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describe('OfflineUtils', function() {
  /** @const */
  var OfflineUtils = shaka.offline.OfflineUtils;

  var drmInfos;
  var timeline;

  beforeEach(function() {
    drmInfos = [{
      keySystem: 'com.example.drm',
      licenseServerUri: 'https://example.com/drm',
      distinctiveIdentifierRequired: false,
      persistentStateRequired: true,
      audioRobustness: 'weak',
      videoRobustness: 'awesome',
      serverCertificate: null,
      initData: [{initData: new Uint8Array([1]), initDataType: 'foo'}],
      keyIds: ['key1', 'key2']
    }];
    timeline = new shaka.media.PresentationTimeline(null, 0);
  });

  describe('recreateVariants', function() {
    var OfflineUtils = shaka.offline.OfflineUtils;

    /** @const {string} */
    var audioType = 'audio';
    /** @const {string} */
    var videoType = 'video';

    it('will create variants with variant ids', function() {
      /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.StreamDB>} */
      var audios = [
        createStreamDB(0, audioType, [0]),
        createStreamDB(1, audioType, [1])
      ];
      /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.StreamDB>} */
      var videos = [
        createStreamDB(2, videoType, [0]),
        createStreamDB(3, videoType, [1])
      ];
      /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.DrmInfo>} */
      var drm = [];

      /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.Variant>} */
      var variants = OfflineUtils.recreateVariants(audios, videos, drm);

      expect(variants.length).toBe(2);

      expect(variants[0].audio.id).toBe(0);
      expect(variants[0].video.id).toBe(2);

      expect(variants[1].audio.id).toBe(1);
      expect(variants[1].video.id).toBe(3);
    });

    it('will create variants when there is only audio', function() {
      /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.StreamDB>} */
      var audios = [
        createStreamDB(0, audioType, [0]),
        createStreamDB(1, audioType, [1])
      ];
      /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.StreamDB>} */
      var videos = [];
      /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.DrmInfo>} */
      var drm = [];

      /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.Variant>} */
      var variants = OfflineUtils.recreateVariants(audios, videos, drm);

      expect(variants.length).toBe(2);
    });

    it('will create variants when there is only video', function() {
      /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.StreamDB>} */
      var audios = [];
      /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.StreamDB>} */
      var videos = [
        createStreamDB(2, videoType, [0]),
        createStreamDB(3, videoType, [1])
      ];
      /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.DrmInfo>} */
      var drm = [];

      /** @type {!Array.<shakaExtern.Variant>} */
      var variants = OfflineUtils.recreateVariants(audios, videos, drm);

      expect(variants.length).toBe(2);
    });

    /**
     * @param {number} id
     * @param {string} type
     * @param {!Array.<number>} variants
     * @return {shakaExtern.StreamDB}
     */
    function createStreamDB(id, type, variants) {
      /** @type {shakaExtern.StreamDB} */
      var streamDB = {
        id: id,
        primary: false,
        presentationTimeOffset: 0,
        contentType: type,
        mimeType: '',
        codecs: '',
        language: '',
        label: null,
        width: null,
        height: null,
        initSegmentKey: null,
        encrypted: false,
        keyId: null,
        segments: [],
        variantIds: variants
      };

      return streamDB;
    }
  });

  describe('reconstructPeriod', function() {
    it('will reconstruct Periods correctly', function() {
      /** @type {shakaExtern.PeriodDB} */
      var periodDb = {
        startTime: 60,
        streams: [createVideoStreamDb(1, [0]), createAudioStreamDb(2, [0])]
      };
      var period = OfflineUtils.reconstructPeriod(periodDb, drmInfos, timeline);
      expect(period).toBeTruthy();
      expect(period.startTime).toBe(periodDb.startTime);
      expect(period.textStreams).toEqual([]);
      expect(period.variants.length).toBe(1);

