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package net.cazzar.mods.jukeboxreloaded.gui;

import net.cazzar.corelib.client.gui.TexturedButton;
import net.cazzar.mods.jukeboxreloaded.blocks.TileJukebox;
import net.cazzar.mods.jukeboxreloaded.lib.Strings;
import net.cazzar.mods.jukeboxreloaded.network.PacketHandler;
import net.cazzar.mods.jukeboxreloaded.network.packet.ClientAction;
import net.minecraft.client.gui.GuiButton;
import net.minecraft.client.gui.inventory.GuiContainer;
import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.Side;
import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;
import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;

import java.util.List;

import static java.lang.Math.floor;
import static net.cazzar.mods.jukeboxreloaded.lib.Reference.JUKEBOX_GUI_TEXTURE;

@SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
public class GUIJukebox extends GuiContainer {
    TileJukebox tileJukebox;
    private TexturedButton btnPlay, btnStop, btnShuffleOn, btnShuffleOff, btnRepeatAll, btnRepeatOne, btnRepeatOff, btnNext, btnPrev;
    private GuiButton volUp, volDown;

    public GUIJukebox(EntityPlayer player, TileJukebox tileJukebox) {
        super(new ContainerJukebox(player.inventory, tileJukebox));
        this.tileJukebox = tileJukebox;
        xSize = 176;
        ySize = 176;
    }

    @Override
    protected void actionPerformed(GuiButton btn) {
        final boolean wasPlaying = tileJukebox.isPlayingRecord();
        ClientAction.Action action = null;

        if (btn == btnNext) action = ClientAction.Action.NEXT;
        else if (btn == btnPrev) action = ClientAction.Action.PREVIOUS;
        else if (btn == btnRepeatAll) action = ClientAction.Action.REPEAT_ALL;
        else if (btn == btnRepeatOne) action = ClientAction.Action.REPEAT_ONE;
        else if (btn == btnRepeatOff) action = ClientAction.Action.REPEAT_OFF;
        else if (btn == btnShuffleOn) action = ClientAction.Action.SHUFFLE_ON;
        else if (btn == btnShuffleOff) action = ClientAction.Action.SHUFFLE_OFF;

/*        switch (btn.id) {
            case PLAY:
                tileJukebox.playSelectedRecord();
                break;
            case STOP:
                //no need to set action due to the function sends it.
                tileJukebox.stopPlayingRecord();
                break;
            case NEXT:
                //logic for next and also looping.
                action = ClientAction.Action.NEXT;
                if (wasPlaying) tileJukebox.stopPlayingRecord();
                if (tileJukebox.shuffleEnabled()) {
                    final Random random = new Random();
                    if (tileJukebox.getLastSlotWithItem() <= 0) return;

                    final int nextDisk = random.nextInt(tileJukebox.getLastSlotWithItem());
                    if (tileJukebox.getCurrentRecordNumber() != nextDisk)
                        tileJukebox.setRecordPlaying(nextDisk);
                }
                tileJukebox.nextRecord();
                if (wasPlaying) tileJukebox.playSelectedRecord();
                break;
            case PREVIOUS:
                action = ClientAction.Action.PREVIOUS;
                if (wasPlaying) tileJukebox.stopPlayingRecord();
                tileJukebox.previousRecord();
                if (wasPlaying) tileJukebox.playSelectedRecord();
                break;

            case REPEAT_ALL:
                //repeat
                action = ClientAction.Action.REPEAT_ALL;
                tileJukebox.setRepeatMode(RepeatMode.ALL);
                break;
            case REPEAT_ONE:
                action = ClientAction.Action.REPEAT_ONE;
                tileJukebox.setRepeatMode(RepeatMode.ONE);
                break;
            case REPEAT_OFF:
                action = ClientAction.Action.REPEAT_OFF;
                tileJukebox.setRepeatMode(RepeatMode.OFF);
                break;

            case SHUFFLE:
                //shuffle
                action = ClientAction.Action.SHUFFLE_ON;
                tileJukebox.setShuffle(true);
                break;
            case SHUFFLE_OFF:
                action = ClientAction.Action.SHUFFLE_OFF;
                tileJukebox.setShuffle(false);
                break;
            case VOLUME_UP:
                if (tileJukebox.volume >= 1F) {
                    tileJukebox.volume = 1F;
                    break;
                }

                tileJukebox.volume += 0.05F;
                SoundSystemHelper.getSoundSystem().setVolume(tileJukebox.getIdentifier(), tileJukebox.volume * ClientUtil.mc().gameSettings.getSoundLevel(SoundCategory.RECORDS));
                break;
            case VOLUME_DOWN:
                if (tileJukebox.volume <= 0F) {
                    tileJukebox.volume = 0F;
                    break;
                }

                tileJukebox.volume -= 0.05F;
                SoundSystemHelper.getSoundSystem().setVolume(tileJukebox.getIdentifier(), tileJukebox.volume * ClientUtil.mc().gameSettings.getSoundLevel(SoundCategory.RECORDS));
                break;
        }*/

        updateButtonStates();
        if (action != null) PacketHandler.INSTANCE.sendToServer(new ClientAction(action, tileJukebox));

        tileJukebox.markForUpdate();
    }

    @Override
    protected void drawGuiContainerBackgroundLayer(float var1, int var2, int var3) {
        updateButtonStates();
        GL11.glColor4f(1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F);
        mc.renderEngine.bindTexture(JUKEBOX_GUI_TEXTURE);
        final int xStart = (width - xSize) / 2;
        final int yStart = (height - ySize) / 2;
        drawTexturedModalRect(xStart, yStart, 0, 0, xSize, ySize);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    protected void drawGuiContainerForegroundLayer(int x, int y) {

        final String containerName = Strings.GUI_JUKEBOX_NAME.toString();
        this.fontRendererObj.drawString(containerName,
                                               xSize / 2 - fontRendererObj.getStringWidth(containerName) / 2, 6,
                                               4210752);
        fontRendererObj.drawString(
                                          Strings.GUI_INVENTORY.toString(), 8,
                                          ySize - 93, 4210752);

//        String str = (tileJukebox.volume == 1.0F) ? "10" : String.format("%.1f", tileJukebox.volume * 10);
//        fontRendererObj.drawString(str, 21, 68, 4210752);

