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Thousands march in support of Muslim family killed in truck attack in Canada
By Carlos Osorio
People march the 7km from a crime scene to a mosque in memory of a Muslim family that was killed in what police call a hate-motivated attack in London, Ontario
LONDON, Ontario (Reuters) – Thousands of people marched on Friday in support of a Canadian Muslim family run over and killed by a man driving a pick-up truck last Sunday in an attack the police described as a hate crime.
The four victims, spanning three generations, were killed when Nathaniel Veltman, 20, ran into them while they were out for an evening walk near their home. A fifth family member, a 9-year-old boy, survived.
People in London, Ontario marched about 7 kilometers (4.4 miles) from the spot where the family was struck down to a nearby mosque, the site close to where Veltman was arrested by police.
Some carried placards with messages reading 'Hate has no home here', 'Love over hate.' Similar events were held in other cities in Ontario, Canada's most populous province.
"The best part was not just the numbers … but the diversity of the people coming from every single community in London, coming together for this cause," said 19-year old college student Abdullah Al Jarad at the march.
The attack sparked outrage across Canada, with politicians from all sides condemning the crime, spurring growing calls to take action to curb hate crime and Islamophobia.
Veltman made a brief court appearance on Thursday and will return to court on Monday. He faces four charges of first-degree murder and one of attempted murder.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the killings a "terrorist attack" and vowed to clamp down on far-right groups and online hate.
(Writing by Denny Thomas; editing by Richard Pullin)
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The Chinese Company Eradicating Malaria in Africa
Han Haidan
In 2007, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said it was committed to eradicating malaria across the globe.
It was late to the game. That year, Chinese scientists working with a Chinese philanthropist had already begun eradicating malaria from the small African nation of Comoros. Now they're setting their sights on a more ambitious location: Kenya, the East African nation of nearly 50 million people.
Read: The Atlantic
Listen: The China Africa Podcast
July 4, 2019 April 29, 2020 Jacob Kushner Tagged china in africa, Chinese medicine, foreign aid, Global Health, Kenya, malaria, science, solutions journalism
Leaving China in Pursuit of the African Dream
In 2009, China surpassed the United States as the continent's largest trading partner. By 2012, its trade with Africa was double the United States'.
Western media tend to inflate the rhetoric surrounding China's rise in Africa. Headlines are often resentful and sometimes border on fear-mongering: China is "winning" Africa from the West. The United States must "catch up" to China if it hopes to maintain economic, security and cultural relevance in Africa. A monolithic "China" sees Africa as a place to get rich quick, and doesn't care much about the consequences.
But behind these hyperbolic headlines there are people, actual Chinese moving to Africa — one million over the past 15 years according to the rough but generally accepted estimate.
"Big projects completed by big, government-owned companies dominate the headlines about the advancing Chinese agenda in Africa," wrote Howard French, a longtime New York Times correspondent in both China and Africa, in China's Second Continent. "But history teaches us that very often reality is more meaningfully shaped by the deeds of countless smaller actors, most of them for all intents and purposes anonymous."
Read the full article at VICE, and watch the full documentary, Chinafication of Africa, which I helped produce, on VICE HBO on April 22nd, 2016.
April 22, 2016 April 29, 2020 Jacob Kushner Tagged china in africa, Congo, migration, VICE HBO
Is Latin America's China Boom Even Bigger than Africa's?
Columbia Global Reports
When Europeans began arriving in the New World at the end of the 15th century, they used the region to source silver, gold, coffee, and wool. Today, China is the foremost trading partner with several Latin American countries, and buys oil from Venezuela, Mexico, and Ecuador; iron ore from Brazil; beef from Argentina; and copper from Chile and Peru.
According to a new book, The China Triangle: Latin America's China Boom and the Fate of the Washington Consensus, by Boston University global development professor Kevin P. Gallagher, Chinese investment in Latin America is outpacing even its famed liaison with Africa.
Gallagher argues that the Washington Consensus—by which the U.S. pressured Latin American countries to open their markets to free trade and deregulation during the 1990s—failed to help those states develop. "While the United States wasn't paying attention, Latin America quickly became of the utmost strategic importance for China—as a source for many of the key natural resources it needs to grow its economy and the appetites of more than a billion people," he writes.
But therein lies the hitch in Gallagher's thesis. The antiquated notion that the U.S. and China are in a sort of dichotomous or binary economic arms race—a sense highlighted by the "triangle" reference upon which his book is titled—overlooks the fact that these two nations cannot possibly account for all of Latin America's gains and losses during the two decades that he studies. If Gallagher's strongest argument is that China's Latin American presence is surprisingly large, his weakest is that it is almost singularly responsible for the region's recent growth.
Read the full book review at Columbia University Global Reports.
April 5, 2016 April 29, 2020 Jacob Kushner Tagged china in africa, foreign policy, latin america, United States
China's Second Continent
OZY.com
Sia Kambou/AFP/Corbis
The million Chinese who've landed in Africa are plucky, hugely ambitious and have an eye for opportunity. They're also helping make China a big player on a continent once dominated by the West.
You've seen the headlines: China is taking over Africa, and the United States and Africa's former colonizers in Europe have lost sway.
Mostly, it's true. Throughout Angola, Ghana and the Congo, some of China's largest companies are building roads and railways. They're backed by Chinese banks, and they'll pay off their loans in kind through mining and oil deals. All the while, small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs are moving to Africa, opening pharmacies, trading furniture or buying land to farm, much as earlier generations did in Southeast Asia and North America. African governments are welcoming them with open arms, and for the most part, so are Africans themselves.
Earlier literature on China's rise in Africa pushed us past the easy — and flawed — paradigm of China as Africa's latest "colonizer." But in his forthcoming book, China's Second Continent, Howard French argues the Chinese who migrate to Africa do so as individuals motivated by simple, familiar dreams of opportunity.
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A former China bureau chief for The New York Times and veteran Africa correspondent, French traveled the African continent, speaking Mandarin with Chinese men and women who had grown weary of the daily grind in their homeland. The characters French encounters are risk-takers: sometimes foulmouthed, often lucky and universally ambitious.
Read the full Q&A: Howard French on 'China's Second Continent' | C-Notes | OZY
May 15, 2014 April 29, 2020 Jacob Kushner Tagged china in africa, China's rise in africa, china's second continent, Congo, howard french, migration
Risky Business: Is China Wavering in Africa?
Think Africa Press
South Africa's president arrives in Beijing for a Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Photograph by GovernmentZA.
Chinese companies and banks were once seen as bold and fearless as they invested in countries Western investors deemed too risky. But this may now be changing.
By Jacob Kushner
In 2007, when two Chinese state-owned companies struck a deal with the Congolese government to build the biggest mine the country had ever seen, all involved were riding high. In a mega-deal originally worth some $9 billion, Sinohydro and the China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) would gain access to 6.8 million metric tons of copper, the future profits of which were to underwrite the prior building of hospitals, roads and other infrastructure.
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At the time, the China's involvement in Africa was booming and the Sicomines deal embodied much that was symptomatic of Sino-African relations: it was massive-scale, involved vast infrastructural construction linked with similarly vast mineral resources, and was taking place in a country many other investors would have deemed too unstable.
It was not long, however, before confidence in the deal began to wane, especially amongst the deal's financiers, China's Export-Import Bank (Exim).
Read the full article at Think Africa Press.
March 6, 2014 April 13, 2020 Jacob Kushner Tagged china in africa, Congo
RADIO: BBC World Service on "China's Congo Plan"
China's economic rise in Africa has brought a whole army of managers and engineers to the continent. Many of them have come with state-owned companies to extract minerals and build infrastructure. One example where this is happening is the Democratic Republic of Congo. Newsday has spoken to journalist Jacob Kushner who travelled around the country meeting different communities of Chinese immigrants for his book "China's Congo Plan"
Listen to the interview at BBC World Service Newsday.
October 29, 2013 April 29, 2020 Jacob Kushner Tagged china in africa, Congo, foreign policy, migration
Corruption in the Congo: How China Learnt from the West
To single out Chinese companies for entering into shady business in the DRC is to miss a fundamental point: Western firms have been at it for centuries, and still are.
Last January I was in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to research Sicomines, China's controversial $6.5 billion megadeal in which Chinese companies will construct roads, schools and hospitals in exchange for mining and untold billions of dollars worth of copper and cobalt with Congo's state mining agency.
On a sunny morning in the south-eastern mining city of Lubumbashi, I called a Congolese official to pose some hard questions about the deal – particularly, what happened to the $350 million 'signing bonus' that was handed over by the Chinese. But I hardly got a word in before his response betrayed his fear as to the more sensitive concern on his mind: "Is this about COMIDE?"
It wasn't, of course. But perhaps it should have been, because the corruption scandal that burns hottest among Congolese officials today has nothing to do with the Chinese. In 2009, the International Monetary Fund started a $551 million loan to improve the DRC's business climate through a series of projects. As a condition of the loan, Congo's government would have to make all its mining contracts and transactions public.
So it must have come as a surprise to the IMF when Bloomberg revealed the DRC had sold its 25% stake in a copper mining venture called COMIDE SPRL – a trade the Congolese government hadn't disclosed. The IMF responded to the news by refusing to renew the loan, meaning the DRC will essentially forfeit an incredible $225 million because a few Congolese officials didn't want the world to know what they were up to.
Read the full story as it appeared at Think Africa Press.
October 3, 2013 April 29, 2020 Jacob Kushner Tagged china in africa, Congo, corruption, foreign policy
As Africa welcomes more Chinese migrants, a new wariness sets in
In Congo, Chinese are settling in with businesses and bargains that locals love. At one copper smelting plant, Chinese and locals work together but live apart.
LUBUMBASHI, CONGO — Some 6,000 miles away from his home in China, Robin Wei awakes on a cot beneath a white mosquito net. He gets dressed, opens the door of his bunker, and walks out into the rainy season toward the factory where he works.
Four years ago, Mr. Wei bade goodbye to his wife and daughter in Shanghai and boarded a flight to the heart of Congo's mineral belt. He lives and works at a Chinese-owned smelting plant that extracts copper from the rich ore, which is then sold for wire and pipes that go into building skyscrapers and cargo ships.
Congo also holds nearly half the world's known reserves of cobalt. It has vast reserves of high-grade copper, tantalum, and tin. Just 10 years ago, a ton of copper could fetch $1,700 on the world market. Today it goes for about $8,000.
Wei is one of hundreds of thousands of Chinese men and women – as many as 1 million by some estimates – who, at least for now, call Africa home. (Wei goes home to visit his wife and daughter once a year.) China has been investing heavily in Africa for more than a decade, and both China and its migrants are in what could be called a settling-in period as the story of a fast-growing Africa and a rising China unfolds.
Read the full story as it appeared at the Christian Science Monitor. This story was adapted from the new e-book China's Congo Plan.
September 4, 2013 April 29, 2020 Jacob Kushner Tagged china in africa, Congo, e-book, foreign policy, migration
China's Congo Plan
"Kushner is fair-minded and has invested much time and effort in figuring out the interplay between the new superpower and a poor but strategically important African country."
-Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books
What does China see in the world's poorest nation? An opportunity for big business. Congo is known for poverty and conflict, but it is home to an enormous wealth of buried minerals such as copper, whose value is rising on the world market. Already, tens of thousands of Chinese men and women have left their families behind to live in Africa to dig and process ore.
Now, two Chinese state-owned companies are opening the biggest mine Congo has ever seen. In exchange, they're spending billions of dollars to build new roads and modernize Congo's infrastructure.
But will Chinese mines and roads help transform Congo in a way Western aid and business has not? Or will Chinese businessmen and Congolese officials get rich while the people continue to live in poverty?
In "China's Congo Plan", Jacob Kushner takes us street-side to a grand, Chinese-constructed boulevard in Congo's capital Kinshasa, to a mountain range where Congolese men, women and children dig for minerals with picks and shovels, and to a factory where Chinese immigrants melt aqua-blue rocks into molten copper lava. Two years after China overtook the United States as Africa's largest trading partner, Kushner brings us inside the world of China's rise in the continent.
Kushner's reporting was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, and his research was advised by faculty at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. "China's Congo Plan" was awarded the Grand Prize in the Atavist Digital Storymakers Award for Graduate Longform, sponsored by the Pearson Foundation.
September 4, 2013 April 29, 2020 Jacob Kushner Tagged china in africa, Congo, foreign policy, migration, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