      var variant = period.variants[0];
      expect(variant.id).toEqual(jasmine.any(Number));
      expect(variant.language).toBe(periodDb.streams[1].language);
      expect(variant.primary).toBe(false);
      expect(variant.bandwidth).toEqual(jasmine.any(Number));
      expect(variant.drmInfos).toBe(drmInfos);
      expect(variant.allowedByApplication).toBe(true);
      expect(variant.allowedByKeySystem).toBe(true);

      verifyStream(variant.video, periodDb.streams[0]);
      verifyStream(variant.audio, periodDb.streams[1]);
    });

    it('supports video-only content', function() {
      /** @type {shakaExtern.PeriodDB} */
      var periodDb = {
        startTime: 60,
        streams: [createVideoStreamDb(1, [0]), createVideoStreamDb(2, [1])]
      };

      var period = OfflineUtils.reconstructPeriod(periodDb, drmInfos, timeline);
      expect(period).toBeTruthy();
      expect(period.variants.length).toBe(2);
      expect(period.variants[0].audio).toBe(null);
      expect(period.variants[0].video).toBeTruthy();
    });

    it('supports audio-only content', function() {
      /** @type {shakaExtern.PeriodDB} */
      var periodDb = {
        startTime: 60,
        streams: [createAudioStreamDb(1, [0]), createAudioStreamDb(2, [1])]
      };

      var period = OfflineUtils.reconstructPeriod(periodDb, drmInfos, timeline);
      expect(period).toBeTruthy();
      expect(period.variants.length).toBe(2);
      expect(period.variants[0].audio).toBeTruthy();
      expect(period.variants[0].video).toBe(null);
    });

    it('supports text streams', function() {
      /** @type {shakaExtern.PeriodDB} */
      var periodDb = {
        startTime: 60,
        streams: [
          createVideoStreamDb(1, [0]),
          createTextStreamDb(2)
        ]
      };

      var period = OfflineUtils.reconstructPeriod(periodDb, drmInfos, timeline);
      expect(period).toBeTruthy();
      expect(period.variants.length).toBe(1);
      expect(period.textStreams.length).toBe(1);

      verifyStream(period.textStreams[0], periodDb.streams[1]);
    });

    it('combines Variants according to variantIds field', function() {
      /** @const {number} */
      var audio1 = 0;
      /** @const {number} */
      var audio2 = 1;
      /** @const {number} */
      var video1 = 2;
      /** @const {number} */
      var video2 = 3;

      /** @const {number} */
      var variant1 = 0;
      /** @const {number} */
      var variant2 = 1;
      /** @const {number} */
      var variant3 = 2;

      /** @type {shakaExtern.PeriodDB} */
      var periodDb = {
        startTime: 60,
        streams: [
          // Audio
          createAudioStreamDb(audio1, [variant2]),
          createAudioStreamDb(audio2, [variant1, variant3]),

          // Video
          createVideoStreamDb(video1, [variant1]),
          createVideoStreamDb(video2, [variant2, variant3])
        ]
      };

      /** @type {shakaExtern.Period} */
      var period = OfflineUtils.reconstructPeriod(periodDb, drmInfos, timeline);

      expect(period).toBeTruthy();
      expect(period.variants.length).toBe(3);

      // Variant 1
      expect(findVariant(period.variants, audio2, video1)).toBeTruthy();
      // Variant 2
      expect(findVariant(period.variants, audio1, video2)).toBeTruthy();
      // Variant 3
      expect(findVariant(period.variants, audio2, video2)).toBeTruthy();
    });

    /**
     * @param {number} id
     * @param {!Array.<number>} variantIds
     * @return {shakaExtern.StreamDB}
     */
    function createVideoStreamDb(id, variantIds) {
      var ContentType = shaka.util.ManifestParserUtils.ContentType;
      return {
        id: id,
        primary: false,
        presentationTimeOffset: 25,
        contentType: ContentType.VIDEO,
        mimeType: 'video/mp4',
        codecs: 'avc1.42c01e',
        frameRate: 22,
        kind: undefined,
        language: '',
        label: null,
        width: 250,
        height: 100,
        initSegmentKey: null,
        encrypted: true,
        keyId: 'key1',
        segments: [
          createSegment(
              /* start time */ 0,
              /* end time */ 10,
              /* data key */ 1),
          createSegment(
              /* start time */ 10,
              /* end time */ 20,
              /* data key */ 2),
          createSegment(
              /* start time */ 20,
              /* end time */ 25,
              /* data key */ 3)
        ],
        variantIds: variantIds
      };
    }

