Every man and his dog knew the pound would drop the way it did.
1) Here is a continuous 24 hour chart of the pound/$ exchange rate.
2) The referendum was on the 23 June.
So Project Fear was spot on then. Thanks for clarifying.
So anyway. May has taken charge of exit negotiations herself. We're saved.
Raab, ostensibly the Secretary of State for leaving the EU, now effectively has a defunct abd sidelined department to run. He must be chuffed.
Will this farce never end?
Also thanks for your pointless chart.
The weaker £ is great for jobs and exports but please do not point that out to the pathetic remoaners it's always a glass half empty to them.
Back to the point Project fear and the countless Bullshite,t it brought and still does from the losers who can not accept defeat has shown us all what BS it was.
It's like saying Project Fear is and was real. As Jango has just admitted.
Are you really this stupid? It's a little hard to believe.
Are you serious with that last paragraph?
You didn't prove anything. Brexit hasn't f**king occurred yet. Just like pikeypaul said it is good for jobs and exports.
Also Jango didn't admitted anything he proved you wrong. You are an alarmist.
We haven't left the EU yet what don't you understand?
"at any point in time, actual prices of individual securities already reflect the effects of information based both on events that have already occurred and on events which, as of now, the market expects to take place in the future."
Immediately after the result of the referendum became known, currency markets discounted this information and tanked the value fo the pound.
cwm,you are wasting your time,they are negative losers who would love to see the country fail if it meant they could say in 10 years time "i told you so" happy for their kids and grand kids suffer just for their ego.
like in any democratic country that should and will happen.
They have already pulled project fear and the vast majority have realised what Bullshite,te it is and was.
Just sit back and smile in the knowledge that in 248 days we will be OUT and the pathetic un democratic losers may then shut the feck up,but I doubt it.
One thing that is true is that the weaker pound has been good for exports and that is an important reason why economic growth has proved more robust than anticipated.
But at the end of the day the value of the pound is the key indicator of the demand from overseas for UK Plc. It it is going up, foreign investors want to buy in, if it is tanking they are fleeing.
With investor bets backed by hundreds of billions required to move the vast currency markets, by far the largest assets markets in the world.
And they have understandably been running for the hills since the Britain voted to top itself.
The crash in the pound was a direct result of the referendum result, so it's got everything to do with Brexit. It doesn't matter that we haven't left yet.
That slipped a bit under the radar hasn't it. Absolute joke of a 'government'.
Unless our exports have a supply chain that relies on imports.
Also bad for imports which we do more of.
It does because Brexit hasn't happened yet.
We are still in the EU for another 248 days.
A strong currency is a mixed blessing. It makes imports cheaper and can improve living standards. However, it can also make exports less competitive and lead to lower economic growth.
Snap pop quiz - -Anybody know what caused the spike in the US $/£ exchange rate in the 1860s?
Was it the US Civil War by any chance?
The referendum result lead to a dramatic drop in the pound (making it one of the traders' best ever nights thanks to a nice little misdirection tipoff from Farage).
Now, the referendum was about leaving the EU = Brexit.
I'm struggling to see how the crash in the pound had nothing to do with Brexit. Unless you're trying to say the UK's referendum on whether to stay in or leave the EU had absolutely nothing to do with the UK leaving the EU.
Help me out here, whst am I missing?


The first version of Splatter SHOOT was invented back in 2004-2005. It quickly became a hit in the Danish underground, where the game was played at festivals or when people ran into either Martin, Søren or Erik around Denmark.
Back then, Splatter SHOOT was too hot to handle and we didn't have the right mould for it. 10 years later people kept insisting that we publish the game, sending us desperate e-mails on asking when they could play Splatter SHOOT again. Some of them quite angry with us for letting them down in this manner without releasing the game back then in 2005.
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Integrated software package for simulation simulator - grapher - 2D and 3D surfer representation verification and validation
Ahmed Najim Nimir Al–Subeeh
Simulation is one of the most important tools in engineering science. In this research, an integrated engineering software package was designed to simulate oil reservoirs as an efficient tool that simplifies the simulation process and provides the most requirements during the data entry, simulation of the reservoir, and till to reporting and documentation stage. The proposed package is capable to conduct analyzes and drawings in two or three dimensions with an animated three-dimensional virtual view which is the most important feature. This integrated software package named Tiger 2000 can be used for any reservoir, whatever the geometric shape it represents. The 2000 Tiger can handle all operations that may occur in the reservoir such as production or injection as well as the water invasion of the reservoir. A number of engineering and software technologies have been used to accomplish this package, including Open GL, Visual Basic, FORTRAN Power Station, and Visual C. The integrated software package Tiger 2000 consists of five sub-packages: Simulator, Grapher, 2D and 3D Surfer for surface representation, 3D representation, representation of reservoir, aquifer and well sites as well as "Reservoir Show" which is an animated view of the simulated zones. The proposed software package in the current study directly draws and represents the processed data and output results which is simplify the error detection, simulation and decision making for current and future reservoir processing and developments. This software package is the first of its kind designed in Iraq and the Arab world, whereas all the calculations of oil and reservoir studies using ready-software purchased from foreign countries and costs up to millions of dollars. Although this is the first version of Tiger 2000, it is a big and very promising step towards Middle Eastern scientific software that serves scientific and engineering applications. Tiger 2000 can also be used even in simulating groundwater reservoirs and thus provides another service in the extraction and management of groundwater, especially as the abundance of water has become a top concern at all levels.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21533/pen.v7i3.785
Copyright (c) 2019 Ahmed Najim Nimir Al–Subeeh

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RCGS celebrates Indigenous languages with National Chief Perry Bellegarde and Wade Davis
The Society hosted a panel discussion on Indigenous languages to mark the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages
The Indigenous language discussion between National Chief Perry Bellegarde (centre) and Wade Davis (right), moderated by Charlene Bearhead, was held last night at 50 Sussex in Ottawa. (Photo: Ben Powless/Canadian Geographic)
By Michela Rosano
"Language is your identity."
So began remarks by Perry Bellegarde, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, at an event with renowned anthropologist and author Wade Davis held Oct. 17 at 50 Sussex in Ottawa, located on the unceded territory of the Algonquin and Anishinabek Peoples.
"It is our worldview. It's our essence. It's who we are... Studies have shown that once you're fluent in your language, you're more successful in school and therefore more successful in life," Bellegarde continued. "And bottom line is, we don't want the damn residential school system to win!"
The event, hosted by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society to mark 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages, was moderated by Charlene Bearhead, head of education for the Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at the University of British Columbia, education lead for the Moose Hide Campaign and the RCGS' new director of reconciliation. Elder Annie St. George from the Kitigan Zibi First Nation began the evening with a formal welcome to the Algonquin Territories.
Around the world, Indigenous languages are being lost at an alarming rate and to the immense detriment of Indigenous peoples and their identities. In 2016, the United Nations' Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues found that more than 40 per cent of the world's languages, the majority of which are spoken by Indigenous peoples, were in danger of disappearing. In Canada, there are more than 90 living Indigenous languages — but an astonishing three out of every four of these languages are considered endangered.
"To lose a language is to lose a branch on the tree of human knowledge," said Davis during the discussion. "On average, every two weeks, somewhere, some Elder passes away and carries with him or her to the grave the last syllables of an ancient tongue. And this does not have to happen."
The National Chief and Davis discussed the importance of preserving Indigenous languages, the benefits of the Indigenous Languages Act passed by Parliament on June 21, 2019 to recognize and support the preservation of Indigenous languages in Canada, and the hope they see in the next generation.
Watch the full conversation below, and read Wade Davis' essay for Can Geo on why Indigenous languages matter.


