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Timeless Design with Bruno Moinard and Claire Betaille of 4BI Associates
Esteemed designers Bruno Moinard and Claire Betaille of 4BI & Associates are passionate about design. Specialising in creating inspired interiors that will stand the test of time, here's how they have transformed everything from museums and boutiques to hotels and luxurious private apartments.
Man of many talents
Bruno Moinard's long and illustrious career encompasses his many talents as an architect, scenographer, designer, draftsman and painter. This multi-skilled approach means there's always something new to be discovered. He works seamlessly across projects, from the structure of a building to the fine furnishings and bespoke artworks – giving him the opportunity to really make his mark.
Bruno began collaborating with designer Claire Betaille in 2007 and together they became 4BI & Associates in 2012. This partnership gives them the chance to bounce ideas around with someone with the same design ideals. They see every project as unique and therefore in need of unique answers.
Bruno says, "No two jobs are ever the same and that's what makes our kind of work so captivating."
Claire explains their philosophy as, "Beauty, contemplation and the art of living interpreted differently every day." This means they're always on the lookout for new ways to make a difference and spark interest. She says, "We respect the context of our work, listen to what's needed and collaborate with the finest craftsmen. We don't like to repeat ourselves so we don't have a signature style but people still tell us they can recognise our creative style, which is wonderful."
Standout projects
Twenty years ago Bruno began working with Fondation Cartier and went on to create over 450 prestigious Cartier boutiques around the world. Specialising in luxury they have reimagined interiors for major luxury brands including Christie's, Hermes, Château Latour and the Museum of Decorative Arts at the Louvre. Across all these projects they have remained true to reinterpreting places without erasing their soul, concentrating on creating surprises along the way.
Hotel Eden, Rome
The design duo is this creative genius behind all our guest rooms and suites at Hotel Eden in Rome. They also designed the lobby, meeting rooms and La Libreria. Their ideas were inspired by the hotel's sought-after location and classic Roman influences. The result is a sophisticated, yet relaxed Italian elegance, where every detail is reminiscent of Rome. The spectacular lobby gives the sense of a grand palazzo from the moment you arrive, setting the scene for your wonderful stay.
Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris
Bruno reminisces that, "When we began our enduring relationship with Hotel Plaza Athénée it was the first time we had worked for a grand palace hotel." It was their passion for respecting the history of the hotel while not letting it live in the past that won them the commission. Claire comments, "This hotel has such a glorious lobby so we worked hard to 'wow' guests from the moment they arrive."
The Grill at The Dorchester
Bruno was particularly excited at the idea of redesigning The Grill at The Dorchester. He remembers, "It was challenging as several elements like the doors and ceiling are listed and there's no natural daylight. Now though, elegant panels move to create a different light for a day-to-night feel." He's also a fan of the comfortable banquette seating inspired by the soft leather of a classic English car. Other modern touches include the flame-like lamps on the bar counter and the central contemporary chandelier.
The thing they're most proud of is that all the projects they've worked on have stood the test of time. They're influenced by trends and inspired by modernity but it's more about longevity. "When a space improves over time, rather like a fine wine, it's the sign of a job done well," explains Bruno. Claire couldn't agree more adding, 'We really take the time to get to know a space and the surrounding area. Even if you don't remember individual details, I like to think you'll remember the feeling and a sense of care."
You can see the wonderful work of Bruno Moinard and Claire Betaille for yourself at Hotel Eden in Rome, Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris and at The Dorchester in London.
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I am more into documentaries these days than feature films. So when my friend urged me to watch "Private Life" on Netf.lix, I was a little hesitant. One day last week I finally started watching it, but within the first six minutes I already complained to Bob multiple times about medical inaccuracies. My friend kept on telling me to ignore these and focus on the movie itself, I obliged and eventually finished the movie. I actually liked it. If you are going to watch the movie and don't want a spoiler, come back to this post after you are done. This can wait.
What I like the most about the movie is its realistic portrayal of the emotions of this 40-something couple who started trying to have a baby later in life. Of course there were exaggerations for the sake of storytelling such as the accelerated timelines of TESE, donor eggs, etc. I ignored all of that, and found myself nodding constantly when the characters expressed their feelings as well as when seeing the disapproval and insensitivity of those around them. At a few points, I felt a little weepy as I saw parallels between my life (prior to my twins) and this couple's lives. The couple was pursuing adoption simultaneously with fertility treatments. They were describing to an adoption social worker about a failed adoption which involved a birth mother who was matched with them but disappeared. It wasn't clear if she was actually pregnant or was just pretending to be, but something that the social worker said stuck with me: "The emotional scams are really, really tough." I found myself nodding nonstop. It reminded me of our experiences of our second donor disappearing after meeting with us, and about our current donor who was tested positive for cocaine during our cycle. It was already such an emotional roller coaster for us, and to have others kick us when we were down was almost unbearable. Watching this part made me relive that time of our journey. After the couple failed their first IVF, their RE pragmatically suggested egg donation as an option for financial reasons. The couple's fight outside the clinic brought out a very common concern of female partner of losing their genetic material vs. the male partner's ability to conserve his genetic link to their child. I wish the movie did go more in depth about the struggles and emotional turmoil a woman may experience before she says yes to pursuing egg donation, as the wife almost immediately dove into the world of donor profiles online after her initial struggles. But you know, some people get over that part quickly and some don't, so it could still happen in real life. Regardless, I was almost teary-eyed when the wife scrolled through the donor profiles on her computer screen and read the details aloud to her husbands. That was us when we were trying to decide on a donor. We looked at countless profiles and tried to pinpoint what traits were important to us for passing on to our child. I remember how difficult it was to decide how to choose. I can't say I totally understood the couple's choice of donor, as I don't know if I'd choose a family member myself if I had the choice, but nevertheless I was really rooting for them to finally have a baby. No such luck with that transfer as the fertilization rate was low and the niece was trying to be helpful and increased the drug dosage on her own. I could just see the numbness of the husband and the wife going through the motion of everyday life. That night, the couple had a conversation in bed. The husband expressed that he was actually relieved that it was over, that he didn't have it in him to do this anymore, and that he didn't even know if he wanted a kid anymore. He knew that he should console his wife, but he just didn't have the energy to do that himself. I feel that it was heartfelt and realistically depicted how one would feel after trying so many things for so long without success. It also shows that IVF or DEIVF is not foolproof. Often times both of these fail and leave people with an empty bank account and no baby. As sad as I was for them, there was a glimmer of hope at the end of the movie when the couple got a phone call regarding an adoption and sat in a diner to meet with an expectant birth mother. It showed how the husband who originally sat across from the wife crossed to the other side to sit next to her and hold her hand. They were in this position and waiting expectantly facing the door of the restaurant. That was the end, and I love it that we don't get to know what happened next. We don't know if the expectant birth mom was going to show up, but it was so encouraging to see that 1) there is a chance that they will become parents and 2) regardless of the outcome, this pair who has gone on this incredibly difficult path together will be okay, as they are in this together. That was me and Bob, that regardless of the outcome, we were in it together. That has always been such a comforting thing for me, and I hope that those who watch this movie and are walking the same path of infertility also find comfort in that.


