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6 September 2013 / Money
We want to ban all costly customer helplines
Richard Lloyd	Executive Director
We've heard you loud and clear – companies shouldn't use expensive phone numbers for their customer service and complaints lines. That's why we've launched a new campaign demanding a ban on costly calls.
We were pleased to see that the Consumer Rights Directive would put an end to pricey 0844 and 0871 customer helplines.
However, we weren't happy that some sectors were being let off the hook. This includes financial services, travel companies and public bodies.
Getting irate about high-rate helplines
If you want to complain to your bank by phone, chances are you'll have to call an 0845 number. HSBC, Natwest, RBS, Santander, First Direct and Halifax are all prone to this practice. You might need to call the Student Loans Company, the Environment Agency Flood Line or the Redundancy payments service helpline. Yes, you guessed it, more 0845 numbers.
Many of you spotted the missing companies here on Which? Conversation, including Kate:
'No company should be immune from this, banks and government departments should be included too.'
In our poll, more than 5,000 of you agreed that all companies should scrap high-cost helplines. So we're calling on the government to extend the ban to the travel industry, for the public sector to lead by example, and for the financial regulator to bring the finance industry into line. You can add your signature to our Costly Calls campaign here.
Paying a premium just to complain
Our research found that three-quarters of us are put off phoning customer services if we have to use a high-rate number, and three in five are put off making a complaint.
It's outrageous that you're faced with a high phone bill just to ask a question or make a complaint. It's no wonder that two-thirds of people think companies do this deliberately to deter them from complaining.
You shouldn't have to pay a premium to make a complaint or ask for help. We want an end to all costly calls for customer service and complaints, and new rules so that all companies have to provide a basic rate number. There should be no exceptions.
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deckhanddave says:
Jak hit the nail on the head. No effective reporting of companies thumbing their noses at the legislation. Instead, the people who are losing money to these people have to go through a third party and receive no follow up whatsoever. I contacted CAB regarding my ongoing issue with Very to be told I had reported it to them and there was nothing else to be done. Also there will be no update on my complaint. 'Smoke and Mirrors' springs to mind.
David - fair telecoms campaign says:
The primary role of the Citizens Advice Consumer Service is to advise you of your rights and how to exercise them. The relevant Trading Standards department may choose to take action in response to the report forwarded by CA and on consideration of the public interest that it serves with a sense of priority.
If Very has refused to pay in accordance with the law, then the fair telecoms campaign would be very interested in drawing attention to this case, especially if CA is failing to advise you accurately.
(It is interesting to note the comments in this conversation seeking central control vs. the individual consumer rights conferred by the regulations, especially given the very clear position taken by Which? on this question.)
Very are just one company. I have taken particular annoyance with them because I was once put on hold for about 15 minutes for no real reason. For sometime I suspected they were extending call times and asked if the company was making money from these calls. I was told they did. Now they say the calls cost the same as a local call. I have tried to get straight forward answers to straight forward questions by email but get disjointed replies. As each email is sent and replied my annoyance increases. I raised the point of 084 numbers being used for post contract calls and no alternative number but they replied that they had looked carefully at the situation and they were correct in using the 084. If you would like I could forward the email correspondence to you so you can see if I am correct in my assumptions or if I am wrong possibly explain how I got it so wrong? Obviously I can't do any of this within this forum but if you have a web site with contact details on it or an email address I can forward it to, then please let me know. Thanks
This conversation site does not immediately post contributions with links in, so I must invite you to Google for the fair telecoms campaign website. We are happy to respond to all communications.
Just added to the Blog is a media briefing on some of the major companies that appear to remain in breach of the terms of the Consumer Contracts Regulations (including Very).
As an aside I have now received a letter from Very requesting payment of a default charge which if remains unpaid in 28 days the will charge interest at 39.7%. Yet again they urge me to telephone them on 0844 822 4646. Do I ring them? Can I then sue them for the charge incurred by me? I would be more than happy to drag them to small claims court to make an example. I now feel as if I am being harassed into making that call.
Judy Rose says:
The government told GP surgeries they should stop using 084 and 087 numbers. My surgery promptly introduced a generic number, but has retained the 0844 one, and as it is a very busy practice, the generic number just rings and rings or is engaged most of the time. The 0844 number, on the other hand, has the usual 'sorry to keep you waiting' and 'you are now number 2 (or 3 or whatever) in the queue'. If you really need to get through urgently to cancel an appointment at the last minute for legitimate reasons, or because you urgently need to see or speak to a GP, you have no choice but to hang on, thus incurring expensive charges whether using a landline or mobile. Last time this happened to me, the wait was SEVENTEEN minutes and the call a further FIVE which didn't do my phone bill any good at all!
Keith Williams says:
A firm of "Financial Advisors", Positive Solutions of Newcastle is STILL, in June 2016, sending out letters with an 0871 phone number as being the only contact number!!!
The DVLA post a leaflet through your door if your car is clamped with an 0843 prefix on it .Should they have to also put the call rates that you will be paying on this leaflet to let you know what the charges will be .so that you would think about going to the web site rather than over paying them on the phone charges or is this up to their discretion to leave it off .
Ron according to the Consumer Protection Act this should be stopped under the Tory /Liberal Alliance -2010-2015 the Financial Conduct Authority are also considering it for banks/ financial services -quote- the government thinks its "inappropriate " ( my italics ) to pay high call charges for VITAL PUBLIC Services . I dont see anywhere saying its a legal requirement to say this call will incur higher charges and print it for public viewing . Now IF the DVLA were using an AGENT instead of a direct contact with this government service I could see why its a higher charge but legally the DVLA must provide a direct telephone number when public statute is being discussed with a member of the public . On the OFFICIAL DVLA.gov.uk website the official contact telephone number is — 0300-790-6802 so that high charge number looks like a call-centre making money –from your problems .
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Q: Multiple popup modal opens at same time instead of single popup in react js call API using fetch and get a response in the console and assign values to the table header. after that create one button in react js. Each button has one video URL which is got from the API response
API response:

