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It's currently on Fox TV, F, which is on sky, Now TV, Virgin and Talk Talkl; I only heard of it in passing, when someone earlier this year was slagging it off and a Star Trek enthusiast told them to go away, since the series was proving much better than anyone anticipated. I suspect having McFarlane at the helm hasn't helped, as he's known mainly for Family Guy, which a lot don't like, but watching it I was genuinely surprised at just how good it is.
Except.... I LOVE Family Guy.
Okay.... But you'll probably still enjoy The Orville.
Currently working our way through Vikings. It's been very good, especially the raid on Paris in season 3.
I enjoyed Vikings, and the raid you mentioned, it never crossed my mind that they attacked cities like Paris, just the usual pillaging around Britain and Ireland.
Vikings Attack Paris: How Closely Did the TV Show Follow History?
Just finished the first season of The haunting of Hill House. If you like spooky stuff, then it's well worth watching.
A curious comedy started a year or so ago and I watched it, for need of something better to do, until eventually I was drawn into it. It's only 13 episodes in length, and the second season proves even better than the first - unusual in US comedy series.
The show is called The Good Place and if you fancy trying it, best not to look up what wiki says about it. It's a rare item, scoring 100% on various critics' sites, including Rotten Tomatoes, and there are almost no laugh-out-loud moments. What it does do, however, is explore ethics, people, perceptions and good vs evil. It's on channel 4, I think (or 5, it may be) and it's definitely from the quirky stable, so you may find yourselves watching the first 10 episodes with a mild feeling of bemusement. But it's actually turned out (for me, anyway) a great deal better than I imagined it would.
Certainly worth watching.
I caught bits of a programme on BBC Wales last night " Tudur's Flashback holiday's " quite a lot of clips from the 50/60s, showing Conwy, Llandudno and I think Col.Bay, available on BBCiplayer for a short time.
I am watching channel 4's new series "Call the cops" at the moment, and it is very different to the expected police action, chases etc. it is centered on the control room, we all know about budget cuts, and less police on the streets, this program is showing the continual mental strain involved in prioritising which job to deal with, an example from last night, the 13 year old threatening to jump off a bridge or the 14 year old about to stab his father,........ and having to live with the consequences of making the wrong call.
Police article
Local paper article
A bit of a local slant re above Police priorities................... ref DP
"But we don't police speed anything like we used to 10 years ago or before that, yet we still get the old "police only catch speeders."
"You will rarely see a police officer standing out with a speed camera as we simply don't have the time to do that nowadays with so many complex mental health and welfare needs to deal with.
"There were days when we spent all our days on crime but we are now dealing with so many more social issues than in years gone by."
What an eye opener to see how stretched the force is.
The question is how have we allowed it to happen ?
The PM and his party have allowed this situation to happen. How long will it take train all the new police officers ?
As for the Brexit idea of our own fishing waters. With only 4 fishery patrol boats how are we going to police the area.
The whole thing is a joke. Not a funny one !
For followers of Coronation Street tonight is the Chesney and Gemma in Llandudno incident!
Thanks for the reminder Hollins, I'll have to watch that
For once this episode was funny. Gemma and that beach ball up her front!
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to know.
Coronation Street stars gush over North Wales as ITV release exclusive behind-the-scenes footage
The cable-car scenes in Llandudno were a 'first' for the cast and were aired on TV last night


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First anniversary test for Icap's ISDX
The jury is still out on the new exchange that rose from the ashes of Plus Markets
Richard Partington
Thursday September 5, 2013 6:29 pm
Icap Securities and Derivatives Exchange – best known as the listings venue for Arsenal Football Club and brewer Adnams, and once called Plus Stock Exchange – will celebrate the first anniversary of its launch next month.
When the world's largest interdealer broker bought the exchange 16 months ago from the ashes of Plus Markets Group, which was forced to wind down its business amid financial difficulties, it was widely reported to have been snapped up for one reason: Plus's prized exchange licence.

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The Frugal Gourmet, with chef Jeff Smith, is an amazingly thorough video collection with over 80 episodes that include food recipes from around the world. In each episode, Smith demonstrates several simple but important recipes. This episode covers all kinds of desserts, from Eight Treasures Rice Pudding to Halavah Cake to Roman Ricotta Pie. There's also Italian Chestnut Jam Cake, Sweet Almond Cream Soup, and Fried Custard. Smith not only cooks, but also discusses the theological and anthropological histories of the dishes he prepares. He brings humor and wide-ranging knowledge into the kitchen.


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Archer wins AL Player of the Week honor
Rays right-hander struck out 26 batters in 15 innings
By Joey Nowak MLB.com
Rays pitcher Chris Archer has been named American League Player of the Week after going 2-0 with a 0.60 ERA in two starts.
The 26-year-old right-hander recorded 26 strikeouts in 15 innings en route to claiming his first career weekly honor and the first for a Tampa Bay player since Alex Cobb in September 2013.
Archer led the Majors in strikeouts, was tied for first in wins and innings pitched, and tied for second in ERA. He held opponents to a .214 batting average and did not walk a batter.
Video: TB@SEA: Archer strikes out 11 over seven frames
Archer needed 105 pitches and just eight innings to tie the club record for strikeouts in a game (15) on Tuesday against the Angels. It also set a new franchise mark for strikeouts in a road game, and he became the second pitcher since 2000 (the Mariners' Felix Hernandez is the other, on June 8, 2014) to strike out 15 batters with 105 or fewer pitches.
Archer followed that performance Sunday by winning his seventh decision of the year and becoming the first pitcher in modern Major League history to log three straight starts with 10-plus strikeouts and no walks. His 38 strikeouts in that span are the most in a three-stretch start without a walk.
Archer leads the Majors in strikeouts (108) and owns the third-lowest ERA (1.84).
Joey Nowak is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @joeynowak.
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More than 23,000 stateless people have been granted Thai nationality in the last four years as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to end statelessness by 2024.
CHIANG RAI, Thailand – When Sawitree* turned seven, she tried to apply for her Thai nationality card.
But despite having been born in the Southeast Asian nation she could not meet the application requirements as her Thai father could not be found.
"I felt like I had no future, no options. It was like a dead end," says Sawitree, now 12, of the state of limbo that she found herself in.
Her mother and father separated when she was barely a year old. Her step-father went to district offices in Chiang Rai and Bangkok, unsuccessfully trying to get the right documents so that Sawitree could obtain an identity card showing that she was, in fact, a Thai national.
"I felt like I failed her for not being able to obtain the card. Without it, she did not have many choices," says her step-father, referring to the limitations on freedom of movement and higher educational opportunities that stateless people face.
When staff with the Adventist Relief and Development Agency (ADRA), a local NGO partner working with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, assisted the family in resolving the case, they finally obtained the documentation they needed, and in mid-October, Sawitree received her national identity card.
The young Thai student's plight is far too common. There are around 10 million people worldwide who are denied a nationality. UNHCR works with governments around the world to identify, prevent, and resolve their situations, and in 2014 launched the global #IBelong Campaign that seeks to end statelessness over a decade.
In Thailand alone, there are currently 438,821 people registered as stateless. Many stateless people and those at risk of statelessness in Thailand come from areas where national borders have changed, leaving their nationality in question. Some belong to "hill tribes" living in remote areas with limited access to information about nationality procedures and who, in the past, lived without registration or identity documentation.
The Thai government has pledged to attain zero statelessness by 2024. Earlier this year, it requested all districts in the country to identify and issue legal status – which could range from Thai nationality to permanent or temporary residence – to eligible stateless students in its database. This move could benefit up to 65,000 students like Sawitree, who might otherwise struggle to pursue higher education.
To help address the challenge, UNHCR has been working with the Thai authorities and, most recently with ADRA, to open "service points" in different schools in Chiang Rai's Mae Fah Luang and Mae Chan districts.
Stateless students and their families living there have been able to obtain nationality-related information and eventually lodge applications for birth registration, nationality, permanent residency and related civil status and identity documentation.
The project has engaged government officials at the district level, school principals, community leaders as well as local civil society, who have also been working on the issue of statelessness. The target – to prepare 10,000 applications by the end of 2016.
The Chiang Rai project has also helped Manee, 39, a single mother with two daughters from the Lahu hill tribe. She lives and works on a farm, but in the past as a stateless person could not travel freely outside of her district for work or to visit relatives.
When she tried to apply for nationality, she faced several challenges. Born in a remote area, her birth was not registered and she found it difficult to get through the administrative procedures without assistance.
With this support, she acquired Thai nationality last month. She says this has brought her peace of mind. She looks forward to exercising her full rights, including the right to travel to see her cousins, and access public services that will also benefit her children. She also feels empowered to be more active and vocal in village activities.
*Names of all stateless people have been changed for protection reasons.


