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The government needs to show the strong leadership and clear intent of its Scottish counterpart and introduce an alcohol minimum pricing bill if it is serious about calling time on alcohol misuse (Report, 27 October). Here in Co Durham and Darlington, we have a huge problem. A big percentage of our violent crime is alcohol-related and we have some of the highest rates of alcohol-related hospital admissions in the country. Too many people are consuming too much alcohol. Research shows that as price has decreased, consumption has increased – the average person is drinking almost 11 litres of alcohol a year, more than twice the average consumption in the 1950s.
We need more effective solutions. Evidence suggests introduction of a minimum price per unit of alcohol would make alcohol less affordable, thus reducing consumption and in turn the associated harm. A report produced today by a number of harm-reduction organisations – including Balance, the north-east's alcohol office, contains a survey of more than 600 alcohol products sold in supermarkets across northern England and Scotland, revealing cans of lager for as little as 23p, two-litre bottles of cider for £1.34, a shot of vodka for 28p and a unit of alcohol for just 12p. It's little wonder that a third of north-easterners are drinking above the government's recommended limits on a daily or almost daily basis, that one in five binge-drinks weekly, and that we face the problems we do. Given we are consuming alcohol at a similar level to Scotland, we face the same problems in terms of health and crime and disorder, and we are selling alcohol as cheaply if not more so – shouldn't we be following Scotland's example?
Jon Stoddart
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Uh. I wanted the word "Charm" to have a "strike-through" but evidently I can only edit HTML for the body of the text (here) and not in my headline. Use your imaginations. See it? The word "Charm" crossed out and replaced with "Chore"? Okay, good. Shall we proceed?
This past Thursday I went on three dates. Yes, three. Sort of. The first guy said he wanted to meet for coffee but had a conference call at 7pm. So I made another date at 7:30 to meet guy #2 for a beer. Date #3 was an invitation to a party co-hosted by a guy who has been checking my profile on OKCupid (and randomly emailing me) for about two years.
I know, it sounds a bit overambitious but I figured once I was dressed up and date-ready, I might as well get as much mileage out of my night as possible. So how did they go? Well, hmmmm…
Date #1 was a little late. No big deal. But when he'd said we'd meet "outside" I kinda thought that there might be, you know, outside seating. Instead I leaned against a financial district high rise outside an Aroma coffee shop. He bought my chai, which was nice, and we had a pleasant enough conversation. He didn't look quite as good in person as he did in his photo (could've been the boring business suit instead of the tight t-shirt) but his looks weren't as problematic as his professional life. On his profile he'd professed to "a gypsy lifestyle" and "working too hard," years without a day off, in fact, and admitted to seeking more "play." I was obviously willing to take on that challenge. However, in our fairly brief conversation, I couldn't figure out when he would be able to fit in that "play." His "gypsy lifestyle" wasn't as romantic in reality as it sounded in print; he commutes between Manhattan and Rochester and his home in Syracuse. For a government job. Erm… His time in NYC is on the gub-ment dime so even if he'd been up for some playing, he'd have to spring for a separate hotel room or pass out on a very long train ride home. Sigh. Though we both said it would be nice to see each other again, I don't anticipate that actually happening.
Date #2 was much more my speed, a craftsman and sailor. I met him at one bar, where we had a few beers, and then we had a few more at another bar. He was tall and smart and funny and since his online photos didn't reveal much due to a baseball cap and sunglasses, there wasn't as much of that usual visual discrepancy. Yet this is where my problem with online dating becomes so pronounced: while enjoying myself — and his company — all I could think was "Could I kiss this guy?" And the answer was consistently, "No." I can't say why.
Whatever, I invited him along to the party that guy #3 had invited me to, saying that he wouldn't have much time to talk since he'd be busy hosting. Which I thought was a perfect situation: I'd get to see him in action without that awkward one on one dynamic. I'd invited my friend Karen, too, who was there when we arrived. The party was at Taj, a horrible club I've been to before, with mandatory coat check and overpriced drinks. I promised date #2 we wouldn't stay long as soon as I realized what we were in for. Well, nothing, my friends, I mean NOTHING had prepared me for what we were actually in for. All the $12 cocktails in the world paled in comparison to the guests at this event. Yes, I had read the fine print: Date #3's "Back to the Beach Party" was sharing the evening with "BoomerParties.com." Uh-huh. "Parties for ages 40s and 50s & up." Oh yeah. Up. And UP!
Holychristonapogostick! This hellish party was like Heaven's Waiting Room! There was even a clichéd crone with the dyed black hair and makeup scrawled over her face like an SNL skit. She was sportin' enormous sneakers, hunched over a trés chic cane. There was "Fabio," who I needed to see up close in order to properly appreciate his full glamor: Mr. Magoo glasses, too-tight acid washed jeans, a white button down barely containing his girth and bleached blond hair that he kept smoothing down. He had positioned himself by the dance floor, perhaps to catch one of the crones if she lost her orthopedic footing. The women were, quite literally, shuffling around! The exception were the few 50-ish "cougar" wanna-bes, with their streaked, over-sprayed hair, flirty cocktail dresses and high-pitched cackles, draped all over each other and no doubt hoping to meet a man who'll pay for their (next) facelifts.
All this to a bangin' top-40 dance beat that I'm sure no one in the room cared for. Or heard. Oy. To say this was depressing would be a gross understatement. It was a HORROR! Fortunately, date #3 slipped me a few fancy plastic drink tickets on his way out, so Karen, date #2 and I each enjoyed a free cocktail as we attempted to contain our guffaws. We stumbled out of there safe in the knowledge that, however bad it may be, it ain't that bad yet!
After that debacle, date #2 insisted on getting something to eat, which I wasn't really up for. But we wound up at a tacky retro diner where I got to slurp down one of the most amazing milkshakes of my life! Cotton Candy! Complete with real cotton candy garnish! I used it to wash down my chili cheese tater tots. After such an action-packed date I just wanted to get home and hide under the covers, so I gave date #2 a hug goodbye, saying yes, of course we should get together again. I couldn't find a cab to save my life, so I bumbled home, cackling like a crone the whole way! Next step: KILL my OKCupid profile! Anyway….

