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Mark Cavendish at the Elfstedenronde.
Sam Bennett unsure about the Tour de France. Will Cavendish replace him?
Sam Bennett is unsure for the Tour de France. Lefevere doesn't really have a plan B when it comes to a new sprinter or will Mark Cavendish be the solution?
by José Been
In his weekly column in Het Nieuwsblad, Patrick Lefevere gave another insight into the workings of Deceuninck – Quickstep. The Belgian team manager expressed his doubts regarding Sam Bennett being ready for the Tour de France that starts two weeks from Saturday. The winner of the green jersey in 2020 sustained a knee injury while training during the first weekend of June.
"Sam has an inflammation of the patella tendon," Lefevere explains. "That is a persistent injury. We were planning on building the Tour de France team around him but I don't know if he will the Tour de France. He will have to rest until Monday at least. We don't really have a plan B when it comes to a sprinter."
Fabio Jakobsen is likely not ready for a debut in the Tour de France after his accident at the Tour of Poland last year. He hopes to return to the Grand Tour chaos at the Vuelta a España. Another option for the Tour de France is Mark Cavendish, although the Manxman has expressed he doesn't want to race the Tour de France with the current minimum contract he has.
"I asked him during our dinner Sunday night if he wanted to do a Grand Tour and he told me: 'not at this salary rate.' That might sound cynical but I understand him," Lefevere explains. "Mark is 35 and joined the team last minute. There was no question at all that he would do a Tour de France. He signed a minimum contract because we had minimal expectations but things have changed. He showed he still has got the speed."
Cavendish started 12 Tour de Frances and won 30 stages, the most recent being in 2016. He is approaching the all-time record held by Eddy Merckx for most Tour de France stage wins. Merckx won 34 Tour de France stages during his career.
"I understand he doesn't want to do a Tour de France. To him this means riding with pressure, to be under a magnifying glass all the time. Everyone will start about that record. It is not fair to let a rider with a minimum contract take on the role as first sprinter on the team. I agree with Mark on this, especially also because he hasn't done a full and uninterrupted race program this year."
Lefevere has thought about renewing Cavendish's contract before the Tour with better terms.
"At the level [he has now] Mark wants to continue for at least one year more. We will sit down and talk it over again together."
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#Sam Bennett
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
/*
*	Class Character
*	@author Patricio Ferreira <3dimentionar@gmail.com>
*/

#include <iostream>
#include "headers/Character.h"
#include <boost/uuid/uuid_io.hpp>
#include <boost/uuid/uuid_generators.hpp>

using namespace game_model;

/** Constructors **/

Character::Character() {
	Character("Unknown");
}

Character::Character(std::string name) {
    Character(name, HEROE);
}

Character::Character(std::string name, CharacterType type) :
		_id(boost::uuids::random_generator()()),
		_name(name),
		_type(type) {
}

/** Setters & Getters **/

std::string Character::id() {
	return boost::uuids::to_string(_id);
}

std::string Character::name() {
	return _name;
}

Character Character::name(std::string name) {
	_name = name;
	return *this;
}

CharacterType Character::type() {
	return _type;
}

Character Character::type(CharacterType type) {
	_type = type;
	return *this;
}

/** Methods **/

Character Character::walk() {
	printf("[%s] >> [%s] - [%d] is walking...\n", this->id().c_str(), this->name().c_str(), this->type());
	return *this;
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
from parlai.scripts.display_data import display_data as display, setup_args
from parlai.agents.repeat_label.repeat_label import RepeatLabelAgent
from parlai.core.message import Message
from parlai.core.metrics import F1Metric, AverageMetric
from parlai.core.teachers import create_task_agent_from_taskname
from parlai.core.worlds import create_task
from parlai.tasks.wizard_of_wikipedia.agents import TOKEN_KNOWLEDGE

import unittest
import itertools
import parlai.utils.testing as testing_utils

def product_dict(dictionary):
    keys = dictionary.keys()
    vals = dictionary.values()
    for instance in itertools.product(*vals):
        yield dict(zip(keys, instance))

class TestWoW(unittest.TestCase):
    """
    Basic tests on the train_model.py example.
    """

    @unittest.skip
    def test_output(self):
        dts = ['train', 'valid', 'test']
        main_task = 'wizard_of_wikipedia'
        variants = [
            'WizardOfWikipediaTeacher',
            'WizardDialogKnowledgeTeacher',
            'BasicdialogTeacher',
            'DocreaderTeacher',
            'GeneratorTeacher',
        ]
        variant_args = {
            'WizardOfWikipediaTeacher': {},
            'WizardDialogKnowledgeTeacher': {
                'label_type': ['response', 'chosen_sent'],
                'include_knowledge': [False, True],
                'include_checked_sentence': [False, True],
            },
            'BasicdialogTeacher': {'wizard_dialog': [False, True]},
            'DocreaderTeacher': {
                'teacher_type': [
                    'docs',
                    'docs_sentence',
                    'more_docs',
                    'more_docs_sentence',
                    'span',
                ]
            },
            'GeneratorTeacher': {
                'only_checked_knowledge': [False, True],
                'ignorant_dropout': [0, 0.5, 1],
            },
        }
        splits = ['random_split', 'topic_split']

        for datatype in dts:
            for task_var in variants:
                for split in splits:
                    task_name = '{}:{}:{}'.format(main_task, task_var, split)
                    opt_defaults = {'task': task_name, 'datatype': datatype}
                    task_args = variant_args[task_var]
                    if len(task_args) == 0:
                        print('Testing {} with args {}'.format(task_name, opt_defaults))
                        self._run_display_test(opt_defaults)
                    else:
                        for combo in product_dict(task_args):
                            args = {**opt_defaults, **combo}
                            print('Testing {} with args {}'.format(task_name, args))
                            self._run_display_test(args)

    def _run_display_test(self, kwargs):
        with testing_utils.capture_output() as stdout:
            parser = setup_args()
            parser.set_defaults(**kwargs)
            opt = parser.parse_args([])
            agent = RepeatLabelAgent(opt)
            world = create_task(opt, agent)
            display(opt)

        str_output = stdout.getvalue()
        self.assertTrue(
            'loaded {} episodes with a total of {} examples'.format(
                world.num_episodes(), world.num_examples()
            )
            in str_output,
            'Wizard of Wikipedia failed with following args: {}'.format(opt)
            + str_output,
        )

    def test_custom_eval(self):
        """
        Test whether custom evaluation works.
        """
        parser = setup_args()
        opt = parser.parse_args(
            [
                '--task',
                'wizard_of_wikipedia',
                '--datatype',
                'valid',
                '--label-type',
                'chosen_sent',
            ]
        )
        teacher = create_task_agent_from_taskname(opt)[0]

        title = 'Gardening'
        cands = list('four')

        text = "Gardening\nI like Gardening, even when I've only been doing it for a short time."
        response = 'I live on a farm, we garden all year long, it is very relaxing.'
        checked_sent = (
            'Gardening is considered by many people to be a relaxing activity.'
        )
        checked_sent_label = f'{title}{TOKEN_KNOWLEDGE}{checked_sent}'

        retrieval_metric_keys = ['passage_r@1', 'passage_r@5', 'title_r@1', 'title_r@5']

        chosen_sent_teacher_action = Message(
            {
                'text': text,
                'labels': [checked_sent_label],
                'title': [title],
                'checked_sentence': [checked_sent],
            }
        )
        correct_chosen_sent_response = Message(
            {
                'text': checked_sent_label,
                'title_candidates': [title] + cands,
                'text_candidates': [checked_sent_label] + cands,
            }
        )
        top5_chosen_sent_response = Message(
            {
                'text': f'hello{TOKEN_KNOWLEDGE}goodbye',
                'title_candidates': cands + [title],
                'text_candidates': cands + [checked_sent_label],
            }
        )
        incorrect_chosen_sent_response = Message(
            {
                'text': f'hello{TOKEN_KNOWLEDGE}goodbye',
                'title_candidates': cands,
                'text_candidates': cands,
            }
        )

        response_teacher_action = Message(
            {'text': text, 'labels': [response], 'checked_sentence': checked_sent}
        )
        high_f1_response = Message({'text': checked_sent})
        low_f1_response = Message({'text': 'incorrect'})

