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Епископ Иулиан ( в миру Пётр Петрович Гатала ; ) — епископ Православной церкви Украины (с 2019), епископ Коломыйский и Косовский.

Ранее — архиерей Украинской православной церкви Киевского патриархата, епископ Коломыйский и Косовский (2013—2018).

Биография
Родился 29 марта 1980 года в селе Ливчицы Городокского района Львовской области в семье рабочих.

С 1986 по 1987 год учился в львовской средней школе № 40, с 1987 по 1990 год — в средней школе села Подзверинец, с 1990 по 1997 год — во львовской средней школе № 31.

В 1997 году поступил на второй курс Львовской духовной семинарии (УПЦ КП).

21 ноября 1999 года в церкви Святого Архистратига Михаила села Пристань Сокальского района Львовской области митрополитом Львовским и Сокальским Андреем (Гораком) был хиротонисан в сан диакона.

4 июня 2000 года окончил обучение в семинарии и, в день выпуска, был награждён митрополитом Андреем (Гораком) юбилейной медалью «2000-летия Рождества Христова». В этом же году был зачислен в Львовскую православную богословскую академию (УПЦ КП).

10 сентября 2000 года в храме Рождества Пресвятой Богородицы села Криница Николаевского района Львовской области архиепископом Дрогобычским и Самбирским Феодосием (Пецина) был хиротонисан в сан пресвитера.

В сентябре 2001 года восстановил и возглавил воскресную катехизическую школу при кафедральном соборе Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы в городе Львове. Также с 2003 по 2004 год преподавал христианскую этику во Львовской средней школе № 28.

С октября 2003 года совершал поочередное служение в часовне Всех святых земли украинской во Львовской городской общественной организации «Скниловская трагедия» и становится духовником экуменического религиозного братства «77 ангелов» этой организации.

Защитив дипломную работу, 1 июня 2004 года успешно завершил обучение в Львовской православной богословской академии, а 24 июня 2004 года был назначен преподавателем основного богословия, катехизиса, церковнославянского чтения.

В сентябре 2004 года назначен помощником инспектора и духовником Львовской православной богословской академии и семинарии, а с 16 ноября 2004 года — настоятелем академического храма в честь святителя Иоанна Златоуста. В декабре 2004 года основал при храме воскресную катехизическую школу «Добрый Пастырь».

22 марта 2005 года, ко дню Святой Пасхи, митрополитом Львовским и Сокальским Андреем (Гораком) был награждён золотым наперсным крестом.

В октябре 2006 года основао молодёжную христианскую организацию имени Святителя Петра Могилы. 30 ноября 2007 года был назначен председателем Епархиальгого отдела по делам молодежи.

12 марта 2007 года, ко дню Святой Пасхи, по благословению патриарха Филарета (Денисенко) был возведён в достоинство протоиерея, а 5 мая 2010 года был отмечен благословенной архиерейской грамотой.

15 апреля 2011 года в Кресто-Воздвиженском Манявском монастыре Ивано-Франковской епархии митрополитом Львовским и Сокальским Димитрием (Рудюком) был пострижен в монашество с именем Иулиан в честь святого мученика Иулиана Аназарвского.

17 мая 2011 года, согласно решению Священного Синода Украинской православной церкви Киевского патриархата от 13 мая 2011 года, митрополитом Львовским и Сокальским Димитрием назначен наместником новосозданного Свято-Иоанно-Златоустовской мужского монастыря города Львова.

Решением Священного Синода Украинской православной церкви Киевского патриархата от 23 января 2012 года, был избран для рукоположения в сан епископа Городокского, викария Львовской епархии.

9 февраля 2012 года, по благословению патриарха Филарета, митрополитом Львовским и Сокальским Димитрием был возведён в достоинство игумена и награждён крестом с украшениями.

19 февраля 2012 года во Владимирском кафедральном соборе Киева патриархом Киевским Филаретом, митрополитом Львовским и Сокальским Димитрием, митрополитом Белгородским и Обоянский Иоасафом, архиепископом Переяслав-Хмельницким и Бориспольским Епифанием, архиепископом Винницким и Брацлавским Онуфрием, архиепископом Черниговским и Нежинским Евстратием, епископом Вышгородский Агапитом был хиротонисан в сан епископа.

8 марта 2013 года, решением Священного синода Украинской православной церкви Киевского патриархата был назначен епископом Коломыйским и Косовским.

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Выпускники Львовской православной богословской академии
Епископы Украинской православной церкви Киевского патриархата
Епископы Православной церкви Украины


At the start of the game Boer's are classed as dismounted and in pre-prepared positions, (one cover point) and are also classed as hidden.
The battle of Dundee was fought in mist and fog, following heavy rain the evening before, which also reduced the veld at the approaches to Impati to a quagmire At the start of the game Boer's are classed as dismounted and in pre-prepared positions in the (one cover point) and are also classed as hidden.
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Lúcia Victória Lambertini (São Paulo, 26 de junho de 1926 — São Paulo, 23 de agosto de 1976) foi uma atriz, produtora, diretora, roteirista e autora brasileira. Era irmã da também atriz Leonor Lambertini

Ela estreou em televisão em 1952, vivendo a Emília da primeira versão do Sítio do Picapau Amarelo. Depois participou do TV de Vanguarda e interpretou famosas personagens juvenis em especiais e teleteatros, como Heidi, Pollyana, A Moreninha e O Pequeno Lorde.

Na década de 1960 passou a escrever e dirigir para as TVs Cultura e Excelsior, onde fez Quem Casa com Maria?, Ilsa, As Professorinhas, Yoshico, um Poema de Amor e Os Amores de Bob.

Como atriz, atuou no filme O Homem das Encrencas (de 1964, título alternativo 'Imitando o Sol), e nas telenovelas As Professorinhas, Quem Casa com Maria?, Sozinho no Mundo e A Viagem'', na TV Tupi, onde fez a dona Cidinha, proprietária de uma pensão.

Morreu vítima de uma parada cardíaca.

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Mortos em 1976
Naturais da cidade de São Paulo
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Terence Donald Bamford  (1942 – 9 February 2020) was a social worker and writer on social work topics.

He had a degree in law from University College, Oxford, and a Diploma in Social Administration from the London School of Economics.

He worked as a probation officer for eight years before becoming Assistant General Secretary of the British Association of Social Workers. He then worked in Harrow and served for two years as Chair of the Association. He was Director of Social Services in Northern Ireland from 1985 to 1990. For ten years he was Executive Director of Housing and Social Services in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. He was appointed an OBE in 2000. He was  chair of Kensington and Chelsea Primary Care Trust. In 2008 he was awarded the Medal and Diploma in Memory of Andrew Mouravieff-Apostol by the International Federation of Social Workers.

He died on 9 February 2020 at the age of 77.

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North Atlantic Music Ensemble both upholds and breaks tradition in concert
Dec 04, 2018 by Kim Jimenez	in Arts
The North Atlantic Music Ensemble delivered some memorable performances at their fall concert at Eaton Chapel on Thursday, Nov. 29.
The Beloit College ensemble practices traditional folk music from Atlantic Europe, particularly Ireland and Britain, North America and the Nordic countries. For this performance, director of the ensemble, Tes Slominski, wrote that the group hopes to induce feelings of "joy,
pensive melancholy, uproarious laughter, and most of all, solidarity."
The concert opened with "Calling On Song," written in 1970 by Ashley Hutchings, one of the founding members of the English folk-rock band Steeleye Span. The 12 members of the ensemble, dressed in plaid, played and sang along with Slominski, an ethnomusicologist, fiddle player, and assistant professor at Beloit since 2012.
Later on, the group performed "Bread & Roses," a labor song adapted by the 1911 poem by James Oppenheim. The song is associated with a 1912 strike at a textile mill in Lawrence, MA, where women coined the phrase "Bread and Roses," taken from a speech by labor activist Rose Schneiderman, who asserted that workers shouldn't have to settle for subsistence, but should be able to afford pleasures in life as well. The ensemble learned the song from folk-punk singer Shannon Murray, who visited the college in October to speak about music and gender in the early 20th-century labor movement.
Five members of the ensemble then performed a mashup of two jigs, "Kesh/Morrison's," which was followed by "Santianna," a sea shanty, whose lyrics are almost all factually incorrect, written by British sailors about a general in the Mexican-American War, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
"Santianna" was a turning point for the night. Sung in acapella, the group's loud chants and foot-stomping echoed throughout the chapel, making it one of their most engaging performances.
Afterwards, six members replaced the five that were on stage to perform the traditional Irish slip jig called "Butterfly," which was followed by the most entertaining performance of the night.
The song "Sunk'n Norwegian" was popularized by the Scottish heavy metal band Alestorm, who are known for their distinct "pirate metal" sound. The song is about a Wisconsin pub that closed down recently called The Sunk'n Norwegian.
With Pieter Bonin on the drum kit and Ian Normoyle and EJ Lowney on vocals, "Sunk'n Norwegian" was one of the few songs that stood out considerably from the mostly tame folk music played that night. Dressed in a pirate coat and holding a plastic sword, Normoyle committed to his character and kept the audience engaged. With the headbanging, costumes, and other theatrics, particularly when Normoyle stabbed Lowney with his pretend sword toward the end, the performance was easily the most memorable of that night.
For the next song, the ensemble tested their Gaelic with "Bean Phaidín (Paddy's Wife)," a classic children's song written from the perspective of a woman who goes to great lengths to stalk the wife of a man she hoped to marry. Slominski, who again joined the ensemble to perform this song, proudly added that this was the first time the entire group learned the entire song in Gaelic.
The concert ended with a dramatic performance of the song "Ain't We Brothers" by Virginia songwriter Sam Gleaves. The song is based on a true story of a West Virginia coal miner Sam Williams, who suffered discrimination from his fellow workers for being gay.
With "Bread & Roses" and "Ain't We Brothers," the ensemble succeeds in inducing the solidarity and pensive melancholy that Slominski hoped to achieve. This, along with the notable performances of "Santianna" and "Sunk'n Norwegian," made the concert worth going to.

