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New Report Shows How Maritime Industry Challenges are Met Effectively
Published Dec 6, 2022 10:43 PM by The Maritime Executive
A new report compiled by maritime innovation consultancy Thetius makes a compelling case that shipping companies seeking to meet current and emerging challenges facing the maritime industry will benefit from a strategic approach to connectivity. Published by Inmarsat, a world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, 'The Network Effect: Strategising Connectivity at Sea for Maximum Impact' also provides guidance on effective connectivity framework strategies.
'The Network Effect' details the business benefits and specific capabilities that shipping companies can access by applying an effective connectivity strategy across their business IT, crew, and operational networks. These include voyage and port-call optimisation, emissions reduction, condition monitoring and condition-based maintenance, trade facilitation, seafarer welfare and training, remote surveys and pilotage and telemedicine services.
Matthew Kenney, Director of Research and Consulting, Thetius, said "Against a backdrop of evolving regulatory requirements and increasing emphasis on seafarer welfare, connectivity and data are indispensable to shipping company competitiveness. However, simply purchasing data is no longer enough. If shipowners are to reap the full rewards of operational optimisation, decarbonisation and a loyal and talented crew the right connectivity strategy is essential."
According to the report, once a shipping company has established its objectives and identified the capabilities needed to achieve them, it will benefit most from finding the right combination of communication services to best support those capabilities. By joining the dots between business goals and connectivity options, operators gain access to a host of benefits including opportunities to optimise and drive efficiency, while reducing running costs and improving profit margins; the ability to attract and retain talented crew; and the capacity to future-proof operations and build in competitive advantages.
Ben Palmer, President, Inmarsat Maritime, said "Ultimately, a good connectivity strategy relies on a clear understanding of the company's business goals, the technologies needed to attain those goals, and any additional influencing factors such as resource availability and investment requirements. In that sense shipping is no different to any other industry: collecting, collating, analysis and harnessing the value of data relies on resilient, reliable, secure, globally available connectivity services. It is also critical to recognise that implementing a connectivity strategy is a continuous and iterative process that requires constant monitoring, frequent reassessment, and regular feedback from internal and external stakeholders. As this report makes clear, this is both necessary and highly valuable to modern shipping operations both in terms of driving competitive advantage and addressing decarbonisation goals."


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Mikael Jantunen (born 20 April 2000) is a Finnish professional basketball player for Treviso Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Utah Utes.

Early life and career
Jantunen grew up in Helsinki and initially played football before switching to basketball at the age of 11. He competed for HBA-Märsky from 2016 to 2019, while attending the Helsinki Basketball Academy. In October 2018, Jantunen committed to Utah over offers from Loyola Marymount, Oregon State, Georgia Tech, and Stanford.

College career
Jantunen started three games as a freshman and averaged 6.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. He suffered a fractured nose in December 2020, forcing him to wear a protective mask. On 9 January 2021, Jantunen scored a career-high 20 points in a 79–73 loss to Oregon. As a sophomore, Jantunen averaged 8.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game. Following the season, he opted to turn professional.

Professional career

Oostende (2021–2022)
On 23 July 2021, Jantunen signed with Filou Oostende of the BNXT League and the Basketball Champions League. He won the BNXT League Sixth Man of the Year award, as well as the Belgian championship with Oostende.

Treviso (2022–present)
On 14 June 2022, Jantunen was announced by Italian club Treviso Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

National team career
Jantunen represented Finland in the 2018 FIBA U18 European Championship. He averaged 17 points, 10 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, shooting 72.3 percent from the field. Jantunen played several games for the Finnish senior national team in the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifier round. He was forced to miss time with Utah in February 2021 to play in the matches.

Career statistics

College

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| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20
| style="text-align:left;"| Utah
| 31 || 3 || 23.2 || .661 || .313 || .733 || 4.9 || 1.1 || .4 || .3 || 6.7
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| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21
| style="text-align:left;"| Utah
| 20 || 20 || 28.1 || .600 || .370 || .857 || 4.5 || 1.5 || .7 || .1 || 8.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 51 || 23 || 25.1 || .631 || .349 || .779 || 4.7 || 1.2 || .5 || .2 || 7.6

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External links
Utah Utes bio

2000 births
Living people
BC Oostende players
Finnish expatriate basketball people in the United States
Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Finnish men's basketball players
Power forwards (basketball)
Sportspeople from Helsinki
Universo Treviso Basket players
Utah Utes men's basketball players

