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Inditex's Ortega to step down as chairman
The founder of the Zara fashion house Inditex is to step down as chairman and wants CEO Pablo Isla to take on his role in a move seen as ensuring management continuity at the world's largest retailer.
10/01/11 | Fashion | Appointments
Debenhams Xmas sales rise, wins market share
Debenhams, the country's number two department store group, met forecasts with a small rise in underlying sales over the key Christmas period and said it was continuing to win market share.
10/01/11 | Fashion | Retail
Sears and Urban Outfitters study J Crew books
Sears Holdings Corp and Urban Outfitters Inc are examining the financial books of J Crew Group Inc in consideration of possible bids for the clothing retailer.
Bestseller increases its share in Asos
Bestseller, the Danish fashion company owned by the Holch Povlsen family, today holds a stake bigger than 17% of Asos.com, the UK's largest online-only fashion store. In the beginning of 2010, its holdings accounted for around 4%
Uniqlo experiences a difficult end of year
The Japanese brand has suffered a 15% sales decline in the Japanese market, which accounts for 80% of its total turnover. The fall can be explained by increased local competition and mild Aumtumn-Winter weather.
John Lewis Xmas underlying dept store sales up 7.6%
British retailer John Lewis saw a 7.6 percent rise in sales at department stores open at least a year over the five weeks to Jan. 1, defying weaker performances from other store groups.
Carrefour to open first India store in Parsvnath mall
Parsvnath Developers said on Thursday French retailer Carrefour will open its first cash-and-carry store in India at one of the realtor's New Delhi malls.
Groupon raises $500 million
Web advertising firm Groupon Inc, considered one of the fastest growing Internet companies in history, has raised $500 million by selling an equity stake, a month after reports that it turned down a $6 billion takeover offer from Google Inc.
Fewer UK shoppers out for holiday sales
Almost a quarter less shoppers turned out for Britain's traditional Boxing Day retail sales this year compared with last year, a survey by Synovate Retail Performance said on Monday.
Five million Britons to shop online on Xmas Day
Almost 5 million Britons are expected to go online on Christmas Day and spend over 150 million pounds ($232 million) as they look to grab bargains and beat a rise in January in VAT sales tax.
Zara Home launches Liberty line for Zara Kids
The household goods store, owned by the Inditex Group, has just launched a new line for kids made with the famous fabric prints from London brand Liberty Arts.
Investors wary of retailers playing catch-up
Holiday sales have outpaced expectations so far for U.S. retailers, but stock pickers still see several retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores and Sears Holdings, as laggards days before Christmas.
European retail spend seen up 2.1 % in January sales
Europeans are set to pick up spending in January as they look for bargains against a tough economic backdrop, with a particular focus on online shopping, according to a report published on Monday.
John Lewis weekly sales up 7 % despite freeze
British retailer John Lewis said sales at its department stores in the week to Saturday were 7 percent up on a year ago, although they dipped slightly from the previous week's record as snow kept some shoppers at home.
H&M opens its largest store in the world
H&M opened last Saturday its largest ever store in the world. With a shopping space of 60,000 sq. ft, the new three-level flagship is the Swedish clothing retailer's third address in Las vegas.


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Q: Simple News Feeds: Without Server-Side Languages I have a news feed that I update periodically. I currently have the website regenerate the page based on a text file that just contains the title and text for that news update, using Python. Example:

1.This is a Title
This is some text that represents the news for today, etc. etc. I'm
just typing things at this point to make this look like a paragraph.
2.This is a Title, Too
This is some text that represents the news for today, etc. etc. I'm
just typing things at this point to make this look like a paragraph.

Is there a more elegant way to do this with some non PHP/server-side language?

A: have a look @ xml-parsing:
http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_parser.asp
The idea is as follows:

*

*You first create an XML file which is your "news feed"

*You then create an html page which uses javascript to parse the xmlfile and load it into DOM

*You output the contents of the file

but why, if you are already using python, not create / read an xml file with python? or dynamically generate the file with python?

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Remember these drums? Ludwig Vistalite Drums were all the rage many years back. Their clear shells would sparkle under the lights whether you had blue ones, the red ones or clear ones. They aren't as popular now as they were back then. Drummers realized that wood shells were much more flexible acoustically as well as more pleasing to the ear.
No seriously, I think it's a cool idea Spuan has here. I'm just not diggin' the green.


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Royal Bank Canada branding features on the rear wing endplate of the Renault Sport F1 Team R.S 16 this weekend.
At this time the team have not issued any details on the length or value of the agreement.
RBC are a personal sponsor of Renault Sport F1 development driver Canadian Nicholas Latifi. It may be expected that Nicholas could take to the wheel of the R.s 16 in FP1 of the Canadian Grand Prix.
Nicholas is competing in GP2 this season with the DAMS team.
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), is the largest bank in Canada. The bank serves over 16 million clients and has 78,000 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto, Ontario. The bank was founded in 1864 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Second born children tend to be more rebellious than their older sibling, a new study has claimed.
The research, which focused on families from Denmark and Florida, found that there is some truth to the idea of the wayward middle child.
In families with two or more children, the second child is 20-40% more likely than the first born to get in trouble at school or even get arrested.
It's thought this could be down to the middle child getting less attention than the eldest child, who has their parents to themselves for at least a while.
The study reads: "Despite large differences in environments across the two areas, we found remarkably consistent results: in families with two or more children, second-born boys are on the order of 20 to 40 percent more likely to be disciplined in school and enter the criminal justice system compared to first-born boys even when we compare siblings."
We do find that parental time investment measured by time out of the labor force is higher for first-borns at ages 2-4, suggesting that the arrival of a second-born child extends early-childhood parental investments for first-borns."


Thanks for pointing this out, we can definitely improve the presentation here.
is not the same as to endorse its entire contents.
> developers and the alien technology courtesy of Eric Hameleers.
Eric's folder with free+libre code we borrowed from, and Eric's personal blog.
distribution. It would also be extremely rude not to *credit* the upstream.
> complete proprietary software, such as Adobe Flash Player.


