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WO/2018/233137A1	 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CALLING IDENTITY RECOGNITION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
An electronic device, a calling identity recognition method and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining customer identity information corresponding to a current calling number according to a predetermined mapp...
WO/2018/233056A1	 CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION AUTOMATIC MAINTENANCE METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
The present application provides a customer identification automatic maintenance method, a device, and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: upon detection of an incoming call, identifying a customer number; if identi...
WO/2018/233232A1	 NUMBER THROUGH METHOD, CLIENT AND SYSTEM
Disclosed in embodiments of the present invention are a number through method, client and system, for use in reducing the waiting time of a user through service, thereby improving the use experience of a user and the efficiency of a tele...
WO/2018/235802A1	 PROTOCOL CONVERSION DEVICE, MESSAGE RELAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM
The purpose of the present invention is to reduce connection cost between a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and an IP network. A protocol conversion device is arranged between a public switched telephone network using a common s...
WO/2018/234655A1	 METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMUNICATION WITH AN INTERACTIVE SERVER
The invention relates to a method for establishing a second communication according to a second modality on the basis of a first communication established according to a first modality between a communication terminal and an interactive ...
WO/2018/236253A1	 METHOD OF DETERMINING THE SOURCE OF A TELEPHONE CALL
The invention relates to the field of marketing, in particular to methods of tracking, analyzing and processing information about the ordering of goods and services through a web site. The technical effect which the invention aims to ach...
WO/2018/228343A1	 ROAD RESCUE METHOD AND APPLICATION SERVER
Disclosed in the present application is an application server, comprising a memory, a processor, and a road rescue system stored in the memory and capable of being operated in the processor. The road rescue system implements the followin...
WO/2018/230414A1	 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD IMPLEMENTED IN SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM EXECUTED IN SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD IMPLEMENTED IN COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM EXECUTED IN COMMUNICATION TERMINAL
A signal processing device, with respect to a group of a plurality of communication terminals associated with each other, provides one-to-many communication from any one of the communication terminals belonging to the group to other comm...
WO/2018/228996A1	 A METHOD OF PROCESSING INCOMING CALLS
The present invention relates to a method for a relay module (9) to process an incoming call received from a first phone (3) and directed to a second phone (11). The relay module (9) is arranged to communicate with the second phone (11)....
WO/2018/230056A1	 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM
[Problem] To more flexibly and more reliably convey information while allowing a degree of user freedom. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device which comprises an output control unit for controlling the output of present...
WO/2018/229721A1	 A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CREATING PERSONALIZED AUDIBLE MESSAGES TO SET AS A RING BACK TONE AND/OR TO SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
A system and a method for allowing the user to browse, select, personalize by way of intermixing and set audible recordings based on the user's current status, mood, experiences and emotions for a caller, a group of caller or all the cal...
WO/2018/230620A1	 PROGRAM, METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SERVER DEVICE
A terminal device (10) of a user acquires output results of a sensor device (50) of a sensor network via a communication device (30). The communication device (30) receives signals from the sensor device (50) using a communication system...
WO/2018/230111A1	 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
[Problem] To provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing system with which it is possible to implement navigation that is safe and is not readily affected by the surrounding e...
WO/2018/227768A1	 METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING IVR INCOMING LINE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
The embodiment of the present invention provides a method, apparatus and device for managing an IVR incoming line, and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: identifying a user level according to an incoming phone numb...
WO/2018/228387A1	 COMMUNICATION METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
The application relates to a communication method, a device and a system, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, a computer program product and an electronic device. The communication method comprises: acquiring soft SIM info...
WO/2018/224154A1	 A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRIGGERING SERVICE LOGIC EXECUTION RECORDING FOR A CALL BETWEEN A CALLING USER EQUIPMENT, UE, AND A CALLED UE IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK
A method for triggering service logic execution recording of a call between a calling User Equipment, UE, and a called UE in a telecommunication network, wherein said service logic execution recording is to be triggered by nodes in a cha...
WO/2018/226606A1	 SERVER FOR ENABLING VOICE-RESPONSIVE CONTENT AS PART OF A MEDIA STREAM TO AN END USER ON A REMOTE DEVICE
The present invention relates to systems and methods of digital interactions with users, and in particular systems and methods operating a voice-activated advertising system for any digital device platform that has connection to Internet...
WO/2018/225024A1	 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING OR ALLOWING A CALL BASED ON USER CREDENTIALS
Embodiments of the present disclosure may relate to a system [100] and a method [400] for blocking or accepting a call received from a first device [102A]. In an embodiment, the first device [102A] transmits an attach request (comprising...
WO/2018/221145A1	 DATA TRANSFER METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
Provided is a data transfer method wherein a chat system 10 transfers chat data transmitted from a user terminal 12, to a chatbot 18 or another user terminal 20 via a network. When detecting that the chat data transmitted from the user t...
WO/2018/220833A1	 SUSPICIOUS TERMINAL DETECTION DEVICE AND SUSPICIOUS TERMINAL DETECTION PROGRAM
An adjacent history file indicates, for each set of a mobile terminal and a time, an adjacent terminal cluster formed from one or more adjacent terminals present around the mobile terminal. A group determination unit (510) uses the adjac...
WO/2018/222314A1	 ADAPTATION OF THE AUDITORY OUTPUT OF AN ELECTRONIC DIGITAL ASSISTANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN INDICATION OF THE ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT
An electronic digital assistant (EDA) detects a user's acoustical environment and substantively varys a content of a generated auditory output to the user as a function of the detected acoustical environment. The EDA receives an indicati...
WO/2018/222356A1	 ENHANCED TELEPHONY APPLICATION SERVER SESSION MANAGEMENT
A solution for an enhanced telephony application server session management. A TAS may fork an incoming invite for packet switched connectivity to all user devices of a same user account registered for parallel forking. When receiving a S...
WO/2018/217820A1	 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC DIALOG CONTROL FOR CONTACT CENTER SYSTEMS
A system and method for engaging in an automated dialog with a user. A processor retrieves a preset dialog flow that includes various blocks directing the dialog with the user. The processor provides a prompt to the user based on a curre...
WO/2018/217465A1	 EFFICIENT ROBOCALL/SCAM IDENTIFICATION WITH VERIFICATION FUNCTION
Systems and methods for classifying and routing an inbound call using ENUM queries are described. When a calling party initiates an inbound call, an Interconnect Session Border Controller (I-SBC) may generates a query for a calling party...
WO/2018/209622A1	 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS OF ONE OR MORE COMPUTING DEVICES