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The British explorer bought a 60pc stake in licences held by Rockhopper Exploration, whose main field, Sea Lion, is thought to contain 320m barrels of oil.
The row over the islands' sovereignty has escalated since oil was discovered off them, with Argentina writing to banks, oil companies and research firms warning them off involvement .
Premier revealed it had received a letter in the past asserting Argentina's claim to the area's oil.
Simon Lockett, Premier's chief executive, said the company had "thought long and hard" before signing the Rockhopper deal and had sought advice on the situation, including from the UK government, before deciding it was "a good project to invest in".
"Our conclusion was that this is a risk worth taking," he said: "It would be foolhardy of us to dismiss the risk as nothing."
The British government has made clear it will stand behind oil exploration in the area, while many doubt Argentina could succeed in any legal claims.
The Sea Lion field alone could deliver more than $9bn of tax and royalties to the Falklands, Edison Investment Research estimates.
Under the deal, Premier will pay $231m in cash, and the next $48m of Rockhopper's share of exploration costs.
It will cover the first $1.8bn development costs for Sea Lion - paying Rockhopper's $722m share - subject to the approval of a development plan. Thereafter costs will be split 60:40.
Getting to first oil is estimated to cost $2bn, or $3bn if Premier decides to buy rather than lease the production vessel.
Total costs could reach $5bn over the lifetime of the field. Under a 'standby financing deal', Premier could provide a loan to cover Rockhopper's remaining costs, but Rockhopper said it was "confident" it could find a better financing deal elsewhere.
The companies also agreed to pursue joint exploration in areas offshore Southern Africa.
Shares in Premier rose 7½ to 366.3p, but Rockhopper slumped 25½ to 248½p - 9.3pc - despite spiking 13pc in early trading.
Liberum Capital analyst Andrew Whittock said the deal was the only one available to Rockhopper after a lengthy bidding process, but it seemed to be fair.
He attributed the share price fall to disappointment in an "over-optimistic" market and the likely lull in newsflow over coming months.
Sam Moody, Rockhopper's chief executive, said the company's major investors were pleased and shared his "astonishment" at the share fall.
"Yesterday we were sitting on 100pc of an asset we did not have the money to develop. Today we have 40pc that is going to cost us nothing to develop," he said.


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What will $105 billion get you? For some, it equals the gross domestic product of a small island nation in the Caribbean. However, here in the United States, it's the burden that small businesses shoulder in tort liability costs.
As reported on Small Business Trends, a recent study by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform showed that small businesses paid $105.4 billion in 2008 — and litigation liability costs are expected to continue to rise. What's more, these figures don't take into account the amount that small businesses have paid in connection with breach-of-contract lawsuits.
With the economy in its current condition, it's clear that small businesses can ill afford to become embroiled in litigation. It's a scenario where "the only way to win is not to play." Here are several steps small businesses can take to provide added protection in the event they hear those fateful words: "You've been served":
- Make sure you have adequate insurance for the nature and size of your business. Trying to self-fund a lawsuit, much less a judgment or award, is a surefire recipe for madness. Speak to an insurance broker to make sure you have the right policies in place and the right coverage amounts to protect you.
- Have written agreements with all your clients and vendors. In particular, you may want to include a provision that entitles you to get your attorney fees paid if you have to bring the matter to court (and you win). Note, though, that these kinds of terms are often mutual, so speak to an attorney about whether they're a risk you can handle.
- Take preventive measures. Look at your facilities carefully to see whether they are accident-prone. And keep in close contact with your clients and vendors to ensure that any possible misunderstandings or miscommunications don't escalate.


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About Us
Over a period of more than four decades, the Bin Dasmal Group has been expanding its market reach and developing its overall corporate values.
Group Profile
Long-term decisions are made at Bin Dasmal Group to create sustainable growth through providing engineering solutions, expanding our market reach and maintaining a clear focus on core strengths.
Previously, the Bin Dasmal Group was a contracting and trading company based in Dubai. Today the Group has a direct presence in the GCC Region, including UAE, Oman and KSA. Moreover, manufacturing, trading, contracting and servicing operations are conducted to provide its broad range of customers with the best engineering solutions in the construction market.
Most importantly, healthy relationships with local and international partners, as well as a productive working culture with employees and stakeholders are where our core strengths and values lie. This is the primary asset that we aim to maintain and develop further through continued investments in branding and marketing, human resources, information technology, QHSE and research and development to remain a competitive conglomerate overall.


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"Encrypting MD5 Passwords" - Metin KAYA - (2007-05-16 01:59:31) [7288]
Encrypting MD5 passwords via using MD5, this command can be used:
# perl -e 'print crypt(q{password},q{$1$foo_bar})."\n";'
"password" is the word which will be encrypted, and "foo_bar" is the salt part (maximum length of the salt part is 8 characters) that will be used for encryption.
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text: Similar to Frogspawn, this LPS coral is nicknamed Octopus Coral or Octospawn. Its needs are the same as any LPS, which includes good lighting, moderate flow, and stable water parameters. It doesn't need to be target fed, but will eat diced meaty foods at night. The nickname is likely due to the abundance of dots, similar to all the sucker cups of an octopus. Octospawn are often lighter or more pale that their Frogspawn counterpart.


