Many smokers think that quitting is mostly a matter of getting rid of the tobacco and relying on sheer determination to stop. While these things are a start in the right direction, they may make quitting extremely difficult and you do not want to set yourself up for failure. If you want to stop smoking once and for all, there are a number of options available to you.
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Newtown Funeral: Firemen Salute 7-Year-Old Who Never Got to Be One of Them
Daniel Bardem, killed on Friday, had dreamt of becoming a fireman when he grew up
Updated December 20, 2012 08:20 AM
Credit: Allison Joyce/Getty
Daniel Barden of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., wanted to be a fireman when he grew up – only the 7-year-old doesn't get to grow up.
Honoring the first-grader at Daniel's funeral Wednesday at Saint Rose of Lima Church was an honor guard of 100 uniformed firefighters from New York City and Connecticut's Simsbury, New London, Lyme and elsewhere, reports the Connecticut Post.
Their entire number flanked both sides of the driveway of the church and stood at attention as Daniel's grief-stricken family rode by in the funeral procession. Bagpipes played "America the Beautiful."
Daniel, who played soccer and swam on the Newtown Torpedoes swim team, received a fireman's funeral.
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"There's a new playground in heaven, a playground with 20 beautiful, perfect little angels," school-bus driver Gary Wheeler said in the packed church during the 10 a.m. service. "Daniel is one of those angels."
"We came here to show support," John Cummings of Ladder Co. 45 in New York City told the Post. Daniel's cousins are firefighters in N.Y.C., some 80 miles from Newtown, and word of his desire to become one of them spread through text messages Tuesday, resulting in the show of love and support on Wednesday.
"This is a part of our extended family," firefighter Lt. Eddie Boles, who works alongside Daniel's cousins in Harlem, told the Los Angeles Times. "After 9/11 the whole country extended its sympathy to New York, so we're here to show our support for this community."
Six more funerals and four wakes are scheduled in Newtown for Thursday.

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The pagan Saxons were fighting against the conquest and the Christianization of the king of the Franks Charlemagne in the 8th century. On the Wiehen Hills the rival chieftain converted to Christianity because of the so called "Quellwunder".
A peace treaty was signed in his castle at the banks of the river Weser and it was then declared "This castle shall from henceforth on be "min" (mine) and "din" (yours)." That's how "Minden" got it's name.
Once upon a time in 798...
... when Charlemagne (Karl der Große) called for an assembly in Minden. Recorded in the Franconian annals, this is the first official mention of Minden and marks the beginning of more than 1200 years of history. In the year 800 Minden got a bishop and its first cathedral.
By 977 Minden enjoyed many privileges including the right to coin money, hold markets, raise customs and to establish a legal court. These laid the foundations for the further development of the town.
The large market place in front of the town hall shows that Minden attracted merchants and craftsmen. In the Middle Ages Minden was part of the Hanseatic League, an extensive federation of trading towns and guilds. These ties to other commercial towns helped Minden to grow and flourish and eventually extensions of the town became necessary.
In Minden an economic boom followed the Reformation. Today you can still find traces of the architecture of that time in the town. There are also quite a few buildings which remind you of the years under Brandenburg-Prussian rule. See the sights and stroll through the centuries!
Minda in the 17th century
The historical map according to a copper engraving by Wenzel Hollar gives an impression of what Minden looked like in the middle of the 17th century. Since then some constructional modifications took place, which did not change the basic structure in a significant way though: Two churches (St. Johannis and St. Paulus) have been abandoned, the estuary of the 'Bastau' has been displaced to the 'Weser', a row of houses between the 'Scharn' and the former Hohn-Street as well as the inner city gardens have vanished.
Minden Wissenswert: Historische Daten
First written mention of Minden in the Franconian Imperial Annals
Charlemagne founds the diocese of Minden
Kaiser Otto II awards Bishop Milo of Minden market, coining and tax rights
Minden's citizens and their council begin trading independently of the bishop, their town and county sovereign
The council decrees a Protestant Church Order
Minden receives the right to free shipping on the River Weser from Kaiser Karl V
Kaiser Ferdinand II awards the town "Stapelrecht" (storage rights): every transport of grain and timber on the Weser has to stop in Minden, where the goods are then offered for sale
During the 30 Years War, Swedish troops occupy Minden and stay until 1650. Prior to this, the town had been occupied by imperial troops since 1625
As part of the Peace of Westphalia, the town and cathedral chapter are awarded to the Elector of Brandenburg
Minden becomes a Prussian administrative centre for the provinces Minden, Ravensberg, Tecklenburg and Lingen
At the Battle of Minden, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick leads a coalition army (England, Hanover, Brunswick, Schaumburg-Lippe and Prussia) to victory over French and Saxon troops
Minden is occupied by French troops and awarded to the Kingdom of Westphalia
Minden belongs to the French Empire
Minden is recaptured by Prussian troops and receives fortifications
Establishment of the Prussian administrative district of Minden
Opening of the Cologne-Minden railway
The town's fortified defences are abolished
The Mittelland Canal and its crossing point with the River Weser connect Minden with Germany's inland navigation system
Minden's synagogue is destroyed during the so-called Pogrom Night
Air raids destroy parts of Minden's Old Town, including the cathedral and town hall
The district administrative centre is moved from Minden to Detmold
Municipality reform: with the addition of 13 boroughs and 4 communities, Minden's population swells from 54,000 to 85,000
Celebrations "1200 Years Minden"
Celebrations "250th Anniversary Battle of Minden"
850th anniversary of "Mindener Fürstenhochzeit", the marriage between Henry the Lion and Matilda of Saxony that took place in the cathedral of Minden
Pictures of Minden's history
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Opening hours of the tourist information office:
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Saturday 10.00am - 2.00pm
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Scientology front: United for Human Rights/Youth for Human Rights
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Scientology PR: "The aims of these nonprofit, nonreligious organizations are twofold: Teach young people their inalienable rights, thus significantly increasing awareness in a single generation; and petition governments to implement and enforce the provisions of the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the world's preeminent human rights document, and mandate human rights education in schools."
Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) was founded in 2001 by Scientologist Dr. Mary Shuttleworth, who has also tried to push Scientology on the nation's schools through the front group Applied Scholastics. Like other Church of Scientology front groups, YHRI pretends to have a benign purpose that has nothing to do with Scientology. In this case, YHRI is one of several groups under the umbrella United for Human Rights that has created videos and pamphlets based on the principles spelled out in a 1948 United Nations proclamation, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
For some reason, Scientology never mentions in its materials that the Declaration was a project by Eleanor Roosevelt. It is a fine document, but many of its principles are uncontroversial in the developed world, such as the right to own property and the right to a fair trial.
Why would a Scientology front group spend money to tell American children that they have the right to own property or the right to move to another state?
The answer is the same as it is for all of Scientology's front groups: To find a way to get kids talking about Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and looking into the benefits of joining Scientology.
United for Human Rights is not an independent effort by a few concerned Scientologists. We've demonstrated how it's a Church of Scientology master plan to reach the children of the world with its real message.
Don't take our word for it. You can watch Church of Scientology International president Heber Jentzsch talk at a 2006 Scientology event for some 20 minutes about the church's plan to use Youth for Human Rights to spread its influence into every nation on earth in a video we posted back in September 2015.
The twisted logic of using Heber Jentzsch to talk about Scientology's efforts in human rights is one of those times when words like "irony" and "hypocrisy" simply fail to express what's going on. When you watch that 2006 video, you're seeing a man who, since 2004, had been held in a literal prison for top Scientology executives known as "The Hole." Yes, eyewitnesses place Heber Jentzsch in the Hole from about 2004 to at least 2009, and he had been pulled out of that prison just long enough to attend this 2006 event to talk about Scientology's efforts in human rights around the world. It's a neat example of what Scientology is doing on a larger scale with these efforts — using vague "good works" to distract attention from Scientology's own failings concerning human rights.
There's simply no doubt that Scientology works children long hours for virtually no pay, for example, and in 2009 that well-established fact aroused the interest of the FBI, which investigated Scientology for human trafficking allegations before giving up the investigation for complex reasons.
UHR lists four persons as the organization's officers. The director of UHR is Rubina Qureshi, who is also the president of the Association for Better Living and Education, Scientology's umbrella group for its "good works" front groups, and an entity that is staffed only with Sea Organization workers, the super hard core Scientologists who sign billion-year contracts and work for pennies an hour.
The president of UHR is Mary Shuttleworth, the founder of the group and a longtime Scientologist promoter.
And the secretary of UHR is Humberto Fontana, a Sea Org employee and Office of Special Affairs operative who was mentioned here for his role in Scientology's mishandling of the confinement and death of parishioner Lisa McPherson in 1995.
Yes, one of the Scientologists whose actions led to the gross snuffing out of Lisa McPherson's human rights is an officer of Scientology's front group that pretends to have concern for the human rights of children around the world.
December 10, 2017: A close up look at how human rights abuser Scientology is touting human rights as a front
January 22, 2017: National civil rights museum knows it's harboring Scientology front group, shrugs it off