        # 1) Test with correct top sentence
        teacher.reset_metrics()
        teacher.custom_evaluation(
            chosen_sent_teacher_action,
            [checked_sent_label],
            correct_chosen_sent_response,
        )
        report = teacher.report()
        for k in retrieval_metric_keys:
            assert k in report
            assert report[k] == AverageMetric(1)

        # 2) Test with top sentence in top 5
        teacher.reset_metrics()
        teacher.custom_evaluation(
            chosen_sent_teacher_action, [checked_sent_label], top5_chosen_sent_response
        )
        report = teacher.report()
        for k in retrieval_metric_keys:
            assert k in report
            assert report[k] == AverageMetric(1) if '5' in k else AverageMetric(0)

        # 3) Test with no top sentences
        teacher.reset_metrics()
        teacher.custom_evaluation(
            chosen_sent_teacher_action,
            [checked_sent_label],
            incorrect_chosen_sent_response,
        )
        report = teacher.report()
        for k in retrieval_metric_keys:
            assert k in report
            assert report[k] == AverageMetric(0)

        # 4) Test knowledge f1 with high f1
        teacher.label_type = 'response'
        teacher.reset_metrics()
        teacher.custom_evaluation(response_teacher_action, [response], high_f1_response)
        report = teacher.report()
        assert 'knowledge_f1' in report
        assert report['knowledge_f1'] == F1Metric(1)

        # 5) Test knowledge f1 with low f1
        teacher.reset_metrics()
        teacher.custom_evaluation(response_teacher_action, [response], low_f1_response)
        report = teacher.report()
        assert 'knowledge_f1' in report
        assert report['knowledge_f1'] == F1Metric(0)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()


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Texas Christian University› AddRan College of Liberal Arts› Department of English› Career Preparation› Alumni Success
Where can your TCU English degree take you? Anywhere.
You'll find TCU English alums as successful US Weekly writers, college professors, software engineers and appeals court judges.
Because our degrees develop valuable thinking and communication skills, you can chart your course in whatever field excites you. Our graduates have launched thriving careers as authors, business consultants, museum curators, lawyers, theater directors, clinical psychologists, pastors and more.
Valerie Neal, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Curator and Chair of Space History Department
Dr. Valerie Neal, who earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and history with honors from TCU, is the curator and chair of the Space History Department of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C..
She is responsible for the artifact collections from the space shuttle era and International Space Station, most notably the orbiter Discovery. Dr. Neal's publications include: Discovery, Champion of the Space Shuttle Fleet (2014) and two edited books on space exploration, Spaceflight: A Smithsonian Guide (1995) and Where Next, Columbus? The Future of Space Exploration (1994).
While it may seem surprising that a liberal arts major came to oversee the preservation of some of the United States' most prized scientific artifacts, her explanation, as outlined in a previous article for TCU Magazine, was simply this: "What I truly enjoy is discovery. That's what a liberal arts education at TCU taught me more than anything — learning how to learn."
TCU English Graduate Program Placement
See where our MA and Ph.D. graduates are now (PDF).
With personal attention and online services available 24-7, we're here to help you through the job search process – from exploring possible fields to preparing for interviews, landing internships to launching your professional career.


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CTVNewsVancouver.ca
Nearly 50 people associated with five different classes at Earl Marriott Secondary School in Surrey have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a letter from the school district's superintendent to members of the school community on Sunday.
In the letter, Surrey schools superintendent Jordan Tinney writes that the school district sent out several coronavirus exposure notices as winter break was approaching and into the break itself.
"We had some classes and individuals who were required to self-isolate over the holidays, which is not how we would want anyone to spend their winter break," Tinney writes in the letter.
"We have subsequently met with Fraser Health to learn more about those closing days and how we might review and adjust our plans as we open for January."
The letter goes on to outline "a few things" the school will be doing differently when classes resume, including reminding parents to complete their children's daily screening for COVID-19, encouraging mask use at secondary schools even in classrooms where they're not required, and adjusting protocols related to staff common spaces and physical education classes.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees for school support staff in B.C. posted Tinney's letter on Twitter and encouraged everyone involved in B.C. schools to "exercise caution, act responsibly and out of caring and compassion for others around you."
Thank you for your continued leadership on this serious issue, @jordantinney. Please, everyone, exercise caution, act responsibly and out of caring and compassion for others around you, including the @CUPE728 and @BCTF who are putting their health in your hands each day 1/2 pic.twitter.com/PAFO6i3ofU
— CUPE K-12 School Support BC (@cupek12bc) January 4, 2021


text:
/*
 * ModeShape (http://www.modeshape.org)
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.modeshape.sequencer.javafile.metadata;

/**
 * A variable
 */
public class Variable {

    private String name;

    public Variable() {
    }

    public Variable( String name ) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    /**
     * @return name
     */
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * @param name Sets name to the specified value.
     */
    public void setName( String name ) {
        this.name = name;
    }

}


The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), is effectively managing migration related issues in the country with a view to providing solutions and ending illegal migration.
Towards this, it will establish migration focal desks in 36 states of the federation.
The Federal Commissioner, Hajia Sadiat Umar Farouk said the best way to tackling migration related issues is bringing the discourse down to the grassroots and making the people involved and informed.
Sadiat said there was the need to sustain and ensure that the National Migration Dialogue (NMD) process takes deep root within the polity of setting the national development agenda.
Sadiat said there was the need to integrate the state and local council structures as well as the civil society organizations in the migration governance architecture. Towards this, she said it has become imperative to continuously mobilize the states and local councils as well as CSOs through a decentralized process and consolidate the channels of communication with the migration focal points for each of the 36 states.
"What this project truly hopes to achieve is the institutionalization of Migration Focal Desks in the 36 states of the federation to be coordinated by the commission's zonal offices. This will enable us have a bottom approach in the migration governance structure,'' Sadiat said.


