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Aqua Pennsylvania Wasterwater Receives Conditional Acceptance for DELCORA Asset Purchase
AQUA PENNSYLVANIA WASTEWATER RECEIVES CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE FOR DELCORA ASSET PURCHASE
Important Next Step in Delivering Ratepayer Relief
CHESTER, PA (June 15, 2020) – The Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA) announced today that Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater, Inc., has received conditional acceptance of its application to acquire the assets of DELCORA from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. This is the next step in the acquisition process and merging the operations of the two entities.
"This conditional acceptance is an important next step in the PUC approval process," said Robert J. Willert, DELCORA Executive Director. "While the Delaware County Council continues to pursue strategies which will dramatically drive up ratepayers' rates and raid the assets which belong to ratepayer, our plan allows for the mandated capital and maintenance improvements while keeping rates at a manageable 3% annual increase."
The letter dated June 11 states, "The Commission writes to inform you that, upon review of the supplemental materials provided, it has conditionally accepted for filing the above-captioned application, as amended (Application)."
Background on Acquisition and Merger of Operations with Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater
On September 17, 2019 the DELCORA board of directors voted unanimously to approve the execution of an asset purchase agreement (APA) with Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater, Inc. and proceed with the proposed merger, pending Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approval. The purchase price is $276.5 million which will be used to pay off outstanding debt and reinvested in a DELCORA Ratepayer Trust Fund (Trust). The agreement comes after an exhaustive, consultative process which involved over 20 meetings with employees, municipal officials and the Delaware County Council as well as two public meetings with customers.
The acquisition and merger of operations is grounded in a Trust that would be used to offset customer bill increases. The Trust, announced at a public meeting on September 11, is expected to save an average retail customer $1,400 and will help to offset almost $1.2 billion in new and ongoing capital costs to meet soon to be enforced U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Long-Term Control Plan (LTCP) regulations as well as DELCORA's ongoing capital program.
DELCORA faces significant capital costs to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's Combined Sewer Long-Term Control Plan in Philadelphia and in Chester. A recent consent decree mandates that municipal wastewater authorities take steps to manage combined sewer systems including building new or replacing existing infrastructure. Because these mandates are unfunded, municipal authorities typically must increase rates to pay for the new capital costs.
The acquisition and merger of operations is now being reviewed by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
About DELCORA
The Delaware County Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA) is a municipal authority with an almost 50-year history of successfully treating wastewater for approximately 197,000 customers in 42 municipalities in Delaware and Chester counties. DELCORA is involved in the treatment of approximately 100 million gallons of wastewater every day. It is an independent municipal authority overseen by a board of directors.


As part of my "Completeist"article on Woody Allen —I've seen every single one of his movies—I grouped his films byquality , from "Masterworks" down to the truly "Bad." I think Crimesand Misdemeanors is as good a movie as Crimeand Punishment is a book (I do think Cand P is the greater art object, but that's another story); so naturally, Ilisted that title, along with Stardust Memories , Manhattan , Annie Hall , Broadway DannyRose , Love and Death , and The Purple Rose of Cairo , under"Masterworks." The "Bad" section included such atrocities as Celebrity , Anything Else , and HollywoodEnding .
Some of my ratings led to dissent in the comments (I wastaken to task for saying Zelig wasonly "OK") so we asked readers to weighin on their favorites and least favorites , picking up to five titles ineach category.
It turns out that our readers hew to the conventional wisdom.First, the results from the favorites poll. About 1,750 individuals cast 8,422votes (remember that each person could choose up to 5 films).
Onto the least favorites. About 1,070 individuals cast 4,555votes (as above, remember that each person could choose up to 5 films).
I listed Curse under"Bad" so I can't complain, but in my opinion Hollywood Ending and Celebrity are more offensive to the senses. I also think Scoop has its bright moments (it made the "OK" category in myrankings), but I'm not attached to it; I'll shed no tears for Scoop . What does shock me is the factthat a lot of good-to-masterwork-level films attracted some "least favorite"votes— Sleeper (35), Crimes and Misdemeanors (28), Hannah and Her Sisters (28), Manhattan (28), Love and Death (27), Take theMoney and Run (24), and Annie Hall (16). Are there really people out there who think Annie Hall is one of Woody Allen's worst films? Or were these votescast by haters trying to make a point? Analysis is welcome in thecomments.
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Vee-Jay Records, kurz Vee-Jay, war ein US-amerikanisches Musiklabel, das ab 1953 als Independent-Label erfolgreich im Rhythm-and-Blues-, Blues-, Jazz-, Gospel- und Popsektor Schallplatten veröffentlichte.

Gründer und Entstehung
Als die Radioansagerin Vivian Carter die Doo-Wop-Gruppe The Spaniels bei einem Auftritt sah, kam ihr die Idee zur Gründung eines Schallplattenlabels. Zusammen mit ihrem Partner Jimmy Bracken und einem Kredit von 500 US-Dollar gründete sie schließlich im April 1953 in Gary (Indiana) Vee-Jay Records, benannt nach den Anfangsbuchstaben ihrer Vornamen Vivian und Jimmy. Als Produzent und Promoter diente ihr Bruder Calvin Carter, während ab 1955 Ewart Abner von der im Dezember 1954 liquidierten Firma Chance Records die geschäftliche Seite der neuen Plattenfirma leitete. Gary war kein Zentrum für Talente, und auch wegen der Tonstudios entschied man sich für einen Umzug nach Chicago.

