THE NEW TEST OF PROPORTIONALITY – 66% REDUCTION!
The recent case of Rezek-Clarke -v- Moorfields Eye Hospital is another example of how the new test of proportionality is being applied and the impact it is having on the receiving parties' claims for costs.
This case related to a low value medical negligence claim. The Claimant instructed his solicitors on 31 July 2013 and letters of claim were sent to the proposed Defendants on 20 June 2014. The Defendant admitted liability on 14 November 2014, but denied causation. Proceedings were issued against the Defendant on 1 October 2014 (mainly due to impending limitation issues).
The claim, at best, was worth £5,000.00 and was compromised on 8 July 2015 for £3,250.00.
On 29 October 2015, the Claimant's solicitors commenced Detailed Assessment Proceedings. The bill of costs for detailed assessment totalled £72,320.85. The matter proceeded to a Provisional Assessment before Master Simons on 21 July 2016, where he assessed the bill and reduced this to £24,604.40. On 24 August 2016, the Claimant requested an oral hearing in relation to the provisional assessment and that oral assessment took place on 10 January 2017.
The judgment dealt solely with the issues of proportionality and the ATE insurance premium. The Master did make some increases (to other items within the bill of costs) to what he originally allowed on Provisional Assessment, however, these other items/issues that were heard at the oral hearing did not form part of the judgment.
"In modern litigation, with the emphasis on proportionality, it is necessary for parties to make an assessment at the outset of the likely value of the claim and its importance and complexity, and then to plan in advance the necessary work, the appropriate level of person to carry out the work, the overall time which will be necessary and appropriate to spend on the various stages in bringing the action to trial, and the likely overall cost. While it is not unusual for costs to exceed the amount in issue, it is, in the context of modern litigation such as the present case, one reason for seeking to kerb the amount of work done, and the cost by reference to the need for proportionality".
Master Simons, in his judgment, seemed to be critical of the Claimant's solicitors inability to be able to produce any evidence to support any case planning or consideration regarding the appropriate costs to be incurred (taking into account the fact that the claim was always going to be of a low value). Looking at this point from a practical perspective, it seems logical for any Claimant solicitor, as a matter of course, to produce a case plan from the outset of a case together with a skeleton costs budget. Documentation (evidence) of this nature could prove invaluable when trying to demonstrate to a Master or Costs Judge that case planning and consideration did take place. In the absence of such evidence the receiving party could be left in a more vulnerable position, particularly in low value claims where costs are globally disproportionate.
Furthermore, Master Simons ruled that the new test for proportionality does apply to liabilities incurred post 1 April 2013. In this case the ATE insurance premium was one which is still allowed under the Recovery of Costs Insurance Premiums in Clinical Negligence Proceedings (No. 2) Regulations 2013). This contradicts the decisions of Master Rowley in King v Basildon and of Master Brown in Murrells v Cambridge University. However, it is consistent with the decision of Master Saker in BNM v MGN.
What is abundantly clear is there is disagreement at the Senior Court Costs Office as to the application of the new test of proportionality in relation to post 1 April 2013 additional liabilities and clarity is required to ensure that any confusion is avoided.
The ATE premium totalled £31,976.49. On Provisional Assessment, the Master reduced the premium to £2,120.00 (a reduction of circa. 93%). This was reduced on the basis of proportionality.
The Claimant's solicitors made the usual submissions in relation to ATE premiums and relied on the well-known case of Rogers v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. However, Master Simons ruled that the case was distinguishable from 'Rogers' as 'Rogers' was decided pre-LASPO. Paragraph 64 of the Judgment is useful to read in relation to this point, but essentially it explains that the test of proportionality was fundamentally different when the 'Rogers' case was decided. In 'Rogers' the Court concluded that if it was necessary to incur an ATE insurance premium, then it should be adjudged a proportionate expense. However, now proportionality trumps necessity. No doubt the ATE insurance market had some tears in their eyes when they read this paragraph of the judgment as it will no doubt cause challenges to those ATE insurance premiums which remain in the system.
"……As the premium is deferred, surely the basis of calculation should be on the reasonable amount of the fees for the medical reports, not the actual cost…….".
The Master therefore felt that the premium should be calculated taking into account the amount allowed on assessment and not the claimed amount. I suspect such an approach would receive some real opposition from the ATE insurance market, as ATE insurers pay the claimed amount to experts if the claim fails.
"……Furthermore, it is often the case that the fee claimed for a medical report includes the fee charged by a medical agency. I query whether any attempt is made by solicitors or the insurers when calculating the premium, to distinguish between the actual cost of the report and the fee paid to the medical agency……".
Clearly, for those acting for paying parties, there are some useful questions and points to raise in relation to post 1 April 2013 ATE insurance premiums following this judgment.
A separate point raised in the submissions regarding the ATE insurance premium was the calculation of the premium and in turn, the preparation of the bill of costs. This was quite a serious point and demonstrates the importance of preparing accurate bills of costs for detailed assessment. The premium was claimed at £31,976.49, but during the oral detailed assessment hearing, the receiving party explained that the premium had been calculated incorrectly, and that the correct amount was £22,255.23. However, the Claimant could not provide an explanation regarding why there had been an error in the calculation and (more importantly), why the bill of costs had been certified as accurate and true when it contained such a substantial error (the error being £9,721.26).
This did seem to trouble the Master and paragraphs 61, 62 and 63 are useful to read in this regard. The Master raised concerns regarding the lack of evidence that had been provided to support the correct level of the premium. The methodology in calculating the premium at £22,225.23 was based on witness evidence. The only evidence in front of the Master was a Schedule of Insurance which showed a premium of £30,916.50, and therefore the failure to include the correct (or evidence the correct) premium in the bill of costs caused some real prejudice to the Claimant. At paragraph 63, Master Simons stated that he would have been justified in disallowing the premium in full.
This demonstrates the importance of preparing accurate bills of costs and ensuring that each item is correct before a bill is signed and detailed assessment proceedings are commenced. The premium was claimed incorrectly and even when the error was identified the Claimant failed to explain how the new and correct figure was calculated. This failure could not have helped the Claimant in their submissions that the premium was proportionate or support their arguments that the drastic reduction at provisional assessment was incorrect.
The real headline point that can be taken from this case is how the courts are approaching the application of the new test of proportionality to additional liabilities. This case further adds to the current confusion as to how the new test of proportionality is to be applied in relation to post 1 April 2013 additional liabilities. Hopefully, by the end of the year we should have clarity as the Court of Appeal is due to look at the matter at some point in October. Until then, we should all expect a mixed bag of outcomes (or adjournments) on detailed assessment from the different Masters and Costs Judges all around the country!
Third Party Funding – Regulation or Not?


MUJI, Canada's favourite Japanese store for minimalist products and style has just opened their Toronto-based flagship store! I've been hyping this on my social media since Black Friday… because like most, I've been waiting for the doors to reopen since they announced the store would be closed for renovations.
As you walk into the largest MUJI outside of Asia, you're greeted by a beautiful chandelier. As you look beyond the hanging bulbs and shards of glass, you'll notice the Bay and Dundas store is two-floors and is a whopping 19,110 square feet.
MUJI's flagship store has many location exclusives that are bound to entice any enthusiast to visit.
MUJI partnered with several coffee roasters in Toronto, who share the same community-philosophy, to offer ethically-sourced selections at $2.00 a cup.
This service counter in the store's lower level allows customers to create their own fragrance blend. By blending their favourite scents out of the 40 essential oils provided, customers can have a large variety of unique smells to personalize their home with.
From embroidery to laser engraving, and alteration to digital fabric painting, this location is the only place to get a lot of this done. Therefore, add this to your list of stops before the holidays to add that little bit of personalization to any gift!
These titles are carefully curated for both adults and children!
Have you already visited? What is your favourite thing to buy?


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Q: Killing a program that I don't know the location of with a batch file So I'm trying to make a batch file that will kill a program where the location of it changes every update, it has to be possible to find the program location and kill it within the same batch file, right?

