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Daddy Longstem let us come to his birthday and get a better understanding of both the rapper's life and outlook on the game.
During our interview, Guerilla King Music's very own, Daddy Longstem, got to discussing the music industry, his artistry and the many things that contribute to is continually evolving creativity.
Having both rap and music production is an exciting thing for any artist to have under their belt and to gain popularity off of; add a degree to that and its a recipe for dopeness. Among things to watch out for from Daddy is a full length project Captain Africa that he has described as the "the first rap comic book in South Africa."

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Following Evolution Studios' closure, tweets from game director Paul Rustchynsky and senior community manager Jamie Brayshaw suggest that the team behind Driveclub are looking to continue working together.
As reported by VideoGamer, Driveclub team members are responding to fans with messages of positivity for the future:
@HarryBarnes We're hoping to stay together and do something awesome. We're figuring it all out atm.— Jamie Brayshaw (@PhenomEvolution) March 22, 2016
Today I have been overwhelmed by your comments & support, it means everything to me & team. And don't worry, the future is looking bright...— Paul Rustchynsky (@Rushy33) March 22, 2016
Evolution was closed yesterday, ending a 17-year history that saw the racing experts work on the WRC Rally, MotorStorm and Driveclub franchises.
After yesterday's announcement, Sony's statement said that, "where possible we will try to reallocate people onto other projects." It's not clear whether the Evolution team's statements are with reference to opportunities within Sony, if they're planning a breakaway indie studio, or have another plan.
Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor and he has his fingers firmly crossed for everyone involved. Follow him on Twitter.


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Thermoluminescence studies of copper and indium doped Li 2 B 4 O 7 single crystals
NS Rawat1, MS Kulkarni1, DG Desai2, B Tiwari2, P Ratna2, SC Gadkari2
1 Radiation Safety and Systems Division, BARC, Mumbai, India2 Technical Physics Division, BARC, Mumbai, India
Correspondence Address:M S KulkarniRadiation Safety and Systems Division, BARC, Mumbai IndiaSource of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: NoneCheck
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Highly transparent single crystals of Li 2 B 4 O 7 i.e. lithium tetraborate (LTB) doped with Cu (0.25 wt. %) and Cu & In (0.5 wt. % each) were grown by the Czochralski method. The Li 2 B 4 O 7 : Cu and Li 2 B 4 O 7 :Cu, In crystals were studied using thermoluminescence (TL) technique. The TL readout of Li 2 B 4 O 7 :Cu crystals showed two well-defined glow peaks at 130 o C and 235 o C for heating rate of 4K/s, whereas in LTB:Cu, In another shoulder peak on low temperature side of the main peak is seen. The TL sensitivities of LTB:Cu and LTB:Cu, In were found to be 3.3 and 6 times to that of TLD-100 respectively. Both the LTB:Cu and LTB:Cu, In crystals exhibit a linear TL dose response in the dose range from 1 mGy to 1 kGy. The single crystal of Li 2 B 4 O 7 : Cu,In could become a potential TL phosphor for medical and clinical dosimetry owing to its very good sensitivity and excellent tissue equivalence.
Keywords: Thermoluminescence, crystal growth, trap depth, initial rise method


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The Whirligig
By Elyse Sommer
The dying Julie is on the turntable part of the Pershing Square Signature Center's Alice Griffin Stage even as you take your seat for the New Group's world premiere production. When the play begins we see her divorced parents, Michael (Norbert Leo Butz) and Kristina(Dolly Wells), at her bedside. But they're not the only ones for whom that rotating set symbolizes how the return of this girl who has long been gone from their lives has thrown them all into a whirligig of painful quandaries about their role in her tragic return.
Despite some discretely integrated laughs, this is hardly a recipe for easy entertainment. What's more, it's very much a case of "attention must be paid." That's because the various characters' memories and self-searching takes the form of a non-linear trip through 17 back and forth jumping years — and in frequently overlapping scenes.
Anyone giving this somewhat self-indulgently long, complex drama the called for close attention, will be well rewarded. Linklater has created a rich tapestry of inter-connected lives. He writes terrific dialogue, full of wonderful literary references — some of which make Julie's high school social studies teacher Mr.Cormeny (Jon DeVries) much more than a stereotypical presence in a local bar tended and frequented by other characters.
Norbert Leo Butz is ideally cast as Michael, the father who's always ready with a funny routine even when his heart is breaking. Noah Bean and Jonny Orsini convincingly portray two very different but closely bonded brothers. Bean's Patrick is the doctor attending Julie, and his less stable brother Derrick was her dealer.
The cast overall is outstanding: Grace Van Patten as Julie and Dolly Wells as her mother Kristina, whose improperly treated depression turned the mother-daughter dynamic on its head for years. . . Zosia Mamet as Julie's former best friend who blames herself for introducing her to drugs. . . Alex Hurt as Gret, Trish's bartender and reformed alcoholic husband . . . and Jon DeVries as the already mentioned boozy Mr. Cormeny.
Linklater relies a bit too much on his characters' substance abuse and mental illness problems for the cause and effect of the central tragedy. Several characters were or are alcoholics. Recreational drug use is seen turning heavy duty. Kristina's depression, not only made her over-dependent on her young daughter but also results in her leaving the marriage once properly treated. But, sad to say, these are all too common social problems throughout today's America, not just in the play's Berkshire County locale.
Like Mr. Linklater I know this part of Massachussetts very well (I spent more than 25 years there as a part-time resident and still cover the area's lively summer season, so I was especially struck by the authenticity of his backgrund since I know all the places mentioned actually exist). While this is a booming 4-season resort area, some places like the city of Pittsfield have suffered enormously from lost industries and the ripple effect of drug and alcohol related problems.
The busy and always on the mark Derek McLane has created a set that effectively takes us through the multiple locales: to Julie's hospital bed at Berkshire Medical Center, the inside and outside of Michael's house in Great Barrington and a bar on that town's Railroad Street. A particularly striking scene that overlaps past and present finds Trish and Derrick sitting downstage on a large branch of a tree, while upstage we see Julie in bed and Kristina at the window reading to her.
The atmospheric setting is further enhanced by Duncan Sheik's original music and M. L. Dogg's sound design. Perhaps one of the songs used to punctuate The Whirligig, Billy Joel's "We didn't Start the Fire", best sums up the cri de coeur of Mr. Linklater's anguished Bershirites:
We idn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
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Cast: Noah Bean (Patrick), Norbert Leo Butz (Michael), Jon DeVries (Mr. Cormeny), Alex Hurt (Greg), Zosia Mamet (Trish), Jonny Orsini (Derrick), Grace Van Patten (Julie) and Dolly Wells (Kristina).