In Chicago wurde eine Studioband zusammengestellt, deren Kern William "Lefty" Bates (Gitarre) und Al Smith/Quinn B. Wilson (Bass) und Horace Palm oder Norman Simmons als Pianisten darstellten. James "Red" Holloway war zu Beginn Tenorsaxophonist, später kamen Lucius Washington ("Little Wash") und Cliff Davis hinzu. Baritonsaxophon spielte gewöhnlich McKinley "Mac" Easton. Den Platz am Schlagzeug nahmen abwechselnd Paul Gusman, Vernel Fournier und Alrock "Al" Duncan ein.

Erste Aufnahmen für Vee-Jay entstanden mit den Spaniels in den Bill Putnam gehörenden Tonstudios Universal Recording Corporation in Chicago bereits am 4. Mai 1953 mit der Single Baby It's You / Bounce (Vee-Jay #101), die nach ihrer Veröffentlichung im Juni 1953 als höchste Platzierung einen beachtlichen zehnten Rang der Rhythm-and-Blues-Hitparade einnahm. Im Katalog als erste Platte erschienen, aber erst am 29. Dezember 1953 aufgenommen, war jedoch Jimmy Reeds High and Lonesome / Roll and Rhumba (Vee-Jay #100), das nach seiner Veröffentlichung im Juli 1953 keine Chartnotierung erlangen konnte. Reeds sauberer Vortrag – meist spielte er Gitarre und Mundharmonika – inspirierte spätere Interpreten zum Cover seiner Kompositionen.

Am 16. Dezember 1953 heirateten die Label-Gründer. Zuvor waren die Spaniels am 23. September 1953 erneut im Tonstudio, wo mit Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite / You Don't Move Me entstand, das im Mai 1954 bis zum fünften Rang der Rhythm-and-Blues-Hitparade vordrang. Erster Tophit für das junge Label war das am 24. April 1954 mit den El Dorados eingespielte At My Front Door / What's Buggin' You Baby, das im September 1954 veröffentlicht wurde und mit einem 17. Rang in der Pophitparade einen beachtlichen Crossover-Erfolg erzielen konnte. Am 19. Oktober 1955 betrat Blues-Legende John Lee Hooker erstmals die Vee-Jay-Tonstudios in Chicago, um dort Mambo Chillun / Time Is Marching On (#164) aufzunehmen, veröffentlicht im Dezember 1955. Hooker konnte bereits zwei Tophits bei Modern Records (Boogie Chillen' und I'm In The Mood) vorweisen, bevor er im Oktober 1955 zu Vee Jay wechselte. Hooker war im Studio ungewöhnlich: er fand bei Texten keine guten Reime, spielte nur solo gut, alles wurde nur in einem Take aufgenommen, weil er nicht identisch wiederholen konnte. Das Label konnte seine früheren Erfolge – auch mangels überzeugendem Songmaterials – mit 14 erschienen Singles nicht mehr wiederholen. Einzig erwähnenswert ist seine klassische, oft gecoverte Komposition Dimples (mit dem Gitarristen Eddie Taylor), aufgenommen am 17. März 1956 und erschienen im August 1956 (Vee-Jay #205). Vee-Jay gewann weitere, bereits bekannte Bluesgrößen. Billy Boy Arnold nahm am 5. Mai 1955 seine Komposition I Wish You Would auf, Elmore James veröffentlichte im Mai 1957 Coming Home, Jerry Butler & The Impressions nahmen ihr klassisches For Your Precious Love im April 1958 auf. Die ungewöhnliche soul-ähnliche Ballade wiederholte nicht den Songtitel und besaß einen leichten Gospel-Unterton. Komplettiert mit Jerry Butlers Tenor konnte der Song den dritten Rang der R-and-B-Charts und Platz 11 der Pop-Charts erreichen. Und das trotz der organisatorischen Verwirrungen, denn die Platte war bei drei Plattenfirmen gleichzeitig erschienen: außer bei Vee-Jay auch bei Falcon (ein Tochterlabel von Vee-Jay) und bei Abner, das dem kaufmännischen Leiter von Vee-Jay gehörte.

Erster Millionenseller

Fast zehn Jahre seit Gründung waren vergangen, bis mit Gene Chandlers Duke of Earl / Kissin' in the Kitchen (#416) der erste Millionenseller des Labels, also die erste Single, von der eine Million Exemplare verkauft wurden, zu verzeichnen war. Das Stück mit dem ungewöhnlichen Bassstimmen-Intro ("Duke duke duke of Earl…") kam am 5. November 1961 auf den Markt, bereits zehn Tage nachdem Chandler einen Plattenvertrag unterschrieben hatte. Der am 30. August 1961 in den Universal Studios aufgenommene Song verharrte für drei Wochen auf dem ersten Platz der Pop-Charts. Innerhalb von nur vier Wochen seit Veröffentlichung überschritt das Lied die Millionen-Umsatzmarke und ist Gene Chandler zufolge vier Millionen Mal verkauft worden. Im selben Jahr stieg Abner zum Präsidenten des Labels auf.

