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Election results: Beaman-Jacinto, Gonzalez hold top spots in Coachella's five-way race for two seats
Joseph Hong
Megan Beaman-Jacinto and Josie Gonzalez led a pack of five candidates for the Coachella City Council's two open seats, and Mayor Steve Hernandez was swept into another term in office Tuesday, as he ran unopposed.
With all nine precincts counted Wednesday morning, Beaman-Jacinto earned 969 votes, or roughly 29.5 percent, while Gonzalez garnered 865 votes, or 26.3 percent.
As of Monday, the county still needs to count about 227,000 mail-in and provisional ballots, but the two candidates are enjoying a comfortable eight-point lead over the remaining candidates.
"We're really happy with the support, and we're really confident in it being a victory for our campaign," Beaman-Jacinto said on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Gonzalez said she'll feel "much better" once the official results are in.
"I'm feeling very humbled and honored by the turnout, not only in our community but in our entire nation," Gonzalez said. While she remains reluctant to declare victory, she said she looks forward to serving on the dais with Beaman-Jacinto.
"Listening to her campaign and her goals, I'm in complete alignment," Gonzalez said. "She sounds like she's going to be a great advocate for our community."
More:Coachella council race: What you should know about weed, homelessness and public spending
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The race technically involved five candidates for the two seats, including Victor Alcantara, 465 votes (13.9 percent); and Gilbert Ramirez Jr., 331 votes (10.1 percent). Steve Brown withdrew but his name remained on the ballot and he earned 661 votes, or 20.1 percent, the third-highest vote-getter.
Mayor Pro Tem Betty Sanchez opted not to run for re-election to the council. Brown, whose term also expires this year, told The Desert Sun that he only filed paperwork because no other candidates had entered the race at that point.
But four candidates eventually entered the race. Brown, who initially endorsed Beaman-Jacinto and Gonzalez, said he started campaigning after community members pushed him to run.
"I think they just want the momentum to continue," Brown said on Tuesday, referring to the city's development, specifically the completion of the Coachella Library.
Beaman-Jacinto, a civil-rights attorney focusing on labor rights and immigration law, told The Desert Sun on election night that regardless of who wins, the election in general has been a victory for the city.
"We've been able to reach the community in a new way," she said. "We started from the ground up."
Beaman-Jacinto and Gonzalez spent their campaigns knocking on doors and hearing from the community. Gonzalez said she felt empowered by the city's level of engagement.
"It's a very political city," Gonzalez said on Tuesday evening. "Coachella has turned out our leaders."
The city has been a political catapult for officials like Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia and Congressman Raul Ruiz, who both started in local government in Coachella.
RESULTS: Find up-to-date statewide election results
Gonzalez has worked as a staff member for the local Child Protective Services office and has also helped provide legal aid to low-income clients. She comes from a political family as the sister of former Coachella mayor and current school board member Jesus Gonzalez.
Alcantara threw his hat in the race after numerous visits to city hall. In his first address to city government, he contended the city was overcharging local soccer teams for park use. In addition to coaching soccer, he has worked in construction and agriculture.
"I feel wonderful," he said on Tuesday, just before the preliminary results came in. "It was amazing to see how many people were voting."
Ramirez owns a business in La Quinta and has had a long and sometimes tumultuous history on the Coachella City Council. Toward the end of his 20-year run on the dais, Ramirez reportedly had several run-ins with the law and with his fellow council members.
First elected to city council in 2006, Hernandez will cruise unchallenged into another term.
Homelessness, cannabis and public spending were the top issues for the city leading up to the election. Read more about candidates' positions on these issues here.
As the charged election season comes to a close, Beaman-Jacinto said her history of collaborating with those with differing opinions has prepared her for the political landscape.
"We're not always going to agree on everything, that's never gonna happen," she said. "But when we approach things in the right way and maintain our integrity, we can find resolutions to our problems and we can move forward."
Joe Hong is the education reporter for The Desert Sun. Reach him at 760-778-4655 or joseph.hong@desertsun.com. Follow him on Twitter @jjshong5.


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Buhari approves February 2022 for APC national convention
Stephen Angbulu
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has okayed February 2022 for the All Progressives Congress national convention.
The chairman of the Progressives Governors' Forum and Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, announced this on Monday to State House correspondents after a meeting with the President at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja.
Governor Bagudu was accompanied to the Villa by the Chairman of the APC National Caretaker Committee and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, as well as Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State.
He disclosed to State House correspondents that the meeting was to brief the President on the decision of the Progressives Governors Forum when the members met on Sunday night.
According to Bagudu, the governors had resolved that the convention should hold in February 2022 and the same suggestion was proposed to the President for approval.
He, however, said that that party's leadership has yet to decide on a specific date in February for its national convention.
The governor said the party would notify the Independent National Electoral Commission while it drafts a timetable.
APC govs' forum DG, Salihu Lukman, resigns amid national convention crisis
Patriotic hands in APC should support PDP in rescuing Nigeria, says Tambuwal
Governor Buni took over the APC leadership in June 2020 following the dissolution of the party's National Working Committee led by former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole.
Following the crisis that rocked the national body of the APC, the party's National Executive Council met and resolved to dissolve the NWC based on the recommendations of the President.
The party then installed Governor Buni of Yobe State to chair the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee.
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Largest Study on Near-Death Experiences Finds Evidence of Consciousness After Death
Alexander LightOctober 13, 2014
Conscious awareness can be maintained for a few minutes after clinical death, as shown by the largest study to date on near-death experiences. Before the appearance of modern medicine, death was defined as the cessation of cardiac and respiratory function.
Today, however, doctors prefer the term "clinical death" to describe this condition, given that modern resuscitation techniques can restore the heart function.
The new study, published in the journal «Resuscitation», shows that some cardiac arrest patients maintain a certain level of consciousness for several minutes before resuscitation, even though they are officially clinically dead during this time.
The findings support other recent studies which have found that consciousness can remain present, although not clinically detectable, the researchers wrote in their conclusions.
The international research team led by Dr Sam Parnia, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at State University of New York, spent six years examining 2060 cardiac arrest cases in Britain, Austria and the USA.
Just 330 patients survived, and 40% of those reported that they had some kind of consciousness while they were clinically dead.
In particular, one in five said they felt a sense of peace and calmness, while almost one in three said that they had a distorted time perception and felt as if time had accelerated or slowed down. Some reported seeing a bright light, a golden glow or the sun. Others recalled a strong feeling of fear as if being immersed in water or drowned.
One in ten said that they felt 'separated from their body'. Finally, one in ten said that their senses had become sharper. As Dr Parnia noted, in many cases, the patients seemed to remember events that occurred during the resuscitation.
For example, a 57 year-old patient was able to describe in detail everything that was happening in the room while he was clinically dead, including the actions of the staff and the sounds of medical equipment.
This further emphasizes that the phenomenon of near-death experiences can be much more frequent than recorded by the study, since most patients with cardiac arrest eventually die, and even those who survive may have amnesia because of sedative drugs or other factors.
Dr Jerry Nolan, Editor-in-Chief at Resuscitation said, commenting on the study:
"Dr Parnia and his colleagues are to be congratulated on the completion of a fascinating study that will open the door to more extensive research into what happens when we die."
Let's hope that future studies like this will shed some light on the nature of near-death experiences and perhaps will even help find answers to the questions that have been boggling humanity for thousands of years.
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Q: repeat a function every n seconds while counting down n minutes? What I am trying to achieve is to repeat a function every n seconds while I have a second timer at the background running like a clock so when n minutes has passed the script is terminated. I know about treading.timer, but it doesnt work when I have 2 timers. Any ideas are welcome since I am fairly new to python.

A: import time
import datetime

def somefunction(x):
    return x

x = True
while x:
    a = datetime.datetime.now().hour

    if a < 22:
        time.sleep(1)
        somefunction(x)

    else:
        x = False

or:
script1.py
import datetime

a = datetime.datetime.now().hour

script2.py
from script1 import a
import time

def somefunction(x):
    return x

while a < 22: #execute function as long it is less than 22.00, else stop

    time.sleep(1)
    somefunction(x)

Or if you have any other background source, it would be good to know what it is.

