Total pigs livestock reached 5.00 '000 in 2014 in Bahamas, according to Faostat. This is the same as in the previous year.
Historically, total pigs livestock in Bahamas reached an all time high of 11.0 '000 in 1967 and an all time low of 4.78 '000 in 1994. When compared to Bahamas's main peers, total pigs livestock in Cuba amounted to 1,551 '000, 626 '000 in Dominican Republic, 1,001 '000 in Haiti and 65,900 '000 in USA in 2014.
Bahamas has been ranked 145th within the group of 151 countries we follow in terms of total pigs livestock, 1 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.


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Lin Wells of the Pentagon outlines how the world changed from 1900 to 2000. Little did he know 9/11 would happen 5 months later making his prediction that the future would be very little like we expect" ring even more true.
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I'm very happy with my 99' Kx250 with a few improvements (Vforce, SSS forks, kxf brakes, etc) but now it's time to revalve the suspension. The shock of my bike is leaking and probably never in at least 14 years (last revalve) have a shock maintenance, so I ask to the Kx guru's if it's possible to swap an Kxf shock, considering a lot of years of improvements in suspension tech.
It's worth pay for the kxf shock plus revalve for the kx? Or just repair (because I dont know the internal condition) and revalve the stock shock?


904 Rainne Court is a 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom Single Family home for sale in Evans, GA. It's listed for $289,900 and it's been on ERA.com for 144 days. Built in 2000 , this property has a lot size of 0.60 ACRES.
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Last Thursday, The Washington Post e-mailed readers a survey that asked, among other things, what prices they would pay for digital content. According to Business Weekly and online publication Washington Business Journal, the survey asked how often readers visited WashingtonPost.com along with other popular news websites. (The Post had been the one notable U.S. publisher not to implement a paywall.) The paper announced in December that it was considering charging for digital content in 2013.
If you want your brand to appear as one of the trending topics on Twitter, it'll cost more than a micro-payment. Tech and media blog All Things D (owned by the publisher of the Wall Street Journal) reports that the cost of a promoted trend has spiked to $200,000 per day, over 150 per cent since they launched in 2010. Promoted trends are region specific, clearly marked as "promoted" and live on the top of trending topics.
The Washington Post reports that despite frequent visits to 60 Minutes, The View and even Entertainment Tonight, newspapers aren't getting much face-time with the US President. Obama's communications team has only granted three interviews to US newspapers since the mid-term elections in 2010, preferring TV and social media to get their message out. One reason cited by former press secretary Dee Dee Myers is the loss of editorial control that comes from a print interview.


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BBC to launch international iPlayer with Google's help?
By Marc Chacksfield 2009-06-01T15:59:00.151Z Internet
International link-up proposed
BBC eyeing up international status for iPlayer
Director General of the BBC Mark Thompson is apparently in talks with Google's Eric Schmidt about bringing the iPlayer to an international audience.
The Telegraph is reporting sources close to Thompson have revealed plans for an international service which will link up with YouTube.
It is uncertain quite how this will work, but the BBC has certainly been bolstering its partnership with YouTube recently.
Just today, the BBC announced that clips from its worldwide nature channel BBC Earth can now be found on their own channel on the video-sharing site.
Significant difficulties
A BBC spokesperson didn't deny the rumour but told the Telegraph that: "There are a significant number of obstacles to extending this commercially to other countries, including international rights clearance.
"These obstacles present significant difficulties and for this reason there are no firm plans for a specific international BBC iPlayer, but audiences can watch BBC content outside the UK through numerous BBC Worldwide content deals with online partners such as iTunes."
One of the main reasons iPlayer works for the BBC is because of its DRM. Shows on the service disappear after certain times, so that the content can then be re-sold on DVD and the like. This is something that doesn't quite fit into YouTube's handling and archiving of content.
Whatever happens, bringing the BBC's long-form content the web worldwide can only be a good thing for the company, and given the success the broadcaster has with its BBC Worldwide channel, it is something the rest of the world could embrace as well.
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We've selected these hotels for their beautiful panoramas over Athens and beyond, where you can take a dip in the rooftop pool or while away the hours in local bars and restaurants or on the beach, all the while enjoying the stunning views.
Unrivalled views of Athens coupled with first-class service: The Hotel Grande Bretagne is a Luxury Collection hotel, and is easily one of the finest bases to explore this incredible ancient city.
Amanzoe derives its name from the Sanskrit word for 'peace' and the Greek word for 'life.' Perched on a hilltop, surrounded by olive groves, the hotel commands panoramic views of the surrounding countryside and the sparkling Aegean Sea, in addition to stunning architecture and interiors.
The Euphoria Retreat is nestled in the lush forest landscape of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Mystras, in the heart of the Peloponnese. This hotel offers luxury accommodation, health-packed cuisine and immersive and enriching treatments at the impressive spa.
Wedged between a pine forest and the still waters of the Aegean, Cape Sounio has incredible views over the amphitheatrical bay and the ancient Temple of Poseidon, one of Greece's most splendid archaeological sites.
Sailing into the small harbour on the relatively untouched island of Spetses, the elegant silhouette of the Poseidonion Grand Hotel dominating the skyline, you'll understand why for decades the hotel has been attracting the high society, wealthy Athenians and even a royal or two.
Camvillia Resort is a boutique five-star hotel in Greece's Peloponnese region, in a remote setting near the town of Koroni. Sitting on a hill above an unspoilt golden beach, it is perfect for spending your days doing little more than sunbathing, swimming and enjoying water sports in the Gulf of Messenia.
Nafplia Palace is a stylish hotel in the ancient port town of Nafplio, in the Peloponnese in southern Greece.
The NEW Hotel is a luxury boutique hotel in the heart of Athens, within an easy walk of iconic attractions such as the Acropolis and the Parthenon. Designed by Brazilian architectural duo, Humberto and Fernando Campana, the hotel is inspired by the urban vibrancy and contemporary art of Sao Paulo.
This aristocratic five-star hotel, a member of the Luxury Collection, dates back nearly 100 years. The King George is a perfect base for exploring Athens, as well as a haven for relaxing and rejuvenating at the end of a day's sightseeing- all the VIPs and celebrities who have stayed here can't be wrong.
Just outside the village of Kardamili on the southern tip of the Greek mainland, Notos is a collection of quality apartments perfect for families and couples.
In an area punctured by 800 bastilles, Tainaron Blue commandeers a 19th-century watchtower, much like a Scottish castle in the wild Highlands, to create an imaginative and quaint hotel, hemmed in by the sea along Greece's unspoilt Mani peninsula.
Kinsterna is a luxury spa hotel in a historic 17th-century mansion in the hills of the Laconia region, a short drive from the coastal town of Monemvasia in south-eastern Greece.
With beautiful rooms, Neoclassical décor and stunning views of the incredibly close Acropolis, the AVA Hotel & Suites is the ideal boutique bolthole for strolling along Athens' pedestrianised district and exploring its ancient centre.


