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#Appledoc comments formatting style

Appledoc extracts documentation from specially formatted comments, giving you freedom to choose which comments will be parsed and which not. To make porting old documentation simpler, it allows you to use either doxygen or headerdoc style comments.

## Multiple line comments:

Appledoc only handles multiple line comments if they start with slash and double star and end with standard star and slash:

```objc
/** Some comment */
```

Lines may optionally start with whitespace and a single star char and appledoc will ignore the prefix star, like this:

```objc
/** Star prefixed comment
 * spreading over multiple
 * lines
 */
```

To make transition from headerdoc a bit simpler, appledoc also accepts headerdoc style multiline comments:

```objc
/*! Comment */
```

## Single line comments:

appledoc also handles single line comments that start with three slashes. Two or more single line comments in consecutive lines are grouped together into a single comment:

```objc
/// Single line comment spreading
/// over multiple lines
```

#Laying out comments

Appledoc has been designed to keep comments in source code as readable as possible. In order to achieve this, it uses [Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/)-like syntax. Specifically, it uses [Discount](http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/) library for processing Markdown, which supports a set of extensions to original Markdown; check the [link](http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/) for more details. Furthermore, it extracts as much information from the comment surrounding context which allows you to focus on documenting entities, instead of polluting comments with tagging which class or method a comment belongs to.

##Paragraphs

Paragraphs are simply any number of consecutive rows of text separated by one or more empty (or tab and space only) lines:

```
First paragraph.

Second paragraph with lots of
text spread accross multiple lines.

And another paragraph.
```

The first paragraph of the comment is automatically used as short description and remaining as long description or discussion. You can change default behavior via command line switches.

##Unordered lists

Unordered lists use -, + or * markers in front of each item:

```
- First item.
- Second item with lot's of text
  spread across multiple lines.
- Third item.
```

The list must be delimited from surrounding paragraphs by empty lines at the top and bottom. You can nest lists by prefixing them with tabs or spaces like this:

```
- Item 1
  - Item 1.1
  - Item 1.2
	- Item 1.2.1
  - Item 1.3
- Item 2
```

Note that you can combine ordered and unordered lists when nesting.

##Ordered lists

Ordered lists use a number followed by a dot as a marker in front of each item:

```
1. First item
2. Second item
```

Numbers don't need to be consecutive, you can even use the same number for all items; appledoc will simply number the items by their order. All rules for unordered lists also apply for ordered lists: separation with empty lines, nesting etc., so it won't be repeated here.

##Examples and code blocks

If you want to mark a block of text as an example, simply prefix each line with a tab or 4 (or more) spaces. Appledoc will automatically convert consecutive blocks of prefixed lines into a single code block. Similar to lists and other paragraph blocks, example section needs to be delimited from preceding and following paragraph with an empty line:

```
Normal paragraph text

	First line of example
	Second line of example

Next paragraph.
```

##Important information blocks

You mark a paragraph as important by prefixing it's first line with @warning directive. For example, this is how you can achieve effect Apple uses for these blocks:

```
@warning *Important:* Sending this message before `readValues:fromFile:` will result in unpredicted results, most likely as runtime exception!
```

*Important*: All text after `@warning` directive, up to next `"@"` directive will become part of the block - currently it's not possible to terminate warning block manually and continue with normal paragraphs! This allows you nesting lists and multiple paragraphs, but may come as surprise when not expected. Therefore it's recommended to use warning blocks at the end of "normal" paragraphs (and as any "@" directive will end previous block or paragraph, you can put them above method directives). Something to keep in mind!

##Bug information blocks

If you'd like to make a paragraph even more emphasized than a `@warning`, you can use `@bug` directive. It works just like `@warning`, so see description there for details. Not so much used, but may come handy under certain circumstances.

#Formatting text

Appledoc has been designed to keep comments in source code as readable as possible. In order to achieve this, it uses [Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/)-like syntax. Specifically, it uses [Discount](http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/) library for processing Markdown, which supports a set of extensions to original Markdown; check the [link](http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/) for more details. Furthermore, it extracts as much information from the comment surrounding context which allows you to focus on documenting entities, instead of polluting comments with tagging which class or method a comment belongs to.

##Emphasis

Text can be emphasized with the following syntax:

- Text wrapped within stars (\*text\*) becomes strong: *text*.

- Text wrapped within underscodes (\_text\_) becomes emphasized: _text_.

You can include the marker itself in the middle of the text, so this \*some * text\* is converted to: *some * text*. You can nest strong and emphasized formatting directives, so \_\*text\*\_ or \*\_text\_\* becomes emphasized strong text like this: *_text_*.

Note: you can also use standard Markdown formatting: \*\*text\*\* or \_\_text\_\_ for **bold** and \*\*\*text\*\*\* or \_\_\_text\_\_\_ for ***emphasized strong***.

##Code spans

As you're documenting source code, chance is you might want to format text as code. Any text wrapped within backtick quotes (\`text\`) is converted into `code span`. Note that you can't nest emphasis within code spans!

##Headers and the rest

Appledoc supports full Markdown, therefore you can include headers, line breaks, block quotes, horizontal rules etc. However, there's rarely a need for many of these features and using them may result in odd looking documentation. If you need any of these, go experiment and see if you like results or not.

#Links and cross references

You can easily link to any other documented entity or URL. Note that there are command line options that change how links are parsed, examples below assume you're using default settings.

##Links to web pages and other URLs

Any valid URL address starting with `http://`, `https://`, `ftp://`, `file://` or `mailto:` is automatically converted to a link in generated HTML.

##Links to classes, categories and protocols

Any word that matches known class, category or protocol name is automatically converted to cross reference link to that object. Assuming complete documentation contains class GBClass, it's extension GBClass(), category NSError(GBError) and protocol GBProtocol, the following text will automatically convert text:

```
This text contains links to: class GBClass, its extension GBClass(),
category NSError(GBError) and protocol GBProtocol.
```

into something like:

This text contains links to: class [GBClass](http://), it's extension [GBClass()](http://), category [NSError(GBError)](http://) and protocol [GBProtocol](http://).

##Links to local members

Any word that matches method or property selector name of "current" class, category or protocol is automatically converted to cross reference link to that member. Assuming current object contains method runWithValue:afterDelay: and property value, the following text:

```
This text contains links to:
method runWithValue:afterDelay: and
property value.
```

will automatically convert to something like:

This text contains links to: method [runWithValue:afterDelay:](http://) and property [value](http://).

##Links to remote members

Creating cross reference links to members of other classes, categories or protocols requires a bit more effort as you need to state the class and the method, but still follows the same principle. Assuming complete documentation contains class GBClass which has method runWithValue:afterDelay: and property value, the following text:

```
This text contains links to:
method [GBClass runWithValue:afterDelay] and
property [GBClass value]
```

will convert to something like:

This text contains links to: method [[GBClass runWithValue:afterDelay:](http://)] and property [[GBClass value](http://)]

##Custom link descriptions

As appledoc parses Markdown links for known objects, you can take advantage of link descriptions and even reference-type links to add that fine touch to generated documentation. For example:

```
For more info check [this page](http://gentlebytes.com),
also take a look at [this class](GBClass)
and [this method]([GBClass method:]).

For referring to common object multiple times,
use this [class][1]. And [repeat again][1].

[1] GBClass
```

As long as `GBClass` and `[GBClass method:]` are recognized as valid cross references, the above example is converted to something like:

For more info check [this page](http://), also take a look at [this class](http://) and [this method](http://).

