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FEMA estimate suggests Hurricane Ian likely to trigger NFIP's reinsurance cover
11th November 2022 - Author: Luke Gallin
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has estimated that Hurricane Ian could drive National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) losses of between $3.5 billion to $5.3 billion, including loss adjustment expenses, which at the mid-point would trigger its reinsurance protection.
FEMA has reported that the NFIP has now received 44,000 claims from Hurricane Ian and has paid almost $437 million to policyholders. As of October 4th, the NFIP had received more than 25,000 claims, with FEMA saying at the time that it had provided $3.5 million in advance payments to policyholders.
The losses include flood insurance claims from five states, with the majority of these coming from the State of Florida, where Ian made landfall as a strong Category 4 storm.
At the lower end of FEMA's initial loss estimate for the NFIP, its reinsurance protection would not trigger as this is set at $4 billion or more to trigger a percentage of recovery payments. However, if losses do come in above the $4 billion mark, then the NFIP will be able to collect under its 2022 reinsurance programme.
For 2022, FEMA secured $1.064 billion of flood reinsurance protection for the NFIP.
Secured at the January 1st, 2022, reinsurance renewals, the NFIP reinsurance tower is structured to cover 4.163% of losses between $4 billion and $6 billion; 26.565% of losses between $6 billion and $8 billion; and 22.453% of losses between $8 billion and $10 billion.
FEMA also has three capital markets placements (catastrophe bonds) in-force, the riskiest of which attaching at $5.32 billion of losses, with the others sitting higher up the tower.
"To collect the maximum reinsurance amount, the NFIP would need to incur at least $10 billion in flood insurance claims losses," says FEMA.
Together, FEMA currently holds $2.49 billion of reinsurance protection for fiscal year 2022 across traditional reinsurance and catastrophe bonds.
FEMA explains that if a covered flood event results in NFIP claim payouts that equal or exceed an agreed upon amount, then reinsurers agree to pay a certain percentage.
"The NFIP reinsurance program helps FEMA manage the future exposure of the NFIP through the transfer of risk to private reinsurance companies and capital market investors. By securing reinsurance at a fair and reasonable cost, FEMA has an additional method to fund payment of flood claims after catastrophic flood events," explains FEMA.
FEMA stresses that although Hurricane Ian is a significant flood insurance event that could trigger its reinsurance protection, it will take several weeks to determine if the NFIP is able to make any recoveries.


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Q: Dataflow how to combine PCollections replacing objects I want to implement a process where I load 2 Kinds of data, lets say Kind A and B, PCollection<A> a1, PCollection<B> b1. Then I create a View.asMap() from a1 and give it to a DoFn dfn1 as sideinput that is applied on b1. This DoFn uses some of the values of Kind A and outputs them. Afterwards, I want to create a new PCollection<A> a2 that holds all the objects of a1, but replaces the ones that were outputted by dfn1.
Lets say a1 holds Objects o1, b1, c1, d1, e1, f1, g1
dfn1 manipulates and outputs b1 -> b2, c1 -> c2, g1 -> g2 to PCollection<A> a2
the new PCollection combined from a1 and a2 should contain o1, b2, c2, e1, f1, g2
Is there a built-in mechanism to accomplish something like that? The collections may be keyed before the "merge".
Thanks in advance.
As i am unsatisfied by my english explanation of the problem, here is a DoFn which performs what I was asking for. The real question is, if there is a built-in transform that can do something like this, best would be without manually creating a view before.
public class CombineKvCollectionsWithMasterCollection extends DoFn<KV<String, Object>, Object>{
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4100849850259729106L;

    private PCollectionView<Map<String, Object>> masterView;

    public CombineKvCollectionsWithMasterCollection(PCollectionView<Map<String, Object>> masterView) {
        this.masterView = masterView;
    }

    @ProcessElement
    public void processElement(ProcessContext c) {
        KV<String, Object> kv = c.element();
        Map<String, Object> masterMap = c.sideInput(masterView);
        if (masterMap.containsKey(kv.getKey())) {
            c.output(masterMap.get(kv.getKey()));
        } else {
            c.output(kv.getValue());
        }
    }
}

A: The Combine function does the basic functions like Sum, Min, Max and Mean. For a specific combine functionality, you would need to provide some processing logic. So, there is no in-built function that would do this for now.

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Pregnenolone is often considered charming because it has an intense magnetism around it. You will notice VERY strong mood elevation, possible giddiness, and more playful/silly behavior from yourself and others exposed to it. Seems to eliminate negative feelings, and also interpret things in a positive light. People see you as charming and feel magnetized to your presence.
Some people have reported that there is a verbal "disconnect" in higher doses (above 20mcgs). They notice that they have more trouble putting their thoughts into words, and become less articulate. I've noticed this effect myself, and often find myself "scatterbrained", where I have so many thought due to the overly exciting effects of high pregnenolone dosages. It is still a great molecule although you need to test for personal effects.
Can often make negative situations "hilariously" funny. An example of this happening was when there was someone at work who constantly used to drop massive dumps in the toilet in the early morning. However, it got pretty annoying after a while, and during my testing of pregnenolone myself and coworkers had broken into a fit of laughter about the whole situation. This is a common effect.
Can feel like you've a few drinks, and almost recreate a "tipsy" feeling in high doses. As mentioned earlier, the effects are silly and playful, you will notice far less restraint about what you say and how you act around others while wearing pregnenolone. It is a very enjoyable feeling, but not recommended for work environments, or if you are operating machinery.
Pregnenolone as a supplement also converts readily into other sexual/androgenic hormones and it behaves in a surprisingly similar way as a pheromone. People will see as someone who is healthy and fertile, and therefore more youthful/attractive.
In early testing, we have found pregnenolone to be quite an erratic molecule, as different doses affect different people in very distinct ways. However, for me personally I have found it to not mix very well with "alpha" pheromone molecules, such as androstenone and androsterone. It seems to create more "stress" mentally, and makes mixes unstable. Not everybody has noticed this effect however.
Pregnenolone is currently not a "mainstream" pheromone molecule, and was uncovered by pheromone enthusiasts several years ago. Most of us early testers we're quite surprised that "neno" worked in a similar fashion as a pheromone as it did as a supplement. It is an active neurosteroid which has effects on learning and memory. It is commonly used as a supplement for enhancing mood, stress relief, combating depression, enhancing memory and cognitive functioning, arthritis relief, and lowering cholesterol.


