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Case studies to enhance graduate employability: Indigenous employment and supports
Cecily Knight, Shelley Kinash, Linda H Crane, Madelaine-Marie Judd, Matthew McLean, Kirsty Mitchell, David Dowling, Rosalind Schwerdt, Caroline Lovell
Faculty of Society & Design
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › Research › peer-review
This is one in a series of case studies to enhance graduate employability. The theme of this case study is:
• Indigenous employment and supports
Before putting a spotlight on Indigenous graduate employability, there is a requisite to acknowledge that Australia's Indigenous population is under-represented in the university system and consequently in the graduate body. Universities Australia (2014) reports: "According to the Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, Indigenous people comprise [sic] 2.2 per cent of the overall population, but only 1.4 per cent of student enrolments at university in 2010, including only 1.1 per cent of higher degree by research enrolments. Staffing levels are also low, with 0.8 per cent of all fulltime equivalent academic staff and 1.2 per cent of general university staff in 2010 being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people." (Indigenous Higher Education section, paragraph 1). One of the noteworthy facets of Indigenous employability highlighted in this case study is that there are two significant aspects of Indigenous employability. First, developing cultural competency to improve the employability of Indigenous graduates; and second, developing cultural competency to improve the employability of non-Indigenous graduates who wish to work in Indigenous communities. Each community is different and stakeholders interviewed agreed that a critical element of successful employability outcomes was where educators, employers and Indigenous communities worked together from the very beginning of initiatives.
Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching
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Knight, C., Kinash, S., Crane, L. H., Judd, M-M., McLean, M., Mitchell, K., Dowling, D., Schwerdt, R., & Lovell, C. (2015). Case studies to enhance graduate employability: Indigenous employment and supports. Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching. http://www.olt.gov.au/project-supporting-graduate-employability-generalist-disciplines-through-employer-and-private-instit
Knight, Cecily ; Kinash, Shelley ; Crane, Linda H ; Judd, Madelaine-Marie ; McLean, Matthew ; Mitchell, Kirsty ; Dowling, David ; Schwerdt, Rosalind ; Lovell, Caroline. / Case studies to enhance graduate employability: Indigenous employment and supports. Sydney : Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching, 2015. 20 p.
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Cuba, Mr. Pablo Berti (Introduction)
Denmark (on behalf of the European Union), Mr. Morten Jespersen
Mr. Coly Seck, President of the Human Rights Council (Adoption)
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Q: SSL Curl POST of JSON data from Google App Engine for PHP I'm trying to use the MailChimp API (Version 2) to add an email subscriber to a List. I'm using the Google App Engine with Version 5.5 of PHP.
The response the API Server is supposed to give me should look something like below:
{
    "email": "example email",
    "euid": "example euid",
    "leid": "example leid"
}

However, I don't get any response or error message from the server. I do get false when I use var_dump.
Here is my code:
$api_url_str = "https://us6.api.mailchimp.com/2.0/lists/subscribe";
$api_data_str = '{
"apikey": "'.$my_api_key.'",
"id": "'.$my_list_id.'",
"email": {"email": "'.$my_email_addr.'"},
"double_optin": false,
"merge_vars":
{
    "FNAME": "'.$my_first_name.'",
    "LNAME": "'.$my_last_name.'",
    "OPTIN_IP": "'.$my_ip_address.'",
    "OPTIN_TIME": "2015-05-22 10:22:09"
}
}';

$ch = curl_init($api_url_str);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $api_data_str);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
        'Content-Type: application/json',
        'Content-Length: ' . strlen($api_data_str)));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);

$api_response_str = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

The above code works (as expected) when I run it on my local PC (also PHP 5.5).
Anyone have this issue?

A: After trying a couple of things, I stumbled on the following solution that works (I got the relevant code from here).
Here's the full code:
$api_url_str = "https://us6.api.mailchimp.com/2.0/lists/subscribe";
$api_data_str = '{
"apikey": "'.$my_api_key.'",
"id": "'.$my_list_id.'",
"email": {"email": "'.$my_email_addr.'"},
"double_optin": false,
"merge_vars":
{
    "FNAME": "'.$my_first_name.'",
    "LNAME": "'.$my_last_name.'",
    "OPTIN_IP": "'.$my_ip_address.'",
    "OPTIN_TIME": "2015-05-22 10:22:09"
}
}';
$json_data = $api_data_str;
$context = array(
    'http' => array(
        'user_agent'       => 'PHP-MCAPI/2.0',
        'method'           => 'POST',
        'header'           => "Content-type: application/json\r\n".
            "Connection: close\r\n" .
            "Content-length: " . strlen($json_data) . "\r\n",
        'content' => $json_data
        )
    );
$context = stream_context_create($context);
$api_response_str = file_get_contents($api_url_str, false, $context);

I'm not sure if it's prone to the breakage I've just recently experienced with CURL on Google PHP App Engine though, but for now it will have to do. I had a test script that I used to test Mandrill mail sends that worked with App Engine about a month ago, but it doesn't anymore, probably the same issue with CURL.
I hope this helps someone with the same challenge.

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In the cover story of the September 2016 issue of FinanceAsia, Shaun Wu discusses the challenges multinational companies operating in China may face and the importance of navigating cross border disputes and strategizing before entering joint venture agreements with non-Chinese companies. In addition, he explores considerations for selecting a forum and tactical approaches for prevailing in disputes should they arise.
For a copy of the article, "Bear in a China Shop," please email inquires@kobrekim.com.


Finished epoxing and nailing on seat back (coaming) and seat supports onto frames. I decided to try some silicon bronze nails to see if it would speed up construction. Was a little faster. Still had to pre drill 20X20mm kahikatea to stop it splitting. Turned out to be a two person exercise and a bit messy. Any way got it all done tonight.
Will pre-coat frames with two coats of epoxy sometime soon as per West System guidelines.
Wow, that's a mission! Impressed! Keep on working, and let us bloggers enjoy the results!!
PS. a fladder-mus is a bat!
Sorry, please excuse my bad english + humour!


I was super excited to learn that two teen girls, Carina Cruz and Emma Stydahar, started a petition for Teen Vogue to showcase photos of real girls rather than the usual air-brushed perfected images. The two are outspoken members of SPARK Movement, "a girl-fueled activist movement to demand an end to the sexualization of women and girls in media."
The petition is to support fellow SPARK team member Julia Bluhm when she took on Seventeen to print one unaltered photo spread per month with her own petition and won with over 86,000 supporters! Seventeen editor-in-chief Ann Shoket announced their new photoshop policy: the face and body sizes of the models in their magazines will not be digitally altered in any of the spreads in the magazine. Awesome.
Click here to sign the Teen Vogue petition and pass the message on. It only takes one to voice an opinion out loud; together we can change the world.
Top 100 YA novels...did yours make the cut?


