The B.C. provincial criterium championships are scheduled for the Royal City on May 28. The Hyack Festival Grand Prix will be held in conjunction with the annual Hyack Festival parade.
And while a course has yet to be finalized, David Brett, the race organizer, said the event will add to the excitement in Uptown on parade day.
"This will be one more reason for people to head Uptown, camp out for a few hours and take in a high-level sporting event," said Brett.
A criterium is a high-speed competition in which riders circumnavigate a closed course one to two kilometre long dozens of times. The provincials will consist of races for juniors, senior men and women, as well as masters.


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On the French Open, Novak Djokovic Once more Goals for His twenty first Slam Win
Novak Djokovic has been right here earlier than, on the heels of huge title No. 21.
Final summer time he had an opportunity on the US Open. Profitable the men's singles final against Daniil Medvedev would have been a sign second within the sport. Djokovic is alleged to have burst via the block he shared with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal: 20 titles within the majors, then the very best level in males's tennis.
And Djokovic would have change into the primary male participant since Rod Laver in 1969 to attain a Grand Slam, taking Wimbledon and the French, Australian and US Open titles in the identical 12 months.
It wasn't presupposed to be.
Then he appeared destined to take his twenty first win in a Grand Slam occasion at this 12 months's Australian Open, the most important the place he got here out on high 9 instances. He makes taking part in in Melbourne's hothouse appear like a stroll via a shady summer time backyard.
However as an alternative we all know what occurred.
Djokovic was detained and then deported after a tense stalemate over whether or not he ought to be allowed to compete in Australia regardless of proudly refusing to be vaccinated in opposition to the coronavirus.
Level made and lost the moment by each the Australian authorities and one of many world's best-known anti-vaccine athletes.
With the French Open underway, Djokovic is lastly making an attempt once more for his twenty first massive win. As a consequence of his #1 place, he's one of the best seed within the males's draw. "I will Paris with confidence and feeling about my probabilities there," he mentioned earlier than the match.
He mentioned about the identical the final two instances he hit the grail of 21 Grand Slam occasions. But it surely was Nadal who first set that historic file, forward of Djokovic and Federer, when Nadal got here again into the vaults of greatness and stunningly defeated Medvedev on the Australian Open.
Can Djokovic come out of the secure and tie Nadal? If he would not do it quickly, he could start to attract comparisons to an equally gifted, complicated and mind-boggling champion – Serena Williams, who continues to be one massive behind Margaret Court docket's file of 24.
Like Williams, who's out of the tour at age 40 and could also be heading for retirement, Djokovic is below plenty of strain to maintain up along with his friends. It would not get any simpler. On Sunday, he turned 35. His window is closing – the power to depend on match-to-match consistency shrinks with every grinding season.
Consider the whole lot he is been via this 12 months. Worldwide anger at his willpower to keep away from vaccination. The hangover from the crushing loss within the ultimate of the US Open. The months he spent on the tennis court docket seemed like a gaunt copy of his outdated self.
After Australia, he was barred from getting into two main hard-court tournaments, in Indian Wells and Miami, as a result of america correctly required international guests to be vaccinated earlier than getting into the nation. Then got here a bit of jerky, fear-ridden play, which we hadn't seen from him in years. There have been early defeats to the 123rd and forty sixth gamers on this planet. Earlier than loving followers of his hometown, he struggled via the Serbia Open and plunged into the ultimate. He fell in Madrid on the 19-year-old Spanish upstart Carlos Alcaraz†
Can Djokovic win his twenty first on the French Open? There was little indication that he can be as much as the duty till this month in Rome, on the ultimate massive flip for Roland Garros.
In Rome it was all there once more for Djokovic: nimble, deep and constant return, a pickpocket throughout probably the most tense moments. Djokovic didn't lose a set all through the match. Within the ultimate, during which he defeated fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas, he took the primary stanza 6-0.
He seemed again on Australia and its brutal aftermath in a press convention and mentioned the expertise would not bend him. Djokovic promised the sharp ache of his exclusion from the sport and the strain he felt from turning the kickback in his favor. "It can gasoline me," he mentioned with a stern eye, "for the subsequent problem."
Such a mentality is as classic Djokovic as his scythe-like down-the-line backhand.
What was not talked about was how he was hailed as a hero among the many anti-vaccine crowd for his uncooperative stance, a place that's not possible to fathom when the coronavirus has prompted the dying of a minimum of six million people around the world. He has even sworn that if he had to decide on between vaccination or persevering with to play skilled tennis, he can be sidelined.
His dedication to that angle is silly, however his resistance provides a window into what drives Djokovic. Enduring stubbornness units him aside greater than his motion, consistency or dart-like accuracy.
A real believer – on the sector and off – he has lengthy clung to among the self-help motion's wildest false claims, the whole lot from telepathy to the concept loving ideas can change the molecular construction of water.
Now you would possibly suppose these concepts are fairly ridiculous. I positive do. However for Djokovic, holding on to the idea in what could seem not possible has labored in superb methods.
We have seen it numerous instances on the most important levels.
Consider his massive breakaways in opposition to Federer. The victories after two match factors in opposition to Federer's service on the US Open in 2010 and 2011. The marathon overall win at Wimbledon in 2019, when he despatched Federer off after the garden grasp had just a few match factors left.
I used to be there and may nonetheless hear the frenzied crowd of Middle Court docket yelling, "Federer! Federer! Federer!" beeping in my ears. However that is not what Djokovic heard. He mentioned after the sport that when the roar rose like a storm for his opponent, he mentally transposed the rhythmic chants to one thing that urged him on – 'Novak! Novak! Novak!"
Additionally consider the 2021 French Open, the crushing semi-final win against Nadal, the newest act within the duo's 58-game rivalry. The Serb adopted that with a comeback from two sets down against Tsitsipas to win the championship.
Now the French Open is again on observe. Victory at Roland Garros is as intense a journey as it's within the sport – particularly now, as gamers deploy a mixture of energy, contact, limiting topspin and athleticism in methods unimaginable not way back.
Age and years of bone-churning put on on tour add one other degree of problem. Take a look at Nadal, additionally 35 and at present scuffling with foot and rib accidents extreme sufficient to spark rumors of an impending retirement.
These two will as soon as once more attempt to fend off a solid of youthful stars in Paris. They're going to be eyeing one specifically: Alcaraz, who performs with the boundless zest of a young person and the knowledge and power of a veteran.
All three are in the identical half of the attract Paris, bidding for a spot within the ultimate. Can Djokovic make it this far and ultimately win quantity 21? I would not guess in opposition to a participant so able to conjuring unshakable magic.
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Martin adds Monmouth paper to editing duties
GateHouse Media has expanded the role of Register-Mail Editor Tom Martin to include oversight of three other area publications.
Tony Scott, vice president of the Western Region of GateHouse Media, made the announcement Friday morning. In addition to Martin's duties as editor of The Register-Mail, he now oversees the news operations at the Daily Review Atlas, The Paper and the Oquawka Current.
"Tom has a wealth of experience and truly understands the role of a community newspaper," said Scott. "Over the next few weeks and months, I am confident our readers will take note of the many positive changes."
As regional editor, Martin says his first order of business will be to hire an editor in Monmouth.
"We have some turnover there, which provides a chance to build upon the existing staff," Martin said. "I see a lot of opportunity in Monmouth, and I hope we can improve the quality of the newspaper there."
Martin plans to pick up with at least one of the initiatives already in place, using the recently established Reader Advisory Board. "We definitely need to open the door to readers and find out what they want," Martin said.
The Daily Review Atlas publishes six times per week. The Oquawka Current and The Paper are weekly newspapers.
Martin, 47, was hired as The Register-Mail editor in July of 2003. Before that he edited newspapers in Princeton, Macomb and Carthage, starting in 1991. He's a graduate of Carl Sandburg College and the University of Iowa.
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Trump's true crimes: More clearly than ever, we can see the anti-democratic plot he tried to execute
By Daily News Editorial Board
Former President Donald Trump (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Ever since the Jan. 6 riot or insurrection or whatever you want to call it in Washington, Republicans who pledge fealty to Donald Trump have engaged in a concerted campaign to insist that the mob that overran the Capitol was just a bunch of patriots who got carried away, not a would-be militia trying to overturn an election.
This ridiculous assertion about the thousands who stormed Congress in the midst of the counting of Electoral Votes chanting "stop the steal!" looks especially obscene in light of new evidence confirming the depths to which Trump went to try to cling to power when it was clear he had lost the will of the voters, as fairly expressed at the ballot box.
Notes taken by then-acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue, just shared with House investigators, document Trump on Dec. 27 telling acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to "Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen," the most explicit evidence yet that he tried to turn the Department of Justice into a tool to pry the presidency from its rightful winner.
Rosen didn't bite — but the very next day, DOJ civil division boss Jeffrey Clark circulated a draft letter suggesting there were irregularities in the election. He was rebuffed by others in the department. So fearful were Justice Department brass that the few good guys at the top would buckle, they prepared letters of resignation.
We already knew that Trump pressured Georgia's election administrations to find the precise number of votes he needed to win the state. We knew that he spouted lie after lie about fraud that didn't occur, alleging a nefarious conspiracy orchestrated by big-city Democrats (when the decisive margin for Biden came from elsewhere). We knew he stirred up the Jan. 6 crowd to do their patriotic duty and send a message to Congress.
Anti-democratic to the end, he lives in ignominy as what he calls those he loathes the most: an enemy of the people.


