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Dow futures fall more than 200 points amid concerns over reopening the economy
A person wearing a face mask walks along Wall Street after further cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New York City, New York, March 6, 2020.
Andrew Kelly | Reuters
Stock futures fell on Sunday night as traders weighed the reopening of the economy along with brewing tensions between China and the U.S.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down by 245 points, or 1%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also traded about 1% lower.
States across the U.S. are letting nonessential businesses reopen and are easing stay-at-home orders in an effort to restart the economy after the coronavirus forced a near global halt in economic activity. However, this easing comes as data from the World Health Organization showed the U.S. had its deadliest 24 hours between Thursday and Friday.
"The next 2-4 weeks are critical for both the economic crisis and the health crisis," said Marc Chaikin, CEO of Chaikin Analytics. "The biggest risk to the stock market is a premature reopening of the U.S. economy. If rising COVID-19 curves reemerge and economies are shut down again the damage to the stock market's psyche will be dramatic."
Warren Buffett said his business conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway, sold all of its airline holdings because of the coronavirus. While the legendary investor was optimistic long term on the America at the Berkshire annual meeting, the move shows his concern that the pandemic has changed certain industries permanently and could be a sign that other investors are too optimistic about the economy returning to normal quickly.
Stocks notched their best monthly performance in over 30 years in April in part because of hopes of an economic reopening. Last month, the S&P 500 rallied 12.7%.
Increasing hopes of a possible treatment from Gilead Sciences also lifted sentiment last month. On Sunday, CEO Daniel O'Day remdesivir — Gilead's antiviral drug — will be available to coronavirus patients this week.
More than 3.4 million cases have been confirmed globally, including over 1.1. million in the U.S. alone, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
But investors are also grappling with worries over another spat between China and the U.S. On Sunday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there was a "significant amount of evidence" connecting the coronavirus to a lab in the Wuhan region of China.
Those comments came after National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said Friday that China will be "held accountable" for the coronavirus. Earlier in the week, President Donald Trump said he was considering imposing tariffs on China for its handling of the outbreak.
Buffett sells airline stakes
"The world has changed for the airlines. And I don't know how it's changed and I hope it corrects itself in a reasonably prompt way," Buffett said Saturday from Berkshire's first-ever virtual shareholder's meeting.
Berkshire had more than $4 billion invested across United, American, Southwest and Delta Airlines before the sale. Buffett noted his admiration for the industry but added there are events "on the lower levels of probabilities" that call for a change of plans.
American and United have both fallen more than 60% year to date. Delta is down 57% for 2020 while Southwest has lost nearly half of its value.
Berkshire also reported a record $137 billion in cash after the first quarter, but Buffett said he doesn't "see anything that attractive" to deploy that money.
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I don't know where to start... WOW, what a week it has been. Somehow my birthday turned in to a birthweek which was such a perfect way to turn 21 with all my wonderful friends and family around me. After the glorious Eden came over on Monday night to do Emma and my nails which you can read all about here. The week followed nicely on and you can catch up on it all this week!
Early March my invitations were sent to my dearest friends. I brought these gorgeous Polaroid Notes from non other than Oliver Bonas and the date was set 2 days before my birthday as a pre birthday dinner.
The decorations were mainly from Oliver Bonas too (if you couldn't guess - it's my FAVOURITE shop) they were just so cute and I couldn't resist. I wanted to make it feel homely yet as nice as being at a restaurant.
I am so lucky that Dejon is a chef so I knew he would cook up a feast. On arrival I served my friends with Pornstar martinis which is my current favourite cocktail!
For starters it was a selection of canapés which looked absolutely perfect! Then for the vegetarian main it was the delicious roasted butternut squash stuffed with quinoa, red pepper, carrots, spring onion and topped with halloumi! For the other main it was Aberdeen Angus rib eye, with beef tea and a mushroom purée. It was to die for! Although we were pretty full for dessert we had a selection of British and French cheeses and some Krispy Kremes.
We had a champagne toast to finish the dinner party off before heading to Raffles to dance the rest of the night away!
It was safe to say I will remember this evening for the rest of my life with some of my closet friends gathered round! The food was outstanding and they all said it felt like they were at a restaurant!
Check back tomorrow night to see what I got up to on my birthday!


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Mad Max: Fury Road is basically a roided-up remake of The Road Warrior, and that's very, very good news. Returning to the franchise he created after a thirty-year hiatus, co-writer/director George Miller not only fully embraces the goofy excess of the original films, but he goes above and beyond in his mission to create a willfully insane orgy of dirt, fire, blood, and tons and tons of gasoline. Mad Max: Fury Road is akin to witnessing the original Mad Max's nightmares.
Just like the way he had with The Road Warrior, Miller's focus is to string together a bunch of hyper-violent, hyper-stylized and hyper-kinetic car chase and action sequences that take place in the post-apocalyptic Australian outback, while peppering in economic yet perfectly efficient amounts of plot, character development, and exposition.
However, since Miller went balls-to-the-wall crazy after getting his hands on the kind of budget he couldn't have even dreamed of while filming the original Mad Max trilogy, The Road Warrior looks quaint and adorably low-key when compared to Mad Max: Fury Road. What we end up with is a perfectly paced and streamlined modern action classic, an opus of violence, a festival of light and color that doesn't have a remotely dull moment during its gripping and breathtaking two-hour runtime.
Mad Max: Fury Road follows the minimal story structure of The Road Warrior to a tee: After his family is brutally murdered by savages in the post-apocalyptic Australian landscape, lone warrior Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy channeling a more comprehensible Bane) exists only to survive in a harsh and unforgiving world. In order to save his own skin, he ends up having to help a group of innocents survive, only to eventually find a modicum of hope and humanity that's been missing from him for ages.
After protecting a small village of people from the masked madman Humungus and his blood-thirsty army in The Road Warrior, Max is tasked with protecting a small group of women, led by the brave Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron), from the masked madman Immortan (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and his blood-thirsty army. The biggest difference between the two films, aside from budget and sheer level of insanity, is that a surprising feminist theme gradually emerges from Fury Road.
Miller's film has many references to men being responsible for the destruction of the earth, and the final battle is a full-on gender war with badass women of the apocalypse kicking mucho ass without even taking names. Even though the franchise belongs to Max, it's Furiosa, boosted by Theron's passionate and layered performance, who becomes the true hero of Fury Road.
In order to bring his futuristic S&M-convention-meets-extreme-off-road-racing fever dream to life, Miller utilizes an ideal blend of practical stunts, real environments, and a healthy amount of CG background elements. Yes, Mad Max's characters, especially the albino whiteface-looking antagonists, are grotesque caricatures, and pretty much every design choice is a love letter to excess, but Miller manages to extract profound beauty and impressive visual poetry from such ugliness.
John Seale's awe-inspiring cinematography, soaked in yellow, blue, and even sometimes black-and-white landscapes creates some of the most breathtaking images of the year. Junkie XL's percussion-driven score, hilariously aided by actually background music provided by the bad guys on a vehicle that sports a mountain of amps and a guitar that would have made any progressive metal fan drool, helps maintain the film's constant forward momentum.

