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NephroPlus was started by a team of people passionate about changing the way dialysis was done in India.
Vikram Vuppala, Founder & CEO
Vikram is a seasoned healthcare strategy consultant with over 12 years of global healthcare industry experience. His passion to redefine healthcare delivery in India prompted him to found NephroPlus, a chain of premium dialysis centers.
He has helped hospitals, dialysis centers, pharmacy benefit managers, healthcare distributors, consumer health, and pharmaceutical clients on various strategic issues such as business development, growth strategy, operational improvement, portfolio rationalization, redefining customer strategies, clinical trial strategy and M&A.
Prior to founding NephroPlus, Vikram was a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company in their New Jersey office. He also founded an internal management consulting group at Abbott Laboratories helping key management on various strategic and sales force management issues. Prior to that Vikram worked for two years as a business analyst at ZS Associates, a worldwide leader in sales force management consulting.
Vikram did his Bachelors in Chemical engineering from IIT-Kharagpur, Masters in Computer Science from University of Illinois, and a full time MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth school of business. He is based out of Hyderabad, India and enjoys international travel, bollywood movies, roller blading, and sky diving.
Email: vikram@nephroplus.com
Kamal D Shah, Co-Founder & Director, Guest Services
Kamal has been on dialysis from July 1997. Diagnosed with atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in July 1997, he was on hemodialysis for a year and a half before undergoing an unsuccessful renal transplant. His mother had donated her kidney.
Kamal was then on Peritoneal Dialysis for six years. He was caught in the Tsunami of December 2004 while holidaying in Mahabalipuram with some friends. A series of exit site, tunnel and peritoneal cavity infections later, he had to give up PD.
Kamal then switched to daily nocturnal home hemodialysis. He is currently on this modality.
Kamal did his Chemical Engineering from Osmania University. He developed software for Apple products for about 10 years before co-founding NephroPlus.
Kamal strongly believes that being diagnosed with kidney disease is not the end of life. Rather, it is the beginning of a new life – albeit a slightly different life. Yes, you do have to compromise on some aspects. However, it does not have to prevent you from living the life you want to live. Kamal swims every day, works full time and travels regularly. Kamal has a widely read blog about his journey with kidney disease: www.kamaldshah.com
Email: kamal@nephroplus.com
Dr. Suresh Sankar, Senior Vice President, Clinical Affairs
Dr. Suresh Sankar is a dually specialized professional combining two decades of Nephrology practice with a decade of clinical leadership experience. A patient-centric practitioner he rigorously applies science to clinical practice within the contours of patient choice and affordability; a strong need in Indian health care. As a clinical leader, he is proficient in improving population health with deft synchrony of management objectives and organizational capabilities. Highly committed to systems improvement he combines able talent management, process improvement, and adept data skills to design, deliver and optimize patient care programs. His knowledge of the context of health care in India, cross-industrial learning, patient expectations, and stakeholder engagement are effective tools to drive focus and momentum of clinical teams. A sound clinical strategist, his collaborative functioning with other divisions ensures superior service delivery
When he has some free time, he likes reading non-fiction, catching a good movie or travelling.
Email: suresh.sankar@nephroplus.com
Sukaran Singh Saluja, VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS
Sukaran is a post-graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT), Chennai. He started his career with a startup into Healthcare Diagnostics space in India in their Operations team based out of Chennai, India, where he won numerous accolades & awards.
During his 5-year stint with Medall Healthcare, he learnt the nitty gritties of business management both from a topline and bottom perspective in an offline retain chain environment. His multidimensional skills are now stronger than ever. Over recent past, he's developed a keen sense of learning & expertise in online and offline retail operations, social media strategy, analyzing market and customer insights.
Sukaran is also an amateur photographer, an avid traveller, and a full-time foodie.
Email: sukaran@nephroplus.com
Vaibhav Joshi, Finance Controller
Vaibhav is a seasoned Finance Professional having experience in various industries like IT, Telecom, Retail & Healthcare. His passion to work in early stage companies prompted him to join NephroPlus. Vaibhav heads Finance, Supply Chain and the Vigilance function and has been associated with NephroPlus from March 2013 onwards.
Prior to joining NephroPlus, Vaibhav was heading the Finance function in Maxrange Retail Private Limited. He also worked in Aircel Ltd as Management Accountant for a period of 2.5 years. Prior to that, he was employed as Lead Analyst with Satyam Computers Services Limited. His solid background in Finance holds him in good stead for managing Finances at NephroPlus.
Vaibhav is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) from Information Systems Audit and Control Association( ISACA), US.
Email: vaibhav@nephroplus.com
RAVI DIKSHIT, VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
Ravee has more than 12 years of experience across various industries and roles. By working in business categories like Consumer Products, Retail Operations, Health & Wellness Operations/Franchise Development in both established companies and start-ups, he has built up a strong strategic perspective with an entrepreneurial instinct.
After leading the India Operations of NephroPlus for 4 years and having set up and run operations of 100 plus dialysis centers, he is currently leading the International Operations where he will be replicating the high quality dialysis model of NephroPlus from India to other parts of the developing world.
Prior to joining NephroPlus, Ravee was leading the franchise development for Apollo Clinic which is a primary healthcare clinic model of the Apollo Hospitals Group. He has also had stints with Dell & Estee Lauder Companies leading diverse teams to achieve business goals. A Delhi University pass out, he went on to do his MBA in Sales & Marketing from Symbiosis University. Ravee was named one of top 100 Indian retail professionals by Asia Retail Congress for the year 2015.
He is an avid foodie and loves to talk about fitness, both seemingly contradictory but he manages somehow to balance them!
Email: ravi@nephroplus.com
ROHIT SINGH, VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Rohit is a thorough service industry professional with an expertise in P&L management and network expansion which he has successfully demonstrated in his previous assignments with Apollo Hospitals, DLF and ITC Hotels Ltd. Presently he heads Business Development at NephroPlus.
Rohit believes that healthcare delivery in India is going through a transformation where quality, affordability and reach will be the most important pillars of growth and hence, is excited to be part of it.
He graduated from the prestigious Welcomlegionnaire Programme (leadership programme of ITC Hotels) and then after working for several years moved on to complete his full-time MBA from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
Apart from his love for travelling, Rohit actively takes out time from his schedule for a game of squash and is an aspiring golfer as well – he hopes to hit a birdie soon!
Email: rohit@nephroplus.com
Sukesh Chandra Gain, Vice President, International Business Development
Sukesh is a dynamic business development, strategy and sales professional with over 10 years of diverse experience in healthcare (pharmaceutical, medical devices, diagnostics and life sciences).
He has been instrumental in penetrating newer geographies and managing the entire gamut of BD and sales activities in the USA, LATAM, Europe, APAC, Middle East, Russia and CIS for multiple organizations.
Prior to joining NephroPlus, he was heading the diagnostics business unit in Medlife International.
Earlier, he also had international stints with Eurofins Scientific (erstwhile Advinus Therapeutics), BioGenex, Sentiss Pharma and Tata Consultancy Services.
Sukesh obtained his B.Tech in Biotechnology from WBUT, M.Tech in Bioinformatics from University of Hyderabad and a full time MBA from Faculty of Management Studies – Delhi.
He is a sports enthusiast and likes playing cricket, football and badminton. He is also an avid runner and enjoys running marathons and swimming.
Email: sukesh@nephroplus.com
SUKET MURARKA, VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGY
Suket heads the Strategy function at NephroPlus and brings in over 9 years of experience in e-commerce, retail, strategy and technology.
Prior to joining NephroPlus, Suket was leading business strategy, marketing, finance and investor relations at BlueStone, an omni-channel jewellery brand. Prior to that, he worked as a Senior Consultant at PwC Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company) developing sustainable growth strategies for multinational companies. His experience in technology includes building software products at Oracle.
Suket did his B.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering from IIT Madras and full-time MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. He is passionate about sports, especially football and tennis. He is always game for a round of table tennis and any board game that he can lay his hands on.
Email: suket@nephroplus.com


