Will the Iran nuclear agreement work?
To evaluate the significance and effectiveness of the Iran nuclear agreement, Judy Woodruff gets reaction from former CIA Director James Woolsey, Dennis Ross, a former Middle East peace envoy, former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger and retired Gen. Michael Hayden, also a former CIA director.
So, how effective is this deal at preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon?
We hear from four people with extensive U.S. foreign policy experience.
Sandy Berger was national security advisor to President Bill Clinton. Retired General Michael Hayden was director of the CIA during the George W. Bush administration. Dennis Ross served in Republican and Democratic administrations as a Middle East peace envoy. And Jim Woolsey was director of the CIA during the Clinton administration.
And we welcome you all to the program.
Let me just start by asking you all, what do you make of this deal? Does this prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon?
Jim Woolsey, to you first.
I don't believe it does. I think there is no elastic, essentially, in the snap-back sanctions. They will — they really depend upon Russian and Chinese cooperation.
What do you mean they depend on Russian and Chinese cooperation?
In order to take action based upon something that we perceive the Iranians have done, unless the Iranians agree and say, 'oh, yes, we did that,' you have a situation where we have to try to force discipline on the system, and we're not going to have Russian and Chinese support, mostly, in order to do that.
How strong is that agreement, Sandy Berger, and do you see that weakness?
I think the agreement is a strong agreement.
I think it prevents Iran from developing a nuclear weapon for at least 10, probably 15 years. I don't think it depends on trust. I think it's verifiable. If they cheat, we can go to the U.N. I think Jim is wrong about the way of reimposing the sanctions. The way the agreement is written, Russia, China and Iran cannot stop us from reimposing the sanctions.
If the — if us and — if we or our allies believe Iran is cheating, and we go to the U.N., we cannot be blocked by Russia, China and Iran alone or in combination. That's a pretty strong provision. And I think it's essential to the fabric of this agreement. We're not relying upon anything other than our own judgment as to whether or not they're cheating on this agreement.
General Hayden, how do you see this?
GEN. MICHAEL HAYDEN (RET.), Former CIA Director: Well, actually a combination of the two views you just heard.
I think it does do some really good things for a period of about a decade, but it does legitimate an industrial-strength Iranian nuclear program. As we get to the sunset years, even assuming success across the board for the agreement, as we get to the sunset years, Iran is very well-positioned to break out if they choose to do so.
Dennis Ross, why isn't that a concern, that it does wind Iran down for a period of years, but when that period is over, Iran can build back up again?
DENNIS ROSS, Former Middle East peace envoy: Well, I think it is a period. I think it is a source of concern.
I think the key here is, for 15 years, you really are basically deferring what they can do when it comes to a nuclear weapon. But come year 15, they are a threshold nuclear state. And unless we establish a very clear deterrent, so that they understand if they move from threshold to weapons status, that the price is going to be unbearable, meaning not just sanctions, but the use of force, that's the only way to ensure that they don't become a nuclear weapons state.
And do you think that deterrent is clear and strong?
I think we have to make — I think language has to be much more blunt. I think we have to be clear it's not just all options are on the table, but we will not permit Iran to become a nuclear weapons state and we will take whatever steps are necessary, including the use of force, to ensure that.
Sandy Berger, you're shaking your head.
The president has said we will not permit Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. That is a commitment of the United States. It doesn't expire. It's not vitiated by this agreement. He should reiterate that and make it very, very clear.
But the agreement itself restricts Iran for 15 years. But the verification provisions go on much longer. So we will have transparency under this system for a very long time. And if the president reiterates that view that we're not going to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, we will have a lot of access to what they're doing.
why doesn't that give you confidence, Jim Woolsey?
Well, in the first place, Russia and China are members of the Security Council, and one can do little under this agreement without having the Security Council's support.
And I think that the real problem is that, by paying tens upon tens of billions of dollars to Iran in the near term, which we will do as a result of the sanctions being lifted, we're creating a situation in which Iran is the leading terrorist country in the world, has a lot more resources available to it to buy what they want via Hamas and the other terrorist organizations they front.
And Gwen asked National Security Adviser Susan Rice about that.
Michael Hayden, is that a concern to you?
So, assuming a good agreement, let's say it works for that 10-year period, we have got the sunset problem. But also, Judy, look at what we have just done. We have legitimated a program until this morning that was illegal, that was in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
We have brought Iran back into the family of nations. It's now no longer a renegade state. The sanctions end, they become rich, and none of those other activities about which we are very concerned Iran has been conducting, none of those have stopped.
Well, I would say two things.
First of all, Iran is a nuclear threshold state. They have been a nuclear threshold state since they started building centrifuges in the middle of the Bush administration. The question is, what are we going to do about it? Are we going to roll it back or let them have this program and go forward?
So I think that's where we are at this point. I absolutely agree this agreement does not solve the Iranian problem in the region. Iran is a country that is destabilizing the region, a country that we have to be concerned with. I don't see this agreement as solving that problem. I think this agreement is useful, not in spite of that, but because of that, because all those conflicts, all that ambition would be more dangerous if Iran were emboldened because they had a nuclear weapon.
Well, Dennis Ross, as someone who has worked on that — those conflicts in the region, how do you see that aspect of it?