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Michigan Court of Appeals Rules that Covenant v State Farm has Retroactive Effect on Cases Filed Prior to the Release of the Supreme Court's Opinion
By HVHSeptember 12, 2017August 6th, 2019Insurance Defense, News
Panel Holds, "Intervening judicial decisions that may have misinterpreted existing statutory law simply are not, and never were, "'the law.'"
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (August 31, 2017) — The Michigan Court of Appeals issued a published opinion today in WA Foote Memorial Hosp v Michigan Assigned Claims Plan, __ Mich App __; __ NW2d __ (Docket No. 333360) holding that the rule announced by the Michigan Supreme Court in Covenant v State Farm, that healthcare providers possess no right of action under the Michigan no-fault act, has retroactive effect upon cases pending at the time that the Supreme Court's opinion was released.
Trial courts have come to differing conclusions since Covenant was released. While some have dismissed provider cases where an alternative theory cannot be supported, other courts have concluded that the provider cases filed before Covenant can proceed because Covenant does not apply to those cases. The Court clarified that, indeed, Covenant applies to all cases, regardless of whether they were filed before the opinion in Covenant was issued.
The underlying case turned on an unrelated question concerning the threshold for eligibility to claim PIP coverage through the assigned claims plan. The Kent Circuit Court granted summary disposition to the MAIPF and concluded that the relatively easy identification of an applicable insurer precluded any claim through the MAIPF. The case was filed in September of 2015, and the Kent Circuit Court granted summary disposition the MAIPF long before Covenant was issued.
Following the release of Covenant, the MAIPF moved for leave to file extended supplemental briefing arguing that summary disposition should be affirmed for the narrower alternative reason that the plaintiff healthcare provider possesses no cause of action under the Michigan no-fault act and therefore had no ability to proceed with its claim in the first place. The Court agreed to entertain the supplemental briefs. The MAIPF's brief included a lengthy discussion about the nature of the law that arises out of judicial decisions, which, unlike legislation, must be given full retroactive effect. The MAIPF argued that rather than make "new law," the Covenant decision recognized what the law has always been.
Recognizing first that the issue was not directly addressed at the trial court, the Court of Appeals considered whether the issue was properly preserved for review on appeal. The Court rejected the plaintiff's assertion that the issue was waived because it was not raised below or expressly mentioned in responsive pleadings, noting that a plaintiff's "'failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted' is not waived even if not asserted in a responsive pleading or motion." The Court also acknowledged that based on the case law as it existed at the time, such a motion would have been reasonably regarded as futile.
Finding that the issue was not waived and otherwise preserved, the panel went on to explore the merits of the "retroactivity versus prospectivity" question. The Court engaged in a lengthy and thorough review of the issue as embodied in the legal commentary and case law, harkening all the way back to Sir William Blackstone's monumental work, Commentaries on the Laws of England. The Court also examined the relatively recent practice of limiting the retroactive application of judicial decisions, which the Court traced back to the Warren Court era, when the U.S. Supreme Court regularly announced broad new rules of criminal procedure having potential to disturb the finality of a broad range of criminal convictions.
Ultimately, the Court concluded that Michigan jurisprudence on the subject is controlled by the Michigan Supreme Court's decision in Spectrum Health Hosps v Farm Bureau Mut Ins Co of Michigan, 492 Mich 503; 821 NW2d 117 (2012), which overruled a long line of cases recognizing a "family joyriding" exception to the "unlawful taking" exclusion contained in MCL 500.3113. The Court refused to limit that ruling to prospective application, concluding instead that it was not making new law, but returning the law to what it had always been. Following the reasoning in Spectrum, the Court of Appeals came to the same conclusion with regard to the application of Covenant:
…judicial decisions of statutory interpretation must apply retroactively because retroactivity is the vehicle by which "the law" remains "the law." As Spectrum Health dictates, intervening judicial decisions that may have misinterpreted existing statutory law simply are not, and never were, "the law." The necessary consequence is that those decisions of this Court that were overruled by our Supreme Court in Covenant were not "the law" and thus did not, and do not, afford plaintiff a statutory right to recover PIP benefits directly from an insurer. Because plaintiff has no such right under the pre-Covenant caselaw, and because, as our Supreme Court in Covenant determined, plaintiff has no such right under the no-fault act, summary disposition was properly entered in favor of defendants in this case, albeit for reasons other than the pre-Covenant rationale given by the trial court.
While the panel affirmed the trial court's order granting summary disposition to the defendant, it remanded the case and directed the trial court to allow the plaintiff to move to amend its complaint.
Nicholas Ayoub represented the MAIPF before the Michigan Court of Appeals. He commented, "While the defense and plaintiff's bars will inevitably be focused on the outcome that this opinion produced, the real story here is found in the disciplined approach with which the Court analyzed the question and reached its conclusion. The true victory is had by the rule of law itself. We recognized from the beginning that the issue here is much bigger than the survival of no-fault claims in light of Covenant. The issue is directly tied to a proper understanding of the nature and origin of law in general, as borne out of our constitutional system of separated powers. We are thankful that the Court was willing and able to give the question the care and attention it required." Ayoub added, "I believe that Courts throughout the land can look to this opinion as an example of judicial reasoning and writing worth emulating, not only for its disciplined application of the rule of law, but also for its clear and thorough explanation in support of the final ruling."
Nicholas Ayoub is an appellate practitioner with the law firm of Hewson & Van Hellemont, P.C. He has served as appellate counsel in many first-party no-fault appeals, including the 2012 Supreme Court case of Spectrum v Farm Bureau, on which the Court of Appeals so heavily relied for its conclusion in this case.
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Statistiques de Houle pour Carbis Bay, Novembre: Vagues avec Vents Légers ou Favorables.
This image shows only the swells directed at Carbis Bay that coincided with light winds or offshore conditions over a normal November and is based upon 2867 predictions, one every 3 hours. The direction of the spokes show where quality surf generating swell comes from. Five colours represent increasing wave sizes. Very small swells of less than 0.5m (1.5 feet) high are shown in blue. Green and yellow represent increasing swell sizes and largest swells greater than >3m (>10ft) are shown in red. In each graph, the area of any colour is proportional to how commonly that size swell occurs.
The diagram implies that the most common swell direction, shown by the longest spokes, was W, whereas the the most common wind blows from the W. The chart at the bottom shows the same thing but without direction information. For example, swells larger than 1.5 feet (0.5m) coincided with good wind conditions 39% of the time, equivalent to 12 days. Expect open water swells to exceed >3m (>10ft) 13% of the time (4 days). Taking into account the fraction of these swells that coincided with forecast offshore winds, and given the fact that Carbis Bay is slightly protected from open water swells, we estimate that clean surf can be found at Carbis Bay about 39% of the time and that surf is blown out by onshore wind 32% of the time. This is means that we expect 21 days with waves in a typical November, of which 12 days should be surfable.