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Liwanag: Shedding Light on Superstore's Mateo and Filipinx-American Portrayals on TV
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Celebrate Filipino American History Month with a spotlight on some of the creative forces behind NBC's hit comedy series, SUPERSTORE. Join actor Nico Santos ("Mateo Liwanag"), Co-Executive Producer Rene Gube and Guest Director Heather Jack for a candid conversation on Filipino portrayals on TV and Asian American culture in media. Sibley Scoles, Access Hollywood Co-Host, will moderate the discussion.
(*Liwanag means "light" in Tagalog)
Sibley Scoles, Moderator
Nico Santos, Actor
Heather Jack, Director
Rene Gube, Co-Executive Producer
About Nico Santos:
Nico Santos stars as Mateo, the quick witted, sharp tongued assistant to Cloud 9 store 1217's manager, in NBC's hit comedy "Superstore."
For his portrayal of Mateo, Santos was nominated for back-to-back Critics' Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2019 & 2020), and he will next be seen in the series' upcoming sixth season.
Santos also starred in Warner Brother's SAG and Golden Globe-nominated "Crazy Rich Asians" alongside an all-Asian cast including Constance Wu, Henry Golding and Ken Jeong. The film instantly became a cultural phenomenon, as well the highest-grossing romantic comedy in the past decade. Additionally, Santos made his Off-Broadway debut in the summer of 2018 in Jesse Eisenberg's "Happy Talk" with Susan Sarandon and Marin Ireland.
Born and raised in the Philippines, Santos assimilated to American culture rather quickly by living in California by way of Portland, Ore. He started doing stand-up comedy in San Francisco, and in just a short amount of time had become a popular fixture in the Bay Area comedy scene with his acute observations and quirky characters.
Previously, Santos has written for E! Network's "Fashion Police" and appeared on screen in Showtime's "Pride Comedy Jam" as well as the series "Ground Floor," "Mulaney" and "2 Broke Girls." In 2015, he made his film debut in "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2" and in 2017 was seen in "The Clapper," co-starring Ed Helms, Tracy Morgan and Amanda Seyfried. He was also a regular panelist on "Chelsea Lately."
About Rene Gube:
Rene Gube is a writer/actor currently staffed on SUPERSTORE as a Co-Executive Producer. Before joining the NBC comedy, he wrote on all four seasons of the Emmy and Golden Globe winning musical comedy CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND (CW), where he recurred on screen as chill priest Father Brah. Rene had the honor and joy of writing the first Filipino family depicted on network television when he penned episode 106 of CXG entitled "My First Thanksgiving with Josh!" His mom really loved how good the dinuguan looked on TV. Other writing credits include BROCKMIRE (IFC), UP ALL NIGHT (NBC), and GROUND FLOOR (TBS) where he also appeared on screen as series regular Threepeat. Rene is extremely allergic to cats, but he loves his daughter and wife so much that he'll probably end up with one, I guess. It's fine.
About Heather Jack:
Heather Jack is a director, writer, and producer focused on comedy. Selected as part of the inaugural class of NBC's Female Forward initiative, Heather directed an episode of the show Superstore, and was asked back to direct additional episodes the following two seasons. She also directed episodes for NBC's comedy Sunnyside, starring Kal Penn, as well as The Babysitter's Club for Netflix.
Heather's short film, Let's Not Panic, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and continued its run at numerous festivals before debuting online as a Vimeo Staff Pick, Short of the Week, and screening on United Airlines. Heather also draws from her narrative background to create fun branded and digital content, working with clients including MTV, Vice, Comedy Central, VH1, IFC, Subway, CollegeHumor, L'Oreal, Vita Coco, and the I Love New York tourism campaign. Along with collaborator Charles Rogers (Search Party), she co-created the branded web series Tech Up, which was showcased at SXSW and earned over 1 million online views. Heather also directed a PSA for Lean In along with Funny or Die and Hulu, which was viewed over 5 million times, screened on Virgin America seatbacks, and shared online by Serena Williams, Emma Watson, and Amy Schumer.
Heather started her career in feature development at MGM and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. She received both her MBA and MFA from New York University's Stern School of Business and Tisch Graduate Film Program. Originally from Northern California, Heather is currently based in Los Angeles.
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PGA GOLF PRO Rick Shiels, tests the NITRO NON CONFORMING GOLF BALL!
Q.) What's your *LONGEST* ever drive?
+Barking_Mad only if i fold it in half…..
It is an illegal golf ball. It is illegal to sell such tat…..
This ball was commissioned by Jack Nicklaus. However, it didn't go short enough so, following a geriatric rant, he had the USGA make it illegal.
Thats an LD (long drive) ball. In order for see any benefits from LD equipment, you need to has driver swing speeds in excess of 135 mph. For example my LD calaway is 3 degree with the thicker face. The thicker face has far less trampoline effect then a regular driver, but it won't imploded like a daily driver at 135 mph. If you swing my LD driver at a normal impact angel and speed (lets say 115) you'll carry 210,.. maybe. If you hit up 2/3 additional degrees at 135+ you can carry 435.


National Trust rangers have started to rebuild England's highest war memorial on the summit of Scafell Pike to mark 100 years since the end of the first world war.
The mountain was given to the trust by Lord Leconfield when the conflict ended, in memory of the thousands of men from the Lake District who had fought and died.
Despite strong winds, rain and thick mist, the mission to rebuild the cairn got under way with the team of seven rangers making their way up.
Most of them descend each day after many hours of hard labour, returning the following morning. But a number have set up camp near the summit while the work continues.
Some set about the painstaking task of picking apart the cairn to then reset it with replacement rocks and to also take out the various items that have been buried over the years.
The 7.5-metre-wide landmark, which stands at 978 metres above sea level, has been added to by the hundreds of thousands of walkers that climb the mountain each year and is now in desperate need of restoration.
As the outer layer was pulled away, pieces of litter appeared that have been hidden for decades, including broken urns, family photos, bits of clothing and items of jewellery.
At the same time other members of the restoration team have been hauling huge rocks using iron rods and ropes so they could be set into the cairn.
Scafell Pike was one of 13 Lakeland summits given to the National Trust in the years immediately after the first world war, in what was known as the "Great Gift".
The words inscribed on the memorial read: "In perpetual memory of the men of the Lake District who fell for God and King for freedom, peace and right in the Great War 1914-18.
The work on the cairn is expected to be finished in one to two weeks. However, the other major task, rebuilding many of the paths that lead to the summit, will take the rangers several months.
Aside from being historically significant, Scafell Pike is also a fragile habitat and a designated special site of scientific interest and a special area of conservation.
More than 250,000 people make their way up each year and, along with erosion by the elements, some of the paths now sprawl like scars across the landscape.
Steve Jolley, the area ranger for Wasdale, said: "We will fix the erosion on the footpath network above 2,000ft, which was part of the original gift from Lord Leconfield.
"A lot of these paths have encroached on some very fragile vegetation like dwarf willow so our plan is to shrink them in but still accommodate all the people that go up each year.
"As part of the 100-year commemorations we're trying to raise awareness as well that the uplands are a very special place.
The team will place a time capsule into the stone wall of the cairn, filling it with details on the work undertaken, including plans, photos and information about the rangers themselves.
The capsule will act as a record of the conservation work that goes into maintaining the mountain, which has had numerous repairs during the last century with the last major work taking place in the 1980s.
Sam Stalker, the National Trust's lead ranger on Scafell Pike, said: "It's great that so many people are able to enjoy Scafell Pike and the surrounding peaks each year. The mountains will be here forever, but they need ongoing care.
The National Trust also plans to light a beacon on top of Scafell Pike on Armistice Day, just as Lord Leconfield did on Peace Day on 19 July 1919.
Mount Taranaki: will the New Zealand peak's 'living person' status bring respect?


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Zambia's president passes away
Posted on October 30, 2014 by Our Little Earth
Michael Sata, Zambia's president, recently passed away due to an illness. The country's vice president, Guy Scott (image), is going to be the acting president until elections are held later this year. Scott's parents had moved from the United Kingdom to work in Zambia, and Scott was born in Zambia. He is the country's first white president since it got its independence from the United Kingdom 50 years ago.
Zambia is a landlocked country surrounded by 8 neighbors. Lusaka is its capital city. The country is said to have over 70 languages, though some may be considered to be dialects. A couple of the languages spoken are Bemba and Nyanja. Victoria Falls (image), considered to be the largest curtain of falling water in the world, is located between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. It's about 1.7 km (1 mile) wide and 108 meters (360 feet) high. The local people call the falls "Mosi-oa-Tunya" – "the smoke that thunders", since the falling water makes a very loud sound and the spray from the water rises very high above the falls and looks like smoke.
Image Credits: John Walker for Victoria Falls' image, Amanda Lucidon / White House for Scott's image
Sources: CNN, CIA World Factbook, http://whc.unesco.org/, www.zambiatourism.com
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Q: Groovy script to convert xml to csv keeping spaces intact I'm trying to write a groovy script to convert an xml into a csv file.
The input xml:
<Structure>
    <Header>
        <PlanNumber>123456</PlanNumber>
        <HeaderRec>ABC</HeaderRec>
        <Plan>1234</Plan>
        <Filler>                 </Filler>
        <CompanyName>Dummy</CompanyName>
    </Header>
    <Records>
        <Record1>
            <Field1>ABCD</Field1>
            <Field2>ABCD</Field2>
            <Field3>ABCD</Field3>
            <Field4>ABCD</Field4>
            <Field5>ABCD</Field5>
            <Filler>          </Filler>
        </Record1>
        <Record2>
            <Field1>ABCD</Field1>
            <Field2>ABCD</Field2>
            <Filler>         </Filler>
            <Field4>ABCD</Field4>
            <Field5>ABCD</Field5>
            <Filler>          </Filler>
        </Record2>
    </Records>
</Structure>