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Q: Hover on 1 child - hide other parents which are inside other divs - Jquery When I hover 1 child, I try to hide other parents div ( child including ) except the child hovered and its parent.

I found this very similar, but reversed, and can't find a way to make it work.
Hover on 1 child - hide other children which are inside other divs, css only
$('.dep').hover(function() {
  $(this).parent().children().not(this).find('.dim').css({'opacity' : '1'})
}, function() {
  $('.dim').css({'opacity' : '0'})
})

A: What you want to do is once you've found the .parent(), simply hide the .siblings() by setting their opacity to 0. You'll also want to show the one you're hovering over by setting the opacity to 1, as can be seen in the following:

$('.child').hover(function() {
  $(this).parent().siblings().css({
    'opacity': '0'
  })
}, function() {
  $('.parent').css({
    'opacity': '1'
  })
})

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Transitional justice is backsliding
To ensure better predictability, a national roadmap with parliamentary ownership could be a way out.
Tika P Dhakal
Published at : March 15, 2020
Ignored by the government and instrumentalised by the leadership of the former Maoist faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), in cahoots with the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC), 'reversal' is increasingly creeping into Nepal's transitional justice process. Several developments over the past year scream loud in evidence. There is no parliamentary opposition party with regards to transitional justice. Only the victims and civil society are left as the watchdogs.
Last year, in February, when the extended term of the two transitional justice commissions—the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP)—was expiring, there was some hope of momentum out of the repeated assurances of the political parties as well as the government. These commissions during the four years of their tenure had failed to conclude their job for the lack of credibility, resources and necessary laws. The commissioners were not given further extension, ostensibly making way for the restructuring of the commissions. The short-lived spark of hope was supported by the government's outpouring about the capability of the 'unique' Nepali peace process in several national and international forums, from New York to Davos to the recent one in Geneva. It briefly seemed as if the political leadership learned its lessons from the failures of the TJ process and that it would be ready to design and follow a more ethical and victim-centric roadmap.
This semblance of hope, however, evaporated in the run-up to the formation of the new commissions. In April last year, under a legal requirement, a committee chaired by a former chief justice of the Supreme Court, Om Prakash Mishra, was constituted to recommend to the cabinet candidates for the post of commissioner for the two TJ bodies. Originally given two months for the job, the Mishra-led committee got ten months, through several extensions. Whatever remaining trust and credibility Nepal's TJ process had was disastrously undone during this period. Persistent brinkmanship hindered the committee from recommending names, reducing the former chief justice into a mere political pawn. The National Human Rights Commission, which gets a mandatory representation in the committee, acted as a mere bystander.
Here is an example of the farce that was staged under the leadership of the former chief justice. The committee first made an open call for applications. Candidates were shortlisted. Then new names were inserted midway breaching the law. Procedural papers for new entrants were retroactively adjusted. Some withdrew their applications at this stage because they came to know who the directors of the drama were. Newer names were eventually recommended, many of whom had neither applied in the first place nor were included in the shortlist. It was clear that the politicians had begun looking for their lieutenants to nominate into the commissions right since the committee was set up. They prolonged the recommendation process, and finally sneaked in their nominees through political sharing. Mishra and his entire team, beholden to political leadership for appointments and also under pressure to fall in line, blatantly acquiesced, refusing to see the blood and tears of the victims, as well as the letters and spirit of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA).
Why would any responsible government allow this to happen? The closest possible explanation is that Nepal's current government commands a clear majority in the parliament. The ruling party suffers from an insidious leadership contest, in which conflict era human rights violations play an important role. Former Maoist chief and now co-chair of the ruling NCP Puspa Kamal Dahal harbours deep-rooted apprehensions that are mostly based on his limited understanding of transitional justice, and also that the cases against the Maoist leadership could be instrumentalised in the NCP's internal rivalry.
Making it more unhelpful is Dahal's own involuntary penchant for speaking his heart at times of excitement. This brings him to pronounce bitter truths that he would not wish to admit in normal circumstances. Out of this uncharacteristic weakness, Dahal has left a trail of public statements over the past decade ranging from how he, as the supreme commander of his guerilla forces, had ordered his comrades for painless murders of enemies, had duped successive parliamentary governments on the numbers of former combatants. He also recently accepted that the Maoists were responsible for 5,000 conflict era deaths. Dahal also seems to have developed an inclination of promising one thing in private and doing exactly the opposite.
The former CPN-UML, a separate political party until 2017, remained in opposition for most of the conflict era. This faction of the ruling NCP is likely to be the one that comes out from the peace process with the least amount of baggage. Therefore, despite being in two competing political parties, Dahal finds his interests converge with Nepali Congress's Sher Bahadur Deuba. NCP chair and Prime Minister KP Oli, burdened with carrying the unified party forward, seems obliged not to hurt Dahal's reputation at the cost of a fair process. He allows a free hand to Dahal and Deuba with regards to transitional justice.
As observed during the Mishra panel's working, Congress kept demanding an equal share in appointments, threatening to discredit the commissions if its nominees were rejected. The ruling party seems to have acquiesced, to mitigate the erosion of the two commissions' legitimacy in the international community. There were bound to be questions raised if the nomination process did not have the main opposition's backing. It seems that Oli, in several high-level joint meetings, negotiated seats in the transitional justice bodies to be split among adherents of Nepali Congress and the Nepal Communist Party (the NCP's share of seats seem to be mostly filled with people who were previously loyal to the Maoists, with at least one seat loyal to the former CPN-UML). The sum result of this all has been the formation of weaker commissions, uncertainty on the amendments recommended by the Supreme Court, and the trampling of the Comprehensive Peace Accord. The new commissions have received no cooperation from the victims, civil society and the international community.
The trepidation political leaders demonstrate on transitional justice is largely hyperbolic and therefore unjustified. On the one hand, they have precious little understanding of the process itself. On the other, it appears that a section of their own cadres, interested in continuing with the benefits they receive, seem to tickle with this unease. Besides the occasional misstatements from Dahal, there is no evidence of the political leaders' direct involvement in any violation of human rights during the conflict. The only situation that might draw them into the investigation is the application of 'command responsibility'. Under this principle, supreme leaders from either side of the conflict would have to be individually accountable for injustices even if they have no involvement in operations.
However, in actual prior cases, command responsibility has proven to be hard to apply, even in the examples where conflicts have been decided through the annihilation of one side. The negotiated settlement brought about by the CPA transformed its signatories both in substance and form. Through this agreement, the Maoists abandoned their scheme of state-capture, accepted competitive politics and became adherent to multiparty democracy. The seven political parties agreed for the constituent assembly, a republic, inclusion, secularism and federalism.
For the pursuit of the rule of law as promised in the peace agreement, it is therefore imperative for political leaders not to block the truth-seeking, justice, reparations and institutional reforms in the transitional justice process. To ensure better predictability, a national roadmap with parliamentary ownership could be a way out. Nepal's peace process will never be complete without concluding the transitional justice. A constructive role from all for this would prevent this process from further backsliding.
Dhakal is a PhD Scholar in Political Science.
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Dozens killed and injured in South Sudan attack
UN Radio
Dozens of people have been killed and injured in an attack that has left thousands of others displaced in Warrap State of South Sudan, according to a United Nations spokesman.
The UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has confirmed reports of an attack by an unknown number of armed uniformed men from Mayendit County, in Unity State.
UNMISS says that on Monday it facilitated and accompanied a government mission to the Bulich area where the attack occurred.
UN spokesman Martin Nesirky has more.
"According to local sources, so far 78 people were reported killed, 68 wounded, nine missing and thousands are reported to be displaced. The team from the UN Mission observed 15 bodies that were still unburied. The humanitarian community will call an emergency meeting of all humanitarian and protection actors to coordinate a response while the Human Rights division of the mission will investigate the incident." (Duration: 27")
Martin Nesirky says UNMISS has also held discussions with senior national and state government officials and an integrated mission was being planned for Wednesday.
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Confession is good for the soul, and none of us is perfect! This is a great opportunity to share those moments you're not so proud of and the ones you can't help but laugh at.
I haven't played along in a few weeks and I'm sure I've wracked up more Not Me! moments than I will be able to recall.
I did not notice this afternoon that there was pee in the potty chair (which sits in our living room because the bathroom is so small)--even though I'm fairly sure it hadn't been used since the morning. Nope. No pee sitting out for hours. Not at my house.
Bean did not encourage me to just for the bean and cheese burrito on Saturday afternoon, in spite of Lily's intolerance for dairy. And it wasn't Bean who left the house at 5:50am the next morning for a bottle of Mylicon. We are much smarter than that.
Speaking of Lily, she's bathed quite often, if you were wondering. I do not question on a weekly basis, when she had her last bath, because it's never been long enough that I would forget.
And no, that was not me, waiting for 10+ minutes in the Starbucks drive-thru, while my kiddos and nephew were entertained by the minivan dvd player that I insist I don't use very often. I did not pay for my doctored up caffeine with $3 secretly borrowed from Miss Rose's stash. I would never be that desparate.
I am a very honest and responsible shopper. I did not leave Target with an unpaid item in my 2yr old's lap. It had been a long and successful trip, so instead of risking meltdowns, I did not decide just to bring the tag back later this week and pay for the item. Nope, not me.
I'm quite curteous and would not annoy my followers on Twitter my adding #moonfruit to my tweets in order to win a new Macbook Pro. That would be rude!
I did not win the Celebrity Bump Bag from Modern Mom by submitting their favorite advice for new and expecting moms. I am not anxiously watching for the UPS or FEDEX driver to make a delivery to my house sometime soon.
So, what's not been going on in your house this week? Write your own blog and then link up here.


