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VT A sigla do estado norte-americano de Vermont, ou
VT, Caracter de controle do código ASCII: Vertical Tabulation - Tabulação Vertical
VT, sigla para videoteipe.
 VT, sigla para Vale Tudo.
 VT, Velho Testamento. Também conhecido como Antigo Testamento (AT).
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Valentine's day is hands down my favorite holiday of the year. For me it's not about romance or fancy gifts, but rather spreading some sweetness and reminding my friends how much I care about them -- a tradition I highly recommend.
Each year, I come up with one striking gift that I can make or buy in multiples and wrap assembly line-style. Often it involves candy (I have a sweet tooth). But this year, I'm creating a "Sweet Dreams" care package with a pair of super-soft flannel pillowcases, a quilted-satin eye mask, and a compilation of lullabies. It's all wrapped up in a giant satin bow with a sparkly stick-on heart. What could be lovelier than the gift of good sleep?
A good first impression, that ta-da moment, is a key part of making Valentine's Day fun. And my huge bejeweled bow is nothing if not bold. Bright pink and extra wide, it's also all the wrapping this gift requires. Luxury Flannel pillowcases, in Snow White and Pearl, $60 for 2, by Martha Stewart Collection, from macys.com. Eye mask, $25, themonogramstudio.com. Pride satin ribbon, 144 mm wide, in Watermelon, $16 per yd., mastertrokecanada.com. Rhinestone heart applique, $20, mjtrim.com.
Kevin's valentines are always pretty -- and memorable. Here are three past favorites.
It was just too silly to pass up! What adult expects to get a great big red-and-white-swirl heart-shaped lollipop? Plus, I love just about anything wrapped in cellophane. Its crinkly sound instantly conveys festivity. For each recipient, I wrote a note on a plain white card tied to the lollipop with waxed red twine, and that was it. Heart lollipop, $15, papabubbleny.com.
Who doesn't adore a little box of chocolates? Any one of these hearts makes a perfect valentine for anyone. They're so easy and elegant, I've given them several years in a row. The tins might be the best part; they're great on a desk for glamming up paper clips, loose change, and even other candies. Fauchon chocolates in magenta tin, $22.50 for 7 pieces, tasteofparis.us.
One year I treated some office pals to small phalaenopsis orchids. Their size was ideal for cluttered desks. I added a frilly card signed with a glittered K. Mini phalaenopsis orchid, available at nurseries or florists. Lattice Heart Deep Edge punch, $18, and large pink glitter alphabet sticker, $5 for 3 sheets, by Martha Stewart Crafts, from michaels.com.


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Integral gauge reads up to 20bar/300psi.
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Accessory kit, containing Presta type adaptor, ball spike and two inflatables adaptors included in storage compartment on base.


Welcome to Minnie MouseCast 7! Yep, you're NOT dreaming! It's only been a week since our last Minnie MouseCast, but well, we just KNEW you'd want to hear what we have on THIS episode!
There's a new Disneyland network in town! The DLRnetwork is an awesome network of terrific Disneyland related websites, blogs and podcasts. Joyce and I had the pleasure of interviewing the founding members of this amazing new Disneyland resource and we wanted to share it with you. So, sit back, relax and enjoy this Skype Chaterview with Jason, Rosemary and Chad from the DLRnetwork!
And remember, feel free to drop us a line at talespodcast@cox.net! We'd LOVE to hear from you. And while you're at it, leave us feed back in iTunes. You can also leave us voicemail at 304-TALES23.
Thanks for listening, and remember….


A few weeks back, we highlighted some of the lessons shared by one of our clients that had recently engaged in an ERP selection and implementation process. In the podcast interview, this particular client shared several lessons learned from the selection process.
In this same podcast interview, this same client shared additional lessons learned from the company's ERP implementation process. As it turns out, evaluating and selecting the right ERP software solution was only half the battle; the other half of the battle was effectively implementing the selected software.
Focus on organizational change management. At first, the client didn't realize how important organizational change management would be to the ERP implementation. However, it quickly became clear that this would be a critical success factor for the project. We helped the client deploy a comprehensive organizational change plan, beginning with identifying gaps between processes in the old legacy systems relative to the ones in the new ERP system. These process and organizational changes were communicated repeatedly to employees, culminating in a conference room pilot and end-user training process to help end-users become comfortable with the software. The client also found it effective to clearly communicate to employees that there was no turning back to the old system and way of running the business.
Ensure effective project controls and manage scope. One of the challenges of the implementation was managing the scope of the project. Because the company had a custom legacy system with an organizational mindset that requested functionality could be developed on the fly, it was very tempting to give in to the desires of end-users to change the software rather than leverage out-of-the-box functionality. It took a great amount of discipline to ensure that the company leveraged best practices from the software while at the same time changing the software where applicable to accommodate the company's competitive advantages.
Focus on business processes and workflows. Not only were business processes in the new system clearly defined and documented, but employees repeatedly simulated the system against these business processes until they got it right. End users and employees were involved early in the ERP selection and implementation process to clearly define, test, and train on the business processes and workflows of the new system.
Go-live is not the finish line. The company decided early on that they were not simply going to implement the software and call it a day; instead, they viewed their ERP initiative as a continuous improvement initiative. Once the software was implemented, they constantly measured benefits and made improvements to the system and associated processes. Some of the key business benefits realized by the client include streamlined business processes, more consistent standards, easier employee training on the new system, and better customer service.
Independent ERP consultants are crucial to the success of the ERP implementation. The company found that involving outside ERP experts was instrumental in making the ERP initiative successful. In this case, ERP consultants from Panorama Consulting Group provided the expertise. This allowed the company to leverage outside expertise, manage the ERP vendor, and ultimately reduce overall project costs while increasing business benefits. In addition, this outside help enabled the company to embark on the ERP selection and implementation initiative without disrupting day-to-day operations.
These are just handful of lessons shared in this informative interview with a client who recently completed an effective ERP implementation. Click on the audio player below to listen to the full interview with the client.


