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A Beacon of Light for India's Survivors of Domestic Violence
URJA, a New Delhi-based NGO, works to combat a domestic violence crisis that affects one out of every three families in India.
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By Vikram Zutshi
In 2016, India's National Crime Records Bureau reported 338,954 incidents of violence against women, including 38,947 rapes, up from 309,546 in 2013. Forty percent of the victims were children. In the same year, only one-third of child sexual abuse cases brought to trial had resulted in convictions. What we are confronted with is the unspeakable horror of a woman or child being assaulted every six hours in India.
The National Family Health Survey released by the Union Health Ministry indicates that every third woman has faced domestic violence of various forms since the age of 15. Among married women, 83% reported their spouses as perpetrators of violence. For unmarried women, the perpetrators are usually mothers or stepmothers (56%), fathers or stepfathers (33%), sisters or brothers (27%) as well as schoolteachers (15%).
"The idea for URJA came about after years of working on women's rights in the by-lanes of the red light area of Kamathipura in Mumbai, in the trafficking that goes on in villages of Maharashtra and Bihar, and other forms of gender-based violence," says Anjali Pathak, a lawyer and founder of URJA, a New Delhi-based NGO dedicated to helping victims of gender-based violence. She says she was inspired, above all, "simply by listening to women's voices and their heart-rending stories of everyday violence — how they were negotiating their journey to live a life of dignity and respect despite all the atrocities they face."
It took Pathak a long time to turn the idea into reality. Najafgarh, the second most populous town in National Capital Territory of Delhi, was chosen as the base of operations because it is an area where "patriarchy, social class divide, sheer male domination and inequalities between men and women are deeply ingrained in society," says Pathak. "There is a sharp gender divide where gender stereotypes — boys should be earning, aggressive, and girls to be submissive, caring, docile — has been internalized by both men and women, thereby making women vulnerable to violence," she says, adding that "rape, trafficking, abduction, dowry, molestation, high level of female illiteracy, acid attacks, prostitution and cruelty by [the] husband exacerbate the social and economic exploitation of women."
Indeed, given the harsh conditions, rarely do women find the courage to leave their husbands to get justice, proper guidance and counseling. This is where URJA comes in, providing legal counsel to traumatized women and spreading awareness in the community so that women are informed and have a recourse when they need it. In addition to pro bono legal work, URJA focuses on providing economic and livelihood opportunities to women and girls, empowering them with the requisite skills to lead independent lives.
At the outset, URJA conducted a survey covering a population of more than 30,000 people in 22 villages surrounding Jaffarpur Kalan, a village situated on the southwest boundary of Delhi, falling under Najafgarh Vidhan Lok Sabha (the lower house of India's Parliament) constituency of West Delhi. "In most families men are alcoholic, doing odd jobs and earning sporadically, leaving the woman to fend for the family," says Pathak. "She has to make both ends meet either by borrowing from relatives or friends. Alcoholism and lack of sufficient income at home is the major cause of friction within the families, leading to increasing cases of domestic violence and economic abuse."
Based on their findings, URJA implemented the Mahila Panchayat program under the aegis of the Delhi Commission for Women. From November 2017 to July 2019, they handled more than 600 cases. Around 350 of these were related to domestic violence, sexual harassment, assault, rape and murder. Additionally, they helped local women access government schemes like AADHAR identification numbers, ration cards, widow and retirement pensions. In Pandvala Kalan, the adjacent village, Balwadi classes for preschoolers, supplementary classes to curb drop-out rates and vocational skills development courses for migrant women and adolescent girls were implemented.
The women (all names have been changed for the purposes of anonymity) who seek help from URJA are all looking for a way out of what can often seem as impossible situations. Seema, a 24-year-old woman from Najafgarh, married into a family of six brothers. Her husband and his brothers were all addicted to cannabis, opioids and alcohol. Within a year of marriage, Seema's husband started beating her. On one occasion, he beat her so badly that she became unconscious. Then he locked her up and didn't give her any food or water for 24 hours. Somehow, she managed to call her brother, who called the police. She was rescued and sent to her parents' place.
After a few days, Seema's husband came to her parents' house and begged her to come back home, apologizing profusely for his behavior. The family sent Seema back to her matrimonial home. Within a few days, her husband beat her again. This time her mother-in-law also intervened and told her that she had to sleep with all the brothers if she wanted to stay in the family.
On hearing this, Seema ran away and went back to her parental home. Her husband's family continues to threaten her with dire consequences if she does not return. Against all odds, she approached URJA, and a case against her husband and his family was lodged in the district court.
Meera Devi, a 35-year-old housewife and mother of two from Pandvala Kalan village, was often beaten to the point of unconsciousness by her husband, a repeat offender with a history of abuse. Often, her wages, earned through domestic work and manual labor, were snatched by the husband to feed his alcohol habit. If she resisted him, Meera was thrashed, and had to be taken to the hospital for her injuries on several occasions. Somehow, she mustered the courage to approach URJA to file a case on the basis of domestic violence and cruelty. The URJA is providing her with help in terms of legal counseling and advice, and is helping her to find a job so that she can sustain her family.
Krishna Kumari, 28, had a love marriage with Vinod against her parents' wishes, and gave birth to a son out of wedlock. Shortly after giving birth, she discovered that her husband was having an extramarital affair. She confronted her husband, who initially denied the accusation. However, he was caught red-handed and confessed to the affair, declaring that he would continue seeing his mistress.
This led to regular fights, until one day Krishna gave him an ultimatum of having to choose between the two. On hearing this, he proceeded to beat her with iron rods. On another occasion, he stripped her naked and struck her on her private parts. Humiliated, she contacted her parents and approached URJA for help. URJA counseled her and gave her legal assistance through filing her complaint at the police station, and subsequently helped her get a job.
Life at Its Darkest
On November 10, URJA is hosting the first in a series of benefit shows and workshops in conjunction with Coven Code, a collective of talented female musicians based in New Delhi. The evening will start with a legal aid workshop led by Pathak, followed by live performances by the ladies of Coven Code.
URJA is also in the process of teaming up with theater groups and music festivals to co-host events across India before continuing to the United States. All proceeds from the events are meant for a legal aid and counseling center, as well as an advanced training center for livelihood development so that women can gain employable skills to escape violence at home.
Through these efforts, URJA hopes to raise awareness for a crisis that affects one out of every three families in India, to help the survivors lead lives of dignity and, more importantly, ensure that they have a place to go to when life seems at its darkest.
*[The author is a consultant with URJA, handling special projects and resource mobilization.]
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Q: xcode - ipad app. UIWebView Remember login info I'm working on an application to run base camps website only.
I need it to work when you login and press "Remember me on this computer"
I'm not sure how to set it up to actually remember your login and keep you logged in when you come back to the app.
Is there a way to 'save' the state of the application when you quite it and come back to what you were doing?
Here is an image of the login form on the website used in the application.
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Thanks.