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Arctic Portal (Opens in a new Window)
The Arctic Portal is a comprehensive gateway to Arctic information and data on the internet, increasing information sharing and co-operation among Arctic stakeholders and granting exposure to Arctic related information and data. The interactive map allows user to select and view specific layers of climate variables, including boreholes, permafrost classification, permafrost extent, details on the active layer, sea ice extent, and historical climate. Additionally, static maps of sea ice, flora and fauna are available for download.
Canadian Blended Precipitation version 0 CanBPv0 (Opens in a new Window)
Canadian Blended Precipitation Datasets contain blended precipitation measurements from gauges (in situ) and satellite (remote) data. Historic precipitation rates are provided as mean monthly precipitation in mm/day across Canada between January 1979 and December 2007. Gridded data are provided at a resolution of half degree.
Find local data (Opens in a new Window)
Find local data is a search tool that allows users to find climate data. Users can search by geographic location, municipality, and region across Canada. Data available include several climate variables, projected over 2021-2050 and 2051-2080, under two emission scenarios, and at annual or seasonal resolutions. Future data are available as point data.
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The Ice Climatology dataset contains long-term information on ice conditions over specific geographic regions. It can be used to examine annual average conditions as well as minimum and maximum ice extent. The dataset includes seasonal summaries, annual Arctic ice atlases, 30-year ice atlases, and ice coverage records. Specific measures include average ice concentration, ice type, frequency of sea ice, old ice concentration, and freeze-up/break-up dates.
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Integrated pan-Arctic Snow Melt Onset from Satellite Measurements was generated by combining active and passive microwave satellite derived estimates of snow melt for northern high latitude land surface, ice caps, large lakes, and sea ice. Historical data are available between 2000 and 2009. This gridded dataset allows snow melt dynamics to be examined in a full pan-Arctic context and enables exploration of interactions between the terrestrial and marine components of the cryosphere. It provides a unique dataset for validating snow cover simulations from regional or global climate models during the spring transition period when snow cover exerts the strongest feedback to the climate system.
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Monthly Temperature and Precipitation Delta Maps were produced from an ensemble of 12 global climate models supplied by the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium. These delta (change) maps show the difference between current climate conditions and projected, future climate conditions. Two 30-year future periods (2021-2050 and 2051-2080) were used with the current period set to 1976-2005. Future data are available as gridded data.


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On behalf of Gallup Auerbach posted in Workplace Discrimination on Friday, June 20, 2014.
The United States Parcel Service (UPS) employs individuals throughout the United States, and the company is required by law to provide those employees with a workplace that is free of discrimination and harassment. However, in a recent lawsuit, eight plaintiffs claimed that they had been treated poorly by UPS after they reported instances of workplace discrimination against black employees in another state. According to the lawsuit, black employees suffered from more severe infractions as compared to white employees. Although this case was filed in another state, many workers in Florida find themselves dealing with workplace discrimination issues every day.
On behalf of Gallup Auerbach posted in Workplace Discrimination on Thursday, May 15, 2014.
An African American employee has initiated an employment law case against British Petroleum (BP). The man says the BP subjected him to racial discrimination during the course of his tenure with the energy giant. Allegedly, he was victimized by racial slurs and received decreased pay, benefits and opportunity because of his race. According to his discrimination claims, when he complained about it to his superiors, he was terminated. Although this case was filed out of state, workplace discrimination with regard to race is a common problem in Florida, and many workers endure this kind of abuse every single day on the job.
On behalf of Gallup Auerbach posted in Workplace Discrimination on Wednesday, July 17, 2013.
In spite of much advancement over the last several decades, racial discrimination is a problem that persists in Florida workplaces. In a state such as Florida, where people of many different races, religions and backgrounds must work together side by side, problems continue to arise and discrimination cases continue to be filed victims. On a positive note, it appears that victims are less likely to stay quiet and more willing to assert their rights and obtain justice under the law.


