Includes natural area, tours – guided, trails – biking, trails – equestrian, trails – hiking, visitor attraction, and vista point.
Hike Forest Park - trails, trailheads, restrooms, parking access, and hiking distances.
Forest Park is a city park, therefore no fires, camping, fireworks, or firearms are permitted.
For current trail closures and delays in Forest Park, please click here.
Go to Forest Park Conservancy for additional trail information.
An abundance of wildlife (more than 112 bird and 62 mammal species) can be found in Forest Park. With its massive tree canopy and substantial undergrowth, the park serves as a natural air purifier, water collector, and erosion controller.
The 30-mile Wildwood Trail in Forest Park is part of the region's 40-Mile Loop system that links Forest Park to pedestrian and trail routes along the Columbia River to Gresham, through southeast Portland, along the Willamette Greenway, and back to the Marquam Trail in southwest Portland. A landmark on the trail is the Stone House. This structure was built in the mid-1930s by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as a public restroom. The infamous Columbus Day storm on October 12, 1962, took out the water line. Because the structure had been heavily vandalized over the years, the decision was made to gut the building rather than embark on costly repairs. It remains as a favorite spot to rest along the trail.
In 1803, William Clark (of Lewis and Clark fame) paddled far enough up the Willamette River to see Forest Park's present location. He described this forest as having Douglas fir as its predominant tree, with trunks ranging from five to eight feet in diameter.
From almost the earliest time of subsequent European settlement along the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, the vision of a great natural park along the eastern slope of Portland's northwest hills, which Native Americans called the Tualatin Mountains, was pursued over the years by various civic leaders. The first of these visionaries was the Reverend Thomas Lamb Eliot who arrived in Portland in 1867. His persistence led to the formation of the Municipal Park Commission of Portland in 1899. The Commission brought in the famous landscape architecture firm, Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts, to prepare a park planning study for the City in 1903. Their recommendations included the development of the 40-mile Loop and the acquisition of the wooded hills west of the Willamette River for a park with a wild, woodland character. In their report, they maintained that "...a visit to the woods would afford more pleasure and satisfaction than a visit to any other sort of park..." and "...no use to which this tract of land could be put would begin to be as sensible or as profitable to the city as that of making it a public park."
Frederick Van Voorhies Holman, a prominent lawyer in Portland during the 1890s and a president of the Oregon Historical Society, donated a 52-acre parcel to what would become Forest Park. Part of the Holman property had been flushed down to Guild's Lake by Lafe Pence's flume in 1909. After Pence was brought to task, Holman had a plaster of paris scale model made of the property to estimate how much it would cost to return the property to its original contours in order to develop it. Discouraged by the City from taking such a great risk, he offered the property as a park if the property between it and Macleay Park were acquired. The property was donated to the city by his siblings George F. and Mary Holman on August 16, 1939.
Various setbacks delayed the formation of the forested park, including rumors of oil existing in the hillside, until the City Club of Portland undertook a feasibility study which it published in 1945. From there the 'Committee of Fifty' civic leaders persevered until 4,200 acres were formally dedicated as Forest Park in late September 1948. Additional acres have been added over the years; Forest Park now includes over 5,100 wooded acres making it the largest, forested natural area within city limits in the United States.
In 2017-18, bridges were replaced at three locations on the Lower Macleay, Maple, and Wildwood Trails in Forest Park with funding from the 2014 Parks Replacement Bond.


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The riverwalk is a great place to stroll along the meandering Waccamaw River. Not only can you enjoy this famous blackwater river, but you will also come across rustic wooden buildings, a playground, marinas, picnic tables, and an elegant inn. At the end of the trail is a magnificent arboretum that features a wide variety of trees and plants.
Live theater performed by local actors and actresses. Theatre of the Republic is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization committed to providing quality, affordable non-professional theatrical productions to Horry County and the surrounding areas.
The Horry County Museum was established in 1979 and opened its doors to the public in 1981. The Museum focuses on the history, pre-history, and natural history of Horry County, S.C., and educates the public about these subjects through exhibits, outreach programs, and events.
In 2009, the Museum opened the L. W. Paul Living History Farm. The Farm is a recreation of life on a one horse family farm between the years of 1900-1955. Visitors to the farm can experience what life was like in a farm community during those years and attend quarterly events at the Farm.
Thompson Farm and Nursery is a celebration of our past with a focus on our future. We instill an appreciation of the agriculture experience through hands-on activities and educational instruction. We will offer an understanding of the importance of farming: past, present, and future.
Here's a list of some of the area's most popular attractions.


As usual, I automatically pull out $200 per paycheck with automatic deposit and at the end of the month, I throw whatever is left into the account. This time it was a whopping $2,300!
I mentioned last month in my July Post that I was hoping to put at least $2,000 into the account and I'm happy that I was able to do so.
I didn't buy a whole lot this month but I did manage to add some shares of high quality dividend paying companies.
MO is a tobacco company that has been paying increasing dividends for the last 48 years and is classified as a Dividend Champion! They currently sit around a 4.2% dividend yield with an EPS payout ratio of just 35%.
Since I've purchased them, they've continued to slide down and at the time of this posting, shares of MO are going for $63 a share. I believe I'll be purchasing more of them in the upcoming months. This adds +$26.40 to my annual income.
Dicks Sporting Goods is a sporting goods retailer that's still relatively new to the dividend game. This is one of my more riskier plays since it doesn't have the history of dividends that I'm used to looking at.
DKS currently sits at a dividend yield of 2.5% with a payout ratio of 24%. With the recent earnings miss and the state of retail as it relates to the market, I figured it was a good time to at least dip my toes. This adds +$8.84 to my annual income.
LOW is a Dividend Champion with a staggering 55 years of increasing dividends. It currently sits at a 1.8% yield and a payout ratio of 45%.
LOW has bounced back up to $77 a share in the last 2 weeks but I'll continually add to them on any significant dips. This adds +$8.20 to my annual income.
I continue to just average down on GE as it keeps getting hit. There's a good chance I'll let this go in the future. This adds +$5.76 to my annual income.
The portfolio had a rather uneventful month but that's okay. It continues to grow and produce income which is exactly what I want it to. If you have any dividend stock ideas, I would love to hear them.