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Oppn demands Modi's response on Trump's Kashmir remark
By Agencies	 Last updated Jul 23, 2019
New Delhi: The Opposition, led by the Congress, on Tuesday joined hands to demand a clarification from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on US President Donald Trump's stunning claim that the Indian leader had requested him to mediate in the Kashmir issue. If what Trump claims is true, Modi has betrayed India's interests, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, a sentiment backed by several Opposition leaders who spoke out in Parliament and outside.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made a statement on the floor of both Houses of Parliament and strongly rejected Trump's comment during a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in Washington. On Monday night, the Ministry of External Affairs issued a strong denial, saying it has been India's consistent position that all outstanding issues with Pakistan are discussed only bilaterally. Opposition parties were, however, not satisfied and wanted Modi to come to both the Houses and clarify.
Gandhi also asserted that a "weak" foreign ministry denial wouldn't do and the prime minister must tell the nation what transpired in the meeting between him and the US president.
The issue rocked the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha with frequent disruptions as Opposition members vociferously put forth their demand. As soon as the Lower House met for the day, members from the Congress and some other Opposition parties were on their feet shouting slogans over the issue.
Later, when Zero Hour began, Congress' Manish Tewari said the prime minister himself should clarify since Trump's statement is serious.
Echoing him, AIADMK's T R Baalu said Modi should personally make a statement since the issue involved him.
When Jaishankar rose to make a statement, it was drowned in protests by the entire opposition. The opposition then walked out of proceedings. In the Upper House, too, there were heated exchanges between opposition benches and Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, who adjourned proceedings. The Rajya Sabha was repeatedly adjourned amid opposition uproar over Trump's comment. The Congress welcomed the government's reiteration of India's 'no third party involvement' stand on the Kashmir issue but asked why Modi was "mum" over Trump's claim.
The US president's remarks "relate to a meeting between him and PM Modi, wherein our PM had asked him to mediate", Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in a tweet.
"Why is PM 'mum' on what transpired between the two heads of states, more so when it affects our sovereignty?" Surjewala asked. In another tweet, he tagged the remarks of Trump put out by the White House. "Now, 'Whitehouse' puts up @POTUS assertion in 'black & white' that PM Modi asked him to 'mediate on Kashmir'!" he said "When will our PM 'wake up' & call the bluff if President Trump is lying? Or Did PM Modi ask @POTUS to mediate?" Surjewala wondered.
Opposition leaders met in his colleague Ghulam Nabi Azad's chamber in Parliament and called for suspension of all business. They also sought an explanation from the PM in both the Houses on Trump's statement. Various opposition leaders addressed a press conference on the issue.
Flanked by Opposition leaders, including CPI's D Raja, NCP's Majeed Menon, DMK's Tiruchi Siva, SP's Ramgopal Yadav and AAP's Sanjay Singh, Azad said his party was ready to believe the prime minister's side of the story but he should clarify the issue on the floor of the House.
"No matter which government was in power at Centre in past, our foreign policy has been that Kashmir is bilateral issue and no third party can intervene and President Trump knows it, I don't think President Trump would tell Pakistan's PM that India's PM has asked the US to mediate," Azad said.
The Trinamool Congress' Derek O'Brien said his party wants the prime minister to make a statement on the issue to clear the air. "Along with all opposition parties, we, Trinamool, have a simple demand.
The PM of India has to come to Parliament, make a statement and clear the air," he said.
The Congress along with other opposition parties on Monday night had also demanded a clarification from Modi on whether there has been a shift in India's position of no third party involvement in the Kashmir issue after Trump offered to mediate between India and Pakistan on the matter.
Trump claims that Modi asked him to mediate on the Kashmir issue when they met in Osaka, Japan, on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit last month. "If I can help, I would love to be a mediator. If I can do anything to help, let me know," Trump said in response to a question, adding he is ready to help, if the two countries ask for it. (PTI)
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Why Facebook is still your best friend
Nirbhaya convicts to be hanged on February 1
Bhim Army Chief visits Jama Masjid
Unnao case: HC seeks CBI's response on Sengar's appeal
ISRO's GSAT-30 satellite successfully launched by Ariane


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UPDATE 3-Unilever forecasts improved sales as it reforms structure
* Earnings top estimates as sales miss
* Pricing still weak but seen improving
* Company confident on single structure
* Shares up 2 pct (Recasts with shareholder comment, details on buybacks)
By Martinne Geller
LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - Unilever expects sales growth to accelerate in the second half of the year, as it pushes through price rises to offset higher commodity costs and works to collapse its dual-headed structure.
The Anglo-Dutch maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry's ice cream also updated investors on Thursday on its consolidation into a single entity, saying it was "very confident" of getting the shareholder support required to complete the transition at the end of the year.
An increasing number of UK-based shareholders are voicing concern about the plan to make Rotterdam its headquarters, which will likely seen Unilever drop out of Britain's blue chip FTSE 100 index. That could cause forced selling by UK funds mandated to track the index.
"We don't think the changes, as they currently stand are in the best interests of the company's UK investor base and we will be urging the group to reconsider its plans," Hargreaves Lansdown portfolio manager Steve Clayton said on Thursday.
Clayton manages the HL Select funds, which have more than 3 percent of their assets in Unilever stock.
Shareholders will vote on Oct. 25 and 26 on the move, aimed at simplification and giving Unilever more flexibility for big-ticket M&A.
The company launched a review of its structure in 2017 after fighting off a $143 billion takeover from Kraft Heinz triggering a battle between Britain and the Netherlands.
Under the new entity, Unilever said corporate governance would be stronger and shareholders would have more rights, such as an ability to call a general meeting with a smaller stake.
Unilever also reported better-than-expected earnings and said it would complete a second tranche of announced share buybacks, worth 3 billion euros, by the end of the year.
Its shares were up more than 2 percent at 1200 GMT.
PRICING POWER
Unilever is one of the first big consumer goods companies to report, and its results are seen as setting the tone for a packaged goods sector struggling with slow growth and increased competition both among brands and at retail levels.
First-half underlying earnings per share were 1.22 euros, helped by cost-savings and new products, and beating estimates of 1.18 euros.
Yet sales disappointed overall, rising only 1.9 percent in the quarter, excluding the recently divested spreads business. Analysts on average were expecting 2.3 percent.
For the first half, sales excluding spreads rose 2.7 percent, below estimates of 3 percent.
Raising prices has been a problem for all consumer companies, as grocery chains fight to keep costs low to compete with the growing threat of Amazon.com.
Unilever warned last month that a truckers strike in Brazil would reduce second-quarter sales. It expects to recover half of its lost Brazilian sales in the third and fourth quarters.
The bulk of Unilever's growth came from selling more products, rather than getting higher prices for them.
For the first half, volume rose 2.2 percent while pricing edged up only 0.2 percent, hurt by declines in North America where there is aggressive promotion by rival makers of shampoo, deodorant and dressings.
But price increases have already gone through in places like Argentina and Brazil, which should help the second half, along with a dwindling impact from an Indian tax change. ($1 = 0.8602 euros)
Reporting by Martinne Geller Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise and Keith Weir


