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TEHRAN – With the Iraqi people and politicians ramping up their efforts to expel American forces from their country, the United States makes renewed efforts to concoct a plan to justify its illegal presence in the West Asian region, particularly Iraq.

The U.S. has a relatively large number of troops stationed in Iraq that had been sent to the country allegedly to combat terrorism, namely the Daesh terrorist group, which occupied large swathes of western Iraq in 2014.

Following the emergence of Daesh, the U.S. claimed that the main mission of their forces in Iraq was to fend off Daesh, although Iraqi leaders at the time of Daesh's emergence cast doubt on that mission. In fact, some of these leaders even accused the Americans of dereliction of duty for failing to help Iraq in the face of Daesh.

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that the U.S. stopped short of helping the Iraqis during the war against Daesh, which had occupied large territories of Iraq when al-Maliki was ruling the country.

“Daesh has come [to Iraq] because they [Americans] stopped all types of military support to Iraq and undercut the foundation of the Iraqi army,” the former prime minister famously said. “Washington told the Iraqi delegation as long as al-Maliki is in power, they will not give weapons to Baghdad to fight Daesh. This is all while Iran and Russia have opened their arms depots to Baghdad in support of the Iraqi army and the Popular Mobilization Forces [PMF].”

Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, also recently said that the U.S. created Daesh.

“It was America that created the Daesh and this has been acknowledged by the Americans themselves. It is not us who are making this claim. Rather, this has been acknowledged both by the one who created it and by the one who was his rival. They themselves created that group. And then they have built military bases in Iraq and Syria using the excuse that the Daesh is present in those countries and that they are going to fight them,” the Leader said in a recent speech on the occasion of Eid al-Mab'ath.

Pointing to some of the examples of the U.S. helping Daesh, the Leader added, “They provide Daesh with modern, advanced, media tools. They also give them money, allow them to sell Syrian oil, and tell them to use the money for their goals. At the same time, they claim that they are fighting the Daesh.”

With help from Iran, the Iraqis ultimately trounced Daesh and restored stability. They called on the U.S. to withdraw its forces from Iraq as their presence is of little help to Iraq. The Iraqi Parliament passed a law earlier last year obligating the government to pursue the withdrawal of American troops. However, the U.S. refused to respect the will of the Iraqi people and kept insisting on continuing its military presence in Iraq.

Now that Daesh has almost completely disappeared, the Iraqis see no good reason for the continuation of the U.S. military presence. Therefore, they have called on the U.S. to withdraw its forces. Facing Iraqi opposition, the U.S. now struggles to find new justifications for its unsolicited military presence.

In the latest effort in this regard, the U.S. found a new justification for its presence: “Shia-backed militias.”

In a March 3 press briefing, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby accused these unspecified groups of firing rockets on the American forces in Iraq, adding that the U.S. remains focused on these groups.

“We've long been open and honest about the threats that these -- that arise from these rocket attacks that are being perpetrated by some Shia-backed militia,” Kirby said, adding, “We're focused on these -- the Shia-backed militias that continue to put at risk and to continue to threaten our people and our Iraqi partners.”

Kirby’s clumsy claim drew criticism from critics including those in America. They called on him to clarify the exact meaning of “Shia-backed militias.” He couldn’t. Because there is no such thing as Shia-backed militias in Iraq. There are groups that are part of Iraq’s official armed forces that want the U.S. to withdraw its forces. Of course, some of these critics tend to falsely say that there are “Iran-backed militias.” But they are wrong too.

Iran has said time and again that it has no military presence in Iraq. Instead, it only has an advisory role in Iraq and Syria. Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran’s presence in Iraq and Syria is advisory and at the invitation of these countries. But “the Americans cruelly entered Iraq and Syria and established military bases,” the Leader lamented.

The U.S. military presence in Iraq and Syria is not grounded in any logic and its futile efforts to cook up logic for it will only further expose the illogicality of the American presence in the region.

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TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan on Thursday appointed Mosayeb Amiri as the new director of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage & Tourism (RICHT).

Previously presided over Fars province's directorate of the tourism and cultural heritage, Amiri replaced Behrouz Omrani who held the position for over two years, CHTN reported.

RICHT is by nature an academic entity that comprises of the following centers: the Iranian Center for Archaeology Research (ICAR); the Anthropological Research Center (ARC); the Research Center for Conservation of Cultural Relics (RCCCR); the Research Center for Linguistics, Inscriptions and Texts (RCLIT); The Research Group of the Iranian Traditional (National) Arts (RGITR); the Research Group of Tourism (RGT); and the Research Group of Naural Heritage (RGNH).

