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Cayenne pepper appears to effect different cancers in different ways, and the nature of the effect depends on the stage of the cancer. Cayenne pepper contains capsaicin; traditional medicine employs this compound as an herbal remedy for the treatment of numerous chronic diseases, including cancer. At present, research into the role of cayenne pepper in cancer treatment delivers mixed results: Some research suggests that capsaicin promotes tumor growth while other studies show that capsaicin facilitates the death of cancer cells.
Capsaicin goes by a variety of common names, including capsicum, cayenne and conoids. According to the American Cancer Society, most human studies into capsaicin focus mainly on its effectiveness as an oral treatment for pain relief in cancer patients with side effects from chemotherapy and radiation therapy. While capsaicin shows promise in some laboratory and animal studies, results from human studies remain unavailable. Therefore, as of 2011 the American Cancer Society does not endorse capsaicin as a cancer treatment.
According to the American Cancer Society, the capsaicin in cayenne pepper demonstrates the ability to arrest the growth of prostate cancer cells. However, while encouraging, research that supports cayenne pepper as a treatment for prostate cancer exists only in laboratory and animal studies as of 2011. Researchers are investigating the potential use of cayenne pepper to treat cancer. However, human studies are necessary to determine if the benefits of capsaicin extend to humans.


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The Royal Opera Live: Tosca
Wed 19 January 2022 7:00 pm
A romance, a tragedy and a thriller – travel to 19th century Rome with Puccini's passionate, political opera. Conducted by Oksana Lyniv, Elena Stikina (Floria Tosca), Bryan Hymel (Mario Cavaradossi) and Alexey Markov (Baron Scarpia) bring to life one of the best loved operas in The Royal Opera repertory. From the demonic chords with which it famously begins to the violent twist of the opera's shock ending, the tension never lets up for a moment. Love and evil come – thrillingly – face to face in Jonathan Kent's intense production.
Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
3hrs 25 (incl.intervals)
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National Theatre Live : Leopoldstadt
Thu 27 January 2022 7:00 pm
Regarded as 'Britain's greatest living playwright' (Times), Tony and Academy Award-winner Tom Stoppard's critically acclaimed new play Leopoldstadt is a passionate drama of love, family and endurance.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world.
We follow his family's story across half a century, passing through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. A company of 40 actors represent each generation of the family in this epic, but intimate play.
(2hrs 20 without interval – 12A)
National Theatre : Leopoldstadt
Sun 30 January 2022 5:00 pm
Encore: Regarded as 'Britain's greatest living playwright' (Times), Tony and Academy Award-winner Tom Stoppard's critically acclaimed new play Leopoldstadt is a passionate drama of love, family and endurance.
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The Boston Newspaper Guild, The Boston Globe's largest union, is supporting the New York Times Co.'s decision to sell the New England-based paper.
In a statement released this afternoon, guild president Dan Totten suggested that potential buyers follow the model used recently in Portland, Maine.
"In return for changes in their contract, the Portland Newspaper Guild and other union members are receiving limited ownership in the newspapers and two seats on the new company's board of directors," Totten explained.
"The Boston Newspaper Guild is reiterating its call, which it made at the early stages of negotiations with the New York Times Company, to meet with any potential buyers of the Boston Globe to discuss our contract, and the future of the Globe and Guild members.
The Guild is encouraged by the New York Times Company's decision to put the Boston Globe up for sale. We recognize that we are all facing difficult economic times and understand that any future owner of the Globe would require changes to our contract. We would like to explore with any potential new owner the possibility of an equity stake in the newspaper for its Guild employees and would work with any ownership group to be a positive dynamic in any sale process.