Just a reminder that the PolyColumbus representatives will be in my HDFS 5440 class today (an extra credit opportunity for those in my HDFS 2367 as well). While this semester's group is considerably smaller than before, the two representatives are very active in the local community and will give insight into an often misunderstood way of living and loving. For more info, visit this recent post. At this time, no need to contact me if you are not in my 5440 class – there is ample space… just come!


Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) affect 14 per cent of the population over 40 years of age. With an aging population, the number of those requiring care for COPD is expected to increase, having a significant effect on health care resources. COPD is projected to become the third leading cause of death globally by 2020. This disease has a major impact on economic and social wellbeing, and on quality of life. It is regarded as largely preventable but, once developed, it is a progressive and complex condition characterised by frequent exacerbations and comorbidities. Smoking is the primary cause of COPD but up to 30 per cent of those with COPD have never smoked. It is increasingly recognised that COPD may have its origins prenatally and in early childhood.
Treating exacerbations, improving exercise capacity, and delaying the progression of disease are key management strategies aimed at improving quality of life for people with COPD. No curative or disease modifying therapies are currently available. Nurses are essential in providing comprehensive care to patients in both acute care and for long-term management of this chronic disease. They also have a vital role to play in preserving healthy lung function in the early years of life to reduce the risk of COPD in older age.
Outline current understanding of the pathophysiology mechanisms in COPD.
Describe management strategies for chronic and acute management of COPD.
Discuss strategies through the lifespan to reduce risk of developing COPD.


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Q: After updating Mvvm Light to Version 5, what changes do I need to make RelayCommand CanExecute() work? I updated Mvvm Light to version 5 and noticed that RelayCommand stopped working.
The problem seems to be that the CanExecute() is not being called to validate. It only validates one time, like when the window is loaded.
Could this be a bug from the recent update or is there something I need to change in the XAML?
Everything was working correctly before the update. I'm working with WPF.

A: See this MVVM Light 5 issue:

WPF is the only XAML framework that uses the CommandManager to
  automagically raise the CanExecuteChanged event on ICommands. I never
  liked that approach, because of the "magic" part, but this is a
  "feature" of WPF and of course I have to support it. No question here.
In V5, I moved to portable class library for all the newest versions
  of the XAML frameworks, including WPF4.5. Unfortunately, there is no
  CommandManager in PCL, and I have to admit that I didn't realize that
  at first sight. So of course now the automagical part doesn't work
  anymore. Again, so sorry about that.
I am not expecting you to raise CanExecuteChanged everywhere now, not
  after using the CommandManager in your application, which is what the
  WPF team intended. So I will try to find a way to restore the
  CommandManager usage in the WPF4.5 version of the toolkit.
Definitely not looking for excuses ;) but hope that explaining why the
  issue arose helps to make sense of this. It's going to be my priority
  No. 1 until I find a way to solve this in the PCL version. In the meantime, like I mentioned before, I think that going back to
  V4.4.32.7 should fix that. Please let me know if it does not.

So the temporary recommended solution is to revert back to the previous version. I did it and it worked.
I agree that the CommandManager is doing "magic". Once I had null reference exception within the CanExecute condition and as a result I have obtained neverending cycle of error messages like cards in Windows Solitaire. If I started a new project I would prefer not to use this "magic" but to change an existing and already deployed project would be quite painful.

A: Looks like you have to call RaiseCanExecuteChanged on the command whenever a relevant property is changed. I think this was previously done by the wpf command manager, but the recent PCL changes probably made that unsupportable.
I use MvvmCross which requires a similar method to be called, so in my base view model I have a method allowing me to register a command so that whenever a property changed occurs I can loop all registered commands and force canexecute to be called again. To make things easier you could do it that way.
Check out this sample
As this seems to be doubted, here is some code I have tested
using GalaSoft.MvvmLight;
using GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Command;
using System;

namespace TestingApp.ViewModel
{
    ///
    /// This class contains properties that the main View can data bind to.
    /// <para>
    /// Use the mvvminpc snippet to add bindable properties to this ViewModel.
    /// </para>
    /// <para>
    /// You can also use Blend to data bind with the tool's support.
    /// </para>
    /// <para>
    /// See http://www.galasoft.ch/mvvm
    /// </para>
    ///
    public class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
    {
        private Int32 _increment = 0;

        public Int32 Increment
        {
            get { return _increment; }
            set
            {
                _increment = value;
                RaisePropertyChanged("Increment");
                GoCommand.RaiseCanExecuteChanged();
            }
        }

        ///
        /// Initializes a new instance of the MainViewModel class.
        ///
        public MainViewModel()
        {
            ////if (IsInDesignMode)
            ////{
            ////    // Code runs in Blend --> create design time data.
            ////}
            ////else
            ////{
            ////    // Code runs "for real"
            ////}
        }

        private RelayCommand _incrementCommand;

        public RelayCommand IncrementCommand
        {
            get
            {
                if (_incrementCommand == null)
                {
                    _incrementCommand = new RelayCommand(IncrementCommand_Execute);
                }
                return _incrementCommand;
            }
        }

        private void IncrementCommand_Execute()
        {
            Increment++;
        }

        private RelayCommand _goCommand;

        public RelayCommand GoCommand
        {
            get
            {
                if (_goCommand == null)
                {
                    _goCommand = new RelayCommand(GoCommand_Execute, GoCommand_CanExecute);
                }
                return _goCommand;
            }
        }

        private bool GoCommand_CanExecute()
        {
            return Increment > 5;
        }

        private void GoCommand_Execute()
        {
            //
        }
    }
}

Without the line
GoCommand.RaiseCanExecuteChanged();

the canexecute method is never called after the initial call, but with the line it is called everytime the Increment property changes

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It is believed that there are currently more than half a billion cars on the roads worldwide. All those vehicles have their vehicle identification number ("VIN") as their primary identifier. The vehicle identification number is actually a license number which states a legal license to participate in the public traffic.
All vehicle world-wide should have its license number - written on a license plate - mounted onto its body (at least at the back side) and no vehicle without properly mounted, well visible and well readable license plate should run on the roads.
To process, sort or analyse data everyone thinks about using computers. If the data is already in the computer most of these tasks are rather easy to be carried out. It is needless to say that the license number is the most important identification data a computer system should treat when dealing with vehicles.
Suppose a company's security manager would like to have a system that precisely tells at every moment where the cars of the company are: in the garage or out on roads. By registering every single drive-out from and drive-in to the garage, the system could always tell which car is out and which is in. The key issue of this task is that the registration of the movement of the vehicles should be done automatically by the system, otherwise it would require manpower.
Automatic License Plate Recognition does not mean less nor more than the above mentioned automation of data input. Automatic License Plate Recognition replaces, redeems the task of manually typing the plate number of the bypassing vehicle into the computer system.
When talking about License Plate Recognition System people usually understand a computer system that utilises automatic license plate recognition for data input automation.
Strictly speaking License Plate Recognition System is an integrated hardware + software device that reads the vehicles license plate and outputs the license plate number in ASCII - to some data processing system. Again, License Plate Recognition means Automated Data Input where Data equals the registration number of the vehicle.