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The musician daughter of the country great has a new album coming in January.
Rosanne Cash called the United States Postal Service stamp an exciting honor.
Oscar-nominated films and countless recordings have been created to honor country great Johnny Cash, but this will be the first time he travels the world forever.
On Wedneday, the United States Postal Service unveiled a Forever stamp honoring him in their Music Icons series.
His daughter, Rosanne Cash, saysthe idea of her father's face adorning letters around the world is an exciting honor.
Roseanne Cash says the stamp will allow her father to tour the world forever.
Although the stamp was a nod to letters, Cash is active on a new communication tool: Twitter, where she interacts with other musicians and even someone, she says, who taught her to knit.
Her father, who never had an email account, would not be tweeting, she says.
Cash has a new album coming out in January about the South and her relationship with the region, partially inspired by Arkansas State University restoring her father's boyhood home.
"My heart started to swell," she says.
Her last record, "Black Cadillac," was a "totally different mindset," she says.


On My Take, Clinton Yates puzzles over the arguments to retain a college loan system that saddles young adults with crippling debt.
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On My Take, Clinton Yates weighs in on Georgetown University students' overwhelming vote to add students fees that will go to descendants of slaves the university sold to keep itself afloat.
On My Take, Clinton Yates tracks the President Donald Trump's change of tune on the topics of Julian Assange and Wikileaks on the heels of Assange's arrest in London.
On My Take, go-go music may be back in Shaw but Clinton Yates says the fight is not over yet.
A man in Florida is killed while doing a good deed. On My Take, Clinton Yates explains why no good deed goes unpunished.
A judge in New York had a bit for WFAN radio personality Craig Carton. On My Take, Clinton Yates stresses the important of committing to the bit.
On My Take, after crimes committed against riders who were using ride-sharing services, Clinton Yates says it's time to be vigilant once again.
On My Take, Clinton Yates chimes in on the accusations against former Vice President Joe Biden.
On My Take, Clinton Yates said getting rid of Washington Wizards GM Ernie Grunfeld is a good decision.
The late rapper knew he could empower folks to do more. And he did, until he was gunned down in LA.
My Take: Does Trump's left hand know what his right is doing?
On My Take, Clinton Yates believes that the president and the people the people he appoints don't know what the other is doing, as Betsy DeVos proposed cutting funding for Special Olympics and the president saying that funding will not be cut.
On My Take, Clinton Yates wonders what will happen when Bryce Harper comes back to face the Washington Nationals, his old team.


