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The lane, in terms of the art of urban architecture, is like a piece of prose of gentle gracefulness or a painting of classic elegance and simplicity.
Often tucked away in a small town south of the Yangtse River, the lane, like a maiden of ancient times hidden away in a secluded boudoir, is reluctant to make its appearance in public. You’ll never have an opportunity to see it and savour its gentle poise until you have become truly attached to the small town after living there for a long time. The lane has nothing in common with the mean rural alleys, which are narrow and low-lying, muddy and bumpy, overgrown with wild weeds and lined here and there with manure vats. Nor has it anything in common with lilong (meaning alleys) in Shanghai, which are literally packed with dwellings and their residents. Over there, you’ll see vendors hawking their wares here and there. From time to time, women are seen emerging from inside some dingy small gates and shuffling languidly in their slippers towards a laohuzao, the shop specializing in selling boiled water, their hair dishevelled like windblown withered grass in autumn, their eyes blood-shot, their faces betraying traces of overnight make-up. Nor had the lane anything in common with hutong (also meaning alleys) in North China, which are dusty on every side, especially when a wind rises.
The lane, though cut off from the hustle and bustle of busy cities, does not taste of the countryside at all. It is long and deep, so it will take you a long while to walk patiently and quietly through it from end to end. It is also so winding that it seems to be a blind alley when you look far ahead, but if you keep walking until you take a turning, you’ll find it again lying endless and still more quiet. There is nothing but stillness there. At any hour of day, you can even distinctly hear in the dusk-like quiet your own footsteps. On either side of the lane stand enclosing walls of medium height, which, moss-covered and hung with clusters of fresh green wistaria, look almost like screens of primitive simplicity. Inside the walls are residents’ gardens with dense groves of tall bamboos as well as soft sounds of nature. In spring, beautiful peach and apricot blossoms atop the walls, like graceful girls waving their red sleeves, will sway hospitably to beckon the pedestrians. You’ll find the doors in the walls close shut without a soul in sight because they are back doors to some households. Occasionally, you may come upon a dog lying there, which, however, never gives a bark at you.
The charm of the lane lies in its absolute serenity. No matter who you are, if you loiter around in the lane for a while, your mind will become as unruffled as the ancient well at the end of the lane. There you will experience a kind of peaceful calmness rather than gloomy sternness. There reigns peace and quiet in the midst of noisy bustle. It is a world of its own on earth. It may be a modern version of Wu Yi Xiang, a special residential area of nobility in the Jin Dynasty southeast of today’s Nanjing, where each family, secluded behind closed doors, has its own covered-up story of joys and sorrows, and rise and decline. When the sun is setting, swallows will fly low over wild flowers and grass on their way to their nests. The all-pervading and all-purifying atmosphere of water-like placidness makes one forget all cares and worries.
Aren’t you weighed down with cares in this life of hard toil and exhausted physically and mentally? I would like to advise you often to take a walk in the lane in your off-duty hours. That is the best way to take a rest. It will dissipate your fatigue and relieve your nervous tension. When you are fidgety or depressed, go to the lane and wander around reciting or composing poems with your hands crossed behind your back. You will then suddenly fall into a bright mood and enjoy inner peace, forgetting both yourself and the external world. Don’t you have a sweetheart? Let me suggest that, instead of accompanying her on a visit to a famous park or scenic spot, you take her with you for a stroll in the lane at dawn or dusk. Over there, you two can chat freely and with even deeper affection, free from greedy sidelong glances or malicious squints such as you often meet with in busy streets. Suddenly, at a creaking sound, there may appear a figure by a door — usually an unsophisticated young girl. She will, at the sight of you, withdraw coyly into the house.
The lane is a safe haven for those struggling in the turbulent sea of humans to enjoy a sense of security. It is a heavenly abode in the midst of confusion. Unlike the erstwhile plank-paved path used exclusively by the imperial family for their vehicles to move on smoothly, the lane is a place for the common people to roam about leisurely.
Those who strive after fame and gain, and haggle over every penny, please go to the downtown area! Those who are sharp-tongued and quarrelsome, please go to the teahouse or restaurant! Those who love deafening gongs and drums as well as noisy wind and string instruments, please go to the opera house or theatre! Those who are given to profound meditation and a quiet life without worldly desires, welcome to the lane!


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(Look sad and in pain) My stomach hurts and I have headaches every day. The girls are spreading rumors and telling secrets, and it just doesn’t feel right to me.
Is there something wrong with me? Or am I really what they say I am? Could I be a victim of bullying?
As you may have noticed my speech is about bullying – so let’s get started.
Have you ever been bullied? Has it happened to your peers or have you just seen or heard about it on TV? Many people have different opinions on what bullying is. Some say it is kicking or hitting someone, others say it’s when you say mean things or call someone names.
Anything that a person does on purpose to upset or hurt another person –(the victim).
The victim is the person that gets bullied.