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Palo Alto has received considerable attention in recent years from media and mental health professionals concerned about its alarming rates of teen suicide. In this affluent Bay Area town, seven adolescents ended their own lives in the span of just ten years. And, over the past decade, there has been an unusual amount of teen suicide clusters.
The first suicide cluster in Palo Alto was in 2009-2010, when six students took their own lives within several months of each other. Four of them were students at the same high school. Then, in 2014-2015, four more teens in Palo Alto committed suicide. In fact, between two Palo Alto high schools, the suicide rate over the past decade has been four or five times the national average.
Current Suicide Statistics for Palo Alto High School Students
What is the situation like right now, in 2020?
The most recent, comprehensive report on teen suicide and mental health in Palo Alto, specifically, is the 2017-2018 California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS).
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Every academic year, the California Department of Education-Coordinated School Health and Safety Office administers a survey to public school students in districts across the state. The survey asks students about safety and crime at school, experiences of bullying, academics, mental health, substance use, and more. It also asks how connected they feel to their families and to their school staff. The organization releases the results to the public in November of the following school year.
This anonymous, confidential, survey was administered to Palo Alto Unified students in grades seven, nine, and eleven in 2017-2018. The following data shows the percentage of high school students in Palo Alto Unified School District who engage in drug use or experience mental health issues.
Palo Alto High School Students – Mental Health and Substance Use Statistics
7th Grade 9th Grade 11th Grade
Current alcohol or drug use* 3 7 20
Current binge drinking* 0 2 7
Very drunk or "high" 7 or more times, ever 0 2 7
Current cigarette smoking* 0 1 2
Current electronic cigarette use* 1 5 9
Experienced chronic sadness/hopelessness§ 18 19 29
Considered suicide§ n/a^ 11 14
Comparing Results
We compared previous CHKS surveys to the most recent one shown here. Analysis shows rates of suicidal ideation in Palo Alto high school students are, fortunately, declining.
In 2009-2010, for example, 18 percent of 9th and 11th graders said they had seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year. In 2017, that number decreased to 12.5 percent – that's a 5.5 percent decrease in suicidal ideation.
Also, in this 2017 survey, an average of 22 percent of high school students reported they experienced chronic sadness and hopelessness. These students answered yes to the question:
"During the past 12 months, did you ever feel so sad and hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more that you stopped doing some usual activities?"
Although 22 percent is cause for concern, this rate is still better than the 24.6 percent of students who answered yes to the same question in 2010.
Preventing Teen Suicide in Palo Alto
Palo Alto takes its teen mental health issue seriously. After the wave of suicides in the past decade, Santa Clara County (SCC) acted on a large scale. First, it enlisted the aid of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The CDC's Epi-Aid Report examined the factors that led to the teen suicide clusters and provided several suicide-prevention recommendations to the county.
The CDC advised Santa Clara County officials to incorporate more school-based programs that focus on strengthening peer connections and fostering coping/emotion-regulation skills among students. The Epi-Aid also recommended that officials encourage more family-based programming, such as parent training courses and family therapy. Finally, they advised school districts to provide better access to evidence-based mental health treatment programs. Since the investigation found that mental health issues like depression were one major risk factor for suicide, they recommended giving more resources to help with stress, crises, and general mental health conditions.
Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services Department (BHSD) took the CDC advice – and so far, the actions steps advised by the CDC have made an impact. A 2019 press release, which shows that the general suicide rate in SCC is declining, also discussed the suicide prevention efforts the county was taking overall.
The Action Steps: Santa Clara County
Here's what SCC's Behavioral Health Services Department has done:
Organized suicide prevention trainings for high school teachers and school staff in the county.
Strengthened community partnerships in Palo Alto.
Implemented a suicide prevention campaign aimed at youth.
Established the Crisis Text Line. Teens can text RENEW to 741741.
Expanded mobile crisis response teams to the general public
Spread awareness on safe suicide reporting in the media.
They took that last step, related to the media, because the Epi-Aid report stated that inappropriate media reporting during the suicide clusters may have led to a contagion effect among the students.
The Action Steps: Santa Clara Schools
Schools, themselves, took internal action too. A sizeable number of the students who ended their own lives during the suicide clusters had attended two high schools in particular: Gunn High School and Palo Alto Senior High School, known locally as "Paly" in Palo Alto. In response, one sophomore and one former teacher at the school started a grassroots campaign called "Save the 2008—for Healthier High Schools." The number 2008 referenced the 2008 remaining students and staff members at Gunn High School during the 2014-2015 academic year, the year another student ended his own life. This group champions education reform in the Palo Alto Unified School District by advocating for specific changes in school policy.
"Save the 2008" has six main objectives:
Create smaller class sizes so that no one feels lost in the crowd, and teachers are more accessible
Ban cell phones on campus, to limit all-day dependence on social media
Moderate nightly homework loads
Require guidance counseling before students can enroll in multiple AP classes
Limit grade-reporting to four times a year instead of every three weeks
Crackdown on cheating, which exists largely as a way for overburdened students to survive outsized workloads, outsized classes where it's hard to get teacher help, and a culture that emphasizes grades over mental health and wellbeing
Students, parents, public health officials – and everyone watching with concern around the country – hope these enhanced, ongoing suicide prevention efforts will result in an even greater decline in Palo Alto's teen suicide rate in the coming years.
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Amendments are debatable for 10 minutes each unless otherwise noted.
Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 1 - Transfers funds from the BLM Land acquisition account to the NPS Parks Maintenance Backlog.
Kustoff (R-TN), Comer (R-KY) – Amendment No. 2 - Reduces and increases by $5,000,000 the amount of funding appropriated to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Agency Resource Management Program for controlling Invasive Asian Carp in the Mississippi and Ohio River Basins and preventing them from entering and establishing in the inland river systems of Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Soto (D-FL) – Amendment No. 3 - Increases funding for the National Wildlife Refuge System by $500,000 for the Wildlife and Habitat Management of invasive species.
Lance (R-NJ), Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 4 - Increases funding for the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program by $1 million.
Courtney (D-CT), Larson, John (D-CT), Neal (D-MA), Esty (D-CT), DeLauro (D-CT), Himes (D-CT), McGovern (D-MA) – Amendment No. 5 - Designates $300,000 within the Operation of the National Park System for the New England Scenic Trail.
Courtney (D-CT) [on behalf of Blumenauer (D-OR), Turner (R-OH), Heck, Denny (D-WA), Courtney (D-CT), Smith, Adam (D-WA), Katko (R-NY), Keating (D-MA)] – Amendment No. 6 - Increases the Historic Preservation Fund by $5 million to restore level funding with FY 2018.
Sewell (D-AL) – Amendment No. 7 - Increases funding for competitive grants to preserve the sites and stories of the Civil Rights Movement by $2,500,000, and reduces departmental operations for the Office of the Secretary of Interior by the same amount.
Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 8 - Increases by $500,000 the amount of funds provided for the Historic Preservation Fund to be used for competitive grants for the survey and nomination of properties to the National Register of Historic Places and as National Historic Landmarks associated with communities currently under-represented.
Clyburn (D-SC), Adams (D-NC), Sewell (D-AL) – Amendment No. 9 - Increases funding by $2 million for Historic Preservation Fund grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 10 - States that of the funds provided for the Historic Preservation Fund, increase by $1,000,000 those funds allocated for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Olson (R-TX) [on behalf of Poe (R-TX)] – Amendment No. 11 - Reduces by $20,000,000 and then increases by the same amount the National Recreation and Preservation account with intent to use the funds for the National Maritime Heritage grant program.
Dingell (D-MI), Moolenaar (R-MI) – Amendment No. 12 - Increases USGS funding by $250,000 for fisheries assessment to continue and expand advanced technologies research in the Ecosystem Fisheries Program in accordance with Congressional direction that mission areas and accounts would be maintained at the enacted level.
Courtney (D-CT), Larson, John (D-CT) – Amendment No. 13 - Provides funding for the U.S. Geological Survey to develop a map showing pyrrhotite occurrences across the United States.
Gabbard (D-HI) [on behalf of Hanabusa (D-HI), Young, Don (R-AK)] – Amendment No. 14 - Increases the USGS Surveys, Investigations and Research account by $4,798,500, intended to be used for the Volcano Hazards Program to ameliorate impacts caused by volcanic eruptions.
Kildee (D-MI), Walberg (R-MI) – Amendment No. 15 - Increases funding to USGS to eradicate grass carp by $1 million. Reduces funding from the Office of the Interior Secretary by the same amount.
Johnson (R-OH), Griffith (R-VA) – Amendment No. 17 - Restores the number of Appalachian states eligible for grants for the reclamation of abandoned mine lands to be used for economic and community development from 3 to 6.
O'Halleran (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 18 - Reduces and increases by $36,000,000 the amount of funding appropriated to the Bureau of Indian Affairs construction account for public safety and justice facility construction.
O'Halleran (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 19 - Reduces Interior operations funds and increase BIA construction funds by 10 million dollars.
Plaskett, (D-VI), Bordallo (D-GU) – Amendment No. 20 - Strengthens necessary support for insular territories of the United States (to equal Senate levels).
Moore, Gwen (D-WI) – Amendment No. 21 - Boosts funding for the Smithsonian by $500,000 to better support efforts, including the creation of temporary or permanent exhibits, that better tell and increase understanding and education about the history, voices, and narratives of underrepresented communities, including African-Americans and tribal communities.
Welch (D-VT), Stefanik (R-NY) – Amendment No. 22 - Increases funding for the Lake Champlain Basin Program by $4 million to the FY18 enacted level. Decreases the Office of the Secretary of Interior account by the same amount.
Vargas (D-CA), Davis, Susan (D-CA), Peters, Scott (D-CA) – Amendment No. 23 - Increases funding for the U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure Program by $5 million.
