Corks and the hots fashions were popping as friends of East St. Tammany Rainbow Child Care tipped their sun hats for a cause during the 10th annual Bubbly on the Bayou fundraiser March 31.
At the event, "A Tip to the Derby," women in sundresses and hats as well as men enjoyed an elaborate champagne brunch, fashion show and pop-up boutique, silent and live auctions, live music by Bobby Ohler, horse and carriage rides and sparkly door prizes by Champagne Jewelers. The lovely venue for the Kentucky-derby style celebration was the historic Patton's Salmen-Fritchie House in Slidell.
Serving as mistress of ceremonies was Stephanie Oswald of WGNO's "News with a Twist." Celebrity bartenders were: Slidell Mayor Greg Cromer, Slidell Police Chief Randy Fandal, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith and St. Tammany Fire Dist. No. 1 Chief Chris Kaufmann. JoAnn Chelchowski directed the fashion show, and Brian Fontenot of Attractions Salon handled hair and makeup. Models representing area women's organizations were: Jean Almos, Aimée Dodds, Barbara Miller, Carrie Calvin, Wendi Abney and Jill Scholl.
The show and boutique featured styles from My Girlfriend's Closet in Slidell, a resale boutique that benefits Rainbow Child Care. Rainbow provides quality child care to low-income, working families and families in crisis.
"We've been a United Way agency for 32 years. Bubbly on the Bayou really closes the gap in funding for us. It supports the programs and operational needs of the center," said Executive Director Dionne Graham.
On the Bubbly committee with Graham and Chelchowski were Ellen Lamarque, Nancy Richardson Arthur, Gwendolyn Wade and Linda Larkin.
Numerous area sponsors contributed to the success of the event. For more information about Rainbow Child Care, go to rainbowccc.org.
The Slidell home of Nancy O'Bryan was blooming with colorful designs reminiscent of an Old South landscape during the Magnolia Forest Flower Show on March 28.
Guests of the "Cruisin' the Mississippi"-themed event traveled from room to room viewing designs created by Magnolia Forest Garden Club members during an open house celebrating the National Garden Club Standard Flower Show.
Other design-class blue ribbon winners were Judy Cougle, Barbara Burgueno, Nancy O'Bryan and Janet Bernard. Designer's Choice Award went to Burgueno; Horticulture Excellence Award and Award of Merit went to O'Bryan; and another Award of Merit went to Fay Vogt.
Nineteen awards were presented in Division I – Horticulture as well as second place, third place and honorable mention in each of the five classes of Division II – Design.
Design co-chairwomen were Lynell Braun and Joann Round. Horticulture chairwoman was Margo Necaise. Members and guests enjoyed refreshments by Chateau Bleu Caterers.


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Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 09:14 UTC
Extradition hearings for Huawei's owner daughter complicates US/China/Canada dealings
Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer is set to return to a Vancouver courtroom this Wednesday ahead of planned extradition hearings as deteriorating relations with China over her arrest exact a growing toll on Canada.
Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 09:06 UTC
Huawei founder: "there's no way the US can crush us: we are more advanced"
Huawei Technologies founder Ren Zhengfei said "there's no way the US can crush us", according to an interview he gave to BBC. "The world cannot leave us because we are more advanced. Even if they persuade more countries not to use us temporarily, we can always scale things down a bit," he said.
Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 09:25 UTC
Rough times ahead: US Justice files several criminal charges against Huawei and the owner's daughter
The United States Justice Department has filed a host of criminal charges against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou. The charges against the world's second largest smart-phone maker include accusations of bank fraud, obstruction of justice and theft of technology.
Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 09:15 UTC
Huawei dispute: China arrests second Canadian on suspicion of harming state security
Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, who worked with North Korea, is being investigated on suspicion of harming China's state security, officials said, days after a former Canadian diplomat was detained in China in an escalating diplomatic row.
Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 07:19 UTC
Huawei conflict: Trump intervenes; Ms Meng granted bail in Canadian court
Donald Trump says he could intervene in the case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou if it helps to avoid a further decline in US relations with China. "Whatever's good for this country, I would do," the US president said.
Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 09:28 UTC
Huawei's Meng arrest becoming a major diplomatic conflict
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's chief financial officer faces U.S. accusations that she covered up her company's links to a firm that tried to sell equipment to Iran despite sanctions, a Canadian prosecutor said on Friday, arguing against giving her bail while she awaits extradition.

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The version 2.0 of the ADX EA is now ready. If you have purchased the old version, you can download this update in your account.
I purchased the entire EA bundle. When you issue updates, I am assuming I need to go to my Account Download section and re-save the updated EA. My issue is, the EA title link in the Download section does not reflect it is the updated version (i.e. V 2.0). Is it possible to update the EA tiles in the Download section to reflect the current version.
When you issue updates, I am assuming I need to go to my Account Download section and re-save the updated EA. My issue is, the EA title link in the Download section does not reflect it is the updated version (i.e. V 2.0). Is it possible to update the EA tiles in the Download section to reflect the current version.
Yes, just download and overwrite the old version. I will see what I can do about the version number.
I just downloaded the new relaease of ADX but I have some problems with the setup. Testing the past 2 months with TF 1h the EA is always in loosing. Do you have a setup that can make the EA work?
Have you used the optimization feature of the Strategy Tester?
I test the EA with Renko Charts, of course on a Demo Account.
I finished now the backtest for the 12 pairs, see attachment.
I know backtest with Renko charts not necessarily showing real results. But if only 50% of the profits shown are obtained, I would be very happy. Next week I am testing the EA on a demo account.
Interesting share. Nice to see for sure.
I did not analyze your reports in detail but looking at the chart I can guess the strategy and I think you might end up surprised with what you get after using realistic spreads.
What (3rd party) tool do you use for backtesting Renko charts?
Why the very low modelling quality?
ANyhow, I like what I'm seeing as it shows some potential if certain issues are taken into account…. Thanks for the effort and sharing !!
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– What (3rd party) tool do you use for backtesting Renko charts?
To make the Median Renko Charts I buy the indicator from https://ovo.cz/ (Yannick: I hope it is okay to write the Link!) And for Backtesting I used the free Tool from the page.
– Why the very low modelling quality?
Really, I have no idea. On the home page describes how you can reach 99% modelling quality. But I had until now no time for it.
I did not know that the setting for "Spread" are points and no pips. Thanks for the tip. And you're right, it makes a big difference. See attachment.
I will test it again with the average Spread from my broker. Tonight I start the EA on a Demo Account, if you or somebody else like, I can posts the daily result.
Is it implemented yet ? Or is it the cross strategy ' min line sloping upwards' set to true ??
I think it is the "Confirm Cross On Breakout" option.
I hope it is okay to write the Link!
Yes, as long as their products do not compete with mine. I think in this case it is useful to provide the link.
Yes, it is this option.


