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ACS raises plastic tax concerns with Treasury
By Robin Mannering2018-05-18T10:41:00+01:00
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has urged the government not to tax retailers when considering measures to reduce single use plastics.
In its submission to HM Treasury's consultation on reducing single-use plastic, the ACS raised concerns about the potential impact of a tax at retailer or consumer level, highlighting the importance of ensuring that the introduction of a tax would not burden retailers or their customers.
It highlights the work that retailers are already doing to reduce the impact of single use plastics in their stores. The introduction of a voluntary charge for single use plastic bags has been well received in the convenience sector as almost half (42%) now voluntarily charge for plastic bags in store, while many retailers now only provide bags for life for customers and have stopped the distribution of single use plastic bags altogether.
ACS chief executive James Lowman said: "All parts of the supply chain have a role to play, from suppliers to retailers and consumers when it comes to reducing the impact of single use plastics, but it is clear that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to the problem.
"We encourage the government to continue looking at innovative and sustainable ways to reduce single use plastics, but would caution against any measures that result in what would effectively be taxing retailers and/or consumers twice on the same products."
The ACS has also encouraged the government to consider other interventions that could be taken to encourage consumers to recycle.
Research commissioned by ACS in 2017 - consisting of three focus groups across the UK and polling of 2,000 UK adults - found that consumers would be more likely to recycle more if:
more packaging was recyclable (37%)
packaging was more clearly labelled as recyclable (35%)
collections from their home took a greater range of recycled goods (29%)
all types of recyclable materials could be place in on bin (28%)
Plastic & Sustainability
Plastic bag usage drops by 86% since 2015 charge
Plastic bag sales in England's supermarkets have dropped by 86% since the government introduced a 5p plastic bag charge in 2015.
Shocking images of the damage our plastic use has had on the planet have put the issue firmly on the public and government's radar. C-Store looks at what retailers are doing to reduce its use and why the war on plastic is far from straightforward.
Iceland extends "successful" plastic bottle recycling trial
Three more Iceland Food Group stores are to be fitted with reverse vending machines for plastic bottles, as the company extends its "successful" plastic reduction trial which launched in Fulham last month.
Store owners expect soaring meat-free sales to continue
C-store retailers expect the "soaring" sales of meat-free products in January to maintain momentum well into 2020, as shoppers increasingly opt to incorporate vegan products into their everyday diets.
Heart of England Co-op celebrates most successful trading day in history
The Heart of England Co-operative Society chalked up its most successful trading day in history on Christmas Eve as shoppers flocked to their local stores to top up on festive essentials.
CJ Lang announces rise in retail and wholesale festive sales
Scottish Spar wholesaler and retailer CJ Lang has reported "strong" sales over the Christmas period.


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The global big data-as-a-service market is growing owing to the rise of various real-time information from different sources including but is not limited to, the social media, log files, mobile devices, and so on. The demand for big data is increasing across the different business segments and huge investments are made by the key market players in the development and research of the big data, which in turn will create great opportunities for the market. In the recent years, the major IT brands are introducing big data-as-a-service market solutions in the global market to improve their reputation and market value. This, in turn, is positively impacting them and hence they are able to generate clients for themselves. This, in turn, is helping the prominent market players to acquire new small-scale companies and hence increasing the competition in the market. The other features that are favoring the companies include joint ventures, constant up gradation and collaborations. The factor that hampers the market growth is related to privacy, which is affecting the market growth.
The big data-as-a-service market is dominated by North America. The U.S. is the major market in the North American region. The country has some of the prominent market players such as Dell, IBM, HP, and Cisco. These companies are improving their risk management skills and customer target marketing abilities with the help of the big data technologies. The use of big data technologies has improved the financial services market in America. Other regions have also adopted the big data technologies to improve their revenues.
The key vendors that are occupying the big data-as-a-service market include EMC Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, SAP SE, Teradata Corporation, Datameer, Opera Solutions, MapR Technologies, Singapore Technologies Tele media, Northgate Capital, Red Hat, Amazon Web Services, Google, IBM Corporation, Oracle Corporation, SAS Institute, Inc., Birst, Sisense, SunGuard, Mirantis, Kleiner Perkins and Wipro Technologies.


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If you love the EP, it's not too late to catch UK Feds performing live at the last few shows of the 'Psychic Attack' tour with Ruts D.C! They're playing at Southsea (22nd), Colchester (23rd), Bristol (24th) and finally Oxford (25th).


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Last month it was announced that under Tim Costello's leadership World Vision Australia has developed a new scheme for the construction of houses in remote Aboriginal communities.
As outlined in The Australian, the scheme underway in the North Queensland community of Mapoon could be used as a model to deliver houses across the Northern Territory (NT). The World Vision scheme would build houses at half the cost per house of the current federal Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP).
While contentious 99-year leases are required under World Vision Australia's plan, their success in Mapoon may serve as an example for the Federal and NT government to follow.
Good news aside, the question should be asked: why has the task been left to World Vision Australia, an international aid agency, to come up with a decent and workable alternative plan to rival the failing SIHIP?
The answer, or blame, lies with the current apathetic federal opposition.
Shadow Indigenous Affairs Minister Tony Abbot's stated position on remote indigenous housing is in support of a 'no job, no house' policy. This sweeping rhetoric may appeal to his constituency but it is more a conversation filler at a Liberal Party fundraising dinner than a real solution to the current situation.
A reported $672million in taxpayer funds – intended for those indigenous people Abott should represent – is stalled in the well-publicised failing government scheme.
Lacklustre opposition performance on indigenous issues is nothing new. In 2007 when the 'intervention' was announced, a submissive Kevin Rudd – as leader of the opposition – politely agreed to all aspects of the 'intervention'. He did this without, one would assume, any understanding of its long lasting implications.
To hear any opposition metal on the current housing debacle, you have to turn to MPs Scott Morrison and Nigel Scullion and Senator Marise Payne. These ministers have all in the last six months stood up in parliament and criticised Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin's handling of her portfolio.
But one shouldn't be bowled over by their efforts, as criticisms of the SIHIP plan are easy to make. Macklin has admitted there are flaws in SIHIP, and initiated a review of the program. It has been widely reported that a startling number of houses promised across the NT have yet to be built.
Action, of course, is harder than words.
Former indigenous affairs minister Mal Brough has sealed his place in the history books with the brash and rushed implementation of the 'intervention'. Yet he remains the only Liberal minister in recent times to take that dinner party mantle – 'something needs to be done for indigenous Australia' – and then proceeded to actually do it.
At present, the rhetoric will continue to go round in circles. The opposition contribution to indigenous policy will remain one of words rather than action, until someone of the calibre of Tim Costello steps into the spotlight.


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Amblygaster sirm és una espècie de peix pertanyent a la família dels clupeids.

Descripció
 Pot arribar a fer 27 cm de llargària màxima (normalment, en fa 20).
 13-21 radis tous a l'aleta dorsal i 12-23 a l'anal.

Alimentació
Menja sobretot copèpodes, larves de bivalves i de gastròpodes, Peridinium i Ceratium.

Hàbitat
És un peix marí, associat als esculls i de clima tropical (35°N-28°S, 31°E-178°W) que viu entre 10 i 75 m de fondària.

Distribució geogràfica
Es troba des del mar Roig i Moçambic fins a les illes Filipines, Taiwan, Okinawa (el Japó), Nova Guinea, el mar d'Arafura, el nord d'Austràlia i Fiji.

Ús comercial
És emprat com a esquer en la pesca de la tonyina.

