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CHAIRMAN'S PROFILE
The Al Habtoor Group's motto is 'Growing with the UAE'. Since inception in 1970, it has grown organically in line with the growth of the United Arab Emirates. Today it is one of the region's largest and most respected conglomerates recognized globally through its involvement in the hospitality, automotive, real estate and publishing sectors.
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor is a prominent and highly respected citizen of the United Arab Emirates. A self-made man, he's Chairman of the Al Habtoor Group – one of the most successful conglomerates in the Gulf.
The Al Habtoor Group was founded at the time the United Arab Emirates became an independent nation. From modest beginnings, the group has matched the pace of growth of the UAE.
The Sawalef Newsletter is the Al Habtoor Group's internal publication, reporting on the latest news and events across the company's divisions.
The Al Habtoor Group has grown with the UAE, and while best known for construction, it is globally recognised through its involvement in the hotel, automotive, real estate, education, insurance and publishing sectors. Al Habtoor Group timeline.
The Al Habtoor Group has embarked on a rapid expansion plan its Hotels Division in recent years – spreading it wings within the UAE and abroad. This division takes great pride in the fact that, while a home-grown operation, the Al Habtoor Group competes on a global scale with the many international chains that are active throughout the region. As the Middle East's longest established hotel group, it has decades of experience, and has carved out a reputation for its exemplary service, and unique properties in the best locations.
Established in 1983, Al Habtoor Motors is one of the leading automobile distributors in the UAE and has become synonymous with global brands such as Mitsubishi, Chery and JAC Motors along with an impressive stable of high-end, luxury cars, like Bentley, Bugatti and McLaren. Established in 1983, the company has earned an enviable reputation for delivering first class customer service and highly professional technical support. It has an empowering work ethic and its philosophy is based on the total commitment of its employees, recognised as its most valuable asset.
Building on the established reputation of the Al Habtoor Group, and embracing the same commitment to quality and service, Diamondlease is one of the largest car rental and leasing companies in the UAE. Formed in 1996 to address growing demand, Diamondlease today provides a variety of outsourced transportation solutions to corporate and individual clients across the UAE.
With over four decades of experience in the real estate sector and a carefully developed and tended portfolio of properties, Al Habtoor Real Estate delivers an honest, total value package, with the emphasis on tenant care and a thorough understanding of client needs.
Emirates International Schools (EIS) has two schools - the first, Jumeirah, opened in 1991 and the second, Meadows, in 2005. EIS was the first to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB) in Dubai and International Primary Curriculum tuition in the UAE.
The Al Habtoor Group's Publishing division produces one of the most respected corporate magazines in the Middle East - Al Shindagah - which promotes the UAE and other countries in the region. Produced in English and Arabic, the magazine has featured several high profile interviews with the likes of former US President Jimmy Carter, The Right Honourable Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, and The Right Reverend Lord Harries of Pentregarth, among others.
The Al Habtoor Group has grown with the UAE, and it is globally recognised through its involvement in the hotel, automotive, real estate, education, insurance and publishing sectors.
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Khalaf Al Habtoor extends timely medical assistance to hospitals to treat Lebanese affected by Beirut explosion
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Khalaf Al Habtoor, Founding Chairman of Al Habtoor Group (AHG) based in the UAE is reaching out with timely aid for the Lebanese people after the massive explosion at a Beirut port on Tuesday, August 4 that devastated many neighbourhoods, leaving more than a hundred dead people and thousands injured.
Al Habtoor, known for his philanthropic activities in the UAE and abroad, said he will extend all possible efforts within his means to aid the affected people in Lebanon as a first step of a multi-pronged assistance plan. As a first step, Al Habtoor will arrange one-month worth of urgent medical supplies for hospitals in the country for more than 1,000 beds. The hospitals to be aided through this initiative include Haroun Hospital, Al Makasid Hospital, Levant Hospital, Rizk Hospital, Rafic Hariri Hospital, Hotel Dieu Hospital and the Khalaf Al Habtoor Hospital, Hrar.
Additionally, The Khalaf Al Habtoor Hospital at Hrar in northern Lebanon will open up auxiliary treatment support for patients who are unable to be accommodated in Beirut hospitals, conducting at least 100 operations for those injured in the explosion. To help those who require much needed recovery and recuperation assistance, the hospital will also rent out a nearby hotel, which will act as a temporary off-site field hospital for post-operative care and treatment.