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The much-awaited battle between two powerful fighters of the multiverse is happening in "Dragon Ball Super" Episodes 109 and 110. The two episodes will air on October 8 and will run for an hour each. The fight between Goku and Jiren has been heavily speculated on by fans since the Tournament of Power started. There is so much to look forward to in this fight and just like most of the fighters participating in the tournament; both are putting everything on the line to save their respective universe from total annihilation.
According to the latest "Dragon Ball Super" spoilers, Goku will use 20 times Kaio-Ken to Jiren, however, it is revealed that it will not work. This proves how strong Jiren really is. Because of his unsuccessful attempt and because he is running out of options, the Super Saiyan will use his ace card to try to defeat his opponent—the Genki-Dama or the Spirit Bomb.
In the past installments of the popular anime, fans have witnessed this powerful technique used by Goku to defeat powerful enemies in the past.
When Goku used it against Majin Buu, he was able to push the Spirit Bomb back. However, there are several issues about this powerful technique.
This includes the fact that the technique only affects evil or evil creature. Jiren is actually a good person and the reason why he is fighting in the Tournament of Power is to protect his universe. In fact, in his universe, he is one of the Pride Troopers that the citizens looks up to. So, there is no assurance that using this technique will defeat Jiren.
Aside from this, there is another issue. The technique sources its power from the life force of living creatures in the universe or multiverse. The tournament is held in the World of Void and the place is a realm where no creature is alive and time does not exist.
There is a theory from Mastar, one of a content creator of anime in YouTube, about the Omni-powered Goku. According to the YouTuber, it is possible that Goku will ask the life forces of Beerus and Wiz, which are both present in the tournament.
There is also a greater chance that he will get those life forces from two of the most powerful gods in the entire multiverse-the Omni-Kings.
The theory claims that it could be possible that while Goku is asking for the life forces of Beerus and Wiz, the two Zenos saw it and would raise their hands because they would find it cool and would like to try it too. According to this theory, instead of using it towards his opponent, the Saiyan will absorb this energy that will fuel his TRANSFORMATION.
Getting the life forces of the most powerful gods in the multiverse is no doubt the most powerful weapon against any opponent in "Dragon Ball Super.