        GL11.glColor4f(1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F);
        mc.renderEngine.bindTexture(JUKEBOX_GUI_TEXTURE);

        final int xOffset = 53;
        final int yOffset = 16;
        final int size = 18;

        final int index = tileJukebox.getCurrentRecordNumber();
        final int column = (int) floor(index / 4D);
        final int row = index % 4;

        drawTexturedModalRect(xOffset + size * row, yOffset + size * column, 176, 0, 18, 18);

        final int xStart = (width - xSize) / 2;
        final int yStart = (height - ySize) / 2;

        for (GuiButton button : (List<GuiButton>) buttonList) {
            if (!(button instanceof TexturedButton))
                return;
            TexturedButton btn = (TexturedButton) button;
            if ((x >= btn.xPosition && x <= btn.xPosition + btn.getHeight()) && (y >= btn.yPosition && y <= btn.yPosition + btn.getWidth()))
                if (!btn.getTooltip().trim().isEmpty() && btn.enabled)
                    btn.drawToolTip(x - xStart, y - yStart);
        }
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    public void initGui() {
        super.initGui();

        initButtons();
        initTooltips();
    }

    private void initTooltips() {
        btnPlay.setTooltip(Strings.TOOLTIP_PLAY.toString());
        btnStop.setTooltip(Strings.TOOLTIP_STOP.toString());
        btnNext.setTooltip(Strings.TOOLTIP_NEXT.toString());
        btnPrev.setTooltip(Strings.TOOLTIP_PREV.toString());
        btnRepeatAll.setTooltip(Strings.TOOLTIP_REPEAT_ALL.toString());
        btnRepeatOff.setTooltip(Strings.TOOLTIP_REPEAT_NONE.toString());
        btnRepeatOne.setTooltip(Strings.TOOLTIP_REPEAT_ONE.toString());
        btnShuffleOn.setTooltip(Strings.TOOLTIP_SHUFFLE_ON.toString());
        btnShuffleOff.setTooltip(Strings.TOOLTIP_SHUFFLE_OFF.toString());
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private void initButtons() {
        final int xStart = (width - xSize) / 2;
        final int yStart = (height - ySize) / 2;

       /*buttonList.add(btnShuffleOn = new  TexturedButton(this, SHUFFLE, xStart + 128, yStart + 17, 20, 20, JUKEBOX_GUI_TEXTURE, 236, 98, 236, 78, 236, 118));*/

        buttonList.add(btnPlay = (TexturedButton) new TexturedButton()
                                                          .setTexture(JUKEBOX_GUI_TEXTURE)
                                                          .setOffsets(176, 38)
                                                          .setDisabledOffsets(176, 18)
                                                          .setHoveredOffsets(176, 58)
                                                          .setPosition(xStart + 7, yStart + 17)
                                                          .setSize(20, 20)
                                                          .setOwner(this)
                                                          .addListener(tileJukebox::playSelectedRecord)
        );

        buttonList.add(btnStop = (TexturedButton) new TexturedButton()
                                                          .setTexture(JUKEBOX_GUI_TEXTURE)
                                                          .setOffsets(176, 98)
                                                          .setDisabledOffsets(176, 78)
                                                          .setHoveredOffsets(176, 118)
                                                          .setPosition(xStart + 29, yStart + 17)
                                                          .setSize(20, 20)
                                                          .setOwner(this)
                                                          .addListener(tileJukebox::stopPlayingRecord));

        buttonList.add(btnNext = (TexturedButton) new TexturedButton()
                                                          .setTexture(JUKEBOX_GUI_TEXTURE)
                                                          .setOffsets(216, 38)
                                                          .setDisabledOffsets(216, 18)
                                                          .setHoveredOffsets(216, 58)
                                                          .setPosition(xStart + 29, yStart + 39)
                                                          .setSize(20, 20)
                                                          .setOwner(this));

        buttonList.add(btnPrev = (TexturedButton) new TexturedButton()
                                                          .setTexture(JUKEBOX_GUI_TEXTURE)
                                                          .setOffsets(236, 38)
                                                          .setDisabledOffsets(236, 18)
                                                          .setHoveredOffsets(236, 58)
                                                          .setPosition(xStart + 7, yStart + 39)
                                                          .setSize(20, 20)
                                                          .setOwner(this));

        buttonList.add(btnRepeatOne = (TexturedButton) new TexturedButton()
                                                               .setTexture(JUKEBOX_GUI_TEXTURE)
                                                               .setOffsets(196, 98)
                                                               .setDisabledOffsets(196, 78)
                                                               .setHoveredOffsets(196, 118)
                                                               .setPosition(xStart + 150, yStart + 17)
                                                               .setSize(20, 20)
                                                               .setOwner(this));

        buttonList.add(btnRepeatAll = (TexturedButton) new TexturedButton()
                                                               .setTexture(JUKEBOX_GUI_TEXTURE)
                                                               .setOffsets(216, 98)
                                                               .setDisabledOffsets(216, 78)
                                                               .setHoveredOffsets(216, 118)
                                                               .setPosition(xStart + 150, yStart + 40)
                                                               .setSize(20, 20)
                                                               .setOwner(this));

        buttonList.add(btnRepeatOff = (TexturedButton) new TexturedButton()
                                                               .setTexture(JUKEBOX_GUI_TEXTURE)
                                                               .setOffsets(196, 158)
                                                               .setDisabledOffsets(196, 138)
                                                               .setHoveredOffsets(196, 178)
                                                               .setPosition(xStart + 150, yStart + 63)
                                                               .setSize(20, 20)
                                                               .setOwner(this));

        buttonList.add(btnShuffleOn = (TexturedButton) new TexturedButton()
                                                               .setTexture(JUKEBOX_GUI_TEXTURE)
                                                               .setOffsets(236, 98)
                                                               .setDisabledOffsets(236, 78)
                                                               .setHoveredOffsets(236, 118)
                                                               .setPosition(xStart + 128, yStart + 17)
                                                               .setSize(20, 20)
                                                               .setOwner(this));

        buttonList.add(btnShuffleOff = (TexturedButton) new TexturedButton()
                                                                .setTexture(JUKEBOX_GUI_TEXTURE)
                                                                .setOffsets(176, 158)
                                                                .setDisabledOffsets(176, 138)
                                                                .setHoveredOffsets(176, 178)
                                                                .setPosition(xStart + 128, yStart + 40)
                                                                .setSize(20, 20)
                                                                .setOwner(this));
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("RedundantCast")
    public void updateButtonStates() {

