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Obama Ranks Third in Forbes 'Most Powerful' List, First Time Sitting U.S. President Drops Out of Top Two
David Rutz • November 4, 2015 9:14 am
President Obama ranked third in the Forbes "World's Most Powerful People" list released Wednesday, the first time the sitting U.S. president has ever not ranked No. 1 or 2 in the annual survey.
For the third straight year, Russian president Vladimir Putin was listed at No. 1, but German chancellor Angela Merkel came in at No. 2. CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King expressed surprise at Obama's standing while the show's panel interviewed Forbes' Luisa Kroll about how the magazine came up with its list.
"That's the first time since we've been doing the list that any U.S. president falls out of the top two spots," Kroll said. "Again, I think that has a lot to do with the fact that this is going to be hist last year in office. He's a little bit more hamstrung, both domestically and internationally, and it's just a nod to his decreasing power at this time."
"I was stunned by that, because the U.S. economy is five times larger than the Russian economy," co-host Norah O'Donnell said. "We spend 10 times more on the military than the Russians do, so how do you define power for this issue?"
"It's money, it's the use of power, it's the spheres of influence, and it's the number of people," Kroll said. "Obviously, it's also a subjective list … It's not that we're saying the U.S. isn't powerful. It is definitely still the most powerful country."
Co-host Charlie Rose asked Kroll how Forbes decided Putin specifically rated as No. 1. Putin's aggressive actions against Ukraine and his influence in the Middle East, as well as his popularity at home, have kept him in the top spot.
"I think a lot has to do with how he exercises his power and his influence," Kroll said. "Whether it's in Crimea or in the Ukraine, he's not afraid to go out and exercise his power. He has no checks and balances."
"So it's not a question of being more powerful," Rose said. "He's simply using–"
"Yes, that's one of the factors," Kroll said. "How actively you use your power. Obviously, Barack Obama has more checks and balances because of the way the U.S. has been set up in a much more democratic fashion."
"And a less inclination to use it in the same way," Rose said.
On Obama, Forbes wrote:
There's no doubt that the United States remains the world's greatest economic, cultural, diplomatic, technological and military power. But as Obama enters the final year of his presidency, it's clear his influence is shrinking, and it's a bigger struggle than ever to get things done. At home, his approval ratings are perpetually stuck under 50%; abroad, he's outshined by Angela Merkel in Europe, and outmaneuvered by Putin in the Middle East.
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So Sweet... So Perverse () is a giallo film directed by Umberto Lenzi and written by Ernesto Gastaldi, starring Carroll Baker and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Set in Paris, it tells the story of a wife who plots to get rid of a rich and errant husband but is herself the victim of her accomplices.

Plot
Jean, a wealthy industrialist in Paris, has married Danielle, but she now refuses him. In revenge, he lets himself be seduced by the host's wife at a party. Closer to home, an attractive woman moves into the flat above them, and they sometimes hear an abusive lover rebuke and beat her. Jean combines chivalry and desire by offering to protect her, and soon they are lovers. She is Nicole, and her violent ex is Klaus. She warns him that Klaus will seek to kill him, which happens during a fight. His charred body shows up in a burnt-out car.

Nicole, who in fact is Danielle's lover and accomplice, announces that Jean had given her his share in his company. Danielle begins to be haunted by guilt and, while she is on the phone with Nicole, Klaus creeps in and shoots her dead. In the absence of any better explanation, the police inspector reluctantly accepts suicide. Now rich and no longer at risk of exposure by Danielle, who had hired them, Nicole and Klaus get on a plane for Brazil. Two seats behind them is the police inspector.

Cast
 Carroll Baker as Nicole Perrier
 Jean-Louis Trintignant as Jean Reynaud
 Erika Blanc as Danielle Reynaud
 Horst Frank as Klaus
 Helga Liné as Hélène Valmont
 Beryl Cunningham as a stripper

Production
Following the release of Orgasmo, director Umberto Lenzi and actress Carroll Baker worked again on another giallo film. The script by Ernesto Gastaldi borrows plot elements from Henri-Georges Clouzot's film Les Diaboliques (1955) and like many gialli of the era, revels in its portrayal of badly-behaved, wealthy protagonists.

Riz Ortolani provided the music score, which includes a ballad called Why? sung by J. Vincent Edward. It would be later re-used in Lenzi's film Seven Bloodstained Orchids.

Release
So Sweet...So Perverse was released in Italy on October 31, 1969 and in France on February 26, 1971.

