text:
package alpha

import (
	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/declarative-resource-client-library/dcl"
)

func DCLInstanceSchema() *dcl.Schema {
	return &dcl.Schema{
		Info: &dcl.Info{
			Title:       "Filestore/Instance",
			Description: "The Filestore Instance resource",
			StructName:  "Instance",
		},
		Paths: &dcl.Paths{
			Get: &dcl.Path{
				Description: "The function used to get information about a Instance",
				Parameters: []dcl.PathParameters{
					dcl.PathParameters{
						Name:        "instance",
						Required:    true,
						Description: "A full instance of a Instance",
					},
				},
			},
			Apply: &dcl.Path{
				Description: "The function used to apply information about a Instance",
				Parameters: []dcl.PathParameters{
					dcl.PathParameters{
						Name:        "instance",
						Required:    true,
						Description: "A full instance of a Instance",
					},
				},
			},
			Delete: &dcl.Path{
				Description: "The function used to delete a Instance",
				Parameters: []dcl.PathParameters{
					dcl.PathParameters{
						Name:        "instance",
						Required:    true,
						Description: "A full instance of a Instance",
					},
				},
			},
			DeleteAll: &dcl.Path{
				Description: "The function used to delete all Instance",
				Parameters: []dcl.PathParameters{
					dcl.PathParameters{
						Name:     "project",
						Required: true,
						Schema: &dcl.PathParametersSchema{
							Type: "string",
						},
					},
					dcl.PathParameters{
						Name:     "location",
						Required: true,
						Schema: &dcl.PathParametersSchema{
							Type: "string",
						},
					},
				},
			},
			List: &dcl.Path{
				Description: "The function used to list information about many Instance",
				Parameters: []dcl.PathParameters{
					dcl.PathParameters{
						Name:     "project",
						Required: true,
						Schema: &dcl.PathParametersSchema{
							Type: "string",
						},
					},
					dcl.PathParameters{
						Name:     "location",
						Required: true,
						Schema: &dcl.PathParametersSchema{
							Type: "string",
						},
					},
				},
			},
		},
		Components: &dcl.Components{
			Schemas: map[string]*dcl.Component{
				"Instance": &dcl.Component{
					Title:           "Instance",
					ID:              "projects/{{project}}/locations/{{location}}/instances/{{name}}",
					ParentContainer: "project",
					LabelsField:     "labels",
					HasCreate:       true,
					SchemaProperty: dcl.Property{
						Type: "object",
						Required: []string{
							"name",
							"project",
							"location",
						},
						Properties: map[string]*dcl.Property{
							"createTime": &dcl.Property{
								Type:        "string",
								Format:      "date-time",
								GoName:      "CreateTime",
								ReadOnly:    true,
								Description: "Output only. The time when the instance was created.",
								Immutable:   true,
							},
							"description": &dcl.Property{
								Type:        "string",
								GoName:      "Description",
								Description: "The description of the instance (2048 characters or less).",
							},
							"etag": &dcl.Property{
								Type:        "string",
								GoName:      "Etag",
								ReadOnly:    true,
								Description: "Server-specified ETag for the instance resource to prevent simultaneous updates from overwriting each other.",
								Immutable:   true,
							},
							"fileShares": &dcl.Property{
								Type:        "array",
								GoName:      "FileShares",
								Description: "File system shares on the instance. For this version, only a single file share is supported.",
								SendEmpty:   true,
								ListType:    "list",
								Items: &dcl.Property{
									Type:   "object",
									GoType: "InstanceFileShares",
									Properties: map[string]*dcl.Property{
										"capacityGb": &dcl.Property{
											Type:        "integer",
											Format:      "int64",
											GoName:      "CapacityGb",
											Description: "File share capacity in gigabytes (GB). Cloud Filestore defines 1 GB as 1024^3 bytes.",
										},
										"name": &dcl.Property{
											Type:        "string",
											GoName:      "Name",
											Description: "The name of the file share (must be 16 characters or less).",
										},
										"nfsExportOptions": &dcl.Property{
											Type:        "array",
											GoName:      "NfsExportOptions",
											Description: "Nfs Export Options. There is a limit of 10 export options per file share.",
											SendEmpty:   true,
											ListType:    "list",
											Items: &dcl.Property{
												Type:   "object",
												GoType: "InstanceFileSharesNfsExportOptions",
												Properties: map[string]*dcl.Property{
													"accessMode": &dcl.Property{
														Type:          "string",
														GoName:        "AccessMode",
														GoType:        "InstanceFileSharesNfsExportOptionsAccessModeEnum",
														Description:   "Either READ_ONLY, for allowing only read requests on the exported directory, or READ_WRITE, for allowing both read and write requests. The default is READ_WRITE. Possible values: ACCESS_MODE_UNSPECIFIED, READ_ONLY, READ_WRITE",
														ServerDefault: true,
														Enum: []string{
															"ACCESS_MODE_UNSPECIFIED",
															"READ_ONLY",
															"READ_WRITE",
														},
													},
													"anonGid": &dcl.Property{
														Type:        "integer",
														Format:      "int64",
														GoName:      "AnonGid",
														Description: "An integer representing the anonymous group id with a default value of 65534. Anon_gid may only be set with squash_mode of ROOT_SQUASH. An error will be returned if this field is specified for other squash_mode settings.",
													},
													"anonUid": &dcl.Property{
														Type:        "integer",
														Format:      "int64",
														GoName:      "AnonUid",
														Description: "An integer representing the anonymous user id with a default value of 65534. Anon_uid may only be set with squash_mode of ROOT_SQUASH. An error will be returned if this field is specified for other squash_mode settings.",
													},
													"ipRanges": &dcl.Property{
														Type:        "array",
														GoName:      "IPRanges",
														Description: "List of either an IPv4 addresses in the format `{octet1}.{octet2}.{octet3}.{octet4}` or CIDR ranges in the format `{octet1}.{octet2}.{octet3}.{octet4}/{mask size}` which may mount the file share. Overlapping IP ranges are not allowed, both within and across NfsExportOptions. An error will be returned. The limit is 64 IP ranges/addresses for each FileShareConfig among all NfsExportOptions.",
														SendEmpty:   true,
														ListType:    "list",
														Items: &dcl.Property{
															Type:   "string",
															GoType: "string",
														},
													},
													"squashMode": &dcl.Property{
														Type:          "string",
														GoName:        "SquashMode",
														GoType:        "InstanceFileSharesNfsExportOptionsSquashModeEnum",
														Description:   "Either NO_ROOT_SQUASH, for allowing root access on the exported directory, or ROOT_SQUASH, for not allowing root access. The default is NO_ROOT_SQUASH. Possible values: SQUASH_MODE_UNSPECIFIED, NO_ROOT_SQUASH, ROOT_SQUASH",
														ServerDefault: true,
														Enum: []string{
															"SQUASH_MODE_UNSPECIFIED",
															"NO_ROOT_SQUASH",
															"ROOT_SQUASH",
														},
													},
												},
											},
										},
										"sourceBackup": &dcl.Property{
											Type:        "string",
											GoName:      "SourceBackup",
											Description: "The resource name of the backup, in the format `projects/{project_number}/locations/{location_id}/backups/{backup_id}`, that this file share has been restored from.",
											ResourceReferences: []*dcl.PropertyResourceReference{
												&dcl.PropertyResourceReference{
													Resource: "Filestore/Backup",
													Field:    "name",
												},
											},
										},
									},
								},
							},
							"labels": &dcl.Property{
								Type: "object",
								AdditionalProperties: &dcl.Property{
									Type: "string",
								},
								GoName:      "Labels",
								Description: "Resource labels to represent user provided metadata.",
							},
							"location": &dcl.Property{
								Type:        "string",
								GoName:      "Location",
								Description: "The location for the resource",
								Immutable:   true,
							},
							"name": &dcl.Property{
								Type:        "string",
								GoName:      "Name",
								Description: "Output only. The resource name of the instance, in the format `projects/{project}/locations/{location}/instances/{instance}`.",
								Immutable:   true,
							},
							"networks": &dcl.Property{
								Type:        "array",
								GoName:      "Networks",
								Description: "VPC networks to which the instance is connected. For this version, only a single network is supported.",
								Immutable:   true,
								SendEmpty:   true,
								ListType:    "list",
								Items: &dcl.Property{
									Type:   "object",
									GoType: "InstanceNetworks",
									Properties: map[string]*dcl.Property{
										"ipAddresses": &dcl.Property{
											Type:        "array",
											GoName:      "IPAddresses",
											ReadOnly:    true,
											Description: "Output only. IPv4 addresses in the format `{octet1}.{octet2}.{octet3}.{octet4}` or IPv6 addresses in the format `{block1}:{block2}:{block3}:{block4}:{block5}:{block6}:{block7}:{block8}`.",
											Immutable:   true,
											ListType:    "list",
											Items: &dcl.Property{
												Type:   "string",
												GoType: "string",
											},
										},
										"modes": &dcl.Property{
											Type:          "array",
											GoName:        "Modes",
											Description:   "Internet protocol versions for which the instance has IP addresses assigned. For this version, only MODE_IPV4 is supported.",
											Immutable:     true,
											ServerDefault: true,
											SendEmpty:     true,
											ListType:      "list",
											Items: &dcl.Property{
												Type:   "string",
												GoType: "InstanceNetworksModesEnum",
												Enum: []string{
													"ADDRESS_MODE_UNSPECIFIED",
													"MODE_IPV4",
												},
											},
										},
										"network": &dcl.Property{
											Type:        "string",
											GoName:      "Network",
											Description: "The name of the Google Compute Engine [VPC network](https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/vpc) to which the instance is connected.",
											Immutable:   true,
											ResourceReferences: []*dcl.PropertyResourceReference{
												&dcl.PropertyResourceReference{
													Resource: "Compute/Network",
													Field:    "name",
												},
											},
										},
										"reservedIPRange": &dcl.Property{
											Type:          "string",
											GoName:        "ReservedIPRange",
											Description:   "A /29 CIDR block in one of the [internal IP address ranges](https://www.arin.net/reference/research/statistics/address_filters/) that identifies the range of IP addresses reserved for this instance. For example, 10.0.0.0/29 or 192.168.0.0/29. The range you specify can't overlap with either existing subnets or assigned IP address ranges for other Cloud Filestore instances in the selected VPC network.",
											Immutable:     true,
											ServerDefault: true,
										},
									},
								},
							},
							"project": &dcl.Property{
								Type:        "string",
								GoName:      "Project",
								Description: "The project for the resource",
								Immutable:   true,
								ResourceReferences: []*dcl.PropertyResourceReference{
									&dcl.PropertyResourceReference{
										Resource: "Cloudresourcemanager/Project",
										Field:    "name",
										Parent:   true,
									},
								},
							},
							"state": &dcl.Property{
								Type:        "string",
								GoName:      "State",
								GoType:      "InstanceStateEnum",
								ReadOnly:    true,
								Description: "Output only. The instance state. Possible values: STATE_UNSPECIFIED, CREATING, READY, REPAIRING, DELETING, ERROR",
								Immutable:   true,
								Enum: []string{
									"STATE_UNSPECIFIED",
									"CREATING",
									"READY",
									"REPAIRING",
									"DELETING",
									"ERROR",
								},
							},
							"statusMessage": &dcl.Property{
								Type:        "string",
								GoName:      "StatusMessage",
								ReadOnly:    true,
								Description: "Output only. Additional information about the instance state, if available.",
								Immutable:   true,
							},
							"tier": &dcl.Property{
								Type:        "string",
								GoName:      "Tier",
								GoType:      "InstanceTierEnum",
								Description: "The service tier of the instance. Possible values: TIER_UNSPECIFIED, STANDARD, PREMIUM, BASIC_HDD, BASIC_SSD, HIGH_SCALE_SSD, ENTERPRISE",
								Immutable:   true,
								Enum: []string{
									"TIER_UNSPECIFIED",
									"STANDARD",
									"PREMIUM",
									"BASIC_HDD",
									"BASIC_SSD",
									"HIGH_SCALE_SSD",
									"ENTERPRISE",
								},
							},
						},
					},
				},
			},
		},
	}
}