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The Cast of Cthulhu: Pickman's Model
Episode 66 – Pickman's Model (2022) New year, new Cthulyou! The boys at The Cast of Cthulhu ring in 2023 by tackling "Pickman's Model," the first of two Lovecraft adaptations featured in the Netflix-exclusive horror anthology, Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. One of...
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Figuring Out Horror and Other Stuff You Might Have Missed This Week
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Just in time to celebrate spooky season, we've got our final episode of the year talking about David Bruckner's reboot/legacy sequel, Hellraiser. Improving upon Clive Barker's original in just about ever way — the puzzle box is an actual puzzle! —...
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The Cast of Cthulhu: Interview with H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival Co-Director Gwen Callahan
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The Cast of Cthulhu: The Innsmouth Book Club
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The Cast of Cthulhu: The Ritual
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Pokémon Go: When Imagination Trumps Performance
Being contractually obligated to write about Pokémon Go (not really, but man has this thing hit like a tsunami), I'm opining about technical performance considerations sometimes being trumped by imagination and engagement.
In a development world where software engineers spend hours tweaking bits and bytes to eke out every last microsecond of performance in a function call or ensure rock-solid stability, Pokémon Go seems to break the mold -- to the tune of billions of dollars of increased company stock valuation.
Yes, it's only a game -- and it might not directly correlate to enterprise mobile app development -- but it certainly reinforces the notion of an app's fun factor -- or, in the corporate world, functionality -- being job No. 1. In other words: it's the idea, stupid. Technical chops pale in comparison to engagement.
Why else would (seemingly) half the world's population suddenly go nuts over an app plagued by performance glitches? Not even knowing there was such a thing a week ago, I'm blindsided by the barrage of hype surrounding this game. My kids are out there right now hunting down Pokémons, and others in the neighborhood are interacting with them: "Hey, you playing Pokémon? There's a bunch right down there!" One was just captured in my living room. How it got there, I haven't a clue.
Just Captured (source: Justin Ramel)
Yet I also see a steady stream of complaints about overloaded servers, app freezes, frozen Pokéballs (used to capture the elusive little creatures with a quick swipe) and other glitches, like forgetting someone has logged in.
A post on Hacker News documented some of these troubles:
The server issues are one thing, but the game doesn't even get lots of basic things right. If the server goes away, or sometimes if I'm just out of the app too long, I have to log back in. It seems to forget my settings for weather I want sound and music on, or to use the AR functions. I've run into numerous crashes and graphical glitches. Input getting confused requiring app restarts. Poor handling of the (common) network/server issues.
But a comment by "georgeecollins" in particular capsulized the whole issue:
Speaking as someone who has helped develop two extremely successful mobile games "objective" goodness is pretty meaningless. People have more patience than you expect for a game that captures their imagination and will put up with buggyness. In the long run, if a game isn't polished it will lose because of retention. But pure technical polish is often overrated.
Well, then, put away all those time-consuming technical books and forget those online courses. It's the idea, stupid.
Two days ago, I saw this Facebook post from a friend:
first weekend day of #Pokémongo and the servers are already overloaded at 8am, hopefully that means the damn red team kid that keeps retaking Jones field with his cp320 Raticate has been stymied
I had no idea what he was talking about (first I'd heard of it), but in light of all the subsequent reported performance problems, I reached out for his take on the issue of how such popularity still persists. Here's the comment from Brendan Fitzmaurice, a 26-year-old IT support technician in Acton, Mass.:
It seems to me that the server issue is more just overloading than anything else; the ongoing problems with server disconnects and general lag are much worse after 5pm and on weekend days, though it has gotten incrementally better every day since launch. I personally haven't experienced many other glitches. The step counter is notably buggy, but I suspect it has more to do with my phone's pedometer than anything else. The gameplay itself is very satisfying and, overall, the game easily lives up to expectations.
Admittedly, my daughter raised a fuss when her Pokéball froze just as she was about to sling it at a "rare one," but she was soon back at it. My son noted the glitches and freezes, but deemed them "minor." More important: "It's revolutionary."
They both gave Pokémon Go the highest of praise in today's pop vernacular: "It's lit!"
In other words, it's the idea, stupid.
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Q: VS2010 Lots of errors when including standard libraries When I include a standard library into my VS2010 project, I get a TON of errors like these (these errors were from adding in shellapi.h). I get similar errors when adding in something like Windows.h or Wininet.h or anything like that.
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(56): error C2065: 'HDROP' : undeclared identifier
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(56): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(59): error C2144: syntax error : 'int' should be preceded by ';'
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(59): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(59): error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'STDAPICALLTYPE'
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(59): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(59): error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'DragQueryFileA'
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(59): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(59): error C2065: 'HDROP' : undeclared identifier
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(59): error C2146: syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'hDrop'
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(59): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(59): error C2059: syntax error : ')'
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(61): error C2144: syntax error : 'int' should be preceded by ';'
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(61): error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\include\ShellAPI.h(61): error C2086: 'int EXTERN_C' : redefinition

I'm sure this is just something to do with a project setting, but I have no idea what setting I need to change. Where should I begin?
UPDATE
The solution was to make sure that windows.h was loaded first. I did not know it was dependent on that. For future reference, where should I have looked to see that dependency?

A: This happens when one of your includes is broken, then you include a standard header, because your syntax error directly carries on. For example, if you forget a semi, then include another header, that header will report syntax errors. For this reason, you should always include "clean" headers like system headers first, then own-defined headers.

A: I got these exact same errors when adding
#include <shellapi.h>

to one of my files.  I solved the problem by adding
#include <windows.h>

directly before it.
(You've got to love - or rather, hate - Windows headers that don't #include the headers that they themselves require.  If I did that in my own code I'd get yelled at by my superiors!)

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Be resident in Monaco
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Look after a child with disabilities whose level of permanent incapacity is 50% or more
To request the special education allowance, you should contact the Department of Health and Social Affairs.
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Apple-Qualcomm agreed to drop litigations; Intel exits modem business for 5G smartphones
Just a few hours after the announcement of Apple-Qualcomm settlement, chipmaker Intel announced its exit from the modem market for 5G smartphonesETCIO | April 18, 2019, 15:29 IST
Both Apple and Qualcomm have decided to settle their patent lawsuits. Apple has accepted the license agreement and ended all current resentments targeted at Qualcomm. Cupertino based tech firm Apple would pay an undisclosed amount to Qualcomm, as a part of the settlement.
The companies also have reached a six-year license agreement, including a two-year option to extend, and a multiyear chipset supply agreement. This dispute has confused Apple's contract manufacturers, courts, and regulatory bodies around the world as both parties geared up for what looked like a battle to the end. So, the seemingly quick settlement came as a surprise to everyone, and the consequences are huge.
The 5G versions of iPhone could be the possible reason that Apple has once again agreed to get chips from Qualcomm. This move also indicated that Apple was concerned about the schedule of 5G modems from Intel--its sole modems supplier.
Just a few hours after this announcement, chipmaker Intel announced its exit from the modem market for 5G smartphones. TIRIAS Research believes that there was a growth of disagreement between Apple and Intel as a result of Apple's aim of developing its own modems.
As Apple is Intel's only smartphone customer, investing more in this technology appeared useless if Apple was planning to use its own modems in upcoming iPhone chips.
What this means for Apple
This means Apple could theoretically offer a 5G iPhone as early as spring 2020 if the company starting designing Qualcomm modems into the upcoming iPhone designs now.
"It is too late for Apple to use Qualcomm's chips this year, but for 2020 it will purchase modem chips, including 5G modem chips, from the chipmaker for iPhones after finalizing the deal," a source with direct knowledge of the settlement plan told Nikkei Asian Review.
TIRIAS Research believes that Apple will be licensing 5G IP from Qualcomm and other license holders under the Fair, Reasonable, And Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) terms established by ETSI, not just over the next six years, but throughout the 5th generation of wireless technology.
Licensing for the 6th generation will depend on Apple's participation in future standards efforts and IP development, which Apple has not previously done. So, even if Apple develops and integrates its own modem technology, Qualcomm will still receive IP royalties even if the company eventually loses the Apple chipset business.
What this means for Qualcomm
With most of the regulators around the world validating Qualcomm's wireless licensing model and rates, including the recent decision by the Japan FTC to drop all challenges, Qualcomm's business model remains intact and a viable going forward. The agreement with Apple also ensures Qualcomm will supply modems and possibly RF chipsets for the first generation of 5G iPhones, but given Apple's late start to developing modems, this could easily extend to the next two or three generations of iPhones. Note that most of the early 5G smartphones are using Qualcomm mobile SoCs, modems, and RF chipsets.
The article first appeared on Forbes
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Josephine S. (D'Agostino) Adamowicz, 85, of Southington, died on Tuesday, May 22nd at HOCC at New Britain General. She was the beloved wife of the late Lawrence Adamowicz.
Josie was born on November 1, 1932 in New Britain, the daughter of the late Vito and Michelina D'Agostino. She worked as a seamstress, in her early years at G. Fox & Co. and later as a housekeeper at St. Dominic Church rectory. She was a parishioner and member of the choir at St. Dominic Church for many years.
She is survived by her brother Chester D'Agostino and his wife Susan of Niantic, her son Michael Adamowicz of Southington and a daughter Bernice Thomas and her husband Craig of Colorado, she also leaves three grandchildren Nicole, David and Daniel and five great grandchildren.
Private funeral services were held by the request of the family. DellaVecchia Funeral home, 211 N. Main St.Southington is assisting with the arrangements.


