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[SS 84153241] Old Barrow (NR) Withypoole No 7, a bowl barrow 13 paces diameter and 2.5 ft. high with a hollow in the centre. It is enclosed by a bank with outer ditch which is not concentric with the barrow and is clearly a tree-clump enclosure, probably 18th century. (2)Scheduled. (3)
Old Barrow is at SS 84083244, the feature has been omitted from the OS6 inch and the name erroneously applied to a pit. It appears to be a very robbed bowl barrow, 0.9m high the bank mentioned by Grinsell is not well defined and has only slight traces of an outer ditch. Although clearly later than the barrow it is not certainly a tree-ring, and it may have been formed when the barrow was robbed. (See GPs AO/65/192/5 & 6).Published 1:2500 survey revised. (4)SS 84093244. Withypoole 7. Old Barrow listed, details as Authy 2.Visited by Grinsell 25th May 1958. (5)
[SS 84083244] Old Barrow (NR) (6)
Old Barrow, a prehistoric barrow, is centred at SS 84083244 at the eastern end of the ridge forming Old Barrow Down. It is a circular earth and stone mound, 20.9m in diameter and 1.2m high and has been heavily disturbed by robbing or excavation trenches. These appear as two, sharp-sided, concentric circular cuttings 1.5m wide and 0.3m deep. Their shallowness suggests that they are less likely to be stone robbing trenches and more likely to be the result of an antiquarian attempt to define a kerb within the monument. Such an event does not appear to be documented but has been noted elsewhere on Exmoor (see SS 83 SW 2 and SS 73 NW 10 (D)).
Aspect: Old Barrow has extensive views in all directions.Vegetation: Grass with some reeds. (7)
The probable Bronze Age round barrow known as Old Barrow is clearly visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards.On the aerial photographs available to the survey the monument can be seen as a mound circa 10 metres in diameter with evidence of disturbance visible as an off-centre pit about 4.5 metres in diameter. The mound appears to be enclosed by a narrow bank which in turn is surrounded by a ditch less than 1.5 metres wide, and finally an outer bank. It is possible these are also evidence of antiquarian disturbance as suggested by authority 7 above. (8-11)
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| 8.2°C Belfast
Northern Ireland goalkeeper Roy Carroll took the blame after his blunder against Turkey led to a 1-0 defeat and another disappointing result for Michael O'Neill.
The Northern Ireland boss, having signed a two year extension to his contract, was hoping for a positive outcome last night to build momentum in the run up to next year's European Championship qualifiers, but not for the first time in his reign he was let down by a basic error.
Carroll has been one of the few consistent performers for O'Neill since his appointment in 2011, but the Olympiakos ace was badly at fault for the only goal of the friendly on the stroke of half-time.
Mevlut Erdinc was alive to the situation as Carroll's misunderstanding with defender Chris Baird allowed the Turk to score.
To that point Northern Ireland were looking pretty comfortable. They tried to get back into the game after the break but simply lacked the creativity and clinical finishing to do so.
It means O'Neill now has one win, six draws and eight defeats in his 15 games in charge. It is also a ridiculous 1,109 minutes since Northern Ireland scored away from home in a friendly.
O'Neill said: "I'm disappointed, particularly with the nature of the goal and the time it occurred. It was a bad mistake after we'd defended well.
"Roy held his hands up. He knows himself he made the wrong decision and he's disappointed in that. We responded well and maybe this is another case of us not getting what we deserved."
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Poolside Yoga w/ Kino MacGregor
Four Seasons Hotel Miami
Saturday, July 20, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (EDT)
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Internationally-known Ashtanga yoga instructor Kino MacGregor will lead a poolside yoga class at 10 am in the hotel's Palm Grove. Founder of the Miami Life Center, MacGregor is one of only a few people in the United States to receive certification to teach Ashtanga Yoga from its founder, the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, who is widely-acknowledged to be the greatest Ashtanga master of the current age. MacGregor is holding the class in conjunction with the launch her new book, "The Power of Ashtanga Yoga: Developing a Practice That Will Bring You Strength, Flexibility, and Inner Peace" (June 2013). The cost is $25, which includes a signed copy of Kino's new book and a day pool pass for Four Seasons Hotel Miami. For more information, call (305) 381-3037 or visit https://www.facebook.com/events/339684696164293/.
* In case of rain, the class and book signing will be held inside in the Coral Gables Room (6th floor).
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1435 Brickell Avenue
Saturday, July 20, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (EDT)
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First (and second) impressions of São Paulo dedicated to two much loved anthropologists..
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Only in São Paulo; A hotel for Bonsai
Over in Jardim Petropolis, in the state of São Paulo, is a hotel called Bonsai Kai. But this particular hotel is not for holidaying tourists. It is, as the name suggests, for bonsai.
And in case you think it is a fad or a publicity stunt, you'll be happy to learn it has actually been around since 1995 and the hotel is thriving with an average of 40 trees sleeping there per night! Whether this is driven by the huge local japanese population or by something else, one thing is clear; there is definitely a market for the bonsai hotel.
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Oracle confirms paying a blogger but Google names no-one
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Oracle has disclosed two names after it and Google were ordered to reveal financial ties to people who might have influenced coverage of a trial.
The instruction had been given by a US judge following a copyright and patent lawsuit fought by the two tech firms.
Oracle said it had relationships with blogger Florian Mueller and Stanford University's Prof Paul Goldstein.
