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FEDERAL COURT CASES
M.A.A. v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, 2014 FC 1116
The Refugee Board's decision denying the refugee claim from Somalia was quashed. The Board misstated and misrepresented the evidence before it. The court concluded that "the Board's assessment of the evidence was unfair and that the decision lacks the justification, transparency and intelligibility required of a reasonable decision."
B.B. v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, 2014 FC 1245
The Federal Court considered a judicial review application from a decision of the Refugee Appeal Division denying the appeal of a negative Refugee Board decision of an Eritrean family on the basis of a lack of satisfactory identity documents. The Court set aside the decision, and held that the RAD's decision was unreasonable. It was reasonable for the applicants to believe that their birth certificates were sufficient to establish their identities. The RAD erred by failing to permit new evidence to be submitted in support of their identities.
H.G. v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, 2012 FC 873
The Federal Court held that the Refugee Board erred by failing to consider all of the evidence in concluding that the claimant's identity had not been established. The inferences drawn by the Refugee Board were unreasonable, and the decision was set aside and a new hearing ordered.
T.N. v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, 2012 FC 873
The Federal Court overturned a decision of the Refugee Board which declared that a Sri Lankan refugee claimant was not a Convention refugee. The Court stated:
"I conclude that it is an error of law as both a denial of natural justice/breach of fairness as well as one of jurisdiction as in not exercising jurisdiction, to fail to address an issue of persecution that was reasonably clearly raised."
B.N. v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration,
An immigration officer refused an application for permanent residence by a Convention refugee on the basis that he did not submit a passport or other acceptable identity document. The Court held that the officer erred in refusing to consider and accept the statutory declarations that were submitted in support of his identity. The Court stated:
"Even though the Officer may have had concerns regarding the Applicant's credibility generally, given his previous submissions of fraudulent documents, the decision to refuse the statutory declarations without regard to their contents does not correspond to the requirements of section 178….The failure to provide reasons for this outright rejection is similarly problematic. The Officer's decision therefore constitutes an error of law and is in breach of procedural fairness."
J.N. v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, 2009 FC 220
The applicant was a citizen of China who applied for an immigrant visa as a skilled worker. A visa officer refused his application, because she did not award him 5 points for adaptability for his period of study in Canada. The Court held that the visa officer erred by stating that no evidence was provided to show that he studied in Canada, when he had submitted copies of three Canadian study permits and that he was a student in Canada pursuant to those study permits. The refusal was set aside and an order was made that the application be re-considered by a different visa officer.
K.A. v. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, 2009 FC 1199
The applicant was accepted as a Convention refugee but was found inadmissible for permanent residence because he was found to have been a member of an organization that has engaged in war crimes or acts of terror. He applied for Ministerial Relief from this exemption on the ground that his admission to Canada is not contrary to the national interest. The Minister denied granting the relief, but the Court quashed this decision and ordered that it be re-considered. There was no attempt by the Minister to consider the relevant factors in reaching his decision.
M.O.K. v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, 2008 FC 400
The Federal Court overturned a Refugee Board decision that denied the claim on the basis of a lack of attempt to obtain identity documents. The Court stated: "In my view, the Board, as a specialized tribunal, failed to have proper regard to the evidence available to it to explain the difficulties inherent in obtaining identity documents for persons in the situation of […..] and his designated representative. By failing to have that regard, the Board's conclusions that no reasonable efforts had been made to obtain identity documents and that no reasonable explanation had been provided for that failure were made in reviewable error."
A.C.G.P. v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, 2007 FC 661
The respondent acknowledged that the Refugee Board's decision was "not great", but argued that it was not patently unreasonable and the Court should not interfere. The Court disagreed. In the first paragraph of the decision, the Board confused the principal applicant with the secondary applicant, which indicated a lack of care. All of its negative credibility findings related to the testimony of the secondary claimant, yet the Board rejected both claims. The decision was set aside and a new hearing was ordered.
T.M.P.S.T. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2003 FC 977, August 13, 2003 The visa officer rejected the application for an immigrant visa as a skilled worker, giving zero points for experience because she was not satisfied that the applicant was a qualified computer programmer. The Federal Court set aside the decision:
"There is nothing in the record, the affidavit of the Visa Officer or in the transcript of her cross-examination on that affidavit to show that she turned her mind to a comparison of the Applicant's experience, as presented at the interview, and outlined in her employment references, and the duties set out in the NOC for a computer programmer job description 2163. In the result, this Court is unable to identify the reason for the Visa Officer's refusal of this application."
A.H. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2005 FC 803, June 3, 2005 In an application for Mandamus, seeking a Court order that Canada Immigration process the Convention refugee application without delay, the Court found that the processing of the application was unreasonably delayed and granted an order that a decision be rendered within six months. The Court said:
"This internal scurrying about with no actual progress is not a satisfactory justification for delay. Furthermore it is not adequate to pass the buck and avoid responsibility by blaming delays on another government organization. An applicant's right to a decision is an obligation on the Government of Canada acting through the responsible minister. It is the Respondent's obligation to cause the necessary steps within government so that the rights under the statute are fulfilled."
"In summary, there has been excessive delay beyond that which the nature of the process requires, which is not attributable to the Applicant, and for which there is no adequate justification. The Applicant is entitled to an order of mandamus….. The Respondent will have the 6 months to make its decision, one way or the other."
Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration v. Y.A. 2001 F.C.T. 972, August 30, 2001
The applicant was found to be a Convention refugee, but the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration appealed the decision and argued that the Board should have excluded him from refugee protection because of complicity in war crimes or crimes against humanity. The Federal Court dismissed the appeal and found that the Board did not err in law in finding that the defence of duress applied, as he was forced in the army against his will and had no means to escape without risking his life.
T.M. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2005 FC 911, June 30, 2005 The Federal Court set aside the negative refugee determination of the Immigration and Refugee Board of the claim from Ethiopia. The Court said:
"I conclude that the RPD substantially distorted the thrust of directly applicable country conditions documentation that was before it in arriving at the decision under review. In the circumstances, I am satisfied that the RPD erred in a reviewable manner."
A.B. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2006 FC 123, February 3, 2006 The visa officer refused an application for immigrant visas that were requested on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. The Court found that the visa officer's reasons for refusal were inadequate and did not address the issues raised in the application.
"The applicant was extremely thorough in her submissions in support of her application, and was entitled to be given adequate reasons for the refusal of her application for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. In this case, the Officer's letter of February 18, 2005 and the notes in the applicant's CAIPS file cannot be deemed to constitute sufficient and adequate reasons.
T.A.O. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2003 FC 1353, November 20, 2003 Canada Immigration refused to grant permanent residence to the applicant who was accepted as a Convention refugee. He was required to present a passport, but the immigration officer refused to accept his passport because it was issued in Canada and did not pre-date the refugee claim. The Court stated that the immigration officer had no discretion to refuse to accept the valid and unexpired passport.
"Since the applicant had a "valid and subsisting" passport at the time of his application, which is no longer disputed by the respondent, it was not within the officer's discretion to determine if the issuance of this document was satisfactory. The "satisfactory" test applies only to identity documents other than passports and if a person has a "valid and subsisting" passport or travel document, then the person will have satisfied the identity part of the requirement to become landed. In this case, there was no question of the authenticity or the validity of the passport, and it bore both the name and the photograph of the applicant. Hence, the officer erred in law when she rejected the passport submitted by the applicant on the grounds that it was issued after his entry into Canada."
A.G. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2006 FC 907 Date: July 21, 2006 The Court set aside the Board's negative refugee determination in the claim from Ethiopia, stating:
"…the Board was impermissibly overzealous in seeking to find [the applicant] not to be credible. No amount of curial deference warrants allowing the Board's finding of credibility to stand."
M.Y. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2003 FCT 131, February 6, 2003 — The visa officer rejected the application for an immigrant visa as a skilled worker, giving low points for personal suitability. The Court found that the visa officer erred by basing his decision on evidence that was not in the record. "It is not open to a visa officer to fail to ask questions of a general nature, arrive at a conclusion in the absence of evidence to support it, or arrive at a conclusion based on unrelated evidence, and then say that the fault lies with the applicant because the onus lies there. Here, the visa officer arrived at a conclusion in the absence of evidence to support it. The conclusion is therefore patently unreasonable."
H.V. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2005 FC 415, March 29, 2005
The Federal Court set aside the negative decision of the Immigration and Refugee Board in the refugee claim from Albania. The Court said:
"…it is insufficient, as a matter of law, for the RPD to simply state that it considered the applicants' evidence to be incredible. The RPD is obliged to give reasons in clear and unmistakable terms for rejecting a claim on the ground of credibility. After a careful reading of the RPD reasons as a whole, I can find no portion of the reasons that complies with the requirement to give reasons for credibility findings in clear and unmistakable terms. Clear reasons were particularly required in view of the finding of the RPD that Mr. V[….]'s uncontradicted testimony was "essentially corroborated" by another witness.
H.A. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) IMM-2174-96, March 25, 1997
The Federal Court set aside the negative refugee determination of the Immigration and Refugee Board. The Court said:
"I am satisfied the Board erred when it decided that the applicant was not a national of Ethiopia. The Board made this decision because she presented no identity documents from Ethiopia and the Board placed little weight on the letter from the Ethiopian Association and the witness called for the purpose of establishing her identity. It is clearly evident that the applicant was from Ethiopia and that she speaks the Amharic language and that she referred to dates in the Ethiopian calendar. She also spoke of Ethiopia in general. In addition, the applicant spoke of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and that she attends this church"
M.H. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2006 FC 908, July 21, 2006, The Court set aside the Board's negative refugee determination in the claim from Ethiopia, stating that the Board's decision to deny the claim was patently unreasonable.
B.G. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) 2002 FCT 679, June 14, 2002 The Court set aside the Board's negative refugee determination in the claim from Ethiopia. It found that the Board erred in law by ignoring the testimony of a witness whose evidence corroborated that of the claimant
S.S.M.v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration IMM-4064-98
The application for an immigrant visa as a skilled worker was denied because the visa officer refused to award points for a bachelor degree to the applicant because his bachelor degree was only a 2 year degree. The Court found that the visa officer erred in law and the applicant was entitled to the full points for his bachelor degree.
"There are several considerations that lead me to conclude that counsel for the applicant's argument is the better one. The text of the criteria that are to be addressed under the education factor in Schedule I of the Regulations refers to a first-level university degree that "requires at least three years of full-time study". This suggests that not all first-level university degrees require three years of full-time study. Also, "three years of full-time study" in the Canadian context means three eight-month periods with four months off between each period. In addition, as noted, while the reference under the occupational factor to the NOC only indirectly brings in a reference to a bachelor's degree, subsection (1)(f), the education and training factor of Schedule I of the Regulations refers directly to "a university degree at the bachelor's level", not as under the education factor to "a first-level university degree that requires at least three years of full-time study." When different terminology is used in the same legislative document, one usually assumes that the difference has been noticed by the drafters, that there is a reason for the two different formulations, and that they are not intended to carry the identical meaning."
A.S. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immmigration, 2001 FCT 404, April 27, 2001
The application for an immigrant visa as a skilled worker from Malaysia was denied because the visa officer awarded zero points for work experience. The Federal Court held that the visa officer used the wrong approach in assessing the applicant's work experience, and the "error in assessing experience was fundamental and the law is well-settled in this regard." The Court awarded $1,000 in costs to the applicant
N.A.T. v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2001 FCT 540
The refugee claim from Pakistan was denied by the Immigration and Refugee Board. The Federal Court overturned the Board's decision, because the Board erred in law by applying too high of a burden of proof on the applicant:
"In the present case, the Board stated that it highly doubted that the father had much to fear. What did the Board mean by the words "highly doubt"? Was it that the applicant faced "slightly more than a mere possibility" of persecution? I do not know what the Board meant as there is no explanation in the decision. If the words "highly doubt" mean the same as "slightly more than a mere possibility", then the applicant has established that he has good grounds or a reasonable chance for fearing prosecution. I therefore conclude that the Board has made an error in failing to clearly state what standard of proof it had applied in order to determine the refugee status of the applicants."
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Home » News » Work from home has resulted in taking speedy decisions, Byju Joseph, Future Generali Life Insurance
Work from home has resulted in taking speedy decisions, Byju Joseph, Future Generali Life Insurance
Over 93 percent of new customers acquired during the crisis period have been done digitally. In Q4 CY 2019, this was close to 60 percent. The investments made in building a robust backend infrastructure helped in swiftly moving to WFH. This was well before the onset of COVID-19
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By Abhishek Raval Last updated Jul 17, 2020
Byju Joseph, CIO, Future Generali Life Insurance
As soon as the lockdown was announced, the top priority was to continue with the operational stability. In that direction, the CIO's office had the opportunity to prove the value that it can bring to business and making Work from Home (WFH) possible was just the first step. "In under seven days after the imposition of lockdown, we made sure the last of the employees had the necessary IT infrastructure provisioned with – in the form of VPN, VDI setup to continue to WFH," informs Byju Joseph, CIO, Future Generali Life Insurance.
Operationalising WFH
However, the WFH model has its own set of challenges – connectivity, secured connectivity in terms of both the security of the employee device as well as the customer data he is accessing, if that is the case. "Future Generali used the VDI infrastructure to provide secured connectivity to the employees. Be it their own device or the company provided device. Also, all the compute happened at the server level," informs Joseph.
WFH also involves allowing employees to interact with multiple stakeholders with collaboration tools. The 'Microsoft Teams' tool was implemented about seven months back. "The adoption until March 20, 2020 was just about 12-18 percent. By March 23-24, after the lockdown was announced, it shot up to 100 percent," states Joseph. The employees started self-learning the tools and also adopted it actively, whereas pre-COVID, inspite of adopting various training models, the adoption was growing at a lukewarm pace. This was just the primary stage of the acceptance.