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Is it time for a new paradigm?
Board Remuneration Committees of major companies, of which financial services represent a significant proportion, generally seek information and occasionally advice from consulting organisations in positioning their remuneration strategy.
This advice often includes setting annual salaries and benefits, establishing policies in relation to both annual and long-term incentives and determining appropriate performance conditions for payments under those programs.
The approach adopted by the majority of consulting organisations would be described as undertaking a benchmark review and, in that context, reviewing the practices and levels of reward among organisations of comparable scale. Such a review would typically consider financial metrics in a similar industry and comparable customers and suppliers where appropriate.
A further overlay will often relate to the international spread of the organisation's activities which can require investigation into reward practices in many jurisdictions outside Australia.
In financial services, including banking and insurance companies and wealth managers, a key focus of Boards is the practices of their peers. This, in part, is predicated on the desire to retain a level of talent to meet the organisation's operational demands, ensure its sustainability and develop its business base, either in terms of product diversity, geographic diversity or both.
Many would believe that this process has led to a leap-frogging in reward levels as organisations strive to remain competitive. Competition will be influenced by the peers they consider as relevant, the global spread of the organisation and the sources drawn upon by the Board in populating the first two layers of management in their organisation.
A number of witnesses in the Banking Royal Commission revealed that things can and have gone wrong and occasionally inappropriate practices have arisen through dishonesty. On other occasions failures have arisen because of neglect, carelessness or just sheer coincidence. The "root cause" for inappropriate conduct has been described in Justice Hayne's interim and final reports as often being sponsored by greed through "the pursuit of short-term profit at the expense of basic standards of honesty".
Many of the observations in the Royal Commission's two reports reflect on a principal source of inappropriate judgement and reward outcomes being underpinned by poor culture.
Some evidence also revealed that Boards, and their Remuneration Committees in particular, relied too heavily on reports from management and assurances of the organisation's compliance with policies including codes of conduct as well as fulsome and transparent communication with the organisation's customers.
It can equally be observed over recent years that although a number of leading financial institutions primarily sought information from remuneration consultants, they did not seek advice or recommendations. Implicit in these observations is that the accountability for interpreting information could well have rested with management with the Board authorising recommendations sourced from management rather than independent advisors.
Partly implicit in these outcomes could well be the independence of the advisor. Notwithstanding the above and the acknowledgement of many leading financial institutions and their Boards that they need a more detailed appreciation of reward practices throughout the entire organisation, Directors need to reflect upon the appropriateness of prevailing reward in the context of what constitutes "reasonable remuneration" as set out in the Corporations Act 2001.
It is essentially the responsibility of the Board Remuneration Committee to ensure the entire Board is fully informed and well-advised in such matters. It is also incumbent upon the Board that it partners with well-informed external organisations to assist in their review. Advisors need to question the influence of traditional benchmarking which evidence suggests has led to progressive adjustments to reward, particularly at-risk incentive reward, by following the practices of ever-changing industry leaders arising from the continuous leap-frog approach.
A further complexity is the extent to which the Board determine that reward practices in the financial services sector are influenced by practices elsewhere in the world and the extent to which those practices are influenced by the relative scale of the comparator global organisations.
Our recent research across all industries has revealed a general pause, if not decline, in the level of fixed remuneration paid to successor Chief Executives who are receiving lower salaries than their longer-serving predecessors.
Customer – Culture – Compliance
It is up to the Boards of leading financial institutions to initiate significant, if not radical change in reward outcomes. This is essential to the process of executive renewal, of whatever proportions, as Boards review their practices and realign their culture to ensure a greater focus on the customer. In this context, traditional benchmarking may not be the path forward but rather an examination of the relative change in work value through the hierarchy of the organisation.
While not endorsing inequality in reward, the opportunity may now exist for many Boards to provide the means for highly talented, capable and experienced women to assume a larger proportion of leadership roles in the sector. Boards will need to ensure that new appointees are appropriately rewarded, rather than leaning towards the pattern of "extravagance" in reward as noted by the Hayne Royal Commission.
The challenge rests with the Board, not management. In an earlier article (Governance : Front and Centre – July 2018) we note that a first step may be for the Board to establish a small group of independent, highly experienced staff to provide guidance and advice and undertake forensic examination of the organisation's culture, any source of malpractice and the paths forward in changing any inappropriate practices.
At the time of preparing this article, we are aware of the decisions taken by the Board of the National Australia Bank in responding to criticism, with the Chairman engaging in the renewal process though stepping down in the near term when a successor has been identified and appointed.


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Last week, former Community writer Megan Ganz called out the show's creator, Dan Harmon, on Twitter for behaving inappropriately toward her while he was her boss. Ganz, now a Modern Family writer, didn't specify precisely what Harmon did to her, but throughout the pair's lengthy exchange she said she wanted "relief" from her memories of what happened. "I want to watch the first episode of television I wrote again without remembering what came after." A week later, she returned to social media and told her followers to listen to the latest episode of Harmon's Harmontown podcast.
"Here's a weird one for you: Last week, I called out my former boss @danharmon for sexual harassment, and today I'm going to ask you to listen to his podcast," said Ganz. "I'm not being flippant. I didn't bring up this mess just to sweep it back under the rug. But I find myself in the odd position of having requested an apology publicly, and then having received one — a good one — also publicly."
During a seven-minute chunk of "Don't Let Him Wipe or Flush" (beginning at 18:38), Harmon acknowledged Ganz's accusations and offered a detailed account of what he did, why he did it, and why it was wrong. "I really want to be really careful about that language because a huge part of the problem is a culture of feeling things that you think are unique and significant because they are happening to you," he said. "The most clinical way I can put it in fessing up to my crimes is that I was attracted to a writer I had power over because I was a showrunner and I knew enough to know that these feelings were bad news."
"I knew that they ran the risk of undercutting people's faith in my judgment, her faith in her talent, the other writers' respect for me, the entire production, the audience," Harmon continued. "I knew I wasn't doing anybody any favors by feeling these things and so I did the cowardly, easiest, laziest thing you can do with feelings like that and didn't deal with them. And in not dealing with them, I made everybody else deal with them, especially her."
He then explained how he ultimately left his girlfriend at the time so that he wouldn't feel as guilty about pursuing Ganz — despite her constant rejections of his advances. "I was humiliated. So I continued to do the cowardly thing. I continued to do the selfish thing. Now I wanted to teach her a lesson. I wanted to show her that if she didn't like being liked in that way then, oh boy, she should get over herself. After all, if you're just going to be a writer then this is how 'just writers' get treated," Harmon continued. "And that was probably the darkest of it all."
