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Persistence Market Research is released upcoming report on title "Antipsychotics Market: Global Industry Analysis and Forecast 2014 - 2020".
New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/10/2015 -- The neurology drugs market is expanding at a significant rate due to increasing prevalence of neurological disorders or injuries. In addition, technological advancements have been driving the market. Antipsychotics refer to a group of medicines that help treat mental health illnesses such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, and psychotic depression. Antipsychotics can also be used to treat severe depression and anxiety. There are two types of antipsychotics: atypical antipsychotics and older antipsychotics. Atypical or newer antipsychotics, also referred as second generation of antipsychotics, include amisulpride, olanzapine aripiprazole, clozapine, risperidone, sertindole, and quetiapine. Older antipsychotics, also referred as first generation antipsychotics, include flupentixol, levomepromazine, trifluoperazine, zuclopenthixol, pimozide, chlorpromazine, perphenazine, haloperidol, pericyazine, and sulpiride. Antipsychotics are prescribed medications, which are available as liquids, tablets, capsules, and injections. These work on the principle of altering the effect of some chemicals in the brain, resulting in changes in mood, behavior, and emotions. Duration for intake of antipsychotics varies, depending on health condition. Common side-effects associated with antipsychotics include dizziness, diarrhea, sedation, headaches, hyperprolactinaemia, and weight gain. Other side-effects associated with antipsychotics are orthostatic hypotension, blurred vision, constipation, osteoporosis, sexual dysfunction, muscle rigidity, reduced perspiration, seizures, myocardial infarction, and stroke.
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North America dominates the global market for antipsychotics due to the presence of a large number of aging population, and increasing prevalence of neurological disorders in the region. The market for antipsychotics in Europe is expected to experience a high growth rate in the next few years. The region would be followed by Asia. China and India are likely to be the fastest growing markets for antipsychotics in Asia. Key factors driving the antipsychotics market in emerging countries include presence of a large pool of patients, and rise in government funding.
Factors such as aging population, increasing prevalence of neurological disorders, and growing awareness regarding different neurological disorders and their available treatment are driving the global antipsychotics market. Furthermore, improvement in healthcare facilities and technological advancements in the field of neurology are also boosting the antipsychotics market. However, factors such as side-effects associated with antipsychotics and lower adoption rate of antipsychotics have been hampering market growth.
Growth in demographics and developing economies such as India and China is projected to offer ample opportunities to the global antipsychotics market. Innovation in some of the existing products, leading to improvement in the efficiency of antipsychotics is anticipated to offer opportunities for the market. Rising number of mergers and acquisitions, new product launches, and increasing number of collaborations and partnerships are some of the latest trends in the global antipsychotics market. Furthermore, the number of patent expirations in the global antipsychotics market is increasing. Profit margins of companies are likely to be affected due to the expiry of patents. Side-effects associated with antipsychotics act as a challenge for the antipsychotics market. Commonly marketed antipsychotics include aripiprazole, asenapine maleate, clozapine, iloperidone, lurasidone, and olanzapine. Other commonly marketed antipsychotics include olanzapine/fluoxetine, paliperidone, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone. Major companies dealing in global antipsychotics market include Eli Lilly and Company, Pfizer, Inc., and GlaxoSmithKline Plc. Other companies with significant presence in the antipsychotics market include AstraZeneca Plc, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Johnson & Johnson.
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That's the name of the national anthem of Namibia. And I couldn't agree more. Namibia taught be to be brave and mentally much stronger.
One of my favorite places in Namibia is the wildlife farm Harnas. Here, I changed and learned so many things about myself. The animals there are incredible and it's an experience that I will never forget.

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Rhoetosaurus brownei
Rhoetosaurus brownei, a primitive sauropod from the Middle Jurassic of Queensland, is one of the largest and most complete Australian dinosaurs known. It is also one of the oldest sauropods, dating from a time when Australia was at high latitudes and closely connected to other Gondwanan continents. The only Australian sauropod older than Cretaceous in age, Rhoetosaurus is a key to understanding the global relationships of early Australian dinosaur faunas.
Rhoetosaurus brownei was of average build, up to 17 metres in length, and about 20 tonnes in weight. Named after the Greek giant Rhoetos, Rhoetosaurus would have been longer than either Wintonotitan or Diamantinasaurus, titanosaurs from the mid-Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland. Rhoetosaurus might have resembled the Late Jurassic Camarasaurus, with a fairly long neck but comparatively short, rigid, tapered tail (not elongated, as in later forms).
Rhoetosaurus had several primitive features and was neither distinctive nor specialized, so it is hard to link it to known sauropod groups. Hollow cavities (pleurocoels) in its bones, however, suggest that Rhoetosaurus had at least some advanced features and that it was more specialized at least in this feature than many Jurassic sauropods. The elongate shape of the neck vertebrae suggests that the neck was relatively long for a sauropod of this period.
The following combination of features is seen only in Rhoetosaurus (from Long 2002): amphicoelous anterior vertebrae with solid, laterally compressed centra and expanded elliptical articular surfaces; elongated prezygapophyses with vertical articular surfaces; no postzygapophyses; well-developed hyposphene; robust neural spines that are not elongated; anterior neural spines that are subrectangular in lateral view, with an oval median recess on the posterior margin above the hyposphene junction ; massive anterior chevrons; a relatively large neural canal in anterior caudals; opisthocoelous dorsal vertebrae with lateral pleurocoels and complex neural arches with bracing laminae, small elevated zygapophyseal articulations and extensive intramural cavities.
During the Middle Jurassic, south-central Queensland was lushly vegetated, with forests of large araucarian conifers, an understorey of cycads, tree-ferns and lycopods, and a ground cover of smaller ferns and mosses. The climate was wet, humid and subtropical to warm, although the Roma area during the Middle Jurassic was at high latitudes (about 50º south). The remains of Rhoetosaurus were found in what had been a large, sandy plain.
Rhoetosaurus was described from the Middle Jurassic Hutton Sandstone near Roma in south-central Queensland, and the material currently under study comes from this area. However, a vertebral centrum from Western Australia near Geraldton is similar in form to a distal caudal vertebra of Rhoetosaurus and may be either from this species or a related species.
Feeding and diet
Rhoetosaurus, like all sauropods, was probably a browsing herbivore. It may have eaten araucarian conifers, seed ferns and ferns, all known from the Jurassic of Queensland. Rhoetosaurus could have reaching a walking speed of up to 15 km per hour (up to 20-30 km a day) based on calculations using its limb measurements.
Fossils description
The partial skeleton of Rhoetosaurus brownei was collected from Durham Downs, Eurombah Creek, Taloona Station, near the town of Roma in south-central Queensland (Injune Creek Beds; Hutton Sandstone Formation). It was brought to the attention of the Queensland Museum by station manager Arthur Browne and described by Heber Longman of the Queensland Museum in 1926 (who honoured Browne by giving Rhoetosaurus the species name brownei). The type material, collected in 1924 by Longman, includes one and a half neck vertebrae, trunk vertebrae and ribs, a complete hind limb and half of the tail. Further excavations in 1976 unearthed more of the original skeleton, including the lower part of the right hind leg and an almost complete foot skeleton. The skull and front limbs are unknown.
Evolutionary relationships
Rhoetosaurus was first described as a cetiosaurid, Jurassic sauropods basal to Eusauropoda known from both Laurasia and Gondwana. Other suggestions include a possible relationship to Shunosaurus from the Jurassic of China, although this does not seem to be well supported. Although Rhoetosaurus is comparatively complete, the lack of definitive, diagnostic characters makes it difficult to place within a known sauropod group. Many of its characters are primitive ('plesiomorphic') and are of little use in determining its relationships. Rhoetosaurus has opisthocoelous dorsal vertebrae with well-developed pleurocoels, which may place it closer to Neosauropoda than to cetiosaurids or basal eusauropods. Rhoetosaurus, originally described in 1926 before the development of modern systematics, is currently the subject of a long-overdue revision.
- Coombs, W. P. and Molnar, R. E., 1981. Sauropoda (Reptilia, Saurischia) from the Cretaceous of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(2), 351-373.
- Hunt, A. P., Lockley, M. G., Lucas, S. G. and Meyer, C. A., 1994. The global sauropod record. Gaia 10, 261-279.
- Long, J. A., 1992. First dinosaur bones from Western Australia. The Beagle (Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences) 9, 21-28.
- Long, J. A., 2002. Dinosaurs of Australia and New Zealand and Other Animals of the Mesozoic Era. New South Wales University Press, Sydney.
- Longman, H. A., 1926. A giant dinosaur from Durham Downs, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8, 183-194.
- Longman, H. A., 1927. The giant dinosaur Rhoetosaurus brownei. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9, 1-18.
- Molnar, R. E., 1991. Chapter 18: Fossil Reptiles in Australia. Pp. 605-701 in Vickers-Rich, P., Monaghan, J. M., Baird, R. F. and Rich, T. H. (1991) Vertebrate Palaeontology of Australasia. Pioneer Design Studio, Lilydale, Victoria.
- Scanlon, J. D., 2006. Chapter 15: Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles of Australasia. Pp. 265-290 in Merrick, J. R., Archer, M., Hickey, G. M. and Lee, M. S. Y. (eds) Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Oatlands.
- Hunt, A. P., Lockley, M. G., Lucas, S. G. and Meyer, C. A., 1994. The global sauropod fossil record. In Lockley, M. G., Santos, V. F. dos, Meyer, C. A. and Hunt, A. (eds) Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. Gaia 10, 261-279.
- Upchurch, P., 1994a. Sauropod phylogeny and palaeoecology. In Lockley, M. G., Santos, V. F. dos, Meyer, C. A. and Hunt, A. (eds) Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. Gaia 10, 249-260.
- Upchurch, P., Barrett, P. M. and Dodson, P., 2004. Chapter 13: Sauropoda, pp. 259-322 in Weishampel, D. B., Dodson, P. and H. Osmólska, H. (eds) The Dinosauria, Second Edition. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Further reading
- Wade, M., 1983. Australia's oldest giant sauropod dinosaur. Pp. 26-27 in Quirk, S. and Archer, M. (eds) Prehistoric Animals of Australia. Australian Museum, Sydney. Based on drawings by Peter Schouten.