A: If your web application uses url sessions, you can save your current URL using the webview delegate:
- (void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView *)myWebView {
    NSUserDefaults *prefs = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
    [prefs setObject:myWebView.request.URL.absoluteString forKey:@"lastUrl"];
    [prefs synchronize];
}

… and load it from the preferences later again when the viewDidLoad:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    NSUserDefaults *prefs = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
    [webView loadRequest: [NSURLRequest requestWithURL: [NSURL URLWithString: [prefs objectForKey:@"lastUrl"]]]];
}

You can also access the cookies using javascript, if you need to save and set them:
NSString *myCookies = [[myWebView stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:@"document.cookie"] copy];

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Let us have a comparison between iitjee video lectures and books. Almost all students who prepare for iitjee purchase books for physics chemistry and maths. He purchases more than one writers for one subject. Apart from these books school books are also used by students. Iit jee preparation is never say die situation. Now a day many students also opt for video lectures for iitjee. Not all video lectures are up to mark for jee preparation. Like class room coaching student can make notes for all subjects with the help of videos.
In this entire burden student will have no time for revision for notes or books. Most students think a single book cannot have complete course. For this reason student purchase more than one book for a subject. In fact this is correct thinking but the senior teachers say that do not go for many books. Because a normal student cannot do all syllabus and cannot attempt all questions in iit jee mains or advanced exam.
So if some points are left due to less number of iitjee books in book shelf. No need to worry. Using a good video lecture for iit jee preparation can be a great advantage, because it can cover the entire syllabus accurately and perfectly. IITjeemaster has taken this as a challenge and get it done. The notes prepared with iit jee master video lectures are perfect and not a single idea will be left for exams. You have these courses? Then other coaching institutions' printed notes are not needed at all. Also there is no need of their classroom coaching as well.
Covering a syllabus properly is the main aim of our videos. None of our student misses any concept for jee exams. Video lectures are getting more and more popularly after its good results. So finally use only a best suited set of books and other standard reference books. No coaching support is needed at all in any way. Making own notes by videos keeping formula books and making formula charts for any day any time reference.
A student can do his course in six month with videos. After that he has solve some problem books as suggested by our teachers. At that time these iit jee formula notes and formula charts will be great helpful.
Just solve past years jee paper from video lectures and then try out test series as recommended. To get confidence for exam hall one must do maths and physics well ahead of exams. And chemistry nearby exams to get max marks in it. Video are great tool to that way preparation for jee mains and advance.


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Home Sports 4 Years Ago, This Star Was Painting The Streets For World Cup But Now He's A Match Starter
4 Years Ago, This Star Was Painting The Streets For World Cup But Now He's A Match Starter
June 18, 2018 Sports,
No one knows tomorrow. Pictures of this football star have been trending over social media platforms and the reason is very obvious. Four years ago, Manchester City striker, Gabriel Jesus was painting the streets in preparation for the Brazil 2014 World Cup.
Yesterday, Gabriel Jesus started in Brazil's first match against Switzerland at the ongoing world cup tournament. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
The viral pictures from 2014 show a 17-year-old Gabriel Jesus, brush in hand, helping to paint the street where he lived as World Cup fever swept Brazil. Four years on, 21-year-old Jesus is no longer the painter but the painted.
It has been a meteoric rise for a player whose £27 million move to Manchester City from Palmeiras in January last year introduced an European audience to a talent on which Brazil are pinning so many hopes. He helped Manchester City demolish a series of records en route to lifting the Premier League title and now he's in Russia trying to help his country.
Now, several adjoining houses in Jardim Peri, the Sao Paulo neighbourhood where he grew up, have been painted with an image of Jesus performing his now familiar goal celebration, where he pretends to phone his mother, Dona Vera, his biggest fan and harshest critic.
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Q: Boot from USB w/ Grub2... computer is useless right now... help!!! I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on my MacBook Air, and after a botched update attempt the OS won't boot & recovery mode won't boot. The only thing I can do is drop into the Grub2 prompt. I have a USB drive that I should be able to boot from, but after going through these commands:
set root=(hd1)
chainloader +1
I get an error that says "invalid efi path". My MacBook Air has no other OS installed, so I can't go into reFit or anything. What are my options here? I was able to get into BusyBox at one point this evening, but heck if I know how to get back to it lol.
tl;dr: need to boot MacBook Air from USB drive; can only use grub2; chainloader +1 doesn't seem to work. Help?!

A: If you've got an OS X installation, you should be able to get it to boot by holding down the Option key (or Alt if you're using a PC keyboard) when the chime sounds when you first power on the computer. You may then be able to reconfigure GRUB, install rEFIt or rEFInd to help select your OS for recovery, or otherwise reconfigure the system. Another option might be to try a rEFIt or rEFInd boot CD; that might enable you to boot OS X.
The GRUB commands you specified (set root=(hd1) followed by chainloader +1) are suitable for some types of recovery on a BIOS-based system, but the invalid efi path error you got suggests that GRUB is installed in EFI mode, not in BIOS mode. It's not clear what you were hoping to accomplish with those commands (what OS you intended to boot), but the equivalent for EFI is likely to be to load another OS's boot loader and chainload to it, as in:
set root='(hd0,gpt2)'
chainloader /System/Library/CoreServices/boot.efi

This example might boot OS X, depending on where it's installed. Details will vary depending on your installation, of course.
If you need more help, I recommend you run the Boot Info Script from an emergency disc and post a link to the RESULTS.txt file that it produces. That will give us more information on your configuration, which is necessary for more detailed diagnostics.