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Super Bowl 2021 half-time show
The Weeknd to perform Super Bowl 2021 half-time show
12:48, November 13, 2020
The singer follows in the footsteps of Shakira and Jennifer Lopez, whose performance in Florida this February was watched by 104 million people.
"We all grow up watching the world's biggest acts playing the Super Bowl and one can only dream of being in that position," said the Canadian star.
"I'm humbled, honoured and ecstatic to be the centre of that infamous stage."
The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, has become one of the biggest chart stars of the last decade, with more than 45 platinum and singles and albums.
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Tigers' Round 16 fixture confirmed
The timeslot for Richmond's Round 16 clash with Gold Coast has been locked in.
Richmond's Round 16 clash with Gold Coast will be played in a prime-time slot, with the two sides to face off next Thursday, July 1 at 7.20pm as announced in today's fixture reveal.
The clash will be the first meeting between the two sides since Round 12, 2020, and the Tigers' first trip to Metricon Stadium since last year's semi-final win over St Kilda.
Liam Baker in action against Gold Coast in 2020.
The following night, Geelong will have its fourth consecutive prime-time match, hosting the high-scoring Essendon at GMHBA Stadium on Friday night.
Also in that round, Sydney will host West Coast at GMHBA Stadium in Geelong, after the Swans were forced out of New South Wales due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Greater Western Sydney, who is already in Melbourne, will remain in Victoria for the next week before being hosted by the Demons at the MCG at 1:45pm AEST on Saturday, July 3.
Adelaide hosts Brisbane in the twilight slot, with Hawthorn-Port Adelaide on Saturday night in what will be Shaun Burgoyne's 400th match.
Fremantle-Carlton is the other Saturday night match, while Collingwood hosts St Kilda at the MCG on Sunday and the Western Bulldogs-North Melbourne clash closes the round.
The Round 16 fixture:
Gold Coast v Richmond at Metricon Stadium, 7.20pm AEST
Geelong v Essendon at GMHBA Stadium, 7.50pm AEST
Melbourne v GWS Giants at the MCG, 1.45pm AEST
Adelaide v Brisbane at Adelaide Oval, 4.05pm ACST
Hawthorn v Port Adelaide at Marvel Stadium, 7.40pm AEST
Fremantle v Carlton at Optus Stadium, 5.40pm AWST
Sunday, July 4
Sydney v West Coast at GMHBA Stadium, 1.10pm AEST
Collingwood v St Kilda at the MCG, 3.20pm AEST
Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium, 4.40pm AEST
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Dimma's eye to the future in ruck battle with Saints
Damien Hardwick will gain a glimpse of Richmond's future with his inexperienced tall line-up in tonight's match against St Kilda.


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Q: how can I check files (check size&mime type) before upload via jQuery? I have a multiple input files form.
<form id="form" action="index2.php?id=upload" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

    <input id="files" multiple="true" name="files[]" type="file" />

  </form>

I could send several files via this ajax/jquery:
$("#files").on('change',(function(e) {
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Paul Ratliff is a psychologist and mental health practitioner who was born in the United States of America. He is probably best known as the spouse of actress Maggie Siff. His wife is well-known for her role as department store heiress Rachel Menken Katz in the AMC drama "Mad Men."
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There is essentially no information on Paul's life because, despite his wife's high-profile work, he has maintained his privacy and has not shared details about his childhood and family with the public. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at Wesleyan University to pursue a degree in Fine Arts with a concentration in Film.
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college in Connecticut. It began as a men's college in 1831 and was the first institution of higher learning to be named after Methodism's founder, John Wesley. The university has produced several alumni, including governors, members of the United States Congress, MacArthur Fellows, and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda.
In terms of his personal life, Paul married Maggie in 2012 and they have a child together. Apart from his marriage, little is known about him due to a dearth of publicly available information.
According to sources, he has a net worth of over $300,000 as of mid-2022, gained from a successful career in the mental health profession. His fortune could be bolstered by his wife's success, as Siff has a net worth of more than $8 million.
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It is a private graduate school near Santa Barbara, California, that offers masters and doctoral degrees in a variety of fields such as clinical psychology, mythological studies, counseling, and others. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges has accredited it.
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Research Attorneys Challenge Superior Court on Hiring Policy
The union representing Los Angeles Superior Court research attorneys and law clerks yesterday invoked its right to arbitration, challenging the court's decision to freeze the number of lawyers employed as research attorneys.
The decision to discontinue a practice of hiring law clerks as research attorneys upon satisfactory completion of the two-year clerkship violates the court's contract with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 910, local President Michael W. Boggs said in his request.
Court officials rejected the union's grievance last Thursday, saying the contract gives them the right to freeze the number of research attorneys in order to meet "the needs of the court." The union maintains that the "needs" clause does not refer to budgetary concerns.
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Presiding Judge Robert A. Dukes, in a March 21 memo to judicial officers, explained that the number of research attorneys has grown by more than 50 percent in the last 18 months. "The unintended increase in the number of Research Attorney positions raised the Court's salary and employee benefits expenditures by $590,000 annually," Dukes said in his memo.
The union and the court are two years into a three-year contract, the court's first ever with the lawyers who review filings and research legal issues for judges. The unit voted to organize in 1999, reflecting the court's move over time from a staff made up of recent graduates transitioning into the profession to one including career employees.
Prior to the contract, staff members who were members of the State Bar were called research attorneys and those who were not were called law clerks, but all were considered temporary employees. Under the contract, however, research attorneys are, in effect, civil servants not subject to termination without cause after a six-month probationary period.
Law clerks are hired for one year, renewable for a second year, following which they can become research attorneys if they receive positive evaluations.
Completion of the two-year clerkship, during which the employee is classified as a "temporary" member of the court's workforce, is a prerequisite for hiring as a research attorney.
At the time the contract was entered into, there were 34 research attorneys and 71 law clerks. There are now 52 research attorneys and 53 law clerks.
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The court, Boggs said, has agreed that three law clerks who were hired before the contract was signed will be given research attorney positions, although the commitment was not made in writing. It is unclear whether this means that the number of research attorney positions will remain at 55, or whether the number will "float back down to 52," the union leader commented.
Dukes wrote in his memo:
"In recognition of the important role Law Clerks play in assisting judges, those positions have effectively been exempted from the court-wide hiring freeze, and we expect to continue to replace Law Clerks as they leave."
But the court, in its current budget crunch, cannot continue to pay the difference between a law clerk's salary and benefits and those of a research attorney—more than $30,000 annually—every time a law clerk completes his or her term satisfactorily, Dukes said. "In sum, an eligible Law Clerk may only become a Research Attorney if there is a vacant funded Research Attorney position," the presiding judge wrote.
Boggs said an arbitrator must be chosen within 20 days, followed by a hearing within 45 days, but added that he was hoping to avoid that necessity.
"Hopefully, the court will have come to its senses by then," he said. "Once the judges realize that their law clerks are going to be terminated, there is going to be an outcry from the judicial community, and I hope the court will reevaluate."
That is unlikely, Assistant Presiding Judge William McLaughlin responded.
"I never want to say never," McLaughlin said. "I could imagine that if a law clerk who is respected by an individual judge was required to leave because there wasn't a research attorney position available...the judge would be concerned with that...but I don't think that there would be a change of policy absent the money to implement any change."


