L ast weekend's surprising deal by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to prop up crude prices has effectively applied a tourniquet to a market that has been badly wounded by collapsing oil prices.
And though crude prices and the stocks of both oil producers and energy service companies rallied strongly Monday, OPEC may have only staved off a looming disaster rather than turned the market around.
After all, at Monday's close of $16.51, the May crude oil futures contract is still off 15% from last year's average price of $19.50 a barrel. And the cut of 1.1 million barrels a day agreed to by Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Mexico (which is not a member of the production cartel) may not be enough to prop up prices for the longer term; the actual cut will be about 600,000 to 750,000 barrels a day on average daily production of 73.5 million barrels, predicts Larry Goldstein, president of New York-based consultants Petroleum Industry Research Associates. He looks for crude oil to range between $15 and $17 per barrel this year.
Those prices are above the recent ten-year lows but are still sharply belowlast year's average price. In fact, some estimate that it will take as much as a two-million-barrel-a-day cut or more to actually keep oil prices at their current levels. Without that, crude prices are likely to trend gradually lower again, which means oil companies' earnings will continue to fall this year.
What's likely to happen? Barron's Online turned to Mohammed Abduljabbar, an analyst at the Washington, D.C.-based Petroleum Finance Co. who has been right on the money about oil prices all along-- most recently predicting that crude would have to fall to $13 a barrel before OPEC was forced to act ("Oil Patch Still Exposed to Weaker Crude Prices ," Weekday Trader, January 27).
How to play a market that, after months of pessimism, seems suddenly to be caught up in oil fever? Given the expected volatility in oil prices, investors might take a look at oil companies whose prospects depend more on internal changes than on the cost of crude. French company Elf Aquitaine SA is one such company, according to Jeremy Hudson, a London-based analyst at Salomon Smith Barney.
Hudson says that money has poured into energy shares over the last few days, and warns that the once hugely underperforming group "is likely to get overbought now." Nevertheless, despite the huge uncertainties over crude prices, Hudson goes out on a limb for French energy giant Elf-Aquitaine SA, which he currently dubs the "cheapest" stock in the sector.
Elf shares trades at a discount of about 15% to the P/Es of its European peers and at a 30% discount to high-flying Total SA -- a big favorite among investors. But Elf is a "recovery story that is developing momentum," Hudson argues. Investors still view the company as an old state-controlled behemoth, which is no longer the case, since the government now owns only 1% and management was replaced in 1994. Furthermore, it has had some recent big exploration successes off the coast of Angola and other areas in West Africa, which should help its prospects and boost investors' confidence.
While Hudson doesn't expect the average price of Brent crude to go higher than $16.50 per barrel over the next few years, he is still looking for Elf's earnings growth to average around 16% per year through 2001, as the company continues to restructure its refining and marketing business and cut finding costs. Monday, Elf's ADR's closed at $64, up 1 1/4.


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Any history suggestive of snakebite should prompt the initiation of first aid, investigation, and observation, as detailed below. The pressure bandage should remain in place until the patient can receive antivenom. Once in a suitable facility, bandages and splints should not be left on for prolonged periods, as venom is then not available for interaction with circulating antivenom. In addition, there is no evidence that venom is inactivated by being trapped at the bite site. 8 If the patient's condition deteriorates immediately after bandage removal, the bandages may be reapplied while antivenom is given. Snakebite cases often present a number of complex clinical problems; therefore early consultation with an expert is recommended.
The Commonwealth Serum Laboratory (CSL) Snake Venom Detection Kit (SVDK) detects snake venom in the urine or at the bite site, identifies the type of snake involved, and provides guidance in antivenom selection if antivenom is needed. Positive SVDK identification of venom at the bite site or in the urine is not an indication for antivenom therapy without other evidence of systemic venom effect. False-positive and false-negative results have been described for blood testing by the SDVK and so should not be used.8
Antivenom should be given only in cases when there is clear clinical or laboratory evidence of systemic venom effect. Clinical indications for immediate antivenom therapy include vomiting and severe headache; neurotoxic effects such as ptosis, cranial nerve involvement, progressive muscle weakness, or diaphragmatic involvement; or evidence of coagulopathy. Pertinent investigations include full blood count, serum electrolytes, renal function, creatine kinase levels, and urine testing for hematuria or myoglobinuria.9 Abnormal renal or coagulation studies may provide laboratory evidence of systemic venom effect before neurotoxic effects are apparent. If prothrombin time or activated partial thromboplastin time are prolonged, then levels of fibrinogen and fibrin degradation products should be obtained.
In the absence of clinical or laboratory evidence of venom effect, the elastic bandage should be removed and the patient observed for 12 h. Delayed envenomation after benign presentation has been documented. If significant envenomation has occurred, most patients will develop clinical or laboratory evidence of envenomation within 2 h of removing a bandage.8 Therefore, coagulation studies should be repeated 2 h after bandage removal and at intervals thereafter, depending on the patient's condition.
Five antivenom products, derived from equine IgG, are produced by the CSL to treat envenomation by certain groups of Australian snakes. These are termed monovalent antivenoms. A polyvalent antivenom, also equine IgG, neutralizes the venom of all five major groups of dangerous Australian snakes. The reader is directed to more detailed sources or CSL product information for the species covered by each antivenom product. 2
If indicated, antivenom should be given immediately in sufficient doses to improve coagulation studies. A child should receive the same dose as an adult. 8 Pregnancy is not a contraindication to antivenom therapy. Skin testing before antivenom administration is not routinely recommended. 8 If the type of snake cannot be identified, one or two appropriate monovalent antivenoms, specific for a known group of snakes, may be selected using knowledge of snakes found in the geographic area. Polyvalent antivenom is used in the following circumstances: (1) monovalent antivenom is not available; (2) the SVDK is not available or has failed to identify the type of snake and the range of possible snakes would require the mixing of three or more monovalent antivenoms; (3) the patient is severely envenomated, there is insufficient time to wait for SVDK results, and the range of possible snakes would require the mixing of three or more monovalent antivenoms; or (4) stocks of appropriate monovalent antivenom have been exhausted and the patient requires further antivenom treatment.9
In contrast to experience around the world, anaphylaxis appears to be a rare complication of antivenom therapy in Australia. 814 Nevertheless, patients should be treated in a setting where anaphylaxis can be managed. Premedication with a subcutaneous dose of 0.3 mL of 1:1000 epinephrine (adrenaline) in an adult or 0.1 mL in a child along with a parenteral antihistamine is recommended by some authors.815 Although prospective data are lacking, corticosteroids may have a role in premedication and prevention of serum sickness. Most treatment protocols dictate that patients with a history of allergy to equine proteins should receive corticosteroids. In addition, a 5-day course of prednisolone may be prescribed in an attempt to reduce the incidence of serum sickness in those patients who receive large doses of monovalent antivenom or polyvalent antivenom.8
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To create page content, we must declare it in a layout.
Remember, the layout's name is associated with the controller.
We define the part "content" of our page on this XML. It will contain an element "uiComponent" named "jobs_department_listing".
It's easy to understand, but now we must to learn what is an uiComponent.
We will begin with creating the structure of the component. We will add elements inside after.
On the first part "Integration", we define a provider. This provider has the type "jobs_department_listing_data_source".
This data source is declared below, on the part "Data source".
– name : the dataProvider's name. We put the same as tjhe dataSource.
The next part is static and call Magento's elements.
The only thing we must change is the indexField, which is the primary key of our table.
Now, we will use the dependency injection to create an object "DepartmentGridDataProvider".
– filterPool : We give a new object we will define after.
On a second time, we create the DepartmentGridFilterPool object, which need 2 Magento classes. You can check the content of its if you want, but I will not give details here.
If you remember, we create a dataProvider jobs_department_listing_data_source above. It was named jobs_department_listing_data_source. We create it one the 3rd part of the XML, and use an non-existing class "Maxime\Jobs\Model\ResourceModel\Grid\Department\Collection".
What can I see ?
You can go on the Magento backoffice.
You will see an empty page with a loader.
We've got the structure of our grid, we will put elements on it during the next lessons !
Class DepartmentGridDataProviderdoes not exist , maybe the VirtualType dose not work .
how can download the source code ?.could you give us a link to download the job project .
I have the same problem Class DepartmentGridDataProvider does not exist could you send the correct source please?


