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B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 2006; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008; Ph.D., 2011. Caltech, 2011-.

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Professor Minnich researches the physics and engineering of nanoscale heat transport. Nanostructured materials have novel thermal properties with applications in energy such as for thermoelectric materials, which convert heat directly to electricity. Minnich uses experimental techniques, including ultrafast optical experiments, to study transport at the length and time scales of the energy carriers themselves. These experiments measure properties of the energy carriers that are lost at macroscopic scales, allowing for a more complete understanding of nanoscale transport physics. Minnich also uses these results to design novel materials and thermal devices, such as more efficient thermoelectric materials and devices for thermal energy storage.

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There's a reason his cold case colleagues call him "Randy" Randy Railsback. And he's never been ashamed of his reputation with the ladies. But he is surprised by his intense reaction to Helena Norcross, one of his defense class students. He usually steers clear of women who aren't sending the get-to-know-you-better vibe. So what is it about Helena?

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I died on a Thursday—killed by a monster intent on stealing my soul.
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Official: Pakistan had but didn't probe data that helped make raid

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  • Pakistan passed information to U.S. that led to the raid., an official says
  • The U.S. says it didn't share intelligence with or give Pakistan a heads-up on raid
  • One Pakistani official said Pakistan authorized helicopters to use airspace

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistanis passed along raw phone-tap data to the United States that eventually led to Osama bin Laden's killing, but they failed to analyze or interpret the information themselves, a Pakistani intelligence official told CNN.

The details of what Pakistanis did or didn't know or do about the daring American operation to kill bin Laden -- from intelligence gathering to the execution of the raid -- remained unclear Monday.

But the intelligence official said that information about bin Laden and the people in the compound where he stayed "slipped from" Pakistan's "radar" over the months.

The intelligence official said Pakistan regularly passed along intelligence of interest to Americans.

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The official did not say over what period the data was collected, but noted that from September the United States "was concentrating on this."

He added that much of the focus was on a courier coming and going to the compound. He did not give the courier's nationality or name.

Osama bin Laden was not in contact with other militant networks while he was there and maintained "an invisible footprint," the official said.

Of the raid, he said, "I think they came in undetected and went out the same day."

He added Pakistan officials do not think there were any U.S. intelligence personnel on the ground ahead of the special operations forces.

There has been improving cooperation between Pakistan and the United States on security matters.

But there have been concerns among Americans over the reliability of Pakistan's intelligence apparatus in the ongoing war on terror, particularly the links of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence operations to militants in the country's tribal region and across the nation.

Many Pakistanis have been enraged over the drone strikes against militants in the tribal region, strikes said to be conducted by the United States.

The United States says it didn't share intelligence with or a give a heads-up to Pakistan about the planned raid on the compound where U.S. military personnel in a raid with helicopters killed Osama bin Laden.

"We shared our intelligence on this bin Laden compound with no other country, including Pakistan," a senior U.S. administration official told CNN.

"That was for one reason and one reason alone: We believed it was essential to the security of the operation and our personnel. In fact, only a very small group of people inside our own government knew of this operation in advance," the official said.

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Shortly after the raid, U.S. officials contacted senior Pakistani leaders to brief them on the intent and the results of the operation, the official said.

Pakistan's ambassador to the United States said both countries "cooperated in making sure" that the operation leading to bin Laden's death was "successful."

Husain Haqqani said on CNN's "American Morning" that President Barack Obama called Pakistan's president to thank him for Pakistan's cooperation.

He said that if Pakistan had known where bin Laden was it would have pursued him.

"We are very glad that our American partners did," he said. "They had superior intelligence, they had superior technology, and we are grateful to them and to God for having given us this opportunity to bring this chapter to an end."

Wajid Shamsul Hasan, Pakistan's high commissioner to the United Kingdom, told CNN Pakistan knew the operation was going to happen but he was unclear when it was informed about it.

He said both Pakistan and the United States shared intelligence, and Pakistan was "in the know of certain things" and "what happened happened with our consent."

"Americans got to know him -- where he was first -- and that's why they struck it and struck it precisely," he said.

One Pakistani official told CNN on Monday that the operation was American, and that Pakistan "assisted only in terms of authorization of the helicopter flights in our airspace." He asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak about the issue.

"In any event, we did not want anything to do with such an operation in case something went wrong," the official said.

In his announcement of the raid, Obama said that "U.S. counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding." He said he called President Asif Ali Zardari and his "team" spoke to their Pakistani counterparts.

"They agree that this is a good and historic day for both of our nations."

The government of Pakistan said in a statement that the "operation was conducted by the U.S. forces in accordance with declared U.S. policy that Osama bin Laden will be eliminated in a direct action by the U.S. forces, wherever found in the world."

"Osama bin Laden's death illustrates the resolve of the international community including Pakistan to fight and eliminate terrorism. It constitutes a major setback to terrorist organizations around the world," it said.

The government said Pakistan "has played a significant role in efforts to eliminate terrorism" and has had "extremely effective intelligence-sharing arrangements with several intelligence agencies including that of the U.S."

"It is Pakistan's stated policy that it will not allow its soil to be used in terrorist attacks against any country. Pakistan's political leadership, parliament, state institutions and the whole nation are fully united in their resolve to eliminate terrorism," it said.

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 K Street, a corridor of influence in Washington, is home to many lobbying firms.

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  • David Brodwin says Citizens United ruling is bad for small businesses
  • He says poll found that most small businesses don't like role of money in politics
  • He says that role favors old, moneyed industries, not new ones that drive innovation
  • Brodwin: Campaign spending has un-American effect of stifling competition

Two years ago, the Supreme Court upended the rules for campaign finance, unleashing a tsunami of unregulated, unrestricted and undisclosed spending that has, in effect, allowed donors to buy elections. The full impact of this decision is just now becoming clear, and it's bad both for America's businesses and for our democracy.