Academic stress from the viewpoint of Iranian adolescents: A qualitative study.
Hosseinkhani Z, Nedjat S, Hassanabadi HR, Parsaeian M.
J Educ Health Promot. 2019 Jan 29;8:13. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_202_18. eCollection 2019.
How to utilize tacit knowledge in health organizations: An Iranian perspective.
Jamshidi E, Nedjat S, Nedjat S, Nikooee S, Rostamigooran N, Majdzadeh R.
Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2018 Nov 22;32:116. doi: 10.14196/mjiri.32.116. eCollection 2018.
Knowledge, attitude, and practice among food handlers of semi-industrial catering: a cross sectional study at one of the governmental organization in Tehran.
Fariba R, Gholamreza JK, Saharnaz N, Ehsan H, Masoud Y.
J Environ Health Sci Eng. 2018 Aug 28;16(2):249-256. doi: 10.1007/s40201-018-0312-8. eCollection 2018 Dec.
Doosti-Irani A, Nedjat S, Nedjat S, Cheraghi P, Cheraghi Z.
East Mediterr Health J. 2019 Jan 23;24(11):1088-1097. doi: 10.26719/2018.24.11.1088.
Assessing the quality of life among Pakistani general population and their associated factors by using the World Health Organization's quality of life instrument (WHOQOL-BREF): a population based cross-sectional study.
Lodhi FS, Montazeri A, Nedjat S, Mahmoodi M, Farooq U, Yaseri M, Kasaeian A, Holakouie-Naieni K.
Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2019 Jan 14;17(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s12955-018-1065-x.
Effects of food items and related nutrients on metabolic syndrome using Bayesian multilevel modelling using the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS): a cohort study.
Cheraghi Z, Nedjat S, Mirmiran P, Moslehi N, Mansournia N, Etminan M, Mansournia MA, McCandless LC.
BMJ Open. 2018 Dec 18;8(12):e020642. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020642.
The casual effect of lifestyle factors on outcomes of assisted reproductive techniques: a protocol study on Iranian infertile couples.
Sepidarkish M, Omani-Samani R, Mansournia MA, Yekaninejad MS, Mardi-Mamaghani A, Vesali S, Hosseini R, Nedjat S.
Reprod Health. 2018 Dec 17;15(1):210. doi: 10.1186/s12978-018-0655-8.
Medical History and Multiple Sclerosis: A Population-Based Incident Case-Control Study.
Abdollahpour I, Lizarraga AA, Nedjat S, Mansournia MA, Weinstock-Guttman B.
Neuroepidemiology. 2019;52(1-2):55-62. doi: 10.1159/000494257. Epub 2018 Nov 26.
Abdollahpour I, Nedjat S, Mansournia MA, Eckert S, Weinstock-Guttman B.
Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2018 Nov;26:168-172. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.09.026. Epub 2018 Sep 22.
Explanatory definition of the concept of spiritual health: a qualitative study in Iran.
Ghaderi A, Tabatabaei SM, Nedjat S, Javadi M, Larijani B.
J Med Ethics Hist Med. 2018 Apr 9;11:3. eCollection 2018.
No association between socioeconomic status and risk of multiple sclerosis: A population-based incident case-control study in a developing country.
Abdollahpour I, Nedjat S, Salimi Y, Moradzadeh R, Mansournia MA, Sahraian MA, Shokoohi M.
Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2018 Oct;25:292-296. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.08.019. Epub 2018 Aug 23.
Effect of education based on socio-ecological theory on bullying in students: an educational study.
Shams H, Garmaroudi G, Nedjat S, Yekaninejad MS.
Electron Physician. 2018 Jul 25;10(7):7046-7053. doi: 10.19082/7046. eCollection 2018 Jul.
Re: Genetic Polymorphism on Susceptibility to Nephrotoxic Properties of BTEXs Compounds.
Neghab M, Nourozi MA, Shahtaheri SJ, Mansoori Y, Bazzaz JT, Nedjat S.
J Occup Environ Med. 2018 Oct;60(10):e560-e561. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001406. No abstract available.
Vitamin D Status and Its Relation to Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Mild to Moderate Ulcerative Colitis.
Sharifi A, Nedjat S, Vahedi H, Veghari G, Hosseinzadeh-Attar MJ.
Middle East J Dig Dis. 2018 Apr;10(2):84-89. doi: 10.15171/mejdd.2018.95. Epub 2018 Mar 17.
Sharifi A, Vahedi H, Nedjat S, Mohamadkhani A, Hosseinzadeh Attar MJ.
Theory-based interventions in STIs/HIV Prevention: A systematic review of the literature in Iran.
Latifi A, Merghati-Khoei E, Shojaeizadeh D, Nedjat S, Mehri A, Garmaroudi G.
Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2017 Dec 26;31:131. doi: 10.14196/mjiri.31.131. eCollection 2017. Review.
Psychometric properties of the Urdu version of the World Health Organization's quality of life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF).
Saqib Lodhi F, Raza O, Montazeri A, Nedjat S, Yaseri M, Holakouie-Naieni K.
Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2017 Dec 25;31:129. doi: 10.14196/mjiri.31.129. eCollection 2017.
Response shift in quality of life assessment among cancer patients: A study from Iran.
Hosseini B, Nedjat S, Zendehdel K, Majdzadeh R, Nourmohammadi A, Montazer A.
Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2017 Dec 22;31:120. doi: 10.14196/mjiri.31.120. eCollection 2017.
Effects of Genetic Polymorphism on Susceptibility to Nephrotoxic Properties of BTEXs Compounds.
J Occup Environ Med. 2018 Aug;60(8):e377-e382. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001364.
Harsini S, Saghazadeh A, Nedjat S, Rezaei N.
Eur Cytokine Netw. 2018 Mar 1;29(1):16-26. doi: 10.1684/ecn.2018.0404. Review.
Estimating the Marginal Causal Effect of Fish Consumption during Adolescence on Multiple Sclerosis: A Population-Based Incident Case-Control Study.
Abdollahpour I, Nedjat S, Mansournia MA, Sahraian MA, Kaufman JS.
Neuroepidemiology. 2018;50(3-4):111-118. doi: 10.1159/000487640. Epub 2018 May 7.
Causal Methods for Observational Research: A Primer.
Almasi-Hashiani A, Nedjat S, Mansournia MA.
Arch Iran Med. 2018 Apr 1;21(4):164-169.
Abdollahpour I, Nedjat S, Mansournia MA, Schuster T.
PLoS One. 2018 Apr 24;13(4):e0196244. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196244. eCollection 2018.
Lifestyle factors and multiple sclerosis: A population-based incident case-control study.
Abdollahpour I, Nedjat S, Mansournia MA, Sahraian MA, van der Mei I.
Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2018 May;22:128-133. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.03.022. Epub 2018 Mar 31.
Specialist Physicians' Attitude towards Emergency Medicine; a Semi-Structured Qualitative Study.
Tabrizi S, Nejati A, Nedjat S, Aghili SM.
Emerg (Tehran). 2018;6(1):e6. Epub 2018 Jan 16.
Environmental risk factors in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: a case-control study.
Eskandarieh S, Nedjat S, Abdollahpour I, Azimi AR, Moghadasi AN, Asgari N, Sahraian MA.
Acta Neurol Belg. 2018 Jun;118(2):277-287. doi: 10.1007/s13760-018-0900-5. Epub 2018 Mar 2.
Socioeconomic inequality in health domains in Tehran: a population-based cross-sectional study.
Baigi V, Nedjat S, Hosseinpoor AR, Sartipi M, Salimi Y, Fotouhi A.
BMJ Open. 2018 Feb 28;8(2):e018298. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018298.
Parental ethnicity associated with risk for multiple sclerosis: A population-based incident case-control study in Iran.
Abdollahpour I, Nedjat S, Mansournia MA, Sahraian MA, Asgari N.
Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2018 Feb;20:100-103. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.01.008. Epub 2018 Jan 31.
Physicians' attitude toward their ethical responsibility regarding air pollution: a qualitative research.
Saeeditehrani S, Parsapour A, Nedjat S, Kadivar M, Larijani B.
J Med Ethics Hist Med. 2017 Sep 2;10:7. eCollection 2017.
Positive Aspects of Caregiving and Caregiver Burden: A Study of Caregivers of Patients With Dementia.
Abdollahpour I, Nedjat S, Salimi Y.
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2018 Jan;31(1):34-38. doi: 10.1177/0891988717743590. Epub 2017 Nov 29.
Promoting the Quality of Health Research-based News: Introduction of a Tool.
Ashoorkhani M, Majdzadeh R, Nedjat S, Gholami J.
Int J Prev Med. 2017 Nov 1;8:87. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_16_17. eCollection 2017.
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders in Iran.
Eskandarieh S, Nedjat S, Azimi AR, Moghadasi AN, Sahraian MA.
Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2017 Nov;18:209-212. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2017.10.007. Epub 2017 Oct 9.
Barriers to Pap Smear Test for the Second Time in Women Referring to Health Care Centers in the South of Tehran: A Qualitative Approach.
Hassani L PhD, Dehdari T PhD, Hajizadeh E PhD, Shojaeizadeh D PhD, Abedini M PhD, Nedjat S PhD.
Int J Community Based Nurs Midwifery. 2017 Oct;5(4):376-385.
Psychological empowerment of NGO women in Iran: Designing a tool.
Bakhshi F, Shojaeizadeh D, Sadeghi R, Nedjat S, Taghdisi MH, Laverack G.
Electron Physician. 2017 Sep 25;9(9):5270-5278. doi: 10.19082/5270. eCollection 2017 Sep.
Yazdi-Feyzabadi V, Omidvar N, Keshavarz Mohammadi N, Nedjat S, Karimi-Shahanjarini A, Rashidian A.
Health Promot Int. 2018 Dec 1;33(6):1010-1021. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dax045.
Factors Associated With Unhealthy Snacks Consumption Among Adolescents in Iran's Schools.
Yazdi Feyzabadi V, Keshavarz Mohammadi N, Omidvar N, Karimi-Shahanjarini A, Nedjat S, Rashidian A.
Int J Health Policy Manag. 2017 Jan 29;6(9):519-528. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.09.
Quality of Life in Elderly Iranian Population Using Leiden-Padua Questionnaire: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Cheraghi P, Cheraghi Z, Doosti-Irani A, Nedjat S, Nedjat S.
Int J Prev Med. 2017 Jul 25;8:55. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_265_16. eCollection 2017. Review.
Perceptions about Iranian-Kurds' ethnic-inequality in health.
Yari A, Nedjat S, Asadi-Lari M, Majdzadeh R.
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2017 Sep 12;17(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s12914-017-0133-3.
Factors affecting intent to immigration among Iranian health workers in 2016.
Asadi H, Ahmadi B, Nedjat S, Sari AA, Gorji HA, Zalani GS.
Electron Physician. 2017 Jun 25;9(6):4669-4677. doi: 10.19082/4669. eCollection 2017 Jun.
The utility of mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (mini-CEX) in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education: protocol for a systematic review.
Mortaz Hejri S, Jalili M, Shirazi M, Masoomi R, Nedjat S, Norcini J.
Syst Rev. 2017 Jul 18;6(1):146. doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0539-y.
Development and Psychometric Properties of Social Exclusion Questionnaire for Iranian Divorced Women.
Zarei F, Solhi M, Merghati-Khoei E, Taghdisi MH, Shojaeizadeh D, Taket AR, Masoomi R, Nedjat S.
Iran J Public Health. 2017 May;46(5):640-649.
The relationship between individual empowerment and health-promoting lifestyle among women NGOs in northern Iran.
Bakhshi F, Shojaeizadeh D, Sadeghi R, Taghdisi MH, Nedjat S.
Electron Physician. 2017 Feb 25;9(2):3690-3698. doi: 10.19082/3690. eCollection 2017 Feb.
Quality of Life among General Populations of Different Countries in the Past 10 Years, with a Focus on Human Development Index: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Koohi F, Nedjat S, Yaseri M, Cheraghi Z.
Iran J Public Health. 2017 Jan;46(1):12-22. Review.
Uncover it, students would learn leadership from Team-Based Learning (TBL): The effect of guided reflection and feedback.
Alizadeh M, Mirzazadeh A, Parmelee DX, Peyton E, Janani L, Hassanzadeh G, Nedjat S.
Med Teach. 2017 Apr;39(4):395-401. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2017.1293237. Epub 2017 Feb 28.
Comparing epidemiology and baseline characteristic of multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica: A case-control study.
Eskandarieh S, Nedjat S, Abdollahpour I, Moghadasi AN, Azimi AR, Sahraian MA.
Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2017 Feb;12:39-43. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2017.01.004. Epub 2017 Jan 6.
Journey to Motherhood in the First Year After Child Birth.
Javadifar N, Majlesi F, Nikbakht A, Nedjat S, Montazeri A.
J Family Reprod Health. 2016 Sep;10(3):146-153.
Positive Aspects of Caregiving Questionnaire.
Abdollahpour I, Nedjat S, Noroozian M, Salimi Y, Majdzadeh R.
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2017 Mar;30(2):77-83. doi: 10.1177/0891988716686831. Epub 2017 Jan 12.
Fee Splitting among General Practitioners: A Cross-Sectional Study in Iran.
Parsa M, Larijani B, Aramesh K, Nedjat S, Fotouhi A, Yekaninejad MS, Ebrahimian N, Kandi MJ.
Arch Iran Med. 2016 Dec;19(12):861-865. doi: 0161912/AIM.008.