Group_Name: "Group_1"
Video_Name: "http://localhost:4000/video/0"

Group_Name: "Group_2"
Video_Name: "http://localhost:4000/video/1"

Then use the map function to pass the video name as the source for a popup video player.
after that, I click on the button but I open up multiple video popups at the same time.  But I want it so that only that certain video that was clicked would show.
I tried this code:
export default function App(data, handleFormSubmit) {
  const { id } = data;
  const actionButton = (params) => {
    setOpen(true);
  };
  const [videoName, setvideoName] = useState();
  const [response, setResponse] = useState([]);
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);
  const [formData, setFormData] = useState(initialValue);
  const handleClose = () => {
    setOpen(false);
    setFormData(initialValue);
  };

  const onChange = (e) => {
    const { value, id } = e.target;
    // console.log(value,id)
    setFormData({ ...formData, [id]: value });
  };

  const columnDefs = [
    { headerName: "Name", field: "Company_Name", filter: "agSetColumnFilter" },
    { headerName: "Floor", field: "Floor Number" },
    { headerName: "Group", field: "Group_Name" },
    { headerName: "Camera", field: "Camera_Number" },
    { headerName: "Videos", field: "Video_Name" },
    {
      headerName: "Actions",
      field: "Video_Name",
      cellRendererFramework: (params) => (

          <Button
            variant="contained"
            size="medium"
            color="primary"
            onClick={() => actionButton(params)}
          >
            Play
          </Button>

      ),
    },
  ];

  const defaultColDef = {
    sortable: true,
    flex: 1,
    filter: true,
    floatingFilter: true,
    groupDisplayType: "groupRows",
    animateRows: true,
  };

  const onGridReady = (params) => {
    console.log("grid is ready");
    fetch("http://localhost:8000/get_all")
      .then((resp) => resp.json())
      .then((resp) => {
        console.log(resp.results);
        setResponse(resp.results);
        params.api.applyTransaction({ add: resp.results });
      });
  };
  return (