This course delivers the complete site owner story from start to finish in an engaging and practical way to ensure you have the confidence to plan and create new sites or manage your existing sites. Your goal is to learn how to make SharePoint relevant to your team by using a sites functionality to help you share information and collaborate with your colleagues. During the class you will also learn best practices and 'what not to do' as you watch live, interactive demonstrations and put theory into practice with hands on exercises.
This course is designed for people who are familiar with SharePoint and need to know how to plan, create, secure, and manage a SharePoint environment. Students should have completed our SharePoint 2016 for End Users class or have equivalent SharePoint experience. This class is also ideal for businesses evaluating SharePoint for use in their environment.
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Home » News & Media » SVCF Blog » Volunteers with SVCF-supported ESL tutoring program help propel adult immigrants' success
More than one third of the 2.5 million residents of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties are immigrants. Almost two thirds of those younger than 18 are children of immigrants. Our region's continued prosperity and quality of life depend on our ability to create communities that recognize immigrants as assets and that honor shared values of family, hard work and opportunity for all.
Over the past 10 years, SVCF has made strategic investments in programs to help strengthen the local infrastructure of affordable, reliable legal services for immigrants. We have invested in programs that provide Vocational English and English as a Second Language courses to ensure greater economic advancement by immigrants, and that encourage coordination among community colleges, adult education schools and community-based organizations.
One such English program supported by SVCF is Sequoia Adult School Scholars (SASS). This program aims to empower adult immigrants who work minimum wage jobs by providing them with financial support, tutoring and other assistance so they can continue their education, get higher paying jobs and serve as role models and advocates for their children.
Last month, the SASS program hosted close to 40 volunteer tutors who gathered to learn best practices for helping adult ESL students master the intricacies of the English language. SASS founder and executive director Elizabeth Weal shares this about her program and the February 11 gathering:
When SASS began in 2010, we were supporting a total of three students. Last year SASS supported 238, the majority of whom take ESL classes at Cañada College. SASS initially provided students with financial support in the form of scholarships that paid for students'
college textbooks, bus passes and parking passes. But after a few years it became apparent that, despite SASS's financial assistance, many students were leaving college because they lacked the academic support they needed to succeed.
The SASS tutoring program, whose coordination is funded in part by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, was created to fill that gap. SASS tutors meet weekly with their student at a time––often on weekends or in the evening––and location––often at a public library or coffee shop––that best fits students' schedules. (While Cañada offers extensive academic support, many SASS students work full time and also care for their children and, as a result, are unable to stay on campus to take advantage of on-campus programs).
Cañada offers students many career options that lead to certificates in areas such as medical assisting, bookkeeping, Web design, and early childhood education. But before a student can start taking classes towards these certificates, they must have achieved a fairly high level of English proficiency. We created the SASS tutoring program to maximize the likelihood that our students will complete advanced ESL classes. For some students, completing these classes will enable them to work towards vocational certificates or even an Associate degree. For others it will give them the knowledge of speaking grammatically correct English that they need to move up in their jobs, from, say, a busser to a waiter at an upscale restaurant. For still others, it will mean that they have the confidence to help their kids with their homework and speak with their kids' teachers.
While SASS tutors are a highly educated lot, coming from professions such as medicine, law, high tech, business and engineering, most have had no training in how best to teach second language learners––particularly those with limited education in their own countries––how best to craft an essay, analyze complex texts, or master any of the other skills that are part of the pre-college ESL curriculum.
SASS tutor and Facebook employee Eva Gantz told me this after the February 11 session: "I've always been passionate about teaching and helping other people with their writing, but until this training session I didn't know much about the 'how.' In just a few hours, the presenters filled up our toolkits with strategies, tips and resources. I'm so grateful for the resources that SASS provides to myself and the many other tutors. I can't wait to try out what I learned with my student's next essay."
The training on February 11 was delivered by Rebekah Taveau and Jeanne Gross, two ESL professors at Cañada College. The training was held at Sequoia Adult School, the place where SASS was launched. Both Cañada's ESL Department and Sequoia Adult School receive funding from SVCF to support students transitioning from adult school to community college.
Weal told SVCF that SASS is a bridge that greatly increases the likelihood that students' transition from Sequoia Adult School to Cañada College will be a success. "By supporting all three of these organizations, SVCF demonstrates that it understands that successful collaboration is key to breaking down the many barriers that prevent adult immigrants from moving up the ladder," she said.
Read more about the impact SVCF has had with its immigration grantmaking strategy.
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Updated statement on the humanitarian crisis at the U.S. border
Philanthropy Now podcast: Growing as a donor
Supreme Court rules citizenship question cannot, for now, be added to census
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Q: How to Open Datasheet for Existing PowerPoint Chart I have searched extesively and do not seem to find an answer. I want to update the data in an existing powerpoint chart. So far I am able to open he presentation,select the page, but I am not able to go past the last line below.
I need to open the datasheet so I can paste the data there. I was able to do  it with a new chart but then the dataseheet opens immediately, but I want to use an existign chart as it will have all formatting as required. I will then do this for multiple charts in multiple pages to update a standard presetation for a new group ofcustomers.
Can someone show how would I open the datashet so I can select the right cell and paste my new data (whihc omes from Excel). For many reasons I do not want to pasteexcel charts,I want the daa to reside in PowerPoint. This macro is run from the excel file that has the new data.
Sub test2()

Set rngData = Range("A1:D6")

Set ObjPPT = CreateObject("PowerPoint.Application")
Set ObjPresentation = ObjPPT.Presentations.Open("C:\Documents and Settings\ewnym5s\My Documents\Document_sample.pptx")
Set ObjSlide = ObjPresentation.Slides(1)
Set mychart = ObjSlide.Shapes("Chart 1").Chart
mychart.Select

Set wb = mychart.ChartData
Set ws = wb.Worksheets(1)

A: To open the datasheet you have to select the shape, and then activate the chartdata. And then you can access the workbook. I've modified your code slightly with some comments
  Sub test2()

    Set rngData = Range("A1:D6")

    Set ObjPPT = CreateObject("PowerPoint.Application")
    Set ObjPresentation = ObjPPT.Presentations.Open("C:\Documents and Settings\ewnym5s\My Documents\Document_sample.pptx")
    Set ObjSlide = ObjPresentation.Slides(1)
    Set mychart = ObjSlide.Shapes("Chart 1").Chart
    mychart.Select

    'Activate the chart data
    mychart.ChartData.Activate
    'Retrieve the workbook.
    Set wb = mychart.ChartData.Workbook
    Set ws = wb.Worksheets(1)

    'Do stuff with the workbook then close with save
    wb.Close True
  end Sub

Incase you do not know this, when you activate the chartdata Excel will open to display the workbook. There is no way to avoid having it at least flicker if you use this method. To make the flicker as brief as possible you could add wb.parent.Visible = false. If you cannot stand the flicker, I indicated a possible work around in this thread, but it requires the use of OLEObjects and older controls.


Occasionally you want to store information in a database with keeping versioning, so you will be able to retrieve previous versions of the record.
In this example, we will use AWS DynamoDB and take advantage of some of its features.
For the example, lets take a simple record that contains Id, Name and Email. For keeping the versions we need to add two more items to each record: version and creationDate. The version will be an auto-generated uuid and the creation date will be the date/time of the entry creation.
For the database schema we will use the Id as the HASH key and the creationDate as the RANGE key.
In order to be able to get the latest version, we should create an LSI (Local Secondary Index) with the creationDate as the RANGE key (LSI must have the same HASH key as the table schema).
// Table already exists. Ignore this exception.
As a good practice, I would like to start with writing some simple tests before making the actual implementation. This technique is called TDD and can help us finalizing the requirements before writing the actual code.
For simulating a DynamoDB for unit tests usage, we can simply use the Embedded client that is provided as part of the SDK.
After defining the interface, thinking about the test cases and writing the unit tests, we can start coding the real thing.