industry_corpus2: Others


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The Complainant is Convergys Corporation a US company, with its principal place of business at 201 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 United States of America, represented by Frost, Brown, Todd LLC.
The Respondent is Juan de la Cruz of Metro Manila, Quezon City 1116, Philippines.
The domain name at issue is <convergys.org>.
The Registrar is eNom, Inc. of 1670 N.E.79th Street, Suite 205, Redmond, Washington 98052, United States of America.
The Complaint was received by email on February 18, 2002, and in hard copy on February 21, 2002, by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center [the Center]. In accordance with Paragraph 4(a) of the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy [the Rules] as approved by ICANN on October 24, 1999, and the Center's own Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy in effect as of December 1, 1999 [the Supplemental Rules], the Center verified that the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy adopted by ICANN on August 26, 1999 [the Policy], the Rules and the Supplemental Rules. The Complaint was submitted in English and the proceedings have been conducted in English. The Complainant has paid the specified fee to the Center.
The Center transmitted the requisite Registrar Verification request to eNom, Inc. on February 26, 2002, and received an email response from eNom, Inc. on the same day confirming that the domain name at issue was registered with eNom, Inc., and that the Respondent, Juan de la Cruz, is the current owner/registrant of the domain name <convergys.org>.
Proceedings in this case were formally commenced on March 7, 2002, when the Center sent a copy of the Complaint to the Respondent by courier to the postal address recorded in the Administrative Contact details for the domain name at issue and by email to the recorded Administrative Contact email address and to the generic contact address <postmaster@convergys.org>. These emails reportedly had fatal delivery errors suggesting they were inoperative. From the FedEx tracking records, it also appears that the postal address was incorrect, and the courier package was therefore ultimately returned to the Center undelivered. The notification to the Respondent advised that a Response would need to be submitted to the Center no later than March 27, 2002, to be sure of being considered in these proceedings. It being apparent that the Respondent's contact details were not correct, unsurprisingly, no Response was received by the specified deadline. Consequently, on March 28, 2002, the Center issued a Notification of Respondent Default, which was duly transmitted (attempted) to the Respondent and to the Complainant's representative by email.
On April 17, 2002, the Center appointed Mr. Keith Gymer to serve as single Panelist in these proceedings having duly received his Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence. Email notifications of this appointment were attempted to be sent to the Respondent and sent to the Complainant's representative on the same day.
According to the Registrar's records, the domain name <convergys.org> was registered to the Respondent on August 22, 2001.
The mark consists of a coined term with no common meaning.
The US mark CONVERGYS 2520504 is registered as used in connection with computer software programs; namely programs for producing telephone system reports; business services, namely telephone management and accounting report services; computerized database management services; marketing research services; conducting marketing studies; telemarketing services; data processing services in the fields of internal telecommunication systems and information management systems; business consulting services in the fields of internal communication systems and information processing and management systems; account management services in the fields of internal telecommunication systems; telecommunication billing; generating reports detailing customer usage of telecommunications equipment; providing outsourced customer support services for others in the nature of information management and answering customer inquiries through telephonic, electronic, and worldwide computer network-based means; computer services, namely e-mail response services; telecommunication message processing services provided by means of a world wide computer network; e-mail, voicemail, cellular telephone, long-distance telephone, facsimile transmission; cellular telephone communication services; and custom computer system analysis, design and development; computer software design services and consulting services relating thereto.
The Complainant operates a primary web-site <convergys.com>, which is accessible in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Otherwise, the Complainant made a number of further contentions in the Complaint. These are summarised or paraphrased below.
- it is using the mark throughout the world, and has been so using it since 1998. The CONVERGYS mark is promoted globally through advertising in trade magazines, at trade shows, and on the Internet; through press releases; and through co-promotions with other companies.
- as an invented mark, CONVERGYS enjoys the strongest protection accorded a trademark under U.S. law.
- the Domain Name Is Confusingly Similar to the Complainant�s Trademark "CONVERGYS", which is a coined word having no meaning apart from its use as the Complainant�s trademark. The second-level domain of Respondent�s <convergys.org> domain name is identical to the Complainant�s coined mark CONVERGYS. Therefore Complainant has established confusing similarity, the first requirement of a UDRP claim.
- its use of its CONVERGYS trademark predates Respondent�s registration of <convergys.org>. The Complainant is the only entity with rights in this coined mark. The Complainant has not authorized Respondent to use or register any of its trademarks. The Respondent has not, prior to any notice of this dispute, used "CONVERGYS" or <convergys.org> in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services. The Respondent has not been commonly known by "CONVERGYS" or <convergys.org>. The Respondent has not made a legitimate non-commercial or fair use of the domain name. The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the <convergys.org> domain name, so that the Complainant has established the second requirement of its UDRP claim.
- because the CONVERGYS trademark is a coined mark, because this mark is heavily promoted throughout the world (including in the Philippines where Respondent�s contact address is located), and because Complainant owns domain name registrations for this mark with other gTLDs, Respondent had to have been aware of Complainant�s trademark when Respondent registered <convergys.org>. The Domain Name is not being used in connection with any content on a web-site except an offer for sale. The Respondent has indicated, both on his web-site and by email to the Complainant�s representative, that he intends to sell the domain name. The Complainant�s offer to reimburse the registration fee was not accepted. Therefore the Respondent is offering to sell a domain name consisting of another party�s coined trademark for valuable consideration in excess of out-of-pocket expenses.
- because the Respondent must have known of the Complainant�s rights, because the Respondent is making no legitimate use of the domain name, and because the Respondent is attempting to sell a domain name consisting of the Complainant�s coined trademark for an amount in excess of his expenses, the Complainant has established the Respondent's bad faith, the third requirement for a UDRP claim.
The Complainant requests that the domain name <convergys.org> be transferred to the Complainant.
No Response to the Complaint was received from the Respondent. Insofar as any defense to the Complainant's allegations may be ascertained, it would appear to amount to the Respondent's email response to the Complainant's representative's first email advising of Complainant's rights, where the Respondent began "Sorry, I didn't know that", before going on to say that he might "sell because I paid for it".
In the present case, the Complainant claims, and the Panelist has been able to verify to his satisfaction, that the Complainant owns registered trade mark rights in the mark CONVERGYS and that such rights predate the registration by the Respondent of the domain name at issue. The domain name at issue is <convergys.org>. The distinctive element, "convergys", is identical to the trade mark owned by the Complainant.
The Respondent made no submissions and did not make any challenge to the validity of the Complainant's rights.
The Panelist therefore accepts that the contested domain name is essentially identical to the mark (CONVERGYS) in which the Complainant has rights and that it has fulfilled the requirements of Paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy.
In view of the distinctive and invented nature of the "CONVERGYS" mark; the fact that the Complainant has a verified claim to trade mark rights in the mark; the Respondent has not challenged the Complainant's assertions, and as there is no evidence to support a possible claim to legitimacy, the Panelist accepts the Complainant's submissions (as summarized at 5 above) that the Respondent has no legitimate rights of its own in the domain name at issue.
Consequently, the Panelist concludes that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interest in the domain name, so that the requirements of Paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy are met.
The Respondent's defense to the Complainant's claims, insofar as it is possible to reach a view in the absence of any substantive Response, would appear to be that he did not know of the Complainant's rights. This frankly beggars belief. How else did he conceive of and why else did he register the domain name?
It seems rather more probable that the Respondent was indeed familiar with the Complainant's identity and either noticed the domain name <convergys.org> had not been registered or picked it up when the (alleged) previous registration by the Complainant was inadvertently allowed to lapse. Either way, the Respondent's actions appear to be those of a chancer hoping to make a quick buck when the Complainant woke up to the fact that its name had been taken.
The evidence shows that the domain name has been used, at least for email. For a distinctive, and apparently unique, name like CONVERGYS, the Panelist considers that any such use by a party unconnected with the owner of rights in the name would inevitably cause confusion and potential damage. Further, the Panelist agrees with the conclusion of the UK Court of Appeal in respect of the registration of distinctive names, that "[t]he placing on a register of a distinctive name [�] makes a representation to persons who consult the register that the registrant is connected or associated with the name registered and thus the owner of the goodwill in the name" [British Telecommunications plc. and Others v. One in a Million Ltd. and Others  ETMR 61], and that this conclusion is certainly applicable in this case as the mark at issue is so particularly distinctive. The Respondent has sought to misappropriate the Complainant's rights and goodwill by registering the domain name knowing he could have no legitimate reason whatever for doing so.
Consequently, the Panelist considers that the Respondent's conduct plainly falls in the category of "bad-faith" registration and use of the domain name for the purposes of the Policy and concludes that the requirement of Paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy is satisfied.
In this case, it is worth observing that the unique, invented nature of the Complainant's mark has meant that the various shortcomings noted above in the evidence as presented have ultimately not compromised the Complainant's position. However, the Complainant's case could clearly have been more convincing if more attention had been paid to providing relevant and appropriate evidence (e.g. current TESS/TARR printouts for US marks; copies of registration (+renewal) certificates for other relevant countries - i.e. particulars of Philippines registrations in this case - explanations of the derivation of the Complainant's rights where registrations are not in a Complainant's name; copies of relevant web pages, etc.). The Panelist would therefore urge any Complainant to ensure that appropriate evidence is provided, where available, to verify and substantiate critical claims and assertions relating to Paragraph 4(a) requirements. A Panelist is not obliged to refer back to a Complainant for clarification nor to make assumptions favorable to a Complainant nor to fill in the gaps if the evidence is deficient.
For the reasons given in Section 6 above, the Panelist orders that the domain name <convergys.org> is to be transferred to the Complainant.