References

Sources

External links

 So Sweet... So Perverse at Variety Distribution

1969 films
1960s crime thriller films
Giallo films
1960s Italian-language films
Films directed by Umberto Lenzi
Films scored by Riz Ortolani
Films with screenplays by Ernesto Gastaldi
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Source: China Daily Updated: 2013-07-31
China still faces a strategic opportunity and economy is poised to expand steadily
China's top leadership says it will guarantee that the 7.5 percent growth target for this year will be met, despite the continuing economic slowdown.
President Xi Jinping made the remark on Tuesday when he chaired a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China's Central Committee to lay out the economic strategy for the second half of the year.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R), who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, talks with staff members and farmer customers at a rural equity transaction house in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, July 22, 2013. Xi made an inspection tour in Hubei from July 21 to July 23. [Photo / Xinhua]
The meeting decided that China will "maintain steady growth, adjust economic structure, and forge ahead with reform" to guarantee "this year's key tasks for economic and social development will be fulfilled".
According to a statement from the political bureau, major economic indicators for the first half are still in a reasonable range, despite extremely complicated domestic and international conditions.
The authorities believe the country still faces a "strategic opportunity" and has the conditions for steady and healthy economic growth. "The economy will maintain steady growth in the second half of this year," the statement said.
The meeting also underlined the need to prepare for complex and difficult situations, as the global economic recovery has not been progressing well.
The government will maintain "stable macroeconomic policy, flexible micro policy and social policy that can support the bottom line," the statement said.
Policy fine-tuning will be possible at the right time, it added.
China's economic growth rate in the second quarter slowed to 7.5 percent from 7.7 percent in the first three months, with the leadership determined to transform development patterns and focus on long-term rebalancing.
In the first half, the Consumer Price Index - a main gauge of inflation - increased by 2.4 percent year-on-year, compared with 3.3 percent in the same period of 2012, lower than the year's target of 3.5 percent.
The political bureau highlighted key areas to guide macroeconomic policy and to focus on improving the quality of economic growth:
• Maintaining a proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy, and improving efficiency of fiscal funds to support the industrial economy;
• Upgrading public consumption, maintaining rational investment growth and encouraginghealthy development of the real estate market;
• Strengthening policy support and services for small and medium-sized enterprises, and removing administrative fees to ease the burden on small businesses;
• Accelerating the development of the information, energy conservation, environmental protection and new-energy industries, as well as boosting emerging services;
• Stabilizing foreign trade, broadening exports and raising imports, while encouraging qualified enterprises to invest overseas.
Analysts said more detailed measures are expected to be announced after the third quarter to improve structural reforms and release stronger driving power for economic growth.
"China is on the right track for economic reform," said Jean Pierre Petit, president of Green Economic & Financial Notebooks, a French economic research organization founded in 1986.
He was quoted by French newspaper Le Monde last month as saying that China has weathered the global financial crisis better than any other major country.
Addressing China's economic situation, Petit said an economic slowdown in the country may have a negative impact on the global economy.
But in the long run, China will welcome the shift from an investment- and export-driven economy to a model favoring consumption. "This is a welcome trend," he said, adding that this is the right direction for the new leadership to take.
Zhu Haibin, chief China economist with JPMorgan, expects "the economy's sequential growth momentum to stabilize and improve modestly in the second half".
He added, "Not surprisingly, Premier Likeqiang has reiterated maintaining the 7.5 percent growth target for 2013 — with labor market conditions being the key area of concern."
Zhu said the service sector is in better shape, but the manufacturing sector is suffering because of overcapacity.
While GDP growth slowed to 7.6 percent in the first half, growth in tertiary-sector GDP, which mainly reflects service activities, improved modestly to 8.3 percent year-on-year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
Possible fine-tuning by policymakers in the second half may see the central bank cut the reserve requirement ratio to supplement market liquidity if capital outflows increase, Zhu said.
"But a more important task for the central government is to improve financial reforms," Zhu added.
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Netflix India's newest experiment: A cheaper entry-level plan
Netflix has been undertaking various measures to make its offering more attractive to consumers and grow its subscriber base...
Vikas SN ,
ETtech
Updated On Jul 22, 2020 at 12:08 PM IST
Netflix is continuing with its pricing experiments in India, as it looks to broaden access to its service in the country.
The video streaming service is testing a new "Mobile+" plan at Rs 349 per month, that allows subscribers to watch high definition (HD) content on a single mobile, tablet or computer screen at a time, reports AndroidPure. This is similar to the existing entry-level monthly plan priced at Rs 499, except for television viewing support.
"We launched the Mobile Plan in India to make it easier for anyone with a smartphone to enjoy Netflix. We want to see if members like the added choice this offer brings. We'll only roll it out long-term if they do" a Netflix spokesperson told the publication.
Netflix, which competes with players like Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Essel Group's ZEE5 and Times Internet*-owned MX Player in the country, has been undertaking various measures to make its offering more attractive to consumers and grow its subscriber base.
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"We have been working really hard to try and make our offering in India more competitive, more attractive to members and members-to-be, and there's a bunch of different product features we've been doing, partnerships and payments integrations," Netflix chief product officer Greg Peters had said in a post-earnings conference call in April this year.
The video streaming major had debuted a low-cost mobile-only plan for the India market at Rs 199 per month in July last year, which has since been rolled out into other Asian markets like Malaysia and the Philippines. It has also piloted weekly plans, discounted long term subscription plans as well as free content access to non-members in the country for a limited time. To be sure, Netflix is still among the costliest video streaming service in the country.
India content expansion
Netflix is also ramping up its original content programming in India at a time when video streaming services are witnessing a surge in content consumption with people confined to their homes due to the pandemic-induced lockdown.
Last week, the service expanded its slate with eight new titles including six original films and two original series. Overall, Netflix has commissioned about 50-60 productions in the country, its largest investment in original programming outside the United States. Of this, around 19 films and 14 original series have been released on the platform as of now.
In December, the service had announced plans to spend Rs 3,000 crore on content programming in India in 2019 and 2020. While the company doesn't provide a country-wise breakdown, it added 2.66 million subscribers in the Asia Pacific region for the quarter ended June 2020 and generated revenues of $569 million for the period.
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Published On Jul 22, 2020 at 12:03 PM IST
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package org.jasig.cas.services;

import org.jasig.cas.authentication.principal.Service;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

/**
 * Unit test for {@link AbstractRegisteredService}.
 *
 * @author Marvin S. Addison
 */
public class AbstractRegisteredServiceTests {

    private final AbstractRegisteredService r = new AbstractRegisteredService() {
        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

        public void setServiceId(final String id) {
            serviceId = id;
        }

        protected AbstractRegisteredService newInstance() {
            return this;
        }

        public boolean matches(final Service service) {
            return true;
        }
    };

    @Test
    public void testAllowToProxyIsFalseByDefault() {
        final RegexRegisteredService regexRegisteredService = new RegexRegisteredService();
        assertFalse(regexRegisteredService.isAllowedToProxy());
        final RegisteredServiceImpl registeredServiceImpl = new RegisteredServiceImpl();
        assertFalse(registeredServiceImpl.isAllowedToProxy());
    }

    @Test
    public void testSettersAndGetters() {
        final long ID = 1000;
        final String DESCRIPTION = "test";
        final String SERVICEID = "serviceId";
        final String THEME = "theme";
        final String NAME = "name";
        final boolean ENABLED = false;
        final boolean ALLOWED_TO_PROXY = false;
        final boolean ANONYMOUS_ACCESS = true;
        final boolean SSO_ENABLED = false;
        final List<String> ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES = Arrays.asList("Test");

        this.r.setAllowedAttributes(ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES);
        this.r.setAllowedToProxy(ALLOWED_TO_PROXY);
        this.r.setAnonymousAccess(ANONYMOUS_ACCESS);
        this.r.setDescription(DESCRIPTION);
        this.r.setEnabled(ENABLED);
        this.r.setId(ID);
        this.r.setName(NAME);
        this.r.setServiceId(SERVICEID);
        this.r.setSsoEnabled(SSO_ENABLED);
        this.r.setTheme(THEME);

        assertEquals(ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES, this.r.getAllowedAttributes());
        assertEquals(ALLOWED_TO_PROXY, this.r.isAllowedToProxy());
        assertEquals(ANONYMOUS_ACCESS, this.r.isAnonymousAccess());
        assertEquals(DESCRIPTION, this.r.getDescription());
        assertEquals(ENABLED, this.r.isEnabled());
        assertEquals(ID, this.r.getId());
        assertEquals(NAME, this.r.getName());
        assertEquals(SERVICEID, this.r.getServiceId());
        assertEquals(SSO_ENABLED, this.r.isSsoEnabled());
        assertEquals(THEME, this.r.getTheme());

        assertFalse(this.r.equals(null));
        assertFalse(this.r.equals(new Object()));
        assertTrue(this.r.equals(this.r));

        this.r.setAllowedAttributes(null);
        assertNotNull(this.r.getAllowedAttributes());
    }

    @Test
    public void testEquals() throws Exception {
        assertTrue(r.equals(r.clone()));
        assertFalse(new RegisteredServiceImpl().equals(null));
        assertFalse(new RegisteredServiceImpl().equals(new Object()));
    }
}