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Metal skeletons are immersed in a zinc bath and after cooling they gain high mechanical resistance and long durability.
Metal skeleton is protected by two layers, first acquiring a cold galvanizing layer which is covered with a layer of powder colour afterwards.
Wooden parts are made of spruce, ash or robinia wood and all wooden parts are sprayed twice with a thick-layer stain in following shades: pine, walnut and chestnut. On the wooden parts of the furniture your company´s logo can be placed by seriography.
The seat of the chair can be flat or moulded.
The bottoms of the metal skeleton are equipped with plastic tips to avoid damage and noise.
The chair can be equipped with fabric seat.


Frequent Flyer miles programs can be difficult to understand. We all seem to want to accumulate the points (miles) and talk about the times we used them for 'free flights', but have you ever tried to work out what they are really worth?
Here is a simplified guide to valuing your Frequent Flyer points. We have used the Australian Qantas Frequent Flyer program to demonstrate how to value Frequent Flyer points. However, the principles of the guide should be valid for similar programs. To note, reference to points has the same meaning as miles.
To help we have created a simple spreadsheet to compare different options for using your points. This will guide ou to make the most of those accumulated points.We compare exchanging Frequent Flyer points for a department store gift card against the value of using the Frequent Flyer points in exchange for a flight. However, you can use the spreadsheet to compare across many options.
The spreadsheet below will help to make some quick calculations. This spreadsheet can also be downloaded.
Important, to enter your details click 'Click to Edit' box located at the top of the spreadsheet.
If you have difficulty viewing the spreadsheet, please refresh your browser or alternatively, download the spreadsheet using the 'download' button below.
Below is a guide as to how you can manually calculate the points. This will assist in better understanding the calculator.
Question 1 - What is a Frequent Flyer (FF) Point Cash Value? Or in the Qantas Frequent Flyer program, the value of a department store gift card (as close to cash as we could get!).
To purchase a $100.00 Gift Card, you require 13,500 FF points. Each FF point is therefore worth $0.007474 ($100.00/13,500 = 0.007474). This means a FF point is worth less than ¾ of 1 cent!
It is easier to look at the Cash Value per 1,000 FF points. In this example 1,000 FF points = $7.41 ($0.007474 X 1000 = $7.41 rounded).
Question 2 - What is the FF points Ticket Value (value of FF points if exchanged for a plane ticket) and is this greater than the Cash Value?
If the Ticket Value is greater than the Cash Value, buy tickets with the FF points. If not, use your own cash and consider exchanging FF points for a gift card.
The table below shows two return flight scenarios.
In this example, the Cash Value (gift card) of $7.41 is greater than the Ticket Value of $6.44. Therefore, you would be better off cashing in the points!
Can you book a flight with FF points that is convenient? - A cheap flight may not be that cheap by the time you spend extra on accommodation and food just to suit the flight times.
Frequent flyer seats are limited - it can be tough to book particularly at peak times which will give the most amount of benefit, i.e. ticket prices will be more expensive.
When comparing flight costs - look also at other airlines for their special deals. The same principal applies for the calculations.
Beware of taxes and other costs - Often you need to pay cash for taxes associated with a ticket when purchased by FF Points. This can be a very costly extra particularly for international flights and therefore reduces the value of exchanging points for plane tickets.
Buy goods instead of gift cards? - Simply do the same calculation as the gift card value. That is divide the value of the goods by the points required and compare against the gift card.
Always check the terms and conditions.


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Q: What happens in the martingale CLT if I norm by the conditional variance instead? TLDR: I'm a statistician (bear with me!) trying to use the martingale CLT but I only can estimate the conditional variance instead of the unconditional one. Can I do anything to get a CLT with norming by the conditional variance?
Suppose I have two iid data streams: $X = (X_1, X_2, \ldots)$ and $Y = (Y_1, Y_2, \ldots)$ independent of each other with $E X_1^2 < \infty$ and $E Y_1^2 < \infty$. I'm trying to estimate $\theta = E X_1 - E Y_1$ by sampling $X$ and $Y$ into sample means but with a wrinkle:
The entire timeline is divided up into slices, so that at the time when there are $n$ total points there are $k(n)$ slices, where in slice $i$ we have a difference-in-sample-means estimate $\hat{\theta}_i = \bar{X}_i - \bar{Y}_i$ calculated only from data within that slice. Also suppose that at time $n$, the number of points within slice $i$ (denoted $n_i$), is non-zero, known and not random for each $1 \leq i \leq k(n)$.
Assume there is dependence between the within-slice estimates $\{\hat{\theta}_i: 1 \leq i \leq n\}$ in the following way:

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*For each $i$, the probability $p_i$ that each of the $n_i$ total within-slice visitors will be sampled from stream $X$ (instead of $Y$) is a function of $\hat{\theta}_{i-1}$. Assume that $p_i \in (0,1)$ so that the $\hat{\theta}_i$'s are orthogonal.

