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package com.lmn.Arbiter_Android.Dialog.Dialogs.DateTime;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

import com.lmn.Arbiter_Android.Util;
import com.lmn.Arbiter_Android.Dialog.Dialogs.FeatureDialog.Attribute;
import com.lmn.Arbiter_Android.TimeZone.LocalTime;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.DialogFragment;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.DatePicker;
import android.app.DatePickerDialog;
import android.app.DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener;
import android.app.Dialog;

public class DatePickerFragment extends DialogFragment implements  OnDateSetListener{
	public static final String TAG = "DatePickerFragment";

	private SimpleDateFormat sdf;
	private Calendar calendar;
	private String attributeType;
	private Attribute attribute;
	private Util util;
	private int offsetFromUTC;

	public static DatePickerFragment newInstance(Calendar isoCalendar, Attribute attribute, String attributeType, Util util, int offsetFromUTC) throws Exception{
		DatePickerFragment frag = new DatePickerFragment();

		frag.util = util;

		frag.sdf = util.getSimpleDateFormat(attributeType);

		frag.attribute = attribute;

		frag.attributeType = attributeType;

		frag.offsetFromUTC = offsetFromUTC;

		frag.setCalendar(isoCalendar);

		return frag;
	}

	private void setCalendar(Calendar isoCalendar) throws ParseException{

		Log.w(TAG, TAG + ".setCalendar attributeType = " + attributeType);

		if("xsd:date".equals(attributeType)){
			calendar = isoCalendar;
		}else{
			Date localDate = new Date(isoCalendar.getTimeInMillis() + offsetFromUTC);

			this.calendar = (new LocalTime(sdf.format(localDate), ("xsd:dateTime".equals(attributeType)))).getLocalCalendar();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

		setRetainInstance(true);
	}

	@Override
	public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState){
		int year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
		int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
		int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);

		Log.w("DatePickerFragment", "DatePickerFragment year = "
				+ year + ", month = " + month + ", day = " + day);

		// Create a new instance of DatePickerDialog and return it
		return new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(), this, year, month, day);
	}

	@Override
	public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int monthOfYear,
			int dayOfMonth) {

		if(view.isShown()){

			calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
			calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, monthOfYear);
			calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, dayOfMonth);

			if(attributeType.equals("xsd:dateTime")){

				Fragment timePicker = getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(TimePickerFragment.TAG);

				if(timePicker == null){

					try {
						timePicker = TimePickerFragment.newInstance(calendar, attribute, attributeType, util, offsetFromUTC);

						((TimePickerFragment)timePicker).show(getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager(), TimePickerFragment.TAG);
					} catch (Exception e) {
						// TODO Auto-generated catch block
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
				}
			}else{
				setField();
			}
		}
	}

	private void setField(){

		try {
			attribute.setDate(calendar);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

}

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Q: Python: how to move values in an array from some position to another? I have an a array of values
a = np.array([0,3,4,5,12,3,78,53,52])

I would like to move the last three elements in the array starting from the index 3 in order to have
a
array([ 0, 3, 4, 78, 53, 52, 5, 12, 3])

A: You can use slicing and concatenation.
np.concatenate((a[:3], a[-3:], a[3:-3]))

A: Try this using np.delete() and np.insert():
a = np.array([0,3,4,5,12,3,78,53,52])
index = 6
another_index = 0
v = a[index]
np.delete(a,index)
np.insert(a, another_index, v)

A: This is just a number-swapping problem -- not a numpy problem.
Any solution to this problem that involves numpy functions such as concatenate, delete, insert, or even slicing, is inefficient, involving unnecessary copying of data.
This should work, with minimum copying of data:
a[3],a[4],a[5], a[-3],a[-2],a[-1] = a[-3],a[-2],a[-1], a[3],a[4],a[5]

print(a)

Output:
[ 0  3  4 78 53 52  5 12  3]

A: Starting with
a = np.array([0,3,4,5,12,3,78,53,52])

You can just do:
newa=[]
for index, each in enumerate(a):
    if index<3:
        newa.append(a[index])
    else:
        newa.append(a[3+index%6])

giving the resulting newa to be:
[0, 3, 4, 78, 53, 52, 5, 12, 3]

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Imagine if you could visit any museum in the entire world: The Louvre, the MET, the MOMA. Any museum you've ever dreamed of. Now imagine again, if you could literally visit and walk within any work of art from around the world. This is a gift that Gigoia Studios has brought to life, time and again, with their fine art appreciation projects. Now realized to its fullest capacity with the fully completed SURREALISTa, a virtual, interactive exploration through eight classic paintings of Italian metaphysical art pioneer Giorgio de Chirico.
De Chirico's work is seen by many as being an inspiration for the eventual surreal art movement, pioneered by Salvador Dalí and Max Ernst. But his dense, multi-dimensional work is seen wholly his own, and should easily be appreciated for its own merits, and not just what it inspired. In fact, the Metaphysical art movement was founded by de Chirico and artist Carlo Carrà in 1911, lasting until 1920.
As Metaphysical art pushed back against Futurism's betrayal of the past, Gigoia Studios push against the boundaries of painterly art by making it 3D and fully explorable. In making classic art more accessible, and exploring it in fresh ways (as through an interactive videogame), classic art's longevity and appreciation lives on. Not diminished by new technology, but truly enhanced.
You can walk within the surreal art of Giorgio de Chirico for yourself on PC, Linux, and Mac here.


I think the biggest hits from last summer's activities were our scavenger hunts, so this year we are going to do one each week. We started with this indoor visual scavenger hunt. I took close-up photos of objects inside our house and the kids had to determine the big picture and find the item.
So they had 18 total images and Jack & EJ worked as a team. I showed them the image on my computer and then they would search (all were on the first floor). Going into it, I thought some images were harder than others and some were more difficult, but more often than not I had it wrong. For example, I thought the image below would be an easy one. Not so much! It was instead one of the 3 images they could not figure out (even after being told which room and a couple other clues).
The other thing I thought was interesting was how their brains worked very differently. Jack only knew what the image was right off the bat one time, but was able to search throughout the house to try to locate the object. If he found something he thought might be it, he would come and check the photo again and then head back out on the hunt. EJ did not "go on the search" as well, she gets distracted easily and if I gave her a clue (like it has pink polka dots) to remind her of the image, she could do a bit better but still never came up with the answer. However, her recall from the image itself was incredible! She would look for like 5 seconds and then say, I know and go running straight for the object (most of the time Jack would have no idea what the object was, so it wasn't that they were super easy). I just looked and she knew 8 of the objects that way. Impressive no?
All in all, this hunt was super fun for me and the kids. It was perfect for the dreary day and didn't take too long to set up for me. Then while the kids searched, I was able to multitask easily, so emergency diaper changes didn't halt the fun at all!
And the answers to the photos above?
oh, I LOVE THIS IDEA!!!! I'M going to try this soon. so.Much. FUN!
I hope by sharing the link others will be inspired to try this too!
I came here by way of One Pretty Thing.


