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Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016
Changes over time for: Cross Heading: The regulators
There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
s. 60(4)(5) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2019/1136 reg. 5(7)(8)
s. 62A(2)(3) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2019/1136 reg. 6
The regulatorsU.K.
18Appointment of Financial Conduct Authority chief executiveU.K.
In Schedule 1ZA to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the Financial Conduct Authority), after paragraph 2 insert—
"2A(1)The term of office of a person appointed as chief executive under paragraph 2(2)(b) must not begin before—
(a)the person has, in connection with the appointment, appeared before the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons, or
(b)(if earlier) the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which the appointment is made.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the person is appointed as chief executive on an acting basis, pending a further appointment being made.
(3)The reference to the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons—
(a)if the name of that Committee is changed, is a reference to that Committee by its new name, and
(b)if the functions of that Committee (or substantially corresponding functions) become functions of a different Committee of the House of Commons, is to be treated as a reference to the Committee by which the functions are exercisable.
(4)Any question arising under sub-paragraph (3) is to be determined by the Speaker of the House of Commons."
I1S. 18 in force at 6.7.2016 by S.I. 2016/627, reg. 2(1)(m)
19Treasury recommendations to Financial Conduct AuthorityU.K.
In Chapter 1 of Part 1A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the Financial Conduct Authority), after section 1J insert—
"RecommendationsU.K.
1JARecommendations by Treasury in connection with general duties
(1)The Treasury may at any time by notice in writing to the FCA make recommendations to the FCA about aspects of the economic policy of Her Majesty's Government to which the FCA should have regard when considering—
(a)how to act in a way which is compatible with its strategic objective,
(b)how to advance one or more of its operational objectives,
(c)how to discharge the duty in section 1B(4) (duty to promote effective competition in the interests of consumers),
(d)the application of the regulatory principles in section 3B, and
(e)the matter mentioned in section 1B(5)(b) (importance of taking action to minimise the extent to which it is possible for a business to be used for a purpose connected with financial crime).
(2)The Treasury must make recommendations under subsection (1) at least once in each Parliament.
(3)The Treasury must—
(a)publish in such manner as they think fit any notice given under subsection (1), and
(b)lay a copy of it before Parliament."
I2S. 19 in force at 6.7.2016 by S.I. 2016/627, reg. 2(1)(n)
20Regulatory principles: diversityU.K.
(1)Section 3B of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (regulatory principles to be applied by both regulators) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)(f) after "persons" insert "(including different kinds of person such as mutual societies and other kinds of business organisation)".
(3)After subsection (3) insert—
"(3A)Mutual society" has the same meaning as in section 138K."
I3S. 20 in force at 6.7.2016 by S.I. 2016/627, reg. 2(1)(o)


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Q: Matrix Multiplication Dimension - but with tensors Matrices
If I have two matrices $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times m}$ and $B\in\mathbb{R}^{m\times p}$ I only require the number of columns of $A$ and the number of rows of $B$ to the the same to do matrix multiplication. The resulting dimension can be found by "eliminating" this common dimension
$$
AB \in\mathbb{R}^{n\times p}
$$
Tensors
Suppose now I have some three-dimensional tensors $C\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times m\times p}$ and $D\in\mathbb{R}^{q\times r\times s}$. I would like to compute
$$
CD
$$
What dimensionality requirements do we need and what is the dimension of the resulting tensor after doing tensor multiplication?
My intuition is that we require $m=q$ for this to work.

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package google

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"regexp"
	"strings"

	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
)

var loggingBucketConfigSchema = map[string]*schema.Schema{
	"name": {
		Type:        schema.TypeString,
		Computed:    true,
		Description: `The resource name of the bucket`,
	},
	"location": {
		Type:        schema.TypeString,
		Required:    true,
		ForceNew:    true,
		Description: `The location of the bucket.`,
	},
	"bucket_id": {
		Type:        schema.TypeString,
		Required:    true,
		ForceNew:    true,
		Description: `The name of the logging bucket. Logging automatically creates two log buckets: _Required and _Default.`,
	},
	"description": {
		Type:        schema.TypeString,
		Optional:    true,
		Computed:    true,
		Description: `An optional description for this bucket.`,
	},
	"retention_days": {
		Type:        schema.TypeInt,
		Optional:    true,
		Default:     30,
		Description: `Logs will be retained by default for this amount of time, after which they will automatically be deleted. The minimum retention period is 1 day. If this value is set to zero at bucket creation time, the default time of 30 days will be used.`,
	},
	"lifecycle_state": {
		Type:        schema.TypeString,
		Computed:    true,
		Description: `The bucket's lifecycle such as active or deleted.`,
	},
}

type loggingBucketConfigIDFunc func(d *schema.ResourceData, config *Config) (string, error)

// ResourceLoggingBucketConfig creates a resource definition by merging a unique field (eg: folder) to a generic logging bucket
// config resource. In practice the only difference between these resources is the url location.
func ResourceLoggingBucketConfig(parentType string, parentSpecificSchema map[string]*schema.Schema, iDFunc loggingBucketConfigIDFunc) *schema.Resource {
	return &schema.Resource{
		Create: resourceLoggingBucketConfigAcquireOrCreate(parentType, iDFunc),
		Read:   resourceLoggingBucketConfigRead,
		Update: resourceLoggingBucketConfigUpdate,
		Delete: resourceLoggingBucketConfigDelete,
		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
			State: resourceLoggingBucketConfigImportState(parentType),
		},
		Schema:        mergeSchemas(loggingBucketConfigSchema, parentSpecificSchema),
		UseJSONNumber: true,
	}
}

var loggingBucketConfigIDRegex = regexp.MustCompile("(.+)/(.+)/locations/(.+)/buckets/(.+)")

func resourceLoggingBucketConfigImportState(parent string) schema.StateFunc {
	return func(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) ([]*schema.ResourceData, error) {
		parts := loggingBucketConfigIDRegex.FindStringSubmatch(d.Id())
		if parts == nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse logging sink id %#v", d.Id())
		}

		if len(parts) != 5 {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid id format. Format should be '{{parent}}/{{parent_id}}/locations/{{location}}/buckets/{{bucket_id}} with parent in %s", loggingSinkResourceTypes)
		}

		validLoggingType := false
		for _, v := range loggingSinkResourceTypes {
			if v == parts[1] {
				validLoggingType = true
				break
			}
		}
		if !validLoggingType {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Logging parent type %s is not valid. Valid resource types: %#v", parts[1],
				loggingSinkResourceTypes)
		}

		if err := d.Set(parent, parts[1]+"/"+parts[2]); err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error setting parent: %s", err)
		}

		if err := d.Set("location", parts[3]); err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error setting location: %s", err)
		}

		if err := d.Set("bucket_id", parts[4]); err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error setting bucket_id: %s", err)
		}

		return []*schema.ResourceData{d}, nil
	}
}

func resourceLoggingBucketConfigAcquireOrCreate(parentType string, iDFunc loggingBucketConfigIDFunc) func(*schema.ResourceData, interface{}) error {
	return func(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
		config := meta.(*Config)
		userAgent, err := generateUserAgentString(d, config.userAgent)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		id, err := iDFunc(d, config)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		if parentType == "project" {
			//logging bucket can be created only at the project level, in future api may allow for folder, org and other parent resources

			log.Printf("[DEBUG] Fetching logging bucket config: %#v", id)
			url, err := replaceVars(d, config, fmt.Sprintf("{{LoggingBasePath}}%s", id))
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}

			res, _ := sendRequest(config, "GET", "", url, userAgent, nil)
			if res == nil {
				log.Printf("[DEGUG] Loggin Bucket not exist %s", id)
				// we need to pass the id in here because we don't want to set it in state
				// until we know there won't be any errors on create
				return resourceLoggingBucketConfigCreate(d, meta, id)
			}
		}

		d.SetId(id)

		return resourceLoggingBucketConfigUpdate(d, meta)
	}
}

func resourceLoggingBucketConfigCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}, id string) error {
	config := meta.(*Config)
	userAgent, err := generateUserAgentString(d, config.userAgent)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	obj := make(map[string]interface{})
	obj["name"] = d.Get("name")
	obj["description"] = d.Get("description")
	obj["retentionDays"] = d.Get("retention_days")
	obj["locked"] = d.Get("locked")

	url, err := replaceVars(d, config, "{{LoggingBasePath}}projects/{{project}}/locations/{{location}}/buckets?bucketId={{bucket_id}}")
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Creating new Bucket: %#v", obj)
	billingProject := ""

	project, err := getProject(d, config)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	billingProject = project