Xyntek & Antares Vision launch Serialization Quick Compliance Program - Xyntek Inc.
Xyntek and Antares Vision, the world's leading partners of serialization-based track and trace solutions will stress its heightened availability of ready-to-deploy serialization modules in the coming months. Of note, the companies will showcase its new Quick Compliance Program, which draws upon a large lineup of available modules and solutions to enable compliance within 10 weeks from the project start!
Accessibility of infrastructure and speed to deployment have become paramount as U.S. regulatory deadlines loom. The next milestone for manufacturers to comply with 2013's Drug Supply Chain Security Act is November 27, 2017, by which date pharmaceutical manufacturers are required to print a unique product identification code on all Rx units of sale and homogenous cases distributed domestically.
The looming deadline makes the Antares Vision Quick Compliance Program particularly prescient. The program encompasses standardized package of software, documentation and services, and minimizing Project Management Office (PMO) efforts by pre-preparing validation documentation.


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ITALY TO TOP RECYCLING IN EUROPE
LONDON - Europeans will earn $2.53 billion from recycling 4.18 million tons of post-consumer plastic in 2000, according to a Frost & Sullivan Inc. report. The study, ``European Recycled Plastic Markets,'' expects the region to weigh in at $1.18 billion and 2.2 million tons this year, with Germany recycling 27.1 percent of the total.
Other likely market share leaders this year are Italy at 14.8 percent and Spain and Portugal, listed together at 14.7 percent.
But in 2000, Frost & Sullivan predicts the No. 1 and No. 2 market-share leaders will change places.
Italy will lead in market share with 20.3 percent of the 4.18 million tons, while Germany will follow with 19 percent, according to the report.
The study, which covers 1990-2000, predicts France will rank third in five years at 15.3 percent, followed by Spain and Portugal at 13.4 percent and the United Kingdom at 12.7 percent.
Polyethylene is the most recycled plastic in Western Europe. Frost & Sullivan predicts PE and polypropylene will remain the most heavily recycled plastics in 2000, but it forecasts that PET will climb to the No. 3 spot, accounting for 9.1 percent of the plastics recycled in Europe, compared with 5.6 percent this year.
The New York-based firm expects recycling capacity to grow consistently in Western Europe, following increases in the scale of collection operations. It predicts feedstock recycling (converting plastics back into base chemicals) will surpass mechanical recycling (chipping and pelletizing) by 2000.


They should address the new forms of tax evasions.
To fight tax fraud, eliminate fraud over mineral oils or murky practices accompanying the merger of trading companies is the aim of the new action plan for the years 2017 and 2018, which the government approved at its April 26 session.
The document is authored by the Finance, Justice and Interior Ministries. It contains 21 new measures that respond to the application of practical needs, with the aim to eliminate new forms of tax frauds, the TASR newswire reported.
One of the measures seeks to prevent murky practices when liquidating trading companies. This should be achieved by the registration of incomes via electronic cash registers with online connection to the Financial Administration, the reinforcement of institutes in securing the properly, the online monitoring of goods transportation, and the ability to return non-risk parts of excessive refunds to taxpayers before the start of tax control.
The action plan also contains proposals to set up the United Analytic Centre, internal indexation of tax subjects in accordance to their reliability and cancellation of business licences due to repeated violation of the law on accounting, TASR reported.
The government will also try to eliminate evasion of excise tax from mineral oil and increase the responsibility of tax subjects for correct data stated in tax returns, statements and reports.
Part of the action plan is also the introduction of a summary report, prolongation of the period for storing tax documents in electronic and paper form to 10 years, and also prolongation of the period to launch tax proceedings to 10 years, TASR wrote.
The government also wants to extend the possibility of protecting the interests of the state in tax fields and introduce a duty for courts and state administration bodies to verify the data stated in respective registers.
The action plan also proposes extending the powers of the Criminal Office of the Financial Administration, introducing the possibility to use an agent, strengthening the personal responsibility of partners of trading companies, and authorising the Financial Administration to enter the accreditation procedure in construction.
Moreover, it wants to establish a new institution to administer the property seized in the criminal, tax and other administrative proceedings, TASR reported.