The question which has been debated around the net is whether W3C should endorse the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) standard which allows a web page to include encrypted content, by connecting an existing underlying Digital Rights Management (DRM) system in the underlying platform. Some people have protested "no", but in fact I decided the actual logical answer is "yes'. As many people have been so fervent in their demonstrations, I feel I owe it to them to explain the logic. My hope is, as there are many things which need to be protested and investigated and followed up in this world, that the energy which has been expended on protesting EME can be re-channeled other things which really need it. Of the things they have argued along the way there have also been many things I have agreed with. And to understand the disagreement we need to focus the actual question, whether W3C should recommend EME.
The reason for recommending EME is that by doing so, we lead the industry who developed it in the first place to form a simple, easy to use way of putting encrypted content online, so that there will be interoperability between browsers. This makes it easier for web developers and also for users. People like to watch Netflix (to pick one example). People spend a lot of time on the web, they like to be able to embed Netflix content in their own web pages, they like to be able to link to it. They like to be able to have discussions where they express what they think about the content where their comments and the content can all be linked to.
Could they put the content on the web without DRM? Well, yes, for a huge amount of video content is on the web without DRM. It is only the big expensive movies where to put content on the web unencrypted makes it too easy for people to copy it, and in reality the utopian world of people voluntarily paying full price for content does not work. (Others argue that the whole copyright system should be dismantled, and they can do that in the legislatures and campaign to change the treaties, which will be a long struggle, and meanwhile we do have copyright).
If they sell a DVD or Blu Ray disk, they never get to know whether the user watches it. From the user's point of view they can watch each bit of it as many times as they like without the feeling they are being watched.
If they distribute it using an app on an open system like Android or Mac OS X, then they can get the same feedback as on an iPhone app. However as the OS is not a locked-down system, the app may be able to further abuse the user, by possibly exfiltrating further information, and also like, in theSony Rootkit case, installing spyware on the system.
Do we worry that having put movies on the web, then content providers will want to switch also to use it for other media such as music and books? For music, I don't think so, because we have seen industry move consciously from a DRM-based model to an unencrypted model, where often the buyer's email address may be put in a watermark, but there is no DRM.
For books, yes this could be a problem, because there have been a large number of closed non-web devices which people are used to, and for which the publishers are used to using DRM. For many the physical devices have been replaced by apps, including DRM, on general purpose devices like closed phones or open computers. We can hope that the industry, in moving to a web model, will also give up DRM, but it isn't clear.
We have talked about the advantages of different ways of using DRM in distributing movies. Now let us discuss some of the problems with DRM systems in general.
Much of this blog post is W3C's technical perspective on EME which I provide wearing my Director's hat – but in the following about DRM and the DMCA, that (since this is a policy issue), I am expressing my personal opinions.
DRM systems are generally frustrating for users. Some of this can be compounded by things like attempts to region-code a licence so the user can only access when they are in a particular country, confusion between "buying" and "renting" something for a fixed term, and issues when content suppliers cease to exist, and all "bought" things become inaccessible.
Despite these issues, users continue to buy DRM-protected content.
DRM prevents independent developers from building different playback systems that interact with the video stream, for example, to add accessibility features, such as speeding up or slowing down playback.
There is a possibility that we end up in decades time with no usable record of these movies, because either their are still encrypted, or because people didn't bother taking copies of them at the time because the copies would have been useless to them. One of my favorite suggestions is that anyone copyrighting a movie and distributing it encrypted in any way MUST deposit an unencrypted copy with a set of copyright libraries which would include the British Library, the Library of Congress, and the Internet Archive.
Much of the push back against EME has been based on push back against DRM which has been based on specific important problems with certain laws.
The law most discussed is the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Other laws exist in other countries which to a greater or lesser extent resemble the DMCA. Some of these have been brought up in the discussions, but we do not have an exhaustive list or analysis of them. It is worth noting that US has spent a lot of energy using the various bilateral and multilateral agreements to persuade other countries into adopting laws like the DMCA. I do not go into the laws in other countries here. I do point out though that this cannot be dismissed as a USA-only problem. That said, let us go into the DMCA in more detail.
Whatever else you would like to change about the Copyright system as a whole, there are particular parts of the DMCA, specifically section 1201, which put innocent security researchers at risk of dire punishment if they are deemed to have thrown light on any DRM system.
There was an attempt at one point in the W3C process to refuse to bring the EME spec forward until all the working group participants would agree to indemnify security researchers under this section. To cut a very long story short, the attempt failed, and historians may point to the lack of leverage the EME spec had to be used in this way, and the difference between the set of companies in the working group and the set of companies which would be likely to sue over the DMCA, among other reasons.
There is currently (2017-02) a related effort at W3C to encourage companies to set up 'bug bounty" programs to the extent that at least they guarantee immunity from prosecution to security researchers who find and report bugs in their systems. While W3C can encourage this, it can only provide guidelines, and cannot change the law. I encourage those who think this is important to help find a common set of best practice guidelines which companies will agree to. A first draft of some guidelines was announced. Please help make them effective and acceptable and get your company to adopt them.
Obviously a more logical thing would be to change the law, but the technical community seems to have become resigned to not being able to positive effect on the US legislative system due to well documented problems with that system.
This is something where public pressure could perhaps be beneficial, on the companies to agree on and adopt protection, not to mention changing the root cause in the DMCA. W3C would like to hear, by the way of any examples of security researchers having this sort of problem, so that we can all follow this.
The web has to be universal, to function at all. It has to be capable of holding crazy ideas of the moment, but also the well polished ideas of the century. It must be able to handle any language and culture. It must be able to include information of all types, and media of many genres. Included in that universality is that it must be able to support free stuff and for-pay stuff, as they are all part of this world. This means that it is good for the web to be able to include movies, and so for that, it is better for HTML5 to have EME than to not have it.


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Accommodation: Volunteer will get accomodation in a double or triple room, together with other EVS volunteers in the house/flat rented by the coordinating organization. Pocket money: Volunteer will get 3 EUR per day of pocket money converted in PLN with the exchange rate according to the contract with the Polish National Agency of Erasmus + Programme. Local transport: The volunteer will get monthly ticket for buses in Gdynia.
The candidate for the volunteer should like children and catch easily contact with them. It is important that the person is open and cheerful, as children feel well in such company. We expect active and resourceful candidates. Extra advantage is if the volunteer is interested in pedagogy and is willing to exchange the opinions, methods and technics. It is welcome if the volunteer has basic English language skills and is willing to study Polish, which would help a lot in daily life of a volunteer and will enable him/her to be more involved into the organization's life.
Volunteer interested in taking part in European Voluntary Service should fill in application (to download from the webpage: http://cwm.org.pl/wolontariat-miedzynarodowy/462/2) and send back before 7th August 2017.