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Scoopy Web
Home News Scotland effectively decriminalised drugs yesterday in a major shake-up of policing. Officers will now be advised to issue only a 'recorded police warning' to anyone they catch in possession of illicit substances, including Class A heroin and cocaine. SNP ministers were accused of 'waving the white flag' and of forcing the change through by the 'back door'.
Scotland effectively decriminalised drugs yesterday in a major shake-up of policing. Officers will now be advised to issue only a 'recorded police warning' to anyone they catch in possession of illicit substances, including Class A heroin and cocaine. SNP ministers were accused of 'waving the white flag' and of forcing the change through by the 'back door'.
Eco-activists who have caused chaos to drivers could be banned from the entire motorway network.
Government lawyers were last night examining whether to apply for sweeping powers that could see protesters locked up if they set foot on the trunk roads.
It comes after an interim injunction was granted banning them from the M25, the scene of five disruptive protests in the past ten days.
Breaching the injunction could lead to up to two years in jail, an unlimited fine and confiscation of assets.
However, just hours after the injunction was granted yesterday, activists blocked the road outside the Home Office in London and burned copies of their police bail papers.
Protesters from Insulate Britain sit on the road during a demonstration outside the Home Office in central London
Protesters occupy the lanes on the M25 in Surrey as they continue with their demonstrations
Home Secretary Priti Patel said the injunction was a 'important step' in stopping activists 'putting lives needlessly at risk on our busy roads' A spokesman for Insulate Britain – an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion – accused Home Secretary Priti Patel of 'missing the bigger picture'.
'Currently 8,500 people a year die unnecessarily in the UK because of their frozen homes and climate collapse presents an incalculable threat to our way of life,' the spokesman said.
'A more measured way in which she could discharge her ministerial responsibility would be to ask the Prime Minister to start the process of insulating Britain's leaky homes.
'As soon as the Government makes a meaningful statement that we can trust, we will leave the motorway.'
An application for a full injunction, due to be heard at the High Court on October 5, could be far broader in scope and ministers are also considering other measures to stop the protests, it is understood.
A Department for Transport spokesman said National Highways would consider securing 'additional powers of arrest' for police.
Miss Patel said: 'This injunction is an important step in stopping these activists putting lives needlessly at risk on our busy roads.
'Peaceful protest is a cornerstone of our democracy and there will always be space for people to make their voices heard. It cannot be at the expense of public safety. The police have our full support in cracking down on this reckless behaviour.'
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told MPs the Government would look at changing the law to deal with protesters in future.
'We will review the powers, because clearly it's unacceptable for people to walk on to, not just a major highway, but motorway, to stop the traffic and be released the next day and do the same thing again,' he said.
Government lawyers were last night examining whether to apply to apply for sweeping powers that could see eco-activists locked up if they set foot on the motorway network
Eco activists from the environmental group 'Insulate Britain' burn their police letters containing bail conditions and warnings of arrestPolice minister Kit Malthouse told MPs that the injunction 'should act as a major deterrent'.
Tory MP Lee Anderson told the Commons that police should 'adopt a zero-tolerance approach and as soon one as of these morons steps foot on the motorway they should be carted off in an electric police van and locked up in a fully insulated cell'.
Holly Lynch, a Labour home affairs spokesman, acknowledged the right to protest but said she 'backed the police' if protests were unsafe or illegal.
Outside the Home Office in central London yesterday, Insulate Britain activist Stephen Pritchard, 67, a property maintenance worker from Somerset, burned his bail conditions and said he had been arrested three times so far.
'We explain to the police each time they arrest us that we are going to go straight back out and obstruct the highway again. We want to be locked up in order to force the Government to do something,' he said.
'If they put us in prison for years, then we have won. This is the power of nonviolent action.'
Biff Whipster, 54, a retail worker from Canterbury, has been arrested four times.
'If the Government chose to lock us up, it will just reveal their total lack of empathy,' he said.
Anthony Whitehouse, a 71-year-old IT worker from Yorkshire, said he had been arrested four times over the past two weeks.
Thou shalt not block the m25! Diocese condemns clergy who shut down motorway or eco-protests
By Josh White and Andrew Levy for the Daily Mail
A Church of England diocese last night criticised members of clergy who took part in the M25 eco-protests.
The Diocese of Oxford said Tim Hewes, 71, Sue Parfitt, 79, Mark Coleman, 62, and Martin Newell, 54, had 'frustrated many people' by blocking the motorway.
Reverend Hewes, who once sewed up his lips in protest at the influence of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has 'permission to officiate' in the diocese although he does not have a parish.
Reverend Parfitt, from Bristol, and Reverend Coleman, a former borough dean of Rochdale, are both retired from ministry.
Father Newell, a Roman Catholic priest belonging to the Passionist order, works with asylum seekers in Birmingham.
Activists block the road and stage a protest outside the Home Office in London todayAsked about Rev Hewes yesterday, a spokesman for the Diocese of Oxford said: 'The actions of Rev Hewes and others, while arguably well-intentioned, have frustrated many people and we're unclear how the actions have been productive in encouraging the urgent change required.
'Legitimate protest can play an important part in national debate and decision making, but the actions of Insulate Britain in recent days aren't helping.
'Responding constructively to the current emergency is the responsibility of every family, every workplace, every village, town and city, every company, and every public institution. We all need to work together.'
Rev Hewes, a retired dentist, yesterday said the Bishop of Dorchester, Gavin Collins, who comes under the Diocese of Oxford, had told him 'he does support issues regarding climate change and the environment but not about breaking the law'.
Speaking from his home in Charney Bassett, Oxfordshire, he added: 'I'm really sorry that we are having to do this, I know the frustration of being stuck in traffic jams, I am not underestimating the impact. We get called a lot of stuff on the roads. I have been down there all four times, I have been arrested four times.'
While some villagers said they supported the campaign group's aims, others were unforgiving.
One local said: 'He's quite an interesting character. He was going to protest about some trees that had to come down because they were dangerous for the village.
'He was going to strap himself to the trees but he didn't do that in the end. He even sewed his mouth together, that's very recently. He came here about ten years ago –I've got no time for him.'
An elderly woman added: 'I don't attend his church. I think it's disgusting, it's stopping good people, doctors who can't get to their patients, patients who have waited ages for appointments had them cancelled, it is just unbelievable.'
Rev Hewes's own semi-detached home scores only an E on its energy performance certificate.
The Birmingham home that Fr Newell was living in until earlier this year also has an E rating.
Three clerics including Fr Newell are registered owners of the property in Sparkhill, Birmingham, as trustees of the Congregation of the Passion of Christ, according to Land Registry documents.
Fr Newell has been jailed at least six times, with convictions including causing £30,000 of damage by hammering on a nuclear convoy vehicle at RAF Wittering in 2000. He has also taken part in Extinction Rebellion protests.
Rev Coleman's home in Rochdale has an energy rating of C, according to its report. His wife Wendy Cocks, 63, a Labour member of Rochdale council, said yesterday: 'We will get it fully insulated.' Rev Parfitt's maisonette in Bristol is D-rated. The report said the walls had no insulation and were 'very poor', and the boiler and radiators were 'poor'.
Neighbours said they hadn't seen her for some time. One commented: 'She's still on her adventures, it seems.'
Insulate Britain spokesman Liam Norton yesterday admitted to living in a south London council home with poor insulation.
Lambeth Palace declined to comment yesterday.
Asked about Fr Newell, the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham said it could not 'restrict clergy from attending protests'.
Scotland effectively decriminalised drugs yesterday in a major shake-up of policing. Officers will now be advised to issue only a 'recorded police warning' to anyone they catch in possession of illicit substances, including Class A heroin and cocaine. SNP ministers were accused of 'waving the white flag' and of forcing the change through by the 'back door'. Reviewed by free heip on September 23, 2021 Rating: 5
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Operation FW
'FW' was a British naval operation by Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser's Home Fleet to secure the safe passage of the JW.56A and JW.56B convoys to ports in the northern USSR, and the RA.56 convoy to the UK (12 January/11 February 1944).
The delays occasioned by adverse weather and determined U-boat attacks, which fully occupied all escort vessels in northern Russian waters during the passage of the JW.56B convoy, made it impossible to run either of the homebound convoys from northern Russia before the end of the month.
On 12 January the JW.56A convoy departed Loch Ewe in western Scotland with 20 laden ships and a local escort comprising the destroyer Inconstant, the sloop Cygnet, the corvettes Borage, Dianella and Poppy, and the minesweepers Orestes and Ready, and four days later encountered a severe storm that forced the convoy to take shelter at Akureyri in Iceland. Five ships had to remain here with storm damage when the rest of the convoy sailed on 21 January with 15 merchant vessels and Captain W. G. A. Robson's close escort force, which comprised the destroyers Hardy, Inconstant, Obdurate, Offa, Savage, Venus, Vigilant, Virago and Free Norwegian Stord, the corvettes Dianella and Poppy, and the minesweepers Orestes and Ready.
Vice Admiral A. F. E. Palliser's covering force comprised the heavy cruisers Kent and Norfolk and the light cruiser Belfast.
On 22 January the JW.56B convoy of 17 laden ships, of which one turned back, also departed Loch Ewe with Captain I. M. R. Campbell's escort force comprising the destroyers Milne, Mahratta, Musketeer, Opportune, Scourge and Canadian Huron, later supplemented by Meteor. The convoy's close escort, under Lieutenant Commander H. Lambton, comprised the destroyers Westcott, Whitehall and Wrestler, sloop Cygnet, the corvettes Honeysuckle, Oxlip and Rhododendron, and the minesweepers Hydra, Onyx and Seagull.
Cruiser cover was provided by the heavy cruisers Berwick and Kent and the light cruiser Jamaica.
Learning of the convoys from agents in Iceland, Kapitän Hans Rudolf Peters, the Führer der Unterseeboote 'Norwegen', ordered the concentration of the 'Isegrim' wolfpack of 10 boats in the Bjørnøya Passage. Although aerial reconnaissance had not provided information about the JW.56A convoy's location, the wolfpack (with the exception of U-739 at the northern end of the patrol line) came up from 12.00 on 25 January and attacked in the dark of the afternoon and night of 25/26 January. U-278, U-314, U-360 (four times), U-425 (two times), U-601, U-737 and U-965 all launched torpedoes against the escort vessels, but only Obdurate suffered damage, and then of a relatively minor nature, in an attack by Kapitänleutnant Klaus-Helmuth Becker's U-360. U-278, U-360 and U-716 launched torpedo salvoes at the convoy. Kapitänleutnant Joachim Franze's U-278 hit and sank the 7,177-ton US Penelope Barker, Becker's U-360 hit and damaged the 7,153-ton British Fort Bellingham, and Oberleutnant Hans Dunkelberg's U-716 hit and sank the 7,200-ton US Andrew G. Curtin; Fort Bellingham was later sunk by Oberleutnant Gerd Schaar's U-957, which rescued survivors.
On 26 January the Soviet destroyers Gremyashchiy, Gromky and Razyaryonnyi, British minesweepers Gleaner and Speedwell, and Soviet minesweepers T-111, T-114 and T-117 met the convoy, which entered the Kola Inlet on 28 January. Seven transports and two tankers then proceeded with a Soviet escort to the White Sea and Arkhangyel'sk.
Robson then met the JW.56B convoy with six destroyers to strengthen its capability to fight the U-boats. After breaking off the 'Isegrim' wolfpack's attacks on the JW.56A convoy, Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz, commander-in-chief of the German navy but still in day-to-day command of the U-boat arm via Konteradmiral Eberhard Godt, the U-boat arm's chief of operations, ordered the creation of the 'Werwolf' (i) wolfpack, now reinforced by U-313, U-472, U-956, U-973 and U-990, in the Bjørnøya Passage to operate against the JW.56B convoy, which was spotted and reported at about 12.00 on 29 January by U-956 that, to 24.00, had launched torpedoes on three occasions to defend itself against destroyers, although without securing any hits.
By the morning of 30 January U-278, U-313, U-425 (two times), U-472, U-601 (two times), U-737 and U-957 had all launched torpedoes against the escort vessels, but only Oberleutnant Joachim Franze's U-278 had achieved a hit, in this instance on Hardy, which was so severely damaged that she had to be sunk by Venus. U-737 and U-957 only narrowly missed Milne and Stord. Kapitänleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Basse's U-314 was sunk by Whitehall and Meteor, and none of the U-boats was able to attain a firing position on the merchant vessels.
Up to a time early on 31 January, U-425 (two times), U-737, U-965, U-956 and U-990 launched torpedoes without success against the escort vessels. On 1 February a Soviet escort group (destroyers Gremyashchiy, Groznyi and Razyaryonnyi, British minesweeper Gleaner, two minesweepers and two submarine chasers) met the convoy and escort seven of their number to the White Sea. U-956 also launched torpedoes during the return passage on 1 February, the day on which 16 merchant ships reached the Kola inlet.
The RA.56 convoy, comprising 39 unladen ships that should have sailed in two homeward convoys during January, departed Murmansk on 3 February, and two were soon forced to turn back with problems. The convoy's Soviet local escort comprised the destroyers Gremyashchiy, Gromkiy, Groznyi and Razyaryonnyi, the minesweeper T-114 and four submarine chasers.
The combined escorts of the JW.56A and JW.56B convoys, totalling 23 destroyers and corvettes (all but Hardy, Obdurate and Virago) reinforced by three destroyers (Obedient, Swift and Verulam) from Scapa Flow, avoided the remaining boats of the 'Werwolf' (i) wolfpack (U-278, U-312, U-313, U-425, U-713, U-957, U-973 and U-990).
The convoy was located by German air reconnaissance on 6 February, however, but its course was reported incorrectly, with the result that the U-boats searched in the opposite direction. Once again, the cruiser cover was Berwick,Kent and Bermuda, while the escort off the coast of Scotland was provided by the destroyer Wrestler, the corvettes Borage, Honeysuckle and Wallflower, and the minesweepers Cockatrice, Loyalty, Rattlesnake and Ready.
The convoy reached Loch Ewe on 11 February without incurring any loss.
Start date: 12 January 1944
End date: 11 February 1944
Nature: Sea, Convoy support
Arctic Ocean, Norwegian Sea & other far northern waters
Isegrim
Werwolf (i)