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In 2022, Newsletters and Newsletter Curators Will Be a Communicator's Best Friend
By Jennifer R. Farmer
Years ago, communicators focused on sharing a client's message with the media and the media alone. More recently, communicators have learned that to deliver a message, they must communicate with members of the media as well as bloggers, podcasters, influencers and micro-influencers. But once again, communicators are needing to be creative about how to communicate a message or amplify a cause.
The media has been contracting for years and that contraction presents an opportunity to rethink what we mean when we say "media." As the media contracts, journalists are under increasing pressure to cultivate loyal followings. Publications not only want journalists to write well and to write expeditiously, they also want them to garner likes and follows on social media. The more traffic a website receives, the more the outlet can charge for advertising. And as journalists are asked to do more to lure in readers, the people who engage journalists will also need to do more.
The shift to a 24/7 news cycle has meant that media outlets must constantly produce content and do so while keeping costs as low as possible. Additionally, the switch to digital versus print means that outlets have lost valuable advertising resources. That has led to cuts in newsrooms across the country.
That leaves people who love to write and tell compelling stories in a challenging situation; their passion must be split between the newsrooms that employ them and their personal brand. In today's media landscape, a personal brand is like insurance. It will protect you from storms and unforeseen emergencies. Therefore, the currency for journalists is no longer how well or how quickly one writes but rather the expansiveness of their brand and network. That makes journalists even more concerned about building their platform.
One of the ways they're doing that is by identifying their audience, curating email and text lists, and distributing newsletters and other communications. They are going directly to the consumer. In fact, I can think of several journalists who no longer work for media publications but instead produce and distribute their own newsletters.
For people who want to amplify critical work, it is no longer enough to rely on the media in the traditional sense. They must focus on communicating with anyone with a platform, whether they work for a mainstream outlet or a fledging personal enterprise. In 2022, newsletters and newsletter curators will be a communicator's best friend.
Justice Roundtable Letter to Congressional Leaders
Posted on July 27, 2020 March 16, 2021
The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader
United States Senate, Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Charles Schumer, Minority Leader
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker
United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515
(Transmitted by Email)
RE: Adopt provisions to protect, release, and support reentry of incarcerated people in the COVID-19 response package.
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Schumer, and Minority Leader McCarthy:
The undersigned organizations urge you to include in the COVID-19 response package under development now provisions to protect, release, and support reentry of incarcerated people. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals incarcerated in and working at U.S. prisons, jails, and detention centers face a public health crisis due to existing unsanitary and overcrowded conditions of confinement. For the past two months, medical and public health experts have called for reductions in incarceration levels to limit overcrowding and protect those individuals in custody who are at high risk of serious illness and death from COVID-19.
While selected releases have occurred at the federal, state and local level, the actions have been insufficient. Attached, please find for your review a short summary of specific recommendations for Congress to undertake to accomplish these imperatives.
Incarcerated people and correctional staff remain uniquely vulnerable to infection and failure to reduce incarceration rates overall have resulted in COVID-19 outbreaks and deaths in correctional facilities nationwide. To fully respond to COVID-19, Congress must take immediate action to protect individuals who are incarcerated and working at correctional facilities; incentivize states and localities to reduce the number of incarcerated people and ensure that federal and tribal facilities do the same; and support safe reentry upon release.
If Congress does not respond to the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks at incarceration and detention facilities, it will increase the damage that COVID-19 will wreak on countless lives, impacting families and communities nationwide. It also will prevent the U.S. from fully overcoming the domestic COVID-19 epidemic as individuals both working at and incarcerated in correctional facilities continue to travel between these facilities and the community without support.
Thank you for your time and consideration of this important issue. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Justice Roundtable Reentry Working Group Co-Chair Jenny Collier at jcollier@colliercollective.org, Justice Roundtable Sentencing Reform Working Group Co-Chair Kara Gotsch at kgotsch@sentencingproject.org, or Justice Roundtable Convener Nkechi Taifa at nkechi@thetaifagroup.com.
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GOV. PHIL MURPHY'S DIVISION OF INVESTMENT, ALONG WITH BLACKROCK ALTERNATIVE ADVISORS & CLIFFWATER LLC SUED FOR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, RETALIATION AND FRAUD BY NEW JERSEY'S MOST PROMINENT BLACK ASSET MANAGER
NEWARK, NJ – Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's Department of the Treasury, Division of Investment (DOI), BlackRock Alternative Advisors, and Cliffwater LLC, were named as Defendants in a federal lawsuit filed today. Wigdor LLP filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on behalf of Blueprint Capital Advisors on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.
The Complaint details allegations against the Defendants regarding their misappropriation and improper use of proprietary information obtained from Blueprint, a Black-owned firm. Blueprint alleges that, in the course of investment-related due diligence with DOI and Cliffwater, confidential information and trade secrets regarding their business plans and a new and innovative investment program designed and developed by Blueprint called "FAIR" was improperly handed over to BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, whose executive management is predominantly composed of white men.
"Blueprint was exploited for its innovative and advantageous business concept and its status as a Black-owned firm was used as a justification for this injustice," said Lawrence M. Pearson, a partner at Wigdor LLP, the firm representing Blueprint. "As the Complaint makes clear, a DOI official admitted the discriminatory reason for Blueprint being cast aside for BlackRock, whose own CEO has acknowledged its serious shortcomings regarding diversity. Through their alleged actions, BlackRock and the New Jersey DOI both betrayed the public trust and did their best to hobble a promising minority-owned business."
As the Complaint states, the DOI and Cliffwater, including various involved individuals who are named as Defendants personally, are accused of promising a contractual relationship and $500 million investment to Blueprint in exchange for the exclusive right to adopt Blueprint's FAIR program. Blueprint received requests that went far beyond normal due diligence documents, including business plans, profit and loss projections, fee models and spreadsheets, negotiating methods, term sheets and prospective client lists, which Blueprint judiciously guarded through, among other things, non-disclosure agreements, employee confidentiality agreements, disclaimers, and watermarks on documents.
After Blueprint transferred over one thousand pages of confidential information in over one hundred emails and participated in over 50 conference calls and meetings, the Defendants never proposed Blueprint to the State Investment Council. Instead, after giving multiple excuses for delays in the approval process, the DOI secretly transferred Blueprint's trade secrets to BlackRock and proposed BlackRock usurp Blueprint's FAIR program and intellectual property.
As Blueprint alleges, in the aftermath of the revelation that Blueprint's investment opportunity and confidential information had been misappropriated, a New Jersey official admitted to Blueprint that the State of New Jersey's State Investment Council "is not a fan of doing business with women-owned or minority-owned firms." The official also told Blueprint that, if the firm was ever going to be approved, its materials had to be cleansed of any mention of its Black-owned status.
The suit alleges improper use of a confidential business idea, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, racial discrimination and retaliation, and other claims.
"As our complaint states, when Blueprint approached the Murphy Administration and the DOI about its wrongdoing, which was documented, the DOI refused to investigate the matter and instead retaliated against Blueprint in a way seemingly designed to destroy the firm," said Jacob Walthour, Jr., Blueprint co-founder and CEO. "The industry should recognize that years of attempts by Blueprint to address this situation were ignored and rebuffed by the Defendants. Sadly, even today, a Black-owned firm like Blueprint has no voice and to get justice from the powerful Murphy Administration, Wall Street's biggest firm, and one of its more influential institutional consultants, it was necessary to file this complaint in a court of law."
Under the administration of Gov. Phil Murphy, the DOI has not approved a new minority- or female-owned investment manager in his first 24 months in office. Nor has the administration hired a Black or Latino investment officer. According to the Complaint, Blueprint's leadership was told that "investing in minority-owned firm's is against our fiduciary responsibility," by a senior Murphy Administration official in July 2018.
At least six current and former New Jersey state employees are involved in the lawsuit's allegations, including:
Elizabeth Maher Muoio, Treasurer, State of New Jersey
Dini Ajmani, Assistant Treasurer, State of New Jersey
Samantha Rosenstock, former Head of Investments, Division of Investment
Jason MacDonald, former Senior Portfolio Manager at Division of Investment
Christopher McDonough, former Director of the Division of Investment
Corey Amon, Director of New Jersey's Division of Investment
To see the full complaint, click here.
"The events of the past four years have caused Blueprint, each of its employees, and their families tremendous pain – not just financial pain but emotional pain," said Jacob Walthour, Jr., co-founder of Blueprint Capital Advisors. To have someone deny you because you are Black is both humiliating and humbling. I have been doing this for 30 years and my track record, titles, reputation and success meant nothing here. It's really simple. They liked Carrie and my idea. For factors outside of our control, they just didn't like us."
"Sadly, the treatment of Blueprint is indicative of how things really go down when no one is looking," Walthour said. "There is an entrenched 'good old boys' network in Trenton and the DOI that has never worked to the benefit of minorities or women," concluded Walthour.
Senator Ron Rice, Chair of the New Jersey Association of Black Legislators called on the Murphy Administration to launch a formal investigation into the allegations a year ago and again in 2020, but Murphy has so far resisted. Rice said in a letter addressed to the administration, "What happened to Blueprint and Mr. Walthour, over the course of the last four years, appears to be a modern-day lynching and is a stain and a black eye on the State of New Jersey. . . I believe the neglect of his request to be heard and meet face to face never would have happened if Mr. Walthour were not African-American."
Blueprint Capital Advisors is seeking declaratory, injunctive and equitable relief to obtain a court order that Defendants correct and reverse their alleged discriminatory practices, as well as monetary damages.
Blueprint was founded in 2015 by Jacob Walthour Jr. and Carrie Pickett. The two sought to provide clients with an investment vehicle focused on reducing the costs associated with alternative investment strategies. Collectively, Mr. Walthour and Ms. Pickett have over fifty years' experience working for some of the most prestigious firms in the financial services industry. They worked together in the investment management division of Cowen & Company prior to founding Blueprint Capital Advisors.
Contact: Jennifer Farmer, jenniferr@spotlightpr.org,


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Gintarė Volungevičiūtė-Scheidt (born November 12, 1982) is an Olympic medal-winning dinghy sailor from Lithuania.

