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Watertown Township is a civil township of Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan.  The population was 2,202 at the 2010 Census.

Communities
 Fostoria is an unincorporated community in the southeast part of the township at .  Michigan Governor Henry H. Crapo once owned most of the pine forestland in the area and had a line of the Pere Marquette Railway run through here. It was named for Crapo's foreman, Thomas Foster in 1881 and had a post office from July 1882 until May 1883. Fostoria and the surrounding area is currently served by the ZIP code 48435, which also serves a large portion of the southeast portion of Watertown Township, as well as portions of three townships in adjacent Lapeer County: Rich Township to the east, Deerfield Township to the southeast, and Marathon Township to the south.
 Otter Lake is a village to the south straddling the boundary of Genesee County and Lapeer County; the Otter Lake ZIP code 48464 serves a portion of the southern part of Watertown Township.
 Mayville is to the north within Fremont Township; the Mayville ZIP code 48744 serves the northeast part of Watertown Township.
 Millington is to the west within Millington Township; the Millington ZIP code 48746 serves the western portion of Watertown Township.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 32.9 square miles (85.2 km), of which 32.7 square miles (84.6 km) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.6 km) (0.76%) is water.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,231 people, 796 households, and 631 families residing in the township.  The population density was .  There were 874 housing units at an average density of .  The racial makeup of the township was 98.43% White, 0.18% African American, 0.58% Native American, 0.04% Asian, 0.22% from other races, and 0.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.72% of the population.

There were 796 households, out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.0% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.7% were non-families. 17.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the township the population was spread out, with 28.1% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $46,875, and the median income for a family was $52,589. Males had a median income of $45,703 versus $22,500 for females. The per capita income for the township was $20,398.  About 4.9% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

Townships in Tuscola County, Michigan
Townships in Michigan

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At a remembrance service on Wednesday, the family spokesperson, Joshua Dzidzornu who announced this said the funeral rites for their beloved will begin from February 18 to 20.
"There will be no wake-keeping but the funeral will be held in February on the 18th and 19th," he said.
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"And we're inviting all friends and well-wishers to be there with us," he said.
"And on the 19th, the funeral will be held at a venue yet to be announced," he added.
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Q: A solution of a differential equation of first order in the large-variable limit The differential equation reads:

$  \dfrac{\partial R (t)}{\partial t} =   \dfrac{c_2}{R^2} + \dfrac{c_3}{R^3} + O(R^{-4})$,

Where $c2 >
 0$ and $c3 > 0$, how to get the solution of the differential equation
for large $t$ and $R$?

A: As Mann commented, this is a separable first order differential equation which write $$\frac{dt}{dR}=\frac{R^3}{c_2R+c_3}=-\frac{c_3^3}{c_2^3 (c_2 R+c_3)}+\frac{c_3^2}{c_2^3}-\frac{c_3 R}{c_2^2}+\frac{R^2}{c_2}$$ So, integration leads to $$t+C=-\frac{{c_3}^3 \log ({c_2} R+{c_3})}{{c_2}^4}+\frac{{c_3}^2
   R}{{c_2}^3}-\frac{{c_3} R^2}{2 {c_2}^2}+\frac{R^3}{3 {c_2}}$$ from which you cannot extract any analytical expression for $R(t)$.
Now, the asymptotic behavior of $R(t)$ may be given by the highest power of $R(t)$ which would mean that the $c_3$ term is ignored in the original equation, leading to $$R(t)\approx \sqrt[3]{C+3 {c_2} t}$$ but I am confess that I am feeling very uncomfortable with that.

A: Actually, this problem is from a paper (Phys. Rev. B Vol.34, p7845 (1986))
In the paper, the solution is given as
   R(t)=\sqrt[3]{3} \sqrt[3]{c_2 t}+\frac{c_3}{2c_2}+\frac{O}{\sqrt[3]{t}}

Following Claude Leibovici'post, I arrived this,
t = -\frac{c_3 R^2}{2 c_2^2}+\frac{c_3^2 R}{c_2^3}+\frac{c_3^3 \log \left(c_2 R+c_3\right)}{c_2^4}+\frac{R^3}{3 \text{c2}}=\frac{R^3-\frac{3 c_3 R^2}{2 c_2}}{3 \text{c2}}+O(R)=\frac{\left(R-\frac{c_3}{2 c_2^2}\right){}^3}{3

\text{c2}}+O(R)
Leaving the O(R), we came across,
R = \sqrt[3]{3} \sqrt[3]{c_2 t}+\frac{c_3}{2 c_2}
Although this is the same with the paper, I don't know whether this is a reasonable approximation. Furthermore, how can I have an estimation of the deviation, i.e., the term O(t^-1/3) in the paper ?
Thank you for your advice.