The first boat in a naval convoy carrying a total of 629 rescued migrants arrived in the Spanish port of Valencia Sunday, ending a nine-day sea voyage Earlier, Madrid said Saturday it had accepted an offer from France to take in migrants from the Aquarius rescue ship.
Sarah Morris, from RFI's sister TV channel, France 24, was in the Valencia port shortly after dawn. She said that members of the health department are already on board, carrying out the first process of identifying those passengers.
"There's about 270 of them, some of them in need of urgent medical attention…We know that between seven to nine people on board those ships may be pregnant, there are about a hundred under-18-year-olds. It's going to be a very long process," she said.
The vessel is at the heart of a major migration row between European Union member states.
Italy's new populist government and Malta refused to let it dock in their ports, accusing each other of failing to meet their humanitarian and EU commitments.
France -- who had angered Rome by branding it irresponsible over the vessel rejection -- offered Thursday to welcome Aquarius migrants who "meet the criteria for asylum".
The ship is making the 1,500-kilometre (930-mile) voyage to Spain accompanied by an Italian coast guard vessel, which has taken on board some of the migrants.
High waves and winds forced the convoy to take a detour on the way.
After Rome's decision to ban the Aquarius, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte met on Friday and agreed that the EU should set up asylum processing centres in Africa to prevent "voyages of death."


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Q: how add model to form-builder? I have model:
public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('tourist_objects', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->bigIncrements('id');
            $table->string('name', 255);
            $table->text('description');
            $table->bigInteger('city_id')->unsigned();
            $table->foreign('city_id')->references('id')->on('cities')->onDelete('cascade');
            $table->bigInteger('user_id')->unsigned();
            $table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users')->onDelete('cascade');
            $table->engine = "InnoDB";
        });
    }

I want use this component https://github.com/kristijanhusak/laravel-form-builder and create form.
How can I create this form:
<form method="POST" action="http://mydomain.pl/forms">
    <input name="_token" type="hidden" value="xxxxxxxxxxxxxx">

        Name
        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" value="Name from model">

        Description
        <textarea name="lyrics" class="form-control">description value from data base</textarea>

    <input type="submit" value="Save form">
</form>

?
Could I ask for an example with my data?

A: You could use the command line to create a a form class:
php artisan make:form Forms/SongForm --fields="name:text, description:textarea, city_id:number, user_id:number"

If you want the city_id and user_id fields to be populated with data from the respecting models you could use the choice fields: http://kristijanhusak.github.io/laravel-form-builder/field/choice.html

A: If you want to populate the dropdown menu with the city model you should use entity type. This is an example supposing you have the model App\Models\City
$this->add('city_id', 'entity', [
            'class' => 'App\Models\City',
]);

And if you would want to customize the query:
$this->add('city_id', 'entity', [
            'class' => 'App\Models\City',
            'query_builder' => function (App\Models\City $city) {
                return $city->where('active', 1);
            }
]);

More information at http://kristijanhusak.github.io/laravel-form-builder/field/entity.html

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A 77 year old male with extramedullary plasmacytomas of the left leg. Axial T2 image with fat saturation (1.5 Tesla, TR/TE = 6400msec/87msec, slice thickness = 7mm). The masses appear hyperintense when compared to normal musculature encircled. Note the anterolateral mass (white circle) eroding the outer cortex of the fibula, but no evidence of intramedullary fibular or tibial involvement.
If you are applying for JRCR submission: Please explain what makes this case so special and provide more information about such entity. Thank you.


I used to work on a publication that was run completely on Sneakernet: We'd literally run to the art department with stories on 3.5-inch floppy disk for the artists to drop into the desktop publishing program. It was rudely inefficient and a potential security nightmare – one infected disk is suddenly propagating all over the network – and before you ask, yes, I have set type by hand, but this wasn't that long ago; we're talking turn-of-the-century.
I also have about 100 blank floppies in my possession. I have old musical equipment that runs on them, and when I saw a blowout sale, I figured I'd better pick some up in case I never see one again. And I can't remember the last time I saw one in the wild.
Turns out the 3.5-inch floppy disk has had a much longer shelf life in the U.S. government, the New York Times reports.
But though the Government Printing Office has gone online, some of the rules that dictate how it does business stopped changing in the mid 1990s. Government agencies submitting material for publication must still provide a signed paper version and two certified copies. CD-ROM and floppies are acceptable for the certified copies; SD cards and flash drives aren't. While an agency can create a digitally signed copy with public key infrastructure (PKI) software, it's expensive and many government departments haven't moved to it yet, according to Amy Bunk, The Federal Register's director of legal affairs and policy. So many departments continue to scan paper versions to disk and courier them to the Register.
Given the continuing back-end problems at HealthCare.gov, many professionals who contract to the federal government hope it will look at the technological inefficiencies that hamstring them in doing business with the government, says Stan Soloway, CEO of the Professional Services Council, which represents 370 government contractors.


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Women writers dominate DSC Prize longlist
PTI April 04, 2020 23:30 IST
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) Women writers dominated the longlist of this year's DSC Prize for South Asian Literature that was announced on Thursday.
Out of the 15 longlisted works, seven have been penned by women writers.
Among those making the cut are Akil Kumarasamy for "Half Gods", Devi S Laskar for "The Atlas of Reds and Blues", Fatima Bhutto for "The Runaways", Madhuri Vijay for "The Far Field", Sadia Abbas for "The Empty Room", Tova Reich for "Mother India" and Shubhangi Swaroop for "Latitudes of Longing".
Instituted in 2010, the award encourages and rewards fiction writing about the South Asian region comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
It carries a cash prize of USD 25,000.
The longlist was selected out of 90 eligible entries of which 47 per cent were by women. They were judged by a five-member international jury chaired by Harish Trivedi, professor of English at the University of Delhi.
Trivedi said the list is diverse and inclusive both intrinsically and by design. It features writers of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Afghan and Sri Lankan origin, as well as an American writer (Reich) with no ethnic connection to South Asia.
"We read 90 novels at the average rate of one a day - an exhilarating, enlightening and humbling experience. Some of the novels we read narrated the nation. Some others explored individual subjectivities and yet aligned them to a broader social and political reality. Some grabbed us by the throat not so much for what they were saying, but for how they said it. Many were set in multiple time-spans and international locations," he said.
The list also includes three translations - Perumal Murugan's "A Lonely Harvest" (translated from Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan), Manoranjan Byapari's "There's Gunpowder in the Air" (translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha) and T D Ramakrishnan's "Sugandhi alias Andal Devanayaki" (translated from Malayalam by Priya K Nair).
In case a translated work bags the award, the prize money will be shared equally between the author and the translator.
The list is also generous in terms of recognising debut works - Vijay, Kumarasamy, Abbas, and Laskar are all first time authors, so are Jamil Jan Kochai ("99 Nights in Logar"), Mirza Waheed ("Tell Her Everything"), and Nadeem Zaman ("In the Time of the Others").
Other selected entries include Amitabha Bagchi's "Half the Night is Gone" and Rajkamal Jha's "The City and the Sea".
The shortlist will be announced on November 6 in London, and the winner will be declared on December 16 at the Nepal Literature Festival in Pokhara. PTI TRS ZMN
(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)
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Who is More Humane? An Ethnographic Account of Power Struggles in Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue Encounters
Nava Sonnenschein, The School for PeaceFollow
Zvi Bekerman, Hebrew University of JerusalemFollow
This study addresses the question of majority-minority relations in situations of intractable conflict (Bar-Tal 2000). The study focuses on processes involved in the majority Jewish group's construction of images of the Palestinian minority group, all citizens of Israel, while participating in a structured dialogue encounter conducted at Tel Aviv University in Israel. In this dialogue, it was observed that negative inhumane images that the Jews have of the Palestinians were notably expressed by the Jewish group in three situations: to cope with distress when their morality was challenged by the Palestinian group; to preserve the Jewish group's superiority and hegemony in Israel; and to preserve or restore the Jewish group's power. The study also examines the gradual processes of change that the Jewish group experienced while becoming aware that dehumanization strategies are practices that preserve dominance. This study contributes to a better understanding of the importance of addressing the iconic representations and images that majority groups hold of minority groups, and suggests the need to challenge the practice of power through the use of these representations and images when facilitating group encounters.
Nava Sonnenschein is Founder of The School for Peace and was its director for many years. She has been involved in developing much of its methodology and good practice, which have contributed to its international reputation for excellence in conflict analysis and transformation. The method was published in the book Identities in Dialogue in 2004 by Rutgers University Press. She has trained hundreds of Arab and Jewish facilitators to facilitate groups in conflict in Israel, Palestine and in other areas of conflict in the world. She has taught the subject at the Tel Aviv University over the last 21 years. She got her PhD from Hebrew University in 2006. The dissertation was published in the book called Dialogue Challenging Identity (in Hebrew). Email: nava.sfp@nswas.info
Zvi Bekerman teaches anthropology of education at the School of Education and the Melton Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and is a faculty member at the Mandel Leadership Institute in Jerusalem. His research interests are in the study of cultural, ethnic, and national identity, including identity processes and negotiation during intercultural encounters and in formal/informal learning contexts. In addition to publishing papers in a variety of journals, Bekerman is the coeditor (with Seonaigh MacPherson) of the refereed journal Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education: An International Journal. He has also recently edited a number of books, including, with Diana Silberman-Keller, Henry A. Giroux, and Nicholas Burbules, Mirror Images: Popular Culture and Education (2008); with Ezra Kopelowitz, Cultural Education-Cultural Sustainability: Minority, Diaspora, Indigenous and Ethno-Religious Groups in Multicultural Societies (2009); with Claire McGlynn, Addressing Ethnic Conflict through Peace Education: International Perspectives (2007). Email: mszviman@mscc.huji.ac.il.
images, Jewish hegemony, Jewish-Palestinian dialogue, majority-minority relations, morality, power struggles, Zionist identity
Sonnenschein, Nava and Bekerman, Zvi (2010) "Who is More Humane? An Ethnographic Account of Power Struggles in Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue Encounters," Peace and Conflict Studies: Vol. 17: No. 2, Article 2.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/pcs/vol17/iss2/2
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JUUL Stops Advertising of All Products & CEO Steps Down
Todd Anderson
Here's a lesson learned regarding what you're told and not told about what you're putting in your body. Juul vape products were supposedly designed to help people stop smoking. However, it's now been revealed that vaping, in general, is harmful after several young people used the product and became ill and some even dying.
Juul is said to be a multi BILLION dollar industry, according to news reports, with a great portion of its financial success coming from young people, many as young as Middle Schoolers, using and buying the product.
The result of all this negative press and truth regarding vaping is Juul pulling all ads promoting their products. The Juul CEO, who has been replaced according to reports, is referred to in the following video as saying he apologizes regarding young people's use of the product and goes to say that the company did nothing that was appealing to young people.
Filed Under: high school vaping, Juul, lung obstruction, MiddleSchool vaping, nicotine, nl, teens vaping, Vaping, vaping death
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The Commodores beat the Dawgs of Georgia 5-3 to take the weekend series. Vanderbilt is now 9-15 overall and 2-4 in SEC play.
Vanderbilt will see Tennessee Tech Tuesday, before hosting the National Champion Gamecocks of South Carolina for a 3 game set this weekend. When [It] Strikes me does a fantastic job covering the Commodores and if you're on Twitter and not following VUHawkTalk, you seriously need to re-evaluate your life choices.
That is all, it's baseball season VSLNation, so get excited. This team is young, but they've got a lot of talent. When Tim Corbin's team turns it around, you can circle this weekend as when they did their about-face.
"When Tim Corbin's team turns it around, you can circle this weekend as when they did their about-face"


