The Silver Deck Kit (Japanese: 構築済みデッキ ロケット団ハーフデッキW -silver- Pre-built Deck Rocket Gang Half Deck W -silver-) is a Japanese-exclusive Half Decks Deck Kit that complements the Rocket Gang Strikes Back expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Much like the Magma and Aqua Deck Kits released alongside Magma VS Aqua: Two Ambitions, the Silver Deck Kit consists of two Half Decks that focus on Pokémon belonging to Team Rocket and several supporting Trainer cards. The two Half Decks can be played independently or combined to form a Standard Deck, allowing varying levels of play. The Half Decks also share a collective numbering system to reflect this.
The Silver Deck Kit also includes a rulebook, damage counters, status counters, a custom coin, and playmat.
A special version of the kit was later released in January 2005, titled ロケット団スペシャルボックス -silver-, Rocket Gang Special Box -silver-. This version included the Deck Kit, two Rocket Gang Strikes Back Booster packs, and a promotional Rocket's Raikou ex card.
In the English release, the majority these cards, along with a majority of cards from the Black Deck Kit were combined with the main expansion to form the English expansion. The Holofoil Dark Dragonite was also included in the English James Theme Deck, with the non-Holofoil version included in the main expansion.
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Dan Cavanagh of Anathema: "We're not into lyrics about elves and we're not into playing the fucking flute"
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IT ONLY TAKES one four-letter word to get Anathema multi-instrumentalist and song-writer Dan Cavanagh fired up. Prog.
"I have no idea what it is, I don't care about it and I don't consider our band to be in it," he says, when asked if the genre is in good shape globally. "It really is journalistic spiel to say we are a progressive band, you know what I mean? I do not consider us a progressive rock band; never have. In terms of where it is globally, I don't care and I don't even fucking know. If you're talking about Pink Floyd, Kate Bush or Radiohead; that's something I consider us to be closer to. If they're a bit prog-rock, then I'll take that, but we're not into lyrics about elves and we're not into playing the fucking flute. We're not about time signatures and time changes and solos and what prog-rock seems to be known for; it's got nothing to do with us. But I'm not knocking it! It's just not for me. Pink Floyd, Radiohead and Kate Bush are for me."
Luckily the 41 year-old Englishman is in more of a mood to talk about the (not prog) rockers' tenth studio album Distant Satellites, and why it had the working title of Kid AC/DC.
"We're all fans of Radiohead and AC/DC," he says. "One thing I noticed was those bands strip back their music; it's not over-layered, particularly on Kid A, which is a real difference from OK Computer. AC/DC do the same thing with rock and roll. Their music isn't layered with strings and piano; it's stripped-back, edgy rock and roll, which is great. We were tired of over-laying. Our previous albums are good, but we tended to just throw things on. This time we took a more mature and considered approach by not doing that. Both I and the producer independently came to that conclusion before we talked about it, but we were making an album that's considerably more rock-edged than Kid A, so we called it Kid AC/DC."
The album contains tracks called 'The Lost Song' in three parts; the result of a minor catastrophe that Cavanagh turned to his advantage.
"In about 2008, I recorded a riff which I considered to be a very good one for us," he says. "I was very excited about it. A few weeks later it had actually disappeared off the recording and I couldn't find it. I tried really hard to find other demos, and if it ever turns up I'll be amazed and interested. Then I started trying and failing to remember that riff and these songs were written. So what I was doing was trying to write a song with a time signature and chord progression that may have been like the one that was lost. All three songs came from that. It drove me crazy, but John [Douglas, drums] said to tell myself the song was crap, and it'll be okay."
Along with Norwegian producer Christer-André Cederberg, the band were able to call on The Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson for additional duties.
"He was involved for just four days, but he made a difference," Cavanagh says. "He mixed two songs on the album and two B-sides. All the production, writing and recording was already done before we asked him, and the reason we asked him was that Christer had taken ill and needed some time in the hospital for an operation. He couldn't mix all the songs in time, so we asked Steven to help, and he did a great job as he always does."
Almost unbelievably for a band that has existed since 1990, their three-date August tour will be the six-piece's first trip to Australia. Does Cavanagh know why that's been the case?
"Maybe because it's so far away. It's only just recently that we've got a really strong manager in place. We haven't had a strong manager kind of ever, and it's one of the reasons we've underachieved. We're not going to underachieve any more, but maybe it's just part of our story, I don't know."
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Galileons are a class of scalar field theories which have been found to arise in a disparate variety of contexts and exhibit a host of interesting properties by themselves, both classical and quantum. They obey non-trivial shift symmetries which restrict their self-interactions to be of higher derivative form, yet their equations of motion remain second order so that they are free of ghost instabilities. Further, when used as a force mediator between massive objects, galileons provide a natural realization of the Vainshtein screening mechanism which shuts off the fifth force at distances close to massive sources. As such, they are well suited for cosmology and are naturally incorporated into theories of modified gravity such as the Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati braneworld model and the de Rham-Gabadadze-Tolley theory of massive gravity. Treated as a quantum field theory, galileons obey a non-trivial non-renormalization theorem which proves that they are not renormalized to any numbers of loops. In this thesis, we explore the properties of galileon theories and their generalizations through a combination of geometric and algebraic means. On the geometry side, we demonstrate that generic galileon theories are naturally thought of as the description of branes moving in higher dimensional spacetimes. On the algebraic side, we show that there exists a precise interpretation in which galileons can be thought of as Goldstone modes which arise when spacetime symmetries are spontaneously broken. In particular, when viewed in this light the galileons are the analogue of the Wess-Zumino-Witten term of the chiral lagrangian and thus represent interactions which are technically special. These methods provide both new technical tools for analyzing galileon-like theories and offer conceptual changes for how these theories can be viewed.
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Seoul to offer disaster emergency relief funds to foreign residents
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This decision came after the National Human Rights Commission of Korea's advice that foreign residents should be included among the beneficiaries of its disaster relief funds, saying they should not be discriminated without reasonable reasons
Those eligible for the funds are foreign residents who have one of the visas that permit employment and profit-making activities in Korea and they should have household incomes smaller than the median income
The relief money will be paid by prepaid cards valid in Seoul through December 15
Those eligible can make online (Aug. 31 – Sept. 25) and on-site applications (Sept. 14 to 25) that can be used only by the five-day rotation system
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, August 31, 2020 – The Seoul Metropolitan Government said that it has decided to offer its emergency disaster relief funds to foreign residents as it did for Korean residents last March.
This decision came after the National Human Rights Commission of Korea's advice given on June 10 for the Seoul Metropolitan Government that foreign residents should be included among the beneficiaries of its disaster relief funds, saying foreigners should not be discriminated against without reasonable reasons.
Those eligible for the relief funds are all foreign residents who have been registered as living in Seoul for more than 90 days since reporting alien registration as of August 27, and they must have one of the visas that permit employment and profit-making activities in Korea. Those who came to Korea to study or get training and those who are working for restricted jobs as well as illegal workers are not eligible.
Also, to be eligible, household incomes should be smaller than the median income which is the same criteria applied to Korean citizens.
* Household's Median Income Standard (Unit: Korean Won)
Household's Median Income Standard (Unit: Korean Won)
1-person household
1,757,194 2,991,980 3,870,577 4,749,174 5,627,771 6,506,368 7,389,715
Households with two or fewer members are paid 300,000 won, those with three to four members 400,000 won, and those with five or more members 500,000 won.
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Amount of Disaster Relief Funds (Unit: Korean Won)
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Applications can be made both online and offline. Online applications can be available 24 hours a day from August 31 to September 25 at http://fds.seoul.go.kr.
For those who cannot make it online, Seoul operates 40 designated offline places, including the Seoul Global Center and the Seoul Counseling Center for Migrant Women. Offline centers will help visitors make their application online and issue documents needed for the application.
Offline centers can be used only on designated days for each individual, depending on the last digit of one's birth year. This is part of efforts to take strict quarantine measures and to follow the social distancing policy to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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In addition, the integrated call center is operated for foreigners to ask inquiries about the application with 17 language services, including Korean, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai.
On-site applications can proceed from September 14 to 25 at district offices throughout Seoul. Each eligible one can visit the district office where his/her alien registration was made. The on-site application services can be also used only by the five-day rotation system depending on the last digit of one's birth year. Their opening hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Friday.
Documents to be submitted include the fill-out application form, the agreement on the collection and use of personal data, the certificate of alien registration, and the health insurance registration certificate. The application form can be downloaded from http://fds.seoul.go.kr.
If those cannot submit the health insurance registration certificate because they do not have health insurance, they should identify legitimate reasons for the non-registration, such as being resident for less than six months. Dependents and household members listed on health insurance or persons registered as family members on the Certificate of Alien Registration are considered household members.
Final recipients will be notified through a text message two weeks after the application.
The relief money will be paid by prepaid cards that will be valid in Seoul through December 15. The card can be picked up at designated places of each district.
In March, the Seoul Metropolitan Government provided 542.3 billion won (US$457 million) in emergency disaster relief funds to 1.6 million households to help them cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and to give a boost to the local economy.
Ms. Kim Seon-sun, Deputy Mayor for Welfare Policy, said, "There are around 95,000 foreign households who are living and working in Seoul as members of our local community. They are also hit hard by COVID-19. We hope this emergency disaster relief payout scheme is of some help to them." She also added, "This measure would realize the humanitarian equal rights for foreign residents in the city while contributing to revitalizing the local economy."
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Tart And Hilarious, 'The Favourite' Is One Of The Year's Best Movies
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"The Favourite" is what might happen if "Marie Antoinette" and "All About Eve" had a baby, and that baby claimed "Love & Friendship" as a cousin, "Dangerous Liaisons" as a mentor and "Gosford Park" as a dear friend. In other words, it's fantastic.
Most period pieces about royal courts result in inspirational folly ("The King's Speech") or shadowy theatrics ("The Other Boleyn Girl"). But "The Favourite" does not adhere to convention, which will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with its director, Yorgos Lanthimos, a Greek satirist who targeted the nuclear family structure in "Dogtooth," coupledom in "The Lobster" and quotidian destiny in "The Killing of a Sacred Deer." Queen Anne's reign is hardly a predictable arena for Lanthimos' twisted humor, but it turns out he is the perfect person to prod the stateliness expected from palace confines.
That much is evident from the film's opening scene, in which Anne (Olivia Colman) gifts her most treasured courtier, Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz), a castle. Sarah, a top-ranking military officer's wife, says the gesture is much too generous, considering their kingdom is embroiled in a controversial and expensive war with France. "We won," Anne protests. Sarah informs her that, actually, no, the fighting is to continue. "Oh," Anne responds, eyeing the floor with sudden bemusement. "Oh. I did not know that."
Emma Stone in "The Favourite."
A back-and-forth this droll is quintessential Lanthimos, even if Lanthimos is not credited on the movie's screenplay. (Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara wrote it.) "The Favourite" spends its first half-hour doubling down on such whimsy. Politicians race ducks to pass the time, Anne commands an attendant to look at her and then scolds him for doing so, vassals perform ridiculous (and anachronistic) choreographed dances, and Sarah tells a scheming House of Commons dandy (Nicholas Hoult) that she cannot take him seriously when his mascara is running. Nearly every line is a delicious barb, presenting the assumed austerity of the 18th-century British crown as little more than a buffet of sensationalistic machinations. Anne's verdict on raising landowners' taxes to extend the war ― a decision with devastating implications for her constituents ― rests on whether Sarah (who supports the hike) or the mascaraed statesmen (who, in a rival move, wants a treaty) better appeals to her image-conscious insecurities.
"The Favourite" spends its two-hour runtime cascading head-on into a delicious hurricane, and around the 30-minute mark, Anne finds herself judging a very different contest. The ongoing war is relegated to the background, Lanthimos twisting the genre's hallmarks — lavish costuming, a feuding parliament, a vulnerable monarch — to chronicle an indecisive ruler caught in a battle of manners waged by Abigail (Emma Stone), a fresh-faced scullery maid dropped on the castle's muddy lawn in the film's inaugural moments. She is desperate to escape servitude. One night, when Abigail isn't either scrubbing a floor or sleeping on one, she spies Anne and Sarah in a dim corridor, discovering they are, well, more than friends. Pinpointing the queen's sapphic proclivities as a way to curry favor, Abigail launches a fight far more intriguing than the one Sarah's husband is off leading: that of a viper so anxious to achieve aristocracy that she's willing to pit herself against the master of manipulation.
Nicholas Hoult in "The Favourite."
Anne takes a liking to Abigail, who knowingly ignites the queen's attention by concocting an herbal remedy that soothes Anne's gout. But Sarah catches on quickly, striking back first with a soft verbal vengeance and then with an all-out antagonism. Forget the duck races or the battlefield horrors. The real tournament is the one unfolding between a woman clawing her way to power and another woman refusing to have hers displaced. Anne is as much a bystander as she is a benefactor; having lost her husband and suffered 17 failed pregnancies, she is susceptible to depression and guilelessness. No matter how many corseted paramours enter her boudoir, Anne's life is largely one of solitude, indigestion and steep responsibility — hardly an easy cocktail to swig.
Lanthimos knows how to milk those dynamics for maximum impact. "The Favourite" is both an uproarious comedy and a sneaky thriller, as the love triangle yields tart bonhomies as much as it does what-will-they-do-next chicanery. The film is wise to emphasize the palace's overwhelming grandeur, as Lanthimos and cinematographer Robbie Ryan ("American Honey," "Philomena") often frame characters as small figures within the vast rooms and courtyards that envelop their drama. There's a slick punk-rock sensibility to a movie that looks this beautiful but lets its regal subjects delve so brazenly into matters of the vulva. Even the routine fisheye lenses, an indulgence that seems to serve no narrative purpose, are forgivable when everything else is so purposefully plotted and captivatingly captured.
It also helps that the three central performances are pitch-perfect, especially that of Colman, who worked with Lanthimos on "The Lobster" and won a Golden Globe for "The Night Manager." She affixes in Anne a permanent state of confusion, broken only by the fleeting self-satisfaction that accompanies her mistresses' cajolery. But no matter where Sarah and Abigail stand, we know Anne as a person of deep dimension, someone thrust into leadership despite personal strife. Colman is equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, an ideal partner for Weisz's steely resolve and Stone's anxious cunning.
Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz in "The Favourite."
One telling throughline tackles how the two women treat the pet rabbits Anne keeps — 17 in total, each representing one of her late children. Farce and pathos intermingle, the former giving way to the latter in affecting bursts. By the time the movie reaches its climax, the dangerous liaisons leave behind an air of melancholy, sending us out on a somber note that thankfully doesn't dehydrate all the soapy amusements preceding it.
Are the details historically accurate? Who cares. (For what it's worth, historians have speculated about Anne's sexuality, and we know the real Sarah and Abigail competed to be her right-hand adviser, whatever that might have entailed.) Someone or another will always put courtly tales to the smell test, but Lanthimos achieves something that defies such rigors: a story that presents power as a seductive force, even an addiction. Women outmaneuver the men in congress, and they outmaneuver one another as well — an equal-opportunity arms race to ensure that those accustomed to privilege do not let themselves fall by the wayside.
In keeping, "The Favourite" is a poignant yarn, rechristening a fascinating filmmaker whose reputation continues to soar. It's also the most fun you'll have in a movie theater this year.
"The Favourite" opens in limited release Nov. 23 and expands throughout December.
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What does it take to live the life of your dreams? For Krystle Wright, the sacrifice is massive. She's suffered internal bodily damage, a fractured foot, blood clots, swallowed her own broken teeth, and more. But after each injury, she smiles at the camera and continues her journey. It is all, of course, worth it, when you get to live your life to the fullest, skyrocket to the top of your field, and have the freedom to follow your instincts without limitations.
A Sense of Adventure
Wright, a 31-year-old from Australia, is an adventure photographer, director, and cinematographer. She's known for her extreme photographs taken at perplexing angles. Growing up in Australia, she's used to beautiful scenery. When she was a child, you could find her surfing along the coast, playing sports, hiking, or exploring nature. In high school, she began toting a camera along with her and unknowingly began her lifelong mission to do whatever it takes to get the right shot. She started her professional career as a sports photographer, but soon became obsessed with travel. Photography gave her a reason to explore far off lands, meet new people, and engage with the world in a new way.
And she's made a name for herself doing it, as major outlets like National Geographic, The Huffington Post, and Red Bull have solicited her for her breathtaking photos. Propelled by passion, she's traveled to all seven continents and 55 countries doing what she does best –capturing life in high definition. She's photographed skiers gliding down the Barnard Glacier in Alaska, kite surfers catching wind on the Great Barrier Reef, and paragliders soaring over the Himalayas.
Pushing the Envelope
"I've always been drawn to the world of the unknown and the uncharted," she said. If she hasn't been to a country, she's got plans to go soon. "It's thrilling to shoot unexplored territories and extreme activities," she said. "When you have an unquenchable thirst for travel and telling your own story, nothing can stop you." Wright's passion for photography is living proof of that unstoppable force. In 2011, as she was trying to get the perfect shot of three people attempting to reach record-breaking altitudes while paragliding, she suffered some of her most serious injuries. An adventurer herself, Wright was paragliding while trying to get the photo. She was so focused on capturing the moment that she was blindsided as the wind blew her off track. She crashed into a boulder. The consequence? A hematoma in her eye, numerous lacerations on her face, a torn ligament, and two fractures in her foot. While that would deter most others from picking up a camera again, it only motivated her. She calls them her "battle scars."