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Rep. Roger Williams's 2019 Report Card
Representative from Texas's 25th District
Serving Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2023
These year-end statistics cover Williams's record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 18, 2020.
A higher or lower number below doesn't necessarily make this legislator any better or worse, or more or less effective, than other Members of Congress. We present these statistics for you to understand the quantitative aspects of Williams's legislative career and make your own judgements based on what activities you think are important.
Keep in mind that there are many important aspects of being a legislator besides what can be measured, such as constituent services and performing oversight of the executive branch, which aren't reflected here.
Joining Bipartisan Bills
Working with the Senate
Writing Bipartisan Bills
Bills Cosponsored
Bills Introduced
Laws Enacted
Bills Out of Committee
Powerful Cosponsors
Committee Positions
Missed Votes
Joined bipartisan bills the 8th most often compared to Texas Delegation
In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 96 bills that Williams cosponsored, 44% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »
Compare to all Texas Delegation (78th percentile); House Republicans (50th percentile); All Representatives (77th percentile).
Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.
Cosponsored the 46th fewest bills compared to All Representatives
Williams cosponsored 96 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills »
Introduced the 105th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 19 others)
Williams introduced 8 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills »
Williams introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2019. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.
Compare to all Texas Delegation (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).
The legislator must be the primary sponsor of the bill or joint resolution that was enacted or the primary sponsor of a bill or joint resolution for which at least about one third of its text was incorporated into another bill or joint resolution that was enacted as law, as determined by an automated analysis. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. We also exclude bills where the sponsor's original intent is not in the final bill.
Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Williams introduced 1 bill in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.
Those bills were: H.R. 241: Bank Service Company Examination Coordination ...
Compare to all Texas Delegation (36th percentile); House Republicans (41st percentile); All Representatives (26th percentile).
0 of Williams's bills and resolutions in 2019 had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward.
The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 1 of Williams's bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the Senate. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.
Those bills were: H.R. 2079: Freedom Financing Act
Companion bills are those that are identified as "identical" by Congress's Congressional Research Service.
In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 6 of Williams's 8 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Williams caucused with in 2019.
Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.
Williams held a leadership position on 0 committees and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Williams's Profile »
Williams's bills and resolutions had 106 cosponsors in 2019. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills »
Compare to all Texas Delegation (61st percentile); House Republicans (60th percentile); All Representatives (38th percentile).
Williams missed 3.4% of votes (24 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Williams's Profile »
Compare to all Texas Delegation (56th percentile); All Representatives (73rd percentile).
The Speaker of the House is not included in this statistic because according to current House rules, the Speaker of the House is not required to vote in "ordinary legislative proceedings, and the delegates from the five island territories and the District of Columbia are also not included because they were not elligible to vote in any roll call votes.
The Speaker's Votes: Missed votes are not computed for the Speaker of the House. According to current House rules, the Speaker of the House is not required to vote in "ordinary legislative proceedings." In practice this means the Speaker of the House rarely votes but is not considered absent.
Leadership/Ideology: The leadership and ideology scores are not displayed for Members of Congress who introduced fewer than 10 bills, or, for ideology, for Members of Congress that have a low leadership score, as there is usually not enough data in these cases to compute reliable leadership and ideology statistics.
Missing Bills: We exclude bills from some statistics where the sponsor's original intent is not in the final bill because the bill's text was replaced in whole with unrelated provisions (i.e. it became a vehicle for passage of unrelated provisions).
Ranking Members (RkMembs): The chair of a committee is always selected from the political party that holds the most seats in the chamber, called the "majority party". The "ranking member" (sometimes "RkMembs") is the title given to the senior-most member of the committee not in the majority party.
Freshmen/Sophomores: Freshmen and sophomores are Members of Congress whose first term (in the same chamber at the end of 2019) was the 116th Congress (freshmen) or 115th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.


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Q: How to merge 2 row cells in data table? This is the next step in my attempt to build a user-friendly transition matrix in R, a follow-on to post How to add a vertical line to the first column header in a data table?.
Running the MWE code at the bottom generates the transition table shown in the image below (with my comments overlaying). I'm trying to merge the top 2 cells (rows) in the left-most column and vertically-center the column header "to_state". Any suggestions for doing this? Using DT for table rendering if possible.

Please note that in the fuller code this MWE derives from, the table expands/contracts dynamically depending on the number of unique states detected in the underlying data.
I found good potential guidance in Shiny: Merge cells in DT::datatable, but it turns out in that case row cells in the body of the table (not header) are being merged so it is not applicable to my case.
I am not familiar with HTML, CSS. However, there are nice guidelines on-line for formatting HTML tables, including combined column/row mergers. See https://www.brainbell.com/tutorials/HTML_and_CSS/Combining_colspan_And_rowspan.htm, and https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_table_colspan_rowspan.asp. Makes me wonder if a better solution is to ditch my current DT/html combo and instead do the table completely in html where it seems there is more guidance for the rookie like me.
Here is the MWE code:
library(DT)
library(shiny)
library(dplyr)
library(htmltools)
library(data.table)

data <-
  data.frame(
    ID = c(1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3),
    Period = c(1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3),
    Values = c(5, 10, 15, 0, 2, 4, 3, 6, 9),
    State = c("X0","X1","X2","X0","X2","X0", "X2","X1","X0")
  )

numTransit <- function(x, from=1, to=3){
  setDT(x)
  unique_state <- unique(x$State)
  all_states <- setDT(expand.grid(list(from_state = unique_state, to_state = unique_state)))
  dcast(x[, .(from_state = State[from],
              to_state = State[to]),
          by = ID]
        [,.N, c("from_state", "to_state")]
        [all_states,on = c("from_state", "to_state")],
        to_state ~ from_state, value.var = "N"
  )
}

ui <- fluidPage(
  tags$head(tags$style(".datatables .display {margin-left: 0;}")), # < left-align the table
  h4(strong("Base data frame:")),
  tableOutput("data"),
  h4(strong("Transition table inputs:")),
  numericInput("transFrom", "From period:", 1, min = 1, max = 3),
  numericInput("transTo", "To period:", 2, min = 1, max = 3),
  h4(strong("Output transition table:")),
  DTOutput("resultsDT"),
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  results <-
    reactive({
      results <- numTransit(data, input$transFrom, input$transTo) %>%
        replace(is.na(.), 0) %>%
        bind_rows(summarise_all(., ~(if(is.numeric(.)) sum(.) else "Sum")))
      results <- cbind(results, Sum = rowSums(results[,-1]))
    })

  output$data <- renderTable(data)

  output$resultsDT <- renderDT(server=FALSE, {
    req(results())
    datatable(
      data = results(),
      rownames = FALSE,
      filter = 'none',
      container = tags$table(
        class = 'display',
        tags$thead(
          tags$tr(
            tags$th(colspan = 1, '', style = "border-right: solid 1px;"),
            tags$th(colspan = 10, sprintf('From state where initial period = %s', input$transFrom))
          ),
          tags$tr(
            mapply(tags$th, colnames(results()), style = sprintf("border-right: solid %spx;", c(1L, rep(0, ncol(results())-1L))), SIMPLIFY = FALSE)
          )
        )
      ),
      options = list(scrollX = F
                     , dom = 'ft'
                     , lengthChange = T
                     , pagingType = "numbers"  # hides Next and Previous buttons
                     , autoWidth = T
                     , info = FALSE #  hide the "Showing 1 of 2..." at bottom of table
                     , searching = FALSE  # removes search box
      ),
      class = "display"
    ) %>%
      formatStyle(c(1), `border-right` = "solid 1px")
  })