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


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The U.S. Tennis Association says that the Trump Organization has suspended its suite agreement for the U.S. Open while President Donald Trump is in the White House — but wants the chance to renew when he's out of office.
USTA spokesman Chris Widmaier tells The Associated Press that it agreed to a request by the Trump Organization that it be allowed to re-purchase the suite in Arthur Ashe Stadium after his presidency ends.
The U.S. Open started Monday.
For decades, Trump has been a fixture at the Grand Slam tennis tournament, often sitting in the suite's balcony during matches. The suite is located adjacent to the main arena's television broadcasting booth, and Trump was frequently shown on the arena's video screens.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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Sirius XM has struck a deal to carry a new channel produced by Glenn Beck's media company 'theBlaze', featuring conservative talk shows and news programming that begins airing on Monday.
The new channel is the latest effort by Beck, a former Fox News talk show host, to expand his media company which has its roots on the Internet. The channel, dubbed "theBlaze Radio Network", will be available to Sirius XM's nearly 24 million subscribers.
Beck's radio show "The Glenn Beck program" has been available on Sirius XM since May 2010 but this is the first time Beck's media company will have its own dedicated channel on Sirius XM.
Beck, 49, is known for his conservative leanings and making inflammatory remarks. He has a strong following on radio and signed a $100 million radio deal with Premiere Networks last June.
The Sirius XM channel will carry Beck's show as well as talk shows by other conservative personalities such as Jay Severin and Doc Thompson. The company will provide hourly news updates on Sirius XM's conservative news network, which is a separate channel. Financial terms of the agreement with Sirius XM were not disclosed.
Last week, Beck's company said in a regulatory filing that the company was raising $40 million and that it was generating between $25 million and $100 million per year in revenue.
While it started as an Internet-only channel, Beck's media network has been making some inroads on television. "TheBlaze" has been available on Dish Network since September 2012. A spokesman for Beck's company said the network was in talks to be carried by other pay TV companies.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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In Italy and, in particular, Spain we forecast a brutal declines of 47% and 61% respectively.
Overall, STL Partners anticipates a reduction of 36% or €30 billion in core mobile service revenues by 2020. This equates to around €50 billion for Europe as a whole.
Even if our forecasts prove to be too pessimistic – and we have sought to be realistic rather than unduly negative and have built our models bottom up looking at pricing and volume trends wherever possible – the future looks much worse than other analysts and industry observers are currently forecasting. For example, a recent report by Arthur D Little and Exane BNP Paribas forecasts a 2.3% per annum decline in mobile to 2015 compared with our forecast of 4.3% per annum decline over the same period.
Data growth, service bundling, customer experience improvements and cost-cutting activities are valuable but fall way short of offsetting declines in voice and messaging. The game for mobile operators in Europe is changing forever: as things stand, in a few short years they will be forced to become very much more conservative businesses – more like gas and water companies. Interestingly, the capital markets already rate telecoms companies as utilities judging by their lofty dividend yields.
There will be casualties. Several operators will not exist in their current form by 2020. Despite the desire of regulators to have four or five network operators in their countries to encourage competition, the downward revenue pressure will favour scale economies and the pressure for many operators to merge or acquire/be acquired will be overwhelming.
We are starting to see a few European operators invest more actively in building new revenue streams – something that STL Partners has been pushing through its Telco 2.0 initiative for several years. Telefonica with Telefonica Digital, KPN, Orange, Telenor and a handful of other companies are becoming more active in ‘digital services’ and new business models. This activity urgently needs to be accelerated and prioritised if operators stand any chance of replacing the impeding revenue declines.
A new relationship with regulators as the industry seeks to redefine its role and value in the digital economy.
Research. We have recently published several reports that focus on what the industry should do and how it should do it including those within our Executive Briefing Service, the freely available How to accelerate new business models and two major new strategy reports, A Practical Guide to Implementing Telco 2.0, which outlines a step-by-step methodology for each of the 8 areas, and Cloud 2.0: Telco Strategies in the Cloud.
Events. Our executive brainstorm events in London, Dubai, Singapore and Silicon Valley remain the best forum for senior executives to debate key strategic issues and develop their thinking.
Consulting. We continue to undertake advisory work with operators, vendors and technology companies that seeking to transform their business models and pursue new opportunities.
For more details of how STL Partners can help you, please contact us.
But there is also a nagging concern held by industry managers and observers that all is not well ‘below the waterline’, especially in mature markets. There have been a few worrying signs from operators losing out on messaging revenues to OTT players like WhatsApp, or suffering outright reductions in revenues and subscriber numbers in markets like Spain. That said, these have been largely ascribed to poor pricing decisions or (hopefully) temporary local macroeconomic problems.
Certainly, the financial markets seem pretty convinced in the operators’ underlying ability to turn consumers’ desire for communication into ARPU. Not only that, but there is broad conviction that growing data revenues should be able to offset – plus or minus a little – slow declines in voice and messaging, especially when it is all wrapped up in a bundle.
The question is whether that assumption is really valid, or whether there are broader structural risks, or even any reality in the dystopian view that revenues could suddenly ‘fall off a cliff’? Looking at the fixed telecom industry, it is notable that voice revenues have undergone a fairly precipitous decline over the past decade, partly because of mobile substitution, partly because of competition and, in some cases such as lucrative international calls, because of competition from Skype and its peers. Meanwhile, adjacent markets such as cable have started to suffer from the popularity of alternative sources of digital TV and content. Some of the fixed operators have picked up the slack with IT services and cloud infrastructure, but others have suffered – often to the extent that they have sold out, typically to their mobile peers.
But how bright is the future really?
Will mobile operators fare any better over the next 5-10 years? In developed markets, they have to contend with market saturation, increasing competition on basic services, and tightening regulatory regimes. They also need to deal with the strategic issue of the internet-based app ecosystems such as Apple’s and Google’s, and OTT-type services from the likes of Facebook and Microsoft/Skype. There is also a possibility that the very nature of ‘core services’ like telephony might change, as voice communications starts to get embedded into apps and the web itself. Some observers even see our 100-year relationship with voice telephony diminishing in importance, as other forms of communication become more useful.
This report looks into the mobile marketplace – specifically, voice and messaging services in the main European countries. We have constructed a “what if?” scenario model, that takes some basic assumptions about voice usage and pricing, along with data revenues trends. Rather than just assuming that ARPU will remain broadly flat and then divide it up between voice and data, we’ve started looking from the bottom up. Can likely declines in voice revenues really be made up elsewhere, especially given the possible collapse of SMS and the commoditisation of mobile data? Just how big might the gap be that needs to be filled with ‘other services’ such as content resale, two-sided capability exposure, M2M, vertical industries or Telco-OTT propositions?
Taking together the five largest European mobile markets – Germany, France, UK, Italy and Spain – paints a picture that should cause some alarm. Despite the rise of smartphones and dongles, overall quarterly mobile revenues are down 10% on their peak from Q3 2009; falling from €24.7bn to €22.2bn in Q1 2012. Even accounting for seasonality, this is significant (a €10bn annualised shortfall) – and early results suggest the fall accelerated in Q2 2012, as economic and competitive factors bit deeper into sales, with recessions in several countries and new entrants such as Free in France.
Worse, if we just look at voice revenues, the market is now down 25% from its peak in Q2 2009, and that fall seems to be accelerating. While declining voice ARPU is not a huge surprise, the failure of other services to take up the slack is disappointing, especially as the source of new business – basic data connectivity – also is the most capex-hungry in terms of extra costs of new spectrum and 3G/4G build-out.
To the best of our knowledge, nobody else has made forecasts that are both dispassionate and founded on hard data and bottom-up analysis.
Too many analyst (and we suspect internal) financial models seem to suggest that ‘It’ll be alright, somehow… telecoms operators need to harvest cash from voice and messaging, grow data and find some new revenues, but there’s plenty of options’. STL Partners is questioning the first and second premises in the statement above – about harvesting voice and messaging and growing broadband data – not because we’re pessimists, but because we think that many in the industry are not acknowledging the scale of the problems ahead and making the necessary (and often uncomfortable) decisions early enough.
It is fair to say that the fixed telecoms industry has undergone enough pain over the last decade to be under no illusions about its challenges. Operators realise that they face a continued hard slog against competition, regulation, content providers and indifferent consumers. They have increasingly focused on businesses, wholesale models and specific high-value niches like fibre-based triple-play. Deployment of FTTC/FTTH has been patchy, as they have realised that political support doesn’t equate to revenue uplift or return on capital.
Conversely, the mobile industry has pinned its hopes on LTE, data services and various collaboration and partnership business models. Some operators have essentially become Apple and Samsung resellers, offering credit-finance for expensive devices in the guise of handset subsidies. Plenty of other ideas, from mobile money to M2M to API exposure have been the subject of huge efforts. As yet, none has really moved the needle compared to the legacy telephony and SMS services that still make up a large (60%+) share of most operators’ top line revenues. The only bright spot has been plain-vanilla Internet access, initially with 3G dongle modems for PCs, and more recently for smartphone data plans. But the former has now gone largely ex-growth (thankfully, in some cases, given the traffic loads generated at low prices). And the latter faces growth challenges once most users have shifted to a smart device, as few users seem incentivised to upgrade to larger data plans so far.
In private discussions with operator executives, we encounter a fair level of pessimism, especially about voice and SMS revenues. At our conferences, we have asked senior executives (using our anonymised voting system) about possible price and value erosion, and are often surprised by how far and fast telcos seem to think these core services will dwindle.
…yet publicly, there is much less acknowledgement of the scale of the issue.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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What does Tubaa (Muslim Arabic Name) mean?
The name Tubaa (Arabic writing : توبا) is a Muslim girls Names. The meaning of name Tubaa is " Blessedness, beatitude. "


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[TV] Michael Weatherly stars in new drama BULL - Hello! Welcome to my blog!
First and exclusive in Asia on RTL CBS Entertainment HD, premiering on September 21, Same Day As The U.S.
Michael Weatherly stars as Dr. Jason Bull in the brand new drama BULL set to premiere first and exclusive, same day as the U.S. on September 21 at 9:00pm (8:00pm JKT/BKK) on RTL CBS Entertainment HD.
BULL is a drama inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw, founder of one of the most prolific trial consulting firms of all time. Brilliant, brash and charming, Dr. Bull is the ultimate puppet master as he combines psychology, human intuition and high-tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses and the accused tick. Bull employs an enviable team of experts at Trial Analysis Corporation to shape successful narratives down to the very last detail. They include his quick-witted brother-in-law, Benny Colón (played by Freddy Rodriguez, Six Feet Under), a lawyer and Bull’s former brother-in-law, Marissa Morgan (played by Geneva Carr, Rescue Me), a cutting-edge neurolinguistics expert from the Department of Homeland Security; former NYPD detective Danny James (played by Jaime Lee Kirchner, Just Legal, Rent on Broadway), the firm’s tough but relatable investigator; haughty millennial hacker Cable McCrory (played by Annabelle Attanasio, The Knick), responsible for gathering cyber intelligence; and Chunk Palmer (played by Chris Jackson, Hamilton), a fashion-conscious stylist and former All-American lineman who fine-tunes clients’ appearances for trial. In high-stakes trials, Dr. Bull’s combination of remarkable insight into human nature, three Ph.D.s and a top-notch staff creates winning strategies that tip the scales of justice in his clients’ favor.Mark Goffman, Paul Attanasio, Dr. Phillip C. McGraw,Steven Spielberg, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Jay McGrawand Rodrigo Garcia are executive producers. The series is produced by CBS Television Studios and distributed internationally by CBS Studios International.
In the U.S., CBS has scheduled BULL in the much coveted slot right after NCIS every Tuesday night.


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Sentara is committed to becoming a stronger partner in your healthcare. Sentara patients can use their smart phone to access their electronic medical information on the go - anytime, anywhere.
Learn more about how to use Sentara MyChart iPhone and Android smartphones.
Test Results – View test result values and standard ranges for released results.
Messaging – View and reply to messages from your provider's office, and create new medical advice request messages.
Appointments – Schedule, view or cancel appointments, and view the summary from past appointments.
Health Maintenance Reminders – View health maintenance procedures and their due dates.
Proxy Access – View all features listed above for family members to whom you have access.
Select Sentara Healthcare from the list of healthcare providers.
** You must be an active Sentara MyChart user to use the MyChart App. To activate Sentara MyChart, you need an activation code from your provider and then must visit the activation / login page and click "Activate".