Longevitat
La seua esperança de vida és de 8 anys.

Observacions
És inofensiu per als humans.

Referències

Bibliografia
 Anònim, 2000. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, Sud-àfrica. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, Sud-àfrica.

 Anònim, 2002. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, NY 10024-5192, Estats Units.
 Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba i K.E. Carpenter, 1994. SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). Núm. 9. Roma, FAO. 103 p.

 Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao i C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan.

Enllaços externs
 BioLib
 AQUATAB

Clupèids

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Watch: Arab rioters pelt tourists, police with stones and other objects on Temple Mount during Ramadan.
At least two people were injured after riots broke out on the Temple Mount Thursday morning.
Masked Arab rioters hurled rocks, chairs, and other objects at a group of tourists who were visiting the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, injuring one of the tourists.
The injured man was evacuated from the holy site for treatment, and is listed in light condition.
An Israeli police officer who was nearby at the time of the assault attempted to intervene, but was also hit by stones, and suffered light injuries.
Police reinforcements were deployed to the Temple Mount, and two of the rioters were arrested. According to a police spokesperson, authorities have opened an investigation into the incident, and are searching for other rioters involved in the attacks.
The Palestinian Authority mouthpiece WAFA claimed that Israeli police officers used stun grenades near the Al Aqsa Mosque to break up the riots.
The incident comes as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan enters its final week ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival which begins next Thursday night.
Mass riots are expected along the Israel-Gaza border this Friday, part of the delayed observance of "Naksa Day" (Day of Setback), marking the 51st anniversary of the Six Day War. Smaller disturbances are expected in eastern Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria.


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Reading this proclamation, I have concluded that the Westerners are petty indeed. It is impossible to reason with them because they do not understand larger issues as we understand them in China. There is not a single Westerner versed in Chinese works, and their remarks are often incredible and ridiculous. To judge from this proclamation, their religion is no different from other small, bigoted sects of Buddhism or Taoism. I have never seen a document which contains so much nonsense. From now on, Westerners should not be allowed to preach in China, to avoid further trouble.
So what are Chinese rites? The main bones of contention were what to call God, whether Chinese Christians coming from a Confucian background could participate in the season rites, and whether Chinese Christians coming from a Taoist and Buddhist background could use tablets with the forbidden inscription "site of the soul" and to follow the Chinese rites for ancestor worship. Veneration of the dead on Veterans' Day and other holidays throughout the West, including All Saints' Day, is not alien to Catholics. Indeed, one could make an argument that the elaborate process for the induction of saints comes dangerously close to idolatry if easily misinterpreted by practitioners. Nevertheless, these foreign practices of the Chinese were not to be tolerated...and so Christian preachers, in turn, were not to be tolerated.
Today is Tomb Sweeping Day. Wikipedia reports, "The Qingming Festival is an opportunity for celebrants to remember and honor their ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper accessories, and/or libations to the ancestors. The rites have a long tradition in Asia, especially among farmers. Some people carry willow branches with them on Qingming, or put willow branches on their gates and/or front doors. They believe that willow branches help ward off the evil spirit that wanders on Qingming.
"On Qingming people go on family outings, start the spring plowing, sing, and dance. Qingming is also the time when young couples start courting. Another popular thing to do is to fly kites in the shapes of animals or characters from Chinese opera. Another common practice is to carry flowers instead of burning paper, incense or firecrackers." In the old days, people would bring a whole rooster to the site of their ancestors' graves.
I am going off to throw clay pots and play badminton.


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Previously elected to sports halls of fame in Arkansas (2007) and Louisiana (2009), the New Orleans Saints (2008) and pro football's "Big One" in Canton, Ohio (2012), Willie Roaf now has one for the thumb.
Roaf's unanimous election to the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame is a fitting addition to a burgeoning hall of fame resume' and comes just prior to his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 4 in Canton, Ohio.
Nicknamed "Nasty," the 42-year-old Roaf played 13 seasons in the NFL, the first nine with the Saints who drafted him with the eighth pick of the first round in 1993 from Louisiana Tech where he earned All-America honors. He was an 11-time NFL Pro Bowl selection and a nine-time All-Pro.
Of the nine seasons with the Saints, he was named to seven Pro Bowls. In March 2002, he was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs where he was named to four additional Pro Bowls before announcing his retirement in July 2006.
He won a spot on the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team and the 2000s All-Decade Team, making him the most awarded player in Saints history.
His election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame came during his second year of eligibility and was announced on February 4, 2012.
"It really hasn't all sunk in yet," said Roaf, the son of the late Andree Layton Roaf, who became the first black woman to serve on the Arkansas Supreme Court. "It means I did something, whether it be football or any other thing you do in life, I did it to the highest level and I'm proud for what I did for a long time.
Story by Brian Allee-Walsh of the Greater New Orleans Sports Selection Committee, July, 2012.


