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One in 10 bank cards is contaminated with fecal coliform in UK
Research conducted for Global Handwashing Day also shows that about 14% of the banknotes contain bacteria like E. coli
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New results from a scientific study for Global Handwashing Day reveal that one in 10 bank cards (10%) and one in seven notes (14%) were found to be contaminated with faecal organisms.
The nationwide study carried out by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Queen Mary, University of London investigated levels of bacterial contamination on the hands, credit cards and currency of various sample sizes in East and West London, Birmingham and Liverpool to raise awareness of Global Handwashing Day. The research highlights the importance of handwashing with soap before eating and after using the toilet.
The research, which was funded by Radox Handwash, also revealed that over a quarter of hands sampled (26%) showed traces of faecal contamination including bacteria such as E. coli. More significantly, out of the samples taken, 11% of hands, 8% of cards and 6% of notes showed gross contamination where the levels of bacteria detected were equal to that you would expect to find in a dirty toilet bowl.
The participants who took part in the scientific study were also asked to fill out a questionnaire with the results revealing only 39% of respondents washed their hands before eating. 91% of respondents also stated that they washed their hands after using the toilet, although the surprising levels of faecal organisms contaminating the cards and currency suggest otherwise. Washing hands with soap can reduce diarrhoeal infections by up to 42% but only 69% of people reported doing this whenever possible.
Dr Val Curtis, from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, who leads the UK campaign for Global Handwashing Day said: " Our research shows just how important handwashing is - the surprising levels of contamination that we found on everyday objects is a sign that people are forgetting to wash their hands after the toilet, one of the key moments for infection prevention.
" We hope that on Global Handwashing Day, people take the time to think about washing their hands with soap and make it a routine part of their daily lives."
Dr Ron Cutler, who led the research at Queen Mary, said: " Our analysis revealed that by handling cards and money each day we are coming into contact with some potential pathogens revealing faecal contamination including E. coli and Staphylococci. People may tell us they wash their hands but the research shows us different, and highlights just how easily transferable these pathogens - surviving on our money and cards."
Research carried out by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Queen Mary, University of London in East London, West London, Birmingham and Liverpool between 1 August and 16 September 2012.
There were 272 participants (90 participants in West London, 90 in east London, 40 in Birmingham amd 52 in Liverpool), and each participant produced three ' specimens' (card, money and hands) as well as answering a questionnaire. In total, 816 specimens were collected.
Each swab was cultured on three different types of bacterial culture media, one to detect the overall levels of bacterial contamination, one which identified the levels of faecal contaminants including E coli, Streptococcus faecalis and Enterococci and the latter to identify the presence of staphylococci.
Questionnaire analysis conducted at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. The research found that over a quarter of all specimens (28%) were contaminated with more than 50 colony forming units of bacteria per 2cm2.
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Daily Builds. We develop in Python and Ruby and our test suites are pretty quick, so we build on every commit (or push for Git). Instead of having a single monstrous test suite for everything we split things up pretty aggressively and have all the simple tests done in the first stage of the pipeline, and more intensive tests done in later stages so as to enable fast feedback. I've written (and talked) about this a few times before.
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/* Includes ------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#include "stm32wlxx_hal.h"

/** @addtogroup STM32WLxx_HAL_Driver
  * @{
  */

#ifdef HAL_DAC_MODULE_ENABLED

#if defined(DAC)

/** @defgroup DACEx DACEx
  * @brief DAC Extended HAL module driver
  * @{
  */

/* Private typedef -----------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Private define ------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Private macro -------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Private variables ---------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Private function prototypes -----------------------------------------------*/
/* Exported functions --------------------------------------------------------*/

/** @defgroup DACEx_Exported_Functions DACEx Exported Functions
  * @{
  */

/** @defgroup DACEx_Exported_Functions_Group2 IO operation functions
  *  @brief    Extended IO operation functions
  *
@verbatim
  ==============================================================================
                 ##### Extended features functions #####
  ==============================================================================
    [..]  This section provides functions allowing to:
      (+) Start conversion.
      (+) Stop conversion.
      (+) Start conversion and enable DMA transfer.
      (+) Stop conversion and disable DMA transfer.
      (+) Get result of conversion.
      (+) Get result of dual mode conversion.

@endverbatim
  * @{
  */

/**
  * @brief  Enable or disable the selected DAC channel wave generation.
  * @param  hdac pointer to a DAC_HandleTypeDef structure that contains
  *         the configuration information for the specified DAC.
  * @param  Channel The selected DAC channel.
  *          This parameter can be one of the following values:
  *            @arg DAC_CHANNEL_1: DAC Channel1 selected
  * @param  Amplitude Select max triangle amplitude.
  *          This parameter can be one of the following values:
  *            @arg DAC_TRIANGLEAMPLITUDE_1: Select max triangle amplitude of 1
  *            @arg DAC_TRIANGLEAMPLITUDE_3: Select max triangle amplitude of 3
  *            @arg DAC_TRIANGLEAMPLITUDE_7: Select max triangle amplitude of 7
  *            @arg DAC_TRIANGLEAMPLITUDE_15: Select max triangle amplitude of 15
  *            @arg DAC_TRIANGLEAMPLITUDE_31: Select max triangle amplitude of 31
  *            @arg DAC_TRIANGLEAMPLITUDE_63: Select max triangle amplitude of 63
  *            @arg DAC_TRIANGLEAMPLITUDE_127: Select max triangle amplitude of 127
  *            @arg DAC_TRIANGLEAMPLITUDE_255: Select max triangle amplitude of 255
  *            @arg DAC_TRIANGLEAMPLITUDE_511: Select max triangle amplitude of 511
  *            @arg DAC_TRIANGLEAMPLITUDE_1023: Select max triangle amplitude of 1023
  *            @arg DAC_TRIANGLEAMPLITUDE_2047: Select max triangle amplitude of 2047
  *            @arg DAC_TRIANGLEAMPLITUDE_4095: Select max triangle amplitude of 4095
  * @retval HAL status
  */
HAL_StatusTypeDef HAL_DACEx_TriangleWaveGenerate(DAC_HandleTypeDef *hdac, uint32_t Channel, uint32_t Amplitude)
{
  /* Check the parameters */
  assert_param(IS_DAC_CHANNEL(Channel));
  assert_param(IS_DAC_LFSR_UNMASK_TRIANGLE_AMPLITUDE(Amplitude));

  /* Process locked */
  __HAL_LOCK(hdac);

  /* Change DAC state */
  hdac->State = HAL_DAC_STATE_BUSY;

  /* Enable the triangle wave generation for the selected DAC channel */
  MODIFY_REG(hdac->Instance->CR, ((DAC_CR_WAVE1) | (DAC_CR_MAMP1)) << (Channel & 0x10UL), (DAC_CR_WAVE1_1 | Amplitude) << (Channel & 0x10UL));

  /* Change DAC state */
  hdac->State = HAL_DAC_STATE_READY;

  /* Process unlocked */
  __HAL_UNLOCK(hdac);

  /* Return function status */
  return HAL_OK;
}

/**
  * @brief  Enable or disable the selected DAC channel wave generation.
  * @param  hdac pointer to a DAC_HandleTypeDef structure that contains
  *         the configuration information for the specified DAC.
  * @param  Channel The selected DAC channel.
  *          This parameter can be one of the following values:
  *            @arg DAC_CHANNEL_1: DAC Channel1 selected
  * @param  Amplitude Unmask DAC channel LFSR for noise wave generation.
  *          This parameter can be one of the following values:
  *            @arg DAC_LFSRUNMASK_BIT0: Unmask DAC channel LFSR bit0 for noise wave generation
  *            @arg DAC_LFSRUNMASK_BITS1_0: Unmask DAC channel LFSR bit[1:0] for noise wave generation
  *            @arg DAC_LFSRUNMASK_BITS2_0: Unmask DAC channel LFSR bit[2:0] for noise wave generation
  *            @arg DAC_LFSRUNMASK_BITS3_0: Unmask DAC channel LFSR bit[3:0] for noise wave generation
  *            @arg DAC_LFSRUNMASK_BITS4_0: Unmask DAC channel LFSR bit[4:0] for noise wave generation
  *            @arg DAC_LFSRUNMASK_BITS5_0: Unmask DAC channel LFSR bit[5:0] for noise wave generation
  *            @arg DAC_LFSRUNMASK_BITS6_0: Unmask DAC channel LFSR bit[6:0] for noise wave generation
  *            @arg DAC_LFSRUNMASK_BITS7_0: Unmask DAC channel LFSR bit[7:0] for noise wave generation
  *            @arg DAC_LFSRUNMASK_BITS8_0: Unmask DAC channel LFSR bit[8:0] for noise wave generation
  *            @arg DAC_LFSRUNMASK_BITS9_0: Unmask DAC channel LFSR bit[9:0] for noise wave generation
  *            @arg DAC_LFSRUNMASK_BITS10_0: Unmask DAC channel LFSR bit[10:0] for noise wave generation
  *            @arg DAC_LFSRUNMASK_BITS11_0: Unmask DAC channel LFSR bit[11:0] for noise wave generation
  * @retval HAL status
  */
HAL_StatusTypeDef HAL_DACEx_NoiseWaveGenerate(DAC_HandleTypeDef *hdac, uint32_t Channel, uint32_t Amplitude)
{
  /* Check the parameters */
  assert_param(IS_DAC_CHANNEL(Channel));
  assert_param(IS_DAC_LFSR_UNMASK_TRIANGLE_AMPLITUDE(Amplitude));