More than 300,000 people have been left homeless by the blast, which tore through several dozen neighbourhoods close to the port area, razing several buildings and shattering glass windows in a much wider area outside the blast zone. Two hotels owned by Habtoor Hospitality in Beirut, Hilton Beirut Habtoor Grand and Hilton Metropolitan Palace, have been damaged in the fallout of the explosion.
Al Habtoor said: "The country and people of Lebanon have always had a special place in my heart. This explosion which has devastated the capital city in the midst of an already severe economic crisis has left the common people badly shaken. We offer our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and will leave no stone unturned in reaching them the best possible emergency and medical aid, post-operative care and temporary accommodation for those rendered homeless by the tragic event."
He added that the cries of the Lebanese people for help have been heard and that it was important to respond by offering the right kind of assistance and treatment, in terms of quantity, quality and the timing it reaches the people.
The visionary entrepreneur and philanthropist has extended generous contribution to Lebanon in various forms over the last decade, including refugee aid programmes, Ramadan campaigns, wintertime distribution of food packages and blankets, the establishment of The Khalaf Al Habtoor Hospital, and a multitude of charitable donations.
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I'm investigating the creation of VM images for different virtualisation solutions.
Among the target platforms is a destop as a service platform based on an OpenStack public cloud.
We've been working with bootstrap-vz for creating VMs for Vagrant+VirtualBox so I wanted to test its use for OpenStack.
There are already pre-made images available, including official Debian ones, but I like to be able to re-create things instead of depending on some external magic (which also means to be able to optimize, customize and avoid potential MitM, of course).
It appears that bootstrap-vz can be used with cloud-init provided that some bits of config are specified.
In particular the cloud_init plugin of bootstrap-vz requires a metadata_source set to "NoCloud, ConfigDrive, OpenStack, Ec2". Note we explicitely spell it 'OpenStack' and not 'Openstack' as was mistakenly done in the default Debian cloud images (see https://bugs.debian.org/854482).
I've tested this with the bootstrap-vz version in stretch/testing (0.9.10+20170110git-1) for creating jessie/stable image, which were booted on the OVH OpenStack public cloud. YMMV.
New short paper : "Designing a virtual laboratory for a relational database MOOC" with Vagrant, Debian, etc.
Abstract: Technical advances in machine and system virtualization are creating opportunities for remote learning to provide significantly better support for active education approaches. Students now, in general, have personal computers that are powerful enough to support virtualization of operating systems and networks. As a conse- quence, it is now possible to provide remote learners with a common, standard, virtual laboratory and learning environment, independent of the different types of physical machines on which they work. This greatly enhances the opportunity for producing re-usable teaching materials that are actually re-used. However, configuring and installing such virtual laboratories is technically challenging for teachers and students. We report on our experience of building a virtual machine (VM) laboratory for a MOOC on relational databases. The architecture of our virtual machine is described in detail, and we evaluate the benefits of using the Vagrant tool for building and delivering the VM.
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Towards a supercollaborative software engineering MOOC.
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When virtual is better than real [operating system relocation to virtual machines].
In Hot Topics in Operating Systems, 2001. Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop on, pages 133-138. IEEE.
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Pentagon Says Troops Must Start Lining Up Now for COVID-19 Shots
The Pfizer vaccine will be added to the list of required shots for U.S. troops
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Unvaccinated U.S. troops must immediately start getting COVID-19 vaccines, says a memo issued Tuesday by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, which recently received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will be added to the list of required shots for U.S. troops. They will be able to get their shots at their bases and from their commands worldwide, the Associated Press reported. Service members can also get any of the other approved COVID-19 vaccines on their own.
Austin told military leaders to "impose ambitious timelines for implementation" but did not give a specific timeline for completing the vaccinations, the AP reported. "To defend this Nation, we need a healthy and ready force," Austin said in the memo. "After careful consultation with medical experts and military leadership, and with the support of the President, I have determined that mandatory vaccination against coronavirus disease ... is necessary to protect the Force and defend the American people."