    /**
     * @param {number} id
     * @param {!Array.<number>} variantIds
     * @return {shakaExtern.StreamDB}
     */
    function createAudioStreamDb(id, variantIds) {
      var ContentType = shaka.util.ManifestParserUtils.ContentType;
      return {
        id: id,
        primary: false,
        presentationTimeOffset: 10,
        contentType: ContentType.AUDIO,
        mimeType: 'audio/mp4',
        codecs: 'mp4a.40.2',
        frameRate: undefined,
        kind: undefined,
        language: 'en',
        label: null,
        width: null,
        height: null,
        initSegmentKey: 0,
        encrypted: false,
        keyId: null,
        segments: [
          createSegment(
              /* start time */ 0,
              /* end time */ 10,
              /* data key */ 1),
          createSegment(
              /* start time */ 10,
              /* end time */ 20,
              /* data key */ 2),
          createSegment(
              /* start time */ 20,
              /* end time */ 25,
              /* data key */ 3)
        ],
        variantIds: variantIds
      };
    }

    /**
     * @param {number} id
     * @return {shakaExtern.StreamDB}
     */
    function createTextStreamDb(id) {
      var ContentType = shaka.util.ManifestParserUtils.ContentType;
      return {
        id: id,
        primary: false,
        presentationTimeOffset: 10,
        contentType: ContentType.TEXT,
        mimeType: 'text/vtt',
        codecs: '',
        frameRate: undefined,
        kind: undefined,
        language: 'en',
        label: null,
        width: null,
        height: null,
        initSegmentKey: 0,
        encrypted: false,
        keyId: null,
        segments: [
          createSegment(
              /* start time */ 0,
              /* end time */ 10,
              /* data key */ 1),
          createSegment(
              /* start time */ 10,
              /* end time */ 20,
              /* data key */ 2),
          createSegment(
              /* start time */ 20,
              /* end time */ 25,
              /* data key */ 3)
        ],
        variantIds: [5]
      };
    }

    /**
     * @param {?shakaExtern.Stream} stream
     * @param {?shakaExtern.StreamDB} streamDb
     */
    function verifyStream(stream, streamDb) {
      if (!streamDb) {
        expect(stream).toBeFalsy();
        return;
      }

      var expectedStream = {
        id: jasmine.any(Number),
        createSegmentIndex: jasmine.any(Function),
        findSegmentPosition: jasmine.any(Function),
        getSegmentReference: jasmine.any(Function),
        initSegmentReference: streamDb.initSegmentKey != null ?
            jasmine.any(shaka.media.InitSegmentReference) :
            null,
        presentationTimeOffset: streamDb.presentationTimeOffset,
        mimeType: streamDb.mimeType,
        codecs: streamDb.codecs,
        frameRate: streamDb.frameRate,
        width: streamDb.width || undefined,
        height: streamDb.height || undefined,
        kind: streamDb.kind,
        encrypted: streamDb.encrypted,
        keyId: streamDb.keyId,
        language: streamDb.language,
        label: streamDb.label,
        type: streamDb.contentType,
        primary: streamDb.primary,
        trickModeVideo: null,
        containsEmsgBoxes: false,
        roles: [],
        channelsCount: null
      };

      expect(stream).toEqual(expectedStream);

      // Assume that we don't have to call createSegmentIndex.

      streamDb.segments.forEach(function(segmentDb, i) {
        /** @type {?string} */
        var uri = shaka.offline.OfflineUri.segmentIdToUri(segmentDb.dataKey);

        expect(stream.findSegmentPosition(segmentDb.startTime)).toBe(i);
        expect(stream.findSegmentPosition(segmentDb.endTime - 0.1)).toBe(i);