  /* Process locked */
  __HAL_LOCK(hdac);

  /* Change DAC state */
  hdac->State = HAL_DAC_STATE_BUSY;

  /* Enable the noise wave generation for the selected DAC channel */
  MODIFY_REG(hdac->Instance->CR, ((DAC_CR_WAVE1) | (DAC_CR_MAMP1)) << (Channel & 0x10UL), (DAC_CR_WAVE1_0 | Amplitude) << (Channel & 0x10UL));

  /* Change DAC state */
  hdac->State = HAL_DAC_STATE_READY;

  /* Process unlocked */
  __HAL_UNLOCK(hdac);

  /* Return function status */
  return HAL_OK;
}

/**
  * @brief  Run the self calibration of one DAC channel.
  * @param  hdac pointer to a DAC_HandleTypeDef structure that contains
  *         the configuration information for the specified DAC.
  * @param  sConfig DAC channel configuration structure.
  * @param  Channel The selected DAC channel.
  *          This parameter can be one of the following values:
  *            @arg DAC_CHANNEL_1: DAC Channel1 selected
  * @retval Updates DAC_TrimmingValue. , DAC_UserTrimming set to DAC_UserTrimming
  * @retval HAL status
  * @note   Calibration runs about 7 ms.
  */

HAL_StatusTypeDef HAL_DACEx_SelfCalibrate(DAC_HandleTypeDef *hdac, DAC_ChannelConfTypeDef *sConfig, uint32_t Channel)
{
  HAL_StatusTypeDef status = HAL_OK;

  __IO uint32_t tmp;
  uint32_t trimmingvalue;
  uint32_t delta;

  /* store/restore channel configuration structure purpose */
  uint32_t oldmodeconfiguration;

  /* Check the parameters */
  assert_param(IS_DAC_CHANNEL(Channel));

  /* Check the DAC handle allocation */
  /* Check if DAC running */
  if (hdac == NULL)
  {
    status = HAL_ERROR;
  }
  else if (hdac->State == HAL_DAC_STATE_BUSY)
  {
    status = HAL_ERROR;
  }
  else
  {
    /* Process locked */
    __HAL_LOCK(hdac);

    /* Store configuration */
    oldmodeconfiguration = (hdac->Instance->MCR & (DAC_MCR_MODE1 << (Channel & 0x10UL)));

    /* Disable the selected DAC channel */
    CLEAR_BIT((hdac->Instance->CR), (DAC_CR_EN1 << (Channel & 0x10UL)));

    /* Set mode in MCR  for calibration */
    MODIFY_REG(hdac->Instance->MCR, (DAC_MCR_MODE1 << (Channel & 0x10UL)), 0U);

    /* Set DAC Channel1 DHR register to the middle value */
    tmp = (uint32_t)hdac->Instance;

    if (Channel == DAC_CHANNEL_1)
    {
      tmp += DAC_DHR12R1_ALIGNMENT(DAC_ALIGN_12B_R);
    }

    *(__IO uint32_t *) tmp = 0x0800UL;

    /* Enable the selected DAC channel calibration */
    /* i.e. set DAC_CR_CENx bit */
    SET_BIT((hdac->Instance->CR), (DAC_CR_CEN1 << (Channel & 0x10UL)));

    /* Init trimming counter */
    /* Medium value */
    trimmingvalue = 16UL;
    delta = 8UL;
    while (delta != 0UL)
    {
      /* Set candidate trimming */
      MODIFY_REG(hdac->Instance->CCR, (DAC_CCR_OTRIM1 << (Channel & 0x10UL)), (trimmingvalue << (Channel & 0x10UL)));

      /* tOFFTRIMmax delay x ms as per datasheet (electrical characteristics */
      /* i.e. minimum time needed between two calibration steps */
      HAL_Delay(1);

      if ((hdac->Instance->SR & (DAC_SR_CAL_FLAG1 << (Channel & 0x10UL))) == (DAC_SR_CAL_FLAG1 << (Channel & 0x10UL)))
      {
        /* DAC_SR_CAL_FLAGx is HIGH try higher trimming */
        trimmingvalue -= delta;
      }
      else
      {
        /* DAC_SR_CAL_FLAGx is LOW try lower trimming */
        trimmingvalue += delta;
      }
      delta >>= 1UL;
    }

    /* Still need to check if right calibration is current value or one step below */
    /* Indeed the first value that causes the DAC_SR_CAL_FLAGx bit to change from 0 to 1  */
    /* Set candidate trimming */
    MODIFY_REG(hdac->Instance->CCR, (DAC_CCR_OTRIM1 << (Channel & 0x10UL)), (trimmingvalue << (Channel & 0x10UL)));

    /* tOFFTRIMmax delay x ms as per datasheet (electrical characteristics */
    /* i.e. minimum time needed between two calibration steps */
    HAL_Delay(1U);

    if ((hdac->Instance->SR & (DAC_SR_CAL_FLAG1 << (Channel & 0x10UL))) == 0UL)
    {
      /* OPAMP_CSR_OUTCAL is actually one value more */
      trimmingvalue++;
      /* Set right trimming */
      MODIFY_REG(hdac->Instance->CCR, (DAC_CCR_OTRIM1 << (Channel & 0x10UL)), (trimmingvalue << (Channel & 0x10UL)));
    }

    /* Disable the selected DAC channel calibration */
    /* i.e. clear DAC_CR_CENx bit */
    CLEAR_BIT((hdac->Instance->CR), (DAC_CR_CEN1 << (Channel & 0x10UL)));

    sConfig->DAC_TrimmingValue = trimmingvalue;
    sConfig->DAC_UserTrimming = DAC_TRIMMING_USER;

    /* Restore configuration */
    MODIFY_REG(hdac->Instance->MCR, (DAC_MCR_MODE1 << (Channel & 0x10UL)), oldmodeconfiguration);

    /* Process unlocked */
    __HAL_UNLOCK(hdac);
  }

  return status;
}

/**
  * @brief  Set the trimming mode and trimming value (user trimming mode applied).
  * @param  hdac pointer to a DAC_HandleTypeDef structure that contains
  *         the configuration information for the specified DAC.
  * @param  sConfig DAC configuration structure updated with new DAC trimming value.
  * @param  Channel The selected DAC channel.
  *          This parameter can be one of the following values:
  *            @arg DAC_CHANNEL_1: DAC Channel1 selected
  * @param  NewTrimmingValue DAC new trimming value
  * @retval HAL status
  */

HAL_StatusTypeDef HAL_DACEx_SetUserTrimming(DAC_HandleTypeDef *hdac, DAC_ChannelConfTypeDef *sConfig, uint32_t Channel,
                                            uint32_t NewTrimmingValue)
{
  HAL_StatusTypeDef status = HAL_OK;

  /* Check the parameters */
  assert_param(IS_DAC_CHANNEL(Channel));
  assert_param(IS_DAC_NEWTRIMMINGVALUE(NewTrimmingValue));

  /* Check the DAC handle allocation */
  if (hdac == NULL)
  {
    status = HAL_ERROR;
  }
  else
  {
    /* Process locked */
    __HAL_LOCK(hdac);

    /* Set new trimming */
    MODIFY_REG(hdac->Instance->CCR, (DAC_CCR_OTRIM1 << (Channel & 0x10UL)), (NewTrimmingValue << (Channel & 0x10UL)));

