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Green bonds in Africa could be one way out for a zero-yield world
Africa has slid down investors' lists of favored investment destinations as a result of the oil and commodity price dip of the past three years and the well-known problems of South Africa and Nigeria, the continent's two largest economies.
However, in one fast-growing but still undersized section of international capital markets there could be room for African countries to take a front seat. The new frontier for Africa may be the issuance of green bonds to finance environmentally friendly development projects including infrastructure, under a range of initiatives by governments, banks and international development agencies.
A panel on green-bond issuance, with around 100 participants, was one of the best attended sessions at last week's African capital markets conference in Nairobi organized by the International Finance Corp., the private-sector arm of the World Bank. It featured presentations from Barclays, Citibank, the Kenyan Bankers Association and the London Stock Exchange. As one speaker said, three or four years ago only a handful of delegates would have taken part.
Kenya, the host for the IFC conference (where the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum was one of the partner organizations), is considering launching a green bond after elections in August, intended to showcase the country's advances in improving energy self-sufficiency and reducing carbon emissions. The progress is partly due to investments in geothermal energy sources financed by China.
A range of African countries that have seen their bonds downgraded as a result of recent economic mishaps, including Angola and Nigeria, are also candidates for such issuance.
One of the impediments for such schemes — and to development of the African capital markets as whole — is the continent's low economic weight and high fragmentation. On the other hand, most of Africa's economies are growing at well above the world average and risk-oriented investors can normally find channels for their funds yielding rewards that more than match actual risk.
Jingdong Hua, IFC's treasurer, points to $40 trillion of fixed-income placements in industrialized economies in low- or negative-interest instruments. He urges investment groups and pension funds to become more adventurous in funneling capital to developing economies. Hua floated in Nairobi the idea of the IFC launching "diaspora" bonds to absorb savings held abroad by wealthy Africans, a bid to encourage repatriation of sometimes-illicit offshore holdings.
IFC is in the forefront of what Hua calls "smart use of [public sector] balance sheets" to combine funds from multilateral agencies and donor governments with innovative private-sector financing for Africa, Latin America and Asia. This is part of "joined-up thinking" gradually taking hold among governments providing development aid, to allow taxpayers' money in many countries to stretch further into boosting beneficial investment in ventures ranging from ports, highways and railroads through to energy, telecommunications and education.
IFC is placing $325 million in a green-bond fund for developing markets, under a move announced in March. The IFC has partnered with Amundi, the European asset manager, to raise up to $2 billion from other international investors to create the biggest-yet green bond fund for emerging markets.
Other groups such as the European Investment Bank and KfW, the German state financing agency, are both issuers of and investors in green bonds.
The worldwide green-bond market totals less than $1 trillion, a tiny part of the overall fixed-income sector of around $100 trillion. But issuance has picked up, driven by worldwide accord on anti-climate change measures in Paris in December 2015, adroit marketing by investment management groups, and demand for environmental instruments from governments and investors around the world.
Poland launched the first sovereign green bond in December. This was followed by a €7 billion French green bond in January. Issuance this year is forecast at $110 billion to $120 billion, above the record $93 billion in 2016. Because demand outstrips supply, green bonds appear to be performing better than standard bonds in the aftermarket, although the paucity of longer-term data makes it impossible to discern whether this is a durable trend.
One of the drawbacks is lack of international standardization of what constitutes a green bond. There is no worldwide monitoring mechanism to ensure compliance with the parameters set by frameworks such as the Green Bonds Principles or Climate Bonds Standards, adding to market fragmentation. To improve certification procedures, the Bank of England and People's Bank of China are combining forces under an initiative spurred by the Group of 20 leading economies.
As emerging-market green bonds attain greater scale, one area of demand will be the Nordic pension funds and public-sector agencies.
Norway's sovereign fund — Norges Bank Investment Management — usually classified as the world's biggest sovereign fund, and a leader in environmental investments — has investments in 77 countries and 50 currencies. At the end of 2016 this encompassed 30 frontier markets, including Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda — all candidates in coming years for launching African green bonds.
By David Marsh, European Markets Columnist, MarketWatch
Scaling up climate investments will require innovation in five key areas
Just ask the investors: businesses in emerging markets can no longer afford to ignore the risks posed by the changing climate to their bottom lines. Ranging from increasingly frequent and severe weather events to new regulations and changing consumer preferences, climate change is fundamentally transforming the way we do business. Increasingly, companies and their investors are seeking opportunities to transition to and invest in climate-smart portfolios.
By all accounts, engaging the private sector in climate-smart investments will be a cornerstone to growing climate business. In many sectors they already play a large role, supplying nearly a third of global investment in research and development of new renewable energy technologies, or $2.5 billion in 2016 alone. Scaling these technologies up to meet targets set in the Paris climate agreement, however, will require trillions more in innovative climate-smart investments particularly in emerging markets. And this presents us with opportunities. In fact, IFC estimates that 21 developing countries alone hold over $23 trillion in climate-smart investment opportunities through 2030.
The time to capitalize on these opportunities is now. In the words of Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope, from their recent book, Climate of Hope: "… We believe that by changing the way we think and talk about climate change, we can lower the temperature of the debate – and accomplish a whole lot more."
And this captures very well what IFC is all about — creating markets, creating and supporting businesses that are financially and environmentally sustainable, and through that, making a difference. Closing off a successful fiscal year in 2017, IFC committed close to $4.8 billion from its own account and mobilized funds from other investors in climate-smart industries, helping scale up climate investments in 41 emerging markets. While these industries are all showing promise, there are five sectors where, based on our experience, innovative approaches are poised to widen the tent, attracting billions in private sector capital.
1. Climate-smart Agribusiness
Unquestionably, meeting future demand for food will be one of the world's greatest climate-related challenges. The human population is projected to grow from 7.3 billion as of 2015 to 9.7 billion by 2050. Without robust steps to increase productivity and climate resilience of agricultural practices, business-as-usual is expected to reduce global agriculture yields by up to 50 percent by 2030. Fortunately, businesses are beginning to employ climate-smart agriculture measures that can dramatically increase productivity and resilience while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. IFC is focused on helping scale these practices by providing investment and support for specific agribusiness needs, including increasing productivity of animal protein producers, optimizing inputs through precision agriculture, and reducing food waste through investments in logistics and infrastructure.
2. Green Buildings
Another significant impact of global population growth will be the rapid growth of urban environments which will exert pressure on existing building stocks. Buildings are estimated to be responsible for about one third of global greenhouse gas emissions.
This challenge also creates an opportunity for climate-smart investment in green buildings. To help private lenders understand and engage in this opportunity, IFC is helping promote a universal and accessible green performance standard to identify areas for cost savings in buildings. The IFC EDGE program offers developers and investors a free tool to choose options to reduce consumption of energy, water, and extracted materials in new and existing building stock.
3. Smart Cities
As global population and incomes rise, 70 percent of developing country populations are expected to live in cities by 2050 . This opens doors for opportunities to build "smart" cities, capable of sustainably meeting demand for infrastructure in urban environments, and private sector interventions are now dramatically changing urban landscapes. In the United States, ride sharing services such as Uber and Lyft are reducing car ownership in cities, which can subsequently reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions. IFC is investing in public-private partnerships in Turkey to expand metro rail services and in India to upgrade street lighting networks.
4. Energy Storage
In some of the emerging economies, solar and wind energy technologies are often underutilized because they suffer from variable supply, known as "intermittency." Energy storage solutions can help reduce these impacts by providing a back-up generation option. New research from IFC suggests that over the coming decade, energy storage technologies will grow 40 percent annually in emerging markets. This growth is likely to unlock significant environmental, social, and economic benefits. IFC is growing this market through early-stage venture capital investments in energy storage markets, ranging from lithium-ion battery technologies to photovoltaic (PV) storage systems.
5. Green Bonds
A critical challenge remains the ability to scale up climate-smart investments bringing new financiers into the climate-smart investment space. For example, institutional investors, comprised of pension funds, insurance companies, and sovereign wealth funds, manage $71.4 trillion in assets but currently play a limited role in global climate finance. To attract these investors, climate-smart projects must offer scale, safety, and simplicity. IFC's Green Bonds Program has been very successful in engaging these investors, issuing over $5.7 billion in 13 currencies through 74 green bonds on its own balance sheet over the last decade.
Together, these sectors represent the frontier of climate-smart investment. Innovation in climate-smart agribusiness, green buildings, smart cities, and finance can transform the way global economies function to align with a sustainable future where green growth is a norm, not an exception. By investing its resources in these emerging opportunities, IFC is helping to build the foundations for companies in emerging markets to invest and rapidly grow climate business.
By Alzbeta Klein, Director and Global Head, Climate Business, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Acting on climate change is Africa's opportunity
Acting on the climate remains firmly on the global agenda. It remained a top priority for all but one of the G20 leaders who gathered in Germany this month. That is because it is increasingly clear that strong action is in the economic self-interest of countries at all stages of development.
Climate investment opportunities in emerging markets could be as much as $23tn by 2030. National governments, states, cities and businesses are all seeing the opportunities of climate action, from employment to investment and from smarter growth to a cleaner, healthier future for all.
Take jobs, where climate action could generate a veritable bounty of clean energy employment. Globally, 62 per cent of renewable energy jobs are already in Asia, with 3.6m jobs in China alone, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. China expects to create 13m jobs in the renewable energy sector over the next four years.
Across the African continent, forays into the clean energy industry have been promising, with renewables already providing 62,000 jobs and much potential ahead.
Algeria, for example, created 3,500 jobs in the construction of 14 grid-connected solar PV projects in 2015, with 700 permanent jobs expected in operation and management.
Kenya is building Africa's largest wind farm at Lake Turkana, planned to be fully operational later this year. Its construction has created more than 2,000 local jobs since October 2014.
Overall investment in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly for clean energy, represents a $783bn opportunity.
We are also particularly well placed to take advantage of cheap and plentiful resources from the sun and wind. The potential for renewables in sub-Saharan Africa stands at about 1,100 gigawatts of solar capacity, 350 gigawatts of hydropower and 109 gigawatts of wind.
This would be more than enough to meet future demand. Meanwhile, the cost of utility-scale solar in Africa fell 50 per cent from 2010 to 2014 and continues to fall.
Further upstream, African countries could also capitalise on opportunities to get more involved in the production of low-carbon technology. Rather than importing solar panels and wind turbines from elsewhere, Africa can establish itself as a green manufacturing giant.
We shouldn't let people just sell us items that we are well positioned to produce ourselves. Instead, we can lead in developing and producing the clean energy solutions we need.
African cities can leapfrog the urban development challenges that other fast moving economies have faced. The population of Lagos, for instance, is set to reach 25m people by 2030. The city's traffic congestion is already notorious, costing commuters 3bn hours a year from 2007 to 2009 and — in one memorable case — costing a man his marriage.
But recent investment in bus-oriented transport infrastructure, with dedicated lanes for environmentally friendly mass-transit vehicles, has improved the situation considerably and at a fraction of what it has cost elsewhere. Getting our cities right and, in some cases, building them right in the first place will not only deliver economic benefits but will help us avoid the costs of sprawl, traffic congestion and debilitating air pollution that plague residents of Beijing or Delhi.
Rural economies matter just as much as our urban opportunities. And here too, positive actions are yielding solid results. Farmers in Niger, for example, using new agroforestry techniques benefited from increased grain production as well as increased gross annual income, going up by $1,000 per household for more than 1m households.
Local communities in northern Ethiopia organised themselves to control livestock grazing and wood cutting on degraded plateaux and mountain slopes, allowing vegetation to regenerate naturally and making the region greener than it has been for well over a century.
Large-scale initiatives are also delivering. AFR100, for instance, was launched in 2015 to bring 100m hectares of deforested and degraded landscapes across Africa into restoration by 2030. Within a year, 21 countries have signed on to committing 63.5m ha into restoration and more than $1bn in development finance and $545m in private investment have been secured.
There should be no doubt — in developing countries the world over and especially in Africa — that the new climate economy of the future will bring benefits ranging from jobs in clean energy to improved air quality and more productive land. Staying the course will put us at the forefront of this green economic revolution. That's a good place to be.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate and chair of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization. She was previously finance minister of Nigeria and managing director of the World Bank.
Written in FT.
A Conversation: Is Climate Finance the Gamechanger Africa Needs?
Africa requires massive amounts of climate financing in order to make its economies both low carbon as well as climate resilient. Sub-Saharan Africa will require an estimated $377 billion in financing for climate mitigation investments and $222 billion for climate resilience investments in order to reach its NDCs, while North Africa will require an additional $125 billion in combined mitigation and adaptation financing.[1] But current financing falls far short of this figure. In 2014, only $12 billion climate finance reached Sub-Saharan Africa, with another $9 billion across MENA.[2]
The vulnerabilities many African countries face cut across sectors demanding a holistic, programmatic approach to building a more climate resilient economy. The Climate Investment Funds is addressing this challenge head-on by providing more than $2.7 billion – a third of our total $8.3 billion pledged – in grants and low-cost loans for climate resilience, forestry, and clean energy investments to 26 countries on the African continent.
Just days after his State of the Africa Region event at the World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings, I had the opportunity to discuss climate finance in a Facebook Live Q&A with Albert Zeufack, Chief Economist, Africa.
The CIF is the only climate fund to date to prioritize a programmatic approach as its primary delivery model. Our approach embeds investments in a country-driven strategic planning process that links investments with policy and regulatory reform, capacity development, and the activities of the MDBs and other partners to catalyze transformation. The CIF has, and can continue to play, a crucial role in closing the financing gap for resilience, forestry, and clean energy investment in Africa.
I was especially happy to join this conversation because it is a valuable opportunity to reach and engage a broader, younger African audience on what the continent is doing about climate and the role of climate finance in helping countries build low carbon economies, where citizens are connected to affordable, sustainable energy sources.
As much as $90 trillion is needed in the next 15 years to build low carbon, resilient, environmentally and socially sustainable infrastructure that is essential to fulfilling the Paris Agreement, strengthening resilience, and achieving the SDGs.
The Africa Climate Business Plan lays out a solid framework to bring country plans and financing together to address climate crisis in the near and medium term.
To date, 144 of 197 Parties have ratified the Paris Agreement. You can see if your country is one of them here.
[1] A timeframe for these estimated figures, e.g. from now-2030, is currently lacking; Egypt's $73B NDC is not broken out by mitigation/adaptation
[2] CPI 2015 report