        /** @type {shaka.media.SegmentReference} */
        var segment = stream.getSegmentReference(i);
        expect(segment).toBeTruthy();
        expect(segment.position).toBe(i);
        expect(segment.startTime).toBe(segmentDb.startTime);
        expect(segment.endTime).toBe(segmentDb.endTime);
        expect(segment.startByte).toBe(0);
        expect(segment.endByte).toBe(null);
        expect(segment.getUris()).toEqual([uri]);
      });
    }

    /**
     * @param {!Array.<shakaExtern.Variant>} variants
     * @param {?number} audioId
     * @param {?number} videoId
     * @return {?shakaExtern.Variant}
     */
    function findVariant(variants, audioId, videoId) {
      /** @type {?shakaExtern.Variant} */
      var found = null;

      variants.forEach(function(variant) {

        /** @type {?shakaExtern.Stream} */
        var audio = variant.audio;
        /** @type {?shakaExtern.Stream} */
        var video = variant.video;

        /** @type {boolean } */
        var audioMatch = audio ? audioId == audio.id : audioId == null;
        /** @type {boolean } */
        var videoMatch = video ? videoId == video.id : videoId == null;

        if (audioMatch && videoMatch) {
          found = variant;
        }
      });

      return found;
    }
  });

  function createSegment(startTime, endTime, dataKey) {
    /** @type {shakaExtern.SegmentDB} */
    var segment = {
      startTime: startTime,
      endTime: endTime,
      dataKey: dataKey
    };

    return segment;
  }
});

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The next wave of the adidas Ultra Boost is the brands fourth edition and we have seen a fe colorways already release. One of those that recently became available is this women's exclusive that comes in 'Champagne Pink'.
As you can see, this adidas Ultra Boost 4.0 comes dipped in a light shade of Pink. In addition new have Primeknit on the uppers while Pink also lands on the heel counter. Other details includes White on the Boost midsole and Black on the outsole.