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Farmers working in their plantations in Bhiwri village of Pune. Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint
How Maharashtra is changing the way farmers sell their produce
16 min read . Updated: 18 Oct 2016, 11:46 AM IST Abhiram Ghadyalpatil
Maharashtra's farmer-to-consumer markets and APMC reforms are changing the state's agriculture sector, long-burdened by economic and political pressures
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Mumbai: These days, Lata Arun Dimble is out at 8am in her farm in Khed Shivapur. Along with husband Arun and son Ajit, she picks brinjal, tomato, chilly, cucumber, spinach, radish, bitter gourd, cabbage, cauliflower, and green peas. By 11am, the vegetables are loaded onto a mini-truck her husband owns.
It's the same story at neighbouring farms in Khed Shivapur affiliated to Kanifnath Shetkari Bachat Gat, a farmers' group. Fruits including pomegranate, guava and banana are also loaded on to vehicles. Around 1pm, a small convoy of four-five mini-trucks with vegetables and fruits grown by 15 members of the group starts for Pune, Maharashtra's second largest city which is 25km away.
Changdeo Gisare of Bhiwri village in Pune district prepares his vegetable for the markets.
Forty minutes later, the trucks empty their contents at Shetkari Grahak Athavadi Bazaar (farmer-consumer weekly market) off Pune's Sinhagad road. The farmers spread their fresh produce at the stalls put up by farmers' groups themselves, farm produce companies or farm produce cooperatives. In 15 minutes, Dimble gets her first customer.
From the farm to the customer, all it took was six hours.
Dimble's group is one of the 60 such groups enrolled with Pune-based Shri Swami Samarth Shetkari Utpadak Company, registered with the Registrar of Companies. Narendra Pawar, one of its directors and a farm activist himself who has spiritedly piloted the deregulated farmer-consumer markets, says this change was long overdue. One of the 800-plus such companies operating in Maharashtra, Pawar's Shri Swami Samarth is connected to around 2,200 farmers through 60 groups.
The Maharashtra State Agriculture Marketing Board (MSAMB) operates 31 such farmers markets in the state involving farmers' cooperatives, farm producers' organizations (FPOs), farmers' self-help groups (SHGs) and farm produce companies. Out of these 31 markets, 25 are in Pune. According to Bhaskar Patil, a senior assistant manager at MSAMB, there are plans to open 100 such markets across the state.
The farmer's market near a housing colony at Sinhagad Road, Pune.
A government agency, MSAMB also supervises the functioning of Maharashtra's APMC (agriculture produce marketing committee) markets constituted under the APMC (Regulation) Act of 1963. "Except milk and sugar cane, APMC markets in the state are licensed to carry out transactions in all farm commodities," Patil says. "But it is not mandatory on farmers to bring their produce to APMC markets only. The legal provision is that buyers licensed by Maharashtra's directorate of agriculture marketing can purchase farm produce from farmers."
Maharashtra has 305 principal and 603 secondary APMC market yards. The APMC Act mandates that these markets must have facilities like auction halls, warehouses, weigh bridges, shops for retailers, police station, post office, bore-wells, farmer amenity centres and a soil-testing laboratory.
It is not mandatory on farmers to bring their produce to APMC markets only. The legal provision is that buyers licensed by Maharashtra's directorate of agriculture marketing can purchase farm produce from farmers- Bhaskar Patil, Maharashtra State Agriculture Marketing Board
"But most of the APMC markets offer very few of these facilities and the systems to buy produce from farmers, auction it, and sell to wholesalers and retailers through traders are very opaque and they leave enormous scope for malpractices," says an official from the directorate of agriculture marketing requesting anonymity.
There are three key differences between the APMC markets and farmer-consumer markets. One, at the APMC markets, farmers do not sell directly to consumers. Two, the produce is handled at multiple levels. Three, farmers have to pay 10-20% of the value of their produce as market fees, commission, and charges for loading, unloading, and weighing. At the farmer-consumer markets, it is the farmer who is directly selling his produce to the consumer, cutting out all these steps. There are no levies either. The produce, as farmers like Dimble demonstrate, is transported fresh from the farm with least handling, which helps it retain freshness.
Changdev Bhisare, a vegetable farmer at Bhiwri village near Pune, says at the APMC market, vegetables and fruits travel from farms to consumer through a multi-tier system. "The produce first reaches adtiyas (commission agents) at the APMC market yards, who auction it by negotiating the price with the buyers who are traders. This system leaves a lot of scope for farmers getting exploited because it is not transparent. We do not get to know the price of our produce immediately after auction. The final price is determined by the commission agent and we get paid the price by another transaction agent a week after the auction. The transaction agent also charges 3% of the price as service charge," he points out.
At farmer-consumer markets, it is the farmer who is directly selling his produce to the consumer, cutting out the middlemen involved in APMC markets
After the farm produce is auctioned, the traders licensed by APMC take it to APMC-regulated wholesale markets, where retail buyers and hawkers buy the vegetables and fruits. At the next level, the produce is sold to the consumer. As the produce travels from farm to consumer through multiple stakeholders and handlers, its retail price goes up by 50% over the price that was negotiated by the commission agent at the auction. Also, Bhisare says, the produce suffers at least 25% damages since it is handled at multiple levels. "We don't get the benefit of price appreciation but the consumers pay for it," he says.
In August, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis opened Mumbai's first "farmers to consumers" market on the premises of the Maharashtra legislature at Nariman Point. This followed an ordinance to exclude the sale and purchase of vegetables and fruits from Maharashtra's APMC Act, and allow their sales outside APMC-regulated markets. MSAMB's Patil says this intervention has provided farmers with a legal framework to operate outside APMC markets without any licence.
Patil calls farmer-consumer markets as part of "the second generation reforms in Maharashtra's agriculture marketing sector", after the first generation introduced a decade ago. "In 2006, Maharashtra came up with a model APMC Act which established private agriculture markets, direct marketing licence to bulk buyers and contract farming ventures. It also had a provision for farmer-consumer markets but it did not get implemented till June 2014 when we opened the first such market in Pune's Kothrud area," he says.
The farmer-consumer markets are being hailed as part of 'the second generation reforms in Maharashtra's agriculture marketing sector'.
Patil also recalls resistance to these markets. "In Mumbai, for instance, the APMC traders would not allow a single truck of farm produce to move beyond the Vashi APMC market. The ordinance has effectively limited the jurisdiction of APMC Act to APMC markets only and not beyond," he says.
Pawar of Shri Swami Samarth confirms that it has been extremely difficult for farmers to reach out to consumers, despite legal backing. "I have been named in two police first information reports filed against me for opening farmers' markets outside APMC," he says.
At Shirur, about 95km from Khed Shivapur, 23-year-old farmer Sagar Kolpe starts his daily grind a little earlier—at 7am, as he has to cover a longer distance than the Dimbles. "We have to transport our produce nearly 80km from Shirur to Pune," he says. But Kolpe is happy. He points out that farmers like him could benefit from this only because they formed small SHGs, FPOs, and farm producers' companies, and because these ventures have tied with government to create infrastructure. "I cannot do this alone. No single farmer can bear the cost of transport and paying the rentals for markets outside APMC," says Kolpe.
Pawar concurs. "We also take produce to the Mumbai market on Sunday. Farmers start collecting vegetables late Saturday afternoon and load them on vehicles by evening. They leave around midnight for Mumbai and reach by 5am. The return journey starts around 12 noon. This is not logistically possible for one farmer," explains Pawar.
At the other end of the chain, consumers are delighted. At the Nariman Point market, a middle-aged banker, who refused to give his name, says he has visited the market on three consecutive Sundays with his wife. "I read about it in the newspapers and wanted to see it for myself. Normally, we buy from superstores in the neighbourhood. This market is not as clean but it is not filthy also like the average sabji mandi. There are no stray cattle and dogs loitering about the place," he says, carrying two bulky bags.
Consumers have welcomed the farmers markets, with some choosing them over neighbourhood supermarts.
Kirti Diwan, homemaker and one of the regular consumers at Pune's Sinhagad market, says it is a great concept as farmers bring "fresh from the farm" produce. "Before this market opened, I would buy vegetables from local sellers who rarely had fresh produce but still charged the same price. This market is much better and has a lot more variety," says Diwan.
Madhukar Jogdand, another regular buyer says he does not mind paying more if his money is going directly to the farmers and he gets fresh vegetables. "Earlier, I was not sure if I was buying from farmers or traders. Now, I know I am buying stuff from the one who has grown it. The produce here is also least handled and so much cleaner. I don't know why it has taken the government so long to start a thing as simple as this market," he wonders.
Earlier, I was not sure if I was buying from farmers or traders. Now, I know I am buying stuff from the one who has grown it. The produce here is also least handled and so much cleaner- Madhukar Jogdand, a regular buyer at Pune's Sinhagad market.
The answer is hidden in the labyrinth of regulations that rule agriculture markets in India. Maharashtra has tried to clear some of the regulatory roadblocks on the way from the farm to the consumer.
In 1963, when the APMC Act was enacted, the intention was not to create a monopolistic behemoth that it became. "The idea was to ensure that farmers get regulated markets close to their farms, and price for their produce. Regulations were put in place to protect farmers from getting exploited by traders and middlemen," says MSAMB's Patil.
To be sure, the APMC Act is not exclusive to Maharashtra and several other states have their own APMC Acts as agriculture is a state subject. Also, Maharashtra is not the first state to allow farmers to sell directly to consumers either. The Congress-ruled Karnataka is the pioneer here, concedes Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. In fact, Bihar got rid of the APMC Act in 2006 and Madhya Pradesh delisted fruits and vegetables from the APMC Act in 2012. In September 2014, Delhi denotified fruits and vegetables from the APMC Act, allowing producers to sell outside the APMC markets of Azadpur, Keshopur and Shahdara. (According to Economic Survey 2014-15, Azadpur is India's second largest APMC market in terms of annual income with Rs90.9 crore in 2013-14).