By a 5-4 majority, the Supreme Court affirmed that money is essentially speech -- a notion first addressed in Buckley v. Valeo in 1976 -- and it outlawed nearly all restrictions on independent spending by corporations or other groups, including unions, to influence elections. Such restrictions are unconstitutional violations of free speech, the court said, and are prohibited by the First Amendment.

You might expect business owners to welcome the elimination of these restrictions, but if so, you're about to be surprised. A recent poll conducted by Lake Research found that 66% of a random sample of 500 small-business owners believe the Citizens United decision was "mostly bad" or "somewhat bad" for small business. Since small businesses create 70% of new jobs in the private sector, according to the Small Business Administration, their view should matter a lot.

The poll was commissioned by the American Sustainable Business Council, the Main Street Alliance, and Small Business Majority -- three groups that represent the views of small business and which have a combined membership of more than 100,000 small businesses nationwide. The poll tapped the views of 500 small-business owners nationwide, most of whom are not members of the organizations conducting the survey.

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In addition to taking a dim view of Citizens United, 88% of the small-business owners in the poll had a negative view of the role money plays in politics. (The margin of error in the poll is plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.)

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Small-business owners believe in our market-based, capitalist system, which depends on open and robust competition.

Unlimited campaign spending undermines this competition, in three crucial ways.

First, allowing unlimited money into politics allows the past to hold the future hostage. Companies (and individuals who own them) with sufficient resources to sway elections often represent the industries and companies of the past, rather than the industries and companies that are creating the future.

The evidence on this is indirect, because since Citizens United was announced less than a year before the last federal election, its impact has not yet been fully felt or measured. However, we can gauge its future impact by looking at lobbying expenditures, for which multiyear data is widely available. For the period 2008-2011, the computer and Internet industry -- a wellspring of innovation -- spent $458 million on lobbying, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, while the energy and natural resources industry spent more than three times as much: $1.55 billion. The ratio for election-related spending, post Citizens United, will likely be similar.

Second, allowing unlimited money in politics allows the big to achieve an unfair advantage over the small. This is ironic in light of the huge role small business plays in creating private sector jobs in America, even as some large corporations act as net destroyers of American jobs, when outsourcing and offshoring are factored in.

For example, this kind of money in politics gives power to the push by big companies to repatriate offshore profits, giving some big and profitable multinational corporations lower effective tax rates than the grocer on Main Street.

Moreover, unlimited contributions give major Wall Street firms the edge over community banks, because the big banks can win loan guarantees, taxpayer bailouts and deeply discounted borrowing rates that smaller banks can't touch.

Third, allowing unlimited money in politics allows companies to collect IOUs for special favors from presidential candidates -- particularly as a result of contributions made early in the election season, when a few million dollars can swing the result in a small state like New Hampshire.

America's small-business owners embrace competition -- but they demand the competition be open, robust and vigorous. They don't want to be whipped by big corporations that bought an unfair advantage from senators, congressional representatives and other elected officials. When that happens, it's bad for business and America. Many solutions have been proposed, ranging from the Supreme Court reversing its decision, to legislation, to a constitutional amendment.

Momentum for change is growing, as candidates from both political parties learn what it's like to have a campaign with broad public support crushed by a single individual with deep pockets who steps in to help the other side.

Citizens United is an assault on our economy, which is supposed to be based on vigorous, free and open competition. It's time for us to reinvigorate our economy by getting government out of the protection racket, and preventing industries and companies from buying special favors. We must undo the damage wrought by Citizens United.

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Serbian presidential election heads for runoff

Serbian President and Democratic party leader Boris Tadic, left, and Tomislav Nikolic of the Progressive Party in Belgrade Friday.

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  • That's one percentage point ahead of Nikolic's right-wing Progressive party
  • Progressives, however, say their own polling show they have a narrow lead
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Serbian President Boris Tadic and his challenger Tomislav Nikolic were heading for a run-off with initial results showing Tadic and his Democratic party slightly ahead in presidential and parliamentary elections.

The elections are the first since the overthrow of strongman president Slobodan Milosevic in 2000 in which both leading presidential candidates and party blocs claim to support Serbia's integration into the European Union.

The country seemed set for a continuation of a moderate, pro-European coalition after both the first official results and exit polls showed Tadic's party gaining about 25% of the vote, about 1 percentage point ahead of Nikolic's right-wing Progressive party.

In the presidential poll, initial figures gave Tadic 26 per cent, also a point or so ahead of Nikolic. With neither candidate passing the 50 per cent barrier -- in a field of 12 candidates -- the two will go into a second round on May 20.

Nikolic's Progressives challenged the initial projections, however, claiming their own polling showed they had a narrow lead.

Some analysts question the depth of the pro-European conversion of Nikolic, former right-hand man to Vojislav Seselj, now on trial for alleged war crimes in The Hague, in the nationalist Radical Party. Tadic's rival Democratic party has also run a campaign highlighting the gap between Nikolic's rhetoric now and what he was saying a few years ago.

Even in the last elections in 2008, Nikolic ran against Tadic on a nationalist pro-Russian and anti-EU platform. But he and his followers later broke with the Radicals and formed the avowedly pro-EU Progressive party, taking many former Radical voters with them.

The initial results were a reversal of pre-election opinion polls that had shown both Nikolic and the Progressives slightly ahead of Tadic and his Democratic party, with voters penalizing the latter because of Serbia's poor economic performance.

The focus in the campaign has been on the economy, with unemployment running at 24%, and lackluster growth last year of 1.6% expected to slow to about 0.5% this year.

Serbs have also faced austerity measures to get public finances under control and could see more tight controls on spending if Serbia is to get a suspended IMF credit line back on track.

But the focus on economic issues has been in contrast to previous elections that posed a starker choice between moving towards the EU or more nationalist and pro-Russian policies.

Even if he finished second in the first round, pollsters had forecast Tadic might scrape to victory ahead of Nikolic in the second.