Ancient Iran embraces hundreds of historical sites such as bazaars, museums, mosques, bridges, bathhouses, madrasas, mausoleums, churches, towers, and mansions, of which 24 being inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Under the 2025 Tourism Vision Plan, the country aims to increase the number of tourist arrivals from 4.8 million in 2014 to 20 million in 2025.

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In the meantime, another initiative to free up space for mobile broadband involves making government agencies do a better job of sharing spectrum. Frequencies assigned decades ago in easy going analog times would be sold to telecoms companies to raise money for public safety networks and open up more bandwidth for public use.

Ten MHz of vacant spectrum is scheduled for sale later this month, with the FCC expecting it go for at least $1.6 billion. There’s a chance that won’t happen, though. Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel voted against the plan originally and said again at CES that auctioning off more spectrum at once will raise more money. She’d prefer to bundle it with a bigger slice of former government frequencies that’s expected to on the block in the fall.

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Well, the New Year is upon us, and if you are like many readers, you are beginning to think about the outdoor tennis season to come.

In America, we are culturally encouraged to make New Year’s resolutions that are designed to improve our lives. Why would it be any different for those of us who love the game of tennis?

This year, I would ask each reader to take inventory and to make some viable and firm commitments to improving her/his game.

Before I begin this column, I must give credit to Bob Litwin who is known for his "Focused Tennis" concepts and program. Like the USPTR philosophy, Bob believes that changes must occur one-at-a time. However, Bob believes, and I agree with him, that changes can occur simultaneously, if they span three distinct areas: strokes, strategies and mental toughness. Bob believes that we can address one change in each of these areas at one time. I concur with his thinking on this, and would add that there are other areas to be explored. Bob’s approach and concepts are, in my opinion, well founded. And, any reader would do well to come to terms with his lectures, seminars and instructional materials.

Having said this, I would like to dedicate this month’s column to helping you make for a better "tennis year." Of course, the success you enjoy is in direct relationship to the amount of hard work and dedication you are willing to make to your game. Unlike many New Year’s resolutions, the tennis-related commitments need to be just that…commitments.

The first question you must ask yourself is: "Why do I play tennis?" It would on the surface seem self explanatory, but it really is not. Our motives for playing the game change as we and our games change. I see too many players who really do not seem to be having fun with the game. Isn’t it important that we truly love the game of tennis? At some point, we were seduced by this wonderful game that we play. We experienced the joy of hitting a ball, seeing positive results occur in our play, and probably were happy to just be on a court. Sometimes, I think players lose this "innocent enrapture."

The key to rediscovering it, in my opinion, is to take an honest and complete inventory of why each of us plays this great game. Some time ago, I wrote a column that addresses this question. Here is the link to this article: http://www.tennisserver.com/turbo/turbo_03_01.html. I think the questions posed in this column may go a long way to helping you understand what you do or do not like about tennis. Knowing this can be of great help in allowing you to achieve your resolutions for 2004.

Once you have a firm grasp on why you play tennis, we can begin to address the areas in your game that need to be considered, if you are truly going to progress to your maximum potential. Like Bob Litwin, I encourage you to select one, and only one, aspect to improve in each of these categories. When you believe that you have made sufficient progress with respect to a variable, you can then identify a new aspect to improve.

The key in all of this is to make certain that you write down all of your concerns. You need to create a "tennis journal" that presents your thoughts, concerns and "blueprint" for improving your tennis game. In this journal, you need to identify the specific areas to be improved, why each needs to be improve, and determine a specific course of action to remedy the problem or make the addition. These courses of action can include self-examination through videotape, professional lessons, more or less competition, etc. The important part is to make the means viable and to make certain that the means will result in the desired change. When in doubt, seek the counsel of teaching pros, coaches or savvy players with whom you hit.

The first area that you should consider is the physical component. Here, I am referring to conditioning, strength, speed, stamina, flexibility and nutrition. Are you as fit as you should be? If you are weak in any of the above areas, how do these weaknesses affect your play? Do you stretch sufficiently? Do you hydrate your body sufficiently? How is diet and body weight affecting your play? Do you strength train? How is your endurance during matches? Are you quick to getting to the ball? Do you suffer lots of minor injuries? How is your footwork?

In answering the above questions, you will invariably come to terms with the reality of this game…it is very physically demanding. All the strokes and strategies in the world will not improve your game, if you are unable to compete on a physical level.