The SLLC is proud of its deep heritage, its growth, its rich resources, and the legacy of alumni success stories to its credit, as well as the spirit of renewal, adaptation, and continual devotion to the needs of its students. The themes of the School's first convocation, celebrated on September 1, 2015, reflected on the deep history of the study of language, literature, and culture, dating to KU's founding in 1865; they highlighted the economic empowerment, life-transformation, and career-boost that acquiring a second language affords to students. We have remained true to our mission of serving the state, both through our mentorship and teaching of students, as well as the outreach work that we do, despite the ongoing struggle with resources brought on by the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and the skepticism about education as a public good. We are not naïve about the realities of our world and recognize the symbiotic relationship between education, industry, and quality of life. For these reasons, we have sought to reexamine our assets, both internal and external, and seek innovative ways to strengthen the School.
Challenges like poverty and disease, and opportunities in scientific research and technological innovation, all require international understanding and cooperation."
We will be watching closely as the commission issues its report in fall of 2016 and carefully consider its recommendations.
The message is clear – It is the responsibility of the KU School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures to help students become globally competent citizens, ready for the challenges of a rapidly changing society and its workforce demands.
Statistical evidence is convincing enough, but why are language skills and cultural competence essential? During recent conversations on campus connected with the concerns of students in the Invisible Jayhawk movement, we reflected on our values and practices. In particular, we revisited our School's mission statement, which articulates our commitment to the deep understanding of diversity in our teaching and research. The world's diversity is fundamental to what we teach and study. Reading and examining narratives of other cultures, past and present, compels us to consider and intellectually inhabit worlds other than our own. Using a foreign language takes this experience into real-world practice: as we interact with others using their language and rules of engagement, we are able to empathize, as well as elicit empathy. Beyond empathy, this perspective of seeing the world from one's own viewpoint and another's at the same time allows us to perceive the world in three dimensions. With empathy and perspective we can help our students work towards a better, more equitable, and peaceful existence with our fellow human beings.


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Moving on tracing line, Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (NYSE:ETE) need to consider for profitability analysis, in latest session share price swings at $16.20 with percentage change of -0.67%.
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The firm attains analyst recommendation of 2.20 on scale of 1-5 with week's performance of -7.12%. The firm current ratio calculated as 0.90, this value is acceptable if it lies in 1.3% to 3%. But its varies industry to industry. To strengthen these views, active industry firm has Quick Ratio of 0.60, which indicates firm has sufficient short-term assets to cover its immediate liabilities.
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Annandale (Gaelic: Srath Anann) is a strath in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, named after the dale of the River Annan. It runs north–south through the Southern Uplands from Annanhead (north of Moffat) to Annan on the Solway Firth, and in its higher reaches it separates the Moffat hills on the east from the Lowther hills to the west. A  long-distance walking route called Annandale Way running through Annandale (from the source of the River Annan to the sea) was opened in September 2009.

History
Annandale was also an historic district of Scotland, bordering Liddesdale to the east, Nithsdale to the west, Clydesdale and Tweeddale to the north and the Solway Firth to the south. The district which was in the Sheriffdom of Dumfries and later became part of the County of Dumfries, one of the counties of Scotland. The main reorganisation took place during the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, which established a uniform system of county councils and town councils in Scotland and restructured many of Scotland's counties. (See: History of local government in the United Kingdom). It is one of three subdivisions of Dumfriesshire, along with Eskdale (previously part of Liddesdale) and Nithsdale.

It is famous for its connection with Ben Johnson and Robert the Bruce, as the de Brus family was given this land by David I in 1124, as one of the border lordships when David became Prince of the Cumbrians. Along with Carrick, these lands acted as a buffer between the quasi-independent Lordship or Kingdom of Galloway and David's lands of Strathclyde and Cumbria.