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King Willem-Alexander
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King speaks in throne speech of chance of recovery crisis
King Willem-Alexander read the throne speech for the first time this Tuesday in the Hall of Knights in The Hague. In it he spoke, among other things of the chance of recovery in the economy and the disappearance of the welfare state.It is the first for the new king to experience Prinsjesdag in this capacity. During the reading of the throne speech Máxima sat next to Willem-Alexander on stage in the Hall of Knights. The king spoke of the necessary cuts and changes Netherlands has to apply to stimulate the economy. Without intervention, the budget deficit remains too large. But first, Willem-Alexander thanked his mother, Princess Beatrix, who will always remain an important source of inspiration for him. With a great sense of duty, warmth and deeply felt commitment she put in 33 years for the Kingdom and all its inhabitants, in good times and bad. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"17798","attributes":{"class":"media-image size-full wp-image-6287","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"230","height":"240","alt":"Maxima_and_Willem-Alexander_2010"}}]] Maxima_and_Willem-Alexander_2010
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Wikimedia commons He also said his family is grateful for the support and feelings of solidarity around the death of his brother Prince Friso. The King referred to the economic crisis with which the Netherlands has struggled for five years now. According to him there are tentative signs that the end of the global crisis is in sight. This creates a perspective on recovery for our country. That does not change the fact that the Dutch economy faces a number of specific problems of a structural nature. He named a high indebtedness of households and the problems with banks. The government wants to restore the growth potential of the economy which, according to the king, requires perseverance. Our labor market and system of public facilities no longer fully meet the requirements of our time, due to developments as aging and internationalization. According to the king we must face the fact that public arrangements need adapting. Willem-Alexander stated during the meeting the classic welfare state slowly but surely turns into a participatory society, because people are empowered and the government is forced to reduce the deficit. Anyone who can is asked to take responsibility for his or her own life and environment. Among other things Willem-Alexander spoke about the energy agreement, the social agreement and changes in education, health care and child welfare and housing. He also spoke of developments outside the country's borders. He finds that the Netherlands should continue to play an important role within the European Union. The last few years have shown how developments in the European Union are relevant to the economic, social and political future of our country. He also spoke briefly about international coöperation and the plans for the armed forces. The king expressed his gratitude for the soldiers who are active for Netherlands. Willem-Alexander's first throne speech had a length of 2,216 words, which is the longest speech in the last decade. In 2003 Beatrix' speech counted 2,570 words. Since then, the throne speeches were always under 2,000 words. The shortest speech from the throne of Queen Beatrix was in 2009, when she spoke 1,545 words. In 1993 her speech counted 3,224 words, which made it her longest speech on Budget day. The meeting was opened around 13:00 pm by Chairman Ankie Broekers-Knol of the Senate. In addition, all ministers, state secretaries, members of the State Council and the Senate and the House were present. Many interested parties were ready along the route of the procession to catch glimpses of the royal couple. Around noon the public courses were full, reported the police. Princess Beatrix and her sister Princess Margriet and her husband Pieter van Vollenhoven were not involved in this year's Budget Day. Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien were. They rode the Glass Coach, which preceded the Golden Carriage. After the meeting in the Great Hall the foursome returned to Noordeinde Palace for the traditional balcony scene at 14.00. This concluded Prinsjesdag for the royal family. At 15:00 Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Minister of Finance, offered the briefcase with the State Budget and Tax Plan to the House.


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Q: Looking for a work of SF featuring six-fingered humanoids I have been trying to remember this for about a week now and I've resorted to asking the internet.
There was an alien species from Alpha Centauri, if I remember correctly, that was fairly indistinguishable from humans, but had 6 fingers. If I am remembering correctly they engineered that way.
I'm not sure which work of science fiction this is from, but I am at a loss trying to remember.
I'm pretty sure it was in a book, but I'm not sure for what. It could have been anything - a book, an RPG, or video game manual. I was thinking it may have been Buck Rogers XXVC, but that didn't pan out. On the dates I'm not 100% sure but I believe it was in the 80's or 90's. The language was English.

A: This may not be an exact fit (although OP admits to having a rather hazy memory of the IP in question). But I think this might be "With Interest" by David Betts - a form of puzzle-book-meets-ARG, published in (I think) 1983.
In the book's story, aliens with six fingers on one hand, and four on the other, visit Earth to find out about us, and to try to find out the meanings of the strange "pound" and "dollar" signs we seem to use so much. The story is a comedic affair, suitable for young children, with some surreal aspects, and it's possible that the book could be enjoyed at this level simply as a story for young children.
However, the story's real purpose was to contain clues for an ARG, in conjunction with ten watercolour illustrations of places in the United Kingdom, and various other illustrations and snippets of text. This would certainly fit in with OP's remembering a book, but being unsure as to whether it was really a game, or part of one. The book itself even contains a simple cipher stating "The story doesn't make sense, but it's full of clues."
To win the ARG, the ten locations had to be identified, and the player somehow had to work out that they had to go to a specific telephone box at a specific time on one of a handful of dates, and wait for a call. These dates/times corresponded to the times at which the aliens were able to communicate with their home planet.
To add to the confusion, buying a new dustjacket for the book after the ARG ended (I think 1986) would turn it into a follow-up ARG, now entitled "With Interest Revisited: The Quest For The Stone". The new clues on the dustjacket, in combination with clues hidden in the book but unused/unusable in the first game, would supposedly lead to a hidden stone and a prize with significant monetary value.
(This prize has not been claimed. Quest for the Stone was never solved. There is discussion on this and other topics related to the game at www.quest4treasure.co.uk/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=39)
In addition, With Interest spawned a small franchise of related media. A calendar containing new clues, and new illustrations of the ten locations, was released for purchase at some point. On three specific dates, adverts with coded messages might be placed in the classified ads sections of certain newspapers; solving these and writing to the addresses given would lead to extra clues being posted to you. Another "additional clue sheet" could be sent away for after you discovered its existence by solving a particular puzzle. Newsletters were sent out to players, and I believe one of these contained promotion for a non-affiliated piece of ZX Spectrum software called "Treasure Hunt Toolkit".
The amount of extra material published fits in with the OP remembering this as part of a larger IP.
Now, there are some ways in which this doesn't quite match OP's description:

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*It's never stated where the aliens in With Interest come from. Alpha Centauri is never even mentioned.

*They do have six fingers on one hand - but only four on the other.

*Although I think they did look human other than that, I don't remember for sure. The new dustjacket had silhouettes and shadows of the aliens seen from a distance, in which they appeared to have antennae, but those might have been appendages on their helmets.
There is a picture of the book's front cover at:
https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9780946131006-uk-300.jpg
Low-res scans of a fold-out illustration from the new dustjacket can be found at:
http://www.treasurebooks.co.uk/
(Despite what that page states, the With Interest sequel, Imperial Twelve, has been awaiting release for a few decades now and is unlikely ever to see the light of day.)