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https://celticswire.usatoday.com/2019/01/28/kyrie-irving-out-vs-nets-with-hip-injury/
Kyrie Irving out vs. Nets with hip injury
Per the Boston Celtics official team account, Celtics superstar point guard Kyrie Irving will be out against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday in order to deal with a left hip strain. Irving tallied 32 points and 10 assists in 40 minutes when the Celtics faced off against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday.
#NEBHInjuryReport Kyrie Irving (left hip strain) is OUT tonight vs Brooklyn.
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) January 28, 2019
Irving, who was named to his sixth All-Star Game last week, has averaged 31.0 points, 10.8 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game in his last five contests while shooting 56.2 percent from the field and 51.4 percent from three-point range (82.6 percent shooting from the charity stripe).
He's averaged 23.7 points, 6.9 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game this season, notching career highs in his assist, rebounding and steal average. The eight-year NBA veteran is also shooting a career-high 49.9 percent from the field and 41.2 percent from three-point range (85.0 percent shooting from the charity stripe).
His firepower in the backcourt will be missed against the Nets, who have a high-octane scorer in their backcourt in D'Angelo Russell (19.2 points per game). Luckily for Boston, sixth man Spencer Dinwiddie (17.2 points per game) won't be in the Nets lineup, as he's set to undergoe surgery to repair torn ligaments in his right thumb.
Irving also missed the Celtics last matchup against Brooklyn, a 109-102 win for the Nets.
*All stats gathered from Basketball Reference


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Cop Pulls Man Over But Instead Of Giving Him Ticket He Gives Him A Ride.
Beverly L. Jenkins
Police officers take an oath to protect and serve their communities, and many situations on the job require an officer to use his or her judgement.
Officer Roger Gemoules is a resource officer for Cahokia High School in Cahokia, Illinois. While school was out of session over spring break Roger was out on patrol when he spotted a car with expired plates. He pulled the car over and discovered that the driver, Ka'Shawn Baldwin, was also driving on a suspended license.
The story could have ended right there. Roger could have given Ka'Shawn an expensive traffic ticket or even placed the twenty-two year old under arrest for driving with a suspended license. Instead, the cop took a few moments to listen to what the young man was telling him, understanding the extenuating circumstances that lead Ka'Shawn to be sitting in a borrowed car on the side of the road that day.
Ka'Shawn told the cop that he was on his way to a job interview at FedEx. He was running late so he'd borrowed a friend's car out of desperation. Even as he told the officer what was happening in his life that day Ka'Shawn had little hope for redemption. "I thought it was over," he said. "The main thing that was running through my mind [was]I'm fixin' to miss the job interview and get the car towed that wasn't even mine."
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Yet Ka'Shawn was underestimating Roger's potential for empathy and understanding. The cop decided on the spot not only to believe Ka'Shawn's story, but to help him succeed in his mission to find employment that day. "He was very respectful when I pulled him over and you could just tell — I could feel that he really was wanting to get to this job interview," Roger said.
Roger instructed Ka'Shawn to drive to a nearby parking lot to safely leave the vehicle behind, then the young man hopped into the front seat of Roger's cruiser and off they went to the FedEx facility. "I was a few minutes late, but I made it," Ka'Shawn said. "I was grateful, I was thankful. Made it to the interview, I got a job."
Ka'Shawn, who already holds a part time job at McDonald's, was hired as a package handler after his successful interview that day. He plans to work both jobs so that he can afford to renew his driver's license and get a car of his own. He also hopes to become a homeowner some day. In the meantime, he'll be taking the bus to avoid any further trouble for the local cops.
Francella Jackson, assistant to Cahokia Mayor Curtis McCall Jr., shared this story on the town's Facebook page, where it quickly went viral. "I'm very proud of Officer Gemolus and the outstanding judgment and decision making that he used in helping this young man," Francella wrote. "Instead of issuing him a ticket, Officer Gemoules took him to his interview AND HE GOT THE JOB! On behalf of Mayor Curtis McCall Jr., I would like to thank Officer Gemoules for showing compassion and being a great example of how community oriented policing actually works."
The kind hearted cop seems to appreciate the attention Francella's post garnered while also staying modest, writing on his own Facebook page, "I appreciate all of the kind words people have said, posted, texted, or called me to say. I enjoy what I do and never expected all of this. There are many police officers that do great things everyday. This one just happened to go viral."
Officer Gemoules is the perfect example of a public servant who really understands what it means to be a part of a community. He's not out to "catch the bad guys;" he understands that sometimes the ends justify the means. Ka'Shawn is working hard to support his family and better his life. Anything we can do as a society to help him is our duty and our priviledge.
Please share this story to say thank you to Officer Gemoules for setting such a wonderful example for us all.
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Notes on the Git packaging workflow for the py-lmdb Debian package.
Recently, I packaged the py-lmdb Python binding for the LMDB database library. This package is going to be team maintained by the pkg-db group, which is responsible for maintaining BerkeleyDB and LMDB packages. Below are my notes on (re-)Debianizing this package and how the Git repository for the source package is laid out.
Here is how the local packaging repository is initialized. Note that git clone isn't used, so that we can customize how the tags are fetched. Instead, we create an empty Git repository and add the upstream repository as the upstream remote. The --no-tags option is used, so that git fetch does not import the remote's tags. However, we also add a custom fetch refspec refs/tags/*:refs/tags/upstream/* so that the remote's tags are explicitly fetched, but with the upstream/ prefix.
remote: Counting objects: 3336, done.
Receiving objects: 100% (3336/3336), 2.15 MiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1958/1958), done.
We will use the DEP-14 naming scheme for the packaging branches, so the branch for packages targeted at unstable will be called debian/sid. Since I already made an initial 0.84-1 upload, we need to start the debian/sid branch from the upstream 0.84 tag and import the original packaging content from that upload. The --no-track flag is passed to git checkout initially so that Git doesn't consider the upstream release tag upstream/py-lmdb_0.84 to be the upstream branch for our packaging branch.
New upstream releases are integrated by fetching new upstream tags and non-fast-forward merging into the packaging branch. The latest release is 0.86, so we merge from the upstream/py-lmdb_0.86 tag.
This automatically generates a changelog entry for 0.86-1, but it includes commit summaries for all of the upstream commits since the last release, which I had to edit out.
Shared connection to git.debian.org closed.
Then, we add a new debian remote to our local packaging repository. Per our repository conventions, we need to ensure that only branch names matching debian/* and pristine-tar and tag names matching debian/* and upstream/* are pushed to the debian remote when we run git push debian, so we add a a set of remote.debian.push refspecs that correspond to these conventions. We also add an explicit remote.debian.fetch refspec to fetch tags.
We now run the initial push to the remote Git repository. The --set-upstream option is used so that our local branches will be configured to track the corresponding remote branches. Also note that the debian/* and upstream/* tags are pushed as well.
Compressing objects: 100% (1083/1083), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3333/3333), 1.37 MiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Branch pristine-tar set up to track remote branch pristine-tar from debian.
Branch debian/sid set up to track remote branch debian/sid from debian.
remote: Counting objects: 3333, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1070/1070), done.
Receiving objects: 100% (3333/3333), 1.37 MiB | 1.11 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (2231/2231), done.
This is a fair amount of effort beyond a simple git clone, though, so I wonder if anything can be done to optimize this.
Written by Robert Edmonds <edmonds@mycre.ws> on 2015-07-05 .


