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Scramble for $500m 9mobile in Africa's largest gsm market ends as Teleology emerges bid winner
Chiamaka Ihekwoaba
Feb. 22 2018, 9:27 am Feb. 22 2018, 3:31 pm
In an official letter written by transaction advisor Barclays Africa, Teleology Holdings emerged as the preferred bidder for the acquisition of 9mobile, Nigeria's fourth-largest mobile network operator.
Confirming this, a source who spoke to BusinessDay said the letter serves as an official document for the conclusion of the sale of 9mobile, formerly known as Etisalat.
The letter states that, the company is to make a non-refundable cash deposit of $50 million within 21 days from the date of the letter or forfeit its position as the preferred bidder.
The Teleology Holding's position as the highest bidder, comes nearly 10 months after Mubadala Development Company of the United Arab Emirates, Etisalat's largest shareholder, withdrew its investment from Nigeria and exited the country over a protracted $1.2 billion syndicated loan, alleged to have been mismanaged by the former board of the telecommunications firm.
With an offer of over $500 million to acquire the mobile network, Teleology holdings having an investment portfolio of $11 billion, beat Smile Communications who offered about $300 million, to first place.
Initially, over 10 bidders indicated interest in acquiring the mobile network. However, only 5 – Bharti Airtel, Globacom, Helios Investment, Smile Communications and Teleology Holdings Limited – made the cut.
Although Teleology emerged top, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would still meet regarding approval for the deal.
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Kyawthuite is a rare mineral with a simple formula: Bi3+Sb5+O4. It is a natural bismuth antimonate. Kyawthuite is monoclinic, with space group I2/c, and is isostructural with clinocervantite, its trivalent-antimony-analogue. Kyawthuite is also an antimony-analogue of clinobisvanite. Kyawthuite was discovered in the vicinity of Mogok in Myanmar, an area famous for its variety of gemstone minerals.  Only one sample of the naturally occurring form of this mineral has been found and is stored at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

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Bismuth minerals
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Oxide minerals
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Today i was at work and i was taking the garbage out to the dumpster and i saw a rabbit! It was the cutes thing with the cutest little bunnie face, but i could tell it was scared of me, just how it's ears were! but i was wondering if anyone knew some really good websites for information on Rabbits/Bunnies, the whole shabang, you know! haha! i would really like to widen my horizon of the animal world...and not just own dogs, i'd like to own other animals also! Thanks everyone, in advance!!
Do not get a rabbit without doing a lot of research first, especially as you have two pups that are still in the process of being trained, and need a lot of your time and attention. Also, bring a bunny into a home with dogs is not recommended for a newcomer, and not smart until the dogs are completely and totally trained and undr your control.
This may help it has a lot of needed info like what to feed them, how to house them, health matters and things of that kind! Hope this helps!
First off what do you mean by the dumpter? Was it loose, in a cage, do you know if its wild or not?
Bunnies need CONSTANT attention and at LEAST 2 hours of running every day. They do chew wires and so you will need to take care of that and bunny proof/safe the room he will be in or the house. They need to have unlimited TIMOTHY hay to help them digest their food and stop hairballs. They cant throw up . Any signs of the bun not eating or drinking could mean something major is wrong.
You better go there and grab it fast before somthing else does...( like somthing that would love a rabbit for lunch!) it can also get hit by a car or somthing.
If you catch this Bun Bun just put it in a box grab some food timothy hay ect.. and keep it in a quiet room away from dogs of course..
Then since you may not have room try to find it a home.
actually, wild bunnies don't do very well in captivity at all. You'd be better off with a domestic bunny. Petfinder.com lists bunnies.
As with any pet, I'd buy some books on rabbits and also read up on certain breeds which will fit your lifestyle the best. Rabbits are not the easiest pets in the world to look after, and they are quite prone to illnesses (unless I've just been unlucky). My first rabbit had an intestinal problem which I managed for 4 years, and my second rabbit had an intestinal tumour, which was probably down to interbreeding, and I would hate anyone to go through what I went through with Cookie. Look around for rabbit breeders and only choose one which you are very happy with, or alternatively, adopt.
I agree, don't keep a wild rabbit in captivity.. look for a domestic bunny that's used to being handled instead. :) But please do your research first!
So this is a wild rabbit?
If this rabbit used to be a pet then there would be a reason to catch it but if it's wild, let it be.


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I am using processor KL16Z128 and KDS3.2 + PEx.
Because of speed and absence of SPI's input buffer I need to use SPI with DMA. If I set SPI parameters according to print screens attached below then every sent frame repeats its first byte (an extra byte is sent). How do I remove this extra byte? I found similar problem in discussion. It was solved with writing to register SPI1_C3 = 0x01. I have to use SPI0 and SPI0 does not have this register. If I allow trigger on RxDMA then I can see repeated byte only in first frame but I do not receive any data! Does anybody knows how to solve this problem?
Without the trigger on Rx / Tx I do not receive data.


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Q: c# contains object not working I am trying to create a check between lists, but am having no luck :-/
I have a game board with 100 fields and make this loop to add only empty fields into a new list:
for(int i = 0; i < thisGame.boardFields.Count; i++)
{
    if (thisGame.boardFields.Count != 0 && thisGame.boardFields [i] != null)
    {
        BoardField thisField = thisGame.boardFields [i];
        if (thisField.owner == "0" && thisField.number != 13)
        {
            Tile tTile = new Tile();
            tTile.color = thisField.color;
            tTile.number = thisField.number.ToString();

            tempBoard.Add (tTile);
        }
    }
}

Then I loop through the players 5 tiles to see if the player has a tile which is not playable, e.g. a empty field with the same object is not available like this:
for (var i = 0; i < thisGame.playerTiles.Count; i++)
{
    Tile tempTile = new Tile();
    tempTile.color = thisGame.playerTiles[i].color;
    tempTile.number = thisGame.playerTiles[i].number.ToString();

    if (!tempBoard.Contains (tempTile))
    {
        testTile = tempTile;
        print ("HUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM: " + tempTile.color + "-" + tempTile.number);
    }
}

This is the definition of the Tile class:
public class Tile
{
    public int id;
    public string color;
    public string number;
}

Now my problem is, that it prints on every 5 tiles in the players tile list? All tiles in the players tile list is available in the tempBoard list?
What am I missing her?
Hoping for help and thanks in advance :-)

A: To work Contains needs to check equality between two objects. By default, for reference types it does it by checking reference equality. Therefore, having two different instances (objects in memory) of same type and with same values to all properties will still result in them being not equal, and for Contains to return false.
To overcome this 3 options:

*

*you need your class to override the Equals and GetHashCode
methods of object. References on overriding the methods:

*

*What is the best algorithm for an overridden System.Object.GetHashCode?

*Guidelines for Overriding Equals()

*Another option instead of overriding the methods in your class is to create a class implementing the IEquatable<Tile> interface and then use the overload:
list.Contains(searchedTile, new SomeClassImplementingInterface());

Id use this in case the overriding of the Equals/GetHashCode are non-trivial (do not include all properties of the class) or if you do not have control over the Tile class.

*Use linq's Any method:
collection.Any(item => item.number == tempTile.number && item.color == temTile.color);

Also, it is nice to initialize your objects using the object initializer syntax:
Tile tTile = new Tile
{
    color = thisField.color,
    number = thisField.number.ToString()
}

And if you have your fields public they should probably be defined as properties:
public class Tile
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Color { get; set; }
    public string Number { get; set; }
}

About properties vs fields:

*

*What is the difference between a Field and a Property in C#?

*Public Fields versus Automatic Properties
And last have a look at naming conventions for C#

A: According to this Stack Overflow answer (https://stackoverflow.com/a/9264597/1102726), if you don't provide an overide for IEquatable. Equals, Contains will do a reference comparison. Since you had just instantiated tempTile, it will
never be in that list. You can either provide that override in your definition of Tile or change out the Contains(tempTile) for something like tempBoard.Any(t => t.number == tempTile.number) or however you define two tiles being the same.

