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Paws on the Path Hike for Vato - Stone Mountain Park - Cherokee "Venable Lake" Trail
- When: 12/15/2019 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST
- Where: Stone Mountain Park - 1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd, Stone Mountain GA 30083
Join us on this easy Sunday morning 3.0 mile, 2 hour hike. Have a great time while your dog enjoys socializing with other great dogs. Hike around the lake on a hilly 1.5 mile forest trail loop then return on the wide paved walk. It's an easy interesting hike. Cost to get in the park is $15 a car but the scenery is well worth it. My pups loved it. Meet at the Playground Parking Lot. It is ONE WAY, so go SLOW so not to pass by the parking lot.
When: Sunday, December 15 - 9:30 AM
Where: Stone Mountain Park
1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd
Stone Mountain, GA 30083
Pick up a map at the main gate. Meet up at the children's PLAYGROUND (#5 ON THE Driving MAP). It's One Way so don't pass by the parking lot. Start at 9:30 AM. Running late call Ken, 678-777-4295 Directions I-285. Once on I-285 East, take Exit 39B, the U.S. Hwy 78 East (Snellville/Athens) exit. Travel 7.7 miles and take exit 8, the Stone Mountain Park Main Entrance. Follow the exit ramp to the East Gate entrance of Stone Mountain Park. Inside the park take a right on Robert E Lee Blvd. go around the mountain to the Playground parking area. http://www.stonemountainpark.com/directions Who: Bring all your dogs and dog loving friends. Great for all our dogs - Puppy through Senior Notes: Day parking is $15, Annual pass is $40, Restrooms available, Bring water for you and your dogs, bring a camera, the deer request that dogs be on a leash RSVP Ken email@example.com See all our hike information: Sign up with GRRA Paws on the Path on Facebook. On your Facebook home page, in the search section at the top, type in: GRRA Paws on the Path. Click it to open it up. Click: Request Membership. We will set you up and approve your membership
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Last year saw a great bunch of new owners on the island, and they all seem to be enjoying their time here! Here's a brief introduction to the new owners of 2016.
Kay/Dellas 2DI
Scott Kay and Kate Dellas purchased lot 2DI, on the inlet, from a bank. They are currently renovating a house on the Isle of Palms. (and traveling to exciting places!)
McDaniel 126
Keith and Lori McDaniel purchased the house at 126 from Ken Tarleton and Betsey Cotter. The McDaniels live on Dewees Island full time with their daughters Emma and Caitlyn. Caitlyn is at Wando High School and Emma is at Oceanside Collegiate Academy. They were here for the Matthew evacuation, and helped with clean-up. Both Keith and Lori are in technology: Keith is in data analytics and Lori is a clinical systems consultant.
Phillips 128
Ross and Diana Phillips, from Seneca SC, purchased the Naramore's share at 234 Old House Lane (128) and with their daughter Dana have been enjoying their weeks on the island. Diana is a vet and Ross is a structural engineer who has worked for the forest service in the past.
Henshaw 76
Jim and Melissa Henshaw bought lot 76 from the Dewhirsts. Jim is an Architect with Herlong and Associates on Sullivans Island and will be designing their new house. Melissa is at MUSC. Their son Sam is in sixth grade at Moultrie Middle School.
Norris 38
Peter and Susan Norris purchased a partnership at 395 Pelican Flight. They first discovered Dewees on a cycling trip up the east coast. They reside in Houston, Texas. They will be joining a mainland cycling club, because "we love the pace which allows you to savor the countryside and take in wherever you happen to be. No one is intimidated by a cyclist as they are usually feeling sorry for you and your mode of transportation". They really enjoy savoring a beer on the front porch and getting to know the people.
Barker 78
Welcome to Brett and Jodi Barker, and their kids Chapel (12), Eli (10), Conor and Jude(8) bought lot 78 from the Bakers. Brett is an Attorney and works as the Dean of Students at the Charleston School of Law. He and Jodi live in Mount Pleasant. They are enjoying the island and using their free nights. They had a great time completing the geocache course over the holidays.
Charity 49
Pam Charity and her family bought lot 49 from Adrian Ruebens. Their children have participated in island activities, like the geocache and sweets for the staff.
In the first few weeks of 2017, we have had six properties go under contract, so we'll probably have to update this soon!

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So us Americans (or as us culturally relevant say, 'Mericans) just put our patriotism on full display this past Monday. 4th of July is our day. We proudly stand up. We wear red, white, and blue tank tops; cutoff jean shorts; and our boots. We cook meat. We light stuff on fire and watch it explode. Why? Because, AMERICA! We celebrate this day to remember our day of final achievement in creating one of the greatest countries to ever be named in a history book. Our independence has come, we are one, we are America.
Freedom. Through years of turmoil, change, loss, death, we had final won our independence from Great Britain. "Dude, quit with the history lesson." Sorry…may bad. Back to the Jesus thing. One of the few things Americans agree on is our freedom is the most prolific thing about this country. One of the few things most Christians agree on is our nation needs Jesus. "Okay, I see where you're going. Jesus is freedom." He ABSOLUTELY does (1 Peter 2:16, 2 Corinthians 2:16)! But no. I appreciate your effort to try to jump ahead though. While Jesus brings freedom, our nation gives us freedom to believe in Jesus, or anything else. See where I'm going, yet? Good.
There is a major issue in our country and our world. I name them two ways. Acceptance and tolerance. (They are different.) Acceptance: the action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered. Tolerance: the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with. As the Church we understand that we are at war with the world. We often complain that we feel Christians are being prejudiced against and our rights as Christians are being taken away. We aren't necessarily wrong. But we have to understand that for us to have the freedom to worship Jesus, others have the freedom to not worship Jesus. Deep, I know. With the recent attack in Orlando we saw a specific group attacked for what was a violent act against the LGBT community. And apparently there are churches and "believers" that are almost praising the attacker or justifying this act as "judgement on gays." To the LGBT community, the Church is hurting for you. This is not something we wanted to happen. This is not something we have prayed for. This is not something we take joy in. Christians if you could, imagine if this happened to a group of us on such a large scale? Or smaller? Charleston, South Carolina. June 17th, 2015. Nine people were killed during a prayer meeting. How we hurt for each other! We hurt for that specific church. We hurt for their families.Our faith was being attacked at home.
"What are you getting at, Samwell? Dumb name btw." I know it was all I could think of. but listen to me Church. You want people to love us?
Love Them.
Simple, I know. But the power our love carries is often overlooked. How is acceptance and tolerance different? You as a human being do not have to accept and adopt the beliefs of everyone you met. Could you imagine how crazy that would be? But we must understand that as much as we disagree with a person, religion, lifestyle, whatever the case may be, if we do not allow them to have the freedom to do so, we preach a gospel of hate and damnation. Not the gospel truth of hope, love, and redemption. Take a look at Matthew 22:
"He said to him, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important command. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands."
Matthew 22:37-40
Pharisees (the bad guys of the New Testament) asked Jesus what is the greatest command from God? What a pickle they put Jesus in, eh? HA! Nah. Jesus's response was to first, love God, and second, love people. Jesus said the whole truth of God's word depended on these two aspects. Sure we love God. I go to church every Sunday. I read the Bible the other day. I pray over my food. My current Pandora station is All Sons & Daughter radio, after my Taylor Swift station, of course. (No one else? Oh.) Heck, I even teach a small group. But…do we truly love people? Do we truly love the things created in God's image? Jesus was saying the truth and devotion of our lives to hime depend not only on our love of God but our love of people. We can love people. We can hang out with people that do not necessarily love Jesus, church, the Bible, yada yada yada. We can have Muslim friends. We can have gay friends. We can have Hispanic friends. We can have tall friends, short friends, and in-between friends. Immersing ourselves in a false sense of Christianity doesn't get us into heaven. Loving the "unloveable" and caring for all is our reciprocation of Jesus.
Am I saying to accept beliefs and values contrary to our own. NO. Our beliefs are based off of the truth of Jesus Christ. Am I saying that if they don't believe Jesus make them accept Him? NO. You can't do that. Love people. Spend time with people. Love Jesus.
Remember, just as people have the freedom not to believe in Jesus, we still have the freedom to glorify His name and proclaim it to the nations.