For referring to common object multiple times, use this [class](http://). And [repeat again](http://).

#Methods and properties description

For methods and properties you may want to document their parameters, results or exceptions they may raise. To do that, there are a number of "@" directives you can use:

- `@return <description>`: Provides the description of method or property result. Alternatives: `@returns` or `@result`.
- `@param <name> <description>`: Provides the description of method parameter with the given name. You need to provide description for each parameter or appledoc will log a warning (you can suppress these warnings through command line switch).
- `@exception <name> <description>`: Provides the description of an exception that may be raised by a method. The name of the exception is given with the first parameter and description with the second.

*Note*: All of the text following the directive, up to the next directive is considered as part of the directive description. This allows you to include multiple paragraphs, unordered or ordered lists, warnings, bugs and the rest, but may come as surprise if not expected! To compensate, it's recommended to enter all these directives at the bottom of the comment text. In fact, because of this, all directives are formatted so that you enter the description as the last directive "parameter".

#Various bits and pieces

- **Generating related links**: `@see <name>` or `@sa <name>`. Although you can provide cross reference links anywhere within the paragraph text, as described above, you need to use @see directives to provide related context links for documentation sets. The name should follow cross reference guidelines described above.

  **Note**: Methods and properties keep all cross references in generated HTML, regardless of the referenced object. But when `@see` is used within class, category or protocol comment, only cross references to template documents are preserved and converted to companion guide links (generated in the table below the title). All other cross references - i.e. to other objects or members - are ignored. Oh, and remember, you can use nice descriptions using Markdown syntax, for example:

  ```
  @see [String Programming Guide](document1).
  ```

- **Grouping methods**: `@name <title>`. All methods and properties declared after @name directive will be stored into a group with the given title. These groups are then extracted as tasks in generated HTML. Important: @name must be specified in it's own separate comment preceeding the first group method or property comment for which the task is specified! So this would work:

  ```objc
  /** @name Section title */

  /** Method description */
  - (void)someMethod;
  ```

  and this wouldn't:

  ```objc
  /** @name Section title

  Method description */
  - (void)someMethod;
  ```

- **Comment delimiters**: Any comment may optionally include delimiter lines. A delimiter line is any combination of 3 or more chars from the following set: `"!@#$%^&*()_=``~,<.>/?;:'\\"-"`. Such lines are ignored, so given a comment like this:

  ```objc
  /// ---------------------------------
  /// comment
  /// ---------------------------------
  ```

  will automatically strip first and last line. This is mostly used for making `@name` sections more stand out.

- **Directives prefix**: Although all directives in examples above use "@" sign as a prefix, you can actually use any non-whitespace char instead, for example `\param`, `$param`, `%param` and so on...

And last, but not least, as appledoc uses standard Markdown rules, take a look at [Markdown documentation](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/) and [Discount library ](http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/)for more details and possibilities. This doc is only meant as a quick guide to general formatting and all appledoc specifics, not as comprehensive documentation of all supported Markdown features. Also take a look at [appledoc source code](https://github.com/tomaz/appledoc/) for examples of how it fits together.


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Q: How to fix this "invalid syntax" error in the code while assigning variable a user input? On line 3, the variable named temp_unit is not seen as a variable and is showing invalid syntax.
temp = int(input("what is the Temperature?:")
temp_unit = input("Celcius or Farenheit?:")
if temp_unit == "C" or temp_unit=="c":
    print("The given temperature in Fahrenheit is "+(9/5)*(temp+32))
else:
    print("The given temperature in Celcius is "+(5/9)*(temp-32))

A: you need to add parenthesis so it should be this:
temp=int(input("what is the Temperature?:"))
temp_unit= input("Celcius or Farenheit?:")
if temp_unit == "C" or temp_unit=="c":
    print("The given temperature in Fahrenheit is "+(9/5)*(temp+32))
else:
    print("The given temperature in Celcius is "+(5/9)*(temp-32))

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Lately I have been sharing secrets of Maya[n] Calendrics with EVERYONE, including you. More and more people seem to quickly and instinctively realize that the calendrics which "governed" vast peaceful societies in the Americas in the first several centuries after Christ (who gave the technology to Central Americans in 31 A.D.), people seem to realize right away it is a powerful and deeply spiritual gift from Heavenly Father and his angels, which include departed ancestors, relatives and friends.
Yesterday I met a woman who upon learning her Mayan Calendar name ("5 Rose/Flower/Lord/Hunter" 200/260) showed me a rose tattooed on her ankle and asked me what the birthday of her best friend was in the sacred 260-day count. It is also "5 Rose", her best friend was born eleven cycles before her.
One friend of mine whose birthday is "1 Death" has artsy images of skulls as his favorite decor, including one or more tattoos of same.
I met a gentleman who upon learning his birthday was "Death" (also means perfection, and spiritual strength), showed me the word "Death" boldly tattooed on his shoulder blade, as in "Death before Dishonor". Then I met another guy soon after and told him his birthday was "5 Death" 226/260 (the 226th day of the 260 round) he remarked that his phone number prefix is 226, I told him about the other guy's tattoo with the word Death, he pulled down his collar and revealed the word Death tattooed below his neck.
260 is thirteen numbers times twenty day-signs, Death is the sixth of those twenty for example. The twenty day signs are the same as the 22 letters of the ancient Semitic ("Hebrew, Phoenician") alphabet except that letters O "ayin" and P "peh" are combined to form the day-sign called "tooth" or "pathway" ("Eb") by the Maya and letters "qoph" and "resh" are combined in the day-sign which the Maya called "Rish" ("Ix") and its symbol is the Jaguar.
So the day you were born on in the 260-count is the "letter of the alphabet" you are associated with in God's continuing creation of all reality via expression of numbers, letters and words. Amazingly, in almost every case, the letter of the alphabet one is born on, is prominent in their name, usually their first name. For example I was born on "Rainstorm"--the letter G--and my first name starts with the soft "g" sound. (the Hebrew letter G is a double-letter, with a hard or soft pronunciation, that's why Arabs call Gabriel "jibril"). I met someone last month born on the day "wind"--the letter V--and her name is "Verna". Actually the Roman letters V, F, W, and U are all derived from the ancient letter "vau".
Unfortunately an incorrect correlation constant is the most widely accepted, The Mayan Era Base Date is not Wednesday August 13, 3114 B.C., it is Wednesday March 26, 2854 B.C. This was discovered by Albert Escalona-Ramos in the 1930s.
I revise his finding by just one day, the correlation constant he proposes is JD#679108, I enter 679107 at http://www.pauahtun.org/cgi-bin/gregmaya.py (where the default setting is 584285).
and the proper correlation constant of 679107 in hand, you can now look up yours or anyone's birthday "in the Maya Calendar".
Nice dissertation from Reader B.


Dr. Philips J. Vermonte is the Executive Director of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). An in-demand speaker and one of Indonesia's foremost political observers, Dr. Vermonte's insights have been sought out by Indonesia's top politicians, including President Joko Widodo. Over the past fifteen years, he has researched comparative politics, non-traditional security issues in Southeast Asia, Indonesia's foreign policy, and conflict studies.
Philips J. Vermonte joined CSIS in 2001. He received his Master of Arts degree in International Studies from Department of Politics, the University of Adelaide, Australia, in 2001, funded by the AusAID scholarship. He obtained his Ph.D in Political Science at Northern Illinois University, the United States of America, in 2012. He is one of the founding members of the Policy Research Network (ProREP). He is also one of the expert respondents of Metro TV and actively contributes to the Jakarta Post and Tempo Magazine.
Philips J. Vermonte was also the initiator of the POKJA Papua, a non-governmental organization that advocates the democratic principles and human rights fulfillment for the people of Papua.


