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Khalid Alyahya, president of Saudi Railways Organisation, spells out the company's exciting new plans to TTN
Alyahya ... 'Arihab Class will provide a new travel experience on the Dammam-Riyadh line'
In a siding at the headquarters of the Saudi Railways Organisation (SRO) in Dammam stands the latest initiative to come from the offices of Khalid Alyahya, president of Saudi Railways.
A brand new set of carriages, painted in the new corporate livery and configured with the First Class seating arrangements for SRO's new Arihab Class, awaits introduction into service between Dammam and Riyadh.
"Arihab Class will provide a new travel experience on the Dammam-Riyadh line. It was designed with space and comfort in mind," said Alyahya. "I want to introduce a pleasurable experience for our customers which will include entertainment systems as well as internet access."
Alyahya has been in the driving seat of the SRO since 1999, when he was appointed as its president by Royal decree. Over the past six years he has worked towards improving the performance of the organisation with the objective of readying railway network in Saudi Arabia for privatisation and expansion.
His background as an engineer, coupled with his previous involvement in the world of finance, has made him the ideal choice to spearhead the future development of Saudi Arabia's railways system. In 1995, Alyahya was nominated by the government to serve as executive director for Saudi Arabia on the board of directors of the World Bank Group and he held this position until his appointment as president of the SRO in 1999. During his time with the World Bank, he also chaired the World Bank's board of directors committee on administrative matters.
"My engineering background coupled with my experience at the SFD and the World Bank came in handy when I was entrusted with overseeing Saudi Arabia's railway sector. I came from the first day with a vision to improve the efficiency and performance of what had been a rather stagnant public enterprise and to create the right environment to expand it through investments by the private sector," said Alyahya.
Since 1999, Alyahya has worked towards the privatisation and expansion of the railways and today he is poised to achieve what will be a remarkable story of regeneration and growth which will have a huge impact on the country's economic progress. "Saudi Arabia provides an opportunity that does not exist in many other countries. The majority of the population is centered around a linear axis which includes Jeddah and Makkah in the west, the capital Riyadh in the centre, and the Eastern Province. This provides the opportunity to create a railway network which is both economically and commercially viable," he explained. "The long distances between our population centres favour trains over other modes of transport and together with our geographical position, vis-à-vis other countries in the region, a robust rail link can capture huge benefits for the country and our neighbours."
Alyahya has worked towards obtaining the approvals for three railway projects which will expand the network and create a rail link across the Kingdom. The plans include joining Jeddah with Riyadh and utilising the current rail link to Dammam to complete the connection between the eastern and western provinces. "We have been working during the last two years with world-class financial, legal, and technical advisers to structure the concession and design the regulatory framework necessary to allow private sector participation in railways," he said.
The Landbridge project is the cornerstone of the SRO's expansion plan and, according to Dr Jobarah Al Suraisry, minister of transport and chairman of the SRO, will be one of the largest BOT (build, operate and transfer) projects ever undertaken in the Middle East. The Saudi Landbridge will involve building a new 950-km line from Riyadh west to Jeddah and a 115-km line from Dammam north to Jubail, as well as upgrading the existing Riyadh-Dammam Railway. In addition, plans to build a Western Railway will involve 750 km of new track being laid from Jeddah to Makkah and north east to Madinah and Yanbu. Finally, plans for a 1,300 km mineral railway will run north from Riyadh to Hazm Al Jalamid.
The Saudi Landbridge has attracted a total of nine consortia seeking to be prequalified to participate in the project tendering process to be launched later this year but Alyahya has a clear vision of the end result. "I would like to see a modern railway system serving all major population and economic centres in Saudi Arabia, which does not overburden public finances. I believe that an efficient railway system will play an important role in the economic and social development of the country," he said.
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Big Data that respects privacy
A mathematician develops new algorithms that allow the analysis of encrypted data without ever having to decipher it—a crucial point to ensure their confidentiality.
The development of contact tracing applications during the COVID-19 epidemic quickly split society in two. Some were willing to sacrifice privacy for the sake of public health, arguing in favour of an app capable of locating people. Others demanded limited, anonymous, GPS-free solutions to avoid the spectre of an omniscient government.
The ideal would have been to combine the two and have an app capable of locating people who have been close to the virus carriers while ensuring that the data was not legible by the authorities. However, this idea would require algorithms that could work on encrypted data, a task that is impossible to achieve to this day.
"This is one of the major weaknesses of current encryption systems," explains Jean-Sébastien Coron, a mathematician at the University of Luxembourg. "Data is encrypted both during transmission and storage, which is good. But it has to be decrypted to be used in applications".
The French-born researcher is developing techniques that ensure that sensitive data is not only encrypted when it is transferred over the Internet but also remains encrypted when it is analysed. They would thus remain unreadable from start to finish, from their storage on servers to their passage through computer centres. Since they would never be deciphered, they could not be interpreted by the authorities or be compromised by a hacker attack.
Such an assurance of confidentiality would be valuable for any process that uses confidential information: the analysis of sensitive medical or financial data, the search for criminals without compromising the location of innocent people, or the certification of electronic voting without revealing the identity of voters.
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For now, running an analysis algorithm on encrypted data would give a completely false result. The reason: encrypted information is, by definition, unintelligible. It is for example impossible to check whether a mobile phone was near the geographical point 49.6229485 North, 6.1102483 West when the GPS coordinates of the mobile phone are encrypted as "M$#,8T>;[A5;=;pr!" or to translate the diagnosis "colonoscopy: ascending colon cancer" once transformed into "Xdy19!aja£+T".
The situation changed in 2009. Craig Gentry, a computer researcher at Stanford University, revealed a method of encrypting data that allows data to be analysed without being deciphered. Thanks to it, adding and multiplying encrypted bits gives the same result as if one did it on decrypted bits. Since these two operations form the basis of all computer logic, any algorithm can be run on protected data. This is the promise of this technique called "fully homomorphic encryption".
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However, this approach remains more theoretical than practical, as the encryption process is far too inefficient: it multiplies the length of messages by a billion. Encoding a paragraph of text (around a kilobyte) thus generates an encrypted message 100 million pages long (around a terabyte). This explosion in the size of the data drastically increases the computing power needed to analyse it, and a one-second calculation would then take several decades.