My groovy script:
def content = new XmlSlurper().parseText(input)
def header = content.Header.children().collect().join(' ')

def csv = content.Records.children().inject(header){result, row -> [result,row.children().collect().join(' ')].join("\n")}
println csv.toString()

This is the output I'm getting:
123456 ABC 1234  Dummy
ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD
ABCD ABCD  ABCD ABCD

The script is ignoring the spaces in the filler fields. My requirement is that any spaces in the xml fields should be intact in the csv. That is, if there are 7 whitespaces in the field, the same should be maintained in the csv. As of now, the spaces are being ignored.
Can you please help me. Do I need to change my approach?

A: Use keepWhitespace:true. That should resolve it.
def content = new XmlSlurper(keepWhitespace:true).parseText(input)

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Crops produced in Europe could be significantly impacted by climate change. Higher temperatures could trigger migration of insects from warmer southern to colder northern countries.
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Every 1°C rise in temperature could increase insect pest pressure by up to 25%
Did you know every 1°C rise in temperature could
increase insect pest pressure by up to 25%?
Crops produced in Europe could be significantly impacted by climate change. Higher temperatures could trigger migration of insects from warmer southern to colder northern countries. Insect pests already reduce staple grain crops (wheat, rice, and maize) by an estimated 5 to 20% [1]. Further yield losses due to increased insect pressure could increase by 10 to 25% per degree Celsius of warming [1]. Such a reduction in yields would risk food security, quality, and local food production, resulting in increased food prices.
To investigate potential impact on food security, scientists analysed the global movement of crop pests and concluded that geographical shifts in direction varied with beetles, true bugs, moths and fungi moving to higher latitudes, whereas viruses and soil insects shift to lower latitudes [2].
Predicting these types of climate related outbreaks will rely on developing validated computer models, as illustrated below.
Prediction of the dynamic shift of climatic suitability for some pests in Europe between 2020 and 2026.
Source: Grünig et al. Commun Biol 3, 233 (2020).
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The stand-out of the 2000 Summer Olympics was also a central figure in the BALCO investigation, one of the biggest doping scandals in American history. Two years after the track star won five medals at the Sydney games, her former coach turned over a steroid-laced syringe to investigators, setting off a chain of events that would bring down Jones, Olympic shot putter C.J. Hunter (her ex-husband), and baseball legend Barry Bonds. Jones finally admitted to doping in 2007 and surrendered her medals.
Tyson Gay
One of America's best hopes to beat Usain Bolt in 2012 Olympics couldn't quite pull it off, but he did help the men's 4 x 100 meter relay bring in a silver. But now the fastest man in the U.S. is in hot water: Gay announced his withdrawal this week from the upcoming world track championships in Moscow, citing a positive test for an unnamed banned substance.
Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall
In 1968, this Swedish modern pentathlete became the first Olympian in history to lose a medal for doping. His drug of choice? Beer. Liljenwall was stripped of his bronze after it was discovered that he downed a couple pints to calm his nerves before the shooting portion of the event.
Tonya Harding
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Although this figure skater landed a respectable fourth-place in the 1992 Olympics, it was an incident in 1994 that made her an overnight celebrity. Only a month before the 1994 Games in Lillehammer, Norway, Harding arranged to have her American rival, Nancy Kerrigan, clubbed in the knee during practice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Kerrigan was able to recover in time for the Olympics and even won a silver medal. Strangely, Harding was also allowed to compete, but her career was ruined and her name has been a tabloid fixture ever since.
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The pride of Canada going into the 1988 Summer Games, this world-record sprinter reached new heights of fame when he broke his own record and defeated Carl Lewis for the gold in the 100 meters. The glory didn't last long, though: three days later Johnson was stripped of his medal after testing positive for steroids.
Larisa Lazutina
Jon Nelson
The most decorated athlete in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, Russian cross country skier Larisa Lazutina ended her celebrated, 18-year career at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics with a positive drug test. She and her teammate Olga Danilova, who also tested positive, had to return a combined two golds and three silvers.
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Ross Rebagliati
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Alcohol isn't the only unexpected drug that can get your medal taken away. Only a day after winning the first ever Olympic gold for snowboarding in the 1998 Nagano Games, Canadian Ross Rebagliati tested positive for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. Although his medal was returned because cannabis wasn't officially on the banned substances list, the World Anti-Doping Agency added it soon thereafter and Rebagliati left snowboarding, eventually landing in the weed dispensary business.
Johann Mühlegg
This four-time Olympic cross country skier had already earned his fair share of notoriety when he was busted at the 2002 Winter Olympics for doping. Having competed in three Olympics for Germany, his eccentric behavior and spats with his teammates twice got him kicked off the team (he was reinstated once) before he finally moved to Spain, where he was granted citizenship. Competing for his adopted country in 2002, he won two golds and was even congratulated by King Juan Carlos before testing positive late in the games for a substance that boosts red blood cell count. After an investigation, he was forced to give up the medals.
Boris Onishchenko
Called "Boris the Cheat" by contemporary headlines, this Soviet modern pentathlete (not pictured) had medaled in two prior Olympics before his fall from grace during the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal. During the fencing portion of the event, his opponent protested that Onishchenko's electronic épée was registering hits that had failed to land, which led to the discovery that he was using a rigged sword. Onishchenko was expelled from competition and sent back to the USSR, where it's reported he was personally chewed out by the premier Leonid Brezhnev.
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One of the biggest Olympic embarrassments of its day, defending women's luge gold medalist Ortun Enderlein of East Germany, and two of her teammates, were disqualified after a judge claimed that they had heated the runners of their sleds prior to racing. Coming at the height of the Cold War, it was especially scandalous that the three DQs led to a West German winning silver. The East Germans cried foul on the judge, who had administered a supposedly dubious "snow test," in which he melted snow on the hot runners. Enderlein and teammates maintained their innocence, but neither of the stripped medals—gold and bronze—was ever reinstated.
Ángel Matos
Arguing with a referee may get you disqualified, but as Cuban taekwondo fighter Ángel Matos found out in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, kicking one in the face will get you banned for life. Angry over being disqualified for taking too long a medical timeout, Matos argued with the Swedish ref Chakir Chelbat and then delivered a swift foot to the face when he didn't get his way. The former gold medal winner and his coach refused to apologize and were both handed lifetime bans by the World Taekwondo Federation.