If you've had a new website developed for your business, or you're in the middle of that process, you'll have heard the term 'CMS' (or 'content management system).
That's because a CMS is a crucial part of the website design and creation process.
A content management system, CMS, is a tool used to create or – as the name implies – manage your digital content. This is done by adding, editing or even deleting the content published on your website.
The majority of CMS programs include some type of web-based publishing, history editing, format management and version control as well as retrieval, search and indexing.
The nature of a CMS is that the program supports the separation of presentation and content.
With a CMS, you can create and edit content, and it allows also you to administer userswhile assigning various permissions to each one.
Some of the best CMS programs include: WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Joomla, Weebly, Concrete5 and Open Text.
Pros and Cons: Is a CMS Right for You?
If you're are trying to decide if you should use a CMS for your website, some headline pros and cons could help your decision….
Content editing is completely separate from the design: The content editing features are separate from the functionality and the design of the site. This means that individuals with no technical training can add, edit and format the content on their site with ease.
Selective access permissions: Each user can have specific permissions based on their exact role – i.e. editor, author, administrator, contributor, etc. You can choose to allow some of the users to add and edit the content they create, while providing others with universal access. This will help you maintain security because you can restrict access for certain contributors.
Fast updating: With a CMS in place, site updates are both fast and virtually effortless. Even if you are using the administrative interface, the components, such as headers, menus, sidebars and footers are able to be quickly and easily updated on the platform.
SEO: Today's CMS options are extremely SEO-friendly. They often include a wide array of custom page titles, in addition to metadata and adjustable URLs.
Security risks: There are countless hackers out there and many spend much of their time trying to break into CMS platforms. You can avoid this by taking additional security precautions, such as using two-factor authentication.
Issues with design: It's often hard to transform your site into just want you want. As a result, you may find a CMS platform difficult to use.
Function limits: There are some different processes that a CMS won't be able to handle without rewriting the code.
We recommend taking advice on the ideal CMS for your company, as it will be feature you'll use regularly in the future. Ease-of-use, access and features all important considerations you'll want to take time to get right now instead of having to backtrack later.


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Q: Apache: require ldap group or htgroup membership I'm working on transitioning our users from htpasswd/htgroup auth to ldap.
While this in progress, I want to allow Apache to authorise users from both ldap and htpasswd.
I have the following in my config...
AuthBasicProvider ldap file

AuthUserFile my_passwords
AuthGroupFile my_groups

AuthLDAPBindDN "CN=Bind User,OU=Users,DC=ad,DC=mydomain,DC=com"
AuthLDAPURL "ldap://dir.mydomain.com/OU=Users,DC=ad,DC=mydomain,DC=com?sAMAccountName?sub?(objectClass=User)"

I'm not sure how to combine both require types...
So basically I need to require either one of these...
Require ldap-group CN=MyGroup,OU=Users,DC=ad,DC=mydomain,DC=com

or
Require group MyGroup

If I use "Satisfy any", then the Requires are basically ignored. If I use "Satisfy all", then only the ldap-group membership works.
Is there any way to get around this, so membership in either htgroups, or ldap groups works?

A: I figured it out, just in case it's useful to anyone else. I had to add the following directives...
AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative off
AuthzLDAPAuthoritative off

This allowed it to verify the group with the groupfile if it wasn't found in ldap, and vice-versa.


"BANSHEE": THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (HBO Home Entertainment): Antony Star portrays the new sheriff in town — only he's an impostor whose dark past keeps coming back to haunt him — in all 10 episodes from the inaugural 2013 season of the popular Cinemax crime drama. Rus Blackwell, Matt Servitto, Demetrius Grosse, Frankie Faison, Ivana Milecevic, Ben Cross and UNCSA School of Drama graduate Trieste Kelly Dunn co-star. Set in Pennsylvania but filmed in North Carolina. The DVD boxed set retails for $39.98, the Blu-ray boxed set for $49.99.
THE CLOTH (Uncork'd Entertainment/ VIVA Pictures): Justin Price wrote, directed and co-stars in this crummy shocker about a secret, Vatican-sanctioned team that seeks out and exorcizes (or destroys) those possessed by demons. Utter cheese, with endless boring exposition and pointless appearances by Eric Roberts and Danny Trejo as priests. No stars.
"DETECTIVE INSPECTOR IRENE HUSS" (MHz Networks): Angela Kovacs plays the title role in this popular Swedish mystery series based on Helene Tursten's bestselling novels, that of a devoted wife and mother, former martial-arts champion and tenacious investigator with the Violent Crimes Unit in Gothenburg — where all of her skills come in handy when solving crimes. Each three-DVD collection ($39.98 retail) includes three feature-length mysteries from the 2011 season. In Swedish with English subtitles.
"EASTBOUND & DOWN": THE COM- PLETE THIRD SEASON (HBO Home Entertainment): The UNCSA troika of Danny McBride, Jody Hill and Ben Best created this popular HBO comedy series following the misadventures of a washed-up baseball pitcher (McBride) who truly is a screwball. Fellow UNCSA alumnus David Gordon Green serves as producer and has alternated directing with Hill, and the cast includes John Hawkes, Steve Little, Jennifer Irwin and Jason Sudeikis. All eight episodes from the 2012 season, plus bonus features, are included in the DVD boxed set ($29.98 retail) and the Blu-ray boxed set ($39.98 retail).
HAPPY PEOPLE: A YEAR IN THE TAIGA (Music Box Films Home Entertainment): Werner Herzog's documentary is culled from Dmitry Vasyukov's four hours of footage of the Siberian village of Bakhta and its people, whose culture has been unaltered for decades. This award-winning documentary retails on DVD for $29.95.
"MOUNTAIN MEN": SEASON 1 (Lions- Gate): A two-DVD collection ($19.98 retail) of all eight episodes from the inaugural 2012 season of the popular History Channel reality series narrated by DB Sweeney that follows the day-to-day lives of three men in different mountain regions (one in North Carolina) who live isolated from society and modern conveniences.
NORTH FACE (Music Box Films Home Entertainment): To prove German superiority during the Third Reich, the Nazi government urges climbers to scale a seemingly insurmountable mountain in the Alps. This award-winning, fact-based 2008 drama (originally titled Nordvald) focuses on those who tried. In German with English subtitles. The DVD retails for $19.95, the Blu-ray for $24.95.
"PORTLANDIA": SEASON THREE (VSC): Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein return in all 10 episodes from the 2012-'13 season of award-winning IFC comedy series about Portland, Ore. created by Armisen, Brownstein and director Jonathan Krisel. Kyle MacLachlan plays the mayor, with Jeff Goldblum, Chloe Sevigny, Juliette Lewis, Rose Byrne, Jim Gaffigan, Bill Hader, George Wendt, Roseanne Barr and Martina Navratilova visiting. The DVD boxed set retails for $19.95, the Blu-ray boxed set for $24.95.
TYLER PERRY'S TEMPTATION (Lions- Gate): Producer/director Tyler Perry adapts his own dramatic stage play, subtitled Confessions of a Marriage Counselor, with Jurnee Smollett-Bell as a wife torn between studious husband Lance Gross and wealthy hunk Robbie Jones. Vanessa Williams, Brandy Norwood and the inescapable Kim Kardashian round out the cast. The DVD retails for $29.95, the Blu-ray for $39.99. Rated PG-13.