Weitere Hits
Die erste weiße Gruppe für Vee-Jay waren die Four Seasons mit ihren berühmten Falsett-Stimmen. Gruppenmitglied Bob Gaudio hatte innerhalb von 15 Minuten einen Song geschrieben, den er zunächst "Jackie" (nach Jackie Kennedy) benannte. Four-Seasons-Produzent Bob Crewe benannte den Song in Sherry um und stellte ihn Vee-Jay vor. Produziert wurde das Stück im August 1962 und noch im selben Monat veröffentlicht. Am Tag nach dem Auftritt in der Fernsehsendung "The Ed Sullivan Show" wurde der Song 180.000 Mal verkauft, blieb für fünf Wochen die Nummer eins der Pop-Charts und wurde zwei Millionen Mal umgesetzt. Am 22. September 1962 wurde den Four Seasons in der Fernsehsendung "American Bandstand" dafür eine Goldene Schallplatte verliehen. Aus derselben Aufnahmesession stammte auch ihr nächster Hit Big Girls Don't Cry/Connie-O (Vee-Jay# 465), am 20. Oktober 1962 veröffentlicht. Auch er schaffte die Nr. 1 und wurde eine weitere Single, von der eine Million Tonträger verkauft wurden. Der dritte Hit war Walk Like a Man, der nach seiner Veröffentlichung im Januar 1963 ebenfalls die Spitze der Charts erreichte. Die Four Seasons verkauften insgesamt 175 Millionen Platten, einen Teil davon jedoch auch beim Plattenlabel Philips, zu dem sie im November 1963 gewechselt waren.

Beatles-US-Vertriebsrechte

Nachdem Capitol Records das Angebot ausgeschlagen hatte, die EMI-Vertriebsrechte für die USA für die Beatles zu übernehmen, sicherte sich Vee-Jay den fünfjährigen Vertrag im August 1962. Die erste US-Veröffentlichung einer Beatles-Single erfolgte am 25. Februar 1963 mit Please Please Me (Vee-Jay #498), dann erschien am 27. Mai 1963 From Me to You (#522), am 22. Juli 1963 wurde die LP Introducing… The Beatles nachgelegt, die zunächst erfolglos blieb, nach dem Durchbruch der Beatles am 27. Januar 1964 erneut – mit leicht verändertem Inhalt – veröffentlicht wurde und sich dann über eine Million Mal verkaufte. Am 26. Februar 1964 brachte Vee-Jay das Album Jolly What! The Beatles & Frank Ifield on Stage auf den Markt. Es enthielt vier bereits zuvor veröffentlichte Studioaufnahmen der Beatles. Die restlichen Titel waren Liveaufnahmen von Frank Ifield. Am 1. Oktober 1964 kam die Doppel-LP The Beatles vs. The Four Seasons heraus, die kein neues Material enthielt, sondern nur eine weitere Veröffentlichung von Introducing… The Beatles und einer Kompilation der Four Seasons war. Die zunächst in den USA skeptisch betrachteten Beatles wurden auch hier zu einem enormen Erfolg. Innerhalb eines Monats wurden im März 1964 von Vee-Jay insgesamt 2,6 Millionen Beatles-Platten verkauft. Die sonst ausschließlich für den US-Vertrieb von EMI-Platten zuständigen Capitol Records waren über den unerwarteten Erfolg und ihre Fehlentscheidung nicht begeistert und verklagten am 15. Januar 1964 Vee-Jay auf Unterlassung, womit Capitol jedoch Mitte Februar 1964 scheiterte. Die Streitigkeiten eskalierten, und wegen dieser Rechtsunsicherheit wurden außer bei Vee-Jay auch Beatles-Platten bei vier weiteren Labels veröffentlicht. Daran beteiligte sich auch das gerade gegründete Vee-Jay-Tochterlabel Tollie, auf dem am 2. März 1964 Twist and Shout (Tollie 9001) erschien. Vee-Jay wurde das Recht zugesprochen, bis zum 15. Oktober 1964 noch Beatles-Platten zu veröffentlichen. Verstrickt in viele Gerichtsverfahren und konfrontiert mit einem mächtigen Label wie Capitol Records, verzichtete Vee-Jay auf die Wahrnehmung des Fünf-Jahres-Vertrages.

Während eines Zeitraumes von dreieinhalb Monaten im Jahr 1964 hatten die Beatles zehn größere Hits auf sieben Singles von vier Plattenfirmen in den USA, ein Umstand, der noch nie vorgekommen war und bisher auch nicht wieder vorgekommen ist. Im Nachhinein kann festgestellt werden, dass der wenig planvolle und unkoordinierte Label-Wettbewerb, möglichst schnell und viel Profit mit Beatles-Platten abzuschöpfen, sowohl weiteren Umsatz verhinderte als auch den Beatles selbst schadete.

Kooperation mit Ace Records
Im Juli 1962 trat zwecks Kooperation das kleinere Label Ace Records an Vee-Jay heran. Es kam zum Abschluss eines Werbe- und Vertriebsvertrags, der Ace Records fünf Jahre lang die Summe von 500.000 Dollar pro Jahr garantierte. Damit konnte sich Ace vollständig auf Talentsuche und die Produktion von Schallplatten konzentrieren, während Vee-Jay sein Vertriebsnetz zur Verfügung stellte. Der erste Testfall war Venus in Blue Jeans mit Jimmy Clanton im August 1962. Vee-Jay bestritt die Zahl von 1,5 Millionen verkauften Exemplaren und leitete geringere Verkaufserlöse weiter. Vee-Jay überwies auch nicht die Erlöse von neuen lokalen Vertriebsfirmen. Und die alten Vertriebsfirmen zahlten nicht mehr, weil sie Ace schon in der Krise vermuteten. Obwohl Vee-Jay einen eigenen erfolgreichen Katalog vermarktete, konnte der Vertrag mit Ace wegen eigener finanzieller Schwierigkeiten nicht mehr erfüllt werden.

