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Standing in the Sun: Human Rights Abuses in the Name of Financial Inclusion
This blog was originally written for Financial Inclusion Week and was published by the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion. To read the original blog, click here.
By Sarina Kidd & Sarah Langhan.
Human rights abuses by payment service providers need to come to an end in order for financial inclusion to further equity.
A woman stands in the sun for five hours, her baby strapped to her back. There's no water or shade. The baby's head lolls, as it becomes increasingly dehydrated. This woman has no choice but to stand in the queue in front of a "bank on wheels," waiting to test a new "financially inclusive" e-payment modality. Elsewhere, a man is unable to collect his benefit because he must work that day in the field. As he missed payday, he must wait two months in order to return to the fixed pay point. When he finally does, he discovers that the accumulated benefit, which he was counting on, has been "swept" from his account. Contrary to the very principles underlying financial inclusion, in South Africa, grant beneficiaries are warned by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) that "social grants that have not been claimed for more than three consecutive months will lapse."
These are just three examples of how badly designed payments mechanisms for social protection programs harm the very beneficiaries that the programs are meant to help. Social protection programs (SPP), which provide cash transfers such as social pensions or child benefits, are coordinated by governments and donors. However, the payments are often outsourced to third-party payment service providers (PSPs), such as banks and MNOs. It's these mechanisms which are often not designed with the inherent rights of the beneficiary in mind. In many cases, basic consumer protection principles, data protection rights and even the beneficiaries' right to basic information aren't being observed. Look a little closer and the violations become more subtle, but no less serious: excessive fees charged by agents, unauthorised and unlawful deductions, cross-selling of micro-insurance products to beneficiaries that no one asked for or really needed, dangerous levels of indebtedness, nowhere to complain to and little chance of a satisfactory resolution of the dispute.
SPPs are one of the key means of bringing formal financial services to the unbanked. "Banking the unbanked" is a term that has been bandied around for years. Making use of G2P programs to meet financial inclusion objectives has been a popular refrain as well. But at what cost? Why are PSPs not held to account when delivering payment services to SPP beneficiaries? Do codes of banking practice, consumer protection laws and principles enshrined in directives such as the Payment Services Directive II (PSD II) not apply to SPP beneficiaries? Are there two sets of rules depending on whether you are a high net worth bank customer or a SPP beneficiary living in poverty? This Financial Inclusion Week, as we consider how financial inclusion can better promote equity, we argue that without a human rights-based approach being applied to the delivery of SPPs, the vulnerable will always be left behind.
Payment Standards Are Needed.
Is there a link between human rights law and financial or payment services legislation and regulation? At first glance, probably not, but "banking the unbanked" and meeting the financial inclusion targets at any cost isn't only irresponsible, it's reprehensible. Accountability is needed, but who's responsible and what mechanisms can and should be used?
The manner in which PSPs provide payment services is now heavily regulated in the European Union, and member states are required to transpose the PSD II into domestic law. Unfortunately, within many developing country contexts, the legal and regulatory framework governing the provision of payment services doesn't exist and consumer protection frameworks are of general application. Where codes of banking practice exist, these, given their non-enforceable status, are often ignored.
PSPs contracted by governments or development partners to provide payment services to the program always do so in terms of the contractual provisions contained in a commercial contract or service-level agreement, in line with key performance areas which are set and in compliance with a detailed scope of work. However, in the absence of a robust legal and regulatory framework, the drafters of commercial contracts with PSPs are often at a loss as to how these contracts should be drafted, and the scope and content of the service level agreement, key performance area and scope of work. Recognising this limitation, Development Pathways is working towards developing a set of payment standards, which we hope will inform international best practice in the social protection world. These payment standards are the first step towards merging human rights law with financial and payment services legislation and regulation and establishing a new paradigm where PSPs are held to account.
What About the Human Rights-Based Approach Applied to PSPs?
Dignity and autonomy, equality and non-discrimination, inclusion of vulnerable groups, and a gender perspective aren't first and foremost on the minds of PSPs operating in a "value and volume world." However, it's important to remember that the rationale for applying a human rights-based approach is enshrined in international law. Furthermore, the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), which were endorsed by the Human Rights Council in June 2011, provide clarity on the expectations of the international community regarding the human rights responsibilities of corporations. With the Guiding Principles, the UN Human Rights Council defined the corporate responsibility to respect human rights. Therefore, PSPs must conduct due diligence to ensure that they identify, prevent, mitigate and account for how they address their adverse human rights impacts.
There is also a separate obligation of the governments implementing the social protection programs to ensure that PSPs comply with human rights standards. As the primary duty bearer, states are legally obligated to protect their citizens from third parties (which include PSPs) from violating human rights. It also has a responsibility to implement policies, standards and legislation to ensure that human rights can be realised. In addition, the UNGPs recognise that the closer a business enterprise is to the state, the stronger the state's policy rationale becomes in ensuring that the enterprise respects human rights. This is especially the case if the state has contracted a business enterprise to provide services, such as the payment delivery of a SPP, and if taxpayers money is being used to fund the program.
With the rationale for a human rights-based approach established, what are the principles that should inform each phase of the payments process? The illustration below demonstrates some ways in which key human rights principles can be incorporated into the design of the payments mechanism. By ensuring that these standards are measurable and quantifiable, the payments standards can then inform the KPAs of a Commercial Contract/Service Level Agreement with a PSP. And better yet, they could even form part of international best practice and be enshrined in domestic laws around the world.
In order to ensure that financial inclusion is for every citizen, it's important that we design payment delivery mechanisms that promote equity for all. At Development Pathways, we are working towards creating an international standard for how PSPs should deliver payment services to SPP beneficiaries. It's time for a new paradigm when it comes to delivering social protection payments. One that merges human rights law with financial / payment services legislation and consumer protection and puts the beneficiary at the very centre. Simply "banking the unbanked" in the name of progress and making them stand in the sun for hours in order to test technology for technology's sake is no longer a situation that can be ignored. PSPs that perpetrate human rights abuses can and must be held to account for their actions.
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"Progress Can Kill" – on Rethinking Development
In this blog, Olivia Woxell challenges the current direction of development and its focus on economic growth. She argues that this direction is driven by western values and that development should not be a one-size fits all concept. Otherwise, it causes more harm than good. Olivia demonstrates the disastrous effects that development has brought indigenous communities. Once happily self-sufficient, their health and well-being then plummet, while rates of depression, addiction and suicide soar. Development and progress must be about freedom. It must allow people to live the lives that they want to lead. If it is repressive, then it is not development at all.
Lost in translation in social protection: rights and development
Those of us working on social protection have, most likely, interacted with both the human rights and international development worlds and noticed their somewhat different approaches to social protection. While there is some overlap between the approaches, they often struggle to work collaboratively. We need to develop a shared language...
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The idea of providing a periodic, unconditional cash transfer to all residents of a country – a universal basic income – has rapidly gained traction in recent years. However, the debate about basic income often seems curiously divorced from the wider debate about the expansion of social security systems, writes...