The kingmaker could be Ivica Dacic, leader of the Socialists -- Milosevic's former party -- who might demand the job of prime minister as the price of supporting either candidate. Initial results put Dacic third in the presidential poll, on 14.6%.

International peacekeepers in Kosovo, the former Serbian province that declared independence in 2008, were on high alert for possible clashes with the majority Albanian population as authorities allowed the Serbian minority there to vote in the elections. But the polls were reported to have passed without incident.

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PalArabs need more weapons - to shoot themselves in the foot

More proof that Israel cares more about Palestinian Arab lives than Arabs do:
Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah called for weapons and money to be sent to Palestinians following an attack by the Israeli military that killed 18 people in Beit Hanun in the Gaza Strip. He said on Wednesday that it is necessary for Palestinians to defend themselves.

"Arms, money and medicine must be delivered to this nation of resistant fighters and the blockade imposed on them must be broken," Nasrallah said in a statement.
Now, as we've demonstrated, who gets hurt most when Palestinian Arabs escalate their "resistance"? It is always the PalArabs themselves. But their leaders keep feeding their people the fiction that they can destroy Israel if they just would try a little harder.

Notice Nasrallah's priorities - weapons above all must be delivered to a population where unemployment is at about 70%. This shows how much he loves the "Palestinian" people.

If there was ever a "golden age" of the fictional Palestine, it was during the years between 1993-2000. Israel did all it could to adhere to the disastrous Oslo accords, even though Arab suicide bombings continued sporadically throughout that time. But relatively speaking there was peace, Palestinian Arabs had jobs, the economy was booming and even Jordanian Palestinian Arabs were illegally immigrating to the West Bank by the tens of thousands to share in the bonanza of world investment and charity.

Whose fault is it that this nascent nation descended into chaos and poverty?

It is squarely the fault of people like Nasrallah, Arafat and the gangs of "leaders" who have consistently led the PalArab people to ruin. And the reason is as obvious as it is distressing for Western minds to accept: their leaders do not want to create a state but to destroy one. And even in the face of the unlikelihood of them hurting Israel, just the fact that they can occasionally kill some Jews in terror attacks or rocket attacks makes them happy and feeling "victorious."

The only people who get hurt in the end are their own. Yet even so, their own people keep supporting them. Nasrallah, instead of being told to go to hell by the PalArabs who do not need his advice, judge him as a hero.

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KSL Properties Sdn Bhd is a property investment company, fully owned by KSL Holdings Berhad. It focuses mainly on township projects, which constitutes commercial buildings, gated residences, high-rise condominiums and shopping malls. Over the years, the Group has created a strong brand name in the property market attributed by its quality, innovations and excellent after sale services.

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Just like TNT, the Second Circuit sure knows drama.  After years of protracted litigation, the Second Circuit finally put an end to an attempt to recuse a judge for knowing too much about eDiscovery and predictive coding. On April 10, 2013, in an incredibly brief order most likely meant to send a message deeper than its two sentences, a Second Circuit Judge denied a request for the recusal of Judge Andrew J. Peck from an ongoing employment discrimination case.  According to Judge Jane A. Restani, “Petitioners have not ‘clearly and indisputably demonstrate[d] that [Magistrate Judge Peck] abused [his] discretion’ in denying their court recusal motion… or that the district court erred in overruling their objection to that decision.” The contentious attempts to recuse Judge Peck stemmed from a discovery dispute after Judge Peck ordered the parties to use a method of predictive coding during discovery.  Although the parties seemed to agree that predictive coding should be used, they could not agree on the methods of predictive coding that would be implemented.  The plaintiffs believed that Judge Peck favored the defendants in his order, and therefore they moved to recuse the judge because of his established history with eDiscovery and more specifically, his history of actively advocating predictive coding. Judge Peck has a long history of participating in eDiscovery conferences  and was considered one of the Court’s “experts in e-discovery.”  National Day Laborer Organizing Netwrok v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, 2012 WL 2878130, 11 (S.D.N.Y. 2012).  Judge Peck was even involved in one of the first cases to order the discovery of electronic data.  Atlantic-Monopoly, Inc. v. Hasbro, Inc., 958 F.Supp 895 (S.D.N.Y. 1995). Despite the strong undertones of the order’s brevity, the plaintiffs continued to fight this seemingly uphill battle and later filed a cert petition to the Supreme Court. Rather than attacking Judge Peck’s background and connections to the eDiscovery community, the plaintiffs in this case should have instead accepted that judges need to actively participate in conferences and seminars to better understand the technology implicated in eDiscovery.  Just as attorneys can no longer ignore the ramifications of eDiscovery, judges too must enhance their knowledge to further develop this complicated area of law and readily adapt it to continually changing technology.  Judges should not be punished or accused of bias for engaging in programs geared towards teaching them about technology and its implications on eDiscovery.  If this were at all all permitted, judges would be afraid to participate in seminars and review panels, which would stagnate the development of the law, a process that is already far-behind the rapid progress experienced by technology. Jeffrey, a Seton Hall University School of Law graduate (Class of 2014), focused his studies primarily in the area of civil practice but also completed significant coursework concerning the interplay between technology and the legal profession.  He was a cum laude graduate of the University of Connecticut in 2011, where he received a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Entrepreneurial Management.

Can a Court Compel Discovery about Discovery?

Collaboration and clarity are now the keys to success; well, at least the keys for a successful discovery. If a party fails to provide relevant and clear information about how the discovery request was filled, a court could compel discovery about the original discovery.

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Can You “Triangulate” for ESI? Not without the Other Party’s Permission.

On October 4th of 2013, the Northern District of California issued a tentative ruling in a discovery dispute where the Defendant had “triangulated” its employees to identify who would possess relative discovery documents. It appears the Court had no issue with the “triangulation” technique.

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Want to Claim the Producing Party is Tardy? First, Agree on Protocol for Production of ESI.

The producing party in a discovery request can be tardy producing documents, while making numerous generalized objections in a response, and still not have waived the party’s right to valid objections under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 or Fed. R. Civ. P. 34.