The salesforce started using teams for engaging with the customers, and even to the extent of conducting business transactions on the tool. "This has been possible because of a multi-pronged integration of various tools with Microsoft Teams. The various applications, IT infra, workforce management and business processes have been integrated with Microsoft teams," says Joseph. The IT team also got good support from Operations and other functions.
The adoption of a digital-only working model has resulted in making speedy decisions and most of the communication has moved to video and chat. The usage of email has reduced drastically.
A 360-degree digital delivery platform was developed, to help the agents all over India to carry out everyday business activities, without having to move out of their current locations. What is further noteworthy, is the total integration of all the existing digital platforms used by agents, at one place. Thus, simplifying the whole process making it smarter to work with and thereby achieving faster fulfilment. Several digital tools were devised, for recruitment of agents and distributors to sell policies and claim settlement. Over 93% of new customers acquired during the crisis period have been done digitally. In Q4 CY 2019, this was close to 60%. The investments made in building a robust backend infrastructure helped in swiftly moving to WFH. This was well before the onset of COVID-19.
Robust backend supports WFH
Future Generali has ported over 65-70 percent of the applications on cloud. The rest of the legacy Infrastructure is still run on-premise. All the applications are hosted on a private cloud with a kubernetes kind of applications management solution. A hybrid cloud strategy has been adopted. Secondly, a COVID crisis team was constituted comprising of one senior executive each from every function, who was tagged with the concerned executive from the IT infrastructure team, to look into the nitty-gritties of providing access to the respective employees and making sure they operate in a secured manner; laptops, desktops, mobile devices are procured for them; providing a stable internet infrastructure that works close to consistently from a home environment. "Security was paramount. The necessary security encryption certificates were provided to each employee, to be used on the VDI platform. The reason was to establish a surety that the source device connected is an identified device," says Joseph.
None from the IT team has visited the office since the lockdown. Even the call centre executives are operating from home from their personal devices. "Initially, there was hesitance to WFH but now people are loving it and many of them have migrated to their native place and are working from there," says Joseph.
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TIL A 3M adhesive tape plant accidentally created a force field of static electricity that was strong enough to prevent humans from passing through. A person near this "wall" was unable to turn, and so had to walk backwards to retreat from it.
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"Invisible Electrostatic Wall" at 3M adhesive tape plant
dominusUmbrae: "He didn't know whether to fix it or sell tickets"
Thinking like a true entrepreneur
SFanatic: This would be a great Mythbusters episode.
JHG0: I'll take 1 force field please
scott60561: Nothing like this, but when I worked in an ancient Chicago skyscraper, there would be tons of static electricity all over. You'd get shocked when you touched a filing cabinet or anything metal. If the lights were out you could see the sparks.
No idea what caused it or made it so that place had way more static electricity than anywhere I ever worked. The office we moved to never had the same problem, so I think it was the building.
Kingsolomanhere: I see Reddit gave this site the old " hug of death" 6 years ago. "Jeeze Reddit" edit: the one from 6 years ago has a guy also getting zapped in the dick and a guy talking about the X-ray tape. This has a " groundhog day" feel to it
The_same_potato: (hug of death)
David Swenson of 3M Corporation describes an anomaly where workers encountered a strange "invisible wall" in the area under a fast-moving sheet of electrically charged polypropelene film in a factory. This "invisible wall" was strong enough to prevent humans from passing through. A person near this "wall" was unable to turn, and so had to walk backwards to retreat from it.
This occurred in late summer in South Carolina, August 1980, in extremely high humidity. Polypropelene (PP) film on 50K ft. rolls 20ft wide was being slit and transferred to multiple smaller spools. The film was taken off the main roll at high speed, flowed upwards 20ft to overhead rollers, passed horizontally 20ft and then downwards to the slitting device, where it was spooled onto shorter rolls. The whole operation formed a cubical shaped tent, with two walls and a ceiling approximately 20ft square. The spools ran at 1000ft/min, or about 10MPH. The PP film had been manufactured with dissimilar surface structure on opposing faces. Contact electrification can occur even in similar materials if the surface textures or micro-structures are significantly different. The generation of a large imbalance of electrical surface-charge during unspooling was therefore not unexpected, and is a common problem in this industry. "Static cling" in the megavolt range!
On entering the factory floor and far from the equipment, Mr. Swenson's 200KV/ft handheld electrometer was found to slam to full scale. When he attempted to walk through the corridor formed by the moving film, he was stopped about half way through by an "invisible wall." He could lean all his weight forward but was unable to pass. He observed a fly get pulled into the charged, moving plastic, and speculates that the e-fields might have been strong enough to suck in birds!
The production manager did not believe Mr. Swenson's report of the strange phenomena. When they both returned to the factory floor, they found that the "wall" was no longer there. But the production workers had noticed the effect as occurring early in the morning when humidity was lower, so they agreed to try again another day. The second attempt was successful, and early in the morning the field underneath the "tent" was strong enough to raise even the short, curly hair of the production manager. The "invisible wall" effect had returned. He commented that he "didn't know whether to fix it or sell tickets."
Problems: coulomb forces would be expected to attract a person into the "chamber" formed by the PP film, and the attractive force should increase linearly across distance. There should be no "wall" in the center, a discrete wall is repulsive, also nonlinear.
If for some reason a person was repelled from the center of the chamber rather than being attracted, there still should be no "wall," since the repulsion force should exist over a large distance; it should act like a deep pillow which exerts more and more force as one moves deeper into it. Large fuzzy fields, this is how magnets and iron behave, and this is how e-fields and conductive objects should also behave.
A thought: unspooling of film typically generates a much higher net charge on the long piece of film than on the small surface of the spool. However, since charge is created in pairs, and net charge is conserved, the imbalances of charge must be equal and opposite. The charge on the entire length of moving film must be equal in magnitude to the charge on the spool. Yet the charge on the film is very large and is continuously increasing. The limited surface-charge on the spool required that opposite charge is being lost through some unseen path.
Very probably the spool is spewing out enormous quantities of ionized air with polarity opposite that of the charge on the moving plastic film.
Charged air would be created by discharge in the cleft between film and spool as the film was peeled from the spool. I wonder if film was being peeled from the top of the spool, so that any ionized air created in the cleft would be launched into the "tent-chamber" region? (If it was peeled from the bottom of the spool, the charged air would end up outside the "tent.") Or, if a corona discharge arises in the cleft between film and spool, perhaps the UV and e-fields of this corona can ionize the air on both sides of the exiting plastic film, and spray the charged air everywhere.
So, if the charged "tent" of film is negative in the above situation, and if a large quantity of positively charged air is being generated by the spool, then perhaps the "invisible wall" is caused by a cloud of suspended air ions held in position by e-fields. Perhaps it's a pressure gradient created by ionized air trapped under the tent by electrostatic attraction. Yet again this effect would be expected to create a diffuse zone of increasing force, not a "wall", but an "invisible pillow." Added note: concrete floors behave as conductors (resistors) in this situation. Where megavolts at microamps are involved, the division between insulators and conductors is at 10^6/10^-6 = 1000 gigaohms. Concrete resistivity is in the realm of megohms, so it behaves like a grounded metal sheet.
However, a volume of charged air is somewhat analogous to iron filings near a magnet. If a solid sheet of iron filings is held in place by a magnet, then a literal "wall" is created, and this wall will resist penetration by nonferrous objects. If in the above manufacturing plant, a sheet of highly charged air is for some reason being held in place by the fields created by the charged film, then a transparent "wall" made of charged air would come into being. It might produce pressures on surfaces, and resist penetration by human bodies.
My question is this: if the entire situation could be turned on its side, so the "invisible wall" became an "invisible floor", could a person *stand* on it? Have we discovered the long-sought "Zero-G waterbed?" 🙂 – B.B.
dazmo: I'm trapped in a forcefield generated by rapidly moving plastic sheets. The forcefield can only exist in low humidity. Time to drench myself in piss
greiger: So will this be the basis of our force fields for our space ships? Find a way to charge a huge amount of static on the outer hull…?
Willy__rhabb: They should turn it into an amusement park attraction
Toughduck44: We have large static buildups at my work. One day I was side stepping between two metal bins and a spark jumped about 8 inches to my body. Now electricity will find the closest point to travel. I'm not bragging….it happened to be my penis. The spark hit me in my dick and I fell forward smacking my head on the bin. I laughed and cried simultaneously.
Static electricity is not your friend!
TheAnswersAlwaysGuns: Nah they did not complete the previous objectives to unlock that zone
redroguetech: The details check out. David Swenson did work for 3M in 1980. He did author an unpublished paper title "Large Plastic Web Eloctrostatic Problems", presented at the 1995 EOS/ESD symposium. There here is a 3M manufacturing plant in South Carolina.
https://www.esda.org/volunteer-activities/volunteer-spotlight/spotlight-archives/david-e-swenson/
https://books.google.com/books?id=BpJVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22LARGE+PLASTIC+WEB+ELECTROSTATIC+PROBLEMS%22
However, it's sourced to [here](http://www.esdjournal.com/articles/final/final.htm), which is not credible.
edit: Well, I'll be a son of monkey's uncle. It does check out, in so far as purportedly verified by Swenson through a skeptical third-party (which in turn checks out when Swenson retired).
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-219900.html (last post)
cheesecrystal: I'm waiting for the reddit headline reading ,"Elon Musk builds spaceship powered by scotch tape".
Wodge: I have an issue with static electricity build up, it gets pretty cold where I live in early autumn, so when I start wearing fleeces, I zap the cat constantly.
I was doing the grocery shopping with the missus, just standing by the trolley, then I got a sudden burst of static electricity that went through my middle finger, sparked across and hit the trolley, was about 10cm in length and quite visible.
The only other person who saw this was a kid of around 8 years old wearing a Spiderman t shirt. His mouth was wide open in awe, so put my finger to my lips and went "Shhhh" and walked off.
That kid now thinks I'm ElctroChap or somesuch.
seanpd: Did it take clear pictures of his bones tho?
DarkTussin: [Link to Cached Page.](http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:QLEGZVWH21UJ:amasci.com/weird/unusual/e-wall.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us)
shoelessjp: Can we just talk about the elephant in the room here:
3M claims their command tape doesn't peel paint off of walls.
Anyone who has ever had to remove the stuff knows this is utter malarkey.
fuzzydunlots: When I worked in oil and gas, static was a real threat. We would often work in atmospheres within the explosive limits of whatever hazard was present. I have a $300 Helly Hansen hoody that prevents just such a thing. My wife now wears it casually.
MadafakerJones: Use it as an event pop-up and have people walk slowly towards the middle in all angles. The first one to get zapped wins!
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Regional Reviews: Connecticut & the Berkshires
Westport Country Playhouse
Review by Zander Opper | Season Schedule
Sean Nelsen and Perri Gaffney
Photo by Carol Rosegg
Westport Country Playhouse is currently presenting an altogether terrific production of Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew. Part of this playwright's trilogy of plays set in Detroit (the others are Paradise Blue and Detroit '67), Skeleton Crew proves to be the most accomplished of the three. A good amount of this success can be credited to director LA Williams, whose staging is impeccable, and to a uniformly brilliant cast, who all seem to live and breathe their characters.
The play is set in Detroit in 2008 in a small automobile plant, and the action takes place in the plant's break room. Thus, we never actually see the four characters working—but much is revealed during their time spent in the break room. From beginning to end, there is an underlying tension of whether or not the plant might close, like so many others have in Detroit, and how each person in the play will manage to survive. Even within this anxiety, there is much laughter, a bit of romance, and a general comradery that comes naturally from people who have been working with each other for many years.
In a cast that truly works as an ensemble, Perri Gaffney's portrayal of Faye manages to stand out just a bit. All of the characters in Skeleton Crew are African American, even if their ultimate fate at the plant is likely to be decided by bosses who are probably Caucasian. Faye acts as the union staff leader, looking out for her team of employees. Gaffney is excellent as Faye, and one only has to look at her eyes or the way she walks around the stage to realize that this is someone who has seen some very difficult times. She also fully conveys the humor within her character, as well as the way Faye feels responsible for the livelihood of her fellow workers.
Sean Nelson is powerful as Reggie, who acts as a sort of liaison between his bosses and Faye, and it is only gradually revealed that Reggie and Faye are related in a familiar way. I would hate to reveal too much of the plot, for a great deal of the impact of this play comes in the surprises and unexpected events. The bond between these two characters is quite moving, especially in the second half of the play.
Sometimes acting as comedy relief are the characters of Dez and Shanita, who are portrayed wonderfully by Leland Fowler and Toni Martin, respectively. Shanita is in the first few months of pregnancy, and Martin wins a great many laughs when she talks about the hormonal changes the character is experiencing. As the yin to her yang, Leland Fowler, as Dez, aggressively pursues Shanita, even as she repeatedly fends him off. Besides the abundant laughter these characters elicit, the playwright has made sure that, like everyone onstage, they are playing multi-layered people who are much more than they first appear on the surface.
Director LA Williams is blessed with an expert design team, with Caite Hevner's scenic design feeling just right for this play, which truly helps to establish the milieu these people are working in. The same goes for Asa Benally's costume design, which is spot-on and completely appropriate. Xavier Pierce's lighting sets the mood for each scene and, like many of Morisseau's other plays, music plays a crucial role, with Chris Lane's sound design being just perfect.
Dominique Morisseau is quite an interesting and arresting writer, as Skeleton Crew demonstrates, and these qualities are only enhanced by the ideal production at Westport Country Playhouse. The key to what makes this show work so well is ultimately the human element among the four characters, making one wonder what makes each of them tick and what will become of them, even long after the play has concluded. Westport Country Playhouse has a real winner in Skeleton Crew and it is highly recommended that you see this show.
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Do most of the OPC congregations hold strictly to public church discipline or rebuke?
I would say yes to the above with some qualification.
Judicial discipline is required in churches where members are guilty of serious doctrinal divergence from the Bible or serious violations of the Law of God. "Judicial Discipline" is the process by which we deal with such offenses against God's Truth and His Law.
If offenses are private in nature (that is, between but a very few persons), trials may be held privately, and if there is genuine repentance, publicity may be avoided. However, apart from such sensitive exceptions, most discipline matters, though administered by the elders of the church (including ministers), are open to the membership.
As for "rebuke," that is one of the degrees of judicial censure. The order of censure is as follows in ascending order: Admonition, Rebuke, Suspension (from either office or the Lord's Supper), and Excommunication.
All censures can be lifted when demonstrable repentance is forthcoming. Some offenses which are for petty sins such as we all are subject to commit do not require formal discipline. And judicial discipline doesn't happen every day or every year in the average OPC. Yet a church which does not exercise discipline in matters serious is subject to eventual decay and even extinction as a true church of Jesus Christ.