    /* Update trimming mode */
    sConfig->DAC_UserTrimming = DAC_TRIMMING_USER;
    sConfig->DAC_TrimmingValue = NewTrimmingValue;

    /* Process unlocked */
    __HAL_UNLOCK(hdac);
  }
  return status;
}

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  * @brief  Return the DAC trimming value.
  * @param  hdac DAC handle
  * @param  Channel The selected DAC channel.
  *          This parameter can be one of the following values:
  *            @arg DAC_CHANNEL_1: DAC Channel1 selected
  * @retval Trimming value : range: 0->31
  *
 */
uint32_t HAL_DACEx_GetTrimOffset(DAC_HandleTypeDef *hdac, uint32_t Channel)
{
  /* Check the parameter */
  assert_param(IS_DAC_CHANNEL(Channel));

  /* Retrieve trimming */
  return ((hdac->Instance->CCR & (DAC_CCR_OTRIM1 << (Channel & 0x10UL))) >> (Channel & 0x10UL));
}

/**
  * @}
  */

/**
  * @}
  */

/**
  * @}
  */

#endif /* DAC */

#endif /* HAL_DAC_MODULE_ENABLED */

/**
  * @}
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A handful of states like California and Connecticut have already enacted GVRO laws, but Florida does not have one.
Nikolas Cruz, the person authorities suspect is responsible for the Parkland high school shooting, had shown signs of violent behavior and depression.
The bill was not drafted in response to the Parkland shooting, however. It was introduced last May and has 50 Democratic co-sponsors but has gone nowhere in the Republican-led Congress.
The National Rifle Association, which Carbajal said "has become synonymous with No Republican Action," is opposed to the measure because of concerns about due process.
Virginia Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., one of the bills co-sponsors, said the legislation provides "incredible due process" because the individual subject to the GVRO always has the right to appeal the court's ruling. The GVRO also only lasts for one year, but the court has the authority to renew it or end it early based on petitions from either side.
"This is really low-hanging fruit, something many states have done," he said.
GVRO laws are not just helpful in preventing mass shootings, lawmakers said. They would also allow family members concerned about loved ones potentially committing suicide to petition the court to take away their family members' access to guns.
Carbajal said his sister shot herself with his father's firearm, and it didn't take him long after that tragedy to realize that lives could be saved if guns were removed from homes where an individual has shown signs they might want to harm themselves or others.
Warning signs that could be presented to the court as evidence include threats of suicide or violence, substance abuse and repeated acts of self-harm or acts of violence against others, said Lindsay Nichols, federal policy director at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. She helped the lawmakers draft the bill.
House Judiciary ranking member Jerrold Nadler of New York, whose panel has jurisdiction over the measure, said Democrats have requested the majority hold hearings on gun violence or take up bills like this one but Republicans have ignored their calls.
Nadler said Congress should be considering a number of gun violence prevention measures, including one to ban bump stocks, which were used in the Las Vegas mass shooting last year, enhanced background check legislation and an appropriation rider that would eliminate the so-called Dickey amendment that prevents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using federal money to study gun violence.
But the GVRO grant measure "is a very good start to a systematic assault on mass shootings," Nadler said.


NERC CIP Versions 1-4 require entities to have training programs for individuals who have authorized cyber or authorized unescorted physical access to Critical Cyber Assets. The training programs must provide for quarterly security awareness training as well as annual cyber security training on a variety of topics. SANS Institute's Securing The Human now has an awareness training program that addresses these NERC-CIP compliance standards for Utilities.
This one day session will walk through CIP V1-4 Training program needs and demonstrate the SANS training program security awareness offerings as well as walk through the 7 CIP specific training modules with open discussion around the topics discussed in each. The session will also discuss the direction that the STU program is moving in to ensure CIP V 5 compliance training offerings in the near future.


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Pokémon: 10 Facts About Lance From The Kanto Elite Four Fans Didn't Know
by Joshua Olivieri
Lance is one of the most famous trainers from the Pokémon games. He was the final member of the Elite Four in Pokémon Red and Blue and the Champion in Pokémon Gold and Silver. Known as one of the strongest Dragon-type trainers in the series, Lance has left his mark on the fans and the franchise.
RELATED: 20 Weird Things About The Elite Four That Everyone Forgets
There is a lot more to Lance than just being a member of the Elite Four, though. Thanks to game details, the anime, and manga, Lance is more than just a player's obstacle. Here are 10 facts about Lance that you may not have known.
10 HE CAUGHT THE RED GYARADOS
Those who played through any of the Johto games will remember the iconic battle with the red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage. In the games, it ends with trainers either defeating or capturing the Gyarados.
In the anime, the result was a different story. Ash, Misty, and Brock helped Lance to stop Team Rocket, but it was Lance who ultimately battled and captured the red Gyarados. This Gyarados was extremely powerful and seemed to have greater potential than regular Gyarados. Lance would later use this Gyarados in the anime as a way of letting Ash and the audience know that he was on the scene.
9 HE'S CLAIR'S COUSIN
The final Gym Leader in Pokémon Gold and Silver is Clair of the Blackthorn City Gym. Clair is known for being a powerful Dragon-type trainer, so she puts up quite a fight. As it turns out, Dragon training runs in the family.
RELATED: Detective Pikachu's Story Borrows from Gold and Silver
Lance is actually Clair's cousin, hinting at why they both are so good at raising that type. In the anime, though, Lance trained at the Blackthorn Gym to become the best Dragon-type trainer in the world. Because of this, Clair is more like a test that signals a much greater battle to come later at the end of the games.
8 HE BATTLED PROFESSOR KUKUI
Professor Kukui is laidback, but he is also quite the trainer. With a powerful Incineroar at his disposal, Kukui knows how to defeat most opponents. It seems that Professor Kukui has a long history regarding Pokémon battles as well. He's battled some fierce trainers, and that includes Lance.
As strong as Professor Kukui is, though, Lance proved to be too much for the Alolan Pokémon Professor. Lance won the battle, though it's unclear how easy that battle was for the Kanto Elite Four member. Regardless, Professor Kukui doesn't seem too broken up about it, as he still keeps his upbeat attitude.
7 HE'S A DRAGON TRAINER WITH FEW DRAGONS
Lance's first appearance dates all the way back to Pokémon Red and Blue. Being a Dragon-type trainer, you may remember that the Kanto Region only has three Dragon-types: Dratini, Dragonair, and Dragonite. While Lance did use some Dragonair and Dragonite, he also used Pokémon like Aerodactyl, Gyarados, and Charizard.
RELATED: Every Gen I Mega Evolution, Ranked
While these Pokémon resemble dragons in their own right, none of them have the Dragon typing. The only one who got it later was Charizard with one of its Mega Evolutions. It wasn't until Gen IV that Lance received a good number of Dragon-type Pokémon on his team.
6 HE STOPPED TEAM MAGMA
Lance didn't appear in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and only played a major role in Gold and Silver. That's why it came as a surprise in the Pokémon Advanced anime when he showed up to help out in the Hoenn Region. Lance was once again meeting up with Ash and Brock to stop an evil team.
RELATED: Ranking the 10 Best Pokémon Episodes
When he caught wind that Team Magma was trying to raise a Pokémon like Groudon, he knew they had to be stopped. When Groudon and Kyogre enacted their legendary battle, Lance was right there with his red Gyarados trying to put a stop to it all.
5 HIS POKÉMON HAVE MOVES THEY CAN'T LEARN
More observant players of Pokémon will have noticed that some of Lance's Pokémon had attacks that they normally couldn't learn in the games. For example, Lance's Dragonite had the barrier move, which was impossible to teach. A Dragonite with that move was later given out as an event Pokémon, as a tribute to Lance and his shady ways.
It doesn't stop there, though. Lance's Aerodactyl could use Rock Slide, which was an attack that the Pokémon couldn't learn at that point. Whether this was an oversight when designing the game or a hint at Lance's strength as a trainer, it was a noteworthy addition to the games nonetheless.
4 HE TRIED TO CREATE A UTOPIA
Lance had a different goal in mind when it came to the Pokémon manga. In it, he realized that the world was full of corrupt and awful people. As such, he resolved to essentially rebirth the world from its own ashes by destroying those he deemed harmful to Pokémon.
There were only a few people he felt would be fit to survive. His entire goal was to create a utopia where Pokémon could once live in harmony without being seriously disturbed by those who would seek to use them for ill purposes. Of course, this put him in direct confrontation with the main character of the manga.
3 HE WAS THE VILLAIN IN THE MANGA
Pokémon fans are so familiar with Lance for being one of the strongest trainers. After all, he commands attention whenever he's on screen, thanks to his imposing design as well as his love of Dragon Pokémon. The manga has been known to tell a much different story, though, and the case of Lance is no exception.
Lance is still a powerful Dragon-type user, but he takes the role of the villain rather than the hero. In his desire to cleanse the world of awful people, Lance takes what he wants and removes anyone who gets in his way. He's a serious threat.
2 HE HAS A DRAGON ARMY
One would think that someone trying to create a peaceful world for Pokémon wouldn't use Pokémon to see his will done, but Lance is as wicked as they come in the manga. To attack various cities in the Kanto region, Lance put together an army of Dragon-type Pokémon to get the job done.
He had numerous Dragonair at his disposal, as well as a Dragonite and Aerodactyl to round out his numbers. With Dragon-types being so powerful, it was difficult for anyone to find a way to defeat him whenever he tried to invade. Lance didn't need to worry about opposition specifically because of this army.
1 HE'S A POKÉMON G-MAN
While Lance is primarily known as a member of the Elite Four, his job goes beyond that in the anime. On top of being a strong trainer, Lance is also a member of the Pokémon G-Men. Strangely, Lance is the only member ever discussed in the anime, and not much else is known about the organization.
It's explained that the G-Men are sent out into the world to investigate any people that are supposedly treating Pokémon improperly. With such powerful Pokémon at his disposal, Lance made for the perfect G-Man. However, it would've been nice to see more of the organization or even more members.
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Thank you for all of the bidding and congratulations to the winner.
I was asked a question about the AC and it does work and it is very cold.
This is a picture of the some of the other cars we have. These are not for sale….
This car is a one owner car that was a family friend of one of our sales consultants. The mileage is accurate and there are not any stories hear.
We have sold some really incredible cars on BAT, I would encourage BAT members to look that them. We specialize in very expensive cars. I know this is not an air cooled 911 or an E30 M3. However, I think a true car lover has the capacity to appreciate a true survivor and an era of Japanese sedans really started taking over the market. If you don't like the car there are plenty of other listings on BAT.
AC and heat do work. There is a slight bend on the wheel. We road forced balanced it and it it is not causing any vibration or any other issues. If the winning bidder wants we have a company that will straighten the wheel.
all of the gauges work, the radio works but the screen is pixelated. The map lights on the rear view mirror works. The antenna works. I am sorry but I don't have a tape so don't ask, I did not try the tape player. The windows and sun roof work. The trip computer works and you are able to toggle through menus using the the left signal.
You guys are good! I did have the parking brake on initially when I started the video.
Bat members, there is no smoke show here. This car is incredibly nice. We have sold 3 other vehicles and all of the members were very happy with the condition of them. We are a high volume late model luxury dealer so I apologize in advance for any lapse in time to provide necessary information.
Here are the pictures of the vin tags as requested.
There we some really great questions asked by some BAT users. I will get the answers and post them as soon as possible.
Here is a video of the vehicle up in the air running.
"montanbahn" You are misinterpreting my comment. I certainly understand the imports of under carriage photos, especially on a car as nice as this with out corrosion. The nature of my comment was to implore that the photos that I was going to, and have posted are as nice as described.
Doug Paddock is a very good friend of mine. Jimmy who worked for Doug for years as the head mechanic is the one who worked on the car. Tell him the car is at Automotive Imports.
Timing belt and head gasket repair order that we just performed.
I would be fine if anyone want to come and inspect the vehicle prior to bidding. Please contact me first so I am able to make sure that I am available.
don't worry about the "jack test" and this is hardly a parts car, but potentially one of the nicest examples available. I will post all of the pictures with a link this afternoon.