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Every Sperm is Sacred in Alabama
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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Hemant's new podcast has hit its Kickstarter goal! But it's not too late to donate! (0:41)
— Alabama's near-complete ban on abortion may backfire and even conservatives seem to understand it. (2:03)
— Conservative blogger Matt Walsh says it's good to force rape victims to have babies because it's proof of the rape. (8:28)
— In Michigan, an anti-abortion lawmaker said abortions should be painful because that's what God wants. (16:13)
— A Christian broadcaster says pro-choice people will be repeatedly aborted in Hell. (27:30)
— The Catholic Church's lobbying arm in Pennsylvania called a sexual abuse victim a "troll." (31:22)
— A cartoon rat from "Arthur" got gay-married and conservatives were furious. (37:09)
— Non-religious Americans are more reliably Democratic than nearly every other group. Why don't candidates care? (41:35)
— A pastor who raped his 14-year-old adopted daughter got a more lenient prison sentence because he's a Christian. (47:44)
— Hate-preacher Steven Anderson has been banned from just about every country. (50:40)
— A Christian school turned Hemant into a personal project. (53:12)
— This is a horrible reason for why kids should say "God Bless America" after the Pledge of Allegiance. (1:00:32)
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Introduction - A prestigious multinational oil and gas organisation has an opening a Distribution Business Manager. The purpose of the role is to act as the key interface between the company and the distributor, and is focused on building a business partnership philosophy of sell through and market with. * Develop (and agree both internally and externally) annual business plan for each distributor or channel partner in the area of responsibility. * Implement the annual business plan with the distributor or channel partner, providing permanent support in all areas of its contents, and in particular regarding sales performance including forecasting sales capability (skills and knowledge), customer offer deployment, coverage and satisfaction, financial and cash flow performance, brand representation and compliance and HSSE and Ethical compliance. Introduction - A prestigious multinational oil and gas organisation has an opening a Distribution Business Manager. The purpose of the role is to act as the key interface between the company and the distributor, and is focused on building a business partnership philosophy of sell through and market with. * Develop (and agree both internally and externally) annual business plan for each distributor or channel partner in the area of responsibility. * Implement the annual business plan with the distributor or channel partner, providing permanent support in all areas of its contents, and in particular regarding sales performance including forecasting sales capability (skills and knowledge), customer offer deployment, coverage and satisfaction, financial and cash flow performance, brand representation and compliance and HSSE and Ethical compliance.
A well-established company in the FMCG industry is looking for a Warehouse and Distribution Manager to join their team in Gauteng. Tumaini Consulting * Gauteng * Permanent * Full Time • Bachelors degree in Logistics / Similar • A minimum of 8 years experience in a similar role • Experience in the FMCG industry is essential • Knowledge of imports operations is advantageous • Ability to manage a large and experienced team - Alternatively .za - Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful. A well-established company in the FMCG industry is looking for a Warehouse and Distribution Manager to join their team in Gauteng. Tumaini Consulting * Gauteng * Permanent * Full Time • Bachelors degree in Logistics / Similar • A minimum of 8 years experience in a similar role • Experience in the FMCG industry is essential • Knowledge of imports operations is advantageous • Ability to manage a large and experienced team - Alternatively .za - Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Introduction - Dis-Chem Pharmacies Distribution Centre in New Germany, KZN has an opportunity available for an Outbound Trainee Manager to join the team. The main purpose of this role will be to achieve operational excellence within Dis-Chem Distribution, by . Description * Optimal planning and forecasting of department resources to meet the daily strategic objective defined by the quantity of orders in the system. * Ensure that all stock is received and packed away and accurately maintained on the system. * Assist with implementation and optimization of new projects related to improving the efficiency of operations. * Ensure that picking/ replenishment stats are monitored to ensure that productivity and accuracy targets are met. * Ensure that resources and queues are monitored and optimised as per operational requirements. Introduction - Dis-Chem Pharmacies Distribution Centre in New Germany, KZN has an opportunity available for an Outbound Trainee Manager to join the team. The main purpose of this role will be to achieve operational excellence within Dis-Chem Distribution, by . Description * Optimal planning and forecasting of department resources to meet the daily strategic objective defined by the quantity of orders in the system. * Ensure that all stock is received and packed away and accurately maintained on the system. * Assist with implementation and optimization of new projects related to improving the efficiency of operations. * Ensure that picking/ replenishment stats are monitored to ensure that productivity and accuracy targets are met. * Ensure that resources and queues are monitored and optimised as per operational requirements.
Introduction - Dis-Chem Pharmacies Distribution Centre in New Germany, KZN has an opportunity available for an Inbound Trainee Manager to join the team. * Manage and interpret inbound related issues. * Achieve and maintain acceptable adjustment figures within the Inbound department. The main purpose of this role will be to achieve operational excellence within Dis-Chem Distribution, by . Description * away within agreed timelines and according to Dischem Policies and Procedures. * requirements. * Maintain a stock rotation on an inventory based on FEFO (First Expiry First Out) principle. * Set up continuous processes to eliminate recurring short falls and organisation challenges. * Set employee goals and objectives. * Efficient and accurate administration, filling and reporting for transactional excellence. * Management and adherence to GWP, SHE program and OHS act. Introduction - Dis-Chem Pharmacies Distribution Centre in New Germany, KZN has an opportunity available for an Inbound Trainee Manager to join the team. * Manage and interpret inbound related issues. * Achieve and maintain acceptable adjustment figures within the Inbound department. The main purpose of this role will be to achieve operational excellence within Dis-Chem Distribution, by . Description * away within agreed timelines and according to Dischem Policies and Procedures. * requirements. * Maintain a stock rotation on an inventory based on FEFO (First Expiry First Out) principle. * Set up continuous processes to eliminate recurring short falls and organisation challenges. * Set employee goals and objectives. * Efficient and accurate administration, filling and reporting for transactional excellence. * Management and adherence to GWP, SHE program and OHS act.
The Product Manager will be required to manage the product range. * Liaise on all necessary product related issues with local and international sources. * Interact with Key Accounts and grow market share with regard to his or her product range. * Must be able to communicate product trends with the national sales team and accounts when necessary. * Provide regular summaries and analyses of product and market trends, stock movement, profit trends, threats and opportunities. * Determine selling prices on his/her product range. Minimum 3 – 5 years' experience in chemical purchasing and Product Management. Montsonyana Staffing Services * Chloorkop * Permanent * Full Time - Introduction - Managing suppliers and a portfolio of customers. Most importantly selling. Duties & Responsibilities - Required outputs: Functional * Implement strategies for effective procurement. * Must be able to source and evaluate new potential sources. The Product Manager will be required to manage the product range. * Liaise on all necessary product related issues with local and international sources. * Interact with Key Accounts and grow market share with regard to his or her product range. * Must be able to communicate product trends with the national sales team and accounts when necessary. * Provide regular summaries and analyses of product and market trends, stock movement, profit trends, threats and opportunities. * Determine selling prices on his/her product range. Minimum 3 – 5 years' experience in chemical purchasing and Product Management. Montsonyana Staffing Services * Chloorkop * Permanent * Full Time - Introduction - Managing suppliers and a portfolio of customers. Most importantly selling. Duties & Responsibilities - Required outputs: Functional * Implement strategies for effective procurement. * Must be able to source and evaluate new potential sources.
We have a fleet of refrigerated trucks, ranging from 2 tonners to 12 tonners. Liebenlogistics (Pty) Ltd * ON N7, 20KM FROM MALMESBURY EN-ROUTE CAPE TOWN * Permanent * Full Time - Introduction - Baleka Frieght a Liebengroup company are specialists in refrigerated and dry cargo transporters, who focus on retail back-door deliveries and distribution to retail food stores. We also distribute to informal markets, and handle inter-coldstore transfers and deliveries. We charge a fixed price per day, which includes diesel, driver and insurance costs. Our local distribution service comprises of a single price per truck per day. This all-inclusive price takes care of the diesel, driver and insurance, including goods in transit cover. Each km radius therefore has its own fixed price, which is fixed to diesel, labour and inflation fluctuations. We have a fleet of refrigerated trucks, ranging from 2 tonners to 12 tonners. Liebenlogistics (Pty) Ltd * ON N7, 20KM FROM MALMESBURY EN-ROUTE CAPE TOWN * Permanent * Full Time - Introduction - Baleka Frieght a Liebengroup company are specialists in refrigerated and dry cargo transporters, who focus on retail back-door deliveries and distribution to retail food stores. We also distribute to informal markets, and handle inter-coldstore transfers and deliveries. We charge a fixed price per day, which includes diesel, driver and insurance costs. Our local distribution service comprises of a single price per truck per day. This all-inclusive price takes care of the diesel, driver and insurance, including goods in transit cover. Each km radius therefore has its own fixed price, which is fixed to diesel, labour and inflation fluctuations.
The successful candidate must demonstrate experience in managing logistics service providers. * Managing the logistics portfolio including sales order processing, inbound and outbound logistics to ensure on-time and full deliveries to all customers. * Developing, implementing and continuously improving on a logistics strategy for the company to satisfy customer delivery requirements. Introduction - A well-established national group specialising in the production of specialised chemical products requires the above to , be responsible for analysing the time spent at customers, vehicle spend, budget versus actuals, chair meetings and will handle customer complaints and issues. * Previous Call Centre and/or Logistics managerial experience is essential. * Ensuring that the logistics activities remain coordinated and is running smoothly. The successful candidate must demonstrate experience in managing logistics service providers. * Managing the logistics portfolio including sales order processing, inbound and outbound logistics to ensure on-time and full deliveries to all customers. * Developing, implementing and continuously improving on a logistics strategy for the company to satisfy customer delivery requirements. Introduction - A well-established national group specialising in the production of specialised chemical products requires the above to , be responsible for analysing the time spent at customers, vehicle spend, budget versus actuals, chair meetings and will handle customer complaints and issues. * Previous Call Centre and/or Logistics managerial experience is essential. * Ensuring that the logistics activities remain coordinated and is running smoothly.