Look, there is no question that they will get, with sanctions relief, they will get to what amounts to a windfall. True, it is their money, but you have close to $150 billion that are in frozen assets, frozen accounts right now.
They don't get it for about six months. What Susan Rice said is right. They have to implement the major obligations, the major nuclear obligations in the deal. And it will take about six months to do that. I think the key here at this point is for the Iranians to understand two things. One, we need to reestablish deterrence not only at the level of them not moving from threshold to nuclear weapons state status, but also we have to raise the cost to them of what they do in the region.
We have to be prepared to compete with them. They have to realize that if we see them giving a lot more money to Hezbollah, a lot more money to Hamas, to the Houthis or to Asaib Ahl-Haq in Iraq, they are going to see much greater competition from us.
We should be talking to the Europeans now about targeted sanctions if we see that. And we should be doing contingency planning with the Israelis and with the Arabs to deal with increased activity by the Iranians throughout the region.
And I saw the president in a phone call today with Prime Minister Netanyahu trying to reassure him on some of these points.
Jim Woolsey, I want to come to this other question of inspections. The president said — it was noticeable the president said 24/7 access. But then, later, we see it's something called managed access. How comfortable are you with whatever inspection arrangement there is?
If we point out a violation or the need for an inspection, you have two weeks, and then it goes to a committee, and then the committee looks at it for a while, and then — this has all been very elaborately constructed in such a way as to give Iran a lot of leeway in order to deal with this, and they do not have to have, ultimately, a huge industrial structure that they can't hide.
They can hide the relevant parts of being able to make a few weapons in a relatively small space and can move them.
Where do you come down on this, General Hayden?
Pretty much where Jim is.
The inspections are the pass-fail aspect of the agreement. And we cannot do it through American espionage or national technical means. The only way we get a verifiable agreement is that the IAEA gets to go where they want to go.
And, Judy, fundamentally, I think that's a technical question that this international group should have the freedom to move. The solution set here moves this into a political process. And I'm just fearful that that will make it much more difficult to verify.
Look, I think the agreement is quite clear. I think the administration has done a good job here.
If the Iranians don't let us into a particular site, there is a process of several weeks. If we're not satisfied, we and our allies can go to the Security Council and have the sanctions reimposed. If Russia is screaming, if China is screaming and if Iran is screaming, they cannot block that. So, I think that's really crystal clear.
Let me just make one other point on the sanctions point. We don't own these sanctions. They're not ours. They're international sanctions. They include the Indians and the South Koreans and the Japanese and a lot of countries that aren't terribly threatened by Iran.
They opposed these sanctions, because they wanted to bring Iran to the table, and they believed we would negotiate seriously. If we don't now follow through on that, the sanctions regime will unravel, Iran will get its money without any nuclear controls.
And that raises the question about what happens if this falls apart. For the critics who are saying this is the wrong deal, what's the alternative, Dennis Ross?
Well, I think there is a burden on the critics to explain that, because I think the point that Sandy just made is right.
There is a reality here. You have the international community basically embracing this agreement. Certainly, the members of 5-plus-one have embraced this agreement. The Iranians will say they're going to implement the agreement. I actually think, if this were to be blocked, the Iranians would come out and say, we will implement it.
And the European Union — if you read the agreement, the European Union, commits, there are separate paragraphs where the European Union commit, if the Iranians do their part in terms of meeting these major obligations, the E.U. is then committed to lifting the sanctions.
So, I am concerned that you wouldn't be able to sustain that. And so if the critics are really convinced that the best way to deal with this is to block the sanctions, they have to explain why the outcome isn't going to be sanctions collapse, the Iranians get the windfall, they're really not restricted.
In a sense, both — from my standpoint, the administration has some issues it has to address, including how you deal with the suspect sites. It's an — we have 24/7 access to facilities like Natanz. It comes — when it comes to suspect sites, that becomes more problematic, and then you're talking about what could be a 30- to 35-day period before you actually get access.
And you're saying the critics also have a question to answer.
Jim Woolsey, what is the answer? Why wouldn't the sanctions regime collapse, Iran just moves toward complete nuclear program that it wants?
Well, I think it will come very close to doing that anyway.
We have to realize what we have got here and what we're dealing with. It's not a state — I once led a set of negotiations and participated in three with the Soviets. And with the Soviets, it was a different situation. They were far from lovely folks to deal with.
But with Iran, we're dealing with a leadership of the country that are theocratic, totalitarian, genocidal imperialists. And each of those words I think can definitely be supported. They have a word, taquia, which essentially means lying to infidels. It's recommended.
And we are not dealing with a normal sort of autocratic state that we have to be careful how we deal with.
But my question is, if this doesn't work, what's the alternative?
Isn't the alternative, Michael Hayden, Iran has a clear path to do what it wants?
It depends. It depends on American leadership. It depends on how clearly we state our reasons that this is not a good enough deal.
And good enough might be as good as it gets. But, Judy, if you push that logic too far, you don't have a plan B, you could actually back yourself into a position where any deal is better than no deal. And I don't think that's a sustainable position.
Gentlemen, we're going to leave it there. It's just day one of debating this nuclear agreement.
We thank you all for being here, Jim Woolsey, Michael Hayden, Sandy Berger, and Dennis Ross. Thank you.