Locally based Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies plans to expand its east side manufacturing operations, creating 40 jobs, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. announced this morning.
The 100-year-old company makes panic release bars and electronic security products for exits. It will invest $6.1 million to upgrade equipment at its Tobey Drive plant, which already employs 530.
The state offered Ingersoll Rand as much as $200,000 in performance-based tax credits and up to $90,000 in training grants. Indianapolis is also considering a property tax abatement for the company.


If you have computer problems within the EDP research area please address to the central system administration (staff), if no specific contact address is mentioned below. A staff member will communicate with you.
The computer staff administer all Linux desktop computers and peripheral hardware of the institute within all terminal rooms and offices regarding to installation and maintenance.
Please address problems and questions to the central system administration (staff), a staff member will communicate with you.
If neccessary, you can also make a direct contact.
The installation and maintenance of EDP computer engineering within administration and administrative offices resides with staff members Andreas Flügge and Roman Alexander. They will be provided by student assistants, our Mac-Tutors.
Please address technical problems or questions regarding to Macintosh hardware or software packages to the student assistants. You can call them under 314 27865. You can also write an e-Mail to mactutor or visit them personally in room MA 679.
Our colleagues Michael Kilian and Oliver Voigt treat with our windows domain mawin.math.tu-berlin.de, handle the access to terminal servers and Windows specific problems and questions. Please address to their central support address (win_staff).


2018/19 team selection was particularly difficult, with several high-quality athletes missing out on being named in our State Team, which is a display of the depth of talent South Australian coaches and clubs have developed over the last few years. While we hate to disappoint athletes, we also do wish to highlight that this is a good challenge to have as a sporting body.
The first National Race for our squad will be the annual Runaway Bay Super Sprint Race weekend, where athletes race up to five different race formats over 3 days of fast and furious racing. Round 2 will see our team travel to Canberra to race, followed by a planned development camp at the Australian Institute of Sport.
We congratulate all athletes, both those who were selected and those who may have missed out. Keep training and pursuing your dreams.
Watch some of the action from Round 2 of the Australian Youth and Junior Series to see what events our athletes will be racing.


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Alexander and Company, Limited, often simply called Alexander and Co., was an Agency House in British India founded by traders and merchants from Scotland. Alexander and Co. has made several pioneering contributions to the economy of India. Alexander and Co. was the promoter and founder of India's very first bank, the Bank of Hindostan.

History

Background

Before the advent of joint-stock banking companies in India, the role of banks was played by agency houses. The agency houses performed various quasi-banking functions which included but were not limited to:

 Accepting deposits (Agency houses accepted deposits only from British nationals and other Europeans)
 Financing trade
 Lending of money (primarily to the Government)

Business

After their initial success, the agency houses started lending money to European entrepreneurs in India and not just the Government. The Alexander and Co. agency house also lent money to several European entrepreneurs, the most notable among them was Josiah Marshall Heath, an English metallurgist who owned several mining ventures in British India.

An amount of Rupees 100,000 had been loaned to Josiah Marshall Heath by the Alexander and Co. agency house in order to finance his mining related ventures. He used the sum to start the Porto Novo Steel and Iron Company. By 1832, he was unable to repay the debt, and this contributed to the failure of the Alexander and Co. agency house.

Bank of Hindostan

After having experimented with lending and other banking activities, the Alexander and Co. agency house separated its banking activities and divested it into a separate banking company which was named the Bank of Hindostan. The Bank of Hindostan was notable for being one of the oldest banks in India.

Failure

The Alexander and Co. agency house failed in the year 1832 due to major economic downturn affecting the British India. The main cause of the economic crisis was the unexpected fall in the prices of commodities such as Indigo. As a result and consequence of its failure, the Bank of Hindostan also failed and had to be liquidated in the very same year.

Legacy

The legacy of the Alexander and Co. and its role in shaping the economic fortunes of India have been widely recognized. It has been credited as a major pioneer in the history of Banking in India.

The failure of the early Indian financial firms also led to the passing of the Companies Act, 1860 which granted limited liability to banking companies. Many of the early Indian Banks had been partnership firms with unlimited liability.

See also

 Banking in India
 Economy of India under Company rule
 Company rule in India

References

External links
 THE RISE OF THE BRITISH MANAGING AGENCIES IN NORTH EASTERN INDIA 1836-1918

Economic history of India
Trading companies of the United Kingdom
Companies based in Kolkata

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My Heart Belongs to Daddy peut désigner :

Musique
 My Heart Belongs to Daddy, une chanson de 1938, écrite par Cole Porter et interprétée par Mary Martin pour la comédie musicale Leave It to Me!, également chantée plus tard par Marilyn Monroe dans le film Le Milliardaire.