Since active records have been kept in locally there have been two publications, from Rice Creek Field Station in 1978 and the more recent "City Cemeteries to Boreal Bogs" which listed Spring Arrival dates. Both are now out of print and unavailable to newer birders as are several lists passed around by members of Onondaga Audubon at one time or another. This is an attempt to give birders, especially those with only several years of experience, an idea of when to expect spring migrants. Each month was divided into four weeks, imperfect, but better than giving a single date, or simply the record early date.
With very warm weather, some may arrive a week earlier than shown and after a prolonged cold spell, some species will be delayed a week. For many species, only a few might be seen during the week indicated with higher numbers arriving the following week. Generally, very early arrivals are lone birds. A few of the species may winter locally so the date given is for apparent migrants, usually first recorded at Derby Hill.
Sources include arrivals as compiled by Marge Rusk from the 50 years of the "Kingbird" and the 1978 Rice Creek Field Station publication "The Annotated Checklist of Birds of Oswego County and Northern Cayuga County" by Gerald Smith and James Ryan.


Publishing a book bundle on Kindle isn't that hard to do and can have great rewards! This article gives you 5 tips on how to put together a book bundle or book set to help get you started on yours. There are two types of book bundles you can publish.
The first type of book bundle you can publish on Kindle is from your previously published books. Compile them into a bigger book set and you will have created new assets for your publishing business. The second type is bundling books from authors in a similar genre. Collaborating with other authors is a great way to grow your audience as well.
The rest of the tips include the logistics of putting together a book bundle, and tips for marketing your book bundle. Book bundles can generate more interest because there is more than one book included, and eventually you can raise the price.


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South College's main campus in Knoxville, Tennessee is conveniently located at 3904 Lonas Drive. The building contains 56,000 square feet of modern lecture classrooms, specialty laboratories equipped with modern equipment, student center, Barnes & Noble bookstore, faculty/staff office space and work areas, and the library/resource center, which includes the writing and math labs, a computer laboratory, AV viewing room, study cubicles, and conference/study rooms. Parking is provided for students, faculty, and staff.
In addition to our main Knoxville campus at Lonas Drive, where the undergraduate admissions department is located and many undergraduate classes are held, some South College classes are also held at a second Knoxville location known as Parkside. This additional Knoxville location nearby includes another high-tech, well-equipped facility designed for advancing learning.
You're ready to start working towards your career goals today – and we're ready to help. That's why most of our programs have no waitlist. Once your enrollment is complete, you'll be able to join the next class of South College students, and start working toward turning your dreams into your career!
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VT Industries is providing an interactive tool to kitchen and bath professionals for use during a sales approach with homeowners. The "Build Your Own Countertop" 3-D countertop tool on VTIndustries.com allows the homeowner to visualize his or her kitchen after choosing the following design elements: one of four edge profiles, one of 40 countertop colors, and a wide selection of flooring and wall and cabinet colors. The tool allows users to take the guesswork out of the selection process, says the company. The tool is available at the company website.


A 'series of unfortunate events' in 2018 saw Sibanye-Stillwater's safety record performance for the year deteriorate relative to its previous five-year history.
In order to re-energise the awareness and focus on safety, it implemented a number of new safety initiatives, some of which, may benefit the broader South African underground mining industry as well.
LAURA CORNISH spoke with Dr KOBUS DE JAGER, group head of safety about delivering on the company's safety objectives through a variety of exciting new safety initiatives.
Sibanye-Stillwater's safety performance in the first half of 2018 dropped relative to previous years, primarily due to the deaths of twelve employees in two isolated events.
Following Sibanye-Stillwater's unbundling by Gold Fields in 2013, there was a noticeable improvement in the safety performance of its gold operations, which prior to these events, remained relatively consistent.
We should also acknowledge the South African gold sector as a whole has made dramatic improvements in both fatality and lost time injury frequency rates in the last decade and should be praised for this," De Jager begins.
Nonetheless, De Jager points out that the safety and wellness of its employees is the first priority for Sibanye-Stillwater, and the lives lost due to these and other tragic events, caused significant trauma throughout the company.
Notably however, the company regrouped and tackled the problem head on with the assistance support of its stakeholders.
This milestone shortly follows the Group (including its United States PGM operations) achieving five million fatality-free shifts on 4 January 2019.
"We would like to thank our 70 000 employees and contractors, and all our other stakeholders who have enabled us to reach these significant safe production milestones," said Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman.
These encouraging achievements reflect the renewed intensity and focus on safe production, which amongst other initiatives included the adoption of the "Sibanye-Stillwater 'Zero Harm' framework", which was jointly developed together with of the input of organised labour and the Department of Mineral Resources through a series of safety summits.
These unique multi-stakeholder safety summits contributed towards the development of a revised safety strategy, focusing on three critical strategic thrusts: creating an enabled environment, developing empowered people who make values-based decisions and institutionalise and utilise fit-for-purpose systems in order to progress towards achieving zero harm for as long as possible.
Sibanye-Stillwater's immediate safety action plans following the fatal incidents undeniably contributed to achieving the milestones. In outlining the plan, De Jager notes that these comprised both short-term and long-term strategic interventions.
The short-term interventions, entailed immediately closing the affected shafts to conduct the necessary investigations. Other short term interventions included 'Safety Day' stoppages; additional capacity building of safety representatives and shift bosses; the introduction of a dedicated anonymous safety hotline; cardinal rules that should not be transgressed; 90-day intensive care sessions including intensive communication with all supervisory levels; Visible Felt Leadership and crush Interventions; mass meetings with all shifts and cross audits, amongst others.
The long-term strategic objectives require a new approach in order to ensure that every employee returns home safely every day. This three to five-year strategy incorporates the outcomes of the tri-partite summit and the safety summits.
A series of work streams and action plans were defined and agreed by the stakeholders, all driven by value-based decisions, De Jager emphasises.
He notes the strategy involves the adoption of a model incorporating the three pillars, which embraces the goal of zero harm, institutionalising it, systemising it and humanising/empowering the workforce and then making the model fully operational.
Another longer term safety initiative identified in 2018, was the formation of a global safe production advisory panel (GSPAP) and in mid-January the company announced the establishment of the GSPAP, consisting of a group of leading academics who will be chaired by De Jager. "Our inaugural meeting will be held in South Africa in February," De Jager confirms.
The GSPAP 's mandate is to provide international insights, best practices and expertise in continuous advancement of safe production mining practices.
Mr Vic Pakalnis, President and CEO, MIRARCO Mining Innovation, Laurentian University (Canada).
"The mining environment is a dynamic environment and we will continue to adapt and innovate in order to continually improve our safety performance. We are honoured to welcome the five distinguished academics who have agreed to serve on the safety advisory panel and look forward to their sage and esteemed input. The advisory panel is an acknowledgment of Sibanye-Stillwater's commitment to safe production and underpins our stated purpose that our mining improves lives," Froneman stated.
Another unique initiative Sibanye-Stillwater has taken to ensure ongoing and current awareness of best practice in the industry by tapping in to the global pool of mining knowledge, is through the establishment of a virtual centre of excellence.
This entails inviting institutions from around the world to regularly showcase new safety advancements and incorporating relevant solutions into the business De Jager explains. In the past six months Sibanye-Stillwater has received 19 positive responses from universities around the globe and has begun to facilitate active engagement with those who have viable solutions to offer.
"Ultimately, while we must acknowledge that there is no silver bullet in safe production, we must work to ensure our mines are structurally sound and that our employees' perceptions and behaviour towards safety are optimised," De Jager notes.