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package org.flowable.engine.test;

import java.time.Instant;
import java.util.Date;

import org.flowable.engine.ProcessEngine;
import org.flowable.engine.impl.test.JobTestHelper;
import org.flowable.engine.test.mock.FlowableMockSupport;

/**
 * A Helper for the Flowable {@link FlowableExtension} that can be used within the JUnit Jupiter context store
 * and users can use it in the tests for easy modifying of the {@link ProcessEngine} time and easy access for waiting on the job executor.
 *
 * @author Filip Hrisafov
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public class FlowableTestHelper {

    protected final ProcessEngine processEngine;
    protected final FlowableMockSupport mockSupport;
    protected String deploymentIdFromDeploymentAnnotation;

    public FlowableTestHelper(ProcessEngine processEngine) {
        this.processEngine = processEngine;
        if (FlowableMockSupport.isMockSupportPossible(this.processEngine)) {
            this.mockSupport = new FlowableMockSupport(this.processEngine);
        } else {
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    public ProcessEngine getProcessEngine() {
        return processEngine;
    }

    public String getDeploymentIdFromDeploymentAnnotation() {
        return deploymentIdFromDeploymentAnnotation;
    }

    public void setDeploymentIdFromDeploymentAnnotation(String deploymentIdFromDeploymentAnnotation) {
        this.deploymentIdFromDeploymentAnnotation = deploymentIdFromDeploymentAnnotation;
    }

    public FlowableMockSupport getMockSupport() {
        return mockSupport;
    }

    public void waitForJobExecutorToProcessAllJobs(long maxMillisToWait, long intervalMillis) {
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    public void setCurrentTime(Date date) {
        processEngine.getProcessEngineConfiguration().getClock().setCurrentTime(date);
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A Glenda valószínűleg kelta eredetű amerikai női név, a Glenn férfinév női párja. Ez eredetileg családnév, és völgy(lakó)t jelent.

Gyakorisága
Az 1990-es években szórványos név, a 2000-es években nem szerepel a 100 leggyakoribb női név között.

Névnap
ajánlott névnap
 április 11.
 május 13.

Híres Glendák

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Jegyzetek

Magyar keresztnevek (G)
Női keresztnevek (G)
Kelta eredetű magyar női keresztnevek

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Row 1: Make a slip knot, and ch 100. Then, put 1 dc into the 3rd ch from hook, and in each st across.
Rows 3-22: Repeat row 2. Cut yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Step 1: Lay the 2 pieces you just crocheted on top of each other as pictured, and thread the tapestry needle with the long tail. Next, sew each side the top of the poncho in 11″ (29 st) from the outside-in, leaving a 17″ neck hole open in the middle. Then knot, weave in ends, and cut the excess yarn.
Step 2: Next, fold the pieces width-wise as shown. Sew up each side of the tee, 6″ up from the bottom, (6 st) leaving the arm holes open.
Attach with the crochet hook to the corner of one of the bottom stitches of the poncho as shown.
Step 2: Repeat step 1 around the entire bottom edge of the poncho, by adding 2 pieces of fringe to every stitch.
Now, just weave in all ends of the poncho & trim.