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NFL injury tracker Week 17: Cardinals QB Colt McCoy out vs. Atlanta with concussion symptoms
Callie Lawson-Freeman
The Dallas Cowboys' 'Thursday Night Football' win over the Tennessee Titans was riddled with injuries. Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill (ankle) was placed on injured reserve right before Josh Dobbs led the team without star running back Derrick Henry (hip). The Cowboys were missing breakout running back Tony Pollard (thigh) while linebacker Micah Parsons wore a club cast on his hand for the matchup.
Here's everything you need to know injury-wise as Week 17 continues.
Cardinals QB Colt McCoy out, DeAndre Hopkins questionable
Arizona Cardinals' quarterback Colt McCoy is experiencing more concussion symptoms after clearing protocols on Wednesday, head coach Kliff Kingsbury told reporters on Friday.
He has been filling in for Kyler Murray, who is out for the season with a torn ACL. He will be out on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons and David Blough will start.
Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins left practice on Friday with "a little bit of a knee issue," Kingsbury said. The team will reevaluate his status on Saturday.
Concussions have been a prominent NFL injury this season. Arizona Cardinals quarterback Colt McCoy's continues to deal with one. (Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports)
Chiefs WR Mecole Hardman out
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman did practice on Friday, his second straight missed practice. He will remain on injured reserve with what the team described as an abdomen illness and injury.
There was optimism he could make a return this week, but there was a "setback" in practice – groin pain that head coach Andy Reid told reporters he's "not that worried about."
Eagles QB Jalen Hurts doubtful
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts recently returned to practice for the first time since his shoulder injury. Head coach Nick Sirianni had positive things to say about Hurts' progress but did not declare him as the starter, in the interest of Hurts' health.
"We're still sorting through it. Obviously Jalen (Hurts) had a good practice yesterday and went out and looked like he did some things really well. So, still going to sort through all those things. Haven't decided anything yet," he said via ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The Eagles now have him listed as doubtful to play, which means that Gardner Minshew will likely take the field against the Saints.
Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa officially ruled out
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is back in concussion protocols after a Christmas Day loss to the Green Bay Packers, with the remainder of his season up in the air. Teddy Bridgewater is expected to start for the team's Sunday matchup with the New England Patriots.
Terron Armstead (toe/pec/knee/hip) and Bradley Chubb (ankle/hand) are expected to be game-time decisions, according to the NFL Network.
Giants CB Adoree' Jackson upgraded to doubtful
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using namespace root2hdf5::tree::leaf_converters::vector_converter;

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_root_type_name_to_vector_hdf5_type)
{
    // 1-D
    root_vector_conversion conversion = root_type_name_to_vector_hdf5_type(
        "vector<int>"
    );
    BOOST_REQUIRE(conversion.valid);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(conversion.depth, 1U);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(conversion.scalar_hdf5_type, H5T_NATIVE_INT);

    // 2-D
    conversion = root_type_name_to_vector_hdf5_type(
        "vector<vector<Float_t> >"
    );
    BOOST_REQUIRE(conversion.valid);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(conversion.depth, 2U);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(conversion.scalar_hdf5_type, H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT);

    // 3-D
    conversion = root_type_name_to_vector_hdf5_type(
        "vector< vector< vector< double > > >"
    );
    BOOST_REQUIRE(conversion.valid);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(conversion.depth, 3U);
    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(conversion.scalar_hdf5_type, H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);

    // Invalid
    BOOST_REQUIRE(!root_type_name_to_vector_hdf5_type("unknown").valid);
}

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package org.restlet.engine.util;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Vector;

import org.restlet.engine.Edition;
import org.restlet.engine.Engine;

/**
 * Flexible engine class loader. Uses the current class's class loader as its
 * parent. Can also check with the user class loader defined by
 * {@link Engine#getUserClassLoader()} or with
 * {@link Thread#getContextClassLoader()} or with {@link Class#forName(String)}.
 *
 * @author Jerome Louvel
 */
public class EngineClassLoader extends ClassLoader {

    /** The parent Restlet engine. */
    private final Engine engine;

    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    public EngineClassLoader(Engine engine) {
        super(EngineClassLoader.class.getClassLoader());
        this.engine = engine;
    }

    @Override
    protected Class<?> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        Class<?> result = null;

        // First try the user class loader
        ClassLoader cl = getEngine().getUserClassLoader();

        if (cl != null) {
            try {
                result = cl.loadClass(name);
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
                // Ignore
            }
        }

        // Then try the current thread's class loader
        if (result == null) {
            cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();

            if (cl != null) {
                try {
                    result = cl.loadClass(name);
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
                    // Ignore
                }
            }
        }

        // Finally try with this ultimate approach
        if (result == null) {
            try {
                result = Class.forName(name);
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
                // Ignore
            }
        }

        // Otherwise throw an exception
        if (result == null) {
            throw new ClassNotFoundException(name);
        }

        return result;
    }

    @Override
    protected URL findResource(String name) {
        URL result = null;

        // First try the user class loader
        ClassLoader cl = getEngine().getUserClassLoader();

        if (cl != null) {
            result = cl.getResource(name);
        }

        // Then try the current thread's class loader
        if (result == null) {
            cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();

            if (cl != null) {
                result = cl.getResource(name);
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

    @Override
    protected Enumeration<URL> findResources(String name) throws IOException {
        Enumeration<URL> result = null;

        // First try the user class loader
        ClassLoader cl = getEngine().getUserClassLoader();

        if (cl != null) {
            result = cl.getResources(name);
        }

        // Then try the current thread's class loader
        if (result == null) {
            cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();

            if (cl != null) {
                result = cl.getResources(name);
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the parent Restlet engine.
     *
     * @return The parent Restlet engine.
     */
    protected Engine getEngine() {
        return engine;
    }

    @Override
    public Enumeration<URL> getResources(String name) throws IOException {
        Enumeration<URL> allUrls = super.getResources(name);
        Vector<URL> result = new Vector<URL>();

        if (allUrls != null) {
            try {
                URL url;
                while (allUrls.hasMoreElements()) {
                    url = allUrls.nextElement();

                    if (result.indexOf(url) == -1) {
                        result.add(url);
                    }
                }
            } catch (NullPointerException e) {
                // At this time (June 2009) a NPE is thrown with Dalvik JVM.
                // Let's throw the NPE for the other editions.
                if (Edition.CURRENT != Edition.ANDROID) {
                    throw e;
                }
            }
        }

        return result.elements();
    }

}


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Obszar metropolitalny Milwaukee  (nazywany także Milwaukee–Waukesha–West Allis) – obszar metropolitalny położony w południowo-wschodniej części stanu Wisconsin, nad Jeziorem Michigan. Według spisu w 2020 roku liczy 1 574 731 mieszkańców, co czyni go największym obszarem metropolitalnym w stanie Wisconsin i 39. w Stanach Zjednoczonych.

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Podział
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Większe miasta
 Milwaukee (577,2 tys.)
 Racine (77,8 tys.)
 Waukesha (71,2 tys.)
 West Allis (60,3 tys.)
 Wauwatosa (48,4 tys.)
 Brookfield (41,5 tys.)
 New Berlin (40,5 tys.)
 Menomonee Falls (38,5 tys.)
 Greenfield (37,8 tys.)
 Franklin (36,8 tys.)
 Oak Creek (36,5 tys.)
 West Bend (31,8 tys.)

Gospodarka
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W ostatnich dziesięcioleciach gospodarka aglomeracji ulega dywersyfikacji, a na znaczeniu zyskały przede wszystkim bankowość i opieka zdrowotna. Około 7% siły roboczej w regionie jest zatrudnionych w sektorze usług finansowych. Northwestern Mutual, największy na świecie dostawca indywidualnych ubezpieczeń na życie, zatrudnia ponad 5 tys. osób w swoich kampusach w centrum Milwaukee i na przedmieściach Franklin. Największym pracodawcą zostaje jednak sieć szpitali Advocate Aurora Health, zatrudniająca ok. 25 tys. pracowników.

Demografia
Według danych pięcioletnich z 2021 roku metropolię zamieszkiwało 1 571 784 mieszkańców, w tym 69,6% mieszkańców stanowiła ludność biała (65,2% nie licząc Latynosów), 16,5% to byli czarnoskórzy Amerykanie lub Afroamerykanie, 5,5% miało rasę mieszaną, 3,9% to Azjaci, 0,41% to rdzenna ludność Ameryki i 0,03% to Hawajczycy i mieszkańcy innych wysp Pacyfiku. Latynosi stanowili 11,3% ludności aglomeracji.

Wśród osób deklarujących swoje pochodzenie do najliczniejszych grup należą osoby pochodzenia niemieckiego (31,9%), afroamerykańskiego, polskiego (10,3%), irlandzkiego (9,5%), meksykańskiego (7,5%), angielskiego (4,6%), włoskiego (4,2%) i norweskiego (3,1%).

Religia

Największymi grupami religijnymi w obszarze metropolitalnym Milwaukee są katolicy i protestanci. Według danych Stowarzyszenia ARDA z 2010 roku Kościół Katolicki liczył 382 748 członków w 129 kościołach. Według danych z 2019 roku, 26% mieszkańców pozostaje niezrzeszonymi religijnie.

Nurt Kościołów protestanckich obejmuje wiele wyznań i denominacji, na czele z Kościołem luterańskim, który jest reprezentowany przez trzy główne synody – Missouri (60,2 tys.), ELCA (57,5 tys.) i Wisconsin (48 tys.). Ponadto lokalne bezdenominacyjne zbory ewangelikalne zrzeszały 60,1 tys. członków, różne zbory baptystyczne – ok. 50 tys., zielonoświątkowe – ok. 40 tys. i wiele mniejszych grup protestanckich.