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Q: Async.js design pattern I am using async.js for my node.js app. I need help solving the following problem.
Let's say I have a following aysnc js series function.
async.waterfall([
    function getDataFromDB(request, response, callback){ ... },
    function someOperationOnDBData(dbData, response, callback){ ... },
    function renderSomeFlow(evaluatedData, response, callback){ ... }
]);

I have three functions called in the order mentioned above. I am getting data from getDataFromDB and passing to someOperationOnDBData and so on.
Suppose I need one more operation in between getDataFromDB and someOperationOnDBData but still pass DBData forward. Eg:
async.waterfall([
    function getDataFromDB(request, response, callback){ ... },
    function extraOperation(dbData, response, callback) {...}
    function someOperationOnDBData(dbData, extraOperationData, response, callback){ ... },
    function renderSomeFlow(evaluatedData, response, callback){ ... }
]);

Here adding a single step in the middle changes the function definitions and also I need to pass dbData in extraOperation to just forward it to someOperationOnDBData.
Also, if I am calling a different module in the middle, it might not be possible to change it's parameter to forward some data.
How to solve this problem of passing data between functions in async.js without forwarding data in middle functions? Refactoring functions every time a new step is included is not possible. What is the design pattern for solving this type of problem?

A: Using waterfall you have to pass the data through - you can't stop a waterfall in the middle :). There are alternatives that you might like to use, for example, auto which lets you specify which functions depend on the results of other functions and async will determine the best order to run them.
I find the syntax of auto a little awkward but it does what you need. Here is an example:
async.auto({
    db: function getDataFromDB(callback){ ... },
    extra: ['db', function extraOperation(results, callback) {...}],
    some: ['db', function someOperationOnDBData(results, callback){ ... }],
    render: ['some', 'db', function renderSomeFlow(results, callback){ ... }]
});

A: I've found that currying your functions with arrow functions is a way arround this problem:
const someOperationOnDBData = extraOperationData => (dbData, response, callback) => {
  // do your function work
};

async.waterfall([
  function getDataFromDB(request, response, callback){ ... },
  function extraOperation(dbData, response, callback) {...}
  someOperationOnDBData(extraOperationData)(dbData, response, callback),
  function renderSomeFlow(evaluatedData, response, callback){ ... }
]);

Many good examples on how to curry javascript functions on Medium.com


Information Memorandum dated 17 March 1999.
Direct, unconditional, unsecured debt obligations of the Issuer which rank equally among themselves and at least equally with the Issuer's other unsecured debt obligations (except for debt mandatorily preferred by law).
6.5% per annum, payable semi-annually (in two coupons of 3.25%) in arrears on 27 April and 27 October in each year, including the Maturity Date.
On the Maturity Date, bondholders are scheduled to receive the Face Value and the final Coupon Payment for the last Interest Period.
rank equally with all other senior and unsecured creditors of the Issuer.
Regulatory Risks – The aviation industry in Australia is highly regulated, which can limit Qantas' flexibility and may adversely affect its financial performance.
Default Risk – If an event of default occurs under the Bonds, or Qantas fails to perform any obligation in relation to the Bonds, such event or failure may impact on the value of an investment in the Bonds, the transferability of the Bonds and the ability of a holder to recover amounts due under the Bonds.
Bondholders can require the Issuer to redeem the bonds at par (100%), where there has been a Change of Control (e.g. an entity gains control of the Issuer) and a credit rating downgrade of the Bonds below a certain rating.
Unenforceability: Applicable, with a 30 day cure period.
The Issuer ceases to carry on business as an airline.


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Restitution and repatriation guidelines for British museums
Traducción en español
The appropriation of culture
Random object
This wooden figure was originally set in the port of each village to protect them from the harm caused by evil spirits (Iwis). According to the donor who acquired this item in 1931, the figure is called a kalipow, however, these protective carvings are better known as hentá-kói. This example was made by a tamiluanas or menluanas, a ritual specialist who communicated with the Iwis by means of a special ceremony. Spirits were believed to interact with people. It was evil spirits that were kept at a distance using these carved figures. They also assisted with healing and were placed outside the home of the sick to scare away those evil forces thought to be causing the sickness. This figure has a red face with an open mouth and a black conical hat that echoes the Portuguese soldiers who were the first Europeans to arrive on their shores. It also has a turtle-like shell upon its back. 'Scare devils' also appear in the form of men, women and animals. Observations made in 1903 stated that they were never worshipped or believed to be imbued with a spiritual power but were simply designed to act like farmer's scare crows. It was with this fearsome and dread appearance that they would frighten away the spirits. Their effectiveness lay in the power of the ritual specialist.
Collections (Pacific)
Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
Tahiti (Society Islands)
Aotearea (New Zealand)


In order to understand what exactly a Medicare Plan is, you must first understand the factors that are involved in a general Medicare Insurance Plan. It is basically an insurance program that offers financial benefit to patients who are 65 years old or more, having any kind of imparity or people who are suffering from permanent kidney failure.
Part A – Hospital Insurance – Benefits under this category involves inpatient care in hospitals, provision of trained nursing benefits and specialized health care programs at home.
Part B – Medical Insurance – This category entails services rendered by doctors and physicians, health care facilities at hospitals, and health care at home.
Part C – Medicare Advantage Plan – This is the third type of benefit category that is provided by the private insurance firms. This category offers all the benefits that are included in the previous two categories. Additionally, this group may also offer extra benefits related to hearing, dental, vision and other health-related programs.
Part D – Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage – This is typically an option that is offered by the private insurance firms that offer Medicare-related advantages. It basically helps to cover up the expenses that are involved in buying prescription drugs.
Medicare supplemental insurance programs are meant to meet all the loopholes that a general Medicare plan holds. As we all know, Medicare covers a handful of benefits that cannot be sufficient for an individual who is old and requires medical help and advantages. All the companies that offer Medicare Supplemental insurance benefits, can give you a fair idea regarding the type of additional benefits you can avail. You can easily choose the best match for your condition.
While you go through all the available Medicare Supplemental Insurance Plans, you must understand all the possibilities of each and every plan to make yourself conversant of the available policies. One of the most terrible headaches of applying for a Medicare Insurance program is the involved deductibles and regular payments that are to be made from time to time. Purchasing Medicare Supplemental Insurance policies can help in ruling out this headache of yours. Such plans can easily reduce the amount of paperwork fillings and can also eliminate dependence on referrals.
So, if you want to avail the best possible coverage from Medicare program, you must consider buying a Medicare Supplemental Insurance. California has a number of reputed private insurance firms that offer excellent insurance packages.