Didn't have a notable save to make all game but was commanding when he needed to be.
Made some exciting bursts forward and created plenty of openings. Also stuck to his defensive duties when called upon.
Looks a solid, assuring centre-back and is growing with each game. Was tough and rugged when needed.
Missed a great early chance at the back post but was resolute alongside Batth in centre defence.
Created plenty of openings with a variety of passes and attacking play. Set-up Griffiths' opener.
Got a goal in the first half and looked lively but was far too wasteful in good positions on too many occasions.
An excellent display breaking up play and getting the ball rolling on so many occasions. Unsung hero.
Showed maturity beyond his tender age. Classy finish for Wolves' second and won a penalty with a driving run.
Always a threat when he had the ball. Showed great skill to get round on the back on many occasions.
May not have scored, but he put in a tireless effort by creating openings and bringing others into play.
An immense display from the Wolves No.9. Scored a spectacular first early on and added a second from the penalty spot in the second half. Also showed that he can create plenty of openings.
GILLINGHAM : (4-4-2): Nelson, Harriman, Martin, Legge, Barrett, Gregory (Dack, 54) Linganzi, Lee, Kedwell, (German, 71) McDonald, (Whelpdale, 57) Weston. Not used: Howard, Davies, Allen, Akinfenwa.
GOALS: Griffiths (4, 67), Evans (25) Sako (30) – Wolves.
CROWD WATCH: Wolves fans stoked up the heat right from the off by creating an intimidating atmosphere.
REF WATCH: S Attwell (Warwickshire): Efficient.
THE MANAGER: Kenny Jackett included all of his creative players and it worked as Wolves ran riot. Giving Kevin Doyle his first start this term also helped.