To ease notation let $E_{n,i} := \frac{n_i}{n} (\bar{X}_i - \bar{Y}_i - \theta)$ so that we can write simply $T_{n,j} = \sum_{i=1}^j E_{n,i}$ with each $E_{n,i}$ having zero mean. Fortunately because of orthogonality of the $E_{n,i}'s$ the variance of $T_{n,i}$ is just
$$ \textrm{Var}(T_{n,j}) = \sum_{i=1}^j \textrm{Var}(E_{n,i}) $$
and from here it is straightforward enough to show that $T_{n,k(n)} / \textrm{Var}(T_{n,k(n)})^{1/2}$ has a limiting normal distribution.
My question: Unfortunately, in practice it's way easier to compute the conditional variances $E(E_{n,i}^2 | \mathcal{F}_{n,i-1})$ than the unconditional ones $\textrm{Var}(E_{n,i})$. Is it still possible to obtain a CLT using a norming by this conditional variance instead? For example:
$$ \frac{T_{n,k(n)}}{\sum_{i=1}^{k(n)} E(E_{n,i}^2 | \mathcal{F}_{n,i-1})^{1/2}} \to N(0,1) \textrm{ in distribution as } n \to \infty$$
Is this workable at all (maybe with mild assumptions) or is it totally missing an important point about how the CLT works?
UPDATE 1: I am making no assumptions on the manner of dependence of $p_i$ on $\hat{\theta}_{i-1}$ aside that $p_i$ is bounded away from 0 and 1. If it turns out that this is intractable then I'd love to investigate what conditions must be imposed to make this work!
UPDATE 2: I realized that my initial problem about constructing a martingale really boiled down to the question of the conditional variance vs. the unconditional one. Restructured the question to make it more concrete.


Mediation is the process of using a third party person (neutral) to help conflicting parties settle disputes outside the court. The third party person is often referred to as the mediator. The mediator is not a decision maker, but helps the parties come to a conclusion, which is non-binding to the parties, and this can further result to settling their case elsewhere if they feel dissatisfied. Advocacy, on the other hand, seeks to help people in the society be able to raise their voice and express their views, access services and information, and help them know their rights and responsibilities. An advocate is used in such cases.
Human services agencies in advocacy and mediation on the national level involve a person of high moral character, one who is knowledgeable and has an open mind. The individual should advocate for the company while maintaining one's personal belief in the organization. The mediator is not to be in favor of either parties and, the most importantly, be honest.
We are going to look at a case in London where the poor suffer from the lack of basic necessities and how the advocacy and mediation team in life span organization aids such individuals to overcome such challenges.
The first case is the Ontario works (OW), also known as welfare, is used to assist people from falling via the cracks. If a person is kicked out of OW, this leaves the individual with no form of income, and this could translate to one being homeless. An advocate appeals through a process of mediation with the OW works that terminated the victim's income. There are many reasons as to why the OW works made such a decision, but mediation is believed to come up with a viable solution. Advocates in LIFE SPAN ensure that the individual is catered for inform of safe housing, food, and in case of medical condition, one is well covered and continued if the need will be.
Secondly, there is the Ontario Disability Support Program Act (ODSP), which majorly deals with the disabled persons. Those individuals who lack insurance and cannot work and are in possession of a few assets can apply for the program. An advocate assist in attaining medical supporting documents, seeing the relevant doctor and normally helps clients fill in the application form, which is at times complicated to fill. It is reported that 80% of the applications are never successful due to the lack of medical objectivity.
Finally, there is the Canada Pension Disability Benefit (CPP). This is a federal pension for the disabled people. In order for one to qualify for the benefits, he or she needs to have contributed to the CPP pension plan. Clients have to be assisted by advocates in the application process and accessing their medical reports. The application process is highly detailed and often confusing to individuals. The advocate also assists people of old age in application security and income supplement.
According to the findings provided above, one would conclude the following. The poor in the society have no voice in case they are overcome by challenging situation. Questions regarding what happen to them if they are unemployed or who will fight for their rights against employs because they at times feel intimidated arise. At times, these people will become homeless if no action is taken against their unemployment. Secondly, incase of disabled persons, their application would go unnoticed if they lack someone who will follow up on their behalf. In the case of retrieving gains from the pension firms, disabled individuals who lack access to the necessary requirements would never receive their pensions though those are legally entitled to them due to the lack of proper channels to claim for them.
I believe that mediation is in order. It usually helps people who are considered to be less fortunate in the society, the upper and middle class. The process does not discriminate but helps conflicting parties come to an amicable conclusion outside the court. Mediation is a less costly method as compared to when one has to follow the legal process to have his or her cases heard in a court of law. Mediation also helps individuals who are usually reserved in the community in that their cases do not go out to the public.
The process is appropriate considering the population that I have discussed above as it gives quick solutions to already ill-fated individuals. This hence provided relief to them in a short instance other than following up their issues in a court of law, which might be resolved in the long term.