	// err == nil indicates that the billing_project value was found
	if bp, err := getBillingProject(d, config); err == nil {
		billingProject = bp
	}

	res, err := sendRequestWithTimeout(config, "POST", billingProject, url, userAgent, obj, d.Timeout(schema.TimeoutCreate))
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Error creating Bucket: %s", err)
	}

	d.SetId(id)

	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Finished creating Bucket %q: %#v", d.Id(), res)

	return resourceLoggingBucketConfigRead(d, meta)
}

func resourceLoggingBucketConfigRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
	config := meta.(*Config)
	userAgent, err := generateUserAgentString(d, config.userAgent)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Fetching logging bucket config: %#v", d.Id())

	url, err := replaceVars(d, config, fmt.Sprintf("{{LoggingBasePath}}%s", d.Id()))
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	res, err := sendRequest(config, "GET", "", url, userAgent, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("[WARN] Unable to acquire logging bucket config at %s", d.Id())

		d.SetId("")
		return err
	}

	if err := d.Set("name", res["name"]); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Error setting name: %s", err)
	}
	if err := d.Set("description", res["description"]); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Error setting description: %s", err)
	}
	if err := d.Set("lifecycle_state", res["lifecycleState"]); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Error setting lifecycle_state: %s", err)
	}
	if err := d.Set("retention_days", res["retentionDays"]); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Error setting retention_days: %s", err)
	}

	return nil
}

func resourceLoggingBucketConfigUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
	config := meta.(*Config)
	userAgent, err := generateUserAgentString(d, config.userAgent)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	obj := make(map[string]interface{})

	url, err := replaceVars(d, config, fmt.Sprintf("{{LoggingBasePath}}%s", d.Id()))
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	obj["retentionDays"] = d.Get("retention_days")
	obj["description"] = d.Get("description")

	updateMask := []string{}
	if d.HasChange("retention_days") {
		updateMask = append(updateMask, "retentionDays")
	}
	if d.HasChange("description") {
		updateMask = append(updateMask, "description")
	}
	url, err = addQueryParams(url, map[string]string{"updateMask": strings.Join(updateMask, ",")})
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	_, err = sendRequestWithTimeout(config, "PATCH", "", url, userAgent, obj, d.Timeout(schema.TimeoutUpdate))
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Error updating Logging Bucket Config %q: %s", d.Id(), err)
	}

	return resourceLoggingBucketConfigRead(d, meta)

}

func resourceLoggingBucketConfigDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
	name := d.Get("bucket_id")
	for _, restrictedName := range []string{"_Required", "_Default"} {
		if name == restrictedName {
			log.Printf("[WARN] Default logging bucket configs cannot be deleted. Removing logging bucket config from state: %#v", d.Id())
			return nil
		}
	}

	config := meta.(*Config)
	userAgent, err := generateUserAgentString(d, config.userAgent)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	url, err := replaceVars(d, config, fmt.Sprintf("{{LoggingBasePath}}%s", d.Id()))
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if _, err := sendRequestWithTimeout(config, "DELETE", "", url, userAgent, nil, d.Timeout(schema.TimeoutUpdate)); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Error deleting Logging Bucket Config %q: %s", d.Id(), err)
	}
	return nil
}

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downturn (–4%) of refined petroleum products. It should be noted too that new services have set up in the Port of Rouen, in particular to the Baltic and Africa. It is in this context that HAROPA has launched a public consultation on its strategic discussion paper on the port of future: HAROPA by 2030.
Over the first nine months of the year 2013, container traffic handled by HAROPA registers a 7% growth (19.3Mt) with regard to the same period in 2012, despite a relatively strained world economic situation.
Cereals: the strong beginning of the season in Rouen silos The 2012/2013 grain campaign, ending in late June, was marked by an 8% increase, with 6.6mt, tonnages of wheat and barleys were loaded in bulk from the silos of Rouen and its neighbouring area. For the year 2013, 7mt should be reached.
Coals: recovery in Le Havre and good activity in Rouen The HAROPA joint venture registers a strong upturn of trades in Havre, as well as stability in Rouen and in industrial coal.A strong proportion of coal was handled by Gennevilliers (HAROPA-Ports of Paris).
The traffic of aggregates is globally good, this year, at HAROPA terminals, increasing by 8%. HAROPA-Port of Rouen terminals registered, in July, its second best monthly sea traffic (118,000 tonnes) in 12 years. Aggregates of massive rocks from Scotland and Norway and marine aggregates are regularly received in: Honfleur (Lafarge), Saint-Jean-de-Folleville (SPS constituted by Cemex and GSM),Vatteville-la-Rue (Cemex Casema), Saint-Wandrille (Holcim Yeoman/ Eurovia Yeoman/Eurovia) and Rouen (Stema) with new unloading of Norwegian aggregates. Over 9 months, traffic reached 600,000 tonnes, that is a 36% rise, with regard to the same period in 2012. In Le Havre, tonnages were more or less stable, with 930,000 tonnes.
Refined petroleum products: a relatively slight downturn Over the first nine months of the year 2013, refined petroleum products, at the terminals of HAROPA-Port of Rouen, suffered a 7% drop, to 5.2mt at the end of September, 2013, against 5.6mt at the end of September, 2012. Although the actors of the energy sector record a slight increase of their traffic, the latter does not make up for the loss of sea traffic caused by the stoppage of the Petroplus refinery in Petit-Couronne which accounted for 2.4 Mt in 2011. In Le Havre terminals, crude oil traffic is stable, and the drop in refined products is limited to 3%.
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Bureau Veritas has launched its new software VeriSTAR-HLC to assist ship owners with the maintenance of their ships and to better plan their vessel's dry-docks.VeriSTAR-HLC uses a 3D representation of the ship which helps monitor its actual structural condition. Thickness measurements are entered in the model's database and the vessel's condition is displayed in colour codes. This enables a more efficient preparation of steel repairs by the owner because areas to be repaired are automatically displayed by the system. Data remains in the database forever and access to all ship's data, including historical data, is simple.
In case of damage, the current structural condition of the ship is made available without delay making VeriSTAR-HLC an essential tool in an emergency. This kind of structural monitoring is especially important for bulk carriers due to their demanding service life with rapid loading of heavy cargoes and grab damage.VeriSTAR-HLC is also fully integrated with BV classification surveys and the tool is used by BV surveyors for the assessment of the ship's structure and repair decisions.
The new harmonized Common Structural Rules (CSR-H) covering bulk carriers are expected to be adopted by the IACS council in December 2013. The CSR-H will have to comply with IMO's Goal Based Standards which will enter into force in July 2016, but the implementation of the CSR-H is expected a lot earlier than this date. Bureau Veritas has already updated its software VeriSTAR Hull and MARS with the new CSR-H requirements. These software tools are used for the structural assessment of the ship. Bureau Veritas has committed substantial resources to the IACS efforts to finalize the common rules and in that way it has unrivalled knowledge of how the rules work. It has used that to update its tools and to assist shipyards in China, S. Korea and Japan in the development of their new CSR-H compliant designs.
After a complete programme of renovation and the creation of storage areas, the former Silonor quay was delivered by the Port of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) in November 2012 and has been handling new types of traffic since the beginning of the year. In September, a cargo of 7,500 tonnes of feldspar was delivered at the site, whose storage yards and facilities are operated by DMT (Dunkerque Multibulk Terminal).
The cargo, imported from Gulluk in Turkey by Esan Italia Minerals for Céramiques Desvres, arrived during the night of 18 to 19 September on board the Romy Trader (132m × 20m). Feldspar is a dense product (1.5) but not dusty; it was discharged by the handling teams of Barra SNM, stored under cover in the DMT installations and used to supply the factory in Maubeuge (Nord département) at a rate of 600 tonnes a week. The ship also carried big bags of fine sand for testing in the region's glassworks.
This activity was started up last June with a ship of 6,500 tonnes, which had to be discharged at the Freycinet 12 quay because DMT's installations were being used for other traffic and were therefore unavailable. Other ships associated with this activity are expected shortly, including a cargo of 4,000 tonnes of bentonite and another ship carrying 12,000 tonnes of feldspar.
Nord Ceréales and the Port of Dunkirk have re-launched the grain trade between France and China. The Moon Globe, a Panamax ship 225m long and 32.26m broad, called at the Port of Dunkirk during the last week of August to load more than 60,000 tonnes of wheat from the Nord Pas-de-Calais, Somme and Aisne regions, bound for Guangzhou in China.
The Nord-Cereales terminal is located in the Port of Dunkirk and offers all the facilities needed for berthing ships with a capacity of 110,000 tonnes. The terminal has 222,000 tonnes of vertical storage, 110,000 tonnes of horizontal storage, and a 3,000-point dryer.
France's third-ranking port, Dunkirk is well known as a port handling heavy bulk cargoes for its numerous industrial installations. It has also built its reputation in other sectors such as cross-Channel RORO traffic to Great Britain, containers, fruit, etc.
Classified as the seventh port of the North Europe Range which extends from Le Havre to Hamburg, Dunkirk is also the leading French port for ore and coal imports, France's leading port for containerized fruit imports, and the country's second- ranking port for trade with Great Britain.