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Photos taking center stage as the largest element of the profile and a person's description being limited to a certain number of characters ensure that these apps are all about beauty and appearance. GT Western women on top Recently, a social experiment with Tinder in the US revealed that the results are heavily influenced not only by attractiveness but also by race. Only Asian women rated Asian males positively on average. The Asian fetish Can we still speak of personal dating preference when revealing such a clear global trend of favoring Caucasian people on the online dating scene, or does it tell us something about how different races are viewed by society as a whole? There was also a Chinese girl in my city, and I thought she was just so beautiful," he said. Asian model Godfrey Gao reached a 1.
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But with the rise of the Chinese dating apps, you can now easily "mingle" and try You can start a conversation with that person if both of you select each other.
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Let's take a look at some of China's popular dating apps. and is only looking someone in the same boat, skip the other apps and try 百合 first. It has an English version, so it's the perfect Chinese dating app to try if you don't When both people "like" the other's profile, a match is formed and you can.
Franz's reasoning is similar to Zhang Ailing's fictional character Zhenbao, who had two women he called the white and red rose.
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Big eyes, a big nose and a small chin make them classic beauties from a Chinese point of view," he said, describing the profile picture of the Instagram model used for the experiment.
On one hand, the men he met through the app were more interested in becoming business partners than friends, and the women were either using him to improve their English or looking for a fun way to kill time with the built-in chat function instead of meeting in real life.
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We are born with it. The analysis featured by the online magazine nextshark. He had "only" been offered two casual sex dates during his time on Tantan. The results of the Tantan experiment have added to the discomfort of using the app.
Dating apps all work the same way, more or less. The dating profiles were identical except for the photos.
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Tantan, the chinese app compared to Tinder, has just raised over US$5M in much more often with qingchifan than with other dating apps. A number of Chinese dating apps have been shut down after an investigation Other scams involved fraudulently charging customers to watch.
If both users like each other, it's a match, which means they can start a chat conversation.
She does not prefer one race over the other. But where does his love for Asian women come from? He did not meet her on the app, and he doesn't want to go back to it - at least for now. The Caucasian Tantan profiles were four times more successful than the Asian ones, according to a social experiment lead by the Metropolitan.
Ludwig said the Chinese women on Tantan were more interested in friendship and romantic relationships, whereas women on Tinder were instead up for hookups.
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She does not prefer one race over the other. The platform has mainly Chinese users.
It reflects a reality in China where more and more girls confine themselves to the same beauty standards. The Western women are more privileged because they are more exotic in Asia," she said.
Some countries seem to be more attractive than others.
Momo is, by far, the most popular Chinese dating app and by the Baihe and this attitude is what sets it apart from other Chinese dating apps.
Online dating is changing Chinese society.
on open umbrellas —height, weighteducation, and occupation— hoping to attract the parents of other singles. " Real places would be better, but apps are more convenient. I always assumed that maybe Taiwanese has other apps to use. You know, Tantan is a Chinese app and many people don't like anything.
For him, the high score for the Western woman in the Tantan experiment is no surprise.
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Germany has a good image, and German men are very popular; they are considered handsome. In reality, love sometimes happens out of the blue, regardless of the ideal dating "type" people previously had in mind.
Do some races have better chances at online dating in China? Asian women have been Cedric Dazvik's type ever since he can remember. The Western women are more privileged because they are more exotic in Asia," she said.
Ludwig, 28, has been using the Chinese dating app Tantan for over a year to "find friends and to date.
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A new $22.7 billion contract for more F-35s means Fort Worth's Lockheed Martin operation will expand.
The contract covers 255 F-35s with Lockheed receiving $6 billion from U.S. Department of Defense right away, according to the company's F-35 website. The bulk of the work will be done in Fort Worth.
It isn't clear yet how many jobs will be added, but the company has been hiring steadily for more than a year. Lockheed Martin planned to hire between 400 and 1,000 at a job fair in September. The company planned to hire at least 1,800 by 2020.
"The continued growth of the F-35 program reinforces the strength of the talent that lies here in Fort Worth and the amazing capabilities of this aircraft," Brandom Gengelbach, executive vice president of economic development, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, said in a statement.
The plant employs more than 14,000 people with nearly 9,000 working on F-35s.
64 F-35As for the U.S. Air Force.
26 F-35Bs for the U.S. Marine Corps.
16 F-35Cs for the U.S. Navy.
89 F-35As and F-35Bs for ally countries.
60 F-35As for foreign military sales.
The F-35A, used by the U.S. Air Force, is the most common version of the jet and needs a runway for take off. The F-35B has vertical take-off and landing capabilities, like a helicopter, and the F-35C is specifically designed for aircraft carries.
The foreign military sales program provides jets to Israel, Japan, South Korea and Belgium, according to Lockheed Martin. In July the company delivered fighters to Turkey over the objection of some in Congress.
The F-35 fleet is one of the most expensive weapons system in the United States. The cost per aircraft will reach about $80 million by 2020, according to Lockheed Martin.
Terms of the contract have not been finalized, but the Department of Defense funded the initial $6 billion while details are worked out..
"This is a smart approach for the taxpayer, the warfighter and for industry," the company said in a prepared statement. "We appreciate the government's proactive action and partnership to maintain supply chain stability, reduce costs and ensure deliveries remain on track to meet growing demand around the globe."
Hundreds of the fighter were grounded earlier this year for inspection after a crash in South Carolina. More than 250 F-35s will be affected in the United States, as well as nearly 100 in other nations. The jets were believed to have faulty fuel lines.
Demand for the F-35 continues to grow. Lockheed Martin plans to pump out about 90 in 2018, according to its website, with production hitting more than 160 annually by 2023.
The company estimates production supports 194,00 direct and indirect U.S. jobs and with an economic impact of about $31 billion.


