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package org.danielnixon.extrawarts

import org.scalatest.FunSuite
import org.wartremover.test.WartTestTraverser

import scala.collection.GenTraversableOnce

class GenTraversableOnceOpsTest extends FunSuite {

  val list: GenTraversableOnce[Int] = Nil

  test("can't use GenTraversableOnce#reduce") {
    val result = WartTestTraverser(GenTraversableOnceOps) {
      println(list.reduce(_ + _))
    }
    assertResult(List("[wartremover:GenTraversableOnceOps] GenTraversableOnce#reduce is disabled - use GenTraversableOnce#reduceOption or GenTraversableOnce#fold instead"), "result.errors")(result.errors)
    assertResult(List.empty, "result.warnings")(result.warnings)
  }

  test("can't use GenTraversableOnce#reduceRight") {
    val result = WartTestTraverser(GenTraversableOnceOps) {
      println(list.reduceRight(_ + _))
    }
    assertResult(List("[wartremover:GenTraversableOnceOps] GenTraversableOnce#reduceRight is disabled - use GenTraversableOnce#reduceRightOption or GenTraversableOnce#foldRight instead"), "result.errors")(result.errors)
    assertResult(List.empty, "result.warnings")(result.warnings)
  }

  test("GenTraversableOnceOps wart obeys SuppressWarnings") {
    val result = WartTestTraverser(GenTraversableOnceOps) {
      @SuppressWarnings(Array("org.danielnixon.extrawarts.GenTraversableOnceOps"))
      val foo = {
        println(list.reduce(_ + _))
        println(list.reduceRight(_ + _))
      }
    }
    assertResult(List.empty, "result.errors")(result.errors)
    assertResult(List.empty, "result.warnings")(result.warnings)
  }