While the human costs of the 2014 Ebola outbreak that devastated West Africa were obvious, the economic impacts of the crisis were poorly understood. IGC, through its Economics of Ebola initiative, helped bridge this research gap, allowing us to provide evidence-backed policy advice to the governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone in their efforts to recover and strengthen their health systems and economies.
With a death toll of 11,315 from the Ebola outbreak, global attention post-crisis was rightly focused on public health systems and preventing future crises. However, the outbreak also caused significant damage to affected economies, but little credible data and evidence was available to understand exactly the economic impact of the crisis.
Through its Economics of Ebola initiative, IGC supported Liberia and Sierra Leone's governments and development partners by providing credible data to ensure that policy responses were evidence-based through a series of research projects across both countries. IGC also centrally collated both IGC and non-IGC research through a series of bulletins and a website to make policy implications easily accessible to governments and development organisations.
Distrust of government is likely to have contributed to the spread of Ebola in Liberia. A survey of over 1,500 residents in Monrovia found that people who expressed distrust in government were 9% less likely to support control policies – such as the government-imposed curfew and ban on public gatherings – and 7% less likely to comply with them. Findings also showed door-to-door outreach was effective in gaining public cooperation in the fight against Ebola, and for building trust in government more generally – of the 40% of citizens who experienced government-organised outreach, 90% report that it had been well-received.
Informal economic activity in Sierra Leone was depressed by the outbreak. IGC research showed a decline in household heads working in urban areas from 75% in August to 67% in November 2014, with most of the decline among those working in nonfarm household businesses. The research also showed that Ebola had not impacted nationwide food prices, with prices for basic foods remaining at or below prices in previous years. However, the number of traders in markets for some goods was sharply below previous years.
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Have you ever heard a song that spoke to your soul? A song that expresses exactly where you are in a moment, that feels as if it is reading your mind? It doesn't happen very often for me and perhaps being new to Satellite radio…I was so inundated with noise that I never really listened.
Last week, I was driving to a meeting and this song came on and spoke to me. One line in particular grabbed my attention, the line was "Heroes don't look like they used too….they look like you do." That line is so true….because each week I am privileged to meet and bring you these amazing heroes…people just like you me. People that care deeply, have a passion for making our world better and reminding us that we are all the same and that We are one.
As you begin your weekend and Cinco de Mayo celebrations, remember there are Alternate Routes to take (the bands name) and know we are love, we are one, we are how we treat each other when the day is done.


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Q: google-schema email is not recognised I tried to test simpel email markup. Markup is validated by tester with some recommendations but without errors. I am using simple script and sending to myself. But, still, markup is not recognised. DKIM and SPF are not needed, but configured and controlled. What I am doing wrong?
Script:
function testMarkup() {
  var htmlBody = HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile('test').getContent();

  MailApp.sendEmail({
    from: Session.getActiveUser().getEmail(),
    to: Session.getActiveUser().getEmail(),
    subject: 'Test' + new Date(),
    htmlBody: htmlBody,
  });
}

test.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <meta charset="UTF-8">
      <title>dfgdfgdgdgg</title>
       <script type="application/ld+json">
    {
      "@context": "http://schema.org",
      "@type": "FoodEstablishmentReservation",
      "reservationNumber": "OT12345",
      "underName": {
        "@type": "Person",
        "name": "John Smith"
      },
      "reservationFor": {
        "@type": "FoodEstablishment",
        "name": "Wagamama",
        "telephone": "044755755755",
        "address": {
          "@type": "PostalAddress",
          "streetAddress": "1 Tavistock Street",
          "addressLocality": "London",
          "addressRegion": "Greater London",
          "postalCode": "WC2E 7PG",
          "addressCountry": "United Kingdom"
        }
      },
      "startTime": "2017-04-10T08:00:00+00:00",
      "partySize": "2",
    "reservationStatus": "confirmed",
    "modifiedTime": "2013-11-03T21:00:00+01:00",
    "modifyReservationUrl": "https://example.com/linktomodification"
    }
    </script>
   </head>
   <body>
       <p>
      This a test for a Restaurant reservation Google Now card in Gmail.
    </p>
   </body>
</html>

A: Usually, this issue happens if your HTML is invalid. Try to use again a validator.
If you use Google SMTP relay, you have to use an SPF record looking like: 600 IN TXT "v=spf1 a include:_spf.google.com ~all" based from this support page.
You may check this related thread: Gmail Email Markup not Working


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Jun 12, 2015 by Casey Coates Danson
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Skip Showers For Beef, a new grassroots project born of the California drought, acknowledges that giving up beef — a product that uses huge amounts of water — is hard. So the campaign's creators have come up with a creative way for Californians to keep eating meat while reducing their water use: Just stop showering.
The project's premise is a simple one — by the creators' calculations, every four ounce hamburger requires roughly 450 gallons of water to produce. To offset those gallons, the average Californian would need to skip 26 showers.
"We're not saying people should eat beef, we're just saying people can eat beef, and here's how," Tom Bransford, co-founder of Skip Showers For Beef, told ThinkProgress. "If California as a state wants to keep producing beef, there's a way they can do that — by everybody following a plan like this."
The California cattle industry is the fifth largest in the state's agricultural sector, bringing in $3.3 billion in revenue in 2012. In a country that consumed 24.1 billion pounds of beef in 2014, ranchers in California sent 177 million pounds of beef to commercial slaughter just in the month of April. According to a UC Davis study cited by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, it takes about 441 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef. In a slightly higher estimate, the Water Footprint Network puts the amount of water needed to produce a pound of beef to closer to 1,845 gallons. By the beef industry's estimates, California used more than 78 billion gallons of water to produce the beef slaughtered in April of 2014 — by the Water Footprint Network's, it used over 326 billion gallons.
We're not saying people should eat beef, we're just saying people can eat beef, and here's how…
California also grows a huge amount of alfalfa as food for cows — which, though highly nutritious, is also extremely water-hungry. As California's highest acreage crop, alfalfa is also its thirstiest — just 160 acres uses 240 million gallons of water per year. Part of that alfalfa goes to California's dairy industry, which is the largest in the country. But in some parts of California, as much as 50 percent of the alfalfa that is grown is shipped overseas to land-poor countries like China. Researchers have calculated that when all the water required to grow the exported alfalfa is taken into account, California ships one hundred billion gallons worth of water overseas.
As California struggles through the fourth year of a now-historic drought, the state has tried to reign in water use across a number of sectors, from requiring a 25 percent cutback in municipal water use to accepting voluntary restrictions from some of the state's oldest water rights holders. But the state's agricultural sector — which uses 80 percent of the state's water not set aside for environmental purposes — has been a popular lightning rod for criticism of California's water management practices. Within the sector, the beef industry's outsized water footprint has been particularly subject to criticism.
Skip Showers for Beef's Bransford comes from a cattle family that has been ranching in California for three generations, and he isn't immune to the criticism the beef industry is facing during the drought. But he classifies statistics that draw attention to how much water the beef industry uses as "fear mongering."
"These numbers are frightening people," he said. "What we wanted to do was counter that sort of statistic and say, 'You can say this about the hamburger, but we're going to tell you something really out of the box here, which is there is an alternative.' If you want to keep eating beef, there's an alternative."
Launched early this week, the campaign is a mix of social media outreach and physical, grassroots lobbying — the project literally deployed people dressed in cow costumes to hand out pamphlets on the streets of Los Angeles. The project's website also features information about how many showers one needs to skip to equalize the water footprint of various beef-based foods (a beef taco only requires missing 10 showers, while a 16-ounce steak will set you back more than three months' worth) and creative ways to manage bodily smells without water (like baby wipes or a dirt bath). There's also a short little video from a Los Angeles couple who claims to be living the shower-free lifestyle and enjoying guilt-free beef.
The campaign might seem like pure satire, but Bransford claims that it's meant to be taken in earnest — though the humor inherent in the idea of skipping a month's worth of showers to eat a single hamburger isn't lost on him.
"We hope people laugh, we hope people enjoy it, and if they think its satire that's their business," Bransford said. "But we definitely think all the tools at our disposal can be used to combat this drought, and if humor is a part of that, it's a part of that."
To lend an air of credibility to the project, Bransford reached out to celebrities to help get out his message — which led to an interesting partnership between Skip Showers For Beef and Grammy-winning artist and noted vegan Moby.
"This isn't about vegans versus carnivores," Moby said in an email to ThinkProgress. "This is about making your choice a responsible one. This drought in California has already exceeded historic proportions, but most Americans just aren't paying attention. We need to create more attention-grabbing campaigns like this to wake people the f*** up and get them making responsible choices."
Conservation efforts have largely been focused, Moby continued, on consumer efforts — restaurants not offering water or people not flushing their toilets. But those choices are dwarfed by what he refers to as "the elephant in the room — or, as the case may be, the cow."
"As much I endorse the vegan lifestyle, I know I can't force everyone to put down their burgers," Moby said. "But maybe they could at least skip some showers here and there so that we all have enough water to survive. That seems reasonable."
UPDATE JUN 12, 2015 12:09 PM
A previous version of this post said that California raised 177 million pounds of beef for slaughter in all of 2014 — that number is just for April of that year.
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using namespace llvm;
using namespace llvm::object;