Of the more than 1.3 million troops on active duty and close to 800,000 in the Guard and Reserve, more than 1 million are fully vaccinated and nearly 245,000 more have gotten at least one shot as of Aug. 18, according to the Pentagon. But more than 800,000 service members have yet to get their shots, and meeting the mandate may be tricky for National Guard forces who are scattered around the country and gather just once a month for their required drills, the AP reported.
COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are on the rise in the U.S. military. During the past month, the number of deaths has increased by more than one-third, from 25 to 34, the AP reported.
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Unlike most end-of-year talent pageants, the Independent Feature Project's Gotham Awards largely celebrate cinema's unknown. Eligible films are limited to those handled by independent distribs, shepherded by a specialty division or self-distributed, making the low-key awards show a rare affair that attracts major stars but also a large contingent of micro-budget gems and up-and-coming artists.
IFP fetes the big names via special tributes — which go to Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, David O. Russell and Jeff Skoll at this year's kudofest — while shaping the other awards into unique tyro-targeted categories such as breakthrough director and best film not playing at a theater near you. On the acting front, the Gothams give only two prizes: breakthrough actor and ensemble performance (an award geared toward Robert Altman-style casts with no clear lead). Such categories are designed to draw attention to films, actors and directors frequently overlooked by the larger awards races.
"We host the show early in the season in hopes of making some impact," says IFP exec director Joana Vicente. "If the film gets recognition at (our ceremony), then distributors will get excited, spend some more money, campaign and hopefully the film will go on to get other types of recognition."
Whereas the Academy Awards traditionally honor well-established helmers, the Gothams acknowledge the achievements of such breaking talents as Zal Batmanglij (director of "Sound of My Voice") and Antonio Mendez Esparza (who helmed "Here and There"). The org's definition of breakthrough actor proves a bit more difficult to pin down.
That category includes both "Beasts of the Southern Wild" ingenue Quvenzhane Wallis (in her first film role) and "Hello, I Must Be Going" star Melanie Lynskey, who launched her career alongside Kate Winslet 18 years ago when they co-starred in "Heavenly Creatures." Vicente says those breakthrough roles can also be considered turning-point performances in need of a boost.
The Gothams could be a serious momentum builder for 32-year-old acting nominee Emayatzy Corinealdi, whose widely lauded performance in "Middle of Nowhere" has the potential to be this year's underdog story.
The film and TV thesp describes her lead role in the film about a young Los Angeles woman's uncertainty over whether to stay committed to her jailed husband, as an "unbelievable opportunity": "I never even thought about awards season or nomination or any of that while we were shooting," says Corinealdi, who originally auditioned to play a supporting role. "I was just so excited to get the part."
Though there's already been considerable Oscar talk around "Beasts of the Southern Wild," breakthrough director nominee Benh Zeitlin feels "wildly blessed" to have been recognized by Gotham's nominating committee.
"I've known about the Gothams for a long time, so I'm excited to actually get the opportunity to be a part of them this year," he says. "It's a really important awards show because they have their own point of view on how to recognize work.
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"How to Survive a Plague"
"Marina Abramovi: The Artist is Present"
Best Ensemble Performance
"Bernie" : Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey
"Moonrise Kingdom" : Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban
"Safety Not Guaranteed" : Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni, Jenica Bergere, Kristen Bell, Jeff Garlin, Mary Lynn Rajskub
"Silver Linings Playbook" : Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, John Ortiz, Julia Stiles, Shea Wigham, Paulie Herman
"Your Sister's Sister" :Emily Blunt, Rosemarie Dewitt, Mark Duplass
Breakthrough Director
Zal Batmanglij for "Sound of My Voice"
Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky for "Francine"
Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin for "Now, Forager"
Antonio Méndez Esparza for "Aquí y Allá (Here and There)"
Benh Zeitlin for "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Breakthrough Actor
Mike Birbiglia in "Sleepwalk with Me"
Emayatzy Corinealdi in "Middle of Nowhere"
Thure Lindhardt in "Keep the Lights On"
Melanie Lynskey in "Hello, I Must Be Going"
Quvenzhané Wallis in "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
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What Is Algor Mortis?
Updated on: 18 Dec 2021 by Salama Yusuf
Why and How does Algor Mortis happen?
Using Algor Mortis to determine Time of Death
Algor Mortis is the second post-mortem sign of death. It is the change in body temperature after death to match the ambient temperature.