Chugging is an acceptable word in Scrabble with 16 points. Chugging is an accepted word in Word with Friends having 21 points. Chugging is a 8 letter medium Word starting with C and ending with G. Below are Total 27 words made out of this word.
Note There are 2 vowel letters and 6 consonant letters in the word chugging. C is 3rd, H is 8th, U is 21th, G is 7th, I is 9th, N is 14th, Letter of Alphabet series.


On this day in 1996, a cargo plane crashes in Kinshasa, Zaire, (modern day Democratic Republic of the Congo) killing somewhere between 225 and 350 people and injuring another 500.
Africa Air was a private freight company that operated on the margins of legality. They were well-known for sometimes ignoring safety regulations, and enforcement of the rules was lax in Zaire. On January 8, the company went even further, sending its Russian Antonov AN-32B into the sky from N'Dolo Airport in Kinshasa even though its certification for flying had been revoked. Making matters worse, the Russian crew members had loaded the plane with freight beyond its capacity. The plane was allegedly on its way to bring supplies to Jonas Savimbi's notorious rebels in Angola.
As the plane barreled down a runway on the sunny afternoon, the its engines smoked and then burst into flames. The plane could not attain any altitude and simply ran off the end of the runway, toward a marketplace filled with wooden and iron shacks. The plane crashed into the crowded market and exploded. Fires broke out everywhere and would-be rescuers were driven back by the intense heat and smoke.
In all, estimates of the death toll ranged from 225 to 350 people killed and approximately 500 seriously injured. Of the six crew members on board, four survived. The angry marketplace crowd attempted to lynch them but was thwarted by authorities. There was a second attempt while the crew was at a local hospital but it also failed. The crew members were extradited to Russia for prosecution and sentenced to two years in prison. Pilot Nicolai Kazarin stated during the trial "the market shouldn't have been there, so why should they be entitled to compensation?" Africa Air subsequently went out of business.


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import io.cdap.plugin.zuora.restobjects.annotations.ObjectDefinition;
import io.cdap.plugin.zuora.restobjects.annotations.ObjectFieldDefinition;
import io.cdap.plugin.zuora.restobjects.objects.BaseObject;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

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"Man is Not a Rock" is a conversation between Joseph Brodsky, the Russian poet, U.S. Poet Laureate, and winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the Austrian writer and translator Elizabeth Markstein in Vienna during the summer of 1972—Brodsky's first recorded interview after being expelled from the Soviet Union.
"What should we remain alive for"? Come to the Secret Speakeasy, an independent monthly museum of rare historical artifacts and oddities, and, who knows, maybe you'll find out.
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Google shuts down Duplex on the Web, its attempt to bring AI smarts to retail sites and more • TechCrunch
Google is shutting down Duplex on the Web, its AI-powered set of services that navigated sites to simplify the process of ordering food, purchasing movie tickets and more. According to a note on a Google support page, Duplex on the Web and any automation features enabled by it will no longer be supported as of this month.
"As we continue to improve the Duplex experience, we're responding to the feedback we've heard from users and developers about how to make it even better," a Google spokesperson told TechCrunch via email, adding that Duplex on the Web partners have been notified to help them prepare for the shutdown. "By the end of this year, we'll turn down Duplex on the Web and fully focus on making AI advancements to the Duplex voice technology that helps people most every day."
Google introduced Duplex on the Web, an outgrowth of its call-automating Duplex technology, during its 2019 Google I/O developer conference. To start, it was focused on a couple of narrow use cases, including opening a movie theater chain's website to fill out all of the necessary information on a user's behalf — pausing to prompt for choices like seats. But Duplex on the Web later expanded to passwords, helping users automatically change passwords exposed in a data breach, as well as assist with checkout for e-commerce retailers, flight check-in for airline sites and automatic discount finding.
The promise of Duplex on the Web was that you'd be able to issue Google Assistant a command like "Book me a car from Hertz" and have Duplex pull up the relevant web page and automatically fill in details like your name, car preferences, trip dates and payment information (using information from Gmail and Chrome autofill). But the rollout was slow to begin with, with only a limited number of sites and partners supported for specific use cases. Android was the only platform from which Duplex on the Web could be used, with the service coming to Chrome for Android as "Assistant in Chrome" in late 2019.
Duplex on the Web being used to book a car. Image Credits: Google
Was the technical lift too much in the end for Google to justify maintaining Duplex on the Web? Maybe. As the Duplex on the Web support page outlines, Duplex used a special user agent that crawled sites as often as several hours a day to "train" periodically against them, fine-tuning AI models to understand how the sites were laid out and functioned from a user's perspectives. It was surely resource-intensive, and could be tripped up easily if site owners chose to block the crawler from indexing their content.
Some brands were no doubt uncomfortable with the idea of Google inserting itself between them and their customers, as well. But perhaps the straw that broke the camel's back was cuts on the Assistant side of Google's business. According to a recent report in The Information, Google plans to invest less in developing Google Assistant for devices not made by Google, spurred by the idea that other areas of the enterprise, such as hardware, will prove to be more profitable over the long term.
Time will tell whether that's the case. But what's for sure is Duplex on the Web has joined the infamous hall of much-ballyhooed-then-abandoned Google products.