 React FastAPI Integration

 API Data

        <AgGridReact
          columnDefs={columnDefs}
          defaultColDef={defaultColDef}
          onGridReady={onGridReady}
          pagination={true}
        ></AgGridReact>

        <Dialog
          open={open}
          onClose={handleClose}
        >
          <DialogContent>
            {response.map(({ Video_Name }) => (

            ))}
          </DialogContent>

        </Dialog>

  );
}

How to resolve this using reactjs
Thanks

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Q: how will pig generate DAG of jobs I am processing a feed to millions of records using PIG. After reading the feed from HDFS, i need to perform three different 'group by' operation and then union the results of all of them. lets say regardless of the schema of the relation union works well. Now my question is how PIG generates the DAG of execution and does all these three group by operation will be performed in parallel.

A: Pig's processing steps are as follows:

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*Script parsing

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*check syntax and whether referenced variables are valid

*type checking

*schema inference

*check custom classes (UDFs) (instantiation..etc)

Output: a canonical logical plan which is a one-to-one mapping between the pig latin statements and the logical operator, arranged in the form of a DAG.

*Logical optimizer

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*the logical plan is passed through a logical optimizer (e.g: projection pushdown is
carried out)

*Physical plan

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*the optimized logical plan is translated to a physical plan. (Each logical operator has a corresponding physical equivalence)

*MapReduce plan and its optimization

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*Each physical operator will be assigned to a MapReduce stage (Map task or Reduce task).

*After the MR plan is created further optimizations are performed based on the nature of the operations. Goal: minimize the number of reduce stages

You can check the generated plans for you PIG script with EXPLAIN
For your second question:
The group by operation forces a reduce phase for which you can define the level of parallelism. By default, if no parallelism is specified, the number of reducers are
calculated by this formula:
min(maxReducersNumber, reducers)

where:
- maxReducersNumber can be set by the property pig.exec.reducers.max (default 999)
- reducers = (totalInputFileSize / bytesPerReducer)
- bytesPerReducer can be set by the property pig.exec.reducers.bytes.per.reducer (default: 1GB) I.e: for every 1GB of input data Pig will allocate a new reducer
More information about parallel can be found here:
 - how to use the parallel feature
- select the right level of parallelism
- source code of the reducer estimator


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ICOBox joins forces with Pavo to bring much-needed IoT blockchain technology to the agriculture industry.
Pavo, an IoT blockchain solution for the Ag Ecosystem, geared towards increasing yield and operational efficiency, has just announced that it will be working with ICOBox, the world's leading provider of SaaS solutions for ICOs, to conduct its token sale. Pavo's IoT platform is designed to attack the trillion-dollar U.S. food and agriculture industry.
Initially targeting the legal cannabis segment of the market, Pavo aims to make quite a splash: aside from helping growers run their site operations and manage their supply chain, Pavo also plans to offer a cryptocurrency for the entire b2b cannabis ecosystem – including growers, wholesalers, dispensaries, infused product manufacturers, and others – to use for secure, safe, reliable payments. ICOBox will be providing a full range of technical, legal and marketing services for Pavo as it prepares for its ICO.
When governments authorize the use and sale of medical cannabis, they also introduce strict regulations that must be observed by buyers, producers, and law enforcement. Medical cannabis producers know that there is no room for error: the law makes it paramount that licensed producers adhere to security, manufacturing, recordkeeping, and quality standards. Every licensed producer must take the appropriate steps to ensure that each aspect of their operation is tracked for mandated compliance reporting and inspection. Failure to meet these standards may result in losing a license to cultivate and sell medical cannabis. In addition to helping cannabis growers improve their crop quality, Pavo also makes it easier for them to run their operations efficiently and transparently. From taxation to regulatory compliance to managing the cost of goods, from inventory control to growth reinvestment, cannabis retailers face nonstop challenges, and Pavo helps them address them with the help of its state-of-the-art blockchain-based system, which allows them to manage their business from seed to sale, ensuring authentication, confidentiality, and accountability while making smarter, faster and more sustainable agricultural and business decisions based on real data.
Unlike many ICOs, Pavo already has a working product that is currently in pilot deployment with growers in the San Francisco Bay area. Upon the completion of its ICO, Pavo plans to drive adoption of 500 grower sites in the first 12 months, and 1,000 in the first 18 months, and, in the future, to introduce the cannabis futures exchange clearing house. As the target audience for their tokens the team sees cryptocurrency buyers in Switzerland, Germany, UK, US, Japan, and China, who may have a specific interest in the cannabis industry, and the more general cannabis community, including the legal cannabis growers, processors, and distributors in North America.