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With the Christmas holidays now being a distant memory, we have been counting down the days to February half term so that we could spend some quality time together as a family. My husband works in a school in England, and our children attend a school in Wales and so a lot of the holidays unfortunately don't match up this year, so we have been really looking forward to getting out and about and finding some fun new things to do!
Despite only living 45 minutes away from Manchester, somehow we have never got round to visiting the Legoland Discovery Centre. We frequent the Trafford Centre quite regularly and have often seen it advertised but for some reason we have never quite made it through the doors to experience what it has to offer. I was therefore really excited to be invited along on Monday as a family to discover what it was all about, and my youngest son Riley was absolutely ecstatic to discover that someone else very special would be there that day too - Lego Batman!
We began our journey at 9am on the Monday morning, stopping for a cooked breakfast at a restaurant on the way. I often do this when heading out for the day, as it keeps the kids full and prevents those recurring questions and comments of "I'm hungry" and "When are we going to get something to eat?"echoing through my ears every few minutes as they take it in turn one by one to ask the same questions throughout the morning. We therefore arrived at The Trafford Centre at around 10:40am and parked in the Barton Square car park which is the nearest car park to both the Legoland Discovery Centre and Sea Life.
Riley became really excited as we made our way from the car park to the attraction, with him noticing a huge window display on the outside of the building. We knew that it would be a popular place however we were shocked to see the size of the queue when we first arrived. Therefore if you are not a fan of queues then I would recommend either getting there just before opening time so you are near the front, or making your way there later in the afternoon. You can also pre book your tickets online if you want to be sure of securing a specific time slot for entry. One piece of advice I would give is wrap up warm and take a brolly, as the queue is outside so it may get a little cold or wet.
Once inside my children declared that they were in Lego Paradise. We have visited Legoland Windsor before and knew that this would not be on the same scale, but my children were in their element right from the very beginning.
On entry to the attraction we were asked to sit down whilst a photographer took our picture against a green screen. We always have these photos done at attractions, sometimes I buy them and sometimes I don't, but I always have the photo taken just on the off chance that they somehow manage to capture a beautiful family photo where all three children are smiling and facing the camera at the same time, as believe me this is quite a challenge! We were asked to smile and pose in several ways so that the picture would fit the image that was later applied to the background. After our picture had been taken, we were given a ticket so that we could view our photograph at the end.
We then made our way up in the lift which took us to the entrance of the factory tour, where we were introduced to the Professor. He provided us with a short interactive demonstration of how lego bricks are created and invited the children to get involved in the process. There was lots of jumping and button pushing to get the machinery going and the children were rewarded for their help with an individual brick each.
As we then entered the main attraction area, we came across our first ride which was the Kingdom Quest Laser Ride. We were all able to fit in the one car which was great as we are so used to having to split up into separate seats on these kinds of rides so it was nice to be able to enjoy it all together and compete against one another in getting the highest score. We all really enjoyed this ride and there was no queue at all, we simply walked straight on, and were made to feel really welcome by the lovely gentleman running the ride. Riley who is 4 was able to hold his laser shooter with ease and was happy that it went at a gentle speed so he wasn't scared at all.
After the Kingdom Quest Laser Ride we carried on our adventure into Miniland, that featured a whole host of recognisable landmarks and structures all made out of Lego. I loved the Blackpool Tower display especially when the main lights dimmed and the tower then all lit up, it looked spectacular. There was even a mini Coronation Street!
Although I could have spent a fair amount of time wandering around the Miniworld area, the kids were keen to try out some more of the rides and so the next stop was the Lego City Forest Pursuit Ride where children can drive around in Lego police cars. Children need to be a minimum of 4 years of age to ride on this, and my son was so happy to be both old and tall enough to go for a drive. Unfortunately he wasn't the best at steering, but one of the staff members helped him round and made sure he had no bumps.
The vehicles are a great little design and look just like the Lego police cars you can build in the Lego City sets. They are operated by a one pedal system so it is easy for children to understand how to use it, and they simply need to keep their foot on the pedal whilst driving and steering around the course.
The course is in a simple oval shape so there is nothing too complicated to try and manoeuvre around, and they are speed limited so there is no need to worry about anyone going too fast.
Next to the Lego City Forest Pursuit area was the Lego Racers Build and Test Area where this fabulous racing car was also located. The racing car looks fantastic and is big enough for children to sit in to pose for a picture, or pretend that they are speeding round a race track. The build and test area allows you to use your imagination to build a racing car creation that you can race down the speed test track.
After the fun and excitement of the Kingdom Quest Laser Ride, and the Lego City Forest Pursuit, Riley decided he wanted to rest and sit in one of the many lego pits that were full to the brim of lego to build and you could make anything you could think of. I genuinely believe that Riley could have sat here for hours, and he began to make a house on one of the built in boards around the edge.
Next up was the Merlin's Apprentice Ride. On this you have to pedal fast as you go round and round, which helps to raise your vehicle to the skies, so that you can help Merlin with his magic. Riley loves rides that go up and down, especially as he knows that I am not a big fan of heights, and so he often finds this hilarious. Emma and Ben also equally enjoyed this ride though, and thought that having to pedal was a fun feature.
After we had been on Merlin's Apprentice ride, it was the moment that Riley had been excitedly waiting for. It was time to meet..........Lego Batman!
Riley absolutely loves Lego Batman at the moment, and has been collecting the mini figures in the blind bags with his pocket money. He waited patiently in the short queue and when the moment arrived he ran straight to Lego Batman and gave him a huge hug. That moment alone literally made my day, as he was just so so happy. All my children then posed for a picture which we were able to take ourselves and Riley then gave Lego Batman a further big cuddle before heading back to play with the Lego again.
The costume was fantastic, and Riley is now insistent on me either buying or creating the very same costume for him to wear to school!
After another play in the Lego we visited the 4D cinema and watched a great short film that followed Emmet, Wyldstyle, Unikitty, Metalbeard and Benny on an adventure in a strange theme park that is actually part of an evil secret plot. The 4D film features some great effects, however we had squeezed into the last 5 seats that were together on the back row, and so we didn't feel the full effects of some of these. If you want to get the full effect then I would recommend sitting in the first couple of rows, however you get a good 4D view from wherever you are sat, and my children were more than happy with this. I kept watching Riley trying to reach out for objects that came out of the screen, and when asked what he thought of it after the show, he described it as being magic!
The 4D films run regularly throughout the day, so if you miss one showing, don't worry, just enjoy one of the many other activities and keep an eye on the countdown board which will tell you when the next show starts.
After the show, Riley had become thirsty and so I purchased a Capri Sun juice drink from the cafe for him which cost £1.40. There was also a range of sandwiches, snacks, fruit and cakes available if you were feeling hungry, and there was a meal deal available for £5. Even though I was only purchasing a drink, the lady on the till was so friendly and took the time to ask my son whether he had enjoyed his day so far, and asked what is favourite part had been. It is so easy to take the time to be friendly and polite to customers, but it is something that many people forget to do, but not in the Legoland Discovery Centre! Every single member of staff we spoke to came across as really friendly and enthusiastic, and I think that this always helps to improve the experience for guests. At one point I asked a staff member for directions to the toilets, and rather than just tell me, she said "Come with me, I will show you the way". Again this may seem like a little thing, but I appreciate the fact that she took the time to help out.
At present, some of the attractions are currently closed, but if you visit during this time then you will receive a ticket to return once the work has been completed which seems very reasonable as there is still plenty to do in my opinion. The area where work is taking place is all boarded off, and pictures have been placed up on the boards to try and divert you from the fact that work is taking place. The pictures are really cool and based on the Lego Batman characters which look like they have been spray painted onto the wall.
After nearly two and half hours here, we decided to make our way out, stopping by Miniland again on the way to take a look at some of the amazing creations once more. Whilst leaving we came across a fun spy activity where you had to try and pass through laser beams, Riley was a pro at this, as he was able to pretty much fit under the lowest one and so simply crawled under on his belly. This made him feel like he was capable of being Batman's sidekick and was really pleased to have managed the task!
There was also a fantastic batman themed mural board where you could add lego to the design. This looked fabulous, and I wish I could get something like this for Riley's bedroom.
Like most attractions nowadays, the exit is via the shop, which has a huge range of lego available to purchase. I always set my children a limit before we visit anywhere, so that they know exactly how much to spend and saves any awkward demands for money at the end of a trip. They each purchased a small memento, and Riley also bought a Lego Batman minifigure blind bag to add to his ever expanding collection.
Overall we had an absolutely fantastic morning at the Legoland Discovery Centre in Manchester, and seeing Riley's face when he met Lego Batman was amazing, and has definitely created a lovely family memory for us. In total we were in the attraction for nearly 3 hours, however had we not been limited on time that day, we could have quite happily stayed another couple of hours. I feel that the staff are a credit to the attraction, and were more than happy to help customers and always with a smile. The facilities were all clean and tidy, and I regularly saw staff walking round checking all the lego building areas and tidying up any bricks that had fallen on the floor. We visited the Legoland Discovery Centre, not quite sure what to expect, and came away with some fantastic family memories. We can't wait to return when the other attractions reopen, and I would definitely recommend to others.
Tickets are available online here and cost £15 for an adult entry, and £11 for a child aged 3-17. Under 3's are admitted free of charge. Adults are not permitted to enter the attraction without being accompanied by a child under the age of 17, however the attraction does run Adult only evenings on certain dates to cater for their older Lego loving guests too. Tickets are also available on arrival at the attraction, however these cost slightly more than the online saver rate, and are subject to availability.
For extra value, you can also buy combination tickets which combine your trip to the Legoland Discovery Centre with a trip to Sea Life Manchester, so you can enjoy both attractions on the same day. However should you run out of time the Sea Life entry is valid for 90 days from the date of purchase meaning you can come back at a more convenient time if need be. These tickets cost £25 for an adult and £16 for a child aged 3-17. Under 3's are admitted free of charge.
Disclaimer: We were provided with a complimentary family admission for the purpose of providing an honest review of our experience. We hope to return when the refurbishments have taken place and will update the blog post accordingly with the other available attractions at the point. All opinions and photos are my own. Any entry prices, opening times, or attractions stated are correct at time of writing.