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LibreELEC (Jarvis) v7.0.3 MR is a minor update bringing "armchair upgrades" to the settings add-on, firmware support for the BCM2837 based Raspberry Pi 2B+ and drivers for the new Hifiberry Digi+ Pro card. Fixes for Kodi Jarvis stopped after our v7.0.2 release in June so there are no Kodi changes, and the developer team has been focussed on Krypton for some time so we do not want to introduce new issues at this late stage in the Jarvis lifecycle by forcing major OS changes. Add-on updates for 7.0 releases will continue (if add-on maintainers submit changes) but 7.0.3 MR is the final LibreELEC 7.0 release. The team is now "full speed ahead" towards Krypton.
The "check for update" function in LibreELEC Settings displays official releases and allows manual updates without copy/pasting .tar files to samba shares or running wget commands from the SSH console. Setting "LibreELEC 8.0" as the update channel allows easy manual update from 7.0.3 to a current Krypton preview, or the final LibreELEC 8.0 release when it arrives.
Users frequently ask us whether LibreELEC will automatically update to Krypton when released. The answer is no. In our experience the combined OS and Kodi update easily but users see issues with add-ons. For this reason the decision to update to 8.0 must be user-initiated (and ideally after a backup is taken and moved off-box). The new update channels feature in LibreELEC 7.0.3 helps to make the manual update easy – all you need is a remote control.
The LibreELEC 7.0.3 image for Generic x86_64 hardware is 215MB. This means it will fit in the 230MB boot partition size limit of older OpenELEC installations without resizing the boot partition or forcing a complete reinstallation.
LibreELEC operates a 24-hour 'canary' period between maintenance release files being posted to the download page and the release being available via auto-update and the noobs lite installer.
Next story Happy New Year !!
You guys are great. This is software as it should be! Thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot guys! Happy new year.
At the moment i use the 7.90.009 alpha …. so whats the different between this and LibreELEC (Jarvis) v7.0.3 MR???
THX And all HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!
XBMC has not changed a lot since it was on original XBOX. I'm happy it is still being developed. Cant help to feel like it is less functional than it was before. Hopefully something better can grow from the ashes of Confluence.
So which is better 7.0.3 or 8?
A lot of apps are not working on 8.0 yet.
I am on 7.0.3 how can i update to MR??
If you're running 7.0.3 you already did!
I'm having problems when using the LibreELEC USB-SD Creator App.
When I write the same install image to the install stick using Win32DiskImager, the installation is the same. But afterwards my system passes the splash screen and I actually get to Kodi.
I have no idea why this happens but I could reproduce it on two x86-64 PCs.
Yes, you can. Well, lets say I understand manual update just copy .tar via scp/samba..
If you set the libreelec-7.0 update channel you can "show versions" and roll back using the new GUI manual update function. Although to be clear, there are no Kodi changes in the release so functionality/bugs/etc. should be the same.
should I update from 7.0.2 to 7.0.3?
It is not an essential update. The prime purpose is to ship the GUI manual update function so that users can update to Kodi Krypton (current preview builds or main release when it ships) without needing to copy/paste .tar files around.
Is it possible to downgrade from v7.90.010 ALPHA to this version?
Yes, although when you downgrade you will have add-ons created for Krypton installed in Jarvis which could cause issues. It's best to do a soft reset after downgrading to clear the Kodi configuration.
What happened to the cubox-i4 version of 7.0.3?
Sorry if this has been answered already, but will Confluence skin be included (and/or working?) with your Krypton final release?
It won't be included (embedded) in our release but it is already available for download in the Kodi repo.
Can you please check http://releases.libreelec.tv/LibreELEC-WeTek_Play.arm-7.0.3.zip again.
Tried everything, but every time I flash it with that file, I get same error.
Only after I received LE 7.0.2 ZIP from Wetek support, I was able to flash LE to NAND.
Upgrade from 7.0.2 to 7.0.3 via interface went fine.


ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: A member of the National Assembly from Karachi has sought early opening of Indian consulate in the port city of Pakistan.
"The Pakistan government should allow India to open its consulate in Karachi as early as possible to facilitate the people of Sindh province", said Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MNA Kunwar Khalid Yunus.
Talking to Dawn here on Tuesday, the MNA said that the people of Sindh were worried about the delay in starting Khokhrapar-Monabao train service despite several announcements by both the governments of India and Pakistan.
Mr Yunus regretted the decision of the Foreign Office that Pakistani consulate in Mumbai and Indian consulate in Karachi would be opened simultaneously.
He said that India had time and again stated that it was ready to open its consulate in Karachi within no time.
The MNA said the people of Karachi and Sindh had to go to Islamabad and Lahore to get Indian visa and travel to India.
He said when the Line of Control in Kashmir could be opened and bus services could be started from Punjab, then why train service could not be started from Sindh. He was of the view that the Foreign Office should take care of the people of all the four provinces while making important decisions.
MNA Yunus asked the government to allow India to open its consulate in Karachi without any delay.