Embodiments relate to methods, systems, and devices for managing voice communications of computing devices. The method includes receiving a first user identification and first specified time period for enabling voice communications on a ...
WO/2018/212941A1	 OPTIMIZING DIALOGUE POLICY DECISIONS FOR DIGITAL ASSISTANTS USING IMPLICIT FEEDBACK
Systems and processes for optimizing dialogue policy decisions for digital assistants using implicit feedback are provided. In an example process, a user utterance is received. Based on a text representation of the user utterance, one or...
WO/2018/213194A1	 DELAYED RESPONSES BY COMPUTATIONAL ASSISTANT
An example method includes receiving, by a computational assistant executing at one or more processors, a representation of an utterance spoken at a computing device; identifying, based on the utterance, a task to be performed by the com...
WO/2018/212921A1	 MANAGING USER IMMERSION LEVELS AND NOTIFICATIONS OF CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
Disclosed techniques provide for the management of immersion levels and notifications of conference activities that are of interest to a user. In some embodiments, a system can monitor a conference session, that a user is not attending, ...
WO/2018/210268A1	 CALL SCENARIO MODE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, APPLICATION SERVER AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Disclosed in the present disclosure are a call scenario mode adjustment method, application server and storage medium. The call scenario mode adjustment method comprises: synchronizing calendar information configured by a user, wherein t...
WO/2018/208441A1	 NETWORK-CONTROLLED PERSONAL NUMBER HANDLING
Systems and methods for network-controlled personal number handling are described. When an incoming call destined for a user device is detected, if the user device is subscribed to network-controlled personal number handling, the incomin...
WO/2018/208646A1	 NETWORK-CONTROLLED ROBOCALL AND SCAM CALL HANDLING
Systems and methods for network-controlled scam/robocall handling are described. When an incoming call destined for a user device is detected, if the user device is subscribed to network-controlled scam/robocall handling, the incoming ca...
WO/2018/201976A1	 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEAT ALLOCATION, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A method for seat allocation. The method comprises: receiving a seat request; extracting a user identifier carried by the seat request; querying a correlation table for a seat identifier corresponding to the user identifier; when the sea...
WO/2018/204117A1	 WEB REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION FROM AN AUDIOVISUAL FILE
According to one or more aspects of the present disclosure, operations may include accessing an audiovisual file of an audiovisual presentation that includes an audio track that includes audio data and a video track that includes video d...
WO/2018/203391A1	 NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND AUDIO CONFERENCE SYSTEM EQUIPMENT USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE
The present invention facilitates reduction of processing load in a noise reduction device. The noise reduction device according to the present disclosure comprises: a noise component information acquisition unit that acquires frequency ...
WO/2018/195704A1	 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME TRANSCRIPTION OF AN AUDIO SIGNAL INTO TEXTS
Systems and methods for real-time transcription of an audio signal into texts are disclosed, wherein the audio signal contains a first speech signal and a second speech signal. The method may include establishing a session for receiving ...
WO/2018/196484A1	 METHOD FOR ANSWERING INCOMING CALL, AND TERMINAL DEVICE
A method for answering an incoming call, and a terminal device. The method comprises: receiving a call request sent by a calling device; acquiring a communication relationship between a calling party and a called party as well as a curre...
WO/2018/201033A1	 CENTRALLY PROVIDED INTERACTIVE CALL MENU FOR A CALL STRUCTURE
According to one example, a method includes providing an interactive call menu creation service to a client device. The method further includes receiving a first dataset from the client device of an entity via the interactive call menu c...
WO/2018/198892A1	 ALERT DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, ALERT DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
The purpose of the present invention is to provide, in the context of the operation of base station devices defined under 3GPP specifications, an alert distribution device that sends an alert to a device as appropriate on the basis of pr...
WO/2018/198790A1	 COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND TELEPRESENCE SYSTEM
The present disclosure relates to a communication device, a communication method, a program, and a telepresence system for enabling smoother communication. A sound processing unit processes a sound in accordance with a setting with respe...
WO/2018/196595A1	 CALL-OUT METHOD AND APPARATUS HAVING IMMEDIATE CALLBACK FUNCTION
The present invention provides a call-out method and apparatus having an immediate callback function, an electronic device, and a computer readable medium, capable of resolving the problem in the existing preview call-out scheme of being...
WO/2018/198118A1	 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATED SILENCING FOR ALIEN NOISE MITIGATION IN A MULTI-USERS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
The present invention relates to a method and system for suppressing alien noise in multi- users communication systems. Alien noise is caused by sources that are outside the system. As such, the operator has no control and/or limited kno...
WO/2018/200457A1	 PANEL FOR AUDIBLE MONITORING OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND THE DETECTION OF ELECTRICAL FAULTS
Embodiments of the present disclosure may enable an electrical component within an electrical distribution equipment cabinet to be audibly monitored via an electrical fault detection device mounted on the housing of the cabinet. The elec...
WO/2018/196742A1	 VOLTE-BASED VOICE CALL METHOD AND SYSTEM
Disclosed in the present invention is a VoLTE-based voice call method. The method comprises: a calling terminal determining whether a VoLTE call mode is activated: if so, the calling terminal generating a call request, the call request c...
WO/2018/191795A1	 RESELLER EXCHANGE SYSTEM
A reseller exchange system (RES) that allows a telecommunications provider to market/sell products/services of a third-party provider to its customers is disclosed. The (RES) stores a product/service catalogue of one or more products/ser...
WO/2018/195276A1	 AUTOMATED CONTACT CENTER AGENT WORKSTATION TESTING
A system for automated contact center agent thick client workstation testing. The invention uses a workstation test execution manager. The workstation test execution manager acts as the interface between the client interaction software s...
WO/2018/192367A1	 METHOD FOR CALLING TARGET CUSTOMER, AND SERVICE TERMINAL, SERVER AND STORAGE MEDIUM
The present application is applicable to the technical field of communications. Provided are a method for calling a target customer, and a service terminal, a server and a computer-readable storage medium. The calling method comprises: r...
WO/2018/195305A1	 MOBILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY ROBOTS
The present disclosure is directed to mobile correctional facility robots and systems and methods for coordinating mobile correctional facility robots to perform various tasks in a correctional facility. The mobile correctional facility ...
WO/2018/192149A1	 DIAL TESTING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM
A dial testing method, apparatus and system, the method comprising: sending a first dial testing message to a first virtual terminal corresponding to a first virtual number by means of a second virtual terminal, the first dial testing me...
WO/2018/191399A1	 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND CONTROLLING CONTRABAND DEVICES
The growing problem of contraband devices being smuggled into a correctional facility raises both security and safety issue. General fixed contraband detection systems are not cost effective because they require a high up-front cost and ...
WO/2018/191651A1	 CALL TRAFFIC DIAGNOSTICS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Telephone calls within one or more telephone networks (or portions thereof) are animated in real time as they occur, or over some past period in real time or at a user- selected speed. Each animated call displays the call's progress from...