Our friend Sonia, pictured here at work, offers private massages at your villa. She is a licensed massage therapist with two offices in the Lucca area. For our guests, she will come to your villa, with her professional massage table, warm towels, oils, scents, and gentle music. Sonia is a expert in aroma-therapy massage, Thai warm herbal compress massage, Indian warm oil massage, Thai balsamic oil massage, and circulatory massage.
Sonia is really sweet and has a way of putting everyone at ease and feeling relaxed and wonderful.
We are a group of 8 adults who enjoy cooking and drinking wine. What a perfect match to Villa Aquilea! The cooking class and pizza night with James were highlights at the villa, and "Butterfly" restaurant was spectacular! We enjoyed other culinary finds on our day trips in the area. The view from the villa is the best in Tuscany!
My husband and I visited the Villa last August and I still can't believe the vivid memories of the house, flowers, the pool and the wonderful people in the surrounding town of Lucca. I can actually say to friends that I cooked an Italian meal in Tuscany. We visited Florence and Pisa during the day and then cmae back to this beautiful place in the evening. We watched the movie Under the Tuscan Sun while visiting and then looked around and it was not a movie it was real. We would recommend the experience to anyone.


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Dr. Birds-n-Bees: How physicians are taking up the sex ed slack
Sarah Yahr Tucker
An athletic coach stands in front of a packed gym full of high school students.
"Don't have sex," he instructs, "because you will get pregnant and die. Don't have sex in the missionary position. Don't have sex standing up. Just don't do it, promise? Okay, everybody take some rubbers."
Sad to say, this scene from the 2004 movie "Mean Girls" bears a striking resemblance to the actual sex education courses taught in schools across the United States today. In fact, things may have gotten measurably worse.
National data recently published by the Guttmacher Institute showed that adolescents were less likely to receive adequate sex education from 2015 to 2019 than they were in 1995. Only half of kids aged 15-19 received sex education that met minimum standards recommended by the Department of Health & Human Services, and fewer than half were given this information before having sex for the first time. With such a vast learning gap, it is no surprise that the United States has some of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections in the developed world.
Concerned and motivated by this need for sex education, physicians and other medical professionals are stepping in to fill the void, offering sexual health information through a range of methods to students of all ages (some a lot older than one may think). It is a calling that takes them outside their hospitals and exam rooms into workshops and through educational materials, video, and social media content created from scratch.
"The fact that we're able to go in and provide factual, scientific, important information that can affect the trajectory of someone's life is powerful," said Julia Rossen, part of a contingent of med students at Brown University, Providence, R.I., who now teach sex ed as an elective.
Their goals are not just about protecting health. Many are also teaching about other topics commonly ignored in sex education classes, such as consent, pleasure, LGBTQ+ identities, and cultural competence. There is a mutually beneficial relationship, they say, between their sex education work and their medical practice.
Changing the status quo
A jumble of state laws govern how and when schools should offer sex education courses. Individual school districts often make the final decisions about their content, creating even more inconsistent standards. Only 29 states and the District of Columbia mandate sex education, and 13 of those do not require that it be medically accurate. Abstinence-only education, which has been shown to be ineffective, is exclusively taught in 16 states.
Without formal instruction, many young people must learn about sex from family members, who may be unwilling, or they may share knowledge between themselves, which is often incorrect, or navigate the limitless information and misinformation available on the internet.
The consequences of this were apparent to several medical students at Brown University in 2013. At the time, the rate of teenage pregnancy across Rhode Island was 1 in 100, but in the small city of Central Falls, it was 1 in 25. Aiming to improve this, the group created a comprehensive sex education program for a Central Falls middle school that was taught by medical student volunteers.
The Sex Ed by Brown Med program continues today. It consists of eight in-person sessions. Topics include anatomy, contraception, STIs, sexual decision-making, consent, sexual violence, and sexual and gender identity. Through this program, as well as other factors, the Central Falls teenage pregnancy rate declined to 1.6 in 100 from 2016 to 2020, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health.
"Historically, sexual education has been politicized," said Ms. Rossen, one of the current program leaders. "It's been at the discretion of a lot of different factors that aren't under the control of the communities that are actually receiving the education."
Among seventh graders, the teachers say they encounter different levels of maturity. But they feel that the kids are more receptive and open with younger adults who, like them, are still students. Some volunteers recall the flaws in their own sex education, particularly regarding topics such as consent and gender and sexual identity, and they believe middle school is the time to begin the sexual health conversation. "By the time you're talking to college-age students, it's pretty much too late," said another group leader, Benjamin Stone.
Mr. Stone feels that practicing having these often-awkward discussions enhances their clinical skills as physicians. "Sex and sexual history are part of the comprehensive medical interview. People want to have these conversations, and they're looking for someone to open the door. The kids are excited that we're opening that door for them. And I think patients feel the same way."
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import math
import subprocess
import os
import time

# Code borrowed from http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonDecoratorLibrary#Retry

def retry(tries=5, delay=3):
    '''Retries a function or method until it returns True.
    delay sets the initial delay in seconds.
    '''
    tries = tries * 1.0
    tries = math.floor(tries)
    if tries < 0:
        raise ValueError("tries must be 0 or greater")

    if delay <= 0:
        raise ValueError("delay must be greater than 0")

    def deco_retry(f):
        def f_retry(*args, **kwargs):
            mtries, mdelay = tries, delay  # make mutable

            rv = f(*args, **kwargs)  # first attempt
            while mtries > 0:
                if rv is True:  # Done on success
                    return True
                mtries -= 1      # consume an attempt
                time.sleep(mdelay)  # wait...

                rv = f(*args, **kwargs)  # Try again
            return False  # Ran out of tries :-(

        return f_retry  # true decorator -> decorated function
    return deco_retry  # @retry(arg[, ...]) -> true decorator
# end retry

def web_invoke(httplink):
    cmd = 'curl ' + httplink
    output = None
    try:
        output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True)
    except Exception:
        output = None
    return output
# end web_invoke

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Mathias Mlekuz est un acteur français, né le  à Lens.