Our class enemies are in the habit of complaining about our terrorism. What they mean by this is rather unclear. They would like to label all the activities of the proletariat directed against the class enemy's interests as terrorism. The strike, in their eyes, is the principal method of terrorism. The threat of a strike, the organisation of strike pickets, an economic boycott of a slave-driving boss, a moral boycott of a traitor from our own ranks—all this and much more they call terrorism. If terrorism is understood in this way as any action inspiring fear in, or doing harm to, the enemy, then of course the entire class struggle is nothing but terrorism. And the only question remaining is whether the bourgeois politicians have the right to pour out their flood of moral indignation about proletarian terrorism when their entire state apparatus with its laws, police and army is nothing but an apparatus for capitalist terror!
"Terrorizing" with the threat of a strike, or actually conducting a strike is something only industrial workers can do. The social significance of a strike depends directly upon first, the size of the enterprise or the branch of industry that it affects, and second, the degree to which the workers taking part in it are organised, disciplined, and ready for action. This is just as true of a political strike as it is for an economic one. It continues to be the method of struggle that flows directly from the productive role of the proletariat in modern society.
In order to develop, the capitalist system needs a parliamentary superstructure. But because it cannot confine the modern proletariat to a political ghetto, it must sooner or later allow the workers to participate in parliament. In elections, the mass character of the proletariat and its level of political development—quantities which, again, are determined by its social role, i.e. above all, its productive role—find their expression.
Only the conscious and organised working class can send a strong representation into the halls of parliament to look out for proletarian interests. However, in order to murder a prominent official you need not have the organised masses behind you. The recipe for explosives is accessible to all, and a Browning can be obtained anywhere. In the first case, there is a social struggle, whose methods and means flow necessarily from the nature of the prevailing social order; and in the second, a purely mechanical reaction identical anywhere—in China as in France—very striking in its outward form (murder, explosions and so forth) but absolutely harmless as far as the social system goes.
In our eyes, individual terror is inadmissible precisely because it belittles the role of the masses in their own consciousness, reconciles them to their powerlessness, and turns their eyes and hopes towards a great avenger and liberator who some day will come and accomplish his mission. The anarchist prophets of the "propaganda of the deed" can argue all they want about the elevating and stimulating influence of terrorist acts on the masses. Theoretical considerations and political experience prove otherwise. The more "effective" the terrorist acts, the greater their impact, the more they reduce the interest of the masses in self-organisation and self-education. But the smoke from the confusion clears away, the panic disappears, the successor of the murdered minister makes his appearance, life again settles into the old rut, the wheel of capitalist exploitation turns as before; only the police repression grows more savage and brazen. And as a result, in place of the kindled hopes and artificially aroused excitement comes disillusionment and apathy.
Before it is elevated to the level of a method of political struggle, terrorism makes its appearance in the form of individual acts of revenge. So it was in Russia, the classic land of terrorism. The flogging of political prisoners impelled Vera Zasulich to give expression to the general feeling of indignation by an assassination attempt on General Trepov. Her example was imitated in the circles of the revolutionary intelligentsia, who lacked any mass support. What began as an act of unthinking revenge was developed into an entire system in 1879–81. The outbreaks of anarchist assassination in Western Europe and North America always come after some atrocity committed by the government—the shooting of strikers or executions of political opponents. The most important psychological source of terrorism is always the feeling of revenge in search of an outlet.
There is no need to belabour the point that Social Democracy has nothing in common with those bought-and-paid-for moralists who, in response to any terrorist act, make solemn declarations about the "absolute value" of human life. These are the same people who, on other occasions, in the name of other absolute values—for example, the nation's honour or the monarch's prestige—are ready to shove millions of people into the hell of war. Today their national hero is the minister who gives the sacred right of private property; and tomorrow, when the desperate hand of the unemployed workers is clenched into a fist or picks upon a weapon, they will start in with all sorts of nonsense about the inadmissibility of violence in any form.


Glass is credited with leading Wal-Mart through an aggressive expansion program – increasing sales ten-fold (from $16 billion to $165 billion), developing the SuperCenter concept combining groceries and general merchandise, and opening hundreds of retail locations across the globe. Glass was an early proponent of automated technology that Wal-Mart has utilized to develop one of the most sophisticated distribution networks in the industry. Under his leadership, Wal-Mart became the largest retailer in the world and the second largest firm on the Fortune 500 list.


As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee said it would buy $400 billion of Treasuries due from six to 30 years and sell an equivalent amount of notes due in three years or less. In a buy the rumor, sell the news move, stocks have moved to the lows of the session with the S&P 500 off nearly 1%. Treasuries rallied to the best levels, with the 30-year long bond at a modern record low of 3.07%.
In addition, the panel emphasized "significant downside risks" to the economy, in part because of global financial market stresses. That was more downbeat then its previous assessment.
As with the previous meeting, there were three dissents from the hawkish Fed presidents on the panel, Dallas' Richard W.Fisher, Philadelphia's Charles I. Plosser and Minneapolis' Narayana Kocherlakota.
In its statement, the FOMC also said it would reinvest maturing agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities into agency MBS. Previously, the Fed had reinvested agencies and MBS into Treasuries, its traditional asset. The idea is to support the mortgage market by providing low rates, but the Treasury 10-year note at 1.87% is just a few basis points lower, so the standard 30-year fixed-rate mortgage isn't likely to move decisively lower. So, don't look for a stampede of refi activity or home buying.
The Fed will continue to roll over its maturing Treasuries when new issues are auctioned. On the short end of the Treasury market, the two-year note yield moved up to 0.20% from a low earlier today of 0.16% since that's the maturity range that will see selling.
In addition, the FOMC reiterated its intention to keep the federal funds rate target at 0-0.25% through mid-2013, which it announced at the August meeting. "The Committee discussed the range of policy tools available to promote a stronger economic recovery in a context of price stability," according to the Fed's statement. The shift in the portfolio to longer maturities was among the least contentious of the various unconventional moves that may have been discussed, such as additional outright securities purchases or a direct peg on longer-term Treasury yields, which Bernanke himself has endorsed in past years.
Where there seems to be little disagreement is that the Fed moves are apt to have limited impact. "We expect the Fed's actions to have very little visible effect on the economy, because the level of interest rates and the shape of the [yield] curve are not the key constraints on growth. Mr. Bernanke wants to be seen to be doing something, but his hand is not on the fiscal policy lever," observes Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics.
As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee said it would buy $400 billion of Treasuries due from six to 30 years and sell an equivalent amount of notes due in three years or less.