Jeremy Hunziker hails to O'Gara La Jolla from the East Coast. He moved to California five years ago after circumnavigating the globe prior to college graduation. An avid motor sport enthusiast, Jeremy jumped at the opportunity to work for O'Gara La Jolla as its fulfilled his dream to work within the exotic automotive industry and representing such prestigious brands: Bentley, Bugatti, Rolls-Royce and Lamborghini. He loves the ocean and goes diving and surfing often during the summer and winter months. He is also a passionate content creator and is often found with camera in hand. His favorite supercar currently is the Lamborghini Aventador S which he describes as being the pinnacle of your everyday supercar form and function. Jeremy brings forth very positive energy to his team and turns every encounter to an uplifting experience with his contagious attitude towards life.


To be free of Brussels, Whitehall and Westminster have ripped up the rule book and undermined their own authority, writes Paris Gourtsoyannis.
Two weeks ago at Prime Minister's Questions, the SNP's Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, drew jeers for welcoming a delegation of Dutch MPs to the public gallery in their own language.
On return to the Netherlands, the fact-finding mission gave its view about how ready the UK was for Brexit.
As the Commons prepares for its second and probably decisive vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal, the story feels illustrative of where the UK is, and how it got here. With just three weeks until the UK is scheduled to leave the EU, and nearly three years on from the referendum, it remains unclear when Brexit will happen, if it will take place at all, and whether the UK will leave with a deal, or tumble into an uncertain future without one.
Even if it is agreed, the deal puts off much of the hard negotiating on future security collaboration and trade to a future "transition" phase whose length is equally uncertain.
To clear the path to this point, Brexit has swung a wrecking ball through the delicate precedents and niceties of Britain's political system and its unwritten constitution. The government suffered the biggest Commons defeat in modern history and was found in contempt of parliament for the first time ever, but carries on. Conservative MPs were told to stop turning up for non-binding votes in the Commons. Constitutional rows between the devolved and UK governments have reached the Supreme Court twice. Thirteen ministers have resigned over Brexit, and collective responsibility is a distant memory. Ministers who might have expected the sack in previous years remain in cabinet. Parliamentarians and judges have been denounced as traitors, and police now protect MPs from protesters outside Westminster. The government fears putting crucial Brexit legislation in front of MPs, while domestic issues are neglected. Post-Brexit regulations are being pushed through as giant pieces of secondary legislation, without the full scrutiny of the Commons. February recess was cancelled, but with nothing to debate in the Commons chamber, on one day the House rose after a four-hour session at half past three in the afternoon.
Most of all, after 45 years of partnership and 24 months negotiating its divorce, the UK seems unable to communicate with Europe – and attempts to do so are dismissed.
Few would argue that Brexit has broken Westminster. So how did it happen?
From the beginning, time hasn't been kind to the UK on Brexit. The two-year Article 50 period has squeezed Britain's negotiators. But the government hasn't always put the time it had to the best use.
Stephen Gethins, the SNP's Europe spokesman and previously an adviser to both nationalist first ministers, says that if the UK made its decision on Brexit without all the facts, it's partly because there was never time to get them across.
Parliament's struggles to make a concept as poorly understood as Brexit a reality has helped create the toxic atmosphere of today's politics, Clarke believes. It's easy to call someone a traitor to an idea no-one can define. "With the increasing complications and complexities of modern life, it's easier to listen to politicians with simple solutions, identify scapegoats – foreigners, or Brussels – and simply denounce in abusive terms anybody who disagrees with you.
Having inherited the decision to leave the EU, May struggled to come to terms with the magnitude of the task. Nine months on from the referendum, to ease pressure from Brexiteers, she triggered Article 50 and put herself under pressure from the clock – while trading away the UK's only real leverage in the process.
"Theresa May stood up in her 2016 party conference speech and said it would be a mistake for us to trigger Article 50 without knowing where we want to go," says Joseph Owen, who monitors the strain Brexit puts on the Westminster machine as an associate director at the Institute for Government think tank. "But that's precisely what we did.
Even Brexiteers believe the clock was started too early. Scotland on Sunday spoke to a Brexit-supporting former minister who declined to be named. Of the "many mistakes" made over the past three years, they put triggering Article 50 "too soon" at the top of the list.
Ironically, the general election called less than three weeks later was ordered in part out of fear of the government's narrow majority. Even if the campaign hadn't been a disaster, it put Brexit on hold.
"Obviously it was damaging in the respect that the government lost its overall majority, but it also lost an awful lot of valuable time and momentum," the Brexiteer source said.
Less time for negotiation also meant less time for preparation, some of which was avoided for political reasons. "The government started communicating about 'no deal' in September last year," says the IfG's Owen.
"That's six months out for a massive change. The UK Government usually gives businesses years to adapt to changes smaller than this.
Losing her majority meant May's government owed its existence to MPs from other parties. The £1.5bn deal with the Democratic Unionist Party kept the Conservatives in power, but Downing Street had no plan to replace votes lost through inevitable rebellions by pro-EU Tories. The first meetings between the government and opposition parties took place in January, and a £1bn financial offer for Leave-voting Labour areas was only cobbled together in the past fortnight.
"Holyrood does minority government well," says Gethins. "At Westminster, minority government is a crisis." As a special adviser in the first SNP minority administration, he learned the importance of forging working relationships with political rivals.
Cross-party support for sports minister Tracey Crouch over regulation of fixed-odds betting terminals, and for Scotland Office parliamentary secretary Alberto Costa in his campaign for a guarantee for EU citizens, made it tougher for the government to respond – until after they had resigned. "It was completely unnecessary," says Gethins.
Indeed, most of the cross-party work on Brexit has happened in spite of the government. The SNP, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Greens formed a committee to call for a soft Brexit and a second EU referendum. Downing Street invited a cross-party group of Remain-supporting MPs for a briefing in January, but rather than convincing them to back the deal, it drove them away: among the delegation were members of the soon-to-be-formed Independent Group, including Labour MP Chuka Umunna and Tory Anna Soubry.
With the help of Whatsapp, pro-EU MPs have organised themselves: Scotland on Sunday was told about one group of around 30 MPs whose members include Lib Dems Alistair Carmichael and Jo Swinson, Green Party MP Caroline Lucas and the Independent Group's Chris Leslie. Along with the Brexiteer European Research Group, these informal alliances have helped inflict 13 Brexit defeats on the government in 18 months.
It's in stark contrast to Alex Salmond's offer for opposition party leaders to join the negotiating team if Scotland voted for independence, or Nicola Sturgeon's creation of a council of advisers on Europe that includes figures from other parties, Gethins argues.
No government policy since the war has placed such great demands on so many departments at the same time. The level of coordination needed is huge, but it has been stifled by conflicting agendas and an insistence on secrecy and control from Downing Street.
Documents as essential as the planning assumptions for Brexit, setting out what the government expects and what each department should prepare for, were massively over-classified, IfG research found.
"It meant that you had to go on to special computer terminals or go and access hard copies in the permanent secretary's office if you wanted to see these documents," says Owen.
The situation is reminiscent of how the Prime Minister wanted her own office run, particularly before the general election, by her chiefs of staff Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy. In times that call for flexibility, the person chosen by Tory MPs – all the other leadership candidates were eliminated or withdrew – has, until recently, demanded total control.
The government's political relationships in Brussels have come under even greater strain than those in London. Pro-EU critics blame the failure to communicate on a lack of experience among the vast majority of MPs of working in and with Europe. A source tells of Brussels-based civil servants having to explain the difference between the European Commission and the European Council to Westminster parliamentarians.
At an even more fundamental level, many top European politicians speak English; as a documentary on Boris Johnson's time in the Foreign Office showed, senior British figures often can't communicate in the tongue of their opposite numbers. Europe follows our news broadcasts and reads our newspapers and we can't read theirs.
David Martin, the veteran Scottish Labour MEP, who is one of the UK's longest-serving parliamentarians, says that from Brussels, it looked like the UK government believed the EU "would be willing to make all sorts of concessions to the UK that were never on the cards".
Some in the government hope there can be a third Brexit vote and more negotiations even if MPs reject the deal again this week, but Martin sees limited room for manoeuvre.
"Europe is very, very adept and used to negotiating across parties and across interests," he says. "It needs to find consensus on issues which, from a British point of view, is seen as a weakness. And once they reach a consensus, it's a pretty firm consensus, because, by definition, to reach it people have had to make concessions and it's very difficult to go back and make further concessions.
As difficult as the journey to this week's vote has been, Brexiteers are content with the outcome. "I'm not unhappy at all with where we are at the moment, because it looks very much as if we will be heading out on 29 March without this awful deal," says the ex-minister.
Others are more concerned about the long-term impact from three years of upheaval. Lord Wallace likens it to the "normalisation" of the worst behaviour of President Trump. "Revelations or incidents which would once have caused outrage become accepted, because they become routine," he warns. "In a country with no written constitution, and where precedent matters, I fear we may be in danger of normalising the unprecedented constitutional outrages being perpetrated by the present government.
• Tuesday: After a full day of debate, MPs will vote on the deal Theresa May has negotiated with the EU. A specific time for the vote has not been released.
• Wednesday: If the deal is voted down, as expected, MPs have been promised a vote on whether the UK should leave without a deal or not. This is expected to take place on Wednesday.
• Thursday: If 'no deal' is rejected by a majority of MPs they may be offered a vote on whether to request a delay to Brexit.
• Friday, 29 March: Britain leaves the EU with or without a deal unless a delay has been agreed.