when i run network discovery it detects pc alos is there any way where i can scan only snmp enable devices (mostly routers and swites) i dont want to add pc in network to be monitor how i can do that ?
Is orion detect layer 2 devices ,bescase some layer 2 switches are not be see in cisco cateroty they are in unknown section /is suppose to in cisco catogry ?
Orion does detect layer 2 devices. Setting Network Discovery to scan too fast might have make it hard to recognize devices.
I don't think your question is clear enough. What exactly have you done? What did you expect to happen? What actually happened? What information do you need to proceed?
Is orion can detect cisco layer 2 switches in cisco catogary rather then unknonw ?
can i scan a switches with snmp string not with ip ?
cisco layer 2 swiches was in unknow which suppose to be in cisco catogary right ?
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State To Add 25 Million By 2050
California will add another 25 million people by mid-century. That's the latest projection from the State's Department of Finance. The figures also show a shift in the ethnic makeup of residents.
By Marianne Russ
Analysts project the state's population will reach almost 60 million people by the year 2050. Mary Heim is Chief of the Demographic Research Unit. She says the bulk of that will come from people having babies – though it also includes migration from other states and countries. Heim says projections show Latinos will be the biggest ethnic group by the year 2042. She says natural increase – more births than deaths – is driving the change for Latinos. Whereas whites are in the opposite situation:
"They actually experience a natural decrease, where by the end of the period there's more deaths than there are births, and that's because the white population is relatively older than the other populations."
Heim says by 2050, Latinos will make up 52% of the population, whites 26 percent, Asians 13 percent, blacks 5 percent, and multiracial 2 percent. The state will use the figures in planning for water, transportation and other needs.
Sacramento County is expected to gain about a million residents by 2050. Demographers project Sutter County will experience the greatest percentage increase – it is expected to nearly triple in size.
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Are you a Dutch national living in Ghana? And do you want to renew or apply for a Dutch passport or identity card (ID card)? You can do so at the Dutch embassy in Accra. You can also lodge your application at a Dutch border municipality or at the Schiphol desk.
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a declaration of renunciation of citizenship of Ghana. This declaration is issued by the Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration and is accompanied by a letter from the ministry's Director of Passports.
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You can make an appointment online to visit the embassy in Accra.
You can find the price of a passport or ID card in the overview of consular fees in Ghana. Payments can only be made in cash, in Ghanaian cedi (GHC).
You can collect your document from the embassy in Accra between 14.00 and 15.00 Monday to Friday. You do not need to make an appointment. First check which days our offices are closed.
You can also have your new passport or ID card sent to you by courier or by registered post. You will have to pay the postage charge yourself. You must supply the embassy with your full address. A P.O. Box or house number alone is not sufficient. The embassy accepts no responsibility if your document is lost in transit.
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Universities and the New World of Work: A Strong Relationship with Room for Improvement
There is considerable debate over the contribution of universities to the new world of work. It's a world often characterized as precarious and volatile, with generally increasing skill requirements. There are many stories of university graduates being unemployed or not working to their potential. Yet the imperfect evidence available indicates that, on average, graduates do well.
Don Drummond, Stauffer Dunning Fellow, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University
As the Canadian economy settles into a lower growth path, held back by mediocre productivity, there is growing focus on the labour market. With 1.7 million students, that attention quickly turns to universities as they will provide a large portion of the future labour force growth, outstripping the contribution from immigration. The increased focus is accompanied by efforts of employers, governments, students and analysts to improve an already strong relationship between universities and the modern workplace. Still, there is much room for further improvement.
A feature of the new world of work is the requirement for a broader range of skills or competencies. Discipline-specific knowledge is still necessary, but is no longer sufficient. As work changes rapidly within firms and within occupations and industries, and as workers increasingly have multiple careers, the so-called "soft" or "transferable" skills, such as teamwork, resilience, persistence, flexibility/adaptability and socio-emotional competencies, are drawing a premium.
Some universities embrace the need to develop broad competencies in their students. With learning outcomes above and beyond discipline-specific knowledge, they are trying to shift from a quantitative perspective on education, such as counting degrees, to a qualitative dimension where a key quality is how well a university education serves individual and society well-being over the longerterm. Such a focus is not the traditional domain of university teaching and learning. Shifting further to the competency-based approach for which employers seem to be asking, would amount to a revolution on campus. It would be a revolution requiring innovative approaches. That's because some of the effects of constrained budgets, such as larger classrooms, compromise the ability to develop and measure competencies.
The link between workplace and university
Canada has long suffered anemic productivity relative to other countries along with unequal income distribution. If recent trends continue, Canada will likely experience future output growth of only about 1.5 per cent per annum. Among other challenges, this will make it difficult to fund health care for an ageing population.
In the quest to understand Canada's poor productivity performance, attention has been paid to factors such as capital, innovation and trade. Only recently has focus increased on the labour market, and in particular skills and skill matching, reflected in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's seminal 2015 manifesto. It concludes "there is much scope to boost productivity and reduce inequality simply by more effectively allocating human talent to jobs".1
The OECD's work highlights why addressing Canada's poor productivity record is so important. The 2015 study found Canada's labour utilization (work effort) exceeded the average in the upper half of OECD countries, but its level of labour productivity was more than 20 per cent below the average. Canada's labour productivity was more than 25 per cent below that of the U.S.
Standard estimates are that at least two-thirds of new jobs in the near future will require some form of post-secondary education. This increasing focus on labour markets has naturally turned a spotlight on the links between universities and the workplace. The sheer number of university students in Canada—1.7 million including fulltime, part-time and continuing education—supports that attention. Further, between March 2008 and March 2017, three times as many new jobs were created for university graduates than graduates of all other types of post-secondary education combined.2
From the perspective of preparation for the workplace, the spotlight on the links from universities to the workplace has not, however, been as focused as it should have been due to poor data and misplaced emphasis on the quantity rather than the quality of education. Fortunately, improvements are being made.
Better than suggested
Universities are often criticized for producing graduates who struggle in the labour market. The point in the criticism is that university graduates are not realizing their income potential, nor putting to use their full range of skills.
The reality is we suffer from poor data to track what happens to university graduates in terms of employment and income. However, the data available do not support the more extreme and pessimistic versions of how graduates fare in the workplace.
Standard evidence cited of failure by graduates to get jobs is the high youth unemployment rate. In March 2019 the youth unemployment rate in Canada was 10.7 per cent. While still high at almost double the overall unemployment rate, it is has come down significantly in recent years. But note that it is a very blunt, and largely inappropriate, measure to gauge what is happening with university graduates. It covers ages 15-24, so many of the youth in the measure are too young to have graduated; covers youth at all levels of education, not just university; and, includes full-time students.
Another standard marker is "over qualification". The OECD's 2015 study measures the labour market demand-supply imbalance as the sum of the percentage of workers who perceive they are underskilled and over-skilled for their jobs. Of the 22 OECD countries studied, Canada had the second lowest level of skills mismatch and the fourth lowest level of over-qualified workers. So Canada looks rather good on a relative basis.
Yet Statistics Canada's absolute measures of over qualification for university graduates paint some grim pictures. Across all fields of study, for 2016 Statistics Canada finds 17.4 per cent of graduates are over qualified. However, over qualification is quite low for some fields, such as nursing, engineering, mathematics and computer and information service. It is more than 25 per cent for arts and humanities and social and behavioural sciences.
One unfortunate reaction to estimates of over qualification would be to reduce the flow of university graduates. It could only be justified by a flawed concept that output and production processes in Canada are fixed. But output is not fixed in a small, open economy. Production processes are not fixed either. Bright, educated people do not need to work only in the field they studied. They and employers can branch out, particularly if transferable skills have been developed.
Preferable would be for employers to better use the superior education of the population to raise output, employment and incomes. Markets can be expanded in other countries. Imports can be displaced. Production processes can be made more efficient by bright, educated people.
High demand disciplines