Most mammals, including humans, are homeothermic. In other words, we don't have to sunbathe to increase our body temperature or lie in the shade when we get too hot like "cold-blooded" poikilotherms. This is because homeotherms maintain a constant internal body temperature.
The human body is maintained at approximately 37°C (96°F). When the ambient temperature threatens to change the optimal temperature, mechanisms in our body—controlled by the brain—take over and try to restore balance. When it's too hot outside, we sweat to cool down (while other animals pant). When it's too cold, we shiver, get goosebumps (though they don't do much to warm one up), and curl up to conserve our body heat.
After death, these mechanisms stop working. As a result, the body's temperature will begin to match the ambient temperature. This change in body temperature after death is called Algor Mortis.
Rigor Mortis, Livor Mortis, Pallor Mortis, Algor Mortis: Forensic Science Explains Stages of Death
Algor Mortis is the second post-mortem sign of death. It is the change in the body temperature to equilibrate with the ambient temperature. If the ambient temperature is less than 37°C, it takes between 18-20 hours for the body temperature to balance with the ambient temperature, although this varies depending on other external conditions.
Algor mortis develops because the body's temperature control mechanisms have shut off. These mechanisms include the master controller, the brain and the circulatory system (primarily).
The body controls its temperature through the circulatory system. The blood moves the heat generated by deeper organs like the liver or muscles to the outer organs, such as the skin, where it can dissipate. Heat is produced by metabolic reactions that occur in the body, such as the chemical reactions for muscle movement, or those required to digest food.
The layers of the skin. In the picture, one can see the capillary network in the dermis. (Photo Credit : Madhero88/Wikimedia Commons)
There is a network of capillaries beneath the epidermis of the skin. These capillaries increase (vasodilation) or decrease (vasoconstriction) in diameter depending on whether heat needs to be released or conserved, respectively. The brain instructs the circulatory system to behave depending on the situation.
There are certain receptors in the skin that can 'sense' the temperature. These thermoreceptors give the brain a weather report and, based on this, the brain makes its executive decision. Without the brain and heart working, there's no way for the body to control its internal body temperature.
There are more mechanisms that the brain employs to maintain 37°C than just changes in blood vessel size. These mechanisms involve generating heat by increasing metabolic reactions. Muscle movement generates heat, which is why one shivers when it's cold.
After death, the metabolic rate of the body decreases. Although certain metabolic reactions are still occurring in the body, it's no longer making new molecules or generating any energy.
Without the brain and heart functioning, there's no way for the body to control its temperature. Therefore, based on the laws of physics, the temperature of the corpse will equilibrate with the surrounding ambient temperature. If the temperature is below 37°C, the body temperature will decrease by 1°C in the first two hours after death, and then continue to decrease by one degree every hour.
The post-mortem interval (PMI) is the time interval between when the individual died and when the body was found. It is also called the "time of death". Forensic experts and pathologists provide a time frame of 3 to 4 hours during which the individual could have died.
Glaister equation
Algor mortis, though useful to calculate PMI, isn't always the most reliable factor. The Glaister equation (also called the 'rule of thumb') is a general formula used to back-calculate the rate of cooling (when the ambient temperature is less than the body temperature).
The Glaister Equation is used to determine Algor mortis.
Henssge Nomogram Technique
The Henssge Nomogram Technique is another method of using Algor mortis to calculate PMI. A nomogram is a graphical calculating device. There is a graph with different parameters, and matching one or more known parameters allows one to estimate a third unknown parameter using the graph. The Henssge nomogram takes into account the body weight of the individual and the rectal temperature to estimate the PMI.
Henssge's Nomogram (Photo Credit : HB/Wikimedia Commons)
Calculating PMI using this formula should be restricted to the early stages of death, before 18 hours have passed. Even then, Algor mortis shouldn't be the only indicator used to determine PMI. The rate of cooling (or heating, in rarer situations) varies depending on the location of the body. Was the body outside being exposed to sunlight or was it under shade? Was the corpse clothed or not, and were the clothes removed at some point after death?
Forensic experts don't only record the body temperature, but also the ambient temperature when the body was found and temperatures over the past few days. When coupled with other collected evidence (other physiological changes the body goes through, such as rigor mortis and livor mortis, and insects at the sites), this can give forensic experts an approximate PMI.
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Naissances et décès
 Naissances