The Wireless Thymio robot can communicate with other Wireless Thymio robots and dongles that are connected to the same network.
The USB cable is used to charge the robot and program it (you can also program it in wireless mode).
Initially, your Wireless Thymio robot is correctly configured and ready to use with the associated dongle, no need to configure anything for normal use !
I would like that all my robots communicate together with one single dongle.
Initially, your Wireless Thymio robot is correctly configured and ready to use with the associated dongle, no need to configure anything unless you have already changed the configuration.
Usage example: A student has his own Wireless Thymio and doesn't want his instructions to interfere with other students'.
Plug your dongle into your computer.
Open the "Wireless Thymio Network Configurator". (supplied with Aseba).
Choose a channel either 0, 1 or 2 (it must be the same channel for robots in the same network. default channel is 1).
You can choose a network identifier (default 0x404F).
Do not change the dongle node identifier (unless you know why).
Put the Wireless Thymio into configuration mode by touching both the right and left buttons for 3 seconds and select the light purple mode by touching several times the right button, then validate by touching the centre button.
The dongle and Thymio must flash at the same frequency. Bring the Thymio dongle closer until that is the case.
Exit the Thymio purple mode by turning Thymio off (touch the centre button for several seconds), to save the configuration.
Press Flash into dongle to save the new settings into it.
You can of course add as many Thymios as you want in a network, for example for performing collective tasks.
If you have lots of robots and they have their own network, it is better to distribute the networks on the 3 available radio channels.
On recent versions of Mac OS X, you have to unplug and re-plug your dongle if you want to start this program again. This is due to a bug in the OS X serial driver.
How does a Wireless Thymio network work?
The wireless connection of the Wireless Thymio is based on the 802.15.4 protocol, in the 2.4 GHz frequency band. This protocol allows a network consisting of several nodes (i.e. number of robots), without having a master computer to manage it (unlike e.g. Bluetooth). Thus Thymios in the same network can exchange Aseba messages without even having a computer that coordinates everything. The Wireless dongle supplied enables your computer to be part of this network.