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Judges Thinking Outside the LLC Dissolution Box
By Peter Mahler on November 7, 2011
Posted in Buyout, Interim Remedies, LLCs
The title of this week's post is inspired by two recent decisions in LLC dissolution cases in which courts crafted remedial measures that appear to venture into new territory in an effort to achieve efficient and equitable resolution of the parties' dispute.
In one case, the court ordered an appraisal proceeding for a buyout of the petitioning member's interest after denying his request to dissolve the LLC. In the other, involving a dispute between 50/50 managing members, the court appointed a temporary receiver with limited powers to monitor the LLC's financial activity.
The appraisal remedy was ordered by Commercial Division Justice Stephen A. Bucaria in Matter of Gold (Cosmo Holdings LLC), Short Form Order, Index No. 6722/11 (Sup Ct Nassau County Oct. 26, 2011). The petitioner in Gold is a 25% member and the respondent Kanter is a 75% member of a member managed LLC called Cosmo Holdings LLC formed in 2007 to invest in other companies. Each member made an initial capital contribution over one-half million dollars. The operating agreement provides that a member who wishes to sell his or her interest must first make an offer to the other member to sell at a mutually agreed upon price.
In 2009, Kanter removed Gold as a signatory on Cosmo's bank account. In May 2011, Gold petitioned to dissolve Cosmo based upon deadlock between the managing members. Gold also alleged that Kanter withheld financial information and refused to make distributions to Gold.
Justice Bucaria's decision first summarizes the standard for judicial dissolution of LLCs under §702 of the LLC Law, as construed by the Appellate Division, Second Department, in the 1545 Ocean Avenue case:
[LLC Law] §702 provides that a court may decree judicial dissolution of a limited liability company whenever it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in conformity with the articles of organization or the operating agreement. Dissolution is a drastic remedy, which is not to be granted unless management is unwilling or unable to promote the company's stated purpose or continuing the company is financially unfeasible.
Justice Bucaria then turns to Cosmo's operating agreement, which in critical part provides that members holding a majority of the capital interests shall elect the managers. "As the holder of a majority membership interest," Justice Bucaria writes, "respondent [Kanter] has the authority to exclude petitioner [Gold] from the management of Cosmo." He then finds that Gold has not established that Kanter as managing member "is unable or unwilling to promote Cosmo's purpose of investment" and has not shown that "the continuation of Cosmo is financially unfeasible." Justice Bucaria accordingly denies Gold's application for judicial dissolution.
Does Gold go home empty handed, relegated to a passive-investor role for the life of the LLC? Not quite. Justice Bucaria's decision orders a buyout appraisal of Gold's membership interest in the LLC, stating as follows:
However, absent agreement between the parties as to buyout price, petitioner has the common law right to an appraisal proceeding for the purpose of determining the fair market value of her membership interest in the limited liability company (Appleton Acquisition, LLC v. National Housing Partnership, 10 NY3d 250, 256 [2008]). The parties shall conduct discovery as to the fair market value of petitioner's interest in Cosmo Holdings as of the date of the filing of the dissolution petition, May 5, 2011.
In the cited Appleton case, New York's highest court held that under the Revised Limited Partnership Law, a limited partner could not bring a plenary action under common law to seek rescission of a merger and, instead, was restricted to his or her statutory appraisal remedy.
Other New York courts have enforced an equitable buyout of an LLC membership, albeit under special circumstances where the courts characterized the relief as a species of "liquidation" based on a finding of grounds for dissolution, such as in Lyons v. Salamone, 32 AD3d 757 (1st Dept 2006), and Matter of Superior Vending, LLC, 71 AD3d 1153 (2d Dept 2010). As far as I know, the decision in Gold is the first instance in which a court granted a straight buyout remedy for an LLC member without there being a basis for dissolution. It will be interesting to see if other courts follow Gold's lead.
The second case, involving a less momentous but still novel remedy in an LLC dissolution proceeding, is Scomello v. Pascarella, 2011 NY Slip Op 51965(U) (Sup Ct Suffolk County Nov. 2, 2011). The LLC in Scomello operates a non-medical clinic offering various skin care and "appearance enhancement" treatments. The plaintiff and defendant, each owning a 50% interest in the member-managed LLC, filed suit and counter-suit accusing each other of various financial and management irregularities. The defendant's counter-suit included a claim for dissolution under LLC Law §702 and a request for appointment of a temporary receiver to manage the business pending the litigation. Both parties also moved for preliminary injunctive relief of various sorts.
The decision by Commercial Division Justice Emily Pines comments that the two members present "diametrically opposed allegations of what has occurred in their business relationship," and that "the continued operation of the LLC may depend on an equitable accounting in accordance with the [Operating] Agreement's provisions." To maintain the status quo and preserve the LLC's assets, Justice Pines permits the plaintiff member to continue managing the LLC but under a preliminary injunction that restrains either member from withdrawing LLC funds for himself without the other's consent, or otherwise transferring funds except in the ordinary course of business.
The novelty in Scomello is Justice Pine's appointment of a temporary receiver, not to manage the business, but simply to monitor its financial activities. Here's how she describes the scope of the receiver's duties:
Thus a limited preliminary injunction should remain in effect along with the appointment of a temporary receiver with limited powers to receive monthly statements and back up documents, setting forth all income received and expenses paid by the LLC as well as all member withdrawals and payments of any kind.
Why is this novel? As explained in a decision some years ago by Justice Leonard Austin before his elevation to the Appellate Division, the LLC Law's provisions governing judicial dissolution have no provision for appointment of a receiver until after dissolution is decreed. This omission stands in contrast to §1113 of the Business Corporation Law, which expressly authorizes a court in dissolution cases involving close corporations to appoint a temporary receiver with broad powers to preserve company assets while the dissolution case is pending. An alternative path to receivership for any type of business entity is provided in Article 64 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules, but the courts apply a much more rigorous showing of imminent harm to the business before acting under that Article — a showing that does not appear to have been made in Scomello.
The monitoring powers granted by Justice Pines in Scomello effectively address a recurring problem in many dissolution proceedings — not just LLCs — where one side has little or no access to real-time financial information while the case goes on. Courts often will direct the controlling side to make ongoing disclosure but, almost invariably, new disputes will arise over the adequacy or timeliness of the disclosure. An independent receiver serving only as monitor, acting with the imprimatur of the court, is in a far superior position to enforce disclosure obligations and to convey information the non-controlling side as needed.
Update August 26, 2015: The court-ordered buy-out remedy in Matter of Gold appears not to have been consummated, as indicated in a decision and order by Justice Bucaria dated August 11, 2015 (read here) granting the petitioner's unopposed motion for a default judgment of dissolution of the LLC. Why it took almost four years is a mystery to me.
Tags: Appraisal, Austin, Bucaria, Cosmo, Equitable Buyout, Gold, Kanter, Lyons v Salamone, Pines, receiver, Scomello, Superior Vending
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Winter Case Notes: LLC Deadlock and Other Recent Decisions of Interest