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But really, this election may well be uncharacteristically significant. It was not politics as usual in America, and I think the outcome rates a few reflections before we retire it to the back-burner and resume life as 21st century Christians in North America.
Tom: So, Immanuel Can, have at it: What will be different tomorrow because the U.S. of A. is not going to be overseen by Mrs. Clinton?
Immanuel Can: I'm told there may be some serious policy implications. For example, the pro-abortion cause has long been a darling of Democrat politics. It would seem less likely to go forward unimpeded now.
Tom: Yes. Those Supreme Court appointments are going to be very different if Hillary is not the one making them. Trump has unapologetically said he's looking for pro-life Supremers, something the Left finds "horrifying". Snort.
IC: What would you point to, Tom?
Tom: During the last two debates it seemed like Hillary was going out of her way to alternately accuse and threaten Russia. To be fair, that may have been all posturing rather than serious intent: she may have simply hoped to gain traction with the neocon #NeverTrump crowd by showing she had no intention of letting major world powers push her around. But it seems to me the danger of crying wolf when the wolf is Vladimir Putin far outweighs whatever minimal bump in the polls she might have temporarily realized by appearing hawkish. If she was faking it, it wasn't worth the risk and demonstrated poor judgment. And if she really meant it, she's downright bonkers.
Which is to say, yeah, temporarily averting WWIII is not a bad thing either.
IC: Now, the explanation for Hillary's loss that I'm hearing from left-leaning people is that, and I quote, "America wasn't progressive enough to be ready for the first black president being followed with the first female president". In other words, this is all about racism and sexism, according to them. You buying that explanation, Tom?
Tom: Oh, that's hilarious. No, I think America's probably ready for a female president ... just not THAT female president.
But you bring up a good point: our political discourse has really reached rock bottom when the answer to "Why did he vote that way?" is always something along the lines of "He's a racist, sexist homophobe." It seems to me Trump's election is evidence that at least half of Americans have stopped buying into that nonsense. That's good news.
I had lunch with a friend this week who says he would have voted for Hillary if he lived in the States. I definitely wouldn't have, as you know. But I know him, I respect his judgment and I value him as a human being, so we had a profitable exchange about the issues and ended up closer together rather than further apart.
But you have to assume goodwill and a desire for truth on the part of the other side in any debate if you want to have that sort of conversation.
To know only one side of an issue is really to know neither side. That's smart.
Does that sound loopy to you?
IC: I've got to confess … it sounds a little out there. What do you mean, Tom?
Tom: Well, as you are well aware, our own Prime Minister swings pretty far to the left of the political spectrum. In this, he and President Obama are a match made in heaven. Back in May, Mr. Trudeau's team trumpeted their new bill to protect transgender people from "hate speech". "Hate speech" is one of those lovely amorphous terms that means whatever any given interpreter wants it to mean on any given day. Basically, if a transgender person feels hurt, or even if a third party thinks transgender people might potentially be emotionally troubled by the way Canadians refer to them, this law gives them a cause of action to pursue in court. By that standard, some people would almost surely construe things we've written on this blog in previous years as hateful, and therefore actionable.
IC: What? Just because we don't agree with him? I can't remember us hating anyone, or talking as if we did.
Tom: Oh, we don't. But the verb "to hate" in Liberal-speak would include any implication that a person's conduct is objectively wrong, or that they might be mentally ill. That's hate speech in our current environment. All of which is to say that it looks increasingly like the curtailment of free speech is coming in Canada, and coming quickly. All it would take is the right case before one of our Human Rights Commissions.
IC: Ha. That's unlikely to take long.
Tom: I agree. Anyway, Mr. Trudeau is not a moron, he's a pragmatist. He has his finger on the pulse of world opinion, and he'll trend the way other countries are trending on such issues. A U.S. president like Hillary Clinton that went all-in for "social justice" causes would give Mr. Trudeau room to tack even further to the ideological left, where he's bound to eventually to come into conflict with the Bible-based beliefs of Canadian churches. A Trump presidency, on the other hand, is (at least in the short term) a victory for free speech, and a successful Trump presidency might well inspire the same sort of anti-PC movement in Canada, though on a much smaller scale.
IC: I was thinking maybe the Dr. Jordan Peterson case, or something like it, might be a sort of turning point. It does look as though for the first time there's a sizeable public turning against Leftist witch-hunts like that. But how profound that turning is I couldn't venture to say.
Tom: This is turning out to be too big to fail — or at least too big for a single post. Let's explore that idea a bit more tomorrow.
I've been following US presidential politics since 1960 when Kennedy was elected. (Yes, my views wer somewhat simpler then because at the time I was after all a kindergarten student. But I recall vividly four years later, as a grade 3/4 student asking my father if I had to fear re. thermo-nuclear war if Barry Goldwater got it) Barak Obama was the first presidential candidate who while in power practiced the ideas of J.S. Mill in terms of openly noting that he had spent time to understand the other persons/party's point of view. Not that I always agreed with him, but I found his approach to debate as refreshing, certainly in contrast to the debacle of so called "debate" we had in the last election.
I think the days of civilized political discourse are rapidly disappearing into the rear view mirror, Russell, but they'll be missed.


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2000 Ch. Prieuré-Lichine, Margaux
Wine Advocate90-100/100
Robert Parker90-100/100
"Undeniably the finest Prieuré-Lichine in 30-40 years, this textured, rich, medium to full-bodied 2000 boasts a dark, ruby/purple color in addition to a knock out nose of black cherries, cassis, tobacco leaf, cocoa and toasty oak in the background. The wine is sweet on the attack, full-bodied and well-textured with oodles of fruit and glycerin. This is sexy stuff that can be drunk early. but will age gracefully for 15-16 years.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate - Apr-2003
Cab.Sauvignon Blend
Chateau Prieure-Lichine
France, Bordeaux, Margaux
Château Prieuré-Lichine, a large 4ème Cru Classé Margaux estate, is one of the most fragmented in the Médoc with as many as 40 separate parcels of vines scattered throughout the Margaux appellation. Prieuré-Lichine was purchased in 1951 by the great Bordeaux visionary Alexis Lichine - he improved the quality of the wines through investing heavily in new vineyards and by modernising the vinification techniques. He died in 1989 and the estate is now run by his son Sacha, with guru oenologist Michel Rolland acting as consultant.
Prieuré-Lichine has 68 hectares of vineyards and the wine is typically a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc. It is matured in oak barriques (40% new) for 18 months.
Prieuré-Lichine's relatively high Merlot content gives the wine suppleness and elegance with the wines from the best years possessing a beautifully perfumed nose with a firm structure and good depth of fruit on the palate.
If Pauillac can be seen as the bastion of 'traditional' Red Bordeaux, then Margaux represents its other facet in producing wines that are among Bordeaux's most sensual and alluring. It is the largest commune in the Médoc, encompassing the communes of Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labaude, in addition to Margaux itself. Located in the centre of the Haut-Médoc, Margaux is the closest of the important communes to the city of Bordeaux.
The soils in Margaux are the lightest and most gravelly of the Médoc, with some also containing a high percentage of sand. Vineyards located in Cantenac and Margaux make up the core of the appelation with the best vineyard sites being located on well-drained slopes, whose lighter soils give Margaux its deft touch and silky perfumes. Further away from the water, there is a greater clay content and the wines are less dramatically perfumed.
Margaux is the most diffuse of all the Médoc appelations with a reputation for scaling the heights with irreproachable wines such as Ch. Margaux and Ch. Palmer, but also plumbing the depths, with too many other châteaux not fulfilling their potential. There has been an upward shift in recent years, but the appellation cannot yet boast the reliability of St Julien. However, the finest Margaux are exquisitely perfumed and models of refinement and subtlety which have few parallels in Bordeaux.
Recommended Châteaux: Ch. Margaux, Ch. Palmer, Ch. Brane-Cantenac, Ch. Rauzan-Ségla , Ch. Dufort-Vivens, Ch. Ferrière, Ch. du Tertre, Ch. Giscours, Ch. d'Angludet.
Cabernet Sauvignon lends itself particularly well in blends with Merlot. This is actually the archetypal Bordeaux blend, though in different proportions in the sub-regions and sometimes topped up with Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot.
In the Médoc and Graves the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend can range from 95% (Mouton-Rothschild) to as low as 40%. It is particularly suited to the dry, warm, free- draining, gravel-rich soils and is responsible for the redolent cassis characteristics as well as the depth of colour, tannic structure and pronounced acidity of Médoc wines. However 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines can be slightly hollow-tasting in the middle palate and Merlot with its generous, fleshy fruit flavours acts as a perfect foil by filling in this cavity.
In St-Emilion and Pomerol, the blends are Merlot dominated as Cabernet Sauvignon can struggle to ripen there - when it is included, it adds structure and body to the wine. Sassicaia is the most famous Bordeaux blend in Italy and has spawned many imitations, whereby the blend is now firmly established in the New World and particularly in California and Australia.
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package org.krysalis.barcode4j.tools;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