My suggestion is to seek professional medical and nutritional advice in crafting your game plan for improving your physical presence on the court. There are myriad professionals, books, health counselors, personal trainers, etc, that can help you arrive a viable and desirable course of action.

Next, take a look at your stoke component. What strokes are your real weapons? What strokes breakdown and why? What strokes don’t you possess that are needed? How can you improve or acquire these strokes?

Often times, players spend all their time addressing this component in a haphazard way. There is no way that any player can improve all of his/her strokes in one fell swoop. Time must be given to each. My advice? Improve your most glaring weakness first. Then, move onto a new problem area. Eventually, you will arrive at a point where new stokes can be added to your arsenal.

Now, this takes time and patience. In a past article, I addressed the whole concept of change. The link to this previous column is: http://www.tennisserver.com/turbo/turbo_99_05.html. I encourage you to take the time to read or re-read it.

You can learn a tremendous amount about your game, if you only will videotape you practices and matches. Again, a previous article from my regular column may be of assistance in this regard. Here is the link: http://www.tennisserver.com/turbo/turbo_99_03.html.

Hopefully, many of the articles dealing with stroke production that are stored in the Turbo Tennis Archives will be of assistance to you in determining what needs to be done to improve or add a stroke to your game. You can review all of my previous articles by going to: http://www.tennisserver.com/turbo/turbo-archive.html.

The strategy component is the next area to be considered. Knowing what type of player you are is of critical importance in assessing and formulating strategies. My article on "Type A and Type B Players" contains a questionnaire that should be helpful in arriving at the answer to this question. The link for this column is: http://www.tennisserver.com/turbo/turbo_00_11.html.

Again, I have written many articles which address strategic considerations in my column over the years. Looking for the article that addresses your needs in the Turbo Tennis Archives may prove useful. However, simply charting matches can reveal more about the path(s) you should take than, perhaps, any other action. I have created a charting form that you can copy and use. It is available at: http://www.tennisserver.com/turbo/turbo_00_02.html. Believe me, as a college tennis coach I can attest that this practice of charting is of great help in determining what is going on during matches. It also gives you a means of comparison for future reference.

Next month, my column will provide readers with a form that can be used to keep records on specific players. Again, we often times face the same opponents. But do we really learn from our past matches? Hopefully, next month’s column will assist the reader in being better able to play the "reoccurring opponent."

Finally, each player must come to terms with her/his mental game. We need to be competitive but balanced. The single best source for information regarding the mental side of the game is in John Murray’s book Smart Tennis. This is an essential part of your tennis library. You can always send a message to John through his Mental Equipment column on Tennis Server. Believe me. He knows of where he speaks.

The key factor regarding the mental side of the game with respect to New Year’s resolutions is to take an honest inventory. How do you feel when you play? What mental obstacles do you experience when you play? What self-fulfilling prophecies haunt your game? How do you deal with anger? When do you find that you lose due to a mental weakness?

Truly, the game of tennis is 90% mental. Yet, many of us never really address the problems we experience in this aspect of the game. 2004 should be the year that this changes. The mental changes, like everything in tennis, require effort, dedication, persistence, patience and good advice. The latter can easily be had from reading John Murray’s materials.

Once all of the above have been examined and assessed, you can craft an action plan for improving your game. You need goals, objectives, timetables and viable means to really develop this plan. Hopefully, my previously published article on "goaltending" will be of assistance to you in formulating this plan. Here is how you can get to it: http://www.tennisserver.com/turbo/turbo_99_11.html.

Well, I hope 2004 proves to be a productive and positive year for each of my readers. I wish each of you, all the best. I am sure that if you take your 2004 resolutions to heart that you will, in no time, become a tennis overdog!!!

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Government metadata delivery faster and easier

Harvesting descriptive information (metadata) about environmental data is usually time-consuming and difficult work — but it has just become easier and quicker thanks to Eco-informatics.

Craig Walker, the director of Eco-informatics, which is based in Adelaide, said the facility had created metadata for about 700 datasets held by the South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and provided them to the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) for publishing on the Research Data Australia web portal.

The facility could now provide similar services to other government agencies.

‘Eco-informatics is able to easily extract metadata in the format required by ANDS from the Australian Ecological Knowledge and Observation System (ÆKOS) data repository,’ Craig said.

‘This is achievable because ÆKOS uses a flexible ontological model. It is designed to represent both ecological data content and data sets covering the spectrum from what was observed through to details of how the information was collected and recorded, and finally how that information is organised, managed and published.

‘The model incorporates the detail needed to produce the metadata format used by ANDS, which is known as RIF-CS, as this important requirement was specifically included in the design process.