Największą niechrześcijańską grupą byli muzułmanie (9,2 tys. wyznawców). Inne kilkutysięczne społeczności obejmowały prawosławnych, żydów, mormonów, hinduistów, świadków Jehowy, unitarian uniwersalistów, buddystów i scjentystów.

Edukacja
Prywatny jezuicki uniwersytet badawczy Marquette University znalazł się na 83. miejscu w krajowym rankingu uniwersytetów US News. Do innych wysoko ocenianych uczelni w tym rankingu należą: Milwaukee School of Engineering, Carroll University i prywatne uniwersytety luterańskie: Concordia University Wisconsin i Wisconsin Lutheran College.

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Frequently Asked QuestionsLee Potts, OFS2021-09-27T14:13:20-04:00
If you have a question that you would like to see added to this page,
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We'd like to acknowledge the following websites from which culled some questions for this FAQs document: Secular Franciscan Order Australia – FAQs; St. Francis of Assisi fraternity (San Antonio).
Joining the Order
What is the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS)?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-17T23:09:25-04:00
What is the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS)?
Secular Franciscans, as the name implies, live their lives in the world rather than in religious communities. They may be single or married, women or men, in all walks of life. They live the Gospel in a Franciscan manner according to their own Rule which they profess after a period of initial formation. Profession as a Secular Franciscan is a lifelong commitment. Formation and profession of the Secular Franciscan takes place within a local community called a fraternity. Life in fraternity is an essential aspect of the Secular Franciscan vocation. The fraternity is a community of love, the privileged place for the sisters and brothers to develop their sense of Church and the Franciscan call. Although a self-governing Order, each Secular Franciscan fraternity receives guidance in spiritual matters from a spiritual assistant, usually a friar from one of the other Franciscan Orders. These relationships are particularly strong between Secular Franciscans and the Franciscan friars with whom they share common roots in the Franciscan penitential tradition.
Who is St. Francis of Assisi?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:36:20-04:00
Who is St. Francis of Assisi?
St. Francis of Assisi was born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernadone around 1181 a.m. In his youth, Francis was known for his drinking and partying. He was captured and imprisoned during a battle between the cities of Perugia and Assisi. Once released, he had an encounter with the Lord when he heard the Jesus say, "Rebuild my church." He abandoned his life of luxury and turned all his attention to service to the Lord. Through his example, he inspired men and women to join him — thus the Franciscan family began. He died on October 4, 1226 at the age of 45. Francis is considered the founder of all Franciscan orders and the patron saint of ecologists and merchants.
How do I join the Secular Franciscan Order?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:12:12-04:00
How do I join the Secular Franciscan Order?
The process of becoming a professed Secular Franciscan is a journey that involves three separate stages and culminates in a lifelong commitment to live the Gospel following the example of St. Francis of Assisi. This process unfolds in regularly scheduled formation sessions during which the material is discussed. The first stage, Orientation, provides time for dialogue and developing relationships in fraternity. During the Orientation phase, one is introduced to the lives of St. Francis and St. Clare and share in the Franciscan prayer life. Seekers will be given general information about the Secular Franciscan Order. Orientation is a time to discern if the Spirit is calling you to a Secular Franciscan vocation. The period of Orientation is a minimum of three months. The second stage, Inquiry, is the first formal period of initiation. It is a time of in-depth study of the lives of St. Francis and St. Clare. The Inquiry phase is focused on learning about the Franciscan charism and Franciscan history. You will deepen your understanding of what it means to be secular and Franciscan, and continue to discern if the Spirit is calling you to the Secular Franciscan way of life. The period of Inquiry is a minimum of six months. If a vocation is discerned, the Inquirer is received into the Order. The third stage, Candidacy, is the final formal period of initiation. It is a time of preparing for permanent commitment by immersion into fraternity life. Central to this stage of formation is Article 4 of The Rule of the Secular Franciscan Order which states, "The rule and life of the Secular Franciscan is this: to observe the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ by following Saint Francis of Assisi, who made Christ the inspiration and the center of his life with God and people." The period of Candidacy is a minimum of eighteen months and culminates in permanent commitment to the gospel life. After profession of the Rule and permanent commitment to the gospel way of life, the newly professed member joins the rest of the fraternity in "ongoing" formation.
Who can join the Secular Franciscan Order?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:19:45-04:00
Who can join the Secular Franciscan Order?
To be a Secular Franciscan one has to be a Catholic of good standing, single or married (your spouse agreeing). A diocesan priest can also become a Secular Franciscan, indeed a pope can be a Secular Franciscan. A practicing Catholic is one who attends Mass on Sundays weekly. Being a Secular Franciscan is a deeper commitment to your Catholic faith as a single or married person to live a Gospel-orientated life. You must be at least 18 years of age. Conditions for admission are: to profess the Catholic faith, to live in communion with the Church, to be of good moral standing, and to show clear signs of a vocation.
What do Secular Franciscans do?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T19:53:41-04:00
What do Secular Franciscans do?
Essentially Secular Franciscans live and do their work as anyone else does, but with a consciousness of trying to live the Gospel values in their lives especially in family and work life. In particular, their daily lives are most usually involved in the life of the parish (serving as lectors, Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers often taking Communion to the sick, sacristans, Parish Council members, volunteers with St Vincent de Paul and other charities and where possible promote St Francis and his spirituality (work in soup kitchens, volunteer in hospitals, work for justice, peace and integrity of creation).
Do Secular Franciscans take vows?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:18:28-04:00
Do Secular Franciscans take vows?
No, only Religious in the Church take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Secular Franciscans make a public profession to live the OFS Rule, usually during a Mass. This profession is a lifetime commitment.
Are there any Secular Franciscan saints?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:41:52-04:00
Are there any Secular Franciscan saints?
Yes, there certainly are. In fact there are more Secular Franciscan Saints than among all the branches of the Religious Franciscans combined. See our calendar of all the Secular Franciscan saints
Who is St. Clare of Assisi?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:37:16-04:00
Who is St. Clare of Assisi?
St. Clare was born on July 16, 1194. Her baptismal name was Chiara Offreduccio. She is one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition, and wrote their Rule of Life, the first set of monastic guidelines known to have been written by a woman. Following her death, the order she founded was renamed in her honor as the Order of Saint Clare, commonly referred to today as the Poor Clares. She is the patron saint of eye disorders and television. She died August 11, 1253. Secular Franciscans consider St. Francis as spiritual father and St. Clare as spiritual mother.
Can I meet your order and see how you live your lives?Lee Potts, OFS2021-10-24T11:52:18-04:00
Can I meet your order and see how you live your lives?
Yes, indeed. This is the best way to learn about the Secular Franciscans. Call 1-800-FRANCIS or send an e-mail indicating your interest and location to info@secularfranciscansusa.org. Your information will be shared with members of the closest fraternity to your location. There you can meet Secular Franciscans, get to know us and discern if you are a Franciscan at heart. You can also review the list of local fraternities.
What does the Church say about the Secular Franciscans?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:31:34-04:00
What does the Church say about the Secular Franciscans?
The church accepts the Secular Franciscan Order as part of the Franciscan family. Secular Franciscans are directly under the Pope. A number of the Popes, Pius IX (Papacy 1846-1878); Leo XIII (1978-1903); Pius X (1903-1914); Benedict XV (1914-1922); Pius XI (1922-1939); Pius XII (1939-1958) to Saint John XXIII (1958-1963), belonged to the Secular Franciscan Order. Beginning with Pope Leo XIII the Franciscans and especially the Secular Franciscan Order was seen as the best way to contribute to the transformation of the world by teaching Saint Francis' vision of universal brotherhood and peace.
Do you have any young people in your order?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:30:47-04:00
Do you have any young people in your order?
Yes, we do. The Secular Franciscan Order is open to young people above the age of 18 years. Young adults choose to participate as Franciscan Youth, known as YouFra. This group gives the young person the opportunity to learn about Francis, enjoy the fun and camaraderie of people their own age. In time, some choose to make a life-time commitment as Secular Franciscans.
What if I discern that I am not called to be a Secular Franciscan?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:29:33-04:00
What if I discern that I am not called to be a Secular Franciscan?
You are free to leave the discernment process at any time. Should you discern this after you have been professed, there is a process to withdraw.
Do I have to move from where I live to be closer to a local fraternity?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:28:24-04:00
Do I have to move from where I live to be closer to a local fraternity?
It is not necessary to move. There are hundreds of local fraternities in the United States and, usually, there is a fraternity relatively close where you can attend the monthly meetings and other fraternity activities.
Do I have to live with a group of Secular Franciscans in a convent or monastery?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:21:31-04:00
Do I have to live with a group of Secular Franciscans in a convent or monastery?
No, Secular Franciscans live in their own homes. As such the Secular Franciscan way of life is an authentic way of life founded by Saint Francis for those who did not wish to become religious brothers and sisters living in a convent or friary. The commitment to prayer and fraternity are the same in that Secular Franciscans usually meet once a month in a church hall or elsewhere to be strengthened by the fraternal community.
How are the Secular Franciscans different from other Secular Orders?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:16:42-04:00
How are the Secular Franciscans different from other Secular Orders?
Secular Franciscans follow the way of life and spirituality of Saint Francis of Assisi – the way of seraphic love. Saint Francis gave the Church a new Religious Order. In fact he founded three Orders, The Order of Friars Minor, Poor Clares and the Secular Franciscan Order (Third Order). Each had its own Rule of Life. Saint Francis was not the first person to begin a Third Order for lay people. There were already groups of lay people approved by the Holy See before the Secular Franciscans. Much later the Rule of the Secular Dominicans was approved in 1285 and the Secular Carmelite Rule in1415. These were approved as Orders because they were seen as an extension of the Spirit and way of life of these Orders. Each Order follows the particular charism of the founder. Secular Franciscans focus on spreading the peace and love of Christ through peacemaking and serving the marginalized.
How do I know if I am being called to be a Secular Franciscan?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:14:08-04:00
How do I know if I am being called to be a Secular Franciscan?
After attending a local fraternity meeting for about three months, you will have some idea if a Franciscan way of life and spirituality suits you, and if you think it does, then you can ask to be admitted to the formation program.
Exactly how does one live the Gospel values of Secular Franciscans in the world?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T20:07:26-04:00
Exactly how does one live the Gospel values of Secular Franciscans in the world?
The "motto" of the Secular Franciscan Order is "…going from Gospel to life and life to the Gospel." This is a process whereby Secular Franciscans use the Gospel to discern how to act in real terms during life situations. By developing a deep relationship with the Lord through prayer and reading the Gospel, then Secular Franciscans experience a change in attitude and thus become more aware and able to discern and act with love and compassion.