When AFS was approached to partner with a large Tier 1 company to create a web portal for their operator customers to redeem coupons, we jumped at the challenge.
For manufacturers and operators, this important element of the foodservice business has been stuck in the dark ages. Now that a solution has been sought by a major player in our industry, this development will have beneficial effects for all of its operators.
Sue Sanford of AFS Technologies Foodservice division was interviewed about this new web portal that will bring a fresh perspective to your future coupon redemption processes.


First of all, a glance at November reveals a warmer than average month, notably in Scotland with 1.3C above the 30 year average. Rainfall was close to average, but Northern Ireland recorded 130% and sunshine levels ranged between 106 and 121% of average.
November also saw a wind power record for Great Britain, reaching a peak of 12.12GW on the 28th of the month (wind power generation from wind farms which have transmission system metering installed and are visible to the National Grid).
December's weather patterns for the UK and Ireland look to fall into three parts, each lasting roughly 10 days. The first of these periods will bring mainly mild, wet and windy weather from the Atlantic. The windiest days are expected to be 7-8 December, when strong or gale force winds could bring gusts of 60-70mph. Outbreaks of heavy rain will accompany the gales, making for a very unsettled interlude. One or two quieter, calmer days in this 10 day period will be sunnier, but colder at night with some sub-zero temperatures.
The MetDesk map on the news summary page shows the average weather pattern for 4-8 December, featuring the westerly flow across Europe between the low pressure centred to the south west of Iceland and the high pressure established over Iberia.
The second weather regime looks set to begin on about 9 December and also last approximately 10 days. This time Europe's weather will be influenced by an area of high pressure over Russia, which will effectively block the progress of the Atlantic weather systems. The UK and Ireland are on the border between the colder, continental air and the much milder Atlantic air, so that makes longer term predictions for us that much harder. However, a relatively cold and frosty period is likely around the middle of the month, but nothing extreme, just fairly typical for the time of year.
This temperature graph (above) for London illustrates the change with well above average temperatures for 5-8 December then slightly below average values thereafter, with the red line showing the forecast average temperature and the black line showing the climatology.
The last week or so of the month will probably see a swing back to Atlantic weather patterns for north west Europe, bringing mostly mild, wet and windy spells of weather. Snow is only likely on the highest hills and will be transient, often turning back to rain.
We'll be back early in the New Year to see what the weather may hold for January. In the meantime, we wish everyone a very happy Christmas and a safe and healthy 2019.
Simon is the Senior Meteorologist at SSE and a Fellow Member of the Royal Meteorological Society. Through detailed analysis of the weather and climate, Simon provides valuable information to departments across SSE, including Networks (power distribution), Renewable Energy (wind farms and hydro dams) and Energy Demand Forecasting (how much electricity and gas we need each hour).


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Джон Уильям Мэшбёрн (; род. 14 февраля 1933) — американский легкоатлет, который специализировался в беге на короткие дистанции.

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Олимпийский чемпион в эстафете 4×400 метров (1956).

Чемпион (в эстафете 4×400 метров) и бронзовый призер (в беге на 400 метров) Панамериканских игр (1955).

Чемпион США в беге на 440 ярдов (1953).

Эксрекордсмен мира в эстафете 4×440 ярдов.

По завершении спортивной карьеры работал брокером по недвижимости.

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Бегуны на короткие дистанции США
Легкоатлеты на летних Олимпийских играх 1956 года
Чемпионы летних Олимпийских игр 1956 года
Олимпийские чемпионы от США
Чемпионы Панамериканских игр по лёгкой атлетике
Обладатели действующих мировых рекордов в лёгкой атлетике

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Dive into the colorful and complex culture of Spain, a country filled with art, history and unique corners to discover.
Located at the crossroads of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Europe and Africa, Spain's history and culture are made up of a rich mix of diverse elements. Spanish culture is widely known for Flamenco music and dance, bullfights, fantastic beaches and lots of sunshine. But Spain has much more to offer than that. It is, and has been for thousands of years, one of the cultural centers of Europe. The art, architecture and history of the region have drawn the attention of the world for centuries, and although the vast majority of tourists seek the bustling metropolis of Madrid or Barcelona, the coastal communities and small mountain villages offer amazing scenery, unique foods, and friendly people. GLA offers trips to Spain for high school students exclusively, and our opportunities for teen volunteer abroad in Spain include travel to multiple regions of the country.