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Welcome to the 32nd Coin Report. In today's report, I will be assessing the fundamental and technical strengths and weaknesses of ExchangeCoin. This will be comprised of an analysis of a number of significant metrics, an evaluation of the project's community and development and an overview of its price-history. The report will conclude with a grading out of 10. ExchangeCoin was launched in November 2017 with an ICO that raised 650 BTC, equating to over $5,000,000 at the time. The token issued, EXCC, has a maximum supply of 32,003,133, with 4mn EXCC sold during the ICO. Further, the project also has a premine of 12.1mn EXCC, equating to 37.95% of the maximum supply (from which the 4mn was sold to the public in the token sale). The token itself operates on the Equihash algorithm, and underwent a hard fork in July 2018, after which the network migrated to a dual Proof-of-Work/Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism, with 30% of block rewards rewarded to stakers and 70% to miners. The block reward is progressively diminishing, with the current reward at 24.5 EXCC per block, with 2.5-minute block times.
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In March 2018, Binance announced its intentions to open an office in Malta after stricter regulations in Japan and China.[5] In April 2018, Binance signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Bermuda[6]. Months later, a similar memorandum was signed with the Malta Stock Exchange to develop a platform for trading security tokens[7]. In 2019, company announced Binance Jersey, an independent entity from its parent Binance.com exchange, with the aim to expand its European influence. Jersey based exchange offers fiat-to-cryptocurrency pairs, including the Euro and the British pound.[8]
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The Marvell College and Engage Bilton Grange invite you to join the carol singing at 6.00pm on Friday 14th December 2018.
Join Believe in Hull Choir, staff, students, community and guests in singing Christmas Carols. Festive refreshments will be on sale and donations welcome. Arrive from 5.30pm at The Marvell College main reception.
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Sri Lanka is a multi religious country. Buddhism is the major religion. Some of the other religions practiced in Sri Lanka are Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. According to 2011 census 702% of Sri Lankans are Theravada Buddhists 12.6% are Hindus 9.7% are Muslims and 7.4% are Christians (6.1% Roman Catholics and 1.3% are other Christians).Sri Lanka was ranked the 3rd the third most religious country in the world by a 2008 Gallup poll, with 99% of Sri Lankans saying religions is the important part of their daily life.
In Sri Lanka 70.2% of the population follows Buddhism. There are about 14,222,844 persons as per census of government 2012.This religion came to Sri Lanka through the Indian emperor Ashoka' s son Arahath Mahinda. He led to Sri Lanka in 246 BC which turned the Devanampiya Tissa, the Sri Lankan king to Buddhism. A sapling of Bodhi tree known as Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi was brought by Arahath Sanghamitra, the daughter of the Indian king Ashoka. This sapling was planted in Anuradhapura, North central province in the Mahameghavana Park by the king Devanampiya Tissa. The Arahath Sanghamitra also well established the introduction of nuns in Sri Lanka. It's densely populated in area such as southwest. In the central province areas such as Matale and Kandy. Galle and Matara districts in the southern part of the Island.
It was the beginning, and then onwards the noble families started to inspire the spreading of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, by promoting Buddhists Missionaries and Constructing monasteries. Buddhism became the official religion in Sri Lanka by 200 BC.Then by the 4th century the sacred tooth relic was brought through prince Dantha and Princess Hemamaali. Sri Lanka became a country which has a longest endless history of Buddhism of Buddhist country.
In Sri Lanka 12.6% of the population follows Hinduism. There are about 2,554,606 persons as per the census of government 2012.This is a religion mainly practiced by the Tamils in Sri Lanka, who belong to South India. This religion was practiced on the island before the establishment of Buddhism in 3rd century BC. Around 5th century and 6th century AD, the Cholas of South India around the fifth and the sixth century AD, the Chola dynasties of south India annex the throne of the Sinhalese kingdom and ruled the Island, leading to the extensive number of immigrants to the northern Sri Lank through south India. Through that way, Hinduism was popularized in Sri Lanka and during the regime of Tamil kings; Holy places were generally built. The practice of the religion Hinduism was also allowed under the Sinhala kings in the Anuradhapura era.
Vishnu, Shiva, Kali, Ganesha and Skanda are the major Hindu gods that are worshipped in Sri Lanka. The most important religious figure in modern Sri Lanka is Satguru, Shiva Yogaswami of Jaffna. The mystery in 20th century, Yoga Swami was known as the official Satguru and a place of counseling. The highest proportions of Hindus population are found in the Eastern Province Ampara, Batticaloa and Trincomale, Matale, Nuwara Eliya and Kandy Districts next are in the province of Uva. And other areas such as Vavuniya, Jaffna, Mullaitivu and Mannar Districts.
In Sri Lanka 9.6% of the population follows the religion Islam. According to the records of 2012 census about 1,967,227 persons are adhering Islam as their religion. There is also about 57227 converts that is not included in the census. The Sri Lankan Moor, Indian Muslim and Malays ethnic are communities on the Island. In the ancient around 15th century Arab Traders from Middle East had a much control of the trade on Indian Ocean, including Sri Lanka. While these traders visited Sri Lanka for the purpose of their business they later settled down in Sri Lanka, with the hope of spreading of Islam. However with the arrival of Portuguese to Sri Lanka during 16th century, the Arabs were harass forced them to move to the central province and to the eastern coast.
In modern Sri Lanka, Muslims have their own Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Department established in 1980s.The Muslims are mostly in urban areas in the southern parts, central and eastern provinces. Also the moors in the western part are mostly traders. Sri Lankan Muslims are also mainly concentrated in areas such as Colombo, Kalutara, Puttalam, Beruwala, Mannar and Jaffna.
In Sri Lanka 7.4% (6.1% Roman Catholic and 1.3% other Christian) of the population follows the religion Christianity. The Sri Lankan Christian includes the both Sinhalese and Tamil members. According to the 2012 census of government there are about 272,568 persons of Christian population in Sri Lanka.
It was the 16th century Christianity first came to Sri Lanka upon the arrival of the Portuguese. Under their rule Christianity was spread by constructing School for Sinhalese and Tamils. With this attempt of the Portuguese the natives were affected. There were a large number of people converted to Christianity. After time goes by the Dutch captured Sri Lanka and through the missionaries it was able to convert about 21% of the population to the religion Christianity in 1722.They also introduced the Protestian and reformed Church to pray.
In 1796 the ruling of Dutch grabbed by the British, then Sri Lanka became the crown colony. By the 19th century missionaries of Anglican and Protestant arrived in the early ruling of British. Under the British rule the missionary works was initiated by Baptist, Wesleyan Methodist, the CMS and SPG, the English societies. By this Salvation Army was also made to be strong.
Even so, the population of Christians (mostly the northwest of Sri Lanka) rose to 1,283,600, the 8% of Sri Lanka (88% of these are Roman Catholics and rest is Anglican and protestant).Later on Christianity was restricted in Sri Lanka due to nationalism movement. In modern Sri Lanka the Roman Catholics and other Christian are spread in western, Northwestern, Central, Northcentral, Eastern and Northern Provinces. The Christians are concentrated in areas such as Anuradhapura, Badulla, Chilaw, Galle, Kandy, Jaffna and Ratnapura.
In Sri Lanka 0.05% of the population consists of other minor religions. According to the 2012 census of government 2012 there are about 9,440 persons of population in Sri Lanka.
The main religions are Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity .While the Christianity consists both Sinhalese and Tamil members. Other than these main religions mentioned there are some minor religions in Sri Lanka. Such as Burghers, Veddahs, Malays. The burghers speak in Sinhala. Also the Veddahs language is similar to Sinhala. Veddahs is the person who belongs to the ancient tribes.
Sri Lanka is a multi-religious country. Buddhism is the major religion which is still dominated in all province .Islam, Hinduism and Christianity are the other religions practiced in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka 74% of Sinhala language is considered as the official and national language while the Tamil is 18% in practice, the 8% of its other language and only 10% of the population is handling in English. People in Sri Lanka can be categorized into two. As ethnic base and religious base. On ethnic base the largest group is the Sinhalese and the Tamils. On religious base followers of Buddhism is the biggest community in Sri Lanka. Most of them are followers of Buddhism, and then come the religion Islam. Most of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka follow Hinduism. And then come the Christian Community. Finally other minor religion such as Burgher, Malay and Veddahs.