Esty (D-CT), McKinley (R-WV) – Amendment No. 24 - Helps cities and towns clean up brownfield sites in their local communities by increasing funding to "brownfields projects" within the State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) by $7 million by pulling $7 million from the Office of the Secretary.
Grijalva (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 25 - Increases the budget for the Department of the Interior Inspector General's Office by $2.5 million.
Denham (R-CA) – Amendment No. 26 - Increases the WIFIA administrative expenses account by $2 million and decreases the DOI Office of the Secretary account by the same amount.
O'Halleran (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 27 - Moves $3,000,000 from the Office of the Special Trustee to the Office of Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation.
Heck, Denny (D-WA) – Amendment No. 28 - Directs EPA to fund the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey.
Adams (D-NC) – Amendment No. 29 - Decreases and then increases the EPA Environmental Programs and Management account fund by $742,000. This increase is to emphasize the need for greater funding for the Environmental Justice program area within the account.
Soto (D-FL) – Amendment No. 30 - Increases funding for the National Estuary Program by $468,000.
Langevin (D-RI), Cicilline (D-RI), Keating (D-MA), Kennedy (D-MA) – Amendment No. 31 - Provides funding for the Southern New England Estuaries Program under EPA Geographic Programs.
Jayapal (D-WA), McEachin (D-VA), Ruiz (D-CA), Barragán (D-CA) – Amendment No. 32 - Reduces then adds back $12 million to EPA's Superfund account to underscore the importance of Superfund enforcement.
Palmer (R-AL) – Amendment No. 33 - Eliminates funding for Diesel Emission Reduction Grants and sends the savings to the spending reduction account.
LaMalfa (R-CA) – Amendment No. 34 - Increases funding to the National Forest System account for purposes of eradicating, enforcing, and remediating illegal marijuana grow operations on National Forest System land.
Welch (D-VT) – Amendment No. 35 - Increases and decreases the State and Private Forestry Account account by $5 million to indicate that the amount should be used to help mitigate the spread of and the Emerald Ash Borer.
Ruiz (D-CA)[on behalf of Polis (D-CO), Ruiz (D-CA), King, Peter (R-NY), Renacci (R-OH)] – Amendment No. 36 - Increases state and forestry private account by $2 million to add funding for Volunteer Fire Assistance grant program, and decreases Wildland Fire Management account by the same amount.
Carbajal (D-CA) [on behalf of Polis (D-CO)] – Amendment No. 37 - Increases funds for hazardous fuels management activities by $10 million, decreases funds provided for forest products by the same amount.
Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 38 - Transfers funds from the Forest Service land acquisition account to the spending reduction account.
Grothman (R-WI) – Amendment No. 39 - Reduces funding for the National Endowment on the Arts and the Humanities by 15 percent.
Beyer (D-VA) – Amendment No. 40 - Strikes section 430, which allows a loophole in Federal water quality permitting requirements for pollution discharges.
Moore, Gwen (D-WI) – Amendment No. 42 - Bars the use of funds to reorganize or eliminate the Great Lakes Advisory Board.
Mullin, Markwayne (R-OK), Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 43 - Prohibits the use of funds for enforcing the Obama Administration's EPA Methane Rule.
Mullin, Markwayne (R-OK), Gohmert (R-TX), Gosar (R-AZ), Perry (R-PA), Gianforte (R-MT) – Amendment No. 44 - Prohibits funds from implementing the Social Cost of Carbon rule.
Moore, Gwen (D-WI) – Amendment No. 45 - Maintains FY 2018 funding for an authorized program to address lead in drinking water.
McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Newhouse (R-WA) – Amendment No. 46 - Limits funding for the implementation of Washington State's revised water quality standard.
Loudermilk (R-GA), Griffith (R-VA) – Amendment No. 47 - Prohibits funds from being used to regulate trailers under the Clean Air Act.
Lamborn (R-CO) – Amendment No. 48 - Prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce the threatened species listing of the Preble's meadow jumping mouse under the Endangered Species Act.
Lamborn (R-CO) – Amendment No. 49 - Prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce the threatened species or endangered species listing of any plant or wildlife that has not undergone a review as required by section 4(c)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Goodlatte (R-VA), Thompson, Glenn (R-PA), Shuster (R-PA), Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 50 - Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from using any funds to take retaliatory, or EPA described "backstop" actions, against any of the six states in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in the event that a state does not meet the goals mandated by the EPA's Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load.
Gallego (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 51 - Ensures none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to issue grazing permits or leases in contravention of BLM regulations.
Byrne (R-AL), Babin (R-TX), Higgins, Clay (R-LA), Palazzo (R-MS), Scalise (R-LA), Abraham (R-LA), Graves, Garret (R-LA) – Amendment No. 52 - Prevents the re-purposing of Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act funds.
Burgess (R-TX) – Amendment No. 53 - Places a funding limitation on the EPA's ability to utilize the Title 42 special pay authority.
Blackburn (R-TN) – Amendment No. 54 - Reduces discretionary budget authority by one percent for Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations for Department of Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies.
Emmer (R-MN), Nolan (R-MN) – Amendment No. 55 - Prohibits funding from being used to implement a January 13, 2017 effort by the U.S. Department of Interior and Agriculture to restrict all leasing, exploration, and potential development of approximately 234,328 acres of federal land in Northeast Minnesota.
Grothman (R-WI) – Amendment No. 56 - Prohibits funds made available by this Act to be used to implement or enforce the EPA's ground level ozone rule.
Connolly (D-VA), Price, David (D-NC) – Amendment No. 57 - Prohibits funds from being used to change or modify the 2015 federal coal ash rule (80 Fed. Reg. 21301 (April 17, 2015).
Young, Don (R-AK) – Amendment No. 58 - Prevents funds from being used to change existing placer mining plan of operations with regard to reclamation activities.
Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 59 - Prohibits the EPA from using funds to give formal notification under, or prepare, propose, implement, administer, or enforce any rule or recommendation pursuant to, section 115 of the Clean Air Act.
Pearce (R-NM) – Amendment No. 60 - Prevents funds from being used to treat the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse as an endangered species.
Palmer (R-AL) – Amendment No. 61 - Ensures that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the Environmental Protection Agency's Criminal Enforcement Division.
Gosar (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 63 - Supports recreational shooting, K-12 education and responsible energy development by prohibiting funds for the Ironwood Forest National Monument that was unilaterally designated under the Antiquities Act.
Posey (R-FL) – Amendment No. 64 - No funds will be made available in contravention of Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.101(a) with respect to aviation helmets.
Denham (R-CA) – Amendment No. 65 - Prevent's federal funds from being used to implement the State of California's Bay-Delta Plan.
Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 67 - Prohibits the use of funds to eliminate or restrict programs aimed at reforestation of urban areas.
Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 68 - Prohibits funds to be used to limit outreach programs administered by the Smithsonian Institution.
Hice, Jody (R-GA) – Amendment No. 69 - States that no funds should be made available for Environmental Justice Small Grants issued by the Office of Environmental Justice.
Smith, Jason (R-MO), Gianforte (R-MT) – Amendment No. 70 - Prevents the payment of attorney's fees as part of any settlement the Federal Government enters into under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act.
Larson, John (D-CT), Courtney (D-CT) – Amendment No. 71 - Provides funding within the Department of the Treasury, Departmental Office ($100,000 from the proposed $208,751,000) towards a study, led by Treasury with the participation of relevant regulators, to examine the financial impact of the mineral pyrrhotite in concrete home foundations. The study should provide recommendations on regulatory and legislative actions needed to help mitigate impact on banks, mortgage lenders, tax revenues, and homeowners.
Young, Don (R-AK), Moore, Gwen (D-WI), Hanabusa (D-HI), Gabbard (D-HI) – Amendment No. 72 - Increases funding for the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund Account by $2 million and allocates the increase to the Native American CDFI Assistance (NACA) Program. Offsets the increase by decreasing funding for GSA rental space by $2 million.
Lujan Grisham (D-NM) – Amendment No. 73 - Increases funding for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) by $5 million. Decreases the General Services Administration Federal Buildings Fund by $5 million.
Palazzo (R-MS), Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) – Amendment No. 74 - Designates a 25m increase to CDFI programs.
Soto (D-FL) – Amendment No. 75 - Increases funding for Tax Counseling for the Elderly by $1 million.
Soto (D-FL) – Amendment No. 76 - Increases funding for the IRS's identify theft and refund fraud casework program by $500,000.
Carbajal (D-CA) – Amendment No. 77 - Strikes Section 125, which prevents the IRS from issuing guidance to more clearly define political activity for 501(c)(4) organizations.
Kustoff (R-TN), Comstock (R-VA), McKinley (R-WV) – Amendment No. 78 - Increases funding to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program by $5 million and reduces the General Services Administration's rental of space allocation by $5 million.
Murphy, Stephanie (D-FL), Knight (R-CA), Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bacon (R-NE) – Amendment No. 79 - Reduces funding for Small Business Administration, Entrepreneurial Development Programs by $1 million, and increases it by the same amount, with $600,000 of the increase intended for the Women's Business Centers program and $400,000 intended for Veterans Outreach programs.
Polis (D-CO) – Amendment No. 80 - Provides funding for the SBA to do technical assistance, training and education about the 7(a)(15) employee-ownership loan guarantee program.
Carbajal (D-CA) [ on behalf of Capuano (D-MA)] – Amendment No. 81 - Strikes Section 628 which prohibits the SEC from promulgating a political spending disclosure rule.
Zeldin (R-NY), DeLauro (D-CT), Rice, Kathleen (D-NY), Courtney (D-CT), Suozzi (D-NY), Faso (R-NY) – Amendment No. 82 - Prohibits funds from being used by the GSA to market or sell Plum Island, NY.
Palmer (R-AL), Walker (R-NC), Meadows (R-NC) – Amendment No. 83 - Prohibits funds from being used to carry out the District of Columbia's Health Insurance Requirement Amendment Act of 2018.
Meadows (R-NC) – Amendment No. 84 - Prohibits Federal Funds from being used by the Office of Personnel Management to administer the Multi-State Plan program.
Rothfus (R-PA) – Amendment No. 85 - Prohibits the funds from being used to seize property as a means of enforcing the liability provisions of the District of Columbia individual mandate.
Blackburn (R-TN) – Amendment No. 86 - Reduces discretionary budget authority by one percent for Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations for Financial Services and General Government-related agencies.
McHenry (R-NC) – Amendment No. 87 - Prohibits any taxpayer funds from going to support the Post Service's efforts to (1) expand or enhance financial services products, or (2) carry out any pilot programs or task forces pursuant to that end.


