt. It's bad. Even in my most spendthrift years, I never let myself carry a balance on my credit card. I use it all the time for the points, but I've never bought anything that I wouldn't be able to pay off at the end of the month, … Continue reading Do people really think this is a good thing?
Eyes on the Prize
Black Friday deals are traps designed to separate you from your money. That's what I'm repeating to myself today, anyway. Today is the day when the official Christmas shopping frenzy begins. It's 10 am here, and half my office is empty as a result. If it's anything like past years, people will trickle in throughout … Continue reading Eyes on the Prize
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Unless you were a scullery drudge at Versailles, you are probably faced with more luxuries that you don't have than you would at any other time in history. The internet has connected us to just about everything, and that includes easy access to a world of Pinterest-worthy kitchens, fancy cars, youtube channels devoted to people … Continue reading Pictures lie