Biographie
D'origine slovène, Mathias Mlekuz grandit dans le Pas-de-Calais. Il prend des cours de théâtre à Lille et rejoint à 18 ans la troupe du Campagnol qui l'amène à Paris. Au théâtre, il joue Carlo Goldoni, Anton Tchekhov, William Shakespeare. Michel Deville, Léos Carax lui proposent ses premiers rôles au cinéma. À la télévision, il participe à de nombreuses séries comme Nos enfants chéris, Nicolas Le Floch.

En 2018, il réalise son premier long métrage Mine de rien avec dans les rôles principaux Arnaud Ducret et Philippe Rebbot.

Filmographie

Acteur

Cinéma
 1996 : La Divine Poursuite de Michel Deville
 1997 : Pola X de Léos Carax
 2000 : Les Acteurs anonymes de Benoît Cohen
 2000 : Tangos volés d'Eduardo de Gregorio
 2001 : Un Américain bien tranquille (The Quiet American) de Phillip Noyce
 2001 : Demonlover d'Olivier Assayas
 2001 : La Vie nue de Dominique Boccarossa
 2003 : Nos Enfants chéris de Benoît Cohen
 2004 : L'Américain de Patrick Timsit : Tennessee
 2004 : Tout pour plaire de  Cécile Telerman
 2005 : Brice de Nice de James Huth : l'avocat de Brice de Nice.
 2005 : Cherche fiancé tous frais payés d'Aline Issermann
 2005 : Les Brigades du Tigre de Jérôme Cornuau
 2006 : Qui m'aime me suive de Benoît Cohen
 2006 : Pars vite et reviens tard de Régis Wargnier
 2007 : Les Deux Mondes de Daniel Cohen
 2007 : Deux jours à tuer de Jean Becker
 2007 : 48 heures par jour de Catherine Castel
 2007 : Cherche fiancé tous frais payés de Aline Issermann
 2007 : Mes amis, mes amours de Lorraine Lévy
 2009 : Commis d'office de Hannelore Cayre
 2009 : Divorces de Valérie Guignabodet
 2011 : La Conquête de Xavier Durringer
 2012 : Plan de table de Christelle Raynal
 2012 : Bowling de Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
 2013 : Les Petits Princes de Vianney Lebasque
 2014 : À la vie de Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
 2016 : Les Enfants de la chance de Malik Chibane

Courts métrages

Télévision

Réalisateur et scénariste
 2020 : Mine de rien

Théâtre
 1986 : Vautrin d'après Honoré de Balzac, mes Jean Gilibert et Jean-Claude Penchenat, La Piscine, Châtenay-Malabry
 1987 : Coïncidence d'après Carlo Goldoni, Jean-Claude Grumberg, Marivaux, Henry Monnier, William Shakespeare et Anton Tchekhov, mes Jean-Claude Penchenat et Liliane Delval, Théâtre Victor-Hugo, Bagneux, tournée
 1988 : Le chat botté de Jean-Claude Grumberg d'après Ludwig Tieck, mes Jean-Claude Penchenat, La Piscine, Châtenay-Malabry, tournée
 1990 : La Dispute de Marivaux, mes Élisabeth Chailloux et Une des dernières soirées de carnaval de Carlo Goldoni, mes Jean-Claude Penchenat, La Piscine, Châtenay-Malabry, Théâtre Renaud-Barrault, tournée
 1993 : Le joueur de Carlo Goldoni, mes Jean-Claude Penchenat, Théâtre de la Criée Marseille, Théâtre de Corbeil-Essonnes, tournée
 1994 : Les Trois Sœurs d'Anton Tchekhov, mes Eric Lacascade et Guy Alloucherie, Ballatum Théâtre
 1995 : La servante (histoire sans fin) de et mes Olivier Py, Festival d'Avignon, Manufacture des œillets
 1996 : La Cerisaie d'Anton Tchekhov, mes Margarita Mladenova et Ivan Dobtchev, Tournée
 1997 : Peines d'amour perdues de William Shakespeare, mes Jean-Claude Penchenat, Nouveau Théâtre d'Angers, Théâtre d'Arcueil
 1998 : Gorki-Tchekhov, mes Georges Buisson, Théâtre Artistic-Athévains
 2000 : Trio de Bogusław Schaeffer, mes Urszula Mikos, tournée
 2002 : Kordian de Juliusz Slowacki, mes Ursula Mikos, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles

Notes et références

Liens externes

Acteur français de cinéma
Acteur français de télévision
Acteur français de théâtre
Naissance en novembre 1966
Naissance à Lens (Pas-de-Calais)

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- Error: <ui:composition> is not recognized!
The browser is able to diplay each facelet i have in my project including its richfaces components, but eclipse cannot recognize it (ctrl+space doesn't even work !!), what's up pleaase i want solve this problem a long time ago, i made researchs on the internet without any satisfaying result, help mee pleaaase.


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Q: Static members initialization works differently on one specific environment in debug and release mode I am using C++ 14. And I have some static class members. PseudoCode:
Class Zoo
{
      Eigen::Array<float, Eigen::Dynamic, Eigen::Dynamic> _matrix;

      Zoo()
      {
        _matrix.resize(6, 6)
      }
}

Class Foo
{
   static Zoo _member;
}

I should say that I have a lot of unit test with good coverage. This code is compiled and works fine in one env in release and debug(x64). VS 2016. And on other env(also compiled there with VS 2016) it works in debug mode and in the release I got  Access violation reading location 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF at _matrix.resize(6, 6) during initialization. In another case, I got heap corruption also during initialization in other place also during initialization.
I have rebuilt solution several times, manually cleaned VS build folders, have tried MS and Intel compiler, restarted windows :) I can't understand how it is possible that the same code is working in debug and not in release, and works in the release on the other env. How does this can affect static members initialization? I can't debug normally because of release mode.  I should say that I am using Eigen lib in my project, I think this can happens because Eigen is using vectorization and compiler Intrinsics in release mode, and potentially it can be compiled to different instructions set on different envs, but still don't understand how this can affect static members initialization.
This behavior is reproduced constantly, not from time to time.

A: I have found "reason" and workaround but technically I don't see any sense this:
I have one more static class StreamReader with several static functions that are deserializing values from the ifstream and no any field:
StreamReader
{
    static int ReadInt(ifstream& in);
}

int StreamReader::ReadInt(ifstream& in)
{
     int curInt;
     in.read((char*)(&curInt), sizeof(int));
     return curInt;
}

I have called:
ifstream in(_dataPath, ios::in | std::ios::binary);
int cols = StreamReader::ReadInt(in);
int rows = StreamReader::ReadInt(in);

before the:
_matrix.resize(cols, rows).

I have removed static keyword from the ReadInt().And changed code to
ifstream in(_dataPath, ios::in | std::ios::binary);
StreamReader ser;
int cols = ser.ReadInt(in);
int rows = ser.ReadInt(in);

and now all works both in debug and release. Some nonsense. Don't know why this helped, but I have made one conclusion: avoid using statics.


There are 2 different release forms, the American Milsim Release which must be printed and turned in at check-in and the D14 release which can be done online.
The Coalition defeat of Federal forces in the Summer of 2018 left a security vacuum in the Southwest. The United Federal States aided by Sierra Dynamics technology looks to weaponize the civilians who feel disenfranchised by the Coalition.
In the wake of last year's vicious fighting, three Civilian Provinces have been established to provide security and rebuild the decimated infrastructure. Seeing opportunity Federal forces have deployed specialized units to aid the Civilians in their reconstruction and security efforts.
Coalition military planners see these actions as nothing more than a means to utilize the CDF as a home-grown Federal militant force and is deploying forces to "occupy" the Northeastern section of Oklahoma.
Now many wonders, who does actually fight for freedom… the Coalition or the Federal States?
UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS TOP AND BOTTOM CAN'T MATCH. Top may be Grey, Black or Civilian Attire (Preferred non-combat top). Bottom may be Green / Tan (Solid or Camo) or Civilian Attire. TAC Gear color DOES NOT MATTER.