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Be warned, minor spoilers may be contained within. Generally, I do try to keep things spoiler-free but this isn't always possible/practical! If you want to totally avoid all potential spoilers so you can play these games yourself in a blind run, you shouldn't continue reading! Click a title to skip to that section. Games contained within this post:
Prey (PC)
I'm talking about Prey today, the one developed by Arkane Studios and released in 2017, not the one by Human Head Studios that released in 2006. Although I have played that one as well, a long time ago. Other than the name, Arkane's Prey shares very little in common with the 2006 game. Set in an alternate future on the space station Talos I, Prey puts you in the shoes of Morgan Yu, and thrusts you into the middle of a crisis on the station. With a blend of first-person shooter, RPG, and horror mechanics, the gameplay here is extremely compelling, and once I started playing I couldn't get enough of it!
Things start out pretty normally. You start by picking whether to play as a male or female character. You're supposed to be launched into orbit to work on the Talos I space station with your brother Alex soon, but you have to go through a few tests first. Things go wrong very quickly during these tests when aliens appear and begin killing the examiners. Morgan is sedated, and they wake up back in their apartment, but it becomes clear very quickly that what happened wasn't a dream. You find a corpse in the hall, and a mysterious figure called January calls and tells you that things aren't as they seem. January asks you to escape your apartment so they can help you, and shortly thereafter you find out that you've really been working on Talos I for the past 3 years. As the game progresses, more and more of the history of Talos I and Morgan's role on it are revealed, but I won't spoil any of that here. The introduction makes a great impression, and it definitely left me wanting to explore and learn more about what was going on.
One of the goals of Talos I is to research and develop Neuromods, devices that allow you to instantly learn new skills. Neuromods could allow someone to who has never studied medicine to become a neurosurgeon overnight, so it's understandable that TranStar, the company who invented them and owns Talos I, is heavily invested in their development. Of course, aliens attacking and killing the staff on the station throws a wrench into those plans. These aliens are called Typhon, and you'll be seeing a lot of them as you explore.
There are several kinds of Typhon, but most of the time you'll be seeing one of two kinds. Mimics are little spider-like Typhon that can take the form of anything they find laying around, from coffee cups to medkits. They're the source of many jump scares throughout the game, and in the early game I was pretty paranoid about running into them. The enemies you'll see most often are Phantoms. These are bipedal monsters with loud, thumping footsteps. You'll hear them before you see them a lot of the time, and they also cause the lights to flicker when they're nearby. I was horrified of these things in the early game, and the fact that I could hear them before I knew exactly where they were made things so much scarier. Combat can be very intense too, especially early on. Phantoms hit hard, so if you don't deal with them quickly, you'll probably die. I was playing on Normal difficulty, and I died several times throughout my playthrough.
Just like Arkane's other games, the "play your way" philosphy is in full force throughout Prey. There are multiple ways to approach obstacles and complete the objectives presented to you. For instance, if you find a locked door, you might be able to get through by finding the keycard that opens it, or maybe there's a maintenance panel nearby that you can crawl through to make it around to the other side. That kind of situation and many others come up often while exploring Talos I, and the systems within the game offer a lot of freedom of choice, and creative thinking can get you into seemingly unreachable places where valuable loot might be waiting.
There was a moment when I came across a locked security station and wanted to get inside. I didn't need to get inside, but I wanted to see if I could. I couldn't get through the locked door, but I realized that there were tiny windows in the glass. After some trial and error, I realized I could use the Mimic ability to transform into a small object, slide through the window, and transform back. I love how Prey allows for solutions like that, and I would get more use out of that same strategy later with other security stations, as well as making it past barricaded doorways that were otherwise impassable.
Mimic is just one of many abilities and passive upgrades you can acquire through the skill tree system. This is wher the Neuromods I mentioned earlier tie into the gameplay. You collect Neuromods and spend them to unlock skills. There are both human skills and Typhon skills available. The human ones can be unlocked right away, but you won't be able to unlock the Typhon skills until you get the Psycoscope, which you find pretty early on in the main quest line. Using the Psychoscope, you can scan enemy Typhon to research them, and when you've scanned enough of a given type, you'll be able to spend Neuromods to acquire some of their Typhon skills. As you might have guessed, by scanning Mimics, you can unlock the Mimic skill for purchase. Scanning Phantoms unlocks the Kinetic Blast skill, which gives you the ability to trigger a powerful psychic blast that damages enemies and moves objects in an area. Another Typhon ability I liked using was Psychoshock, which lets you trigger a phychic blast against a single enemy for decent damage. The human skills are split between passive upgrades, like more health or inventory space, and upgrades that give you more options to advance past obstacles and complete objectives, like hacking, repairing broken items, and lifting heavier objects. There are several tiers of each of those, and in the late game I got a lot of use out of the fully upgraded Hacking IV skill.
As I've come to expect from having played several of Arkane's other games, the level design here is top notch. Talos I feels very organic and believable, but at the same time the levels are carefully crafted to allow multiple paths through them. The station is composed of several large areas with loading screens between them. In the beginning, you can only go to a few of them, but eventually things open up and you have access to the entire station. You also have many, many optional objectives you can complete, with more becoming available depending on your choices and how much you explore. You might unlock a side quest simply by finding and listening to a TranScribe that describes hidden dead drops around the station, that kind of thing. I completed several side quests over the course of my playthrough, but there was still a long list of optional things I didn't do by the time I finished the game. There's a ton of depth here, and if you're into it, there's also a lot of lore to be found. There's plenty of books and emails to read, and you can learn a lot about the station and the people who worked on it if you're interested.
While researching for this video, I noticed some interesting things about Prey's voice cast. Many of them have had a lot roles on TV, in both voice and traditional acting roles, in addition to video games, but for some, like Benedict Wong, who voices Alex, Prey is the only video game they've ever been a part of. I wasn't familiar with any of the people in the cast by name, but I'm definitely familiar with some of the characters they've played and voiced over the years. Here's a few of the cast members I found interesting: Mae Whitman, who plays Roxie Richter in the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World movie, James Hong, who voices Chi Fu in Disney's Mulan, and Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants. That last one blew my mind a little bit, never in a million years did I expect to see the voice of SpongeBob in a game like Prey.
I really enjoyed Prey. It was a deeply immersive and rewarding experience. After finishing the game, I watched the Noclip documentary on the making of Prey. They interview several members of the development staff, and some of the games they cite as having influenced Prey are System Shock as well as Arx Fatalis, the first game ever made by Arkane. With how much I enjoyed Prey, I guess I really need to play System Shock 2 at some point, but Arx Fatalis is definitely on my radar now too! There's also the Mooncrash DLC for Prey that I'm looking forward to playing in the near future. The backlog just keeps getting longer! My final time for this one was 17 hours 31 minutes.
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Identification solutions from SICK optimize meat processing at Goedegebuur
Anyone ordering sirloin, rib-eye, or tenderloin steak in a restaurant in Europe is most likely being served quality beef from Goedegebuur, a beef specialist in Rotterdam, Netherlands. More than 170 employees process over 2,000 beef hindquarters there every day for catering trade, restaurant chains, meat industry and retail all over Europe. MPS Food Logistic Systems, one of the leading specialist in intralogistics solution helped Goedegebuur to optimize the packaging line. Image-based code readers from SICK play an important role.
As Edwin Valstar, IT Manager at Goedegebuur, says, In developing the solution for the packaging line, we did not want to stop at automating existing processes. We also wanted to optimize our work and increase capacity. MPS Food Logistic Systems helped us to restructure our packaging line.
Restructuring the work process
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In the past, employees worked in a line, one after the other, weighing, labeling, sorting, and packing the meat, reports Valstar. Now the working areas are separate. Several employees weigh and label the vacuum-packed cuts of meat. With a simple push of a button, they indicate which cut of beef they are processing. The MPS sorting machine then uses this information to determine how the meat is sorted. The boxes are then packed by the employees stationed below at the sorter.
The 2D challenge
MPS Food Logistic Systems was able to count on many tried-and-tested partial solutions for the intralogistics system at Goedegebuur. Erik van den Beld, Manager Engineering at MPS was faced with a number of challenges when it came to scanning the box labels: The available space for applying an additional code on the box label was really limited. There was also no way of ensuring fixed alignment of the label, because some labels are applied by hand. For this reason we chose a 2D code. To set up a reliable process that took into account the capabilities of the existing label printers, we had to find a suitable module size. This size, and the number of digits required for creating unique codes, led to a code format of 18 x 18 mm."
But there was still a further problem: The labels could only be affixed to the front side of the boxes. As van den Beld explains, It would have been easy to scan box labels running parallel to the conveyor belt. But we had to come up with a solution that would allow labels to be scanned on the front or back sides of the boxes. For this reason, the 2D code scanner had to be set at a difficult angle. Reading performance is a critical aspect of scanners in logistics systems. Code readers constitute both the interface between our machines and transport components and the PLC, as well as between MPS Warehouse Management and the order processing system on the other. "The Lector62x image-based code reader produced very good results under these circumstances."
Tracking every step of the way
SICK's image-based code readers play an important role in traceability. Legislation charges us with classifying areas of responsibility. From the time the beef quarters reach us to the moment that they leave our premises, we must be able to track the meat, explains Valstar. Thanks to SICK scanners, we can always tell where individual meat products are located.
DT50 mid-range distance sensor
In addition to the Lector62x, MPS also employs SICK sensors at other stages of the process. In the chilled storage area, we employ DT50 mid-range distance sensors, to take depth measurements. The system uses these measurements to determine where there is available space for additional boxes or crates. The shelf crane there is one of the newest innovations from MPS. Our crane has very low energy demands. It is fast and can be fitted with different load-bearing tools.
Erik van den Beld from MPS was similarly complementary about SICK: "SICK helped us test the codes and also provided support during the coordination of the codes and the scanners. Thanks to the high quality, reliable, and innovative approach of the sensor manufacturer, van den Beld says that his company would also be a regular customer of SICK in the future. We are always referring to SICK products for special solutions.
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You're invited to a pot-luck barbeque, and you're assigned to bring fruit salad. You grab the already-made stuff from the supermarket and serve it out of the plastic container it came in. Or, if you have time, you choose assorted fruits from the produce aisle and cut them into a nice bowl. In both cases, you end up in the same place: a fruit salad of under-ripe, hard pieces, not very sweet, and certainly not outstanding. Most of it is left over. You wish you had been assigned the brownies because everyone loves brownies. Nobody seems to love fruit salad.
In fact, just about everybody loves fruit. We humans have been eating fruit for thousands of years longer than brownies. (Brownies are brand-new to the food scene -- refined sugar and cocoa powder are less than two hundred years old). What we humans really crave is a perfectly ripe, sweet fruit that has complex aromas, unctuous texture, and multi-layered tastes. A lot of people don't know what a properly-ripened melon or mango tastes like because they've grown accustomed to the bland chunks they find in supermarket containers and restaurant buffets.
I'm going to tell you how to compose a spectacular fruit salad. You'll learn the secret to finding the right ingredients that will have people coming back for seconds and thirds, and volunteering to take home the leftovers.
Traditional advice tells you to look for smooth fruit, free of blemishes, perfectly shaped. Sometimes this is good advice. Sometimes it is not. Many people think a spotted, ugly fruit should be thrown away. In fact, it may be at the peak of flavor. When choosing certain fruits, going ugly and almost rotten is one of the best-kept secrets of an excellent fruit platter. A cantaloupe or papaya or pineapple that is getting rotten spots on the surface is often the sweetest and most delicious. I seek out these ugly fruits – especially if I need them in a hurry. If I can only find hard, unripe fruits, I leave them on my countertop until they're starting to look like they're headed for the compost pile. That's what happened to the papaya in the photo above -- I let it sit on the counter for several days until it got soft spots that were just starting to grow mold. I peeled it and cubed it, and it was heavenly. In cool weather, the ripening process can take a few weeks. Once fruits are ripe, they must be eaten soon. Otherwise, they will over-ripen, and that's as bad as under-ripened fruit. The exceptions are watermelon and berries, which you have to buy already ripe at the supermarket because they don't ripen once they're harvested.
When buying fruit, don't confuse bruised or damaged fruit with ripe fruit. Bruised fruit will have just one or two soft spots and the rest will be hard. Avoid these. A ripe fruit will be ripe all over, not just in one spot.
If you don't have time to let fruit ripen at home, then compose a platter of fruit that is sold already ripe. This includes grapes, oranges, berries, watermelon, and high-quality frozen fruit such as cherries.
Honeydew: An unripe honeydew is very firm and the skin is smooth and slippery. As it ripens, the skin gets rougher, almost tacky. I wait for the skin to get to this rough point. I also smell it. If it smells fruity and delicious, it's ready to eat.
Cantaloupe: As with honeydew, smell is a good indicator. Unripe cantaloupes have no fragrance, but ripe cantaloupe does – sweet and cantaloupe-y. Also, the stem end of the fruit will give when you press it.
Papaya: When you press it, it should feel like a ripe peach: soft, but not mushy. If it is looking mottled and starting to get rotten spots on the skin, don't toss it in trash! It is ready to eat.
Watermelon: This is one melon you pretty much have to pick correctly when you buy it because they don't really ripen off the vine. If you look on the bottom of the melon, there is a pale patch where it sat on the ground. I look for a patch that has a lot of yellow in it. Sometimes you may still end up with a watermelon that doesn't have great texture, especially if it is out of season in your area and was shipped a long distance. Try to buy when it's in season.
Pineapple: It should smell fruity and sweet and have some give when you press it. If there is surface mold, don't worry. That will get peeled away.
Mangoes and kiwis: Like peaches, ripe mangos and kiwis should feel soft, not mushy. There is no need to let them get to the point where their skin is wrinkled so long as they feel soft. If they're starting to wrinkle, eat them right away, otherwise, they're going to get over-ripe and won't taste good anymore. If the mangoes have big brown patches on the inside when you cut them open, discard them -- they're no good.
Citrus such as oranges, lemons, grapefruit: Choose fruits that are heavy for their size. The rind should not be dried-out or shriveled.
Mystery fruits (such as dragon fruit and lychees): You may find yourself in an ethnic supermarket, confronted with fruits you've never seen before. That's an opportunity to expand your culinary horizons. Ask the produce guy how to pick the fruit and how to know when they're ripe.
The old-school way – before the days when stores sold already-cut fruit in clear plastic containers -- was to hunt around for whatever is on hand, such as apples, pears, bananas, grapes, melon, maybe some berries. You'd cut everything up into irregular pieces, toss it all in a bowl, and maybe add a squirt of lemon juice to keep the bananas and apples from going brown. After a few hours, you'd have a fruit salad that had thrown off way too much liquid, the flavors were starting to blur into each other, the banana slices were mushy and gray, and the apple pieces look old and tired. This was not exciting then, and it's not exciting now. But a lot of people are still trapped in the old-school mindset. Let's break out of that. Here are the rules I follow.
Rule #1: Don't toss fruit together. Fruit salad is not really a salad. Think of it as a composed plate, where each kind of fruit is kept separate. For example, chunks of watermelon next to chunks of pineapple next to a section of blueberries makes it easier for people to pick out exactly what they prefer. When different fruits are mixed together (especially if the fruit has been cut too small), flavors get muddied and everything seems to break down faster and leave a bigger puddle of juice in the bottom of the bowl.
By keeping varieties of fruit separate, you can create a gorgeous fruit platter that lasts longer and tastes better. You can get creative, too. For example, you can divide the platter into three or four sections and fill each one with a single kind of fruit. Or you can create concentric rings of different fruits. The internet is a great place to look for ideas on this.
There are two exceptions to this rule: Berries and melons. Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries look great mixed together. Melons, such as watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew can also be mixed. Caveat: Be gentle when mixing so you don't damage the fruit.
Rule #2: A fruit platter can be composed of a single type of fruit. As a guest at a dinner party, I was asked to bring fruit. I brought just one kind: perfectly-ripe, in-season Korean pears from the Asian market. Shortly before serving, I cored and sliced them and tossed them with freshly squeezed lemon juice. They were superb, and got rave reviews.
Another single fruit that is fantastic on its own is fresh cherries. Presented solo in a bowl, cherries are one of the great joys of summer. No need to pit them – just rinse and serve. In winter, frozen pitted cherries are a great option (see below). Fresh, in-season strawberries, rinsed and hulled, with whipped cream on the side are also superb. The shortcake is optional.
Orange slices on a platter -- garnished with pomegranate seeds or snipped mint -- is refreshing and easy to compose.
Rule #3 Cut fruit into large pieces, don't mince. When fruit is minced too finely, it breaks down faster. I prefer to cut fruit into larger chunks (1 inch or more), or into slices. Whether you should peel it is up to you. I always peel pineapple, honeydew, cantaloupe, mango, kiwi, and papaya. Sometimes I leave the rind on watermelon slices and orange slices so they're easier to pick up and eat.
Rule #4: Never use bananas. Bananas break down quickly no matter how much lemon juice you put on them, so leave them out. Other fruit that bruises and browns easily -- such as apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, and apricots -- should be cut shortly before serving. These fruits are not good choices for a fruit platter that needs to sit out for a long time.
Rule #5. Frozen fruit can be a good option. I have served partially-defrosted frozen cherries tossed with Amaretto, with whipped cream on the side, and they are delicious. Other frozen-fruit-options are blueberries, pineapple, seedless grapes, and peaches. (I avoid frozen mango because it tends to be disappointing). Frozen fruit is best served semi-frozen for the best texture, because once it reaches room temperature, it becomes soft and watery.
Rule #6: You can go savory. Aside from the classic pear-and-cheese platter, some fruits work well in savory dishes. For example, watermelon tossed with feta cheese cubes and garnished with mint is delicious. Watermelon also works as a sweet counterpoint in tomato salads with basil. Pink grapefruit supremes (that is, sections of grapefruit that have been cut free of membrane and peel – see YouTube for the technique) are delicious tossed with arugula and avocado chunks, and dressed with citrus vinaigrette and fresh tarragon or mint. Strawberries are a good addition to a simple green salad, dressed with a hazelnut dressing.
Rule #7: Use garnishes. Mint is a great garnish for most fruits. So are lemon and lime slices. Basil works with melons. A mild Mexican chili blend, called tajin, is a traditional sprinkle (along with lemon or lime juice) for tropical fruit such as melons, pineapple, kiwi, mangoes and papayas. I keep a bottle of tajin next to the fruit so people can decide how much they want.
Nuts are a classic accompaniment to fruit. Aside from pairing walnuts with pears and apples, one of my favorites is hazelnuts with strawberries. Peaches with almonds are another favorite, as are pistachios with apricots. Macadamias harmonize with tropical fruits. An unusual and delicious combination is purple concord grapes and roasted peanuts – this is reminiscent of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Seeds such as sunflower and pumpkin can also work in place of nuts, along with shredded or flaked coconut.
I always keep nuts and seeds on the side, in a bowl with a spoon, so that people can add their own – and those who have allergies can avoid the nuts.
Bottom line: Compose your fruit salad as a fruit platter, not as a tossed salad. Use ripe fruit, and remember that ugly fruit is often the tastiest. Take the time to cut and arrange it nicely. Use garnishes such as nuts, herbs, and lemon slices. Done correctly, you'll leave the brownies in the dust and get rave reviews. Happy summer!