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Quantum Shift to the Global Brain
Posted on March 28, 2015 April 19, 2015 by Dr. Peter Fritz Walter
How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World, Rochester: Inner Traditions, 2008.
This book by Ervin Laszlo is dramatic; it is like approaching an abyss and looking down how steep it is. This is a metaphor for the possibility of refusing the necessary changes that we are facing globally now. It is the looming possibility of annihilation of the human race. By the same token, we could be at the bottom of the steep wall and look upwards; this then is a metaphor for the possibility to rise from our ashes, so to speak, and restart our life's journey, as a human race founded upon the basis of a new worldview, a new scientific, social and global understanding of our ultimate interconnectedness.
To give an overall judgment of the book upfront, it goes in my view beyond his earlier book The Chaos Point (2006) in that it contains the basic (quite catastrophic) information of the earlier work, but goes beyond and provides in each chapter a kind of retrospective of parts of Laszlo's earlier works. In addition, in Part Three, it contains the basic history and objectives of the 'Club of Budapest' that was founded by Laszlo for cognizing, in a large team project, various solutions of an integral and holistic kind to our global worldwide challenges. In addition, I found this book to be written in a very easy-to-understand language, which gives me a hint it might be written for younger people or college students. To begin with, let me provide an overview over the structure of the book, for it by itself contains a map that traces the territory in clear lines.
1. Evolution or Extinction: That is the Question
2. Macroshift: The Dynamics
3. The Roots of Unsustainability
4. A Better Way to Grow
5. A New Vision
6. A Planetary Ethic
7. The Culture of Holos
8. Evolution, Not Extinction! A Call from Fiji
9. The Cosmic Plenum: The New Fundamental Concept of Reality
10. Nonlocal Coherence: The New Concept of Manifest Reality
11. The Akashic Field: The Newly Rediscovered Concept of Reality
12. Metaphysical, Theological, and Ethical Implications
13. The Next Evolution of Human Consciousness
14. A Brief History of the Club of Budapest
15. Manifesto on Planetary Consciousness
16. Principal Activities of the Club of Budapest
17. Objectives of the GlobalShift University
18. Objectives of the World Wisdom Council
19. Objectives of the International Survey of Emergent Cultures
20. Objectives of the Global Peace Meditation/Prayer Days
Laszlo explains in 'The Birth and Body of this Book' that Part One is meant as the 'practical part' which focuses on the shift of the world we are living in, and that Part Two is the theoretical part, and focuses on the changes in science that have blown up the former Cartesian worldview and created a new dimension of scientific thinking that is called 'holistic' or 'holos movement.'
Ervin Laszlo in Presentation
Now, starting with Part One, I would like to quote the eight points the author makes here, which could be a diagnosis of the present global situation, and which are further outlined in his earlier book, The Chaos Point (2005).
There is deepening insecurity in countries both rich and poor and greater propensity in many parts of the world to resort to terrorism, war, and other forms of violence.
Islamic fundamentalism is spreading throughout the Muslim world, neo-Nazi and other extremist movements are surfacing in Europe, and religious fanaticism is appearing the world over.
Governments seek to contain violence through organized warfare; world military spending has risen for the past eight years running and has reached more than one trillion dollars a year.
One in three urban dwellers in the world live in slums, shanty-towns, or urban ghettos. More than 900 million people are classified as slum-dwellers. In the poorest countries 78 percent of the urban population subsists under life-threatening circumstances.
Although more women and girls are being educated than in previous years, in many parts of the world fewer women have jobs and more are forced to make ends meet in the 'informal sector'.
Frustration and discontent continue to grow as both power and wealth are becoming further concentrated and the gap widens between the holders of wealth and power and the poor and marginalized populations. Eighty percent of the world's domestic product belongs to one billion people; the remaining twenty percent is shared by five and a half billion.
Climate change threatens to make large areas of the planet unsuitable for human habitation and for an adequate level of food production. Very few countries are still food self-sufficient – and the internationally available food reserves are shrinking.
The amount of available fresh water is diminishing rapidly; over half the world's population faces water shortages. On average, 6,000 children are dying each day of diarrhea caused by polluted water.
After this quite matter-of-fact summary of just the peak of the iceberg of our global problems, Laszlo shows two possible scenarios. The first scenario is the Business As Usual Scenario, the second is the Timely Transformation Scenario. The first scenario is an extrapolation of the facts onto a probability scale when no change is done, that is, when even the need for change is (as all so often) denied, by our political policymakers and the big capital.
Now, to read through the first scenario is quite dramatic; it looks like an apocalypse, scientifically explained, while it reminds the politically conscious observer of all what is daily written in our newspapers and shown on our television screens; with the difference, however, that the analysis in those media is lacking for the most part, presenting the picture, without more. It is the picture of a dying civilization that virtually suffocates in the violence it has brought about in thousand years of patriarchy that virtually turned nature upside-down, and does so to the present day. I shall summarize here as follows, and these quotes are adapted from pages 9-11 of the book:
1. The Business As Usual Scenario
—The Weather Pattern. Drought, storms, harvest failures, flooding, famine, hurricanes, disasters
—The Security Threat Pattern. Epidemics, agricultural pests, contaminated water, waves of migration, terrorist groups, nuclear proliferators, narco-traffickers, organized crime, unscrupulous entrepreneurs
—The Ecopolitical Pattern. Terrorism, NATO collapses, France-Germany-Russia-China coalition to balance US military-economic hegemony, joined by Brazil, India, South Korea and other countries, Global military spending, Arms race, Global economic stagnation that weakens IMF and WTO, North-South Agreements cancelled, trade flows interrupted, trade war replaces trade flow, growing poverty
—The Ecological Pattern. Water and food shortages creating hunger in many parts of the world, Overexploitation of soils and overfishing leading to a shrinking of international food reserves, Starvation and unsanitary conditions create epidemic disease in most poor countries, gulf stream vacillates, global warming has reached alarming dimensions
—The Military Pattern. Discord rises both between U.S. and their allies, and this whole bloc and the opposing blocs to reaching a crisis point which can lead to global war including the use of mass destruction weapons, Strong-arm régimes rising in Southern Hemisphere, Regional wars, Major power blocs may decide to use high-tech weaponry to achieve their ecopolitical goals, New strong-arm régimes are in possession of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons for resolving regional conflicts, War may escalate to a global level
2. The Timely Transformation Scenario
—The First Steps. Experience of terrorism, rising poverty and cataclysms change people's way to think and drive them to finding solutions together, Worldwide popular movements organize themselves effectively so as to impact upon political leadership and intercultural solidarity, Political leaders begin to take anti-course action, Business leaders may change strategies where profit of growth is informed by corporate, social and ecological responsibility, E-Parliament is created online, linking parliamentarians worldwide, providing a forum for debate for serving the common good, NGOs link through the Internet and develop shared strategies to restore peace, and implement new and viable social policies.
—The Crystallizing Contours of a Cooperative World. Money is shifted from military to educational purposes and for projects that are ecologically sustainable, A worldwide renewable energy program is created, that is ecological and provides key solutions, Agriculture is restored to its primary importance in the world economy, Business leaders join for creating a self-regulating market economy that ensures fair access to natural resources, etc.
—The Rise of a Sustainable Civilization. National, continental and global governance structures are reformed or newly created for finding creative solutions that are sustainable for all members of society, A new consensually created globally coordinated market begins to function as an eco-system and natural resources will be distributed equitably, International and regional conflicts are solved by developing a higher trust-level in the possibilities of the 'new human'/12-14
We could change direction: with a timely transformation we could create a peaceful and sustainable world. Will we create it? Einstein told us that we cannot solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that produced it. Yet, for the present we are trying to do just that. We are fighting terrorism, poverty, criminality, cultural conflict, climate change, environmental degradation, ill health, even obesity and other 'sicknesses of civilization' with the same means and methods that produced the problems in the first place—we are resorting to armies and police forces, technological fixes, and temporary remedial measures. We have not mustered the will and the vision to bring about timely transformation./14
We are nearing a tipping point, but the situation is far from hopeless: near the threshold of system-collapse, predictions of doomsday have / a paradoxical effect. They raise people's level of awareness, motivate widespread consciousness change, and may end by becoming self-falsifying prophecies. /15-16
Now, it is important to remember the lecture from The Chaos Point (2005) that Laszlo reminds in 'Macroshift: The Dynamics.'
At the threshold of a critical instability, fluctuations that were previously corrected by self-stabilizing negative feedbacks within the system run out of control—they break open the system's structure. The system enters a period of chaos. Its outcome is either the disintegration of the system into its individually stable components (breakdown) or rapid evolution toward a kind of system that is resistant to the fluctuations that destabilized the prior system (breakthrough)./18
As I cannot quote through the entire book without bursting the limits of a book review, I will give pointed comments on important passages. Now, within the Macroshift phase, we are entering the bifurcation point around 2020, now being in the 3rd of the 4 stages; there is one important thing that systems theory has overlooked so far: it is the impact of human intention. Laszlo writes:
In the human world, unlike in nature, a bifurcation can be decisively influenced by conscious will and considered purpose. Human will and purpose decide whether the world heads toward breakdown or toward breakthrough. This sensitivity of human intervention is a remarkable feature of today's civilization. It places a unique opportunity in our hands: the opportunity to tip the scales of human destiny./31
Even if they are large and wealthy, nation-states cannot survive in isolation; a condition of their self-maintenance is that they produce viable conditions for the states with which they are economically and politically linked. This constitutes a supranational cross-catalytic cycle. It is the basis for the functioning of the transnational organizations of which the European Union (EU) is a prime example./33
This is obviously an important political argument that however seems to be taken lightly by our 'strong-armed' political leaders, with the result that there are hostilities almost everywhere, ongoing wars, civil wars, ongoing genocide in several major parts of the world, and political chaos with grand parades to cover the failures of the system. And looking further in the roots of unsustainability, we see that 'in the six decades since World War II, humanity has consumed more of the planet's physical and biological resources than in all of history prior to that time.' In 'A Better Way to Growth', Laszlo then proposes to shift from Extensive to Intensive Growth, explaining:
The ends of extensive growth can be encapsulated in three 'Cs': conquest, colonization, and consumption. These ends are served by corresponding varieties of means: First, the technologies that use and transform matter, the technologies of production; second the technologies that generate the power to operate matter-transforming technologies, energy-generating technologies; and third, the technologies that whet people's appetites, create artificial demand, and shift patterns of consumption, the technologies of propaganda, PR, and advertising./48
The vision of the world in which modern people place their trust is the one they consider scientific. This vision is largely based on the physics of Newton, the biology of Darwin, and the psychology of Freud. However, these conceptions have been overtaken by new discoveries. /52
The author then enumerates Nine Outdated Beliefs and Six Particularly Dangerous Myths.
Nine Outdated Beliefs
Everyone is unique and separate
Everything is reversible
Order calls for hierarchy
Efficiency is the key
Technology is the answer
New is always better
My country, right or wrong
The more money I have, the happier I am
Six Particularly Dangerous Myths
Nature is inexhaustible
Nature is like a giant mechanism
Life is a struggle where only the fittest survive
The market distributes benefits
The more you consume the better you are
Economic ends justify military means
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Located on the Magnificent Mile right across a number of upscale shops at the Water Tower Place, the Westin Michigan Avenue in Chicago is a conveniently located hotel for visitors. With some of the leading attractions only a few minutes way, exploring this area by road is an excellent option. With the office of Hertz car hire at Westin HLE, you are able to easily pre-book and pick up vehicles from the doorstep of the hotel.
With Hertz as your on road partner, it is possible for visitors to easily make their way around the city just like the locals. With reliable and safe cars that ensure luxury, groups of all sizes can enjoy self-driven trips in and around Chicago.