}

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Barcelona defender, Gerard Pique, has claimed the team offered to lower their salaries, so Neymar could return to the LaLiga champions.
Neymar attempted to engineer a move back to the Camp Nou during the summer, just two years after his world-record €222million transfer to Paris Saint-Germain.
However, a deal did not materialise despite Barca's efforts.
Pique said he and his team-mates tried to help Neymar return to the Spanish giants amid the constraints of Financial Fair Play, telling Cadena Ser program El Larguero: "We didn't stump up money.
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"What we said to the president was whether we could change our contracts because we knew there was a Financial Fair Play issue… so we said to the president, rather than earn something in year one, we could earn it in year two or three or four.
"At the end of the day we want to go along with what the club is doing and if we can help the club, in this case avoiding a financial fair problem, we've got no problem in doing that.
"Rather than reducing our salary it was about finding a formula so that if the club wanted to sign Neymar they could. At the time they thought it was a good idea, but then other problems cropped up."
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HALIFAX — The outlook for Nova Scotia sawmills after the closure of Northern Pulp is one of troubling uncertainty and, so far, few answers from the provincial government on how to replace a key customer, say managers of several companies.
Andrew Watters, general manager of the Groupe Savoie mill in Westville, N.S., said in an interview Monday he has an inventory of hardwood that still has to be milled, but no market yet for wood chip byproducts the mill purchased in the past.
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The mill manager met with his 45 workers on Friday to tell them the future after the Jan. 31, 2020 closure is unclear, and he wouldn't criticize them if they sought other work.
"I told them we don't know how this is going to play out. If you're going to make a plan, I don't hold that against you. We all have to eat," Watters said.
Mark Baillie, the manager of Scotsburn Lumber, a softwood sawmill in Pictou County, said the timing is difficult for his management team to find fresh markets for the piles of wood chips critical to his operation's profitability.
"There's so much uncertainty. To get this message delivered just before Christmas is a terrible time," he said.
Premier Stephen McNeil announced Friday morning that Northern Pulp won't be permitted to continue piping effluent into Boat Harbour, near Pictou Landing First Nation, after Jan. 31.
The Liberal leader said he was keeping a pledge to the Indigenous community made in 2015 legislation, by refusing to grant an extension requested by the firm to complete further environmental studies.
Within an hour, the company announced the closure of the mill in Abercrombie, N.S., and predicted the loss of thousands of forestry jobs.
The company had submitted plans to build a pipeline to pump 85 million litres of treated effluent daily into the Northumberland Strait as part of its proposed treatment system.
But the government twice told the company it had failed to provide enough information to allow for a proper assessment of the plan's impact on human health and the environment.
The pulp mill has for decades purchased the byproducts of sawmills in the region, particularly the wood chips created as lumber is milled.
Baillie said he's told his 96 employees he's seeking markets by Jan. 4 for the chips produced by his mill.
He said he's been asking the premier's office for help, without response.
"I told the employees we are looking for other options…. I have meetings set up but of course the timing is terrible," he said in an interview Monday.
Stockpiling the wood chips isn't a solution, as they rapidly degrade, say the mill managers.
McNeil's office says it is overseeing a $50-million transition fund to support displaced workers and assist the industry.
An email from his office on Monday says staff from across government have been speaking with people in the forestry sector throughout the weekend, with meetings continuing Monday and throughout the week.
"The first priority is to ensure people who need urgent help get that help. A toll-free line has been set up 1-888-315-0110 and people can call beginning at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday," it said.
"Sawmill operators have been encouraged to reach out directly to the Department of Lands and Forestry and were given a number to do so. We will continue to have discussions with industry on potential markets."
Baillie said one option that has been floated is to sell the wood chips to overseas markets, but he added he's unclear how that would work.
"Mr. McNeil seems to think it's pretty easy to have some ships lined up and sell the chips to China, but I don't see the boats at the dock," he said.
Meanwhile, opposition Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston is criticizing the Liberal government for providing little information on how it will help address issues like the lost markets for the sawmills.
Houston said he's written to team lead Kelliann Dean, the deputy minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, asking for answers on what the mandate of the team is and how the funds are being allocated.
A union-funded study published in August by Gardner Pinfold painted a picture of Nova Scotia's forestry industry as tightly integrated with the two remaining pulp mills, and heavily reliant on them to purchase byproducts from sawmills.
It said five of the province's sawmills sell almost all of their wood chips to Northern Pulp, "receiving a price for their wood chips at a significantly higher value per tonne than they would receive from alternative markets such as biomass or Port Hawkesbury Paper, due to higher trucking distance."
"Without Northern Pulp paying its current price for pulpwood, wood chips and residues, the overall value of lumber in Nova Scotia could decrease significantly," the report found.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 23, 2019.
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After Ljudevit's revolt was quelled (823), the focus of Croatian statehood was transferred to Coastal, or Dalmatian, Croatia, where the Croats established their first port towns (Sibenik, Biograd, Nin), a navy and their first seats of government (Knin, Bijaci). The most notable among the Croatian princes were Trpimir (845-864), Domagoj (864-876) and Branimir (879-892). Trpimir led successful campaigns against the Bulgars and the Byzantine Empire in Dalmatia, introduced the Benedictine order to Croatia and issued the first charter in which he is mentioned as the first Croatian prince (Dux Croatorum). Domagoj defeated the Venetians at sea, and together with the Franks he conquered Bari in Italy from the Arabs. Branimir established firm ties with the Pope and in 879 he obtained recognition of Croatia as an independent state from the Vatican - the first in the history of the Croats.
During his reign the Neretljani Croats defeated the Venetians and imposed a tribute on Venice for free passage along the Croatian coast. In this way the Croats ruled the Adriatic Sea. Priests came into Croatia in Branimir's time, students of the "Slavic apostles", Saints Cyril and Methodius, and they brought with them liturgical books in the Old Slavonic language and in the Slavic script - Glagolitic. From then liturgical services were held in this language, and church books were written in this script, so that this was the beginning of the written word among the Croats in their own language and script. Thus the Croats were the only European nation which held masses in their own language instead of in the Latin or Greek languages.
The Croatian princes left data engraved in rocks in a manner that almost no other nation in Europe did. These are primarily inscriptions with the names and functions of rulers, e.g. pro duce Trepim(ero) for Prince Trpimir. Two notes of Branimir remain, signed as dux Croatorum - the prince of the Croats. Viseslav left behind a special baptismal font, which symbolizes the acceptance of the church, and thereby Western culture, by the Croats. In addition to these items, there are other inscriptions and Croatian stone sculpture, and unique Croatian churches in Nin and in other places.
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How AMD stumbled with Socket AM2
When AMD released the Socket AM2 platform during May of this year, many expected it to be a huge hit - after all, it supported DDR2, sporting a 30% increase memory bandwidth, and introduced new features such as hardware virtualization. The Socket AM2 platform took what AMD had learned from the Socket 939 platform and built upon it.Now, four months on from launch, and the AM2 platform has been largely sidelined and the Socket 939 platform still dominates mainstream AMD PCs. Why? Where did AMD go wrong with AM2?
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes for Hardware 2.0 | September 27, 2006 -- 02:22 GMT (19:22 PDT) | Topic: Processors
When AMD released the Socket AM2 platform during May of this year, many expected it to be a huge hit - after all, it supported DDR2, sporting a 30% increase memory bandwidth, and introduced new features such as hardware virtualization. The Socket AM2 platform took what AMD had learned from the Socket 939 platform and built upon it.
Now, four months on from launch, and the AM2 platform has been largely sidelined and the Socket 939 platform still dominates mainstream AMD PCs. Why? Where did AMD go wrong with AM2?
Modest performance gains
The biggest problem with the AM2 platform is not that it isn't powerful, but that it doesn't offer the huge boost in performance that users saw when they moved to the K8 platform. If you made the shift to AM2 then you could be lucky to see a performance boost of, say 10% over an equivalent Socket 939 CPU, but if you were unlucky you might get no more than about 3%.
If you're neither blessed nor cursed, you'd probably see a performance gain of about 5%. Problem is, 5% can only be called a modest performance boost at best and it's certainly nothing to write home about.
Put simply, the Socket 939 platform was just too darn good for its time.
You might be able to sell a modest boost in performance to the consumer if the price is right. Unfortunately, AMD hasn't been able to pitch the AM2 at a price point that matches the minimal performance gains it offers. Basically, while consumers can get their hands on a Socket 939 that is only a fraction less powerful for less money, economics are against the AM2.
PC buyers don't worry about the future
There's no doubt that taking the AM2 route means you are, to a certain extent, future-proofing your PC. But the truth of the matter is few consumers worry about what the future holds for their PC. They buy it and use it until it gets old or broken then they unplug the power cable, landfill the PC and replace it with a new one.