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After being bought by Facebook in May 2013 for $1 billion, Instagram became recognized as a force to be reckoned with in the social media arena. Instagram now has more than 200 million users, and is quickly growing to become the most popular photography social media platform there is. Business Insider shares that 68% of Instagram users are female, and over 90% of Instagram users are under the age of 35. If your business is especially geared toward young women, you need to be on Instagram.
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Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America. · Psychology and Neuroscience, Scripps College, Claremont, California, United States of America. · Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center, Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. · Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America. · Pubmed 30153278
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities and Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. · Pubmed 29398928
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27510, USA. · Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. · Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27510, USA. · Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA. · Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. · Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. · Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. · Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. · Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. · Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. · Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. · Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. · Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA. · Center for Autism Research, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. · Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. · Pubmed 28592562
Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India. Electronic address: · Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India. · Department of Biostatistics, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India. · Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India. · Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, United States. · Pubmed 26003779
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 3366, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. · Pubmed 25023342
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Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. · Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, USA. · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, USA. · Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. · Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. · Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah, USA. · Infant Brain Imaging Study (IBIS) Network, The IBIS Network is an NIH funded Autism Center of Excellence and consists of a consortium of SEVEN universities in the US and Canada. Clinical Sites, University of North Carolina. · Pubmed 23432829
Carolina Institute for Development Disabilities, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. · Pubmed 22091837
Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine 401 Quarry Rd. Stanford CA 94305-5795. · The Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, CB# 3366, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. · Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Lucas MRI/S Center, MC 5488, 1201 Welch Road, Stanford, CA 94305-5488. · Pubmed 21041609
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. · Pubmed 24552513
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. · Pubmed 23200289
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities and the Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. · Pubmed 22684595
Department of Psychiatry, The Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. · Pubmed 21536976
Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina, CB 3175, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175, USA. · Pubmed 20224121
Department of Allied Health Sciences, Campus Box 7190, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7190, USA. · Pubmed 19414711
UNC Neurodevelopmental Disorders Research Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3367, USA. · Pubmed 19414710
Department of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. · Pubmed 18648919
Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7190, USA. · Pubmed 18716561
Neurodevelopmental Disorders Research Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3367, USA. · Pubmed 19017031
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In the titles of their published articles, experts often reveal their very specific interests.
Here are the titles of the 10 most recent articles (out of 30 total) written by Joseph Piven about Autistic Disorder:
Rapid face orienting in infants and school-age children with and without autism: Exploring measurement invariance in eye-tracking. 2018
Brain and behavior development in autism from birth through infancy. 2017
Functional neuroimaging of high-risk 6-month-old infants predicts a diagnosis of autism at 24 months of age. 2017
Translation of the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire to an Indian language: A description of the process. 2015
When father doesn't know best: selective disagreement between self-report and informant report of the broad autism phenotype in parents of a child with autism. 2014
Neurodevelopmental disorders: Accelerating progress in autism through developmental research. 2014
Topological methods reveal high and low functioning neuro-phenotypes within fragile X syndrome. 2014
Longitudinal patterns of repetitive behavior in toddlers with autism. 2014
On the misapplication of the broad autism phenotype questionnaire in a study of autism. 2014
Frontolimbic neural circuitry at 6 months predicts individual differences in joint attention at 9 months. 2013
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Chaperone – Folding helper in the cell
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Paul Ehrlich- and Ludwig Darmstaedter-Prize for F.-Ulrich Hartl
F.-Ulrich Hartl, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich, is awarded the Paul Ehrlich- and Ludwig Darmstaedter-Prize 2019 together with Arthur L. Horwich. of Yale School of Medicine/HHMI.The biochemist Hartl and the geneticist Horwich are honored for their pioneering work in the field of cellular protein chemistry. Their collaboration helped unravel the molecular machinery that assists protein folding. The prize will be awarded on March 14 in the St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt and is endowed with 120,000 EUR.
F.-Ulrich Hartl
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Proteins are small molecular machines within each cell and take over a variety of tasks. Newly produced immature chain-like proteins have to fold into a specific, three-dimensional structure. In the 1980s, Hartl and colleagues, in collaboration with Horwich, demonstrated that proteins do not fold spontaneously. Rather, they need assistance in their folding process by so-called molecular chaperones. At the time, this finding contradicted the general dogma.
The scientists discovered that certain chaperones are cage-like 'folding machines'. They offer a protected environment to newly produced proteins, allowing them to fold into their correct functional structure. Misfolded proteins clump together to form toxic aggregates and are one of the main causes of severe neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease. Furthermore, protein misfolding plays an essential role in aging.
The Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize honors scientists who have earned particular merit in the fields of research represented by Paul Ehrlich.
About F.-Ulrich Hartl
F.-Ulrich Hartl was born in 1957. He studied Medicine at the University of Heidelberg, where he also obtained his doctoral degree. Hartl joined Walter Neupert's research group at LMU as a postdoc and then became a group leader in Neupert's department. A fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG) enabled him to undertake research at the University of California, Los Angeles. He did research as a Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator at the Sloan Kettering Institute and Cornell University in New York, USA. In 1997, the Max Planck Society succeeded in enticing the renowned scientist back to Germany. Since then, he has been Director and head of the Department of Cellular Biochemistry at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. Within the last years he was honored with multiple scientific prizes including 2002 the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, 2011 the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, 2012 the Shaw Prize together with Horwich and 2016 the Albany Medical Center-Prize together with Horwich and Susan Lee Lindquist. In 2018, Hartl was inducted into the Hall of Fame of German Research.
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The Illinois Senate will take its stab at wrapping up a new state budget today, but the results are anything but a foregone conclusion.
Although Democrats hold a super-majority in the chamber, there is dissent both on giving Gov. Pat Quinn extensive emergency budget powers and on borrowing up to $4 billion to make next year's pension payments.
"There are members of the Senate Democratic caucus that don't support borrowing for the pension, so we will definitely need Republican votes," said Rikeesha Phelon, spokeswoman for Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago.
"I have been told there are no votes in the Republican caucus for borrowing," said Sen. John Sullivan, D-Rushville, one of the Democrats' budget negotiators.
The Senate did not return to Springfield until late Wednesday afternoon and did not take up any budget issues. Both parties planned to hold private meetings with members Wednesday to talk over positions on the remaining budget issues.
Sen. Larry Bomke, R-Springfield, said Republicans have not yet taken a position on the pension borrowing bill.
"The governor called me (Tuesday). I said I will consider it. Right now, I haven't ruled it out or decided to support it," Bomke said.
Borrowing for pensions is a major component of Quinn's budget proposal. He even went to the House floor Tuesday while that chamber was debating the bill.
After initially failing, the pension borrowing bill got 71 votes on a second attempt, the minimum it needed to pass. Two Republicans, Bill Black of Danville and Robert Biggins of Elmhurst, broke party ranks and supported it. Both men said borrowing for pension payments is better than skipping them, which the pension systems said would cost them billions of dollars in lost investment income. Neither Biggins nor Black is running for re-election.
During a news conference Wednesday, Quinn denied offering Biggins a state job in return for his vote on the pension bill.
"No. Completely ridiculous," Quinn said.
Asked if he promised to get Biggins a job in the future, Quinn sidestepped the question.
Sullivan said he hoped to swing reluctant Democrats to the borrowing bill.
If the Senate doesn't approve the borrowing plan, an alternative would be to give Quinn the authority to make pension payments only if he determines there is enough money available. Most lawmakers think that the money won't be available, so the option is essentially a pension holiday.
"The only question (now) is do you put the money in or not," said Rep. Frank Mautino, D-Spring Valley.
The fate of pension borrowing also may determine whether universities will be given authority to borrow money while waiting for delayed payments from the state. A bill giving them that power is awaiting Quinn's signature, but he said Tuesday he would not sign it. He apparently is using the university borrowing plan as leverage to win support for pension borrowing.
Another component of the budget package would give Quinn extensive authority to determine when money is spent and on what. The Senate passed a version of these emergency budget powers, but the House made changes that must be approved by the Senate.
Democrats still want to finish the legislature's spring session by May 31. After that, all bills will require a super-majority to pass, giving House Republicans a voice in all budget matters, not just borrowing.