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Back In Time: The Kinks performs "You Really Got Me" in the 80's
Back in 1980, The Kinks continued to tour with new songs and of course, their smash hits from the 60's, like "You Really Got Me", one of the most famous riffs in rock history.
See the amazing performance below:
The Kinks was a British rock band formed in Muswell Hill, London by the brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorized in the United States as a British Invasion band, the Kinks are recognized as one of the most important and influential rock groups of his generation.
His music emerged from influences of various musical styles, including rhythm and blues, British music hall, folk and country.
Ray Davies (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Dave Davies (lead guitar, vocals) remained the only original members during the group's 32-year career. The other two founding members, Peter Quaife (bass, vocals) and Mick Avory (drums, percussion) were replaced respectively by John Dalton in 1969 and Bob Henrit in 1984.
Dalton was in turn replaced by Jim Rodford in 1978. Keyboardist Nicky Hopkins accompanied the band during its sessions of recording in the middle of the decade of 1960. Later several keyboardists, including John Gosling and Ian Gibbons, became official members.
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Armstrong Tire and Rubber became Mississippi's first tire manufacturer when it opened a plant in Natchez in 1939 as part of the Balance Agriculture with Industry (BAWI) program. The city's voters approved a three-hundred-thousand-dollar bond issue to build the new factory and agreed that Armstrong would pay no rent for five years and then pay just thirty-six hundred dollars a year for the next forty-five years. Natchez also exempted Armstrong Tire and Rubber from local taxes.
The company initially hired about two hundred employees, a number that grew to nearly a thousand a decade later and surpassed a thousand by the 1960s. Armstrong at first hired white men almost exclusively, especially for skilled jobs, but by the 1960s about four hundred employees were African Americans. In some ways, Armstrong was a BAWI success story, attracting numerous workers displaced by changes in agriculture and paying most of them higher wages than they had received in farmwork or at other industrial jobs. Workers organized a chapter of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum, and Plastic Workers of the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1945.
The Armstrong Tire and Rubber plant—and especially its parking lot—became the site of violence against civil rights workers in the 1960s. On 27 August 1965 George Metcalfe, president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and an Armstrong employee, was the victim of a car bombing in the parking lot just a few days after he had petitioned the Natchez School Board to begin desegregating the schools. The attack on Metcalfe inspired extensive civil rights protests. Two years later, Wharlest Jackson, also an Armstrong employee and the former treasurer of the NAACP, was killed in a car bombing. Arguing that Jackson's murderers had targeted him because he had just been promoted to a skilled job once considered for whites only, members of the NAACP called on the company to fire all employees who were members of the Ku Klux Klan. The company offered a reward for information about the murderer, but no one was ever charged.
Armstrong Tire and Rubber began to decrease its Natchez workforce in the 1980s and finally decided to close the plant in 1986. A group of city residents bought the factory and renamed it the Fidelity Tire Company. Titan International, with headquarters in Illinois, bought the factory in 1998, but a major labor strike soon began, followed by lawsuits over worker safety and violations of the Clean Water Act, leading Titan to close the plant in 2001.