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Rožňava Circuit
Štítnik Circuit
Jelšava Circuit
Rimava Circuit
Church acess
Brdarka brzotin chyzne contacts Dobsina henckovce kamenany kocelovce kraskovo kyjatice ochtina plesivec rakos rimavskabana rimavskebrezovo rybnik sivetice Stitnik
Churches, Rožňava Circuit
henckovce
Henckovce, Church of All Saints
The most important landmark of the village Henckovce is the Roman Catholic church, which had been, according to scholars, originally dedicated to St. Stephen, the first king of the Kingdom of Hungary. This ruler from the Arpád dynasty can be found in the coat of arms, and we chose him[…]
Dobsina
Dobšiná, Lutheran Church
A Gothic St. Valentine Chapel from the first half of the 14th century and a late Gothic church from the end of the 15th century stood on the place of the present Lutheran Church in Dobšiná. Those buildings were rebuilt and unified in 1641. In 1727, the church was enlarged[…]
brzotin
Brzotín, Reformed Church
The first settlement situated south of Rožňava is the historically significant village of Brzotín, former centre of a domain. The main landmark of the village is a Romanesque-Gothic reformed Church, whose foundations were already built around the second quarter of the 13th century. It is located on a slight mound[…]
Association Gotická cesta
Association Gotická cesta – Gothic Route was founded as the result of long-term collaboration of members of Regional Monuments Board in Rožňava with the Regional Development Agency in Rožňava. It was registered in january 2008. Rožňave. In addition to the founding members – professionals, dealing with the protection and restoration of cultural heritage, representatives of the municipalities in which the monuments of the Gothic Route are located, as well as representatives of the Lutheran Church and of Roman Catholic Church as owners of these cultural monuments, also accepted membership in the association. The aim of the association is to work for the benefit of cultural monuments located on the Gothic Route in Gemer region. Our activities include organization of cultural events, excursions, lectures and conference, publishing tourist materials and popularization of the monuments of the Gothic Route.