/**
 * Tests the {@code MessageUtil} class.
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public class MessageUtilTest extends TestCase {

    /**
     * Tests unescaping.
     * @throws Exception If an error occurs
     */
    public void testUnescaping() throws Exception {
        String msg = "12345\\u001E00\\\\u001e11\\u0004";
        String processed = MessageUtil.unescapeUnicode(msg);
        assertEquals("12345\u001E00\\u001e11\u0004", processed);

        //Testing an unfinished Unicode escape sequence
        msg = "1\\u00\\x";
        try {
            processed = MessageUtil.unescapeUnicode(msg);
            fail("Expected an IllegalArgumentException for an unfinished Unicode escape sequence");
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            //expected
        }

        //A double backslash should generate a single backslash and not trigger the Unicode
        //escaping
        msg = "1\\\\u001E";
        processed = MessageUtil.unescapeUnicode(msg);
        assertEquals("1\\u001E", processed);
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Global beef and veal leading producing countries 2019
Leading beef and veal producing countries worldwide in 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)
by M. Shahbandeh, last edited May 7, 2019
The statistic shows the leading producing countries of beef and veal worldwide in 2019. In that year, Brazil produced some 10.2 million metric tons of beef and veal, making the country the second largest producer of beef worldwide, following only the United States.
Production in thousand metric tons
* Includes carabeef (water buffalo).
Includes meat of other bovines for certain countries.
Numbers have been rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistic.
Beef Market
Cattle population worldwide 2012-2019
U.S. retail price of ground beef 1995-2018
U.S. retail price of sirloin steak 1995-2018
Beef and veal export volume worldwide 2017-2019, by country
Beef market in the U.S.
Everything On "Beef market in the U.S." in One Document: Edited and Divided into Handy Chapters. Including Detailed References.
Other Reports & Dossiers
Global meat industry
Statistics on "Beef market in the U.S."
Production and trade
Retail facts
Number of cattle worldwide from 2012 to 2019 (in million head)*Cattle population worldwide 2012-2019
Beef and veal production worldwide from 2012 to 2019 (in million metric tons)Global beef and veal production 2012-2019
Leading beef and veal producing countries worldwide in 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)Global beef and veal leading producing countries 2019
Number of beef and milk cows in the United States from 2001 to 2017 (in 1,000s)*Number of beef and milk cows in the U.S. 2001-2017
Total beef production in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in billion pounds)U.S. total beef production 2000-2018
Commercial beef production in the United States from 2008 to 2018 (in million pounds)Commercial beef production in the U.S. 2008-2018
Value of U.S. product shipments of beef from 2002 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)*U.S. product shipment value of beef 2002-2016
Total carcass weight of worldwide U.S. beef and veal imports and exports from 2007 to 2018 (in billion pounds)Carcass weight of worldwide U.S. beef and veal imports and exports 2007-2018
Retail sales of fresh meat in the United States in 2017, by type (in U.S. dollars per store/week)U.S. retail sales of fresh meat 2017, by type
Sales growth of fresh meat in the United States in 2018, by typeSales growth of fresh meat in the U.S. 2018, by type
Category share of beef sales in the United States in 2018, by cut type U.S. category share of beef sales 2018, by cut type
Category share of veal sales in the United States in 2017, by cut typeU.S. category share of veal sales 2017, by cut type
Annual average value of retail and wholesale beef in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in U.S. cents per pound of retail equivalent)Annual average value of retail and wholesale beef in the U.S. 2006-2017
Annual averages of beef price spreads in the United States from 2006 to 2018 (in U.S. cents per pound of retail equivalent)Annual averages of beef price spreads in the U.S. 2006-2018
Advertised prices for beef brisket at major retail supermarket outlets in the United States in 2016 and 2018 (in U.S. dollars per pound)*Advertised beef brisket prices in the U.S. 2016-2018
Retail price of ground beef (100% beef) in the United States from 1995 to 2018 (in U.S. dollars per pound)U.S. retail price of ground beef 1995-2018
Beef consumption in the United States from 2002 to 2018 (in billion pounds)Beef consumption in the U.S. 2002-2018
Domestic consumption of beef and veal in selected countries in 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)Consumption of beef and veal in selected countries 2017
Per capita consumption of red meat in the United States from 2010 to 2019, by type (in pounds)U.S. per capita consumption of red meat by type 2010-2019
Per capita consumption of beef in the United States from 2000 to 2028 (in pounds)Per capita consumption of beef in the U.S. 2000-2028
Per capita consumption of veal in the United States from 2000 to 2028 (in pounds)Per capita consumption of veal in the U.S. 2000-2028
Leading protein sources among consumers in the United States as of April 2017Sources of protein consumed by Americans 2017
Average expenditure on beef per consumer unit* in the United States in 2017, by region** (in U.S. dollars)U.S. household expenditure on beef 2017
Beef production in Canada by type 2000-2016
Number of beef bovine animals aged under one year old reared in France 2006-2016
Top countries of destinations for U.S. beef and veal exports 2017
Greece: meat of bovine animals, frozen import value 2012-2018
Italy: meat of bovine animals, frozen import value 2012-2018
Spain: meat of bovine animals, frozen import value 2012-2017
Per capita consumption of beef and veal products China 2011-2020
Export value of beef from China in 2017
Portugal: meat of bovine animals, frozen import value 2012-2018
Consumption of beef and veal New Zealand 2000-2026
Consumption of beef and veal Australia 2000-2026
Export volume of beef from China 2019-2017
Hungary: meat of bovine animals, frozen import value 2012-2018
Meat of bovine animals, frozen: Austria import value 2012-2018