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Q: Power BI : Showing image in slicer visual I have been following this link to show images in visuals. Currently, it works for table visual (converting image into base64 text and modelling the column as Image URL format). However, I like to show image in Slicer visual.
Idea is to show image in Slicer to filter data in Matrix visual data which are available on same page. I have achieved to filter matrix visual by showing data as List view & Horizontal Orientation in slicer visual. But how to show image in slicer visual?
Any idea or clue are highly appreciated.

A: The standard Power BI slicer doesn't support images to enable selection by that method. The 3rd party Chiclet Slicer does. It will support it via direct url, or you can wrap the base 64 image in a url(ish) for example.
<img src="data:image/jpg;base64,/9j/4QuLRXhpZgAATU………r3v3Xuve/de697917r//Z"/>

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Q: Can fully covered code have an EclEmma coverage rating of less than 100%? I just wrote some simple sample code to make sure that I had EclEmma installed correctly. I'm not getting 100% coverage, and I don't understand why. The highlighting implies that it has to do with the class name. Here's my code, with corresponding JUnit tests, the way EclEmma highlighted it:

The coverage results show that three instructions in Arithmetic aren't getting hit, even though both actual methods seem to be completely covered:

I've read the EclEmma documentation about basic block coverage, but I'm still confused. I'm not sure which basic blocks are being missed. At first, I thought EclEmma might just be ignoring the bytecode for classes, but ArithmeticTest seems to be handled just fine.
I have two closely related questions:

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*Does this indicate a problem with the way I installed/configured EclEmma?

*Is it normal/acceptable for fully covered code to have a high-but-not-quite-100% EMMA coverage rating, and if so, how does that work?

A: I think you will either need to test the instantiation of Arithmetic as well, or declare its constructor private to disallow instantiation

A: IIRC, you need to instantiate an instance of the class to exercise the language provided constructor.

A: Your code implies a default constructor,  which can't be properly tagged by Emma, because it doesn't have a block of text.
Since it is not properly tagged within the block of text, Emma can't associate the coverage logging with the text file, and it looks like some code isn't covered; because, you ran some bytecode, but the line logging couldn't be registered.  Later when the reporting element reads the line logging, they can't find the line numbers for the default constructor, and it highlights the error in the only place that sort of makes sense, the class declaration line.
The default constructor looks like
public Arithmetic() {
  super();
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Where the super is the implied first instruction which will construct Object.  While you may omit its presence, the compiler will add it in for you.  That's where your get "3 lines" instead of one.


