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An Australian man who is editor of whistleblower Internet site WikiLeaks has demanded the US and Iceland explain why US officials appeared to tail him this week.
Julian Assange says he believes he was followed by two State Department or Central Intelligence Agency men who boarded his 2.15pm flight out of Reykjavik to Copenhagen on Thursday. A volunteer who works on the site was later detained and reportedly interrogated about Assange's activities.
Assange was on his way to speak at an investigative journalism conference in Norway.
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In his book, Rumors of Another World, Philip Yancey tells of a visit he made in the town of Waterford, Ireland. He went there to see the famous tomb craving on the stone marking the final resting place of Mayor Rice. "Considered one of the finest monuments in Ireland, the stone carving portrays the devout Mayor Rice's decomposing body being gnawed and devoured by toads, vermin, and insects. The mayor died at a time when the shadow of the Black Death shrouded all of Europe. 'Whoever you are that pass by, stand, read, weep,' says the mayor's inscription. 'I am what you will be and I was what you are.'
"The physical world, no matter how attractive, has its limits."
It isn't often that you visit a gravesite to see a picture of the person resting therein being consumed by vermin. We would rather not think of such things – we'd rather think of the deceased as they looked when they were happy and full of life. We would rather believe that all is well – even below the surface of the ground where our eyes cannot penetrate the murky darkness.
But, such is not reality. "From dust thou art, and to dust thou shalt return," the Lord has decreed. But that's not us – it's just the shroud we wore in life. Still, the sentiments on the Mayor's gravestone and the pictures carved there are a good reminder to us: we are mortal. We are finite. We are not destined to live in this world forever and ever, hallelujah and amen. It will, certainly, come to an end, and we shall be like Mayor Rice.
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Argument with girlfriend and drinking while driving causes accident
The District Court this week sentenced Jack Banse to serve 41-days at the Territorial Correctional Facility for driving a pickup truck that flipped in Iliili in August this year causing injuries to others, including a young passenger.
Under a plea agreement with the government last month, Banse pled guilty to felony driving under the influence of alcohol causing bodily injuries to another person while the misdemeanor charges of underage drinking, careless driving, and driving without a license were dismissed.
During sentencing District Court Judge John Ward II said Banse took the license plate of one vehicle and used it for another, which was a pickup truck not allowed on the highway, and he then drove this pick up with other people while intoxicated.
An argument between Banse and his girlfriend inside the vehicle, which was already on the road, prompted the defendant to drive fast,causing the accident that injured others including Banse, said Ward.
The judge told Banse that it was lucky no one died from this accident due to his carelessness — and if someone had died, the defendant would be waking up every day behind bars for the rest of his life thinking about the accident.
Ward told the defendant that the sentence handed down by the court should be a learning lesson for the young man, who made his own decision that day to operate the vehicle without adult supervision. He said the court will now step in to help the young man change his life for the better.
Banse was placed on five years probation under the condition he serves 41 days behind bars, does not violate any laws, and attends and completes all alcohol counseling classes. It was revealed in court that the defendant didn't complete high school and Ward ordered Banse to attend the GED program at the American Samoa Community College to get his diploma, which will assist him in getting a job in the future.
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This past July BHS senior, Stephen Jefferson, traveled to the city of Salamanca, Spain with the program "Your Spanish Experience", operated by former Lexington High School Spanish teacher, Alex Gomez. Stephen shared this unique travel and study abroad experience with 14 high school students from Lexington, MA.
Upon arriving to Spain, Stephen and his peers met their host families and toured the school campus of Colegio Delibes. At school, he was joined by classmates from countries all over the world. What an unique experience learning Spanish in a classroom with classmates who do not share a native language, only the target language! Students were content knowing that the instructors were experienced, friendly and open to repeating phrases in order for students to improve their language skills and cultural awareness. Most importantly, Colegio Delibes is extremely impressive, acclaimed as the most highly recognized and well-attended language school in the city.
In addition, the students were fortunate to learn about Spanish culture from individuals who were born and raised in Spain. For example, on one Thursday evening, students attended an art lecture on Salvador Dali, the famous artist from the northeast region of Cataluña. The instructor provided students with an in-depth look into his life and work, including an analysis of his famous paintings. Overall, the students gained a greater comprehension of the structure of the Spanish language and the culture of Spain while having the pleasure to partake in the evening tradition of taking a stroll in the Plaza Mayor, cooling off with an ice cream, and meeting friends and dancing at a local discoteca.
In conclusion, to truly become fluent in a language is to experience it on a daily basis with native speakers. Stephen and his high school peers were able to demonstrate an increased understanding of the language by attending school events and dining and conversing with the Spanish families during breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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Despite political turbulence and Mother Nature running amuck, ABL lenders saw an upswing in business in 2017 after two flat years. ABF Journal contributor Lisa Miller spoke with five ABL executives who described a robust year filled with new partnerships and business opportunities and an optimistic outlook for 2018.
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I am so excited to finally share the two new additions to my star dancer jewellery collection: the star dancer ear cuff and the the star dancer choker.
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Analysis of Global Impacts on the Turkish Cotton Spinning Industry
In this study, the trends and impacts of global issues on the Turkish cotton spinning industry were identified based on data regarding installed capacities, total production, as well as manufacturing costs and foreign trade over a wide period, and the competitive position of the industry was analysed on the basis of export and import data in relation to its major rivals. In this way, it was aimed at exploring the current status and future prospects of the Turkish cotton spinning industry on the global market.
Key words: cotton spinning, Turkey, globalisation, competitiveness, comparative advantage.
■ Introduction
With a total production of almost 39 million tons, spun yarns dominate the world yarn market; they are used in a wide range of textile and apparel products. Despite the fact that synthetic fibres have had a high growth rate in global fibre consumption since the beginning of the 1990s (see Figure 1), cotton is the leading fibre used in the world spun yarn industry (see Figure 2), with a share of 59%, which is followed by polyester, accounting for 26% [1].
Being the 4th biggest cotton consumer and 7th biggest cotton producer in the world, with a yearly production capacity of almost 900 thousand tons, Turkey is ranked as the 5th largest among international cotton yarn producers, therefore cotton is a strategically important raw material for yarn manufacturing in Turkey; Turkish cotton yarn exports account for almost 2% of the total textile and ap-
parel clothing exports, and 0.5% of the total export [2, 3].
As a result of the shifting of manufacturing to regions where costs are lower, emerging textile producers have of late achieved constant growth in the global market share in terms of yarn production as in the case of all other stages in the textile manufacturing chain. Turkey is one of the yarn manufacturers that has faced many challenges and suffered from growing imports, particularly from Asian countries. In the following parts of the paper, the impacts of such a challenging environment on the Turkish cotton spinning industry, with an assessment of its competitive position, are exposed.