        ((GuiButton) btnPlay).enabled = !(((GuiButton) btnStop).enabled = tileJukebox.isPlayingRecord());
        ((GuiButton) btnShuffleOn).enabled = !tileJukebox.shuffleEnabled();
        ((GuiButton) btnShuffleOff).enabled = tileJukebox.shuffleEnabled();

        switch (tileJukebox.getReplayMode()) {
            case OFF:
                ((GuiButton) btnRepeatAll).enabled = true;
                ((GuiButton) btnRepeatOne).enabled = true;
                ((GuiButton) btnRepeatOff).enabled = false;
                break;
            case ONE:
                ((GuiButton) btnRepeatAll).enabled = true;
                ((GuiButton) btnRepeatOne).enabled = false;
                ((GuiButton) btnRepeatOff).enabled = true;
                break;
            case ALL:
                ((GuiButton) btnRepeatAll).enabled = false;
                ((GuiButton) btnRepeatOne).enabled = true;
                ((GuiButton) btnRepeatOff).enabled = true;
        }
    }
}

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Q: How can I build a Custom Link Button that navigates to a URL specified in a Custom URL Field? We currently use a couple of URL fields to deep link to external systems.  I'd like to create buttons that can navigate to those URLs.
Creating a Custom Link & populating it with a URL Field didn't work because Salesforce automatically URL Encodes all fields that are added to Custom Links.
So even though my URL Field may have a legitimate URL (like say: http://www.salesforce.com), when I put it in a Custom Link, Salesforce encodes it & turns it into https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salesforce.com.
Any ideas?
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A: You can use vf page as Content Source:

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    window.open('{!Account.Poc_Url__c}','_self');
    </script>
</apex:page>

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I have been going through a set of tutorials on WGCNA for building weighted gene co-expression networks. One particular tutorial uses Yeast expression data collected over 44 time points across cell cycles. To create an adjacency matrix, a Pearson correlation is calculated for each pair of genes using expression over time. However, as I understand it, a Pearson correlation is not appropriate for time series data because the data are correlated over time periods. I just wonder if anyone has an explanation for why it would be appropriate to use a Pearson correlation with Yeast time series data. I would like to use WGCNA to analyze time series data in which expression values are obtained at multiple time points in the same patient, and I need to be able to justify this. Thanks for your thoughts on the matter.
Hi Julia, I have a similar question on my time course data. My thought is using DayX-Day0 data instead of DayX would be beneficial for avoiding the variations from individual baseline background (Day0). Do you think it's making sense? How did you do in your study? Thanks.
I am assuming that you are referring to the Steve Horvath's Yeast tutorial. In this tutorial, Pearson's correlation is run on the different eigengenes (datME) and not directly on gene expression over time. You obtain correlation between the various module eigengenes and cluster based on that.
Thank you for responding to my question, Ying. Yes, I was referring to Steve Horvath's Yeast tutorial. Very early in the tutorial, prior to the identification of eigengenes, an adjacency matrix is created using the WGCNA adjacency function (http://www.inside-r.org/packages/cran/WGCNA/docs/adjacency). This function uses a Pearson correlation to create the matrix and transforms r to a connection strength measure using a power function. In the case of the Yeast data, the expression values across time are correlated for every pair of genes in the dataset. I am interested to know if there is a reason why a Pearson correlation would be justified in this case. I would really like to use this analysis with time series data.
Could you please provide the link to this tutorial? I cannot find it.
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The internet is globalization's answer to communication. We write personal letters online, do business, sell products, share information, photos, videos, and thoughts. Social influence tools are built in to websites, so that when people shop online it's as if their friends are right there with them- revealing whether or not they "like" something.
But where should a company begin, after it decides to build an online presence? And which digital marketing tools will generate results?
Thankfully, the age of the internet has brought forth a variety of analytics tools which have made digital marketers efforts completely measurable. Google Analytics can track how many people are searching a keyword, how many of those people clicked on your PPC ad, how long they spent on your site, how many web pages they viewed, and how they got there in the first place.
If web analytics tools make online marketing transparent than why isn't everyone using them?
Possibility #1: The company has the right technology, but not the staff.
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Most heads of business are interested in one thing- ROI. While the ROI of certain online marketing techniques are difficult to measure- such as social media, others are very straightforward. Why not impress your boss and clients with results that are tangible? Show them that your work has actually generated more sales for them and certainly more brand awareness.
Online marketing has entered a very aggressive stage, which means that a lot of people are starting to play with the available tools in a serious way. They are developing strategies that most companies don't have the time and resources to manage themselves.


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Q: How can I open a .NET FileStream object from a Python file handle? I need to open a writable file handle in Python and then hand off the file descriptor to a function in a .NET assembly (accessed via pythonnet's clr module.
Getting from the Python file object to the win32 HANDLE* is fairly straightforward, as shown in this question:
import clr
from Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles import SafeFileHandle
from System.IO import FileStream, FileAccess

pyf=open("c:/temp/testing123.txt","w")
fileno=pyf.fileno()
print fileno               # 6
handle = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(fileno)
print handle               # 1832L

According to MSDN, it should now be possible to construct a standard FileStream object from either a straight IntPtr (the handle) or from a SafeFileHandle wrapper.
FileStream(IntPtr, FileAccess)
FileStream(SafeFileHandle, FileAccess)

The problem is... how can I convince the clr module to cast handle as an IntPtr?
I've tried various versions of the following, but they all give me errors:
FileStream(IntPtr(handle), True)
FileStream(IntPtr(Int64(handle), True)
FileStream(IntPtr(Int32(handle), True)
SafeFileHandle(IntPtr(handle), True)
...

=> TypeError ("value cannot be converted to System.IntPtr")

Any suggestions for how to get this darn file handle into C#?

A: probably a bit too late for this answer, but would something like this have worked?
from contextlib import contextmanager
import ctypes
import io
import os, sys
import tempfile

libc = ctypes.CDLL(None)
c_stdout = ctypes.c_void_p.in_dll(libc, 'stdout')

@contextmanager
def stdout_redirector(stream):
    # The original fd stdout points to. Usually 1 on POSIX systems.
    original_stdout_fd = sys.stdout.fileno()

    def _redirect_stdout(to_fd):
        """Redirect stdout to the given file descriptor."""
        # Flush the C-level buffer stdout
        libc.fflush(c_stdout)
        # Flush and close sys.stdout - also closes the file descriptor (fd)
        sys.stdout.close()
        # Make original_stdout_fd point to the same file as to_fd
        os.dup2(to_fd, original_stdout_fd)
        # Create a new sys.stdout that points to the redirected fd
        sys.stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(os.fdopen(original_stdout_fd, 'wb'))