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Q: Trying to read a file, actual file has the correct text, .read() shows nothing: The text-file this creates has both the words "Hello World" which is what the assignment is asking. When I try to add a print(openfile.read()) line to the code I get nothing returned:
import os

# Complete the function to append the given new data to the specified file then print the contents of the file
def appendAndPrint(filename, newData):
# Student code goes here
    openfile = open(filename, 'a+')
    openfile.write(newData)
    print(openfile.read())
    return
# expected output: Hello World
with open("test.txt", 'w') as f:
    f.write("Hello ")
appendAndPrint("test.txt", "World")

The function should return the lines "Hello World" with that statement, did I place the print code in the wrong spot?

A: After writing to a file you have to rewind (seek)
it back to the beginning before reading
add following line before the print statement
openfile.seek(0)

Documentation of seek and its parameters
https://docs.python.org/3/library/io.html?highlight=seek#io.IOBase.seek
Please note, that seek is the best and most efficient way if you want to read a freshly written file from within the same process (with or without threads)
Addendum: (Interprocess scenario)
However if you wanted to read the file from another process, then you had to flush the file or to close it. (flushing would be the prefered way if you want to continue reading writing from within the process.
So Imagine you had two scripts:
script1.py
    openfile = open(filename, 'a+')
    openfile.write(newData)

    # without next line, data might not be readable
    # by another process
    openfile.flush()
    tell_script2_it_can_read_the_file()
    return

script2.py
wait_for_notification_from_script1()
with open(filename) as openfile:
    print(openfile.read())

A: import os

# Complete the function to append the given new data to the specified file then print the contents of the file
def appendAndPrint(filename, newData):
# Student code goes here
    with open(filename, 'a+') as file:
        file.write(newData)
    with open(filename, 'r') as file:
        return file.read()

# expected output: Hello World
with open("test.txt", 'w') as f:
    f.write("Hello ")
appendAndPrint("test.txt", "World")

A: After writing to the file you need to close it .close(). Then open it again with open('test.txt', 'r+).
import os

# Complete the function to append the given new data to the specified file then print the contents of the file
def appendAndPrint(filename, newData):
# Student code goes here
    openfile = open(filename, 'a+')
    openfile.write(newData)
    openfile.close()

    openfile = open(filename, 'r+')
    print(openfile.read())

with open("test.txt", 'w') as f:
    f.write("Hello ")
    f.close()