Installed capacities and total production
The high amount of state incentives allocated to the textile industry in the 1990s resulted in a capacity increase, which was preparation for the accession of Turkey to the Customs Union. After the Customs Union agreement came into force in 1996, Turkey's export to the European Union increased steadily, and sector investments accelerated as a result of the fact that Turkey gained a competitive
advantage in the EU market. Other reasons beyond the growth in investments were the expectation of an increase in domestic demand due to import quotas from countries outside the European Union within the scope of the Customs Union agreement and the beginning of cotton planting in South-eastern Anatolia, which offers favourable conditions for cotton growing. Apart from a slight decrease in installed capacities in 1999 as a result of the 1998 financial crisis in Russia and Asia, the Turkish cotton spinning industry has continued to invest in new machinery to the present. However, it is worth mentioning that investments in recent years have actually been, to a large extent, modernisation investments. According to 2006 figures, Turkey ranks 5th in the amount of short staple spindles installed in the world with a total capacity of 6,500,000. Following China, with a total installed open-end rotor capacity of 1,840,000, Turkey ranks 2rd in the total installed open-end rotor capacity in the world, with a total of 577,000 rotors. The total number of installed short staple spindles and open-end rotors, and the total cotton yarn production in Turkey are displayed in Table 1 (see page 8) in years. The average number of active units for both systems is also included in
the table as a percentage of the total installed units [5, 6].
In conjunction with the increase in installed capacities in the 1990s, cotton yarn production rose with an average annual rate of almost 7.3% within the same period. Right after a marked decrease in 2001 due to the effect of the financial crisis in November 2000, as a contraction in domestic demand, the total cotton yarn production in Turkey reached an average amount of approximately 1,230,000 tons in the following years with slight changes. Despite the increasing installed capacity in the past few years, the relatively stable production can be mainly ascribed to high input costs, an overvalued Turkish Lira and, hence, an increase in imports [7].
■ Manufacturing costs
Table 2 shows the total manufacturing costs of ring and open-end rotor spun yarns for seven important cotton yarn manufacturers in the world. The most important component in the cost of cotton yarn manufacturing is that of raw material, with an average percentage of 50.9 for ring spun yarn, and 69.1 for open-end rotor spun yarn for the group of countries considered. With regard to both ring and open-end rotor spun yarn manufacturing costs, Turkey has the second lowest cost percentage (excluding raw material costs) after China, as shown in Tables 2 and 3. On the other hand, the percentage of raw material costs in the total cost of both ring and open-end rotor spun yarns is significantly high in Turkey. As regards capital costs, which is the second highest component in the total manufacturing cost, Turkey is the most advantageous country. Despite the fact that profits vary across countries, Turkey's difficulties in competing with respect to price should be evaluated by referring to the high raw
material and power costs, and subsequently to the labour costs.
Whilst China has the advantage in terms of labour cost, its total yarn manufacturing cost is higher than most of the important yarn manufacturing countries in the world. The cost of ring spun yarn manufacturing in Turkey is below the average, and Turkey seems to remain competitive with regard to the total cost of ring yarn manufacturing. On the other hand, the cost of open-end rotor spun yarn manufacturing in Turkey is above the average of the seven countries mentioned. As can be seen from Figure 3, India is the most competitive manufacturer in terms of total yarn manufacturing costs in the world and is the leading country in the import of cotton yarn to Turkey, with a weight of 57,512,323 kg [9].
■ Foreign trade
The data used in the present study were gathered from the Commodity Trade Statistics Database of the United Nations Statistics Division. According to SITC Rev 3, subgroup 651.3 - Cotton yarn, other than sewing thread, was included in the analysis with the following basic headings:
651.31 - containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, put up for retail sale
651.32 - other, put up for retail sale 651.33 - containing 85% or more by
weight of cotton, not put up for
retail sale
651.34 - containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale
Export and import quantities of the Turkish cotton spinning industry between 1985 and 2007 are shown in Figure 4. Cotton yarn import was considerably low until 1990, while in the same period, the export rate was comparatively high as a
consequence of export oriented industrialisation policies based on free market economics. By 1990, exports had decreased despite a marked increase in cotton yarn production, whilst imports began to increase. The considerable devaluation of the Turkish Lira and the contraction in domestic demand resulted in a marked increase in exports in 1994, but decreased immediately after by almost 46%. However, with accelerated production after 1995, positively reflected in Turkey's cotton yarn export, the industry recorded a foreign trade surplus until 2002. The most striking aspect of the period after 2002 up to the present is the outstanding increase in cotton yarn imports, which indicates the transition of the Turkish textile and, particularly, clothing industry into an import based manufacturing structure [7, 9].
The increase in cotton yarn imports between 2003 and 2007 has caused domestic cotton yarn manufacturers to be unable to compete under these circumstances and has consequently forced the government to take precautions against an unfair competitive environment. For this reason in order to ensure to remove the severe loss and severe loss threat of the increase in imports and import conditions on domestic production, a supplementary financial obligation on cotton yarn imports was put into force by decision of the Council of Ministers as a safeguard measure on October 21 st, 2008 The product, subject to application, is classified under the Customs sub-headings given below, within the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule:
52.05 Cotton Yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
52.06 Cotton Yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
52.07 Cotton Yarn (other than sewing
thread) put up for retail sale.
According to the decision of the Council of Ministers, until 14.7.2009, a 20% supplementary financial obligation, 19% and 18% for the following two years, will be collected: no more than 1 USD/kg, 0.95 USD/kg, and 0.90 USD/kg, and no lower than 0.35 USD/kg, 0.33 USD/kg and 0.31 USD/kg, respectively [10].
Competitiveness of the industry
The competitiveness of the Turkish cotton spinning industry in comparison with major manufacturers was analysed by applying the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) index developed by Balassa, which is also known as the Balassa index, and Vollrath's measures of competitiveness, which include the relative export advantage index (RXA), the relative import advantage index (RMA), the relative trade advantage index (RTA) and the relative competitiveness index (RC). They are calculated by using the following formulas [1 1]:
Vollrath's relative export advantage index (RXA) differs from the Ballasa index by allowing one to distinguish between a specific commodity/country and the rest of the commodities/countries. The indices developed by Vollrath eliminate the country and commodity double counting in world trade [11 - 13]. Using the data gathered from the Commodity Trade Statistics Database of the United Nations Statistics Division regarding subgroup 651.3, RCA, RXA, RTA and RC indices were calculated, the results of which are given in Tables 3 - 6.
Table 3. Balassa's revealed comparative advantage indices (RCA).
Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Turkey 8.25 7.91 4.66 4.55 5.00 4.32 3.73 2.77
Pakistan 107.47 100.47 84.56 74.48 87.43 93.20 107.60 113.82
India 27.21 22.71 20.64 18.22 15.30 17.31 16.45 17.77
Indonesia 4.17 4.63 4.21 4.62 5.52 4.19 4.19 3.72
China 2.25 2.41 2.78 2.83 2.41 2.24 2.36 2.28
Italy 1.69 1.55 1.43 1.32 1.30 1.26 1.20 1.21
Rep. of Korea 0.68 0.69 0.64 0.48 0.47 0.48 0.35 0.38
Brasil 0.81 0.61 0.98 1.27 0.86 0.63 0.51 0.27
Table 4. Vollrath's relative export advantage indices (RXA).
Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Turkey 8.57 8.24 4.72 4.66 5.15 4.42 3.80 2.81
Pakistan 141.96 130.82 105.45 90.63 107.42 115.76 136.26 142.35
India 33.83 27.16 24.70 21.39 17.50 20.61 19.58 21.47
Indonesia 4.31 4.79 4.34 4.76 5.71 4.31 4.31 3.81
China 2.36 2.56 3.04 3.16 2.64 2.45 2.65 2.57
Italy 1.73 1.58 1.45 1.34 1.31 1.27 1.21 1.21
Rep. of Korea 0.67 0.69 0.63 0.47 0.46 0.47 0.34 0.37
Brasil 0.81 0.61 0.84 1.28 0.86 0.62 0.51 0.27
Table 5. Vollrath's relative trade advantage indices (RTA).
Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Turkey 6.54 6.31 2.24 1.13 2.13 1.25 1.15 -2.29
Pakistan 141.96 130.82 105.43 90.47 106.61 115.13 135.78 142.01
India 33.70 27.03 24.54 21.30 17.42 20.49 19.41 21.29
Indonesia 2.65 3.17 2.77 3.25 4.39 3.16 3.28 2.71
China -2.23 -2.31 -1.91 -1.07 -0.87 -1.65 -1.76 -1.57
Italy -0.26 -0.38 -0.36 -0.51 -0.28 -0.38 -0.74 -0.74
Rep. of Korea -2.69 -2.97 -2.84 -2.37 -2.35 -2.12 -2.56 -2.15
Brasil 0.39 0.44 0.71 1.16 0.64 0.25 0.16 -0.59
Table 6. Vollrath's revealed competitiveness indices (RC).
Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Turkey 1.44 1.45 0.65 0.28 0.53 0.33 0.36 -0.60
Pakistan 10.60 12.71 8.49 6.32 4.89 5.21 5.65 6.02
India 5.55 5.34 5.02 5.53 5.38 5.19 4.71 4.79
Indonesia 0.96 1.09 1.02 1.15 1.46 1.33 1.43 1.25
China -0.67 -0.64 -0.49 -0.29 -0.29 -0.52 -0.51 -0.48
Italy -0.14 -0.22 -0.22 -0.33 -0.19 -0.26 -0.48 -0.48
Rep. of Korea -1.61 -1.67 -1.71 -1.80 -1.81 -1.71 -2.15 -1.92
Brasil 0.66 1.30 1.91 2.40 1.40 0.50 0.38 -1.16
The analysis of Turkey's comparative advantage in cotton yarn on the basis of the Balassa index showed that this advantage decreased over the period between 2000 and 2007. The results in Table 3 show that the revealed comparative advantage for Pakistan and India are greater than for Turkey for the entire period considered. Actually, a decreasing trend in comparative advantage can be observed for the majority of the countries, apart from Pakistan, India and the USA, in the past few years, indicating that the percentage of cotton yarn exports in the total exports of the countries stated has increased on the value basis.
According to Vollrath, the positive values of the indices indicate a comparative advantage, whereas negative values indicate a comparative disadvantage [11 - 13]. As in the case of the revealed comparative advantage, Turkey has a decreasing relative export advantage in the cotton spinning industry. Turkey's relative trade advantage indices within the period of 2000 - 2007 verified the increase in the import rate and indicated a relative disadvantage existing by the year 2007. Similarly, Vollrath's revealed competitiveness index (RC) for Turkey also showed a decreasing trend from 2000, turning into a competitive disadvantage in 2007.
The results of the analysis identified that among the cotton yarn exporting countries, Pakistan has the highest relative export and trade advantage, and revealed competitiveness. The variations in the competitive position with respect to all types of indices across the years means that the cotton spinning industry in Turkey has been affected in a negative manner by intensified price based competition on the global market.
■ Discussion and conclusion
The competitive power of the Turkish textile and clothing industry is based on the fact that Turkey is an important cotton producer, and it has well-developed sub-sectors with advanced technology and infrastructure throughout all the stages in the textile and clothing manufacturing chain. Therefore, it is inevitable for the cotton spinning industry to become more competitive in the upcoming years. However, most of the manufacturers in Turkey have recently stopped produc-
tion, with some factories having been closed down.
The negative course experienced in the Turkish cotton spinning industry in recent years with regard to both domestic and foreign markets has been mainly caused by the high rate of import penetration due to challenging competition arising as a consequence of world trade liberalisation as well as high input costs and an over-
valued Turkish Lira. Due to subsidies in yarn manufacturing in rival countries, as well as low manufacturing costs, unit import prices have been steadily decreasing, and therefore, as an intermediate product, the import of cotton yarn has increased in recent years; in 2007, imports of cotton yarn increased dramatically by 102%, reaching 503,479,029 USD in Turkey. Besides, an overvalued Turkish Lira and low tax rates on imported inputs that are
subject to export according to the inward processing regime are also highlighted as important factors behind the surge in cotton yarn imports [14, 15].
The relocation of production in regions where labour costs are low has been widely accepted as a survival solution against the effects of the liberalisation of world trade; however, yarn manufacturing is a capital intensive industry, and strategies for yarn manufacturing should be constituted by considering not only labour costs but also raw material costs and availability, capital costs, power costs, as well as labour and machine productivity. The weakness of Turkey in terms of the cost of cotton yarn manufacturing is caused mainly due to the high cost of raw material, which is followed by high power and labour costs, respectively, when compared to top manufacturers. The most remarkable development designed to support domestic production has been the supplementary financial obligation on cotton yarn imports that was put into force in October 2008 for a period of three years. However, the lowering of manufacturing costs is strongly needed in order to achieve a continuous advantage in terms of production. In addition, although recent investments are declared to be for modernisation, an increase in installed capacity as opposed to a stable production rate and considerable increase in imports would appear to be an inappropriate approach to enhance competitive power.
In conclusion, the analysis based on foreign trade data of the Turkish cotton spinning industry has highlighted that the comparative advantage and competitiveness of the industry has exhibited a gradually decreasing pattern, even turning into a disadvantage by 2007. Enhancing the competitiveness of the Turkish cotton spinning industry is unavoidable in order to that the Turkish textile and clothing industry become competitive once again as a whole on a global scale. However, in view of the current circumstances, focusing on the development and production of high value added, customer oriented goods should be the priority in order to gain a competitive advantage, since competing in low value added standard bulk products is getting difficult and even impossible. Such an approach calls for target oriented investments and renovations for enabling finer, high quality, innovative and specialised yarn production by considering the advancements
being made in spinning technology, deep research and development competencies and strategic partnership alliances. Finally, government support through regulations, incentives and policies as well as the efforts of non-governmental organisations should be developed by considering the interactions among all subsectors, aiming to reconstruct the Turkish textile and clothing industry entirely.