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Speaking Thoughtfully: A Wise Old Turtle's Lessons In Leadership and Learning
Do you ever find yourself collapsed on the couch after bathing, reading to, singing with, and then getting three rambunctious kids to sleep? If you do, have you ever found yourself in that position while "Kung Fu Panda" is playing on the television that you're staring at? Hey…me too! In fact, that was the case with me last night. Coincidence? I think not. Have you seen this gem of a movie? If you haven't, I recommend that you do. It's a good one.
While I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite character, I have to admit that Master Oogway is one chill turtle. In the clip below he offers Master Shifu some sage advice that really hits home with me, and he does so in just about the calmest and most confident way imaginable. He doesn't offer explanations, he just makes statements, and he leaves the processing to his student. It's almost as if he believes that no matter what he says, Master Shifu will have to process it in his own way, and in his own time; a fascinating idea for an educational leader, a parent, and a reflective learner to consider.
If you can work past the idea that I'm referring to suggestions made by an anthropomorphic amphibian, you might see that both Master Oogway's words and the way in which they're delivered have much to offer us all in the way of leadership and learning lessons. His calm, intentional, and suggestive tone is just enough to implant the seeds of growth in Master Shifu's mind. Even though Master Shifu doesn't seem terribly receptive at the moment, Mater Oogway says stuff like: Nothing Is Impossible, One Often Meets His Destiny On The Path He Takes To Avoid It, & When Your Mind Is Agitated It Is Difficult To See, But When You Allow It To Settle…The Answer Becomes Clear.
His objective doesn't seem to be complete or instant understanding for immediate application, but to make a contribution to the body of knowledge and experience that will guide his student's growth along whatever path it develops.
To that end, I won't take this reflection any further, but instead I'll suggest that you would be well served by taking a few minutes to listen to and carefully watch the master at work. I'd love to hear your take on it. Enjoy.
Live. Learn. Lead.
Dream Big. Work Hard. Be Well.


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One of our favorite things here at June & January is being apart of the biggest moments in your kiddos lives, especially those first moments. We are so excited to bring you your very own J&J printable sticker for your newest bundle. Such an easy project to print out and throw in your hospital bag! The hardest choice you will have to make is whether to pick bubblegum, mint, or wasabi. Now, let's all ohhh and ahh over the cutest baby I've ever seen.
Here's what you do! Click here for "Hello My Name Is" printable. You'll want to purchase sheets of sticker paper or THESE printable name tags. They are about $6 for 80 so it'd be a great thing to have on hand for gifting or buddying up with friends to split the cost down even further!
Print out your preferred color.
Fill in Baby's Name!
Pack it up in your hospital bag for your big announcement!
Thanks again to Betsy for sending us these beautiful shots of her Harvey!