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Not only does art provide a tool to express feelings non-verbally, but it provides a vehicle to gain a sense of control when much of our lives can feel out of control. It offers a sense of accomplishment. It can be done at home or in the hospital or during medical treatments. Words can not always explain the impact an illness has on one's life, but art offers that opportunity. When we engage in art-making that isn't product focused, but rather process-focused, we can allow the enjoyment of self-expression to be present. We can let what happens happen and not be caught up with how something should look, but rather let the process unfold without judgment. With art-making, clients can give voice to the aspects of their lives that provide joy and to those that are challenging and painful. The art-work then becomes a tool to discuss life with a chronic illness.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann is doubling down on her position that the debt ceiling should not be raised — under any circumstances.
Her stance, underscored in a new ad, comes even as polls show Americans want a debt-ceiling deal, and shows that the tea-party favorite is betting her presidential campaign entirely on the anti-big-government crowd.
The Minnesota Republican who hopes to make a strong showing in Iowa's first-in-the-nation presidential nominating contest, went up with an ad Wednesday in the Hawkeye State, once again stating: "I will not vote to increase the debt ceiling." An increase, she says, "goes completely contrary to common sense and how I grew up in Iowa." Ms. Bachmann released a similar ad earlier this month…


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I was in Germany during the late seventies. A fraction of the Red Army/Red liberation Front stole WW1 mustard gas from a military post. They also kidnapped a few people and threatened to release the mustard gas against all military bases including American. I was living on a military base in Neu Ulm Germany at the time. I went to bed and woke up with a knock to the door. I was given 20 minutes to pack and be out side to await a military bus that would take us out of country. I was allowed one small bag, and that had to include everything I needed for three days. AT the time I had two small children, one an infant. I walked down stairs and was handed a deck of cards, and three gas mask and instructed on how to use the gas mask. The deck of cards had my hubsands id number and other information on each card. We where loaded in buses, and set off for Munich . We had to stop at many road blocks and each time we stopped a card was requested from me. I found out later the cards let my hubby know my progress out of country. It was scary, and frightening, considering I had very small kids. You may read more about it under German Autumn. It amazed me that when I got back to the states most Americans didnt know it happened. It was and still is the greatest adventure I have ever had, considering I have never had to run for my life since.


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Tom Kitchin on friends, fishing and fire
We transport chef Tom Kitchin to our imaginary desert island, armed with a few culinary basics
Photographer: Jan Baldwin
You can take three ingredients on your raft. What would you choose?
Cumin powder, which is one of my favourite spices, Pommery mustard and razor clams.
What would you rustle up on the island for your castaway feast?
I'd make a seafood dish with a simple citrus dressing. I love to fish and cook on an open fire. I might even try fish in the sand – I'd dig a hole, wrap the fish in banana leaves and make a fire from bamboo or sugar cane. I'd mix the fish with the clams and their cooking liquor, plus citrus and herbs.
You can take a piece of kitchen equipment, too. What would it be?
A Thermomix, the ultimate kitchen gadget. It has so many features, from simmering to blending. It would act as my commis chef.
Which cookery books would you pack in your bag to take – one for a good read and one to cook from?
Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons by Matthew Fort – he has an incredible knowledge of food and wine. For a recipe book, I'd take Larousse – it's a classic.
Which chef would you fly in to cook up a storm?
Dominic Jack from Castle Terrace restaurant in Edinburgh. Dominic and I cooked together at Gleneagles Hotel before we went on to cook in London and Paris.
Who would you fly in to be your romantic dinner date?
Michaela, my wife. I'd cook langoustines roasted in the shell and tossed with garlic.
Tom Kitchin is head chef and owner of Michelin-starred The Kitchin in Leith, Edinburgh, which he runs with his wife Michaela. Tom's latest book is Kitchin Suppers (Quadrille, £20).
• This article first appeared in Sainsbury's magazine in January 2013. Interview by Sarah Randell.