Google said it did not pay any "journalists, bloggers, or other commentators to write about this case".
However, the search giant added that it needed further guidance before being able to disclose others it had financial ties to.
The judge had said he was "concerned" that financial relationships might have influenced analysis published in newspapers and on the net.
The trial had centred on Oracle's claim that it was owed about $1bn (£640m) in compensation for Google's use of its technologies in the Android system.
But the jury ruled that the patents involved had not been breached, while a judge dismissed the key copyright claim - a decision against which Oracle has said it would "vigorously appeal".
Oracle is one of the world's biggest technology firms specialising in computer servers, databases and other services to industry. Its systems power many of the online services used by smartphone and PC users.
Patent blogger payments
Shortly after the trial began, Mr Mueller had revealed that he was providing consultancy services to Oracle.
The German blogger's articles are widely read by industry professionals and he was recently quoted by a UN agency in a press release about patent disputes.
"In April, I proactively announced a broadly focused consulting relationship with Oracle, six months after announcing a similar working relationship with Microsoft," he told the BBC ahead of Oracle's filing.
"I can also certify that I wrote all of my blog posts on the trial independently, without being directed or influenced by anyone.
"All the information I received from Oracle itself was what the company uploaded to its website on each trial day. With the exception of the disclosure statement, Oracle never saw my posts, in whole or in part, before they went live."
Oracle said it was naming Prof Goldstein "out of an abundance of caution" since he had advised a law firm used by the company about copyright, even though he did not specifically comment about the lawsuit in question.
The firm added that some of its employees might also have blogged about the case, but said that it "did not ask or approve" this action.
Google wants guidance
In its submission to California's Judge Alsup, Oracle also accused Google of maintaining an extensive network of "attorneys, lobbyists, trade associations, academics and bloggers".
It added that it believed that Google "brought this extensive network of influencers to shape public perceptions concerning the position it was advocating throughout this trial".
Google said that it had not been involved in any "quid pro quo" arrangements for coverage.
However, it did acknowledge that it had a financial connection with several types of people and organisations who it did not name, including:
- Universities and non-profit entities
- Organisations to which it belonged or to which it had made contributions
- Bloggers and others who had adverts placed by its advertising program on their site, and had commented about the case
- Its own employees and contractors who might have commented about the trial
- Expert consultants
- Witnesses identified for the trial
Its lawyers asked for clarification as to how far they should go in naming those who fell into each category.
They said they had not provided a full list at this time to "avoid flooding the court with long lists of such individuals or organisations".


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Going to Bordeaux is about going to Bordeaux. It really is that simple when it comes to Richard Lay's new play at the Jan Hus Playhouse. Three of the play's four characters have very strong reasons for wanting to travel to the French port city. What else do you need?
Well, a convincing script might help. Lay's work here is not particularly strong. In fact, most of the time, it's very weak. While in The Three Sisters, Anton Chekov got strong dramatic mileage out of his three title characters wishing to move to Moscow, Lay is far less successful. His characters do little more than say things.
Much talk is made, for example, of the lead character Vincent (Jeff Farber) and his skill with painting. He moved to Maine with his longtime girlfriend Nell (Michelle Esrick) and their daughter Dana five years ago. His painting has recently ground to a halt, yet, according to the mostly clunky exposition, he still spends hours locked away in his studio daily. Yet the play's primary location is in his living room, not his studio, where he is often to be found drinking copious amounts of red wine.
Vincent is currently experiencing difficulties with Nell, and his having a relationship with his prized student Charley (Erin Keefer); the two incidents hardly seem to be related. Yet despite being told time and time again how brilliant Charley is in her own right, she comes across primarily as a very cold, disinterested young woman with less chemistry with Vincent than Nell, his never-ending sparring partner, does.
Of the play's characters, only Vincent's daughter (Sarah Strasser) seems really real - everyone else, via character choices or direction (by Gus Smythe) plays things in a very one note way. But Strasser comes across as fairly warm, good natured, and layered, and though her onstage time is limited, and the ultimate direction of her character as predictable as it is unnecessary, she's the main highlight of the production.
But the most significant problem remains Lay's script, which doesn't make any of the characters' desires believable. Vincent and Charley only barely seem like artists, and Vincent and Nell have a long term relationship in words only. Lay lays too much of the play's weight on their relationship without establishing enough of what should make us care about it. Surprising plot twists (of which Going to Bordeaux has its fair share) only add up to so much in the best of circumstances, but are from satisfactory in this show.
Ultimately, Going to Bordeaux too often feels like a poorly written television show that has to get everything resolved in a certain period of time, but it needed more opportunities to develop its story and characters. Going to Bordeaux is a play that, as with wine, really needed to breathe.
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Stadium Group plc Acquires Intelligent Displays Business, According to BAC Report
08 Jan 2013 • by Natalie Aster
LONDON – In September Stadium Group Plc acquired IGT Industries Ltd ("IGT") by purchasing its entire share capital. IGT engages in design, development and manufacture of intelligent displays in industrial volumes. It is one of the UK's most advanced companies in its field, equipped with the newest technologies and rich product portfolio. IGT serves various markets, like marine, aviation, medicine, transportation, food processing, retail, etc. The price of the deal was announced as GBP 4.2 M.
This acquisition has become Stadium Group's first step into totally new and prospective market of adjacent electronic technologies. It is anticipated to empower company's current segments, Power and EMS businesses.