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3gp — мультимедійний контейнер, який визначається партнерським проєктом третього покоління ( (3GPP)) для мультимедійних послуг 3G UMTS. Багато сучасних мобільних телефонів (не обов'язково 3G) мають функції запису та перегляду авдіо і відео у форматі *.3GP.

3G2 (3GPP2 file format) - формат контейнера мультимедіа визначається лише для 3G CDMA2000 мультимедійних послуг. Він дуже схожий на формат фалйлу 3gp, але має деякі розширення й обмеження у порівнянні з 3GP.

Посилання
 https://web.archive.org/web/20070120070745/http://www.3gppro.net/
 http://www.3gp.com/
 http://www.3gpp.org/

Відео формати
Мультимедійний контейнер

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Raspberry Beret a good fit for Firstcom
By Editorial Content on January 1, 2023
Kartesia-backed cloud telecoms company Firstcom Europe is continuing its buy and build strategy with the acquisition
of Raspberry Beret, a provider of mobile phones and unified communication products to customers in the North- West of England, where Firstcom is headquartered.
Founded in 2010, Raspberry Beret has annual revenues of £1.4m, 90% of which are recurring, and a customer base that represents a potential new market for cloud solutions from Firstcom's expanding product portfolio.
Firstcom CEO Christian Bleakley said: "This is the sort of company I love to buy. It has a strong and personal relationship with its customers that has been built up over many years. I am delighted that the staff of Raspberry Beret have decided to stay on with us; they will complement the skill sets of our own people. It's also great to reinforce our presence in the North-West which we are proud to call home and where many of our UK customers are based."
Firstcom Europe specialises in unified communications, including video, messaging, voice and fax, and has operations in the UK, Denmark, Germany and Sweden.
www.firstcomeurope.co.uk
*Firstcom recently celebrated the opening of a new European HQ at the Parklands office complex in Bolton. The office includes open plan workspaces for the company's UK employees, hot-desking facilities, meeting rooms and subsidised gym membership. CEO Christian Bleakley said: "The move is part of our drive to overcome the legacy of the pandemic and to encourage colleagues to meet each other regularly in the office. We are proud to have created an environment our teams want to come to, rather than feel they have to attend. There is even enough space for the all-important pool table!"
Firstcom CEO Christian Bleakley
Firstcom Europe
Raspberry Beret

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Consider For A Moment All The Monumental Effects That Taking One Prescription Medication Can Have On The Body.
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A student at Beloit College has admitted fabricating a hate crime.
Sheriff David Clarke has revealed more than $220,000 in gifts, fees and expenses in 2016, part of a yearly required filing by the county ethics board. And according to a new survey by Public Policy Polling, Clarke's approval rating is at 31 percent in the county.
The Macy's Department Store chain may be up for sale.