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Friends delight in each other's company and their friendship in the Spirit enhances their service, motivates their actions and strengthens their commitment to Christ.
The Bible places a high value on friendship, showing us how we can benefit from companionship and how we can use this gift in the kingdom of God. Friendship is, of course, beneficial in its own right having great intrinsic worth, but we soon discover that friendship can also be a powerful and effective means for reaching out and for building one another up. Beginning with the example of Jesus, let's take a brief tour of the Bible's teaching on friendship.
All of Jesus' disciples were his friends and this brought a special privilege into their lives. He said to them, "No longer do I call you servants… but I have called you friends…" (John 15:15). He also had in "inner circle' of friends which we can call Jesus' Group of 3. Peter, James and John were his closest associates and that brought them greater privileges of intimacy, trust and responsibility. Only these three were chosen to accompany Jesus on the mountain of transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-2). John, the beloved disciple, was even closer to Jesus than the rest. "Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved." (John 13:23). Their close relationship is also mentioned in John 20:2; 21:7 and 21:20.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 shows the true value of friendship. In every situation, two are better than one and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. One on his own cannot produce as much as two, he is vulnerable when falling or when under attack. Being warmed by each other, the fellowship of the two or three brings much benefit. Fruitfulness is also increased through the power of synergy, which means we can do more together, even when we take into account all that we can do as individuals.
Job's friends, though well meaning, were more of a hindrance than a help to him. They began well as they identified with Job and his suffering (Job 2:11). But due to an inadequate view of suffering in which they assumed his painful circumstances were the result of his own sin, they then became a hindrance, blaming Job for they way he felt and for what had happened to him (Job 12:4). Unfortunately, "Job's comforters' are still around today, and this shows how careful we must be before we rise to judge, condemn or to come up with "quick, easy solutions' when we are helping our friends. Friendship calls for something deeper than a few quotes from the Bible slapped onto others in place of genuine understanding. Friendship challenges us to grow in true knowledge and wisdom so that we can be of real help to our friends.
Friendship must be preserved through discipline, loyalty and trust. Friendship carries a price but, fortunately, it is often an easy price to pay as we have affinity with our friends and find it easy to be affectionate with them, sticking with them through thick and thin. "A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." (Proverbs 18:24).
Where there are mistakes and failings friendship is often tested to the limit. One of the hallmarks of genuine friendship is that your friend can know the worst about you, but it doesn't matter; they remain your friend, helping you through your sin and problems. He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends (Proverbs 17:9). Sometimes it is difficult to keep confidences and we must use strong self-discipline not to divulge the things spoken to us in confidence. The kind of friendship described in this article and in the book The Friendship Factor is "covenant friendship' because it demands high levels of commitment, faithfulness and loyalty.
As we have seen, the friendship factor is a powerful tool for us to use in the kingdom of God, both for "inreach' and "outreach.' That is why we seek to grow our cells and build the church through friendship.


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VW Polo grows up with new tech, new look
By Scott Collie
VW Polo grows up with new tech...
The VW design language translates well to the new Polo
VW has teamed up with Beats for a special edition Polo
The new Polo is an evolutionary design on the outside
The Polo has grown meaningfully larger for its sixth generation
The new Polo will be offered with a huge range of gasoline engines
The new Polo has a bigger boot than the car it replaces, and the Mk4 Golf
The new Polo is a much smarter beast than the car it replaces
VW will be showing the Polo off at the Frankfurt Motor Show
The colorful interior of the Polo is a welcome change from the dour looks of its predecessor
There are 13 different trim options for the colorful dashboard in the new Polo
The touchscreen in the Polo is up to 8 inches
The new Polo GTI will be powered by a 2-liter turbocharged engine
With 147 kW of power, the new Polo GTI should be a fun little thing to drive
The Polo GTI gets the same red exterior highlights as the Golf GTI
VW is targeting the Ford Fiesta ST with the new Polo GTI
The new VW Polo GTI
The Polo GTI is available with a manual or automatic gearbox
The new VW Polo GTI will have 147 kW of power
The new Polo GTI is more sophisticated inside than before
The angular Polo GTI sticks to the theme for VW on the outside
The Polo GTI looks like a downsized Golf GTI from the outside
VW has used tartan on the seats for the Polo GTI
The wheel in the Polo GTI is nicked from the Golf GTI
Wireless phone charging in VW Polo
The Virtual Cockpit display makes its debut in the VW Polo
A bright, colorful interior design focus makes the interior of the VW Polo a nicer place to look at
Behind the wheel of the VW Polo
The new Polo looks very grown up in profile
The new Volkswagen Polo
The VW Polo has grown in all directions
The new Polo is like a shrunken Golf
Volkswagen has been through some tough times of late, but that hasn't stopped it from constantly improving its already impressive product lineup. Having treated the Golf to a technology injection, the company has overhauled the Polo. It might serve as an entry point to the VW range, but the Polo packs a range of features passed down from its big brothers.
It might not be quite as well known as the Golf, but the Polo nameplate is an enduring member of the VW family. More than 14 million examples have been sold since it debuted in 1975, but the sixth-generation car launches into a class full of excellent rivals headlined by the fresh Ford Fiesta. Volkswagen has thrown the kitchen sink at this new car, although the evolutionary styling would suggest otherwise.
For starters, the car has grown in every direction. It's now more than 4 m (13.1 ft) long and 1.7 m (5.6 ft) wide, with a 2.56-m (8.4-ft) wheelbase. Not only is that wheelbase longer than the last Polo, it's longer than that on the Mk4 Golf. There's also more boot space in the new entry-level hatchback, and more headroom for all passengers – with the little up! sitting below it in the range, the Polo has grown significantly.
This upsizing extends to the in-cabin technology, with the new dashboard design neatly integrating a bigger 8-inch touchscreen, and the Virtual Cockpit now appearing on the option sheet. Adaptive cruise control, auto-emergency braking and blind-spot warnings are new for the Mk6 Polo, and the car will park itself in tight spots. A low-speed braking system will even help drivers avoid bollards or low kerbs when manoeuvring in tight spaces.
Along with all the technology on offer, the Mk6 Polo debuts a playful interior design streak rarely seen at Volkswagen. The large dashboard trim piece can be specced to match the exterior finish, and there are even some bright options for the seat covers. It looks great in pictures, especially when you compare it to the dour current model.
Power will come from a dizzying array of gasoline, diesel and natural gas engines. The gasoline range kicks off with a 1.0-liter engine making just 48 kW (64 hp), and extends to the range-topping Polo GTI producing 147 kW (198 hp) from its 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder. Fans of diesel can choose from two versions of the same 1.6-liter engine with 59 or 70 kW (79 or 94 hp), while the single natural gas-powered option produces 59 kW (89 hp).
Expect to hear more about the new Polo at the Frankfurt Motor Show later this year. Prices will start at €12,795 (US$13,320).
Source: Volkswagen
AutomotiveVolkswagenDieselTurbo
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Scott grew up with a passion for cars and a love of writing. He now combines the two by covering all things automotive for New Atlas. When he's got a spare moment, you can usually find him freezing himself silly in search of fresh powder to ski.
MQ June 19, 2017 11:01 AM
Time for VW to introduce a new small/micro car now that the golf has grown into a passat, and the polo has become a golf....(passat [and its variants] is now a large car, which is a segment VW didn't fill in the past)

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django-cors-middleware
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A Django App that adds CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) headers to responses.