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from .common import BaseTest

class AlarmTest(BaseTest):

    def test_delete(self):
        alarm_name = "c7n-test-alarm-delete"
        factory = self.replay_flight_data("test_alarm_delete")
        client = factory().client("cloudwatch")
        client.put_metric_alarm(
            AlarmName=alarm_name,
            MetricName="CPUUtilization",
            Namespace="AWS/EC2",
            Statistic="Average",
            Period=3600,
            EvaluationPeriods=5,
            Threshold=10,
            ComparisonOperator="GreaterThanThreshold",
        )

        p = self.load_policy(
            {
                "name": "delete-alarm",
                "resource": "alarm",
                "filters": [{"AlarmName": alarm_name}],
                "actions": ["delete"],
            },
            session_factory=factory,
        )

        resources = p.run()
        self.assertEqual(len(resources), 1)
        self.assertEqual(
            client.describe_alarms(AlarmNames=[alarm_name])["MetricAlarms"], []
        )

    def test_filter_tags(self):
        factory = self.replay_flight_data("test_alarm_tags_filter")
        p = self.load_policy(
            {
                "name": "filter-alarm-tags",
                "resource": "alarm",
                "filters": [
                    {
                        'type': 'value',
                        'key': 'tag:some-tag',
                        'value': 'some-value',
                        'op': 'eq'
                    }
                ],
            },
            session_factory=factory,
        )

        resources = p.run()
        self.assertEqual(len(resources), 1)
        self.assertEqual(resources[0].get('c7n:MatchedFilters'), ['tag:some-tag'])

    def test_add_alarm_tags(self):
        factory = self.replay_flight_data("test_alarm_add_tags")
        p = self.load_policy(
            {
                "name": "add-alarm-tags",
                "resource": "alarm",
                "actions": [{
                    "type": "tag",
                    "key": "OwnerName",
                    "value": "SomeName"
                }],
            },
            session_factory=factory,
        )

        resources = p.run()
        self.assertEqual(len(resources), 1)
        self.assertTrue({'Key': 'OwnerName', 'Value': 'SomeName'} in resources[0].get('Tags'))

class CompositeAlarmTest(BaseTest):

    def test_add_composite_alarm_tags(self):
        factory = self.replay_flight_data("test_add_composite_alarm_tags")
        client = factory().client('cloudwatch')
        alarm_arn = "arn:aws:cloudwatch:us-east-1:644160558196:alarm:c7n-composite-alarm"
        p = self.load_policy(
            {
                "name": "add-composite-alarm-tags",
                "resource": "composite-alarm",
                "filters": [{"AlarmArn": alarm_arn}],
                "actions": [{
                    "type": "tag",
                    "key": "OwnerName",
                    "value": "pratyush"
                }],
            },
            session_factory=factory,
        )

        resources = p.run()
        self.assertEqual(len(resources), 1)
        self.assertFalse({"Key": "OwnerName", "Value": "pratyush"} in resources[0].get('Tags'))
        tags = client.list_tags_for_resource(ResourceARN=alarm_arn).get('Tags')
        self.assertTrue({"Key": "OwnerName", "Value": "pratyush"} in tags)

    def test_delete_composite_alarms(self):
        factory = self.replay_flight_data("test_delete_composite_alarms")
        client = factory().client('cloudwatch')
        p = self.load_policy(
            {
                "name": "delete-composite-alarms",
                "resource": "composite-alarm",
                "filters": [{"AlarmName": "c7n-composite-alarm"}],
                "actions": ["delete"]
            },
            session_factory=factory,
        )
        resources = p.run()
        self.assertEqual(len(resources), 1)
        com_alarm = client.describe_alarms(AlarmNames=["c7n-composite-alarm"]).get(
            'CompositeAlarms')
        self.assertEqual(com_alarm, [])

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package org.apache.aries.async.impl;

import java.security.AccessController;
import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;

import org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
import org.osgi.service.async.Async;
import org.osgi.service.log.LogService;
import org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker;

public class Activator implements BundleActivator {

	private final ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10, new ThreadFactory() {

		private final AtomicInteger count = new AtomicInteger();

		public Thread newThread(final Runnable r) {
			Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable(){
				public void run() {
					AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Void>() {
						public Void run() {
							r.run();
							return null;
						}
					});
				}
			}, "Asynchronous Execution Service Thread " + count.incrementAndGet());
			return t;
		}
	});

	private volatile ServiceTracker<LogService, LogService> logServiceTracker;

	public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
		logServiceTracker = new ServiceTracker<LogService, LogService>(context, LogService.class, null);
		logServiceTracker.open();

		context.registerService(Async.class.getName(), new AsyncServiceFactory(executor, logServiceTracker), new Hashtable<String, Object>());
	}

	public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
		executor.shutdownNow();
		logServiceTracker.close();
	}
}


Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017 is going to be held in Austria in the host cities of Graz and Schladming as well as in the places Ramsau am Dachstein and Rohrmooos-Untertal on March 14 to 25, 2017. This event is going to be strictly composed of winter sports, but on other seasons the movement hosts 32 different Olympic disciplines competitions for more than 4.2 million athletes in 170 countries.
For those of us who are not familiar with Special Olympics, is it a worldwide movement of people which establishes a new world of inclusion and community where each individual is accepted and included, irrespective of their abilities or disabilities. This is the biggest international sport movement for people with intellectual disabilities.
This is a very impressive movement, and you might wonder, why so? This is because the organization promotes non-seclusion to our kids who might have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or other types of mental disabilities. By engaging in sports or going as far as competing in their chosen sports, kids who have special needs can develop their social skills and strengthen their gross and fine motor skills.
Why are sports good for kids with special needs?
Let's take children with ASD who has chosen rhythmic gymnastics as their sport as a case study. Why would this sport be good for them? Gymnastics is a phenomenal developmental foundation in its own right. Unlike other sports or disciplines, gymnastics encompasses a vast arena of developmental skills, including cognition and motor skill development, gross and fine motor skills, social skills, self-esteem, and body confidence.
Gymnastics constantly needs the young gymnast's brain to work in connection with her body as she becomes physically stronger, and the sport makes this possible. Gymnastics is also able to encompass so many positive components for children with disabilities through integrating conceptual themes like stop and start, lead and follow, apart and together, positive reinforcement, social integration and various approaches to problem solving.
How would kids with gross/fine motor challenges be able to do gymnastics?
The key factor here is one person—the coach, and as parents of a child with special needs, we have to choose our kid's coach very carefully. The coach, or the gym he represents, must be able to adjust their programs based on the needs of our child, especially keeping their safety. They cannot force our child to work on a noisy gym and already start at an advanced (for our child's abilities) skill.
A good coach or gym gets to know our young aspiring gymnast and develops a program based on his findings. He needs to be patient enough to start a couple of one-on-one sessions first before slowly, very slowly, starting to pair our kid to another kid, and then team a lot of them up. A partner couldn't be just anyone as well. She needs to have the same abilities and skill level as our child, so our own kid doesn't feel left out and start having attacks like hair pulling and screaming. As for the skills, it must be taught in very small increments of difficulty level.
Another trait of a good coach is long patience. Kids with ASD are not easy to deal with and they all have different triggers to their attacks. He must be familiar with those triggers and avoid them at all costs. He must inspire our kids to do better at the sport and encourage them if they reached a new milestone, like doing a flip, no matter how small of a progress it was.
Finally, we need a coach who would treat our special children like they are his own child.


On 1 April 2013, statutory responsibility for publishing and updating a statement of the need for pharmaceutical services passed to Health and Wellbeing Boards. This statement of need is referred to as a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA). Health and Wellbeing Boards must ensure PNAs for their local area are updated and published by April 2015.
In November 2013 a pan-Lancashire working group was established to jointly lead on the development and production of Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments on behalf of the Health and Wellbeing Boards across the three localities of Lancashire, Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen. The group meets on a bi-monthly basis against an agreed project plan.
A communication plan has also been produced to ensure that partners including the Local Pharmaceutical Committee, GPs, Healthwatch, patients, consumer and community groups and other groups of interest are kept informed on the development of the PNA and have the opportunity to share their views on the process at regular intervals throughout the year.
The Department of Health has produced an information pack for local authorities which provides information about the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment and the role of Health and Wellbeing Boards.


The Little Wings Foundation was founded in 2007 by Dr Marc Sinclair, one of the region's prominent paediatric orthopaedic surgeons, with the mission to provide medical assistance to children who have musculoskeletal deformities in the Middle East and North Africa. The Little Wings Foundation is run by volunteers devoting their expertise and time to give back children the freedom they 'lost' because of physical, economic and perceived social barriers.
Many children throughout the region face challenges of financial hardship due to poverty and conflict and survival depends largely on their physical integrity. Those born with limb deformity are often unable to access treatment that could free them from their physical restriction and pursue a childhood everyone deserves. The Little Wings Foundation in partnership with Al Jalila Foundation facilitates the required treatment offering children equal opportunities allowing them to dream for a better future with a real chance of making these dreams come true.
For more information on The Little Wings Foundation please visit www.thelittlewingsfoundation.org.