My sister has turned me on to a show that could be difficult down the road, but for now, I am addicted. It's called I'm Having Their Baby. You may have heard of it. I had but thought that it was about surrogacy from the title. Actually it's about adoption.
Each episode follows two to three couples/birth mothers as they struggle to decide what to do with their babies. Many are already matched with adoptive parents, many are not. Most stories go through the birth to two months after birth. The show gives me an insight into how hard the decision is for birth patents, which is invaluable. Not only the struggle with placing their child for adoption but also the struggle with family and friends who do not agree with the decision.
It also will hopefully help me be cautious with my heart. Many of the matched birth mothers/couples end up deciding to parent right after birth or within a few days of birth. For adoptive parents, this means they have not only been off the adoption market while matched but also grown to love and expect a child at the end. Many are present for the birth, even hold and bond with the baby before being told they will not be taking the child home. I cannot even fathom what that is like, but our agency says 1 in 5 matched birth mothers/parents end up deciding to parent themselves.


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Stevia, Stevia rebaudiana, plays an important role in our herbal blends. Bamboo Hut's herbs are not all delicious. Some are bitter, some our sour, astringent etc. Please do not expect a super sweet "bubble gum" drink. This is herbal. This is healthy. The sprouted black rice provides a pleasant tasting (malt) flavor but with the addition of our herbs, taste tests indicate that a slightly sweeter taste is preferred. Stevia provides natural sweetness. It is a healthy herbal alternative. It contains no sugar but is sweeter than sugar with no calories, no toxicity and none of the negative health effects of sugar.
Gotu Kola, Centella asiatica, is one of the most important regenerative Ayurvedic herbs. These leaves have been used for centuries by yogis to support deep meditation. It is believed to develop the Crown Chakra, the energy center at the top of the head and balance the right and left hemispheres of the human brain. In addition to its use in ancient India, China and Africa have traditionally used gotu kola for its medicinal properties.
Asian Pigeonwings (Blue butterfly pea), Clitoria ternatea, is noted for its bright blue edible flowers that have a shape similar to female genitalia from which it derives its scientific name. Aside from its many culinary uses, the Asian Pigeonwings (blue butterfly pea vine) has been used in Ayurveda as well as traditional Asian and Middle Eastern medicine and its health benefits are increasingly supported by modern science. Asian Pigeonwings (Blue butterfly pea) itself has a rich historical background with a multitude of health convenient properties.