Although JSON-P is useful, it is strictly limited to GET requests. CORS builds on top of XmlHttpRequest to allow developers to make cross-domain requests, similar to same-domain requests. Read more about it here: [http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/cors/ ](http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/cors/)

This is a fork of [https://github.com/ottoyiu/django-cors-headers/](django-cors-headers by ottoyiu) because of inactivity.

django-cors-middleware supports Django 1.8 (python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5) and Django 1.9 (python 2.7, 3.4 and 3.5).

## Setup ##

Install by downloading the source and running:

>   python setup.py install

or

>   pip install django-cors-headers

and then add it to your installed apps:

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        ...
        'corsheaders',
        ...
    )

You will also need to add a middleware class to listen in on responses:

    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
        ...
        'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
        'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
        ...
    )

Note that `CorsMiddleware` needs to come before Django's `CommonMiddleware` if you are using Django's `USE_ETAGS = True` setting, otherwise the CORS headers will be lost from the 304 not-modified responses, causing errors in some browsers.

## Configuration ##

Add hosts that are allowed to do cross-site requests to `CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST` or set `CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL` to `True` to allow all hosts.

>CORS\_ORIGIN\_ALLOW\_ALL: if True, the whitelist will not be used and all origins will be accepted

    Default:

        CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = False

>CORS\_ORIGIN\_WHITELIST: specify a list of origin hostnames that are authorized to make a cross-site HTTP request

    Example:

        CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = (
            'google.com',
            'hostname.example.com'
        )

    Default:

        CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = ()

>CORS\_ORIGIN\_REGEX\_WHITELIST: specify a regex list of origin hostnames that are authorized to make a cross-site HTTP request; Useful when you have a large amount of subdomains for instance.

    Example:

        CORS_ORIGIN_REGEX_WHITELIST = ('^(https?://)?(\w+\.)?google\.com$', )

    Default:

        CORS_ORIGIN_REGEX_WHITELIST = ()

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You may optionally specify these options in settings.py to override the defaults. Defaults are shown below:

>CORS\_URLS\_REGEX: specify a URL regex for which to enable the sending of CORS headers; Useful when you only want to enable CORS for specific URLs, e. g. for a REST API under ``/api/``.

    Example:

        CORS_URLS_REGEX = r'^/api/.*$'

    Default:

        CORS_URLS_REGEX = '^.*$'

>CORS\_ALLOW\_METHODS: specify the allowed HTTP methods that can be used when making the actual request

    Default:

        CORS_ALLOW_METHODS = (
            'GET',
            'POST',
            'PUT',
            'PATCH',
            'DELETE',
            'OPTIONS'
        )

>CORS\_ALLOW\_HEADERS: specify which non-standard HTTP headers can be used when making the actual request

    Default:

        CORS_ALLOW_HEADERS = (
            'x-requested-with',
            'content-type',
            'accept',
            'origin',
            'authorization',
            'x-csrftoken'
        )

>CORS\_EXPOSE\_HEADERS: specify which HTTP headers are to be exposed to the browser

    Default:

        CORS_EXPOSE_HEADERS = ()

>CORS\_PREFLIGHT\_MAX\_AGE: specify the number of seconds a client/browser can cache the preflight response

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Inaugural Small Business Commissioner Mark Brennan begins tenure
07 January 2013 — 1 minute read
Mark Brennan, Australia's inaugural Small Business Commissioner, officially commenced his role on Wednesday January 2 with a commitment to working closely with the small business community to give them a new voice in the Federal government.
Brennan, who prior to his new role spent seven years as the inaugural Victorian Small Business Commissioner, will liaise with Australia's community of small business owners to highlight the issues that are important to small business people across the country.
Commencing the national role, Brennan highlighted the importance of small business owners being able to access information, assistance and referral to services including business advisory and dispute resolution services.
"I see the role as being an advocate for small business," he argues. "And not just advocating to governments, but to business about what they can do to improve the business environment. No small business should fail through lack of information.
"It is important that we let small businesses know that there are effective and low-cost dispute resolution services available should they need them. If we see small businesses and big business working together, you'll find the incidence of things like disputes will decrease."
A dedicated website and an Australian Small Business Commissioner Information Line have been established to assist small businesses access information, including dispute resolution services, in their state or territory. Small business owners can call 1300 650 460 between 0900 and 1700 (AEST) Monday to Friday and speak directly with a trained small business agent.
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New policy to help NSW SMEs gain government contracts
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package br.com.maplink.webservices.places.client.builder;

import br.com.maplink.webservices.places.client.helper.Base64Encoder;
import br.com.maplink.webservices.places.client.helper.HexHmacSha1Generator;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;

import static org.fest.assertions.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyString;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;

public class AuthorizationHeaderBuilderImplTest {

	private static final String RFC1132DATE = "rfc1132date";
	private static final String URI = "uri";
	private static final String LICENSE_LOGIN = "license-login";
	private static final String LICENSE_KEY = "license-key";
	private static final String SIGNATURE_BUILT = "signature-built";
	private static final String BASE64_AUTHORIZATION_BUILT = "base64-authorization-built";

	private HexHmacSha1Generator mockedHexHmacSha1Generator;
	private Base64Encoder mockedBase64Encoder;
	private AuthorizationHeaderBuilderImpl authorizationBuilder;
	private String authorizationBuilt;

	@Before
	public void setUp() {
		mockedHexHmacSha1Generator = mock(HexHmacSha1Generator.class);
		mockedBase64Encoder = mock(Base64Encoder.class);

		authorizationBuilder = new AuthorizationHeaderBuilderImpl(mockedHexHmacSha1Generator, mockedBase64Encoder);
	}

	@Test
	public void shouldBuildAuthorization() throws Exception {
		givenSignatureWasGenerated()
			.andAuthorizationBaseWasEncoded()
			.whenBuildingAuthorization();

		assertThat(authorizationBuilt)
			.isEqualTo("MAPLINKWS base64-authorization-built");
	}

	@Test
	public void shouldGenerateSignatureWhenBuildingAuthorization() throws Exception {
		givenSignatureWasGenerated()
			.andAuthorizationBaseWasEncoded()
			.whenBuildingAuthorization();

		verify(mockedHexHmacSha1Generator, times(1)).generateFor("GET\nrfc1132date\nuri\nlicense-login", LICENSE_KEY);
	}