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Le Sonnet 70 est l'un des 154 sonnets écrits par le dramaturge et poète William Shakespeare.

Texte original
Texte et typographie originale : THat thou art blam'd ſhall not be thy defect,
For ſlanders marke was euer yet the faire,
The ornament of beauty is ſuſpect,
A Crow that flies in heauens ſweeteſt ayre.
So thou be good,ſlander doth but approue,
Their worth the greater being woo'd of time,
For Canker vice the ſweeteſt buds doth loue,
And thou preſent'ſt a pure vnſtayined prime.
Thou haſt paſt by the ambuſh of young daies,
Either not aſſayld,or victor beeing charg'd,
Yet this thy praiſe cannot be ſoe thy praiſe,
To tye vp enuy,euermore inlarged,
   If ſome ſuſpect of ill maskt not thy ſhow,
   Then thou alone kingdomes of hearts ſhouldſt owe.

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Sperm donor wins access to lesbian couple's son
Jessica Geen December 10, 2009
An Irish man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple has won the right to see the child.
The Supreme Court heard that the gay man donated sperm to the couple three years ago when they were friends.
He was supposed to act as an 'uncle' to the boy but the friendship broke down and he began legal action two years ago when he heard they planned to move to Australia.
A lower court had previously ruled that he was not entitled to access as the lesbian couple were regarded as a de facto family under the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Irish Supreme Court ruled that while he was not entitled to custody of the boy, he had natural rights to see him.
Judge Susan Denham ruled that the child would benefit from a relationship with his biological father and said the lower court's judge had given "insufficient" weight to this.
The Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) expressed concern at the ruling, saying the lesbian couple had no legal protection.
Director Brian Sheehan said: "GLEN shares the court's commitment that the paramount issue is the welfare of the child. The court made their judgement on that basis, granting access to the father. The court also recognised that the lesbian parents in the case provide a settled and loving home for their child.
"However, this family is not recognised in law. There is no mechanism for a child in same-sex headed families to establish a legal connection to their non-biological parent. This is not in the best interests of the child."
A civil partnerships bill is currently going through Ireland's parliament. It offers gay couples many of the rights afforded to heterosexual couples but Sheehan urged the government to add a legal framework that recognises and protects gay parents.
The bill does not give non-biological gay parents the right to adopt their partner's child.
Lily Wakefield - July 19, 2019
'LGBT-free zone' stickers to be distributed in Poland
Man charged with murder of trans woman Zoe Spears
LGBT+ Democratic candidate lied about helping Pulse victims


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Q: What happens to heap allocated value after variable that holds the ownership of that value gets reassigned? I'm currently learning about Rust programming language, and after reading about ownership and lifetime concepts (which I find as an elegant alternative to GC), I cannot find an answer to the following question.
As far as the ownership and lifetimes are concerned, the following code works as described with comments.
fn main() {
    let mut x: u32 = 10; // x is pointing to memory in stack
    println!("before reassignment: x = {}", x); // prints 10
    x = 11; // memory in stack simply has been updated with another value
    println!("after reassignment: x = {}", x); // prints 11
} // x is dropped here

everyone is happy, but imagine if we had a code like this:
fn main() {
    let mut x = Box::new([99; 1000]); // x owns a Box, which owns heap allocated array
    println!("before reassignment: x[0] = {}", x[0]);
    x = Box::new([100; 1000]); // x has been assigned another Box
    // what happened to previous heap allocated array, has it been
    // dropped behind the scenes, or is that a memory leak?
    println!("after reassignment: x[0] = {}", x[0]);
} // x is dropped here, only the last assigned value gets dropped with it.

What happens to heap allocated array (the one that was assigned first), does it live until the end of function, or will it be dropped at the moment of reassignment?
I'm still learning Rust, so my understanding of memory management might be not complete.
The question is a little different than the one asked in When is the storage reclaimed for a resource that is no longer owned?, because it's about the case when owner-variable is still in scope, but simply has been assigned another value.

A: Whenever you assign a new value to a variable of a type implementing Drop, the old value will be dropped before the new value is assigned. For a type owning heap-allocated memory like Box, this means the memory will be freed at the time of the assignment.
While it is possible to leak unreachable memory in safe Rust code, it is quite unlikely to happen by accident.


Critical Developments for CDP Responders in 2018 & 2019 — CDP Introduces Additional Alignment With FSB Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures Recommendations – G&A Institute's To The Point!
Corporate ESG Data, Data, Data – it's now everywhere and being digested, analyzed and applied to corporate equity analytics and portfolio decision-making.
Whether your public company participates in the annual round of organizing responses to the ever-more comprehensive queries from leading ESG / sustainability / CR rating agencies or not, there is a public ESG profile of your company that investors (asset owners, managers and analysts) are examining and applying to their work.