Another possible reaction is to dramatically change the mix of what university students study and learn. Such a process is underway within universities. A prominent shift in enrollment has been taking place towards disciplines generally thought to be in high demand, including business management and public administration; physical and life sciences and technologies; mathematics, computer and information sciences; architecture, engineering and related technologies; and, health and related fields. However, we should note that over qualification may possibly indicate employers are applying too narrow a mindset on who they hire. Are they stuck in a mode of seeking only employees with fairly direct education and training in the type of work the company does? This would seem to defy the growing evidence that all businesses and occupations can productively tap into good employees from a variety of backgrounds. It also seems inconsistent with evidence revealed of late that employers seek a variety of skills in recruits, going far beyond discipline-specific knowledge. Over qualification may also reveal a tendency for students to focus job search in areas naturally associated with their studies. If they have developed transferable skills, their horizons could and should be cast much more broadly.
Related to the concept of over qualification is the measure of university graduates not working in jobs related to their field of study. Implicit in the notion of over qualification is graduates were not able to find work in an area they are best suited for by nature of their university program. The measure is taken as a failure of university education, or at least of the link between universities and the workplace.
The Education Policy Research Initiative (EPRI) provides a useful longer-term perspective on how graduates are doing. It linked administrative data on students from 14 post-secondary institutions to tax records to track the labour market outcomes of Canadian diploma and bachelor's graduates from 2005 to 2013. There are significant differences across fields of study. Engineers, for example, did best. But graduates of all disciplines did quite well. The EPRI highlighted the earnings for humanities graduates, as humanities are often cited as a discipline not in sync with labor demands. While humanities graduates do earn less than graduates in most other fields, their incomes did start at $32,800 and rise to $57,000. The result that "even general arts and science graduates do relatively well in the labour market" led the EPRI to conclude that graduates "have skills that are valued by employers".3
The OECD estimates strong internal (i.e. the return to the individual for their investment in their education in terms of time and money) and social (i.e. the return to society for the public investment) rates of return for tertiary education (somewhat broader than universities to include some vocational programs). The private rates of return are 13 per cent for men and 17 per cent for women in 2015. The respective social rates of return are eight and seven per cent. Again according to the OECD, the employment rate for 25-64 year-olds in 2017 across all levels of education was 77 per cent, but 83 per cent for those with a Bachelor's degree and 85 per cent with a Masters.
The STEM proposition
Some popular beliefs about the links from universities to the workplace do not stand up to evidence. One is that far more university students should be in the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). This often correlates with the suggestion the displacement should be from humanities and other social sciences.
The message must be much more nuanced than a generic shift to STEM studies. Not all STEM disciplines are producing graduates with strong employment and income records. STEM graduates in some disciplines do not do well in the workplace. In the National Graduate Survey of the 2010 graduating class, graduates did not do well in terms of income as it relates to computer science, mathematics, as well as computer and information sciences and support services.
The Canadian Council of Academics investigated the frequently heard position that Canada needs a lot more STEM students in order to drive innovation and productivity growth.4 Instead their analysis led them to conclude that working smarter relied more broadly on "problem solving, technological proficiency, and numeracy" and these traits could and should be reflected across all disciplines. In other words, there should be some STEM in everyone, but not necessarily only STEM.
Lifetime Well-being
University education should have several objectives with respect to the individual student and to society. Lifetime well-being of the student should be a goal, which is much more stringent than job success in the first few years after graduation. First, well-being is a much more comprehensive measure than employment and income. Health, concern for the environment, civic duty and other attributes have been shown to play into well-being. Fortunately, research suggests these are well correlated with education. Second, maximizing outcomes in the near-term is likely easier than positively influencing results over a life. Moreover, different approaches are likely required. For example, near-term results may be maximized by focusing on current labour market needs. Longer-term success likely requires an emphasis on adaptability and flexibility.
Moreover, university education should raise the well-being of all citizens, not just those who undertake the studies. This social aspect includes higher output and incomes. In turn this requires universities to produce the graduates who will facilitate success of Canadian firms, domestically and globally. Drilling down one step further, that means meeting the skill requirements of employers. Again this does not just mean meeting the demands of today. They will change. Students must be equipped with the skills to adapt.
Clearly, the social perspective on higher education should go beyond employment, income and output to include the broader benefits of a more informed, engaged society.
The Skills that Matter
To the degree necessary to set priorities on competencies, whether for financial or other reasons, it may pay to focus inordinately on literacy and numeracy to begin. These two competencies are found in common in every list of requirements, whether it be from the perspective of students, employers, universities or others. Further, there may be a pay-off to focusing on a particular cohort, that being students who might not be performing at a high level of literacy and numeracy. We know from studies by the OECD and others that higher levels of education bring, on average, higher levels of literacy and numeracy. But those averages likely disguise the reality that not all students or even all graduates have particularly strong literacy and numeracy skills. A priority could be to bring the skills of those students up to or at least closer to the averages realized by university graduates.
Universities will need to reverse the balkanization of increasingly stand-alone disciplines. The modern workplace calls for a wide array of skills. They will not come from a single discipline. Further, many of the transitional or soft skills are in common across disciplines. There is no reason, and it seems inefficient, to teach and measure them in separate discipline silos.
This perspective on the objective of university education puts the focus squarely on outcomes. It contrasts with the current focus largely on inputs such as degrees and dollars spent. A emphasis on outcomes also permits an assessment of efficiency within universities, something that cannot be properly measured if there is a pre-occupation with inputs.
One of the greatest tests of the link from universities to the workplace will be how well universities serve the large cohort of young Indigenous People. The 2011 National Household Survey revealed that just under 10 per cent of Indigenous Canadians aged 25-65 had a university degree, less than half the 25.9 per cent for all Canadians. The current cohort of young Indigenous People could account for as much as 21 per cent of Canada's labour force growth through 2036.5 The contributions will vary greatly by region, with highs of 83.1 per cent, 72.9 per cent and 52.2 per cent in the three territories, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, respectively.
The next step is to understand the context from which the objectives must be pursued. That begins by accepting what is not possible. In particular:
We cannot accurately predict what jobs there will be in the future and what requirements they will have. It may be possible to develop ideas about broad trends. But these trends could be well off as they are by necessity largely dependent upon the past and that may not accurately represent the future. The only thing that we can be fairly certain will carry over from the past and present is that the workplace has been precarious and volatile and will remain so.
There will never be a tight relationship between what is taught and learned in university and what is required on the job. The relationship may stand to some degree for a time, but it will surely breakdown in short order and eventually could become unrecognizable.
Accepting what is not possible means the focus of university education has to change from being inordinately on the near-term, which might tend to lead to education and training in specific skills of today, to preparing students to adapt over the longer-term. This flows from that familiar theme that today's graduates may well change careers five to seven times over their life time. Of critical importance is what skills are transferable across all that change? What facilitates the required adaptability and growth?
All stakeholders need to work together to continue improving information. We need a better idea of what happens to university graduates in the work place. Not just for a few years, but over a long period. If, as is commonly asserted, today's graduates will likely have several careers, we should have data that tracks how and why they transition from career to career. Was the transition easy or difficult? Did their university training facilitate the transfer? Did they transfer through choice, company bankruptcy or demise of the former occupation?
We need the information that will allow for a mapping of certain characteristics of learning to workplace results. For example, if competency-based education is superior, we should be able to identify students taking studies under that approach and see superior results.
Finally, we should better measure the broader benefits of higher education to society. This is typically encapsulated in the cold, hard statistic on the "social rate of return". This could be brought to greater life through measuring the ways in which the educated person brings higher value to society.
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1 OECD. The Future of Productivity. 2015
2 Universities Canada. Facts and stats
3 Ross Finnie, "Busting the barista myth – higher education IS linked to higher salaries", Ottawa Citizen, August 8, 2016
4 David A. Dodge, Some Assembly Required: STEM Skills and Canada's Economic Productivity. 2015
5 Don Drummond and Andrew Sharpe, The Contribution of Aboriginal People to Future Labour Force Growth in Canada, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, 2017
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Q: Python can't use ** outside of function definition Disclaimer: I am new to Python.
If you read this article, it lists ** as being able to unpack dictionaries.  I was trying this out.