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Herbert Randall, President, Silver Senator
From 1960 to 1992 Herb Randall served in the U. S. Army in Texas, Georgia, Kansas, Hawai'i, Virginia, Germany, Vietnam, and Korea. His medals include the Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, Legion of Merit, and the Combat Infantryman's Badge.
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the U.S. Army Infantry Officer Candidate School in 1992.
He served in education administration in Hawai'i at the state level from 1992 thru 1999 and moved to Nevada at the end of that year.
During his Army career he attended the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College and completed the National Defense University's National Security Manager's Course as an Outstanding Graduate as well as the U.S. Army War College Corresponding Studies Course.
He graduated with Highest Honor from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and later was awarded a Master of Arts in International Relations from Boston University. He completed his education with a Doctor of Education in Policy, Planning, and Administration from the University of Southern California.
In Hawai'i Herb served in the following professional and community activities: State Chair, Hawai'i Goals 2000 Panel; Member, Governor's Economic Revitalization Task Force Work Group; Member, State Superintendent's Education Cabinet; Member, Board of Directors, Hawai'i Literacy, Inc.; and Member, Chamber of Commerce of Hawai'i Education Council.
Since moving to Nevada, he has served as a Member and then Vice President of the Nevada Silver Haired Legislative Forum. Herb currently serves as the Immediate Past President of the Nevada Silver Haired Legislative Forum and as a Silver Senator with the Nevada Delegation of the National Silver Haired Congress, and is an editorial contributor to Senior Connections Magazine.
Lonnie Strait, Vice President & Secretary, Silver Senator
Lonnie Strait is a retired public employee with several years of experience working with seniors in mental health and assistance programs. Lonnie has also worked in the insurance and banking industries and enjoys volunteering with several local senior organizations such as RPEN (Retired Public Employees of Nevada), ASDO (Aging Services Directors Organization), and AARP on occasion. Outside of her volunteer work with seniors she works closely with the Nevada Legislative Forum.
Russ Schoenbeck, Treasurer, Silver Representative
Russ Schoenbeck is a retired public employee, spending over 13 years working with Seniors, the Homeless, and Elder Abuse. Served in the United States Marine Corps, worked in the field of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counseling and is a Certified Reality Therapist since 1979, and worked many years in Retail Sales and Management. Spends his time today volunteering as a High Schoool Leader within his church, helping Seniors in need, and time with the Nevada Legislative Forum. It is my privilege to serve with The Nevada Delegation of the National Silver Haired Congress.
Steve Carr, Silver Representative
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For a different appetizer, try a combination of chocolate and brie.
Maybe we should have talked about cheese before beer; after all, the combination of cheese and chocolate requires a slightly smaller leap of faith. (Think of all the decadent Italian treats that are based on ricotta and mascarpone -- not to mention a plethora of chocolate cheesecake innovations.) It's last but not least for a good reason, though: the innovation of two Oregon-based artisan food companies takes the concept of cheese and chocolate to new heights.
In 2004, Rogue Creamery and Rogue Ales joined forces, and foodies rejoiced. The farmers brought Holstein whole milk cheese curd, the brewers contributed their infamous Chocolate Stout, and the award-winning Rogue Chocolate Stout Cheddar was born [source: Realbeer.com].
That's right, a chocolate cheddar, totally debunking the notion that a milk-based chocolate product should be bland and sweet. But if the dark brown marbling of Rogue's cheese is a bit too intimidating, there are other options. Award-winning Cocoa Cardona is an aged goat milk cheese with a subtle chocolate flavor, thanks to its cocoa-rubbed rind [source: Carr Valley Cheese]. An alternative approach: Try serving an appetizer of hot, crusty French bread drizzled with olive oil and topped with dark chocolate and Brie.
"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." Dir. Kenney, J.M. Stuart, Mel. Warner Home Video DVD. 2005.
Do you know the carbon footprint of that chocolate bar you're craving? Take a look with HowStuffWorks.