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When Parties Fail to Cooperate During Discovery, Everybody Loses

It's no secret that courts prefer settlements over protracted litigation. Because the court system encounters an incredibly heavy case load, parties are heavily encouraged to resolve disputes amongst themselves. This is especially true for discovery disputes. Parties are expected to deal with any hiccups in the discovery process through negotiation and discussion between each other, with little court intervention.

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Honesty is the Best Policy, and Cell Phone Upgrades Are Not An Excuse

Don’t knowingly produce incorrect electronic devices for discovery! When opposing counsel requests production of your client’s cell phone from the relevant time period for inspection, it is your duty to provide accurate information regarding the whereabouts of the phone.

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Delaware Court of Chancery Issues Updated eDiscovery Guidelines

The Delaware Court of Chancery is amending its Rules 26, 30, 34, and 45 in order to update provisions relating to the retention and discovery of electronically stored information. The Court is also expanding its "Guidelines for Practitioners" to include "Discovery Guidelines," which set out the Court's expectations with regard to eDiscovery best practices.

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Be Concrete! Court Requires Specificity for eDiscovery in Ford’s Contaminated Concrete Case

Be careful what you ask for…or don’t ask for! Electronic discovery may be something of a new phenomenon when it comes to the discovery of information in preparation of litigation but one idea has always remained constant: discovery requests should always be specific. That’s what Edgewood learned in Ford Motor Company v. Edgewood Properties Inc., a case that arose from a contract in which Ford agreed to provide concrete to Edgewood in return for Edgewood hauling it off the demolition site where a Ford assembly plant in Edison, New Jersey was being demolished. Besides the discovery process, what wasn’t so “smooth” was the concrete, as it later turned out that the concrete was contaminated, thereby bringing about Ford’s claim against Edgewood under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and the New Jersey Spill Act for “contribution and indemnification for all costs as provided under the contract.”

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Hauled to Court Over ESI

Imagine requesting data in native format and receiving it in Tagged Image File Format? This is what Edgewood received from Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) instead of the metadata they requested.  The discovery request came as a result of a lawsuit between Ford and Edgewood involving the removal and reuse of contaminated recycled concrete aggregate, which Edgewood procured through the demolition of an automobile assembly plant owned by Ford in Edison, NJ. To remove a portion of the concrete, Ford entered into a contract with Edgewood in which Ford agreed to provide concrete to Edgewood free of charge in exchange for its removal from the site.

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Florida Becomes 29th State to Adopt eDiscovery Rules

On July 5, Florida became the most recent state to adopt specific court rules governing the discovery of electronically stored information. The amendments, which modify seven Florida state rules of civil procedure, are intended to provide more clarity and guidance for courts and lawyers, as well as help to defray the excessive costs associated with eDiscovery. Currently, 29 states have adopted specific eDiscovery guidelines. While the new rules do not require parties to “meet and confer” about specific eDiscovery issues, Rule 1.200 provides that “the court may order, or a party by serving a notice may convene, a case management conference.” These conferences are helpful in reducing preservation and production costs as courts and attorneys can decide upon specific parameters and other issues at the outset of discovery. Moreover, agreements on the scope of preservation can help prevent spoliation claims later on.

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“You are only as sharp as your knife”

“Keeping a favourite bushcraft axe in top condition or maintaining a large amount of teaching knives for the next course; there are a few things we do here at Ember Survival to make sure our kit is performing well.”

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Some of the substances we use to keep our tools in top order. Linseed oil, gun oil, hestra leather balm and root stain.

Maintenance Kit For Looking After Bushcraft Gear

Boiled Linseed Oil is great for applying to any wooden handles you may have on knives or axes. There are some differing opinions out there but what we do is apply a thin coat, taking care not to get any on the blade itself, and then leave it to soak in. We also make sure to carefully apply some between the contacts of the metal and wood, this helps seal it all up. Now depending on how dry the wood is we may need to apply another coat but if the wood is not absorbing any more we rub off any excess with a kitchen towel which is promptly disposed of in the fire and not binned.

Gun Oil is what we use for our metal parts. Be that carbon steel, stainless or even cpm s30v! Apply over the metal and let it dry in a safe place.  Gun oil is great for removing any light stains on the blade and drives away moisture to prevent rusting; just try not to get any on the wooden parts. Essential for looking after bushcraft gear.

Root Stain is something a bit more exotic. We use this product to darken our wood, particularly on our bushcraft axes. Stain is absorbed by the grain and reveals the beauty of the wood a little better than normal. Apply a liberal coat and let it be absorbed, repeat as desired. This process is done before linseed oiling.

Hestra Leather Balm smells amazing, it’s probably all the bees wax in it! A great natural product, we apply on all our leather items from belts to knife sheaths. This helps the leather stay supple and weatherproof as well as giving it a lovely shine. Makes the leather parts of your bushcraft kit really shine.

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Gränsfors Bruk Small Forest Axe and Outdoor Axe next to a stropping board with honing paste.

Stropping Kit consists of a square piece of flat leather, a flat bit of wood and some honing paste. The leather is glued to the wood and once dried honing paste is applied, this is basically a mild abrasive polish.

Storage Guidelines for Bushcraft Gear

Stropping the Blade helps preserve the sharp edge for as long as possible without the need to resort to sharpening the knife or axe. Stropping simply realigns the atoms on the edge without removing any metal from the knife; as a result it increases the lifespan of the cutting tool. The stropping action also removes any mild rusting which may have occurred on your carbon steel tools.

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Displaying your favourite knives is important, not only are they kept in a safe place but they are to hand whenever you need them.

Storing the Knife is easier said than done. If your knife comes with a hard plastic sheath it can simply be stored in that no problem. If however it came with a leather or fabric sheath it is best stored out of the sheath. The reason is, the knife will slowly distort the shape of the sheath and you may the run the risk of the knife falling out next time you are using it. What is recommended is store all the leather sheaths separately and use a specialist cabinet to store your good knives.