What's the point in paying a premium for a more future-proof platform when it's not going to be upgraded? Just because you can fit an AM3 CPU into an AM2 socket doesn't mean the masses will bother. I'm not saying it's not a good idea, just that it's a tough sell.
"AM2" confused the consumer
Tell the consumer what they want or need and they'll whip out their wallets or purses and buy (well, that's the idea anyway) but give them a choice between two things that are hard to distinguish and you introduce a third choice - that they should buy something else. For most buyers the difference between Socket 939393 and Socket AM2 was just a name. Trying to explain the technology sends them into a coma, and trying to make a 5% performance boost sound significant is just hyperbole.
Get beyond the name and next they noticed that AMD were selling CPUs with the same name (for example, Athlon 3800).
All this automatically introduced the third (and fourth) choice to the customer - buy cheap (Socket 939) or buy Intel.
Core 2 Duo/Conroe
One thing that made the Socket 939 look so good was how bad Intel's Netburst architecture was. However, as AMD were launching the AM2, Intel was releasing information about their Conroe platform. Not only that, but Intel also made sure a few Conroe engineering samples fell into the right hands, and pretty soon it was clear that Conroe wasn't just a little bit better than the AM2, Conroe left it choking in it's dust. The message was clear - if you want power and the freedom to overclock, the Core 2 Duo was the platform to go for.
This meant the AM2 platform was trapped between the cheaper Socket 939 and the far more powerful Core 2 Duo.
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Despite the lukewarm reception the AM2 platform has had, it still represents the future for AMD. From this platform will spawn the AM3, the K8L, and 4x4.
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ATHENS, Ga. – Georgia stood at the threshold of a significant road victory early in this SEC season, having caught homestanding LSU in regulation and forged ahead with a 9-point lead in overtime.
Key Georgia errors, however, combined with nine of LSU guard Tim Quarterman's 27 points, enabled the Tigers to force a second extra period, where they made just enough plays to survive an 87-84 victory over the Bulldogs here at Maravich Assembly Center on Saturday night.
Georgia fell to 9-5 overall, 0-2 in SEC play. The Tigers improved to 12-3 overall, 1-1 in the SEC.
Things looked bleak for Georgia when Jarrell Martin's jumper with 7:11 left in regulation pushed LSU ahead by its largest margin at 64-56. The Bulldogs then proceeded to score seven straight points, the last a Cameron Forte layup at the 3:44 mark, to get back into contention.
The Bulldogs capped their late surge when Marcus Thornton rebounded and scored with just one second left, knotting the score at 67. They carried that momentum into the first extra period, scoring on their first possession on a Thornton layup. Georgia took firm control of the overtime period by making eight consecutive foul shots. The latter pair by J.J. Frazier boosted the Bulldog lead to 77-68 with 2:21 left.
Quarterman answered with a 3-pointer 13 seconds later. His second trey, however, came with just 39 seconds left and pulled LSU within a single possession at 80-77. The Tigers then capitalized on two Charles Mann misses at the foul line, getting a tying 3-point play from Josh Gray with just 18 seconds left.
LSU took the lead for good at 83-82 in the second extra period on a pair of Jalyn Patterson free throws with 4:04 left. Georgia, with starters Kenny Gaines and Nemi Djurisic having fouled out earlier, struggled to score. After the Tigers forged ahead, the Bulldogs managed only a free throw each from Yante Maten and Thornton. The latter, coming with 1:22 remaining, cut Georgia's deficit to 86-84. Despite an LSU turnover on its next possession, the Bulldogs were unable to get closer.
Georgia hits the road again for its mid-week SEC game, taking on Vanderbilt on Wednesday night in another 9:00 p.m. (EST) tipoff.
• Georgia played its second multi-overtime game of the season, the first being its 3OT win at home over Mercer on Dec. 27.
• Reserves Cameron Forte (24 minutes) and Yante Maten (28) got career-high playing time.
• Marcus Thornton's 16 rebounds were a career high, three better than his previous best.
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MOBEAM SURPASSES 40 MILLION BARCODE BEAMING TRANSACTIONS At Retail POS
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PALO ALTO, Calif. – May 3, 2016 – Mobeam, the unique global leader in mobile barcode beaming technology, today announced it has completed more than 40 million retail point-of-sale (POS) transactions, a milestone that showcases the growing demand for true mobile wallets that are uniquely able to process gift cards, loyalty cards, coupons and other barcoded data.
The company reported it is now processing more than 2 million transactions per month via apps from multiple retailers and grocery stores, as well as Mobeam's own popular Beep'nGo app. The transactions are processed throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe.
Mobeam's patented light-based beaming technology overcomes historical technical barriers and enables POS laser scanners to read barcodes on Android mobile devices. Popular and emerging "mobile payment" apps rely on NFC or other technologies that communicate with credit card payment terminals, but not with scanners. Mobeam enables true mobile wallets and not just NFC-based card payment substitutes, meaning payment apps can now carry loyalty cards, membership cards, gift cards, tickets, vouchers and coupons, providing them with universal POS access at retailers. Mobeam technology easily integrates with all existing mobile payment apps, thus completing their role as a comprehensive mobile wallet.
Mobeam currently operates on more than 375 million Samsung phones, and the company is in talks with other manufacturers to expand the technology to other market leading devices.
"Mobeam is a very unique and powerful enabling technology that is enabling smartphones to serve as true mobile wallets," said Mobeam CEO George Garrick, adding "We are seeing tremendous acceleration in the use of our technology, having grown from 25 million transactions to 40 million transactions in just the past few months.:
Mr. Garrick explained that the growth in beaming of barcoded gift cards, loyalty cards and coupons is being driven by both retailers and consumers.
"We deliver consumer benefits by eliminating the shopper's need pay for purchases with a smartphone yet still carry around a pocket full of plastic cards and paper coupons to complete their retail transactions. Retailers and brands benefit from creating a more convenient shopping experience, as well as improved targeting of offers, faster and easier transaction clearing, and enhanced security that reduces opportunities for fraud."
In addition to mobile wallet applications for retail, multiple other industry segments are evaluating concepts for transmitting barcode-based content, including travel, transportation, loyalty, manufacturing and health care. Mobeam recently made its mobile beaming technology SDK available to developers, enabling them to explore these opportunities and create their own android-based applications and concepts utilizing barcodes or other applications of beaming.
A collection of self-service APIs and tools, the Mobeam SDK license will be offered free to developers for an initial period of 120 days with extensions available on a case-by-case basis. The Mobeam Beaming SDK for Android provides APIs for developers to generate and beam a variety of barcodes including UPC, EAN, Code 128, Codabar, GS1 Databar and others. Developers can download the free SDK and access documentation at Mobeam's developer portal at https://developer.mobeam.com.
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Constraining the origin of reservoirs formed by sandstone intrusions: Insights from heavy mineral studies of the Eocene in the Forties area, United Kingdom central North Sea
Andrew Morton*, Sean McFadyen, Andrew Hurst, Jeff Pyle, Philip Rose
Aberdeen Institute of Energy
The presence of hydrocarbon-bearing sandstones within the Eocene of the Forties area was first documented in 1985, when a Forties field (Paleocene) development well discovered the Brimmond field. Further hydrocarbons in the Eocene were discovered in the adjacent Maule field in 2009. Reservoir geometry derived from three-dimensional seismic data has provided evidence for both a depositional and a sand injectite origin for the Eocene sandstones. The Brimmond field is located in a deep-water channel complex that extends to the southeast, whereas the Maule field sandstones have the geometry of an injection sheet on the updip margin of the Brimmond channel system with a cone-shape feature emanating from the top of the Forties Sandstone Member (Paleocene). The geometry of the Eocene sandstones in the Maule field indicates that they are intrusive and originated by the fluidization and injection of sand during burial. From seismic and borehole data, it is unclear whether the sand that was injected to form the Maule reservoir was derived from depositional Eocene sandstones or from the underlying Forties Sandstone Member. These two alternatives are tested by comparing the heavy mineral and garnet geochemical characteristics of the injectite sandstones in the Maule field with the depositional sandstones of the Brimmond field and the Forties sandstones of the Forties field.
The study revealed significant differences between the sandstones in the Forties field and those of the Maule and Brimmond fields), both in terms of heavy mineral and garnet geochemical data. The Brimmond-Maule and Forties sandstones therefore have different provenances and are genetically unrelated, indicating that the sandstones in the Maule field did not originate by the fluidization of Forties sandstones. By contrast, the provenance characteristics of the depositional Brimmond sandstones are closely comparable with sandstone intrusions in the Maule field. We conclude that the injectites in the Maule field formed by the fluidization of depositional Brimmond sandstones but do not exclude the important function of water from the huge underlying Forties Sandstone Member aquifer as the agent for developing the fluid supply and elevating pore pressure to fluidize and inject the Eocene sand. The study has demonstrated that heavy mineral provenance studies are an effective method of tracing the origin of injected sandstones, which are increasingly being recognized as an important hydrocarbon play.
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sandstone intrusions