You've finished your training course with your mentor, you've picked your niche, your landers are ready and it's time to go out into the the world.
Eager to get the ball rolling, you start networking. Facebook, LinkedIn, group after group of like minded individuals sharing their experiences on their road to financial freedom. As your collection of friends and connections increases you start responding to conversations and reaching out. It's possible to get lost in the moment as the pieces begin to fall together; just like your mentor said they would.
As you become familiar, you notice others pitching offers, posting ads about their own programs and you start doing the same. You find your pace, your pitch, cycling through your groups and contacts letting them know what you're pushing.
There's just one problem: that's all you really ever seem to gain traction. A few solid hits here and there, but after so many conversations that lead nowhere you start to wonder if there is a better way.
Chances are, you have been spamming people with your pitch without meaning to.
As you can imagine, you're going to lose a lot of your potential audience right there. Remember that while the laptop lifestyle may be different in many ways than traditional business, it is similar in just as many.
Any successful business is built upon relationships, and those take time to build.
No one wants to open their door to a stranger with a sales pitch, but are almost always willing to listen to a friend with a plan. Now that's not to say you should try to make friends with everyone, but to get to know a potential partner is of paramount importance. If for no other reason than making sure that they will be apt ones. Equally important, is making sure that they want to hear it. You've worked hard on your venture, make sure that when you speak about it, it's to a receptive audience.
While business of any sort is, at the end of the day about doing business, having a strong relationship with your partners will be a determining factor in your future with them. If your partnership is based solely on numbers anyone who has taken the time to build a relationship and is able to put up the same, or in some cases similar figures will be awarded opportunities you will not.
Getting yourself set-up on the path to financial freedom is a long process that for many people involves learning an entirely new industry. Make sure that the hard work that was put in along the way does not go to waste by alienating yourself from a community of your peers as they will be your best resource should you ever require assistance.
Take the time to get to know not only your partners, but your peers. The most successful businesses – online and offline – are those with the connections and relationships necessary to weather the difficult times and take advantage of opportunities as they arise.


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@QuintinJardine Facebook Biography
www.quintinjardine.com
www.quintinjardine.me
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Quintin Jardine is the author of three much-acclaimed and best-selling series of detective novels: Bob Skinner, Oz Blackstone and Primavera Blackstone.
QJ is a crusty but urbane Scot, in his prime, and done with disclosing his age. He was born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, and educated there and in Glasgow, where he studied snooker and, in his leisure moments, law, at what was then the city's only University. After deciding that he would never reach professional status in either discipline, he looked towards a broader horizon. He enjoyed, most of the time, a wholly unplanned, but eventful career as a journalist, govenment information officer, political spin-doctor and media relations consultant, before deciding to find a job that was more in touch with reality. Thus he took to the creation of crime fiction like a trident-loaded nuclear submarine to water.
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By: Karen Morrison on Jun 26, 2012, 17:31.
who's the model at 0:15 ??
Where can I find this song??
isabel marant is amazing !
who is that model at 0:25-0:27?
try using face illuminator it works like magic coz it highlights the contours and has that l glow.
The hair and makeup is STUNNING!!
all we want". Check out the collection at IsabelMarant.com.
what is the name of the song in the middle of the video (2:00)??
anyone please tell me how to wear a makeup like this? I love glowing skin.
what is the name of the song when you see Arizona Muse running into the building, does anyone know it?
she's so awsum and pretty!! one of my fav models!
do you know the name of thr first song ?
what is the name of the 1st song, does any one know?
What's the song called at 0:40, its amazing!!!


The New York Times has the initial report.
I did a quick pass through the best on-line sources on Intel issues, but no one at the moment has any more information.
They had lived for more than a decade in American cities and suburbs from Seattle to New York, where they seemed to be ordinary couples working ordinary jobs, chatting to the neighbors about schools and apologizing for noisy teenagers.
The defendants were charged with conspiracy, not to commit espionage, but to fail to register as agents of a foreign government, which carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison; 9 were also charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years. They are not accused of obtaining classified materials.