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But now shrinks the place where you stand: Where now, stripped by shade, will you go? — Paul Celan
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Trayvon Martin & Limon Hossain: Innocence on Trial
By Tibra Ali, May 25, 2019
Trayvon Martin. Photo released by his family.
Trayvon Martin and Limon Hossain: Innocence on Trial
by Tibra Ali for AlalODulal.org
I recently came across a chalked message on the sidewalk that summed up the media circus and the whole trial in one pithy remark: "Only in America does an innocent victim like Trayvon Martin have to stand trial for his own murder." But the first thing that popped into my mind was how the "Only in America…" part is actually incorrect. In particular, I thought of the young Bangladeshi student Limon Hossain.
When Barack Obama was elected the president of the United States in 2009, I happened to be a lecturer at an evangelical Christian university in Central Texas. On this momentous occasion a few of my friends, curiously all of them white, Christian and Republican, declared that America has at last become a post-racial society. It's not a view I shared; The America that I, a brown Bangladeshi man with a Muslim surname, saw was very different from the America that they saw.
If there were any doubts that Martin Luther King's dream of the black man becoming the white man's brother had suddenly become a reality the day Barack Obama became president was an illusion, it has certainly been shattered by the recent murder of the black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida and the failure of the law of the land to deliver justice. Walking down the road of the Canadian city that I now live in, I recently came across a chalked message on the sidewalk that summed up the media circus and the whole trial in one pithy remark: "Only in America does an innocent victim like Trayvon Martin have to stand trial for his own murder." How aptly put, I thought. Long live the world dreamed up by Franz Kafka, I sighed.
The United States seems divided today, mostly along racial lines, about whether the trial was about race or not, whether racial profiling played an important role or not, whether "stand your ground" laws support one racial group over another.
Whatever the truths are about these questions, I think that these issues go further than just the white/black divide. I know that many Bangladeshis living in the U.S. tend to think that they are not affected by civil rights issues and that somehow these issues only related to "them" – those African Americans. But they are wrong – civil rights issues are not an isolated island, they go hand in hand with the larger issues of human rights which includes a whole continuum of issues such as religious and sexual rights. In a sense, these Bangladeshis and other non-black minorities also buy into the white myth of a "post-racial" society when they distance themselves from cause of the likes of Trayvon Martin. However, whenever there is a hate-crime committed by members of the minority, the manifestations of fear by members of minority groups and the paranoia stirred up by the purveyors of bigotry clearly show the cracks in the wall that's supposed to be this "post-racial" society. The likes of Pamela Geller, who infamously opposed the building of an Islamic community centre in Manhattan by labelling it as the "Ground Zero Mosque" and those who are preaching that their white kids be wary of "young black men" like Trayvon Martin belong to the same spectrum.
Another memory from the time when I was working for the Christian university: a young Muslim female undergraduate student, who preferred to wear hijab, was assaulted on campus by an outsider one night. She was thrown on the ground and kicked while racial slurs were thrown at her. Although the university, which had always carefully managed its Christian image, issued a statement deploring the hate-crime, it nevertheless skirted the real issue: the statement was more concerned with how the incident took away from the "mission" of the university than anything else. The statement carefully avoided the word "Muslim", and it was the only Jewish professor on Campus (a distinguished liberation theologian) who pointed out this hypocrisy of the university administration.
Limon Hossain. Source: New Age
And meanwhile I see secretive hatred murdering the helpless
Under cover of night;
And justice weeping silently and furtively at power misused,
No hope of redress.[1]
But when I first came across the above mentioned "chika" (Bengali for graffito) the first thing that popped into my mind was how the (rhetorical?) "Only in America…" part is actually incorrect. Innocence gets put on trial all the time and everywhere. Didn't Tagore lament about the same thing in him famous poem about the problem of evil?
In particular, I thought of the young Bangladeshi student Limon Hossain who on the 23rd of March, 2011, was shot at point blank range by members of the law enforcement agency RAB (Rapid Action Battalion). Unlike most of RAB's victims Limon survived but as a result of his injuries he lost his left leg. Later it turned out that this was a case of mistaken identity and RAB had planned to nab (and perhaps shoot at point blank range?) another, a Limon Hossain Jomaddar, who in addition to sharing the same name was also supposed to be wearing a red shirt as young Limon was wearing that day!
This was not the first time that RAB had accidentally shot someone who had the misfortune of sharing the same name with someone else that they were looking for. An article in New Age by Rahnuma Ahmed on the Limon case also mentions another case of mistaken identity where a young model named "Bappi" was killed at point blank range because RAB mistook him for a wanted criminal with the same nickname. Digging through articles while preparing for this post I came across a Bengali article titled "Shumons Beware" (সুমনরা সাবধান) by A.Z.M. Abdul Ali, published in Shomokal in 2005, warning all young men named Shumon because RAB had been looking for a criminal named Shumon and had already killed one person with that name by mistake. Mistaking innocents for wanted criminals and then killing them, seem to be part of RAB's modus operandi!
Returning to the case of Limon, instead of admitting their mistake, RAB filed false cases against Limon claiming that he was a wanted terrorist, and even tried to stop his mother from registering a case against the RAB members who had been involved in the shooting. For more than two long years RAB and the Government of Bangladesh pursued these false cases against Limon. They harassed him and his family. This also seems nothing out of the ordinary for RAB as there are many other documented cases where they have followed the same procedure of harassing and intimidating the family of someone whom they had mistakenly shot and killed.