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"Try to eat as much food as possible"
Pls Grandma Stahp is a rather confusing title for a game, at first we wondered who Grandma Stahp is then we realized that it's a pronunciation of the word stop, so the title is telling your grandma to stop and the reason behind this is as with all good grandma's she is going to start feeding you until your belly is full and then not stop even when yo have had more than enough to eat, but could there be a more sinister reason why Grandm wants to get your belly so full?
The premise of the game is simply to clear your plate as fast a your grandma keeps filing it up with food, but you will have to drag and drop each food item, some are small and fit simply in one space of the board you drag and drop the food in your stomach.
The game is bright and inviting however the objective is rather simple and means it has a difficult time holding your interest although the best bit in the game is when you fail anyway (at least for the first time when it is unexpected) and you see a rather dark and unusual twist to the game.
A fun game for a couple of minutes but not one you are likely to comeback to.
You can download Pls Grandma Stahp here for free.


With the start of a new year, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute experts are encouraging people to ring in new healthy habits and offer a number of free and low-cost strategies to help people maintain good health and possibly reduce various cancer risks.
Staying fit and healthy can be as simple as lacing up a pair of sneakers and going for a walk. Moderate to intensive aerobic exercise, according to studies, can reduce the risk of recurrence of several cancers, including colon and breast. "You don't have to be a marathon runner, but the more you exercise, typically the greater the beneficial effect," says Jeffrey Meyerhardt, MD, MPH, a Dana-Farber gastrointestinal cancer specialist. Here are some inexpensive ways to workout, but consult a doctor first.
Using the stairs rather than an elevator.
Walking or riding a bike rather than driving.
Taking an exercise break or quick walk at work.
Using a stationary bicycle or treadmill while watching TV.
Color Your World…and your shirt?
It doesn't cost anything to walk by the cookie aisle and into a store's produce section. And, taking that little detour can provide many health benefits. A diet low in processed sugars, red meat and calories, but high in fruits and vegetables and loaded with antioxidants is one of the simplest ways to help maintain a healthy weight and reduce the risk of certain cancer.
The overall key is to look for colorful produce like pomegranates, tomatoes, eggplant, grapes, cherries, and turnip. The brighter and richer the pigment, the higher the level of nutrients.
"In the nutrition world, we like to say if it comes from the ground and it stains your shirt, you want to be eating it," says Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD/LDN, a nutritionist at Dana-Farber.
Buying cigarettes and other tobacco products can really take a bite out of a budget. Kicking the habit can result in both a healthier lifestyle and significant financial savings.
According to the American Cancer Society, smoking is the most preventable cause of death in the United States. It also causes more than 80 percent of all cases of lung cancer and increases the risk of oral, throat, pancreatic, uterine, bladder, and kidney cancers.
"Even though there have been many recent advances in lung cancer treatments, the most effective way to eradicate lung cancer is to prevent it from ever happening," explains Bruce Johnson, MD, director of Dana-Farber's Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology. Johnson emphasizes that it is never too late to quit. People who stop and remain nonsmokers for at least 10 to 20 years can cut their risk of developing lung cancer in half.
Follow the four D's: Deep breaths, Drink lots of water, Do something to avoid focusing on cravings, Delay reaching for a cigarette – the urge will pass.
Sunscreen shouldn't be packed away after summer ends. Skin can be exposed to harmful rays all year long. Snow, ice and water can all reflect the ultraviolet (UV) radiation that causes sunburn, which, in turn increases the risk of developing skin cancer. Some experts say winter sports enthusiasts can face just as much risk of getting sunburn as summer sunbathers. Dana-Farber experts remind to protect year round.
Wear sunscreen, lip balm and makeup with an SPF of 15 or higher.
Use UV-blocking eye protection, especially for skiing.
In a tropical setting, wear a broad brimmed hat and UV-blocking sunglasses.
Avoid excessive exposure to the sun, especially between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. when the sun is at its strongest.


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Your study of death allow you to exploit your foes' fears.
Prerequisite(s): Wis 15, Improved Unarmed Strike, Knowledge (religion) 4 ranks, ki pool class feature, nongood alignment.
Benefit(s): While using this style, if you have at least 1 point in your ki pool, you gain a +2 bonus on saves against fear effects, and the DC of Intimidate checks against you increases by 4. As a swift action, you can spend 1 point from your ki pool to empower your unarmed strikes. Creatures hit with your unarmed strikes must succeed at a Will save (DC = 10 + 1/2 your character level + your Wisdom modifier) or become shaken for a number of rounds equal to your Wisdom modifier. This is a mind-affecting fear effect.


thank you to Kerry Lavin at CQ Presents.
Music runs deep in Laura Stevenson's gene pool—her grandfather, pianist Harry Simeone composed "The Little Drummer Boy," and "Do You See What I Hear?" while his wife and Stevenson's grandmother Margaret McCravy sang with jazz band leader Benny Goodman. Stevenson started playing guitar and writing songs when she went off to college. She formed the group Laura Stevenson and the Cans with former members of Bomb the Music Industry! including drummer John DeDomenici, guitarist Jeff Rosenstock and trombonist Matt Keegan. She also brought in bassist/omnichordist Mike Campbell [Latterman] and accordion player Alex Billig [The Best Thing Ever]. The result is quirky folk-pop. Stevenson's precious, deep and slightly raspy voice works well with the unusual instrumentation. "The Healthy Ones," is a chipper song about an epidemic where the accordion provides an uncommon rhythm and Stevenson sweetly sings: "You will bury them all in the ground." Horns give "Barnacles" an instinctively jazzy vibe. Some songs on Sit Resist are folk-pop and some like "Montauk Monster" edge toward Americana. The varied elements throughout Sit Resist will draw you in and you'll hear nuances in the layers throughout every listen. It's refreshing.


The # character is used in an attempt to comment out the line in many of dijit's css files. (For example, search dijit.css for '#zoom: 1;'). This, of course, is not valid css ... it's difficult to characterize further, but these lines appear to cause linux/firefox to crash occasionally. Because these seem related to firefox crashes I give this defect "major" severity.
My changes weren't meant for this bug.
However, this bug is actually not a bug. The places that we use #zoom: for example *AREN'T* to comment out those lines. They are to make those lines apply only to IE without increasing the priority of the selector. (dijitInline in dijit.css is an example - read the comment there about not using dj_ie).