}

shinyApp(ui, server)

A: The first cell text should be in the upper header, not in the second.
library(DT)
library(shiny)
library(dplyr)
library(htmltools)
library(data.table)

data <-
  data.frame(
    ID = c(1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3),
    Period = c(1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3),
    Values = c(5, 10, 15, 0, 2, 4, 3, 6, 9),
    State = c("X0","X1","X2","X0","X2","X0", "X2","X1","X0")
  )

numTransit <- function(x, from=1, to=3){
  setDT(x)
  unique_state <- unique(x$State)
  all_states <- setDT(expand.grid(list(from_state = unique_state, to_state = unique_state)))
  dcast(x[, .(from_state = State[from],
              to_state = State[to]),
          by = ID]
        [,.N, c("from_state", "to_state")]
        [all_states,on = c("from_state", "to_state")],
        to_state ~ from_state, value.var = "N"
  )
}

ui <- fluidPage(
  tags$head(tags$style(".datatables .display {margin-left: 0;}")), # < left-align the table
  h4(strong("Base data frame:")),
  tableOutput("data"),
  h4(strong("Transition table inputs:")),
  numericInput("transFrom", "From period:", 1, min = 1, max = 3),
  numericInput("transTo", "To period:", 2, min = 1, max = 3),
  h4(strong("Output transition table:")),
  DTOutput("resultsDT"),
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  results <-
    reactive({
      results <- numTransit(data, input$transFrom, input$transTo) %>%
        replace(is.na(.), 0) %>%
        bind_rows(summarise_all(., ~(if(is.numeric(.)) sum(.) else "Sum")))
      results <- cbind(results, Sum = rowSums(results[,-1]))
    })

  output$data <- renderTable(data)

  output$resultsDT <- renderDT(server=FALSE, {
    req(results())
    datatable(
      data = results(),
      rownames = FALSE,
      filter = 'none',
      container = tags$table(
        class = 'display',
        tags$thead(
          tags$tr(
            tags$th(rowspan = 2, colnames(results())[1], style = "border-right: solid 1px;"),
            tags$th(colspan = 10, sprintf('From state where initial period = %s', input$transFrom))
          ),
          tags$tr(
            mapply(tags$th, colnames(results())[-1], style = sprintf("border-right: solid %spx;", rep(0, ncol(results()) - 1L)), SIMPLIFY = FALSE)
          )
        )
      ),
      options = list(scrollX = F
                     , dom = 'ft'
                     , lengthChange = T
                     , pagingType = "numbers"  # hides Next and Previous buttons
                     , autoWidth = T
                     , info = FALSE #  hide the "Showing 1 of 2..." at bottom of table
                     , searching = FALSE  # removes search box
      ),
      class = "display"
    ) %>%
      formatStyle(c(1), `border-right` = "solid 1px")
  })

}

shinyApp(ui, server)

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From some of the best modern Japanese novels to the best books on Japanese culture, these are seven essentials books to read before visiting Japan.
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Before you travel to any new country, you should know a little about its history, food, art, language, and customs. Japan's literature and culture are so rich and the best way to learn more is to tuck into a few Japanese novels by some of the best Japanese authors, as well as some fantastic travel and history books. With that said, here are seven books to read before you visit Japan, land of the rising sun.
You think ancient Japan, you picture samurai, geisha, and ninja. You think modern Japan, you picture anime, robots, and neon-lit streets. More than any other nation, Japan is famous in equal parts for its history and its modern culture. It has done such a good job of both separating and marrying the two together. As such, its tourism grows every single year.
We clamour to Japan from all over to see the Kinkaku-ji of Kyoto, to climb Mt. Fuji, to shop for anime merchandise in Akihabara. But before we do any of this, we should really get a better understanding of what makes Japan special. What is it that the Japanese value? How does their country work with so much harmony and peace? Why is their art as unique and beautiful as it is? To help answer these questions, here are seven books – Japanese novels, history books, and culture guides – to read before travelling to Japan.
Japanese Novels and Culture Books
1) Hokkaido Highway Blues (Travel)
Written by Will Ferguson
We're not starting with one of the best Japanese novels, nor even one of the great Japanese authors. Instead, we're starting with a grump Canadian man.
Story time: Before I lived in Japan (the first time), I was gifted this book by a friend. What I thought would be a fun book that would familiarise me with the roads and trains and cities of Japan turned out to be an illuminating story about living as a foreigner in Japan, the post-war growth of Japanese society and infrastructure, and a journey filled with as many laughs as tears.
Hokkaido Highway Blues treats you to fascinating anecdotes about Japanese folklore, language, history, fashion, food, everything. It's such a great place to start when getting used to modern Japan. In other words, and quite surprisingly, it is one of the best books on Japanese culture.
2) A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun, and Zen (History)
Speaking of the best books on Japanese culture, this book is a fantastic place to start. We've read a few books on the history of Japan, but none hit the mark quite like this one. Clements is an expert on both Chinese and Japanese language and culture, and his unwavering adoration for Japanese culture – both ancient and modern – shines through in this fun, fluid, vibrant book.
If you want to learn the truth about Zen, how the Samurai truly worked and behaved, and how exactly Japan paved its own road through Asian history, this is the book you need to dig into. It's written with wit, wisdom, and playfulness, but packs a real knowledge punch.
While Clements is an expert and someone with a clear and intense adoration for Japanese history and culture, he's also someone capable of coming at certain topics from a different angle. The way that he explores the religious history of Japan, for example, is truly eye-opening. When you see how thin this book is, you'll wonder how he packs so much in, but Clements finds a way. This us truly one of the best books on Japanese culture right now.
3) Convenience Store Woman (Novel)
Written by Sayaka Murata
Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
One of the best Japanese novels to come out of the country in years was 2018's Konbini Ningen (or Convenience Store Woman). It's a short novel that tells the story of a woman who has worked in a convenience store for 18 years.
This is the peak of modern Japanese novels, and it holds the state of modern-day Japanese life under a lens by force. It brings to light the fragility of Japanese society, how it behaves like clockwork so long as all the cogs are greased. And the job of a convenience store person is very much one of these cogs.
If you want to really dig into the psychology of Japan's culture before you visit Japan, this book is also a wonderful look at how your average Japanese person observes mental health, strangeness, and the ladder of work and family that we all must be on because of reasons. Sayaka Murata is one of the best Japanese authors writing today.
Read More: Our full review of Convenience Store Woman
4) Bending Adversity (History/Politics/Economics)
Written by David Pilling
This book was a huge success that went beyond Japan, striking a nerve with journalists, economists, politicians, and writers across the world. It's an informative and infinitely well-researched book that examines the post-war Japanese economy.
Bending Adversity discusses the bubble burst at the start of the '90s; it touches on issues of feminism and inequality. It interviews Japans most famous writers and artists to get an insider perspective.
If you want to know how Japan's modern-day infrastructure, economics, and politics work (but you also don't want to be bogged down with jargon and numbers, this book is overflowing with heart, making it a must-read before you visit Japan as well as one of the best books on Japanese culture, especially in the modern day.
5) Tokyo Ueno Station (Novel)
Written by Yu Miri
Translated by Morgan Giles
Newly released in 2019, this phenomenal novel is a chilling indictment of the invisible class system that plagues modern-day Japan. Yu Miri, a Korean-born Japanese citizen presents us with a tragic protagonist who worked his entire life, barely surviving (until he no longer can) under the weight of Japanese bureaucracy, class, and government. Most tragic of all is the fact that he is born on the same day as the emperor. And yet the emperor will be remembered while our protagonist dies alone and nameless.
Tokyo Ueno Station is not a friendly novel in many respects, but it is a truthful and transparent one, and it would be valuable in the hands of anyone who puts too much faith in capitalism and the actions of the government.
It's always good to be up-to-date on the latest literature before you visit Japan, and this is one of the very best Japanese novels of the 21st century, proving Yu Miri to be one of the best Japanese authors around.
Read More: Our full review of Tokyo Ueno Station
6) Strange Weather in Tokyo (Novel)
Written by Hiromi Kawakami
Translated by Allison Markin Powell
This novel, by one of the best and most beloved Japanese authors, is a delight. The story of a young woman who meets one of her old teachers in a bar, forms a tight friendship with him which steadily and awkwardly grows and grows, and struggles to reconcile her adoration for him with her frustration at his archaic ways.
Strange Weather in Tokyo very much a clash of old and new. The old Japan that now exists in temples and museums is alive in Tsukiko's sensei, but doesn't really have a place in the world she is now thriving in. So what you have here is a very vivid show of how Japan has changed and evolved in such a small space of time, personified as two wholly likeable and hilarious characters.
Of all the Japanese novels I've ever read, this has stayed with me as one of the best. It's also one of the few Japanese novels that doubles as one of the best books on Japanese culture.
Read more: Our full review of Strange Weather in Tokyo
7) Lost Japan (History/Art)
Written by Alex Kerr
Alex Kerr has a thing for traditional Japan, as such he has here produced one of the very best books on Japanese culture. He has studied its tea ceremonies, kabuki and bunraku theatres, and is a master calligrapher.
In Lost Japan, Kerr takes us on a personal and intimate journey through a life spent uncovering the parts of Japan that are vanishing. He decries pachinko and the crushing existence of sad salarymen, and he romanticises the arts of Japan which are unparalleled across most of the world.
To truly peer into the heart of Japanese art, architecture, and history, you need to read this beautiful book. Kerr cares, and he'll have you caring, too. Before you visit Japan, let Kerr teach you about its deep artistic and cultural history.
Read more: Our full review of Lost Japan
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This October I was invited to MUTEK Mexico in Mexico City. MUTEK Montreal has always been a very special festival for me, because I can attribute my inspiration to build Oculon and perform visuals to my early experiences at MUTEK. After 4 years of performing at MUTEK Montreal, it was a treat to experience its incarnation in Mexico.
I was impressed beyond my expectations by MUTEK.MX: the venues, the programming, the audio/video production quality, the staff, the crowd, the hospitality (!) and the overall vibe. It was one of my best festival experiences, and stayed true to the MUTEK spirit which I haven't found elsewhere.
I got to play visuals for Shackleton and Lotic on a bright, crisp LED screen at FMCC. Orbital Mechanics was also participating in the festival with a showing of their immersive dome film, "Dark Matter", and visuals by Diagraf.
This will be my final performance using the current version of Oculon. The codebase has grown outdated and unwieldy, making it very frustrating to work with. So I've decided to completely rewrite the engine and interface from scratch, and port over any content I want to keep. I've struggled with this decision for over a year with several false starts, since a rewrite is daunting and time-consuming, and I am still in the planning stages.
MUTEK.MX has given me new inspiration to go forward with the project, because it reminded me that I do still enjoy performing visuals; I just need my instruments and processes to evolve.