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The right of first refusal in real estate may sound very complicated, but in fact, it is a straightforward concept. It is often used in the United States as well as Europe. Since the financial crisis, it has become increasingly popular in some areas. One of the most popular uses of the first right of refusal is when a tenant has been leasing a property for a long time.
How Does a Right of First Refusal in Real Estate Work?
The right of first refusal is often written into the contract that a lessee has the right to buy a property before the owner lists it with a real estate agent.
In other words, a landlord will give you a chance to buy the property that you are living in. For a young family or person, it could be the perfect way to enter the real estate market. You already know you love the house because you've been living in it for some time.
Selling a home to a tenant can also be very attractive to a landlord because they don't have to go through the aggravation of marketing a home. There will be no showings at inconvenient times, buyers not showing up and a host of other problems sellers have to deal with.
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There are some real benefits to buying this way when you are young. You will know the property that you are living in, and the buying process will be more comfortable. No need to run around and look at different properties.
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It can be easier to get a mortgage in this situation for a first-time buyer. After all, you have been paying the lease or rent on the property for some time. You can give all of that financial information to the bank, and the owner will be able to back you up.
Providing you have an overall good credit score, it will make it easier for you to get a mortgage with a bank. This isn't to say you won't have to go through the same financial hoops other buyers will. You are still going to need to choose an excellent lender to work with. Picking a superb lender is one of many things a buyer should do before purchasing a home. Having your financial house in order is essential whether you are buying from your landlord or someone else.
In real estate sales, the most common use of a right of first refusal is when a buyer, who already owns a home, would like to buy another. In this situation, the buyer may or may not be in a position financially to acquire the new house.
What the buyer is "saying" to the seller is I really want to own your home, but I am not ready to go through with the purchase yet. So the buyer with a right of first refusal is given an opportunity by a seller to move forward should another buyer come along.
For a right of first refusal to be exercised, the seller must receive a bona fide offer they would be willing to accept. There are usually some time restrictions that a buyer must meet to make a decision. Quite often the period used is twenty-four to forty-eight hours.
It is in a seller's best interest to keep the period short as they don't want to be left empty-handed because the second buyer is pressed for time. Who knows maybe they have two houses in mind or there is a relocation with an immediate decision needed.
A significant consideration for a seller is whether the buyer could move forward or not if they did receive another offer. There is no point in accepting a right of refusal if the buyer is not financially qualified to move forward.
You would be tying your home up with a buyer who might not be able to perform under your required time frame. It should also be noted that a home sale contingency is not the same thing as a right of 1st refusal. In most cases, a home sale contingency is something a seller should be very leery of as outlined in the article at Maximum Real Estate Exposure.
There are different ways in which the right of first refusal is used as well. If you are living with a family member, you can have this clause written into the contract. It could be that you have been caring for the homeowner and you have agreed in between that you will be taking over the home after their death.
It could mean "buying out" other family members who have a right to inherit the property but are not interested in owning the home.
If you are renting a condo or dealing with a homeowner association, it is another way to buy a home. In some states, the concept is more popular than others. In fact, some condo associations will have a right of first refusal written into the association documents giving them the right to purchase any home that comes on the market.
What Are the Pitfalls For Tenants?
There are some pitfalls. The personal card often plays a part. You may like the person you are renting the property from and don't want to upset him or her. Try to put personal feelings aside. This is about business, and you need to be prepared to negotiate.
A top tip would be to find out what other similar properties in the area are selling for. Don't be afraid to speak to the seller, more than likely, he or she has an excellent reason for wanting to sell and may be anxious to get rid of the property for one reason or another.
You have been paying the rent or lease, so find out why he wants to sell. Could it be that he or she needs the money?
Talk to your lender and make sure that they are happy, you will still need all of the same paperwork, and you will also need a home inspection.
When you play your cards right, this is actually an excellent way to buy a property. For a young person, it is an excellent way to finally become a homeowner. It cuts down on the hassle factor for the seller. The right of first refusal does not involve endless showings of the home and appointments.
It is possibly one of the easiest and simplest property transactions you will ever make on your life.
Avoid dropping your credit score before meeting with a lender - see what not to do when you are going to be buying a home and procuring a mortgage.
How to Pick a Realtor to Sell Your House - see tips and guidance on how to make the right decision choosing a real estate agent to sell your house.
Use these additional references to make sound decisions when you are buying or selling real estate. An informed buyer or seller will be in a much better position not to make mistakes.