In 1963, when the APMC Act was enacted, the intention was not to create a monopolistic behemoth that it became
A 2015 status report on APMC reforms prepared by Small Farmers'Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC), an autonomous body promoted by the Union government's department of agriculture, cooperation and farmers welfare, said at least seven states including Maharashtra have notified rules to establish farmer-consumer markets.
What is special about Maharashtra's APMC reforms then?
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There are strong economic and political reasons why Maharashtra has become a template case of this great conflict between monopolistic and severely regulated farm produce markets and the new models of market reforms. According to the 2014-15 Economic Survey, the state is home to two of India's biggest APMC-regulated markets earning the highest annual income. The APMC market in Navi Mumbai's Vashi—the gateway to Mumbai—is India's top such market yard with an annual income of Rs126 crore in 2013-14, the survey said. Pune's Gultekdi APMC market was fourth on the list of five such markets with an annual income of Rs47 crore in 2013-14. The survey said India had 2,477 principal APMC-regulated markets and 4,843 sub-markets.
The state is also home to 36 private markets licensed by MSAMB under the 2006 reforms. The APMC Act specifies the jurisdiction of these principal and secondary markets. The membership of each APMC comprises farmers in that specified market area, traders and commission agents licensed by the directorate of marketing and chairman of the cooperative society which does the job of processing and marketing the produce in the specified market yard. The committee is elected every five years.
Maharashtra has become a template case of this great conflict between monopolistic and severely regulated farm produce markets and the new models of market reforms
Congress leader and Maharashtra's former cooperation and marketing minister Harshawardhan Patil, who controls some of the APMC market committees in Pune and Mumbai, outlines the scale of the APMC machine: "The entire agriculture market turnover in Maharashtra is worth more than Rs1 trillion. The APMC markets complete transactions worth Rs55,000 crore in a year. Transactions worth Rs30,000 crore per annum take place at smaller informal markets. Private contracts worth Rs20,000 crore are signed outside these two markets. There are 40,000 adtiyas in Maharashtra."
Jaydatta Holkar, elected chairman of the APMC in Lasalgaon near Nashik, which is Asia's biggest wholesale market for onions, says the APMC markets in Nashik district, thanks to the Lasalgaon APMC, have a daily turnover of Rs15-20 crore. "In a normal onion season, the Lasalgaon APMC sees a daily offloading of 2 lakh quintals of onions," he says.
Maharashtra, these figures confirm, accounts for a large pie of this regulated farm produce economy. It is here that the government's intent to carry out market reforms will be tested the most. There are multiple stakeholders and lobbies at work and the politics around reforms is severe, agree both Fadnavis and his predecessor from the Congress party Prithviraj Chavan, who did his best to push some of these reforms but was thwarted by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
"I am glad Fadnavis is taking forward some of the reforms we initiated. I had also drawn up a list of reforms including deregulating fruits and vegetables from the APMC Act and the Congress party had the intent to carry them out. But I faced severe opposition from the NCP, which has a nexus with APMC traders and labour unions. Since it was an alliance government, we could not go ahead," says Chavan. The Congress veteran, however, cautions Fadnavis against being "brash" about these changes. "Reforms are welcome but you have to get all stakeholders on board. This government does not seem to be doing that and it is also doing things with a political intent," says Chavan.
There are multiple stakeholders and lobbies at work in In Maharashtra agriculture sector and the politics around reforms is severe. Former CM Prithviraj Chavan, did his best to push some of these reforms but was thwarted by the NCP
Political claims and counterclaims apart, Chavan and Fadnavis, from ideologically rival camps but similarly committed to agriculture market reforms, have more in common: neither are farm leaders themselves, nor do they come from any of the stake-holding lobbies.
In the national context, the reforms in Maharashtra are a representative case. In July 2015, the Union cabinet approved setting up of a National Agriculture Market (NAM) between 2015-16 and 2017-18 with an estimated budget of Rs200 crore. The scheme proposes developing a common e-market platform that would be deployed in 585 regulated agriculture wholesale markets across the country. The Union government's department of agriculture, cooperation and farmers welfare appointed SFAC as the nodal agency to implement the programme. In order to qualify for the e-NAM project and integrate select mandis with the common e-market, the Union government mandated states to carry out three reforms in their APMC Acts—a single licence to be valid across the state, single point levy of market fee and provision of electronic auction to determine price. By December 2015, only 138 APMC mandis in five states including 30 in Maharashtra qualified for this project. A project review report issued by SFAC in 2016 says 15 more states and Union territories have proposed to integrate another 400 mandis. In his 2016 budget speech, while making a strong case for reforms in the state APMC Acts, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said 12 states had qualified for e-NAM. Fadnavis says the number of qualifying APMC mandis in Maharashtra has gone up to 40.
In September 2003, the Union government came up with what is now known as the State Agriculture Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act of 2003 or the Model Act 2003. The government also asked states and Union territories to enact similar laws in tune with the Centre's legislation. Thus, in 2006, Maharashtra came up with its own model Act which put in place the first set of reforms.
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Are these reforms big-bang?
A farm sector expert, who spoke on condition of anonymity, argues that farmers never had any restrictions on selling their produce to anybody. "It was only in 2006 that a legal mechanism was provided to establish private agriculture markets, contract farming, and farmer-consumer markets," points out the expert. He, however, agrees that the NCP, which was an alliance partner in the previous Congress-led government in Maharashtra, resisted these reforms. "Wherever farmers could resist the NCP pressure, they could actually implement the reforms," he says.
Pankaj Khandelwal, chairman and managing director of INI Farms, a Mumbai-based integrated horticulture firm focused on pomegranates and bananas, says the reforms seem to be in the right direction to put in place a legal and enabling framework. "The fundamental role of the government is to create an enabling environment which it seems to be doing with these reforms. But a lot more needs to be done to create the right infrastructure, provide farmers better access to market, and ensure competition and fair trade," he says. Purnima Khandelwal, wife of Pankaj Khandelwal and chief executive of INI Farms, thinks the direct market between farmer and consumer is a good idea. "At INI Farms, we source pomegranates and bananas directly from farmers so that the quality of the produce meets export standards and expectations of our overseas consumers. In that sense, the farmer-consumer market is a great concept," she says.
The farm sector expert cited earlier is sceptical. He says the government is still not creating a level-playing field between the markets outside APMC and the APMC markets. "Even though the government is claiming that markets outside APMC are not regulated, it continues to stifle the APMC market itself with regulations which prevent a level-playing field. How will a parallel system and supply chain get created when you continue to regulate the APMC," he asks. The expert also points out that states which have carried out similar reforms much earlier have not been able to develop a marketing infrastructure and supply chain parallel to APMC.
The fundamental role of the government is to create an enabling environment which it seems to be doing with these reforms. But a lot more needs to be done to create the right infrastructure, provide farmers better access to market, and ensure competition and fair trade- Pankaj Khandelwal, CMD of INI Farms, a Mumbai-based integrated horticulture firm.
"Kerala never had APMC Act. Has it attracted private investment in agriculture marketing and developed a parallel supply and value chain? Bihar scrapped the APMC Act in 2006 but has it created better markets for farmers? In Delhi where fruits and vegetables were deregulated, there has not been any effort to create parallel infrastructure and farmers have gone back to the APMC markets. This simply means that APMC itself is not a problem. The state's failure to reform APMC and simultaneously create competition by encouraging private investment is the problem," says the expert. Private investors, will not come in this sector since this is a "low margin, high volume activity", he says. "The government needs to make special efforts for private enterprise to come in and develop a supply chain." Even efforts like farmer-consumer markets have their limitations, he says, and adds: "How many markets can the government open? In urban spaces, there are severe limitations on making places available for these markets. As it is, the turnover at these markets does not account for even 2% of the APMC trade."
APMC itself is not a problem. The state's failure to reform APMC and simultaneously create competition by encouraging private investment is the problem- A farm expert
Agrees Shetkari Sanghatana's Maharashtra unit president Raghunathdada Patil, who says 95% of the total transactions in agriculture market still take place at APMC markets only. "At most APMC markets, even these reforms are not being implemented," he says.
At the end of the day at Sinhagad market, Dimble's 20-year-old son Ajit counts their earnings. "Today, we carried produce worth Rs7,000 and made around Rs2,000. On an average, on each truck that we load with produce worth Rs6,000-7,000 we make Rs1,400-1,700. This is our net income after deducting transport expense and our contribution to the group to pay for the stall and other facilities," he says. And his mother adds that this is so much better than APMC markets.
Big reforms or not, Dimble is delighted to actually see her consumers, talk to them and receive customers' compliments about the "fresh cucumbers and spinach" that she brings to the Sinhagad market.