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Netflix Original TV Series Project MC^2 Released a 5th Season!
That's right! This nerdy show about a group of girls working as undercover spy operatives in the organization Innovate is back! The new season five features only five episodes but each episode brings more excitement to the avid fans the show has gained. It's aim is to teach us that "Smart is the new Cool" and I have to agree.
The application of knowledge in the show is quite incredible. Each girl has expertise in technology, engineering, wearable technology, chemistry, problem-solving and so much more. The main character Mackala Micalister leads the operations in the fifth season to uncover who is about to set a vile of self-replicating nanobots loose at SpaceINC's destination mars summer camp.
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Greeters & Counters at the Event Gates and Ship Sail-Away's: Chief responsibility is to check wristbands (or other form of ticket) and welcome guests to the Tall Ships festival. Use a manual counter to record the number of guests going aboard the vessel to make sure it does not exceed capacity. Submit count at the end of your shift.
Line Managers: Keep an orderly line and maintain the number of people on ships at any one time. Sometimes lines can be long (30 minutes plus). Line Managers can also advise the ticket office about wait times.
Guest Services: Be knowledgeable of all Event details including: ticket information, ship locations, festival activities. Be on location at Event information booths to provide details to guests inquiring about the festival.
Runners/Sail Away Support: Duties vary. Volunteers should be able to walk the Event throughout entire shift. May fill in as needed in other Event positions. Cast off lines of vessels that are scheduled to sail away during the Event. This position should come with some knowledge of line handling or have a training session with an experienced sailor to practice catching, throwing, and techniques.
Runners – Ship Assistance: Duties vary. Good knowledge of the port city very helpful. Everything from grocery and laundry runs to transportation (airport and bus) very helpful.
What age do I have to be to volunteer at this Event?
Every Event is different, but 18 years old is preferred, unless you volunteer with an organized group such as Sea Cadets, Key Club, etc. Volunteers under 18 MUST be with a parent or guardian. Under age 18 volunteers with adult supervision within a group with insurance will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
I've never volunteered before at a Tall Ships festival - how will I know what to do?
Volunteers are required to attend mandatory information/orientation sessions. You will receive pertinent details about festival activities and learn about your role as a volunteer through your Event coordinator.
Is this a paid volunteer opportunity?
No, volunteers are not paid. We appreciate your willingness to be an ambassador for our city and meet our ships and visitors.
All volunteers will receive: A Tall Ships T-Shirt, two complimentary boarding passes, bus transportation from remote parking if necessary, free snacks during your shift, and an invitation to the Crew/Volunteer appreciation reception.
How will I know if I have been selected as a volunteer for the Event?
Make sure we have your correct contact information. Someone from the Event will call/email you.
Are there group or corporate volunteer opportunities during Tall Ships?
Absolutely! This festival is a wonderful opportunity for groups and corporate teams to do something fun. While we cannot guarantee that everyone volunteers for the same role, we CAN arrange the schedule so everyone volunteers during the same shift.
How many volunteers are needed for this Event?
We need a few hundred volunteers to make this a success. Bring your friends!


'This book is indispensable, irresistible . . . a treasure trove, a chronicle of the larger Western engagement in the attempt to negotiate a settlement to the Sri Lankan conflict. It's invaluable not only because of what it chronicles, but also because it sheds light on the past, present and possible futures of Sri Lanka.' Dayan Jayetilleka, former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United Nations, Geneva.