Stadium is regaining its financial strength which was shattered by 2008 crisis. As for the FY 2011 the company was able to show noticeable improvement in main indices: revenue went up by 0.2% to GBP 44.9 M, gross profit added 6.5% and amounted GBP 8.6 M, operating income increased by 27.3% to GBP 4.2 M, and net income rocketed by 30% and reached GBP 2.6 M. The results for the latest audited semi-annual period ended June 2012 state revenue of GBP 20.9 M, gross profit of GBP 4.1 M, operating income of GBP 0.7 M, net income of GBP 0.4 M. UK region was the main revenue bringer; however, only EU managed to show improvement over the H1 2011 period. Electronics segment slowed down during the past half year, while Power segment added some 12% against the corresponding period of 2011.
Founded in 1911 and headquartered in Hartlepool (UK), Stadium Group Plc engages in electronic manufacturing services and power supply solutions around the globe. Company's target markets are industrial, consumer, green technology, medical and personal care, automotive and communication, fire and security. Stadium operates across all continents with main focus on European region. The enterprise trades on London Stock Exchange under the ticker SDM.
Other details on the Stadium activities, businesses, solutions, financials, news and more can be found in the report "Stadium Group plc Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis" recently published by Market Publishers Ltd.
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"Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm." ― John Muir
In other words, birthing season will soon be upon us. And though it's fun watching animal families grow up in our backyards, it's best that they don't give birth within our buildings. Because female squirrels seek safe places to raise their young in late winter and early spring, now is the time to ensure they stay out of your attic.
Your first step? Monitoring is key to sound IPM. In this case you want to inspect your building exterior, especially if you've had problems in the past. Since squirrels are climbing animals and there's no way could you see all possible entry sites from the ground, you'll need a ladder. If you find a likely entry hole, don't close it without first determining if it's active. Trapping an animal (or its nest) inside can provoke it to chew its way back out — or in. Monitor an opening by inserting a soft plug (crumpled newspaper works fine) into the hole. If the plug is still there after two days and you see no other signs of activity inside the building, it should be safe to permanently close the hole. What to close it with? Think galvanized sheet metal or galvanized metal mesh, which resist strong teeth.
Do you need to remove squirrels from the building? Trapping is the most common and successful method. By New York law, however, without a state-issued permit squirrels must be released on the property or humanely destroyed. Another method is to install one-way doors (also known as excluders) over entry holes. These devices allow animals to leave — but not re-enter — the structure. To be successful, one-way doors need to be combined with preventive exclusion (such as metal mesh and caulk) on other vulnerable sites on your building, since exclusion and prevention are also key IPM practices.
No rodenticides or other poisons are legally registered for squirrel control. Although a variety of repellents and devices make marketing claims about driving squirrels from buildings, their efficacy is questionable.
To prevent future problems, reduce squirrel access to the building by keeping trees and tree branches at least 10 feet away from the structure and make sure all vents are made of animal-resistant materials.
For information on IPM for nuisance wildlife, refer to Beasts Begone!: A Practitioner's Guide to IPM in Buildings and Best Practices for Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators.
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New York-based interior designer Ryan Korban has a flair for bold graphic designs and plush vibes, both of which are luxuriously evident in his fabulous new design for luxury shoe boutique Aquazzura's new Midtown space. Not only is the space flawlessly designed, but the furniture is covered in STARK fabric: Glamour Velvet in Carnelia, Oxygen Wide in Black, and Open in Fog.
Such a visually impressive design has naturally attracted the attention of the media, and Korban's design has now graced the electronic pages of everything from Harper's Bazaar to Architectural Digest.
Open in Fog and Oxygen Wide in Black on the seating.
When asked "why pink" by Harper's Bazaar, Korban explained, "I thought, let's pick one color because it feels iconic. And how do we make it become a neutral? The answer was really just to use it in excess." So much in excess that it even appears on the custom grout between the marble tiles!
Korban elaborated on visions of the space for Architectural Digest: "From the beginning we thought, let's really go for it. The biggest challenge with retail spaces is how to draw people in. It's refreshing to work with a brand with a major fun factor."
The grandeur of the fun is evident everywhere throughout the dazzling space, from the pink marble floor tiles, stunning chandeliers, and gold shelving to the expansive marble-top table and impressively stylized sofas that STARK helped bring to life.
Glamour Velvet in Carnelia on the chair.
The shop was also named by Racked as one of New York City's most architecturally impressive stores. "Decadent and feminine, the shop exudes a classic Italian reverence that feels far from fusty," they gushed.
Original photos courtesy of Naho Kubota.
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August 2, 2017 | By R3D Global
For the first time in history, Asian companies overtook US counterparts in term of receiving VC investment. According to PwC and CB Insight MoneytreeTM report Asian companies received $19.3b VC funding, whereas $18.4b was recorded in US companies in the second quarter of 2017. Also, VC funding by amount in Asia doubled from the first quarter of 2017.
Asia's VC investment leader board this quarter was propelled by Didi Chuxing receiving $5.5b and a series of over $1 billion deals, namely: One97 Communication $1.4b, Go-Jek $1.2b, Bytedance $1.0b and Ele.me $1.0b. These deals are also the top five largest deals by amount globally recorded in the quarter. Compared to last year, Asia VC deals were driven by two mega deals of Alibaba acquiring Southeast Asia's e-commerce platform Lazada for $1b, and investment round funding by Softbank in ride-sharing application Grab for $750m.