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Moral Dilemmas in a metaphorical Black Hole
Dr Jose Maliekal SDB Dr Jose Maliekal SDB is a thinker, professor of philosophy, social activist and a Catholic priest. He has written a book, Standstill Utopias , based on his doctoral thesis. His observations on reality tend to be keen and profound. Hence his views on my writings are of much significance to me personally. He has been magnanimous with his review of my novel, Black Hole and I am thrilled to present the review below. ***** Literature is an introduction to where and how we live and the challenges that face our time and society. In many ways, literature is an introduction to who we are, or ought to be, as people. It helps us to be 'critical insiders" to borrow a leaf from U.R. Ananthamurthy, a doyen of Indian literature (Kunal Ray, The Purpose of Literature , https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-purpose-of-literature/article36167231.ece ). Being a critical insider would mean not being a spectator to all what is going on around us. As human beings, we are just
Too Hot to Live
"Rising heat in the 21st century is likely to push millions of people and entire regions out of their comfort zones," warned The National Geographic magazine a few months back. The earth is witnessing phenomenal rises in atmospheric temperatures. The summer of 2003 scorched the planet. France experienced a temperature of 40 degree Celsius for eight consecutive days. 15,000 people died in that country because of the heat wave. It was Europe's hottest summer in 500 years and it took a toll of 70,000 lives in that continent. The last six years have been the warmest ever recorded globally. It is not just about temperature. There are other disastrous consequences like hurricanes, drought, rising sea levels and sporadic wildfires. The heat affects the people's psyche too. Exhaustion due to heat can make people highly temperamental. It has been found that hotter weather leads to more violence and crime. It lowers children's creativity. Overall productivity shrinks tre
Hamlet in Lucknow
Hamlet is on a stroll in Lucknow. It is his leisure time. He has come quite a distance from Kalidas Marg where he has been undergoing specialised training from none other than Yogi Adityanath himself. Claudius and Gertrude had sent him over when all their attempts to teach him the quintessential deviousness and venality of practical life failed. "There's nothing like the East for this," Kipling told Claudius when the latter complained about Hamlet's refusal to understand politics. It was Kipling who suggested Yogi Adityanath in particular. "No one can do better than him the art and craft of putting on sanctity and putting out sanity. They call it rajneeti." Dead bodies of human beings were floating in the Ganga when Hamlet landed in the land of yogis and sadhus. And once upon a time fakirs too. I mean land of fakirs once upon a time. Not dead bodies. Well, I'm not so sure anymore. Dead bodies, yogis, fakirs… Prime Minister Modi was stuck in Delhi unable to go on his habitua
Learner to the last
I was immensely fascinated by an interview published in a recent edition of a Malayalam weekly. 'I'm a little grain of sand in this world' is the title of the interview. And that is spoken by the interviewee who is M K Sanu, well-known Malayalam writer, orator, social activist and a retired professor. Right in the beginning of the interview, the 95-year-old man says that he is a contented person. The humility in the titular quote and the sense of contentment that was palpable in the man's words kept me glued to the interview to the last word. Here I wish to focus on that contentment which is something I would love to acquire as I'm moving rapidly towards the last stage of a person's psychological development in Erikson's theory. Psychologist Erik Erikson would certainly approve of Prof Sanu who, at the age of 95, can confidently claim that he is contented with what he has done in his life. Sanu thinks that what really made his life worthwhile is the service he did for fellow human
The Enemies of Religion
The enemies of religion are not non-believers; on the contrary, it is the believers themselves. Any social organisation or institution is destined to degenerate and even perish eventually when its foundations shift towards hatred of certain people. Religions are social institutions. When their leaders begin to preach hatred, they are sowing the seeds of degeneration within their own institutions. Initially it may appear that they are gaining power over people of other religions by making them appear as enemies. In the long run, however, hatred won't achieve anything good. If you are observing what is happening in the social media these days, it must have become clear to you by now that certain believers of every major religion in India (in many other countries too) are spewing poison against believers of other religions. Hindus, Muslims and Christians – all are doing it. These people are the real enemies of their own respective religions. They are killing the very spirit of the
Woes of God's own country
Trucks carrying stones from quarries near my house Kerala has been experiencing unprecedented natural calamities in the last few years. Floods, landslides, cyclones and extremes of weather wreak immense havoc again and again. These are the prices that the state is paying for the mindless greed of certain sections of people. Kerala is not what it was until a few years ago. When I was a school student in 1960s and 70s, there used to be heavy rains in the monsoon season as well as the retreating monsoon. That means heavy rains for almost half the year. But these rains did not carry away houses. Hills didn't come tumbling down in the form of massive landslides. Cyclones didn't uproot trees. The rains poured down and the waters flowed naturally into the numerous streams and rivers whose swelling was a marvel for us children and not causes of disasters. Those were days when people had not exploited the nature brutally. There was a symbiotic relationship between man and nature. Farmer
The Liars' Gospel
Book Review Title: The Liars' Gospel Author: Naomi Alderman Publisher: Viking (2012), Penguin (2013) Pages: 264 This novel is a concerted effort to exonerate the Jews from the crucifixion of Jesus. It consists of four 'gospels' just as there are four of them in the Bible. Here, the story is narrated by Mary (mother of Jesus), Judas (the betrayer), Caiaphas (the high priest), and Barabbas (a rebel). Caiaphas emerges as the real hero and Barabbas is the villain while Jesus appears as little more than a lunatic. Right at the outset Jesus is portrayed as a worthless young man who never does anything useful. He is just good for nothing. He sits gazing into the air and speaking to himself. His parents are sick of him because he is so useless. Even when people start seeing Jesus as a teacher, the point that "he was out of his mind" is driven hard into the reader's psyche repeatedly. Mary finds Jesus so repulsive that she wonders: "is this my son? How did this man come from
Modi Republic
Image from The Hindu Modi's government has challenged India's poor ranking in the Global Hunger Index 2021. Why not? We can rewrite anything if we have the power. It's as simple as that. Let's consider an example. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the other day that V D Savarkar begged for forgiveness from the British on the counsel of Gandhi. History tells us in no uncertain terms that Gandhi was in South Africa when Savarkar was grovelling before the British. Two clemency petitions were made by Savarkar when Gandhi had no connection with him at all – in 1911 and 1913. Later in 1920, when Savarkar's brother sought Gandhi's counsel, the Mahatma suggested a clarification of the Savarkar position vis-à-vis the independence struggle – a clarification that actually secured the Veer's release from prison. Let me quote a few lines from Gandhi's article in Young India of 26 May 1920. " They both [the Savarkar brothers] state unequivocally that they do not desire independence from the B
With some students The other day I was walking from a shop to my car that was in the parking lot when a group of young girls waved at me from the roadside where they were waiting for a bus. They and I were wearing the pandemic masks like everyone else in the public spaces of Kerala. The masks steal people's identity. At first I thought the girls were waving at somebody else. As I approached them, they greeted me and I knew they were my students. But I couldn't recognise even one of them. I had never seen them in real life. The classes have all been online so far. I loved the sparkle in their eyes. On November 1, Kerala's birthday, the schools in the state are set to reopen at least partly and with a lot of restrictions and precautions. I'll be delighted to meet my students in person. A year and a half of online teaching has been an agony without even a shade of any ecstasy. You never know whether you are talking to real people at all. More often than not, there is no response wh
Mehmed Talaat "Motives make actions right or wrong," Arjun said to his son who wondered why his father was so staunchly opposed to right wing politics. Shyam was 14 years old but his relationship with his father remained as cordial as it ever was, untinged by any adolescent rebellion. Rebellion was obviated by the unique bond that the father had built up with the boy right from his infancy. Father and son can be good friends forever – that was one of Arjun's many axiomatic truths. "Let me tell you an incident," Arjun said. "Straight from history." History is stranger than fiction, Arjun used to say. That was another axiom of Arjun's. He was a history teacher and he should know. "Now visualise this. 14 March 1921. A damp day in Berlin. A burly man in a heavy grey overcoat is taking a stroll in a public street. He is 47 years old. A young man of 24 pulls up behind him, places a revolver at the back of the older man's head and shouts insanely, "This is to avenge the death of my fami
Post-truth leaders of India
Kochi edition 9 Oct 2021 These days my mornings invariably mock me with the images of Modi and Yogi on the front pages of my newspapers. Gasconade about the progress of Uttar Pradesh under the BJP. Day after day. About women's safety and children's health and public hygiene and clean governance and… The Yogi government spent Rs 160.31 crore on television advertisements alone in the financial year of 2020-2021. The print media ads are extra. Why on earth does the UP government advertise itself in Kerala and that too in local language newspapers? I understand that the same propaganda takes place in other languages too. Gasconade is a language by itself, I know. The Modi government spends much more, naturally. National level gasconade has to be one up on local levels. In his first term as PM, Modi spent over Rs 5000 crore on gassing. I haven't managed to get the figures for his second term yet. The graph below will help you to project the figures. Modi and Yogi are India's own p
Being Alive
A scene from Ezhattumukham in Kerala One of the most alive characters I can mention without having to think twice is Zorba, a creation of Nikos Kazantzakis. Even in his sixties, he possessed all the passion of a young man. He sang and danced, made love, drank wine, and did not care much for the silly politics of ordinary mortals and the gods of the same mortals. What would Zorba answer if you ask him, "What does being alive mean to you?" "To have the stars above, the land to your left and the sea to your right…" Zorba would begin. Life is freedom. Free to sing your own song and dance your own steps. It doesn't matter whether the song jars or the dance looks clumsy. Just liberate yourself from all man-made snares like isms and religions. And live. Live your life. To have no ambition and yet work like a horse as if you had the all the ambition of a conqueror. To live far from men, not to need them and yet to love them. To be able to stand with the land behind you and the sea in
If Gandhi Returns
At Raj Ghat in 2001 About a decade back I suggested the theme 'Gandhi Returns' for a one-act play to a student. It was for an inter-House competition. Gulshan, the House Prefect, understood me instantly and wrote the script for the play that went on to win the first prize. In the play, Gandhi returned to the present India and was tormented by what he saw: corruption and political chicanery on the one hand and the helplessness of the common person on the other. Gandhi was another helpless common man on the side of the stage where life's noisy drama was played out. Whenever he tried to interfere on behalf of truth and justice, he was rebuffed. Indians didn't recognise him anymore. If someone did, it was worse: Gandhi was mocked or blamed. Narendra Modi had not ascended the throne in Indraprastha yet. If he had, Gulshan's script would have been different. Because for Gulshan, Modi became the real hero of India, the man who deserved to replace Gandhi as the father of the nation, afte


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Q: Tag place types in google map street-view api I'm new to Google Maps API and using streetview.
I want to display the tag in each place in streetview the once I screenshot.
(see there is orange and blue tag eg. restaurant, cafe, clothing store)
as per Mr. Upsidedown, added  working API key which is free for use on Stack overflow.

