bat IndyCar, IMS to auction off fan experiences to support non-profits battling the coronavirus By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 19:35:27 +0000 Interested in waiving the green flag at an Indy 500 practice, and looking to stay busy during the Month of May? IndyCar and IMS have a solution. Full Article
bat Cody Zeller recalls Harbaugh brothers telling IU basketball team to be 'blood-sucking bats' By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 23:06:38 +0000 IU basketball alum Cody Zeller recalls getting an unusual pep talk from Super Bowl coaches John and Jim Harbaugh Full Article
bat Letters: Robust health care system needed to combat coronavirus threat By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:00:10 +0000 Until we have a vaccine, the road to opening is through a health care system which can handle the infection, a letter to the editor says. Full Article
bat Battle of Britain veteran Terry Clark dies aged 101 By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:40:25 GMT Flt Lt Terry Clark, who was a radar operator during WW2, died on the eve of the VE Day anniversary. Full Article
bat Timeline: Kiribati By news.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:10:53 GMT A chronology of key events Full Article Country profiles
bat Country profile: Kiribati By news.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:18:41 GMT Key facts, figures and dates Full Article Country profiles
bat The five best lightsaber battles in Star Wars history By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:58:15 +0000 Darth versus Luke. A levitating Yoda. And the greatest duel of them all. Full Article
bat The definitive Batman voice finally gets his Dark Knight moment in front of the camera By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 19:04:43 +0000 Kevin Conroy made his live-action Batman debut in the CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover. Full Article
bat Children battling cancer can’t always express their feelings. Now a robotic duck is doing it for them. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:00:37 +0000 Known as “My Special Aflac Duck,” the robot is merging play with tools that help doctors do their jobs. Full Article
bat A question missing from the health-care debate: Will doctors make less money? By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:01:07 +0000 Democratic candidates need to show their math. Full Article
bat AT#391 - Travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana By usa.amateurtraveler.com Published On :: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:21:28 +0000 Hear about travel to Baton Rouge as the Amateur Traveler talks to Lindsay Thomas from TheTraveluster.com about her hometown. Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana. It can be a great gateway to Cajun food and culture. Full Article
bat AT#534 - Travel to Micronesia (Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru) By pacific.amateurtraveler.com Published On :: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:45:22 +0000 Hear about travel to the countries of Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru in Micronesia as the Amateur Traveler talks to Stefan from Rapid Travel Chai about these small difficult to reach island nations. Full Article
bat AT#657 - Travel to Bath, England By amateurtraveler.com Published On :: Sat, 18 May 2019 14:00:00 +0000 Hear about travel to Bath, England as the Amateur Traveler talks to Karen Warren about her new hometown. Full Article
bat WHO Comes Under Fire for Saying Kids Under 4 Should Be Taught About ‘Early Childhood Masturbation’ By www.westernjournal.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 22:24:45 +0000 The World Health Organization is once again facing increased scrutiny and outrage. The renewed public outcry is not, however, directed at the shoddy initial response to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic, instead coming as a result of unsettling details recently discovered in the organization’s child and adolescent sexual education guidelines. Set forth by global health… The post WHO Comes Under Fire for Saying Kids Under 4 Should Be Taught About ‘Early Childhood Masturbation’ appeared first on The Western Journal. Full Article News American Left children Culture Health homosexuality Moral Depravity Progressive US News World Health Organization WHO
bat With Debate Months Away, It’s Clear Biden Isn’t Ready for a 1-on-1 with Trump By www.westernjournal.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:22:45 +0000 In just under five months, both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will, one assumes, step onto a debate stage at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. It’s one heck of an assumption, and for more reasons than one. We don’t know if there are going to be debates… The post With Debate Months Away, It’s Clear Biden Isn’t Ready for a 1-on-1 with Trump appeared first on The Western Journal. Full Article Commentary 2020 election Coronavirus Donald Trump Joe Biden Presidential Debate US News
bat America’s Immigration Battle By the Numbers By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:58:35 EST The U.S. has deported an average of 403,500 people each year during the Obama administration. What else do the numbers say about the nation's immigration system? Full Article
bat After Paris Attacks, CIA Head Reignites Surveillance Debate By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 18:21:12 EST Just days after the attack in Paris, America’s top intelligence official suggested that recent leaks about classified surveillance programs were partially responsible. Full Article
bat Sport24.co.za | Hamilton grateful for Grand Prix 'sabbatical' By www.sport24.co.za Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:57:50 +0200 Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has said he feels "fresher than ever" following an unexpected break from Formula One. Full Article