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Born: 1979
Hometown: Singapore
Based in: Singapore & New York
Jason Wee is an artist and a writer.
His art practice is concerned with the hollowing out of singular authority in favour of polyphony. He transforms these singular histories and spaces into various visual and written materials, with particular attention to architectures, idealism and unexplored futures.
He founded and runs Grey Projects, an artists' space, library and residency that focuses on curatorship, new writing, design propositions and art. He is an editor for Softblow poetry journal. He was previously editor of Vehicle arts journal, published by Plastique Kinetic Worms. He was a 2005-2006 Studio Fellow at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
He has shown in the Chelsea Art Museum, Photo New York (New York), Casino Luxembourg (Luxembourg), ifa galerie (Stuttgart and Berlin), Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Biennale, Valentine Willie (Manila). Artist-in-residencies include Artspace Sydney, ISEA 2008, Tokyo Wonder Site, Contemporary Art Japan (Tokyo), and Gyeonggi Creation Center in Korea.
He is the 2008 Young Artist Award winner for visual arts in Singapore. He is the 2009 Voters' Prize winner from the Singapore Art Museum.
In 2010, he co-curated the acclaimed Beyond LKY exhibition and co-organized The Future of Exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Singapore. Other curatorial projects include Useful Fictions by Shubigi Rao (2013), Mirrors in the Dark by Lee Wen (2014), When You Get Closer To The Heart, You May Find Cracks by the Migrant Ecologies Project (NUS Museum, 2014).
His performance script Tongues, co-written with Sean Tobin, is a commissioned work of the Singapore Fringe Festival and premiered at the National Museum Singapore in February 2012. His latest book The Monsters Between Us has been named by TODAY newspaper as one of the top art picks of 2013.
His work has been reviewed in Artnews, New York Times, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Time Out Singapore, Singapore Architects, Art Art Pacific as well as other Asian publications.
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Online Retailers Focus on Checkout to Increase Sales
Seventy-nine percent of respondents to a recent survey said enhancing the checkout process was on the top of their to-do lists for the remainder of the year.
This statistic was gleaned from The State of Retailing Online 2009: Merchandising Report, conducted by Forrester Research. Forrester surveyed 117 retailers for the report.
The largest initiative in the checkout area among retailers involves shipping. Eighty-eight percent of retailers will focus on providing more shipping information within the next year, according to the report. This information could include when customers can expect to receive their packages and information about when products have left warehouses. Sixty-seven percent of retailers said they'd pay special attention to calculating the loaded cost of an order prior to checkout.
Sixty percent of companies, however, said they'd concentrate on improving their homepages, which is down from previous years. Retailers have learned that many shoppers bypass the homepage altogether because comparison shopping engines and search engines often direct consumers to specific pages on retailers' websites instead. As a result, retailers are focusing more on product detail and search results pages.
Other findings from the report include the following:
- respondents will focus on adding zoom (54 percent), alternative images of products (50 percent), and color or fabric swatches (31 percent) this year;
- 60 percent of respondents use customer ratings and reviews, and 55 percent will make ratings and reviews a priority for the coming year;
- 34 percent said they'll incorporate automated recommendation tools by third parties for their sites;
- 89 percent of respondents are introducing sale or clearance pages to their sites in the coming months;
- 73 percent of respondents plan to add different skins or filters to their search functions, enabling shoppers to choose multiple attributes like brand, color, price and size to their site searches; and
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Green Foundation Ireland has engaged in several GEF funded projects on both practical Green energy and philosophical Green values issues.
GFI Director Duncan Stewart and a support team are currently working on creating new Green Foundation Ireland environmental education projects with other members of the Irish Environmental Network.
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Best PK music?
Ulrih replied to Cara's topic in General ChatMany of the songs you've listed are great, but... the best song to PK someone wearing a CoL or CoM is Nightwish Crownless
True Sight Potions
Ulrih replied to conavar's topic in General ChatI don't think that spawns are getting jammed. There are usually some free in PK maps. Of course some creatures haven't got many spawns, but you can train on something else for a short time. I know it is not a nice answer, so I'll write about TS too. Let's divide the people who use TS into 2 groups: 1. People who could train on stronger creatures. By using TS and going to lower level creature, they virtually "free" the spawn on a stronger beast. 2. People who should train on the same creature, but they are strong enough to train even with TS (I think there are some players like that on ogres). They don't jam the spawn. Actually thanks to the ts pot feature and more experience that comes with it need less time to move to the next monster. That's my theory, but I won't make a topic "Use TS on training to train faster and free the spawns earlier". You, conavar, stated that you don't have problems with finding a new spawn, but you see people who you think have, due to the TS potions feature. I really don't understand it, maybe the players that you're talking about should either explore and find more spawns (yeah, some players don't try to learn new things by themselves, they just ask about each and every thing), or they are to demanding for the spawn to be (to far, only one monster, PK) or simply they should write this topic personally, so they can bring their arguments and share their thoughts. And I think there is no need to worry about hypothetical future issues. That's everything from me about the jamming of the spawns. Should the side effect of TS potions to changed? ( eg: instead of -10 a/d .. -10 p/c or -10 will ) No. It is okay, it brings more possibilities to train on monsters, and allows more people to do pvp training. It makes some pot makers happy too. With the experience scheme in EL (exp per hit depending only of a/d levels) it is a nice feature in my opinion. Would changing the side effect force players to train on what there level suggests and thus easing spawn congestion? No. I mean yes. It depends what the change would be. Of course, removing the a/d penalty would reduce the possible creatures to train with for some players.
The reflections in water are not correct for animals that are partially underwater. It happens for me only when the frame buffer is turned off. Take a look: http://www.catz.yoyo.pl/el/elscreen020.png The rabbit is underwater, but you can still see a reflection as he was walking on the water. Edit: Players reflections are ok.
I meet the requirements and I'd like to help. My knowledge of C may be not good enough to write patches, but I can test. Ingame name: Ulrih. catz.
Man (player) eating leopard
Ulrih replied to Entropy's topic in General ChatI like it, adds something to the game thats better than the automatic invasions But please test it on no drop day only for some time, so we'll learn how does it work
Tell me who is singing that song and win a special stone :>
Ulrih posted a topic in Art & MusicHello, I've heard a nice song in radio, and I even managed to record it from a stream. If you can help me and tell what is the title or artist name, you can win a special stone in EL. Here it is: http://catz.rootnode.net/piosnka.mp3
Making maps more used..
Ulrih replied to Acelon's topic in General ChatThe maps you mentioned are on Irillion. I think that you could get more people to Irillion if the passage from WSC to Port Anitora would be marked on the map, and kind of easily visible. That would make the Irillion less secret (though it is not a secret now). What concerns the maps... Iscalrith is atm my meat-hunting place, and I like it very much. There are only a few yetis and I can usually dodge them easily without any mm or diss rings. Some tigers or other critters would maybe make that map a little more interesting, but, due to the yetis, only a little bit more interesting. The really boring part of Iscalrith is the Iscalrith City. It has few yeti spawns in caves, but either most players don't know about them or they aren't needed now. Some of the caves are really unused. Maybe a magic train area are could be established there, or some other training spots with tigers, polars or leopards or some monsters. These caves are small so they might become nice training places, if you wouldn't get lost there. Maybe the caves could have also a more interesting color than blueish-white Irinveron - it is to big to hunt animals. The yeti cave is known among the players, so maybe the map is not that bad. I can see 2 small improvements: the teleports should be marked on the bmp map, so the Irinveron storage would be an option for people harvesting in north-west Glacmor, and the southern passage between Irinveron and Glacmor should also be marked. Trassian - Theres a place where I get a msg "Enjoy the orc", but there is no orc. Another msgs - "Ogres!...", "Enjoy the ogre", but no ogres. I think someone may train there, there is some demand for orc and ogres. Zirakinbar - I think it is a nice place to hunt black bears, only the hobgoblins may be a little annoying. The map may be also to big for hunting, it is not divided by any river or mountain range. As someone mentioned - more taverns, shops etc. Some of the maps have shops marked on the map, but there is no NPC. It is really a shame that I need to walk to Palon Vertas or Idaloran from the Willowvine Cave to buy a pickaxe. I got abit carried away, and I came up with another 2 or 3 ideas (they should go to the suggestions forum, but hey, they'll get forgotten here as well): *Certain places that give a "buff" for some more time than 10 minutes for not an very expensive price, actually free or almost free. *Automatic events announced or a special channel, something like a "special joker" spawn, or an invasion, or something that would make some players run to a map, and maybe would make them stay around that map for more time, so they'd be closer when the event happens. Actually I don't like most of the automatic or partially-automatic (ndd) invasion, but who knows. I know some of the suggestions might make the game to easy, and I'm not going to talk much about it here, but if you'd like to discuss my ideas you can send me a pm. I'm sorry for any mistakes in my English.
Happy New Year :)
Ulrih replied to HeLLRaiZeR's topic in General ChatWell, Happy New Year... To the devs... may your orchards in the New Year produce enough fruit to produce lots of great Ţuică and rakia, and may the New Year fill your barns and pantries with all sorts of goods To the players... may the EL Godz be friendly to you in the New Year, and may all sorts of goods fill your inventories.
1.5.0 Map Bugs
Ulrih replied to Theryndan's topic in Map BugsIscalrith [85,53] - the cave gives a "You are to far away from the door" message. edit: I believe it should teleport to Iscalrith Insides [164,260], because it works so the other way... [FIXED]
New client patch!
Ulrih replied to Entropy's topic in General ChatEL sometimes has problems on one of my PCs. Every ~30-35 changes of the map I get a message from the VPU Recover that the VPU had to reset. My specs: WinXP, Radeon 9200, desktop resolution 1280x1024@32bpp, Catalyst drivers 6.11 (i think there ain't any newer for R300).
Wszystkiego dobrego na Święta! Wielu prezentów, dużo radości i miłej atmosfery zarówno w święta jak i przez cały rok.
Video Extensions test
Ulrih replied to Entropy's topic in General ChatUmm FYI the GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc extension is detected on my machine only when I'm playing EL on Linux (Radeon X2300 here). No problems with downloading and placing the xml file in the EL directory (some browsers might have something like "save link as")
Democracy in EL
Ulrih replied to Entropy's topic in General ChatI think the best way would be to make some kind of polls or surveys that would not be directly connected with an upcoming change or update. This way you could adjust the ideas according to the poll results. Setting up some responsible players that could be asked what do they think about some aspects of the game would also be nice IMO. Poll results? I think binding important changes to 50%+1 might sometimes upset 49% of the players. But with small changes it might be ok. Anyway I think a 51% result should not tie your hands.
What should I do? (problems with the new version)
Ulrih replied to Meron's topic in Help MeDid you try to start Eternal Lands again later? Is the error_log.txt different now?
Predownload the Windows update, and Linux data
Ulrih replied to Entropy's topic in General ChatMugwump... I'm very very glad that you shared it with us. Anyway, if you want to, I'm sure you can try it on the test server and post here, or in the RC3 thread when you find any problems.
Tomorrow (Sunday, 4th of November) Invasion
Ulrih replied to Entropy's topic in General ChatWell, my strategy was to enter Bethel and harm/poison as many as I could in the time the monsters could not attack me. Entering - poisoning - exiting wouldn't be much more effective, because the trip from underworld lasted exactly long enough to drink 3 SRs. I was getting killed by a giant in one or two hits, so it was impossible to restore and inflict much damage with a sword. To bad my Bombardier char was wiped some months ago. After recreating it was sent to IP after death, not underworld... so I couldn't use it. Moreover self-destruct perk without evanescence and mirror wouldn't be very effective. Anyway it was very nice to meet so many respected fighters in the Irillion underworld.
Hmmm, are you sure its not just hidden? This will change anyway soon because there is too much confusion around the hidden \Application Data\ directory. In Vista we have \Users\[username]\AppData\. I think you should use something like %APPDATA% (or switch to "My Documents", but this folder name varies in different languages).
When the shadows are on, the objects that are placed partially underground have visible "shadows". Screenshot (the player shadow is marked only to show that the shadows are on) My system: Windows XP, ATI Radeon 9200 with 6.11 drivers (these are the latest ones, as the r300 drivers are no longer updated). I know that it is not really related to this update, and it is also happening on the production server, but i kinda didn't noticed it earlier while playing on different computers with the shadows off most of the time.
Ulrih replied to conavar's topic in General ChatTo make it more elite, some needed things to become a tailor could be sold for platinum coins. Maybe not very expensive, so the Rich Players would not have a real advantage, but just to mark it as a special skill. Well, I hope I'll fit into the elite 1% players that will become tailors.
How can i come to Irilion
Ulrih replied to RhysTerk's topic in General ChatBuy an Irillion teleport ring.
Eternal Lands last.fm group
Ulrih replied to Visvate's topic in Art & MusicWell, it seems that some ebül Poles joined your group. I hope we'll get more members to be able to see some charts. :]
ej, to od wódki się ma takie staty?
zbanowac go z tego tematu, plx plx plx :> Okej, banujta! ślycznie prooszzę tylko byście spamowali i banowali, no ja przepraszam, skąd się to bierze, taki pęd do banowania... albo do spamowania, jakby nie można czegoś innego napisać... pozdrowienia dla wszystkich!
Urlih na dwa fronty działa aby więcej postów nabić. Etam, w niepolskich tematach jest fajniej.
awesome Germans !
Ulrih replied to bofred's topic in InternationalIch weiss nicht wie es ist eine Uschi - Glas Postkarte zu haben


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Sebi bans Greenbang Agro, directors from markets
Since the securities were issued to more than 49 people, the offer of NCDs qualified to be a public issue and required their compulsory listing on a recognised stock exchange.
Published: 16th June 2018 10:40 PM | Last Updated: 16th June 2018 10:40 PM | A+A A-
NEW DELHI: Sebi has banned Greenbang Agro and its 10 current and former directors from the securities market for at least four years and directed them to refund the money the company had collected illegally from the investors.
According to a Sebi order dated June 15, Greenbang Agro had allotted secured redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCDs) to at least 210 investors during the financial years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 and mobilised nearly Rs 37 lakh.
Since the securities were issued to more than 49 people, the offer of NCDs qualified to be a public issue and required their compulsory listing on a recognised stock exchange.
However, Greenbang Agro did not comply with the provision.
The firm and its directors have to "jointly and severally" refund the money to the holders of NCDs, with an annual interest of 15 per cent, within a period of 90 days from the date of the order.
Till the refund is made, the firm and the directors have been restrained from the capital market.
Following the completion of refund, they would be banned from the markets for a period of four years and prohibited from buying, selling or otherwise dealing in securities.
The directors of the firm, including the current and former ones, are Paritosh Panda, Dhiman Roy, Nitish Barman, Baidyanath Mandal, Subhra Jyoti Sardar, Satyanendra Nath Mondal, Sreemon Ghosh, Taslim Arif Khan, Nilima Ponda and Lipika Bhaduri.
Rural Economic Welfare Trust, represented by Durga Ghosh and Ramendra Nath Mistry, had acted as debenture trustee for the offer and issue of NCDs by Greenbang Agro, without having registration from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).
For violating the Sebi (Debenture Trustees) Regulations, the regulator has also banned Ghosh and Mistry from the securities market for a period of one year.