But Limon, supported by his poor family (his father is a share-cropper and a day labourer) and his villagers and guided by the legal advice from the human rights group Ain O Shalishi Kendra (ASK), has persisted in fighting these false cases while pressing forward with his own case against RAB. At one point very recently, Limon and his family were advised by the government appointed chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Bangladesh to withdraw their case against RAB in exchange for the government to withdraw its cases against Limon. The chairman was even quoted as describing it as a "win-win" situation for all. So Limon losing his leg and getting his life ruined while RAB manages to cover up its sham practice of "cross-fire" (RAB's double-speak for extra-judicial killings) is perceived by the government's chief human rights officer as a win-win situation! However, I have to give the NHRC chairman some credit as he had advised the government to withdraw its false cases as well as challenged them in the courts.
Only recently, on the 9th of July of this year, more than two long years since the shooting, and in the face of mounting national and international outcry, has the Government of Bangladesh agreed to withdraw the cases that RAB had filed against Limon. However, Limon and his family, thanks to the courage that only comes from innocence, are continuing to seek justice against RAB despite enormous pressure to drop their case. Limon has been quoted as saying, "[I]t should be proved once and for all that no one is above the law."
Inspired by a street-side comment I looked at two very different cases from two different countries and continents. There are important differences but the unifying theme is the killing, maiming and persecution of the innocent and the failure of the justice system to deliver justice.
For crimes like these the law should be clear cut. There are no ambiguities in what action should be taken in either of these cases: In Limon's case the RAB members should be brought to justice and Limon should be handsomely compensated (same for all other victims or victims' families of "cross-fires"). The high toll of innocent lives lost in "cross-fires" and high profile cases like that of Limon should clearly bring about the realization that there can be no alternatives to corruption-free and accountable law and order enforcing institutions. In the case of Trayvon, since it is too late for justice, all the "stand your ground" laws that make racial profiling and the killing of innocents legal should be scrapped. If America is truly going to become a post-racial society, there need to be recognition and open discussions about institutional racism.
These cases are terrible indictment of the status quo in these societies and they should lead us to considerable soul searching.
1. Rabindranath Tagore (1985) 'Selected Poems', translated, edited and with notes by W Radice, Penguin, London.
Related link: Toronto & Sammy Yatim: http://m.vice.com/en_ca/read/why-did-the-toronto-police-kill-sammy-yatim
(Originally posted on Alal O Dulal on 2013/07/30.)
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Now days technology has played a major role in the development of agribusiness.
Nowadays technology has played a major role in the development of agribusiness.
Technology has played a major role in the development of agribusiness. Today, crops can be grown in the desert using agricultural biotechnology. With this technology, plants have been designed to survive in drought conditions. Genetic researchers have been able to introduce traits into existing genes to make crops resistant to drought and parasites. Let us take a good example. Bacteria, known as bacillus thorniness, serve as a reservoir, allowing crops to resist insects so that these genetically modified crops will develop without parasite interference. The invention of this technology is used in developing countries to grow commercial crops such as cotton, where genetically modified cotton plants are resistant to parasites and grow better than normal cotton plants, which gives good results.In my previous article, "Using Technology Today and Tomorrow," the use of mobile applications by farmers was reported to calculate the amount of grass available in this area. This allows farmers to save time and money and know how much remains and how to feed their animals.
Agricultural technology has become a real business, and now farmers are electrified every process, the consumer can put the system directly on the Internet, the product will be transferred from the farm to the consumer while being new. This saves money for farmers and cuts intermediaries who tend to buy small quantities of farmers and sell high-end consumers. Every farmer uses this technology in his own way. Some use it to create fertilizer, others use it to market their products, while others use it in production. So, as a farmer, you have to determine what you need. The following is a summary of the use of technology in agriculture: Plowing animals I replace tractors. Use of machines on farms. Now farms can be grown on more than 2 acres of land with less labor and can reduce costs more when they look for used tractors and other harvesting techniques rather than new equipment.
The use of farmers and fishermen makes the process very easy. In agriculture, time and production are very important. You must cultivate on time, harvest in a timely manner and deliver to the stores on time. Modern agricultural technology allows a small number of people to grow large amounts of food and fiber in the shortest possible time. Modern transport: This makes it possible to make the products available in the markets in a timely manner from the farm. With modern transport, consumers in Dubai consume fresh carrots from Africa the same day that carrot is a garden living in Africa. Modern transportation technology facilities help farmers to easily transfer fertilizers or other agricultural products to their farms and accelerate the supply of farm products from farms to markets that consumers receive on a daily basis. Refrigeration plants: These farmers are used to buying tomatoes and other perishable foodstuffs to keep their costs while being transported to the market. These refrigeration systems are installed in food transport trucks so that the tomato crops remain fresh upon delivery.
This is a win-win situation for both consumers of these agricultural products and for farmers. What? Consumers get this fresh produce and grow and sell all their products because demand will be high. Genetically produced plants, such as potatoes, can withstand diseases and pests, which reward farms with good yields and save them time. These crops grow very quickly and produce healthy yields. As these diseases are resistant to most diseases and pests, farmers will spend less money on pesticides, thus increasing their return on investment. Development of animal feed. This has solved the problem of grass hunting for animal feed, and now this food can be made and consumed by animals.
The price of this food is only for the low-income farmer to afford. Most animal feed manufacturers have the additional nutrition that improves animal health.