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U.S. Bicycle Accident Statistics
The bicycle accident statistics below were compiled from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Number of Bicycle Accidents in U.S.
In 2017, 783 cyclists died in accidents with motor vehicles.
Almost 467,000 individuals were hurt in bicycle accidents in 2015.
In 2016, cyclists accounted for more than 2 percent of traffic fatalities.
From 1980 to 2010, annual cyclist deaths declined more than 33 percent, from more than 960 to less than 630. Since 2010, they increased again, reaching nearly 820 in 2015.
Cycling trips account for just 1 percent of all trips throughout the United States.
There were almost 515,000 cycling injuries that warranted emergency medical care in 2010.
Most Dangerous Times to Ride a Bicycle
In 2016, approximately 51 percent of fatal bicycle accidents occurred when the sun was up. Approximately 45 percent occurred at nighttime, 2 percent occurred around dawn, and 3 percent occurred around dusk.
In 2016, the three-hour period between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. saw the most fatal bicycle accidents on both weekends, when 26 percent of these accidents occurred, and weekdays, when 20 percent of these accidents occurred. Additionally, 21 percent of fatal bicycle accidents occurred between 9 p.m. and 12 a.m. on weekends, while 16 percent of fatal bicycle accidents occurred between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. and between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays.
Bicycle Accident Demographic Statistics
In 2016, 84 percent of the cyclists who died in accidents were male. Additionally, the largest percentage of male cyclists who sustained injuries were between the ages of 55 and 59 years old.
The highest rate of bicycle accident fatalities is among adults who are between the ages of 50 and 59.
Male cyclists are six times more likely to die and four times more likely to sustain injuries while riding than female cyclists.
The average age of cyclists who died in motor-vehicle collisions increased from 2007, when it was 40, to 2016, when it became 46.
In 2010, approximately half of all cyclists who were hurt and required emergency medical care were less than 20 years old. Additionally, approximately 26,000 of the cycling-related injuries that adolescents and children sustained that year were traumatic brain injuries.
Alcohol-Related Bicycle Accident Statistics
In 29 percent of the bicycle accidents in which alcohol was a contributing factor, the cyclist or motorist registered a blood alcohol concentration of at least 0.08.
In approximately 35 percent of fatal bicycle accidents in 2016, alcohol was a contributing factor.
Of the cyclists who were killed in 2016, more than 26 percent registered a blood alcohol concentration of at least 0.01.
Cost of Bicycle Accidents
In 2010, the fatalities and injuries that resulted from bicycle accidents cost $10 billion in lifetime healthcare expenses and loss of productivity.
Bicycle Accident Location Statistics
Most fatal bicycle accidents occur in more urban areas. They also tend to happen at non-intersection areas.
Approximately 71 percent of cyclists who were killed in 2016 were involved in accidents that occurred in an urban area.
In 2016, approximately 30 percent of cycling-related fatalities happened at an intersection, while 4 percent happened in a designated bike lane.
In 2016, California saw the most cycling fatalities—147—followed by Florida (138) and Texas (65). Every other state had fewer than 51 cycling fatalities each that year.
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States rely on helmet laws to increase overall bicycle helmet use and decrease accident-related head injuries and death.
Although millions of Americans cycle, less than 50 percent wear an adequate helmet when doing so. In a survey conducted between 2001 and 2003, researchers found just 48 percent of children between 5 and 14 wore a helmet when riding their bike. They also found that older cyclists were much less likely to wear a helmet than younger ones.
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It all started with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, affectionately known as "FATCA." What is regarded as the most extraterritorial application of U.S. tax law has snowballed into a worldwide epidemic of hoped-for transparency.
Initially, many countries bristled at the notion of their home-grown financial entities being "requested" by the United States to police tax evasion on the part of U.S. citizens and residents, but they quickly learned that the concept would also be to their benefit in policing tax evasion by their own citizens and residents. Indeed, some countries, e.g., the United Kingdom, quickly adopted their own versions of FATCA.
Shortly after the enactment of FATCA, Treasury and a number of OECD countries developed Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs). Recognizing the need to reciprocate, and provide information to these other countries, a number of IGAs provided for reciprocity.
And, around the time that FATCA regulations were being issued, the IRS took baby steps to reciprocate with information exchange by issuing final regulations under §6049 addressing the reporting of bank deposit interest paid to nonresident aliens. These regulations mandate reporting of such payments and, in most cases, making such information available to other countries under automatic exchange of information.
So, what has FATCA wrought? First came pressure on the United States to reciprocate with exchange of information under various IGAs. Then came BEPS. Then came CRS. Then came the final §6049 regulations. The sideshow to all of this has been the mounting pressure being put on the United States to put its money where its mouth is in terms of fostering transparency.
The latest pressure point, certainly after the "Panama Papers," relates to the use by foreign persons of U.S. LLCs and the assertion by many countries that the United States has, for the longest time, been one of the largest tax havens around. Prompted in part by the continuing need to monitor potential tax evasion and other financial crimes by U.S. citizens/residents, prompted by the need to reciprocate and provide information to foreign governments about their citizens'/residents' activities in or with the United States, but, most importantly, prompted by the need to clean up its reputation as a tax haven, Treasury, on May 6, announced a three-fold plan designed to increase transparency in the United States so as to track financial and tax crimes as well as to provide information to foreign countries.
First, Treasury proposed legislation that would require entities to provide information about their beneficial owners at the time the entity is created. Second, under the Bank Secrecy Act, banks would be required to identify those beneficial owners who own 25% or more of an entity. Finally (the subject of this commentary), regulations would be amended to provide that foreign persons operating in the United States via U.S. disregarded entities would now be subject to certain reporting requirements.
The use by foreign persons of U.S. disregarded entities, e.g., the U.S. LLC, for either U.S. or foreign activities has been exponential. In some cases, they are used for limited liability purposes. In some cases, they are used to provide the imprimatur of a U.S. holding vehicle in which business is conducted entirely outside of the United States. In other cases, U.S. parties to certain transactions will insist that a U.S. vehicle be established by a foreign person. In some cases, we are told, they are used to purposely shield certain activities and beneficial owners from disclosure.
How is this accomplished in the last enumerated category? The combination of a few rules (or lack thereof) provide for this result. First, disregarded entities are, in most cases, not subject to the requirement to obtain a taxpayer identification number. Second, the foreign persons/entities who are owners of the disregarded entity may not be required to report on various transactions that are occurring between them as, for example, if neither the LLC nor the foreign entity receives U.S.-source income or is engaged in a U.S. trade or business. The combination of these two elements prevents the IRS from monitoring tax evasion and other financial crimes and prevents the United States from being able to exchange information with foreign countries disclosing their citizens'/residents' identities and activities in the United States.
The proposed regulations would treat a U.S. disregarded entity wholly owned by a foreign person as a separate corporation for certain reporting and recordkeeping purposes. Specifically, §6038A , which requires U.S. corporations to report information about 25% foreign owners and the corporation's transactions with such owners (and other related parties), would apply to foreign-owned U.S. disregarded entities.
The proposed regulations would amend Reg. §301.7701-2 to treat a U.S. disregarded entity wholly owned by a foreign person as a U.S. corporation for purposes of the reporting and recordkeeping requirements of §6038A . The proposed rules, however, would not affect the entity classification framework or a disregarded entity's general treatment for U.S. tax purposes.
Because a foreign-owned U.S. disregarded entity is treated as a U.S. corporation under the proposed rules, it would have to file Form 5472 for "reportable transactions" between the entity and foreign related parties, including its foreign owner. Due to this filing obligation, the entity would have to obtain an EIN by filing Form SS-4, identifying its responsible party. The entity would also be required to maintain adequate records to establish the accuracy of the information return and the proper U.S. tax treatment.
A reportable transaction is any type of transaction described in Reg. §1.6038A-2 , including sales and purchases, borrowings and loans, and rents, interest, royalties, service fees, commissions, or other amounts paid or received in transactions between the corporation and a foreign related party. A "related party" is any direct or indirect 25% shareholder, any person related to the corporation or a 25% shareholder within the meaning of §267(b) or §707(b)(1) , and any other person related to the corporation within the meaning of §482 and regulations thereunder.
In addition, the proposed regulations would provide that any transaction within the meaning of Reg. §1.482-1(i)(7) is a reportable transaction. That provision defines "transaction" to mean "any sale, assignment, lease, license, loan, advance, contribution, or other transfer of any interest in or a right to use any property … or money… [as well as] the performance of any services for the benefit of, or on behalf of, another taxpayer." The proposed regulations indicate that such transactions include amounts paid or received in connection with forming, dissolving, acquiring, or disposing of the entity, as well as contributions to and distributions from the entity.
These rules would be effective for taxable years ending on or after the date that is 12 months after final regulations are published.
So, after much pressure, transparency is now being brought to the shores of the United States. What goes around has come around.