Avicii, aka Tim Bergling has departed from Planet Earth sudden-officia-lly on 20th April 2018 on the afternoon of Muscat, Oman time but his EDM spirit lives on always in all ways – this is an alleviated allevation for Tim who will always be remembered for his charitable, self-less being to which the world needed him more than vice versa.
Tim, your music is a soul-cement gift to the party goers, intro-extroverts alike, and unborn babies who have yet to experience your sounds. ALL are missing you right about now.


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David Pocock, né le  à Gweru au Zimbabwe, est un joueur international australien de rugby à XV évoluant au poste de troisième ligne aile. Avec les , il remporte le  puis s'incline en finale de la coupe du monde 2015. Il évolue avec la franchise australienne Brumbies.

Carrière

En club et province
Pocock joue avec l'équipe de Perth Spirit lors de l'unique saison 2007-08 de l'Australian Rugby Championship. Il joue avec le club local de University of Western Australia RUFC géré par la RugbyWA.

Il dispute le Super 14/15 avec la Western Force : 1 match en 2006, 12 matchs en 2007, 12 matchs en 2008, 13 matchs en 2009, 8 matchs en 2010 et 9 matchs en 2011.

Après une année quasi-sabbatique et une blessure au genou, David Pocock devait retrouver la compétition à la fin du mois de mars 2018.

En équipe nationale
Il a joué avec l'équipe scolaire d'Australie en 2005 et avec l'équipe d'Australie des moins de 19 ans en 2006. Avec l'équipe d'Australie A, il a disputé la Pacific Nations Cup en 2006-07. Il est capitaine de l'équipe des moins de 20 ans en 2008.

Pocock a joué son premier test avec les Wallabies le  novembre 2008 contre la Nouvelle-Zélande à Hong Kong.

Il dispute le Tri-nations en 2009, mais sans être titulaire. Il participe à la coupe du monde 2011 et est élu homme du match du quart de finale contre l'Afrique du Sud. Joueur de gabarit modeste en comparaison de ses pairs, il se distingue par son grand abattage et son nombre de plaquages (26 lors de ce match de coupe du monde). Joueur puissant du haut du corps, avec un centre de gravité bas, il est considéré comme un des meilleurs « plaqueur/gratteur » du monde avec, entre autres, Richie McCaw.

David Pocock annonce en septembre 2019 qu'il met fin à sa carrière internationale après la Coupe du Monde 2019.

Style
David Pocock est souvent considéré comme un des meilleurs joueurs du monde à son poste. Excellent plaqueur, c'est aussi un formidable gratteur, dans la lignée d'un George Smith des grandes heures, d'un Steffon Armitage, ou d'un Michael Hooper. Du fait de sa musculature impressionnante et de son centre de gravité bas, il excelle dans la récupération de balle dans les rucks, et du coup dans le ralentissement du jeu adverse, lorsqu'il ne peut prendre possession du ballon sur turnover. Il est considéré comme un des hommes forts du squad australien. Il est en outre réputé pour son activité, son habilité balle en main et surtout pour sa grande puissance du haut du corps. Sa petite taille en fait, en revanche, un joueur de touche pas très efficace.

Palmarès

Au terme de sa carrière, en , David Pocock compte  avec les , depuis le  à Hong Kong face à la Nouvelle-Zélande. Il inscrit neuf essais, pour un total de . Son dernier match a lieu dans le cadre de la coupe du monde, face à l'Angleterre. Lors de , il obtient ,	concède  et .

Parmi ces sélections, il compte  en Tri-nations (qui devient ensuite le ), inscrivant un essai.

Il compte également trois participations à la coupe du monde pour un total de , dont 14 en tant que titulaire. En 2011, il dispute cinq rencontres et inscrit deux essais, et finit troisième de la compétition. En 2015, il devient vice-champion du monde, perdant en finale contre la Nouvelle-Zélande. Il inscrit trois essais lors de cette édition, dont un lors de la finale. En 2019, il dispute cinq rencontres, l'Australie s'inclinant en quart de finale face à l'Angleterre.

Engagements

Pour l'environnement

En 2009, il fonde , une association non lucrative avec son ami Luke O'Keefe, pour apprendre aux gens de la province de Nkayi, au Zimbabwe, à subvenir à leurs besoins. Il participe à l'installation de points d'eau et de jardins publics.

En Australie il veut combattre le changement climatique. En 2014, David Pocock fait partie de neuf personnes arrêtées à la mine de charbon Whitehaven à Maules Creek, mine du nord de la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, après s'être attaché pendant dix heures à une pelle mécanique en réponse à la déclaration du Premier Ministre Tony Abbott qui déclare : « Le charbon est bon pour l'humanité ». Il signe avec 60 autres personnes australiennes une lettre ouverte exhortant les leaders mondiaux à placer « le problème de l'exploitation du charbon » en tête de liste des priorités lors de la Conférence de Paris de 2015 sur le climat (COP21) Il y considère aussi les risques de la montées des eaux pour les îles du Pacifique.

Contre l'homophobie
Il milite activement contre l'homophobie dans le sport professionnel, à la fois sur et hors du terrain.