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Loesche wins order for coal mill in Filipino cement plant of Barangay
Published by Louise Mulhall, Editorial Assistant
World Coal, Monday, 19 June 2017 09:30
Loesche could now once again place one of its vertical roller mills on the Filipino market. For the first time, the local cement manufacturer Eagle Cement Corporation ordered a Loesche vertical roller mill for its plant in Barangay in San Ildefonso – 50 km north of the capital city of Manila.
The coal mill for line 3 of the cement plant will ensure the fuel supply and is designed for grinding coal and pet coke with a capacity of 54 tph of mixed coal or 34 t/h of pet coke. The grist is ground to a fineness of 12 % (coal) or 3 % (pet coke) sieving residue with 90 µm.
The scope of supply also includes an LSKS-classifier and corresponding filters, blowers, an inertisation unit, the gas analysis and the main drives – all components are to be delivered before the end of the 2017.
One benefit is that the coal mill operates with a low differential pressure and therefore has a significantly lower energy consumption than typical solutions. In addition the Eagle Cement Corporation (ECC) was impressed by the distinctly good price-performance ratio and the close customer contact developed over years.
The cement plant in San Ildefonso has been operating since 2010.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldcoal.com/coal/19062017/loesche-wins-order-for-coal-mill-in-filipino-cement-plant-of-barangay/
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The Queensland Resources Council has described BHP's decision to place significant new investment in Queensland on hold due to new coal royalty tax rates as a "massive blow".


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Q: How to get a Value from Table Iteration in C# I am new to programming, working in asp.net.
I made a table with iteration, and here is my code:
        int row2 = Convert.ToInt32(Request.QueryString["coll"]);
        Session.Add("sumColl", row2);
        TableRow tr2;
        TableCell tc2;
        TextBox tb2;
        RequiredFieldValidator rfv;

        for (int j = 0; j < row2; j++)
        {
            tr2 = new TableRow();
            tc2 = new TableCell();
            tc2.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl((j + 1).ToString()));
            tr2.Cells.Add(tc2);
            tc2 = new TableCell();
            tb2 = new TextBox();
            tb2.ID = "name" + (j + 1).ToString();
            btn = new Button();
            btn.ID = "search" + (j + 1).ToString();
            btn.Text = "Search";
            btn.OnClientClick = "javascript:openChild('popupA.aspx?dest=" + tb2.ID + "','win2')";
            btn.CausesValidation = false;
            rfv = new RequiredFieldValidator();
            rfv.ID = "rfvR" + (j + 1).ToString();
            rfv.ControlToValidate = tb2.ID;
            rfv.Display = ValidatorDisplay.Dynamic;
            rfv.ErrorMessage = "**";
            tc2.Controls.Add(tb2);
            tc2.Controls.Add(btn);
            tc2.Controls.Add(rfv);
            tr2.Cells.Add(tc2);
            tblA.Rows.Add(tr2);
        }

I want to get values from the database, where the input came from the textbox in the table above.
After I get the values I want to sum them.
The problem is I don't know how to get the input from iteration above.
I did something like below code.
        int sumsColl = Convert.ToInt32(Session["sumColl"]);
        double sum_coll = 0;

        for (int j = 0; j < sumsColl; j++)
        {
            TextBox tb2 = new TextBox();
            tb2 = this.Page.FindControl("name" + (j + 1).ToString()) as TextBox;
            if (tb2 != null)
            {
                string sqlCol2 = "select p from somewhere where nameColl = '" + tb2.Text + "'";
                DataTable dtcol2 = db.setDataTableSQL(sqlCol2);
                for (int i = 0; i < j; i++)
                {
                   Session.Add("P" + (j + 1).ToString(), dtcol2.Rows[0]["p"]);
                }

                sum_coll = sum_coll + Convert.ToDouble(Session["P"+(j + 1).ToString()]);
            }

        }

        if (sum_coll < value)
        {
            Msg.Text = "Error . " + Msg.Text;
            valid = false;
        }

I know this is a mess, please help me and let me know if you need another clue.