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Willfully stubborn, innocently courageous, Callie Whitcomb braves a journey through the treacherous highlands to the Macpherson castle. Callie flees from an unwanted marriage as well as her ruthless half brother. Naively she believes Colin MacPherson, the head of the clan, is loyal to her father and will give her sanctuary, protecting her from the vile plans that have been made for her.
As hard and as unyielding as the winter storms that sweep through the countryside, Colin is irresistibly drawn to the impetuous beauty who has magically appeared on his doorsteps. Despite his vows of revenge against her father, she stirs his passion as well as his sense of justice…but to love her would violate all his vows of revenge.
Throughout the Highlands she is known as Keely, the witch woman. She is a great healer-a woman whose dreams come true. Ian MacPherson is a man who puts honor, loyalty and duty above everything. Their lives are entwined when Ian is sent by the Scottish King to bring Keely to trial for witchcraft. He is attacked and left for dead, but Keely rescues him. When he wakes, he discovers he has no memory. As he remembers his lost past, Ian finds that his need to protect the woman who has saved his life eclipses his duty to his king and country., He is a man torn between honor and duty to his country and the woman he loves.
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В теорията на личността на Зигмунд Фройд (Freud 1938) развитието се описва в термините на етапи, определени от конкретна проява на сексуални или либидни подбуди. Тези области от тялото – ерогенните зони, които пораждат либидното удоволствие на определена възраст, се идентифицират като фокуса на всеки етап от развитието. Предгениталните етапи се следват от период на предполагаем психосексуален покой – латентен период. Либидните подтици във фройдистката теория не са еквивалентни на гениталната сексуалност. Три от психосексуалните етапи например са "предгенитални". Терминът "либидо" обозначава широкото понятие за психичната сексуална енергия, появяващо се дори в младенчеството. Етапите не се отнасят също така само до мъжката сексуалност независимо от мъжкия език. Фалическият етап например се отнася до последния предгенитален етап и за двата пола. Социалните преживявания на всеки етап предполагаемо оставят някакви постоянни остатъци под формата на нагласи, черти и ценности, придобити по време на етапа. Етапите на психосексуално развитие са:

Моделът на Фройд за психосексуално развитие

Орален етап

 Орален етап – по време на оралния етап от психосексуалното развитие, който продължава приблизително през първата година от живота, основната ерогенна зона е устата. Чрез дейности, свързани с устата – сучене, поглъщане, хапане, бебета преживяват първия си постоянен източник на удоволствия и по този начин областта на устата става фокусът на рудиментарното психосексуално удовлетворяване. Фиксацията в орално-агресивната фаза (включително зъбите), белязана от хапане и дъвчене, може да доведе до хапливо саркастична, свадлива и враждебна личност на възрастния.

Анален стадий

 Анален етап – по време на втората и третата година от живота основната ерогенна зона е анусът. Децата на този етап се смятат като извличащи значително удоволствие от временното задържане на изпражненията (тоест позволявайки слаб натиск върху долната част на дебелото черво и аналния сфинктер) или изхвърляне на фекалиите (тоест незабавното намаляване на напрежението). С началото на контролираното от родителите приучване към използване на тоалетната обаче удоволствията на детето в това отношение се натъкват на здравото противопоставяне от страна на социалните задръжки и могат да се появят различни фиксации.

Фаличен стадий

 Фалически етап – гениталиите стават основната ерогенна зона по време на фалическия етап от психосексуалното развитие, който се простира в 4-тата и 5-ата година от живота. През този етап може да се наблюдава как децата изследват своите полови органи, мастурбират и показват интерес към въпроси, свързани с раждането и секса. Може би обаче най-важното е, че този период от живота служи като етап, в който се разиграва най-критичната психологическа драма на детството – едиповият комплекс.

Латентен стадий

 Латентен етап – този период продължава от края на фалическия етап на около 5-годишна възраст до началото на пубертета.

Генитален стадий

 Генитален етап – с началото на пубертета гениталната сексуалност се събужда и започва гениталният етап от психосексуалното развитие, простиращ се от пубертета до смъртта. По време на този етап нарцистичните стремежи се сливат и до голяма степен се трансформират в търсене на сексуални взаимоотношения, включващи взаимно удовлетворение. Така гениталният личностен тип на възрастния – успешният краен продукт на психосексуалното развитие в психоаналитичната теория, се характеризира от способността за зряла любов, отговорност и грижи към другите и продуктивен живот в обществото.

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IE Workshop: "5th Annual Workshop on Supply Chain and Logistics", 2:00PM June 3,6 (EN)
15th Annual Workshop on Supply Chain and Logistics June 3, 2022 (in-person) & June 6, 2022 (online) Department of Industrial Engineering, Ankara, Turkey
We are pleased to invite researchers and practitioners working in the areas of supply chain management and logistics to the 15th Annual Workshop on Supply Chain and Logistics. The theme of this year's workshop is "Operations Research for Sustainability." If you would like to attend this event, please register through the following link no later than June 1 (Wednesday):
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fifteenth-annual-workshop-on-supply-chain-and-logistics-tickets-347991862027
The details of the program are as follows.
In-Person Program Schedule, June 3, 2022, Friday (Mithat Çoruh Auditorium, EB Building)
14:00 – 14:15: Opening remarks
14:15 – 15:15: "Input Material Reduction Incentives vs. Scrap Recycling
for Closed Loop Supply Chains," Tolga Aydınlıyım, The City University of New York
15:15 – 15:45: Coffee break
15:45 – 16:45: "Wastewater Recycling Capacity Investment in Urban Water
Systems," Onur Boyabatlı, Singapore Management University
Online Program Schedule, June 6, 2022, Monday (Ankara, GMT +3 hours)
10:00 – 11:00: Keynote session: "Sustainable Operations: The Key to
Clean and Inclusive Growth," Beril Toktay, Georgia Institute of Technology
11:00 – 11:15: Break
11:15 – 12:15: "Strategic and Operational Decisions in One-Way
(Electric) Carsharing Systems," Burak Boyacı, Lancaster University
12:15 – 14:00: Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00: "OR in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Chance to
Advance OR Research and Tangible Sustainable Development," Philipp Trotter, University of Wuppertal, University of Oxford
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Using GPS tracking technology provides a fundamental layer of security to mitigate cargo theft or loss. However, the advantages of an additional layer of security from continuous monitoring during the journey of a high-value shipment can also provide significant return on investment.
The ShadowTrack 24/7 (ST24/7) Command Center provides continuous monitoring services for shipments throughout the U.S. and abroad. With the launch of the proprietary, patent-pending Visualization Intelligence Platform (VIP), an entire supply chain can be visualized. VIP allows the ST24/7 Command Center to efficiently manage hundreds of devices and facilitate quick response to mitigate risk.
VIP groups individual tiles that contain details of a shipment's information that need to be captured for monitoring, such as stops, motion, light detection, doors unlocked, geofence, georoute, temperature breach, low battery, out of coverage, etc. Symbols and colors on the easy-to-understand visual tiles signify events, sensors and alerts. This visual presentation enables monitoring of many devices by a single user.
ShadowTrack 24/7's VIP also facilitates quick response to mitigate risk. We work with shippers, drivers and consignees to monitor deviations and exceptions, and provide alert notifications and respond to emergency calls.
The ST24/7 Command Center was monitoring a shipment that had arrived just outside its destination at 9 p.m. The destination delivery location was closed until 6 a.m. the next morning. The shipment was staged for the night at a nearby unsecure location.
At 10 p.m. the ST24/7 Command Center reported to the 3PL that the shipment had departed its staged location and was traveling south away from the destination location. The 3PL contacted the Carrier and advised them of the activity. The Carrier contacted the driver and learned they had made the decision to meet a family member at a location 100 miles from the destination. The driver was advised to return to the staging location as they were not authorized to deviate from their route until the shipment had been delivered. The driver complied and the shipment was delivered on time the following morning.
In this case, exceptions to freight security protocol generated alerts to customers because of continuous monitoring. Timely and proactive communication led to risk mitigation.
A shipment from New Hampshire to Oregon containing a ShadowTrack 24/7 ST-Solo device embedded in the cargo generated a light alert in Illinois. The ST24/7 Command Center reported the alert to its customer. The Broker contacted the Carrier who claims its driver was on its prescribed route and provided a location different from the location reported by the ST-Solo by 80 miles.
The ST24/7 Command Center provided the exact location of the device to its customer who had brokered a dedicated shipment so that additional cargo was not authorized. The Broker contacted the company where the driver had gone, apprised them of the situation and asked them not to load any additional cargo on that shipment. The driver was advised to return to the approved route and deliver the cargo as contracted.
The shipment delivered on time and inspection of the cargo determined that it has not been compromised. However, pictures were taken of the back of the trailer that indicated the Carrier had rigged the doors so they could be opened without breaking the seal or unlocking the hatch.
Without the intervention by the ST24/7 Command Center to get answers for the exception to protocol the integrity of the load would have been compromised.
Continuous monitoring of shipments in transit can provide a return from increased security and the opportunity to mitigate risk that more than covers the expense of monitoring, especially when visualization tools like the ShadowTrack 24/7 VIP can be used to cost-effectively monitor more shipments than through conventional monitoring centers.