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 11 janvier : Jean-René Farthouat,  avocat français, bâtonnier de l'ordre des avocats de Paris en 1994-1995, né en 1934, mort à 85 ans.
 4 février : Peter Hogg, avocat, écrivain, constitutionnaliste et expert juridique canadien, né en 1939, mort à 80 ans.

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 22 avril :
 le Liban légalise le cannabis médical, devenant le premier pays arabe à prendre cette décision ;
 au Soudan, le Conseil de souveraineté et le Conseil des ministres (les autorités de transition depuis la Révolution soudanaise) inscrivent les mutilations génitales féminines comme crime passible de 3 ans de prison dans le code pénal ; ces lois sont validées par le Conseil souverain soudanais et entrent en application le 10 juillet.
 24 avril : en Arabie saoudite, la Cour suprême abolit les peines de flagellation, et remplace celles déjà prononcées par des peines d'amende ou de prison.
 26 avril : la peine de mort pour les mineurs est abolie par décret royal en Arabie saoudite et remplacée par des peines de détention en centre pour mineurs de maximum 10 ans; au moins 6 hommes qui avaient été condamnés à mort pour avoir participé à une manifestation anti-gouvernementale alors qu'ils étaient mineurs devraient être épargnés grâce à cette mesure.
 30 avril : au Tchad, l'Assemblée nationale vote l'abolition de la peine de mort à une large majorité ; les 4 derniers détenus du pays condamnés à mort en attente de leur peine ne seront pas exécutés.