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If successful, India will be the fourth country after the US, Russia and China to perform a 'soft' landing on moon.
3D gun advocate accused of sex with minor is jailed in US
Authorities say the owner of a Texas company that sells plans to make untraceable 3-D printed guns is back in the US after being arrested in Taiwan.
The US Marshals Service says 30-year-old Cody Wilson was booked into Harris County Jail in Houston early Sunday. He is being held on $150,000 bond and it isn't clear if he has an attorney yet.
Wilson is accused of having sex with an underage girl and paying her $500 afterward. He was arrested on Friday in Taiwan. Police say he flew there after a friend of the 16-year-old girl told him that the police were investigating the accusation that he had sex with the girl.
Wilson owns Austin-based Defence Distributed, which was selling designs to make 3D-printable guns.
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Ethical Traditions in Islam
Subject ISLM30003 (2012)
Contact Hours: A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1 hour tutorial per week.
2.5 contact hours/week , 6 additional hours/week. Total of 8.5 hours per week.
For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/
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Dr Muhammad Kamal muhammad@unimelb.edu.au
This subject introduces students to the rich heritage of ethical traditions in Islamic thought. Students will study and critically evaluate the key features and contributions of Muslim theologians, philosophers and Sufis, who attempted to deal with revelation and rationalistic discourse in exploring the meaning of ethical life for Muslims and discussing whether philosophy and religious wisdoms were equals and allies in the pursuit of happiness. The origin and development of these traditions will be introduced with an emphasis on the relevance and application of some ethical issues, such as free will, predestination, human responsibility, and bioethics, to contemporary Muslim societies.
be able to understand and analyse the key features, methods and contributions of Muslim theologians, philosophers and Sufis in dealing with ethics
to trace the development of ethical traditions in Islam
be able to understand the relevance and application of ethical ideas and issues such as free will, predestination, human responsibility, and bioethics to contemporary Muslim societies
A 500-word take home 20% (due week 6), a 1,500-word journal excercise 30% (due week 8) and a 2,000-word major essay 50% (due during the examination period).
Class attendance is required for this subject; if you do not attend a minimum of 75% of classes without an approved exemption you will not be eligible for a pass in this subject. Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.
A subject reader will be available from the University Bookroom.
This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:
Bachelor of Biomedicine
Bachelor of Environments
You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.
be familiar with research methods. thinking in theoretical and analytical terms.
communicate knowledge intelligibly and economically, confidence in self-expression.
understand of social, political, historical and cultural contexts and international awareness and openness to the world.
This subject will be taught online by the University of Melbourne. It is offered to students of University of Melbourne, University of Western Sydney and Griffith University. Local tutorial support will be available at all three universities. Available as a breadth subject. Students who have completed 110-210 Muslim Philosophy and Thought are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Available as a breadth subject.
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The New Leadership Mindset for Data & Analytics
Changing Culture Is Central to Changing Business Models
Leaders need to examine their core beliefs if they want to prosper in a COVID-19 world.
Lanham Napier, Barry Libert, and K.D. de Vries November 23, 2020 Reading Time: 7 min
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This MIT SMR Executive Guide offers new insights and strategies for how leaders can help accelerate their companies' data efforts, from identifying the type of talent they need to shaping a company vision that supports a data-driven culture.
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Culture is all-encompassing. It radiates through every action taken inside an organization — including deciding what is made and sold, which employees are hired and retained, which customers are serviced and how, what is measured and reported, and where time and money are invested.
However, while some leaders strive to create tomorrow's cultural norms using advanced technologies, others resist cultural changes and stick to their knitting. The result is a growing chasm between winners and losers. For example, today's trillion-dollar behemoths are all technology-based organizations that take advantage of mobile technology, data, multiple revenue streams, and AI strategies. They are led by leaders who want to change the world, while the companies that held the top spots of growth and value just two decades ago — banks, oil companies, real estate companies, and manufacturers — are paying the price for holding on to their historical cultural beliefs.
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A good example of what's at stake is the emergence of electric vehicles and Tesla's rise to prominence as the most valuable car company in the world. In the companies that Tesla has surpassed, boards and leaders have resisted adapting to new cultural and technological realities. It's not that the emerging cultural norms about the advantages of embracing modern business models have been unclear. It's that while culture provides the foundation for organizational and industry stability, it is also the force that keeps leaders stuck in their old ways of conducting business. The takeaways from this story apply to every industry.
Leaders who are serious about creating the organizations of tomorrow have a simple choice: They can stay with the cultural norms that created their prior success, or they can do the hard work to change themselves to ensure success in the future. Today's leaders need to take a personal journey to avoid the fate that has befallen companies such as Blockbuster, Kodak, Sears, and so many others, and it starts with three steps: examining personal values in order to redefine them, communicating the new values widely, and measuring what matters — the performance of the new initiatives and investments that are necessary.
While culture provides the foundation for organizational and industry stability, it is also the force that keeps leaders stuck in their old ways of conducting business.
Lanham Napier (@lnapier) was the CEO of Rackspace and is the CEO and cofounder of BuildGroup, a growth equity fund that invests in public and private SaaS-plus marketplace companies. Barry Libert (@barrylibert) is the CEO of AIMatters, a business model data science startup, and a strategic adviser to BuildGroup. K.D. de Vries is a marketing consultant at BuildGroup.
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The 2011 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report is out. Yeah, yeah, yeah – yet another report telling us what a bad state of security we're in and that we need to fix all sorts of things in IT. Okay, I'm not going to complain too much because it does help generate business and keep us all employed. But there's one thing in particular that stands out in this year's report that I want to bring up. It's something that I've been ranting, evangelizing and sometimes yelling at the top of my lungs about for years. It's the fact that the bad guys are targeting low-hanging fruit. In other words, the hackers and malicious insiders are exploiting the obvious security flaws that harried network admins and security managers are overlooking.
The thing is so many people get so deep into the technical minutiae that they end up overlooking the all too obvious flaws. And why wouldn't the bad guys go after these basics…? They're everywhere! Not a single security assessment goes by where I don't find glaring weaknesses in/around the basics of information and application security. I suppose this is one of the reasons why independent information security assessments and audits are so popular. People like myself – including many users of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner – can come in with a fresh perspective and go about finding security vulnerabilities in an unbiased manner. It's a way around the problem of not being able to see the forest through the trees.
This still doesn't really explain why so many of us can't get our arms around the essentials. Is it lack of management support? Not having developers on your side? General apathy? There's an array of factors and almost every situation is different. What I do know is that you have to focus your efforts on stopping the bleeding first. It's the concept of basic triage that first responders around the world use to focus on their highest payoff tasks. Go for the low-hanging fruit – the quick-fix items – that are going to provide a lot of payoff for your security efforts and investment. Once you get your arms around the basics then you go about drilling down and tightening things up in more niche areas.
On a side note, there are people out there who believe that Web vulnerability scanners such as Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner aren't "good enough" because all they focus on is the low-hanging fruit. Maybe this is true to an extent if all you do is rely on the results of an automated scan and nothing else. However, by and large, these tools are getting much, much better at finding more complex application security issues. One thing's for sure, if you don't use an automated Web vulnerability scanner you're going to overlook a ton of stuff. There's just not enough time or expertise available to find every single thing that counts in a manual fashion. Sure, I'll continue to rant about people relying on automated scanners and not doing their due diligence with manual analysis, but since so many obvious issues are still being overlooked we have to use automated scanners to find where we're bleeding.
In the end you have to do what's best for your business given your unique situation.
Consider doing this: for the next six months, forget about what the security analysts are saying, ignore what the security researchers are 'sploitin and don't buy into the scare tactics that many of the vendors are selling. Instead focus on the information security basics – the obvious flaws that need to be fixed now. Use your vulnerability scanners, tighten up the security essentials and see what happens. Just do it for six months, maybe until the end of the year. If you do this – and stick with it – I guarantee you that you'll make HUGE strides in your information security program and greatly decrease the chances that your business will end up as a statistic in the 2012 Verizon Data Breach report.