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Sarla Performance Fibers Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise & Customs, Vapi
[Civil Appeal Nos. 5805-5807 of 2009]
[Civil Appeal No. 7253 of 2009]
[Civil Appeal No. 11204 of 2014]
A.K. SIKRI, J.
All these appeals involve identical dispute, which pertain to classification of the goods known as Polyester Covered Yarn and Nylon Covered Yarn. Whereas the appellants/assessees argue that these products are covered by Chapter No. 56 and come under CSH No. 5606.06, the Revenue has taken the position that the aforesaid goods fall in CSH No. 5402.62/61. The stand of the Revenue has been accepted by the Customs Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (for short 'CESTAT') which is challenged by the assessees in these appeals. For the sake of convenience, we shall take note of the facts from Civil Appeal Nos. 5805-5807 of 2009.
The aforesaid two products, namely, Polyester Covered Yarn and Nylon Covered Yarn are manufactured by the appellants by applying the process of conventional covering on machine - MENEGATTO - Model 1500/2000 and also separately by applying the process of air covering on machine SSM-DP2-C. The dispute pertains to the goods manufactured with the application of air covering process. This process of air covering is as under: The Lycra/Spandex Spool is loaded on the feeder and nylon or polyester is loaded on the Creel. Then the Lycra or Spandex is drafted to certain extent i.e. as per the requirement of quality. Then the Nylon/polyester & Lycra/Spandex is passed through the air jet where the covering takes place.
Finally the covered yarn is wound on paper tube. It is an admitted case that upto July, 2001, the assessees were themselves covering these yarns under Chapter No. 54 and paying duty accordingly. As per them, it was noticed that Custom Department was acquiring such yarns on importation under Chapter 56. The assessees were advised that the yarns in question are to be classified under Chapter No. 56 and not Chapter No. 54 and, therefore, after intimating the Department, they started effecting the clearances under CSH No. 5606.06 w.e.f. July, 2001.
On visit by the officers of the Excise Department, when the aforesaid manner of effecting the clearances was noticed, the objection was raised by the Department stating that the goods were classifiable under CSH 5402.62/61 and not 5606.06. After recording the statements of some employees of the appellants company, show cause notice dated 04.09.2002 was issued proposing modification in classification of covered yarn manufactured by air covering method and on that basis differential duty for the period from March, 2001 to February, 2002 was also demanded.
The show cause notice also proposed imposition of penalty and recovery of interest as well. This show cause notice led to adjudication by the Adjudicating Authority. After receiving reply to show cause notice and giving an opportunity of hearing to the assessees, the Adjudicating Authority affirmed the proposal contained in the show cause notice and also affirmed demand of differential duty of Rs.44,89,471/- with interest as applicable. Penalty of equal amount as that of duty was also imposed.
This order was challenged by the assessees before the Commissioner (Appeals) and thereafter before the CESTAT, resulting into the dismissal of their appeals at both levels. Before proceeding to take note of the submission of the respective counsel for the parties, it will be apt to take note of the two competing entries. Chapter 54 deals with Man-Made Filaments and CSH 54.02, with which we are concerned, pertains to Synthetic filament yarn, other than sewing thread. Various sub-heads of Heading No.54.02 are as under:
Heading No.
Sub-heading No.
Rate of duty Basic Additional
Synthetic filament yarn (other than sewing thread), including synthetic monofilament of less than 60 Deniers
High tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides
High tenacity yarn of D12polyamides
of nylon or other polyamides
Of polyesters
There are four chapter notes and for the purposes of these appeals, chapter note 3 needs to be kept in mind. Accordingly, we reproduce the same as well:
"3. In relation to products of heading Nos. 54.01, 54.02, 54.03, 54.04 and 54.05, dyeing, printing, bleaching, mercerising, twisting, texturising, doubling, multiple-folding, cabling, air mingling, air texturing or any other process or any one or more of these processes, or the conversion of any form of the said products into another form of such products shall amount to manufacture." Chapter 56 under which the assessees intend to cover their products, bears the heading "Wadding, Felt and Non-Wovens; Special Yarns; Twine, Cordage, Ropes and Cables and Articles thereof". The relevant entry under Heading No.56.06 reads as under:
Gimped yarn, and strip and the like of Heading No. 54.04 or 54.05, gimped (other than those of Heading No. 56.05 and gimped horsehair yarn); Chenille yarn (including flock chenille yarn); Loop wale yarn
Mr. Lakshmikumaran, learned counsel appearing for the assessees, submitted that, no doubt, Note 3 of Chapter No. 54 stipulates that the process of air mingling is also included in Chapter No. 54. His submission, however, was that this air mingling refers to the situation where same yarn is used. He argued that when two different kinds of yarns are used in the air mingling, it is known as gimped and such process of gimped yarn would not be covered by Chapter No. 54 but was specifically covered by Chapter Heading 56.06.
In support of his submission, Mr. Lakshmikumaran referred to HSN Explanatory notes pertaining to Heading 56.06 wherein the nature of the product is described as under: "These products are composed of a core, usually of one or more textile yarns, around which other yarn or yarns are wound spirally. Most frequently the covering threads completely cover the core, but in some cases the turns of the spiral are spaced; in the latter case, the product may have somewhat the appearance of certain multiple (folded), cabled or fancy yarns of Chapters 50 to 55, but may be distinguished from them by the characteristic of gimped yarn that the core does not itself undergo a twisting with the cover threads.
(emphasis added)"
He also sought to draw sustenance from the dictionary meaning of 'gimp yarn' which is defined in Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, 7th Edition authored by Phyllis G. Tortora and Robert S. Merkel in the following manner: "gimp yarn A fancy yarn made of one or more strands twisted around a central core and delivered at a faster rate to form a distinct spiral effect. The outer yarns often are colored and coarser than the core yarns. Gimp yarns originally were made of silk twisted around a fine wire or strong cord. Uses: trimming, lace, embroidery." He further submitted that the Tribunal wrongly held that HSN Explanatory notes would not apply in the instant case. Counsel appearing in other appeals adopted the same arguments.
Mr. Radhakrishnan, learned senior counsel appearing for the Revenue, submitted, per contra, that the matter was examined in its all length and breadth, taking into consideration every relevant fact that the products were covered by Chapter Heading 5402.62/61. For this purpose, he extensively read the facts stated in the show cause notice, reasoning given by the Adjudicating Authority in the Order-in-Original as well as Order-in- Appeal passed by the Commissioner (Appeals).
He further submitted that the Tribunal has given cogent reasons in rejecting these very submissions made by the appellants before this Court and commended this Court to accept well reasoned decision of the Tribunal. At the outset, it may be pointed out that there is no dispute that two yarns are used in the manufacture of the product, namely, Nylon and Lycra. At the same time, however, it is also an admitted fact that in Polyester Covered Yarn, the percentage of Lycra is only nine to ten and it is Polyester/Nylon which is pre-dominantly used ranging from 91% to 93%. Taking note of these facts and definition of gimped yarn in Explanation (A) to Chapter Heading 56.00 under Section XI of Explanatory note to HSN, it was stated in the show cause notice that the product could not be treated as gimped yarn. This process which is mentioned in the show cause notice in detail, and the factual position contained therein was not disputed by the appellants, reads as under:
"5. Whereas it further appear that as per the technical details of the machineries involved in the manufacture of said polyester/nylon covered yarn that the Polyester/Nylon yarn is not wound spirally on the Polyurethane (elastomeric) yarn i.e. Lycra or Spandex that the Polyester/Nylon Texturised yarn forming the loop in relaxed condition is not wrapped around the polyurethane (elastomeric) yarn i.e. Lycra or Spandex or held in place by a binder or tie yarn that both the Polyester/Nylon texturised and Lycra or spandex are attached to each other by a new technology of yarn covering by application of pressurized air in the path of both the polyester-twist-textured yarn and elastomeric yarns, similar to the technique of intermingling i.e. Air intermingling that the process of manufacture in SSM DP2C machine is that one textured filament yarn of Polyester/Nylon is fed. Another yarn of Lycra/Spandex is fed. Both the yarns are fed together in an air jet.
In the air jet, due to compressed air, the filament of Polyester/Nylon get intermingled with that of Lycra/Spandex. 6. In Polyester covered yarn the percentage of Lycra/Spandex by weight is 9 to 10%. In other words, the Polyester is predominant ranging from 91 to 93%. In nylon covered yarn, the percentage of Lycra/Spandex by weight is 2.5 to 25%. In other words Nylon is predominant ranging from 75% to 97.5% and the two yarns are held together by way of intermingling.
7. Further the gimped yarn is defined in explanation (A) to Ch.H.56.00 under section XI of explanatory note to HSN. According to explanatory notes, gimped yarns are compressed of core, usually of one or more textile yarn around which other yarn or yarns are wound spirally. Most frequently the covering threads completely cover the core, but in some case the turns of the spiral are spaced. In the latter case product may have some what the appearance certain multiple (folded), cabled or fancy yarn of chapter 50 to 55 but may be distinguished from them by the characteristic of gimped yarn that the core does not itself undergo a twisting with the cover threads. In gimped yarn, the yarn forming the loop is wrapped around the core yarn and is held on place by binder or tie yarn.
The manufacture requires two distinct twisting operation after the yarn is first made, it is twisted opposite direction to establish the desired effect. It may have the loops formed by a very soft and slackly twisted yarn. These yarns falls under Chapter Heading 56.06 of the Tariff as special yarns. In view of the above, and in view of the fact that the yarn forming the loop is not wrapped around the core yarn is not held in place by a binder or the tie yarn like in gimped yarn and loops are not formed by twisted yarn. These yarns viz. Polyester/Nylon covered yarn can not fall under Chapter heading 56.06 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985.
8. It therefore appears that Air mingled yarns manufactured by M/s. Sarla Polyester Ltd. comprise a Polyester Yarn (Polyester) or Nylon Yarn (Polyamide) air mingled with Lycra/Spandex (polyurethane). The assessee using lycra or spandex as core yarn and covering the same with polyester or nylon yarn, a non elastic multi filament yarn of Polyester/Nylon is fed through an air jet with stretched lycra/spandex. In the air jet, due to compressed air, the filaments of polyester/nylon get intermingled with that of Lycra/Spandex.
The resulting yarn would therefore merit classification based on the principle of pre-dominance of textile material used. Since the air mingled yarn contain more polyester or nylon by weight vis-a-vis Lycra/Spandex such yarns merit classification under Chapter Sub Heading No. 5402.61 or 5402.62 as Synthetic Filament Yarn of Nylon or Polyester respectively. This classification is decided by virtue of Section Note 2(A) to section XI covering chapter 50 to 63 of the first schedule to Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985.
Since M/s. Sarla Polyester Ltd., Silvassa are having intermingling machinery at their manufacturing unit, they are adopting the intermingling/interlacing process for covering lycra/spandex. Further the unit does not have facility to manufacture spun yarn and cannot manufacture crimped yarn. The unit has the air mingling machinery capable of producing air mingled yarn only. Therefore yarn manufactured by them cannot be classified Crimped Yarn under CH. Heading no.56.06 of CET.
The interlaced/intermingled yarn manufactured by undertaking air mingling operation is to be classified by resorting to section note 2(a) to section XI i.e. by principle of pre-dominance of textile material used. The goods manufactured by M/s. Sarla Polyester Ltd. would therefore fall under chapter Heading no.5402.61 and 5402.62 as Nylon and Polyester respectively predominate in weight over lycra/spandex." In nutshell, having regard to the use of Nylon and Lycra in the ratio of 90:10, the classification was proposed on the principle of pre-dominance of textile material used.
The Order-in-Original was passed by the Assessing Authority, taking note of the dominance of Polyester or Nylon yarn in the manufacturing of the said product. The Assessing Authority also referred to tests reports from Man Made Textile Research Association (MANTRA) which also supported the version of the Revenue. Contention of the assessees that the product should be covered under Chapter Heading 56.06 was turned down by the Assessing Officer in the following manner:
"28. The assessee has claimed the classification of their covering yarn manufactured by way of attachment by applying pressurized air in Air Jet machine under Chapter Sub-heading 56.06 of Central Excise Tariff. Accordingly, on perusal of said entry in Central Excise tariff, it is seen that Chapter Sub-heading No. 56.06 covered gimped yarn, and strop and the like of heading No. 54.04 or 54.05, gimped (other than those of Heading No.56.05 and gimped horse hair); chenille yarn (including flock chenille yarn); lop wale yarn.
Since the assessee has claimed polyester and Nylon covering yarn as gimped yarn under Chapter Sub-heading 56.06 of Central Excise Tariff, it may be mentioned here that as per the Explanatory Notes to HSN, Gimped yarn are composed of core, usually of one or more textile yarns, around which other yarns are wound spirally. In gimped yarn, the yarn forming the loop is wrapped around the core yarn and is held in place by binder or tie yarn. However as per the test report of MANTRA, Surat, which has not been challenged or disputed by the assessee, the polyester or Nylon yarn did not wound spirally and even did not wrapped around the Lycra/Spandex (elastoemeric) yarn or it was not held in place by a binder or tie yarn.
It was merely attached with each other due to pressurized air by way of technique of intermingling. Therefore the yarns in question cannot be said to be composed of core of yarns. And as such it is not gimped yarn." The Appellate Authority while affirming the order of the Assessing Officer also referred to Rule 3(a) of the Rules of Interpretation as per which the heading which provides the most specific description is to be preferred to the heading providing a more general description.
The Tribunal has revisited the entire issue taking into consideration all the aspects of the matter and in the light of tests reports of MANTRA, affirmed the findings of the Authorities below that the products manufactured by assessees are nothing but air mingled yarn and, therefore, cannot be classified under Chapter No. 56 in view of the fact that it does not contain a core around which another yarn has been woven.
Thus, a categorical finding is arrived at that the core does not itself undergo twisting with covered threads. On the basis of the aforesaid concurrent finding of the Authorities below rejecting the contentions of the assessees that the product in question was a gimped yarn, supported with cogent and valid reasons, we do not find any merit in any of the contentions raised by the appellants before us. The appeals accordingly fail and are dismissed with cost.
.............................................J. (A.K. SIKRI)
.............................................J. (ASHOK BHUSHAN)