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What We've Been Up To
PA heritage brand, Desmone, tapped us to redefine what a design and architecture firm looks like with a new brand identity, strategy, and website.
These Cubanos are making me thirsty! A sexy new craft cocktail bar is coming soon to St. Pete's favorite Cuban restaurant.
Our first collab with Motorworks Brewing in Bradenton, FL — Hiya Gourdie Pumpkin Ale takes inspiration from the horror film IT to usher in the spooky season.
Florida-based beverage company, Botanical Brewing Co., tapped us to help them bring canned kava and good vibes to Sunshine State.
Back for another year, Reuben's Hop Idol Home Brew Contest sports a brand new can design to represent the returning champ's signature Craig IPA.
This retro-style, browser-based game shows that there's no limit to what our in-house development team can do.
Ziptility's mission is to make life easier for workers at the most essential utility workers. Our goal was to create a brand that spoke their language. We had a lot of fun with this one.
Sometimes a client has a business so nuanced and complex that it takes multiple meetings for us to understand them inside and out. McCrossin digs holes. Any size hole. We wanted to make that clear.
A stark departure from their core brand by design, Reuben's Select is Inspired by old-world beer packaging and typography full of character. It's a good 'ol American Lager from one of America's best craft breweries.
Davin Interiors provides high-end interior design services informed by deep knowledge of design movements. Their new site is an elegant visual showcase that's a cut above the competition.
I.C. Light Mango has been a hit since its introduction, but it took a look as fresh as the product inside to take it lo new heights.
Brewed to celebrate the new Star Wars movie, the resulting can design is simply blazing.
Limited edition holiday cards let us celebrate Pittsburgh's beer with custom illustrations and witty well-wishes.
Reuben's Double Hazy IPA called for a design so eye-catching that it would even catch the eyes that we drew on the can – or something.
We created a comprehensive brand identity, packaging system and completely custom e-commerce system for Press House. We've been selfishly drinking their incredible coffees all ourselves. Now, it's your turn to enjoy.
Reuben's Brews highly-sought-after Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout needed a label to match its pedigree. A distinctive dieline and a slew of special processes leave no question that this beer is something special.
Ron Mahoney turned countless Iron City drinkers into lifelong can collectors with his head-turning illustrations in the 1960s. Top Hat reunited the pair to pick up right where they left off.
Leaf's plastic-free razor is turning the shaving industry on its head. The new site is fittingly full of visual quirks and fun interactions to steer the brand off the beaten path without ever losing focus on key messaging.
Ever get the feeling you're not seeing the whole picture? Life on Mars is yet another very special brew from our friends at Reuben's. It's hard to keep up, so head over to the case study to see them all.
The only beverage brand with the same Pittsburgh street cred as Iron City could only hire one agency for a website as fresh as its products.
All-over illustration transformed the most heavily-trafficked bar in PPG Paints arena into a show-stopping, high-impact work of art.
Sleek animations and an understated, yet extremely distinctive color palette join some of the handsomest tabular data & bar graphs you've ever seen to make Twin Capital's site stand alone in its industry.
Iron City is shorthand for Pittsburgh – the blue collar worker of its heritage and its vibrant, creative future. We set up to capture an Iron for everyone.
Sherpa Software needed a site and identity that speaks to all of their audiences effectively. A compelling visual overhaul was just the first step to a totally re-imagined content strategy.
Our friends at Pittsburgh Moto Magazine began organizing one hell of a motorcyle show at historic Carrie Blast Furnace. The only thing that could make it better? "Presented by Iron City Beer."


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Lately I've engaged with younger feminists who aren't aware of the women who went before carving a way out of what seemed like no way. It came clear to me that we urgently need to tell the stories, relate the histories, and honor the women who began and continue the work of confronting entrenched sexism and heterosexism in both society and in the church. Building Bridges does that as it chronicles the life and work of Letha Scanzoni.
One of the hallmarks of Scanzoni's life is that she holds space that allows for "building bridges between people, especially people of differing religious convictions." In these days of religious and political animosity, when opposing sides lack the will to work together, her work is especially important.
Weddle and Aldredge-Clanton consider how Scanzoni's life and work influence religious thinking, faith experience, and activism. The reader learns of Scanzoni's part as the co-founder of the Evangelical And Ecumenical Women's Caucus- Christian Feminism Today (EWCC-CFT). Before I read the book I thought I had a pretty thorough understanding of Scanzoni and her work but discovered more than I imagined. I am challenged to action not only by her words but by how she lives her faith. I believe feminists and Christian feminists will find her life story to be as inspirational as her writings.
The book is divided into three parts. The first part scrutinizes her groundbreaking works on biblical feminism and LGBTQ justice. The second part is filled with stories of people who have been challenged and transformed by her writings and mentorship. The book concludes in the third section with two of Scanzoni's essays, both originally published in Christian Feminism Today. Each section illuminates important history, ideas, and challenges. This entire book is both a gift to the reader and a thoughtful and loving tribute to Letha Scanzoni.
Available by order from Charis Books at https://www.charisbooksandmore.com, from Amazon, or from the publisher: Wipf and Stock Publications


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"Sean Penn's debut novel – repellent and stupid on so many levels"
Sian Cain, 29 March, 2018, The Guardian
"The Oscar-winning actor's first foray into fiction, Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff, has met with derision online. But how bad can it be?… Penn doesn't just swing and miss with his ambitious vocabulary; he swings and cracks a hole in reality as we know it, leaving us all unsure of the concept of a good sentence, how a novel should be structured and generally what makes sense any more…"
Excerpts from "What the Cult of Knausgaard Tells Us About Critical Bias"
by Becca Rothfeld, 28 April, 2015
"[Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle] … the book is worse than dull — it's also insultingly self-indulgent… I suspect that so many critics have worshipped at the altar of Knausgaard because there's something very enviable about his unshakable belief in his own value…
…the privilege of writing about oneself — of passing one's vanity off as profundity — is reserved almost exclusively for male authors. It's been said before, but it bears repeating: the likes of Knausgaard and Henry Miller get to prance around with cigarettes dangling out of their mouths, looking tortured and feeling congratulatory, because they're men, and male sentimentality is "honest" and "vulnerable," never whiny and egotistical…
… the very format of My Struggle remains a testament to his unshakable faith in his own significance."
Read the whole article by Becca Rothfeld here
"Insults, barbs and put downs, all in a day's work for a book reviewer"
"For the critic, even the critic of the latest B-plus-level novel, has two audiences: readers who want something to entertain them for the next couple of evenings, and that much more exacting long-term judge, posterity. It was Orwell, again, who pointed out that to do their job properly book reviewers need a spring balance simultaneously capable of weighing an elephant and a flea: some delicate mechanism that will enable them to advertise the true merits of a work that may capture the public imagination for a fortnight and gesture at the row of timeless classics that lie on the shelf behind it."