According to Album 2000 [pay00] - Marine Police Ensign (---/-S- 1:2). Album 2000 showes weird flag, pink (or light pruple better said) with large rectangular purple patch containing the white badge. The Corr. 2 [pay02] correct the flag to blue field with white badge.
I leave some drawing lines black in the badge as in Album, but I presume that showing them blue would be equally good, if not better. I don't remember if Armand told us reason why the image was corrected - was it simply found errorneous or was the flag actually changed. I presume that it might be the former, and that the "pink" flag was never used.
The badge is inscribed "ROYAL ST. LUCIA DEFENCE FORCE", but I was unable to find anything about it on the Net. Does it indeed exists? Is the Marine Police (about which there are some little mention on the Net) part of the Defence Force?


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Goldman Sachs CEO/DJ defines tone-deaf with latest EDM release
2020 gets worse
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Goldman Sachs chief exec David Solomon, aka DJ D-Sol, just dropped a dance track via his "record label" — and it's absolutely punishing.
Solomon shared a snippet of "Break This Habit" this weekend, a collaboration between Dutch producer Oliver Heldens and London artist Kiko Bun. The morbidly curious can listen to the snippet below.
Oliver Heldens "Break This Habit feat Kiko Bun" is out now on Heldeep Records in partnership with my label @paybackrecords. Proceeds from this song will be going to support charitable initiatives; focused on frontline COVID relief, as well helping families struggling with addiction. Thanks to both artists and their teams for their contribution and enthusiastic support. Please have a listen and enjoy a healthy Labor Day Weekend. Please wear your mask and stay safe.
A post shared by DJ D-Sol (@djdsolmusic) on Sep 5, 2020 at 8:52am PDT
I should be clear. I don't mean punishing in the good sense, like the third hour of a Richie Hawtin set. I mean punishing in the literal sense. This is painful.
Sure, there's a certain meter of credit due to D-Sol for forwarding whatever proceeds come of the track to frontline COVID relief and initiatives that help families suffering from the effects of addiction.
Goldman Sachs chief exec David Solomon is now officially a punisher.
However, whatever this piece of music is worth for those endeavours surely pales insurmountably to the $2.42 billion profit generated by Goldman Sachs in the second quarter of 2020 — which, by the way, was the Wall Street investment bank's best performance in nearly a decade.
With this context, consider exactly what's happening here: Solomon, who earned $27.5 million last year, just helped release a song with lyrics that read: "I don't think you understand, I'm just trying to be a better man," through his record label Payback Records, and bear witness to the very definition of tone-deaf.
David Solomon and David Guetta, a match made in EDM heaven
This isn't the first time Solomon found himself in the news for this crap, either.
In late July (when the US COVID death toll was just 150,000) DJ D-Sol opened a Hamptons dance event thrown by fellow punishers The Chainsmokers reportedly attended by thousands of eager partygoers.
Videos from a concert held in Southampton on Saturday show egregious social distancing violations. I am appalled.
The Department of Health will conduct an investigation.
We have no tolerance for the illegal & reckless endangerment of public health.pic.twitter.com/gf9kggdo8w
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) July 28, 2020
While New York governor Andrew Cuomo called for the state Department of Health to look into whether the event violated social distancing measures, there appears to be no update at this time.
[Read: Watch Tesla's meteoric rise — set to techno-remixed Elon Musk tweets]
Regardless, let's place this track in the "sounds about right for 2020" category, right alongside David Guetta's "I Have a Dream" MLK-drop masterpiece from earlier this year, which was done in the name of charity, just like Solomon.
In fact, let's make the D-Sol/D-Guet collaboration a reality before 2020 is over. Tweet both goobers, @DavidSolomon and @DavidGuetta, and tell them how eager you are for their tasteless EDM to cure COVID, and all of societies other ailments while they're at it.
there've been a lot of crimes committed against my ppl this weekend, but david guetta putting a drop behind MLK's "i have a dream" speech is up there pic.twitter.com/4iskArPcVy
— my otter academia (@ottergawd) May 31, 2020
Stranger things have happened this year.
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Take pleasure in the little things with this lavish 45cm (18") chain. Elegantly styled in 10ct yellow, white and rose gold, this is a piece that will complement just about any look. Wear with a pendant for that little something extra.
I've been wanting this necklace for a long time. I love the design coz now I'm in to the tri colour! Good for everyday and every occasion.


Positions for someone with a Masters degree in Data Science are $300K and up, according to a friend of a friend of mine who works in Human Resources for a well-known company. The company's data scientists, who work on algorithms to predict usage based on data collected from the product's platforms, are continually lured away from them by Netflix, who is willing to pay more.
Data science is so new and sparsely populated with programmers that companies are stealing talent from each other by offering higher salaries. Data science is more than manipulating big data; artificial intelligence is a sub-category.
But who has the money to pay tuition for learning such a coveted skill set?
You can get a professional certificate with online courses offered and certified by Microsoft, Harvard, University of California San Diego and Berkeley, IBM, and Columbia University for less than $1000 with a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). Many courses are self-paced. All the classes are free if you don't need the certificate by proving your skill set at the interview, right?
Who is to say that an expensive Master's degree is required for a job in data science or artificial intelligence when the talent pool is so shallow? Another option on edx.org is to earn a "Micro Masters. " If one has completed and successfully earned a verified certificate in a Micro Masters program, some colleges will accept that as credit toward a full Master of Science degree, including that in data science. For instance, the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) offers a path to receive credit for RIT's Master's degree from those who hold a University of California San Diego Data Science Micro Masters program certificate that was earned using the edx.org online platform.
Which class, out of thousands of free courses to choose from?
A few years ago, I took a MOOC on technical writing. The course was not just informative, but engaging, realistic, and forever changed my perception of what writing was for in the first place. Other MOOC platforms are Coursera.org, openclassrooms.com, FutureLearn.com, Udacity, and Canvas Network. The biggest challenge is deciding which ladder you wish to climb: data science, Linux administration, artificial intelligence, robotics, Android/iOS programming, and many more. As of this writing, edx.org has 63 electronics courses, 609 computer science courses, 241 data analysis and statistics courses, 23 courses in Cybersecurity, and 356 engineering courses online.
The term MOOC was coined in 2008. By 2012, the concept had taken off, and MOOCs were considered a disruptive transformation in higher education. Several universities were uploading courses to online MOOC platforms. (The earliest MOOC platforms were edx.org, coursera.org, and canvas.net).
Several of the degrees that are offered online by universities via platforms like edX and Coursera are 50 to 25 percent of the cost of typical professional online credentials in the U.S. However, the major MOOC providers also partner with universities to offer professional master's degrees that are entirely online. The biggest challenge of taking classes online is the inability to find one-on-one help in learning. Nevertheless, my experience with taking online courses is that email addresses and online chat rooms attended by instructors and teaching assistants are available. For those enrolled in college, some courses can be completely taken online. The flexibility of attending hours is one benefit, and occasionally the only choice if all other classes are full upon registration. Nevertheless, universities are spending money on creating online versions of classes, and since they tend to be offered on a MOOC platform, anyone can attend.