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What force is causing rocks to move downhill?
What makes material in any landslide move downhill?
What force is responsible for landslides?
What is the most common driving force of landslides?
What are the effects of landslides on the environment?
What to do when there is a landslide?
What are the effects of rainfall induced landslide?
What are the causes of rainfall-induced landslide?
How can rain induced landslide be prevented?
What are human activities that speed up or trigger landslides?
What are the reasons of man induced landslides?
What is the costliest landslide to fix?
How big can a landslide get?
Gravity makes water and ice move. It also causes rock, soil, snow, or other material to move downhill in a process called mass movement.
Landslides nearly always move down a slope. This is because the force of gravity—which acts to move material downhill—is usually counteracted by two things: (1) the internal strength of the material, and (2) the friction of the material on the slope.
Landslides can overwhelm, and even pollute streams and waterbodies with excess sediment. In extreme cases they can dam streams and rivers, impacting both water quality and fish habitat. Landslides can wipe out large tracts of forest, destroy wildlife habitat, and remove productive soils from slopes.
What To Do After a Landslide
Stay away from the slide area.
Listen to local radio or television stations for the latest emergency information.
Watch for flooding, which may occur after a landslide or debris flow.
Check for injured and trapped persons near the slide, without entering the direct slide area.
Rainfall-induced landslides are a common occurrence in terrain with steep topography and soils that have degradable strength. Rainfall infiltration into a partially saturated slope of infinite extent can lead to either a decrease or complete elimination of soil suction, compromising the slopes' stability.
Many rainfall-induced landslides transform into debris flows (fast-moving slurries of water, soil, and rock) as they travel down steep slopes, especially those that enter stream channels where they may mix with additional water and sediment. See more on the overview page.
Traditional approaches to prevent rainfall-induced landslides consist of such stabilization of unstable slopes as installation of retaining walls as well as ground anchors.
Construction works, legal and illegal mining, as well as the unregulated cutting of hills (carving out land on a slope) caused most of the human-induced landslides.
Human-induced landslides (HIL) refer to landslide events that are directly triggered or partially aggravated by an-thropic activities. Most of them are the results of anthropogenic factors such as modification of the topography, change of the water circulations, land use changes, ageing of infrastructure, etc.
The damage from the Bingham Canyon rockslide is estimated at nearly $1 billion, potentially making it the most expensive landslide in U.S. history.
The largest landslide in recorded history took place after the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in the U.S. state of Washington. The resulting flow of ash, rock, soil, vegetation and water, with a volume of about 2.9 cubic kilometers (0.7 cubic miles), covered an area of 62 square kilometers (24 square miles).


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And here we have the final page of part one. And it's significant for other reasons.
As of this page, I'm putting Lusynda on the shelf. I really need to re-evaluate her story and decide on a better course for her because how things are going, my motivation is going to continue to erode. I've been dissatisfied with both the story continuity and art inconsistencies, and it's affected my dedication to Lusynda.
When I drew the original six-pager back in 2005, I had no intention then of continuing the story. It was a submission to a magazine, nothing more. When I decided to continue it in 2012, I did not plan it out nearly enough and I continued a story that didn't have a proper beginning. I've wanted to go into far more detail about Lusynda's world, past, and relation with the Ferals, but the story didn't seem to fit. And of course many things have happened in my life since 2012.
I won't abandon Lusynda. I might start a new webcomic, or a different take on Lusynda. I haven't decided yet. But I do appreciate the attention and comments on my barbarian bunny and her bouncy exploits. Comics are in my blood and I will never abandon the art form.
Finally! She got that slaver out of her hair. Evidently the slaver was full of crap. How can she have Lusynda hunted down if her people execute her for losing the mine?


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Cardiovascular and musculskeletal co-morbidities in patients with alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency
JM Duckers, DJ Shale, Robert Stockley, NS Gale, BA Evans, JR Cockcroft, CE Bolton
Birmingham Medical School
BACKGROUND Determining the presence and extent of co-morbidities is fundamental in assessing patients with chronic respiratory disease, where increased cardiovascular risk, presence of osteoporosis and low muscle mass have been recognised in several disease states. We hypothesised that the systemic consequences are evident in a further group of subjects with COPD due to Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (A1ATD), yet are currently under-recognised. METHODS We studied 19 patients with PiZZ A1ATD COPD and 20 age, sex and smoking matched controls, all subjects free from known cardiovascular disease. They underwent spirometry, haemodynamic measurements including aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV), an independent predictor or cardiovascular risk, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry to determine body composition and bone mineral density. RESULTS The aPWV was greater in patients: 9.9(2.1) m/s than controls: 8.5(1.6) m/s, p = 0.03, despite similar mean arterial pressure (MAP). The strongest predictors of aPWV were age, FEV1% predicted and MAP (all p <0.01). Osteoporosis was present in 8/19 patients (2/20 controls) and was previously unsuspected in 7 patients. The fat free mass and bone mineral density were lower in patients than controls (p <0.001). CONCLUSIONS Patients with A1ATD related COPD have increased aortic stiffness suggesting increased risk of cardiovascular disease and evidence of occult musculoskeletal changes, all likely to contribute hugely to overall morbidity and mortality.
Respiratory research
https://doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-173
10.1186/1465-9921-11-173
Dive into the research topics of 'Cardiovascular and musculskeletal co-morbidities in patients with alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Pulse Wave Analysis Medicine & Life Sciences 40%
Morbidity Medicine & Life Sciences 40%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Medicine & Life Sciences 30%
Bone Density Medicine & Life Sciences 20%
Osteoporosis Medicine & Life Sciences 20%
Arterial Pressure Medicine & Life Sciences 18%
Duckers, JM., Shale, DJ., Stockley, R., Gale, NS., Evans, BA., Cockcroft, JR., & Bolton, CE. (2010). Cardiovascular and musculskeletal co-morbidities in patients with alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency. Respiratory research, 11(1), 173-. https://doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-173
Duckers, JM ; Shale, DJ ; Stockley, Robert ; Gale, NS ; Evans, BA ; Cockcroft, JR ; Bolton, CE. / Cardiovascular and musculskeletal co-morbidities in patients with alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency. In: Respiratory research. 2010 ; Vol. 11, No. 1. pp. 173-.
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It's becoming painfully clear the GOP doesn't have the stomach to fight Donald Trump.
Some Republicans, like Jeb Bush, do have an appetite for a brokered convention, with the aim of putting Ted Cruz on the ballot. But others are more likely to be #NeverCruz than #NeverTrump. John Boehner made headlines this week for calling Cruz "Lucifer in the flesh." Judd Gregg, the former senator from New Hampshire, said on Thursday that he could see himself voting for Trump, but that Cruz is "a demagogue's demagogue and he shouldn't be trusted with the responsibilities of the office." Meanwhile, Republican senators are playing duck and cover, crossing their fingers that Trump won't do too much collateral damage in the fall.
Divided, dispirited, defeated: This is the state the GOP finds itself in, on the eve of Trump's increasingly likely coronation in July.