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- COVID-19, A POLITICAL TOOL TO "RESET THE WORLD" - October 20, 2020
- DON'T BELIEVE THE DOOMSDAY REPORTS OF TRUMP LOSING - October 20, 2020
- Trump and the COVID-19 Mask Debate - October 8, 2020
[This article was co-authored by Elizabeth Clarke]
Shouldn't the substantial taxes we pay to support our local school districts ensure that our children are receiving quality education? Then there is the cost of a college education which keeps escalating but which is deemed necessary by society for young people to succeed. Yet more and more college students are being saddled with massive education debts to pay after graduating from college, coupled as they are with limited job opportunities.
How many Americans realize that the education in our public schools (K-12), and in most colleges, is progressive in its nature. The explosion of progressive education in the 1990's was outlined by Thorner and Clarke in their published article in Illinois Review on Thursday, August 31, Cloward and Pivens Marxist-based radicalism alive today.
In grades K-12 Common Core education, adopted sight unseen in 2010 in every state but Alaska, Nebraska, Texas, and Virginia, is imposing a centralization of authority over the nation's historically decentralized K-12 education system. The public's lack of knowledge about Common Core is troubling because education is of fundamental importance to this nation's democracy for individual freedom, and prosperity. Those who characterize Common Core as anything other than a national takeover of schooling to implant progressive, socialist ideas in the minds of gullible and trusting children are deliberately hiding the truths from the public. This article tells of an educator who changed from being a supporter of Common Core to her disillusionment by what she observed. As the notorious Russian Communist Vladimir Lenin once said: "Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted."
While attending college the brainwashing continues. It is difficult for conservative college students to express their beliefs and core values to their professors verbally or through their written work. Co-author Elizabeth Clarke remembers what happened to a granddaughter when she first entered college. Her granddaughter, when attending an auditorium assembly meeting for freshmen, was told to forget all that she had ever learned before she entered college, a new way to think.
Ayers and Dohrn transition from terrorist to college professors
The nation's colleges have long been infused with liberal progressive doctrine and professors. Columbia University was cited by Thorner and Clarke as one such institution influenced early on by Communist-leaning John Dewey who taught at Columbia in the 1930's. Columbia went on to produce many educators in the 50's who went out to spread the liberal, progressive gospel across the nation.
It was Roger Kimball's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Kimballwho claimed in his book, "Tenured Radicals," http://www.amazon.com/Tenured-Radicals-Politics-Corrupted-Education/dp/1566637961 that "yesterday's radical thinker has become today's tenured professor" carrying out "ideologically motivated assaults on the intellectual and moral substance of our culture." Bill Ayers' proclivity toward terrorism was fostered by a 1965 Ann Arbor Teach-In against the Vietnam war. At the event Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) President Paul Potter, asked his audience, "How will you live your life so that it doesn't make a mockery of your values?" Ayers later wrote in his memoir, Fugitive Days, of his reaction: "You could not be a moral person with the means to act, and stand still. […] To stand still was to choose indifference. Indifference was the opposite of moral".
The transition from Underground terrorists to distinguished college professors by Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn was apparently an easy one to attain. Granted their professorships were at established liberal institutions; however, there is more to the story to explain today why there is a preponderance of liberal activist professors to conservatives ones at most institutions of higher learning.
Impact of McCarthy era
How was the transition by Ayers and Dohrn from terrorists to distinguished college professors accomplished? To understand how radical terrorist like Ayers and Dohrn were able to obtain university position as former terrorists even at liberal universities, it is necessary to go back to the era of McCarthyism, so coined to criticize the anti-communist pursuits of Senator Joe McCarthy from a period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956. During that period there was heightened political repression against communists, as well as a fear campaign spreading paranoia of their influence on American institutions.
Beginning in 1950, Joseph McCarthy, who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957, became the most visible public face of a period in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread Communist subversion. McCarthy, in his U.S. Congressional hearings, made claims that there were large numbers of Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the United States federal government and also in universities. Ultimately, McCarthy's tactics led him to be censured by the United States Senate.
Co-author Elizabeth Clarke remembers the McCarthy era well. It is her opinion that McCarthy's hearings were useful, but that he ultimately overstepped his bounds. Hatred for Richard Nixon by Democrats when he became president can be traced back to the McCarthy hearings. Richard Nixon, as a young prosecutor, was involved in the McCarthy hearings. This hatred for Nixon by Democrats ultimately led to the effort to impeach Nixon, which Democrats were seeking to maneuver from the moment Nixon became president, with Nixon resigning before the impeachment vote could take place.
Laws passed by the Supreme Court finally result in banning loyalty oaths
Prior to the McCarthy era of the 1950's, the Smith Act was enacted, June 29, 1940. It set penalties for advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government or to organize of be a member of any group or society devoted to such advocacy. Formally known at the "Alien Registration Act of 1940," all non-citizen adult residents were required to register with the government.
Following WWII the Smith Act was made the basis of a series of prosecutions against leaders of the Communist Party and the Socialist Workers Party. In Dennis v. United States (1951), the Court ruled that Eugene Dennis, General Secretary of the Communist Party USA, did not have the right under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution to exercise free speech, publication and assembly, if the exercise involved the creation of a plot to overthrow the government. In a later case, Yates v. United States in 1957, the court offset this position somewhat by a strict reading of the language of the Smith Act, construing "advocacy" to mean only urging that includes incitement to unlawful action
It was in 1967 that the Supreme Court in Keyishian et al v Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York granted protection to terrorist-turned professors. The lawsuit grew out of professors at the University of State of New York refusing to either sign a certificate or answer in writing under oath this question: "Have you ever advised or taught or were you ever a member of any society or group of persons which taught or advocated the doctrine that the Government of the United States or of any political subdivisions thereof should be overthrown or overturned by force, violence or any unlawful means?" Decided on January 23, 1967, in a 5-4 Supreme Court decision, Keyishian et al v Board of Regents held that states cannot prohibit employees from being members of the Communist Party or other seditious groups
Thomas G. Ayers, who was later Chairman and CEO of Commonwealth Edison (1973 to 1980), and for whom Northwestern's Thomas G. Ayers College of Commerce and Industrywas named, undoubtedly had a big part in getting university teaching positions for his son and wife. In the eyes of Thomas Ayers, whose tentacles of political influence in Chicago reached far and wide, his son could do no wrong.
[Originally published at Illinois Review]