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- Jennifer Bradley said...
Fabulous journal pages the design is wonderful and love the all the texture and pretty colours. Thank you for sharing with us in our challenge at Crafty Friends and good luck in the draw. Jennifer DT member x
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Isaac Redman gashed New York for 147 yards and the game-winning scramble into the end zone. For a while, the Giants stifled the running game, but somehow forgot how to do it in the fourth quarter.
After holding Pittsburgh to 3-8 on third down, the Steelers converted 3 of their final 5 attempts. The strong mix of run and pass threw New York off guard and rendered their rush ineffective.
Can the defense blame the offense? Eli Manning and Co. had three consecutive three-and-outs in the fourth quarter and held the ball for what felt like 3 minutes altogether. The defense was on the field too long, and consequently they relented 10 points, and obviously the game-winning touchdown.
The Pittsburgh Steelers had a clear-cut game-plan for the Giants: short, quick passes intertwined with a series of running plays right up the heart of the defense.
The Steelers stuck with the plan, counteracted the Giants' pass rush and overcame costly turnovers with a 10-point rally in the final quarter.
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Redman, filling in for the injured Rashard Mendenhall and Jonathan Dwyer, began his gashing of the Giants' interior defense.
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Ben Roethlisberger had an awkward fumble-rooski and an interception, which led to 10 New York Giants points. This set up a 17-7 Giants lead.
In the fourth quarter, however, the Giants' fortune faded.
A big-play strike to Mike Wallace helped the Steelers cut the deficit to three. Then, the Pittsburgh defense was awoken, and the New York offense stalled.
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Freeport-McMoRan revised its capital and operating plans in response to the recent decline in oil and copper prices resulting in reduced capital expenditures, lower production levels, and lower operating, administrative and exploration costs. Copper prices averaged $3.11/lb in 2014 and $2.69/lb in the six-month period ending June 30. During the third quarter of 2015, copper prices averaged $2.41/lb and they currently stand at $2.25/lb, near a six-year low.
Freeport's long-term outlook for copper is positive. In the near-term, however, the company said it must respond aggressively to current market conditions by deferring investments and adjusting operations to maximize current cash flow while preserving its large mineral resources.
Freeport is now undertaking aggressive actions to modify its operations and spending plans to enhance its financial performance. The company has reduced its 2015 capital expenditure budget from $7.5 billion to $6.3 billion, including $700 million reduction in oil and gas spending and $500 million for mining. Capital expenditures for 2016 are expected to decline to a total of $4 billion, including $1.4 billion in mining projects, $600 million in mining sustaining capital, and $2 billion in oil and gas expenditures. The $4 billion figure is approximately 29% lower than the $5.6 billion estimate given in July.
"The steps we are taking to reduce costs and capital expenditures will strengthen our financial position during a period of weak and uncertain market conditions and preserve our large resource base for improved future market conditions," the company said in a prepared statement.
The company is also planning to reduce copper sales to 150 million lb/y in 2016 and 2017, which would equate to a 20% reduction in estimated 2016 unit site production and delivery costs compared with estimates for 2015.
Since 2013, the company has pursued a business strategy that focused on completing three major organic growth projects in the U.S., South America and Africa, and on its long-term development plans in Indonesia, while aggressively managing operations to position the company for long-term free cash flow generation to be used for debt reduction.
Freeport successfully completed expansions at its Tenke Fungurume mine in Africa and its flagship U.S. Morenci mine, which are providing significant cash flows despite recent declines in copper prices. With the imminent completion of the Cerro Verde project and access to projected higher grades at Grasberg beginning in 2016, Freeport said it is positioned to generate strong cash flows for debt reduction.


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A United Nations alert has underlined the importance of campaigns like Meatless Monday in reducing meat consumption for the health of the planet.
Growing Greenhouse Gas Emissions due to Meat Production was compiled by the Global Environmental Alert Service of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), which scans scientific sources to create briefings for policymakers.
According to the alert, "agriculture, through meat production, is one of the main contributors to greenhouse gases and thus has a potential impact on climate change." This is because cattle are the largest source of methane, one of the most harmful greenhouse gases.
Americans currently consume the most meat of any country, eating an average of 11 ounces (322g) per person, per day. This is significantly more than both the global average of 4 ounces per person and the USDA's suggested daily range of 5-6 ½ ounces from the "protein food group".
The UN alert makes it clear that people and the planet can only benefit from cutting back on meat consumption and production:
"It seems probable that many benefits would accrue from lower consumption rates in many developed and some developing countries. At the same time, reduced meat production would ease both pressures on the remaining natural environment and on atmospheric emissions of CO2, CH4 and N2O."
In addition to the positive environmental impact, "a reduction in the consumption of meat, especially red meat, could have multiple health benefits, as there is clear evidence of a link between high meat diets and bowel cancer and heart disease (FOE 2010)."
Finally, the alert highlights the need for a long-term campaign, like Meatless Monday, to help people make the transition to healthier levels of meat consumption:
"As changing the eating habits of the world's population will be difficult and slow to achieve, a long campaign must be envisioned, along with incentives to meat producers and consumers to change their production and dietary patterns. 'Healthy' eating is not just important for the individual but for the planet as a whole."


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We are in the middle of December and the days are short up here in the northern part of Europe, but it's not only a dark time of the year. I have recently encountered musings about the darkness in the world in the books I have read.
Margaret Wheatley writes for example in her new book So Far from Home that oppositional politics cannot deal intelligently with today's complex problems and that the already powerful will remain in power. Her call is an invitation to a warriorship for the human spirit. She invites us to fight for more life-affirming values and practices.
Another example is Otto Scharmer who writes in his bok on Theory U that our global system will probably hit the wall within the next ten years if current trends and developments continue (the book was published in 2009). This is why he focuses his time and energy on creating living examples that embody new forms of cross-institutional collaboration and innovation. He continues by saying that the pressure on front-line practitioners right now is enormous and keeps increasing. People feel trapped and don't know how to change it or how to get out. The situation is serious!
Personally, I think we really need to take emergence and self-organization seriously. The challenges are so big and complex that we need to act intelligently and wisely together. However, self-organization doesn't self-organize. We consciously need to setup conditions such that self-organization can happen. Dynamic governance (aka sociocracy), which is about consenting to a deeper democracy, is one very interesting and practical approach. Large group methods provide other and complementary examples, all of which can be combined in new and creative ways.
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The Tierfon Yellow Aces were a BTL Y-wing starfighter training squadron in service to the Alliance to Restore the Republic, with a service history dating back prior to the Battle of Yavin.