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*my_dict = {"key1": 1, "key2": {"inner_key": 3} }

*unpacked_dict = **my_dict
Returns: SyntaxError: invalid syntax
What am I missing?  I know ** is used mainly with **kwargs, is my problem that ** can only be used in a function definition?

A: You can use it to unpack it into other dictionaries. It doesn't work in the way I assume you are trying to do it which is taken inner dictionaries from values and make them all part of the same level.  From the article you referenced:

For example we can copy a dictionary while adding a new value to it:
>>> date_info = {'year': '2020', 'month': '01', 'day': '7'}
>>> event_info = {**date_info, 'group': "Python Meetup"}
>>> event_info
{'year': '2020', 'month': '01', 'day': '7', 'group': 'Python Meetup'}

Or copy/merge dictionaries while overriding particular values:
>>> event_info = {'year': '2020', 'month': '01', 'day': '7', 'group': 'Python Meetup'}
>>> new_info = {**event_info, 'day': "14"}
>>> new_info
{'year': '2020', 'month': '01', 'day': '14', 'group': 'Python Meetup'}

This was added as of Python 3.5+, more info is in PEP 448.

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Justia Regulation Tracker Department Of Homeland Security U.s. Customs And Border Protection Approval of Saybolt LP, as a Commercial Gauger, 30105-30106 [E9-14912]
Approval of Saybolt LP, as a Commercial Gauger, 30105-30106 [E9-14912]
Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 24, 2009 / Notices submission. You may submit your comments and material by electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery to the DMF at the address under ADDRESSES; but please submit them by only one means. If you submit them by mail or delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8–1⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them by mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and material received during the comment period and will address them accordingly. Viewing comments and documents: Go to http://www.regulations.gov to view documents mentioned in this Notice as being available in the docket. Enter the docket number for this Notice [USCG–2009–0457] in the Search box, and click ''Go >>.'' 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Need: Under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 3305 and 3306, the Coast Guard prescribed regulations for the design, construction, alteration, repair and operation of small passenger vessels to secure the safety of individuals and property on board. The Coast Guard uses the information in this collection to ensure compliance with the requirements. Forms: CG–841, CG–854, CG–948, CG–949, CG–3752, CG–5256. Respondents: Owners and operators of small passenger vessels. Frequency: On occasion. Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 353,263 hours to 380,185 hours a year. VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:46 Jun 23, 2009 Jkt 217001 2. Title: Offshore Supply Vessels— Title 46 CFR Subchapter L. OMB Control Number: 1625–0065. Summary: Title 46 U.S.C. 3305 and 3306 authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe safety regulations. Title 46 CFR Subchapter L promulgates marine safety regulations for offshore supply vessels (OSV). Need: The OSV posting/marking requirements are needed to provide instructions to those onboard of actions to be taken in the event of an emergency. The reporting/ recordkeeping requirements verify compliance with regulations without Coast Guard presence to witness routine matters, including OSVs based overseas as an alternative to Coast Guard reinspection. Forms: None. Respondents: Owners and operators of vessels. Frequency: On occasion. Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has decreased from 6,169 hours to 2,068 hours a year. 3. Title: Barges Carrying Bulk Hazardous Materials. OMB Control Number: 1625–0104. Summary: This information is needed to ensure the safe shipment of bulk hazardous liquids in barges. The requirements are necessary to ensure barges meet safety standards and crewmembers have the information necessary to operate barges safely. Need: Title 46 U.S.C. .3703 authorizes the Coast Guard to prescribe rules related to the carriage of liquid bulk dangerous cargoes. Title 46 CFR part 151 prescribes rules for barges carrying bulk liquid hazardous materials. Forms: None. Respondents: Owners and operators of tank barges. Frequency: On occasion. Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 13,255 hours to 29,281 hours a year. 4. Title: Regulated Navigation Area; Reporting Requirements for Barges Loaded with Certain Dangerous Cargoes, Inland Rivers, Eighth Coast Guard District and the Illinois Waterway, Ninth Coast Guard District. OMB Control Number: 1625–0105. Summary: The Coast Guard requires position, intended movement, and fleeting operations reporting from barges carrying certain dangerous cargoes (CDCs) in the inland rivers within the Eighth and Ninth Coast Guard Districts. Need: This information is used to ensure port safety and security, as well as, the uninterrupted flow of commerce. Forms: None. Respondents: Owners, agents, masters, towing vessel operators, PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 30105 persons in charge of barges loaded with CDCs, or having CDC residue operating on the inland rivers within the Eighth and Ninth Coast Guard Districts. Frequency: On occasion. Burden Estimate: The estimated burden has increased from 1,179 hours to 2,196 hours a year. Dated: June 16, 2009. M. B. Lytle, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Assistant Commandant for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology. [FR Doc. E9–14753 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–15–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Customs and Border Protection Approval of Saybolt LP, as a Commercial Gauger AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice of approval of Saybolt LP, as a commercial gauger. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.13, Saybolt LP, 905C Eastern Blvd., Clarksville, IN 47129, has been approved to gauge petroleum, petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils for customs purposes, in accordance with the provisions of 19 CFR 151.13. Anyone wishing to employ this entity to conduct gauger services should request and receive written assurances from the entity that it is approved by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct the specific gauger service requested. Alternatively, inquiries regarding the specific gauger service this entity is approved to perform may be directed to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection by calling (202) 344–1060. The inquiry may also be sent to cbp.labhq@dhs.gov. Please reference the Web site listed below for a complete listing of CBP approved gaugers and accredited laboratories. http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/ operations_support/labs_scientific_svcs/ commercial_gaugers/ DATES: The approval of Saybolt LP, as commercial gauger became effective on September 10, 2008. The next triennial inspection date will be scheduled for September 2011. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Malana, Laboratories and Scientific Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania E:\FR\FM\24JNN1.SGM 24JNN1 30106 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 24, 2009 / Notices Avenue, NW., Suite 1500N, Washington, DC 20229, 202–344–1060. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Dated: June 18, 2009. Ira S. Reese, Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services. [FR Doc. E9–14912 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] [Docket Number FR–5335–N–01] BILLING CODE 9111–14–P AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner, and Office of Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, HUD. ACTION: Notice. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Customs and Border Protection Approval of Saybolt LP, as a Commercial Gauger U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice of approval of Saybolt LP, as a commercial gauger. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.13, Saybolt LP, 139 Castle Coakley Bay #4, St. Croix, VI 5620, has been approved to gauge petroleum, petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils for customs purposes, in accordance with the provisions of 19 CFR 151.13. Anyone wishing to employ this entity to conduct gauger services should request and receive written assurances from the entity that it is approved by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct the specific gauger service requested. Alternatively, inquires regarding the specific gauger service this entity is approved to perform may be directed to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection by calling (202) 344–1060. The inquiry may also be sent to cbp.labhq@dhs.gov. Please reference the Web site listed below for a complete listing of CBP approved gaugers and accredited laboratories. http://cbp.gov/ xp/cgov/import/operations_support/ labs_scientific_svcs/ commercial_gaugers/. DATES: The approval of Saybolt LP, as commercial gauger became effective on April 21, 2009. The next triennial inspection date will be scheduled for April 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Malana, Laboratories and Scientific Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 1500N, Washington, DC 20229, 202–344–1060. Dated: June 18, 2009. Ira S. Reese, Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services. [FR Doc. E9–14888 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111–14–P VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:46 Jun 23, 2009 Jkt 217001 Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure: Notice of Responsibilities Placed on Immediate Successors in Interest Pursuant to Foreclosure of Residential Property SUMMARY: Through this notice, HUD seeks to ensure that individuals or entities that participate in HUD programs or with whom HUD interacts through its programs are aware of obligations imposed on immediate successors of interest in any residential property pursuant to a foreclosure to provide tenants residing in such property, including but not limited to tenants with Section 8 rental assistance, with at least 90 days' advance notice of the need to vacate the property, where the successor desires to have the tenants vacate. In addition, except for purchasers who will occupy the property as the primary residence, successors take their interest subject to the remaining term of any bona fide lease. 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L. 111–22, approved May 20, 2009), requires that tenants residing in foreclosed residential properties be provided notice to vacate at least 90 days in advance of the date by which the immediate successor, generally, the purchaser, seeks to have the tenants vacate the property. Except where the purchaser will occupy the property as the primary residence, the term of any bona fide lease also remains in effect. With the unprecedented number of foreclosures occurring across the country, it became increasingly evident that not only were homeowners the victims of the downturn in the economy, but tenants residing in residential properties were also victims of the foreclosure crisis. All too often, tenants were caught unaware that the residential property in which they reside was being foreclosed and were given little notice of the need to vacate the property. The objective of these new tenant protections is to ensure that tenants receive appropriate notice of foreclosure and are not abruptly displaced. PFTA Sections 702 and 703 define the scope of PFTA's coverage over residential properties. The Section 702 requirements to provide tenants with at least 90 days' advance notice to vacate and to preserve the term of any bona fide lease apply to foreclosures on all Federally related mortgage loans or on any dwelling or residential real property. Section 703 makes conforming changes consistent with the Section 702 requirements to the Section 8 rental voucher assistance provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (1937 Act). Both Section 702 and Section 703 sunset on December 31, 2012. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111– 5, approved February 17, 2009) (Recovery Act) contains similar tenant protections under the heading ''Community Development Fund'' in E:\FR\FM\24JNN1.SGM 24JNN1
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Approval of Saybolt LP, as a Commercial Gauger
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
ACTION: Notice of approval of Saybolt LP, as a commercial gauger.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.13,
Saybolt LP, 905C Eastern Blvd., Clarksville, IN 47129, has been
approved to gauge petroleum, petroleum products, organic chemicals and
vegetable oils for customs purposes, in accordance with the provisions
of 19 CFR 151.13. Anyone wishing to employ this entity to conduct
gauger services should request and receive written assurances from the
entity that it is approved by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to
conduct the specific gauger service requested. Alternatively, inquiries
regarding the specific gauger service this entity is approved to
perform may be directed to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection by
calling (202) 344-1060. The inquiry may also be sent to
cbp.labhq@dhs.gov. Please reference the Web site listed below for a
complete listing of CBP approved gaugers and accredited laboratories.
http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/operations_support/labs_scientific_svcs/commercial_gaugers/
DATES: The approval of Saybolt LP, as commercial gauger became
effective on September 10, 2008. The next triennial inspection date
will be scheduled for September 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Malana, Laboratories and
Scientific Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1300
[[Page 30106]]
Avenue, NW., Suite 1500N, Washington, DC 20229, 202-344-1060.
Dated: June 18, 2009.
Ira S. Reese,
Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services.
[FR Doc. E9-14912 Filed 6-23-09; 8:45 am]