#define DEBUG_TYPE "dyld"

namespace {

class LoadedMachOObjectInfo final
    : public RuntimeDyld::LoadedObjectInfoHelper<LoadedMachOObjectInfo> {
public:
  LoadedMachOObjectInfo(RuntimeDyldImpl &RTDyld,
                        ObjSectionToIDMap ObjSecToIDMap)
      : LoadedObjectInfoHelper(RTDyld, std::move(ObjSecToIDMap)) {}

  OwningBinary<ObjectFile>
  getObjectForDebug(const ObjectFile &Obj) const override {
    return OwningBinary<ObjectFile>();
  }
};

}

namespace llvm {

int64_t RuntimeDyldMachO::memcpyAddend(const RelocationEntry &RE) const {
  unsigned NumBytes = 1 << RE.Size;
  uint8_t *Src = Sections[RE.SectionID].getAddress() + RE.Offset;

  return static_cast<int64_t>(readBytesUnaligned(Src, NumBytes));
}

Expected<relocation_iterator>
RuntimeDyldMachO::processScatteredVANILLA(
                          unsigned SectionID, relocation_iterator RelI,
                          const ObjectFile &BaseObjT,
                          RuntimeDyldMachO::ObjSectionToIDMap &ObjSectionToID) {
  const MachOObjectFile &Obj =
    static_cast<const MachOObjectFile&>(BaseObjT);
  MachO::any_relocation_info RE =
    Obj.getRelocation(RelI->getRawDataRefImpl());

  SectionEntry &Section = Sections[SectionID];
  uint32_t RelocType = Obj.getAnyRelocationType(RE);
  bool IsPCRel = Obj.getAnyRelocationPCRel(RE);
  unsigned Size = Obj.getAnyRelocationLength(RE);
  uint64_t Offset = RelI->getOffset();
  uint8_t *LocalAddress = Section.getAddressWithOffset(Offset);
  unsigned NumBytes = 1 << Size;
  int64_t Addend = readBytesUnaligned(LocalAddress, NumBytes);

  unsigned SymbolBaseAddr = Obj.getScatteredRelocationValue(RE);
  section_iterator TargetSI = getSectionByAddress(Obj, SymbolBaseAddr);
  assert(TargetSI != Obj.section_end() && "Can't find section for symbol");
  uint64_t SectionBaseAddr = TargetSI->getAddress();
  SectionRef TargetSection = *TargetSI;
  bool IsCode = TargetSection.isText();
  uint32_t TargetSectionID = ~0U;
  if (auto TargetSectionIDOrErr =
        findOrEmitSection(Obj, TargetSection, IsCode, ObjSectionToID))
    TargetSectionID = *TargetSectionIDOrErr;
  else
    return TargetSectionIDOrErr.takeError();

  Addend -= SectionBaseAddr;
  RelocationEntry R(SectionID, Offset, RelocType, Addend, IsPCRel, Size);

  addRelocationForSection(R, TargetSectionID);

  return ++RelI;
}

Expected<RelocationValueRef>
RuntimeDyldMachO::getRelocationValueRef(
    const ObjectFile &BaseTObj, const relocation_iterator &RI,
    const RelocationEntry &RE, ObjSectionToIDMap &ObjSectionToID) {

  const MachOObjectFile &Obj =
      static_cast<const MachOObjectFile &>(BaseTObj);
  MachO::any_relocation_info RelInfo =
      Obj.getRelocation(RI->getRawDataRefImpl());
  RelocationValueRef Value;

  bool IsExternal = Obj.getPlainRelocationExternal(RelInfo);
  if (IsExternal) {
    symbol_iterator Symbol = RI->getSymbol();
    StringRef TargetName;
    if (auto TargetNameOrErr = Symbol->getName())
      TargetName = *TargetNameOrErr;
    else
      return TargetNameOrErr.takeError();
    RTDyldSymbolTable::const_iterator SI =
      GlobalSymbolTable.find(TargetName.data());
    if (SI != GlobalSymbolTable.end()) {
      const auto &SymInfo = SI->second;
      Value.SectionID = SymInfo.getSectionID();
      Value.Offset = SymInfo.getOffset() + RE.Addend;
    } else {
      Value.SymbolName = TargetName.data();
      Value.Offset = RE.Addend;
    }
  } else {
    SectionRef Sec = Obj.getAnyRelocationSection(RelInfo);
    bool IsCode = Sec.isText();
    if (auto SectionIDOrErr = findOrEmitSection(Obj, Sec, IsCode,
                                                ObjSectionToID))
      Value.SectionID = *SectionIDOrErr;
    else
      return SectionIDOrErr.takeError();
    uint64_t Addr = Sec.getAddress();
    Value.Offset = RE.Addend - Addr;
  }

  return Value;
}

void RuntimeDyldMachO::makeValueAddendPCRel(RelocationValueRef &Value,
                                            const relocation_iterator &RI,
                                            unsigned OffsetToNextPC) {
  auto &O = *cast<MachOObjectFile>(RI->getObject());
  section_iterator SecI = O.getRelocationRelocatedSection(RI);
  Value.Offset += RI->getOffset() + OffsetToNextPC + SecI->getAddress();
}

void RuntimeDyldMachO::dumpRelocationToResolve(const RelocationEntry &RE,
                                               uint64_t Value) const {
  const SectionEntry &Section = Sections[RE.SectionID];
  uint8_t *LocalAddress = Section.getAddress() + RE.Offset;
  uint64_t FinalAddress = Section.getLoadAddress() + RE.Offset;

  dbgs() << "resolveRelocation Section: " << RE.SectionID
         << " LocalAddress: " << format("%p", LocalAddress)
         << " FinalAddress: " << format("0x%016" PRIx64, FinalAddress)
         << " Value: " << format("0x%016" PRIx64, Value) << " Addend: " << RE.Addend
         << " isPCRel: " << RE.IsPCRel << " MachoType: " << RE.RelType
         << " Size: " << (1 << RE.Size) << "\n";
}

section_iterator
RuntimeDyldMachO::getSectionByAddress(const MachOObjectFile &Obj,
                                      uint64_t Addr) {
  section_iterator SI = Obj.section_begin();
  section_iterator SE = Obj.section_end();

  for (; SI != SE; ++SI) {
    uint64_t SAddr = SI->getAddress();
    uint64_t SSize = SI->getSize();
    if ((Addr >= SAddr) && (Addr < SAddr + SSize))
      return SI;
  }

  return SE;
}

// Populate __pointers section.
Error RuntimeDyldMachO::populateIndirectSymbolPointersSection(
                                                    const MachOObjectFile &Obj,
                                                    const SectionRef &PTSection,
                                                    unsigned PTSectionID) {
  assert(!Obj.is64Bit() &&
         "Pointer table section not supported in 64-bit MachO.");

  MachO::dysymtab_command DySymTabCmd = Obj.getDysymtabLoadCommand();
  MachO::section Sec32 = Obj.getSection(PTSection.getRawDataRefImpl());
  uint32_t PTSectionSize = Sec32.size;
  unsigned FirstIndirectSymbol = Sec32.reserved1;
  const unsigned PTEntrySize = 4;
  unsigned NumPTEntries = PTSectionSize / PTEntrySize;
  unsigned PTEntryOffset = 0;

  assert((PTSectionSize % PTEntrySize) == 0 &&
         "Pointers section does not contain a whole number of stubs?");