Career
Growing up in Kaunas, she frequently went to the Kaunas Reservoir yacht club, where her uncle worked. Growing fond of sailing, she decided at an early age to take up the sport.

Volungevičiūtė competed in the Olympic debut series for the women's single-handed dinghy class, the Laser Radial, during the 2008 Summer Olympics in China. She was the only sailor in the Lithuanian 2008 Olympic team. Volungevičiūtė won the 4th and 5th fleet races in the Olympic Laser Radial series, as well as the medal race, the last (10th), winning the silver medal.

During a test event for the Olympics China held in 2007,  Volungevičiūtė met Brazilian sailor Robert Scheidt, a two-time Laser gold medalist - who would also win a medal in 2008, in the Star class. The two started dating, and married in October 2008, with Gintarė taking his surname. The couple lives in Italy with their two children.

Scheidt was chosen as the Lithuania flag bearer during the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Olympics results

Other notable international results

References

External links
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Olympic sailors of Lithuania
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Olympic silver medalists for Lithuania
Lithuanian female sailors (sport)
Expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
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1982 births
Living people
Olympic medalists in sailing
Naturalized citizens of Brazil
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Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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High hopes on the hardwood
Stars and second-year classes prepare to battle stiff OUA East competition
Greg Faulkner led last year's Gaels in scoring as a third-year transfer.
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Liz Boag scored 13.9 points and doled out 3.9 assists per game in 2012-13.
With 11 returnees to the men's basketball squad, things can go nowhere but up.
With added experience and the continued scoring touch of veteran players Greg Faulkner and Nikola Misljencevic, there's little doubt this season will be an improvement from last year.
The Gaels are looking to boost last season's 10-10 record, which ended with a first-round playoff exit at the hands of the Laurentian Voyageurs.
Nine players on the roster are in their first or second year. The recent development of this young core may make or break the Gaels' success this season.
Gaels head coach Stephan Barrie believes his squad, particularly the substantial second-year core, worked hard over the summer to improve on last season's record.
"Patrick Street, Ryall Stroud and Andrew Mavety are guys who have really changed in terms of what they were last year," Barrie said. "Sukhpreet Singh and Roshane Roberts, who were really important players for us last year, will continue to be so.
"It's important to remember they are young — they aren't fourth-year guys and they are still learning," he said.
The two fresh faces in the mix for the upcoming season are 6'10" centre Mike Shoveller and Mike Mullins, a defensive-minded guard.
Shoveller will see playing time right away, as the Gaels hope his tenacious rebounding skills and much-needed shot-blocking prowess will bolster a small line-up.
Barrie was pleased with the centre's play in the pre-season.
"Shoveller has already had an impact in pre-season, and we are just looking for him to get better," Barrie said. "He's a presence just by simply being as big as he is, and for us, it is just a matter of being patient with him."
With a roster virtually the same as the previous season, the Gaels will likely fall behind the powerhouse Carleton Ravens, Ottawa Gee-Gees and Ryerson Rams in the OUA East.
All three teams currently rank in the top four nationally.
Even though the Gaels will be in tough within their division, Barrie embraces it.
"We are in hands down the toughest division, let alone conference, in the country," he said. "As of right now, we are in the second group of teams and we will try and find our way into that top group."
If Faulkner continues scoring around his usual 20-points-per-game clip — he finished third in the OUA with 19.9 last season — and the Gaels' defence remains stingy, Queen's could upset a top OUA team and snag fourth place in the East.
Barrie's goal this season remains simple: to keep improving and to continue building towards the team's success.
"We've got to take what we did last year and get better," said Barrie, noting that rebounding well and limiting turnovers will be significant areas of focus.
"We need to continue to work on these two things, because they will be critical factors for our success come playoff time."
— Jordan Cathcart
Despite losing four veteran players, women's basketball head coach Dave Wilson is confident this season's squad is the best he's assembled in years.
The Gaels finished an injury-plagued 2012-13 season with a 7-13 record, before embarking on a playoff run that saw them eliminate the Ryerson Rams and fall to the Ottawa Gee-Gees in the second round.
This year, the Gaels hope to make a deeper push in the playoffs with their improved roster.
Last year's leading rebounder Sydney Kernahan is one of four members of last year's team no longer with the Gaels. Also gone are centre Hanna Koposhynska, guard Rachel Urosevic and forward Emma Stallwood.
A quartet of rookies will replace the four departed players. Forwards Nicole Barnard and Amy Cotton, post Andrea Priamo and guard Abby Dixon will add depth to the Gaels heading into the season.
Wilson said a pair of the new faces should quickly enter the Gaels' rotation once the season starts.
"There's no question that two of them have stood out right off the bat: Abby Dixon and Andrea Priamo," Wilson said.
The rookie class could be tested early, since the injury bug appears to have again struck the Gaels before the season has begun.
Guard Emily Hazlett suffered a shoulder injury during their pre-season game against the Ryerson Rams, while Liz Boag, last year's leading scorer, only played half of one pre-season game due to a sprained ankle.
Also injured is Barnard, who had an unresolved foot issue before she joined the Gaels, while forward Gemma Bullard, guard Meaghan MacDougall and post Nicole Morse all have knee issues ailing them.
Many of them will be game-time decisions for tonight's season opener.
Despite the injuries, Wilson believes his team will play better this year due in part to their improved offseason training, which has become more rigorous.
"They're in better shape and much stronger," Wilson said. "Almost every game we've played, the coaches come back and say, 'wow, your kids are really physical.'"
Boag said the players were asked to shoot 1,000 shots per week over the summer.
"We're a deeper [team] than we were in the past, so that gives me a lot of optimism because we can throw so many threats and bodies at different teams who maybe don't have as many weapons," Boag said.
This season's second-year players, including standout post Robyn Pearson, played more minutes than usual in their rookie years due to the slew of injuries that kept their teammates from playing.
They come into this season with much more OUA experience than typical rookies, giving the Gaels more all-around depth.
— Jerry Zheng
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Saracens appeal against 35-point deduction and £5.36m fine for breaching salary cap rules
5th Nov 2019 | Source: BBC
Saracens have won four of the past five Premiership titles
Premiership champions Saracens will appeal against a 35-point deduction and £5.36m fine for breaching salary cap regulations over three seasons.
The punishment comes after an investigation into business partnerships between chairman Nigel Wray and some of the club's players.
European champions Saracens described the sanctions as "heavy-handed".
Both punishments have been suspended until the outcome of the appeal, leaving Sarries fourth in the table.
Had the points deduction been applied immediately, Mark McCall's side would be bottom of the Premiership with -26 points.
Sarries have several of the game's highest-profile players on the books and started the current campaign with a significant number still on World Cup duty.
Of the 31-man squad representing England in Japan, seven players came from Saracens - including captain Owen Farrell, and forwards Mako and Billy Vunipola, and Maro Itoje.
Full-back Elliot Daly, another member of the side that lost the final against South Africa on Saturday, joins Sarries now the tournament has finished.
Saracens 'absolutely devastated' by punishment
The charges relate to a failure to disclose player payments in each of the 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.
Saracens previously claimed they "readily comply" with salary cap rules and were able to spend above the £7m cap because of the high proportion - almost 60% - of home-grown players in their squad.
The club apologised for "administrative errors relating to the non-disclosure of some transactions" to Premiership Rugby Limited, but added it will "continue to vigorously defend this position especially as PRL precedent already exists whereby co-investments have not been deemed part of salary in the regulations".
In a separate statement, Wray said: "This is absolutely devastating for everyone associated with this amazing group of players, staff, partners and fans.
"It's been acknowledged by the panel that we never deliberately sought to mislead anyone or breach the cap.
"That's why it feels like the rug is being completely pulled out from under our feet. We will appeal [against] all the findings."
During an independent disciplinary panel hearing, Saracens saw their challenge of the validity of the regulations on competition law grounds rejected.
Premiership Rugby introduced its salary cap in 1999 to ensure the financial viability of all clubs and the competition.
The regulations are also designed to control inflationary pressures on clubs' costs and provide a level playing field for clubs and a competitive Premiership.
"The decision upholds both the principle of the salary cap and the charges brought following an extensive investigation," a Premiership spokesperson said.
"We're pleased this process has reached a conclusion."
Analysis - 'the biggest story in English club rugby history'
BBC rugby union correspondent Chris Jones
Saracens have been the dominant force in the domestic game for the best part of a decade - scooping eight major titles and providing the spine of the England World Cup team - but that success will now be considered tainted.
How long has it been going on? Will the club keep their titles? What will happen with their review, given they insist they were involved in legitimate business dealings with players? What happens now to the current squad, which may need to be dismantled, especially with a £5m fine and the threat of relegation?
And what do players, coaches and fans at other clubs think, given everyone is affected in some way by this? On that note, do any other clubs in the league have something to hide?
Like with the Bloodgate scandal involving Harlequins 10 years ago, the fallout to this will be significant and lengthy, and will damage the integrity of the Premiership just at the point the league is looking to launch a global expansion.
This is probably the biggest story in English club rugby history.
Sarries a sporting powerhouse
Saracens have developed into a true sporting powerhouse during the past decade, winning five Premiership titles and three European Champions Cups since 2010-11.
Two of those domestic titles came in the timeframe that Premiership Rugby have been investigating, with Mark McCall's side winning 53 of 72 league and play-off matches during that period.
They have been equally dominant in European competition, having lifted the trophy in three of the past four seasons.
How the Premiership table would look if Saracens' points deduction had been applied immediately
In the five seasons Saracens have finished as Premiership champions, a 35-point deduction would have meant them not reaching the play-offs by finishing in the top four, but would also not have seen them relegated.
They would have finished 10th last season had the same punishment been imposed.
Saracens have won two of their three Premiership matches so far this season and their England players are unlikely to return for another couple of weeks.
Is heading falling out of favour?
Prop Will Collier signs new contract
Konta to miss GB Fed Cup duties in 2020
How Jordan has grown into the midfielder
Robins-Reds game 'won't define season'
South Africa's Rabada banned for final
Millwall sign Stoke midfielder Woods
Rashid set to sign new Yorkshire deal
Everton Women sign Australia star Raso
Watson knocked out in Hobart semi-final
Djokovic & Federer drawn together in ATP
Toronto Wolfpack to sign Williams


