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Genée International Ballet Competition 2011 Cape Town
The Academy's flagship event is just around the corner and promises to be as exciting as ever! The city of Cape Town, South Africa, will host the Genée International Ballet Competition for the first time, from 6-9 October.
The Semi-finals are taking place on 6-7 October. The finalists will then compete on 9 October for the coveted gold, silver or bronze medal, as well as significant prize money. The live audience at the Final will also vote for their favourite candidate who will receive a special Audience Award.
Royal Academy of Dance.
The RAD also presents Sizodanisa (Let's Dance!) on 5 October, a community dance project with ballet at centre stage, inspired by South Africa's passion for dance and the multitude of dance groups learning in the Townships, as well as Genée Dance Challenge, a national competition for young dancers across South Africa, on 8 October.
Buy your tickets through the Computicket website or Artscape Dial-A-Seat on +27 (0)214217695.
Genée International Ballet Competition 2011 – Cape Town
The competition is presented by the RAD in association with the City of Cape Town and is supported by the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Cape Town City Ballet. It will be staged at Artscape, the city's leading forum for the performing arts, with the Semi-finals taking place in the Theatre and the Final in the Opera House.
We are delighted to announce that David Nixon OBE, Artistic Director of Northern Ballet will chair the Judging Panel, joined by fellow Judges Professor Elizabeth Triegaardt, Executive Director of Cape Town City Ballet and Iain MacDonald, Artistic Director of South African Ballet Theatre. Finalists will compete for a coveted gold, silver or bronze medal, as well as significant prize money. The live audience at the Final will also vote for their favourite candidate who will receive a special Audience Award. Kirsten Isenberg, a South African choreographer, will create two exclusive variations (male and female) which will be premiered during the competition.
The RAD also presents Genée Dance Challenge, a national dance challenge for young dancers across South Africa on 8 October and Sizodanisa (Let's Dance!), a community dance project with ballet at centre stage, inspired by the South Africa's passion for dance and the multitude of dance groups learning in the Townships.


We are the Central Kentucky chapter of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, and we believe that all Lexington's workers deserve a wage that can sustain themselves and their families.
UPDATE (July 7): The Minimum Wage Ordinance has been recalled from the Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee and is going to the full council! There will be a council discussion session on August 20, 4 p.m. in the council chambers (200 E Main St).
Central Kentucky Chapter members are pushing forward to raise the minimum wage in Lexington, in the face of their city council members tabling the ordinance at the last Budget and Finance Committee hearing on June 23 for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government.
So far, it has been a summer of KFTC members and our allies in the Working Families Coalition building momentum by rallying, lobbying, writing op-eds, and giving testimony at hearings, and the chapter has no intention of backing down.
CKY Members and allies are planning to gather this Tuesday evening, July 7, at 6 p.m. at the LFUCG Council meeting to push for the ordinance to be heard by the entire Council in August after a summer recess.
Two rallies in Lexington have already been organized and carried out by chapter members and our allies this summer, the most recent on June 23 in Phoenix Park prior to the LFUCG Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee hearing. After the rally, supporters marched to the Budget and Finance Committee hearing.
Lexington Fayette County Urban Government is considering raising the minimum wage and the Central Kentucky KFTC Chapter has been hard at work moving the campaign forward.
The ordinance being considered would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 for hourly employees and $3.09 for tipped workers. Both rates of pay would be increased over a period of three years.
After three years, the minimum wage rate would be tied to inflation.


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Q: how to get json keys when im getting the json content in string format? Im getting my json in string format from the URI .
String srvdiagJson = getJsonFromHttpConnection(diagcon);

my json data looks like this.
{"hdd_errors":18446744073709552000,"vnet2_tx_packets":86647,"vnet2_rx":19753895921,"vda_write":2873672704,"hdd_read":180702,"vnet2_tx":15722682,"vnet2_rx_drop":691,"vnet2_rx_errors":0,"memory-swap_in":0,"hdd_read_req":78,"vnet2_tx_drop":0,"vnet2_tx_errors":0,"hdd_write":0,"memory":2097152,"memory-rss":1598552,"cpu0_time":48668260000000,"vda_read":251817472,"vda_write_req":267405,"vnet2_rx_packets":225351039,"memory-actual":2097152,"hdd_write_req":0,"vda_read_req":16222,"vda_errors":18446744073709552000}

I think there is no need of parsing the data.But i also tried parsing it on advice and kept it in both object and array. but i am unable to access any values.