How is the Secular Franciscan Order structured?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T19:56:06-04:00
How is the Secular Franciscan Order structured?
The Secular Franciscan Order is an Order within the Roman Catholic Church. It is divided into fraternities at various levels: local, regional, national, and international. The OFS is governed by the universal law of the Church; and by its own Rule, Constitutions, Ritual, and statutes. The interpretation of the Rule and of the Constitutions belongs to the Holy See. The interpretation of the Constitutions belongs to the General Chapter of the OFS. The clarification of specific points which require a timely decision is the competence of the Presidency of the International Council of the OFS. The International Council of the OFS has its own statutes approved by the General Chapter of the OFS and confirmed by the Union of the Franciscan Ministers General. National fraternities have their own statutes approved by the Presidency of the International Council of the OFS. The fraternities at different levels are animated and guided by the minister or president, with the council, in accordance with the Rule, the Constitutions, and their own Statutes. These offices are conferred through elections.
What does it mean to be a Secular Franciscan?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T19:51:34-04:00
What does it mean to be a Secular Franciscan?
Secular Franciscans commit themselves to live the Gospel according to Franciscan spirituality in their secular condition. The Secular Franciscan must personally and assiduously study the Gospel and Sacred Scripture to foster love for the word of the Gospel as it is proclaimed by the Church with the assistance of the Holy Spirit. Secular Franciscans, called in earlier times "the brothers and sisters of penance", propose to live in the spirit of continual conversion. Secular Franciscans should pledge themselves to live the spirit of the Beatitudes and, in a special way, the spirit of poverty. Evangelical poverty demonstrates confidence in the Father, affects interior freedom, and disposes them to promote a more just distribution of wealth. They pledge themselves to reduce their own personal needs so as to be better able to share spiritual and material goods with their brothers and sisters, especially those most in need. They should take a firm position against consumerism and against ideologies and practices which prefer riches over human and religious values and which permit the exploitation of the human person. They should love and practice purity of heart, the source of true fraternity.
How did the Secular Franciscan Order begin?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-17T23:14:18-04:00
How did the Secular Franciscan Order begin?
The Secular Franciscan Order began with Saint Francis of Assisi. From the very beginning of his ministry Saint Francis found people who desired to follow his way of life and spirituality — yet were married or did not want to become religious. Saint Francis responded by writing "The First Letter to all the Faithful" around 1215. So many people wanted to follow Saint Francis that the Rule of the Secular Franciscans was approved in 1221 — at that time, they were call the Brothers and Sisters of Penance later called the Third Order of St. Francis. One of the earliest Secular Franciscans was Lady Jacoba de Settesoli who was present when Saint Francis died in 1226. From this Order the Third Order Regulars (T.O.R.) emerged in the 15th century. The Order continued as the Third Order of St. Francis, Secular. In 1978, its name was changed to the Secular Franciscan Order (SFO). In 2011, the acronym changed from SFO to OFS (Ordo Franciscanus Saecularis or Order of Secular Franciscans).
Are there any well-known or famous Secular Franciscans?Lee Potts, OFS2018-04-18T21:06:55-04:00
Are there any well-known or famous Secular Franciscans?
Yes, there are many well-known Secular Franciscans:
Innocent III – 1198-1216
Honorius III – 1216-1227
Gregory IX – 1227-1241
Bl. Gregory X – 1271-1276
Nicholas III – 1277-1280
Celestine V – 1294 –
Martin V – 1417-1431
Sixtus IV – 1471-1484
Alexander VI – 1492-1503
Leo X – 1518-1521
Sixtus V – 1585-1590
Innocent XII – 1691-1700
Clement XII – 1730-1740
Pius IX – 1846-1878
Leo XIII – 1878-1903
St. Pius X 1903-1914
Benedict XV – 1914-1922
Pius XI – 1922-1939
Pius XII – 1823-1829
John XXIII – 1958-1963
DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH
St. Francis deSales
Charles Cardinal Borromeo
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning
Herbert Cardinal Vaughn
John Cardinal Fisher
BISHOPS (Note that all Cardinals were formerly Bishops)
St. Francis deSales. PRIESTS
St. John Vianney (Cures of Ars) Patron of Diocesan Priests
Fr. Edward Flanagan Founder of Boy's Town
St. Joseph Cafasso Diocesan Priest and St. Don Bosco's Teacher.
FOUNDERS (who were Secular Franciscans before founding a religious order)
St. Angela Merici – Ursulines
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini – Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart
St. John Bosco – Salesians
Bl. Peter Julian Eymard – Blessed Sacrament Fathers
St. Vincent Pallotti – Pallottine Fathers
St. Michael Gariscoits – The Auxiliary Priests of the Sacred Heart
St. Mary Joseph Rosello – The Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy
St. Bridget of Sweden – The Order of the Most Holy Savior (Bridgettines)
Bl. Mary Frances Schervier – Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis.
Ferdinand and Isabella King and Queen of Spain
St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary Patron of the Secular Franciscan Order
St. Elizabeth Queen of Portugal
Louis IX King of France, Patron of the Secular Franciscan Order. STATESMEN
St. Thomas More
FAMILY MEMBERS OF SAINTS
Parents of St. Therese, the Little Flower
Parents of St. Maximilian Kolbe
Mother of St. Maria Goretti
Mother of John Bosco
Brother of St. Bernadette Soubirous.
STIGMATIST
Marie Rose Ferron
CORDBEARERS
St. Bernadette Soubirous
St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Patron Saint of Beggars
St. Joseph Calasanz.
Franz Lizst
Sebastian Temple.
Dante Alighieri, Coventry Patmore.
PAINTERS/SCULPTORS
Giotto di Bondone
Michaelangelo
John Cimabue
Bartholomew Murillo
Christopher Columbus.
Andre & Marie Ampere
Michael Raraday.
St. Joan of Arc
St. Roch of Montpellier, Patron Against Contagious Diseases
St. Catherine of Genoa, housewife.
St. Conrad of Piacenza.
PILGRIM BEGGAR
St. Ceferino.
BUSINESSMEN
Blessed Peter of Sienna, Comb manufacturer
Blessed Luchesio, merchant and dock worker
Matt Talbot
The Spirit Is A Movin'
"The Spirit is a movin' all o-o-ver, all o-o-ver this land." Remember that lovely song from back in the day? Admitting this will give evidence to the age of most of us—but it's still a great song, and very appropriate for our times. […]
Memoriale Propositi: Going home. A Formation Project That Renews Us
Have you ever had the experience of finding old letters in the attic that our grandparents wrote? What treasures! To peek into the lives of those whose DNA we carry is a wonderful gift. Did you try to see yourself in that old picture of your great-grandmother or great-grandfather? How did you feel when you discovered them? Why did it mean so much when you found them? […]
National Minister Announces New Members Appointed to DSFF Board
The National Executive Council met the week before Christmas and, after prayerful consideration and some good conversation about the wonderful slate of nominees, we made our decision on the appointment of two new members to the Duns Scotus Formation Fund Board (DSFF). […]
Becoming Prayer for Peace and Social Justice Part 2
Prayer must be our first line of defense in all things and not a last resort. Prayer must be our default – like breathing. […]
Fillable Transfer Form Available Online
A fillable PDF form for Secular Franciscans seeking to transfer to another fraternity is now available on the website. Transfers are most often requested for one of two reasons: (1) the member will be moving to another location and can no longer participate in their fraternity or (2) the local fraternity to which they belong has been deactivated. […]
2021 Chapter Documents Available
A rich array of texts and presentations from the 2021 Chapter meeting are conveniently accessible now on the website. […]
Breakaway Group Activily Seeks to Draw Members from OFS
Each of our families is touched by broken relationships. At least somewhere in the family tree, there is likely to be divorce, separation, or some kind of estrangement. Our national fraternity is similar in this way: there is a group of energetic former Secular Franciscans who have broken their fraternal relationships with us to form a separate group of Franciscan tertiaries. As is all too common with broken family relationships, these former members seek to draw other members into their group. […]
The Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Francis of Assisi
There is the tendency to view Francis' devotion to Mary as somewhat of an isolated entity, unrelated to his spiritual life as a whole. Yet, Francis' love for Mary was so much a part of him that it is almost impossible to separate his Marian devotion from his daily life. […]
Franciscan Holy Days
St. Eustochia Calafato
St. Francis De Sales
St. Angela Merici
St. Hyacinth of Mariscotti
St. John Bosco
St. Joseph of Leonissa
Sts. Peter Baptist, Paul Miki, And Companions
St. Collette
Bl. Mother Maria Theresia Bonzel
St. Conrad of Piacenza
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March 26, 2019News Alert
States Draft Legislation Following EPA's PFAS Action Plan
Beveridge & DiamondNessa Coppinger, Megan Morgan
Shortly after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's February 2019 release of its PFAS Action Plan, many states are following suit with draft legislation and other actions addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
The California Water Resources Control Board announced that it will not promulgate an MCL for PFAS in the near term and that it will immediately roll out a "PFAS Phased Investigation Plan" to obtain PFAS effluent and drinking water data across the state. Phase I will require source investigation and sampling at airports, landfills, and drinking water. Phase II will cover refineries, bulk terminals, non-airport fire training areas, and 2017-2018 urban wildfire areas. Phase III will cover secondary manufacturers, wastewater treatment plants and pre-treatment plants, and domestic wells.
A previous article summarizes MassDEP's January 2019 development of a drinking water maximum contaminant level (MCL) for PFAS. MassDEP will focus on a subset of PFAS compounds – PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFHpA, and PFNA – which it describes as compounds that are a threat to human health, are detectable, and can be treated with available technology. MassDEP also acknowledged a plan to develop reportable concentrations and cleanup standards for PFAS under the Massachusetts Contingency Plan.
The Michigan legislature introduced three bills that would regulate PFAS. The first House bill would require fire departments to report the use of firefighting foam to the Department of Environmental Quality. A second House bill would require the promulgation of occupational safety and health rules addressing the use of firefighting foam concentrate containing PFAS in training and equipment calibration, and best practices for proper use, handling and storage of such materials. A third House bill would require firefighters to be trained on these best practices and prohibitions.
The Minnesota House and Senate each introduced bills that would prohibit a person from "manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale, or distributing for use in Minnesota food packaging to which PFAS have been intentionally added in any amount."
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued a statewide PFAS directive and information request, which announces a notice of proposed rule amendments concerning PFAS that is to be published in the New Jersey Register on April 1, 2019. The notice will propose establishing MCLs and groundwater quality criteria standards for PFAS, and adding PFAS to the List of Hazardous Substances.
A Vermont Senate bill passed by the Senate on March 13, 2019 proposes to adopt a MCL for PFAS under the Agency of Natural Resources' (ANR) Water Supply Rule, and would require interim drinking water testing and monitoring. The bill would also require the adoption of surface water quality standards for PFAS and a statewide investigation of potentials sources of PFAS. The bill's proposed requirement that the ANR report on the management of landfills of leachate containing contaminants of emerging concern is a step down from its initial language, which would have required landfills to treat leachate for PFAS before delivery to a wastewater treatment facility or discharge to the waters of the State.
Bills introduced in Assembly and Senate would require the Department of Health Services to establish state health-based groundwater quality standards for PFAS.
To help our clients stay on top of the quickly changing PFAS landscape, Beveridge & Diamond tracks PFAS-related regulation and legislation. Contact Nessa Coppinger for more information on our PFAS tracker.
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As you leave the ferry, turn left and follow the road past Martyrs Bay and Traigh Mor.
Walk up the hill for ¾ of a mile until a gate is reached. Go through the gate and in front is a magnificent stretch of machair which doubles as Iona Golf Course.
The grass is kept clipped by the cattle and sheep that graze on the machair and the golf course is free of charge.


