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WORLD EU frets over its citizens' rights after Britain's imminent exit from bloc
EU frets over its citizens' rights after Britain's imminent exit from bloc
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The European Union has called on the British government to set up an independent monitoring authority to ensure there is no discrimination against EU citizens seeking permanent residency in the United Kingdom.
Members of the European Parliament have warned that Britain's imminent exit from the bloc could endanger the rights and protections of many of the 3.5 million EU citizens living there.
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told European lawmakers in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday they must not accept any "disguised" form of discrimination in negotiations.
"I will continue to insist on the particular importance of the UK putting in place a strong, independent monitoring authority ... that must be able to act rapidly and fairly when faced with complaints from EU citizens and their families," Barnier said.
"We must now work toward proper implementation of these rights and we won't be accepting any half measures or any form of disguised or veiled discrimination."
The British government is changing border controls that have been in place for decades. With its departure from the EU fast approaching on Jan 31, priority will no longer be given to EU migrants over those from other countries.
EU nationals living in the UK have until June 2021 to apply for permanent residency under the separation agreement reached between Britain and the EU's 27 other member states last year.
Under the terms of the withdrawal agreement, Britain will have a transition period to the end of this year to find agreement with the EU on how their relationship will work.
Ending freedom of movement will have consequences for EU or British nationals providing services in the other territory, as well as limiting tourism stays and healthcare insurance, and the recognition of professional qualifications.
Citizenship issues could also have consequences for the ownership of companies operating in the UK and the EU, such as airlines, for digital privacy rules and for access to internet domains.
Speaking to members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed that no freedom of movement will exist after the end of the transition period for the one million British citizens currently living in EU countries and EU citizens living in the UK.
"After the transition period, the UK will be a third country and Brexit will mean changes to those who want to make their future life on either side of the Channel," she said.
"We will make the citizens' rights our main priority."
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his negotiating team believe a comprehensive trade deal and future relationship can be reached by the Dec 31 deadline. But last week, during a visit to London, Von der Leyen warned it would be impossible to reach a full deal on that timetable.
Other key issues to be negotiated include trade, fishing, security, transport and energy as the two sides disentangle nearly five decades of Britain being enmeshed in the union.


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Sometimes travel tests your patience. The ones that keep up with the More Passport Stamps Twitter account will know that I am currently in the Maldives (alright for some). However, often you have to go through hell to get to heaven. My original plan was to get a lift to Birmingham Airport, fly with Emirates to Maldives (via Dubai) then get a seaplane to Meedhupparu, my first Maldivian destination.


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Home nieuws UK public figures call for Israel sanctions
UK public figures call for Israel sanctions
Jeremy Corbyn and Maxine Peake (Jane Barlow - ZUMA Press)
Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada / June 10, 2020
More than 100 lawmakers, artists, trade unionists and activists in the UK on Monday issued a call for sanctions on Israel over its latest plan to annex Palestinian lands.
It is the latest win for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement.
The public statement calls for sanctions, including a ban on sales of settlement goods and an end to the arms trade with Israel.
Among the signatories to the call are: former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn; actor Maxine Peake; musician Brian Eno; lawmakers Ian Lavery, Caroline Lucas, John McDonnell, Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Zarah Sultana; trade union leader Len McCluskey; historian William Dalrymple and filmmakers Mike Leigh and Ken Loach.
The statement was organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign in response to a call last month by Palestinian civil society – as coordinated by the BDS National Committee – for "effective measures" against the annexation plan.
"Israel's new right-wing government is once more set to formally annex large swathes" of the West Bank, the BDS National Committee stated last month. "This de jure annexation would culminate years of gradual de facto annexation through the appropriation of land, forcible displacement of Palestinian population and the transfer of Israeli settler population" into the West Bank.
The BDS committee called for all states to adopt "effective countermeasures, including sanctions, to end Israel's unlawful acquisition of Palestinian territory through use of force, its regime of apartheid, and its denial of our inalienable right to self-determination."
These measures should include an arms embargo, an end to free-trade agreements, prohibition of all trade with Israeli settlements and accountability for Israeli war criminals, the BDS committee said.
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign is calling for supporters to sign on to the statement and spread its message among local groups and on social media.
Corbyn was among 145 lawmakers from all parties who signed a letter to the UK prime minister last month calling for "severe consequences including sanctions" on Israel should annexation go ahead.
The UK has stated that it does "not support" the annexation plan but – in common with other European countries – refuses to take any concrete action against it.
As The Electronic Intifada's Omar Karmi explained in his analysis of the Netanyahu-Trump annexation plan last week, although several European governments, Russia, China, Jordan and Gulf countries have all expressed opposition, such words are empty without action.
"Israel only really cares about US opinion," Karmi explains. And in any case, "European countries will not step in."
The annexation plan will reportedly swallow as much as 30 percent of the West Bank, formally declaring it as part of the state of Israel. The whole of the West Bank and Gaza Strip already constitute only 22 percent of historic Palestine.
Israel has made it clear that the Palestinians living the newly annexed land will not be granted citizenship rights – only Jewish settlers living in the same lands have that right.
The annexation plan mostly avoids swallowing up large Palestinian population centers in the affected areas, such as Jericho.
But the result will be that Palestinians living in such areas will be isolated and surrounded in a large sea of "Israeli sovereignty," denied their right to travel in their own homeland.
Asa Winstanley is an investigative journalist and associate editor with The Electronic Intifada; he lives in London