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Boat burning festival in Sayville mimics age-old Viking ceremony
October 31, 2018 Danielle Tomlinson Religion 0
By Margaret Osborne and Danielle Tomlinson
The crowd watched mesmerized as flames engulfed a boat called '"About Time," as it slowly disintegrated from vessel to ash.
The annual Boat Burning Festival at the Long Island Maritime Museum took place on Oct. 26 as a fundraiser for the museum and a day for the community to come together.
While boat-burning traditionally happens at Viking funerals, Terry Blitman, LIMM executive director said she doesn't know exactly why this started on Long Island. Locals have heard a few different stories: one man says it was the result of a boat accidentally catching on fire, which turned into a tradition. Another said it was for tax purposes in the disposal of old vessels.
Still for a few, the boat-burning has cultural and religious significance.
Donning a Viking horned-hat and traditional Norwegian sweater, Fritz Rasenberger, a Huntington native, chatted merrily with the ticket sellers as he entered the event.
Rasenberger attends the annual fundraiser to honor his Scandinavian heritage. "This is our thing." he told them. "We invented this! "Mange takk," he said as he took his ticket, "thank you, in Norwegian."
Before Christianity took over Europe, the Vikings worshipped pagan gods. While the exact rituals of a Norse funeral are not known, most Vikings were either cremated or buried in the belief that the smoke would help carry the dead into the afterlife.
"There's not much left of original Indo-European religion," Rasenberger, who learned a lot of history from his grandparents and research, said. "But a lot of those traditions are a part of things like Christmas and Easter for us."
Fire, in particular, is used in summer solstice celebrations and Christmas celebrations.
"Fire is a transformational element. In other words, it purifies things," Rasenberger said.
Boats historically symbolize a safe passage, however few Vikings were actually burned in them because of their high building cost. This honor was usually reserved for only the highest-ranking chieftains, the title given to clan leaders.
Rasenberger's grandparents are native Norwegians. Around 1902, his grandparents found a ship burial on their property in Haugesund, Norway. They brought their heritage with them to the United States, raising Rasenberger to speak Norwegian.
"I feel connected to this event," he explained, saying it's symbolic of his family history. "If anyone comes to this event, it should be us [Norwegians]," Rasenberger said.
The museum celebrates boat-burning annually around Halloween, which has its origins from fall festivals of Ancient Romans and Irish Druids. The Ancient Romans celebrated the harvest by roasting nuts and apples over a bonfire, while the Druids believed that lighting fires would keep away spirits of the dead, explained the museum's flier.
But LIMM celebrates their own version of the ancient rites. Flyers advertise, "Instead of a real skeleton, we burn the 'bones' of a boat…a boat whose time has come."
Volunteers for the museum even build a boat to be raffled off each year as part of celebrating the "harvest."
While some attended for the event's maritime significance. Patrick Scotto, accompanied by a few of his classmates from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, came carrying three flags: The United States flag, their school flag and the coast guard flag.
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Forum schedule
VIII INTERNATIONAL FORUM "ANTI-COUNTERFEITING-2020"
"COMBATING COUNTERFEITING AS A CONDITION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAEU MEMBER STATES' ECONOMIES"
Minsk, Republic of Belarus
Registration of participants and accredited media
Official opening of the International Forum "Anti-Counterfeiting-2020"
Plenary Session "Combating counterfeiting as a condition for sustainable development of the EAEU member states'economies"
Moderator: AndreyKosovsky, First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed)
Welcoming address:
Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (to be confirmed).
Roman Golovchenko, Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed).
MgerGrigoryan, Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia(to be confirmed).
TimurZhaksylykov, Member of the Board – Minister in charge of Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
Daren Tang, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (to be confirmed (video address).
SauleTlevlessova, President of the Eurasian Patent Officeof the Eurasian Patent Organization (to be confirmed).
AslambekAslakhanov, President of the International Association "Anti-Counterfeiting"(to be confirmed).
GrigoryInvliev, Head of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property.
Alexander Shumilin, Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus.
DinaraMoldosheva, Chairperson of the State Service of Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.
UladzimirRabavolau, Director General of the National Centerof Intellectual Property.
https://youtu.be/JnKucD93d1Q
Venue: "Round Hall",National Library of Belarus
Hybrid format: up to 80 people in the hall (max.capacity210 people). Online participation for up to 300 people and broadcasting covering 10 thousand people to be provided.
Discussion session No. 1 "The role of youth in countering illicittraffickingin industrial products"
(II International Youth Forum "Anti-counterfeiting")
Moderator: Albert Taipov – Chairman of the Association for Intellectual Property Protection "BelBrand" / representative of the International Association "Anti-Counterfeiting" (to be confirmed)
Issues for discussion:
Youth perspectives on the issue of counterfeitingand illicit trafficking in industrial products.
Speakers(time limit – 10 minutes):
HadrienValembois – representative of the European office of the International Trademark Association.
Diana Zaikovskaya – International Relations Manager, "BelBrand" Association.
The main signs of counterfeiting, methods of countering illegal product trafficking.
Daniel Fedorkov– Regional Manager for IPEnforcement (CIS, Georgia, Turkey) Beiersdorf AG (Nivea brand).
Maxim Kurganskiy– Director for Protection of Legal Products Turnover,Center for Advanced Technologies Development.
Alexey Popovichev– Executive Director, Association of Branded Goods Manufacturers "RusBrand".
AsylbekAbdykulov – Managing Partner, Elite Legal.
Valentin Rachkovsky– Managing Partner of "BelBrand Consult", Patent Attorney, IP Valuation Expert.
Professional training in the field of combating illegal trafficking in industrial products (EAEU member states experience in focus).
Igor Sergeev– Dean of the Faculty of Customs, Russian Customs Academy, Scientific Supervisor.
representatives of the Belarusian State University (Faculty of International Relations, Faculty of Law) (to be confirmed).
representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed).
representative of the State Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of Customs Authorities of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed).
representative of the Russian State Academy of Intellectual Property (RSAIP).
representative of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University / Caspian University (to be confirmed).
Triggers for detecting counterfeit "replicas" of branded products in the modern market (online).
Olga Tereshchenko– Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor of the Department of Patent Law and Legal Protection of Means of Individualization, Dean of the Faculty of Law, RSAIP.
Vladislav Eremin– 4thyear student of the Faculty of Law of RSAIP.
Discussion session No. 2 "Combating counterfeiting in digital environment. Challenges in 2020"
Moderator: Alexey Popovichev – Executive Director, Association of Branded Goods Manufacturers "RusBrand"
Recent global and Eurasian trends related to the distribution of counterfeit goods via e-commerce channels.
Discussion of modern mechanisms for suppressing illegal use of IP objects, as well as the best practices for facilitating interaction between rightholders and law enforcementand administrative authorities.
Cooperationpractices of marketplace and online stores with right holders and authorized entities.
GaliyaDzholdybaeva– Director of the Business Development Department, Eurasian Economic Commission.
Giovanni Napolitano– Acting Director of the Department for Transition and Developed Countries, World Intellectual Property Organization (to be confirmed).
Louise Van Grunen– Director of the Division of Building Respect for Intellectual Property, World Intellectual Property Organization (to be confirmed).
Leonid Agronov –Director General of the National Federation of Music Industry.
ArtemSokolov–President of the Association of Internet Trade Companies.
Vladimir Shipkov–Executive Director of the Association of International Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (AIPM).
representative of the International Trademark Association (to be confirmed).
representative of Group-IB (to be confirmed).
representative of clothing and footwear industry (Adidas) (to be confirmed).
representatives of the EAEU member states (to be confirmed).
Mechanisms for preventing the misuse of intellectual activity results and means of individualization in the context of digitalization: topical issues and best world practices.
Certain aspects of countering piracy in the book market.
VictoriaSavina– Ph.D. in Law, Head of the Department of International and Educational Projects,RSAIP.
AntonGurko–expert of the Scientific and Expert Analytics Center, RSAIP.
https://youtu.be/gCtUW96z1yc
Venue: the session is heldvia a virtual platform.
Discussion session No. 3 "Labellingand product traceability system as an effective method of counteracting illicit trafficking in industrial products"
Moderator: representative of the International Association "Anti-Counterfeiting" (to be confirmed)
Effectiveness of labelling and traceability systems. Experience of the Russian Federation.
Speaker(time limit – 10 minutes):
representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed).
representative of the Center for Advanced Technologies Development (Russian Federation) (to be confirmed).
Market participants'liability for violation of labelled product circulation rules.
Activities of enforcement authorities.
representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed);
representative of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed);
representatives of the enforcementauthorities of the EAEU member states (to be confirmed).
Cooperation on the implementation of mandatory labelling of goods.
Natalia Lyakhova – Deputy Director of theTariff and Non-Tariff Customs Regulation Department, Eurasian Economic Commission.
representative of the International Association "Anti-Counterfeiting"(to be confirmed)
Product labelling in the Republic of Belarus.
representative of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed)
Leonid Tanin – Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Advisor of CJSC "Holographic Industry".
Strategy for product labelling development in the EAEU member states.
https://youtu.be/3tZ5GSUf4Oc
Extendedcoffee-break
Discussion session No. 4 "Ensuring product security, combating counterfeiting. Counterfeit and falsification of medical, sports and functional nutrition"
Moderator: AndreyPetrov – Director of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "All-Russian Research Institute of Canning Technology", Dr.Tech.Sc., Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Assessment of the market situation in respect to medical, sports and functional nutrition.
representative of the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus.
The turnover of medical, sports and functional nutrition in the EAEU member states.
Speaker(timelimit – 10 minutes):
representative of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed).
YuliaLoginova – representative of the Prophylact Nutrition.
(the session is being finalized)
Discussion session No. 5 "Tobacco and nicotine-containing industry: building tax capacity by reducing the share of illicit trade"
Trafficking in tobacco products in the EAEU member states: the share of illegal goods in the total amount of tobacco products.
Excise tax policy of the EAEU member states and its impact on the tobacco market.
Tobacco labelling: experience of the Russian Federation.
Speakers(timelimit – 10 minutes):
Sergey Kasatonov – Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed).
Alexey Sazanov– State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed).
IlyaCherny– Director of the Domestic Markets Operation Department, Eurasian Economic Commission.
Arman Khachatryan– Director of the Financial Policy Department, Eurasian Economic Commission.
Member of the Russian Security Council (to be confirmed).
representative of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed).
Tatyana Ilyushnikova– Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
Oksana Lut – Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
representative of the State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed).
Viktor Evtukhov– State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed)
Ekaterina Priezzheva– Director of the Department for Digital Labelling of Goods and Product Turnover Legalization, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed)
Natalia Kornienko – Head of the Research Laboratory for the Tax System Development, Institute for Applied Economic Research of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Russian Federation.
representative of the International Association "Anti-Counterfeiting" (to be confirmed)
representative of "BAT Russia" (to be confirmed)
representative of "J.T.I. Russia" (to be confirmed)
representative of "Philip Morris International"(Russia)(to be confirmed);
(the sessionisbeingfinalized)
Discussion session No. 6 "Cable industry: comprehensive counteraction to unfair market participants"
Moderator: Maxim Tretyakov – Vice President of the "Electrokabel" Association.
Issues for discussion(to be confirmed)
Ekaterina Priezzheva – Director of the Department for Digital Labeling of Goods and Legalization of Product Turnover, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed)
Alexey Kuleshov–Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (to be confirmed)
representatives of the "Electrokabel" Association(to be confirmed)
representative of the All-Russian Scientific Research, Design and Technology Institute of Cable Industry (to be confirmed)
representative of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed)
representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan (to be confirmed)
https://youtu.be/nrp2q7nOHo8
Discussion session No. 7
Part 1. "IP objects protection in emergency situations"
Part 2. "Means of individualization of civil circulation participants"
Part 1. Moderator: Alexander Zayats – Deputy Director General of the National Centerof Intellectual Property (Republic of Belarus)
The practice of identifying and suppressing illegal use of IP in the pandemic context. Experience of the EAEU member states.
Alexander Pogosky– Deputy Head of the First Directorate of the Main Department for Combating Economic Crimes, Criminal Police, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
FarhatArtykov– security officer of the Financial Police of the State Service for Combating Economic Crimes under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Q&A session (10 minutes).
Modalities for IP system operation in the pandemic context.
Speakers (time limit – 10 minutes):
Dmitry Travnikov– Head of the Department for Provision of State Services, Rospatent.
TalantKonokbaev– State Secretary of the State Service for Intellectual Property and Innovation under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.
representative of the European Patent Office (to be confirmed).
Functioning of the Eurasian patent system in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
YuliaFederova – Head of the Legal Department of the Eurasian Patent Office.
Part 2. Moderator: AliakseiKurman – First Deputy Director General of the National Centerof Intellectual Property (Republic of Belarus)
Trademark registration as a tool to prevent counterfeit product distribution.
Natalia Sinishova – Head of the Trademarks Department, National Centerof Intellectual Property.
representative of the World Intellectual Property Organization (to be confirmed).
HadrienValembois – representative of the International Trademark Association(to be confirmed).
Judicial enforcement of rights to means of individualization of civil circulation participants. Experience of the EAEU member states.
RaisaKozorezova – judge of the Judicial Board on Intellectual Property Cases of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus.
Vladimir Popov– Chairman of the Judicial Panel of the Judicial Boardon Economic Disputes of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
representatives of the judiciary of the EAEU member states (to be confirmed).
IP rights enforcement by the customs authorities of the EAEU member states. Cross-border cooperation issues.
Marina Davydova– Chief Inspector, Division for Monitoring Compliance with Prohibitions and Restrictions of the Main Customs Control Department, State Customs Committee.
Sergey Shklyaev– Head of the Trade Restrictions, Currency and Export Control Department, Federal Customs Service.
representatives of the customs authorities of the EAEU member states (to be confirmed).
Prospects for the EAEU Trademark and Customs Register.
representative of the Eurasian Economic Commission (to be confirmed).
Venue: "Round Hall", National library of Belarus.
Summing up, closing ceremony
Venue: conference hall "Premier",Republican Center for Olympic Training in Chess and Checkers.
Sessions «Expert Marathon»
AslambekAslakhanov – President of the International Association "Anti-counterfeiting", Chairman of the Expert Council under the State Commission for Combating Illegal Trafficking in Industrial Products;
Maria Borisik – Head of the Medical Equipment Department of "AtlasKopko",
Topic: "Medical gas supply. Topical issues, challenges, equipment suppliers. 2020 experience";
PavelKatkov– Senior Partner of the law firm KATKOV & PARTNERS,
Topic: "Topical issues of combating counterfeiting: industry statistics and court cases";
Natalia Demidova– Director of the National Footwear Union,
Topic: "State of play in Russia footwear market";
Sergey Kuptsov– Head of the Economic Security Department, Security Directorate, JSC "Lada-Image",
Topic: "Measures taken by JSC "AVTOVAZ" to counter illegal production and turnover of spare parts for LADA vehicles";
Olga Klimova– Director General of "EDEM" LLC,
Topic: "Implementation of digital technologies aimed at regulating and controlling the industry";
Maxim Novikov– President of the Union of Soft Drinks and Mineral Waters Producers,
Topic: "Self-regulation of the beverage industry as a tool for market harmonization"
Sergey Samygin– Director General of "Dispak" LLC,
Topic: "Manufacturer interests protection".
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87519602879?pwd=N0ZxM09VSHNZSTYxVFNwcEUyYzgrZz09