appendAndPrint("test.txt", "World")  # expected output: Hello World

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Serving those who serve their country
One of the many groups served by WELS Commission on Special Ministries is military service members and their families. One way the commission does this is through military contact pastors—pastors who serve WELS members and other Christians stationed at nearby military bases in addition to serving a congregation.
Paul Schulz, pastor at Risen Savior, Chula Vista, Calif., is one of approximately 120 military contact pastors who serve U.S. military members with the reassuring gospel message. He is the contact pastor for five different Marine and Naval bases in the area.
Paul Schulz conducting a wedding for a military member.
Schulz has been at Chula Vista for five and a half years. "I knew the congregation was made up of a lot of military members, and I always had a high respect for people who serve our country in that way," says Schulz. "It was a real appeal to me to be able to serve military families."
Schulz says one of the first challenges was getting on base. "We want to let the chaplains on base know who we are and that if they come across any WELS members they can send them our way so we can serve them," he says. "It's really, really hard to get on base. It's a challenge unless you have the right contact person."
Now Schulz leads a service every Sunday at the Marine Corp Recruit Depot in nearby San Diego; anywhere from 25 to 65 recruits attend, many of whom aren't WELS members. They're young, and it's usually their first time away from home. For the first time, they're taking ownership of their faith. "It's been one of the most incredible experiences and blessings in my ministry to be able to bring the Word to those recruits," says Schulz. "The spiritual needs are the same for all of us, whether it was the farmers and ranchers I served in South Dakota; the engineers in Peoria, Ill.; or the military members here. We're all sinners who need to be reminded of our Savior and take comfort in his promises."
Military families, however, are faced with their own set of unique and challenging circumstances. "Each family may be going through this for the first time, and they desperately need the comfort and assurance of God's Word," Schulz says. "They're torn apart in so many different ways. It's a blessing to assure them, especially those who will be deployed, that the Lord is with them in all things and in all ways."
Schulz stresses that for him to be able to share God's comforting Word with WELS members stationed in his area, he needs to know about them. WELS Military Services has an online referral form, wels.net/refer, that service members or their families can fill out. WELS contact pastors use the information to contact military members stationed across the country.
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Titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en observation de la Terre et écophysiologie du phytoplancton.
Je suis un océanographe dont les recherches portent sur l'écophysiologie du phytoplancton, ainsi que sur l'optique et la télédétection des océans. Elles ont comme objectif principal de comprendre l'interaction entre le phytoplancton et son milieu. Je travaille donc en mer et en laboratoire, à l'aide de modèles numériques. Finalement, en plus de ces passions, je m'intéresse de plus en plus à la limnologie.
Télédétection de la couleur de l'océan et modélisation de la production primaire.
Télédétection et modélisation de la fluorescence naturelle.
Cremella, B., Y. Huot and S. Bonilla (2018) Interpretation of total phytoplankton and cyanobacteria fluorescence from cross‐calibrated fluorometers, including sensitivity to turbidity and colored dissolved organic matter. Limnology and oceanography methods.
Poulin, C., Antoine, D. and Huot, Y. (2018). Diurnal variations of the optical properties of phytoplankton in a laboratory experiment and their implication for using inherent optical properties to measure biomass. Optics Express, 26:2, p. 711-729.
Leach, T.H., Beisner, B.E., Carey, C.C., Pernica, P., Rose, K.C., Huot, Y., Brentrup, J.A., Domaizon, I., Grossart, H.P., Ibelings, B.W., Jacquet, S., Kelly, P.T., Rusak, J.A., Stockwell, J.D., Straile, D. and Verburg, P. (2017). Patterns and drivers of deep chlorophyll maxima structure in 100 lakes: The relative importance of light and thermal stratification. Limnology and oceanography.
Huot, Y., Antoine, D. (2016) Remote sensing reflectance anomalies in the ocean. Remote sensing of environment, 184, p. 101-111.
Zhang, X., Huot, Y., Bricaud, A., Sosik, H. M. (2015) Inversion of spectral absorption coefficients to infer phytoplankton size classes, chlorophyll concentration, and detrital matter. Applied Optics, 54:18, p. 5805-5816.
Vandenhecke, J. M.-R., Bastedo, J., Cockshutt, A. M., Campbell, D. A., Huot, J. (2015) Changes in the Rubisco to photosystem ratio dominates photoacclimation across phytoplankton taxa. Photosynt Res, 124, p. 275-291.
Lee, Z. P., Wei, J., Voss, K., Lewis, M., Bricaud, A., Huot, J. (2014) Hyperspectral absorption coefficient of "pure" seawater in the range of 350–550 nm inverted from remote sensing reflectance. Applied Optics, 54:3, p. 546-558.
Lee, Z.P. and Huot, Y. (2014) On the non-closure of particle backscattering coefficient in oligotrophic oceans. Optics Express, 22:23, DOI:10.1364/OE.22.029223.
Huot, Y., Babin, M., Bruyant, F. (2013) Photosynthetic parameters in the Beaufort Sea in relation to the phytoplankton community structure, Biogeosciences, 10, p. 3445-3454.
Huot, Y., Franz, B.J., Fradette, M. (2013) Estimating variability in the quantum yield of Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence : A global analysis of oceanic waters. Remote Sensing of Environment, 132, p. 238-253.
Poulin, C., Bruyant, F., Laprise, M.-H., Cockshutt, A., Marie-Rose Vandenhecke, J., and Huot, Y. (2013) The impact of light pollution on diel changes in the photophysiology of Microcystis aeruginosa, Journal of Planckton Research, 0:0, p. 1–6.
Zhang, X., Huot, Y., Gray, D.J., Weidemann, A. and Rhea, W.J. (2013) Biogeochemical origins of particles obtained from the inversion of the volume scattering function and spectral absorption in coastal waters. Biogeosciences, 10, p. 6029-6043.
Cullen, J. J., R. F. Davis, and Y. Huot, (2012) Spectral model of depth-integrated water column photosynthesis and its inhibition by ultraviolet radiation. Global Biogeochem Cycles, 26,GB1011, doi:10.1029/2010GB003914.
Simis, S.G.H., Huot, Y., Babin, M., Seppälä, J., Metsamaa, L. (2012) Optimization of variable fluorescence measurements of phytoplankton communities with cyanobacteria. Photosynthesis Research, 112:1, p. 13-30.
Zhang, X., Gray, D.J., Huot, Y., You, Y., Bi, L. (2012) Comparison of optically derived particle size distributions: Scattering over the full angular range versus diffraction at near forward angles. Applied Optics, 51:21, p. 5085-5099.
Gernez, P., Antoine, D. and Huot, Y. (2011) Diel cycles of the particulate beam attenuation coefficient under varying trophic conditions in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea: Observations and modeling. Limnology and Oceanography, 56:1, p. 17-36.
Matsuoka, A., V. Hill, Y. Huot, M. Babin and A. Bricaud (2011) Seasonal variability in the light absorption properties of western Arctic waters: Parameterization of the individual components of absorption for ocean color applications. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, C02007, doi:10.1029/2009JC005594.
Huot, Y. and Babin, M. (2010) Overview of fluorescence protocols : Theory, basic concepts, and practice. Chap. 3, p. 31-74, in Suggett, D., Borowitzka, M.A. and Prasil, O. (eds.) Chlorophyll a fluorescence in aquatic science : Methods and applications. Springer, Berlin, Developments in Applied Phycology, vol. 4, 323 p.
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If you are a reggae enthusiast you have already heard about Matisyahu, an artist certainly under the influence of the Jamaican musical style but also famous for his brilliant rap ability, keen rock instincts, and the basic fact that the man started his career going on stage in full old-school Hassidic Jewish regalia, including a beard that would have made the dwarven warrior Gimli from The Lord of the Rings jealous.
This one-of-a-kind look wasn't a gimmick, Matthew Paul Miller, aka Matisyahu (which means "Gift of God") truly was a Hassidic Jew and devout member of the Lubavitch movement, regularly attending a synagogue located within the Upper West Side of New York City, studying the torah by day and perfecting his reggae style by night. Audiences across America could identify with the spiritual overtones that adroitly threaded the fabric of Matisyahu's music, and within a few albums he was a commercial success, largely because of 2007's Youth and the hit single "King Without a Crown."
Since then many august media entities such as Esquire and Billboard magazine have extolled his virtues, and in 2007 a documentary he appeared in called Unsettled won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature at the Slamdance Film Festival. Years later, Matisyahu has shed his traditional garments and shaved his beard, neither his religious beliefs nor his musical ability suffered for it. Fans of his music liked him with or without the tzitzit, and years later he's on tour for Akeda, his seventh album, which ended up on the iTunes Top 10 only a week after it hit the internet.