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California Lutheran University and CFP Board Center for Financial Planning Announce Joint Scholarship Program for CFP® Certification
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New Program Aims to Increase Number of CFP® Professionals from Populations Underrepresented in the Profession
The CFP Board Center for Financial Planning and California Lutheran University announced today a new joint scholarship program to help increase the number of CFP® professionals from populations that are underrepresented in the financial planning profession in terms of gender, race and ethnicity.
The California Lutheran University Financial Planning Scholarship offers financial assistance to qualified individuals seeking to complete Cal Lutheran's online Master of Business Administration (MBA) or online Master of Science (MS) degree in Financial Planning, both of which qualify candidates to sit for the CFP® certification exam. Scholarships will be awarded annually to eligible individuals.
To qualify for the scholarship, applicants must apply and be admitted to either Cal Lutheran's online Master of Business Administration (MBA) or online Master of Science (MS) degree in Financial Planning, and undergo an application process administered by the Center for Financial Planning. Cal Lutheran will waive the application fee for all scholarship applicants.
"Cal Lutheran's partnership with the CFP Board Center for Financial Planning will help us advance diversity in the financial planning profession," said Chia-Li Chien, PhD, CFP®, PMP®, director of the financial planning program at Cal Lutheran. "We are committed to expanding access to our MBA and MS in Financial Planning program to students in underserved communities."
Awardees from the MBA in Financial Planning will receive a total award of $5,000, and awardees from the MS in Financial Planning will receive a total award of $3,500. A portion of the awarded funds may be used to cover the cost of the CFP® exam. Awardees will also receive a complimentary registration to attend one Academic Research Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines.
"We need more financial planners who reflect the diversity of this country to help all consumers meet long-term financial goals," said D.A. Abrams, CAE, managing director of the CFP Board Center for Financial Planning. "We are grateful to Cal Lutheran for their commitment to helping cultivate a new generation of CFP® professionals."
The application window for the scholarship is open through May 31, 2020, with the first awards expected to be made in July. For more information, visit the scholarship webpage.
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Years of telling stories from the food and wine world has Jennifer Schell rooting local.
The Okanagan-based bestselling author and vintner wants people to know where their food comes from.
Buying local is central to her folklore-filled cookbook series: The Butcher, The Baker, The Wine and Cheese Maker. The first of the three books won a variety of international awards, including Best Local Cuisine cookbook in Canada at the Gourmand World Cookbooks Awards, referred to widely as the Oscars of food publishing.
She followed it up with two more installments under the same name — By the Sea and In the Okanagan.
When her first book was published in 2012, a renaissance of the farmers' market was occurring.
She had written and edited magazine stories on food and wine for years, earning a knowledgeable reputation in the food world throughout the Okanagan and beyond.
The book's format featured recipes accompanied by profiles on people behind the recipes, such as the chef, farmer, baker or winemaker. Their passion for their craft is the thread that ties them together.
"They're all doing what they love and it's all benefiting humanity, and helping to feed our community," she said.
The book featured 150 people. She insisted on big photos so people could see those behind the dish.
The follow-up, By the Sea, was published in 2015 and featured Vancouver and Vancouver Island. Jennifer, who also takes her own photos, toured the shorelines and farms, learning about things like diving for geoduck and gathering sea urchins.
Jennifer has a personal connection to local food producers. She was born into a farming family, multi-generational on both sides. They grew tree fruits, raised chickens and made wine at her family orchard in southeast Kelowna.
Her parents still live there.
The price of land has fast become prohibitive for new farmers. Yet people find creative ways to grow their food with less space by backyard farming and leasing space.
The third book, In The Okanagan, was published in 2016.
"I just love shining the spotlight on these people," she said.
Jennifer has been working on a new book called BC Wine Lovers' Cookbook and it's being published by Random House.
The book is a tapestry of the incredible diversity in the BC wine industry, she said. And it has recipes from all over the world including Israel, Italy, Spain and France.
Jennifer said some of the recipes she included were from old-school recipe cards complete with "grandma writing" on them.
The book will be out in spring 2020.
Going above and beyond just writing about wine, Jennifer is now making it herself.
She and her brothers — Jonathan and Jamie — ventured into their own family wine business. They recruited minimal-intervention winemaker Rob Westbury and, in 2017, Schell Wines was launched.
Their first chardonnay used grapes grown down the road from their family farm. The second vintage used grapes from a friend's farm in Naramata. They dubbed it Wren.
Even the logo design was kept in the family, with their niece, Hillary Schell, designing it.
They have also done a red blend, named Ruby, after an aunt who recently passed away.
"Wine is a local celebration. I wanted to get that really immersive experience into that world. Now I truly understand the undertaking and the investment," Jennifer said.
Jennifer is passionate about small-batch wine. She's one of the organizers of the Garagiste North Wine Festival, which started in 2015. The inaugural festival was listed in the London Financial Times as one of the top wine festivals in the world.
"The world of wine is very interested in the small producers, the small lot, the boutique, the hard to find," she said, adding that it's the winemakers or proprietors who are at the festival pouring their wines, not just company reps.
It's part of an international garagiste movement. (Garagiste is defined as: "a small-scale entrepreneurial winemaker … especially one who does not adhere to the traditions of wine-making.") The cost of buying a vineyard is unachievable for most, so the way to break into the industry is to find a winemaker, source grapes and do custom crushes.
Asked about the most helpful tips she's gleaned from years of writing about wine, Jennifer said she has discovered that the highest quality wines definitely depend on sourcing the highest quality grapes.
"The good wine is grown in the vineyard," she said.
That means relationships with growers are important to develop.
"If you don't have the relationships, you can't buy the grapes and then you can't make the good wine," she said.
She can be found online at jenniferschell.com.


January 17, 2019 – (Washington, DC) Allie Kelly, executive director of The Ray, a non-profit organization which is the nation's only publicly accessible, living laboratory for transportation innovation, has been announced as a featured speaker for the 2019 WTS Conference in Boston, May 15-17.
As the leader of The Ray, Ms. Kelly is at the forefront of emerging trends in the transportation industry. She has helped the organization implement and build almost a dozen ground-breaking, world-leading technology demonstrations, including the first solar road in the United States and the world's first public demonstration of a drive-through tire safety station. She is passionate about speaking about The Ray from the main stage at industry conferences around the world including the U.S Transportation Research Board, AASHTO, VERGE, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, AREDAY and TedX Atlanta. Ms. Kelly was the recipient of the 2018 Atlanta Technology Professionals (ATP) Impact Award and was listed as one of the 100 Women to Know by Engineering Georgia in 2018.
Ms. Kelly's address is one of the many highlights of the Annual Conference, the premier multi-modal event of the year. It attracts more than 700 corporate and governmental industry leaders worldwide, including executives, CEOs, government administrators, and leading engineering authorities. Attendees at the conference gather to network, discuss the state of the world's transportation infrastructure, strategize on advancing professionally, and share experiences and insights on making positive changes for future generations.