I have been working on my Black and White conversion skills a bit. I used the PiXimperfect auto dodge and burn action for Photoshop and manipulated the masks where needed.
See also the Decisive Moment gallery on this website.
A while ago I started to explore common things around me and seek for the beauty in those things. Today I have some shadows from curtains in a hospital in Barcelona.
A while ago… I was working on my pictures in the working room, the window is open… suddenly, some saxophone tones came from the street. At such a moment you have to decide quickly: I rushed down and took these portraits just in front of my apartment in France.
Sometimes at places far away from home a DéJà Vu feeling shows up. I see a scene very similar to a photo I made at another place. I collected have several sets, today the first two images from Cuba and Oman.
As promised in the comments on the previous post today another photo taken in manual mode. After some practice I now remember the things I had to do 30 years ago, maybe it is like riding a bicycle, if you try it again after years you instantly manage it.
In the galleries section of this website I show portraits of people that look directly to me. In some portraits this is not the case but they are still worth to share here. Here a portrait of my brother Marcel at home in Holland.
Earlier this year I visited Ethiopia a country with an incredible variation of people. These 3 portraits are from the beginning of a visit to the Omo Valley in the delta of the Limo River (sometimes called Weyto or Dullay. The Arbore tribe with a total population of 6850 is living in 4 villages: Gandareb, Kulaama, Murale, and Eegude. Their economy of subsistence depends largely on the periodical floods of the river. Visiting the village was a smooth experience and I took some first portraits of young woman, at first there was some shyness but after a while, they where looking directly to me. This is the kind of portraits I like, for me direct eye contact is a main element in my photography.


Very early on in my career as an entrepreneur I came to realise something really important: The world does not reward perfectionists. It rewards people that get thingsdone. I have to admit that this is a subject with which I have struggled for years and still struggle with to this day. I've always hated getting things wrong. This served me well throughout school and ultimately led to my graduating top of my class with a first class honours degree from the University of Liverpool in Business Studies. This same perfectionism guided me to a series of rapid promotions in my post-university corporate life. My job as National Operations Manager within a large foodservice company was largely measuring and optimising key business processes and this idea of making as few mistakes as possible worked dovetailed nicely into my responsibilities. I trained in lean six sigma techniques to try and help the company reach "zero defects" across it's key business processes and our work yielded a number of significant improvements and savings. I was doing well in my career, making a good living and earning the respect of my peers.
I had always been attracted to the idea of starting my own business. I had seen a number of people around me whilst growing up be very successful and seem very fulfilled doing exactly that and, having experienced corporate life, I resolved that I wouldn't spend my entire life "working for the man". However, the same perfectionism that had served me so well in my education and career to that date became a huge obstacle to my following my dream of starting up on my own. Fear of failure, the need for control, over preparation and paralysis by analysis ultimately prevented me from launching into action. I spent all my time waiting for the optimal conditions rather than just jumping in and trusting in my ability to work everything out as I went. Ultimately though, the cost of procrastination became larger than the potential cost of a mistaken decision and I left my corporate job to pursue my first business venture. That was over eight years ago now and I have not looked back since, although not everything that I touched turned to gold in business.
One of the biggest challenges for me during that time has been to develop what has been called "the action habit". That's not to say that I was lazy or did not achieve anything previously. I had been successful both in education and my career previous to that point. That success had been predicated, however, at least as much upon not making mistakes as it had on positive achievement. As an entrepreneur, you cannot build a successful business simply by avoiding making mistakes. They are built one positive action at a time and I had to develop some new habits and new beliefs to help me do this. I'll share what some of those habits and beliefs are with you now so that you can perhaps benefit from years of trial and error in combating my perfectionist tendencies and developing "the action habit".
If you are going to to develop the habit of taking action, you have to be motivated. If you are doing something that you love everyday, then you are likely to take consistent, massive action. Your energy and enthusiasm will be boundless. It's really important to try to find ways of doing what you love, even if you have to start off small. The truth is that following your passion will eventually lead to excellence rather than the false security provided by a stable pay check doing something you cannot abide.
Most people believe that great ideas precede great action. The reality is, in my experience, that the best ideas come after action has been taken. Sometimes the challenges we grapple with in business seem so large and overwhelming, we have no idea even of where to begin. My advice is just to start working anywhere and wait for the inspiration that will follow. One of my favourite quotes is by a man named Frank Tibolt, who said "we should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action". Even when we don't feel like doing what we know we need to do, we ought to just do it. The fastest wat of changing emotion is to get in motion.
The action habit can be learnt like any other habit however long we have spent doing the opposite. Start small and don't let self doubt and fear prevent you from pushing forward. In my experience, action is the greatest antidote to fear and self doubt because it demystifies it. More often than not, we find that we were simply afraid of not knowing every detail in advance. Ultimately, I think it comes down to the question of whether or not you trust yourself to find the answers as you go along. The truth is that you can always change course but changing course makes no sense if you haven't even set off yet yet for fear of getting lost.
This was a big one for me. Sharing my intention to start a business with friends and family allowed me to get enough leverage upon myself to make a leap that I otherwise might not have made. It also kept me accountable. It is a well documented principle of human psychology that we will go to extraordinary lengths to be consistent with previous statements and actions. Robert Cialdini's seminal book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion discusses at length our "near obsessive desire to be (and appear) consistent with what we have already done. If you need to get leverage upon yourself to do something that you know that you want or need to do, making this desire public is a great way of making sure that you transfer these thoughts into action sooner rather than later.
You might find it odd that someone that spends alot of their time professionally writing business plans is advocating the importance of action in entrepreneurial success. This goes to the heart of what is different about the continuous business planning paradigm. We understand that a business plan is a living thing that will evolve over time. There is no room for perfectionism in small business and we certainly do not advocate that approach to our clients. To better understand how Continuous Business Planning can help your business overcome paralysis by analysis, contact us today.


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Nitrogentriiodid (kemisk formel NI3) er et primært brisant sprængstof. Stoffet anses for at være et af de mest følsomme sprængstoffer. En flue der lander på det er i stand til at detonere stoffet.

Den største produktion af stoffet sker hos private, der er sprængstofsentusiaster. De laver omkring et gram ad gangen og detonerer det så med en fjer.

Nitrogentriiodid laves ud af iod-krystaller og salmiakspiritus. Ved sammenblanding kommer et bundfald af nitrogentriiodid. Det filtreres fra og overhældes med etanol (husholdningssprit) for at vaske salmiakspiritusrester ud af stoffet. Stoffet lægges typisk til tørre på stedet hvor det skal detoneres, da det stort set er umuligt at transportere stoffet i tør tilstand uden en detonation er til følge.

Nedbrydningen af NI3 foregår således:

2 NI3 (s) → N2 (g) + 3 I2 (g) (−290 kJ/mol)

Men når det er tørt sker det således:

8 NI3 · NH3 → 5 N2 + 6 NH4I + 9 I2

Disse eksplosioner efterlader orange/lilla misfarvninger, hvilket kan fjernes med natrium thiosulfat, eller bare at lade ioden fordampe med tid.

Små mængder nitrogentriiodid bliver nogen gange fremstillet for at vise gymnasieelever kemisk videnskab.

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Q: Converting py into exe, cmd prompt just blink Hi i want to convert my py into exe, so i download a auto-py-to-exe and convert. After quick process I want to open my exe but when i Click on the exe i just se blink of cmd prompt. I try this on few sample evryone does the same.
print("guess a puzlle")

while True:
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s = input("Guess?: ")

if s == puzlle:
         print('Yes')
         break
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         print('No')

Have this issue on pyinstaller and auto-py-to-exe as well.

A: First you should make sure that your pyinstaller, auto-py-to-exe and gevent versions are fully up to date. I am just going to pint out that auto-py-to-exe uses pyinstaller to convert files. If you did not require gevent when you installed auto-py-to-exe then it is a good idea for you to install it from here. When you open cmd and type auto-py-to-exe you should get a GUI which allows you to select your own options. In the newest version you will see the warning:

Read more here.
This may be one of the reasons why your exe is failing. Using an earlier version of python (such as 3.7) may sort your problem out. Your issue may just be that it takes a while to load - it happens on some devices. If you leave your exe running and then the cmd window closes then you have some sort of error that you need to address and that the file shouldn't run in your IDE either.
There is also the possibility that there are some small issues that you wouldn't even think were a problem. If the indent level is wrong then it is possible that your exe will either crash - or will never go down that part of the statement. You must make sure everything is absolutely perfect so that the program can run as smoothly as possible.
I hope I was able to help a bit...