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Morton, A., McFadyen, S., Hurst, A., Pyle, J., & Rose, P. (2014). Constraining the origin of reservoirs formed by sandstone intrusions: Insights from heavy mineral studies of the Eocene in the Forties area, United Kingdom central North Sea. AAPG Bulletin, 98(3), 545-561. https://doi.org/10.1306/06141312191
Constraining the origin of reservoirs formed by sandstone intrusions : Insights from heavy mineral studies of the Eocene in the Forties area, United Kingdom central North Sea. / Morton, Andrew; McFadyen, Sean; Hurst, Andrew; Pyle, Jeff; Rose, Philip.
In: AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 98, No. 3, 03.2014, p. 545-561.
Morton, A, McFadyen, S, Hurst, A, Pyle, J & Rose, P 2014, 'Constraining the origin of reservoirs formed by sandstone intrusions: Insights from heavy mineral studies of the Eocene in the Forties area, United Kingdom central North Sea', AAPG Bulletin, vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 545-561. https://doi.org/10.1306/06141312191
Morton A, McFadyen S, Hurst A, Pyle J, Rose P. Constraining the origin of reservoirs formed by sandstone intrusions: Insights from heavy mineral studies of the Eocene in the Forties area, United Kingdom central North Sea. AAPG Bulletin. 2014 Mar;98(3):545-561. https://doi.org/10.1306/06141312191
Morton, Andrew ; McFadyen, Sean ; Hurst, Andrew ; Pyle, Jeff ; Rose, Philip. / Constraining the origin of reservoirs formed by sandstone intrusions : Insights from heavy mineral studies of the Eocene in the Forties area, United Kingdom central North Sea. In: AAPG Bulletin. 2014 ; Vol. 98, No. 3. pp. 545-561.
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Building a diverse supply base is an essential aspect of our commitment to supporting economic development, job creation and diversity in local communities. For 35 years, PG&E has embraced working with diverse suppliers and small businesses as a core part of our business strategy: supporting our mission to provide safe, reliable, affordable and clean energy.
PG&E actively works to bring diverse business enterprises (DBEs)—small businesses owned by women, minorities, service-disabled veterans and LGBT individuals—into our supply chain. We also connect DBEs with other organizations to help grow their business and empower them to succeed in today's economy.
Our efforts include workshops and capacity-building training that, among other things, support safe, cybersecure, environmentally sustainable and thriving suppliers. All of this reflects how we prioritize diversity and believe in its power to improve our communities and enhance the quality and cost-effectiveness of our supply chain.
Championing Diverse Suppliers
PG&E honored by Minority Business News Magazine for supplier diversity
Minority Business News Magazine named PG&E Corporation Chairman, CEO and President Tony Earley to its 2015 Best of the Decade list. The award honors individuals who have been steadfast in their commitment to driving supply chain minority business development for a decade or more. PG&E was the only gas and electric provider to receive the award.
Within PG&E, we conduct formal and informal supplier diversity training for employees. This includes our group of Supplier Diversity Champions, who play a key role within their line of business by setting diversity goals, sharing best practices and monitoring progress, with the direct support of senior leadership. In addition, PG&E's annual Supply Chain Responsibility Awards recognize employees who have made the largest impact on our diversity efforts.
More than 200 volunteer outreach ambassadors represent PG&E at various diverse business community events and share information about how to do business with PG&E.
Focusing on Small Businesses
For the past four years, PG&E has partnered with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide capacity-building training to the diverse small business community. SBA is the only federal agency dedicated to providing loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses.
PG&E also hosted many other workshops throughout the year to support small businesses, including a forum in which invited government representatives, community-based organizations and experts from the financial sector exchanged views on how small businesses can gain quicker and easier access to capital.
Encouraging Prime Suppliers to Participate in Supplier Diversity
PG&E encourages its prime suppliers—those with over $500,000 in annual business with PG&E—to submit a supplier diversity plan, set a supplier diversity performance goal, report on subcontracting with diverse suppliers and then detail their progress toward these goals. To support prime suppliers through this process, PG&E offers monthly training sessions and a new "Prime Supplier Academy" covering topics such as the value of supply chain responsibility and connecting with other businesses.
Strengthening Suppliers and Relationships
PG&E offers a wide variety of technical assistance and training programs to suppliers, many in conjunction with community organizations. These initiatives help diverse suppliers build their business acumen and include scholarship opportunities from the UCLA Management Development for Entrepreneurs Program and the University of Washington Minority Business Executive Program.
PG&E continues to sponsor educational scholarships that help suppliers manage supply chain risk and improve quality via International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification. PG&E co-developed the first dual ISO web-based certification training for diverse suppliers.
Additionally, PG&E is encouraging mature diverse suppliers to explore and leverage new technologies by sponsoring their participation in the University of California Advanced Technology Management Institute, an executive training initiative.
PG&E's Technical Assistance Program includes signature training offerings for diverse suppliers, with an emphasis in 2015 on cybersecurity:
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In 2015, PG&E spent an all-time high of $2.5 billion with diverse suppliers, representing 44 percent of our total spending. This was the fourth consecutive year that PG&E exceeded $2 billion and the 10th consecutive year PG&E exceeded the CPUC's goal of 21.5 percent.
In addition, PG&E's supplier diversity subcontracting performance increased, with prime suppliers reporting more than $618.4 million in spending with DBEs, representing an 8.7 percent increase over the prior year.
Highlights from 2015 include:
Strengthened training for prime suppliers. Through our new Prime Supplier Academy, we launched courses and programs for prime suppliers covering the role that supply chain diversity and sustainability play in corporate strategies and providing tools to support their efforts.
Enhanced training on cybersecurity. One of the first of its kind in the country, PG&E's Diverse Suppliers are Cyber-Secure training aims to strengthen the cybersecurity of small and diverse businesses. We enhanced the workshops with presentations from cybersecurity experts from the FBI and private sector.
Helped small and diverse businesses address financial challenges. Part of our commitment to the White House SupplierPay Initiative, we offer a needs-based program that provides technical and financial assistance to small and diverse businesses with cash flow challenges. PG&E was the first gas and electric provider and one of the initial 26 companies to sign onto the SupplierPay Initiative.
Increased focus on LGBT businesses. PG&E worked with the SBA and National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce to host the first LGBT Business Builder event, a session designed to remove barriers and increase access to strategic growth opportunities for LGBT-owned businesses. The workshop provided businesses with information on gaining third-party certification and how to take advantage of resources and information from the SBA for procurement contracts.
Earning recognition
In 2015, PG&E was recognized as one of America's top corporations for our support of women's business enterprises by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council, was named to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's Million Dollar Club for our investment in Hispanic-owned businesses and ranked in the top 40 companies for diversity by Black Enterprise Magazine, among other honors.
In 2015, PG&E spent $5.6 billion on products and services, an 8.7 percent increase of $448.3 million compared to the prior year. In comparison, at $2.5 billion, our diverse spending increased by 16.9 percent, or more than $356.8 million—significantly surpassing the general rate of increase in overall procurement.
Highlights include the following all-time highs in 2015:
Minority business enterprises: $1.6 billion, a 16.6 percent increase
Woman business enterprises: $723.1 million, a 16.3 percent increase
Service-disabled veteran business enterprises: $154.6 million, a 23.6 percent increase
5-Year Supplier Diversity Trend
Total DBE $ (millions)
$1,611 $2,052 $2,317 $2,112 $2,468
Total DBE %
36.6% 38.8% 42.1% 40.9% 44.0%
Supplier Diversity and Small Business Results
2013 (%)
Grand Total Footnote 1
Minority Men 19.8 19.0 20.2
Minority Women 7.6 7.4 8.1
Minority Business Enterprise 27.4 26.4 28.4
Women Business Enterprise (WBE) 12.5 12.1 12.9
Subtotal Women, Minority Business Enterprise (WMBE) 39.8 38.5 41.3
Service-Disabled-Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) 2.3 2.4 2.8
Total DBE
Utility Target 38.5 40.0 41.0
Non-Diverse Small Business Footnote 1 7.1 7.5 6.2
2013 ($ millions)
Supplier Diversity Spend Footnote 1 2,317 2,112 2,468
Non-Diverse Small Business Enterprise Spend 393 385 349
Total Diverse and Small Business Spend Footnote 1 2,710 2,497 2,818
1. Beginning with the 2015 reporting period, PG&E is reporting Small Business Enterprise results on a calendar-year basis. Previous-year reporting on small business enterprise spending aggregated partial year results (October through December of the previous year plus January through September of the reporting year). This accounts for the changes in percentages and spending totals reflected in the 2013 and 2014 data versus what was previously reported. Return to table
PG&E will continue to expand our supplier diversity program, outreach and support with a focus in 2016 that includes:
Continuing to educate the small and diverse business community about the importance of having rigorous safety programs
Promoting increased prime supplier support of PG&E's supplier diversity initiatives through education and training
Supporting executive training initiatives that encourage mature diverse businesses to consider competing for opportunities in emerging technology
Providing scholarships for quality and environmental systems certification to help diverse businesses build the necessary practices for successful, scalable growth
Focusing on LGBT business growth through targeted outreach and workshops on how to do business with PG&E