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Home Hill was the family home of Joseph and Dame Enid Lyons from its construction in 1916 through until Joe's untimely death in 1939. Dame Enid continued to live at the property until her passing in 1981. Since then the property has been a house museum and memorial to a remarkable Tasmanian family. The property is located at 77 Middle Road in Devonport, Tasmania.
The land that the home stands on was originally purchased by Joe Lyons in 1915, with an eye to providing some security if his fledgling political career were to come to a premature end. The plot consisted of nine acres of land in total, five acres of which were an established apple orchard, located 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) from the centre of Devonport. Joe and Enid were already engaged at the time of the land purchase, and Enid took on responsibility for selecting the design of the home and supervising construction. The new home would need to accommodate not just the newlywed couple, but also Joe's father Michael and his three younger siblings. Eventually Enid chose a plan that had recently won a newspaper competition for 'best small house design'; a seven-room Federation-style weatherboard design. The house was founded on a bluestone base that was built with materials quarried from the property, and the total contract price was agreed at £425. Once construction was complete the family moved in during September of 1916, just six weeks before the birth of Joe and Enid's first son Desmond.
Home Hill remained a constant presence in the life of the Lyons family throughout the dramatic events that they would experience over the next twenty five years. As Joe's political career began to blossom he began to spend more and more time away from home. The journey to Hobart by railway for State Parliament took ten hours each way, and Joe frequently had to stay in a train car overnight at the Western Junction rail yard. In 1920 Home Hill was sold to Carl and Eveline Jensen, and in 1923 the family made arrangements to relocate to Hobart. The period in Hobart was not a happy time for the Lyons family, with the passing of young Garnett Lyons at just 10 months of age and Joe being involved in a serious road accident that left him with permanent injuries. In 1928, it was discovered that the Jensen family were interested in moving to Hobart so a property swap was made and the Lyons family returned to Home Hill, at least temporarily.
Joe's election to Federal Parliament in 1929 began a new period of travel and dislocation for the Lyons family. The entire family moved to a property in Dandenong Road, Melbourne for a period of ten months in 1930, and over the next nine years Joe, Enid and the children divided their time between Home Hill, Melbourne and Canberra. Throughout this tumultuous period, Home Hill continued to serve as a beacon of stability, representing the idea of something steady and reliable, and of family. Dame Enid recalled in her memoir And So We Take Comfort of one occasion of returning to Devonport and experiencing the familiar feeling of 'coming home exhausted to the house on the hill… we called it Home Hill. It has been Home Hill ever since'.
The house itself underwent significant changes over the years, as the size of the family grew and priorities changed. In 1935, major alterations were made that included larger kitchen and dining areas, and the addition of a dormitory and bedrooms in new 'wings' on either side. The last major changes in the 1950s were brought on by children 'leaving the nest' and the reduced need for bedroom space, allowing for a dedicated pantry, library and relaxation room. Dame Enid was remarkably hands-on when it came to designing, interior decorating and maintaining the gardens, and the property is notable for its exquisite furnishings and wallpapers. She redesigned the layout of Home Hill to create a long vista from the entrance hall through the sitting room, to the library and dining room beyond. On one occasion, when she found herself unhappy with the shade of wallpaper, 'she painstakingly went over the whole room with watercolours, increasing the intensity of colour in each motif'. Her son Barry recalled that his mother would enthusiastically turn her hand to any task that required attention, telling him that 'you only got the tradesmen in when you were electrocuted'.
The changing political responsibilities of Joe Lyons also saw changes to the way that the spaces within the house were used. One of the more striking rooms in the property, dubbed the 'Wedgewood Room' after the design of the wallpaper, was repurposed as a dedicated office while Joe was serving as Premier and Prime Minister. It was here, on the 25th of March 1936, that Joe took the first interstate phone call to Tasmania via a new submarine cable across Bass Strait. A short wave radio facility was installed at Home Hill by the Jensen family, who used the service to operate an amateur radio station named 7LJ. Joe took to radio broadcasting with great gusto and found it an effective electioneering tool as it enabled him to reach a vast and captive audience while Prime Minister. Enid later used the same line to broadcast her own radio program from home, and between 1939 and 1940 she recorded a weekly 20 minute spot for the Macquarie Network.
Dame Enid continued to live at Home Hill up until her death in 1981.To guarantee the home would be lovingly maintained and remain connected to the local community, Enid arranged a division of responsibilities between the Devonport City Council and the National Trust of Tasmania. The property and grounds were purchased by the City Council, which performs maintenance and upkeep, while the National Trust was made responsible for the contents of the home and the operations of the house museum. The property at Home Hill remains open to the public for guided tours and community events.