A: Is it possible to find the program location and kill it within the same batch file?
Yes. If the name changes you may be able to use  Taskkill - end one or more processes. - Windows CMD - SS64.com which supports wildcards.
If the name is constant you can use pskill:

Kill processes by name or process ID.
Syntax
pskill [- ] [-t] [\\computer [-u user] [-p passwd]] process_name | process_id

And specify the process_name.
Source PsKill - Kill processes by name or process ID - Windows CMD - SS64.com

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In this specific example the vehicle with id "my_vehicle" cannot conduct more than two pickups or more than two services, or it cannot load more than two shipments. If you use "max_activities", the vehicle cannot conduct more than two activities. If you deal with services, the number of services are equal to the number of activities. However, if you deal with shipments, the number of activities is equal to 2*shipments since each shipment involves two activities, i.e. pickup and delivery.
"reason": "could not be assigned due to max job constraint"


Previous message: [TimorLesteStudies] Reminder: TLSA Conference - Abstracts due	Friday!
During this year's conference there will be two special streams, the first on the theme of ' lections', co-convened by Clinton Fernandes and Mica Barreto Soares; and the second on the theme of 'Gender research in Timor Leste', co-convened by Sara Niner and Therese Tam.
Papers examining Timor-Leste's regional and international relationships, and East Timorese perspectives on regional and global issues, are also encouraged. The 'New Research on Timor Leste' conference will be co-hosted by the National University of Timor-Lorosa'e, Swinburne University of Technology, and the University of Lisbon.
Papers may be presented in Tetun, Portuguese, English or Indonesian.
See registration details (available online) for special discounts for East Timorese participants.
On the weekend between these two conference (Saturday 1 - Sunday 2 July), a number of expos and special events will take place in Dili. More details will be available soon.


MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- A grant from the National Science Foundation will help a Kansas State University engineer develop better ways to machine ultra-thin precision parts, which are micro-sized components for high-performance products.
Shuting Lei, professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, has received a $300,000 NSF Manufacturing Machines and Equipment grant for his work with the manufacturing of ultra-thin precision parts.
These precision parts often must be measured in microns of width -- the same way, for example, width of bacteria are measured.
"Precision parts made from brittle materials such as glass and ceramics have broad applications in the health care, biomedical, energy and photonics areas," Lei said. "A major problem in machining these materials is random crack propagation into the work piece. This results in subsurface cracks and thus degrades the strength of the machined parts."
Lei's award, which is anticipated to involve two doctoral students and three or more undergraduates, will support his fundamental research for development of a novel machining process to overcome this main limitation with controlled crack propagation. The new process will enable high-efficiency machining of brittle materials without compromising part quality.
"This significant award recognizes Shuting's leadership and expertise in this crucial area of advanced manufacturing," said Bradley Kramer, professor and department head of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering at Kansas State University. "But this is the caliber of research and professors we must produce as the college moves toward the goal of being a Top 50 public research university and a Top 25 college of engineering by 2025."
Lei's other research interests include femto-second laser micro/nano machining and surface texturing of various materials for a variety of potential applications, including sensing, photonic and microfluidic devices, and nanotechnology. His work involves difficult-to-machine materials such as structural ceramics, titanium alloys, super alloys, rocks and composites; laser-assisted materials processing with an emphasis on laser-assisted machining of ceramics; and development of novel cutting tools.
Lei completed his bachelor's and master's degrees from Tsinghua University in China, as well as a doctorate from Purdue University, all in mechanical engineering.
He was the principal investigator on another NSF grant completed in 2015. Lei has been recognized by the NSF with its CAREER Award and a Kansas NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research First Award. He also has received the Kansas State University President's Faculty Development Award, College of Engineering Dean's Award of Excellence, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Research Initiation Award and a Big 12 Faculty Fellowship Award.


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Home > Blog > Flashpoints > Diabetes From Sugar?
Diabetes From Sugar?
By Quinn Phillips | Updated December 18, 2014
A couple of years ago, we examined the case being made by a prominent obesity researcher — Dr. Robert Lustig of the University of California, San Francisco — that sugar has toxic effects in the body that can lead to obesity, diabetes, and other ailments associated with the metabolic syndrome. We noted at the time, however, that no large-scale study had been conducted to examine the effects of sugar consumption, and that performing a randomized controlled trial with varying amounts of sugar in the diet would be very difficult.
As it turns out, Lustig was as hungry as anyone for new data on this subject. Last week, he was one of the authors of a study published in the journal PLOS ONE that examined the correlation between sugar availability and rates of Type 2 diabetes worldwide. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, the researchers used data from the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization on sugar availability worldwide, since this information is more closely tracked than direct sugar consumption. They also looked at rates of Type 2 diabetes over time in 175 different countries, as well as components of the diet in these countries other than sugar. By comparing these sets of data, they found that in countries where rates of diabetes had gone up, sugar consumption had gone up slightly earlier and in about the same proportion as the increase in diabetes.
Using statistical methods, the researchers calculated that a daily 150-calorie increase in the availability of sugar is associated with a 1.1% increase in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes. This association was seen after controlling for other factors such as overweight and obesity, total calories consumed, aging within populations, and levels of income and urbanization. Out of all the dietary components that were examined — including meat, fiber, fruit, oil, and grain consumption — only the availability of sugar was found to be associated with the rate of diabetes within countries.
Most of the medical and journalistic response to this study appeared to be positive, supporting its findings and the need to curb sugar intake. Dr. Walter Willett, a prominent nutritionist at the Harvard School of Public Health, noted in the Los Angeles Times article that the study probably underestimated the role of added sugars in the development of diabetes, since the data it used did not distinguish between naturally occurring sugar in fruits and more refined forms of sugar. And in his New York Times blog, Mark Bittman compared the study to ones that linked cigarettes to lung cancer in the 1960's and asserted that the need for regulation is just as great in this case. The nutrition site GI News, however, takes issue with the study's method of controlling for overweight and obesity, claiming that it fails to account for known differences in health risks among different racial groups. This means, the authors write, that any association between sugar and diabetes might be dwarfed by a more accurate assessment of the relationship between obesity and diabetes, independent of sugar intake.
What's your reaction to this study — do you suspect that sugar is uniquely involved in the development of diabetes, or are you skeptical of such claims? Do you think your own sugar consumption played a role in developing diabetes? If sugar does lead to diabetes, do you think this mean it should be more strictly regulated? Leave a comment below!
Originally Published March 6, 2013
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Q: Main Menu In Swift I would like to create a main menu for my game in swift.
I am using the following code:
import SpriteKit

class menuScene: SKScene {
//Adding Start Button
let startButton = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "playButton")

override func didMove(to view: SKView) {

    //Temporary Background
    backgroundColor = SKColor.darkGray

    //Start Button
    startButton.position = CGPoint(x: size.width / 2, y: size.height / 2)
    addChild(startButton)
}

override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
    for touch in touches {
        let location = touch.location(in: self);  //Finding location of touch

        if atPoint(location) == startButton {

            if let scene = GameScene(fileNamed: "GameScene") {
                scene.scaleMode = .aspectFill
                view!.presentScene(scene, transition: SKTransition.doorsOpenVertical(withDuration: 1))
            }

        }
    }
}

}
When I run this however, My app crashes and highlights if atPoint(location) == startButton {. with "Thread 1, Breakpoint 1.1"
Im not entirely sure what this is but I hope someone can help. Thanks!

A: Custom SKViews
Let's say, like this M.W.E., you want a menu, a difficulty, and a game scene.
Then you can make a series of custom SKViews to transition between.

GameViewController
This code loads the menuScene:
override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    let menuScene = MenuScene(size: view.bounds.size)

    let skView = view as! SKView
    skView.showsFPS = true
    skView.showsNodeCount = true
    skView.ignoresSiblingOrder = true
    menuScene.scaleMode = .resizeFill
    skView.presentScene(menuScene)

}

MenuScene
class MenuScene: SKScene {

    let playButton = SKLabelNode()

    override init(size: CGSize) {
        super.init(size: size)

        backgroundColor = SKColor.white

        playButton.fontColor = SKColor.black
        playButton.text = "play"

        playButton.position = CGPoint(x: size.width / 2, y: size.height / 2)

        addChild(playButton)

    }

    required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

    override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        let touch = touches.first
        let touchLocation = touch!.location(in: self)

        if playButton.contains(touchLocation) {

            let reveal = SKTransition.doorsOpenVertical(withDuration: 0.5)
            let difficultyScene = DifficultyScene(size: self.size)
            self.view?.presentScene(difficultyScene, transition: reveal)

        }

    }

}

DifficultyScene
class DifficultyScene: SKScene {

    let easyButton = SKLabelNode()
    let hardButton = SKLabelNode()
    let menuButton = SKLabelNode()

    override init(size: CGSize) {
        super.init(size: size)

        backgroundColor = SKColor.white

        easyButton.fontColor = SKColor.black
        easyButton.text = "easy"

        hardButton.fontColor = SKColor.black
        hardButton.text = "hard"

        menuButton.fontColor = SKColor.black
        menuButton.text = "menu"

        easyButton.position = CGPoint(x: size.width / 2, y: size.height / 2)
        hardButton.position = CGPoint(x: size.width / 2, y: size.height / 2 - easyButton.fontSize * 2)
        menuButton.position = CGPoint(x: size.width / 4 * 3, y: size.height / 4)

        addChild(easyButton)
        addChild(hardButton)
        addChild(menuButton)