"So that's it," he concluded . "Please don't hurt her. Please don't make this worse on anybody but me." As for Ganz, in a final tweet about the Harmontown podcast episode, she accepted his public apology, "This was never about vengeance; it's about vindication. That's why it didn't feel right to just accept his apology in private (although I did that, too). Because if any part of this process should be done in the light, it's the forgiveness part. And so, @danharmon, I forgive you."
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First Chapter
Chapter 1 - Mr. Pib
Florence, Oregon - May 28, 1997
Macy Eldridge knew something was terribly wrong even before she opened her eyes and saw Mr. Pib stone cold dead on the pillow beside her.
An odd sense of dread had prodded her into half-sleep consciousness and set her to shivering under the Pendleton blankets piled three high on the bed. Every muscle tense, eyes squeezed shut, she listened for any odd noise. Nothing but rain drops bouncing off the metal roof like a barrel of marbles dumped from the hands of some giant in the sky. Normal Oregon coast morning in May.
Maybe it was nothing more than the tacos she'd had for dinner, or coffee too close to bedtime. If she kept her eyes shut, and lay still, hopefully the creepy feeling would evaporate like a bad dream.
Not a chance. Fear coiled a little tighter around her heart. Lori? Julie? Chad? Grandkids? No. No phone calls.
Surely it couldn't be the fact that it was her fiftieth birthday and she would spend it alone. That was nothing new. She had spent it alone even when sitting across the table from David watching him read the morning paper with the date right there, in black and white, at the top of the page.
Leave David alone. Remember what he did for you.
He never let me forget.
Stop the drama. It's probably nothing.
Okay. Probably.
What was she doing… not only talking to herself, but answering, too? Bad habit, one she needed to break… but then, why should she? Who else would she talk to?
Oh, for crying out loud, Macy, stop the pity party and get on with it.
She inhaled deeply and slowly opened her eyes to see Mr. Pib's green eyes frozen open in a blank stare. The breath hissed out of Macy's chest like air out of a fat balloon and her heart withered into a hard little fist, barely beating. She curled onto her side facing him, lay her palm on the side of his head, and let the flash flood of tears sweep away all thoughts except that Mr. Pib was gone.
Finally, she wiped her eyes and her drippy nose on her pajama sleeve. It's just a damn cat, she told herself and burst into tears again. But he wasn't just a cat. Mr. Pib—short for Pain in the Butt—first let Macy touch him sixteen years ago, on a sunny May day when the wild rhododendrons were in riotous bloom.
They were still living in the big house south of town with a view of Woahink Lake when she first saw the scrawny grey-striped tabby. He wasn't much of a cat when he crawled from under the back deck. His fur was patchy, half an ear was missing and a yellowish pus filmed over one eye. She couldn't tell how old he was for sure, but he was young and definitely feral.
Seduced by a three-month daily supply of premium cat food and treats, Mr Pib finally let Macy pet him. Then, a few days later, he rubbed against her leg and didn't fuss when she picked him up. It was the day David was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and it was as if Mr. Pib knew she would need a friend.
The cat had been her constant companion ever since, a source of comfort during those long years of David's decline. First, Parkinson's, then a diagnosis of dementia, then congestive heart failure, and in the last year, colon cancer. It had taken David a long time to die.
But Mr. Pib was gone in an instant, without warning. Of course, he was old and he had been slowing down for some time, but somehow, his death was a shock. Macy wiped her eyes again as a nasty little thought sneaked out and sucker punched her right where it would do the most damage. You didn't cry this much when David died.
No, she hadn't. But then, zombies don't cry. All the long years of David's dying had, day by day, shriveled her humanity until, at the end, she was an empty shell of self-control and sheer will, doing what had to be done. Otherwise, she would have been sucked under the surface of his suffering, herself drowning in his slow death. So his death was a relief. That is what she tells no one.
Macy took a deep breath, threw back the covers, pulled herself out of bed, and slipped her feet into a pair of fur-lined slippers. She went to the bathroom, then dressed in jeans, a plaid flannel shirt and a pair of rain boots. Taking Mr. Pib's favorite blanket off the end of the sofa, she carried it into the bedroom and carefully wrapped him in it.
The rain had settled into a light drizzle when she took a shovel from the storage shed and dug a hole at the far end of the backyard. Was a backyard cat burial against association rules? She didn't know, but her yard was totally shielded by a mandatory natural greenbelt between the lots. Although her neighbors were only a few feet away, the screen of wild rhododendrons, huckleberries, azaleas, wax myrtle and other foliage was so effective she could only see the neighbor across the street from her front window, so who would know about the cat grave? Nobody but her.
The sandy soil was wet and heavy. Macy was perspiring under her rain jacket by the time she judged the hole to be the right size. She found a red metal tool box in the shed, dumped the tools on a work table and carried the container into the house. After padding the bottom with a towel, she gently laid Mr. Pib inside, covering his blanket-wrapped body with another small towel. She put the tool box in a large black plastic garbage bag, wrapped it snugly, and then repeated it with another garbage bag. The little metal container was as waterproof as she could make it.
She put the makeshift coffin into the hole, shoveled the sand back in and tamped it down. In a day or two she would visit Woodsman's Native Nursery and buy a rhododendron to plant on his grave. Yellow for all the happiness he had given her. She sat on the wet ground and lay her palm on the small mound of sand. How could she leave him there, in that damp, dark hole, alone? Goodbye, cat, my good friend. Goodbye, Mr. Pib. Macy's eyes stung, and her throbbing nose delivered a dull drum-beat headache to the middle of her forehead.
The rain dripped off her hat and ran down her jacket, pooling in a small lake under her bottom. Still she didn't move until her legs cramped into pretzels under her. Bracing herself with the shovel, she stood and stamped her feet several times before trudging slowly back into the house.
After hanging her dripping rain coat and hat on a hook by the door, she turned up the heat in the pellet stove in the corner. Standing in its warmth, she quickly stripped down and changed into a pair of old sweats and slippers. Warm and dry, and fortified with a cup of coffee, she dropped heavily into a chair at the small table in front of the bay window. She gazed out at the asphalt street, glistening in the rain, dark and empty. Just like her.
Even while lying in bed earlier, the crushing pain of losing Mr. Pib almost squeezing the life out of her, Macy had known as surely as she knew her name that trouble was not through with her this day. Her hand trembled as she lifted the cup and took a sip of coffee, willing the hot liquid to warm her insides and push away the foreboding she still felt.
Maybe it was because all her life, her time and energy had been consumed doing what had to be done, but now there was nothing and no one that absolutely demanded her care or attention. Had that sudden vacancy of responsibility busted the secure padlock deep inside, opening the door to the shadowy chasm where she had locked away all the pain and hurt so many years ago?