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The Center for Jewish Life (Miami, FL)
The Center for Jewish Life is the beneficiary of the largest donation to any nonprofit in the history of The Miami Foundation's Give Miami Day campaign, with an anonymous gift of $10,000,000.
The Center will be a gathering place for the entire Central Miami community, with spiritual, educational, and recreational facilities encompassing a full city block at 2625 SW Third Avenue, where Beth David Congregation currently is located. Beth David rabbi and Center visionary Julie Jacobs enthused, "Thanks to this donation, we will fulfill our dream to build an inclusive space that will be a magnet for the community."
Designed by the internationally-acclaimed architectural firm Arquitectonica, The Center will house a new sanctuary space and cutting-edge classrooms for the renowned Gordon School and award-winning Tikvah Center. It also will be a hub for everyone living and working in Central Miami, with adaptable spaces that can accommodate everything from a concert to a coffee klatch and a sports facility with a full-court gymnasium, fitness center, swimming pool and splash pad, and athletic fields for soccer and lacrosse.
"We are incredibly humbled and grateful to receive this monumental donation, which validates our desire to have a much-needed community center for all to enjoy," said Karen Coppa, chair of The Center's capital campaign, Building it Together. The campaign's goal is to raise $70 million, which will include a $10 million endowment to ensure that this community complex will be a vital part of Central Miami for generations to come.
In September, the City of Miami's Urban Development Review Board unanimously approved the Center's plans. Construction is set to begin in the summer of 2023, with an estimated completion date of 2025.
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Planets Form in Organic Soups with Different Ingredients
What conditions are necessary for life?
What is the universe made of?
Planet Formation
Astrochemistry
Elemental Abundances
Extragalactic Astronomy
Harvard University Department of Astronomy
Radio and Geoastronomy
Karin Öberg
Charles Law
Richard Teague
A series of new images reveals that planets form in organic soups — and no two soups are alike.
M.Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Cambridge, MA -- Astronomers have mapped out the chemicals inside of planetary nurseries in extraordinary detail. The newly unveiled maps reveal the locations of dozens of molecules within five protoplanetary disks — regions of dust and gas where planets form around young stars.
"These planet-forming disks are teeming with organic molecules, some which are implicated in the origins of life here on Earth," explains Karin Öberg, an astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) who led the map-making project. "This is really exciting; the chemicals in each disk will ultimately affect the type of planets that form — and determine whether or not the planets can host life."
A series of 20 papers detailing the project, appropriately named Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales, or MAPS, was published today in the open-access repository arXiv. The papers have also been accepted to The Astrophysical Journal Supplement as a forthcoming special edition series to showcase the high-resolution images and their implications.
Planets Form in Different Soups
The new maps of the disks reveal that the chemicals in protoplanetary disks are not located uniformly throughout each disk; instead, each disk is a different planet-forming soup, a mixed bag of molecules, or planetary ingredients. The results suggest that planet formation occurs in diverse chemical environments and that as they form, each planet may be exposed to vastly different molecules depending on its location in a disk.
"Our maps reveal it matters a great deal where in a disk a planet forms," says Öberg, the lead author of MAPS I, the first paper in the series. "Many of the chemicals in the disks are organic, and the distribution of these organics varies dramatically within a particular disk. Two planets can form around the same star and have very different organic inventories, and therefore predispositions to life."
CfA graduate student Charles Law led MAPS III, the study that mapped out the specific locations of 18 molecules — including hydrogen cyanide, and other nitriles connected to the origins of life — in each of the five disks. The images were taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in 2018 and 2019. The vast amount of data collected required a 100-terabyte hard drive and took two years to analyze and breakdown into separate maps of each molecule.
The final maps of each disk surprised Law and showed that "understanding the chemistry occurring even in a single disk is much more complicated than we thought." "Each individual disk appears quite different from the next one, with its own distinctive set of chemical substructures," Law explains. "The planets forming in these disks are going to experience very different chemical environments."
Fishing for Planetary Newborns
The MAPS project provided astronomers with opportunities to study more than just the chemical environment of disks.
"Our team used these maps to show where some of the forming planets are located within disks, enabling scientists to connect the observed chemical soups with the future compositions of specific planets," Öberg says.
The effort was led by Richard Teague, a Submillimeter Array fellow at the CfA, who used the data and imagery collected by MAPS to hunt for newborn planets.
Astronomers are confident that planets form in protoplanetary disks, but there is a catch: they can't directly see them. Dense gas and dust, which will last some three million years, shields young, developing planets from view.
"It's like trying to see a fish underwater," Teague says. "We know they're there, but we can't peer that far down. We have to look for subtle signs on the surface of the water, like ripples and waves."
In protoplanetary disks, gas and dust naturally rotate around a central star. The speed of the moving material, which astronomers can measure, should remain consistent throughout the disk. But if a planet is lurking beneath the surface, Teague believes it can slightly disturb the gas traveling around it, causing a small deviation in velocity or the spiraling gas to move in an unexpected way.
Using this tactic, Teague analyzed gas velocities in two of the five protoplanetary disks — around the young stars HD 163296 and MWC 480. Small hiccups in velocity in certain portions of the disks revealed a young Jupiter-like planet embedded in each of the disks. The observations are detailed in MAPS XVIII.
As the planets grow, they will eventually "carve open gaps in the structure of the disks" so we can see them, Teague says, but the process will take thousands of years.
Teague hopes to confirm the discoveries sooner than that using the forthcoming James Webb Space Telescope. "It should have the sensitivity to pinpoint the planets," he says.
Law also hopes to confirm the results by studying more protoplanetary disks in the future.
Law says, "If we want to see if the chemical diversity observed in MAPS is typical, we're going to need to increase our sample size and map out more disks in the same way."
About ALMA
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international astronomy facility, is a partnership of the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO), the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) of Japan in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. ALMA is funded by ESO on behalf of its Member States, by NSF in cooperation with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and by NINS in cooperation with the Academia Sinica (AS) in Taiwan and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI).
ALMA construction and operations are led by ESO on behalf of its Member States; by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), managed by Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI), on behalf of North America; and by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) on behalf of East Asia. The Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) provides the unified leadership and management of the construction, commissioning and operation of ALMA.
About the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian is a collaboration between Harvard and the Smithsonian designed to ask—and ultimately answer—humanity's greatest unresolved questions about the nature of the universe. The Center for Astrophysics is headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with research facilities across the U.S. and around the world.
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Public Affairs Officer
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
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Exoplanets in Debris Disks
Astronomers May Have Discovered the First Planet Outside of Our Galaxy
The Orbital Flatness of Planetary Systems
Cold Classical Kuiper Belt Objects
Alumna Jane Huang Receives Robert J. Trumpler Award for 'Iconic' Thesis
Interstellar Comets Like Borisov May Not be All That Rare
The Dust and Gas in Protoplanetary Disks
Spotted: An Exoplanet with the Potential to Form Moons
Harvard Radcliffe Institute Honors Astrophysics Senior with Highest Distinction
From Molecular Cores to Planet Forming Disks (c2d)
Since the 1990s, astronomers have identified thousands of exoplanets, indicating that the Milky Way alone could be host to hundreds of billions of planets. However, we are still learning how these planets formed in the first place, crucial information in understanding the variety of systems researchers have cataloged. To fill in those gaps, astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian collaborated with others from around the world on the project named "From Molecular Cores to Planet Forming Disks" (c2d). This program used NASA's Spitzer Infrared Space Telescope to observe star-forming systems and the protoplanetary disks where future planets are born. The c2d program ended its observational phase in the mid-2000s, but maintains a catalog of these systems that continues to be used by astronomers studying star formation.


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Milorad Mirčić (; born 22 February 1956) is a Serbian politician. He is a prominent figure in the far-right Serbian Radical Party (Srpska radikalna stranka, SRS) and has served several terms as an elected official at the local, provincial, and republic levels. Mirčić was the mayor of Novi Sad from 1993 to 1994 and was minister of the Serb diaspora in the Serbian government from 1998 to 2000. He is now a member of the Novi Sad city assembly.

Early life and private career
Mirčić was born in the village of Maleševci, in what was then the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He graduated as an engineer, specializing in the field of synthetic polymers, and worked for many years at Novkabel.

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Early years (1992–98)

Mayor of Novi Sad
Mirčić was elected to the Novi Sad city assembly in the December 1992 Serbian local elections. The Radical Party emerged in a strengthened position in Novi Sad after the elections and formed an administration with the Socialist Party of Serbia (Socijalistička partija Srbije, SPS). Mirčić, who was then little known in political circles, was chosen as assembly president, a position that was at the time equivalent to mayor. His tenure began in the same month that Bill Clinton was inaugurated as president of the United States. Mirčić he attracted some notoriety during this time for saying that he had two advantages over Clinton: he was younger and more attractive, and he had never cheated on his wife.

While in office, Mirčić oversaw a campaign to remove the names of Tito and other communist-era officials from the city's infrastructure and replace them with the names of other figures from Serbia's past, including Četnik officials such as Petar Bojović. He also removed the city's multi-lingual signs, increased the use of the Cyrillic script, and twinned the city with Ilioupoli in Greece.

Mirčić was defeated in a non-confidence vote in June 1994, having by this time lost the support of the Socialist Party. A writer sympathetic to the Radicals has suggested that Mirčić's continued support for Bosnian Serb forces in the Bosnian War, at a time when the Serbian government was withholding aid and supplies from the Republika Srpska, contributed to this outcome. Mirčić's ill-timed diplomatic visit to Ilioupoli at a time of economic hardship in Novi Sad was also described as a factor.<ref>Gordana Jovanović, "Mirčić – The Right Man to Choose," Velika Srbija" [Radical Party publication], Volume 11 Number 974 (Novi Sad, September 2000), pp 5–8.</ref>

Parliamentarian
Mirčić received the sixth position on the Radical Party's electoral list for Novi Sad in the 1992 Serbian general election, which was held concurrently with the December 1992 local elections. The Radicals won ten mandates in the division, and Mirčić was included in the party's assembly delegation.Službeni Glasnik (Republike Srbije), Volume 49 Number 7 (25 January 1993), p. 194. (From 1992 to 2000, Serbia's electoral law stipulated that one-third of parliamentary mandates would be assigned to candidates from successful lists in numerical order, while the remaining two-thirds would be distributed amongst other candidates on the lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties. It was common practice for the latter mandates to be awarded out of order. Mirčić's list position did not give him the automatic right to a mandate.) The governing Socialist Party won the election but fell short of a majority, with 101 seats out of 250; the Radicals finished in second place with seventy-three seats. While the Radicals were technically an opposition party in the parliament that followed, they initially worked with the Socialists in an informal alliance. By late 1993, however, the parties had turned against each other and new elections were called.