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Q: When does socket poll (selectwrite polling mode) become false? The return value of Socket.Poll Method as what is written in msdn:

The status of the Socket based on the polling mode value passed in the
  mode parameter.
Mode: SelectRead
Return Value:
  true if Listen has been called and a connection is
  pending;
-or-
true if data is available for reading;
-or-
true if the connection has been closed, reset, or terminated;
otherwise, returns false.

it appears to me that socket.poll method will always return true... I'm confused. it seems sensible for poll method to return true for the first two reasons stated but as for the third reason (true if the connection has been closed, reset, or terminated;), shouldn't it return false? what is the reason for poll to return true for the reasons mentioned?

A: The reason for that third case is that you can detect a client (or the server if you are on the client side) disconnecting, do your application-level cleanup, and then close that socket, thus releasing associated OS resources.


Testing is probably the best policy if you have a bloodborne odor problem. Any home test is likely to be more popular. If you have a bloodborne odor problem, it may be worthwhile ruling any deficiences out. In the case of vitamins and minerals testing, this is a home test that is supposed to give a general rough assessment of your zinc status. The senses of taste and smell are supposed to be associated with gustin, a polypeptide dependent on zinc that is suspected to be a taste bud growth factor. The 'taste test' was devised by Professor Derek Bryce-Smith of Reading University. The zinc solution can be bought online. In the USA there is a brand called Zinc Tally, but there are probably cheaper brands.
External Body Odor has been (tenuously ?) associated with zinc, and zinc is also associated with smell/taste function, but it should be deemed very unlikely zinc deficiency play a role in a bloodborne odor problem. Also, the dosages suggested in the link are not a recommendation here. Zinc toxicity can make you feel unwell.
1)Optimal zinc levels—An immediate, unpleasant, obviously adverse taste.
2)Adequate Zinc Levels—A definite but not strongly unpleasant taste is noted immediately and tends to intensify with time.
3)Quite Zinc Deficient—No taste noted initially, but develops in 10-15 seconds.


Are you going to tell me about the birth of this table?
Did it happen on an assembly line or was she formed on the handyman's lathe?
In the corridor or delivery room?
Was he there at the birth?
Yes, he was Head of Packaging.
When they braced her up did she fit together well?
Did she mitre in right?
They didn't tell her fortune or her future.
She didn't know what she would be when she was all grooved up.
all felled down, logged up and sent off in a flat bed lorry in the direction of Ikea, Warrington, after the storm.
Complete with me silver bits in me own plastic bag.
all washed up and trying so hard to be upstanding.
where the wind blows in from the north, south, east and west.
of soft soppy soft wood.
with time past, time present, time future.
Trying to be like them, understand them, the ancient ones.
But I can't, I'm from Ikea.
They are the longest, tallest, most robust, most weathered and withered of all.
They are trees and I am me.
Now see the film and read the blog about this poem and its context. It's bloody amazing - ed.


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For some time the Friends had dreams of a home of their own. Secretary Mandy King believed that a meeting room and repository in the Gardens was essential for the groups continued existence. We now have that facility which we call Scoborio's shed.
Charles Scoborio was the first curator of Warrnambool Botanic Gardens. The gardens were originally located just to the west of the cemetery on a windswept hollow that resisted his best gardening efforts. He resigned. Later, after the Gardens were relocated to the present site, he resumed the role of curator. He continued until his retirement in 1905 aged 79, by which time he had served 41 years as curator. Scoborio and his wife and son lived in the curator's cottage. This heritage listed residence, built in 1870, is one of Warrnambool's oldest buildings.
There is a sandstone building at the back of the house with entry from both the back yard and the system garden/works area. The City Council has made this historic building available to The Friends of Warrnambool Botanic Gardens as a workspace, meeting room and storage area for their collection. No doubt Scoborio worked in this area and the friends have named it Scoborio's Shed.
The shed had fallen into disrepair, with leaking spouting and peeling paintwork all hidden under a rampant growth of creeper and shiny leaf. The Council undertook to make the shed weatherproof. Central Rotary removed the creeper and cleared the exterior. They went on to repair the entrances, paint the interior and polish or carpet the floor.
We had our thank you to Central Rotary and Council on November 10. Rotarians, together with Cr Jacinta Ermacora, Mark Mirtchen and the Friends, enjoyed a good hour of fellowship. Pat gave a brief talk, Marigold bought some beautiful Tulip tree flowers, Billy & Judi made some savouries, the girls had some bubbles and the boys had a beer. What could have deteriorated into another derelict ruin has been restored.
Scoborio's Shed stands as a tribute to a pioneer gardener, a workstation for present day Friends of the Gardens and an example of what community spirit and cooperation can achieve.


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Very loving and curious black & white cat came to my door late last night. I took her in for fear of coyotes. He or she was very sweet immediately to me and settled right in. She is clean so I think she must be a neighbor's cat .I've out up signs but no responses yet. please come get your cat.


The SATRA Cutting Award is a way of improving and maintaining quality in the cutting room during the manufacture of footwear and covers the complete cutting process.
SATRA auditors will examine various stages of the cutting procedure including incoming inspection, storage, physical conditions in the cutting area, space, layout, lighting, access and equipment maintenance.
The quality of the cut pieces, and the training cutters have received, is also checked. SATRA will monitor the overall facilities of the company and its ability to consistently supply the product. Footwear manufacturers that achieve a required standard of competence can apply for SATRA registration.