David Pocock s'est aussi battu pour que soit autorisé le mariage homosexuel en Australie. Il a été un défenseur du bien public dans la campagne pour l'égalité de mariage et la légalisation du mariage gay. Bien que lui et sa partenaire Emma Palandri aient organisé une cérémonie de mariage en 2010, ils ont refusé de signer les documents juridiques contraignants leur mariage dans la loi jusqu'à ce que leurs amis gays soient capables de faire la même chose.

Notes et références

Liens externes

  Profil joueur de Western Force, sur rugbywa.com.au

Joueur international australien de rugby à XV
Joueur zimbabwéen de rugby à XV
Troisième ligne aile (rugby à XV)
Joueur de Perth Spirit
Joueur de la Western Force
Joueur des Brumbies
Joueur des Wild Knights
Naissance en avril 1988
Naissance à Gweru

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#ifndef LULLABY_MODULES_LULLSCRIPT_FUNCTIONS_FUNCTIONS_H_
#define LULLABY_MODULES_LULLSCRIPT_FUNCTIONS_FUNCTIONS_H_

#include <functional>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>

#include "lullaby/modules/function/call_native_function.h"
#include "lullaby/modules/lullscript/functions/converter.h"
#include "lullaby/modules/lullscript/script_frame.h"
#include "lullaby/util/string_view.h"

namespace lull {

class ScriptFrame;
class ScriptValue;

using ScriptFunction = std::function<void(ScriptFrame*)>;

// Converts the provided ScriptValue into a string for debugging purposes.
std::string Stringify(const ScriptValue& value);

// Converts the script snippet contained in the execution frame into a string
// for debugging purposes.
std::string Stringify(ScriptFrame* frame);

// Linked-list class used to simplify registering "built-in" functions with a
// script env.  Static instances of these classes are bound to C++ functions
// forming a linked list that can then be processed during ScriptEnv creation.
struct ScriptFunctionEntry {
  ScriptFunctionEntry(ScriptFunction fn, string_view name);

  ScriptFunction fn = nullptr;
  string_view name;
  ScriptFunctionEntry* next = nullptr;
};

// Register a ScriptFunction.
#define LULLABY_SCRIPT_FUNCTION(f, n) \
  extern "C" void LullabyScriptFunction_##f() {}; \
  ScriptFunctionEntry ScriptFunction_##f(&f, n);

namespace detail {
// ScriptFunctionContext is passed to CallNativeFunction to handle getting args
// and returning results.
class ScriptFunctionContext {
 public:
  static constexpr int kMaxArgs = 16;

  explicit ScriptFunctionContext(ScriptFrame* frame)
      : frame_(frame), num_args_(0) {
    while (frame->HasNext()) {
      if (num_args_ < kMaxArgs) {
        args_[num_args_] = frame->EvalNext();
        ++num_args_;
      } else {
        frame->Error("Too many args");
        break;
      }
    }
  }

  template <typename T>
  bool ArgToCpp(const char* function_name, size_t arg_index, T* value) {
    if (ScriptConverter<T>::Convert(args_[arg_index], value)) {
      return true;
    } else {
      std::stringstream msg;
      msg << function_name << " expects the type of arg " << arg_index + 1
          << " to be " << ScriptConverter<T>::TypeName();
      frame_->Error(msg.str().c_str());
      return false;
    }
  }

  template <typename T>
  bool ReturnFromCpp(const char* function_name, const T& value) {
    frame_->Return(value);
    return true;
  }

  bool CheckNumArgs(const char* function_name, size_t expected_args) {
    if (num_args_ != expected_args) {
      std::stringstream msg;
      msg << function_name << " expects " << expected_args << " args, but got "
          << num_args_;
      frame_->Error(msg.str().c_str());
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }

 private:
  ScriptFrame* frame_;
  size_t num_args_;
  ScriptValue args_[kMaxArgs];
};

// If the first argument of the function is a ScriptFrame*, this will bind the
// frame as the first arg, so that CallNativeFunction doesn't see that arg.
template <typename Fn>
struct MaybePassScriptFrame {
  static inline Fn Wrap(ScriptFrame* frame, Fn fn) { return fn; }
};

template <typename Ret, typename... Args>
struct MaybePassScriptFrame<Ret (*)(ScriptFrame*, Args...)> {
  static inline std::function<Ret(Args...)> Wrap(ScriptFrame* frame,
                                                 Ret (*fn)(ScriptFrame*,
                                                           Args...)) {
    return [fn, frame](Args... args) { return fn(frame, args...); };
  }
};

// Wraps arbitrary functions and presents them as ScriptFunctions.
template <typename Fn>
ScriptFunction WrapScriptFunction(Fn fn, string_view name) {
  return [fn, name](ScriptFrame* frame) {
    detail::ScriptFunctionContext context(frame);
    CallNativeFunction(&context, name.data(),
                       MaybePassScriptFrame<Fn>::Wrap(frame, fn));
  };
}

}  // namespace detail

// Register any kind of function.
#define LULLABY_SCRIPT_FUNCTION_WRAP(f, n) \
  extern "C" void LullabyScriptFunction_##f() {}; \
  ScriptFunctionEntry ScriptFunction_##f(detail::WrapScriptFunction(&f, n), n);