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Unlock Bangalore: Making the Right Decisions for Sustainable Growth
By Madhav Pai March 31, 2016
To ensure a high quality of life for Bangalore's residents, the city will need to address traffic congestion, urban expansion and energy efficiency. Photo by bionicgrrrl/Flickr.
Bangalore is India's third most populous city and is among the top 100 cities that contribute to the global economy. 75 percent of Bengaluru's income is from the service sector, with over ₹ 500 billion (approximately US $7.6 billion) from IT and real estate. Several Fortune 500 companies have their offices in Bangalore. In 2014, the city received the ninth highest number of foreign investment projects in the world.
While this growth has increased incomes, it has also led to infrastructure problems, like poor quality of water, unreliable power and traffic congestion. Public investments in infrastructure have not kept pace with growth, giving rise to self-provisioning solutions like diesel-powered generators, bore-wells and packaged water that have created environmental and health concerns. Bangalore needs to sustain its economic growth and improve quality of life for its citizens to maintain its appeal for investors and talent. In its attempt to address congestion, limit sprawl and improve efficiency, Bangalore has to now make key decisions on land-use, infrastructure, transport and energy.
Addressing Congestion
In the last 20-30 years, Bangalore has been building wider, faster roads and flyovers in response to the growing number of vehicles in the city. This approach has failed. Not only has it made it unsafe for pedestrians, but it has also resulted in the city having the sixth worst traffic jams in the world. With the metro still under construction, the city's public bus operator, BMTC, carries the majority of the commuter load—42 percent. However, increasing costs and inefficient operations has resulted in a less than optimal quality of service. Every day, 5.2 million people commute via 6,700 buses operated by BMTC.
To actively address congestion and solve mobility and accessibility issues, Bangalore needs to (1) redesign roads to make them safer for all users, and specifically for pedestrians and cyclists, (2) improve speed and quality of bus-based mass transport, including bus rapid transit (BRT), in addition to Namma Metro, (3) integrate various modes of public transport and intermediate public transport through schedule, fare and physical integration, (4) develop progressive regulations for emerging shared mobility options like ridesharing, carpooling, shared bicycles and taxi aggregators and (5) ensure car-users pay the full cost driving, including the costs of parking and congestion.
Managing Urban Expansion
Bangalore has led the growth of India's technology industries. These emerging economies are located in the suburbs and peripheries of the main city and have global access. While the core city is undergoing some transformation, the peripheries have seen rapid growth. From 2006 to 2012, the metropolitan region added 1228 square feet per minute. Over 10,000 gated residential developments now dot the region. Areas such as Whitefield and BIAAPA are manifestations of this growth. In order to manage expansion in a sustainable manner, Bangalore needs to:
Move from a traditional static land-use approach for planning and development, and adopt a strategic spatial planning approach.
Leverage the US $2 billion investment in Namma Metro by implementing transit-oriented development principles in its well-serviced core area.
Develop peripheral and satellite ring roads as area-based development projects rather than mere road projects by integrating land-use and transport
Adopt local area planning that allows for improved infrastructure and services for new and existing wards
BESCOM, the city's electric utility, serves 8.9 million customers—almost the entire population of the city. However, the utility has been struggling to supply sufficient power to meet the 3400 megawatt peak demand. In 2015, due to technical challenges and dropping hydro reserves, the gap between demand and supply was almost 900 megawatts.
Bangalore consumes 40 million units every day, which is projected to increase to 74 million units by 2030. To meet this growing demand, Karnataka proposes to increase generation capacity by 22.5 gigawatts, of which 14.5 gigawatts will come from non-renewable energy sources. Distribution losses are at 14 percent, with additional transmission losses.
In order to reduce the demand-supply gap, the city needs to (1) identify and overcome information, technical and financial barriers to installation of rooftop solar PV, (2) focus on energy-efficiency and demand-side management via by promoting the use of energy efficient appliances and user education, (3) facilitate the procurement of renewables by large electricity consumers to reduce their dependence on diesel and other pollutants and (4) promote increased public participation in BESCOM's decision making
Bangalore is at a critical juncture in its growth, where decisions today will be "locked-in" for the next 40-100 years. By addressing congestion that shifts the conversation from vehicles to people, managing urban expansion towards sustainable growth and implementing practices that provide clean, reliable energy for its people, Bangalore can move on to a path of improved livability and sustainability, and maintain its competitive status in the global economy.
This piece was originally published on wri-india.org. Learn more about our talk series on Unlock Bengaluru here.
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Religious and Spiritual Life
As a Catholic school, Holy Child observes traditional aspects of the faith, including morning prayer services and the liturgical celebration of Holy Days; however, Holy Child embraces the diverse and rich faith traditions of all of our students and faculty, and we are dedicated to providing a warm and open forum for exploring spiritual expression.
Religious studies courses are a required component of Holy Child's extensive curriculum. Some classes are devoted to the study of the Catholic faith, while others introduce students to the study of world religions, ethics and the role of faith in our modern world. These courses incorporate service learning so our students begin to learn how they can make a difference in the world.
In addition to regular liturgies and Catholic worship, students and faculty attend class retreats, which allow them precious time to step away from their busy lives to reflect on their faith, regardless of their faith tradition.
Beginning in Middle School, girls learn how they can make a difference in the world. Across the curriculum, our faculty and students look for ways to integrate social justice and ethics into their studies. They also see that true change comes from altering social policy, and they make their collective voices heard through social action. Service Learning is also an integral part of the Global Studies Program, and our girls participate in cultural immersions that include a hands-on service experience.
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MRSIC, DAMIR
Fenerbahce Ulker 12 Guard
Height: 1.91 Born: 25 October, 1970 Nationality: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Totals 14 7 377:15 154 15/26 38/86 10/15 5 19 24 26 7 18 0 1 33 18 113
Averages 14 7 26:56 11 57.7% 44.2% 66.7% 0.4 1.4 1.7 1.9 0.5 1.3 0 0.1 2.4 1.3 8.1
1 * at Aris TT Bank 26:45 3 0/3 1/3 3 3 4 2 2 1 2
2 * vs Pau-Orthez 18:15 4 0/2 1/5 1/4 1 1 1 4 1 -6
3 at Benetton Basket 31:00 6 2/5 2 2 3 2 6
4 * vs Zalgiris 32:00 15 3/3 3/5 1 4 5 3 4 1 12
5 * at Winterthur FC Barcelona 38:15 21 5/5 3/8 2/2 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 19
6 * at Eldo Napoli 41:00 12 1/1 3/11 1/1 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 4
7 * vs CSKA Moscow 33:30 18 6/10 1 1 1 3 2 1 12
8 * vs Aris TT Bank 26:45 12 1/5 2/4 4/4 4 1 3 12
9 at Pau-Orthez 25:15 2 1/2 0/4 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 2 2
10 vs Benetton Basket 23:45 14 1/1 4/6 1 1 2 1 3 11
11 at Zalgiris 14:15 10 1/1 2/5 2/4 1 2 3 2 3 9
12 vs Winterthur FC Barcelona 19:30 9 3/4 1 1 2 2 9
13 vs Eldo Napoli 28:30 14 1/1 4/9 2 3 2 10
14 at CSKA Moscow 18:30 14 1/2 4/7 2 2 2 3 11
14 Totals 377:15 154 15/26 38/86 10/15 5 19 24 26 7 18 0 1 33 18 113
Average 26:56 11 57.7% 44.2% 66.7% 0.4 1.4 1.7 1.9 0.5 1.3 0 0.1 2.4 1.3 8.1
Index rating 19 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Fenerbahce Istanbul 11/25/2009
Points 21 FC Barcelona vs. Fenerbahce Istanbul 11/23/2006
Offensive rebounds 1 Fenerbahce Istanbul vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 1/14/2010
Defensive rebounds 4 Fenerbahce Istanbul vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 11/16/2006
Total rebounds 5 Fenerbahce Istanbul vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 11/16/2006
Assists 5 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Fenerbahce Istanbul 11/25/2009
Steals 4 Aris Thessaloniki vs. Fenerbahce Istanbul 10/25/2006
Blocks 0 Fenerbahce Istanbul vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 1/14/2010
Minutes 41 SS BASKET NAPOLI vs. Fenerbahce Istanbul 11/30/2006
Grew up with Sloboda Dita Tuzla (Bosnia-Herzegovina) juniors.
Made his debut with Sloboda Dita Tuzla during the 1989-90 season.
Played there till the 1991-92 championship.
Signed for the 1992-93 season by KK Split.
Moved to Turkey for the 1995-96 season, signed by Netas.
Played there also the 1996-97 championship.
Signed for the 1997-98 by Tuborg Izmir.
Played there till the 2000-01championship.
Signed for the 2001-02 season by Fenerbahce Sports Club Istanbul.
Moved to Russia for the 2002-03 season, signed by Unics Kazan.
Signed for the 2003-04 season, signed by MBC Dynamo Moscow.
Back to Turkey for the 2004-05 season, signed by Fenerbahce Sports Club Istanbul.
He's still playing there.
Won the 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2009-10 Turkish National Championship with Fenerbahce Ulker Sports Club Istanbul.
Won the 2010 Turkish National Cup with Fenerbahce Ulker Sports Club Istanbul.
Played the 2005 and 2006 Turkish All Star Game.
Played the 2005 FIBA Europe League All Star Game.
Played the 2006 FIBA Europe Cup All Star Game.
Led the 1999-00 Turkish League in scoring (22.8 ppg.).
Led the 2000-01 Turkish League in assist (8.3 apg.).
Member of the Bosnian National Team.
Played at the 2001, 2003 and 2005 European Championship.
2006-07 Fenerbahce Ulker 14 154 11 15/26 57.7 38/86 44.2 10/15 66.7 24 7 26 0
2007-08 Fenerbahce Ulker 20 125 6.3 4/8 50 37/79 46.8 6/6 100 16 12 20 0
2008-09 Fenerbahce Ulker 16 129 8.1 9/12 75 31/81 38.3 18/21 85.7 12 9 22 0
2009-10 Fenerbahce Ulker 8 42 5.3 3/3 100 11/31 35.5 3/3 100 7 3 11 0
Totals 58 450 7.8 31/49 63.3 117/277 42.2 37/45 82.2 59 31 79 0
Averages 58 450 7.8 31/49 63.3 117/277 42.2 37/45 82.2 1 0.5 1.4 0
1998/99 Izmir 26 591 22.7 88/147 59.9 106/278 38.1 97/123 78.9 83 29 112 …
1999/00 Izmir 26 592 22.8 86/152 56.6 103/247 41.7 111/130 85.4 68 44 125 …
2000/01 Izmir 20 433 21.7 81/147 55.1 70/184 38 61/75 81.3 54 25 165 …
2001/02 Fenerbahce 25 550 22 88/168 52.4 87/241 36.1 107/119 89.9 83 31 104 1
2002/03 Unics Kazan 24 194 8.1 17/28 60.7 48/109 44 16/21 76.2 30 19 41 0
2003/04 Dynamo Moscow 34 456 13.4 36/81 44.4 96/227 42.3 96/113 85 64 36 110 0
2004/05 Fenerbahce 32 648 20.3 81/160 50.6 121/193 62.7 123/159 77.4 91 92 145 …
2005/06 Fenerbahce 30 548 18.3 66/124 53.2 113/262 43.1 77/96 80.2 57 73 134 …
2006/07 Fenerbahce Ulker 39 423 10.8 28/55 50.9 108/247 43.7 43/52 82.7 61 33 76 ...
2007/08 Fenerbahce Ulker 38 322 8.5 13/27 48.1 83/197 42.1 47/55 85.5 48 119 68 0
2006/07 Fenerbahce Ulker 14 154 11 15/26 57.7 38/86 44.2 10/15 66.7 24 7 26 0
2007/08 Fenerbahce Ulker 20 125 6.3 4/8 50 37/79 46.8 6/6 100 16 12 20 0