Cinéma
 My Heart Belongs to Daddy, un film américain de Robert Siodmak sorti en 1942 ;
 My Heart Belongs to Daddy, un film philippin de Mar S. Torres sorti en 1971 ;
 My Heart Belongs to Daddy, un film philippin de Ben Feleo et Frank Gray Jr. sorti en 1982 ;
 My Heart Belongs to Daddy, un film canadien de Jeffrey Round sorti en 2003.

Télévision
 My Heart Belongs to Daddy, le titre original d'un épisode de la deuxième saison de la série télévisée Desperate Housewives.


Pirin Residence is close to Pirin National Park, which is ideal for hillwalking, fishing in the summer and skiing/snowboarding in the winter. Since the complex is across from Pirin Golf and Country Club you can play golf/snooker etc and enjoy the nearby bars/restaurants. There are many other activities such as Horse Riding, ten Pin Bowling, Mountain Biking. You can take Pirin Residence's own shuttle bus into the nearby towns of Razlog or Bansko where a variety of excursions can be found, you can even take an excursion to Thessalonika or other parts of Northern Greece which are nearby.


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The dark night of the souls.
I just read a fascinating (and somewhat frightening)article at The Atlantic about the dark side of meditation.
Yes, the dark side.
Growing up going to conservative Christian churches and schools, I was repeatedly told of the dangers of certain types of mediation, contemplation and repetition of mantras. It was pretty much part of the package in discussions/sermons/lectures/diatribes on the occult.
What strikes me with this article is that it's not coming from a Christian POV at all. From The Atlantic:
Set back on quiet College Hill in Providence, Rhode Island, sits a dignified, four story, 19th-century house that belongs to Dr. Willoughby Britton. Inside, it is warm, spacious, and organized. The shelves are stocked with organic foods. A solid wood dining room table seats up to 12. Plants are ubiquitous. Comfortable pillows are never far from reach. The basement—with its own bed, living space, and private bathroom—often hosts a rotating cast of yogis and meditation teachers. Britton's own living space and office are on the second floor. The real sanctuary, however, is on the third floor, where people come from all over to rent rooms, work with Britton, and rest. But they're not there to restore themselves with meditation—they're recovering from it.
"I started having thoughts like, 'Let me take over you,' combined with confusion and tons of terror," says David, a polite, articulate 27-year-old who arrived at Britton's Cheetah House in 2013. "I had a vision of death with a scythe and a hood, and the thought 'Kill yourself' over and over again."
Michael, 25, was a certified yoga teacher when he made his way to Cheetah House. He explains that during the course of his meditation practice his "body stopped digesting food. I had no idea what was happening." For three years he believed he was "permanently ruined" by meditation.
"Recovery," "permanently ruined"—these are not words one typically encounters when discussing a contemplative practice.
On a cold November night last fall, I drove to Cheetah House. A former student of Britton's, I joined the group in time for a Shabbat dinner. We blessed the challah, then the wine; recited prayers in English and Hebrew; and began eating.
Britton, an assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior, works at the Brown University Medical School. She receives regular phone calls, emails, and letters from people around the world in various states of impairment. Most of them worry no one will believe—let alone understand—their stories of meditation-induced affliction. Her investigation of this phenomenon, called "The Dark Night Project," is an effort to document, analyze, and publicize accounts of the adverse effects of contemplative practices.
The morning after our Shabbat dinner, in Britton's kitchen, David outlines the history of his own contemplative path. His first retreat was "very non-normal," he says, "and very good … divine. There was stuff dropping away … [and] electric shocks through my body. [My] core sense of self, a persistent consciousness, the thoughts and stuff, were not me." He tells me it was the best thing that had ever happened to him, an "orgasm of the soul, felt throughout my internal world."
David explains that he finally felt awake. But it didn't last.
He traveled back and forth from Asia to home seeking guidance, but found only a deep, persistent dissatisfaction in himself. After "bumming around Thailand for a bit," he moved to San Francisco, got a job, and sat through several more two- and 10-week meditation retreats. Then, in 2012, David sold his car to pay for a retreat at the Cloud Mountain Center that torments him still.
"Psychological hell," is how he describes it. "It would come and go in waves. I'd be in the middle of practice and what would come to mind was everything I didn't want to think about, every feeling I didn't want to feel." David felt "pebble-sized" spasms emerge from inside a "dense knot" in his belly.
He panicked. Increasingly vivid pornographic fantasies and repressed memories from his childhood began to surface.
"I just started freaking out," he says, "and at some point, I just surrendered to the onslaught of unwanted sexual thoughts … a sexual Rolodex of every taboo." As soon as he did, however, "there was some goodness to it." After years of pushing away his emotional, instinctual drives, something inside David was "reattached," he says.
Toward the end of his time at the Cloud Mountain Center, David shared his ongoing experiences with the retreat leaders, who assured him it was probably just his "ego's defenses" acting up. "They were really comforting," he says, "even though I thought I was going to become schizophrenic."
Yikes! "Unwanted sexual thoughts", "spasms", "freaking out"? That seems less a "dark night" and more an all out spiritual war. More:
The phrase "dark night of the soul," can be traced back to a 16th-century Spanish poem by the Roman Catholic mystic San Juan de la Cruz, or Saint John of the Cross. It is most commonly used within certain Christian traditions to refer to an individual's spiritual crisis in the course of their union with God.
The divine experiences reported by Saint John describe a method, or protocol, "followed by the soul in its journey upon the spiritual road to the attainment of the perfect union of love with God, to the extent that it is possible in this life." The poem, however, is linked to a much longer text, also written by Saint John, which describes the hardships faced by those who seek to purify the senses—and the spirit—in their quest for mystical love.
According to Britton, the texts of many major contemplative traditions offer similar maps of spiritual development. One of her team's preliminary tasks—a sort of archeological literature review—was to pore through the written canons of Theravadin, Tibetan, and Zen Buddhism, as well as texts within Christianity, Judaism, and Sufism. "Not every text makes clear reference to a period of difficulty on the contemplative path," Britton says, "but many did."
The Dark Night Project is young, and still very much in progress. Researchers in the field are just beginning to carefully collect and sort through the narratives of difficult meditation-related experiences. Britton has presented her findings at major Buddhist and scientific conferences, prominent retreat centers, and even to the Dalai Lama at the 24th Mind and Life Dialogue in 2012.
"Many people in our study were lost and confused and could not find help," Britton says. "They had been through so many doctors, therapists, and dharma teachers. Given that we had so much information about these effects, we realized that we were it."
Read the whole thing. And check out Rod Dreher's post on "The Jesus Prayer" and meditation where I first saw the link to this story.
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On Saturday morning I'm planning to buy 14 sheets of corrugated iron at Upcycle in Horsham but I need to transport it to Noradjuha. I only have a small car with no tow bar hence I require a kind chockstoner with a more suitable vehicle to make this short trip (27km).
I have tried to hire a ute in Horsham but that idea has been unsuccessful.
So if you can help me, know of someone that can help please PM me.
I am also looking for a climbing partner at Arapiles for Thursday & Friday.


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Q: How do I query for objects that have a specific userid in firebase I have a firebase object called Calculations. Each object has a UserId so that I can later of the calculations created by a user. I can't seem to get the query to work and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
let calculationsDB = Database.database().reference().child("Calculations").queryEqual(toValue: Auth.auth().currentUser!.uid, childKey: "UserId")

    //.child("UserId").queryEqual(toValue: Auth.auth().currentUser!.uid)
calculationsDB.observe(.childAdded) { (snapshot) in
    let snapshotValue = snapshot.value as! Dictionary<String, Any>
    self.stocksArray.append(Calculation(calDictionary: snapshotValue))
    self.configurTableView()
    self.mainTableView.reloadData()

}

A: You should use queryOrdered before queryEqual to specify the property you're querying on:
let calculationsDB = Database.database().reference().child("Calculations").queryOrdered(byChild: "UserId").queryEqual(toValue: Auth.auth().currentUser!.uid)

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If you haven't already, take this Psyche test.
7. You exit the house through the back door. Lying in the grass is a cup. What material is the cup made of (ceramic, glass, paper, etc.)?
9. You walk to the edge of the property, where you find yourself standing at the edge of a body of water. What type of body of water is it ?