Bolognese sauce – This meat gravy comes from Bologna, the Italian province. It is often called the gastronomic capital of Italy. Traditionally, sauce is served with tagliatelle – Italian noodles. Bolognese is also used to make lasagna and even season mashed potatoes with it.
In the boiling water send the pasta, cook until ready, about 8 minutes.
Before that, add some vegetable oil, bay leaf and salt to the water.
Cut the sauce very finely onion.
We put a cauldron on fire.
In it, we will prepare the bolognese sauce.
We send to the cauldron pork and beef mince.
Add the onion to the minced meat, salt, pepper, mix.
While minced meat is fried, chop finely red and green sweet peppers.
Leave the pasta in a colander to glass the water.
Mince fried, add sweet peppers, stir.
Pepper in minced meat almost fried, add the sweet pepper paprika and tomato sauce.
At the end add garlic.
After 2 minutes you can turn it off.
At the very end, add a little water, mix.
We try on the salt, add oregano, mix.
Turn off, the sauce is ready. Read more: delicious recipe satsivi.
Spread pasta on a plate, spread pasta bolognese on top of the pasta, sprinkle with grated cheese.
Bolognese sauce is a pasta meat sauce, originally from Bologna, Italy.
Cook the pasta, as indicated on the package (I have farfalle).
Finely chop the onions garlic.
Add the mince and cream.
If you have raw mince, then fry it until cooked, constantly stirring and separating the lumps with a wooden spatula until the redness of the meat disappears.
And only then add the cream.
Mix well and simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.
Add the sauce, tomato paste, parsley and oregano.
Mix well, simmer another 10 minutes.
Salt, pepper, add nutmeg, stir.
All bolognese sauce is ready.
Can be served with your favorite pasta.
Peel and grate carrots and celery.
Heat olive oil in a large frying pan with a thick bottom.
Add onion in butter and spasserate until transparent.
Add carrots and celery to onions.
Add mince to the vegetables and fry, stirring constantly and kneading the lumps with a spatula.
Boil the wine in half.
Add diced tomatoes and juice in sugar and sugar and pour broth.
Simmer on low or medium heat under the lid for 20-30 minutes.
Add the minced garlic, dried basil and oregano.
Straighten on salt and sugar.
If there is too much liquid, remove the cap and evaporate it.
You also need to chop celery.
Chop carrots in small cubes.
Pork with beef is washed and dried with paper towels, veins are removed.
Twist the meat in a meat grinder.
Prepare the saucepan for making sauce.
Heat the olive oil with bay leaf in it.
Use hot oil to fry vegetables so that the onions become transparent.
Minced meat is added to the pan.
Fry the contents of the pan for 7 minutes.
After that, pour in red wine to vegetables and meat.
Next you need to stew, until the wine is evaporated.
To the whole mass we add finely chopped tomatoes in our own juice and heat everything up.
At the end of cooking add oregano, a mixture of herbs or dried basil – to choose from.
Stew sauce for 2 hours.
Heat the oil in a pan and then fry the minced meat on it.
It adds finely chopped onion and garlic, passed through the press to the fried meat.
Finely chop the green pepper, and after 5 minutes add to the meat.
Grate the tomatoes and 5 minutes after the pepper, add to the mince.
After the meat is well roasted, add chopped greens to it.
All this is shifted into the pan.
When all products are well mixed, the wine is poured.
Make a medium heat and simmer the sauce on it, stirring all the time, about 5 minutes.
Cover the pan with a lid and stew for two hours until the sauce is completely cooked.
salt, pepper and a mixture of herbs take to taste.
In this simple recipe, bolognese sauce is prepared in much the same way as the classic, with the exception of new ingredients.
In order for all the vegetables to dissolve in the sauce, they need to be cut very finely, only the carrot is cut or grated on a grater.
Onions to clear and cut into cubes, and celery pre-wash, and then cut.
Choose a medium-sized saucepan, put both butter and olive oil, put the saucepan on a small fire and stir until the oil is dissolved.
Finely chop the garlic and add to the butter.
Vegetables that are already prepared, add to the oil and garlic. Cook for 10 minutes on low heat, stirring constantly.
You can not overcook vegetables.
Bring vegetables to a state of transparency.
Vegetables can soak up the oil almost completely, which may make it seem that oil is not enough.
Add oil is not necessary, in a few minutes they will give the oil back.
When the vegetables are ready, add the mince and knead it well with a fork.
Mince kneading until it turns brown.
Do everything so that there are no lumps.
Pour in the milk, stir and add a little fire.
All this should boil for 15 minutes, until the water evaporates, and the milk is well saturated with meat.
Pour the cooked wine and let the sauce boil for another 15 minutes so that the sauce absorbs the aroma of the wine.
Add wine and milk separately so that the taste of the sauce is softer and more aromatic.
Tomatoes for a few minutes pour boiling water, then dip them in cold water.
This is to make their skin easier to take off.
Then finely cut the tomatoes and place in the pan.


