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By DON THOMPSON , Associated Press, Associated Press
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is transforming baseball stadiums, fairgrounds and even a Disneyland Resort parking lot into mass vaccination sites as the coronavirus surge overwhelms hospitals and sets a deadly new record in the state.
California's COVID-19 death toll reached 30,000 on Monday, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.
It took six months for the nation's most populous state to reach 10,000 deaths but barely a month to jump from 20,000 to 30,000 deaths. California ranks third nationally for COVID-19-related deaths, behind Texas and New York, which is No. 1 with nearly 40,000.
Public health officials have estimated about 12% of those who catch the virus will require hospital care, usually several weeks after infection as they get sicker.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and public health officials are counting on widespread vaccinations to help stem the tide of new infections, starting with medical workers and the most vulnerable elderly, such as those in care homes.
Newsom, a Democrat, acknowledged the rollout of vaccines has been too slow and he pledged 1 million shots will be administered this week, more than twice what's been done so far.
That effort will require what Newsom called an "all-hands-on-deck approach," including having vaccinations dispensed by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, dentists, paramedics and emergency medical technicians, and members of the California National Guard.
Orange County, south of Los Angeles County, announced Monday that its first mass vaccination site will be at a Disneyland Resort parking lot in Anaheim. It's one of five sites to be set up to vaccinate thousands of people daily.
The sites are "absolutely critical in stopping this deadly virus," county Supervisor Doug Chaffee said in a statement.
The state will vastly expand its effort with new mass vaccination sites at parking lots for Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Petco Park in San Diego and the CalExpo fairgrounds in Sacramento.
Cars lined up early Monday near the downtown stadium in San Diego, where officials aimed to inoculate 5,000 health care workers daily.
"It's kind of like a Disneyland ride" with cars moving through, said Heather Buschman, spokeswoman for UC San Diego Health, whose medical staff was administering the shots.
She said people seemed eager to be vaccinated, with more than 12,500 health care workers in San Diego County initially scheduling appointments.
By week's end, the city of Los Angeles planned to convert its huge COVID-19 testing site at Dodger Stadium into a vaccination center to handle 12,000 inoculations daily.
Los Angeles County is an epicenter for the COVID-19 outbreak, accounting for some 40% of California's virus-related deaths and a huge number of new cases.
On Monday, nearly 8,000 people were hospitalized in Los Angeles County, which had fewer than 50 intensive care units available in an area with a population of 10 million people, said Dr. Christina Ghaly, county director of Health Services.
While the county saw a dip in new cases, the director of public health, Barbara Ferrer, said that probably is due to decreased testing after the New Year's holiday. She predicted another increase in cases from people who gathered together unsafely over the holiday.
Ferrer also said COVID-19 is still killing someone in the county every eight minutes, on average.
There is a sliver of hope, with new hospitalizations statewide down from about 3,500 a day earlier this month to about 2,500. Some forecasts have predicted the hospitalizations will level off by the end of the month.
Yet recent frightening jumps in new positive cases show the state may simply have bought itself time to prepare for what officials still expect to be a "surge on top of a surge" in the next few weeks driven by New Year's celebrations, officials said.
Still, the state may get "a little breathing room" for hospitals with staff and oxygen supplies stretched thin, and for 1,000 newly arriving contract medical workers to be augmented by another 1,000 or so before the surge peaks, said Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency.
Lawmakers also continued to plead with people to keep social distancing to slow the spread of infection. In Los Angeles County, residents were being urged to wear masks even when at home if they go outside regularly and live with someone elderly or otherwise at high risk.
"Dying from COVID in the hospital means dying alone," county Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda Solis said. "Visitors are not allowed into hospitals for their own safety. Families are sharing their final goodbyes on tablets and mobile phones."
"One of the more heartbreaking conversations that our health care workers share is about these last words when children apologize to their parents and grandparents for bringing COVID into their homes, for getting them sick," Solis said. "And these apologies are just some of the last words that loved ones will ever hear."
Watson reported from San Diego. Associated Press writers John Antczak, Robert Jablon and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

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Q: understanding def function in python I was trying to compute e (2.718283) in python and I realized you couldn't simply divide so I defined a function to divide and round to five digits and I also defined a function to find factorials , here it is -
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def div(x,y):
    t = x + 0.00
    p = y + 0.00
    a = t / p
    round(a,5)
    print a
def fact(n):
    c = 1
    d = 1
    while c < n:
        p = c * d
        d = c*d
        c = c + 1
        if c >= n:
          break
    p = p*n
    print p
m = 0
while m < 20:
    e = div(1,fact(m)) + q
    q = div(1,fact(m + 1)) + q
    if m >= 20:
        break
 print e `

I execute it and I get this  UnboundLocalError: local variable 'p' referenced before assignment . But fact(3) seems to be working perfectly ..
What is going on ?
 PS : i'm not yet used to formatting here but I have indented properly in the actual code
EDIT : as requested
line 20, in <module>
e = div(1,fact(m)) + q
File "/home/anirudh/Desktop/TEST PY/Hark-1.py", line 16, in fact
p = p*n
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'p' referenced before assignment

A: There are a couple of bugs:

*

*q isn't defined anywhere before it's used in e = div(1,fact(m)) + q

*You don't assign the result of round(a,5) to anything.

*If the while c < n: loop isn't entered, p won't be defined when p = p*n is executed.

*Both the fact and the div functions don't return anything. (They implicitly return None.)

*There's no need to check if m >= 20:.

A: See, first of all there are already some cleaner and descent inbuilt methods in Python for calculating the factorial.
import math
print math.factorial(3)     #6
print math.factorial(4)     #24

And if you want to get the float value after dividing two integers then, you can simply typecast any one of them to the float, it is not necessary to convert both of them.
float_ans = p/float(q)
#or
float_ans = float(p)/q

Using this information, you can calculate the value of e, by simply:
 #Knowing the fact that e = 1 + 1/1! + 1/2! + 1/3! + 1/4! + 1/5! ....
    import math
    e = 0
    """
    As factorial of 20 is a very large value and you won't require that much of
    precision, I have cut down the no of iterations from 20 to 7 only, it also gives
    you a fair amount of precision, you can always change the range to increase and
    decrease the precision accordingly.
    """
    for num in range(0,7):
        e+=(float(1)/math.factorial(num))
    print e