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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More than 1600 craters on the moon have been named for famous scientists, philosophers and explorers. But among them, only 27 bear the names of women. Startled by this disparity, and by what it says about science and culture, Montreal artist Bettina Forget set about getting to know these craters better -- and the inspiring women they represent -- by hand drawing each one.
Nöther crater: A German-Jewish mathematician, considered the most important woman in the history of mathematics, Emmy Nöther (1882-1935) made key contributions to abstract algebra. Her work has proved essential for the development of fundamental physics and it continues to be applied in the 21st century.
Blagg Crater: Mary Adela Blagg (1858-1944) was a British astronomer whose main contributions were standardizing the names of lunar features and her extensive observations of variable stars.
Bok crater: Massachusetts-born Priscilla Fairfield Bok (1896-1975) was already an assistant professor when she met her future husband, Dutch astronomer Bart Bok, at a conference. So began a lifelong collaboration that would produce the definitive textbook on The Milky Way. The crater is named for both of the Boks.
C. Herschel crater: Carolyn Herschel (1750-1848) was the sister and collaborator of Sir William Herschel, musician and astronomer who achieved worldwide fame when he discovered the planet Uranus. Like her brother, Carolyn was born in Hanover, Germany, and emigrated to England. She became an accomplished astronomer in her own right and is known for her discovery of several comets.
Clerke crater: Born in Ireland, Agnes Mary Clerke (1842-1907) became a noted writer and historian of astronomy during the 19th century. She was one of a handful of women to be made an honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society in Britain.
Cori crater: Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) was a Czech-American biochemist and the first woman to win the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for discovering a key metabolic pathway that allows the body to use and store energy.
Earhart crater: Provisionally named after American aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 while attempting a flight over the Pacific Ocean, this large but partially buried crater was recently discovered by scientists working with NASA’s GRAIL mission, a pair of orbiting satellites that detected the crater’s gravitational signature as they passed overhead.
Flemming crater: When the director of the Harvard College observatory wanted to save money he hired his maid, Scottish-born Williamina Fleming (1857-1911) to work on stellar classification and perform mathematical calculations. She would go on oversee an entire team of female “computers” who would lay the groundwork for modern astrophysics.
Hypatia crater: This unusually asymmetric crater is named after Hypathia of Alexandria, the mathematician and daughter of the philosopher Theon. Contemporary accounts say she was murdered by a Christian mob in the year 415.
Kovalevskaya crater: Born in Moscow, Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891) became one of the first female mathematicians to establish an academic career in the modern era. She made key contributions to mathematics of partial differential equations, among other areas.
Leavitt crater: Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921) was one of the most celebrated of the women “computers” to work at Harvard College Observatory. She is credited with discovering a relationship between the brightness and period of a class of pulsating stars that would enable astronomers, for the first time, to measure the true size of the galaxy.
Lepaute crater: Named for Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723-1788), a French astronomers and mathematician who predicted the return of Halley’s Comet, worked out the exact timing of a solar eclipse in 1764 and made other calculations of importance to astronomers.
Maunder crater: Born Annie Scott Dill Russell (1851-1928) she was recognized for her mathematical abilities and after graduating went to work at the Royal Greenwich Observatory where she studied sunspots. Public service rules required her to resign after marrying astronomer Walter Maunder but they continued to collaborate. Her observations were published under her husband’s name until she was made a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1916. She shares the crater name with her husband.
Maury crater: Born in Cold Spring, New York, Antonia Maury (1866-1952) was the niece of Henry Draper, a major figure in American astronomy. Exposed to science at an early age she graduated from Vassar College and went to work at Harvard College Observatory where she published a catalogue of stellar spectra in 1897. The crater was first named for her cousin Matthew Fontaine Maury of the U.S. Naval Observatory but is now shared by both Maurys.
McAuliffe crater: Named after Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986), schoolteacher and astronaut whose first flight ended in tragedy when the space shuttle Challenger was destroyed in an explosion seconds after launch in January 1986.
Meitner crater: Born in Austria, Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was a pioneering nuclear physicist whose work led to the discovery of fission, the process underlying the atom bomb and nuclear energy. The first female full professor of physics in Germany, she fled to Sweden after anti-Jewish policies under the Nazi regime stripped her of her position.
Proctor crater: Born in Dublin, Mary Proctor (1862-1957) emigrated to the United States and became a well known popularizer of astronomy, producing numerous articles and books over a writing career that spanned nearly half a century.
Sheepshanks crater: Anne Sheepshanks (1789-1876) was a benefactor and sister of Richard Sheepshanks, a Fellow of the Royal Society and prominent astronomical editor. After his death she contributed a legacy to the Cambridge Observatory.
Somerville crater: Named after Mary Fairfax Somerville (1780-1872), a Scottish writer and astronomer who had to do some of her early mathematical training in secret but whose work prompted a search for the planet Neptune. The term “scientist” was first coined by the Cambridge scholar William Whewell in a review of one of her books.
Tereshkova crater: Born in 1937, Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is the only living woman with a lunar crater named after her. An amateur skydiver, she was selected from among hundreds of applicants to become the first woman in space in the early days of the Soviet space program. She was launched in June 1963 and spent nearly three days in space.
Resnik crater: Named for Judith Arlene Resnik (1949-1986), an American engineer and astronaut who was one of the crewmembers killed in the Challenger space shuttle disaster of January 1986.
Cannon crater: Named for Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) who worked at Harvard College Observatory and classified more stars than anyone in history (about half a million). Her system of stellar classification is still used today.
Jenkins crater: Named for Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888-1970), an American astronomer and staff member at Yale University Observatory who was known for her research on nearby stars.
Mitchell crater: Nantucket-born Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) was an astronomical prodigy who at the age of 29 became the first person in North America to discover a comet. She later because the first appointed faculty member at Vassar College and trained a generation of pioneering women who would go on to make significant contributions to astronomy.
Bruce crater: Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816-1900), philanthropist and patron of astronomy. Between 1889 and 1899 she provided funding for major astronomical instruments at observatories in the U.S. and Germany.
Catharina crater: The large crater is named for St. Catherine of Alexandria who was said to have a successfully debated an assembly of pagan philosophers and was condemned to torture and death by the Roman emperor Maxentius in the year 305.

industry_corpus2: Math & Statistics


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remote administration via an authenticated web-based portal.
the target device will be accessed with privileges.
following instructions should be duplicated.
b. Download the current configuration.
application. Incrementing the last octet is sufficient.
response. Apply the changes using the apply.cgi file.
j. You'll discover both files exist.
At this time there is no vendor patch for this vulnerability.
date for a proper mitigation.
2016.02.25 - KoreLogic sends vulnerability report and PoC to Ubiquiti.
2016.02.26 - Ubiquiti acknowledges receipt of vulnerability report.
2016.04.21 - KoreLogic asks for an update on the remediation effort.
of the release time table.
2016.05.12 - KoreLogic requests an update from Ubiquiti.
2016.05.23 - KoreLogic requests an update from Ubiquiti.
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A recent study by the Global Child Forum shows that the Nordic’s largest companies underperform when it comes to managing risks associated with children’s rights in their global supply chains. The average score for the 299 Nordic companies assessed is 2.0 out of a maximum score of 9, which is lower than the average score (2.9) for the global companies surveyed.
The low average score clearly indicates that children’s rights are still a blind spot for the majority of our Nordic companies.
The Global Child Forum study examined corporate governance and accountability at board level, policies and reporting, as well as partnerships with child rights organisations. The results show that children’s rights are neglected since only 10% of the assessed companies hold their board accountable for children’s rights and only 7% include the issues in their risk assessments. Among the surveyed companies, 73% have a child labour policy, but only 17% report about the results, and only 12% of the companies are working on child rights issues in addition to child labour.
The report confirms that the majority of the Nordic companies assessed still fail to take a holistic approach to child rights issues and to see them in a bigger picture, in connection to their global supply chains.
In order not to end up on the bottom in this type of study in the future, and to ensure that children’s rights are respected throughout a company’s supply chain, companies need to see children’s rights in a wider context. They have to reflect on how parents’ low wages and excessive overtime, as well as a lack of community resources such as clean water or limited access to education have child rights repercussions. In addition, companies must also consider the impact they may have on children through for example marketing, their end product and working conditions here in Sweden.
It is important to understand that safeguarding children’s rights requires more than combatting child labour. A clear example of this is how migrant workers’ working conditions affect their children. In China alone, 61 million children are left behind in villages, far from their parents as they migrate to find work at factories in coastal areas. A whole generation of children is growing up without seeing their parents for extended periods of time. Here, companies have a responsibility to review what options they offer their employees to combine work and parenthood.
Two other issues which are central to children’s rights, are those of modern slavery and an increased flow of refugees. It is vital that companies are aware of, and effectively deal with, these challenges through their supply chain sustainability initiatives.
When it comes to modern slavery, ILO estimates that 21 million people worldwide are trapped in some form of forced labour, of which 90% are subjected to forced labour as part of companies’ global supply chains. Furthermore, half of those working in slave-like conditions are women. It obviously has a major impact on children’s rights when parents, especially mothers, are trapped into forced labour, which in turn often leads to their children also being exploited. It is particularly worrisome to see that companies that operate in high-risk sectors of modern slavery, such as the tourism and food and beverage industry, score so low in the Global Child Forum report, ending up on 1.6 and 1.7 points respectively, indicating serious shortcomings in combating these risks.
Displaced people and the increasing flow of refugees is a major challenge and ought to be a priority for society as a whole, including business. Over 65 million people globally are displaced today, which is the highest figure ever. Of these, 51% are children. The ability for displaced parents to work has a direct impact on children’s rights. Unfortunately, due to both legal and practical obstacles, many, especially women, are forced into informal sectors where the risk of exploitative working conditions and trafficking is high. This also becomes a part of global supply chains.
In order to control these risks and ensure that children’s rights are respected throughout the production of the goods and services provided by Nordic companies, business must strengthen control over its supply chains. Global Child Forum’s study shows that 51% of companies give to charity linked to child rights issues, but only 15% have implemented these issues within their operations and formed partnerships in areas that are critical to the way the company operates.
It is time that children’s rights are considered not only as a question of charity, but instead made a central part of corporate responsibility and risk management. This is achieved only through clear commitments in steering documents, accountability at board level and continuous control and monitoring of supply chains. A corporate perspective on these issues must broaden beyond looking for possible child labour. Children’s rights encompass a full range of other areas and as long as Nordic companies continue to score poorly in international surveys, it will be hard for Sweden to stay on top as a sustainable nation.
Global Child Forum report focusing on the Nordic region, Children’s Rights and the Corporate Sector in the Nordic Region, scanned 300 top companies headquartered in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland on these, and other, indicators.
Do Nordic companies integrate children’s rights into core operations? Address and report on children’s rights issues? Engage with programs that benefit children? Read more to find out!