See also
Annandale distillery
Annadale, Shimla

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Historic map showing Annandale, Eusdale/Eskdale and Liddesdale
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"Move in this direction": what are the prospects for introducing a four-day working week in Russia
The proposal of the trade unions to consider the possibility of introducing a four-day working week in Russia provoked a wide public discussion. This idea was commented on by representatives of the Federation Council, the State Duma and the Kremlin, as well as a number of experts. Meanwhile, opinions were divided: some consider the initiative a "beautiful dream", others speak of it as "today's realities". What are the prospects for Russians to switch to four working days a week - in the material RT.
The proposal to introduce a four-day work week in Russia provoked an active discussion in society.
On August 13, the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR) announced that it supported the idea of introducing a four-week work week in Russia while maintaining the same wages. A few months earlier, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spoke about the possibility of transitioning the global economy to a four-day working week as the basis of a social and labor contract.
"We propose to consider this issue in the Russian tripartite commission for the regulation of social and labor relations, taking into account existing labor remuneration systems, differences in working hours and other features of the organization of labor in Russia," the trade union organization said.
It should be noted that the FNPR is the largest union of trade unions in Russia, in which more than 20 million people are members.
The Ministry of Labor responded to the initiative of the FNPR. As stated in the department, the reduction of the working week in Russia to four days should be discussed with the participation of trade unions and employers. At the same time, as emphasized in the ministry, employers cannot set a working week longer than 40 hours. At the same time, there is no lower bound for the working week.
"Thus, within the framework of social partnership (collective agreement) in organizations today, both the number of hours in a working day and the number of working days themselves can be reduced," RIA Novosti quotes the text of the message of the Ministry of Labor.
Later, the Kremlin responded to the initiative. According to the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, the transition to a four-day working week in the presidential administration is not discussed.
"We know that there are such initiatives, we know that they are being introduced, proposed, but so far this has not been discussed in the administration," RIA Novosti quoted Peskova as saying.
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The topic received a wide response - many experts and politicians expressed their opinion on this matter. So, LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky expressed the opinion that one should switch to a four-day working week in Russia from the beginning of autumn.
In his Instagram profile, Zhirinovsky said that "a shorter work week will not only save the health of our citizens, but also increase the efficiency of their work."
"Our position: the transition to a four-day work week should take place on September 1," the politician concluded.
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Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy Valery Ryazansky called the transition to a four-day working week "a beautiful dream". In his opinion, the economic situation at the moment does not justify a reduction in working time.
"This is a good, beautiful, but a dream, and a dream for a very distant future. Now, the transition to a four-day week could only happen if the domestic economy were weak and we were not able to load our employees with a five-day work week, which was accepted around the world, "RIA Novosti quotes Ryazansky.
The vice-speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, Sergey Neverov, is of a different opinion. He believes that the four-day workweek is "today's realities."
"The world has changed rapidly. These are the realities of today: many can work remotely, someone can work less, but more intensively. For many professions, this is true, "Neverov wrote on Facebook.
He added that at the beginning of the autumn session, the State Duma will begin "to work out this topic with experts, employers, representatives of trade unions and various industries in order to reach a balanced solution."
Note that earlier the media cited the opinion of experts that the transition to a four-day work week can lead to health problems. Doctors interviewed by news agencies suggested that an increase in the amount of free time would provoke an increase in the number of diseases associated with obesity and neurotic disorders.
The deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Health Protection Leonid Ogul does not agree with this point of view. He expressed the hope that most Russians are active people.
"Honestly, it's even a shame that the Russians were recorded as loafers and parasites. Of course, a certain percentage of such "elements" are in any society. But the majority, I am sure, are people who are active and active, "the RIA Novosti politician quotes the opinion. He expressed the opinion that people will find something to do on an extra day off.
"They will go in for sports, spend time with children, go to the cottage or go fishing," the deputy suggested.
"Do not make a social breakdown"
VTsIOM previously published the results of a survey from which it followed that almost half of Russians (48%) would not support the transition to a four-day work week. The main reasons for rejecting this idea among the respondents were a decrease in wages (82%) and a drop in labor productivity (67%).
The State Duma believes that society will sooner or later come to a four-day work week. About this RT said the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Yaroslav Nilov.
He also stressed that the unions acted correctly and correctly when they proposed to consider the introduction of a four-day work week.
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"In general, they agree with the movement in this direction, and they proposed to discuss it at the site of the tripartite commission (on the regulation of social and labor relations. - RT ). This is the right step, "the parliamentarian said.
According to him, the vector has already been determined and the movement towards reducing the working week is ongoing. But unresolved problems remain, the deputy says.
"There are a lot of questions, and only through dialogue it is possible to gradually, slowly, not revolutionaryly, but evolutionarily move in this direction so as not to cause a social breakdown, so that there is no blow to the economy, business and interests of citizens," concluded Nilov.
According to the scientific director of the Department of Labor Economics and Personnel at Moscow State University, Riorita Kolosova, a four-day work week is a very realistic prospect, but not in the near future. According to her, its implementation is determined by two factors: the level of labor productivity and wages.
"The four-day work week assumes the same level of salary as it was. The salary of products should be sufficient to save wages, for this the products must be produced at high productivity. These two factors determine the time of implementation (four days. - RT ), "said the expert in an interview with RT.
She also noted that a four-day work week can not be introduced in all types of work.
"Four-day period assumes that the necessary amount of work, products of this type of activity is formed and created in four days," the expert believes. "Employment can be reduced to four days - this is one plot, and the work itself as an activity can not be turned into a four-day one in some cases."
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Medvedev appreciated the possibility of switching to a four-day working week
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The European Commission has approved an investment package of € 243 million from the EU budget for projects under the LIFE programme supporting nature, the environment and quality of life in Europe's transition to a more sustainable and low-carbon...
The European Commission has approved an investment package of € 243 million from the EU budget for projects under the LIFE programme supporting nature, the environment and quality of life in Europe's transition to a more sustainable and low-carbon future.
The EU funding under the LIFE programme for the Environment and Climate Action will mobilise additional investments leading to a total of € 430.7 million going towards 142 new projects. With numerous trans-national projects funded, LIFE will have an impact in every EU Member State.
EU Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella said: "The LIFE programme continues to invest in projects that improve our quality of life, our environment and nature. It helps many talented Europeans to find solutions to some of today's greatest environmental concerns – air pollution, water scarcity, plastic waste, biodiversity and resource loss. And it continues to deliver value for money."
EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete said: "These innovative projects show the added value of European cooperation. In developing and sharing the best ways to reduce emissions and increase resilience to climate change they support implementation of the 2030 climate and energy framework across the EU."
Tackling the biggest challenges
Funds of € 196.2 million will go to projects in the field of environment and resource efficiency, nature and biodiversity, and environmental governance and information.
This includes major investments in projects that will enable more plastic to be reused. Turning this waste into high-quality raw materials for the car, construction and packaging industries is just one way in which LIFE gives practical support to achieving the goals of the European Commission's European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy.
LIFE remains at the forefront of efforts to increase awareness of the valuable ecosystem services that nature provides and to conserve endangered habitats and species. From reducing conflicts between people and wildlife in Greece, Italy, Romania and Spain, to promoting sustainable agricultural practices in Italy, Malta and Spain, the many LIFE nature project will help to implement the EU Action Plan for Nature.
In the area of climate action, the EU will invest € 46.8 million to support climate change mitigation, adaptation and governance and information projects. This includes practical support for Member States drafting their 2030 national climate and energy plans that will help them collectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. LIFE funding will also help farming and forestry adapt to climate change and improve communities' resilience to extreme weather events, from floods and heatwaves to water shortages.
55 LIFEenvironment & resource efficiency projects will mobilise € 163.5 million, of which the EU will provide € 82.4 million. These projects cover actions in five thematic areas: air, environment and health, resource efficiency, waste, and water. The 20 resource efficiency projects alone will mobilise € 43.8 million to help in Europe's transition to a more circular economy, a 15% increase on last year. Some € 14.9 million will help improve air quality in Europe.
40LIFE nature & biodiversity projects support the implementation of the EU Birds and Habitats Directives and the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020. They have a total budget of € 153 million, of which the EU will contribute € 97.5 million.
15LIFE environmental governance and information projects will raise awareness on environmental matters. They have a total budget of € 27.2 million, of which the EU will contribute € 16.2 million.
11 LIFE climate change mitigation projects have a total budget of € 33.7 million, of which the EU will contribute € 18.6 million. These action grants are awarded to best practice, pilot and demonstration projects in three thematic areas: industry, greenhouse gas accounting/reporting, and land use, forestry and agriculture.
17 LIFE climate change adaptation projects will mobilise € 44.2 million, of which the EU will provide € 22.9 million. These action grants are awarded to projects in six thematic areas: ecosystem-based adaptation, health and wellbeing, mountain/island areas adaptation focusing on the agriculture sector, urban adaptation/planning, vulnerability assessments/adaptation strategies, and water (including flood management, coastal areas and desertification).
4 LIFE climate governance and information projects will improve governance and raise awareness of climate change. They have a total budget of € 9.1 million, of which the EU will contribute € 5.2 million.
The LIFE programme is the EU's funding instrument for the environment and climate action. It has been running since 1992 and has co-financed more than 4 600 projects across the EU and in third countries, mobilising nearly €10 billion and contributing over €4.2 billion to the protection of the environment and climate. At any given moment some 1 100 projects are in progress. The budget for 2014–2020 is set at €3.4 billion in current prices and covers a sub-programme for environment and a sub-programme for climate action. For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the Commission is proposing to increase funding by almost 60% for LIFE.
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'Captive In Iran' is the chilling true story of two Christian Iranian women's fight for survival in one of the world's most notorious and brutal prisons, Evin.
The daring pair had been breaking Islamic laws for years – by sharing their Christian faith. They had been handing out New Testaments in the major cities of Iran, setting up secret churches and evading the police having almost been caught several times. But it was only a matter of time before their activities caught up with them.
In 2009 they were captured by the 'Basiji' (the Iranian Government's militiamen). Maryam & Marziyeh were stripped of all their official documents, condemned to a place of torture and sentenced to death by hanging. But in the face of interrogation and intimidation something remarkable happened: they started a church.
In 'Captive In Iran', the two women retell their experience of how God used their 259 days in Evin Prison to reverse the effects of darkness. By showing love to those in despair and hope to those who had lost everything, they shone an amazing light into one of the world's darkest places.
The official charges against them were apostasy, anti-government activity, and blasphemy, for which they were sentenced to execution by hanging. They spent 259 days in Evin, perhaps the world's most notorious prison, as many around the world prayed for their release. Following international pressure and after months of interrogation and abuse, they were freed in November 2009 and subsequently cleared of all charges. They now live in the United States.
Captive In Iran by Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh was published by Tyndale House in April 2013. The ISBN for Captive In Iran is 9781414383040.
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Embark on a chilling journey inside one of the world's darkest and most dangerous places: Evin, the notorious Tehran prison. Here, prisoners are routinely tortured, abused, and violated. Executions are frequent and sudden. But for two women imprisoned for their Christian faith—Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh—this hell on earth was a place of unlikely grace as they reflected God's love and compassion to their fellow prisoners and guards. Against all odds, Evin would become the only church many of them had ever known.
In Captive in Iran, Maryam and Marziyeh recount their 259 days in Evin. It's an amazing story of unyielding faith—when denying God would have meant freedom. Of incredible support from strangers around the world who fought for the women's release. And of bringing God's light into one of the world's darkest places—giving hope to those who had lost everything, and showing love to those in despair.


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Read Lorde's Beautiful Tribute to David Bowie
Ella Yelich-O'Connor, known by her stage name Lorde, attends the Republic Records Private Post-VMA Celebration on August 30, 2015 in West Hollywood, California.
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By Samantha Grossman
In the wake of David Bowie's death, everyone from Madonna to Conan O'Brien to astronaut Chris Hadfield have shared tributes, memories and messages of mourning.
The latest celebrity to share some thoughts is Lorde, who admitted that it "feels kind of garish to talk about oneself at a time like this, when the thing that has happened is so distinctly world-sized."
But that's because he was just so personally influential to so many people, she explains in a meditative Facebook post. "He was a piece of bright pleated silk we could stretch out or fold up small inside ourselves when we needed to."
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The 19-year-old singer goes on to detail the time she met Bowie a few years ago—and the impact that meeting still has today.
"I've never met a hero of mine and liked it. It just sucks, the pressure is too huge, you can't enjoy it. David was different," Lorde writes. "I realized everything I'd ever done, or would do from then on, would be done like maybe he was watching. I realized I was proud of my spiky strangeness because he had been proud of his."
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Police identify woman killed in Logan Canyon crash
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BY CARY J. SCHWANITZ, KSL TV
LOGAN, Utah – The Utah Highway Patrol released the name of a woman killed Tuesday in a crash in Logan Canyon.
Brekel K. Kanno, 29, from Honeyville, Utah lost control of the Dodge Caravan she was driving on U.S. Highway 89 around 8 a.m. Tuesday.
The van hit barriers on both sides of the road and spun into the path of a Ford F-250 pickup truck.
UPS said a child in the van was seriously hurt with non-life-threatening injuries. The crash also injured the driver of the F-250 who had minor injuries.
Road conditions may have contributed to the crash.
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Il cifrario a blocchi GOST, definito nello standard GOST 28147-89, è un algoritmo crittografico a chiave simmetrica sviluppato negli anni settanta dall'allora Unione Sovietica come alternativa all'americano DES, di cui ricalca a grandi linee la struttura. Su questo cifrario è basato l'omonimo algoritmo di hash GOST.

Inizialmente marcato come "Top Secret", fu declassato a "Secret" nel 1990 e, dopo la dissoluzione dell'URSS (1991), fu distribuito al pubblico dominio nel 1994.