She thought she had taken care of that business for good way back then, putting it away from her heart and mind so she could live out her life in relative peace. But now the cage door was rattling and she could hear the old fear and hurt calling her name.


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I arrived last night and walked around a bit before it got dark. The 15 hour train ride from SLC wasn't so bad since I was able to sleep for about half of it. I grabbed dinner with a hostel roommate from Spain at this Indonesian place across the street. After two weeks of hiking and nature site-seeing, I'm up for some city fun. Definitely no need for a car here.
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel that expands on the topic of a rape trial in Maycomb County, Alabama. This story is set in 1935, and it is told from the memories of a then six year old Jean Louise Finch (Scout). It is based off of the Scottsboro trial that began in Jackson County, Alabama when Lee was just five years old. "In the trial nine blacks were accused of raping two white girls… All nine were convicted… Retrials continued for six years " (May 306). The story takes place during a time of extreme racism from the people of Maycomb towards African-Americans. Seeing the events take action from the point of view of a child is a rather unique quality to the story. Her father, Atticus Finch, is the lawyer of the defendant, a black man named Tom Robinson, who was wrongly accused of raping nineteen year old Mayella Ewell. In her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses different character perspectives, symbolism, and point of view to create a theme of knowledge and ignorance. Knowledge and ignorance are displayed through the characters of To Kill a Mockingbird. Ignorance is displayed through the racism of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird. Cecil Jacobs is a school mate of Scout that does not understand and is naive to believe everything that his parents say about Atticus. He rudely says to Scout "My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an' that nigger oughta hang from the water tank!" (Lee 102). Even the elderly people such as Mrs. Dubose demonstrates ignorance when she tells Jem "Your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for" (Lee 135)! It is extremely naive and mindless for her to call someone trash, even more so because Atticus is so well respected in Maycomb, just because he is giving a black man a chance. Most of the citizens in Maycomb county are extremely racist and ignorant. There are few knowledgeable people in Maycomb County, but none more notable than Atticus Finch. Atticus shows his wisdom by explaining to his children that he believes that all people are equal and that they all deserve a chance to be defended in the court of law. He is not phased when people make fun of him or treat him differently just because he is defending a black man in the court of law. Nicole Smith makes the statement, "Unlike those in the community who are quite racist… Atticus tries to look at everyone as an individual- even those who are outcast by their society" (1). Racism is ignorant and when Atticus looks at a person, he doesn't even think twice about their skin color. Atticus is a well educated man that looks at people not by their skin color or by their gender, but for what lies on the inside. Lee does not only just show ignorance in racism, but she also shows it through stereotypes of women. Aunt Alexandra is supportive of women stereotypes and she tries to force them onto Scout. She is a, "Conservative woman concerned with social status and class distinctions" (Lee 291). It is witless to believe that because someone does not make as much money as someone else that they may not be equals. Alexandria believes that she is better than other people who did not grow up with the same pleasures that she had. "Aunt Alexandra has a personal quest to make Scout 'behave like a sunbeam'" (Castleman 25). She is trying to change Scout and her way of life. Scout is a tomboy and she is proud of it; Alexandria wants to try and change her to a feminine girl that falls into a woman stereotype. Ignorance is displayed among the characters of To Kill a Mockingbird and so is knowledge. Obviously, it is shown through more than just characters (Castleman).Lee uses symbolism to display the theme of knowledge and ignorance. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird, and the mockingbird represents some of the people of Maycomb County. "The mockingbirds are silent as Atticus takes to the street to shoot the rabid dog, and Scout describes a similar silence in the courtroom just prior to the jury pronouncing Tom Robinson guilty" ("To Kill a Mockingbird" 294). The silence that Scout hears in the courtroom is spine-chilling. As she remembers that it matches the stillness of the day Atticus shot the rabid dog, she realizes what the jury has agreed on before they say it. She knows beforehand he is ruled guilty because of how the mockingbirds go silent. Near the end of the book Jem breaks his arm in an attack on him and Scout by Bob Ewell. They are eventually saved by Boo Radley who killed Bob Ewell with a kitchen knife. When the sheriff, Heck Tate, finds the body, he says that Bob fell on a kitchen knife. Despite Atticus telling him that Boo killed him, he let it go. "Scout tells her father that revealing Boo Radleys role in Bob Ewell's death would be like shootin' a mockingbird" ("To Kill a Mockingbird" 294). How Boo stopped Bob may be wrong but his cause was noble and saved Jem and Scout's life. So punishing him for something he did right would be like shootin a mockingbird.Jem's monstrous vision of Boo Radley is another way that Lee uses symbolism. "In Jem's 'reasonable' description of him, Boo is 'six-and-a-half feet tall,' dines on raw squirrels and cats, bears a 'long jagged scar' on his face, has 'yellow and rotten' teeth and 'popped' eyes, and drools. He is, in essence, a monster who has lost all of his former humanity" (Felty 298). Jem has never seen Boo Radley. He has only heard stories of him; stories that are actually bizarre and make him seem as a monster. There is irony in Jem's vision of Boo as he is actually saved by Boo from Bob Ewell at the end of the book. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the bluejays are symbols of racism. Atticus says "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit them" (Lee 119). Many may not know that the bluejays in this quote represent the racist people of Maycomb such as Bob Ewell. When Atticus says to shoot them if you can hit them he means if you serve them justice within the law then do it. "It is the opposite of the sin to kill a mockingbird which is why Atticus tells his children that" (Rahilmamdough). He wants them to grow up to be good people so he is teaching them what is right and what is wrong. This quote proves to his kids that racism is wrong.Point of view is used in To Kill a Mockingbird to show the knowledge and the ignorance of a child narrator. The importance and vivid description of seeing the story through a child's eyes who has grown up is fairly knowledgeable. "Throughout the book events are described by the adult Scout who looks back upon life in the constricted society of a small southern town. Since it is the grown-up Scout's story, the young Scout finch becomes more a memory than a reality" (May 304). This proves that the reader is seeing this from a child's' point of view but it also is shown as a more mature story due to it being told by an adult. While the reader may sometimes forget that the narrator is an adult they never feel the extreme presence of knowledge shown by a child.Even though it is being told by an adult, it was not an adult that lived these experiences. So there are times where the reader is viewing the ignorance of a child and is just blown away by the sense of oblivion by a child. Especially in chapter fifteen where scout is desperately trying to make some type of conversation with Mr. Cunningham in front of the jail. Scout just keeps trying to talk to him even say random things like "Don't you remember me… You brought us some Hickory nuts one time… I go to school with Walter" (Lee 205). In the entire section Scout embarreses herself, as she just has no idea of the gratitude of the situation, but it can also be perceived as she is a young child and her innocence blocks the idea of it. It is a unique point of view to have the daughter of the defendant's lawyer tell the story. There is more knowledge and emotion shown in the story than there would be if it had a nameless narrator. "Scout's narration gives the most vivid, realistic, and delightful experiences of a child's world ever presented by an American novelist" (Lee). It is the best possible narrator for the book even better if Tom Robinson was the narrator himself. Through the use of characters, symbolism, and point of view, Lee perfectly showed the theme of knowledge and ignorance. As the reader would expect, the story ends with everyone living happily and the main antagonist dead. The characters in To Kill a Mockingbird are unique to their area of residence and perfectly match the racism one would expect from the area. The symbolism that Lee uses is incredible for the depth and meaning of things that some people might not even think of. A wonderful point of view that is clearly supposed to be written as the memory of her living through the Scottsboro case. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a great example of knowledge and ignorance in the 1930's.