2.71805555556

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nonverbal communication, transfer of information from one person to another without the use of words or spoken language. Nonverbal communication can occur in a variety of ways, including through facial expressions, gestures, and body posture or position.
Studies on nonverbal communication became widespread in the 1960s, with extensive research categorizing nonverbal behaviours. As the understanding of nonverbal communication and its role in interpersonal dynamics expanded, psychologists increasingly explored how nonverbal communication impacts specific areas, such as doctor-patient relationships, business negotiations, and law enforcement. The importance of the subtle nuance provided by nonverbal communication has been credited as motivating certain modern Internet communications systems to expand on what originally were simple word-based systems. Most notably, in the absence of traditional in-person nonverbal communication signals, communication via texting, instant messaging, e-mailing, and similar systems now regularly includes options for incorporating nonverbal emoticons and memes in order to better express context and emotion.
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Nonverbal communication is the production and perception of any type of signal, excluding speech, that is made in order to convey information to another person. Most descriptions of nonverbal communication include speech modification tactics, such as adjusting the tone or rate of speaking, but do not include explicit coding and syntax that are present in spoken language. Both production and perception of nonverbal behaviours are considered to be key parts of the communication process.
Communicating nonverbally can occur through many types of behaviours. Some psychologists categorize nonverbal signals according to the sensory modalities they require, which are primarily auditory or visual, although tactile and olfactory signals may also be used. Auditory nonverbal communication includes nonverbal emotive sounds, such as laughter or screams, as well as speech modification behaviours, such as the insertion of sarcasm into a story, changing one's tone, or inserting a dramatic pause into a sentence. These speech modification behaviours are sometimes called voice quality cues or paralanguage. Visual nonverbal communication is a broad category of behaviours that includes facial expression, eye contact, and gestural, postural, and positional cues.
Different types of information may be contained in nonverbal communication signals. For example, a few signals act as emblems that have a specific meaning within a culture, such as crossing one's fingers for good luck. But most nonverbal communication is used for subtlety as part of a suite of signals. Such signals may be used for emphasis, to express emotion, and to regulate the coordination of interpersonal behaviours, such as whose turn it is to speak. Nonverbal communication signals can also reveal attitudes or opinions, build general impressions of one's self, express a present condition, or exert dominance and influence. Nonverbal communication is a powerful tool for achieving many kinds of influence, including perceptions of power, attraction, empathy, deceit, and rapport.
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Evolutionary biologists who study nonverbal communication in animals have gained significant insight into the evolutionary origins of human nonverbal communication. Studies have revealed the existence of patterns of nonverbal communication behaviours that are shared by many species of animals. An example is the principle of antithesis, by which certain signals, including head and body posture, show opposite extremes to reflect opposite intentions. Aggressive postural signals are conveyed by leaning toward an opponent, whereas submissive postures involve leaning away. Some ethologists focus on ways in which facial expression behaviours vary across taxa. For example, chimpanzees produce and respond to diverse facial expressions, many of which resemble those of humans.
Individual differences in the ability to accurately produce and perceive nonverbal communication signals are well established. Accuracy in nonverbal communication production and interpretation appears to be a skill that is separate from traditional IQ. In general, women score higher than men on several nonverbal communication tasks.
Some behavioral disorders are associated with severe limitations in nonverbal communication abilities. For example, deficits in nonverbal communication skills may be present as early as age two in children with autism spectrum disorder. Young children with autism are less likely to point and make eye contact in order to coordinate the attention of other people. Often, such deficits in nonverbal communication behaviour can be addressed with occupational therapy.


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President Trump expounds on his relationship with "the King of China."
At the end of the day, it's the end of the day, and he's still the president*. I know this because The Washington Post tells me so.
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Q: date fields not being treated as timestamp fields in Kibana index patterns I have been trying to get the mapping correct for my date values in my documents. I have come down to doing a lot of hit and trial now with it. Every time and no matter what option I try, I am not getting the date field in my document treated as a timestamp column while creating Kibana index patterns.
Here are the various options I have tried (hit and trial because I feel like a total noob with ELK :blush:)  with my index mappings:
trial 1:
{
    "mappings" : {
        "properties" : {
                 "Created" : {
          "type" : "date",
          "fields" : {
            "keyword" : {
              "type" : "keyword"
            }
          },
          "format": "strict_date_optional_time||epoch_millis"
        },
        "Due date" : {
          "type" : "date",
          "fields" : {
            "keyword" : {
              "type" : "keyword"
            }
          },
          "format": "strict_date_optional_time||epoch_millis"
        },
        "Updated" : {
          "type" : "date",
          "fields" : {
            "keyword" : {
              "type" : "keyword"
            }
          },
          "format": "strict_date_optional_time||epoch_millis"
        }
      }
    }
}

trial 2
    {
    "mappings" : {
        "properties" : {
                 "Created" : {
          "type" : "date",
          "fields" : {
            "keyword" : {
              "type" : "keyword"
            }
          }
        },
        "Due date" : {
          "type" : "date",
          "fields" : {
            "keyword" : {
              "type" : "keyword"
            }
          }
        },
        "Updated" : {
          "type" : "date",
          "fields" : {
            "keyword" : {
              "type" : "keyword"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
}

trial 3
    {
    "mappings" : {
        "properties" : {
                 "Created" : {
          "type" : "date",
          "fields" : {
            "keyword" : {
              "type" : "date"
            }
          }
        },
        "Due date" : {
          "type" : "date",
          "fields" : {
            "keyword" : {
              "type" : "date"
            }
          }
        },
        "Updated" : {
          "type" : "date",
          "fields" : {
            "keyword" : {
              "type" : "date"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
}

And then each of the trials above with the below :
    "_default_": {
  "_timestamp": {
    "enabled": true,
    "store": true,
    "_field_names": "_timestamp"
  }
},

and then each of the
  "fields" : {
    "keyword" : {
      "type" : "date"
    }

specified with the format again explicitly with each of the above combinations.
and that's how my sample document looks like (different trials)
trial doc 1
{ "Created": "15/11/21 13:21",
  "Updated": "30/12/21 14:30",
  "Due date": null
}

tried doc 2
{
  "Created": 1636982460000,
  "Updated": 1640874600000,
  "Due date": null
}

and none of the above combinations seems to make the needed fields as a timestamp field while creating the index patterns in Kibana, (Elasticsearch & Kibana 7.15)
Plus when sending the documents with epoch time (as in trial document 2), despite defining the mapping explicitly for the index, when I look at the mapping from Kibana -> Index Management, it always shows up as long as shown below :thinking_face:

While in case of the trial document 1 the same always shows up as text as below, despite again having the mapping explicitly defined as a date type (with or without the format specified)