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The Third Circuit Shows How The Sentencing Guidelines For Fraud Are Complicated; Victims and Losses Bamboozle The Government And District Court
The federal sentencing guidelines are probably the most problematic in three areas – fraud, child pornography, and drugs.
Today's case, United States v. Diallo, illustrates two of the big problems with the fraud guidelines. First, they're really complicated – so complicated that federal prosecutors sometimes don't really understand how they work. In this case, the prosecutor at sentencing took a position so clearly inconsistent with the guidelines that the government abandoned it for the appeal.
(An astute reader will notice that this means the district court went along with the federal prosecutor's flawed guidelines understanding. It's a shame, but c'est la guerre.).
Second, the fraud guidelines are driven by what the "intended loss" is. And "loss" for sentencing guidelines purposes is a squishy notion. And squishy notions are bad when you're trying to figure out how much prison time to give someone.
Credit Card Problems
Issa Diallo had a problem with credit cards. Sure, like many Americans, he charged more than he should of. Unlike many Americans, he put these charges on cards that weren't issued to him.
He went into a Wegman's (it's a grocery store, for our geographically diverse readers) and bought 26 gift cards with a counterfeit credit card. The next day he came back to do it again and was arrested.
Law enforcement went into his car with a warrant. They found a treasure trove of stolen identity documents:
53 counterfeit credit cards, a counterfeit Louisiana driver's license, 24 gift cards, a Global Positioning System (GPS), a laptop computer, a thumb drive, and a skimming device, which is a hand-held device that copies, stores, and encodes credit card information from a credit card's magnetic strip. A subsequent search by Secret Service agents resulted in the discovery of a second thumb drive and another gift card. Searches of the laptop and thumb drives revealed over 200 compromised Discover, Visa, and MasterCard credit card accounts.
He pled guilty to having counterfeit credit cards under 18 U.S.C. § 1029(a)(3). In the plea, there was no agreement about the number of victims or the amount of the loss. These are, of course, massively important to figuring out the guidelines range under U.S.S.C. § 2B1.1.
What's It Take To Be A Victim?
At sentencing, a Secret Service agent testified that there were credit cards for 51 financial institutions in Mr. Diallo's possession.
There's a four-level guidelines enhancement if there are more than 50 victims.
The government said that meant there were more than 50 victims, so the enhancement for more than 50 victims should apply.
The defense lawyer argued that "victim" for purposes of the number of victims enhancement, means people who actually lost money as a result of Mr. Diallo's criminal conduct.
What's the loss amount?
The Secret Service Agent testified that only $160,000 was actually charged on the cards that Mr. Diallo had. Though when you add up the credit limits for each of the cards, the total amount that could have been charged was $1.6 million.
So, since "loss" for the guidelines purposes means the higher of actual loss or "intended loss" – the amount that a person could reasonably think could have been lost as a result of the office – the government said that Mr. Diallo should have known that the loss could have been $1.6 million.
Mr. Diallo's attorney was able to get the agent to acknowledge that there was no way Mr. Diallo could have known what the credit limit on the cards was absent a subpoena.
The District Court Speaks
These were hotly contested questions. There was testimony and argument. The Third Circuit reports that:
The Court's analysis on these two issues consisted of the following: "The intended loss for credit cards he personally used and the cards he manufactured and provided to others totaled $1.6 million. Over 50 financial institutions were affected by his actions. So obviously it is a very serious offense."
It's not the most satisfying way to grapple with a hotly litigated legal issue.
On appeal, the government – perhaps reading the commentary for the sentencing guidelines that applied to this case relating to the number of victims enhancement for the first time – acknowledged that "victim" means "someone who suffered a loss."
Since not all of the financial institutions had cards that were actually used by Mr. Diallo, there weren't 50 or more companies that were actually harmed. So the government abandoned the "number of victims" argument.
Good on them for admitting their error. Perhaps it would have been better to do that before the sentencing hearing, but better late than never.
Turning to the loss amount issue, the Third Circuit started by setting the stage
This appeal requires us to determine how sentencing courts should calculate what "pecuniary harm was intended to result" from credit card fraud when the fraud's perpetrator did not know the credit limit, which is the potential loss amount from the stolen credit card.
The appellate court reasoned that if the district court had really done a searching analysis and decided that there was a reasoned basis for thinking that Mr. Diallo meant to take the full limit of each card, that could be supported, perhaps, depending on how good the reasoning was.
But that's not what happened here. And the Third Circuit was really not impressed with what the district court did.
from the District Court's statement at sentencing–"The intended loss for credit cards he personally used and the cards he manufactured and provided to others totaled $1.6 million" App. 30-31–we would be speculating as to what evidence or argument was the basis for the District Court's finding that $1.6 million was Diallo's intended loss amount. This type of "speculation 'is inappropriate' in light of the inherently discretionary nature of the sentencing court's decision."
The case was sent back for resentencing.
Posted in: Federal Criminal Appeals, Federal Sentencing and Fraud
Tagged: "Credit Card", "loss amount", "THIRD CIRCUIT", Fraud and victims


CALIFORNIA - California's plan to slow climate change will boost the state economy and save hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk from rising energy costs, a study by a University of California economist said.
The most populous U.S. state leads the nation with its plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 with measures from encouraging energy efficiency to getting a third of state electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar.
But the plan is under attack from businesses and some academics who say the costs of going green will bankrupt many enterprises.
The state's decisions are also likely to affect the country at large, since federal policy often follows California's lead on environmental issues, from vehicle standards to plans passed in the state and being debated in the U.S. Congress to cap emissions and let companies trade credits to pollute.
Rising fossil fuel prices would cut state economic output by $84 billion and slash 626,000 jobs from state payrolls in 2020, if U.S. Department of Energy fuel forecasts are used instead of the outlook by the state energy commission, according to the study by economist David Roland-Holst of the University of California, Berkeley.
But the move to get a third of state electricity from renewables and become more efficient would reverse the decline, the study added. Instead, 2020 economic output would rise $20 billion from current projections and 112,000 jobs would be created.
Forecasts swing dramatically, like energy prices, though, and the study — funded by environmental economics nonprofit Next 10 — argued that renewable prices will not jump since there is no practical limit to the amount of solar and wind energy to be harnessed. Oil supply, by comparison, is limited.
Prices of solar panel components have swung widely in the last couple of years as demand for solar power has changed with the economy. A major deficit has turned into a glut. Natural gas prices will also be key to electricity costs, and vast new finds in recent years have created a surplus.
The broader trend of a drop in the price of photovoltaic solar, the familiar solar panels, was likely despite fluctuating demand, Roland-Holst said, and that technology could radically cut the costs of solar and other alternative energy.