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The paper approaches an important issue of the phonological similarity of words, relevant for current research in phonotactics, word recognition, production and acquisition, by analyzing the data collected in an experiment in which 30 native speakers of Polish were asked to provide phonologically similar words to 80 nonwords. The study demonstrates that the uncovered patterns of phonological similarity (segment substitutions, deletions and additions, the use of bigrams, trigrams and quadrigrams, noncontiguous sounds and segment metathesis) go beyond the commonly employed concept of neighbourhood density and point to the need to revise the current approaches to phonological similarity of words. It is argued that the experimental results can be attributed to the considerably more complex phonotactic and morphological structure of Polish than English.}, type={Article}, title={What do "klej", "lek" and "kulig" have in common? Polish native speakers' judgements of phonological similarity between words and nonwords}, volume={vol. 40}, pages={99-119}, journal={LINGUISTICA SILESIANA}, publisher={Polska Akademia Nauk • Oddział w Katowicach}, doi={10.24425/linsi.2019.129404}, keywords={phonological similarity between words, neighbourhood density, phonotactics, nonwords}, }


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Since the early days of the cinema, there has been a constant watch on the film industry's encroachment and destruction of the Moral Fiber of American culture. America has been from the beginning, a Christian nation. Regardless of former President Barrack Obama's insistence that "America is no longer a Christian Nation". That statement struck me more as wishful thinking on his part but the truth is, there are still many Americans who regard themselves as 'sanctified'. They are on constant watch for blatant violations of the 'good of the nation' statements and/or scenes in movies and videos.
Back in 1939 David O. Selznick, the producer of the movie, Gone With The Wind, had a difficult time getting the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures to pass the scene where Clark Gable, as Rhett Butler, used profanity. In the final scene of the movie, Scarlett O'Hara asks Rhett, "What shall I do, where shall I go" and Butler replied, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn". That last word took some wheeling and dealing by the movie's promoters to get it past the review board. And still, back in those days a lot of people refused to see the movie because it has 'cussing' in it. That is how strict the public used to be, at least in the South where I am familiar with the people. Folks in the South, at least in days past, would not compromise with such things as that movie's language. They would boycott such promotions without hesitation.
According to Wikipedia, "The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, 14 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor George B. McClellan Jr.'s revocation of a moving-picture licenses. Mayor McClellan believed that the new medium (motion pictures) degraded the morals of the community. From 1916 into the 1950s thousands of motion pictures carried the legend "Passed by the National Board of Review" in their main titles."
When I was a boy I enjoyed watching those old black and white "cowboy pictures" that starred Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry and a whole host of others. I remember seeing at the beginning of those old movies the scroll with the comment that 'this film was passed by The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures'. To me at the time, that meant that there would be no cussing or lewd scenes in that movie. I never thought about gross or gory scenes but looking back, when a bad guy got shot, there was no 'blood 'n guts' scenes shown. That was just the standard.
My pastor has a saying that makes a lot of sense to me, "Familiarity breeds acceptance". He means that the more you watch such filth the more you come to accept it as normal and therefore, your moral compass becomes broken to the point that you will now accept things that used to make you uncomfortable. I have said for decades now that America has lost its ability to blush. We have become hardened by sin on the movie screen. When I was a kid I might ask my Daddy if I could go do thus 'n such…and he would say, "no"! I countered with, "well, everybody is doing it", to which he replied, "well if everybody jumped off a cliff, would you jump off a cliff too?" His point was that just because the majority of people were doing a thing did not make it right. Over the years so much filth has crept into the movies to the point that now Clark Gable's 'cuss word' is a comparatively innocent by-word and very commonplace and accepted in our society. The language, sex and violence in today's movies is so repulsive and corrupt but it is passed by the Movie Rating System just by placing a letter as a warning only. Trash is accepted now without objection and attempts to hide or cover it are totally removed.
For instance, this morning I was browsing on Twitter and ran across gross pornography video scenes with some of the most horrible sex acts being performed right on your screen, before you can stop it. You don't have a warning, it just pops up on your screen unannounced. It is sickening and just pure filth! How can Twitter show such things with absolutely no regard to the objections of moral, Christian people? How can they just display such gross vulgarity without it being screened and scrutinized by some National Review Board of some sort? It ought to be a violation of public law and civil authority to promote such filth for the eyes of ANYONE who can pick up a cell phone and open the contents. How can they show such trash without any warning or blocking to stop youth or other innocents?
As I said above, we have lost our national ability to blush or even to feel guilty when we become a part of such filth in movies and music. The morality of Hollywood is now the morality of mainstream America. Movies, music and even video games have become the Devil's tool for changing America's mores and conscience. Contrarywise, our consciences have been seared by the daily and constant bombardment of sex, demonic activity, violence and all manner of filthy viewing.
I used to pray with most other Christians for a revival to sweep across America and restore her to her former glory and innocence. I believe now that America has gone too far into the gutter to be revived. I don't see any appetite for righteousness in America, not even in the Churches. The world has lured so many church-goers with the glitz and glitter of Hollywood and it's poison fruit. My prayer for a long time now has been, "come quickly Lord Jesus". No, I don't see revival in America, I see judgment. With our propensity towards protecting and promoting Sodomites, homosexuality and sexual deviance plus our craving desire to abort our infants before they have a chance at life. The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States declares a promotion of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Those words have been sacred to every Freedom loving American. But instead of promoting Life, we are promoting a culture of Death through infanticide and euthanasia. Its hard to believe that politicians and feminists are partying over the fact that they can kill a baby AFTER it is birthed. Killing a newborn and calling it abortion is nothing less than murder, any way you slice it.
In closing, let me say that we need to turn back to the Lord at this dark time in our nation's history. I am ashamed to call myself an American anymore. I am still patriotic to the standards set forth by our founding fathers, but I also believe that today's politicians are ignoring and changing the very documents of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness in our bleeding country. God Help America!