A: I don't know what you are trying to do. Try DataGrid or DataGridView, ListView controls to display data. Your code seems very complicated. There are controls out there that specifically displays tabular data.


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Aesthetics, the Body, and the State in Twentieth-Century Japan
Location: Tower Court B, Tower Bldg.
Recent scholarship has examined the relationship between the Japanese state and issues of body culture, fitness, and media. Yet, much of the work of studying the taste, style, and aesthetic of the human physique has occurred within disciplines, or in the context of specific decades. By bringing together divergent fields and examining topics extending from the 1920s through the 1950s, this panel aims to go beyond divisions of discipline and decade to consider the arc of trans-war Japanese conceptualizations of the aestheticized body as related to the Japanese state. Through the film star and the fashion model, Hayter considers the spectacularization of the female body in the 1920s, attentive to the tensions between mass consumer culture and imperial ideology. Rodman considers the dancing body as kokutai in the 1930s through the figure of the modern dancer Itō Michio. Miller looks at representations of fitness and imperial bodies in nihonga of modern girls skiing, connecting the paintings to the 1930s bureaucratic interest in women's physical conditioning, as well as the unrealized 1940 Olympics. Crandol examines the post-Occupation relaxation of government film censorship, its relationship to female nudity, and movie stardom in the 1950s. Bringing together these different disciplinary objects and methods in discussion, the panel will expand conceptualizations of the relationships between the visual, the corporeal, and the national, in order to understand what cemented official ideology and what pushed the boundaries of accepted bodies in mid-twentieth century Japan.
Alison Miller
University of the South
Noriko Horiguchi
Irena Hayter
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Tara Rodman
Michael Crandol
Mannequins, Movies and Mass Culture in the 1920s
Being a National Body: Itō Michio and the Performance of Kokutai
Wintry Women: Skiing, Modern Girls, and 1930s Nihonga
Nudity, Celebrity, and Monstrosity in Post-Occupation Japanese Cinema


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Q: Spring batch default retry policy I have the following Spring configuration for a batch. I have encountered an issue with a production batch, when a particular use case throws a non skippable exception. As I reproduced the use case in an integration tests the batch behaviour was still weird. When my batch.commit-interval property is greater than 1, the retry mechanism is triggered, the uncommitted chunk is rolled back and all the previous records are processed again. when the batch-commit-interval is set to 1, the batch fails as soon as the non skippable exception is thrown.
I tried various values for the batch-commit-interval as well as for retry-limit. The particular exception that is causing the issue is a NullPointerException. My goal is to handle that exception preferabbly with a NeverRetryPolicy, if not, with classic exception handling. I don't want failed items processing to be retried, so I have even used the NeverRetryPolicy. But it seems as though the whole thing was ultimately driven by the batch-commit-interval (using a retry-limit, retryable exception classes and the NeverRetryPolicy, seems to be without effect)
I have read the other similar issues from StackOverflow. Thanks for helping.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:batch="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
                     http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
                     http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
                     http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd
                     http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch
                     http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch.xsd">

<!--================ JOB & STEPS ================ -->
<batch:job id="BEL-batch-Retry-Tests">

    <batch:step id="mainRetryTests" >
        <batch:tasklet>
            <batch:chunk  reader="jpaReaderRetryTests" processor="bdToFlatFileProcessorRetryTests" writer="flatWriterRetryTests" commit-interval="${batch.commit-interval}" skip-limit="${batch.skip-limit}">

                <batch:streams>
                    <batch:stream ref="flatWriterRetryTests" />
                </batch:streams>
                <batch:skippable-exception-classes>
                    <batch:include
                        class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileParseException" />
                    <batch:include class="ma.awb.ebk.bel.batch.EntiteBatchInvalideException" />
                </batch:skippable-exception-classes>
            </batch:chunk>
            <batch:listeners>

                <batch:listener ref="stepListener"/>
                <batch:listener ref="skipListener"/>
            </batch:listeners>
        </batch:tasklet>

        <batch:listeners>
            <batch:listener ref="stepListener"/>
            <batch:listener ref="skipListener"/>
        </batch:listeners>
    </batch:step>

    <batch:listeners>
        <batch:listener ref="jobListener"/>
    </batch:listeners>
</batch:job>
<!--================ READERS & WRITERS ================-->

<bean id="jpaReaderRetryTests" class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JpaPagingItemReader">
    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactoryBel"/>
    <property name="queryString" value="select c from CaracteristiquesCarte c"/>
    <property name="pageSize" value="100"/>
</bean>

<bean id="flatWriterRetryTests" class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemWriter" scope="step">
    <property name="resource" value="file:${retry-tests.outputfile.basename}-#{jobParameters['runDate']}${retry-tests.outputfile.ext}" />
    <property name="lineAggregator">
             <bean
                 class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.DelimitedLineAggregator">
                 <property name="delimiter" value="${batch.file.writer.delimiter}" />
                 <property name="fieldExtractor">
                     <bean
                         class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.BeanWrapperFieldExtractor">
                         <property name="names" value="codeProduit,nomCarte,codeAAfficher,rechargeable" />
                     </bean>
                 </property>
             </bean>
     </property>

</bean>

<bean id="bdToFlatFileProcessorRetryTests" class="ma.awb.ebk.bel.batch.retry.BDToFlatFileRetryProcessor" />

the reader and writer are classic. Here is the Processor's code
package ma.awb.ebk.bel.batch.retry;

import ma.awb.ebk.bel.domain.CaracteristiquesCarte;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;

public class BDToFlatFileRetryProcessor implements   ItemProcessor<CaracteristiquesCarte, CaracteristiquesCarte> {

private static int counter = 0;
private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger (BDToFlatFileRetryProcessor.class);

@Override
public CaracteristiquesCarte process(CaracteristiquesCarte  caracteristiques)
        throws Exception {

    String witness = null;
    counter++;

    System.out.println("DEBUGGING iteration N° " +  counter+" "+caracteristiques.getCodeProduit());

    // Tester le cas d'un renvoie de null
    if (counter == 4) {
        System.out.println("PETTAGE " + counter);
        String test = witness.substring(2);

    }

    return caracteristiques;
}

}

A: One of the problem I see is you are getting null pointer, which should never occur. What happens if you fix it? Rest looks like desired behaviour of batch processing.