The Yellow Aces, based out of the Tierfon Rebel Outpost, were primarily a training squadron where most recruits were sent so that they might get some combat experience without having to face extremely difficult situations. Their missions, while technically "active," were not of the most hazardous variety. Often they were given light hit-and-fade missions typically assigned to a more experienced squad. After proving their competence, the next step up from Tierfon was "full active" duty on a high-security system base.[1][2]
It was the first unit of such famous starfighter pilots as Wes Janson and Jek Tono Porkins. Tomer Darpen and Kissek Doran, father of Kell Tainer, were also pilots in the squadron.[1][2][3]
During one early strike mission prior to the Battle of Yavin, the squadron targeted an Imperial freighter with a strong TIE fighter escort intending to steal a badly needed shipment of food and fuel. During the mission, Doran suffered a panic attack and tried to escape the engagement in his Y-wing. In order to prevent the runaway ship from compromising the mission and potentially leading to the complete destruction of the squadron, Janson was forced to shoot down Doran's ship, ultimately killing him. The takedown of a fellow Alliance pilot served as Janson's first official kill.[2]
After the destruction of Alderaan and the true threat of the first Death Star was realized, Tierfon's status was boosted to "full active." But the fighter contingent on the base was significantly reduced, with other less protected bases in need of greater fighter cover. Among those in need of immediate help was the Great Temple on the fourth moon of Yavin. The squadron was disbanded when elements of the Yellow Aces were cobbled together along with pilots from other groups to form Red Squadron for the assault on the Death Star.[1]
During the Yuuzhan Vong War, a squadron of volunteer pilots from Taanab led by Janson was named the Taanab Yellow Aces in honor of his old unit; that squadron fought with distinction during the Second Battle of Borleias.
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Nanatsu no Taizai Season 2 Episode 8 - Anime Review
Mar 04, 2018
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The Seven Deadly Sins are still chasing after Diane, who ran off to try to remember her past. She must now face alone the Commandment of Truth Galand, who is eager to kill the giant once and for all. Will Diane be able to survive? This episode was not flaw less but it was still very enjoyable.
The Commandment of Truth Galand is bragging about killing Meliodas. However, the other are not quite believing him and Galand is getting more and more irritated. Suddenly he senses something in the distance and runs off. Diane is still wandering around looking for things, that might get her memories back. Unluckily, Galand is already waiting for her. Understandably, Diane is terrified by the presence of the Ten Commandments. She tries to run away, but she is cut off by another member of the Ten Commandments Monspeet.
Galand asks Diane how she managed to survive his attack. However, Diane doesn't remember anything. The member of the Ten Commandment believes that she is lying. He is quite surprised, when he sees, that Diane is not turning in to stone. He attacks Diane to finally kill her, but our member of the Seven Deadly Sins is saved by another Giant. Meliodas is able to sense the battle between the Giants and the Ten Commandments from a distance. When the dust settles, Diane is able to see who saved her. It's Matrona! Diane is obviously overwhelmed by her emotions and wants to hug her former mentor. However, Matrona beats her unconscious and caries her away. Galand, excited by the worthy opponent, is continuing to attack the two giants. Being still very calm, Monspeet notices the presence of Meliodas. To kill him, Monspeet is sending his Hellfire Bird. However, Hawk Mama, the huge Pig the Seven Deadly Sins are riding on, is able to swallow the attack whole. After the attack, Merlin proposes a change of directions. She argues, that Diane must be hidden with someone who is able to protect her from the Ten Commandments. If they continue to chase after her, she continues, they will lead the other members of the Ten Commandments directly to her and it will put her at a great risk. King, who is of course unhappy with this decision, sees the problem and agrees to the proposal. We learn, that Merlin took the immense powers away from Meliodas because they were just too powerful and thus too dangerous. So, the Seven Deadly Sins are now going to the Sacred Land of the Druids to get Meliodas' powers back. Once they arrive there, they meet three members of the Druid clan: Druid Chief Jenna, Druid Chief Zaneri and Theo. To get the power back, Meliodas and Elizabeth are following Zaneri into the tower. In the Tower, Meliodas has to face a trial. The Captain beliefs at first, that it will be easy for him. However, Zaneri warns him, that this trial will be very difficult and very painfull. She is not sure, if Meliodas will be able to withstand it. Nevertheless, Meliodas is eager to get to the trial and Zaneri sends him into a different world. However, Meliodas remembers this world. Suddenly, his former love is standing in front of him. Liz!
- Training Arc! Our main characters must train to be able to defeat the Ten Commandments.
- Meliodas has to face his tragic past with Liz to get his powers back.
- The Ten Commandments are a seemingly undefeatable opponent to the Seven Deadly Sins.
- The return of Matrona.
That cliff-hanger though! I am really hyped to seeing how Meliodas will be able to face his tragic past with Liz. I am quite happy with this episode. I found it better than the last one. We are getting some great setup for the future Training Arc, where the Seven Deadly Sins will have to improve their powers to be able to defeat the Ten Commandments. However, I found some points I didn't quite find as good. For example, why is Hawk Mama able to swallow the Hellfire Bird of Monspeet with no effort at all. Furthermore, in my opinion Gowther is just an annoying character. Nonetheless this weeks' episode was very good, and I am dying to see, what will happen next.
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Darling in the Franxx Episode 11 - Anime Review
OMG! Kokoro is such a bad girl! This week's episode is mainly focused on Mitsuru and Kokoro. Their character development is amazing. I had a grudge against Mitsuru because of his dick-move in episode 3. However, after seeing this episode I think he is in fact a good guy. Adding to that, the Kokoro x Mitsuru ship is sailing strong!
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Wow! Wow! Wow! We finally get to see Meliodas very emotional. To be honest, I almost chocked up seeing the heart wrenching scenes with Liz. In my opinion, this was the best and most emotional episode of Nanatsu no Taizai yet. I am so pumped up to see the Seven Deadly Sins develop even more.
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It is again time for my favourite shonen anime of this winter season of anime 2018. Will Diane be able remember King or any of the Seven Deadly Sins? What will happen to Gowther who, as we know, is the cause for the amnesia of Diane.
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This episode has a lot of characterisation and interaction between the main characters. We finally see the darker side of our bets girl Zero Tow and it's apparent, that she is not a good girl.
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Nanatsu no Taizai 2 is still going strong with this episode. This wasn't my favourite episode so far, but it doesn't mean it won't get better in the future. I am definitely hyped to see the upcoming epic fight.
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This week's episode was very enjoyable. This iteration of the Seven Deadly Sins was split into two parts. The first half was rather emotional with the back story of Ban and Zhivago and second was more light-hearted. However, at the end, the story got more and more tense, escalating into the confrontation by King of Meliodas and his past with the Ten Commandments.
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Nanatsu no Taizai is still going strong with this episode. The power of the ten commandments is continuing to grow and King is fighting against the huge golem, who threatens to destroy the forest. I am very pleased with this episode.
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In this episode we got again glorious battle scenes, which were expertly animated by Studio Trigger and A1-Pictures. However, with this episode I am quite worried for the future of this series. Hiro's tumour just vanished, without any consequences for our protagonist. I hope that the characters of this series don't get a to big of a Plot-Armor, which would ruin the vibe of this 24-episode long anime. Having said that, I am very pleased with this episode and I am looking forward to next week.