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Amy & Dave
We don't have any expectations for our future kids or who they'll be, or what our extended family will look like. Our belief is that family is about unconditional support and love, and that it comes in many forms. This includes adopted family, extended family and birth family. There can never be too many people loving a child, and we are committed to making room for everyone important in our child's life.
Dear Parent
Hi. Thank you for reading this, and for giving us the opportunity to introduce ourselves.
We are Dave and Amy, Amy and Dave. Known that way by pretty much everyone who knows us, because we come as a pair. We've been together for 13 years, through thick and thin, sickness and health, and all over the world. Let us tell you a little about ourselves!
Where We're From
We're both originally British; Dave is from northern Scotland and Amy is from southern England. We met at university in Edinburgh, both on the same undergraduate course, and were friends before we started dating. We quickly became inseparable. We moved to Canada in 2011 for Dave's work, and liked it so much that we stayed! We are now naturalized and can't imagine living anywhere else.
As most of our close family aren't based in Canada, we do travel back to the UK to visit them, as well as our friends who still live there. This is sometimes over the holidays (Christmas is a fun time to go back) or for other occasions, and sometimes just when we've been missing the lochs and glens too much. Dave's parents still live in his childhood home, and it's a gorgeous part of the world (full of mountains and castles) so it's usually a lot of fun.
We are very close to Dave's parents and see them quite a bit given the distance. They are kind, patient, gentle people who are happy to be a part of their children's and grandchildren's lives. They've always been the first people Dave turns to for advice and help. They're very familiar with Canada and come over every summer for an extended visit. We rely on them so much, for moral and practical support, and are extremely lucky to have them.
Amy's family have moved about quite a bit, and are more spread out now, but we still see them frequently. We are very close to Amy's brother and his family, and are the godparents and next-of-kin legal guardians for both of his young children. Amy also has a large extended family, who we keep in close contact with.
We are now firmly rooted in SW Ontario, in a traditional family home with a huge yard and two dogs, Pearl and Jasper (both rescue greyhounds and the biggest cuddle-bugs you could ever meet). We are surrounded by friends who have become like family, and by a community we love. It's very family-friendly, and we chose it because it's a good place to put down roots.
Our home here in Canada suits us perfectly. It's not big and it's not fancy, and we've been updating and improving it ever since we moved in. It may not be the prettiest house on the block, but it's warm and welcoming, and it's our Home.
We have multiple schools within walking distance (French immersion, Catholic, regular elementary and high schools) as well as parks and churches. It's a family-friendly neighbourhood, with a lot of kids, but still close enough to the city to still be able to access amenities.
It was important to us, when we first moved to Canada, to build strong ties within our community. We now have lots of friends locally, many of whom we know we can rely on when we need help, support, or fun! These are close relationships we've built over time, and constitute our "Canada Family." No matter the time, day or reason, we're there for them and they're there for us.
These relationships didn't appear overnight; they took time and effort, and we've both worked at it from different angles. Amy is a keen volunteer, and has over time volunteered with both the local women's shelter and the local animal shelter. Amy is now a board member, community contact and volunteer manager for an animal welfare non-profit (all in a volunteer capacity), and works with community agencies to help animals and people in need. She also runs fundraising drives, with Dave's help.
Dave pitches in wherever he can (for example, he's Santa for holiday fundraisers) but has hobbies of his own too. He's a member of a dodgeball league and a curling league. He also plays guitar, and has weekly jam sessions with friends – just for fun.
Email: amyanddaveincanada@gmail.com
We live in: Waterloo, ON
Our ages: Amy is 34 and Dave is 35
Years together: 13 & 9
Hoping to Adopt: No current children, open to adopting under the age of 2
Pets: Pearl and Jasper, dogs
Occupations: Dave - Data Scientist; Amy - Writer
Although we have a lot of activities and hobbies that we enjoy separately, we also like to spend time together and with friends, just having fun, being silly, or visiting something interesting. We love exploring the outdoors and gardening, going to the movies, or settling in with friends for a board game night or a big meal.
We're both fortunate to have had lots of academic opportunities in our lives: Dave has a PhD in Astrophysics, and Amy has a Masters in Finance. Dave worked as a research scientist for a long time (this was the reason we moved to Canada), but has since transitioned into the tech sector, as it provides a more stable career.
Amy has previously worked as both a scientist and a financier, but is now a freelance writer and author, with several published books; she works from home and sets her own hours, which provides a lot of flexibility and means she can be a stay-at-home mum.
Our Future Family
We have no kids right now, but have always talked about adopting - it always felt right for us. This has partly been influenced by Amy's health, which unfortunately has not always been perfect. Amy has had health issues since childhood, and will always require some degree of health management. Luckily medication, routine and lifestyle all help her to be well most of the time, and we don't expect that to change. We manage the few limitations we have very well. It has meant, however, that pursuing a pregnancy of our own was considered too risky.
We know that adopting comes with its own challenges, and we're prepared to meet them head on. That's how we roll - we are natural problem solvers, not afraid of hard work or awkward situations. When we encounter something difficult, we figure it out. When someone is having a tough time, we help them. That may sound straightforward, but it's who we are and how we were raised, and it extends to everyone. We are by nature liberal and open-minded, and fully aware of how lucky we are and our responsibility to share that luck.
We don't have any expectations for our future kids or who they'll be, or what our extended family will look like. Our belief is that family is about unconditional support and love, and that it comes in many forms. This includes adopted family, extended family and birth family. There can never be too many people loving a child, and we are committed to making room for everyone important in our child's life. It may not always be easy, but we'll always strive to do the right thing and support everyone in our family, no matter how they came to us.
Us As Parents
We know that you have some incredibly difficult decisions to make about what's best for your child's welfare, and all we can be is open and honest about who we are and who we hope to be as parents, and how we would try to raise your child. Empathy, thoughtfulness and caring is at the centre of our values. Religion, habits, traditions and activities all come second to basic kindness. As hopeful future parents, we think that the best way we can teach a child these values is by example - children deserve the same respect, time and patience as adults, and it's only by treating them as the unique individuals they are that we can able to help them become the best people they can be. Love is at the centre of everything we do.
Thank you for reading; if you have any questions please contact us!
Adoption Agency: Beginnings
info@beginnings.ca


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MUMBAI: Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) of realty developer Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd, and the rating on the $175 million 10.25% senior notes due in 2019 issued by Jersey-based Century Ltd at 'B+'.
The recovery rating on the senior notes has been affirmed at 'RR4'. The outlook on the issuer default rating (IDR) is Stable, the rating agency said in a release.
"The affirmation of the ratings assigned to Indiabulls Real Estate, India's third-largest property developer by market capitalisation, reflect the rising trend in its contracted sales and cash collections, improving EBITDA margin and the higher coverage of contracted sales/gross debt, all of which Fitch expects to be sustained in the medium term," the ratings release said.
Indiabulls Real Estate's land bank of 2,588 acres at the Nashik Special Economic Zone and another 1,010 acres at Gurgaon, Mumbai and Chennai, are adequate to supports six to seven years of development.
This is counterbalanced by the developer's small size in relation to global home building peers; the rise in net leverage after the developer increased its stake in the Singapore Exchange (SGX)-listed Indiabulls Property Investment Trust (IPIT); and the low earnings from its London property.
Indiabulls Real Estate's property development business improved significantly in the financial year ending-March 2016 (FY16). Contracted sales grew by 43% to Rs 2,900 crore or $437 million in FY16 and cash collections more than doubled to Rs 2,000 crore against Rs 900 crore in 2014-15. Fitch expects this trend to be maintained in the medium-term, underpinned by India's improving macroeconomic fundamentals.
The developer's ongoing project portfolio comprised twelve projects (excluding IPIT's residential projects) located in seven cities at end-June 2016, with a gross development value (GDV) of Rs 26,200 crore. Blu Estate & Club in Mumbai remains the developer's largest project, accounting for over 34% of GDV at end-June 2016.
The developer increased its stake in the loss-making IPIT to 54.95% in first quarter of 2016-17, from 47.51%, following IPIT's free-float declining to 3%; below the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) stipulated floor of 10%. Trading of IPIT shares on the SGX has been suspended. IPIT's portfolio comprises two prime office developments in Mumbai - One Indiabulls Centre and Indiabulls Finance Centre - and three luxury residential developments - Indiabulls Sky, whose construction has been completed, and the ongoing Indiabulls Sky Forest and Indiabulls Sky Suites, with a GDV of Rs 7,700 crore, Fitch said in its release.