Officials with the Bighorn National Forest have released the latest information on the Gilead Fire.
The report, as of Monday afternoon, September 3, was the fire grew by 300 acres yesterday, and is now 1,359 acres. It is located roughly eight (8) miles southwest of Story.
The University of Wyoming's only peer-reviewed scientific journal, "Rocky Mountain Geology," is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
The Buffalo-Johnson County Recycling Center Board announced late last week that Josie VanNorman, Buffalo-Johnson County Recycling Center Manager, was recently recognized for her outstanding work at the facility.
The Center for Responsive Politics reports Wyoming's congressional race has already raised more than half a million dollars. Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the center, said this year's funds are some of the most suspicious in history.


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Ship breaking in Chittagong, Bangladesh (Credit:Wranzl/Creative Commons)
Norwegian funding advances IMO ship recycling project in Bangladesh
07 Aug 2020by Riviera News
Norway has agreed NOK 14M (US$1.5M) to support the third phase of IMO's Safe and Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling in Bangladesh (SENSREC) project
The agreement between IMO and the Government of Norway to support Phase III of the project was signed on 24 July 2020 by IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim and the Norwegian ambassador to Bangladesh, Sidsel Bleken.
The project was implemented to enhance safe and environmentally sound ship recycling in Bangladesh and help the nation towards becoming a party to the IMO Hong Kong Convention treaty on safe ship recycling.
The Agreement follows the successful implementation of Phase I (2015-17) and Phase II (2018 - 2020) of the SENSREC Project, both mainly funded by Norway. With the additional funding, Phase III of the project will be implemented over 18 months, starting from November 2020.
SENSREC Phase III will focus on improving ship recycling standards in compliance with the Hong Kong Convention and enhancing capacity building for the Government of Bangladesh on legislation and knowledge management. Bangladesh will be provided with specific technical assistance to establish a facility for treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous wastes. IMO said there will be a special focus on evaluating the impact of Covid-19 on the ship recycling industry in Bangladesh.
Commenting on the progress of the SENSREC project Ambassador Bleken, said "Through IMO, [Norway] will continue to support the authorities, the industry, and other stakeholders in strengthening their efforts to develop Bangladesh's ship-recycling industry and the country's economy. We hope to see more yards complying with the requirements of the Hong Kong Convention, so that Bangladesh can be ready to accede to the convention in the soonest possible time."
Chittagong is the world's largest ship breaking centre, and ship breaking in Bangladesh is notoriously dangerous. The Hong Kong Convention covers the design, construction, operation and maintenance of ships to ensure safe recycling methods.
Ships will be required to carry an inventory of hazardous materials (IHM) on board and recycling facilities must provide a 'Ship Recycling Plan', specifying how each ship will be recycled, based on its particular characteristics and IHM.
While 15 nations to date have ratified the Hong Kong Convention only two – India and Turkey – of the biggest ship recycling countries in the world have ratified the Convention.
Ship recycling will be discussed in depth during Riviera's Ship Recycling Webinar Week, starting 15 September 2020; use this link for more details and to register for the webinars
Business & FinanceRecycling/ScrappingRegulations & ComplianceTanker Shipping & Trade
UltraShip opts for Wärtsilä fleet operations solution
First vessel with Raven integrated bridge delivered
Forth Ports acquires Targe Towing
Wilson Sons starts building escort tug fleet
Prosafe scraps 35-year-old accommodation semi-sub
ESHIPS takes delivery of last Solar-series tanker for Shell charter
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DESMI Ocean Guard's CompactClean BWMS for bulkers
Bulk Carriers Webinar Week
26 Jan 2021 ONLINE
Riviera's Bulk Carriers Webinar Week focuses on what's needed for safe and successful bulk carrier operations today and tomorrow. Each 45-minute webinar transmits essential information and sees lively interaction between the expert panel and audience.
Ship Recycling Webinar Week
02 Feb 2021 Online
Riviera's Ship Recycling Webinar Week cuts through the regulatory complexity to give vital insights into what's required for safe, green, compliant and commercially viable ship recycling operations. Each 45-minute webinar features a panel of maritime professionals expert in their chosen field.
Container Ships Webinar Week
Riviera's Container Ships Webinar Week focuses on what's needed for safe and successful container ship operations today and tomorrow. Each 45-minute webinar transmits essential information and sees lively interaction between the expert panel and audience.
LNG Bunkering & Refuelling Conference, Americas
18 Feb 2021 EST
Bringing together key industry players from across the supply chain to examine the opportunities, the challenges to overcome and the experiences to date in the development of LNG as a marine fuel in the Americas.


Finally, a whisky event in Manchester, and with one of my favourite whisky brands; The Blend by Chivas.
I was kindly gifted free tickets for my father-in-law and myself to come down and try out the event. I must say that I enjoyed it, I always love blending my own whisky. Just to set expectations, I believe it to be for someone less involved in whisky who wanted to learn about flavour, balance and to understand how some of the most consistent products in the category is produced.
Regardless of your whisky knowledge, you get to play with flavour yourself whilst creating your very own blend of Chivas from the available whiskies that are positioned on your table upon sitting down. What's not to love?!
Tickets to The Blend by Chivas cost £15, and with that you get a whisky & soda on arrival and a 45-minute blending experience that includes an overview on the brand, the history of blended Scotch whisky and how important blended Scotch whisky is to the evolution and the growth of Scotch – something too many brands do not spend enough time talking about in my opinion.
As with all blended Scotch whisky – and as reiterated by our The Blend by Chivas host – the base of your blend must be grain whisky, then the rest of the proportions you can play with yourself to add different components titled 'smoky', 'fruity', 'creamy' and 'citrusy'.
Once I was happy with the flavour I filled it into my 200ml bottle sporting The Blend by Chivas logo in shiny gold, which was all mine to take home and enjoy… although part of me wants to send it to a couple of my peers as a blend taste test to see what they think.
My one gripe with The Blend by Chivas was at the end we were just ushered out past a bar stocked with tonnes of bottles from the Pernod Ricard and Chivas brand portfolios and we were not allowed to try, or to pay to try them which left me a tad perplexed. It made the experience feel a little rushed, we would have happily ordered (and paid) to have drinks at the bar afterwards.
All in all a great event for those who want to understand whisky a bit more and to have a fun evening where by the end they've created their very own limited edition one of one bottle of blended Scotch whisky. Tickets available here.