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« San Diego report links pensions to tax hikes
Pensionomics: Fighting yesterday's battle? »
CalPERS pushed hikes now called 'unsustainable'
A labor-friendly CalPERS board offered local governments an incentive eight years ago to boost public employee pension benefits, now called "unsustainable" by some.
CalPERS said it would reward higher benefits by inflating the value of the local government's pension investment fund, making it easier to pay for more generous pensions.
Booming pension fund earnings in previous years were cited in a self-congratulatory board resolution approving the incentive in 2001. But the stock market boom had already cooled by then.
The CalPERS chief actuary, Ron Seeling, advised against the plan to inflate the market value of the assets, Tom Branan reported in the May/June 2001 issue of The Public Retirement Journal.
The California Public Employees Retirement System could not say how many of the 1,800 local government retirement plans had their assets inflated in exchange for increasing pension benefits.
The inflation incentive was approved as a bill, AB 616, was moving through the Legislature that would allow increased pension benefits for local governments contracting with CalPERS as well as for county retirement systems covered by a 1937 act.
Supporters said the legislation would allow labor unions representing miscellaneous workers to bargain for contracts increasing their pension benefits by a third, according to an Assembly floor analysis of the bill.
The supporters said a bill enacted two years earlier, SB 400, had allowed benefit increases of up to 50 percent for local government safety workers in CalPERS, mainly law enforcement, but did not cover local miscellaneous workers.
The bill, SB 400, sponsored by CalPERS in 1999 also allowed increased pension benefits for state miscellaneous and safety employees. A cut in state worker pension benefits enacted under former Republican Gov. Pete Wilson in 1991 was undermined.
The reduced "tier two" benefit formula enacted under Wilson was made optional, something new state workers had to apply for in their first 180 days on the job. Workers in "tier two" could move to the new "tier one" by paying back contributions with interest.
SB 400 also took the unusual step of authorizing a retroactive increase in pension payments to retirees, ranging from 1 percent to persons who retired in 1997 to 6 percent to persons who retired in 1974 or earlier.
And setting the pattern for what would happen two years later, the legislation only took effect if CalPERS inflated the assets of pension funds that increased benefits, pushing their estimated worth from 90 to 95 percent of market value.
What drove the big pension benefit increases?
The first Democratic governor in 16 years, Gray Davis, took office in 1999. The pension benefit increase in SB 400 was a priority of powerful public employee unions, a traditional Democratic ally.
More importantly, a ballot measure in 1984 narrowly approved by voters, Proposition 21, lifted a cap that allowed public pensions to invest only 25 percent of their funds in stocks, leaving the rest in bonds and other predictable-yield investments.
Pension funds switched to a broad "prudence" rule at the outset of a historic stock market boom in the 1980s and 1990s. CalPERS would eventually get 75 percent of its revenue from investments, dwarfing contributions from employers and employees.
By 1999 CalPERS was awash in surplus funds. The annual payments that state and local governments are required to make to CalPERS and other pension funds were dramatically reduced, sometimes all the way to zero.
But a sore point for workers was that their annual payment to the pension funds, usually 5 to 9 percent of pay, did not drop despite the surplus. The employee payments are set by legislation, not by the powerful pension boards that set employer rates.
(Some local governments pay all or part of the employee pension contribution, a policy now under fire in San Diego County and other areas.)
A surplus is cited in the resolution adopted by the CalPERS board in June 2001 offering pension funds the incentive to raise benefits, an accounting change boosting their assets to as much as 110 percent of market value.
CalPERS annual investment earnings averaged 15.6 percent during a five-year period ending the previous June, well above the 8.25 percent rate assumed at the time in actuarial forecasts.
The resolution said the 1,800 local plans in CalPERS had aggregate funding of 128 percent in June 1999. A few of the plans were below the 80 percent funding some think is the acceptable minimum, but 92 percent were funded at 100 percent or better.
CalPERS told the Legislature that the benefit increases in SB 400 could be paid for by "superior" investment earnings and the accounting change that boosted assets from 90 to 95 percent of market value.
Annual state contributions to CalPERS were expected to remain roughly unchanged for the next decade. But the CalPERS forecast was wrong, mainly because of a weak stock market not the cost of the increased benefits.
State payments to CalPERS, $157 million in 2000, soared to $2.5 billion by 2005 ($3.3 billion this year). Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger briefly backed a plan to switch new state and local government hires to a 401(k)-style individual investment plan.
Now the financial crisis is raising questions about public pensions nationwide. The Washington Post reported over the weekend there is "doubt as never before whether these public systems will be able to keep their promises to future generations of retirees."
Last June Schwarzenegger proposed a sweeping reduction in pension and retiree health benefits for new state workers, calling current benefits "unsustainable." He would roll back the SB 400 increase, returning to the Wilson benefit levels.
The governor's pension advisor, David Crane, a Democrat who helped build a global investment firm, is among those who think that current state pension benefits are based on earnings forecasts that are too optimistic.
A reform group formed by former Assemblyman Keith Richman, R-Northridge, and others, the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility, is talking about placing an initiative on the November 2010 ballot to cut pension benefits for new state and local government hires.
A touchstone for the pension reformers is a brief remark made by the CalPERS chief actuary, Seeling, during a seminar in Sacramento in August.
"I don't want to sugarcoat anything," Seeling said. "We are facing decades without significant turnarounds in assets, decades of — what I, my personal words, nobody else's — unsustainable pension costs of between 25 percent of pay for a miscellaneous plan and 40 to 50 percent of pay for a safety plan … unsustainable pension costs. We've got to find some other solutions."
Reporter Ed Mendel covered the Capitol in Sacramento for nearly three decades, most recently for the San Diego Union-Tribune. More stories are at https://calpensions.com/ Posted 12 Oct 09
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3 Responses to "CalPERS pushed hikes now called 'unsustainable'"
It appears that CalPERS violated their fiduciary duty. The only way they can award higher pensions to one city is to reduce the money available to another city.
Quoting …"A reform group formed by former Assemblyman Keith Richman, R-Northridge, and others, the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility, is talking about placing an initiative on the November 2010 ballot to cut pension benefits for new state and local government hires."
Rolling back the pension formula ONLY for NEW employees will save nothing for 20-30 years (until they begin to retire). We MUST reduce the pension formula for FUTURE years of service for CURRENT employees or we will be broke before any savings materialize.
I believe the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility is well aware of this DIRE need but feels it is move likely to succeed if done in steps, the first being a reduction only for NEW employees.
I disagree. The state is BLEEDING money and the current benefit levels are CLEARLY too generous & unsustainable, so why continue to allow the growing liability to grow further. The Civil Servant unions will fight ANY & ALL pension formula reductions to the death …. so why not DO WHAT IS REALLY NECESSARY in ONE shot and be done with it.
adam s Says:
Toughlove— here is your answer— 1. because it is probably not fully needed and 2. because it is unquestionably unconstitutional both US and Cal Con.
Actually creating the new tier will save money now in contribution and solve the problem in toto in the future making the notion that we are passing on this debt to our kids a moot point.