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Hellboy, 25 Years & SDCC 2018 Appearances & Announcements!
In 1993, legendary comic book creator Mike Mignola's most famous creation, Hellboy, first appeared in a four-page, black and white story in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, months ahead of his full issue comic book debut in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction. Co-published by Dark Horse Comics, this story introduced one of the most beloved comic book characters in history and launched what would become known as the Mignolaverse—the strange, shared universe of comic books and graphic novels, comprised of acclaimed titles including Hellboy and the B.P.R.D., Abe Sapien, B.P.R.D., Frankenstein Underground, Lobster Johnson, The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed and Witchfinder.
25 years later, Mignola is returning as a Special Guest to San Diego Comic-Con International to celebrate the 25th anniversary of that first story by including that in their 2018 Souvenir Book. This update will have colours by Eisner Award-winning colourist and longtime Mignola collaborator Dave Stewart. Also included is an all-new interview with Mignola and Jed W. Keith.
Ahead of the convention and the planned celebration of Mignola and his creation, Dark Horse Comics is announcing three new Mignolaverse comic books, which further expand and enrich the epic story that has been entertaining fans around the world for two and a half decades.
"From the beginning, I knew Hellboy was going to be a book about monsters fighting monsters," said Mignola. "I started off with a 4-page teaser about a shabby dog at a gas station turning into the Egyptian god Anubis, and since I got away with that I just kept going—the Baba Yaga, the Penanggalan, demonic Mexican wrestlers, Irish goblins, flying Japanese heads—there's a whole world of monsters out there, so still plenty of work for Hellboy to do."
The three new titles, which Dark Horse Comics will publish in 2018, span the globe and showcase very different corners of the Mignolaverse — the occult cold war escalates in Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1956; Lobster Johnson's biggest foe, the Crimson Lotus, is featured in her first ever, eponymous mini-series; and the annual Hellboy Winter Special features festive and supernatural stories from Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck, Tonci Zonjic, Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá.
The three new titles are:
Crimson Lotus five issue mini-series
Mike Mignola (W), John Arcudi (W), Mindy Lee (A), Michelle Madsen (C), Tonci Zonjic (Cover)
Issue 1 on sale date: 11/21/2018
Before she became Lobster Johnson's biggest foe, the Crimson Lotus was a young girl whose family was caught up in the Russo-Japanese war. Thirty years later, the Lotus exacts her revenge with terrifying international ramifications, and two spies must try to chase her through China before they become flies in her web.
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1956 five issue mini-series
Mike Mignola (W), Chris Roberson (W), Yishan Li (A), Mike Norton (A), Michael Avon Oeming (A), Dave Stewart (C), Dave Johnson (Cover)
Pressure is mounting within the bureau to uncover the Soviets' secret plans, but a suspicious cover-up leads one agent off the radar in search of answers. Meanwhile, demonic Soviet occult leader Varvara pushes her team to follow her own whims, and Hellboy is sent on the mission that would lead to his infamous misadventures in Mexico. But even more clandestine plots are at work—both inside the B.P.R.D. and out. Three different storylines are interwoven in this espionage saga.
Hellboy Winter Special 2018
Mike Mignola (W/Cover), Fábio Moon (W/A/variant cover), Gabriel Bá (W/A/Variant cover), Tonci Zonjic (W/A/C), Ben Stenbeck (A), Dave Stewart (C)
On sale date: 12/12/2018
Three wintery tales featuring a Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck team-up about a New Year's Eve séance gone wrong when Hellboy visits a family's English home, Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá revisit B.P.R.D.: Vampire with a new tie-in story &Tonci Zonjic returns to write and draw Lobster Johnson.
Fans will be able to ask Mignola about the new titles—and anything else the audience wants to talk about regarding his career—at the San Diego Comic-Con international Spotlight panel on Mike Mignola on Friday, July 20th at 2:30 PM PT in Room: 24ABC. Mignola will also be signing at the Dark Horse Comics booth (#2615) on Friday, July 20th at 4:30 PM and exhibiting at Booth #4901, alongside artists Geof Darrow, Frank Cho and Steve Purcell from Wednesday through Saturday.
The new titles join an exciting Mignolaverse publishing lineup for the year, including the HELLBOY OMNIBUS COLLECTION which creates the definitive reading experience for Hellboy fans and an ideal entry point for new readers by publishing Mignola's award-winning Hellboy stories in chronological order for the first time ever.
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require 'spec_helper'

describe MappingsController do

  before(:each) do
    login_as_stub_user
  end

  describe "when listing all mappings" do
    it "finds the correct tag context" do
      Tag.create_from_string("section:example")
      Tag.create_from_string("status:done")
      Tag.create_from_string("proposition:citizen")

      get :index, :tags => 'section:example/status:done/proposition:citizen'

      assigns(:filter).should =~ ["section:example", "status:done", "proposition:citizen"]
    end

    it "retrieves the correct progress percentage for a given tag" do
      @tag_one = FactoryGirl.create(:mapping, :tags => ["section:example","status:done"])
      @tag_two = FactoryGirl.create(:mapping, :tags => ["section:example","status:bin"])
      @tag_three = FactoryGirl.create(:mapping, :tags => ["section:something-else","status:done"])
      @tag_four = FactoryGirl.create(:mapping, :tags => [])

      Tag.create_from_string("empty_tag")

      get :index, :progress => 'status:done'
      assigns(:progress).percentage.should == 50
      assigns(:progress).tag.should == 'status:done'
      assigns(:progress).total.should == 4

      get :index, :progress => 'status:done', :tags => "section:example"
      assigns(:progress).percentage.should == 50
      assigns(:progress).count.should == 1
      assigns(:progress).total.should == 2

      get :index, :progress => 'status:done', :tags => "section:example/status:done"
      assigns(:progress).percentage.should == 100
      assigns(:progress).total.should == 1

      get :index, :progress => 'status:done', :tags => "empty_tag"
      assigns(:progress).percentage.should == 0
      assigns(:progress).total.should == 0
    end
  end

  describe "when creating a mapping" do

    describe "from a single JSON object" do
      before do
        request.env['CONTENT_TYPE'] = 'application/json'
      end

      describe "for a valid request" do
        before do
          @atts = {
            new_url: "https://www.gov.uk/your-consumer-rights/buying-a-car",
            old_url: "http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Consumerrights/Buyingacar-yourconsumerrights/DG_183043",
            status: "301",
            tags: [
                "section:education",
                "article"
            ],
            title: "Repairing and servicing your car : Directgov - Government, citizens and rights"
          }
        end

        it "should create the mapping in the database" do
          post :create, :mapping => @atts, :format => 'json'

          new_mapping = Mapping.find_by_old_url "http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Consumerrights/Buyingacar-yourconsumerrights/DG_183043"

          new_mapping.should be_instance_of Mapping
          new_mapping.new_url.should == "https://www.gov.uk/your-consumer-rights/buying-a-car"
          new_mapping.status.should == 301

          new_mapping.tags.size.should == 3 # automatic destination tag
          new_mapping.tags.map(&:whole_tag).should =~ ["section:education","article","destination:content"]
        end

        it "should return a 201 Created status code" do
          post :create, mapping: @atts, format: 'json'

          response.status.should == 201
        end
      end

      describe "for an invalid request" do
        before do
          @atts = {
            new_url: "https://www.gov.uk/your-consumer-rights/buying-a-car",
            status: "301"
          }
        end

        it "should not create the mapping in the database" do
          post :create, mapping: @atts, format: 'json'

          expect do
            Mapping.find_by_old_url "http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Consumerrights/Buyingacar-yourconsumerrights/DG_183043"
          end.to raise_error(Mapping::MappingNotFound)
        end

        it "should return a 422 Unprocessable Entity status code" do
          post :create, mapping: @atts, format: 'json'

          response.status.should == 422
        end
      end
    end

    describe "from a html form" do

      describe "for a valid request" do
        it "should create the mapping and redirect to the index" do
          attributes = { :title => "Test", :old_url => "http://foo.com/bar", :new_url => "http://gov.uk/foo", :status => 301 }
          post :create, mapping: attributes, format: 'html'