Akeda is an album that will thrill the newcomer and tantalize the long-term fan of Matisyahu. Tracks like "Surrender" contain an almost minimalist synthesizer beat that underscores a paean about winning and living life with appropriate humility, cunningly rapped and mindfully articulated. "Confidence," featuring the uniquely talented Collie Buddz, is a bold declaration made bolder still by a steady, haunting backbeat that blares and warps, accompanied by chords that skank and an attitude that is sound as it is sure, with just enough dub to make it authentic.
If his previous accomplishments are any sort of indicator, Matisyahu is still in the midst of a very successful musical career. Culture magazine was fortunate enough to speak with the artist about his present successes and future endeavors.
Thank you very much for speaking with me. I'm sure you are probably worn out by all the touring. How are you doing today? Is this a good time to be Matisyahu?
Today I'm doing good. I just flew in, so I'm talking to you from outside the airport. We're currently on the third day of the "Built to Survive" tour. We are moving on to North Carolina after this. My kids are visiting me tonight, so I'm looking forward to seeing them since I haven't seen them for a while.
That's cool that you get to catch up with your family while you are on the road. I've spoken to a lot of celebrities who really miss their families when they are on the road. It's been a while since you, for lack of a better description, changed your image by shaving the beard and dressing differently. Looking back now, were you ever worried that the change in appearance would alienate fans that were just on the fringe?
I guess it depends on what you consider a fan to be. The people that are real fans of the music are more interested in what the music does to them and the emotions I'm trying to express when I'm performing. But there are people who are more fans of the look, instead of the message. They might feel alienated about the change in appearance, but I'm a musician, not just an image.
The people that are the real fans that I've had for several years are the people who became true fans because of my music and who I am. They aren't along for just one song or album or a beard. The image I used to have was cool, but at the end of the day you just have to do what you do and make music in order to express yourself. If it resonates with people you get afforded the opportunity to continue making music, regardless of your music.
Let's be honest, you had a big, bold beard before anyone thought it was trendy or cool to have one. What do you think of the latest facial hair craze amongst the young hipsters of America? Do you think that your former image might have been an influence on the trend?
I think it's cool. I like beards. They are a lot of fun. But I do wonder, though. Because so much of the hipster craze came out of the Broadway scene out in New York City. I sometimes think the scenes there come from different cultures being so close to each other that they all kind of influence each other. I really do think the beard came from the Hassidic Jews in that area, maybe from the north side. They were hanging out with their friends, and because they were growing beards maybe it made other people grow them, too, because they thought it looked cool.
That's a very good point. I never thought of that, but it makes sense. I could imagine some of the Jewish kids growing beards and influencing their friends, so it became popular. Now, Akeda is your latest album. What does it have that fans can look forward to?
It's the best music I've made. The lyrics are deep, the songs are meaningful, hopeful, but dealing with the real human culture around us and the world we live in. The people who have a feel for the album will really enjoy how the songs can strengthen and empower them. I'm very happy with it.
Where did you get the idea for the name?
The album's name came from the Biblical story of Abraham and Isaac. Towards the end of his life Abraham brought his son Isaac to the top of a mountain to be sacrificed to God. There's a lot of correlation and connections to my own life. Abraham hears the voice of God. He tries to do whatever he thinks he needs to do for God, as hard as it can be. The album is about the sacrifices that are made to succeed in life, the pain and faith you have to have to make it, no matter who you are…that's the gist of it. But the album also talks about how there can always be reconciliation between fathers and sons, parents and children. There can always be hope.
Are there other musical genres you'd like to explore?
I think I just keep listening to music similar to what I do now. I like the classics including reggae, rock and roll and rap. When I prepare to write a record, the music I listen to determines what kind of record I write. I can't think of any other genre I want to explore right now, aside from what I'm doing at the moment. I still have a lot to say with the genre I'm in right now.
Where do you want to be, ten years from now? What do you want your career to be like by then?
I'd like to continue to do what I do. I'd like to continue to make records freely and have creative control over what I do. I love the people I work with…my agent, and my fans. I'm really happy with what we've been blessed with and what we've created over the years. We're very close because we live in tight quarters and living in strange places around the Earth together. We're making money and dreams all over. Over the years I've been able to sift through a lot of different people and end up with friends I trust. We're like a family. This record was produced by my best friend, Stu, the bass player for my band, and I've known him for years.
You are also an accomplished film actor. How did you get into that? I saw the horror film The Possession, and you really are a complete natural. Your acting and look was perfect for your role in the movie.
Well, there was a movie that was made called The Possession where this man finds a demon in a box that has its roots in Hassidic culture. They wanted an exorcist Rabbi type to show up at the end of the film. Somebody thought I should do it, so they brought me in. I was always interested in acting, so it was a lot of fun.
Are you working on any other future films? Will your fans be able to see you on the big screen in 2014 or beyond?
I would like to do more acting, but right now I'm on the road for a few months. I've been travelling a lot for this tour, so I haven't had the time to do any film acting. Hopefully I'll be able to do more films in the future, once my schedule allows for it.
Speaking as an experienced artist, how is film acting similar to performing and making music?
The gist of it is in any art…I felt this way with the acting as well…is that you have to lose yourself in the moment, submerge yourself in the creative vision, the expression of emotion you want to share. That's the same thing you do with film acting, but you just have the lines to work with.
I like how you compare the dialogue in a film to the lyrics in a song. I can imagine that both would access the same emotional energy. They both take the same artistic attitude. You've made music on both the east coast and the west coast, in NYC and LA. Do you notice a difference between the two places?
My experience in New York and LA was very different because of where I was in my life when I was making music in New York. I mostly know musicians in New York and do producing. But in LA I know more people who are in the film industry, or who are producers, as opposed to being just musicians.
What do you think about cannabis? Is it a good thing, a bad thing, or just a lot of hype over nothing?
I think it's like anything else…it has positive qualities and negative qualities. It can help and hurt. I think that it's certainly harmless, and in terms of it being legal it shouldn't be. I've come across marijuana a lot, especially because I make reggae music and from being in New York City, so it doesn't bother me.
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SDG&E forked over $4000
By Matt Potter, July 12, 2017
News Under the Radar
SDG&E helped sponsor mayor Kevin Faulconer's Balboa Theatre appearance in January. The corporation has also sought an audience with Faulconer, lobbying him (and city-council members) in an attempt to quash plans to eliminate SDG&E's power-distribution monopoly.
It took more than five months, but the identity of a major city-hall special interest that provided some of the scratch to help pay for San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer's January 12 State of the City speech has finally been revealed.
According to a legally-required disclosure filed by the mayor with the city clerk June 17, utility giant San Diego Gas & Electric forked over $4000 in cash on May 3 to the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce to cover partial costs of the Balboa Theatre blowout. The nature of the expenses isn't provided.
In February, the Union-Tribune reported that lobbyists for SDG&E had recently been in to see Faulconer and several city-council members regarding the firm's controversial resistance to plans for eliminating its power-distribution monopoly.
More stories by Matt Potter
Cox mobilizes ex-Peters influence-peddlers — April 10, 2018
SDG&E and AT&T's turkey times — Nov. 22, 2017
Faulconer commands the merry-go-round — Aug. 25, 2017
Kevin and Tony's business model — Aug. 12, 2015
Coronado carpetbagger — March 11, 2015
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July 12, 2017 @ 8:03 p.m.
Isn't SDG&E the ones trying to put tons of nuclear waste at the nuclear plant. Go figure the Mayor's paid off by them.
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The chief owner of SONGS is So Cal Edison (78.2 percent), while SDG&E only has 20 percent, and the City of Riverside, 1.8 percent.