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Q: rsync is just hanging, building file list [root@centos /]# rsync -av --exclude thumbs /storage root@xx.27.1.xx:/storage
root@xx.27.1.xx's password:
building file list ...

I've been sitting for about an hour... it's 135GB of images and folders
/storage is a mounted ext3 scsi drive.
Is it normal for rsync to be sitting this long calculating the files/directories?

A: You noted earlier that du was hanging as well. Something is up with this filesystem, and rsync is hitting whatever du was.
One quick thing you can check is for kernel error messages indicating a disk problem. Type dmesg and see what's at the bottom.

A: rsync 2.x does build a full file list up front.
Add the -P option and you'll see a progress indicator.
If you think it really is hanging, in another terminal find the pid of rsync and then

*

*Run strace -p PID and see what it's doing.  (Hit ^C to stop.)

*Run ps -o wchan PID to see where it is in the kernel.

A: You should upgrade to rsync 3.0.x where you will get the benefit of incremental file lists, explained here. I am rsyncing millions of images (~200GB total) and saw an enormous speedup when going from rsync 2.x to 3.x.
Even so, it will probably take a long time to go through all that data. In my case it still takes over an hour between two pretty powerful DL380 G5 servers.

A: Based on this and your other question of du /storage hanging makes me think that neither du or rsync is the problem but rather there are some issues with /storage.

A: The hang after the message "building file list..." can be caused by MTU mismatch, e.g. if you've set up the network interfaces with MTU 9000 but not the switch in between, small packets (like connecting to the rsync server) will pass through but not bigger ones (like sending the file list).

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Canada seeks CEO for WEG 2018 in Bromont
8 July - A CEO is being sought to run the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games, being hosted by Bromont in the Canadian province of Quebec.
A selection committee comprising three Equine Canada Board members and three members of the 2018 WEG Bid Committee announced the position on Monday.
The Bromont Games will be only the second time the prestigious WEG event has been held outside Europe since the first Games in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1990. The first non-European venue was Kentucky in 2010.
Bromont was selected by the FEI as the 2018 host city on June 9.
The successful candidate will be accountable to a Board of Directors, which will be formed for the 2018 Games, for providing overall leadership and direction to the 2018 WEG. The CEO will support the Board and its mandate and will be accountable for ensuring that the Games operate within the policy and strategy framework established by the Board. The CEO will provide advice and counsel to the Board, in all matters impacting the 2018 WEG and will provide effective operational leadership to the management, staff and volunteers of the organization.
"We are searching for an exceptional candidate to lead, manage and organize this world-class event," said Michael Gallagher, who has been a member of the bid committee since the initial stages and is currently on the CEO Selection Committee. "Our goal is to have the 2018 WEG be the best World Equestrian Games ever held."
Applications close on July 28.
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Thank the anti-gun lobby for their insistence on labeling every rifle as an AR-15 for this continuation of ignorance.


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The federal government is attempting to distance itself from two police raids on journalists in as many days, while questions arise over the scope of press freedom in Australia. Federal police officers raided the ABC's Sydney offices on Wednesday over stories published in 2017 that suggested Australian troops may have committed war crimes. ABC editorial director Craig McMurtrie says officers are relying on a section of the Crimes Act which did not include a public interest defence when the stories were published. The ABC has vowed to protect its sources even as the federal police raid was continuing at the broadcaster's offices in Ultimo. The raid comes a day after the AFP searched the home, computer and mobile phone of News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst over a story she wrote last year detailing an alleged government proposal to spy on Australians. The raids have been widely panned by the ABC, News Corp, the media union, press freedom advocates and the federal opposition. Attorney-General Christian Porter on Wednesday morning said he had not yet been briefed on the initial raid. "I had no idea it was going to happen, and that's because these matters are totally independent of the executive government," he told ABC's Radio National before the broadcaster's offices were targeted. "The idea, seriously, that the Morrison government or any minister in the Morrison government was somehow involved in the investigation, or the decision, or the timing of the decision, I mean it's absolutely absurd." Treasurer Josh Frydenberg later refused to comment when repeatedly questioned on the raids. "But we do respect the independence of the fourth estate," he told reporters in Canberra. ABC managing director David Anderson says the raid raises legitimate concerns over press freedom and the public scrutiny of national security and defence issues. "The ABC stands by its journalists, will protect its sources and continue to report without fear or favour on national security and intelligence issues when there is a clear public interest," he said. Labor leader Anthony Albanese said democracy relied on freedom of the press. "The government has questions to answer here about what they knew," he told reporters in Mackay. "It is quite frankly outrageous that seven officers spent seven and a half hours in her (Ms Smethurst's) home." He said the initial News Corp story had merit as Australians had a right to know if the government had proposals to interfere with their privacy. Labor has asked for a briefing. Former Labor prime minister and vocal News Corp critic Kevin Rudd says the raid was "way over the top", particularly as Ms Smethurst was reporting on basic civil liberties. Centre Alliance plans to follow the issue up later in the year at Senate estimates hearings, while the Greens have called for an inquiry into declining press freedom. Marcus Strom from the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance said the consecutive raids showed no media organisation was immune from the government's attacks. "Police raiding journalists is becoming normalised and it has to stop.These raids are about intimidating journalists and media organisations because of their truth-telling." Prime Minister Scott Morrison earlier brushed off concerns about the police raid on Ms Smethurst's home, saying he's never troubled about laws being upheld. The prime minister said he supported the powers that police and security agencies have under current laws, and added there were no government plans to give journalists greater protection. Australian Associated Press
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"It never troubles me that our laws are being upheld," the PM says of a raid on a journalist's home.
The federal government is attempting to distance itself from two police raids on journalists in as many days, while questions arise over the scope of press freedom in Australia.
Federal police officers raided the ABC's Sydney offices on Wednesday over stories published in 2017 that suggested Australian troops may have committed war crimes.
ABC editorial director Craig McMurtrie says officers are relying on a section of the Crimes Act which did not include a public interest defence when the stories were published.
The ABC has vowed to protect its sources even as the federal police raid was continuing at the broadcaster's offices in Ultimo.
The raid comes a day after the AFP searched the home, computer and mobile phone of News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst over a story she wrote last year detailing an alleged government proposal to spy on Australians.
The raids have been widely panned by the ABC, News Corp, the media union, press freedom advocates and the federal opposition.
Attorney-General Christian Porter on Wednesday morning said he had not yet been briefed on the initial raid.
"I had no idea it was going to happen, and that's because these matters are totally independent of the executive government," he told ABC's Radio National before the broadcaster's offices were targeted.
"The idea, seriously, that the Morrison government or any minister in the Morrison government was somehow involved in the investigation, or the decision, or the timing of the decision, I mean it's absolutely absurd."
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg later refused to comment when repeatedly questioned on the raids.
"But we do respect the independence of the fourth estate," he told reporters in Canberra.
ABC managing director David Anderson says the raid raises legitimate concerns over press freedom and the public scrutiny of national security and defence issues.
"The ABC stands by its journalists, will protect its sources and continue to report without fear or favour on national security and intelligence issues when there is a clear public interest," he said.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese said democracy relied on freedom of the press.
"The government has questions to answer here about what they knew," he told reporters in Mackay.
"It is quite frankly outrageous that seven officers spent seven and a half hours in her (Ms Smethurst's) home."
He said the initial News Corp story had merit as Australians had a right to know if the government had proposals to interfere with their privacy.
Labor has asked for a briefing.
Former Labor prime minister and vocal News Corp critic Kevin Rudd says the raid was "way over the top", particularly as Ms Smethurst was reporting on basic civil liberties.
Centre Alliance plans to follow the issue up later in the year at Senate estimates hearings, while the Greens have called for an inquiry into declining press freedom.
Marcus Strom from the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance said the consecutive raids showed no media organisation was immune from the government's attacks.
"Police raiding journalists is becoming normalised and it has to stop.These raids are about intimidating journalists and media organisations because of their truth-telling."
Prime Minister Scott Morrison earlier brushed off concerns about the police raid on Ms Smethurst's home, saying he's never troubled about laws being upheld.
The prime minister said he supported the powers that police and security agencies have under current laws, and added there were no government plans to give journalists greater protection.