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Federal Council approves memorandum of understanding with EU and wishes to expedite implementation of Switzerland's second contribution
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Services and publications
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Federal Council press conferences
Selected press conferences and their short versions on Switzerland's current European policy on the official YouTube channel of the Swiss Federal Council.
Overview of Switzerland's European policy
Parliamentary interventions and debates of the Council
Important steps of the Switzerland's European policy
Popular votes
Since 1992 numerous votes on European policy have been held in Switzerland.
Main bilateral agreements and arrangements between Switzerland and the EU
Agreements and implementation
Texts of the agreements and application and implementation of the Swiss-EU bilateral agreements
Entry into force
Entry into force of the main Bilateral Agreements Switzerland-EU since 1972
Second Swiss contribution
With the Swiss contribution, Switzerland invests in security, stability and prosperity in Europe. It strengthens and deepens its bilateral relations with partner countries and the EU as a whole.
The UK's withdrawal from the EU also has consequences for Switzerland's relations with the UK. As part of its Mind the Gap strategy, Switzerland has concluded a number of new agreements with this country.
An electricity agreement would establish a legal basis for Switzerland's participation in the European electricity market and strengthen cross-border electricity trading.
Agriculture, food safety, product safety and public health
The negotiations on an agreement in the areas of agriculture, food safety, product safety and public health seek to secure closer links with the EU along the food value chain.
Switzerland participates in civil and military peacebuilding missions abroad. Cooperation with the European Union within the framework of the Common Security and Defence Policy is important in this context.
Portrait and history of the EU
A union of states and a community of values, the European Union (EU) emerged from the efforts of European states to work towards peace and prosperity.
The enlargement process
The gradual integration of former Eastern Bloc countries and Malta into the EU.
Political system and functioning
The functioning, areas of competence and funding of the EU.
Brochures, specialist publications, reports and slide presentations on Switzerland's relations with Europe and the EU to download or order online.
From the foreign policy strategy to the annual report on Switzerland's contribution to the enlarged EU: overview of key Swiss strategies and reports concerning European policy.
The procedure for obtaining access to official documents in accordance with the transparency principle.
Which countries are in Schengen? What are the consequences of Brexit for Switzerland? FAQs and answers concerning European policy, the institutional agreement, Schengen/Dublin and Brexit.
Switzerland-EU in figures
Selected charts and figures on Swiss-EU economic relations and other topics pertaining to European policy.
Slide presentations on Swiss-EU relations and on the EU itself. Concise and richly illustrated, suitable for teaching and training purposes.
Swiss policy on the European Union
On 24 November, the Federal Council approved the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the EU regarding the second Swiss contribution to selected EU member states. Negotiations with partner countries on the relevant implementation agreements can now go ahead.
Swiss–EU talks on the non-legally binding MoU have intensified following Parliament's decision at the end of September to release the second Swiss contribution to selected EU member states. At their meeting on 15 November, Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis and Vice-President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič welcomed the agreement on the MoU at technical level.
On 24 November, the Federal Council approved the MoU, reiterating its intention to expedite implementation of the second Swiss contribution. This sends another positive signal to the EU that Switzerland seeks to continue the bilateral approach.
The MoU sets out the key terms governing the second Swiss contribution, including the total amount, the allocation of funds between partner countries, thematic priorities, and the basic principles applying to cooperation and implementation. These terms are in line with the Federal Council's dispatch on the second Swiss contribution from 2018 and the framework credits approved by Parliament in autumn 2021. The MoU thus provides a framework for the planned implementation agreements with partner countries. Accordingly, the Federal Council has decided to start negotiating the terms of those agreements with the countries concerned.
The parties are expected to sign the MoU once the EU has completed its own internal approval process.
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Bloody Shirqat Battles Continue; 96 Killed in Iraq
by Margaret Griffis Posted on September 29, 2017
Shi'ite militias denied accusations made by Human Rights Watch of rights abuses In Hawija. The organization claims witnesses saw militiamen from the Badr Organization torture civilians; some men were detained and taken to unknown locations. This is not the first time, militiamen have been charged with abuses.
Masoud Barzani called Baghdad's overreaction to the independence referendum proof that the government is against Kurdish rights. He made the statement while meeting with a delegation from the Syrian Kurdish National Council.
Sunni leaders met in Erbil on Thursday and later issued a statement in support of the referendum.
The Erbil International Airport issued a statement revealing that a three-month-long ban on flights might be imposed beginning Friday, September 29, at 6:00 p.m. The field's closure would not only impact the Kurds directly but also the effort to help millions of displaced Iraqis who fled the Islamic State into Kurdistan. On Thursday, the Kurdish government was still delivering supplies to the displaced.
Neighboring Turkey again threatened to shut down an oil pipeline that carries crude from Kurdistan through Turkey and on to worldwide markets. Advisors have also stopped training Peshmerga forces.
Canada says the country is still planning on sending arms to Kurdish security forces as part of operations against the Islamic State. At the very least, Baghdad has not asked Canada to halt delivery. Canada has said that it respects the referendum but supports territorial integrity in Iraq.
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Khaled Jarallah said the country will not abide by any of Baghdad's demands to sanction Kurdistan.
The chairman of a Turkish nationalist group, Kürşat Mican, declared that the group, Ülkü Ocakları, will be invading Kirkuk next month to ostensibly save Turkmen from massacre. The Turkmen are a Turkic ethnic group that the Turkish government has been using as an excuse to keep troops illegally in Iraq.
The United States has offered its help in facilitating talks between Erbil and Baghdad.
Army Colonel Ryan Dillon, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, warned that independence referendum has taken focus away from the fight against the Islamic State militants. Military operations, however, continue unimpeded.
In Iran, hundreds were reported arrested for celebrating the referendum.
At least 96 were killed and three were wounded:
In Hawija, militants executed 10 civilians. Airstrikes killed over a dozen militants.
A bomb in Dhuluiya seriously wounded two shepherds and killed four goats.
An old landmine exploded and wounded a civilian in Mandali.
In Shirqat, 52 militants were killed.
Security forces killed 11 militants in Anbar province.
In Mosul, six militants were killed trying to enter the city.
Five militants were killed in Ramadi.
Author: Margaret Griffis
Margaret Griffis is a journalist from Miami Beach, Florida and has been covering Iraqi casualties for Antiwar.com since 2006.	View all posts by Margaret Griffis
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Hansel and Gretel are Visiting The Court Theatre These School Holidays
If you follow the breadcrumbs to The Court Theatre these school holidays you'll find fairy-tale characters Hansel and Gretel on stage, performing a comedic adaptation of the Brothers Grimm classic that's perfect for little ones aged 3 – 7.
In this silent adaptation dialogue is replaced by action, the actors telling the story through physical clowning aided by radio announcements that help progress the plot.
The classic story remains, following a young brother and sister as they get lost in the forest where a hungry witch is waiting for them…
Director Dan Bain calls the show, "a very traditional version of the story, told in an untraditional way. I like it because it's all about temptation – can you resist the witch's treats? It's the precursor to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
Bain, who is also the Associate Director at The Court, oversees the theatre's programme of kids shows, most recently having directed his own kids show A Paintbox of Clowns earlier this year.
Kids are sure to be entertained by the big, visual comedy on stage in Hansel and Gretel – and the participation they'll be invited to take part in.
One of the integral pieces of the play is the set - a world of gingerbread and lollies, designed by Nigel Kerr.
"We're limited in some respects with Hansel and Gretel living on the set of Mum's Choir, but we're making a couch out of gingerbread and there will be some very cool candy decorations to look out for," says Bain.
The costumes will also be something to admire, with Hayley Douglas designing a set of colourful, bright, circus outfits for the cast.
"Hayley's costume designs are really beautiful – she's really picked up on the '20s circus vibe that the play has, which is great."
Douglas' costumes have another function, helping to turn actor Jared Corbin into the multiple characters he'll be portraying in the show. Corbin (a veteran Jester and actor at The Court) will be performing quick costume changes to play the roles of Hansel and Gretel's dad, the witch, the witch pretending to be Hansel and Gretel's stepmother and the King of the Birds.
"He'll be quite busy!" Bain says.
Joining Corbin are John Armstrong as Hansel (most recently seen at The Court in Ideation) and Millie Hanford as Gretel (a Court Jester herself who played Blue in A Paintbox of Clowns earlier this year).
Hansel and Gretel is sure to be a vibrant and joyous kids show audiences have come to expect from The Court, with plenty of chances for small audience members to get involved with the performance.
For those requiring a more subdued environment, there will be a relaxed performance of Hansel and Gretel on the 13th October at 11am.
A relaxed performance is designed to reduce noise and movement during the performance to make the experience as comfortable as possible for audience members with sensory needs.
"This type of play and this type of storytelling is ideally suited for a relaxed performance audience because it's not so heavy on the verbal," Bain says. "It tells the story visually, so I think it's easier to follow along and keep track of. The clowns are gentle, so it'll be a great show for that audience."
While there is a little darkness inherent in the story of Hansel and Gretel, Bain promises that it's just the right amount for its young audience.
"There are pieces that are a bit spooky. It does involve Hansel and Gretel getting lost in the forest and the witch trying to eat them - and it's hard to tell the story without that - but (spoilers!) it all turns out okay in the end. I think if you're going to do these shows; the traditional fairy-tales, you want to use what's there, rather than inventing something else. Kids like spooky things: when it's a bit gross or a bit scary, but in a cool, fun way they're quite into it."
Hansel and Gretel runs at The Court Theatre as part of New Zealand Theatre Month from 29 September – 13 October 2018 with a relaxed performance of the show being hosted on 13th October at 11am. Recommended ages are 3 – 7 with all tickets $10. Click here to find out more and book tickets.
See the story you know so well told in a way never seen before in this silent comedy adaptation of the fairy tale classic.
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Serge Ferrari AG is based in Eglisau (canton of Zurich) and specialises in coating technical textiles. It is launching the world's first inflammable yet breathable façade membrane: Stamisol Safe One. The material is the first of its kind that is genuinely inflammable.
Some people drive Ferrari, others build with it. But there are some major differences: racing driver Enzo Ferrari developed a sports car in 1946, whereas Serge Ferrari launched his first products – high-strength composite materials for industrial applications – in 1973. While most Ferrari models are only designed for two occupants, Serge Ferrari's products can be used on buildings housing tens of thousands of people. There is also a difference in terms of pricing: a new Ferrari costs 200,0000 Swiss francs or more, whereas the price per square metre of Serge Ferrari's industrial textiles starts at around 5 Swiss francs.
In other words, the two Ferrari manufacturers have very little in common other than a shared family name. Nonetheless, Serge Ferrari AG, which has been operating in Switzerland since 2001, is a top-quality brand that enjoys an excellent reputation among its customers. Its flexible composite materials are used by planners and architects throughout the world and feature light weight, comprehensive functionality and lengthy service life, as the guarantees for up to twenty years clearly underscore. Serge Ferrari textiles are used as protection against sunlight, as façade cladding, waterproof seat covers, boat tarpaulins, stadium roofing, breathable façade sheeting, etc. They can be found at many construction sites and also enable architects to make sports centres, high-rise buildings, schools, hospitals, water storage facilities, multi-storey car parks and many other kinds of buildings more functional and more attractive.
Serge Ferrari produces hundreds of meters and tons of construction textiles.
The most visible products in the portfolio of Serge Ferrari AG are Stamoid (a textile that is widely used in Switzerland for covering yachts), Batyline and Stamskin, which are also used in the recreational boating segment. Stamisol, a breathable façade membrane used in architecture that acts rather like a membrane in functional wear, is becoming ever more widely known. Thanks to its unique coating formula it provides a high level of protection against ultraviolet rays, rain and wind. Stamisol ensures that buildings remain warm and dry despite having an open façade construction. Plus, its high degree of breathability allows residual moisture to escape so an optimal indoor climate can be maintained. In the future, it will also provide buildings with the best possible fire protection.
The new product, Stamisol Safe One, enables full compliance with building regulations that have long been in effect but until now could not be satisfactorily implemented. Since the beginning of 2017, buildings in Switzerland that are over eleven metres high and have an open façade construction have had to be equipped with inflammable façade membranes – a requirement that to date has often been circumnavigated with the aid of a special permit. This is a matter of some concern. Since the devastating fire that destroyed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in London in June 2017, it has been clear to everyone that such buildings are a major fire risk and more effective fire safety regulations are required.
For more than ten years, Serge Ferrari has possessed comprehensive know-how for developing glass fibre/elastomer composite materials for architectural and industrial applications, but developing an inflammable façade sheeting with the aid of these technologies posed a major challenge – partly with respect to the requirements of breathability and weather resistance, but also due to the problem of installation, which has to be easy to carry out in line with the established principles. The development team at Serge Ferrari spent more than a year working on a solution to these challenges, and were able to launch the new membrane in mid-November. For the public authorities, who frequently award large-scale construction projects, and the country's major building companies and architects, the new fabric not only facilitates compliance with the relevant building regulations, it also opens up new design opportunities.
It is the first inflammable textile of its kind made of glass fibres, and is produced in France and coated in Eglisau with an innovative elastomer compound. Niklaus Zemp, managing director of the two Swiss subsidiaries of Serge Ferrari in Eglisau and Emmenbrücke, and his colleague Tim Schubert, who is responsible for the Stamisol range of products, expect their new creation to usher in a decisive growth boom. Priced at 32 Swiss francs per square metre, Stamisol Safe One is around two to three times as expensive as other textiles that have been used for the same purposes, but only the new Serge Ferrari fabric is genuinely inflammable. For large buildings such as schools, hospitals or corporate headquarters around 500 to 1,000 square metres of the fabric are required. The additional costs for first-class membranes have little impact on the overall budget for the construction of large buildings, but when it comes to fire safety the extra expense is certainly a sound investment.
Producing a technical fabric like Stamisol Safe One calls for a pioneering spirit and ingenuity, as well as a lot of materials, effort and energy. Enormous, sturdy production lines are required onto which the 2.65-metre wide strips of material have to be attached before the various production steps (coating and finishing) can be started. Tonnes of material have to be moved, processed and stored. These tasks require employees who are able to handle heavy loads, so most of the machines have to be operated by strong men. Serge Ferrari AG has 85 employees in Eglisau and 65 in Emmenbrücke.
CEO Niklaus Zemp (left) and Tim Schubert, who is responsible for the Stamisol product (in the middle) with their team.
As in many areas of industrial production today, both factories are operated as efficiently as possible by keeping the machines running round the clock in several shifts. Turning them on and off is a cost factor that has to be avoided wherever possible. A handful of personnel skilfully operate and closely monitor the steaming monster machines. Despite the widespread use of automation and computer-based control systems, the coating of textiles still calls for expertise and a highly trained eye. Precision is essential: tenths of millimetres and fractions of degrees Celsius can make the difference and this changes from day to day, which means comprehensive production know-how is vital.
Most people are unaware of the products manufactured in Eglisau. Unless they work in the construction industry, people do not realise that buildings also "wear" textiles. Perhaps this is a good thing, because otherwise someone might get the idea to make a jacket out of these highly versatile building textiles! Tim Schubert and Niklaus Zemp laughingly wave that notion aside: the company only delivers to builder's merchants in batches of at least 20 metres and an item of clothing made from Stamisol Safe One (310 grams per square metre) would hardly make the fashion headlines. It is currently only available in an unobtrusive black matt finish, which for construction purposes is the best and most commonly used colour.
Serge Ferrari was established in 1973 by a Frenchman of the same name, whose speciality was developing and selling composite materials for industrial applications. The company's breakthrough came in 1974 with the development of "Précontraint" (= prestressed) technology, which is used for producing highly durable, stable textiles through biaxial pre-stressing of the coating. Sébastien and Romain Ferrari took over in 1981 and 1991 respectively as the second generation and began to focus on the sustainability of the utilised materials. In 2001, Serge Ferrari AG acquired the production of Stamoid from the Swiss company Forbo in Eglisau, and in 2005 it integrated the production of Tersuisse yarn in Emmenbrücke. Serge Ferrari has been listed on the Paris stock exchange since 2014. The group has a workforce of around 800 in more than 80 countries – around 140 of these employees are based in Switzerland.