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In 2001, Ms. O'Brien worked for Target Corporation as a human resources manager where she recruited new team members, and helped run the Orland Park Target store. Ms. O'Brien then attended DePaul University College of Law and graduated with a Juris Doctorate in May, 2004. While a law student, she was employed at the National Anti-Vivisection Society as a legal analyst helping maintain http://www.AnimalLaw.com. Ms. O'Brien also clerked with Chuck Bretz & Associates P.C. and helped maintain family, felony, and personal injury files.
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Current: Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut's Coronavirus Response Efforts
Governor Lamont Provides Update on Connecticut's Coronavirus Response Efforts
Latest Data as of 5:00PM on Thursday, August 6, 2020
(HARTFORD, CT) – As the State of Connecticut continues taking actions in response to the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor Ned Lamont provided the following updates as of 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 6, 2020:
Data updates on testing in Connecticut
The following is a summary of the day-to-day newly reported data on cases, deaths, and tests in Connecticut. It is important to note that these newly reported updates include data that occurred over the last several days to a week. All data in this report are preliminary, and data for previous dates will be updated as new reports are received and data errors are corrected.
Statewide Total
(includes confirmed and probable cases)
Change Since Yesterday
COVID-19-Associated Deaths
Patients Currently Hospitalized with COVID-19
COVID-19 PCR Tests Reported
County-by-county breakdown:
COVID-19 Hospitalizations
Litchfield County
New London County
Tolland County
Pending address validation
For several additional graphs and tables containing more data, including a list of cases in every municipality, visit ct.gov/coronavirus and click the link that is labeled, "COVID-19 Data Tracker."
Updated data on the impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes and assisted living facilities
The following documents contain updated data regarding each of the nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Connecticut that have reported positive cases of COVID-19 among their residents. The data is presented as it was reported to the state by each of the facilities. If a facility is not listed, that means it is reporting that it does not have any residents who have tested positive. These data reports are updated weekly.
**Download: Data on nursing homes in Connecticut as of August 4, 2020
**Download: Data on assisted living facilities in Connecticut as of August 4, 2020
State will continue covering costs of COVID-19 testing at long-term care facilities at least an additional two months
Governor Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut will continue covering the costs of COVID-19 testing for staff in the state's nursing home facilities, managed residential communities, and assisted living services agencies for at least an additional two months.
In June, the governor signed an executive order mandating that all staff at these facilities receive weekly testing until there are no new COVID-19 positive test results for 14 days. Upon signing the orders, the Lamont administration informed these facilities that the state will cover all of the costs of this testing for anyone who is not covered under Medicare Part B/Medicare Advantage through August 31. The state also partnered with area testing partners and labs to set up the operations to conduct this testing for nursing homes. Today's announcement means that the state will continue this coverage through at least October 31. The governor intends to use funding from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) to cover these costs.
The Connecticut Department of Public Health will be extending its contracts with its testing partners for that time period, so the long-term care facilities will not have to contract with nor pay for this critical testing. This is in addition to rate and reimbursement increases, CRF payments, the acceptance of hardship applications, and consideration of deferrals in the payment of the user fee when sought by the facilities.
The governor said the state is also extending its commitment to reimburse Managed Residential Communities/Assisted Living Services Agencies up to $150 for any employee where coverage is not available under Medicare Part B/Medicare Advantage at no cost to their employees. This assistance was set to end on August 31 and is now extended through October 31.
The results of this program of mandatory testing have been encouraging. Mandatory testing of nursing home staff has led to the detection of 223 staff members with confirmed COVID-19 between June 17 and July 28. Testing of nursing home residents has allowed for appropriate cohorting of nursing home residents to limit the spread of COVID-19 within nursing homes. Positivity among nursing home residents tested last week was 0.25 percent, even lower than the general population.
"The mandatory testing program, together with the diligence and hard work of the members and staff of these facilities, is minimizing the spread of COVID-19 and saving lives," Governor Lamont said.
Department of Social Services, partners offer connection to food assistance, other benefits as federal unemployment aid ends, power outages continue
The Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) and partners are reminding the public about availability of food assistance and other benefits as many Connecticut residents cope with losing their federal $600-weekly unemployment checks and endure power outages from Tropical Storm Isaias:
To reach information about food pantries and distributions, visit www.211ct.org/foodpantries for the statewide list of food pantries. For a page with several links to various food resources, visit uwc.211ct.org/categorysearch/food. By phone, the public can dial 2-1-1 (option 3) for referrals if they are unable to use the website, administered by the United Way of Connecticut.
For DSS service and application information, visit www.ct.gov/dss, www.ct.gov/snap, and www.ct.gov/dss/apply. For Benefits Center information, please visit Client Information Line and Benefits Center (1-855-626-CONNECT or 1-855-626-6632).
Residents with limited phone or internet access due to the power outage can pick up applications for DSS benefits at any of 12 DSS field offices. While currently closed for public service due to the pandemic, applications and drop-boxes are available at all offices.For office locations, please visit www.ct.gov/dss/fieldoffices.
In addition, DSS is working with community partners to ensure that SNAP enrollees who have lost food purchased with SNAP benefits during the power outage have access points for requesting replacement benefit information and forms.These partners include End Hunger CT! (www.endhungerct.org), Connecticut Association for Community Action (www.cafca.org) and area Community Action Agencies.
Governor Lamont encourages residents to sign up for the state's CTAlert notification system
Governor Lamont is encouraging Connecticut residents to sign up for CTAlert, the state's emergency alert system, which provides text message notifications to users. To subscribe, text the keyword COVIDCT to 888-777.
Providing information to Connecticut residents
For the most up-to-date information from the State of Connecticut on COVID-19, including an FAQ and other guidance and resources, residents are encouraged to visit ct.gov/coronavirus.
Individuals who have general questions that are not answered on the website can also call 2-1-1 for assistance, or text CTCOVID to 898211. The hotline is available 24 hours a day and has multilingual assistance. Anyone who is out-of-state or requires a toll-free number can connect to Connecticut 2-1-1 toll free by dialing 1-800-203-1234. This is intended to be used by individuals who are not experiencing symptoms but may have general questions related to COVID-19. Anyone who is experiencing symptoms are strongly urged to contact their medical provider.


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Q: CODE TO DISPLAY CONTENTS OF FILE IN RICHTEXTBOX CODE TO DISPLAY CONTENTS OF FILE IN RICHTEXTBOX
Private Sub Command2_Click()
    Dim contentfile As String
    On Error GoTo a
    Form5.CommonDialog1.ShowOpen
    Open Form5.CommonDialog1.FileName For Input As #1
    Do Until EOF(1)
        Input #1, contentfile
        Form5.RichTextBox1 = Form5.RichTextBox1 + contentfile + vbCrLf
    Loop
    Close #1
    a:
End Sub

A: The help content on the RTF component can be found HERE from MSDN. The control and its possibilities is explained as follow -