Mid-April approaches and days slowly grow longer. But, irrespective of the calendar, soil temperatures at 4 inches hovered around 40⁰F early this week and seven-day lows stayed near freezing. Our hopes for an early start to the corn planting season may be futile.
Nevertheless, warmer temperatures in the forecast will quickly alleviate our concerns and provide encouragement for a good start to the planting season. We'll address here our thinking on planting corn in cold soils as well as the question in our title: Is planting early always best?
What if it Does Stay Cool and Damp?
What do we need to keep in mind as we consider planting corn? This question was summarized last year in CropWatch. Let's review some of the points we made then.
Before planting, check the weather forecast and soil temperatures for your area. It's wise to check the soil temperature of each field early in the morning you intend to plant. Wet soils or fields with more crop residue tend to have lower soil temperatures relative to drier soils or fields with less crop residue.
Check the seed tag or check with your seed dealer regarding the cold tolerance of your corn hybrids. Be aware that hybrids vary in cold tolerance and company rating scales differ. Cold tests can help ascertain seed viability. Let's review ideas on cold stress.
Certainly plant hybrids that are more cold tolerant first. Be aware though that "imbibitional chilling" is a physical phenomenon that can override genetics. Imbibitional water uptake occurs within the first 48 hours after a seed is planted.
Once planted, corn seeds need a two-day (48-hour) window when the soil temperature at planting depth does not drop much below 50°F. When soil temperatures drop much lower than 50°F within that two-day time frame, chilling injury may affect seed germination and subsequent seedling growth (Figure 1).
During the osmotic phase of water uptake, which starts about 48 hours after the initial imbibitional phase of water uptake ends, the risk of chilling injury approaches zero. Thereafter, temperatures below 50°F can slow germination and delay seedling emergence.
This can result in a longer exposure to soil-borne pathogens, particularly in soggy wet soils. If you expect the latter, use fungicide seed treatment for at least your earliest planted corn fields.
Figure 1. Planting into cold soil (below 50°F) when cold conditions are expected for the next 48 hours can lead to germination problems and seedlings not emerging or not emerging well.
Figure 1a. Corn seedling that started leafing out below ground and now has twisted leaves which will delay or negate normal plant development..
When corn seeds imbibe (take up) water, cell membranes stretch and cells expand. When a damaged cell membrane rehydrates, it may not return to its normal shape and size. This can create a "leaky" cell.
Water is at its densest at about 39°F so when cold water is imbibed, it may result in additional membrane damage. These ruptured membranes may occur in the cell walls and in the mitochondria.
In the plant this action may disrupt the embryo/endosperm enzymatic conversion to energy, but mostly results in leakage of cell solutes and sugars. This, in turn, is likely to reduce growth rate and interfere with growth of the emerging seedling.
Debate exists about what specific temperature and timing causes imbibitional chilling. However, corn seeds that imbibe cold water (in the low 40s) in the first 48 hours after planting undoubtedly are affected.
Planting when soil temperatures are above 50°F — and are not anticipated to drop much below this the following 48 hours — alleviates concerns of imbibitional chilling affecting corn emergence. Some scientists suggest that corn will not be injured at soil temperatures as low as 41°F; however, there is certainly some risk of injury from imbibitional chilling at those low temperatures.
Corn Planting Windows: Is Early Planting Always Best?
We've learned a lot about corn planting dates in the last 5 to 10 decades. Early on planting dates were restricted by the necessity for tillage for weed control and to improve seed-soil contact. In addition, later planting helped avoid specific, destructive corn insects — e.g., corn rootworms — and probably helped us avoid pathogens associated with cold, wet soils.
Larger farms, innovations in planting equipment, more cold-tolerant hybrids, and improved herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides, have allowed us to plant seemingly earlier and earlier every year.
In addition, climate variability manifests itself in unprecedented swings in temperature and precipitation forcing us to change our assumptions. One of these assumptions is that planting early is always best.
A new summary of planting date data from Iowa suggests that rather than thinking of a specific date as optimum for planting — with certain declining yields certain to follow — we need to consider buffer periods around optimum planting dates as a window of time within which corn yields are optimized.
This concept allows us to think in terms of a time frame within which yield is optimized and can help account for year-to-year variation, present weather conditions, and weather forecasts.
Optimum planting date windows to obtain at least 98% yield potential range from April 15-May 9 for northwest and cental Iowa; from April 17 to May 8 for southwest Iowa; and from April 12-30 for north central and northeast Iowa.
To achieve at least 95% yield potential, those ranges extend from April 15 to May 18 for northwest and central Iowa; from April 12 to May 13 for southwest and southeast Iowa; and from April 12 to May 5 for north central and northeast Iowa.
A corn producer interested in fine-tuning corn planting-date management, should wait for conditions allowing 48-hour windows of soil temperatures 50°F and above. After all, in the final analysis, fine-tuning planting date management is not about the date you plant your FIRST field, rather it is about when you can plant your LAST field!
If you wait until soil temperatures are projected to be above 50°F for the rest of the planting season (and of course to not "mud in" the seed), you will likely be planting your first field later than the beginning of the optimum period and thus need more rain-free periods afterward to get the rest of your fields planted.
Take advantage of 48-hour windows of 50°F soil temperatures with good planting conditions so your farmwide corn field planting dates fall more in the optimum periods as shown in the Iowa article.
CropWatch posts daily and weekly soil temperature averages (provided by the Nebraska State Climate Office) in map and table formats for sites across the state. Be sure to check in-field soil temperatures just after dawn — even if using a cheap meat thermometer. Schedule planting based on those and the 48-hour forecast.
Concerning cool soils and corn planting dates, for best results, begin planting a more cold-tolerant corn hybrid when soil temperatures are in the high 40s and the short-term forecast calls for warm days that will continue pushing soil temperatures higher.
If soil temperatures are in the high 40s and the weather forecast calls for cold wet conditions within the next 48 hours, soil temperatures will likely drop and planting should be delayed until temperatures warm.
Sometimes, a given year's optimum planting date may actually be in May! Planting early is not always the best!