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MPs call for ethics-based internet regulation MPs call for ethics-based internet regulation
MPs call for ethics-based internet regulation
Out-Law News | 19 Feb 2019 | 4:59 pm | 4 min. read
A new code of ethics should govern the removal of harmful content from the internet and there should be "large fines" for technology companies that fail to comply with it, a prominent group of MPs has said.
The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS) made the recommendations in a wide-ranging new report on disinformation and 'fake news' (111-page / 3.59MB PDF).
The Committee's call for a new code of ethics, which it said would be similar to the broadcasting code that governs broadcasting standards in the UK and which is overseen by Ofcom, would set out "clear legal liabilities … for tech companies to act against harmful or illegal content on their sites".
The new regulation should be supported by the creation of a "new category of tech company" which would mean tech companies would no longer have to be treated as either a 'platform' or a 'publisher' for the purposes of establishing their legal liability, it said.
"This approach would see the tech companies assume legal liability for content identified as harmful after it has been posted by users," the Committee said.
Currently, EU law prohibits member states from forcing online service providers, such as social media companies and online platforms, from pro-actively monitoring for illegal activity on their service.
The E-Commerce Directive also serves to restrict when online service providers are considered liable for material that they neither create nor monitor but simply store or pass on to users. The providers are generally not liable for unlawful information they transmit, temporarily store or host on behalf of publishers.
That exemption, though, falls when providers have 'actual knowledge' that the information they are storing or hosting is illegal, or they have an awareness of facts or circumstances that suggest illegality, and they fail to act "expeditiously to remove or to disable access to the information".
In the UK it is necessary for the service provider to be aware of the location of the harmful content, and not just its mere existence on its platform, for 'actual knowledge' to be said to have been acquired by the service provider and the requirement for it to act expeditiously to apply.
In their report, the MPs said an independent regulator should be appointed to oversee compliance with the new code of ethics. They said the regulator should be free to act on the complaints from the public, be given powers of audit and have scope to fine technology companies that fail to adhere to the new code, and that it should be funded through a levy on technology companies.
"The code of ethics should be developed by technical experts and overseen by the independent regulator, in order to set down in writing what is and is not acceptable on social media. This should include harmful and illegal content that has been referred to the companies for removal by their users, or that should have been easy for tech companies themselves to identify," the DCMS Committee said.
"The process should establish clear, legal liability for tech companies to act against agreed harmful and illegal content on their platform and such companies should have relevant systems in place to highlight and remove 'types of harm' and to ensure that cybersecurity structures are in place. If tech companies (including technical engineers involved in creating the software for the companies) are found to have failed to meet their obligations under such a code, and not acted against the distribution of harmful and illegal content, the independent regulator should have the ability to launch legal proceedings against them, with the prospect of large fines being administered as the penalty for non-compliance with the code," it said.
"This same public body should have statutory powers to obtain any information from social media companies that are relevant to its inquiries. This could include the capability to check what data is being held on an individual user, if a user requests such information. This body should also have access to tech companies' security mechanisms and algorithms, to ensure they are operating responsibly," the Committee said.
The Committee also backed calls from the UK's data protection watchdog, the information commissioner, to extend the "protections of privacy law" to information models that are "used to make inferences about individuals, in particular during political campaigning".
"This will ensure that inferences about individuals are treated as importantly as individuals' personal information," it said.
The DCMS Committee's report was issued after a near 18-month long inquiry. It examined where biased but legitimate commentary can stray into propaganda and lies and how fake news can influence the public's understanding of the world. It also looked into whether changes in the selling and placing of advertising encouraged the growth of fake news.
The inquiry developed into a deeper examination of issues such as data sharing and guardianship by social media companies, political fundraising and the foreign interference in elections.
The Committee said the Cambridge Analytica scandal was "facilitated by Facebook's policies" and took issue with the social networking giant's practices on sharing data with developers, alleging that the company "intentionally and knowingly violated both data privacy and anti-competition laws". In response, Facebook told Out-Law.com that it rejects all claims that it breached data protection and competition laws.
The Committee concluded that data is being used by businesses to influence political decision making by the UK electorate and that UK electoral law is "not fit for purpose" and needs updated to account for "online, microtargeted political campaigning".
The Committee also called for clarity on how many investigations are currently being carried out into Russian interference in UK politics and urged the government to open an independent investigation into a number of elections held in the UK in recent years, including the UK general election in 2017, the EU referendum in 2016 and the Scottish independence referendum of 2014.
The investigations would "explore what actually happened with regard to foreign influence, disinformation, funding, voter manipulation, and the sharing of data, so that appropriate changes to the law can be made and lessons can be learnt for future elections and referenda", the Committee said.