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Majestica - A Christmas Carol review
Band: Majestica
Album: A Christmas Carol
01. A Christmas Carol
02. Christmas Story
03. Ghost Of Marley
04. Ghost Of Christmas Past
05. The Joy Of Christmas
06. Ghost Of Christmas Presen
07. Ghost Of Christmas To Come
08. A Christmas Has Come
09. A Majestic Christmas Theme
Those of us who live in the United States have a peculiar problem around this time of year: there's some dumbass holiday wedged in between Halloween and Christmas that prevents us from decking our halls as soon as the clock hits November.* That holiday is called Thanksgiving, and it's when we Americans remember to be thankful for the smallpox blankets we used to take over the continent. But Metal Storm is based in Estonia, where there are no such barriers to Christmas, so it's time to get sleighed.
Tommy Johansson may have been conscripted by Sabaton back in 2016, but far from impeding his personal endeavors, his new assignment seems to have given him a rocket boost. Majestica - the newly christened reboot of his erstwhile solo project, ReinXeed - is already on its second album in as many years, and this ain't even Tommy's only full-length release this year (he provided lead vocals for Memories Of Old's debut album, The Zeramin Game). With COVID-19 roasting everybody's holiday plans on an open fire and Trans-Siberian Orchestra forced to hang up their jingly bells for the season, Tommy has taken the opportunity to raise our spirits while also realizing a long-nurtured dream of his: releasing a Christmas album. And not just any Christmas album, but a proper concept album that retells Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
Now, everyone and their fairy godmother has adapted A Christmas Carol over the years. Mickey Mouse did it. Blackadder did it. Beavis & Butthead did it. Yes, The Simpsons also did it, like, 16 times, probably. It's a story we know quite well, so it takes something special to make yet another adaptation worth sitting through. Fortunately, the name "Majestica" ain't for nothing.
All four members of Majestica share lead vocals on this album, and Tommy isn't the only one with a set of golden power metal pipes in his lungs; everyone here could be equally at home fronting their own band. The cast of strong, operatic voices turns A Christmas Carol into a proper musical, with distinct characters trading dialogue and sharing scenes, and the broad expanse of the album's lead vocal palette imbues the music with feelings of warmth, comity, and community that beautifully enhance the message of the story, not to mention some positively angelic, sky-piercing hooks. An ebullient orchestral backing - strings, horns, glittering mallet percussion, and, of course, sleigh bells - generates an even grander sense of the divinely cheesy, taking inspiration from Stradventovarius, Santa Arcticlaus, and Eggnog Malmsteen. In addition to writing soul-enriching power metal and spreading the joy of Christmas, the secret mission of this album is to cram as many classic carols into every song as possible; I love the "O Come All Ye Faithful" solo that tears through the middle of "A Christmas Story" and right into an "O Holy Night" breakdown, and the "Deck The Halls" verses of "Ghost Of Marley" have to be the best perversion of a holiday standard since Dio and Iommi's "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen." Even if Christmas isn't your trip, this immaculately produced ennead of luxurious power metal (with some purely symphonic bookends) will satisfy your need for cheese, providing both ripping speed metal charges ("Ghost Of Christmas Past") and sappy ballads ("The Joy Of Christmas").
Now, me, I'm a sentimental doofus, and I love Christmastime. And while I do think it's a little early to start tossing tinsel over every banister and hand-carving your Nativity scenes, I can't deny that I, like most of you, have been in need of a little pick-me-up. A Christmas Carol may not be my favorite album of 2020, but it's the first one in all these months that has, purely through its own essence, made me feel kind of… good. It's certainly one of the most joyous celebrations of the season you'll hear in a heavy metal context, and it might be just the tidings that you need. This year, I won't be visiting family or spending time with my friends or even participating in an office party out of consideration for the circumstances, and neither should you, but hunkering down in your virus bunker doesn't mean that you have to miss out on the joy of Christmas.
*Not that that stops the department stores and radio stations from going from Dio to Dion as soon as Halloween dies.
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Tage Westerlund
From: Norway
Tomy can Come home to Boden and clean some snow beffor Kalle Anka starts.
Kevin, Alaska belongs to USA, so there you can be free
Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!!
Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''
I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
The Shape 1973
I'm a massive Dio fan, but I've never heard that track before. Didn't know it existed.
ps. what department stores play Dio? I want to shop there.
So many chips on the world's shoulder. Low on ketchup.
As a big fan of Tommy - from Reinxeed to Majestica, Pellek or even Twilight Force - i am really glad about this one. especially after the first 2 singles. thanks for the review !
Written by The Shape 1973 on 26.11.2020 at 11:28
That version of "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" is easily one of my favorite Christmas carols. It gets regular rotation on my holiday playlist.
Also, I was speaking figuratively in the sense of jumping straight from Halloween to Christmas chic, but I, too, would like to be informed if there are any department stores out there that play Dio.
"Earth is small and I hate it" - Lum Invader
I'm the Agent of Steel.
KaninStryparn
From: Sweden
I'm getting hyped for this album
Heavy Metal is the law that keeps us all united free
A law that shatters earth and hell
I completely agree with the review, this album came at exactly the right moment this year when I needed a good pick me up. Year has been a little dry on the fun end of power metal in my opinion.
Amidst the muffled, maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.
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Masculine styling in Barbour's heavy Oban waxed cotton in a suede-like matte finish. Cut for a relaxed fit and provides a robust weather defense. Integral zipped quilt across the front is attached to the wool-mix lining, giving the appearance of a quilted liner without adding bulk. The Barbour branded zip fastens through to a stand up collar which can be closed along with the outer for additional warmth around the upper chest and neck. Four good sized patch pockets close with robust stud fasteners. Featuring corduroy facings and leather elbow patches the look is distinctly outdoors, in style.


As an experienced general contractor, our capabilities range from turnkey construction to additions, upfits, renovations, fire and storm restoration, and pre-engineered buildings. Our versatile and experienced project managers deliver specialized construction solutions for your business, so that you get sharp attention to detail and the highest quality. Whether you are looking for an industrial, manufacturing, medical, retail, or commercial contractor or you need a church builder or remodeling contractor, the wide range of projects we have completed in each of those roles speaks to our passion for excellence in every type of project we undertake. You can see more of our past work here.
Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas ABCC Merit-Based Safety Recognition Silver STEP Award.
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Cely was excited to take part in BMW's annual vendor day. A special thank you to BMW for putting on this amazing event celebrating diversity and construction.
The client immediately appreciated Sam and Caroline Cely and their communicative internal team, as well as their subcontractor and vendor team - all of whom Cely proactively brought to the table. Sam and Caroline led the team's efforts to economize materials and systems, drive schedule, and respond to field issues with solutions. Our firm places tremendous value on our relationship with Cely Construction.
I have had the pleasure and privilege of both personally and professionally knowing Sam Cely and Cely Construction Company, Inc. for more than thirty years. The high principles, safety standards and commitment to quality upon which Cely Construction was founded, today guide Sam in his personal and professional relationships as well. Sam's honesty and personal integrity are reflected in the quality and character of each and every employee and subcontractor employed by Cely Construction Company, Inc.
We have worked with Cely Construction as a subcontractor for over 15 years. Honesty and fairness are just two words that come to mind. In a time when so many have lowered the bar of professionalism, Cely Construction strives and achieves a high level of competence.
Palmetto Painting and Coatings, Inc.
I can say that of the hundreds of companies, over my fifty year career, with which I have conducted business, Cely Construction rises above all of the rest. The professionalism and fairness with which you have conducted business has always been exceptional. I have always been pleased to be a part of a project where the quality and conscientious economy have given the client an excellent product.
Over the past six months, they have worked to renovate our office while we continued to work and see patients. They patiently worked around our schedules and kept things very neat and clean in the office during the construction work. Before, during and after construction, Cely Construction works closely with your company to make your visions come to life. The attention to detail guarantees that your finished project will look just as you expected.
Mr. Cely and his team went above and beyond and made me feel like my job was a top priority. They are a wonderful family owned business who made me feel like I was part of their own.
Cely Construction Company, Inc. is an award-winning commercial general contractor, family owned and operated in Greenville, SC, since 1948. Licensed in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia, Cely serves the upstate of South Carolina and surrounding areas. Cely Construction is proud to still be a strong, local, family owned and operated business, now employing its third generation. Cely's team of highly experienced project managers and superintendents deliver specialized construction solutions with sharp attention to detail and quality. Whether you are looking for an industrial, manufacturing, medical, retail, restoration or commercial contractor or you need a church builder or remodeling contractor, the wide range of projects they have completed in each of those roles speaks to their passion for excellence in every type of project they undertake.
Delivering quality, on-time, on budget, construction projects has kept clients coming back.