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Advice and service
Concepts and Materials
Practise German free of charge
Our commitment to German
"Schulen: Partner der Zukunft (PASCH)" initiative
Why learn German?
Berlin Wall 30
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Urban Subcultures
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Onleihe: German Digital Library
Translation Program
Tasks and Targets
Berlinale-Blogger 2017 Yesterday's Spain stands before the mirror
La reina de España by Fernando Trueba | © Gyorgy Stalter | "La reina de España'
In "La Reina de España" ("The Queen of Spain"), veteran director Fernando Trueba portrays a country on the cusp of opening itself up to the world following the end of the international embargo against the Franco dictatorship. But the new winds of modernity are nothing more than quaint decoration, as the wounds of the Spanish Civil War remain ever present.
The protagonist of The Queen of Spain is Macarena Vidal, a renowned Hollywood actress – played in real life by Penélope Cruz – who returns to Spain to star as Queen Isabella in an American-produced film about the Catholic Monarchs of the 15th century. Upon learning of the upcoming film, director Blas Fontiveros (played by Antonio Resines), who had not set foot in Spain since fleeing the country 18 years before, also decides to return and catch up with some of his old friends from the Spanish cinema scene. The return from exile unleashes a series of problems that involve both the retrograde security apparatus and political atmosphere of the Franco regime, which will do whatever it takes to protect the status quo.
Surely it must not have been easy for Trueba to string together stories so seemingly disconnected. What is certain, though, is that the film falls time and again into moments of predictability, relies too heavily on easy jokes and exploits classic clichés without adding a new perspective. All of this, when mixed together with a pseudo-homage to Spanish cinema, is hard to digest.
Ultimately, the film ends without resolution: its air of social and political commitment remain vague, and the attempt to create a film-within-a-film is also wobbly. Only the intertwining love stories between the radiant Penélope Cruz and a young cameraman who is part of the underground anti-Franco resistance give the viewer something to grasp onto and maintain the tension of the plot.
The film, which was included of the Berlinale Special Series and was not up for any awards, received discrete applause at its showing. The Queen of Spain is actually a sequel to La niña de tus ojos (The girl of your dreams), one of the most successful comedies of contemporary Spanish cinema. Perhaps the expectations were too high – almost as elevated as its sovereign title. One also expected something more from the spectacular cast, featuring great actors from Spanish cinema like Javier Cámara and Antonio Resines.
Copyright: Text: Goethe-Institut, Pablo López Barbero. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – Share Alike 3.0 Germany license.
Pablo López Barbero
Photo: © Filiz Penzkofer is a journalist, comes from Madrid and lives in Berlin. He studied journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid. He worked there in a number of editorial teams until 2012, when he decided to move to the German capital, where he has lived since then. His passions are cinema and audio-visual media. He currently works for the Deutsche Welle news desk and produces contributions for a variety of publications.
Pablo López Barbero blogs about the Berlinale for goethe.de/spanien.
© twitter.com Berlinale impressions also under @GI_worldwide: #berlinaleblogger
© Instagram Underway at the Berlinale for @goethebloggt: #berlinaleblogger
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from flask import Blueprint, current_app, request, abort, json
import pusher as _pusher
from pusher.signature import sign, verify

try:
    import flask_jsonpify
except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
    from flask import jsonify
else:
    jsonify = flask_jsonpify.jsonify
    flask_jsonpify__dumps = flask_jsonpify.__dumps

    def __dumps(*args, **kwargs):
        indent = None
        if current_app.config.get('JSONIFY_PRETTYPRINT_REGULAR', False):
            indent = 2

        return json.dumps(
            args[0] if len(args) is 1 else dict(*args, **kwargs),
            indent=indent
        )

    flask_jsonpify.__dumps = __dumps

class _Pusher(_pusher.Pusher):
    """
    Pusher client wrapper to get attributes from `_pusher_client`
    if the attribute does not exist.

    Provide backward compatibility to `pusher>=1.6`.
    """
    def __getattr__(self, attr):
        client = self._pusher_client
        return getattr(client, attr)

class Pusher(object):

    def __init__(self, app=None, url_prefix="/pusher"):
        self.app = app
        self._auth_handler = None
        self._channel_data_handler = None
        self._blueprint = Blueprint('pusher', __name__, url_prefix=url_prefix)
        self.webhooks = Webhooks(self)

        if app is not None:
            self.init_app(app)

    def init_app(self, app):
        # if config not defined, Pusher will fallback to default config
        app.config.setdefault("PUSHER_APP_ID", '')
        app.config.setdefault("PUSHER_KEY", '')
        app.config.setdefault("PUSHER_SECRET", '')
        app.config.setdefault("PUSHER_HOST", '')
        app.config.setdefault("PUSHER_PORT", '')
        app.config.setdefault("PUSHER_AUTH", '/auth')

        pusher_kwargs = dict(
            app_id=app.config["PUSHER_APP_ID"],
            key=app.config["PUSHER_KEY"],
            secret=app.config["PUSHER_SECRET"],
            host=app.config["PUSHER_HOST"],
            port=app.config["PUSHER_PORT"],
        )

        ssl = app.config.get('PUSHER_SSL')
        if ssl is not None:
            pusher_kwargs["ssl"] = ssl

        timeout = app.config.get('PUSHER_TIMEOUT')
        if timeout is not None:
            pusher_kwargs["timeout"] = timeout

        cluster = app.config.get('PUSHER_CLUSTER')
        if cluster is not None:
            pusher_kwargs["cluster"] = cluster

        backend = app.config.get('PUSHER_BACKEND')
        if backend is not None:
            pusher_kwargs["backend"] = backend

        notification_host = app.config.get('PUSHER_NOTIFICATION_HOST')
        if notification_host is not None:
            pusher_kwargs["notification_host"] = notification_host

        notification_ssl = app.config.get('PUSHER_NOTIFICATION_SSL')
        if notification_ssl is not None:
            pusher_kwargs["notification_ssl"] = notification_ssl

        encryption_master_key = app.config.get('PUSHER_ENCRYPTION_MASTER_KEY')
        if encryption_master_key is not None:
            pusher_kwargs["encryption_master_key"] = encryption_master_key

        pusher_kwargs.update({
            "json_encoder": getattr(app, "json_encoder", None),
            "json_decoder": getattr(app, "json_decoder", None),
        })

        backend_options = app.config.get('PUSHER_BACKEND_OPTIONS')
        if backend_options is not None:
            pusher_kwargs.update(backend_options)

        client = _Pusher(**pusher_kwargs)

        self._make_blueprint(app.config["PUSHER_AUTH"])
        app.register_blueprint(self._blueprint)

        if not hasattr(app, "extensions"):
            app.extensions = {}
        app.extensions["pusher"] = client

    @property
    def client(self):
        return current_app.extensions.get("pusher")

    def auth(self, handler):
        self._auth_handler = handler
        return handler

    def channel_data(self, handler):
        self._channel_data_handler = handler
        return handler

    def _make_blueprint(self, auth_path):
        bp = self._blueprint

        @bp.route(auth_path, methods=["POST"])
        def auth():
            if not self._auth_handler:
                abort(403)

            socket_id = request.form["socket_id"]
            channel_name = request.form.get("channel_name")
            if channel_name:
                response = self._auth_simple(socket_id, channel_name)
                if not response:
                    abort(403)
            else:
                response = self._auth_buffered(socket_id)
            return jsonify(response)

        @bp.app_context_processor
        def pusher_data():
            return {
                "PUSHER_KEY": self.client.key
            }

    def _sign(self, message):
        return sign(self.client.secret, message)

    def _verify(self, message, signature):
        if not signature:
            return False
        return verify(self.client.secret, message, signature)

    def _auth_simple(self, socket_id, channel_name):
        if not self._auth_handler(channel_name, socket_id):
            return None
        return self._auth_key(socket_id, channel_name)

    def _auth_buffered(self, socket_id):
        response = {}
        while True:
            n = len(response)
            channel_name = request.form.get("channel_name[%d]" % n)
            if not channel_name:
                if n == 0:
                    # it is not a buffered request
                    abort(400)
                break
            r = {}
            auth = self._auth_simple(socket_id, channel_name)
            if auth:
                r.update(status=200, data=auth)
            else:
                r.update(status=403)
            response[channel_name] = r
        return response

    def _auth_key(self, socket_id, channel_name):
        if channel_name.startswith("presence-"):
            channel_data = {"user_id": socket_id}
            if self._channel_data_handler:
                d = self._channel_data_handler(channel_name, socket_id)
                channel_data.update(d)
            auth_args = [socket_id, channel_data]
        elif channel_name.startswith("private-"):
            auth_args = [socket_id]
        else:
            # must never happen, this request is not from pusher
            abort(404)