Around this time of year, you read all sorts of articles about romantic wine gifts, how to choose Champagne, which wine will get him to pop the question, and 10,000 variations on the hackneyed chocolate and wine pairing guide.
I'm going to get real with you. Do you know what Valentine's Day looks like when you're a severely exhausted, working parent of two small dictators?
Not quite as romantic as it looks.
Um, let's be real here, folks. Valentine's Day is for wives and girlfriends. I'm allowed to say this because I'm a feminist. Who STILL had something made and ordered and delivered DAYS ago for her husband.
In reality, he's (sort of) forgiven. For the last month, he has been taking a course that runs every Tuesday and Thursday night and all day Sunday, in addition to working full-time, traveling a lot for his job and being a truly phenomenal, very present father to our kids (Happy Valentine's Day, babe!). That he hasn't arranged for an elaborate V-Day celebration is understandable (but really it isn't).
Most parents of little ones that I know are so happy to just collapse on the couch and binge-watch ANYTHING (in my case, Family Feud) after putting the kids to bed, that the idea of changing clothes (contrary to ancient folklore, dried baby vomit has zero aphrodisiac properties), getting in a car, and talking more doesn't exactly get the, um, juices flowing quite as much as one would hope. At this point, I need a really good cry, a three-day vacation and a few long sessions of therapy leading up to date night to make it worth anyone's while. I frequently kick-off and end date nights with a really good cry, but something tells me that's not my husband's idea of a great time.
I was inspired to write this because the other day, I was STARVING. And, the estimated time between that moment and my kids sleeping soundly so that I could finally feed the lowest person on the totem pole — myself — was ALL ETERNITY. So I did the obvious thing. I started eating the Gerber Graduates strawberry "Yogurt Melts" that I was offering to Luke, my almost-one-year-old. Have you guys ever tried these, by the way? For anyone who made buying "Astronaut Ice Cream" an absolutely mandatory part of any visit to the science center as a kid, these are a must-have (for yourself) around the house.
This could be your next romantic meal too, if you play your cards right.
Politely asking for more Yogurt Melts.
But I wasn't just eating them. I was shoveling fistfuls into my piehole like they were Cheetos and I had just been smoked out by Snoop himself.
Pick something soft and juicy, like a New World Pinot (think Cali, New Zealand, Chile) and savor how delightful the saltiness of the cheese is with the fruitiness of the wine. It's like a cheddar scone with raspberry preserves. Only you're not sipping tea at a quaint bed and breakfast in London. You're having a stand-off with a toddhole who is refusing to eat his grilled cheese because you didn't make the corners of it round enough.
I love this pairing, mostly because Barbera is my go-to wine, and chicken nuggets are my guilty pleasure (confession: I have totally ordered chicken fingers off the kids menu "for my son"…AKA me). You could feasibly go with a crisp white here, but the Ketchup sort of complicates things and you want something that can hang with that sweet/salty/umami flavor — Barbera is your gal.
Need I say more? Probably not, but I will. Sparkling wine loves grease and salt. Valentine's Day loves buns and wieners. And nothing makes you feel like less of a schlub than sipping tiny bubbles out of a delicate Champagne flute. And yes, you need to drink it out of a nice glass. You are forgiven for doing it in dirty clothes in your dirty kitchen while feeding your dirty children, but you will never be forgiven for having crappy stemware.
Pick a slightly oaked version, perhaps from California, or, if you can find/afford it, a good quality Burgundy, like a Puligny-Montrachet. The toasty oak will play off the toasty oats and you will feel happier than you did eating Cheerios for dinner sober.
I could go on for days about this exact topic, because it is actually a big metaphor for my entire life. But for now, stop looking at the culinary situation in your home as sad, and look at it as a fantastic opportunity to get creative with food and wine pairings. It will give you an excuse to open that second — and third — bottle.
All in the name of research, right?
Next article Next time you're picking up toothpaste and a bar of soap, think of the story you could tell.


I was into the final night of painting a portrait of Jon Wood, a beloved former football coach who died in 2011, when I made the decision to add his name to sleeve of his shirt. Something was missing in the composition; there was too much shirt and not enough focus. The name helped, but it still wasn't enough.
I was hearing silent whispers during this final phase of the portrait. Four words kept repeating themselves, silent whispers from I don't know where: son, brother, coach, friend. Each word brought to mind the people who miss him terribly and the players he worked with over the years. I added the four words on the shirt, just underneath of his name.
After I sent Melissa, his sister, a snapshot of the piece - she was thrilled with the result - I felt an overwhelming need to talk to her. In that conversation, she shared with me a pretty big clue as to where the silent whispers may have been coming from.
"Those four words," she began; "those four words are - exactly - what - is - written - on - his - headstone."
Listening to the silent whispers and taking action on what I'm hearing has profoundly shaped the course of this creative journey.
I had painted a portrait of actor Lorne Cardinal as a favour for Kelton Stepanowich who needed a few poster treatments for a film project called Gods Acre. Mr. Cardinal had been very effusive about it on Twitter when I first shared it and I wanted to invite him over to the studio to see it in person. He had a brief window of opportunity when he was in Fort McMurray filming in July, but unfortunately, that was the day we were leaving for our family reunion trip to the Kootenays. My intentionwas to give him the painting when he came for the visit. So, I gave it to him anyway, opting instead to mail it to his home north of Vancouver.
He posted this marvellous set of images on Twitter yesterday.
While watching BASEBALL by Ken Burns, the seminal mini-series about the history of the game, a silent whisper said that I had to paint Ty Cobb.
"Damn, that's my great grand daddy. I've never seen a rendition so beautiful and precise."
She then asked if she could purchase it. Sadly, I had to let her know that it was already spoken for.
Maybe it's because I'm getting older and that I've had issues with my hearing in the past, but I've become a very good listener, even of messages unspoken. Where these silent prompts take me is really quite remarkable.


Tom Ingram took his second win of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship season at Donington Park, and in doing so assumed an eight point lead of the drivers' standings over Honda's Gordon Shedden.
Mercedes driver Aiden Moffat started the race from pole position courtesy of his Race 1 victory, but was unfancied for a repeat, carrying 75kg of success ballast and with the Dunlop option hard tyre. Although Moffat was able to defend against the Handy Toyota of Rob Austin and the BMW of Colin Turkington at the start, it was Collard who emerged as his chief rival, with the BMW driver moving into second ahead of Austin and Turkington on the opening lap.
Ingram, who had got his hard tyre run out of the way in Race 1, grabbed second from Collard at the end of the second lap, and then took the lead from Moffat at the Craner Curves on lap four.
The driver to watch was Subaru Team BMR's Ash Sutton, who'd worked his way from 31st to 13th in Race 1 after losing his pole position yesterday due to a technical infringement, and in Race 2 was scything his way up the order in the Levorg GT.
On the fifth lap, he grabbed sixth from BMW's Colin Turkington, while Collard and the Honda of Gordon Shedden moved up to second and third ahead of Moffat's Mercedes.
Sutton passed Moffat a lap later for fourth, and then on lap nine Sutton overtook Shedden for third and started to close on Collard.
Shedden made a rare mistake at Coppice two laps later and dropped behind Team Parker Racing's Josh Cook, with Shedden losing a further spot to the BMW of Colin Turkington before the end of the race.
Ingram went on to take the win almost four seconds clear of the battling rear-wheel drive pair, with Collard just holding off Sutton for second.
Cook finished fourth, the best result for Team Parker Racing in the BTCC, with Turkington completing the top five for West Surrey Racing.
Shedden and team-mate Matt Neal followed, with Dave Newsham eighth for BTC Racing in the Chevrolet Cruze. Eurotech's Jack Goff and Power Maxed's Tom Chilton completed the top ten.
The top eight will be reversed for Race 3, which puts the Chevrolet of Dave Newsham on pole position ahead of the two Team Dynamics Hondas. The race is scheduled for 17:22 BST.