I am sure there is a lot to learn here. Could someone please guide in the right direction? Lest I end up writing an automation for generating the various combinations (and ofcourse that would be brainless & for sure not lead to any good :smile: )
Here's how my pushing the data to the index:
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch

#with open('asb-23-01-2022-18-36-46.json') as f: # with epoch
with open('asb-24-01-2022-19-57-44.json') as f: # with date
    x= json.load(f)

es = Elasticsearch([{'host': 'localhost', 'port': '9200'}], http_auth=('elastic', 'password'))

mapping = '''
{
      "properties" : {
        "Created" : {
          "type" : "keyword",
          "fields" : {
            "keyword" : {
              "type" : "date",
              "format":"dd/MMM/yy h:m a"
            }
          }
        },
        "Due date" : {
          "type" : "keyword",
          "fields" : {
            "keyword" : {
              "type" : "date",
              "format":"dd/MMM/yy h:m a"
            }
          }
        }
        "Module" : {
          "type" : "text",
          "fields" : {
            "keyword" : {
              "type" : "keyword",
              "ignore_above" : 256
            }
          }
        }
    }
}
'''
es.indices.exists(index="'index-name'") or es.indices.create(index='index-name', ignore=400, body=mapping)
for item in x:
    print(x.index(item))
    es.index(index='index-name', body=item, ignore=400)

I run the above code directly on the elasticsearch data node to push the data.

A: The date fields don't have a subfield keyword. Can you try creating the index with the date fields as it's shown in the documentation?
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/date.html
PUT my-index-000001
{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "date": {
        "type": "date"
      }
    }
  }
}


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2011 > 20 Key Indicators > National Forest Policy
Is there an explicit current document described as the national forest policy? Is the policy document available in full to the public from official sources (websites and/or offices)?
National Forest Policy
The priority agenda commissioned by the World Bank is a reference document which sets out the main issues and priorities that the Congolese government is addressing:
•	cancellation of 25 million hectares of invalid or null and void forest concessions in 2002
•	moratorium on allocations by mutual agreement set up in May 2002 and confirmed by presidential decree in October 2005
•	reform of the forest tax system
•	regular publication of the list of forest contracts and their fiscal status, so that the wider public can be informed on the management of the country's natural resources
•	legal review of forest concessions with the help of an independent expert
•	recruitment of a third-party monitor to support forest law enforcement
•	drafting of the main implementing documents of the forest code
The on-going drafting of the "forest policy document" has the participation of all stakeholders: forest authorities, private sector, civil society. Consultations and awareness-raising workshops have been organised in seven provincial cities in DRC without reaching the forest territories and districts.
The project might come to a standstill because of the weak consultation of forest communities living in remote areas. It is highly likely that the text will not consider the issue of access to forest resources and thus it will favour the private sector over the communities who are the actual landowners. The REDD+ issue, in the context of the current discussions on the drafting of a national policy, has been debated among stakeholders and has been included.
Title a. The Forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo Post-Conflict: Analysis of a Priority Agenda, CIFOR, commissioned by the World Bank, 2007
b. Draft Document of Forest Policy, Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Tourism, Kinshasa 2011
Organisation Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Tourism
Date a. November 2007
b. May 2011
Source a. http://www.cifor.org/publications/pdf_files/Books/BCIFOR0701F.pdf
b. Legal Department, Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Tourism (MECNT) TCP/DRC/3203 Project, with support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation.
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Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) is working with the Uganda High Commission in Kigali to showcase Uganda's tourism potential during the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022 in Kigali under the theme 'Delivering a Common Future: Connecting, Innovation, and Transforming'.
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The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has cut prices for accessing tourist sites in an effort to attract more visitors during the festive season.
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The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) and the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) have signed a deal that will see the two government agencies work together to ramp up investment in and promotion of film-induced tourism in Uganda.


The New York Times published an article on June 11, 2018 entitled "Lasik's Risks Are Coming Into Sharper Focus – Some patients who undergo the eye surgery report a variety of side effects. They may persist for years, studies show," which highlights the problems too many LASIK patients suffered after their procedure, which they did not have before their procedure.
The New York Times article cites an article appearing in JAMA Ophthalmology in January 2017 entitled "Symptoms and Satisfaction of Patients in the Patient-Reported Outcomes With Laser In Situ Keratomileusis (PROWL) Studies" that reported on the results of two prospective, observational studies involving 262 participants in one study and 312 participants in the other study, conducted from September 13, 2011 to June 27, 2014, of patients who underwent LASIK surgery for myopia, hyperopia, and/or astigmatism. The article reported that overall, the prevalence of visual symptoms and dry eye symptoms decreased but a substantial percentage of participants reported new visual symptoms after surgery (43% in one of the studies and 46% in the other study, at 3 months). The visual symptoms reported were double images, glare, halos, and/or starbursts, and dry eye symptoms. The clinical measures were visual acuity, refractive error, and slitlamp and posterior segment eye examination findings. The visual symptoms and the clinical measures were assessed preoperatively and at 1, 3, and 6 months postoperatively.
The percentages of participants in one of the studies with normal Ocular Surface Disease Index scores were 55% at baseline, 66% at 3 months, and 73% at 6 months. The percentages of participants in the other study with normal Ocular Surface Disease Index scores were 44% at baseline and 65% at 3 months.
Of those participants who had normal scores at baseline in both studies, about 28% had mild, moderate, or severe dry eye symptoms at 3 months.
The New York Times article mentions that Lasik was performed on some 700,000 eyes last year, up from 628,724 in 2016, according to Market Scope, a market research company that focuses on the ophthalmic industry. The article cites a 2016 published study that found high satisfaction rates among patients five years after Lasik but also found that almost one-half of those Lasik patients had dry eyes at least some of the time, 22% had painful or sore eyes, 40% were sensitive to light, and one-third had difficulty driving at night or doing work that required seeing well up close.
The New York Times article also reported on a Lasik surgeon's 2017 analysis of Lasik procedure data that found that visual problems eventually resolved for many patients, but the percentage of the roughly 350 patients who had mild difficulties driving at night had increased slightly to 20 percent one year after their Lasik surgery, and the percentage of those patients who had mild glare and halos had more than doubled to about 20% in each category and the percentage of patients with mild dryness more than doubled to 40%.
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Alasdair Macleod, Ivan Bebek and Michael Oliver are this week's guests.
History tells us that an ounce of gold has retained 100% of its purchasing power since the Roman Republic. But what price of gold in US dollars should we expect when the Fed responds to the next financial crisis by creating exponentially more dollars out of thin air than the trillions of fraudulent money it created in response to the past financial crisis?
Alasdair Macleod opines on that topic as well as why another financial crisis is inevitable. And he will provide some ideas about how you might protect yourself and your loved ones.
Ivan Bebek, whose Auryn Resources has several gold targets in North America that are being explored this summer, updates us on their progress and Michael Oliver updates us on his latest views on gold and other key markets.