  DEBUG(dbgs() << "Populating pointer table section "
               << Sections[PTSectionID].getName() << ", Section ID "
               << PTSectionID << ", " << NumPTEntries << " entries, "
               << PTEntrySize << " bytes each:\n");

  for (unsigned i = 0; i < NumPTEntries; ++i) {
    unsigned SymbolIndex =
      Obj.getIndirectSymbolTableEntry(DySymTabCmd, FirstIndirectSymbol + i);
    symbol_iterator SI = Obj.getSymbolByIndex(SymbolIndex);
    StringRef IndirectSymbolName;
    if (auto IndirectSymbolNameOrErr = SI->getName())
      IndirectSymbolName = *IndirectSymbolNameOrErr;
    else
      return IndirectSymbolNameOrErr.takeError();
    DEBUG(dbgs() << "  " << IndirectSymbolName << ": index " << SymbolIndex
          << ", PT offset: " << PTEntryOffset << "\n");
    RelocationEntry RE(PTSectionID, PTEntryOffset,
                       MachO::GENERIC_RELOC_VANILLA, 0, false, 2);
    addRelocationForSymbol(RE, IndirectSymbolName);
    PTEntryOffset += PTEntrySize;
  }
  return Error::success();
}

bool RuntimeDyldMachO::isCompatibleFile(const object::ObjectFile &Obj) const {
  return Obj.isMachO();
}

template <typename Impl>
Error
RuntimeDyldMachOCRTPBase<Impl>::finalizeLoad(const ObjectFile &Obj,
                                             ObjSectionToIDMap &SectionMap) {
  unsigned EHFrameSID = RTDYLD_INVALID_SECTION_ID;
  unsigned TextSID = RTDYLD_INVALID_SECTION_ID;
  unsigned ExceptTabSID = RTDYLD_INVALID_SECTION_ID;

  for (const auto &Section : Obj.sections()) {
    StringRef Name;
    Section.getName(Name);

    // Force emission of the __text, __eh_frame, and __gcc_except_tab sections
    // if they're present. Otherwise call down to the impl to handle other
    // sections that have already been emitted.
    if (Name == "__text") {
      if (auto TextSIDOrErr = findOrEmitSection(Obj, Section, true, SectionMap))
        TextSID = *TextSIDOrErr;
      else
        return TextSIDOrErr.takeError();
    } else if (Name == "__eh_frame") {
      if (auto EHFrameSIDOrErr = findOrEmitSection(Obj, Section, false,
                                                   SectionMap))
        EHFrameSID = *EHFrameSIDOrErr;
      else
        return EHFrameSIDOrErr.takeError();
    } else if (Name == "__gcc_except_tab") {
      if (auto ExceptTabSIDOrErr = findOrEmitSection(Obj, Section, true,
                                                     SectionMap))
        ExceptTabSID = *ExceptTabSIDOrErr;
      else
        return ExceptTabSIDOrErr.takeError();
    } else {
      auto I = SectionMap.find(Section);
      if (I != SectionMap.end())
        if (auto Err = impl().finalizeSection(Obj, I->second, Section))
          return Err;
    }
  }
  UnregisteredEHFrameSections.push_back(
    EHFrameRelatedSections(EHFrameSID, TextSID, ExceptTabSID));

  return Error::success();
}

template <typename Impl>
unsigned char *RuntimeDyldMachOCRTPBase<Impl>::processFDE(uint8_t *P,
                                                          int64_t DeltaForText,
                                                          int64_t DeltaForEH) {
  typedef typename Impl::TargetPtrT TargetPtrT;

  DEBUG(dbgs() << "Processing FDE: Delta for text: " << DeltaForText
               << ", Delta for EH: " << DeltaForEH << "\n");
  uint32_t Length = readBytesUnaligned(P, 4);
  P += 4;
  uint8_t *Ret = P + Length;
  uint32_t Offset = readBytesUnaligned(P, 4);
  if (Offset == 0) // is a CIE
    return Ret;

  P += 4;
  TargetPtrT FDELocation = readBytesUnaligned(P, sizeof(TargetPtrT));
  TargetPtrT NewLocation = FDELocation - DeltaForText;
  writeBytesUnaligned(NewLocation, P, sizeof(TargetPtrT));

  P += sizeof(TargetPtrT);

  // Skip the FDE address range
  P += sizeof(TargetPtrT);

  uint8_t Augmentationsize = *P;
  P += 1;
  if (Augmentationsize != 0) {
    TargetPtrT LSDA = readBytesUnaligned(P, sizeof(TargetPtrT));
    TargetPtrT NewLSDA = LSDA - DeltaForEH;
    writeBytesUnaligned(NewLSDA, P, sizeof(TargetPtrT));
  }

  return Ret;
}

static int64_t computeDelta(SectionEntry *A, SectionEntry *B) {
  int64_t ObjDistance = static_cast<int64_t>(A->getObjAddress()) -
                        static_cast<int64_t>(B->getObjAddress());
  int64_t MemDistance = A->getLoadAddress() - B->getLoadAddress();
  return ObjDistance - MemDistance;
}

template <typename Impl>
void RuntimeDyldMachOCRTPBase<Impl>::registerEHFrames() {

  for (int i = 0, e = UnregisteredEHFrameSections.size(); i != e; ++i) {
    EHFrameRelatedSections &SectionInfo = UnregisteredEHFrameSections[i];
    if (SectionInfo.EHFrameSID == RTDYLD_INVALID_SECTION_ID ||
        SectionInfo.TextSID == RTDYLD_INVALID_SECTION_ID)
      continue;
    SectionEntry *Text = &Sections[SectionInfo.TextSID];
    SectionEntry *EHFrame = &Sections[SectionInfo.EHFrameSID];
    SectionEntry *ExceptTab = nullptr;
    if (SectionInfo.ExceptTabSID != RTDYLD_INVALID_SECTION_ID)
      ExceptTab = &Sections[SectionInfo.ExceptTabSID];

    int64_t DeltaForText = computeDelta(Text, EHFrame);
    int64_t DeltaForEH = 0;
    if (ExceptTab)
      DeltaForEH = computeDelta(ExceptTab, EHFrame);

    uint8_t *P = EHFrame->getAddress();
    uint8_t *End = P + EHFrame->getSize();
    while (P != End) {
      P = processFDE(P, DeltaForText, DeltaForEH);
    }

    MemMgr.registerEHFrames(EHFrame->getAddress(), EHFrame->getLoadAddress(),
                            EHFrame->getSize());
  }
  UnregisteredEHFrameSections.clear();
}

std::unique_ptr<RuntimeDyldMachO>
RuntimeDyldMachO::create(Triple::ArchType Arch,
                         RuntimeDyld::MemoryManager &MemMgr,
                         JITSymbolResolver &Resolver) {
  switch (Arch) {
  default:
    llvm_unreachable("Unsupported target for RuntimeDyldMachO.");
    break;
  case Triple::arm:
    return make_unique<RuntimeDyldMachOARM>(MemMgr, Resolver);
  case Triple::aarch64:
    return make_unique<RuntimeDyldMachOAArch64>(MemMgr, Resolver);
  case Triple::x86:
    return make_unique<RuntimeDyldMachOI386>(MemMgr, Resolver);
  case Triple::x86_64:
    return make_unique<RuntimeDyldMachOX86_64>(MemMgr, Resolver);
  }
}

std::unique_ptr<RuntimeDyld::LoadedObjectInfo>
RuntimeDyldMachO::loadObject(const object::ObjectFile &O) {
  if (auto ObjSectionToIDOrErr = loadObjectImpl(O))
    return llvm::make_unique<LoadedMachOObjectInfo>(*this,
                                                    *ObjSectionToIDOrErr);
  else {
    HasError = true;
    raw_string_ostream ErrStream(ErrorStr);
    logAllUnhandledErrors(ObjSectionToIDOrErr.takeError(), ErrStream, "");
    return nullptr;
  }
}

} // end namespace llvm

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VIDEO: Deshaun Watson Brought To Tears By Letter From Mom
Josh Sanchez | Apr 28, 2017 8:38 am
Deshaun Watson was emotional after the Houston Texans traded up to No. 12 to select him.
The former Clemson star is now set to join Bill O'Brien's team, where he will be competing with Tom Savage and Brandon Weeden for the starting quarterback job.
After being drafted, Watson received a letter backstage that was written by his mother.
While reading the letter, Watson was moved to tears in what became one of the most heart-warming moments of Day 1 of the 2017 NFL Draft.
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Incredible moment.@DeshaunWatson4 is brought to tears as he reads a letter from his mom. #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/8Z0QMTfuxT
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Day 2 of the NFL Draft — which features Round 2 and Round 3 — kicks off tonight at 7 p.m. ET.
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Features electronic books on romance and mysteries as well as Sci-Fi, fanatasy, and horror. Also provides FAQs, news, and demos for page visitors.