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Spanish at Holne Chase Primary
Languages Intent:
Speaking and listening is a fundamental part of learning as children engage with the world around them by sharing their thoughts and listening to others. However, it could be easy in day-to-day life for children to forget that the English language is only one of many and that studying and working exist as an opportunity for them beyond their hometown, county and country. At Holne Chase, we aim for our children to be aware of other cultures and how widening their knowledge of languages can benefit future endeavours.
Therefore, we choose to start our children immersing themselves in the Spanish language right from the start in Reception, as this has been shown by studies to have a positive impact on a child's ability to understand and retain new language forms. It builds excitement and passion for modern foreign languages that will carry them through primary and beyond. Spanish continues as part of our fun and creative curriculum through to Year 6, with the aim that our children develop an ability to learn a new language, be aware of the inter-connectivity of today's world and build a foundation for learning further languages.
Languages Implementation:
The children learn Spanish from a language specialist throughout their time at the school. The lessons will progress year on year to ensure they are exposed to a range of vocabulary, themes and content. The children's Spanish lessons will be fun, interactive and accessible to all whilst boosting their self-confidence, self-esteem and enhancing their natural creativity and curiosity. Furthermore, to help transfer the children's lessons to their long-term memory, there is an opportunity for them to access a language app that allows them to continue practising their language skills outside the classroom. Our Spanish specialist also offers lunchtime clubs within the school to encourage budding language enthusiasts!
During their lessons, there is a focus for the children to develop their confidence and enthusiasm for speaking, listening, reading and writing in a new language. Throughout this curriculum, they will have the opportunity to:
listen, speak, and demonstrate understanding by joining in and responding
explore the language through songs and rhymes
engage in conversations and role plays
understand basic language structures
appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in a different language
read, write and complete grammar exercises
Each element will build throughout the school, year on year, to ensure unnecessary repetition and misconceptions are avoided and that knowledge is varied and skills are progressive.
Languages Impact:
The progressive nature of our curriculum, alongside the ability for our children to carry on their language, studies out of school via the language app and the after school clubs will ensure that our children have the foundations of understanding another language. Ultimately, our ambition is that the impact of the curriculum will enable our children to be linguistically confident, passionate about other languages and well prepared to approach the range of languages taught in Y7 and beyond.
Click here for in-school Spanish Clubs: Spanish Club
To log in to the KidsLingo Spanish site, all the children need to do is go to www.kidslingo.co.uk/games and enter the password Autumn21Kidslingo21 (the password is case sensitive). This password is valid until the end of the Autumn term
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We are delighted to confirm the dates for Holne Chase Primary school open mornings and invite prospective parents of September 2023 Reception children to come and visit. It will be an opportunity to view the school and ask any questions that you may have: Morning Tours @ 9am Tuesday 8th November Friday 25th November Wednesday...
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Welcome to Swoony Boys Podcast! This is our stop on the Zero Day Tour hosted by The Irish Banana . We have an awesome character interview and giveaway to share with you today and we can't wait for you to get to know more about this book, its characters and author, Jan Gangsei! Ready to go?
What was running through your head the first time you saw Addie again after eight years?
Oh, wow. So many things—relief, fear, happiness, worry. And of course, she took my breath away the moment I saw her—she was so beautiful, yet so haunted at the same time. I just wanted to scoop her up in my arms and never let go.
So much about you is a mystery, both to the reader and to Addie. Is there anything about you that you think is misunderstood and you'd like to clear up?
That's a tough one. I'm sure it was difficult for Addie to understand some of my choices—my relationship with Elinor, the fact that I spied on her. But none of those decisions came from a place of malice. Elinor and I were friends, and eventually we bonded over the empty space that Addie left behind. I think we'll always have a connection. And I almost felt like I had no choice but to spy on Addie—not because someone was making me, but because I needed to know the truth. I knew I couldn't live with myself if anything happened to her again.
If Addie had to describe you in three words, what do you think those three words would be?
I hope they'd be: loyal, brave and trustworthy.
What did you find most difficult about spying on Addie for the NSA?
This feeling that I was betraying her. I'd spent so many years blaming myself for her disappearance, that it was hard not to feel guilty.
Sorry, this is where I'm going to have to get all dark and mysterious… but let's just say, I definitely wouldn't mind sharing more of my story!
Boxer briefs. The best of both worlds.
The Absolute True Story of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Even though I know I look the part, I can totally identify with the feeling of not fitting in somewhere.
If Addie wanted to make you breakfast in bed, what would you want on the menu?
And on that note, thank you so much for having me today here at the Swoony Boys Podcast! It's been awesome (and I'm off to find myself some pancakes now…)!
Jan Gangsei grew up in small-town Vermont, reading Nancy Drew mysteries, putting on backyard shows with her best friend and dreaming about exploring the world. After college, she landed a job as a newspaper reporter covering politics and the police beat, and was astonished to discover she could actually get paid to write and tell stories. Since then, she's lived in Key West, New York City, DC and Barbados. She's now settled with her family in northern Virginia, where she writes full time with a cup of hazelnut coffee in one hand and a Jack Russell terrier named Watson curled under her legs. Her debut young adult novel, ZERO DAY, publishes with Disney-Hyperion in January, 2016.
Soon after she learned to walk she was stuck on a pair of skis (Vermont law), which she promptly removed and watched as they slid down the mountain solo — likely explaining her future love of physics (and staying safely in the lodge).
She's a graduate of the DIA's attache program for spouses, where she learned how to properly set a table, wear an evening gown, and disable an attacker with a few well-placed kicks. She suggests you don't ever sneak up on her in a dark alley, especially if she's wearing heels.
She loves meeting new people, and interacting with other readers and writers. Drop her a note and say hello here or on Twitter!
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Ohhh this sounds ahhh-mazing! Adding to my TBR right now. I love books with a political connection and Zero Day sounds like the kind of book I would stay up way too late reading. Thank you for sharing that awesome character interview.
Ooh, this book sounds so good! Definitely on my TBR list.
This books sounds great, definitely adding to my tbr list!
I love character interviews. They tell a lot about a character. Adding to my to-read list pile, for this year.
I've never read character interviews before–this was awesome and very inciteful to the book. Thank you!