Mai

 7 mai : le Bundestag vote l'interdiction des thérapies de conversion des homosexuels en Allemagne.
 15 mai :
 en Albanie, l'Ordre des psychologues, dont les décisions sont définitives et valides juridiquement, interdit les thérapies de conversion des homosexuels, quelques jours après que le Parlement allemand ait pris la même décision ;
 à Singapour, le trafiquant d'héroïne malaisien Punithan Genasan est condamné à mort à cause de son trafic, après un procès qui s'est déroulé par visioconférence sur Zoom à cause de la pandémie de covid-19, il s'agit de la première fois qu'une condamnation à mort judiciaire est rendue par visioconférence.
 18-19 mai : aux États-Unis, au tribunal du Comté de Collin (Texas) un procès pour litige dans le domaine des assurances réuni une trentaine de jurés qui participent depuis leurs domiciles en étant connectés sur 2 salles virtuelles de la plateforme Zoom à cause de la pandémie de covid-19, et est retransmis en direct sur la chaîne YouTube de la juge Emily Miskel (bien que l'enregistrement du livestream soit interdit), il s'agit de la première fois qu'un jury de procès est réuni par visioconférence.

Juin

 23 juin : la chambre basse du Parlement du Gabon votent la dépénalisation de l'homosexualité, ce qui autorise aux personnes homosexuelles de pouvoir l'assumer sans être inquiétées par la loi.
 30 juin : la loi sur la sécurité nationale de Hong Kong a été promulguée par le Comité permanent de l'Assemblée nationale populaire chinoise, au lieu du Conseil législatif de Hong Kong, qui est censé changer la Loi fondamentale de la région administrative spéciale de Hong Kong afin de mettre fin de fait à sa semi-autonomie.

Juillet

Août

 27 août : Brenton Tarrant, le terroriste d'extrême-droite qui a commis les Attentats de Christchurch en 2019, est condamné à la prison à perpétuité sans possibilité de libération conditionnelle, devenant la première personne de l'Histoire de la Nouvelle-Zélande à recevoir cette peine.

Septembre

Octobre

Novembre

Décembre

Événements par nature juridique

Référendums
 Référendum chilien de 2020
 Référendum de 2020 sur l'indépendance de la Nouvelle-Calédonie
 Référendum constitutionnel guinéen de 2020
 Référendum constitutionnel italien de 2020
 Référendum néo-zélandais de 2020 sur la légalisation de l'euthanasie
 Référendum néo-zélandais de 2020 sur la légalisation du cannabis
 Référendums néo-zélandais de 2020
 Référendum constitutionnel russe de 2020
 Votations fédérales de 2020 en Suisse
 Référendum de 2020 aux îles Malouines
Référendum constitutionnel libérien de 2020

Lois

Traités

Droit de l'Union européenne

Résolutions du Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies
 Liste des résolutions du Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies adoptées en 2020

Notes et références

Voir aussi

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Q: Error : No account or login hint was passed to the AcquireTokenSilent call Situation:
I developed web app with blazor server that is connecting to my web api. Web Api use swagger, and I use nswagstudio to generate c# proxy class and interface that i am using in Web App.
Web App is secured with azure ad login (Microsoft.Identity) and Web Api is secured by bearer token in http header (also checked agains azure ad).
I am adding WebApi generated proxy using code:
my extension method to register api proxy:
public static void AddMyProxy(this IServiceCollection services)
{
    var uri = new MyProxySettings().ApiUrl;

    services.AddHttpClient<IMyServiceClient, MyServiceClient>(config =>
    {
        string token = "";
        var serviceProvider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
        var httpContextAccessor = serviceProvider.GetService<IHttpContextAccessor>();
        if (httpContextAccessor?.HttpContext?.User?.Identity?.IsAuthenticated ?? false)
        {
            var tokenService = serviceProvider.GetService<ITokenAcquisition>();
            try
            {
                token = tokenService.GetAccessTokenForUserAsync(new[] { @"api://xxxxx-yyy-aa-bb-cc/my_scope" }).Result;
            }
            catch (System.Exception ex)
            {
                logger.LogError(ex, "error while loading token for current user, try to login again");
            }
        }

        config.BaseAddress = uri;
        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(token))
        {
            config.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new System.Net.Http.Headers.AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);
        }
    });
}

and in WebApp ConfigureServices method:
services.AddSignIn(Configuration, subscribeToOpenIdConnectMiddlewareDiagnosticsEvents: true);
services.AddWebAppCallsProtectedWebApi(Configuration, new string[] { @"api://xxxxx-yyy-aa-bb-cc/my_scope" })
        .AddInMemoryTokenCaches();
services.AddMyProxy();

When i try to acquire bearer token while initializing DI I always get exception
No account or login hint was passed to the AcquireTokenSilent call

But i tried to do almost the same in blazor page and it works with http200 and api returns data back without any problems
@code{
private string token {get;set;}
private List<MyDto> data {get;set;}

protected async override Task OnInitializedAsync()
{
    try

    {
        token = await tokenService.GetAccessTokenForUserAsync(new string[] { @"api://xxxxx-yyy-aa-bb-cc/my_scope" });
        var httpClient = new HttpClient();
        httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri(@"https://localhost:44365/");
        httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new System.Net.Http.Headers.AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);
        IMyServiceClient client = new MyServiceClient(httpClient);
        var data = await client.ApiV1SomeMethodAsync();
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
        throw;
    }
}
}

So how to register my proxy and acquire token to use it in api calls while i am registering DI service? Or are there any other approach that should i try?
Thanks for any reply and help.