January 7, 2019 Crude Oil (CL_F WTI USOIL) Trading Strategies and a Review of Oil Trade Alerts from Mid Day Review in the Main Trading Room With Lead Trader.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TRADING SIGNAL VIDEO FOR CRUDE OIL.
Voice starts at 3:15 on video. Bad cold today, my apology for the cold I am suffering from.
There is an overview on this video also of market wide perspective and current reporting etc. We're looking for markets to settle in post time cycle completion and post holidays over the next few days and then mid to late week start our entries in equity swing trades.
We are looking for 50.00 near term FX USOIL WTI and we near hit it today. There was a report out on oil out recently with the trajectory I expect.
After the 50.00 touch (or near – which has occurred at time of writing) we are looking for a pull back to support in to 20 MA or just over trading box at worst and then a run in to 52.00 – 55.00 as our next targets with a possible bullish scenario in to May 2019 in 83s.
Today the Saudis started talking about hope for 80.00 oil this year.
Natural gas BTW I am looking for a short term long on inflection of when oil turns down.
Some notes on Silver and Gold here on the video and VIX DXY BTC and general markets.
I may long VIX, long NatGas, long DXY all for a short period and short SPY for a short period and then when I think oil is going to turn back up and reverse the other trades. Details are discussed on video.
There is a detailed explanation on the video of the different scenarios of the trade alerts and how to use the signals best.
Earlier today we did take a trade long in oil. I personally traded oil and our machine trading did also trade. I followed the machine trade.
The video discusses this detail (how to use the alerts).
When the machine trade is signalling long or short high frequency you have to know that things can change quick so you as a trader have to be very careful with that. Jeremy can't alert every high frequency trade until the APIs are working.
We did okay today on that trade but there was an upside target very close.
This was a break out trade and what can happen in the squeeze scenario, risk reward and why it can turn quick is discussed in detail on video.
VERY IMPORTANT: Also discussed in detail on this video in crude oil trade is reversals, trends, time cycles, price targets, chart model structure, sizing, quad intra day trading, the rules based system, trades at support in pull backs, and break outs for squeeze trade scenarios.


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package com.centzy.badger.core;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

/**
 * @author Peter Edge (peter@locality.com).
 */
public interface BadgerTag {
  BadgerTagDescriptor getBadgerTagDescriptor();
  ImmutableList<Integer> getRepeatedIndexes();
  BadgerPartialTag getBadgerPartialTag();
}

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from .base import *

# Secret Key
SECRET_KEY = "testing in travis"

# Debug
DEBUG = True

# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/settings/#databases

# Uncomment 'USER' and 'PASSWORD' if you have username and password for your database
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'travis_ci_test',
        'USER': 'postgres',
        'PASSWORD': '',
        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
        'PORT': '5432',
    }
}


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Q: How to get WordPress' hooks/actions run sequence? In what order add_action hooks execute?
i.e.
init
wp_head
wp_footer
after_theme_setup
etc...
???
???
???

EDIT:
I've also posted my solution.

A: Found Solution!
Thanks @birgire for nice answer. I will add to that, muplugins_loaded sometimes is not fired, so I will use plugins_loaded as the most first hook (but at that time, user-authorization is not done yet. If you want to check user's authorization, then init is the earliest for that)...
p.s. there exist excellent plugins:
1) Query Monitor - You can see everything what happens on the page-load, i.e. duration of each executed function  and much more(view all screenshots on plugin page):

2) WP-DEBUG-BAR + WP-DEBUG-SLOW-ACTIONS:
a) debug hooks(actions) run list on your site.
b) See duration of each action (not function):

A: Here is the WordPress load chart

→ Source by @Rarst

A: The basic sequence can also be found on the official docs:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference

A:
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without
clay."
Sherlock Holmes - The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

So let's gather some real data from a vanilla WordPress 5.7.2 install and the TwentyTwelve theme activated with only a single Text widget.
For the home page, the following do_action / do_action_ref_array calls are made in the following order (logged out):
[0] => mu_plugin_loaded
[1] => muplugins_loaded
[2] => registered_taxonomy
[3] => registered_taxonomy
[4] => registered_taxonomy
[5] => registered_taxonomy
[6] => registered_taxonomy
[7] => registered_post_type
[8] => registered_post_type
[9] => registered_post_type
[10] => registered_post_type
[11] => registered_post_type
[12] => registered_post_type
[13] => registered_post_type
[14] => registered_post_type
[15] => registered_post_type
[16] => registered_post_type
[17] => plugins_loaded
[18] => sanitize_comment_cookies
[19] => wp_roles_init
[20] => setup_theme
[21] => unload_textdomain
[22] => load_textdomain
[23] => after_setup_theme
[24] => load_textdomain
[25] => load_textdomain
[26] => auth_cookie_malformed
[27] => set_current_user
[28] => init
[29] => registered_post_type
[30] => registered_post_type
[31] => registered_post_type
[32] => registered_post_type
[33] => registered_post_type
[34] => registered_post_type
[35] => registered_post_type
[36] => registered_post_type
[37] => registered_post_type
[38] => registered_post_type
[39] => registered_taxonomy
[40] => registered_taxonomy
[41] => registered_taxonomy
[42] => registered_taxonomy
[43] => registered_taxonomy
[44] => widgets_init
[45] => register_sidebar
[46] => register_sidebar
[47] => register_sidebar
[48] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[49] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[50] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[51] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[52] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[53] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[54] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[55] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[56] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[57] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[58] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[59] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[60] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[61] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[62] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[63] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[64] => wp_default_scripts
[65] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[66] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[67] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[68] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[69] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[70] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[71] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[72] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[73] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[74] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[75] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[76] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[77] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[78] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[79] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[80] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[81] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[82] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[83] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[84] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[85] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[86] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[87] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[88] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[89] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[90] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[91] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[92] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[93] => wp_register_sidebar_widget
[94] => wp_sitemaps_init
[95] => wp_loaded
[96] => parse_request
[97] => send_headers
[98] => parse_tax_query
[99] => parse_query
[100] => pre_get_posts
[101] => posts_selection
[102] => wp
[103] => template_redirect
[104] => get_header
[105] => wp_head
[106] => wp_enqueue_scripts
[107] => wp_default_styles
[108] => enqueue_block_assets
[109] => wp_print_styles
[110] => wp_print_scripts
[111] => wp_body_open
[112] => parse_tax_query
[113] => parse_query
[114] => pre_get_posts
[115] => parse_tax_query
[116] => posts_selection
[117] => parse_tax_query
[118] => parse_query
[119] => pre_get_posts
[120] => parse_tax_query
[121] => posts_selection
[122] => parse_tax_query
[123] => parse_query
[124] => pre_get_posts
[125] => parse_tax_query
[126] => posts_selection
[127] => parse_tax_query
[128] => parse_query
[129] => pre_get_posts
[130] => parse_tax_query
[131] => posts_selection
[132] => parse_term_query
[133] => pre_get_terms
[134] => loop_start
[135] => the_post
[136] => get_template_part_content
[137] => get_template_part
[138] => parse_comment_query
[139] => pre_get_comments
[140] => parse_comment_query
[141] => pre_get_comments
[142] => comment_form_comments_closed
[143] => loop_end
[144] => get_sidebar
[145] => dynamic_sidebar_before
[146] => dynamic_sidebar
[147] => dynamic_sidebar_after
[148] => get_footer
[149] => twentytwelve_credits
[150] => wp_footer
[151] => wp_print_footer_scripts
[152] => shutdown

using the must-use plugin:
add_action( 'all', function ( $tag ) {
    static $hooks = array();
    // Only do_action / do_action_ref_array hooks.
    if ( did_action( $tag ) ) {
        $hooks[] = $tag;
    }
    if ( 'shutdown' === $tag ) {
        print_r( $hooks );
    }
} );

that prints the collected action hooks, for the current page, in the last available core action (shutdown).
If you want to check the order of actions and how many times each one is fired, then you can use for example:
add_action ( 'shutdown', function(){
    print_r ( $GLOBALS['wp_actions'] );
} );

or without explicit globals:
add_action ( 'shutdown', function() use ( &$wp_actions ) {
    print_r ( $wp_actions );
} );