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Dump The Two State Solution
If you keep trying to achieve the same mission for 82 years and keep coming up with failed results, maybe it's time to try something else.
The International community has been offering the same solution to secure peace in the Middle East, more specifically, to get the Arabs and Muslims to live peaceably with the Jews and it hasn't worked. The solution has always been The Two State Solution.
The Five Arab Rejections
The Peel Commission in London determined that the reason why there are constant uprisings in the Middle East is that both the Jews and the Arabs want to govern the same piece of Land. They concluded that the solution is to divide up the land and create two States.
ONE – In 1936 the British offered 80% of the Land to the Arabs and 20% to the Jews. The Jews voted to accept the offer. But the Arabs rejected it. This was the first of Five refusals by the Arabs to become a State.
TWO – The next time was a decade later, the United Nations studied the problem and they proposed a two state solution and to give a majority portion to the Arabs. The Jews voted again to accept the offer but the Arabs rejected this offer by launching an all out war on Nov 29, 1947. The Jews succeeded in holding control of, not only all the areas that was allocated to them by the UN, but also gained some Arab territory in the war.
THREE – The Third offer came from Israel themselves in 1967. After the surprise attack from their Arab neighbors, in what we call the six day war, Israel came out on top and gained control of the West Bank and Gaza. Israel offered these lands back to the Arabs if the Palestinians would create their own state and live in peace with Israel. The Arab league meet in Sudan to consider the offer and the replied with their third rejection. They delivered the famous three No's: a. No Peace with Israel, b. No recognition of Israel, c. No Negotiation with Israel.
FOUR – In 2000, the Americans tried to bring peace by offering again a Two State Solution. Israeli Prime Minister Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat met at Camp David with Bill Clinton. The Arabs would have all of Gaza, 94% of the West Bank, and East Jerusalem for their capital. They negotiated for 2 weeks and the Arabs left saying NO! This was followed by Arab uprisings which resulted in the death of over 1,000 Israelis by suicide bombings. This was the rejection of their fourth offer.
FIVE – The fifth offer came again from Israel by Prime Minister Olmert in 2008. This time they offered the Arabs more land holdings but Mahmoud Abbas rejected the offer.
Each time Palestinians are offered their own State, they reject it and reply with vicious violence.
My suggestion…..STOP OFFERING A TWO STATE SOLUTION!!!
The Palestinians are not interested in governing their own lands. All they want to do is to be thorn in the flesh to the Israelis. Playing the victim has been successful. They get millions of dollars in aid and live off the backs of the Christian Westerners who keep sending in foreign aid. The UN has created a special refugee agency for only ONE group – Palestinians. It is a bottomless money hole and it is a system that keeps Palestinians, forever, a Victim group.
The UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency
UNRWA services 5.2 Million Palestinian refugees. This refugee agency only serves Palestinians. 2.2 Million live in Jordan with 1.6 Million are now Jordanian citizens. Descendants are counted and enrolled as refugees and they are servicing now the 4th generation. The UNRWA has resettle zero refugees, unlike the UNHCR ( United Nations High Council on Refugees) which services ALL the other refugees of the world. They service 65.6 Million refugees. No descendants are enrolled or treated as refugees by the UNHCR. Once a refugee becomes a citizen, they are no longer a refugee. The UNRWA has 1 staff per 186 refugees. The UNHCR has 1 staff per 5,982. After 70 years it is time for the crisis of the Palestinian refugees to end. The problem is with the Arabs and the UN creating a endless game of Palestinians as victims.
It is an illusion that peace will be achieved if the Palestinians become a State. We need to stop chasing the illusion.
Palestinian Myth
Besides, the whole notion of Palestine is a Myth in the first place.
Palestine was the brain child of the British born to create the Illusion that the Arabs have a historic claim to be in the Promise Land.
Everyone knows that some 3,000 years ago King David was king of Israel in Jerusalem.
The term Palestine is found in Joel 3:4, the Hebrew is Peleseth and is often translated Philistia, meaning the Philistines. The five cities of the Philistines were South along the southern coast: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ashdod, Gath and Ekron. All are located in what we would call the Gaza Strip today. The Biblical Philistines were not descendants of Ishmael and therefore are not Arabs. The British hope you never think through the term Palestinian and who it really relates to, the Philistines.
Roman Emperor Hadrian, in about 125 AD, is recorded as naming the region Palestine but the effort was short lived. It was common for conquering nations to integrate and mix people from other conquered nations to cut conquered people from their roots. The practice is called miscegenation. This Roman history was the inspiration for the British to create the illusion that the Arabs there had an indigenous claim to the land too.
In the late 1800s, Jews started to return to the Holy Land because of persecution in Eastern Europe and Russia. They were looking for a place of refuge. What better place than their ancient homeland in the Middle East? This movement was called Zionism. The Arabs from neighboring countries, Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, began to notice the return of the Jews to the region and they countered this by mass migration of Arabs into Palestine. In 1882, there were less than a quarter million Arabs in the area, by 1948, it had grown to nearly one and a half million. This is a six fold increase in a period of 66 years. I wonder if the three sixes means anything.
Historically Palestine has never been a nation. It was invented by the League of Nations and the British government to give the Arabs some claim to the land. You may be surprised to learn that the most famous Palestinian, Yasser Arafat, was not even born in Palestine, he was born in Egypt.
The whole idea of a Two State Solution to the problems in the Middle East has utterly failed. The only solution that will be accepted by the Arabs is the total destruction of Israel. The destruction of Israel is enshrined in the governing documents of many Muslim nations and organizations.
It has been said many times, if Israel would lay down its arms and stop fighting, Israel would cease to exist. If the Arabs (Palestinians) would lay down their arms and stop fighting, there would be peace in the Middle East. Only the blind cannot see the truth of this.
There is an saying that goes like this; "The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing, and to expect different results." This is exactly what the international community has been doing in the Middle East for 82 years. It is time to try something different!
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Today, Coca-Cola unveiled its first ever sample bottle made using recovered and recycled marine plastics, demonstrating that one day, even ocean debris could be used in recycled packaging for food or drinks.
Through a partnership between Ioniqa Technologies, Indorama Ventures, Mares Circulares (Circular Seas) and The Coca-Cola Company, about 300 sample bottles were made using 25% recycled marine plastic retrieved from the Mediterranean Sea and beaches. The bottles were designed and developed to show the transformational potential of revolutionary enhanced recycling technologies, which can recycle previously used PET plastics of any quality back to high-quality plastic that can be used for food or drink packaging, including material that would previously have been sent to incineration or landfill.
The sample bottle is the first ever plastic bottle made using marine plastic that has been successfully recycled for food and drink packaging. It is being announced as Coca-Cola in Western Europe sets out new goals, in partnership with Coca-Cola European Partners, to support its ambition for a world without packaging waste.
In 2017, as part of their joint Sustainability Action Plan, Coca-Cola European Partners and Coca-Cola in Western Europe pledged that, by 2025, Coca-Cola will: collect a can or bottle for every one that it sells; ensure that all of its packaging is 100% recyclable; ensure that at least 50% of the content of its plastic bottles will come from recycled content. In 2019, in Western Europe, the Coca-Cola System invested 180m euros in sustainable packaging, both across its operations and in the incubation of new packaging and packaging-free solutions for the future.
Today they are announcing further goals designed to accelerate their delivery of a sustainable packaging roadmap for Western Europe, ensuring that all of their packaging is collected, recycled and reused.
Working to remove all unnecessary or hard to recycle plastic from its portfolio, through lightweighting and the removal of all secondary packaging made from plastic. This will avoid the use of more than 11,000 tonnes of plastic per year. Coca-Cola European Partners recently announced that in Western Europe, it would move from plastic shrink wrap to 100% recyclable cardboard for its multipack cans, removing 4000 tonnes of plastic from its supply chain in 2020. It also recently transitioned its Sprite brand from green to clear PET plastic bottles, which are easier to recycle bottle to bottle
Working towards 100% recycled or renewable materials in all of its plastic bottles, avoiding the use of over 200,000 tonnes of virgin plastic every year. Coca-Cola in Western Europe will reach 50% recycled content in its plastic bottles two years earlier than its stated goal (by 2023, rather than 2025). In July, Coca-Cola in Western Europe announced that its Honest, Glaceau Smartwater and Chaudfontaine brands would all transition to 100% recycled plastic in their bottles in 2019/20.
Support for well-designed deposit return schemes across Western Europe, where a successful proven alternative does not already exist, in line with its goal to collect a bottle or can for every one that it sells by 2025. Coca-Cola, with its bottling partners, will also support well-designed DRS across its wider European markets, where effective alternatives are not already in place.
Transparent disclosure of its packaging footprint on an annual basis by packaging type, as well as reporting on performance against stated commitments and goals.
Tim Brett, President for Coca-Cola Western Europe, said: "Too many of the world's finite resources are currently discarded as waste. We know we need to do more to correct this. The targets we have set out today are ambitious and rightly so. There is a valuable role for packaging, but it must always be collected, recycled and reused. Our aim, working in partnership, is to see the term "single-use plastic" become redundant, both in our business and beyond, as all of our plastic – and indeed all of our packaging - is delivered within a closed loop".
Bruno van Gompel, Technical and Supply Chain Director, Coca-Cola in Western Europe, said: "This bottle is testament to what can be achieved, through partnership and investment in revolutionary new technologies. In bringing together partners from across our supply chain, from a community clean up partnership in Spain and Portugal to an investment in technological innovation in the Netherlands, we have been able, for the first time, to bring damaged marine plastic back to food-grade material to make new bottles.
"Enhanced recycling technologies are enormously exciting, not just for us but for industry and society at large. They accelerate the prospect of a closed loop economy for plastic, which is why we are investing behind them. As these begin to scale, we will see all kinds of used plastics returned, as good as new, not just once but again and again, diverting waste streams from incineration and landfill."
The marine plastic bottle has been developed as proof of concept for what the technology may achieve in time. In the immediate term, enhanced recycling will be introduced at commercial scale using waste streams from existing recyclers, including previously unrecyclable plastics and lower-quality recyclables.
From 2020, Coca-Cola plans to roll out this enhanced recycled content in some of its bottles. A newly formed Packaging Innovation Hub will continue to focus and accelerate investment and innovation in sustainable packaging solutions across Western Europe. These include continuing investment in enhanced recycling technologies, as well as alternative packaging solutions for the future, such as paper bottles, bio-based packaging materials, refillable-returnable and packaging-free alternatives, like its dispensed Freestyle or wider micro-dosing solutions.
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Q: PHP 5.4 json_decode generates malformed json I do have an odd problem regarding PHP Array to JSON serialization:
I got an array of many layers and to a certain size, it works just fine. But at some point, the closing curly bracket is missing from the returned JSON object.
Here are the returned headers.
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:42:39 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.22 (Debian)
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Origin, Authorization, Accept, Client-Security-Token, Accept-Encoding, userid, dealerid
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST, GET, OPTIONS, DELETE, PUT
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.4.45
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Length: 8503
X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8