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Q: Asynchonously deserializing a list using System.Text.Json Lets say that I request a large json file that contains a list of many objects. I don't want them to be in memory all at once, but I would rather read and process them one by one. So I need to turn an async System.IO.Stream stream into an IAsyncEnumerable<T>. How do I use the new System.Text.Json API to do this?
private async IAsyncEnumerable<T> GetList<T>(Uri url, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
    using (var httpResponse = await httpClient.GetAsync(url, cancellationToken))
    {
        using (var stream = await httpResponse.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync())
        {
            // Probably do something with JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync here without serializing the entire thing in one go
        }
    }
}

A: Yes, a truly streaming JSON (de)serializer would be a nice performance improvement to have, in so many places.
Unfortunately, System.Text.Json does not do this at the time I'm writing this. I'm not sure if it will in the future - I hope so! Truly streaming deserialization of JSON turns out to be rather challenging.
You could check if the extremely fast Utf8Json supports it, perhaps.
However, there might be a custom solution for your specific situation, since your requirements seem to constrain the difficulty.
The idea is to manually read one item from the array at a time. We are making use of the fact that each item in the list is, in itself, a valid JSON object.
You can manually skip past the [ (for the first item) or the , (for each next item). Then I think your best bet is to use .NET Core's Utf8JsonReader to determine where the current object ends, and feed the scanned bytes to JsonDeserializer.
This way, you're only buffering slightly over one object at a time.
And since we're talking performance, you could get the input from a PipeReader, while you're at it. :-)

A: I understand this is an old post, but the recently announced System.Text.Json support for IAsyncEnumerable in .Net 6 Preview 4 provides solution the problem mentioned in OP.
private async IAsyncEnumerable<T> GetList<T>(Uri url, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
    using (var httpResponse = await httpClient.GetAsync(url, cancellationToken))
    {
        using (var stream = await httpResponse.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync())
        {

            await foreach(var item in JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsyncEnumerable<T>(stream))
            {
                yield return item;
            }
        }
    }
}

This would provide an on-demand deserialization and is quite useful when working with large data. Please note that at the moment the feature is limited to root level JSON arrays.
More details on the feature could be found here

A: TL;DR It's not trivial

Looks like someone already posted full code for a Utf8JsonStreamReader struct that reads buffers from a stream and feeds them to a Utf8JsonRreader, allowing easy deserialization with JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>(ref newJsonReader, options);. The code isn't trivial either. The related question is here and the answer is here.
That's not enough though - HttpClient.GetAsync will return only after the entire response is received, essentially buffering everything in memory.
To avoid this, HttpClient.GetAsync(string,HttpCompletionOption ) should be used with HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead.
The deserialization loop should check the cancellation token too, and either exit or throw if it's signalled. Otherwise the loop will go on until the entire stream is received and processed.
This code is based in the related answer's example and uses HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead and checks the cancellation token. It can parse JSON strings that contain a proper array of items, eg :
[{"prop1":123},{"prop1":234}]

The first call to jsonStreamReader.Read() moves to the start of the array while the second moves to the start of the first object. The loop itself terminates when the end of the array (]) is detected.
private async IAsyncEnumerable<T> GetList<T>(Uri url, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
    //Don't cache the entire response
    using var httpResponse = await httpClient.GetAsync(url,
                                                       HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead,
                                                       cancellationToken);
    using var stream = await httpResponse.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
    using var jsonStreamReader = new Utf8JsonStreamReader(stream, 32 * 1024);

    jsonStreamReader.Read(); // move to array start
    jsonStreamReader.Read(); // move to start of the object

    while (jsonStreamReader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.EndArray)
    {
        //Gracefully return if cancellation is requested.
        //Could be cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested()
        if(cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
        {
            return;
        }

        // deserialize object
        var obj = jsonStreamReader.Deserialize<T>();
        yield return obj;

        // JsonSerializer.Deserialize ends on last token of the object parsed,
        // move to the first token of next object
        jsonStreamReader.Read();
    }
}

JSON fragments, AKA streaming JSON aka ...*
It's quite common in event streaming or logging scenarios to append individual JSON objects to a file, one element per line eg :
{"eventId":1}
{"eventId":2}
...
{"eventId":1234567}

This isn't a valid JSON document but the individual fragments are valid. This has several advantages for big data/highly concurrent scenarios. Adding a new event only requires appending a new line to the file, not parsing and rebuilding the entire file. Processing, especially parallel processing is easier for two reasons:

*

*Individual elements can be retrieved one at a time, simply by reading one line from a stream.

*The input file can be easily partitioned and split across line boundaries, feeding each part to a separate worker process, eg in a Hadoop cluster, or simply different threads in an application: Calculate the split points eg by dividing the length by the number of workers, then look for the first newline. Feed everything up to that point to a separate worker.

Using a StreamReader
The allocate-y way to do this would be to use a TextReader, read one line at a time and parse it with JsonSerializer.Deserialize :
using var reader=new StreamReader(stream);
string line;
//ReadLineAsync() doesn't accept a CancellationToken
while((line=await reader.ReadLineAsync()) != null)
{
    var item=JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>(line);
    yield return item;

    if(cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
    {
        return;
    }
}

That's a lot simpler than the code that deserializes a proper array. There are two issues :

*

*ReadLineAsync doesn't accept a cancellation token

*Each iteration allocates a new string, one of the things we wanted to avoid by using System.Text.Json

This may be enough though as trying to produce the ReadOnlySpan<Byte> buffers needed by JsonSerializer.Deserialize isn't trivial.
Pipelines and SequenceReader
To avoid alllocations, we need to get a ReadOnlySpan<byte> from the stream. Doing this requires using System.IO.Pipeline pipes and the SequenceReader struct. Steve Gordon's An Introduction to SequenceReader explains how this class can be used to read data from a stream using delimiters.
Unfortunately, SequenceReader is a ref struct which means it can't be used in async or local methods. That's why Steve Gordon in his article creates a
private static SequencePosition ReadItems(in ReadOnlySequence<byte> sequence, bool isCompleted)

method to read items form a ReadOnlySequence and return the ending position, so the PipeReader can resume from it. Unfortunately we want to return an IEnumerable or IAsyncEnumerable, and iterator methods don't like in or out parameters either.
We could collect the deserialized items in a List or Queue and return them as a single result, but that would still allocate lists, buffers or nodes and have to wait for all items in a buffer to be deserialized before returning :
private static (SequencePosition,List<T>) ReadItems(in ReadOnlySequence<byte> sequence, bool isCompleted)