Mirčić received the fourth position on the Radical Party's list for Novi Sad in the 1993 parliamentary election. The party won seven seats in the division, and Mirčić was again given a mandate.Službeni Glasnik (Republike Srbije), Volume 50 Number 11 (25 January 1994), p. 194. The Socialists won the election and formed a coalition with New Democracy (Nova demokratija, ND), while the Radicals again served in opposition. In September 1994, Mirčić disrupted the proceedings of the assembly to demand an emergency debate on the arrest of Radical Party leader Vojislav Šešelj. When Mirčić refused to yield the floor, speaker Dragan Tomić suspended the sitting.

The July 1995, the leadership of the breakaway Serbian Radical Party – Nikola Pašić (Srpska radikalna stranka – Nikola Pašić, SRS-NP) accused Mirčić and two other SRS parliamentarians of physically preventing Radical Party dissident Aleksandar Đurić from entering the assembly. In the same month, Mirčić was quoted as saying at a Radical Party rally, "I want to create a country called Greater Serbia, with one parliament, one president, one army. We will not stop till our enemies are crushed."

The following year, after the conclusion of the Bosnian War, Mirčić held a press conference in which he accused Serbian president Slobodan Milošević of planning to assassinate Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić, "because he is afraid that Karadžić might go to the Hague (war crimes tribunal) and tell many unpleasant things there."

Mirčić received the first position on the Radical Party's electoral list for the smaller, redistributed Novi Sad division in the 1997 Serbian parliamentary election and was automatically re-elected when the list won three mandates. The Socialist Party again won the election and the Radicals initially continued to serve in opposition.

Cabinet minister (1998–2000)
The Socialist Party formed a new coalition government with the Yugoslav Left (Jugoslovenska Levica, JUL) and the Radical Party on 24 March 1998, during the early period of the Kosovo War. Mirčić was appointed as minister for the Serb diaspora in the second cabinet of Serbian prime minister Mirko Marjanović.

In November 1998, Mirčić gave an interview in which he discussed the position of Serbs in different republics of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He said that the Serb community in Slovenia had been "broken up because no attention [was] being devoted to ethnic minorities," while the government of Croatia, with the support of the international community, was promoting a sham democracy while surreptitiously discriminating against the Serb community in various ways. He added that the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina was similar to that in Croatia and that Serbs in Macedonia were "trying to secure their basic rights and form their association." In April 1999, after the start of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, Mirčić said that members of the Serbian national minority in Albania were being forced to flee to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia due to physical threats and blackmail.

Mirčić met with recently dismissed Republika Srpska president Nikola Poplašen in September 1999, at a time when Poplašen was still attempting to exercise the office of the presidency and was engaged in a bitter political struggle with Republika Srpska prime minister Milorad Dodik. Mirčić and Poplašen discussed cooperation between Serbia and the Republika Srpska and the issue of dual citizenship; a joint statement that was issued after the meeting blamed Dodik and his administration for blocking links between the two communities."Dismissed Bosnian Serb president, Serbian minister call for closer mutual ties," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European - Political, 8 September 1999. Mirčić later said that Serbs in the Republika Srpska were in a worse position than any other Serb community in the Balkans, insofar as the international community was plotting to destroy their entity.

In October 1999, Mirčić organized a meeting in Belgrade of Serbian language journalists from the international diaspora. He said that the gathering was intended to discuss ways of improving access to information. During his speech to the assembled group, he said, "We have withstood and repelled most brutal physical attacks and have shown that we are capable to fight and defend ourselves. Those who attacked us are now resorting to perfidious methods, not much different from the bombardments in force and intensity — a media war."

Mirčić's term in office came to an end on 24 October 2000, shortly after the defeat of Slobodan Milošević in the 2000 Yugoslavian general election. A caretaker administration was established in Serbia pending new elections, and the Radicals returned to opposition.

After the fall of Milošević (2000–07)
Serbia's electoral system was reformed prior to the 2000 parliamentary election in December, with the entire country becoming a single constituency and all mandates being awarded to candidates at the discretion of the sponsoring parties, irrespective of numerical order. Mirčić received the sixth position on the Radical Party's electoral list and was included in its assembly delegation after the party won twenty-three seats.PRVA KONSTITUTIVNA SEDNICA, 22.01.2001., Otvoreni Parlament, accessed 29 December 2001. The Democratic Opposition of Serbia (Demokratska opozicija Srbije, DOS) won a landslide victory in this election, and the Radicals again served in opposition.

Mirčić received the eighth position on the Radical Party's list in the 2003 election. The Radicals won eighty-two seats, emerging as the largest group in the assembly but falling well short of a majority and ultimately remaining in opposition. Mirčić was again included in the party's assembly delegation and chaired the defence and security committee in the parliament that followed."Serbian Assembly security committees, top brass meet to discuss clashes," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 17 March 2004 (Source: Tanjug news agency, Belgrade, in English 1540 gmt 17 Mar 04). In November 2004, he and Venko Aleksandrov (the chair of Bulgaria's foreign policy, defence, and security committee) signed an accord for greater cooperation between their countries. Mirčić paid an official visit to Bulgaria the following year in his role as committee chair. During this time, he was also a member of the administrative committee and the committee on relations with Serbs outside Serbia.

In March 2004, Mirčić accused ethnic Albanian "separatists" in Kosovo-Metohija of conducting coordinated actions against Serbs in the disputed territory and called for the Serbian government to take all necessary actions to protect the Kosovo Serb community. He also condemned the burning of mosques in Belgrade and Niš in the same period. In December 2004, he said that Albanian separatists in Kosovo were "waiting for helicopters and state-of-the-art small arms to be delivered to them from Croatia" and accused the groups in question of planning a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Serbs.

Mirčić appeared on the Radical Party's electoral lists for the republic elections of 2007 and 2008, although he did not take a seat on either occasion.

Provincial politics (2000–12)
Mirčić sought election to the Assembly of Vojvodina for Novi Sad's seventh division in the 2000 provincial election. He was defeated by Dragan Milošević of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia.

The 2000 provincial election was the last to be held entirely by voting in single-member constituencies; after the election, Vojvodina adopted a system of mixed proportional representation, in which half the candidates were elected in constituencies and the other half by proportional representation on electoral lists. Mirčić was elected for Novi Sad's redistributed seventh division in the 2004 provincial election, winning in the second round of voting. As in the republican election a year earlier, the Radicals emerged as the largest party in the assembly but fell short of a majority and ultimately served in opposition. Mirčić led the Radical Party caucus in the assembly term that followed.

In early 2008, Mirčić accused the European Union of encouraging Serb refugees from Croatia now living in Vojvodina to return to their former homes in order to turn Serbs into a minority in Vojvodina and separate the province from Serbia. His political rivals accused him of fomenting ethnic tensions with these comments. The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (Savez vojvođanskih Mađara, SVM) subsequently condemned Mirčić's statement that inter-ethnic clashes could occur in Vojvodina communities with Hungarian majorities if Hungary recognized Kosovo's declaration of independence.

Mirčić was a Radical Party vice-president at the republic level in this period and continued to speak for the party on a variety of issues. He opposed the prospect of Serbia joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 2007, saying, "The United States is creating hotspots in the world and NATO does the dirtiest work in the field. We do not want to be a part of that." He also said, "by joining NATO, [Serbia] would be making a major concession to the advocates of independence for Kosmet [Kosovo-Metohija], because the alliance's strategy is not to interfere in internal conflicts in its member-nations." Ultimately, Serbia did not join the military alliance.

Mirčić appeared in the lead position on the Radical Party's electoral list in the 2008 provincial election. The Radicals suffered an unexpectedly poor result in this election, winning only twenty-four seats out of 120; the election was won outright by the For a European Vojvodina alliance led by the Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka, DS). Mirčić continued to lead the Radical Party group in the assembly and, from the opposition benches, accused the provincial government of pursuing a secessionist agenda. He opposed the Statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, describing it as a blueprint for a "state within a state.""Serbia: Vojvodina opposition objects to province's draft statute," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 3 October 2008 (Source: Dnevnik website, Novi Sad, in Serbian 24 Sep 08).

Following the inconclusive outcome of the 2008 Serbian parliamentary election (which took place concurrently with the provincial election), serious discussions took place between the Radical Party, the Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska stranka Srbije, DSS), and the Socialist Party about forming a new coalition government, and rumours circulated that Mirčić would be appointed as minister of internal affairs. Ultimately, these plans came to nothing. The Socialists formed a coalition with the For a European Serbia alliance, and the Radicals remained in opposition.

Following the Serbian government's arrest and deportation of Radovan Karadžić in mid-2008, Mirčić accused United Kingdom Special Forces groups of taking part in the operation to capture Karadžić and described the government of Serbian president Boris Tadić as traitorous.