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2:07:47 Sharp's Choice
Prelude to Demise: Heroification of Custer, Degradation of the Native Americans
By Douglas McKerns
[1] They Died with Their Boots On is a classical piece of film history. Not only does this film recount historical events, it creates some fiction in the process. 1941, the year of this movie's release, the United States was on the verge of entering into World War II as the last hope for democracy. The American people needed to unite. This epic tale of General George Armstrong Custer's life provides the spark that was needed to ignite the flame of American nationalism. The legend of General Custer is brought to life, and with it his mythical persona is glorified. In watching this film, the American public can view a cause worth fighting for, a cause worth dying for, the very same cause Custer died for.
[2] The scene I will discuss takes place during the second hour of this lengthy film (2:07:47). My analysis includes examination of the battle of the Little Bighorn as well as a prelude to the battle--a man-to-man confrontation between General Custer and his nemesis Ned Sharp. The purpose of the prelude to the battle is to increase the importance of the movie's climax and to add suspense to the already tense situation. Also, major insight is given into the character of Ned Sharp. Sharp is shown to be the sinister turncoat as had always been suspected. In this scene, Custer's image as a hero is defined, and the opportunity for redemption he provided to Sharp allows greater insight into Custer's humanity. The climactic battle scene that ensues is the most exciting point of the film. Specific analysis of the scene's treatment of the Native Americans provides evidence that the film adheres to existing stereotypes of Indians. While the Indians are stereotyped, Custer is personified as the savior/ hero. Music plays a key role in the advancing of these perspectives.
The Prelude
[3] Custer is serious. His face projects his demeanor. There seems to be a strength behind his eyes. In the background, music beats steady and simple. This adds to the feeling of seriousness in the scene. The beating of a drum sounds like music being played by Indians in the distance, as if Custer's savage death awaits there.
Custer: Sharp's Savior
[4] The lighting of the scene engulfs Sharp in light as Custer is surrounded by darkness. This symbolizes the shroud of death that Custer brings with him. Sharp is immersed in light as if it was emanating directly from Custer. The light on Sharp symbolizes the goodness of the redemption Custer offers. The character of Sharp needs to be examined. Sharp represents everything wrong with America. He is a greedy, sinister, cold-hearted traitor. Sharp was an officer in the U.S. Army and, according to this movie, forced Custer to sacrifice himself and his regiment. Sharp represents the evils of the American Dream, but Custer offers Sharp redemption, which heightens Custer's position as savior/hero. He has kidnapped him to Bighorn and wants Sharp to either join them in the fight or walk out of the plains alone. Either way he will die, but with Custer he can have some honor in death. Everything bad about Sharp raises Custer to even greater heights. Sharp--"it's murder!" Where Sharp sent the innocent to death in the Black Hills, Custer sends the innocent to death as well. But Custer has purpose. He is the sacrifice to redeem the sins of Sharp. When Sharp asks Custer where he is going, Custer replies "to hell… or to glory." Custer says the answer depends on point of view. This signifies Custer's knowledge of his own death and heightens his image as a martyr about to be sacrificed.
[5] Music is the catalyst to this scene. The music sets the tone for the overall connotation of the Indians, the United States soldiers, and the Hero -- Custer. The music takes us on a wild ride, through the tranquil heartbeats of the prelude, following that to the beginnings of an ambush, and then finally climaxing along with the film at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
[6] The music played for the Indians and the music played when the US Cavalry and Custer ride is different. The music played for the Indians is very sinister. The sound of it is high pitched and frightening--fear is created. The music creates fear in the audience. The high-pitched rhythmic screeching of the music beats faster and faster as the action of the film increases. When Custer and his troops roll across the Plain, the music is tranquil and peaceful. As if playing a proud death-march. The Indians have pride in their music as well, but the sound of the music instills a different image. As the first wave of the Indians lead Custer and his troops to the Bighorn for the arrival of the other tribes and the ambush, the high-pitched frenzy of the music is slower. The ambush has not begun yet--the Indians are leading Custer and his troops toward their demise.
[7] What is interesting to note is the increase in pitch, speed of the beats, and volume of the music as the battle progresses. While trumpets sound for the U.S., and the music is complex in quality, the music for the Indians is relatively simple. Drum-beats are the backbone of the Indian's song, but what is sinister about the song is the high-pitched screeching of the sound. The music creates a frenzy and relates to the frenzy created by the Indians in their plan of attack. As the Indians lure Custer and his troops toward the hill at Bighorn, the music leads the emotion of the audience. We are taken on a journey; like Custer and his troops, we follow the beats of the music as the frenzy increases. Custer realizes he is trapped as he stands among his troops, surrounded by all the tribes of Indians. The music stops, pauses for a moment, and then attacks as the united tribes attack. The tribes have united, with their chiefs leading them in the charge. They pounce on the helpless U.S. Army.
Sinister Ambush
[8] Lurking in the wilderness, the savage natives sit with sharpened arrows, poised--ready to fight. The Native Americans of the Plains are displayed with a sinister quality. Custer and his troops roll across the moss-covered morning of the Plains, the sun breathing mightily behind them, while the savages lurk, unseen, in the shadows. Peering eyes creep in-between the blades of the tall Plain-grass. Ambush!!! The first retreat of the Sioux is a sneaky ploy to ambush the Americans. The Sioux have tricked Custer and his troops and once again attack from the backside with large forces. This plan of attack presents the Native Americans as having sinister war tactics. Another aspect that adds to the negative myth of the Indians is the disorder in their charge. Once the ambush has been set up, the Indians constantly charge toward the US troops. There seems to be no organization in the way the Indians attack once the troops are surrounded. The constant charge creates a feeling of an insurmountable force the fearful Americans are up against. With the U.S. soldiers holding position in a tight group, the Sioux do not develop the best plan to their attack; instead they advance with reckless fury.
Cowardly Savages
[9] The Indians are shown to be cowardly savages who lack honor and general knowledge of proper military tactics. Cowardice is evidenced by the Indians even before the battle ensues. A U.S. scout is found laying on the ground, dead, killed by two arrows to the chest. The American scout was defenseless. This killing of an unarmed man is presented for the explicit purpose of showing the Indians' actions to be cowardly. Another directorial decision to heighten the Indians presentation as cowards is the inclusion of shots where Crazy Horses' forces fire arrows into the backside of U.S. soldiers. This is considered a cowardly action. If two individuals are involved in a duel, they stand back-to-back and walk twenty paces, turn, and fire. The action of shooting these soldiers in the back would be like one of the duelers turning around at nineteen paces and firing at the backside of the other. I'm certain that in an all-out melee of this kind both sides of the fight took any necessary measure to eradicate the opposing force. My gripe is that the director chose to show the Indians as the only party guilty of committing such cowardly action.
Military Simplicity and Dishonor in Battle
[10] Many more Indians appear to be killed than U.S. troops. Custer seems to be the most effective harbinger of death; he never fails to kill at least one Indian with his shot. It seems almost magical when he fires his gun. Breaking the pattern of charging Indians, masses fall to his mighty bullet. The sheer numbers of the Indians are greater than the Americans, but many more of them are shown to die than are the American troops. The Indians seem to fall dead off their horses like waves of flies hitting a bug-zapper. This is meant to convey the might of the U.S. Army and to downplay the effective military tactics of the Native American forces.
[11] This presentation invites the question: "If the U.S. only had more forces, could they have won?" Close up shots show Indians screaming and yelling. This adds to native element of these people. When Custer and his troops ride, they are composed, and music plays in the background. When the Indians ride they are frenzied, and like music plays in the background. The hectic music, presented with simple means, adds to the presentation of the Indians as simple, savage, and frenzied. To get the audience to dislike the Indians, as Custer dies, Crazy Horse steals the American flag, and he and his soldiers trample over the dead bodies of Custer and his soldiers. This presents the forces of Crazy Horse as dishonorable as well as savage.
Heroic Custer
[12] Not only is Custer portrayed as a martyr and a hero, he is savior of the American cause. This is the image that the film presents, and here is how it is accomplished.
[13] Custer is presented as the hero, leader, savior, and martyr. Because Custer is aware of the massacre that awaits him, his image as a hero is more prevalent. Custer not only leads through words but also by example. Custer leads the charge against the first wave of the Sioux forces. He is the first soldier to be exposed to battle. With reckless abandon he charges in front of his troops, his saber held high above his head, and locks flowing in the wind. As the attacking wave of Indians pounce on the forces of the United States, Custer and his troops are forced to stand their ground and hold their position. Custer gives the order to "Fight on Foot!" and with his words, following the action of their leader, all dismount and hold their position.
[14] The formation of the troops is reminiscent of a bulls-eye. Custer in the center. Concentric circles surrounding the U.S. flag, where Custer stands. All the troops are squatting as they fight, but Custer stands. This shows dominance; Custer is standing above all his troops, beside the American flag, symbol of the country they are defending. Since he is the only one standing, Custer seems invincible. No shots hit him though he is the soldier most exposed in his position. Custer is always next to his companions when they die. He kills the Indian that stabs Butler and watches him breathe his last breath. Custer holds California Joe in his arms as Joe speaks of his dream to get to California--dying, Joe will never get there. Custer speaks to Sharp as he gets his. Sharp involves himself in "myth creating" of Custer since his last words are that Custer was right about glory. In his death, Sharp took some glory with him. Custer is the last man standing. With all of his troops lost, he continues to fight to the death. Having run out of bullets--he stands next to the flag, accepting the charging death that awaits him. If he had more bullets he would have continued to fight. He accepts death and becomes America's sacrifice. Custer is shown to be glorious, honorable, and courageous, even in death.
[15] The general effect of this scene has major significance towards the purpose of the entire film. If this movie was supposed to rouse nationalistic feelings in the American public, then They Died with Their Boots On succeeds. General George Armstrong Custer is made out to be, first, a savior to his nemesis Ned Sharp, then a leader of his troops into the battle at Bighorn. His image is intensified as he continues to make his stand amongst his troops at Bighorn--he seems almost invincible. Custer is the last man standing as the Native American forces lead by Crazy Horse charge with unbridled fury to take from him his life and to send him into infamy--the hero of America, the savior of a cause, the myth of a man in a fight for his country.