A: You can use jackson to convert json string to java object and viceversa. e.g
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
String jsonStr = "{"hdd_errors":18446744073709552000,"vnet2_tx_packets":86647,"vnet2_rx":19753895921,"vda_write":2873672704,"hdd_read":180702,"vnet2_tx":15722682,"vnet2_rx_drop":691,"vnet2_rx_errors":0,"memory-swap_in":0,"hdd_read_req":78,"vnet2_tx_drop":0,"vnet2_tx_errors":0,"hdd_write":0,"memory":2097152,"memory-rss":1598552,"cpu0_time":48668260000000,"vda_read":251817472,"vda_write_req":267405,"vnet2_rx_packets":225351039,"memory-actual":2097152,"hdd_write_req":0,"vda_read_req":16222,"vda_errors":18446744073709552000}";

//JSON from String to Object
HddError obj = mapper.readValue(jsonStr, HddError.class);

A: Imports:

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

Code snippet:
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
try {
    JsonNode jsonNode = mapper.readTree(jsonStr);
    Iterator<String> it = jsonNode.fieldNames();
    while(it.hasNext()){
        System.out.println(it.next()); // Printing JSON KEYS
    }
} catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Implemented the parsing using Jackson parser

A: Using Jackson? You could try one of the following approaches to get the keys from your JSON:
Parsing JSON into a JsonNode
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

JsonNode root = mapper.readTree(json);

Iterator<String> it = root.fieldNames();
while (it.hasNext()){
    System.out.println(it.next());
}

Parsing JSON into a Map<String, Object>
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

TypeReference<LinkedHashMap<String, Object>> typeReference
    = new TypeReference<LinkedHashMap<String, Object>>() {};
Map<String, Object> root = mapper.readValue(json, typeReference);

root.keySet().forEach(System.out::println);

Both solutions require jackson-databind dependency.

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Q: MPAndroidChart: How to hide chart background? I'm using MPAndroidChart library v2.0.8. I can modify the background just outside the barchart but inside, there is still a grey background and I don't know which method I can use.
barchart = (BarChart) findViewById(R.id.chart);
barchart.setBackgroundColor(getRessouces().getColor(R.color.default_color));

I have this result :

I would like the default color into the chart too.
Thanks a lot,
Kamel

A: Have a look at the documentation.
You can remove or modify the background behind the "drawing-area" with these two methods:

*

*setDrawGridBackground(boolean enabled): If enabled, the background rectangle behind the chart drawing-area will be drawn.

*setGridBackgroundColor(int color): Sets the color the grid-background should be drawn with.