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You need a great automobile to take you around Varberg whether you're going for a business trip or a vacation. See the top sites around the city and pull up in front of the popular restaurants in Varberg. We've answered the most frequently asked questions about renting a car in Varberg. Keep reading to find out the dos and don'ts of renting a car.
CarRentals.com makes it a cinch to snag budget-friendly rates. Simply enter your travel dates and scroll through the variety of car rental companies, choose the top rental locations, and find the best packages Varberg has to offer. You should also:
Just following even a few of these tips can help you save on your Varberg rental car.
In Varberg, CarRentals.com has 3 rental suppliers to decide from, like Avis. Read through the online reviews to help you figure out which is best for your next trip.
That depends on how many people you are traveling with and what you'll be doing when you visit Varberg. If you're having a bit of trouble choosing, be sure to go over the chart below. We have compared the most popular vehicle categories for you:
Usually, to rent a car in Varberg you must be at least 21—the same as it is across the rest of the country. Additionally, many suppliers charge an extra fee if you are under 25. Be sure to read over the rental agreement to find what the exact rate will be before you rent your vehicle.
Almost all countries require driver's insurance. You may be able to buy additional insurance through rental car company for your trip, if you know your insurance won't cover your rental during your trip.Although many major card issuers, like MasterCard or Discover, offer some insurance, there may be restrictions. For example, you may not be covered if you reserve a luxury or larger vehicle. Make sure to check rental car supplier's policy before you decide.
Most suppliers give you a choice of fuel policies. Here is a list of the typical policies.
Many rental car suppliers offer a variety of fuel policies. However, the stand-out choice is usually full-to-full. It simply means returning the car with the same level of gas as you got it with, so you'll never pay for anyone else's road trips through the Varberg.
Unlimited miles is a good option if you plan to do a bit of sightseeing or visit a lot of business associates all over Varberg. You can drive as much as you want and not incur extra charges. Make sure to read your policy to discover if there are any restrictions.
Make sure you check a few things prior to leaving the lot. It's important to:
When you book with CarRentals.com, you can count on a grand vehicle that will result in more money to spare. Cash in on cheap deals on your ideal Varberg car rental when you book with us. We'll see you out here.


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Robert Castillo - Minimally Invasive Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Four years ago, when Robert Castillo was 60, he underwent successful quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. It was at this time that he also was diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm that needed to be monitored.
An aneurysm is a widening or bulging of part of the wall of the aorta, commonly occurring in the abdominal area. A ruptured aneurysm can be life-threatening. "Having heart surgery and discovering the aneurysm was a stroke of luck and probably saved my life," Mr. Castillo now says.
Every six months after heart surgery, Mr. Castillo continued to see vascular surgeon Mark K. Eskandari, MD, at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute's Center for Vascular Disease. Dr. Eskandari continued to monitor his condition to determine if and when intervention was necessary. "This year when I went to have the aneurysm checked, Dr. Eskandari found it had grown to the point where it was time to do something about it," Mr. Castillo says.
Dr. Eskandari performed an endovascular stent graft repair to prevent a rupture. Endovascular stent grafting is a minimally invasive procedure during which a catheter containing a stent graft is threaded through an artery in the groin, then placed inside the aneurysm. The graft is then expanded and when it is in correct position, it cuts off the blood supply to the aneurysm, which will no longer enlarge in size.
Twenty-four hours after Mr. Castillo's endovascular stent graft repair, he was able to go home. "Everyone was so professional and so helpful," says Mr. Castillo. "They really focused on making sure I was comfortable with the procedure and understood why it needed to be done. They took great care of me."


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Habitat for Humanity distributes shelter repair kits to families affected by Typhoon Haiyan
Kits are the first distributed in Cebu province
DAANBANTAYAN, Philippines (Nov. 25, 2013) —Habitat for Humanity distributed shelter repair kits over the weekend to 240 families affected by Typhoon Haiyan in Daanbantayan, the northernmost municipality on the island of Cebu in the Philippines. The kits contain plywood, lumber, galvanized iron sheets, a hammer, a saw and nails. In addition to distributing the kits, Habitat provides training on safe building practices.
"Often after a disaster, victims spend as much as six months living in tents or barracks," said Leonilo Escalada, Habitat for Humanity Philippines chief operating officer. "The shelter repair kits will put recipients in the fast lane toward recovery because we provide them with the materials and the tools to improve their housing situation. And we're showing them how to build back better, so we're also giving them hope."
The shelter repair kits are the first of their kind to be distributed in the province.
"Habitat is the first to do this," said Cecille Du of the Philippine government's department of social welfare and development. Du accompanied Habitat staff to Daanbantayan for distribution-related orientation. "This is a big help for the people."
Also on Saturday, Habitat distributed 250 shelter repair kits in Guiuan, where Typhoon Haiyan first made landfall. Saturday's distribution was part of a multi-day effort to deliver 1,000 kits to the devastated community.
Typhoon Haiyan damaged or destroyed more than a million homes in the Philippines. Habitat Philippines has already distributed 5,000 emergency shelter kits and plans to distribute 30,000 shelter repair kits and 50,000 cleanup kits. Based on funding availability, the longer-term response will follow Habitat's model of assisting affected communities with housing solutions ranging from transitional shelter interventions to permanent home reconstruction.
Since 1988, Habitat for Humanity Philippines has played an active role in working with families to build decent, durable and affordable housing. Through a network of project offices in rural and urban areas, Habitat for Humanity Philippines has built and repaired tens of thousands of homes. Habitat has also assisted more than 5,000 families displaced by typhoons, fires and landslides.
About Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International's vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Anchored by the conviction that housing provides a critical foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty, Habitat has helped more than 4 million people construct, rehabilitate or preserve homes since 1976. Habitat also advocates to improve access to decent and affordable shelter and supports a variety of funding models that enable families with limited resources to make needed improvements on their homes as their time and resources allow. As a nonprofit Christian housing organization, Habitat works in more than 70 countries and welcomes people of all races, religions and nationalities to partner in its mission. To learn more, donate or volunteer, visit habitat.org.