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Q: new version bzip2 ignored while installing R 3.4.0 in home directory in CentOS I do not have enough permissions, so I need to install R3.4.0 in my home directory.
A newer version of bzip2 is required (>= 1.0.6)
The current version is v1.0.5
I've build bzip2 v1.0.6 in my home directory.
There are 4 directories in the build directory: bin, include, lib, man
I know I need to somehow modify paths, so I tried this:
PATH=path/to/bzip2-1.0.6_build/bin:$PATH
CPATH=path/to/bzip2-1.0.6_build/include:$CPATH
LIBRARY_PATH=path/to/bzip2-1.0.6_build/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=path/to/bzip2-1.0.6_build/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

However, when I run ./configure to install R, I get the error:
checking if bzip2 version >= 1.0.6... no
checking whether bzip2 support suffices... configure: error: bzip2 library and headers are required

Which is the same error I got before installing bzip2 v1.0.6
But this time when I run bzip2 --version I get:
bzip2, a block-sorting file compressor.  Version 1.0.6, 6-Sept-2010.
Which is correct.
How can I make it, so that in the ./configure step, v1.0.6 is taken into acoount over v1.0.5?

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1. 在AI面前,請用力珍惜自己的不完美
2. 【英語長文章】沒有草坪的公園算公園嗎?
3. 英語長文章:北京,我總是到得太晚
4. 英語長文章:世界首富國是天堂或地獄
5. 牛津公園觀察家
6. 入侵法蘭西小鎮
7. 天哪,原來德國人這樣洗澡
8. TANGO IN BERLIN
9. 同樣是秋天, 李白和Keats的浪漫如何不同?
10. 一個西方青年眼裡的侯孝賢
Standing by the Berlin Wall
英國人William 很幽默,他說英國人最好的教室是監獄,他哥哥到柏林5年不曾入獄,因此還沒融入;他說東西柏林像諾亞方舟,動物園、博物館、歌劇院,所有的東西都要雙雙對對。讀他的每句話,幾乎都會被逗樂,然而一面風趣,他一面談起上個月倒塌25周年的柏林圍牆,和村上春樹,「世界末日與冷酷異境」,好像就在你眼前連結起來…
Around half a year ago, I gathered together my worldly possessions (one suitcase and one violin) and moved to Berlin. Formerly, I had been a desk monkey in London. But the bananas, figuratively speaking, had turned bad. I needed a change of terrain. Berlin seemed to offer the cultural and social advantages of a capital city without the accompanying price tag.
There were no obstacles to my departure, though the prospect of leaving friends and family was unwelcome. A decade ago, I had spent two weeks in Paris, alone, in the delirious society of pigeons and inanimate objects. In
Berlin, however, I planned to spare myself a similar experience. My brother, a scientist with strange, mathematical notions about the brain, had been a Berlin resident for five years and was as naturalized as an Englishman could get; that is to say not at all. The English assimilate only under duress. My grandfather, for example, acquired German, along with a glorious wound, during the war. My brother, for lack of POW camps, could not pass for a native, but had acquired some habits that distinguished him from his compatriots at home. He waited, for instance, at pedestrian traffic lights on empty streets, opened beer bottles with any implement at hand, and dealt with the authorities by post with noble speed.
When I arrived, spring was doing shifts with summer. Swimmers graced the tree wreathed lakes on the city's periphery. I bought an old bike and a grammar book, abusing the former and neglecting the latter. Immediately, I felt better about life. There's a certain type of Englishman that is best suited for exile. Formerly, his departure resulted in the British Empire and a colourful literary
tradition: Kipling, Orwell and Burgess. Now that the empire is gone and books are old fashioned, his leave of absence is a personal rather a national triumph.
"Berlin, I find, is a stimulating place to live not because of its beauty, which is in somewhat short supply, but because of its palpable history."
The fiasco of the Weimar Republic, the rise of the Third Reich, the destruction of the Second World War and the division wrought by communism, are all plainly visible at street level. The most impressive historical monument is, however, the wall. Erected in stages from 1961 onwards, it was designed to prevent the drain of East Germans seeking better economic opportunities and political freedom in the West. Berlin was transformed into two radically opposed cities. Though the wall is long gone, these two cities have yet to fully meet.
"As on Noah's ark, everything in Berlin comes in pairs."
There are two zoos, two opera houses and two museums of every conceivable variety. Previously, each half of the city had tried to outdo the cultural achievements of the other. The result is a cultural scene of dual vitality. But differences trump common ground. Trams run in East Berlin, while the metro covers the West. You can instantly tell on which side of the wall you are standing by looking at the traffic lights. The little green man in the east wears a hat. There is also, of course, a one-sided abundance of Stalinist architecture, which matchesbad taste and the grandiose with unfailing consistency. The people, too, are noticeably different. East Berliners are far more disposed to bath publicly in the nude than their western counterparts, a fact that I discovered to my alarm on a trip to an eastern lake.
West Berliners are marginally more generous. I know this from busking with my violin in both parts of the city.
東德人到西德,乘床墊渡河、滑鋼索、輕型飛機樣樣來
But despite the charming differences that divide the two Berlins, it is the wall itself that fascinates me the most. There were, in fact, two walls. In between lay a strip of land approximately ten meters wide. 116 watchtowers and 20 bunkers dotted its perimeter, complimented by a regular assault course of barbed wire and Czech hedgehogs. This last decoration sounds endearing, but is actually an effective anti-tank defense, installed to prevent cars from ramming through to the opposite side. According to some estimates around 200 people died attempting to cross into West Berlin. What is more outstanding is that, even with such comprehensive measures in place, 5000 succeeded. Many of these escapes were conducted with a daring and flourish worthy of Hollywood. My greatest admiration is reserved for the heroic Bethke brothers, who all crossed the wall in grand style: the ‑rst with an air-mattress across a river section, the second with a zip-line and the third by a light air craft that, piloted by the two aforementioned brothers, touched down in the east to pick him up!
「世界末日與冷酷異境」
When I walk along the remaining sections of the wall, however, I can't help but think of Haruki Murakami's early novel "Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World." In the book, which is one of Murakami's finest, two worlds unfold in consecutive chapters. The protagonist of the first world becomes engaged in an increasingly surreal search for an abducted professor, while that of the second finds himself separated from his shadow in a strange, near deserted settlement, encompassed by an impenetrable wall. We soon realise that the two worlds represent the conscious and subconscious of the protagonist's own mind. As the plot gains pace and the connections between the alternate worlds proliferate, the stories seem destined to converge. The date of my writing, the 9th of November, marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, the day on which two worlds really did converge. It was no surprise for me to learn, therefore, that in this same week Haruki Murakami was awarded the German Welt prize for literature. In his acceptance speech, Murakami explained that it is the role of the writer to break through walls, whether they are psychological or material. Regardless of whether the novel can still succeed where politics fails, the lasting impression that a great work of fiction prints on the mind of its reader is undeniable. When I stand on a deserted corner of the Berlin wall, I feel as if I were inhabiting the lucid dream of "Hard-boiled Wonderland" and can't but help turn around to check my shadow. ■
文化大頑童 -- 作者:William Blythe
When younger, I was under the false but not altogether unpleasant impression that I was different. Naturally, it was also vital that I should study something extraordinary at university. Back then, China was not the celebrity of the front pages that it is now, and Mandarin was studied mainly by eccentrics. I was, or so I thought, more than qualified for the task.
Much of the next ten years I spent studying and working abroad; first in France, then China, followed by Taiwan and Germany. Having tried for so long to be different, as a foreigner, I had to do my best to be the opposite. There was some sadness in this. My ego and a few old friends were offended. But living in different culture is, I've found, more interesting than trying to be different.