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In the wake of the Windsor decision, the IRS explained that same-sex and opposite-sex individuals who are in registered domestic partnerships, civil unions, or other similar formal relationships that are not marriages under state law are not considered married for federal tax purposes.
A Wisconsin district court judge held that the Sec. 107(2) exclusion for rental allowances paid to ministers as part of their compensation violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Sec. 108(a)(1)(E), which expired at the end of 2013, excluded up to $2 million of discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness from gross income.
The Tax Court in a number of decisions reiterated the rule that a noncustodial parent may not claim a dependency exemption for a child unless the parent attaches to his or her return a Form 8332, Release/Revocation of Release of Claim to Exemption for Child by Custodial Parent, signed by his or her ex-spouse.
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Apology Demanded After Labour MP Suggests Armed Forces "Prey on Vulnerable Children to Hit Recruitment Targets"
How to Get a Disneyland Annual Pass Refund Now That They're Ending
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UN: Pandemic threatens Latin America's next generation
By Jack on 09/11/2020
CARACAS, Venezuela — Jenashly Matos may only be 9, but she has big dreams of one day becoming a doctor and helping people. The challenges she faces growing up today in a poor barrio in Venezuela's capital amid a historic pandemic are also hefty.
The novel coronavirus has shut down schools in Venezuela and throughout Latin America. To keep from falling behind, she's started attending a neighborhood tutorial for a couple hours each morning to get help with assignments her teacher sends home.
"If I'm not learning, I feel like I'm nobody in life," she said, while studying the parts of speech. "That's why I come here."
The pandemic has left millions of students falling behind in the world's most unequal region, a study released Monday finds. Pandemic lockdowns, teacher shortages and electricity outages are forcing many Venezuelan students to advance their education outside the traditional brick and mortar school setting.
Venezuela is facing setbacks along with countries such as Mexico, Jamaica, Bolivia and Honduras.
The U.N. children's agency UNICEF says that the COVID-19 has deprived 97% of children in Latin America and the Caribbean of their normal schooling over seven months since the continent's first COVID-19 cases were discovered. Distance learning is especially challenging for many families that don't have reliable tools, like the internet, computers, TV and radio, further dividing the rich and poor.
While many schools in Africa, Asia and Europe are gradually reopening, the doors to classrooms remain shut in half of the 36 countries in Latin American and the Caribbean. Roughly 137 million children are missing out on education, with no end in sight to the pandemic.
More than 3 million students may never return to school, especially threatening the future of the most vulnerable — girls, disabled youths, migrants and indigenous children, the report warns.
A "generational catastrophe" looms as students miss out on learning at a critical stage in development, as well as vital nutrition from school meals, while girls are exposed to violence at home and risk early pregnancy.
"This prolonged absence from a face-to-face education will have serious implications for the future and development of all these children and adolescents," said Vincenzo Placco, a Panama-based education specialist at the UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean.
"Let's not forget that Latin America and the Caribbean, like other regions of the world, were already facing an educational crisis," he added.
Jenashly, who's determined not to have her dreams denied, crowded around a table with several other children at a neighbor's home in a hilltop barrio in Caracas. She scribbled into a folder in front of her, asking for help from the tutor.
A Venezuelan charity, Feed the Solidarity, was already preparing meals for thousands of hungry children in the country's poorest neighborhoods before the pandemic. The demand for meals climbed, and organizers also started neighborhood study groups, like this one, to help stem the educational decline.
Erika Cordero, 33, tutors about 20 students in small groups of neighborhood children in her mother's home. They cover everything from long division to reading, said Cordero, who sees too many children falling behind.
"I have kids who are in fourth or fifth grade who can't even read," Cordero said. "I'm not a teacher, but hey, God willing, let's help them achieve their goal anyway I can."
Amid an economic and political crisis spanning two decades, Venezuela's schools had also started a downward spiral long before the pandemic hit, said Alexis Ramirez, an education advocate with the Venezuelan nonprofit group Excubitus.
Teachers with advanced degrees and years of experience earn the equivalent to $3 a month, he said, adding that roughly half of the nation's 554,000 schoolteachers in the last five years have left the profession, many among the masses who migrated away from their native country seeking better opportunities.
"We'd already been in the middle of a severe humanitarian emergency, with all that means," Ramirez said. "Now, along comes the coronavirus aggravating the situation."
The economic hit to Latin America and the Caribbean countries is expected to reduce school budgets across the region by 9%, a dramatic reversal to a steady rise in spending before the pandemic, researchers said.
However, UNICEF is urging national leaders to take advantage of the pandemic by creating more equitable and inclusive schools that can be more resilient in future crises.
"We truly believe that we have a once in a generation opportunity to reimagine education, Placco said.
Jenashly's mother, Saray Farías, 33, said she worries about the future of Venezuela, as it fails to prepare its next generation. She tries to help all four of her children, aged 5 to 15, with their school work, but she admits it's often too time consuming — and sometimes mind-bending.
Her husband, a mechanic, is forced to find odd jobs because there's no steady work, and she runs a small store in the front of her home, selling things like rice, onions and milk to neighbors.
"Yes, it has been quite complicated for me to educate them when they should be in a school," Farías said. "Sometimes, there's homework that I don't understand."
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Q: Mathematica function to generate a different 4 digit number I m looking for a function that permit me to generate a different 4 digit number (>0) each time (to 4^10 possibilities) corresponding to a parameter that will never be the same (like current timestamp)
Can you help me ?
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Explanations :

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*I need to generate a 4 digit number from 0 to 9, no negative numbers

*It has to be different each time

*I dont accept collisions except if all the possibilities have already been generated

*I need the generated number to be drastically different from the previous one (1234 - 5423 is accepted, but 1234 - 1235 is not)

*A generation is applied whenever a user asks it (it's included in a software program), there's no time fixed between two calls to the function

A: There may be a better way to accomplish this, but I think this illustrates what you are asking.
 i = 1;
 Clear[uq];
 sequence = RandomSample[Range[10^4], 10^4] ;
 uq[param_] := uq[param] = sequence[[i++]]

 uq["cat"]
 uq["dog"]
 uq["horse"]
 uq["cat"]

561
4835
2597
561

.. supposing we need to recover the values,
 invert[n_] := (Select[ DownValues[uq]  , #[[2]] == n &  ][[1, 1]] /.
      HoldPattern[uq[x_]] :> x )[[1]]
 invert[561]

"cat"

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Monument eyed for war heroes
July 27, 2018 The National National
MOROBE Governor Ginson Saonu pledged to build a permanent monument for Remembrance Day celebrations in partnership with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force Engineer Battalion.
It is for the public to honour World War Two heroes, including soldiers and police officers who died in the line of duty.
Saonu was unable to disclose the amount but assured that the provincial government will honour the monument budget next year.
He is not sure about where the monument will be built as negotiations with PNG Forest Research Institute board is still underway.
"The monument will signify the courage, sacrifice and determination of our forefathers who sacrificed their lives alongside the foreign Allied Forces in World War Two for the peace we enjoy today," Saonu said.
He said it will also be used to honour military and other disciplined forces members who served or died in the Bougainville Crisis and in the line of duties.
Saonu said the monument will remind the future generation about the significance of July 23, 1942.
"Whole nation must come to a standstill on July 23 each year to honour the courage and compassion our Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels sacrificed for the liberty, freedom and justice we enjoy today.
"July 23, 1942, was an unusual day for 320 barefooted soldiers to fire their first bullet approximately 1000 metres away from Japanese rivals at Awala village, Northern," Saonu said. The soldiers were among the 3850 natives who joined the army at the time.
"They were the heroes who fought barefooted during unfriendly weather conditions, although many left families behind to fight for peace."
"Some returned home and others never returned."
Dadae visits Wewak to salute the fallen
Town authority vehicle set alight at Barola


Crater Lake is the jewel of Oregon. If there's only one place you can get to for some Oregon photography, this should be it.
Located in the south of the state, Crate Lake is truly the most stunning place. At one time it was listed as one of the natural wonders of the world.
Of course, as days go, I happen to get there recently on a cloudy day. If I could find my sunny day photos I would show them to you, but, I was happy to get something different with the clouds pouring over the rim and the rainbow over Wizard Island was a happy bonus. I am fond of panorama photography and so I also got my fun there too.
Crater Lake was formed around 7,700 years ago when Mt. Mazama collapsed into a crater. It was discovered by trappers in 1853 and was designated a national park in 1902.
At 1,943 feet (592 meters) deep, it is the deepest lake in the United States, and the seventh deepest in the world.
One of the odd facts is that Crater Lake is isolated from surrounding streams and rivers, there is no inlet or outlet to the lake. All the water in the lake comes from annual rain and snowfall. The lake took approx 250 years to fill and has only varied in depth since by about 16 ft.
There are many great features around the lake. Ship Rock (below) and Wizard Island (above) are some of the most prominent. There is also the Old Man tree which has been bobbing around the lake for over 100 years.
As I said earlier, it is a really great location in several spots to practice your panorama photography techniques.
This one at the top is from the south rim visitors' station.
And this one is from the North Rim area.
There are several other great areas around the rim that do not involve Crater Lake itself. Vidae Falls is one of my favorites on the south area of the Rim Road.
And the Castle Garden Wildflower area. Even in the fall there were still some flowers photography to be had.
All in all, you would have to drop your camera (she whispers in horror) or fall in the lake (not surprising) to not get some good photographs.
In the summer there are Range talks, boat tours, guided hikes, trolley tours a Jr. Ranger program and an evening program.
There is also a Science Center, which hosts Artist in Residence programs as well as other student and research programs.
The park is always open, but some of the roads and facilities are closed during the winter. However, if you are there in the winter there are still some stunning photos to be had.
The park's north entrance is closed in the winter and spring. Mostly the north entrance is closed from early November to June.
The Rim Road is 33 miles around. They plow Rim Drives, North Entrance Road and the Pinnacles Road starting mid to late April. The West Rim Drive and North Entrance Road can open as early as June for cars. East Rim Drive and the Pinnacles Road do not normally open for cars until July.
If you are really ambitious and want to combine some fun, you can cross country ski sometimes as early as October.
You can call park dispatch for the latest road status (541)594-3000.
There are also annual passes and several other options interagency pass options available. Check here.
Food: Yes. There are several options for cafes around the park.
Birds : The checklist of birds is truly vast and very seasonal.
Other: There are two visitors' stations, one at the Rim Village and one at the Park Headquarters.
There is also gas at the Mazama Campground store from late May to mid October, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. Hours are extended during the summer.
There is a Post Office at the visitors' center at the Park Headquarters (Steel Visitor Center).
From early July to late September scuba diving is allowed!
Do you have a great story about Crater Lake? Share it!