I was able to pin some places type using the Places API and it pin on maps but did not pin on streetview.

var map;

function createMap() {
  map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
    center: { lat: 42.345573, lng: -71.098326 },
    zoom: 20
  });

  var request = {
    location: map.getCenter(),
    radius: 8047,
    types: ['cafe']
  }

  var service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);

  service.nearbySearch(request, callback);

  const panorama = new google.maps.StreetViewPanorama(
        document.getElementById("pano"),
        {
            position: map.getCenter(),
            pov: {
                heading: 34,
                pitch: 10,
            },
        }
    );
    map.setStreetView(panorama);
}

function callback(results, status) {
  if (status == google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
    console.log(results.length);
    for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
      createMarker(results[i]);
    }
  }
}

function createMarker(place) {
  var placeLoc = place.geometry.location;
  var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
    map: map,
    position: place.geometry.location,
    title: place.name
  })
}
html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

#map,
#pano {
  float: left;
  height: 100%;
  width: 50%;
}

A: If you need the markers to be visible on both the map and on Street View, just create the markers on map and panorama.
See my comments in the code. I also modified the center point and pano heading so that a Marker is in view when loaded.

var map;
var panorama; // Added this so that panorama is in global scope

function createMap() {
  map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
    center: { lat: 42.344268, lng: -71.101617 },
    zoom: 20
  });

  var request = {
    location: map.getCenter(),
    radius: 8047,
    types: ['cafe']
  }

  var service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);

  service.nearbySearch(request, callback);

  panorama = new google.maps.StreetViewPanorama(
        document.getElementById("pano"),
        {
            position: map.getCenter(),
            pov: {
                heading: 65,
                pitch: 10,
            },
        }
    );
    map.setStreetView(panorama);
}

function callback(results, status) {
  if (status == google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
    console.log(results.length);
    for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
      createMarker(results[i]);
    }
  }
}

function createMarker(place) {
  var placeLoc = place.geometry.location;
  var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
    map: map,
    position: place.geometry.location,
    title: place.name
  });

  // added this to also add the Marker on panorama
  var marker_pano = new google.maps.Marker({
    map: panorama,
    position: place.geometry.location,
    title: place.name
  });
}
html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

#map,
#pano {
  float: left;
  height: 100%;
  width: 50%;
}


From 4 February 2019, Alliance Healthcare will become one of the wholesalers to supply Galderma's prescription portfolio in the United Kingdom.
As part of this agreement, the discount available for eligible products will be 7 per cent. This will be invoiced at NHS List Price with any applicable discounts applied on your statement at the end of the month.
All Galderma deliveries will arrive as part of your usual Alliance Healthcare delivery service. If you have any queries, please speak to your Alliance Healthcare Account Manager.


A winter walk offers opportunities to catch a unique glimpse of wildlife through the tracks that various creatures leave in the snow, the chance to meander along less crowded trails, and a healthy dose of sunlight and fresh air.
One of my favorite memories of hiking as a child was a trip into the mountains for a winter visit to a waterfall park. On one trail, we walked behind a veil of ice and you could see the sun shining through it. I still remember how cautiously we managed our footing across the stretch of rock, how we held onto each other for support, and how time also froze in that moment of wonder.
Sometimes it's hard to imagine that this lush valley that we call home was also once home to a sweeping glacier known as the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which covered much of North America tens of thousands of years before our time. Evidence of the massive and dynamic changes in the land can be found in the fossils of aquatic species that pepper the rocks of our highest peaks. While some waterfalls are carved by bodies of water moving at dramatic differences of speed and force, we also have glaciers to thank for many of the waterfalls that we enjoy in New York State. Over nine hundred and ten of them have been catalogued in the World Waterfall Database. New York has the 4th highest number of waterfalls in the country, and the most in any Eastern state. Many of these waterfalls are the jewels of public parks.
Though technically in Mt. Washington State Forest in Massachusetts, in that neat little corner where the tri-states come together, Bash Bish Falls can be accessed through a trailhead in Copake, New York, so many claim it as one of our own. If you've ever wanted to take a short walk across a state line, this is that hike. Access from the New York side offers a gentle mile and a half round trip out and back stroll along a wide trail following the riffle-rich Bash Bish Creek. The incline is very gentle; so much so that a four year old can manage the hike with limited parent-shoulder time.
Make sure to bring your camera, for the winding stream that follows you back up to the falls from whence it came offers several gorgeous angles for photos that'll be well worth the real estate in your social media.
Charles Blondin, French acrobat famous for being the first to cross Niagara Falls on tightrope and quite possibly the only person who will ever cook an omelette in that transit, also crossed a cable over Bash Bish Falls. Though we can draw inspiration from the daredevil feats of the Great Blondin, today visitors are best advised to respect park regulations and the boundaries of the trail and keep a safe distance to view the falls. There is a metal fence that provides a stunning view at the top, just be careful of the steps if you're planning on heading down to the lower landing; they can get very icy in the winter.


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New HSE statistics show that the number of injuries and incidents of ill-health in workplaces across Great Britain are still too high.
The annual report by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) includes statistics for work-related ill health, workplace injuries, working days lost, enforcement action taken, and the associated costs to Great Britain.
Figures show that around 581,000 workers sustained non-fatal injuries in 2018/2019, with 1.4 million workers suffering from work-related ill-health.
The statistics, compiled from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and other sources, illustrate that in Great Britain in the 2018/2019 period there were;
147 fatal injuries at work
1.4 million working people suffering from a work-related illness
364 cases were prosecuted and resulted in a conviction; fines from convictions totalled £54.5 million
28.2 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury
The estimated economic cost to Great Britain totalled £15 billion in 2017/2018.
There have been no significant changes to industries in which there is a higher risk of sustaining an injury while at work, with construction and agriculture still amongst the high-risk sectors.
Despite Great Britain continuing to be one of the safest places to work, the reported figures highlight there are still areas to be improved upon to prevent fatalities, injuries and ill-health. The figures highlight the scale of the challenge HSE currently faces in making Britain a healthier and safer place to work.
In response to the report, Martin Temple, HSE Chair, said:
"Great Britain's position as one of the safest places to work should be a point of pride for us all, but these figures show there is still much to be done to ensure workers go home both healthy and safe.
"These figures should highlight to us all the vital importance of managing risk and promoting behaviours to improve the standard of good health and safety practice in the workplace.
"We must all share the responsibility of ensuring everybody is aware of what they need to do to work right by preventing work-related incidents, and making our places of work healthier and safer for everyone."
The full annual injury and ill-health statistics report can be found on HSE's website.


La Tour Deloitte transformed Deloitte's offices to an entirely new workplace experience created around choice and agility. The reimagined wayfinding system enables the connections within the seven-floor work environment by integrating navigation, communication and design. Rather than a bilingual solution, an international language of colour, pictograms, and numerics are used with tactile messaging and Braille elements. This has created a design that is sophisticated, integrated, accessible and intuitive, and has become the standard for Deloitte.