	@Test
	public void shouldEncodeAuthorizationBaseToBase63WhenBuildingAuthorization() throws Exception {
		givenSignatureWasGenerated()
			.andAuthorizationBaseWasEncoded()
			.whenBuildingAuthorization();

		verify(mockedBase64Encoder, times(1)).encode("license-login:signature-built");
	}

	private AuthorizationHeaderBuilderImplTest givenSignatureWasGenerated() throws InvalidKeyException, NoSuchAlgorithmException {
		when(mockedHexHmacSha1Generator.generateFor(anyString(), anyString()))
			.thenReturn(SIGNATURE_BUILT);
		return this;
	}

	private AuthorizationHeaderBuilderImplTest andAuthorizationBaseWasEncoded() throws Exception {
		when(mockedBase64Encoder.encode(anyString()))
			.thenReturn(BASE64_AUTHORIZATION_BUILT);
		return this;
	}

	private void whenBuildingAuthorization() throws Exception {
		authorizationBuilt = authorizationBuilder.build(RFC1132DATE, URI, LICENSE_LOGIN, LICENSE_KEY);
	}
}


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Excess body fat can lead to an overproduction of certain hormones that disrupt ovulation while too little body fat can disrupt the menstrual cycle, meaning you ovulate less often.
The controversy was resolved by the Swedish paleobotanist Rudolf Florin (1938-45) who demonstrated a reduction series, starting with ancestral Cordaitales and early, now extinct, coniferous groups, in which the ovulate strobilus was indeed a branched structure.
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It is not clear how obesity affects fertility in women who ovulate normally.
Secondly, studies of nonnursing mothers show that about half of all women ovulate before the sixth postpartum week, and at least two-thirds ovulate before their first menstrual period.
Polycystic ovary syndrome - those women whose ovaries contain many small cysts, have hormone imbalances and do not ovulate regularly.
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Numerous studies find they can reduce your risk of ovarian cancer, probably by limiting the number of times you ovulate throughout your lifetime.
The eggs of a woman that do not ovulate don't remain after the menopause.
The journal article confirms that women do not ovulate at several intervals in a single month.
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Patient alleges hospital failed to remove malignant lymph nodes
By Philip Gonzales | Aug 29, 2017
HOUSTON – A Saudi Arabian woman alleges she was incorrectly told she was cancer free after a surgical procedure.
Bassam Al Saadi and Ikram K. Aljbour filed a complaint on Aug. 2 in the Harris County District Court against The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston and The University of Texas System alleging negligence and medical malpractice.
According to the complaint, Aljbour sought treatment for breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy in December 2015. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants' employees failed to detect malignant lymph nodes, which caused a 50-day delay in treating Aljbour's cancer, another surgery that cost $26,000 and travel expenses to return and stay in the U.S.
The plaintiffs seek actual and special damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, costs of court and such other legal and equitable relief. They are represented by David K. Mestemaker of Mestemaker & Straub in Houston.
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Refugee advocates with contacts on Manus Island are reporting witnesses saw PNG police and locals attacking refugees after security employees were withdrawn from the detention centre. Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison continues to peddle the lie that an internal "riot" was the cause of the injuries and mainstream media are perpetuating the minister's lies. The incident is another in a long line of human rights breaches and international relations disasters for the Abbott government.
"#asylum seekers tell us they ran from compound to save their lives not to escape, guards not protecting them when locals attacked."
""injured many of us, lots of people bleeding..we are not here by choice..who is responsible for our lives?" asylum seeker on Manus"
"My friend on Manus spoke to me today and said that he'd been hit in the head by a rock and was covered in his own blood. He has described the scenes in Manus as a battlefield. All the staff have left their compound, now it's the asylum seekers versus the locals - the locals comprising most of the G4S staff. There is no one left to protect them. When he phoned he said everyone had gone from the compound except 4 or 5 people and after the phone call he would run away too. We've had reports that the PNG locals are standing outside of the centre with guns, knives and rocks and have probably gone inside the centre by now.
This is hugely concerning because it sounds as if people are SERIOUSLY injured and there's no way for them to receive medical treatment, they wouldn't know how to find the hospital and there is no staff to take them there.
Now we have silence. And we wait."
Scores of asylum seekers have been injured, some seriously as gangs of armed PNG police and locals go from compound to compound attacking any asylum seekers they can find.
locals had been building throughout the day. G4S had already withdrawn from Mike compound late Monday afternoon.
Locals are armed with machetes, pipes, sticks and stones – have bashed and cut asylum seekers. One asylum seeker has been thrown from the second floor of a building; others have suffered machete cuts. There is one report that a man has been left with his eye hanging from its socket after a bashing.
Asylum seekers fled from their compounds into the dark in a desperate attempt to flee from their attackers. A call from Mustafa in Mike compound around 11pm said that there were only five or six people left in his compound and they were now fleeing to try and find safety. People had fled all the other compounds. Mustafa said that he was covered in his own blood from cuts to the head, hand and arms. He estimated at least 50 people in Mike compound alone had been injured.
One of the last of the staff to be taken out of the detention centre around midnight Monday night said it will be a miracle if no-one is killed.
Gunshots can be heard in the background of calls coming from the detention centre.
waiting to happen," said Ian Rintoul, spokesperson for the Refugee Action Coalition.
that the injured asylum seekers were deliberately treated inside the detention centre to hide the scale and seriousness of the injuries suffered on Sunday night.
The Refugee Action Collective Protest against Navy Tow Backs this Friday has been turned into an emergency protest against the killing of one asylum seeker and the shooting of another on Manus Island. The man died from head injuries, possibly from being bashed with rocks. 13 others are seriously injured, including one with a basal skull fracture.
This was not simply an 'incident', 'riot' or 'break out' as the media and Scott Morrison have portrayed. In response to ongoing legitimate protests for processing of asylum claims to begin since Jan 25 on Manus Island, reprisals against asylum seekers have been allowed to take place. Guards vacated the compound and locals and police were allowed to go on a rampage against asylum seekers, with machetes and guns. Asylum seekers on Manus Island have been protesting since January 25 for processing to take place. This is blood on Morrison and Abbott's hands, they are responsible for the safety of asylum seekers they imprison on Manus Island.
PROTEST: CLOSE MANUS ISLAND DETENTION HELLHOLE NOW!
12pm Wednesday 19th February, Department of Immigration, 299 Adelaide Street, Brisbane.
The Refugee Action Collective has called a protest for 12pm Wednesday 19th February outside the Department of Immigration, 299 Adelaide Street, Brisbane.
Protesters are demanding that the Manus Island detention centre be immediately closed and that the asylum seekers be brought to Australia where they will be safe.
"One person has already lost their life" said Mark Gillespie from the Refugee Action Collective, "many more have been injured. People have been attacked with rocks and machetes. This should no longer be treated like a political game by Scott Morrison and he must act immediately to bring the asylum seekers to safety".
"I am appalled that Scott Morrison is congratulating himself because the centre "has not been destroyed" and that "breakfast" was served at the centre this morning. He is forgetting that an asylum seeker who was in his care has been killed. An asylum seeker in his care".
Vigil Tomorrow & Thursday for those in detention on Manus Island in wake of the recent clashes with locals & police. Venue is just outside the Department of Immigration in Melbourne city (on Lonsdale st accross from Parliament station). Come from 11am onwards. Bring signs, banners, music, instruments, food, chalk, other creative things etc.