L'algoritmo
Il GOST lavora su blocchi di dati di 64 bit ed impiega una chiave lunga 256 bit; utilizza S-box a 512 bit che possono essere segrete: in questo caso la lunghezza effettiva della chiave viene incrementata a 768 bit. Nonostante questo, un attacco a chiave scelta può risalire al contenuto delle S-box in circa 232 cifrature (Saarinen, 1998).

Il GOST è una rete di Feistel a 32 passaggi, basati su una funzione molto semplice: ad ogni blocco di dati viene sommato modulo 232 una sottochiave, poi il risultato viene combinato con le S-box ed infine viene ruotato di 11 bit a sinistra. Il diagramma a destra illustra queste operazioni (una linea rappresenta 32 bit di dati).

La rotazione della chiave è molto semplice: la chiave a 256 bit viene divisa in 8 sottochiavi da 32 bit ciascuna, ed ogni sottochiave è utilizzata nell'algoritmo 4 volte. Nei primi 24 passaggi le sottochiavi sono utilizzate secondo l'ordine originale mentre negli ultimi 8 passaggi esse sono utilizzate in ordine inverso.

Le S-box del GOST, costituite da 8 S-box 4 × 4, accettano un input di 4 bit e producono un output di 4 bit. Le S-box sono dipendenti dall'implementazione: il mittente ed il destinatario del messaggio cifrato devono utilizzare, per la comunicazione, S-box identiche. Per aumentare la sicurezza è possibile anche tenere segrete le S-box.

I documenti originali del GOST non indicavano nessuna S-box, segno che queste dovevano essere fornite in qualche modo agli utilizzatori dell'algoritmo. Questo portò a speculare circa il fatto che ad organizzazioni che il governo sovietico voleva spiare venivano fornite di proposito S-box crittograficamente deboli per poter violare con facilità i loro messaggi.

Un produttore di microprocessori crittografici con GOST integrato dichiarò che creava in proprio le S-box utilizzando un generatore di numeri pseudo-casuali (Bruce Schneier, 1996).

Ecco un esempio di S-box utilizzate dalla Banca Centrale Russa:

Crittoanalisi del GOST
Se paragonato al DES, da cui trae ispirazione, il GOST ha una funzione interna molto semplice. Nonostante questo gli sviluppatori del GOST cercarono di compensare questa semplicità con un elevato numero di passaggi (32), una chiave a 256 bit e S-box segrete.

Un altro punto debole del GOST è che l'effetto valanga si presenta più lentamente che nel DES: questo a causa del fatto che il GOST presenta nella sua struttura una rotazione al posto di una permutazione. Anche questa debolezza è compensata dall'elevato numero di passaggi utilizzati.

Non c'è molto materiale crittoanalitico pubblicato sul GOST ma ad un primo esame l'algoritmo sembra sicuro (Schneier, 1996): l'elevato numero di passaggi rende difficile utilizzare contro questo algoritmo la crittoanalisi lineare e differenziale dato che l'effetto valanga sarà anche lento ad apparire ma si può propagare per ben 32 passaggi.

Note

Bibliografia
 Saarinen,  Markku-Juhani (1998). A chosen key attack against the secret S-boxes of GOST.
 Schneier, Bruce. Applied Cryptography, 2nd edition, 1996. ISBN 0-471-11709-9.
 Alex Biryukov, David Wagner, , EUROCRYPT 2000, LNCS, pp 589–606, 2000.

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Data Encryption Standard
funzione di hash GOST