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Following two of the most close-fought races in recent Ginetta Junior Championship history last month at Thruxton, anticipation is high as the series returns to action this weekend at the picturesque Oulton Park (04/05 June).
While five different winners and seventeen separate top ten finishers in the first seven races showcase the competitive nature of the series, it's a familiar trio of names that are regularly making their presence felt at the front of the pack.
Leading those is Stuart Middleton, with victories on each of the opening three meetings of the season making him the only driver so far to record more than one win – successes that give him an early eleven point advantage in the standings.
It hasn't been plain-sailing for the Douglas Motorsport ace however with seventh and ninth place finishes at Donington Park and Thruxton respectively, meaning that despite their inferior win tallies, Will Tregurtha and Dave Wooder remain hot on his heels heading to Cheshire.
It was a breakthrough weekend for Wooder at Thruxton as he carded his maiden victory in the second race, continuing a run of finishing each race so far in the top four. Having taken pole position at Oulton twelve months ago, the TCR ace will be confident of adding to his five podiums so far.
Tregurtha meanwhile has almost matched his adversary's consistency, having not finished outside the top five so far this campaign. After pushing Middleton and Wooder to the absolute limits at Thruxton in pursuit of victory, he'll be eager to add to his maiden win at Donington in April.
Joining Tregurtha at the front of the field for reigning champions HHC Motorsport has been Lewis Brown, through the third year contender will have hoped to record more than his three top four finishes so far, which leave him 45 points shy of the championship leader.
JHR Developments have plenty of drivers pushing at the front too, with Cameron Roberts notching five top six results so far, whilst Geri Nicosia has failed to finish outside the top ten this far. 2015 podium-finisher Kyle Hornby meanwhile will be eager to get back fighting at the front.
Fellow JHR man Seb Perez impressed at Thruxton as he scored a maiden series pole position, remarkably making it 12 different pole-sitters in the last 13 qualifying sessions. The races didn't go his way however, and he's ready to improve on his best result of tenth so far this campaign.
The rookie contingent once again produced some standout performances at Thruxton, with Seb Priaulx and Harry King leading the challenge around the high-speed curves as they fought to a hugely impressive third and fourth overall in the second race.
For Priaulx, that result marked the next milestone in his burgeoning career with a first outright podium to add to his five consecutive Rookie Cup rostrum finishes, while for King it was a real breakthrough outing with a maiden double rookie podium.
Both those drivers will be hoping to replicate those results this weekend, while aiming for a return to form following a tricky Thruxton outing will be the current rookie leader Daniel Harper, who showed his credentials with a maiden outright victory at Donington.
Tom Gamble got his maiden season off to a great start with three consecutive top eight finishes, form he will be looking to return to this weekend – likewise Max Bird, who picked up four top ten finishes in the first five races of the year prior to a difficult Thruxton.
Tom Wood joined his Elite Motorsport stablemate King in breaking into the top ten for the first time in Hampshire, an achievement Jordan Collard, Charlie Fagg and Enzo Fittipaldi have also reached, whilst Connor Grady, Dhyllan Skiba and Anthony Ayres are pursuing their breakthrough results.
The Oulton weekend has established itself as a pivotal meeting in the destination of the championship title in recent seasons, with Seb Morris (2011), Harry Woodhead (2013), Jack Mitchell (2014) and Jamie Caroline (2015) all winning both races in Cheshire on their way to the title.
Time will tell if one of the class of 2016 can make a big step towards the crown this weekend, but what is for certain is that the teenage racers are sure to serve up two more thrilling races as they battle for supremacy around one of the most iconic circuits in the United Kingdom.
The action begins with two thirty minute practice sessions on Friday (3rd June), with qualifying scheduled for 14:20 the next day. The opening race follows later that afternoon at 17:50, with race two set to be televised live on ITV4 on Sunday at 14:02.
Full championship standings ahead of the weekend can be found here.


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Speaking to reporters after the Wednesday meeting with Guterres, Zarif said their talks revolved around bilateral issues, the US' unlawful actions regarding the situation in Palestine and its recognition of the Golan Heights and al-Quds as parts of Israel, and its illegal policies on Syria, Libya, North Africa and Yemen.
Asked why the meeting took longer than usual, Zarif said they have also discussed Washington's illegal measures against Iran and reviewed all the issues the UN is currently trying to address.
Zarif has traveled to New York for of a High-Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate and promote the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, held on Wednesday.
The top Iranian diplomat has also delivered a speech to the UN General Assembly on the threat of US unilateralism in the world.
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'Sad, nostalgic, pugnacious - with a moment of bitterness': How Robert Mugabe is still playing power politics
"Zimbabwe is topsy turvy,'' Robert Mugabe is telling me.
And from where I sit, facing the fallen leader from across his broad desk, in a lavishly appointed reception room in his sprawling mansion on the outskirts of Harare, for once it is hard to find fault with his analysis.
His henchmen have spent decades making life difficult and sometimes dangerous for journalists.
Mugabe has often denounced the British media as agents of colonialism, "bloody idiots'' and "terrorists".
And here I am, smuggled into the inner sanctum, for a heart-to-heart.
Mugabe's world is indeed topsy turvy. After 37 years in power, he finds himself in opposition, confined for the most part to this gilded cage – surrounded by high walls and guarded by soldiers - cooped up with his wife and her family.
He wants to tell the world that the new government of his one time ally Emerson Mnangagwa is "illegitimate'', that it owes its power to the military.
Mnangagwa still calls Mugabe a father figure.
Mugabe accuses him of betrayal.
"I never thought he whom I have nurtured, brought into government and whose life I worked hard in prison to save as he was threatened with hanging, that one day he would turn against me.''
It is the one real moment of real bitterness. During the course of our interview, he is by turns sad, nostalgic and pugnacious.
Through the fog of great age, his mind seems sharp. And on the occasions it strays, there is his wife, close at hand, to fuss around, to interject, to correct his mistakes.
Grace is our host.
She greets us and ushers us swiftly inside, and even serves us her home-made pizza.
This is the woman derided by many Zimbabweans as "Gucci Grace" for her expensive tastes and love of luxury.
Many too believe she became the power behind the throne - Mugabe's heir apparent. That's when the army moved in – and Mugabe and his wife were moved out.
"Imagine. They sent 40,000 soldiers against a woman,'' she tells me.
"Am I really that dangerous?''
Mugabe insists it was never his plan to install her as the next president.
"All that is rubbish,'' he says.
He rejects too the accusation she tried to have Mnangagwa poisoned: "She would never do that, she is a Christian.''
It makes me feel better about eating the pizza.