that outputs the array:
[mu_plugin_loaded] => 1
[muplugins_loaded] => 1
[registered_taxonomy] => 10
[registered_post_type] => 20
[plugins_loaded] => 1
[sanitize_comment_cookies] => 1
[wp_roles_init] => 1
[setup_theme] => 1
[unload_textdomain] => 1
[load_textdomain] => 3
[after_setup_theme] => 1
[auth_cookie_malformed] => 1
[set_current_user] => 1
[init] => 1
[widgets_init] => 1
[register_sidebar] => 3
[wp_register_sidebar_widget] => 45
[wp_default_scripts] => 1
[wp_sitemaps_init] => 1
[wp_loaded] => 1
[parse_request] => 1
[send_headers] => 1
[parse_tax_query] => 9
[parse_query] => 5
[pre_get_posts] => 5
[posts_selection] => 5
[wp] => 1
[template_redirect] => 1
[get_header] => 1
[wp_head] => 1
[wp_enqueue_scripts] => 1
[wp_default_styles] => 1
[enqueue_block_assets] => 1
[wp_print_styles] => 1
[wp_print_scripts] => 1
[wp_body_open] => 1
[parse_term_query] => 1
[pre_get_terms] => 1
[loop_start] => 1
[the_post] => 1
[get_template_part_content] => 1
[get_template_part] => 1
[parse_comment_query] => 2
[pre_get_comments] => 2
[comment_form_comments_closed] => 1
[loop_end] => 1
[get_sidebar] => 1
[dynamic_sidebar_before] => 1
[dynamic_sidebar] => 1
[dynamic_sidebar_after] => 1
[get_footer] => 1
[twentytwelve_credits] => 1
[wp_footer] => 1
[wp_print_footer_scripts] => 1
[shutdown] => 1

where we can get the total count with echo array_sum( $GLOBALS['wp_actions'] );
Here's a prettified version:
add_action ( 'shutdown', function() {
    foreach ( $GLOBALS['wp_actions'] as $action => $count ) {
        printf( '%s (%d)
' . PHP_EOL, $action, $count );
    }
} );

or without explicit globals:
add_action ( 'shutdown', function() use ( &$wp_actions ) {
    foreach ( $wp_actions as $action => $count ) {
        printf( '%s (%d)
' . PHP_EOL, $action, $count );
    }
} );

to get the following list:
mu_plugin_loaded (1)
muplugins_loaded (1)
registered_taxonomy (10)
registered_post_type (20)
plugins_loaded (1)
sanitize_comment_cookies (1)
wp_roles_init (1)
setup_theme (1)
unload_textdomain (1)
load_textdomain (3)
after_setup_theme (1)
auth_cookie_malformed (1)
set_current_user (1)
init (1)
widgets_init (1)
register_sidebar (3)
wp_register_sidebar_widget (45)
wp_default_scripts (1)
wp_sitemaps_init (1)
wp_loaded (1)
update_option (1)
update_option__transient_doing_cron (1)
updated_option (1)
set_transient_doing_cron (1)
setted_transient (1)
requests-requests.before_request (1)
requests-curl.before_request (1)
http_api_curl (1)
requests-curl.before_send (1)
requests-curl.after_send (1)
requests-curl.after_request (1)
requests-requests.before_parse (1)
http_api_debug (1)
parse_request (1)
send_headers (1)
parse_tax_query (9)
parse_query (5)
pre_get_posts (5)
posts_selection (5)
wp (1)
template_redirect (1)
get_header (1)
wp_head (1)
wp_enqueue_scripts (1)
wp_default_styles (1)
enqueue_block_assets (1)
wp_print_styles (1)
wp_print_scripts (1)
wp_body_open (1)
parse_term_query (1)
pre_get_terms (1)
loop_start (1)
the_post (1)
get_template_part_content (1)
get_template_part (1)
parse_comment_query (2)
pre_get_comments (2)
comment_form_comments_closed (1)
loop_end (1)
get_sidebar (1)
dynamic_sidebar_before (1)
dynamic_sidebar (1)
dynamic_sidebar_after (1)
get_footer (1)
twentytwelve_credits (1)
wp_footer (1)
wp_print_footer_scripts (1)
shutdown (1)

PS: You should also check out the great Query Monitor plugin by John Blackbourn. (I'm not related to this plugin)

A: No two requests are exactly the same. A quick and dirty (but very accurate) way to find out what's going on is to temporarily add a line to the start of the do_action function in wp-includes/plugin.php which logs the $tag, e.g.:
if (isset($some_get_or_post_trigger_var)) file_put_contents(ABSPATH . 'action.log', "$tag\n", FILE_APPEND);

You might want to do the same to apply_filters function in the same file. I haven't found a better way to get the complete chronological sequence.

A: This is similar to the @birgire's answer, but it provides a nice report that can be displayed for any URL in a WordPress site. You'll need to be logged-in as an Admin level user, then add ?wp-hooks onto the end of a URL you want to test.
/**
* WordPress Hooks Reference
*
* Dump all action and filter hooks at the bottom of any page
* by adding ?wp-hooks onto the end of the URL while logged-in
* as an Administrator level user.
*/
function kevinlearynet_hooks_reference() {

    // Only shown for Administrator level users when ?list-wp-hooks is added to the URL
    $trigger = isset( $_GET['wp-hooks'] ) && current_user_can( 'manage_options' );
    if ( ! $trigger ) return;

    // Capture and sort filters and hooks
    $filters = array_keys( $GLOBALS['wp_filter'] );
    sort( $filters );
    $actions = array_keys( $GLOBALS['wp_actions'] );

    // Output rough template
    ob_start();
    ?>

WordPress Hooks Reference

Actions

    <?php foreach ( $actions as $hook ) : ?>

<?php echo $hook; ?>

    <?php endforeach; ?>

Filters

    <?php foreach ( $filters as $hook ) : ?>

<?php echo $hook; ?>

    <?php endforeach; ?>

    <?php
    ob_end_flush();
}
add_action( 'shutdown', 'kevinlearynet_hooks_reference' );

The output looks like this:

I wrote about this on my own, so here's the original source for reference. This includes a little more detail on decisions behind sorting and functionality.


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4/5/10 Toronto Blue Jays assigned P Steven Register to Triple-A Las Vegas (Pacific Coast).
1/19/10 Toronto Blue Jays signed P Steven Register.
9/4/09 Philadelphia Phillies outrighted P Steven Register from the 40-man roster.
9/3/09 Philadelphia Phillies designated P Steven Register for assignment.
7/30/09 Philadelphia Phillies optioned P Steven Register to Triple-A Lehigh Valley (International). Analysis
7/25/09 Philadelphia Phillies called up P Steven Register from Triple-A Lehigh Valley (International). Analysis
5/20/09 Philadelphia Phillies optioned P Steven Register to Triple-A Lehigh Valley (International).
5/20/09 Philadelphia Phillies claimed P Steven Register off waivers from Colorado Rockies.
5/18/09 Colorado Rockies designated P Steven Register for assignment.
3/16/09 Colorado Rockies optioned P Steven Register to Triple-A Colorado Springs (Pacific Coast).


The Tampa Bay Student Bar Association has completed their bylaws and articles of incorporation and is now accepting proposals for the chartering of student organizations. Several organizations have started this process and are currently in the mandated probation period.
Looking to charter an organization on campus?
(1) Ten signatures from Tampa Bay Cooley students who want to be in your organization.
(2) Your organization's mission statement.
(3) The name of your Cooley faculty or staff advisor.
*Please see the Tampa Bay bylaws (Article VII) for further information.
Please email your class Senator with any questions or concerns.
If you have any questions or concerns about new organizations, contact the SBA.


text:
Wrong-Way Car Accidents in Hollywood and Florida
Published on: March 27, 2014 | By Flaxman Law Group
In early February of this year, wrong-way car accidents killed eleven people in two separate accidents in Florida and California. Unfortunately, deadly wrong-way traffic accidents are a serious risk in Hollywood and across the country.
According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), wrong way car accidents are one of the most serious crashes that can occur on our roads. In many cases, these accidents occur at high speeds on divided highways and due to the speed involved, serious accidents, fires, and fatalities are the common outcome.
The NTSB reports that while wrong-way car and truck collisions on highways only account for about three percent of all highway accidents, they are far more likely than other crashes to be fatal. In fact, up to 22 percent of these accidents are fatal, compared to the 0.3 percent of all highway collisions that prove fatal. There are a few reasons why these accidents tend to be so deadly:
•On highways, about 80 percent of wrong-way crashes are head-on collisions, which have a very high rate of injury and fatality
•There is often speed involved, which can increase the force of impact
•On highways and exit ramps, wrong-way collisions often become multiple-vehicle crashes
•Due to the strength of impact in these cases, fires and severe damage to the car often occur, causing even more serious injuries
One concern for the NTSB and other agencies is that the number of fatal wrong-way collisions has remained relatively flat over the years – about 360 lives are claimed through these accidents each year. While campaigns have been successful in reducing the number of drunk driving accidents in Hollywood and other communities and while the number of fatal trucking accidents has dropped slightly in recent years, this type of collision is still a concern.
According to the NTSB and other agencies, there are three areas of focus that could help reduce this deadly type of car and truck collisions in Hollywood and other communities:
1) Reduce drunk driving accidents. The NTSB reports that in 59 percent of wrong-way accidents studied between 2004 and 2009, drivers had blood alcohol levels over two times the limit. In an additional ten percent of the accidents, drivers had blood alcohol limits above the legal limit of .08 but under .15. Since alcohol plays such a significant role in these accidents, the NTSB would like to see universal rules that would require first-time DUI offenders in all states to be required to use ignition interlock devices. These devices are installed on a car's dashboard and will not allow a driver to start the car if they have been drinking.
2) Address elderly drivers. The NTSB found that elderly drivers over the age of 70 accounted for 15 percent of wrong-way collisions between 2004 and 2009. In contrast, drivers over the age of 70 represented only three percent of the drivers headed the right way in these collisions.
3) Consider highway design. Exit ramps are the most common site of wrong-way accidents, although some of these crashes also occur when drivers make illegal U-turns or use an emergency turn-around. Improved signage and markings as well as more barriers to prevent wrong-way driving could be helpful in preventing collisions.
Have you been injured in a traffic accident? If so, you will want to get legal advice about your situation. To speak with a personal injury attorney, arrange a consultation with Flaxman Law Group today.
Posted in: Automobile Accidents and Car Accident Facts and Statistics