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The work of the Russian ambassadors will cost half a billion in 2016
On Monday, the government submitted to the state Duma a draft Federal law on the extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ambassadors and permanent representatives of Russia in foreign States. The document was developed on behalf of the President and within the concept of strengthening the resource and personnel potential of the system of the Ministry of foreign Affairs, stated in the explanatory Memorandum to the bill. "It's the elimination of legal vacuum, as the diplomatic service act adopted in 2014, did not regulate the status of Ambassador. It is not about the rank, namely the rank of Ambassador", — explained the Minister.
The bill describes the guarantees and the financing of ambassadors. Most of them are established by the law "About features of passage of Federal state civil service in system of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, stated in the explanatory Memorandum. But in the bill spelled out and some new guarantees.
So, the document sets the duration of the annual paid leave for ambassadors — 42 calendar days. Also diplomats is proposed to compensate for transportation costs associated with the trip Moscow on the road to vacation, as well as the flight from Moscow to the place of service, but not more than once a year. The travel of officials and members of their families to Moscow and back will take 125,9 million RUB in 2016, said in the financial-economic justification to the bill.
New sotsgaranty for diplomats will be to pay a lump sum in the amount of 10 monetary compensation in roubles in case of dismissal from office, if their experience in the diplomatic service is at least 20 years. The budget will also cover expenses for the burial of the dead or the dead in the service of the ambassadors and permanent representatives and ensures payments to their heirs in the event of their death, if they were dismissed in connection with expiry of the tenure and if they experience at least 20 years.
New funds for the support of the ambassadors and permanent representatives are not required will cover all the MFA budget for 2016, which is 92.7 billion rubles., said economic and financial justification of the bill. Only ambassadors and permanent representatives will spend about 1.4 billion rubles.
Most of these funds will go to the monthly salaries of diplomats in foreign currency allowances to him and a cash consideration of RUB is a RUB 1.17 billion According to the interlocutor at the foreign Ministry, Russia has now 160 ambassadors and permanent representatives. Thus, the average monthly payments for one Ambassador will amount to 609 thousand. However, in reality, the salaries of ambassadors and permanent representatives vary greatly depending on the country work, says the expert of the Moscow Carnegie Center Alexander Gabuev. For example, from the bill follows that the ambassadors and permanent representatives operating in countries with difficult political situation or armed conflict, with Supplement allowance equal to 40% of a month's salary in foreign currency.
When moving abroad the diplomat and his family paid a mobility allowance. This allowance is paid in foreign currency and two ruble-denominated salaries. In addition, under the bill, every member of the family who moved officials will receive 25% of their ruble salaries. Just on lifting the ambassadors in 2016, it will 26,75 million rubles.
For compensation in case of death of the diplomats highlighted 12.9 million RUB If the Ambassador or the Ambassador will die in the service because of a terrorist attack or other violent action, his heirs will receive a lump sum payment in the amount of 180 gratuity of the deceased, stated in the law.
A bill to ambassadors and permanent representatives forbids them to do business in person or by proxy of persons to manage the economic entity, to engage in other paid activity, except teaching, scientific or other creative activities. But this activity cannot be financed exclusively with funds of foreign States international and foreign organizations. Diplomats are also forbidden to enter into the composition of the management bodies, Trustees or Supervisory boards of foreign NGOs. Officials may not allow public statements, judgments and estimates, including in the media, in relation to the activities of Federal state bodies, foreign States, international organizations, where they work, if this is not the official position of Russia.
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Clinton vote is more than just a ballot to 100-year-old voter
When Gertrude Gottschalk was born in 1916, the United States hadn't entered World War I.
Clinton vote is more than just a ballot to 100-year-old voter When Gertrude Gottschalk was born in 1916, the United States hadn't entered World War I. Check out this story on rgj.com: http://on.rgj.com/2f3yiSO
Seth A. Richardson, srichardson@rgj.com Published 3:03 p.m. PT Oct. 22, 2016
100-year-old Gertrude Gottschalk of Carson City cast her ballot on Saturday for Democrat Hillary Clinton with some help from poll worker Mike Mead. When Gottschalk was born in 1916, women nationwide wouldn't have the right to vote for four years.(Photo: Seth A. Richardson/RGJ)Buy Photo
The top grossing film was D.W. Griffith's silent classic "Intolerance." Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight was still 11 years away. The Chicago Cubs played their first game at historic Wrigley Field. President Woodrow Wilson ran successfully for re-election against New York Gov. Charles Evans Hughes.
And women, like Gottschalk, didn't have the right to vote nationwide.
Universal women's suffrage would come shortly after Gottschalk's birth with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920 after a grueling amount of work, though Nevada enacted suffrage in 1914 with women voting statewide for the first time in 1916. It was a historic time for the country, granting half the population a chance to vote.
But the idea of casting a ballot for a woman for the highest office in the land was unthinkable to Gottschalk, who is now 100 years old and lives in Carson City. Even as women made more and more progress in politics, they never made it to the top of the ticket, the closest being Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 and Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin in 2008.
That is, until this year.
Early voting started Saturday in Nevada and Gottschalk, who's never missed an election in her nearly 80 years of voting, made her way to the Carson City Clerk's office to vote. As she walked the hallway down to the booth, a chorus of applause followed her.
Early voting ends today; here are locations
'Nobody' matters in Nevada elections
With a smile on her face – and some help from a poll worker – the far-off fantasy of electing a woman for president came closer to reality as she voted for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
"I didn't think I'd ever live to do it, but here I am," Gottschalk said.
Gottschalk, a longtime Democrat, cast her first presidential vote for Franklin Delano Roosevelt when she was 21 years old. She's never missed an election in nearly eight decades, even as she's moved up in age.
"I was very fond of him and he was a wonderful president," she said. "So many people didn't know that he was physically impaired, which he was. And yet, he did a beautiful job as our president."
She's lived through a panoply of America history. When she was young, she met Amelia Earhart on a cruise ship. She lived through the Great Depression and the moon landing. She saw the rise and fall of the Soviet Union.
The car radio, digital watches, the electric razor, computers, the Internet, the pop-up toaster, rockets, disco and the Slinky all came about during Gottschalk's life.
The importance of voting was instilled in her at a young age. Her family always discussed the duty of casting a ballot from the time she was a child.
She was one of the first national committeewomen for the Democratic National Committee during the 1960s and met both President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Robert Kennedy.
Gottschalk recognized the divisive nature of the current election between Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump. The nearly year-and-a-half campaign is coming to an end as the Nov. 8 election date approaches, and plenty of barbs have been exchanged throughout. Many are apathetic at the thought of voting for either candidate, but Gottschalk thought people should put that aside to vote for whomever they they choose, especially young people who might not be as engaged.
"They don't discuss it anymore in homes, sit around the table and discuss who is running," she said. "I think we've had kind of a change in attitude. That's part of our problem."
Gertrude Gottschalk, 100, of Carson City, sits with an American flag as she talks to reporters. (Photo: Seth A. Richardson/RGJ)
As Gottschalk finished casting her ballot, she gleefully took an American flag from a Clinton staffer. A group of reporters surrounded her, wanting to hear what it was like voting for a woman after a century of life.
She said she didn't understand what the hubbub was about. After all, she's just another voter doing her duty.
But the symbolism of being born before universal suffrage to see a woman possibly take the highest political post in the land wasn't lost on her.
"It feels wonderful," she said.
Seth A. Richardson covers politics for the Reno Gazette-Journal. Like him on Facebook here or follow him on Twitter at @SethARichardson.
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Paris Hilton Declares 'Free Britney' During Her Las Vegas Show After Britney Spears' Statement in Court
By Paige Gawley 9:00 AM PDT, June 25, 2021
Paris Hilton's Family Reacts to Britney Spears Saying She Didn't…
Paris Hilton is showing some love for Britney Spears. While performing a DJ set at the grand opening of Resorts World Las Vegas, the socialite sent a supportive shout-out to her pal.
"We love you, Britney. Free Britney," 40-year-old Paris said, following Spears' explosive statement in court amid her ongoing conservatorship battle.
Paris' DJ set came just before Resorts World Las Vegas opened to the public. Before playing Britney's 2007 song, "Piece of Me," to the crowd, which was filled with celebs including Kendall Jenner, Kris Jenner, Usher and Steve Aoki, Paris said that she was dedicating it to Britney, calling her "a queen, a legend."
"We are thinking of you," Paris said. "I love you, Britney."
Many fans shared videos of the moment, and others who hadn't been in the crowd took to Twitter to thank Paris for her support of Britney. Paris liked many of the tweets of gratitude.
Paris Hilton Claims "Free Britney" as crowds cheers at Resorts World's Grand Opening #FreeBritney#ParisHilton#resortsworld#Vegas#Media#Music#DJParispic.twitter.com/lgflsn4NdJ
— EddieStarr (@EddieStarr) June 25, 2021
In addition to Paris' message of support, the DJ appeared to share a nonverbal nod to her friend, as she sported an outfit that was strikingly similar to Britney's costume for her 2003 "Toxic" music video.
Paris liked one tweet that called her outfit "Britney cosplay," and another that noted that she was "wearing an outfit highly evocative of @britneyspears' 'Toxic' outfit which I have to assume is a show of solidarity."
Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Resorts World Las Vegas / YouTube
On Friday, the heiress also tweeted her support for Britney.
11:11 - #MakeAWish ✨✨👸🏼✨✨ #FreeBritney 👑
— ParisHilton (@ParisHilton) June 25, 2021
In Britney's statement to the court earlier this week, she referenced Paris' claims that she was verbally and physically abused at the Provo Canyon School when she was 17 years old.
"The Paris Hilton story on what they did to her at that school, I didn't believe any of it," Britney said. "I'm sorry… I'm an outsider and I'll just be honest, I didn't believe it. And maybe I'm wrong, and that's why I didn't want to say any of this to anybody, to the public because people would make fun of me, or laugh at me and say, 'She's lying, she's got everything, she's Britney Spears.' I'm not lying."
Following Britney's statement, Paris' sister and mom, Nicky and Kathy Hilton, were fully supportive of the pop star during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.
"You should know we believe her," Nicky said. "Free Britney!"
Meanwhile, Kathy called Britney a "sweet girl... and a good girl."
ET has reached out to Paris for comment. While the DJ has yet to respond to Britney's statement specifically, she did like tweets that appeared to be in support of her friend.
"Shut the F up all these people pinning the Britney Spears against Paris Hilton!!" one of Paris' liked tweets read. Another post noted, "If you think Britney was shading Paris Hilton or Miley Cyrus in her court speech then you really didn't really listen to her speak and it's clear what your intentions are."
Prior to Britney speaking out in court, Paris expressed her support for the pop star in an exclusive interview with ET. Check it out in the video below.
Paris Hilton 'Proud' of Friend Britney Spears Who Is 'Sweet and Down to Earth' (Exclusive)
Nicky and Kathy Hilton React to Britney Spears Not Believing Paris
Stars Continue to Show Support for Britney Spears After She Speaks Out
What's Next for Britney Spears in Her Conservatorship Battle
Britney Spears Through the Years