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The state is known to have created two industries in divorce and gambling. For years, Reno and Las Vegas are regarded as the country's divorce capital and also the gambling capital in the United States hence, a major entertainment center in the country. By 2009, 12.5% of the state revenue came from the gambling industry, which brought about $830 million. Nevada is also known for rearing cattle and calves which is a leading agricultural industry in the state. Crops produced in the state include hay which is a major crop, barley, alfalfa seeds, wheat and potatoes.
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Where To Give Locally in Alexandria and Mount Vernon
Many nonprofits in the city and nearby need your help to continue to rise to the need. There are literally hundreds, probably thousands, of ways to give locally, financially, food and other goods, volunteer time. Here are a few ideas. Please let us know what we have missed.
Where to Give Locally
* ALIVE! Alexandria; 2723 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302; 703-837-9300; ALIVE! serves thousands Alexandrians annually with shelter; low-cost early childhood education and childcare; financial help for rent, utilities, medical care and other critical needs; emergency food; and deliveries of donated furniture and houseware. www.alive-inc.org
* Alice's Kids (@alicewillhelp) aliceskids.org P.O. Box 60, Mount Vernon, VA 22121 When a child is raised in poverty they suffer both publicly and privately. When there is no food in the refrigerator, no electricity or heat, these are hardships that they can keep hidden from their peers. But, when that same child can't afford to pay for the band field trip, a pair of glasses, a chorus outfit or a new pair of shoes, these are indignities that are evident to their classmates. Alice's Kids pays for these relatively inexpensive items in the hopes of preserving the dignity of the child. It helps children from all over the Mount Vernon area and beyond through small acts of kindness. Alice's Kids aliceskids.org 703.746.8108 contact@aliceskids.org
* At Home in Alexandria (AHA) is a nonprofit village that builds and sustains a 55+ community to successfully navigate aging. Together, we share activities, programs and services, including access to needed assistance. Our vision is for AHA to be an advocate for older Alexandrians to live safe, active and connected lives. AHA is a membership organization, which means you pay an annual membership fee that, in turn, entitles you to request services from AHA for an entire year. These services include transportation, errands, technical support, light maintenance, organizing and decluttering, short-term pet or lawn care, and much more. 3139 Mt. Vernon Ave.Alexandria, VA 22305-2669 (703) 231-0824 Email: aha@athomeinalexandria.org Website: www.athomeinalexandria.org
* Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, 703-746-4774, www.alexandriaanimals.org, Pet adoptions, spay and neuter assistance, education, wildlife management, community service and outreach.
* ACT for Alexandria, 703-739-7778, www.actforalexandria.org, Nonprofit and donor services, Alexandria's community foundation.
* Alexandria Tutoring Consortium, 703-549-6670 ext. 119
https://alexandriatutors.org/, Tutoring for Alexandria City Public Schools kindergarten and first grade students who are struggling to read. Mission: To help Alexandria City Public School students read on or above grade level by the end of kindergarten and first grade.
* Assistance League of Northern Virginia is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that feeds, clothes and educates children in need. The organization has reshaped its Weekend Food For Kids program to assist the struggling families of the students we serve. Contact info@alnv.org or visit www.alnv.org
* Bethany House, 6121 Lincolnia Rd #303, Alexandria, VA 22312; 703-658-9500; http://www.bhnv.org/; Bethany House provides emergency shelter and supportive services to victims of domestic violence throughout Northern Virginia and the surrounding DC metro communities.
* The Campagna Center, 703-549-0111,www.campagnacenter.org, Educational and social development programs for children, teens, and adults.
* Carpenter's Shelter, 703 548-7500,www.carpentersshelter.org, Homeless services and programs including education and case management.
* Center for Alexandria's Children, 703-838-4381, www.centerforalexandriaschildren.org, Child abuse and neglect and parent support.
* Child and Family Network Centers, 703-836- 0214, www.cfnc-online.org, Provides caring, high-quality, free early education and related services to at-risk children and their families in their own neighborhoods to prepare them for success in school and life
* Community Lodgings, Inc., 703-549-4407 Transitional and affordable housing, youth education, adult education, bilingual staff assistance.
* The Community Foundation of Northern Virginia, www.cfnova.org The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia works to respond to critical need and seed innovation in the region. Make grants in its focus areas of interest while also bringing a spotlight on the benefits of community philanthropists.
* Computer C.O.R.E. 703-931-7346, www.computercore.org, Adult education, computer training and career development. Email: info@computercore.org
* Comfort for America's Uniformed Services (CAUSE) ensures that recuperating service members have opportunities for recreation and social interaction and receive concrete signs of appreciation for all that they have done. Mailing address: 4201 Wilson Blvd., #110-284, Arlington, VA 22203, CFC #33011, Phone 703-591-4965, cause-usa.org
* Hopkins House, 703-549-8072,www.hopkinshouse.org, Preschool academy, family budgeting and literacy, family education and youth summer enrichment camp, Early Childhood Learning Institute.
* Literacy Council of Northern Virginia, 703-237-0866, www.lcnv.org, Teaches adults the basic skills of reading, writing, speaking and understanding English.
* Friends of the Alexandria Mental Health Center, an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, serves as a safety net for clients of the CSB who encounter extraordinary or emergency financial needs. More than 98 percent of donations and grants go to direct client support and co-sponsorship of free public educational programs. bit.ly/friendsoftheAMHC
* Friends of Guest House Northern Virginia offers structure, supervision, support and assistance to female ex-offenders who want to improve their lives and break the cycle of incarceration. Friends of Guest House offers the only program for women of its kind in Northern Virginia. One East Luray Ave., Alexandria, VA 22301-2025, 703-549-8072, info@friendsofguesthouse.org, friendsofguesthouse.org/
* Neighborhood Health, 6677 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA 22306. Partners with patients to treat the whole person through medical, behavioral health and dental programs. Ten clinics throughout the region taking a leading role during COVID. Participating with all insurance including commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid, 703-535-5568, www.neighborhoodhealthva.org
* Northern Virginia Family Services, www.nvfs.org, Employment and job training, healthcare, housing, mental health, foster care and Healthy Families. 571-748-2500
* Lorton Community Action Center (LCAC) seeks to provide low-income individuals, senior citizens, and families residing in Fort Belvoir, Lorton, Newington and other portions of southeast Fairfax County with access to basic needs and the opportunity to empower themselves through LCAC's self-sufficiency programs. https://lortonaction.org
* Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation helps homeless pets find their way into loving homes through rescue and adoption. We offer same-day adoptions and two-week trial periods.All pets are spayed or neutered prior to adoption. lostdogrescue.org
* Mount Vernon At Home, 703-303-4060, www.mountvernonathome.org. Mount Vernon At Home membership helps connect senior members of our community, neighbors helping neighbors with volunteer support. Mount Vernon at Home has stepped up its efforts to help members stay safe, secure, and connected during the pandemic crisis. More grocery shopping and errand services to members; online activities and support for members to access these new technologies; members check in with members by phone regularly; weekly email newsletters with helpful, important and enjoyable items to keep members connected during this time.
* NAMI Northern Virginia (National Alliance on Mental Illness) works to raise awareness and provide education, advocacy, and support programs for people living with mental illness, families, students, educators, law enforcement, and the public throughout our neighborhoods. Many excellent programs. NAMI Northern Virginia serves Fairfax, Falls Church, Arlington, Alexandria, and Loudoun www.nami-northernvirginia.org/ HelpLine: 571-458.7310, Email: info@nami-nova.org
* National Capital Food Bank, 6833 Hill Park Drive, Lorton, serving all of Northern Virginia, (571) 482-4770. Work with 450+ nonprofit partners across the region, partners who distribute an average of 88,000 meals daily. Together, provide more than 30 million meals every year. www.capitalareafoodbank.org
* New Hope Housing, ending homelessness in Northern Virginia by providing housing, offering hope, and building community. We currently offer various Housing Programs, and Support Services. 8407E Richmond Hwy., Alexandria, VA 22309 www.newhopehousing.org/how-to-help/donate/
* Rebuilding Together Alexandria, 703-836-1021, www.RebuildingTogetherAlex.org, Home repair and maintenance for vulnerable veterans, elderly, disabled and families with children.
* Senior Services of Alexandria, 703-836-4414, Senior Services of Alexandria provides support services for older adults enabling them to maintain independence and age with dignity. Services include the City's Meals on Wheels program, daily meal delivery to homebound older adults; Groceries to Go, no fee, no minimum shopping and delivery service; DOT Paratransit Program, low-cost transportation for people who live in Alexandria with a disability; Friendly Visitor Program, pairs volunteers with socially isolated seniors for once a week visits; Senior Ambassador Program, over 100 volunteer leaders, including a new program for Spanish-speaking residents, delivering information on senior resources to their communities; Speaker Series, robust monthly education program covering important topics of interest to seniors; and more. 703-836- 4414, www.seniorservicesalex.org.www.seniorservicesalex.org
* Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) of Northern Virginia, 703-820-9001, www.scanva.org, Parent education, public education — re: child abuse and court advocacy for abused and neglected children.
* * United Community, Mount Vernon, 703-768-7106, 7511 Fordson Road, Alexandria, VA 22306 assists low-income families and individuals living along the Route 1 Corridor, UC provides housing programs as well as a Workforce Development Center. Make a Financial Contribution to support the Holiday Gift Room 7511 Fordson Road, Alexandria VA 22306. www.ucmagency.org
Donations of cash/checks and gift cards are also welcome.
* Volunteer Alexandria, 123 N Alfred St., Alexandria, VA 22314; 703-836-2176; http://volunteeralexandria.org; Volunteer recruitment and placement, court-referred community service placement, community awareness events, and volunteer management training.


Mrs Eustace is the Early Years Leader and Classroom Teacher, Miss Cooke is the Teaching Assistant, and Mrs Parker teaches PE.
We have a large well-equipped classroom with two outside areas. We do a lot of our learning through play and our enabling environment is constantly changing depending on what the children are interested in. Each day we have Adult-Led Phonics and Maths activities to introduce and build on new learning.
Parents are invited to join us for our weekly Read Together sessions, and our half-termly Open Classroom event.