          Mapping.find_by_old_url("http://foo.com/bar").should be_instance_of Mapping
          response.should redirect_to(:action => :index)
        end
      end

      describe "without an old url" do
        it "should not create a mapping" do
          attributes = { :title => "Test" }
          post :create, mapping: attributes, format: 'html'

          response.should render_template(:new)
          response.should_not redirect_to(:action => :index)
        end
      end
    end

  end

  describe "when updating a mapping" do

    describe "from a html form" do
      describe "for a valid request" do
        before do
          @mapping = FactoryGirl.create(:mapping)
          @atts = { :title => "Test", :old_url => "http://new.com/foo", :new_url => "http://gov.uk/foo", :status => 301 }
        end

        it "should update the mapping and redirect to the index" do
          put :update, id: @mapping.id, mapping: @atts, format: 'html'

          Mapping.find_by_old_url("http://new.com/foo").should be_instance_of Mapping
          response.should redirect_to(:action => :index)
        end

        it "should create a history item attributed to the current user" do
          Mongoid::History.current_user_method = :current_user

          put :update, id: @mapping.id, mapping: @atts, format: 'html'

          mapping = Mapping.find_by_old_url("http://new.com/foo")

          mapping.history_tracks.size.should == 1
          mapping.history_tracks.first.modifier.should == @user

          Mongoid::History.current_user_method = :controller_name
        end

        it "can be marked as reviewed" do
          put :update, id: @mapping.id, mapping: @atts.merge(:reviewed => true), format: 'html'

          mapping = Mapping.find_by_old_url("http://new.com/foo")
          mapping.should be_reviewed
        end
      end
    end

  end

end

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Q: struct tm becomes PST when passing through a function Good day! I have a problem with struct tm that is in GMT but when passed through a function, it minuses 8 hours and turns to my local time (PST)
void TestFunction(glob_t* globbuf, struct tm *tm)
{
    char buffx[300];
    time_t timeif = timegm(tm);

    strftime(buffx, 100, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.000", gmtime(&timeif));
    //print the buffx
    // the print shows the time in PST, -8 hours from what it was because at this point tm becomes
    // PST
}

int main()
{
    time_t t = time(NULL);
    struct tm *tm = gmtime(&t);
    tm->tm_sec = 0;

    char buffx[300];
    time_t timeif = timegm(tm);

    strftime(buffx, 100, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.000", gmtime(&timeif));
    //print the buffx
    // Prints the time in GMT.
    // Do some other unrelated stuff

    TestFunction(&unRelatedParameterOne, tm); // Variable tm is in GMT

    return 0;
}

A: I instead pass on time_t timeif to the function now. This works as time if does not change when passed through a function.
I still do not know why struct tm would change time zone.

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Tags: China | Coronavirus | china | covid 19 | lockdowns | spread
Parts of Northern China in Lockdown as COVID Spreads
This photo taken on Oct. 23, 2021, shows security staff standing guard at the entrance of a residental area following COVID-19 cases in Zhangye in China's northwestern Gansu province. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
By Theodore Bunker | Monday, 25 October 2021 11:43 AM
Chinese authorities across the northern region of the country are instituting new lockdowns and emergency procedures after more than 100 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in almost a dozen provinces in the last week.
"Since Oct. 17, there have been multiple scattered local outbreaks in China, and they're expanding rapidly," a spokesperson for the National Health Commission (NHC) said during a press conference on Sunday, according to CNN. "There is an increasing risk that the outbreak will spread even further."
The spokesman, Mi Feng, added that about 75% of China's population is vaccinated against COVID-19. Mi said that the first signs of an outbreak were detected in a tour group of fully vaccinated senior citizens on Oct. 16. The group had originated in Shanghai and traveled to multiple regions in the north of China.
Of the 133 infections recorded in the country as of Sunday, 106 were linked to about a dozen tour groups.
In response to these cases, the city of Ejin Banner, which sits on the border between China and Mongolia, has been placed under lockdown after about a dozen cases were reported in the city.
An immunologist based in Beijing, who spoke to the Global Times after requesting anonymity, said that the outbreak could have been caused by interactions between people exchanging goods at the city's port.
"The outbreak is not likely to have been caused by cold-chain logistics as the port does not engage much in this kind of logistics. But as winter approaches, goods exchanges carry viruses in a cold-chain-like manner," he said, noting that the capital city of the Northwest China province of Gansu, the city of Lanzhou, will likely also go into lockdown.
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Chinese authorities across the northern region of the country are instituting new lockdowns, along with other emergency procedures, after more than 100 cases of COVID-19 were recorded...
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Though traditional sash windows look gorgeous they are usually single glazed which can lead you to encounter problems with disturbance and protection within your UK home.
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During my research most affordable dash cams performed below average when it comes to low light recordings (night). Those which performed to my expectations were above my budget. Then there are those which has good low light capabilities, within budget but no GPS. Well, you get the picture, At the time when I decided to buy the Viofo A119s, it had met all my needs. Of course the GPS was an optional module which costs US$10 more (still within my budget). This kit cost me around RM450, including the memory cards and wired power.
The box contained many items.
Even extra paddings which were needed to be placed to give a snug fit between the camera and the GPS module.
Most dash cams will need a 5v DC power supply which is common power which is used for charging our smart phones. The kit had a pretty long USB Type A to Mini B connector and a two port car phone charger. I did not want to waste a port so I decided to use the optional fuse tap kit. To me its cleaner and its hidden away in the fuse box.
Fuse taps essentially function as adapters similar to an electrical outlet splitter. Outlet splitters plug into an electrical outlet and provide one or two additional outlets where previously only one outlet existed. Like outlet splitters, fuse taps plug in to an available socket, so when a car's fuse box is full, it is necessary to remove one of the fuses in order to accommodate the fuse tap. However, because the fuse tap has two circuits that can accommodate two fuses, it is not necessary to permanently remove a fuse to make room for the tap. The removed fuse can simply plug into the tap, while the new fuse has space in the tap's second circuit.
Firstly I used a digital multi-meter to find out which fuse was used in the circuit of the cigarette lighter. I have read that some use the stereo or even ignition circuit. This process was quite tiring as the position of the fuse box was underneath the steering column which had limited space to work with.
Once I located the fuse (cigarette lighter) which I wanted, the 20A yellow fuse on the left of the above picture. Took out the fuse and put it onto the fuse tap.
Now the red cable in the picture above is linked to the 12vdc to 5vdc converter that came with the dash cam. Since I had these clip thingys laying around I used it instead.
The red wire connected to the fuse tap, and the round cable was well, grounded. the output was routed from the A pillar to the roof lining and to the rear mirror.
The image above shows how well hidden the wire is. If I wanted to do better, actually I could remove the A pillar cover and hide the power cable underneath it. But, the cover is really hard to remove, so I will leave it for another time.
Now I have been using the dash cam for about a year plus now, it has its quirks. A few months in, it froze and new firmware had to be loaded in, then I upgraded the microSD card, because forums had suggested it would be good for dash cams to use HIGH ENDURANCE cards. Which in theory last longer. So far for now I didnt have much issues, but randomly it will lose time & GPS enabled setting. So ever so often I would have to peek at the screen to see if it was showing the speed (while stationary) to make sure everything is ok.
I also had a compilation of videos recorded over first 6 months of 2018, the video is shot at 1080p at 60fps. You can see the night recording and day is pretty decent. During the day you will see a bit of rainbow effect, that is due to the included CPL filter that I used. To me I do not mind it at all.
You can also use 3rd party software like Dashcam Viewer to view the GPS data when playing back the video. In case you need it.