Five or six years ago I took an interesting class on Feng Shui. I've enjoyed reading and learning more about it ever since. When I was contacted by the Feng Shui at Work website asking if they could do a Guest Post on our blog of course I said yes.
Granite can greatly enhance the feng shui in your house. For those of you wondering exactly what feng shui is, it is an ancient Chinese system designed to maximize the positive chi within a home. Chi is an energy or life force that can promote a more relaxing atmosphere. Granite is a beautiful material that can contribute to a feng shui design by acting as the earth element.
Granite is a natural material that is very unique. There are specks of gold, white, black, yellow, tan, and other earthy colors. Although granite is never a solid color, it can be purchased in a wide variety of dominant colors. For example, a black granite counter will have specks of other colors upon closer inspection, but the main color will be black. This extraordinary quality adds dimension and luxury to any room.
Kitchens are representative of prosperity, nourishment, and wealth in feng shui. Granite countertops create a presence with unique richness and beauty. Consider a granite island if your kitchen has the space. Not only will it provide more cabinet storage and counter space, it will also allow the cook to be closer to the guests. In feng shui, a cook should not be facing a wall as in most homes today.
If granite countertops aren't an option for you, consider granite floors. Durability will never become an issue, leaving only positive energy to flow across your beautiful, unique floor. The earth tones maintain neutrality, leaving endless options for the rest of the décor.
The versatility also leaves options of granite for your bathroom. This is often one of the most complicating rooms to apply feng shui. The water element is overpowering in a bathroom leaving the room feeling unbalanced. Granite is an earthy element which can help to bring back tranquility and peace to a room that is known for ungrounded energy.
A granite fireplace can balance the fire and earth elements while being a beautiful focal point. Gathering around the fireplace is relaxing enough without feng shui, but balancing the elements helps to create a constant flow of peace and tranquility within the home. If one of the elements is too strong, as in the case of a fireplace, the energy will avert and the feng shui mission will be failed.
Granite is a diverse material that can be used virtually anywhere in your home to assist in balancing the elements and create a relaxing experience. We spend half our lives inside our homes, and they should give us positive feelings to aid in our overall health. Feng shui has been around for centuries. It's hard to deny its power. Enhancing the experience with granite will be an investment not only in your home, but also in your overall health and happiness.
BIO: Michael Schnippering is the founder of of Feng Shui at Work. He is committed to the true art and science of Feng Shui. Over the years his Feng Shui practice has taken him to various parts of the United States, Germany, France, Spain, Colombia and Argentina.


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Safed Jamun: Health Benefits And Nutrition Facts About The Lesser Known Rose Apple (Bell Fruit)
Safed jamun is better known by a plethora of English names including wax apple, love apple, java apple, Semarang rose-apple and wax jambu. Here's all you need to know about this fruit!
White jamun is also known as rose apple and bell fruit and is not so well-known in India
Jamun is one of the most celebrated summer fruits in India
White jamun is not very well-known in India or around the world
Rose apple or bell fruit contains Vitamins A and C as well as fibre
Come summers and Indian grocery stores and the local fruit-vendor stalls are filled with seasonal goodness from a variety of fruits and berries. There's the bright red of watermelons and cherries, the bright yellow of mangoes and sun melons, the greens from pears and grapes and the purplish black from jamuns. The tangy jamuns are perhaps the most celebrated desi summer fruits of all, second only after a whole range of mangoes that flood the markets. Jamuns are available for a very short period of time during the year and they're the best when consumed during peak summers. Also known as java plums, these purple fruits are turned into chutneys and dips, added to desserts and ice-creams and also added to drinks like lassis and other summer coolers. But have you heard of white jamun or safed jamun?
The elusive fruit is not very widely available in India and hence, isn't as much in the limelight as its purple cousin. Safed jamun is better known by a plethora of English names including wax apple, love apple, java apple, Semarang rose-apple and wax jambu. It is also known as bell fruit because of its bell-like shape, and water apple. The fruit comes from the plant Syzygium samarangense, which is native to only certain areas, including Andman and Nicobar islands. The fruit has a pinkish tinge on the outside with a waxy pulp on the inside and is known as rose apple, due to the subtle flavour of rose petals in its pulp. The fruit is said to be mostly used in preparing salads. The raw white jamuns may be used in making vinegar and wine due to its tangy and dry taste.
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Benefits Of Wax Apples or Safed Jamun (White Jamun)
Safed jamun or wax apple is also known as Golap Jaam in Bangladesh and it is also popular at fruit markets in Kolkata, where it is more popularly known as Gulab Jamun, owing to the sweet smell of rose in the fruit. In the Philippines, it is known as Makopa. The consumption of wax apples is not very widespread, owing to the handful of regions that the cultivation is restricted to. Additionally, it is advised for one to practice caution while consuming it, as the seed is considered poisonous.
Also Read: 5 Incredible Jamun Recipes for a Delicious Summer
Here are some purported benefits of the rose apples (safed jamun):
1. Rich in Vitamin C: These fruits are said to be rich in Vitamin C, which is important for boosting immunity and formation of collagen for keeping the skin looking young. A 100 gram portion of wax apple contains 22.3 micrograms of Vitamin C (as per USDA data).
2. Rich in Dietary Fibre: White jamuns or rose apples are said to be rich in dietary fibre, which may help protect against common digestive troubles like diarrhoea and flatulence. Dietary fibre is also good for regulating blood sugar and helps in weight management.
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3. Rich In Vitamin A: One of the most important nutrients for eye health is Vitamin A, which is found in abundance in the rose apples.
4. Rich in Calcium: The most important nutrients for teeth and bones is calcium, which rose apples are rich in. A 100 gram of rose apple contains 29 micrograms of calcium (as per USDA data).
5. Rich in Potassium: Rose apples contain good amounts of the nutrient potassium, which is important for maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance in the body.
Rose apples or safed jamun also has high water content (93 gm per 100 grams) and may hence help you stay hydrated in the scorching heat. Not enough information is available about the dietary benefits of rose apples, but the fruit is certainly said to be popular in certain isolated parts of the Indian subcontinent.
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Renovating the 38 existing hotel rooms, interior and exterior (bathrooms, fixtures, furniture, roof and facades), bar/pool, restaurant/bar, club-house & reception to Wyndham standard. Addition of a new SPA & gym as a separate building in a fabulous beachfront location. Hotel rooms will have elegant and functional bathrooms with designer fittings, natural materials in the wood and sand colors, interior & exterior renown Italian designer furniture. For the exteriors, we plan to change the color to a light tobacco color for the walls and with green, hurricane-grade galvalume roofing.
This work will radically change the appearance of the Hotel with the objective of reaching the 5-star category.
The idea is a concept in the luxury segment with an ecological theme, with great attention to natural materials and fabrics with Italian designed furniture, trying to make the existing structures as much as possible part of the landscape.
The restaurant/bar and bar/pool will likely be ready by April 2019.
This phase will consist of bringing the existing pool-side and hillside condo units up to the Wyndham standard Existing owners wishing to rent out their studio units will be able to join the Wyndham rental program with an approved upgrade package.
The third phase will consist of the development of land dedicated to the construction of new condominium and apartment units, again to the same luxury Wyndham standard as the previous phases.
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The Venerable was born and raised in Midland Michigan. Venerable Khemasanto was first ordained as a novice in 1968 at Wat Bovornives, Bangkok, Thailand. He was given the name Dhammaramo at that time. He took higher ordination as a monk (Bhikkhu) in 1969 at the same temple. His Preceptor was Chao Khun Sasanasophorn (Presently His Holiness the Supreme Patriarch).
In 1970 – 1976 he went to live at various forest temples, training in that tradition. His teachers included Ajahn Maha Bua, Luang Pu Bua,Luang Pu dun, and Ajahn Saam.
From 1976 to 1993 he worked with various non-profit international aid organizations, mostly on the Thai/Cambodian border, including two years in Cambodia.
In 1993 he re-ordained at Wat Bovornives with the Supreme Patriarch Somdet Nanasanvara as his preceptor and given the name Khemasanto. Until 1999 he spent training under teachers in the Northeast of Thailand (Ajahn Tui and Ajahn Vanchai). Coming to America in 1999 at the request of his aging parents. While in the USA he was invited by the Asian and American community to remain and help to set up a Theravada monastery in the forest tradition. Venerable Khemasanto was approved as abbot of Wat Dhammasala by the Thai Council of Elders in 2001.