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Currently, marketplace update fails when trying to update the automated downloaded version of marketplace when marketplace is initially missing in a portal bundle. Liferay marketplace portlet download.
New enterprise paas tailored for liferay dxp Digital Experience Software Tailored to Your Needs. The documentation explains that it means we need to install the marketplace- portlet ( that already is installed).
Distribuez et vendez vos produits sur nos plus de 1 800 canaux. Move the plugin to your Liferay " Hot Deploy" directory, which is typically located within the Liferay Home directory and named deploy. Once the deployment has completed, you should notice new Marketplace sections added to the control panel.
Upload and share, or download additional apps for Liferay Portal. Liferay Marketplace is an exciting hub for sharing, browsing and downloading Liferay- compatible applications.
As enterprises look for ways to build and enhance their existing platforms, developers and software vendors are searching for new avenues to reach this market. I am trying to install portlets from Liferay marketplace but none of the apps are getting installed.
All I can see is a random number being generated in the deploy folder of my liferay portal.
If you use a default Liferay bundle, the security roles should be already correctly setup in liferay- portlet. xml, you can ignore this section.
In this file, you will find these entries: < role- mapper>. The Liferay Marketplace is an exciting new hub for sharing, browsing and downloading Liferay- compatible applications.


2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser, front.
2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser, interior.
2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser, side.
2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser, rear.
The FJ Cruiser is certainly not Toyota's poster child for fuel economy. But I have a feeling that's not what the Japanese automaker had in mind when they reintroduced it in 2006.
Based on the iconic FJ40 that stemmed from the 1960s, this retro-inspired SUV is quite possibly one of my favourite vehicles in the manufacturer's lineup.
It has style, character and a quirkiness I couldn't help being charmed by.
Not to mention, over the years, it has been offered in some pretty wild colours – like a bright blue and a vibrant yellow.
Boisterous colours aside, the FJ Cruiser not only sparkles on the street, but shines off road.
There are many adjectives I've heard when it comes to how the FJ carries itself. Some include awesome, hideous, a blank stare, very cool and more. It can be quite polarizing to some, but the two-and-two door design hits all the right notes.
Since this FJ was the Trail Teams Special Edition (a limited production model), it came with a few exterior and interior enhancements that added to its road presence.
First, there were the LT265/75R16 BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A Tires with unique 16-inch black TRD Beadlock-style alloy wheels. You can't miss these! They come in handy should you find yourself off the beaten path and perhaps want to forage a path for yourself.
Looking up, it is equipped with a roof rack, off-road lights with off-road rock rails. More on this later.
The Cement Grey colour might not be the most eye-catching hue the FJ has offered, but I still think it looks darn good. It's complemented by matte black bumpers, door handles, exterior mirrors and a matte black front grille. And you'll also find "Trail Team" badges around its body to let you know who you're dealing with.
Inside, a dark charcoal cabin greets you with cloth-upholstered seating and room for five.
A floating ball-type multi information display sits atop the centre stack that displays outside temperature and has a compass and inclinometer.
Overall, the interior composition is easy to work with, especially with its large climate knobs.
Under the FJ's hood is a 4.0 Litre, six-cylinder engine that has an output of 260 horsepower and 271 foot-pounds of torque. It's matched with a five-speed automatic transmission or an available six-speed manual transmission.
Continuing with the Trail Teams accessories, you'll find a polished black shift lever along with the 4WD selector.
The FJ comes with Toyota's part-time four-wheel drive system along with vehicle stability control, active traction control, an automatic disconnecting differential, and a two-speed transfer case. To protect its underside while roughing it in the bush, there's engine, fuel tank and transfer case protector plates.
There's also the capability to tow 2,268 kg (5,000 pounds) and the space for 27.9 cubic feet of personal items behind the second row seats.
Sitting tall in the driver's seat, the FJ's wide window offers a panoramic view of what's going on in front. The three wiper blades (yes, the windshield is just that wide) give it an added touch of coolness.
On the road, the FJ does a good job at not jostling around its passengers. After all, it was created in the image of a go-anywhere SUV. Still, it is quite comfortable to drive even with its huge tires on.
Road and engine noise don't intrude on one's fun when sitting inside.
It does, however, have some rather large blind spots, so make sure you double check over your shoulder when changing lanes.
As mentioned, the inclusion of the roof lights added a bit of height. There was a little sticker in the top corner of the driver's side that mentioned its height of being 6-foot-9. For urban dwellers like myself, there was no way it was fitting in my underground parking lot! Furthermore, be careful when driving in height-regulated places like at shopping malls or industrial complexes. You never want to hear the scratching of anything on your vehicle.
Fuel economy in the FJ wasn't superb, to put it mildly. It's heavy and really is meant to take on the trails. It also didn't help that we spent close to 1,000 kilometres together. While I don't regret our bonding time, my bank account felt the sting.
Estimated fuel economy results are posted as 12.7L/100km in the city and 9.5L/100km on the highway. I averaged about 14.1L/100km. Nevertheless, sometimes that just the price you have to pay to be in a cool SUV with all the funky gadgetry.


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When A Crime Is Committed By Someone Who Has A Powerful Status In This Society, How Is Their Deviant Behavior Handled In Comparison To Someone Who Has Less Power In Society?
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They aren't about to treat their fellow elitists like a common man. In my opinion mr. Nifong should have spent a year in the county jail for the contempt of court then have all possessions auctioned off to pay those families back then should have been sent to death row for what he tried to do to those boys. And have to serve hard labor at the same rate that prisoners get until he paid every cent back to those people. Had those families not had the money to secure a great defense team they would have been shuffled through that kangaroo court with a public offender and been sitting in prison with hardcore criminals and a rapist tag. And the judge that was involved should go with him! Just shows what a farce this court system is! You can't even call it legal anymore.
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Q: How to delete a feature branch (or any branch) in Perforce? I'm a Perforce newbie and I'm just starting to familiarize myself with Perforce's branching functionality. One thing I do not understand is how to delete a feature branch after I'm done working with it and the changes have been merged back into the mainline branch like you would do with a feature branch in Git.
Can you delete branches in perforce or do they remain permanently in Perforce?

A: If it's a task stream (which is what I'd recommend for a short-lived "feature branch" type stream), you probably want to "unload" it:
p4 unload -s //depot/task_stream

This is basically like deleting the stream with "p4 stream -d", except that you can get it back later if you want to.  As with "p4 stream -d", it also doesn't get rid of all of the files in the stream; the ones that you modified stay in the depot (so that you can follow the merge records back to the original submits if you want to), but all the unmodified files are unloaded (whereas with "stream -d" they're gone and there isn't any convenient record of what exact version they matched in the parent -- you can reconstruct it after the fact but it's harder).  Using "p4 reload" brings the task stream back to life.
If it's a normal stream and/or you want to get rid of it forever including the original changes in its depot path, you need to be an administrator (submitted changes in Perforce are generally considered Very Important and immutable unless you're an admin) and use the "obliterate" command, followed by deleting the stream spec:
p4 obliterate -y //depot/your_stream/...
p4 stream -d //depot/your_stream

Given your description I'd definitely recommend using task streams for features and "unloading" them when you're done.
If you're not using streams at all, the standard practice with branches is to either just leave them when you're done with them, or to reuse them (i.e. have an ongoing development branch that you merge into the mainline as you complete each feature).  You can obliterate a branch (as described above the in the stream example) but since this requires admin permissions it's not typical.