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AMD's new Catalyst Omega drivers close the gap with Nvidia
By Bo Moore published 9 December 14
AMD's new Catalyst Omega drivers have been released, and this may be the single-biggest driver update we've ever seen. There are performance optimizations for a range of AMD's cards, but more importantly, AMD has added a heap of features, like downsampling support and FreeSync. This is a big deal for AMD, which has been lagging behind Nvidia's GeForce Experience Software, especially since the release of the GTX 970 and 980.
The best performance improvements come for AMD's top-end graphics cards, the R9 295X2, 290X, 290, and 285. GPU optimization has let AMD crank 10-20% more performance out of these cards across a swath of popular games.
A new feature for the R9 cards, Virtual Super Resolution (VSR), is similar to Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR) found on Nvidia's Maxwell cards. It renders a game at a higher resolution (up to 4K) then displays it at a lower resolution (typically the monitor's native, like 1080p), making for smoother textures and edges and simulating super sampling anti-aliasing (SSAA) for games that don't support it. Unfortunately, VSR's resolution is limited to 3200x1800 on several cards, though it can go up to 3840x2160 on the R9 285.
The drivers also enable AMD's open-source FreeSync technology, which will reduce stuttering and tearing in games running at less than 60 FPS when using a compatible monitor—the first of which should be hitting the market in early 2015.
Even for older AMD Radeon cards, the Catalyst Omega drivers provide a slew of bug fixes and performance tweaks. For AMD systems running dual graphics (using an AMD APU and GPU in conjunction) or CrossFire (dual-GPU) setups, frame pacing has been an issue, which causes games to feel choppy or sluggish—despite a high framerate—when the frames are not delivered at a regular interval. The Catalyst Omega greatly improves this issue, offering as much as a 29% performance increase on the AMD A10 7850K APU as compared to the original Catalyst 14.2 drivers from when that processor was released.
Legitreviews points out that AMD's frame pacing improvements are for "15 popular game titles," including Batman: Arkham Origins, Tomb Raider, and the Metro series.
Nvidia's still beating AMD in the hardware game, but this is a much-needed driver update to bring AMD's software closer to Nvidia's. There's a ton more features detailed on the AMD community blog, and the drivers are currently available for download here.


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SubTopic Availability and disaster recovery
Google Cloud Platform's big data ecosystem expands
Google customers looking to do more around high-performance workloads got a boost with the expansion of the cloud vendor's big data ecosystem.
Trevor Jones, Site Editor
Google continues to flesh out its big data cloud services with its Dataflow project and new partnerships around Hadoop.
The latest open source expansion of the ecosystem involves a deal with Cloudera Inc. to run Google Cloud Dataflow on Apache Spark and the addition of Hortonworks HDP 2.2 to Google Cloud Platform. Both are seen as moves that make it easier for customers to carry out high-performance activities in a more controlled environment without having to piece everything together themselves.
"The agreements made by Google here should provide far easier means of installing and setting up full platforms for dealing with specific needs of different types of data systems," said Clive Longbottom, service director at analyst firm Quocirca, based in Newbury, England.
Dataflow, currently in alpha and a potential competitor to Amazon's Elastic MapReduce, is seen as a means to execute batch or streaming data pipelines. It incorporates open sourced SDKs for programming large-scale data processing and managed services that tie together various Google cloud products for executing those big data projects.
Dataflow was previously only available via "runners" on local machines or through Google's managed cloud environment. The Cloudera partnership allows customers to use Spark runners either on-premises or in the cloud and is available on Github as part of Cloudera Labs.
Dataflow is something that has drawn the interest of Google cloud customer Workiva, said Dave Tucker, senior director of platform development for the financial reporting software developer based in Ames, Iowa.
"It potentially helps us solve more of the problems we're dealing with around large amounts of data and trying to sync a lot of different processes we have," Tucker said.
Cloudera has already integrated Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. Google is trying to do the same things as Amazon by adding cloud services that customers don't have to build themselves and by showing a strong commitment to portability, said Josh Wills, Cloudera founder and CTO.
"I love the idea of a company publishing cloud services with a proprietary engine, but ensuring customers could take code with them and weren't locked in," Wills said.
Dataflow can be good for unstructured data, such as geospatial data with large amounts of map information, and in fields with complex file formations, such as genomics and bioinformatics, Wills said. If Google is able to succeed with Dataflow and merge batch and real-time data it will be a "life-changer," he added.
The deal with Cloudera is a smart one, and it ensures Google maintains a balanced relationship with all three major Hadoop distributions, said Carl Olofson, research vice president for IDC, based in Framingham, Mass.
"The plan to run Dataflow on Spark with Cloudera support makes a ton of sense, enabling Google to add value to their Google Cloud Platform by enabling rapid data loading into Hadoop," Olofson said.
Overall, it looks like Google is developing "function as a service" capabilities that fit somewhere between software as a service and platform as a service, Longbottom said. It's a move in the right direction, but more must be done around messaging, he added.
"Use cases, case studies and guidance for less technical people in what this means to them and their businesses would be a welcome move," Longbottom said.
Trevor Jones is the news writer for SearchCloudComputing. You can reach him at tjones@techtarget.com.
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Are you interested in using Google Cloud Dataflow for your big-data workloads?
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Trevor Jones - 28 Jan 2015 5:14 AM
carol482 - 4 Feb 2015 3:11 PM
The idea of using Google Cloud Dataflow for my business is enticing at first, but upon further investigation, becomes less of an alternative for my company. Google has achieved near mythic status in the tech world and is used globally, but Google also has few systems in place to prevent unwanted intrusions to stored data. While my industry calls for large data storage, we are not interested in using Google Cloud Dataflow at this time.
robert53 - 2 Feb 2015 2:58 PM
Creating preconfigured systems to help with the flow of large amounts of data from on premise databases will help Google overcome the advantages of AWS.