}  // namespace lull

#endif  // LULLABY_MODULES_LULLSCRIPT_FUNCTIONS_FUNCTIONS_H_

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The new International German Genealogy Partnership Website (IGGP) is now online. It offers news on various presentations on German Genealogical topics being given at meetings of partner societies.
The partnership is a network to share ideas, contacts, research information and resources to help our members trace their Germanic heritage wherever it is found.
"Uniting German Genealogy Researchers Worldwide" is our goal.
The IGGP facilitates German genealogy research globally as the internationally recognized federation of German genealogy organizations. IGGP was formerly known as German-American Genealogical Partnership (GAGP). The Villages Genealogical Society, through its German Special Interest Group, is a Partner Society of the IGGP.
The IGGP Website features an entire section devoted to the 2017 International German Genealogy Conference being held in Minneapolis Minnesota August 28-30. Also listed are dozens of Speaker Biographies of the Conference presenters, many of them who are internationally known. Registration opens at 12:01 am tomorrow, February 1, 2017.
The Poznan Project – Poznan Region Marriage Indexing Project for 1800-1899 is a valuable tool for those who have ancestors who lived in the Poznan (formerly Posen) region in what is now Poland. According to Wikipedia, the Province of Posen was a province of Prussia from 1848 and as such part of the German Empire from 1871 until 1918. It had an area of 11,185 mi².
Map of the former Prussian Province of Posen on Wikimedia Commons. Scroll cursor over image for attribution.
The Poznan Project – Poznan Region Marriage Indexing Project for 1800-1899 can be found at: http://poznan-project.psnc.pl/.
The 2017 IGGP Conference Brochure is now available. You can view and download it HERE. It includes the story of the International German Genealogy Partnership, an overview of the conference biographical information on the presenters and the Registration itself.
The registration for the 2017 International Germanic Genealogy Conference opens on February 1, 2017 with an early bird discount. If you are a member of a partner society you receive an extra $ 25 discount during the early bird sign up period. The early bird discount expires on April 1. The Villages Genealogical Society through its VGS German Genealogy SIGis a partner society.
We encourage everyone to register online from the new partner website. You will be able to pay by PayPal or sending in a check. This website should be ready by February 1, 2017.
Here is the 12 page brochure listing speakers and presentations and many other details about the conference. The actual registration form is found on page 5.
Reliance Room at Lake Miona Recreation Center, 1526 Buena Vista Blvd, The Villages, FL 32162, Thursday February 9th from 9:30 – 11:50 am.
The International German Genealogy Partnership (IGGP), formerly the German-American Genealogical Partnership, is proud to announce its inaugural conference to be held in Minneapolis, MN. The Germanic Genealogy Society is the local host. The Villages Genealogical Society, The Villages Florida, through its German Genealogy Special Interest Group, is a proud member Society of the International German Genealogy Partnership (IGGP). Members of The VGS German SIG are encouraged to attend.
Registration will begin February 1st, 2017!
Hotel rooms at the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest Hotel are fully booked in advance of the 2017 International Germanic Genealogy Conference, set for July 28-30 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Conference attendees may contact four other nearby hotels where a special discounted conference rate has been arranged. All are within a few miles of the Marriott Northwest, venue for the conference. Morning and evening shuttle service will be provided from each of these hotels to the conference at the Marriott Northwest.
The registration for the 2017 International Germanic Genealogy Conference opens on February 1, 2017 with an early bird discount. If you are a member of a partner society you receive an extra $ 25 discount during the early bird sign up period. The early bird discount expires on April 1.
We encourage everyone to register online from the new partner website. You will be able to pay by PayPal or sending in a check.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Feel free to cut this to fit your publication. It is written in standard journalism news style, where you can cut it off at any point or cut a particular paragraph, or run the whole thing if you choose.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—International German Genealogy Partnership is the new name adopted by members of a new and rapidly growing global organization known since its founding less than two years ago as the German-American Genealogical Partnership.
"New member societies are coming into the Partnership from around the world. There is a growing international participation in the Partnership, and our members decided on a new name that better describes the organization's international presence," said Kent Cutkomp, a Minneapolis resident and co-founder of the partnership.
The Partnership was founded in 2015 by genealogy society leaders in America and Germany. Today, the Partnership joins Germanic societies across America, Germany, Canada, England and other European countries.
"The purpose of the Partnership is to expand cooperation among societies nationally and internationally. It's a great way individual societies can become more successful in serving their members, and that includes helping their members make personal connections worldwide. We're delighted to see such interest coming from so many parts of the world," Cutkomp said.
He said organizations joining the Partnership range from small to large. For instance, the Germany-based Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Genealogischer Verbände, a founding member of the Partnership, comprises more than 65 societies serving 22,000 individual members.
Other initiatives include sharing of knowledge and resources such as exchanging periodicals, sharing researcher and speaker lists, and creating a list of most valuable references, resources and websites. Communication and connections between Partnership organizations are important parts of the process.
For information about the Partnership, visit the website of the Minnesota-based Germanic Genealogy Society at www.GGSMN.org, click "German Partnership." The Partnership's official website is expected to launch soon.
On June 15, 2016, the Board of Directors of The Villages Genealogical Society voted to join the International German Genealogical Partnership (IGGP) through our large German Genealogy Special Interest Group. The German Genealogy SIG is co-led by Bernhard "Bernie" Guenther and Margaret Sgritta. Bernie brought forward the concept of joining the IGGP, and was the major impetus in bringing it to fruition. Bernie plans to attend the groups first Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota July 28-30 2017.
The International German Genealogy Partnership is the new name adopted by members of a new and rapidly growing global organization known since its founding less than two years ago as the German-American Genealogical Partnership.
A growing collection of societies and organizations interested in working together to help every society make connections with their Germanic family wherever they are found.
Currently it has 30 partners, with others in the process of joining. List of current partners.
One of the greatest needs for ethnic genealogy societies is to make connections with the ancestral home. This can be a daunting task without assistance. Partnering with societies all over the world can help all of our members to find willing volunteers to assist them in their research.
Together, we can do great things. We have come up with several common projects to work on together. The largest one is the International Germanic Genealogy Conference that will be held in Minnesota in July 2017.
Who can join? This is a partnership at the organizational level, and not for individuals. Our common goal is to make each organization stronger by working together. We encourage organizations to get their members involved in the community projects.


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AI In Developing Countries
Artificial intelligence isn't just for self driving cars
AnalyticsBig DataInternet Of Things
James Ovenden
The Accenture Institute for High Performance recently released research revealing that, by 2035, artificial intelligence (AI) could double annual economic growth rates in developed economies.
The study compared economic output in each country in 2035 under a baseline scenario based on current assumptions against one showing expected growth once the impact of AI has been absorbed into the economy. In the US, the annual growth rate went up from 2.6% to 4.6% - an additional $8.3 trillion in gross value added (GVA) with widespread AI adoption included. In the UK, AI could add an additional USD $814 billion to the economy, increasing the annual growth rate of GVA from 2.5% to 3.9%.
However, it is developing economies where AI is likely to have the more significant impact. We have already entered a period in which enormous technology-driven change is helping to address a number of challenges in developing economies. AI technology, in particular, has extremely strong developmental implications. There are still a number of challenges towards implementation of such technology. The infrastructure, for one, is not necessarily capable of integrating all AI technologies, so it is not a case of inventing something new and then dropping it into a developing economy. Yet, while the first priority must be to build infrastructure - next-generation telecoms, power and agriculture systems - so that AI can be used, there are already a number of ways that it can be applied.
There are three main areas that AI can be of benefit.
There are two pressing concerns for the majority of people in developing countries: access to water and food. To provide citizens with food, smallholder farms must be able to produce enough. However, currently, research infrastructure and agricultural extension systems capable of supporting smallholder farmers are sadly lacking. AI is capable of increasing the yield of farmland under tillage in developing countries, with machine learning algorithms used in drone technology to both plant and fertilize seeds at a speed beyond human abilities.
Another application of AI for food management in developing economies is the identification of disease in crops so they can be more easily treated. A team of researchers at Penn State and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) have fed a network of computers with over 53,000 photos of both healthy and unhealthy plants in an attempt to recognize specific plant diseases. Such technology will provide the basis for field-based crop-disease identification using smartphones. The system has been able to identify both crops and diseases – from photos – with an accuracy rate of up to 99.35%.
For NGOs and charities, determining where resources are needed is vital to helping those most in need. If available resources are not properly utilized, the scarcity makes a bigger dent. This is another area where AI can help greatly. It can be used to learn to analyze multiple factors at the same time in a way that humans cannot which can show, say, where a drought could occur, how many people it is likely to impact, and what is required to fix the problem.
For example, 'Harvesting' is a startup using machine learning to analyze satellite data of the Earth's surface. They are trying to pinpoint areas in need of investment in the water and tools needed for farming to help institutions distribute money more efficiently.
CEO of machine learning startup Harvesting, Ruchit Garg, recently noted of AI that, 'Our hope is that in using this technology we would be able to segregate such farmers and villages and have banks or governments move dollars to the right set of people.'
The Ebola virus wreaked havoc on African communities, as numerous outbreaks have over the years. In the case of Ebola, Barbara Han, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, said, 'Using machine learning methods developed for artificial intelligence, we were able to bring together data from ecology, biogeography, and public health to identify bat species with a high probability of harboring Ebola and other filoviruses. Understanding which species carry these viruses, and where they are located, is essential to preventing future spillovers.'
The main advantage of Machine Learning is its ability to deal with complexities. With a number of variables interacting at one time, findings can become difficult to interpret. Machine Learning side steps this. On this issue, Han says: 'The algorithm doesn't care how the variables are interacting; its only goal is to maximize predictive performance. Then we human scientists can step up.'
Machine learning technology is the most effective way not only when it comes to understanding the spread of disease, but also providing relief. We are looking at future where machine learning could feasibly identify a disease, develop a cure, locate where the outbreak is likely to strike next, and then transport the cure there in autonomous vehicles, all with minimal human interaction.
There are many bridges to cross before this becomes a reality. However, while AI in developed countries will have a major impact, it could be necessary for their very survival, and it is vital that everything is done to ensure the infrastructure is in place to take advantage of every advancement in the technology.
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Man believed to have faked his own death found in Scotland
by: Tim White, Nexstar Media Wire
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – A Rhode Island man who authorities suspected faked his own death has been found alive in Scotland.
Nicholas Alahverdian – an outspoken critic of Rhode Island's child welfare system who alleged he was "tortured and raped" in group homes affiliated with the R.I. Department of Children, Youth and Families – was apparently on the run since 2020 when his wife claimed he had died overseas of cancer.
Rhode Island State Police Maj. Robert Creamer said on Wednesday Alahverdian was found in Scotland after he had been hospitalized with COVID-19, but referred all other questions to the FBI and authorities in Utah, where he has several outstanding warrants.
A spokesperson for the FBI did not immediately return a call for comment.
Alahverdian's reemergence was first reported by The Providence Journal.
Sherrie Hall Everett, a spokesperson for the Utah County Attorney's office, said Alahverdian is a suspect in a 2008 sexual assault case. In a news release, the county prosecutor's office said Alahverdian – who was going by Nicholas Rossi at the time – was a DNA match to the 2008 case and another sexual assault investigation in Ohio.
"Investigators also learned that Nicholas Rossi had fled the country to avoid prosecution in Ohio and attempted to lead investigators and state legislators in other states to believe that he was deceased," Hall Everett said. "He has been taken into custody and the Utah County Attorney's Office is working with federal and international agencies to extradite Mr. Rossi back to Utah."
Alahverdian moved out of the country with his wife and two children in 2016. He told people he had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Alahverdian filed a federal lawsuit in 2011, alleging he was sexually assaulted by group home residents and employees as he said DCYF "shuffled" him through several Rhode Island, Florida and Nebraska facilities.
The lawsuit was settled in 2013, but the details were not disclosed.
Walt Buteau contributed to this report.
Allen Superior Court will halt jury trials until at least Feb. 14, 2022, due to the latest surge in COVID-19 infections and illnesses in the community.
The pause in jury trials will begin on Monday (Jan. 24, 2022), allowing any proceedings currently underway to be completed. Superior Court's Board of Judges unanimously approved the pause today.
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Seeing the light with our eyes is a beautiful thing.
Do you remember the light that first greeted you at the time of your birth?
With the very first breath, there is life's first light that divides existence from non-existence.Death probably is…our way back to the darkness as light exits our body.
A photograph is a trace of blessing where light touches one's life.
I think it is very important to remember the true essence of photography, because it makes us re-think about the meaning of light that is captured in our lives. Moreover, a photograph is our desire to put significant meaning to life's ordinary moments. The moment that light touches the world's beauty, life turns into a poem.
Photographers are magicians, holding a black box and standing right between the light and the darkness.
They speak to the world using the secret language of light. To them – life is where light and shadow meet and intertwine together.
And an ordinary moment is reborn and given a name when captured by the eyes of a photographer.
The 4th issue of Gitz introduces four photographers from the American West. In a world that seeks fast and convenience, here we present four photographers who are going back in time to capture the true essence of photography.
The light that enters their window somewhat resembles the light that we first encountered at birth.
The light and the darkness – being alive – wonderful and yet mysterious.
Being able to see the light's drama captured by these four photographers is truly an amazing thing.