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COCONUT RESEARCH BOARD v. FERNANDO
004-SLLR-SLLR-1994-V1-COCONUT-RESEARCH-BOARD-v.-FERNANDO.pdf
COCONUT RESEARCH BOARD
FERNANDO, J.
PERERA. J.
WIJETUNGA. J.
S.C. APPEAL NO. 2/93H.C. NEGOMBO NO. 8/91JUNE 28TH, 1993.
Industrial Dispute – Jurisdiction of the Provincial High Court in Appeals from theL.T. – Constitution, Article 154 P (3) (c) – High Court (Special Provisions) Act, No.19. of 1990, Section 4.
The Applicant-Respondent filed an application to the Labour Tribunal in July,1987. The employer-appellant filed the answer in September, 1987. Bothdocuments referred to the 'Labour Tribunal" but did not further describe theLabour Tribunal. The parties were resident/situated within the North WesternProvince. The applicants replication referred to the "Labour Tribunal No. 21,Negombo Circuit Chilaw."
Proceedings were held by the President, Labour Tribunal – Negombo, sitting atChilaw. In the course of the proceedings an order was made on a preliminaryobjection and the caption of the order read "In the Labour Tribunal No. 21 -Circuit Chilaw". In the final order made on 26.5.91 it was captioned "LabourTribunal 21 – Negombo" without reference to circuit Chilaw. On 1.8.1991 thePresident made a correction to the earlier order but again as "President, LabourTribunal Negombo."
The employer-appellant appealed from the said order to the High Court ofWestern Province, and an objection was taken up by an Applicant-Respondentthat the High Court of Western Province had no jurisdiction and that an appealshould have been tiled in the High Court of North Western Province.
Under Article 154 P(3) (c) of the Constitution Parliament was empowered toconfer additional jurisdictions and powers on the High Court for the Province.Under Act No. 19 of 1990 the High Court for the Province was granted appellate
jurisdiction in respect of orders made by the Labour Tribunals within thatProvince. Section 4 confers the right on the party aggrieved by an order of theLabour Tribunal to appeal to the High Court for the province within which suchLabour Tribunal is situated. Also the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act No. 32of 1990 gives the right of appeal to the High Court lor the Province within whichthe Labour Tribunal concerned was situated. Thus the statutory provision refers tothe province within which the tribunal is 'situate1.
'Situation' is far more appropriate to refer to the physical location of the Tribunalrather than to some other place where the President happened to exercise someof his functions on a particular occasion. Further the Tribunal also described itselfas the Labour Tribunal, Negombo, in its order.
Therefore the order made in the present case having been made by LabourTribunal, Negombo, comes within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the WesternProvince.
Case referred to:
Jaffarjee v. Subramaniam {1969) 71 NLR 518APPEAL from order of the District Court
Asoka de Silva D.S. G. with R. Nawinne S.C. for employer-appellant.
A. D. de Silva with Namal Punchihewa and S. Weerakoon for appellant-respondent.
Curadv vult.
The applicant-respondent filed an application to the Labour Tribunalin July, 1987 and the employer-appellant filed its answer inSeptember, 1987. Both documents referred to the 'Labour Tribunal"but did not further describe the Labour Tribunal. The applicant-respondent was resident, and the employer-institution was situated,within the North-Western Province. In the applicant's replication theLabour Tribunal was referred to as "Labour Tribunal No. 21Negombo-circuit Chilaw." It is the common ground that thereafterproceedings were held by the President, Labour Tribunal-Negombo,sitting at Chilaw. The record of each day's proceedings is headed"Labour Tribunal circuit at Chilaw. In the course of the proceedings
Coconut Research Board v. Fernando (Fernando, J.)
an order was made on a preliminary objection, and the caption to thatorder reads "In the Labour Tribunal No. 21 – circuit at Chilaw" andwas signed by the President as "Labour Tribunal No. 21 – circuit atChilaw". It was apparently delivered at Chilaw on 9th February, 1988.Parties also filed written submissions. The applicant's writtensubmissions referred to the "Labour Tribunal, Chilaw circuit". The finalorder made on 25th June, 1991 is captioned "Labour Tribunal 21Negombo". There is no reference to the circuit at Chilaw. ThePresident gave his designation as "President, Labour Tribunal 21 -Negombo" and the order was signed at Negombo on 25th June,1991. Again on 1st August 1991, as "President, Labour Tribunal 21Negombo", he made a correction in respect of his order. Theemployer-appellant lodged an appeal against that order in the HighCourt of the Western Province. That appeal was taken up forconsideration by the High Court Judge exercising jurisdiction atNegombo. In the course of the submissions, an objection was takenby the applicant that the High Court of the Western Province had nojurisdiction; and that it was only the High Court of the North WesternProvince (that is, the High Court Judge sitting at Chilaw) which hadjurisdiction in respect of an appeal against the order of the LabourTribunal.
Under Article 154P(3) (C) Parliament was empowered to conferadditional jurisdictions and powers on the High Court for theProvince. Under the High Court (Special Provisions) Act No. 19 of '90,the High Court for the Province was granted appellate jurisdiction inrespect of orders made by the Labour Tribunal within that province.Section 4 conferred the right on the party aggrieved by an order ofthe Labour Tribunal to appeal to the High Court for the provincewithin which such Labour Tribunal is situated. Similarly by theIndustrial Disputes (Amendment) Act No. 32 of 1990 the right ofappeal was given to the High Court for the province within which theLabour Tribunal concerned was situated. Mr. A. A. de Silva for theapplicant contends that in determining where the Tribunal wassituated, for the purpose of these provisions, one has to take intoaccount firstly, the fact that the Labour Tribunal has all-islandjurisdiction; (Jafferjee v. Subramaniamin) secondly the place ofresidence of parties, and thirdly the place where the Presidentfunctions (and in this case, the fact that all the evidence was
[1994] 1 Sri LR.
recorded in Chilaw). He further submits that the purpose of Article154 P was to enable parties to have their dispute finally adjudicatedin the Province in which they reside. He therefore submits that theTribunal whose order is challenged in this case could be regarded ashaving been situated in Chilaw.
We are unable to uphold that submission. The statutory provisionsrefer to the Province within which the Tribunal is 'situate'. We mustassume that the legislature intended to refer to some definite, easilyascertainable, factor rather than a vague or indeterminate factor.'Situation' is far more appropriate to refer to the physical location ofthe Tribunal (and its office) rather than to some other place where thePresident happened to exercise some of his functions on a particularoccasion; it refers to a permanent physical link, rather than to atransient or temporary presence in a place. For instance, if pleadingswere filed in one place, and the proceedings took place in two orthree other locations, and the order was made in yet another place,there would be a considerable difficulty in determining where theTribunal was situated; if situation was intended to refer to the placewhere it exercised its functions.
There is also the important consideration that the Tribunal in itsorder described itself as the Labour Tribunal Negombo.
In these circumstances it is clear that the order made in thepresent case was made by the Labour Tribunal at Negombo; that theTribunal was situated within the Western Province; and that the HighCourt Western Province functioning at Negombo, had jurisdiction todetermine the appeal. The order of the High Court holding that it hadno jurisdiction is set aside. Counsel do not wish us to adjudicateupon the merits of the case, on which we therefore express no view.The High Court for the Western Province sitting at Negombo isdirected to hear and determine the appeal on the merits asexpeditiously as possible. There will be no costs of appeal.
Appeal allowed.