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With Democracy Under Threat, Parliament Must Act: Barry Sookman for Inside Policy
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The gravity of the consequences of disinformation campaigns to our democracy raises questions as to how best to address the challenges. Unfortunately, Canada has not moved as quickly as others to address the threats of fake news. This article was first published on barrysookman.com and can be read here.
By Barry Sookman, January 7, 2019
There was a time when large platforms could do no wrong. They were engines that facilitated free speech, political debate, and were seen as a revolutionary force for democratization. They were largely unregulated. In fact, they were accorded special trust and treatment, especially in the United States, where they were given unprecedented and controversial immunities from suits under the Communications Decency Act for enabling the dissemination of illegal content such as hate speech, defamation, and harassing information.
Then came the public revelations about false and misleading information campaigns, disinformation and manipulation of news, disseminated via the Internet and social media (referred to here collectively as "fake news") of gargantuan proportions – Cambridge Analytica, Brexit, and the presidential election of Donald Trump, among others.
The reliance on fake news to manipulate public opinion and political choices is not new to the Internet or social media. Propaganda techniques were well known and used before them. But, fake news disseminated through the social media echo chamber and the tendency of most people to read only headlines and not dig into news stories to discern facts from "alternative facts" (demonstrable falsehoods) has dramatically changed the media landscape.
The dissemination of "problematic content" is not, of course, limited to fake news. There has been enormous criticism including in the United Kingdom, for example, about how large social media platforms have dealt with – or failed adequately to deal with – other types of content such as personal information, hate, abuse, extremism, and other illegal content.
The dissemination and amplification of fake news to oppose legal protection of intellectual property has been part of the copyright exceptionalism (arguments advanced to erode effective copyright rights and remedies that defy common sense and rational economic thinking and which offend commonly held norms and values and that would be categorically rejected in other policy contexts) playbook for quite some time. It was used, for example, to oppose the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), SOPA in the U.S., during the copyright reform process in Canada (including over legal protection for TPMs and for secondary liability for enablement). It was more recently employed in Canada by Open Media and others to oppose the TPP, the FairPlay website blocking proposal, and in Europe to oppose measures to level the playing field between large platforms and newspaper publishers, the music and other creative industries over Articles 11 and 13 of the proposed new EU Copyright Directive.
The harms caused by the dissemination of false or misleading information has been recognized for a long time as being serious – serious enough to be criminal. In fact, knowingly publishing a false statement that causes or is likely to cause injury or mischief to a public interest had been a criminal offense for centuries in the U.K. and was a criminal offense in Canada (s.181 Criminal Code, Spreading false news) until it was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the Zundel case.
The criminality of providing or disseminating false or misleading information still lives on in traditional contexts in the Criminal Code. Examples include the offences of making a false statement under oath (s131(1)), fabricating evidence to be used in judicial proceedings (s137), making a false statement to a police officer (s140), providing misleading information to obtain a passport (s57(2)), attempting to create a false or misleading appearance of trading in a security or a price of a security (s382), intending to mislead by providing a receipt for property not delivered (s388), making a false or misleading statement to obtain carriage where the transportation would be unlawful (s401), hate propaganda (s319(2)), and communicating false information that endangers the safe navigation of a ship (s78.1(3)). There are also other crimes that can be committed by communicating falsehoods such as fraud (s380).
There are also various offenses under s52 of the Competition Act for false or misleading advertising(knowingly or recklessly making or sending of a representation (includes permitting a representation to be made or sent) to the public that is false or misleading in a material respect for the purpose of promoting the supply or use of a product or any business interest). The Act was also amended by Canada's anti-spam law (CASL) to add new offenses under s52.01 related to misleading information in electronic messages.
The gravity of the consequences of disinformation campaigns to our democracy raises questions as to how best to address the challenges. One might conclude without too much anxiety that intentionally undermining our democratic institutions by spreading fake news is at least as serious as some of the criminal offenses still on the books. New targeted sanctions might be justified in certain instances against the purveyors of misleading content or intermediaries who knowingly facilitate and profit from the dissemination of fake news.
This issue has now begun to be studied by other countries which have prioritized the issue with a real sense of urgency. According to a recent report by Poynter Institute, some countries have used, propose to use, or are considering, various approaches to combating fake news including the use of criminal laws, blocking and removing fake content, treating social media sites as broadcasters for the purposes of regulation and liability, requiring reporting on who purchased sponsored content or campaign ads and for what price, and educational campaigns.
The UK and European Union have recognized the seriousness of fake news and illegal online content and in the last year alone have published papers and proposals for law and regulatory reform. These were summarized by Graham Smith as follows:
The UK government has published its Internet Safety Strategy Green Paper, the precursor to a White Paper to be published in winter 2018-2019 which will include intermediary liability, duties and responsibilities. In parallel the House of Lords Communications Committee is conducting an inquiry on internet regulation, including intermediary liability. A House of Commons Committee examining Disinformation and Fake News has also touched on the topic. Before that the UK Committee on Standards in Public Life suggested that Brexit presents an opportunity to depart from the intermediary liability protections of the ECommerce Directive.
On 12 September 2018 the European Commission published a Proposal for a Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online. This followed its September 2017 Communication on Tackling Illegal Content Onlineand March 2018 Recommendation on Measures to Effectively Tackle Illegal Content Online. It is notable for one hour takedown response times and the ability for Member States to derogate from the ECommerce Directive Article 15 prohibition on imposing general monitoring obligations on conduits, caches and hosts.
Canada has not moved as quickly to address the threats of fake news. However, a very useful step was taken by the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in its recent report Democracy under Threat: Risks and Solutions in the Era of Disinformation and Data Monopoly.
The report is worth reading in full. Here are a few excerpts that bring home the nature and gravity of the problem.
The nature of the problem
"The Committee repeatedly heard about problems with social media platforms that allow or facilitate the spread of disinformation and misinformation."