Storing the Axe is a lot simpler. Just make sure it’s not close to a heat source which could potentially dry out the wood. We store our axes with the sheaths on as the Gränsfors Bruk axes all come with good sheaths which have clips.


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The Greatest Rock Keyboard Players

Born in England, a keyboardist, organist, pianist, dansynthesizer Scenes Canterbury progressive rock.

He started his musical career with the Rose Wilde, before founding Caravan with his cousin Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings, and out of the first group Caravan 1973-1975.

On the 3rd album he developed organs. The game was showcased Grey and Pink and wrote several songs including the classic song "For Nine 'S Feet Underground", "Job" Dabsong Proper / Back to the Future ".

Become a member of Matching Mole, Hatfield of the North, and Camel in 1978.Recently, the concentration of a solo career, including working on a concert in Japan and made two
solo album, Full Circle and Into the Sun.

Players keyboard, organ, and singer-songwriter of the legendary Rock / Soul band "Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes", in collaboration with Bon Jovi ", he has worked with joined the Chocolate Dar Williams, The Blues Brothers, GE Smith, Gavin DeGraw, and sometimes asked to complete the event Paul Shaffer on The End appear with David Letterman. Its existence as a keyboardist / vocalist / arranger, the group spasial James Taylor, Levon Helm of The Band, Bruce Springsteen, John Mayer and Dog.

Jeff also filled the concert series at The Cutting York City with the name of the Fab Faux kazeedigs later joined drummer Rich Pagano and the Asbury Jukes bassist John Conte fill the selected music performances Elton John's Trio.

Keyboardist and violinist. Eddie Jobson is also known as user synthesizer. He is a member of several progressive rock bands, including England and playing the violin at age 8 years.

Filling in local places such as Redcar Jazz Club. In this place they play Curved Air, Jobson joined where he replaced Brian Eno in Roxy, he wrote "Yesterday Boulevard / Still the Night" opposite in the same year he became a member of Zappa's band before forming super-vision in Jethro Tull, he also managed to make a movie soundtracks.Eddie worked on many projects around the world.

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Whitesnake band got a boost from her when she was asked to  fill in Don Henley's 'tour Innocence' and has been touring with famous musicians and bands sepertiThe Eagles, Bryan Adams, Melissa Etheridge and Stevie Nicks.

He toured the world to promote "Good To Be Bad". Other musical project is to create an opera collaboration with Jon Anderson, lead singer of the band Yes. New instrumental album "The Crossing".

The player piano / keyboard player who engaged for more than 30 years. At age seventeen, Ronnie Hawkins hired him for the Hawks, who among other members: Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Fred Carter Jr., with Stan Will Jones on piano and keyboards. Rick is also a music teacher Danko's.

In the summer of 1984, Levon Helm to play together again as members of the septet of The Woodstock All-Stars.

At the end of the band back together, because they were getting ready to record for CBS, wrote several works of electric piano and can be heard in Jericho, where he also wrote songs and recorded with Roy Mack, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jesse Ed Davis, Delbert McClinton from North.

Giuffria was the initial member of the glam rock / heavy metal band from Washington, DC Angel, formed in 1975.

Jones, Frank Dimino and Barry Brandt issued a debut album, "Angel" in the same year.
With his band he's like Deep Purple and Foreigner. They released the album 'Steel' in 1986.
Cooperation with Simmons Records has successfully toured in Japan, and successfully released three albums. Now Gregg retired from the music business, he became the owner of the Hard Rock Hotel Biloxi.

Known for its tours and recordings with Blue Oyster Cult, but holds keyboard as well as touring with The Brock, Ghost Rider, Moogy Klingman Band, Scarlet Dream Syndicate, Davis, Fernando Saunders, Thommy Price, Rochelle D, Nova-Portrait, Flo, Eddie, Clemmons Clarenc, Rocker Red Bank, also by Fine, Jon Paris, Bruce Pat Travers, Ronnie Montrose, Alex Lifeson, John Steven Tyler, Patti Smyth, Tom Morrongiello, Foley, Tom Nielson, Eric Johnson, Kenny Aaronsen, Robby Krieger, Harvey Brooks, Richie Canata, and Tommy Mandel.

Finally he became music director of All Star Jam at NAMM Winte in January in Anaheim California, and for the last time he toured with John Entwistle.

Tommy is also a solo-career with ZKG formed his own band in 2001.

Thompson began playing piano at a young age and he has been performing in high school Rock. He released a solo album titled, "Power House".

He spends his time to perform, tour and was active in band Tower Power. At the time he collaborated with Santana on "Beyond Chester co, he and Carlos created the songs" Blues for Salvador ". He also gave inspiration during the recording and the song that won a Grammy Award.

In addition, Chester has also worked with Carlos in the nine songs on the album "Spirits Dancing On meats". Often playing with some famous musicians and groups including Wayne Shorter, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Others, and he continues to play an important role in recording, writing songs and performing with Santana.

Although the Americans, Lee Michaels is a talented player organ dominate the recording. First time playing hard rock on the keyboard rather Than guitar, he began surfing group keluardari Sentinals Organ, and The Strangers. In 1965 in San Francisco Nowhere he joined the "Trees" before embarking on a solo career.

He usually only accompanied by a drummer, B.E. "Frosty" Smith or Joel Larson. Hammond Played his usual hard-technique, aggressive in Her game. He released the album "Carnival", then "Recital" a year later.

On the album, "Fifth" he made a breakthrough through cooperation with Columbia Records and released two albums. After That the album "Saturn Rings" and "Absolute Lee By Lee" which was released in 1996.Now he is retired from the music business, a restaurant in Southern California.