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Darling in the Franxx Episode 2 - Anime Review
The second episode of Darling in the FranXX by A1-Pictures and Studio Trigger has finally aired. The visuals of this series are great and the story though not so unique was still very entrancing.
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Darling in the FranXX continues to be my favorite show of this season. The pacing is rather slow but well managed, the imagery and animation are absolutely breathtaking.
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Wow, wow, wow! This episode had so much going on. The romantic tensions in the last episodes got finally their pay off. And damn, it was beautiful to see Goro coping with his feelings for Ichigo. I admit, I am completely addicted to this show!
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In this week, we get a Zorome focused episode. I didn't quite enjoy this episode as much as the last one, which was really epic. However, there was a lot of world building and clarifications on the purpose of adults in this world. Zorome had a lot of screen time in which he had a lot of development.
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Nanatsu no Taizai Season 2 Episode 5 - Anime Review
This week we got again a very good episode of Seven Deadly Sins season 2. How can you defeat some overpowered heroes? With more overpowered villains obviously.
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BTCC - July 27th 2008
Firstly, Eastbourne Electric Car Club would like to thank Schumacher Racing, Mark Musgrove, Tim Walden and Chris Ashton for giving us the chance to host a round of the Shcumacher BTCC.
After last years dreadful weather and consequential cancellation after such a great day of practice, we hoped this year would prove the opposite, and it did. The weather was fantastic, the BBQ Babes were back in action and the racing was very close, what more could we ask for.
With Schumacher providing a Free entry to this event when you brought a set of tyres the pits were buzzing with anticipation waiting for the arrival of the tyre supply. Around 200 sets of tyres arrived at the track and almost all the tyres were gone by about lunch time.
Thanks again go to Schumacher for putting together the race report found below, you can also find the full days race results in the results section and by clicking here. For further information on the Schumacher BTCC Series have a look at the Schumacher Racing Website, and head to the forum, and you can enter the series by visiting the Central Booking Website.
Again, thanks to Schumacher Racing, we hope to see you again next year.
Schumacher BTCC Rd 7 (Sunny) Eastbourne!!
The Schumacher BTCC round 7 took place at our most southern track in the series Eastbourne .All was set for a good days racing in all classes the weather looked like it was going to get very hot later in the day so a good first run would be crucial. As in previous meetings in the series some drivers had practiced on the Saturday but it was not a forgone conclusion which driver would win their class.
27t Brushed Qualifying Round 1
This saw the championship leader Matthew Tuplin set a blistering pace in which he posted a time of 20/306.38 with his fastest lap being 14.94 seconds. Good runs by both Jamie and Sean Guy saw them get second and third in the round respectively.
The top 5 after the first round were:-
27t Brushed Qualifying Round 2
Matthew Tuplin improved his TQ time yet again to a 21/313.38, but he was not going to have it all his own way with Jamie Guy only 1 second behind his TQ time. This had set the stage for a good duel in the last round qualifying to see who would take TQ honours.
The top five after this round were:-
27t Brushed Qualifying Round 3
This round saw incidents on lap 5 for Adrian, lap 8 for Matthew and lap 9 for Jamie, putting them all out of there qualifying run on those laps, however Sean Guy was able to improve his time to go third overall.
The top 5 after this round were:-
13.5t Brushless Qualifying Round 1
A good run by Andy Creasey saw him at the top of the list in this class but by less than a tenth of a second from Jason Guy with Simon Collier less than 2 seconds behind.
13.5t Brushless Qualifying Round 2
This round saw Robert Brooks move to the top of the list with a time of 21/314.55, the only driver out of the top five not to improve his first round time was Simon Collier; this was mainly due to 3 small incidents losing him between 1 to 2 seconds per incident.
13.5t Brushless Qualifying Round 3
There were no improvers in this qualifying round for the top five drivers so their overall positions remained the same.
19t & 10.5t Brushless Qualifying Round 1
Leon Morrell set the pace in this class with a time of 22/304.19 which would be difficult to beat with the track temperature rising throughout the day; a second behind him was Tim Hancock with championship contender Dominic Carter a further 2 seconds back. This class looked like it was going to be very close with 8 seconds covering the top six in round 1.
19t & 10.5t Brushless Qualifying Round 2
This saw Mark Musgrove move his MI3 into 4th position in the round with a time of 22/308.00 he was the only improver in the top six divers most of the drivers now opting for the Sorex 36 pre-glued wheel tyre combination with the rising track temperature.
19t & 10.5t Brushless Qualifying Round 3
With the track temperature now reaching its peak, it was very unlikely anyone would improve their earlier times and this proved to be the case as none of the top five improved and remained the same as round 2
Modified Qualifying Round 1
Only 4 drivers were booked in for this class which was a shame but the racing would be good. Luke Burley set the fastest time in this round with a time of 23/307.86, Brian Eldridge got second in the round with Terry Edleston and Edward Clark taking 3rd and 4th respectively.
Modified Qualifying Round 2
Luke Burley was unable to improve his time in this round but held onto TQ an improvement saw Brian move to within 5 seconds of Luke�s time. Terry and Edward also improved there 1st round time but were unable to improve there overall position in the round.
Modified Qualifying Round 3
This round saw Terry Edleston and Edward Clark both improve their times but not their overall position.
The top 4 after qualifying was complete were:-
13.5t Brushless B Final
Top 3 after both finals were:-
19t & 10.5t Brushless C final
Top 3 after both finals were:-
19t & 10.5t Brushless B final
Top 3 after both finals were:-
A Final 27t Brushed leg 1
This saw Championship leader Matthew Tuplin set a fast pace from pole position which was unable to be matched by any of the other drivers in this final, second place in the final went to his close rival in qualifying, Jamie Guy.
Top 3 of leg 1 were:-
A Final 27t Brushed leg 2
As per the first leg of the finals, Matthew took 1st place, leading the final from start to finish with Jamie again getting second
Top 3 of leg 2 were:-
A Final 27t Brushed Overall Result
A final 13.5t Brushless leg 1
A great start for pole position man Robert Brooks allowed him to pull nearly a 2 second lead on the first lap. Jason Guy started to give chase putting in some sub 15 second laps which allowed him to reduce the gap between him and Robert. On lap 6 an incident with car 2 Andy Creasey cost Jason 4 seconds but put Andy out of the final. Jason then produced a driving display to be admired which by the end of the final had reduced Robert�s lead to less than a second.
Top 3 of Leg 1 were:-
A final 13.5t Brushless leg 2
This was a hard fought leg of the finals between Robert, Mark and Jason but on lap 15 an incident cost all 3 drivers time. It was Jason Guy who benefited the most to take the overall lead in the final with Mark in second and Mark losing the most time in third, this remained the race order until the end of the final.