The Well is a not-for-profit community interest company founded in 2012 by ex-offender and former drug addict, David Higham. With hubs in Barrow, Morecambe and Lancaster as well as sites in Kendal and Fleetwood, we help people recover from drug and alcohol addiction.
We offer a range of high-quality services which are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Support is free to members and is provided by staff and volunteers with 'lived experience' of addiction. The team also specialises in providing support to people with mental health issues, offending behaviour, childhood trauma, learning difficulties, domestic abuse and homelessness.
Over the last four years, we've become a well-known and highly respected service provider in Cumbria and north Lancashire. Of those who've used our services, 69% have remained abstinent for six months or more.
We've found that our passionate and unique way of working has helped people into recovery where other services have failed. We have the knowledge and capacity to work with a range of organisations including the NHS, police, prisons, the probation service, social services and local councils.
We specialise in providing suppport to people with a range of issues.
To build a movement that supports sustainable recovery for people facing severe and complex social exclusion by valuing and harnessing the strengths, skills, partnerships and other assets present in every community.
For people facing severe and complex social exclusion to have the opportunity to live healthy and fulfilling lives through involvement in a community that supports their recovery, encourages (stigma-free) social integration, builds their abstinence and wellbeing, and is led and organised by their peers and families.
One: We believe that recovery is infectious. We value the therapeutic benefits of one addict helping another. That's why we employ staff and volunteers who've either overcome addiction themselves or have experienced it through a family member.
Two: We focus on Asset Based Community Development. This means that we concentrate on each person's abilities, skills and knowledge (or 'assets') to build confidence and self esteem.
Three: We can provide support for as long as a person needs it. This gives members the opportunity to build lasting friendships and feel part of a supportive community – which is vital for achieving long-term recovery.
Four: We encourage members to get involved in their communities. This gives them a sense of pride that they're able to contribute and 'give back' to society.
Five: The design and delivery of our services is very much led by members and their families. This helps us to keep our services relevant, effective and inclusive.


Grilling a steak in the backyard is an American pastime. Enjoy it even more, with exact know-how around grilling the perfect steak. This grilling guide will beef up your skills in no time.
Buy the Best Prime grade provides the most tender and flavorful steaks, but you may not see this grade often at your local grocery. If this is the case, look for the next best in grade, Choice. Filet, ribeye and porterhouse steaks are all good selections. If you have access to butcher, take advantage of his or her expertise. There are ranges within each grade, and your butcher will be able to tell you if your steak falls at the top or bottom of the Choice grade. Top of the range will give you a cut very close to Prime in quality.
Warm It Up Make sure your steak is at room temperature. If you place a cold steak on the grill, the exterior will burn before the interior cooks to the desired temperature.
Hot Tip: Do not let the steak sit at indoor room temperature for more than an hour before cooking.
Oil the Meat, Not the Grill An evenly applied coating of neutral oil such as vegetable or canola on both sides of the steak will ensure the steak doesn't stick to the grill.
Get It Hot Preheat your grill on high. High heat will give your steak a perfect crust. Monitor the grill temperature to ensure that it remains at around 450-500°F.
Hot Tip: You want to hear that sizzle when the steak hits the grill.
Know When It's Done This can be the most nerve-wracking aspect when learning to grill the perfect steak. Take the guesswork out by measuring the the internal temperature. Invest in into a digital thermometer.
For rare steak, the internal temperature as measured in the middle of the steak is 125°F . For medium rare, it's 130-135°F and well done is 155°F.
Let It Rest Never cut into a steak that's hot off the grill. When pulling your steak off the grill, tent with foil and let it rest about 8 minutes. While it rests, the steak's fibers will relax, and the juices will redistribute back to the center.
Hot Tip: If your steak is roughly 2 inches thick, it will continue to rise in temperature even when it's off the grill. We recommend pulling it off five degrees before your desired target internal temperature.


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Ministry of Heritage and Culture joins hands with Italian institution to restore a lot more than 400 products at Sur centre
The pieces which will be displayed to the public following the completion of the restoration method.
Speaking to Muscat Daily, Hassan Abdullah al Shukaili, head of Collection Management Department of Maritime History Museum in Sur, stated, "More than 400 pieces were received from Al Orouba Club. These pieces concern with the heritage of the wilayat of Sur such as shipbuilding tools, ship models, navigation tools, photographs, books, letters, publications, home appliances, clothing and accessories, craft items, etc. Some of the items date back 30 to 80 years."
Shukaili stated that six Italian professionals and 1 Omani are element of this restoration method. "Oman LNG has contributed RO450,000 to finance the project. It had also supported the establishment of the centre.
"In June, Ministry of Heritage and Culture had announced a tender for maintenance of the centre too. The tender includes work on interior fittings, museum display, and fixing structural and mechanical aspects of the building. The implementation work will begin in the fourth quarter of this year."
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Muffet McGraw shares her Christmas wish for Notre Dame Women's Basketball
By Megan Smedley |
Posted: Mon 6:50 PM, Dec 23, 2019
NOTRE DAME. Ind. (WNDU) - Notre Dame Women's Basketball finds themselves in unfamiliar territory heading in to the holiday break.
The team is unranked and below .500.
"We're nowhere near where we need to be," head coach Muffet McGraw said. "I think we're making baby steps to improvement. I think individually there's some signs of improvement, but as a team, we have a long way to go and a great opportunity. "
McGraw says having the fourth toughest schedule in the country led to the slower start.
"Come in 0-0 in the conference play," McGraw said. "We have to come in and be ready to come out every single game and bring our best game because we have to. Our backs are against the wall right now."
Now at the halfway point of the season, McGraw offers up a Christmas wish to the team about where she wants to see them grow.
"Communication," McGraw said. "It would be that they hold each other accountable and communicate with each other. Tell each other where they need to be. I think we're way too nice. So I'd like them to be, maybe get some coal in their stocking. I think that would be great. Make sure you get in the gym because we got a lot of work to do. "
The Irish have the week off before they open up ACC Play.
They host Clemson at 4 on Sunday.


It has to be remembered that a child's imagination is so much more vivid than the average adult's and they are prone to fantasizing all sorts of things that we couldn't even imagine.
It is precisely why children's imaginations are so rich in content that makes them ideal candidates for hypnosis.
This Fear of Needles for Children script will appeal to most young children and help them to overcome their fear in a healthy, non-intrusive and holistic manner.