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Winnipeg ER, urgent care wait times spike over holiday season
By Marney Blunt	Global News
Posted December 31, 2019 12:01 pm
1:27 Winnipeg ER, urgent care wait times spike over holiday season
Patients at emergency departments and urgent care centres around Winnipeg are experiencing longer-than-usual wait times over the holiday season, Global's Marney Blunt reports.
Patients at emergency departments and urgent care centres around Winnipeg are experiencing longer-than-usual wait times over the holiday season.
On Monday, St. Boniface Hospital's emergency department had a wait time of 7.5 hours, according to the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's (WRHA) website, while urgent care centres at Seven Oaks General Hospital and Victoria General Hospital had wait times of 5.5 hours.
The urgent care centre at Concordia Hospital, Grace Hospital's emergency department and Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg's adult emergency department each had five-hour wait times.
By 5 a.m. Tuesday, the wait time at St. Boniface's emergency department had gone up to 11 hours, according to the website, however it has since dropped.
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"It is really frustrating. I mean, I've lived in this city my whole life and you see certain things plummeting and it's kind of a concern," says Winnipeg resident, Jenna Shawara.
"Especially because I have kids and you kind of worry about what is society going to look like when they're older."
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A spokesperson for the WRHA says the holiday season has been busy, with higher-than-usual volumes of patients at emergency departments and urgent care centres as well as higher severity of illnesses and more admissions than normal.
Health officials also say the number of patients arriving via emergency medical services on Monday was higher than normal.
"The main driving force behind this increased traffic appears to be respiratory illness. This includes confirmed and unconfirmed cases of flu, as well as other respiratory illnesses," a WRHA spokesperson told Global News in an emailed statement.
"(On Monday), for example, at many hospitals in Winnipeg, there were a large number of patients who presented with fever/cough-congestion/general weakness/shortness of breath. Many of these cases feature flu-like symptoms, but it is only considered a confirmed case of influenza once test results confirm as much."
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The WRHA says these types of cases are not unusual for this time of year, as respiratory illness tends to spike in the winter months.
"The hospitals have surge protocols and over-capacity protocols in place to adjust to the increased traffic, and we monitor the situation daily," the WRHA spokesperson wrote.
"If this monitoring suggests we need to take additional actions, we can and will. Patients are encouraged to visit their primary care provider if they feel an illness coming on, but we would also encourage the public to seek assistance at an urgent care or emergency department if they feel their situation is an urgent concern."
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Terra Tech Announces Plans to Commence Adult-Use Market Sales at its Blüm Cannabis Dispensary in San Leandro, California
City Council of San Leandro, CA Votes to Allow Adult Use Sales
IRVINE, CA / ACCESSWIRE / March 19, 2019 / Terra Tech Corp. (OTCQX: TRTC) ("Terra Tech") or (the "Company"), a vertically integrated cannabis-focused agriculture company, today announced that the City Council of San Leandro, CA voted last night to approve an ordinance for adult-use cannabis sales in the City of San Leandro. The ordinance is subject to a second reading which is scheduled to occur on April 1, 2019 and will go into effect on May 1, 2019. The ordinance would allow for existing medical dispensaries to sell cannabis to recreational users 21 years of age or older, starting May 1, 2019. The Company currently operates the only licensed medical cannabis dispensary open in the City at 1915 Fairway Drive San Leandro, CA, 94577.
Terra Tech's Blüm San Leandro dispensary has seen consistent medical foot traffic and a significant number of adult users, over 200 a week on average, have been turned away since the medical facility opened its doors on January 11, 2019. The Company is experiencing robust sales in San Leandro which is a prominent suburb city of San Francisco and Oakland, centered in the dynamic San Francisco Bay Area, with a vibrant community of more than 89,000 residents. The Company also has an extraction permit which was issued by the City of San Leandro.
Chief Executive Officer, Derek Peterson, said, "This ruling by the City Council of San Leandro brings us a step closer to serving the adult use market in that region. The Blüm, San Leandro medical cannabis dispensary opened in January this year, to strong demand, and we are excited to prepare for a ramp in sales. We are currently developing proprietary cannabis strains and genetics at our West Grand Avenue cultivation facility, which we plan to sell through our San Leandro dispensary under our IVXX® premium brand, and it is our expectation that, following the start of adult-use sales in May, the store will have the potential to generate a $5 million run rate."
Terra Tech Corp. (OTCQX: TRTC) operates through multiple subsidiary businesses including: Blüm, IVXX Inc., Edible Garden, and MediFarm LLC. Blüm's retail and medical cannabis facilities provide the highest quality medical cannabis to patients who are looking for alternative treatments for their chronic medical conditions as well as premium cannabis to the adult-use market in Nevada and California. Blüm offers a broad selection of cannabis products including; flowers, concentrates and edibles through its multiple California and Nevada locations. IVXX, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Terra Tech that produces cannabis-extracted products for regulated medical cannabis dispensaries throughout California. The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Edible Garden, cultivates a premier brand of local and sustainably grown hydroponic produce, sold through major grocery stores such as ShopRite, Walmart, Ahold, Aldi, Meijer, Kroger, Stop & Shop and others nationwide. Terra Tech's MediFarm LLC subsidiaries are focused on medical and adult-use cannabis cultivation and permitting businesses throughout Nevada.
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Aug. 13, 2008, 12:12 p.m. (ET)
BEIJING (AP) Behind the scenes at the Beijing Games, a furious competition is being waged for an Olympic prize with billions of dollars and global prestige at stake.
For Chicago and its three rivals, Beijing is providing the stage to ramp up their campaigns to host the Summer Games of 2016.
Chicago - which is vying with Tokyo, Madrid, Spain, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - is using the occasion to launch international promotion efforts and meet with the International Olympic Committee voters who will decide the contest 19 months from now.
"It's like a trade show," said U.S. IOC member Bob Ctvrtlik, the U.S. Olympic Committee's vice president for international relations. "You can't help but run into members. Everywhere you turn there's a potential voter. All 115 are just waiting and anxious to talk to you."
This is the first chance for the four cities to take their case to international officials since being chosen as bid finalists in June. It's a key phase in the race, which will culminate with a secret ballot on Oct. 2, 2009, at the IOC general assembly in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, bid leader Patrick Ryan and Ctvrtlik are among those spearheading the campaign to bring the Summer Olympics back to the United States for the first time since Atlanta in 1996.
New York finished a humbling fourth out of five finalists in the vote for the 2012 Olympics, which were awarded to London in 2005, but politics, geography and other factors should be much more favorable for Chicago this time.
At a reception this week, the Chicago delegation stressed the compact nature of the bid in the center of the city, saying 90 percent of athletes staying in the Olympic village would be within 15 minutes or less of their competition venues.
In Beijing, Chicago officials have witnessed the spectacular opening ceremony, attended various sports events and observed the logistical workings of China's mammoth Olympic project.
"You get a real sense of the scale and size and complexity of it all," Ryan told The Associated Press. "We knew that, but when you see it in person it becomes even more realistic to you."
Ryan believes the grand scale and historic nature of these games - with which China intends to signal its arrival as a modern country on the world stage - is something which Chicago should not try to match.
"Nobody should try to top this," he said. "This shouldn't be an arms race."
Ryan is staying in Beijing for the entire period of the Olympics, which conclude Aug. 24, and will return for the Sept. 6-17 Paralympic Games. The most valuable part of his mission may be the contacts with IOC members, who have been barred from visiting bid cities ever since the Salt Lake City scandal of 1999.
"They're here," Ryan said. "They're accessible. There's a lot of interest in 2016 developing. I don't think that they're ready yet to get into the detail of the bid but they want to know about the cities. They don't give any sense of preference. They're really happy to have four world-class cities."
Ctvrtlik, a former Olympic volleyball gold medalist whose term as an IOC member expires at the end of the Beijing Games, has noticed an upturn an interest in the 2016 race.
"It's starting," he said. "The attention is starting to turn. We're having much more substantive and serious conversations than ever before. I have members coming up to me and wanting to know the inside scoop on our bid. Fortunately, I've got a strong story to tell."
IOC members often turn to a special topic: the U.S. presidential election. President George W. Bush's unpopularity around the world is reflected in the IOC and was a factor in New York's disappointing 2012 showing. A change of administration in Washington may help Chicago's chances.
"There is a very, very strong interest in the election," Ryan said. "It's amazing how great is the knowledge about the candidates."
And one candidate in particular could be Chicago's trump card: Barack Obama.
"Barack Obama hails from Chicago and lives four blocks from the site of the opening and closing ceremony," Daley said.
Both Obama and Republican candidate John McCain have supported the Chicago bid, but McCain might be less of an asset. He was an outspoken critic of the IOC during the Salt Lake scandal.
"There is no denying that Barack living a few blocks from the Olympic village will be more closely associated with the bid," Ctvrtlik said.
Whoever is elected, Chicago is counting on the next president to go to Copenhagen to represent the bid at the IOC vote.
"I think it will a very important opportunity for the new president to say the U.S. wants the Olympic movement to come back, we want to welcome the whole world to Chicago and the U.S.," Ryan said.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair played a decisive role in London's 2012 victory when he traveled to Singapore to lobby IOC members, and former Russian President Vladimir Putin was instrumental in Sochi's victory for the 2014 Winter Games when he attended the IOC session in Guatemala City in July 2007.
"There's a long way to go," Ryan said. "The decisions are made at the last minute. The advice we're getting from IOC members has been: 'Stay humble and work, work, work until the very end.' That's what we will do."
For now, the race is considered wide open, with no strong favorite.
"Anybody who says one city is ahead or behind is loopy," Ctvrtlik said. "There is no way to tell at this point."