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  before_action :set_news, only: [:show]

  def index
    @news = News.with_locale.media.visible.page(params[:page])
  end

  def show

  end

  private
  def set_news
    @news = News.with_locale.media.visible.find(params[:id])
  rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
    redirect_to media_news_index_path
  end
end

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Weapons hunters in Iraq are following leads that point to the presence of anthrax research and Scud missiles still hidden in the country, the chief U.S. weapons searcher said Sunday.
David Kay told Congress last week that his survey team has not found weapons of mass destruction. But he argued against drawing conclusions, saying he can provide a full picture on Iraq's weapons programs in six months to nine months.
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Kay said that scientist was asked to hide another much larger cache of strains but "after a couple of days he turned them back because he said they were too dangerous. He has small children in the house."
Cripes. What is wrong with the Republican Congress. The American public needs to know that they have found botuilnum toxin and that the same CB clown was asked to house a larger cache of Bio-toxins.
The party I am registered with is, sad to say, a stupid party.
The critics are soooo stupid. Do they want to be hit again?
We had an anthrax attack. We still haven't been able to trace it and at what point was it imminent....when it was dropped in the mailbox??
The Planes were the SECOND attack on the towers. When was that imminent?? When they boarded the planes??
Saddam hid whatever he had in Syria and Iran. No big mystery here. Now Syria and Iran are supplying a-Q, Hamas, et al. We will learn this for ourselves when WMD's show up over here and kill ten of thousands of Americans.
Also, a-Q was reported to have 20 suitcase nukes late last year. Have you seen that report on ABC, CBS, NBC or CNN or read about it in the NY Times, LA Times, or the Wash Post? Gimme a break. They are too busy running around in circles calling Bush names as lying shills for the DNC.
Kay has offered no evidence the bacteria had been used in a weapons program during the last decade.
The Associate Press offered no evidence their reporting is intended to be anything other than pro-Saddam spin.
Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. teams searching Iraq for banned weapons and materials suspect there is at least one undiscovered store of biological weapons agents that were hidden by Saddam Hussein's regime in the 1990s, David Kay, who is leading the U.S. inspections group, said.
In three cases, Iraqi scientists have come forward with information or documents about lethal biological materials that they were ordered to hide -- sometimes in their own homes -- as United Nations weapons inspections were getting underway after the 1991 Gulf War, Kay said on the ``Fox News Sunday'' program.
Kay, a former UN weapons inspector, turned in a preliminary report last week on the search evidence of chemical, biological and nuclear arms. President George W. Bush, who cited such weapons as justification for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, is being criticized by political opponents who say he exaggerated the threat from Hussein's government.
Although no actual weapons systems have been found by the 1,200-member Iraq Survey Group, they have found evidence that Iraq was actively researching biological and chemical weapons agents and developing missile technology in violation of UN prohibitions, Kay said. Some of the research continued up to 2003.
In one case, Kay said an Iraqi scientist in 1993 was told to hide active research samples of Botulinum, a neurotoxin, and other strains including anthrax. The scientist placed them in his refrigerator.
Evidence also shows Iraq was conducting research on using Hemorrhagic Fever, the poison Ricin and other toxic biological agents.
``I'm sort of amazed at what was powerful information about both their intent and their actual activities that were not known and were hidden from U.S. inspectors seems not to have made it to the press,'' Kay said on the Fox program.
Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman, who is seeking to challenge Bush in the 2004 elections, said on the same show that he still believes the U.S. was correct to invade Iraq and oust Hussein, even though no weapons of mass destruction have been discovered since Bush declared major combat over on May 1.
``Noting in the Kay report changes my mind that we did the right thing,'' Lieberman said. At the same time, he said, ``there is some evidence that the Bush administration exaggerated unnecessarily'' about Iraq's weapons.
Some of those statements ``did discredit what was otherwise a very just cause of fighting tyranny and terrorism,'' he said.
Other Democrats, such as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have said the report makes it clear that the U.S. should have given the UN more time to search for weapons.
Kay said the U.S. is investigating reports that some documents or weapons might have been moved into Syria or Jordan before the U.S. invasion in April.
Other reports about convoys of material moving into Syria also are being checked.
``The difficulty we have is proving what was in the convoys, and that's where we're stymied right now,'' he said.
Kay has said the search may need at least another six months to unearth weapons of mass destruction. He cited the size of Iraq, the volume of weapons storage sites and continued attempts to intimidate scientists of officials who might cooperate with the investigation.
The Survey Group has identified 130 ammunition storage depots, some larger than 50 square kilometers, containing a total stockpile of arms estimated at up to 650,000 tons.
``That's about one-third of the entire ammunitions stockpile of the much larger U.S. military,'' Kay said.
There is evidence that Iraq had restarted ``rudimentary experiments'' on nuclear weapons he said.
Kay said members of his team have been attack in Iraq as have scientists who have talked with U.S. investigators.
It was a good interview, except at the point where Kay seemed to want to talk about the Iraqi missile program--and Tony Snow stopped him--twice. (Once, he said "we'll get to that later" and the second time, he just changed the subject.) I'm still trying to figure out why.
Some have been reading the NY Times instead of listening to our SOD.
Toll free to Senators and Reps: 1-800-648-3516.
They act like this is a new revelation. Kay mentioned several times this morning how surprised he was that the media didn't report many of his findings. He even said that he surmised that reporters must have just read the first page only and never bothered reading on.
I thought Iraq used Scuds in the conflict a few months ago. Does anyone remember?
Glad someone remembers Iraqi scuds besides me. I still think WMD's are not a fluke.
Seria and Iran are my first choice also.