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Needle-free Drug Delivery
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Diabetes Patients
NuGen M.D. Delivers InsuJet™ Needleless Injection Devices to Administer "Insulin Without Fear" for Children with Diabetes in Taiwan
TORONTO, Ontario – February 1, 2022 – NuGen Medical Devices Inc. (TSXV: NGMD) ("NuGen M.D." or the "Company"), a leader in needle-free drug delivery, has delivered on a purchase order from a Taiwanese medical distributor Shin-Ya Biotechnology Co., Ltd. for its InsuJet™, needleless injection system. This part of a multi-year sales and distribution agreement, with minimum commitments of CDN $100,000 over the first two years with future commitments for the remaining 3 years of the agreement to be finalized in due course.
As a result, InsuJet™ is now in the hands of ~100 Taiwanese children diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, and is actively being used to administer insulin, typically 3 to 5 times a day, to manage their blood sugar levels and stay alive.
"With over 650 thousand children in the world diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, young families need improved access to safer, less painful, economically viable, and more sustainable alternatives than hypodermic needles. There is no cure for Type-1 diabetes, and not only are they dependent on insulin to survive, they will be insulin dependent for life," said Michael Wright, CEO of NuGen M.D. "Shin-Ya Biotechnology Co., Ltd. is an excellent partner to distribute InsuJet™ needleless injection devices within Taiwan as we embark on our journey to gain market share in Asia."
The Company also reports that as a result of the financing completed in September 2021 in connection with its listing on the TSX Venture Exchange, it remains well funded to execute on its 2022 objectives of supplying a minimum 8,000 needle-free injection systems into the global market. This will generate one-time revenue for the device in addition to the recurring revenue of the consumables over the life expectancy of a device (~5,000 injections), both important revenue streams to the Company.
The InsuJet™ needleless injection system:
Provides faster absorption of medicine than hypodermic needles
Reduces Fear
Patients report less pain and discomfort with needle-free injections, making them more likely to adhere to medications*
Eliminates needlestick injuries (NSI's), cross contamination and infections
NSIs affect ~2.2% of HCW's in the US and Canada resulting in ~600,000 to 800,000 needlestick injuries reported annually**
Reduces Cost for both patients and Health Care System
Estimated cost of Health Care Work (HCW) needlestick injury ranges between $500 and $4,000 USD per incident, not accounting long-term treatment costs associated with illness contracted from the injury or litigation and compensation costs***
Sustainable Alternative to Reduce Biohazard Waste****
Approximately 16 billion disposable and non-recyclable injections are administered worldwide
*Studies show that a remarkable 20 percent of the global population has some degree of fear of needles or injections and 10 percent within that number suffer from what is known as Trypanophobia. This is an excessive or irrational fear of injections or needles which can be learned or inherited. Many with Trypanophobia avoid getting medical treatment that involves the use of needles, which can prove dangerous for those with chronic medical conditions such as diabetes.
**The National Library of Medicine reports that needlestick injuries (NSIs) are one of the most common health hazards facing healthcare workers (HCWs) across the globe. Needles with safety engineered devices (SEDs) have been developed to minimize the risk of exposure to blood-borne infections, such as hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus, associated with NSIs. Despite the introduction of SEDs, the incidence of NSIs increased from 1.9 per 100 HCWs before the introduction of SEDs to 2.2 per 100 HCWs after the introduction of SEDs.
***The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) estimates that 600,000 to 800,000 needlestick injuries occur each year in the United States. New staff or those unfamiliar with using needles or other percutaneous equipment, have more needlestick injuries than experienced workers. Health Canada notes that 41% of injuries occur during use, while 45% occur post-use.
****In the US, the estimated cost of a single Needlestick Injury (NSI) treatment ranges between US$500 to US$4,000. For the more serious cases, however, the costs can far exceed the average. According to the American Hospital Association, one case of serious infection by bloodborne pathogens can cost US$1 million or more in expenditures for testing, follow-up tests, lost time and disability payments.
Despite being staggeringly high, these costs are underestimated in that they do not account for long-term treatment costs associated with illness contracted from the injury or litigation and compensation costs.
***** World Health Organization States: Every year an estimated 16 billion injections are administered worldwide, but not all of the needles and syringes are properly disposed of afterwards nor are there recycling alternatives.
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Jains believe that the Universe is neither created nor destroyed, just that they change from one form to the other. This is very similar to the Law of Conservation of Energy which states that energy can also not be created nor destroyed.
Jains do not believe that the Universe itself was created by a god but has just always existed and will always exist. Jains also believe in something called Loka. Loka is the world in which we live in now, and the world does contain heaven and hell.
Jains believe that Jiva is a form of energy that is eternal and conscious. It is believed that Pugdala is what gives the Jiva the sensations of pleasure, pain, birth, and death. It is anything that can be seen, touched, tasted or smelled.
What do you believe? Were Jains onto something with their science?
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Adrenaline Rush Athletics is a training group based out of Calgary, Alberta made up of mostly Masters and sub-Masters runners who are looking to take their running and racing to the next step. It is a diverse group with runners specializing in distances from the Mile (Beer Mile) up to Marathon distances. The group meets Thursdays for formal interval training and on Weekends for Long Runs. In the summer the group also meets on Tuesdays for hills, speed training or trail runs.