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Bitz IS: About Our School
Bitz Intermediate School is a 3rd through 5th grade school, located aboard the Marine Corps Base at Camp Lejeune, NC. The school opened its doors for the first time on August 24, 2006, as 3rd through 5th grade students and staff from the former Berkeley Manor, Russell and Stone Street Schools merged into one.
We have a student body of approximately 350 and a staff of about 70. Teaching staff includes: 6 third grade teachers, 4 fourth grade teachers, and 4 fifth grade teachers,
Additionally, there are teachers for: art, gifted resource education, physical education, steps to advance reading, math support, learning impaired mild/moderate, learning impaired moderate/severe. We also have educational aides, a media specialist, an education technologist, counselor and nurse. We also have a part-time physical therapist, occupational therapist and school psychologist that we share with another school.
A comprehensive master schedule provides large blocks of uninterrupted instructional time and common planning time for teachers at each grade level. Other opportunities to build a professional learning community are supported through the allocation of time each Wednesday. These times are devoted to consistent and deliberate collaborative instructional planning that promotes productive discussion about student learning. Bitz Intermediate School teachers clearly link collaboration to improvement results in instructional practice and student performance. Bitz Intermediate School routinely communicates effectively with stakeholder groups within the school and school community to ensure shared decision making, to solicit feedback and to respond to stakeholders, and to work collaboratively on school improvement efforts.
Sgt. Michael Bitz
Sergeant Michael Edward Bitz was born on February 14, 1972 in North Dakota. He enlisted in the Marine Corps on January 10, 1995 and upon completion of recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, he attended and graduated from the Assault Amphibian Basic Course, Camp Pendleton, California. In his first tour of duty, he was assigned to Headquarters and Service Company and then Company E, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division from 1995-1999. Sgt. Bitz served as a recruiter in Arkansas from 1999-2000 and was subsequently reassigned to Company C, 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2d Marine Division on July 1, 2000. He participated in one deployment with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in 2001 while assigned to Company C and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM while assigned to Company A from January 10 to March 23, 2003.
Sergeant Bitz was killed in action while involved in combat operations in An Nasiriyah, Iraq on March 23, 2003.His decorations include the Silver Star, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal (with bronze star in lieu of second award), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Sea Service Deployment ribbon (with bronze star in lieu of second award).
Bitz IS
Educate, Engage, and Empower Each student to succeed in a dynamic world.
Excellence in Education for Every Student, Every Day, Everywhere
Mid-Atlantic District: Mission and Vision
To be among the world's leaders in education, enriching the lives of military-connected students and the communities in which they live.
Bitz Purpose
The purpose of Bitz Intermediate School is for all stakeholders to work together to educate students so they may reach their highest learning potential.
Mascot: Gators
Available Mascot Downloads
Bitz IS Colors
Primary Color: #00CC00
Secondary Color: #FFFF33
Additional Color: #f8ed37
School Improvement Goals
Goal 1: Reading Comprehension
All students will improve in Reading Comprehension.
Goal 2: Mathematics
All students will increase achievement in Mathematics.
All teachers will participate in Focused Collaboration.
CLCS Dress Code Pamphlet CLCS Dress Code Camp Lejeune SY 22-23 Military Family Resources Camp Lejeune Schools ICE
2028 Bevin Street
Camp Lejeune, NC 28547-2520
Dr. Todd Carver
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Затока Массачусетс () — затока Атлантичного океану біля північно-східного узбережжя Північної Америки. Омиває штат Массачусетс, США. Затока Массачусетс вважається частиною затоки Мен, має довжину 55 км, і глибину до 93 м. Припливи в затоці півдобові, до 1,8 м.

На півночі затока обмежена півостровом Кейп-Енн, у південній частині розташована затока Кейп-Код, обмежена однойменним півостровом. Західна частина затоки носить назву Бостонська бухта, в ній розташовується місто-порт Бостон.

Затока дала назву одному з перших поселень в Нової Англії — колонії Массачусетської затоки. Велика кількість заток на узбережжі штату Массачусетс дали йому прізвисько «Штат заток».

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 Залив Массачусетс в БСЕ

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If you are looking for any type of funding, your business plan should include a section explaining what the money will be used for and how it will help the business. This is true whether you are hoping to obtain a loan or a grant, or even if you are looking for investors. Be very specific as to what the money is for. Is it for equipment, inventory, working capital, etc? If it is for equipment, inventory, or the like, be sure to include brief descriptions of all the items and also include any model numbers and pricing. It would be wise to include any price quotes in the appendices "Supporting Data" section. When possible, notate who you will be purchasing the items from. When figuring costs for everything, don't forget about an applicable sales tax, shipping or delivery costs, and installation charges. Most importantly, include how these purchases and expenditures are going to help the business and increase profits.
When thinking about these expenditures while trying to come up with a request amount for your loan, use the "Three List" approach. First, make a list of the "bare bones, got to have" list then make the "if money was no object" list. From here, make the list of what you can reasonably do and the loan request should be determined from this list. You want to be careful not to have your costs exceed the expected profits from the purchases. Often, there is a fine line between not requesting enough funding and needing to come back and ask for more versus asking for too much and getting in over your head. Much thought should go into just where the line is.
It's hard to believe, but we have covered almost all the sections of a business plan. Just a couple of things left. Next time we'll talk about the Summary section. Until then…….