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Validation and improvement of the ISO 2631-1 (1997) standard method for evaluating discomfort from whole-body vibration in a multi-axis environment
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Vibration exposure can occur at work, commuting between home and work, and in leisure activities. Any form of transportation will expose humans to some degree of vibration. Exposure to vibration can cause health problems, but more likely comfort problems. Health problems are normally related to back pain. Comfort on the other hand is related to both physiological and psychological factors, which can have a wide range of effects from a general annoyance to a reduced work capability. The standard ISO 2631-1 (1997) provides a guidance, which can be used to measure, evaluate and assess effects of whole-body vibration to discomfort. The standard allows several interpretations, which can lead to different results, as the standard does not provide an explicit guidance for selecting which axes and locations to measure and which averaging method to use for evaluating the axes. The suggested averaging method is the root mean square (r.m.s.) method, but additionally vibration dose value (VDV) can be used. This can lead to different results, as VDV emphasises shocks more than the r.m.s. method. The standard guides to measure and evaluate at least the seat translational axes, but the additional nine axes from the seat, backrest and floor are not mandatory. However, this can result in a different comfort value, as the values from the measured axes are combined. So taking into account all possible interpretations the assessment can vary significantly for the same environment. The selection of the averaging method is not a technical issue, as both methods are supported by all commercial equipment. However, it is rare that more than three axes are possible to be measured with typical whole-body vibration measurement equipment, thus the majority of studies have published results based on only the seat translational axes. Especially the rotational axes have been missing in most studies. The full method (i.e. using all possible axes to calculate the comfort value) of ISO 2631-1 (1997) has been rarely used and there is very little information on how accurate the method is for assessing discomfort in a multi-axis environment. There are only a few studies that have used the full method, but there are no known studies which have actually validated the full ISO 2631-1 method. The objective of the thesis was to validate and, if necessary, to improve the full method of the ISO 2631-1 standard for evaluating discomfort from whole-body vibration in a multi-axis environment. It was assumed that the ISO 2631-1 method can be used to predict discomfort in practice, but there are a relatively low number of studies to confirm this. Frequency weightings have been the focus of many published studies and it was assumed that these are broadly correct. Other aspects of the ISO 2631-1 method are the focus of this thesis. The goal was to keep a backward compatibility to previous studies and the current commercial equipment, thus several limitations were defined for the improvement of the standard. Several laboratory experiments, field measurements, and field and laboratory trials were conducted to validate the standard method. At first it was concluded that practical equipment for measuring 12-axis data was needed as there was no commercial system available. The equipment and software was validated in two experiments, which showed that simple and affordable components could be used to develop equipment for the full method. Even though the standard does not include information about a six-axis sensor for measuring both translational and rotational axes, there was a method to validate the sensor. The first field study included measuring several machines using all twelve axes. The analysis showed that the seat and backrest translational axes will contribute about 90 % of the overall vibration total value of the standard method, thus very little justification was found for including the seat rotational and floor translational axes. Similar results were found based on the data from the previous 12-axis studies. It was also found that the neglected axes could be compensated with a factor for estimating the overall vibration total value including all twelve axes. As the overall vibration total value is directly related to the number of used axes, the compensating factors can be used to compare results which used different axes. The laboratory trial confirmed the results from the field study, and it was concluded that sufficient accuracy to predict discomfort can be achieved using just the seat translational axes, even though the correlation improved when more axes were included. It was found that the evaluation of discomfort was improved by the use of the frequency weighting curves and the r.m.s. averaging method. However, as the multiplying factors degraded correlation, it was concluded that a new set of factors should be calculated. The new factors showed that a higher emphasis on the seat horizontal axes should be given (x=2.7, y=1.8 and z=1.0). The new factors improved the correlation systematically for all subjects. The field trial showed a similar trend, where optimised multiplying factors improved the correlation, but it was also noted that different multiplying factors are required for different environments, thus a procedure to optimise the standard method to different environments was developed. The trial showed systematic behaviour and the optimised multiplying factors were best for all subjects and groups. Keywords: Discomfort, whole-body vibration, standard, ISO 2631-1, multi-axis, multiplying factors
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(Bloomberg) -- Yoshua Bengio, a Canadian computer scientist who helped pioneer the techniques underpinning much of the current excitement around artificial intelligence, is worried about China's use of AI for surveillance and political control.
Bengio, who is also a co-founder of Montreal-based AI software company Element AI, said he was concerned about the technology he helped create being used for controlling people's behavior and influencing their minds.
"This is the 1984 Big Brother scenario," he said in an interview. "I think it's becoming more and more scary."
Bengio, a professor at the University of Montreal, is considered one of the three "godfathers" of deep learning, along with Yann LeCun and Geoff Hinton. It's a technology that uses neural networks -- a kind of software loosely based on aspects of the human brain -- to make predictions based on data. It's responsible for recent advances in facial recognition, natural language processing, translation, and recommendation algorithms.
Deep learning requires a large amount of data to provide examples from which to learn -- but China, with its vast population and system of state record-keeping, has a lot of that.
The Chinese government has begun using closed circuit video cameras and facial recognition to monitor what its citizens do in public, from jaywalking to engaging in political dissent. It's also created a National Credit Information Sharing Platform, which is being used to blacklist rail and air passengers for "anti-social" behavior and is considering expanding uses of this system to other situations.
"The use of your face to track you should be highly regulated," Bengio said.
Bengio is not alone in his concern over China's use-cases for AI. Billionaire George Soros recently used a speech at the World Economic Forum on Jan. 24, to highlight the risks the country's use of AI poses to civil liberties and minority rights.
Unlike some peers, Bengio, who heads the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (Mila), has resisted the temptation to work for a large, advertising-driven technology company. He said responsible development of AI may require some large technology companies to change the way they operate.
The amount of data large tech companies control is also a concern. He said the creation of data trusts -- non-profit entities or legal frameworks under which people own their data and allow it be used only for certain purposes -- might be one solution. If a trust held enough data, it could negotiate better terms with big tech companies that needed it, he said Thursday during a talk at Amnesty International U.K.'s office in London.
Bengio said there were many ways deep learning software could be used for good. In Thursday's talk, he unveiled a project he's working on that uses AI to create augmented reality images depicting what people's individual homes or neighborhoods might look like as the result of natural disasters spawned by climate change.
But he said there was also a risk that the implementation of AI would cause job losses on a scale, and at a speed, that's different from what's happened with other technological innovations. He said governments needed to be proactive in thinking about these risks, including considering new ways to redistribute wealth within society.
"Technology, as it gets more powerful, outside of other influences, just leads to more concentration of power and wealth," he said. "That is bad for democracy, that is bad for social justice, and the general well-being of most people."
To contact the reporter on this story: Jeremy Kahn in London at jkahn21@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Giles Turner at gturner35@bloomberg.net, Nate Lanxon
"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed..."
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If art imitates life, as they say, this is disturbing. The first movie that I recall on the subject was Colossus: The Forbin Project. Later, War Games, and then the Terminator series. More have followed, but I suppose scientists think wit AI, "nothing could go wrong."
Patriotic Sheepdog
Not where I want to be
"The use of your face to track you should be highly regulated," Bengio said."
Watch the series Person of Interest...sure it's a TV show, but it makes you think....
Protecting the sheep from the wolves that want them, their family, their money and full control of our Country!
Guns and gear are cool, but bandages stop the bleeding!
ATTENTION: No trees or animals were harmed in any way in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were really ticked off!
NO 10-289!
was just perusing the inter web news sources and look what showed up.... http://www.fox5ny.com/news/biometrics-catches-impostor
TPTB will always show us the "benefits" of things they want, without showing us the unintended consequences.
down here
Skynet is out there......
Hey Petunia...you dropped your man pad!