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Donald Trump has provoked the wrath of Michael Jackson's brother after making lewd claims about the late King of Pop's sex life and tragic passing. Jermaine Jackson accused the Republican presidential candidate of name-dropping and peddling lies in a bid to win votes.
During an interview at the CNN Republican town hall in South Carolina, the mogul claimed that Billy Jean hit maker had enjoyed a week-long sex-session with his former wife Lisa-Marie Presley. He alleged that the pair hired one of his luxury apartments for their romp.
Speaking about the power couple's 1994 honeymoon at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida he said: "I knew Michael Jackson very well. He lived in Trump Tower for a long period of time and would go down to Mar-a-Lago," he said. "He actually got married – you know, to Lisa Marie Presley – and had a big deal at Mar-a-Lago.
"He was up there one week with her, and he never came down, so I don't know what was going on, but they got along.
"People say they didn't get along but let me tell you they were there for a week and didn't come down at all."
Trump's outpouring also included a tale which blamed Jackson death on a loss of all self-esteem due caused by botched surgeries. The performer passed away in June 2009 of propofol intoxication after suffering a respiratory arrest at his LA home.
Trump said: "He lost all his confidence. Honestly because of bad, bad, bad surgery. He had people that did numbers on him that was just unbelievable. And when you lose your confidence in something you can even lose your talent."
Jermaine hit back in string of tweets telling Trump that his family was a no-go area. "Friends don't pay tribute by peddling b.s. theories about Michael's 'loss in confidence'. This fool Trump needs to sit down," he wrote.
He continued: "Michael's confidence was affected by the pressures, injustice and vitriol of external circumstances. Period. Name-dropping Michael don't make you cool and won't win you votes. Especially when using botched facts."
The 61-year-old Jackson 5 star later clarified his remarks, addressing TMZ as he tweeted, "I never said 'You're no friend of Michael.' He was. It's 'botched surgery' talk that I don't expect from a friend."


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A glitzy opening ceremony, complete with an Olympics-style countdown clock, welcomed the UK's 22-strong team to the EuroSkills competition in Belgium.
The squad featured among more than 400 competitors, 316 experts and 39 team leaders from 23 European countries at last Wednesday night's event.
They were welcomed to the opening ceremony by members of Skills Belgium at Pepinster's Hall du Paire.
Competitors were invited to the stage in a parade of nations, with flag-waving and cheering echoing scenes from the summer's London 2012 Olympic Games, before a EuroSkills clock marked the official opening of the third biennial competition which was held over three days in Spa.
Nineteen-year-old Andre Rhone from Middlesex, who works at London's Royal Garden Hotel, is a Squad UK cooking competitor.
The ceremony was a fantastic spectacle. It was truly heart-warming to be able to cheer on Squad UK"
"The atmosphere was electric," he said. "Getting up on stage with all my team mates and being cheered on by our supporters was an amazing experience, one that I'll never forget.
"I hope that by competing at EuroSkills I make my family and country proud and share my experience with others back home, showing how taking part in competitions can improve your skills and set you apart from competition for jobs or promotions."
He added: "I want everyone to get behind Squad UK — just like they did with Team GB at the Olympics."
The audience at the opening ceremony was also treated to a series of live performances, including a group dance ensemble, an urban Stomp-style percussion set and a daring performance from a world champion trick cyclist.
Jaine Bolton, chief operating officer at the National Apprenticeship Service and official UK delegate to EuroSkills, said: "The ceremony was a fantastic spectacle. It was truly heart-warming to be able to cheer on Squad UK and to witness and share the huge sense of pride and excitement felt by all competitors, training managers, experts, team leaders, performance coaches and supporters.
"This will be the first experience for most of Squad UK of competing against their skill counterparts from different countries on an international stage.
"EuroSkills is an important part of their training and development ahead of Team UK selection next year, as it will enable them to benchmark their skill levels against those from all over Europe and gain confidence in competing under pressure and in front of a live audience.
"I congratulate every member of Squad UK for getting this far and wish all of them the best of luck at the competition."
The event gives UK selectors an early chance to see competitors in action before whittling their WorldSkills squad, which includes most of the EuroSkills team, down from around 90.
The rest of the EuroSkills UK Squad includes Sarah Smithers, 20, Woking, Jenna Stephenson, 18, Liverpool, Hannah Clague, 21, Gloucester, Robert Broomsgrove, 20, Weymouth, Alastair Wilson, 21, Scotland, James Overend, 22, David Cargill, 18, both Northern Ireland, Gareth Humphries, 19, Heather Peach, 18, both Wigan, Jack Jameson, 25, Ipswich, Aaron Jamison, 18, Northern Ireland, and Jack Conway, 19, Essex, Philip Glasgow, 21, Northern Ireland, Gareth Jones, 19, Wales, Robert Johnson, Middlesbrough, Ken Wilson, Northern Ireland, both 19, Reece Johnston, 20, Leicester, Mark Woods, 21, Northern Ireland, Amy Leigh Wilson, 17, Blackpool, Georgina Briscoe, 18, Derby, and Wojciech Pastor, 22, Scotland.
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Ok, to be fair, drcpunk and I were homeowners as of sometime November -- but it didn't feel real until tonight, when we were finally, finally moved into the new place sufficiently that we could sleep there, use the internet; all the necessities (this morning, the Internet's not working again, but that's the kind of ache and pain I'm used to dealing with on occasion, and it sounds like a technician is working on it (ETA before posting: Well, sort of. RR messed up the cable modem move big time, and so while we have some internet at the new place, we have a lot of random redirects to a site we can't usefully access. They're giving us a small credit and predicting 1-3 days in engineering (after a level 3 support person worked on it for a while before escallating it) before a fix).
It's the usual thing: The old place still has lots of detritus of our life there we'll need to retrieve, but it's now a largely managable problem; the new place is full of boxes.
On the other hand, we were apparently at the old place since 1999. We moved out in 2016 -- so around 16 or 17 years. That's a long. long time--and we had an accumulation of stuff (including stuff we had to decide that time had passed by long since) and history that is hard to let go of. But...the new place is quite a lot better. More space, more storage space; most walls are concrete rather than drywall, 9-10' ceilings rather than the 8.5' of the old place, ground floor in an elevator building (not a third floor walk-up), 5 minutes (rather than 8) walk from the subway, dishwasher and a laundry room right outside rather than no dishwasher and a laundrymat two blocks away; a few other amnenities from it being a more newly renovated home.
There are some wrinkles. The cable thing, plus there's a socket that doesn't seem to work which is inconvenient, plus while the place is very warm (overall a bonus) in winter, it might almost be too warm (we turned on the ceiling fan in the bedroom last night to somewhat counteract the heat). But we should be able to entertain more, and by being in a more permanent residence, we -should- feel free to make more modifications that make our lives easier without worrying that we will soon abandon all we've built when we move (or that the landlord will object). And from everything we've heard so far, it's a heck of a lot quieter.
Special thanks to jlighton and Sarah J for their exemplary and beyond the call of duty help with the move, including multiple nights over after helping pack, stage, and pre-move things in order to make space for the large number of boxes we needed to complete the move -- as well as the many, many other people who showed up to help out. We are blessed.
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Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation (SPIC) Limited is one of the leading fertilizer manufacturing companies in the country located at Thoothukudi in the State of Tamil Nadu. It is a joint venture founded by Dr M A Chidambaram and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO), a state-owned industrial development institution.
SPIC is one of the earliest units set up in the country with a vision to produce high quality fertilizers to improve the agricultural output of the country. SPIC's large fertilizer complex is capable of producing 6.2 lakh tons of Neem Coated Urea. SPIC is a household name within the farming community due to its ability to enrich the soil consistently throughout the agricultural cycle with maximum nutrient use efficiency. SPIC products not only help to sustain the health of the soil but also act as environment-friendly catalysts to increase the productivity to meet the food demand of the nation.