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Q: Is the adjective "graphic" acquiring a new meaning? In almost any reference I look, the adjective graphic refers to:

producing very clear and detailed mental images:

as in...

She described her operation in the most graphic detail.

However, on almost any given news program in the US, it is common to hear the anchor warning...

"...and we warn you, the following images are very graphic"

and what follows is usually disturbing: broken, bleeding bodies being pulled from bombed out buildings, mothers weeping in anguish, blood, gore and general mayhem.
Is the adjective being mis-used, or is it acquiring a new usage?

A: It appears to be an extension of its literal meaning. The OLD cites the meaning as a synonym of "vivid" as its second usage:

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*(of descriptions, etc.) very clear and full of details, especially about something unpleasant
  (synonym vivid)

*

*a graphic account/description of a battle
  He kept telling us about his operation, in the most graphic detail.
  This is a very graphic account of life in Victorian England.

As explained  by vocabulary.com the figurative usage of graphic is generally used to refer to images related  to strong issues like violence and sex:

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*Something graphic is visual. Graphic design is made of visual elements. A graphic novel tells its story with pictures. And a story that is too graphic is too good at showing you things that are, for example, shocking or violent.

*Derived from the Greek graphikos, meaning "drawn" or "written," graphic shows up often before words such as design or art. There's debate over whether Norman Rockwell was a painter or just a graphic artist. In certain cases, usually involving loaded issues such as violence or sex, graphic means overly clear in a visual way.  Gruesome slasher movies could be too graphic for some viewers, leaving them feeling sick to their stomachs.

The figurative usage of graphic is quite old, the following usage example is from the System of Christian Rhetoric: 1873:

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*The common reservation here made is that we should not describe the sins we reprehend in too graphic and lively language,  for fear we may either give lessons in vice or show that we are but too well acquainted with it. " Certain phrases and ...


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<?php

/*
 * This file is part of the RollerworksPasswordStrengthValidator package.
 *
 * (c) Sebastiaan Stok <s.stok@rollerscapes.net>
 *
 * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
 * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
 */

namespace Rollerworks\Component\PasswordStrength\Validator\Constraints;

use Attribute;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;

/**
 * @Annotation
 * @Target({"PROPERTY", "METHOD", "ANNOTATION"})
 */
#[Attribute(Attribute::TARGET_PROPERTY | Attribute::TARGET_METHOD | Attribute::IS_REPEATABLE)]
class PasswordRequirements extends Constraint
{
    public $tooShortMessage = 'Your password must be at least {{length}} characters long.';
    public $missingLettersMessage = 'Your password must include at least one letter.';
    public $requireCaseDiffMessage = 'Your password must include both upper and lower case letters.';
    public $missingNumbersMessage = 'Your password must include at least one number.';
    public $missingSpecialCharacterMessage = 'Your password must contain at least one special character.';

    public $minLength = 6;
    public $requireLetters = true;
    public $requireCaseDiff = false;
    public $requireNumbers = false;
    public $requireSpecialCharacter = false;

    public function __construct(
        $options = null,
        ?array $groups = null,
               $payload = null,
        ?int $minLength = null,
        ?bool $requireLetters = null,
        ?bool $requireCaseDiff = null,
        ?bool $requireNumbers = null,
        ?bool $requireSpecialCharacter = null,
        ?string $tooShortMessage = null,
        ?string $missingLettersMessage = null,
        ?string $requireCaseDiffMessage = null,
        ?string $missingNumbersMessage = null,
        ?string $missingSpecialCharacterMessage = null
    ) {
        parent::__construct($options ?? [], $groups, $payload);