    # Save a copy of the original stdout fd in saved_stdout_fd
    saved_stdout_fd = os.dup(original_stdout_fd)
    try:
        # Create a temporary file and redirect stdout to it
        tfile = tempfile.TemporaryFile(mode='w+b')
        _redirect_stdout(tfile.fileno())
        # Yield to caller, then redirect stdout back to the saved fd
        yield
        _redirect_stdout(saved_stdout_fd)
        # Copy contents of temporary file to the given stream
        tfile.flush()
        tfile.seek(0, io.SEEK_SET)
        stream.write(tfile.read())
    finally:
        tfile.close()
        os.close(saved_stdout_fd)

A: Got an answer thanks to the good folks on the pythonnet mailing list.
The key is to use the Overloads constructor to force-cast the win32 HANDLE to IntPtr type.
Here's a complete working example:
import tempfile, msvcrt
import clr, msvcrt
from System.IO import FileStream, FileAccess
from System import IntPtr

with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.txt', delete=False) as pyf:
    fileno=pyf.fileno()
    print "fileno", fileno
    handle = msvcrt.get_osfhandle(fileno)
    print "HANDLE", handle

    pyf.write("Python\n")
    pyf.flush()

    cs_handle = IntPtr.Overloads[long](handle)
    cs_fs = FileStream(cs_handle, FileAccess.Write)
    cs_fs.Write("CLR\n", 0, 4)
    cs_fs.Flush()

print "file should contain a line from Python and a line from CLR: ", pyf.name


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Appointment of Hong Kong, China's representatives to ABAC
The Government today (December 20) announced that the Chief Executive has appointed Ms Marjorie Yang as Hong Kong, China (HKC)'s representative, and Mr Nicholas Ho as alternate representative, to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC), until the end of 2019.
Ms Marjorie Yang is the Chairman of Esquel Group, and Mr Nicholas Ho is the Deputy Managing Director of hpa (Ho & Partners Architects Engineers & Development Consultants Limited). Meanwhile, Mr Anthony Nightingale and Dr Adrian Cheng will be retiring from ABAC as HKC's representative and alternate representative respectively.
"I am grateful to Ms Yang and Mr Ho for agreeing to represent Hong Kong, China in ABAC. I am sure they will inject further impetus into the work of ABAC with their enthusiasm and wealth of business experience.
"I would like to express our deep appreciation to Mr Nightingale for his wise counsel and significant contributions throughout his tenure at ABAC. I am also thankful for the support of Dr Cheng during his tenure," the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Edward Yau, said.
ABAC was established in 1996 as a permanent business advisory body to provide advice to APEC on business sector priorities. Hong Kong, China has appointed three representatives and two alternate representatives to ABAC. Currently, the Chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group, Dr Allan Zeman, and the Chairman of Sunwah Group, Dr Jonathan Choi, are the other two representatives. The Chairman and Managing Director of Wheelock and Company Limited, Mr Douglas Woo, is the other alternate representative.
Ends/Wednesday, December 20, 2017