The Department of Geography was established in the academic year 1962-1963. Since then, the department worked towords the provision of the academic staff, mainly from Western Universities Also, the department was involved in developing and upgrading the study plans and research facilities. The department established modern GIS and RS labs, and cartographic unit for both teaching and research. An Intensive research is carried out by staff members and graduate students, especially in areas of: geomorphic research in southern Jordan and humid high lands, population and urban studies, region development and planning, climatic and biogeographic, and economic and tourism research. Parallel to that, an intensive application of GIS an RS is carried out by the staff and graduate students.


A couple of jobs for people I've worked with on releases in the past who asked if I could do some custom work. First up packaging for Myles Palmer, who I worked with for the Wot Gorilla – New Arrival EP, to hold his college work for the end of year exhibition, based around braille, packaging to hold all pieces of his exhibition work. They were machine cut and handscored with white card glued into the base to show through the cut out braille, 40 were made. I also handcut some clothing labels for Infitity, run by Alec Leach who I worked with on the Never Cry Wolf – Stay Young EP.
The insert side of the case is sealed shut, no window/insert and print added to inner left panel. Other artwork identical.


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Active management of the third stage of labour reduces risk of bleeding
A number of studies in the West have shown that heavy bleeding following childbirth has become more common in recent years. In her thesis, midwife and researcher Elisabeth Jangsten decided to look at how heavily women bleed after giving birth in Angola and Sweden following active and expectant management. The study in Angola covered 1,590 women, while the Swedish study included 1,802. The Swedish study was conducted at two of the delivery units at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, which make use of both active and expectant management.
Active management means that the umbilical cord is clamped straight after the baby is delivered, the midwife gives the mother medication to stimulate uterine contractions, presses a hand on the lower part of the uterus, and pulls gently on the umbilical cord while the mother pushes, so delivering the placenta. With an expectant approach, the umbilical cord is also clamped straight after the baby is delivered, but the midwife then waits for signals that the placenta has separated from the wall of the uterus before encouraging the mother to bear down and push out the placenta. Uterine stimulants are always given if the need arises.
"In Angola, 7.5% of women lost more than a litre of blood in the expectantly managed group, and only 1% in the actively managed group," says Jangsten, a midwife at Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra Hospital and researcher at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences at the Sahlgrenska Academy. "In Sweden, the difference was bigger: almost 17% of women lost more than a litre in the expectantly managed group, and only 10% in the actively managed group."
The researchers did not find any difference between the two methods in terms of perceived afterpains in either Sweden or Angola. However, afterpains were more common the more children the women had had. They also found that first-time mothers in Sweden lost more blood and were more likely to require a blood transfusion than those who had given birth before. More women bled heavily in the Swedish study, which can be explained partly by all blood being measured carefully during the course of the study, but may also be down to other factors, such as excess weight, big babies and greater intervention during childbirth.
The recommendation in Sweden has been to give mothers uterine stimulants immediately after delivery.
"But not every element of the active management approach is always included, although the World Health Organisation, the International Confederation of Midwives and the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics have been recommending active management for a number of years, albeit with slightly later clamping of the umbilical cord," says Jangsten.
However, administering uterine stimulants routinely following all types of delivery has been questioned by those who believe that there should be as little medical intervention in childbirth as possible in order not to disrupt the natural process. They believe instead that treatment should be given only if the situation requires it.
"In the light of our results in this thesis, I think that active management should be the first choice for hospital deliveries. However, women should be informed about the different methods available so that they can be involved in decisions about the management of the third stage of labour if they so wish."
POSTPARTUM HAEMORRHAGE
Postpartum haemorrhage is the medical term for bleeding following childbirth, both before and after the placenta is delivered. Total blood loss is normally around 600 ml, but sometimes the bleeding is heavier because the placenta does not separate properly from the uterus, or because the muscles in the walls of the uterus do not contract strongly enough. If this happens, the mother is given medication to stimulate uterine contractions, and sometimes the placenta may need to be removed manually.
Elisabeth Jangsten, midwife at the delivery unit at Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra Hospital and researcher at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences at the Sahlgrenska Academy, tel. +46 31 786 6063, mobile: +46 762 26 39 73, e-mail: elisabeth.jangsten@gu.se
Title of thesis: Third stage of labour – studies on management, blood loss and pain in Angola and Sweden.