R3D Global's Chairman, Alberto Migliucci, said "Technology remains the driver of VC growth in the region, especially, China, India, Singapore, and Indonesia. We are seeing growing interests from Asian investors into Asia and Australia for selected deals, especially Fintech and increasingly in the natural resources space."
Billion-dollar deals are very rare, even very unusual in Asia except China. The growth of such huge deals is an indication of rising influence of the continent in the consumer internet and technology start-up sector in India, Singapore, and Indonesia. Globally, as much as $42.9b VC deals were recorded in Q2 2017- meaning that for every dollar invested globally, 45 cents went to Asia.
Asia's mega round deals worth $100m or more rose roughly 42% by deal counts compared to the quarter from 19 deals in Q1 2017 to 27 deals in Q2 2017. Meanwhile, mega deal in the US rose from 18 deals in Q1 2017 to 32 deals in Q2 2017, or 78% increase.
Over the past eight quarters, Asia has seen robust fundraisings and healthy deal flows from domestic and international investors targeting start-ups. This has set the region as a key player in the global industry. With Trump administration focusing to look inward, Chinese investors are looking for a new region to pour their monies into. South East Asia is expected to the be next growth region, which is seen to become a home for $290b e-commerce, online travel and online media industry. Many experts agree that Singapore has become start-up hub of venture capital. Compared to the Silicon Valley, Singapore is still relatively young and there is a positive trajectory that the landscape continues to mature over the next few years.
In Australia, $300m VC investments were recorded in the second quarter of 2017, a notable rise from $117m in the previous quarter, according to KPMG's Venture Pulse report. Based on deal counts, Q2 2017 marginally rose to 36 from 25 in Q1 2017. Whist this figure is not significant, Australia is still working to become a global player.
Australia's Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Arthur Sinodinos, understands the importance of VC to foster growth of productive and competitive businesses as Australia transitions to be a more-diversified, knowledge-based economy. A range of measures under the National Innovation and Science Agenda has been introduced to attract greater interests to early-stage equity finance in Australia.
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In the chapter entitled "The Man I Killed," O'Brien goes into great detail describing the physical appearance of the man he may or may not have killed, as well as the life Tim imagines the man leaves behind.
Think about why O'Brien describes in such minute detail the man's appearance, both the damaged and undamaged parts. Also consider Tim's and Azar's and Kiowa's responses to the incident.
Then examine the experience of killing in war by looking at O'Brien's work as well as that of another writer, Erich Maria Remarque. Like O'Brien, Remarque was a soldier. Remarque served in the German army during World War I, and his novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, recounts the experience of German soldiers going through the war.
Read the excerpt from Remarque's novel by clicking the link below. In it, the main character fatally wounds a man who has jumped into his trench during a bombardment.
All Quiet on the Western Front EXCERPT
What does it mean to kill during war? After reviewing O'Brien's and Remarque's writing, answer the following:
- What similarities do you see in the reactions of the speaker in each text?
- How do Tim and the narrator in All Quiet both fixate on the effects of the killing?
- How does each narrator relate to the man he kills?
- Do the narrators try to distance themselves in any way? How?
- What overall conclusions can you draw about killing in war?


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I'll be honest I was a little pessimistic about our chances against Liverpool in the FA Cup, considering how we 'performed' the week previous, but I, and I'm sure I'm not alone, was pleasantly surprised by how we worked hard to secure our place in the next round.
In fact I know I wasn't alone, both my kids were delighted with our result and were begging me to get tickets for the quarter final, at home to Everton. Being the amazing Dad I am (go ahead – ask them) I promised to book them as soon as they went on sale – 10am yesterday morning.
Okay, I admit, I let them down a little bit, I was travelling with little or no internet access, but at the first opportunity I logged on to Arsenal.com to book up. I'll be honest, I got logged on pretty quickly – normally there is that progress bar that crawls along the screen slower than one of Ivan's transfer dealings, so I was pretty confident. I must add, as Silver members I have never had any problems getting tickets for any game that we've wanted to attend, whatever category game it is.
This was different. At 10:20am, it appeared that there was very limited availability in the family enclosure – there was a row of 15 green dots showing available seats, but whenever I clicked on one, it just wouldn't select it – I tried different seats all with the same result and within three minutes all of the family enclosure was completely sold out.
I put it down to it being a popular fixture – but there was still plenty of availability throughout the rest of the ground, but this forces me to pay full adult prices for my kids, pushing the cost up to north of £130 for tickets, plus travel, food/drinks etc., I'm looking at a £230 day out. I'm not going to start on the 'The working man is being priced out' argument, think we've banged that drum plenty already, fact is the Champions League game against Bayern had already rinsed me out financially.
I took to Twitter last night and it seems lots of other people had similar experiences, in fact it seems a lot worse than I first thought – some were logged in and looking for tickets in the family enclosure at 10am sharp, only to find it was sold out already!! How can this happen? How can tickets go on sale at 10am and be sold out at 10:01? Something doesn't sound right to me.
People tweeting me things like;
'Kids have gone to every home game this season in Family Encl, tickets sold out by 10:02'
'Logged in at 10:00 and all downstairs FE was sold out from the word go'
'Something isn't right…did they just let them tickets go over the phone and not online?'