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More coal mining in Colorado gets regulators' preliminary OK
CRAIG, CO – JUNE 10: A drag line picks up dirt or overburden to reach seams of coal at the Colowyo coal mine in Craig, Colorado on June 10, 2015. The coal mine, which is owned by Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, is mining in the South Taylor mine pit at the mine. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post)
PUBLISHED: January 21, 2016 at 1:34 a.m. | UPDATED: June 7, 2016 at 3:34 p.m.
Federal regulators have given the initial go-ahead to more coal extraction at a western Colorado site under a plan that calls for the mining company to donate land for the greater sage grouse.
On Wednesday, the BLM and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement released their assessment of the environmental impact of a proposal by Colowyo Coal to continue working reserves in Moffat and Rio Blanco counties first leased from the BLM in 1982. The agencies found the project would have no significant impact.
Concerns were raised about the impact on greater sage grouse of a first draft of the proposal. Wildlife officials helped work out an alternative under which Colowyo would give the state 4,543 acres as habitat for the ground-dwelling bird whose numbers are declining.
The Collom Area Development Project is located on federal, state and private land in Moffat County. The project involves 220 mine jobs and provides $12 million in local, state and federal tax revenue, the coal company said in a news release.
"Colowyo Mining Company will use best practices to safely and responsibly mine coal from the Collom area," said Lee Boughey, sr. manager, corporate communications for Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., which owns Colowyo Coal Company. "We will continue our ongoing work to reclaim and restore previously mined areas and the Collom area to significant amounts of high quality sagebrush habitat."


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[Stenosis of the main trunk of the left coronary artery. Apropos of 54 cases]
Rev Med Interne. 1988 Mar-Apr;9(2):145-8. doi: 10.1016/s0248-8663(88)80113-9.
[Article in French]
O Dessault 1 , G Pasquier, P Etlinger, S Weber, S Cattan, D Duboc, J Fouchard
1 Service des maladies cardio-vasculaires, Hôpital Cochin, Paris.
In the 54 patients studied coronary arteriography alone showed stenosis of the left main coronary artery (a lesion observed in 5.2 p. 100 of pathological coronary arteriographies), associated with other coronary lesions, 72.2 p. 100 of which involved all three major vessels. Ventriculography was abnormal in 53 p. 100 of the cases, with a less than 45 p. 100 left ventricular ejection fraction in 37.4 p. 100 of them. Nine patients were considered inoperable; 4 of these died during a 40-month follow-up period under medical treatment. Forty-five patients underwent coronary bypass; there were 4 peri-operative deaths (8.9 p. 100), 8 post-operative myocardial infarctions (17.8 p. 100) and one late death (2.2 p. 100). These patients were followed up for a mean period of 26.4 months. All authors who have studied the subject agree that surgery is beneficial: not only does it improve cardiac function, but it also prolongs survival. In spite of the peri-operative risks, surgery must be contemplated in patients with a more than 50 p. 100 stenosis of the left main coronary artery, provided the cardiac vascular bed is accessible to revascularization.
Arteriosclerosis / complications
Constriction, Pathologic / therapy
Coronary Disease / etiology
Coronary Disease / mortality
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Q: Program that uses functions to work with linked lists is working but produces results that are 1 off I am writing a program for class that uses functions to work with linked lists. My program is working except for it is producing results that are 1 off.
The functions are as described below -

*

*printRev -
This function will print the list in reverse, making use of the doubly
linked functionality of the list.

*removeNode -
This function will remove a node from the list where
data matches the input value. For simplicity, you can just remove the first occurrence of a value

*insertFront -
Inserts a new node to the front of the list

*insertBack -
Inserts a new node to the back of the list

*Print -
Prints the current linked list

*Max -
Returns the maximum value in the list. (does not print)

*Min -
Returns the minimum value in the list (does not print)

*locInList -
Returns the location of a
number in the list. (does not print)
My print, printRev, Min and locInList functions appear to be working properly.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

struct node
{
        int data;
        struct node *next;
        struct node *prev;
};
typedef struct node node;

void printRev(node* head);
node* removeNode(node* head, int d);
node* insertFront(node* head, int d);
node* insertBack(node* head, int d);
void print(node* head);
int max(node* head);
int min(node* head);
int locInList(node* head, int x);

int main()
{

        node* head = NULL;

        head = insertFront(head, 5);
        head = insertFront(head, 4);
        head = insertBack(head, 6);
        head = insertBack(head, 7);
        print(head);
        printRev(head);

        printf("Max: %d\n", max(head));
        printf("Min: %d\n", min(head));
        printf("locInList 5: %d\n", locInList(head, 5));
        printf("locInList 9: %d\n", locInList(head, 9));

        head = removeNode(head, 6);
        print(head);
        head = removeNode(head, 4);
        print(head);
        head = removeNode(head, 7);
        print(head);

        return 0;
}

void printRev(node* head)
{
        node *cur = head;
        node *tmp = NULL;
        if (cur == NULL){
                return;
        }else{
                while(cur->next != NULL){
                       cur = cur->next;
                                        }
                while(cur != NULL){
                        printf("%d ", cur->data);
                        cur = cur->prev;
                                }
        }
                printf("\n");
}

node* removeNode(node* head, int d)
{

        node *tmp = head->next;
        head->data = head->next->data;
        head->next = tmp->next;
        free(tmp);
        return head;
}

node* insertFront(node* head, int d)
{
        node *tmp = NULL;
        tmp = malloc(sizeof(node));
        tmp->data = d;
        tmp->prev = NULL;

        if(head == NULL){
                return tmp;
                        }

        head->prev = tmp;
        tmp->next = head;
        return tmp;
}

node* insertBack(node* head, int d)
{
        node *tmp = malloc(sizeof(node));
 tmp->data = d;
        tmp->next = NULL;

        if(head == NULL){
                tmp->prev = NULL;
                return tmp;
        }
        else{
        node *end = head;

        while(end->next != NULL){
                end = end->next;
        }
                end->next = tmp;
                tmp->prev = end;
            }

        return head;
}

void print(node* head)
{

        node *tmp = head;

        while(tmp != NULL){
                printf("%d ", tmp->data);
                tmp = tmp->next;
                        }
        printf("\n");
}

int max (node* head)
{

        int max = head->data;
        node *tmp = NULL;
        tmp = head;
 while(tmp->next != NULL){
                if(tmp->data >= max){
                        max = tmp->data;
                }
                        tmp = tmp->next;
                }
        return max;
}

int min (node* head)
{
        int min = head->data;
        node *tmp = NULL;
        tmp = head;

        while(tmp->next != NULL){
                if(tmp->data <= min){
                        min = tmp->data;
  }
                        tmp = tmp->next;
                        }
        return min;
}
int locInList(node* head, int x)
{

        int i = 0;
        node *tmp = NULL;
        tmp = head;

        while(tmp != NULL){
                if(tmp->data == x){
                return i;
                }else{
                i++;
                tmp = tmp->next;
                        }  }
                return -1;

}

I expect output of -
4 5 6 7
7 6 5 4
Max: 7
Min: 4
locInList 5: 1
locInList 9: -1
4 5 7
5 7
5
The output I am getting is -
4 5 6 7
7 6 5 4
Max: 6
Min: 4
locInList 5: 1
locInList 9: -1
5 6 7
6 7
7

A: You should change while(tmp->next != NULL) to while(tmp != NULL). As it is now you are not checking the current element if there is no next element.