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What happened to Ashling Murphy? What we know about murder of teacher in Tullamore - as suspect arrested
Where is Tonga located? World map and population of Pacific island where volcanic eruption triggered tsunami
G7 Summit 2021 takeaways: what were the promises on vaccines, climate change and China?
G7 leaders produced their communique – final statement – at the close of this weekend's meetings in Cornwall.
Monday, 14th June 2021, 2:30 pm
Leaders from the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada were hosted by the UK at the G7 Summit.
The three-day long G7 leaders summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, ended with a number of shared pledges from member countries.
As is standard, the G7 leaders produced a joint "communique": a statement outlining the pledges made on the various issues discussed.
Ambitious promises were made by G7 nations on sharing coronavirus vaccines with poorer parts of the world.
The group of leaders pledged at least one billion doses of the vaccine for poorer nations, with half coming from the US and 100 million from the UK.
Some public health leaders, including WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, have said that the pledge doesn't go far enough/
Around 11 billion doses are required if at least 70 per cent of the world's population is to be vaccinated by mid-2022.
"We need more and we need them faster," Tedros said.
The G7 leaders pledged to reduce their emissions and improve climate finance, saying in the communique:
"We commit to … halving our collective emissions over the two decades to 2030, increasing and improving climate finance to 2025 and to conserve or protect at least 30 percent of our land and oceans by 2030".
Leaders agreed to raise their financial contributions to meet an overdue spending promise of $100bn annually to help poorer countries cut their carbon emissions.
Environmental groups expressed concern that the pledges didn't go far enough to match the urgency of the climate crisis, with some saying the plans lacked detail.
A spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said individual nations were expected to set out the size of the increases "in due course".
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Coronavirus origins
The seven leaders called for further investigations into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, urging China to cooperate with the UN on a "transparent" second phase probe into the virus's origins.
"We … call for a timely, transparent, expert-led, and science-based WHO-convened Phase 2 COVID-19 Origins study including, as recommended by the experts' report, in China," the group said in the communique.
Tax on multinational corporations
In a much-anticipated promise, the G7 leaders agreed on a global minimum corporation tax of at least 15 per cent on multinational companies as a bid to stop them using tax havens abroad.
The proposal will be taken forward to the G20 nations meeting in Italy which will take place next month.
Though Russia doesn't belong to the G7, the group leaders demanded the country take action against people from the country conducting cyber attacks, as well as asking for an investigation into the use of chemical weapons in Russia.
"We call on Russia to urgently investigate and credibly explain the use of a chemical weapon on its soil, to end its systematic crackdown on independent civil society and media, and to identify, disrupt, and hold to account those within its borders who conduct ransomware attacks, abuse virtual currency to launder ransoms, and other cybercrimes," the communique said.
War in Ethiopia
The G7 leaders also called for an end to war in Ethiopa:
"We are deeply concerned by the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region and reports of an unfolding major humanitarian tragedy," said the communique.
"We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities, unimpeded humanitarian access to all areas and the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces."
The group said they would work together to address China's alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, as well as their "non-market economic practices".
The communique said: "With regard to China, and competition in the global economy, we will continue to consult on collective approaches to challenging non-market policies and practices which undermine the fair and transparent operation of the global economy."
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Trump stares down Dems in wall fight: 'Proud to shut down the government for border security'
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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Democratic leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) more >
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Tuesday, December 11, 2018
President Trump said Tuesday he would be "proud" to shut the government down unless he gets a massive infusion of cash to build his border wall, and suggested if Congress doesn't concede, he would use the military to erect more fencing anyway.
Democrats on Capitol Hill said the president would be creating a constitutional crisis if he tries to rope the Pentagon into his wall plans over the objection of Congress — and countered with red lines of their own, saying they won't pony up a single new dollar for Trump-style border security.
The impasse, and a host of other business that's piled up in recent days, now threaten Congress's final vacation of the year, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he's prepared to keep his troops in town between Christmas and New Year's if they can't get their work done before then.
That threat will grow more real each day the two sides are unable to find a compromise on the wall and come closer to a Christmas-time government shutdown.
"It is not an easy situation," Mr. Trump said during a White House summit with Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Charles E. Schumer, the Democrats' floor leaders in the House and Senate. "We are on very opposite sides. I would not like to see a government closing, a shutdown."
Moments later, though, he said he would embrace a shutdown if it comes to that.
"Yes, if we don't get what we want, one way or the other," he said, telling Mr. Schumer he would be "proud to shut down the government for border security."
Mr. Schumer and Mrs. Pelosi were stunned, saying they'd never before heard of a president cheerleading for a government blowup.
"If President Trump wants to throw a temper tantrum ahead of the holidays and cause a Trump shutdown, it'll be solely on his back," Mr. Schumer told reporters afterward.
Yet he's also moved the goalposts on Mr. Trump.
Last week he'd said Congress should approve a Senate-written homeland security bill that included $1.6 billion for border wall money. But he said Tuesday he no longer thinks Democrats would support that in the House.
Indeed, Hispanic Democrats and immigrant-rights activists at the heart of the party's base have said they don't want to see any money going to border fencing at all. Faced with their own pressures, Democratic leaders seemed relieved that Mr. Trump is willing to accept blame for a shutdown.
Both sides say they agree on the need for stronger border security, and that includes some sort of barriers. Indeed, much of the gap between Mr. Trump and the Democratic leaders appears to be semantics over whether those barriers would be called a fence or a wall. The former is acceptable to Democrats, but Mr. Trump insists on calling fencing a "wall."
Mr. Trump threw a wrinkle into the mix when he said Tuesday on Twitter that he may have the Defense Department build the fence, using its own money.
A Pentagon spokesman said they have no plans to do that as of yet, but said they believe they would have authority under existing law to build barriers if it were deemed part of counter-drug operations or part of a national emergency.
Mr. Trump says the country is facing just such an emergency.
Democrats, though, said if Mr. Trump tries to build a wall that Congress hasn't authorized, it would create a constitutional clash. A group of high-ranking Democratic senators sent a letter Monday complaining that the Pentagon was already drawing up plans to erect 31 miles of fencing in western Arizona, along the Barry M. Goldwater Range.
The government's top border official told Congress on Tuesday that his officers and agents snared more than 3,000 illegal immigrants who attempted to enter the country on Dec. 3 — a number he said hasn't been seen in years.
Kevin McAleenan, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said walls work to help control illegal immigration, and he insisted the government is spending the money Congress already approved. He said of the money allocated for 40 miles of wall in the 2017 spending bill, 33 miles has been obligated.
"It's worked everywhere we've put barrier in," he told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
He said they have future plans for 33 priority segments, spanning 1,100 miles of new and replacement fencing.
But even many Republicans say they've been shocked at the price tag, which reaches as high as $25 million per mile. During the last round of fence-building before Mr. Trump, each mile of fencing cost between $4 million and $6 million, depending on the location.
During Tuesday's White House meeting, Mr. Trump pointed back to some of those past wall-building projects, saying they were proof that it helps reduce illegal immigration. Fencing built in Yuma, Arizona, a decade ago helped cut the flow of people nabbed at the border by as much as 96 percent. In San Diego, fencing built in the 1990s cut the flow by 92 percent.
Mrs. Pelosi challenged the president, saying he had pushed the wall conversation "to a place that is devoid, frankly, of fact."
"We need border security, and I think we all agree that we need border security," Mr. Trump countered.
"Yes we do," Mr. Schumer responded.
"See? We get along," the president quipped.
For their part Republicans on Capitol Hill were acting like bystanders, content to let the president and the Democratic leaders battle it out publicly. Still, they didn't appear eager to follow Mr. Trump into a shutdown.
"No matter who precipitates the government shutdown, the American people don't like it," Mr. McConnell said.
The Kentucky Republican said funding the government is the biggest priority among a long list of tasks Congress must complete before the end of the year, and he warned colleagues they should be prepared to stay through Christmas and right up to New Year's Day to finish their work.
Mr. McConnell also called the prospect of a shutdown a disappointing way for Mr. Trump and Republicans to cap off their two years of control of all the political branches of government.
"I'd still like to see a smooth ending here, and I haven't given up hope that's what we'll have," he said.


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Q: How to access the files on a Magento site A client of mine has a Magento site set up, I've been asked to help them out with the SEO. I've never used Magento before, didn't even know that it exists. I need to find the actual files so I can start making edits to the code. There is a number of errors and faults related to SEO on the site that needs to be changed.
I thought that Magento would have some sort of file directory so I can edit them.
Any help on this would be great.
It wouldn't let me post a comment, so I'll add the version here
the version is 1.9.1.0
Thank you

A: I would take a read through this list of tutorials on how to make different changes SEO wise in Magento:
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Most of them will not involve touching the files you will just need backend access depending on the SEO changes you need to make.

A: For products, categories and static pages (like homepage) you don't need to access the code and for sure you should not modify the core files to get your result.
You just need admin access.
When editing a category, product or static page you will find 3 fields for meta data. (meta title, description, keywords). For products and categories they are even multilanguage.
Just change the values and you don't need to touch the code.


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caroline culver, "i went out with a man"
by ImperfectFifth | Sep 22, 2020 | singles, wolf tracks | 0 comments
by: katy mombourquette
Twenty-year-old Caroline Culver's new single "I Went Out With A Man" is an ironic lesson in enjoying disappointment in the form of a mesmerizingly moody anthem. Culver recounts her experience going out with a man in his late twenties and finding that her expectation that he would be any more mature or exciting than a boy her own age to be unfulfilled. Recorded and produced by Jason Cummings at the Cutting Room Studios in NYC, "I Went Out With A Man" uses Culver's foundation as a singer-songwriter as a jumping-off point, exploring stately vocal lines superimposed on top of introspective soundscapes. The resulting atmospheric sound echoes that of bands like Alvvays and Soccer Mommy, but the distorted guitars and crashing cymbals give Culver a bit of an edge. Her powerful voice perfectly encapsulates the saturnine disenchantment of this song both in the softer verses and the grandiose choruses. Each melody line is surprising, compelling the listener as Culver's voice flits upwards at the ends of words.
About the song, Culver says "Ultimately, this song is an anthem for single girls dating around in their twenties and all the excitement it brings." So while the underlying emotion behind "I Went Out With A Man" is a sense of disappointment, it's also a tongue-in-cheek celebration of the exhilaration that comes with a young girl finding her way.
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Maxwell, Epstein were 'partners in crime,' prosecutor says in opening statement
A prosecutor says Ghislaine Maxwell and the late Jeffrey Epstein were partners in crime in the sexual abuse of teenage girls.
The statement was made during the first day of Maxwell's sex trafficking trial. Twelve jurors and six alternates were empaneled Monday.
During opening statements, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz alleged to the jury that Maxwell recruited and groomed girls for Epstein to abuse from 1994 to 2004.
"She put them at ease and made them feel safe, all so that they could be sexually abused by a middle-aged man," Pomerantz claimed, according to NBC News. "There were times when she was in the room when it happened."
Defense lawyer Bobbi Sternheim countered, saying Maxwell was being made a scapegoat after Epstein killed himself in jail two years ago.
"Ever since Eve has been blamed for tempting Adam with an apple, women have been blamed for things men have done," NBC News reports Sternheim said in his opening statements. "She is not Jeffrey Epstein. She is not anything like Jeffrey Epstein."
Maxwell used to date Epstein and has been jailed in Brooklyn since her arrest last year.
She has maintained her innocence.
The British socialite faces up to 70 years in prison if she's convicted on all six counts of conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.
The trial is expected to last six weeks.