Finding medical information in old paper files is time consuming and therefore costly. Let's scan the lot and link it to our electronic health records! Of course at low costs. No problem in the prize fighter market of scanning companies.
Recently public broadcast corporation Max broadcasted a documentary in the Netherlands on hospitals that had their paper files digitized. Preparing the files for scanning is labor-intensive: sorting, adding indexes and removing staples and paper clips. Some Dutch hospitals contracted a Belgian company because it had a good offer. The documentary also revealed why: the company had subcontracted the work to prisoners. Now a prison of course is a secure environment, but it still raises questions about privacy safeguards.
According to the company, the detainees have signed a confidentiality agreement, but how would you value that?
Trade in personal data is a growing criminal market, as it is in America. Would the concerned detainees be involved?
Assume data of VIP's, politicians etcetera is included, would there be opportunities for blackmailing?
Good information security is dependent on awareness among the employees and the security culture in the organization. What culture regarding information security do you expect in a prison in a foreign country? This question could be broadened: what do you know about the security culture at your data processor? A processor according to a Data Protection Act, is a body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller. In your processing contract you agree on the processor handling your personal data according to the law. But despite all technical, organizational and procedural controls, as the staff of the processor has no security awareness you are at risk of a data breach. What statements do you include in the processing contract, how do you force on culture? What sanctions can you impose? Being the controller, you are and will remain in charge, even if you contract a processor.
Did the hospital know by whom their data would be processed?
Those questions you should ask yourself before you outsource the processing of personal data. Getting back to the hospitals and the scanning operation, the question emerges how carefully the outsourcing process was. Do the hospitals themselves have a security culture and adequate information security awareness? Were they aware that their data would be processed in a prison? Did they know whether adequate privacy was ensured?
The scanning company has stopped the processing of personal data by inmates because of negative perceptions in public. But they say not to be ashamed to have helped prisoners in their preparation for return to society. They indicate that employees are selected for having no "unhealthy interest in information of others." It is also possible that the staff were reliable and broadcaster Max was doing a bit of rabble-rousing. By the way, by publishing medical data on a public Web server, the company really went wrong. No doubt about that. This is shown in the documentary too.
Detainees and privacy, and people are all astir. But silence all over about the other companies that get access to our medical data. At least it will do no harm if healthcare organizations pay attention at privacy safeguards as they contract a processor. And that is, thanks to broadcaster Max, slightly higher on the agenda.
I decided in 2014 to focus on security awareness in healthcare and started my own business PrivacyLab, because I believe everybody has the right to have their privacy respected. This certainly applies to clients of healthcare institutions, who should feel safe in the first place. I have some decades of experience in IT advisory and IT auditing with a focus on healthcare.
I am co-founder of the Dutch security awareness community serving any security awareness pro who wants to be inspired by knowledge sharing colleagues.
I am a Certified Security Culture Practitioner (CSCP).


House intelligence committee votes to release Democratic memo rebutting Nunes.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, answers questions following a committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol February 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence voted to release the Democratic rebuttal of a memo released last week by their Republican counterparts relating to the committee's investigation of Russian influence in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
On Monday, the House Intelligence committee voted to release a Democratic memo written to counter the claims advanced in a Republican memo that was made public on Friday. Both memos center on the FBI and Department of Justice's allegedly improper use of facts obtained by Christopher Steele, a former British spy, to further the investigation of Carter Page, a former campaign adviser to Donald Trump.
Specifically, the Democratic memo is said to contend that the F.B.I. was more forthcoming with the surveillance court than Republicans had claimed. People familiar with the Democratic document said that it reveals that while the F.B.I. did not name the Democratic National Committee or Mrs. Clinton's campaign, the bureau disclosed to the court that the information it had received from Mr. Steele was politically motivated.
The document is also said to contest Republican claims that Andrew G. McCabe, the deputy director of the F.B.I. at the time, had testified before the Intelligence Committee late last year that the agency would not have sought a wiretap of Mr. Page without Mr. Steele's dossier of information.
The Republican reversal on the release of the Democratic memo shifts the burden of action to President Trump, who now has five days to block its release. Doing so would elicit more charges from Democrats that Republicans want to keep Democratic counterevidence under wraps in order to impugn the credibility of the Justice Department and FBI as the Russia investigation continues.


German symphonic metallers XANDRIA have recruited Steven Wussow (DOMAIN, SHYLOCK, ILLECTRONIC ROCK) as their new bassist.
Wussow (pictured below), 32, will make his live debut with XANDRIA in April and May when the band is scheduled to perform in Russia, Belarus, Argentina and Brazil.
XANDRIA will hit the studio later this year to record the follow-up album to last year's critically acclaimed "Neverworld's End".
"Neverworld's End" was released in North America on March 6, 2012 via Napalm Records.
The band in December 2010 announced the addition of singer Manuela Kraller to the group's ranks.