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Microsoft's Big Bet on Virtualized Desktops Reaches Public Preview By Brad Sams in Virtualization | Intermediate
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Microsoft's Big Bet on Virtualized Desktops Reaches Public Preview
Brad Sams | March 21, 2019
Microsoft's Extending its Security Graph to MacOS, Adding More Services to ATP
Office 365 Supervision Policies Now Include Teams
Last year at Ignite, Microsoft announced a private preview of their upcoming service, Windows Virtual Desktop, and today, the company is making it available publicly. While it's not quite ready for production environments, the company is now ready to let anyone who wants to dip their toes into the service, test it out in their own environments.
Windows Virtual Desktop is a new cloud service that delivers a multi-user Windows 10 experience which is optimized to work with Office 365 Pro Plus. The new offering makes it significantly easier to scale Windows 10 and Office deployments on Azure and comes with built-in security and compliance.
With the end of Windows 7 support occurring in January of 2020, Microsoft is targeting to have this new service online for production use in the second half of 2019. If you do migrate to this service to virtualize Windows 7, the company will provide 'free' extended security updates for that version of Windows to help ease the migration challenges as you move to Windows 10 and a virtualized environment. Of course, you will be paying for the desktop service, so those updates are not free, but this is an easier way to prolong moving away from that OS for those who are behind on their migrations.
As with nearly every other Microsoft offering, the company's partners like Citrix and a few others will be offering this service with additional value-added options as well. One item worth pointing out is that Microsoft is bringing this service to Samsung Dex: this is Samsung's Android desktop experience when you plug a phone into a larger display.
Microsoft said in a conversation related to this announcement that the Dex experience will allow users of that platform to stream applications and desktop experiences natively to the hardware. Samsung's Knox security suite has become popular in some segments and with this addition, Dex can offer a complete solution from Windows to mobile, in a single form-factor.
To get started with the virtualized service, you will need an Azure subscription (there are other options as well, listed below) and then select the type of virtual machines and storage you want to suit your environment. Using Reserved Instances, you can also optimize your multi-session Windows 10 usage to help keep the cost down as well.
Additionally, Microsoft says that for customers accessing the Windows 10/Windows 7 desktops and apps, there will be no additional fee if you're an existing Microsoft 365 F1/E3/E5, Windows 10 Enterprise E3/E5 or Windows VDA, customers. For Windows Server desktops and apps, there is no additional cost if you're an existing Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Client Access License (CAL) customer.
Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop service has been a project that reaches all the way back to Bill Gates' vision of the future of computing. This is not something that Microsoft has spun-up overnight and has been the results of a significant investment by the company and years of hard work.
With the platform nearly ready for launch, you can start testing the service today to see if Microsoft's vision of the future of desktop computing aligns with your business needs.
Brad Sams
Brad Sams has more than a decade of writing and publishing experience under his belt including helping to establish new and seasoned publications From breaking news about upcoming Microsoft products to telling the story of how a billion dollar brand was birthed in his book, Beneath a Surface, Brad is a well-rounded journalist who has established himself as a trusted name in the industry.
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United States Geological Survey Yearbook
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As part of the Administrative Division's efforts to replace paper flows with data flows, the Field Entry of Accounting Data (FEAD) system was implemented in 1987. By allowing data entry to the bureau financial management system from field locations, FEAD speeds the payment of Blanket Purchase Agreement charges and increases quality control aSSU ran Ce.
time needed to produce a solicitation document and improve the quality of contract documents.
USGS Leads the Way to New Department-wide
In September 1987, the Department of the Interior announced the selection of an "off-the-shelf" standardized financial management system to be used across the department, culminating more than a year of work led by the U.S. Geological Survey. The nearly $5 million, 10-year contract will allow the Department of the Interior to consolidate ten existing accounting and payment systems into one efficient system. The decision to seek this improvement was made after an extensive study of Interior financial systems found that most were labor-intensive and expensive, used outmoded technology, and lacked compatibility.
The Department chose the USGS to lead the acquisition effort because of its own existing centralized financial management system, its expertise in telecommuni
cations, its experience with servicing widely varying requirements over geographically dispersed operations, and its proven track record in major ADP procurements and automation of administrative activities. USGS staff were deeply involved in the Department's review of its existing systems, assisting in the basic data collection and subsequent analysis of findings and consultants' recommendations. The Survey was also instrumental in developing and evaluating alternative approaches once the decision was made to improve financial operations on a department-wide basis. Choices ranged from modifying an existing bureau system, to starting a new and major inhouse systems development effort, to turning to the private sector. The recommendation of the Survey-led team of bureau representatives was to investigate the availability of commercially available software designed for Federal Government accounting and payment operations. This team also developed detailed operating characteristics and requirements for a departmental system that could meet the needs of both large and small bureaus and carried out the market survey.
The Department of the Interior decided to procure a single departmentwide accounting system based on commercially available technology in December 1986. The USGS was designated to carry out the procurement. The resulting request for proposals, developed during early 1987, required potential contractors to undergo a rigorous 24-hour operational capabilities test to demonstrate that their systems could meet Interior's requirements; this was one of the most comprehensive evaluation efforts ever conducted for such a system in the Federal Government.
The contract for the Department of the Interior financial management system was awarded, ahead of schedule, to American Management Systems, Inc. The USGS and the Bureau of Reclamation were the first Interior bureaus to begin implementing the new system in October 1987. The Survey is providing assistance to other Interior bureaus as they convert to the new system over a 2-year period. In addition to software, the contract provides for documentation; training of more than 1,000 accountants, technicians, and managers nationwide; maintenance and updates of the software over the system's 10-year life; and 47,000 hours of technical support services.
With this successful contract award, the Department of the Interior has taken an important step toward its goals of improving the efficiency of financial management operations, reducing the number of accounting systems, standardizing the processing of accounting data and payments, and reducing the cost of financial management operations within the Department.
Volunteer for Science Program—Taking Pride by Taking Part
Over 300 volunteers contributed more than 62,000 hours of their time to the U.S. Geological Survey during fiscal year 1987. Some of these volunteers are retired USGS employees who wish to continue their association with the USGS and its programs. Other volunteers are teachers who spend their sabbaticals or summers with the USGS and contribute to scientific research. College students pursuing degrees in the earth sciences and other professional fields broaden their knowledge and experience as they work side by side with USGS personnel. While satisfying their curiosity about career possibilities, high-school students
Volunteers and Director Dallas Peck after special volunteer awards ceremony at USGS National Center, August 1987. give valuable aid to scientists and administrators. Other community members volunteer their time and talents because of their interest in public service and in the earthscience mission of the USGS. The Volunteer for Science Program is a companion program to the national Take Pride in America public awareness campaign that encourages citizens to help take care of the public resources through volunteer efforts. After a modest beginning in 1986 with 55 volunteers, the program, by 1987, had quadrupled in size. The program is of mutual benefit to the USGS and to the volunteers. Some volunteers welcome access to the equipment and technology and the opportunity for field work because they love earth science. Students have been able to develop USGS work projects in cooperation with academic institutions that have provided college credit in their pursuit of a degree. The benefits derived by the USGS are even more obvious. The volunteers have been involved in such major USGS projects as the Mineral Resources Appraisal Project, the Glacier National Park Project, the radon project, and the Arctic Alaska Project. They have also performed project support assignments involving such duties as recording rainfall measurements, field mapping, constructing streamflow gaging stations, and preparing Scientific reports. In the first annual special volunteer awards ceremony at the National Center in August 1987, the Director presented Special Award Certificates to 60 volunteers
who have worked on project assignments at the national headquarters of the USGS. Similar ceremonies of recognition will be held in major USGS field locations.
Pleased with the results of the program so far, the USGS has plans not only to increase the number of volunteers but also to broaden the scope of their activities wherever possible. The U.S. Geological Survey is convinced that a quality corps of volunteers can make significant contributions to the earth sciences, while giving the volunteers the satisfaction of serving the public and being part of the Take Pride in America campaign.
Unit Award for
Excellence of Service
Each year the Department of the Interior presents the Unit Award for Excellence of Service to those bureaus and (or) offices that have either met or exceeded all of its business and economic development program goals. The award for fiscal year 1986 was presented to the Director, U.S. Geological Survey, by Secretary of the Interior Don Hodel in April 1987, for the introduction of new and innovative ideas and techniques in areas related to increased staff training, concerted management attention, and special outreach efforts that resulted in significant progress in contracts awarded to small, disadvantagedand women-owned business concerns.
The 1986 Gas Disaster
at Lake Nyos,
Cameroon, West
By Michele L. Tuttle, John P. Lockwood, and William C. Evans
On August 21, 1986, a sudden release of gas from Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon, West Africa (fig. 1), caused the death of 1,700 people. Within days of the event, the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) sent three USGS scientists to investigate the geologic and geochemical aspects of the gas release. They
were accompanied by a medical team and, later, by a team of environmental specialists. At 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 21, rumbling sounds that lasted 15–20 seconds were heard from Lake Nyos. In a valley below the lake, people in the Nyos village suddenly became unconscious. Only four of the 1,000 people in the village ever awakened. Survivors in areas beyond Nyos village who came out of their homes later reported they felt a warm sensation, smelled the odor of rotten eggs or gunpowder, and then fell unconscious. When they awakened, weak and confused, 6 to 36 hours later, they found family members and their animals dead. Deaths were reported as many as 11 miles north of the lake. Bird and insect life virtually disappeared for at least 48 hours but plant life remained largely unaffected. Before the gas release, there were no apparent changes in Lake Nyos that might
have forewarned of the event. Afterward, however, the lake level was noted to have dropped about 3 feet, and there was also evidence that water had surged up along the southern lake shore ripping up or flattening vegetation to a height of 80 feet. Water had apparently splashed over a 260foot-high rock promontory on the southwestern side of the lake, and a small volume of water went over a spillway at the northern end of the lake. By Saturday morning, the lake was calm but was rusty red in color due to a thin surface layer containing iron hydroxide; mats of vegetation that had been ripped up by the wave were floating on the surface (fig. 2). No seismic activity had been recorded at a seismic station 137 miles southwest of the lake. Household goods in the homes surrounding the lake were undisturbed, and rocks remained perched precariously on the cliffs above the lake. It soon became apparent from field observations that the geologic setting of Lake Nyos held important clues to what had set the stage for the disaster. Lake Nyos occupies a shallow volcanic crater—a "maar" that formed along a volcanic zone that bisects northwestern Cameroon. This "Cameroon Volcanic Line," a northeasttrending zone of crustal weakness, extends
1,000 miles from islands in the Atlantic Ocean, across northwestern Cameroon into northeastern Nigeria. Young basaltic volcanoes with cinder cones and lava flows along the numerous circular maars extend northeastward across Cameroon. Many of the features, including the Lake Nyos maar, are unweathered or little eroded, having erupted, perhaps, in the last several hundred years. The geology of the region surrounding Lake Nyos attests to the violent formation of the maar and supports the hypothesis that the lake is underlain by a diatreme, a near-vertical pipelike conduit (fig. 3). The diatreme, filled with collapsed rock and permeable volcanic ash, represents the zone where a dike of ascending, gas-rich basaltic magma from the Earth's mantle intersected ground water. The interaction of hot lava with water produced a violent explosion that formed the maar. Although the chemical and isotopic composition of the gas in Lake Nyos indicates that the gas released on August 21 came from degassing magma, the gas is not volcanic. Volcanic gases contain sulfur and chlorine compounds and are associated with high-temperature, near-surface eruptions of magma. In contrast, the Lake Nyos gas contains extremely low concentrations