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Pentagon Press Sec. Kirby: Administration Did Not Predict Panic at Kabul Airport
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby Tuesday admitted that he'd "be lying" if he said the Biden administration had predicted the level of panic that took place at the Kabul international airport while Afghans attempted to climb onto planes while they were taking off, but insisted the right action was taken to pull out troops by May 1 before interpreters and other endangered people could be removed.
"We had a very small footprint on the ground, 2,500 when the administration came into office, " Kirby told MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "They were doing a very good job at helping with civility, security, and advising and assisting Afghan national security forces … we began to draw down and we had to do it in a quick way, because we couldn't trust the Taliban. We couldn't trust their word that they wouldn't attack us, so we moved quickly to get the troops drawn down."
However, at that time, the troops were not coming under fire by the Taliban because of the peace agreement that was signed in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 29, 2020, but after May 1 of this year, "those troops would have been in harm's way, much worse than they were, and we believed that would have required a plus-up of troops."
The Pentagon has been planning for noncombatant evacuations since Biden's announcement in May about pulling troops from Afghanistan, said Kirby.
"Two weeks ago, we held an exercise to walk through what it would look like to do what we're doing now, a noncombatant evacuation operation at the airport," he said.
And now, "the north side of the airport is back up and running again with military aircraft and security seems to be better at the southern side although we'll work on that throughout the day," said Kirby. "We planned for a lot of contingencies but no plan is perfect and no plan can be predictive in terms of what factors you're going to deal with."
Kirby, also appearing on CNN's "New Day," told that program that military planes will keep flying out of the airport to evacuate people, and "after we've done the force flow in, all the troops are in, then we can just keep running military aircraft in and out. Just on the military craft alone, we believe we can get between 5,000 and 9,000 people out per day."
Kirby, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, acknowledged on MSNBC that there are many veterans of the 20-year war in Afghanistan who are reacting to the withdrawal from the country. He said that the administration recognizes their sacrifice and that he understands their feelings on a personal level as well.
"I lost a friend there," said Kirby. "We all understand that each of you, each veteran is going to have to process this in our own way and we respect that. Some are going to be angry, some are going to be sad. There's a range of emotions that all of us are going through as we watch these images and finish pulling out of the country."
But, the Pentagon is "committed to completing this drawdown in a safe and orderly way," as well as to getting American citizens and as many of the interpreters and others who helped the United States out of Afghanistan," said Kirby.
Meanwhile, the administration has been working on the issue of special immigrant visas with the State Department, but that is a lengthy process, said Kirby.
"This is something that we've been focused on at the Pentagon for a while," he added. "But there are a lot of them, and there's a vetting process that has to occur. … We've already taken out of the country more than 2,000, with some placed here at Fort Lee in Virginia, others going straight into relocation centers around the country to non-governmental organizations."
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How much is brand consistency worth?
This might not be a question you find yourself asking often. Even though we spend a tremendous amount of time discussing branding, plenty of companies go forth into that dark night...uhh... move forward with their branding plans, without ever measuring the growth benefits or possible setbacks. Luckily, for all of us, Lucidpress, in partnership with Demand Metric, surveyed over 200 organizations to better understand the impact and value of brand consistency.
Citing the study which says, "Less than 10 percent report that their brand presentation is very consistent, but almost 90 percent agree that it is important to present their brands consistently in all the places people might encounter them," we can see how true it is that plenty of companies are not clear on branding. For a company like Lucidpress, who says they are big believers in using branding to drive growth, the study revealed some new insights, and confirmed plenty more, with the overall goal of understanding the impact of having a consistent brand and how important it is to maintain brand consistency.
For organizations with brand consistency issues, the estimated average revenue increase attributed to always presenting the brand consistently is 23%.
Study participants whose brands are consistently presented are 3-4 times more likely to enjoy excellent brand visibility than those with inconsistent brand presentation.
95% of organizations have branding guidelines, but only 1/4th have formal guidelines that are consistently enforced.
Over 60% of organizations report that materials are always, often or sometimes created that don't conform to brand guidelines.
The greatest negative impact of inconsistent brand usage is the creation of confusion in the market, reported by 71% of study participants.
Your brand is your story, your connection, the truth you weave into the fabric of who your company is, what it believes in, and how it creates something different for its people. Without consistent branding, you might still believe in the same things, and be living the same story... but how will anyone know? If done correctly, your consistency will create a state of knowing for your clients. Meaning, they will know your story, they will believe in your story, and they will even retell your story for you, that's how clear and consistent it is. You've told them the story of your brand in such a way that there is no question, and it feels whole. This should be your ultimate branding goal. Total clarity; a state of knowing.
Creating a branding strategy for both the long, and short term.
Creating guidelines that will ensure the implementation of this strategy.
Consistently enforcing these guidelines to avoid confusion.
We know this because, through their study, Lucidpress found that, "When formal guidelines exist that are enforced, the firms that have them are more than twice as likely to also see a consistent presentation of their brand." Twice as likely seems like great odds to me.
So, Who Is In Charge Of Implementation?
I know you won't be surprised to hear me suggest that even a virtual CMO should be tasked with these duties. If you go the entire way of creating a branding strategy, designing guidelines, and then allow any and everyone to murky the water... your efforts will have been wasted. This entire process should be in the hands of someone with the experience to execute each step flawlessly.
From those points, it's easy to see the weight consistent branding carries. If you want to know more, head over here, where you can see additional quick facts, key insights, and charts. If you've read enough to understand where your gaps are, it's time to get to work. Based on these numbers, you'll be glad you did.