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The self is an individual person as the object of his or her own reflective consciousness.

Self may also refer to:

Arts
 Self (album), by Quintessence
 Self (band), an American alternative rock band
 Self (novel), a 1996 Canadian novel
 Self (sculpture), an ongoing art project
 Self Incorporated, a 1975 instructional television series on PBS
 Self, an album by Paul Kalkbrenner
 "Self", a song by Zager & Evans from the album 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)

Technology and science
 Self (company), a Swedish motor vehicle manufacturer
 self (computer science), a keyword in many object-oriented programming languages
 Self (programming language), an object-oriented programming language based on the concept of prototypes
 Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), an international development aid organization

Other uses
Psychology of self
 Self (magazine), an American women's magazine
 Self (surname), a surname
 Self, Arkansas, an unincorporated community

See also
 Selves (disambiguation)
 Virtual self (disambiguation)


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'use strict';

var JWTClient = require('./jwtclient.js');
var ComputeClient = require('./computeclient.js');
var fs = require('fs');
var os = require('os');
var path = require('path');
var util = require('util');
var DefaultTransporter = require('../transporters.js');

/**
 * GoogleAuth account manager.
 *
 * @constructor
 */
function GoogleAuth() {
  this.JWTClient = JWTClient;
  this.ComputeClient = ComputeClient;
  this._cachedCredential = null;
}

// Executes the given callback if it is not null.
function callback(c, err, res) {
  if (c) {
    c(err, res);
  }
}

// Creates an Error containing the given message, and includes the message from the optional err
// passed in.
function createError(message, err) {
  var s = message || '';
  if (err) {
    var errorMessage = String(err);
    if (errorMessage && errorMessage.length > 0) {
      if (s.length > 0) {
        s += ' ';
      }
      s += errorMessage;
    }
  }
  return Error(s);
}

/**
 * Convenience field mapping in the IAM credential type.
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype.IAMAuth = require('./iam.js');

/**
 * Convenience field mapping in the Compute credential type.
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype.Compute = require('./computeclient.js');

/**
 * Convenience field mapping in the JWT credential type.
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype.JWT = require('./jwtclient.js');

/**
 * Convenience field mapping in the JWT Access credential type.
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype.JWTAccess = require('./jwtaccess.js');

/**
 * Convenience field mapping in the OAuth2 credential type.
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype.OAuth2 = require('./oauth2client.js');

/**
 * Convenience field mapping to the UserRefreshClient credential type.
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype.UserRefreshClient = require('./refreshclient.js');

/**
 * Caches a value indicating whether the auth layer is running on Google Compute Engine.
 * @private
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype._isGCE = false;

/**
 * Caches a value indicating whether we've checked whether the auth layer is running on
 * Google Compute Engine.
 * @private
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype._checked_isGCE = false;

/**
 * Obtains the default service-level credentials for the application..
 * @param {function=} opt_callback Optional callback.
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype.getApplicationDefault = function(opt_callback) {
  var that = this;

  // If we've already got a cached credential, just return it.
  if (that._cachedCredential) {
    process.nextTick(function() {
      callback(opt_callback, null, that._cachedCredential);
    });
  } else {
    // Inject our own callback routine, which will cache the credential once it's been created.
    // It also allows us to ensure that the ultimate callback is always async.
    var my_callback = function(err, result) {
      if (!err && result) {
        that._cachedCredential = result;
      }
      process.nextTick(function() {
        callback(opt_callback, err, result);
      });
    };
    // Check for the existence of a local environment variable pointing to the
    // location of the credential file. This is typically used in local developer scenarios.
    if (that._tryGetApplicationCredentialsFromEnvironmentVariable(my_callback)) {
      return;
    }

    // Look in the well-known credential file location.
    if (that._tryGetApplicationCredentialsFromWellKnownFile(my_callback)) {
      return;
    }

    // Determine if we're running on GCE.
    that._checkIsGCE(function(gce) {
      if (gce) {
        // For GCE, just return a default ComputeClient. It will take care of the rest.
        my_callback(null, new that.ComputeClient());
      } else {
        // We failed to find the default credentials. Bail out with an error.
        my_callback(new Error('Could not load the default credentials. Browse to ' +
          'https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/application-default-credentials for ' +
          'more information.'));
      }
    });
  }
};

/**
 * Determines whether the auth layer is running on Google Compute Engine.
 * @param {function=} callback The callback.
 * @api private
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype._checkIsGCE = function(callback) {
  var that = this;
  if (that._checked_isGCE) {
    callback(that._isGCE);
  } else {
    if (!that.transporter) {
      that.transporter = new DefaultTransporter();
    }
    that.transporter.request({
      method: 'GET',
      uri: 'http://metadata.google.internal',
      json: true
    }, function(err, body, res) {
      if (!err && res && res.headers) {
        that._isGCE = res.headers['metadata-flavor'] === 'Google';
      }
      that._checked_isGCE = true;
      callback(that._isGCE);
    });
  }
};

/**
 * Attempts to load default credentials from the environment variable path..
 * @param {function=} opt_callback Optional callback.
 * @return {boolean} Returns true if the callback has been executed; false otherwise.
 * @api private
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype._tryGetApplicationCredentialsFromEnvironmentVariable =
  function(opt_callback) {

    var that = this;
    var credentialsPath = that._getEnv('GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS');
    if (!credentialsPath || credentialsPath.length === 0) {
      return false;
    }
    that._getApplicationCredentialsFromFilePath(credentialsPath, function(err, result) {
      var wrappedError = null;
      if (err) {
        wrappedError = createError(
            'Unable to read the credential file specified by the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS ' +
            'environment variable.',
          err);
      }
      callback(opt_callback, wrappedError, result);
    });
    return true;
  };