From now until Pentecost, I want to explore with you what it means to be the called out people of God, and today I want to say that it means we are called out to belong.
The desire to belong is, I believe, one of our deepest human needs. Professor of Ministry and Sociologist Jack Stewart, writes, "When one tallies the opinions of prominent social scientists such as Robert Bellah, Wade Clark Roof, and Robert Wuthnow, the quest to belong to community may be the defining societal feature of our time." In an age where communities change quickly, where people are transient, in an age where technology connects us with hundreds of people scattered far and wide, while at the same time we do not know our neighbor. The defining societal feature of our time is the quest to belong to community.
When we were preparing to move to North Carolina, we had a James Taylor CD in the car singing the state song of our future home.
Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine?
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind?
You probably know that James Taylor grew up outside of Chapel Hill, and he wrote that song while he was working in Europe. He was stuck on the Island of Ibiza and homesick for the place he belonged — Carolina. Now UNC Chapel Hill folks like to think he was talking just about the University, but he was not! It's been said that Carolina in My Mind is really an anthem for Carolinians who have left. If you are from Carolina you can't hear it without feeling homesick.
The longing for home is the longing to belong, to be at home in a place and with a community. To belong is as important as shelter because belonging is shelter for the soul. To belong to a community is for your soul to be at home. To belong to a place is to find your soul at home in that place. Belonging is shelter for the soul.
Frederick Buechner said that, "the longing for home is so universal a form of longing, there is even a special name for it and that name of course is homesickness." Belonging is one of our deepest human needs. The grace that the Christian church has to offer the world is to say, "You belong. You are no longer strangers and wanderers. God is building a home, and you are a part of it.
In Ephesians 2, Paul is describing the new community that Christ has created through the cross and resurrection. He's writing to a society in Ephesus that was divided in multiple ways. Many of the people he was writing to were familiar with the division between Jew and Gentile. Many more in that part of Asia-Minor were familiar with the division between Roman citizen and alien.
To the Gentiles, who in the eyes of the Jews were wandering without God, Paul writes: you are no longer an outsider, you belong here. To the Jews, whom the Gentiles thought were second-class human beings because they were not citizens of the empire, Paul writes: you are no longer an outsider, you belong here.
Paul continues: "God is building a home. He's using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building." The community of Jesus Christ is a community of belonging. It is a community where the wanderer can come home. It is a community where strangers become family. The church is a community of where our unity is deeper than our differences and we belong to one another.
This proclamation of belonging is always made into a world divisions run deep and belonging is hard to come by. We live in an age that appears to be more divided and more fragmented than ever before. There are very good reasons to think we are living in a time when social and political divisions are heightened and amplified more than ever before. Religious division run like a jagged wall through our world. Religious divisions cause so much pain, some just walk away from religion altogether. Racial division runs like a wall through our city and through cities across this country. 50 years later from the great civil rights, we now see vividly that division still exists. Political division in this election season grabs the headlines every day, and pits communities and regions one against another. Beliefs about gender identity and marriage courses through our society like a dividing wall. Economic status, always a wall of division, is a higher wall now than it has been in over a hundred years.
Walls run through our world. And the most perplexing part is that when you are looking at a wall, it's often hard to tell which wall you are looking at. Social analysts and commentators argue over which wall lies where and divides how. Is this wall a religious division? Or this wall a socio-economic division. We know there is a wall here. But what are the bricks made of? Are they political? Or are the bricks racial? It sometimes impossible to tell. And maybe the bricks of the wall are made of many kinds., but all of them say one thing: you don't belong.