text:
Stunning Act of Domestic Violence: Florida Woman Arrested for Shooting Her Boyfriend….with a Water Gun
Couple Wins Fight to Keep Their House Painted Like Van Gogh's Starry Night to Soothe Autistic Son
Hero Teen Fatally Shoots Mother's Abusive Boyfriend As He Was Strangling Her to Death
Florida Man Caught Watching Child Porn in Doctor's Office, Confesses to Years of Abuse
Utah Man Flies Plane Into His Own House After Argument With Wife (Photos, Video)
The sources do not mention whether or not the brutal assault was carried out with a small water pistol or the more dangerous Super Soaker type of water gun.
Controlling the Herd
Kimberly Paxton | Kimberly Paxton
A Florida man must be breathing a sigh of relief after the police arrested his girlfriend and charged her with battery and domestic violence.
The man was victimized when Giovanna Borge, with no sign of mercy, sprayed him with a water gun.
She was alleged to have wetted her boyfriend with the toy gun in order to 'to antagonize and agitate him against his wishes,' a Port St. Lucie police affidavit allegedly obtained by TCPalm.com said. (source)
Domestic violence against men as well as women is truly a problem, but in this particular incidence, we must all say together, "Awwww…..muffin".
This absurd "crime" just goes hand in hand with other silliness, such as the man who faces prison time for barking at a police dog and the rash of ridiculous charges leveled against students at zero intelligence tolerance schools. The tragic thing is, these laughable "crimes" have the power to ruin the lives of innocent people.
The US has the highest incarceration rate on the planet. We have to remember that the more people that we put into prison, the more money the elite are making. The police seem to fall into two categories: revenue generators and jack booted thugs. That whole "serve and protect" thing is so passe.
Contributed by Kimberly Paxton of www.TheDailySheeple.com.
Kimberly Paxton, a staff writer for The Daily Sheeple, is based out of upstate New York. You can follow Kimberly on Facebook and Twitter.
This content may be freely reproduced in full or in part in digital form with full attribution to the author and a link to www.TheDailySheeple.com.
Related Topics:2nd amendment, domestic violence, florida, water gun
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Kimberly Paxton, a staff writer for The Daily Sheeple, is based out of upstate New York. You can follow Kimberly on Facebook and Twitter. This content may be freely reproduced in full or in part in digital form with full attribution to the author and a link to www.TheDailySheeple.com.
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text:
<?php
/**
 * Imports member records, and checks/updates duplicates based on their
 * 'Email' property.
 *
 * @package framework
 * @subpackage security
 */
class MemberCsvBulkLoader extends CsvBulkLoader {

	/**
	 * @var array Array of {@link Group} records. Import into a specific group.
	 *  Is overruled by any "Groups" columns in the import.
	 */
	protected $groups = array();

	function __construct($objectClass = null) {
		if(!$objectClass) $objectClass = 'Member';

		parent::__construct($objectClass);
	}

	public $duplicateChecks = array(
		'Email' => 'Email',
	);

	function processRecord($record, $columnMap, &$results, $preview = false) {
		$objID = parent::processRecord($record, $columnMap, $results, $preview);

		$_cache_groupByCode = array();

		// Add to predefined groups
		$member = DataObject::get_by_id($this->objectClass, $objID);
		foreach($this->groups as $group) {
			// TODO This isnt the most memory effective way to add members to a group
			$member->Groups()->add($group);
		}

		// Add to groups defined in CSV
		if(isset($record['Groups']) && $record['Groups']) {
			$groupCodes = explode(',', $record['Groups']);
			foreach($groupCodes as $groupCode) {
				if(!isset($_cache_groupByCode[$groupCode])) {
					$group = DataObject::get_one(
						'Group',
						sprintf('"Code" = \'%s\'', Convert::raw2sql($groupCode))
					);
					if(!$group) {
						$group = new Group();
						$group->Code = $groupCode;
						$group->Title = $groupCode;
						$group->write();
					}
					$member->Groups()->add($group);
				}
				$_cache_groupByCode[$groupCode] = $group;
			}
		}

		$member->destroy();
		unset($member);

		return $objID;
	}

	/**
	 * @param Array $groups
	 */
	function setGroups($groups) {
		$this->groups = $groups;
	}

	/**
	 * @return Array
	 */
	function getGroups() {
		return $this->groups;
	}
}


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Trans-Siberian Express
"Not since Agatha Christie sent her characters hurtling along the rails toward Murder on the Orient Express has a fictional train ride been as exciting as Warren Adler's TRANS-SIBERIAN EXPRESS." – King Features Syndicate
American cancer specialist, Dr. Alex Cousins is on a covert mission to the USSR. He is tasked with prolonging the life of Soviet Politburo Chief, Viktor Moiseyevich Dimitrov, who is suffering from advance stage leukemia. But the tenuous confidence between the unlikely cohorts is shattered one night as Alex accidentally discovers Dimitrov's diabolical plans of a nuclear strike on China. Alex soon finds himself dispatched, homeward bound on a 6000 mile journey aboard the Trans-Siberian Express; long enough, Alex realizes, to silence him from alerting the U.S. of the imminent destruction.
Reluctant, at first, to embark upon the journey, Alex is beckoned into the Siberian expanse by the haunting memories of his grandfather, Aleksandr Kuznetzov, who wove tales of magic and mystery breathing an ethereal life into this seemingly desolate place. As the train lumbers east across snow-cloaked mountains, glimmering past the forest glow, a watchful eye rests on the American doctor. Surrounding him are people beaten and broken by life, each drawn to this emperor of trains in search of a brighter future. Most curious is Anna Petrovna Valentinova, the gorgeous history professor, and Alex's alluring traveling companion. As Anna enchants Alex with the love for her homeland, a passionate romance, transcending political implications, unfolds under KGB surveillance.
A train attendant yearns for love, a deformed man seeks revenge on an old enemy, and a persecuted Jewish couple runs to a new home as the Trans-Siberian Express roars onward through a cavern of hopes and memories, coloring its tracks with tales of love, loss and nuclear intrigue, from one end of Russia to the other. An epic journey across a land and a people Winston Churchill declared, "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."
"Engrossing, gripping, absorbing... written by a superb storyteller. (Adler's pen uses brisk, descriptive strokes that are enviable and masterful.)" -- West Coast Review of Books
"Warren Adler qualifies as a successor to Agatha Christie." -- Indianapolis News
"...Adler shows a great facility for recreating the Siberian landscape and making us believe it." -- Denver Post
Funny Boys
Flanagan's Dolls
Torture Man
Washington Masquerade