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Кубок Чемпионов 1999 (, также известен как Liverpool Victoria Champions Cup 1999 — по названию спонсора) — профессиональный нерейтинговый (пригласительный) снукерный турнир, проходивший c 28 августа по 5 сентября 1999 года в Лондоне, Англия. Победителем турнира стал Стивен Хендри, обыгравший в финале Марка Уильямса со счётом 7:5.

Призовой фонд турнира составил 175 000 фунтов стерлингов. Победитель «получал всё», то есть весь призовой фонд.

Результаты

Групповой турнир

В каждой группе играли по 5 снукеристов, в плей-офф выходили по двое, набравших лучшие показатели по итогам трёх матчей. При равном количестве выигранных матчей в следующий раунд выходил тот, у кого лучшая разница выигранных/проигранных фреймов.

Группа А

 МВ — выиграно матчей
 ФВ — выиграно фреймов
 ФП — проиграно фреймов

Группа В

Плей-офф

Примечания

Ссылки

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New Endowment at the University of West Georgia by Cane Bay Partner David Johnson
Nothing characterizes an exceptional learning institution more than dedicated financial support from successful alumni.
One establishment that enjoys such recognition operates amid the Appalachian foothills. Located a few miles from Greater Atlanta in the small city of Carrollton, the University of West Georgia has earned the patronage of former business student and current Management Consultant David Johnson. He graduated in 1996 from the Richards College of Business with a BBA and MIS before pursuing a Master's degree at Georgia State. His years at UWG prepared him thoroughly for his far-reaching career in administration, risk management, consultation, marketing, and information technology.
In 2009, Johnson founded the renowned Cane Bay Partners, a company that operates out of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The David Johnson Cane Bay partnership operates concurrently as the international enterprise Strategic Link Consulting, for which Johnson is an associate. The highly demanded financial advisor still attributes much of his success to the education he acquired at UWG.
Among David Johnson's many contributions to his alma mater are endowments for scholarships and cutting-edge business programs. In 2011, he set up two funds that are greatly enhancing the university's effectiveness. The Johnson Presidential Scholarship Fund supplies the Honors College with the means to provide a monetary award to one outstanding student each year. This project satisfies the sponsor's desire to help aspiring undergraduates realize their goals by offering financial assistance.
Since Johnson's own educational opportunities were afforded through the benefaction of others, he firmly believes that his donations are both practical and necessary. His Applied Econometrics and Analytics Fund enables the UWG Economics Department to train students in the area of programming with SAS Statistical Software. As a result of this innovative curriculum and hands-on experience, technologically skilled graduates of the Richards College of Business are well-equipped for internships and specialized positions.
SAS Certification is available at the undergraduate level through only a handful of universities. Nearly all the top performing companies, however, utilize the software for applications ranging from data entry to time series analysis. Since the sophisticated system is an integral part of the modern world of finance, Consultant David Johnson recently gave another significant grant to the Applied Econometrics and Analytics Fund. This contribution will guarantee the funding for a long-term professor over the SAS program and continue the achievement of tomorrow's most promising entrepreneurs. His bequest is a legacy gift–a generous endowment that will etch the donor's image into the minds of pupils and faculty members for years to come. Such gifts can also be administered in the form of property, insurance policies, trusts, and other types of assets.
Although Johnson personally attended several universities, he is partial to UWG because of the impact of his experience there as a young man. He was honored as Freshman Student of the Year and accepted into Kappa Sigma a short time after his arrival. He went on to participate in the Student Government and homecoming festivities. The memory of his early days in college motivates this dedicated alumnus to back his favorite place of matriculation and to promote the advancement of their College of Business. Administrators at UWG strive to oversee the best university in the U.S. In honor of his generosity, David Johnson is recognized by the McIntosh Circle, an exclusive group that actively preserves the notoriety of "legacy givers".
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JUDGE ALLOWS COUNTY TO SHED SEVEN FALLS
By Lightning Reports, Published: January 26, 2017
Seven Falls lots go on auction block for unpaid taxes
Vinson goes to prison
LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: New chapter, new questions at Seven Falls
Seven Falls value plunges again
County seeks bids for Seven Falls roadwork
Unable to recruit a developer to take over and faced with infrastructure costs far greater than a surety bond payment, Henderson County has given up on efforts to salvage the failed Seven Falls project and turned the money over to a court.
Henderson County Superior Court Judge Mark Powell on Thursday granted Henderson County's request to be relieved of further responsibility regarding Seven Falls Golf & River Development. After a previous lawsuit against the developer's insurance writer, the county obtained the proceeds of a $6 million surety bond due to the default of developer Keith Vinson, who is currently serving a federal prison sentence for defrauding Seven Falls lenders and property buyers. Vinson sold lots for a quarter-million dollars and up and promised a premium golf course, tennis courts and a retail and services village in the 900-lot development on the French Broad River in Etowah.
"After spending much effort and staff time searching for a new developer or another way to obtain the subdivision infrastructure promised to the lot purchasers, it became clear that there was neither enough money from the bond to complete the work nor an alternative method to reach that goal," County Attorney Russ Burrell said in a news release.
"While this litigation was pending, I know that I talked to 15 developers who were in the business of developing subdivisions, and I mean golf course subdivisions, not only locally but all over the country," he said in an interview. "None of them saw it as profitable enough to get involved."
Burrell also began negotiating with lot owners and their attorneys to see if they would be willing to organize as a homeowners association and take on the work of competing roads, water and sewer lines and other site work.
"They weren't willing to do that because they would have had to assess themselves additional money to do the work," Burrell said. Having exhausted options that they thought might salvage the project, county officials filed motion for summary judgment, shedding Henderson County from the state. Judge Powell agreed. The remaining money, $5,540,077.64, will go from the country treasury to the Superior Court. Powell will appoint a mediator, who is expected to hear from two sides who are in a dispute over how to disburse the money.
About 25 to 30 property owners, represented by Sharon Alexander, say a payout should be apportioned based on how much buyers paid for their lots. Developer Scott McElrath who bought around 75 lots from a South Carolina bank that had foreclosed on them, wants the payout to be an equal amount for each lot, regardless of the purchase price. McElrath is represented by Esther Manheimer, a land-use attorney who is also the mayor of Asheville.
"That is not our fight," Burrell said of the dispute. "The county will pay the remaining bond funds to the court. The court will then decide who gets what. That fight is going to be determined by the court unless there's some compromise" by the parties before then.
Henderson County is also seeking a change in state law that will prevent situations like Seven Falls from happening again.
State law sets out the requirement in which developers must have a surety bond as insurance against a project's failure, as happened at Seven Falls. But it says nothing about what happens "if the work isn't done and it doesn't say what happens if there's not enough money," Burrell said.
Burrell has repeatedly told his bosses on the Board of Commissioners that the county was sailing in uncharted waters because state law fails to spell out what happens in a failed development with an inadequate bond. He said he spent hours this week talking with bill drafters in the state Legislature who are writing a bill that would fix the problems. State Rep. Chuck McGrady, who was on the Board of Commissioners when Seven Falls was approved in 2006, supports the bill, Burrell said.


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Campiglossa freyae is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Campiglossa of the family Tephritidae found in Argentina.