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Opposition to US Bases in South America Continues
by johansen.jorgen • 9. juli 2013 • 0 Comments
On June 22, about a hundred activists held a nonviolent protest at the gate of the Fuerte Aguayo Chilean Naval Base, in the coastal town of Concón, 90 miles northwest of Santiago. They were demanding the closure of the base built by the U.S. Southern Command inside Fuerte Aguayo which opened in April 2012. The action was a joint effort by several Chilean human rights and peace groups, including School of the Americas Watch and FOR's sister organization Serpaj Chile.
The U.S. Southern Command built a 30,000-square foot complex of eight buildings designed to simulate an urban environment and to train police and military forces from throughout Latin America on military operations on urban terrain. This happens at a time when the United States is increasingly promoting militarization of crowd control and humanitarian operations — at home and abroad — and has expanded considerably the list of threats armed forces in the hemisphere are called to address. Among those threats are natural disasters. Indeed, the military response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti is used as an example of the type of operation the armies would be trained for.
But the possibility of the army's involvement in natural disaster responses was not at the top of concerns that brought the more than half dozen groups, mostly from Santiago, to the naval base. Just a few weeks after the Haiti earthquake, Chile experienced a quake even stronger in magnitude (albeit far less catastrophic, due to the country's preparedness) but declined a U.S. offer to send a military humanitarian mission.
The fact that troops are being trained to combat urban disturbances has much significance for Chileans. Over the past two years, they have seen massive urban mobilizations that demanded education reform and indigenous peoples rights meet with disproportionate force. Therefore, that June Saturday, groups went to protest the training of armed forces for suppressing social protest.
U.S. involvement in the training of Latin American armed forces for urban operations is also significant for Chileans. In addition to the role it played in overthrowing their elected president in 1973, the United States promoted and supported extrajudicial killings, torture, and forced disappearances of civilians, including many human rights defenders, academics, community organizers or anyone perceived to be a sympathizer of the left, under the excuse of fighting communism in the South America. Operation Condor illustrates this tragedy: a multinational military collaboration of six South American countries under military rule — Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, and Bolivia – to exchange prisoners and "wipe out political opposition from their borders."
Prisoners were exchanged among countries as currency, according to Martin Almada, a Paraguayan human rights defender and recipient of the Alternate Nobel Peace Award, who was tortured and imprisoned under the Strausser military regime. In 1992, Almada uncovered thousands of files in Asunción that show the history of Operation Condor and evidence of the U.S.'s role in its design and implementation. Martin Almada came to Chile to take part of the June 22 protest. Standing at the gate of the Concon base, Almada said, "we are at a place where the National Security doctrine was established. This [doctrine] is for controlling the Chilean people, because the condor — Operation Condor — continues to fly."
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Discussion in 'Provincial Nomination Program Immigration' started by achayanz, Dec 4, 2017.
OINP is a great opportunity for many candidates who have lower CRS Score. The year 2017 was great for canadian immigration and we are expecting to continue this trend in future. Our seniors have a great thread on OINP 2017 and majority of them received the Nomination, I think a separate thread is more convenient.
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Hello guys, Any scope of getting NOI at 411 CRS in 2018?
Anyone knows if Ontario will continue to make exception for CRS less than 400 with ICT occupations in 2018?
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Does any one know , when will the next ONIP slot wills be opened ..?
When they announce a new round of provincial nomination early next year, do I have to withdraw my current EE profile which was submitted on Dec 1, 2017 and resubmit a new EE profile?
Yes. Our seniors suggest to recreate a new profile before next round starts.
Didn't understand this point. So if I submit my EE profile this month, when do i need to re-submit a new profile and why?
But is it applicable for ICT professionals only? What about professionals from other streams with less CRS score.
My NOC code is 0731 (Transportation,Logistics Managers). CRS is 350. Any chance for OINP under Human capital priorities stream?
yes it is looks nonsense. But usually this is happened in the past rounds. They usually invite candidates who are submitted their profile with in a certain period of time. And regarding your NOC we have no idea which have high demand and less.
I only know they made an exception for below NOCs only in the June/July of this year.
They may change the list of NOC, depending on their labour market, I guess. We can only wait for Ontario official announcement.
Guys, If so, How do we know when Ontario starts giving NOI and do they notify somewhere ? to make sure we create a profile exact at the same time ?
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Support to the Extension of Social Health Protection in South-East Asia
The Project has for overall goal to help more women and men in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Viet Nam access adequate social health protection, under the overall umbrella of national strategies toward UHC and the global development agenda including ILO's Flagship Programme on Social Protection Floors.
1 September 2017 - 28 February 2021
Development partner(s):
The Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Project code:
RAS/17/09/LUX
Ms Marielle Phe Goursat, Social Health Protection Program Manager
Social health protection - affordable health insurance or government-funded health services - aims to provide adequate benefit packages to protect against the risk of ill health and related financial burden and catastrophe. It is crucial in poverty reduction and access to essential health care. The importance and potential of social protection and social health protection in reducing poverty and inequalities and contributing to a more inclusive and sustainable economic development is recognized in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
In low-income countries an estimated 90 per cent of people have no financial protection against catastrophic health expenditures. Globally, about 39 per cent of the population is lacking such coverage. As a result, about 40 per cent of health expenditures globally are shouldered directly by the sick and their families. Asia is one of the two regions in the world which accounts for 97 per cent of the world's population impoverished by out-of-pocket health spending –with Asia having the highest rate of impoverishment at the US$1.90-a-day poverty line -1.9 per cent.
However Peace, sustained economic growth and political commitment have led to major progress on social health protection in countries across the region, in terms of coverage, but also in relation to systems strengthening, legal reform and financial sustainability.
In their path to UHC, Southeast Asian countries are facing similar challenges and are going through similar exercises and reforms to strengthen their social health protection systems.
Project objective
The Luxembourg-funded ILO project "Support to the Extension of Social Health Protection in South-East Asia" has for overall objective to support more women and men in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Viet Nam access adequate social health protection, under the overall umbrella of national strategies towards UHC and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including ILO's Flagship Programme on Social Protection Floors.
The Regional Technical Facility on Social Health Protection (RTF)
The establishment of a Regional Technical Facility (RTF) on Social Health Protection which falls under the Regional component of the Project, will be the first of its kind in this area of work in the Asia-Pacific Region. It will aim to support the extension of social health protection coverage at country and regional levels by strengthening the capacity of target countries to develop and implement strong, sustainable and comprehensive health policies, strategies and plans on Social Health Protection, as a contribution to the achievement of UHC.
As a regional centre of excellence it will provide and promote good practices, leadership and joint research opportunities and will deliver training and technical assistance in the region. In an effort to increase regional capacity and knowledge on social protection, the facility will promote South-South cooperation initiatives as a complement to on-going national efforts and in support to already existing national policies.
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, National Social Security Fund, Ministry of Health, National Health Insurance Bureau, Lao Federation of Trade Unions, Lao Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Viet Nam: Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Viet Nam Social Security, Viet Nam workers and employers' organizations
Myanmar: Social Security Board, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, Ministry of Health and Sports; Myanmar workers and employers' organizations
Thailand: Ministry of Public Health, Health Economics and Health Security Division (HEHS), Praboromarajchanok Institute for Health Workforce Development (PIHWD), Health Insurance System Research Office (HISRO), Mahidol University
Regional Training on Actuarial Analysis for Social Health Insurance Benefits Technical Workshop on Additional Health Insurance Benefit Package
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Regions and countries covered: Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam
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Support to the extension of Social Health Protection in South-East Asia Fact sheet
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ILO partnership: Mahidol University and the ILO launch specialised Master's Program developed to advance Social Health Protection in Asia Social Security Board Reforms Enhance and Extend Health Protection in Myanmar Expansion of Lao People's Democratic Republic's National Health Insurance accelerates progress towards universal health coverage
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The second steering committee of the Luxembourg-funded ILO Project Support to the extension of Social Health Protection in Southeast Asia, takes place in Lao People's Democratic Republic. Factory women workers empowered with knowledge on health-related social security benefits in Viet Nam Trade union officers receive training in social health protection and other health-related social security benefits Worker Receives Lifesaving Medical Treatment through Myanmar's Health Insurance scheme Lao People's Democratic Republic Health Insurance Reform allows 70 year old to access to healthcare for the first time Viet Nam's female factory workers empowered with knowledge on health protection entitlements Regional knowledge hub, connect, strengthens capacity across Asia-Pacific to promote universal health coverage Government's continued efforts on social health protection essential to ensure healthy population


Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel broke his silence Wednesday and spoke for the first time since the end of last season, Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. A lot has happened since then, including 10 weeks of rehab at the Caron addiction treatment center.
• He regretted that his teammates have had to answer endless questions about him.
• He admitted he's "not proud of the chapter" of his life that was the tumultuous 2014 season.


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European sales 2014 first half EV segment
August 22, 2014 by Bart Demandt Leave a Comment
The Electric Car segment is the fastest growing segment in Europe in the first half of 2014, almost doubling in size compared to the same period of last year, and increasing its share of the European car market to 0,35%, roughly in in every 285 cars. The growth of the EV segment is actually speeding up, as 2013 sales were up "just" 74% on 2012.
The Nissan Leaf compact hatchback remains on top with over 7.000 units in six months time, an increase of 56% on last year, which was already more than double its 2012 sales, meaning the Leaf is on track for another record year. It is followed by the Tesla Model S, which has managed to top the Norwegian sales chart (of all vehicles, not just EV's) again in March of this year. This was the third time ever the Model S has outsold all other cars in Norway, after September and December 2013. The Model S is on track to become the second electric car to break the 10.000 annual units level in Europe, after the Leaf.
As I predicted in my 2013 EV sales analysis, the BMW i3 manages to claim a spot on the European podium, selling 4.721 electric cars in the first half of the year, surpassing the Renault Zoe, which surprisingly sees its sales already slow down 15% in only its second year of sales. [Read more…]
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European sales 2013 EV segment
February 6, 2014 by Bart Demandt Leave a Comment
Three new entrants this year help the Electric Car segment become Europe's second fastest growing segment of 2013, after small crossovers. A 74% increase over the 2012 tally means a total of 31.507 EV's hit European roads last year, which is still just 0,25% of all vehicles sold last year, or one in every 400.
The best selling EV in 2012, the Nissan Leaf compact car, remains unchallenged in 2013 as well, as sales more than double to just over 11.000 units, making the Leaf the first electric car to surpass the 10.000 annual sales threshold. The Renault Zoe subcompact hatchback was sold over 8.200 times in its first year of sales, helping the Zoe storm up the charts into second place.
The Tesla Model S large sedan, which competes at a totally different price point than the other cars in this segment, but also offers much more range than those cars, is especially successful in Norway (almost 2.000 sales or half of all European registrations) and The Netherlands (almost 1.200 sales), where government subsidies and preferential treatment of electric cars help to put these vehicles on the map. [Read more…]
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