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Banks triumph in Green TFP awards
Event at EBRD Annual Meeting in Morocco promotes the importance of trade in environmentally friendly technology and goods
The TFP has recognised the most successful banks under its Green Trade Facilitation Programme (Green TFP) with awards for their performance in 2021.
The Green TFP allows partner banks to use their existing trade finance facilities to finance exports, imports and local distribution of imported green technologies and materials, in line with the EBRD's Green Economy Transition (GET) approach. The EBRD's strategic goal is to become a majority green bank by 2025.
The 2021 winners are as follows:
The prize for the Most Active Issuing Bank in 2021 – Green Trade went to Piraeus Bank in Greece. The bank facilitated the highest number of transactions under the Green TFP as an issuing bank, with a total GHG emission-reductions impact equivalent to taking 1,000 cars off the streets of Athens.
The prize for the Most Active Confirming Bank in 2021 – Green Trade was awarded to UBS. The bank successfully supported the highest number of transactions under the Green TFP as a confirming bank, with an annual GHG emission-reductions impact equivalent to the carbon footprint of 3,400 Swiss households.
Prizes for Deal of the Year – Green Trade were awarded to:
Ameriabank and Banca Popolare di Sondrio, jointly, for saving water resources in Armenia through the import of a modern bottling line, with a water-savings impact equivalent to the annual fresh water consumption of 440 Armenian households.
Piraeus Bank and Hellenic Bank, jointly, for promoting renewable energy in Cyprus through the installation of photovoltaic plants, resulting in renewable energy generation equivalent to the electrical energy consumption of 1,175 inhabitants of Cyprus.
Alpha Bank Greece and UniCredit Bank Austria, jointly, for supporting circularity in the PET plastics sector in Greece, resulting in the annual production of approximately 460,000 half-litre PET bottles from recycled plastic.
Alpha Bank Romania and Intesa Sanpaolo, jointly, for promoting responsible forest management by supporting trade in sustainably sourced secondary wood products, by facilitating the production of approximately 250 single entry doors from FSC certified timber, saving approximately 800 trees.
Uzpromstroybank and JP Morgan, jointly, for improving the energy efficiency of the retail sector in Uzbekistan, resulting in energy savings equivalent to the energy consumption of 24,249 inhabitants of Uzbekistan.
The Green TFP Awards were announced during the TFP Information Session at the 2022 EBRD Annual Meeting and Business Forum in Marrakech, Morocco, with Ksenia Brockmann, EBRD Green Financial System Associate Director, presenting the awards.
Francis Malige, EBRD Managing Director, Financial Institutions, said: "The EBRD is becoming a majority green bank by 2025, and remains committed to promoting green and sustainable trade finance. This would not have been possible without the strong cooperation and commitment of our partner banks. The EBRD will continue to support the transition to a green economy alongside our efforts responding to the war on Ukraine."
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Forum Entreprises Défense – A Focussed Defence Event in France
For those used to events the size of Eurosatory in France, the size and shape of Forum Entreprises Défense (FED) held at the Quartier ingénieur général Jayat, in Satory near Versailles, in October, would come as something of a surprise.
However, FED 2019 is not designed to be a full spectrum defence event; it is far more focused that that, being aimed primarily at the French military customer.
The exhibition itself is organised by the Structure Intégrée de maintien en condition opérationnelle des matériels terrestres (SIMMT), the French Army integrated structure for the operational condition of land materiel, Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de région Paris Ile-de-France and the Groupement des industries Françaises de Défense et de Sécurité Terrestres et Aéroterrestres (GICAT), the French defence and security trade association.
The FED exhibition has been held for the past 30 years in France and the 2019 FED was the 16th event to take place. FED 2019 was expected to have 150 exhibitors, 10 military organisations present and over 2,500 visitors were projected. The objective of the event is to allow for better interaction between the user community and industry, in particular small and medium enterprises, who can also use FED to interact with the larger French defence corporates. Amongst the large French defence companies attending FED were Arquus, MBDA, Nexter Systems and Thales.
One aspect of FED 2019 that was immediately noticeable at the outdoor exhibition area was a significant number of trucks and other military vehicles. The presence of so many truck manufacturers was not wholly unexpected as the French Army is moving forward on a major vehicle programme that will see the acquisition of a grand total of 7,700 logistic and tactical trucks as part of a complete replacement effort of their truck park.
With such a large truck prize on offer, the presence of Arquus, IVECO Defence Vehicles, Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles and Scania France was understandable. Although it should be noted that other French and foreign truck/vehicle/systems suppliers have also expressed interest in the French Army truck order. The Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) who are responsible for French defence procurement issued a request for information (RFI) in 2018 to interested parties as regards the provision of new generation military trucks. The next stage will see the issue of a Request for Proposals (RfP) and this will be followed by selected contractors providing vehicles for test and evaluation purposes leading to the selection of a contractor or contractors to supply vehicles for each sector of the truck programme.
As might be expected, the current French Army truck park is dominated by vehicles supplied by Arquus, whom it would be fair to describe as the national champion in this sector. However, other companies have won major orders, for example under the Porteur Polyvalent Terrestre (PPT) programme.
IVECO and Soframe jointly won the PPT programme to deliver two truck variants: Porteur Polyvalent Logistique (PPLOG) and Porteur Polyvalent Lourd de Dépannage (PPLD). The PPLOG is an 8×8 logistics vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 37,000 kg and a payload of 16,000 kg, it is often integrated with its Remorque Logistique (RLOG) trailer that can carry a payload of 15,600 kg. The PPLD is an 8×8 heavy recovery truck, with a gross vehicle weight of 33,000 kg. Both vehicle variants have an armour protected cab. The vehicles entered service in 2013, a first order for 150 PPLOG and 50 PPLD trucks being placed in 2010. A second order was placed for 250 trucks in 2014 and further orders have been placed subsequently.
As regards the future French Army truck order, the objective is to acquire 7,050 logistics vehicles, 400 tanker trucks and 250 tank transporters. As regards the logistics vehicles the aim will be to acquire both 4×4 and 6×6 vehicles, the first with a payload up to four tonnes and the second with a payload of up to eight tonnes. Apart from the companies that attended FED 2019, other companies said to be working towards the truck order include Soframe and Texelis.
As might be expected Arquus appear to see the French Army requirement as a key opportunity and had a new 8×8 truck at FED 2019, this variant had a fuel tank module and is obviously directed towards the French Army tanker requirement. The 8×8 is the first of what is described as a whole new family of Arquus logistics vehicles, which would doubtless be optimised for the French Army requirement.
There is no hiding the fact that FED is a small and focussed exhibition, but FED 2019 demonstrated that a small exhibition can still have plenty to offer. In this case the fact that the French Army truck order is in process created a situation where the importance of this exhibition was greatly enhanced.
David Saw is a specialist defence writer based in Paris, France. He has a long and comprehensive record of writing and managing defence magazines at the highest level, from the USA through Europe to Asia, and is now a regular contributor to ESD.
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LOS BANOS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Los Banos Police dog "Maverick" made his presence known to a domestic violence suspect and got an immediate response.
In a Facebook post, the Los Banos Police says they responded to a residence in the 400 Block of Lime Street on May 19th to investigate a domestic violence report.
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NEW DELHI, June 15 -- Actor Jaideep Ahlawat has got a lot of praise for playing the supporting role of Sehmat's (played by actor Alia Bhatt) trainer in Raazi. Does he feel the scenario for supporting actors is changing?
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George Osborne unveils UK-China stocks link plans
City Index September 22, 2015 10:36 PM