Now he's offering to "help'' his successor "restore democracy'', but really this is another round of the factional in-fighting that has disfigured ruling party politics of Zimbabwe while the country has stagnated.
Elections, that if as free and fair as promised, will grant the new government legitimacy. They are scheduled for a few months time.
So Mugabe is lining up with a new opposition group made up of many of his old allies from ZANU-PF faces.
But I wonder why Mugabe bothers. He's 94 and tired.
Why not live out his remaining time, immune from prosecution, on a reported £10,000 a month pension, not to mention the mansion, free flights and fleet of expensive cars.
All paid for by Zimbabwe's cash strapped state while so many of his countrymen struggle to eat.
As we drive out I notice that Mugabe has statues of himself erected in the garden. In one stone pose, his arm is raised, as if heralding an imagined crowd in glory and triumph.
He tells me he doesn't want the presidency back.
So why play power politics again? For his friends? For his family? For his wife? Or just because that is what he has always done.


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EW PopFest: JoJo joins star-studded lineup for live performance
R&B singer JoJo is the latest act added to the lineup of performers at this month's EW PopFest.
The pop wunderkind releases Mad Love, her first album in a decade, on Oct. 14. To celebrate, she's hitting the road — and her itinerary includes PopFest on Oct. 30, where she's sure to bust out a few of her no-holds-barred tracks such as "F— Apologies," featuring Wiz Khalifa and "FAB," featuring rapper Remy Ma, which calls out all the "fake a– b—-es."
JoJo will be performing among other EW PopFest artists such as Nick Jonas, Janelle Monae, Lizzo, Tove Lo, Jake Miller, and Cardiknox.
EW PopFest will also feature live podcast recordings from Kevin Smith (Fat Man on Batman), Anna Faris (Anna Faris is Unqualified), and many more. Cast members from Grey's Anatomy, Supernatural, Happy Endings, and all four superhero shows on the CW (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow) are also set to make appearances along with Gilmore Girls creator/executive producer Amy Sherman-Palladino and executive producer Daniel Palladino, among many others. EW PopFest will also feature an appearance by Eddie Redmayne in support of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a special screening of Doctor Strange, and a 20th anniversary screening of Wes Craven's Scream.
EW PopFest will take place at The Reef in Downtown Los Angeles from Oct. 29-30. For more information on guests, performers, and ticket prices, go to ewpopfest.com.


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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the fourth 'state of the environment' report, entitled Ireland's Environment 2008. This report assesses the overall quality of Ireland's environment, the pressures on it and the way we are responding as a society to current and emerging environmental issues.
Dr. Mary Kelly, Director General of the EPA, said:
"This major report analyses the last four years of Ireland's performance on the environment and concludes that Ireland's environmental quality is good, although we are not making headway and we are not progressing at the rate we need to. We have challenges on climate change, we have challenges on water quality and we have challenges on waste. If we are to protect the important asset that is the Irish environment we must continue to invest in environmental infrastructure, despite economic slowdown."
She continued:
"Ireland has made progress in a number of important respects over recent years. We have reduced certain emissions to air, we have modernised waste management, and we have made some improvements in public transport. The success of the producer responsibility initiatives on packaging and on waste electrical goods (WEEE) and the continued growth in general recycling show that the public do respond when given the necessary information and supports. While we acknowledge these successes, this report points to considerably less success in a number of other environmental areas as evidenced by the key environmental challenges we have identified (see: key challenges section)."
For the first time, this report also includes projections for environmental pressures, including waste generation and emissions to air. This allows us to predict what the future could look like unless significant policy actions are taken now. For example:
The report underlines the need for continued research to better understand these issues, and for technological development to provide a means to address them. For this reason there is a strong commitment to environmental research over the next six years.
"While we will maintain our focus on licensing, enforcing, regulation and education, we need to continue to fund research and the development of environmental technologies. Today's environmental research is tomorrow's environmental protection, and through the development of green technologies innovative solutions can be brought to market." Dr. Kelly said.
The overall picture painted by the EPA report, which is the most wide-ranging assessment of Ireland's environment, highlights the scale of the challenges we face and shows that our environment is an asset under threat. Presenting the report to Mr John Gormley, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dr Mary Kelly said:
"This report is an evidence based assessment of the Irish environment, which can and should be used by policy makers and decision makers to evaluate progress in meeting the main environmental challenges, and to determine whether national policies are being implemented and are working as planned".
The four main environmental challenges for Ireland are:
1. Limiting and adapting to climate change
The report includes the recent EPA projections that have highlighted the major ongoing challenge for Ireland to meet its greenhouse gas emission limits under both the Kyoto Protocol and the proposed EU 2020 targets. The projections show continuing challenges in the medium term, particularly in respect of emissions from agriculture, energy and transport, and underline the need to intensify and strengthen actions to reduce national emissions.
Based on a low growth economic outlook, even the most ambitious scenario - in terms of plans and policies envisaged – shows that there will be an average annual exceedance of our Kyoto 2008-2012 target equivalent to five million tonnes of CO2. This is 1.4 million tonnes higher than that envisaged in the last National Climate Change Strategy.
The EU Commission's initial proposal for the post 2012 period requires Ireland to deliver by 2020 a twenty per cent reduction, relative to 2005, in emissions of greenhouse gases (excluding sectors covered by the Emissions Trading Scheme). The projections indicate that the emissions will be at least 7 million tonnes higher than this target.
"Climate change has been identified as the greatest challenge facing this generation and the EPA projections underline the difficulty in addressing this issue. Ireland must rapidly develop a greener economy - involving energy efficiency and alternative energy sources - which is not just a challenge but also an opportunity for a country that has shown itself to be adaptable and progressive in so many ways in the recent past" said Dr Kelly.
"We also need to continue to inform and support the public in terms of individual actions that collectively can make a dramatic difference."
The EPA report also emphasises the urgency of Ireland getting to grips with the unavoidable consequences of climate change, for example by investing in flood prevention and ensuring efficient management of water resources. Building on some recent advances, ongoing research and technological development is needed to improve the understanding of climate impacts and the implications for Irish society, and to support the development of innovative technological solutions.
2. Reversing environmental degradation
Mr Larry Stapleton, Director, EPA Office of Environmental Assessment said:
"In more difficult economic circumstances the need is all the more evident to target our actions to where the environment is under the greatest pressure. This report identifies three areas where there is a strong need to halt and reverse environmental degradation. These relate to water pollution, the protection of important sites for flora and fauna, and the identification and remediation of contaminated land."