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Lord of Psychology-The Id, The Ego and The Superego

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The Id, the Ego and the Superego are all part of Freud’s theory that the mind has three parts.
The Id- Carnal desires, desires for food, warmth, clothing, etc. The Id is like a small child with no sense of delayed gratification and conscience. The Id wants things and wants them now. The Id does not think of how this could be bad in the long term or to others. When the Id wants something the Id does not listen to any objections.
The Ego- The Ego plays the part of the middleman; the Ego must balance the desires of the Id, the conscientiousness of the Superego and what is available.
The Superego- The Superego is conscience, when you are little and entirely ruled by the Id, the Superego is like your parents saying, "That isn't right". The Superego is like the rules that you must follow, this is basically morality. The Superego is the opposite of the Id.
The Id, The Ego and The Superego in The Lord of the Flies-
In The Lord of the Flies the boys are stranded on an island while their sense of morality is not fully formed. The younger you are the more completely ruled by the Id than you are later. The boys are removed from outside influence. Three of the boys come to represent different things in the story. Jack represents the Id, Ralph represents the Ego and Piggy represents the Superego.
Jack as the Id-
In the beginning Jack’s craving for power becomes evident. He desires power and he wants it now. He becomes a monomaniac and is obsessed with his desire to kill a pig. He refuses to listen to how this is bad or how he should do something else. He hit Piggy (the Superego) when Piggy told him he shouldn’t have let the fire go out. He does not want to wait and he hates to be instructed in morality by the Superego (Piggy). He is willing to resort to unlawful activities to get what he wants. He is violent and lawless. He reacts against order and always wants his way at the cost of society. Jack tries to get power by preying on fears of the beast with out thinking of how devastating this could be to the littluns. In short, all of his actions are exactly those of a little and undeveloped child who is ruled by the Id.
Ralph as the Ego-
Ralph is the democratic leader of the boys. He tries to fairly keep the little ones safe and prevent Jack from resting control. He protects democracy and tries to make the best of their surroundings. He tries to create a civilization but tries to mollify Jack by making him the leader of the Hunters. He helps Piggy create rules that keep them from savagery and is mainly on the side of the Superego though not as passionate and occasionally succumbs to the Id but usually repents later. He balances Jack (Id) and Piggy (Superego) and the littluns. The way Ralph fights for democracy is an example of how the Ego would want a democracy so that everyone has input. In a functional democracy the Ego is in charge and that is symbolized by the fact that Ralph is elected the leader.
Piggy as the Superego-
Piggy is highly educated and scientific. This is demonstrated by the fact that he is the one to realize the need for taking names. He follows the rules of conscience and society always. He tries to prevent the Id from running wild. He fights for democracy and is the enemy of Jack (Id). Piggy always tries to recreate the society that they had at home and school. He constantly tells the other boys when they are doing the wrong thing and tells them that they are departing from civilization. He is never violent and is kind to the littluns as seen when he is the one to speak for a shy littlun scared of the beastie. He tries to debunk the myths of the beast to prevent panic.
The Lord of the Flies as an allegory for Freud’s theory-
In The Lord of the Flies the boys are on an island and the Id and the Superego are fighting for control. Some of these battles are the Signal Fire, the Huts and Failed Meeting. If you look you can see how Piggy/Superego is trying to keep the group organized and moral while Jack/Id is disrupting it. Also you can see Ralph/Ego trying to recreate a democratic society where everyone is happy. The whole book shows the way that the Id, the Ego and the Superego try to work as one when they have no way to escape each other.
Eros and Thanatos-
There are two other relevant concepts. These are called Eros and Thanatos.
Eros is the love of life and happiness. This is the side of people that likes puppies and giving people flowers. In Greek Eros literally means "love". In Greek mythology Eros is the equivalent of Cupid.
Thanatos is the opposite of Eros. Thanatos is the darker side of humanity. Thanatos is the drive to do risky, potentially dangerous activities. It is also the urge to hurt/kill. Thanatos is the side of people that prompts them, when near a cliff, to think about what would happen if they jumped off it. Thanatos in Greek mythology is a minor death god.
Eros and Thanatos in The Lord of the Flies-
In the book, it is possible to see Eros and Thanatos acting upon the boys. The conch and signal fire and Simon come to represent Eros while Jack, Roger and the Beast become the embodiment of Thanatos.
Conch/Signal Fire/Simon-
The conch is supposed to grant rights to everyone. It allows freedoms and democracy, It keeps them alive and hopefully happy. The signal fire is supposed to get them rescued. Both it and the conch are supposed to keep them from cruelty and viciousness. Simon is a kind person who supports the littuns in their pursuit of happiness. He is helpful and does not hurt anyone or seem to have urges to hurt anyone. They do not work well with Thanatos/Jack/Roger/Beastie. Simon does not hunt with them and the conch stands in the way of Jack grabbing total power. The signal fire is a beacon of the hope that Jack does not care about since he likes being on the island. The signal fire keeps hope alive that slows Jack down in his hunt for power and satisfying his impulses. The conch and signal fire are supposed to keep them from letting beastie take over and Simon tries to persuade people that there is no beast.
As stated in "Jack as The Id" Jack Merridew is filled with urges toward violence. These are urges toward killing which his Id side allows freedom. He kills pigs to satisfy his cravings toward Thanatos though later he satisfies these with other things. Roger also comes to be similar to Thanatos. I cannot post about Roger succumbing to Thanatos since it occurs later in the book. The beast is basically a symbol of Thanatos since it represents cruelty and viciousness which are what Thanatos is.

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Racquelia and Phoebe Kilby

An event billed as “a frank discussion of race relations in the United States” will be held 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, at Hyattsville Mennonite Church, 4217 East-West Highway, Hyattsville, Md.

The program, co-sponsored by the Hyattsville congregation and the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University, will bring together Phoebe Kilby, a descendant of slaveholders, and Racquelia Kilby, a descendant of the slaves Phoebe’s family held, to discuss their newfound relationship and what they have learned from it.

Phoebe and Racquelia will speak and interact on the theme, “A Common Grace” as part of the CJP “Coming to the Table” program. Participants will be able to join them at the table of brotherhood and sisterhood envisioned by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in his “I Have a Dream” speech. Together they will explore avenues for racial reconciliation within families, communities and across the nation.