He said a "feasibility study" would be carried out.

China and Britain will be looking at ways to link their stock markets, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced yesterday (September 21st).
George Osborne, who is on a five-day trip to China to promote ties between the two countries, added that a "feasibility study" would be carried out on a possible link between the London and Shanghai exchanges.
The link would come after a similar link was implemented last year between Hong-Kong and Shanghai, called the Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Connect scheme. Under the scheme, investors in Hong Kong and Mainland China can trade and settle shares listed on the other market via the exchange and clearing house in their home market.
"It's in our interests that we have deeper and more mature financial markets across the world. I think London, as the home to the deepest and maturest capital markets, can play an important part in that," George Osborne said.
"We should be doing more business with China, we should be better connected to the Chinese economy, our financial institutions should establish stronger links. I think that will help China in this important reform and change it's undergoing. It's also going to help Britain," he added.
China's turmoil
The announcement comes at a time of turmoil for China and the Shanghai Stock Exchange. A recent series of weak economic data highlighted the country's struggling stocks, sluggish property market and weak demand at home and abroad.
China's imports and exports have been decreasing for several months. In August, imports fell 14.3 per cent in yuan-denominated terms from a year ago, while exports fell by 6.1 per cent. China's monthly trade surplus expanded by around 40 per cent compared with July to 368 billion yuan (£37.7 billion).
A survey also showed Chinese manufacturing contracted at the fastest pace since 2009.
The preliminary version of the Caixin purchasing managers' index, a manufacturing index based on a survey of factory purchasing managers, fell to an unexpectedly low 47.1 points from July's 47.8 points.
This led the People's Bank of China (PBOC) to devalue the yuan, arguing that the way it sets exchange rates would now become more market-oriented.
China's central bank also cut its main interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.6 per cent at the end of August in a bid to calm stock markets.
The interest rate cut was the fifth one since November and the latest effort from Beijing to stabilise markets, after suffering quasi-continued losses since June that wiped out more than £1.5 trillion.
China's economy expanded 7.4 per cent last year, its weakest since 1990, and has slowed further this year.