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Stephen is a nurse by background and has spent his entire career in the NHS.
Following a number of years in clinical practice he moved into a variety of nursing and general management roles, and has over thirty years experience in posts at Board level including Chief Nurse, Chief Executive, Non- Executive Director and Chairman.
. In 1999 Stephen was appointed by the Secretary of State as a Commissioner on the first NHS Quality regulator, the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) and was Vice Chair of the team which developed the first reviews of clinical governance to be undertaken in England and Wales.
He took early retirement from the post of Chief Executive at Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham in 2005, and in 2009 was asked to undertake the role of Chairman at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust following the highly critical report from the Healthcare Commission.
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He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Nottingham in 2011.
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Racers kick off a new season of No Prep Kings with a qualifier event and everyone is out to get two-time Points Champion Ryan Martin.
S05E02 - Watch Your Back Air Date: 27 September 2022 00:00 -
Points competition officially begins and two-time champion Ryan Martin has a target on his back. And when his car gives him trouble, Team NOLA calls upon their heavy hitters to capitalize on his bad luck.
S05E03 - Break Up That Foursome Air Date: 04 October 2022 00:00 -
The points race heats up at Maple Grove Raceway as Kye, Jerry Bird, Ryan Martin and Daddy Dave all try to break out of their four-way tie for first. But when they don't all make it out of the first round, it gives one of them a chance to steal the lead.
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At New England Dragway, NOLA keeps getting in their own way when they can't keep from drawing each other and Ryan Martin makes a push to win his first race.
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Ryan Martin looks to take back the points lead, but others are doing what they can to knock him out and racers begrudgingly leave Team Texas.
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Ryan is looking to extend his lead but Team NOLA is right on his heels. Plus, a new face goes rounds.
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Racers struggle with unusual weather in Minnesota. Justin Swanstrom breaks away from Team X.
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In Idaho, Kye Kelley reveals his new secret weapon and Team California makes a strong showing.
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Ryan changes motors right before the North Carolina Invitational.
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Kye's ambition to win may cost him his relationship with Lizzy.
S05E15 - Defeat or Three-Peat Air Date: 27 December 2022 01:00 -
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Distributor Valleyarm Reach Royalty Settlement With The Snowdroppers
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The Australian arm of digital distribution company Valleyarm have reached a settlement over royalties with Sydney blues rockers The Snowdroppers, after the band took to social media this week accusing the company of owing them thousands in unpaid royalties.
The band titled their Facebook post "a public service announcement", and alleged that Valleyarm had for months been unresponsive to their requests to recoup thousands of dollars in royalty payments due to them for the iTunes distribution of their album.
In a statement to Music Feeds Valleyarm have announced that they have now reached "an amicable full and final settlement with Snowdroppers".
"Valleyarm is an Australian Company and provides digital distribution for thousands of independent and major artists and labels globally," reads the statement. "It values all of its artist and label relationships and operates in an ethical and transparent nature. Some issues left from previous administration are being addressed in as timely a manner as possible."
The Snowdroppers have confirmed with Music Feeds that an "amicable agreement in principal has been reached" between the two parties, adding that it is "subject to and pending the receipt of a properly executed Settlement Agreement and confirmation that settlement proceeds today apparently remitted by Valleyarm, have actually been credited to Snowdroppers' nominated account."
In the initial March 30th Facebook post that started the public battle, Snowdroppers band member Pauly K explained that the band first found out about the money Valleyarm owed them money for royalties "over two years ago" and have subsequently battled with the company to recoup what was allegedly owed to them.
According to the band, in August 2014, "Valleyarm mysteriously paid $2000 of the money owed – still leaving over $8600 (including interest and legal costs), and then went back to giving us the silent treatment." Valleyarm tell Music Feeds that $2000 was an amount for which the band had previously invoiced.
In a subsequent Facebook post on the same evening, The Showdroppers thanked followers for their support and appealed for anyone else who had experienced similar issues with Valleyarm to come forward.
Neither The Showdroppers not Valleyarm commented on the details of the deal.
UPDATE 02/04/15, 9:14am: The Snowdroppers have made a follow-up statement on Facebook confirming that they have in fact reached an "amicable settlement" with Valleyarm adding that, "we've also been made aware several other artists we've spoken to over the last couple of days have also been paid."
"We'd like to sincerely thank our fans and fellow musicians for the overwhelming amount of support you've shown us. Time for us to get on with the business of making music," continues the statement.
"We've decided to make a donation to a great charity founded by APRA: http://supportact.org.au/ who provide a safety net for musicians facing financial hardship. A great cause next time you're looking for a charity to get behind."
Note they have also removed their two initial Facebook posts. Read the new statement below.
Hi everyone!Just to follow up from the last few days of craziness…We'd like to let you know as of today an amicable…
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The Snowdroppers would like to make a public service announcement to other bands – DON'T DEAL WITH VALLEYARM UNLESS YOU…
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What are Citizen Sciences?
Reported by Kate McNeil, CSaP Communications Coordinator
Taking the energy and innovation that has gone on in the world of citizen science has the potential to be useful to the worlds of governance and public policy, particularly during moments of crisis, suggested Dr Rob Doubleday, opening the first session of CSaP's Spring 2020 Virtual Citizen Science Conference. However, to understand what we can learn from the citizen sciences, we must first understand what citizen sciences are.
Professor Muki Haklay's work has highlighted the ambiguity in what is considered "citizen science", emphasizing that different people define the boundaries of citizen science in different ways, and there are a wide range of different understandings concerning which sets of practices and levels of citizen involvement are within or outside the boundaries of this concept.
Meanwhile, Professor Jennifer Gabrys' work on citizen sensing has explored the concept of citizenship in scientific participation, and suggests that citizen science is a way of expressing political agency, wherein individuals become citizen scientists by undertaking environmental observations and become citizens by articulating their rights participation and a healthy environment. She suggests that the proliferation of citizen sciences are a way to expand possibilities for collective inquiry and action.
Professor Alan Irwin, a leading scholar in the study of citizen sciences, noted that we see citizen activities in the sciences taking place at various levels and various forms, including action-oriented projects, virtual and educational projects, investigations, and conservation projects. Reflecting on what he has encountered over the course of his career, Professor Irwin suggested that there is value in the generality of the term "citizen science", and there is a plurality of citizen sciences, which are thought about in different ways, and which include co-produced projects and citizen-defined frameworks. Moreover, just because a citizen science activity begins in one place or domain, doesn't mean it has to stay there – projects evolve, and may draw upon different resources or work in different ways throughout their life course.
Professor Irwin further highlighted that citizen science has some virtues, including its ability to combine an increasing amount of scientific data with the building of social capital and community leadership. It also expands scientific literacy and environmental awareness. As we think about the citizen sciences, we need to keep an open mind, balancing critique and the potentiality of these approaches.
There are challenges when it comes to citizen science, particularly where it comes to the relationship between citizen science and scientific institutions, including questions of how to incorporate practices of ethics and accountability in citizen science. Professor Irwin has concluded that citizen sciences offer a powerful provocation to the operating structures of traditional scientific domains, challenging the career and reward structures which commonly define institutional scientific trajectories.
Many the sessions from CSaP's Spring 2020 Virtual Citizen Science Conference, including all the talks from our "what are citizen sciences?" session are available as lightning talks in the Citizen Science Playlist on our YouTube Channel. You can listen now here:
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