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Magnetic field turbulence in plasmas play important role in many astrophysical as well as laboratory plasma systems. For instance, the phenomena of energy release in solar flares, accretion of matter in stellar core, transport in fusion plasmas, etc., are all dependent on the behavior of turbulent magnetic fields. Understanding such turbulence is, therefore, crucial for unraveling these phenomena. One has been typically dependent on big laboratory experiments and/or satellite data for the study of such turbulence. The talk will discuss about recent experiments conducted at TIFR which captures not merely the instantaneous turbulent magnetic fields but also its evolution in plasma as it gets excited by the laser first through the response of lighter electron species to ultimately when the heavier ion species gets involved in dynamics. It is also observed that the latter ion dominated regime the spectral characteristics of turbulence resembles that of astrophysical systems such as solar wind etc. It will also be shown that the analysis of experimental observations lays the foundation for uncovering novel effects associated with finite size of the electron beam generated by the laser when it interacts with matter. This would lead to a paradigm shift in the last 50 years of conventional thinking in the beam plasma systems.
1. S. Mondal et. al., Proceedings of national Academy of Sciences, vol 109, 8011 (2012).
2. G. Chatterjee et al, Nature communication, [DOI:10.1038/ncomms15970], (published 30th June 2017).
3. A. Das et al, arXiv:1704.00970[physics.plasm-ph].
G. Ravindra Kumar obtained his Ph.D. in 1990 from IIT Kanpur. He has been at TIFR since 1992 and is presently a Senior Professor in the Department of Nuclear and Atomic Physics. His areas of interest are experimental studies of high intensity laser pulse interaction with matter, creation and understanding of extreme states of matter and nonlinear optics. His area of study has implications for many branches of physics including plasma physics, astrophysics, condensed matter physics and optical sciences.
He was elected a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 2004 and of the Indian National Science Academy in 2008. He received the B.M. Birla Prize for Physical Sciences in 2000, the S S Bhatnagar Prize for Physical Sciences in 2003, a DAE Outstanding Investigator award in 2005, a J C Bose Fellowship in 2010 and the Infosys Prize in Physical Sciences in 2015. He has been on the International Committee on Utrahigh Intensity Lasers (ICUIL) since 2008 and is currently the Co-Chair. He is a life member of the American Physical Society, the Plasma Science Society of India and the Indian Laser Association. He is a member of the Optical Society of America.
Amita Das obtained her M.Sc in 1986 and Ph.D. in 1990 from IIT Kanpur. Thereafter, she has been at IPR and is presently a Senior Professor in the Theory Group. Her research areas of interest are theoretical and simulation studies of nonlinear and turbulent phenomena in plasmas, laser plasma interaction, fast electron time scale phenomena in plasmas, fusion plasmas and exotic regime of matter such as strongly coupled plasma system etc.
She was elected a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 2011, Gujarat Science Academy in 2011 and of the National Academy of science in 2015. She received the DAE Outstanding Investigator award for the project on "Study of Plasma Turbulence" in 2005. She has been the member of the International Advisory committee (IAC) for the International Congress on Plasma Phsyics (ICPP) since 2014 onwards. She has also served as an expert member of the Management Advisory Committee (MAC) of the international Project on ITER from 2014 to 2016. She is a life member of the American Physical Society, and the the Plasma Science Society of India.


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Book Review: Kentucky By Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture, ed. Andrew Kelly, 328 pp
Reviewed by: Gabriel Milner Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 2015
What does a kitchen table have to do with American exceptionalism? Between 1936 and 1942, the Federal Art Project (FAP) sent four hundred artists into 36 states to paint the objects comprising everyday life in a large, diverse nation. They… read more
Book Review: See America, A Celebration of Our National Parks and Treasured Sites, pp 172
Reviewed by: Susan Ives Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2016
To celebrate the 100th birthday of the national parks, the Creative Action Network (CAN) produced "See America," a collection of contemporary national park posters inspired by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The hardcover book is the brainchild of CAN co-founders… read more
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Reviewed by: Susan Ives Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006
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Book Review: Texas State Parks and the CCC: The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 150 pp
Reviewed by: Tara Mitchell Mielnik Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, 2013
The 80th anniversary of the WPA has awakened interest, both academic and popular, in the New Deal's legacy, including the development of some 800 state parks throughout the United States, courtesy of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). To honor and… read more
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Reviewed by: Gabriel Milner Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2015
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Reviewed by: Robert Leighninger Publisher: , 2010
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Reviewed by: Gray Brechin Publisher: Basic Books, 2004
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Reviewed by: Susan Ives Publisher: Walker Books, 2008
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Reviewed by: Susan Ives Publisher: Harper Collins, 2011
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NucleaRDB: Information system for nuclear receptors
Bas Vroling, David Thorne, Philip McDermott, Henk Jan Joosten, Teresa K. Attwood, Steve Pettifer, Gert Vriend
The NucleaRDB is a Molecular Class-Specific Information System that collects, combines, validates and disseminates large amounts of heterogeneous data on nuclear hormone receptors. It contains both experimental and computationally derived data. The data and knowledge present in the NucleaRDB can be accessed using a number of different interactive and programmatic methods and query systems. A nuclear hormone receptor-specific PDF reader interface is available that can integrate the contents of the NucleaRDB with fulltext scientific articles. The NucleaRDB is freely available at http://www.receptors. org/nucleardb. © The Author(s) 2011. Published by Oxford University Press.
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The Utopia Suite: realising semantic knowledge discovery and data linkage in the publishing and pharmaceutical industries
Terri Attwood (Participant), Stephen Pettifer (Participant), James Sinnott (Participant), David Thorne (Participant), James Marsh (Participant) & Philip Mcdermott (Participant)
Impact: Technological, Economic
Vroling, B., Thorne, D., McDermott, P., Joosten, H. J., Attwood, T. K., Pettifer, S., & Vriend, G. (2012). NucleaRDB: Information system for nuclear receptors. Nucleic acids research., 40(1), D377-D380. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkr960
Vroling, Bas ; Thorne, David ; McDermott, Philip et al. / NucleaRDB: Information system for nuclear receptors. In: Nucleic acids research. 2012 ; Vol. 40, No. 1. pp. D377-D380.
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An unprecedented hate campaign has been unleashed on the social networks aimed at wrecking a ground-breaking two-day event to celebrate Palestinian life and culture. Palestine Expo 2017 is billed as the biggest ever social, cultural and entertainment event of its kind in Europe; however, there are those calling for the festival to be stopped before it even starts.
Trading on unfounded fears and using the Westminster and Manchester terrorist attacks as ammunition, some groups and Twitter campaigns have described the expo in London on 8 and 9 July as a "festival of hate". Others have been more targeted and made potentially defamatory statements, accusing the organizers of having terrorist links in a desperate bid to stop the event — for which thousands of tickets have already been sold — from going ahead.
Nonetheless, it is hard to see how the damaging allegations of promoting "Jew Hate" and "Terrorism" could be substantiated when looking at the widely publicized program at "PalExpo". This includes exhibitions by internationally acclaimed photojournalist Hamed Abu Rahma and award-winning photographer Rich Wiles.
Among the 70 stalls at the event will be examples of fashion, health, beauty, arts, entertainment and food focussing on Palestine and its people. Lively panel discussions, workshops, and talks will be on offer while spoken-word performers, musicians and artists will demonstrate how to use creativity and the arts in campaigns and activism.
Billed as the "perfect space to unleash your inner child" it's hard to see how the two-day event could be viewed as a festival of hate or a terrorist threat.
Other Israeli ministers posted tweets very similar to Netanyahu's suggesting that they were part of a coordinated government campaign to exploit the Manchester tragedy. Certainly, a similar coordinated effort to have the Palestine Expo stopped before it even starts can be evidenced by doing a quick search on the social networks, although there is no suggestion this is being organized or instigated by JHRW or its lawyers.
Interestingly, in his mini-campaign to get Hewitt banned from Manchester the lawyer said nothing about a talk that he was due to give just a few days after the Interpal event, in the same venue, for a British advocacy organization. Mr. Festenstein's "concern", it would appear, wasn't so much about stopping "peddlers of hatred" as he claimed, but more of an attempt to damage an event at which funds would be raised by a British charity to help Palestinians in desperate need.
The management of the QEII Conference Centre also failed to respond to MEMO inquiries on Thursday, although it is understood that it has carried out extensive due diligence checks regarding the allegations contained in the JHRW lawyer's letter, and is content to allow Palestine Expo 2017 to proceed.
Having trawled extensively through the social networks and the program lined up at the expo, a reasonable person has to conclude that there is indeed a hate fest in progress, but it's certainly not organized by Palestinians or their growing network of supporters from various faith communities and among those of no faith. Far from promoting hate, Palestine Expo 2017 promises a celebration of culture, arts, crafts, food and music promoting the country and its people in a positive light. Who wouldn't support that? Only those with no grasp of great British values such as democracy, justice and mutual respect and tolerance of others, that's who.
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Q: What is the most accurate way to test computational speed of a function in python Seen a few methods such as time.perfcounter(), timeit.timeit(), time.time() etc etc. However, which one is the most accurate?