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As a missionary I am always looking for interesting websites that could help me know more about the world. Young men and women that are praying about where to go in the world might find some of the following pages of great interest.
The largest cities in the world ranked by population density! Here you will find that India has 5 of the top 125 cities in the world ranked by density. And the 2 most densily popuplated in the world are in India. China has 6 of these most densily populated cities. Spanish South America has 5 also.
Why don't you go look this page over as you pray about where God might have you go. There are 125 cities listed. There is a great need all over the world but in these cities the people are literally living on top of each other.
The world's most expensive big cities in 2012 Go a little bit down the page and you will find these cities listed. It might surprise you what you find.
I love City-Data for the United States. Go study your city. See what the statistics show.
The CIA has a page called the World Factbook that you will enjoy.
You will also enjoy Operation World's Country Lists.
List of languages by number of native speakers is good to consider as you decide what language you should study and learn.
Travis Snode shared the following two sites with me:
Numbeo which shares the cost of living, etc.
GapMinder a fact based worldview.
Tyler Masters shared the following:
NationMaster where stats come alive, a massive central data source and handy way to graphically compare nations.
John Grasty suggested the following sites:
Eurostat, Your key to European statistics. "I was able to get all sorts of detailed demographics data out of it. I suspect other multinational organizations in other regions may compile similarly detailed stats."
For statistics on wealth/financial comparisons, Credit Suisse is one of the best. They publish an annual global wealth report that is incredibly detailed and eye opening. Here's a link to the 2014 report, and here's a link to a Telegraph (UK) article pointing out some interesting findings. For a ton more detail, check out the Annual Global Wealth Databook. This one is probably more work to use than most, but it is also up to date and from a very accurate source. It is probably most handy to see how wealth is spread out amongst a population.
How about sharing with me other websites that should be listed in this post. These sites are meant to help the person that is studying the world to learn where to go as a missionary or more about a place where your church is supporting a missionary.


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Great Result for Table Tennis Team!
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The PSCA Table Tennis team proudly represented the school at The Annual Devon School's Table Tennis Tournament before half term with some fantastic results. 8 out 10 players progressed through the group to the knock out stages of the competition. Congratulations to all involved. If you are interested in your son or daughter playing Table […]READ MORE


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Japanese yakisoba noodle
The Japanese are a nation of noodle-lovers and yakisoba is one of our favourites. We often see this dish during festivals when we have yatai (street food stalls) and I always looked forward to having this dish whenever I went out with my parents to the festivals. You can also buy ready-made yakisoba sauce.
|4 Tbsp
|Oyster sauce
|4 Tbsp
|Worcestershire sauce, Japanese style, see pantry notes
|2 tsp
|Soy sauce
|4 tsp
|¼ tsp
|Freshly ground black pepper
|¼ tsp
|Dashi, see pantry notes
|½ Tbsp
|Tomato ketchup
|220 g
|Ramen noodles, hakubaku, see pantry notes
|2 Tbsp
|100 g
|Onions, sliced
|100 g
|Carrots, thinly sliced
|300 g
|Mixed seafood, prawns and squid cut into rings
|100 g
|Cabbages, cut into 2.5cm squares
|1 serving
|Seaweed, flakes, see pantry notes
|1 serving
|Japanese pickled ginger
- Put all the sauce ingredients in a large bowl and mix well
- Cook noodles as per packet instructions. Rinse under cold water, drain and set aside.
- Heat a wok on medium-high heat and add oil. Cook onion and carrot for 3 minutes then add prawns and squid rings. Cook for another 3 minutes.
- Add cooked noodles and cabbage and stir fry for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the sauce mix to the wok and cook until noodles are coated with the sauce.
- Sprinkle over some aonori and serve with pickled ginger if desired.
Pantry notes
- Usutaa sauce is similar to worcestershire but has less acidity and spiciness. Look for Bull Dog brand.
- Dashi powder is like an instant stock powder and is used to make soup or to season dishes.
- Aonori are nori flakes, used to garnish yakisoba, okonomiyaki and many more Japanese dishes. If you don't have aonori, you can use nori sheets. Fold a sheet 4 times and use scissors to cut into very thin threads, one inch long.
- Hakubaku ramen noodles are great for stir-frying as they hold sauces well.
- If you prefer you can use store-bought yakisoba sauce. You will find all of these ingredients at a Japanese grocer. Larger supermarkets should also have them.
See our full guide to buying Japenese ingredients here on the How to page.