Come on chaps, get a grip.
There was I, quietly minding my own business at the church Christmas bazaar, ensuring that all raffle prize numbers corresponded to the numbers on my list. A small task I know, but nonetheless, woe betide the poor unfortunate individual assigned the task that mucks the job up. I had been warned aforehand and had no wish to face the parish firing squad the next Sunday if things had gone adrift.
Who are these men trying to convince? Put it this way - when a woman gets flu-blown flu what does she do? Exactly. Nothing out of the ordinary. She is made of stern stuff; has backbone; is her mother's daughter. She carries on. Men? No I cannot bring myself to say 'bless their hearts', they are just a bunch of wimps.
At the first sign of a sniffle out come all the proprietary medicinal (alleged) curatives and they dose themselves, most of the time with complete disregard to the directions on the bottle/packet, on the basis that the more they take the better. The sofa calls them and they recline in dying swan mode until the 'fever' really takes hold, when they must finally give in to the 'man flu' and totter off to their bed, to be waited upon at regular intervals with words of quiet sympathy, warm drinks and their fevered brow mopped with a cool cloth that has only moments before been extracted from the fridge.
As previously asserted - come on chaps, get a grip. How on this early earth did our Neanderthal knuckle-dragger forebears manage or, following on from them, our hunter-gatherer ancestors? Did Ms Ogg say to Mr Ugg, 'go and have a nice lie down on that handy rock dear'? Or, 'hang about in this handy cave a bit 'till you feel better and I'll see if I can wrestle a passing lion to the ground for supper'?
Somehow, I don't think so. I imagine they got on with it - business as usual - as we, the children of our ancestors do today. The wimps on the sofa? An aberration I hope. Heaven forfend they are a genetic mutation. If so, some serious genetic engineering may be coming their way soon.


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Calif. groups form united front against bag bills
Roger Renstrom
The plastic bag sector is fighting simultaneous battles in California: at the capitol in Sacramento, in courtrooms across the state and at the grass-roots level.
A coalition of plastics industry organizations, including the California Film Extruders and Converters Association, the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc., the American Chemistry Council and SaveThePlasticBag.com, are working to sway public opinion in a state where communities and the Legislature have proposed a variety of bag bans and taxes.
Kevin Kelly drew a line between what he considers reasonable fees on plastics bags — 1-2 cents — and the 25 cent fee in certain pending California legislation.
Kelly is vice president of Rolling Hills, Calif.-based CFECA, chairman of its legislative committee and, in his day job, CEO of Emerald Packaging Inc. of Union City, Calif.
"I think we have another year of fights on our hands in Sacramento, and the [industry] coalition of plastic organizations — SPI, ACC and CFECA — is working to defeat certain bills and support others," Kelly said. SPI is based in Washington and ACC is in Arlington, Va.
"None of the trade associations is being obstinate," Kelly said. "We all want to deal with the litter issue and recycling."
Assembly Bills 68 and 87, now pending in the chamber's appropriations committee, call for a 25 cent bag-pollution cleanup fee on any type of single-use carryout bag, starting in July 2010. Democrat Assembly members authored the bills: Julia Brownley of Woodland Hills for AB 68 and Mike Davis of Los Angeles for AB 87. The Assembly's natural resources committee approved each bill on 6-3 votes April 13.
Meanwhile, backers of a California-focused group, SaveThePlasticBag.com, are hoping to make their case through a pending, state-funded environmental assessment.
At an April 23 meeting in Sacramento, members of the Oakland-based California Ocean Protection Council moved to authorize spending up to $60,000 for a master environment assessment to determine impacts related to regulation of single-use bags — plastic and paper — and reusable bags.
OPC expects to file a peer-reviewed final report before April.
"All of the individuals involved in the [SaveThePlasticBag] coalition have a desire to stop the misinformation campaign about plastics and plastic bags," said Stephen Joseph, lawyer and manager for the San Francisco-based organization. "We desperately want an environmental impact report in which the [findings] must be based on substantial evidence."
Joseph promised litigation if his group determines that the content in the upcoming assessment is unfounded, unproven and lacking in or misrepresenting facts.
"We will hold their feet to the fire [and] make sure all topics are properly addressed," he said.
In February, the coalition won a lawsuit against Manhattan Beach, Calif., which is appealing the decision. "They took action without an environmental impact report," Joseph noted.
The coalition filed suit recently against Palo Alto and has litigation pending against Los Angeles County.
Members of the group include manufacturers, distributors and individuals, Joseph said. The coalition has "a large number of members," but he withheld the specific numbers.
Nationwide, plastic bag manufacturers employ about 4,200, and their production accounts for about 85 percent of the plastic bags consumed in the U.S. market, according to Joseph.
Opponents "are trying to put the whole industry out of business," Joseph said. "They don't care" about facts or truth, he said.
California-based plastic bag makers Crown Poly Inc. of Huntington Beach, Command Packaging of Vernon and Elkay Plastics Co. Inc. of Commerce founded the coalition, which launched its information campaign in June 2008.
Joseph noted that the coalition is challenging environmentalists on whether their statements about plastic bags are factual.
"After a year, there is a lot less focus exclusively on plastics, as the debate now includes the environmental impact of paper and reusable bags. The environmentalists have become less brazen" in claims about pollution, he said.


Residents of Bussi sub-county on Lake Victoria in Wakiso district recently had a fun filled day interaction with the Israel ambassador to Uganda and Kenya Yahel Vilan during the celebration to mark the 69th independence of Israel. Yahel donated 20 hospital beds to Ralpha health center III and two water tanks to Tamale primary school in Osanide village on Bussi Island. Ralpha health center serves four Islands in the sub county that include: Bussi , Zzinga, Ssenyondo and Kachanga Island.