        return self.client.authenticate(channel_name, *auth_args)

class Webhooks(object):
    CHANNEL_EXISTENCE_EVENT = "channel_existence"
    PRESENCE_EVENT = "presence"
    CLIENT_EVENT = "client"

    def __init__(self, pusher):
        self.pusher = pusher
        self._handlers = {}
        self._register(self.CHANNEL_EXISTENCE_EVENT)
        self._register(self.PRESENCE_EVENT)
        self._register(self.CLIENT_EVENT)

    def channel_existence(self, func):
        self._handlers[self.CHANNEL_EXISTENCE_EVENT] = func
        return func

    def presence(self, func):
        self._handlers[self.PRESENCE_EVENT] = func
        return func

    def client(self, func):
        self._handlers[self.CLIENT_EVENT] = func
        return func

    def _register(self, event):
        def route():
            func = self._handlers.get(event)
            if not func:
                abort(404)
            self._validate()
            func()
            return "OK", 200

        rule = "/events/%s" % event
        name = "%s_event" % event
        self.pusher._blueprint.add_url_rule(rule, name, route,
                                            methods=["POST"])

    def _validate(self):
        pusher_key = request.headers.get("X-Pusher-Key")
        if pusher_key != self.pusher.client.key:
            # invalid pusher key
            abort(403)

        webhook_signature = request.headers.get("X-Pusher-Signature")
        if not self.pusher._verify(request.data.decode(), webhook_signature):
            # invalid signature
            abort(403)

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Peng Chun, former chairman of the Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., has been appointed the chair of China Investment Corp. (CIC), which manages part of the investment of the nation's foreign exchange reserves and is the world's second largest wealth management fund by assets, reported Caixin.
Prior to Peng's appointment, the post had been unoccupied for over two years.
The Organization Department of the Communist Party made the announcement this week at CIC's headquarter, along with the promotion of CIC Executive Vice President Ju Weimin, replacing Tu Guangshao.


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Today, Monday 18th May 2020, the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) announced the interim analysis of their study HPTN 083 which was evaluating the efficacy and safety of long-acting injectable cabotegravir for the prevention of HIV.
In the study cabotegravir was found to be 69% more effective (95% CI 41%-84%) in preventing HIV acquisition amongst men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women who have sex with men – when compared to the current standard of care, which is daily oral TDF/FTC tablets. This is one of the first ever trials to compare two active prevention agents.
The HPTN 083 study enrolled approximately 4,600 participants form across more than 40 sites in North & South America, Asia and Africa. Two-thirds of the study participants were under 30 years of age, 12% were transgender women and half of the participants in the United States identified as black or African American.
Of the almost 4,600 participants 50 acquired HIV during the study, and of those 12 were in the cabotegravir arm and 38 were in the daily oral TDF/FTC arm. This translates to a HIV incidence rate of 0.38% (95% CI – 0.20%-0.66%) in the cabotegravir arm and 1.21% (95% CI 0.86%-1.66%) in the TDF/FTC arm.
Safety data from the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) found that the data clearly indicated that the long-acting injectable cabotegravir was highly effective at preventing HIV in the populations studied.
Myron S. Cohen, M.D., Co-Principal Investigator of the HPTN and the Yeargan-Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology and Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, said: "Each year, an estimated 1.7 million people are newly diagnosed with HIV. To lower that number, we believe more prevention options are needed in addition to currently available oral tablets for daily use. If approved, a new injectable agent, such as long-acting cabotegravir administered every two months, could play an important role in reducing HIV transmission and helping to end the HIV epidemic."
Following review of these findings, the DSMB recommended the blinded, randomised portion of the study be stopped early and results released.
Participants who were in the FTC/TDF arm will be offered long-acting injectable cabotegravir and participants in the cabotegravir arm will continue to receive it.
Participants who do not want to receive cabotegravir will be offered FTC/TDF until the end of the originally planned blinded component of the study.
The DSMB decision was approved by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the study sponsor.
Kimberly Smith, M.D., Head of Research & Development at ViiV Healthcare said: "These study results demonstrate that long-acting injectable cabotegravir dosed every two months can successfully reduce HIV acquisition in at-risk MSM and transgender women,
"We are thrilled with the results not only because of the high efficacy of cabotegravir but also because we have demonstrated high efficacy in a study that adequately represents some of the populations most disproportionately impacted by HIV - black MSM in the US, young MSM globally and transgender women.
"We are also committed to studying the effectiveness of cabotegravir in women and continue to be focused on the completion of HPTN 084, which will give us the companion study of 083 that will give us important information about the effectiveness of cabotegravir in women.
"New options are needed for HIV prevention that offer an effective alternative to daily oral PrEP. If approved, this long-acting injectable has the potential to be a game-changer for HIV prevention by reducing the frequency of dosing from 365 days to six times per year."
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The General Command of the Armed Forces announced that 32 takfiris were killed and 21 targets were destroyed in North and Central Sinai.
The Armed Forces said Thursday in its 24th statement on the outcome of the operation that was launched on February 9 to fight terrorism in North and Central Sinai and other areas in the Nile Delta and the desert areas west of the Nile Valley.
According to the statement, the Air Forces destroyed 21 targets in North Sinai and two vehicles loaded with large quantities of arms and ammunition.
Twelve dangerous takfiris were killed within the course of the ongoing operations in North and Central Sinai. A number of machine guns, ammunition and wireless communication devices were found in their possession.
Twenty armed takfiri elements were killed and three others were arrested by security bodies at the Interior Ministry. Four machine guns, two 9mm pistols, two explosive charges and large quantities of ammunition and food supplies were also seized.
A warehouse with large quantities of ammunition and war leftovers was discovered and destroyed. Also, a vehicle loaded with 40 sacks including motorcycle parts and materials used in manufacturing IEDs was seized west of Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel. Two other vehicles, including one loaded on a winch, carrying 20kg of cannabis plant and 466 cannabis parcels were seized.
Nine extremely dangerous takfiri elements and 84 wanted persons were arrested. All legal measures were taken against them.
Elements of the military engineers force discovered and detonated 15 explosive charges that were planted by terrorists to target army personnel during their operations in the targeted areas.
The Armed Forces destroyed 272 hideouts and warehouses belonging to terrorists. Large quantities of ammunition, food supplies, explosive charges, mobile phones, photography equipment, military garments, a sum of money, wireless communication devices and books promoting takfiri ideology were seized inside them.
Twenty-eight cannabis farms were discovered and destroyed.
Border guards succeeded to arrest 1,099 border infiltrators holding various nationalities and seize five four-wheel-drive vehicles, 242,500 narcotics bills, large quantities of smuggled medical supplies, a machine gun and a sniper rifle.
The statement reiterated the army and police forces' persistence to uproot terrorism and achieve security and stability for the great Egyptian people.


These remarks, of course, make it appear that the Obama administration is soft on illegal immigration. But Perry's claim contradicted what I knew I had read sometime earlier. Indeed, back in October, it was reported in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The New York Times, and many others that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) bureau deported record numbers of immigrants illegally in the United States for the third year straight. In 2011, it was reported that nearly 400,000 immigrants were deported. Of these, over 216,00 had criminal records.
In reviewing these data, I quickly learned that every right wing Web site on the net is claiming that the Obama administration is lying about the numbers simply to make it appear that it is not soft on illegal immigration. In contrast, pro-immigrant Web sites are angered by the data, which they believe to be accurate and constitute a betrayal by the administration that came to office promising immigration reform.
The Christian Science Monitor on December 1, 2011 ran a story in which the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) run by Syracuse University suggests that the aggregate number of deportees in 2011 (nearly 400,000) appears correct, but that the number of deportees with criminal records (216,000) is likely an extreme exaggeration.
It appears that every point of view has its own facts in this matter. And for every set of facts there is a separate truth.