Top 3 of Leg 2 were:-
A Final Overall 13.5t Brushless Result
19t & 10.5t Brushless A final leg 1
TQ man Leon Morrell lead this final until lap 6, when an incident dropped him down the field into 4th allowing championship contender Dominic Carter to take up the lead of the final which he maintained until the end. Tim Hancock had a good final to take second place and a fabulous run by Andrew Twigger car 9 took the third spot in the first leg of the finals.
19t & 10.5t Brushless A final leg 2
This time it was lap 1 that was the downfall for Leon the incident allowed Tim to take up the lead of the final with Dominic and Mark moving into 2nd and 3rd respectively. On lap2 Dominic made a successful move on Tim to take up the lead which he maintained until the end of the final this also gave him the overall win. Tim took 2nd in this final with Mark 3rd only 2 seconds covered the first 3 cars what a good close final.
A Final 19t & 10.5t Brushless Overall Result
Mod A final leg 1
With a perfect run from start to finish TQ man Luke Burley took the win of the first final. Brian Eldridge got second 5 seconds behind Luke with Terry Edleston finishing third.
Mod A final leg 2
The second leg got underway and followed the same path as the first leg with Luke leading the leg from start to finish, with a faster time than he did in the 1st leg. Brian took 2nd and Terry 3rd.
Mod A final Overall Result
Lets not forget the prize giving. A driver picked from the finals at random, using the famous moving paper, stopping finger technique picked out Eastbourne's own Andy Creasey as the winner of the Radio Controlled helicopter donated by Schumacher Racing. Congratualtions Andy.
Many Thanks to Eastbourne radio controlled car club for a great weekends racing and their hospitality.
Next Round is Wrexham August 10th.
If you�ve not booked in yet, places in all classes are still available.


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Rifa't Assad, the banished uncle of new Syrian President Bashar, issued a statement Monday apparently seeking to mend fences with his nephew.
Bashar, 34, who was sworn into office earlier Monday, five weeks after the death of his father and predecessor Hafez, symbolized "the birth of a new Rectification Movement," Rifa't said in a statement sent to AFP in Nicosia.
The Rectification Movement was the official term for the coup which brought Hafez to power in October 1970.
Rifa't's words were a turnaround from his previous public stance with Bashar.
Two days after Hafez's death, Rifa't had challenged Bashar for the post of president. He had said he considered himself the "legitimate" successor and branded his nephew as "incapable".
But in his statement Monday, Rifa't, was much more conciliatory, saying that Bashar's speech on taking office enshrined principles he himself had called for. He said he now hopes "that the positive ideas of the speech are translated into action."
Rifa't, 63, was stripped of his vice-president's post in 1998 after a long-running dispute with Hafez. He had been banished since 1995, moving between homes in Marbella, Spain, Paris, Geneva and London - NICOSIA (AFP)
© 2000 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)


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Somehow I think I managed to carry on talking sensibly enough to feel useful. I also took notes and recordings of the sessions I was in, but here are 5 points from each that struck some kind of chord with me. They're a mix of things people said, and stuff I thought, but I think I can remember which was which.
I've put up audio from each session here.
Session 1: Data Viz + maps issues + challenges
- Vicky Sargent
This seemed to focus largely on data quality.
- Poor quality data can be exposed through openness.
- Different users/uses want different levels of quality/reliability.
- Bringing together those who want reliability with those who want usability is hard.
- Getting useful "infoporn" is hard.
- Start by knowing what you're trying to achieve.
Session 2: Open Data as a Business Model
- John Sheridan
- John Sheridan
This went into how to sustainably fund both open data, and businesses based on it.
- It's not just a choice between "open"/public and "closed"/private.
- Perceptions of data reliability (including being up-to-date) are inherently linked to data management and its economics.
- i.e. Some people think you need a tightly controlled team / contract / business model to maintain data quality... Whereas others think openness is a viable form of reliability. (Cf. Wikipedia "vs" Encyclopedia Brittanica)
- Licensing offers multiple funding models depending on end-user, a la open source software. Chris Taggart doing a lot of this with openlylocal.com
- Does the data business model depend on the size/resources of the dataset/audience?
Session 3: LinkedGov tool to clean up & link data!
- Dan Paul Smith
- Dan Paul Smith
This was a demonstration of the really impressive work being put together by @LinkedGov (http://www.linkedgov.org).
- Software that extends Google Refine to let you easily link data structures and tidy data.
- If letting people edit data ("cleaning", "linking", etc), you have to be careful not to introduce "new" data such as assumed defaults for new values.
- Suddenly linked/semantic data is starting to look really powerful. I'm almost converted :-)
- The ability to "modularise" links to other external data lists has huge implications for data as a Distributed Ecosystem.
- Metadata for what's been edited needs to be accessible and clear, to understand who's done what over the lifetime of a dataset.
Session 4: Data Engagement / Everyday Data
- me
- me
This was an attempt to think about how to get data into something everyday and, not perceived as a "technical" thing. "Slides" and audio available.
- People love data if it's about something they love - e.g. football, F1, sales...
- Language used is massively important - often 2 groups will talk about the same thing, but in totally different ways.
- A range of "necessary" precision was brought up again - how can you transform the complexity of data into simplicity without misleading?
- Does data visualisation have to be 'comprehensively accurate', or can it just be enough to get people to ask more questions?
- Give data context and it's easier to turn data into feedback and so learn from it.
There were some great examples, and some amazing ideas coming out of this for me, which I'll blogpost properly soon.
Session 5: Network society engagement
- Catherine Howe
- Catherine Howe
This wasn't to do with data at all... This was about the advantages offered by moving to a more networked, more engaging approach to decision-making.
- Catherine claims that the current system of engagement/consultation is actually a method to mitigate our own ongoing disappointment in political participation.
- If done better, political participation can be enlightening, rewarding, and fun.
- Bringing people together as part of the consultation process can mean they understand it/others more, and are less disappointed if they don't get what they want.
- Feedback as part of the consultation is vital to success. In effect, consultation moves towards conversation rather than just gathering views. (Does this that changing people's views is an objective of a networked approach? Does this raise questions around the accuracy of the final result, or does a more involved process and more post-process feedback negate this?)
- While I generally agree, I wasn't sure how much success from trials was down to using a networked approach, and how much was down to just using a different approach (i.e. novelty can often be fun in itself) - more consultation iterations needed?
I'm running out of time so won't go over Mike Bracken's speech or the Closing Note. Here are 5 random, general points instead:
- The data landscape is slowly coming together in my head. I know I know something important about it, but I don't know what it is yet. Like Cooper in Twin Peaks. You know, when he has that dream. I need to mull it over and chuck some rocks at a bottle.
- It feels weird not having twitter usernames on name tags.
- GovCampers are a bunch of (mostly beardless) ale-swillers. Much to the surprise of the pub.
- The engineering/development going into the new gov.uk single domain is seriously good.
- The medium T-shirts this year are definitely smaller than the medium T-shirts last year. Or did I get a ladies' one?


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Man pleads guilty to dealing meth in Beaumont
A 37-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced June 16.