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Insects described in 1928
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Murder in the Jungle
From the LAPD blog:
On Sunday, Sept. 24, three-year-old Kaitlyn Avila was shot and killed by suspected gang members in front of her Baldwin Village home.
The gunman, described as a black man in his early 20s, first opened fire on Cesar Avila, 24, the girl's father. Today, Avila remains hospitalized in critical condition. The afternoon attack took place as Avila was helping his two daughters get out of their car. Kaitlyn's five-year-old sister witnessed the shooting but was uninjured.
Chief Bratton, City and community leaders and several of the victim's family members rallied Sept. 27 to condemn the violent act and seek community support in the apprehension of the assailants.
"This past Sunday a child was brutally murdered," said Chief Bratton. "By all accounts, this murder was in fact an execution. This senseless, unprovoked and cowardly act is a clear reminder that there are some among us whose only intention is to harm others."
The Jungle used to be a nice place, but that was 35 years ago when it was new. By the mid 70s it slid downhill and soon became the home of the Bloods. This blighted neighborhood has been a stain on this area of Southwest LA which has nice homes on all four sides. Something has got to change.
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Posted on December 2, 2020 by Schultz Family Foundation
Mercedes, age 20.
Host site: Three Rivers Christian School in Longview, WA
"We've only been in Longview for about six months. When we first moved here, I was nine months pregnant. After my maternity leave with my son, I started working at the chicken factory. We're originally from the Tri-Cities area but moved to Long Beach for better job opportunities for my daughter. I have two kids: my three-year-old, Olivia, and my 4-month old son, Oliver. Oliver just had neurosurgery because his skull bones had formed too early. He's one-week post-op today. Babies are so resilient. A couple of hours after surgery, he was smiling.
We lived in Long Beach for about three years. We had a 1.5 bedroom that was perfect for our little family, but we couldn't all fit once my son was born. And rentals in Long Beach are one in a million. Everyone just buys a house there and comes once a month for a vacation home, making rentals impossible. We had to move to Longview so that we had more room for my son.
When I lived in Long Beach, I was a home care aid. The person that I cared for got COVID and passed away. That was when COVID was getting bad, back in March. I was on a personal contract, and that was around the time I was pregnant. Right now, my health care career is on pause. It's not something I want to risk because I was working with the elderly population and I'm out in the hospital a lot for my son's appointments.
I had a job here at the chicken factory. But I couldn't work there anymore. It was the same thing over and over and over again. I wanted fulfillment at the end of the day. I wanted to feel like I was giving back to my community and doing something that was making an impact. Something that will be here once I'm gone. I was so tired of working the 9 to 5 and having nothing to show for it. At the end of the day, when I went home, my daughter would ask me what I did today. It was always the same thing. I moved chicken from point A to point B, over and over. And I stood in the same spot. I was just a number in a line. Versus now, I'm a coordinator of a whole agriculture program. I take care of bees; I'm a beekeeper; I'm a farmer; I tend to goats. I have so many different titles now and it's all thanks to the COVID Response Corps and AmeriCorps. I'm very thankful. It got my family and me out of a big rut. Anyone can put two pieces of chicken on a thing and send it down the line. I would rather be feeding the chickens like I do now. Now I look forward to going to work in the morning.
This program is important because it will give back to our community for years and years to come. It's amazing that the COVID Response Corps has implemented this to actively help. We have seen food scarcity, especially at Lower Columbia CAP; there have been more people coming in and getting food baskets. A lot of people are out of their jobs because they're just scared. They're scared to bring it home to their families. We have a lot of people in Cowlitz County, just going on unemployment. That's affecting how everything functions here. All the stores are closing down. When you start closing stuff down like that, it starts getting into people's heads just how real it is. Job security is a big issue in Cowlitz County. We have areas that people are really struggling.
In the spring, we'll have tons of food to give back to the community. It's just an awesome way to give back. Everybody is always so worried about themselves sometimes that it's important for people to look at the bigger picture to see what's really needed. At Three Rivers Christian School, we're doing the permaculture thing. We're doing a lot of prep work right now because we're doing a no-dig garden, so we're not digging into the ground. We lay out newspaper and cardboard over the whole area to kill all the leaves. And then we're putting wood chips and mulch on top of it. Over the winter, it will feed the soil. Then during the spring, we'll punch through that mulch and cardboard and then plant in that. That big garden we're establishing will give food back to the community for tons of years to come. It's super awesome.
I'm hoping to do another term with AmeriCorps and want to use the Segal education award, which is $6,000 per term, and use it to go to nursing school and further my career. This program is awesome and sets us up for our future. It was something I was struggling with, the schooling aspect, so hopefully, after all of this is over, I'm able to further my career. I'm still young. I still have plenty of time to get my schooling in. Hopefully, I can get my CNA, my RN, and then work in the hospital like I want to and help people. At the end of the day, I want to do something bigger than myself.
I think that this is the best decision that I have personally made. It sounds a bit intimidating when you first go into it all, and there is a lot to learn. But once you go through orientation and get set up with your host site, they're super responsive. It's great people who are meeting other great people. It's a way to give back to your community. I love it. I'm super excited."
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It is interesting. The poet and the girl spent hours together in a crowd. The crowd is a group of stand-alone people. Hence practically for the poet, the girl was non existent. The moment she stole a glance and threw a smile, as far as the poet is concerned, she only existed there, none else. This explains what a relationship is. It is the 'connect' between two entities without which each is a stand-alone, non-existent entity for the other.
The colour and strength of relationship: Thus any 'connect' is a relationship. Like a vector in physics it has a magnitude and a direction. In other words, it has intensity and a valence (positive or negative). Let us discuss the valence first. Like love, hatred is also a relationship if that is what connects two individuals. Even if someone chooses to ignore the other person it speaks of a relationship because he is doing something to the other. So any 'connect' love or hatred, concern or jealousy, praise or condemnation speaks of a relationship. Then comes the intensity. One loves another but how much; one hates another but how strongly. The intensity of a relationship determines the behaviour. Intensity, in itself, is determined by two things- one, the personality of the person as to how strongly he feels about whatever he feels ; two, his experience with the other person with whom he strikes his relationship. It is the intensity of love that drove Heer-Ranjha, Romeo-Juliet or Laila-Majnu to die. People love, fail and learn to live with it. But the above characters chose otherwise. The intensity of relationship drives intense responses both constructive and destructive.
Relationship and expectation: These are closely intertwined. In fact each influences the other. One's behaviour is perceived in the background of expectation the other has from him. How is this expectation formed? It is formed on the basis of one's past experience and his perceived definition of the relationship. Often an apparently good behaviour is not good enough when much more is expected and similarly a bad behaviour is not bad enough if a far worse one was apprehended. It may therefore be interesting to note that some Management teachers include Customer Expectation Management to be a part of their strategy for Customer satisfaction.
Relationship and Communication: Communication is an important tool for shaping relationship. Again a few lines of a poem written by me.
Relationship and attachment: Is attachment a relationship? Attachment develops with animate or inanimate objects when they are together with us for a period of time. It is 'used to being together'. It thins down when the person or the thing is taken away physically. One feels uneasy temporarily as he was used to it but the bonding at emotional level is not strong enough to continue the feeling of loss over a period of time.
Relationship and exclusivity: A young boy approached a girl in his class and asked her, "Do you love me?" The girl answered, "Yes, sure, I love all my classmates". Does the boy feel satisfied? The girl, in this case, is not expressing her love for the boy (although he is a classmate and comes in the purview of her love); rather she is making a personality statement –' I am a loving person'. A relationship is often enriched only when bestowed with some exclusivity. Every relationship is unique and the concerned persons must feel it as such. What the English poet GM Hopkins calls 'thisness' is applicable here too. Every relationship has a 'thisness' to it.
Relationship in a time horizon: It is said that relationship grows with the passage of time. True. But in which direction? Relationship is like a young plant which needs to be regularly watered to grow and shine. It has risk of losing the spark and withering away unless it is regularly fed and taken care of consciously. Please mark the following lines where the poet describes a man-woman relationship on which time has taken a toll.
The greatest threat to a relationship is 'being taken for granted'. Relationship grows depending on how well you feed it and at what frequency.
As the relationship grows strong, it can withstand the minor onslaughts on its journey. It is rightly said that the strength of a friendship is determined by its ability to absorb the unfriendly behaviour.
It is good to start a relationship but it is great to make it stay long and strong.


This is a wide and varied spectrum of cultural activities for the visitor to avail of in Minorca. You should definitely pay a visit to the numerous prehistoric settlements and monuments scattered found all around the island: the Naveta des Tudons, Torralba d'en Salort, Torre d'en Galmés or Calascoves, among many others.
There is also plenty of museums to choose from, to visit such as the Museum de la Natura in Ferreries; Dioscesan and Municipal Museum (Diocesà i Museu Municipal des Bastió de sa Font) in Ciutadella; Museu de Menorca i Museu Hernández-Sanz in Maó; as well as the Military Museum (Museu Militar) and the Fortress Marlborough in Es Castell.
The main cultural events in the islands social calendar are The International Opera Week which takes place in Maó; the Summer Music Festival and the concerts at the Capella Davídica in Ciutadella; the International Organ Festival in Santa Maria de Maó and in the Cathedral of Ciutadella; as well as an ever increasing variety of musical events which take place on the island.