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Our men's and women's teams again performed with distinction in the National road relay championships Our formidable and ultra consistent ladies team made the medal podium yet again to back up their outstanding silver medal success in the National cross-country championships, while the men defied the loss of star U23 international Tom Russell and late withdrawal of Rob Whalley through injury to still maintain a position among the top ten teams in the country in a field boosted (or compromised according to one's point of view) by a host of foreign internationals.
What's more our bronze medal-winning ladies were missing the services of our first two finishers in the National cross-country – Steph Barnes and Amy Chalk, who are both sidelined with injuries. In their place we welcomed the return to the fold of Amy's fellow international marathon runner Lucy Hasell-McAllister, who was making her first appearance for the team for a couple of years and budding junior international star Katie Knowles. They joined forces with the other four members of our silver medal-winning cross-country squad Kate Goodhead, Claire Hallissey, Imogen Ainsworth and Susie Richards to keep our place among the top three teams in the UK.
The race went very much according to the formbook, though our National cross and Midland 6-stage conquerors, my old club Charnwood, needed everyone of their first choice six to stave off the formidable challenge of defending champions Aldershot in what proved a real nail-biting finish.
We had anticipated a fight for the bronze with Northern champions Chester-le-Street, but they never really got close to us as our girls all improved considerably on their Midland area times to help post our second fastest ever time for the 6-stage event behind our 2002 course record that finally succumbed to the battle royal between Charnwood and Aldershot.
Susie, surely the most improved member of the squad this winter, gave us the start we needed by finishing inside the top 20 on the opening leg. This left the teams lined up ahead of Katie, who duly stormed through to 6th place with our fastest stage time of 16:14. Kate kept up the good work with her first sub 17 minute clocking on the course and Imogen was not far outside that time as she put us in the bronze medal position ahead of Bedford. From then on we never looked back and Lucy and Claire lengthened our advantage to well over a minute on the chasing Bedford and Hallamshire teams, both posting times well under 17 minutes
Keith and I were disappointed that what had looked one of our best ever B teams fell apart virtually on the day due to the last minute withdrawals of Clare Conway and Nikki Brookland, but at least there was an encouraging return to action by Charley Coffey, who was only a couple of seconds slower than Susie.
In passing it is worth bearing in mind that though Charnwood and Aldershot may have set the highest standard the event has seen, we are still not out of the frame, for with Amy and Steph back in the mix and just maybe our Olympian Kate Reed once she has put her injury problems behind her, we can still make it a three-way battle for supremacy.
While our men's squad will realistically never be able to match the United Nations approach of champions Belgrave or the national recruitment methods of runners-up Newham and Essex – not to mention the increasing Africanisation of some of the other teams – we can still be candidates for at least the bronze medals if we can get all our eligible runners to the line on the day. The loss of Rob, Tom and Olly Mott too cost us four minutes or more, which would have put us well inside the top six. and vying for a medal.
The composition of the two London club teams, as well as Scottish champions Shettleston and Birchfield, was a moot point of discussion among all the leading "amateur" clubs, and might the time have come, as in many top road races, to have medals awarded, in addition, to the first three teams of British runners. After all it is our National championship.
Belgrave had just four English runners in their 12 man team, and one could not help wondering whether all of their foreign runners truly met the rather nebulous 3 month residential rule. Is it not time for that to be extended, perhaps to 12 months?
While it was welcome to see Shettleston mounting a challenge again as Scottish champions, it was hardly the result of an upsurge in the standard of their home-based runners, but due to a fleet of Eritreans, all of whom had sought asylum after last year's world cross in Edinburgh. Birchfield too similarly had four Africans in their line-up.
It is arguable and a well justified claim that the inclusion of foreign athletes raises the standard of the championship, but should the teams they represent be eligible for the English championship medals. Many think not, but whatever happens we shall not be departing from our policy of only recruiting athletes from Bristol and the West country.
Most clubs are now finding it increasingly difficult to assemble 12 man teams. We are building the depth to meet our aspirations, but can still not make up for the absence of any of our elite runners, which is what again restricted us to a place in the top ten rather than the battle for the bronze medals..
Having said that no one let us down, while two outstanding long legs by Jon Wills (26:22) and Kevin Heywood (26:29) – both their best ever on the course – put us up in the top six after Craig Peters and Mick O'Doherty (how does he still do it?) gave us as good a start as we could have expected in the circumstances, with Mick having come in at 24 hours notice as a late replcement for Rob and Craig running despite suffering again with low ferritin levels as he did last year.
In between Jon and Kev Rich Peters put his poor run in the Midland relay behind him by dipping under 15 minutes on the short stage for the first time, just as well mind you as he would have enjoyed a right old ribbing if he had been slower than Steph Twell (15:15)!
Dan Woolford kept us only just outside the top six at halfway, and we lost only one more place – to none other than defending champions Leeds – in the second half of the race,.Our other six runners all performed up to expectations. Tom Merson made a promising debut on the traditionally fastest long stage of the race, while following him another debutant Dave Green, Phil Wylie, Harry Webb and the evergreen Phil Parry more than consolidated our top ten postion before Steve Mitchell, making the most of inclusion in the massed start anchor leg, made another breakthrough by posting our fastest short stage time of 14:39 to easily repel the late challenge of rivals Aldershot and end up in 9th position overall.
Next year we will have another of our top men Rob Bugden back in the fold, and with our promising junior squad a year older and hopefully faster, there is no reason why we cannot get even closer to meeting our aspiration of medalling in this blue riband event of the road racing season.
And even so we can still consider ourselves one of the top clubs in the country, as once again when the men's and women's results are combined we come out a close third behind Aldershot and Bedford, less than two minutes in nearly six hours separating us from Aldershot with Bedford only just over a minute ahead of us. And as for Belgrave and Newham. They are well behind. Unfortunately for them there are not so many itinerant female runners on the market!
Finally now that we are at the end of another long season – all that's left is for our star vets team to defend their National road realy title on May 16 – Keith and I would both like to thank all our runners for their continued support, particularly those in some of the incomplete B teams we have ended up fielding due to communication failures!! Few of you fully appreciate the time-consuming problems we encounter in putting together our teams, and we are working on producing a team managers' charter to make our
job that little bit more manageable. Watch this space!
Meanwhile have a good summer
Mike Down