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A: I'm not familiar with App Engine standard project, but your screenshot looks like you have Dynamic Web Module 2.3 configured.  Per reported issue at No compatible AppEngine Standard facet found, use of the App Engine requires Dynamic Web Module 2.5.
Per the same source, you may also want to check the "jst.web" setting in your org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml file and make sure it agrees with your selected value.


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"The hell are you staring at."
"Did not hear me or something stop staring at me..."
She grabbed her wallet. "Shut up." She handed him his dog tag. "You might want this back right?"
"Wallets? CAN YOU EAT THEM!?!?!" Bruce grab a wallet and bite it.
"What is it Yukimora?!" She looked at Bruce. "No but Yam's head is."
"the dog tag turned back into a shadow and connected to yami" thought you could out slick me huh? "yami pulled out his real dog tags" ummmm dude "as bruce bit into the wallet yami sighed" i guess you can say its edible "yami looked at yukimora at like yukimora and sighed again" dude she totally forgives you. HEY ISYAH!! you forgive yuki boy dont cha?
Bruce stared at yami with big shining eyes." Your head is edible? Can i try it?"
eh its nothing isyah...*thinking about what happened to naomi the scenes played in his head as if it had just happened hours ago he still blamed himself for it* i just wanted to say that i am sorry..
She growled at Yami which wasn't common for her. "Yes eat his head." She looked back at Yukimora "Your something else Yukimora."


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Dual Hawks
by: Centro-matic/South San Gabriel
(Misra Records)
Centro-matic's music comes on like a sound from a distant dream, something new, yet unmistakably familiar. Clear images adding up to something a little vague, but in such a comforting way.
– Patterson Hood of Drive by Truckers
Patterson Hood's words capture the incongruous nature of Centro-matic's music by juxtaposing two seemingly disparate notions (new/familiar, clear/vague, distant/comforting) within his careful description. With full understanding of this intentional conflict within his music, Will Johnson, the leader of Centro-matic and South San Gabriel (as well as recording solo records), has done his newest fans, and those looking to be fans, a great service with the release of Dual Hawks.
This album actually consists of two fully imagined records, one by Centro-matic and one by South San Gabriel. As he explained in interviews leading into the release of Dual Hawks, the differences are significant between the two records even if many of the players are the same:
The South San Gabriel session was a lot more involved and calculated, for having all those people in it. The greater part of the Centro-matic session took place over 10 days. It was very fast. The majority was written and recorded in the studio. We wanted it to be spontaneous and raw, and kind of hearken back to the kind of recordings we used to make.
Johnson is an incredibly prolific artist. So much so, that it is hard to get a handle on his work from any one album. The simple way to explain it is that Centro-matic is the rock band, South San Gabriel is the acoustic band, and his solo work is often just him and a guitar.
The Centro-matic half of Dual Hawks begins the proceedings with ample slices of fuzzed-out guitar distortion. One can hear why Hood feels such a kinship with Centro-matic because both bands often use guitar noise and frayed vocals to convey their emotionalism.
Centro-matic, like DBT, also harbors a deep affinity for rock music's past before much of its power became diluted. This passage from "Remind Us Alive" speaks to this:
Looking back on them built in times and speakers stacked so high
We were scattered along them crowds of black shirts and cheap wine
Did you notice the frequencies will damage you for life?
As if the the saccharine songs they're singing ain't enough of a lie
This song serves as a salute for this generation that watched rock radio become overshadowed by MTV, and then later grew into adulthood as both outlets were lost. Johnson aptly captures that sense of loss. Looking at the way that most bands value style over substance so dramatically, Johnson's lyrics question if any of it was ever as real as we remembered.
Throughout the fine first half, Centro-matic does this lost rock ethic proud. A gem, "24", found late in the record is a Stonesy-rocker that sounds better than anything these ears have heard in years. If there were the right radio stations were still around to play it, it would be blasting out of rolled down windows all summer long.
Dual Hawks' second half shift to South San Gabriel comes rather abruptly, but it's dream-like essence feels immediately satisfying after the edgy Centro-matic set. SSG counters the rasped electricity in Johnson's voice on the Centro-matic half with its own feeling of numbed reflection.
Johnson replaces his angular guitar allowing pedal steel and violin to become the dominant instruments, holding sway when they are present and becoming even more ethereal when not. SSG shapes a sonic suite, a string quartet of impending doom and ominous sentiment shown best in "When The Angels Will Put Out Their Lights":
The night is your new next of kin, and it's right on time
Slide into your old revery
Poison come sit next to me, and watch me ride
The angels they sometimes must fall
To that devil that is taking my call
South San Gabriel's half of Dual Hawks evokes Ry Cooder's Paris, TX soundtrack with lyrics. It's Texas all the way through.
By simultaneously taking on the conventions of indie folk and indie guitar rock, Johnson shatters both while also vastly improving upon them. With a self-awareness that his music merely exists as an extension of the classic sounds of those before him, Dual Hawks perfectly shows two sides of an important artist whose sound remains uniquely his own.
For those wondering where the great artists have gone, Will Johnson's continual achievements demand exploration for anyone interested in musicians who attempt to shoot for the highest level of artistry and oftentimes achieve it.
- Jim Markel
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Q: Should I use the static cached ResourceManager or a new instance for each web request? Does it matter? What, if any are the performance (or other) implications of creating a new .NET ResourceManager on every request with new ResourceManger(myResourceType.FullName, myResourceType.Assembly) vs using the "cached ResourceManager instance" in the .Designer.cs generated class (MyResourceType.ResourceManager)?
I am working in the context of a ASP.NET MVC 3 application using .resx files.
Edit: I am interested in implications beyond the cost allocating memory for the new object.
Edit: Looking at the MSDN documentation for ResourceManager.ReleaseAllResources, it states that:

This method will shrink the working set in a running application. Any future resource lookups on this ResourceManager will be as extensive as the first lookup, since it will need to search and load resources again.