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Beginning Of Pashto Journalism & First Pashto Journal "Pakhtun"
Our Province could not boast of even one national newspaper. Therefore I planned to publish a journal for the Pakhtuns in their own language, Pashtu, a national journal in the true sense of the word. I had to put in a great deal of hard work, but finally, in May 1928, my efforts bore fruit, and the first issue of Pakhtun[1] appeared.
At that time the Pakhtuns did not have much feeling or love for their own language. In fact, they hardly knew that Pashtu was their national language. A nation is known and recognized by its language and without a language of its own a nation cannot really be called a nation. A nation that forgets its own language will eventually disappear from the map altogether.
It is a great pity that the Pakhtuns were so careless that wherever they settled they learnt to speak the local language and gave up speaking their own. They never thought of teaching others their language. They were not event interested in reading or writing their own language.
Leave alone illiterate people, when I asked the educated Pakhtuns to subscribe to a Pashtu newspaper, their own news paper in their own language after all, they said:
"Has anything worthwhile ever been written in Pashtu?"
I replied: "If it hasn't surely that is not the fault of the Pashtu language. Look at any other language in the world and you will see that it has grown and developed from the level of our own language. No language has ever dropped ready-made from the sky. But in other countries other were people who cherished their language, who worked for its development and enrichment. A language does not develop by magic, though our English-education scholars seem to think so. Who among us has ever cherished and loved our language enough to make an effort to develop and enrich it? Certainly not eh mullah. They are never tired of telling the people that Pashtu was the language spoken in hell. And nobody had enough sense or intelligence to ask the mullahs how they knew this or when they had last been in hell."
These were the conditions and the mentality of the people when the first issues of Pakhutn come out. The journal rapidly gained popularity and soon Pakhtuns all over the county and indeed all over the world were talking out subscriptions. Pakhtuns living in America not only helped in the publication of the journal and in enlarging its circulation, but they also gave substantial financial help.
I have been told that in the time of King Aman Ullah Pakhtun became very popular in Afghanistan. It made the people aware of then own language. They came to love it and were interested in it to such an extent that King Aman ullah and some of his friends were soon publishing a Pashtu journal of their own, called fagh Pakhtun.
Aman ullah Khan had become so pre-Pashtu that he ordered call Government employees to learn the language. He gave them three year to accomplish this and then he wanted to make Pashtu the national language. The British viewed this development with disfavor. Only nine issues of Fagh Pakhtun had come out, when they intervened. They used the mullahs, the elders, the religious leaders and the theologians to create disturbances in the country by pronouncing king Aman ullah a Kafir. They give him no peace till he left the country and went to Italy. They did not realize how much harm they were doing to themselves.
King Aman Ullah was ever dreaming of the welfare of his people and all his efforts were directed towards making them prosperous. He always working for the progress of the country, and the happiness of his people. But they rose ip against him, as if he were not their friend but their enemy, and finally they drove him out of the country.
Such gross ingratitude is a sin before God and He has punished them for it. He gave them Bacha Sakka. Instead of making progress the Afghans saw their country fall into decline.
We felt the destruction of Afghanistan as if it were our own ruin. And actually the British led Afghanistan into ruin because of us. We were deeply impressed and affected by the progress we saw in Afghanistan and the British did not like that' neither did they want us to follow their example.
We tried to help Afghanistan, with men and money, as far as was possible and we continued to do so till Nadir Khan came into power. I went to India during that time to get moral and financial support for the cause of Afghanistan.
In Punjab I met Dr. Iqbal, Zafar Ali Khan, Mulk Lal Khan and other Muslim leaders. After I had visited Dr.Iqbal my Khilafat colleagues in Lahore asked me:
"Why did you go and see Dr. Iqbal? He is of no use. He is a poet and all that he does is writing quatrains and odes!"
I was very surprised, therefore, to see that the same Punjabi (Now Pakistani) leaders and newspapers who did not have a good word for Dr. Iqbal when he was alive, never tried of singing his praises now that he is no more. They even say that he was the creator of the idea of Pakistan. This is not the fault of the Punjabi Muslims. Nations that are aliver value and honour the living, and the dying nations value and honour the dead. We Muslims have always honoured the dead, but we are not even aware that many great men, worthy of honour, are living among us today.
From Lahore I went to Lucknow, where a Congress meeting was being held. Gandhiji and Jawaharlal Nehru were also attending this meeting. This was in 1928 and it was the first time I had the privilege of meeting them both. Until then I did not know them at all, but my brother, Dr. Khan Saheb, was very friendly with Jawaharlal, because they used to live in the same place in England and they had studied at the University together. My brother had given me a letter of introduction to Nehru.
Chwdhury Khalique zaman had invited Jawahrlal to dinner after the meeting the he very kindly took me along too. After dinner Nehru and I had a lengthy discussion about Afghanistan.
From Lucknow I went to Delhi. On Friday when I went to the mosque to say prayers, I met Maulana Mohammed Ali there. He was a fine man, and he has always been very kind to me. But his brother Shaukat Ali was a different man. He had great influence over Mohammed Ali, and he used to misguide him. That annoyed me and he used to misguide him. That annoyed me and therefore I tried to avoid meeting Mohammed Ali. But one day, when he saw me, he came up to me and said, smiling happily:
"We don't really care for Pathans, you know!"
I gave him tit for tat and said:
"And we don't really care for leaders who allow themselves to be misguided by others."
"And," I added, "Maulana Saheb, what you are saying about Amanullah Khan is precisely what the British are saying about him."
This seemed to shake him, for he threw his arms around me and said:
"Brother, will you please tell me the true facts?"
The he took me home with him.
The truth was that when Aman ullah Khan was about to leave for Europe, Shaukat Ali gave a magnificent reception for him, and delivered an address in his honour. After the party, when farewell had been said, people told me that Aman ullah had not given Shaukat Ali as much money as he expected and therefore Shaukat Ali was annoyed with the king.
[1] Pakhun became to the North West Frontier West Frontier Province what Gandhiji's Harijan was to India. Badshah Khan used it to spread his ideas and also to make important announcements. It was banned by the British and the Pakistan Government forbade its publication. It earned a good name for itself during its brief span of life.
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Margot Robbie In Talks To Star In Live Action Ghost In The Shell Remake
Aside from Akira, Ghost in the Shell is probably the most notable, widely known Japanese anime out there. And of course there's been talk of an American remake for years that has never quite materialized. Unlike Akira, however, this adaptation actually seems to be moving forward, and they may have found their lead.
According to The Wrap, Margot Robbie, fresh off her star making turn in Martin Scorsese's frenetic 2013 banking opus The Wolf of Wall Street, is in talks to take the lead role. These are, reportedly, early talks, and could easily fall apart, but if Robbie does indeed join up with this one, this would be one more huge piece of the puzzle in place. Rupert Sanders, who directed 2012's Snow White and the Huntsman, has already signed on to direct the picture for DreamWorks. After her on-screen sparring sessions with Leonardo DiCaprio, Robbie is well on her way to becoming a household name, and this is definitely a role that could push her over the top.
There are no specifics on who Robbie might play, but given the nature of the report, and her rising star status, not to mention how good she looks with dark hair, it's easy to assume that she is going to play the lead. In the original Manga by Masamune Shiro, and the subsequent animated version, this is Major Motoko Kusanagi, though you better believe once DreamWorks gets their hands on this, that's going to change to something American audiences will be more comfortable saying (if they haven't already). I suspect something like Susan or Helen (it's about time we got an action star named Helen).
According to what little description there is of the upcoming live action adaptation, the story seems to be similar to the original, at least on surface. It "follows the exploits of a member of a covert ops unit of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission that specializes in fighting technology-related crime." Those of you familiar with the original will remember that it deals with the cyber security agency Section 9, which includes Kusanagi, and their hunt for a mysterious hacker named the Puppet Master, who can actually hack people. So they at least sound like they're in the same ballpark.
Aesthetically, Ghost in the Shell has had a huge, lasting impact. Its influence is still seen in the works of filmmakers like the Wachowskis, and even in the likes of Avatar and A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, which was directed by DreamWorks' own principal Steven Spielberg, who has been a driving force behind this project for some time.
It's also going to be interesting to see how much of the dense thematic material gets bulldozed over. There are complex ideas of identity, what it means to be human, sexuality, gender, and the ever-expanding role of technology in our world. These topics and more are just as relevant today, if not more so, than they were in 1995. Let's hope they're not given the short end of the stick.
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I love living in Tacoma. I really do. It's a unique city with diverse people, activities and adventures to be had.
But what the heck is up with our lack of downtown life on the weekends (and during the rest of the week) and the pathetic homogeneous offerings of food around here? Yes, I know that is a blanket statement, but I'm going to make it.
This week I was thrilled to see an article in The News Tribune about Tacoma governing bodies becoming more flexible with allowing food vendors, food carts and other delectable street-side temptations.
Over the last few years, there has been a concerted effort by Tacoma government, businesses and regular folks to liven up the downtown area. What downtown Tacoma looks and feels like now is a great improvement from even five years ago.
This revitalization has brought more visitors and residents alike to the downtown area. You now don't have to fear a certain type of lady of the night practically exposing herself to you, or being approached to buy some crack. Well, okay, this almost never happens anymore.
There are new restaurants, festivals, families and a condo explosion (not sure if this one is good or bad, but hey). Thanks to UW Tacoma, there are students, life and youth all around.
With all of these changes, there is one noticeable difference of Tacoma from other growing cities around the country: A near lack of street food. You'd think with all this diversity, growth and effort to bring foot traffic into the city that there would be options for good food, served fresh, at a low cost.
Fear not, Tacoma'ans, change is a-coming. At least I hope so. The article talks about how "prohibitive regulations" have prevented a street food scene from starting in our city. The operating costs are too high. It's over-regulated and difficult to navigate for the typical micro business segment that food carts encompass.
Apparently, the health department is going to be making it easier and more affordable for folks to run a food cart business.
However, the newly proposed "standards" and fees don't seem to be quite there yet to make much of a difference. If those who make the decisions in Tacoma really want to bring more life to downtown, there needs to be some big changes. Integration of street food should be encouraged, nurtured, and assisted to actually make something happen.
Not living downtown myself, I can guarantee my visits would become much more frequent with the promises of hot dogs, empanadas, tacos, kabos, sandwiches or gyros.
What about you? Does bringing street food to Tacoma entice you to eat here?
Tacoma, encourage food made by people who make it fresh, flavorful and affordable to all residents. It will not only feed more of the hungry, but will enjoy the diversity that makes this city great, while encouraging people to visit and stay in our beautiful city.
The "cart" folk even have their own website!
I would LOVE to see that. I think there should be a set up somewhere that operates like an open air food court (center of downtown, or near a lot of business) like in many Asian countries or like the food stands by the Embarcadero in SF,. kind of like the set up at Frieghthouse Square but more like a farmers market with a covered eating area.