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How a random act of kindness changed this woman's life
It only took a few wrong turns for Jinger Forde to lose her nest egg and her hope for the future. Penniless and alone, she got back on her feet thanks to a random act of kindness. Find out how she made her way off the streets and into the boardroom.
Laura Bickle Updated December 16, 2012
Photo by Colin Way
Eleven years ago, Jinger Forde lay on the sofa in her Calgary apartment, a garbage bag over her head, a handful of aspirin working its way through her veins. She was waiting to die when the fire alarm went off and firefighters began banging on her door, yelling, "Fire! Leave the building!"
Jinger removed the bag, put her shoes on and went outside. "I took it as a sign. I wasn't meant to die." It wouldn't be the last time the actions of complete strangers would change her life.
What led Jinger to attempt to suffocate herself at the age of 34 was a series of false starts and dashed dreams—and a crushing sense of isolation. Born in Barbados, Jinger (like ginger) spent most of her childhood in Calgary, where her mom was a nurse and her stepfather worked as a mechanic. She describes it as a privileged, middle-class upbringing. "There was nothing I asked for that I didn't get." But she struggled with the sense she didn't belong, rejected by her biological father (he denied she was his daughter) and insecure about her role in her family. "I grew up feeling people didn't want me."
When Jinger graduated from high school in 1986, she knew she wanted to go to university eventually but felt she wasn't ready. "I wanted to take a year off, but my mother was insisting that I attend university." Jinger had always loved music, and her high school band director suggested she join the military while she figured out what she wanted to do with her life. "I made the phone call later that day, and a month after graduating, I was in uniform." But her family didn't share her enthusiasm. "After seeing a few military movies, my mom felt it would be no life for her visible-minority daughter. Plus, we were a religious family, and the idea of picking up a weapon was an outrage. I was a huge disappointment for her."
As a member of the naval reserve, Jinger spent 10 years serving as a training sergeant and musician. But while the military gave her a sense of strength and discipline, it was not her calling, she says. "I just could not seem to find a direction or path forward."
She was, however, interested in law and politics and took a legal secretary course when she wasn't performing at parades and Remembrance Day ceremonies or working with local youth on behalf of the military. She decided to leave the navy and dedicate herself to saving money for her education. "I was a legal secretary for two years and worked as many hours as they would let me while doing the weekend shift at a Petro-Canada gas station."
In 2000, she enrolled at the University of Calgary, majoring in political science, minoring in philosophy, and still working nights at the law firm. "I loved being on campus. Learning new things. I really wanted to succeed." But her exhilaration was dampened by a lack of support from her family. "I entered university not having the wind at my back, the 'Come on, you can do this, rah-rah' from people in my life. My mother said, 'You failed everything else, you're probably going to fail university.'"
By Jinger's second year, the bills had piled up, she was behind on her rent, and her car — which made her hectic, round-the-clock schedule possible — had been vandalized numerous times, and she couldn't afford the repairs. Jinger was desperate and even sold her beloved flute, but she was over $12,000 in debt and she was finally forced to drop out. She had friends, but none of them knew what she was going through or how dark her thoughts were. "I was embarrassed, ashamed. I had failed." And that led to the suicide attempt in her apartment. "I was at the point of 'This is it, I cannot continue. I cannot.'"
Even after she realized that suicide was not her destiny, Jinger was still faced with the same problems and called her mother for help. Recently remarried after divorcing Jinger's stepfather, her mother reluctantly allowed Jinger to live with her in Florida. Jinger spent the next four months languishing in a bedroom at her mother's home, battling a depression she was afraid to acknowledge and refusing to be upfront with her mother about her struggles. "My mom thought I was being stubborn and immature. But I couldn't get out of bed. I had no one to talk to."
The situation put increased pressure on an already fragile relationship. In May 2002, her mom handed her bus money and said, "I don't care where you go, but you have to leave." Looking back, Jinger says, "I really can't blame her. She had her own challenges."
Jinger returned to Calgary, but when the bus pulled into the bus depot, she had nowhere to go but a women's shelter. And it was there the actions of a stranger gave her hope again. Sitting alone in the shelter's common room, she was approached by a fellow resident: a tall, slender, older woman with greying hair. "I don't see you eating. I will be right back," she told Jinger. Frightened and uncertain of the stranger's intentions, Jinger ran to her room. Shortly afterwards there was a knock on her door. Jinger reluctantly opened it. "I'm going to give you half of what I have," said the woman, who handed her two cans of soup and $20 and then left.
Jinger was flabbergasted. "It wasn't about the soup. She gave me hope. She believed in me. She took the time to notice me." Jinger managed to line up some night shifts at the law firm she'd worked at before, spending her days searching for full-time work. When she got her first paycheque, she withdrew $20 and searched for the woman who had helped her, but she was gone. Jinger folded up the bill and tucked it in her wallet.
She stayed at the shelter for a couple of months while looking for a job. Jinger decided she would pursue her dream no matter what. "I had always envisioned myself as a professional. And the kindess of the woman in the shelter made me realize my self-worth and that I could achieve anything I wanted."
Eventually, the shelter manager told her it was time to go. And Jinger finally made herself reach out for help. She called a former boyfriend with whom she had parted on good terms. He offered her a spare room, and she stayed there for three years, paying a small amount of rent, taking business courses and working her way up at a financial company in Calgary.
In the months that followed her departure from the shelter, Jinger kept an eye out for the woman who had offered her soup and hope, but she never found her. One day, at a grocery store, a cashier asked her if she wanted to contribute to a food drive. Still not out of debt and living paycheque to paycheque, Jinger took out the stashed $20 ball and handed it to the cashier. "It didn't belong to me. It was time to do for someone else what she had done for me."
And so began Jinger's dedication to helping others. "it's become the fabric of my being. I knew how my life had changed from a simple act, and I was eager to make a difference." She started volunteering at the local food bank and sharing her experiences with high school students through the Junior Achievement program. She's also a volunteer and speaker with the Canadian Women's Foundation, helping women get out of poverty and abusive situations. But her philosophy extends to more than the organizations she belongs to. "Simply making time to sincerely listen without judgment is paying it forward."
Today, Jinger is director of operations for Oliver Capital Partners, but she still hopes to pursue that university degree and is also working on mending her relationship with her family. "Much like myself, they have evolved and grown through their mistakes in life and have shown resiliency," she says. "We go through the storms of life, and we become more evolved, deeper human beings." And even 10 years later, when talking about her "guardian angel" in the shelter, her voice catches in her throat. "If I met her today, I would look her in the eyes and tell her, 'You reached out your hand and you helped me find my sense of purpose. You saw me when no one else did.'"
Join the kindness revolution: The KindCycle is all about boosting happiness through random acts of kindness. Join the KindCycle and commit five (or more) random acts of kindness in January. Register at kindcycle.ca (it's free) and Lise Watier Foundation will donate $100 to the Canadian Women's Foundation in your name. And share your kind acts (or tell us about something someone did for you) on Twitter with #kindcycle. Here are some of the random acts of kindness people have been sharing with us.
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NITI Aayog's objections to draft e-commerce rules provokes angry response from CAIT
In a letter to the Commerce Minister, CAIT accused NITI Aayog of colluding with foreign e-commerce giants.
Sarah Khan
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) hit out at NITI Aayog for interfering in the draft E-Commerce Rules proposed by the Consumer Affairs Ministry and said that the Indian government's think tank is working according to the whims and fancies of foreign e-commerce companies.
Praveen Khandelwal, CAIT Secretary-General, also wrote a letter to Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Commerce and Consumer Affairs, reiterating that the last date for submissions on the draft rules was July 21, 2021, and considerable time has elapsed since the due date. He urged Goyal to roll out the e-commerce policies at the earliest, ahead of the festive season to ensure smooth compliance with the rules so that e-commerce entities can conduct their businesses in a stipulated manner.
NITI Aayog had objected to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs proposing amendments to E-Commerce Rules 2020 stating that several provisions didn't fall under the jurisdiction of the ministry and should be reconsidered. This indicates that there are differences within the government regarding the policy in its current form.
Read: Summary of the proposed amendments to E-Commerce Rules, 2020
NITI Aayog's Objections
As per reports, NITI Aayog had raised several objections regarding the draft e-commerce rules such as –
Other departments like the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) or the Commerce Department or the Home and IT ministries should draft the rules since several provisions fall beyond the jurisdiction of the consumer protection department.
72 hours timelines for e-commerce firms to respond to the government's investigating agencies should be left to other ministries.
On the draft rules prohibiting flash sales, NITI Aayog said that while it is important from a consumers' perspective, they don't concern consumer welfare directly.
Reduced prices offered during 'flash sales' promote consumer interest and should be left to DPIIT
Some provisions (of the draft rules) are inconsistent with the current FDI policy and affect the ease of doing business.
What did CAIT's letter say?
The letter accused NITI Aayog of colluding with e-commerce giants and ignoring the strictures passed by Delhi High Court and comments made by the Supreme Court and Karnataka High Court related to them. Tthe letter also accused NITI Aayog of ignoring the fact that the Competition Commission of India and the Enforcement Directorate have launched investigations against them.
CAIT urged that the proposed e-commerce rules should be promulgated at the earliest since they had taken into consideration 'extensive consultations' of different stakeholders.
CAIT's suggestions to the proposed E-Commerce Rules
CAIT had emphasised that India's e-commerce rules need to be consumer-centric. Besides boosting consumer confidence, the government should also motivate smaller retailers and MSMEs to adopt e-commerce, CAIT said. The confederation had suggested four key points to achieve both these objectives :
Transparent operations of e-commerce platforms: CAIT suggested that e-commerce platforms should disclose the complete terms and conditions between platforms and sellers registered on them. E-commerce platforms should also disclose all information about the sellers and products to the consumer at the pre-purchase stage and the platforms must transparently display the search algorithm to consumers to allow them to make informed choices.
Easy accessibility and adequate grievance redressal by e-commerce entities: E-commerce platforms should provide customer care numbers to consumers to call in case they face any problems like late deliveries, defective products, sales service, cancellation issues, etc.
Non-discriminatory access of marketplace platforms to all stakeholders: Sellers must have non-discriminatory access to their choice of logistics of service providers and payment gateway providers. The platform must not create any discrimination under the guise of differentiation and every differentiation so created must not be arbitrary. E-commerce platforms must not be allowed to deny registration to a service provider for providing services. It also suggested new rules that will disable marketplace entities from creating preferential sellers, preferential logistics partners, and preferential payment gateways. These rules will help prevent practices like predatory pricing, deep discounts, and capital dumping.
Avoidance of conflict of interest between marketplace platforms, sellers, and various service providers on the platform: Marketplace-based e-commerce platform and its related entities should not be allowed to sell on the platform and an inventory-based e-commerce platform should be the only seller on the platform and not enroll third-party sellers. In order to prevent cross-subsidy and create a level-playing field for all sellers on the platform a new rule should be added to prevent e-commerce entities from charging bundled fees "for services provided with respect to the e-commerce platform and any other services provided by the entity to the consumers like videos and movies, delivery, etc. In order to avoid confusion, if the same company or its related parties/associated enterprises are operating an e-commerce marketplace platform as well as an inventory-based e-commerce platform, the two platforms cannot use the same or similar brand name or branding.
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As Head L&H Business Management, she is responsible for managing Swiss Re's Life and Health in-force business. Between 2011 and 2013, she led the Life & Health Products team where the focus point was on delivering solutions and tools to address clients' capital needs.
From 2006 to 2010, Alison Martin was responsible for the Global Life & Health Risk Transformation team. In this capacity, she managed all of Swiss Re's life retrocession and ILS activities. In 2005 she became Chief Financial Officer for Life & Health UK. Alison Martin started her career with Swiss Re's Life & Health Business Group in 2003. Before joining Swiss Re, Alison Martin was with PWC, working with a range of insurance clients in audit, advisory and transaction related capacities.
Alison Martin was born in 1974 and is a British citizen. She earned an LLB Honours degree in Law from the University of Birmingham. In 1998 she qualified with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales as an Associate of the Institute and in 2010 she completed the Chartered Financial Analyst IMC.