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Title: Curation of the U.S. Collection of Warm Season Grass Germplasm
Harrison, Melanie
Submitted to: International Symposium on Forage, Turfgrass and Biofuel Germplasm Research
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Date: 10/8/2010
Citation: Harrison Dunn, M.L. 2010. Curation of the U.S. Collection of Warm Season Grass Germplasm. International Symposium on Forage, Turfgrass and Biofuel Germplasm Research. Oct. 2010.
Interpretive Summary: The National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) warm season grass collection located at the Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit in Griffin, Georgia contains a valuable set of plant material available for biomass research. The diversity available in the collection allows for the study of many different types of grasses with high biomass potential including switchgrass, big bluestem, and indiangrass that are native to the United States. Short term goals for these grasses will focus on expanding the diversity of the collection, characterizing the material, and improving germination of the material. Plans for other important biomass producing grasses that are non-native to the United States, such as Miscanthus, focus on collaborating with other countries, such as China, in order to facilitate the acquistion of material to expand the NPGS collection.
Technical Abstract: The National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) warm season grass collection located at the Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit in Griffin, Georgia contains a valuable set of germplasm available for biomass research. The diversity available in the collection allows for investigation of numerous taxa with high biomass potential including switchgrass, big bluestem, and indiangrass that are native to the United States. Short term curatorial goals for these taxa will focus on expanding the diversity of the collection, characterizing the germplasm, and improving germination of the material. Plans for other important biomass producing genera that are non-native to the United States, such as Miscanthus, focus on collaborating with other countries, such as China, in order to facilitate the acquistion of material to expand the NPGS collection.


Corporate uniforms help to reinforce a brand image in the minds of key industry stakeholders, employers, and customers.
Many successful organizations are those with the right corporate uniforms that give appropriate color theme effects.
The desired brand and corporate image will not, however, come so easily.
A lot of research and reflection is necessary in order to choose a corporate uniform that fits the niche and mission of any organization.
Besides, corporate executives should make sure that the uniforms look official and professional, fit properly (neither too tight nor too loose), have the company logo placed at the right place, are of a durable easy-to-clean fabric, and of decent colors.
Some companies decide to opt for uniforms of a specific color theme when they have already created a specific brand recognition and image among customers.
In their cases, the chosen color theme should in no way diminish the established identity, but should amplify that identity.
If they make the wrong choices, though, the new effect may cause a serious dip in their earnings. Therefore, such companies should carefully blend their traditional offline images with trending uniform color ideas to create better effects.
This may call for consulting corporate color themes experts to help assess and describe the prevailing consumer perception of the organization in terms of color.
Furthermore, since branding depends exceedingly on client perception, a careful study of customer expectations and assumptions regarding those companies should be able to reveal the best color themes.
Color theme choices are just as complex for startups as they are for established brands.
Startups are breaking into a marketplace that is probably dominated by other established organizations.
Those established organizations have already tuned the mindset of many potential clients to consider the services of products offered in their niche as coming in terms of specific brand color themes and corporate uniforms.
While a startup can offer an innovative service or product, it must also present an alternatively better color theme that will challenge the perceptions of target clients.
Essentially, startups must conduct their research well, know their target demographics, consider all possible alternatives to the most predominant color themes, and choose a theme which will convey their idea of quality, excellence, and reliability most profoundly.
Finally, corporate uniforms must remain smart.
A uniform color theme that is pastel or comes in similar pleasant colors is perfect.
For companies that have people with different skin tones and shapes, striped or plain uniforms of grey, black, or navy colors will generally look good. Because navy color is very easy to accessorize, it is the most popularly used for corporate uniforms.
Nonetheless, even a uniform of charcoal or black color theme will still appear stylish and modern, and will easily complement the other lilac, black, or white colors.