text:
Giving out passports 'like confetti': The European children unlawfully granted British citizenship by the Home Office
By Roman Winter on Aug 31 2016 12:50pm
Government is consulting with lawyers to see if their citizenship can be revoked
It was recently revealed UK citizenship has been given to the children of eastern Europeans living in Britain without the correct paperwork. Since the issue was discovered around 100 passports have been revoked, and the investigation is ongoing to reveal the extent of the problem.
What we do know is the problem has affected families from Poland and the Czech Republic. Both of these countries joined the European Union in 2004, and these children were eligible for British citizenship and a British passport from 2009 onwards, if their parents could prove they had been working legally in the UK for five consecutive years.
It has now come to light that, in some cases, officials failed to request documentation to prove this. The mistake was discovered when the parents applied to renew their children's passports, which are only valid for five years. Theresa May, who assumed the position of Home Secretary in 2010, only discovered the mistakes when The Guardian raised the issue with the Home Office. It is also thought that civil servants knew about the failings for much longer as there was an increase in passport renewal requests in November 2015, which would have highlighted the initial errors.
The children were granted citizenship and British passports through a rule that states any child is eligible for citizenship if one or both parent claims British citizenship or indefinite leave to remain.
In 2004, when Poland and the Czech Republic joined the EU, citizens from these countries were allowed to live and work in the UK freely, provided they registered with the Worker Registration Scheme, so the government could keep track of how many people were moving to the UK. After five years of continuous settlement in the UK, their children should be eligible for British citizenship and a British passport provided the parent can provide their Worker Registration Scheme documents in order to prove they have been in the UK for five years.
Although the rest of their documentation was in place, some weren't asked to provide their Worker Registration Scheme documents when they initially applied for a passport. It was only when renewing the passport five years later that they were asked to provide the documentation. Around 100 passports were initially revoked when parents couldn't provide the necessary documentation. This marks a first in UK legal history, as civil servants are now consulting with lawyers to see if their British citizenship can be revoked.
Barbara Drozdowicz, director of the Eastern European Advice Centre, has described it as a "real shock" and "betrayal" of the eastern European community.
It will impact on the sense of belonging of hundreds of thousands of people living in the UK in the eastern European community.
Conversely, Labour MP Frank Field — who is known for his strong views on controlling immigration — criticised the Home Office for handing out British passports "like confetti". He said:
The government therefore needs to inform voters what lessons it has learned from this error, and how will they be applied to the many thousands of children about to arrive in our country from Europe — both as citizens and as refugees.
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Growth in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region decelerated throughout the first three quarters of last year and preliminary estimates show that 2015 economic growth likely recorded a slowdown over the previous year amid external and domestic headwinds. The economy likely expanded 3.6%, thus coming in substantially below the 5.1% increase tallied in 2014 and marking the slowest increase in six years. Low commodity prices, coupled with a slowdown in China, caused growth to be under potential last year. Moreover, on the domestic front, political instability, adverse weather conditions as well as water and electricity shortages undermined growth.
Looking at the individual countries in the region, last year, Nigeria's economy expanded 3.0% according to an advance estimate, which was less than half of the previous year's expansion and marked the slowest growth in over a decade. The disappointing performance was compounded by a range of factors that weighed on growth such as low oil prices, security threats and uncertainty in the lead up to the 2015 presidential elections. Against a backdrop of falling oil prices and a reduced supply of U.S. dollars, the naira traded in the parallel markets dipped to new record-lows at the outset of 2016. Similar developments were recorded in Angola where the black market has become the place to go for citizens who want to exchange Angolan kwanza for a more stable currency. Both countries have recently sought international loans to help the governments fund their budgets.
In the political arena, earlier this month, Ugandans held general elections and preliminary results show that incumbent President Yoweri Museveni of the ruling National Resistance Movement triumphed. Museveni has held power for 30 years and is credited with stabilizing the country after the civil war. Elsewhere in the region, the outcomes of the general elections in Zambia and Ghana later this year will be crucial given the need both countries have to move forward with much needed economic reforms.
Growth in the SSA region is expected to accelerate in 2016, even though the rebound will likely be moderate as the main threats to growth are not projected to wane soon. Oil prices have plummeted to the lowest level in over a decade and are expected to remain subdued in the medium term. Expectations of a further tightening in the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy are likely to add further pressure to the SSA region's currencies. Moreover, the slowdown of the Chinese economy and domestic vulnerabilities within the region, such as political turmoil in South Africa and security threats in Kenya and Nigeria, will keep growth under pressure.
This month, our panel of economic analysts cut the outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa for the third consecutive period amid low commodity prices and weak growth among the region's main trading partners. Panelists expect the region to expand 3.8% this year, which is down 0.2 percentage points from last month's forecast. This month's Consensus reflects downward revisions to the outlook for 6 of the 13 economies surveyed, including Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Conversely, panelists kept their projections unchanged for six other countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mozambique and Uganda. Cote d'Ivoire's GDP outlook was the only one revised up this month. For 2017, the panel foresees the SSA economy expanding 4.6%.
Ethiopia, Cote d'Ivoire and the DRC, in that order, are expected to be the best performers this year, with GDP growth rates at or above 7.0%. At the other end of the spectrum, South Africa is likely to be the worst performer, followed by Angola and Botswana. Among the other major economies in the SSA region, Kenya and Nigeria will expand 5.8% and 3.5%, respectively.
The economy decelerated notably in 2015, mainly due to low oil prices, turmoil in financial markets and severe imbalances in the foreign-exchange market after authorities decided to maintain an artificially-strong naira. GDP expanded 3.0% in 2015, which was below 2014's 6.2% expansion and marked the weakest growth in over 15 years. Although growth is expected to pick up this year, weaknesses observed throughout 2015 carried into Q1. Against a backdrop of falling oil prices and rising scarcity of hard currency, the naira traded in the parallel markets dipped to new record-lows. The official exchange rate is 199 NGN per USD, while one dollar is currently buying 345 naira in the black markets. Adding to an already-sticky economic situation, President Muhammadu Buhari removed the head of the country's budget office as the 2016 budget presented in December contained errors. The new budget is expected to be approved by the Parliament in March.
While low oil prices are hurting government revenues and reducing supply of U.S. dollars, authorities are keeping an artificially-strong naira, thereby exacerbating the shortage of hard currency. Nevertheless, there is still hope that government spending and emergency policies will support growth. FocusEconomics panelists expect the country to grow 3.5% in 2016, which is down 0.3 percentage points from last month's forecast. For 2017, the panel expects the economy to accelerate and expand 4.6%.
South African's economy recovered slightly in the third quarter last year, although GDP recorded weak growth on a sequential basis. Latest indicators point to another dismal expansion in the final quarter of 2015 and the outset of the new year. Manufacturing barely grew in December and the business confidence index recorded the second-lowest reading in nearly a decade in January. Low commodity prices are weighing heavily on mining companies and industry officials estimate that there will be over 50,000 job cuts in the sector. Against the backdrop of a high unemployment rate, further cuts have the potential to trigger social unrest. Moreover, the country is experiencing the worst drought in years, which could depress the economy further as a supply shortage translates into higher agricultural imports and rising inflation.
The county's outlook is dim. The current electricity and water supply constraints will hamper growth by both interrupting production and discouraging investment. Moreover, a moderation in Chinese demand and low commodity prices will weigh on growth. FocusEconomics' panel of analysts expects the economy to expand 1.1% in 2016, which is down 0.2 percentage points from last month's estimate. For 2017, the panel projects growth of 1.7%.
The Angolan economy shows no sign of improvement amid subdued commodities prices. The government held talks with the World Bank in January to secure a USD 450 million loan, which could be available by June. In response to dwindling supply of U.S. dollars, the Central Bank has limited its supply only to strategic sectors of the economy, such as oil and health. However, limited USD supply has led to a booming parallel market for foreign currencies in which the kwanza trades with a premium of more than 130% the official rate. Against this backdrop, credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) downgraded Angola's credit rating from B+ to B. S&P pointed out that Angolan public debt is projected to increase following multiple currency devaluations and accruing foreign and domestic loans. The agency also noted that it expects that external financing needs will reach USD 31 billion for this year and next.
Growth expectations are grim as low oil prices pose significant challenges to government finances—oil constitutes over 95% of exports and 75% of fiscal revenues. Our panelists expect GDP to grow 2.8% in 2016, which is down 0.3 percentage points from last month's forecast. In 2017, the panel expects GDP to expand by 3.5%.
Economic growth ticked up in Q3 2015 on the back of solid expansion across most sectors of economic activity, suggesting that Kenya's growth dynamics are fairly diversified and robust. In fact, dragged down by ongoing security risks from terrorism, tourism was the only sector that declined. High-frequency data suggest that the economy performed solidly in Q4 and at the outset of this year: the PMI picked up in January and the exchange rate has been broadly stable since October. Overall, the economy is on track to have accelerated slightly to a 5.5% expansion last year. A lower import-bill due to the oil price slump partly contributed to this solid performance, along with strong public infrastructure spending. However, Kenya's fiscal deficit likely continued to widen last year. Against this backdrop, the administration's plan to reduce the budget gap in the next fiscal year is seen as a step in the right direction to improve fiscal sustainability and reduce reliance on external financing.
GDP growth is expected to receive a boost this year from ongoing infrastructure development, especially the Standard Gauge Highway project, still-low oil prices, an expanding services sector and regional integration. However, Kenya's persistent twin deficits expose the country to external risks. Analysts project GDP growth of 5.8% for 2016, which is down 0.2 percentage points from last month's forecast, and see growth picking up to 6.1% in 2017.
Inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa jumped from December's 8.7% to 9.3% in January, which represented the highest reading in over four years. Power supply shortages, food scarcity amid severe droughts and weaker currencies across the region are keeping inflationary pressures high.
Africa's biggest economies are taking different approaches to their monetary policies. Rising inflation prompted the Reserve Bank of South Africa to increase its policy rate by 50 basis points from 6.25% to 6.75%. Similarly, the Central Bank of Angola raised the Basic Interest Rate to 12.00%—the highest level since records began—in order to combat soaring inflation and support the weakening Angolan kwanza. Conversely, the Central Bank of Nigeria maintained the monetary policy at 11.00% due to concerns regarding the weaknesses in the domestic economy. FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast panelists expect regional inflation to average 8.7% in 2016, which is unchanged from last month's estimate. In 2017, inflation is seen moderating to 7.8%.