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Convoys PQ 9 and 10 were  Arctic convoys sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. They sailed together in early February 1942 and arrived in Murmansk without loss.

Ships
Convoys PQ 9 and 10 together comprised ten ships; three British, four Soviet, one American, one Norwegian and one of Panamanian registry.
The convoy was escorted by two destroyers,  and , and five trawlers, supported by the cruiser .
These were joined in the last stage of the voyage by a Soviet destroyer and three Royal Navy minesweepers based at Murmansk.

Voyage
PQ 9 sailed from Scotland for Iceland in mid-January, where it was joined by ships from the Americas. PQ 10 was due to follow, but delays and failures meant that just one ship Trevorian, sailed for Reykjavik, on 26 January 1942.
Meanwhile, PQ 9's departure on 17 January had been delayed after the Admiralty received reports of a sortie by the German battleship .
It was decided that Trevorian would join the ships of PQ 9, rather than wait for PQ 10 to be re-formed.
The combined convoy of ten ships sailed from Reykjavik on 1 February. It was undetected by German aircraft or U-boats in the continuous darkness of the polar night, and arrived safely at Murmansk on 10 February.

Ships in Convoy PQ 9

Ships in Convoy PQ 10

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References
 Clay Blair : Hitler's U-Boat War Vol I (1996)
 Paul Kemp : Convoy! Drama in Arctic Waters (1993)
 Stephen Roskill : The War at Sea 1939-1945   Vol II (1956).  ISBN (none)
 Bernard Schofield : (1964) The Russian Convoys BT Batsford  ISBN (none)
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Excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech, delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Dr. King called for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights.
that we will be free one day.
Several hundred Abilenians of all races joined together Monday to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the nation's foremost civil rights activist who was assassinated on April 3, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
The march across the MLK Jr. bridge on Abilene's east side is held annually on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. King, a Baptist minister, was born Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, and the MLK Jr. holiday is held each year on the Monday closest to that date.
Monday's event got under way with talks by several people, including Mayor Anthony Williams, Abilene's first African-American mayor.
Dustin Tatro, who is a DJ for KGNZ Christian radio station and organist at St. Paul United Methodist Church, offered a prayer: "Give us, God, the courage to always be warriors for justice," he said.
Nelson Wilson and others praised the late Claudie Royals, who died in 2008, for being the prime mover behind the march. Before Royals got involved, separate functions were held each year to observe the holiday, Wilson said. Now, everyone comes together.
"Here we are today for this gathering," he said.
Iziar Lankford, pastor of Southwest Drive Community United Methodist Church, also cited Royals' efforts. Lankford prayed that all Abilenians would work together for a better city. And, then he ended his prayer in a way that is tradition among African-American ministers.
"Let us all say, 'Amen,'" he implored.


I'm happy to update my previous post due to new information about the war on mosquitoes.
I hate mosquitoes. I think the little creatures came from the pits of hell to annoy us. I believe I have tried every possible solution to rid my garden from mosquitoes. I'm unlucky enough to have a chemical makeup that is allergically sensitive to their hateful bites, so when I am bitten the area around the bite swells to the size of a baseball.
In my previous blog post, I talked about many different ways of dealing with them. Sprays and lotions that contain DEET are reported to work well, but recently DEET has been reported to be a neurotoxin (damaging to the central nervous system). We need to stay away from products that are dangerous to our health. Citronella candles, tiki torches, and lanterns work well, but I have found you need quite a lot of them in a large area. Next, let's talk about those huge, propane guzzling monsters. You know the ones – costing a fortune and promising to rid your entire yard of the little blood sucking beasts. Well, they do exactly as promised. They act as a "magnet" for mosquitoes.
Now that I have pointed out dangerous and ineffective products, let me tell you about really successful things I have tried.
Catnip! Hooray for catnip! Yes, once again we find an incredible use for a herb! What an incredible group of plants. Herbs! Hooray for herbs! An article on Science Daily reported a scientific finding by researchers at Iowa State University. It turns out that catnip repels mosquitoes more effectively than DEET. Why are we not hearing this shouted from the rooftops?! No animal or human tests are yet scheduled for catnip, although researchers are hopeful that will take place in the future. If subsequent testing shows the essential oil in catnip is safe for people, it should not be difficult to commercialize for an insect repellent.
Catnip: These two herbs look very similar. Catnip is velvety soft and gray-green in color.
Lemon Balm: On the other hand, lemon balm feels rough and is yellow-green in color.
I would like to offer up my own findings as a human guinea pig for the good of mankind and all mosquito haters worldwide. I have rubbed catnip all over myself in an attempt to try an experiment of my own. As you know, I love herbs, so I do have a pot of catnip growing beside our back deck. Does it work? Does it repel mosquitoes? Yes, yes it does! Once again our exceptional Creator has given us a plant to solve a problem. I have tried this experiment probably 12 times so far this summer. It really does work! And from experience it seems to last quite a long time, maybe even a couple of hours.
I have even felt safe putting it on my children. Many naturopaths suggest catnip tea for children with an upset tummy. My family and I have experienced no skin irritation or problems of any kind. I do recommend caution in trying this as everyone is different in their own chemical makeup, but I am really encouraged in how well this worked.
Herbs have microscopic oil glands all over their leaves and stems. These oil glands contain the natural chemicals which give the plant its particular scent. Simply rub the catnip leaves on your skin to release the oil from the plant. The oil will stick to your skin. It does not feel sticky or greasy like lotions and sprays.
I hope to see insect repellent made from catnip on our store shelves sooner rather than later. My plea to the scientific community: please, don't take years to research this compound.
While we are on the subject of herbs, let's talk about lemon balm. It is wonderful for mosquito bites. Rub lemon balm on a mosquito bite and it will reduce the itching and in my case some of the skin swelling associated with the bite. I suspect the oil in the lemon balm, the same one that makes it such a relaxing tea, helps as a sort of anesthetic on the bite. Another wonderful herb to solve a problem!
I'd like to comment on the ThermaCELL that hunters love to use. It is powered by a butane cartridge and dispenses a small amount of repellent into the air over a long period of time. It claims to create a 15 x 15 feet mosquito free zone. Our family bought this last year and tried it. It does work, and works well. I would recommend not sitting where you may breath in the repellent being dispensed into the air. As with any chemical repellent, it is a trade-off. I don't like using chemicals, but I also hate being bit. Our family uses this about 6-8 times a year when we are having a barbecue or working on a large outdoor project, such as when my husband and I built our fruit cage. I recommend caution when using this, as it is a chemical.
How about a safe, effective, and organic substance to spread on your grass that repels mosquitoes and other biting insects? It's called Mosquito Beater Granules by Bonide and it seems to work very well. We spread it over the entire lawn area and flower beds, too. It's effect lasts for 4-6 weeks. The only down side is your yard will smell like an ethnic restaurant for a few hours, but then the smell dissipates. The odor is due to the ingredients: citronella oil, garlic, cedar oil, and lemon grass oil, among others, which mosquitoes seem to hate. The effectiveness lasts even after the smell is gone. The only down side to this product is scheduling. You must reapply after heavy rains, so schedule your application when you have at least 3-4 days of upcoming dry weather.
Things are looking up for mosquito sufferers everywhere! My sympathy to all the red, itchy bitten people out there. I know how rotten it feels. Try catnip and tell me what you think. Happy gardening!
Mosquito picture was taken by Alvesgaspar and is available on Wikimedia Commons.
I just went to see the new Star Trek movie. Yes, I'm a gardener and a Star Trek fan. The movie was really great! I enjoyed it very much! I know. You're asking – so what? Well I had a gardening revelation during the movie. Yes – I know that's even worse. I'm having gardening thoughts during a high action movie like Star Trek, but hear me out.
The movie story takes place on space ships and 3 or 4 different planets. How can you differentiate planets in a science fiction movie? How do you highlight the planet Earth? The answer is green and blue. Every time they showed Earth you could see green grass, green trees, blue sky. Earth also had some futuristic, tall buildings but with them you also saw nature. Mother Earth. The big blue and green marble. Without these things it's not our beautiful home. Our beautiful planet.
At the beginning of the movie, you see Captain Kirk on a planet. It is not Earth. As he walks, in the background you see red trees. It gives you the impression of someone walking through a slaughter house with blood everywhere. But it is not blood, it is the foliage and nature of another planet. A planet that is not our beloved home. There is no green foliage. The beautiful green that is my favorite color. It's not our blue and green marble hanging in the universe.
On Star Trek – Next Generation, one of the first shots on the show is of the resident robot, Data, in a setting that looks like the Garden of Eden. The garden is not real, it is a hologram created on the ship's holodeck. The creators of the show wanted it to look as though gardens were a very rare element in the future. I certainly hope this doesn't come true. An article in an organic magazine stated that as years have gone by more and more young people choose not to go into any agricultural field of study. We have less and less farmers. Less and less horticulturalists. And in the future we will have even less. I worry for our nation and for the ability for us to feed ourselves. I feel we must encourage our children to love nature, know where our food comes from, develop an interest in growing food and pass this knowledge on to their own children.
The astronauts that walked on the moon said the most beautiful sight to them was the Earth. Earth. The beautiful blue orb in the moon sky. It represented home, everything they knew and loved. I was struck during the Star Trek movie by how much I love our Earth. God must be pleased as He looks down upon his lovely creation. We are so lucky to look up to the blue sky, feel the green grass under our toes, watch butterflies twirl around us. So much of life is filled to overflowing with the trivial things of life. Today I looked up to the beautiful blue sky and the green plants all around me. I encourage you to look at the green and the blue that is around you. To plant something today. And to teach your kids to plant, too.