As at midday Thursday, the American Express Cup Village had had 1,001,741 visitors through the area since the 1st of October.
This is way ahead of predictions and the turning point in numbers followed the Open Day and free Tim Finn concert on the 10th of October. Prior to that visitor numbers were averaging around 5000 a day and after that they leapt up to around 20,000 a day.
The AMEX Cup Village is certainly New Zealand's biggest tourist attraction and numbers are increasing all the time.
PR Manager Sue Foley said the high visitor numbers can be attributed to a number of factors, word of mouth about Auckland's stunning new waterfront, the daily entertainment programme, the super yachts and also being right in the heart of the action of the America's Cup Regatta.
A recent AMEX Cup Village survey showed that 54 per cent of visitors had heard about the facilities through the Village's advertising campaign.
There is nowhere else in the world where you can get this close to a super yacht, be in amongst one of the most prestigious sporting events in the world and all within 5 minutes of the CBD.
With so many entry points to the AMEX Cup Village it was impossible to work out whom the millionth person was but to mark the occasion the Village is running a special promotion. Everyone who visits the area can go to the Village Pavilion and fill out a form where they have to guess how many people will come through the entry points on Saturday November 27th. The person closest wins a 17th man position on a racing boat as well as a trip to Samoa.
Ms Foley said the entire team at AMEX Cup Village were delighted to get a million people. We have worked long and hard to provide the public with a place they not only want to visit but also want to return to. The result speaks for itself on how successful we have been.


What's Selling in your Street?
How much are houses selling for in your street in the UK? Check out 2002 - 2016 housing sales data.
Use the filters to drill down to your county and then your street. Also this viz looks great on mobile, so you can check housing prices on the go.


Professional lawn pest control company may offer a variety of services. Such services may include managing and controlling pest in one's garden, maintaining the lawns, bushes and caring for the plants. Having a well-maintained garden enhances the look of any yard. That is why it is essential to hire the best professionals to provide this service. Below are some tips to guide as one plans on hiring.
A place to begin when looking for professional lawn pest control companies is to do an online se arch. According to Longwood pest control look for companies that are within your area and have good ratings and reviews. Some websites are dedicated to providing ratings and feedback of clients. Such sites can be of great value to finding professional lawn pest control companies. Furthermore, once one has shortlisted the name of potential companies, a professional lawn pest company will be willing to provide referrals of clients they have served for one to validate quality of service.
Another tip for finding a professional company is to verify whether the company has all the required licenses to operate as per the regulations of the particular state. Some states require such companies to have permits to be able to use chemicals as they perform their service. Professional companies will have met all the needed requirements. Likewise, they will have the required insurance policy to protect their employees as they work on your lawn. Such policies are also an assurance that in the case of an incident occurring as the client you will not be held responsible.
The method used when managing pest is an essential factor that one needs to find out. Professional lawn pest control companies will be transparent and open to the techniques they use to deal with pests. Secondly, most of this companies have embraced the use of environment-friendly methods that are no effect on people as well as the environment. It is important to find out what these methods are and also be sure of the impact if any.
Professional pest lawn companies will be able to provide an estimate of rates. They will also be able to do a visit, evaluate and give an assessment of what needs to be done. Likewise, such a company will ensure that their clients understand the terms of the contract before signing on what the expectations are for both the clients and company.