We need something that acts like an enumerable without requiring an iterator method, works with async and doesn't buffer everything the way.
Adding Channels to produce an IAsyncEnumerable
ChannelReader.ReadAllAsync returns an IAsyncEnumerable. We can return a ChannelReader from methods that couldn't work as iterators and still produce a stream of elements without caching.
Adapting Steve Gordon's code to use channels, we get the ReadItems(ChannelWriter...) and ReadLastItem methods. The first one, reads one item at a time, up to a newline using ReadOnlySpan<byte> itemBytes. This can be used by JsonSerializer.Deserialize. If ReadItems can't find the delimiter, it returns its position so the PipelineReader can pull the next chunk from the stream.
When we reach the last chunk and there's no other delimiter, ReadLastItem` reads the remaining bytes and deserializes them.
The code is almost identical to Steve Gordon's. Instead of writing to the Console, we write to the ChannelWriter.
private const byte NL=(byte)'\n';
private const int MaxStackLength = 128;

private static SequencePosition ReadItems<T>(ChannelWriter<T> writer, in ReadOnlySequence<byte> sequence,
                          bool isCompleted, CancellationToken token)
{
    var reader = new SequenceReader<byte>(sequence);

    while (!reader.End && !token.IsCancellationRequested) // loop until we've read the entire sequence
    {
        if (reader.TryReadTo(out ReadOnlySpan<byte> itemBytes, NL, advancePastDelimiter: true)) // we have an item to handle
        {
            var item=JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>(itemBytes);
            writer.TryWrite(item);
        }
        else if (isCompleted) // read last item which has no final delimiter
        {
            var item = ReadLastItem<T>(sequence.Slice(reader.Position));
            writer.TryWrite(item);
            reader.Advance(sequence.Length); // advance reader to the end
        }
        else // no more items in this sequence
        {
            break;
        }
    }

    return reader.Position;
}

private static T ReadLastItem<T>(in ReadOnlySequence<byte> sequence)
{
    var length = (int)sequence.Length;

    if (length < MaxStackLength) // if the item is small enough we'll stack allocate the buffer
    {
        Span<byte> byteBuffer = stackalloc byte[length];
        sequence.CopyTo(byteBuffer);
        var item=JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>(byteBuffer);
        return item;
    }
    else // otherwise we'll rent an array to use as the buffer
    {
        var byteBuffer = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(length);

        try
        {
            sequence.CopyTo(byteBuffer);
            var item=JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>(byteBuffer);
            return item;
        }
        finally
        {
            ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(byteBuffer);
        }

    }
}

The DeserializeToChannel<T> method creates a Pipeline reader on top of the stream, creates a channel and starts a worker task that parses chunks and pushes them to the channel :
ChannelReader<T> DeserializeToChannel<T>(Stream stream, CancellationToken token)
{
    var pipeReader = PipeReader.Create(stream);
    var channel=Channel.CreateUnbounded<T>();
    var writer=channel.Writer;
    _ = Task.Run(async ()=>{
        while (!token.IsCancellationRequested)
        {
            var result = await pipeReader.ReadAsync(token); // read from the pipe

            var buffer = result.Buffer;

            var position = ReadItems(writer,buffer, result.IsCompleted,token); // read complete items from the current buffer

            if (result.IsCompleted)
                break; // exit if we've read everything from the pipe

            pipeReader.AdvanceTo(position, buffer.End); //advance our position in the pipe
        }

        pipeReader.Complete();
    },token)
    .ContinueWith(t=>{
        pipeReader.Complete();
        writer.TryComplete(t.Exception);
    });

    return channel.Reader;
}

ChannelReader.ReceiveAllAsync() can be used to consume all items through an IAsyncEnumerable<T>:
var reader=DeserializeToChannel<MyEvent>(stream,cts.Token);
await foreach(var item in reader.ReadAllAsync(cts.Token))
{
    //Do something with it
}

A: It feels like you need to implent your own stream reader. You have to read bytes one-by-one and stop as soon as object definition completed. It is indeed pretty low-leveled. As such you WILL NOT load entire file into RAM, but rather take the part you're dealing with. Does it seem to be an answer?

A: Instead of using multiple tasks with ChannelReader it's possible to use the System.IO.Pipelines extension package along with System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer in .NET 5 (C# 9) like this:
using System;
using System.Buffers;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Pipelines;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static readonly byte[] NewLineChars = {(byte)'\r', (byte)'\n'};
    static readonly byte[] WhiteSpaceChars = {(byte)'\r', (byte)'\n', (byte)' ', (byte)'\t'};

    private static async Task Main()
    {
        JsonSerializerOptions jsonOptions = new(JsonSerializerDefaults.Web);
        var json = "{\"some\":\"thing1\"}\r\n{\"some\":\"thing2\"}\r\n{\"some\":\"thing3\"}";
        var contentStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json));
        var pipeReader = PipeReader.Create(contentStream);
        await foreach (var foo in ReadItemsAsync<Foo>(pipeReader, jsonOptions))
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"foo: {foo.Some}");
        }
    }

    static async IAsyncEnumerable<TValue> ReadItemsAsync<TValue>(PipeReader pipeReader, JsonSerializerOptions jsonOptions = null)
    {
        while (true)
        {
            var result = await pipeReader.ReadAsync();
            var buffer = result.Buffer;
            bool isCompleted = result.IsCompleted;
            SequencePosition bufferPosition = buffer.Start;
            while (true)
            {
                var(value, advanceSequence) = TryReadNextItem<TValue>(buffer, ref bufferPosition, isCompleted, jsonOptions);
                if (value != null)
                {
                    yield return value;
                }

                if (advanceSequence)
                {
                    pipeReader.AdvanceTo(bufferPosition, buffer.End); //advance our position in the pipe
                    break;
                }
            }

            if (isCompleted)
                yield break;
        }
    }

    static (TValue, bool) TryReadNextItem<TValue>(ReadOnlySequence<byte> sequence, ref SequencePosition sequencePosition, bool isCompleted, JsonSerializerOptions jsonOptions)
    {
        var reader = new SequenceReader<byte>(sequence.Slice(sequencePosition));
        while (!reader.End) // loop until we've come to the end or read an item
        {
            if (reader.TryReadToAny(out ReadOnlySpan<byte> itemBytes, NewLineChars, advancePastDelimiter: true))
            {
                sequencePosition = reader.Position;
                if (itemBytes.TrimStart(WhiteSpaceChars).IsEmpty)
                {
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PEC Chamber honours excellence in business at second virtual awards ceremony
Lenny Epstein and Gavin North, of 'Short Attention Spa' hosted an intermission game show featuring winners of last year's excellence awards – the prize winner receiving a multi-mushroom pizza from the Royal Hotel menu.
Prince Edward County's Chamber of Commerce honoured leadership and business excellence during its second annual online Business Excellence Awards – this year streamed from the newly-renovated Royal Hotel, downtown Picton, Jan. 27.
"We had hoped we would be holding this year's business excellence awards show in person, but due to COVID, we are once again virtual," said Duarte Da Silva President, PEC Chamber of Commerce noting the event is designed to recognize the businesses of PEC and their "unwaivering entrepreneurship, resilience, service to the community and contributions to the economic and social fabric in PEC."
Special guests, MP Ryan Williams, MPP Todd Smith and PEC Mayor Steve Ferguson also congratulated Prince Edward County businesses for their resilience and successes over the past two years of the pandemic.
Steve Anthony, best known as one of the first VJ's for MuchMusic and a CP24 host, was master of ceremonies.
The process of nominees and winners, he noted, was "not stuffed into a confetti can and fired into the air", but included an adjudication team and based on criteria that included outstanding business leadership, community involvement, entrepreneurship, environment, employee welfare, innovation and growth.
There were 30 nominations among the six award categories: Business of the Year, Not-for-Profit, Employer of the Year, Environmental Practices, Entrepreneurial Spirit and Beyond Business.
Kingfisher Financial was named Business of the Year, recognizing a lifetime achievement in business as well as contributions to the business community. Brent Timm has been in the financial services industry for more than 30 years and took over as owner of Kingfisher Financial in 2015. Nominees also included BFF, Hitchon's Hearing and Merland Park.
Radio 99.3 County FM won the Not-for-Profit category recognizing excellence in growth, programs, volunteer management, community innovation and service. Station Manager Craig Mills said he was thrilled on behalf of more than 100 volunteers at the station. Nominees also included Community Living Prince Edward, Hospice Prince Edward, Prince Edward Learning Centre and Reaching for Rainbows.
Huff Estates Winery owners Lanny and Catharine Huff received the Beyond Business award, honouring a lifetime of community involvement and support. Also nominated were Oeno Gallery, Serendipity Yoga and 555 Brewing Co.
Guerin Sykes, of The Marans restaurant received the Entrepreneurial Spirit award (for excellence in any of a variety of areas including innovation, quality, job creation, growth and community involvement). Also nominated were County Candle Co., County Field & Forest, Curious Goat General Store, Life Au Lait Loch Mor Cider Co., PECish Baking Co., The Renaissance Farm and Serendipity Yoga.
Anne Du Bois, of Savon du Bois, a natural body and cosmetics company, received the Environmental Practices Award. Nominees also included County Fields and Forest and Otter Energy.
The Employer of the Year Award was presented to Mary and Kevin Wood of 100 Acre Wood, a wedding and event venue. Nominees also included Bermuda PEC, Closson Chase Vineyards, Power Concrete Products and Wander the Resort.