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industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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It is the Sudanese most adorable memory: the popular uprising that alone in the second half of the 20th century was the first ever to topple with trees leaves and peaceful demonstrations a military dictatorship that, as always, was determined with all its might and state authorities to stay in power.
The Sudanese October occurred with no precedence in any 20th century country. It came before the Iranian Revolution and the Polish Solidarity. It was never spontaneous, as some wrongfully claim. Were it so, it would have replicated itself every year or day for the causes of the uprising never ceased to occur! The public strike by the Sudan Civil Service, the army officers and soldiers’ rebellion, and the well-organized confrontations between tens of thousands of unified demonstrators and the government regular forces could never have been spontaneous. October was a fresh, creative, and most promising revolutionary initiative.
Nothing stops revolutions from occurrence. Despite the notorious colonial ventures of the French republics in our third-world nations, the French Revolution was only put into a form of sustainable control by regular democracy and capitalist growth at home. What stopped the succeeding American Revolution was the sustained democracy and capitalist development. By the same token, nothing will stop revolutions from occurrence in third world countries other than regular democracy and sustainable development, whether socialist or capitalist.
October was a legitimate product of a highly calculable process of political change in which both objective and subjective conditions were insistently inviting the uprising. The street was determined, unionized, and supported by progressive parties. The middle-class strong parties, the Khatmiya and Ansar, were already alienated with some of their distinguished leaders, for example Ismail al-Azhari and al-Imam al-Siddig al-Mahdi, harshly persecuted by the military leadership of the state. The South was burning with revolution led by strong leaders, especially William Deng and the SANU politicians and the Anya-Nya.
Foreign relations were shaking with conflict across the borders, deteriorating with the African neighbors who never ceased supporting the African southern Sudanese, and falling apart with the Liberation Movement of the Arab nationalist regimes led by Nasser. The tone of the time was disturbed by the Cold War Era, vigorously disputed by the Liberation Movement supporters especially the Sudanese Communist Party and its historic alliance with trade unions, professional associations, the non-aligned movement, and the Nkrumah striving for an anti-neo-colonialism AOU that later on emerged a few years after the Sudanese Glorious October.
Revolutions never come about by military decree "to install a Socialist State by a single-party-single-candidate" tyranny, as the Ja’far Nimeiri military junta and his Arab nationalist young officers tyrannically imposed in 1969. Nor would any revolution materialize with the Nimeiri’s twin, Omer al-Bashir and Hassan al-Turabi’s primitive politics in the service of a false Islamic Caliphate. Revolutions occur with highly sophisticated calculations, struggles, and determination by the largest sections of the populace who would cease to see their fortune in the existing regimes and then break daringly into the streets to manifest their will and to change power relations for social justice and the good life - a huge massive movement to which any band of rulers would have to give up to stand powerlessly before the just and fair trial for all their evil deeds.
The October Revolution, as Sudanese love to call it, was not fully executed to the extent of accomplishing its promising ends. The popular zeal for change was oppressedd; the people’s chosen representative government was usurped; and a quick come back was rushed to enable reactionary programs to take over only to pave the way to the May military coup in 1969.
During the October 1964 massive demonstrations, the tension was at his highest between people and the military rulers. It was one of these Fridays in Khartoum North. The streets were almost empty following General ’Irwa’s, the minister of interior, famous ultimatum to the masses to stay at home in a dusk to dawn curfew to avoid immediate gunfire by the armed forces. The Khartoum University students and faculty had already initiated an open discussion on the need to stop all military operations in the South, followed by an immediate junta step-down and a civilian peace-making government to establish regular democracy in the country. The death of al-Qurashi, and many other demonstrators, was alreasy flaming the streets with massive demonstrators.
One of these days, the Khartoum North Wataniya Cinema was filled as usual with the Khartoum North workers whose best entertainment was a cowboy fighting injustices, an Indian movie with everything real or imaginary, or an Egyptian movie that made them laugh as never before at Isma’il Yasin and Hassan Fayiq bickering with their in-laws Riyadh al-Qasabgi and Zinat Sidqi.
That Friday night did not go, however, as the sight-seers planned: the whole place was suddenly clouded with smoke, gunshots, and some fierce fighting was vaguely going on: "Is the movie suddenly changed to a cowboy show?!" many exclaimed ? But the suffocating climate decisively told the real story: it was a strong confrontation between people and the armed forces in the neighboring streets. That night ended with a number of casualties. And the news about similar confrontations in Omdurman and Khartoum between peaceful demonstrations and the armed forces were all over the place.
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday: the situation was largely escalated to an over-all confrontation. Atbara, Medani, al-Obayid, and Kassala witnessed strong confrontations in the streets. Schoolgirls and schoolboys were in the front lines, chanting "La ’Abboud ba’d al-yoam" (Down, down the ’Abboud Rule). The Sudanese women were in the front lines; Um Doaka was one of the earliest martyrs of the demonstrations. The Sudanese Women’s Union played a major role in the street confrontations.
In a memorable street confrontation at the Republican Avenue, the Union’s President Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim stood in front of a military group and asked them to fire at her. The regulars did not shoot. This encouraged many demonstrators to enter into an open dialogue with the armed forces asking them to join the demonstration or simply "Don’t shoot your people! Don’t!" These confrontations were later on wrought into beautiful songs and lovely hymns by Mohamed al-Mekki Ibrahim and other poets, and some of them became famous anthems by the peoples’ singers Mohamed Wardi and Mohamed al-Amin.
The Sudan’s Police was positively acting towards people. They did not shoot at them with gunfire. They did not rush to arrest them. They sometimes abandoned certain stations to avoid confrontation with the demonstrators. A decisive factor that compelled the military generals to step down was the rebellion by many young army officers and non-commissioned officers of whom the young officers Hashim al-’Atta and Farouq Hamada-Allah played a significant role rejecting the generals’ determination to crush October by force and virtually joining the demonstrations - a historic split in the ruling military body that was repeatedly experienced in April 1985 by a large group of army regulars influenced by Fathi Ahmed ’Ali, and the April 1990 led by Osman Baloal, Mohamed Osman Karar, and many others.
"It was perhaps the most civilized popular movement of the century," most foreign diplomats said or reported to their states about the October 1964 Revolution of the Sudan. This is particularly true since no single robbery was reported in the abandoned markets of the Three Towns throughout the sever days or so non-stoppage uprising and public strike. The only incidence in which some demonstrators wanted to burn to earth a bar in the Khartoum market was immediately stopped when the bulk of the demonstrators protected the bar! "Not a ingle attack was reported against an embassy," admiringly reported many foreign journalists.
The October agenda were lately forwarded in repeated memorandums and a general call for public strike by the Sudan’s Bar led by Amin Mekki Medani, Sid Ahmed al-Hussain, and Hamza al-Nasri among other members, the Doctors’ Union led by Mamoun Ahmed Hussain, ’Ali Fadl, and their colleagues, and the workers-led Tajamu’ al-Niqabi of Mahgoub Sid Ahmed, Ali al-Mahi al-Sakhi and the other unionists. The same entities never abandoned the struggle: harassed, persecuted, and many severely tortured or even assassinated by the next Akhwan Muslimeen dictatorial rule, the Sudanese streets continue to work for the popular movement with no hesitation or stoppage generation after generation.
These continuous struggles are the most important element of forcing popular change more than any military action or civil wars did. That is why it is important for the DarFur and the Beja peoples to stop military action, organize their lines, and join the peaceful demonstrations.
For the Sudanese, the street confrontations versus arrogant rulers always meant great sacrifices more than the non-controlled acts of massive destruction that civil wars produce, devastating life and victimizing civilians with the heaviest costs of war while most of the military personnel return safely to well-guarded camps. Civilian struggles are the bravest, long-enduring, most promising, and fulfilling actions of popular movement. The demonstrators are probably the most powerful professors that teach arrogant rulers the harshest lesson, how to kneel solemnly before the royal highness of the rebellious dahmaa (beleaguered mob).
It is widely recalled al-Zubair Mohamed Salih, one of the NIF 1989 military coup leaders, announced in a visit to the Northern Province that the "June Revolution came to rule people, not to ease their troubles. If you people can’t live without medicine and food, we will be happy to rule over the one third survivors who would sustain living without them!" Opposed to these arrogant statements, the Sudanese never ceased to demonstrate, confront persecution regimes, and struggle for the regular democracy and just peace for eternity ?
Each nation has its own tradition, ways of change, ideological mode, and political change: the October Uprising is the Sudan’s adorable legacy. And it is October and the people of October that would survive to bring about a successful all-Sudanese popular change in the final analysis.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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Some say Scotland must make a choice for our future: pursue economic growth, or protect the environment. My response is simple – there is no contradiction in pursuing both. The only credible long-term economic strategy is to exploit Scotland’s unique advantages – engineering excellence, research base, energy expertise and natural resources – to grow the economy, while reducing emissions long-term.
It is well known that the Scottish Government wants to maximise resource recovery in the North Sea, yet develop a low carbon economy. These goals are complementary: a successful oil and gas sector is essential if Scotland is to diversify its energy supply and service a growing market for low carbon goods and services.
The global economy is in the early stages of a transition away from fossil fuels. Scotland is recognised the world over for forcing the pace of this transition – not least through the world’s most stretching domestic emissions-reduction targets. But we recognise that this is a story that will unfold in stages. It is essential we extract maximum value for Scotland at each stage.
Even on the most optimistic projections for the growth of renewable energy, oil and gas remains the dominant fuel source for decades to come. It underpins services essential to our lives: transport, heating, agricultural fuels, chemicals, and plastics.
Our future is one fuelled by clean electricity, generated by Scotland’s vast renewable reserves, but we are not yet ready to make the final leap away from hydrocarbons. Until technology matures, there will remain a global demand for oil and gas. It is essential, therefore, that Scotland supplies it and can benefit from it; it is folly to do otherwise.
Our oil and gas strategy – developed in conjunction with industry – is to maximise recovery of Scotland’s remaining oil and gas reserves. I believe the most pressing challenge is to improve recovery rates.
Norway enjoys average extraction rates of 48% from North Sea wells; Scotland only 40%. This is monumental waste. It robs future generations of the benefit of revenues from a precious, finite resource.
We are now in a race to ensure we can maximise the benefit to Scotland while essential North Sea infrastructure remains: each percentage point increase in recoverable reserves from the North Sea will result in a rise in Scottish economic output of £89billion and result in £22billion of tax revenue. These are the revenues that will support our investment in Scotland’s low carbon revolution.
Even with improved recovery rates, oil and gas reserves cannot last forever – but the legacy of the industry can. We are laying the foundations for the long-term transition to an enduring low carbon industry. The economic value of the oil and gas sector to Scotland is enormous: the largest single industrial sector by value, the largest capital investor, the largest employer. 200,000 people are employed in oil and gas and its related industries in Scotland alone.
The value in protecting this asset is clear: Scotland’s place in the global market for low carbon goods and services will rely on the same talented workforce, the same supply chain, the same ingenuity and the same unrivalled knowledge of our lands and surrounding waters. There should be no doubt, the prize for this successful transition is enormous: already global low carbon sales are worth £3trillion globally.
All this requires an enlightened perspective and the careful management of resources. Alas, the prevailing Westminster view of Scottish resources is too short-sighted. It sees only the value of the remaining hydrocarbons.
This outlook has led the UK Government to mismanage an unstable tax regime in the North Sea, damaging vital investment at a crucial stage in the development of the offshore industry. And this outlook has left potential investors in renewable energy uncertain on the future of regulated returns from their investment.
In an independent Scotland, stability will underpin the taxation and regulation of oil and gas production and the energy market. The Scottish Government will honour all licences granted by the UK Government for Scottish geographical waters and ensure a statutory procedure for mandatory consultation with the industry before changes to the North Sea fiscal regime.
The concentration of energy-related industries that have made Aberdeen second only to Houston as a global centre of expertise in upstream oil and gas services and technologies; the world-leading skills and talent of our offshore industry which will support the installation of an offshore renewables grid; the offshore infrastructure that can return CO2 to be stored in our vast undersea reservoirs; and Scotland’s unrivalled research and innovation in subsurface activity – the same ingenuity that may ultimately help drought-stricken areas of the world access water.
For these ambitions to be realised, we must support the growth of activity in the north-east now. High oil prices mean we are currently enjoying record levels of investment in our offshore industry, but this is constrained by the availability of skilled labour. The Scottish Government is supporting the creation of a Skills Academy to improve the supply of skilled workers to the sector. The skills academy will also be the hub for the transition of skills to low carbon industries.
We stand confidently at the beginning of a low carbon revolution – one in which Scotland will continue to enjoy an embarrassment of energy riches. The oil and gas sector will continue to thrive for many years to come – supporting a global demand for energy. But this is the best possible foundation for the managed transition to our low carbon future and a vast new market for Scottish goods and services.