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A Rhodes-style China scholarship
Keith Bradsher
April 22, 2013 02:03 IST
The private-equity tycoon Stephen A. Schwarzman, backed by an array of mostly western blue-chip companies with interests in >China, is creating a $300 million scholarship for study in China that he hopes will rival the >Rhodes scholarship in prestige and influence.
The programme, whose endowment represents one of the largest single gifts to education in the world and one of the largest philanthropic gifts ever in China, was announced by Mr. Schwarzman in Beijing on Sunday.
The Schwarzman Scholars programme will pay all expenses for 200 students each year from around the world for a one-year master's programme at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
The programme's creation underlines the tremendous importance of China and its market to Wall Street financiers and corporate leaders, who have become increasingly anxious as security and economic frictions grow between China and the West.
Mr. Schwarzman said his goal was to reduce such tensions by educating the world's future leaders, but his role in the project will also raise his political profile in China, potentially giving him and his >private equity firm, the >Blackstone Group, increased access to Chinese leaders. Many of them, including Xi Jinping, >who became President of China last month, attended Tsinghua, one of the country's top universities.
Mr. Schwarzman said he was donating $100 million from his personal fortune, which Forbes estimated last month at $6.5 billion.
He said he had raised $100 million from donors, and expected to raise the remaining $100 million by the end of this year.
Many of the donors have sprawling business interests in China and frequently deal with government regulators and state-owned enterprises that have wide discretion over the activities of foreign companies.
The donors include Boeing, which is aggressively marketing jets in China, the world's second-largest aircraft market, and Caterpillar, which sells earthmoving equipment in what has become the world's largest construction market. They also include JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Credit Suisse, which provide financial services to the Chinese government and state-owned banks.
The personal foundation of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York is also a donor. Mr. Bloomberg's media company is trying to lease more news and data terminals to state-owned banks, but it has been stymied by the government since the company's publication last year of an investigation into the financial dealings of Mr. Xi's family.
The scholarship's advisory board is a who's who of investors, diplomats and other influential figures, some of whom also have political or financial ties to China. It includes three former Secretaries of State, Condoleezza Rice, Colin L. Powell and Henry A. Kissinger; two former Treasury Secretaries, Robert E. Rubin and Henry M. Paulson Jr.; a number of university presidents and cultural figures, including the cellist Yo-Yo Ma; former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France; and the former Prime Ministers of three countries, Tony Blair of Britain, Kevin Rudd of Australia and Brian Mulroney of Canada.
Many large Western companies have been pressing for closer ties with China even as security experts warn about China's military expansion and territorial claims, and many smaller businesses and labour groups warn that China seeks to dominate a wide range of industries.
Mr. Schwarzman said his concern was that as long as the Chinese economy grows two to three times as quickly as the American economy, and with European economies barely growing at all, tensions are likely only to rise.
"The idea was to deal with this problem in a generational manner," he said in a video interview from New York, adding later in an e-mail, "I feel grateful to be able to have the resources to help change future leaders to impact their countries' and China's destinies."
The programme plans to take in 10,000 students over the next 50 years, forming an international network that can bridge differences between China and the West, he said. Forty-five per cent will come from the United States, 20 per cent from China, and 35 per cent from Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the rest of Asia. Africa may be added later.
The scholarship programme will not be Mr. Schwarzman's first major foray into China, where private equity firms like his have been trying to gain entry. In 2007, as he was preparing to take Blackstone public, he sold a $3 billion stake in the company to the >China Investment Corporation, the country's giant >sovereign wealth fund. The deal stirred >controversy in China when the value of the stake plunged, along with most stocks, during the global financial crisis, drawing vehement criticism among some Chinese. Chinese leaders brushed off the concerns, and the stock has since nearly recovered when dividends are included.
Mr. Schwarzman said his scholarship programme had nothing to do with Blackstone or the China Investment Corporation. "This is a private thing by me, it's not a Blackstone initiative," he said.
Mr. Schwarzman, 66, got his start at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, an investment bank later purchased by Credit Suisse. Except for a brief stint in the Army Reserve, he has spent most of his career at two Wall Street giants: Lehman Brothers, whose sale he led in 1984, and then Blackstone, where he is chairman and chief executive. On taking Blackstone public in 2007, he received $4.77 billion when his stake was converted to stock.
His name is also attached to the main branch of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue, which was renamed for him after he >pledged $100 million in 2008, which he has since donated.
To match Rhodes
When it begins in 2016, the Schwarzman scholarship programme will match the 111-year-old Rhodes in the number of students and the size of its endowment.
The Rhodes endowment is worth about $203 million, according to its trustees. It awards grants to 83 scholars a year, who typically study at Oxford for at least two years though some stay on to complete a doctorate, said Dr. John Hood, a former vice chancellor of Oxford who is the chairman of the Rhodes trustees. About 200 scholars are on stipend at any one time.
Cecil John Rhodes, a British colonialist who made a fortune in South African diamond mines, established the programme in 1902 to bring scholars to his home country, the leading imperial power of the day. Mr. Schwarzman will be sending scholars largely from the industrialised world to study in a less-developed country that is seen as a rising world power.
The programme will be housed in a new facility at Tsinghua, Schwarzman College. Ground breaking is scheduled for late this year, with a design by Robert A. M. Stern, dean of the Yale School of Architecture.
Students will live in pods of eight bedrooms with a common living room, a design taken from the executive education program at Harvard Business School. The building will also include 12 residential suites for the dean, director and visiting faculty; a two-story forum resembling the one at the Harvard Kennedy School; an auditorium; and four classrooms.
The programme will offer master's degrees in public policy, international relations, economics, business and, later, engineering. It will start each June with a summer-long immersion programme in Chinese culture and issues, and an introduction to Mandarin, followed by a full academic year of courses at Tsinghua. David Daokui Li, a prominent economist at Tsinghua who is the dean of the new scholars programme, said the university already offers a third of its courses in English, and more than half in subjects like business and economics. Coincidentally, the ivy-garlanded Tsinghua University was founded in 1911 with foreign money: the United States chose not to accept part of the indemnities promised by China after the Boxer Rebellion, a nationalist uprising against foreigners that ended in 1901, and instead channelled the money to education.
While Mr. Schwarzman said that his main goal was to promote understanding between China and the rest of the world, he acknowledged another, more personal, motive.
When he was a senior at Yale in 1969, he was turned down for a Rhodes scholarship and advanced to finalist but did not win a two-year fellowship at Cambridge. He ended up going to Harvard Business School and Wall Street instead.
"I didn't get any of those, and wanted one," he said.
Now that he has created his own international scholarship programme, he said, "Maybe even I might have been selected if I were back at Yale in 1969." — New York Times News Service
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Government organizations face several challenges when implementing the kind of IT modernization that will improve service delivery to citizens. They've been stymied by several factors, including resource prioritization, the ability to procure services quickly, as well as technical issues, according to a 2017 report to the president on IT modernization.
"In order to enhance the speed of service delivery, cut costs, maximize security and productivity, and provide stability, agencies are looking for ways to become more agile with their resources, and find tools that will support dynamic workloads," said Zohaib Khan, Application Modernization Practice Lead for Red Hat North America Public Sector.
Agencies need the ability to provision cloud services quickly and manage those services with transparency and ease across multiple clouds. At the same time, agencies must still manage manual processes that are not scalable.
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Many agencies are mixing the security, accessibility and privacy that cloud can offer by turning to hybrid cloud. But while hybrid cloud offers a path toward IT modernization, it isn't always easy to adopt and manage. "Despite understanding the potential benefits that a hybrid cloud provides, it's challenging to implement systemic change," Patrick said.
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Buckle Up: The SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Trailer Just Landed
This one looks even weirder than you might've expected.
By Scott Wampler Apr. 30, 2019
We've had some fun at Sonic The Hedgehog's expense over the past few months.
It started with the first Sonic The Hedgehog poster, which featured the titular speedster in an off-putting silhouette (our headline included the phrase "OH DEAR GOD WHY DOES SONIC LOOK LIKE THAT"). Shortly thereafter, another poster leaked, one that somehow managed to be even more upsetting than the previous poster. This led to a Photoshop contest where we tasked the Birth.Movies.Death. readership with creating their own horrifying Sonic The Hedgehog poster, and the results of that contest were...I mean, hoo boy, there was some gnarly stuff in there.
And then a funny thing happened: at this year's CinemaCon, we were shown two trailers for Sonic The Hedgehog, one focused on the film's animated hero (voiced by Ben Schwartz), and another focused on its villain, Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey). Both of those trailers were a lot of fun, and the assembled press seemed caught off-guard by how unexpectedly entertaining Jeff Fowler's movie looked. Sure, Sonic himself still looked weird as hell, but everything going around him seemed...not that bad? And there were some good jokes in there? Hey, we thought, maybe they pulled this thing off!
Which brings us to today.
Above is the first trailer for Sonic The Hedgehog. I'm going only by memory here, but it seems as though this trailer is something of a mish-mash comprised of the two trailers we saw at CinemaCon: you get some Sonic action, but you also get some Robotnik tomfoolery. Actually, you get a lot of Robotnik tomfoolery, with Jim Carrey turning in the kind of performance we haven't seen from him in quite some time (note: this is not a complaint!). It's not quite as successful as either of the trailers we were shown at CinemaCon, but the tone of the thing - eager to please, hyperactive, stuffed to the gills with eye candy - comes through loud and clear.
I dunno. From where I'm standing, this looks like a reasonably entertaining way to kill 90 minutes in a movie theater. Your mileage will, of course, vary, but I suspect you'll let me know where you stand in the comments below. Please do so now, and stay tuned for further Sonic The Hedgehog updates as they roll in.
Sonic The Hedgehog hits theaters on November 8th.
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In conjunction with BANK's current exhibition, PAINT(erly), we warmly invite you for an exclusive screening of Paul McCarthy's classic video work, Painter, starting at 7:30pm Thursday October 24th.
In Painter (color video with sound, 50'01'', 1995) the artist, dressed only in a smock, socks, a blonde wig, and a bulbous nose, crudely satirizes the legacy of the 'abstract expressionist painter', often with direct references to the late William de Kooning. He employs super-sized brushes, paints, and even ketchup and mayonnaise to complete his expressive, large-scale works. This absurd and often perverse video-performance acts both as a deconstruction of the artist's identity as a tortured soul, as well as a critique of the art world, with scenes depicting the artist quarrelling with his gallerist, and in compromised relations with his collectors. Painter is widely heralded as one of McCarthy's most important works. It has been shown in numerous institutions worldwide and is the collection of MoMA, NY.
Paul McCarthy (b.1945) lives and works in Los Angeles, California. He is widely considered to be one of the most important and revolutionary artists living today. His influence has widely been felt among a younger generation of artists including: Cindy Sherman, Jason Rhoades, and Mike Kelly. His psychologically charged and often irreverent work takes aim at cherished American myths and icons including Disney figures, Hollywood and the modern artist.
His works have been shown and collected by numerous major institutions including: Centre Pompidou, Guggenheim Bilbao, Whitney Museum, Tate Modern, MoMA NY, The National Museum of Contemporary Art of Oslo, New Museum, NY, etc.