"The era when the only ways for people to learn the news were to listen to the radio, read a print newspaper or watch a live news broadcast is long past. Today, a vast amount of content is available online, and the publishers of the past have been replaced by artificial intelligence (AI)."
"…developments in social media in recent years have created a new structure that determines what is acceptable and sets the boundaries on public debate: the platforms' filtering mechanisms, which decide what people see and whether our content will be seen. Mr. Owen asserted that Canadians should be concerned about filtering by algorithms and the business models that determine the content that people see."
"Mr. Harris said that the question is at what point publishers are responsible for the content they transmit. He believes it makes sense for technology companies not to be responsible for the industrial amount of content that people post to their platforms. However, when the content is fuelled by recommendations generated by the platforms, using AI that they have programmed, (e.g., Alex Jones videos that were recommended 15 billion times on YouTube), they should perhaps be held responsible for publishing those recommendations. By making them responsible for their business model, that model would become more costly."
"Right now we have dirty-burning technology companies that use this perverse business model that pollutes the social fabric. Just as with coal, we need to make that more expensive, so you're paying for the externalities that show up on society's balance sheet, whether those are polarization, disinformation, epistemic pollution, mental health issues, loneliness or alienation. That has to be on the balance sheets of companies."
"The structural problems inherent in social media platforms serve to fuel the attention economy and help in the promotion of disinformation and misinformation to millions of addicted users. The Committee is very concerned about the negative externalities these platforms have."
Inadequacy of self-regulation
"The Privacy Commissioner described the current situation in alarming terms.
Last week, I attended the 40th international conference of data protection and privacy commissioners, in Brussels. The conference confirmed what I had explained in my last annual report: There is a crisis in the collection and processing of personal information online. Even tech giants … are recognizing that the status quo cannot continue.
Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke of "a data industrial complex" and warned that "[o]ur own information, from the everyday to the deeply personal, is being weaponized against us with military efficiency".… Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg admitted that his company committed a serious breach of trust in the Cambridge Analytica matter. Both companies expressed support for a new U.S. law that would be similar to Europe's General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR.
When the tech giants have become outspoken supporters of serious regulation, then you know that the ground has shifted and we have reached a crisis point."
"The government, however, has been slow to act, thereby putting at continued risk the trust that Canadians have in the digital economy, in our democratic processes and in other fundamental values."
"The Committee has taken the comments from industry representatives and some academics into account, but still believes that some type of regulation is necessary."
"Recommendation 8 on regulating certain social media platforms: That the Government of Canada enact legislation to regulate social media platforms using as a model the thresholds for Canadian reach described in clause 325.1(1) of Bill C‑76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and make certain consequential amendments. Among the responsibilities should be included a duty:
to clearly label content produced automatically or algorithmically (e.g. by 'bots');
to identify and remove inauthentic and fraudulent accounts impersonating others for malicious reasons;
to adhere to a code of practices that would forbid deceptive or unfair practices and require prompt responses to reports of harassment, threats and hate speech and require the removal of defamatory, fraudulent, and maliciously manipulated content (e.g. "deep fake" videos); and
to clearly label paid political or other advertising."
"Recommendation 9 on algorithmic transparency: That the Government of Canada enact transparency requirements with respect to algorithms and provide to an existing or a new regulatory body the mandate and the authority to audit algorithms."
"The Committee wishes to specify that the monetary sanctions imposed by the new proposed legislative measures should represent more than the mere cost of doing business for a company."
"Mr. Scott said that citizens should have a right to be protected from illegal content. Hate speech, defamation, harassment, and incitement to violence are all considered illegal in the off-line world. He believes that such content should also be considered illegal in the online world and quickly taken down from social media platforms using a "process that is rigorously overseen by regular judicial oversight and that has an appeals process so that we are not endangering freedom of expression." He believes that while the power to take down illegal content must not be ceded to social media platforms, their involvement is needed to speed up the process."
"Recommendation 10 on the taking down of illegal content by social media platforms: That the Government of Canada enact legislation imposing a duty on social media platforms to remove manifestly illegal content in a timely fashion, including hate speech, harassment and disinformation, or risk monetary sanctions commensurate with the dominance and significance of the social platform, and allowing for judicial oversight of takedown decisions and a right of appeal."
The conclusions in the report are also worth reading:
"The Privacy Commissioner did not mince his words when describing the current situation: there is a crisis in the collection and processing of online personal data. The Committee does not take such remarks lightly and believes that by sounding the alarm, he has made its recommendations all the more important.
As the Committee concludes this study, it continues to believe that changes to Canada's legislative and regulatory landscape are needed in order to neutralize the threat that disinformation and misinformation campaigns pose to the country's democratic process.
It is critical that the Government of Canada be a leader in bringing in sustainable legislative solutions to protect the personal data of Canadians without hampering innovation. It must also invest the time and resources needed to better educate Canadians about the dangers of the era of disinformation and data-opolies. No effort should be spared so that Canadians can participate in the digital economy and the democratic process without fear.
Lastly, the Committee maintains that if there is one thing that the events of the past year have brought to light, it is that social media platforms should carry out a thorough self-examination, as they have an important choice to make. Do they wish to continue with a business model designed to be addictive while ignoring the harmful effects their platforms can have on the social fabric, and their long-term human impact? Or would they rather make technology more ethical and compatible with the capabilities of the human mind? The Committee sincerely hopes that they will chose the latter."
Barry Sookman is a member of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's advisory council and senior partner with McCarthy Tétrault Technology Law Group.
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Q: Separating firstname and lastname using lastIndexof() in String class I have written a code which separates first name and last name in a name String:
public class NameSeperator {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String custName="Your Name";
        int index;
        String firstName;