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Q: spark-submit --py-files gives warning RuntimeWarning: Failed to add file  speficied in 'spark.submit.pyFiles' to Python path: We have a pyspark based application and we are doing a spark-submit as shown below. Application is working as expected, however we are seeing a weird warning message. Any way to handle this or why is this coming ?
Note: The cluster is Azure HDI Cluster.
spark-submit --master yarn  --deploy-mode cluster --jars file:/<localpath>/* --py-files pyFiles/__init__.py,pyFiles/<abc>.py,pyFiles/<abd>.py  --files files/<env>.properties,files/<config>.json main.py

warning seen is:

warnings.warn(
/usr/hdp/current/spark3-client/python/pyspark/context.py:256:
RuntimeWarning: Failed to add file
[file:///home/sshuser/project/pyFiles/abc.py] speficied in
'spark.submit.pyFiles' to Python path:
/mnt/resource/hadoop/yarn/local/usercache/sshuser/filecache/929

above warning coming for all files i.e abc.py, abd.py etc (which ever passed to --py-files to)

A: Since Spark is open source, we can check the code which is raising the warning, at https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/python/pyspark/context.py#L350
There we can see that Spark is effectively executing something like this:
from pyspark import SparkFiles
from pyspark.sql import SparkSession

if __name__ == '__main__':
    spark = SparkSession.builder.appName("MyApp").getOrCreate()
    path = spark.conf.get("spark.submit.pyFiles").split(',')[0]
    (dirname, filename) = os.path.split(path)
    filepath = os.path.join(SparkFiles.getRootDirectory(), filename)
    if not os.path.exists(filepath):
        shutil.copyfile(path, filepath)

Basically, it tries to copy your files from the original location to the Spark application root directory, so that they can be found.
If you run this code, you will get the actual exception that is hidden by Spark.
Example
In my case, we are using livy to submit files in an Azure blob storage to Yarn, and the exception raised by shutil is FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'abfss://mycontainer@mystorage.dfs.core.windows.net/myappid/28_02_2023_15_33_56_146/pyFiles/imported_file.py', I guess because shutil cannot handle abfs filepaths.
However, Yarn already copies the files from the original location to livy filecache (as can be seen in hadoop-yarn-nodemanager.log) and I believe this new location is already in our pythonpath, therefore Spark does not need to copy files, and we can safely ignore the warning.

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Il cristianesimo a Taiwan è una religione di minoranza. Le religioni maggiormente diffuse a Taiwan sono il buddismo, il taoismo e la religione tradizionale cinese. I cristiani rappresentano circa il 4% della popolazione.

Confessioni cristiane presenti

Chiesa cattolica
La Chiesa cattolica a Taiwan fa parte della Chiesa cattolica mondiale, sotto la guida spirituale del Papa a Roma. La Chiesa cattolica è presente con una sede metropolitana (l'arcidiocesi di Taipei), sei diocesi suffraganee e un'amministrazione apostolica. I cattolici rappresentano circa l'1,5% della popolazione.

Comunione anglicana
La Comunione anglicana è presente con la Diocesi episcopale di Taiwan.

Protestantesimo
I protestanti rappresentano circa il 2,5% della popolazione e sono presenti a Taiwan con diverse denominazioni:
 Chiesa presbiteriana di Taiwan, espressione del presbiterianesimo
 Convenzione battista cinese, affiliata all'Alleanza mondiale battista
 Chiesa luterana di Taiwan, espressione del luteranesimo
 Chiesa Metodista della Repubblica di Cina, affiliata al movimento metodista
 Chiesa Metodista Libera
 Christian and Missionary Alliance Church Union of Taiwan
 Chiesa cristiana avventista del settimo giorno.

Note

Voci correlate
 Chiesa cattolica a Taiwan
 Religioni a Taiwan

Cristianesimo a Taiwan

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Ulta pulls Kate Spade e-mail ad after complaints it referenced designer's suicide
By Chris Williams
Designer Kate Spade is photographed at her offices. (Photo by David Howells/Corbis via Getty Images)
Ulta Beauty Inc. has yanked an e-mail advertisement that many customers said referenced the suicide of the late designer Kate Spade.
"Come hang with Kate Spade" was the e-mail subject line customers recently received in their inboxes. The beauty supply chain store was promoting some of Spade's fragrances.
Spade, a fashion designer known for her sleek handbags, was found dead in her Park Avenue apartment in June 2018 in an apparent suicide, police said. She was 55. A housekeeper discovered Spade's body hanging in her bedroom, police said. While investigators were still in the early stages of their inquiry, the then-NYPD's chief of detectives, Dermot Shea, said evidence including a note pointed to "a tragic suicide.
E-mail from Ulta Beauty saying "Come hang with Kate Spade."
RELATED: Naomi Judd, gone at 76, wrote about her mental illness in recent book
"Ulta Beauty recently sent an email featuring kate spade new york fragrance [sic] with an insensitive subject line and for this, we sincerely apologize," the company said in a statement to FOX Television Stations. "Mental health is a very serious, important issue in this country, and not something we would ever take lightly. We apologize to the Spade family, our kate spade new york brand partners and to our guests. Thank you for understanding as we strive to do better."
May also marks Mental Health Awareness Month. According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness, 21% of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2020 (52.9 million people). This represents 1 in 5 adults.
On Saturday, Grammy-winning country music star Naomi Judd died. Her daughters, Wynonna and Ashley, said "We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness."
RELATED: Stressed out: 4 in 10 women have reached their 'breaking point,' survey says
NAMI encourages those suffering from mental illness to explore a variety of treatments such as medication, counseling (therapy), social support and education.
If you or a loved one is feeling distressed, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The crisis center provides free and confidential emotional support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to civilians and veterans. Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. Or text HOME to 741-741 (Crisis Text Line).
CLICK HERE https://afsp.org/risk-factors-and-warning-signs for the warning signs and risk factors of suicide. Call 1-800-273-TALK for free and confidential emotional support.
This story was reported from Los Angeles.


Over the last 3 weeks we have been swamped with spammy application. The moderators have been forced to delete en masse this block of applications.
Every care has been taken to weed out genuine people from this deletion, but we might have missed one or two. If you have tried to join in the last month and not been allowed in yet, please re-submit your application. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
The spam-trap question has now been changed, which should hopefully prevent the same thing happenning again.
Same thing again, a big spambot attack over the weekend forced me to delete hundreds of user registrations. If you are a real person waiting for forum access, please email website@batteryvehiclesociety.org.uk or re-submit your application, or both.


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Critics still unhappy as EU clarifies revamped copyright rules
Foo Yun Chee | Posted: June 4, 2021, 7:07 a.m. | Updated: June 4, 2021, 3:41 p.m. | 2 Min Read
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission on Friday defined the scope of revised copyright rules adopted last year following criticism from governments, including France and Poland, but EU broadcasters and internet activists said there was a danger of censorship.
The revamped copyright directive, the first overhaul in two decades, aimed to provide fair compensation for the bloc's $1 trillion creative industry and its 11.7 million employees.
A central provision, Article 17, backed by the creative industry, would force Google-owned YouTube, Facebook's Instagram and other sharing platforms to install filters to prevent users from uploading copyrighted materials.
It triggered a fierce lobbying battle, pitting artists and news publishers against tech companies, internet activists and consumer groups, with France saying the Commission's stance could weaken Article 17, while Poland is challenging it through the European courts.
The platforms can be sued for making copyright-infringing content available to the public, even when it has been uploaded by their users. Critics say filters are costly and could lead to erroneous blocking.
EU countries have until June 7 to transpose the directive into national law.
The Commission in its policy paper published on Friday said Article 17 would only apply to online service providers and online audio and video streaming service providers that make money from copyrighted work uploaded to their platforms by their users.
Not-for-profit online encyclopaedias and educational bodies, open source software platforms and online marketplaces would be exempt.
Companies may also escape liability if they can show they have done their best to obtain authorisation for copyrighted works on their platforms and acted speedily to remove content when notified.
To mollify internet activists, the Commission said Article 17 should not apply to caricature, parody, criticism, review and quotation.
It said automated blocking of content should be limited to manifestly infringing uploads and EU countries should provide a complaint and redress mechanism to service providers so that their users can use it in the event of disputes.
Authoritarian governments can abuse automated blocking of content to go after critics, lobby group European Digital Rights (EDRi) said.
"This sets a dangerous precedent for future European legislation and for other governments around the world that would get inspired by legalised copyright censorship in Europe," its head of policy Diego Naranjo said.
The Association of Commercial Television in Europe was also critical and predicted the guidance would be ignored.
"This very last minute non-binding guidance is manifestly contentious and very likely to be challenged," ACT Director-General Gregoire Polad said in a statement.
Facebook had no immediate comment and Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Kirsten Donovan and Barbara Lewis)