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These Leaders Are Teaching Us What Inclusion in the Outdoors Really Looks Like
by Britany Robinson on February 7, 2019 12:50 pm on February 7, 2019
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Controversy rocked the outdoor industry last week at the conclusion of the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show when Camber Outdoors presented a "first of its kind" diversity equity pledge, which was not the first of its kind. Teresa Baker has been asking outdoor brand CEOs to sign a Diversity Pledge since last summer.
In 2015, Camber released their CEO Pledge, which asked CEOs to commit to gender equality. Baker's Diversity Pledge went a step further, asking CEOs to pair with "inclusion advocates to advance representation for people of color across the industry."
At the 2019 Outdoor Retailer show, Camber, a national nonprofit "dedicated to achieving equality for all women in the outdoors, from the backcountry to the boardroom" presented a new version of their pledge to improve "DEI" (diversity, equity, and inclusion) within outdoor organizations, before inviting 60 CEOS of outdoor companies to sign it. This new pledge is the one they claimed was the "first of its kind." The panel, the organization, and the CEOs were all mostly white.
Industry professionals, influencers, and activists have taken to social media to express frustration with the glaring discrepancy between the perceived intentions of this "equity pledge" and the exclusionary reality.
Camber Outdoors has since issued a public apology, and the outdoor community continues to grapple with how this event highlights the many ways that marginalized communities continue to be silenced and overshadowed in these important conversations.
It should be noted that Camber Outdoors is a long-time supporter of The Dyrt, a woman-led company. We greatly appreciate their efforts to elevate female founders, including our own, but also believe this conversation is too important to ignore.
Now seems like a good time to highlight the individuals and communities that are, in fact, leading the charge for more diversity, equity, and inclusion in the outdoors. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but we'd like to make it so. If you know of a community that should be added, please email Britany@TheDyrt.com.
Diversify Outdoors
This coalition of social media influencers, including bloggers, activists, athletes, and entrepreneurs, is promoting diversity and equity in the outdoors through the Outdoor CEO Diversity Pledge and by connecting the many people who are fighting for more inclusion. Diversify Outdoors has brought individuals together, with a combined reach of over 154,000 on Instagram, "to grow our community and provide resources to others seeking information, allyship, and collaboration opportunities." Through their hashtag #DiversifyOutdoors, various communities are increasing the visibility of all types of people who are getting outside.
Natives Outdoors
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Founded by Len Necefer, Natives Outdoors is a B-Corp representing and advocating for increased visibility of indigenous people in the outdoors. Their "mission-driven" products include hats, shirts, and pins that express cultural empowerment rather than appropriation. Natives Outdoors donates 2% of their sales to other native-run nonprofits and they promote the talent of native artists and athletes through their products. When he isn't researching natural resource policy and recreation near tribal lands through the University of Arizona, Necefer, a member of the Navajo Nation, consults with outdoor companies on the intersection of public lands, tribes, and recreation.
Melanin Basecamp
A post shared by Melanin Base Camp (@melaninbasecamp) on Dec 29, 2018 at 9:06am PST
Founder Danielle Williams started Melanin Basecamp in 2016 to encourage more minority participation in adventure sports, but soon discovered they were already out there doing all of these things—they just weren't being shown in outdoor media. The mission changed to promote representation—a powerful driver for increased participation and a sense of inclusion. Melanin Basecamp's Instagram account features climbers, surfers, hikers, and more, increasing visibility of POC and LGBTQ+ people in these outdoor spaces.
Indigenous Women Hike
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Jolie Varela, a member of the Tule River Yokut and Paiute Nations, founded Indigenous Women Hike in 2017 and led their first hike through the 210-mile-long Nuumu Poyo in 2018. Bitch Media named Varela among the "Bitch 50" of 2018, which recognizes "the most impactful creators, artists, and activists in pop culture whose imaginations extend beyond normalizing and affirming the same mainstream messages." Indigenous Women Hike is a community of indigenous women finding healing through their connection to the land and hiking. You can support Indigenous Women Hike by purchasing one of their "Rethink the Wild" shirts, featuring a quote from John Muir that serves to highlight his troubling perception of indigenous people.
Queer Nature
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A queer-run nature education program, Queer Nature connects LGBTQ2+ communities with ecological and plant-based skills, which are often not made available to marginalized groups who could benefit from them. Their mission includes going, "beyond recreation in nature to deep and creative engagement with the natural world to build inter-species alliances and an enduring sense of belonging." Queer Nature collaborates with Women's Wilderness to offer "skill shares" in which people can offer and take classes in a queer-safe space ranging from "Scouting, Awareness, and Camouflage" to pine needle basketry.
Fat Girls Hiking
A post shared by Fat Girls Hiking (@fatgirlshiking) on Feb 3, 2019 at 7:23pm PST
While most outdoor media showcases people who are thin and fit, Fat Girls Hiking is showing the world that all body types can love and embrace the outdoors. Fat Girls Hiking was founded by Summer Michaud-Skog in Portland, Oregon in 2015. The body-positive community has chapters in 22 cities, facilitating hikes for all sizes and abilities with an intersectional-feminist approach.
Brown People Camping
A post shared by Ambreen Tariq (@brownpeoplecamping) on Oct 2, 2017 at 2:29pm PDT
Ambreen Tariq founded Brown People Camping the same year the National Park Service celebrated its centennial. Through her own experiences as a Muslim, South-Asian American and through the stories of fellow brown people who love the outdoors, Tariq uses her platform on Instagram to promote diversity and inclusion in the outdoor industry. Tariq has used her platform to collaborate with outdoor brands and government agencies to promote diversity, as well.
Color Outside
A post shared by Color Outside (@wecoloroutside) on Nov 6, 2018 at 4:45am PST
Nailah Blades Wylie reconnects with herself by connecting with nature. She founded Color Outside to offer safe spaces for fellow women of color to have those experiences, too. Color Outside has grown into a community of women of color who gather for meetups, retreats, and online.
Outdoors for All
A post shared by Outdoors for All Foundation (@outdoorsforall) on Jan 18, 2019 at 2:16pm PST
Outdoors for All provides adaptive and therapeutic outdoor recreation opportunities for children and adults with disabilities. In 1978, Outdoors for All got started with downhill skiing for 15 children with disabilities. The following year they became an established 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, and today they provide programs for skiing, biking, hiking, kayaking, climbing, and more, thanks to the help of more than 700 volunteers.
Native Women's Wilderness
A post shared by NativeWomensWilderness (@nativewomenswilderness) on Dec 25, 2018 at 9:33am PST
Native Women's Wilderness was founded to bring native women together in the outdoors, encouraging them to connect, share, and support one another. They work to promote women of color in advertising of outdoor brands and to educate people about Ancestral Lands and their People. The founder, Jaylyn, writes on the Native Women's Wilderness blog: "As a child all I really wanted was to climb mountains, but without any ethnical representation in the OR world, I grew up with the idea only white women could climb mountains. I then began scaling those cliffs in my back yard, I became a guide, I became a mountain bike race coordinator, I then became the brown woman who climbed mountains."
Pattie Gonia
A post shared by Pattie Gonia (@pattiegonia) on Jan 28, 2019 at 8:36am PST
Pattie is relatively new to the Outdoor Instagram scene but is already making waves down the runway of nature with messages of inclusion and self-love. The drag persona of Wyn, "Pattie Gonia" isn't afraid to wear high heels in nature while offering support and representation of LGBTQ+ people in the outdoors. Camber Outdoors could learn something from Pattie, in a caption that offers credit to the many change makers who came first:
"Your energy, your love, you being here, it matters to me. it keeps me creating. it keeps me having fun and the world just needs a smidge more fun, right? all this to say, i am figuring this out as i go. i am no expert. let me repeat- no expert at the outdoor world or in queen culture. I have mad respect for both worlds and the people who have been in the game for so long, paid their dues and are fighting the good fight in so many difference making ways. those people are the real difference makers. those people inspire me and they inspire pattie."
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Nevada hits point of 'critical mass' on issue of water scarcity, state director of natural resources says
December 11, 2019 December 11, 2019 Robert Perea 0 Comments Nevada Newsmakers, Ray Hagar
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers
Nevada's director of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said Nevada has already reached the point of "critical mass" or the breaking point when it comes to the problem of water scarcity.
When asked on Nevada Newsmakers if the development of a proposed relief airport in Ivanpah Valley would push Southern Nevada to the point of critical mass of its water supply, Director Brad Crowell said:
"To be blunt, I think we are already at that point, quite honestly.
"We are up against that much strain in our water resources across the state," Crowell told host Sam Shad. "Between historical over-appropriation or over-pumping in our water basin and people moving to Nevada — regardless of the number of tourists we have coming in — we have had an influx of population in the north and in the south. So I think we are already there."
Yet Crowell questioned if the proposed pipeline to bring water from rural Eastern Nevada to the Las Vegas Valley is the best solution for Southern Nevada's water scarcity.
Crowell, son of Carson City Mayor Robert Crowell, said other solutions should be considered, especially with the expense of building a 300-mile pipeline from White Pine County to Las Vegas.
Veteran Nevadan Journalist Ray Hagar is known for fair and tough reporting and invigorating commentary.
"Putting the pipeline project aside and just looking at the cost of the pipeline, which is in the billions of dollars, my personal opinion is that if we can think about a pipeline that costs billions of dollars, we could probably consider all sorts of other innovative technologies or solutions," Crowell said late last week.
"Billions of dollars doesn't leave too many ideas off the table," he said. "And I think it is probably prudent to explore those as well, not knowing what the outcome of the pipeline litigation is going to be."
Nevada's top water regulator, State Engineer Jason King, in August stopped the Southern Nevada Water Authority's application to pump ground water from White Pine County to Las Vegas. Yet that decision did not settle the issue. Multiple court challenges have yet to be determined, Crowell said.
Las Vegas water officials have considered plans to pipe ground water into Las Vegas since 1989, according to reports. The current plan, however, has drawn opposition from Utah and Nevada counties, ranchers, Native-American tribes, recreation enthusiasts and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The legal fight will probably continue for 12 to 24 months and will have a strong impact on Nevada water law, Crowell said.
"I think it is less about where that water is going to come from and (more about) who has the priority for that water, that we need to watch going forward," he said. "And I say that specifically with regard to a whole variety of court cases that are going on now at the District and Supreme Court levels. They are really going to be precedent-setting in how the state engineer is required to allocate water and look at who has the priority to use that water.
"Despite what the fundamentals of our water laws may be here in Nevada of first in time and first in right, beneficial use, etc., the courts in Nevada are changing that dynamic with some precedent-setting decisions," Crowell said.
Crowell noted the Las Vegas Valley gets 90 percent of its water from the Colorado River with the rest coming from existing ground-water. That plan, however, may not be sustainable, Crowell said.
"As that growth extends into Las Vegas, looking out in the future — particularity with some of the climate models — that strain of providing water to that growing population is going to be more difficult," he said.
Nevada's 4th U.S. House District Rep. Steven Horsford, has proposed an idea where Nevada's share of Colorado River water could be increased if planned sea-water desalination plants become operational in Southern California.
Last year, SNWA general manager John Entsminger predicted that in the next 30 years, Southern Nevada probably would have an equity interest in a desalination facility on the coast of California or on the Pacific coast of Mexico.
Crowell warned any desalination help for the Las Vegas Valley would take decades to develop and require a strong funding source.
"The concept or theory of working out an interstate agreement with California or possibly an international agreement with Mexico where desalination has also been looked at, in exchange for a Colorado River allocation will take time and lots of money," he said. "That's not to say it isn't a direction we want to explore."
Yet gaining more Colorado River water as part of a desalination pact with California may not solve Las Vegas' water crisis, Crowell said.
"My concern with that concept is that … we are financing a desalination plant in one state to give that state certainty on their water resource and then taking their share of the Colorado River, whose supply is less certain. Given upstream users and climate change, that is a dangerous proposition," Crowell said.
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COVID-19Bede Dwyer2020-04-07T21:40:26+00:00
Below you will find information that may be helpful to your organisation courtesy of Seafood New Zealand, including:
Contacts for PPE supplies
Checklist for processes and procedures to protect your staff
Subsidy and support package information
Information regarding staff support
Seafood New Zealand is providing COVID-19 updates every day – to receive these updates, please contact the team via email: info@seafood.org.nz
If there is any assistance that Te Ohu Kaimoana can offer your organisation at this time, please contact us on (04) 931 9500 or via email at: ika@teohu.maori.nz
Subsidies and assistance
The Government has implemented a number of support packages for businesses to help get through the COVID-19 crisis, including wage subsidies. Information on support packages for businesses, including wage subsidies can be found here.
The wage subsidy application form can be found here.
It is highly likely that your staff may be feeling anxious or scared, regardless of whether they are working from home or are coming to work on-site. It is a perfectly normal response. However, there are things that you can do to help.
Reassure your staff that you are doing everything you can to protect them while they are at work. If they need more assurance, give them a copy of the 'Infection prevention and control advice' which you can download from the Ministry of Health's website, it provides good information about preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace, it can be found here.
Give them tips on what they can do to help while they are at home. Things like using technology to stay connected with whānau and friends not living with them. Other things like maintaining some form of exercise, taking time to relax and sticking to a routine may all help your staff to get through this challenging time. Again, the Ministry of Health's website is a good source of information for maintaining well-being, see link.
Please see this checklist to use as a guide to confirm whether you have the processes and procedures in place to protect your staff from the transmission of COVID-19 checklist here.
Support networks – There are also many support networks available to help people. 'Text 1737' is there to support with grief, anxiety, distress or mental well-being, you can call or text 1737 to talk with a trained counsellor for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – Contacts
New Zealand Uniforms
Email: shaun.crockford@nzuniforms.com
Ph: 021 702 557
Hibiscus Solutions
Email: CarolynSutton@hibiscus-solutions.com
Tahi Marine
Email: Tony@tahimarine.com
Inland Revenue advice
The following important message is from Inland Revenue. Inland Revenue will write-off any penalties and interest for businesses unable to pay taxes on time due to the impact of COVID-19. Do not worry about contacting them right now. Get in touch when you can. Payments, including Working for Families customers, will still be made.
Medical certificates and "tickets"
Maritime NZ has announced it will provide automatic extensions for medical and seafarer certificates (tickets) to support seafarers during COVID-19. If your medical certificate, ancillary certificates or your ticket expires between 11 March 2020 and 30 June 2020 you automatically have an extension for three months from its expiry date. You do not have to get in contact or do anything else.
Any conditions and limitations on your documents will still apply.
Suspended certificates are still suspended.
Full details are available on the Maritime NZ website.
For further questions, please contact:
Email: seafarers@maritimenz.govt.nz.
Market access and trade
MPI are in regular contact with many of the seafood sector's international trading partners and are doing everything they can to help facilitate trade. As part of this, they have set up a dedicated email address to report any market access, export trade or international supply chain issues relating to COVID-19.
If you come across any specific market access or trade issues, please email: Covid-19.Trade@mpi.govt.nz.
Please note, using this email address does not override your legal obligations for reporting export non-conformances. This requires you to notify MPI within 24 hours of becoming aware, if the products you have exported, or are about to export:
Aren't fit for their intended purpose. This may be due to any event which occurred or could have occurred prior to entry into the destination country (regardless of when it was detected)
Are refused entry by the government of the destination country
Do not meet, or no longer meet relevant Overseas Market Access Requirements
Do not have, or no longer have the required official assurances.
For more information, including access to the ENC reporting form, visit MPI's site.
MPI guidance
Seafood New Zealand today received a letter from Ministry for Primary Industries director-general Ray Smith, outlining his expectations for managing staff safety and health in the primary industries during alert level 4. Accompanying this is a guide MPI put together to assist the implementation of these measures.
Smith's letter and MPI's guide can be found here.
We acknowledge there has been some confusion around guidance on physical distancing. MPI's guide clarifies this. Their expectation is that 2 metres will be maintained between staff where at all possible, at all times. If that is not possible, then a minimum of 1 metre must be maintained with the implementation of other risk mitigation measures. The guide also provides examples of what those measures might consist of.
Seafood New Zealand's guide has also been updated accordingly to provide further detail and clarify the distancing requirements. It has also been reformatted for ease of reading. Anything new is highlighted in grey. SNZ's updated guide can be viewed here. If you require further information or have any questions, please get in contact.
Email: Cathy.Webb@seafood.org.nz
A message from the Marine Stewardship Council
We are pausing some of our certification processes to support everyone in the sustainable seafood industry. Key excerpts from the note circulated globally on the measures MSC have taken.
All fisheries are being given an automatic six-month certificate extension. Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) have been told to extend deadlines for all associated processes, including assessments, conditions, action plans and milestones. Fisheries can choose to continue their current process by arranging remote audits with their CAB, where feasible. The exception is expedited audits and objections, which need to continue to protect fish stocks and maintain confidence in our program.
We will provide further details on these two processes shortly. For further support and clarification on this matter, please feel free to reach out to Matt Watson, senior fisheries manager, MSC Australia, New Zealand & SEA at matt.watson@msc.org.
All supply chain companies may now be audited remotely until 27 September 2020. If this is not feasible, CABs have been told to delay the audit and issue a 6-month extension to prevent a certificate expiring. For further support and clarification on this matter, please feel free to reach out to Anita Lee, senior commercial manager, MSC Australia & New Zealand anita.lee@msc.org.
The announcement is posted on the website. There may be some discussions around how these measures are locally adopted to specific scenarios, so please feel to chat through this with us. Thank you continuing to help put food on plates, by working to still fish sustainably and maintain supply chains around the world. We hope to get through this global crisis together.