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy


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PRESIDENT OF the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) Ajit Singh today criticised Governor TV Rajeswar for putting on hold the swearing in of two RLD leaders on the ground that they were not members of the state legislature. Singh said Rajeswar was the first governor in the country to raise such an objection.
Talking to newsmen on Sunday, Singh, who was here to attend a Roza Iftar party, said there was nothing unconstitutional in installing two non-legislators as ministers. He said in the past Rajeswar had administered oath to Dr Mairajuddin Ahmad, who too was not a legislator. The RLD chief said the election guarantee sought by the governor for the two leaders, Tara Chand Shastri and Khalid Chaudhury, before oath was irrelevant. He said even if there was vacancy in the House, it was not necessary that they would have won the election to continue as ministers.
He said Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav had sent the names to the governor and the issue was still pending there. Singh said the RLD was not in the picture. New names could be considered only after the present issue was settled, Singh said adding there was no resentment in the RLD over the names of Shastri and Khalid. However, Singh refused to comment on the chief minister’s statement that Rajeswar was a Congress agent.
Referring to electoral alliance for assembly election, Singh said the party had so far not taken any decision on the issue. Reiterating that the issue would be decided only after consulting workers, Singh said the alliance would be on issues like reorganization of state, policy on farmers’ land acquisition and problem of rural areas.
He said people wanted development, which was not possible without further division of the state. He said there should also be change in the cooperative laws to help farmers. He said the poll pact issue would now be taken up after the civic election. Singh said the party had decided to go it alone in the civic election. The RLD has fielded six mayoral candidates.


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Seascape Strawberry is an everbearing strawberry which produces a first crop of fruit in spring and then subsequent crops throughout the summer and into fall. Unlike Junebearers, this everbearer is not sensitive to the length of day. It has five-petaled, white flowers with yellow centers which appear on the plants from early spring to early fall. Flowers give way to red, cone-shaped strawberries. It will grow from 8" to 10" high and 2' to 3' wide.
Seascape Strawberry likes to be planted in full sun in rich organic soil. Keep well watered especially when the berries are producing. Wildlife and birds will be attracted to the berries. If you wish to harvest them yourself, cover the plants with bird netting. Seascape Strawberry makes great jam or jelly, and of course, is great for eating fresh.
Seascape Strawberry can be planted as a groundcover, or planted in containers, whiskey barrels, or a strawberry pot. Allow the 'babies' to root over the season and remove the mother plant every two years.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


text: “I have been under Dr.Koumanis’ care for breast reconstruction after a double mastectomy. He was the first of my cancer team to talk with me about the impact of diet on cancer recurrence. Going into his office has been like a breath of fresh air in an otherwise difficult process and strategizing about best course of action for my individual case. I am also very grateful for Anne, Stacy, and jessica, who are kind and encouraging in every respect – from scheduling appointments to taking a personal interest in my care. Although I would never have chosen to be in this situation, I am glad these folks are in it with me! See you next week!