The Radical Party experienced a serious split in late 2008, with several members joining the more moderate Serbian Progressive Party (Srpska napredna stranka'', SNS) under the leadership of Tomislav Nikolić and Aleksandar Vučić. Mirčić, considered a prominent member of party leader Vojislav Šešelj's hardline faction, remained with the Radicals. When Nikolić set up a parliamentary group composed of ex-Radicals, Mirčić accused him of an illegal "snatching of mandates."

The Radicals, seriously weakened by the 2008 split, fell to only four seats in the Vojvodina Assembly in the 2012 provincial election. Mirčić was defeated in his bid for re-election in Novi Sad's seventh constituency seat.

Return to the National Assembly (2016–20)
Serbia's electoral system was reformed again in 2011, such that parliamentary mandates were awarded in numerical order to candidates on successful lists. Mirčić was not a candidate in the 2012 Serbian parliamentary election but received the fourth position on the Radical Party's list for the 2014 election. The party did not, on this occasion, cross the electoral threshold to win representation in the assembly.

Mirčić again appeared in the fourth position on the Radical Party's list for the 2016 parliamentary election and was elected to his sixth assembly term when the list won twenty-two seats. The election was won by the Progressive Party and its allies, and the Radicals again served in an opposition. During the 2016–20 parliament, Mirčić was a member of the committee on finance, state budget, and control of public spending; a member of the agriculture, forestry, and water management committee; a deputy member of the defence and internal affairs committee, the security services control committee, and the committee on administrative, budgetary, mandate, and immunity issues; a member of Serbia's delegation to the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy; and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with Belarus, Russia, and Venezuela.

Mirčić was promoted to the second position on the Radical Party's list in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election. In the 2022 parliamentary election, he appeared in the fifth position. In both cases, the list failed to cross the electoral threshold.

City politics since 2000
Mirčić has served several terms in the Novi Sad city assembly since standing down as mayor in 1994. He was defeated in his bid for re-election to the assembly in the 2000 local elections but returned in 2004. In the 2008 local elections, he was a candidate but chose not to take a mandate.

Mirčić appeared in the second position on the Radical Party's lists for Novi Sad in the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Serbian local elections and was re-elected each time. He is still a member of the city assembly as of 2022.

Electoral record

Provincial (Vojvodina)

Local (City of Novi Sad)

References

1956 births
Living people
People from Maleševci, Bosansko Grahovo
Mayors of Novi Sad
Members of the National Assembly (Serbia)
Members of the Assembly of Vojvodina
Members of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy
Serbian Radical Party politicians
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina


Children visiting the emergency room for medication poisoning has increased by 28 percent and hospital admissions by 36 percent between 2001 and 2008.
These were the results of a recent study conducted by Dr. Randall Bond of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and his colleagues. Patient records from the National Poison Data System that included 453,559 children between the years of 2001 and 2008 were used to determine the results.
Prescription medications were responsible for more than half of emergency room visits over the time period. Pediatric medication poisoning cases were also responsible for 76 percent of child admissions over the time period.
Incorrect dosing for children's medications and accidental ingestion of over-the-counter prescriptions were uncommon and saw very little increase. The main problem, according to the researchers, was accidental ingestion of adult prescription medication.
Bond and his colleagues believe that part of the problem is that more adults are taking prescription medications – medications like prescription opioid painkillers like oxycodone. With more than half of adults taking at least one prescription medication on any given week and around 11 percent of adults taking five or more prescription medications in any given week, more children have access to medications than they used to.
"Prevention efforts of parents and caregivers to store medicines in locked cabinets or up and away from children continue to be crucial," said Bond. Full responsibility, however, should not fall on the parents alone, according to Bond.
Medication bottles are already supposed to be 'child-proofed.' If, however, you have a small toddler, you have probably discovered that child-proofed usually means adult-proofed. Little hands are more agile than we realize and a need to discover and conquer and the desire to imitate Mom or Dad win over ingenious packaging.
While I agree with Bond that packaging could be designed to reduce the amount a child ingests, the truth is that we, as parents, cannot wait around for medication companies to implement new packaging. Nor can we allow child-proofed packaging give us a sense of safety or security.
If you take prescription medications, try to not let your child see you taking them. This will reduce the amount of curiosity. Secondly, if your little one doesn't see you taking them, they won't know where they are stored. Keep them locked up, if at all possible. If you do not have the ability to lock up your medications, at least store them in a high place, preferably in an area that your child does not frequent throughout the day.


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BBC Proms 2021
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It was wonderful to be back at The Proms after two years, and by my seventh and final concert it felt like life was back to normal; all of my summer traditions – Shakespeare's Globe, Open Air Theatre and The Proms – had returned.
It started (for me) with Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson, whose residency on the daily BBC Radio 4 arts programme Front Row rekindled my interest in the solo piano and ignited my interest in his artistry. His two beautifully played piano concertos – Bach & Mozart – were bookended by Prokofiev and Shostakovich symphonies from the Philharmonia Orchestra, but this didn't stop him doing a few solo encores in the middle of the second half, during which you couldn't hear a pin drop. A great programme and a great showcase for this young man whose international career is clearly taking off.
I'd never heard of South African cellist Abel Selaocoe, but I fancied a bit of fusion, this year promoted from late night proms to evening proms. He's a real force of nature, the blending of classical music with African rhythms was a great success and the party atmosphere was infectious. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Clark Rundell were having a ball, moving from the baroque pieces of Rameau to orchestral arrangements of contemporary pieces based on African traditions. Selaocoe's trio Chesaba provided the rhythmic foundation for most of them, Moroccan Londoners Gnawa and the Bantu singers adding colour. A punt that paid off.
The BBC singers concert was another experimental success. This time it was the Renaissance meets the present day with contemporary composers like Nico Muhly and Roderick Williams contributing a response to the older pieces by composers such as Hildegard von Bingen and Byrd. With no gaps between each piece it flowed beautifully under the direction of Sofi Jeannin, who has gone from strength to strength since becoming their chief conductor. One of the responses was 'played' on turntables and electronics from the centre of the prom area, which was rather surreal to watch as well as listen to.
The LSO and Simon Rattle are Stravinsky experts and it showed in a brilliant programme of three of his less well known 'symphonies'. It was lovely to see the wind section shine in the Symphony of Wind Instruments, and you could hear each one clearly in this vast hall. I was more familiar with the Symphony in C, though I've never heard it sound this good. The Symphony in Three Movements showed the cinematic direction his work had taken on moving to the US and it proved fascinating.
Wagner's Tristan & Isolde was this year's contribution from Glyndebourne Opera. It was semi-staged, though I rather wish they hadn't bothered as moving up, down and around a few steps doesn't really add anything. A concert version would suffice. The London Philharmonic Orchestra under Robin Ticciati sounded wonderful and the soloists were fine indeed, though Simon O'Neill seemed to be struggling in Act II. We found out why just before Act III began when it was announced that Neal Cooper (hitherto Melot) would sing Tristan from the side while O'Neil acted the role. This added an extra layer of drama, with Cooper shining brightly (without score, though he had understudied and sung the role in Melbourne). All's well, as they say.
This was followed a day later by a gorgeous choral programme by the Monteverdi Choir with the Baroque Soloists under John Elliott Gardiner. A Handel sandwich with Bach filling, the highlight was the joyful Dixit Dominus to end, with a couple of encores of the final movements. The vocal soloists all stepped out of the choir, such is the standard of this brilliant group. A treat.
My proms ended with Bach's mighty St. Matthew Passion, given by Jonathan Cohen's Arcangelo musicians and chorus with a superb set of six British soloists. I'd forgotten how demanding the part of the Evangelist is, and Stuart Jackson did a fine job. Iestyn Davies was particularly good and Roderick Williams' contribution grew as the evening proceeded. I hadn't heard the piece for some time, so it was good to be reminded of its quality with this fine reading by all.
Good to be back.