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Why Libraries Matter: Letters to the Children of Troy
BY Lucas Reilly
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It was the spring of 1971, and the public library in Troy, Mich., was finally getting a permanent home. As the grand opening neared, Marguerite Hart—the children's librarian—dreamed up a way to inspire Troy's youngsters to come to the new library: she wrote dozens of letters to actors, politicians, and authors from across the globe. Hart asked them to address the children of Troy and speak about the importance of libraries, books, and reading. By the time the library opened, 97 letters had graced her mailbox. Here's a snapshot of what they had to say.
William White (Professor):
"It really gives someone a bang to discover suddenly that reading books can be fun. Just don't wait too long to find this out—think of all the hours and days of fun you'll miss. Go read a book in the library. Now."
William Broomfield (US Congressman):
"Almost everyone is ignorant about almost everything. Surely there is no denying that. The most brilliant people are only brilliant about one or two matters, and ignorant of everything else. And ignorance is painful and irritating—the enemy of happiness. One of the greatest powers against the forces of ignorance is the public library. It knows no racial or economic boundaries. All who enter are welcome."
Neil Armstrong (Astronaut):
"Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination. You will meet the great thinkers who will share with you their philosophies, their concepts of the world, of humanity and of creation. You will learn about events that have shaped our history, of deeds both noble and ignoble. All of this knowledge is yours for the taking... Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well."
David M. Kennedy (Cabinet Secretary):
"Your library is not just a building full of books. It is a gateway to thousands of worlds which you may choose to enter. Any world ever explored by man, or by man's mind, is there awaiting you in print. The choice is yours."
Ronald Reagan (California Governor):
"A world without books would be a world without light—without light, man cannot see."
Dr. Seuss:
Edward Ardizzone (Author):
"What men and women did before makes us what we are now, and what we are now affects the future. To read of men and women of days gone by is to learn something of ourselves. For after all, they are part of us."
Deane Davis (Vermont Governor):
"Read! It is nourishing, civilizing, worthwhile. Read! It destroys our ignorance and our prejudice. Read! It teaches us to understand our fellowman better and, once we understand this, it will be far easier to love him and work with him in a daily more complex society."
Robert D. Ray (Iowa Governor):
"Freedom cannot falter where libraries flourish."
John Burns (Hawaii Governor):
"Be very kind to all the librarians. They are among the wisest people in the world. We could do without governors if we had to, but we could not get along very well without librarians."
"A library is like a railroad station or an airport: you sit in a comfortable chair and you are carried swiftly to other lands… Never gab-gab-gab in a library to disturb others. Remember that people in a library may be far away—in Afghanistan or Botswana or walking along the road to Mandalay or high in the sky in a silent swift balloon over the Pyrenees."
John Berryman (Poet):
"The chief thing is to read as hard as you play, with the same seriousness and a mind wide open…You have a pretty building for your books. Go in, and change your life."
Clara Jones (Director, Detroit Public Library):
"The person who reads need never be lonely."
John Gilligan (Ohio Governor):
"A library is a place to visit the past and future, or to experience a non-existent world through the pages of volumes containing the dreams, beliefs, knowledge and skills of an author's imagination and mind."
Lisl Weil (Author):
"Books speak, if you listen well, they will make you think and grow tall and strong in feeling and seeing the world around you."
Joseph Alioto (San Francisco Mayor):
"Books can be your companion on rainy days. They will always be there. And when you want to read, a book will never say, 'No, I don't want to.'"
Helen Gurley Brown (Editor in Chief, Cosmopolitan):
James Yaffe (President of Colorado College):
"We cannot live in more than one world; we cannot break through the barrier of our own individuality. We are doomed to be ourselves, when we yearn to be everybody. Man invented books to help him out of this dilemma…Through books we can catapult our imaginations into those worlds that our bodies can never reach. When we read history, we demolish the prison of time and become one with the men of the past… When we read poems or plays or stories, we are drawn into the inner lives, the feelings and thoughts, of other souls we could never have imagined for ourselves. [A library] helps us become more than ourselves."
Mary Hemingway (Wife of Ernest Hemingway):
"A library is like a roomful of friends, each one with his own story or observations ready and waiting to be discovered."
William Levitt (Real Estate Developer):
"As time goes on you will realize that books are very good friends. They ask nothing of you, but are ready to give everything. They are never in a hurry, but are always there when you want them. They are never short tempered, but are always ready to entertain you."
Malcolm Boyd (Author):
"[Reading] is one of the things that transforms existence into life."
Walter Havighurst (Author, Critic):
"A library is a quiet place. 'Quiet, please' reads a sign on the wall, and the books are silent on the shelves. But in the silence there is a murmur of voices waiting to be heard."
George Romney (US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development):
"Every generation stands on the shoulders of generations that have gone before them…People who read books are wise because they use the tools of other men's experiences."
John Chafee (Secretary of the Navy):
"Libraries are wonderful places in which to be lost...Adventure is only an arm's length away, and new friends are waiting for you between the covers of books."
Neil Simon (Playwright):
"When I look back on the many pleasures [my library] afforded me, I do not for one instant regret living and growing up in a TV-less society."
E.B. White (Author):
Mike O'Callaghan (Nevada Governor):
"[A library] is a living place, no matter how inanimate you may think the books themselves are. In those books are the ideas and thoughts of men and women who lived long ago, as well as those of people living today… Remember that libraries need feeding too, since they are living, and that it is far better to add a book to the shelves than deprive others of the opportunity to use it."
Herbert Zim (Author):
"Bring a friend to the library. Get him to bring a friend, also. A good library is one that is over-worked and over-used."
Richard Armour (Author):
"I am sixty-four years old, probably as old as your grandparents, but I am still learning. I learn from traveling and talking with people, but mostly I learn from reading books…Books are precious things. Between their covers are facts and ideas and imaginings put into words by the most sensitive and imaginative and creative people who ever lived."
Kingsley Amis (Author):
"Use your library, remembering that, whatever else you may not have, if you have books, you have everything."
Check out the complete collection on Troy Public Library's webpage.
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Write a Letter to Shakespeare's Juliet for a Chance to Spend Valentine's Day in Her Romantic Verona Home
BY Ellen Gutoskey
Shakespeare didn't specify which luxurious Italian estate was home to Juliet and her family in Romeo and Juliet, but hopeless romantics have linked a certain 13th-century house in Verona to the Capulets for many years. A balcony was even added during the 20th century to mirror the famous scene from Shakespeare's play.