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Stablecoins and CBDCs might play 'meaningful role' in payments — Visa CEO
By Mississippi Digital Magazin On Jan 25, 2023
The chief executive of credit card giant Visa remains confident that blockchain-powered solutions can be integrated into its services and offerings to power the next generation of payments.
Speaking on a call at Visa's annual stockholder meeting on Jan. 24, outgoing CEO Al Kelly — who will officially step down on Feb. 1 — briefly shared the firm's plans for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and private stablecoins.
According to a Jan. 24 report from San Francisco Business Times, Kelly said:
"It's very early days, but we continue to believe that stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies have the potential to play a meaningful role in the payments space, and we have a number of initiatives underway."
"We've had an immaterial amount of investments in crypto funds and companies as we seek to invest in the payments ecosystem," the outgoing CEO explained.
Kelly also confirmed that Visa's balance sheet hasn't been impacted by some of the "high-profile failures" that rocked the cryptocurrency space in 2022:
"We've had no credit losses related to these failures […] In everything we do, please know that we're extremely focused on maintaining the integrity of Visa's payment system and the payment system in totality and of course, the reputation of our brand standing for trust."
Over the years, Visa has worked on a number of crypto-related initiatives.
Its research team began working on a blockchain interoperability project in September 2021, named the Universal Payment Channel (UPC) initiative, the project was designed to establish a "network of networks" for CBDCs and private stablecoins to pass through various payment channels.
Visa hasn't provided an update on the UPC in over 12 months, however.
More recently, the payment giant announced on Dec. 20, 2022, that it was chalking up a plan to allow automated bills to be paid out from a user's Ethereum-powered wallet.
Visa has also rolled out several "zero fee" cryptocurrency debit cards of late including a now-terminated agreement with FTX and a partnership with Blockchain.com on Oct. 26, 2022, which is still in effect.
A sample Visa-FTX debit card before Visa ultimately terminated the partnership agreement. Source: Yahoo Finance.
While Visa's 2022 annual report only included data up until Sept. 30 — about five weeks before FTX collapsed — more information may be revealed in Visa's Q1 2023 earnings call on Jan. 26.
Related: Bitcoin Lightning Network vs Visa and Mastercard: How do they stack up?
Visa President Ryan McInerney will officially replace Al Kelly as CEO on Feb. 1, while Kelly will remain on board as executive chairman.
McInerney appears to be equally, if not more bullish on blockchain-powered payment solutions too.
In an interview with Fortune in November 2022, McInerney said Visa still has "$14 trillion of cash out there being spent by consumers that can be digitized" and that they're continuing to explore where crypto payments may be best leveraged.
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When you think of the Ionian islands of Greece images of thickly-wooded hills, fishing villages with colourful wharf buildings lining their waterfronts and the clearest of seas will spring to mind. These images are of the sweet, silvery Paxos; an island we have heard of a great deal and yet never visited. Until now. The blog details our experiences on Paxos, the smallest of the Ionian islands.mallest of the Ionian islands.
A flight delay is never a great start to a holiday but with Sunvil at the helm we did not have to worry. Not only were we kept informed about the situation but, on arrival on Corfu we were transferred with Sunvil's other guests to the port of Kavos and taken to Paxos on a private taxi boat. It did not matter that we had missed the regular hydrofoil as Sunvil had a tried and tested plan which meant that we could just sit back and enjoy the moonlit trip across to Lakka. If I could choose a transfer method, this would be it.
The welcome pack provided ensured a relaxed breakfast on the terrace, listening to the bees buzzing in the bougainvillea, and taking in the view across the woodland and down to the sea. A lazy couple of hours followed, lounging by the pool and meeting fellow guests. All very quiet and peaceful, with plenty of shade.
A short drive into Loggos, and after picking up a few supplies from the supermarket, the afternoon was spent on the harbour, watching the world go by, very slowly.
The taverna nearest the apartment was very welcoming that evening.
We drove into Loggos in search of breakfast and WiFi and found both in the Taxibar. Amazing views across the harbour and honestly, the prettiest breakfast ever seen!
In the afternoon we set off for the beach and settled down under the shade of a large olive tree, followed by a leisurely swim in the sea. Part of the beach was a soft carpet of bark and leaves, but nearer the sea it became pebbles, making for a rather inelegant entry and egress! Not a bit like in the James Bond movies.
We dined in Loggos and had the biggest plate of seafood pasta ever seen.
Having seen Lakka in the dark on our arrival, we wanted to visit in daylight. We found it to be charming – but very busy compared with Loggos, which is more intimate. Had a delicious lunch in one of the quieter tavernas on the waterfront, meandered through the streets – even here the pace of life is gentle, the way it should be.
Decided to see a bit more of the island, so set off in the direction of Gaios, then headed towards Magazia which is a sleepy village inland, with a petrol station (useful, there are only 2 on Paxos). Coffee in an upmarket deli, which also sold delicious pies and cakes. Well we had to try them didn't we? There were two excellent restaurants in the village too – one traditional Greek, the other Italian. (We return later in the week to the latter, which had an amazing view from the terrace at the back. Unfortunately that was our last night, so didn't get to try the other one, which had been highly recommended).
Ignoring the map we ventured off the main road and continued through windy lanes off the beaten track, hoping we wouldn't meet any on-coming vehicles, only to find ourselves back in Lakka! The island is that tiny we were there before we knew it.
Continued on to Monodendri which boasted a beach. For people with families, or those who prefer somewhere a bit more lively this was lovely – bars, a swimming pool, sunbeds, a pool table, plenty of shade – but not for us, and we headed back for a lazy afternoon around our own pool.
Loggos is overlooked by a windmill so we took a walk along some steep paths to find it. As we climbed we got a great view of the former soap factory which dominates one end of the village and wondered what will become of it – a museum would seem fitting, but it will probably end up in the hands of developers – let's hope they don't spoil the ambience of this sleepy village. Continuing upwards, the path gave way to stunning views, well worth the effort.
Too early for dinner, we wandered along to a sign that said 'Seaside Taverna' – not expecting much, we followed the path down to find a large shady restaurant right on the beach but secluded from the village. Spent a relaxing hour or so drinking coffee and watching the waves crashing over the rocks, listening to good music. Wish we'd found it earlier in the week!
Last day – the week has gone very quickly and today we have to pack up to leave early in the morning. Still, it's not over yet! We headed back to the Seaside Taverna for a morning of lazing on the beach and swimming. Still haven't mastered the art of elegantly gliding into the water from a stony beach, but nobody knows me here! Spent a few hours relaxing before sampling the food in the restaurant, only to discover it served one of the best lunches in Loggos! Friendly staff, plenty of shade – perfect.
Another lazy afternoon at the apartment / pool before heading back to Magazia for our last meal of the holiday – and that Italian restaurant did not disappoint. Two great restaurants on the last day – we're just going to have to come back!
The homeward journey was smooth and uneventful – but I would have preferred a water taxi from Lakka! Now that would have finished the holiday off very nicely.
So what did we think of Paxos? Well, we were fairly confident that we would like it when we booked – Sunvil tells it like it is, the brochure is pretty spot on. It was truly delightful, quiet, but still with atmosphere, great food, lovely people. Perfect.
We were only there for a week, and because we wanted a chill-out week did not explore as much as we should have, and left with still so much to see – in fact the only thing that might stop us going back is that there are so many more Greek islands still to visit!


JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — Many economists regard asset purchases as the most powerful tool the Federal Reserve could use to stimulate the economy. But Michael Woodford, an economics professor at Columbia University, argued Friday that a second option would actually be much more effective – both because it would have significant economic benefits, and because the benefits of asset purchases are significantly overstated.
The option favored by Professor Woodford is a modified version of the Fed's statement that it intends to keep interest rates near zero until late 2014. In a paper presented at the annual monetary policy conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo., he said that the Fed should instead declare its intention to hold down interest rates until the economy meets certain benchmarks, like a specified increase in economic output. In other words, to increase growth now, the Fed must promise to tolerate higher inflation later.
The Fed's chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, has repeatedly resisted similar ideas, but in a separate speech at the conference earlier on Friday, he appeared to suggest a greater receptivity.
The core of Professor Woodford's argument is that changes in Fed policy can happen for two reasons: either its economic outlook changes, or the Fed decides to change the way that it responds to a given economic outlook – in other words, a change in strategy, or in circumstances.
The Fed has described its forecasts as reflecting a change in circumstances, not strategy. It has said that it is simply describing the way that it is most likely to act if the economy slogs along at the pace it presently predicts.
Professor Woodford writes that this is at best ineffective and potentially even damaging. It can be described as an effort to push down interest rates by convincing investors that the economy will remain weaker for longer than they had previously believed. But investors may not regard the Fed as having better information about the economic future. And if they do take it seriously, the implications are negative: The situation is worse than they thought, while the planned response is unchanged.
"Forward guidance of this kind would have a perverse effect, and be worse that not commenting on the outlook for future interest rates at all," he said.
What can work, he writes, is promising to behave differently. In the current situation, where the Fed would push rates below zero if it could, he argues that the proper response is to promise that it will refrain from raising interest rates above zero as quickly as circumstances would otherwise warrant.
Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, has embraced a version of this approach, arguing that the Fed should maintain interest rates near zero until the unemployment rate falls below 7 percent or the rate of inflation rises above 3 percent. Professor Woodford says this would be an "important improvement," but he prefers a different approach, tying Fed policy instead to a minimum rate of growth in the nominal gross domestic product (N.G.D.P.), meaning economic growth plus inflation.
Christina D. Romer, former chairwoman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, has explained the virtues of N.G.D.P. targeting.
Mr. Bernanke has generally resisted proposals for the Fed to shift its policy framework – and he has specifically branded as "reckless" ideas that would raise the Fed's inflation target, like N.G.D.P. targeting.
But he has also said that in periods of high unemployment the Fed sometimes should move more slowly to restrain rising inflation, and in his speech Friday he appeared to underscore that the Fed, at least in part, is trying to tell markets it plans to move more slowly.
Mr. Bernanke then made the further claim that the Fed was already sending this signal to markets, and that it was being received.
He noted in particular that a regular survey of economic forecasters has documented a steady drop in their estimate of how low unemployment must fall before the Fed's policy-making group, the Federal Open Market Committee, begins to withdraw its stimulus.
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Mountain Park Church reopens for limited church services
Clara Howell
Other local churches opt to say closed longer but have plans for reopening later this summer
Mountain Park Church opened its doors to the community June 7 — and the church has managed to get creative by live streaming services in separate rooms, allowing community members to return in-person.
Senior Pastor Gregg Borror said that following the governor's restrictions for Phase 1, which limited gatherings to 25 or less, the church felt they had enough rooms in the building — and a steady WiFi connection — to separate people by ages in various rooms and live stream services.
"It seemed like the easiest thing to do," Borror said. "People have loved it."
But not all churches have the ability to operate that way, and not all feel safe to do so.
Lake Oswego United Church of Christ is staying closed through Aug. 31.
"Primarily for safety and public health," said Pastor Jennie Ott, adding that there are other community members who share the facility as well. "We're trying to follow all the safety protocols for the county and the CDC. We also have a vulnerable population."
Since the churches closed due to COVID-19 concerns and gathering limitations, many have been recording and showing their worship services online.
Ott said the LOUCC has shown the worship services on YouTube every Sunday and they've had more people participating online than if they were meeting in person.
"Even more than we typically have on a Sunday," Ott said. "Surprisingly there's been benefits through this process as well."
Lake Bible Church is also in the process of working toward reopening with a tentative date set for Sunday, July 26.
"We're deferring it to that date because we have a COVID-19 Committee that is working very hard to put all the protocols in place, have all the equipment we (need), and have everyone practice to monitor the protocols," said Senior Pastor Jim Andrews, adding that he personally doesn't think everyone avoiding each other is much of a church service. "It's not my idea of a worship service — everyone coming in looking like masked bandits."
Andrews said when the church does reopen, they can space people out and accommodate most who will come in the auditorium. For people with children, the Great Room upstairs will be available. There will not be childcare available.
"There are some who have underlying conditions and they don't plan to show up for a while," Andrews said. "We've got some people that are still very fearful and cautious of big crowds."
Andrews said people can attend the service by reservation only.
"Everything will be closely monitored where people come in, where they exit. We will allow families to be closer together," Andrews said. "We will have masked singing … we'll have my message — I will not be masked when I bring the message — we will probably have communion but it'll be self-serve; we will not have people passing out communion cups and the bread."
Andrews said it's unhealthy for a church body to be separated for an extended period of time and that it's not only a spiritual institution, but a social hub where people value love and support.
Andrews reiterated that opening the church is not an act of rebellion.
"We're trying to cooperate with the program, but we think that time has come," he said.
Borror said Mountain Park Church will continue the live stream service and the video-based ministry during summer.
"We're trying to make it so people can connect with us however they want," Borror said. "We want to make it (live streaming) as good as we can afford to make it."
When Clackamas County enters Phase 2, the gathering size will be doubled.
"That would be pretty close to normal for us," Borror said. "We have a big enough space to do that. We are super excited about Phase 2."