Jessica Alba is celebrating a milestone by making a major change!
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A-list hairstylist Chad Wood shared this time-lapse, showing every stage of Jess' chop. He complimented the mum-of-three's shorter length with gradual, angled layers starting at the star's chin–this face framing technique is super flattering on most face shapes.
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New York City Opera's "The Garden of Finzi-Continis" preview
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New York City Opera (under the direction of Michael Capasso, General Director) will present a preview of its latest world premiere of a new American opera, Ricky Ian Gordon's THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS, a co-production with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, Dominick Balletta, Executive Director) on Friday, January 14, 2022 at 6pm at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York. Tatev Baroyan and Jeremy Brauner will sing pieces from the show, accompanied by Kathryn Olander. Ricky Ian Gordon, Michael Capasso and Michael Korie will speak about the production. Due to the evolving public health situation, the in-person performance is invitation-only, but it will also be live-streamed simultaneously on stanzeitaliane.it and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHxVo04jaL0.
With a libretto by Michael Korie, based on Giorgio Bassani's 1962 novel, THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS is set on the eve of World War II and tells the story of an aristocratic Italian-Jewish family, the Finzi-Continis, who believe they will be immune to the changes happening around them. As they make a gracious haven for themselves in their garden, walling out the unpleasantness of the world outside, Italy forms its alliance with Germany and begins to enforce anti-Semitic racial laws. But the Finzi-Continis discover too late that no one is immune, no one is untouchable. The production will open on Thursday, January 27 at Edmond J. Safra Hall in the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Sung in English. Tickets for this limited engagement, which will play eight performances only through Sunday, February 6, are available at NYTF.org or by calling the box office at 855-449-4658. For additional information call 212-655-7653.
ABOUT THE ITALAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE IN NEW YORK
The Italian Cultural Institute in New York was founded in 1961 by the Italian Government. Its mission is to promote Italian languages and cultures in the United States. Under the guidance of its trustees at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, its advisory board, and its staff, the Italian Cultural Institute of New York fosters cultural exchanges between Italy and the U.S. in a variety of areas, from the arts to the humanities, to science, and technology. Central to the Italian Cultural Institute's activity is its collaboration with the most prominent academic and cultural Institutions of the East Coast. The scientific exchanges, the organization of, and support to, visual arts exhibitions, the grants for translation and publication of Italian books, inspire and nourish the Institute's initiatives. In particular, they focus on the relation between memory and innovation, identity and indentities in Italian civilization. The Italian Cultural Institute of New York, therefore, provides an "open window" on main cultural and social aspects of past and current Italy.
ABOUT NEW YORK CITY OPERA
Since its founding in 1943 by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia as "The People's Opera," New York City Opera (NYCO) has been a critical part of the city's cultural life. During its history, New York City Opera launched the careers of dozens of major artists and presented engaging productions of both mainstream and unusual operas alongside commissions and regional premieres. The result was a uniquely American opera company of international stature. For more than seven decades, New York City Opera has maintained a distinct identity, adhering to its unique mission: affordable ticket prices, a devotion to American works, English-language performances, the promotion of up-and-coming American singers, and seasons of accessible, vibrant and compelling productions intended to introduce new audiences to the art form. Stars who launched their careers at New York City Opera include Plácido Domingo, Catherine Malfitano, Sherrill Milnes, Samuel Ramey, Beverly Sills, Tatiana Troyanos, Carol Vaness, and Shirley Verrett, among dozens of other great artists. New York City Opera has a long history of inclusion and diversity. It was the first major opera company to feature African American singers in leading roles (Todd Duncan as Tonio in Pagliacci, 1945; Camilla Williams in the title role in Madama Butterfly, 1946); the first to produce a new work by an African-American composer (William Grant Still, Troubled Island, 1949); and the first to have an African-American conductor lead its orchestra (Everett Lee, 1955). A revitalized City Opera re-opened in January 2016 with Tosca, the opera that originally launched the company in 1944. Outstanding productions during the four years since then include: the world premieres of Iain Bell and Mark Campbell's Stonewall, which NYCO commissioned and developed, legendary director Harold Prince's new production of Bernstein's Candide; Puccini's beloved La Fanciulla del West; and the New York premiere of Daniel Catán's Florencia en el Amazonas — the first in its Ópera en Español series. Subsequent Ópera en Español productions include the New York premiere of the world's first mariachi opera, José "Pepe" Martinez's Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, Literes's Los Elementos, and Piazzolla's María de Buenos Aires. In addition to the world premiere of Stonewall, the productions in NYCO's Pride Initiative, which produces an LGBTQ-themed work each June during Pride Month, include the New York premiere of Péter Eötvös's Angels in America and the American premiere of Charles Wuorinen's Brokeback Mountain. New York City Opera has presented such talents as Anna Caterina Antonacci and Aprile Millo in concert, as well as its own 75th Anniversary Concert in Bryant Park, one in a series of the many concerts and staged productions that it presents each year as part of the Park's summer performance series. City Opera's acclaimed summer series in Bryant Park brings free performances to thousands of New Yorkers and visitors every year.
New York City Opera continues its legacy with main stage performances at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater and with revitalized outreach and education programs at venues throughout the city, designed to welcome and inspire a new generation of opera audiences. City Opera's acclaimed summer series in Bryant Park brings free performances to thousands of New Yorkers and visitors every year.
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ABOUT THE NATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE FOLKSBIENE
Now celebrating its 107th season, Tony Award-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) is the longest consecutively producing theatre in the U.S. and the world's oldest continuously operating Yiddish theatre company. NYTF, which presented the award-winning Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, directed by Joel Grey, to sold out audiences before it moved to Off-Broadway uptown, is in residence at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Zalmen Mlotek and Executive Director Dominick Balletta, NYTF is dedicated to creating a living legacy through the arts, connecting generations and bridging communities. NYTF aims to bring history to life by reviving and restoring lost and forgotten work, commissioning new work, and adapting pre-existing work for the 21st Century. Serving a diverse audience comprised of performing arts patrons, cultural enthusiasts, Yiddish-language aficionados, and the general public, the company presents plays, musicals, concerts, lectures, interactive educational workshops, and community-building activities in English and Yiddish, with English and Russian supertitles accompanying performances. NYTF provides access to a century-old cultural legacy and inspires the imaginations of the next generation to contribute to this valuable body of work. Learn more at http://www.nytf.org.
ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE – A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST
The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is New York's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. The Museum is committed to the crucial mission of educating diverse visitors about Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust. The third largest Holocaust museum in the world and the second largest in North America, the Museum of Jewish Heritage anchors the southernmost tip of Manhattan, completing the cultural and educational landscape it shares with the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The Museum of Jewish Heritage maintains a collection of more than 40,000 artifacts, photographs, documentary films, and survivor testimonies and contains classrooms, a 375-seat theater (Edmond J. Safra Hall), special exhibition galleries, a resource center for educators, and a memorial art installation, Garden of Stones, designed by internationally acclaimed sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. The Museum is the home of National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. The Museum receives general operating support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts. For more information, visit mjhnyc.org.
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'Record' Li-Fi data rate achieved by single GaN Blue micro-LED
CEA-Leti's optical transmission of 7.7 Gbps positions Li-Fi to replace wi-fi and potential 5G interoperability.
CEA Leti says Li-Fi is a possible replacement for less-secure wi-fi.
Researchers at CEA-Leti, a technology research institute based in Grenoble, France, say they have broken the throughput world record of 5.1 Gbps in visible light communications (VLC – also known as Li-Fi) using a single GaN blue micro- light-emitting diode (LED).
The published data transmission rate of 7.7 Gbps achieved with a 10 µm microLED "marks another step toward commercialization and widespread use of Li-Fi communication," say the scientists.
Wireless communications technology Li-Fi (short for "light fidelity") offers an alternative or a complementary technology to radio frequency systems such as Wi-Fi and 5G. It is considered to be a promising technology for security-related applications because light propagation can be confined to a room with no information leakage, as opposed to Wi-Fi communication, which penetrates walls.
Li-Fi also looks promising for ultra-high speed data transmission in environments where RF emissions are controlled, like hospitals, schools, and airplanes. Single microLED communications offer an ultra-high data-transmission rate for a variety of opportunities for new applications. These include industrial wireless high-speed links in demanding environments such as assembly lines and data centers, and contact-less connectors, or chip-to-chip communication.
But their weak optical power limits their applications to short-range communications. In contrast, matrices of thousands of microLEDs contain higher optical powers than open mid- and long-range applications. However, preserving the bandwidth of each microLED within a matrix requires that each signal has to be brought as close as possible to the micro-optical source.
CEA-Leti's Li-Fi physical layer relies on the same concepts as WiFi and 5G technologies.
Mass-market applications
"This technology has exciting potential for mass-market applications," commented Benoit Miscopein, CEA-Leti research scientist. "Multi-LED systems could replace Wi-Fi, but wide-scale adoption will require a standardization process to ensure the systems' interoperability between different manufacturers. The Light Communications Alliance was created in 2019 to encourage the industry to implement this standardization.
In addition to a stand-alone Wi-Fi-like standard, there is the possibility of including Li-Fi technology as a component carrier in the downlink of 5G-NR, a radio-access technology for 5G mobile considerations, is also under investigation to bring a large additional license-free bandwidth.
"This may be feasible because its Li-Fi physical layer relies on the same concepts as WiFi and 5G technologies," added Miscopein. "Matrices of thousands of microLEDs could also open the way to mid- to long-range applications, such as indoor wireless multiple access."
Preserving the bandwidth of each microLED within a matrix requires that each signal is generated as close as possible to the micro-optical source.
"To meet this challenge," he said, "we expect to hybridize the microLED matrix onto another matrix of CMOS drivers: one simple CMOS driver will pilot one microLED. This will also enable the additional feature of piloting each microLED pixel independently, and that allows new types of digital-to-optical waveforms that could eliminate the need for digital-to-analog converters commonly used in the conventional 'analogue' implementations of LiFi."
While industry association Light Communications Alliance will promote interoperability between different manufacturers' Li-Fi systems, CEA-Leti will continue its research in two areas: better understanding of the electrical behavior of single LEDs in high frequency regimes and the link between bandwidth and electromigration patterns; and techniques to improve the range and data rate using multi-LED emissive devices. This will require adapting the waveform generation as well as a CMOS interposer to drive the matrix on a pixel basis.
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I had been on the pill for 10 years. I had regular periods before hand and they returned regularly – every 30-32 days – after the pill, but were scant and causing horrific PMS.
The first month of adopting this regime I fell pregnant. My body was definitely progesterone deficient.
Asking doctors is great and I asked mine, but he wasn't much help. This helped my body readjust more quickly to being off the pill and brought normality. I just wanted a better period and the fact I got pregnant straight away was an added bonus!
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Homeless boy raped, beaten and robbed – then famous singer takes matters into own hands
by Kelli Finger | Mar 28, 2018 | Awesome, Featured, Inspiration | 0 comments
Last year, Ed Sheeran filmed a documentary for Comic Relief. He went to Liberia and observed the horrific situations of young boys living in the slums. One little boy named JD and his five mates would sleep in canoes on the beach. They'd have no adult supervision – no one to look after or care for them. Until Ed came along.
The British superstar musician refused to give up on these young boys who were raped and beaten by older boys living on the streets. Their daily diet would consist of a cup of water and lone piece of bread. JD had dreams of becoming president, but his current situation was dire. The young boy's story moved Ed to intervene to save not only JD but his mates too.
Ed didn't just follow through on his promise because the cameras were there; he did it for JD and his pals. He used money from his own pocket to set them up in a house in Liberia's capital city of Monrovia. They were looked after by a woman they call Ma.
JD remembers how his life used to be; he much prefers how things are now because he has someone in his life who cares for him. "I used to sleep in canoes on the beach with my friends. Now I feel much better because I stay with Ma and she takes care of us.
"She always comes looking for us to make sure we are ok. She really cares about me. I didn't have that before.
"I am very happy to be going to school soon. I want to be president, so I have to learn and study well. When I am president, I can help all the other street children with food, shelter, and school.
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"I want to see all children in school uniforms. If I had not met [charity] Street Child and Ed, I would still be sleeping in canoes on the beach."
In the video for Comic relief, Sheeran said, It really does not feel right leaving at all. I mean, the only thing you can do is help them, which we should.
"My natural instinct is to just put them in a car and just take them and just put them in a hotel until we can get them sorted.
"Can we do that? Can I pay to put them in a house until we get them in a school? It doesn't matter how much it costs can we just get him and his five mates in a house with an older person to look after them.
"I don't think we can go until that's sorted."
Good for Ed for sticking up for these boys and refusing to leave them until they were safe. What a great guy!
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When Google Earth was released, I wondered how long it would take for someone to make a guide to Ghostbusters. The answer? Uh, about a year and a half? I guess.
Ironic Sans has put together a topological look at all the New York shooting locations for Ghostbusters. Not that it outdoes the highly informative NYGB Tourguide, but it's still a nice visual look at all those famous NY locations.