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Service Change: Toronto, Part 2 - The Scarborough RT and the Bloor-Danforth Subway
So what does RT stand for? The other lines are all referred to as "subways," so the Scarborough RT must be different. RT must stand for rapid transit, right? What else could it be? But all the other lines are rapid transit, too...
Anyway, the Scarborough RT is essentially an extension of the Bloor Line from Kennedy to Scarborough. Looking at the map, I was wondering why they didn't just extend the Bloor Line, but we'll talk about that later.
The 190 dropped us off at Scarborough Town Centre (named after a mall, of all things), which is the penultimate stop on the line. If this had been an actual transit race, we would've ran to McCowen (the last stop), but we just took the train there. And I have to say, the train was really cute. The cars were pretty tiny, and we had one to ourselves. The only real problem I had with it was that there was no screen to compliment the announcements; the train was pretty noisy so the announcements were hard to hear.
The dingy busway.
And the also dingy...mudroom? I don't really know what to call it.
A nice map of the route.
And the station platform.
The train coming in...
...And the train stopped.
The camera doesn't capture it very well at all. Well, these cars were tiny, let me tell you.
A brief look at McCowan Station.
You could see into the driver's area! This was the middle of the train so nobody was in there.
Don't mistake it for stop request tape.
We then headed back to Scarborough Town Centre and onward to Midland. Views on this portion were mostly of some truly huge apartment buildings and some truly huge parking lots. It was on the section after Midland that we found out why they didn't just extend the Bloor Line: leaving the station, the train dipped down into a short tunnel, then made a really sharp turn, screeching the whole time. The full sized trains on the Bloor Line could never make such a turn.
Ellesmere Station was right after the sharp turn, then the views mostly consisted of industrial wasteland. After Lawrence East, the next stop, we went under some pylons and then through a planned housing area where all the houses are the same. Finally, we crossed under a bridge and onto one of our own, then made one final super sharp turn into Kennedy. Our short ride was done.
This is only a small fraction of the massive parking lot for Scarborough Town Centre (the mall, that is).
Some huge apartment buildings.
Lovely view. Lovely.
The train at Kennedy.
Can you see how sharp that turn is?
I had to crop this one a bit due to my finger getting into the picture.
The train again.
The trains apparently used to loop around at Kennedy, but now it's just a single track.
The mezzanine at Kennedy.
The busway.
So then we went on our way to the Bloor Line. This one runs east to west, and uses the same older trains used on the Sheppard Line. I was disappointed to find out that Kennedy is an underground station for the Bloor Line - I got a bit worried that the whole thing would be underground.
The walkway to the Bloor Line.
The next train sign at this platform is very convenient.
It was indeed underground, but we came up just before Warden Station, the next one. The section after that went through Warden Woods (presumably the namesake of the station), so it felt pretty rural. Right before Victoria Park we passed pretty close to a playground. I'm sure I would've loved it as a little kid. After Victoria Park, we went...back below ground. But we were only above for, like, two stops! There was then a flurry of generic underground stations. We only used one of them, Pape, because it's in a cool Greek neighborhood called Greektown.
A train leaving the station.
The generic platform.
Though I didn't really understand this artwork, it was pretty cool.
That's a bit nicer.
Sometimes I end up capturing really weird things accidentally. I have no idea what's going on here.
We went through a few more stations, then suddenly shot up above ground. The line goes over a huge viaduct over the Don Valley, and it's a beautiful view. It's really high up, and looking down at the many trees of the valley is amazing. It's a shame the view is so short, though: after about 15 seconds the train goes back underground.
In no way does this capture the view at all.
We went through the amusingly titled Castle Frank Station, then the hard to pronounce Sherbourne Station, and arrived at Bloor-Yonge. Between the eastern and western arms of the Yonge Line, there's one station on the Bloor Line: Bay. It's a bit of a pain in the butt when riding the entire system without any plan, and we had to go there then wait for a train going back the way we came.
The platform at Bay.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned before that my parents are total theater fanatics. Well, they are, and Bathurst Station is very close to a big theater district so we used that station a few times. It's the first station after the two interchanges with the Yonge Line on its western arm, but it still has that same white tile design on most of the Bloor Stations. Boring!
You can see a streetcar peeking in on the left.
The bright and airy lobby.
The hallway to the train.
And the train coming in.
The Bloor Line has very closely spaced stations, so we passed through a flurry of them before Dundas West, the next one we used. We got off here coming back from Kipling (the last stop) so we could take the Dundas Streetcar which goes right by our hotel. But guess what? It was a generic white tiled station! Hooray!
A train leaving.
You can see where it goes above ground. Don't get too excited.
The mezzanine.
You can see in the second photo of the above trio that the train goes above ground after Dundas. You see the backs of some apartments for about three seconds, then the train arrives at Keele. Then it goes back underground. Aw!
High Park is the next station, and it's also underground. But then the train rises to the surface again after that, and you can see the back of a UPS store for another three seconds...then it goes under again. After a few more underground stations, it comes back up to go over the Humber River. But the river's tiny, and once again the train goes back into its tunnel. This was, for some reason, my father's favorite view on the system, saying that the awesome viaduct was "too short." The Humber River is literally a two second view!
I somehow managed to get a picture.
The station after, Old Mill, is kind of cool because it's half underground and half overground. The underground portion is just more white tiles, but the overground part has a pretty cool design on its glass windows.
I got a picture from the train.
We went above ground again after the next station, Royal York, but it was only for about a femtosecond. We did go back up after Islington, the station after, for what would be the last time. Kipling is the next and last stop, and it's a Quincy Center sort of station (where it feels a bit like a subway station but it's effectively above ground). The western part of the Bloor Line is a fickle thing.
Lovely view of some train tracks.
A look at Kipling, but we just stayed on the train.
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Kabul city has suffered a lot in 40 years of conflict of civil war and "The war on terror". After the invasion of Afghanistan by the United States of America and its allies in 2001, the Taliban was removed from operational power, but The Taliban and other terrorist groups remained in remote areas of the country, they started suicide attacks and bombings. Hence to protect from these attacks officials surrounded their office buildings and houses with concrete blast walls. It gives a bad landscape to the city and creates traffic congestions. Our research contains; questionnaire, reviewing Kabul Municipality documents and literature review. Questionnaires were distributed to Kabul citizens to find out how people feel by seeing the T-Walls on Kabul streets? And what problems they face with T-Walls. "The T-Walls pull down commission" of Kabul Municipality documents were reviewed to find out what caused the failure of this commission. A literature review has been done to compare Kabul with Washington D.C on how they designed the city against terrorism threat without turning the cities into lock down. Bogota city of Columbia urban happiness movement is reviewed and compared with Kabul. The finding of research revealed that citizens of Kabul want security but not at the expense of public realm and creating the architecture of fear. It also indicates that increasing the T-walls do not give secure feeling but instead; it increases terror, hatred and affect people's optimism. At the end, a series of recommendation is suggested on the issue.
Anti-terror design, Kabul, T-Walls, urban happiness.
	Schneider, Richard. "American Anti-Terrorism Planning and design strategies", University of Florida Journal Law & Public Policy. 15 (2003) 129- 154.
	Coaffee, J., Wood, D. (2006). Security is coming home, International relations, 20(4), 501-517.
	Charles Montgomery (2009), The Archipelago of Fear: Are fortification and foreign aid making Kabul more dangerous? The Walrus.
	"The T-walls pull down commission" documents from Kabul Municipality.