        $this->tooShortMessage = $tooShortMessage ?? $this->tooShortMessage;
        $this->missingLettersMessage = $missingLettersMessage ?? $this->missingLettersMessage;
        $this->requireCaseDiffMessage = $requireCaseDiffMessage ?? $this->requireCaseDiffMessage;
        $this->missingNumbersMessage = $missingNumbersMessage ?? $this->missingNumbersMessage;
        $this->missingSpecialCharacterMessage = $missingSpecialCharacterMessage ?? $this->missingSpecialCharacterMessage;

        $this->minLength = $minLength ?? $this->minLength;
        $this->requireLetters = $requireLetters ?? $this->requireLetters;
        $this->requireCaseDiff = $requireCaseDiff ?? $this->requireCaseDiff;
        $this->requireNumbers = $requireNumbers ?? $this->requireNumbers;
        $this->requireSpecialCharacter = $requireSpecialCharacter ?? $this->requireSpecialCharacter;
    }
}


OOPS stands for Object Oriented Programming System.Application developed using OOPS concepts consists of a collection of objects.
Objects interact with each other to achieve a desired functionality.
Class is a template which defines the structure of an object.Once you define a class ,you define the attributes and behavior that the objects of that class will have.Class is a abstract concept.Objects actually exist in the memory.
Polymorphism Polymorphism means same interface but different implementations.The client invokes the same interface to call different functionalities.Example of polymorphism is method overloading.
Cosntructor is a method of the class which has the same name as the class.So if the class name is A then constructor of that class will be called A.Constructor is used to initialize the members of the class and is called when an object of a class is created.Unlike other methods constructors are not inherited by the derived class.
Destructor of the class is a method that is called when an object of the class is destroyed.If the object uses some resources such as database connections or file handles then those should be closed in the destructor.
of Method arguments and their types forms the method signature.So overloaded methods have different signatures.
Following are the two overloads of the Add method.First method takes int arguments while the second method takes float arguments.
and type of parameters as the method in the base class.
the type of object.If the type of object is A then the SendMail method in class A will be called ,if the type of object is B then B's SendMail method will be called.
When will you use struct instead of class?
Struct is useful when you want to define a simple class with few properties and methods.When you don't want encapsulation you choose struct.In C# you can not inherit a struct where as you can inherit a class.In C# struct is a value type whereas class is a reference type.
private class member is restricted to access from only within class.


I love data, always have, always will. From my first math lessons to statistics and econometrics at university up to fancy bubbles supported by a good story!
moving onto fear for opaque and unchallengeable decisions about people's lives (questioning data quality and hedging for risk on the personal side).
5 years ago, I turned to the privacy pros to better understand what was cooking with this piece of legislation called GDPR. My professional network (of friends) continued to explore and measure rapidly evolving data journeys, questioning my new path. I marveled at lawyers being able to cite legislation by heart and learned that shades of grey abound when trying to bridge data practices with the letter of the law!
Reading and using the definitive GDPR text since last year, I keep discovering new aspects, supported by a fascinating Twitter network (grateful while we agree do disagree). I've increasingly worked on helping companies bridge the gaps with their existing data set-ups. Over the last 2 years, I've developed a 5+5 Pillar framework to support GDPR alignment and attribute cross-functional accountability. Today I watch the various actors fret around ePrivacy while wondering about new business development opportunities brought about by these new laws.
In the mean time, ad tech actors in the EU are taking stances while the same cannot be said on the other side of the pond. I was asked to write for some of them, among which AT Internet and Piwik. For Piwik Pro we decided to go through the GDPR, commenting on the different aspects as highlighted by the infographic at the top of this article.
Below is the list of articles written, where they can be found and which articles within the GDPR are covered. Note that I tried to keep it simple — ad tech KISS style like.
There is no specific call to action here as I'm almost afraid to write "feel free to comment": comments when it comes to privacy remain challenging as I'm often reminded.
Yet if you are in the data "business" and are still wondering about what the GDPR might mean for you, I invite you to read the blog posts listed here. It will give you a good idea of what to tackle while we wait for the dust to settle (and parties to agree?) on ePrivacy.