Poland: meat of bovine animals, frozen import value 2012-2018
Share of imported frozen edible bovine offal product to China by top supplier 2015
Major frozen boneless beef exporters to China 2017, based on market share
France: meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled export value 2012-2017
Volume of Canadian beef and veal products supplied to China 2010-2015
Beef and veal carcasses: manufacturers' sales value in the UK 2008-2017
Frozen Foods Market
Milk Market
Beef in the United Kingdom (UK)
Statistics 2017 Beef
Global dairy industry
UK Yearbook 2017 Cattle
Meat industry in Norway
Meat industry in Sweden
Marknadsrapport nötkött - utvecklingen fram till 2016
Marknadsrapport nötkött mars 2016
Meat Atlas 2014
Number of cattle worldwide from 2012 to 2019 (in million head)*
Beef and veal production worldwide from 2012 to 2019 (in million metric tons)
Number of beef and milk cows in the United States from 2001 to 2017 (in 1,000s)*
Total beef production in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in billion pounds)
Commercial beef production in the United States from 2008 to 2018 (in million pounds)
Value of U.S. product shipments of beef from 2002 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
Total carcass weight of worldwide U.S. beef and veal imports and exports from 2007 to 2018 (in billion pounds)
Export volume of beef and veal worldwide from 2017 to 2019, by country (in 1,000 metric tons)*
Retail sales of fresh meat in the United States in 2017, by type (in U.S. dollars per store/week)
Sales growth of fresh meat in the United States in 2018, by type
Category share of beef sales in the United States in 2018, by cut type
Category share of veal sales in the United States in 2017, by cut type
Annual average value of retail and wholesale beef in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in U.S. cents per pound of retail equivalent)
Annual averages of beef price spreads in the United States from 2006 to 2018 (in U.S. cents per pound of retail equivalent)
Advertised prices for beef brisket at major retail supermarket outlets in the United States in 2016 and 2018 (in U.S. dollars per pound)*
Retail price of ground beef (100% beef) in the United States from 1995 to 2018 (in U.S. dollars per pound)
Retail price of ground chuck (100% beef) in the United States from 1995 to 2018 (in U.S. dollars per pound)
Retail price of boneless sirloin steak in the United States from 1995 to 2018 (in U.S. dollars per pound)
Retail price of lean and extra lean ground beef in the United States from 1995 to 2018 (in U.S. dollars per pound)
Beef consumption in the United States from 2002 to 2018 (in billion pounds)
Domestic consumption of beef and veal in selected countries in 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Per capita consumption of red meat in the United States from 2010 to 2019, by type (in pounds)
Per capita consumption of beef in the United States from 2000 to 2028 (in pounds)
Per capita consumption of veal in the United States from 2000 to 2028 (in pounds)
Leading protein sources among consumers in the United States as of April 2017
Average expenditure on beef per consumer unit* in the United States in 2017, by region** (in U.S. dollars)
Beef production in Canada from 2000 to 2016, by type (in million pounds)*
Number of beef bovine animals of less than a year old reared in France from 2006 to 2016* (in 1,000 heads)
Major countries of destinations for U.S. beef and veal exports in 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)*
Value of meat of bovine animals, frozen imported to Greece from 2012 to 2018 (in 1,000 euros)
Value of meat of bovine animals, frozen imported to Italy from 2012 to 2018 (in 1,000 euros)
Value of meat of bovine animals, frozen imported to Spain from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000 euros)
Per capita consumption of beef and veal products in China from 2011 to 2020 (in kilograms)
Export value of frozen, fresh beef from China between 2009 and 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Value of meat of bovine animals, frozen imported to Portugal from 2012 to 2018 (in 1,000 euros)
Per capita consumption of beef and veal in New Zealand 2000 to 2026 (in kilograms per capita)
Per capita consumption of beef and veal in Australia 2000 to 2026 (in kilograms per capita)
Export volume of beef from China between 2009 and 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Value of meat of bovine animals, frozen imported to Hungary from 2012 to 2018 (in 1,000 euros)
Value of meat of bovine animals, frozen imported to Austria from 2012 to 2018 (in 1,000 euros)
Value of meat of bovine animals, frozen imported to Poland from 2012 to 2018 (in 1,000 euros)
Share of imported frozen edible bovine offal product to China in 2015, by top supplier
Leading suppliers of frozen boneless beef to China in 2017, based on market share
Value of meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled exported from France from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000 euros)
Volume of beef and veal products from Canada sold to China between 2010 and 2015 (in metric tons)
Sales value of fresh or chilled beef and veal carcasses manufactured in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)


On Day 1, participants reported on their respective country's progress and readiness in implementing the WTO TFA and identified capacity constraints and areas where priority technical assistance is needed. Experts from ADB, WTO, World Customs Organization (WCO), UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific and other development partners (including Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Korea Customs Service) shared their knowledge and existing support on TFA implementation.
On Day 2, participants deliberated on the approach and scope of the proposed CAREC Consolidated Trade Agenda (CCTA) under the CAREC 2030 strategy, as the first consultation on the development of CCTA. The workshop gathered perspectives from CAREC countries and development partners on the overall objectives, principles, elements, and timeline of the CCTA.
A total of 25 participants comprising senior-level representatives from ministries of commerce, economy, finance, trade, agriculture, and foreign affairs of CAREC countries and development partners attended the workshop.