"It is a very nice approach, but one that remains unusable in practice for the moment," says Jean-Sébastien Coron. "Its lack of effectiveness is directly linked to its simplicity: instead of using complex mathematical operations, it simply combines additions and multiplications. As these operations are very easy to reverse, ensuring a certain level of security requires the use of an absolutely huge encryption key".
The mathematician is therefore developing more efficient algorithms and has already managed to divide the necessary resources by 10,000. "This is a very encouraging result. My approach is both fundamental and pragmatic. I take theoretical processes that already exist and look for tricks to improve them."
Encrypting artificial intelligence
The researcher also uses such approaches to encrypt not only the data but also the computer programmes that analyse it. This technique would be useful when a company runs its online programs in the cloud on commercial servers, such as those of Amazon or Google. Indeed, cloud computing not only optimises the use of IT resources but also creates the danger that the code itself could be stolen in the event of a security breach. One of his former colleagues founded a startup to use this type of encryption to protect neural networks, a particular type of algorithm used in artificial intelligence.
Questions about data security posed by Big Data and artificial intelligence require answers at all levels, notes Jean-Sébastien Coron. "It is one thing to allow a web giant to access our information; it's another to have it taken over without our consent by other private or state actors, as we saw in the NSA and Cambridge Analytica scandals."
The European Union has strengthened protections in 2016 with the General Data Protection Regulation. However, this cannot avoid problems and abuses, as data will continue to be pirated, and we will continue to approve – without reading them – licence agreements every time a new app is installed. "In such a context, constantly keeping the data encrypted would provide superior security," says the researcher.
Despite his highly theoretical work, the mathematician is no stranger to the world of innovation, to which he has contributed some 20 patents: "I worked for six years in industry in the field of SIM and smart card security. I continue to work in this very practical field. For me, it complements very well my fundamental work on homomorphic encryption".
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With the right support and investment, the PCI strategy can
produce 6 Gt/CO2 of emission reductions and removals by 2030
The PCI Institute, through its Investment Committee, aims to facilitate the attraction of funds to leverage the Strategy's goals in Mato Grosso.
Estimates made by partners in mid-2016 indicate a need for resources between 30 to 50 billion reais including operational costs, investments and technical assistance for the full implementation of the PCI strategy by 2030.
Since the Strategy was created, the State of Mato Grosso has managed to establish a series of partnerships and projects that support it. PCI itself has developed a series of actions aimed at connecting investors, buyers, companies and partners to the territory.
The PCI Institute was also conceived as a managerial and financial instrument capable of raising funds for programs and projects of the Strategy and will further leverage Mato Grosso's capacity to attract investments aimed at the sustainable use of land.
Several organizations have participated and contributed to the PCI Monitoring Committee, including WRI, EDF, TFA, IPAM, TNC, ONF, Pecsa, in addition to government bodies such as, SEMA, SEDEC, SEAF and the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Government of Mato Grosso..
Coordinationnação: Marcela Paranhos | Sustainable Trade Initiative – IDH
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Initial Cost Estimate
Unlocking Forest Finance Project
Diagnosis and Strategic Planning
Creation of the Working Group
Survey of investment opportunities
Partnership with the Tropical Forest Alliance
Pathways for Sustainable Landscapes
Commodities Jurisdiction Approach – CJA
Source-up (IDH)
In 2015, an estimate of investments needed to achieve the goals was prepared by those participating in the construction of the PCI Strategy and was presented by the government at the launch of the PCI Strategy at the COP in Paris.
The Unlocking Forest Finance Project, completed in 2016, aimed to help design a more sustainable scenario for the state of Mato Grossο, and to study the economic feasibility for this transition. From the beginning, the project had a partnership with the government of Mato Grosso, through the State Secretariat for the Environment. The data initially generated by the UFF were used as a subsidy to define the goals of the Produce, Conserve and Include (PCI) Strategy launched by the state of MT during COP 21, which took place in Paris in 2015.
The project, led by the Global Canopy Program has the IPAM as an Implementing partner in Mato Grosso, and 13 partner institutions and takes place in three different geogrpahic localities: Mato Grosso and Acre, in Brazil, and San Martin, in Peru.
Between 2013 and 2016, researchers conducted 116 interviews with 42 different organizations to choose the activities that would be analyzed and to design a transition scenario for Mato Grosso, involving the pillars of production, conservation and sustainable livelihoods. The transition scenarios were built not from a market demand projection, but from the view of the actors from each sector involved about the future of each activity, its bottlenecks and how they could improve using sustainability (economic, social and environmental) criteria.
According to the study's estimates, an additional investment of approximately 43.4 billion reais would be necessary for the financing and defrayal of costs in the sectors of agriculture, livestock and forestry, through credit lines that can largely come from the ABC and PRONAF Plans (National Program for Strengthening of Family Farming). If the costs of protected areas are also added up, the estimated total for the transition in Mato Grosso for the next 15 years will be of about 46 billion reais.
Trama Consultancy was hired with the support of the Sustainable Trade Initiative - IDH, to present the PCI Strategy's 2017-2030 Implementation Plan of the state of Mato Grosso.
The objective was to develop an action plan that contributes to the achievement of the goals defined for each of the pillars. For this, the following work process was proposed:
Map the current state's conditions for the implementation of the PCI Strategy, involving a survey of secondary data on ongoing initiatives at the state and national levels, as well as conducting interviews with the main actors associated with the Strategy's pillars.
Based on the results of the mapping, discuss the current situation of the PCI with society and collectively build action plans that enable and expedite the Strategy's implementation considering its objectives and goals.
The dynamics of the work carried out resulted in a set of proposals that were grouped into 5 key cross-cutting themes:
i) financing mechanisms
ii) environmental regularization
iii) land use regularization
iv) markets
v) production and diffusion of technology and good practices.
Within the 5 themes there are 25 systemic actions divided into 105 stages that allow us to advance the key themes, ensuring that they operate as enabling factors for the PCI's goals.
The work also identified as a priority the creation of a financial and managerial mechanism for the Strategy, which became the PCI Institute.
At the end of 2017, within the scope of the PCI Strategy State Committee, the Value, Engagement and Communication Working Group was created, aiming at attracting private investments and partnerships. This working group was later incorporated into the current PCI Investment Committee.