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Yvonne es una película documental coproducción de Argentina y Francia filmada en colores dirigida por Marina Rubino sobre su propio guion que se estrenó el 28 de marzo de 2019. El filme trata sobre la vida de la monja Yvonne Pierron, una luchadora por los derechos humanos de larga trayectoria en Argentina.

Sinopsis
Un retrato posible de Yvonne Pierron, la monja francesa que fue compañera de Alice Domon y Léonie Duquet, detenidas-desaparecidas en la dictadura argentina, y que salvó su vida exiliándose en su propio país. Una alfabetizadora de la multiculturalidad. Una luchadora incansable y militante marginal de los movimientos populares de América Latina, en los que actuó durante los últimos 60 años.

Producción
La directora de este segundo fime, Marina Rubino, contó que la idea hacerlo fue de Juan Bautista Flores, un integrante del  equipo que vivió con Ivonne en Misiones. Rubino fue a verla cuando ya tenía 86 años, para preguntarle si quería que se hiciera, y aceptó de buen grado.

Críticas
Alejandro Lingenti en La Nación escribió:

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Información sobre  Yvonne en el sitio del cine nacional
 Información sobre  Yvonne en Internet Movie Data Base

Documentales de Argentina
Documentales de Francia
Películas sobre el Proceso de Reorganización Nacional

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Once Upon a Time, The Lucky Man was traveling along the Highway between Ragagaha and Nalanda with a large group of Beggars — Some 500 of them. And behind him, traveling along the same Highway was Suppiya the Wanderer and his young disciple Brahmadatta.
In this way the two of them, holding diametrically opposed views about him, were following in the very footsteps of the Buddha and that large group of Beggars on the Highway between Ragagaha and Nalanda.
[pts][wlsh] That night The Lucky man decided to stop at the Royal Resthouse in Ambalatthika park, and the large group of Beggars with him stopped there also, and so too did Suppiya the Wanderer and his young disciple Brahmadatta, and there, those two continued their debate as before.
"Isn't it wonderful! Isn't it marvelous, how The Lucky Man is one who so clearly delineates the various hearts of men? For here we have Suppiya the Wanderer speaking about the Buddha with many a disparaging word while his own disciple, Brahmadatta responds using words of praise; and the two, holding these diametrically opposed views about him, follow in the very footsteps of the Buddha and this large group of Beggars on the Highway between Ragagaha and Nalanda!"
[pts][wlsh] Then the Lucky Man, aware of the talk that had arisen amongst the Beggars, went to the meeting hall and sat down on the seat made ready. There he said: "What, Beggars, is the subject under discussion? What was the topic of conversation I interrupted?"
[pts][wlsh] "Beggars, if those of other views should speak about the Tathāgata in disparaging terms you should not for that reason get riled up, worked up, or upset, for if for that reason you were to get angry, resentful, and bear ill will, that would be an obstruction for you. If those of other views should speak about the Tathāgata in disparaging terms and for that reason you were to get riled up, worked up, or upset would you then be able to determine how far what was said was well or badly said?"
"Well then, Beggars, when those of other views should speak about the Tathāgata in disparaging terms you should simply break down the matter and explain that just this and that are not correct statements about the Buddha; just this and that are not to be found in him."
[pts][wlsh] And Beggars, if those of other views should speak about the Tathāgata in terms of praise you should not for that reason be gladdened, pleased or smug, for if for that reason you were to be happy, excited, or elated, that would be an obstruction for you. If those of other views should speak about the Tathāgata in terms of praise and for that reason you were to get happy, excited, or elated, would you then be able to determine how far what was said was well or badly said?
"Well then, Beggars, when those of other views should speak about the Tathāgata in terms of praise you should simply break down the matter and acknowledge that yes, just this and that are correct statements about the Buddha; just this and that are to be found in him."


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Somali salaries safe thanks to IMF deal
Saturday May 21, 2022 - 16:55:16 in News In English by Ali Adan
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to continue funding a $400m (£320m) aid package to Somalia, vital for the government to pay the salaries of civil servants and the military.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to continue funding a $400m (£320m) aid package to Somalia, vital for the government to pay the salaries of civil servants and the military. The announcement follows last week's much-delayed presidential election.
For many months the country's leading politicians were involved in a bitter dispute which led to election delays and potentially dire consequences if the IMF funding had been switched off.
But with the new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud now in office, the IMF has agreed to keep making the payments for the next three months.
That will give it time to consult with the new government, which needs to carry out economic reforms.
A three-year deal which was agreed in 2020 with the World Bank and the IMF should see Somalia's massive $5bn debt reduced to around $500m by next year.
Somalia's international partners have welcomed Sunday's election of President Mohamud, with many hoping it will draw a line under the long-running political crisis that has distracted the government from dealing with the Islamist militant threat and the drought.
The UN says more than three million Somalis are at risk of severe famine.