'Can't see how four sections can sell out in 0 minutes'
I later learned that block 117 (Upper Tier) had also been nominated as 'Family Enclosure', but again I logged on to find it had also sold out, and quickly. I'm not sure there was any specific messaging from the club or on the website about this being released – seemed to be a 'back door' policy on it – why the secrecy?
The Family Enclosure isn't any smaller than normal, it doesn't appear to be a hugely popular fixture – the above image was taken at 8:15pm last night, showing plenty of availability, yet all 'Junior Gunners' concessional tickets are gone? This is completely the opposite experience to that I have ever had buying tickets in the FE at the bowl.
I logged on again at 8.34, and to my dismay, it seemed more tickets had come on sale…
Further discussion concluded that this was Season Ticket holders who have opted out. This brings up a further question. The opt out date is 3pm Thursday 27th February, after the date tickets went on sale to Silver Members. Surely the club should have put the opt out date deadline before the tickets went on sale? Are the club hoping that all upper tier tickets are sold (at the higher price) before offering the lower tier season tickets to the market?
I'm not one for conspiracies, but there is something amiss here, something we will never learn about, because as sure as eggs are eggs, we will not get a straight answer from the club. In fact, having written to the club before, and having their reply featured in a double page spread in The Sun, I know asking the question would be futile, my time would be much better spent elsewhere.
So, best I leave this to the comments section on Shewore.com – so if you have any idea as to how all these tickets can be sold so quickly, feel free to leave a comment. Would love to hear from anyone who had a similar experience or those that were successful in getting a ticket in blocks 26-29.
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Gregoire is a tiny, boutique-y spot serving some big food right in the heart of Gourmet Ghetto in Berkeley. The owner prepares sophisticated food, mostly for take-out. You can eat there as well, on the three outdoor tables. All we have ever eaten from Gregoire are their gorgeous, signature potato puffs/croquettes. Golden, crispy brown outside, creamy and luscious inside and absolutely impossible to stop eating.
This is takeout that never makes it home and gets eaten right in the car. The rest of the menu changes monthly based on seasonality, but these potato puffs are almost always available. I'd expect a riot of they weren't on the menu.
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In January, the United States began shipping domestic-produced shale gas to Japan. On January 8, the first tanker delivered 70,000 tons of shale liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a thermal power plant in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, operated by Chubu Electric Power Co.
In the beginning of the year, the average price of imported gas in Japan was $7.5/MMBtu, according to data from Platts. The price of Russian LNG for Japanese is $7.8/MMBtu, including transportation and regasification costs. At the same time, the price of US-produced LNG in Japan is $5.3/MMBtu, 32 percent lower than the price of Russian gas.
As a result, Japan seeks to buy LNG from the US because Japanese companies want to have additional profits.
Experts say that Japanese energy firms also have plans to resell American gas to other consumers in the Asian region.
"Currently, Japanese companies want to increase their profits by taking advantage of a drop in gas prices in the US. This can be described as a price maneuver," an article on Sputnik Japanese read. The drop in prices was due to a boom in the American shale industry, a warm winter and the US policy aimed at undermining Russia's positions in the global energy market.
However, this year winter is much colder than in previous years, and the US is likely to embrace a more pragmatic and profit-oriented strategy in exporting oil and gas. An increase in global gas prices cannot be ruled out in the near future. This would render Russian gas from Sakhalin more advantageous than US-produced LNG.
During the shale boom in the US, Japanese companies considered investments in shale gas production and LNG terminals in the country. The US Department of Energy authorized gas exports in 2013. According to initial plans, Japanese companies Chubu Electric Power and Osaka Gas would buy 224.5 million MMBtu of American gas per year.
"Those numbers are still far from reality. As for now, shipments of American gas are not sufficient to squeeze Russian gas out of the Japanese market," the article read.
Sakhalin Energy co-owned by Japanese companies Mitsui and Mitsubishi sells nearly 408.1 million MMBtu of gas worth $2.8 billion a year. In December 2016, Gazprom, Mitsui and Mitsubishi signed a deal on the third stage of construction of a gas liquefying plant with a capacity of 5.4 million tons (275.5 million MMBtu) a year.
The planned capacity is higher than Japan's overall plans for US-produced LNG. This indicates that Japanese companies rely not only on LNG supplies from the US.
Placing stakes only on US shipments or only on Russian gas would be short-sighted. In the former case, Japanese companies risk facing an unexpected increase in prices while the latter case means losses in profits for them.
In this context, Russian gas and US-produced LNG are not direct competitors in the Japanese market. Instead, they are part of a diversification strategy carried out by Japanese energy firms.
Japan is the principal marker for Sakhalin which provides nearly 10 percent of gas consumption in the Japanese market. Liquefied gas coming from Sakhalin is a guarantor of stability in the Japanese market. If Japan decided to build a gas pipeline from Sakhalin, this would only increase the importance of Russian gas.


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CWE Alum Jennifer Merendino's Fight with Breast Cancer told the through the Lens of her Husband Former CWE Student Angelo Merendino
Their black & white photos have been seen throughout the world and their story has made the headlines of every major media outlet. The photographs are as much about their battle with breast cancer as it a testament to their unbelievable love for one another and life. CWE Alum Jennifer Merendino's fight with Breast cancer was captured through the lens of her husband, former CWE student Angelo Merendino as a mechanism of communicating with family and friends. While she died December 22, 2011, her spirit lives forever in the powerful collection entitled, "The Battle We Didn't Choose: My Wife's Fight with Breast Cancer." Over 72,000 people have liked them on Facebook and the photos will soon be made into a book. Jen, as she was affectionately called, moved to New York from Ohio in 2005. A transfer student from the University of Akron and Cleveland State University, Jen landed a job at Keal's as an executive assistant and started CWE in the spring 2006. "She always planned on completing her degree," recalls her husband. "She had to go in the evening. She found CWE and saw it as a great place to accommodate her work schedule."