Niedergang
Auch die "million seller" konnten die sich ab 1963 abzeichnende Unternehmenskrise bei Vee-Jay nicht verhindern. Abner wurde mit anderen Vee-Jay-Angestellten im August 1963 entlassen, als die Four Seasons angeblich nicht die ihnen zustehenden Royalties erhielten und ihr Manager Bob Crewe deshalb die Plattenfirma verklagte. Nicht weniger als 64 Gerichtsverfahren waren zu jener Zeit zu Lasten von Vee-Jay anhängig.

Im Oktober 1965 wird noch Little Richards I Don't Know What You've Got (But It's Got Me) (Parts I & II) (komponiert von Don Covay) veröffentlicht, bleibt jedoch ohne größere Resonanz in der Hitparade. Weitere Singles aus dem Vee-Jay-Katalog sind ebenfalls erfolglos, und mit Katalognummer 715 erscheint als letzte Platte erneut For Your Precious Love / Give It Up von Jerry Butler. Die Four Seasons hatten das Label bereits im November 1963 verlassen.

Im Dezember 1965 versuchte man, den eingetretenen Liquiditätsengpass durch Verkauf der lukrativen Vee-Jay-Musikverlage Conrad Publishing, Tollie Music und Gladstone Music an Arc Music zu beseitigen. Es half nichts mehr, denn im Mai 1966 musste Vee-Jay Konkursantrag stellen. Die übrig gebliebenen Vermögensteile wurden im Jahre 1967 versteigert.

Statistik
Vee-Jay war die erste größere unabhängige, von Schwarzen geführte Plattenfirma und die erfolgreichste Firma dieser Art vor der Gründung von Motown Records. Mit über 700 Singles und über 160 Alben in fast allen Musikgenres vertreten, galt die Firma als unterkapitalisiert und besaß nicht die finanziellen Mittel, um Platten zügig zu pressen und zu vermarkten – die typische Schwäche unabhängiger Labels in den USA. Sicherlich hat die Krise bei Vee-Jay auch den Anschlusskonkurs von Ace Records mindestens verschärft, wenn nicht sogar verursacht.

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website von Vee-Jay Records (englisch)
 Mike Callahan: The Vee-Jay Story
 Discography for Vee-Jay Records

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Q: How to scan QR codes with a Nintendo 3DS? Okay, I really think I'm slightly insane. I looked for guides like this one, but I just can't find that on my 2DS camera software.
As I can't find such a guide for the Nintendo 2DS, I think that it uses the same software as the 3DS.
This is what guides tell me to look for in the camera software:

But I just don't have this button visible. This is how my camera app looks in the bottom screen:

That parrot gives me some basic help for the camera, but there seem to be no magic to morph him into a QR code button. How to achieve this?

A: The top picture is from the camera app built in to the main menu (accessed by pressing L + R at the home screen).
Your photo, however, is from the app "Nintendo 3DS Camera", which offers some more advanced photography options, but apparently not the ability to scan QR codes.

A: I'm not sure if you've figured it out already but, Don't go to the Camera App just hold down L + R and the camera that you're looking for will pop up, I was having this problem too.

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Q: MS-DOS Debugger, move to next memory location I am using DosBox and I have a string read in from the buffer using an interrupt. I know where the first character is stored in memory, how do I increment to the next character?
0100 mov ah, 0a
0102 mov dx, 111
0105 int 21
0107 mov dl, [113]      ;first character here
010b mov ah, 02
010d int 21
010f int 20
0111 db 0f

The question is how do I increment to the next character in the string? If I input the string "Hello" and then use inc dl it simply gives me the letter "I" instead of "e".

A: You need to pick a register to point at the current character.  Once you have this there are instructions to advance your pointer as well as instructions to read the byte the pointer is pointing to.
Since you don't know how many characters will be read by the user input function, and you want this function to work with any input value, you'll need some sort of loop so you only print as many characters as have been read, although if you wanted to make it simple, you could make it only print the first 3 characters regardless of what was typed in.  I'm going to assume you want to print out exactly what was typed by the user.
A good way to tackle this is to use the LOOP instruction which repeats (jumps into) the loop body by the count that has been placed into the CX register.  Since the user input function gives us the character count, all we have to do is read that into the lower portion of the CX register (CL) for loop initialization.  We'll also need a pointer to point to the current character.  Once in the loop body, we'll just read whatever character is at our "current character" pointer and then call the DOS character-print function to output it to the console. Then we can advance the pointer and LOOP until all characters have been done.  Note that each time the LOOP instruction is encountered, CX is decremented until it reaches zero.  Once it is zero, LOOP no longer jumps back into the body and simply advances to the instruction following the LOOP.
NOTE: If you don't output a CRLF after reading the user input, there will be no line feed and the new output will overwrite where the input was read on the console.  Effectively it will look like nothing happened.
Here's your modified sample:
0100  MOV     AH,0A
0102  MOV     DX,0123
0105  INT     21            ;input string using buffer at 0123
0107  MOV     DX,0120
010A  MOV     AH,09
010C  INT     21            ;output CRLF sequence first
010E  MOV     SI,0124       ;point SI at byte containing chars read
0111  XOR     CX,CX         ;CX = 0
0113  MOV     CL,[SI]       ;CX = chars_read
0115  INC     SI            ;mov SI to next char to display
0116  MOV     DL,[SI]       ;DL = character SI is pointing at
0118  MOV     AH,02
011A  INT     21            ;display character
011C  LOOP    0115          ;loop back to INC instruction until no more chars left
011E  INT     20            ;exit
0120  DB      0D            ;CR
0121  DB      0A            ;LF
0122  DB      24            ;"$" DOS string terminator
0123  DB      20            ;buffer start; max characters = 32
0124  DB      00            ;   chars read goes here
0125  DB      00            ;   input chars are read here