/**
 * Attempts to load default credentials from a well-known file location
 * @param {function=} opt_callback Optional callback.
 * @return {boolean} Returns true if the callback has been executed; false otherwise.
 * @api private
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype._tryGetApplicationCredentialsFromWellKnownFile =
  function(opt_callback) {

    var that = this;
    // First, figure out the location of the file, depending upon the OS type.
    var location = null;
    if (that._isWindows()) {
      // Windows
      location = that._getEnv('APPDATA');
    } else {
      // Linux or Mac
      var home = that._getEnv('HOME');
      if (home) {
        location = that._pathJoin(home, '.config');
      }
    }
    // If we found the root path, expand it.
    if (location) {
      location = that._pathJoin(location, 'gcloud');
      location = that._pathJoin(location, 'application_default_credentials.json');
      location = that._mockWellKnownFilePath(location);
      // Check whether the file exists.
      if (!that._fileExists(location)) {
        location = null;
      }
    }
    // The file does not exist.
    if (!location) {
      return false;
    }
    // The file seems to exist. Try to use it.
    this._getApplicationCredentialsFromFilePath(location, opt_callback);
    return true;
  };

/**
 * Attempts to load default credentials from a file at the given path..
 * @param {string=} filePath The path to the file to read.
 * @param {function=} opt_callback Optional callback.
 * @api private
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype._getApplicationCredentialsFromFilePath =
  function(filePath, opt_callback) {

    var that = this;
    var error = null;
    // Make sure the path looks like a string.
    if (!filePath || filePath.length === 0) {
      error = new Error('The file path is invalid.');
    }

    // Make sure there is a file at the path. lstatSync will throw if there is nothing there.
    if (!error) {
      try {
        // Resolve path to actual file in case of symlink. Expect a thrown error if not resolvable.
        filePath = fs.realpathSync(filePath);

        if (!fs.lstatSync(filePath).isFile()) {
          throw '';
        }
      } catch (err) {
        error = createError(util.format('The file at %s does not exist, or it is not a file.',
          filePath), err);
      }
    }
    // Now open a read stream on the file, and parse it.
    if (!error) {
      try {
        var stream = that._createReadStream(filePath);
        that.fromStream(stream, opt_callback);
      } catch (err) {
        error = createError(util.format('Unable to read the file at %s.', filePath), err);
      }
    }
    if (error) {
      callback(opt_callback, error);
    }
  };

/**
 * Create a credentials instance using the given input options.
 * @param {object=} json The input object.
 * @param {function=} opt_callback Optional callback.
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype.fromJSON = function(json, opt_callback) {
  var that = this;
  var client;
  if (!json) {
    callback(opt_callback, new Error(
      'Must pass in a JSON object containing the Google auth settings.'));
    return;
  }
  if (json.type === 'authorized_user') {
    client = new that.UserRefreshClient();
  } else {
    client = new that.JWTClient();
  }
  client.fromJSON(json, function(err) {
    if (err) {
      callback(opt_callback, err);
    } else {
      callback(opt_callback, null, client);
    }
  });
};

/**
 * Create a credentials instance using the given input stream.
 * @param {object=} stream The input stream.
 * @param {function=} opt_callback Optional callback.
 */
GoogleAuth.prototype.fromStream = function(stream, opt_callback) {
  var that = this;
  if (!stream) {
    process.nextTick(function() {
      callback(opt_callback, new Error(
          'Must pass in a stream containing the Google auth settings.'));
    });
    return;
  }
  var s = '';
  stream.setEncoding('utf8');
  stream.on('data', function (chunk) {
    s += chunk;
  });
  stream.on('end', function () {
    try {
      var data = JSON.parse(s);
      that.fromJSON(data, opt_callback);
    } catch (err) {
      callback(opt_callback, err);
    }
  });
};

/**
 * Determines whether the current operating system is Windows.
 * @api private
 * */
GoogleAuth.prototype._isWindows = function() {
  var sys = this._osPlatform();
  if (sys && sys.length >= 3) {
    if (sys.substring(0, 3).toLowerCase() === 'win') {
      return true;
    }
  }
  return false;
};

/**
 * Creates a file stream. Allows mocking.
 * @api private
 * */
GoogleAuth.prototype._createReadStream = function(filePath) {
  return fs.createReadStream(filePath);
};

/**
 * Gets the value of the environment variable with the given name. Allows mocking.
 * @api private
 * */
GoogleAuth.prototype._getEnv = function(name) {
  return process.env[name];
};

/**
 * Gets the current operating system platform. Allows mocking.
 * @api private
 * */
GoogleAuth.prototype._osPlatform = function() {
  return os.platform();
};

/**
 * Determines whether a file exists. Allows mocking.
 * @api private
 * */
GoogleAuth.prototype._fileExists = function(filePath) {
  return fs.existsSync(filePath);
};

/**
 * Joins two parts of a path. Allows mocking.
 * @api private
 * */
GoogleAuth.prototype._pathJoin = function(item1, item2) {
  return path.join(item1, item2);
};

/**
 * Allows mocking of the path to a well-known file.
 * @api private
 * */
GoogleAuth.prototype._mockWellKnownFilePath = function(filePath) {
  return filePath;
};

/**
 * Export GoogleAuth.
 */
module.exports = GoogleAuth;


Full computer systems are purchased with a 12 month warranty directly with Welcome Computing. Laptops have a 28 day warranty with Welcome Computing, after the 28th day any remaining warranty is directly with the laptop manufacturer. All new materials, seperate components and hardware including laptops come with warranties and guarantees applicable to the item(s) at time of purchase and can be found on your invoice, typically warranties are 28 days with Welcome Computing and after that up to 12 months with the manufacturer from date of invoice.
All 2nd hand, refurbished materials, components and hardware including computer systems in part or full and laptops come with limited warranties and guarantees as described at time of purchase and can be found on your invoice.
If a hard drive fails, new or second hand, any operating system, its drivers and software installed are not covered. ALL personal and business data of any type are not covered at all in any way whatsoever. You are responsible for managing a regular backup of all that is important to you onto some other external media to protect yourself against losses of any type as a result of a total failure. Mark Feather and Welcome Computing are not and never will be responsible for personal or business losses incured of any type brought about by a faulty, failing or dead hard drive or other media at any time. The hard drive as a piece of hardware is covered by its warranty, but any and all electronic data of any type is not guaranteed in any way whatsover.


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Home People Richard H. Casper
Richard H. Casper
rcasper@foley.com
Milwaukee 414.297.5612
Richard H. Casper is a partner and corporate lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. Since 1975, he has acted as a counselor on the full spectrum of commercial matters affecting businesses, including licensing, purchasing/selling, lending, distribution/agency and bankruptcy. His clients include manufacturers and vendors of a diverse array of goods and services, including agricultural implements, food and other consumer products, printing, software, tools, electronic equipment and manufacturing equipment. Rich is a member of the firm's Finance & Financial Institutions Practice and is former chair of the Commercial Transactions & Business Counseling Practice. He is also a member of the firm's Distribution & Franchise Practice and the Food & Beverage Industry Team.
$80 B milk output supply contract
Joint research and development agreement with IBM
Reciprocal farm implement distribution agreement between U.S. and European manufacturers
Rich frequently makes presentations to trade and lawyers groups on commercial contracts, sales law, distribution, bankruptcy and antitrust law. He is the general editor of, and authored the chapter on United States distribution law for International Agency and Distribution Agreements (2010), published by LexisNexis, and wrote chapters on commissioned agency agreements in the Commerce Clearing House treatise Product Distribution Law Guide (2009) and the Practical Law Company International Sales and Marketing Practice Manual (2010).
Peer review rated as AV Preeminent®, the highest performance rating in the Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ system
Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (1987-2023)
A 1972 magna cum laude graduate of Bowdoin College, Rich received his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Northwestern University in 1975. He was elected to the Order of the Coif, and served on the editorial board of the Northwestern University Law Review.
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Finance Corporate Distribution & Franchise Transactions
Legal Implications of Blockchain in Supply Chain: What's Law Got to Do With It?
Smart Supply Chains Using Smart Contracts
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Food & Beverage Supply Chain Desk Reference
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Foley Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Best Lawyers in America
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IOC "Rule 50" violating human rights
Human Rights News
FIFPRO continues underlining its support to athletes who wish to stand up for human rights, promote social justice and positive societal change at the Olympics, whether that may be on the pitch, during a ceremony, or wherever they may choose to do so.
The reiteration of this support follows the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission call to maintain the ban on podium protests under Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter. Despite international pressure to relax the rule, the newly approved recommendations are oblivious of athletes' internationally recognised human right to freedom of expression.
Together with many other sports bodies, including basketball player union NBPA and World Players Association (WPA), FIFPRO strongly opposes to any restrictions to the voice and activism by players – or any other human being.
"The IOC's decision will not deter our resolve or silence our voices"
— by Michele Roberts, NBPA Executive Director and World Players Vice President
Michele Roberts, NBPA Executive Director and World Players Vice President, said: "Our Players have, without hesitation or apology, expressed their individual and collective commitment to securing justice for all in their communities - both domestically and globally. While we regret the IOC's decision to sanction those who choose to display their support for human rights, it will not deter our resolve or silence our voices."
In recent years, even previously reluctant sports bodies have made positive changes to their policies and decisions, which hasn't gone unnoticed. Athletes have played a crucial role in bringing about systemic change through and beyond sport by expressing their voice. The world has witnessed players taking a knee, raising a fist or wearing symbols to promote a cause or address injustice. Rightfully so, according to organisations including CGF, FIFA, UEFA, World Athletics, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, NFL, AFL, EPL and many others.
"The IOC's solitary approach falls well behind that of the football community and should not provide any reason to hold us back"
— by Jonas Baer-Hoffmann, FIFPRO General Secretary and World Players Vice President
FIFPRO General Secretary and World Players Vice President, Jonas Baer-Hoffmann said: "FIFPRO stands with all footballers who may choose to peacefully express their views and be part of a wider movement for positive social change at the Olympics. We will work with our members and the global player association movement to ensure they're properly protected and supported. The IOC's solitary approach falls well behind that of the football community and should not provide any reason to hold us back."
"the review was not aligned with respect for internationally recognised human rights"
Unless and until the IOC fundamentally alters its recommendations for Rule 50, the internationally recognised human rights of athletes will continue to be at risk. FIFPRO commits itself to working with WPA, governing bodies and other stakeholders to offer support to athletes in any way necessary to ensure their human rights and freedom of expression are fully recognised, respected and protected – before, during and beyond Tokyo 2020.
Freedom of Assembly Statement
The right to freedom of association
FIFPRO supports universal player rights
Kenyan federation breaches human rights of footballers