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This is collection of charms and pendants is dedicated to the many and varied creatures that dwell in our oceans and waterways.
This lovely charm has been cast from a real seashell. Metal Sterling silver. Available in gold, please email us for prices. Size 13mm height; 13mm width. Structure 3 Dimensional.
An ocean coral with red enamel and set with a clear cubic zirconia cz stone. Metal Sterling silver. Not available in gold. Size 20mm height; 15mm width. Structure Flat.
Superbly detailed lobster charm. Metal Sterling silver.Also available in gold, please email us for details. Size 20mm length, not including rings. Structure 3 Dimensional.
Large hammerhead shark charm. Sterling silver. Also available in gold – please email us for further details.This is a large charm at 32mm length of fish.
Wonderfully realistic humpback whale charm. Metal Sterling silver.Available in gold, please email us for prices and delivery time. Size 20mm nose to tail. Structure 3 Dimensional, solid.
Limpet sea shell charm. Metal Sterling silver. Not available in gold. Size not including ringsSmall: 15mm length; 12mm width.Large: 25mm length; 20mm width.
Traditional style lobster pot charm, containing a red crustacean! Metal Sterling silver. Available in gold, please email us for prices. Size 15mm length; 10mm width. Structure 3 Dimensional.
More specifically, an eagle ray.Metal Sterling silver. Available in gold, please email us for prices.Size 20mm length; 20mm wingspan.Structure 3 Dimensional, solid.
Mussel sea shell charm.Metal Sterling silver. Not available in gold.Size 20mm length.Structure 3 Dimensional, solid.
Narwal whale silhouette charm. Flat, polished. Metal Sterling silver. Not available in gold. Size 23mm length (tusk to tail).
This unusual charm has been cast from a real sea shell, that of the olive snail.Sterling silver. Available in gold, please email us for prices. 20mm length. 3 Dimensional.
Killer whale charm or pendant. Metal Sterling silver. Available in gold, please email us for prices. Size 23mm length. Structure 3 Dimensional, solid.
Sea lion or seal charm or pendant. Metal Sterling silver. Available in gold, please email us for prices. Size 17mm length; 12mm width. Structure 3 Dimensional, solid.
Intricately detailed seahorse charm. Metal Sterling silver.Available in gold, please email us for prices and delivery time. Size 21mm height, not including rings; 11mm width. Structure 3 Dimensional.
Reclining weddell seal charm, also suitable as a pendant.Metal Sterling silver. Available in gold, please email us for prices.Size 19mm length.Structure 3 Dimensional, solid.
This lovely charm has been cast from a real seashell. Metal Sterling silver. Available in gold, please email us for prices. Size 24mm length. Structure 3 Dimensional.
Whale tail charm. Looks equally beautiful worn as a pendant.Metal Sterling silver. Available in gold, please email us for prices.Size 18mm full width.Structure 3 Dimensional. Solid.
This small, finely detailed charm has been cast from a real seashell. Metal Sterling silver. Available in gold, please email us for prices. Size Small, 8mm length. Structure 3 Dimensional.


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Info on elegant simple hairstyles.
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Ok, I know everyone knows how to make buttercream roses. I usually dread them, since they look perfect…until I have to remove them from the nail. The toothpick trick doesn’t work for me either. Bummer, right? WRONG! I freeze them! Yup, I whip out a rose, pop it in the freezer for a few minutes, and PRESTO! A rose you can handle (quickly) and just stick on your cake! This works great for a cascade of buttercream roses!
The finished result! Try it!
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Home Blog When Football Comes Home Does That Mean Your Staff Will Stay Home Too?
When Football Comes Home Does That Mean Your Staff Will Stay Home Too?
Absenteeism after World Cup matches is well known phenomenon and has historically cost British businesses millions.
So what about this year? How has this affected you?
Gareth Southgate has been turning us on with his snazzy waistcoats and ace management style but now that it’s all over (bar the game for 3rd place) have hungover staff cost you business money in lost revenue?
Have you been tackling employee absences in a way that will get them to work?
Legal advice website Rocket Lawyer looked into the best way to keep your staff on your team in their recent blog.
The article covers creating a tactical strategy, how to defend your position while attacking the problem head on, all the way through to making sure you don’t foul up your policies while you score goals with your staff.