        index=custName.indexOf(" ");

        **int last=custName.lastIndexOf("")**;
        firstName=custName.substring(0,index);
        String lastName=custName.substring(index+1,last);

     // get the first name
        System.out.println("First Name = "+firstName);
        System.out.println("Last Name = "+lastName);
    }

}

I have used
int last=custName.lastIndexOf("")

and used only "" here but it takes complete string here.Is "" means the complete string at which a particular string method is called?

A: You can directly split it by space and then use array index
String name[] = custName.split(" ");
String firstName = name[0];
String lastName = name[1]

A: I would recommend this simplified version :
int index = custName.indexOf(' ');
String firstName = custName.substring(0, index);
String lastName = custName.substring(index + 1);

Note that indexOf searches for a single character. Also the second substring for lastName gets the remaining chars until the end.

A: Modify your code :
  String custName="Your Name";

  int start = custName.indexOf(' ');
  int end = custName.lastIndexOf(' ');

  String firstName = "";
  String middleName = "";
  String lastName = "";

  if (start >= 0) {
      firstName = custName.substring(0, start);
      if (end > start)
          middleName = custName.substring(start + 1, end);
      lastName = custName.substring(end + 1, custName.length());
  }

  System.out.println("First Name = "+firstName);
  System.out.println("Middle Name = "+middleName);
  System.out.println("Last Name = "+lastName);


Driver of a fuel tanker lost his life in a fatal auto crash that occurred in the early hours of Friday in Benin, Edo state.
The crash occurred along the Benin-Lagos Highway, in front of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.
The truck laden with diesel allegedly veered off its lane, fell and exploded while trying to avoid an oncoming vehicle said to be driving against traffic.
It was alleged that the truck also hit a Mercedes Benz Wagon conveying bags of rice from Lagos.
The truck driver whose identity could not be ascertained got trapped under the truck and got burnt beyond recognition, while his assistance escaped.
Also, the Mercedes Benz car conveying the rice got burnt completely, while the driver's whereabouts were unknown.
Efforts by firefighters to put out the fire was complicated by the fuel gushing out from the truck.
Fire from the crash affected a nearby car dealer's shop where about eight imported used vehicles were affected.
Firefighters from the University of Benin, UBTH and the Nigerian Army finally put the fire under control.
Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, who visited the accident scene about 10am, cautioned drivers not to drive against traffic.
He said the accident could have been avoided if only the rules and regulations of safe driving were obeyed.


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Every runner does it and it's a must to keep those legs and the lung capacity in good shape. It's quite easy: you run fast and then rest, repeat. I'm talking about intervals.
Marcus has a few good running spots not long from home. One is a 2,5 km gravel course with a few hills. The ups and downs makes a perfect challenge to keep the pace and build up a lot of lactic in the muscles. What you want to do is of course to learn those legs to get rid of all that lactic as fast as possible. If you get a hang of it you have a huge advantage during a race when can keep on pushing up a hill even though it might hurt, since you know it will go away immediately when you're at the top.
Running on a course with a few ups and downs is one alternative, but there are quite a few more. Doing intervals on racing tracks (elipse formed ones used on arenas) is great too, since you usually know the exact distance. You should always listen to your body and take it from there, but running the exakt same track and distance is good to track your progress.
One other muscle builder is hill running. It is exactly what it sounds like: you run up a hill and back down again. This might be very tough, especially for your calfs and you should only start doing it when you've been running for a while, to avoid any unwanted injuries. The result you get of running in hills is so good that every runner should do it every now and then.
To be able to handle the lactic is of course not only the only goal and advantage when training intervals. You also get a bigger and stronger heart that can pump around more blood per beat. This means that you get a lower resting pulse that results in a body that can be pushed a bit harder when needed.
I followed Marcus during three different interval sets: gravel course, racing track and hill running. The photo shoot from the cycle intervals might have been sweatier, but this was not easier by any means. And I guess you will agree when you have a look at the photos.


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If you have already taken college courses, or have high ACT scores, please meet with an advisor to establish which classes do not need to be taken at Snow.


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They arrive at the Liuhe Ziranmen Wushu Training Center. They will train with the martial art master. They are being taught by Brian Wang. Brian shows off. Jon tries to attack, but gets kicked to the ground. They do some stretches, and Ethan falls over. Ethan puts his foot onto a bar. Jon tries as well, and misses. He does it on the second attempt.
Brian says that Ethan's stretching is better than Jon's. Jon calls Ethan E. Honda, and Ethan thinks that he meant Blanka. They argue.
They meet with the master, who throws punches and kicks at them. He shows off his skills, scaring Jon. Jon gets kicked in the face. They return to Brian because they don't like getting kicked in the face.
They perform kicks, and Brian scores them with percentages. Jon does better than Ethan. Ethan attempts to stab Brian, and Brian turns it onto Ethan. The master has one last test. He points a gun at them! Jon and Ethan panic, and Ethan tells him to put the gun down.