Shortly after she started at CWE, the two began dating. "I knew at first sight I would marry her," Merendino says. Six months later, Merendino packed up his belongings and flew to New York with an engagement ring in his pocket. "I sold everything except my cameras, drums and my cat," says Merendino. "One of Jen's best friends Beth helped me find a ring and she knew her ring size. I picked the ring and asked her parents for permission." That night, October 3, 2006, at their favorite Italian restaurant—Frank's in the Lower East Side— he proposed. Less than a year later, they were married in Central Park surrounded by 50 of their closest family and friends. "I was 42 and Jen was 34," says Merendino of their non-traditional wedding. Merendino wore Chuck Taylor's (sneakers) and Jen, her flip-flops. "We had been through enough relationships and knew what we didn't want. It was Jen and me vs. the world." Five months after they were married, Jen was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Merendino had started classes at CWE in the fall of 2007. "My time at CWE inspired me to have new thoughts and different ways of thinking," he says. "I was very inspired by the instructors who were dedicated to helping us as adults to continue our education." Unfortunately, he couldn't finish school. Jen was diagnosed with cancer in 2008 and his focus became taking care of her. Jen, who had ambitions of being a schoolteacher, graduated magna cum laude from CWE in February 2010.
Merendino started documenting Jen's day-to-day life with cancer in 2010. Jen also kept a blog and was open about her experience. Their first exhibit was held in Cleveland a month before Jen died. "Jen was in the hospital at the time," says Merendino. "She called in on the phone to speak to everyone. It was really amazing to be in this room and hear her voice come through. I knew things weren't going well. I was glad that before she passed she saw the photographs in this way."
After Jen's passing, for much of 2012, Merendino stood in front of his computer screen looking at photographs and editing them as a way of dealing with his loss. "Different photographs have different meanings," says Merendino, who plans to start a non-profit in Jen's honor. Nine exhibits have been showcased up until now. "I hope when people see our photographs, they can see past the cancer and see the love in the photographs and the life that Jennifer was determined to live."
For more on the exhibit, go to http://mywifesfightwithbreastcancer.com/.


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text: Technology / accidental death Malfunctioning Robot Killed Woman at Work: Lawsuit Wrongful death suit filed over accident that killed Wanda Holbrook By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff Posted Mar 14, 2017 1:01 PM CDT Copied Stock photo. (Getty Images/Hailshadow) (Newser) – A malfunctioning robot fatally crushed a woman's head as she adjusted machinery at her job, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed in federal court by her husband. Wanda Holbrook, a maintenance technician for Michigan's Ventra Ionia, which does work related to trailer hitches, was inspecting machinery on July 7, 2015, when a robot from another section "took Wanda by surprise," per William Holbrook's suit. It entered Wanda's section, where hitch components were assembled, then "hit and crushed Wanda's head between a hitch assembly it was attempting to place in the fixture of section 140, and a hitch assembly that was already in the fixture." Holbrook's co-workers found her, and she died of severe head trauma at the scene, Courthouse News reports. story continues below The robot shouldn't have gone into that section in the first place, and, furthermore, shouldn't have tried to place a hitch assembly in a fixture that already had one loaded, per the lawsuit, which was filed against various companies involved in the production, installation, and servicing of the robot. "A failure of one or more of defendants' safety systems or devices had taken place, causing Wanda's death," the lawsuit states. It also says the automated safety system did not work as it should have; safety doors meant to stop robot movement, for example, failed, the lawsuit claims. Prior to dying, Wanda Holbrook "suffered tremendous fright, shock, and conscious pain and suffering," the lawsuits says, per Quartz. According to Holbrook's 2015 obituary, the 57-year-old left behind three children and two grandchildren. (A Bumble Bee Foods worker died a gruesome death.)


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hearing scheduled for "Public Good Order" amendments
Lauren Fisher, photos by Andrea Paulseth
The Eau Claire City Council will hold a public hearing March 12 7-9pm at the Council Chamber at 203 S. Farwell St. to discuss amendments to the city's "Public Good Order" ordinance. The proposed changes would address secondary effects of alcohol and illicit drug use including "unruly conduct, inappropriate behavior, and neighborhood disturbance." It would establish demonstrable public intoxication as unlawful, and impose limits on how many people private transportation services may deposit per city block in the Historic Randall Park and Third Ward neighborhoods. Rules regarding litter, indoor furniture, and inflatable furniture and floatation devices that can be seen on private property from public throughways would also be established. Student Leaders at UW-Eau Claire hosted a round table on campus on March 1 to discuss the potential changes with city officials. After the event, Tom Klatt, owner of Right Way Shuttle, announced that he will stop operating his Late-Night Safe Ride, claiming it would be too difficult to enforce drop-off limits if the amendments passed.
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Following last week's launch, the Toyota Crown facelift has now gained an array of TRD accessories.
Following last week's launch, the Toyota Crown facelift has now gained an array of TRD accessories.