Now, Airbnb is offering one pair of star-crossed lovers the opportunity to stay in the house for Valentine's Day. To apply, you have to write a letter to Juliet explaining why you and your sweetheart would be the ideal guests for the one-night getaway. The winner will be chosen by the Juliet Club, an organization responsible for answering the 50,000 letters addressed to Juliet each year.
If you're chosen, you won't just get to spend the evening reenacting the few happy parts of Romeo and Juliet—you'll also be treated to a candlelight dinner with a cooking demonstration by Michelin-starred Italian chef Giancarlo Perbellini, access to a personal butler for the duration of your stay, tours of both the house and the city of Verona, and the chance to read and answer some letters sent to Juliet. Even the bed you'll sleep in is especially romantic—it's the one used in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
And, of course, you'll be giving yourself the ultimate Valentine's Day gift: Freedom from the pressure to plan a perfect Valentine's Day. The contest is open now through February 2, 2020, and you can apply here.
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The 10 Best Stephen King Movies and TV Shows You Can Stream Right Now
A still from In the Tall Grass (2019).
CHRISTOS KALOHORIDIS/Netflix
In 2017 Andy Muschietti's It—an adaptation of horror legend Stephen King's 1986 novel—became the highest-grossing horror film of all time. It was a fitting badge of honor for King, the prolific horror novelist who has seen many of his books and stories transferred to film, often with only mixed success.
Fortunately, there's still plenty of King-inspired material that lives up to his name. Take a look at 10 movies and television shows currently streaming that capture the essence of King's work.
1. Carrie (1976)
The first Hollywood adaptation of King's work—from his very first novel published in 1974—is drenched in dread. As high school wallflower Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) struggles with an overbearing mother and vindictive mean-girl classmates, her latent telekinetic powers begin bubbling to the surface. When she's pushed too far, Carrie delivers a prom night no one will soon forget.
Where to stream it: Amazon Prime
2. Creepshow 2 (1987)
A macabre King vibe inspired this anthology, a sequel to 1982's Creepshow that the writer collaborated on with horror master George A. Romero. The standout: "The Raft," about a group of college kids who find a sentient sludge at a lake that makes their weekend getaway anything but relaxing.
3. 11.22.63 (2016)
King's revisionist take on the Kennedy assassination comes to life in this Hulu original series. James Franco stars as a professor who discovers he can travel back in time to prevent Lee Harvey Oswald from shooting at the motorcade in Dallas. Unfortunately, those heroics have consequences in the future.
Where to stream it: Hulu
4. Gerald's Game (2017)
Carla Gugino's weekend getaway with her husband turns into an endurance test when she finds herself alone and handcuffed to a bed. Slowly, creeping horrors both real and imagined begin to materialize. To keep her sanity—and her life—she'll need to escape by any means necessary.
Where to stream it: Netflix
5. In the Tall Grass (2019)
King's 2012 novella—co-written with his son, Joe Hill—is a classic King conceit of taking the mundane and making it terrifying. After chasing a boy into a thick patch of farm land grass, two siblings realize that it harbors dangerous and mystifying entities. Patrick Wilson co-stars.
6. Christine (1983)
In what may be some kind of record, this 1983 adaptation of the King novel was released the same year as its source material. Teenage outcast Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) buys a 1958 Plymouth Fury, a car that appears to have its own plans for Arnie and the high school bullies taunting him.
Where to stream it: Amazon Prime for $3.99
7. The Shining (1980)
Widely regarded as the best King adaptation of all time, this Stanley Kubrick film is actually not all that well-liked by King himself: He felt it failed to capture key elements of his 1977 novel (in 1997, King remade it as a miniseries starring Steven Weber). But it's an undeniably rich and evocative horror show, with writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) slowly becoming unwound as he and his family settle in for an isolated winter at the Overlook Hotel.
8. The Mist (2007)
King's 1980 novella casts a group of strangers who are trapped in a grocery store, a malevolent mist outside seemingly obscuring monstrous predators. As their peril increases, the danger inside becomes just as threatening. The ending, changed from King's own, remains one of the biggest gut-punch twists in film.
Where to watch it: Amazon Prime for $3.99
9. Mr. Mercedes (2017-Present)
King's Bill Hodges detective novel series, which began with 2014's Mr. Mercedes, came to the Audience Network in 2017. The series stars Brendan Gleeson as Hodges, now retired but still obsessed with solving the case of a man who plowed into a group of people while driving a Mercedes. The offender takes to communicating with Hodges, igniting a taunting cat-and-mouse game that will have consequences for both men.
Where to stream it: Audience Network via AT&T Watch TV
10. The Dead Zone (1983)
Christopher Walken has the weight of the world on his shoulders as Johnny Smith, a teacher who emerges from a coma with psychic powers. When he encounters a power-mad politician (Martin Sheen) with destructive tendencies, Johnny must decide whether to take drastic action. King's 1979 novel also inspired a USA Network television series starring Anthony Michael Hall, which is available on Amazon Prime.
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A fire has destroyed 70% of the ancient town of Dorkhar in the Gyalthang County in Tibet.
A huge blaze which occurred early on 11 January has burned down 70% of the ancient Dorkhar town in the Gyalthang County, Kham Region of Eastern Tibet, (Diqing prefecture, Yunnan Province) along with 242 houses.
The fire destroyed about 242 houses and shops in Dorkhar township, dislocated more than 2,600 people, and torched many historic artifacts, Chinese state controlled media reported.
The fire, which broke out at 1:37 am at the Ruyi Inn, ruined about two thirds of the 1.5-square-kilometer Dorkar town area and lasted 10 hours until it was put out.
Semkyi Nyida Dorkhar (Chinese: Dukezong), meaning "town of the sun and moon" in Tibetan, is known for its well-preserved ancient Tibetan dwellings, and is one of the most renowned resorts in Gyalthang County in eastern Tibet.
There was no immediate report of casualties, and the cause of the fire was unclear. State media, citing local authorities, said the blaze started in a guesthouse and was ruled accidental.
Photos and video footage however showed Dorkhar Dzong and its labyrinth of houses engulfed in flames that turned the night sky red.
According to Chinese state media reports, a total of 242 houses, mostly made of wood, were destroyed and other 43 buildings, as well as a further 50 roofs of buildings, were dismantled to prevent the fire from spreading.
Dorkhar township, known as Shangri-la has one of the world's largest Tibetan prayer wheels, which was saved mainly because it is made of metal in recent decades. Gyalthang County is situated in an area believed to be the inspiration for James Hilton's mythical Shangri-La — flattened two thirds of the town's old centre in eastern region.
"All the valuable things we had saved for a thousand years are gone. Now we have nothing, except the prayer wheel," he added.
'More than 2,000 firefighters, soldiers, police, local officials and volunteers responded to the blaze and brought it under control at around 11 a.m.,' local officials said.