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New Essex signing Peter Siddle poses for a photograph in the dressing room at The Cloudfm County Ground (pic Nick Wood/TGS Photo)
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Jamie Porter was keen to make the acquaintance of Essex's incoming Australian quick, Peter Siddle.
New Essex signing Peter Siddle poses for a photograph at The Cloudfm County Ground (pic Nick Wood/TGS Photo)
The pair had barely shaken hands when Porter whipped out his mobile phone to show his new team-mate a video he had saved specially for the occasion.
It was from Siddle's only previous visit to Chelmsford, three summers ago, as part of the Australian touring party playing their final warm-up match before taking on England in the first Ashes Test.
"Yeah, he clean-bowled me in the second innings," admitted Essex's overseas bowler for the first five Specsavers County Championship matches of 2018.
"He had that up on his phone. He showed me the second innings; he didn't show the first innings when I smacked everyone around.
"There were a few sixes up in the grandstand there. There were plenty of balls going everywhere. I'll try and find the footage and show the guys that."
Siddle was the fifth of Porter's six wickets in the match, and one of the 50 he took in his first full season in the Essex team.
He took 55 the following season and 75 last year for the champions to gain him a place in Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year, announced this week.
"The season he had was outstanding," said the possessor of 62 baggy-green Test caps, in which he claimed 211 scalps.
"Hopefully I can play a part in taking a little bit of the workload off him early on, but still see him go well. I'll just try and help him out as much as I can."
Siddle has a reputation as a hostile fast bowler, who gets plenty of bounce and is a willing workhorse. His on-field demeanour and loud, long appeals belie his off-field bonhomie.
All are attributes that can be applied to Neil Wagner, the New Zealand Test bowler who spent two spells with Essex last season, and who takes over the overseas role in a month's time. They could almost be cloned.
"Wagner has been likened to me in the way he goes about the game, and how I play. We are very similar players. He also followed me to Lancashire a few seasons back, so it's becoming a common trend that we play at the same places," added Siddle.
"I like the way he goes about his business: he's a feisty fast bowler and he likes to have a bit of a bat, too. I guess I'll play the same role and hopefully I perform as well as he did here."
Siddle was due to play for Essex in the T20 in 2012, but had to pull out with a lower back injury.
It is a common theme in his career: after playing 11 Championship matches for Nottinghamshire in 2015, and a brief stint with Lancashire the following year, he was unable to fulfil a two-year contract back at Trent Bridge in 2016 and 2017 for the same reason.
The strike bowler for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield will finally make his Essex debut today in the season's opener against Yorkshire, just three days after landing in this country. He has a decent record at Headingley: he helped skittle England for 102 there back in 2009, taking 5-21, as well as a four-wicket haul for Notts.
"I just like English grounds," he said. "They suit the way I bowl: stand the seam up, a little bit of movement back and forth, a slight bit of swing, that'll suit me well."
It remains to be seen whether Siddle takes the new-ball with Porter, or comes on as first-change as Wagner did latterly last season. He is not bothered either way.
"I don't want to come across here and just play cricket," he said. "I like to play a big part in the team environment and make my stay worthwhile. Hopefully I can help Essex start off well in the challenge to win back-to-back championships."
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The Netherlands is a small, densely populated country Western European country located along the North Sea between Belgium and Germany. It was one of the first countries in the world to have a parliament.
Amsterdam is the capital city, while the Hague serves as the seat of government. Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe, as big as the next the three largest combined and servers as sea access for a large part of central European trade.
The official language of the Netherlands is Dutch, but within the continental territory Luxembourgish and Frisian are also recognized as co-official in certain provinces and municipalities. Yiddish and Romani are also recognized as non-territorial languages.
On the island of Bonaire, the Portuguese-based creole Papiamento is also afforded official status.
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Tua Chua, a mountainous district of Dien Bien province offers great fun trekking homestay tours, hiking, walking experience in the north west region of Vietnam. Look for some jungle trek, trekking homestay, hill tribe trek in an off the beaten path destination in Vietnam? Tua Chua might be a perfect choice.
The district contains 1 township and 11 communes including Tua Chua, Huoi, Lao Xa Phinh, Muong Bang, Muong Dun, Sang Nhe, Sin Chai, Sinh Phinh, Ta Phin, Ta Sin Thang, Trung Thu, and Tua Thang.
The best way to get to Tua Chua from Hanoi is to take a flight from Hanoi to Dien Bien Phu city, Dien Bien province. Upon your arrival at Dien Bien Phu airport, rent a car with driver, or catch a taxi to get to Tua Chua district. There are also direct buses from Dien Bien Phu city to Tua Chua, with few daily departures.
Traveling to Tua Chua by road from Hanoi, take the national road #6 Hanoi – Son La – Dien Bien Phu, following then the provincial road from Dien Bien Phu city to Tua Chua. You can also reach this area by following the new highway Hanoi – Lao Cai, then Sapa, Lai Chau and Tua Chua. The stretch of road goes uphill and downhill alternately with many sharp bends.
It is highly recommended to book a guided tour to Tua Chua since this is a remote place where local people don't speak any foreign language. Besides visa, permit is required by local authorities. A tour guide will be very helpful for any trip to Tua Chua. Taking a tour with a local guide means you learn about the importance of local culture and traditions.
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has dominated the media after recently taking the helm of the Internet giant.
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How many successful women in technology do you know?
It's like that song "Awake" by Katy Perry, where she sings, "I wish I knew then. What I know now. Wouldn't dive in. Wouldn't bow down…" If you could, what would you really say? Would you tell yourself not to drink too much, don't smoke, don't date him, or choose this job over that job? Probably.
I started to think about what I would want to go back and tell my younger self. And, I would of course, tell the younger me to "buy stock in Apple" or "the winning lottery numbers".
How did you get to where you're at in your career?
I feel lucky to be in the point of my career that I am. A lot of it was predicated on relationship building and gaining the trust of peers and managers along the way. I have been working in marketing for over 15 years, with 11 of those being in the industry of staffing. Over time, you build up a level of expertise and strong relationships that as they progress…you progress. I also feel I was lucky to have people around me that I could learn and grow from. I have always been fortunate enough to have leadership that inspired me every day and challenged me to take risks and not be afraid to make mistakes. When one's professional career is cultivated in an atmosphere like that, you are bound to advance as a professional. Lastly, I think there was a little good old fashioned luck involved—being in the right place at the right time. Once I was there, I made the decision to stay with my employer when others might have job/employer hopped a bit. Longevity does play out to benefit an individual over time and opportunity is bound to open up when you get to truly know your employer.


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It's been a horrible week for fans of Whiskey Cavalier.
The ABC drama was canceled days ago, and the series finale aired on Wednesday night.
As expected, the show concluded on the mother of all cliffhangers, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel.
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Fresh off of surging almost 60 percent week-to-week in the demo, comes the news that ABC is in negotiations with Warner Bros. TV about bringing the show back for a sophomore run.
The news was first reported by . The website states that the chances of the show returning on ABC are 50/50.
Even with those odds, it's great to know that there's a chance the show could be cheating death.
Fans took to social media in their droves to bash ABC for ditching the Scott Foley and Lauren Cohan-led series.
But ending the series initially was "a very tough decision," ABC entertainment chief Karey Burke told reporters following the cancellation.
"We felt like we gave it a very strong launch this spring and it had its chance to do what it could do… We looked for other time slots [for Whiskey Cavalier] but did not see a real opportunity to grow."
The show did get a solid launching pad out of the Oscars earlier this year, but it failed to translate to decent live ratings.
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Whiskey Cavalier averaged 3.3 million total viewers and a 0.6 rating in the Wednesdays at 10/9c slot.
However, the show was building 100 percent post-premiere in the demo and total viewers with seven days of DVR factored in.
These numbers do not include viewing on ABC's online portal or on Hulu, so it's possible that the show was killing it with those other metrics factored in.
What we do know is that Warner Bros. TV are desperately trying to seek a new home for the series if the negotiations fall through.
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