We remind you the Crown is a Japan-only affair as it was developed exclusively as a JDM model and after being refreshed a few days ago, there's now a suite of goodies created by Toyota Racing Development (TRD) for all three versions: Athlete, Royal and Majesta.
For example, the Crown Athlete can be optionally fitted with different front and rear aprons, beefier side skirts, a subtle trunk lid spoiler and a muffle garnish finished in matte black. There are also custom 18- and 19-inch alloy wheel designs, performance brake pads, chassis bracing, a suspension kit and TRD-branded oil and fuel filler caps as well as a TRD start button.
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Today they hang as masterpieces of American art in prestigious museums such as the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. They are revered the world over for their composition, creativity, and color. But the quilt's origins are neither American nor particularly prestigious.
The Origins of "Quilt"
A quilt, by definition, is simply two layers of cloth stitched together with a soft filling. Though mainly known today as bedcoverings, the word quilt is thought to come from the Latin culcita, meaning literally a "stuffed sack," or mattress.
The Early History of Quilts
Quilts may have made their way to Europe on the return trips of the Crusaders. But whatever their route, by the 17th century quilted clothing and quilted bedcovers had become popular in Europe and the tradition naturally immigrated to America. It was there that the tradition of quilting was raised to an art form with the quilting explosion of the mid 1800s. Perhaps no group of quilters epitomized the quilting revolution more than Amish.
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Considering their separatist nature, it is not surprising that most Amish came to quilting later than other American women. But what we may find surprising is that this conservative group pioneered the use of vibrant, sometimes shocking color combinations. And it was the Amish, when quilting waned in the years following World War II, who helped keep the tradition alive.
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Rachel Lindsay is the newest "Bachelorette" and she knows exactly what she wants and does not want in a man! After competing on the most recent season of "The Bachelor" with Nick Viall, Rachel is starting her journey at "The Bachelorette," telling "Extra's" special correspondent, "General Hospital's" Ryan Pavey, all about it!
Rachel was not only the first African-American bachelorette, she was also the first to be revealed even before her season's "Bachelor" (Nick) had proposed (to Vanessa). Nick let her go, but she's happy he found love, saying, "To see him finally get what he wants, how can I not that be happy for that?"
In a "Bachelorette" first, Rachel met some of the hot single men vying for her love in the "After the Final Rose" episode. She revealed, "I was so nervous. I cannot get over that. I cannot believe I thought I was meeting them on a screen. It was not a reality that I was meeting them in person until I literally saw the guy walking out! I was like, 'Wait a minute — this is actually happening.'"
The 32-year-old lawyer from Dallas admitted she was smitten with some of them, commenting, "I'm not going to name who, but I think it was very obvious to the audience that I found something that I liked in each one of them!"
As for the things she is looking for in a man, Rachel shared, "Sense of humor, they have to have confidence, security, they need to be very self-aware and know exactly what it is that they want, good morals, and they need to be able to talk sports with me." And what's a deal-breaker? She said, "Bad breath."
There's also one thing that Rachel wants all these men to know about her going into this: "That I am going to be extremely open and honest and real with these men and so I want them to do that exact same thing for me."
Rachel spent the day at "The Bachelorette" mansion, hanging with some of the past girls like Corrine, Raven and Jasmine. Corrine told Ryan, "Rachel is now one of my dearest friends — I could not be happier for her. Rachel and I have this special bond that wasn't shown on the season, but it's definitely there — she's amazing."
Raven pointed out that Rachel brought the best out of the girls, dishing, "Rachel was just able to say, 'Oh, I see the beauty in you and I see this about you that someone else doesn't see,' so I think that all collectively made us Team Rachel."
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|Review: Gnostic - Hatewar 666
|Hatewar 666
Label: Infernus Rex
Year released: 2005
Duration: 47:59
Tracks: 14
Genre: Black Metal
Rating: 2.25/5
Review online: December 12, 2006
Reviewed by: Lars Christiansen
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Rated 0/5 (0%) (0 Votes)
Gnostic hail from San Antonio, Texas and this is their latest release which is a compilation featuring re-recorded demo tracks, an early E.P release and some other unreleased bits and pieces that they had laying around for good measure. Now, let it be known that I love my black metal as much as the next uber-kult true elite necro-warrior. However, something just doesn't quite click into place for me on 'Hatewar 666'. It just didn't grab me by the throat and throttle me for the full 47 minutes plus like I feel Gnostic wanted it to. On the face of things, everything is present and correct for a standard raw black metal album (i.e, waspish guitars, 95% treble/ 5% bass combo and larynx tearing vocals). However, what seems to be the downfall is the fact that the album is over-long, and has a few unnecessarily added tracks to bulk it out, allowing the 'time-lapse' factor to come into play. You know what I mean; those sort of albums that no matter how good your intentions of sitting and trying to concentrate on it when listening, you always manage to get distracted by something pathetic (an interestingly shaped scab on the back of your hand for example, or a poor piece of paintwork on the wall that needs touching up – you get the idea). Before you know it, the album's ended and you're none-the-wiser for all the scab/paint action you've enjoyed with a blur as a soundtrack.
Most of the tracks are pretty much interchangeable (and that's pretty strong coming from someone who listens to Havohej, Black Witchery and Revenge regularly), and all roll into one. It's not all totally worthless however, and there are a couple of points of value hidden in the mire, but no doubt, Gnostic couldn't care less about what I think anyway. Especially as their statement in the booklet to the album states that they "…live in the necro realm and do not fucking care about critical ass-licking crackwhore faggots what are too broad-minded to enjoy trench war chaos!!!!". That's a good job then really, isn't it? Next!