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August 6, 2014 / 1:00 PM / 5 years ago
UPDATE 2-U.S. trade gap at five-month low, to boost second-quarter GDP
* Trade deficit narrows to $41.5 billion in June
* Petroleum imports lowest since November 2010
* Exports at record high, increases broad-based (Adds details, analyst comments, background)
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit narrowed more than expected in June as petroleum imports dropped to a 3-1/2-year low, suggesting that trade was less of a drag on second-quarter economic growth than initially thought.
The Commerce Department said on Wednesday the trade gap shrank 7.0 percent to $41.5 billion, the lowest reading since January. That was smaller than the roughly $44.8 billion shortfall the government had assumed in its first snapshot of second-quarter gross domestic product published last week.
"The improvement in June could mean a modest upward revision to the second-quarter GDP estimate," said Millan Mulraine, deputy chief economist at TD Securities in New York. "It also implies a fairly strong hand-off to third-quarter GDP."
When adjusted for inflation, the deficit narrowed to $48.8 billion from $52.0 billion in May. As a result, economists expect the GDP growth estimate for the April-June quarter to be raised by as much as 0.3 percentage point later this month.
The government estimated a week ago that trade subtracted 0.61 percentage point from growth in the April-June period. In that report, it said the economy expanded at a 4.0 percent annual rate during that quarter after shrinking 2.1 percent in the first three months of the year.
Economists had expected a trade gap of $44.7 billion in June, a slight widening from the previously reported $44.4 billion May shortfall. The May gap was revised to $44.7 billion.
Imports fell 1.2 percent in June, the largest drop in a year, to $237.4 billion. That came as petroleum imports declined to $27.4 billion, the lowest level since November 2010, from $28.3 billion in May.
SHALE BOOM
A domestic energy boom has seen the country reduce its dependence of foreign oil. In June, the petroleum deficit fell to its lowest level since May 2009.
Non-petroleum imports were also weak, falling to $167.6 billion from $169.6 billion in May, suggesting a slower pace of inventory accumulation by businesses that month.
They were dragged down by declines in industrial supplies, capital goods, autos and consumer goods. Food imports, however, hit a record high. The decline in imports is at odds with strong manufacturing activity and relatively firm domestic demand.
"With the economy growing, consumer and business spending rising and vehicle sales robust, there is every reason to believe that imports will rebound going forward," said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors in Holland, Pennsylvania.
Ted Wieseman, an economist at Morgan Stanley in New York, said anecdotal reports pointed to some significant front-loading of imports through the West Coast in July ahead of a feared dock workers strike, which was avoided.
Exports edged up 0.1 percent to a record high of $195.9 billion in June, supported by a surge in automobiles, parts and engines, which rose to an all-time high.
Consumer goods exports also hit a record high. There was also a jump in crude oil exports.
"We still see net exports on pace to contribute to third-quarter GDP," said Wieseman. Third-quarter growth estimates are currently around a 3 percent pace.
Exports to Canada hit an all-time high in June.
Exports to China rose 1.4 percent, while imports from that country increased 3.7 percent.
That left the politically sensitive trade gap with China at $30.1 billion, up 4.5 percent from May. (Reporting By Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Andrea Ricci)