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Congress Moving To Block Trump Deal With ZTE Over Iran Sanctions Violations
China -- A Chinese national flag and two flags bearing the name of ZTE fly outside the ZTE R&D building in Shenzhen, April 27, 2016
U.S. President Donald Trump's Republican allies in Congress are moving to block his deal to put Chinese telecom giant ZTE back in business if it pays $1 billion more in fines for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran.
Lawmakers said on June 11 that the U.S. Senate will vote as soon as this week on bipartisan legislation to block the deal, which would allow the company to start buying equipment from U.S. suppliers again once its pays the fine and changes its management.
The Chinese company has been accused of violating U.S. sanctions by selling sensitive equipment to both North Korea and Iran. After Trump announced his deal with China and ZTE last week, Senate leaders said they would seek to reverse it.
Democratic and Republican lawmakers have said they believe ZTE's sales to Iran represent particularly "dangerous" breaches of U.S. national security. Legislators said they are planning to block the ZTE deal in an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, a big defense policy bill the Senate is due to debate this week.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers introduced the amendment last week. Among other things, it would restore penalties on ZTE for violating U.S. export controls and bar U.S. government agencies from purchasing or leasing equipment or services from the Chinese company.
Republican Senator Tom Cotton and Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen, sponsors of the amendment, said Senate leaders have agreed to include their proposal in the defense bill's "manager's package," which usually includes only non-controversial amendments that are added to the legislation by unanimous consent.
Once the defense legislation passes the Senate, it must be reconciled with the House version of the bill before it can be sent to the White House for Trump's signature or veto.
Based on reporting by AP and Reuters

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Israel Israeli Politics News Report
Arab residents of Israel barred from visiting relatives in Gaza
Dozens of Arab residents of Israel were barred from entering the Gaza Strip on Thursday while they were heading to visit their relatives for the Muslim Eid Al Fitir feast. Barring them contradicts with a pledge Israel made to the Israeli High Court of Justice.
Israeli state prosecution told the court that Israel would allow the Arab residents of Israel to visit close family members living in the Gaza strip.
The army, starting at 3 P.M on Thursday told the Israeli Arab residents who gathered at the Erez Crossing that men would not be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip.
Eventually, the men were forced to remain at the crossing while their wives and children entered Gaza.
Arab member of Knesset Dr. Azmi Bishara phoned the office of the Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, and requested that the men should be allowed to join their families during the visits, but he received no answer to his request.
Bishara also contacted the Israeli army Coordinator of Government activities in the Palestinian territories, but the later claimed that this procedure "involves a security risk".
Israel pledged that it would not prevent the Arab residents from entering Gaza with a security clearance.
The Center for the Defense of the Individual, Hamoked, received several calls before P.M, on Thursday, from dozens of Arabs residents complaining of long delays at the border crossing. Several women also fainted while waiting there.
The army completely closed the Rafah border crossing at 7 P.M but at least 20 men remained waiting for there families there.
"We are waiting here, instead of celebrating the feast with out families", Ismail Arafat, a resident of Lod who has family in Gaza, "The army did not keeps its promise to allow us in".
Arafat added that soldiers told the men waiting at the crossing that it would reopen it on Friday at 7 P.M, but they failed to specify whether the men would be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip.
Israeli right-wing teen arrested for attacking army officer
Reporters Without Borders: There is no occupation