‘Supplying metadata in such a complex metadata format was previously labour intensive, required specialist expertise, and was a costly exercise in terms of ‘data exchange’ software development.

‘Eco-informatics has reduced these overheads for DENR and could provide the same benefits for other state and territory agencies via collaborative partnerships,’ Craig said.

The facility is bringing together complex ecological data (systematically collected) from state agency databases for display and analysis at a national level by building long-term collaborative partnerships. Once copies of their ecological data are semantically integrated and regularly updated via ÆKOS, the supply of agency metadata to ANDS will be easy and fast.

Martin Pullan, the project manager of the software team, explained the process in technical terms. He said that Eco-informatics had developed computer code that allows any input data format to be mapped easily to the ANDS metadata (RIF-CS) format.

‘This is important, because ANDS acts as the highest-level metadata library in Australia, allowing people to search for a range of data collections at a national level,’ Martin said.

’We can now bridge between the structure of any source database, including ÆKOS, and output in ANDS standard data exchange format without needing to rewrite the translation program each time.’

‘So this approach simplifies harvesting, reduces the development effort required, and enables us to scale up the metadata output regardless of how big or how many different data sets are provided to us.’

One agency is already using this service and Eco-informatics welcomes additional mutually beneficial partnerships of this nature with state agencies and other custodians of terrestrial ecological data.

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* Salon clients before & after one session of our professional keratin repair

Anna, Intensive Rejuvenation customer, VIC

There are no words to describe the joy and happiness this place inspire from the moment you walk in.
Sandra and her team are very skilled and professional, keeping up the best customer service experienced in a while.
They are careful at any time of your visit. The quality of treatments provided will make you walk out renewed from head to toe!
I cannot stop recommending them. Manicure and pedicure with Diana, hair treatments with Sandra and all the
unique line of exclusive shampoos, creams and conditioners. They are wonderful! Five stars because they deserve it :)

Laura, Intensive Rejuvenation straightening client, VIC

I'm blown away by the results of Terre a Mer! After a lifetime of battling frizzy unruly hair, I now have sleek straight hair
which has a beautiful luminous shine and it literally feels like silk. The fact that I won't have to use a straightener or hair dryer
will save so much time. The result is incredible and I thank the Terre A Mer team for their incredible service. You can tell
they are so passionate about the treatment and the results speak for themselves. I can finally let my hair down so thank you!

Catherine, Intensive Rejuvenation straightening client, VIC

Don't go anywhere else.
They work miracles, really understanding hair, and what it needs.
The service is excellent - very caring and empathic.
Highly highly recommended.

SK, Intensive Rejuvenation straightening client, Melbourne

Keratin treatment with amazing results.
Both Peter and Sandra were more than happy to answer all of my questions about their Keratin treatment
and the results exceeded everything I'd hoped for. My curls are gone and my hair is now straight. It's so much
easier to style and hasn't felt this soft or healthy in a very long time. If good service and great results in a
relaxed environment is what you're looking for, then this is the place for you.

Catriona, Intensive Rejuvenation straightening client, VIC

I have had the Terre a Mer treatment 3 times now and I do not know how I survived before it! I have really thin hair that's a little bit wavy naturally but poker straight when blow dried. It just never grew, never stayed in any style and went frizzy at the sight of any moisture. I had been told about Terre a Mer by a friend who had been encouraging me to get it for months. I didn't think it would work for me as my hair is so so thin and thought it was just for people with thick unruly hair. I was very wrong - I took the plunge and got it done and have never looked back. My hair is the longest it has ever been. It's so easy to manage I never have to think about it. I can finally get curly blow dries that actually stick!!! So may people have complimented me. Friends and family think I've extensions it it has grown so much and looks so healthy. I couldn't recommend this more for anyone - be it thick, unruly and curly hair or thin lifeless hair like mine. Go for it - you won't regret it, I promise. Thank you Terre a Mer X


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TESVOLT specialises in developing innovative, sustainable energy storage systems that reap rewards not just for the environment, but also for our customers’ balance sheets. State-of-the-art prismatic lithium battery cells from Samsung SDI combined with our patented and TÜV-certified Active Battery Optimizer (ABO) smart cell control system ensure superior performance and reliability, without compromise.

Our broad product portfolio covers all commercial and industrial areas of application for energy storage systems: with outputs from 10 kWh to 100 MWh, our solutions can be connected to high-voltage or low-voltage systems, they can be on-grid or off-grid, or used with solar, wind, hydroelectric or combined heat and power sources.