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Wema Bank Launches ALAT Quick Loan Feature for 17m SMEs
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To assist Nigerian entrepreneurs, startups and corporate customers scale their businesses, Nigeria's leading digital bank, ALAT by Wema, has launched Quick Loan.
According to a statement from the Wema Bank, the additional feature which is hosted on ALAT for Business, its corporate internet banking platform, will help small/medium-scale enterprises (SME) and corporate customers access loans between N100,000 to N10 million. It added that Quick Loan will enable ALAT for Business users to access loan services virtually from any location without the need to locate a physical branch.
"A Nigeria SME survey report developed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), shows there are about 17.4 million small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria and these contribute about 48 per cent of the national GDP, accounting for 96 per cent of businesses and 84 per cent of employment in the country."
Product Manager ALAT for Business, Samuel Robson, highlighted the pivotal role that SMES play in the economic, employment and export growth in Nigeria.
"However, despite the significant contribution of SMEs to the Nigerian economy, challenges persist that hinder the growth and development of the sector, "Robson said.
"loan access has been one of the most challenging factors faced by this sector and we understand the need to support SMEs by providing easy access to the loans they seek.
"Hence the launch of Quick Loan on ALAT for Business, a platform that currently serves our corporate customers and SME owners. We believe this extra feature will help to mitigate some hassles entrepreneurs and businesses experience. The ALAT for Business Quick Loan is open to new and existing customers registered on the ALAT for Business platform and does not require cumbersome paperwork. The feature, Quick Loan, is specially designed for our corporate customers and SME owners, "he explained.
"ALAT For Business is the internet banking platform designed to help corporate customers and entrepreneurs manage their business accounts optimally and stay on top of their finances from anywhere and anytime. Customers can make transactions of up to N100 million, make bulk transfers, pay bills and other collections without hidden charges, among others. ALAT by Wema has continuously supported entrepreneurs, young startup founders, business, and SME owners in various capacities over the years. This year, the digital bank has facilitated the ALAT Talk Series, a session aimed at training young Nigerians on business management, strategy, technology and other key business areas, "he said.


a hospital or colony for treatment and isolation of patients with leprosy.
A hospital especially designed for the care of those suffering from leprosy, especially those who need expert care.
A hospital for the treatment of leprosy.
a hospital for persons who have leprosy.
An older term for a hospital specializing in the care of patients with leprosy.
An institution for the treatment of people suffering from HANSEN'S DISEASE.
With attention already drawn to the haphazard management of solid waste in a Nigerian leper colony (Coker et al.
Anthony began with a prayer to keep us safe, but as we stood holding hands in a circle in the dark all I could think about was what he had told me in the car, about an investigation in an old leper colony on a deserted island, the screams they had heard in the night, and the way a silver crucifix had moved by itself.
The Colony is a history of the large leper colony from its inception in 1866 up through the present.
First the area of Dunwich on Stradbroke Island which became a leper colony from 1891-1910; Friday Island for those of 'other races' from 1892-1910, then from 1906-1940 Peel island; and finally Fantome Island became the leper colony for Queensland.
In the 5th century CE, the site was settled by Byzantine monks, and then served as a leper colony before being finally abandoned in the 7th century CE.
Mr Farley has just returned from a 12-day trip to Myanmar - formerly Burma - where he took supplies to a leper colony, an orphanage and an education centre for the blind.
It is a contemporary novel about an English doctor, Philip Gardner, who, with his daughter, Virginia, is stranded on a former leper colony off the coast of Trinidad.
As Roger Stone once noted, being the low cost producer just makes you the healthiest leper in the leper colony.
Infuriated that Gately has completed only three missions as a pilot, Savage assigns him to a B-17 he orders named The Leper Colony, crewed by every screw-up and incompetent in the unit.
Guevara and Granado spent some time at a leper colony, passing themselves off as doctors (while being only medical students), where Guevara celebrated his twenty-fourth birthday at a party held for them.
These luxurious circumstances, then, rep the life that Ernesto is leaving behind, but with few misgivings; one semester short of earning his medical degree, he has specialized in leprosy and is anxious to reach Peru to spend time at a leper colony.
Then the trip to India, where she worked in the orphanage, a leper colony, and a home for the dying.