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Support the Stansted 15
Birmingham UCU send our support and solidarity to the 'Stansted 15', who were convicted on the 10th December 2018 of 'endangering an aerodrome' under the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 during their protest against a secretive deportation flight the previous year.
This terrorism-related law was initially adopted in response to the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and its use against the Stansted 15 has been widely condemned as disproportionate, highly draconian and a hugely worrying sign for British democracy.
The Stansted 15 have yet to be sentenced, but when they are sentenced in February the maximum sentence that they might serve is life imprisonment.
This is a concerning sign of the lengths that the Crown Prosecution Service will go to in their attempt to silence and prevent peaceful protest by those opposed to the Government's policy, policy which is designed to create a 'hostile environment' for refugees and immigrants.
The protest for which the conviction was given saw the Stansted 15 chain themselves around a deportation charter flight bound for Nigeria and Ghana in March 2017. In doing so, they sincerely believed they were preventing the sixty people on board, who were destined for deportation, from coming to harm.
As a result of their ten hour blockade, eleven people – including victims of trafficking recognised under the Modern Slavery Act – are still here in the UK with their loved ones.
In appealing this conviction, their lawyer stated: "The conviction of the Stansted 15 was a travesty of justice that needs correcting in the appeal courts. It is inexplicable how these protestors were charged with this legislation, and even more so that they were found guilty.
"It is our strongly held belief that charging them with this offence was an abuse of power by the Attorney General and the CPS. It is only right and fitting that this wrongful conviction is overturned."
Other trade unions have also offered their support. UVW, the campaigning union that supports mainly migrant workers released a statement: 'The government's punitive, racist asylum and deportation policies, aimed at criminalising the very act of migration, have devastating and long-lasting consequences for those seeking refuge. These secretive charter flights are pre-booked and later filled by the Home Office, creating a demand for migrant bodies to be removed irrespective of their current immigration status. The peaceful action of the #Stansted15 saved lives and resulted in 11 people out of the 60 who were on the plane being granted legal status in the UK.'
Amnesty International have also released a solidarity statement in which they say: "At first, the Stansted 15 were charged with aggravated trespass, but four months later this was changed to 'endangering safety at aerodromes' – a serious terrorism-related charge. […] We are concerned that they may have been charged with this very serious offence that is not justified by their actions to discourage other activists from taking non-violent direct action in defence of human rights. If so, this would be an unacceptable restriction on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
"Criminal laws are being increasingly misused around the world to prevent the work of human rights defenders. It is extremely worrying that we are now seeing this happen in the UK."
Commenting on the conviction in the New Statesman, Steven Cammiss, Brian Doherty, and Graeme Hayes, noted that, "This verdict is a particularly cold blast in the increasingly chill wind blowing against public dissent in the UK. Most prominently, it directly places severe penalties on any future protest against deportation flights, providing the prosecution could demonstrate that any kind of object or substance was used in the protest, in whatever way." In acting to prevent such protests, therefore, the conviction represents a threat to all kinds of civil liberties and rights of association such as those which trade unions need to routinely draw upon in upholding their rights in the workplace. As Cammiss, Doherty and Hayes conclude, "It is this [threat to democracy], and its potential consequences for freedom of assembly and expression in the UK, that makes the Stansted 15 trial perhaps the most important political trial of our times.".
Birmingham UCU members who want to support the Stansted 15 can do the following:
Donate for their appeal: https://chuffed.org/project/end-deportations-charter-flight-action-trial-related-costs
Follow the campaign group, End Deportations, who will be regularly announcing protests and solidarity events to support the Stansted 15 – https://www.facebook.com/EDeportations/ and com/EDeportations
Write a line for support through Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/write-for-rights/action/stansted-15
*Featured image from the Right to Remain campaign for the Stansted 15.
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By Fr. Benedict Mayaki, SJ
During the General Audience, Pope Francis urged the faithful to pray to Our Lady, reminding us that 13 May is the feast of Our Lady of Fatima.
"Today we celebrate the liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Fatima," said Pope Francis in his greetings to Polish-speaking listeners at the weekly General Audience. "We turn our thoughts to the apparitions and its message transmitted throughout the world," he added.
Pope Francis recalled the attack on the life of Pope St. John Paul II. He pointed out that his predecessor experienced "the maternal intervention of the Holy Virgin" in sparing his life.
The Pope also said that Monday, 18 May, marks the 100th anniversary of JPII's birth. The Pope said he will celebrate his morning Mass on the altar over the Saint's tomb in St. Peter's Basilica. "Let us thank God for giving us this saintly Bishop of Rome," he said, "and ask him to help us: that he might help this Church of Rome to convert and strive ahead."
Pope Francis then went on to pray for peace in the world, the end of the coronavirus pandemic, and the spirit of penance and conversion for the world through the intercession of Our Lady.
The Pope invited the Italian-speaking faithful to have constant recourse to Our Lady's help, so that everyone might persevere in the love of God and neighbour. He prayed especially for the young, the elderly, the sick and the newlyweds.
Invitation to pray the Rosary
In his greetings to the Portuguese-speaking faithful, Pope Francisurged Catholics to try to live out this month of May with a more intense and faithful daily prayer. He reminds us that the prayer of the Rosary is one of the desires repeatedly expressed by the Madonna at Fatima. "Under her protection, the pains and afflictions of life will be more bearable," he said.
Love of neighbour
Addressing the German-speaking faithful, Pope Francis reminded us that the many examples of the love of God for us are a "strong invitation to love all the people we meet," especially in this time of social-distancing due to Covid-19. He prayed that the Holy Spirit might fill us with charity and joy.
Between May and October 1917, Our Lady appeared several times to three Portuguese children – Francisco and Jacinta Marto, and their cousin, Lucia dos Santos, in a cove near Fatima, in Portugal. In those apparitions, Our Lady asked the children to pray the Rosary for the world and for the conversion of sinners.
Pope St. John Paul II visited Fatima three times – in 1982, 1991 and 2000. During his 2000 visit, he beatified Jacinta and Francisco. The liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Fatima is celebrated on 13 May annually.
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Palestinian PM Mohammed Shtayyeh
Palestinians seeking to disengage economically from Israel
Aiming to end the reliance on Israel and counter the U.S. plan for the region, the Palestinian prime minister is looking for trading partners and investment in Amman and Baghdad; 'The move is part of the Palestinian development strategy for 2017-2020,' says PA official Abd al-Rahman
The Media Line|Published: 07.19.19 , 14:01
Palestinian leaders are spearheading a new effort to reduce their economic dependence on Israel by approaching Arab states for economic cooperation and agreements in a move meant to help counter the Trump Administration's so-called deal of the century peace project.
Over the past two weeks, a delegation headed by Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh visited Iraq and Jordan, where senior Palestinian officials discussed proposals for new economic understandings and emphasized the importance of "maintaining the priority of the Palestinian cause among Arab states in order to unite efforts to end the Israeli occupation."
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh
Azmy Abd al-Rahman, spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority's Economy Ministry, told The Media Line that reducing dependence on Israel was the top priority of the ministry and the government.
"The move is part of the Palestinian development strategy for 2017-2020," Abd al-Rahman said. "We are currently studying which Israeli products the Palestinian market can dispense with."
He said that currently, 85 percent of Palestinian exports go to Israel, while 60% of Palestinian imports come from Israel.
"We follow a plan of gradual withdrawal (from trading with Israel) by steps," he said.
This week, Shtayyeh met with the Iraqi president and prime minister, and reviewed the latest political developments. He was accompanied by Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, Finance Minister Shukri Bishara and Economy Minister Khalid al-Asaily.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo earlier this year (Photo: AFP)
Also in the delegation were Agriculture Minister Riyad al-Attari, Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers Amjad Ghanem and Majid Faraj, the head of Palestinian Intelligence.
"We want to implement memorandums of understanding and agreements between the two countries and put them into effect, especially in the fields of agriculture, industry and trade, in line with the government's strategy and decision to gradually disengage from the occupation," Shtayyeh stated in a press release following his visit.
This would be accomplished "through opening up to international markets, especially in Arab countries, and strengthening the Palestinian national product, as well as promoting it internationally," he continued.
The Iraqi government stressed its support for the Palestinian people in order to ensure a just and comprehensive solution to end the conflict, and stressed the keenness of Bagdad to ensure that Palestinians who lived in Iraq receive their full, legitimate rights and entitlements.
A Palestinian farmer in Gaza (Photo: AFP/Archive)
Hisham al-Hashimi, an Iraqi political analyst and historian, explains that the delegation's visit revolved around promoting investment from Palestinian business people living in Iraq.
"Bagdad can't support the Palestinians directly, as most of the political extremist groups in the country refuse to do that through the Israeli-controlled borders," he said.
Hashimi confirmed that Iraq would not participate in or support the American peace project, although he added: "Bagdad can't really stand against the 'deal of the century' currently or affect it negatively or positively."
He clarified that Bagdad's position on the Palestinian case was "clear and solid," but that the country would not get directly involved.
Shtayyeh met with his Jordanian counterpart in Amman on July 7 and briefed him on the Palestinian political and financial situation, saying it was a result of Israeli measures.
Memorandums of understanding were signed between the Palestinian Economy Ministry and the Jordanian Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply, including for the mutual recognition of conformity certificates and quality levels, as well as in the field of industrial property.
Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah of Jordan in Amman last year (Photo: Reuters)
Another, between the Food and Drug Organization of Jordan and the Palestinian Standards Institution, was signed by Palestinian Health Minister Mei Kila and her Jordanian counterpart, Saad Jaber.
Oraib Rintawi, a Jordanian political analyst, stressed to The Media Line that there was a clear Palestinian approach to disengaging the economy from "Israeli occupation and its highly strict measures," calling it a "great and much-needed approach," albeit a bit late.
Rintawi added that the Palestinian effort was welcomed by Arab states such as Jordan, which wants to partner with the Palestinians and gain a share of their market.
"The Palestinian visits to Jordan and Iraq aim to open new windows for business cooperation that would help (the Palestinians) achieve their ultimate goal," he stated.
However, he pointed out the issue of Israeli obstacles he said prevented the expansion of economic cooperation between Palestine and any other country.
The main question remains, Rintawi said, whether Palestinian and Jordanian diplomacy would succeed in creating public support and recruiting the international community to pressure Israel, so they can move forward with their plans.
"Otherwise," he concluded, "all of the signed agreements and understandings are a waste of time."
Article written by Dima Abumaria. Reprinted with permission from The Media Line


« Entertaining Is Serious Business!
Anyone who tells you that 2009 was a walk in the park has been dipping into the egg nog. With the possible exception of my two best friends on earth… my dogs!
Now look, I love my family. I am truly blessed. But heck, they are only human. They have their ups and downs. They have needs that are complicated, time consuming, and expensive! My canine companions, however, are undemanding, loyal, easy to please. A fresh bowl of kibble, a bone, a belly rub, and life is beautiful! Which is probably why I derive such satisfaction from spoiling them rotten.
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Terrell Davis  est un joueur professionnel américain de football américain, né le 28 octobre  1972, qui a évolué de 1995 à 2002 au poste de running back avec les Broncos de Denver au sein de la National Football League.