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import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ToStringBuilder;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

// 浅克隆,深克隆
public class IOEx11
{
	private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger(IOEx11.class);

	public static void main(String[] args) throws CloneNotSupportedException
	{
		Student student = new Student("小王", 1);
		Teacher teacher = new Teacher("陈老师", 1);

		student.setTeacher(teacher);

		Student copy = student.clone();
		copy.getTeacher().setName("苍老师");
		Student deepCopy = student.deepClone();
		deepCopy.getTeacher().setName("杨教授");

		LOGGER.info(student);
		LOGGER.info(copy);
		LOGGER.info(deepCopy);

		LOGGER.info(copy.equals(student));
		LOGGER.info(deepCopy.equals(student));
	}
}

class Teacher implements Cloneable, Serializable
{
	private String name;
	private Integer id;

	public Teacher(String name, Integer id)
	{
		this.name = name;
		this.id = id;
	}

	public String getName()
	{
		return this.name;
	}

	public void setName(String name)
	{
		this.name = name;
	}

	public Integer getId()
	{
		return this.id;
	}

	public void setId(Integer id)
	{
		this.id = id;
	}

	@Override
	public Teacher clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException
	{
		return (Teacher)super.clone();
	}

	@Override
	public String toString()
	{
		return ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(this);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean equals(Object o)
	{
		return EqualsBuilder.reflectionEquals(this, 0);
	}

	@Override
	public int hashCode()
	{
		return HashCodeBuilder.reflectionHashCode(this);
	}
}

class Student implements Cloneable, Serializable
{
	private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger(Student.class);

	private String name;
	private Integer id;
	private Teacher teacher;

	public Student(String name, Integer id)
	{
		this.name = name;
		this.id = id;
	}

	public String getName()
	{
		return this.name;
	}

	public void setName(String name)
	{
		this.name = name;
	}

	public Integer getId()
	{
		return this.id;
	}

	public void setId(Integer id)
	{
		this.id = id;
	}

	public void setTeacher(Teacher teacher)
	{
		this.teacher = teacher;
	}

	public Teacher getTeacher()
	{
		return this.teacher;
	}

	//浅克隆,浅拷贝
	@Override
	public Student clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException
	{
		Student student = (Student)super.clone();

		// 浅拷贝,如果成员变量是引用类型,那么拷贝出来的对象的引用类型的成员变量指向的实际是同一个引用
		// v1.0自己new出依赖的引用类型变量
		// Teacher teacher = new Teacher(student.getTeacher().getName(), this.getTeacher().getId()));

		// v2.0 让teacher也具备克隆的能力

		student.setTeacher(this.getTeacher().clone());
		return student;
	}

	// 深克隆
	public Student deepClone() throws CloneNotSupportedException
	{
		ObjectOutputStream objectOut = null;
		ObjectInputStream objectIn = null;
		ByteArrayInputStream byteIn = null;
		ByteArrayOutputStream byteOut = null;
		try
		{
			byteOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
			objectOut = new ObjectOutputStream(byteOut);
			objectOut.writeObject(this);

			byteIn = new ByteArrayInputStream(byteOut.toByteArray());
			objectIn = new ObjectInputStream(byteIn);
			Object object = objectIn.readObject();

			return (Student)object;

		}
		catch(ClassNotFoundException e)
		{
			LOGGER.catching(e);
			return null;
		}
		catch(IOException e)
		{
			LOGGER.catching(e);
			return null;
		}
		finally
		{
			try
			{
				if (null != objectOut)
				{
					objectOut.close();
				}
			}
			catch(IOException e)
			{
				LOGGER.catching(e);
			}
			try
			{
				if (null != objectIn)
				{
					objectIn.close();
				}
			}
			catch(IOException e)
			{
				LOGGER.catching(e);
			}
		}

	}

	@Override
	public String toString()
	{
		return ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(this);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean equals(Object o)
	{
		return EqualsBuilder.reflectionEquals(this, o);
	}

	@Override
	public int hashCode()
	{
		return HashCodeBuilder.reflectionHashCode(this);
	}
}


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Qualcomm sues Maxim for patent infringement
By System Administrator	 13th December 2002 12:00 am 15th December 2015 4:22 pm
Qualcomm has filed suit against Maxim Integrated Products in a US Federal court in San Diego, CA for infringement of three Qualcomm patents.
Qualcomm has filed suit against Maxim Integrated Products in a US Federal court in San Diego, CA for infringement of three Qualcomm patents that cover inventions relating to the transmission, reception and processing of radio signals by wireless telephones.
Qualcomm's complaint states that Maxim is infringing the patents by the manufacture and sale of integrated circuits for use in wireless handsets. The allegedly infringing Maxim products do not compete with Qualcomm 's Mobile Station Modem (MSM) family of integrated circuits but are designed to interoperate with those products.
Qualcomm is seeking an injunction against the continued manufacture and sale of these products as well as monetary damages.
'Qualcomm 's extensive investments in research and development have yielded valuable innovations in the field of RF transmission and reception that Qualcomm has incorporated into its cutting-edge integrated circuit products and protected through the patent system,' said Louis Lupin, senior vice president and general counsel for Qualcomm.
Toshiba gets a Bluetooth
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New fire regulations come into force
10th December 2002 12:00 am 15th December 2015 4:22 pm
Scientists find link between air pollution and genetic mutations
TRW to develop electrically powered solid-state laser
Report highlights improved emission control


So many beautiful details at this picturesque destination wedding in Sicily, organized in a breathless Sicilian old Villa : Commenda San Calogero .
The views will also have you gasping with love and have you wanting to book your own destination wedding in a heartbeat.
It's hard not too when you see the fluffy white clouds, blue mediterranean sea and dream of warmer evenings and romance.
An enchanting Bride on her gold and white dress , entering with her handsome son the giant Cathedral of Ortigia , thrilled by meeting her future husband .
Add a sunny day, and an amazing sunset ..what's more for a magic Sicilian wedding ?