bat Driving 21st Century Growth: The Looming Transatlantic Battle Over Data By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 13:23:00 +0000 Corporate Members Event 29 March 2017 - 12:15pm to 1:30pm Chatham House, London Event participants Dr Christopher Smart, Whitehead Senior Fellow, Chatham House; Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Special Assistant to President Obama, International Economics, Trade and Investment (2013-15)Chair: Kenneth Cukier, Senior Editor of Digital Products, The Economist As US and European governments grapple with the challenges of reinforcing their economic relationships, traditional negotiations over tax and trade policy may soon be overwhelmed by a far thornier issue: the regulation of data storage, protection and analysis. As traditional global trade in goods and services has levelled off, cross-border data flows continue to expand rapidly.Christopher Smart will outline the economic promise of data analytics to drive dramatic productivity gains, particularly for industry and financial services. He will explore contrasting political debates in the United States and Europe over personal privacy and national security and analyse how these have influenced many of the assumptions that drive the regulation of data flows. This event is open to coporate members only.This event will be preceded by an informal, welcome reception from 12:15.To enable as open a debate as possible, this event will be held under the Chatham House Rule. Members Events Team Email Full Article
bat Regulating the Data that Drive 21st-Century Economic Growth - The Looming Transatlantic Battle By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 09:14:01 +0000 28 June 2017 This paper examines how governments on both sides of the Atlantic are establishing frameworks that attempt to govern the commercial uses of data. It covers areas such as data analytics driving productivity and growth, the 'industrial internet of things', and the policy context and political forces shaping data rules in the US and Europe. Read online Download PDF Dr Christopher Smart Former Associate Fellow, US and the Americas Programme @csmart 2017-06-23-TsystemsData.jpg Data centre for T-Systems, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom. Photo by: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek/Getty Images SummaryAs the US government and European governments once again grapple with the challenges of reinforcing and expanding the transatlantic economic relationship, traditional negotiations over trade or tax policy may soon be upstaged by a far thornier and more important issue: how to regulate the storage, protection and analysis of data.Growth in the traditional global trade in goods and services has levelled off, but cross-border data flows continue to expand rapidly and the challenges of developing policies that protect privacy, security and innovation are already tremendous. For example, data analytics are driving dramatic productivity gains in industry, particularly for large and complex installations whose safety and efficiency will increasingly depend on flows of data across jurisdictions. Meanwhile, ‘fintech’ (financial technology) start-ups and large banks alike are testing new modes of accumulating, analysing and deploying customer data to provide less expensive services and manage the risk profile of their businesses.While the US debate on the use of data has often been framed around the trade-off between national security and personal privacy, Europeans often face an even more complex set of concerns that include worries that their digital and technology firms lag behind dominant US competitors. The political and regulatory uncertainty helps neither side, and leaves transatlantic companies struggling to comply with uncertain and conflicting rules in different jurisdictions.A global consensus on data regulation is currently well out of reach, but given the expanding importance of data in so many areas, basic agreement on regulatory principles is crucial between the US and the EU. This paper proposes a ‘Transatlantic Charter for Data Security and Mobility’, which could help shape a common understanding. While it would hardly resolve all concerns – or indeed contradictions – around the prevailing traditions on both sides of the Atlantic, it could provide the basis for better cooperation and establish a framework to protect the promise of the digital age amid an unpredictable and emotional debate. Department/project US and the Americas Programme, US Geoeconomic Trends and Challenges Full Article
bat The oversecuritization of global health: changing the terms of debate By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 14:01:47 +0000 4 September 2019 , Volume 95, Number 5 Read online Clare Wenham Linking health and security has become a mainstream approach to health policy issues over the past two decades. So much so that the discourse of global health security has become close to synonymous with global health, their meanings being considered almost interchangeable. While the debates surrounding the health–security nexus vary in levels of analysis from the global to the national to the individual, this article argues that the consideration of health as a security issue, and the ensuing path dependencies, have shifted in three ways. First, the concept has been broadened to the extent that a multitude of health issues (and others) are constructed as threats to health security. Second, securitizing health has moved beyond a rhetorical device to include the direct involvement of the security sector. Third, the performance of health security has become a security threat in itself. These considerations, the article argues, alter the remit of the global health security narrative; the global health community needs to recognize this shift and adapt its use of security-focused policies accordingly. Full Article