    }

    required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

    override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        let touch = touches.first
        let touchLocation = touch!.location(in: self)

        if easyButton.contains(touchLocation) {
            let reveal = SKTransition.doorsOpenVertical(withDuration: 0.5)
            let gameScene = GameScene(size: self.size, difficulty: easyButton.text!)
            self.view?.presentScene(gameScene, transition: reveal)
        }

        if hardButton.contains(touchLocation) {
            let reveal = SKTransition.doorsOpenVertical(withDuration: 0.5)
            let gameScene = GameScene(size: self.size, difficulty: hardButton.text!)
            self.view?.presentScene(gameScene, transition: reveal)
        }

        if menuButton.contains(touchLocation){
            let reveal = SKTransition.doorsOpenVertical(withDuration: 0.5)
            let menuScene = MenuScene(size: self.size)
            self.view?.presentScene(menuScene, transition: reveal)
        }

    }

}

GameScene
add this to your GameScene:
init(size: CGSize, difficulty: String) {
        super.init(size: size)
        gameDifficulty = difficulty
    }

required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
    fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}

Storyboards
Alternatively, you can use Storyboards. In the M.W.E.  for another S.O. question they have a basic "menu" set up.
In your case, what you would do is:

*

*go to Main.storyboard.

*on the right-hand tool bar, find view controller

*drag view-controller into Main.storyboard

*click on the new view-controller

*click - on the right-hand tool bar - the identity inspector (looks like a business card)

*change Class to GameViewController

*click on view within the hierarchy on the left (under the new view controller)

*click the identity inspector

*change class to SKView

*click on the original view controller

*click on the identity inspector

*change class to UIViewController

*click on the view within the original UIViewController

*click on identity inspector

*change class to UIView

*find button at the bottom of the right-hand side tool bar

*drag it onto the first view

*right click drag from the button to the second view

*on the pop-up menu, under action segue, click show

*right click drag from the button up, add horizontally center constraints

*right click drag from the button to the right, add vertically center constraints

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namespace lithium\tests\mocks\data\source\mongo_db;

class MockResult extends \lithium\data\source\mongo_db\Result {

	protected $_autoConfig = array('data');

	protected $_data = array(
		array('_id' => '4c8f86167675abfabdbf0300', 'title' => 'bar'),
		array('_id' => '5c8f86167675abfabdbf0301', 'title' => 'foo'),
		array('_id' => '6c8f86167675abfabdbf0302', 'title' => 'dib')
	);

	public function hasNext() {
		if (!is_array($this->_data)) {
			return false;
		}
		return key($this->_data) !== null && key($this->_data) < count($this->_data);
	}

	public function getNext() {
		$result = current($this->_data);
		next($this->_data);
		return $result;
	}

	public function next() {
		return $this->_next();
	}

	public function __call($method, array $params) {
		return $this;
	}

	protected function _close() {
	}

	protected function _next() {
		$result = current($this->_data) ?: null;
		next($this->_data);
		return $result;
	}
}

?>

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#ifndef LEPCAPY_FILE_IO_CTRL_H
#define LEPCAPY_FILE_IO_CTRL_H

#include "trans_ctrl.h"
#include "pcap_io.h"

unsigned long thread_file_get_cnt();
unsigned long thread_file_get_dropped();
/*
 *  Thread Functions
 */
int thread_file_io(FILE *fp);
int thread_file_join();

pthread_t *thread_file_getthp();

void *__thread_file_io(void *file_ptr);
int __thread_file_enqueue(FILE *fp);
void __thread_file_destructor();

/*
 * File I/O Functions
 */
int __file_io_init(FILE *fp);
int __file_io_read(FILE *fp, struct queue_node_s*);

/*
 * Protocol Parsing Functions
 */
int __proto_parse_seq(struct queue_node_s* tmp_node);

#endif //LEPCAPY_FILE_IO_CTRL_H


Goji berries are known as the wolfberry, a small red berry grown in the south of China.
Goji berries are a great "superfood." Goji berries have earned the title "superfood" because of their nutrient density and antioxidant content packed in a small volume. If you've never tried a goji berry they taste like a raisin and a cranberry mixed together.
Use as you would any dried fruit such as raisins. Enjoy them on oatmeal, porridge, in salads, in smoothies, re-hydrated in water and pureed in a smoothie/juice, use in trail mix, desserts, etc.
If you enjoy goji berries and consume larger amounts of them, purchase them in bulk for a more affordable option. Store goji berries in airtight mason jars in the pantry for quick access.


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Home » News » Business » Big discounts on iPhone 6S, Moto phones and Xiaomi Mi 5: 9 Flipkart deals you can't miss
Big discounts on iPhone 6S, Moto phones and Xiaomi Mi 5: 9 Flipkart deals you can't miss
Flipkart is offering great discounts and attractive offers on a wide range of products as part of its Big Billion Days sale. The festive sale started yesterday on October 2 and will last till October 6.
While Flipkart's rivals like Amazon and Snapdeal are also running festive sales, Flipkart's offers on good smartphones are better overall.
Here are 9 smartphone deals that you shouldn't miss if you are looking to buy a new phone.
iPhone 5S: If you have always wanted to own an iPhone, but could never buy it because of the absurdly high prices, now is the time. Although iPhone 5S is an old phone considering it's now three generations old, however, it is still a good a phone and the price on Flipkart makes it almost a steal.
The iPhone 5S (16GB) is available for Rs 17,799 on Flipkart. It's also the best price online right now. Amazon will be selling it to Prime members at Rs 17,999, plus the Rs 499 charge for the membership. So Flipkart is the better option if you want to buy iPhone 5S.
iPhone SE: Launched at Rs 39,000, the iPhone SE was costly for a small screen phone. If you are looking to buy a newer iPhone than iPhone 5S, Flipkart's discounted price shouldn't feel too high.
You can bag it for Rs 30,000 and if you have a good phone to exchange you can get a further discount of up to Rs 17,500.
Xiaomi Mi 5: Xiaomi's Mi 5 smartphone is a great phone, however, it has stayed at its launch price of Rs 24,999 all this time.
The Mi 5 houses powerful hardware and for a price of Rs 19,999 you shouldn't think twice before getting it. You can also get an exchange discount of up to Rs 18,300.
Moto X Force: Motorola launched it 'unbreakable' phone earlier this year at Rs 49,999. Pretty expensive especially for its specifications sheet.
The phone has received official price cuts since its launch, but now it's available for Rs 26,999. So if you are usually careless with your phones and drop them too often, Moto X Force is what you should get. You can also get a further discount of up to Rs 23,500 under exchange offer.
iPhone 6S: This is the cheapest price we have seen for Apple's old but still fantastic iPhone. The last year's phone is now available for Rs 37,990 for 16GB variant.
iPhone 6: Who could have thought iPhone 6 would sell for under Rs 30,000, but as the things stand at present one of the Apple's phones is cheaper than the iPhone SE!
And not just that you can even get a discount of up to Rs 17,000 on exchange offer.
Nextbit Robin: A phone that claims a never ending storage, because it saves almost everything on cloud. Sounds cool, right? It is actually a mighty good phone and at Rs 14,999 it is definitely a steal.
LeEco Le 1s Eco: What happens when a powerful phone becomes cheap? You buy it. Launched at Rs 10,999, the LeEco Le 1S Eco was already among the best phones to buy under the price segment. Now with the discount it becomes even more attractive. The phone is available at Rs 7,999 on Flipkart.
Xiaomi Mi 4: Xiaomi was all about Mi 4 before Mi 5 came along. A powerful phone with a great camera, earlier priced at Rs 14,999, is now available for Rs 8,999. It's a bargain if you ask us.
Source: India Today
Big Billion Days sale discounts sale festive sale Flipkart	2016-10-03
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Q: Spring: PESSIMISTIC_READ/WRITE not working I have two servers connected to the same database. Both have scheduled jobs I don't really care which one runs the scheduled jobs as long as only one does. So the idea was to keep a key-value pair in DB and whichever reads the value as 0 first gets to run the scheduled job.
Ideally this would work as so:

*

*App A and App B run the scheduled job at the same time.

*App A access the DB first, locks the table for reading & writing.

*App A sets value to 1 and releases the lock.

*App A starts working on the scheduled job.