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New board game asks 'Who's She?' to spotlight famous women in history
Tuesday, 8 January 2019 12:41 GMT
The children's board game aims to make known the stories and lives of women in history to tackle gender stereotypes
LONDON, Jan 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Did she win a Nobel Prize? Was she an inventor? Did she make a discovery?
These are some of the questions that Polish designer Zuzanna Kozerska-Girard wants more children to ask as they learn about famous women while playing her debut board game Who's She?.
"We basically don't know their stories. We don't know enough about women who have done amazing stuff," said Kozerska-Girard, founder of games company Playeress, in a Skype interview.
Similar to the classic game Guess Who?, two players are each given a biography card of a famous woman and must ask each other questions until her identity is answered correctly - be it French spy Josephine Baker or Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai.
"The game is for girls as much as it is for boys. They need to see powerful women around them and see them as their heroes," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation from Poland.
The game is being sold at a time when the achievements of women - from scientists, politicians, campaigners and artists - are increasingly being recognised online and in public spaces.
Featuring watercolour illustrations of 28 female icons, Kozerska said she designed the game, which costs 75 euros ($86), because she wanted children to know that women of all nationalities were as capable as men in any profession.
"If you're a girl who's three years old and you see men everywhere in positions with more power, you'll just think that that's the way it is," said Kozerska-Girard.
"I think it's important to bring this (gender gap) up with kids - and the simple way to do this is by playing games."
Since Who's She? launched in November on crowdfunding site Kickstarter, Kozerska-Girard has sold more than 6,000 units and received some 500,000 euros to produce the game, which she hand-makes out of wood.
Volunteers are working to raise the profile of famous women - who make up only 17 percent of Wikipedia's 1.5 million biographies, according to the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts the online encyclopaedia - by writing more female biographies.
In Britain, a statue of 19th century feminist Millicent Fawcett was unveiled last April in London's Parliament Square, the first monument to honour a woman in a space previously occupied by 11 statues of men.
The statue was the result of a campaign by feminist Caroline Criado-Perez, who said there were more statues in Britain of men called John than statues of women. Excluding Queen Victoria, fewer than 3 percent of statues represented women, she said.
In August, a group of Belgian activists stuck up unofficial street names in the capital Brussels to commemorate women and also pushed for new public spaces to reflect their role - a phenomenon also seen in the Netherlands.
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After launching in South Korea, Japan, North America, Europe, and more recently China, ArcheAge was finally announced for Greater China (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau). The publisher is Lager Network Technologies, perhaps one of the smaller gaming companies in the region. Crafted by XLGAMES using Unreal Engine 3, the Korean version of ArcheAge is gearing up for the massive 3.0 content update.


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On Somaliland, Inner City Press Asks UK's Karen Pierce About UAE, UN Envoy Keating's Book
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UNITED NATIONS, April 18 — When Ambassador Karen Pierce of the UK, the UN Security Council's "penholder" on Somalia, took questions on April 18 Inner City Press asked her about the United Arab Emirates suspending support to the Somali military, and the issue of the UAE's port / base in Somaliland. Video here. Pierce said she wasn't aware of the specifics but that the UK supports Somalia and that she'd met with the UN's (British) envoy to Somalia, Michael Keating. Inner City Press, following up on Pierce's literary back and forth with her Russian counterpart Vassily Nebenzia, noted that Keating has a book coming out. And he does – something that Somalis and even other UN envoys have raised to Inner City Press as questionable, given the amount of work a UN envoy to Somalia should be doing. We'll have more on all this. The day after Somalia in the UN Security Council complained of Somaliland engagement with the United Arab Emirates, Inner City Press asked UN Spokesman Farhan Haq for the UN's position. He said it is a bilateral matter between Somalia and… the UAE. From the UN transcript: Inner City Press: Yesterday, in the Council, Somalia made a point of saying that they believe that an agreement between the UAE and Somaliland to build a military base is illegal and I wanted to ask, since the UN has this Envoy, Mr. Michael Keating… What's his position? It's a pretty big standoff between a de facto autonomous region agreeing to a military base by another country, the UAE. Some people say this was permitted under an agreement [reached in Turkey, which Inner City Press put online here]. Some say they aren't. What's the UN's position on the UAE building a military base in Somaliland? Deputy Spokesman: Ultimately, these are discussions that need to be resolved bilaterally between the Governments of Somalia and the United Arab Emirates." Hmm. Note that Inner City Press has also asked the UN about the UAE moving in on Socotra Island of Yemen, here. Back in September 2016 after in Somaliland a petition was announced, with a million signatures, seeking recognition of independence, Inner City Press put the question on September 27 to UN envoy Michael Keating, video here. He said he's been asked to get more involved – but what does that mean?
He told Inner City Press he is unaware of the tariff / recognition issue with Kenya, and that he has not met with the UN's new Resident Coordinator for Kenya, Ban Ki-moon's son in law, during the ten days the latter has been in New York.
Keating gave a useful explanation of the Somali president being in caretaker mode; it was the foreign minister who spoke in the General Assembly debate and meets Ban Ki-moon on September 28.
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Earlier on September 27 Inner City Press asked UKDeputy Permanent Representative to the UN of the UK, Peter Wilson, video here.
Wilson said Somaliland is "complex," but that he expected it to be turned to in the Security Council consultations later that morning.
From the UN transcript:
Inner City Press: This is a Somaliland question – I've asked Ambassador Rycroft before – there is this petition of a million people in Somaliland who try to say that they should be recognized. It any or may not be realistic. But what does the UK government think of the place of Somaliland in the greater Somalia in the process that you're dealing with here?
Wilson: Well, I think for the process of the elections what we're most keen to ensure is that there's as much participation as possible. The issue of Somaliland is a very complex one, but it's one that I'm expecting that we will turn to in consultations.
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Gloomy, but all set to be free.
Once available, the Dead Kings DLC will be listed as an add-on within Uplay or in the Steam store from the ACU product page depending on where you purchased the game. You will also find a link from the in-game menu.
Hold on though, what if you purchased a Season Pass and were already going to get Dead Kings and the Assassin's Creed side-scroller based in China? If you bought a Season Pass, Ubisoft is going to give you a free game. If you purchased "the Season Pass or Assassin's Creed Unity Gold Edition (which includes the Season Pass)," you'll be able to claim one of these as a freebie.
The system for doing so hasn't been set up yet (as per the instructions on this FAQ page,) but once it is you'll have until March 2015 to redeem one of those.
Ubisoft adds that sales of the Season Pass will now be discontinued. Season Pass holders will still end up receiving all the promised bits and bobs, including Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China.
Meanwhile, Assassin's Creed: Unity is still being patched. Patch 3 should be out for the PC version at the end of the week.


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Veterans Can Train And Adopt Service Dogs Under A New Law Signed By Biden
He's In Prison For Killing A Trooper. Now, Some Black Police Groups Want Him Released
A U.S. Intelligence Report Fails To Pinpoint COVID's Origins
Peloton Says It's Been Subpoenaed By DOJ And DHS Over Its Product Injury Reporting
Judge to end Ohio ban on recognizing gay marriage
Attorney Al Gerhardstein, left, stands with several same-sex couples at a news conference, Friday, April 4, 2014, in Cincinnati. Civil rights attorneys are arguing in Federal Court on Friday that a federal judge should prohibit Ohio officials from enforcing the state's ban on gay marriage.
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A federal judge says he will strike down Ohio's voter-approved ban on gay marriage, meaning the state must recognize marriages of gay couples who legally wed elsewhere.
Judge Timothy Black made the statement Friday following final arguments in a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the marriage ban.
He says he'll issue the ruling April 14 prohibiting Ohio officials from enforcing the ban, which he says violates constitutional rights to equal protection and due process. Black's ruling will not mean Ohio has to allow couples to marry in the state.
Attorneys for the state had argued that it's Ohio's sole province to define marriage as between a man and a woman.
By announcing his intention ahead of his ruling, Black gives time for the state to prepare an appeal that can be filed as soon as he rules.
Lawsuit challenges North Dakota gay marriage ban
Forcing the Spring: Inside the fight for marriage equality
Mozilla's new CEO resigns after backlash to anti-gay marriage, Prop 8 donations
Federal judge strikes down Michigan gay marriage ban
Gay couples entitled to equal family health coverage, feds say
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Ford is having a bad year in 2018. Its stock is down 29% (see top chart above vs. +4.8% for the overall market year-to-date and bottom chart showing Ford's stock price now at an 8-year low, the lowest level since the fall of 2009), and the tariffs imposed by President Trump have reportedly cost the company $1 billion, as the company is in the midst of a reorganization. Now, the company is announcing layoffs.
Jim Hackett, Ford's CEO, is working to engineer a $25.5 billion restructuring of the automaker, hoping to cut costs and remain competitive. But auto sales are down, and one reason is the trade tariffs that Trump has imposed on metals and other goods. Hackett has said they have already cost the company $1 billion in profit and could do "more damage" if the disputes aren't resolved quickly.
Related: New York Times article "Trump Claims Trade Victories but Businesses Struggle Under His Approach" provides many more examples of how Trump's "winning" is putting US businesses, farmers and workers at great risk of collateral damage from the Trump trade war.