In 2017, PCI member, Agroicone, with the support of the Global Canopy Program - GCP, started to identify and collect information on investment opportunities in sustainable value chains in Mato Grosso. Agroicone aimed to contribute to the Produce, Conserve and Include - PCI strategy of the state of Mato Grosso by conducting economic-financial analyses of cases (business models) that were potentially scalable and replicable, with a focus on agribusiness chains. Throughout 2015, Agroicone contributed to the development of the PCI strategy with economic analyses and projections of Mato Grosso's agriculture and livestock. The PCI Strategy was presented by the state government at the 2015 COP21 in Paris. Based on the mapping and dialogue with Trama's consultants, Agroicone selected the cases that had the greatest potential for success, including those already identified by the PCI committee.
The Tropical Forest Alliance is a multi-sectoral partnership that involves governments, companies, civil society, indigenous organizations and international organizations to advance a sustainable commodity-production agenda.
The PCI was presented at a TFA event in September 2016, during New York Climate Week.
In November 2017, the Alliance invited the then deputy governor of Mato Grosso to a preparatory workshop in London, with representatives from global civil society organizations and leading companies in the supply chain and financial services sectors. The event took place in conjunction with the Innovation Forum, enabling the state to introduce the PCI to a target group of global investors and donors. The feedback from this meeting was used to improve the quality of individual projects for the Implementation Dialogue in March.
The Implementation Dialogue took place in São Paulo in March 2018. The success stories selected by Agroicone for the PCI were presented to investment groups such as Althelia Ecosphere & Green Fund, private banks such as ABN AMRO and Santander, multilateral banks such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, and buyers such as Cargill, COFCO, Bunge, Walmart and Carrefour, among others.
In March 2018, during the TFA's Second General Assembly in Brasília, the State of Mato Grosso became officially part of the Alliance.
The Alliance is also part of the PCI Investment Committee and currently coordinates its Corporate Action Group.
In 2020, the PCI was introduced to the TFA Jurisdiction Exchange Network:
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As part of TFA's effort to support jurisdictional initiatives, the Jurisdictional Approaches Resources Hub was launched as a website dedicated to listing tools of interest to companies and partners who want to support jurisdictional initiatives, including a Landscape Scale Action for Forests, People, and Sustainable Production: A Practical Guide for Companies.
Learn more: https://jaresourcehub.org/
In September 2018, during the Global Climate Action Summit in California, the PCI announced the creation of its Corporate Action Group with the support of EDF.
The group's objective is to provide a place to facilitate corporate involvement in projects in Mato Grosso, provide opportunities to support the PCI's goals and create a communication channel between companies and the PCI Institute.
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The PSPL is a map of risks and opportunities for companies operating in Mato Grosso. Through an analysis of risk classes of deforestation at the municipal level, the map encourages companies to operate in the territory by creating support and incentive mechanisms aimed at continuous improvement.
Produced with the support of EDF and TFA, the PCI project pitchbook aims to provide a "menu" of projects taking place in Mato Grosso to engage corporate actors.
The goal is to make it simple for companies to understand how they can connect the sustainability efforts in their supply chains to the jurisdictional strategy, thus contributing to its success but also to fulfilling their own sustainability commitments.
The projects in this book were chosen based on a set of criteria developed by the PCI Committee. Each project has committed itself to supporting the goals of at least two of the pillars of the PCI (produce, conserve, include) and has demonstrated a commitment to zero illegal deforestation. The projects are already underway and are potentially replicable across the state.
The pitchbook was launched at the Tropical Forest Alliance meeting in Bogotá, Colombia in 2019.
Created by Climate Focus, WWF and Meridian Institute, this initiative intends for companies to preferably direct their purchases to jurisdictions that implement programs that reduce deforestation and its associated emissions. These jurisdictions will benefit from trade and additional revenues, which complement the potential climate funding associated with reducing emissions related to forests.
The CJA criteria are inspired by the FCPF, and the PCI has been directing efforts so that Mato Grosso can meet these criteria..
Learn more: : https://commoditiesjurisdictions.wordpress.com/approach/
Developed by the IDH, Source-Up, formerly known as Verified Sourcing Areas (VSA), is an innovative model based on an online market platform that connects the demand for agricultural products sustainably produced with local advances in sustainability. The model can (i) help companies contribute to the SDGs at scale through agricultural products, (ii) understand how to address deforestation and social issues regionally through public-private partnerships, and (iii) Learn how companies and regional initiatives work together to improve the sustainability of the supply chain.
The PCI, represented by its Executive Director, participates in the Global Steering Committee that helped develop the Source-Up tool.
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Pitchbook PCI
With the aim of connect local initiatives with funding sources, in 2022 the PCI Institute is carrying out a portfolio of initiatives with potential funding and/or technical support for replication and scale. The ultimate goal is to facilitate the connection of actors to accelerate field actions aimed at meeting the PCI targets by 2030.
PCI Engagement Guide
At the end of 2021, an Engagement Guide was produced for companies interested in being part of the PCI. As a result of this work, the PCI Institute is carrying out analyzes of the companies participating in the PCI so that each company can be classified according to the engagement categories defined by the PCI Engagement Guide.
Initiatives electronic platform
Following the publication of the Pitchbook in 2019, the PCI intends to develop an online platform in 2021, with the objective of gathering a greater number of initiatives in the state of Mato Grosso aligned with the PCI. The platform will be online and open for public access, with the possibility of being self-powered by users registered on the platform. This registration is subject to approval by the PCI team and enables the scalability and continuous updating of initiatives, in addition to connecting with companies, buyers and investors.
REDD + and Carbon Strategy for Mato Grosso
At the initiative of the Environmental Defense Fund and the Life Center Institute (ICV), and with the support of the State Secretariat for the Environment, in December 2019 a Workshop was held on new opportunities for financing low-carbon forest and agricultural conservation in Mato Grosso based on REDD + and the carbon market.
In February 2020, a new workshop was carried out with the participation of PCI companies and actors and ensued discussions on opportunities in the carbon market.
In 2021, as part of the PCI Institute's Investment Action Plan, a decision was made to support the State of Mato Grosso in building a strategy that would allow the Institute to support the State in defining its policy as well as reaching different opportunities in the carbon market.