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Edward Dmytryk. Odd Man Out: A Memoir of the Hollywood Ten. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1996. viii + 210 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8093-1999-2; $22.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8093-1998-5.
Reviewed by Michael Yates (University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown)
Published on H-Film (March, 1998)
A Double Outsider
As readers of this journal know, the Hollywood Ten were the directors, screenwriters, and producers sent to prison for refusing to answer questions about their political associations before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947. Their refusal to testify was based upon the Constitution's First Amendment that guarantees freedom of speech and association. They could have invoked the Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination, but this they would not do, on the very good grounds that they had done nothing wrong in the first place. The courts did not accept their free speech and association defense which thereby upheld their contempt of Congress citations and sending them to prison. The Ten were not alone in suffering the consequences of the police state tactics now known as McCarthyism; thousands of others in Hollywood, in the schools and universities, in the government, and in the labor movement, were relentlessly smeared, fired, and blacklisted; some were deported, jailed, or forced to seek asylum abroad; and two--Julius and Ethel Rosenberg--were executed for spying. While the causes of McCarthyism are sharply debated, one consequence is clear: the Left in the United States was dealt a blow from which it has yet to recover.
McCarthyism could never have succeeded without the active collaboration of the liberals and former radicals who testified against their friends and comrades--those who, in Victor Navasky's telling phrase, "named names." In this regard, Edward Dmytryk is unique among the period's players. The director of such outstanding films as Crossfire (one of Hollywood's first films to deal effectively with anti-Semitism), The Caine Mutiny, and A Walk on the Wild Side, Dmytryk was both one of the Hollywood Ten and an informer. In fact, he was the only one of the Ten to recant and then testify as a friendly witness before HUAC. In this memoir, he offers an account of his life and times. Although Dmytryk claims that he feels no guilt over his testimony, he still appears to find it necessary to explain it, in great detail, and with every possible justification. What is more, this is his second memoir, and he covered some of the same ground in the first one (It's a Hell of a Life But Not a Bad Living).
There are many interesting stories and anecdotes in this well-written (but not so well-edited) book, from his encounters with the right-wingers John Wayne, Ward Bond, and Adolph Menjou, to his forays in England work when he was blacklisted, to his character sketches of communist stalwarts such as John Howard Lawson, Alvah Bessie, and Albert Maltz, to, of course, his work as a director. And while he obviously loathes and pities the Communists, he condemns the Right as well and HUAC in particular. However, the underlying theme of the book is Dmytryk's attempt to cast himself as a double outsider, a man who hated both the yoke of communism and the incipient fascism of McCarthyism. In other words, he characterizes himself as the "odd man out." And given this self-portrayal, it is incumbent upon any reviewer to evaluate his arguments.
In Naming Names, Navasky suggests four defenses which informers have used to justify their actions: "I didn't hurt anybody;" "They deserved what they got;" "I wasn't responsible for my actions;" and "I was acting in obedience to a higher authority." Mr. Dmytryk uses the first, second, and fourth of these. Unfortunately, none of them stands up very well to close scrutiny. He says that he only named persons who had already been named. This is not true; he named at least three persons publicly for the first time and one person for the first time ever (Navasky 283). His vivid condemnations of his former comrades and his assertion that the communists were absolutely cynical in their defense of free speech strongly implies that they got what they deserved. On more than one occasion he blames them more for his plight than those who instituted the purges and the blacklists. Yet what exactly had they done? Yes, some had been dogmatic and authoritarian. Yes, some had been blind to Stalinism. But they had committed no crimes. Dmytryk condemns the brutal treatment by the Communist Party of writer and communist, Albert Maltz, but Maltz, himself, accepted the Party's criticism of his essay on literary freedom. What is more, can it possibly be said that the moguls of Hollywood for whom Dmytryk worked and for whom--I am sure--made many artistic compromises, were any less authoritarian or any less blind to a hundred and one atrocities, from the slaughter of Native Americans to the deaths of millions of slaves? I found especially disconcerting Dmytryk's efforts to distance himself from Maltz, a person who was his close friend, prison mate, and best man. He even has the gall to say that the bitterness, anger, and hate which people like Maltz held toward those who informed is a sign of "inner rot."
Finally, Dmytryk argues that the evils of communism were so great that they aloe warranted his HUAC testimony. What makes this argument so weak is a simple question: was it necessary to name names before the HUAC and the FBI and thereby aid and abet those bent on destroying our Constitution (and, inadvertently, ruining the lives of thousands of decent people) in order to condemn Stalinist communism? How is it that some managed to be neither Stalinists nor informers and, at the same time, maintain their commitment to the ideals which had motivated most people to join the party in the first place? Why not take the stances of Carey McWilliams, I.F. Stone, Thomas Emerson, and Y.I. Harburg? Dmytryk does not seem to grasp that, when you get down into the mud with scum like anti-Semitic Congressman John Rankin or attorney Roy Cohn, you get pretty dirty. They and their brethren championed the very values which Dmytryk claims to despise. What is worse, they had the power to begin to impose their values on all of us. Dmytryk and the rest of the informers only helped them along.
Despite my antipathy toward Dmytryk, I recommend his book. The more perspectives we have on this historical period the better. I also welcome correspondence from those who have a different take on this book.
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