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Lisa Popeil on "Mr. Popeil" (Full Interview)
It's not everyday you get to talk to a talented singer and vocal coach like Lisa Popeil, so we think it's safe to say that this is a special occasion. Learn all about her side of the making of Mr. Popeil as well as some fun facts about some of the other songs she was also a background vocalist on, what turned her towards teaching, and how much we all love to gush about Al.
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Below you can see the map of the Cape Verde archipelago and the islands that comprise it.
You can click on each island to go to that specific page or, if you prefer, use the links below.
supplying the names of the concelhos and parishes of Cabo Verde.
please be sure to scroll to the bottom to find all the other areas of Portugal and her former colonies.
Comments: My Name is Carla Batiste, I currently reside in Atlanta, Georgia, but I am originally from Cape Cod, Ma. I don't know which Island my ancestors came from. I was told my great grandmother Marion Perry came from Lisbon, Portugal, and my great-grandfather Gideon Gomes, from the Cape Verde Islands. I don't have any concrete evidence to support these dates but here goes. Gideon birth year 1858 - Marion 1868. They had nine children that all lived in Cape Cod, Ma. The first was born in 1885. Two of their sons Joseph and Peter owned two very popular night spots, The Twin Villa, (Osterville, Ma.) and The Park (Mashpee, Ma.). Neither one of them had children. Another of their children Mary Gomes born in 1901, married Manuel Barboza in 1919. I was told they married in Harwich, Ma. These are my grandparents. Mary died in 1931, and Manuel died around 1968. They had three children Norman, Barbara, and Walter. Walter is my father. As far as my Father knows Manuel Barboza was born on the Cape Verde Islands, and settled in Falmouth Ma. He has a brother Tony, three sisters, Mino?, Julia, and Alice.
Comments: Grandfather born in Cape Verde, 1898 wife of grandfather born in 1892. Migrated to New Bedford, Mass. A son born their as Chantre in 1915. A daughter born in Sebastopol, Ca in 1923 as Chantre. Not known if directly from Portugal. Both grandparents died and buried in San Francisco, Ca. Great grandfather name of Chantre 1800. Any information is appreciated.
Comments: Seeking info on the Balla family name. A family from Madeira that eventually went to Cabo Verde and then to America. Sometimes spelled Bala.
Comments: Researching the ancestors and descendants of Vincent Cabral and Agatha DeFreitas whose ancestors emigrated to St. Vincent & the Grenadines from Portugal either directly or by way of Brazil / Trinidad. Other names of interest Rodriques, McKie, DeNobriga...all of St. Vincent. Any info appreciated.
Comments: I am a direct descendant of Antoni Gomes of Freeport, NY, who came here from Cape Verde in 1915 above the Diana. He arrived in New Bedford, MA and stay with his maternal aunt, Maria Corriea Gonsalves at 2 South Street, (per the manifest at the National Archives here in Washington). I have no idea which island he was born. Any assistance that you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Comments: I am also looking for my husband's Great Grandfather's ancestors. All we know is that he was born somewhere in Cape Verde in 1847, he married Rossetta Caroline Tedman on 30.09.1874, he died 21.10.1916, one of their daughter's Mary Rebecca Evorall was one of my husband's grandmothers. I have tried to contact Wilma Howe who has also submitted interest in the Evorall name but her email address is no longer responding. Any information would be appreciated.
Comments: My father, Ernest Lawrence Bush-born in Bridgeport, CT. 7/31/1937; His mother, Alice Rocha born in New Bed Ford or Tauton, Massachusettes 1916?; Her biological father, Charles Gomes lived in New York at some point; Alice's mother, Mary Mendes- Almeida from Cape Verde or Portugal; Alice's half sister's, lived in Bridgeport, Connecticut for a number of years and some descendants are still there; Alice's other children - Tony Tavares, Eunice Bush, (Ernie) and Julia Piper.
Comments: Greetings from Aotearoa New Zealand (located below Australia on the world map). My name is Juanita de Senna and I am searching for information about the "Senna" family who migrated from Cape Verde, my great, great grandfather was Emmanuel Senna who was born approximately in 1859 Cape Verde, whereabouts in Cape Verde are unknown. He migrated to New Zealand in the late 1870's, about 1879, changing their name from "Senna" to "de Senna". At this time Portugeese were known for coming to New Zealand for Whaling. Any information anyone could provide would be most helpful and appreciated.
Comments: my great great grandfather Emanuel Ignacious Soares b. 1831 (Soares probably changed from Suarez) arrived in New Zealand in the 1840s on the Cachelot, a whaling ship. As he appears to have left Cape de Verde when he was very young, we don't have any information about his family. Any information would be most helpful. Thank you.
Comments: My father was from Portugal, ? where. He settled in New Bedford, MA and then Maine in the late, late 1800's. His father was Joseph Porta or Joseph Portas, mother was Isabella Correia. He could be from Brava or Fogo, or ????. My father came in a whaling ship, I can't find him listed at Ellis Island, but I remember him saying he registered somewhere. He was one of 5 boys. He was related to the Costa family in New Bedford. Thank you.
Comments: I would like to try and get in touch with some of my father's (Manuel Marcelino Perry) family as I do not know one single person in his family. My father was from Portugal (Cape Verde). From what I have been told his family migrated to New Bedford, Massachusetts (not sure what year) but I believe somewhere around the 40's-50's. My father was inducted into the U.S. Army July 10th 1943 and came out in Feb. 1946 with an honorable discharge. He was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the early 50's until his death on September 5th, 1953. I've been told that he has brothers and one sister. Brothers are Joseph, John and Tony, sister's name was Carolyn Sands. I was also told that he had a son (I do not have a name.) My father was born on November 23, 1915. I was told that his father's name was Charles Perry and his wife's name was Emelia Cipriano (sp??). Any information you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.
Comments: My grand father John de Andrad came to NZ 1873. I think his fathers name was Domingo from Cape Verde What island, I do not know. Any one out there from Cape Verde able to help?
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Comments: I am looking for information regarding my grandfather. His name is John Pina Cabral from the Cape Verde Islands. He moved to Hawaii and married my grandmother Margaret Grace. They had 12 children. Any information would be helpful.
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"But usage wasn't widespread until around 2012, when 'selfie' was being used commonly in mainstream media," she said. Australian English sometimes uses the suffix "-ie" — such as barbie for barbeque and tinnie for a can of beer — which helps to explain where "selfie" may have come from, Pearsall added. Oxford usually assigns a separate word of the year to the U.S. and to the U.K., but it said "selfie" captured the imagination on both sides of the Atlantic this year.
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The Urals Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) has signed a contract with the U.S. company Bell Helicopter on assembling helicopters in Russia, which have traditionally been absent from the product-mix offered by the Russian aircraft manufacturing sector. Although similar projects have never gone beyond the discussion phase, this time, experts point out, state support in selling the helicopters could help.
The U.S. company Bell Helicopter has signed an agreement with the Yekaterinburg-based Urals Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA) on the licensed assembly of the latest modification of its Bell 407GXP light single-engine helicopter.
According to the UZGA website, the plant forms part of the Oboronprom holding company, which in turn belongs to the Rostec state corporation, one of the companies on the U.S. sanctions list. However, another Rostec entity, the United Engine Corporation, says that it owns only 48.6 percent in UZGA, with the rest belonging to private investors (mainly NK-Bank, according to the SPARK database). Badekha maintains that there is no risk that the project may end up under sanctions since "preliminary agreements with the American side" have already been secured.
This is not the first time that UZGA has been engaged in the local production of foreign aircraft: In 2013, the plant began to assemble DA40 NG four-seat single-engine trainer helicopters from components received from Austria's Diamond Aircraft. The first 49 helicopters were unveiled at the end of the year. It is planned that in 2015 UZGA will produce 60 helicopters, rising to 70 in 2016.
According to the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry, in 2014 Russia produced 257 military and only 14 civilian helicopters.
Vladimir Karnozov, an expert with the Aviation Explorer website, points out that Russia has already made several attempts to manufacture a light helicopter. The most progress in this area has been achieved by the Mil Designer Bureau with its Mi-34C model, so far produced only in very small quantities.
In recent years, projects to assemble Airbus Helicopters' AS350 Ecureuil light helicopters in the Leningrad Region and to jointly develop with Italy's AgustaWestland a helicopter to be manufactured by the Helivert joint venture in the Moscow Region town of Tomilino have been considered. However, these and other attempts have never reached the implementation phase.
At the moment, the Russian fleet of light helicopters is comprised of hundreds of units of various models developed by Robinson, Bell and Airbus Helicopters. According to Vladimir Karnozov, the production of Bell helicopters in Russia can become a commercial success only if there is a "state influence on the market" to ensure their distribution.