A friend and I have just had a brief discussion about a political candidate we've had interactions with going back almost a decade – back from before their political career. Said candidate has had a long track record of getting involved with various movements. Although if you went looking for specifics on his views, such as the whys and wherefores of his positions on a range of issues – the kinds of considerations you need to make to actually formulate policy – you'd not actually find much publicly available, if at all.
Bromides. Sentiment. Boilerplate statements. Glib.
Zero scandals. Zero analysis, too.
How does a politician commit when they don't give you much in the way of details to be committed to? Perhaps when they appear to have a personal stake. Although without the pertinent personal details it's not really possible to know how true that is, and I don't want to burrow too far into that side of his life.
At any rate, there's only a single policy area he's advocated for that he seems to have a personal stake in. What about all the others?
Maybe – and I'm just putting this out there – maybe on the level of local politics he's committed himself to things that the rest of the country isn't privy to. That's a possibility. But he isn't running for local council. It's not unfair to want to scrutinize him in light of a broader context.
Said political candidate became a topic of discussion between friend and I after he weighed in on a controversial topic my friend has been studying at great length. This he did by sharing a memefied bit of rote social justice advice, lavishing superlatives upon the party ally he shared it from. Again, no evidence of consideration or reflection was evident.
Understandably discussion with my friend didn't go on for long. There was hardly a surfeit of details to consider.
I haven't read much of politician's writing, because to be fair he hasn't written terribly much. What I have read of it is all motherhood statement and declaration of intent to further certain issues and outlooks – and that (but not how) he will do the job. Oddly enough, he doesn't further any of these issues themselves in writing. This is odd, because at the very least he's been willing to write about himself in relation to these issues. You'd think the issues themselves would be relevant.
I once attended a talk he gave. He introduced himself as an activist in relation to a given, loosely-defined movement that had some momentum going at the time. The objectives of the movement were barely referenced, much less discussed at length. He talked about himself and that was more or less the sum of it. Upon reflection, I should have been less charitable at the time.
Digging around for why this guy was even on the stage to begin with didn't help much. People were impressed with him but I wanted to know why. It turns out that the impressive thing about him was probably his ability for people to be impressed by him. People would literally reference other people being impressed by him, to answer any question of why the guy was impressive to begin with.
It was being impressed all the way down, or at least, if there was something material at the base of this apparent recursion of regard that set the cycle in motion, I couldn't find it.
But you don't get the feeling that the guy's a narcissist, or at least, not the grandiose kind. There's no imminent doom of him exploding in a fit of rage. Not a snarl, nor a twitch. There's self-regard, but not terribly much in the way of aggrandizement.
He's even friendly. But he's calm. Too calm. Calm when a human should be frustrated or excited just a little. And he doesn't seem terribly curious, which is odd, because a lot of the people in the demographics he seeks to serve could face an array of potential consequences based on the specifics of the policy areas he's professed an interest in.
It's almost as if he doesn't actually care. It's almost as if every time he's made a display of associating with a cause or an organization it's been nothing more than a branding exercise, and any decision to stick it out (or quietly disassociate) has been purely on the basis of PR.
It's almost as if there's nothing to the guy. If not the violence, at least Christian Bale's line from American Psycho is evoked; "…I am simply not there".
To infer anything about the guy's inner political mind, you can't look to his largely threadbare political statements. There's just not enough of that to work with. You have to look to the kinds of conversations you know he has to have participated in behind closed doors, and to the decisions he's made subsequently. In as far as you can infer moral decision making from this, though, in his case you still can't distinguish morality from marketability; the possibly moral is also the definitely marketable in all cases. Or at least, in all of the cases I'm aware of using the limited privileged information I have available.
He's clearly had differences with the directions taken by more than one organization he's been involved with, and has left them in his past with a career-savvy degree of quiet. Not that grandstanding is what the public needs more of, this kind of silence isn't what you want from a politician either.
If something was morally significant enough for him to part with former allies, some who've themselves gone on to campaign with other parties with sitting members, then it relates to differences the electorate are probably interested in. Why is the electorate being denied these discussions? Why is the substance all behind closed doors, rather than in his public declarations?
This is, of course, if he found his differences with former allies to be morally significant, rather than just promotionally inconvenient. If his past disaffiliations have been PR motivated, then that'd be politically uninteresting. It'd also possibly leave him standing for nothing given how little else he's actually put out there.
If this guy stands for something, perhaps in a more local context, then his rather enthusiastic supporters need to sell it to more than just the local electorate and their Facebook friends. At the very least it would let us know just a little more about his party. Presumably they're proud enough of the guy to want to do this, right?
Alternatively, if they can't do this because there's nothing to sell, then perhaps they need to realize they've bought into a budding personality cult.
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Swedish Folk trio
It all started in a small street in Malmö, Sweden. A new guy moved into the apartment below. It turned out to be a classmate from the Academy of Music. They soon got tired of hearing each other's stomping of feet through the ceiling, and started playing together instead. The band name was obvious: Grannar (neighbors). After a while, they felt the need to develop their music a bit further by adding another instrument. A bassist was a natural choice; it added a new richness to the music, and he also lived at Sofiagatan!
The repertoire started out with traditional folk music from Southern Sweden (Skåne and Västergötland). But soon, Grannar started adding their own compositions, and nowadays, those make up a substantial part of the group's music, along with a few tunes from Småland.
Grannar's main repertoire is dance music, and groove and danceability is a major priority for Grannar, but they have also done church concerts, played for children etc.
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More Radar on Qatar Roads to Trap Violators
Qatar makes some great laws – like fining those who go through red lights, or who drive near the speed of light. . . but when the violators turn out to be mostly young Qattari men, who pays the fines? Does anyone pay the fines?
From Doha News:
In an effort to tackle bad driving in Qatar, the Ministry of Interior plans to set up speed radars every two to four kilometers on major roads, Traffic Department Director Brig. Mohamed Saad Al Kharji has said.
Additionally, some 120 radars are being installed to catch drivers who overtake others from the right lane, the Qatar Tribune reports Al Kharji as saying.
He added that the software of speed radars that are already installed on the roads would be updated so that they could also catch such violators.
No timeline for when the cameras would be installed was disclosed. But last fall, the MOI announced it would be rolling out radars to catch queue-jumpers.
Using the "slow" right lane to overtake vehicles in the left lane is a traffic violation punishable by a QR500 ticket, but among one of several rules flouted by motorists here.
In Qatar, traffic violators are rarely pulled over by police officers, despite brief campaigns to step up enforcement. In 2012, plainclothes police officers began ticketing drivers who overtook other vehicles on the right.
And at the end of last year, the traffic department began a three-month campaign to ticket those who violate road rules, including drivers who hadn't fastened their seat belts, used their phones while driving, and rode without a license.
Both initiatives were lauded by many residents who said enforcement is key to improving safety on the roads, but neither seem to have lasted.
March 9, 2014 Posted by intlxpatr | Bureaucracy, Character, Community, Doha, Education, ExPat Life, Law and Order, Living Conditions, Qatar, Safety	| Leave a comment
IMF Says Negative Publicity Will Force Qatar to Pay Laborers More
DUBAI: Qatar will likely face higher labor costs as a result of publicity about deaths of migrant construction workers building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup football tournament, the International Monetary Fund said. The Guardian newspaper reported in September that dozens of Nepali workers had died during the summer in Qatar and that laborers were not given enough food and water.
Qatar, which has denied the Guardian's findings, has seen an increasing influx of foreigners, now estimated at 1.8 million, with its population rising 10 percent in 2013.
"Working conditions of some construction workers and domestic help have made global headlines and could affect the availability and cost of hiring new workers in the future," the Fund said after completing annual consultations with Qatar.
"This would hinder growth since the success of Qatar's current development model depends importantly on the ability to rapidly hire expatriate workers," it said.
The gas-rich nation has planned to spend some $140 billion in the run-up to the World Cup on new infrastructure projects, including a metro, port and airport.
Such large public investments entail a possibility of overheating in the near term and low return and overcapacity in the medium term, the IMF warned. "In particular, the extent to which public investment will durably boost private sector productivity remains uncertainty," it said.
Certain big-ticket projects such as the metro, port and airport have been scaled down or divided into phases to reduce the overcapacity risk, and the authorities are preparing a shortlist of critical projects, the IMF said without details.
However, the large-scale nature of the program has led to implementation delays and cost overruns and Qatar will continue facing the risk of cost escalation given its commitment to a compressed timetable ahead of the World Cup, it also said.
Increasing government spending may push the fiscal balance into a deficit over the medium term when combined with flat production of liquefied natural gas, falling crude oil output from mature fields and lower hydrocarbon prices.
"The public debt ratio is expected to fall, but the headline budget balance could … turn into deficit over the medium term, while the current account surplus could drop to 5 percent of GDP," the IMF said.
The country's fiscal surplus could shrink to 6.8 percent of GDP this year from an estimated 11.0 percent in 2013, and further to 4.2 percent in 2015, the IMF said, cutting its October forecasts of 8.4 percent and 5.8 percent, respectively.
The government intends to reduce public debt over time from an estimated 33.1 percent of GDP in 2013 by trimming foreign borrowings and domestic loans. It would continue issuing government securities to support bond market development.
The IMF also raised its forecast for economic growth to 5.9 percent this year and 7.1 percent in 2015, from 5.0 percent and 6.6 percent, respectively, in its October regional outlook.
Inflation should remain benign at 3.3 percent this year and 3.5 percent in 2015, the IMF said, less than 4.0 percent forecast for both years in October, as a decline in commodity prices will help reduce pressure from strong economic activity.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on March 10, 2014, on page 5.
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March 9, 2014 Posted by intlxpatr | Cross Cultural, Doha, ExPat Life, Living Conditions, Qatar, Safety, Social Issues, Work Related Issues	| World Cup 2022 | 2 Comments
The Last True Detective
Every now and then AdventureMan and I find a series we really like, and True Detective, Sunday nights on HBO, is one of those. From the first notes of the melancholy theme song playing over shots of rural Louisiana sights, cane processing plants, bayous, angst-ridden detectives, and shots of the crime scenes, you know this is not going to be your typical detective series.
It is pure HBO, not-suitable-for-children kind of stuff. The two detectives investigating the murder in episode one are damaged, flawed men, each haunted by different but equally destructive demons. These are the good guys, trying to get the job done in spite of all the barriers thrown up to prevent them digging too deeply where it might inconvenience the bad guy(s).
Tonight is episode 8, the last episode. We have been waiting all week, hoping they will tie all the dangling, intriguing threads together. Hoping that neither of these two detectives, whom we have grown to like and maybe even admire, are involved with the crime.
It's HBO. You never know.
March 9, 2014 Posted by intlxpatr | Adventure, Crime, Cultural, Entertainment, Living Conditions, Local Lore	| Louisiana, Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson | Leave a comment