FORGET 4K – Samsung has finally unveiled an 8K telly that you can actually buy.
The Samsung Q900R was revealed at this year's IFA 2018 tech show in Berlin, and goes on sale in the UK from mid-October.
The new telly will be available in four different room-dominating screen sizes, ranging from 65 inches right through to 85 inches.
All models come equipped with Samsung's Ambient Mode tech, which uses clever sensor systems to blend the telly into the wall when not in use.
But the real selling point (at least in Samsung's opinion) is the 8K screen resolution.
That means the images you see on screen should be seriously sharp.
So what exactly does 8K mean?
Most televisions you see in stores today are Full HD. That refers to the number of pixels on your screen, which we call "resolution".
The pixels are tiny dots that light up to produce the image on your telly. The more pixels you have, the more detailed the image will be.
With a Full HD TV, you have a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels – 1920 pixels along the bottom row, and 1080 up the side.
That means you get a total of around 2million pixels on your screen.
For 4K TVs, you end up with four times the number of pixels compared to a Full HD screen.
So a 4K TV promises 8million pixels total. Of course, you need highly detailed 4K content to take advantage of it – but you can find that from the likes of Sky, Netflix, Amazon Video and YouTube.
Now Samsung is launching an 8K TV, which gives you a resolution of 7680 x 4320 pixels – or around 33million pixels.
The bad news is that there's no real reason why you should buy an 8K TV.
Because the pixels are packed so close together, it's basically impossible to notice a difference from 4K unless you're sitting just a few inches away from the screen. The TV would need to be enormous too – well over 100 inches.
The other big problem is that there simply isn't enough 8K content available yet, so you'll end up watching stuff in 4K at best.
Samsung is promising upscaling tech to combat this.
The 8K TV will use software tricks to guess what certain pixels should look like, converting normal footage to near-8K quality.
But it won't be true 8K, and it's probably not enough to justify the price.
Samsung hasn't actually confirmed a price yet, but it will almost certainly be very high – likely thousands of pounds.
Top analyst Ben Wood, of CSS Insight, called 8K a "key theme" at this year's IFA convention, but warned over the tech.
"Understandable TV makers want to offer future-proof "8K-ready" products but it's going to be a while before content chain is ready for mass market support," he explained.
He added that current home broadband systems will struggle to cope with heavy 8K streaming: "Content distribution will initially be limited due to bandwidth constraints."
What do you think of Samsung's new 8K telly? Let us know in the comments!