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James Normand
Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Normand qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1978, having trained with Spicer and Pegler (now part of Deloitte). Following a secondment (from 1985 to 1987) to 3i plc, Mr Normand specialised for the next 15 years in the provision of advice to management buy-out and buy-in teams and on corporate acquisitions, disposals and capital raisings. Since 2002, Mr Normand has filled management and finance officer roles for a number of different commercial and charitable organisations. Most recently, from 2009 to 2016, he was Finance Director of Pathfinder Minerals Plc, an AIM-traded minerals company. In an unremunerated extra-curricular capacity, Mr Normand is active in the governance of the Church of England, being Chair of the London Diocesan Synod's House of Laity and Chair of the Finance and Remuneration Committees of the Bishop of London's Council.
Rodger Sargent
Mr Sargent has been the founder and finance director of many quoted and private companies over the past twenty years, including Sports Internet Group plc, Bigblu Broadband plc, Audioboom Group plc and S4 Capital plc. He previously ran the family office of Betfair founder, Andrew Black. He qualified as a chartered accountant with PwC, London in 1996.
Simon Grant-Rennick
Independent Non-Executive Director
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This is a list of the main career statistics of former professional tennis player Hana Mandlíková.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Year-End Championships finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

WTA career finals

Singles: 52 (27–25)

Doubles: 38 (19–19)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Record against other top players
Mandlíková's win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:

Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

 Bettina Bunge 16–1
/ Helena Suková 12–2
 Sylvia Hanika 10–5
 Zina Garrison 9–4
 Wendy Turnbull 9–6
 Sue Barker 8–0
 Pam Shriver 8–2
 Virginia Ruzici 8–4
 Andrea Jaeger 8–6
 Barbara Potter 7–1
 Mima Jaušovec 7–4
 Kathy Jordan 7–5
 Chris Evert 7–21
/ Martina Navratilova 7–29
 Kathleen Horvath 6–0
 Lori McNeil 6–0
 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6–3
 Jo Durie 5–2
 Gabriela Sabatini 5–2
 Carling Bassett-Seguso 5–3
 Lisa Bonder 4–0
 Betty Stöve 4–0
 Andrea Temesvári 4–0
 Bonnie Gadusek 4–1
 Catarina Lindqvist 4–1
 Dianne Fromholtz 4–2
/ Manuela Maleeva 4–3
 Mary Joe Fernández 3–0
 Virginia Wade 3–0
 Nathalie Tauziat 2–0
 Kathy Rinaldi 2–1
 Billie Jean King 2–2
 Tracy Austin 2–7
 Rosemary Casals 1–0
 Françoise Dürr 1–0
 Julie Halard-Decugis 1–0
 Magdalena Maleeva 1–0
/ Natasha Zvereva 1–0
 Steffi Graf 1–8
 Amanda Coetzer 0–1
 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 0–1
// Monica Seles 0–2

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: 2016 Dierberg "Dierberg Vineyard" Santa Maria Valley Chardonnay
2016 Dierberg "Dierberg Vineyard" Santa Maria Valley Chardonnay (Elsewhere $32)
SKU #1447497 94 points Wine Enthusiast
The fascinating nose of this bottling is driven by wet stone, yet it also touches on orange rinds, fresh chives, lemongrass balm and a nearly basil-like aromatic without the green spice. It's lively on the palate with flint and crushed stone, showing very fresh and acid-driven flavors of lemon and ash, riding a firm tension through the sip. (MK) (7/2019)
92 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 Chardonnay Dierberg Vineyard, aged 15 months in 20% new oak, has a nose of honey toast, baked golden apple, wet hay, earth, white peach and almonds plus a tinge of crème fraîche. The palate is medium-bodied with a silky texture, very lively acidity and a long, nutty finish. (EB) (9/2019)
91 points Jeb Dunnuck
The 2016 Chardonnay Dierberg Vineyard (10 months in 30% new French oak) reveals a lighter gold color as well as a terrific bouquet of white currants and orchard fruits, brioche, spice, and hints of toasted bread. With medium body, a rounded, nicely textured style, good balance, and a great finish, drink it over the coming 4-6 years. (10/2019)
The 2016 Chardonnay Dierberg Vineyard is rich, ample and super-expressive. Lemon confit, pineapple, lime and tropical notes infuse this lush Chardonnay with plenty of character. Supple, open-knit and inviting, the 2016 is best enjoyed over the next handful of years. (AG) (9/2019)
91 points Wine Spectator
Focused and fresh-tasting, with lemon-lime notes to the fresh-cut apple, tangerine and ripe citrus flavors. Dried green herb and spice details show on the finish. (KM) (7/2019)
Winemaker's Notes: "This is Dierberg Vineyard classic. For those familiar with the vineyard's Chardonnay, there will be plenty to like in this wine. Its purity of fruit is deep but quiet, leaning on stone fruit and citrus expressions with only a hint of tropical notes in the background. The palate has a wonderful broad feel that connotes California, but never strays away from its backbone of refreshing acidity. Fermented in 400L French oak puncheons, 20% new, 50% malo."
2016 Dierberg "Dierberg Vineyard" Santa Maria Valley Chardonnay
Price: Hidden
WE: 94
RP: 92
JD: 91
WS: 91
- It's hard to believe that up until about 30 years ago, this extremely popular varietal hid behind the veil of geographical names like Chablis and Puligny-Montrachet. Now grown all over the world and bottled by its varietal name, Chardonnay has achieved a level of branding unlike any other wine. Surprisingly, though, what you get when you buy Chardonnay can differ greatly from country to country and even within one country, depending on the climate where it's grown and how it is vinified and aged. From fresh, crisp and minerally with apple and lemon notes to rich and buttery with tropical fruit overtones, Chardonnay runs the gamut. In France's Burgundy, Chardonnay is the source of the prized wines of Chablis, Corton-Charlemagne, Mâcon, Meursault and Montrachet. It also the foundation of exceptional Champagne, where it is blended with Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier or vinified on its own into Blanc de Blancs. It is also extremely popular in California, and is gaining popularity in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Spain and South Africa.
- With the explosive growth that California's wine industry has seen the past several years, it's easy to view winemaking and grape growing in the Golden State as a recent phenomenon. And while it's true that California's viticultural history is brief compared to several European countries, this state's roots date back well over 200 years. Due to the enormous response to California wine within the United States and worldwide, there are thousands of excellent and diverse wines being produced within the state each year.
Santa Maria/Santa Barbara
- Santa Maria and Santa Ynez make up the two AVAs of Santa Barbara County, an area known for its natural beauty and temperate climate. The best grape-growing areas, however, are located on the very coastal reaches of these two appellations, and are cooled by ever-present fog and ocean breezes (it is even cooler and foggier here than Carneros!). As expected, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir thrive while the more inland zones lay claim to Bordeaux varietals and some Rhône blends.
Alcohol Content (%): 13.2