*App B reads the value 1 from it's DB request and does not run the scheduled job.

I have a config table where I keep status on my locks.
config:
  name: VARCHAR(55)
  value: VARCHAR(55)

The repository:
@Repository
public interface ConfigRepository extends CrudRepository<Config, Long> {
    @Lock(LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_READ)
    Config findOneByName(String name);

    @Lock(LockModeType.PESSIMISTIC_WRITE)
    <S extends Config> S save(S entity);
}

The service:
@Service
public class ConfigService {
    @Transactional
    public void unlock(ConfigEnum lockable) {
        Config lock = configRepository.findOneByName(lockable.getSetting());
        lock.setValue("0");
        configRepository.save(lock);
    }

    @Transactional
    public void lock(ConfigEnum lockable) {
        Config lock = configRepository.findOneByName(lockable.getSetting());
        lock.setValue("1");
        configRepository.save(lock);
    }

    @Transactional
    public boolean isLocked(ConfigEnum lockable) {
        Config lock = configRepository.findOneByName(lockable.getSetting());
        return lock.getValue().equals("1");
    }
}

The Scheduler:
@Component
public class JobScheduler {
    @Async
    @Scheduled("0 0 1 * * *")
    @Transactional
    public void run() {
       if (!configService.isLocked(ConfigEnum.CNF_JOB.getJobName())) {
           configService.lock(ConfigEnum.CNF_JOB.getJobName());
           jobService.run();
           configService.unlock(ConfigEnum.CNF_JOB.getJobName());
       }
    }
}

However I have noticed that the scheduled jobs still run at the same time on both apps. At times one will throw a deadlock but it appears that Spring retries the transaction if it hits a deadlock. At which time it appears that the one app has finished so this one begins the same job again (not sure).
The tasks are not that short that a lock could be established, table updated, task run and lock released. I would like to keep this really simple without involving additional libraries like Quartz or ShedLock.

A: I think your transactions are too short. You don't start a transaction in the run method, but each ConfigService method is transactional. Most likely each method gets a new transaction and commits when done. A commit will release the lock, so there is a race condition between isLocked and lock.
Combine isLocked and lock:
@Transactional
public boolean tryLock(ConfigEnum lockable) {
    Config lock = configRepository.findOneByName(lockable.getSetting());
    if("1".equals(lock.getValue()) {
        return false;
    }
    lock.setValue("1");
    configRepository.save(lock);
    return true;
}

This checks and writes in the same transaction and should work.
As a side note it is a dangerous method. What happens if the node that has the lock dies? There are many possible solutions. One is to lock a specific record and keep that lock throughout the job. The other node cannot proceed and if the first one dies the lock will be released. Another is to use a timestamp instead of 1 and require the timestamp to be updated on a regular basis by the owner. Or you could introduce something like Zookeeper.


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House of the week: Maryborough, Douglas €295,000
Talk about a high-end home - , even if it's 'only' a townhouse.
Sq m 74 (800 sq ft)
BER: Pending
This three-bed house isn't yet 10 years old, but already it's just had a no-expenses spared renovation, with a brand-new, top brands feel to everything, and silk carpets down on the floor. It must be something to do with trying to keep up with the neighbours along the way?
In terms of Cork suburban locations, this is up there with the best of them, on Maryborough Hill, within an easy walk of Douglas village. But, it goes one better than that: its address is actually Douglas House, with a capital 'H', albeit it's No 5 Douglas House.
It's one of a handful of townhouses, with a larger number of quality apartments, built here in the wooded grounds of the original Georgian Douglas House.
First, six large one-off homes were built on the hilly approach to Douglas House, with one (site only), at the entrance, selling for €725,000 to none other than former Irish and Munster rugby out-half and now France-based rugby coach and pundit, Ronan O'Gara, who then built a large family home here on his three-quarters of an acre.
All six in this row have now-extraordinarily lush landscaping, and private entrances, with views over the Paddocks development, Douglas village and, beyond, to the city itself.
Developer Declan O'Mahony of Bride View Developments bought the actual Douglas House, sold by the Horgan family of livestock repute, converting it into a small handful of luxury apartments (at individual prices of up to €690,000) all overlooking pergolas and fountains.
Then, he ringed it with some townhouses and several blocks of modern apartments in what he quite fairly billed as a flagship scheme. Design was by Donal O'Donovan Engineers, and it's all bedded down among quite extravagant hard and soft landscaping by plantsman and designer Cameron Kiernan.
"It's probably the best finished and best-kept scheme in Cork, there's little or nothing to touch it for quality, location and style," enthuses auctioneer Brian Olden of Cohalan Downing, as he brings No 5 Douglas House to market guiding €295,000, fully furnished, including the telly.
The townhouses were the first to sell back in 2005, and apartments sold from €330,000 for one-beds to €440,000 for 1,170 sq ft units.
Mr Olden describes the finish of this three-bed townhouse at No 5 as 'five-star,' pointing to marble and silk floor finishes, some underfloor heating, kitchen appliances like Smeg, set into bespoke painted solid wood units, with white marble tops and marble breakfast bar counter.
Much of the furniture was made specially for this house, it fits a lot in, and that's a neat trick as it really isn't a very large house; it has just over 750 sq ft, but every foot is well-thought out.
There's a raised fireplace in the double aspect 16' by 10 living room, across a hall is a cooly-sophisticated marble floored kitchen/dining room, and there's understairs storage/utility, with clear glass balusters on the carpeted stairs, under hardwood handrails.
Upstairs, one of the three plushly-carpeted (did we mention it's silk?) bedrooms is en suite, with a power shower, and all have bespoke storage units.
Viewings have started in recent days, and it's proving very impressive, adds Brian Olden, showing it to single buyers, traders-down, and to the odd investor also.
Though he doesn't divulge a figure, it's evident that the vendor has spent many tens of thousands of euros to present No 5 as an exemplar, beyond showhouse standards for sure after its virtually total refit and refinishing.
It's not really a family home, as there's little or no private outdoor space: what's there is communal, and extremely well-organised and kept, whilst there's designated parking for No 5's next owners, inside the complex's electronic access gates.
VERDICT: It is, indeed, quite five-star, and fully-furnished.


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Countering contradictions
If you're an obedient, gospel-sharing, Bible-believing Christian, you've no doubt run into this familiar challenge from scoffers: "The Bible is full of contradictions. On the one hand it says we should turn away from bad people. On the other, it says we shouldn't judge anyone. Which is it?"
The short answer to such a protest is context – immediate and Bible-wide. If one faithfully studies out an alleged contradiction, he will eventually be able to resolve the issue. And in the process, he'll gain invaluable wisdom.
Unfortunately, the "context" defense doesn't seem to satisfy everyone. In such situations, it might help to use a worldly analogy.
Say, for instance, that someone tells us his dog Bowser bit Joe Blow, and adds that Bowser is one good dog. Sounds contradictory, doesn't it? But suppose we dig a little and find out that Joe Blow is a veterinarian, and his owner had taken his normally benign pup into the clinic with an extremely painful dental abscess. Or maybe we learn that Joe Blow is a burglar, and Bowser was simply defending his family.
Whatever the explanation, we see that context has resolved an apparent contradiction.
A book I read some time ago shows how this principle can be applied to Scripture – in this case, to show how it's possible for a believer to be both in the world and of the world.
"If we had only the story of Lot's life as it is told in the book of Genesis, we would never have imagined that Lot was a true believer. But 2 Peter 2 tells us three times that this conflicted, compromised man was 'righteous' -- and more, that he was 'distressed' and tormented by life in Sodom … Ironically, though Lot was revolted by Sodom, Sodom was in his soul. It is possible, then, for a believer to be distressed by the world while willfully clinging to the world." (Set Apart: Calling a Worldly Church to a Godly Life, R. Kent Hughes, 2003, p. 13)
The point is that you could look at multiple biblical references to Lot and wind up being confused: With all that happened with him, how could Peter, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, call this man "righteous"? But when you look at the whole counsel of God, the answer comes into focus: Lot had not allowed himself to be fully "set apart" for God, which is the very definition of holy. Yet he was a believer, and his God-given righteousness did express itself in his refusal to participate in, or condone, Sodom's sin.
There are many other biblical principles folded into these thoughts, but I think it's a good illustration of why a scoffer can't justify taking a couple verses out of context and saying they contradict each other. Just as we needed more information to determine how biting Bowser could possibly be called "good," he would do well to look for more information in the face of an apparent biblical contradiction.
Of course, this assumes that our scoffer wants to resolve the alleged contradiction. And that's another issue entirely.