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FG Insincere to Agreement – COEASU
Olusegun Modified: 25th March, 2014
FG Insincere to Agreement – COEASU:
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has said that insincerity and lack of commitment on the part of the Federal Government are responsible for the lingering strike.
National president of the union, Mr Emmanuel Asagha, said this yesterday in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, while fielding questions from newsmen.
Asagha was in the state to monitor the level of compliance of its members to the ongoing nationwide strike.
He charged the Minister of Education, Nyesom Nwike, to provide Nigerians with proof on his allegation that the union refused to end its strike after the federal government entered an agreement with it to do so.
"We also wish to ask Nigerians to regard the statement credited to the minister as false, malicious and misleading.
The federal government is yet to show seriousness in initiating actions and steps that would lead to amicable resolution of the nationwide industrial impasse with College of Education Academic Staff Union.
We have signed about six memoranda with the government, but no action has been taken on them. It is sad and it amounts to cheap blackmail to read in the media that government implemented 90 per cent of our demands and we refused to call off the strike", he said.
Asagha further called on stake-holders and other relevant bodies to prevail on President Goodluck Jonathan to act fast to save teacher education from imminent destruction, stressing that education is the bedrock of every society and teachers are critical players in the system.
He further stated that the union would not be deterred by the government's threat to commence its no-work-no-pay policy on the striking teachers.
The union embarked on a strike on Dec. 18, 2013, over government's refusal to implement the 2010 agreement it reached with the union and non-payment of pension and death benefits to families of deceased colleagues. (Daily Trust)
Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) Suspends Two-Month Strike
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Caroline Flack wishes Laura Whitmore luck ahead of Love Island
Flack said the first show is 'always the best one'.
Laura Whitmore (Ian West/PA)
Caroline Flack has wished Laura Whitmore luck ahead of the first episode of the winter series of Love Island.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/caroline-flack-wishes-laura-whitmore-luck-ahead-of-love-island-38854843.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/e3636/38854839.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_d742c936-dd9a-419e-9552-01e3d33e0e12_1
The presenter has stepped down from the ITV2 dating show following an assault charge, and Whitmore has taken over.
Flack posted a message on Instagram on Sunday, saying: "Massive good luck to Laura, Iain (Stirling) and the team for tonight's launch show…
"The first one always the best one."
Screengrab from Caroline Flack's Instagram (Caroline Flack Instagram)
The show kicks off with a twist, as two late arrivals spell double trouble for the other contestants.
The opening episode sees 10 new singletons move into the new villa in Cape Town, South Africa – five girls and five boys.
However, there is a surprise later on when identical twins appear.
The girls – Shaughna Phillips, Sophie Piper, Leanne Amaning, Siannise Fudge and Paige Turley – are the first to arrive and start getting to know each other by sharing what they are looking for in a boyfriend.
Democratic services officer Shaughna says she signed up in a bid to find "the opposite of what I attract really – the cocky know-it-alls".
Singer Paige says she wants someone "tall dark and handsome", while customer service adviser Leanne admits she has never been in love.
"I've got a phobia, but I'm here to cure it," she says.
The doors to our shiny new villa are (almost) open. �� Take a look inside... #LoveIsland
A post shared by Love Island (@loveisland) on Jan 8, 2020 at 4:01pm PST
When the boys – Mike Boateng, Connor Durman, Ollie Williams, Nas Majeed and Callum Jones – turn up, they are told they get to choose first, and the first couples of the series are formed.
Later, sports science graduate and builder Majeed receives a text which sends shockwaves through the villa, and he tells the islanders: "It's time to really get the party started as two very important guests are about to arrive."
As rumours swirl about whether it will be girls or boys, twins Jess and Eve Gale make their surprise entrance.
Could twinning be a winning formula for finding love? Jess & Eve will soon find out... #LoveIsland
A post shared by Love Island (@loveisland) on Jan 9, 2020 at 12:53pm PST
"Twice is definitely nice, you know what I mean?" says police officer Boateng, while scaffolder Jones declares the newcomers are "double trouble".
Flack is alleged to have hit boyfriend Lewis Burton over the head with a lamp, causing a head injury.
After entering a not guilty plea to the assault charge at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court, she was released on bail with conditions that stop her having any contact with Burton ahead of a trial on March 4.
Love Island airs tonight at 9pm on ITV2.


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Q: How to convert an output array to a string or variable using PHP? I am getting an output in array:
    array (size=3)
  8 => string 'Mexico' (length=6)
  24 => string 'UAE' (length=3)
  34 => string 'India' (length=5)

    array (size=9)
  2 => string '' (length=0)
  8 => string 'Large' (length=5)
  14 => string '' (length=0)
  19 => string '' (length=0)
  23 => string '' (length=0)
  24 => string 'Micro' (length=5)
  34 => string 'Large' (length=5)
  35 => string '' (length=0)
  38 => string '' (length=0)

I want the output in the following format: Which means need to compare the id of both.
Mexico - Large (8)
UAE - Micro (24)
India - Large (34)

PHP SRIPT
<?php
  $entities = $check_list = [];

  foreach($_POST as $k => $v) {
    if(preg_match("/^check_list(\d+)$/", $k, $matches))
      $check_list[intval($matches[0])] = $v;
    unset($matches);
    if(preg_match("/^entity_selected(\d+)$/", $k, $matches))
      $entities[intval($matches[0])] = $v;
  };
            var_dump($_POST['check_list']);

            var_dump($_POST['entity_selected']);

            echo implode(" ",$_POST['entity_selected'])."
";

            echo implode(" ",$_POST['check_list'])."
";
?>

I need to compare the variable and insert the data accordingly to the DB. But i am not able to make this data into variables. How can I do that?
This is my PHP Form script:
<form method="POST" action="nextpage1.php">

    <?php
      $i = 0;
      while($row1 = mysqli_fetch_array($result_country))  {
        $country1 = $row1['country'];
        $entity1 = $row1['entity'];
        echo "
";
        ?>

            <input name="check_list[<?php echo $i; ?>]" type="checkbox" value="<?php echo $country1;?>"> <?php echo $country1;?>

            <?php
              if($entity1=="Yes") {
                ?>
                  <select class="form-control selectpicker" name="entity_selected[<?php echo $i; ?>]">
                                      <option value="">Select</option>

                    <option value="Micro">Micro</option>
                    <option value="Small">Small</option>
                    <option value="Large">Large</option>
                  </select>
                <?php
              };
            ?>

        <?php
        $i++;
        echo "
";
      };
    ?>

Basically the form script consists of some countries with checkboxes and a drop down to select the entities. So which ever check box is selected that value (country name) and the entity has to be captured  and inserted to the DB.

A: You are over complicating it. Just loop through $_POST['check_list'] and use its key to find the associated value in $_POST['entity_selected']:
foreach ($_POST['check_list'] as $key => $country) {
    echo $country . ' - ' . $_POST['entity_selected'][$key] . ' (' . $key . ')'. "\n";
}

This assumes there is always a corresponding key in $_POST['entity_selected'] as in $_POST['check_list'].
If you want to make the output a little bit easier on the eyes you can also use printf() to help with the formatting:
foreach ($_POST['check_list'] as $key => $country) {
    printf('%s - $s (%u)%s', $country, $_POST['entity_selected'][$key], $key, "\n");
}

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What to do in Vienna: the ultimate overview. Give yourself the luxury of not missing anything, here are the most popular sights, attractions and places which should be part of any visit to the city. Stroll along the park of Schönbrunn Palace or ride rollercoasters in the Wiener Prater. Vienna is your oyster!


Greece's first virtual net-metering PV system is installed on the rooftop of a school in Thessaloniki, the country's second biggest city. The system is funded by Greenpeace Greece but is not yet connected to the grid, as it is waiting for the ministry to pass a new law.
Net-metering (or net energy metering, NEM) allows consumers who generate some or all of their own electricity to use that electricity anytime, instead of when it is generated. This is particularly important with wind and solar, which are non-dispatchable. Monthly net metering allows consumers to use solar power generated during the day at night, or wind from a windy day later in the month.
Greenpeace Greece, the Greek arm of the international environmental organization, funded a 10 KW solar PV system in the city of Thessaloniki, in Northern Greece.
The system is installed on the rooftop of a local high school and aims to be the country's inaugural virtual net-metering system. Generated electricity will cover the needs of a hostel for women and children who are victims of violence. The hostel is managed by Thessaloniki's city council and is located far from the PV installation at the high school.
Such an arrangement is possible through what is commonly known as virtual net-metering. Greece has legislated net-metering since December 2014, while the country's new renewable energy law approved last summer allows virtual net-metering, albeit only for installations developed by city and regional councils, schools, universities, farmers and farming associations.
The law approved by the legislature last summer requires the energy minister to specify the technical details for the virtual net-metering scheme separately. Such details do not need to be reapproved by Greece's Parliament. A ministerial decision is enough and will also comprise a Greek law.
But the minister has delayed his policy-making. In fact, the ministry consulted on its virtual net-metering plans in October 2016, yet the minister hasn't approved any plan yet.
The PV system in Thessaloniki will connect to the grid when the ministry of environment and energy approves the technical details of the virtual net-metering scheme, said Greenpeace Greece, calling on the ministry to do so as soon as possible so that similar installations can be developed in the country.
Thessaloniki's mayor Yiannis Boutaris said it is important that the ministry acts before the summer, so that the new PV system can make use of Greece's excellent solar irradiation in the warm months. What is important with virtual net-metering, added the mayor, is that it allows the city council to invest the money saved to develop similar projects and support our social work.
Thessaloniki is a pioneer in installing solar PV on its schools' rooftops. And Greenpeace Greece has also run before the 'Solarization of Greece' campaign aiming to promote net-metering PV installations.