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Visiting the Bottom of the Mariana Trench Sounds Pretty Appealing Right Now
For $750k, this guy will take you there in his submarine.
By Caroline Delbert
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Wealthy explorer Victor Vescovo is set to take passengers to the Challenger Deep beginning in May.
Vescovo has caused a deep sea rift with fellow explorer James Cameron over his claims.
Passengers will travel on a retired Navy surveillance vessel repurposed to carry scientific research.
A retired naval officer and wealthy investor will begin carrying paying passengers into the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on Earth. The eight-day trip, which includes three dives into the Deep, will cost $750,000 per person.
Victor Vescovo has already visited the Challenger Deep twice, and was just the fourth person in the world to get there. In 2015, he created an exploration company he named Caladan Oceanic, after the water-covered planet in Frank Herbert's Dune saga.
The group has two fully booked expeditions scheduled for May, and so far, there have been no changes to those plans. Visitors will ride out to the very remote site aboard a 224-foot repurposed research ship called Pressure Drop. Pressure Drop, too, is retired from the U.S. Navy, where she was called Indomitable.
Indomitable served for nearly two decades as a surveillance ship, and another 11 as a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel. Now, as Pressure Drop, she exclusively carries the specially equipped deep-ocean submarine Limiting Factor. (Three careers and counting makes sense for a vessel born in 1985, right?)
Bloomberg reports that Vescovo is excited to share the exhilarating and unusual feelings of deep water with his passengers. Even the most ardent recreational SCUBA diver doesn't go much further than about 100 feet, and the typical Navy submarine goes about 800 feet down. Researchers who study the ocean floor take special crafts to do that work, and they often use autonomous vehicles to collect data and samples more safely. Still, the ocean floor is wildly unfamiliar to us, and an estimated 80 percent remains unexplored and undocumented.
Victor Vescovo.
Mike MarslandGetty Images
Once you get a ways down, the surroundings look so unfamiliar that people might be discombobulated by them. But then, pretty quickly, everything goes completely dark. "Then it's just really peaceful, and there's virtually no sense of motion in any direction," Vescovo told Bloomberg. "You aren't weightless like you are in space, but there's no sense you are falling down or even turning slightly."
That's interesting, because studies show that just over half of humans can "see" their own movements even in complete darkness—but that's believed to be a result of our brain activity, not any external signals. And at such depths, even adjusted and controlled air pressure can't account for how alien the darkness and sense of unfamiliarity will be. The media often compare Mariana expeditions to space flight, but in a way, we've explored more of our immediate space than we have of the deep ocean.
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Carrying passengers is a moneymaker that will help Vescovo underwrite his continued research in the deep ocean. And, well, he has a beef to settle with fellow megamillionaire and Challenger Deep visitor James Cameron.
The blockbuster director has been upset with Vescovo's claims that he made it 52 feet deeper into the Deep, because Cameron says the bottom is flat and you can't go any deeper. Vescovo said then that he planned to confirm his finding during his 2020 trips.
Caroline Delbert Caroline Delbert is a writer, book editor, researcher, and avid reader.
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Vaporus is a Montreal based company famous for production of electronic cigarettes, which has found its way into US from Canada. Vaporus, located in the province of Quebec, runs the website Vaporus that is an online shop for its quality e-cigarettes. Song Han who after his electronic cigarettes discovery quit smoking and is now a proud owner of several Vaporus stores around Montreal pioneered the site. Han has dedicated his time and showed passion on his e-cigarettes by sharing his knowledge about the healthier choice of cigarettes for quite some time. He has spread his campaign throughout Canada and USA to make people realize and acknowledge a better alternative to smoking.
Lately Vaporus has faced opposition from the authorities of Canada concerning the inclusion of nicotine in the electronic cigarettes and Han has expressed his concerns about delivering quality and complete products to the public despite the regulations. Vaporus provides different types of e-cigarettes for all types of smokers those starting out as e-cigarette smokers to those with advanced e-cigarette smoking skills.


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Literature Corner
We use a co-operative model to augment education and prevention resources around physician wellness. Essential to this model are the contributions of Physician and Non-Physician Collaborators within Alberta. Well Doc Alberta provides an avenue for those with physician wellness expertise to reach a broader audience and to train others to meet the increasing demands for physician wellness resources.
Collaborators may contribute in many ways including:
Sharing resources they have developed
Helping develop new education resources
Updating existing education resources (from personal or other sources)
Teaching education resource materials directly
Training other physicians to teach education resource materials
We are pleased to introduce you to our growing list of Collaborators.
Dr. Huma Ali, MD (Calgary)
Dr. Ali is an Emergency Medicine Physician based out of the South Health Campus in Calgary.
Erin Botterill, R. Psych (Edmonton)
Erin Botterill is a Registered Psychologist based out of Pine Integrated Health Centre. Erin works with adults and specializes in perinatal mental health, anxiety, depression, stress reduction, and grief and loss.
Dr. Jeffrey Cao, MD, MBA (Calgary)
Dr. Cao is a Radiation Oncologist and Lead of the Oncology Leadership and Development Office at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary. Dr. Cao is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology, Cumming School of Medicine, University Calgary, and the president-elect for the Alberta Medical Association's Radiation Oncology Section.
Dr. Carli Rose Clemis, MD (Claresholm/Lethbridge)
Dr. Clemis is a Family Physician with a wide scope of practice in rural family medicine, sports medicine, and obstetrics. She works in Claresholm and Lethbridge.
Dr. Brian Cornelson, MD (Calgary)
Dr. Cornelson is a Family Physician at the East Calgary Health Centre in Calgary, and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.
Dr. Roisin Dempsey, MD (Claresholm)
Dr. Dempsey is a Family Physician working in rural medicine in Claresholm and a clinical educator for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Dr. Karen Fruetel, MD (Calgary)
Dr. Fruetel is a specialist in Geriatric Medicine and is based primarily at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary. Dr. Fruetel is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.
Dr. Jori Hardin, MD (Calgary)
Dr. Hardin is a Dermatologist based out of the Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre in Calgary. Dr. Hardin is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Section of Dermatology in the Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.
Dr. Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, MD (Calgary)
Dr. Holroyd-Leduc is an academic Geriatrician and Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. She is also the Deputy Department Head (academic) for the Department of Medicine and the Brenda Strafford Foundation Chair in Geriatric Medicine.
Dr. Shelley Howk, MD (Cochrane)
Dr. Howk is a retired Family Physician, after 25 years of practice in Southern Alberta. Dr. Howk is the Senior Medical Advisor, Continuing Competence for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.
Dr. Barbara Kellner, MD (Calgary)
Dr. Kellner is a retired Dermatologist, who practiced in Calgary. Dr. Kellner holds the appointment of Clinical Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.
Dr. Susan Kuhn, MD (Calgary)
Dr. Kuhn has a pediatric infectious disease practice at the Alberta Children's Hospital and consults for tropical infections at the Odyssey Travel Clinics in Calgary. She specializes in pediatrics, infectious diseases, travel, and tropical medicine.
Dr. Ryan Lenz, MD (Calgary)
Dr. Lenz is a medical educator and a General Internist in Calgary, based out of the Rockyview General Hospital.
Dr. Amanda Roze des Ordons, MD, MMEd (Calgary)
Dr. Roze des Ordons is a Medical Educator and Physician in critical care medicine, palliative medicine and anesthesiology at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.
Dr. Shannon Ruzycki, MD (Calgary)
Dr. Ruzycki is a General Internist in Calgary, based out of the Foothills Medical Centre. She is the Associate Director of Physician Wellness and Vitality for the Department of Medicine in the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.
Dr. John(y) Van Aerde, MD, PhD (Edmonton)
Dr. Van Aerde is a Neonatologist and clinician-researcher who has held multiple leadership roles. He is the Executive Medical Director of the Canadian Society for Physician leaders, as well as the chief-editor of the Canadian Journal of Physician Leadership.
Dr. Sarah Weeks, MD (Calgary)
Dr. Weeks is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Cardiac Sciences at the University of Calgary. She is also a Faculty Advisory Against Mistreatment for Undergraduate Medical Education at the Cumming School of Medicine.
Dr. Karen-Rose Wilson, MD (Calgary)
Dr. Wilson a hospital pediatrician specializing in pediatric palliative medicine at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary.
Dr. Ian Wishart, MD (Calgary)
Dr. Wishart is a Physician specializing in Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine in Calgary. Dr. Wishart is Director of Interprofessional Education, a Master Teacher in Undergraduate Medical Education, and a Clinical Associate Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.
Dr. Jennine Wismark, MD (Edmonton)
Dr. Wismark is a Family Physician in Edmonton. While serving as President of the Grey Nuns Medical Staff Association, she and her team developed a Peer Support Program and advocated for physician wellness. She is currently the Associate Chief Medical Officer, Physician Wellness and Development for Covenant Health where she continues to advocate for physician wellness programs and healthy work environments for physicians.
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