The report shows that 29 per cent of river length is polluted to varying degrees, a slight improvement on previously but nothing like the rate of improvement that will be needed to meet the obligations of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), requiring that all waters be of at least good status by 2015. The condition of 66 lakes and of 15 estuarine water bodies is unsatisfactory. Groundwaters contain elevated nitrate concentrations in parts of the east and elevated phosphate concentrations in parts of the west. Sewage discharges and agricultural sources are identified as the main causes of water pollution, and these findings can be expected to be reflected in the forthcoming River Basin Management Plans under the WFD.
Many aspects of Ireland's flora and fauna remain under serious threat from human activities leading to, often irreversible, losses – once this asset is gone, there is no comeback.
The European Court of Justice ruled in 2007 that Ireland did not have in place a system of strict protection for specific protected species. In 2008 the conservation status of key habitats that Ireland is required to protect under the EU Habitats Directive were assessed as being far from satisfactory, with particular reference to bogs, several categories of dunes, lakes, woodlands and natural grasslands. While the status of protected species was somewhat more satisfactory, seven species were identified as having bad conservation status, including the freshwater pearl mussel and the Atlantic salmon. In addition, many commercially important fish species in Irish waters are heavily exploited and it is estimated that as much as 75 per cent is being harvested beyond safe biological limits.
Currently, there is no complete inventory of sites in Ireland where there is a potential for soil and/or groundwater contamination. To address this there is a need to:
Ireland can learn from the approach adopted by other European countries where environmental quality standards are in place.
3. Mainstreaming environmental considerations across all sectors of the economy
Dr Mícheál Lehane, EPA Programme Manager and lead editor of the report said:
"Economic well-being is intrinsically linked to a clean and protected environment and therefore economic policies must continue to integrate environmental issues. It is important that all sectors fully engage in the process of addressing the requirements of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive".
The provision and maintenance of sufficient infrastructure in the areas of sustainable transport, renewable energy, wastewater treatment, waste management and flood prevention and control is critical for sustainable development.
However, the responsibility for addressing environmental issues is not just the role of governmental bodies, it is shared by every member of society. Changing behaviours of individuals and ensuring environmentally responsible business is essential to meet the environmental challenges identified in this report. The Irish public are increasingly aware of environmental priorities and we have changed our behaviour accordingly. This is obvious in our increased waste recycling for example. We must ensure that our green behaviour continues and strengthens, so that we can achieve a more sustainable style of living. We can all do more in the areas of energy use, transport, heating, water conservation and waste prevention and management.
Participation in green business initiatives such as Green Business and the Cleaner Greener Production Programme is a step in the right direction for Irish businesses.
4. Complying with environmental legislation and agreements
State bodies and local authorities must be proactive guardians and stewards of the environment, but all businesses and individual citizens must also be environmentally conscious and compliant with environmental laws.
Only consistent enforcement of environmental legislation at national and local level, combined with continued investment in infrastructure, will ensure that Ireland moves from a position of reacting to environmental impacts to proactively protecting our environment.
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Designed to fit perfectly. Marble allows every woman's personality to shine in classic, feminine styles – with a contemporary twist.
Marble is a brand that continues to evolve too. For example, we are using more and more natural fibres every season – 100% cotton or a mix of natural fibres
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Cars were invented to make travel easier, plain and simple. Once that was mastered, it became about creating better cars: faster, more luxurious, more fuel efficient. The race to the top of these peaks continues even as cars remain, first and foremost, a mode of transportation – they get you where you need to go. For most of us, that's what we're looking for. Any luxuries are an added bonus. So when you parse a car down to its most essential function, which automobiles are worth their weight in gold (so to speak)? These are our top picks for the cheapest new cars of 2019.
Hyundai Accent
The Hyundai Accent is a great all-around car that still comes with a low price tag. Depending on the trim level you're willing to upgrade to, the Accent can deliver nearly all the features of a much costlier automobile.
The Accent's stylish interior and exterior belie its reasonable price. The four-cylinder engine, although it can be noisy, creates 130 horsepower. The basic trim level comes with a five-inch touchscreen infotainment system. Higher trims have a seven-inch screen compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
For cost-conscious consumers, a good warranty is essential. Hyundai delivers with a 5-year/60,000-mile warranty and 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty.
Nissan Versa
Right off the bat, the Nissan Versa wins the pricing battle as it has the lowest starting MSRP in America. If you're looking for a reliable ride at a rock-bottom price, this may be just the car for you. The Versa is a no-frills automobile. Still, it comes with a more legroom than one would expect, plenty of cargo room, and a 109-horsepower that's more than adequate. It also received a four star crash test rating.
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To get to the low price, however, the Versa comes with manually operated crank windows, door locks and transmission, which can seem archaic to most drivers. But if you're willing to move up to a higher trim level, these problems are remedied, and you can also pick up features such as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, push-button ignition, cruise control and a seven-inch touch-screen display.
For whatever drawbacks the Versa has, it is also something that is nearly nonexistent in the car-buying world: a safe, dependable, fuel-efficient automobile for less than $15,000.
Chevrolet Spark
If you believe the cheapest new cars can't come equipped with the latest technology, the Chevrolet Spark is here to prove you wrong. Even the lowest trim level features an infotainment system with seven-inch touchscreen, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, Bluetooth and two USB ports. It also includes safety technology such as collision warning and low-speed auto-braking.
The subcompact size doesn't provide much interior space but helps make the Spark a great commuter car if you work in a crowded city. Adding to its allure is its great fuel-efficiency, boasting a combined 33 mpg.
Mitsubishi Mirage
The name of the game for the Mitsubishi Mirage is price control. While it is not the cheapest new car of 2019, it still clocks in under $15,000. Plus, it checks the fuel-efficiency box with a combined 36 mpg. However, the tradeoff for its great mileage is a three-cylinder engine that produces just 78 horsepower. It also lacks many of the advanced safety features found in other cars within its segment.
The Mirage does offer such features as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, heated front seats, remote keyless entry and cruise control. It also comes with a standard 5-year/60,000-mile basic warranty and 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty.
Ford Fiesta
The first thing you should know about the Ford Fiesta is that if you're interested in purchasing it, you'll need to act fast. After 2019, Ford will cease manufacturing the model, along with several other passenger cars.
With that said, you may indeed want to pick up a Fiesta as it has a lot to offer. The subcompact car offers a sleek look, sporty ride and good fuel-efficiency. The Fiesta handles itself well on the road with a balanced ride and 1.6-liter engine that delivers a more-than-adequate 120 horsepower. Those willing to spend a little more can upgrade to an EcoBoost engine that will whip you around on 197 horsepower. The Sync 3 infotainment system allows voice control of the audio, phone and available navigation, as well as integration with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
The Fiesta does have an aging platform that foregoes many of the latest safety features. However, with all it does offer, the Ford Fiesta is well worth the money.
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