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Instron's latest tester has a capacity of 2,000 kN.
Instron (Norwood, Mass.) has introduced its new SATEC Series 2000KN universal testing machine. It has a capacity of 2,000 kN (200,000 kgf/450,000 lbf) and can perform tension, compression and flexure tests on high-strength materials, including composites, metals, fasteners and wire. It features a single, large test space that is said to make it easy to provide different stroke lengths and extended test openings to suit unique applications. It also features a variable pressure hydraulic power supply that reduces noise and heat generation. There is no need for water cooling. Open-faced, high-capacity grips are optional.


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EU Mulls Funding Border Walls Amid Migrant Crisis in Belarus
November 11, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire
European Council President Charles Michel said that the EU is debating on whether to fund border walls as the escalating crisis on the Polish-Belarus border amps pressure on the bloc.
Michel turned heads after he claimed on Nov. 10 that the EU could legally fund border barriers and that the bloc is looking at doing so soon.
The EU has long refused to build barriers or fences in the Polish-Belarus border where thousands of migrants have surged to enter the bloc. Last month, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen asserted that "there will be no funding of barbed wire and walls."
But some EU leaders have voiced concern over the surge of stranded migrants from Belarus at the Polish border where 10 migrants have died.
"Based on an opinion of the Legal Service of the Council, it's legally possible," Michel said in a press conference in Warsaw, referring to calls for the EU to help Poland build barriers on their borders.
"We are going to talk about the physical infrastructure and the possibilities of their financing," Michel added.
Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko, an authoritarian figure, has been accused of orchestrating a "hybrid attack" against the EU by pushing migrants toward its borders in response to sanctions.
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It is Narendra Modi's first visit to the state after the ruling Telugu Desam Party severed ties with NDA.
Vijayawada: TDP workers staged protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he arrived Sunday on his first visit to the state after the ruling Telugu Desam Party severed ties with the NDA.
BJP leaders alleged that people were "thwarted," from reaching the venue in large numbers and said countdown would start for Naidu when Modi commences his rally.
This is Modi's first visit to Andhra Pradesh, a year after the ruling Telugu Desam Party walked out of the BJP-led NDA.
At Vijayawada and Guntur, TDP workers donned black shirts and took out rallies demanding that "Modi go back".
In his daily teleconference with the party leaders, the Chief Minister dubbed Modi as the "modati drohi" (first betrayer) of Andhra Pradesh.
"Modi is coming for a war on AP. They have done all injustice to the state, destroyed the systems and ruined the country.
Modi is facing protests wherever he is going in the country. He has come to AP to mock at us," Naidu said.
The Congress called for observance of black day on Sunday over Modi's 'failure' to honour the promises made to Andhra Pradesh post-bifurcation, party sources said.
In Vijayawada, the CPI and the CPI-M organised a demonstration Saturday protesting Modi's visit.
Reports said similar protests were held in Kadapa and Kurnool districts as well.