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The government is on track to miss targets to reduce carbon emmissions, according to a report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). Under the current rate of progress, the UK will only reduce its carbon emissions by 21-23% between 2013 and 2025.
The committee blames the shortfall on the government's policies for residential energy efficiency – the Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). It suggests government needs to simplify and rationalise these policies, which account for a large part of the UK's ability to cut emissions.
The Green Deal – introduced in January last year to offer 25-year loans to pay for energy saving measures – has long been criticised for failing to attract a significant uptake due to high costs, with loan interest rates of around 7%.
According to the CCC, more than 200,000 Green Deal assessments have been carried out but only 2,500 Green Deal Finance plans have been signed, contributing to the limited levels of progress in energy efficiency.
ECO was introduced alongside the Green Deal to offer free solid wall insulation to low-income homes. However, it was changed by the current government, lowering ambitions with far less obligation on the companies, resulting in the limited progress in solid wall insulation.
The report shows that loft insulation rates decreased by 92% in 2013, to just under 130,000 installations. Cavity wall insulation also saw major reductions in installations, with just 170,000 in 2013, down from 500,000 average per year during the first carbon budget period, as households failed to take up the Green Deal.
Despite the introduction of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), the rate of low-carbon heat uptake is unlikely to reach the government's ambition of 12% of low-carbon heat demand in 2020. The committee sees the RHI as a realistic delivery mechanism for the forseeable future, yet uncertainty over RHI must be reduced. The CCC criticised the government for its lack of renewable energy target beyond 2020. It suggests funding for RHI should be pledged to 2020 as its current 2016 commitment undermines incentives for supply chain development.
The committee concluded that carbon budgets can be met at affordabe costs, but it will require the strengthening of key policies.