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Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos at Costa Palmas to Open November 2019
Main Photo: Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos
Location: Los Cabos, Costa Palmas, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico
Name: Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos – opening November 2019
No. of Keys: 141 including 23 suites
Seller: TBA
Owner/Developer: Irongate, with operations in California, Colorado, Hawaii and Mexico, Irongate is a full-service real estate development firm specialising in residential and resort communities located in world-class destinations.
Set against the backdrop of the Sierra de la Laguna Mountains on the East Cape of the Baja California Peninsula, the 1,000-acre (405 hectare) resort community of Costa Palmas stretches along two miles (3.2 kilometres) of swimmable white sand beach on the shores of the Sea of Cortez. Once a haven of adventure and escape for Hollywood celebrities and Texas fishermen arriving by small plane or chartered boat in the 1950s, the vast landscape of the East Cape has remained virtually untouched, until now.
"We are truly breaking new ground here, being part of this community that, while only 45-minutes from Los Cabos International Airport, presents an undiscovered paradise like no other on the Baja Peninsula," says Vince Parrotta, Four Seasons President, Hotel Operations – Americas West.
Ideal for guests of all ages who seek spirited adventure and impeccable service, the idyllic respite unveils a new dimension of innovative design and desert-meets-sea luxury. The extensive grounds will offer five dining options, 18 acres (7 hectares) of organic farm and orchards; a Spa and Wellness Centre with 10 stand-alone treatment rooms with 2 couples suites; four expansive pools; a Robert Trent Jones II 18-hole golf course; unique event space; a Sports Complex that includes tennis, volleyball, and basketball in addition to cutting-edge fitness facilities; and a well-stocked Teen Centre and Kids for All Seasons program. Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos at Costa Palmas is also the first-ever Four Seasons with a private marina, making sunset sails or sport fishing expeditions effortlessly accessible.
"Costa Palmas and now Four Seasons Resort truly introduce a new way to experience Cabo. Our vision from the outset was to create a fresh and mindfully planned community in the natural beauty of the East Cape for those of all ages who appreciate a natural setting, a refined approach to design, a spirited sense of adventure and of course, impeccable service," adds Jason Grosfeld, Chairman and CEO of Irongate (Costa Palmas developer). "We hope that families, friends and couples alike will make Four Seasons Resort or Private Residences their place to reconnect, revitalise and revisit year after year."
The contemporary design from Guerin Glass Architects seamlessly integrates indoor-outdoor living throughout the Resort's guest rooms and suites, all with views of the Sea of Cortez and private terraces. Native landscaping and layers of texture – metal, wood, glass, plaster and stone – contrast with vibrant Local art to create an elemental luxury that feels warm and modern. Airy interiors include sunlit bathrooms, each also touting sea views and free-standing oversized bathtubs. First floor rooms and suites are outfitted with outdoor showers and private plunge pools.
Four Seasons Private Residences will also soon be available for short term vacation stays.
Dining and drinking experiences at Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos at Costa Palmas are highlighted by the first Latin American outpost of Chef Costas Spiliadis' famed Mediterranean seafood empire, estiatorio Milos. A phenomenal culinary concept with restaurants in Montreal, New York, Athens, Las Vegas, Miami and London, estiatorio Milos will offer its classic menu and market-style seafood selection, while also embracing Mexico's copious natural resources.
The Resort's culinary team will be led by rising-star Chef Tonatiuh Cuevas, who most recently introduced the celebrated Nayarit-inspired restaurant Zanaya at Four Seasons Hotel Mexico City. Each of the Resort's additional dining options deliver an authentic epicurean journey into Mexico's bountiful land and seascapes, including Casa de Brasa, a Baja-inspired brasserie; El Puesto, for sea-to-table ceviches, tiraditos and crudo; The Cove, an al fresco bar and grill; and Ginger's, an all-day eclectic café. An extensive collection of local tequilas and mezcals complement the food and beverage program, as well as an impressive list of Greek, French and regional wines from Baja Mexico – the oldest wine-producing nation in the Americas.
Upon landing at the Los Cabos International Airport, the Cabo crowds typically turn right, heading to the tourist corridor. Guests of Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos at Costa Palmas will turn left, embarking on a 45-minute drive through wide-open desert and sky before reaching the private and exclusive East Cape of the Baja Peninsula.
A hidden gem of Mexico, the East Cape sits along the Sea of Cortez, a UNESCO Marine Heritage site termed "the aquarium of the world" by famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau for its population of nearly 900 species of fish and plant life. Also known as the Gulf of California, the Sea of Cortez provides a wealth of inspiration to chefs and sport fisherman alike. Its calm, warm waters are also ideal for pleasure craft, diving, snorkelling, water sports and swimming.
The region also offers endless opportunities for land adventure, from desert ATV adventures, hiking, biking and horseback riding to exploring waterfalls and hot springs – all within minutes of the Resort. With fresh water coming off the mountains throughout the year, the East Cape also provides ideal conditions for organic farming.
"We are fully prepared that this part of Cabo is about to become the worst best-kept secret in the world," says the Resort's General Manager Borja Manchado. "Once our guests get a taste of the lifestyle here, I'm quite sure they will begin planning their next visit even before the first one is over."
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Q: Git: show more context when using git add -i or git add -e? I'm selectively committing parts of a large file and I'd like to see more context around each hunk. Is this possible?

A: To confirm, this is still not possible in 2019.
An external tool like jjlee/git-meld-index can help:

git-meld-index runs meld -- or any other git difftool (kdiff3, diffuse, etc.) -- to allow you to interactively stage changes to the git index (also known as the git staging area).

This is similar to the functionality of git add -p, and git add --interactive.

In some cases meld is easier / quicker to use than git add -p or the staging feature in tools like git gui.
  That's because meld allows you, for example, to:

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*see more context,

*see intra-line diffs

*edit by hand and see 'live' diff updates (updated after every keypress)

*navigate to a change without saying 'n' to every change you want to skip

A: This is possible using the GIT_DIFF_OPTS environment variable.
For example:
GIT_DIFF_OPTS=-u10 git add -p

will display 10 lines of context.
See https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Environment-Variables#_diffing_and_merging .

A: Short answer: no.
git diff has the -U<n> option which allows you to customize the number of lines to show around a change. For example, git diff -U5 ... will show 5 lines of context. As far as I can tell, there is no such option available for the diff display in the interactive mode.

A: I just want to add that you can get the diff with full context using a solution like this https://stackoverflow.com/a/40683517/15410684 by Ezra.
git diff -U$(wc -l MYFILE)

gets you pretty close


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Q: How to optimize the simplest SQL query of a very simple table? Query
SELECT * FROM public.data
Table

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*id → PK Integer

*data → json

*timestamp → timestamp

*version → integer

The data column can have "large" values (e.g ~250kb)
Result of query

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*Time: 4m 52s

*Nb rows: 620

I'm not sure what's the bottleneck here. It seems like it shouldn't take that much time to fetch only 620 rows. Perhaps the data column is what's slowing everything down?
Is there something I could do to make this query much faster? I tried using an index, but no success. As you can tell I'm no DB expert and maybe there's a low-hanging fruit solution since this is a very basic query.
Thanks for the help

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Here's the output of explain (analyze, buffers) select * from public.data;
"Seq Scan on data  (cost=0.00..7.86 rows=619 width=34) (actual time=0.007..0.083 rows=620 loops=1)"
"  Buffers: shared hit=6"
"Planning Time: 0.171 ms"
"Execution Time: 0.138 ms"

Here's the output of the create table for this table:
-- Table: public.data

-- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS public.data;

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS public.data
(
    id integer NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('data_id_seq'::regclass),
    data json NOT NULL,
    "timestamp" timestamp with time zone NOT NULL,
    version integer NOT NULL,
    CONSTRAINT data_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
)

TABLESPACE pg_default;

ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS public.data
    OWNER to vxpxchlkkyyvaa;

A: I discovered that the issue only occurred locally.
I assume that my Heroku dyno and my PG DB are in the same AWS region and have some sort of prioritized access to each other which makes the communication really fast. Indeed, on my server, it takes less than a second to make the query, whereas when I'm making the query locally (either using pgAdmin4 or programmatically), it takes ~5m.