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Dwarf Jay (Cyanolyca nanus): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Dwarf Jay
Dwarf Jay (Cyanolyca nanus) occurs in south-eastern Mexico. It is found from central Veracruz to Puebla and the Sierras Juárez, Aloapaneca and Zempoaltepec in northern Oaxaca, in eastern Querétaro and in northeastern Hidalgo, where it may be locally common where suitable habitat persists (A. G. Navarro in litt. 1998, Rojas-Soto et al. 2001, Martínez-Morales 2004). The population is estimated to number 2,750 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2019).
The species inhabits humid montane forest, where it is most abundant in pine-oak-fir forests with laurel and epiphytes between 1,400 and 3,200 m (Rojas-Soto et al. 2001). In oak-dominated forests, it reaches lower densities. Dwarf Jay is also common in secondary forests, depending on the predominance of the preferred trees and nearby tracts of primary forest.
Logging, agricultural expansion, firewood-gathering, road and tourist developments, sheep-ranching, intense grazing and intensive urbanisation have resulted in extensive and continuing destruction and fragmentation of the species's habitat (Dinerstein et al. 1995). Dwarf Jay is prone to nest-desertion following human disturbance. Climate change is also expected to be an additional factor of habitat loss (Ponce-Reyes et al. 2012). In the southern part of the range, Dwarf Jay only occurs above 1,670 m; this is possibly a natural altitudinal distribution, but the species may have been extirpated from the lower elevations in this part of the range.
Dwarf Jay is currently listed as Vulnerable under Criteria A2c+3c+4c (BirdLife International 2019), indicating a rapid decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat. However, incorporating new information on the rate of forest loss and on the population structure, this species appears to warrant a change in Red List status. Therefore, we present here our reassessment against all criteria for the species.
Criterion A – The population of Dwarf Jay it thought to be in decline, but the rate of decline has not been estimated directly. Tracewski et al. (2016) measured the forest loss within the species's range between 2000 and 2012 as c. 41 km2. This roughly equates to a rate of forest loss of 2.4% over three generations (20.1 years) for this species. Dwarf Jay depends on montane forest; the only threats known for this species include forest clearance, anthropogenic disturbance and climate change effects (Dinerstein et al. 1995, Ponce-Reyes et al. 2012). Therefore, while we can assume that the species is declining in response to forest loss, it is conceivable that the rate of population decline is not equivalent, but slightly faster than the rate of deforestation. However, it is unlikely that the rate of population decline approaches the threshold for Vulnerable under this criterion (≥ 30% over three generations). Therefore, Dwarf Jay may be listed as Least Concern under Criterion A.
Criterion B – The Extent of Occurrence (EOO) for this species is 44,800 km2. This does not meet the threshold for Vulnerable (EOO < 20,000 km2). Therefore, Dwarf Jay may be listed as Least Concern under Criterion B1. The Area of Occupancy (AOO) has not been calculated and Dwarf Jay cannot be assessed against Criterion B2.
Criterion C – The global population size is estimated at 2,750 mature individuals. This meets the threshold for Vulnerable under this criterion (< 10,000 mature individuals). However, in order to be listed under Criterion C, other conditions have to be met.
The rate of decline in the species has not been directly estimated, and so Criterion C1 cannot be used. Instead, the population decline can be inferred from habitat loss (Tracewski et al. 2016), and it thus depends on the species's subpopulation structure whether it qualifies for listing as Vulnerable under condition 2a. Given the fragmentation of the range, we can assume that the species forms several subpopulations, and thus Criterion C2a(ii) does not apply. However, the global population size is very small. Therefore, while the largest subpopulation might not meet the threshold for Vulnerable under Criterion C2a(i) (≤ 1,000 mature individuals), it is likely that the size of the largest subpopulation approaches this threshold. The species is not known to undergo extreme fluctuations, so it does not trigger the conditions for Criterion C2b. Thus, Dwarf Jay may be tentatively listed as Near Threatened under Criterion C2a(i).
Criterion D – The global population size is estimated at 2,750 mature individuals. This is too large to meet the threshold for Vulnerable (< 1,000 mature individuals). Therefore, Dwarf Jay may be listed as Least Concern under Criterion D.
Therefore, it is proposed that Dwarf Jay (Cyanolyca nanus) be listed as Near Threatened under C2a(i). We welcome any comments on this proposed listing.
BirdLife International. 2019. Species factsheet: Cyanolyca nanus. http://www.birdlife.org (Accessed 14 February 2019).
Dinerstein, E.; Olson, D. M.; Graham, D. J.; Webster, A. L.; Primm, S. A.; Bookbinder, M. P.; Ledec, G. 1995. A conservation assesssment of the terrestrial ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Martínez-Morales, M. A. 2004. Nuevos registros de aves en el bosque mesófilo de montaña del noreste de Hidalgo, México. Huitzil 5: 12-19.
Ponce-Reyes, R.; Reynoso-Rosales, V.-H.; Watson, J. E. M.; VanDerWal, J.; Fuller, R. A.; Pressey, R. L.; Possingham, H. P. 2012. Vulnerability of cloud forest reserves in Mexico to climate change. Nature Climate Change 2: 448-452.
Rojas-Soto, O. R.; Sahagún-Sánchez, F. J.; Navarro, S. A. G. 2001. Additional information on the avifauna of Querétaro, Mexico. Cotinga 15: 48-52.
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Topco Associates LLC held its 2017 Annual Membership Conference this year on Tuesday, February 28 through Thursday, March 2. During the two-day meeting, Topco honored members who demonstrated exceptional program participation. Topco is proud to announce the following 2016 award winners.
In 2016 SpartanNash continued to implement Topco's Aggregated Pharmacy Initiative and grew their ownbrand portfolio with an emphasis on Full Circle Market and ValuTime.
Associated Food Stores showed impressive growth following their transition to TopCare in 2016. They also increased their assortment and promotion of Topco own brands including Full Circle Market, @ease, Paws Happy Life, Simply Done and Wide Awake Coffee.
Weis Markets achieved greatest dollar growth in center store by expanding their assortments in Bottled Water, Coffee, Frozen Vegetables and Salty Snacks through brands such as Full Circle Market and ValuTime.
In 2016 Associated Grocers of Florida significantly expanded their own brand portfolio and grew center store categories such as Cereal, Sugar and Canned Vegetables.
Big Y Foods demonstrated impressive growth in Produce, Deli Meat and Chicken and achieved significant savingson ground beef through Topco's Fresh Meat program.
Stater Bros. grew their total fresh purchases by leveraging Topco's produce program for Berries, Citrus, Mandarins and Cherries.
Price Chopper's continued growth and participation in Topco's Indirect Spend, specifically HR and Employee Benefits, Pharmacy and National Brands programs, contributed to their continued success.
The team from Brookshire's achieved best in class percentage growth across all three of Topco's Value Add programs. Topco applauds Brookshire's for their leadership and performance in Pharmacy, National Brands and Indirect Spend.
For the 13th year in a row, Topco presented K-VA-T Food Stores with the Greatest Purchase Penetration Award for surpassing all members across all programs.
Hy-Vee led all members in 2016 in overall purchases for the 12th consecutive year.


Dissimilar friction stir welding of Zr55Cu30Ni5Al10 bulk metallic glass (BMG) to pure Al was carried out at different welding conditions. Sound BMG/Al joints can be obtained at a rotation speed of 350 and 400 rpm. However, defects or crack may form in the stir zone when the rotation speed was either too low or too high. In the sound joints, a clear and straight BMG/Al interface was formed and no intermetallic compounds caused either by chemical reaction or crystallization from the amorphous phase can be detected within the entire stir zone. The hardness of Al side in the stir zone decreases with increasing of the rotation speed and is lower than that in the base material due to frictional heat input. The sound BMG/Al joints fractured in the heat affect zone of Al side and the tensile strength can reach about 91% of that of the base material.