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You are here: Parliament home page > Parliamentary business > Publications and Records > Committee Publications > All Select Committee Publications > Commons Select Committees > Public Accounts > Public Accounts
HM Revenue and Customs: Annual Report and Accounts - Public Accounts Committee Contents
1 Tax avoidance by multinational companies
1. In 2011-12, £474.2 billion of total tax revenue accrued to HM Revenue & Customs (the Department) which was £4.5 billion higher than for 2010-11. Yet there was a decrease in corporation tax revenue of £6.3 billion.[2]
2. HMRC stated that it had been a policy of successive Governments to make the UK an attractive place for business and for multinationals to see the UK as competitive.[3] But HMRC also expected everybody to pay their fair share of tax and saw its role as strictly enforcing the tax laws which it felt were strong enough to collect tax owing under both national and international tax systems[4] and rebutted any suggestion that it had been lenient with big businesses.[5]
3. We were not sufficiently convinced by the Department's assertion that it was pursuing all the tax due from big businesses given the reduction in corporation tax revenue from last year.[6] There is genuine public anger and frustration because there is an impression that rigorous action is taken against ordinary people and small businesses and British companies based wholly in the UK but, apparently, lenient treatment is given to big corporations, of which almost half have a head office overseas.[7]
4. HMRC considered that it had a well-resourced unit bringing in very significant amounts of money; for the 770 largest businesses it had 1,200 staff and was able to draw on expertise across the Department, for instance 65 transfer pricing experts.[8] HMRC told us that it had the right talent: many of its staff resist offers from firms and are motivated by the public service ethos.[9] We were sceptical of these claims.
5. HMRC was not able to show conclusively that tax avoidance was not increasing.[10] HMRC also could not tell us how many of the big corporations were handling their tax affairs through offshore tax havens but suggested that it could provide figures in future annual reports.[11] HMRC told us that all it could do was to apply the law as it is and, in an international setting, multinational businesses could choose, to some extent, where to set up and where some of their profits are based.[12] International co-operation will be required to improve global tax legislation.[13]
6. HMRC acknowledged that it has to maintain broad confidence and credibility in its administration of the tax system to maintain the very high levels of compliance that there is in the UK.[14] However, we felt that this was undermined by the Department's use of selective prosecutions; a practice which it could not clearly justify to the Committee.[15] HMRC had not carried out any analysis into the effect high-profile cases of large companies avoiding tax could be having on the compliance rate of individuals and small and medium companies.[16]Multinational companies appear to be using transfer pricing, payment of royalties for intellectual property or franchise payments to other group companies to artificially reduce their profits in the UK or to remove them to lower tax jurisdictions.[17] We were not convinced that HMRC has the determination to robustly challenge the practices of these companies.
7. To explore these issues, the Committee held a hearing with representatives from three multinational companies (Amazon, Google and Starbucks) and we are grateful to those companies for providing evidence to us. While their circumstances and business models are different they all have a significant commercial presence in the UK and we wished to gain an understanding as to why it appears that they do not pay their fair share of corporation tax in the UK.[18] Our intention in inviting these companies was to provide an illustration of what we perceive to be a wider problem of possible corporation tax avoidance; not to single out Amazon, Google and Starbucks as the only companies engaging in these practices.
8. Starbucks told us that it has made a loss for 14 of the 15 years it has been operating in the UK, but in 2006 it made a small profit.[19] We found it difficult to believe that a commercial company with a 31% market share by turnover, with a responsibility to its shareholders and investors to make a decent return, was trading with apparent losses for nearly every year of its operation in the UK.[20] This was inconsistent with claims the company was making in briefings to its shareholders that the UK business was successful and it was making 15% profits in the UK.[21] Starbucks was not prepared to breakdown the 4.7% payment for intellectual property (which was 6% until recently) that the UK company pays to the Netherlands based company.[22] The Committee was sceptical that the 20% mark-up that the Netherlands based company pays to the Swiss based company on its coffee buying operations, with a further mark up before it sells to the UK, is reasonable .[23] Starbucks agreed that it had a special tax arrangement with the Netherlands that made it attractive to locate business there, which the Dutch authorities asked Starbucks to hold in confidence, and that Switzerland offers a very competitive tax rate.[24] In addition, there is an inter-company loan between the US Starbucks business and the UK Starbucks business over a period of time with the interest rate set at higher rate than any similar loan we have seen.[25] We suspect that all these arrangements are devices to remove profits from the UK to these areas with lower tax.[26]
9. At the hearing we were frustrated with the representative from Amazon, who we found evasive and unprepared to answer legitimate questions on the company's structure and the true location of its economic activity.[27]Amazon has subsequently provided this information.[28] Amazon has a reported turnover of £207 million for 2011 for its UK company (Amazon.co.uk), on which it has shown a tax expense of only £1.8 million, however it shows a European-wide turnover of €9.1 billion for its Luxembourg based company (Amazon EU Sarl) and a tax of €8.2 million.[29] Amazon.co.uk is a service company in the UK providing services to Amazon EU Sarl for which it receives payment.[30] That company is owned by a holding company, which is a subsidiary of Amazon's group companies.[31] Amazon subsequently provided a copy of the unaudited accounts for Amazon Europe Holding Technologies S.C.S for 2011 showing a profit of €301.8 million and no tax payments.[32] Amazon also provided information showing that for 2011, £3.35 billion of sales were from the UK, 25% of all international sales outside the USA.[33] Yet Amazon has over 15,000 staff in the UK, invoices UK customers from the UK, hires UK staff in the UK, has inventory physically in the UK for UK customers and to all intents and purposes has the majority of its economic activity in the UK, rather than in Luxembourg, but pays virtually no corporation tax in the UK.[34] Amazon has received an assessment from the French tax authorities which it disputes.[35]
10. Google explained in its responses that it minimised tax within the letter of the law and that low tax areas or tax havens influenced where it located its group companies.[36]The vast majority of Google's non-USA sales are billed in Ireland.[37] Google makes money from business to business advertising, adverts which can be targeted to the UK website and to UK Google users[38]. In the UK, Google Ltd recorded revenues of £396 million in 2011, from Google Ireland, but paid corporation tax of only £6 million.[39] Google Ireland paid for the services provided by the 1,300 staff in the UK.[40] Google had approximately 700 staff who undertake marketing work in the UK as part of their activities, but only 200 of Google's Irish staff of 3,000 were involved in marketing Google in the UK.[41]
11. Google accepted that profits should be taxed in the jurisdictions where the economic activity generating those profits occurred[42] but it asserted that its underlying economic activity arose from the innovative software technology underlying its Google search engine generated by the US company.[43] Google also confirmed that it had an entity based in Bermuda to protect its intellectual property.[44] We consider that the company undermined its own argument since it remits its non-USA profits (including from the UK) not to the USA but to Bermuda and therefore may be depriving the USA of legitimate tax revenue as well as the UK.[45] Subsequently, Google told us that there were no outstanding issues with HMRC about Google UK's accounts. HMRC is currently carrying out a review of the tax returns filed by Google UK for 2005-11 inclusive and Google told us this is standard practice and that it is co-operating fully with that review.[46]
12. All three companies accepted that profits should be taxed in the countries where the economic activity, that drives those profits, takes place and that, alongside their duty to their shareholders, they had obligations to the society, from which they derive their profits, which included paying tax. However, we were not convinced that their actions, in using the letter of tax laws both nationally and internationally to immorally minimise their tax obligations, are defensible.[47] They all accepted that the perceived ethical behaviour of corporations could affect consumer behaviour. Being more transparent about their business practices, including paying their fair share of taxes, was becoming an increasingly important issue to their customers.[48]
13. The tax gap is the Department's measure of the difference between tax collected and the tax that would be collected if all individuals and companies complied with both the letter and the spirit of the law. The Department estimated that some 25% of the tax gap is down to large businesses, although this includes other taxes as well as corporation tax discussed above. [49]
14. HMRC's latest published estimate of the gap for 2010-11 is £32.2 billion which has reduced from £33.3 billion for 2004-05.[50] HMRC did not agree with the Committee's view that there has been disappointing progress in closing the tax gap as the gap, while trending down only very slowly, is competitive when compared with most countries and is lower than Sweden and the United States.[51]
2 C&AG's Report: para 1.3; Figure 1; and Figure 2 Back
3 Qq 20-21 Back
5 Q 29 Back
7 Qq 25-26, 29, 33 Ev 50 Back
10 Qq 26-28 Back
12 Q 25 Back
18 Qq 189 Back
19 Qq 190, 204 Back
20 Qq 205-206 Back
21 Qq 190-197, 202,231, 240-253 Back
23 Qq 257-262, 306 Back
24 Qq 242-245, 273, 285-288 Back
26 Qq, 289-299, 322-323,325, 327 Back
27 Qq 368, 383,391, 399-406,413-418, 422-426, 434-445, 612-613 Back
28 Ev 57 Back
29 Qq 349, 354-356, Ev 58 Back
30 Q 381 Back
31 Q 389, Ev 58 Back
34 Qq 344-346, 365-366, 368, 371, 372, 374, 375, 377, 379, 380, 388, 421-422 Back
36 Qq 454, 472-477, 483-485, 520, 613 Back
38 Qq 457-459, 511 450 Back
40 Qq 455, 461, 551-552 Back
42 Qq 478, 480, 516, 537, 548 Back
43 Qq 456, 469, 478, 501, 516, 535, 539, 548 Back
44 Qq 474 - 476 Back
45 Qq 475-476, 479-483, 486-491, 502, 517, 521-524, 536, 545-548, 575 Back
49 HM Revenue and Customs, Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12 (Session 2012-13, HC 38), Trust Statement Note 1.1 Qq 13-15 Back
50 HM Revenue and Customs, Measuring tax gaps 2012: tax gap estimates for 2010-11, Table 1.3, Qq 13-15 Back
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Q: How can I get campaign data from facebook access token? Now I am developing some featured site.
Using the facebook API, I got facebook_access_token and stored it in database for use.
If I use access_token of the same facebook developer account, then successfully I got campaign datas.
But if I use the access_token of different facebook account, then I can't get campaign datas with metrics - likes, reach, etc.
And the error message from facebook SDK is below.
This Ads API call requires the user to be admin of the application. User is not admin or developer of this application. in /ezond/networks/facebook/vendor/facebook/php-ads-sdk/src/FacebookAds/Http/Exception/RequestException.php:140