We consider the suitability of implicit large-eddy simulation (iLES) approaches via discontinuous Galerkin (DG) schemes. These are model-free eddy-resolving approaches which solve the governing equations in unfiltered form and rely on numerical stabilization techniques to account for the missing scales. In DG, upwind dissipation from the Riemann solver provides the baseline mechanism for regularization. DG-based iLES approaches are currently under rapid dissemination due to their success in predicting complex transitional and turbulent flows at moderate Reynolds numbers (Uranga et al, Int J Numer Meth Eng 87(1–5):232–261, 2011, , Gassner and Beck, Theor Comput Fluid Dyn 27(3–4):221–237, 2013, , Beck et al, Int J Numer Methods Fluids 76(8):522–548, 2014, , Wiart et al Int J Numer Methods Fluids 78:335–354, 2015, ). However, at higher Reynolds number, accuracy and stability issues can arise due the highly under-resolved character of the computations and the suppression of stabilizing viscous effects.
RCM would like to acknowledge funding under the Brazilian Science without Borders scheme. JP and SJS acknowledge support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under grant EP/L000407/1. SJS additionally acknowledges support as Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair under grant 10145/86.


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Sky Go receives major design overhaul
By Max Langridge published 20 January 16
Sky's mobile TV service is being given a complete makeover for 2016, making it easier to use. More new features to improve the service are expected later in the year.
The redesigned Sky Go will begin rolling out this week, with the biggest changes coming to the homepage for the mobile app - Android users will get the update first, iOS will follow in February - and web player.
The new homepage has been designed to make "finding the best TV brilliantly simple".
Further new features will be added later in 2016 that will make the app "more intuitive, surfacing more shows, sports and movies to Sky Go customers".
Michael Swaine, Sky's director of product development, says: "This is just the start of a really exciting year for Sky Go - an app that's led the way in watching on the go and loved by millions of people around the UK."
A range of new content has recently been added to the service, including A League of their Own, Girls series 1-4 box set, Kingsman: The Secret Service and the full Formula 1 season when it begins in March.
Sky Go enables Sky subscribers to watch on-demand content on mobile devices, games consoles, Mac and PC. The £5/month subscription service also allows up to four users to download programmes for offline viewing too. There are currently 70 channels available to watch as well as "thousands of shows and box sets on demand".
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Q: Calculate numbers on click Im new to jQuery
If I have list like this:
add one
add two
add three

How can I calculate these in container #calculate.
When

add one

is clicked it should add 1 to container, when

add two

is clicked it should show 3 in container and so should be possible to click these endlessly and every time it should multiply number you click to add

A: Use a global variable, which is initialized to 0.
use onClick to call the function you want, in that case add(num) and set the counter value to the result div.

var counter = 0;

function add(num){
  counter += num;
  $("#res").html(counter);
}

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<button onClick="add(1)">Add One</button>
<button onClick="add(2)">Add Two</button>
<button onClick="add(3)">Add Three</button>

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var TotalAmount = 0;

function btnClick(Param) {
  TotalAmount += Number(Param);
  console.log(TotalAmount);
}

<button id="btnOne" onclick="btnClick(1)">Add one</button>
<button id="btnTwo" onclick="btnClick(2)">Add two</button>
<button id="btnThree" onclick="btnClick(3)">Add three</button>

A: Try this

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<button value="1" onClick="sum(this.value)">Add One</button>
<button value="2" onClick="sum(this.value)">Add Two</button>
<button value="3" onClick="sum(this.value)">Add Three</button>

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   Result:

   Number of clicks:

  <button onclick="addFunction(1)">
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var total = 0;

function add(num){
 if(total==0){
   total += num;
  $("#res").html(total);
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  total *= num;
  $("#res").html(total);
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}

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<button onClick="add(1)">Add One</button>
<button onClick="add(2)">Add Two</button>
<button onClick="add(3)">Add Three</button>

A: You can bind a click event get the text of button to do this as below
$("button").click(function(){
    nummber = nummber +( +this.text());
});

this you dont need to attach click listner in html add a class to button to find only the calculator button in javascript

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HSV handler class for colors.
Uses the data present in the "h", "s", "v" fields as the color at each point.
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The field index for "S".
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The field index for "V".
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March 7, 2019 / 5:16 PM / 4 months ago
Venezuela's PDVSA says still working with German shipping firm
Mircely Guanipa, Marianna Parraga
PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA said on Thursday it has not halted business with maritime contractor Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), after the German firm notified it would remove crews operating 10 of 15 PDVSA vessels over unpaid fees and return the tankers.
The corporate logo of the Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA is seen at a gas station in Caracas, Venezuela September 24, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello
PDVSA's maritime arm PDV Marina declared an emergency on Tuesday due to lack of staff to immediately receive the vessels that BSM proposed to return to Venezuelan ports due to unpaid bills of at least $15 million.
The vessels - Nereo, Proteo, Zeus, Hero, Eos, Teseo, Rio Caroni, Rio Apure, Rio Orinoco and Arita - had BSM crews onboard on Thursday, a source from the company said, adding that payment is being negotiated with PDVSA.
Three other vessels operated by BSM for PDVSA remain anchored in Portugal and Curacao until the resolution of legal disputes linked to fees that PDVSA owes to maritime agencies, port authorities and shipyards.
"Our subsidiary PDV Marina continues working with BSM... PDV Marina offers maritime transportation of hydrocarbons and tug boat services, reaching satisfactory daily rates," it said via a Twitter post.
PDVSA did not elaborate on its plans to operate the returned vessels. BSM had no immediate comment on the returns of the vessels.
PDVSA's financial problems are complicating the state-run firm's ability to hire 160 captains, machinists and operators needed to operate the 10 vessels, the source said. PDVSA is offering to pay staff in Bolivars.
"PDV Marina does not have staff enough for all the vessels. That is not new. PDVSA owes everybody money, even its own crew," said a tanker inspector in Venezuela who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation.
BSM operates a fleet of 15 PDVSA vessels, including eight Aframaxes mostly used for moving oil between Venezuela's domestic ports and the Caribbean; four Suezmaxes previously serving export destinations but recently also navigating Venezuelan waters; the Aframax Arita covering routes to Asia; and two very large crude carriers jointly owned by PDVSA and PetroChina.
The German company's crew last month abandoned two vessels anchored in Portugal - the Rio Arauca and the Parnaso - after keeping staff aboard for more than 20 months. The firm has said legal responsibility for the vessels rests with the arresting parties.
Over a dozen tankers with Venezuelan oil around the world have been arrested by authorities in recent years or otherwise prevented from sailing because PDVSA has not been able to pay for operation, hull cleaning, inspections, and other services.
Reporting by Mircely Guanipa in Punto Fijo, Vivian Sequera in Caracas, Marianna Parraga in Mexico City and Catarina Demony in Lisbon; Editing by David Gregorio and Marguerita Choy