You don't belong in this neighborhood. Get out. You don't belong in this part of town. Get out. You don't belong in this school. Get out. You don't belong in this country. Get out. Go back where you came from. These words are said. And they are felt far more often than they are said. Even in our own city, the walls are present. Walk into a grocery store and stroll through downtown, and you will see the wall. Take a tour of the schools in our community, and you will see the wall. Go to a political rally, or open the newspaper and you will see the wall. Drive out of Asheville and into our larger area, and you will see the wall. It is high and it runs deep, and it has a long history, and it is often hard to tell exactly what the bricks are made of — but we know it is there.
So Paul says to the Ephesians, "Christ has broken down the dividing wall." Do we believe that? In Christ there is peace, there is reconciliation. Is that true? If you are acquainted with the walls that run through our world, you might think that sounds like a pipe dream. Of course, it sounded like a pipe dream to the Ephesians too.
From our vantage point, this division between Jew and Gentile doesn't look that serious. But it was as deep and serious a division as any that we face. The dividing wall between Jew and Gentile was social, political, racial, economic, and theological. Listen to how Paul describes the situation of the Gentiles.
He begins by reminding the Gentiles that they were called "the uncircumcision" by those who were called "the circumcision." Now this is far more than a physical characteristic. Being the "uncircumcision" means that you were completely outside of God's promise and people. Paul describes it this way: you were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. Aliens. Strangers. No Hope. Without God. Their division was as real as any of ours.
To them, Paul says, "Christ is our peace…. He has broken down the dividing wall." The dividing wall Paul was talking about was the law, the commandments and ordinances that defined who was a Jew and who was not a Jew. Those commandments and ordinances defined where God was present and where God was not present. They defined who was welcome in God's household and who was not welcome.
Paul writes that Christ has broken down all of that, has made in himself one new humanity. In one body, through the cross, Christ has made peace. Christ has put to death the hostility and made peace. Christ has proclaimed peace to those who are near and to those who are far.
Into a divided world, Christ came to make peace. Christ has destroyed the walls that run through our world. Religious, ethnic, political, socio-economic, racial. Christ has declared that these walls are sin, and they are destroyed. In order to make this plain to the world, the church is called out to be a community where the peace of Christ can be seen in living color. The one humanity that Christ has made is not a person, but a community of persons.
The new humanity is a community where peace is spoken, where hostility has been put to death. The new humanity is a community where there are differences, but there are no divisions. The new humanity is a community where we need one another. There is no such thing as individual salvation, there is salvation in the community of Jesus Christ. We need to belong to one another if have any hope of belonging to God.
I believe a great church is a community where this kind of new humanity becomes a reality. When a person comes to visit a church for the first time, there is one key question that is almost always in the back of their minds. Beyond the details of where do I park, or how to do I get in, or where in the bathroom, or who is preaching. When a person first comes to a church, the question in the back of our minds is: Do I belong here? Could this be home for me?
The answer God gives in Christ Jesus is yes, you belong. Of course, the church has often not been very good at giving that answer. Often the church turns inward. We have talked to one another in a circle, and failed to welcome the stranger who is coming home. Often the church has put new walls constructed of all the bricks that make us different from others, and failed to see that Christ has proclaimed peace to all. The church has often given in to the ease of being with people like us, rather growing into unity with those who are very different.
But that is not the gift of Jesus Christ to the church and the world. The gift of Jesus Christ through the church is a gift of belonging. It is the gift of a unity that is deeper than any of our divisions. It is the gift of a community where we can have differences, without having divisions. For Christ has made us one. We belong to each other. With each of us, God is building a home where God's spirit can dwell. We need each other, as much as that wall needs that wall to support that roof. We need each other. We are not the same; we have different opinions and experiences and backgrounds and beliefs. We have differences, but we have no divisions. Because Christ has made us one.
Christ gives us this gift of community, to offer to a world that is seeking home. A gift of a community without walls to offer to a world that is homesick and longing to belong to one another. We have this gift through Jesus Christ. If only we will live with it, and practice it, and share it in the name of God. Amen.