The API is built using the SLIM 3 Framework for simple REST APIs.
Setup on the API:
<?php
use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface as Response;
use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface as Request;
...

public function listFailedOrders(Request $request, Response $response, array $args) {
  $arr = [];

  //algorithm to fill array
  //verified that the array has data that is not malformed in any way!

  $responseData = [];
  $responseData['count'] = count($arr);
  $responseData['data'] = $arr;

  $response = $response->withJson($responseData, 200);
  return $response;

}

Data Returned:

{
 "count": "41",
 "data": [
  {
           .... JSON DATA ....
  },
  {
           .... More JSON Data ....
  }
 ]
//Missing End curly Bracket

I use Insomnia Rest client to inspect this and until this point, my only solution to this problem is to add a closing curly bracket on the receiving end.
TLDR:
I serialize a big (not limit reaching object) to JSON but the trailing curly bracket is trimmed. Where does the problem originate from?

A: The issue was a preset Content Length Header which cut off the last curly bracket.
This was a bad mistake.


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How the Most Emotionally Intelligent CEOs Handle Their Power
Most of the CEOs I've met and worked with had years to prepare for their jobs. As they entered middle management, most of them learned that being a good leader is more important than being a good do-er. Many have stories to tell about stumbling along the way, about micromanaging people, about destroying a team's morale with unreasonable demands, about losing a great team member because enough time and attention weren't given to the relationship.
Most survived these types of difficult experiences and, more important, learned from them. They learned to let go of control and instead support people in doing their jobs. They learned to watch their teams for signs of burnout and rebellion. They learned to help people work smarter, not harder. They learned to read people well. They got very good at recognizing who needs appreciation, who needs support, who's motivated by achievement, and who needs very collegial relationships — even with the boss. They learned tricks for building stronger teams, for dealing with conflict, and for negotiating.
You would think that all of this would have prepared them well to step into a CEO role, right? Maybe not. Consider "James," a CEO I met some years back.
James did all of the things I mentioned above and more. In fact, as an inside candidate, he'd had the benefit of learning his company's culture before stepping into the CEO role. He also had strong relationships with many people at all levels and in all geographies — even board members.
While he was still in his executive team role, James was seen as a good, solid leader. He inspired people, wasn't ruffled easily, and managed to get results without steamrolling anyone. True, he was still a bit of a micromanager, especially when he perceived threats to the company's success. He also had a bit of a blind spot when it came to the trappings of the role. He loved being with his CEO on the private jet, enjoyed having a full-time chief of staff, and generally liked the lifestyle. But all in all, it seemed he'd be a good CEO; no doubt that's why he was ultimately selected for the position.
I visited James a year or so into his tenure as CEO and witnessed an interaction between him and two of his employees that's burned into my memory. It went like this. We were sitting in a glass-fronted conference room in an open floor plan. I could see out; James was facing me. As we talked, I noticed two managers approaching, clearly in high spirits. They knocked politely and asked if they could share some great news about their project, which was fine with us. They were clearly thrilled and happy with their success — smiling, laughing, proud of the outcomes. James joined in and they had what looked to me like a great conversation.
The managers left. Grinning, James turned to me and said, "Did you see that?" "Sure," I said, "that was great! They did such a good job, you must be proud." "No," he said, "did you see how they are with me?"
I was confused. And concerned. The way he said it just didn't feel right. He went on to tell me that ever since he ascended (his word) to the CEO slot, women seemed to enjoy his company more (the two managers happened to be female). Now I was shocked. What on earth did he mean?
We talked. And we talked some more. It turns out that James had completely lost sight of what his role meant to people. He was taking everything — all the adulation, all the praise, all the desire for his recognition — personally. He actually thought that the way people were treating him was 100% due to his great leadership and shiny personality. It didn't occur to him that it might be his role and the power that goes with it that caused people to behave in certain ways.
Long story short, over some months, James and I worked through some of the issues he was facing (luckily we'd been friendly for a while and could talk honestly). What we discovered was that despite all he'd learned along the way, the power of the role had blinded him to a great many things, particularly about himself and his relationships at work. In essence, two key emotional intelligence competencies, self-awareness and empathy, had disappeared from his tool kit.
Since then, I've made it a point to attend carefully to how CEOs and other top executives deal with power — or not. And, it seems to me, what happened to James is not unique. It happens a lot!
Why? There are several reasons. First, power really does corrupt us, including our judgment. Second, people treat us differently if we are powerful. Sometimes, as with James, they love us more. Sometimes they hate us more. Either way, it's easy to get caught up in and believe the hype.
Finally, a lot of people get to the top without doing a lot of personal introspection or growth. While they seem to have learned emotional intelligence along the way, it's often fairly superficial. For example, they may have learned how to manage relationships, but they never truly learned to empathize or read people fully or accurately. They may be able to decipher motives and needs, but only enough to get things done. When it comes to self-management, a lot of leaders learn to manage the outward expression of emotion but don't have a clue about how to deal with deep-seated emotions such as insecurity or how they feel about power and authority. As for self-awareness, that's where I see the biggest gap. This is partly because personal reflection has never been something we do in business; it just hasn't been deemed necessary. So in most organizations we are encouraged to examine ourselves to find weaknesses and fix them. This is fine, but it's not the kind of self-awareness you need if you are going to be dealing with situations where you, and everyone else, can be blinded by the power of your role.
What can prospective CEOs do to be better prepared to deal with our complicated and complex human responses to power in the workplace? Here's what I've learned:
True professional growth without personal growth is impossible. In order to truly learn to be a better leader, and to be better able to deal with power dynamics, you've got to figure yourself out. To start, ask yourself a few questions:
How do you feel about power? How do you react to people — like your boss — who have power over you or who have authority and can make decisions that affect your life? Where do you think your reactions to power and authority originated? (Yes, you probably will need to think about relationships with people such as your father, mother, and others who were instrumental in your childhood.)
How do you feel about the trappings of power, things like money, cars, homes, vacations? Do you measure yourself with these yardsticks? How do you feel when you "measure up"? How do you treat people who don't measure up? How do you feel when you think you are falling short? What do you do with those feelings? For example, do you turn inward and blame yourself? Or do you lash out?
What is more important to you than power? Is it family, health, well-being, happiness at work and in life, ethics? Your answers will give you a clear indication of what you truly value in life. Being aware of this and letting your values guide your choices will go a long way toward helping you navigate your behaviors and thoughts at work.