In the new film Miles Ahead, Don Cheadle—who writes, directs and stars—shows moviegoers a fascinating side to jazz legend Miles Davis they might have never before seen. But just as vivid as his portrayal of Davis is leading lady Emayatzy Corinealdi's turn as Frances Davis, Miles' long-suffering muse and wife.
Here, Corinealdi—a veteran of Hand of God, who'll also appear in the upcoming A+E Network reboot of Roots—talks about complicated women, stars in the age of privacy and how the way she listens to Miles Davis has changed forever.
There's a lot of interest in the lives of jazz musicians right now—movies about Miles Davis and Chet Baker are out this month. Why do you think we're looking to people like them at the moment?
I think it's really more of a timing thing than anything, because this film was 10 years in the making! It could have happened anywhere along that process, but it's here right now. But, when films of similar subjects do kind of coincide I always find that fascinating. I think that in this case, there is a curiosity about culture, music and people from time periods in the past because we can go online right now and find out what our favorite person is doing, what they are eating, where they are going next week. There's really just nostalgia about a time when you didn't know everything about a person.
Is that part of what attracted you to the film?
I got involved through an audition; it was really through just kind of a standard process at the beginning. When I first read the script, I was excited about it just because Don Cheadle was the director, and he has always been someone I wanted to work with. And then there was Miles being the subject—along with his marriage to Frances—and that was fascinating to me. I always look forward to an opportunity to portray a woman who has some complexity to her.
How did you approach playing her?
Don actually put me in touch with Frances, and she and I met for lunch many times out here in Los Angeles. She shared so many wonderful stories with me and we had great conversations, so that was the bulk of my research. That is a really wonderful thing to have. That doesn't happen all that often. So, that coupled with me doing a lot of my own research to learn more about Miles Davis—reading a lot of biographies and things like that—helped to piece it together for me.
And so once the research was done, what was your experience like making the film. It's not an easy story to watch, so I wonder if it was an easy one to tell.
I really tip my hat to Don, because he just took command of this. He's been working on the project for almost 10 years now, not just acting but directing it and producing it and co-writing it. That's a lot to take on, and he just did it so well. I was always in awe of his ability to navigate.
What was your favorite part of the movie to film?
One of my favorite things was we had a scene where we were in a jazz club and Don is up on stage performing as Miles. And he's at that point when the club clears out and it's just me. So, he's just performing for Frances, which is something that she told me would happen often. After his sets, he would perform just to her. So, for me sitting in there watching him actually playing the trumpet, I had a reaction on both levels—in character and as myself. As a character, it was the feeling of pride in knowing that she was his muse and is kind of bringing out this creativity in him. And then on a personal level, I'm sitting out there and I'm like, OK, this is Don Cheadle playing the trumpet in this club just to me. That was just really, really amazing to me.
Did making this movie change your opinion of Miles Davis at all?
Whenever I hear one of the songs, I think about the film. I also learned a lot about Miles Davis; at the beginning, I didn't know as much as I do now. I learned the bulk of my knowledge about him through doing the film. And now when I hear his music, I am listening for different things, I'm wondering what time period he recorded it and what that meant. But I don't ever need a break from him. I don't think you ever really need a break from Miles.