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In yet another tragic setback for Nigeria's counter-terrorism war, at least 167 police officers have absconded from a training facility after being told they would be deployed in active combat against Boko Haram insurgents.
The fleeing officers, who have now been declared wanted with potentially grave consequences if found, were amongst the 2,000 additional police officers recently drafted by Inspector-General Ibrahim Idris to complement the efforts of the military against rampaging terrorists in the volatile North-east.
The officers did not submit their arms, ammunition and other official equipment in their possession when they fled, introducing a serious security threat to their abscondment.
Mr Idris deployed them after Boko Haram's invasion of Nigerian Army 157 Task Force Battalion on November 18 prompted calls for intensified synergy amongst security agencies.
They were sent on an induction training at the Nigerian Army Special Forces Training School in Buni Yadi, Yobe State. But many of them started fleeing last weekend after learning that they would be deployed to locations where Boko Haram fighters are still active, especially communities along Nigeria's border with Niger and Chad Republic.
Top security officials briefed on the development said the mobile police officers had expected to be deployed around Maiduguri, the capital of Boko Haram's heartland of Borno State, and other relatively peaceful settlements in the region.
"It was after their training when they were told that they will be deployed to the frontlines that many absconded," the official said under strict anonymity because the matter was still being handled with utmost secrecy amongst the military and police leadership. "They thought they will be deployed in town to mount checkpoints and be extorting innocent citizens."
The official, however, said the public should be reluctant in condemning the police officers, saying their action was largely informed by the recent development in the counter-terrorism operations.
"They are seeing how the operation is being mismanaged by an incompetent and corrupt Army leadership, and therefore do not want to suffer the same fate as soldiers who are being wasted carelessly in large number," the official said.
Another senior mobile police officer in one of the units affected questioned both the training and deployment of the officers.
"When did the police start sending its officers to army training school when we have our own. Even when they are deployed for joint operations, each agency trains its own," the officer said. He confirmed that the various heads of the mobile units had been informed about the deserters and given orders to find them.
Neither the police nor the Nigerian Army was willing to comment on the development when reached on Thursday morning. But this newspaper has obtained documents showing that all the 167 officers who absconded have been declared wanted.
Security sources said messages had been sent to different mobile police units where the 167 officers were respectively drawn, with strident instruction that they must be tracked down, arrested and produced with escort because they might be harmful, especially since they fled with their arms.
The alert was sent to about 25 mopol units in 20 states across the country, with their names and service numbers attached. Like the military, there are usually serious consequences for refusing deployment in the police.
Since the officers are still within the rank-and-file, they are likely to face orderly room proceeding if found, and disciplinary actions could range from long suspension to outright dismissal, depending on the trial officer and individual context.
A WORSENING INSURGENCY HUSHED UP
Military sources said the disappearance of the 167 police officers, when considered alongside the string of attacks on military bases by Boko Haram, showed that the military leadership was insincere about the state of the war against the insurgency.
Mr Buratai often warns military personnel against sending out details about developments on the battlefronts, saying such disclosure could demoralise troops.
This is despite President Muhammadu Buhari and service chiefs' perennial insistence that the insurgency had been defeated, ascribing frequent deadly attacks to the sect's remnants hibernating along the fringes of Nigerian divide with Niger and Chad.
"The situation is really terrible in the North-East," a military chief said of the nearly 10-year-old war. "It has never been as bad as it is right now."
Security analysts acknowledged there were initial successes between late 2014 and late 2015, but this was largely attributed to foreign mercenaries who were contracted by the last administration.
Dozens of attacks have been carried out against Nigerian military formations since July, leaving hundreds of soldiers dead amidst fear of a resurgent sect.
But the military rejected insinuations that the insurgents had regrouped, pointing to its recorded gains of pushing them back into the fringes of three states of the North-east, as against several states they were operating in before 2015.
The military said asides being confined to fewer states along the Nigerian border with Niger, Chad and Cameroon, the sect has also been prevented from being able to carry out attacks on major Nigerian cities like Kano, Abuja and Kaduna, where it detonated several explosives in the past, including the bombing of the United Nations office in Abuja.
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New Research: Omicron less severe than Delta variant
December 23, 2021 by meziesblog.com, posted in News
People with Omicron are significantly less likely to develop severe symptoms, according to new analysis by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) released on Thursday.
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Early results suggest people are 30 to 45 per cent less likely to go to A&E if they are infected with Omicron rather than Delta.
They are also 50 to 70 per cent less likely to be admitted to hospital.
The findings also show that preventive effects of a booster COVID vaccine dose wane after 10 weeks but experts stressed that vaccines remain the best defence against severe disease.
"Omicron is spreading fast and the COVID-19 vaccine remains our best line of defence against it," said Dr Jenny Harries, UKHSA Chief Executive.
The UKHSA analysis is based on all cases of Omicron and Delta in the UK since the beginning of November, including 132 people admitted to hospital with the variant.
There have also been 14 deaths in people within 28 days of catching Omicron.
The findings coincide with two other studies based on real-world COVID-19 UK data, which also report that the Omicron variant is less severe than the Delta variant, with fewer infected people requiring hospitalisation.
It comes as the UK recorded another daily infections high of 119,789 COVID cases.
Research by Imperial College London found that people with PCR-confirmed Omicron are 40-45 per cent less likely to spend a night or more in hospital compared with Delta.
Those with Omicron after a previous infection are 50-60 per cent less likely to be hospitalised, compared with those with no previous infection.
However, the risk of hospitalisation is higher for those who are unvaccinated, according to the study.
"Our analysis shows evidence of a moderate reduction in the risk of hospitalisation associated with the Omicron variant compared with the Delta variant," said Imperial's Professor Neil Ferguson, who is the scientist associated with the UK's first complete stay at home lockdown during the first COVID wave in March 2020.
"However, this appears to be offset by the reduced efficacy of vaccines against infection with the Omicron variant," he cautioned.
The "high transmissibility" of Omicron could lead to health services facing "increasing demand" if cases grow at the rate seen recently, the scientist said after the UK recorded over 100,000 daily COVID infections on Wednesday.
The sample for the Imperial College study, which is yet to be peer-reviewed, included 56,000 Omicron cases and 269,000 Delta cases.
Another research by the University of Edinburgh and other experts in Scotland, based on a small sample of 15 people in hospital, also concluded a two-thirds reduction in the risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation when compared to Delta.
Dr Jim McMenamin, the national COVID-19 incident director for Public Health Scotland, said the findings were "a qualified good news story", but that it was "important we don't get ahead of ourselves".
He said a "smaller proportion of a much greater number of cases" could still mean a "substantial" number of people may experience severe COVID infections which could lead to hospitalisation.
Further data from South Africa suggests people catching COVID are 80 per cent less likely to be taken to hospital with Omicron, compared with other strains.
Patients are 70 per cent less likely to develop severe disease compared with Delta, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.
But worldwide researchers have stressed the severity of the variant could be different for other populations and also effects on older age groups is yet to be fully studied.
Ministers have stressed the UK government is constantly considering new COVID data, while other parts of the UK have already gone ahead with announcing post-Christmas rules of limiting numbers of households mixing.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have all set out restrictions from next week that will ban nightclubs and limit large groups from gathering.
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