The year is going to end soon and 2018 is going to arrive. With the New Year, there is a lot to look forward to. Same is the case with Netflix which is an ongoing and buzzing entertainment source. With hundreds of movies and TV shows awaiting their release in this New Year, there are few that are worth a watch while others are just a waste of time. In the year 2018, there is a lot you can look ahead to on Netflix ranging from the Coen Brothers, Jessica Jones season two, the finale of Sense 8 and a lot more.
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Untitled David Letterman talk show – The witty legend of the chat show David Letterman is back in 2018 with his six-episode series of talk show. The legend is coming back from his retirement in order to just host this much-awaited show which is about interviews (long-form) with the celebrity guests. The show is similar to the Think Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee but with an added twist of witty humour. So watch this show to know more about your favorite celebrity.
Glow – Season 2 – The wrestling girls are back in 2018 after making a surprise hit on the silver screen in 2017. The TV show is a drama based on women's wrestling. The date of launch of the show is not yet finalized but it is expected to be aired in 2018.
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It turns out it is neither. MM fund settlement is apparently on the same day as the purchase or redemption date (T+0), but interest starts and stops accruing generally with a one business day delay (day after purchase/settlement), and appears consistent with when money changes hands. In other words, on the settlement day the money hasn't moved yet but on the next business day it moves. So there is no positive or negative float.
This checks out with what happens at Fidelity as well.


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Q: Proving $ \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{\sin n^2}{\sqrt[3] n} = 0$ I ran into a block when trying to show that $\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{\sin n^2}{\sqrt[3] n} = 0$. Using the definition, I wrote,
$$ \left| \frac{\sin n^2}{n^{1/3}} - 0 \right| < \varepsilon \quad \text{for } \varepsilon > 0 $$
subtract zero and notice $n^{1/3} > 0 \quad \forall n \in \mathbb{N}$,
\begin{align*}
\frac{ \left| \sin n^2 \right| }{n^{1/3}} &< \varepsilon \\
\left| \sin n^2 \right| &< n^{1/3}\varepsilon \\
\left| \sin n^2 \right|^3 &< n\varepsilon^3
\end{align*}
I know we need to be able to find $n$ given $\varepsilon$. I'm not sure how to isolate $n$ or proceed from here.

A: Note that $|\sin n^2|\leq 1$ for any $n\in \mathbb{N}$. Now $|\sin n^2 /\sqrt[3]n|\leq 1/\sqrt[3]n\leq 1/m_n$, where $m_n$ is largest integral value less than or equals to $\sqrt[3]n$. Now you can always find a $m_n$ for a given value of $\varepsilon >0$ such that $1/m_n\leq \varepsilon$(Why?) which leads to $\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{\sin n^2}{ \sqrt[3]n}=0$.
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Suppose does not hold then for all $N\in \mathbb{N}$,  $\varepsilon <1/N\Rightarrow N<1/\varepsilon$. But for a fixed $\varepsilon$,  $N_{\varepsilon}+1\geq 1/\varepsilon$, and $N_{\varepsilon}$ always exists,(where $N_{\varepsilon}$ is largest integral value less than or equals to $1/{\varepsilon}$), which contradicts our assumption. $\blacksquare$

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