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CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) has been promoting green motoring in Hong Kong through the development of an electric vehicle charging network. CLP Power today (23 December) announces it will extend free charging for electric vehicles at all 146 charging points at its 39 charging stations until the end of 2015 to continue the promotion of green driving.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) received two Corporate Green Governance awards - Corporate Green Governance Award – Grand Award and Corporate Green Governance Award – Stakeholders Engagement at the Hong Kong Green Awards 2014 award presentation ceremony organised by the Hong Kong Green Council last Friday (12th December 2014). The awards recognised CLP's efforts in environmental protection and stakeholder communication.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) today announced that the Average Total Tariff increase for 2015 will be 3.1%. Average Basic Tariff will decrease by 1.2 cents per unit of electricity to a level lower than that in 1998. Due to increased fuel costs, Fuel Cost Adjustment will increase by 4.6 cents per unit of electricity. The Average Total Tariff will be HK$1.142 per unit of electricity. The adjusted tariff will take effect on 1 January 2015.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) has approved its first energy efficiency improvement work under the CLP Eco Building Fund launched in June. The 37-year-old single residential block, the Ming Fat Building in To Kwa Wan, is expected to save 5% in annual electricity consumption and expense after the work is completed.
In partnership with Po Leung Kuk, CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) expands its Hotmeal Canteen service to Kwai Tsing and Kwun Tong areas to provide single and couple elders and needy families nutritious breakfast, lunch and dinner at discounted price. At the opening of the Po Leung Kuk Kwai Chung Family Joy Centre today, CLP Power Chief Corporate Development Officer Ms Quince Chong joined Chairman of Po Leung Kuk Ms Angela Leong, Vice Chairman of Po Leung Kuk Dr Eleanor Kwok and Chairman of Elderly Commission Professor Alfred Chan Cheung-ming to welcome the elderly people and enjoyed a tasty lunch with them at the canteen.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) would like to make the following response to the recent discussion on the future development of the regulatory framework of the electricity industry.
CLP Power Hong Kong (CLP Power) is pleased to announce the winning of three awards including the "Gold Award", "Top 10 Prestigious Corporate Brand Award" and "Top Socially Responsible Employer Award" in the Prestigious Corporate Brands Awards 2014, jointly organised by Ming Pao and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
CLP Holdings has once again highlighted its leadership and excellence in corporate governance and reporting after winning four top honours in the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Best Corporate Governance Disclosure Awards 2014 and the 2014 Hong Kong Management Association's Best Annual Reports Awards.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) today (16 November) celebrated the 20th anniversary of the CLP Volunteer Team (CLPV) in typically caring style with a festive event to coincide with Senior Citizens Day. A team of volunteers hosted a reception for 400 elderly people in the fourth of a series of get-togethers in an ongoing CLP programme called "Sharing the Festive Joy" which aims to spread a spirit of care and harmony in the community. Each of the 400 elderly guests was presented with a patchwork quilt to keep them warm through the winter months ahead.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) has extended the Home Energy Report pilot scheme to all of its residential customers. From November, 2.1 million households can get their own Home Energy Report with a unique analysis of their electricity use, how it compares to other households and a series of detailed energy saving tips by accessing to a web portal, enabling them to better understand and manage their consumption.
CLP Volunteer Team has won the Champion award in the General Corporate Group category of the "2013-14 Best Corporate Volunteer Service Project Competition" with its "Rewiring and Home Electricity Safety Service Programme" at the "2014 Corporate Volunteering Award Presentation Ceremony" today. In addition, the "CLP Green Volunteers for Seniors Programme" was also awarded an Outstanding award in the same category, recognising CLP volunteers' continued effort and contribution to the community.
CLP Power Hong Kong (CLP Power) today is pleased to receive the Bronze Award in the HKMA/TVB Award for Marketing Excellence 2014, which is recognition for its marketing programme of the "Save Now for a Better Future" energy saving competition 2013-2014.
The 2014 Quarterly Statement (January – September) of CLP Holdings Limited has been released. The same Statement will be despatched to shareholders on 30 October 2014.
Have you ever imagined riding a bicycle, working out on a stepping machine or even playing soccer games at the arrival hall of Hong Kong International Airport? Taking the unusual a step further, have you ever tried to generate green power while exercising?
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) held a cocktail reception today celebrating a new chapter of collaboration between CLP Power and China Southern Power Grid Co. Ltd. (CSG) as the two companies entered a joint venture in the Castle Peak Power Company Limited (CAPCO) under a 70/30 partnership.
CLP Holdings' 2013 Annual Report has been ranked 8th worldwide and 1st in Asia in e.com's Annual Report on Annual Reports 2014. e.com is an independent report rating organization and its annual survey is widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive, international, independent and authoritative surveys on annual reporting.
CLP Power would like to provide further information regarding the voltage dip incident which occurred in Shatin on 11 September.
CLP Power Hong Kong (CLP Power) today announces the launch of two major green public education projects for primary school students – the Green Elites Campus Accreditation Pilot Programme and the Green Elites Portal cum Award Scheme – to encourage children to adopt green lifestyles from an early age.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) today invited over 200 elderly from New Territories West to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with CLP volunteers at the "Sharing the Festive Joy" community event. Co-organised by CLP Power and Po Leung Kuk (PLK), the event aims to express care and respect for elderly people in the community. Mr Paul Poon, CLP Power Managing Director, The Hon Chan Han-pan, JP, Legislative Council member, Mr Lam Muk-kwan, Principal Social Services Secretary (Elderly and Rehabilitation Services), Social Services Department of PLK and Ms Quince Chong, CLP Power Chief Corporate Development Officer made traditional Chinese lanterns to celebrate the festivity with the elderly.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) today announced the results of its third GREENPLUS Recognition Award programme and selected 63 businesses and organisations, out of 4,000 applicants, to receive STAR Awards for their outstanding energy saving performances throughout the year.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) today held an appreciation ceremony to recognise the efforts of its community partners in the CLP Subsidy Programme for Energy Efficient Electrical Appliances that is helping thousands of families in need.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited Vice Chairman Mrs Betty Yuen today said that CLP Power is aware of the public concern over tariff adjustment, in particular the impact of the substantial increase in gas consumption on tariff. CLP is confident that with the falling coal price and adoption of various mitigation measures, the 2015 tariff adjustment will be lower than the projected level in the 2014-18 Development Plan.
With its longstanding commitment to supporting youth education and development, CLP Holdings Limited (CLP) reactivated its Young Power Programme (YPP) this summer to promote understanding of energy and environmental issues among secondary youth in Hong Kong and Nanning, Guangxi. The wining team of a project competition that had concluded the Nanning chapter on 11 July joined a finale for the Hong Kong chapter today to share their counterparts' learning results.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) became the first utility company in Asia to launch a pioneering home energy management scheme aimed at encouraging customers to reduce consumption and cut down on their electricity bills.
CLP Holdings (CLP) is pleased to announce that its 2012 Annual Report has won five awards at the annual Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA). This makes CLP the first company to win both the Best First Time Entry and Report of the Year Awards in ARA's 64 years of history.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) today (8 July) revealed details of a raft of new measures to upgrade its emergency defences and ensure Hong Kong's world-class energy supply is safeguarded against storm surges, super typhoons and other extreme seasonal weather conditions.
On 18 June 2014, CLP Holdings celebrated the construction commencement of Fangchenggang (FCG) Power Station Phase II in the presence of more than 100 distinguished guests in the Fangchenggang City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
CLP Power Hong Kong (CLP Power) today announces the launch of the CLP Eco Building Fund, a scheme to subsidise improvement works that enhance energy efficiency in the common areas of residential buildings and their nearby ancillary facilities.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) today invited 200 elderly people from Shatin to celebrate the Tuen Ng Festival with CLP volunteers at the second "Sharing the Festive Joy" community event. Co-organised by CLP Power and The Hong Kong Society for the Aged (SAGE), the event is organised to express care and respect for elderly people in the community. Mr Paul Poon, CLP Power Managing Director, Mr Lam Ka-tai, Deputy Director of Social Welfare (Services), and Dr Kim Mak, BBS, JP, Chairman of SAGE, joined the elderly in a drum beating performance to celebrate the festivity.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited ("CLP Power") announced today (21 May) it had submitted its response to the Government's public consultation on Future Fuel Mix for Electricity Generation.
The 2014 Quarterly Statement (January – March) of CLP Holdings Limited has been released. The same Statement will be despatched to shareholders on 29 May 2014.
CLP Power Hong Kong (CLP Power) today launches its 2014 "Save Now for a Better Future" energy saving competition and holds an award ceremony for the winners of the 2013 contest. The event highlights CLP Power's continuing determination to raise public awareness on environmental protection by encouraging customers to change their power consumption habit and be energy efficient.
CLP Holdings Limited (CLP) is pleased to announce today its wholly-owned subsidiary, EnergyAustralia, has appointed Catherine Tanna to be its Managing Director effective 1 July 2014 following an extensive domestic and international search. Ms Tanna is to succeed Richard McIndoe, who announced his departure in December 2013 after eight years of service.
CLP Holdings Limited (CLP) is pleased to announce today its wholly-owned subsidiary CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) has completed, in collaboration with China Southern Power Grid International (HK) Co., Limited (CSG HK), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Southern Power Grid Co., Limited, the acquisition of 60% interest in Castle Peak Power Company Limited (CAPCO) held by ExxonMobil Energy Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation. Separately, CLP Power has also completed the acquisition of ExxonMobil's 51% stake in Hong Kong Pumped Storage Development Company, Limited (PSDC).
CLP's AGM is one of the most popular AGMs among listed companies in Hong Kong. This year, a record number of over 1,000 shareholders attended the meeting to show their support to the company.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) has relaunched its business centre in Sham Shui Po as the CLP GREENPLUS Experience Centre, with an aim to assist small businesses to save energy and cost. This is CLP Power's continued initiative to offer its expertise in encouraging the public and businesses in Hong Kong to implement energy efficiency and conservation practices to live a more environmental and sustainable lifestyle.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary CLP Power HK Finance Ltd. has successfully completed the issuance of USD500 million of 4.25% non-call perpetual 5.5-year capital securities.
CLP Power would like to respond to the issue of standby duties raised by some CLP staff today.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) wins two silver awards in the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2014: Best Green ICT (Adoption – Large-scale Enterprises) and Best Business Solution (Internet of Things). The awards recognise CLP Power's achievements in the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
CLP Holdings Limited announced that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary CLP Power China Limited entered into agreement regarding the sale of its interests in CSEC Guohua International Power Company Limited and CLP Guohua Shenmu Power Company Limited. Please click
here to download CLP Holdings' announcement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
In response to the Consultation Document on Future Fuel Mix for Electricity Generation issued by the Government today (19 March), CLP Power Hong Kong Limited ("CLP Power") has the following preliminary views.
In 2013, the Group's operating earnings remained steady at HK$9,307 million, compared with HK$9,406 million in 2012. Group total earnings, which include non-recurring items, were HK$6,060 million, 27.1% lower than that in the previous year. The decline in total earnings was due to the non-cash impairment and other charges of HK$3,696 million in relation to a number of our assets in Australia, India and the Chinese mainland.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power) today organised the first "Sharing the Festive Joy" community event for 170 elders from the Tung Chung district, to mark a good start of the Chinese New Year. Joining guests for this landmark celebration were The Hon Matthew Cheung, GBS, JP, Secretary for Labour and Welfare, along with CLP Power Managing Director Mr Paul Poon, Chief Operating Officer Mr Chow Tang Fai and Chief Corporate Development Officer Ms Quince Chong, who prepared dumplings for the elders at the lunch.
CLP Holdings Limited announced today the retirement of Professor Tsui Lam Sin Lai Judy as a Director and a Member of the Audit Committee and the Sustainability Committee of the CLP Holdings Board of the Company with effect from the conclusion of the 2014 Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on 8 May 2014.
CLP would like to make the following statement on the issue of the ex-gratia payment to employees for standby duties raised by a CLP union today.
CLP Holdings Limited today held an Extraordinary General Meeting. Please download our announcement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for the poll results.
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited ("CLP Power") today published the November 2013 data in relation to energy costs for electricity generation and electricity sales on its website.
CLP Holdings Limited announced today the resignation of Mr. Mark Takahashi and the appointment of Mr. Geert Peeters as Group Director & Chief Financial Officer of the company, effective from 1 April 2014.