Adam Zermeno pleaded guilty on Jan. 6, 2017, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison on June 15, 2016 by U.S. District Judge Ron Clark.
According to information presented in court, beginning in February 2016, undercover law enforcement officers purchased a total of 2 and a half ounces of methamphetamine from Zermeno, who was supplying methamphetamine in Houston and the Beaumont area.
On Sept. 8, 2016, law enforcement officers in Jefferson County conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Zermeno. Zermeno was traveling with Gina Gongora and their two small children. A drug-detecting dog alerted on the vehicle during the traffic stop. A search of the vehicle revealed a bag in the trunk, which contained marijuana, cocaine, pills, crack cocaine, and 83.3 grams of methamphetamine. Gongora immediately claimed the bag belonged to her. Zermeno and Gongora were arrested and indicted on Nov. 2, 2016 by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges.
This case is the result of an extensive joint investigation by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation's illegal drug supply.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Orange County Sheriff's Office, Orange Police Department and Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle S. Englade.
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas


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The fact that guns are used every day for self-defense is a fact that gets ignored by the anti-gun media. That's why we have taken it upon ourselves to make sure you actually see these stories before they get buried.
In this case a mother armed herself when a psychopath with a machete and a shotgun came to her door.
The Michigan woman was able to protect herself and her family not because she had a phone with which to call 911, but because she was a gun owner. That fact alone changed the whole situation.
It was 1 a.m. when the woman who wishes to remain anonymous heard a tapping at the door. She grabbed her gun and found a man on her front porch. He was wearing a ski mask and carrying a machete and shotgun.
As soon as the woman pointed her gun at him, the would-be-intruder fled the scene. But it was not long before he came back and tried to get in through the back door. But the woman once again pointed her gun at him and he retreated.
When the police arrived they chased the suspect briefly before he finally dropped his weapons. After removing the ski mask the police found it was a 15-year-old. They are still baffled by his actions and are not sure what his motives were exactly.
And that's why homeowners need to be armed, because you really never know the intentions of a potential intruder.
The woman said,
"I pointed the gun right at him, and he took a few steps back," she said. "I felt like I was playing a game with him. He would step up closer to the door, I would raise the gun, and then he would take a step back."
Even though this story involved a youth with a weapon, I'm betting you won't see this story on 20/20's new series called "Young Guns". In this case 2 small children were protected from a psycho kid because a mother was willing to arm herself and keep a gun in her home, in spite the fact that anti-gunners say this is a bad idea.
Watch the news story of what happened here:
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The medals which are awarded in the different aspects of the human, intellectual and spiritual formation show the excellence of the integral formation that the girls aspired throughout the year.
The students who earn the award for best overall average receive no medals in other subjects, given the fact that their good results throughout the academic training are illustrated by the title of excellence.
Behavior: best behavior
Effort: best academic effort achieved in class
Savoir-vivre : best average in savoir-vivre
Catholic Formation: best average for catholic formation
French: best average in French
Honor Wall: Students who have obtained at least 8.8 as their annual general average
Excellence: Students in each group with the best overall average of the year and who have excelled in all fields
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Feather wreaths can be used as decorative items any time of the year or they can be jazzed up to match a particular season.
Method 1 of 3:
Feather wreath
1Decide what colors and types of feathers you'd like to form the wreath. Purchase or find these feathers before commencing the project. If using feathers from outdoors, clean and dry them before use.
2Plan the design before making the wreath. Work out in advance how the feathers are to sit around the wreath. Some examples include:
- Arranging the feathers all standing upright around the wreath.
- Overlapping the feathers sideways around the wreath.
- Making varied patterns with the feathers, perhaps based on color (blues, greens, browns, etc.) or in patterned shapes such as crosses or zigzags.
3Follow the design plan to add the feathers to the wreath base. Place the wreath base on the table or work bench. Methodically work around the wreath, gluing the feathers in place according to the design.
- If not overlapping the feathers, it's a good idea to wrap the wreath base in ribbon first, to take care of any gaps that might occur between feathers. Choose a color similar to that of the feathers.
4Add a ribbon or length of string for the hanger. Tie in place. The wreath is now ready for hanging on the front door or anywhere else.Advertisement
Method 2 of 3:
Easter feather wreath
1Lay paper or plastic sheeting on the workspace to protect it. Work in a well ventilated space, as you will be spray painting.
2Place the end of the first feather boa on the back of the foam wreath ring. Insert a fern pin to keep the boa in place.
3Wrap the boa tightly and closely around and around the wreath. When you reach the end of the boa, insert another fern pin to keep it in place.
4Attach the next feather boa, placing it close to the end of the first wrapped boa. Repeat the wrapping process until complete.
5Repeat with the remaining two feather boas, as needed.
6Spray paint the feathers. Working on a covered area in a well ventilated space, spray paint the whole wreath with yellow spray paint. Do several light layers to cover. It doesn't matter if some feathers remain white, as this adds to the sense of baby chicken feathers.
7Put gloves on. Fluff the feathers with your fingers. This step is important to prevent them from sticking together in a mass and looking lifeless. They'll also dry faster when separated.
8Allow the feather boas to dry completely.
9Fluff some more when dry. Try to get the feathers to fluff into the center and out to the sides, to give the wreath greater dimension.
10Add the plushie decorations. Make a coiled end in a piece of wire, leaving the rest straight and long enough to pierce through the wreath. Attach the plushie by pushing the wire piece through the plushie and into the wreath, at the point where you wish the plushie to sit. Push until the coil sits against the fabric of the plushie, then make another coil in the wire, trimming off any excess, leaving the rest of the wire sticking firmly into the wreath behind the coil stopper.
- Alternatively, if using two plushies close together, wind the back wires around each other to keep them firmly in place.
11Add a big bow. Make or purchase a large bow and attach with a fern pin.
12Done. If hanging, add a ribbon loop for hanging or simply lean the wreath against a wall or other item.Advertisement
Method 3 of 3:
Halloween feather wreath
1Use the same method suggested for the basic feather wreath above. This time, only use black feathers.
2Add decorative elements. For example, add an orange ribbon or glue a small plastic pumpkin in the center top. If you want it to appear more sinister, glue on an artificial black bird (you can spray paint a plastic toy bird if needed).
3Add a hanger. The wreath can now be placed on the front door for Halloween.Advertisement
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Things You'll Need
Feather wreath:
- Wreath base
- Feathers (from craft store), in colors of choice
- Glue
- Ribbon, to cover base if needed
Easter feather wreath:
- Covers for work space
- Wreath base, foam
- 4 plain white feather boas, long with large feathers
- Fern pins
- Yellow spray paint
- Disposable gloves
- Small Easter design plushies (for example, chicks or bunnies)
- Small gauge wire
- Large bow
- Ribbon for hanging
- Ribbon, to cover base if needed
Halloween feather wreath:
- Wreath base
- Black feathers
- Glue
- Ribbon, to cover base if needed
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