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require("should");
var helper = require("../../helper");

var purchaseRequestDataUtil = require("../../data-util/purchasing/purchase-request-data-util");
var validatePR = require("dl-models").validator.purchasing.purchaseRequest;
var PurchaseRequestManager = require("../../../src/managers/purchasing/purchase-request-manager");
var purchaseRequestManager = null;
var purchaseRequest;

var purchaseOrderDataUtil = require("../../data-util/purchasing/purchase-order-data-util");
var validatePO = require("dl-models").validator.purchasing.purchaseOrder;
var PurchaseOrderManager = require("../../../src/managers/purchasing/purchase-order-manager");
var purchaseOrderManager = null;
var purchaseOrder;

before('#00. connect db', function (done) {
    helper.getDb()
        .then(db => {
            purchaseRequestManager = new PurchaseRequestManager(db, {
                username: 'dev'
            });
            purchaseOrderManager = new PurchaseOrderManager(db, {
                username: 'dev'
            });

            purchaseRequestDataUtil.getNewTestData()
                .then(pr => {
                    purchaseRequest = pr;
                    validatePR(purchaseRequest);
                    done();
                })
                .catch(e => {
                    done(e);
                });
        })
        .catch(e => {
            done(e);
        });
});

it('#01. should failed when create new purchase-order with unposted purchase-request', function (done) {
    purchaseOrderDataUtil.getNewData(purchaseRequest)
        .then((purchaseOrder) => {
            return purchaseOrderManager.create(purchaseOrder);
        })
        .then(po => {
            done(purchaseRequest, "purchase-request cannot be used to create purchase-order due unposted status");
        })
        .catch(e => {
            e.errors.should.have.property('purchaseRequestId');
            done();
        });
});

it('#02. should success when create new purchase-order with posted purchase-request', function (done) {
    purchaseRequestManager.post([purchaseRequest])
        .then(pr => {
            purchaseRequest = pr[0];
            purchaseOrderDataUtil.getNewData(purchaseRequest)
                .then((purchaseOrder) => {
                    return purchaseOrderManager.create(purchaseOrder);
                })
                .then((id) => {
                    return purchaseOrderManager.getSingleById(id);
                })
                .then(po => {
                    purchaseOrder = po;
                    // validatePO(purchaseOrder);
                    done();
                })
                .catch(e => {
                    done(e);
                });

        })
        .catch(e => {
            done(e);
        });
});

it('#03. purchase-request.isUsed should be true after create purchase-order and purchase-request.purchaseOrderIds should contains puchase-orderId', function (done) {
    var prId = purchaseRequest._id;
    purchaseRequestManager.getSingleById(prId)
        .then(pr => {
            purchaseRequest = pr;
            validatePR(purchaseRequest);
            purchaseRequest.isUsed.should.equal(true, "purchase-request.isPosted should be true after posted");
            purchaseRequest.purchaseOrderIds.find(poId => {
                return poId.toString() == purchaseOrder._id.toString();
            }).should.not.equal(null, "purchase-request.purchaseOrderIds should contains purchase-order._id");
            done();
        })
        .catch(e => {
            done(e);
        });
});

it('#04. purchase-order items should the same as purchase-request items', function (done) {
    purchaseOrder.items.length.should.equal(purchaseRequest.items.length);
    for (var poItem of purchaseOrder.items) {
        var prItem = purchaseRequest.items.find(prItem => {
            return poItem.product._id.toString() == prItem.product._id.toString();
        });
        prItem.should.not.equal(null, "an item in purchase-order not found in purchase-request");
        poItem.defaultQuantity.should.equal(prItem.quantity, "purchase-order-item.defaultQuantity does not equal purchase-request-item.quantity");
        poItem.defaultUom._id.toString().should.equal(prItem.product.uom._id.toString(), "purchase-order-item.defaultUom does not equal purchase-request-item.uom");
    }
    done();
});

it('#05. should failed when create new purchase-order with already used purchase-request', function (done) {
    purchaseOrderDataUtil.getNewData(purchaseRequest)
        .then((purchaseOrder) => {
            return purchaseOrderManager.create(purchaseOrder);
        })
        .then((id) => {
            return purchaseOrderManager.getSingleById(id);
        })
        .then(po => {
            purchaseOrder = po;
            purchaseOrder.purchaseRequest = purchaseRequest;
            purchaseOrder.purchaseRequestId = purchaseRequest._id;
            validatePO(purchaseOrder);
            done(purchaseRequest, "purchase-request cannot be used to create purchase-order due unposted status");
        })
        .catch(e => {
            e.errors.should.have.property('purchaseRequestId');
            done();
        });
});

it("#06. should success when search data with filter", function (done) {
    purchaseOrderManager.read({
        keyword: purchaseOrder.buyer.name
    })
        .then((documents) => {
            //process documents
            documents.should.have.property("data");
            documents.data.should.be.instanceof(Array);
            documents.data.length.should.not.equal(0);
            done();
        })
        .catch((e) => {
            done(e);
        });
});

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Q: d3js - how to add the text each of the arc's centre, after animation end? I am drawing 8 arcs with animation. my requirement is after adding the arc ( each of them ) i need to add a line with animation from the arc centre and end of the line need to add the text as well ( please see the picture )
But i don't know how to handle this scenario. any one can help to sort this out?
this what i requried :

And here is my try:
var array = [

 [500, 600],
 [600, 700],
 [800, 900],
 [900,1000]

]

window.onload = function () {

  var width = 660,
    height = 200,
    radius = Math.min(width, height) / 2;

var color = d3.scale.category20();

var arc = null;
var val = null;

var pie = d3.layout.pie()
    .value(function(d) {
      return d; })
    .sort(null);

 function getTweenPie(arc) {
        return function (finish) {
            var start = {
                startAngle: 0,
                endAngle: 0
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            var i = d3.interpolate(start, finish);
            return function(d) { return arc(i(d)); };
        }
    }

var svg1 = d3.select("body").append("svg")
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var update = function (i){

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      .attr("fill", function(d, i) { return color(i); })
      .transition()
      .duration(5000)
      .attrTween('d', getTweenPie(arc))
      .each('end', function(){

        svg1.append('g').append('text')
        .attr("transform", "translate(" + width / 2 + "," + height / 2 + ")")
        .text(i)

      })

}

for( var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {

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A: I have updated my code like this :
It's works fine to me.