How can I get campaign data from facebook access token.
The code snippet is below.
<?php

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

// Add to header of your file
use FacebookAds\Api;
use FacebookAds\Object\User;
use FacebookAds\Object\Campaign;

use Facebook\Facebook;
use Facebook\FacebookRequest;
use Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookResponseException;
use Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookSDKException;

$facebookAppID = "456797558007270";
$facebookAppSecret = "c69f7f97677d5852875a23045305cc8e";
$facebook_access_token = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";

$viewID = "xxxxxxxxxx";

if(isset($_GET['viewID'])) $viewID = $_GET['viewID'];
if($viewID == "") exit();

if(isset($_GET['refreshToken'])) $facebook_access_token = $_GET['refreshToken'];
if($facebook_access_token == "") exit();

$fb = new Facebook([
      'app_id' => $facebookAppID,
      'app_secret' => $facebookAppSecret,
      'default_graph_version' => 'v2.9',
      ]);

// Initialize a new Session and instantiate an Api object
Api::init(
  '456797558007270', // App ID
  'c69f7f97677d5852875a23045305cc8e',
  $facebook_access_token // Your user access token
);

$me = new User('me');
$my_ad_accounts = $me->getAdAccounts()->getObjects();

$campaign_fields = array(
    'name',
    'status',
    'effective_status',
    'objective'
    );

$insight_fields = array(
    'clicks',
    'impressions',
    'cpc',
    'cpm',
    'cpp',
    'ctr',
    'reach'
    );

$insight_params = array(
    'date_preset' => 'lifetime'
    );

$ret = new stdClass();
foreach ($insight_fields as $insight_name) {
    $ret->$insight_name = 0;
}

for ($i=0; $i < sizeof($my_ad_accounts); $i++) {
    $my_ad_account = $my_ad_accounts[$i];
    if($viewID == $my_ad_account->account_id){
        try {
          $account_campaigns = $my_ad_account->getCampaigns();
        } catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookResponseException $e) {
          exit;
        } catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookSDKException $e) {
          exit;
        }
        $my_campaigns = $account_campaigns->getObjects();

        if (sizeof($my_campaigns) >= 1){
            $campaign = $my_campaigns[0];
            $campaign = $campaign->getSelf($campaign_fields);
            /*foreach ($campaign_fields as $field_name) {
                echo $field_name . ': ' . $campaign->$field_name . '<br />';
            }*/
            $campaign_insights = $campaign->getInsights($insight_fields, $insight_params)->current();
            if($campaign_insights){
                foreach ($insight_fields as $insight_name) {
                    $ret->$insight_name += $campaign_insights->$insight_name;
                }
            } else {
            //  echo "NO";
            }
        }
    }
}

foreach ($insight_fields as $insight_name) {
    $ret->$insight_name = round($ret->$insight_name, 2);
}
echo json_encode($ret);

?>

The developer account access_token and account id is
"xxxxxxxxxxx"

and "xxxxxxxxxx".
And the test account access_token and account id is
"xxxxxxxxxxxx" and
"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx".

If I can't get datas with this method, how can I get datas by access token?

A: This Ads API call requires the user to be admin of the application. User is not admin or developer of this application.

To access Facebook Insights data via the API requires 2 things:

*

*A dev token with the proper read_insights permissions

*The account MUST be an admin

You must give the 2nd account you mentioned admin access to the app or just use the initial account.


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The story of the bears is one of the most well-known Forest of Dean folktales, inspiring poems, books and film.
The Reading the Forest project will be celebrating 130 years of bear stories with an exhibition at Ruardean Memorial Hall (GL17 9UP) from 12:00 noon, with talks and discussion from 2pm.
Test your knowledge beforehand at the 'unbearable' pub quiz at the Malt Shovel (GL17 9TW) on Friday 26th April, 8pm.
Reading the Forest is one of 38 Foresters' Forest National Lottery Heritage Funded projects led by academics from the University of Gloucestershire.


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