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The authors present the results of multisite observations of the optical polarization of BL Lac, together with some flux measurements, at a time when BL Lac was relatively faint. The level of polarization varies in a manner similar to that reported by Moore et al., although the position angle behaviour is quite different, varying only a small amount from a mean of 28°. Models are presented to account for the observed polarization behaviour of BL Lac. The best model is one consisting of two polarized components, one having a variable polarization, intensity and random position angle, and the other a fixed polarization, intensity and position angle. The authors tentatively identify this latter component as being associated with the inner region of the optical jet of BL Lac.
This paper provides a new analysis of e-trust, trust occurring in digital contexts, among the artificial agents of a distributed artificial system. The analysis endorses a non-psychological approach and rests on a Kantian regulative ideal of a rational agent, able to choose the best option for itself, given a specific scenario and a goal to achieve. The paper first introduces e-trust describing its relevance for the contemporary society and then presents a new theoretical analysis of this phenomenon. The analysis first focuses on an agent’s trustworthiness, this one is presented as the necessary requirement for e-trust to occur. Then, a new definition of e-trust as a second-orderproperty of first-order relations is presented. It is shown that the second-orderproperty of e-trust has the effect of minimising an agent’s effort and commitment in the achievement of a given goal. On this basis, a method is provided for the objective assessment of the levels of e-trust occurring among the artificial agents of a distributed artificial system.
Poor Central American migrants arriving at a shelter near the U.S. border are undeterred by President Donald Trump's plan to build a border wall and his threat to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT - SUBTITLED (NO REPORTER NARRATION) For most poor Central Americans and Mexicans at travelers' shelters in the desert town of Nogales, Mexico, U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to build a wall along the whole border and deport millions of undocumented immigrants have not made them abandon their harrowing journeys and hopes of a better life in the north. At the San Juan Bosco shelter, which has given refuge to more than one million migrants since it was founded more than 30 years, travelers keep coming. "Lots of people who want to cross [the U.S. border] continue to arrive even knowing what is going on in the United States because the news about Mr. Trump is global," Gilda Loureiro, the shelter's manager, said. "They go through many things trying to cross into the United States. A lot of people die in the desert when trying to cross, if it's hot because of the heat or they get bitten by an animal or something like that. When it's cold well the cold kills them. A lot of people have come through here and everyone has a story," she added. Trump ordered construction of a U.S.-Mexican border wall last week and punishment for cities shielding illegal immigrants. He has also pledged to deport three million undocumented U.S. immigrants. Fourteen-year-old Jeber Hernandez, who made the often perilous journey alone to the U.S. border from El Salvador, a country that has one the highest murder rates in the world, said he is not afraid of Trump. "He doesn't scare me," said Hernandez. "I've lived through worse things in my country." But it was a different story for 28-year-old Mexican migrant Antonio Ruiz Cordova, who fell and injured his leg while trying to scale the border fence. "We wanted to go before all of this started with the new president, before it took effect. If it's difficult now ...I think it will be much more difficult later," he said. The U.S.-Mexico border is home to the largest per capita wage differential of any land border on the planet, with average U.S. wages about five times higher than Mexican wages. Farther south, in Central America, incomes are even lower, and crime worse, fueling a surge of migration in recent years. More Central American migrants were apprehended on the U.S. southern border than Mexicans last year. To get to the U.S. from Nogales, a city of 230,000 dotted with factories of multinational firms like Motorola and B/E Aerospace, migrants say people smugglers typically charge $4,000 per person for a one-way ticket across the border. As with long stretches of the 2,000-mile (3,200-km) border, a 25-foot-tall fence already exists along the international boundary here, built in 2011 and made up of thick rust-colored metal beams that follow the rocky terrain for miles to the west and east of the city. Beyond the fence on the U.S. side, a parallel set of wooden posts are topped with cameras and sensors. In the distance, U.S. immigration vehicles slowly patrol the border. Some 25 miles (40 km) to the east of town, the towering fence comes to an end and is replaced with a waist-high barrier that mainly serves to stop trucks plowing through the desert. While some migrants trudge around the barricade, risking weather exposure on foot through rugged terrain menaced by drug cartel thugs and poisonous snakes, others opt to ride hidden in trucks that drive through official crossings, a route made possible, several said, by bribes.
LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Britain’s Octopus Energy, a challenger to the country’s big six power utiltities, has launched the first domestic tariff to pay customers who use electricity when there is too much supply in the system, it said on Thursday.
* The move comes as energy suppliers face pressure to reduce costs for customers, with the British government planning to impose a cap on prices.
* Octopus said the tariff is a world’s first, with 100 percent of the electricity coming from renewable sources and prices adjusted half-hourly to reflect moves on the wholesale market.
* On occasions when prices drop below zero - which can happen when there is low demand and high output from wind farms and solar plants - customers would be paid use to use excess electricity.
* Customers will be sent an alert, either by text or email telling them about a “plunge pricing” event, enabling them to set timers on appliances such as washing machines or charge their electric vehicles at the appropriate time to take up the offer.
* Octopus said there were four occasions over the past 12 months when the unit price for electricity dropped below 0 pence/kilowatt-hour.
* A home-charging electric vehicle user could save as much as 669 pounds ($928.24) a year compared with the average tariff among the big six suppliers, it said.
* Britain’s big six energy suppliers, which control about 80 percent of the market, are Centrica’s British Gas, SSE , E.ON, EDF Energy, Innogy’s Npower and Iberdrola’s Scottish Power. ($1 = 0.7207 pounds) (Reporting by Susanna Twidale; Editing by David Goodman)
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair’s decision to recognise unions for the first time will not alter its profit forecast for the year, Chief Executive Michael O’Leary said on Tuesday in an interview with Reuters.
Staff costs at the airline will increase by 100 million euros in the current financial year following recent pay hikes, but rates of pay increases may moderate after that as the airline will no longer have to pay extra to attract pilots to a non-unionised airline, he said.
“We continue to hold our guidance,” of 1.4 to 1.45 billion euros for the year to March 31, 2018, he said.
“We have paid a lot of money to keep the unions out.. I suspect there will be more modest rates of increase in the years going forward,” he said.
Good to see #HYR holding onto its recent gains as this is a little above break-even level for me. If this momentum holds we could be back in 4p territory before too long.
The +8.5% rise in #HYR today might herald a bit of a recovery for this out-of-favour company. The down-trend for #HYR has been pretty relentless since July 2016, but maybe the price has bottomed? I hope so as I bought at 2.3p and would welcome a close above current resistance and a return to 4.72p.
#HYR created a bit of excitement recently when it bounced off support at 2.32p a few days ago, but it has quickly retraced and looks as though it is going to test that level again. I have a buy order near this level as I think it's a company with quite an interesting story and its fortunes appear to be improving as it increases throughput and reduces plant downtime.
Not yet got a full weekly candle above the 50MA but it's trying hard. Most techs look strong. Weekly hammer candle may well set-up a decent week.
Weekly 50 has been a constant thorn in this shares side. It's now broken (2weeks ago) and closed above(last week) Plenty of upside here initially from completion of the double bottom around 4.5p
A link to other chart showing share price vs wti oil. Oil has recovered nicely, revenues and sales have doubled but SP has not risen to match as yet. Reason being that in insti fund is reducing exposure and negating the move, look at volume - Breakout should come and expecting a return to par (wti)
Huge volume on Friday. It's double bottomed off an all time low, now we have a breakout of the RSI from its trend. I expect price to follow. Could be a sharp riser.
Closely geared to but disconnected from Brent crude price suggests a seller. Price action today is huge. Volume drives prices.