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Titles Ranks & Honorifics, Centauri Republic
Emperor of the Centauri Republic
"The Emperor is the soul of the people, the center of this republic. This whole world may perish. The emperor goes on, we go on!"
– Emperor Cartagia, 2261
The Centauri Emperor is the supreme ruler of the Centauri Republic. The position is hereditary in most circumstances, determined either through direct succession or by the prerogative of the previous Emperor.
Role Edit
By tradition the Emperor is the spiritual head of the Centauri religion in addition to serving as the authoritative leader of the government, and is presumed to act for the good of the 40 billion subjects of the Centauri Republic and for the glory of the Empire. The actual day to day business of running the republic is mostly handled by the Centaurum, which officially acts in an advisory capacity to the Emperor and the Royal Court and in theory has no power of law and can only override the Emperor with a three quarter majority vote by its members. The handling of the day to day business of the empire by the Centaurum suggests that the role of Emperor is something of a figurehead. Normally, the Emperor would be succeeded by his son or the nearest male heir when he passes on. In the absence of a clear line of succession the Centaurum may appoint the new Emperor from their ranks or the Emperor himself may chose to designate an heir apparent.[1] Being in line for the throne can often be a dangerous proposition in and of itself as those further down the line of succession are often eager to assassinate even family members in order to bring themselves closer to the throne.[2]
The trappings of office that identify the Emperor include finely embroidered all-white attire, and the golden seal worn around the neck.[3] Several Emperors of the elder days such as Tuscano, Gon and Venzen were posthumously elevated to godhood in the Centauri Pantheon.[4]
Notable Emperors Edit
Emperor Tuscano (Circa 262 - unknown) First Emperor of the Centauri Empire [5]
Emperor Olion (Circa 4th Century) [6][7]
Emperor Gon (unknown) [1]
Emperor Venzen (unknown) [8] Seventeenth Emperor of the Centauri Republic
Emperor Mollari I (unknown) [9]
Emperor Morell (Circa 1062) [10]
Emperor Turis (unknown - 2160) [11]
Emperor Kran† (Circa 2160)[12]
Emperor Turhan (unknown - 2259) [13]
Emperor Cartagia † (2259 - 2261)[4]
Emperor Mollari II † (2262 - 2278) [14]
Emperor Cotto (2278 - unknown) [15]
†: Emperors who were assassinated.
Emperor Turhan
(c.2259) Emperor Cartagia
(c.2261) Emperor Mollari II
(c.2278) Emperor Cotto
(c.2281)
List of Titles and Military Ranks
↑ 1.0 1.1 The Official Guide to Babylon 5 (CD ROM)
↑ Babylon 5: The Lost Tales
↑ In the Beginning
↑ 4.0 4.1 The Hour of the Wolf
↑ The Ragged Edge
↑ Out of the Darkness - the catacombs were built "centuries ago"
↑ Across Time and Space: The Chronologies of Babylon 5 - cites the period as conjecture
↑ Dining on Babylon 5
↑ Strange Relations
↑ Shadow of His Thoughts
↑ The Long Night of Centauri Prime - (p.93)
↑ The Long Night of Centauri Prime
↑ The Coming of Shadows
↑ The Fall of Centauri Prime
↑ Sleeping in Light
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The ACC is changing its rescheduling policy to avoid assigning forfeits for teams unable to play due to COVID-19 protocols.
League athletic directors unanimously supported the change announced Wednesday. The decision comes amid the rise in COVID-19 cases and the increase in cancellations and postponements of basketball games nationally.
Games that cannot be played will be rescheduled if possible. If those games can't be rescheduled, they will be considered a no-contest that doesn't affect a team's record.
The change is retroactive to the beginning of the winter sports schedule, meaning it will remove recent forfeits for the Boston College men's basketball team against Wake Forest and the Miami women's basketball team against Duke.
Additionally, men's and women's teams must have at least seven available players and one coach to play a game. If a team elects not to play despite having that available number, the game would then be considered a forfeit.
The Big 12 recently adjusted its policy as well. In an email to The Associated Press, league spokesman Bob Burda said it allows for a game to be considered a no-contest if a team has fewer than six scholarship players and one coach. The league will attempt to reschedule games.
League spokespeople with the Big East, SEC and Mountain West said their leagues are evaluating policies but no decisions have been made on potential changes.
Elsewhere, the George Washington men's basketball game against Maryland-Eastern Shore on Wednesday has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns for the Colonials. The teams will work to reschedule the game.
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