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Legislative Session: Free Trade Vote
1988-08-31T13:57:07-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/6ce/19880831141559002.jpgCanadian House of Commons from Ottawa, Canada held Question Period dealing with the legislative session on the Free Trade vote.
Canadian House of Commons from Ottawa, Canada held Question Period dealing with the legislative session on the Free Trade vote.
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EPFO alert! Know what is certificate of coverage, its benefit & how you can get it
The certificate of coverage is one such initiative which it has undertaken to help the International Workers, who originally belong to India.
By Subadh Nayak On Dec 16, 2022 0
Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is one of the World's largest Social Security Organisations in terms of clientele and the volume of financial transactions undertaken. At present it maintains 24.77 crore accounts (Annual Report 2019-20) pertaining to its members. It is a non-constitutional body that promotes employees to save funds for retirement.
The EPFO has taken several steps for the benefit of the employees coming under the EPFO. It has also introduced different programs with the aim to provide better facilities to the beneficiaries. The certificate of coverage is one such initiative which it has undertaken to help the International Workers, who originally belong to India.
What is certificate of coverage (CoC)?
The Government of India through its initiative for the benefit of both the employers and employees has entered into Agreement with several countries to ensure that the employees of home country do not remit contribution in that country, get the benefit of totalisation period for deciding the eligibility for pension, may get the pension in the country where they choose to live, and the employers are saved from making double social security contributions for the same set of employees.
The EPFO has been authorized to issue the Certificate of Coverage to the employees posted to the countries having signed Agreement with the Government of India.
List of the countries with which India has signed agreement for certificate of coverage:
Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, France, Denmark, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Hungary, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Norway, Austria, Canada, Australia, Japan and Portugal.
Follow these steps to download certificate of coverage:
Visit the International Worker Portal on EPFO website. Select application for CoC.
Login with UNA & Password. Select member ID.
Enter details of detachment & upload scanned coy of passport.
Application will move online to employer on IW (International Worker) portal for verification & attestation.
Verified & attested application will be forwarded to concerned EPFO Regional Office for approval.
After approval, employee can download CoC from IW Portal.
Steps to apply for certificate of coverage (CoC)…#epfo #AmritMahotsav #socialsecurity #international #workers pic.twitter.com/YpKiheZmQR
— EPFO (@socialepfo) December 14, 2022
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The canal freezes over -- but not for long
November 26, 2016 / Don Cummer
Winter roared in with a blast last week, just in time to cover the football field at TD Place while the Ottawa Redblacks and the Edmonton Eskimos battled for the right to represent the Eastern Conference for tomorrow's Grey Cup.
Canadians are a hardy lot. The statue of the legendary Ottawa coach, Frank Clare, didn't seem to mind the weather. The fact that Ottawa won the game was enough to keep us warm -- sorta...
But the skating weather is definitely on its way. Over the next days, ice started to form on the Rideau Canal.
The temperatures at night did more to help turn November's canal into January's skateway.
That picture was taken at the top of Bank Street Bridge, where it crosses over the Rideau Canal.
At the north end of Bank Street Bridge is Lansdowne Park, where we held Sir John A's Great Canadian Kilt Skate last year, because the weather on January 16, 2015, was still too warm for the canal to open. This is the square where the snow sculptures were built as part of the Winterlude festival.
Here's how it the square looked last February.
Here's Patterson Creek. In a month or two, it will be a picturesque little inlet where the skaters come to practice their twirls away from the crowds on the main channel of the Rideau Canal Skateway.
The weather has been getting warmer this weekend, and although that's good news for most people in Ottawa, it's disappointing for those of us who want an early season on the skateway. Today, however, was perfect for snowballs and snowmen.
We're keeping a close watch on how the ice is forming at Dow's Lake, where we'll be gathering on January 28th at the pavilion.
In the meantime, six Canadian cities have come forward with plans for a kilt skate to honour Sir John A. Macdonald. We're working with the Scottish government to make these events the best yet, and I hope we'll have some good news to announce in the coming days.
November 26, 2016 / Don Cummer/
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Downy Mildew was an American folk pop/alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California active from 1984 to 1995.

History
Formed in Los Angeles, California in 1984, the early lineup consisted of Jenny Homer (guitar, vocals), Charlie Baldonado (vocals, guitar), Nancy McCoy (bass guitar), and Mike Marasse (drums), all students at local colleges. The band's first release was a self-titled EP on the Texas Hotel label in 1986. Their chamber-pop sound, inspired by 1960s pop and post punk saw them lumped in with the Paisley Underground scene. Debut album Broomtree followed in 1987, and was released by Texas Hotel and Glass Records in the UK.

Marasse left, to be replaced by John Hofer, with Salvador Garza added on violin, and the new lineup recorded the album Mincing Steps, released in 1988 on Texas Hotel. Michael Stipe of R.E.M. directed a video for the song Offering from the album.

Hofer then left, and after a few years with only a sole single released on Triple X featuring the song "Cool Nights" which was produced by Andy Gill of Gang of Four and backed with a cover of the Bacharach/David song, "Walk On By" and a mash up of "Sunday Morning" by the Velvet Underground and "Leaving On A Jet Plane" by John Denver, the band returned in 1992 with the Elevator EP, released on the Windham Hill sub-label 'High Street', now with Rob Jacobs on drums. By this time their sound had evolved more towards alternative rock. This was followed by the album An Oncoming Train. McCoy left to start a family and was replaced by Janine Cooper (formerly of Pet Clarke) for the band's final album, Slow Sky, released in 1994. Both An Oncoming Train and Slow Sky were recorded in the band's own studio and mixed by Tchad Blake. The band split up in 1995.

Discography

Albums
Broomtree (1987), Texas Hotel/Glass
Mincing Steps (1988), Texas Hotel
An Oncoming Train (1992), High Street
Slow Sky (1994), High Street

EPs
Downy Mildew (1986), Texas Hotel
Elevator (1992), High Street

Singles
"Cool Nights" (1990), Triple X

References

Alternative rock groups from California
Musical groups from Los Angeles
American folk musical groups


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 Санта Бремор, СП «Санта Бремор» ТОВ — білорусько-німецьке харчове підприємство.


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