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Afghans Are Among Thousands Of Migrants Hoping To Reach Europe Via Serbia
By | September 26, 2021
BELGRADE, Serbia — Mohammad Bilal sways on a swing in the Bogovadja asylum center in central Serbia, a government-run facility that has been the Afghan teenager's temporary home. He lives here with 55 other unaccompanied children. All are migrants between the ages of 10 and 18.
Bilal, 17, arrived in Serbia in March, after more than a year making his way from Afghanistan through Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Greece and Macedonia. His family poured all their savings into sending him out of Afghanistan in search of a better life.
In Iran, he says, human smugglers squeezed him into the trunk of a car with four other boys.
"I was sure that was my last day on earth," he told NPR in the spring. "It was boiling inside. I prayed to God to help me. Then Iranian border police beat me very hard before telling me to go to Turkey."
Bilal is one of the over 1.5 million refugees and migrants who have crossed into the country since the start of the humanitarian crisis in 2015, fueled by Syria's war. In that year alone, around 550,000 registered migrants transited through Serbia, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency.
Today, most are from Afghanistan, Pakistan and countries in the Mideast and North Africa. They are hoping to reach wealthier countries in the European Union, such as Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, via the central and western Balkan states. Many are unaccompanied minors and especially vulnerable to abuse.
Some 5,000 refugees and migrants are currently in Serbia. Almost half are Afghans, who, like Bilal, began fleeing their country long before last month's Taliban takeover. European leaders now fear a large-scale influx of Afghan refugees amid the country's turmoil and risk of economic collapse.
European Commissioner Ylva Johansson told NPR last week that Europe has a "moral duty" to help Afghan refugees now.
"Migration has always been here, will always be here," she said. "Of course, we have challenges, but they are manageable. And if you start panicking and being afraid of migration, then you will not be able to manage in a humane and orderly way."
Wanting to avoid a return to migration levels witnessed in 2015 and 2016 — which sparked anti-migrant sentiment and the rise of far-right parties across the continent — European officials' current stand is to keep Afghan migrants outside European borders, preferring that they receive protection in the Central Asian region instead.
Anti-migrant attitudes and growing resentment have found fertile ground in transit countries in the Balkans like Bosnia and Serbia, where a new, large migrant influx has further strained already limited infrastructure and battered economies, besides stoking social tension.
Serbia rejected most asylum-seekers' applications last year, according to a report by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles. This year, authorities in Serbia have so far granted temporary residency on humanitarian grounds to two unaccompanied children. The country has given refugee status to three people. It's also granted six subsidiary protections — a status given to those not qualifying as refugees but in clear need of international protection.
Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic left borders closed for months and asylum-seekers stranded.
"Serbia is in a difficult position," explains Milica Svabic, an activist and lawyer with KlikAktiv, a Belgrade-based nonprofit that provides legal and psychosocial support to refugees in Serbia. "On one side, it needs to respect [European Union] requests if it aims to join the bloc, meaning keeping refugees here. But, at the same time, Serbia doesn't want them here. For a reason, we don't have a functioning asylum system."
Serbia borders four EU countries: Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. But few migrants manage to cross from it into the EU. Over the past five years, border authorities have pushed thousands of migrants back to Serbia from neighboring countries — more than 25,000 last year alone, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency. They sometimes do so with brutality, unleashing dogs and beating people with batons and broken branches, even breaking their bones, according to migrants, refugees and the humanitarian agencies serving them.
"They also confiscate valuables, break phones, among other extremely humiliating practices. These include stripping people naked and make them walk back barefoot in their underwear until they reach the official crossing point," says Andras Lederer, a lawyer with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, a U.N. Refugee Agency partner.
Hungarian, Romanian and Croatian authorities have denied allegations of abuse in statements sent to NPR. Few, if any, asylum-seekers choose to go from Serbia to Bulgaria as it is not on the route to wealthier countries.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said recently that he was against allowing in any new migrants, saying it would "change the cultural identity of Europe."
"The law and practice together make it absolutely impossible for even the most genuine asylum-seeker to seek asylum in Hungary," says Lederer. "Undocumented foreigners found inside the country don't have the right to seek asylum and are, without any procedure, immediately returned to the external side of the border fence, namely Serbia. Hungary is the only country in Europe to have legalized pushback measures."
For now, human smugglers remain the main hope for asylum-seekers who land in Serbia and hope to reach elsewhere in Europe. Their journeys remain risky and dangerous, but they are unlikely to stop.
Here are some images from Serbia's borderlands and asylum-seeker camps from the spring.
Will Democrats in the state Legislature draw New York's congressional district lines?
The clock is ticking for the state's Independent Redistricting Commission to come up with a set of new proposed maps for congressional and state Senate and Assembly districts, after it failed to reach agreement earlier this month. The gridlock means state legislators are one step closer to drawing the maps themselves.
State bills designed to provide better mental health care for New York mothers
ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - Mary Bartlett recalls lying face-down on her living room couch in her Albany home with one arm dangling off the edge. She couldn't move.
Beer and wine can join popcorn and soda on movie theater menus
ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - Movie theaters in New York will be allowed to add beer and wine to their concessions for consumption by customers watching a film, the State Liquor Authority ruled Wednesday by unanimous vote. Alcohol sales have long been standard at concerts and playhouses and other live entertainment venues, but movie theaters were limited to either selling beer and wine for consumption in a designated area of their lobbies or be licensed as a restaurant.
PA Senate moves forward on a measure targeting local gun laws
HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — People who want to sue over their city or county's gun ordinances may have an incentive to do so under a bill a state Senate committee has moved forward. Municipalities are already banned under state law from passing a wide variety of restrictions on things like gun ownership and transportation.
Counties struggle to find enough supplies for school test-to-stay programs
ITHACA, NY (WSKG) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants schools to adopt test-to-stay programs. But with less local contact tracing and changes to the isolation process, some counties say a test-to-stay program might not make sense anymore. If you're not familiar with test-to-stay, here's a quick rundown.


I recently came across this video that some talented person made of a study I conducted on wealth inequality a few years back with Mike Norton. It does a great job covering the main findings regarding the differences between what Americans think the distribution of wealth is (somewhat even), what they would prefer (more even than socialist Sweden), and how wealth is actually distributed (the bottom 40% of Americans possessing less than 0.3% of total wealth, the top 20% possessing 84%). The graphs, and a longer explanation, are also available here.
The only thing I wish he emphasized a little more is how similar the results were for Democrats and Republicans, which I found very hopeful. Even with all the ideological polarization in Washington, the moment we ask the question of ideal wealth distribution in a general and less self-interested way, we seem to be a country that cares a lot about each other.


In 1995, Nathan Zach won the singularly prestigious Israel Prize for poetry. After serving as professor of literature in Haifa University for many years, he is now retired and resides in Tel Aviv .
This anthology contains 165 of Nathan Zach's poems, translated from the Hebrew by the author.


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Q: Train Spacy model with larger-than-RAM dataset I asked this question to better understand some of the nuances between training Spacy models with DocBins serialized to disk, versus loading Example instances via custom data loading function. The goal was to train a Spacy NER model with more data that can fit into RAM (or at least some way to avoid loading the entire file into RAM). Though the custom data loader seemed like one specific way to accomplish this, I am writing this question to ask more generally:
How can one train a Spacy model without loading the entire training data set file during training?

A: Your only options are using a custom data loader or setting max_epochs = -1. See the docs.


Topping the leader board week in and out has been an achievement for drag queen Courtney Act, but nothing has made her more proud than being accepted by her co-stars and homeland.
"I didn't find opportunities to get up on stage as a boy, but I found them to get up on stage in drag," Courtney, who was born Shane Jenek, tells TV WEEK of discovering her stage persona at age 18.
"For a long time, I compartmentalised it and treated it as a job, but I sort of realised this compartmentalisation was because there was a shame in our society about what I did and about femininity."
Courtney says it wasn't until Tango Week that she understood how important it was to accept herself for who she is.
"I had a conversation with Chaz Bono [the US trailblazer for LGBTQI rights] about identity and gender, and how it's OK for boys to be feminine – which I always was, but felt shame about," she says.
"I realised it was important to express my femininity," adding that this process of acceptance started on night one of the competition.
"I remember looking down the line of guys and girls – the boys were in black tuxes and shirts, and the women were in fabulous costumes – and I was like, 'Yeah, I've made the right decision.'"
Now that Courtney has conquered Australian Idol, RuPaul's Drag Race, Celebrity Big Brother, The Bi Life and Dancing With The Stars, what's next? Well, anything but I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!
"It looks like a dreadful time!" she says. "I think I'd love to focus more on a variety or chat show."