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Askar   is a village in Agailjhara Upazila in Barisal District in the Barisal Division of southern-central Bangladesh.

References

External links
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Populated places in Barisal District


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Fagerås is een plaats in de gemeente Kil in het landschap Värmland en de provincie Värmlands län in Zweden. De plaats heeft 451 inwoners (2005) en een oppervlakte van 77 hectare.

Verkeer en vervoer
Bij de plaats lopen de E45 en Riksväg 61.

De plaats heeft een station aan de spoorlijn Charlottenberg - Laxå.

Plaats in Värmlands län


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The former grandeur of Domaine Rennepont is preserved in this domain, which surfaced in writings as early as 1706. Built as a monastery farm under the reign of the Abbey of Clairvaux, it quickly expanded and was used by several noble families, the 'Seigneurs et Marquis de Rennepont'.
In the early 1900's, the buildings have fallen into decay and were mainly used as a farm. In 2004, the first major renovations begun and the new tourist destination finally started taking shape. For the inhabitants of Rennepont, the domain still goes by the name 'Le Chateau de Rennepont'.


there will be a correlation between the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups and PV.
Mitochondria pass down the maternal line, going in each generation from the mother to her children.
A son does get his mitochondria from his mother, but does not pass any to his children.
However, a daughter passes her mitochondria to all of her children.
close family members, but more likely in many thousands of relations.
and each is linked to a particular geographical area.
In effect mtDNA haplogroups split the world population into small groups; with each being given a particular label.
- Haplogroups labels starting with: H, V, J, T, U, K are European.
- and the remaining haplogroups are Asian.
Americans are in European, Asian, or African haplogroups depending on their maternal line ethnicity.
gives a more accurate result, as 100% of the mtDNA is sequenced.


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Q: Soft question- The Bashing Technique and Other powerful techniques for Olympiads I am relatively new to the Olympiad style maths problems and I find the word "bashing" being thrown around a lot in the community and I haven't really understood it. I do know about "co-ordinate bashing" using Barycentric co-ordinates and complex numbers but I've also seen people use the term "bashing" in Number Theory, Combinatorial and Algebraic questions and don't know why.
My Question- What does the term "bashing" generally mean in Mathematics(in the broader sense)?
Also, if anyone could provide me some other powerful problem solving tools like Bashing which are useful for Maths Olympiads I would be highly obliged. By "Problem Solving Tools" I refer to concepts like Inversive, Projective and Homothety in geometry;LTE and Chinese Remainder Theorem in Number Theory; Vieta Root Jumping in Algebra. I only know a few of these and would like to see a comprehensive list of all(or most) of such important techniques. Even a link would suffice.
Thanks in advance.(First question on Stack Exchange).

A: I think in general the term bashing is used to describe an approach which is about applying a small set of manipulations over and over until you get an answer. These approaches usually don't require much insight.
One other trait of bashing which I can think of is that it is often very computational. This will usually go hand in hand with bashing's non-insightfulness.
The example you gave of using coordinate geometry to solve geo problems is a prime example of bashing as it is just a bunch of messy algebra after you translate the terms of the problem to coordinate geometry.

A: In inequalities examples of bashing they are:

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A: Bashing is usually a way of using brute force to answer a question. In most cases, it doesn't require any mathematical knowledge of theorems and techniques.
The way to go in basing is usually just trial and error but for higher efficiency, you can use theorems to set upper and lower bounds for your answer. This will increase efficiency while bashing.
The most common bashing is done with induction. Where you are trying to prove a theorem so you substitute 1 and then 2 and then we know that if it satisfies for n, it should satisfy for n+1
I must warn you that in olympiads like RMO, INMO, EGMO, USMO, AIME, IMO, etc, Basing is looked down upon and will have less weightage because in these olympiads they check your method of answering as well as your answer.

A: "Bashing" is a term for brute force methods, applied with very little cleverness. These are looked down on in contest mathematics, both because they aren't "pretty" and because they tend to take more time and computational effort than is practical in a live contest.
How do you tell if a solution is "bashing"? That's an entirely subjective judgment. The more you like it, the less likely you are to call it bashing.
What's the advantage of methods that might get called bashing? Reliability. Often, that method is something you know will work if you put enough time and effort into it. For example, consider the two top-rated answers to this recently active inequality problem; one is a short and sweet application of a classical inequality to eliminate the square roots, while the other is a very long slog of multivariable calculus and numerical root-finding, finding all twenty critical points of a function in order to find its minimum. The latter is certainly fairly bashy - I might not have gone through with it if I had realized how much work it was from the start - but it's also a complete solution, where the former isn't. After the simplification, that attempt stalls out with no clear next step.