Here are the tools you need to find quality internet service for less, whether it's NBN, ADSL, Cable or Mobile Broadband.
A) When is it coming to me?
The National Broadband Network (aka the NBN) is currently rolling out across Australia with the aim to have more than 8 million homes and businesses operating on superfast internet speeds by the year 2020.
It is estimated that more than 50 percent of Australians will have access to the NBN by the start of 2018.
You can find out exactly when NBN connection is scheduled for your neighbourhood by visiting Whistleout's* NBN rollout map here.
Rollout maps are designed to keep you up to date on the approximate arrival time as well as the type of connection that will be available to your residence.
B) What do I have to do once it arrives?
Eventually, you will probably need to find a new plan.
Once the NBN is connected at your address, you have 18 months before the old copper wire that carries ADSL broadband is disconnected.
Whilst connecting to the NBN will be free for most homes, you could be asked to cover the cost of installation or a form of hardware fee.
For instance, if you are installing NBN to a newly built home, NBN charges your provider a $300 service cost, which could be added to your start-up fees.
Your new NBN plan will then cost you a certain amount per month, like current broadband plans.
NBN is the wholesaler, not the retailer. Just like you do with your current internet service, you will need to select a plan with a retailer/provider.
To pick a plan, you need to decide what speed you require (a new decision) and how much data you need (not a new decision: you've probably already picked a data limit for your current broadband plan).
C) How do I pick a speed?
Subscribers have the choice between 4 speed options with a fixed line NBN. It should be noted that not every internet provider offers all speed services.
So, if you're just a casual, everyday, social media user, you might just require the Basic speed – which is designed to deliver half the maximum speed of an old ADSL plan.
However, if you work from home and do lots of file sharing or have a family or household of internet addicts then you would probably benefit from the higher speed options, such as 50 or 100Mbps. Of course, it also depends on your budget.
Just like the traffic on the road slows down at peak hour, so too does the internet. Some providers are now advertising a more realistic "evening speed" on their plans, which is a very useful guide.
D) How do I pick a data limit?
When it comes to choosing your NBN plan, your decision will also be determined by the amount of data you require on a monthly basis.
43% of Australians are exceeding their data plans on a regular basis, according to research from Deloitte, so be realistic about your usage.
Large households or big internet users are now turning to unlimited data plans to make sure they never go without.
Unlimited plans mean you can spend countless hours watching your favourite Youtube channels or Game of Thrones without worrying about exceeding your data. They no longer cost an arm and a leg, ranging from just $50 to $80 a month.
But you might not need to pay for unlimited data.
Look at your previous broadband usage to crunch the numbers or use an online data calculator before picking a plan.
One of your old internet bills will usually display your monthly usage history. If you don't keep a paper trail, you can always go online to your provider's webpage, and log into your account to find out.
Here is a quick overview of what kind of internet plans are best for popular online activities.
E) How do I pick a provider?
More than 4 in 5 households are reportedly staying with the same provider, but moving onto the NBN is a great opportunity to shop around and see if you can get better value.
Visit a good comparison website and you will discover there is a plethora of broadband plans available from over 60 registered internet service providers (also known as ISPs).
Whistleout.com.au* The most comprehensive comparison site for telco products in Australia.
To 'bundle' or not to 'bundle'?
You've probably heard about the benefits of "bundling" multiple telco services with a single provider.
Yes – bundling is more convenient and can make settling your monthly bills easier and quicker.
But do the PROs of bundling outweigh the CONs?
And, most importantly, does bundling actually save you money?
EXAMPLE 1: Telstra's "Entertainment Plus" bundle*.
For $130 a month with a 24-month contract, customers receive unlimited data, Telstra Gateway Frontier Modem, pay as you go calls (national and international options available) as well as your choice of Telstra TV + Foxtel Now or Foxtel from Telstra entertainment package.
In addition to the monthly charge, new customers are also billed $99 activation fee.
For those eager to also bundle their mobile with Telstra, we've added the 10GB Telstra BYO SIM only plan: Go Mobile Plus*.
For $49 per month (12 month term) this online only offer includes unlimited national talk & text (Standard 2 min call costs $2) and international roaming day pass.
While this bundle plan doesn't include a mobile discount, some Telstra mobile customers do get access to bonus mobile calls.
TOTAL COST: $179 per month plus home phone call charges plus set-up fees ($99 for the broadband).
EXAMPLE 2: Alternatives from rival Optus.
Like Telstra, the Optus website does not advertise a bundle option with mobile plan included.
But after a little bargaining with the salesperson in the Adelaide call centre, we "haggled" a 10GB BYO SIM plan for $40 per month with unlimited calls and texts.
This offer was based on the condition we also took out Optus's 60 Plan*, which features unlimited broadband with wifi modem included (and zero set-up fee) and is priced at $60 a month for 24 months.
For an extra $20 per month, we added the Optus Made for Entertainment package, which includes Yes TV by Fetch, Optus Sport (the official home to all English Premier League games) as well as pay as you go calls.
TOTAL COST: $120 per month, plus the cost of calls from your home phone.
Next we used the Whistleout.com.au* comparison website to completely 'unbundle' and get each service from a different provider.
We selected the 'I already have a phone' option, and searched for plans with 10GB data and unlimited calls and texts. We pick a Vaya BYO Mobile plan* for $36/month and no lock-in contract.
Next: broadband. Dodo's ADSL Unlimited* plan from $29.90 per month is hard to go past for price, even when you consider the $99 upfront fee. But it does not include a modem.
So we added a TP-Link 300Mbps router for $155 (although you might have a modem already and no need for another one).
Finally, PAY TV. Foxtel's POP PACK from just $15 per month provides a range of entertainment, comedy, drama and reality TV from Australia and around the world including every new HBO drama and Foxtel Originals. Sports lovers will need to spring for the premium pack from $29 per month.
TOTAL COST: $80.90 a month, plus set up fees ($155 for the modem and $99 for the broadband).
The monthly cost of mobile, broadband, home phone and Pay TV ranges from $80 to $180 and the set-up fees from zero to $254. In the end, it depends what really matters to you. Now it's your turn to decide which option provides the most bang for your buck!


Efficient reliable unicast and multicast message transport.
Efficient reliable UDP unicast, UDP multicast, and IPC message transport.
Performance is the key focus. Aeron is designed to be the highest throughput with the lowest and most predictable latency possible of any messaging system. Aeron integrates with Simple Binary Encoding (SBE) for the best possible performance in message encoding and decoding. Many of the data structures used in the creation of Aeron have been factored out to the Agrona project.
For details of usage, protocol specification, FAQ, etc. please check out the Wiki.
For those who prefer to watch a video then try Aeron Messaging from StrangeLoop 2014. Things have moved on quite a bit with performance and some features but the basic design still applies.
For the latest version information and changes see the Change Log with downloads at Maven Central.
Apache RocketMQ™ is an open source distributed messaging and streaming data platform.
A fast, reliable, and scalable distributed messaging platform.
Glues together different transport APIs via Enterprise Integration Patterns.
Message broker that implements JMS and converts synchronous to asynchronous communication.
Provides a RESTful API on top of Kafka.
Clear, concise, modular and made to be embedded.
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WASHINGTON.; Military Government for the Southern States--The Senate Amendments in the House--The Debate not Concluded--Tenure of Office--National Banks--Petition from Utah. The Military Reconstruction Bill--New-York Harbor-- New-Jersey Encroaching on the Bay--The Navajoe Indian Prisoners--Amendments to the Tariff Bill--Spanish Quarantine Regulations.


Ace record producer, Popito comes through with the official visuals to his previously heard single tagged "Coming Thru", under his new imprint.
Video shot and directed by Paul Gambit for Kurlevra Production.
Watch and Download the video below.


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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;

using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;

namespace NuProj.Tasks
{
    public class NuGetPack : ToolTask
    {
        [Required]
        public string NuSpecPath { get; set; }

        public string OutputDirectory { get; set; }

        public bool Symbols { get; set; }

        public bool NoPackageAnalysis { get; set; }

        public bool NoDefaultExcludes { get; set; }

        public bool ExcludeEmptyDirectories { get; set; }

        public string Properties { get; set; }

        [Output]
        public ITaskItem[] OutputPackage { get; private set; }

        [Output]
        public ITaskItem[] OutputSymbolsPackage { get; private set; }

        protected override string ToolName
        {
            get { return "NuGet -pack"; }
        }

        protected override string GenerateFullPathToTool()
        {
            return Path.Combine(ToolPath, ToolExe);
        }

        protected override string GenerateCommandLineCommands()
        {
            var builder = new CommandLineBuilder();
            builder.AppendSwitch("pack");
            builder.AppendFileNameIfNotNull(NuSpecPath);
            builder.AppendSwitchIfNotNull("-OutputDirectory ", OutputDirectory);
            builder.AppendSwitchIfNotNull("-Properties ", Properties);

            if (Symbols)
                builder.AppendSwitch("-Symbols");

            if (NoPackageAnalysis)
                builder.AppendSwitch("-NoPackageAnalysis");

            if (NoDefaultExcludes)
                builder.AppendSwitch("-NoDefaultExcludes");

            if (ExcludeEmptyDirectories)
                builder.AppendSwitch("-ExcludeEmptyDirectories");

            return builder.ToString();
        }

        protected override MessageImportance StandardErrorLoggingImportance
        {
            get { return MessageImportance.High; }
        }

        protected override void LogEventsFromTextOutput(string singleLine, MessageImportance messageImportance)
        {
            if (singleLine.StartsWith("Successfully created package"))
            {
                var outputPackage = singleLine.Split('\'').Skip(1).First();
                var outputPackageItem = new TaskItem(outputPackage);
                if (outputPackage.EndsWith(".symbols.nupkg", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                {
                    OutputSymbolsPackage = new[] { outputPackageItem };
                }
                else
                {
                    OutputPackage = new[] { outputPackageItem };
                }
            }