Son surnom était T. D., abréviation de son nom et de son prénom mais faisant également référence au touchdown.

Il est intronisé au Pro Football Hall of Fame en 2017.

Biographie
Davis est choisi en  position lors du  tour de la draft 1995 de la NFL par les Broncos de Denver.

Il dispute  de NFL et cumule  à la course (record de la franchise de Denver) et .

En 1998, il est classé  à la course en NFL.

Il remporte les Super Bowl XXXII et XXXIII avec les Broncos (saisons 1997 et 1998).

Après une série de blessures en 1999, 2000 et 2001, il arrête sa carrière de joueur pendant la pré-saison 2002. Il se reconvertit comme commentateur sportif pour une chaîne de télévision.

Statistiques

Universitaires

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| 1991 || Long Beach State || 5 || 55 || 262 || 4,8 || 2 || 4 || 92 || 23 || 1
|-
| 1992 || Géorgie || 10 || 53 || 388 || 7,3 || 3 || 3 || 38 || 12,7 || 1
|-
| 1993 || Géorgie || 11 || 167 || 824 || 4,9 || 5 || 12 || 161 || 13,4 || 3
|-
| 1994 || Géorgie || 11 || 97 || 445 || 4,6 || 6 || 31 || 330 || 10,6 || 0

|37|| 372 ||  || 5,4 || 16 || 50 || 621 || 14,9 || 5

Professionnelles

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| 1995 || Broncos de Denver
| 14 || 237 ||  || 4,7 || 7 || 49 || 367 || 7,5 || 1
|-
| 1996 || Broncos de Denver
| 16 || 345 ||  || 4,5 || 13 || 36 || 310 || 8,6 || 2
|-
| 1997 || Broncos de Denver
| 15 || 369 ||  || 4,7 || 15 || 42 || 287 || 6,8 || 0
|-
| 1998 || Broncos de Denver
| 16 || 392 ||  || 5,1 || 21 || 25 || 217 || 8,7 || 2
|-
| 1999 || Broncos de Denver
| 4 || 67 || 211 || 3,1 || 2 || 3 || 26 || 8,7 || 0
|-
| 2000 || Broncos de Denver
| 5 || 78 || 282 || 3,6 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 0
|-
| 2001 || Broncos de Denver
| 8 || 167 || 701 || 4,2 || 0 || 12 || 69 || 5,8 || 0

| 78 ||  ||  || 4,6 || 60 || 169 ||  || 7,6 || 5

|-
| 1996 || Broncos de Denver
| 1 || 14 || 91 || 6,5 || 1 || 7 || 27 || 3,4 || 0
|-
| 1997 || Broncos de Denver
| 4 || 112 || 581 || 5,2 || 8 || 8 || 38 || 4,8 || 0
|-
| 1998 || Broncos de Denver
| 3 || 78 || 468 || 6 || 3 || 4 || 69 || 17,2 || 0

| 8 || 204 ||  || 5,6 || 12 || 19 || 134 || 7,1 || 0

Palmarès
 2 Super Bowls : saison 1997 (XXXII) et saison 1998 (XXXIII)
 Super Bowl MVP : Super Bowl XXII
 3 Pro Bowls : 1996, 1997, 1998
 MVP de NFL : 1998 (XXXII)
  joueur à atteindre le plateau de  en saison régulière
 3 x sélectionné dans l'équipe première All-Pro (First-team) : 1996, 1997, 1998
 2 × joueur offensif NFL de l'année NFL : 1996, 1998
 Joueur AFC de l'année : 1996
 Meilleur coureur NFL de l'année : 1998
 2 × leader NFL en nombre de TDs inscrits à la course : 1996, 1998
 Sélectionné dans l'équipe-type NFL des années 1990
 Intronisé membre du Ring of Fame des Broncos de Denver
 Intronisé au Pro Football Hall of Fame en 2017

Notes et références

Liens externes

Statistiques pro-football-reference.com

Naissance en octobre 1972
Naissance à San Diego
Joueur américain de football américain
Joueur des 49ers de Long Beach State
Joueur de football américain des Bulldogs de la Géorgie
Choix de draft des Broncos de Denver
Joueur des Broncos de Denver
Running back
Joueur vainqueur du Super Bowl
Joueur sélectionné au Pro Bowl
Membre du Pro Football Hall of Fame

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For appetizer, the Cheesecake Factory's Factory Chicken Nachos was in order. With all the talk I've had about it, I needed to get it or the mission to eat nachos would have been a major fail. It's crisp tortilla chips covered with melted cheeses, guacamole, sour cream and salsa with spicy chicken. Didn't feel any kick/heat to the chicken and I'm pretty sensitive to spices of any kind.
Lunch: Grillin' on the Fourth of July!


In zoology a skeleton is any fairly rigid structure of an animal, irrespective of whether it has joints and irrespective of whether it is biomineralized. The mesohyl functions as an endoskeleton in most sponges, and is the only skeleton in soft sponges that encrust hard surfaces such as rocks. More commonly the mesohyl is stiffened by mineral spicules, by spongin fibers or both. Spicules may be made of silica or calcium carbonate, and vary in shape from simple rods to three-dimensional "stars" with up to six rays. Spicules are produced by sclerocyte cells, and may be separate, connected by joints, or fused. Some sponges also secrete exoskeletons that lie completely outside their organic components. For example sclerosponges ("hard sponges") have massive calcium carbonate exoskeletons over which the organic matter forms a thin layer with choanocyte chambers in pits in the mineral. These exoskeletons are secreted by the pinacocytes that form the animals' skins An endoskeleton is an internal support structure of an animal, composed of mineralized tissue. Endoskeleton develops within the skin or in the deeper body tissues. The vertebrate is basically an endoskeleton made up of two types of tissues (bone and cartilage). During early embryonic development the endoskeleton is composed of notochord and cartilage. The notochord in most vertebrates is replaced by vertebral column and cartilage is replaced by bone in most adults.In three phyla and one subclass of animals, endoskeletons of various complexity are found: Chordata, Echinodermata, Porifera, and Coleoidea. An endoskeleton may function purely for support (as in the case of sponges), but often serves as an attachment site for muscle and a mechanism for transmitting muscular forces. A true endoskeleton is derived from mesodermal tissue. Such a skeleton is present in echinoderms and chordates. The poriferan 'skeleton' consists of microscopic calcareous or siliceous spicules or a spongin network. The Coleoidae do not have a true endoskeleton in the evolutionary sense; here, a mollusk exoskeleton evolved into several sorts of internal structure, the "cuttlebone" of cuttlefish being the best-known version. Yet they do have cartilaginous tissue in their body, even if it is not mineralized, especially in the head, where it forms a primitive cranium.The endoskeleton gives shape,support and protection to the body and provides a means of locomotion.
The composition of each class is determined by a taxonomist. Often there is no exact agreement, with different taxonomists taking different positions. There are no hard rules that a taxonomist needs to follow in describing a class, but for well-known animals there is likely to be consensus. For example, dogs are usually assigned to the phylum Chordata (animals with notochords); in the class Mammalia; in the order Carnivora.


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