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The threat of employing a collection agency to pursue fine payment is not likely to be cost effective and it is illegal to notify any credit bureau that a red light camera fine is unpaid. The red light camera fine continues to be voluntary.
We call upon all vehicle owners who have received a red light camera ticket to REFUSE to pay the fine. Together our civil disobedience will show that the overzealous enforcement of the red light law must stop. Sugar Land citizens must be allowed to vote on the future of the red light camera program.
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Pig breeding farms in Dong Nai Province are facing major losses due to illegal lean meat substances which have been used in pork meat.
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The price of live pigs in HCMC dropped by VND10,000 (US$ 0.48) per kg to VND42,000 per kg, a loss of VND5,000 per kg for pig-breeders. Chairman of the Standard and Customers' Right Protection Association in Dong Nai Province, Pham Gia Hai, has stated that there is massive concern surrounding this issue by customers, also feeling that they are purchasing below standard meat.
Substances known as beta-agonists, stimulate growth and promote lean meat have resulted in damages to the breeding farms which is estimated to be about VND500 billion (US$23.9 million). It showed in current test outcomes that 33 pork samples from 12 breeding farms in Thong Nhat and Trang Bom Districts contained banned substances.
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Man accused of fatally shooting daughter calls it accidental
A suburban Cleveland man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his adult daughter at the family's home.
A suburban Cleveland man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his adult daughter at the family's home. Rocky River police say 63-year-old Jamal Mansour shot 27-year-old Tahani Mansour several times in the head during an argument early Tuesday. Police Lt. Bill Crates says detectives are trying to determine why the man shot his daughter with a .38-caliber revolver. Tahani Mansour was a licensed pharmacist. Jamal Mansour told a judge Tuesday that it was an accident. Court records don't indicate whether he has an attorney. He's being held on a $1.5 million bond. Mansour's wife and two other children also were there when the shooting occurred. Crates says Jamal Mansour has no criminal history. He owns a gas station. A court hearing is scheduled for Thursday.
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio —
Rocky River police say 63-year-old Jamal Mansour shot 27-year-old Tahani Mansour several times in the head during an argument early Tuesday.
Police Lt. Bill Crates says detectives are trying to determine why the man shot his daughter with a .38-caliber revolver. Tahani Mansour was a licensed pharmacist.
Jamal Mansour told a judge Tuesday that it was an accident.
Court records don't indicate whether he has an attorney. He's being held on a $1.5 million bond.
Mansour's wife and two other children also were there when the shooting occurred.
Crates says Jamal Mansour has no criminal history. He owns a gas station.
A court hearing is scheduled for Thursday.


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Q: jQuery fadeOut after scroll makes screen jump On a site I'm building I have a fullscreen .intro DIV, when you click .down the page scrolls to the main content and the .intro div fades out.
All works as expected apart from after .intro fades out the page jumps down meaning the user has to scroll back up. Not ideal.
I can't figure out what the problem is. See my JSFiddle for a working example. I've used a gradient background so you can see the page jumping down after the (1500) it takes for .intro to fadeOut.
jQuery I am using:
(function($) {
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
    $(".scroll").click(function(event){
        event.preventDefault();
        $('html,body').animate({scrollTop:$(this.hash).offset().top}, 1000);
    });
});
})(jQuery);

$(".down").click(function() {
$(".intro").fadeOut(1500);
});

A: fadeOut() fades out the element, and then sets the display property to none, taking the element out of the document flow, and that's why the page is jumping.
You can use either fadeTo() or animate the opacity to keep the element in place and avoid the jumping, but the element would still take up space even it's not visible.
$(".down").click(function() {
    $(".intro").fadeTo(0);
});

or you can use the callback of the fadeOut() method to reset the scrollTop making it appear as the page didn't move, but this could cause some flashing in some browsers:
$(".intro").fadeOut(1500, function() {
    $(window).scrollTop(0)
});