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Hogs in the Sand
Hogs in the SandHogs in the SandHogs in the Sand
A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal
A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat JournalA Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal
The mighty, iconic A-10 Warthog was first thrust into battle in Operation Desert Storm. The men who took it through walls of flak and surface-to-air missiles to help defeat the world's fourth-largest army were as untested as their airplanes, so they relied on personal determination and the amazing A-10 to accomplish their missions, despite the odds.
Hogs in the Sand is the gripping journey of one of those pilots as he fights an increasingly terrifying war, all the while attempting to win over a woman and keep control of his internal demons. For anyone who has admired the Warthog, seen it in action, or called upon it to be their salvation, this story will fulfill a desire to virtually strap into the cockpit, while gaining unprecedented understanding of the mind of a modern combat pilot.
Critics have called the book a "new military aviation classic." It was a finalist in the 2020 American Book Fest's "Best Book Awards," in both the "Best New Non-Fiction" and History: Military" categories.
Buck Wyndham graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and joined the Air Force to fly his dream airplane, the A-10 Thunderbolt II―also called the "Warthog." He became one of the very first pilots to take the mighty Warthog into battle, flying numerous missions during Operation Desert Storm.
He went on to fly the T-38 Talon as an instructor, training new Air Force pilots. He is currently a Captain for a major U.S. airline, and also continues to fly privately-owned, surplus military jets as a test pilot and instructor.
He has been doing technical writing for various aviation publications for nearly 30 years, and has written several articles for magazines including Warbirds, Classic Jet Journal, and Warbird Digest. He is a skilled photographer and videographer, and enjoys vintage aircraft, studying history, 3D printing, collecting tools, driving his rail speeder, and exploring ghost towns. He is working on his next book, a novel entitled Red Air.
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We do participate in DOT regulated drug/alcohol testing.
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The next guest on the SoccerBible Podcast is a true legend of the game. The longest serving captain in Manchester United's history and with 90 England caps to his name, 65 of those as skipper, Bryan Robson really needs no more introduction than that. All hail Captain Marvel.
The life of Bryan Robson is one to be in awe of; this is a man whom the late great Bobby Robson referred to as one of the best British players he had ever worked with. High praise indeed, but one glance at his achievements in the game shows that it was praise that was indeed well deserved. Now enjoying his role as Global Ambassador for Manchester United, a club for which he enjoys legendary status, as well as promoting his new documentary, 'Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story', which is available to watch now on Amazon Prime, it was a pleasure to get the chance to speak candidly to him, lifting the lid and getting a fresh perspective on one of the greats and his exploits in the game.
Having broken transfer records on course for the very top, the man is someone who has created such an almighty legacy: a star at Manchester United, a hero at West Brom and Middlesbrough, and an icon to so many, it's no surprise that the likes of David Beckham called him his idol. Going the distance and sharing stories from academy coming of age moments, the weird and wonderful advertising campaigns and a career sprinkled with so much start dust, he lets us in on his life, leaving nothing off the table. A true humble hero.
Probably the funniest one was Easy Jeans. They came out and they wanted a photoshoot in Manchester. So we went down to Manchester, did this photoshoot all over the place with shirt off and jeans on and all this sort of thing. What I didn't realise where they were going to put everything, because my agent hadn't told me. Next minute me and Denise are walking with our Claire, my oldest daughter, and the next minute this bus comes past and I'm splashed on the side of this bus just in a pair of jeans with no shirt on or anything."
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Tiebreaks: Vachier -Lagrave wins Biel 2013
8/2/2013 – With four players finishing equal in the Biel GM tournament, tiebreaks were required. The semi-finals blitz games were won by Alexander Moiseenko and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who knocked out Etienne Bacrot and Ding Liren respectively. In the rapid chess final Vachier-Lagrave won the first game and drew the second to take the title. Final report with an interview with the winner.
Biel R10: Tiebreak with four players!
8/2/2013 – "Note that if Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beats Ding Liren and Etienne Bacrot draws Alexander Moiseenko, there will be tiebreaks with four players on Friday!" That is what we wrote in our previous report, and that is exactly what happened in the final round. The four will meet on Friday, with blitz knockout games in the semi-finals and rapid in the final. The action starts at 12:00 noon CEST.
Biel R09: Moiseenko wins, Ding Liren leads
7/31/2013 – The Biel scoring system awards three points for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. In the penultimate round Alexander Moiseenko beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in an impressive game and advanced to equal second with Etienne Bacrot. Ding Liren drew Ian Nepomniachtchi and is in the lead. With one round to go there are four players in contention for the title. Round nine report.
Biel R08: two wins, Ding catches Bacrot
7/31/2013 – "If you want to study endgames you should look at some of the games from this event," says commentator Danny King. In the French duel Bacrot vs Vachier-Lagrave the former hung on by the skin of his teeth, while Moiseenko went down to Nepomniachtchi – both in difficult rook and pawn endings. The most remarkable game, Rapport vs Ding Liren, is extensively commented by King and Ding.
Biel R07: A long and grueling day
7/29/2013 – That's what our commentator Daniel King calls round seven. The first game to end was Ding Liren vs Etienne Bacrot, a precarious draw in 57. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave almost blew it against Ian Nepomniachtchi, but finally sunk the putt after 66 moves. And Alexander Moiseenko needed 75 moves to bring down youngster Richard Rapport, who surprised him with a flashy defence. Round seven report.
Biel free day: Blitz and Youth tournaments
7/29/2013 – Sunday was a free day at the Chess Festival – the GM tournament continues on Monday with round seven. The day was spent with a giant blitz tournament, with 141 participants, and was duely won by 17-year-old GM Richard Rapport. Enchanting the youth chess tournaments, sponsored by the Swiss foundation Vinetum, played in three groups: U18, U13 and U10. As we said: enchanting.
Biel R06: Ding Liren beats, overtakes Moiseenko
7/27/2013 – Yesterday the Ukrainian GM Alexander Moiseenko was in second place, half a point behind Etienne Bacrot. Today he played an inaccuracy on move 31 against Chinese GM Ding Liren, who won the game after further errors in 40 moves. Now Ding has overtaken Moiseenko and his half a point behind the leader. You will find video analysis, postmortems and pictures our round six report.
Biel R05: Bacrot beat Rapport – narrowly
7/26/2013 – And Alexander Moiseenko narrowly avoided losing to the other Frenchman, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Etienne Bacrot played a super-sharp Botvinnik Variation against Richard Rapport, but the Hungarian's 17th move took the French GM by surprise. Bacrot fought for an advantage, relinquished it on move 23, and then got it back when Rapport blundered on the next move. Round five report.
Biel R04: Ding Liren beats Vachier-Lagrave
7/25/2013 – The other two games were each drawn in 35 moves, whild this game of the day lasted just 28 moves. It came to a head on move 18, when the French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave played an incautious knight move, which was thoroughly punished by his Chinese opponent. We have the games, results and video postmortems with the players in our round four report.
Biel R03: Three draws again
7/24/2013 – "In round three of the Biel GM tournament we saw caution, blunders and brilliance!" says Daniel King in his marvelous 3½-minute video summary of the day's events. This is a special service by the ChessBase team in Biel and is delivered just hours after the round has ended. In addition there are videos of the analysis sessions with the players, recorded immediately after the games. Round three report.
Biel R02: 3-0! All games decisive
7/23/2013 – Yesterday all the games were drawn, today all brought decisions: Etienne Bacrot beat Ding Linren with white, while Alexander Moiseenko and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave overcame Richard Rapport and Ian Nepomniachtchi with the black pieces. Our full report is now up, with pictures and video interviews with the players, and a video summary of the round by GM Daniel King.
Biel R01: All games fighting draws
7/22/2013 – One of today's games, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Richard Rapport, ended after a repetition on move 22. A quick draw, right? Wrong, it was in fact a very interesting game that deserves to be looked at quite carefully. The other two draws are similarly not uninteresting by any standard. We bring you games, pictures, video analysis and interviews in big round one report.


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Stop by the Rutgers University Art Library from January 16 to February 1, 2018 to view the buttons, while they last. Please choose one button to take away for yourself, or to give to a friend or loved one.
On Tuesday January 23, from 2:30pm-4pm the Art Library will host a button making event as part of this project. Please stop by to make your own unique buttons.
Have Questions? Contact the Artist, Megan Lotts, Art Librarian at megan.lotts@rutgers.edu or (848)932-7189.
In October 2016, the Rutgers University Libraries purchased a button maker to explore the possibilities of outreach and engagement under the guise of pop-up makerspaces. After being mesmerized by the creativity of Rutgers University Libraries patrons when making buttons, in October 2017 Art Librarian, Megan Lotts, purchased her own button maker and began working on this exhibit.
This exhibit consists of 511 unique one of a kind buttons. These small collages are made of a variety of materials including paint chips, patterned papers, jewelry making supplies, stickers, beads, love, and more.
As an artist Lotts is interested in pattern, color, and composition. These buttons are not meant to last the test of time. They are quick snap shots, or moments that are catalysts for thought, discussion, or simply a 2.25-inch circle of art to give to a friend or wear on one's backpack, jacket, or shirt.