In rock and roll, once your band has peaked or split up and gone their separate ways, it's difficult put it back together and expect you'll be at the same place where you left off.
Simply put, there are very few instances where a group's going to be able to reclaim its former glories. Never mind all the outfits that boast one original member — if that — and hit the oldies circuit after slapping their trademark on the marquee. Many make a game attempt, but simply reviving the old handle isn't any assurance of satisfaction.
Still nostalgia does possess a powerful pull. The promise of hearing a live jukebox full of venerable oldies is often enough of a lure to convince diehard devotees that it matters very little whether the original outfit is still intact.
Of course, there are some instances where the legacy is well served. Big Star, Van Halen, the Bangles and the Who are among those who made a game attempt at recreating the past, and while their recorded output might not have measured up to earlier triumphs in all cases, they didn't embarrass themselves either. On the other hand, with the god awful Calling All Stations, Genesis proved to be a prime example of an ill attempt to replace a singer of significance and thinking that nobody would notice. We're not talking about Phil Collins subbing for Peter Gabriel. It's the person that replaced Collins — one Ray Wilson — that proved they way past their prime. Whatever happened to that guy anyway? And really, who cares?
Likewise, Queen without Freddie Mercury simply isn't the same, no matter how much the band tries to convince otherwise. Paul Rodgers is damn good, but he's no Freddie. And just because someone scores well on "American Idol" doesn't mean Adam Lambert is ready for the big leagues.
So what to do? One option would be to try to pen a song that could stand alongside the seminal material. Or, barring that possibility, simply rerecord the original classics. That's the tack that the paired down duo of McCulloch and Sergeant took on the new album. Paring back the lush arrangements that graced the seminal songs, the duo opt for thoughtful, laid back, decidedly mellower takes on a baker's dozen of their early standbys.
That's his right of course, and who are we to argue? Granted, "The Killing Moon" lacks its original killer croon, but any reason to revisit a killer tune is ample reason enough. At least for the fans.


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Powerful Earthquake Hits Tajikistan
Earhquakes, News 4:50 PM
A major earthquake shook Tajikistan on Monday.
The 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck at 12:50 p.m. local time on Monday in the most sparsely populated area of Tajikistan in the Hindu Kush Mountains, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
The earthquake's epicenter was located 109 kilometers (68 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan and 133 kilometers (83 miles) northeast of Khorugh, Tajikistan. The depth of the quake was 29 kilometers (18 miles).
Buildings shook as far away as India, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan, including New Delhi, multiple sources report.
Aftershocks have been felt following the initial quake.
A 4.8-magnitude aftershock occurred in the same location as the 7.2-magnitude quake at 1:24 p.m. local time Monday.
At least three aftershocks occurred about 52 kilometers (32 miles) south-southeast of Karakul, Tajikistan between 1:55 p.m. and 3:05 p.m. local time Monday.
In Krygyzstan, a magnitude-5.5 earthquake was centered 29 kilometers (18 miles) south-southeast of Chayek.
There are no reports of structural damage or injuries at this time.
This quake projected to have been felt by over 8 million people with the majority far enough away to have minimal to no structural damage.
"A few showers will occur across the lower elevations of Tajikistan on Tuesday," AccuWeather Meteorologist Eric Leister said. "A storm system will approach on Wednesday bringing cooler air and more significant snowfall to the country."
Further snowfall is expected into Thursday before an extended period of dry and cold weather begins on Friday.
see also: Causes of Afghanistan and Pakistan Earthquake 2015


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Questions for the Candidates
Oct 26, 2015EditorialComments Off on Questions for the Candidates
Op/Ed By Julianne Malveaux
(Trice Edney Wire) – Bye, bye Biden. The Vice-President who might have given the Honorable Hilary Clinton a run for her money has concluded that the timing is not right for him. Clinton needs someone to rattle her cage, to push her to be more focused in the general election. Now, Senator Bernie Sanders will push her to the left. Biden may have pushed her back to center, enhancing her electability.
No matter. The late Congressman William Clay (D-MO) often said that black folks should have "no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, only permanent issues." How hard will African Americans push candidates for president in 2016, whether they are African American or white, Democratic or Republican, legacy candidates (Bush, Clinton), or outsiders? We should directly challenge these candidates on race matters, and push it as aggressively as we can. Hats off to the #BlackLivesMatter movement for doing exactly that – pushing until our issues garnered recognition among Democrats. Republicans were not asked, nor did they volunteer, their perspective on race matters.
If I were questioning these candidates on race matters, here's what I'd ask about their views:
What do you think about race relations in our nation? If you think they are broken, how would you fix them? If you think everything is fine, how do you account for the differentials we can measure in terms of income, employment and educational attainment?
Do you think that race matters? How? Do you think that the Presidential bully pulpit is an appropriate platform from which to raise this issues? Assuming that you are inaugurated in January 2016, what would be your first speech on race, and whom would you offer it to?
Do you believe in targeted programs? In other words since African Americans were disproportionately hit by the Great Recession, should this community get disproportionate assistance in recovery funding. How would you manage this?
How do you define affirmative action? Do you agree with its premise and support its implementation?
The African American unemployment rate has been twice that of whites for five decades. Do you feel any obligation to close the gap? How would you approach that? Too many have accepted this employment gap as historic. Should the African American community accept this as a permanent gap?
How would you deal with some of the educational challenges in the African American community, from differences in high school graduation rates, to differences in college attendance? Would you increase the Pell Grant, and where would the money come from? How strongly will you support HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), and can these institutions expect more support from your administration?
The criminal justice system seems biased against African Americans, and the recent spate of the killings of black men at the hands of white officers magnify this. What are your plans to reform a system that is so clearly biased that half of prison populations are African American (yet only 13 percent of the population)?
African Americans disproportionately depend on Social Security, mainly because as few as a third have company provided pensions. Calls for Social Security reform have included proposals to cut benefits, raise the retirement age, or both. What is your position on Social Security changes? How do you think African Americans are affected by these changes? What will you do to mitigate the disproportionate impact of social security changes on African Americans?
Who are the African Americans on your campaign team? What are their roles? Will you contract with African American entrepreneurs to do your printing, or media buys and to provide other services? Do you have a goal for what percentage of your campaign budget will be awarded to African American businesses?
Do you support the Affordable Care Act, which increases health insurance availability for African American, as well as all Americans? If you do not support the Affordable Care Act, how will you improve health access?
Historically, African Americans heavily support democrats, and from what I see in the Republican field, we should continue to do so. However, Democratic candidates should not take the African American community for granted and those Democrats in the race should be willing to answer these questions.
Hilary Clinton enjoys significant support among African Americans. Our support should not excuse her from asking questions about her support of African Americans. If we don't ask her these questions, we have no right to ask them of others.
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We are delighted to announce that our headlining guests have been confirmed!
We are very excited to be able to host a visit from Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq, shaman, healer, storyteller and carrier of the Qilaut (winddrum), is an Eskimo-Kalaallit Elder whose family belongs to the traditional healers of the Far North from Kalaallit Nunaat, Greenland. His name means 'The Man Who Looks Like His Uncle'. Uncle, as he is frequently called, bridges the boundaries of cultures and faiths in people young and old.
Our excitement continues as the festival plays host to Grammy nominated musician and activist, Rocky Dawuni, who straddles the boundaries between Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S. to create his appealing Afro Roots sound that unites generations and cultures.
The stage would not be the same as well without Kristen Hoffmann and Premik Russell Tubbs who will be performing together!
Four incredible guests who will help ensure that The Festival of healing will be an event not to be missed!


Hungary's government may spend as much as Ft 11.8 billion ($57 million) to lure a casino project to the country, Világgazdaság reported, citing an executive of a gambling investor. The country's government may give €14 million in grant money and €32 million in refundable tax breaks and other subsidies to Lukale Investment & Development AG, which plans to spend €228 million to build casinos in the country, said Anikó Rada, a representative of the company.
Vienna-based Lukale plans to build casinos and luxury hotels as part of a €400 million project dubbed Eurovegas, which will be overseen by Ellis Gaming LLC, according to the newspaper. Construction at a site in Hungary near its borders with Austria and Slovakia is scheduled to start this year. The plan includes the construction of five casinos and adjoining hotels in the next two years.