LoadFile Method
See Also    Example    Applies To
  Loads an .rtf file or text file into a RichTextBox control.
  Syntax
  object.LoadFile pathname, filetype
  The LoadFile method syntax has these parts:
  Part    Description
  object  Required. An object expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list.
  pathname    Required. A string expression defining the path and filename of the file to load into the control.
  filetype    Optional. An integer or constant that specifies the type of file loaded, as described in Settings.
Settings
  The settings for filetype are:
  Constant    Value   Description
  rtfRTF  0   (Default) RTF. The file loaded must be a valid .rtf file.
  rtfText 1   Text. The RichTextBox control loads any text file.
Remarks
  When loading a file with the LoadFile method, the contents of the loaded file replaces the entire contents of the RichTextBox control. This will cause the values of the Text and RTFText properties to change.
  You can also use the Input function in Visual Basic and the TextRTF and SelRTF properties of the RichTextBox control to read .rtf files. For example, you can load the contents of an .rtf file to the RichTextBox control as follows:

Open "mytext.rtf" For Input As 1

RichTextBox1.TextRTF = Strconv(InputB$(LOF(1), 1), vbUnicode)

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Home » News » WHO wants to vaccinate 2 million people against Cholera
WHO wants to vaccinate 2 million people against Cholera
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The mass vaccination program is taking place in the east of the country, in the three provinces most affected by the disease. Since the start of the year, more than 150 deaths have been recorded in 16 of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The current vaccination is the second massive campaign in the country this year, informs the World Health Organization (WHO). In March and July, more than 1.4 million people were vaccinated against cholera in the province of Haut-Katanga, in the south-east of the country. "Cholera is a dangerous infection that can kill within hours if left untreated, but it is predictable and preventable. In addition to vaccines, which are one of the effective measures against the disease, it is also necessary to provide clean water and strengthen hygiene and sanitation to prevent the spread of the epidemic, "said the Officer in charge of the WHO office in the DRC, Dr Amédée Prosper Djiguimdé, quoted by the press release received by APA on Friday. So far this year, the DRC has reported a total of 8,279 suspected cholera cases and 153 deaths in 16 of the country's 26 provinces. Coverage with a full two-round dose of oral cholera vaccine provides protection for up to five years. The campaign is being carried out in the provinces of Haut-Lomami, South Kivu and Tanganyika, the most affected by cholera since last August, and will cover 13 health zones with around 4 million doses delivered by the Global Working Group on the fight against cholera (GTFCC). About 3,600 health workers, including vaccinators and community mobilizers, have been deployed to carry out the six-day campaign. The World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Organization (Unicef) and other partners say they are supporting health authorities in rolling out the campaign. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, provided operational funding for this activity. Cholera is a highly contagious disease that is spread through contaminated food or water. It causes severe diarrhea and dehydration which must be treated immediately to avoid death. The latter can occur in just a few hours.
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Fintech start-up Zenpay Solutions raises angel round from a group of investors led by The StartupLab and AngelBay
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Zenpay Solutions is helping the unbanked blue-collared workers of India by providing banking solutions, thereby driving financial inclusion to the Indian Economy
New Delhi (India), November 09: Fintech start-up Zenpay Solutions has raised an undisclosed amount of funding led by AngelBay and The StartupLab with participation from investors such as Pavitra Walwekar and Naresh Vigh of Kudos Finance, Ashish Mittal – founder of Smart Kitchen, Nitin Agarwal – founder of B21, Anant Aggarwal, Managing Director Viney Equity Market & Raghav Singhal, Director Om Logistics Ltd. in their latest round of funding. The company had earlier raised their friends and family round in May 2020.
Founded in 2018, In a short period, Zenpay has benefitted over 150,000 customers across India by increasing its reach and targeting customers, especially from the semi-rural and rural sectors who do not have access to banking services. Over the next six months, the company aims to expand its reach by creating 2,00,000 new customers across India and plans to create a customer base of 1 million customers by 2022.
According to the start-up, it has processed over INR 600 cr in transaction volume, supporting over 150,000 blue-collar workers in the process.
According to Zenpay Solutions, the fresh capital will be used to expand its technology and sales team and to build its services to serve and support its rapidly expanding customer and corporate base.
Commenting on the successful closing of the funding round, Ankit Bhargava, founder & CEO of Zenpay Solutions, said: "Zenpay Solutions is driving the development of a much richer, broader financial technology ecosystem that goes well beyond banking to include Rural and Blue Collared Workforce. Our products will create the much-needed affordability for blue-collar workers and allow us to build digital banking solutions for individuals who may not have had access otherwise."
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Q: Testing a library that changes DOM directly I wrote a tiny library that manipulates DOM directly, using window and document to search and change the DOM. And now I'm trying to figure out how to test it.
So far I have tried a combination of jest + jsdom:
const jsdom = require('jsdom');
const {JSDOM} = jsdom;

const dom = new JSDOM('<!DOCTYPE html>
Hello world
');

// these two lines do not seem to do anything useful:
global.window = dom.window;
global.document = dom.window.document;

test('can globally access and search the DOM', () => {
    // this doesn't work
    expect(global.document.querySelectorAll('p').length).toBe(1);
});

Am I doing something wrong here, or am I entirely wrong with the testing approach? And if so, what would be the right way to approach such testing?
I feel a bit lost here, between what's called e2e testing and Unit testing, because in my case this seems to be something right in between.
Ideally, I would want to end up with this thing tested against multiple browsers, and to get some sort of test coverage. But that's more like the next step. Right now I cannot get it to work at all.
I know how fast things are moving in the Web world, so if I'm wrong completely, I appreciate if you can point me at what's the right way to do it today.