            if (messageImportance == MessageImportance.High)
            {
                Log.LogError(singleLine);
                return;
            }

            if (singleLine.StartsWith("Issue:") || singleLine.StartsWith("Description:") || singleLine.StartsWith("Solution:"))
            {
                Log.LogWarning(singleLine);
                return;
            }

            base.LogEventsFromTextOutput(singleLine, messageImportance);
        }
    }
}

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Here it is, mates! Ben Simmons, born in Fitzroy, raised in Newcastle, is officially the first Australian to become an NBA All-Star (non-Kyrie Irving division).
Simmons scored his debut All-Star berth as part of the Eastern Conference reserves squad, after "missing out" (read: getting absolutely trounced in the votes) on a starting spot last week.
Simmons joins a pool of reserves from the Eastern Conference that includes the likes of Victor Oladipo, Kyle Lowry, Blake Griffin, Khris Middleton, Bradley Beal, and Nikola Vucevic.
Meanwhile over on the Western Conference, Russell Westbrook, Anthony Davis, Nikola Jokic, Damian Lillard, Klay Thompson, LaMarcus Aldridge, and Karl-Anthony Townes round out a significantly more star-studded reserve pool.
This follows on from last week's announcement of the 2019 All-Star starters, which featured Kemba Walker, Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Joel Embiid from the East, and Stephen Curry, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Paul George, and LeBron James from the West.
James and Antetokounmpo, as the respective leading vote getters, will conduct a schoolyard pick from those pools to determine the two team squads for this year's NBA All-Star Game, which is scheduled to take place on Monday, February 18th Australian time.
So there you bloody go.


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o	  The first operand, priority, must precede the options and can have the appearance of a multi-digit option.
o	  The -g, -p, and -u options can each take multiple option-arguments.
o	  The pid option-argument can be used without its -p option.
| -p | -u syntax, which is now obsolete. See NOTES.
-g	       Interprets all operands or just the gid arguments as unsigned decimal integer process group IDs.
-i	       This option, together with the ID list arguments, specifies a class of processes to which the renice command is	to  apply.
may require appropriate privileges and will cause a higher system scheduling priority.
ger, it will be used as the numeric user ID of the user.
ID	   A process ID, process group ID, or user name/user ID, depending on the option selected.
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Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's mission
HVO monitors the active volcanoes in Hawaii, assesses their hazards, issues warnings, and advances scientific understanding to reduce impacts of volcanic eruptions.
HVO News (archive)
Active Volcanoes in Hawaii1
Volcano Alert Level for Mauna Loa raised to "Advisory"
On July 2, HVO raised the Volcano Alert Level for Mauna Loa from "Normal" to "Advisory" based on increased seismicity and deformation on the volcano. HVO Scientist-in-Charge Tina Neal talked about this change, stressing that a Mauna Loa eruption is not imminent, in this 11-minute "Island Conversations" interview that aired on July 2, 2019. Listen here...
Updated overview of Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapse
A summary chronology and interesting facts about Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapse. See overview here...
New USGS data release has GIS shapefiles for the June 27th lava flow
This GIS dataset shows the evolution of the "June 27th" lava flow (episode 61e of the Pu'u 'Ō'ō eruption) that was active from June 27, 2014, to June 8, 2016, and threatened the town of Pāhoa, on the Island of Hawai'i. The dataset also includes the eruptive fissures, the principle ground cracks that were occupied by lava during emplacement of the June 27th flow, and the lava tube system that developed. Follow the link to download GIS shapefiles for the June 27th lava flow at Kīlauea volcano, Hawai'i, June 2014–June 2016.
Updates on Kīlauea, Mauna Loa, and HVO's future
HVO Scientist-in-Charge Tina Neal talked about the status of Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, what was learned (so far) from the 2018 eruption, and the future of HVO in this 30-minute "Island Conversations" interview recorded on March 29. Listen here...
Geologic map of the central-southeast flank of Mauna Loa volcano, Island of Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi: USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2932–B
This map shows the distribution and relations of volcanic and surficial sedimentary deposits on the southeast flank of Mauna Loa, from 10,350-ft elevation to sea level, separated into 15 age groups. It is the second in a series of five maps that will cover Mauna Loa volcano. The first is posted at https://doi.org/10.3133/sim2932A.
Digital database of the geologic map of the middle east rift geothermal subzone, Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaiʻi: USGS Data Series 1111
This database release contains the information used to produce Geologic Investigations Series I-2614, a 2006 paper map that depicts part of the Kīlauea middle East Rift Zone, specifically areas east of Puʻu ʻŌʻō, including some of the 1977 flow field.
The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kīlauea Volcano
In 2018, Kīlauea Volcano experienced its largest lower East Rift Zone (LERZ) eruption and caldera collapse in at least 200 years. Observations and insights from the events are described in this paper, written by the scientists who monitored the activity and published in Science on January 25, 2019. Read paper…
How to stay informed about Hawaiian volcanoes
Following the dramatic events of 2018, Kīlauea is now relatively quiet. But it remains an active volcano that will erupt again, so it is wise to stay informed about its status, along with other active Hawaiian volcanoes. Here's how…
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1. View the threat rankings of US Volcanoes.


A Canada mother of three young boys with autism is appealing to the public to help find discontinued sippy cups for her oldest son.
Jessica Szucki, of Ontario, says that 6-year-old Dryden has Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder — and he will only drink out of a specific sippy cup that has a silicone topper.
Szucki also recently teamed up with LittleBlueCup, a Facebook page that helps parents of children with autism and special needs through crowdsourcing products (i.e. a cup, bottle or any other small item that keeps the individual happy).
So far, that endeavour has been somewhat successful — she found Dryden's current sippy-cup top through the project, but says she needs more to ensure Dryden doesn't become dehydrated.
"I've been inundated with messages from people suggesting other cups, we've tried them all, and 3D printers — those don't print silicone, so that's a no-go at this point," Szucki said.
"I find myself spending a lot of time answering (questions) that are suggesting different cups (we've tried) or therapy (for four years now). While I appreciate everyone's advice, it's kind of starting to detract from the actual search a bit," she admitted.
The stay-at-home mom says that Dryden has been drinking from the same style cup since he was a year old and has little interest drinking out of other tops. She's also worked with Dryden in therapy to help him transition to uncovered cups, but it takes him much longer to consume liquid.
To help, please contact Jessica through her Facebook blog, A is for Awesome – and Autism @awesomeandautism, if they have any leads on these toppers: www.facebook.com/awesomeandautism.


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The STIG makes several requirements for IPv4 network restrictions, but these
restrictions can impact certain network interfaces and cause service
disruptions. Some security configurations make sense for certain types of
network interfaces, like bridges, but other restrictions cause the network
interface to stop passing valid traffic between hosts, containers, or virtual
machines.

The default network scripts and LXC userspace tools already configure various
network devices to their most secure setting. Since some hosts will act as
routers, enabling security configurations that restrict network traffic can
cause service disruptions for OpenStack environments.


Taiwan Financial Services Round-table (台灣金服會,TFSR) chairman Kevin Chien (簡鴻文) and secretary-general Mark Wei (魏寶生), arrived in Washington on Tuesday for talks on the prospects of a US-Taiwan conference aimed at boosting financial cooperation and exchanges between the two countries.
Chien and Wei were expected to meet with Steve Bartlett, president and CEO of the US Financial Services Roundtable (USFSR), yesterday for talks on the prospects of a US-Taiwan financial cooperation conference next year to be jointly sponsored by their respective organizations and the ROC-USA Business Council.
The US Financial Services Roundtable is a unique and influential trade association which is limited to the 100 largest financial service companies in the country.
Chien said that the TFSR signed a memorandum with the USFSR in March on bilateral cooperation, with both sides agreeing to take concrete measures, such as convening conferences, to jointly promote financial cooperation and exchanges between the two countries.
During their two-day stay in Washington, Chien and Wei were also expected to meet with Rupert Hammond-Chambers, president of the US-Taiwan Business Council, for talks on issues of mutual concern.
Chien and Wei will also take time to meet officials from George Washington University's School of Business for talks on the signing of a memorandum on academic exchanges between the school and financial service organizations and educational institutes in Taiwan.