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NRGI Impact: Mongolia's State-Owned Mining Company Publishes Key Information, Improving Transparency
Mongolia's State-Owned Mining Company Publishes Key Information, Improving Transparency (PDF 95.1 KB)
Explore the NRGI Impact series.
Erdenes Mongol (EM) is a state-owned enterprise in Mongolia tasked with managing some of the country's strategic mining assets. These assets include copper, gold, coal and uranium deposits; the company also holds (via subsidiaries) the state's equity interest in projects such as the world-class Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine and the Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit. Along with its subsidiaries, EM employs more than 2,500 people and has some USD 610 million in revenues.
And yet, in both the 2013 and 2017 editions of the Resource Governance Index (RGI), EM received low scores in the state-owned enterprise governance subcategory. Transparency is one of the areas in which EM has consistently fallen short over the years; though it was legally obligated to do so, the company failed to publish financial reports or disclose key production and sales information.
NRGI's Role
Over the last four years, Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) staff have worked through multiple channels to help raise awareness about the need to improve EM's transparency. One channel was the RGI: NRGI experts gave presentations to and held meetings with numerous EM officials to discuss the low scores the company received and worked with those officials to strategize ways to improve transparency and overall governance. The results of the index were also communicated to the Mongolian public via interviews in Mongolian newspapers, television and academic journals.
NRGI facilitated various executive courses and training opportunities that enabled participating EM officials to develop strategies for improving the company's governance. Danzanbaljir Enkhjargal, an independent director at EM, attended an executive course on oil, gas and mining governance that was jointly conducted by NRGI and the University of Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government. This course provided a forum in which she engaged with senior policy makers from different countries as well as gained insights about natural resource management from experts. Meanwhile, EM staff and managers participated in numerous NRGI training sessions and exchanges, most recently a September 2017 workshop that convened officials from Mongolia and Myanmar to, among other things, share their experiences governing state-owned enterprises.
NRGI experts and consultants have also held numerous formal and informal meetings with EM officials. NRGI president and CEO Daniel Kaufmann visited Mongolia in March 2016 and met with the former CEO of EM over governance challenges for the company, especially regarding transparency; NRGI also held a meeting in 2017 with the current CEO, Tsevegmid Tumentsogt, to continue discussing ways to improve the company's governance.
NRGI's engagement was just one piece of a large and longstanding campaign to improve EM's governance. Other important actors included interested stakeholders in Mongolian civil society (such as OSF Mongolia) and international bodies such as the Asian Development Bank.
Following this multipronged effort, EM published its first semi-annual report in October. The Resource Governance Index was explicitly mentioned in the report's "Corporate Governance" section:
Pursuant to the business plan for 2017, Erdenes Mongol LLC has approved a plan to improve the company's performance, as measured by the Resource Governance Index, by reviewing proposals, recommendations, research, international standardsand best practices pertaining to good corporate governance, and by establishinga working group led by the head of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.Based on the results of the index review, the company has planned to take measuresto ensure transparency and improve its operations and internal controls. ["Corporate Governance", Paragraph 3]
The report revealed important information such as the company's financial performance for the first half of 2017; the composition of EM's board, executive teams and subsidiaries; business plans; and information about the sales revenues and ongoing projects of EM's five main subsidiary companies. The report clarified that the company's main income for the covered period has been from a toll road used for exporting coal, and it also described the company's new business ventures. EM is in the process of approving a disclosure policy prepared by the "committee on transparency", headed by Ms. Enkhjargal, which the company established in response to the 2017 RGI findings. EM is also in the process of approving a professional code of conduct.
Объявление о приеме заявок на Евразийский Медиа Курс
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 09:00 to Friday, March 31, 2017 - 17:00
Eurasia Media Course on Extractives
NRGI's Top 10 Blog Posts in 2017
A 2017 Year-End Message from NRGI President and CEO Daniel Kaufmann
Daniel Kaufmann
Local Level Agreements in Mongolia: A Need for Government Leadership and Policy Clarity
Byambajav Dalaibuyan


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Вели́кая — река в Псковской области России, впадает в Псковское озеро. Относится к бассейну реки Нарва (через Чудско-Псковское озеро) и в целом к бассейну Балтийского моря.

Основные сведения

Длина реки — 430 км, площадь водосборного бассейна — 25 200 км², среднегодовой расход воды в устье — 134 м³/с. Исток реки — система родников, которая находится на Бежаницкой возвышенности, в Новосокольническом районе, примерно в полутора километрах к юго-востоку от озера Ельно. Река впадает в Псковско-Чудское озеро.

Весной половодье до полутора метров. Ледостав с ноября по апрель. Судоходна в нижнем течении. На реке расположены города Опочка, Остров, Псков. На берегах реки расположено множество объектов культурно-исторического значения. В верховьях Великая пользуется популярностью у рыбаков, водных туристов и любителей отдыха на природе.

Основные притоки — Идрица, Синяя, Утроя, Кухва, Вяда, Кудеб, Исса (левые); Алоля, Кудка, Сороть, Черёха, Пскова (правые).

На правом берегу реки расположен Снетогорско-Муровицкий памятник природы.

Высота устья — 30 м над уровнем моря (урез Псково-Чудского озера), эта отметка с незначительным изменением продолжается до Малой Гоголевки, далее начинается медленное поднятие высоты, достигая максимума у истока ок. 250 м.

Характеристика по течению реки
Исток Великой находится на Бежаницкой возвышенности, в 4 км к северу от озера Большой Вяз и в 1 км к востоку от озера Ельно в Вязовской волости Новосокольнического района. В верховьях протекает цепочку озёр — Большой Вяз, Ходшо, Большое Остриё, Хвойно, Ченое. После них на протяжении 15 километров река шириной 7—10 метров быстро течёт в лесистых берегах, сильно петляя. На этом участке на реке две плотины. Ниже по течению река протекает большое озеро Верято (Копылковское водохранилище). По выходе из озера ширина реки составляет 15—20 метров, здесь же, у деревни Копылок находится частично демонтированная и сейчас недействующая Копылковская ГЭС. Далее река течёт на запад, чередуя плёсы с мелкими каменистыми перекатами. Берега очень живописные, покрыты сосновым лесом. На участке до устья правого притока Алоли Великая проходит ещё несколько озёр — Быстрое, Ясское, Зверино и Езерище. Между Быстрым и Ясским у деревни Поддубье — разрушенная плотина Поддубской ГЭС.

На участке между устьями Алоли и Идрицы река преодолевает порожистый участок, который, однако, в половодье полностью скрывается под водой. За устьем Идрицы река резко поворачивает на север. В этом районе, недалеко от деревни Максютино, находится действующая Максютинская ГЭС. Ширина реки увеличивается до 30—40 метров, лесов по берегам становится меньше, населённость берегов больше, перекаты попадаются реже. На участке до Опочки на реке ещё несколько плотин, в том числе и действующая Шильская ГЭС у деревни Шильское.

Ниже Опочки после впадения справа Кудки леса по берегам почти исчезают, скорость течения ослабевает. В месте, где в Великую впадает Сороть, она протекает в 5 километрах от посёлка Пушкинские Горы и Пушкинского заповедника. Начиная от устья Синей ширина Великой возрастает до 60—70 метров. До города Остров река преодолевает ещё один порожистый участок и образует здесь многочисленные острова с протоками между ними. Ширина реки в городе Острове около 100 метров.

Ниже Острова Великая на протяжении пяти километров принимает сразу три больших левых притока — Утрою, Кухву и Вяду. Ширина реки  держится около 100 метров, скорость течения сильно ослабевает. Берега здесь намного более населённые, это связано с близостью агломерации города Пскова. Непосредственно перед Псковом на Великой расположен ещё один короткий и крайне мелкий порожистый участок — Выбутские пороги, по названию исторического места Выбуты. После того, как река принимает уже в черте города два правых притока Черёху и Пскову, ширина Великой составляет более 200 метров,  достигая 320 метров у моста Александра Невского в городе Пскове, и 700-750 метров у входа в дельту. Далее Великая впадает в Псковское озеро 12 километрами ниже Псковского Кремля, формируя небольшую дельту, основными протоками которой являются Гладышная, Средняя, Ворона. Ширина дельты Великой около 3 километров.

Притоки
В приведённой ниже таблице указаны все левые и правые притоки реки Великая (кроме ручьёв и безымянных рек), от устья к истоку, а также их крупные притоки длиной свыше 30 км.