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By Rob Kiser
Piqua Daily Call
DAYTON —- The Piqua boys basketball team has the heart of champions.
But, the basketball Gods are not with them right now.
For a third straight game, Piqua rallied from a double-digit lead, but the ball didn't bounce their way as Stebbins held on for a 70-64 victory in GWOC American action.
Piqua had rallied from a 47-33 halftime deficit to take the lead in the fourth quarter.
The visiting Indians outscored Stebbins 15-8 in the third quarter to close within 55-48 and continued to rally in the fourth quarter.
Qurri Tucker started the fourth quarter with a basket and Garrett Schrubb banked one in off a pass from Iverson Ventura and suddenly it was 55-52 with 6:56 to play.
Damiene Boles Jr. answered with four straight points for Stebbins to make it 59-52, but Tucker hit two free throws and Riley Hill scored to get Piqua back within 59-56.
After a Jalen Tolbert basket for Stebbins, Piqua ran off six straight points to take the lead.
Trey Richmond scored on a rebound, then Tucker went the length of the court off a steal to make it 61-60. Then, Kameron Darner drove through the Stebbins defense for a layup at the 4:09 mark to give Piqua a 62-61 lead as the visiting crowd erupted.
Stebbins took over from there though, outscoring Piqua 9-2 the rest of the way to hold on for the win.
Tucker had a basket with two minutes to go to get Piqua within 66-64, but Christian Rand hit two of four free throws for Stebbins and the home Indians added a late basket for the final margin.
The game had started with Stebbins jumping out to a 5-0 lead and they never trailed in the first two quarters.
With Tolbert scoring 11 points in the first half and Boles Jr. adding 10, Stebbins took a 25-13 lead after one quarter and 47-33 at halftime before Piqua's big rally led to a dramatic finish.
Tucker scored all 12 of his points in the second half to lead a balanced Piqua attack and Mick Karn scored all 11 of his points in the opening half to keep Piqua in the game.
Ventura scored 11 points, Darner had nine and Richmond had nine points and 12 rebounds.
Tolbert and Boles Jr. both scored 15 points for Stebbins.
Piqua was 26 of 54 from the floor for 48 percent and six of eight from the line for 75 percent.
Stebbins was 25 of 62 from the floor for 40 percent and 13 of 21 from the line for 62 percent.
Piqua won the battle of the boards 31-25, but had 18 turnovers to Stebbins' nine.
Stebbins improved to 5-12 overall and 4-6 in GWOC American play, while Piqua dropped to 5-10 overall and 2-8 in GWOC American play.
Piqua will play at Vandalia-Butler Tuesday.
Contact Piqua Daily Call Sports Editor Rob Kiser at (937) 451-3334 or email@example.com
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Fallen Star Wars Clip on YouTube Has Been Restored
Remember that guy who's Star Wars spoof video was removed from YouTube as a result of a take-down notice issued by Viacom? Now the clip has been restored to YouTube, in all its glory.
If you don't remember the whole story, here's a recap (or you could read the original post here). Chris Knight was running for his county's school board and made a commercial, showing him fighting the woes of a bad educational system with a light saber. VH1 thought the clip was funny enough to include in their show "Web Junk," without Knight's permission. Chris Knight thought this was cool enough to show that he was on VH1, and uploaded a clip from the television program, which was then removed by YouTube after Viacom issued take-down notices (as they always do, on a very daily basis). Knight fought this claim, and won. The clip has been restored to YouTube, and Knight's account has not been penalized. All is well.
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On the topic of American Sauvignon Blanc, an international wine expert recently listed California, Washington, and Texas as the states making noteworthy wines from this classic French grape. Texas? Alas, it's true: Our populous rival has a winemaking tradition that began with 17th-century Franciscan monks planting Mission grapes, and now boasts a number of esteemed labels.
But since Texas wines are mainly consumed by Texans, and Sauvignon Blanc is arguably the best bargain grape in California, we've opted for offerings from Sonoma and Lake counties as well as a coastal California blend. All are around $10 but could pass for pricier.
Our Token Winemaker had high praise for the 2005 Simi Sauvignon Blanc from Sonoma County ($9.99), finding its aroma tropical, minty, and full of great fruit, with a taste that perfectly encompassed all the varietal's positive expressions especially its signature zestiness. The Simi's only obvious flaw was its unusually full body, but to me this just makes it a great "cocktail" wine, best served ice-cold at a summer party.
My favorite comes from the godfather of California Sauvignon Blanc, Robert Mondavi. It was Mondavi who in the 1960s began experimenting with the varietal, which he renamed Fumé Blanc in a nod to the Blanc Fumé of France's Loire Valley. We tried the 2005 Robert Mondavi Private Selection California Sauvignon Blanc ($9.99). Light, crisp, and citrusy, this had a faintly astringent taste and a dry finish that quickly disappeared. We agreed that it could stand alone or pair well with food, and our Token Winemaker generously proclaimed it "the cleanest, freshest mediocre Sauvignon Blanc I can remember."
In the ho-hum category was the 2005 Guenoc Lake County Sauvignon Blanc ($9.99). Nothing wrong with its muted oaky aroma and light, slightly bitter taste, but it was something of a disappointment from a growing region known as an excellent source for Sauvignon Blanc grapes.
Hoping for a hat trick, we briefly despaired at the Guenoc's mediocrity and then remembered that sitting in the fridge was a half-drunk bottle of 2005 Sauvignon Blanc from South Africa's Golden Kaan winery ($8.99). The comparison wasn't exactly fair, since we had blind-tasted the others and knew exactly what we were drinking as we sipped the Golden Kaan. But it was still our favorite, with an intense aroma of fruit and green vegetables, refreshing flavor, and long, true finish.
Hey, at least it's not from Texas.
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Science, Capitalism and European Imperialism