Over the past twenty years, most leaders have come to accept that emotional intelligence is key to their success. But we've still got a long way to go before we realize that developing EQ is a life long quest, not an exercise. And for senior leaders and CEOs, who hold people's careers and livelihoods in their hands, it's a responsibility.
This article was previously published on HBR.
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The(ACV)Actual Cash Value Policy DOES NOT insure the property itself but the VALUE of the property.
Okay let's say the insurance company chooses to "Repair" their insureds damaged property (as is their option within their contract of insurance). HOWEVER, such an election DOES NOT relieve them of their contractual duty to restore the Pre-Loss VALUE of the motor vehicle.
To whatever extent such repair's fail to restore that motor vehicles Pre-Loss VALUE , should be tendered to the policyholder in cash - - and failure to do so is nothing less than insurer fraud! (AND YET, the majority of them will NEVER restore the car to its Pre-Loss VALUE and when you ask them for cash they'll laugh out loud at your "Foolishness")!
Items are all too often repaired improperly or overlooked completely.
Several of these typical repair-related items could be: Poor quality repairs, improper welding, or flawed refinish operations.
"Diminished Value" is clearly owed and if a vehicle has not been brought back to it's pre-accident function, appearance, safety, and value. QUESTION: "How often is this done?" ANSWER: " If they can get away with it - - Never!"
#1. "Inherent Diminished Value": This is the automatic and unavoidable loss of market value simply due to the fact than a motor vehicle has been involved in an accident. It many cases it's mandatory that previous damage is made known to a prospective buyer. QUESTION: "Is a prospective buyer told that the motor vehicle has been in an accident?" ANSWER: "NO!"
#2. "Insurance Related Diminished Value": This comes to pass due to oversights and/or omissions by the insurance company on their appraisal. And also, because of the use of "Imitation Replacement" parts. QUESTION: "Is ANYBODY ever made aware of this?" ANSWER: "No, Dan Baldyga was in the business of Insurance Claims for 35 years, and I NEVER knew anybody who was made warned of that!"
#3. "Repair Related Diminished Value": This is the amount which the motor vehicle was depreciated due to improper or incomplete repairs, poor quality repairs, and/or un-repaired items that were compensated for within the insurance appraisal. QUESTION: "Is the insured or the person who is about to buy that car told this?" ANSWER: "You've got to be kidding!"
Auto repair shops (even the most advanced) do not have access to the type of equipment and it's IMPOSSIBLE for them to afford such technology that a manufacturer can. And, that being the provable case, you're not going to be returned your car in the absolutely perfect value it was when it came off the assembly line!
It's a fact of life that should a potential buyer discover the motor vehicle one is about to buy has been in an accident that it's going to be worth less money. Because of that almost every damaged motor vehicle will have some possible inherent "Diminished Value" which can evolve into an actual loss to the consumer. This loss is owed by the insurer (due to their alleged promise in which they've implied to their insured within the confines of their insurance contact with them) that would be made "Whole".
#1. Most consumer's don't know what kind of parts they're getting. They assume their motor vehicle will be restored to its pre-crash condition.
#2. Too often the "Imitation Parts" don't match the car's contours leaving an all too often impossible mess to correct.
#3. When it comes to fenders there are "Fit Problems". Some require widening the holes or using shims. Many don't match the contour of the car and require significant reworking.
#4. Replacement bumpers often need to be re-drilled or widened leaving large gaps or uneven surfaces.
DISCLAIMER: The only purpose of this article "YOUR CARS AFTER-IMPACT DIMINISHED VALUE" is to help people to understand the motor vehicle accident claim process. Neither Dan Baldyga, Christoper M. Knight nor EZINE ARTICLES make any kind of guarantee of any kind whatsoever, NOR to substitute for a lawyer, an insurance adjuster, claims adjuster, or the like. Where such professional help is desired IT IS THE INDIVIDUAL'S RESPONSIBILITY to obtain said services.
Dan Baldyga's third and latest book, AUTO ACCIDENT PERSONAL INJURY INSURANCE CLAIM (How To Evaluate And Settle Your Loss) can be found on the internet at http://www.caraccidentclaims.com or http://www.autoaccidentclaims.com. This book reveals "How To" successfully handle your motor vehicle accident claim so you won't be taken advantage of. It also goes into detail regarding the revolutionary BASE (The Baldyga Auto Accident Settlement Evaluation Formula). THE BASE FORMULA explains how to determine the value of the "Pain and Suffering" you endured - - because of your personal injury.
Dan Baldyga is a retired Insurance Claim man. He was an Adjuster, Supervisor, and Claims Manager for 30 years and then spent anoter 5 as a Trial Consultant. He has written 3 highly successful "How To" Automobile Accident Books. He can be reached at dbpaw@comcast.net.


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RVA Street Art Fest This Weekend!
We couldn't be more stoked to once again participate in the RVA Street Art Festival. We will have two big things happening for you to engage with us.
On display will be our 733' world record print honoring folks who have been affected by cancer. We created this a year ago with the help of Massey Cancer Center, Studio23, and so many other great members of the community. It will be along the backside of the Diamond. If you have yet to see it, now is your chance. This thing is HUGE! Learn about the projecthere.
For our community engagement mural we will be doing pendulum Painting! It's SUPER FUN! Come out and use the lassijous pendulumto paint our wood panels that will be installed onto a wall at the Diamond.
We will be at the Fest all weekend long and could uses some more help. If you would like to volunteer with us at the paint pendulum please contact Kevin Orlosky via email.


You and Mike have an anniversary coming up. Has it really been twenty years since you tied the knot with that lanky mountain man? He's cleaned up nicely since then. Which is more than you can say of the mudroom in the Bungalow. At first there was just a couple pair of hiking boots and sandals. Now the room's filled with clothes and shoes belonging to your kids and their friends. Some days you give up on trying to fight everyone for the mudroom shower and retreat upstairs to the one off the master bedroom.
When the whole clan has finally washed off the grime, you can all sit down around the table in the dining area for dinner. If your kids' friends stay too, and you always insist on it, some of them will have to sit at the breakfast nook, where the kids do their homework on school nights. As a mother and hostess, that's what you like best: no empty spaces or plates. After dinner, everyone usually drifts into the den, where they talk and play board games, but the view from the back deck is simply too beautiful to resist. You relax with Mike in the twilight atmosphere, watching the moths flutter around the lanterns.
At the end of the day the kids collapse into bed. Your seventeen-year-old son Tom hates sharing a bedroom with his younger brother, Brian, who's just turned thirteen and, in Tom's words, is "getting awkward". Though the boys' beds are identical, the décor of Tom's half of the room suggests a future airplane pilot, while that of Brian's half screams marine biologist.
Checking that they're asleep, you step over into the bedroom next door, where your eight-year-old daughter Cassie is admiring the moths she caught in a mason jar. You smile every time you look at the insect collection she's started.
While Mike unwinds by doing some woodworking in the garage, you go to your studio right above him to edit some photos you took on your last wildlife photo shoot. Adjusting the lighting on a tree frog, you sip hot chocolate and listen to the whir of Mike's lathe.