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Oh my Cream and Meet My Mama awarded by Veuve Cliquot
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on 7 January, 2021 at 09:53
Juliette Lévy, founder of the Oh my Cream skincare line, Loubna Ksibi and Donia Amamra, Co-founders of Meet My Mama have respectively won the Bold Woman et Bold Future prizes, awarded by Veuve Cliquot.
Since 1972, Veuve Cliquot, the most established international prize, has rewarded over 350 successful women entrepreneurs in 27 different countries. These inspirational women all share the same mindset, determination and proactivity as the pioneer who pushed boundaries when women were not even allowed to work or open a bank account.
An unprecedented digital ceremony
Jean-Marc Gallot, CEO of the Champagne house explained why they still wanted to honor female business leaders who inspire the next generation despite the confinement because "women need role models". The 100% digital ceremony was hosted by Sophie Fontanel, a writer and Fashion critic.
Bold Woman Award : Juliette Lévy, founder of Oh My Cream
At 33, this eldest of three boys, mother to a 15-month old, won the highest accolade following her sparkling performances in the launch of a network of concept stores offering alternative beauty and only "clean" brands. Her products are based on organic, natural ingredients, and her cosmetic line differentiates itself from the big players by offering a more transparent, authentic, innate understanding of the use of skincare, by educating women on the composition of cosmetics.
Breaking new grounds
Fervent fan of face creams since her acne-ridden teenage days, she decided that she needed to offer a better alternative to women when she couldn't find anything that suited her specific needs from the standard beauty products.
Juliette went through her scholar days at Neuilly, the Lycée Pasteur and prestigious ESSEC and her experience in Finance and Management sparked no real interest in her.
Following an internship in beauty sales at Bon Marché, where she came across demanding customers who despite the most reputable brands available were on the lookout for more 'green' alternatives, she knew that entrepreneurship was perfect for her. Fresh out of ESSEC at 24, in 2013, the daughter of a surgeon and a real estate entrepreneur, kick-started her dream in the corner of an office in her father's locality. Oh My Cream was born!
Once Juliette's concept was finalized, she went for business investors: Eutopia was the first of 15 to be interested in the new generation of brands with a mission; she raised 400,000 euros in 6 months and managed to open a store in Paris.
Seven years later, Juliette Lévy raised over 20 million euros from investors (12 million in 2019). Her 20 concept stores and e-shop, now distribute around 45 brands encompassing premium quality in their composition, eco-friendly, eco-responsible, with no harmful products. She has also launched her own cosmetic line Oh My Cream Skincare.
At the ceremony, Julliette paid tribute to her team of 100 women with whom she envisions to open 5 to 10 new shops per year, the creation of Maisons Oh My Cream and a new space which will be a shop, a café, and hammam, dedicated to a holistic approach promoting well-being, experience as well as new products, beauty tools, supplements.
By 2021, she would like to extend her shops across the United Kingdom and the international market.
She has forged ahead a colossal market that could rake in 860 billion dollars by 2024.
Bold Future Award : Loubna Ksibi and Donia Amamra
Formerly known as the New Generation Award, The Bold Future Award was introduced in 2014 to celebrate innovative fearless entrepreneurs who brought an ethical change in the market. It rewards ventures of less than 3 years.
Loubna Ksibi, 27, grew up in Metz dreaming of becoming a doctor but diverted to a School of Commerce after a few years into her studies. Member of the CNNUM (National Council for Digital) with a Master's Degree in Network Industries and Digital Economy at the University of Paris Dauphine, she discovers social entrepreneurship at a conference. At 25, after declining a contract at IBM in 2017 and with the help of her two associates, she decided to continue the entrepreneurial project she took up during her studies.
Donia Amamra's inspiration originates from her family roots, with an underprivileged childhood in Parisian suburbs, she benefitted from a government-funded program and subsequently enrolled in ESSEC in Paris, thanks to high-school partnership. Once a week she followed orientation, English and general culture courses. Her school also allowed her to get into very elite Sciences Po University.
It is on a trip to the US, during her gap year at the University in Missouri, that she decided to volunteer in a shelter for female victims of abuse. In New Orleans, meeting a woman who had nothing but still wanted to cope with social inequalities reinforced her dream. After completing a Master's in Public Affairs, she did volunteer work, often in Algeria and Egypt, reported on migrant's life on Radio France International and taught them French. In order to fund her projects, she took a Junior Consultancy job at Tenzig.
Donia and Loubna, Co-founders of the start-up Meet my Mama, began this adventure in 2017: a reinvented Catering service 'with an impact' and a training school, the Mama Academy. Meet My Mama was born from the realization that migrant and refugee women from around the world, who possess real culinary skills, could meet the demand for Catering services. It's objective was to professionally and socially train and inspire women who are often faced with harsh realities of poverty by eliminating the economic, language and social hurdles. Now, this platform connects a pool of 300 women to 1,500 companies and private customers. Meet My Mama also accompanies them through the professionalization process and during the growth of their independent catering ventures.
Their meeting in 2015 while doing an internship in marketing at PwC quickly turned into friendship. Youssef Oudahman, who had already launched a project called Mama's Kitchen, approached the Moroccan and Algerian young ladies. Together they later renamed their social enterprise. A year into this adventure, the three entrepreneurs generated over 600,000 euros without a single cent spent on communication, no investors and organized over 400 events on their own, only betting on their network. Now, they are supported by big players such as Carrefour and Accenture and collaborate with over 150 mamas, 350 customers and 55,000 foodies who have tasted the specialties originating from more than 20 countries.
Currently based in Paris, the trio dreams of extending to the international sphere, as you will always find Mamas and customers looking for authentic cuisine anywhere in the world.
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