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var objects = {

  "payStTotalGraph": [
    {
      "label": "Total Contract Amount",
      "value": 40900000,
      "color": "#fff"
    },
    {
      "label": "",
      "value": 20
    }
  ],
  "payStInvRisedGraph": [
    {
      "label": "Invoice Raised",
      "value": 170000
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      "label": "",
      "value": 170000
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    {
      "label": "Net Certified",
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}

var myColor = [
     ["#e9d600", "#ff0"],
     ["#27b6a9", "transparent"],
     ["#bd565b", "#68bc4b"]
    ]

var w = 200,
    h = 200,
    r = Math.min(w, h) / 2,
    labelr = r + 30, // radius for label anchor
    color = d3.scale.category20(),
    donut = d3.layout.pie(),
    arc = d3.svg.arc().innerRadius(r * 0.97).outerRadius(r);

function getTweenPie(arc) {
  return function (finish) {
    var start = {
      startAngle: 0,
      endAngle: 0
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    var i = d3.interpolate(start, finish);
    return function(d) {  return arc(i(d)); };
  }

}

var vis = d3.select("body").append("svg:svg").attr("width", w + 150).attr("height", h);

var nv = r * 0.97;
var n = 0;
var cr = 2;
var lineW = 80;
var textPoint = lineW + 10;
var tape;

var graphBuilder = function ( d, x ) {

  var outer = nv -= 10;
  var inner = nv *= 0.97;

  arc = d3.svg.arc().innerRadius( inner ).outerRadius( outer );

  labelr = outer;

  vis.data([d])

  var arcs = vis.selectAll("g.arc")
  .data(donut.value(function(d, i) {  return d.value }))
 .enter().append("svg:g")
  .attr("class", "arc"+x)
  .attr("transform", "translate(" + (r + 30) + "," + r + ")");

  //phrse 2

  arcs.append("svg:path")
    .attr("fill", function(d, i) { return myColor[x][i]; })
    .transition()
      .duration(5000)
    .attrTween('d', getTweenPie(arc))

  var g =  arcs.append('g')
      .attr("transform", function(d) {
        var c = arc.centroid(d),
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            y = c[1],
            // pythagorean theorem for hypotenuse
            h = Math.sqrt(x*x + y*y);
        return "translate(" + ((x/h * labelr)-3) +  ',' +   (y/h * labelr) +  ")";
      });

  g.append('circle')
      .attr('cx', 0)
      .attr('cy', 0)
      .attr('r', cr)
      .style('fill', '#f00');

  g.append('line')
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    .style("stroke", function(c,i){ if(!d[i].label) return; console.log(d[i].label); return "#000"})
    .attr("x1", 0)
    .attr("y1", -cr)
    .attr("x2", 0)
    .attr("y2", -cr)

    .transition()
    .delay(4000)
  .duration(1500)
  .attr("x2", lineW)

    g.append('text')

    .attr("transform", "translate(" + textPoint +  ',' +  cr +  ")" )
     .transition()
   .delay(5000)
    .text(function (s, i ) {
       return d[i].label;
    });

}

for( label in objects ) {

  graphBuilder( objects[label], n++ );

}

}

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"THE WINTER THAT WON'T LEAVE THE NORTHERN FOREST!"
Winter took longer to start & now it won't quite!
This week, we had two snow storms pass here one on Tuesday leaving about 3" of wet snow & on Friday into Saturday another 10" of wet snow! However, with the mild temperatures, the snow is melting quickly. From Friday's storm, only about 3" is left.
WHEN IS SPRING WEATHER GOING TO STAY!
However, the forest was beautiful with its fresh blanket of new snow.
Our Winter visitor, the Ermine (Wally) was in the basement again this week looking for food & playing games of hide & seek with me. He is quite comfortable around me & is fun to watch. Wally's main diet is mice, so he is a welcome guest & a great mouse trap. After his visit, he leaves the chalet & seeks food outside in his territory. He is now starting to change the color of his coat from Winter white to Summer brown.
Saturday, I gave Tepeu & Yaluk their booster vaccination. They will be four months old on the 20th of April. They are growing into beautifully built & very energetic young dogs.
Soon we will be introducing the Hobbits to pulling in harness. That should be a lot of fun!


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Q: scrapyd Exception Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes When I execute
curl http://localhost:6800/schedule.json -d project=default -d spider=spider1

I go to scrapyd console and I see the Exception:
[-] Unhandled Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/scrapyV1/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 150, in maybeDeferred
    result = f(*args, **kw)
  File "/home/scrapyV1/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 1274, in unwindGenerator
    return _inlineCallbacks(None, gen, Deferred())
  File "/home/scrapyV1/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 1128, in _inlineCallbacks
    result = g.send(result)
  File "/home/scrapyV1/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scrapyd/poller.py", line 23, in poll
    msg = yield maybeDeferred(q.pop)
--- <exception caught here> ---
  File "/home/scrapyV1/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 150, in maybeDeferred
    result = f(*args, **kw)
  File "/home/scrapyV1/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scrapyd/spiderqueue.py", line 21, in pop
    return self.q.pop()
  File "/home/scrapyV1/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scrapyd/sqlite.py", line 119, in pop
    return self.decode(msg)
  File "/home/scrapyV1/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scrapyd/sqlite.py", line 170, in decode
    return json.loads(text)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/json/__init__.py", line 338, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 366, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 382, in raw_decode
    obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx)
exceptions.ValueError: Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 2 (char 1)nter code here

After that I can't run next Spider, I get
{"status": "error", "message": "No JSON object could be decoded", "node_name": "spider-test2"}

How to determine what that error is related to?

A: The problem was in sqlite3 installed in my Centos6.5.
Decision:
need to add
self.conn.text_factory = bytes

to SqliteDict and SqlitePriorityQueue classes after connect creation in a scrapyd/sqlite.py b/scrapyd/sqlite.py


"Mountain in Shadow" is an anthropomorphized imagining of a mountain, a theorized view she would have from her summit, who observes men sliding by her like insects on the skin of an animal.
Beginning with bright white snow, the film becomes increasingly darker, shifting from representation to an unreal, dreamlike and spectral space, approaching the appearance of an artificially illuminated model. Playful depiction of scale, where the immensity of the mountain becomes muddled with a microscopic view, progresses with the development of the film. This treatment views landscape as a tactile experience: emphasizing texture, obfuscating its materiality and spacial dimensions.
Montaña en sombra. (teaser 1) from lois patiño apuntes on Vimeo.
Mountain in shadow (teaser 2) from lois patiño on Vimeo.


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Gennadi Sergejewitsch Samossedenko (; * 25. Februar 1942 in Tscheljabinsk; † 29. April 2022 in Rostow am Don) war ein sowjetischer Springreiter.

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Gennadi Samossedenko belegte bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1968 in Mexiko zusammen mit Jewgeni Kusin und Wiktor Matwejew im Springreiten-Mannschaftswettkampf den 12. Platz. Darüber hinaus siegte Samossedenko bei der Völker-Spartakiade 1967 und 1975.

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Also can be used for a protective sleeping are in an adult bed.
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Good way to remember him by.
Don't forget the next chance you'll have to win this lovely (perpetual) trophy is at the next 'Uncle Barry Memorial Meeting', being held at the end of May (to coincide with Barry's birthday), near Shaftesbury, Dorset.
Barry's Grandson Ben won it this year Kim, where were you we missed you!
Nice that sounds great Kim, you'll need to get some pics up when you get a chance please.
200m home range, that sounds alright that does!
Did you have to jump through many hoops to get it signed off, what did they insist on as a backstop and what calibre is it cleared up to Kim?
I imagine a huge mound of compacted dirt is probably the easiest but would you need to periodically dismantle it and decontaminate the soil?