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OHSA & Other Regulatory Offences: Do Increased Statutory Maximums Translate Into Higher Fines?
Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 | Environmental Liability, Regulatory Offences, Workplace Safety
In December 2017, the Ontario legislature increased the maximum fines for offences contrary to the OHSA from $25,000 (individuals) and $500,000 (corporations) to $100,000 and $1.5 million, respectively. With an operative one-year limitation period, the new maximums will increasingly be applicable in OHSA prosecutions. One may think that the effect of the higher maximums will be to increase the fines levied by sentencing courts. But a recent Saskatchewan decision suggests caution in reaching that conclusion.
In HMQ v. Carrier Forest Products Inc. (2018 SKPC 007 (CanLII), aff'd 2019 SKQB 84 (CanLII)), an uncertified millwright, Jonathan Jonasson, was tragically killed while conducting maintenance on a wood-chipping machine that, inexplicably, had not been locked out. The employer had written lock out procedures that all employees, including Mr. Jonasson, were required to read and understand. On two previous occasions, the employer's spot check procedures recorded that he conducted maintenance on machinery after properly locking it out. Earlier on the accident date, he had conducted maintenance on the same wood-chipping machine after it had been locked out.
In 2014, the Saskatchewan legislature amended the Saskatchewan Employment Act, increasing the maximum fines from $300,000 to $1.5 million applicable in cases where breaches of the OHS regulations made under it caused death or serious injury to an employee. The fines are exclusive of the automatic 40 per cent victim surcharge.
In the contested sentencing hearing before Lane J. following the employer's plea of guilty to failing to effectively safeguard a dangerous moving part, the Crown sought a fine of $500,000 exclusive of the surcharge. In support, it relied, in part, on R. v. Shercom Industries Inc. (2018 SKPC 3 (CanLII)), a 2018 fatality prosecution in which a corporation smaller than Carrier was fined $300,000, exclusive of the surcharge. In it the sentencing justice found that in increasing the maximum fines, the legislature signalled to the courts that penalties are to be increased to address an unacceptable level of workplace injuries and deaths occurring in Saskatchewan. He found support in R. v. Cotton Felts Ltd. (1982 ONCA 3698 (CanLII), and the court's reference at page 19 to statutory maximums being one factor determinative of the amount of fines. Implicitly, therefore, he rejected the defendant's submission that higher fines are intended for large, multinational corporations.
The Crown also argued that the fines levied in cases prior to the increase in statutory maximums, a number of which were before the court, should be considered in light of the amendment.
Lane J. did not explicitly reject the approach taken in Shercom, instead distinguishing it on the basis that a number of aggravating factors therein were not present in the case before him. He took judicial notice that the defendant was the largest employer in the Big River community and that its business had been damaged by the ongoing softwood trade dispute with the United States. He accepted financial evidence filed on consent that established the precarious financial health of the defendant, finding that, although, the primary function of the Court in a sentencing like this is to provide specific and general deterrence, this case before him was unique in that it had the potential to collapse the entire economy in the community. In the result, he imposed a $62,500 fine exclusive of the surcharge.
In its appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench, the Crown relied on Shercom supporting its submission that the 2014 amended maximums were a signal from the legislature that higher penalties were required. Meschishnick J. rejected this submission. Although increased maximums are certainly a factor to consider when crafting a fit sentence, he found at paragraphs 35 and 36:
When, in a legislative amendment, the minimum sentence is not changed or a range provided but the maximum fine is increased the better conclusion to be drawn is that there was a need to ensure that fines for the largest corporations that are the worst offenders could be large enough to ensure that the fine would not be simply a cost of doing business.
It does not follow that all sentences for infractions after the amendment are to increase which in turn means that sentences for infractions prior to the amendment can be considered on the questions of parity and fitness.
Carrier, as described by Lane. J., is a unique case. But its uniqueness is fact based. Importantly, Meschishnick J. did not restrict or tie the foregoing finding to its facts.
There are two other noteworthy aspects to Carrier. First, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (R. v. Dofasco Inc., 2007 ONCA 769 (CanLII)) has held that employers are strictly liable for employee injury and death arising from the employee's carelessness. But there is little guidance as to the relevance of employee carelessness in sentencing the employer. In his reasons, Lane J. distinguished Shercom and other cases finding that the defendant's culpability was at a lower level because Mr. Jonasson's actions were contrary to his training and company procedures and a contributing factor to the accident. Meschishnick J. did not interfere with this finding, concluding that there was ample evidence to support it.
Second, there is nothing new in the courts considering the size and financial health of corporate defendants when crafting an appropriate disposition. But, in the absence of statutory minimum fines, this case stands out as a rare, strong judicial statement pushing back against substantial maximum fines, which if imposed, may do more public harm than good. In that sense it exhibits some the very concerns that are driving the ongoing SNC-Lavalin debate and caused the Quebec Court of Appeal to recently find that corporations may have recourse against substantial minimums fines on the basis of s.12 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (9147-0732 Quebec Inc. c. Directeur des poursuites criminelles et penals, 2019 QCCA 373 (CanLII)).
Carrier is not binding outside of Saskatchewan but is certainly of persuasive authority.
J. Bruce McMeekin Law
Email: bruce@jbrucemcmeekinlaw.com
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J. Bruce McMeekin is a Toronto-based lawyer specializing in environmental law, corporate law, workplace safety, and FINTRAC reporting.