CHIP: Facilitating Interprofessional and Culturally Competent Patient Care Through Experiential Learning in China.
Development and Assessment of an Interprofessional Education Simulation to Promote Collaborative Learning and Practice.
THE VALUE OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE TRAINING THROUGH TELEMEDICINE: DO WE NEED TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM?


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Q: Is it possible to get access token using Java. I have an integration tool, which needs to get this access token dynamically using Java. Is it possible to get access token using Java. I have an integration tool, which needs to get this access token dynamically using Java. Please let me know where should i start from?

A: I am not sure what you mean by dynamically here?? you can easily get access_token using java and have few option either to write complete code or use any well establish API to interact with the Facebook and get verification_code and access_token for you.I will suggest you not to write complete code yourself and use some third party API

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Consortium for Ocean Leadership (1)
Dubuque County Historical Society / National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium (1)
Ocean Foundation / The Ocean Project (1)
Sciencenter (1)
(-) 2014: National Ocean Sciences Competition for High School Students (1)
(-) 2007: ELG for Free-choice Learning (3)
2021: NOAA OED Broad Agency Announcement for FY 2021—2024 (1)
2020: National Ocean Sciences Competition for High School Students (1)
2020: ELG for Community Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and Environmental Hazards (10)
2015: ELG for Community Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and Environmental Changes (6)
2014: NOAA Broad Agency Announcement for FY 2014—2015 (1)
2013: ELG for Building Capacity of Informal and Formal Educators (10)
2010: Support for GLOBE Program Office Activities (1)
2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education (16)
2010: Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship (1)
2009: Ocean Education Grants for AZA Aquariums (11)
2009: ELG for Science On a Sphere Network Capacity Building (2)
2008: Science On a Sphere Program Evaluation (1)
2008: National Environmental Literacy Assessment (1)
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Ocean Interpretive Stations: A Pilot Program for Coastal America Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers
Dubuque County Historical Society / National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium offsite link · Dubuque, Iowa
This project creates a pilot program to deliver ocean literacy learning opportunities to 7 million people across the country through installation of dynamic Ocean Interpretive Stations at five Coastal America Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers: the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA; the J.L.Scott Marine Education Center in Ocean Springs, MS; the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, IL; the National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD; and the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, IA.
This project creates a pilot program to deliver ocean literacy learning opportunities to 7 million people across the country through installation of dynamic Ocean Interpretive Stations at five Coastal America Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers: the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA; the J.L.Scott Marine Education Center in Ocean Springs, MS; the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, IL; the National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD; and the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, IA. These Interpretive Stations present vital messages of ocean literacy to the broad public using and expanding on a proven product in a free choice learning environment in four key sites across the country. The pilot kiosks provide the regional stories of Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic, the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River watershed and the Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific. The Ocean Interpretive Stations enhance ocean literacy among museum goers through multimedia offerings, providing current, newsworthy and foundational ocean topics to encourage visitor learning. The project has the potential to be disseminated to 18 other Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers throughout the United States, with the possibility of reaching over 25 million visitors. The project outcomes are: Increased awareness of ocean issues on the part of visitors; increased knowledge of regional ocean issues; increased capacity of sites to provide additional resources to teachers in the four regions; and encouragement of additional partnerships in the future.
Competition: 2007: ELG for Free-choice Learning
PI: Jerry Enzler
State: Iowa County: Dubuque District: IA01
Partners: Aquarium of the Pacific · John G. Shedd Aquarium / Shedd Aquarium · National Association for Interpretation (NAI) ·
Building Environmental Literacy: How the Ocean Community Can Connect More Effectively With the American Public
Ocean Foundation / The Ocean Project offsite link · Washington, District of Columbia
In 1999, The Ocean Project completed a comprehensive opinion research on public attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge of the ocean ever conducted. The research identified a broad vacuum in public understanding of the ocean; a fundamental issue of ocean literacy. To further increase effectiveness in building ocean literacy, this project updates and expands The Ocean Project's research to create a more highly detailed database of public awareness, knowledge, and attitudes about the ocean and the impact of climate change on the ocean.
In 1999, The Ocean Project completed a comprehensive opinion research on public attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge of the ocean ever conducted. The research identified a broad vacuum in public understanding of the ocean; a fundamental issue of ocean literacy. To further increase effectiveness in building ocean literacy, this project updates and expands The Ocean Project's research to create a more highly detailed database of public awareness, knowledge, and attitudes about the ocean and the impact of climate change on the ocean. It develops recommendations to enable free-choice learning educators to improve the ocean and climate literacy of their visitors. The study includes a comprehensive review of existing literature, qualitative and quantitative research, analysis of the data, and publication and broad dissemination, including recommendations for programs and content that build ocean and climate literacy. The work done by The Ocean Project is helping the ocean education community better understand the motivations, psychology, and emotions behind segments of the public's attitudes toward the ocean. These data are essential as the institutions, agencies and organizations of the ocean community work together and independently to engage people, inform decision-makers, and enhance ocean and climate literacy throughout the Nation.
PI: William Mott
State: District of Columbia County: District of Columbia District: DC00
Partners: California Academy of Sciences · Monterey Bay Aquarium · National Aquarium / National Aquarium In Baltimore (NAIB) · Tennessee Aquarium · Texas State Aquarium · NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries · NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research · NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program · John Ball Zoological Garden · Antioch University New England ·
Here to the Ocean, a nationally traveling museum exhibition
Sciencenter offsite link · Ithaca, New York
The Sciencenter seeks to develop a 1,500-square-foot traveling exhibition, called "Here to the Ocean," on how activity in inland watersheds affects the health of the ocean, and therefore the planet. The unifying theme of the exhibition is "What we do here, has an impact there," and the key take-home message for museum visitors is that ocean water quality is not just a coastal issue.
The Sciencenter seeks to develop a 1,500-square-foot traveling exhibition, called "Here to the Ocean," on how activity in inland watersheds affects the health of the ocean, and therefore the planet. The unifying theme of the exhibition is "What we do here, has an impact there," and the key take-home message for museum visitors is that ocean water quality is not just a coastal issue. This exhibition will travel to museums throughout the United States, reaching an estimated 200,000+ visitors annually for at least seven years, resulting in an estimated total impact of 1.5 million visitors in at least 20 U.S. cities. The core audience of this exhibition will be families with children ages 6-12, and children visiting museums in school groups. "Here to the Ocean" will feature interactive open-ended exhibits that bring watershed science to life, including an immersive experience allowing visitors to conduct their own virtual underwater tours of watersheds by stepping inside and operating a submersible research vehicle on an expedition from a backyard creek all the way to the ocean. This and other exhibits will feature stunning high-definition video footage depicting fauna from various water ecosystems, as well as human activities that affect watershed health. Additional hands-on exhibits will help visitors to understand how watersheds are connected to the ocean, basic concepts in hydrology, the impact of pollution, and what science offers in the way of solutions to watershed problems. Exhibits will be designed to inspire visitors to adopt behaviors that protect their local watersheds. Visitors experiencing this exhibition will: 1) leave with an increased understanding of watershed science that will help them make informed, data-driven decisions on issues relating to watersheds; 2) have an increased awareness of the importance of watershed health and positive attitudes about the need to protect local watersheds; 3) have an increased understanding of the value of science in solving environmental problems and will be inspired to stay involved in science through school and/or career; and 4) feel an increased sense of personal watershed stewardship which they will share with others.
PI: Charles Trautmann
State: New York County: Tompkins District: NY23
Partners: Cornell University / Cornell Lab of Ornithology ·
Continuing of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) Competitions
Consortium for Ocean Leadership offsite link · Washington, District of Columbia
The National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB), initiated in 1998, is a nationally recognized high school academic competition through which talented students excel in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields and are introduced to ocean science as an interdisciplinary field of study and a possible career path.
The National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB), initiated in 1998, is a nationally recognized high school academic competition through which talented students excel in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields and are introduced to ocean science as an interdisciplinary field of study and a possible career path. As the NOSB also engages high school teachers, schools, and local communities in the competition and other program elements, it results in broader awareness of the ocean sciences and environmental issues and increased attitudes toward stewardship of ocean resources within these audiences. The program operates with the involvement of the ocean science research and professional community. Support from NOAA is requested to support about 20% of NOSB national office staff time needed for total program implementation, subawards to the regional competitions, and site visits for planning the 2015 national finals.
Competition: 2014: National Ocean Sciences Competition for High School Students
PI: Kristen Yarincik