Its common knowledge that the core i7 is the ultimate solution for content creators. Skylake is 6th Gen Intel CPU and is produced through 14 nanometer processor.
All you need for rendering and editing in 4k and even 1080p is a Core i7-6700K. But that not to say that other processors such as 5930K or 6950X will not perform better as compared to the 6700K. Previously, I had analysed the motherboards compatible with i5-6600K and i7-6700.
Despite that the Core i5-6600K and Core i7-6700K processors are among the best in the Skylake range, they are not however the best in Intel's whole range. However, I believe that 6700K will be your ultimate bang for buck for as your content generation CPU.
But, which CPU should you use for gaming? Must PC gamers always take the core i7 CPU? Does hyper-threading truly makes a difference with the modern triple-a titles?
The i7-6700K CPU is a 4-core chip has hyperthreading which achieves 4.0 GHz, which you can overclock itself to 4.2 GHz at its various cores and without surpassing the chips temperature allowance range.
I7-6700K comes with an 8MB L3 cache but i5-6600K CPU has 6MB L3 cache. Also, i7-6700K has 2-memory channels (DDR3-1600 & DDR4-2133) and has support for sixteen PCI express 3.0 lanes. However, the i5-6600K CPU lacks hyper-threading and thus begins at 3.5 GHz and can increase to 3.9GHz.
The Core i7-6700K processor replaced the i7-4790K as is considered as one of the fastest CPU. Further, i5 6600k is produced using the innovative Skylake" 14nm procedure coming with 4 physical cores that will reach 3.5 GHz or 3.9 GHz base or turbo clocks.
The i7 6700K is a 4-core processors that comes with hyper-threading. Therefore, it has 4 cores and 8 threats. Further, i7 6700K's native speed is 4GHZ and would turbo to a max of 4.2 GHz, without overclocking.
The i7 6700k will come with a 4.0GHz clock speed, which is more than the 3.5GHz in your i5 6600k.
However, that the clocking speed difference will not have a significant different on your gaming. At maximum load, the i5 6600k will have a 3.6GHz while the i7 6700k will attain 4GHz but will have a boost up at 4.2GHz in one of its single-threaded workloads.
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Last Monday, I posted a quick primer on what happens physically and chemically to the brain when depression strikes. On Wednesday, I talked a little bit about what that feels like for me. I wanted to state (again) that depression and other mental illnesses are incredibly varied and complex; there's not a single cause or expression of it, and everyone's experience and struggle with it will be different. However, I'm hoping that talking about it will give people a better idea of what it's like to live with it.
Today I want to talk about how we can help loved ones who are depressed, especially when they're in the middle of an episode. It's fairly common for people living with depression to have periods where they're managing OK and things are at some kind of baseline, then fall into an abyss when chemicals or external factors shift. Even when they're doing everything possible to manage themselves, this can happen. It's no one's fault when it does — that's just the nature of this illness.
It can be exceedingly difficult to watch someone you're close to go through that. You can see them start to think horrible things about themselves and the world around them; to sink down into a hopelessness that causes a complete negation of who they are; to watch them say or do things to make the situation actively worse. Because we're a social species, and because we genuinely care about these people, their despair can frequently become our own. And because most of us don't know exactly what's wrong, any attempts to fix it at best do nothing and at worst only pushes the person further down that pit. Helplessness becomes frustration, and frustration can become anger.
As someone with depression who've also dealt with a number of loved ones going through the same thing, I get it. I've been on both sides of this equation. I know what it's like to be in the mental space that says I'm a terrible person living in a terrible world and nothing will ever get better. And I know what it's like to speak with someone like that, to try to make them feel better, to feel the panic and maddening frustration when everything in my bag of tricks simply doesn't work.
So this is as much for myself as it is for anyone else in these situations. It can be hard to remember a few things that may help us relate to someone in the grips of depression a little better. If you have your own recommendations, or would like to share your experiences, or would like to offer feedback on mine, please feel free.
First, please remember that your friend is in the grips of an illness. This is an actual disease that affects the way your loved one thinks; those thoughts can lead to words and actions that are difficult to deal with. Most of the time, all we're going to see is what our loved ones say or do. As with most invisible diseases, that's just the tip of the iceberg. There are a host of interrelated thoughts, experiences and body processes that lead to that result that we're not aware of. It's important to keep that in mind — your loved one is having trouble coping with what is happening with them, and that often leads to behavior that doesn't make sense or can be outwardly intensely aggravating.
In times like these, I've found it helpful to try my best to keep in mind that this person is effectively disabled and treat them as such. We wouldn't expect someone in a wheelchair to just grab something off the top shelf, and we wouldn't expect someone who's diabetic to just eat something that would send their glucose through the roof. During episodes where our coping mechanisms fail or we enter the depths of our illness, please don't expect us to just behave normally or think differently or be something else. It's exceedingly difficult, if not impossible.
When we talk about everything that's gone wrong in our lives, it's often not that we have no idea how to solve these problems (though that may certainly be the case). It's that depression or anxiety looking for a reason to exist, latching onto anything it can find to take root and become more permanent. I don't want to say that a depressed person complaining about their lot in life has nothing to complain about; what I am saying is that what's going wrong feels insurmountable and unsolvable when we're at our worst, whether it's true or not. For us, that perception is reality. Life is fundamentally broken, and it can't be fixed.
I think this is what lies at the fundamental disconnect between a depressed person and a loved one. There is that seemingly unbridgeable gulf between our perception and theirs. To someone in a depression, no one understands just how awful things are, how wretched and permanent. To someone watching depression from the outside, this loved one doesn't understand just how much they are loved and have people willing to help them if they would just get up and try.
That can require an extraordinary amount of empathy. So many of us don't like sitting with difficult emotions, even if we're the ones feeling them. We look for ways to stop being angry or sad or uncomfortable as quickly as possible, and because we've never developed the patience or compassion for ourselves to allow these emotions to exist within us when it appears in others we simply cannot tolerate it. We want THEM to stop it as quickly as possible, too.
So when a depressed loved one comes to us with their difficulty, we treat the situation like we would treat it in ourselves. How can we fix this? How can we distract from this? How do we stop this? The short answer is that we can't. We must simply accept it, be in that difficult space, find a way to bear it, however we can.
That load is lessened so much when there is someone willing to be with us in those moments. Just hearing someone say "I know this is awful. I am here for you." can make an unbearable, permanent situation feel like something that is "only" difficult. Hearing someone try to offer solutions to my problems can have a paradoxical alienating effect; I know that they're only trying to help, but the attempts to offer solutions only underscores the fact that they don't understand me. Sometimes, it forces me to admit that I don't understand myself at those times.
Like a cold, or a bad flare-up of arthritis, or some other chronic disease, depression is not necessarily something that can be fixed. When it happens, we can only manage it as well as we can. Because it affects the way we think, speak and act, those of us in the thick of it are often unable to do what we need in order to manage it. As part of the support network, sometimes it falls to us to find ways to make that happen.
Empathy, patience and understanding are necessary for this. I understand that so many of us have that in limited supply, mainly because we're dealing with our own issues. Taking on the suffering of someone else is not easy, even in the best of times. But whatever we can offer to someone else has a tremendous effect.
Finally, please be sure to take care of yourself. I know how difficult I was on the people around me during my worst depressions, and I know that a lot of these people burned themselves out giving and giving and giving without making sure they were OK as well. Do what you need in order to be OK; get good sleep, eat well, talk to someone about your experiences and difficulties, if you can. It's impossible to care for someone else if you don't care for yourself first.
Wednesday, I'll offer advice on what we can do, as depressed people, to care for ourselves. All of this is first drafty, but I hope it's helpful anyway. It's important that we at least begin these types of conversations.