A: The problem was pulling ITokenAcquisition service from service collection. When I used httpContextAccessor.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService its works fine.
public static void AddMyProxy(this IServiceCollection services)
        {
            var settings = new MyProxySettings();
            var uri = settings.ApiUrl;
            var scope = settings.Scope;
            services.AddHttpClient<IMyServiceClient, MyServiceClient>(async config =>
            {
                string token = "";
                var serviceProvider = services.BuildServiceProvider();
                var httpContextAccessor = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IHttpContextAccessor>();
                if (httpContextAccessor?.HttpContext?.User?.Identity?.IsAuthenticated ?? false)
                {
                    **var tokenService = httpContextAccessor.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ITokenAcquisition>();**
                    try
                    {
                        token = await tokenService.GetAccessTokenForUserAsync(new[] { scope });
                    }
                    catch (System.Exception ex)
                    {
                        //logger.LogError(ex, "error while loading token for current user, try to login again");
                    }
                }

                config.BaseAddress = uri;
                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(token))
                {
                    config.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new System.Net.Http.Headers.AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);
                }
            });
        }

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Enlisted by megalomaniac publisher Myron Beam, Sibella―junior editor extraordinaire―recounts the trials and tribulations of the San Francisco-based literary darling Hard Rain Publishing all the way from its improbable rise through its seemingly inevitable freefall. The whip smart, wise-cracking, and surprisingly well-read Sibella navigates the mounting eccentricities of the house's award-winning authors, slices up her oh-so-pretentious colleagues with her razor-sharp wit, and even manages to fish her publisher out of the pub long enough to keep the whole ship afloat, all the while battling her ex-boyfriend's meteoric success and the feintless infinity of the blank page.
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A recent article in Times Higher Education addressed big data and student recruitment. A very timely article. During the recent US election campaign, President Donald Trump spent considerably more of his budget on big data voter research (this is not polling) than Hillary Clinton. Some of his money went to Cambridge Analytica whose clients have included the UK Ministry of Defence, the US State Department, and NATO to name a few.
We have written in the past about the various ways schools are marketing to an ever smaller number of students. Social media and mobile marketing have become ever more fine tuned towards winning the annual recruitment drives of schools both large and small. Like any dwindling resource, technology is being turned to as the marketing becomes ever more granular. We have turned to Fracking in the search for natural gas. We have Quants and automated buy/sell software to profit from minute changes in currencies. We save water from our clothes dryers to water our plants. And now we turn to big data to understand and use real-time student behaviour in order to win them for our school.
The rise of this technology will certainly seperate the winners from the losers, especially in higher education where administration is often painfully slow to adapt. Technology is not culturally agnostic – everyone will need to get on board and understand how to use technology in a way that is best for their school.
While schools with the budgets and mind to use big data to win students will certainly in the long term win out over those who do not, does not mean there are not countless tools and methods available for schools without the budget (but with the mind) to "market smart". We have very often found that clients do not use most of those tools or workflows which are available to them. Google and social media analytics offer a free and immediate insight into how your online content is interacting with students – and that when, where, and how often. Couple this with strategic placement of content, leveraged across your platforms, and you have a very flexible and usable "small" big data model.
It is surprising how many school administrators are still not aware of their web analytics, or of the basic workflows necessary for effective content placement – let alone include their IT team in marketing strategy meetings. If you eat all the innovation for breakfast, you will have nothing left over for lunch. For student recruitment, it is already high noon.