The mixes from our recording session at Artemis Audio are back and we love 'em! The real purpose of these recordings are for our press kit – promoters need to hear samples of how we sound. But since we've had so many messages asking about recordings from us, we figured we'd make them available to everyone. We'll have more polished versions of our songs for our first album but in the meantime, listen and share three of our favorite tunes. Mahalo to Demitri Marmash for the studio engineering and mixing.


Work Day - Volunteers work in the garden Tuesday and Saturday mornings, performing different tasks at different times of the year; pruning, planting, deadheading, etc. You may bring your own tools or use rose garden tools. Wear protective clothing. On work days, you may park at the side of a carriageway in the rose garden; please be sure you're not blocking the street.


The US Forest Service will be conducting a chainsaw refresher class in the Tusquitee Ranger District on February 24, 2018 (and 25th if a second day is needed for field evaluations). We can accommodate a maximum class size of 20 people. First priority will be for those folks whose saw cards will expire in 2018, second priority is new sawyers wanting certification, third priority will be all others who expire after 2018.
New sawyers, please do not attempt to qualify if you are not comfortable handling a chainsaw or if you do not have any prior experience. Current 1st aid and CPR will be required prior to the class.
The class is filling fast and expected to be full prior to the January 30th deadline. Please register now. If you are certified and unsure of your status, please contact Heath Emmons below.
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Q: Flutter Convert String Variable to Integer I want to convert a String variable, to Integer in a stateless Widget.
Here's my code:
final String bmiresult;

Text(
                      bmiresult,
                      style: TextStyle(
                        color: bmiresult > 30 ? Colors.red : Colors.green,
                        fontSize: 40.0,
                        fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
                      ),

It says The operator > isn't defined for type of String.
Thank you.

A: You can use int.parse, cf doc
final String bmiresult;
.
Text(
  bmiresult,
  style: TextStyle(
  color: int.parse(bmiresult) > 30 ? Colors.red : Colors.green,
  fontSize: 40.0,
  fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
),


(The Jerusalem Post) – Canada's Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs released a predictable statement Monday night following Justin Trudeau's thumping of Prime Minister Stephen Harper in that country's federal elections.
Harper wasn't a "close ally," Harper was the best friend Israel had among the leaders of the world. As problematic as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's relationship has been over the years with US President Barack Obama, it was that good with Harper.
And that friendship was manifest in many ways. First of all, in the speeches and statements Harper made. Harper, channeling his inner George Bush, often spoke in terms of moral clarity – good and bad. He recognized that there was good and evil in the world, and that Israel is on the side of the good. He did not waffle.
With Harper there were never any nagging questions about the "kishke factor," about whether he had any soft, warm, special place in his heart for the Jewish state. He did.
At that press conference, Harper – whose government was critical of Israel's settlement policy – refused to take the bait and bash Israel when asked by a journalist about the settlements.
He would not do it, he declared.
Canada's support under Harper, however, was not only rhetorical. Under his leadership there was an extremely close bilateral relationship with a constant flow of ministers flying between Ottawa and Jerusalem, signing agreements, cooperating closely.
This strong, unstinting support for Israel did not come free of cost. For instance, in 2010, Canada – which always placed importance and significance on being on the UN Security Council – lost in its effort to gain a coveted temporary seat on that body, something attributed in part to the country's strong support for Israel.
But this did not move Harper. When it came to Israel, one senior diplomatic official in Jerusalem once explained, Harper had blinders on – he will do what he thinks is morally right, regardless of what others might say around the world, or in Canada.
His strong, vocal, unapologetic support for Israel, however, was not one of those reasons.
In fact, at a foreign policy debate in late September between Harper, Trudeau and Thomas Mulcair of the New Democratic Party, the question of Israel and the Palestinians hardly came up.
Which few seriously doubt. What is unlikely, however, is that anyone in the near future in Ottawa will outdo Harper regarding the passion, consistency, sincerity and intensity of that support.


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Undergraduate-to-graduate (U2G) degree options are available allowing students to earn a graduate degree in public affairs and an undergraduate degree in less time than would be required to obtain the two degrees independently. This is because courses for one degree are considered as elective credit for the other degree program.
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Open to those currently in any undergraduate major at the University of Iowa
Additional information is available from the school's Admissions Coordinator.
While the requirements of each U2G degree option vary, all have several key features in common. In each case a student must:
Complete an approved area of concentration (either public and nonprofit management or public policy) in public affairs.
Take at least 42 semester hours of public affairs courses that have been previously approved to count towards the master's degree.
Unless otherwise specified, a capstone is required of students in combined degree programs.
Satisfy public affairs' final examination requirement
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It is possible to receive a master's degree in public affairs in conjunction with a graduate degree in another discipline, even when a formalized graduate-to-graduate degree program does not exist. Examples would be a graduate-to-graduate degree in urban and regional planning or public health.
University policy requires that prior administrative approval be granted, and a minimum of 60 semester hours of graduate credit be completed to receive two master's degrees. However, courses taken to satisfy one unit's requirements also may be applied to meet the other unit's requirements. Some credits can be shared when one master's degree requires, or both master's degrees require, more than 30 semester hours of graduate credit. (No more than ¼ of the credits necessary for one degree may be composed of coursework taken for the other degree.) In all cases, combined degree programs require at least 60 semester hours of graduate credit and each unit's degree requirements must be met. See the Graduate College Manual, section X. G.
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Obama Fuels Racial Tensions With Slam Against White Men
by Morgan Phillips November 27, 2020, 5:40 pm 1.1k Views
By Morgan Phillips 27th, 2020 | Image Source : Fox News
Former President Barack Obama said he believes President Trump garnered more than 73 million votes this election cycle, not because of policy but because some Republicans promote a narrative of "White men are victims."
Appearing on the syndicated radio show "The Breakfast Club," Obama said Wednesday, "What's always interesting to me is the degree to which you've seen created in Republican politics the sense that White males are victims."
The country's 44th president continued noting, "They are the ones who are under attack – which obviously doesn't jive with both history and data and economics. But that's a sincere belief that's been internalized, that's a story that's being told and how you unwind that is going to be not something that is done right away, it's going to take some time."
Obama said during the interview that the Trump administration "has failed miserably in handling just basic looking after the American people and keeping them safe" during the coronavirus pandemic. Still, Trump put up a competitive fight against President-elect Joe Biden, Obama said, because millions felt "under attack" by Democrats.
"It turns out politics is not just about policy, it's not just about numbers, it's about the stories that are being told," the former president said.
Later in the show, co-host DJ Envy asked Obama to answer those who said he hadn't done enough for people of color while in office. Obama blamed congressional hurdles.
"I understand it because when I was elected there was so much excitement and hope, and I also think we generally view the presidency as almost like a monarchy in the sense of once the president's there, he can just do whatever needs to get done and if he's not doing it, it must be because he didn't want to do it," Obama responded.
Envy argued that Trump had behaved that way.
"Because he breaks laws or disregards the Constitution," Obama replied.
In the same interview, Obama took a shot at evangelical Hispanics who voted for Trump.
"People were surprised about a lot of Hispanic folks who voted for Trump, but there's a lot of evangelical Hispanics who, the fact that Trump says racist things about Mexicans, or puts undocumented workers in cages, they think that's less important than the fact that he supports their views on gay marriage or abortion," Obama said.
Trump has said he is pro-life but has never expressed opposition to gay marriage.
Trump surprised political onlookers with his improved showing with Hispanic voters in 2020 from 2016, helping him to comfortable victories in states with significant Hispanic populations like Texas and Florida.
Some critics attacked Obama for what they viewed as divisive comments, reminiscent of his 2008 reference to "bitter" working-class voters who "cling" to guns and religion. Others noted the "cages" he referred to from the Trump administration's family separation policy were built during his presidency.
Meanwhile, Biden has sought to establish himself apart from the Obama administration, telling NBC News his White House won't be an "Obama third term."
"This is not a third Obama term because we face a totally different world than we faced in the Obama-Biden administration," Biden said. "President Trump has changed the landscape, it's become 'America First,' which meant America alone."
Author: Morgan Phillips
Source: Fox News: Obama says some Republicans drive message that 'White men are victims'
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Hamilton needs a Pollinator Protection Plan! We've begun exploring what such a plan could look like. Such a plan includes working with residents, community partners, municipal staff and councillors to improve and protect pollinator habitat through municipal policy.
Encouraging residents to ask their councilors for pollinator habitat protection in the urban Official Plan which is being reviewed in 2018.
Creating a Pollinator Task Force composed of city staff (from planning, forestry, parks departments), conservation, and community groups to determine the best way to create and protect pollinator habitat across Hamilton.
Researching the best methods to identify and map important pollinator habitat within Hamilton's urban boundary.
Many cities already have a Pollinator Protection Strategy. Toronto has one in the works. The draft strategy provides an overview of Toronto's bees and butterflies, a summary of the key guiding priorities that shape the strategy, and a series of proposed actions that will help us to protect and sustain healthy pollinator populations in Toronto.
"A series of proposed actions include a review of the City's mowing practices with a view to preserving pollinator habitat, and work with relevant City divisions and agencies to identify areas that could benefit from less frequent mowing, so more education and training for City staff and contractors, and doing targeted plantings," says Annemarie Baynton, Senior Environmental Planner at the City of Toronto, the lead on the initiative and coordinator of the various divisions responsible for implementation elements of the strategy.
. For details on the priorities and proposed actions, visit the draft strategy here.
Now it's our turn to make Hamilton the best city to raise a pollinator by creating a strong pollinator protection plan to support resilient ecosystems that contribute to a rich urban biodiversity.
We need a Biodiversity Protection Strategy to protect not only pollinators, but all species. Check out our draft Biodiversity Protection Plan here. (SOON TO COME).