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Review: 2012 Ford Edge EcoBoost Limited
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Posted By Roger Boylan in Reviews | 2 comments
Edge? Why Edge? Why not "Corner," or "Side," or "Top"? Because we're not talking about that kind of edge. Let's not get all literal. This Edge is all about cutting edge, edginess, and the eponymous member of the band U2: Coolness, in a word. The Ford Edge is so-called because it wants us to see it as representing the cutting edge of automotive fashion. And in a way it does, as a member of that trendy species, the crossover SUV, and now, in EcoBoost guise, as belonging to that even trendier subspecies, the fuel-sipping turbo-4, hopeful successor to the V6 and V8 guzzlers of yore, available in the new Explorer, too, and in more members of the Ford family and relatives in due course. The manufacturer claims the engine attains the giddy heights of 30 miles per gallon on the highway; EPA estimates concur. Pretty good for an SUV-type vehicle. Is it true? Well, I devoted my attention to this and other urgent questions over the week during which a handsome metallic-green Edge EcoBoost Limited was my daily driver.
And handsome it is, for an egg on wheels. Actually, it looks less like an egg since it was redesigned in 2011, which means lots of chrome and character creases and 20-in. boy-racer wheels, all very nice, the ensemble less egg-like than before, with a neat little spoiler atop the liftgate, like a homeboy's backward baseball cap. Prices of the Edge EcoBoost line start at $28,635 for the base SE, $31,940 for the in-between SEL, and $35,795 for the full-boat Limited like my tester. Not cheap, but you get a lot for your dough.
Outside, apart from chrome galore, my Limited had foglights and running boards, and inside, leather and faux wood inserts (come to think of it, they looked so faux they might be real), and oodles of comfort-inducing stuff like a first-rate Sony audio system including High Definition radio with 12 speakers, the MyFord Touch control interface that has been problematic in some Fords recently (but not in my tester), dual-zone automatic climate control with particulate filter, a leather-wrapped steering wheel containing cruise control and redundant audio controls, Ford's SYNC voice-control system (which allows phones and other devices to be linked wirelessly and respond slavishly to one's booming commands), a numbered security pad for door entry (nothing new there–I remember those on Crown Vics in the 90s), good ol' satellite radio, automatic headlights, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, a compass, and—ta da!–a "rear cargo management system," i.e., a net and space to put things.
Safety equipment, too, is comprehensive, as it tends to be these days. Your Edge Limited will boast the full complement of airbags, full-cabin head protection curtains, antilock brakes (ABS), AdvanceTrak electronic stability control (ESC) with rollover protection, a tire-pressure monitor system, a rearview camera, a blind-spot warning system illuminating a small graphic in the rear-view mirror when another vehicle is in your blind spot (two thumbs up for this), rear obstacle warning, etc. It all comes together well: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has named the 2012 Edge a Top Safety Pick.
The dashboard is nicely laid out, but the touchscreen is a bit puzzling at first. Bearing in mind that I remember cars with no seat belts or airbags and overflowing ashtrays, I'd bet half these touchscreen-based functions could be thrown out the window with no loss to the driver, indeed one great big gain: No Distraction. For example, in the Edge the MyFordTouch functionality operates via two 4.2-in. LED display mini-screens in front of the driver, one on either side of the huge speedometer, and another 8-inch LCD at the top of the center stack. Result? Constant distraction. Eyes darting hither and yon, the driver is hard pressed to remember what he's there for in the first place.
But enough carping; all you have to do is turn the screen display off. And for what it is, the Edge's system works pretty well when you've got the hang of it–only, please tell me, Ford wizards, why is the driver's view of the HVAC buttons (which aren't real buttons anyway but imitation "capacitive touch" ones), blocked by the gear shifter when it's in Park, which is the best time to set your climate coordinates? On the other hand, the Sony sound system is great, and the (power, heated) seats are superbly comfortable and would remain so, I'd imagine, even after a cross-country trek. In back there's a little less legroom than in front, but the seats themselves—which fold flat, 60/40, for additional cargo—are comfortable and even recline for the afternoon siesta.
Cargo space without the rear seats down is ample, 32.2 cu. ft., although slightly less than the direct-rival Toyota Venza (34.4), and with seats folded it expands to 68.9; this compares favorably with the Venza's marginally superior 70.1 cu. ft. Storage space for small stuff is abundant. The center console yields a deep well, and the glove compartment is suitably capacious. In total, there are eight cup and/or bottle holders and four 12-volt power outlets. The designers clearly had the family in mind here: a family of four, ideally, because the middle seat in the back is a bit of a joke, or pain in the proverbial.
Now for the road. The whole idea of the EcoBoost is, of course, for you to have your cake, by saving money at the pump, and eat it too, by sacrificing little or nothing over the V6 alternatives in terms of performance; in short, 6-cylinder power, 4-cylinder efficiency. The Edge's other engine alternatives are both V6s: a 285-hp 3.5-liter that serves as the "base" engine for the line, at $1000 less than the EcoBoost, which incurs that up-front cost in the interest of greater economy, and a 305-hp 3.7-liter for the top-dog Edge Sport iteration. While the 3.5 exceeds the EcoBoost 4 in horsepower output by 45 ponies, it actually has 17 lb.-ft. less torque: 253, compared to the 4's 270. And, not surprisingly, the V6's EPA estimates are lower, at 19 mpg city and 27 mpg highway, as opposed to a claimed 21 and 30 for the 4. My overall average, with cruise control applied when needed, was 22.7, according to the driver-info readout, and on the road, according to the same source, the magic 30-mpg barrier was breached several times.
Great stuff, but probably not spectacular enough to dissuade me, for one, from one of the alternative V6s, if I were to buy an Edge; I'm just a V6 kind of guy. I prefer the smoothness of the larger mill. But the 4 is no slouch, and it's undeniably more frugal, notably when idling and cruising steadily. I very much appreciated its willingness to weigh anchor and get up to 60 from a standing start in just under 8 seconds, with no hint of the turbo lag or torque steer that other reviewers have complained about and that I half-expected, given the engine's strong torque and the fact that the Edge so equipped is available only with FWD. So: not much of a penalty there. In fact, overall the driving experience is very pleasant. The Edge is well-built and solid, without the hint of a squeak or rattle, even over punishing washboard surfaces: how Ford build quality has improved! Now—judging by recent exposure to the brand that, in our household, culminated in the purchase of a used AWD Fusion for the younger generation–it's on par with the Japanese, and overall reliability is getting there, apart from the recent mishaps with MyFord Touch.
On the road, the Edge feels firmly planted and secure, even on roads awash with muddy runoff from the rains of early spring, of which we here in the Lone Star State have had more than our fair share (after six months of no rain at all last year: well, that's Texas for you). Handling is predictable, and the steering is generally responsive. The Edge's ride and overall dynamic behavior are more sedan- than truck-like, but you get the high, commanding view common to SUVs, and visibility all around is fine. I had no problems at all with the six-speed automatic; it shifted crisply and precisely, as a good transmission should. The fact that it didn't come with a manual-shift option (available on other iterations of the Edge) bothered me not at all, since I regard most such systems as pure decoration anyway. Brakes worked well, apart from emitting a slight grinding noise first thing in the morning, when humidity is typically near 100% in our semi-tropical paradise; as soon as they dried off, the sound went away. (I've noticed a similar phenomenon on my wife's non-Ford car.)
In sum, then, although I appreciated the EcoBoost engine, and would certainly recommend it for its virtues—torque, responsiveness, good economy–what I really enjoyed were the innate qualities of the Edge itself, which are numerous. It's one of the most appealing crossover-SUVs on the market. Were I in that market with checkbook in hand, however, one of the V6s would probably be the engine to make me want to get up in the morning and go for a drive. (I always find that getting up in the morning is a necessary prerequisite for that.) But that's what I say now, with gas prices still within the realm of reason. When they spike again, I may well turn into an EcoBoost booster.
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Aside from being the only Autosavant writer with a Wikipedia page, Roger Boylan is an American writer who was raised in Ireland, France, and Switzerland and attended the University of Ulster and the University of Edinburgh. His novel "Killoyle" was published in 1997 by Dalkey Archive Press and has been reprinted four times. In 2003, a sequel, "The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad," was published by Grove Press, New York. Roger's latest novel, "The Adorations," in which a Swiss professor named Gustave, Adolf Hitler, Hitler's mistress, the Archangel Michael, and a journalistic sexpot meet at the intersection of history and fantasy, has been published as an e-book and is now available on Amazon.com and other online bookstores. Boylan's light-hearted memoir, "Run Like Blazes," has also been published as a Kindle e-book and is also now available on Amazon.com.
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The biggest mistake that Ford made with MyTouch is they should have called it uSpeak. Pretty much anything you can do with the touch surface "blocked by the shifter" or the touch screen, you can do with voice controls. Including setting the climate temp. Once you get the hang of the voice controls MyTouch becomes way more useful.
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Freedom under attack in India
Appeared in the Policy Times, January 30, 2020
To quell a nationwide backlash against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) that India's parliament passed last month, Indian authorities denied people the right to protest and raise their voices. In doing so, Indian authorities have not only banned demonstrations but also shut down Internet service and mobile phone networks across the country.
The assault on personal freedom in India has been going on for a while. In the just-released annual Human Freedom Index, India ranks 108th on personal freedom, which is considerably lower than before the Modi government took over in the summer of 2014.
So what is the Human Freedom Index?
Me and coauthor Ian Vásquez use 76 distinct indicators to devise a composite scoring system to capture the degree to which people are free to enjoy fundamental rights such as freedom of speech, religion, association and assembly, and also measures freedom of movement, women's freedoms, crime and violence, and legal discrimination against same-sex relationships. The report is co-published by the Fraser Institute in Canada, the Cato Institute in the United States and the Liberales institut in Germany.
In this year's index, we again rank New Zealand and Switzerland as the two freest countries in the world, while we again position Venezuela and Syria last. Selected countries rank as follows: Canada (4th), Australia (5), Germany (8), Sweden (11), United Kingdom (14), United States (15), Japan (25), South Korea (27), Chile (28), France (33), South Africa (64), Argentina (77), Kenya (79), Mexico (92), India (94), Brazil (109), Russia (114), Turkey (122), Saudi Arabia (149), and Iran (154).