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Trustnet / News & research / The worst is yet to come, warns Allianz Global Investors CIO
The worst is yet to come, warns Allianz Global Investors CIO
An earnings recession appears increasingly likely over the next six months, which would reset global markets, according to Allianz Global Investors' Virginie Maisonneuve.
By Tom Aylott,
Markets have had a difficult ride through 2022, and although inflation seems to be coming to a peak, the worst is yet to come, according to Virginie Maisonneuve, chief investment officer (CIO) of global equities at Allianz Global Investors.
Many companies have had their share prices downgraded this year due to declining investor sentiment, but investors have been reassured by the fact that revenues have stayed resilient.
That could be about to change, according to Maisonneuve, who said that a major downturn could happen within the next six months as revenues slow under the pressure of higher interest rates.
She added: "We're not out of the woods yet – clearly the recession gap is coming."
So far, inflation has acted as a booster to company earnings, she argued, but that may no longer be the case as central banks round off their interest rate cycles.
The damage would likely be scattered across all regions and sectors, with companies in "pockets of pressure" buckling under shrinking income streams.
Maisonneuve said: "Inflation was boosting revenues over the last quarter, which showed us the positive aspect of inflation, but we're now expecting to see the negative side.
"Earnings have really not adjusted to the new environment – things have been so fast in terms of tightening, so this will be the first time we tighten into a slowing environment, which is quite unusual."
Indeed, she anticipates steep interest rate hikes of 50 basis points by the Federal Reserve (Fed), followed by milder 25 basis point increases before the earnings recession begins.
"It might be mild in the US and bigger here in Europe, but either way we'll have a resetting of valuations and that is when you want to buy equities," Maisonneuve added.
Rather than seeing a potential earnings recession as a bad thing, she said that it would be an ideal time for investors to buy assets at attractive prices.
Valuations have come down significantly in 2022, but the recession next year could be a reset point that would mark the bottom of the market downturn.
Maisonneuve said: "Ideally, I want to see earnings and valuations coming down because that's the best time to position. I can't tell you if it's going to be next month or in the next three months, but we're going to have more volatility, and those are the moments you need to use to build your long-term portfolio."
During that time, Maisonneuve aims to allocate towards assets in the climate, cyber security and AI space, which are supported by long-term growth themes but have been expensive in the past.
James Ragan, director of wealth management research at D.A. Davison, on the other hand, said that the earnings of companies that are historically sensitive to economic cycles tend to be more resilient in a recession and should be the assets to own in the coming years.
The consumer staples, utilities, and health care sectors could therefore provide some security ahead of an earnings recession.
Ragan said: "These sectors have significantly outperformed in 2022, an indication that investors have anticipated the slowing economy and perhaps expect some earnings challenges in other sectors."
Sadiq Adatia, CIO at BMO Asset Management, argued that investors' best course of action was to avoid markets altogether, highlighting his underweight position to equities ahead of a potential recession.
"Looking ahead to 2023, we believe the focus will shift back to the economy and a potential earnings slowdown, which could prompt markets to sell off further," he added.
"If first quarter earnings in 2023 disappoint, we may see further job losses as companies look for ways to create margin growth, which is a trigger that could cause the economy to weaken enough for markets to react negatively."
Nevertheless, investors with a strong risk appetite could benefit from jumping into markets and nabbing depressed assets, according to Maisonneuve.
Those who choose to invest during an earning recession could improve their long-term portfolio prospects substantially, she added.
Maisonneuve said: "It depends on your time horizon – do not sell growth if you hold growth in your portfolio (provided you're happy with the holdings you have), but if you have cash, I would definitely start adding very slowly and looking for that volatile time to put money in the market."
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Home Publications Articles Halloween: A Catholic perspective!
Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31, the eve of the solemnity of All Saints. But when we think of Halloween, what pops up to our mind? For a lot of people, Halloween is synonymous with candy, costumes, scary stuff, witches, ghosts and pumpkins. When we take a glimpse at the Philippines national newspapers, especially the Philippines Daily Inquirer (PDI), we quickly spot the significance of this event as a time of shopping, parades in Malls, watching scaring movies like "Aswang." From October 29 to 31, in all supermalls throughout the Philippines, we are all invited to experience the thrill of shopping and dinning in, to "Enjoy the coolest tricks and most exciting treats" and to have the thrill of our life with spooky Halloween events like "Howl-o-ween Costume Contests," "Ha! Ha! Halloween Costume Contest," "It's All Treats," "Cosplay at SM Cyberzone." To put it more clearly with designer Catherine Janelle: "Halloween is about having fun with costumers, so pick a character you can relate to. Act like your character… It's the way you act while in character that will make it more recognizable" (PDI, October 28, 2011, G4).
But do we know the Christian connection to this celebration? How can we Catholics meaningfully celebrate Halloween in the context of our Christian faith and belief? Although Halloween may seem like a secular holiday, and in many ways and in many countries it has become so, there are distinctly Christian aspects to the holiday that we and our family can celebrate.
When the Romans conquered the Celts, they added their own touches to the Samhain festival, such as making centerpieces out of apples and nuts for Pomona, the Roman goddess of the orchards. The Romans also bobbed for apples and drank cider, an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of apples… But where does the Christian aspect of the holiday come into play? In fact, in the year 835, Pope Gregory IV moved the celebration for all the martyrs (later All Saints) from May 13 to November 1. The night before became known as Halloween. According to Sister Maureen Shaughnessy, Assistant Secretary for Catechesis and Leadership Formation for the Catholic U.S. Bishops' Department of Education, "Halloween gives us the opportunity to help people of all ages reconnect with the Christian understanding of this very popular holiday. Originally this day was celebrated by the Celts in England and Ireland as the end of their year. On that day they remembered all those who had died during the past year." Indeed, the purpose of these celebrations, namely Halloween, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day is to remember those who have died, whether they are officially recognized by the Catholic Church as Saints or not. They are celebrations of the communion of saints, which reminds us that the Church is not limited or restricted by time or space. Let me quote directly from the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC): "In the communion of saints, "a perennial link of charity exists between the faithful who have already reached their heavenly home, those who are expiating their sins in purgatory and those who are still pilgrims on earth. Between them there is, too, an abundant exchange of all good things." In this wonderful exchange, the holiness of one profits others, well beyond the harm that the sin of one could cause others. Thus recourse to the communion of saints lets the contrite sinner be more promptly and efficaciously purified of the punishment for sin" (CCC, no. 1475).
As we celebrate Halloween at the eve of All Saints, many parishes and Catholic schools in the Philippines use this opportunity to have young people connect to the lives of saints – their own name saints or patron saints connected to their parishes or Catholic backgrounds. Since these feasts fall during the semester break, they also provide a precious time for storytelling, dressing up, visiting relatives, praying for the departed members of the family and celebrating in the cemeteries. "Filipino Catholics are culturally attuned to communion with the saints, communion with the departed, in one family of God. November 1-2 are National Holidays in our country, showing how much Filipinos "cherish the memory of the dead with great piety, offering prayers for them because it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead" (2 Mc 12:46) (cf. LG 50). Yet we must beware of abuses, excesses or defects which may have crept in" (Catechism for Filipino Catholics, no. 1430).
As Christians, knowing that media-driven consumption patterns and self-obsessed lifestyles are signs of abuses and defects, we are reminded that, "the authentic cult of the saints consists not so much in the multiplying of external acts, but rather in the greater intensity of our love, whereby, for our own greater good and that of the whole Church, we seek from the saints "example in their way of life, fellowship in their communion, and aid by their intercession"… Let them teach the faithful that our communion with those in heaven, provided that it is understood in the fuller light of faith according to its genuine nature, in no way weakens, but conversely, more thoroughly enriches the latreutic worship we give to God the Father, through Christ, in the Spirit" (Vatican II, Lumen Gentium, no. 51).