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Giants announce #TogetherBlue campaign
The New York Giants today officially unveiled the "#TogetherBlue" campaign for the 2020 season. The purpose of the campaign is to unify and reinforce how togetherness will be collective and unwavering among Giants fans, players, coaches and the front office this season.
"#TogetherBlue" serves as a mantra through this challenging time that our loyal season ticket members and fans are always foremost in the collective mind of everyone in our organization," said Giants Chief Commercial Officer Pete Guelli. "Additionally, the campaign emanates the Giants' resolute pursuit of success and what it means to achieve that success together as an organization."
The "#TogetherBlue" campaign will feature several touch points with Giants fans throughout the 2020 season, including the following:
• Virtual Kickoff Event: Bob Papa, the voice of the Giants, and Super Bowl champion David Diehl will host a virtual Giants Kickoff Event presented by Investors Bank on September 10 at 7 p.m., streaming exclusively on Giants.com, Giants App and the Giants YouTube channel. The event is open to all fans and will feature players, Team President John Mara, General Manager Dave Gettleman and Head Coach Joe Judge.
• Giants Season Ticket Members who have opted in, will have their account name printed on Giants branded signage in the seating area behind the end zones for games in MetLife Stadium. Season Ticket Members will also receive a #TogetherBlue rally pack prior to the start of the season.
• Social Media & Content: Fans are encouraged to update their social media profile images with custom #TogetherBlue frames available on the Giants Official Facebook Page. Additionally, #TogetherBlue branding will appear across all Giants content platforms, including gameday, throughout the season.
• Fan Appreciation: The Giants will launch "A Giant Hero" online program to celebrate front-line workers who have made a difference during the pandemic.
The campaign extends into the community as part of the Giants' commitment to pursue sustained change, specifically in areas of social justice. The Giants have partnered with organizations with a focus toward racial injustice, criminal justice reform, education and economic advancement, police-community relations and voter registration.
Giants players and coaches have split themselves into nine teams and each team has paired with an organization in a dedicated region within New York and New Jersey. After several conversations regarding the issues that most affect the residents of those areas, the teams selected initiatives and will work alongside their community partner.
"Over the last several months, our players and coaches have spent countless hours meeting with our community partners and identifying ways we can work together to inspire and create change," said Giants Vice President of Community and Corporate Relations Allison Stangeby. "This player driven initiative will continue throughout the season and will be an impactful opportunity for our organization to work towards sustained change in the communities where we live and work."
Below are the nine local organizations the team has partnered with and their areas of focus:
• United Way of NYC – Partnering with UWNYC's EducateNYC program to support educational equity in Brownsville (Brooklyn)
• Far Rockaway Colts (NYPD) – Teaming up with the Far Rockaway Colts and the NYPD to improve police-community relations and education through football in Queens
• New York City Police Foundation – Partnering to create positive relationships with youth throughout Manhattan
• RISE – Supporting RISE in their mission to increase civic engagement by spreading the word about voter rights, registration and education in Staten Island, N.Y.
• Bronx Defenders – Partnering together to transform how low-income people are represented in the justice system and transforming the system itself
• Eva's Village – Joining forces to personally mentor Eva's clients experiencing poverty and substance use disorders in Paterson, N.J.
• East Orange Mayor's Office – Partnering with the Mayor's office of East Orange, N.J. to support the public schools and families in need
• My Sisters' Place – Partnering with My Sisters' Place and the Mt. Vernon (N.Y.) High School Football team to promote racial equity in education
• Covenant House – Joining forces with Covenant House New Jersey located in Newark to support homeless youth through education, employment and financial literacy
Throughout the season, the Giants will highlight each of these organizations through their media platforms.
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Q: adding javascript and css files to react I'm integrating d3-timeseries graph with react.
So, this graph uses 3 files of its own 2 javascript files and one css file.
files are available here :
https://github.com/mcaule/d3-timeseries/tree/master/src
another file is :
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>