Within the South Asia region, India stands at the 6th position, trailing Singapore, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Timor-Leste, while being ahead of Thailand, Bhutan, Malaysia, Nepal, and other countries in the region. The report also reveals that the areas where human freedom was attacked the most in India in 2017 were freedom of religion, the rule of law, the legal system, and protection of property rights. Those are worrisome findings also because the rule of law plays a fundamental role in upholding liberty.
The index offers an examination of global, regional, and country trends. This year's index confirms the trend of global freedom diminishing from 6.90 in 2016 to 6.89 in 2017. Indeed, with the rise of populism and hybrid forms of authoritarianism that have afflicted countries on every continent in the past decade, the rights and freedoms of the citizens are under assault in many corners of the globe.
At a regional level, where levels of freedom vary widely in the index, the highest average ratings were North America, Western Europe, and East Asia. On the other hand, the lowest average ratings were in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East & North Africa.
At a country level, human freedom tumbles in more countries than not, with some 88 countries decreasing their freedom ratings, whereas 70 countries increased it in the last observed year. During this period, we have recorded the most significant deteriorations in human freedom in Angola, Seychelles, Venezuela, Brunei Darussalam and Israel. On the positive side, countries that saw improvement in their level of human freedom most were Belarus, Timor-Leste, Chad, Gabon, and Suriname. That confirms that freedom has not only taken root in a diverse set of societies, but it is also spreading in countries around the globe.
What about India?
With a score of 6.64 out of 10, India ranks 94th among 162 countries and territories included in the Human Freedom Index. On economic freedom, India scores 6.91 (79th rank), while on personal freedom 6.37 (108th rank globally). With the perspective of time, we can see that during the Narendra Modi government India has witnessed a noticeable improvement in the level of economic freedom, going from 6.44 in 2013 to 6.91 in 2017. At the same time, unfortunately, the Modi government has significantly diminished the level of personal freedom from 6.93 in 2013 to 6.37 in 2017. Notably, freedom of religion has been under attack the most. Free societies respect the right to practise a religion of one's choosing. The exercise of religion can be both a supremely private matter involving a person's strongest beliefs and a social affair practiced in an organized way among larger groups.
In the Index, we use three components to measure freedom of religion. The first two provide an insight into why this freedom has been considerably under assail in India during the Modi government. The first component rates the freedom to establish and operate religious organizations, where India's score dropped from 10.0 in 2013 to 5.0 in 2017. The next component relates to infringements on religious freedom characterized by harassment and physical hostility by individuals, members of opposing religions and other groups in society, where India again visibly decreased its score from 9.2 in 2013 to 5.5 in 2017. Last, we measure restrictions on religion that are of a legal or regulatory nature, where we documented India's improvement from 5.4 in 2013 to 5.9 in 2017.
Finally, restrictions on freedom of religion have been the source of some of the bloodiest and most drawn-out conflicts throughout history. Alas, a recently passed citizenship law in India and subsequent actions by its authorities are animating discord over what has been a years-long attack on personal freedom in India.
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California and the Death Penalty
By Shari Silberstein | January 18, 2019
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California's new governor Gavin Newsom could burnish his state's justice reform record by abolishing capital punishment, says an advocate. Photo by Brian Walsh via Flickr
On Christmas Eve, outgoing California Gov. Jerry Brown reduced the prison sentences of 131 people in California and pardoned another 143, giving them a far better chance to reintegrate into society.
The move tops Brown's already record-breaking number of pardons and commutations and other policy changes he championed, all of which were aimed at rethinking a justice system that Americans widely agree needs an overhaul.
Indeed, there is a growing recognition across the country that mass incarceration and racial inequity in the justice system are among the most urgent issues of our time. Brown should be applauded for the steps he took to address these issues.
But the governor missed a critical piece by leaving the death penalty off his Christmas list.
In doing so, he sent a clear signal that California lags behind the national trend to end capital punishment. Now it's up to his successor, Gov. Gavin Newsom, to finish the job.
Brown's inaction is confusing because the death penalty is already on its last legs across the country. Eleven states have either ended or suspended the death penalty in the last 11 years. The most recent, Washington State, came just months ago when its highest court ruled that racial bias was so ingrained in the process as to make it unconstitutional.
States from New Hampshire to Louisiana to Utah have taken significant strides, and 2019 is shaping up to be another big year for states seeking to end this antiquated practice.
California has the largest death row in the nation—nearly 740 people.
On the other hand, California has the largest death row in the nation—nearly 740 people, more than three times the size of Texas' death row. California's death row ballooned in much the same way that its prisons did, during an era when the death penalty was on the rise.
Many of the people awaiting execution would likely not be sentenced to death today, yet they have languished on death row for decades. Many were young people at the time of their crimes and are now aging, but desperate for any opportunity at rehabilitation. The death penalty offers nothing of the kind.
Instead it represents the lack of hope or opportunity for rehabilitation that Brown celebrated in granting his commutations last month.
Like Gov. Brown, I have met or heard from many people who have committed violence and later turned their lives around. What has become clear to me again and again is that most people don't commit violence unless they've been exposed to it before – as victims, as witnesses, and so often as children. California's death row is rife with such people.
The Death Penalty Information Center just published its 2018 report and found that 72 percent of those executed this year suffered a dramatic impairment – significant evidence of a mental illness; some element of brain damage or disability; or chronic, serious childhood trauma.
Those on death row are often poor or people of color and have faced the most daunting challenges. We marshal all of society's resources to kill them after they harmed someone else, but what if we had dedicated just a fraction of the effort to prevent the violence in the first place?
Trauma, Chronic Poverty and Racism
Trauma begets trauma, and communities plagued by chronic poverty, racism, police violence, and mass incarceration experience that trauma at the highest levels. The communities most harmed by violence are very often the same that get swept into the criminal justice system. One of the cruelest aspects of executions – and the way we respond to violence overall – is how we betray our most vulnerable people.
We have all the tools we need to address their trauma and start breaking the cycle of violence and retribution that has become our nation's shameful legacy.
Gov. Brown took powerful strides to right those wrongs throughout his two most recent terms.
"From my background, I do believe that redemption is an essential element of being human," Brown told the San Francisco Chronicle recently.
There was wisdom and humanity in these most recent commutations. That reasoning should be extended to people who receive death sentences. Gov. Newsom now has an extraordinary opportunity.
Shari Silberstein
By commuting the sentences of these 740 women and men, or imposing a moratorium on executing them, he can create a new legacy that pulls California and the U.S. ever closer to a new era for justice.
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Shari Silberstein is executive director of Equal Justice USA, a national leader in the movement to transform the justice system from one that harms to one that heals. She welcomes comments from readers.
Jerry Brown's Criminal Justice Legacy: 'It's Called Hope'
The California governor, whose final term ends in January, changed from a tough-on-crime advocate in the 1970s to a reform advocate who concluded much of the old thinking on crime and punishment had been wrong.
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Bridget on February 15, 2019 at 11:14 pm said:
Thank you, Mrs. Silberstein for your article and wise analysis. I remember during Gov. Newsom's campaign he addressed capital punishment and the death penalty several times and promised to enforce a new political debate in order to finally convince the Californians to abolish the death penalty in California. The national agenda of the Democrats clearly states: "The death penalty has no place in the United States". So, my question is, how are you and other activists are reminding Gov. Newsom constantly to really come forward on this matter.
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NABI's legacy complements METYX Composites' manufacturing expertise gained from a decade of serving composites customers across industries. This expansion builds on the momentum of METYX Composites' acquisition of LEDA and ACT assets in Mondavio, Italy in 2012. It also marks a substantial achievement toward the METYX Composites vision of building a global manufacturing network.
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constitution: 6 January 1986
legal system: mixed legal system of common law (based on Anglo-American law) and customary law
legislative system: bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives
judicial system: Supreme Court
religion: Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Muslim 20%
death row: 9 (as of 18 February 2015, according to the Government)
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In July 2008, following a string of armed robberies, the Parliament adopted the Armed Robbery Act, including provisions allowing for the death penalty for homicides committed during acts of armed robbery, terrorism or hijacking. Liberian Penal Code of 1976, already included the possibility of the death penalty for murder as well armed robbery, mercernarism, terrorism, hijacking, treason, espionage resulting in the death were capital offences but the new law goes against Liberia's international commitments. On 16 September 2005, in fact, the National Transitional Government, led by Charles Gyude Bryant, had acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who could have opposed the legislation of 2008, signed it into law.
It seems that courts are ruling as if the Penal Code of 1976 is unaffected by the 2005 accession to the Second Optional Protocol.
In 2014, the Ministry of Justice initiated a bill to abolish the death penalty and life imprisonment for juvenile offenders, while the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) also advocated for a Constitutional amendment abolishing the death penalty pursuant to the Constitution Review Committee process.
In 2015, no executions or death sentences were recorded in Liberia. The last executions, 14, took place in 2000.
As of 18 February 2015, nine persons were on death row, according to the Government.
In 2016, at least 5 new death sentences were imposed. None in 2017.
Liberia has acceded to the ICCPR and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, which prohibit the execution of pregnant women, and to the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, which prohibits the execution of nursing mothers according to deathpenaltyworldwide.org.
On 4 May 2015, Liberia was reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council. In its National Report, the Government said that Liberia acknowledged its international obligations under the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. However, in its response to the recommendations received, the Government did not support recommendations to abolish the death penalty.
On December 19, 2016, Liberia, as in previous years, abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty at the UN General Assembly.