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Survey shows lower drug use among young people
By Staff Writer - April 23, 2017
Photo: Chuck Grimmett
The Government has received the results of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) survey carried out in 2015, in which Monaco participated for the third time. The results are seen as encouraging.
The ESPAD started in 1995 by the Swedish Council for Alcohol and Drugs Information, with the support of the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe. Its aim was to collect comparable and reliable data in as many countries as possible in order to provide a solid basis for helping to put in place appropriate policies, in particular, aimed at young people. For example, tobacco smoking patterns, alcohol and other illicit drugs are measured for young European pupils reaching grade 16 in the year of study.
Conducted every four years, it allows a comparison of the consumption habits of the school children of the participating countries. Monaco participated in April 2007, 2011 and 2015. The Monaco Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (IMSEE) took part with the assistance of the Management of Monaco National Education, Youth and Sports, under the supervision of the French Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
The conclusions of the ESPAD survey for the Principality highlights several points: the indicators are down compared to the previous survey concerning the experimentation with and regular consumption of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis although experimentation with and use of alcohol remains at relatively high levels. For tobacco and alcohol consumption, the gap between girls and boys is smaller in the Principality than elsewhere in Europe and cannabis is confirmed as the main product consumed among a range of illegal substances.
The Government believes that various campaigns to fight the use of illegal substances and alcohol have contributed to the downward trend in use. The entire ESPAD report is available at imsee.mc
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Last day for Top Marques Watches
[caption id="attachment_5440" align="alignleft" width="320"] Photo: Top Marques Watches[/caption] The Second Edition of Top Marques Watches & Jewellery, which returned to the Hotel Hermitage's Salle Belle Époque Thursday, ends today. A spin-off of the world-renowned Top Marques Monaco – "a supercar show for the one percenters" – held in April, Top Marques Watches is the Principality's only show dedicated solely to Haute Horlogerie and Jewellery under the patronage of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, who inaugurated the event during a private visit Thursday. Following the success of the launch event last year, an extra day has been added to the "Pop-Up" show. Open to the public (visit from 10 am to 7:30 pm Saturday), it gives watch connoisseurs, lovers of all things luxurious or simply the inquisitive a rare opportunity to see collections from some of the world's most exclusive watch brands, such as the esteemed Swiss horologer Franck Muller and Greubel Forsey, creator of one of the rarest current-production timepieces, the Quadruple Tourbillon. The event also provides the perfect backdrop for watch aficionados to discover some of the newest and most exciting names emerging in the world of haute horlogerie and jewellery. Exhibitors Top Marques Watches & Jewellery, organised by the same team behind Top Marques Monaco, include the highly original timepiece designers Urwerk who "make art that tells the time", and "niche brand" Maison Dewitt, from Geneva. Meanwhile the world of jewellery is represented by some of its most creative and elegant contributors such as designers Elena Silvodaeva and Jasre, both from Monaco, as well as award-winning Austro-Swiss designer Claudia Schweitzer with her Design for Desire brand. There's also a display of rare, limited-edition high precision table clocks and marine chronometers from London-based Thomas Mercer, whose legacy firm had made one third of all of the world's chronometers by 1980. The company, which supplied the chronometer Sir Ernest Shackleton used to navigate the Antarctica in 1914, was revived four years ago and now creates beautiful pieces for yachts and living spaces. In association with private bank The Edmond de Rothschild Group, other partners of the Second Edition of Top Marques Watches & Jewellery include La Société des Bains de Mer, Monaco's Department of Tourism and Conferences and Monegasque real estate agency Attol. Top Marques Watches & Jewellery is open to the public from 10 am to 7:30 pm Saturday. Tickets for Top Marques Monaco 2017, which runs April 20-23 at the Grimaldi Forum, are now on sale. [caption id="attachment_5441" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo: Top Marques Watches[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5439" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo: Top Marques Watches[/caption]
A Blue Wonderful gift at Monaco Yacht...
Local News	Staff Writer - December 14, 2016
The Ferretti Group has auctioned a unique Aquariva Super vessel at a charity event at Monaco Yacht Club. The proceeds will go to help the victims of the terrible earthquakes that hit central Italy earlier this year. The Blue Wonderful colour of the boat was chosen by Sir Elton John, himself a Riva owner. The pop star said: "As a friend of Ferretti Group and Riva owner, I am happy to support the Group's commitment in helping the populations of those regions… Our hearts go out to those who are still suffering and we are confident that the auction proceeds will contribute to comfort and help for those who need it most." Tuesday night's charity auction was organised by Monaco Boat Service, the exclusive Riva dealer for Monaco and France. The event transformed YCM's Riva Deck on the 5th floor into a winter wonderland, complete with tress, photos with Santa, crepes stands and animations for children, for what will surely be known as one of the best Christmas parties of the season.


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HomeUSBiden lifts economic sanctions on Iran hoping they will stop enriching uranium
Biden lifts economic sanctions on Iran hoping they will stop enriching uranium
July 7, 2021 Amber Coakley US 0
In this photo released Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, by Sepahnews, the website of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the Guard's aerospace division, left, explains the Dezful surface-to-surface ballistic missile to the Guard's chief, Mohammad Ali Jafari during an inauguration ceremony, in an undisclosed location, Iran. (Sepahnews via AP)
UPDATED 7:43 AM PT – Wednesday, July 7, 2021
An Iran Revolutionary Guard general said America is and always will be an enemy of Iran. General Amir Ali Hajizadeh reecently called out ineffective U.S. foreign policy during a broadcast on Iran's Noor TV. This comes as the deadline closes in for Joe Biden to restart negotiations on the failed nuclear deal.
"If the enemy had had the power and ability to stop these things, it would have done so," stated the Iranian general. "Why is the enemy begging us? Wherever the enemy can do these things rather than beg, it does so."
Hajizadeh's comments followed a U.S. bombing in Syria, which resulted in IRGC bomb squad casualties. He also said he hopes one day the tables will turn, so Iran could impose sanctions on the U.S.
Iranian General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh: America Has Never Been the Friend of Iran – It Has Been Our Enemy and Will Remain Our Enemy; We Can Bring the Day When Iran Can Impose Sanctions on Them #Iran #IRGC #JCPOA pic.twitter.com/c2XgekfWE9
— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) July 5, 2021
Critics are now accusing the Biden administration of wasting diplomatic leverage as they continue to lift sanctions on Iran despite the country continuing to ramp up uranium enrichment efforts.
In early June, the Wall Street Journal reported the U.S. lifted sanctions on various Iranian officials and national Iranian oil companies, seemingly in an effort to both improve the price of oil and regain momentum on stalled nuclear agreement talks in Vienna.
With recent U.S. airstrikes against Iranian backed militias along the Iraqi-Syrian border, the White House is demonstrating it's hard power action against the Ayatollah regime. Experts are now questioning whether the hard power actions on Iran's proxies are enough to regain ground-lost to Iran as economic sanctions continue to be lifted.
The Biden administration's appeasement and lifting of the sanctions ultimately is aimed at getting Iran to stop increasing uranium enrichment levels. On Tuesday, however, Iran informed the United Nations nuclear watchdog that they will be enriching uranium to 20 percent for nuclear reactor energy fuel.
The problem is: nuclear reactor fuel only requires a 3 to 5 percent enrichment, not 20. The only reason Iran would enrich to 20 percent is because they are on their way to achieving the 90 percent enrichment needed for weapons grade uranium.
Even Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned early in June that Iran's nuclear weapon breakout time is only getting closer.
As it sits right now, the Biden administration continues to lift sanctions on Iran though their nuclear program seems to still be moving full steam ahead.
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Commentary The latest concentrated rocket attack on central Israel by Hamas in the functionally (and militarily) independent city state of Gaza is just the latest round in their long-term war to destroy the Jewish State […]
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Q: DataBinding type mismatch So I have no idea why but I get a type mismatch with data binding. I have the exact same code used for data binding in another app and it works fine.
Error is: Required ActivityMainBinding, Found:ViewDataBinding!
and if I just delete the assignment to binding, DataBinding.setContentView highlights in red saying:
Not enough information to infer type variable T
It always worked, I don't know if it's some update or something but I have no idea where to start trying to fix this.
MainActivity.kt
package com.pdstudios.practice

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import com.pdstudios.practice.databinding.ActivityMainBinding
import androidx.databinding.DataBindingUtil

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    private lateinit var binding: ActivityMainBinding
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        binding = DataBindingUtil.setContentView(this, R.layout.activity_main) //PROBLEM HERE
        setContentView(binding.root)
    }
}

build.gradle(:app)
    id 'com.android.application'
    id 'kotlin-android'
    id 'kotlin-kapt'
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 30

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.pdstudios.practice"
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 30
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"

        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }

    buildFeatures {
        dataBinding = true
        viewBinding = true
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = '1.8'
    }
}

dependencies {

    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.5.0'
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.4'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0'
}

A: Try This:
  override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        binding = ActivityMainBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
        setContentView(binding.root)
    }

P.S: If you are not binding your data to xml then do not convert your xml to <layout/> tag instead use viewBining for which you dnt have to do anything on xml .

A: Check if you're not missing layout tag as your top root layout in your xml file.
Wrap your xml layout in a <layout></layout> and DataBindingUtil will work as intended.

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Last month at the Code technology conference, technology giant Microsoft announced a new feature for Skype, the decade-old video conferencing program allowing people from around the world to talk to each other, face-to-face. Skype has more than 300 million active users, and is currently available worldwide for free. The new feature is slated to "translate" conversations in real time; that is, after a sentence is said, an automated voice will repeat that sentence in the language of your choice.
Sounds like something out of science fiction? Well, don't drop out of your foreign language classes quite yet – the new technology, as impressive as it is, still has its flaws. In practice, it seems like you will be able to understand the gist of what the other person is saying, but the translated sentences that result from your conversation will sound choppy and strange to a native speaker. Useful for saying hi to your friend Christiane in France, perhaps, but for a serious business meeting, you're better off hiring a professional interpreter.