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Here's everything Pixar that's happening at this year's D23 Expo
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— 25 Jun, 2015
Pixar Animation Studios will be joining in on the D23 Expo action this year at the Anaheim Convention Center in ways that count to "infinity and beyond"! It all starts with the giant Buzz Lightyear balloon figure that will greet you at the Expo entrance.
Once inside, you'll get to experience even more – from their large presentation with the rest of the Walt Disney Studios animation keynote event to a 20th anniversary Toy Story panel with the original crew, it's all going to be something that Expo attendees should not miss.
You especially shouldn't miss the John Lasseter Hawaiian shirt exhibit where you can pick up your very own custom-designed Pixar Hawaiian shirt featuring some of your favorite Pixar characters!
Here's the full list of panels and exhibits:
Every Story Is a Journey: The Upcoming Films of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios
Friday, August 14, 3:00 pm – Hall D23
After meeting the Emotions inside the mind of an 11-year-old, taking a trip to San Fransokyo where a boy genius and his robot save the world, and falling in love with a queen with icy powers who wants to "let it go," come see where Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios plan to take you next. In what has become a D23 EXPO must-see, host John Lasseter, chief creative officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, presents "Every Story is a Journey." Filmmakers will unveil never-before-seen footage from Pixar's upcoming The Good Dinosaur and Finding Dory and Disney Animation's Zootopia and Moana. The event will include surprise announcements, musical performances, and appearances by the films' star voice talent. Cell phones, cameras and all recording devices will be checked for this presentation.
In Conversation with the Filmmakers and the Emotions Behind Inside Out
Friday, August 14, 2015, 11:30 am – Stage 28
Get the inside story on the making of Pixar's latest summer release Inside Out. Hear from Academy Award®-winning director Pete Docter (Up, Monsters, Inc.) and producer Jonas Rivera (Up) as they reminisce and share their personal stories of creating a world that everyone knows, but no one has ever seen.
Pixar Secrets Revealed! Hear the Stories They Didn't Want You to Know!
Saturday, August 15, 2015, 3:00 pm – Stage 28
Ever wonder where your favorite Pixar stories began? Hear the stories you don't know about the classic films that you love. Pixar senior development executive Mary Coleman hosts this experience, welcoming the storytellers behind some of Pixar's most successful films, including Darla K. Anderson (A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., Cars, Toy Story 3), Mark Andrews (The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Brave), Ronnie del Carmen (Up, Inside Out) and Dan Scanlon (Cars, Toy Story 3, Monsters University), as they talk about the twists and turns of crafting a narrative and share some of the crazy story ideas that didn't make the final cut.
Toy Story: 20 Years Later, the Original Crew Looks Back
From flipbooks to feature films, animation has taken audiences to fantastical new worlds, far beyond the limits of any real-world setting. Pixar Animation Studios has been at the forefront of this evolution, blurring the line between art and technology and bringing beloved characters to life with heart and humor. As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of 1995's Toy Story, the first computer-animated feature film, join members of the original crew, including filmmakers John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, Galyn Susman, Ralph Eggleston, Sharon Calahan, Eben Ostby, Bob Pauley and Bill Reeves as they share their stories and the challenges they faced along the way.
ON THE EXPO SHOW FLOOR:
Animation – Show Floor Exhibition
For the first time ever, Pixar Animation Studios is creating a show-floor experience at D23 EXPO. Pixar teams up with Walt Disney Animation Studios for an unforgettable adventure that showcases magic from both animation studios, featuring live demonstrations, presentations and autograph signings with top filmmakers, free giveaways and interactive displays. With highlights from films like Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Zootopia, Finding Dory and Moana, animation fans will get the inside scoop on their favorite films and characters.
Say Aloha to John Lasseter's Film-Themed Hawaiian Shirts
Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios John Lasseter takes Disney and Pixar animation to heart—literally. For nearly every film—from Finding Nemo and Wreck-It Ralph to Frozen and Inside Out, Lasseter has commissioned an exclusive movie-themed Hawaiian shirt. And those who know the Oscar®-winning storyteller know that he loves his Hawaiian shirts—and dons one for almost every occasion. Animation fans will see their favorite film characters "materialize" before their eyes in this colorful collection, which will be exhibited on the show floor.
Fans can take home their own shirt, thanks to Disney Store at D23 EXPO. This D23-exclusive Reyn Spooner-design features characters from all the feature films produced under the creative guidance of Lasseter. The simple, appealing collage joins many of Disney's and Pixar's most beloved recent characters on one wearable canvas. The shirt will retail for $99.95.
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Q: Google Glass and Upstream Google Cloud Messaging Google says that the GoogleCloudMessaging object is required for upstream messaging, which I believe is part of Google Play services. Glass does not have Google Play Services and has been opened as an issue to Google.
I've gotten downstream messaging to work on Glass using an older GCM API with the help of this post, however none of the questions I've seen (1, 2, 3) address upstream messaging. I was able to use the older GCM API as it did not require Google Play Services but unfortunately it doesn't support upstream messaging.
Can anyone please help me somehow implement upstream messaging on Glass? Perhaps there is a way to add Google Play Services to Glass?
Thanks


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Q: How do I read POST info in Rails? I would like to know how to both send and receive info through HTTP POST requests.
I'm using Ruby v.1.8.7 and rails v.2.3.8.
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My action's code is the following:
require 'net/http'

# get the url that we need to post to
url = URI.parse('http://localhost:3000/ipn/payments')

xml_notificaciones = "<NOTIFICACION><TIPONOTIFICACION>1</TIPONOTIFICACION><OPERACIONES><OPERACION><TIPO>1</TIPO><ID>31548</ID></OPERACION><OPERACION><TIPO>1</TIPO><ID>XA5547</ID></OPEARACION></OPERACIONES></NOTIFICACION>"

# build the params string
post_args1 = { 'NOTIFICACION' => xml_notificaciones }
# send the request
resp, data = Net::HTTP.post_form(url, post_args1)

When I execute the above code the page will load for a while until I get execution expired message.
I actually have a routes entry for http://localhost:3000/ipn/payments url, and is the following:
map.received_ipn_payments '/ipn/payments', :controller => 'payments', :action => 'parse_received_data', :method => :post

I have a raise params.inspect so I know when it works, but nothing so far...

A: To receive the requests into your application, set up a route in config/routes.rb for it. See the Routing Guide for more information. Route it to a controller and then to access the information sent through use the params method.
As for sending back data... an alternative to andrea's answer, you could use the Typhoeus gem to make the HTTP requests. It's got a really neat syntax to it and I've been using it recently with no worries.

A: Are you trying to post to the same rails application from one of your controllers? If you are running this on a single webrick/mongrel instance, you can only handle one single request. So, if you make a request to your app from your browser, and this request needs to make another request to the same application (which blocks the first one), it'll get stuck and just time out.
I'm not sure why you need your controller to do a second request, it seems to me that you need to run code in another controller/action. You could either redirect to that other controller/action, but that would need a GET request, or move your code from the controller to a model or module and call the appropriate methods from both your controller actions.
Edit:
If you are trying to test your payment processor integration you should be using their testing environment (provided they have one) instead of emulating it in your application. If you really need to write code to emulate the payment process, you should do that in a different application running on its own webrick/mongrel instance. Then you'll be able to make requests to that other application.

A: to receiving a post request you have only to create an action in a controller and set the routes with method post.
to send a request you could use something similar
require 'net/http'
# get the url that we need to post to
url = URI.parse('http://www.url.com/subscribe')# build the params string
post_args1 = { 'email' => params[:email] }
# send the request
resp, data = Net::HTTP.post_form(url, post_args1)


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Q: Product Export not displaying qty I am trying to export magento product on a csv file using Import/Export->Data-Profiles, The profile is running but for some reason the script does not include product qty, I have this on my function
function exportProduct($profileID){
    global $mageFile;
    require_once($mageFile.'app/Mage.php');
    Mage::init();
    $profile = Mage::getModel('dataflow/profile');
    $profile->load($profileID);
    if (!$profile->getId()) {
    Mage::log('error: ' . $profileID . ' - incorrect profile id',null,'product_import.log');
        return;
    }
    Mage::register('current_convert_profile', $profile);
    $profile->run();

}

But after i run my profile qty column is empty. Any help would be appreciated, Thank you in advance.