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Accurate planning is easier if the small-business owner has solid data -- actual financial results -- to use as a basis for her projections. Early stage companies do not have a great deal of past results to go on. If the company is operating in a small or emerging market, it can be difficult to predict what the growth rate of the industry is likely to be. The small-business owner may spend significant marketing dollars assuming the market is poised for explosive growth only to find the customers aren't yet there and ready to buy in the numbers she expected.
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Some small-business owners and managers consider a formal annual planning process to be a waste of time. Others go through the process halfheartedly. A small-business owner with little planning experience often realizes how valuable the process can be in helping him stay ahead of his competition, grow the business more quickly and manage the company's finances more efficiently. For planning to be truly effective, the small-business owner must let all of his employees know that he views the planning process as a critical business function and devote the time required to prepare a thorough plan.


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DIY Means Do It Yourself!!
Do It Yourself!! (Do It Yourself!! -どぅー・いっと・ゆあせるふ-) is a slice of life anime about girls in a DIY club. It's an original series animated by Pine Jam. You may know that studio from Gleipnir or Gamers!
As far as the plot goes, there's not much to this series. It's about a DIY club at an all-girls school and they do DIY projects. These projects start off small. But, by the end of the series, the club members build an entire treehouse together.
Now, what makes the series a bit more interesting is that it takes place in the future. Or, at least in an alternate reality from our own. It takes place after the fourth industrial revolution. Basically, that means they have more advanced technology than what we have today.
So, that's why the DIY club is so special. In this future, people rely more on technology and less on their own two hands.
Rei and Serufu in the DIY club room
Going along with the whole future technology vs. the old way of doing things are the schools featured. Our protagonist goes to Gatagata Girls' High School, which is a traditional school. But, Gatagata is surrounded by Yuyu High, a school that embraces the latest technology.
Normally, you'd expect this to lead to an "us vs. them" plot. And, it does to a very small extent — the protagonist's best friend believes technology is the future. But, the DIY club at Gatagata isn't only made up of Gatagata students. Even girls attending Yuyu show interest in DIY.
The point of Do It Yourself!! isn't to say one way of thinking is better than the other. It doesn't say technology is bad or something to be wary of. Instead, it's all about finding a balance. There are benefits to both sides.
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The DIY Club
Rei "Kurei" Yasaku is the president of Gatagata's DIY club. At the start of the series, she's the only member of the club — aside from the club's advisor, Haruko-sensei. Rei's family runs a hardware store, which explains why she's interested in DIY.
Serufu Yua is the protagonist of the series. When said in Japanese (Yua Serufu), her name sounds like the words "your self." That could have been a neat little easter egg. However, for the first half of the series, Serufu explains this to everyone who will listen to her. She's also, unfortunately, the worst and most annoying character.
Takumi Hikage is the third member to join the DIY club. She's also the most forgettable of the group. Takumi is a shy girl with glasses — a nerd. But, at least she's better at DIY projects than Serufu is.
Serufu, Rei, Shii, and Jobko
Juliet Queen Elizabeth VII "Jobko" was who I thought would be the best character. I mean, with a name like that, how could she not be? She's a very short girl who I believe is from America — she's foreign and speaks English. She also intended to go to Yuyu but applied to Gatagata by accident.
And now we get to the true Yuyu High members of the DIY club. Kokoro "Shii" Kouki might be my least favorite character. And the only reason I don't like her is that she thinks she's a cat. She meows and makes cat faces.
Miku "Purin" Suride is the actual best character of Do It Yourself!!, not Jobko. Purin is Serufu's childhood friend. They're opposites in just about every way imaginable. For example, Serufu is a mess, and Purin is stylish and cute. Also, while Serufu has real pets, Purin has a robot jellyfish butler.
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At this point, you may be wondering "is Do It Yourself!! a good anime?" In theory, yes. I like the topic, art style, OP, and some of the characters. But, in practice, it wasn't nearly as good as I thought it could have been.
The individual episodes weren't that engaging. I never wanted to sit down and watch an episode of Do It Yourself!! And when I was watching the episodes, I was waiting for them to end. Slice of life anime don't have to be boring. But, for the most part, I'd say this one was.
Also, there's the issue of Serufu. If she wasn't the protagonist, the series would have been better. Like, if she didn't exist at all, that would be preferable. Make Rei the protagonist instead and you automatically have a better series. Serufu doesn't add anything of value.
Miku "Purin" Suride
Okay, maybe it's not correct to say she doesn't add anything of value. She's someone for people who aren't good with their hands to identify with, I guess. But, I'm not sure why you'd want to identify with someone who always hurts herself and isn't very smart.
I also would have preferred if Do It Yourself!! took more of an educational route. It does explain how to do some things. But, it would have been better if it leaned more into that aspect of the series. Think of how Laid-Back Camp featured small camping tips in a lot in season 1.
The series even could have featured simple DIY projects for viewers to try at the end of each episode. The Let's Make a Mug Too model may have worked, as well. That series had half-length episodes that were accompanied by live-action episodes. This is another way to actually get people into DIY.
I gave Do It Yourself!! a 5/10 in the end. That rating may be a bit harsh. But, I just didn't think it had enough entertainment value to be worth rating higher. And I know people who dropped it because Serufu is so annoying. It's not a series I would recommend.
Finally, I'd like to thank Roman and JasonHK for supporting this blog at the Heika tier this month. And I'd like to thank Key Mochi for supporting at the Senpai tier. To learn more about how you too can become a supporter, check out Patreon.com/DoubleSama.
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Sibot, as well as being one of South African electronica's longest serving citizens, has always been one of its most unconventional. It was his unconventional ear for instrumentation that saw him collaborate early on with some of the country's currently most influential acts like Waddy Jones (Ninja) and Spoek Mathambo. Later in his solo career, this unconventional spirit manifested itself most obviously in his new sci-fi mask-wearing persona and the accompanying visuals created by partner and co-performer Toyota, but most significantly in his eschewing of the rigid genre constructs electronic music is known to perpetuate.
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The story goes that V.L.D.T. as a whole will coalesce all of the various elements of Sibot's production styles into short bursts of genre specific tracks – selections of which will be released as EPs beforehand, as we've seen with V and L thus far. It's a novel concept, and only time will tell if it flies or results in the sort of focus-group compiled album style we saw in rap of the mid 2000's (with one club song, one song "for the ladies", one street song and so on).
Regardless, though, the L EP stands well on its own so far.
The first two tracks, 'Please' and 'Grandboy Metadog' stand out. Their percussive work pushes hard for their entry into the contemporary South African house lexicon, and hints of the sound collage aesthetic that has been applied here reminds one of acts like Felix Laband and the Wet Dreamz Records crew. Sibot's own synth work is more pared down than at his most eccentric, but this suits the mood of the three ditties much more – the focus here is on mood and bounce.
How the tracks fall into the bigger narrative that the album will tell will be fascinating to see in the end. The first EP of the series gave us mainly rap based productions labelled as tracks 1, 7 and 13 of the larger album. The L EP bring us tracks 3, 5 and 9, hinting that their presentation as a continuous 3 piece succession of house tracks here won't be replicated on the album, unsurprisingly. That would have been far too neat and predictable.


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The Tennessee Valley Authority proposes to construct and operate a wind farm in Tennessee. TVA also proposes to construct and operate a Regenesys™ Energy Storage facility near the selected wind farm site. The wind farm would demonstrate a technology for generating electric power with minimal environmental pollution to be marketed through TVA's Green Power Switch® program and would consist of 13 to 16 wind turbines. The Regenesys facility would demonstrate an effective technology for storing the energy generated by the wind farm and releasing it at times of high energy demand.
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