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You are here: Home / Features / Engineering / "Autonomous" claims are off-track, say testers
"Autonomous" claims are off-track, say testers
Research shows that 71% of drivers around the world mistakenly believe they can purchase a self-driving car right now.
The astonishing finding is just one of many worrying perceptions uncovered by the study, which also showed that one in 10 drivers would be tempted to have a nap while using a so-called 'Highway Assist' system, such as Adaptive Cruise Control.
The #TestingAutomation study, commissioned by Thatcham Research, Euro NCAP and Global NCAP has discovered potentially dangerous false impressions around the apparent Self-Driving capability of new cars and the safe usage of Highway Assist technologies and they cited six manufacturers descriptions of assisted driving programmes. New video demonstrates why drivers should not become over-reliant on current Assisted Driving technologies. Watch it here
Matthew Avery, Director of Research at Thatcham Research comments, "Some carmakers are designing and marketing vehicles in such a way that drivers believe they can relinquish control.
"Carmakers want to gain competitive edge by referring to 'self-driving' or 'semi-autonomous' capability in their marketing, but it is fuelling consumer confusion. This is exacerbated by some systems doing too much for the driver, who ends up disengaged.
"Our message is that today's technology supports the driver. It is not Automated Driving and it is not to be relied upon at the expense of driver attentiveness. The driver is in control and must always remain alert. If used correctly Highway Assist systems will improve road safety and reduce fatalities, but they won't if naming and marketing convinces drivers that the car can take care of itself."
Key findings from the study include:
7 in 10 (71%) drivers globally and 53% in the UK believe that they can purchase a car that can drive itself today
The top three brands drivers believe sell fully self-driving cars today are: Tesla (40%), BMW (27%) and Audi (21%)
One in five (18%) British motorists think that a car marketed as being capable of automatic steering, braking and acceleration allows them to "sit back and relax and let the car do the driving"
Many respondents said that they would be tempted to break the law while using an Assisted Driving system by texting on a mobile phone (34%), making a hand-held call (33%) or having a brief nap (11%)
Only half (51%) of drivers believe they would be liable in the event of a crash when using Assisted Driving systems.
"The lack of driver training and standardised controls, symbols and names for these features, is further muddying the waters for consumers," suggests Avery. Most drivers agreed, with 74% saying that all new car models should have standardised conventions for features such as Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Keeping Aids.
In addition, 77% said they would be happy to watch a short training video or take an online course to better understand the functionality and limitations of a new car's Assisted Driving technologies.
Automated Driving reality-check
Euro NCAP has also released assessments of the assistance technologies in ten new cars, to help consumers better understand the limits of the systems.
The new assessments compared the performance of Highway Assist systems in ten cars: the Audi A6, BMW 5 Series, DS 7 Crossback, Ford Focus, Hyundai NEXO, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Nissan LEAF, Tesla Model S, Toyota Corolla and the Volvo V60.
Michiel van Ratingen, Euro NCAP Secretary General said, "Euro NCAP's message from these tests is clear – cars, even those with advanced driver assistance systems, need a vigilant, attentive driver behind the wheel at all times. It is imperative that state-of-the-art passive and active safety systems remain available in the background as a vital safety backup."
Euro NCAP's key conclusions from these tests include:
No car on the market today offers full automation or autonomy.
Cars on the market today can provide driver assistance but this should not be confused with automated driving. The driver remains fully responsible for safe driving.
Used correctly, this technology can help the driver to maintain a safe distance, speed and to stay within the lane.
These systems should not be used in situations they are not designed for and should not be relied upon as an alternative to safe and controlled driving.
Different manufacturers have implemented different approaches to the application of driver assistance technologies in terms of the level of assistance given to the driver.
Euro NCAP's tests assess and highlight these differences and the varying degree of driver support each manufacturer provides.
Avery added, "These new Euro NCAP assessments are a heads-up for drivers on what these systems can and can't do and starkly shows their limitations, proving beyond any doubt that they are not Autonomous.
"It's a delicate balancing act for carmakers. Offer too much assistance to the driver and they disengage, offer too little and the driver thinks 'what's the point?' and switches the system off. The best systems are those that support the driver but leave them in no doubt that they remain in control."
Rob Cummings, Head of Motor & Liability at the Association of British Insurers, concluded, "The arrival of autonomous vehicles will undoubtedly bring a wide array of benefits for modern society through improved safety and convenience, but Thatcham Research have demonstrated that there are still worrying misconceptions about the current state of vehicle technology. It's essential that consumers know exactly what their car can and can't do and Thatcham Research are right to highlight their concerns today."
Category: Engineering, Featured, Features, Industry, Insurance, News, Retail News, Road safety, Technical Tags: autonomous driving, false hopes, NCAP, Thatcham
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Rotterdam and Shanghai-based architecture firm Monoarchi has designed 'Treewow Villa O': a wooden villa that functions as a one-room retreat, featuring an undulating roof with a curving eave in China.
The villa was designed for a holiday brand called Xband Club, in the mountainous rural village of Zhongcun in China's Zhejiang Province. The tree house is surrounded by ancient bamboo forest, which includes a small river that runs through the area. The 80 square meter tree house is situated on the west bank of the stream that runs through the village. The circular floor plan consists of a bedroom, bathroom with an open bathtub, a living room and terrace. Part of the terrace is designed to extend out over the stream, which according to the architects, creates a sensation of floating above water when standing on that part of the terrace. The remote nature of the location helped determine its key feature—the roof, which is supported by a circle of 57 wooden trusses of varying lengths. The variation in length results in an eave that shifts in shape and form, providing different views from inside looking out.


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