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Local artists feature new art to protest Kinder Morgan
Jason Manaois / October 29, 2018
Marta Robertson-Smyth outside of the Vancouver Law Courts. (Courtesy of Ahmadullah Rahmat)
The fight against Kinder Morgan continues to proceed as over 240 people have already been arrested for non-violent civil disobedience. The latest to face charges of criminal contempt of court are two local artists.
Local artists Pia Massie and Marta Robertson-Smyth are awaiting to face charges for blocking the gates of Kinder Morgans's Tank Farm Facility in Burnaby. They are being joined by many supporters along with an eleven-piece art installation called, "Who Will Speak For Us?". The piece was created by Robertson-Smyth to represent future generations.
"I feel that it's more important for us to stand up for the environment, and for future generations than it is to break an injunction or an order." – Marta Robertson-Smyth, local artist/Kinder Morgan protester
The piece itself are eleven cut-outs of pictures of children drawn personally by Robertson-Smyth. The people who came to support the artists held the pieces over the crowd to show unity.
The art piece known as "Who will speak for us" held by the protesters. (Courtesy of Ahmadullah Rahmat)
Pia Massie outside of the Vancouver Law Courts (Courtesy of Ahmadullah Rahmat)
The other artist facing charges is Pia Massie, who stood outside the Vancouver Provincial Courts in the rain to support the other protesters. She believes her job is more than just creating art, because artists have other obligations to society.
"I was arrested at the gates of the tank farm organizing artists who show their artwork because I think artists have the responsibility to speak up, and show the world what's going on." – Pia Massie, Local Artist/ Kinder Morgan Protester
Over 3o people wrote letters for Massie that she says she will be presenting in court. According to Robertson-Smyth, more people have been inspired because of their efforts.
With files from Ahmadullah Rahmat.
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Stupidity and ignorance is offensive alright which is probably why inter governmental agreements between Ireland and Britain refer to Ireland and Great Britain as these Islands. Using the phrase the British Isles would be as inaccurate as referring to Britain and Ireland as the Irish isles. Its a disputed terminology. I reckon the only reason the term British Isles is still used is down to general ingorance which is kind of what you would expect from an electorate that choose to leave the EU for no particular good reason.
Collapse2005 wrote: I reckon the only reason the term British Isles is still used is down to general ingorance which is kind of what you would expect from an electorate that choose to leave the EU for no particular good reason.
Here now go easy. protecting Rees-Moggs offshore tax havens from the EU is hardly no good reason.
SecretFly wrote: It's not that it's controversial really, it's just that a sovereign State doesn't see a word, invented by someone else a long way back, even further back than the SaxonEnglish invasion of GB, as an identifier of self. A State gets to call itself what it wants - and the Southern bit of this island chooses Ireland for the thing we live in that's surrounded by water... not Ireland as a sub division of something else (British), just Ireland. Mexico gets to call itself Mexico, it doesn't need America in the title. The UK gets to call itself the UK, it doesn't need France or Mainland Europe in the title.
I like it that way. Now if only I could persuade my fellow Irish men to also get rid of the sub heading 'European' . It's funny too that a geographical identity is often hijacked by politico Imperialists to strongly hint at ownership rights, so let's not be coy about why an Island's name is obviously mixed in with "propaganda in schools"... propaganda in schools everywhere, not just in the schools of the auld Emerald Isle.
Anyway, the moral of the story is that just because the Romans (or probably moreso the ancient Greeks) named the islands as a group and called them 'British' etc.... doesn't require a whole new generation thousands of years later to bow or curtsy to that ancient name. It's better off that peoples name themselves rather than have it pressed upon them by remote and casual Mediterranean observers.
The propaganda taught in schools applies equally to both sides of the border - travel a few miles and see the difference in text books.
Mexico can politically call itself whatever it wants, but it cannot force that choice on others when referring to it. Geographically, Mexico can be accurately described as part of the 'Americas' or 'Central America' whether they like it or not.
It is incredible that anyone from Ireland should consider the designation given to a country as not being "controversial, really". Nomenclature has caused little but controversy on both sides of the border. The term 'Ireland' can mean different things to different people - the Republic of Ireland, the Irish free state, Éire, Eire, Poblacht na h-Éireann, Erin, the Emerald Isle etc. and does it represent 26 or 32 counties? There are a million inhabitants of the six counties in the 'North of Ireland' / 'Northern Ireland', who were taught in school that the land they are living on is geographically part of the group of islands collectively know as the 'the British Isles'. When a neighbouring sovereign State denies that association, are they not being just as 'politico Imperialist' as those suggesting Ireland is part of the British Isles?
The BWI are close to the Dutch, French, Spanish and Portuguese West Indies, but apart from the Bermuda sevens aren't big into rugby - perhaps that discussion should be for the cricket board?
In fairness, the Government of Ireland - its official name as recognised by the UK and EU - says that British Isles is inappropriate as a description of the two countries of UK and Ireland. And that has been accepted by the British government. The Irish constitution still states that the name of the state is Éire or Ireland in the English language. Republic of Ireland or Irish Republic is not the official name of the country.
Pot Hale - All fair enough.
The point though is that those complaining about the inappropriateness of the possessive term 'British' in relation to a collection of islands are frequently dismissive of the inappropriateness of referring to Ireland as possessing 32 counties rather than 26. In rugby terms the 'British Lions' became the 'British and Irish' Lions, so in the interests of appropriateness should the Irish team become 'Ireland and Northern Ireland'!
Fair points although I would always recognise that there are 32 counties on the island of Ireland. And 26 in Ireland . I don't think I've heard "possessing" being used. I'm also aware that the six historic counties in Northern Ireland are not used administratively with with different geographical named Districts being used instead eg Newry & Mourne.
I agree that different people use different names to describe things - my family members in Belfast look at me oddly when I refer to things and vice versa. No problem with that at all.
PH - 'Possessing' was only a reference to the earlier "possessive" referring to the grammatical form in relation to belonging.
I agree it's great to experience different perspectives however oddly those less-travelled might view them.