Phoebe Kilby is associate director of development for the CJP program at EMU and frequent participant in “Coming to the Table” events.

Racquelia (“Rocky”) Kilby is a media specialist at the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., and has organized racial reconciliation activities in the Washington, DC, area.

The program is open to the public free of charge.

Persons are encouraged to RSVP to Marci Myers at 800-368-3383 or email myersmk@emu.edu.
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Frimpong commits to representing Ghana

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Emmanuel Frimpong has been given the green light by FIFA to represent Ghana and aid their bid to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.

FIFA this week confirmed that its players' status committee had approved the change, switching Frimpong's eligibility for England to Ghana.

Frimpong, 20, had represented England at Under-16 and Under-17 level, but he confirmed two years ago that he had ambitions to represent Ghana.

The midfielder, who was born in Kumasi, said: "I have always said that, no matter what, I will always play for Ghana because I believe I am a Ghanaian".

Frimpong is currently on loan at Championship side Charlton after finding first-team opportunities hard to come by at his parent club Arsenal.

Ghana resume World Cup qualifying in March at home to Sudan, and trail group leader Zambia by three points after two matches.

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San Francisco 49ers on song ahead of Wembley return

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Missing some of their biggest stars, the San Francisco 49ers put their foot down ahead of their October 27 trip to Wembley Stadium with a convincing win over the St Louis Rams.

Colin Kaepernick threw two touchdown passes, Frank Gore had his first 100-yard game of the season and the defence stepped up in a 35-11 victory on Thursday night.

Next month, the 49ers return to London to face the Jacksonville Jaguars - a different team to the one which beat Denver Broncos at Wembley in 2010.

"We know the talent we have on this team," Kaepernick said. "We know what we're capable of."

Anquan Boldin had five catches for 90 yards and a touchdown, and Gore had 153 yards on 20 carries and a 34-yard score for San Francisco (2-2), which was outscored 56-10 the previous two games. NaVorro Bowman had two of the 49ers' five sacks with a strip leading to Anthony Dixon's fourth-quarter scoring run.

"If we keep playing, our offense will come around sooner or later," Bowman said.

The Rams (1-3) had an overtime win and a tie against San Francisco last year, and took the early lead on Thursday before falling flat. Greg Zuerlein banged in a 40-yard field goal off the right upright to end a nine-game scoring drought in the first quarter, but the 49ers answered with 28 straight points.

"Tomorrow's going to be a pretty tough day in the film room," Rams quarterback Sam Bradford said. "The good news is we have 10 days, 11 days until we play again and there's going to be ample time to get that corrected."

St Louis was held to 188 total yards and was completely stuffed on the run, with 18 yards on 19 carries.

"That's what we do," said safety Donte Whitner, who had an interception in the end zone. "We stop the run first, then we stop the pass and then we get away with wins."

The 49ers came close to a Super Bowl title in February and regained their footing against the team that gave them the most trouble last season. Minus cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha and linebackers Patrick Willis and Aldon Smith, they quieted a raucous, hopeful crowd, sending all but a few thousand home early.

"We're going to have to get tough in here," Rams defensive end Chris Long said. "We're going to have to hold each other accountable and make plays and dig our way out of this hole because nobody's going to do that for us."

Kaepernick had no touchdown passes and four interceptions the previous two weeks and completed fewer than 50% of his passes. He was 15 for 23 for 167 yards.

Boldin had a monster debut with the 49ers after helping the Ravens beat San Francisco in the Super Bowl, but had been quiet along with the rest of the offense the previous two weeks. He had two highlight catches in the second quarter, a 42-yarder despite Cortland Finnegan getting flagged for holding, and a 20-yard score capped by a dive into the end zone after barely avoiding the sideline.

Gore more than doubled his output from the first three weeks and got a lot more work, too, after totaling just 11 carries last week. Four days earlier, DeMarco Murray burned them for 175 yards in Dallas' 31-7 win.

"It's disgusting," Long said. "It really is just disgusting."

The Rams have trailed by double digits in every game, making up an 11-point deficit against Arizona in the opener but not gaps of 21 and 24 points against Atlanta and Dallas, and were down by 25 in the fourth quarter against San Francisco.

They got hit by injuries, too, the worst of them when rookie safety TJ McDonald was carted off with a leg injury in the second half.

Bradford was 19 for 41 for 202 yards and an interception and has been sacked 11 times the last two games after the Rams allowed none the previous four games.

After mustering just 25 yards in the first quarter, the 49ers took a noisy crowd out of it in the second, averaging more than 11 yards per snap while piling up 176 yards and two touchdowns. Kaepernick was 8 for 12 for 104 yards in the half, all but 11 of those yards in the second quarter.

The Rams went for it on third-and-one from the 49ers 34 yard line and Whitner's diving interception on a tipped ball in the end zone set up an eight-play, 80-yard drive capped by Gore's 34-yard run on third-and-one in the final minute that made it 14-3.

The San Francisco defence took Gore off the hook for getting stripped by rookie Alec Ogletree and a turnover, forcing St Louis into a three-and-out. Davis, who had been questionable with a because of a hamstring injury, broke open for an easy catch in the left side of the end zone to push the lead to 21-3.

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Jeffrey Carr

Preparing for a Cyber Attack
Presented by: Jeffrey Carr - April 29, 2010

This one-hour presentation will separate the hype from the facts regarding ongoing foreign intrusions into government networks and the targeting of government employees. It will also provide practical advice on how to protect yourself and your organization from the actors orchestrating these intrusions. Topics to be covered include:

  • An overview of the variety of attacks and targets that are ongoing today including the Advanced Persistent Threat
  • What types of attacks can and cannot be defended against
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Jeffrey Carr is the CEO of, the founder and principal investigator of Project Grey Goose, and the author of Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld (O'Reilly Media, 2009). Mr. Carr regularly consults with agencies of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) on Russian and Chinese cyber warfare strategy and tactics as well as new and emerging threats to Critical Infrastructure.