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A license costs $3 for a fixed animal, $5 otherwise.
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Trash is collected weekly on Fridays. Collection may be delayed by one day following holidays including New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
Roll carts are available in 35, 65, and 95 gallon sizes. There is an additional fee for any bags or trash that cannot fit in the cart - the appropriately sized card should allow for occasional extra volume while still being able to close fully.
For more information, contact Deary City Hall or Latah Sanitation at 208.882.5724.
The bulky waste collection site in Deary is open on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. The collection site is north of the community center on Line Street, behind the grain elevators.
Demolition waste is not accepted in April and October. Household waste is only accepted in April and October. The site does not accept E-waste, household waste, small appliances, or plastic items. For more details on limits and acceptable materials, please visit this webpage.
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FAMU Starting Search For New Football Coach
A week after the controversial firing of its football coach, FAMU is officially looking for a new one. The school announced it will begin its national search for a new head coach immediately according to Tallahassee.com. The nine-person search committee will be headed by Fritz Pollard Alliance chairman John Wooten.
"The primary thought I have that I share with the committee and the university is you have to have a father figure," Wooten said about finding a new coach.
"And an excellent teacher of the skills of football itself. That is one of the primary things a coach has to have. Also the ability to motivate. We're talking about people that can recruit and can show the parents exactly what these young kids can get out of Florida A&M."
Wooten said he was approached to be the head of the search committee "about two weeks ago."
FAMU AD Kellen Winslow, Sr. has said he hopes to have a coach in place by the Florida Classic, when FAMU takes on in-state rival Bethune-Cookman in the team's season finale.
FAMU is 2-9 after Saturday's 12-10 loss to Norfolk State.
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Refuse to be a victim of bullying or arm-twisting: Bipasha
Denying allegations against her by organisers of India-Pakistan London Fashion Show, actress Bipasha Basu on Thursday said she always holds a high value for self-respect and won't be a victim of "bullying" or "arm twisting".
Bipasha and her husband Karan Singh Grover were slammed by the organisers for lack of professionalism, after the "Jism" actress refused to walk the ramp hours before the show.
Shedding light on the incident, Bipasha, in an open letter, said: "The deal was made with a set of agreed conditions. However, when I landed there for the project as planned, I realised that the organisers hadn't honoured their end of the bargain, in spite of confirming with my manager that they had."
Having agreed to travel on a hospitality deal, Bipasha said that "never was I treated so badly".
"My self-respect holds the highest value and I refuse to be a victim of bullying or arm-twisting. They expected me to hold true to my end of the bargain, whereas they had completely defaulted at their end," she added.
The organisers claimed they suffered loss of 7,800 pounds, apart from Bipasha's travel expenses, but the actress refuted it.
"Contrary to rumours, as soon as I landed in London, we made our own hotel bookings and I also immediately rebooked our own travel. Being a part of the Bollywood fraternity, I've never experienced such a callous and high-handed treatment before. So instead of creating a scene there, I chose to keep the high ground and backed off from the event."
Admitting that her actions might have hurt some people, she said: "I believe we all have the right to stand by our self-respect and choose to walk away from humiliating situations."
She also said that when terms and conditions aren't met, "it is only natural and professional to opt out of the deal".
Bipasha said celebrities are soft targets for anyone to accuse and then be written about.
"I hope everyone makes a wiser judgment as opposed to believing just about anything that is gets written," she said.
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Times right now have changed. There are fewer people who are using checks and cash in order to pay for the goods and services that they get from companies. If you are a business owner, you would like to show your potential customers that you can offer payment options that they will surely like.
The first step to do this is to get a merchant account. Do you know what a merchant account is? This is a type of bank account that can allow the payments from your customers to get to your account. This will help you offer more payment methods that your customers will surely appreciate. Are you ready to get this for your small business now?
It will allow your business to accept credit cards. More and more people are using credit cards in order to pay for the items that they purchase. They do it whether they are at brick and mortar stores or whether they are purchasing online.
It may help increase the sales of your business. Do you know that there are some people who spend more when they need to use the credit card instead of using with cash? This is because people have the tendency to hold on to their cash more. This means that people will purchase more from you.
Acquiring Clover merchant services will make sure that you will have the ability to manage your account and your finances better. You will monitor how much money is coming into your company and you will also know how much money is going out. When you manage your money better, you can start to use your money for other things.
You have to remember that when you are starting out, you would like to offer things to your customers that will be very convenient for your customers. Get the Clover point of sale system now. It will surely help you.