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PCCE Seeking New Executive Director
After a wonderful and successful year, PCCE's current Executive Director, Allison Caffarone '03, will be stepping down to join Hofstra Law School. Allison was a tremendous addition to PCCE. Among other things, she was responsible for organizing our two most recent events, The New Face of AML Enforcement and Compliance and A New Model for Incentivizing Antitrust Compliance Programs. She also is organizing (and will stay to finalize) our fall conference. Please join us in recognizing Allison's hard work. Thank you Allison for everything you did during your time here as PCCE's Executive Director.
In light of Allison's imminent departure, PCCE is seeking a new Executive Director. We are looking for people with enforcement experience and are open to speaking with people transitioning out of the government and into private practice. While we would prefer a candidate who would be interested in working with us long term, we are willing to work with short-term arrangements as well. We would need the candidate to be able to start anywhere between now and October 12, 2019.
A full description of the job is below: Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 17, 2019 by Michelle Louise Austin.
UK Law Commission Recommends Reforms to Money Laundering Suspicious Activity Reports
by Karolos Seeger, Aisling Cowell, Andrew Lee, and Natasha McCarthy
The Law Commission has published an extensive report examining the UK's current Suspicious Activity Report ("SAR") regime for notifying suspected money laundering to the National Crime Agency ("NCA") and outlining 19 recommendations for reform.[1] These include both legislative and non-legislative mechanisms designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the consent regime. This report follows a July 2018 consultation paper, which was discussed in a previous client update.[2] Interestingly, the Law Commission reviewed a sample of hundreds of SARs to help it analyse the potential impact of the various proposals and lend support to its final recommendations.
In short, the existing SAR regime will be largely retained, with the recommendations having limited practical effect, especially for organisations outside the regulated sector. We summarise below the key recommendations and consider their likely impact. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Corporate Criminal Liability and Enforcement, Financial Institutions, UK Liability and Enforcement and tagged Aisling Cowell, Andrew Lee, Karolos Seeger, Natasha McCarthy on July 16, 2019 by Allison Caffarone.
Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim Delivers Remarks at the New York University School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement
Wind of Change*: A New Model for Incentivizing Antitrust Compliance Programs
Makan Delrahim
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery at New York University School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (July 11, 2019)
Thank you, Professor First for your kind introduction and for inviting me back to this great institution. Let me also thank Professor Jennifer Arlen and Executive Director Allison Caffarone, along with everyone involved in the Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement (PCCE), for organizing this event. You should be proud of the incredible enduring program you have developed exploring the causes of corporate misconduct and the nature of effective enforcement and compliance.
It is great to be back at NYU Law School and to be joined by many colleagues from across the Department of Justice and other government officials, scholars, and leaders in the antitrust bar and the world of corporate compliance. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Corporate Civil Liability and Enforcement, Corporate Criminal Liability and Enforcement, Corporate Enforcement, Corporate Investigations, Criminal Enforcement, DPAs and NPAs, Enforcement, Enforcement Policy and tagged Makan Delrahim on July 12, 2019 by Allison Caffarone.
SCOTUS Expands Scope of FOIA Trade Secrets and Commercial Information Exemption
by Michael S. Flynn, Randall D. Guynn, Michael Kaplan, Neil H. MacBride, Paul J. Nathanson, Annette L. Nazareth, Margaret E. Tahyar, and Eric B. Lewin
The Supreme Court has updated an important Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") exemption for the digital age. In Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media (PDF: 125 KB), the Supreme Court last week significantly expanded the scope of FOIA Exemption 4. FOIA Exemption 4 is the exemption most commonly claimed by private-sector entities when seeking to protect competitively sensitive information that must be disclosed to a federal agency. It shields from disclosure "trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential."[1] Beginning with a D.C. Circuit decision in 1974, National Parks & Conservation Ass'n v. Morton, 498 F.2d 765 (D.C. Cir. 1974), courts have interpreted FOIA Exemption 4 narrowly. For commercial or financial information to be "confidential," a number of federal courts of appeals have required a showing of "substantial competitive harm" from disclosure. Proving "substantial competitive harm" has proven difficult in practice, and, in this digital age, there is an increasing awareness that information and data are valuable. The majority opinion in Food Marketing, written by Justice Gorsuch, squarely repudiated the "substantial competitive harm" test in favor of a less difficult standard, thereby broadening Exemption 4.
It is significant that the justices were unanimous in rejecting the "substantial competitive harm" test. They disagreed about whether harm has any role to play in Exemption 4. In an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, Justice Breyer explained that he "would clarify that a private harm need not be 'substantial' so long as it is genuine."[2] In contrast, the majority wouldn't apply a harm test at all, arguing that such a test is not supported by the statute. Instead, the majority explained its test as follows: Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Corporate Civil Liability and Enforcement, Data Privacy and tagged Annette L. Nazareth, Eric B. Lewin, Margaret E. Tahyar, Michael Kaplan, Michael S. Flynn, Neil H. MacBride, Paul J. Nathanson, Randall D. Guynn on July 10, 2019 by Allison Caffarone.
District Court Finds Allegations That Data Breach Exposed Publicly Available and Non-Sensitive Personal Information Sufficient for Article III Standing
by Alexis Collins, Phillip L. Hurst, and Miranda Gonzalez
Potentially signaling an expansion of the scope of constitutional standing in data breach cases, a district court in the Northern District of California recently held that the exposure of users' non-sensitive, publicly available personal information may be sufficient to establish an injury-in-fact.[1]
Background: The decision was issued in a class action lawsuit brought against Facebook, alleging breach of contract, negligence, and violation of the California Unfair Competition Law, among other state law claims, based on a 2018 data breach. The breach resulted from a coding vulnerability that allowed hackers to steal information from 15 million users. Though the stolen information included usernames and basic contact information (i.e., phone numbers and email addresses), and in some cases also included users' birthdates, hometowns, workplaces, education information, religious views, and prior activities on Facebook, the plaintiffs did not allege the breach of information traditionally considered sensitive, such as social security numbers or credit card information. In its motion to dismiss the complaint, Facebook argued that the named plaintiffs had not established Article III standing because they had not alleged any particularized injury: the stolen information was publicly-available, and the only potential injury was the minimal time spent deleting phishing emails. The court rejected Facebook's argument, holding that one plaintiff had adequately alleged two injuries: (i) the substantial risk of future identity theft and (ii) the lost time responding to the data breach.
Regarding the risk of identity theft, the court rejected Facebook's argument that the plaintiff had not suffered an injury-in-fact because the breach involved no sensitive information. Despite recognizing that all of the information was otherwise publicly available, the court nonetheless determined that information "need not be sensitive to weaponize hackers in their quest to commit further fraud or identify theft." In the court's view, an "'increased risk of identity theft'" can occur even when the stolen information is not traditionally sensitive personal information, because the proper inquiry is not "the minutia" of what information had been taken, but whether the data "gave hackers the means to commit fraud or identify theft."
Here, the court viewed the stolen information as equivalent to sensitive information because it was "immutable," personally identifying, and of a nature and amount to "provide further ammo . . . to g[i]ve hackers the means to commit fraud or identity theft." The public availability of the information was "irrelevant," because "constructing this information from random sources bit by bit" would be difficult for hackers. The court also inferred that the goal of the breach was to facilitate fraud and identity theft, emphasizing the plaintiff's receipt of phishing emails and text messages after the breach, and the hackers' use of searches to cull information from millions of users.
The court also held that the lost time spent responding to the data breach could constitute an economic injury. Under the court's reasoning, even de minimis time spent sorting through phishing emails could be sufficient based on an expectation that "[m]ore phishing e‑mails will pile up" over time.
Takeaway: Courts remain split over the threshold for alleging standing in data breach cases. Although the Second, Fourth, and Eighth Circuits have determined that allegations based on the risk of future harm are insufficient, the D.C., Third, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits have held that alleging a substantial risk of future harm is sufficient to satisfy the Article III injury requirements. But the question remains—when are allegations of future harm too "speculative" to constitute an injury? This month's decision in Schmidt v. Facebook answered that the exposure of a sufficient amount of public, non-sensitive information may create a future risk of harm that is as substantial and imminent as the exposure of social security numbers because it makes social engineering attacks easier. Should this decision gain traction among other courts, it would ease plaintiffs' burden to establish standing in a broad array of data breach lawsuits.
[1] Schmidt v. Facebook, Inc., No. C 18-05982 WHA (JSC), 2019 WL 2568799 (N.D. Cal. June 21, 2019).
This entry was posted in Data Privacy and tagged Alexis Collins, Miranda Gonzalez, Phillip L. Hurst on July 8, 2019 by Allison Caffarone.
Arbitration Now Requires Knowledge of Criminal Law Principles
By Stéphane Bonifassi
Bring arbitrators and criminal-law experts in a room together these days and watch a debate about applicable laws unfold.
Arbitrators naturally tend to focus on the contract, the dispute at hand and the laws governing both. Criminal lawyers, like me, think it's important for arbitrators to consider other laws, especially criminal laws, to ensure the enforceability of arbitral awards and to ensure that no one is held criminally liable for one reason or the other, including the arbitrators themselves. I experienced this paradigm-shifting debate firsthand working on a project initiated by Professor Mark Pieth of the Basel Institute on Governance.
Pieth, who rightly recognized the differing position between arbitrators and financial crime litigators two years ago, invited representatives from academia, arbitration, and financial crime litigation to help him put together a toolkit for arbitrators that will guide them through the increased scrutiny that surrounds companies entering into contracts with arbitration clauses. His academic assistant and author of "Proving Bribery, Fraud and Money Laundering in International Arbitration" Kathrin Betz helped Pieth synthesize our discussions and viewpoints to develop "Corruption and Money Laundering in International Arbitration – A Toolkit for Arbitrators," published May 30. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Corporate Criminal Liability and Enforcement, Corruption: Domestic, Corruption: Foreign, Financial Institutions and tagged Stéphane Bonifassi on July 5, 2019 by Allison Caffarone.
Regulating the Use of Data in the United Kingdom's Financial Sector
by Alun Milford
It is just over a year since the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation came into force. It strengthened Europe's already highly evolved legal framework for the protection of personal data and provided for much heavier penalties for breaches of those protections than had hitherto been available. For example, under the old law the maximum penalty the United Kingdom's regulator could impose for a data protection breach was £500,000 whereas under the new law the maximum penalty throughout Europe is the higher of 20,000,000 euros or 4% of the firm's annual worldwide turnover in the preceding financial year. The prospect of penalties on this scale has concentrated the minds of businesses with European operations, whether headquartered there or not.
For firms in the United Kingdom's regulated financial sector a particular concern was the prospect of having to comply with two distinct regulatory frameworks – one for the conduct of business and the other for the protection of personal data – policed by two distinct regulators – the Financial Conduct Authority and the Information Commissioner's Office – where both regulators now had the power to impose very significant sanctions for the same conduct. In this blog I consider the functions of the respective regulators, the areas of overlap or common interest in their work and the way in which the regulators have indicated they will approach those areas of common interest. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Data Privacy, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and tagged Alun Milford on July 3, 2019 by Allison Caffarone.
The Biggest Risk with CCPA May Be Cybersecurity, Not Privacy: 10 Things Companies Are Doing Now to Prepare
by Avi Gesser, Matthew Kelly, Will Schildknecht, and Clara Y. Kim
By now, most major U.S. companies are generally aware of the new privacy requirements (PDF:187 KB) that will be imposed by the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") when it goes into effect on January 1, 2020, including data access and deletion rights for consumers as well as restrictions on selling personal information. But, at least in the short term, it is likely that the CCPA's cybersecurity requirements will have the most significant impact on companies.
Unfortunately, the CCPA does not spell out its cybersecurity requirements explicitly. Rather, it creates a private right of action for California consumers against companies that have experienced a cyber breach if their personal information has been taken by an unauthorized person. A successful action requires that the exfiltration or disclosure be of unencrypted personal data and result from the company's violation of its duty to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices. § 1798.150(a)(1). Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Cybercrime & Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and tagged Avi Gesser, Clara Y. Kim, Matthew Kelly, Will Schildknecht on July 2, 2019 by Allison Caffarone.
Blockchain and the New Regulatory Havens
by Omri Marian
Over the past few years, small jurisdictions that are known as "tax havens" have been engaged in a race to become leading hubs for blockchain technology. In a recent article, I explore the extent of this phenomenon, its drivers, and its regulatory ramifications. In short, I argue that the traditional tax havens model is in decline due to recent coordinated international efforts to shut down abusive tax havens practices. Blockchain technology, however, offers similar commodities as offered by tax havens jurisdictions. Blockchain technology is not (yet) subject to coordinated international regulatory efforts. Tax havens seem to have identified the opportunity to offer their traditional regulatory commodities' via the medium of the blockchain technology. I argue that the rise of so-called "Blockchain Havens" presents significant regulatory challenges that can only be addressed via coordinated global efforts. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Cybercrime & Cybersecurity, Enforcement Policy and tagged Omri Marian on June 18, 2019 by Allison Caffarone.
Willfulness and Negligence are Mutually Exclusive Standards of Liability (Something We All Intuitively Knew Already)
Greg Morvillo and Christine Hanley
Rudyard Kipling famously quipped "Oh, East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet." Although crafted in 1889, this sentiment is newly applicable to a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion in The Robare Group v. S.E.C, 922 F.3d 468, 479-80 (D.C. Cir. 2019). The D.C. Circuit essentially held that Willfulness is Willfulness and Negligence is Negligence, and never the twain shall meet, only less poetically. This potentially landmark decision held that willfulness and negligence are mutually exclusive standards of liability – one requiring intent to commit wrongdoing and the other requiring a lack of intent to commit wrongdoing – and the SEC cannot impose civil liability under both standards for the same conduct.
Robare arose out of a 2014 administrative cease and desist proceeding against The Robare Group ("TRG"), an investment advisory firm, and its principals and co-owners, Mark L. Robare and Jack L. Jones. The complaint alleged that respondents received a fee from Fidelity Investments ("Fidelity"), which provided clearing services for TRG's advisory clients, whenever TRG's clients invested in certain funds offered on Fidelity's online platform. The SEC further alleged that TRG failed to disclose this fee and that TRG had a conflict of interest arising from the revenue-sharing arrangement between TRG and Fidelity. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Corporate Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and tagged Christine Hanley, Greg Morvillo on June 17, 2019 by Allison Caffarone.
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Der Schweizer Frauenlauf ist eine Laufveranstaltung in Bern (Schweiz), die seit 1987 stattfindet und vom ehemaligen Schweizer Spitzenläufer Markus Ryffel organisiert wird. Er steht nur Frauen offen. Der 5-km-Hauptlauf, von 2005 bis 2010 Teil des Post-Cups, lockt mit Preisgeldern auch Eliteläuferinnen an. 2016 wurde mit 15'097 Teilnehmerinnen (finisher) die höchste Beteiligung erreicht.