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Jim Smith loves being the only stand-up farmer on the comedy circuit. But there's one thing he loves more, being back on the farm with his yows, the single mothers he has made into social media stars.
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GB Whatsapp apk an innovative application in the field of communication and technology. GB Whatsapp modified and updated its features from the original version of Whatsapp.
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Let's discuss in detail how to download the GB whatsapp 2021, what are the features of the WhatsApp and how it differentiates from the original Whatsapp.
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GB Whatsapp apk was developed in 2019 and gain a lot of popularity due to the advanced features. Many additional features are not available in the original WhatsApp yet. Many applications available in the market that can use as an alternative of the Whatsapp messenger but they still lack a lot of features of the Whatsapp,
so the developer decided to make another application that is similar to WhatsApp in appearance but has a lot of better features than the original WhatsApp. So the developer made the GB WhatsApp apk to facilitate the users with its advanced and ultimate features.
The most promising feature of this WhatsApp is that you can use the GB WhatsApp alongside the original WhatsApp. You don't need to uninstall the original version of Whatsapp to download the apk WhatsApp. You can enjoy the features of dual WhatsApp plus at a time, and it eradicates the limitation of WhatsApp.
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Anyone can easily download the GB WhatsApp apk mod with all updated features. There is only a need to have the android, iPhone / IOS device with a good internet connection. Also, with all these, there is a need to have a third party website that provides you with virus-free links. As this is not an official WhatsApp plus 2021 so be careful while downloading the Whatsapp.
From the virus-free link given above, click on a link it will redirect you to start downloading.
Before downloading WhatsApp, you need to allow the unknown resources from the device administration.
After downloading the apk file search from your mobile phone, then click on install.
Once it's done with installation launch your WA.
Then register your mobile number and do the verification with a six-digit code.
After the verification, If you have a chat backed up to restore your conversation and have your data. Your WhatsApp application is all set ready to use along with your original WhatsApp enjoy the features of dual WhatsApp on your phone.
You can download Whatsapp for the IOS easily.
Many people have an IOS phone, but they don't know how to download the third-party app on their phone. Let me discuss the steps of downloading.
From your IOS mobile open the browser and download the GB WhatsApp from the IOS link.
After the downloading of the file, open the apk file of the apk application.
Press on the install button and install it on your phone.
Moreover, register your mobile number with your WhatsApp and do verification with a six-digit code. Now your app is ready to use, have fun with it.
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Numerous features of the GB Whatsapp apk descarga makes it far better than the original version. More than 1.5 billion active users are there in the market for the latest version of Whatsapp.
Still, when it comes to the limited features of the original WhatsApp, they become frustrated and think of another app for performing their tasks. GB WhatsApp 2021 is an excellent choice for them because it has several more features than the original Whatsapp.
The most promising feature of tele charger GB Whatsapp is that you can use this Whatsapp along with the original WhatsApp. You can use both WhatsApp at the same time on a single device. In other Whatsapp mods like FM Whatsapp and yo Whatsapp, you need to uninstall the original Whatsapp to install the APK Whatsapp.
Still, in GB Whatsapp you don't need to uninstall the Whatsapp you can download the APK WhatsApp from the third party web as it is not an official application. You need to go for a third party private website to download the latest version because the third party develops it.
Latest Whatsapp will not block your account as you have the freedom to use the account and have a chat with people. In original WhatsApp, you may face a temporary block for your number from the Whatsapp. Still, in GB Whatsapp it is not possible because third-party Whatsapp provides you protection from blocking.
Another great feature of the latest version of GB Whatsapp is that you can select the language according to your need. Moreover, there are many languages in the apk mod, but you can make the selection according to your requirement.
The most promising feature of the GB Whatsapp is that you can enable the DND feature. DND feature means you can disable the internet for your Whatsapp messenger. You are using your mobile phone for any other application, and you don't want to have WhatsApp notifications so you can enable the DND features that can turn off the internet only for your Whatsapp. Moreover, this feature is only available with the GB Whatsapp it is not available in the original Whatsapp.
The feature of sharing live location is also available in the GB Whatsapp. There is an option to send to your live location to your friends and family with APK WhatsApp 2020-2021.
With the apk WhatsApp, it becomes easier to send large files, images audio, and videos to people before this it was not so easy. Before the GB WhatsApp, we need to have other applications for sending large files.
With the original WhatsApp, you can send up to 10 images at a time, but with the latest updation, it exceeds 30 pictures but with the Mod Apk WhatsApp it becomes easier to send 90 photos at a time. For videos, it allows sending a video file of 700 MB. Moreover, it added features regarding the recording audio message you can hide the recording option from your download WhatsApp app as well.
With update original WhatsApp, we always need a separate application like a status downloader to download any status, but with the GB WhatsApp, it becomes convenient to download the status.
You can customize the theme of your own choice. There are thousands of themes in the theme library of the GB WhatsApp transparent you can choose the theme of your personal preference and customized it according to your own choice with a theme pack download. Further, if you get bored with the typical green color of the WhatsApp logo, you can change that too with this modified WhatsApp.
The GB WhatsApp 2021 offering different Font styles so you can choose the different font styles, but this feature is not available with the typical WhatsApp.
The superb feature of the GB WhatsApp apk 7 that can help most of its users that you can make a payment through your WhatsApp to your friends and family. You can add your bank and can avail of this feature to make a payment. Due to this feature of the third party GB WhatsApp ultima version, the outstanding payments become more comfortable to clear. You don't need to use separate applications to make payments.
The blue tick option can protect with the GB WhatsApp latest version apk. You don't want to let anyone know that you have read their message and you don't want to reply to that person you can easily hide the blue tick option. This feature was the need of the hour because whenever you opened the message of someone unintentionally, and you don't want to reply to them because of that blue tick, it becomes forcible for you to respond to them.
Message Scheduler is also a popular and magnificent feature of this third party application. You can schedule the message for your friends and family. Moreover, you can set auto-reply from GB Whatsapp apk. The message schedular helps you to send the message on time, and it may be a birthday wish, etc. This feature is not present in the traditional WhatsApp and not also in Yo Whatsapp 8.
Status light improved with the GB WhatsApp apk as in typical original WhatsApp the status lenght allowed up to 139 characters, but with this apkpure WhatsApp it improved up to 255 characters. You can set the status of 255 characters long also you can hide the status from the people you want to hide. Further, you can copy the status directly just by tapping on that status. With the original new version download, you even cant copy the status of anyone and your own as well.
The call block option of the GB WhatsApp pro apk allows you to select the people from whom you want to have a call and allow them to make a call to you. With this feature, you can restrict the people to make you call unnecessarily. In the original WhatsApp, it is not possible because there is only one option in that WhatsApp plus download just to block that person.
With the GB Whatsapp latest apk download, you can have access to high-quality video players. You can use the video player from the GB WhatsApp it makes the quality of your videos as they are. With the typical Whatsapp, we know that it affects the quality of the videos. With apk mod WhatsApp you can experience the best quality videos.
With this modified free download of WhatsApp, you can have a notification regarding changing the profile picture. If someone from your contact list changes their profile picture, there will make a notification pop up regarding that updation.
This version of app upto down WhatsApp is more secured as there is a feature of application protection with security code. You can secure your app and chats with a protected password so no one will have access to your private information.
There are thousands of upgraded Emoji with the APK mod WhatsApp review. People love to use Emoji, so it becomes essential to update them.
You could restore your data with the GB Whatsapp downloader if you enabled the chat backup before. This feature secured your data from losing.
There is no need to root nor to jailbreak your android and IOS device because the GB Whatsapp can download without that.
The GB WhatsApp is a modified version of the official Whatsapp that is developed by the third party website. The apk mod application has a lot more features than the official WhatsApp. Besides all these, it is not a formal application but can be far better than the official Whatsapp. There is no issue regarding the security and Privacy of the WhatsApp apk mod because it has the same privacy policy as the official one. So you can choose according to your need and choice.
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GB WhatsApp is an updated and modified version of the official WhatsApp. The official WhatsApp does not develop it; it is a third party application.
No, it is not an official Whatsapp it is the third party application
After downloading the apk file search from your mobile phone, then click on install. Once it's done with installation launch your Whatsapp. Then register your mobile number and do the verification with a six-digit code. After the verification, If you have a chat backed up to restore your conversation and have your data.
From your IOS mobile open the browser and download the GB Whatsapp apk from the IOS link. After the downloading of the file, open the apk file of the apk application. Press on the install button and install it on your phone. Moreover, register your mobile number with your WhatsApp and do verification with a six-digit code. Now your app is ready to use, have fun with it.
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St.Mary's Engineering College
Approved by AICTE, Affliated to JNTUH, Acredited by NAAC
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The objective of imparting education at St. Mary's combined with creation, dissemination and application of knowledge, are being met in an integrated form to create a synergetic impact. Education as a link between society and development is universally accepted, since higher education carries a direct bearing upon human technological resources hence development in technical education becomes automatically identified as priority issue.
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Chairman, Consortium of Engineering Professional Colleges Managements Association (Recognized by Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education) & Admission & Fee Regulatory Committee of Andhra Pradesh for conducting EAMCET-AC, PGECET-AC & ICET-AC for the year 2011-12).
Chairman, Protection Committee of Educational Institutions of Andhra Pradesh.
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The Afro-German duo popularly known as T.O (Winner of Mr Ghana-Germany 2010) and Stunna Kid(Winner of Mentor auf Germany) are at it again. They are working on a track that will blow the minds of all their fans out there.
T.O., also known as "Mr. Ghana-Germany 2010" & Stunna Kid, who won "Mentor of Germany 2010" are slowly becoming a very well established duo in the African music scene here in Germany. Their first track together entitled Fa Ko Fom got over 200,000 views on youtube and was really popular all over Germany, UK, USA, Canada and Ghana. They went on to perform a remix of "Bo Wun Se Ma Me" with Da Mayniacz which also became popular in the Hamburg, Germany scene. Their very popular and catchy songs were "Shigege" and "Wona Ni(Who's That)" quickly caught on amongst the youth in Germany.
They perform in concerts all over Germany. This duo is definetly a force to reckon with. Watch out for their surprise new track entitled "Sa No Woty3". They are also working on a video shoot. They promise to really keep you groving and dancing. T.O, Stunna Kid "All Day, Every Day"