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<?php

require "Include/Config.php";
require "Include/Functions.php";

// Security: user must be administrator to use this page
if (!$_SESSION['bAdmin'])
{
	Redirect("Menu.php");
	exit;
}

$sPageTitle = gettext("Custom Person Fields Editor");

require "Include/Header.php";

$bErrorFlag = false;
$bNewNameError = false;
$bDuplicateNameError = false;
$aNameErrors = array();

// Does the user want to save changes to text fields?
if (isset($_POST["SaveChanges"]))
{
	// Fill in the other needed custom field data arrays not gathered from the form submit
	$sSQL = "SELECT * FROM person_custom_master ORDER BY custom_Order";
	$rsCustomFields = RunQuery($sSQL);
	$numRows = mysql_num_rows($rsCustomFields);

	for ($row = 1; $row <= $numRows; $row++)
	{
		$aRow = mysql_fetch_array($rsCustomFields, MYSQL_BOTH);
		extract($aRow);

		$aFieldFields[$row] = $custom_Field;
		$aTypeFields[$row] = $type_ID;
		if (isset($custom_Special))
			$aSpecialFields[$row] = $custom_Special;
		else
			$aSpecialFields[$row] = "NULL";
	}

	for ($iFieldID = 1; $iFieldID <= $numRows; $iFieldID++ )
	{
		$aNameFields[$iFieldID] = FilterInput($_POST[$iFieldID . "name"]);

		if ( strlen($aNameFields[$iFieldID]) == 0 )
		{
			$aNameErrors[$iFieldID] = true;
			$bErrorFlag = true;
		}
		else
		{
			$aNameErrors[$iFieldID] = false;
		}

		$aSideFields[$iFieldID] = $_POST[$iFieldID . "side"];
		$aFieldSecurity[$iFieldID] = $_POST[$iFieldID . "FieldSec"];

		if (isset($_POST[$iFieldID . "special"]))
		{
			$aSpecialFields[$iFieldID] = FilterInput($_POST[$iFieldID . "special"],'int');

			if ( $aSpecialFields[$iFieldID] == 0 )
			{
				$aSpecialErrors[$iFieldID] = true;
				$bErrorFlag = true;
			}
			else
			{
				$aSpecialErrors[$iFieldID] = false;
			}
		}
	}

	// If no errors, then update.
	if (!$bErrorFlag)
	{
		for( $iFieldID=1; $iFieldID <= $numRows; $iFieldID++ )
		{
			if ($aSideFields[$iFieldID] == 0)
				$temp = 'left';
			else
				$temp = 'right';

			$sSQL = "UPDATE person_custom_master
					SET `custom_Name` = '" . $aNameFields[$iFieldID] . "',
						`custom_Special` = " . $aSpecialFields[$iFieldID] . ",
						`custom_Side` = '" . $temp . "',
						`custom_FieldSec` = " . $aFieldSecurity[$iFieldID] . "
					WHERE `custom_Field` = '" . $aFieldFields[$iFieldID] . "';";
			RunQuery($sSQL);
		}
	}
}

else
{
	// Check if we're adding a field
	if (isset($_POST["AddField"]))
	{
		$newFieldType = FilterInput($_POST["newFieldType"],'int');
		$newFieldName = FilterInput($_POST["newFieldName"]);
		$newFieldSide = $_POST["newFieldSide"];
		$newFieldSec  = $_POST["newFieldSec"];

		if (strlen($newFieldName) == 0)
		{
			$bNewNameError = true;
		}
		elseif (strlen($newFieldType) == 0 || $newFieldType < 1)
		{
			// This should never happen, but check anyhow.
			// $bNewTypeError = true;
		}
		else
		{
			$sSQL = "SELECT custom_Name FROM person_custom_master";
			$rsCustomNames = RunQuery($sSQL);
			while($aRow = mysql_fetch_array($rsCustomNames))
			{
				if ($aRow[0] == $newFieldName) {
					$bDuplicateNameError = true;
					break;
				}
			}

			if (!$bDuplicateNameError)
			{
				// Find the highest existing field number in the table to determine the next free one.
				// This is essentially an auto-incrementing system where deleted numbers are not re-used.
				$fields = mysql_list_fields($sDATABASE, "person_custom", $cnInfoCentral);
				$last = mysql_num_fields($fields) - 1;