5G is coming – fixed wireless this year and mobile 5G next.
With the explosion of mobile data services expected, operators around the globe are seeking ways to expand capacity in their networks.
Infovista commissioned Tolly to evaluate the intelligent application performance control capabilities of Ipanema SD-WAN.


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#include "precompiled.hpp"
#include "gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp"
#include "gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.inline.hpp"
#include "gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectorPolicy.hpp"
#include "gc_implementation/g1/heapRegion.hpp"
#include "services/g1MemoryPool.hpp"

G1MemoryPoolSuper::G1MemoryPoolSuper(G1CollectedHeap* g1h,
                                     const char* name,
                                     size_t init_size,
                                     size_t max_size,
                                     bool support_usage_threshold) :
  _g1mm(g1h->g1mm()), CollectedMemoryPool(name,
                                          MemoryPool::Heap,
                                          init_size,
                                          max_size,
                                          support_usage_threshold) {
  assert(UseG1GC, "sanity");
}

G1EdenPool::G1EdenPool(G1CollectedHeap* g1h) :
  G1MemoryPoolSuper(g1h,
                    "G1 Eden Space",
                    g1h->g1mm()->eden_space_committed(), /* init_size */
                    _undefined_max,
                    false /* support_usage_threshold */) { }

MemoryUsage G1EdenPool::get_memory_usage() {
  size_t initial_sz = initial_size();
  size_t max_sz     = max_size();
  size_t used       = used_in_bytes();
  size_t committed  = _g1mm->eden_space_committed();

  return MemoryUsage(initial_sz, used, committed, max_sz);
}

G1SurvivorPool::G1SurvivorPool(G1CollectedHeap* g1h) :
  G1MemoryPoolSuper(g1h,
                    "G1 Survivor Space",
                    g1h->g1mm()->survivor_space_committed(), /* init_size */
                    _undefined_max,
                    false /* support_usage_threshold */) { }

MemoryUsage G1SurvivorPool::get_memory_usage() {
  size_t initial_sz = initial_size();
  size_t max_sz     = max_size();
  size_t used       = used_in_bytes();
  size_t committed  = _g1mm->survivor_space_committed();

  return MemoryUsage(initial_sz, used, committed, max_sz);
}

G1OldGenPool::G1OldGenPool(G1CollectedHeap* g1h) :
  G1MemoryPoolSuper(g1h,
                    "G1 Old Gen",
                    g1h->g1mm()->old_space_committed(), /* init_size */
                    g1h->g1mm()->old_gen_max(),
                    true /* support_usage_threshold */) { }

MemoryUsage G1OldGenPool::get_memory_usage() {
  size_t initial_sz = initial_size();
  size_t max_sz     = max_size();
  size_t used       = used_in_bytes();
  size_t committed  = _g1mm->old_space_committed();

  return MemoryUsage(initial_sz, used, committed, max_sz);
}


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Building a network to improve the flow of energy exchange between West African countries
According to World Bank figures, only 19% of Sahelians had access to electricity in 2016. There are several factors behind this poor rate. At this time, the electricity-generation capacity is insufficient to meet needs. This project will enable the Sahel region to benefit from greater integration of the regional energy systems. And going beyond this, access to energy will become easier for all of the countries in the region.
With €480 million in joint funding from the African Development Bank and the World Bank, as well as the European Union and France, the "West African Power Pool (WAPP) North Dorsal" project will improve the flow of energy exchange between all the countries in the region. There are two components: firstly, the construction of interconnection lines between Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso and Benin; and, in a second phase, technical assistance for the West African Power Pool (WAPP), a system intended to facilitate the integration of the participating countries.
Offering an inexpensive access to electricity
In the short term, this project will enable electricity to be transported inexpensively from Nigeria to Niger, Benin and Burkina Faso. As a positive side effect, this supply will reduce Burkinabe dependency on fossil fuels. In the long term, when other sources of energy production become available, these infrastructures will serve as a base for facilitating exports from Niger. They will also provide the foundations for the development of a local supply in the two countries.
This interconnection takes the form of a backbone that will transit 400 MW until 2020 and then 600 MW between 2025 and 2030. The project also includes a component of rural electrification in the countries concerned, more specifically in Niger and Burkina Faso. In Niger, the plan is to electrify 252 localities, representing 243,000 people; in Burkina Faso, the plan concerns 145 localities and 189,000 people. Finally, the technical assistance, the project's second component, will reinforce the capacity of the sub-region's regional and national entities to put into place an appropriate commercial system, which will be based on an adequate supply at competitive rates by balancing each country's resources and demand optimally.
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World Bank, African Development Bank, European Union, France
€480 million
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Chad Refugees and Communities


The SP-PV-CC10W is a souped-up version of our classic Coffee Cup Lid DVR but we added WiFi peer to peer technology. To-go cups are everywhere, that's what makes this hidden camera so adaptable. The lid fits on any standard sized to-go coffee or tea cup that disguises as a beverage from the local coffee shop.
Setting up the Hidden Camera WiFi Coffee Cup Lid is simple. The decoy lid twists off to reveal the onboard controls. Charge the device with the USB cord provided; it can be powered by a computer or power block. A green LED light will notify you of charging and will turn off when the WiFi Coffee Cup Lid DVR is fully charged. Insert the micro memory card into the appropriate slot and format the memory card, LED lights will notify you when formatting is complete. The PVCam App makes for easy set up on any Apple or Android device and you will have the ability to remotely view and control the camera. The push-to-start button allows for instant recording. The vibration alerts for secrecy and WiFi on/off can be controlled by the power button. The bottom of this WiFi Coffee Cup Lid DVR is water resistant, but it's recommended to avoid using hot liquids in this device to prevent damage to the camera.