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Terrell Porter named GLIAC Defensive Player of The Week
Published 4:15 pm EDT, Monday, October 16, 2017
By Ferris State Athletics
BIG RAPIDS — For the first time in his collegiate career, Ferris State University senior linebacker Terrell Porter (Detroit/Berkley) has claimed Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Defensive Player of the Week accolades after a career day.
Porter tallied a game and personal career-high 17 tackles on Saturday (Oct. 14) as the Bulldogs rolled to a decisive 49-17 triumph over Saginaw Valley State under wet and rainy conditions in University Center, Mich.
Porter's 17 tackles included three for loss and he also forced a fumble in the triumph. Overall, the Bulldog defense forced two key first-half turnovers, which both led to short fields, and shutout the Cardinals' offense in the second half to break the game open.
His play heled the FSU defense register eight tackles for loss in earning the win and the unit limited SVSU to a 3-of-16 (19%) showing on third down while giving up only 268 total yards in the victory.
With the win, Ferris State improved to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in the GLIAC this campaign.
The win was FSU's fourth-straight in the series and came in the 43rd consecutive matchup between the Bulldogs and the Cardinals.
Ferris State returns home to host archrival Grand Valley State in the Anchor-Bone Classic this Saturday (Oct. 21) at Top Taggart Field in Big Rapids.