bat Virtual Breakfast: Europe in the Age of COVID-19: Priorities and Debates By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:15:01 +0000 Invitation Only Research Event 6 May 2020 - 9:00am to 10:00am Event participants Duncan Robinson, Charlemagne Columnist; Brussels Bureau Chief, the EconomistChair: Pepijn Bergsen, Research Fellow, Europe Programme, Chatham House The new European Commission had a bold new agenda when it began its work in December 2019, with climate change, digital transformation and strengthening European democracy among its priorities. Less than six months later, the European continent is in the midst of the worst crisis since the second World War and business as usual has been taken over by crisis management.Has COVID-19 monopolized the agenda in Brussels? What priorities are still on the table and what debates have fallen victim to the coronavirus? Is the current crisis reigniting and exacerbating existing faultlines in the EU or creating new ones?Reflecting on his first four months as the Economist’s Charlemagne columnist, the speaker will share what decision-making in Brussels looks like during a pandemic and what debates are dominating conversations in the EU capital today. Event attributes Chatham House Rule Department/project Europe Programme, Britain and Europe: The Post-Referendum Agenda Alina Lyadova Europe Programme Coordinator Email Full Article
bat China and Russia in R2P debates at the UN Security Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:36:16 +0000 7 May 2020 , Volume 96, Number 3 Zheng Chen and Hang Yin Read online While China and Russia's general policies towards the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) are similar, the two reveal nuanced differences in addressing specific emergencies. Both express support for the first two pillars of R2P while resisting coercive intervention under its aegis, as they share anxieties of domestic political security and concerns about their international image. Nonetheless, addressing cases like the Syrian crisis, Russian statements are more assertive and even aggressive while Chinese ones are usually vague and reactive. This article highlights the two states’ different tones through computer-assisted text analyses. It argues that diplomatic styles reflect Russian and Chinese perceptions of their own place in the evolving international order. Experiences in past decades create divergent reference points and status prospects for them, which leads to their different strategies in signalling Great Power status. As Beijing is optimistic about its status-rising prospects, it exercises more self-restraint in order to avoid external containments and is reluctant to act as an independent ‘spoiler’. Meanwhile, Moscow interprets its Great Power status more from a frame of ‘loss’ and therefore is inclined to adopt a sterner approach to signal its status. Although their policies complement each other on many occasions, there is nothing akin to a Sino–Russian ‘bloc’. Full Article
bat Virtual Breakfast: Europe in the Age of COVID-19: Priorities and Debates By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:15:01 +0000 Invitation Only Research Event 6 May 2020 - 9:00am to 10:00am Event participants Duncan Robinson, Charlemagne Columnist; Brussels Bureau Chief, the EconomistChair: Pepijn Bergsen, Research Fellow, Europe Programme, Chatham House The new European Commission had a bold new agenda when it began its work in December 2019, with climate change, digital transformation and strengthening European democracy among its priorities. Less than six months later, the European continent is in the midst of the worst crisis since the second World War and business as usual has been taken over by crisis management.Has COVID-19 monopolized the agenda in Brussels? What priorities are still on the table and what debates have fallen victim to the coronavirus? Is the current crisis reigniting and exacerbating existing faultlines in the EU or creating new ones?Reflecting on his first four months as the Economist’s Charlemagne columnist, the speaker will share what decision-making in Brussels looks like during a pandemic and what debates are dominating conversations in the EU capital today. Event attributes Chatham House Rule Department/project Europe Programme, Britain and Europe: The Post-Referendum Agenda Alina Lyadova Europe Programme Coordinator Email Full Article
bat China and Russia in R2P debates at the UN Security Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:36:16 +0000 7 May 2020 , Volume 96, Number 3 Zheng Chen and Hang Yin Read online While China and Russia's general policies towards the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) are similar, the two reveal nuanced differences in addressing specific emergencies. Both express support for the first two pillars of R2P while resisting coercive intervention under its aegis, as they share anxieties of domestic political security and concerns about their international image. Nonetheless, addressing cases like the Syrian crisis, Russian statements are more assertive and even aggressive while Chinese ones are usually vague and reactive. This article highlights the two states’ different tones through computer-assisted text analyses. It argues that diplomatic styles reflect Russian and Chinese perceptions of their own place in the evolving international order. Experiences in past decades create divergent reference points and status prospects for them, which leads to their different strategies in signalling Great Power status. As Beijing is optimistic about its status-rising prospects, it exercises more self-restraint in order to avoid external containments and is reluctant to act as an independent ‘spoiler’. Meanwhile, Moscow interprets its Great Power status more from a frame of ‘loss’ and therefore is inclined to adopt a sterner approach to signal its status. Although their policies complement each other on many occasions, there is nothing akin to a Sino–Russian ‘bloc’. Full Article