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Heineken Ireland Says It Is Committed To Avoiding Structural Layoffs But Has Started Talks With Staff Reps As It Examines Costs
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Heineken Ireland has stated that it is committed to avoiding structural layoffs in Ireland this year, but that it has started talks with staff representatives as it examines costs following the introd...
Heineken Ireland has stated that it is committed to avoiding structural layoffs in Ireland this year, but that it has started talks with staff representatives as it examines costs following the introduction of business restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Speaking to The Irish Examiner, a spokesperson for Heineken Ireland said, "At the start of the pandemic, Heineken pledged no structural lay-offs related to COVID-19 during 2020, and Heineken Ireland remains committed to that.
"Unfortunately, given the significant challenges we face now and into the future, we will need to examine all of our costs to ensure that we are in a position to manage the challenges and opportunities ahead. To this end, we are engaging in a meaningful dialogue with staff representatives in relation to potential changes and the impact these potential changes could have on our organisation."
Heineken Ireland, which is based in Cork and produces Murphy's Irish Stout and Beamish as well as other Heineken products, currently employs approximately 400 people across the island of Ireland.
Parent Company Restructuring Plans And Performance
Last week, Heineken Ireland parent company Heineken NV said it will start restructuring its head and regional offices in 2021 with the aim of cutting personnel costs by 20%.
The company performed better than expected over the June-September quarter with a surprising increase in beer sales in the Americas, but said that the COVID-19 pandemic is still too uncertain to provide a reliable 2020 outlook.


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Q: Using the AWS EMR artifact repository with a build tool I try to use the EMR artifact repository to package the emrfs-hadoop-assembly and it's dependencies into my application.
The resources I found, tell me the URL of the Maven repository I have to use but nothing about the actual artifacts inside this repository. The version of the components included in an EMR release is publicly available but I have to guess the artifactId and groupId for everything that is not a standard dependency (such as hadoop-common). The repository works for dependencies suffixed with amzn but I still fail to download the relevant jar.
Can anyone provide information on how to use this Maven repository?
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I looked at the pom.xml of the jar I want to fetch via Maven/Gradle and got the artifactId and groupId but the build tool is not able to resolve those.

A: Please find the more info here
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-artifact-repository.html
Add this to your pom.xml if emr version you are using is v5.26.0
<repository>
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 <releases>
   <enabled>true</enabled>
 </releases>
 <snapshots>
   <enabled>false</enabled>
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Listen to The Rubinoos' 'I Think We're Alone Now' from Sex Education, Season 3, Ep. 1
The hit British comedy drama series Sex Education is back on Netflix this week and, with it, some of the best music on a soundtrack.
One of the superb musical offerings on the first episode of the new series — Sex Education, Season 3, Episode 1 — was the American power pop group The Rubinoos' 'I Think We're Alone Now', which was heard on the episode during its opening montage.
The Rubinoos' 'I Think We're Alone Now' is the only release from the pop group that has ever charted, and it did that when it reached #45 on the U.S. Singles chart back in 1977.
That has not stopped The Rubinoos obtaining a somewhat cult following, however, nor has it stopped them from continuing to perform and record music for more than 50 years.
The band even signed with a new record label in 2018, Yep Roc Records, which culminated in them releasing another album — their 12th — called The CBS Tapes three years later.
The album featured 8 cover songs and 3 original tracks.
Listen to The Rubinoos' 'I Think We're Alone Now' as heard on Sex Education in the video of a cool live performance the band gave back in Oslo a few years ago, along with the original on their self-titled debut album down below.
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Q: Malloc changing another variable's value (char*) So I'm using the following code, where the function calls looks like this (note the string literal) :
rmv_zeros("288230376151711744000000", '0', '-');

Here is the code:
char *rmv_zeros(char *result, char base_0, char minus) {
    char *formatted;

    formatted = malloc(sizeof(char) * (strlen(result) + 1));
    if (result[0] == base_0 || (result[1] == base_0 && result[0] == minus)) {
        if (if_rmv_zeros_needed(result, formatted, base_0, minus) == char_to_str(base_0)) {
            return char_to_str(base_0);
        } else {
            return if_rmv_zeros_needed(result, formatted, base_0, minus);
        }
    } else {
        return result;
    }
    return formatted;
}

The code will not enter in the first if statement, hence will go in the else (I saw that wile debugging).
But it'll return 2882303761517117440000001, adding a '1' at the very end of result.
However, when I comment the malloc() line (fifth line in this example), the returned value is 288230376151711744000000, which is the input'd value and logical return.
Any help on this?
Thanks,
EDIT:
Putting printf("%s\n", result) at the 3rd line and at the 19th actually ""fixes"" (not the quotes, I know it's not a real fix) the problem. Why?

A: There is only one reason for such a behavior: Undefined Behavior
One main reason can be the leakage of memory you have with malloc into your function. The allocated memory is not freed if the returned memory is not returned by function, in other words if the return result is reached, as in your test case.
So first of all manage it, otherwise, after some time of execution, malloc can fail.
If all parts of your code does not take care of malloc return value, as shown in your code, the pointer passed to result can be invalid (in other words == NULL)
Into your function you can simply manage the malloc as below, but remember that the caller must menage the free of the allocated memory.
char* rmv_zeros(char *result, char base_0, char minus)
{
      char* formatted = NULL;

      if (result[0] == base_0 || (result[1] == base_0 && result[0] == minus))
      {
          formatted = malloc(sizeof(char) * (strlen(result) + 1));
          if (formatted != NULL)
          {
             if (if_rmv_zeros_needed(result, formatted, base_0, minus) == char_to_str(base_0))
               {
                  return char_to_str(base_0);
               }
               else
               {
                  return if_rmv_zeros_needed(result, formatted, base_0, minus);
               }
            }
        }
      else
      {
         return result;
      }
      return formatted;
}

Take a look at your whole code to catch other similar problems.

A: variable(char *) whose value is changing you can allocate it memory using calloc function because calloc will give contiguous block of memory and now if you use malloc, it will not give the already allocated addresses.