A: You can use a decorator to calculate the execution time of the function.
See the below example.
# importing libraries
import time
import math

# decorator to calculate duration
# taken by any function.
def calculate_time(func):

    # added arguments inside the inner1,
    # if function takes any arguments,
    # can be added like this.
    def inner1(*args, **kwargs):

        # storing time before function execution
        begin = time.time()

        func(*args, **kwargs)

        # storing time after function execution
        end = time.time()
        print("Total time taken in : ", func.__name__, end - begin)

    return inner1

# this can be added to any function present,
# in this case to calculate a factorial
@calculate_time
def factorial(num):

    # sleep 2 seconds because it takes very less time
    # so that you can see the actual difference
    time.sleep(2)
    print(math.factorial(num))

# calling the function.
factorial(10)

You apply this for any function.

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How should I tell the boss that I want a divorce? Chapter 16
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Why am I feeling that I am being a bad person for no reason?!
Zhao Xiaotong couldn't bear it. She glanced at Gu Jinhan: "Well, don't you go and coax him?"
Gu Jinhan looked over her: "Shouldn't you be the one coaxing him?"
Although she felt that the little guy's back was pitiful, she is also a very principled person. It was clear that he bullied her first. She's not going to coax him.
Zhao Xiaotong answered back bravely: "Why shouldn't you coax him? It's clear that you blamed him in favor of others, so don't blame me."
That eccentric sentence seemed to please Gu Jinhan. He rarely gives a gentle smile from the bottom of his eyes. Unfortunately, Zhao Xiaotong was just focusing on her rice bowl and didn't see his expression in that moment.
Knowing that he went upstairs to coax him, Zhao Xiaotong was relieved and planned to be magnanimous for a while. Even if the child provoked her, she will tolerate it for the family's sake.
Gu Jinhan directly went to the second floor.
Haohao was lying on the bed with his whole face buried in his pillow. Gu Jinhan came in and turned on the light.
He picked Haohao up.
The little guy struggled not to let him hold him. But after a while, he gave up and sat down on his father's leg.
Gu Jinhan saw that his eyes were red and there were tears on his cheeks. Although he looked like a little leopard, right now he was pathetic.
Even if Haohao is naughty, he would always remain tough and seldom cries after being beaten. Today, he actually cried twice. Gu Jinhan knows why he cried and knowing the reason, he feels bad in his heart.
He stretched out his hand and messed with the little guy's hair: "Men don't shed tears easily. Didn't dad teach you that?"
Haohao sucked his nose and didn't show to Gu Jinhan his face: "I didn't cry."
Gu Jinhan patted him on the back and didn't speak again. He was rarely gentle so Haohao couldn't help himself but jump into his arms and buried his face deep into his chest: "Mom…sob…sob.. doesn't love me at all."
Gu Jinhan frowned and positively said, "How can your mother not love you? Back when you had a fever and had pneumonia, your mother was so frightened that her eyes were red and swollen after crying so many hours. If she didn't love you, why would she worry about you?"
Haohao vaguely remembered it, but he didn't believe it: "They all said that mom wanted to commit suicide again this time. Sob…That's what happened. Sob… She just didn't want me."
Gu Jin's cold face was completely cold: "Who said that? Grandma?"
Haohao was frightened by his cold face and didn't dare to say anything else.
Although Gu Jinhan was angry, he calmed himself down in front of his son. He touched Haohao's small cheek and said seriously, "Your mother never wanted to commit suicide. If it wasn't for you, she wouldn't actively cooperate with the treatment when she was ill. She came out bravely because of you. Do not believe the nonsense of others. Just trust your mother's feelings for you, okay?"
Haohao lowered his head and pulled the quilt aside with his fingers. He wanted to retort that grandma was the one who said that his mother didn't love him. However, he sensitively realized that he shouldn't tell to his father these words.
Grandmother Gu has always been dissatisfied with Zhao Xiaotong. Ever since Zhao Xiaotong got sick, she was looking forward to her divorce with Gu Jinhan. Even if she didn't dare to say it in front of her son, she would always accused Zhao Xiaotong in front of Haohao.
Back when Haohao was three years old, it was the most serious year of Zhao Xiaotong's disease. Gu Jinhan was afraid that it will leave a bad impression on Haohao so he sent him to his mother's house. He didn't take Haohao back until Zhao Xiaotong could finally control her emotions.
Haohao has lived with his grandmother for more than a year. Influenced by his experience, his feelings for Zhao Xiaotong naturally became complicated. Fortunately, he still instinctively wants to get close to his mother. Even if some words have been engraved in his mind, he had never taken them seriously.
But when he returned to his grandmother's house for the weekend, Haohao suddenly heard from his aunt that her mother's illness was not good at all, so she committed suicide again.
Haohao is only five years old. When he heard this, he was naturally frightened. He wanted to come back early in the morning in order to ensure that his mother was alive. The reason why he lost his temper in the morning because his mother seems to didn't really love him.
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When she opened her eyes again, Zhao Xiaotong found out that she was married. She had married the man she's most afraid of and even gave birth to a son. Zhao Xiaotong felt that the whole world had collapsed. Every day, she secretly made two small plans: 1. Divorce, must divorce! 2. Straighten the crooked son as soon as possible Gu Jinhan, a business genius, possess a beautiful facial features, cold and dignified. He has created countless business myths. The most extraordinary thing he has done is to make a girl pregnant at the age of 20. Outsiders said that Gu Jinhan married because of his son, but no one knew that the marriage was calculated by him, so how could he ask for a divorce? In the dead of night, he pinched the girl's white and slender chin, and his eyes sank a little deep. "Do you really want a divorce? Huh?" looking at his slightly ferocious eyes, Zhao Xiaotong went still. "You can't leave, you will not leave me for all your life!" he smiled and kissed her lips. "Good." Zhao Xiaotong: Sobbing help QAQ
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12 Once-In-A-Lifetime Adventures You Can Only Have In Nebraska
Believe it or not, there are still some people who think of Nebraska as a "fly-over state" where nothing exciting happens. Those of us who live here and love it can attest to the fact that there is plenty of adventure to be found in these Great Plains. If you're looking for a uniquely memorable time, these are some of the great adventures that you can only have in Nebraska.
1. Walk in pioneers' steps on the Oregon Trail.
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Drive the Western Trails Scenic Byway to see the sights that early pioneers saw on their journey west. Chimney Rock, Courthouse and Jail Rocks, and the Scotts Bluff National Monument are the natural treasures you'll encounter. There are also many historic sites and museums along the way to teach you all about the rich history of the area.
2. Witness the spectacle of the sandhill crane migration.
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Head to central Nebraska in the spring to see an absolutely magical sight: tens of thousands of sandhill cranes stopping over in the Platte River Valley to fuel up on their long journey. The sights and sounds are unlike anything else you'll ever experience.
3. Take an epic river journey.
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With so many miles of river, Nebraska has endless water adventures to offer. Get out your canoe or kayak and actively navigate the waters, or find an outfitter to set up your leisurely tubing or tanking journey.
4. Hike or bike the Cowboy Trail.
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This massive rails-to-trails project crosses the Nebraska Outback from Norfolk to Chadron. You can hop on and off at just about any point on the trail, so it's perfect for an evening stroll or a leisurely bike ride. If you're in it to win it, though, take the time to bike the entire trail and explore Nebraska from a totally unique perspective.
5. Walk on another planet at Toadstool Geologic Park.
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The otherworldly landscape at Toadstool Geologic Park near Harrison is one of Nebraska's most unusual, magical places. Spending an afternoon there is almost like leaving your home planet behind for a little while.
6. Be a ranch hand at Rowse's 1 + 1 Ranch.
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This working cattle ranch near Burwell is an amazing adventure for anyone who always wanted to be a rancher but found themselves on a different life path instead. Don't expect a cushy vacation in the country at Rowse's 1 + 1 Ranch; they will really put you to work...and you'll love it.
7. Lose yourself completely in the Sandhills.
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If you're tired of the grind of everyday life, unplugging could be exactly what you need. Take a trip to the Sandhills and camp in the Samuel McKelvie National Forest near Valentinie or the Bessey Ranger District of the Nebraska National Forest near Halsey. You'll find solitude, serenity, and spectacular scenery like nowhere else.
8. Take a walk on the wild side at the Henry Doorly Zoo.
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Omaha's zoo has been voted the best zoo in the world many times over, and it's easy to see why. The huge attraction features hundreds of animals from around the world and awesome extras like an underwater tunnel where you can walk beneath swimming sharks.
9. Go underground and back in time at Happy Jack Peak Chalk Mine.
Happy Jack Chalk Mine
Happy Jack (near Scotia) is one of only two diatomic mines in the United States, and the only one that's open for visitors. The cave is rich in both pre-history and in human-related history, and it's just a very cool place to explore.
10. Live like a homesteader at the High Plains Homestead.
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Stop in for a day at this fun way-retro attraction near Crawford, or stay there for a couple of nights. You'll love the family-friendly feel of the homestead and the real, down-home cooking at the Drifter Cookshack.
11. Reach for the stars at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum.
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The history of aerospace is on full display at this awesome museum in Ashland. Look into historic aircraft and even climb into the cockpit of a few machines. If you're brave, the flight simulators are an amazing experience.
12. Feed elk and buffalo from a covered wagon at Kreycik Elk & Buffalo Ranch.
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Ride through the pastures of this "exotic animal ranch" near Niobrara on a tractor-pulled covered wagon. Get the thrill of a lifetime when fully-grown elk and buffalo approach the wagon for a treat.
If you're looking for adventures that people of varying ages and abilities can experience, check out our list of easy outdoorsy activities here.
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Prime minister David Cameron has stated that current levels of EU immigration are at a "reasonable level".
Speaking to the BBC, the prime minister said that he is keen to reassure other Tory MPs about the restrictions in place regarding access to UK visas and the approach to EU immigration patterns, adding that the measures in place to restrict immigration are "sensible".
Cameron lifted the restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians seeking to work in the UK at the beginning of the year. Immigrants from these countries can now access paid labour in the UK in the same manor as other EU citizens.
However, certain rebels within parliament are seeking to extend the controls on migrants from these countries until 2018.
The current government has aims of reducing net migration down to the tens of thousands before the next election. It has faced struggles in achieving its aims, particularly with regards to EU migration and disagreement over cutting access to UK work permits and visas.