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Pentagon Contractor Threatened To Kill Congressperson Over Vaccine Bill: Complaint
07/18/2019 03:01 pm ET Updated Jul 19, 2019
Darryl Albert Varnum is charged with making a threat against an official for a voicemail that said he would kill a Florida lawmaker, Capitol Police said.
By Sebastian Murdock
A Pentagon cybersecurity contractor has been charged with making a death threat to a member of Congress for supporting legislation that would require public schools to vaccinate students, according to a recently unsealed criminal complaint.
Darryl Albert Varnum was charged with making a threat against an official for his June 26 voicemail to the Florida office of a member of Congress, saying he would "personally fucking kill" the lawmaker for backing the Vaccinate All Children Act, according to the complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland on July 5.
The complaint, unsealed on July 8, identifies the target only as "Congressperson #1," who it says is a "public supporter" of the vaccine bill. The Daily Beast reported the threat was made to Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), who introduced the vaccine legislation in May.
"I'm gonna kill your ass if you do that bill," Varmum said on the voicemail, according to the complaint. "I swear. I will fucking come down and kill your fucking ass. And you're a Congressperson, that's fine. I hope the fucking FBI, CIA, and everybody else hears this shit. If you're taking away my rights. This is the United States of America, bitch. Get the fuck out. I will come down there and personally fucking kill you. I am dead fucking serious. I wanna see you motherfuckers at my door, if you're legit. The HR bill you just pushed through, ah fuck you. I'll tell you what I'll come down to Miami bitch. I'll fuck you up. Luke Cubans don't even know."
Investigators traced the phone number back to Varnum, who was employed as a contractor at the Defense Information Systems Agency headquarters, which "requires him to have access to sensitive information," according to the complaint.
Just 12 minutes after leaving the voicemail, Varnum complained about the bill in a Facebook post, according to the complaint.
"I'm done with this bullshit. Time to step up or ship out," he wrote. He later added: "All of our guns are next. Been trying for years!"
In 2015, Varnum's wife called police to report her husband was having "behavioral issues," including yelling that ISIS fighters were out to get him. A .45 caliber Ruger pistol is registered to him, the complaint says.
It's unclear whether Varnum is in custody. Capitol Police, who led the investigation, declined to comment. A federal magistrate judge approved warrants for Varnum's arrest and for a search of his phone and other electronic equipment.
A lawyer representing Varnum did not immediately return HuffPost's request for comment.
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So many people today are broken. Sometimes, you can see that brokenness right there in front of you. It's not hidden, but in plain sight. Some people see it and turn away, just in case it's contagious. And some people have become adept at dismissing the condition from their conscious thoughts.
It doesn't affect me, so I refuse to acknowledge its existence.
But there are more people who are broken than even the most empathic eye can see. Just as some people have trained themselves not to see the brokenness of others, other people have learned how to hide their own tattered condition from the world—not only from strangers, but, and likely most especially, from family and friends as well.
When you have a loved one who goes through horrendous circumstances, sometimes all you can do is simply be there for them. Be the shoulder that supports a head, the ear that listens to a heart that's breaking, and the arms that hold body and soul together, allowing a moment of rest. You don't always have to have answers. Most times, even when we're the most broken, the only place answers can be found is within ourselves. You don't hold my answers, only I do. I don't have your answers—I can only support you while you search for your own.
Until we're strong enough to take up the search for those answers, we need comfort and caring and to know that we're not alone. We need to know someone else has been through this. And we need to know, that no matter how destroyed we feel ourselves to be, we matter.
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I believe with all my heart that the main reason we are here, on this earth, is to help others. That doesn't mean you must live 24/7 for other people. It does mean that when those moments happen, when those people come into your life, then you need to take care of them in the way that, if you look inside yourself, you understand you're expected to do.
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Most of what we're called to do to help our neighbors, whom we are supposed to love as ourselves, doesn't cost us anything but time and a bit of compassion. And the wonderful thing about compassion is this: the more you give away, the more your human heart manufactures for you to give away.
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Mastercard Pledges $500 million to Help Close Racial Wealth and Opportunity Gap for Black Communities Across America
Furthering longstanding financial inclusion efforts to bring more people and small businesses into the digital economy, the company will bring equitable financial tools, investment and partnerships to cities across the U.S
(Black PR Wire) PURCHASE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– In its sustained efforts to build a more inclusive global digital economy, Mastercard is investing $500 million in Black communities over the next five years. This commitment includes products, services, technology and financial support, as well as concentrated investments that will focus on providing Black-owned businesses and Black people access to affordable financial tools and capital.
"This is a time for action. We have an obligation as a corporate citizen to ensure the digital economy is enabled for all, an obligation to be part of the positive change Black communities so rightly need now," said Ajay Banga, Chief Executive Officer at Mastercard. "We are starting in cities across the country with on-the-ground efforts meant to drive out inequities and create the opportunities, connections and resources that will spark economic growth for the long term."
With half of all Black Americans excluded from the financial mainstream and Black-owned small businesses excluded from funding opportunities, the commitment is designed to foster inclusion by delivering immediate economic benefits, while driving a lasting impact on economic growth for Black communities. Mastercard will focus on three crucial areas:
Expanding City Programs to Support Black Communities. Mastercard will bring the full range of its assets including partnerships, technology, and data insights to ensure the quick and effective distribution of essential financial support and access to city programs. In collaboration with city leaders, Mastercard is initiating efforts in seven cities including Atlanta, Birmingham, Dayton, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City and St. Louis. As part of these activities the company will bring together identification, financial access and payment functionalities in one place through Mastercard City Key, enabling more than 1 million residents with digital access to essential financial tools and support.
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In Atlanta, Mastercard is working with the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and the Stand-up Atlanta initiative to expand a disbursement program that provides rent relief to avoid evictions.
In Los Angeles, Mastercard, the L.A. Mayors Fund and Accelerator for America will expand the Angeleno Card initiative, which has already distributed more than $36 million to help more than 100,000 L.A. residents hardest hit by the pandemic.
In New York, Mastercard, the Mayors Fund to Advance New York City and the City itself partnered to disburse aid digitally, as well as enable emergency fundraising. These efforts have reached 24,000 NYC residents through more than 30 community organizations.