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on January 1, 2014 (go to class or lectures)
Choose from these words to fill the blanks below:
China, Roman, Pakistan, surprising, 500, mirage, thought, barbarous, guns, 80%, minerals, organized, continents, Safavid, Europe, military, 1750, railroads, marginalized, finance, Iran, bought, finances
in the last years, the scientific revolution has almost completely changed the lives of humans
science can only flourish in alliance with an ideology which justifies, guides, and scientific research and decides what to do with the new powers scientific research brings
the two most important forces which have shaped scientific revolution
1. European imperialism
2. capitalism
science and European imperialism
one thing we need to realize about the rise of the European empires is how it was
before the scientific revolution, Europe and in particular Western Europe was a poor and area of the world
even the empire, although it had its capital in what is not Italy, derived most of its power from Northern Africa and the Middle East
the Western European provinces were a kind of Wild West and contributed little to the power and wealth of the empire except and slaves
Northern Europe was so desolate and in the times of the Romans that they didn't even bother to conquer it because they didn't think there was anything there worth conquering
no important religion, ideology, technological invention or economic system came from before the modern age
only at the end of the 15th century did Europe start to become a center of , cutlural and technological developments
between 1500- , it gained momentum and became the master of the external world, i.e. the two American continents and the oceans
even in the 18th century, Europeans were still weaker than most Asian and Middle Eastern powers, but these powers showed little interest in the new
early modern era
Ottoman Empire (1299-1923)
golden age in modern era
1453 conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II
Dynasty in Persia (1501-1736)
marked the beginning of modern Persia
marked turning point in Muslim history
Mughal Empire (1526-1857)
India and areas
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history
ruled under Han Chinese
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912)
began in Manchuria
even in 1775, Asia accounted for of the world's economy
India and China alone was two-thirds of the world economy
the global center of power shifted from Asia to Europe only between 1750 and 1850
when European powers conquered large parts of Asia
by the late 19th century, Europeans generally controlled the world's economy
1950: America and Europe accounted for more than half of economic production
China was down to 5%
Europeans created a new, global culture
today most humans are European in their , tastes, and the way they see the world, even if they are anti-European and anti-Western in their rhetoric
even China is built today on European models of production and
European technology
in the late 19th century, it was often said about European wars in Africa: no matter what happens, we have machine guns and they don't, so don't worry
but this wasn't the case before 1850
in 1800, the technological gap between Asian, European and African powers was relatively small
when Britain began to build , how was it that Germany, France, and the United States were able to follow quickly whereas China lagged behind
how is it that Italy, Russia, and Austria were able to quickly close the technological gap and join the industrializing club whereas Persia, Egypt and the Ottoman Empire failed to do it?
after all, the technology of the first industrial wave was relatively simple: was it so hard for Chinese or Persians to engineer steam engines, to manufacture machine , or to lay railroad track?
the first railroad in the world opened in Britain in 1830 between Manchester and Liverpool, twenty years later Western European nations were crisscrossed with 40,000 kilometers of railroads, at the same time in Africa and Latin America, there were only 4,000 kilometers of track
in 1880, Western countries had over 350,000 kilometers of railroads while all the rest of the world together had only 10% of that: 35,000 kilometers of railroad track, and most of these railroads were built by the British in India
the first railroad in opened only in 1876 which was only 24 kilometers long and was built by Europeans in China and the Chinese government destroyed it the year after it was opened
in 1880, the Chinese government did not operate a single railroad line
was 50 years too short a time for the Chinese to learn how important railroads were or to learn to build and operate them?
in Persia, modern day , the first railroad was built in 1888 and was 10 kilometers long and was constructed by a Belgium company, in 1950, the entire railway network in Iran amounted to only 2,500 kilometers, this in a country that is seven times the size of Britain
what the Persians and the Chinese lacked was not technological inventions, even if they couldn't have produced them, they could have easily them and learned how to make them themselves
what Persia and China lacked were the social political structures and the judicial apparatus that took centuries to form and mature in the West, and which could not be so easily copied and internalized.
the Chinese and the Persians could not catch up with the British because they were differently
up until 1800, Europe did not enjoy any technological advantage over the Asian powers but Europe was gradually building a unique potential whose importance became obvious in the 19th century
the apparent equality between Europe, China and the Muslim world in 1750 was a : their power was equal but their potential was very different
the two characteristics which gave Europe this decided edge were (1) modern science, and (2) capitalism.
when the big inventions of the 19th century and the industrial revolution came along, Europeans were in a much better position to harness them and use them.
modern science and capitalism are also the most important legacies which Europe left behind them in the post European world of the 21st century
Europeans no longer rule the world today, but science and capital are still the keys for economic and political success in the world