In my react app, how should refer all these d3 javascript and css files? So, far I just included  tags for all these files in my html. How to do it in react?
Also,
d3-timeseries javascript code i should put in some file  or refer only using . Please suggest, I'm new to react. Thanks.

A: use import
import React from 'react';
import d3Js from 'https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js';
import 'path/to/your/file.css';

export default class MyNavbar extends React.Component {
    render(){
      return (
       <div> something </div>
      );
    }
}

A: Because the rendering of d3 and React differ in their concepts, its quite hard to integrate d3 inside React.
Its maybe better to use the React-Way D3 which provides this package:
http://www.reactd3.org

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Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher has said.
The breach "will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing," Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock, wrote on LinkedIn on Wednesday. He called it "one of the most significant leaks I've seen."
Twitter has not commented on the report, which Gal first posted about on social media on December 24, nor responded to inquiries about the breach since that date. It was not clear what action, if any, Twitter has taken to investigate or remediate the issue.
The Reuters news agency could not independently verify that the data on the forum was authentic and came from Twitter. Screenshots of the hacker forum, where the data appeared on Wednesday, have circulated online.
Troy Hunt, creator of breach-notification site Have I Been Pwned, viewed the leaked data and said on Twitter that it seemed "pretty much what it's been described as".
There were no clues to the identity or location of the hacker or hackers behind the breach. It may have taken place as early as 2021, before Elon Musk took ownership of the company last year.
Claims about the size and scope of the breach initially varied with early accounts in December, which said 400 million email addresses and phone numbers were stolen.
A serious breach at Twitter may interest regulators on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Data Protection Commission in Ireland, where Twitter has its European headquarters, and the United States Federal Trade Commission have been monitoring the Musk-owned company for compliance with European data protection rules and a US consent order respectively.
Messages left with the two regulators were not immediately returned on Thursday.
Source – Al Jazeera
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Today's digital marketers live in the most dynamic and complicated Internet ecosystem we have ever seen. Those of us tasked with making sense of this ecosystem—figuring out how to navigate and utilize it in a productive, effective way—have one of the toughest jobs in modern business.
Acquiring and nurturing customers, planning detailed multi-channel strategies, driving revenue, and doing it all without spending too much money are just a few of the major hurdles a digital marketer has to work around each day.
In order to help, we've put together a list of 6 fundamental pillars to keep top-of-mind while executing a digital strategy. The sequence or priority of these pillars may vary depending on the size of your company or pace of growth, but the basic principles will remain the same. This holds true whether you are working at a fledgling startup or a multinational enterprise.
Think "why" first, then think "what".
Knowing and understanding your audience is one of the most basic principles of marketing. But believe it or not, many businesses don't spend the time, energy, and resources necessary to define a clear picture of who their target customer actually is.
Instead of guessing who may or may not be interested in your products and services, start testing your assumptions and proving yourself right or wrong. Qualify and study your leads as they come in, and work to learn the ins and outs of your market.
Take it a step further and understand how your customers are responding to not only direct competitors but indirect ones as well.
Get to know your existing customers by starting a conversation. Doing so will give you a leg up on your competition and will help refine your ideal buyer.
Begin with the end in mind and you've already taken the first major step towards success.
Setting goals is so important, especially when it comes to digital marketing.
Ensure everyone knows exactly what criteria is being agreed upon to define success. Otherwise, as teams work through the programs people will have varying opinions about success and whether to continue or veer off course.
It also plays directly into our natural sense of competition. We are all conditioned to be achievers. When we have something to work for, a goal that is tangible, it encourages us to do whatever we can to get there.
Sit down with your team and define exactly what you hope to gain from your digital strategy.
Specific: Define exactly what your business goal is. Use numbers and deadlines to help make sure your entire team is on the same page.
Measurable: Make sure you are in a position to track your goal. Don't say, "We want to increase our ROI of x email campaign by n%" when you have no way of verifying what that ROI actually is.
Attainable: It's always good to challenge yourself, but make sure it's within reason.
Realistic: The buzzword here is "honesty". Know yourself and know your team. That will give you the best chance of success.
Time-bound: Always set a deadline. This gives you and your team something to work towards. Vague words like "eventually" and "someday" aren't productive for anyone.
Use these goals to streamline your digital strategy. Everyone's resources are limited at some point. But careful planning and coordination can help maximize time and marketing spend.
Trying to allocate that budget to make the best use of each resource is a new challenge all in itself. With thousands of tools, people, channels, and services, it can be very difficult to find that perfect mix.
Additionally, it's not uncommon for more traditional managers to be inherently skeptical about certain digital marketing initiatives. Proper budget allocation is a great first step towards conveying value. Higher-ups will be happy to see that money used in an efficient way.
The best way to monitor and refine your budgeting decisions is through relentless tracking and measuring. Pay close attention to your investments as well as your initiatives in order to see what's working and what isn't.
Be sure to set ROI targets and get executive buy-in. Then, as you track and measure—be sure to evangelize your success or key learnings. It will pay off down the road when you are seeking additional funding or executive support for your initiatives.
Invest in analytics tools and keep your eyes out for data-driven marketers on your team. Grant them ownership here so they can do what they do best!
Ok… so we all know this is easier said than done. Even guessing at revenue attribution, let alone proving it, can be a daunting task. True return on investment is effectually the holy grail of marketing.
However, quantifying certain elements of an overall marketing strategy is possible. And it's especially possible in terms of digital marketing. It's an important challenge and, when done effectively, can be a powerful metric in terms of validation, planning, and adjustment.
Proving the effective return on your digital marketing strategy is much easier if you use a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution. Choosing the right CRM depends largely on your industry and/or business.
Some softwares, like Salesforce, are able to cater to a wide variety of clients while others such as Blackbaud's Raiser's Edge has carved out a niche with charities and nonprofits.
Once you find the right software… use it! Outline standard procedures and best practices to ensure your team is getting the most out of it.
Stay current and informed about your data. Really pay attention to where your important metrics are changing and correlate these changes with specific events. Diligent reporting is the best way to determine true return on investment.
Accurate reporting affects more than just your return on investment data. It affects everything.
Many marketing teams today live and die by the data they collect. There are so many channels, so many customers, and so many intertwining relationships, that make marketing of any kind without careful use of analytics is just plain silly.
Sometimes it may feel next to impossible to figure out exactly which data points you should be measuring. From site visits and click-through rates, to social engagement and conversions, it's enough to keep even the most experienced digital marketers up at night.
The most important thing to keep in mind is that your reports should be reflective of your goals.
For example, if you want to measure the impact of a content piece, tracking page visits isn't necessarily the best option. Instead, you might want to measure the effectiveness of a specific call to action by tracking conversions.
Similarly, not all sales leads are created equal. It's important to keep your team, and your leaders, on the same page about this. Accurate reporting will help to determine which opportunities are the most promising, or the most worthwhile.
Lay out specific guidelines for your team about the way data is collected. Be sure to address any oddities and verify important information by cross-checking it with a second source.
Accurate data is one of the best weapons for a digital marketer. Report on what matters and do whatever you can to ensure the information collected is true and relevant.
Finding the right marketing technology to support your goals is essential. And with almost 2,000 known martech platforms available today it can be difficult to hone in on what specific tools are best for you.
These platforms are expensive in many cases. And not just because of the outright cost. There is also training and labor associated with each investment.
So how do you determine which tools are best for your team?
Focus on what you're trying to accomplish.
Go deeper than simply what tool seems best. Ask yourself exactly what you need to know or what you need to be able to do. Then source the tool based on those specific criteria.
By first outlining long term goals and targets, it becomes much easier to determine what insights, functionality, tracking support, etc… will save you time and money, while also improving your marketing effectiveness.
The real question becomes, "If my marketing budget was ever slashed, what information is really making me money and what tools do I use to get that information?
As marketers, we know there are dozens of challenges in the digital marketing world. By putting these six pillars to work, those challenges will start to seem a little less daunting.
Please let us know what you think! There's never a perfect way to market, so if you're doing something differently we'd love to hear about it.
Drop a comment or send us a tweet @DemandJump!