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How to Designate Your Donor Advised Fund as a Beneficiary of Your IRA
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After your own family, the first beneficiary idea that many people think of is leaving assets to charity. If you do decide to leave your estate to charity, you may consider utilizing a Testamentary Donor Advised Fund. A Donor Advised Fund is a 501(c)(3) in its own right and can send its assets on to other charities.
There are at least three advantages of a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) in this case.
First, if you ever change your mind, changing which charities receive the funds is simple. With a Donor Advised Fund, free paperwork can be utilized to implement the changes rather than more estate attorney fees.
Second, it is easy for your executor. Once the assets are given to the fund, the DAF's custodian will handle the liquidation and valuation of the assets, contacting the charities, and gifting the cash. Much easier for your executor.
Third, you can optionally designate contingent directors. So, for example, you can leave the assets to charity via the fund but let your good friend be a director and decide which charity receives the funds. This could be a way to honor an important person in the estate without leaving them a pile of money.
Also, some savvy investors with charitable estate intentions decide to leave their traditional IRAs to charity, because the charity's tax privileged status means that they can ignore the tax owed distributing those assets, while leaving other assets such as Roth IRAs which are post-tax or taxable accounts which receive a step-up in cost basis to family.
For this reason, sometimes you want to set up your Donor Advised Fund directly as a primary or contingent beneficiary designation on your retirement account. This is simply accomplished by writing the name of the Donor Advised Fund along with the account number in the Name or Organization Name of the Update Beneficiary Designation form.
For example, if you want to designate a Schwab Charitable Donor Advised Fund, you would fill out the form this way:
Name: Donor Advised Fund of {Names} (Schwab Charitable Fund, Account Number: {Account Number})
Address: 211 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Relationship: my Schwab Charitable Fund
Social Security: 311-64-0316
If you ever want to remove the Donor Advised Fund from your beneficiary designations, it would be as simple as filling out and submitting a new Update Beneficiary Designation form.
If you ever want to change which charities receive money after your death from the Donor Advised Fund, that is as simple as filling out and submitting a new Schwab Charitable Update Donor-Advised Fund Account Information form.
Estate planning is both an important way to meet your wishes and also achieve family harmony during a difficult time. You may or may not want to leave anything to your favorite charity. However, if you do, there are often advantages to using a Donor Advised Fund over designating the charity directly.
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The Sneaker Trend Podiatrists Are Loving Right Now
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Lou Beyer wearing beige Bottega Veneta leather bag, white Nike Air Force 1 sneakers and beige Acne Studios trenchcoat on March 25 in Cologne, Germany. (Photo: Jeremy Moeller via Getty Images)
From stilettos to "big toe shoes," footwear trends have not always involved comfort. But the "ugly" sneaker movement of the moment is a welcome exception.
If you've spent any time on TikTok, you've probably noticed the Gen Z affinity for "normcore" style with their mom jeans, oversized sweatshirts, bike shorts and chunky sneakers.
The chunky sneaker or "dad shoe" trend has been around for a few years now, but the rise of comfortable fashions during the coronavirus pandemic has brought it to new heights. In February, The Wall Street Journal published an article about the popularity of "sensible, comfortable, even orthopedic-style shoes." These sneakers can be clean and white or play aroundwith other neutrals and bright colors.
And it turns out, podiatrists ― the medical professionals who care about the health and wellness of your feet ― are fans of this movement.
"I am thrilled! These sneakers are offering a lot more support and room for your feet that lack in more narrow dress shoes or heels," Dr. Bobby Pourziaee, a podiatrist and self-proclaimed High Heel Doc, told HuffPost.
"I love the athleisure trend that is becoming ever so popular! Before this, there has been so much social pressure on women to be in foot-wrecking shoes like heels all the time," echoed Dr. Jackie Sutera, a podiatrist and Vionic shoe Innovation Lab member.
Not all "ugly" sneakers are created equal, however. Even these geriatric-seeming shoes can vary in terms of comfort, support and other foot health-promoting features.
It is difficult to provide a blanket statement on all of these sneakers, said Dr. Alex Kor, a past president and fellow of the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine. "But a majority of these trendy sneakers seem to offer the average consumer a drastic upgrade in stability, cushion, protection, etc., in comparison to previous generations of trendy shoes."
He noted that one popular white sneaker, the Nike Air Force 1 (dubbed "Gen Z's favorite sneaker"), is "excellent in that it provides cushion, stability, has a rigid shank and has a rigid heel counter."
Pourziaee similarly praised the wide toe box of the Air Force 1, which gives your toes room and helps prevent corn formation and nerve irritation in the ball of the foot.
"I think with so many options and styles of sneakers currently on the market, you can be fashionable and still be comfortable," Pourziaee noted. "Jerry Seinfeld must have been on to something wearing white sneakers before they were 'cool.'"
A supportive shoe trend is a relief.
Though many podiatrists like the "ugly" supportive sneaker fad, they have not been fans of other shoe trends over the years.
"As a podiatrist for 30 years, I'd say the barefoot running or minimalist shoe fad several years ago was a bad idea," Kor said. "Most feet are not designed for running and high-impact activities while barefoot or while wearing a minimalist shoe."
He also advises against wearing Crocs because they bend in the shank, but he likes Birkenstocks as a sandal option. Dr. Robert Kornfeld of the Chronic Foot Pain Center echoed Kor's sentiment on running in "barefoot" shoes.
"I saw many runners who suffered injuries running in them," he said. "Again, it depends on the structure and function of that individual patient. Some people do run comfortably in them. But those with stability issues, hypermobility, etc., do not."
Dr. Emily Splichal, a podiatrist at the Center for Functional & Regenerative Medicine, "hated" Skechers Shape-Ups, which were the subject of a number of lawsuits and hip injury reports, but she loved Allbirds sneakers.
Beyond sneakers, Pourziaee said, he's not a fan of floss heels and prefers wedges as a more supportive alternative.
"I know they show off your feet for the world to admire, but they don't provide the best support," he said. "There is a general lack of support around the foot and ankle, which can easily lead to twisting of the ankle, and the lack of support can also lead to overuse injuries, like tendonitis."
Sutera was quick to note that she is "not a fan" of the ultimate hybrid ― the high-heeled sneaker, which has come and gone in style over the years.
There's a science to choosing good shoes for foot health.
Whatever the trends are, it's vital to make sure the shoes you're buying are good for your feet.
"The most important thing is to try on shoes toward the end of the day, when your foot is most swollen," Pourziaee said. "This will ensure a proper fit and help prevent surprise foot pain. Shoes should feel good and fit properly at the time you try them on, so don't try to 'break them in.' Specifically, shoes made from material that will stretch and allow your foot to breathe through the day is also very helpful."
He also stressed the need to try on both shoes and make sure the heel doesn't move around while walking because that could lead to tendonitis or plantar fasciitis.
"The two most important features of a sneaker that I emphasize to my patients are that the shoe needs to be comfortable and that the shoe should have a rigid shank," Kor said. "This is a subtle but important and commonly ignored feature of a shoe that the average shoe store will not explain to the consumer."
Given the limits of shoe store employee expertise when it comes to foot health, Kornfeld believes people should consult with a podiatrist when choosing a sneaker, especially if they've dealt with pain issues. Some patients may require a rigid sole, while others may need flexibility or could require custom orthotics.
"My feeling is that since so many people these days understand the importance of fitness as a contributor to good health, it only makes sense to see a podiatrist prior to starting an exercise routine or choosing sneakers," Kornfeld said. "A little education can go a long way in preventing problems down the road."
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Why is Philanthropy Important to Society?
Philanthropy is the desire to give to society for the good of humanity. Philanthropists contribute money, time or other assets to society to enrich the public good. Often, the public is unaware of the volume of philanthropy with which society is endowed.
The act of giving back for the bounty of assets received is a natural human instinct for most individuals. Philanthropy is a kind of return on the investment of receiving. Thus, philanthropy is important in order for society to feel some measure of stability and satisfaction with the quality of life.
Entrepreneurs believe philanthropy is a duty to give back to the community in the form of charitable acts of generosity, or donations to various projects that contribute art, beauty, and science to the world.
In order to properly assess the value of philanthropy, it is necessary to cite some of the most extraordinary philanthropic projects. It is important to note philanthropists exist globally.
Some of the most famous philanthropists in recent times are Bill and Melinda Gates of Microsoft who established the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Every five years the Foundation donates $200 million for public health initiatives directed toward infectious diseases such as HIV, Malaria, and Tuberculosis.
In 1906, steel magnate Andrew Carnegie established the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 1906. The John D. Rockefeller Foundation was created by Standard Oil magnate, John D. Rockefeller, who donated over $500 million for the advancement of public health. Others, like the Guggenheim Foundation, spread their philanthropic generosity to a broad range of arts-related grants.
The top three most generous philanthropists include Warren Buffett, No. 1, Bill and Melinda Gates, No. 2, and George Soros, No.3. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway has donated more than 99% of his fortune to charity. George Soros, hedge fund manager in New York from 1969 to 2011, founded the Open Society Foundations which donates nearly $14 billion to various causes.
All of the most generous philanthropists have contributed significantly to science, art, music, and health projects. It is difficult to imagine how much advancement in the treatment of cancer there would be without generous donations from philanthropists.
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Глеб Алекса́ндрович Нико́льский (р. 1952, Ленинабад, Таджикская ССР) — советский, российский оперный певец (бас); Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации.