We are committed to environmental and climate protection, with the goal of keeping environmental impacts as low as possible. We therefore work to continuously improve our sustainability standards and the main environmental parameters in the most relevant areas. The environmental management system in Austria is based on international standards (e.g. ISO 14001). This is not a matter of merely fulfilling legal requirements or standards, but rather one of optimizing the use of energy and resources, and as such, is a task of sustainable resource utilization. The network banks are conscious of their responsibility for the environment and are working to continuously improve this.
The graphic below shows the environmentally-relevant areas of the RBI and their impact on CO2e emissions in 2018.
Scope 1 comprises all greenhouse gas emissions produced directly in the company; e.g. from the combustion of stationary sources (such as power plants, boilers), from the combustion of mobile sources (such as from the company's own fleet), from the production processes and from transient emissions.
Scope 2 comprises indirect emissions that arise from the company being supplied with energy, i.e. when an energy supplier makes power or heat available for this company.
Most emissions, 49 percent, can be found in Scope 2 (mainly caused by power consumption), followed by Scope 3 with 40 percent (here too, power consumption is in first place). At eleven percent, Scope 1 is in third place and is caused by business travel (with the company's own vehicle fleet), in addition to the purchase of electricity from third parties.
The central tool for the implementation and further development of the environmental targets is our Environmental Management System in Austria, which is operated in accordance with the requirements of ISO 14001 (certified since 1998).
In general, energy efficiency, renewable energy, environmentally friendly mobility and sustainable purchasing are particularly important in corporate environmental protection. Because of RBI's carbon footprints energy consumption and the mobility sector are the two most essential areas for action. Therefore these are key factors for attaining the environmental targets.
The Environment Committee, the Sustainability Management Department (NHM) and Facility Management (FM) as well as the sustainability officers of the network banks (NWB) are responsible for implementing and evaluating the achievement of targets. Base year for targets is 2011.
Average CO2e emissions (calculated with the emission factor ecoinvent v3.3) for 2018 came to 53,633 tons (t) (location-based) and were reduced by 22 percent compared with 2011 (the first reporting date).
Of this figure, 5,944 t of CO2e was allocated to Scope 1 (eleven percent), 26,283 t (49 percent) to Scope 2 (location-based) and 21,406 t (40 percent) to Scope 3. The greatest reduction compared with 2011 was achieved in Scope 2 (down 29 percent). In Scope 3, emissions have fallen by 12 percent since 2011, while Scope 1 has seen a reduction of 17 percent. Compared to the previous year, emissions were reduced by one percent.
Data quality is collected on the basis of three grades. The best data quality is 1 (exact), followed by 2 (calculated). Most of the corporate environmental protection data is exact or calculated. Only the areas of materials and water are classified in the lower category 3 (estimated) in terms of their data quality. RBI is endeavoring to improve data quality in the last category.
Energy consumption accounts for around 70 percent of emissions (down one percent compared with the previous year or six percent compared with 2011) at 37,543 t CO2e and is the biggest source of emissions for RBI. Electricity consumption accounts for 92 percent of this, while heating demand accounts for approx. eight percent. The emissions particularly arise in Scope 2 as well as in Scope 1 and 3.
RBI's total energy consumption was around 117 GWh in 2018 (up one percent compared with the previous year. Energy consumption, particularly at RBI AG, increased slightly in 2018 on account of the extremely warm and long summer). Around 76 GWh was required for electricity and around 41 GWh for heating. In terms of employees and year, the average energy consumption is 4,723 kWh.
The RBI's proportion of green electricity is around 35 percent.
Business travel generates 12,600 t of CO2e, which corresponds to around 23 percent of emissions (two percent more than the previous year and eleven percent less than in 2011). Travel is thus RBI's secondbiggest source of emissions. It arises in both Scope 1 and Scope 3.
Business travel at RBI amounts to around 63 million pkm (passenger kilometers; pkm are calculated on the basis of the number of persons carried and the distance covered). Business travel in the group, in terms of employee and year, amounts to 2,555 pkm on average.
Comparing the means of transport (in terms of pkm), air travel accounts for the largest proportion at 49 percent, followed by car travel at 46 percent, and rail travel at around five percent. The RBI fleet is particularly friendly to the environment with an average of 123 g of CO2 emissions/km.
Material use (particularly paper) amounts to 1,540 t CO2e, which represents around three percent of emissions (16 percent lower than in the previous year, and 44 percent lower than 2011). The impacts are felt solely in Scope 3. The proportion of recycled materials in paper purchasing is 70 percent.
At 1,802 t CO2e (up eleven percent on the previous year and 18 percent compared with 2011), waste is also negligible and accounts for three percent of emissions. The effects are solely reflected in Scope 3. The quantity of waste produced by RBI amounts to about 3,163 tons per year or 128 kg/employee and consists of 94 percent non-hazardous waste. Almost 40 percent of waste is brought to landfill sites, approx. 33 percent is incinerated and more than 21 percent is recycled. Electrical devices account for almost six percent.
The parcel service and transport of goods accounts for around 0.3 percent of emissions at 148 t CO2e (a comparison with 2011 is not possible because this indicator was not yet recorded for the entire group in 2011). The km/tkm values of the suppliers reported in the supplier survey were collected internally but not included due to insufficient verifiability. The impacts of the emissions are felt primarily in Scope 3.
The parcel service and transport of goods at RBI amounts to around 148 million tkm (ton kilometers; tkm are calculated on the basis of the weight transported and the distance covered).
Water use (exclusively tap water) takes last place at 72 kg, thereby causing almost zero percent emissions. Total water consumption in 2018 amounted to 225,903 m3 or nine m3/employee and year.