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95 families in Clackmannanshire received a payment of £600 on the birth of a first child, and £300 on the birth of any siblings, thanks to the Scottish Government's Best Start Grant scheme.
Since opening for applications in December, nearly 10,000 low income families across every area of Scotland got help from the new Best Start Grant Pregnancy and Baby payment, with the new benefit paying out £3.5 million in the first three months.
This week, the First Minister announced a brand-new benefit as part of the Scottish Government's new Best Start Grant package, which will build on the success of the Pregnancy and Baby Payment.
Applications are open for the new payment, which will see low-income families paid a further £250 when their children start nursery and school.
The Early Learning Payment is for children aged between two to three and a half and can be used for anything from children's clothes and shoes to toys, books or days out.
SNP MSP Keith Brown said: "This substantial increase in support for families and new babies shows what can be achieved if we take a different approach to social security – using Scotland's new powers to support families across the country.
"In just the first two months of the Best Start Grant, the Scottish Government got more money into people's pockets than the DWP had managed under the old system in an entire year.
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Stand Alone install - What am I doing wrong?
Discussion in 'ESET NOD32 Antivirus' started by brucefan, Oct 8, 2008.
"Insert the .xml configuration file (cfg.xml) to the directory where the install file is located. If you run the installer, it will automatically adopt the configuration from the .xml configuration file"
I renamed our xml file to cfg.xml and put the msi in the same directory...but when running the msi, it prompts for everything like it's not reading the cfg file. I've also, from ERAC, brought up the package we're testing with which works fine on push installations, hit the Copy button to create the .exe file...and that doesn't read the config either when running. I must be doing something wrong...any ideas?
The config file does not govern options during install unless set to silent mode. The article in our Knowledgebase may help you, click here.
I think you are pointing to the wrong article.
The cfg.xml is only for NOD32 settings and not for the installation process itself which is a standard Windows Installer (MSI) thing.
Good and correct post. Also, I did reference the wrong article. The correct article is here.