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'Atmanirbhar' India's Quest for Army Rifles Underlines Confusion in Procurement Policy
Between flawed designs and changing specs, the military and defence ministry have gone around in circles for 30 years. Now, weapon system purchases are being fast-tracked because of the China standoff but delivery could take 2-3 years.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits India's Himalayan desert region of Ladakh, India, July 3, 2020, in this still image taken from video. Photo: ANI/ via REUTERS TV
Rahul Bedi
Chandigarh: The recently projected import of 72,400 US-made assault rifles for the Indian Army as an emergency purchase – made in response to the ongoing military face-off with China – best illustrates all that is inefficient, deficient and confused in the country's military equipping and procurement procedures and policies.
It also explains the reason behind the services' continually deferred modernisation, and the inability – or unwillingness – of civil and military officials in acknowledging that the six-year-old 'Make in India' initiative to reduce imported materiel dependency, has badly faltered.
Regrettably, 'Make in India' appears to be a slogan that is repeatedly regurgitated to create the impression that some new impetus is being provided to 'atmanirbharta' or self sufficiency.
This stark reality became evident, even amongst diehard loyalists, by the Modi government's knee-jerk reaction to the Chinese standoff in Ladakh in fast-tracking the pending import of assorted platforms and defence equipment, to plug long-pending gaps in India's flailing military capability.
Also read: How Red Tape Delayed the Procurement of Lightweight Tanks Until After Ladakh Faceoff
This extensive procurement list includes 33 Russian combat aircraft, light tanks (possibly Russian), an air defence system and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Israel and 72,400 additional SIG916 7.62x51mm assault rifles from USA's Sig Sauer. The last is projected as a repeat order, following the earlier $70-72 million contract for an equal number of rifles, that was inked in February 2019.
Assorted missiles, precision guided munitions for 155mm howitzers from the US and anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) from Israel comprise some of the other anticipated imports to seemingly counter the challenge posed by China's military along the line of actual control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
The paradox, however, is that almost all this materiel – barring possibly ammunition and missiles – will almost certainly not be delivered before the next 2-3 years. The earliest that the first of the 33 fighters, for instance – 21 Fulcrum MiG-29s and 12 Sukhoi Flanker Su-30MKIs to be licence-built by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited – can be provided, is 2023-24.
Extended price and delivery negotiations for the remaining supplementary buys like light tanks, an air defence system and UAVs, lasting 18-30 months can be expected. Thereafter, a gestation delivery period of 12-18 months, if not longer, would follow.
"All such military buys have to be planned much before in anticipation of an emergency like the one in Ladakh and not once it is upon us," said military analyst, Major General A.P. Singh (retired). Ad hoc and panic buying cannot provide us the military competency we need to deal with a crisis, added the officer who has been deployed to the LAC.
Similar panicky acquisition announcements ensued during and immediately after the 1999 Kargil war with Pakistan, in which worrisome inadequacies embarrassingly emerged. The 11-week long conflict, in which over 500 Indian Army soldiers died and twice that number were permanently handicapped, was also followed by assertions to acquire howitzers, tanks, infantry combat vehicles, night vision devices, Tatra truck-mounted missile systems alongside varied ammunition.
But within months of the cessation of hostilities, matters relapsed to previous levels of indifference amongst both the military and Ministry of Defence (MoD) officials. The flurry of activity after the Kargil Review Committee and the follow-on Group of Ministers task force remained largely stillborn and the prevailing operational gaps endured.
However, the tortuous saga of procuring assault rifles, fundamental and essential to the infantry soldier, best exemplifies the army's equipping woes and the attendant web of self-imposed impediments it induces in this endeavour.
Also read: It Is Time to Accept How Badly India Misread Chinese Intentions in 1962 – and 2020
The narrative begins in the early 1990s when the army tasked the government-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to develop an assault rifle substitute to replace the inordinately heavy and outmoded Belgian 7.62mm FN FAL licence-built rifle dating back to 1953.
The DRDO spent nearly a decade designing the 5.45x45mm rifle at great cost, as part of the Indian Small Arms Systems (INSAS) that also included a carbine, machine gun and sniper rifle. The latter three weapon systems, however, were abandoned, but around the mid-1990s the army was 'persuaded' to operationally approve the INSAS assault rifle which then went into series production at the Ordnance Factory Board's (OFB) Rifle Factory at Ishapore in West Bengal.
Soon after its induction into service in the late 1990's, problems with the rifle's efficiency surfaced. These centred round its sights, which malfunctioned especially in extreme temperatures, and its firing mechanism that often jammed during firefights. But successive army chiefs, without demurring, persisted in employing the INSAS rifle that was the infantry's principal weapon during the Kargil war, much to the operational chagrin of many combat formations.
Front line infantry and Rashtriya Rifles (RR) units deployed on counter insurgency operations however, preferred the tested Russian Kalashnikov AK-47 of which 1,00,000 were imported from Bulgaria in 1995 for $8.3 million as a 'stop gap' measure.
The INSAS rifle at the time was priced at Rs 16,000-18,000 each, compared to the imported Bulgarian Ak-47 that cost around Rs 4,185 per unit.
The INSAS rifle. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Supradip01, CC BY-SA 4.0
The INSAS rifle's inadequacy also became a contentious issue between India and Nepal in August 2005, after the then Royal Nepal Army (RNA) claimed the gun repeatedly malfunctioned during firefights with Maoist guerrillas, resulting in heavy casualties. At the time, the RNA claimed that the rifle also became too hot and unusable after sustained firing. India reacted irately to these charges, blaming the RNA's lack of experience in maintaining the rifles, further alienating the Himalayan nation's army.
In 2010, the army's rocky relationship with the INSAS rifle ended, after it declared it to be 'operationally inadequate' and overtaken by 'technological development'- a euphemism for simply being a poorly designed product.
Thereafter, the army astonishingly floated a requirement for a hybrid replacement assault rifle, capable of swiftly converting from 5.56x45mm caliber to 7.62×39 mm merely by replacing the barrel. The incredulous part of the army's carefully crafted qualitative requirements (QRs) was that such a product was still at a prototype stage globally.
Also read: Major 'Make in India' Defence Projects Non-Starters for Six Years
Undeterred, the MoD at the army's behest, dispatched global tenders to over 40 manufacturers in 2011 for 66,000 of these multi-calibre rifles, with the proviso that the shortlisted model would eventually be licence produced by the OFB under a technology transfer. This was aimed at meeting the army's requirement for over 750,000 rifles and lesser numbers for India's paramilitaries and provincial police forces.
Trials, which concluded in late 2014, featured four weapons: Italy's Beretta ARX 160 rifle, the Czech Republic's BREN 805, the Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) ACE model and the US's Colt Combat Rifle. None met the army's impractical QRs, leaving the infantry, the army's largest and operationally most active arm, still clamouring for a basic rifle.
For years, over ambitious QRs have been the bane of the military's modernisation efforts, particularly the army. Even former defence minister Manohar Parrikar mocked the army's propensity for overreach, admitting that some QRs appeared to be sourced from "Marvel comic books".
Speaking at the India Today Conclave in March, 2015, in New Delhi, Parrikar aimed his remarks at former Army Chief General Bikram Singh sitting beside him, by terming some of the technologies listed in the forces GSQRs as 'absurd and unrealistic'. Gen. Singh was one of the major proponents for the multi-calibre rifle.
After the multi-calibre rifle tender was finally terminated in 2015, the army, once again re-ignited deliberations over which calibre rifle it operationally needed. In between, it attempted to source a rifle from the Ordnance Factory Board, but failed and four years later, in March, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a facility at Korwa near Amethi to licence build 750,000 Russian Kalashnikov AK-203 7.62x39mm assault rifles.
Also read: The Psychological Toll of Being a Soldier
Principally, the design of these rifles, as their model classification denotes, dates to 1947 with subsequent variants including the AK-203 undergoing minor improvements over the intervening years.
In short, after nearly a decade of seeking competent assault rifles to augment combat competency in a possible two-front war against China and Pakistan. the Indian Army agreed to a modified model of a 73-year-old weapon system. But despite this conciliation, the assault rifle chronicle did not end, as matters still remain in limbo.
For, the Indo-Russian Private Limited (IRPL) joint venture (JV) that has been established to make the AK-203 under an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) between New Delhi and Moscow in February 2019, is yet to ink the deal for it.
Unreconcilable price differences have emerged, which could not be resolved even during defence minister Rajnath Singh's recent Moscow visit. This, in turn, has led to the MoD instituting a 'costing committee' to try and resolve the 'unreasonable and unacceptable' rifle contract price reportedly being demanded by Russia. The committee is expected to submit its report by the end of August.
Industry sources, meanwhile, told The Wire that the Russians were demanding a royalty of $200 per rifle produced by the JV, making it an astronomical licence fee of $150 million for 750,000 units, and even more thereafter in addition to the cost of erecting the plant. The JV is expected to annually produce 70,000 AK-203s, initially from knocked down kits and later by localising components and sub-assemblies to indigenise production.
In the meantime, the army's assault rifle requirement remains unrequited, compelling the MoD to acquire 72,400 SIG916 rifles last year, deliveries of which have been completed and the weapon system issued to counter-insurgency units in Kashmir.
Presently, the army's weapon directorate is believed to be fast-tracking the follow-on acquisition of another equally large tranche of SIG916 rifles, defeating PM Modi's atmanirbharta objective.
Note: The story has been edited to correct the Russian royalty figure in the third paragraph from the bottom from $15 million to $150 million.


Synopsis : Hospitals can be very boring places - This is a list of things you can do when bored in hospital.
Whether you are a child, teenager or an adult, hospitals are boring places at the best of times. Disabled World has put together a list of fun activities and things to do in hospital to pass the time during your stay.
Most hospitals already have a few things you can do to pass the time, like hospital libraries and tv rooms, but it's best to find out before you go into hospital what they have in the particular hospital you will be an inpatient in, so you know what to bring with you for your stay.
Play our fun and easy online yahtzee game with instructions and no download needed - loads of fun for all the family.
Depending on the child's age, coloring books and a box of crayons will keep children amused for awhile.
For older children that have a laptop, or can borrow one, there is lots to do including playing pc computer games and writing a diary or stories.
Play our Bubble Shooter game that is free to play, includes hints and tips to get high bubble shooter scores.
Puzzle books like word find games and suduko will keep your mind occupied.
Bring a board game or two. Playing board games like checkers, backgammon, or even chess and monopoly, will help pass the time for 2 or more hospital patients.
Read those books you always wanted to read but could never find the time to.
Play our free online Cribbage game with great graphics sound and voice where you play against Jake the computer Crib player.
Bring a deck or two of cards and play solitaire or card games with other patients.
Hobbies and crafts like knitting or model making are great pastimes.
Portable DVD players are now very inexpensive and can be handheld and listened to using earphones. Have your friends and/or family bring you several old or new release movies regularly.
If you have a laptop you can start writing that best selling novel you always wanted to.
Crossword puzzle and other mind teasing games are always a favorite pastime in hospitals. If you find puzzle books expensive then you could go online and print out your own Sudoku, crossword, and other word puzzles.
For example Wi-Fi wireless internet access is available throughout UW Hospital and American Family Children's Hospital as a complimentary service for patients, families and visitors. View more hospitals with Internet access.
Chat to friends and/or family via Live Messenger. If your laptop has a built in webcam you can say hi to friends, family, and your children at home.
Children can chat via Starbright World an online social network for teens with chronic and life threatening medical conditions to connect with other teens that are at home or in the hospital. You can log on and get to know other teens in the chat room, blogs, bulletin boards, and more. Starbright World is a product of the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation.
Download movies and songs online to watch and listen to.
Start an online diary or blog.
Solve cross words and other puzzles online.
Surf interesting websites, go to coolsiteoftheday.com and visit some of the interesting websites they have listed.
Join Myspace or Facebook, create an interesting profile, and tell the world about yourself.