Wild Africa's VULTURE CULTURE TRAIL - soaring to new heights!
February's trail run gives us the privilege of returning to the spectacular Glen Afric Country Lodge who's terrain & wildlife will not disappoint. The run offers different routes whereby all trails will take runners past the 'vulture restaurant' on this event. There is a 6km, 12km as well as a challenging 17km available. The question is... how far are you willing to go?
We will have a guest speaker from "Vulpro" who will be raising awareness around initiatives in the Magaliesburg area to protect and rehabilitate the endangered vultures. Please join us after the run to hear their incredible feat as they continue to help with the plight of vultures.
There will be a fantastic buffet breakfast option at Glen Afric Lodge after the event for those who wish to enjoy a relaxed morning in the country & watch the elephants come by on their morning walk. A true Wild Africa Experience - we look forward to seeing you on the trails again.
Now here is a new dynamic, for Vulture Culture Trail Run, your medal is a beautiful ..... tin of pilchards , it will have a red lanyard on it, full medal look. I think this may be a first, will wait for the reaction..., the idea is VulPro needs pilchard to help feed the Flamingo chicks they are helping save. There will be a stand that you can hang your medals on, and if you are happy to do this, this will go to Vulpro as a donation. Then we will also be taking monies out of t...he registration fees to buy a new industrial lawn mower that is needed to cut the grass between the vulture enclosures (if anyone has contacts please let me know). So this run, thanks to the awesome venue of Glen Afric Country Lodge, is dedicated to wildlife, you get to enjoy the pristine setting and new trails, and you help one of the hardest working, Vulture (and Flamingo) saving operations I have seen. Let's do this!!!!


The day has come for your annual visit to the veterinary clinic across town for your multi-pet household. You wake up to two inches of fresh snow on the ground. Your four year old daughter is in her bedroom complaining of a sore throat. Your cat is nowhere to be found and your dogs are soaking wet, your spouse having put them outside two hours before. You dread having to put your cat in his carrier and you have no idea where the carrier even is. You remember the last time you took Molly, your Golden Retriever to the vet she tore the car leather seat with her long toenails and left hair on the carpet which despite cleaning is still embedded in the fabric one year later. Frustrated, you take out your smart phone and google Pet House Calls.
Pet house calls come in two flavors. Some practitioners offer basic services such as vaccinations and in-home euthanasia. At Home Pet Doctor offers these basic services and more. We have a full service mobile veterinary clinic so that we can do many procedures at your home that were previously only available through a brick and mortar practice. We look forward to serving you and your pets!
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When was Martin County, TX Created?
Allen County was created on August 21, 1876 (organized on November 1884 ) from Young Territory .
What is the County Seat of Martin County, TX?
The County Seat is located in Stanton also, the county government website is unknown.
What counties are adjacent to Martin County, TX?
Bordering Counties are Dawson County, Howard County, Glasscock County, Midland County, Andrews County, Gaines County.
Martin County vital records can be found at the Texas Office of Vital Records has copies of birth and death records reported from 1903. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Texas for current fees and application process.
You can search online for Martin County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for Texas Birth and Death Certificate, Marriage or Divorce Verification Application to mail.
What Martin County, TX census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Martin County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Martin Co. Mortality Schedules can be found for 1880. Martin Co. Industry and Agriculture can be obtained for 1880. Martin Co. Union Veterans Schedules is available for 1890.
The below facts shows exactly what death, marriage, birth, property, wills, and court records are typically in Martin County. The years listed below are the first noted records with this county. See Also Texas Corthouse Records Research Guide.
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Martin County, TX?
A list of Martin County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide Texas Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.
Where can I connect with other Martin County, TX Researchers through message boards and forums?
What other genealogical resources are available in Martin County, TX?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Martin County.
Texas Military Records (fold3.com) offers access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents of the Texas both women and men who served. Suitable for Martin County genealogists, researchers, historians and more.


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News: Calgary Public Library opens its 13th Early Learning Centre with support from Co-op Community Spaces
Calgary, AB – Thousands of young children and their families living in northwest Calgary now have access to a new early learning space that provides enriching resources and learning opportunities. Today, the Calgary Public Library celebrated the opening of the Co-op Community Early Learning Centre at Nose Hill Library (1530 Northmount Dr NW).
"Nose Hill Library has been a cornerstone of the community since 1988, and is one of our most loved and well used locations in the city," says Mark Asberg, CEO of the Calgary Public Library. "Thanks to Co-op Community Spaces, we are delighted to open our newest play-based learning space, which helps prepare children for lifelong learning and success." With more than 90,000 kids under the age of five in Calgary, the demographics of the city demand a significant investment in high quality early learning. The Co-op Community Early Learning Centre at Nose Hill Library was guided by the idea that we are all connected to each other and the earth, and like all of the Library's Early Learning Centres, is interactive, flexible and open-ended to support play and active learning.
"We're proud to partner with the Calgary Public Library to create this play-based learning space at Nose Hill Library," says Lindsay Arnott, Social Responsibility Supervisor at Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL). "On behalf of local co-ops across Western Canada, Co-op Community Spaces helps create spaces for Western Canadians to come together and build social connections. We're so glad that we can support the families and children that live in the communities around Nose Hill Library."
Early Learning Centres are one piece of the Calgary Public Library's Early Learning Strategy. The Library has a long-term goal to create these vibrant and innovative spaces in all 21 libraries in Calgary. Philanthropic support from individuals, organizations, and all levels of government have made our other Early Learning Centres possible.
Calgary Public Library
Calgary Public Library, with 740,000 members and 21 locations, has been inspiring the life stories of Calgarians for more than 100 years. It is currently the second largest library system in Canada and the sixth largest municipal library system in North America, with Calgarians borrowing more than 15 million physical and digital items and with over 7 million in-person visits last year.
Calgary Public Library Foundation
The Calgary Public Library Foundation empowers people to make a difference in their community. All donations received through the Library Foundation cultivate innovation and bring the Library to those who need it most. Our 21,500 donors are helping to build a stronger Calgary.
Federated Co-operatives Limited and the Co-operative Retailing System
Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), based in Saskatoon, is the 58th largest company in Canada and the largest non-financial co-operative in Canada. FCL is a unique multi-billion dollar wholesaling, manufacturing, marketing and administrative co-operative owned by more than 170 autonomous retail co-operatives across Western Canada. Together FCL and those local retail co-operatives form the Co-operative Retailing System (CRS). The CRS serves our members and communities with products and services that help build, feed and fuel individuals and communities from Vancouver Island to northwestern Ontario. Our total workforce of 25,000 employees serve 1.9 million active individual members and many more non-member customers at 1,500 retail locations in more than 580 communities. We are a different kind of business – we are locally invested, community-minded and offer lifetime membership benefits including patronage refunds, quality products, quality service and fair prices. More information is available at www.fcl.crs.
FCL administers the Co-op Community Spaces program on behalf of more than 170 independent local co-ops across Western Canada that form the Co-operative Retailing System.