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Nzwani (francouzský název Anjouan) je jeden ze tří ostrovů tvořících federativní republiku Komorský svaz. Má rozlohu 424 km² a žije zde přibližně 280 000 obyvatel (s více než šesti sty obyvateli na kilometr čtvereční je nejhustěji zalidněným komorským ostrovem). Jako ostatní ostrovy Komorského svazu patří do Komorského souostroví. Hlavním městem ostrova je Mutsamudu se zhruba 24 000 obyvateli. Administrativně se dělí na pět prefektur: Mutsamudu, Ouani, Domoni, Mrémani, Sima.

Ostrov má tropické klima, pobřeží tvoří pláže s černým pískem. Vnitrozemí je hornaté, nejvyšším bodem je Mont Ntrigui s 1 595 metry nad mořem. Kráterové jezero Dzalandzé je chráněným územím podle Ramsarské úmluvy. Pěstuje se kananga vonná, hřebíčkovec kořenný a různé tropické ovoce, rozšířen je rybolov. Endemickými druhy ostrova jsou výreček anjouanský (Otus capnodes) a krahujec Francesův anjouský (Accipiter francesii pusillus, pravděpodobně již vyhubený).

První písemná zmínka o domorodém sultanátu pochází z 16. století. V roce 1866 požádal místní vládce Saidi Abdallah bin Salim o francouzskou ochranu před nároky Zanzibarského sultanátu a Angličanů. V roce 1899 bylo zrušeno otrokářství. V roce 1912 se Nzwani stal se zbytkem Komor francouzskou kolonií. V roce 1974 hlasovali místní obyvatelé v referendu pro vytvoření nezávislého komorského státu, k němuž došlo o rok později.

Nzwani vyhlásil 2. srpna 1997 nezávislost na Komorách. Centrální vláda poslala na ostrov vojenské jednotky, které však byly odraženy. Nový stát požádal o připojení Francii s podobným statutem, jaký má sousední Mayotte, ale byl odmítnut. Žádný stát světa s ním také nenavázal diplomatické styky. Prvním prezidentem byl zvolen Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim, který byl svržen při státním převratu v srpnu 1999. Následovalo období krvavých bojů o moc. V březnu 2002 byla uzavřena dohoda, podle níž se Nzwani znovu připojil ke Komorám, zároveň dostal podle nové ústavy rozsáhlou vnitřní autonomii. V roce 2006 byl komorským prezidentem zvolen obyvatel Nzwani, muslimský klerik Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi.

V červnu 2007 se dostal nejvyšší představitel Nzwani Mohamed Bacar do sporu s centrální vládou a znovu vyhlásil nezávislost ostrova. Komorská vláda požádala o pomoc Africkou unii a v březnu 2008 došlo k mezinárodní invazi na Nzwani, která obnovila autoritu centrálních orgánů, Bacar byl svržen a uprchl na Réunion.

Nzwani je velmi chudá země, častým fenoménem je emigrace na bohatší ostrov Mayotte na tradičních člunech kwassa kwassa.

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 http://www.gouvernorat-anjouan.com/
 http://www.k-state.edu/sasw/comoros/
 https://web.archive.org/web/20150116004837/http://www.minorityrights.org/4818/comoros/comoros-overview.html
 http://www.issafrica.org/pubs/ASR/7No3/AfricaWatch.html

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