City development teams will also have extended access to Mastercard's Inclusive Growth Toolkit and Recovery Insights platform to help attract valuable investment into predominantly Black—and often overlooked—neighborhoods.
Affordable financial tools and services. Financial products like credit cards or business loans may leave out the unbanked or underbanked—forcing them to use inconvenient and costly payday lending, check cashing and remittance services. Mastercard is working to dramatically reduce the cost and access to financial products for Black families with a collection of digital services being offered first through African American-owned fintech MoCaFi. The digital Mastercard Money Connect Solutions will allow people to send money to relatives affordably; enable real-time bill payment and check deposits by phone; and help people manage wage fluctuations and unexpected bills through earned wage access instead of having to wait until payday.
Capital and resources for Black-owned businesses. Mastercard will expand its relationships with Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), including Accion Opportunity Fund and the Community Reinvestment Fund, to increase capital availability in minority communities. Mastercard has helped direct $250 million in capital flow to Black-owned small businesses in the U.S. since 2018 and is working to triple that amount through this effort. The company is also investing directly in Black- and minority-led startups and expanding its work with Black-owned goods and service providers. Also, in collaboration with the National Urban League, the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth is fostering job creation and economic opportunity through the development of Entrepreneurship Centers and Workforce Development Pathways.
Today's commitment builds on the company's efforts to drive financial inclusion across the globe, leveraging our partnerships across banks, telecommunications providers and fintechs and bringing best practices and learnings across regions.
Over the last five years, Mastercard has brought 500 million unbanked individuals into the global financial system, helping them benefit from the digital economy. Following this success, Mastercard has increased its goal to connect one billion people, 50 million small and medium-sized businesses worldwide to the digital economy by 2025, with support for 25 million women entrepreneurs. This will be achieved through targeted regional programs that identify the specific needs of financially underserved populations, – mobilize assets from across the company and draw on the expertise of the City Possible network and Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.
Mastercard's full commitments to addressing racism are outlined in the company's 'In Solidarity: Standing Against Racism and Advancing Equal Opportunity for All' action plan.
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"Our goal in Birmingham is to become a Southern hub for minority-owned small businesses. This partnership with Mastercard is a major asset in reaching that goal," said Randall Woodfin, Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. "Black business owners who are looking to reach the next level, or those attempting to rebound following setbacks from the COVID-19 global pandemic, now will be able to find solid financial footing. This goes a long way in creating a more even playing field for all our residents."
"COVID-19 and peaceful protests for racial justice have laid bare the deep inequities built into our laws and economy — and sparked a renewed urgency to close gaps in wealth, health, and opportunity for Black Americans," said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. "Every level of government must act to end structural racism, but new policies aren't enough. With Mastercard investing in Black business owners and connecting communities of color to our financial system, we can start bridging the divide between the promise of economic justice and a reality of equality."
"Thank you to Mastercard! In the City of St. Louis, we're exploring ways this investment can support our youth and future generations through expanded access to education, summer programming, and financial literacy opportunities," commented Lyda Krewson, Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. "I commend Mastercard for building on their financial inclusion efforts by working with American cities like us to close the racial and opportunity gaps for Black communities created by generations of disparities. We're thrilled to be partners in this important endeavor."
"The pandemic has exacerbated structural inequities that have existed for generations, casting a new light on economic and health vulnerabilities in our communities of color," said New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. "Effective change requires a community effort and a holistic approach for closing the racial wealth gap. By leveraging Mastercard's data insights and approach, we can expand and sustain more financial opportunities for Black communities and businesses in New Orleans."
"2.2 million – 15% – of the nation's small businesses closed throughout the spring and summer due to COVID19. Minority-owned businesses bore the brunt of the pain, with more than 26% of Black- and 19% of Latino-owned businesses closing. Relief through the federal paycheck protection program was uneven and inequitable, a reflection of longstanding biases in our financial system leaving minority-owned businesses underbanked and undercapitalized," commented Luz Urrutia, Chief Executive Officer of Accion Opportunity Fund. Accion Opportunity Fund has worked with communities of color across this country for nearly three decades. With support from Mastercard, we are investing in our technology platform to accelerate our lending and advising services to reach and strengthen entrepreneurs of color."
"Our financial system has systemically disadvantaged and excluded Black communities throughout this country's history," said Frank Altman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Community Reinvestment Fund, USA. "We can and must do better. As part of our partnership with Mastercard, we are accelerating our efforts to increase access to capital and credit for Black-owned businesses by reexamining our credit products and rooting out hidden bias in credit decisions. Our aim is to level the playing field for economic growth."
"Many Black families, shut out from the formal economy, struggle to find affordable financial products and services that meet their day to day needs," said Wole Coaxum, Chief Executive Officer, Mobility Capital Finance (MoCaFi). "Partnering with Mastercard, we are building digital services that aim to bridge the economic mobility gap for Black Americans and advance their ability to affordably save, invest, and insure themselves against risks."
"Black entrepreneurs have battled decades of historical disinvestment that have limited access to necessary resources and funding that enable economic empowerment. And, research has shown that Black small business owners have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic," said Marc Morial, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Urban League. "We are proud to expand our long-standing partnership with Mastercard to launch a new leadership institute that will equip community leaders with necessary skills to combat these economic injustices in Black communities."
"We're in the midst of a historical shift. Major events, like we're experiencing right now, can be instruments for change. We have an opportunity to focus that change for good," said Chef Marcus Samuelsson. "Just as we chose to continue to serve the communities of Harlem, Newark and Overtown in a time of need with our resources there, Mastercard has also chosen to serve the needs of the Black community in this time. By breaking down the systemic barriers that have prevented economic justice and ensuring that individuals and businesses thrive, we can bring back our neighborhoods and restore our cities together."
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Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
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