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20  package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor;
21
22  import static org.junit.Assert.*;
23  import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
24
25  import java.io.IOException;
26  import java.io.PrintWriter;
27  import java.io.StringWriter;
28  import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
29  import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
30  import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
31
32  import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
33  import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
34  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.*;
35  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor.EventHandler.EventType;
36  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor.ExecutorService.Executor;
37  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor.ExecutorService.ExecutorStatus;
38  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor.ExecutorService.ExecutorType;
39  import org.junit.Test;
40  import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
41
42  import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
43
44  @Category(SmallTests.class)
45  public class TestExecutorService {
46    private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TestExecutorService.class);
47
48    @Test
49    public void testExecutorService() throws Exception {
50      int maxThreads = 5;
51      int maxTries = 10;
52      int sleepInterval = 10;
53
54      Server mockedServer = mock(Server.class);
55      when(mockedServer.getConfiguration()).thenReturn(HBaseConfiguration.create());
56
57      // Start an executor service pool with max 5 threads
58      ExecutorService executorService = new ExecutorService("unit_test");
59      executorService.startExecutorService(
60        ExecutorType.MASTER_SERVER_OPERATIONS, maxThreads);
61
62      Executor executor =
63        executorService.getExecutor(ExecutorType.MASTER_SERVER_OPERATIONS);
64      ThreadPoolExecutor pool = executor.threadPoolExecutor;
65
66      // Assert no threads yet
67      assertEquals(0, pool.getPoolSize());
68
69      AtomicBoolean lock = new AtomicBoolean(true);
70      AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger(0);
71
72      // Submit maxThreads executors.
73      for (int i = 0; i < maxThreads; i++) {
74        executorService.submit(
75          new TestEventHandler(mockedServer, EventType.M_SERVER_SHUTDOWN,
76              lock, counter));
77      }
78
79      // The TestEventHandler will increment counter when it starts.
80      int tries = 0;
81      while (counter.get() < maxThreads && tries < maxTries) {
82        LOG.info("Waiting for all event handlers to start...");
83        Thread.sleep(sleepInterval);
84        tries++;
85      }
86
87      // Assert that pool is at max threads.
88      assertEquals(maxThreads, counter.get());
89      assertEquals(maxThreads, pool.getPoolSize());
90
91      ExecutorStatus status = executor.getStatus();
92      assertTrue(status.queuedEvents.isEmpty());
93      assertEquals(5, status.running.size());
94      checkStatusDump(status);
95
96
97      // Now interrupt the running Executor
98      synchronized (lock) {
99        lock.set(false);
100       lock.notifyAll();
101     }
102
103     // Executor increments counter again on way out so.... test that happened.
104     while (counter.get() < (maxThreads * 2) && tries < maxTries) {
105       System.out.println("Waiting for all event handlers to finish...");
106       Thread.sleep(sleepInterval);
107       tries++;
108     }
109
110     assertEquals(maxThreads * 2, counter.get());
111     assertEquals(maxThreads, pool.getPoolSize());
112
113     // Add more than the number of threads items.
114     // Make sure we don't get RejectedExecutionException.
115     for (int i = 0; i < (2 * maxThreads); i++) {
116       executorService.submit(
117         new TestEventHandler(mockedServer, EventType.M_SERVER_SHUTDOWN,
118             lock, counter));
119     }
120     // Now interrupt the running Executor
121     synchronized (lock) {
122       lock.set(false);
123       lock.notifyAll();
124     }
125
126     // Make sure threads are still around even after their timetolive expires.
127     Thread.sleep(executor.keepAliveTimeInMillis * 2);
128     assertEquals(maxThreads, pool.getPoolSize());
129
130     executorService.shutdown();
131
132     assertEquals(0, executorService.getAllExecutorStatuses().size());
133
134     // Test that submit doesn't throw NPEs
135     executorService.submit(
136       new TestEventHandler(mockedServer, EventType.M_SERVER_SHUTDOWN,
137             lock, counter));
138   }
139
140   private void checkStatusDump(ExecutorStatus status) throws IOException {
141     StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
142     status.dumpTo(sw, "");
143     String dump = sw.toString();
144     LOG.info("Got status dump:\n" + dump);
145
146     assertTrue(dump.contains("Waiting on java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean"));
147   }
148
149   public static class TestEventHandler extends EventHandler {
150     private AtomicBoolean lock;
151     private AtomicInteger counter;
152
153     public TestEventHandler(Server server, EventType eventType,
154                             AtomicBoolean lock, AtomicInteger counter) {
155       super(server, eventType);
156       this.lock = lock;
157       this.counter = counter;
158     }
159
160     @Override
161     public void process() throws IOException {
162       int num = counter.incrementAndGet();
163       LOG.info("Running process #" + num + ", threadName=" +
164         Thread.currentThread().getName());
165       synchronized (lock) {
166         while (lock.get()) {
167           try {
168             lock.wait();
169           } catch (InterruptedException e) {
170             // do nothing
171           }
172         }
173       }
174       counter.incrementAndGet();
175     }
176   }
177
178   @org.junit.Rule
179   public org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ResourceCheckerJUnitRule cu =
180     new org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ResourceCheckerJUnitRule();
181 }
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Both Trump and Putin Just Denied Russian Meddling in the 2016 Election. Here's What They Said
By Katie Reilly
Updated: July 16, 2018 1:21 PM ET
Standing beside Russian President Vladimir Putin after a joint summit in Helsinki on Monday, President Donald Trump bashed a special counsel investigation into Russian meddling, referenced conspiracy theories about the hacking of Democratic emails and declined to criticize Putin for interfering in the election.
At a 46-minute joint press conference with Putin, Trump argued that the Russian president had "powerfully" denied meddling in the election and said he didn't see "any reason" why they would have.
"My people came to me — [Director of National Intelligence] Dan Coats came to me and some others. They said they think it's Russia. I have President Putin — he just said it's not Russia. I will say this, I don't see any reason why it would be," Trump said Monday, when asked whether he believed U.S. intelligence officials over Putin and whether he would denounce the Russian interference.
Trump's summit with Putin came days after the Justice Department charged 12 Russian intelligence officials with hacking the Democratic National Committee's emails, Hillary Clinton's campaign and state election systems. The charges were part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, which has brought 191 criminal charges against 32 people and three Russian companies.
But after Putin again denied meddling in the election, Trump used his time at the lectern to undermine the conclusion reached by U.S. intelligence agencies, the Justice Department and private cybersecurity experts that Russia hacked the Democrats.
"I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today," Trump said Monday. "And what he did is an incredible offer — he offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the 12 people. I think that's an incredible offer."
During the joint press conference, Trump praised the summit as a success, said it resulted in "deeply productive dialogue" and complimented Putin as "a good competitor."
Asked if he held Russia accountable for anything, Trump said, "I hold both countries responsible," doubling down on tweets earlier Monday in which he faulted "U.S. foolishness and stupidity" for the country's relationship with Russia.
Both Trump and Putin repeatedly denied accusations that the Trump campaign had colluded with Russian intelligence officials to swing the election. "You can trust no one," Putin said, calling claims of collusion "utter nonsense."
"President Trump mentioned the issue of the so-called interference of Russia in the American elections, and I had to reiterate things I said several times — including during our personal contacts — that the Russian state has never interfered and is not going to interfere into internal American affairs, including election processes," Putin said.
Trump, meanwhile, called Mueller's investigation "a disaster for our country."
"I do feel that we have both made some mistakes," Trump said, referring to the United States and Russia. "I think that the probe is a disaster for our country. I think it's kept us apart, it's kept us separated. There was no collusion at all."
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Prince Harry warns that the Royal Family "plays dirty" to announce the broadcast of a television series about Meghan and him
"Nobody knows the whole truth. Only we know the whole truth." That sentence from Prince Harry concludes the second advance that Netflix has published for the television series 'Harry & Meghan'. There are six hours of the biographical documentary genre that will be broadcast in two parts, the first Thursday morning and the second, on December 15. It is the first episode of a saga that may affect the newly released reign of Carlos III.
The second trailer recalls the fairy tale of their marriage and their wedding, and how things went wrong. Enrique explains that in the Royal House there is a hierarchy. That not only news is leaked to the press, but also the publication of articles that harm some members to benefit others is favored; that is, Enrique and Meghan were victims; Guillermo and Catalina, flattered.
"It's a dirty game," says Enrique. It was "a war against Meghan that suited other family members," says a lawyer, Jenny Afia, a privacy and reputation specialist. Christopher Bouzy, founder of the company Bot Sentinel, whose 'app' identifies accounts on social networks that are not genuine, is concise. The whole thing "is about hate, about racism."
Netflix has become a source of subversion of the British monarchy. The first four seasons of 'The Crown' captivated more than seventy million viewers around the world, according to data published in January by the platform. Most enjoyed the content that, as with historical novels, is more innocent the more remote the facts are.
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"Nobody knows the whole truth. Only we know the whole truth", says the son of Carlos III in the advance of the series
But the fifth series, released in November, narrates the events of the 'annus horribilis' of the late Queen Elizabeth II, the breakdown of three marriages of the children of Elizabeth and Philip, and in particular the great commotion that caused the tear between the then Prince Charles and the Princess of Wales. Prime Ministers such as John Major and Tony Blair expressed their outrage at the lack of veracity of the series.
Much of the British media criticizes Netflix for presenting a fictitious version of recent events, which could damage the public's perception of the new king. A survey by the firm YouGov at the end of November recorded that Diana is, twenty-five years after her death, more popular than all the members of the family, except for William, Catherine and Anne, and more popular than the institution of the monarchy. .
Christmas carols and morbid
His second son, Enrique, now enters the scene and points to "the pain and suffering suffered by women who marry members of this institution." He insists that he was terribly afraid that his wife, Meghan, would suffer the same fate as her mother. Including a death caused by the siege of press photographers or dark conspiracies.
The Royal House has announced that the king, Carlos III; the queen consort, Camila; and the princes of Wales, William and Catherine; They will also go on the 15th, coinciding with the broadcast of the second part of 'Harry & Meghan', at Westminster Abbey, for a televised celebration of "unity at Christmas", around the singing of Christmas carols.
On Tuesday night, Harry and Meghan received an award in New York, 'The Wave of Hope', from the Robert Kennedy Foundation, along with managers of large banks and financial funds, and the President of Ukraine, Vlodomir Zelensky. At the same time, Sofia, Countess of Wessex, received another award, from Hillary Clinton's foundation, for her campaign against sexual violence in war.
The prize for the dissident couple of the British monarchy will give more popularity in the United States to the two members of the Royal Family who cause the most rejection among the British population, with the exception of Prince Andrew. And on Thursday comes the first part of the series. And then the second. And in January Enrique's memories.
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She wanted receipts...
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Yesterday was a tough day for Keithtrick. Thanks to his very distinct first name and some seemingly less than stellar behavior on his part, the Houston man found himself trending on Twitter in the U.S. last night. And, yes, your very own hometown magazine got caught up in the mix, too. Need a primer on all the spilled tea? Allow us...
and he would have gotten away w/ it too if it weren't for twitter LMAO pic.twitter.com/LOz2NIPjOa
— iffy (@somalijawn) August 1, 2019
It all started innocently enough when one user—we'll call her "R"—took to Twitter to rhapsodize the male body. "Men with this physique really do something to me," she wrote in a now deleted tweet alongside a photo of a strapping, tattooed man—his face obscured by a heart eyes emoji—and a woman behind him, hand across his muscular midsection, snapping a mirror pic in what appears to be a hotel given the coffee bar and safe in the background. (There's something else in the background, too. We'll return to this.)
The emoji attempt at censorship did nothing to conceal the man's identity to the woman closest to him, though. Enter another woman, we'll call her "K," who retweeted R's ode to the brawny fellow with a shocking revelation: "This is my current boyfriend. When was this picture taken????" In a subsequent tweet, she updated the now-shook Twitterverse: "He claims this is an old pic. I just want receipts."
Challenge accepted.
Internet sleuths immediately snapped into action, and more than one keyed in on another object in the background of the original photo. Wait a minute, isn't this...? Yes, yes it is. To the immediate right of the girl's head—we'll call her "Not K"—are two publications, including one Houstonia. It's inverted in the mirror and partially obscured by the magazine rack, but no matter. Twitter detectives promptly pulled up the past issues on our website, scanned through our archived covers, and correctly matched the issue in the photo to our February 2019 edition. Our "Top Breakfast Spots" would crack this case wide open.
That #Keithtrick was brought down by an issue of @HoustoniaMag is pic.twitter.com/FIwM4yZNIV
— Raychelle Burks (@DrRubidium) August 2, 2019
Twitter blew up. Reaction GIFs were everywhere. More women came forward, including one who claimed Keithtrick recently sent her money to get her nails done and another who revealed herself to be the Not K in the original photo: "I broke up with him three weeks ago," she tweeted directly at K. "I told him that I no longer want to be with him and he said he has been 'kicking it with someone,' not that he's in a relationship. Please check him!!"
K: "And I am."
We're not entirely sure where things stand between K and Keithtrick now—they were evidently at the airport and eventually in-flight when most of the action went down (yikes). For our part, we're a little conflicted. While we're happy to play our small part in revealing the truth—#journalism—we also realize these are real people's lives. We won't speculate as to the purported infidelity, but it's clear this man was misleading at least two women in his life, and we wish heartbreak upon no one. At the end of the day, the internet is a crazy place.
Well.... it was a good issue @HoustoniaMag https://t.co/4rR39hJeGc
— Alexis Vargas (@Overrtheseaa) August 2, 2019
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Dr. Protiti Dastidar is an Associate Clinical Professor at Robert H. Smith School of Business. Prior to joining the Smith School faculty in the Fall of 2011, she was Assistant Professor at Temple University, Philadelphia and the George Washington University, Washington DC. Dr. Dastidar earned her Ph.D. in Finance from the Ohio State University, her MBA in Marketing from Webster University, Austria and her B.A. in Economics from the University of Bombay, India. She has successfully taught in MBA and undergraduate programs, having won several teaching awards. Dr. Dastidar worked as an international management consultant (at KPMG) providing strategic advice for leading companies and government agencies in Europe.
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A team of MBA students from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business developed and presented a health care management solution to capture the fourth annual Cognizant Business Consulting Case Competition.
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I am drooling here. I want some of your Chile Verde Huevos Rancheros right now. I often have leftover Chile Verde when I go to my favorite Mexican restaurant, but never thought of doing this with it.
Great to meet you last weekend, and thanks for featuring my recipe as well!
Do it! That's what's great about these babies, you can adapt them so easily. Enchilada sauce would be good on them too.
Thanks for including me in this awesome Mexican breakfast round-up! I am drooling as well. Oh, how I do love anything Mexican!
Thanks so much for being a part of it. I really do love your pizza version.
I just may have to change what is on the menu for tonight. Every single one of these looks amazing!
Thanks for reminding me of some ways to prepare eggs that I sometimes forget! Frittatas are my go-to egg dish but I looooove all of these!
I love frittatas too, do you have a favorite I can check out? With link?
So tempting to look at your food pictures! Great ideas for preparing some dishes with simple ingredients. Cheers!
Thank you, breakfast is one of my favorites to cook for.