President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Monday recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, reversing more than a half-century of U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Trump says he made his decision on the Golan after an accelerated history course…..
"The President told the annual convention of the Republican National Coalition in Las Vegas that he had decided to recognize Israel's right to disputed territory after a short presentation by White House advisor Jared Kushner – his son-in-law – , the ambassador to Israel, David Friedman and the negotiator Jason Greenblatt.
He explained that the three men called him about another subject when he addressed the Golan issue, without specifying when the conversation took place.
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Nożówka (Alfaro cultratus) – gatunek słodkowodnej ryby z rodziny piękniczkowatych (Poeciliidae).

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Gatunek ten naturalnie występuje w Ameryce Centralnej, a dokładniej na terenach Nikaragui, Kostaryki oraz Panamy. Jej naturalnym środowiskiem są wody słodkie o niskim nurcie. Można je spotkać w potokach o głębokości co najmniej 0,5 m. Woda, którą zamieszkuje, jest neutralna: 6–8 pH, o temperaturze 24 °C – 26 °C.

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Rozmnażanie
Są gatunkiem ryb żyworodnych. Ciąża trwa około 3–4 tygodnie, z której może urodzić się zazwyczaj od 10 do 40 młodych osobników, jednak zdarzają się także większe mioty do 100 osobników. Dojrzałość płciową osiągają po kolejnych 5–6 miesiącach.

Dieta
Młode osobniki żywą się głównie małymi owadami wodnymi, dorosłe natomiast zjadają także większe owady lądowe znalezione w wodzie. W warunkach hodowlanych zadowala się pokarmem suszonym oraz mrożonym.

Zachowanie
Są raczej płochliwym i ruchliwym gatunkiem. Nie tworzą zbitych grup, raczej luźne skupiska. Mogą być agresywne wzajemnie względem swojego gatunku, szczególnie w okresie ciąży.

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Ryby akwariowe
Ryby Ameryki Północnej
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14 Jun 2021 | Joint Statement
In Leaving Anti-Corruption Accord, Bukele Moves Close to Unchecked Power in El Salvador
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On June 4, El Salvador's Attorney General Rodolfo Delgado made an announcement, later confirmed by President Nayib Bukele, that the country had terminated its 2019 cooperation agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS) to back an International Commission against Impunity in El Salvador (CICIES). Bukele criticized the OAS and its appointment of Ernesto Muyshondt, a Salvadoran politician under investigation for conspiracy and electoral fraud, stating that the OAS could not be trusted and that partnering with a different international organization might be a better avenue; however he then went on to attack those organizations as well. This worrisome move comes just over a month after the majority bloc in El Salvador's National Assembly, led by Bukele's New Ideas party, moved quickly and without adherence to local or international norms to replace the attorney general and all five magistrates of the country's Constitutional Chamber with political allies.
With a new majority, Bukele acted quickly to consolidate his political control, and legislators threatened further actions against independent oversight bodies. Now, with an undermined judiciary and the loss of checks and balances, the removal of the CICIES is the latest in an alarming set of attacks on the country's rule of law and judicial independence.
The CICIES and the need to combat corruption was a central focus of Bukele's presidential campaign. In a speech given on February 3, the day Bukele officially won the presidential election, he said that "The people's money has to return to the people, they owe us $37 billion and they are going to start paying […] that's why we are going to bring CICIES." However, during the first two years of his presidency, few efforts were made to strengthen the commission's investigative capacity. Despite his campaign pledges, and his public comments at the signing of the agreement with the OAS, President Bukele and his administration have done little to make the CICIES an effective and genuinely independent body. As described in a recent statement by the OAS General Secretariat, the Bukele administration took "actions aimed at preventing progress in the investigations into allegations of corruption by the current administration " and sought to "induce the CICIES to investigate actions of opposition politicians exclusively." Despite its limitations, the CICIES had been working with Attorney General Raul Melara in investigating alleged irregularities of emergency fund purchases to respond to the pandemic.
Shortly after the May 1 removal of Attorney General Melara, El Salvador's National Assembly granted immunity to officials accused of mismanaging COVID-19 funds. In a separate move, the decision this week by the National Assembly—at the request of President Bukele—to authorize the use of bitcoin as legal tender, raises concerns that the approval of the unregulated cryptocurrency could make the country's financial system open to manipulation and fraud.
These developments should deepen concerns about unchecked corruption, the separation of powers and judicial independence in El Salvador.
The need for a strong international response is urgent. The international community and financial bodies should condition any cooperation, assistance, or loans on El Salvador's government demonstrating commitment to anti-corruption efforts and a renewed commitment to judicial independence and the rule of law. Additionally, the National Assembly must not protect public officials from corruption probes. The OAS should make the Commission's investigations public so that citizens can make use of the information and existing mechanisms to defend their rights violated by the corrupt.
Without a strong response from the international community that makes clear the necessity of genuine anti-corruption efforts and adherence to democratic norms and rule of law for any amicable relations to continue, power will continue to be further concentrated in El Salvador, with fewer and fewer avenues available for checks and balances.
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