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|At Bay Park next to the Golden Gate Bridge
Today we had a great time learning about bike mechanics and getting to know each other. We had a picnic lunch at Golden Gate park, which is 20% bigger than Central Park at 1,017 acres! Afterwards, we explored some of San Fran's finest neighborhoods, and of course got some ice cream (already becoming a favorite afternoon activity). We're all excited to be heading south tomorrow to officially start the trip.
Everyone is doing very well and are interested in getting to know one another.
That's all for now!
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One of the many reasons Pleasanton is such a great place to live are the schools. Out of the two local high schools, Foothill High School was just recognized as a 2019 California Distinguished School by the California Department of Education! Foothill was one of thirteen schools honored with this award in Alameda County, being previously awarded with the title in 1994, 2001, and 2005.
Foothill was awarded for its outstanding education programs and practices, "achieving exceptional student performance for two consecutive school years or closing the achievement gap between two school years", according to the Pleasanton Unified School District website.
Foothill Principal Sebastian Bull said, "We are extremely proud to receive this statewide honor and look forward to celebrating with our Foothill community. This recognition belongs to our amazing students, families, and staff for always striving for excellence".
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Welcome to the library research guide on Korean studies.
용비어천가 (龍飛御天歌)
The Korean collection was started since 1931 and now consists of over 100,000 including books, serials, non-book formats, and electronic resources. The collection covers mainly humanities, social sciences and arts with substantial holdings in history, philosophy, religion, arts, classics, and literature. In addition to this, as a member of the Korean Collection Consortium of North America, the subjects such as Seoul, popular culture, fine and performing arts, education, psychology and Korean history between 1864 and 1945 are strong.
The Collection primarily supports the teaching and research of the faculty and students in the Korean Studies programs at Columbia University via the online catalog CLIO, but resources are also available to researchers nationally and internationally through Borrow Direct, and Interlibrary Loan Services
This guide serves as a starting point for students, faculty members in Korean Studies courses at CU and scholars who research Korea related topics. It consists of both general and advanced materials containing print and electronic resources and resources in other formats such as microforms and audio-visual. The guide contains resources accessible not only in the CU libraries, but also links to resources that are freely accessible elsewhere. It is categorized into 7 tabs which lead you to specific type of resources at the top of this window.
If you have any questions or comments about this guide, want to schedule a library instruction session or a library tour, set up a research consultation, please don't hesitate to contact me either via email or phone.
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Hey Dad & Mom!
I'm writing you from Lisbon, inside Castelo Sao Jorge on top of a huge hill overlooking the city. Seems pretty nice here, we almost didn't make it. After sitting around the train station in Madrid for about 6 hours, we realized about 25 mins. before our train here was to depart that we were supposed to be getting it from a DIFFERENT station in Madrid, 15 minutes away. It was pretty terrifying, so we grabbed a train and hoped for the best. We ran through the 2nd train station as fast as we could and narrowly made it there with 3 minutes to spare…
So we are here and it's pretty neat, when you look at some of the trees you realize how close you are to Africa, especially the ones outside the city that we saw on our way in this morning. I think you guys would really like it here, I think I'd like to be home with you pretty soon though. I miss you lots. Love you! – Alex
Mr. Chancellor, Madame President, Fellow Honorees, Faculty, Graduates, Guests. What I just read to you was taken from a postcard written in May, 2009, to myself and my husband Fred from our son Alex. I think that most of you know that Alex was a student here at King's. He had just finished his third year and was on a month-long European backpacking tour with two very good friends also from King's – Lachlan MacLeod, who graduated in 2010, and Ryan Allen, whom I believe will be graduating later this year. I think most of you also know that Alex passed away later that summer of 2009, three months after that European trip. Death by suicide. I never thought something like that could happen in my world. Not in my world. I've always had such goodness in my life – great parents, siblings who actually get along with each other, a husband with whom I am totally in love, children who have been an absolute delight and for me a privilege to be their Mother. Wonderful friends. Health. Financial stability. Opportunity. The ability together with Fred to make things happen, to hopefully make a difference in the lives of others. Suddenly I had the rug ripped out from underneath of me. One of my three most precious people in the world was inexplicably gone. Forever. How would I ever be able to move on?
It has been nearly three years now since Alex died. It has not been easy, but we're still standing. And when I think of what is getting us through, it has pretty much boiled down to three things: truth, friendship, and helping others.
Right from the beginning, it was important to me and to Fred and to Alex's sister Katharine to speak the truth about what happened to Alex. We didn't consider that acknowledging that Alex died by suicide would be thought of as courageous – we simply wanted the truth of what happened to him to be stated by us. Because we didn't want his friends to engage in blame or guilt or for there to be speculation and whispers. Because I knew that to be less than forthcoming about what had happened would surely destroy us. What we didn't anticipate was the number of people who would feel safe to come to us to share their own stories of struggle with mental illness or suicide in their families or friends. And that has helped us to know that we are not alone.
I really do not know what we would have done without our friends and Alex's friends. We have some truly amazing and wonderful friends – old and new – who wrapped their arms around us and brought us along. And continue to do so.
And we were very fortunate to have many ongoing projects and commitments, some big, some not so big, that have reinforced that we were not the only ones in the world to have tragedy strike or who needed the help of others.
So Graduates, you might be asking yourselves, "What has any of this to do with me?" Well, tonight and tomorrow you too are moving on from a life-altering experience – your years here at King's – although I hope your experience has been a positive and fulfilling one. But I believe you too can always benefit from the three things that are helping me to move forward, to move on.
Cherish and work on your friendships. Don't let them fade away or neglect them. Start right now. These people you've spent the last four (or more) years with. Make the effort to keep them in your lives. Your true friends will be there for you in the best of times, but more importantly they will be there for you in the worst of times.
Be truthful to others and to yourself. As corny as it may sound, the truth really can set you free. It doesn't mean it's not going to hurt. But the sooner you deal with a situation honestly, the sooner you'll be able to move on. I have so much admiration for people who admit they are wrong, that they are the ones who have made a mistake, that the buck stops with them. Face the truth and move on.
Give back if you can. With your time, or your talent or your treasure. Or all three if possible. It doesn't have to involve all of your time or your resources. Even a little bit helps. Helping others almost always gets you out of your head. It's a win-win.
Alex loved King's. Right from the day we drove him with his guitar and all of his clothes and books and dorm supplies through the entrance of the Quad. I can still hear the Frosh Welcoming Committee shouting Alex! Alex! Alex! And I can still see Alex grinning from ear to ear. Alex loved people. He wanted to include and to be included. I want to thank King's, together with former President Bill Barker and Advancement Director Adriane Abbott, for allowing Fred and Katharine and me to create the Alex Fountain Memorial Lecture for the King's students. We really think it is something of which Alex would have approved as it allows all of the students here to have a say about who they would like to hear speak. And open to anyone to attend, inside and outside the University. And as much as it is a gift from us to the University it is a gift back to us that the University allowed it to be created in his memory. I also want to thank the University for granting Alex his degree in 2010. And I want to thank King's for considering me a worthy candidate for this Honorary Degree. I am truly humbled and amazed by this gift. And it will always be a very special connection between Alex and me that we both received degrees from King's.
Remember that postcard from Alex I read to you at the top? Fred, Katharine and I just got back yesterday afternoon from a two-week trip to Europe (full disclosure – we were not on a backpacking tour!) We had the opportunity to visit Castelo de Sao Jorge in Lisbon, Portugal, just this past Sunday. I took Alex's postcard with me. I don't really know what I might have been looking for – some kind of vibe or feeling of his presence there. I didn't find it and I guess I really didn't expect to. The same thing happens to me when I visit Alex's grave – I don't really feel his presence there either – I just feel sad. It is here in this place he loved called King's I am most likely to feel his presence – where a living and positive tribute to his memory was allowed to be created.
I can't change what happened to Alex. What is – is. And I can't stay in the past, although I miss him terribly. I have to move forward and celebrate and love the people who are still here and enjoy their dreams and accomplishments. And that is what you too should do – enjoy your life and the people you love and who love you. I know many of you are probably worried about how to pay off that student loan or what your next step from here will be. But remember to take a break from work and worry from time to time. Appreciate what you do have. Take moments to savour special moments. Tomorrow for example. At some point during the Encaenia celebrations take a moment to look around you and take it in. May 17, 2012. You're 22 years old, about to receive your university degree. Surrounded by all the people with whom you've spent the last four years. Take it in, capture it, remember it, right in that moment.
And one last very important thing. I want to take this opportunity to say to everyone – if you are suffering from depression, as Alex did, or any type of mental illness, please, please, please, seek help, speak out, tell someone you trust. Being silent helps no one. And there are so many people out there who truly do care about you. We need you in this world.
Congratulations, Graduates. Well done. I am honoured to be a member of the Class of 2012.
Thank you.
Elizabeth G. Fountain
Speech Given at The President's Dinner
University of King's College
Halifax, Nova Scotia
May 16, 2012