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In November 1996, a new page was written in the young history of the MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais. The MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais Public Security Service was born.
Thanks to the hard work of the General Management and the council of mayors at the time, the MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais was able to create a structure for it's police service, which had previously been served by the Sûreté du Québec. This new police organization was unique in Quebec and it's model has never been used since. Based on the municipal police model, the MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais Public Security Service can be described as a regional police force. The Public Security Service also includes a 911 emergency call center that serves not only the MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais but also two (2) other MRCs in the Outaouais. In addition, we also have a Fire Safety Division.
The Chief of the Public Security Service of the MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais.
Mr. Simon Boulianne – 1996 to 2001
Mr. Gaëtan Beaudoin – 2001 to 2002
Mr. Denis St-Jean – 2002 to 2017
Mr. Yves Charette – 2017 to 2022
Mr. Martial Mallette – 2022
I sincerely thank the Council of Mayors of the MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais for the confidence they have shown in me by appointing me Director of Public Security. It is a great honour for me to serve the citizens of the six municipalities and to ensure peace and security on the territory, with the help and dedication of my police officers.
I will make sure that the services offered to you are of excellent quality. A police organization must be innovative and in symbiosis with its population and its needs. To do so, we must live with our population, be close to it, know it well and be well known by it. The MRC des Collines Police Service already has a fine tradition of being close to the community, and I fully support it. I will make sure that not only will we continue in this direction, but that we will develop even more in terms of outreach activities; this is the essence of community policing.
We are also going to fight crime, wherever it is. In recent years, Quebec has been shaken by murders committed in situations of domestic violence, and we are unfortunately not immune to this scourge. We must therefore support, accompany and provide security for victims, in addition to working with our partners in the MAINntenant Ensemble project to bring these crimes to a close. Domestic violence is often a hidden crime, found inside homes, behind closed doors. That is why it is so important for the population to listen to us and communicate with us in confidence, to report any situation that concerns them. We are all co-producers of security, and community security is everyone's business.
Furthermore, we cannot remain indifferent to the armed violence that strikes our major cities. The ease with which our youth can obtain firearms is disconcerting. We must keep our youth away from these armed criminal groups. In this sense, prevention is essential and the MRC des Collines Police Service will continue to be present in schools, parks and any other public gathering place to talk to young people. We must listen to them and be close to them in order to develop open and honest communication. The legitimacy that comes from regular contact with our youth is a guarantee of effectiveness and credibility in resolving incivilities. It often allows us to prevent or manage tensions in difficult situations.
We are fortunate to be able to count on police officers who are among the best trained in North America. However, to maintain this advantage, we must be innovative, as training needs change every year. Police officers are increasingly confronted with complex situations involving citizens with mental health issues. Police officers must be comfortable with this type of intervention, while being able to quickly rely on health professionals to support them. I will make sure that our police officers are optimally trained in this area. We have all been shocked in recent years by interventions involving the use of force in unjustified contexts in North America. As police officers, regardless of our position in the organization, we have all been challenged by these images. We must remember to jealously guard the trust of our citizens. Our police officers must be patient and possess impeccable manners in all circumstances.
We are at the service of the population. These words are not empty, for it is a privilege to serve the community, to help human beings who rely on us. We must protect and serve our fellow citizens with courage. We know that it takes courage to respond to a break and enter call, to confront an armed person, to jump into the water to rescue someone in distress. Yet it also takes courage to overcome our prejudices, to use the necessary force and only the necessary force when confronted with a criminal who has committed a heinous crime. What must be remembered is that courage is not only physical, but mental, and that a police officer must conduct himself in a professional manner at all times. When you combine the word courage with humanism and the desire to understand and know the other, we can solve many problems.
We expect citizens to respect their police officers, of course, but the reverse is equally important. I expect my staff to always communicate with citizens in a respectful manner.
I thank you once again for your trust and hope to have the opportunity to meet you!
Martial Mallette
The mission of the MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais Public Security Service is to provide emergency response and dispatch services to the citizens of its municipalities. It also provides level 2 of police services and deals with high and very high fire risks.
The MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais Public Security Service is recognized as a unique, versatile and innovative team that, through the knowledge, skills and actions of its members, meets the challenges of a constantly changing environment. It is thus an indispensable pillar for the safety of its community and each of its citizens.
DEDICATION – COURAGE – INTEGRITY – PROFESSIONALISM
ANNUAL REPORTS (In French)
The current structure of the Public Security service is primarily responsible for maintaining the sound management of the organization in compliance with the Quebec Police Act.
The Management staff can count on the support of civilian members working on various administrative tasks within the organization. These civilian employees have important responsibilities in maintaining a quality service to the population, whether it is with the General Management, the Investigation Division or the Patrol Division.
Martial Mallette Chief
Steve Poirier Inspector Patrol Division
Marc Dubé Inspector Patrol Division
Joël Blain Inspector Criminal Investigations Division
Louis Piché Inspector Administrative and Operational Support Division
Marc Asselin Technical Support and Communications Coordinator
François Routhier Fire Safety Coordinator
Josée Morin Administrative Support Manager and Assistant to the Chief
Pascale Saint-Pierre-Demers Executive Secretary
Charlène Gauthier Secretary of the Patrol division
Karine Dubois Secretary, Criminal Investigations Division
Sylvie St-Amour Data entry and customer service clerk
Lise Pépin Office Clerk, Criminal Investigation Division
Marie-Pier Richard Customer service clerk
Étienne Morin Mechanical and building maintenance worker
Robert Gagné Mechanical and building maintenance worker
Stay connected with the MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais.
Municipal court: 8h30 am à 4h30 pm
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Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-urgent calls: (819) 459-9911
Non-urgent calls: 1-888-459-9911 (toll free)
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From civilian jobs to police jobs, the MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais offers a variety of positions and invites you to apply now.