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BlackNurse and Denial of Cloudy Business Attacks
A new(ish) attack is making the rounds this week. I say new(ish) because the attack itself isn't all that original. ICMP attacks have been around since the 90s. I also say 'newish' because this attack stands in stark contrast to the high-profile, volumetric attacks that make the news when they disrupt access to half the Internet. It's a DoS (notice there's only one "D", not two) attack against well-known and widely used firewalls that can, with little effort, bring the business to its knees.
I won't bog you down in details of how this ICMP (ping!) attack dubbed BlackNurse (for no obvious reason I've seen so far) works. There are tons of resources and commentary already available on the topic: Threat Post, El Reg, TDC SOC, or Netresecfor starters. What I did want to call attention to is the devastating disruption this attack could have on business, and in particular those businesses that rely heavily on cloud-based apps.
Because this one is not just about disrupting access to apps from the outside in, it's about disrupting access to apps from the inside out. TDC SOC, in its report, specifically calls this out: "When an attack is ongoing, users from the LAN side will no longer be able to send/receive traffic to/from the Internet."
LAN side. That's the business side of the firewall.
We tend to view firewalls as the tactical response to keeping attackers out of our corporate networks. They're the walls around the castle, the sandbags along the river, the firebreak in the wilderness trying to stop a rampaging fire. But firewalls have long served a dual purpose in the enterprise; that is, they have also controlled access from the inside out. Early on this was used to gate access to the adolescent Internet and continues to be a mechanism for enabling preventative measures against "phone home" attempts by malware and viruses that have managed to infect internal assets.
Today, the prevalence of cloud-based productivity apps requires inside-out access. And if we're using cloud-based apps, we kinda need access to the Internet. Salesforce.com. Concur. Google Docs. Social media. The list of applications that reside outside the enterprise to which the business needs access goes on and on and continues to grow. As this nifty chart from Skyhigh Networks illustrates, the use of cloud-based applications in business has been steadily on the rise. In fact, its Q4 2015 report noted "The average organization now uses 1,154 cloud services."
Business is inarguably dependent on the cloud.
That means disruption of access to those services is devastating to productivity, which is one of the key performance indicators in any business.
Thus, an attack like BlackNurse, which is relatively easy to conduct and requiring little more than a single laptop, is incredibly disruptive in spite of its relative simplicity. The goal of such attacks is simple: resource consumption. Low and slow attacks, whether targeting firewalls or web servers, are designed to tie up resources so the device cannot respond to legitimate requests. The problem is that such attacks are often more difficult to detect than their volumetric cousins. High volumes of traffic is noticeable. It sets off alarms and red lights and people immediately understand what is going on. We've focused a lot of energy in the past ten years to understanding how to combat such attacks and are luckily getting better at doing so.
But detecting a low and slow attack is more difficult. The CPU suddenly pegs at 100% and stops responding. Could be a software problem. Could be a hardware problem. Could be a lot of things. Sifting through logs to find the low volume of packets representative of this kind of attack is akin to the needle in a haystack problem. According to researchers the BlackNurse attacks generate only 15 to 18 Mbps. Yes, you read that right. There's no "G" in that measure. That's about 40 to 50K packets per second, which is nothing to modern firewalls. Conversely the DDoS attack recorded against Dyn measured in the 1 Tbps range. That's a "T", which is bigger than "G" and way bigger than "M".
The answer to such attacks is usually to move apps to the cloud where firewall services are not constrained by such antiquated concepts as "limited resources" and are able to scale effortlessly and automagically. Except it's not, because the business still has employees behind the corporate firewall that have to access those apps (and others). And it is their access that is being disrupted when the target is the corporate firewall that stands between them and "the cloud."
It is productivity that suffers.
Businesses need to recognize the potentially perilous state caused by attacks that disrupt outbound traffic as well as inbound. While BlackNurse has a fairly simple mitigation already, there are likely to be others that are not so simple to mitigate. And in a world where we depend as much on the apps inside the firewall as those outside it, we need to take a close looker look at the possibilities of such attacks.
If you haven't yet, then it's past time to evaluate how dependent your business is (or will be) on apps "in the cloud" and how to best protect access to them in the face of threats designed specifically to deny business from going about its daily, well, business.


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Tropical Storm Isaac Will Strengthen Into Hurricane Again Before Threatening Jamaica
John McCarthy 2018-09-13
John McCarthy · September 13, 2018
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Isaac became less organized today as it moved across the eastern Caribbean on its way toward Central America, the National Hurricane Center said.
The center of the storm was located 80 miles west-southwest of Dominica and 240 miles southeast of St. Croix, the NHC said in its 2 p.m. EDT update. The storm was moving west at 18 mph and had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.
"Little change in strength is expected over the next several hours as Isaac moves through the Leeward Islands. Gradual weakening is forecast after that as Isaac moves through the eastern Caribbean," the Miami-based weather forecaster said.
Forecasters said Isaac will bring several inches of rain to some locations and possibly life-threatening surf conditions. Flash flooding could also occur.
A tropical storm warning is issued for the islands of Martinique, Dominica and Guadeloupe, and a tropical storm warning for Antigua, Monserrat, and St. Kitts and Nevis. Little change in strength is expected as Isaac leaves the outer islands and heads for the eastern Caribbean Sea.
Even with the storm's brisk movement, rainfall can be heavy enough to trigger localized flooding. Tree and power line damage will also be possible.
After briefly reaching hurricane strength, Isaac weakened to a tropical storm on Monday night and is expected to maintain tropical storm strength through the end of the week.
As Isaac weakened earlier this week, it became a broader storm, allowing some gusty showers to reach farther away from the center.
The islands of Montserrat, Antigua and and St Lucia may get these showers in addition to rough seas and strong rip currents into early Friday.
Small craft may need to remain in port into Friday, as seas may remain dangerous until Isaac pulls away.
Many of these islands are still rebuilding following Hurricane Maria, which crossed the Lesser Antilles and moved over Puerto Rico almost a year ago.
Beyond the Lesser Antilles, Isaac is forecast to track south of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. An uptick in shower and thunderstorm activity is expected in these areas late in the week and over the weekend.
The southern-facing coastlines may have rough seas and well as stronger rip currents.
Residents and visitors of Jamaica will need to closely monitor the track of Isaac, as well.
The storm may pass very close to the island by the end of the weekend, bringing with it heavy rain and gusty winds.
Those on the island of Jamaica should make sure to have an emergency preparedness plan in place if you do not already have one.
The track of Isaac becomes more uncertain late in the weekend.
"Waters remain very warm over the western Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
"Provided wind shear is low, there is the potential for Isaac to gain strength and possibly ramp up to a hurricane before approaching any land in along the U.S. Gulf Coast next week," Sosnowski added.
If Isaac is unable to overcome the area of disruptive winds in the atmosphere, the environment instead could weaken Isaac to just a tropical wave before reaching the Yucatan Channel.
Should this be the case, lingering tropical moisture could bring heavier rains to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico as well as the western half of Cuba early next week.
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