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Work with asphalt materials
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If you wish to work temporarily in Denmark with asphalt materials, you do not have to apply for recognition. It is the employer's responsibility to ensure that the employee has the necessary experience and training.
How to apply?
You can apply on the Danish Working Environment Authority's website for recognition here.
Documentation requirements:
- Proof of nationality, for example, a copy of identity card or passport
- Attestation of professional competence or of the evidence of formal qualifications giving you access to the profession (if the profession is regulated in your country)
- Certificates, diplomas etc. relevant to your profession
- Proof of your professional experience, e.g. pay slips or attestations from employers identifying the professional activity and its duration (if any)
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You only need to apply for the recognition of your professional qualifications to work with asphalt materials if you intend to work permanently in Denmark.
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In case of rejection
An appeal should be submitted in writing to The Council of Appeal on Health and Safety at Work no later than 4 weeks from the time, the decision is communicated to the applicant.
Who to contact for questions?
If you have questions regarding your application or questions regarding the requirements please contact:
The Danish Working Environment Authority (WEA)
Landskronagade 33
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Tel: 70121288
E-mail: email@example.com or email@example.com
Public registers and databases
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Legal basis in Danish law
Executive Order no. 647 of 26 June 2008 on recognition of professional qualifications acquired abroad.
Legal basis in EU directive(s) on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications
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The very first is a Mermaid that was designed from 3 separate styles of gowns. The front bodice was from one, the back was from another, and the last was the skirt from a third dress.
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Green and accessible are not words usually associated with São Paulo but the new mini-parks planned for the city aim to make the city just that; more green and more people-focused.
The mini-parks, known as parklets have already cropped up in various areas of the city as part of Environment week last year. Fernando Haddad, the mayor, obviously took a liking to the green initiative and they are now officially part of the city planning policy by decree.
|A temporary parklet, part of Environment week 2013
Gaining in popularity worldwide they have started to appear in various parts of the world over recent years but São Paulo will be the largest city to officially adopt them.


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InputMaster Xbox 360 Controls
Relevant for version v7.1.1b
Initial Notes
- If you haven't read the primer tutorial, go read that now before reading this.
- Xbox 360 support is currently only for the Windows editor and for Windows builds.
- This tutorial is NOT a Unity tutorial nor a primer to C# or programming in general. This tutorial assumes that you already have a good grasp of how Unity works and that you have intimate knowledge of programming concepts and the C# language.
- BSGTools is C# ONLY. Unityscript and Boo are NOT supported.
- InputMaster was designed for programmers, by a programmer. It has no configurable options in the Inspector, and should not be manually added to a GameObject for any reason. All configuration is done in code. However, if you'd like to make some variables editable in the Inspector, you can expose them through your InputManager.
- It is worth mentioning that this tutorial uses a Singleton pattern to provide access to the InputManager script we will be creating. This pattern is easy and fast to implement, which is why I'm using it here. Some people argue that the Singleton pattern is bad design. Regardless, this is a beginner's tutorial, and I'll be treating it as such.
Setting Up The Scene
We're going to base this scene off of the scene from the primer tutorial.
Delete your InputManager script, as we're going to remake it in this tutorial.
Leave your PlayerController script, we'll be making major adjustments to it.
Make sure that the editor is targeting Standalone Windows for builds.
Control Overview
There are 3 types of XboxControls:
- XButtonControl
- Has two bindings
- Positive - REQUIRED
- Negative - Optional
- The bindings are of type XButton:
- A/B/X/Y Face Buttons
- Up/Down/Left/Right DPad
- The shoulder buttons
- The Back, Start and Guide buttons
- The Stick buttons (pressing in the analog sticks)
- Conceptually identical to the KeyControl
- Has two bindings
- XStickControl
- Has one binding
- Positive - REQUIRED
- The binding is of type XStick:
- Left Stick X Axis
- Left Stick Y Axis
- Right Stick X Axis
- Right Stick Y Axis
- Has one binding
- XTriggerControl
- Has one binding
- Positive - REQUIRED
- The binding is of type XTrigger
- Left Trigger
- Right Trigger
- Functions as you expect. Does not have Unity's flaw of the Triggers being interpreted as one axis.
- Has one binding
Creating the Controls
Create a new InputManager script like the one from the primer tutorial, except stop after you've set up the InputMaster instance.
We're going to recreate the KeyControls in order, all at once.
You'll need to add a using statement for BSGTools.IO.Xbox. Create the following four Xbox Controls:
- XButtonControl - Our color changer.
- XTriggerControl - Our resizer.
- 2 XStickControls - One for each axis of the left stick for movement.
Feel free to assign whatever bindings you want. In the end, you should have something like this:
using UnityEngine; using BSGTools.IO; using BSGTools.Structure; using BSGTools.IO.Xbox; public class InputManager : Singleton<InputManager> { public InputMaster Master { get; private set; } public XButtonControl xChangeColor = new XButtonControl(XButton.A) { Name = "Xbox Change Color" }; public XStickControl xStrafe = new XStickControl(XStick.StickLeftX) { Name = "Xbox Strafe" }; public XStickControl xMoveFB = new XStickControl(XStick.StickLeftX) { Name = "Xbox Move Forward/Back" }; public XTriggerControl xScaleUp = new XTriggerControl(XTrigger.TriggerRight) { Name = "Xbox Resize" }; void Awake() { Master = InputMaster.CreateMaster(this); } }
PlayerController, Reforged
By now you must have a bunch of fun errors in your PlayerController script.
The switch between using KeyControls and Xbox Controls is simple as pie, just switch the variable names and you're set. Everything else works just the same. Your final Update method should look like so:
void Update() { var io = InputManager.Instance; if(io.xChangeColor.Down == ControlState.Positive) renderer.material.color = new Color(Random.value, Random.value, Random.value); //When xScaleUp.Value == 0, we're adding nothing to the original scale. //When xScaleUp.Value == 1, we're adding the full value of scaleAdditive to the original scale. transform.localScale = originalScale + (scaleAdditive * io.xScaleUp.Value); var position = transform.position; //While InputMaster uses Time.deltaTime to smooth values, not including it here //makes controlling values like this overly sensitive. position.x += io.xStrafe.Value * Time.deltaTime * moveSpeed; position.y += io.xMoveFB.Value * Time.deltaTime * moveSpeed; position.x = Mathf.Clamp(position.x, -maxPosition.x, maxPosition.x); position.y = Mathf.Clamp(position.y, -maxPosition.y, maxPosition.y); transform.position = position; }
Multiplayer Madness
Here's how easy it is to turn your single player game into a 2-4 player game. Didn't ask for it? Too bad, you're getting it.
Our first stop is in InputManager. We're going to convert our Xbox Control objects into arrays and instantiate the values using a really cool helper function. For example, our XButtonControl will look like this:
public XButtonControl[] xChangeColor = XButtonControl.CreateMultiple(4, new XButtonControl(XButton.A) { Name = "Xbox Change Color" });
As you can see, our XButtonControl is now an array of XButtonControl[]. The core of what we had there is exactly the same, except now it's wrapped in the XButtonControl.CreateMultiple(byte, XButtonControl) function. All that function does is takes a "template" control that you provide (the second argument) and creates clones of it, throws away the template control you provided, and returns an array of controls. Each control in the array is bound to a controller index. For example, the controller in slot 1 will be index 0 in the array of controls.
This is set up this way to make getting controller values as easy as possible.