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Rafaela and Argus existed for the balance of the world. When angels stray from the light, divine judgement is called upon.
Something has shifted in the world.
Pain and suffering was a proof of one's life and existence - as the Angel of Healing, Rafaela knew this well. They were inevitable, and thus her purpose was to bring balance. She was to heal and comfort, to be the warmth in the coldest nights, and to be a spring in the driest desert. From the weeping babe in her mother's arms to an old man in his deathbed, from the gentlest pick from a needle to a sword piercing one's flesh - she was to bless them all.
The world changed. Noises from the thousands in battle defeated her ears. Fire had scorched the land of mortals and turned it into a fiery furnace cloistered by the dark clouds. No rain fell. Instead, tears and blood soaked the scorched earth.
Too much. Rafaela's chest tightened as she felt the sorrow of the people. She took a deep breath to calm herself. In the mortal world, her spirit had taken a shape of a physical body. With it, she could see, smell, touch and feel just like mortals did.
What happened? Perhaps it was a calamity? No. Too many had fallen from blades, crying out their agony in their last breaths. From the west to the east, she was unable to save all of them. Who was responsible for this? For such cruelty? This had to end.
But she cannot do it alone. "Argus?" she whispered. "Where are you?" Her counterpart was the Angel of Justice. His blade was meant to eliminate the evil in the world. She prayed hoping he would answer, but what echoed back was the countless voices pleading for her help.
Rafaela flew in the skies. "Argus?" She called out to him but received no reply. It can't be. Could Argus have fallen? Impossible. She had to know and there was no choice. Rafaela focused on the world; pain was like a ripple in the waters and there was always a center. She gathered all her strength and followed the source.
The green forests she remembered had turned to ash. Villages were reduced to piles of rubble and debris. Death was everywhere and she had no power to undo them. Rafaela flew to the source, which was calling to her spirit in ways she couldn’t understand.
Rafaela’s flight led her to a canyon filled with the ruins of an ancient civilization. The site of powerful relics swords. Below Rafaela, a lone figure stood at the center of the courtyard. The angel cautiously approached, as she could see the slain humans laying on the ground - priests, based on their ceremonial attire.
The murderer was fully covered in dark armor, but she could feel his soul. She tightened her grip on her staff, her breathing hastened and her heart was about to burst. Here in the mortal world she experienced human emotions and she knew what they were: betrayal, confusion, and anger.
"Argus," Rafaela could barely speak, barely able to breathe from shock.
"Rafaela, the light of the heavens." he replied. His voice was distorted and unrecognizable. "This was sooner than expected."
"No, I was too late," she spat back. Her hands were shaking. "Why are you doing this? All of this!"
"Foolish being," he answered, mocking her. "Love makes you weak and yet you still hold onto it." Argus pointed his blade to her. "Rafaela." The way he said her name was not of respect but of pity, "the question is why you are still serving others. Angels like us have power over these mortals, yet you become their slave."
Rafaela saw it; Argus' armor was the same as the sword on his hands. An ancient weapon that even she didn't know - it was the why he was here in the ruins. Argus released a burst of power and Rafaela could feel a dark force around the blade. It was not holy magic. "Was everything you did… just for this? Was this worth abandoning the good of this world?"
"This sword? This is not enough. There are more and I shall take them all!"
She looked away in disgust before staring back at him. "You have been corrupted by power Argus. It is my sacred duty to bring you back to the light." She said as her composure returned. Rafaela felt shame in the human emotions taking over her. She should be beyond that. "If you cannot be saved, then I must stop you at all cost."
"If you can." he taunted. "Let my sword witness your end."
True; Argus was the fighter and she was a healer. He existed to destroy while she was to rebuild. Argus threw his chain towards her and Rafaela evaded. He swung his sword, intending to cut her down. Rafaela used her superior mobility to her advantage.
They were two halves of a whole and inseparable - they possess what each other had. Rafaela's light not only healed but also scorched. The fire fell from the heavens like rain. Argus let out a painful noise and his movement slowed down. Rafaela kept her distance, moving swiftly with her wings. She used her staff to attack Argus with energy, but he deflected them with his blade.
Patience was the key. Argus continued his relentless assault but Rafaela was swift like the wind. She would slow him down and weaken him little by little.
He was fast and vicious while she was cautious. However, if this went on, she would lose as Argus grew in power every minute. The other angel was clearly enjoying this and will not stop until he was satisfied. She had to take him down; Rafaela raised her staff to deliver another attack, however Argus quickly stepped in close.
It was too fast. The sword had cut through her shoulders and Rafaela screamed in pain. No no no. She backed away, healing herself but it wasn't enough. Too much damage. One or two more hits and she would be down. No time. Argus charged towards her - but it was an opportunity. Rafaela unleashed a torrent of light, paralyzing Argus with its energy. It was her only chance and Rafaela rained down everything she had, and Argus was reduced to a battered shell.
But they were two halves of a whole. Argus healed himself rapidly- his broken body and armor was restored in a blink of her eyes. His sword was glowing - it was what gave him a different power. Or rather, it took away hers. Rafaela could feel herself slipping away, her wounds aching as Argus stole the life from her. Before Rafaela can distance herself, Argus once again launched his chain and closed in the distance. Rafaela shielded herself using her staff.
"Perish!" Argus struck with all his might, shattering Rafaela's only weapon of defense.
Rafaela stumbled back and her legs gave way. No strength to stand up anymore. She had failed. Fear gripped her heart but she held it back. Courage was everything she had now. She looked up to the former angel, her former counterpart, and awaited execution. So be it.
Rafaela cried as the blade slashed her back, paralyzing her. Every fiber of her body was screaming in agony. Her body felt limp, and soon she was light as a feather.
Her back hit nothing but the wind. Her hands grasped the heavens, dark and unreachable. Feathers rose slowly to the sky, away from the falling angel. Rafaela gazed at the fading sun as she entered the abyss.
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An inside look at the Rotterdam Film Festival study trip.
Beware of incoming and inclement weather when you’re running a marathon. My marathon was in Rotterdam for the Film Festival study trip. Rotterdam in winter taught me that long jeans, the expensive pair of mittens I found in a lobby, and a warm puffed up parka can’t protect you from the harsh winds blasting in from the North Sea. Head to toe and ears to nose; everything becomes icicles.
For the future students or film lovers who wish to attend next year’s Rotterdam Film Festival circuit, don’t let this precaution discourage you. This year’s circuit was run by two erudites of film: Marie Reagan and Valerio Colandanto. 'Circuit' is really the word to press upon. Among the trip’s many remarkable moments was Ms. Regan’s recurring five-minute debriefs and breakdowns, taking place early in the morning. On the last day, time was crucial. It became a race to see how quickly the group could head to the next two screenings before sprinting back to the hostel in time to catch the last light-rail to the Rotterdam Centraal Station. An eye-sore to read, even more stressful to do.
If you imagine yourself as someone who likes the fast pace, Q&A’s from professionals in the industry, and insights on how to best break into film then I suggest you take a second look at your schedule for the end of next January. The films on our itinerary were all 'odd,' yet intellectually stimulating. Projects like retiring Slovakian filmmaker Jan Svanighmajer’s Insect, Shireen Seno’s sophomoric film Nervous Translation, or a series of five short films screened under the name Speaking in Tongues made me rewire how far I thought a director could push or exaggerate elements of film. These films aim to hyper-reveal. Whether it be Svanighmajer's hyper-surrealist message of Insect or Seno’s pseudo-documentary spin on a young women’s heart-warming journey to relocate her Korean identity in Nervous Translation.
Other highlights from the trip, outside of the films, were the nightly after-parties. It was almost assigned for us, students, to attend as a chance to 'socialize' with the festival's elites: pitch a film idea, talk scripts, sycophantically praise a nearby film programmer, and the like. Yet all that happened was a lot of dancing to antique funk music-- in line with my tastes-- and indulging in the Netherlands’ finest Heineken dark beer. The cherry on top of that moment was when both Marie and Valerio busted out some stellar moves on the dance floor decorated to a disco-fever-eqsue setup. Not a sight for sore eyes at all.
The film circuit was all that it promised it would be: a great opportunity to get a practical sense of both film producing and the socializing that inherently goes along with it. Yet, from the first day, the neo-digital cityscape of Rotterdam led me to more pleasant surprises.
First, I want to say, if you end up going to Rotterdam regardless of purpose go to the music nightclub, Bar. Yes, its name is Bar, don’t ask me why, I am far from Dutch. The address is Deiftsestraa 3, 3013 Rotterdam, Netherlands; go if you can. A small group of us went there instead of the first night's after party. We went back to the hostel and met up with the employees. We made acquaintances thanks to an AUP friend, Holly, who was also staying there apart from the study trip; it seems that the random and friendly all were on the same dimly lit sidewalk, where bicycles sat for miles down a starry street. Later into the night, the impulse to dance struck ahead of the drunken chatter (thank god). Typically, I am prejudiced against all techno-house music. And Rotterdam looked too futuristic and cosmopolitan for me to avoid nightmarish visions of rubbish synth-crazed people; the likes you might readily find in Prague. However, I was swept away by the booming drum and bass and twinkling motif sounds of digital wind chimes. If I was not so sensitive to dark beer and mojitos, I would have taken down the DJ’s name and this piece would, instead, have been a boiler room music review. Still, it was an electric night and when music brushes and vibrates through you like the first jolt of a rollercoaster, you know your top is coming off.
Lastly, I must give my ears to the people at Demon Fuzz Records for letting me play around in their field of vinyls, LPs, and discs. I thank them for the free-use record player; I spent an hour and a half listening to the bests bits of over ten vinyls. Also took myself home a keeper, Black Sun’s Chariot of Fire album, a LP which is hard to find outside of its vinyl format. From the head-bobbing jazz pianist Dave Brubeck to the boom bap style of Slum Villages’s album Fantastic Vol.2 I went. This record store that I stumbled upon allowed me to escape the fast-paced atmosphere and loosen down with some proper tunes. If you decide to go to the Rotterdam study trip, take every scheduled break as an opportunity to discover all of the hidden gems that the town has to offer. Every hour spent outside--even in the piercing cold-- is just as significant as watching amazing and intriguing films, meeting accomplished filmmakers, and attending once-in-a-lifetime Q&A sessions.
Born and raised in Boulder, Colorado. but moved around Montreal and Paris all of her childhood. She is a junior at AUP and loves to dance, write, and sing. She currently studying Communications and Film. Her specialization is content analysis in both fields at the American University of Paris. Imani also enjoys reviewing original music.


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A local chef and business owner, Taylor Mason and his wife LeeAnn, wanted to open a second restaurant but couldn’t find a space large enough, within the city, to build it. TONO Group self-developed the building at 436 West James Street, making use of the existing infrastructure, which provided him space to open an old-world Italian wood-burning kitchen and bar—and also serve as TONO Group’s offices.
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The building, located in a residential neighborhood, gained a second life through creative re-use and helped engage and unite the neighborhood. By adding a glass garage door that opens to patio seating, it creates a friendly streetscape—reminiscent of a piazza. Additional interior space was added by building a mezzanine with a steel and timber frame—exposing the original timber trusses. The beautiful 1944 hardwood floors were refinished and existing wood and doors used throughout the space. Natural daylight was added to contrast manmade and natural materials. Finally, an open kitchen was created for diners to have a full sensory experience.
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City crews are expected to begin replacing two "vintage" water mains and reconstructing part of the road on Jarvis Street this week in a project that will cost $2.3 million, the city's chief engineer says.
City crews are set to replace two "vintage" water mains and reconstruct part of the roadway on Jarvis Street this week as part of a $2.3 million project, Toronto's chief engineer says.
The old water mains, situated between Dundas Street East and Queen Street East, are more than a century old, according to Michael D'Andrea, executive director of the city's engineering and construction service.
Crews will replace both pipes with a new, larger diameter PVC water main to improve water service in the area, he said. Road crews will also bring that stretch of Jarvis Street up to a state of good repair.
"It is a big project," D'Andrea told CBC Toronto.
The work is part of a wider $720-million plan to maintain and improve infrastructure in Toronto. It is an attempt by the city to "stay ahead of the curve" in the hope of preventing water service disruptions, water main breaks and resulting damage to roads that could affect traffic, businesses and residents, he said.
The upgrades are also necessary to support future growth in the downtown core, he added.
Toronto Water and Toronto Transportation Services, he said, are working together to ensure the project creates the least inconvenience possible.
"In Jarvis Street, it is truly an integrated project," D'Andrea said.
The combined effort will be carried out in two phases to minimize disruptions to residents and traffic.
"At our end, it's integrating those needs as one single construction contract, rather than going in, replacing the water main, then sometime later coming in and reconstructing the road," he said.
If all goes as planned, the water mains be will be replaced by early October and the subsequent roadwork completed by the end of October.
One northbound lane and one southbound lane of Jarvis Street between Dundas and Queen streets will be open to traffic during the construction period. However drivers and cyclists will be urged to use either Church or Sherbourne street to travel to the downtown core.
Some curbs and driveway entrances will be dug up and replaced, but there will be pedestrian access, according to the city.
"Smart" traffic signs placed at Adelaide and Queen streets will provide road users updated estimates of how long it will take to travel through the work zone northbound to Gerrard Street E. The new signs are part of Toronto's smart work zone pilot, the city said in a news release.
It will allow officials to monitor conditions in real time and make any necessary changes to traffic signal timing to help reduce delays.
While work on Jarvis is ongoing, crews will also replace an aging water main on Gloucester Street. The street will be temporarily closed at Yonge Street and a stretch between Yonge and Jarvis will be reduced to a single lane.
The decision to replace any individual water main is based on age, condition and the number of breaks it has seen in the past, D'Andrea said. The city is trying to "get ahead of the curve" and replace crumbling infrastructure before "it begins to impact us quite significantly," he continued.
There are about 1,400 water main breaks per year in Toronto, he explained. Replacing those at the end of their service life is "critically important" moving forward, D'Andrea added.
Most of the work on the Jarvis Street will take place Monday to Friday, from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., with some work on weekends and overnight as needed.

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