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How to make the most of Valentine's sales with Zbooni Collections?
Written by Lara Fatho | Jan 26 2023
Love is in the air, and profit is on the horizon for the eCommerce industry this Valentine's Day. Billions of dollars are spent globally as consumers look for romantic gifts to buy their loved ones. The National Retail Federation (NRF) reported that in the US alone, people spent a hefty $23.9Bn in 2022. Make no mistake, Valentine's Day is a window of opportunity to increase sales and a chance to build and retain more loyal customers.
What makes a licensed mobile marketplace crucial in 2023
Written by Hamed Ahli | Jan 09 2023
There is no denying that connected commerce is becoming increasingly competitive. However, considering that online shopping is predicted to become a chatty experience in 2023, you must take a well-thought-out approach to stay competitive. Having the proper licensing, reliability, and using tools and features related to digital commerce is essential to success as a digital business.
cCommerce Tactics to Increase Sales
Written by Rawan Kayat | Nov 28 2022
Connected or chat commerce, also known as cCommerce is increasing and will continue to grow as long as shoppers adapt to online shopping habits. Popular social media platforms are investing in adapting to new trends in social commerce to gain speed to market and seamlessly sell. What are some of the most important social commerce tactics?
cShop: why should your business have one?
COVID really changed the shopping game. In the past two years, businesses everywhere saw an unprecedented surge in online shopping- just ask Jeff Besos. If businesses didn't have social media accounts they created one, and others turned to open platforms to create their own online stores. Everyone thought that brick and mortar shopping will remain dead after life returns to normal (whatever normal means these days.) However, if H1 of 2022 is any indication, people obviously still love to physically go shopping and browse window shops.
3 Fabulous Female-Ruled Local Businesses
Written by Lara Fatho | Nov 07 2022
Did you know that there's a 40 percent gap between male and female ownership of businesses in the MENA region? And, that the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says that barriers towards jobs and careers for women are costing the region $575 billion a year?
How Freelancers Can Accept Online Payments
Freelancers and SMEs expect online selling to be efficient and profitable. Making money sounds interesting, but processing it is quite difficult. However, freelancers and SMEs encounter many challenges with the traditional payment gateways, which can create complexities and lead them to search for local payment alternatives that accept online payments. In this article, we will list some of the main challenges small businesses encounter with traditional payment gateways and local banks:
7 years with Zbooni
Written by Saad Itani | Oct 24 2022
No one can anticipate what the future holds but as time passes, we can look back at key decisions we have made and assess the impact they had on our present selves. 7 years ago, I took one of those decisions and joined a team of two people who had a vision. Straight out of college, I sprung onto the opportunity not knowing how strongly that decision will shape my career and who I am today. "We want to build an app that helps and serves SMEs, an underserved sector in the market"- Ramy CEO of Zbooni.
What is Zbooni-in my own words
Written by Rawan Kayat | Oct 17 2022
Two weeks ago, I was in Beirut visiting my parents. One day, my mom and I decided to go shopping - she needed a few summer dresses and my friend had told me about a shop in a tucked away street in Ashrafieh. At first, it looked like any other clothing store: jeans on the shelves, t-shirts hung on the rails in the back, a summer sale collection on the right. As we walked in, we were greeted by two sales ladies. My mom tried on a few dresses and as were debating if the dress is a perfect fit or not, Nadine (one of the sales ladies) came over and pinched the dress on the sides: "it needs a cm or two on each side, I'll get that marked and fixed for you," she simply said. I looked around and I heard Mary (the other sales lady) chatting to what seemed like a regular customer because she was asking her about her daughter. Nadine took such good care of my mom, she was attentive, nice, welcoming and kept showing her dresses and telling her not to worry about the adjustments: everything can be fixed to size. My mom bought four dresses and I recommended the store to three other friends. The experience reminded me of how shopping was before big malls, fast fashion and the internet.
Remarketing From A to Zbooni. The next stage of the cCommerce revolution
Written by Lara Fatho | Sep 22 2022
Winning new customers can be difficult and expensive. That's why many businesses put so much emphasis on retaining existing customers, and expanding the lifetime value they can achieve from them. Remarketing is all about keeping your existing customers engaged, and increasing the conversion possibilities. When done correctly, it can make all the difference to your business. It is no surprise that, today, more than 56% of companies use remarketing strategy to regain or retain customers\*.
Zbooni White Paper
Written by Ramy Assaf | Apr 30 2022
Introducing the region's first whitepaper on cCommerce. The report was compiled with insights from leading brands such as Chalhoub Group, Checkout.com and TikTok. Research suggests that cCommerce could eventually serve up to 40% of MENA's $1trillion retail market, including 20 million micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. Say hello to cCommerce.
cCommerce Realities You Must Understand
Written by Saad Itani | Apr 06 2022
Advertisements were mainly what we saw during T.V commercials, in newspapers, free press and magazines. Businesses paid big money to get a 15 second primetime slot on a popular T.V station or a full page in a widely distributed newspaper. It made sense since that was one of the only effective ways businesses could reach their target audience at that time. Today, however, things are a little different. The era of smartphones, social media and social commerce is causing an array of changes that is disrupting and revolutionizing how businesses find, reach and communicate with their target audience.
cCommerce: should you consider it?
Written by Saad Itani | Mar 22 2022
Many businesses wonder if they should adopt cCommerce to their day to day business activities and use it as a channel to reach and increase sales. Connected commerce (CC), is the use of chat and social applications by businesses to reach customers and convert sales. Today with chat being the most used feature in the world and chat bots being the topic of the year, CC is an inevitable development that most businesses will want to utilize. But the question remains, is it really worth adopting?
From conversations to conversion, how cCommerce is revolutionizing sales
Written by Ramy Assaf | Feb 15 2022
Online sales in MENA are expected to exceed $50 billion by the end of this year, making this region one of the most exciting emerging markets. The impact of the pandemic, digital transformation initiatives by brands and improvements in logistics and last mile delivery have vastly contributed to double-digit growth. Saudi Arabia is leading the way in terms of regional e-commerce growth (39 per cent CAGR) just ahead of UAE (38 per cent CAGR). However, a less talked about phenomenon driving this seismic shift is the rapidly changing consumer behaviors and attitudes towards retail in an omnichannel world.
The Service that Every Business Must Provide
Written by Saad Itani | Feb 04 2022
Technically, both product and service based businesses sell a "product" but that doesn't necessarily mean that they're really doing much selling. Competition has never been higher and consumer trends have been shifting from loyalty-based purchases to value-focused ones. In other words, people are caring less about who you are and more about how much they believe they're getting back for their dollar. There are a few things that businesses can do to increase perceived value but the easiest and probably most effective solution is providing a prominent customer service experience.
Benefits of Mobile Invoicing for Small Businesses
Written by Saad Itani | Jan 06 2022
Businesses used to rely heavily on paper-based invoicing to handle payments, which is both expensive and time consuming. The hassle of generating, sending, and tracking invoices can be a heavy burden for small business owners. However, businesses are switching to mobile invoicing platforms for easy payment collection, better customer service, centralized storage, and invoice reconciliation.
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Written by Saad Itani | Dec 15 2021
Millennials, a quick googled definition describes the term as "a person reaching young adulthood in the early 21st century." Consumers between the ages of 21 to 35 spend $600 billion annually in the US alone. So it's safe to say that this generation has an undeniable impact on today's market and will continue to do so for at least the next 35 years. That is why it is vital that businesses understand the drivers behind the shopping habits and preferences that millennials have to better cater and prepare for them.