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These are the apps I always install first on any Mac.
In order:
- 1Password – My password manager of choice – rock solid and now TouchID enabled on my Mac. All the logins and license keys for subsequent apps are in here. We have a family plan, synced via 1Password's own service. I'd previously used Dropbox syncing which added a frustrating delay waiting for the initial sync on a fresh Dropbox installation.
- Dropbox – This contains nearly everything I care about – working files, cloud-based app data (Auphonic for podcast production and Receipt Bank for business admin are my 2 must-haves) and scanned documents from my Fujitsu ScanSnap. During installation I enable 'selective file sync' and exclude an 'online only' folder containing photos and videos I want to share, but don't want taking-up laptop storage. I've previously fought Dropbox's sneaky accessibility permissions grab but have now given up in favour of a quiet life (I fear I'll regret this at some point).
- Cloak – The best Mac VPN for browsing securely on public WiFi (I don't need to access location-locked content and their team make it clear that's not what Cloak is for), this app goes on all my MacOS and iOS devices. I've no idea if it's the fastest, but it's been incredibly reliable for me and the team behind it care about the right things.
- TripMode – A 'mobile data saver', this tool limits the apps that can use an internet connection when you're using a personal hotspot. A menu-bar icon flashes as apps are blocked and they can individually be enabled or disabled stopping bandwidth hogs such as iCloud Photo Library or Dropbox from burning through your data allowance.
- Moom – There are many Mac window managers but this is mine. Although highly configurable I use the simplest features – a popup menu triggered by hovering over the 'maximise' window button that offers a list of window size / position presets (I use the default ones) and a grid to 'draw' more complex layouts. I tried others that relied on dragging windows to the screen edge but accidentally triggered that too often.
- Caffeine – This app overrides any power saving / screen-saver settings to keep your Mac awake for extended periods. I use it when I'm not actively using the laptop but need the screen to stay on, such as reading show notes during a 361 recording or following a recipe on a website.
- Alfred – I can't remember a time my Macs didn't have Alfred mapped to ⌘-Space in preference to Spotlight with my settings synced via Dropbox. Alfred is another powerful tool but I rely on it almost entirely for keyboard access to apps, an instant calculator and as a clipboard manager. I bought the 'Power Pack' upgrade despite not needing the features to support this brilliant independent developer.
- Keyboard Maestro – This tool lets me create simple macros for the Mac. I use it for inserting text (code snippets, business addresses or tax numbers) and clipboard 'cleverness' such as pasting text as if it had been typed. I previously also used TextExpander for the text-specific tasks but found Keyboard Maestro could do both jobs to the level I needed. It's a tool I've previously used much more extensively and I like to keep it around 'for emergencies'. I store my macros in Dropbox to keep them synced between Macs.
- SoundSource – The most recent addition, this app adds a menu-bar item showing the volume and other settings for each audio input or output device. Essential for podcasting, but also handy for demos / presentations when you need to quickly mute sound effects but leave other audio playing.
- Bartender – MacOS's menu bar doesn't cope well with lots of apps, quickly becoming a cluttered mess of randomly-ordered icons. Bartender offers an 'overflow' area where I put the apps I don't need one-click access to and lets me set the order permanently so they're always where I expect them to be. This goes-on last so I can arrange all the icons in one go.


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The debate over water fluoridation is a divisive one, with science on both sides, as the Hillsboro City Council found out on Tuesday.
Proponents of water fluoridation have asked the council to send the question to the voters in November. Opponents told the council it was a bad idea which shouldn't be discussed further.
City voters likely won't be asked decide the issue in November. Several councilors said there's too much information to consider right now to rush it onto the ballot.
The Hillsboro chapter of Stand for Children brought the issue to a council work session. They advocate fluoridating the city's water supply for the sake of underprivileged kids, who don't get access to regular dental care.
"We've seen significant tooth decay in young kids," said April Love, an area dentist. "It's amazing the number of 8 and 9-year-olds I see who have lost their permanent molars."
Stand for Children contends that, if Hillsboro added a small amount of fluoride to its water supply, area dentists wouldn't see the tooth decay they're seeing among kids. They also pointed out that groups like the American Medical Association, American Dental Association, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization have long supported water fluoridation.
The Tualatin Valley Water District (TVWD) and city of Forest Grove currently fluoridate their water supplies; Love said it costs 70 cents per TVWD customer annually.
Campbell said it was "erroneous" to say that fluoride protects teeth against every kind of decay. She pointed to studies that show 90 percent of all decay in permanent teeth isn't affected at all by fluoride.
She added that one of the main forms of child tooth decay is from parents feeding them sugary liquids in baby bottles. That sugar leads to decay that fluoride can't touch.
"I urge you not to believe that fluoride is going to handle the tooth decay problems in your city," she told the council.
Campbell also pointed out that fruits and vegetables are treated with fluoride-based pesticides, and that fruit juices have a high amount of fluoride in them. "Our children are absolutely being overdosed," she said.
Both sides agreed that water fluoridation can lead to fluorosis, a condition where the teeth develop discolored spots. Love said it doesn't indicate any other bodily problem. Campbell said dentists don't have the license to say that, and she pointed to studies that suggest fluoridation may lead to bone and hip problems among senior citizens.
Adding fluoride to the city's water supply wouldn't be easy. Water comes into Hillsboro's system in nine different locations, so the city would have to buy land and develop injection facilities at each of those points, said Joe Thompson, water department director.
The city also sells water to other communities, like Cornelius, Gaston and the L.A. Water Cooperative. It would be difficult to impossible for those communities to get water elsewhere.
"Are we deciding this for them?" asked Councilor Joe Keizur. "We need more information."
Keizur and Councilor Jim Frost said there were too many variables to get this on the November ballot. Others agreed.
"I personally believe, fluoride or not, the dental health of those kids is not going to improve if we can't get services to these kids," said Mayor Tom Hughes.


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Johnson C. Smith University President Dorothy Cowser Yancy was born on April 18, 1944 in Cherokee County, Alabama to Linnie Bell Covington Cowser and Howard Cowser, a farmer. She was raised on the family farm once owned by her great-great grandfather. Upon graduation from Hatcher High School in 1960, Yancy entered Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina where she was a student activist in the Civil Rights Movement, holding memberships in the SGA, SCLC, and SNCC. She graduated from Johnson C. Smith University in 1964 with her B.A. degree in history. In 1964, Yancy entered the University of Massachusetts where she earned her M.A. degree in history. Simultaneously, she received a certificate in management development from Harvard University. In 1968, Yancy married Robert James Yancy, and in 1974, she entered the doctoral program in political science at Atlanta University where she became an accomplished scholar.
After receiving her Ph.D. degree from Atlanta University, Yancy sought post-graduate work at a variety of institutions including the University of Singapore, Hampton University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northwestern University, Georgia Tech University and the University of Illinois, Chicago. Yancy became a tenure-track professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1972 and served as professor of history, technology, and society and management. She became the first African American professor to be promoted and tenured as a full professor. She also served as Associate Director of the School of Social Sciences, and she remained at Georgia Tech until 1994, when she became the first female president of Johnson C. Smith University.
As president, Yancy doubled the University endowment to approximately $57 million and increased applications 300%. She also upgraded the technical capabilities of the school by ensuring that each undergraduate student receives an IBM Thinkpad upon entry through a lease program. During her presidency, Yancy became the first female board president of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
Yancy was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on June 20, 2007.