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Luxury brands were born of pioneers and rulebreakers. Their dominance of this year's study has been driven by a new self-disruption, emerging as game-changers in innovation and collaboration.
How does a luxury brand lead culture, recasting customer expectation in endlessly inventive new ways across ever more fluid generations and markets? Our Best Global Brands report has analysed this for twenty years and our 2019 data shows a continuation and an acceleration of this aptitude. Legacy brands are pivoting from luxury as deeply exclusive, to more dynamically inclusive. New brands are emerging to define new categories and business models. And all in the restless pursuit of consumers who now ask to access luxury on their own terms.
Consider Gucci: Armed with a powerful leadership duo, unleashing a new sense of creativity and innovation, connecting to a new audience, its strategy of prioritising young and future consumers to drive growth could be classed as iconic. It paid off, with 18- to 35-year-olds contributing to an 85% growth in the luxury goods market last year. Gucci leapt ahead of the customer expectation curve with a maximalist creative vision and its irresistible reinvention of iconic products. They're at the very edges of the now and the next with everything they do, even experimenting with digital games and gamification. Relevance is one thing. Maintaining it another. By tapping into concepts of fluidity for Gen Z, and by incorporating a 'millennial shadow committee' into its direction planning, Gucci put young people at the very heart of its business. The upshot? Gucci got its cool back. And it is the fastest growing luxury brand on our Best Global Brands list by some margin, growing 23% on last year.
More broadly in luxury, hyper-personal and hyper-local are proving the operating practices of success, as human to human connection takes on exponential new levels. Having been the pioneers of bespoke, luxury brands are now reinventing it with new levels of relevance. Openness, collaboration and co-creation have proven to be game-changers across the industry, and the brands that are excelling are those who obsess about learning from their customers. At Burberry, this season marked the dawn of a new ambition of deeper consumer connection. Having been the pioneer of moves in technology and digital, the global British luxury brand is making bolder moves here again with their employee app R World and messaging service R Message. They are indexing harder on the brand strength factors of Relevance and Responsiveness.
As Mark Morris, Senior Vice President of Digital Commerce at Burberry tells us in my exclusive interview with him (p30): "Within a creative industry, all of your focus is on better customer experience – it's deploying the best of tech in the service of the best of human experiences."
Access over ownership is growing in luxury as the sharing economy proliferates. Privately-held Rent the Runway is the leader in the subscription fashion space, and was valued at $1 billion during its latest funding round. Fashion freedom meets wardrobe flexibility and a smaller clothing footprint. Subscription models are rising fast in our Best Global Brands, accounting for well over a third of the total value of the top 100 brands, and are seen as one of the holy grails in pivoting and future-proofing a business. That holy grail, however, is not without its challenges. Rent the Runway was, only recently, forced to put a temporary close on new subscriptions due to the pressure that had built up on its operations. It's a telling reminder of the relentless imperative of the contiguity of brand and business. In Japan, there is a thriving demand for luxury goods. It also boasts one of the world's most sophisticated beauty markets. And now buying used make-up is becoming popular among a small but growing segment of Japan's Millennials. The phenomenon speaks volumes about the demographic's consumer psyche, which is simultaneously brand-loving, highly demanding, exacting of brand quality, and increasingly frugal. Enter resale platform, Mercari. The used beauty trend isn't unique to Japan. On West Coast-based Glambot in the US, shoppers can find Giorgio Armani's Chinese New Year highlighter palette with "80 percent fill" remaining for $44.50 instead of the original $89. Peer-to-peer shopping app Depop, Lithuanian Vinted and Reddit also provide platforms and forums for users to buy used cosmetics. In China, shoppers can pay $4 for 15 minutes in shareable makeup booths found in malls across the country.
The calls to action raging across the world on climate change and commitments to human change for good, are reaching further and deeper into the fashion industry. Brands who are absent and silent in their actions on sustainability, on diversity and inclusion, are noticed – and will, increasingly, be called out. As Natasha Franck, CEO & Founder, Eon, the leading digital identity company for fashion and apparel retail says: "Customers' values are impacting their purchasing decisions, driving them to purchase less, purchase more responsibly, and participate in new circular and sustainable business models – including reuse, resale and rental. Brands are responding to that demand by providing transparency and investing in circular economy programs which increase a product's use and its materials' reuse, to power a sustainable product lifecycle. That transition, though, is challenging." It's time to call time on ourselves, as ever more conscious consumers, as we call time on brands to be more conscious creators.


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The largest settlement on the island is in Ubli and Lastovo. Ubli is the main port on the island, and Lastovo is situated descending towards the bottom of the mountain facing the inland of the island. The houses are densely built with yards and attractive chimneys. The chimneys are up to 400 years old, and were once a status symbol of the families living on the island – larger, more attractive and unusual chimneys meant that the family living there was very wealthy. Out of the large number of churches on the island, the most famous are in the town of Lastovo – church of St. Kuzma and Damjan from the 15th century. Skrivena Luka (The hidden port) is one of the most beautiful coves on the island of Lastovo. It is protected from the south wind by the 104m high lighthouse Struga which was built in 1839.
The green island of Lastovo is surrounded by islets of Prijezba, Mrcara, Bratin Island, Kopiste and Susac and on the east side by a group of islets Lastovnjaci.
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Friday, February 16, 2018 will be a half day of school with dismissal at 10:50 a.m.
Students in grades K-12 will be dismissed at 10:50 a.m. (with the exception of students who attend afternoon BOCES). Lunches will not be served. There will be no after school program. Staff will be participating in staff development in the afternoon. School will resume on Monday, February 26, 2018 after winter break. Thank you!


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I Went Out To Photograph Grasses
I went out to photograph grasses. On the way to my chosen spot, I came upon these cottonwoods with patches of snow on their trunks. I had seen them the day before and decided against photographing them.
This morning, however, with the sleeping cows and the rising sun, I decided to give them a try. I'm glad I did. The grasses were boring compared to them.
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The second round draw for this season's Champions League has taken place today. As always, a number of mouth-watering ties have been drawn up among the 16 qualifiers from the Group Stage.
Here's a look at how the draw went:
Schalke 04 v Manchester City
Manchester City are the competition's favourites with their odds now down to 11/4 with reputable bookmaker Ladbrokes following the draw. Pep Guardiola's side will fancy an easy tie versus Schalke 04 who are currently in the bottom half of the German Bundesliga. The Royal Blues have a 33-year-old at the helm who may have benefitted from beginners' luck in finishing second last season and being in a Champions League group which consisted of FC Porto, Galatasaray and Lokomotiv Moscow.
Lyon v Barcelona
Second favourites Barcelona also shouldn't have a problem inreaching the final eight after being handed Lyon in the second round. Paris Saint-Germain have already wrapped up Ligue 1 for another season whilst Lyon are inconsistent themselves. Although they took four points from Manchester City inthe group they won't be a match for the Spanish giants. Barcelona are 9/2 to lift the trophy.
Atletico Madrid v Juventus
Juventus' reward for winning their group is a tie against Atletico Madrid in the second round. The Spanish side have been finalists in two of the previous four seasons but right now they don't look as good as they did only a couple of years ago. With Juventus adding Cristiano Ronaldo to their ranks over the summer they were automatically placed among this season's favourites. They are currently 13/2 third favourites.
Manchester United v Paris Saint-Germain
Runaway Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain must fancy their chances of reaching the Champions League quarter-finals having been handed Manchester United in the second round. Jose Mourinho's side were comfortably beaten 3-1 at Liverpool over the weekend, leaving them 19 points behind the Premier League leaders. Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe will fancy a chance with how the United defence has been playing this season. PSG are currently 15/2.
Liverpool v Bayern Munich
Last season's runners-up haven't been handed the easiest of ties in facing German giants Bayern Munich. However, the Bavarians are nine points behind Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga and not looking so great under young head coach Niko Kovac. Jurgen Klopp should fancy his chances of progressing of beating the team who were his rivals during his Borussia Dortmund days. Their current odds of 11/1 can expect to take a sharp drop should they progress from this tie.
Ajax v Real Madrid
Defending champions Real Madrid have already changed manager this season with inexperienced Santiago Solari currently at the helm. Will the former player even make it through to the end of the season? Winning La Liga looks slim this season but reaching the quarter-finals should be on the cards when they face Ajax in February.
Tottenham Hotspur v Borussia Dortmund
This will be one of the most-anticipated ties of the second round. Tottenham Hotspur are an exciting team to watch in the English Premier League,currently battling for a top four spot, whilst Borussia Dortmund have a nine-point lead in the Bundesliga. Lucien Favre's side are also scoring for fun so this could be end-to-end for 180 minutes over the course of the tie. Both teams are 25/1 to go all the way this season.
AS Roma v FC Porto
Two of the teams with the longest odds go head-to-head for a place in the quarter-finals. FC Porto are top in the Portuguese Primeira Liga currently but it's not sending many players to the big European leagues like it was a couple of years ago. AS Roma did reach last season's semi-finals and have been handed a good opportunity to reach the final eight at least this season. The Italian side are 80/1 to win this season's Champions League whilst FC Porto are 125/1.