Jeff Jonas

Spear Phishing: A Smarter and More Dangerous Social Web
Presented by: Jeff Jonas - May 6, 2010

This one hour webcast will be a future-looking forecast about targeted attacks on identity, email, and data on the Internet. What happens when every ad doesn't feel like spam because of increased information sharing and improving analytics? Spear phishing is the next-generation of e-mail phishing--except citizens, companies, and governments are the very precise targets with realistic ads. This discussion will discuss what technology makes this possible, the recruitment for illegal activities (including corporate espionage), and how to avoid becoming a spear phishing victim.

A 30-minute presentation will be followed by a 30 minute Q and A session.

Jeff Jonas is Chief Scientist, IBM Entity Analytics Group and an IBM Distinguished Engineer. He designs next generation technology that helps organizations better leverage their enterprise-wide information assets. With particular interest in real-time "sensemaking" these innovative systems fundamentally improve enterprise intelligence which makes organizations smarter, more efficient and highly competitive. Jonas is a Member of the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, a Board Member of the US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), on the EPIC Advisory Board, a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and a Distinguished Engineer of Information Systems (adjunct) at Singapore Management University. He also periodically testifies on privacy and counterterrorism in such venues as the Department of Homeland Security’s Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, and other federally convened commissions.

Jonas will be leading a session on this topic at Gov 2.0 Expo and participating on a panel, No Degrees of Separation: Security Clearance in a Socially Networked World.

Lewis Shepherd

Hiring the Next-Generation of Cyber Security Professionals in Government
Presented by: Lewis Shepherd - May 13, 2010

The shortage of qualified cyber security professionals is a real and immediate concern for all levels of government. Lewis Shepherd of Microsoft Research is right in the thick of this discussion and has been thinking about this problem for a while. Join him in a free 60-minute webcast.

A 30-minute presentation will be followed by a 30 minute Q and A session.

Lewis Shepherd is the Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft’s Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments, having joined Microsoft in 2007. He has degrees from Stanford University (where he was a Rockefeller Graduate Fellow), the University of Virginia, and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). He has also been a guest-lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business for MBA courses on government/business relations. Lewis spent two decades working in and around Silicon Valley, but after the 9/11 attacks he focused on technologies to support the Intelligence Community and in 2003 accepted an offer to become Senior Technology Officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency, where he spent four years participating in a remarkable period of innovation and reform for the intelligence community.

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Cloud Computing and Security: Can't We all Just Get Along?
Presented by: Bernard Golden - May 19, 2010

Security is considered the primary barrier to cloud computing adoption. Therefore, focusing attention toward minimizing security risks offers the potential for increasing cloud computing adoption. This one-hour presentation will offer a framework to analyze security issues, and present a set of best practices toward implementing security in cloud-based applications.

A 30-minute presentation will be followed by a 30 minute Q and A session.

Bernard Golden Bernard Golden is called a "cloud guru." He is CEO of HyperStratus, a Silicon Valley cloud consulting firm that helps its clients plan, design, and implement cloud initiatives. HyperStratus clients include the Silicon Valley Education Foundation, HelloWallet, Sun Microsytems, and Hewlett-Packard. Bernard is the Cloud Computing Advisor for CIO Magazine. His widely-read blog on cloud computing has been called "brilliant and incisive." His blog's influence was recognized when it was named a "Top 25 Cloud Computing Blog" by CloudTP.

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Beijing is now in a state of emergency, with per capita water resources at about 100 cubic meters, far less than the international alarm level of 1,000 cubic meters per head. It is reported that this drought, starting from 1999, has been the longest-lasting and most severe since New China was founded.

Yesterday, on the occasion of the National Week of Water Conservation, the Beijing Water Authority published the current water situation and announced it would carry out a series of activities on a theme of "Improving Water Ecological Environment and Promoting the Use of Recycled Water in Beijing."

Facing the shortage of water resources, the authority has taken a variety of measures to encourage residents to use recycled water, such as keeping the current low price of reclaimed water unchanged at one yuan per cubic meter. In addition, the households that use recycled water will be free of water resource and sewage charges.

The authority said that as of now more than 100 residential communities have been using reclaimed water in toilet flushing. New communities with an annual use of 150 tons of water must be equipped with supply and recycling facilities of reclaimed water.

In 2010, the use of reclaimed water reached 680 million cubic meters, accounting for 19 percent of the city's water supply, up 11 percentage points compared to that of 2005. By 2015, the total volume of reclaimed water is planned to be 1 billion cubic meters.

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Aérospatiale-Matra was a French missile and aircraft manufacturer. It was formed in 1999 by the merger of French companies Aérospatiale and Matra Haute Technologie.

It was short-lived as a company; on July 10, 2000, it merged with DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain to form EADS.

Aérospatiale-Matra Missiles[edit]

While Matra founded Matra BAe Dynamics with British Aerospace Dynamics in 1996 as a missile group, it kept its own missile subsidiary active, Matra Missiles. This would become Aérospatiale Matra Missiles (AMM) in 1999 and finally EADS Aérospatiale Matra Missiles before it became part of MBDA.


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Aarthie Ramaswamy

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Aarthie Ramaswamy
Full name Aarthie Ramaswamy
Country  India
Title Woman Grand Master (2003)[1]Aa
FIDE rating 2211 (Jan 2010)
Peak rating 2348 (April 2003)

Aarthie Ramaswamy (born 28 June 1981) is a chess player from India. She is Woman Grand Master (WGM) and is the national champion on year 2003. In 1999, she won the girls' under-18 world championship, held in Oropesa, Spain. She is currently rated 2211.[2]

In 1990, she took 2nd place in the India under-10 girls championship. In 1993, she took 1st place in the India under-12 girls championship. In 1995, she won the under-14 and under-16 India girls championship. In 1998 and 1999, she won the under-18 National girls title.

She is married to Indian grandmaster R. B. Ramesh.