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Lady Techsters veterans pay a visit to test the young Roadrunners
UTSA guard Kyra White (left) and coach Karen Aston talk after practice earlier this week as they prepare to face the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters. Tipoff is at 7 tonight at the Convocation Center. https://t.co/hyCDEtJChY pic.twitter.com/WyNfb9nGEJ
— Jerry Briggs (@JerryBriggs) December 29, 2022
By Jerry Briggs
Special for The JB Replay
The three-time national champion Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters, one of the original powers in women's college basketball, will play in San Antonio tonight against the UTSA Roadrunners.
Tipoff is at 7 p.m. at the Convocation Center.
Led by Jordyn Jenkins, the leading scorer in Conference USA, UTSA (2-7) hopes to start a winning trend in its first C-USA game of the season.
Jenkins averages 20.6 points for the Roadrunners, who are undefeated at 2-0 on the home court and winless in five road games, plus two at neutral sites.
Six of UTSA's seven losses have come by seven points or less, including a 93-89 loss in overtime at Houston on Dec. 19, the team's last outing before breaking for Christmas.
In the game at UH, the Roadrunners erased a 21-point deficit with a stirring rally that fell short, as they dropped a 93-89 decision to the Cougars in overtime.
Louisiana Tech (7-4, 0-1) lost its first conference game, falling to the UTEP Miners 62-54 at home on Dec. 18. The Lady Techsters have been off since then.
Picked second in Conference USA, the LA Tech features guard Keiunna Walker and 6-foot-3 forward Anna Larr Roberson. UTSA coach Karen Aston also pointed out assist leader Silvia Nativi as another concern.
UTSA is a young team, with Aston expected to start a freshman point guard in Sidney Love and is likely to use three and perhaps four other first-year players in the rotation.
Love, Alexis Parker, Madison Cockrell and Maya Linton all played in the Houston game. Siena Guttadauro is a talented fifth freshman for UTSA.
Nobody is calling the Roadrunners the Baby Birds yet, but they could. They'll be tested by the likes of Walker and Roberson, who have combined to play in 213 games at LA Tech. Walker, the preseason Player of the Year in the conference, has played in 120.
Both helped lead LA Tech last season to 21 victories, a trip to the C-USA tournament title game and an appearance in the Women's NIT.
LA Tech was one of the storied programs in the women's game in the 1980s. The Lady Techsters won the 1981 national title in the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) and then claimed NCAA championships in 1982 and 1988.
"I know that they're a very developed team," UTSA's Kyra White said of Lousiana Tech. "They have a lot of experience. Multiple guards coming back that have been there for a year, multiple years. Very strong post presence down low. And I just know that they're going to come in to our house ready to compete. So, we just have to match that energy."
UTSA 2-7, 0-0
LA Tech 7-4, 0-1
UAB at UTSA, Saturday at noon.
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When It Comes to the Debt Forgiveness Rules, Is All Really Forgiven? (Part 2)
This article is taken from our quarterly bulletin, Canadian Overview, published by Canadian member-firms of Moore North America. The articles in our bulletin are a part of our mission to become the ultimate ally in your success by keeping you informed about current events.
Minimizing the impact of the forgiven amount
The following practical strategies can minimize the forgiven amount under the debt forgiveness rules:
Transfer the forgiven amount
If there is a residual forgiven amount remaining after applying subsections 80(3) to (10), section 80.04 allows the debtor corporation to transfer the balance of the forgiven amount to reduce the tax attributes of any related corporation or partnership, referred to as an "eligible transferee."
Transfer depreciable property to a subsidiary
Piggybacking off the section 80.04 designation, consider a scenario in which a debtor corporation has a forgiven amount of $100 and does not want the application of subsection 80(5) to grind down its UCC pool. By chance, the debtor corporation has a sister company ("LossCo") with non-capital losses of $100 that can't be used, and an amalgamation isn't feasible for commercial reasons. e debtor corporation can incorporate a subsidiary ("SubCo") and transfer the depreciable property to SubCo before applying the debt forgiveness rules. By doing this, the debtor corporation can make a section 80.04 election and assign the forgiven amount to LossCo without triggering a reduction to SubCo's UCC pool.
The reason for this, as noted in the rules recap, is that the debtor corporation must apply the forgiven amount to the tax attributes in subsection 80(3) to 80(10) before a section 80.04 election can be made. If the debtor corporation decides to retain its depreciable property, the section 80.04 election will not be available.
Preserve discretionary deductions
The debt forgiveness rules dictate that the forgiven amount must fi¬rst be applied to reduce non-capital and capital loss balances, respectively. e debtor corporation may then designate an amount to be a reduction of UCC or a capital cost balance. Since it is a designation, this reduction is not mandatory. Instead, the debtor corporation may simply take the subsection 80(13) income inclusion of 50% of the unapplied forgiven amount. e latter choice can be advantageous when, instead of grinding the tax attributes by 100% of the forgiven amount, the debtor corporation can take a discretionary deduction, such as a capital cost allowance, to reduce the subsection 80(13) 50% income inclusion and thereby preserve the remaining tax attributes for future years.
Note that if the creditor attempts to transfer the commercial debt obligation to a related person of the debtor for less than 80% of its principal amount, the debt may be considered a "parked obligation," as defi¬ned in subsection 80.01(7) of the ITA, to which the debt forgiveness rules would apply.
Relieving provisions from the income inclusion rule
If none of the above planning opportunities are applicable, the debtor corporation may want to consider the relieving provisions under sections 61.3 and 61.4 of the ITA to help contend with subsection 80(13)'s income inclusion rule.
Section 61.3 provides a deduction for certain insolvent corporations that effectively limits the debt forgiveness income inclusion rule under subsection 80(13) to twice the fair market value of the corporation's net assets at the end of the year. In its technical notes to the provision, the Department of Finance explains that—assuming a tax rate of 50% or less—this rule ensures that the corporation's liabilities will not exceed the fair market value of its assets at year-end. An insolvent corporation will most likely have a net asset value of nil, resulting in a full deduction against the subsection 80(13) income inclusion rule
Note that relief under section 61.3 may apply to both resident corporations and nonresident corporations as long as they are not exempt from Part I tax. In addition, when claiming the section 61.3 deduction, debtor corporations should consider the anti-avoidance provision in subsection 61.3(3), as this provision restricts the deduction when: a) properties are transferred within a 12-month period (during a given year); and b) it is reasonable to assume that one of the reasons for the transfer was to increase the deduction under Section 61.3.
For solvent corporations, section 61.4 allows for a reserve to defer the subsection 80(13) income inclusion over a maximum ¬five-year period (a minimum balance of 20% per year). This is available to a corporation or trust resident in Canada, or a non-resident person carrying on a business through a fi¬xed place of business in Canada, during the year.
The debt forgiveness rules are extensive and quite complex, and we are likely to see them being applied more regularly as British Columbians continue to deal with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thankfully, there are many planning strategies and opportunities available to minimize the income inclusion to the debtor corporation.
Written by Steve Youn, CPA, CA, from DMCL. This document was written for our quarterly bulletin, Canadian Overview, published by Canadian member-firms of Moore North America.