				// Set the new field number based on the highest existing.  Chop off the "c" at the beginning of the old one's name.
				// The "c#" naming scheme is necessary because MySQL 3.23 doesn't allow numeric-only field (table column) names.
				$newFieldNum = substr(mysql_field_name($fields, $last), 1) + 1;

				if ($newFieldSide == 0)
					$newFieldSide = 'left';
				else
					$newFieldSide = 'right';

				// If we're inserting a new custom-list type field, create a new list and get its ID
				if ($newFieldType == 12)
				{
					// Get the first available lst_ID for insertion.  lst_ID 0-9 are reserved for permanent lists.
					$sSQL = "SELECT MAX(lst_ID) FROM list_lst";
					$aTemp = mysql_fetch_array(RunQuery($sSQL));
					if ($aTemp[0] > 9)
						$newListID = $aTemp[0] + 1;
					else
						$newListID = 10;

					// Insert into the lists table with an example option.
					$sSQL = "INSERT INTO list_lst VALUES ($newListID, 1, 1,'". gettext("Default Option") . "')";
					RunQuery($sSQL);

					$newSpecial = "'$newListID'";
				}
				else
					$newSpecial = "NULL";

				// Insert into the master table
				$newOrderID = $last + 1;
				$sSQL = "INSERT INTO `person_custom_master`
						(`custom_Order` , `custom_Field` , `custom_Name` ,  `custom_Special` , `custom_Side` , `custom_FieldSec`, `type_ID`)
						VALUES ('" . $newOrderID . "', 'c" . $newFieldNum . "', '" . $newFieldName . "', " . $newSpecial . ", '" . $newFieldSide . "', '" . $newFieldSec . "', '" . $newFieldType . "');";
				RunQuery($sSQL);

				// Insert into the custom fields table
				$sSQL = "ALTER TABLE `person_custom` ADD `c" . $newFieldNum . "` ";

				switch($newFieldType)
				{
				case 1:
					$sSQL .= "ENUM('false', 'true')";
					break;
				case 2:
					$sSQL .= "DATE";
					break;
				case 3:
					$sSQL .= "VARCHAR(50)";
					break;
				case 4:
					$sSQL .= "VARCHAR(100)";
					break;
				case 5:
					$sSQL .= "TEXT";
					break;
				case 6:
					$sSQL .= "YEAR";
					break;
				case 7:
					$sSQL .= "ENUM('winter', 'spring', 'summer', 'fall')";
					break;
				case 8:
					$sSQL .= "INT";
					break;
				case 9:
					$sSQL .= "MEDIUMINT(9)";
					break;
				case 10:
					$sSQL .= "DECIMAL(10,2)";
					break;
				case 11:
					$sSQL .= "VARCHAR(30)";
					break;
				case 12:
					$sSQL .= "TINYINT(4)";
				}

				$sSQL .= " DEFAULT NULL ;";
				RunQuery($sSQL);

				$bNewNameError = false;
			}
		}
	}

	// Get data for the form as it now exists..
	$sSQL = "SELECT * FROM person_custom_master ORDER BY custom_Order";

	$rsCustomFields = RunQuery($sSQL);
	$numRows = mysql_num_rows($rsCustomFields);

	// Create arrays of the fields.
	for ($row = 1; $row <= $numRows; $row++)
	{
		$aRow = mysql_fetch_array($rsCustomFields, MYSQL_BOTH);
		extract($aRow);

		$aNameFields[$row] = $custom_Name;
		$aSpecialFields[$row] = $custom_Special;
		$aFieldFields[$row] = $custom_Field;
		$aTypeFields[$row] = $type_ID;
		$aSideFields[$row] = ($custom_Side == 'right');
		$aFieldSecurity[$row] = $custom_FieldSec;
	}
}
// Prepare Security Group list
	$sSQL = "SELECT * FROM list_lst WHERE lst_ID = 5 ORDER BY lst_OptionSequence";
	$rsSecurityGrp = RunQuery($sSQL);
	$aSecurityType = array ();

	$aSecurityGrp = Array();
	while ($aRow = mysql_fetch_array($rsSecurityGrp))
	{
		$aSecurityGrp[] = $aRow;
		extract ($aRow);
		$aSecurityType[$lst_OptionID] = $lst_OptionName;
	}
function GetSecurityList($aSecGrp, $fld_name, $currOpt='bAll') {

	$sOptList = "<select name=\"" . $fld_name . "\">";
	$grp_Count = count($aSecGrp);

	for ($i = 0; $i<$grp_Count; $i++) {
		$aAryRow = $aSecGrp[$i];
		//extract($aAryRow);
		$sOptList .= "<option value=\"" . $aAryRow['lst_OptionID'] . "\"";
//		echo "lst_OptionName:".$aAryRow['lst_OptionName']."
";
		if ($aAryRow['lst_OptionName'] == $currOpt)
		{
			$sOptList .= " selected";
		}
		$sOptList .= ">" . $aAryRow['lst_OptionName']."</option>\n";
	}
	$sOptList .= "</select>";
	return $sOptList;
}

// Construct the form
?>

<form method="post" action="PersonCustomFieldsEditor.php" name="PersonCustomFieldsEditor">

<?php
if ($numRows == 0)
{
?>

<?php echo gettext("No custom person fields have been added yet"); ?>

	<input type="button" class="icButton" value="<?php echo gettext("Exit"); ?>" Name="Exit" onclick="javascript:document.location='Menu.php';">

<?php
}
else
{
?>

	<?php echo gettext("Warning: Arrow and delete buttons take effect immediately.  Field name changes will be lost if you do not 'Save Changes' before using an up, down, delete or 'add new' button!"); ?>

	<?php
	if ( $bErrorFlag ) echo "
" . gettext("Invalid fields or selections. Changes not saved! Please correct and try again!") . "";
	?>

			<input type="submit" class="icButton" value="<?php echo gettext("Save Changes"); ?>" Name="SaveChanges">

			<input type="button" class="icButton" value="<?php echo gettext("Exit"); ?>" Name="Exit" onclick="javascript:document.location='Menu.php';">

			<?php echo gettext("Type"); ?>
			<?php echo gettext("Name"); ?>
			<?php echo gettext("Special option"); ?>
			<?php echo gettext("Security Option"); ?>
			<?php echo gettext("Person-View Side"); ?>

	<?php

	for ($row=1; $row <= $numRows; $row++)
	{
		?>

<?php echo $row ?>

				<?php
				if ($row != 1)
					echo "";
				if ($row < $numRows)
					echo "";
				?>
				<input type="image" value="delete" Name="delete" onclick="confirmDeleteField(<?php echo "'" . $aFieldFields[$row] . "', '" . $row . "'"; ?>);" src="Images/x.gif">

			<?php echo $aPropTypes[$aTypeFields[$row]];	?>

			<input type="text" name="<?php echo $row . "name"; ?>" value="<?php echo htmlentities(stripslashes($aNameFields[$row]),ENT_NOQUOTES, "UTF-8"); ?>" size="35" maxlength="40">
				<?php
				if (array_key_exists ($row, $aNameErrors) && $aNameErrors[$row])
					echo "
" . gettext("You must enter a name.") . " ";
				?>

			<?php
			if ($aTypeFields[$row] == 9)
			{
				echo "<select name=\"" . $row . "special\">";
					echo "<option value=\"0\" selected>Select a group</option>";

				$sSQL = "SELECT grp_ID,grp_Name FROM group_grp ORDER BY grp_Name";
				$rsGroupList = RunQuery($sSQL);

				while ($aRow = mysql_fetch_array($rsGroupList))
				{
					extract($aRow);

					echo "<option value=\"" . $grp_ID . "\"";
					if ($aSpecialFields[$row] == $grp_ID) { echo " selected"; }
					echo ">" . $grp_Name . "</option>";
				}

				echo "</select>";
				if ( $aSpecialErrors[$row] ) echo "
" . gettext("You must select a group.") . "";
			}
			elseif ($aTypeFields[$row] == 12)
				echo "" . gettext("Edit List Options") . "";
			else
				echo " ";
			?>

				<?php
				if (isset($aSecurityType[$aFieldSecurity[$row]])) {
					echo GetSecurityList($aSecurityGrp, $row . "FieldSec", $aSecurityType[$aFieldSecurity[$row]]);
				} else {
					echo GetSecurityList($aSecurityGrp, $row . "FieldSec");
				}
				?>