TESVOLT energy storage systems are the economical choice for the most demanding applications. Made in Germany, in Europe’s first ever gigafactory for battery storage systems, in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.

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TS 48 V - The flexible one
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Tesvolt expands its operations on four continents
Wittenberg, Cape Town, São Paulo, 07/09/2021 – Tesvolt, a manufacturer of battery storage systems for commercial and industrial use, has posted strong growth in the first half of 2021. Alongside high demand for intelligent energy storage systems in Germany, international business is a key engine for growth. Over 40% of Tesvolt’s turnover now comes from international sales. It also plans to enter the North American market next year.
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Tesvolt Aims to Accelerate Inductive Charging for Electric Vehicles
Wittenberg, Munich/Germany, 7 July 2021 – Tesvolt is now a shareholder in Stercom Power Solutions, a first mover in the field of inductive charging. The two companies want to join forces to expedite wireless charging of electric cars, buses and lorries to make driving electric even more convenient, efficient and economical. The expert in commercial energy storage systems, already the recipient of several awards for innovation, and the think tank for high-performance charging have found answers to as yet unresolved questions – like delivering sufficient charging power and finding the right parking position over the magnetic coil.
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Tesvolt Introduces New Storage Systems for Commercial Use
Wittenberg, Germany, 1/3/2021 – Tesvolt presents its new battery storage system, which for the first time has its own energy management system (EMS) and an integrated industrial inverter. The TS-I HV 80 is designed to achieve exceptionally high power electricity cost savings through the use of intelligent functions. The new power quality technology ensures high power quality that prolongs the lifespan of machines in commercial and industrial settings. The new storage system also provides reliable back-up power. Installers can sign up for training webinars now.
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‘Little Millennium’ is a growing chain of pre-schools initiated by the best and the most experienced minds in the field of education.
The guiding principle for ‘Little Millennium’ is to provide children with a culturally sound environment, the right values, love and protection needed for a healthy body, mind and soul in the most critical phase of a child’s growing up years.

Heritage :

‘Little Millennium’ is proud of its Heritage. Promoted and owned by Educomp, the most transformational education company in India, ‘Little Millennium’ enjoys access to the most advanced educational research and educational content creation facilities in India.

Educomp Group reaches out to over 26,000 schools and 15 million learners and educators across the world. Educomp has 27 offices worldwide including an office in Canada, 20 in India, two in Singapore, one in Sri Lanka, and three in the United States. Educomp has been at the forefront of various pioneering initiatives in the e-education space. Educomp is present across entire Educational Life Cycle: Online and Supplemental Education, Pre-Schools, Digital Content Solutions, Higher Education, Vocational Education, Professional Education, and High Schools.

Educomp has competency in school operations like know how of running the school, own curriculum, technology & extra curricular support. Educomp as a strategy has created different K-12 schooling environments and learning systems to cater to the diverse socio-economic classes in India.
  • Developing Roots (Playgroup): Our Developing Roots programme is designed to cater to the children between the age group of 2-3yrs. The programme comprises of fun-filled activities that instill joyful learning through stories ,rhymes based on various themes, activities to develop writing readiness, cognition, socialization, sensorial learning and life skills.
  • Emerging Wings (Nursery): Emerging Wings is a lovingly designed programme most appropriate for the developmental requirements of children between the ages of 3-4 yrs. Painstakingly researched and created by our R&D team, activities to reinforce the various themes with adequate opportunities for hands-on experience instilling "fun at school" and "fun at home" is the specialty of the curriculum of Emerging wings. Introduction to writing, phonological activities and experiential learning along with activities to enhance other domains of development are the other highlights.
  • Ready to Fly1 (Junior Kindergarten): After having mastered the basics of linguistic and other areas of development in Emerging Wings, the children in Ready to Fly are allowed to go through experimenting with the next level of learning where pre-learnt concepts meet application. Loaded with joyful learning and introduction to Second language (Hindi) Ready to Fly-I curriculum allows children to master their skills learnt from the previous levels. This is a programme meant for kids between the ages of 4-5 years.
  • Ready to Fly2 (Senior Kindergarten): Created to cater to the children who are in the last level of Preschool education and ready to enter into formal schools , our Ready to fly -II curriculum allows children to apply their knowledge of alphabets and phonetics into next level of learning in the form of sentence formation and advanced reading and writing activities to make them eligible to face the competitive atmosphere of Schooling. Clubbed with fun, frolic, music and movement this programme sets a concrete foundation for our children making them truly ready to fly. This is recommended for 5-6 year old children.
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