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Macy's to hire 80,000 workers for holidays, fewer than last year
It would hire 18,000 holiday workers to fulfill online orders, including shipping and packaging, an increase of about 3,000 from last year.Reuters | September 15, 2017, 08:24 IST
Macy's Inc will increase by 20 percent the number of workers it hires during the holiday shopping season to staff distribution and warehouses that support its online business, but total holiday hiring will fall.
The department store operator said on Thursday it would hire 18,000 holiday workers to fulfill online orders, including shipping and packaging, an increase of about 3,000 from last year. But total hiring for the holiday season will fall to 80,000 from 83,000 last year, the company said, with Macy's operating 70 fewer stores than it did last year.
Rival Target Corp on Wednesday said it would hire 43 percent more seasonal workers, or a total of 100,000, for the holiday season rush.
It was the first time in five years that Target increased the number of holiday workers it would hire, after the retailer reported a rise in comparable-store sales for the first time in more than a year.
Seasonal hiring plans typically point to retailers' sales expectations for the holiday season, which starts a day after Thanksgiving and continues into early January and accounts for nearly a third of annual sales.
U.S. staffing firm Radial expects retailers, including Neiman Marcus, Ralph Lauren Corp and Toys R Us, to hire 35 percent more workers this holiday season to fill positions at distribution centers as well as for ancillary services such as order-online-pick-up-in-store and doorstep delivery.
Macy's, like other department store operators, has been grappling with weak sales for years, as shoppers spend less on apparel and more on experiences, and as competition from online retailers such as Amazon.com Inc intensifies.
To counteract these pressures, large chains are heavily investing in their online businesses, including building distribution centers and logistic fleets while shutting stores and cutting jobs.
More and more retailers are now relying on temporary workers to fill positions, Moody's analyst Charles O'Shea told Reuters.
Macy's has lowered the headcount of its permanent employees by nearly 16 percent over the last five years, filings show, and plans to shut 100 stores by the end of this year.
Macy's last month repeated its outlook for a decline in sales for the fiscal year ending in January of between 3.2 percent and 4.3 percent and a decline in comparable-store sales of 2 percent to 3 percent.
Macy's to restructure merchandising unit, cut 100 jobs
J.C. Penney hits record low on wider loss, retail gloom
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A survey of air pollution levels in "Irish pubs" around the world has found that indoor air pollution in authentic Irish pubs in Ireland, where a smoke-free law has been in effect for two years, is 91 percent lower than in "Irish pubs" located in other countries and cities where smoke-free laws do not apply. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Roswell Park Cancer Institute and health authorities in Ireland collaborated on the project that assessed air samples from 128 "Irish pubs" in 15 countries in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
In March 2004, the Republic of Ireland became the first country to have a nationwide ban on indoor smoking in all public spaces — including restaurants and pubs. The policy provides an opportunity to assess the effectiveness of comprehensive smoke-free laws by comparing Irish indoor public spaces to public spaces elsewhere. Despite claims that the law could have a negative economic impact, Ireland has seen no decline in business at pubs and restaurants and, in fact, business in that sector has improved according to the Central Statistics Office (Ireland) (www.cso.ie).


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Q: Getting " 'str' object does not support item assignment" Error from Python3 I tried to use a text file as an Input for my Quicksort Function in Python. As it turns out, I get this Error
TypeError: 'str' object does not support item assignment

I know the Error occurs because Strings in Python are immutable, therefore they cannot be changed. However, I am not sure how I can fix my code to make it run.
My Code (in Python 3)
import sys
f = open('C:/Users/.../.../Desktop/Test/test1.txt')
array = str(f.read())

def QuickSort(array, starting= 0, ending=len(array)-1):

    if starting < ending:

       p = Partition(array, starting, ending)

       QuickSort(array, starting, p-1)
       Quicksort(array, p+1, ending)

def Partition(array, starting, ending):
       Pivo_Index = starting
       Pivot = array[Pivot_Index]

       while starting < ending:
           while starting < len(array) and array[starting] <= Pivot:
               starting += 1

           while array[ending] > Pivot:
               ending -= 1

           if starting < ending:
               array[starting], array[ending] = array[ending], array[starting]

       array[ending], array[Pivot_Index] = array[Pivot_Index], array[ending]

       return ending

print(QuickSort(array))

My text file is the following
12.11.1990 a
01.01.1991 aa
02.02.1992 baa
02.02.1992 aaa
15.07.1999 ytyvm

Suggestions of how I can fix my code?

A: read() returns a string, which is immutable (and thus, can't be sorted, as you've seen). If you want to get a list of lines in the file and sort them, you could use array = f.readlines().


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