Last year Speedy Septic donated $9,548 to local Oregon charities benefitting local seniors through meal delivery, new clothing, and health services during the holiday season. This year, from October through December 2015, we are continuing to give back to local seniors while enlisting the help of our customers.
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Nen Daiko is back!!! First, congratulations to two of our members, Greg and Lisa, who got married (to each other) over our August break. We were fortunate to be a part of their special day (and work in a great sun-filled vacation at the same time).
We started off this season with a performance at the Annual Burke Centre Fall Festival, put on by the Burke Centre Conservancy. It's a great festival for the family with activities, shows, vendors, and booths with information about various organizations in the Burke community, including our own Ekoji Buddhist Temple. Last year, we began our season with this same performance (luckily, we remembered to bring our shime with us this year), and we were happy to be back again this year. We really enjoy being able to perform for the community that Nen Daiko is a part of. Thanks Burke!
Following this, Nen Daiko went straight into holding an adult workshop, with the hopes of recruiting a few trainees. Usually, the group will conduct an annual fall workshop, going over some basic form, hits, drills, and teach everyone a simple song. Through this, we were able to find three awesome recruits. Welcome Jinelle, Darrah, and Ananya. We are excited to work with them this season through our training program.
Most recently, Nen Daiko also held a children's workshop. This workshop always works up an appetite as we teach the kids a song that starts with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Who doesn't love a PB&J? There was a large turnout for this event, and we are always guaranteed a fun time with the kids.
This is all just the beginning for this season. We have a lot more to work on, but we look forward to seeing all of you around!


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Jason Kenney used his first major speech as Alberta's Premier to try to convince Bay Street that what's good for Alberta is good for all of Canada — a message that appeared to land on receptive ears.The self-proclaimed federalist, who often took a combative stance while campaigning on pledges go after those who hurt Alberta's…
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So, in my last post, I laid out for you three questions you can ask yourself when feeling captive by a situation (per John-Roger's seminar). This is also a topic that I discussed in my podcast's first episode.
It reminded me of a story which Siri (who's interview will be available in Episode 3 of the podcast) told me was in the news a couple years back.
In case you forgot, question three is "What price am I willing to pay to get out of the situation I am in?".
A man robbed a bank, handed the teller a note "I have a gun, give me money," got the money and proceeded to take a seat and wait for police to arrest him.
When the police asked why he did it, he said he would rather be in jail than have to go back home and be with his wife.
Makes me laugh every time!!!!!
Now, I do NOT advocate doing things that harm you, others or that are illegal as a price to pay for getting out of a situation…and the judge seemed to make that point for me (keep on reading for the story's punchline). It really is important to understand the foundational principle of all the work we do is to take care of ourselves, so we can help take care of others. It is about moving in a positive, uplifting direction. Being able to clear our "negative" emotions in a constructive, positive way. That is the basis upon which we do these exercises. So, if the price you are looking at paying is something that doesn't align with taking care of yourself, or if you feel so trapped you are looking at doing something that would hurt yourself or others, that's not what we are discussing here. Please get help from someone qualified to help, because others can often help us see the solutions we may not be able to see ourselves.
That being said, let's get back to our bank robber who was arrested and brought before the judge. Do you think the judge gave him jail time as the man had wanted? I'm sure you've guessed that he didn't.
This man provides a humorous example of choosing an unproductive price to pay…and to prove that, the judge sentenced him to 6 months of home confinement!!!!!
I guess it really didn't work out for him. Instead of going to jail to get away from his wife, he was sentenced to 6 months with her.
So, when considering the price your willing to pay, remember to be clear on question 1 (If I didn't have any of the things I feel trapped by, what would I do?). Its important to find a positive direction, one that will lead to your greater growth and expansion in your life.


Route on horseback crossing trails and paths of great scenic interest in a unique environment.
The activity is carried out in the Regional Park of Calblanque. A space of special protection for the birds and the endemic flora of the area, which extends for more than 13 km of coastline with an area of 2,775 hectares.
The activity is carried out in a family ranch that in addition to raising their own horses, is a refuge for abandoned horses.
During the ride you will be accompanied at all times by two specialized monitors.
Port of Cartagena (Alfonso XII Pier), pedestrian zone between the Chamber of Commerce and Mare Nostrum Restaurant. 200m in a straight line from the cruise terminal. Consult for different meeting points.
Pick up in Cartagena at 10:30.
At 11:00 am arrival at the ranch.
There is the possibility of taking the walk along the beach but you will need an advanced level that will be evaluated by the monitors and will not be available during the months of July, August and first half of September.
It is not necessary to have previous knowledge. There are routes adapted to all levels.
Horse riding in unique environment.
Transportation to the activity but can be requested.


The Zone B toppers will take the mat after a week break and this time around they will be up against Telugu Titans for one last time this season.
Bengaluru are the most consistent side in this Zone as they have won 11 of their 18 encounters and are on the verge of making it to the playoffs this season.
Telugu Titans, on the other hand, are holding the third berth in Zone B and winning their remaining encounters is the only way they could secure their position. They were brilliant in their last game against the second placed and reigning champions Patna Pirates on whom they secured a much-needed win 41-36.
It was the 86th game of the tournament which was played in the adopted home of Bengaluru this season in Pune. Benglauru were at their imperial best and they cruised with a 34-26 win over Telugu Titans that night.
Skipper Rohit Kumar was the raider of the night with 8 raid points in his kitty, while a newcomer Amit Sheoran emerged as the top defender with 5 tackle points to his name.
Their second collision took place last week in Vizag which was the home leg of Telugu Titans. Yet again, it was Bengaluru Bulls who made the most of that night by clinching the game 37-24.
Pawan Kumar Sehrawat the superstar for Bengaluru this season was yet again at his magical best as he took 13 scalps in raids and the pick of the defenders this season Mahender Singh got a high 5 to his name.
Kashiling Adake was rested for three matches. There is still uncertainty about his inclusion tonight.
Bengaluru Bulls: Rohit Kumar(c), Jawahar Vivek, Sumit Singh, Anand V, Mahendra Singh Dhaka, Ankit, Pawan Kumar Sherawat, Harish Naik, Ravi, Rohit, Kashiling Adake, Anil, Ashish Kumar, Nithesh BR, Raju Lal Choudhary, Mahesh Maruti Magdum, Gyung Tae Kim, Sandeep, Ajay, Dong Ju Hong, Mahender Singh, Jasmer Singh Gulia, Amit Sheoran.
Telugu Titans: Vishal Bhardwaj(c), Abozar Mohajermighani, Sombir Gulia, Ankit Beniwal, Rakshith, Anuj Kumar, Kamal Singh, C Manoj Kumar, Nilesh Salunke, Anil Kumar, Rahul Chaudhari, Mahender Reddy, Krushna Madane, Farhad Rahimi Milaghardan, Armaan, Rajneesh, Deepak, Mohsen Maghsoudloujafari.
Defenders: Mahender Singh has been the most successful defender this season for Bulls with 42 points. Amit Sheoran has been a find for Bengaluru in the later part of the tournament.
For Titans, Abozar Mighani with 52 tackles would be the key. Among others, Raju Lal Chaudhary and Anil Kumar are also safe bets.
All-rounders: Titans skipper Vishal Bhardwaj has the highest tackle points for his side, he would be the perfect choice in this facet.
Don't opt for Kashiling Adake here as he has been missing out from the last three games for Bengaluru.
Raiders: Pawan Kumar Sehrawat is the top raider for Bengaluru with 190 points. Rohit Kumar and Rahul Chaudhari will be the other choice in this facet.