UPDATE
Here's my complete code, after a few suggestions from @duxfox, since with this approach my library is now missing event DOMContentLoaded which is supposed to trigger its DOM processing.
const jsdom = require('jsdom');
const {JSDOM} = jsdom;

const { document } = (new JSDOM('<!DOCTYPE html>
Hello world
')).window;
global.document = document;

global.window = document.defaultView;
window.console = global.console;

Object.keys(document.defaultView).forEach((property) => {
    if (typeof global[property] === 'undefined') {
        global[property] = document.defaultView[property];
    }
});

global.navigator = {
    userAgent: 'node.js'
};

// Here I'm trying to follow a suggestion from Luis:
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36803733/jsdom-dispatchevent-addeventlistener-doesnt-seem-to-work
window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function (ev) {
    console.log('DOMContentLoaded called!'); // this is not called.
    /*
    console.log('window click', ev.target.constructor.name,
        ev.currentTarget.constructor.name);*/
});

// loading my library here:
// const root = require('../src');

test('something', () => {

    // This now works, but my library is missing
    // event DOMContentLoaded to start processing the DOM

    expect(document.querySelectorAll('p').length).toBe(1);
});

A: Below is a jsdom setup script that I use with mocha/chai/jsdom/enzyme
looks like the global.window should be set to
dom.window.document.defaultView

rather than
dom.window

Full script, which adds other global properties:
var jsdom = require('jsdom');
const { JSDOM } = jsdom;

const { document } = (new JSDOM('')).window;
global.document = document;

global.window = document.defaultView;
window.console = global.console;

Object.keys(document.defaultView).forEach((property) => {
  if (typeof global[property] === 'undefined') {
    global[property] = document.defaultView[property];
  }
});

global.navigator = {
  userAgent: 'node.js'
};


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FOI Daily Dose: Privacy exemption limits most FOIA requests
Privacy is the most frequently cited exemption for denying Freedom of Information Act requests, according to a study by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at the American University School of Communication.
The study compiled 15 years of annual FOIA report data for 13 cabinet-level departments, excluding Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services because they mostly receive individual requests for personal records.
Of the nine exemptions that limit the free flow of information act, agencies used privacy exemptions more than 232,000 times last year, or 53 percent of the time, to deny requests.
The exemption has not been applied so broadly since the fiscal year of 2002 in the wake of Sept. 11.
The exemption is meant to protect personnel and medical flies, information that would constitute "a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy" and law enforcement information that "could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy," according to the study.
Tags: CBS News, FOIA request, Freedom of Information, Investigative Reporting Workshop, Julian Assange, New York Times, public records, Snowden, Wikileaks
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FOI Update: AP FOIA request? That'll be $1 million, please.
When The Associated Press asked the Labor Department for secret email addresses of appointed administration employees, the department initially told them it would cost $1 million.
The AP learned that government officials were conducting business via private or "alternative" email addresses last year from an Environmental Protection Agency administrator, according to The Atlantic Wire.
In a press briefing on June 4, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the practice helped officials prevent their inboxes from overflowing with unwanted messages. He assured journalists and citizens there was nothing lurking behind the private emails they couldn't access by submitting a FOIA request.
"Let's be clear — this is a practice consistent with prior administrations of both parties, and, as the story itself made clear, any FOIA request or congressional inquiry includes a search in all of the email accounts used by any political appointee," Carney said.
But the AP submitted requests to several government agencies for the email addresses about three months ago, and so far, responses have been spotty.
Ten agencies say they're still processing requests, and two agencies, the Health and Human Services Department and the Interior Department, have been reluctant to release certain employee's email addresses or (unsuccessfully) requested that the AP keep those addresses quiet.
But the strangest (and most alarming) response came from the Labor Department, which told the AP that their FOIA request would cost more than $1.03 million to process, and even if the AP paid, they said finding the emails would still take 14 weeks.
According to the AP: "(The department) said it needed to pull 2,236 computer backup tapes from its archives and pay 50 people to pore over old records. Those costs included three weeks to identify tapes and ship them to a vendor, and pay each person $2,500 for nearly a month's work."
Of course, the department later admitted that asking for that much money is against its own FOIA rules (the same rules it cited asking AP for the money in the first place), and it provided the email addresses.
According to FOIA.gov, there is no initial fee required to submit a FOIA request, but the agency can charge for the time it takes to search for records and duplicate them, typically after the first two hours of search time or the first 100 pages of duplication.
FOIA.gov says:
"You may always include in your request letter a specific statement limiting the amount that you are willing to pay in fees. If an agency estimates that the total fees for processing your request will exceed $25, it will notify you in writing of the estimate and offer you an opportunity to narrow your request in order to reduce the fees."
Luckily, the AP enforced their rights instead of narrowing their request.
Tags: Associated Press, FOIA, FOIA request, Freedom of Information Act, Jay Carney, Labor Department, The Atlantic Wire
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