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Toggle Summary Dec 15, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. Announces Repayment and Settlement of Convertible Bonds
SANTA ANA, Calif. , Dec. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI), today announced that it has repaid and settled its 1.75% Senior Convertible Notes due December 15, 2020 (the "Notes"). TTM had elected a Combination Settlement to settle the Notes, which resulted in
Toggle Summary Nov 30, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. to Exhibit at the International Electronics Circuit Exhibition in Shenzhen, China
SANTA ANA, Calif. , Nov. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTMI) ("TTM"), a leading global printed circuit board ("PCB") products and radio frequency ("RF") components manufacturer, today announced participation at the 2020 International Electronics Circuit Exhibition (
Toggle Summary Nov 10, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. Announces Upcoming Conference Participation
SANTA ANA, Calif. , Nov. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI), a leading global printed circuit board (PCB) and radio frequency ("RF") components manufacturer, today announced that members of its management team will virtually attend the following investor conferences:
Toggle Summary Oct 28, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2020 Results
SANTA ANA, Calif. , Oct. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI), a leading global printed circuit board ("PCB") and radio frequency ("RF") components manufacturer, today reported results for the third quarter of fiscal 2020, which ended on September 28, 2020 . On April
Toggle Summary Oct 07, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. To Conduct Third Quarter 2020 Conference Call October 28, 2020
SANTA ANA, Calif. , Oct. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI) will host a conference call on Wednesday, October 28 , at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time / 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss its third quarter 2020 performance. Telephone access is available by dialing 800-367-2403
Toggle Summary Aug 03, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. Announces Upcoming Conference Participation
SANTA ANA, Calif. , Aug. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI), a leading global printed circuit board (PCB) and radio frequency ("RF") components manufacturer, today announced that members of its management team will virtually attend the following investor conferences:
Toggle Summary Jul 29, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. Reports Fiscal Second Quarter 2020 Results
SANTA ANA, Calif. , July 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI), a leading global printed circuit board ("PCB") and radio frequency ("RF") components manufacturer, today reported results for the second quarter of fiscal 2020, which ended on June 29, 2020 . On April 19th
Toggle Summary Jul 08, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. To Conduct Second Quarter 2020 Conference Call July 29, 2020
SANTA ANA, Calif. , July 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI) will host a conference call on Wednesday, July 29 , at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time / 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss its second quarter 2020 performance. Telephone access is available by dialing 800-367-2403 or
Toggle Summary May 05, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. Announces Upcoming Conference Participation
SANTA ANA, Calif. , May 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI), a leading global printed circuit board ("PCB") and radio frequency ("RF") components manufacturer, today announced that members of its management team will virtually present at the following investor
Toggle Summary Apr 29, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2020 Results
SANTA ANA, Calif. , April 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI), a leading global printed circuit board ("PCB") and radio frequency ("RF") components manufacturer, today reported results for the first quarter of fiscal 2020, which ended on March 30, 2020 . On April 19th
Toggle Summary Apr 29, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. to Restructure Electro-Mechanical (E-MS) Business Unit
TTM to Focus on Higher Margin, Differentiated Products SANTA ANA, Calif. , April 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTMI) ("TTM") today announced the restructuring of its Electro-Mechanical ("E-MS") Business Unit. The E-MS Business Unit consists of three Chinese
Toggle Summary Apr 24, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. Changes Annual Meeting Location
SANTA ANA, Calif. , April 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI), a leading global printed circuit board and radio frequency components manufacturer, today announced it is changing the location and format for the Company's 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders from an in
Toggle Summary Apr 19, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. Completes Previously Announced Sale of Mobility Business Unit Following Receipt of Chinese Regulatory Clearances
TTM to Focus on Longer Cycle Growth Markets SANTA ANA, Calif. , April 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTMI) ("TTM") today announced the completion of the divestiture of its four China manufacturing plants comprising substantially all of the assets of its Mobility
Toggle Summary Apr 08, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. To Conduct First Quarter 2020 Conference Call April 29, 2020
SANTA ANA, Calif. , April 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI) will host a conference call on Wednesday, April 29 , at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time / 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss its first quarter 2020 performance. Telephone access is available by dialing 800-309-1256 or
Toggle Summary Feb 25, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. Announces Opening of Advanced Technology Center in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
TTM strengthens its advanced technology capabilities by offering substrate-like technology at the new state-of-the-art facility SANTA ANA, Calif. , Feb. 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTMI) ("TTM"), a leading global printed circuit board ("PCB") manufacturer, focusing
Toggle Summary Feb 19, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. Receives Corporate Recognition Award from IPC
SANTA ANA, Calif. , Feb. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTMI) ("TTM") received the highest corporate honors from IPC. During a luncheon at IPC APEX EXPO 2020, the Peter Sarmanian Corporate Recognition Award was presented to TTM Technologies .
Toggle Summary Feb 05, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and 2019 Results
SANTA ANA, Calif. , Feb. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI), a leading global printed circuit board ("PCB") and radio frequency ("RF") components manufacturer, today reported results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019, which ended on December 30, 2019 .
Toggle Summary Jan 22, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. to Sell Four China Manufacturing Plants Comprising its Mobility Business Unit
TTM to Focus on Longer Cycle Growth Markets SANTA ANA, Calif. , Jan. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTMI) ("TTM") today announced the execution of a definitive agreement under which TTM has agreed to divest its four China manufacturing plants comprising substantially
Toggle Summary Jan 15, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. To Conduct Fourth Quarter 2019 Conference Call February 5, 2020
SANTA ANA, Calif. , Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI) will host a conference call on Wednesday, February 5 , at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time / 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss its fourth quarter 2019 performance. Telephone access is available by dialing 800-367-2403
Toggle Summary Jan 08, 2020 TTM Technologies, Inc. Announces Upcoming Conference Participation
SANTA ANA, Calif. , Jan. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTMI), a leading global printed circuit board (PCB) and radio frequency ("RF") components manufacturer, today announced that members of its management team will present at the following investor conferences: The
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