It's always best to start your financial planning earlier, so you have access to the broadest range of options.
If you've got any savings, or investments, you should have an ISA – it's as simple as that. The reason? You pay less tax (or no tax in the case of cash savings) and therefore increase your returns.
Each tax year, you get an ISA allowance which sets the maximum that can be saved within the tax-free wrapper from April to April.
The old ISA system used to limit how much you could put into each pot – you'd either get half your allowance in cash and half in shares, or you could choose to put it all in shares.
But from 1 July 2014, the rules were almost completely relaxed. Although you still have a limit to the amount you can save £15,000 in 2014/15 (£15,240 from April 2015), you now get to choose how you split this between stocks & shares and cash ISAs. You even get to choose whether you want to split it – if not, you can use the whole amount for stocks & shares or the whole amount for cash.
Use the maximum allowance for cash or investing. For the first time, you can put all the £15,000 (£15,240 from April 2015) in a cash ISA. Or, invest the whole lot in an investment ISA.
Mix 'n' match. Split the allowance between cash and stocks & shares ISAs. You get to choose!
If you wanted to, you could invest £1,500 in a cash ISA, and £13,500 in a stocks & shares ISA. Or do it the other way around. The only rule is that, combined, your tax free ISA savings in the 2014/15 tax year don't exceed £15,000.
Have it all in one. Some stocks & shares ISA providers may allow you to hold cash tax-free within your stocks & shares ISA. But you're free to open separate accounts, as above, if you prefer.
This means it's possible to have substantial amounts invested tax free: £7,000 per year from 1999 to 2008, £7,200 per year until 2010, £10,200 for 2010/11, £10,680 in 2011/12, £11,280 for 2012/13, £11,520 for 2013/14 and £15,000 for 2014/15, plus the gains (interest or investment returns) made in each year.
How do the new ISA rules affect me?
If you've not opened a stocks & shares ISA or a cash ISA since April, then it's business as usual for you. You can open a cash ISA or a stocks & shares ISA (or both) and invest up to £15,000 in them before 5 April 2015.
I've already paid into an ISA since 6 April 2014Between 6 April and 30 June 2014, you could contribute up to £11,880 into a stocks & shares ISA, or £5,940 into a cash ISA and the rest into a stocks & shares ISA.If you've paid up to the limits, you're then able to pay another £3,120 into your ISA (and this can be any combination of cash and investments that you choose). Obviously, if you've only opened a cash ISA before 1 July, then you can pay in a further £9,060 before 5 April 2015.Check that your provider allows additional deposits. If you've an easy access account, it won't be a problem, but if you've a fixed rate cash ISA, then it's worth checking your provider's terms on further deposits. Some may not allow it, or may have a very short time window for you to make the additional deposit.
If you can't make further deposits to an account, then it's worth either opening a stocks & shares ISA to use the additional £9,060 allowance, or transferring your current year's cash ISA to a provider that does allow additional deposits (you'll need to transfer the whole amount you've paid this year, so watch for any penalties for closing the account early).
What ISA should you pick?
There are two types of ISA – one you can use for cash savings and one you can use for investing, though with new ISAs, for the first time, the choice is completely yours about how much you use for cash, and how much for shares.
Use a standard instant access savings account, and basic rate taxpayers have to give 20% of the interest earned straight to the Government. For higher rate taxpayers, this leaps to 40%, and for additional rate taxpayers, it's 45%.
With a cash ISA, there's NO tax to pay!
Cash ISAs are simply savings accounts where the interest isn't taxed, meaning it's incredibly rare for a normal savings account to pay more interest.
For a cash ISA paying 2% AER to be beaten, a basic-rate taxpayer would need a savings account offering 2.5%, while anyone paying higher-rate tax would need 3.33% – and those accounts currently aren't out there.
Just like normal savings accounts, there are a variety of cash ISAs available, including instant access, regular savers and fixed-rate deals. You don't have to pay to open a cash ISA. For details of the best payers, read Top Cash ISAs – it's updated daily.
Some stocks & shares ISA providers may allow you to hold some of your allowance as cash within the stocks & shares ISA. But you're free to open separate accounts if you prefer.
No tax on profits. You don't have to pay any capital gains tax on profits made from share price increases.
Invest outside an ISA and any profits made above the annual capital gains tax allowance (£11,000 for 2014/15) would be subject to tax at 18% for basic-rate taxpayers and 28% for higher-rate and additional-rate taxpayers. You make a profit when you sell a share for more than you bought it for.
No tax on interest earned on bonds. So you get to keep it all.
10% tax cap on income. This means income earned from any shares investments is taxed at 10%. So while basic-rate taxpayers would pay the same outside an ISA, this is a significant saving for higher and additional-rate taxpayers who would otherwise pay higher rates of 32.5% and 37.5% respectively.
Remember, there's ALWAYS a risk involved when investing, as your investments can go down as well as up. The general consensus is that it's a long-term game – you should put money away for a minimum of five years to smooth out any ups and downs.
Should you get a cash or investment ISA?
This isn't about choosing which one is best – that depends purely on your attitude to risk. It's about whether you gain more from putting savings into a cash ISA or using your ISA allowance for investing.The gain from putting cash into an ISA is simple: you don't get taxed on the interest. But with investing, whether you actually gain from putting it in an ISA depends on your circumstances.
Are you eligible for capital gains tax? Stocks & shares ISAs exempt you from capital gains tax (a tax on profits which you only pay when you sell your investments). Yet you can make £11,000 a year of profits before being hit by this tax, so this protection only helps those who are selling sizeable assets within one tax year – otherwise it's irrelevant.
Will you put money into bonds? If you're investing in bonds, a stocks & shares ISA will shelter the income from tax.
Will you get an income? If you receive dividend income, it's taxed at 10% for basic, 32.5% for higher, and a whopping 37.5% for additional-rate taxpayers. Within a stocks & shares ISA the max dividend income tax is 10%, regardless of your tax status. So while it's no different for basic-rate payers, it can represent a significant saving for others.
IN SHORT: Small investors who won't use their capital gains allowance and invest in shares rather than bonds could gain more using their cash ISAs to the limit. But – if you're a higher rate taxpayer and you'll have dividend income, it's perhaps worth splitting the allowance.
Big investors, especially those putting money in bonds, should max out their stocks & shares ISAs to the £15,000 limit.
You need to be a UK resident aged 16 or over to open a cash ISA, or aged 18 or over to open a stocks & shares ISA. You can't open an account together with someone else, or on behalf of someone else.
There's also a mini version for kids, called a junior ISA, which works in a similar way. One little anomaly is that 16-18 year olds can open a cash ISA and a junior ISA in the same year, meaning they're able to save up to £19,000 a year (in cash) tax-free.
Can you switch provider once you're set up?
Never, withdraw the money yourself! You'll immediately lose all the tax benefits.
That's the key thing to remember. But when transferring ISAs, what you can do depends on which type of ISA you want to transfer.
Current year's cash ISA. You can move ALL of this to another cash ISA, or into a stocks & shares ISA. You can't split it between more than one provider.
Current year's stocks & shares ISA. You can move ALL of this to another stocks & shares ISA or cash ISA, but you can't split it between more than one stocks & shares ISA.
Past years' cash ISAs. You can move ALL of this to another cash ISA or into a stocks & shares ISA, or you can SPLIT it between more than one cash ISA or stocks & shares ISA.
Past years' stocks & shares ISAs. You can move ALL of this to another stocks & shares ISA or cash ISA, or SPLIT it between more than one stocks & shares or cash ISA.
Not all ISA providers will accept transfers of previous years' allowances.
Following a ruling by The Office of Fair Trading, a cash ISA transfer should take no more than 15 business days. stocks & shares ISAs shouldn't take more than 30 days to transfer.
Yes, you can. There's a version of the ISA for kids called a junior ISA (JISA). Just like the adult version, it allows you to save tax free or tax efficiently on behalf of a child. You can save or invest for your child, or do a bit of both.
You can save up to £4,000 (£4,080 from April 2015) a year into a JISA – this is just over a quarter of the adult ISA allowance.
Your child can't touch the money until they turn 18 – The account is held in the child's name but is opened and managed by you. The child can take control at 16, but can't touch the cash until 18 (at which point it's their cash, not yours).
Your child can only hold a cash JISA with one provider – and it works the same with a stocks & shares JISA. This means you top up with the same provider each year. If you're unhappy with the provider or you spot a better deal somewhere else, you can always transfer your child's JISA to another company.
JISAs replaced Child Trust Funds when they were scrapped for new savers on 3 January 2011. This means JISAs are only available to children born on or after that date, or children aged under 18 but born before 1 September 2002, when the CTF was introduced, and so never had the chance to contribute to a CTF.
When your child turns 18, the money belongs to them to do with as they like. You might want them to use the money for a house deposit or studying, but they could decide to blow it all on partying – and you wouldn't be able to stop them.


If a search and advertising partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft is ever struck, perhaps a little CEO-to-CEO note-passing should get some credit.
Yesterday, we wrote about the purple Post-It that Bartz passed to Ballmer via the makeup person in the D: All Things Digital Green Room.
Both Bartz and Ballmer were interviewed onstage at D7 this past week, and were asked about the talks, which ended yesterday in Carlsbad, Calif.
BoomTown also reported that Ballmer and Bartz, as well as key deal execs at both Yahoo (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT), had met in person once again about such a partnership at the conference.
Onstage, Ballmer dodged the question about meeting, joking about the sticky note Bartz had left for him.
That Post-It was stuck in a D7 program book that is kept by Dawn Griffith, our most excellent makeup person for all seven of the conferences.
Over the years, Griffith has asked all D7 speakers to sign programs next to their bios and Wall Street Journal-style dot drawings.
This year, Bartz and Ballmer shared a page in the book.
Bartz spoke on Wednesday morning and put the note below Ballmer's picture, knowing he'd sign the program when getting his makeup done for his Thursday morning appearance.
And, not surprisingly for Bartz, it was a tough-love poem–although, thankfully, there is no cursing.


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