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O presidente da Maurícia é o chefe de estado da República da Maurícia. O cargo foi criado em 1992, após a abolição da monarquia. Atualmente, a presidente da Maurícia é Ameenah Gurib.

Ver também
 Política da Maurícia

Política da Maurícia

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import React, { PropTypes } from 'react';

import classNames from 'classnames';
import withStyles from 'isomorphic-style-loader/lib/withStyles';
import BarDecor from '../BarDecor';
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class Component extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.state = {
            style: {
            },
            active:false,
            dirty:(this.props.value.length > 0)? true:false,
            error:false,
            value:this.props.value,
            disabled:this.props.disabled,
            incognito:false
        }
    }
    static propTypes = {
        vertices:React.PropTypes.number,
        radius:React.PropTypes.number,
        cx:React.PropTypes.number,
        cy:React.PropTypes.number,
        sx:React.PropTypes.number,
        sy:React.PropTypes.number
    };
    static defaultProps = {
        error:false,
        valid:false,
        required:false,
        inset:false,
        value:""
    };
    static contextTypes = {
        palette: React.PropTypes.object,
        theme: React.PropTypes.object
    };
    getVertices = () => {
        var arcDeg = 0;
        var arcLen = 360.0/this.props.vertices;
        var points = [];
        for (var i = 0; i < this.props.vertices; i++) {
            //calculate point
            var p = [0, 0]
            points.push(p[0])
            points.push(p[1])
            arcDeg += arcLen;
        }
        return [0, 0];
    }
    render() {
        const css = ``

        return (
            <g>
                <polygon points={this.getVertices().join(',')} style={this.props.style}/>
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export default Component;


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Q: SLURM does not ensure all jobs finish in a bash script despite remaining wall time I'm executing several python scripts using SLURM in the following format:
General SLURM header (partition, wall-time, etc.)

python script.py scenario_1 &
python script.py scenario_2 &
python script.py scenario_3 &
python script.py scenario_4

I'm discovering that the order I specify these jobs to be completed matters. If scenario_4 (or, more generally, the last job) finishes before other jobs, the remaining jobs will not complete. I am able to simply organize my jobs by duration, although in many cases I do not know the relative compute time which makes this estimation imperfect. Is there a way to ensure that SLURM doesn't prematurely kill jobs?

A: Written like this, this submission script will ensure only termination of scenario_4.
Slurm will consider a job to be finished when the submission script is finished; and the submission script will consider itself done whenever all foreground jobs are done.
Add the wait command at the end, like this:
python script.py scenario_1 &
python script.py scenario_2 &
python script.py scenario_3 &
python script.py scenario_4 &
wait

The wait command will fore the submission script to wait for all background jobs to be done before considering itself finished.


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iPhone 5S Will Reportedly Pack A Better Camera, NFC, Multiple Color Options, Releasing In June
By Ben Reid | December 10th, 2012
There's a depressing inevitability about the talk of the iPhone 5S so soon after the release of the iPhone 5. Still, with Apple having released the iPad 4 just seven months after the March launch of the iPad 3, we should perhaps expect another swift update from the Cupertino company. Jeffries analyst Peter Misek – famed for commenting on future products of the fruit company – has waded into the pool of iPhone 5S rumors by suggesting it could be arriving as soon as June, with a better camera and NFC among other features.
It's a well-documented fact that Apple likes to drip-feed new features to consumers, and with the iPhone 4S having preceded the September release of the iPhone 5, there's no reason to suggest the next release will be anything other than a lookalike, operate-alike iPhone 5, with just enough of a spec bump to coerce people into upgrading.
Misek certainly seems to agree with this universal notion, corroborating the suggested name while speaking of the next device's list of features.
The first improvement he expects to see, is that of the camera. The iPhone 5's camera does perform noticeably better than the iPhone 4S – particularly in low light conditions, but still has many shortcomings, and is significantly inferior to that of the Nokia Lumia 920.
Up until just before the iPhone 5 was announced, it was presumed NFC would be packed into the sixth-generation Apple smartphone, but after Anand Lal Shimpi studied the leaked interiors, he noticed something all had missed – the hardware layout meant the prospect of NFC – at least in the iPhone 5 – was an impossibility.
With Passbook having arrived with iOS 6, the iPhone is very much ready for NFC, and as well as the two key hardware adjustments, the iPhone 5S could also ship in multiple color options. Now, we have heard this line before on numerous occasions, but Misek believes the iPhone range will take a similar aesthetic stance as the iPod touch 5th-gen, which also ships in a variety of colors.
The battery life could also be improved with the iPhone 5S, although Misek's claim of a "SuperHD" display sounds a little too speculative – particularly considering the resolution has only just been adjusted for the very first time. Still, a better battery, more color options, improved camera, NFC, and a probable chip upgrade make the iPhone 5S an attractive prospect, and one that'll likely sell in its droves once more.
(via BusinessInsider)


Christian homes are not perfect. You may have an image of what the ideal home looks like but the reality is that every family has its own challenges!
In this series Brian and Bobbie candidly share some of their wisdom and personal experience on the dynamics of cultivating a healthy home. Together they present key biblical principles that help frame and build flourishing families and examine issues such as trust and respect, connection and intimacy, working through challenges, balancing priorities and the importance of having a shared sense of value and purpose.
Whatever your family may look like, our prayer and belief is that you are graced to make your home all that God intends for it to be.