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Our definition of a brand experience is straight-forward: Every single direct interaction your brand has with a current or potential customer. That includes digital interactions, such as websites, online video, apps, chatbots and gamification, as well as physical and traditional interactions, like in-person conversations, environments, signage, print collateral, broadcast and direct mail. All these interactions need to reflect the attributes, benefits, and values your product or service are built on. Inconsistent experiences create confusion, frustration, and a loss of confidence with your brand.
Whether it's a multi-touch customer experience or a more defined user experience, Imaginuity ensures each and every one of your interactions is seamless and on-brand. Our experience team works along side our creative and technology teams ensuring great brand experiences through flawless executions. Our content team works with our brand strategy team creating messaging that is on-point and true to your values.
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We believe you can't have execute great customer experiences without having great employees. Your sales team consists of every person you employ. Poor customer service is derived from employees who either don't understand your brand's mission, or has never been treated as part of the mission. Imaginuity understands this, and is standard practice to consider employees as an audience equal to customers when designing and building experiences.
If you build it they will come
And if you build it to be intuitive and user-friendly, they will come back. A great digital brand experience starts with a clear path that will effortlessly guide your audience to the content that will convert them to customers. Imaginuity was in the Information architecture business before the discipline had a name. We've cut our teeth on some of the biggest brands in the world over the previous two decades creating award winning user interface designs and user experience designs. We continue to innovative seamless user experiences across websites, apps, gamification, and interactive tools.
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Great experiences usually aren't straight out of the box. Imaginuity believes in designing, prototyping, testing, and repeating until it works. Speculation and haphazard-guessing is fine playing charades, but not when playing with your brand. We design from a few to dozens of use cases depending on the experience, then test and observe with both in-person focus groups as well as online digital testing.


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Carly Rae Jepsen returns with her fourth album, Dedicated. We've been huge fans of Carly ever since the release of EMOTION. From endlessly trying to make Jepsenites a thing to rehearsing numerous phonecalls that may or may not happen, we've enjoyed Carly's blend of Pop music for a little while now. Carly, if you're reading, call me maybe? Please?
Dedicated showcases a set of songs that sticks to Carly's foundation of singing about Love, Lust, and Relationships rather tightly but does open up a tad to introduce some bigger, bolder themes that bring progression to her discography. Sure, "Party For One" throws back to the vulnerability shown on EMOTION but tracks such as "Want You In My Room", "I'll Be Your Girl" and "Everything He Needs" would've never appeared on it. Here they shine bright with pristine production and a new found confidence we've never truly heard from Carly before. Rather than perpetually ponder if she's good enough, Carly's bringing hooks and choruses that are sexy, especially in "Everything He Needs". The repetition alongside the breathy vocals, oh man…we're not used to Sexy Carly, but we're digging it. A lot.
This new album is another triumph and is one that Jepsenites should be proud of. Carly Rae Jepsen brings more material that doesn't constantly whinge like other Pop stalwarts, but provides straight forward tunes that're bold and ridiculously catchy. For real though, can the Jepsen community be known as Jepsenites?


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Margie Green, Bartlesville High School Choir Director, has announced the twenty-two members of the 2016-2017 Bartlesville High School Jazz Choir. Comprised of select junior and senior BHS choir students, the Jazz Choir members learn and perform a cappella music with complex harmonies. Jazz Choir is an extracurricular program with rehearsals outside of school hours and the group performs at many community events and civic meetings in November and December, in addition to the choir's regular fall and winter concert schedule.
"The members of BHS Jazz Choir are selected through an audition process. These students rehearse one day a week after school. They are the leaders in our school and are very involved in multiple activities on campus. Showing off this group in the community highlights our vocal music program and creates a partnership with various community groups and our school." said Green.
2016-2017 BHS Jazz Choir members are Sopranos: Madison Barnett, Melody Brown-Clark, Alexis Jergenson, Katie McCollum, Sydney Walker, and Josie Zepeda; Altos: Hannah Aldrich, Brigette Bulleigh, Hannah Davidson, Olivia Foust, Samantha Leeper, and Grace Smoot; Tenors: Gary Hoover, William Kampa, Garrett Lee, Chandler Marda, and Jonathan Rathbone; Bass: Ben Ames, Maverick Garza, Spencer Hayes, Josh Higgs, and Jacob Rawlings.
You can see the Jazz Choir, as well as the BHS Women's, Men's and Mixed Choirs perform at the annual BHS Fall Choir Concert to be held October 17th at the BHS Fine Arts Center. The concert is free and open to the public and begins at 7pm.
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Op/Ed - Free, Black and Twenty-one
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 January 2019 07:47
- Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
I ran into a 20-something fellow wearing a T-shirt that said "I love being black." I had a wave of fond nostalgia remembering how my mother began our outings with "I'm free, black, and 21 – let's do it!"
What happened to that great attitude? We have allowed it to be hijacked by the likes of race baiters and charlatans. It remains an embarrassment that Al Sharpton was able to parlay a giant provable lie into hosting a TV show.
It seems the media's flavor of the day is anyone who is black, female or new to this country. Worse yet, white males are painted as evil for the sake of political gain with no qualms about the negative effect on social and race relations. (Beware: the white male-hating circle will ultimately engulf strong black men who support their families.)
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White privilege is so yesterday. I'd like to put my ten cents in for those of us whose families have been here for some 400 years and earned our black privilege. It is a singular privilege to be associated with the strength and ingenuity that runs through the blood of our freedom-seeking black Americans.
Take the incredible courage and desire for freedom of African American slaves. Henry "Box" Brown, determined to escape slavery in Virginia, devised a daring escape. With the help of a freed slave and a white shopkeeper he was stuffed into a 3 feet by 2 1/2 feet by 2 feet box labeled "Dry Goods." After some 27 hours, half of which was spent upside down, he arrived at the home of a Philadelphia abolitionist.
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Then there was Harriet Jacobs of North Carolina who decided to escape. Knowing the odds were slim that she'd make it to the North, she spent seven years with rats as roommates in a crawlspace of her grandmother's place. In 1842, she made it to New York where she became active in the abolitionist movement.
In the spring of 1862, while their white shipmates were ashore, Robert Smalls, disguised in the captain's hat and jacket, and some shipmates hijacked the steamship CSS Planter in Charleston, South Carolina.
After picking up their families, the slaves sailed into the Charleston Harbor, safely past Fort Sumter. Smalls sailed to the Union blockade and hoisted the white surrender flag for the first US Navy ship they encountered.
And when black physicians were not allowed on hospital staffs, they started their own hospitals, sometimes in their own homes.
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It is more important than ever to re-ignite that old can-do attitude, starting with thinking for ourselves. We cannot instantly believe puff pieces about opportunistic politicians who offer goodies only when they want your vote.
A deeper look may find a politician's "plan" is really about gaining power for power's sake, not to empower you. I'm still waiting for our most famous black politician to go to Chicago and community organize against black on black violence.
These proposals for giving people money for this or that omit the most important place where financial help will reap benefits for years: school choice.
We know that the best welfare program is a job, complete with a paycheck and a heavy dose of self-respect. The Washington Post just reported that not only is the unemployment rate at an all-time low, the black unemployment rate has never been closer to the white unemployment rate. A good education is the best start to erase the remaining gap.
No American wants to be enslaved by welfare or dead-end programs that perpetuate dependency.
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The great Booker T. Washington warned of poverty hustlers. "There is another class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public... Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs. There is a certain class of race-problem solvers who don't want the patient to get well."
We all want the freedom to succeed in life and we have to look within ourselves. In coping with his daughter's cancer diagnosis NFL player Devon Stills found his power in "changing the story" from a 50 percent chance of failure to a 50 percent chance of success.
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., dreamed that his children would be judged by the content of their character, not their skin color. While society continues on its journey to colorblindness, not only is blaming others and calling people racists counterproductive, it is not representative of how everyday people live and feel. Let's embrace our history of courage and self-determination, take a break from politically motivated vitriol, and put our lives in our own hands.
Bio: Dr. Singleton is a board-certified anesthesiologist. She is President of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). She graduated from Stanford and earned her MD at UCSF Medical School. Dr. Singleton completed 2 years of Surgery residency at UCSF, then her Anesthesia residency at Harvard's Beth Israel Hospital. While still working in the operating room, she attended UC Berkeley Law School, focusing on constitutional law and administrative law. She interned at the National Health Law Project and practiced insurance and health law. She teaches classes in the recognition of elder abuse and constitutional law for non-lawyers.


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Iran War Games begin in Southeastern region
Blow of Zolfaqar' wargames begin in southeastern Iran
Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchestan Prov, Aug 19, IRNA
The Iranian armed forces began their first stage of massive wargames code-named `Blow of Zolfaqar' along border areas of this southeastern province Saturday morning.
Zolfaqar, the sword of Imam Ali (AS), the first Imam of the Household of the Holy Prophet (S), is a symbol of power and courage for Shi'ite Muslims.
Various units of air-support Army chinook helicopters, unmanned planes, parachutists, electronic war units and special forces are participating in the maneuver.
"Army commandos, parachutists, mobile shoulder-firing units, electronic war forces and rapid reaction units enjoying high combat capability will demonstrate their readiness during the wargames," spokesman of the maneuver Brigadier General Kiumars Heidari told IRNA earlier on Friday.
He added that the wargames are aimed at improving and updating the Army's tactics.
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