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Alice Walker's The Color Purple takes place in the 1920's-1930's during the times of segregation and women's suffrage. In this passage Celie's step-son confides in her one night sitting on her front porch steps. Read the following passage from Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Then, in a well-organized essay analyze how the author's style exposes the tone towards the unequal treatment of women by the use of literary elements such as appeal to emotion, syntax, and irony. Harpo sitting out on the steps, crying like his heart gon break.
Oh, boo-hoo, and boo-hoo. He got his head in his hands, tears and snot running down his chin. I give him a hansker. He blow his nose, look up at me out of two eyes close like fists. What happen to your eyes? I ast. He clam round in his mind for a story to tell, then fall back on the truth. Sofia, he say. You still bothering Sofia? I ast. She my wife, he say. That don't mean you got to keep on bothering her, I say. Sofia love you, she a good wife. Good to the children and good looking. Hardworking. Godfearing and clean.
I don't know what more you want. Harpo sniffle. I want her to do what I say, like you do for Pa. Oh, Lord, I say. When Pa tell you to do something, you do it, he say. When he say not to, you don't. You don't do what he say, he beat you. Sometime beat me anyhow, I say, whether I do what he say or not. That's right, say Harpo. But not Sofia. She do what she want, don't pay me no mind at all. I try to beat her, she black my eyes. Oh, boo-hoo, he cry. Boo-hoo-hoo. I start to take back my hansker. Maybe push him and his black eyes off the step.
I think bout Sofia. She tickle me. I used to hunt game with a bow and arrow, she say. Some womens can't be beat, I say. Sofia one of them. Besides, Sofia love you. She probably be happy to do most of what you say if you ast her right. She not mean, she not spiteful. She don't hold a grudge. He sit there hanging his head, looking retard. Harpo, I say, giving him a shake, Sofia love you. You love Sofia. He look up at me best he can out his fat little eyes. Yes ma'am? he say. Mr. ___ marry me to take care of his children.
I marry him cause my daddy made me. I don't love Mr. ___ and he don't love me. In this passage from The Color Purple, the author's opinion of the way men treat women is clearly displayed through the tone of the text and style of her writing. Alice Walker exposes her strong disapproval of the mistreatment of women through literary elements such as syntax, appeal to emotion and irony. Walker uses specific syntax in order to emphasize the importance of the points that Harpo's companion makes. The word "Hardworking. is treated as a sentence in itself, and the neighboring phrases such as "Good to the children and good looking. ", "Godfearing and clean. ", and "Sofia love you, she a good wife. " are short and punctuated like sentences in the same way. The author does this to point out that amongst all the dialogue written, these phrases are the most significant text in the scene because they demonstrate her opinion that men, including Harpo, should not mistreat women, and especially women who take care of themselves, behave according to religious teachings, and are good to their families and husbands.
She also uses this same sentence structure to emphasize the ways Sofia doesn't act; for example, "She not mean, she not spiteful. " and "She don't hold a grudge". This shows that Sofia's behavior does not deserve punishment, and therefore she and other women of similar character should not be harmed. The passage contains emotional appeal which serves the purpose of pointing out the author's opinion of the mistreatment of women.
Sofia's redeeming qualities are plainly stated: characteristics such as hardworking, loving, religious, and loyal to family. When the reader learns that Sofia's husband tries to beat her despite her mannerisms, sympathy is evoked. The appeal to emotion continues when a briefing on the lady companion's past is supplied. The reader learns of the woman's misfortunes including beatings that take place regardless of her actions, and a forced marriage that leads to her upbringing of another woman's children.
Imbedded deeper in the text, is situational irony. Walker uses imagery like "He got his head in his hands, tears and snot running down his chin. " and onomatopoeic words such as "sniffle" and "boo-hoo" to point out Harpo's exaggerated reaction. Harpo feels that his inability to beat his wife puts him in an unfair situation. These examples are used to point out the reality of the situation; women such as his companion [Celie] are the unlucky ones because they are forced into unjust relationships in which they are beaten and mistreated.
The imagery and onomatopoeia making fun of Harpo's actions, serve the purpose of pointing out his hypocritical ridiculous behavior. Throughout the passage provided, Walker uses stylistic techniques such as syntax, emotional appeal, and situational irony to illuminate her critical opinion of the mistreatment of women. Her particular methods provoke reflection and contemplation in the reader once the passage has been comprehended. As a result, this increases the value of her work as a whole.
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