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After Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Forest Hills) screamed a vein-popping diatribe at Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) last week during a House speech on the 9/11 workers health care bill, the two outspoken New Yorkers have made up and agreed to work together.
"Our argument had gone as far as it could," King said. "I want, and he wants, to get a bill passed. . . . Us prolonging the argument wasn't going to help that."
King said the detente, which followed several days of sparring on cable news shows accompanied by loops of Weiner's diatribe, came after Tuesday's meeting of the New York congressional delegation. The two representatives stepped aside and worked out a plan - which King wouldn't reveal - to move the legislation.
The original bill would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust.
"It was agreed to try and find a way to get it through," King said. "There are some real significant differences, but hopefully we can work it out."
Weiner's office issued this statement on his behalf: "I'm committed to doing everything in my power to get help for 9/11 victims. I am convinced Peter will do the same."


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Link Discovery Task at the OAEI OM 2018 Workshop
Task Motivation
The number of datasets published in the Web of Data as part of the Linked Data Cloud is constantly increasing. The Linked Data paradigm is based on the unconstrained publication of information by different publishers, and the interlinking of Web resources across knowledge bases. In most cases, the cross-dataset links are not explicit in the dataset and must be automatically determined using Instance Matching (IM) and Link Discovery tools amongst others. The large variety of techniques requires their comparative evaluation to determine which one is best suited for a given context. Performing such an assessment generally requires well-defined and widely accepted benchmarks to determine the weak and strong points of the proposed techniques and/or tools.
A number of real and synthetic benchmarks that address different data linking challenges have been proposed for evaluating the performance of such systems. So far, only a limited number of link discovery benchmarks target the problem of linking geo-spatial entities.
However, some of the largest knowledge bases on the Linked Open Data Web are geospatial knowledge bases (e.g., LinkedGeoData with more than 30 billion triples). Linking spatial resources requires techniques that differ from the classical mostly string-based approaches. In particular, considering the topology of the spatial resources and the topological relations between them is of central importance to systems driven by spatial data.
We believe that due to the large amount of available geospatial datasets employed in Linked Data and in several domains, it is critical that benchmarks for geospatial link discovery are developed.
The proposed Task entitled "Link Discovery Task" is accepted at the OAEI OM 2018 Workshop at ISWC 2018. OM workshop conducts an extensive and rigorous evaluation of ontology matching and instance matching (link discovery) approaches through the OAEI (Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative) 2018 campaign.
Task Overview
The aim of the Task is to test the performance of Link Discovery tools that implement string-based as well as topological approaches for identifying matching spatial entities. The different frameworks will be evaluated for both accuracy (precision, recall and f-measure) and time performance.
For more information send an e-mail to: Tzanina Saveta (firstname.lastname@example.com) and Irini Fundulaki (email@example.com).
Important Dates
Workshop related
|Deadline for the submission of papers
|June 4th
|Deadline for the notification of acceptance/rejection
|June 27th
|Early registration deadline
|June 29th
|Workshop camera ready copy submission
|June 31st
|October 8th
Challenge related
|(Preliminary) datasets available
|June 15th
|Preparation phase ends and final datasets
|July 15th
|participants register their tool (mandatory)
|July 31st
|Execution phase ends and participants submit final versions of their tools. SEALS tracks (zip file, e.g., LogMap.zip). HOBBIT tracks (via platform).
|August 31st
|Evaluation phase ends and results are available. SEALS and HOBBIT tracks.
|September 30th
|Preliminary version of system papers due. Submit PDF paper (e.g., LogMap_prelim.pdf).
|October 3rd
|Ontology matching workshop.
|October 8th
|Final version of system papers due. Submit a PDF (e.g., LogMap_final.pdf) paper.
|November 1st
Tasks and Training Data
Link Discovery
We will use TomTom datasets in order to create the appropriate benchmarks. TomTom datasets contain representations of traces (GPS fixes). Each trace consists of a number of points. Each point has time stamp, longitude, latitude and speed (value and metric). The points are sorted by timestamp of the corresponding GPS fix (ascending).
This version of the challenge will comprise the following tasks:
- Task 1 (Linking) will measure how well the systems can match traces that have been altered using string-based approaches along with addition and deletion of intermediate points.As the TomTom dataset only contains coordinates and in order to apply string-based modifications based on LANCE[1] we have replaced a number of those with labels retrieved from Google Maps Api, Foursquare Api and Nominatim Openstreetmap Api. This task also contains changes on date format and changes on coordinate formats.
- Task 2 (Spatial) measures how well the systems can identify DE-9IM (Dimensionally Extended nine-Intersection Model) topological relations. The supported spatial relations are the following: Equals, Disjoint, Touches, Contains/Within, Covers/CoveredBy, Intersects, Crosses, Overlaps and the traces are represented in Well-known text (WKT) format.For each relation, a different pair of source and target dataset will be given to the participants.
Read the detailed description of the tasks and training data .
[1] Saveta, E. Daskalaki, G. Flouris, I. Fundulaki, and A. Ngonga-Ngomo. LANCE: Piercing to the Heart of Instance Matching Tools. In ISWC, 2015.
Registration & Submission
Participants may register their tool (mandatory) using this form (requires a google account and a valid email)
Participants submit final versions of their tools. SEALS tracks (zip file, e.g., LogMap.zip) using this form. HOBBIT tracks (via platform).
Submit PDF paper (e.g., LogMap_prelim.pdf). Please use this form (requires a google account and a valid email).
The final version of system papers may submit as a PDF (e.g., LogMap_final.pdf) paper. Please use this form (requires a google account and a valid email).
The following systems have been tested
|Contact person(s)
|Task to participate
|University of Lisbon /
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia /
University of Illinois at Chicago
|Portugal / USA
|Daniel Faria,
Catia Pesquita
|Linking & Spatial
|Rapid Discovery of
Topological Relations
|Mohamed Ahmed Sherif,
Kevin Dreßler
|National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens
|Despina Athanasia Pantazi, Panayiotis Smeros
Link Discovery – Linking results
|SANDBOX (100 instances)
|Run Time
|MAINBOX (5000 instances)
|Run Time
Link Discovery – Spatial results
The results can be found in HOBBIT platform: here (login as guest)
Organizing Committee:
- Pavel Shvaiko (Main contact)
Informatica Trentina, Italy
E-mail: pavel [dot] shvaiko [at] infotn [dot] it
- Jérôme Euzenat
INRIA & Univ. Grenoble Alpes, France
- Ernesto Jiménez-Ruiz
University of Oslo, Norway
- Michelle Cheatham
Wright State University, USA
- Oktie Hassanzadeh
IBM Research, USA
Program Committee:
- Alsayed Algergawy, Jena University, Germany
- Manuel Atencia, INRIA & Univ. Grenoble Alpes, France
- Zohra Bellahsene, LRIMM, France
- Marco Combetto, Informatica Trentina, Italy
- Valerie Cross, Miami University, USA
- Warith Eddine Djeddi, LIPAH & LABGED, Tunisia
- Jérôme David, University Grenoble Alpes & INRIA, France
- Gayo Diallo, University of Bordeaux, France
- Zlatan Dragisic, private individual, Sweden
- Alfio Ferrara, University of Milan, Italy
- Wei Hu, Nanjing University, China
- Antoine Isaac, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Europeana, Netherlands
- Ryutaro Ichise, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
- Daniel Faria, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciéncia, Portugal
- Marouen Kachroudi, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis
- Patrick Lambrix, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden
- Vincenzo Maltese, University of Trento, Italy
- Fiona McNeill, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Christian Meilicke, University of Mannheim, DE
- Peter Mork, MITRE, USA
- Andriy Nikolov, Open University, UK
- Axel Ngonga, University of Leipzig, Germany
- Catia Pesquita, University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Umberto Straccia, ISTI-C.N.R., Italy
- Ondrej Svab-Zamazal, Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic
- Cássia Trojahn, IRIT, France
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Now this one reminds me of the catered meeting lunches at work, which tend to have green sauce covering vaguely proteinous wads that might or might not be eggs and ham. After inspecting this slop, one can only hope that somebody on the floor had clients in, sprang for real Cosi sammitches, and will ditch the extras in the lunchroom for general consumption later.
And finally, those groovy guys in Cobra Verde have a new wreckord coming out. I took one look at their cover art (on the left) and decided it was missing a crucial element, which I helpfully added (on the right).
Till next time kiddies. Schtay suweet.