On March 2nd the Russians are asked to elect a new president and on the brink of this election the political elite shows what is crucial to them: a strong economy.
The BA-CA Purchasing Manager's Index consolidated somewhat in December after climbing to a new record in November, slipping back from 58.9 to 57.7.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) has today finalised the acquisition of a 19.77 per cent shareholding of International Moscow Bank (IMB) from VTB Bank (France) SA (previously Banque Commerciale pour l'Europe du Nord-EUROBANK) for a price of US$395 million.
Favoured by EU accession on 1 January 2007, Bulgaria and Romania will achieve stronger economic growth in the coming year. Both countries have been undergoing a far-reaching transformation process aimed at making significant progress which resulted in a success story for both countries.
The 'holiday euro' of Austrians this year will be worth roughly the same as compared with December 2005. The USA and Asia in particular have become cheaper as holiday countries in comparison to the previous year, which is primarily attributable to the strong euro.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA), a member of UniCredit Group, has today signed an agreement to acquire the institutional business of Aton Capital Group, a Russian Investment Bank, which includes ZAO Aton Broker and Aton International Ltd (together the "the Aton Institutional Business") for a purchase price of US$424 million.
In November, the business indicator of Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) rose once again, moving from an adjusted 4.1 in October to 4.2. "Despite its already lofty position our indicator continued to rise in November", said Marianne Kager, chief economist at BA-CA.
Austrian retail trade has expanded this year by roughly 3 percent, generating sales revenue of approximately EUR 46 billion, as revealed by the latest sectoral report published by the economic researchers at Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA).
Following today's resolution of BA-CA's Management Board, BA-CA will acquire UniCredit's banking subsidiaries in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Turkey.
Yuri Tverskoy has been designated for the position of the President of the Managing Board and Chief Executive Officer of International Moscow Bank (IMB). He will succeed Ilkka Salonen, who leaves the bank to take over new responsibilities outside of the Group.
After five years, the independent, international Historical Commission created by Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) in 2000 has completed its work entitled "Austrian Banks and Savings Banks under National Socialism and in the Post-War Period".
The Sri Lankan Deputy Secretary to the Treasury R.A. Jayatissa and Angelo Rizzuti, head of International Trade Finance at Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) today signed a financing agreement for a road construction project worth more than EUR 10 million.
Austrian industry will be powering full speed ahead until the end of the year. Sitting at 58.9 the PMI rose by another 0.9 points compared to October.
The global economy is showing strong growth for the fourth consecutive year. The key question for the financial markets now boils down to how pronounced the economic downturn will be next year.
In October, the business indicator of Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) once again rose, moving from 4.0 to 4.2. According to Marianne Kager, chief economist at BA-CA, one explanation for the rise in the indicator was that "business sentiment hit a level in October that has not been seen in the last 16 years.
Amidst a positive international economic environment, Central and Eastern Europe will be able to build on the economic successes of previous years again in 2006.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) significantly improved its results in the first nine months of 2006 compared with the same period of the previous year.
Heinz Gruber (40) is the head of sales at Bank Austria Creditanstalt Leasing (BA-CA Leasing). In this position, Mr. Gruber is responsible for cross-division regional sales in all of Austria's provinces, for product development and for BA-CA Leasing's channel and construction management throughout Austria.
The journalism prize "Writing for CEE" 2006 was awarded to Bosnian journalist Šefik Dautbegović.
With the integration of HVB Group, including Bank Austria Creditanstalt and its subsidiaries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), UniCredit Group has reached new dimensions: it operates by far the leading banking network in the region with about 3,000 branches in 17 CEE countries.
The starting signal has been given for Pioneer Investments Austria: Tomorrow, Capital Investment, the capital investment company of Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) Group will officially change its name to Pioneer Investments Austria.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) has placed its Austrian corporate customer relations under a new management. Martin Frank, 49, has recently been appointed head of the Corporate Customers and Public Sector department.
In the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, almost half of the active population has started or is considering investing in an additional private pension on top of the state pension.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) has finalised the sale of Bank BPH, its Polish subsidiary, to UniCredit Group.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) has finalised the sale of Bank BPH, its Polish subsidiary, to UniCredit Group. The closing took place on 3 November 2006. The transaction was approved by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA).
Although the BA-CA PMI dipped slightly to 58.0 compared to 58.2 in September, it remained at a very high level.
For the first time, saving for retirement has become the Number 1 reason for Austrians' saving. Saving for retirement and the future was cited by 76.4% of all those asked about their reasons for saving and investing.
Mediacom was selected as UniCredit Group's sole media agency. The agency won the international pitch for media planning and media buying conducted by the UniCredit Group. Mediacom was already the media agency of Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) in Austria and in Central and Eastern Europe.
Gerhard Deschkan (39) has been appointed head of strategic risk management at Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA). He has succeeded Jürgen Kullnigg (45), who has become head of the "Credit Operations Area" within the UniCredit Group.
Erich Hampel will become the new chairman of the board of trustees of "Immobilien Privatstiftung" and of "B & C Privatstiftung"
Erich Hampel, Chairman of the Managing Board of Bank Austria Creditanstalt, will take over, in both foundations, the function of Gerhard Randa, who retired as a bank executive with effect from 30 September 2006 and on that occasion resigned from his function as chairman of "B&C Privatstiftung" and of "Immobilien Privatstiftung".
BA-CA Real Invest will be selling a package of seven business properties in Prague and Warsaw at the beginning of 2007. Some of the buildings are assets in closed real estate funds, and some held by the company itself.
Providing for one's old age is becoming ever more important as a reason for saving. Those Austrians who invest in a private pension save, so they tell us, on average 153 euros per month towards their old age pension.
The Austrian automobile trade has little growth potential to fall back on. This is revealed by the latest sectoral report published by the economic researchers at Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA).
The business indicator of Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) rose from 3.6 to 4.0 in September.
Bulgarian Dimova wins "Eastern European Literature Award"
Her novel "Maikite" (The Mothers) has earned Bulgarian Teodora Dimova the "Eastern European Literature Award" which includes prize money of 7,500 Euro.
By tomorrow Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) introduces a EUR 1,500 limit for online banking transfers in an effort to protect its OnlineB@nking customers.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) has become a full member on the equity and the derivatives market on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
The Soravia Group has brought a partner on board to help carry out its latest "Mega" project in Sofia.
The Purchasing Managers' Index of Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) rose strongly again in September to 58.2 compared to 56.3 in August, thus almost topping its record high of 58.4.
Run by the non-profit organisation Kinderfreunde in Vienna, the BA-CA company kindergarten in Leopold Moses Gasse in Vienna's Leopoldstadt celebrated its ten year anniversary today.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) comments on public assertions made by the London-based hedge fund Polygon Investment Partners.
It is rather comforting taking a first look at the year 2008, which looks like being the seventh year in a row with rising earnings for the Vienna stock market.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) is already focusing on a key strategy in its corporate client business: it wants to provide increased assistance to local clients in expanding their operations world-wide.
BA-CA's SME financing specialist EK Fin is to sell its 100% stake in the Viennese speciality coatings manufacturer Rembrandtin to the Austrian Ring Holding company. The strategic investor plans to expand Rembrandtin's business still further.
The majority of Austrian companies with annual turnover in excess of 700.000 euros do not have a corporate planning process.
Today the UniCredit Group has made some further important decisions with regards to the announced reorganisation of the Group.
BA-CA decides not to bid for the acquisition of BAWAG P.S.K.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) will not be submitting a non-binding bid for the acquisition of BAWAG P.S.K.
The merger between HVB Bank Romania and Banca Ţiriac, the Romanian subsidiaries of Bank Austria Creditanstalt, has been successfully finalized on 1 September 2006.
The merger between HVB Bank Romania and Banca Ţiriac, the Romanian subsidiaries of Bank Austria Creditanstalt, has been successfully finalized on 1 September 2006. The resulting new bank operates under the name HVB Ţiriac Bank and ranks fourth on the Romanian banking market.
EK Mittelstandsfinanzierungs AG (EK Fin) has acquired an approximately 74 per cent stake in MFT - Multifunktionale Trainingsgeräte GmbH. The purchase price will not be disclosed.
The BA-CA Purchasing Managers' Index once again dipped slightly in August to 56.3 compared to July (57.1), reaching the lowest level since February. Nevertheless, a reading of 56.3 still indicates very brisk industrial production.
The Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) Group Economics economic indicator rose again in July to 3.8 per cent, the highest level seen since 2000.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) is now able to offer corporate customers a special range of services tailored to meet the particular needs of medium-sized enterprises.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) significantly improved its results in the first half of 2006. Operating profit rose by 49.1 per cent to EUR 854 million (first half of 2005: EUR 573 million).
The InvestorsCircle of Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) invited its members to the summer theatre festival at Reichenau an der Rax on Sunday for this year's benefit gala.
After the extremely high level reached in June (58.0), the BA-CA Purchasing Managers' Index has fallen back slightly to 57.1.
In addition to offering all forms of leasing financing, BA-CA Leasing's subsidiary LEASFINANZ is now permitted to offer loans.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) and its Central and Eastern European operations were awarded for their long term achievements in the region.
The correction on the international stock markets which started in May continued at the beginning of the third quarter. On the one hand, geopolitical issues have come to the fore again (violence in the Middle East), on the other, the reporting season in the USA has clearly been mixed so far.
The Vienna Stock Exchange is not expected to generate much excitement during the summer months with all indicators pointing to a sideways movement.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) Finanzservice has expanded its executive management team with the appointment of Siegfried Prietl.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA), a member of the UniCredit Group, has received a series of awards from the British financial magazine "Euromoney" in recognition of its activities and achievements in Central and Eastern Europe.
Weaker Currencies Raise the Value of the "Holiday Euro"
This year the Austrians' holiday euro will be worth slightly more compared to summer 2005 – although on average by only 1%.
Alessandro Profumo is the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank Austria Creditanstalt. Mr Profumo (49) is Chief Executive Officer of UniCredit and has so far been a member of BA-CA's Supervisory Board. He succeeds Carlo Salvatori (65).
Austrians save their money. Statistically speaking, each and every Austrian, from infants to grandparents, will save EUR 197 per month in 2006.
The policy of the central banks is currently the main factor driving the markets. The main reason for this is fears that the central banks could carry interest rate hikes to excess.
For the third time, Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA), a member of the UniCredit Group, in collaboration with APA - Austria Presse Agentur is awarding the prestigious journalism prize "Writing for CEE".
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) has received EUR 150 million from Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) with which to extend low interest loans.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) has acquired a further 20 per cent of the shares in WED – Wiener Entwicklungsgesellschaft für den Donauraum AG, increasing its direct interest in WED from 18 to 38 per cent.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA), a member of the UniCredit Group, completed the sale of its Croatian banking subsidiary HVB Splitska banka to Société Générale, the French banking group.
On Monday, June 26, 2006, an international jury convened to decide the first winners of the Eastern European Literature Award.
After a slight dip in May the BA-CA Purchasing Managers' Index rose again appreciably in June – from 56.7 to 58.0. Index readings above 50 indicate growth.
From October 2006 Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) will take over payments processing for the wireless provider T-Mobile Austria.
BA-CA Leasing has established a subsidiary in Ukraine in spring this year. In a next step HVB Bank Ukraine will take over a minority stake in this company of up to 9.9% and a capital injection from shareholders of 1 ml. USD is planned.
EUR 450 Million Capital Injection for BAWAG P.S.K.
The Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB), the largest Austrian banks and insurance companies as well as the Austrian federal government have agreed on a support deal to ensure normal operations at BAWAG P.S.K. until the group's planned sale. Prior to this decision, several key legal issues had been clarified by the Austrian Financial Market Authority and the Federal Ministry of Finance.
The volume of personal loans in the countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has increased tenfold since 2000. In the general process of catching up, demand for loans is growing strongly.
In the first quarter of 2006, Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) significantly improved its results.
In the first quarter of 2006, Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) significantly improved its results. Operating profit rose by 65 per cent to EUR 405 million (first quarter of 2005: EUR 245 million).
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) is planning a vigorous expansion of its business in Russia. International Moscow Bank (IMB), currently still a subsidiary of HypoVereinsbank, is to become part of the BA-CA network at the end of 2006.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) expands its Managing Board by two members to a total of eight persons. Pursuant to a resolution passed by the Supervisory Board at its meeting today, Werner Kretschmer (42) and Andrea Moneta (41) will join the Managing Board of BA-CA as new members.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) has come out Best Bank in Central and Eastern Europe from the "Best Emerging Markets Banks 2006" survey conducted by Global Finance.
The Annual General Meeting of Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) will take place on 4 May 2006.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA), a member of UniCredit Group since November 2005, sells its Croatian banking subsidiary HVB Splitska banka to Société Générale, the French banking group.
CA IB once more has been awarded for its research capabilities by leading industry magazines. Institutional Investor as well as AQ Research named CA IB best research providers in Hungary and Poland. Furthermore, the outstanding winner of AQ Research's Turkish small cap survey is an employee of CA IB.
Over the last decade, the CEE countries have gained a strong competitive position in a global comparison.
In 2005 the Bank Austria Creditanstalt Group (BA-CA) achieved record results. Net income before taxes and minority interests rose by 51.5 per cent to EUR 1.3 billion (2004: EUR 859 million).
CA IB created a new index that reflects the enormous interest in the real estate sector for Emerging Europe investors from around the world: the CA IB Emerging Europe Real Estate Index (CA IB REX).
A shareholders' agreement on the future role of Bank Austria Creditanstalt ("BA-CA") within UniCredit Group is going to be reached soon on the basis of the outcome of the negotiations held between UniCredito Italiano S.p.A. ("UniCredit"), Bayerische Hypovereinsbank A.G.("HVB"), BA-CA, Privatstiftung zur Verwaltung ("AVZ", an Austrian private foundation) and the Betriebsratsfonds ("BR Funds", the Workers Council Fund).
Thursday night, Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) and its Central and Eastern European network achieved numerous awards for their extraordinary achievements at Global Custodian's awards ceremony in London.
Stefan Ermisch, currently a member of the Managing Board of Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the global Multinationals & Investment Banking Division of UniCredit, based in Munich.
In April, there will be two changes within the top management of HVB Bank Hungary. Matthias Kunsch, Chief Executive Officer of HVB Bank Hungary, and Ágnes Doffek, Managing Board member responsible for corporate banking, decided to leave the bank for retirement.
BA-CA Commentary: How secure is the energy supply in the New Europe?
Over the coming 25 years, the new Member States (NMS) will converge to the EU-15 in terms of energy consumption. The energy intensity of their production will decrease. However, given the current high level, energy consumption of the NMS will remain far above the EU-15 level.
At a General Meeting held in the afternoon today, Mr Carlo Salvatori, Mr Alessandro Profumo and Mr Sergio Ermotti were elected as new members of the Supervisory Board of Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA).
The importance of Turkey as a strategic partner for the EU has again come to the limelight, following the issue of Russian gas exports to the EU through the Ukraine.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt has designated the members of the board for the future "HVB Tiriac Bank", its Romanian subsidiary.
Today, Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) acquired the majority share of 83.27 per cent in Nova Banjalucka Banka (NBB) in Republika Srpska, Bosnia & Herzegovina (BiH). The sellers of the 83.27 per cent majority interest are Mr. Dragoljub Lekic and European Construction Ltd. The remaining 16.73 per cent are owned by minority shareholders.