				<input type="radio" Name="<?php echo $row . "side" ?>" value="0" <?php if (!$aSideFields[$row]) echo " checked" ?>><?php echo gettext("Left"); ?>
				<input type="radio" Name="<?php echo $row . "side" ?>" value="1" <?php if ($aSideFields[$row]) echo " checked" ?>><?php echo gettext("Right"); ?>

	<?php } ?>

						<input type="submit" class="icButton" <?php echo 'value="' . gettext("Save Changes") . '"'; ?> Name="SaveChanges">

						<input type="button" class="icButton" <?php echo 'value="' . gettext("Exit") . '"'; ?>" Name="Exit" onclick="javascript:document.location='Menu.php';">

<?php } ?>

<?php echo gettext("Type:"); ?>

					<?php
						echo "<select name=\"newFieldType\">";

						for ($iOptionID = 1; $iOptionID <= count($aPropTypes); $iOptionID++)
						{
							echo "<option value=\"" . $iOptionID . "\"";
							echo ">" . $aPropTypes[$iOptionID] ."</option>";
						}
						echo "</select>";
					?>

					<?php echo gettext("Help on types.."); ?>

<?php echo gettext("Name:"); ?>

						<input type="text" name="newFieldName" size="30" maxlength="40">
						<?php
							if ( $bNewNameError ) echo "

" . gettext("You must enter a name") . "
";
							if ( $bDuplicateNameError ) echo "

" . gettext("That field name already exists.") . "
";
						?>

<?php echo gettext("Side:"); ?>

						<input type="radio" name="newFieldSide" value="0" checked><?php echo gettext("Left"); ?>
						<input type="radio" name="newFieldSide" value="1"><?php echo gettext("Right"); ?>

<?php echo gettext("Security Option"); ?>

						<?php echo GetSecurityList($aSecurityGrp, "newFieldSec"); ?>

						<input type="submit" class="icButton" <?php echo 'value="' . gettext("Add New Field") . '"'; ?> Name="AddField">

	</form>

<?php require "Include/Footer.php"; ?>

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As colleagues and friends, the members of Charm of Finches have been swooping in and out of each others' lives for more than a decade. Their shared connections include hometowns, high schools, universities, training orchestras, and now Canada's professional arts landscape. The Finches are active soloists and chamber musicians in their own right; their performance history extensively covers Canada and the US, as well as Asia, and the United Kingdom, and performance venues stretching from the forests of Haliburton, Ontario to Carnegie Hall.
The Finches' premiere performance opened the Canadian Flute Association's 2015 Convention and featured bass, alto, C-flute and piccolo. In their inaugural 2015/2016 season they performed as featured artists at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, The Arts and Letters Club, Guelph Connections Series, and Stratford Summer Music Festival's Bach Walk where their performance exceeded expectations attracting record breaking numbers of audience members at each show. Media coverage includes Rogers' Daytime Toronto, the Toronto Star, and Stratford Beacon Herald and a strong social media following.
The Finches' shared love of the flute's orchestral repertoire is reflected within their individual careers. They have had the privilege to perform and/or hold positions in ensembles such as the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, the Kingston Symphony, the Niagara Symphony, the London Sinfornia, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Esprit Orchestra. This passion has informed the group's repertoire which includes nuanced quintet arrangements of orchestral masterpieces. They also find mutual inspiration in contemporary music. All members have been active in the premieres and promotion of new repertoire by both emerging and established Canadian composers. The group is excited to continue this pattern in the canon of FluteQuintet Repertoire. In 2016 Charm of Finches premiered two new arrangements for Quintet arranged for and dedicated to the ensemble as well as a brand new commission by Canadian Estonian composer Riho Esko Maimets.The groups' collective history is enriched by a diversity of training from some of the world's most prestigious flautists including, James Walker, Timothy Hutchins, Douglas Stewart, Leslie Newman and Lorna McGhee. Charm of Finches are dedicated educators, with well-established private teaching studios, who bring their training and experience as guest artists in schools and summer music programs across the province. They hold degrees in performance from McGill University, the University of Toronto, The Royal College of Music, University of British Columbia and the University of Southern California.
A bird sings to attract a mate, establish territory, or simply because they love to sing. Charm of Finches look to make an impact on Canada's music scene.


How much and how often to feed your little one between meals.
Son just turned 12 months this weekend!! He hasn't been as obsessed with whole milk as he was with formula so is it time to give snacks? How much and how often?
We are on a tight schedule. Wake up 7 am Breakfast at 7:30 am snack at 9:30 lunch at 11:30 nap 1-3 pm snack at 4 and small snack at 7:15 bed time at 7:45.
Any snacks anytime you or he wants:). But really, babies eat less food because their tummies are smaller. So I feed my daughter three "regular" meals a day as well as at least two snacks. I follow her daycares lead and they are basically offering the kids either a meal or a snack every 2 hours!! I also always have her water and milk sippys on hand. Milk she's offered whenever she's in the high chair but the water sippy is always on the floor in her reach.
Lizzy- does he still get milk? Or is milk just offered with meals?
Julie- thank you! That helps. Every 2 hours. When you give snack do you put her in her high chair? Or is it more casual? Just crackers and a cheese stick or something more formal?
I do both depending on mess level. If it's something I can vacuum easily I will let her eat on the floor (like dry rice crispies and raisins or Annie's cheddar bunnies). But I try to make sure she is in her chair if it's messy. She loves frozen blueberries, I think they soothe her gums. Those are obvious mess makers and no matter how many times she tries to convince me I make her get in her chair for those! But any fruit or steamed veggies are chair foods because I at least know the range of where I'll need to clean. Lol.
Also, these are great for cracker or yogurt melt or even raisin type snacks. They help reduce the mess quite a bit! There are tons of variations on these, I like the munchkin brand because the flaps are soft and don't hurt their little hands. There are probably others that are just as good. But these are also helpful for when you're driving around and you want to hand back a snack for your little to munch on.
Our pediatrician always says no longer than 2 hours between eating- 3 meals and 2 snacks. Works for us!
He get 5 oz whole milk with breakfast, lunch and dinner. He doesn't always drink it all. And that's ok. He has access to water and knows the sign language for milk and water. So if he asks for milk and I know he only had 2 of the 3 oz I will give him a cup with 3 oz in it.
My pediatrician initially told me to aim for around the mid teens for total milk consumption in a day. I just took my daughter for her 15 month well checkup and she's doing great with solids but still loves her milk and is drinking around 20oz or more per day. I was concerned but my pediatrician said that's still not bad. I think the biggest concern with the milk is that it has been shown to block iron absorption.
Thank you Julie! Did you do a gradual change or did you pick a schedule and stick to it one day? I'm worried with dropping from 30 oz to even 20 oz of milk he'll be hungry, or wake up hungry?
I do everything gradually:). Everyone says I Baby her and my response is usually, "well that's appropriate since she's a baby!" Lol. What I did was slowly reduce the volumes of her bottles by one oz for about 3-4 days at a time. So I started with her AM bottle and reduced it from 6 to 5 oz but kept the others the same and then a few days later I reduced her mid day bottle by an oz and so on. I noticed that she never was as interested in her second bottle so for that one I dropped it down to 4 oz and she usually won't even drink all of that. For her afternoon bottle she still drinks quite a bit so that ones still at 6 and she usually only drinks 4-5 oz now. But since She's taking that at daycare right before I pick her up for a long commute home I still keep that one big in case she wants it. Her early morning bottle is pretty low, about 4 oz at most. Her night bottle is still the biggest and I am going to slowly start tackling that one too. Also when I say bottle I'm really meaning sippy except for the night one. That one is going to be sooo hard to convert to a sippy because she loves the bottle before bed!! I have noticed that with the gradual decrease she has also gradually increased food intake. I think she is eating more than enough overall but I would like to eventually be at the 15-16 oz range for milk throughout the day. Her dr doesn't seem concerned at all so that's good. I think overall as you ramp up the meals and snacks your LO will naturally decrease his milk intake as well. But at the same time, they're still our babies right!?! 😭😭. Haha, I am just not cut out for dishing out tough love. Lol.
It's definitely all consuming!! I was just asking my husband what I talked about before our daughter was born because I literally talk about her 95% of the time now. lol.
My daughter is 15 mos. and she's still breastfeeding. To me, I don't really think she's eating that much solid food. Any advice to get her eating more? She just plays with it.
@Anna same boat here! I just try to offer breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks and in the meantime try not to worry because she is getting lots of nutrients from my milk.
When my daughter was a year old i gave her snacks 2-3 times a day. They usually consisted of fruits, veggies, cheese and crackers, a yogurt, etc.