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Home Sports Westmont makes a splash at La Verne Invitational
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Westmont makes a splash at La Verne Invitational
by Ron Smith November 23, 2021 0 comment
LA VERNE — The Westmont women's swimming team completed three successful days of competition at the La Verne Invitational.
The Warriors set several school records and qualified several swimmers for the NAIA National Championships that will take place in early March.
"These women are blowing me away with how well they are swimming as a team," said Westmont head coach Jill Jones Lin. "Race after race they are swimming season and lifetime best times, breaking school records and qualifying for NAIA Nationals along the way. Watching their teammates swim so well has inspired them all to step up and have their own inspirational swim. It's an incredible domino effect of fast swimming and energy."
In the 500 Yard Freestyle, Olivia Garrison set a school record by posting a time of 5:10.24 in the preliminaries. The mark meets the national tournament provisional standard and is the second fastest in the NAIA this year.
In the finals of the 500, Morgan Bienias posted a time of 5:10.44 – a time that also met the provisional standard and ranks as the third fastest time in the NAIA.
Kassy Gregory also swam a provisional time in the 500 yard freestyle, finishing the 20 lengths of the pool in a time of 5:22.39.
Bienias and Garrison also competed in the 1650 yard freestyle, finishing second and third respectively. Bienias' time of 17:37.77 established a new school record. Garrison posted a time of 17:45.24. Their times are the two fastest in the NAIA.
Bienias set another school record in the 200 yard backstroke, finishing in a time of 2:09.16. The provisional qualifying time is the eighth fastest in the NAIA.
Ella Chaisson rewrote the Warrior records in the 200 yard individual medley relay, posting a time of 2:09.95. Her time is a provisional qualifying mark and is the second fastest time in the NAIA.
In the preliminaries of the 100 yard breaststroke, Chaisson lowered her own school record with a time of 1:08.89, then lowered it again in the finals with a time of 1:07.55 – more than a second faster. Her time ranks in the top-10 in the NAIA.
Chaisson also lowered her own school record in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:24.42 – a preliminary qualification time that ranks fifth in the NAIA.
Rian Lewandowski's time in the 100 yard butterfly of 59.47 lowered her school record and met the NAIA provisional qualification time. Lewandowski also recorded provisional times in the 100 yard breaststroke (1:09.52) and 100 yard backstroke (1:00.80).
Bridget Hoth reset the school record in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:00.41, which also meets the provisional qualifying mark. Hoth, as well as Gregory, also posted provisional qualification times in the 200 yard freestyle of 1:59.72 and 2:00.01 respectively.
The Warriors also put up impressive results in three relays. In the 200 yard medley relay, Ellie Muench, Chaisson, Lewandowski and Hoth earned an automatic qualification into the national championship while rewriting the school record at 1:50.73. Their time ranks seventh in the NAIA.
The Warriors also accomplished an automatic qualification mark in the 800 yard freestyle relay. The quartet of Bienias, Gregory, Garrison and Hoth posted a school-record time of 7:56.44, the fourth fastest time in the NAIA this year.
In the 400 yard freestyle relay, Hoth, Garrison, Gregory and Lewandowski teamed up to notch another automatic qualification time for the Warriors (3:40.26) and set yet another school record.
The Warriors will next compete on Dec. 4 when they host Azusa Pacific at the Westmont Pool in a dual meet.
Ron Smith is the sports information director at Westmont College.
email: sports@newspress.com
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Home Uncategorized UAW agrees to independent oversight to resolve U.S. corruption inquiry
UAW agrees to independent oversight to resolve U.S. corruption inquiry
United Auto Workers (UAW) acting president Rory Gamble speaks to Reuters from his office in Southfield, Michigan,
By David Shepardson and Ben Klayman
WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – The U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit said Monday the United Auto Workers (UAW) union has agreed to independent oversight to resolve a five-year federal corruption investigation that ensnared two former UAW presidents.
U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider said the UAW would pay $1.5 million to settle tax issues, make significant reforms and be overseen by an independent monitor for six years. Schneider said the civil settlement caps the investigation into the union but said inquiries could continue against individuals.
"The union has had a problem with fraud, embezzlement and corruption," Schneider told a press conference. "There are a few bad apples and those people have been convicted."
He added that UAW International President Rory Gamble, who was present, was not under investigation.
The U.S. attorney's office revealed for the first time that the UAW has already paid back over $15 million for improperly billing Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) for employing members who did not work at the training centers operated by the union and the companies.
Schneider's office has charged 15 former UAW officials as part of its investigation, and former presidents Gary Jones and Dennis Williams both have pleaded guilty to embezzling union funds.
"The UAW failed to address the fraud, corruption, and illegality problem within its own ranks and necessitates injunctive relief to protect the honest membership of the organization," the government said in its complaint filed Monday that must be approved by a federal judge.
The monitor has power to investigate, audit and review all aspects of UAW other than collective bargaining agreements.
"This agreement is yet another step towards restoring the full faith and confidence of our members in our union and its leadership," Gamble said.
Several UAW officers, including the two former UAW presidents, have pleaded guilty to embezzling millions of dollars for their personal benefit, using the funds to purchase expensive liquor and cigars and to pay for golfing outings and related equipment, and to stay at expensive hotels.
The government said for over a decade UAW officials "engaged in fraudulent, corrupt, and illegal conduct for their own benefit."
The UAW represents about 400,000 U.S. workers, including workers at Detroit's Big Three automakers and in other fields. At its peak in 1979, the union had a membership of some 1.5 million.
The UAW agreed to conduct a binding secret-ballot referendum of its membership to determine whether to change the UAW's election method from the current delegate system to a direct election model.
U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia said "a criminal element within the UAW recently betrayed these members' trust, engaging in bribery, kickback, and embezzlement schemes totaling millions of dollars."
Gamble was appointed president in November 2019 when his predecessor Jones was forced out after being linked to the corruption inquiry. Gamble promised he would overhaul the UAW, and previously announced a series of ethics reforms, including increased financial oversight of the union's accounting department.
In 1988, the U.S. Justice Department sued to force out senior leaders at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union and appointed a trustee because of the union's connection to organized crime. The government oversaw the Teamsters from March 1989 until 2015, and a five-year transition period ensued.
The FBI has been investigating allegations of illegal payoffs to UAW officials by FCA.
That inquiry led to rival automaker General Motors Co filing a lawsuit against FCA last year, accusing the Italian-American company's executives of bribing UAW officials to secure labor agreements that put GM at a disadvantage.
In the Monday complaint, prosecutors referred to illegal payments made by FCA officials to gain labor concessions from the union. GM officials declined to comment other than to say it supported efforts to eliminate corruption in the UAW.
(Reporting by Ben Klayman in Detroit and David Shepardson in Washington; Editing by Mark Heinrich and Lisa Shumaker)
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