When snow begins to blanket Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, it creates a winter wonderland of new opportunities for those who venture here. Despite the bears hibernating, you'll spot all sorts of wildlife like elk, moose and trumpeter swans roaming the valleys in search of food.
In Yellowstone, you'll find a buzz of activity from snowcoach and snowmobile tours to cross-country ski trails.
With far fewer snowmobiles touring around, Grand Teton is much quieter than Yellowstone, making it a cross-country skier and snowshoer paradise. Snowmobiles are only allowed in the park on the frozen surface of Jackson Lake for ice fishing only or on Grassy Lake Road on the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway.
Start planning a winter vacation by reading the stories below and downloading the Winter Trip Planner for Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park today.
A Wildland Trekking outdoor guide gives the inside scoop of why winter is the best time to visit Yellowstone.
Just west of Grand Teton National Park lies a string of snowflake-filled towns in Idaho that offer world-class and often free winter experiences.
If you're looking for an easy, affordable way to beat the winter blues, then you must try snowshoeing in Yellowstone National Park.
The Yellowstone area has many places to go swimming and soak in the natural mineral hot springs.
Experience Yellowstone in its winter glory, then stop by a warming hut to grab a bite to eat, take a load of your feet and/or get away from the chill.


For the past two weeks the senior tennis team has been training diligently to prepare for a home match, which took place last Tuesday, April 19th, against local rival Shawnigan Lake School. Unfortunately, halfway through the first set of matches, which began under beautiful sunny skies, a hail storm arrived.
Three matches were able to end in straight sets before postponing the league game. Our powerful singles players Andjela S and Conrad A both won their matches in straight sets, 6-0. Similarly, Mariana P and Tara V showed consistency throughout their game, with great footwork and dominant shots, also winning their match in straight sets.
Before the winter weather hit, Amanda M and Kirsty M had a good lead (4-2), while Andrew L and John B were also showing steadiness, up 3-2. Henryk S and Connor S, however, were faced with some tough opponents and were down 1-4. These three matches and the whole league game had to be postponed and will be continued on Tuesday April 26th, when the team makes its way up to Shawnigan.
Not only will the senior tennis team be finishing our first league game, but if the weather permits, we will also be able to play a second and final league game before Islands on Wednesday, May 11. Though both teams will move through to Islands, it is very important that we win the two league games so that we can secure the top seed, increasing our chances of making it to provincials.
Wish us the best of luck!