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When it's time to get started and seek out your next car, our team at Byers Ford will be here to help you. Our dealership is here to assist drivers all throughout the Delaware, Marion, and Sunbury areas when they're ready to start searching for the right set of wheels.
Our new Ford inventory features plenty of options for all levels of driver. Whether you're browsing for a sleek muscle car like the Ford Mustang, an agile crossover like the Ford Escape, a spacious SUV like the Explorer, or a powerful and commanding pickup like the Ford F-150, there's something for everyone in our inventory. Contact us today to test drive a new Ford!
Browsing the New Ford Models
There's a lot to take in when you're ready to start browsing our new Ford inventory. Since we've got plenty of options on-site, you'll want to carefully review the models, so you can truly hone-in on what you're looking for with your next car. Spanning various classes, there are plenty of models, styles, and configurations to choose from. There are numerous engine selections, trims, options, and packages that you can select for your next car.
You can get started on browsing the selection at our dealership. However, you can take your time and ease into your decision by browsing our new Ford inventory online. From the comfort of your home, you can see the varying models in stock. You can even utilize the filters to find the vehicles with the exact features and components that you're looking for with your next car.
Getting a Closer View of Your Options
While getting a sense of the various models in our new Ford inventory online can be helpful, you'll certainly want to head in for a closer look and a personalized visit. When you arrive, one of our Ford experts will guide you around to give you a better perspective of your favorite models. They'll gladly share details like the vehicle's engine selection and abilities, interior amenities and style, and even the vehicle's capabilities.
But after you have enough details to help you figure out what comes with your top Ford model, you'll want to take your experience further by taking it out for a spin. The test drive is one of the most important steps of the process because it puts you directly behind the wheel and gives you experience with how the vehicle performs and with what it offers. Once you've completed the test drive, you'll know exactly how you feel about the vehicle!
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At Byers Ford, we're committed to providing drivers with an informative, fun, and rewarding car buying experience. Once you're ready to complete the process you'll head to our finance center to work out the deal that'll get you back behind the wheel! Our financiers can help you review all your loan or leasing options, so you can have a stronger sense of what's available. Once you sign the deal, you'll be ready to embark on your first journey in your new car!
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The design concept for the bedroom was to create a cozy space with an eclectic boho chic theme.
Once we cleared out 7 bags of stuff from the room, we'll paint the space and bring in new pieces to create a comfortable and fun bedroom. Then we'll add storage, colors, textures and lots of small details to give our client the unique feeling she wants-- a serene retreat with touches of boho chic and girlie elements.
Are you working on any major room transformations? Could your child's room use a complete makeover? Let us know what you think of the inspiration board here and what you're using to re-decorate your spaces!


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Just when HR pros were all but certain the Supreme Court was going to issue a split decision in the case centering on the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive coverage mandate, the High Court surprised everybody by doing something it hasn't done in well over half a century.
At issue in the Supreme Court case was a religious objection to ACA's contraceptive coverage mandate.
As HR pros know, the healthcare reform's birth control mandate requires companies to cover insured employees for the use of all contraceptives without any cost-sharing.
This isn't the first time religious groups have objected to the contraceptive coverage mandate, but it seemed as if the Obama administration eased their concerns when it carved out a religious exemption to the mandate. Under the exemption, religious groups would simply have to fill out a form, submit it to their insurer and then they wouldn't have to provide the coverage that went against their beliefs — the feds would do it for them.
Problem solved, right? Many religious organizations seemed satisfied with the exemption, and it has worked well since it took effect a few years ago. But some more conservative groups felt the exemption doesn't actually go far enough.
Their reasoning: By signing the exemption form, they were directly enabling someone to provide the contraceptive coverage, which essentially makes them complicit in something that goes against their religious beliefs.
And that's what was at the heart of Zubik v. Burwell.
Writing on Slate.com, Dahlia Lithwick summed up the complicated case like this:
"While churches, synagogues, and mosques were exempted from the Affordable Care Act's employer-provided contraception requirement, religious nonprofits that object to affording their workers birth control were granted the aforementioned accommodation. So these employers are no longer on the hook and the insurance companies provide the contraception directly themselves—from separate funds and using separate communications. In these seven consolidated cases, the nonprofit objectors have claimed that the very act of filling out the form requesting the accommodation, or notifying the government, itself triggers something they deem to be a sin."
A supplemental solution
While many media outlets were reporting the Supreme Court was likely to come to a 4-4 deadlock, the Court decided to take an outside-the-box approach to the issue. Rather than coming to a decision based on the facts of the case, the Court offered its own compromise to the parties involved and asked if they'd agree to that compromise.
How rare was such a move? Well, the last time the Court did something like this was back in 1953, during the landmark case Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka.
Here was the Court's latest compromise proposal: Objecting religious organizations can get a contraception-free insurance plan and the organization's insurance company would provide the required contraceptive coverage via a supplemental plan. Result: Employees get all of the coverage they are entitled to under Obamacare, and the objecting religious organizations aren't complicit in providing coverage that violates their religious beliefs.
Both the government and the conservative non-profit organizations said they'd accept the High Court's compromise.
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UTSA hosts Mexico-U.S. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council (MUSEIC) Meeting April 23-25
April 16, 2014 by UTSA Intitutue for Economic Development
(April 16, 2014) The University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development will host the first Mexico-U.S. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council (MUSEIC) meeting in the United States April 23-25.
Established in 2013, MUSEIC was created as a part of the High-Level Economic Dialogue announced by President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña-Nieto to promote bi-national approaches to advance North American competitiveness, trade, and innovation in the entrepreneurial sector. San Antonio was selected as the Council's first U.S. meeting location to showcase the city's assets for bi-national entrepreneurship and as an ideal venue to address new development policies and initiatives.
"San Antonio is a leading city connecting education, research, innovation and business opportunities between Mexico and the U.S.," said Ricardo Romo, UTSA President. "It also offers the perfect venue to host this prestigious event."
The Council is comprised of 24 entrepreneurship experts, 12 from each country. The members coordinate efforts to promote and develop bi-national entrepreneurship focusing on high-growth small and medium-sized businesses, which are engines of economic development, job creation and a source of innovation for both countries.
Robert McKinley, UTSA associate vice president for economic development, was appointed as Co-chair of the Council's committee to link programs of the U.S. Small Business Administration with its Mexican counterpart, the National Entrepreneurship Institute, led by President Enrique Jacob Rocha.
"Our goal is to kick-start deal flow to new levels between Mexican and U.S. entrepreneurs, building global competitiveness for both countries as we increasingly share innovations, market access, capital access, technologies, trade and sustainable best business practices together," commented McKinley. "Last year alone our Institute's small business clients generated $439 million in trade which created over 1,000 jobs. This growth trend will expand through collaborations with the Mexican government and institutional partners."
An MOU formalizing this collaboration between the U.S. and Mexican governments will be signed during a community reception hosted by the Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos, Consulado General de México and UTSA at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 24 at the Pearl Stable. Displays by exemplary Mexico-connected entrepreneurs and partners such as AEM, Geekdom, UTSA, the Hispanic Chamber and City of San Antonio will showcase San Antonio's bi-national assets during the event.
Officials of Mexico's National Entrepreneurship Institute, Secretary of Foreign Relations, the State Department, Small Business Administration, and Department of Transportation will convene with Council entrepreneurship experts in a closed session Wednesday evening and all day Thursday to develop policy recommendations and initiatives, at the UTSA downtown campus. MUSEIC members include:
MUSEIC Council Members
Last year Presidents Obama and Peña-Nieto recast the U.S-Mexico relationship to emphasize components of economic growth, education and infrastructure in addition to security and migration.
"MUSEIC moves us into the implementation phase by energizing the small business engines and connections for both our countries," said Heidi Gomez, science counselor and MUSEIC coordinator for the U.S. Embassy in Mexico.
About MUSEIC
Over the last 20 years, the United States, Mexico and Canada have established one of the most competitive and successful economic platforms in the world. We have created a dynamic economic environment that engenders openness, innovation, and cooperation. This partnership has established the foundation that allows our countries to be market leaders in an increasingly competitive global economy and ensure our mutual prosperity. The power of geography is helping the U.S. and Mexico shorten our supply chains, reduce risk in product design and production, and speed up the time it takes to bring a new product to market. This gives us, and North America as a whole, a critical advantage to out-compete other regions in an increasingly competitive global innovation economy. To maintain that competitive edge, the Mexico-U.S. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council (MUSEIC) is working to promote and strengthen the cross-border design and innovation system to complement our cross-border production system.


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What is Measured Ability?
Measured Ability is a Recruitment Agency and Labour Broker / Outsourcer, providing staff for all industries all over South Africa and into Africa and the Middle East. Let us manage your staffing requirements, whether that is permanent or temporary, blue collar or white collar, from general workers to CEOs.
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