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Madden NFL 18 Week 3 Roster Update Live, Player Ratings Changes Detailed
Is the Dallas Cowboys offensive line overrated? EA sure seems to think so, as their latest roster update for Madden NFL 18 sees the overall of two of the Cowboys premiere offensive linemen drop big time.
Cowboys Oline no longer dominant?
Widely regarded as the best offensive line in the league, the Denver Broncos manhandled the Dallas O-line in week 2, limiting Zeke to just 8 yards on 9 carries. As a result, Center Travis Frederick and LT Tyron Smith both see declines in their rating. Frederick dropped a massive 8 points in Run Block (92 to 84), which in turn dropped his overall from 93 to 89. Smith, meanwhile dropped 9 in Run Block (89 to 80) and 6 in Pass Block (94 to 88), bringing his overall rating down from 94 to 89. Is it overreaction to one really bad game, or was the Cowboys offensive line overrated from the start? The changes mean the Cowboys no longer have 3 of the top 5 offensive linemen in Madden NFL 18.
Movin' on up!
On the flip side, Denver Broncos ROLB saw his overall increase by a whopping 4 points, and he is now rated 86. Other big movers include Lions TE Eric Ebron (83 to 85 overall), Ravens TE Benjamin Watons (80 to 85 overall), and Buccaneers RT Demar Dotson (80 to 84 overall).
Another '99 Club' Member Leaves
With week 3, Madden NFL 18's '99 Club' is down to just one player, Von Miller. This week, we bid farewell to Rams DT Aaron Donald, who dropped 2 overall point (99 to 97). His Block Shedding, Finesse Moves, and Power Moves ratings all declined by 2 or 3 points.
Patriots QB Tom Brady dropped to 98 with week 2's ratings update.
The changes in Madden NFL 18's week 3 roster update are a result of week 2 performances in real life. You can the comprehensive list of updated ratings changes here.
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Check out a brand new developer diary trailer for Star Wars Battlefront 2 and learn why developers chose to tell a story from the Imperial point of view....
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Will A.J. Allmendinger seek payback for Brad Daugherty's practical joke?
By Jerry BonkowskiAug 22, 2014, 6:34 PM EDT
At 7-feet tall, ESPN NASCAR analyst, team co-owner and former NBA star Brad Daugherty is a formidable presence.
He's also known to play a practical joke every now and then.
And while most people shorter than Daugherty would not try to extract revenge for one of those practical jokes, that's probably not going to stop his driver, 5-foot-6 AJ Allmendinger – also known to pull a practical joke or two – from extracting payback one of these days.
Following Allmendinger's inspiring win at Watkins Glen two weeks ago that put him into the expanded 16-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup – Allmendinger's first career Cup triumph, as well as the first-ever Cup victory for his JTG Daugherty team – Allmendinger headed back to his motorcoach.
Once he got there, The Dinger found Daugherty had already been there and left a calling card of sorts.
"Brad TP'd my bus which I felt was kind of wrong," Allmendinger said with a laugh while meeting with the media Friday morning at Bristol Motor Speedway. "I walked up and my bus had toilet paper all over the top of it, Scott Toilet Paper by the way."
Give The Dinger bonus points to not forget one of his team's top sponsors.
While Allmendinger won't say if or what his potential payback may be, let Daugherty be on notice. When he least expects it, no matter how big and imposing Daugherty is, he's likely to experience the Dinger's wrath.
We can't wait for how this one turns out.
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Work is underway in France to develop a 'competitive' design of slab track which could be installed as quickly as ballasted track, at a lower cost than existing designs. Caroline Masson, Project Manager, Civil Works R&D, Alstom Transport explains.
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Definitions of Law and the Role of the Courts in Resolving Legal Issues
Posted on November 25, 2022 by adminssk
Generally, law serves three main functions: to maintain the status quo; to promote social justice; and to protect individual rights. Some legal systems serve these functions better than others, and the outcomes of legal issues depend on the judicial interpretation of the law. The role of the courts is crucial in maintaining the rule of law, and they play an integral part in resolving disputes.
In general, law can be divided into three categories: civil, regulatory, and criminal. Each category has its own specific legal systems. Civil law systems usually have shorter legal systems and require less detailed judicial decisions. The legal systems typically include legislative statutes and court decisions. The doctrine of precedent is common in the common law legal systems, meaning that decisions made by higher courts bind the lower courts. These systems also have a separate legal system called "evidence law," which deals with the admissibility of materials in courts.
Generally, law serves to maintain order and protect individual rights and minorities from majorities. It can also promote social justice and orderly social change. Law also serves to protect the environment from environmental abuse and to penalize polluters. Historically, law also served to maintain order and peace in nations.
Law has also been described as a science. It serves to regulate behavior through social institutions and impartial and accessible representatives. However, the precise definition of law has long been debated.
For example, the American system of government includes equality before the law, which requires that everyone has access to the justice system. Many people attempt to handle civil issues on their own, but many legal issues require the services of a lawyer.
Another definition of law is the concept of "natural law," which originated in ancient Greek philosophy. It reemerged in mainstream culture through the writings of Thomas Aquinas. While it may not be as clear as other definitions, this concept often implies that God's word is unchangeable. The idea of "natural law" was developed in response to the emergence of the concept of justice.
Law has been defined as a set of rules and laws that govern behavior and are enforceable through social institutions and impartial and accessible representatives. It serves as the basis for a country's political system and can also shape economics and history.
Space law is a relatively new area of law that addresses human activities in space. It first addressed the space relations of countries through treaties, and now it deals with liability, property, and commercialization of space. Increasingly, space law is also being used to address climate change.
The United Nations Charter calls on the Organization to encourage the progressive development of international law. The International Law Commission is an organization that promotes the development of international law. It is composed of 34 members from the world's leading legal systems. The Commission aims to codify international law and prepare drafts for the United Nations. It consults with specialized UN agencies and experts on international law issues. It has issued advisory opinions, has heard over 170 cases, and has issued numerous judgments.


Whether you're of the opinion that Valentine's Day is the most romantic day of the year or a faux-liday dreamed up by greeting card companies, hopefully we can compromise where it counts: reading a ton of steamy romance novels throughout February. Oh, and also some classics (Gone With the Wind, Pride and Prejudice). AND a few modern hits that have already made their way to the big screen (Me Before You).
No matter what your taste in written romance is, there's a good chance the Goodreads community has you covered. According to the site, the following 10 picks are — in no particular order — the most romantic books of all time. While a few titles will no doubt be familiar to you, the mix of beloved new and old authors should ensure there's an option for everyone out there, so you might want to snap them up before Feb. 14!