Outback Al needs help with the grand opening of the Cartown Zoo and our favorite little Convertible is up for the task.
Team up with Putt-Putt to save the Cartown Zoo! Today is the grand opening of the Cartown Zoo, but food is running low and all the baby animals are missing! Putt-Putt and Pep need your child's help to reunite the little ones with their parents before Outback Al can open the zoo gates. Along the way, they'll swing across alligator-infested rivers, play ice hockey with a polar bear, build a bridge out of icebergs, bop with dancing penguins and enjoy many other adventures. This zoo is full of loyal friends and captivating challenges that are sure to run wild through your child's imagination.
Help Putt-Putt track down the things he needs – toolboxes, rope, hot chocolate and more to find the 6 missing baby animals.
Simple navigation makes it easy to guide Putt-Putt on his adventures.
Fun music videos and mini-games keep things lively for you and your child.
Click on everything! Your child can interact with lots of things in the Putt-Putt world ranging from the dashboard to objects within the environment.
Putt-Putt® Saves the Zoo ©2015 Tommo Inc. All rights reserved. This Product and Humongous Entertainment are not in any manner affiliated with Putt-Putt, LLC. The PUTT-PUTT® trademark is a registered trademark of Putt-Putt, LLC and is used under license. Humongous Entertainment and the Humongous Entertainment logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tommo Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
This is the best of all the Putt-Putts. A real gem.
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A few weeks ago, we heard the unreleased theme song for MTV Shuga Naija by Burna Boy, Endia, Yung L, Eva Alordiah and Sarkodie. Eva loved the jam so much she recorded her own full version of "Shuga." She holds down the track on her own.
Fresh from the success of his single "SOS", Yung L a.k.a Mr Marley releases his latest tune titled "DESIGNER". Working with group mate and hit-maker; Chopstix, Yung L displays once again the raw talent from the GRIP MUZIK camp as he serves his fans a hot fresh vibe on this track.
Ella, a finalist on MTN Project Fame, Season 5, is out with a new single titled I Like Am, produced by DJ Coublon. "I Like Am" (the perfect wedding song) is an afro pop lovers tune that will get you moving from side to side in seconds. She has a versatile sound and plans to explore a variety of genres, like reggae, Afro Pop, kwaito, dancehall, R&B, Pop, Soul, Neo Soul and more.
"Fall In Love," is Jiron's first single in 2014. The reggae track features African Rock Star, Flavour N'abania.
ALAFIA, translated Peace in English is a fantastic song recorded by young, talented and super singer C'wan. It's a fuse of High life mixed with afro-pop and features versatile rapper Pepenazy. The song explains the importance of money and how much peace of mind it brings, reaching out to everyone from different walks of life.


text:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require "rake"
require "rake/tasklib"
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../synthesis/logging"

module Synthesis
  class Task < Rake::TaskLib
    include Logging
    attr_accessor :verbose, :pattern, :ruby_opts
    attr_accessor :adapter, :out, :ignored, :libs, :formatter, :formatter_out

    def initialize(name='synthesis:test')
      @name, @ignored, @libs = name, [], []
      yield self if block_given?
      @pattern ||= 'test/**/*_test.rb'
      @ruby_opts ||= []
      @adapter ||= :mocha
      @formatter ||= :text
      define
    end

    def ignore(*classes)
      STDERR.puts
      STDERR.puts "DEPRECATION WARNING!!!"
      STDERR.puts caller[0]
      STDERR.puts "Synthesis::Task#ignore(*classes) has been deprecated."
      STDERR.puts "Use Synthesis::Task#ignored = [#{classes * ','}] instead."
      STDERR.puts
      @ignored << classes
      @ignored.flatten!
    end

    def define
      desc "Run Synthesis tests"
      task @name do
        RakeFileUtils.verbose(@verbose) do
          load_paths
          require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../synthesis"
          require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../synthesis/runner"
          Synthesis::Logging.const_set(:OUT, @out) if @out
          Synthesis::ExpectationRecord.ignore(*@ignored)
          Synthesis::Runner.run(@adapter, @pattern, @formatter, @formatter_out)
        end
      end
      self
    end

    private
    def load_paths
      @libs.each { |path| $:.unshift(File.join(Dir.pwd, path)) }
    end
  end
end

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