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GeneralIs Newspaper dying, due to Internet?
Is Newspaper dying, due to Internet?
Written by Pooja Sharma
Previously, newspapers were the handwritten sheets, which was circulated or delivered. It was basically comprising of war news and alerts those days. If we look back – newspapers were the only source of passing the news about the incidents in the cities. The very first newspaper in India was started in 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hicky which was named – Hicky's Bengal Gazette. This newspaper was published just for two years, the publication was stopped as East India Company snatched the newspaper printing press. This was said to be the first newspaper which was published from Calcutta. Mostly he was writing the articles about criticizing activists Lady Hastings and Lord Hasting wife.
However, this print media gained potential in the phase when Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India) declared the Period of Emergence in year 1975-1977.
Newspaper turning Obsolete is thus the most evolved topic presently. However, the cyclic emergence of technology has deepen down the newspaper media. As other medias like radio, television emerged this print media was replaced in those days, it was found to be less professional and corporate. Though the print media was sustained providing news of various incidents and happenings , Later the number of newspaper publication increased. But due to many disadvantages or lacking features it still didn't developed a good stand.
The Bombay Samachar which is now known as "Mumbai Samachar" is Asia's first newspaper, which was published in year 1822, it was comprising of three full blank sheets (quarto sheets). News paper prices were reduced due to the lack of classified advertisements and circulations. If we look back to the old print media (newspapers), it was comprising of advertisements of lost people and real estate property, sale advertisements. The founder journalist- Fardoonji Murazban was praised by Indian and British Government for providing adverse analysis of events and current affairs, which led this newspaper publication stand, and currently the publication is still running and is available in two languages Hindi and Gujarati. Lately due to the increase in educational rate this English editorial news paper made people indulged in it and they find it interesting. But this technological emergence have grabbed the attention of viewers and readers.
Internet access has just flaunted this field by being easy, convenient way of transmitting news, facts and incidents. It didn't even failed in providing entertainment to readers and thus the high clarity content made people relying onto this internet source for getting news. The conversion of news from Print to Digital Media has limit the newspaper readers and made people more dependable on news circulated on the Internet. Also, the Newspaper was costing much in Advertising and wasn't good enough for getting attention of readers, on other side Internet (Digital media) doomed up and now people rely onto it for classified advertisements, selling of estate, properties and other items. People loved the Internet services as compared to the newspapers. This digital source was found easy and suitable by readers and viewers, as it is quick in providing news.
News in the newspapers now a days turns out too old and boring, as the Internet access circulates the news in real quick and soon after the incident takes place. As readers already gets the news from the Internet, readers find no use reading the news back in newspaper which is published and circulated after many hours and days of incidents.
Also, such other platform like WordPress, Blogging, Medium has made easy sharing content with no limitations, however people find it suitable to share content. Thus, this way also turns out to the best method of passing news or content to large number of audience. Newspaper was however a failure in creating and circulating the content to larger segment of audience. This is one of the reason which turned- " Newspaper as an Obsolete." Internet has never found it hard in gaining views and reaching to varied number of audience in no time limitation. As said before, newspaper publishes the news which becomes an old news due to the Internet access distributing news faster, people find so many new contents, news uploaded. However this quick access made people more relayed on the Internet for getting news, information and stuff. Completely this digital source has drooled the platform by providing varied options in selection of relevant topic. Thus, more the engaging content, more the reader it gets.
(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
To be stable and sustainable newspaper has to be with high quality content to get back to the eyes of readers. This cyclical phase has declined the newspaper. Before, arrival of television and radio were the source of news circulation. Somehow it is also backed up by Emergence of the Internet in 1990's. Some features in Internet access allowed the access of sound and search function-to get the news they are searching for. Internet did reached a step ahead of television.
Presently, Newspaper turned out to an obsolete and the Internet is ruling a throne by not only providing quick and adverse information, but availing good cheap services like providing classified advertisements, publishing and get audience for the advertisements quickly at cheaper rate.
Few reasons which states newspaper as an obsolete.
Cannot appeal youngsters attention
Older age group may find it suitable reading the news columns in newspapers, but newspaper isn't able to adapt youngster's attention. Thus, youngsters find the internet a good source for getting information, news and interesting stuff.
Frigid stuff
The only content in newspaper is comprising of number of fonts, letters and few images which is not at all appealing, thus reader finds boredom reading the stuff, whereas high clarity information on internet is more suitable in this point.
It is just hard enough to find a important news from the piles and bunch of newspapers, in this case one has ease in finding important or relevant information anytime, anywhere.
Previously newspapers were available at cheaper rate, after the growth and development the cost of newspaper increased, which is also a reason for which people started limiting the newspapers. On other side, internet provides free access to the readers and viewers to read the news, information and so many interesting stuff. Hence, nobody would like to pay for the thing which is available for free.
Hello, am Pooja, a Young Entrepreneur and writer here. Writing is a way of communication for me; I put that into words. I travel, I write, I design, when I do this I am happiest of all.


Over the course of a prestigious wedding being held at a 17th century chateau, everything that can go wrong is going wrong for worn-out event planner, Max. In an attempt to salvage the wedding, Max must adapt to the ceaseless catastrophes, while managing his own personal crises.
A comedy of errors comparable to the riotous Death at a Funeral, this hilarious film is the latest from Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano, directors of the 2011 box office smash The Intouchables. Perfectly balancing deadpan and silliness – with some social commentary thrown in – C'est la Vie is likely to be the best French wedding you'll attend this year.


West Community Centre, 171 Sturt Street in Adelaide.
APOLOGIES: - M. Kernich, K. McLaren, M. Lambert, P. Marzahn and Ray & Barbara Nicks.
copies were available from the table along with copies of the timetable for next year.
2. The next and final meeting for the year will be held on Monday 21st of November.
Christmas Luncheon is $25.00 per person. To date, 36 members have booked.
4. John Newell was invited to draw the first raffle ticket.
5. Members then watched an interesting film about Strange Trains.
6. Ron Perkins advised that he had recently attended the funeral of a non-member, Malcolm James.
The Meeting was closed at 3:05 P.M.
There were 16 members present. Raffle proceeds after door prizes were $24.00.


New Year's Eve is one of the most internationally celebrated holidays of the year all around the world. From the thousands of pounds of confetti thrown in the air, all the way to the countdown, who doesn't love New Year's? Though, do you ever wonder why the new year begins on Jan. 1? And where did New Years even come from, and when did it start?
According to History.com, the first recorded new year's celebration occurred 4,000 years ago in ancient Babylon. The Babylonians celebrated the first new moon following the vernal equinox, which usually occurred in mid-March, thus starting their new year. This also marked a major religious celebration that lasted for 11 days and involved crowning a new king or, if they liked their current king, renewing their leader's crown and allowing him to rule for another year. Like the Babylonians, many other civilizations started their new year with astronomical or agricultural events, like the Egyptians with the flooding of the Nile and the Chinese with the second new moon after the winter solstice.
Looking back in time, it seems confusing to us as to why people didn't always celebrate on Jan. 1. However, the new year that we know today did not exist until 153 B.C when the month of January was introduced to the Roman calendar. There was originally only ten months in the calendar, the year starting with March, but it was soon changed by the second king of Rome who added January and February. January was chosen for the new year's beginning because that was when the two elected Roman consuls began their one-year tenure advising and running the army. However, the date would not always follow the new moon's signal for the new year, leading to it beginning in March sometimes. That changed when Julius Caesar created the Julian calendar and decreed that the new year would officially start on Jan. 1, fixing the problem of the inaccuracy of the lunar system. The new year has also seen many other dates, such as Dec. 25 (The birth of Christ), March 1 (The Feast of the Annunciation), and March 25 (Easter), especially in the Middle Ages, but it returned to its place on Jan. 1 in 1582 when the Gregorian calendar was reformed.
New Year's is for friends, family, and resolutions, so have a wonderful and safe new year!