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Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): ContentWise, ITV, "Emmerdale," Maria Menounos, AfterBuzz TV
--New Version of ContentWise Recommendation Engine Offers A/B Testing, Social Component
--ITV Launches Facebook Pages for "Emmerdale" Characters
--Actress Maria Menounos Launches Social-TV Site, AfterBuzz TV
Because the [itvt] editorial team has been working on The TV of Tomorrow Show 2012, we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format.
Milan-based ContentWise, which offers an eponymous cross-media, multiscreen content discovery engine for IPTV, OTT, VOD, and linear TV, contacted [itvt] Wednesday to let us know that it will launch a new version (4.2) of the engine at the IP&TV World Forum later this month. According to the company, the new version will add A/B testing for operators and a social-network data-processing and presentation component. "ContentWise provides operators with a robust, scalable content discovery solution that incorporates detailed analytics," the company states in its press materials. "The software is designed for easy integration with IPTV services and, because of its cross-media and metadata processing capabilities, is ideally suited to providers that want to add recommendations to media stores that aggregate multiple media domains--such as digital TV, ebooks, games, music, and apps--even with low-quality metadata input. A/B testing is a new capability designed to help digital media operators test which approaches are successful with users by comparing a control group with a test group. Operators use A/B testing to measure the actual impact of each ContentWise business rule or combination of rules on any specific user segments or demographic in a real-life environment. With this method, operators can measure average revenue per user (ARPU), views per user, average time using the service, how much 'lift' in consumption or revenue a specific recommendation or set of recommendations or business rule produces, and other performance indicators that would be impossible to measure without comparing a control group with a test group. The new social component is a social network connector that enables the recommendation system to map and match operator content intelligently with external data sources, like Facebook. The external data source, Facebook or other networks, can be used both to improve the contextual information presented to the user and to enrich the catalog with additional metadata. It also ingests the 'likes' of a user's Facebook friends to show what content that user's friends like--recommendations that appear as an overlay/enhancement to the programming guide, music store, or app catalog. In addition, the information is used to provide quickly and seamlessly 'cold-start' recommendations to new users who have not previously rated any catalog content."
UK commercial terrestrial broadcaster, ITV, has set up Facebook pages for four characters on its long-running soap opera, "Emmerdale." "Wouldn't it be great if you could have access to your favorite characters' innermost thoughts and private conversations?" the broadcaster asks in its promotional materials. "Well now you can! Amy, Alex, Victoria and Aaron's new flame Ed have just opened their own Facebook pages. You can follow their shenanigans here: Amy's Facebook page, Alex's Facebook page, Victoria's Facebook page, Ed's Facebook page. See what they're up to, share their stories and join in their conversations. And if you think that's good, you've seen nothing yet--this is just the tip of the iceberg! Stay tuned as we introduce more characters, more stories and more new and exciting ways to get involved in the world of 'Emmerdale.'"
Actress and TV host Maria Menounos has launched--and apparently bootstrapped--a social-TV Web site called AfterBuzz TV, that invites viewers of various popular TV shows to interact with "after-show" webcasts either via chatrooms or by calling in. "The AfterBuzz TV Network is a new media platform, created by 'Extra' host Maria Menounos and filmmaker Keven Undergaro, designated to producing live and recorded 'after-show' webcast and podcast content for TV series of all kinds," Afterbuzz TV explains on its Web site. "A veritable 'post-game' show for television shows, when TV fans finish watching episodes from select series, they can go to afterbuzztv.com to watch or listen to an after-show where hosts, an eclectic and knowledgeable mix of celebrities, personalities and industry professionals, break down that night's episode, take calls from fans and interview guests. The platform is open to all TV series from 'American Horror Story' to 'American Idol' to 'Vampire Diaries' to 'Mad Men' to the 'Jersey Shore.' For decades, sports fans have been treated to post-game wrap up shows after watching games. Thanks to AfterBuzz TV, at long last, TV fans can do the same--and they have." Variety's Andrew Wallenstein has more.
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Long Road To Recovery: How The Children Affected By The Easter Sunday Terror Attacks Struggle To Survive
Zahara Dawoodbhoy
The first thing 16-year-old Tharindu* heard when he regained consciousness in a ward at the Nawaloka hospital in Negombo, was a cacophony of screams. "There were all these people in beds around me, and they were all injured in some way," he said. "Some of their families were there as well, crying beside them."
Tharindu remembered that he was at first scared and confused. "[But] a short while later the pain kicked in, and I began to scream as well," he said.
Tharindu was attending Easter Sunday mass at St. Sebastian's church in Katuwapitiya with his mother, when one of six coordinated terror explosions occurred. His mother suffered major injuries in the attack, which she ultimately succumbed to.
Tharindu's injuries —though not as grave —required surgery, with a lengthy recovery process and extensive hospital care. Six pieces of shrapnel had pierced through his body, the most serious one lodging itself in his left lung, impairing his breathing, and requiring a tube to be inserted into his chest.
Tharindu's father, Pujitha Jayasinghe*—who did not attend mass that day— was not allowed to visit his son in hospital, as he had been recovering from an infection to his foot, and could not risk transmitting it to patients. During his time in the ICU, Tharindu's communication with his father was limited to the phone, and his family decided to wait until he was discharged to break the news about his mother's death.
"I figured out that [my mother] passed away on my own," Tharindu told Roar Media. "When her cousin came to visit me, he told me that she was in Wattala. It didn't sound right to me, because my father was in Negombo, and if she was alive, they would have been together," he said.
"When he said that, I knew that she was dead."
Countless children were left injured, or have lost one or both parents to the Easter Sunday terror attacks. Photo credit: www.foreignpolicy.com
Inadequate Compensation
Tharindu underwent his surgeries at a public hospital, and therefore, did not incur any major costs for his procedures. But finances have been difficult to manage. As his father, Jayasinghe, is suffering from an infection of the foot—detected two years ago in Bahrain, where the family was domiciled—he is now unable to be the breadwinner of the family.
Jayasinghe and his son did receive compensation from the government—Rs. one million for the loss of his wife (of which Rs. 900,000 has been given) and a further Rs. 100,000 for the injuries sustained by Tharindu. But Jayasinghe is still concerned about money.
"People have also been very kind, and are helping me financially, but I can only depend on their kindness for so long. I will have to figure out how I can earn money here once I am better," he said.
It was multiple failed diagnoses and treatment in Bahrain that caused Jayasinghe to move back to Sri Lanka. The treatments prescribed by local doctors were much more effective, and Jayasinghe's condition was gradually improving. Before his wife's death, he was planning on moving the family back to Bahrain as soon as he healed, so that he could return to his job. Now, that may not happen.
"My son likes his life here. He enjoys his school, and has made some really great friends in this country. If his mother was here, it wouldn't have been so difficult for him to leave, but now that he has lost her, I don't want to uproot him again," he said.
The Katuwapitiya church in Negombo has reopened to the public since the Easter Sunday terror attacks. Tharindu has attended mass multiple times since. Photo credit: www.telegraph.co.uk
In the aftermath of the terror attack on Easter Sunday that killed 260 people, the government of Sri Lanka promised it would compensate victims and their families. Arrangements were made to pay Rs. one million to the families that lost a loved one, while those injured would receive up to a maximum of Rs. 500,000, depending on the severity of the injury.
Despite this financial compensation, victims and their families are struggling to support themselves since the attacks.
Six-year-old Anna* lost both her parents and suffered critical injuries in the explosion at the Zion Evangelical Church in Batticaloa. In addition to having shrapnel removed from multiple parts of her body, she has permanently lost sight in her right eye, and is temporarily unable to see with her left eye.
Having been in the ICU for over a month, Anna was finally moved to a ward, where she is slowly recovering. In the absence of her parents, her paternal uncle (39) has been named guardian.
While Anna has received compensation from the government— as part of a trust fund set up by the National Treasury, intending to support children orphaned by the Easter Sunday terror attacks—the money can only be accessed when she turns 18.
"I am covering her medical expenses on my own, which has been difficult," her uncle said. "I have to buy her medications as well as pay the consultation fees, and I have had to borrow a lot of money from a friend as a result of this."
The uncle has also taken on the care of Anna's older brother who escaped the blast with injuries. As the legal guardian to both children, he has incurred a multitude of expenses, which stretch far beyond his ability. School supplies, clothes and food are some of these, and he is daunted by the enormity of the responsibility.
"I am not sure how I will do it," he said. "I just want to make sure that I do right by these children. They do not deserve to have experienced [what] has happened to them."
Physical And Financial Aftercare
For those affected by the terror attacks on Easter Sunday, the road to recovery is long — and support cannot be quantified by means of a single payment. For children like Anna, who have suffered permanent injuries as a result of the attacks, the cost of recovery extends far beyond the confines of the hospital.
If Anna's sight does not return, she will need to be taught to read in Braille, and would also need specialised education and care to ensure she can live with her disability. Even if she were to regain vision in one eye, she would still need support and help to cope.
This is also true for Arun*, (12), who was caught in the blast at the Zion Evangelical Church in Batticaloa. Arun had shrapnel lodged all over his body, and especially his abdomen, causing intense pain. Unable to immediately pinpoint what was wrong, doctors had focused on removing the shrapnel from his abdomen, a procedure that resulted in as much three metres of his intestines being removed.
It was only later discovered that he had multiple fractures on his legs, requiring further surgery to insert metal plates to align them.
Arun is still recovering from his multiple surgeries, and is bedridden until his injuries—especially the ones on his legs— are healed. Large scars from his first surgery mark his abdomen and he must visit the hospital regularly for medication and to have his wounds re-dressed.
For his single mother, the financial strain has caused great anxiety, and threatens to overwhelm her.
"The government paid 25% of the cost for the surgeries," she told Roar Media. "All the other expenses we have to manage."
Arun's mother quit her job to take care of her son, and her estranged husband is a school teacher, unable to provide much for her three children.
"After this situation, we have got into a lot of trouble," she said. "Our future is uncertain and there is a lot of problems and a lot of pain that we are bearing."
Despite receiving compensation, families continue to struggle with the multitude of expenses incurred as a result of the attacks. Photo Credit: www.rnz.co.nz
Tharindu has taken it upon himself to manage the grief of losing his mother on his own, believing that it is now up to him to take on more responsibilities in the household.
"I feel that now that my mother is gone, I need to help my grandmother out more, and I need to help my dad through his recovery as well," he said.
He also expressed a desire to improve in his studies, hoping to be one day able to support his family, and relieve some of the financial pressure on his father. The way in which he speaks about his future displays a self-assurance and maturity far beyond his years — maturity he has been forced to acquire overnight.
When the conversation shifts back to his mother, he recalls a traumatic moment he faced while in the ICU.
"On my fifth day in the ICU, the patient in the bed next to me passed away. His family was there and they started crying, and that was when I started crying too, because I thought of mum. I think that was when I accepted that she was gone." As he says this, his voice quavers for the first time.
These are the stories of just three children affected by the Easter Sunday attacks. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjit recently announced that 167 children have lost either one or both their parents in the Easter Sunday terror attacks. Scores more have been left injured or impaired from the blasts, and continue to struggle with recovery.
*All of the names have been changed to protect the identity of minors and their families.


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