Commerce intends to award a sole source contract to Intralink. The contract will be awarded on or about Feb. 25, and will expire on June 30. The contract amount is $50,000.
The contractor provides the state of Washington services related to foreign direct investment for the state of Washington with coordinating an Investment Roadshow in Japan.
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One thing I love about social media is that often I stumble across something unexpected that moves me. Someone posted this poem and I just had to share.
When I read these words I instantly thought of all the horrible things that come along with having a child with ARPKD (like suffering, tears, and heartbreak). Then my mind shifted to the amazing child I have and how at the end of the day I wouldn't trade him for the world. I truly believe God chose Henry for me. He knew I needed someone like Henry in my life.
I am a believer that we are shaped by our experiences. Henry is the amazing child he is today because of this disease. I am a more patient, compassionate, loving, laid back, involved, aware, educated and enlightened mother because of this disease. I have chosen to not let this disease strip away all that is good but allow me to truly appreciate and relish in all the little miracles that happen. My son being one of those.
For me Henry is this little ball of love and light. Like all children he has that innocence about him. The childish wonder that fills your heart up with joy. I see his smile and can't imagine a life without him. I am so glad that he was brought into my life and I feel so blessed that luck has been on our side thus far in this disease. And I can honestly say with every ounce of my being that if I had known then what I know now I still would have chosen him.


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Nov 18 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday that final results from the late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine showed it was 95% effective, adding it had the required two-months of safety data and would apply for emergency U.S. authorization within days.
The final analysis comes just one week after initial results from the trial showed the vaccine was more than 90% effective. Moderna Inc on Monday released preliminary data for its vaccine, showing similar effectiveness.
MARKET REACTION: Equity markets strengthened slightly on the news. Europe's STOXX 600 and U.S. S&P 500 e-mini futures both hit session highs. However, the moves were small compared to the jump after Pfizer's previous announcement. The reaction in European government bonds and in currencies was muted.
IAN JONES, PROFESSOR OF VIROLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF READING
"The data is very strong...And it's a good outcome as far as safety is concerned...It's looking like a really contender."
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This week in the fishwrap, you can read Brodeur's take on five local new-ish bands to keep an eye on. And that's all well and good, but maybe some of you are reluctant to trek all the way to a show without knowing a little more about what you're going to hear when you're there. So, for you auditory learners out there, here are all five bands captured in digital form:
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Exhibitors braved frigid temperatures that dipped into the twenties this morning in Oklahoma City at the 2013 AQHA World Show in order to prepare for the Amateur Showmanship finals. Ironically, it was a California girl, Shannon Brown, who took home the win with Huntin A Gal.
Brown and her eight-year-old gelding "Ryan" have been a team for the past three years. Brown has competed under the guidance of her horse trainer, Nancy Alto-Renfro, for the past ten.
Brown has a prior AQHYA World Championship title in Trail, a third place finish in Amateur Western Riding, and numerous top ten finishes, but this is her first World Championship earned in the amateur division. Because this was Brown's first time to make it back to a showmanship finals at the AQHA World Show, she also received the Intermediate Champion award in the class.
Just moments ago, Christine Hocutt-Senteney of Burbank, California and her 15-year-old gelding, Bellieve Hes Blazing, were named the World Champions in Select Horsemanship at the 2013 AQHA Adequan Select World Show for the second year in a row. In a class of 51 competitors, judges Andrea Simons, Mike Carter, Lisa Krohn, Cindy Hale, and Cynthia Rucker determined that Senteney and "Blake" claimed the top spot with a final working total of 286 points.
This win is very special for Senteney, not only because she is the returning Champion from 2012, but because she was able to achieve the title with the help of two old friends.
Senteney and Renfro have been quite the dynamic duo for many years. However, there was a time that the pair competed on opposing ends of the arena. Click here to read the rest of the story.
With a 236, Mary Hannah Brown of Kelseyville, California, and Zippos Petite Prince came awful close to some Jim Norick Arena western riding record-setting scores. Although it didn't beat the record 239 set by Vital Signs Are Good in the 2010 senior western riding, it was good enough to win the 2013 youth world championship in the class on August 3.
It was the pair's first world championship together and as individuals – although the two came close at last year's Built Ford Tough AQHYA World Championship Show, where they set the highest score in the prelims and ended up with the reserve in the finals.
Click here to read the Equine Chronicle Story of Mary's win.