Seit 2005 gibt es zusätzlich eine 10-km-Strecke. Ausserdem gibt es eine 15-km-Strecke für Walking und Nordic Walking. 2009 wurde der Girls Sprint eingeführt, eine Sprintstrecke von 500 Metern für 5- bis 7-Jährige; 2010 kam die Girls Mile (1,6 km) für 8- bis 11-Jährige hinzu.

Der Frauenlauf führte von 2005 bis 2019 durch die Berner Innenstadt, nachdem er zuvor im Neufeld stattfand. Der Start befindet sich an der Einmündung der Bundesgasse in die Monbijoustrasse. Über die Monbijoubrücke führt sie ins Kirchenfeld und von dort über die Kirchenfeldbrücke zum Ziel auf dem Bundesplatz. Die 10-km-Läuferinnen legten bis 2015 die Runde mit kleinen Variationen zweimal zurück; 2016 wurde erstmals die 5-km-Strecke mit einer Zusatzschlaufe durch den Tierpark Dählhölzli gelaufen.

Der Anlass wurde 2020 infolge der COVID-19-Pandemie abgesagt und fand 2021 – wegen des Verbots von Grossveranstaltungen an vier Tagen Ende August ausgetragen – erstmals wieder im Neufeld statt.

Am 12. Juni 2022 wurde der Frauenlauf mit rund 7000 Teilnehmerinnen erneut auf der gewohnten Strecke in der Berner Altstadt durchgeführt. Fabienne Schlumpf konnte den Lauf nach längerer Krankheitspause zum dritten Mal für sich entscheiden.

Statistik

Streckenrekorde
 5 km: 14:57,2 min, Lydia Cheromei (KEN), 1997
 10 km: 35:15,5 min, Patricia Morceli (CHE), 2013

Siegerinnenliste

5 km
Quellen für Ergebnisse vor 1999: Website des Veranstalters, ARRS

10 km

Entwicklung der Finisherzahlen

Siehe auch
 Österreichischer Frauenlauf
 Swiss Runners

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website

Einzelnachweise

Laufveranstaltung in der Schweiz
Leichtathletikwettbewerb in Bern
Frauenleichtathletikwettbewerb


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New York's 67th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Linda Rosenthal since 2006, replacing Scott Stringer.

Geography
District 67 is located in Manhattan, comprising portions of the Upper West Side and Hell's Kitchen. Lincoln Center and a portion of Central Park is within this district.

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GOP Congressman Leaves Meeting Early After Constituents Want to Talk Obamacare Repeal
BYMahita Gajanan and TIME
January 15, 2017, 11:22 PM UTC
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 13: Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting with GOP nominee for Vice President Mike Pence at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Bill Clark CQ-Roll Call,Inc.
Republican Congressman Mike Coffman left a regularly scheduled meeting early on Saturday, leaving more than 100 frustrated constituents waiting at the Aurora Public Library in Colorado to talk about his party's plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Coffman, who serves Colorado's sixth district, had scheduled a room a the library for 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., according to NBC affiliate 9News. Coffman on Friday joined two other Republican lawmakers to write an op-ed in the Denver Post urging for the repeal of the healthcare law.
According to social media posts from constituents who showed up to the meeting Coffman only allowed them in four people at a time.
"The Representative didn't have a plan. They expected just a small handful of people to show up," Krondia Siebert told 9News. "We were under the understanding it was a town hall meeting and they were only allowing four people in at a time."
While waiting to meet with Coffman, the crowd outside the room and and chanted.
Crowd starts singing while trying to get in to see Congressman Mike Coffman in Aurora. He only agreed with people a couple at a time. #9News pic.twitter.com/bqZgj4FF6f
— Nelson Garcia (@9NewsEducation) January 14, 2017
But many people didn't get a turn to voice their concerns over the repeal of the ACA. At about 3:24 p.m., Coffman left the event early, unbeknownst to those waiting.
While more than 100 people were waiting to meet with him, Mike Coffman sneaks out early from his own community event. #9News pic.twitter.com/NAZlXTKgQm
Coffman could not be immediately reached for comment. In a statement to 9News, Coffman's staffer Ben Stein said the congressman was able to meet with more than 70 constituents.
"Unfortunately, we only reserved the room at the Aurora Central Library for 90 minutes, which is usually plenty of time to see everyone," he wrote. "For those who were unable to see the Congressman today we apologize. These constituents are invited to attend upcoming meeting opportunities and we will block more time so that he can hear from more of his constituents."
Democrats held rallies throughout the country on Sunday in an attempt to push public momentum toward their goal of blocking Republican effort to repeal Obamacare. Among biggest rallies was in Warren, Michigan, hosted by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
This article originally appeared on TIME.com


Vancouver, May 2, 2013 – The BC Chamber of Commerce is concerned that B.C.'s political parties are staying silent on crucial election issues for B.C. businesses – and for all British Columbians.
B.C.'s staggering infrastructure deficit, shaky near-term jobs outlook and outdated education system are flying under the radar in the current election campaign.
B.C.'s cash-strapped municipalities don't have the resources to fund billions of dollars of needed repairs for crumbling roads, aging drinking water systems, and run-down wastewater and stormwater networks across the province. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has estimated that Canada faces a $171.8 billion municipal infrastructure deficit in these four asset areas; the federal government's new Building Canada plan won't come close to covering that. B.C. election candidates have not addressed how the province will work with municipalities and the federal government to meet this challenge.
Why it matters to B.C. businesses: Municipal infrastructure is crucial to business as it provides for the flow of goods and services throughout the province. Additionally, a lack of funding plan for significant municipal projects poses tax risks to businesses, which ultimately are penalized disproportionately by property tax hikes.
Why it matters to all British Columbians: Well-functioning infrastructure is critical to British Columbians' expected standard of living.
B.C. private-sector salaries are not competitive with many Canadian jurisdictions, including Ontario and Alberta. Election talk about skills training and LNG opportunities with a 20-year time horizon, while positive for business, doesn't address if and how each political party would support the growth of high-paying B.C. jobs now. The BC Chamber calls on B.C.'s political parties to clearly map out how they plan to support B.C. companies and drive the growth of good, high-paying jobs in the near term – for both the resources sector and the services sector.
Why it matters to B.C. businesses: Supporting businesses' growth so they can create higher-paying jobs province-wide will build B.C.'s economy and business opportunities.
Why it matters to all British Columbians: High-paying jobs will improve British Columbians' standard of living. In addition, greater economic wealth in B.C. will help fund B.C.'s hospitals, schools and social programs.
B.C.'s education system is failing to turn out the skills and attitudes that will make British Columbians successful in the long-term. The problem isn't about validating the trades as an alternative to university education – an important but separate issue. The core challenge is the need to re-invent B.C.'s education system for the needs and opportunities of a new century, moving away from rote-learning models. The challenge is also to encourage a lifelong learning model that teaches British Columbians how – and why – to pursue constant retraining throughout their careers to handle rapidly-changing workplace demands.
Why it matters to B.C. businesses: There's a clear disconnect between the skills and attitudes that B.C. schools (secondary through post-secondary) cultivate and what employers need, including gaps in literacy and essential skills. Reforming B.C.'s education system is key to driving economic growth in the province and strengthening B.C.'s role in the global economy.
Why it matters to all British Columbians: Education is a key means for raising wages and living standards throughout the province.