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The Office for National Statistics has revealed that, in the year to December 2018, average house prices in the UK increased by 2.5%
This is the lowest annual rate since July 2013 when it was 2.3%.
Over the past two years, there has been a slowdown in UK house price growth, driven mainly by a slowdown in the south and east of England.
The lowest annual growth was in the North East, where prices fell by 1.0% over the year to December 2018
This was followed by London where prices fell 0.6% over the year.
Average UK house prices during December 2018 stood at £231,000 – a rise of £6,000 when compared to December 2017.
The West Midlands shows the highest annual house price growth in England with prices increasing by 5.2%.
East Midlands and Yorkshire and The Humber (both increasing by 4.2%).
The slowest annual house price growth was the North East, where prices fell by 1.0% over the year
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I have a friend (no, not me) who when she stopped using her digital TV on a cable service provider, purchased a digital to analog converter box and routed the over-the-air digital antenna signals thru the digital converter box to the DIGITAL TV.
The TV works with that setup BUT I told her that she does not need the converter box because the TV is digital and no signal conversion needs to take place. However, when we took the converter box off of the setup, we can not get the TV to display any channels after doing a channel scan with input set to TV not cable.
I am thinking that the converter box use has changed some of the factory defaults, which is why we can not know get the TV to work without the converter. Am still if the process of trying to get everything set back to factory defaults.
But my question is, is it possible that her using a digital converter box on a digital TV has damaged the software or hardware components of the TV ?
P.S. - The TV is a Toshiba model 27HL85 manufacturer in 2005. I don't have the brand or model of the antenna or remote being used with me right at this moment.
Page 51 of User Manual says: Television System NTSC standard.
HDMI jack (TV MUST be set to Input that corresponds to HDMI jack you're connected to).
It should NOT damage TV.
I don't see any Factory default procedure in User Manual (I did NOT see if any accessible via service area).
P.S. - or DTV converter box brand/model.
Are you saying that, in essence, this Toshiba model is ANALOG and not Digital and thus it DOES need the converter box ?
Hmmmmm, further research says it is analog. By the dates, looks like she got one of the very last series of analog sets. Thanks.


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Sunday will mark the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Three years have brought the deaths of 2317 US servicemembers, over 16,000 US wounded, and somewhere between 33,000-38,000 Iraqi civilians reported killed, all at a cost of a couple hundred billion to the American taxpayer. We are no closer to a political solution that will unite the various ethnic factions, quell the insurgency, and allow us to finally claim victory in Iraq as it is currently defined.
I say "as it is currently defined" because the ostensible goal of the war-- ridding the world of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction, was accomplished by default when we discovered that there were none. Our current strategy, to rebuild Iraq and bring democracy to its people, is, unlike the aims of the first gulf war, or the original purpose of the 2nd, not a military goal. We are not fighting another nation, even indirectly, and the territory we are fighting over is not land, but the hearts and minds of the Arab world. We cannot win this battle with our military, and we are not winning.
How many more lives will be lost before we change course?
If I didn't have to be here at school, I would be marching through the Gulf Coast region with other Iraq veterans. (VetGulfMarch.org). As it is, I'll be attending an anti-war rally on Sunday here in Columbia, MO. It will be the first for me. Time to make good on my new year's resolution to stop whispering my dissent to this war and its conduct. Its not like I've been whispering it here, but blogging is kind of like shouting in the dark at people who already agree. If you feel like I do about the war, find out if there's a rally or vigil in your town, and show up. If you totally disagree with me, find out if there's a pro-war rally and show up. Our democracy is a sham if the people don't participate. The collective yap of the people of this country might be enough to frighten the corrupt, spineless politicians who control it into reconsidering their course of action. If you're in the silent majority who oppose this war, let your voice be heard, or you'll continue to be ignored.
I will put the Vet March link on my site... Thank you for the link.


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