Биография
В 1979 окончил Московскую консерваторию по классу А. И. Батурина. В 1979—1987 гг. — солист Воронежского театра оперы и балета. В 1982 г. стажировался в Школе усовершенствования профессионального мастерства при театре «Ла Скала» у Джульетты Симионато.

В 1987 году окончил ассистентуру Московской консерватории под руководством Е. Е. Нестеренко, после чего был солистом Московской филармонии.

В 1988—1998 годы — солист Большого театра.

Творчество
На сцене Большого театра впервые выступил в 1983 г. в качестве приглашённого солиста (Гремин, Король Рене). В том же году дебютировал в неаполитанском театре Сан-Карло (Падре Гуардиано, Гектор). Выступал в ведущих театрах мира (Ла Скала, Метрополитен-опера, Парижская национальная опера, Лисео, Венская государственная опера, Берлинская государственная опера, Финская национальная опера), на фестивалях в Савонлинне, Зальцбурге, Брегенце, Овьедо.

Оперные партии

 Сусанин — «Иван Сусанин» М. И. Глинки
 Светозар — «Руслан и Людмила» М. И. Глинки
 Кончак — «Князь Игорь» А. П. Бородина
 Борис Годунов; Пимен; Варлаам — «Борис Годунов» М. П. Мусоргского
 Досифей — «Хованщина» М. П. Мусоргского
 Гремин — «Евгений Онегин» П. И. Чайковского
 король Рене — «Иоланта» П. И. Чайковского
 Архиепископ — «Орлеанская дева» П. И. Чайковского
 Мстивой — «Млада» Н. А. Римского-Корсакова
 Борис Тимофеевич — «Леди Макбет Мценского уезда» Д. Д. Шостаковича
 Директор рулетки — «Игрок» С. С. Прокофьева
 Зарастро — «Волшебная флейта» В. А. Моцарта
 Командор — «Дон Жуан» В. А. Моцарта
 Дон Базилио — «Севильский цирюльник» Дж. Россини
 Падре Гуардиано — «Сила судьбы» Дж. Верди
 Закария — «Набукко» Дж. Верди
 Филлип II — «Дон Карлос» Дж. Верди
 Рамфис — «Аида» Дж. Верди
 Фиеско — «Симон Бокканегра» Дж. Верди
 Мефистофель — «Фауст» Ш. Гуно
 Гектор — «Троянцы» Г. Берлиоза
 Тимур — «Турандот» Дж. Пуччини
 Король Марк — «Тристан и Изольда» Р. Вагнера
 Тирезий — «Эдип» Дж. Энеску

Награды и признание
 1-я премия Всесоюзного конкурса вокалистов им. Глинки (1981)
 Гран-при Международного конкурса вокалистов им. Ф. Виньяса (Барселона, 1983).
 Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации (1995)
 Орден Дружбы (2005).

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки

Басы
Выпускники Московской консерватории
Персоналии:Воронежский театр оперы и балета
Оперная труппа Большого театра