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California Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Racial Discrimination Against Whites
http://www.renegadetribune.com/california-lawmakers-vote-to-legalize-racial-discrimination-against-whites/
Okay, so try to wrap your head around this. In order to fight against racial discrimination, the lawmakers of California have voted to remove part of the state Constitution that prohibits any kind of racial discrimination.
Here is what was originally added to the state Constitution back in 1996:
The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin."
The The Wall Street Journal covers the story, but does not point out the obvious reason why the prohibition on race-based discrimination was repealed.
We live in strange times, and strange indeed is that, while deploring racism, the Democratic Legislature in California has voted to codify racial discrimination in state law. On Wednesday the state Senate voted for a constitutional amendment, ACA 5, that would reintroduce racial preferences for who gets a state job or contract, or who is admitted to a state university.
The state Assembly previously passed the measure, which means the amendment will be on the November ballot. It would repeal Proposition 209, which voters approved in 1996 and outlawed racial bias in state policy. The repeal effort received a boost from the killing of George Floyd, no matter the irony of voting for discrimination by race in the name of eliminating discrimination by race.
The reason why the language had to be removed is so that California can openly discriminate against White people even more than they are doing now. This is the essence of affirmative action, diversity quotas, and all the programs designed to give non-Whites advantages over White people.
"Systemic racism" is against Whites. It's White genocide.


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99 good news stories in 2019
From an article in Future Crunch
If you read or watched the news this year, it didn't look very good out there. That wasn't the whole story though. There was other news this year, stories of conservation, health, rising living standards, tolerance, peace, cleaner energy and environmental stewardship. This didn't make it into our news feeds and that means that what we saw on our screens in 2019 was not the world, just a negative image. We need to change the stories we tell ourselves.
99 of these were published in an article by Future Crunch. Here's a sample:
1. The population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic region now number 24,900 — almost 93% of their population size before they were hunted to the brink of extinction.
6. Ethiopia smashed the world record for tree planting. Led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, millions of Ethiopians planted 353 million trees in 12 hours.
9. Belize doubled the size of ocean reserves around the world's second largest barrier reef, South Africa increased its proportion of protected waters from 0.4% to 5.4%, Argentina created two new marine parks in the South Atlantic, bringing total protected areas to 8%.
16. China's tree stock rose by 4.56 billion m³ between 2005 and 2018, deserts are shrinking by 2,400 km² a year, and forests now account for 22% of land area.
Global Health:
18. Algeria and Argentina officially eliminated malaria this year, and the WHO said that in the last eight years, malaria infections in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam dropped by 76%, and deaths fell by 95%. India also reported a huge reduction in malaria, with 2.6 million fewer cases in 2018 than in 2017.
21. According to the United Nations, global HIV-related deaths have fallen to 770,000, a third lower than in 2010 when 1.2 million deaths were recorded.
24. The UN released its latest figures on pneumonia, showing that the number of children dying from "the ultimate disease of poverty," has decreased from 6,410 per day in 1990 to 2,216 per day in 2017.
29. Between 1990 and 2019, cancer mortality rates fell by 18% in Argentina, 26% in Chile, 14% in Colombia, 17% in Mexico and 13% in Venezuela, corresponding to almost half a million avoided deaths.
33. In Rwanda, 95% of babies currently receive vaccinations for rubella, measles and polio, and it's also on track to be the first country to eliminate cervical cancer.
Living Standards:
39. The proportion of people in extreme poverty around the world fell from 36% in 1990 to 8.6% in 2018. Absolute numbers were down from 1.9 billion in 1990 to 610 million in 2018.
40. The successful conclusion of India's extraordinary sanitation drive. In the last five years, 90 million toilets have been built, 93% of households now have access, and 500 million people have stopped defecating in the open.
41. Save the Children's 2019 Global Childhood Report showed that in the last 20 years, children's lives have improved in 173 out of 176 countries. Compared to 2000, today there are; 4.4 million fewer child deaths per year, 49 million fewer stunted children, 130 million more children in school, 94 million fewer child labourers, 11 million fewer girls forced into marriage or married early, 3 million fewer teen births per year, 12,000 fewer child homicides per year.
50. UNESCO said that 19 African countries reached gender parity (equal numbers of boys and girls) in primary education in the past decade.
Peace, Safety and Human Rights:
52. Since 2000, the number of democracies has risen from 90 to 97, including 11 countries that became democratic for the first time ever, and in 2019, 2 billion people in 50 countries voted, the largest number in history.
54. The number of people killed in wars around the world reached its lowest level in seven years, and battle fatalities have fallen by 43% since 2014.
60. A study covering 90% of the world's population showed that the international homicide rate has dropped by 20% since 1990.
67. Global executions fell by almost a third last year, reaching their lowest figure in at least a decade.
Energy and Sustainability:
76. The world's largest multilateral financial institution, The European Investment Bank, agreed to stop all financing for fossil fuels, and committed to investing half of its entire annual outlay — not just its energy budget — on climate action and sustainability by 2025.
84. The world's largest car supplier, Bosch, said it will be fully carbon neutral by 2020, making it the first major industrial company to take that step.
87. Lazard, the industry's benchmark, says that the cost of new wind and solar in 2019 dropped below the cost of keeping many of the world's existing coal and nuclear power plants running.
93. The world's second largest economy, the United States, generated more electricity from wind, sun and water in April than from coal for the first time ever.
97 and 98. In March, the European Union announced that plastic cutlery, plates, straws, cotton buds, balloons, food containers and polystyrene cups would no longer be allowed by 2021, and the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, home to 80 million people, imposed a full ban on all single use plastic. In June, Canada followed in the EU's footsteps, announcing a similar phase out of plastic by 2021, Tanzania implemented a plastic ban, Costa Rica signed a new law bringing an end to all styrofoam containers and packaging, Bali's plastic ban went into effect and Panama became the first Central American nation to ban plastic bags.
Read the full list here.
99 good news stories in 2019. Good news stories of conservation, health, rising living standards, tolerance, peace, cleaner energy and environmental stewardship. We need to change the stories we tell ourselves. https://t.co/f7YXD5AWIx pic.twitter.com/DUYKGjofxM
— Word on the Streets (@wotsnet) January 8, 2020
From an article by Future Crunch, 08/01/2020