Галерея

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Forged endorsements on checks involve different procedures than more blatant cases of forgery, such as cases in which the drawer's signature has been forged. The checks might originally have been drawn with perfect legitimacy only to then be given a forged endorsement by someone who steals or finds the check. Such a case would still be considered one of forgery, however, and the forging party would still be held primarily accountable for the check.
In such a case of forgery, there might be four parties involved, and the responsibilities of each to the others are slightly different. The drawer is the individual who initially drew the check, upon whose bank account the check was drawn. The drawee is the bank holding that account, issuing payment for checks issued by the drawer. The payee is the original intended party and could refer to the very first person to whom the check was payable or to the current holder. In a case of forgery, however, the payee would likely be the forger. Finally, there is the bank into which the forged check was deposited, called the depository bank.
The drawee bank, in cases involving checks with forged endorsements, would be able to sue the depository bank, as the depository bank would be in violation of transaction warranty or presentment warranty, or both. The drawee bank has no responsibility to check for forgery on the checks upon which it makes payment, as the depository bank seeking payment from the drawee bank would be making a warranty that the checks in question were legitimate and that the depository bank had a right to seek payment on those checks. As such, the drawee bank might be able to recover some lost funds.
The drawer, however, can sue the drawee bank in turn, as the drawee bank holds liability for any checks it may have paid based on forgery or other improper circumstances. Thus, the drawee bank would have to make reparations to the drawer. The illegitimate payee would, of course, be unable to sue anyone, as this party would have committed the forgery and would hold general liability for all charges.
The intended payee might be able to sue the drawee bank under certain conditions. If, for instance, the intended payee had already discharged the services or obligation for which the checks had been drawn, then the intended payee would be able to sue the drawee bank or the drawer for restitution. This could lead to a situation in which the intended payee sues the drawer for payment, while the drawer sues the drawee bank, while the drawee bank sues the depository bank. The depository bank, in turn, might be able to sue the perpetrator of the forgery.
In the end, the banks making payment or accepting payment on forged checks hold more responsibility than do the customers injured by the forgery. Those banks thus will likely have to make some form of compensatory payment to the customers, as the customers engaged in no wrongdoing. The banks, therefore, have some obligation to protect the customers from the injurious effects of the forgery, especially because the banks hold liability for having breached their warranty in accepting or paying on those checks.