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The Senior Alumni
Evelyn Richmond '41 and Arsen Charles '42 led the 2019 alumni parade.
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Pink Martini bandleader Thomas Lauderdale is at his best bringing people together.
The master architects: Hall for Worship of the Ancestors, Beijing, early fifteenth century with many later repairs
Photograph by Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt
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John Harvard's Journal
Divestment Discussions
Last spring, Harvard Faculty for Divestment (HFD) posted letters to President Drew Faust and the Harvard Corporation reiterating their call to shed endowment investments in companies that produce fossil fuels and calling for an open forum for community discussion of the issue (see "The Divestment Debate," July-August, page 22).
In a July 10 e-mail posted on HFD's website, William F. Lee, writing as the Corporation's new senior fellow and on its behalf, responded to those messages. As he briskly noted at the outset, "We fully support President Faust's conclusion in her letters of October 2013 and April 2014 that the most responsible, effective, and institutionally appropriate way for Harvard to confront the challenge of climate change is to intensify our academic efforts in this important domain through both research and education, to continue Harvard's aggressive efforts to reduce the University's own carbon footprint, and to otherwise promote sustainability in the day-to-day activities of our community. Like President Faust, we do not support divestment…." He declared that "engagement with energy-producing companies in shared research and development on both the improved efficiency of energy use and development of renewable sources of energy is more likely [to be effective] than divesting ourselves of investments in fossil fuels and distancing us from the companies that produce them."
Having conferred during the summer, the faculty advocates responded in a letter to Lee dated September 9, observing, "[T]he difference between us is not about ends but means." Pointing to recent research that concludes that pressure from equity investors and debt lenders does not influence companies' decisions to disclose data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, they suggested that remaining involved with fossil-fuel producers as stockholders was unlikely to be influential. Instead, they advocated a "divestment strategy [that] aims to make a difference—by stigmatizing the industry, highlighting artificial disparities in the marketplace, and opening up political space in which real alternatives can flourish." They then renewed their call for a community forum on divestment.
Apart from divestment, other actions are being taken to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions directly. Yale president Peter Salovey announced some of the most interesting ideas in an August 27 briefing on "new sustainability initiatives." He noted that Yale Corporation's Committee on Investor Responsibility did not recommend divestment, but instructed its proxy-voting committee to "generally support" shareholder resolutions seeking disclosure of GHG emissions, the impact of climate change on a company's business, and strategies designed to reduce its long-term impact on the global climate. Yale's chief investment officer has contacted the managers who invest its endowment assets "to indicate that [they]…should take into account the effects of climate change on the businesses in which they are or might be investing," The New York Times reported.
Yale also announced a $21-million investment in campus energy-conservation projects; a 1.25-megawatt solar installation; third-party verification of its GHG inventory and sustainability efforts by the Climate Registry; and, most unusual, research into the feasibility of imposing a carbon charge on campus (see "Time to Tax Carbon," September-October, page 52).
As the divestment debate continues, higher-education institutions' direct action on climate change—beyond their core research and teaching missions—seems to be broadening in inventive, productive ways.
For a more detailed report, see harvardmag.com/climates-14.


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When is The Polar Express on TV for Christmas 2017?
Aisling MoloneyTuesday 12 Dec 2017 4:55 pm
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At Christmas nothing is calling your name more than a festive cup of hot chocolate, a roaring fire, an elastic waistband and a Christmas film.
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There are hundreds of Christmas films on offer this season from magical adventures to realistic tear-jerkers.
But there is one film that stands out among the rest, that has carved a special place in some people's hearts at Christmas time.
That film is The Polar Express, complete with sweet animated kids and the grounding voice of Tom Hanks.
Gear up for animated Tom Hanks (Picture: Warner Bros Studios)
How to watch The Polar Express on TV this Christmas
The Polar Express is available on demand on Sky Cinema, so if you have this feature you can download the Christmas classic and watch it whenever you like over Christmas.
If not you will get the chance to catch The Polar Express on Sky Movies: Christmas throughout the festive period.
Here is when you can watch The Polar Express on Sky Christmas
Saturday, December 23 at 12:35pm and 8pm.
Christmas Day at 8:30am and 4:10pm.
Wednesday, December 27 at 12:55pm and 9:45pm.
Saturday, December 30 at 10:30am and 8:00pm.
Tuesday, January 2 at 12:45pm and 6:15pm.
Unfortunately for those on Freeview The Polar Express will not be available for viewing as Sky have all the rights to the festive film.
Along with many other Christmas movie gems The Polar Express is not available on Netflix.
There is still plenty of time to order the DVD and have it in time for Christmas, or you can pop into your local DVD shop and get your hands on it.
Tesco and HMV are selling The Polar Express, or alternatively you can buy or rent a digital copy of The Polar Express on Amazon Prime or on the iTunes store.
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I have agreed with Guy McGregor that the County will review traffic issues in the Gt. Blakenham area including Station Road, Gipping Road, Bramford Road, Chapel Lane, the B1113 and Pound Lane. The reduction in the speed limit at the Pound Lane junction to 40mph will be part of the review.
Some interesting figures emerged at our scrutiny of the economies of waste recycling. The County makes a contribution of £54.76 per tonne collected to district councils to offset the cost of collection and sorting of recyclable materials and districts receive a share of the money from the sale of the material collected.
The approximate costs per tonne of black bin waste collection are Collection, £40, Landfill Cost £32, Tax £64 a total of £136. The green bin costs are Collection £53 to £113 (you don't get as much in a lorry), Sorting £20, Material disposal £64 cost to £300 value, average £6 cost for a total of £79 to £139. For individual materials the totals range from a significant cost to substantial profit.
Work continues on a full business case for an increase in collaboration or voluntary combination between the Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority. The Government needs to know by February 2013 what is intended and the public's views on the proposals. A consultation has been launched but the tight schedule means that the full business case will not be available to you before you give your views.
You will know who was elected as your Police and Crime Commissioner by the time you read this. We have always supported increased transparency and accountability in policing but Liberal Democrats are not happy that this will be a political rather than a fully independent post and declined to put up a candidate.
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I received the initial budget proposals as I wrote this. The background is of substantially reduced government grant, frozen levels of council tax and some increases in fees and charges.
This year the council is under spending by approximately £3 million on a total budget of some £1,040 million. Adult and Community Services, who commission social care, are overspending by some £2 million as a result of the increased payments to care home providers. Children and Young People are under-spending due largely to a number of vacancies in the integrated teams that have been set up. There is clearly a concern here: either these are vacancies for staff who are not required or there are children whose needs are not being met. Graham Newman suggested that he does not want to fill vacancies then face making people redundant as government cuts bite in future years.
Earlier this year Julia Truelove raised Liberal Democrat concerns about the high costs of out of county placements for some looked after children. Despite the high cost the placements are not necessarily the best solution for the children as they are far from their relations. The county is now concentrating on this issue and has achieved some worthwhile cost reductions linked to better care.
In an all day exercise on the 26th of November we will scrutinise the administration's proposals for the major savings necessary next year and suggest improvements. The need to meet the reductions the Government has placed on Local Government to contribute to the control of the deficit must be reconciled with the desire to maintain front line services and protect vulnerable people.
We still need radical process re-engineering to reduce operating costs and I am pleased the proposals show a total of £12.5 million savings of this type. Targeting resources in children's services to reduce demand (2.5 million saving) and Adult Care in Depth Review (7.0 million saving) require close examination. They could be actions to match people's needs at reduced cost or just reductions in support to vulnerable people. That can hurt quality of life and have expensive consequences elsewhere. I will let you know what scrutiny decide.


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