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Typically in world cup competitions, the qualifying teams are countries and not an all-star style roster selected by a coach and experts. This aspect makes the Hockey World Cup intriguing. The Cup has only been competed for twice – once in 1996 and again in 2004. The United States won the first Cup, while Canada was victorious eight years later. The four other hockey powerhouses of the world Finland, Sweden, Russia and the Czech Republic round out the field.
As the event has only been held twice – with 12 years separating this year's event and the previous Cup, there is a minimal point of comparing teams to this year's team. In fact, the under-23 North American team's players will have been between 6 and 11 in 2004. The two teams replaced in the Cup – Germany and Slovakia – will provide their top players, along with other European nations to make Team Europe.
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The best two to look into are the Winter Olympics and IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships. Each competition may differ slightly from one another, they still provide the best competition of roster expectations. Canada who won the last IIHF Championship – in 2016 – and Olympic Gold in 2014 are rarely an underdog in international hockey – even more so when they are playing on home soil.
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When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry Maine, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries. This modern adaptation of the chilling Stephen King Novel is directed by Andy Muschietti under Warner Bros. Pictures.
Casts: Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis & Fin Wolfhard.
IT is truly satisfying in all aspects. What I like about the movie is its faithfulness to the Original movie's structure based on Stephen King's most chilling novel. Genre-wise, IT is consistently dark, eerie, creeepy and disturbing. The movie really has some solid jump-out scares and really unforgettable scenes you expect from the IT movie. It has the unique scare formula that will truly redefine the horror genre. Plot-wise, the movie is well-structured and cinematography was on-point. Sound engineering and production design is top-notch. The horrifying scenes are brilliantly executed. I saw several new scare techniques that may not be that scary but scenes that will truly creep into your spines. The movie's main character, Pennywise is such effective and impressive at the same time. He is really scary and disturbing. Every time I look into a clown, things will never be the same after watching IT. Hats off to the child characters in the film. They were all impressive and very good in their portrayals. They were the film's main strength aside from Pennywise. Comparing it to the original, I love this modern adaptation. The climax was a little bit realistic compared to the original. I must say, worth-watching. Thumbs up.
I expected a short background and history but the story did not go through that aspect. More than its forgivable flaw, IT is a must-see horror movie.
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When Franny drowns, Suzy is convinced it must have been caused by a rare, tiny jellyfish. She becomes obsessed with jellyfish and she stops talking. Through flashbacks we come to understand the evolution of their friendship from best friends to barely speaking. Now Franny is gone and Suzy is trying to cope.
Ethan is still struggling with the death of his best friend Kacey. He blames himself because he was the one who dared her to climb the tree. His parents think a change of scenery will help, so they move in with his grumpy grandfather in Georgia. Ethan finds a new friend in Coralee, who has her own issues. Moral: Hiding the hurt only makes it stay and fester.
Sam and Regan are more than a force to be reckoned with on the basketball court. They are best friends. When Regan unexpectedly dies from heart failure on the court, Sam is devastated. She can't focus on school. She doesn't want to play basketball anymore. Then Reagan's ghost shows up to give her the push she needs to get back in life.
Quinnen considers her older sister to be her best friend. Now she has a boyfriend and things are changing. She's not the sister she used to be and Quinnen lets her know it. Then Haley unexpectedly dies and Quinnen is devastated. She can't play baseball anymore because her sister isn't there to watch. Chapters alternate between the summer before her death and the summer after.
Before she dies in a car accident, Olive writes in her journal that Martha is the nicest girl in her class. When Olive's mother gives the page to Martha, she must come to terms with the fact that a girl she barely knew, obviously thought a lot of her. While on vacation at her grandmother's, Martha thinks about Olive and with the help of her grandmother figures out what's important in life.
When Lowen's family wins a house for a dollar, they relocate and set about rehabbing the house and building a meat pie business. They struggle to make the business profitable to afford the house renovations. Meanwhile, Lowen draws comics to help him deal with the shooting death of his friend.
Cedar's father and autistic brother were killed in a car accident and she's missing them. Her mother has just bought a summer home and Cedar meets the friend she needs to help her move on emotionally. Together they work at the summer Shakespeare theatre and become obsessed with the town's legendary actress.