President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping will meet for the first time in person on April 6 and 7, 2017 at Mr. Trump's Florida's estate. This will be the biggest foreign policy test so far for the newly elected United States president. President Trump and his administration have been sending mixed signals to China. On Thursday, March 30, a week ahead of Xi's visit, Trump stated on Twitter that "the meeting will be a very difficult one in that we can no longer have massive trade deficits and job losses," he added that "American companies must be prepared to look at other alternatives." This somewhat undiplomatic warning from the US president confused cause and effect and disregarded the intricate economic connections between China and the US. In the global economy the two countries, like it or not, have become joined at the hip. While Trump's core electoral mandate was built on a vague, visceral America first form of economic nationalism, China's administration is still pursing its own brand of globalization without the element of one-world-government doctrine of the Western-based globalists. The US leader and author of The Art of the Deal, still postulates that a government can be run like a business, but a republic, or what still passes for a democracy, is not supposed to be a for-profit operation. Republic, defined as a form of venture capitalism, is certainly not the political philosophy of the the People's Republic of China.
President Trump stated on March 24, 2017, that "Since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, the US has lost more than 60,000 factories." This is accurate, and it reflects the economic nationalism discourse favored by the new US administration. But if there is an economic war between the US and China, Mr. Trump's statement is almost an admission that the US is losing this war, or at least that the hegemonic status of the US has been challenged. In America's rust belt, people are fed up with the "Made in China" tags they see on most manufactured products they buy at their local WallMarts. This includes, in an ultimate irony, Old Glory stars-and-stripes US flags. The "Make America Great Again" slogan, which played a big role in carrying Donald Trump to the White House, meant for most an electoral promise to champion "Made in the USA," but how realistic is this push for US protectionism in a world economy already largely interconnected? Under the leadership of President Xi, China still stands for a globalization agenda, especially as regards the issues of climate change and the preservation of the role of institutions such as the United Nations. This clashes with Trump's "America first" brand of nationalism, which, if implemented, could translate into protectionism. The debate between the legitimate defense of national interests and preservation of some of the institutional framework to deal with global issues has to be handled pragmatically. A dogmatic and emotional approach to the necessary discussion about nationalism and globalism could take the world on a war path.
This divergence of ideology between the US and China, if it is more than just posturing on the part of the Trump administration, could draw China and the European Union closer together. That is, providing anti-EU candidates such as Marine Le Pen in France do not get elected. Economic nationalists in the US and elsewhere should keep in mind that, in the context of a de facto global economy, where all markets are connected, protectionism has its limits, and too much of it could cause a global recession. A big concern for the Chinese, and the rest of the world, are the many climate change deniers that populate the Trump administration. The majority of Christian fundamentalists, who are the most reliable Trump supporters, view climate change as a hoax invented by liberals and expect that the Lord will provide for human needs. President Trump himself is revisiting the notion of "clean coal" while, in complete opposition, President Xi's administration is radically curbing the use of coal as China's main energy source.
To clear the air metaphorically between China and the US, President Xi will probably be looking for consistency and predictability from his American counterpart. Further, reality is never black or white. Simplistic protectionist notions are not suited to grasp the complex and diverse interconnections that structure the global economy. Some key points the Trump administration should consider before adopting a tough-on-China rhetoric are that: (1) China is the top supplier of manufactured goods to the US, and this has translated into more than a $ 350 billion trade deficit with China; (2) According to the US Trade Representative, China is the US' largest trading partner; (3) The US debt to China currently stands at $1 trillion. What would happen if China were to decide abruptly to collect on its debt? Furthermore, US consumers, especially the vast majority who are financially struggling, might be unwilling to pay a lot more for the "Made in the USA" on the labels.
In a phone conversation on February 9, 2017 between President Trump and President Xi, the US leader agreed to honor the one-China policy precept. This went a long way toward partially diffusing the tensions that had been created by Trump when he said that the US did not have to stick to this principle, which had not been challenged by the US since 1949. Trump was advised that "the one China policy cannot be traded, and China cannot be easily bullied". The Global Times, a communist paper close to the Chinese government even stated that Trump was "ignorant like a child when it came to diplomacy." Trump's backtracking on this issue means that he will make many more concessions than it originally appears, but mixed signals are being sent to the Chinese. Overall, there are quite a few contradictions between what the Trump administration says and does. For example, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said during a recent trip to Asia that the "US-China relationship was build on non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect, and win-win solutions." Those very same words have been used several times by President Xi, and many observers in Washington saw this as a victory for China. On the other hand, right before Secretary Tillerson's visit, the first elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ( THAAD) missiles, which China vehemently opposes, were deployed in South Korea, and a US aircraft carrier conducted joint exercises with South Korea. This was another case of the Trump administration's left hand ignoring what the right hand was doing. Before any progress can be made to bridge the differences between the US and China, Washington must present a coherent message from both the State Department and the Pentagon. This is not an instance of the so-called Deep State against the Trump administration but a chronic state of schizophrenia that affects US foreign policy.
China is not only an economic giant, but also a geopolitical juggernaut with substantial military might. This is especially the case in the context of that country's tight alliance with Russia in the fields of energy, military collaboration, and a recent plan for financial integration that could eventually challenge the role of the US dollar as world reference currency. In a world where US global hegemony seems to be on the decline, as suggested by the rise of Russia's influence in the Middle East, China is already in a position of leadership in what could be the dawn of a multi-polar era. US policy makers and citizens must realize, before it is too late, that contrary to the notions expressed by the neocon-inspired ideologues of the military-industrial complex, which appear to drive the Trump administration, the US military could not win a war simultaneously against China and Russia. This dangerous delusion would take us on the path to World War III. In some geopolitical circles, the erroneous notion of the inevitability of war is popular. In the case of China and the US, this has been called the Thucydides trap. It was originally brought up by Professor Graham Allison to explain how a conflict between a rising power, like China, and a currently dominant one, like the US, would almost certainly arise. It is based on a famous quote of the Greek historian Thucydides.
President Xi himself has said that "We all need to work together to avoid the Thucydides trap." The real trap that causes countries to go to war is when their decisions are clouded by fear, the notion of honor, and the folly of imperialism. Policy decisions that are based on emotions are what can make arm conflict inevitable. American exceptionalism, defined by the irrational conviction that the US has a special place in the world and an almost divine role in human history, is the main ingredient in a major war trap. It is the view of most Americans, and this includes President Trump based on many of his statements, that the rise of China is a threat to US status in the world. This ignores the fact that US dominance in world affairs has already peaked and is on the decline. The deployment of the THAAD missile system is a provocation from the US that could trigger nuclear tests from North Korea, and it has also motivated the Chinese to increase their military spending as well as tighten their military alliance with Russia.
The arms race orchestrated by the military-industrial complex in the US through its Gargantuan military budget has pushed China and Russia into the same military spending vortex. China has the world largest military with a 2.3-million-member armed force. Contrary to what Washington warmongers say, to take on China alone, the US would have to retreat from most of its worldwide military positions, while China could easily focus on defending its borders. While the US still has a technological edge, Russia and China are quickly catching up in modernizing their military. By 2020, China will have a fleet of 78 submarines, and some US military analysts project that China will have air superiority over the US by 2030. The neocon notion that because of a temporary technological superiority the US military would prevail is ludicrous. A hot war with China would immediately involved Russia and, very likely, Iran. NATO would get sucked in, but many European countries would stay on the sidelines. It is time for Washington to stop believing their own lies, be thoughtfully consistent, and silence the military-industrial complex's drums of war.
Editor's Notes: Gilbert Mercier is the author of The Orwellian Empire. All header quotations are from Sun Tzu, The Art of War, except for the one about Athens and Sparta, which is from Thucydides. Photographs one, three and seven from US Army archive; photograph two by Michael Mandiberg; photograph four by Christian Guthier; photograph five by Thomas Hawk; photograph six by Seb; photograph eight US Pacific Fleet archive; and photograph nine by Scott1346.
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In its fifth exhibition to date, titled "Form Through Narrative: New Chinese Art," Pace Gallery in Palo Alto features the work of six modern Chinese artists. Each artist was educated in traditional modes of picture-making but gradually transformed their artistic practices to reflect more contemporary styles. The exhibition, on view until Aug. 27, is a chance to step into China's present-day art scene, where visitors can immerse themselves in each artist's individual story, communicated through acrylic, oil and porcelain.
The exhibition's curator, Elizabeth Sullivan (president of Pace's Palo Alto branch), said that each of the featured artists are current masters of their medium. For Sullivan, staging the collection was an intuitive process.
"It was just about configuration," she said. "Anytime you hang art in a certain setting it's kind of an amazing thing that comes alive to you. It's going to speak to you in different ways. It's just a matter of it all just speaking together."
"This one, I thought would resonate so well from the street ... your eyes should come into it, and you should feel welcome to come in and look at these works," Sullivan said, pointing to the mauve-hued front-and-center painting in the gallery, artist Wang Guangle's "140716."
Inspired by "lacquer of longevity," the ancient Chinese tradition in which elderly people layer coats of red paint onto a casket once a year to celebrate their longevity, Guangle plays with brush strokes, color and light to create an optical illusion. The eye is drawn to the center of each of his works by multiple layers of paint gradually sweeping inward to create spatial depth.
The exhibit's only porcelain artist, Liu Jianhua, tells a story of his father's passing with a collection of sky-blue porcelain plates, "Untitled." As a way of coping, he created each of the plates as a representation of the different emotions he felt. After studying ceramic production for several decades, Sullivan said, his works evolved and became more minimalistic.
"These are extremely hard to make — I love how it kind of creates this shadow," she said, pointing to the curvature of one of Jianhua's smooth, white rectangular creations called "Blank Paper."
"Most people think it's just a piece of paper but I'm like, 'No! It's porcelain!'" she said, laughing.
Opposite of Jianhua's work, Hong Hao's elaborately constructed black-and-white acrylic piece "Everchanging Appearance" is one of two works that Sullivan defined as, "a lot of found pieces." She's particularly fascinated by the aesthetic of its intensely angular block-shaped pieces.
To the right of Hao's work, conceptual artist Song Dong's artistic practice confronts themes of wealth, accumulation and waste in Asia. In previous works, he has experimented with performance, photography, sculpture and video art. A collection of four framed, ornately creased rice papers drizzled with soy sauce represent Dong's works at Pace Palo Alto: "Stir-Fried Paper Airplane," "Pan-Fried Paper Frog," "Braised Paper Crane" and "Dry Fried Paper Fortune Teller." Although each piece is individual, Sullivan said that she thought they looked best grouped together in the second room of the gallery.
Further into the back of the gallery, Xie Molin's abstract, curvilinear and almost gothic works "Ji No" and "Inconsistent No. 9" exemplify the intersection between the high-tech and the traditional. Following in his father's footsteps as an engineer, the youngest artist in the exhibition created his paintings using an "XYZ triaxial linkage painting machine" he created himself, which replaces traditional painting tools with new technology.
"It makes it so thick," Sullivan said of Molin's machine-generated abstract painting technique.
"Across from (Molin), we have the only woman artist in the exhibition, Yin Xiuzhen," Sullivan said. "She's married to Song Dong."
As a leading female figure in Chinese contemporary art, Xiuzhen's watercolor-esque, shimmering metallic paintings articulate her focus on preserving memory, despite China's rapidly changing culture. Xiuzhen's previous installations incorporated secondhand objects and recycled materials to explore themes of proliferation and the drive toward excessive urbanization.
"These are made to look like concrete blocks," Sullivan said. "She's done this tablet with writing on it, and she's created these three different colors. They look like they're so heavy, but they're sort of light. These are acrylic, but she made them look really thick. I like it across from (Molin's work) because you get a kind of orange effect."
Sullivan hopes that visitors can get a feel for what popular artists are currently doing in China and looks forward to opening up a dialogue with viewers as they observe each artist's narrative.
"You definitely have a different experience as you go through each part," she said. "Everything is telling this beautiful story, but doing it in its own way. Everything is everyone's own journey. You're going to come in and you're going to see something I didn't notice, and I'm going to be really thrilled to hear something like that. It's their (the artists') story, but people can kind of interpret it as their own story as well."
What: "Form Through Narrative: New Chinese Art"
When: Through Aug. 27, Tuesday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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 Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2009.  Proposed legislation that would eliminate federal criminal penalties for possession of up to  and nonprofit transfer of up to an ounce of cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act. It did not change the regulation on the manufacturing or the sale of cannabis.
 Sensible Enforcement of Cannabis Act.  Proposed 2019 legislation to protect cannabis businesses and consumers in states where cannabis has been legalized, into law. Like the REFER Act and STATES Act, this legislation would allow federal cannabis prohibition to remain in place in states where cannabis has not been legalized.
 CARERS Act. 2019 proposed U.S. legislation to allow states to set their own medical marijuana policies and permit doctors with the Department of Veterans Affairs to recommend medical cannabis to veterans to treat serious and chronic conditions.  It was introduced in 2015, 2017, and 2019.
 Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act.  U.S. legislation to remove cannabis entirely from the Controlled Substances Act, transfer enforcement authority away from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and establish a nationally regulated industry under the oversight of the Food and Drug Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana, Firearms and Explosives, and Alcohol, Tobacco and Marijuana Tax and Trade Bureau. The bill was numbered H.R. 420 in a nod to cannabis culture.
 Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, also known as the MORE Act.  2019 legislation to remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and tax cannabis products to create trust funds for justice projects.
 Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act.  2019 U.S. legislation introduced by Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Earl Blumenauer to create a nationwide regulatory structure for legal cannabis. The legislation would remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act.

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 Legality of cannabis
 List of 2018 United States cannabis reform proposals
 List of 2019 United States cannabis reform proposals
 List of 2020 United States cannabis reform proposals
 List of 2021 United States cannabis reform proposals
 List of 2022 United States cannabis reform proposals

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Olympic 2016 women's singles badminton champion Carolina Marin of Spain was stunned by Chinese rising star Chen Xiaoxin 12-21, 21-10, 20-22 in the first round of the Indonesia Open World Superseries Premier here in Jakarta….reports Asian Lite News
Spain's Carolina Marin reacts during the women's singles match against Chen Xiaoxin of China at Indonesia Open 2017 at Jakarta (Xinhua/Du Yu)
Xiaoxin matched Marin in terms of power, size, athleticism and competitive fire, with both players celebrating their winning points with loud screams, reports Efe.
The Spaniard seemed on the verge of the second round when she grabbed a 20-18 lead in the third game, but Xiaoxin reeled off four straight points — the last when a shot by Marin drifted over the back boundary line — to pull off the upset.
The tension was palpable at the end of the match, as China is eager to find a new phenomenon to challenge Marin and Taiwanese world No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying in women's singles.
The Asian giant, the traditional powerhouse in badminton, may have found that player in the 19-year-old Xiaoxin, who has climbed more than 100 ranking places since December and is currently No. 33.
The second-seeded Marin, who will be looking to win her third straight world title in August in Glasgow, won the European Badminton Championships for the third straight time in April but has yet to win a Superseries title this season.
Marin told Efe days before Tuesday's match that a lower-back injury was still causing her pain.
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