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Q: Allow some controllers to one app and not the others We are developing a mobile app and this app will call the same APIs as the web one.
We want to create specific controllers for the mobile app and prevent it from calling the ones for the web app and vice versa.
Both apps send an access token which contains the client_id for each app.
Is it possible to do something like this :
[Authorize("mobileOnly")]

And check in the OnAuthorization if the request comes from the mobile or web app.
Or is there a better solution?
Edit: We are using .Net framework not .Net Core


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NNSA to conduct aerial radiation assessment survey over Las Vegas Strip Dec. 29-31
The Aerial Measuring System (AMS) provides specialized airborne radiation detection systems to provide real-time measurements of low levels of air and ground contamination.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) will conduct low-altitude helicopter flights over the Las Vegas Strip and its surrounding areas, Wednesday, Dec. 29, through Friday, Dec. 31.
NNSA's Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) aircraft will measure expected background radiation as part of standard preparations to protect public health and safety on the day of an event. The aerial surveys are in support of the New Year's Eve celebrations.
The public may see NNSA's twin-engine Bell 412 helicopter, which is equipped with radiation sensing technology. The helicopter will fly in a grid pattern over the areas at 150 feet (or higher) above the ground at a speed of approximately 80 mph. Flyovers will occur only during daylight hours and are estimated to take approximately two hours to complete per area.
These surveys are a normal part of security and emergency preparedness activities. DOE/NNSA is making the public aware of the upcoming flights so citizens who see the low-flying aircraft are not alarmed.
For more information and video footage of NNSA's Aerial Measuring System, click here.
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Have you been wondering what happened to us after we made our big announcement about the Market Center? We have been steadily working on getting everything in place for the opening of the Market Center, and are happy to announce that we will be opening on April 30th. That is six days away. Be still my anxious heart! These last few weeks have been full of hiring staff, building preparation, buying supplies, scrounging up toys, and interviewing parents. In some ways this opening will be easier than the Kisongo Center opening. The parent contract we created for the Kisongo Center has evolved into a full-on parent packet full of information for each incoming child. We know the daily schedule, the menu and the general flow of the week. Many of the new staff have spent the last few weeks training at the Kisongo Center.
I feel that God has really blessed us in providing the incoming staff. The new manager for the Market Center is someone who we worked with years ago at Neema House. She quit working for Neema House in 2015 and we have been out of touch since that time. A few weeks ago she called me up out of the blue, asking about a job at our new center. She is someone we trust who will be a great manager for the Market Center. This was a definite answer to prayer, as this position is so important to the smooth running of the center. We have hired three nannies, one cook and one cleaner for the Market Center. We are still hoping to have 50 kids at this center, so as we fill up I will have to hire several more nannies to keep the child to staff ratio at a good level.
You might have noticed the new construction on some of our Facebook post. Warning! Shameless plug to follow: What, you missed the Facebook post? You should follow our page to get the frequent updates. Click Here to check out the Facebook page. The Ministry of Social Welfare has required that we build an additional office space and playroom in order for the property to be fit for registration. Because we want this to be our flagship property for our daycare registration, and because this property was exactly what we needed, and more importantly where we needed it, we agreed to the building. The cost of the building is a faith building experience for us. Every time we need to make a payment to continue construction, somehow the money appears. We are hoping that the building will be done in a few months and then we can start our registration process.
Meanwhile, at the Kisongo Center, we have continued to be thrilled by the reports of the life changing impact we are having with the families enrolled in our programs. More moms have reported finding jobs, and being able to pay bills to support their families. The kids are thriving and gaining weight. We have a local missionary who is coming in weekly to teach Bible classes. It is so fun to see the kids respond to the stories of the Bible taught in their own language. We do have a very sad thing to report. One of our children, a one year old girl, became very sick last week and passed away at a local hospital. It is shocking to write that sentence. Life is so very fragile and more so when you are a vulnerable child in a developing country. We are all grieving her loss and aware of how blessed we are to have access to healthcare and good nutrition. Please be praying for her family, especially her mother. We pray that our work here can truly make a difference in the lives of these kids and families. That we can provide resources to decrease poverty, which will increase access to healthcare and save lives.
In the midst of all of this preparation, we have been wading through one of the worst rainy seasons in the last decade (as per people who have lived here that long). Here are just a few pictures of what our landscape looks like. We went from dry, dusty desert to frog infested swamp land. You get 10,000 bonus points if you can spot the chickens in the playground picture.
Here is picture of our front yard. This was the highest the water has gotten this rainy season. It was about five feet from entering the living room. Thankfully the rain stopped on this day and the water receded. Every time it rains we pray that the water just stays out of the house.
Here are our current prayer request. I cannot thank you enough for praying for us and our ministry.
Pray for a smooth opening of the Market Center on April 30th. Pray for peace for the us and the staff. Also pray that the children will make a smooth transition, as it will be the first time for many of them to be in the care of non-family members.
Pray that we are able to connect and enroll families who will benefit our services.
Pray for those affected by the flooding in Tanzania. There are many who have lost homes and family members due to flooding and mud slides.
Pray for continued health and safety for our family.
Pray that we will be able to raise funds to pay for the building and to raise monthly support to cover our budget. We still need $500 per month in dedicated support to cover the monthly operating costs of our current ministry. If you are interested in supporting our ministry financially, please click HERE to go to our donate page. Thank you!
This is looking GREAT! We thank God for your faithful, strong hearts and pray for you often! Your obedience has made a big difference to so many people!! God bless you!!!! May our great God supply all your needs!!! I love you!!!
I AM THRILL ED WITH YOU AS YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OPEN YOUR NEW CENTER. iT IS WONDERFUL HOW THE LORD IS PROVIDING. PRAYING YOU ALL STAY WELL AND FIND FAMILIES TO COME. GOD BLESS.


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@interface MXLogd()
{
    PLCrashReporter *_crashReporter;
    MXReportMgr     *_reportMgr;
}

@end

@implementation MXLogd

+ (MXLogd *)getInstance {
    __strong static MXLogd *mgr = nil;
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
        mgr = [[self alloc] init];
    });

    return mgr;
}

- (id)init {
    self = [super init];
    if (self) {
        // Initialize self.
        _reportMgr = [MXReportMgr getInstance];
        _crashReporter = [PLCrashReporter sharedReporter];
        if (_crashReporter) {
            [self handleCrash];
        }
    }
    return self;
}

- (BOOL)enableCrashReporter {
    BOOL bRet = [_crashReporter enableCrashReporter];
    return bRet;
}

#pragma mark - private functions

- (void)handleCrash {
    if ([_crashReporter hasPendingCrashReport]) {
        NSData *crashData;
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        // Try loading the crash report
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                                       Crashed with signal %@ (code %@, address=0x%" PRIx64 ")\
                                       ",strTimestamp
                                       ,report.signalInfo.name,report.signalInfo.code, report.signalInfo.address
                                       ];

                [_reportMgr postLogInfo:strPeport
                             andLogFile:nil
                            andLogLevel:LOG_LEVEL_CRASH
                           andTimestamp:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%lld", (long long int)[report.systemInfo.timestamp timeIntervalSince1970]*1000]
                       withSuccessBlock:^{
                           // Purge the report
                           [_crashReporter purgePendingCrashReport];
                       }
                         withErrorBlock:^(NSString *strError) {
                         }];
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}

@end


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Now fitted with 1.25/2-inch Crayford focuser.
150mm (6") f5 Parabolic Newtonian Reflector on sturdy German Equatorial Mount.
First off service from First Light Optics was excellent much like one of the other reviews i had ordered for amazon first which wasn't a great experience, the Omni XLT 150 seems to be a very good telescope gave clear bright views (limited use due too our return to our normal summer weather in Northern Ireland) the mount is outstanding, good and solid. Looking forwards too trying it out under a clear dark sky.
I originally ordered the above telescope from Amazon (prime). But after a week and still not received it, I cancelled the order and started to look elsewhere. That's when I found the same telescope in FLO site. I ordered the telescope, received an email 3 hours later confirming dispatch, and less than 24 hours of placing my order I received my telescope. Not only that it was £180 pound cheeper . As for the telescope it came well packed. I have checked everything over and all looks good. I haven't had a chance to use it thanks to our great Scottish summer but am sure when I do it will not disappoint. You can buy with complete confidence from FLO . The experience won't let you down.
A very solid mount and tripod, especially the price on this website, optics performed great, and I can't wait until I get my eyepiece kit to see more, highly recommend especially from this website, only took one day to deliver and I live in Scotland.