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4 VR headsets that could blow away Oculus Rift and HTC Vive
By Jon Porter
Virtual Reality's future: PlayStation VR, Hololens and more
Thanks to the release of the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift the age of VR has already begun, but there's still a lot more to look forward to on the horizon.
From the debut of console VR with the PlayStation VR to Razer's open-source headset, there's much more that we haven't seen from virtual reality yet, and that's without even mentioning Microsoft's long-awaited foray into augmented reality, the Hololens.
We've assembled a list of the Best VR headsets that are available right now, but read on if you can't wait to see what's just around the corner...
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The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are excellent pieces of hardware, but the kind of PC you need to run them is an expensive piece of kit. This is where Sony's PlayStaion VR might just end up having a huge advantage, you can power it using a standard PlayStation 4.
But don't rush out to pre-order one just yet. Rumours have been circulating that the upcoming PS4 refresh, the PlayStation 4.5 may come about to offer a more complete VR experience.
The PSVR hardware itself also stands out: the latest model is the most stylish and comfortable VR headset we've used. The internal components are also of a high quality, and special mention has to go to the headset's 120Hz refresh rate, which really helps to eliminate motion sickness.
The best PlayStation VR preorder deals
Read our hands on review: PlayStation VR
2. Microsoft Hololens
Microsoft raised a lot of eyebrows a couple of years ago when it first showed off the HoloLens, which technically isn't VR, but rather a holographic computing device, it's 'Augmented Reality' if you will.
Instead of immersing the player in an entirely computer-generated world, HoloLens adds interactive holograms to the space you already inhabit. Microsoft showed demos of people building Minecraft structures on top of their tables, exploring objects such as a motorbikes, or being able to create video feeds on any surface you like.
It's impressive technology, but its uniqueness could also be its weakness: while most VR games are being made to work across multiple VR platforms, HoloLens is a very distinct proposition.
It also seems like one that Microsoft is positioning as an office productivity device in addition to a gaming device, and this may end up hurting its chances with gamers.
With no word yet on a consumer version's release date or pricing, Microsoft's HoloLens is still a bit of an unknown at this point, but we'll be very interested to see if AR ends up being as big of a deal as VR feels right now.
Read our hands on review: Microsoft HoloLens
3. Razer OSVR HDK 2
OSVR stands for Open Source Virtual Reality, so everything about the platform is open and freely available. You can even download the 3D files and create your own headset, if you like.
However, Razer has done the hard work for you with its own OSVR hardware, which will see the release of its second Dev Kit in July 2016 for $399. The hardware is pretty impressive given that low price: the 2160 x 1200 resolution dual-display is on par with both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, as is its resolution and field of view. That said however, with just one camera tracking movement, the OSVR's solution isn't as sophisticated as the Vive's.
The OSVR consortium is also backed by some big names, including Leap Motion, who make one of the better motion controllers on the market, and Gearbox Software, developer of the excellent Borderlands series.
After spending some time with the OSVR HDK 2 at this year's E3 we can honestly say that while this one may not give the Vive or Oculus Rift a run for their money in a one-on-one fight, it might have potential as a cheap, DIY VR headset for enthusiasts.
Read our hands on review: Razer OSVR HDK 2
4. Sulon Q
The Sulon Q is a combination of an augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), but what's really interesting is that it offers this all while being completely tether-less, meaning it has no wires connecting you to your PC or console
The result is a greatly increased amount of freedom, but the downside is that the Sulon Q has to include a battery pack and processor on its rear to power the headset. With no consumer version released we don't yet know how long the headset's battery life with last.
With a 2,560 x 1,440 resolution screen the Sulon Q is actually higher resolution than both the Vive and the Rift, but we'll have to wait until it's released to see if it's onboard processing can compete with the power of a full desktop PC.
Read our first impressions: Sulon Q
Jon Porter
Jon Porter is the ex-Home Technology Writer for TechRadar. He has also previously written for Practical Photoshop, Trusted Reviews, Inside Higher Ed, Al Bawaba, Gizmodo UK, Genetic Literacy Project, Via Satellite, Real Homes and Plant Services Magazine, and you can now find him writing for The Verge.
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If you are lucky enough to live in such a beautiful, magnificent place, then why leave? Why not enjoy a staycation and stay in these luxury accommodations near Monument Valley. Escape from the hustle and bustle of the city life, and simply relax. There is something for everyone, if you are looking for a bit of R&R then enjoy soaking up the sun while you look over the stunning landscape, doing exactly what you want. If you are looking for adventure, then enjoy hiking and find all the hidden gems around every corner. These luxury staycations near Monument Valley provide you with everything you need and more for an unforgettable getaway.


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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Requires a Heaping Amount of Space On PC
Robert Workman
As you might have seen from the system requirements, we revealed earlier today, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is not a small game. It might require the most significant amount of space for a game in the series to date, eclipsing the monstrous Infinite Warfare from three years ago.
Infinity Ward confirmed in the specs that the game requires 175GB of hard drive space to store on your PC, either desktop or laptop. Previously, Call of Duty: WWII, from 2017, required 90GB of hard drive space. And before that, Infinite Warfare required well over 100GB, before game updates.
This information follows the news regarding Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC. Its alleged specs indicate that the game will require 150GB of hard drive space, which balloons past the 89.19GB of space needed on PlayStation 4 and PC.
Call of Duty's current PC standing makes it one of the biggest, if not the biggest, game on the market right now. It even beats out Gears 5, which requires only 90GB of hard drive space by comparison. The fact that Modern Warfare nearly doubles that number is quite startling.
And it leaves a rather interesting question – just how big will the game be on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One front? Infinity Ward hasn't confirmed that number yet. However, it'll likely be around the 100GB mark, like Infinite Warfare was. Maybe slightly higher. The beta only required about 40GB of space, but keep in mind that it was just for a portion of the multiplayer.
We'll see what the numbers reveal when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare releases on Oct. 25 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
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La Masia Residence - Oriol Tort Education Center
The home of our athletes
The La Masia - Oriol Tort Education Center is the FC Barcelona athletes' residence, where young football, basketball, handball, roller hockey, and futsal players — currently 76 in total — are welcomed, especially those who are away from their families, having left their comfort zone to live in a residential environment.
The professionals at the La Masia - Oriol Tort Education Center share a holistic vision of education, which implies the total, multi-dimensional — intellectual, emotional, and social — education of its residents in the different areas in which they participate: the residence, the school, the team, and the community. The residence has an educational and management team that helps residents to combine their sports training with vocational and human education, attending to and responding to the needs presented by athletes.
The educational principles underpinning our principles are: education for responsibility and personal independence, resident participation, education in values, attitudes and rules, and integration into one's surroundings. The method is based around the individual tutoring of each resident, education through everyday life, and interdisciplinary work.
La Masia has educational staff 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Always having an educational reference point at La Masia is a demonstration of our commitment to supervising and accompanying the children and adolescents who live there. Tutoring means personalized attention, which makes it possible for residents to actively participate in their own educational processes.
Once a year, the residents of La Masia participate in an emotional education day, to work on areas like trust, cohesiveness, and responsibility, in order to feel united, as if they were a family. The La Masia Residence also has an internal training curriculum consisting of four areas: personal development, risk prevention in sports, sports and health, and cultural education.


The intent of aging in place is for people to remain long-term in the home they are residing in now without needing to move into any type of congregate living or care facility – or changing their residence to something else. Moving in with family, while often a great solution for aging needs, is not the same as aging in place either. True, in the broadest sense aging in place can mean getting older wherever a person is living (and whatever their age or ability) and having the highest quality of life possible wherever that might be. Nevertheless, for our purposes as aging in place professionals, we are concerned about keeping people in their present home.
We like to think of someone's current home as the one they selected years ago and occupied it continuously ever since. Some people have not chosen that well and now realize that they do not like the location of their present home or that it is not providing the quality of life they expect. Thus, they intend to look for and find a home more to their liking – presumably something that will become their forever home from this point forward. Then, they can begin to live a textbook aging in place lifestyle.
As some people age, they are going to want to move into a retirement center, senior living facility, or other type of a residence where there are other people their own age, activities for them to do, and meals they can eat. This is a type of aging in place but not what we are talking about or thinking of when we speak about aging in place. This is more of an aging in some place (a differnt place) rather than in the home they have been occupying.
In nearly every case, we can help people stay in the home they are in right now – even if they don't think they have a lot of money for improvements and home modifications seem to be necessary to create a safer, more functional and accessible environment for them. We can find help them identify some financial resources, and they may or may not need a lot of work done. Sometimes just a few safety improvements can make a huge difference.
We want people to remain in place. They have a vested interest in that property. Perhaps they have raised children there. They have celebrated birthdays and anniversaries of various sorts – theirs, other family members, and friends. They have decorated for holidays and entertained family and friends on those occasions. In short, they have watched their home grow old, almost as a family member, along with them. Unless their home is unsafe for them to be in or is totally failing to address their current needs, we want people to stay in that home for which they have such a history.
Even there are shortcomings in the home because of the way it was built, the sizes of the rooms, the width of the hallway or doorways, the type of bathroom fixtures, the functionality of the kitchen, the heating and air conditioning system, the integrity of the roof or foundation, the size of the windows for natural light and ventilation, or other aspects of their dwelling, these can be fixed. They may not need them all addressed, and they may have a budget for only a portion of the long list of items that could be remedied. The point is that we can help, and we can help them age in place where they are rather than pulling up stakes and going elsewhere. That move – wherever it is – will be expensive also.
If people are selling their present home and moving on to another one or moving in with their adult children, there are many costs associated with marketing and selling their present home. Some of the most obvious repairs will need to be made before they can show their home to anyone or before a would-be buyer takes possession. It likely will need to be painted. Keepsakes, mementos, and other stuff that has been retained and stored over the years will need to be packed for the move, with much of it being sold, donated, or discarded. Doing this will take a large amount of time and is one of the three main reasons that people stay where they are and don't even consider moving.
A non-financial cost that is often overlooked when moving from what otherwise would have been the forever home into another dwelling, a facility, or in with family, is the separation anxiety and trauma that comes with saying goodbye to a long-time friend and closing that large chapter of one's life. Not that moving will be unpleasant. It just might be unnecessary. We can help people stay where they are and age in place there – not just someplace or somewhere.