This seems to imply that the initial opening of the resource set is expensive, which suggests to me that creating a new manager on each request could be expensive. However, the docs don't suggest a best practice with regard to the lifetime/scope of resource managers.

A: I did some primitive profiling (using MiniProfiler) of the difference between using a cached manager (I used reflection to find the static cached manager for each resource type) and using a new manager for each key access. The results suggested that the new manager took about 45 times as long, which suggests to me that there is a real performance benefit to using the cached manager approach. However, both approaches were so fast that the difference probably doesn't matter much in practice.

A: You will have an allocation of an object when creating it.
that means that you will have a performance and memory implications for creating the object over and over again.
you can try it and check how many garbage collection cycles you have (using performance counters) vs the amount of the "cached" resource manager instance which is created once (per process) and therefor there are no unnecessary allocations


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UFODigest.com » Aliens and UFOs » 1960 A STRANGE YEAR MARKED BY GIANT UFOs
1960 A STRANGE YEAR MARKED BY GIANT UFOs
Published: February 8, 2014 16:08 EST
Updated: April, 3 2020 08:56 EDT
1960 was a year of hope for the US Air Force. Following the volatile UFO sightings and multiple engagements between US pilots of jet interceptors and the mysterious aerial phenomena, the Pentagon wished it would all just go away. Former Director of Project Bluebook, retired Captain Edward J. Ruppelt had been forced to renege on his position on UFO's he had revealed in his 1956 book, "The Report on UFO's". In it, he had exposed the utter chaos that had existed within the ranks of armed forces leadership in dealing with the elusive mystery that had confounded their efforts. By 1960, an iron fisted new policy had been introduced by the Pentagon to forcefully deny and ridicule all witnesses who dared make detailed reports on their close encounters.
Betrayal of a patriot
Captain Ruppelt, now retired and working for a well-known defense contractor under pressure from the USAF, retracted his position in his 1956 book, and was forced to deny it in a second book that he was ordered to publish. Edward J. Ruppelt died of a heart attack at age 50 not long after being forced to publish that book. According to Donald Keyhoe, Col. USMC retired and famous UFO writer, friends closest to Ruppelt felt that he had been so deeply hurt by the Air Force's efforts to pressure him and question his integrity that this contributed to his sudden death. According to Ryan Wood, co-founder of the Las Vega UFO Crash Retrieval Conferences, Ruppelt's death was far from an ordinary occurrence according to actuarial tables used by insurance companies to assess health liability. His death represented one of many such unusual spikes in untimely deaths that seem to plague the UFO community.
The persistence of the unknown
However, with all their efforts, the Pentagon could not suppress UFO reports or the appearance of unknown airborne objects that refused to go away just because the powers that be wanted them to. In 1960 civilian astronomers first reported odd telescope observations of unknown objects high above the earth's atmosphere that were not celestial in nature and did not orbit or burn up in the upper atmosphere as asteroids and meteors would have. These objects remained stationary 90 miles above the earth. The information was discreetly passed onto defense contractors who used their advanced detection equipment to maintain a secret and constant surveillance upon these paradoxical manifestations from elsewhere in the universe.
Most capable air defense in the world
In 1960 Strategic Air Command was in the firm grip of its creator, General Curtis Le May. There was no orbital satellite network such as was operated by NORAD some years later. The USAF did maintain Aerospace Defense Command which utilized early generations of missiles as an orbital shield against possible aggressors. This now obsolete unit was the precursor to NORAD. Naval missile destroyers, land based installations, and armed aircraft comprised this early incarnation of space and aero defense.
On several occasions according to Donald Keyhoe in his 1973 book, "Aliens in Space" a tense surveillance was focused on high altitude unidentified objects that defied normal meteor behavior and were huge in dimension. As these objects began hovering directly above sensitive US military installations, fighter jets were scrambled. This did little good as the jet interceptor pilots could do little more than helplessly circle below the unknown crafts as they drifted at orbital height far beyond the range of their human driven machines. These venerable jet interceptors within the arsenal of SAC were the F-106 Delta Dart, a nuclear stand-off capability fighter that was equipped with the Genie nuclear tipped wing mounted missile.
SAC arsenal ineffectual against the UFO threat
Other fighter jets prevalent in 1960, who had met UFO's on their terms many times in the past decade were the F-86 Sabre, F 101 Voodoo, F-94C Starfire, F-100 Super Sabre, F-89 Scorpion, and the F-84 Thunderjet these were the backbone fighter interceptor aircraft of Strategic Air Command, and often engaged unknown aerial phenomenon with sometimes deadly results. Intentions were high as SAC along with several defense contractors used powerful targeting radars focused to high altitudes to try and analyze their unusual airborne opponents.
As high ranking military officers lied to American TV audiences that UFO's represented no threat or were the product of fabrication, strong regulations were instigated to even prevent units within the USAF and other ranks of the armed services from filing documented reports within military channels. Project Bluebook would now be reduced to no more than a public relations department in comparison to the serious investigative unit it had been when Captain Edward Ruppelt had been at the helm in the early 1950's.
Denial the backbone US Air Force explanation
All these efforts to debunk UFO reports failed as the persistent phenomena continued to haunt the greatest defensively equipped nation in the world. Constantly reminding mankind of his obsolete weaponry and ineffective attempts at pursuit, these large UFO's continued to maintain fixed positions in space beyond the reach of surface to air missiles (SAMS) as NASA, the USAF, and the US Navy devised the precursor of the modern "Star Wars" orbital defense system that President Ronald Reagan would later champion. The secretive program was known as Project "Saint". If no extraterrestrial threat existed according to the authorities, why was a classified project underway designed to intercept unknown orbital threats as early as 1960? According to both Donald Keyhoe and Phillip J. Corso, apparently a real enough threat did indeed exist.
If you would like more information about Donald Keyhoe's book simply click on the following AMAZON.COM link: Aliens from Space: The Real Story of Unidentified Flying Objects


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The Australian Master of Applied Epidemiology Program: Looking back, moving forward
Stephanie Davis, Mahomed Said Patel, Emily Fearnley, Kerri A. Viney, Martyn Kirk
The Master of Applied Epidemiology Program is Australia's Field Epidemiology Training Program. It was established in 1991 and was run out of the National Centre for Population Health (NCEPH) at the Australian National University. The Program has a strong track record in using field-based training to produce competent applied epidemiologists who have contributed to public health in Australia and globally. A new funding model for the program was implemented in 2012, backed by funds from field placement partners and NCEPH. In this paper we review the program's origins and achievements, discuss the ongoing needs of the program and outline a vision for the future.
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