bat Inside the Battle for the New Libya By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 18 May 2018 00:00:00 +0100 Full Article
bat The Battle for Tripoli By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 +0100 Full Article
bat CBD News: Message from Mr. Ahmed djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification: Combating Land Degradation for Sustainable Agriculture. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: Engaging Cities of the World in the Battle for Life on Earth. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification 2009: Conserving land and water = Securing our common future. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: Address by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf on the occasion "the Biodiversity Debate: Engaging and Educating Children on Biodiversity as the Future Guardians of our Planet", held on 3 September 2009 at the Royal Geographical Society, London, UK. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of at the Ministerial Round Table of the Ninth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD Communiqué: Engaging Business in the Battle for Life on Earth. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD Press Release: World Governments Build Consensus on a New Biodiversity Vision to Combat Biodiversity Loss, Alleviate Poverty and Fight Climate Change. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: Message by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification, 17 June 2010. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the General Debate of 124th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, 15-20 April 2011, Panama City, Panama By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD, Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification, 17 June 2011 By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: As governments meet in the Republic of Korea to address the challenges of land degradation under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, global actors will meet at the Rio Conventions Pavilion to communicate their coordinated By www.cbd.int Published On :: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification, 17June 2013 By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: Statement of Mr. Braulio F. De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary on the Occasion of Beyond Enforcement: Communities, Governance, Incentives And Sustainable Use in Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade, 26 February 2015, Muldersdrift, South Africa By www.cbd.int Published On :: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: On World Wildlife Day, as we seek to work to combat illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products, let us look at ways to combine enforcement with empowerment, and therefore protect the "Future we Want," a future of life in harmony w By www.cbd.int Published On :: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: As we celebrate this year's World Day to Combat Desertification, the message could not be clearer; in order to attain food security for all through sustainable food systems we must invest in our land. Soils represent at least a quarter of g By www.cbd.int Published On :: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: This year's World Day to Combat Desertification shows the importance of being inclusive as we cooperate to restore and rehabilitate degraded land. It also points to the convergence of international action and landmark agreements recently ado By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: Statement by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Pasca Palmer, on the Occasion of the General Debate, UNWTO General Assembly, Chengdu, China, 13 September 2017 By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: Message of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Pasca Palmer, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2018 By www.cbd.int Published On :: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat CBD News: Young people from around the world are encouraged to submit videos for the 2019 Global Youth Video Competition showcasing positive solutions on three themes: Nature-based Solutions for Food and Human Health; Cities and Local Action to Combat Cli By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 24 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
bat Cubature method to solve BSDEs: Error expansion and complexity control By www.ams.org Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:09 EDT Jean-Francois Chassagneux and Camilo A. Garcia Trillos Math. Comp. 89 (2020), 1895-1932. Abstract, references and article information Full Article
bat Perturbation de la Dynamique de Diffeomorphismes en Topologie (C^{1}) By www.ams.org Published On :: Sylvain Crovisier, University of Paris-Sud - A publication of the Societe Mathematique de France, 2013, 164 pp., Softcover, ISBN-13: 978-2-85629-764-3, List: US$67, All AMS Members: US$53.60, AST/354 This memoir deals with the dynamics of diffeomorphisms of compact manifolds. For the study of generic properties or for the construction of examples,... Full Article
bat New simple method for measuring the state of lithium-ion batteries By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) in Germany have presented a non-contact method for detecting the state of charge and any defects in lithium-ion batteries. Full Article
bat World's X-ray facilities team up to battle COVID-19 By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT (DOE/Argonne National Laboratory) A group of the world's best X-ray science facilities has developed a strategy for cooperatively combating COVID-19. Full Article