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SoCROCKET Virtual Platform - SystemC
The SoCRocket Virtual Platform and SystemC modeling library provide models and tools for designing embedded systems for various applications. Primary use cases are design-space explorations at different levels of abstraction and development stages. Thanks to the built-in reconfiguration mechanism, hardware and software components can be parameterized without superfluous compilations and linking.
Virtual Platform
A Virtual Platform is a software based system that can fully mirror the functionality of a target System-on-Chip or board.
SoCRocket contains all the tools, mechanisms and interconnection infrastructure to allow SystemC IP models to cooperate together in a unified simulation environment.
For example it:
- Allows the interconnection of TL and RTL models of the specified IPs
- Provides a tool for the system- and high-level design phases of an embedded system, allowing HW/SW co-design and early system validation
- Allows Integration, verification and debugging of hardware IPs
- Allows early software development on the target architecture: debugging (such as access to registers, linking to source code, breakpointing, etc.), monitoring, and profiling of application software
- Allows performance analysis: cycle count, transaction count, execution time, communication bandwidth and throughput and even power consumption
Included IP-Cores
The SoCRocket TLM Library is a common TLM 2.0 Library, but designed to simulate in particular designs of the Aeroflex Gaisler GRLib. The modeled TLM IP cores are modeled and verified TLM counterparts to the core components from the Aeroflex Gaisler library. Moreover the library is extendable with any needed IP Core.
TU Braunschweig, Germany (2012)
TERMA GmbH, Germany (2014)
Current Release
June 2014
The SoCRocket Virtual Platform is distributed under the GPL license and no handling fee is applied.


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Good flight over it went really quickly and landed at Mumbai on time, got off the plane and followed the crowd to passport control. How busy was that, joined a long snaking queue that must have taken a good 3/4 of an hour, once you've done that you then join another queue in front of one of about thirty passport control men, was starting to get a bit anxious about my bike now, needn't have worried though! Got to baggage reclaim and there was no sign of anything but after a short while cases started to appear, my bag came along pretty quickly, which then just left me to worry about my bike. My bag and everybody's case was soaking, it was raining pretty hard in Turkey, apparently I heard a woman say that she saw them all just sitting next to the plane not covered at all! That really knocked my confidence, surely they wouldn't leave a cardboard box out in the rain, would they? But why was it taking so long to come out, maybe it had got wet and all the bits of the bike had fallen out and I'd be missing a wheel or the pedals would be gone, I kept asking about it and kept being told it will come out soon! Eventually the conveyor belt stopped and from behind the plastic screen I saw a box being pushed out, it was my bike and it was soaked but luckily the box was just about holding together and it looked as if nothing could have fallen out! The 3 reals of tape that I used to wrap the box paid off as it was this that was holding it all together.
Got a taxi to the hotel, what a journey that was, the bike was tied to the roof and he drove like a bat out of hell! I did learn 2 things about driving in India, traffic lights are completely ignored and they don't even slow down when there red! Speed bumps are to be ignored also, the faster you take the better! I hit my head quite a few times in the taxi and hurt my back, I'm surprised the bike stayed on the roof, after 40 bone breaking head bashing minutes we arrived at the hotel and surprisingly so did the bike, I did wonder if there was any damage to the bike it would have happened in the taxi not in the plane!
By the time the bike had been man handled into the hotel and up to my room the box had given up and was falling to pieces but it had done it's job.
Breakfast was now being served, so had some curry for breakfast and an hours sleep then put the bike back together which was surprisingly easy, whether it stays together is a different story!
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The CBIZ Small Business Employment Index for May showed a significant gain in number of jobs increases ( 1.91 percent), an impressive jump following April's increase of .43 percent. However, the May jobs survey from ADP reported private sector growth at only 135,000 jobs, well below the forecasted 167,000 new jobs. Philip Noftsinger, business unit president for CBIZ Payroll Services said:
"The CBIZ Small Business Employment Index posted a healthy 1.91 percent gain for May, further demonstrating that there is economic growth taking place despite fiscal and monetary policy ambiguity. The rules of the game are the same in June as they were in May; we need our legislators to create a definable environment from which business owners and leaders can make investment decisions"
Other key findings from the data include:
• 28 percent of small business respondents reported to have increased staffing in May, compared to 18 percent decreasing staffing, and 54 percent remaining unchanged.
• A better understanding of future fiscal policy would allow small business owners to do more speculative hiring, further helping to advance the growing economy.
• Worries over the general, and still not fully understood, effects of sequestration continue to plague small business owners making growth somewhat difficult thanks to opaque fiscal policy formulation. Though the approaching seasonal summer hiring should help to bolster the CBIZ Index throughout the midyear.


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"Freedom in Sight for Mumia Abu-Jamal?" (Prison Radio):
"Six boxes of undisclosed case files labeled "Mumia Abu-Jamal" were found in a furniture closet last December by new DA Larry Krasner. Here is the exculpatory "Brady" evidence that was inside:The Paradox of the Panopticon is that there is total surveillance, but whenever that surveillance might be used to solve a political mystery, somehow the results of the surveillance are not available (see also Seth Rich and Assange and Russiagate and Clinton emails; the amusing British equivalent is for all the ubiquitous CCTV cameras to go down at the relevant time, as with 7/7 or the Skripal attack). "Houthis Say It's Not Over - Saudi Oil "Still Within Range"; Iraq Denies Its Territory Used" (Durden). Tweet (William Owen):
Now we know that for 37 years the District Attorney's office actively lied. They scrubbed clean every single document production, during multiple appeals, for years. It is cliché and almost predictable: evidence "lost" in a storage closet for 37 years by evil absent-minded hoarders.
- A letter from a witness demanding his money.
- Memo after memo to and from Joe McGill tracking the open cases of another key witness.
- Handwritten notes on original files, closely tracking the race of jurors.
Make no mistake- this evidence would have directly challenged the only "witnesses" at trial who identified Mumia Abu-Jamal as the shooter of officer Daniel Faulkner on Dec. 9, 1981."
"The US, Russia, France, UK and China all have #GEOINT, radar tracks, #ELINT and #HUMINT that are dispositive as to who actually attacked Saudi Arabia. So where are those data?"There is a possibility that the attack on the Saudi oil might be a warning from Iraq about continued Israeli attacks on Iraq: "How Iraq Is Standing Up For Itself, After Israeli Attacks". It does not appear to be a oil traders play, as Trump immediately released oil from American reserves, and clearly doesn't want to the price of gas to spiral out of control in the year or so before the US election.
There are also, of course, always Khazars, with an American attack on Iran, or even the threat of one, helping Bibi's election chances. Tweet (Ryan Evans):
"Mark hasn't been this excited since he helped kill the nuclear deal"Sirhan Sirhan was attacked: "Who stabbed Sirhan Sirhan, and by the way who killed Bobby Kennedy?".
Her second true love, after her first true love, the greatest love of all, the love of shekels: "Rep. Dingell declares, 'my heart has always been with the children of Palestine' after withdrawing support from a bill that promotes their human rights" (Arria) (she changed her mind after speaking with (((members of her community.)))). When the dust settles, and Khazaria is gone, all these corrupt fuckers need to go directly to jail.
Ha ha ha ha ha!: "Times' handling of Kavanaugh story draws widespread criticism" (Calderone) (my emphasis in red):
"The Times revealed a fresh allegation of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh while a student at Yale University in a Sunday Review piece by reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly, who are co-authors of the new book, rather than through a traditional news story. In addition, the authors omitted a key piece of information — the fact that the alleged victim of the incident didn't remember it — and the Times promoted the piece with a shockingly tone-deaf tweet.""On the ground, feeling the pulse of Protest Hong Kong" (Escobar) (you get problems when you combine an elite group of the entitled dispossessed - just like the anti-Castro Cubans - general extreme economic inequality, with no hope of improvement in sight, and the American 'color revolution' spark and organization):
"Then there are the old China elites – people who fled Mao's victory in 1949. At first they were orphans of Chiang Kai-shek. Then they concentrated on hating the Communist Party with a vengeance. The same applies to their offspring. The ultra-wealthy gather at the China Club. The less wealthy at least can afford $5 million apartments at The Peak. Canada is a preferred destination – hence Hong-Couver as a substantial part of Vancouver. For them Hong Kong is essentially a transit stop, like a glitzy business lounge.and:
It's this – large – contingent that is behind the protests.
The lower strata of the Escape from China elites are the economic refugees of 1949. Tough luck: still today they don't own property and have no savings. A great many of the easily manipulated teenagers taking over the streets of Hong Kong dressed in black and singing "Glory to Hong Kong" and dreaming of "independence" are their sons and daughters. It's certainly a cliché, but it does apply to their case: trapped between East and West, between an Americanized lifestyle on steroids and the pull of Chinese culture and history."
"The drama played out in Hong Kong is actually a microcosm of the Big Picture: turbo-charged, neoliberal hyper-capitalism confronted to zero political representation. This "arrangement" that only suits the 0.1% simply can't go on like before.All signs point to the fact that Brennan - both a traitor and a complete fool - got 0wned by that rascal Putin (who is rubbing it in!), and that Russiagate is an extremely successful Russian intelligence operation - one of the classics! -to drive a wedge between Trump and his spies: "The Spy Who Failed" (Ritter):
In fact what I reported about Hong Kong seven years ago for Asia Times could have been written this morning. And it got worse. Over 15% of Hong Kong's population now lives in actual poverty. According to figures from last year, the total net worth of the wealthiest 21 Hong Kong tycoons, at $234 billion, was the equivalent of Hong Kong's fiscal reserves. Most of these tycoons are property market speculators. Compare it to real wages for low-income workers increasing a meager 12.3% over the past decade.
Beijing, later rather than sooner, may have awakened to the number one issue in Hong Kong – the property market dementia, as reported by Asia Times. Yet even if the tycoons get the message, the underlying framework of life in Hong Kong is not bound to be altered: maximum profit crushing wages and any type of unionization.
So economic inequality will continue to boom – as an unrepresentative Hong Kong government "led" by a clueless civil servant keeps treating citizens as non-citizens. At Hong Kong University I heard some serious proposals: "We need a more realistic minimum wage. "We need real taxes on capital gains and on property." "We need a decent property market.""
"In my view, if one assumes that the Smolenkov July 2016 report at the center of this drama was not a result of serendipity, but rather a product derived from a specific request from his CIA managers to find out how high up in the Russian decision-making chain the authorization went for what U.S. intelligence agencies were already publicly pushing as an alleged DNC cyber attack, then the answer I believe becomes clear–the Russians knew the U.S. had an intelligence deficit. I am speculating here, but if the Russians provided an answer guaranteed to attract attention at a critical time in the U.S. presidential election process, it would inject the CIA and its reporting into the democratic processes of the United States, and thereby politicize the CIA and the entire intelligence community by default. This would suppose, however, that the agencies did not have their own motives for wanting to stop Trump.
In this scenario, the Russians would have been in control of when to expose the CIA's activities–all they had to do was fire Smolenkov, which in the end they did, right as Smolenkov's report was front and center in the post-election finger-pointing that was taking place regarding the allegation of Russian interference. The best acts of political sabotage are done subtlety, where the culprit remains in the shadows while the victims proceed, unaware that they have been played.
For the Russians, it didn't matter who won the election, even if they may have favored Trump; simply getting President Obama to commit to the bait by confronting Putin at the G20 meeting in September 2016 would have been a victory, because I assess that at that point the Russians knew that they were driving the American narrative. When the President of the United States acts on intelligence that later turns out to be false, it is an embarrassment that drives a wedge between the intelligence community and the Executive Branch of government. I have no solid evidence for this. But in my speculation on what may have happened, this was the Russian objective–to drive that wedge.
In my view, the CIA, Russia and Smolenkov were happy to maintain the status quo, with Smolenkov living in comfortable retirement with his family, the CIA continuing to accuse Russia of interfering in the 2016 presidential election, and Russia denying it. As well, Russia seems to have brushed off the sanctions that resulted from this alleged "interference." This idyllic truce started to unravel in May 2019, when Trump ordered Attorney General William Barr to "get to the bottom" of what role the CIA played in initiating the investigation into allegations of collusion between Trump's campaign and the Russians that led to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller's investigation concluded earlier this year, with a 400-plus page report being published which did not find any evidence of active collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.
Trump's instructions to Barr are linked to a desire on the part of the president to hold to account those responsible for creating the narrative of possible collusion. Reports indicate that Barr is particularly interested in finding out how and why the CIA concluded that Putin personally ordered the Russian intelligence services to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.
Barr's investigation will inevitably lead him to the intelligence report that was hand couriered to the White House in early August 2016, which would in turn lead to Smolenkov, and in doing so open up the can of worms of Smolenkov's entire history of cooperation with the CIA. Not only could the entire foundation upon which the intelligence community has based its assessment of Russian interference collapse, it could also open the door for potential charges of criminal misconduct by Brennan and anyone else who helped him bypass normal vetting procedures and, in doing so, allowed a possible Russian double agent to influence the decisions of the president of the United States.
Seen in this light, the timing of the CNN and New York Times reports about the "exfiltration" of the CIA's "sensitive source" seems to be little more than a blatant effort by Brennan and his allies in the media to shape a narrative before Barr uncovers the truth."


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Gardens have long offered sanctuary from our busy lives. They are our personal haven where we relax, re-charge and rethink. But when you design green spaces for a living and gorgeous gardens are the equivalent of your office, can they also be your sanctuary? Hugh Main, landscape architect, finds sanctuary at the beach….
"Because I'm surrounded by gardens all the time it's always going round and round in my head I find a great place to get sanctuary is the beach because I don't have to look at what other people have done, I can just think about space and air and not think about people, especially when you're swimming out, with the whole of the city behind you and nothing ahead of you – it gives me my greatest sense of peace and relaxation."
Seaside time is universally relaxing and rejuvenating – the absolute definition of sanctuary – but sometimes we don't want to go further than our own backyard in the quest for downtime. And don't worry if your back yard is an urban concrete box – with a bit of creative thinking that elusive sanctuary is just around the corner.
Hugh lives in a small apartment in a beachside suburb in Sydney. He has a small outdoor space that consists of a table, a couple of chairs, and few plants.
"It's enough space to come out and have a cup of coffee and feel the sun on your face. The plants that I've chosen are plants I can absolutely neglect and they still look fantastic, I don't need to do anything to them and they still flower and flourish, they really have very few demands. What I love about this place is the big clump of palm trees on top of the hill and you can see the horizon from here and suddenly I feel sense of peace. If you're able to have just a little space outside to collect your thoughts and to refresh your spirit - if you've got it then it just creates happiness and harmony in yourself…."
Hugh Main
Spirit Level
1st Floor, 722 Bourke St
Redfern 2016
t: 02 8399 0660