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Black Friday 2020 US
#Record Store Day
Everything you need to know about Black Friday at Rough Trade NYC!
Remaining stock now available online! Browse now.
Did you join us for the Record Store Day Drops in August, September or October? Black Friday will follow the same guidelines. Here's a refresher!
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Read our update on the measures we have taken to improve your online sale experience.
Below you will find all you need to know about the event at Rough Trade this year, including the all-important safety guidelines.
Shopping Guidelines
Ahead of Black Friday 2020, please take a moment to read through our Shopping Guidelines. Safety is our top priority and we kindly ask that you follow these guidelines on the day to help ensure the wellbeing of everyone.
Store is open from 9am - 5pm.
As usual, one copy per person, only. For fairness sake, we have to prohibit multiple buys of the same release.
Strictly first come, first served - no customer reservations.
Regretfully, there will be no live performance events, food or alcohol sales on the day. Please be advised, there will be no bathroom access.
We adhere to NYC Health guidelines, which requires staying home if feeling sick, always maintaining 6 feet of distance with other customers and wearing a face covering in store, at all times.
We will be providing a 'personal shopping service' for Black Friday releases. So, please have your wishlist ready prior to entering the store, and Rough Trade staff will look to obtain your selections for you. A wishlist form is available to print. Bring a pen with you if you plan on filling out your wishlist at the store. Please keep in mind that you may not get everything on your list and that the titles on the list may change.
To help us manage the safe capacity of the store, we kindly ask that you are prompt with your purchase, helping us ensure everyone receives service, as fast as possible.
As it will be a busy day with unprecedented requirements, we kindly ask that you are patient and courteous to all our staff members.
All remaining / unsold Black Friday titles will be available for sale on roughtrade.com from 5pm EST on the same day.
Enjoy! - this is a day to celebrate great music and great shops, so even with all the guidelines, we hope you'll find the release(s) you've been patiently waiting for, and as with all record purchases, they deliver a joy for decades to come!
Black Friday 2020 - Titles we're excited about
Uncle Tupelo - Live at Lounge Ax - March 24, 1994
Recording of Uncle Tupelo's full concert from Chicago's Lounge Ax club, originally broadcast live on WXRT. Pressed on two 33 RPM, 150 Gram LPs.
Karen Dalton - It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best
Originally released in 1969, Karen Dalton's Capitol debut album is highly sought after. Now becoming available on limited Record Store Day Exclusive vinyl.
Little Richard - Southern Child
I mean, look at that album cover. The great lost Little Richard album, produced by R.A. "Bumps" Blackwell. Finally issued as Richard intended, including the original cover art and new liner notes by Bill Dahl. This Record Store Day Black Friday release comes on yellow vinyl.
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith Alternate Versions
In conjunction with the reissue of Elliott Smith's 1994 self titled album on Kill Rock Stars, the label has unearthed alternate versions of some of the songs from that album, paired together with some original photography from the same era and a limited edition 12" 45 rpm companion piece.
Beastie Boys - Some Old Bullshit
Some Old Bullshit is a compilation album by the Beastie Boys released in 1994. It compiles several of their early EPs, recorded in the early 1980s. These recordings present a sound radically different from that of the hip-hop sound generally associated with the band. Instead, these songs represent the band's part in the early New York hardcore scene. The album also features taped segments originally heard on Noise the Show, a popular hardcore radio show on WNYU in New York that played early recordings from the Beastie Boys. These segments feature the hyperbolic introductions of Noise the Show's host, Tim Sommer, an early supporter of the band.
Aimee Mann - Bachelor No.2: 20th Anniversary Edition
The 20th anniversary of Aimee Mann's groundbreaking album in a deluxe double LP package with liner notes from Aimee Mann and five additional tracks: four songs written for Bachelor No. 2 that ended up on the Magnolia Soundtrack and a re-recorded version of "Wise Up". Completely remastered and pressed on colored double vinyl, this is the first time SuperEgo has released this album on vinyl.
Lou Reed Live at Alice Tully Hall January 27, 1973 - 2nd Show
Live At Alice Tully Hall - January 27, 1973 - 2nd Show captures Lou Reed's New York City live debut as a solo artist, at the Lincoln Center venue during his Transformer tour. He was backed by The Tots, a tight, funky, twin-guitar combo whose gritty bar-band approach offered an energized accompaniment to Reed's material, whether that was the Velvets ("Heroin," "Sweet Jane") or songs from his first two solo albums, Walk On The Wild Side and Vicious. Mixed from the original multi-track tapes by Matt Ross-Spring, these fourteen live tracks are available for the first time, released first on RSD Black Friday on two LPs pressed on burgundy vinyl and packaged with a new essay by Ed McCormack, rare pictures and memorabilia.
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (The Instrumentals)
Rare instrumental version of ODB's iconic debut album. Previously a highly collectible promo-only release, these instrumental mixes are reissued on LP for the first time since 1994. Includes a bonus 7" single featuring the new stripped versions of "Brooklyn Zoo" and "Shimmy Shimmy Ya".
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (Collector's Edition)
Each copy of this exclusive collector's edition is handcrafted on the press, using layers of color on top of one another to create a truly unique edition. Due to the nature of the manual process to pour each color onto the press by hand, each piece is unique in design. Hand-numbered Certificate of Authenticity included. Limited to 900 copies.


A-share market: is Beijing digging its own grave?
I have a son. He's six years old.
He enjoys reading, tae kwon do and learning about dinosaurs.
Like most kids, he also enjoys games, especially when he wins.
Also like most kids, he used to occasionally change the rules of a game midway through if he noticed that he was losing.
But now that he's six, he's learning that he doesn't have to win every game every time for life to be OK.
Beijing regulators and politicians are learning an equally simple lesson: you cannot control a free market.
But as they struggle to reinflate the bubble they created, they are learning another lesson: Chinese investors, like any investors in a free market, can vote.
Their voting is not with ballots but with brokerage orders, through their decisions to buy, sell or hold assets.
And so far, Beijing's orders, encouragements and threats aimed at quickly reinflating the bubble it created have received a vote of no confidence.
The more policy Band-Aids Beijing throws at the problem, the more it demonstrates that it can't control a free market.
The more it muscles equity prices up through brute force — capital injections, coercion or stopping trading to lock investors' money in stocks — the more it destroys what little trust investors had in the Chinese financial system.
This short-term thinking has already killed far more future economic value for China than whatever is lost in this bubble.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission has an impossible job: like any stock market regulator, it's supposed to maintain trustworthy and orderly markets.
But it's also supposed to uphold market valuations.
A country can have total control, or it can have free markets.
Its logic was understandable, even if most economists would consider its judgment inexperienced.
The CSRC, along with other policymakers, saw growth in China's gross domestic product declining, weak export levels and — most importantly — official debt approaching 300 percent of GDP (unofficial debt brings that number higher).
By boosting the stock market and then reopening the market for initial public offerings, policymakers hoped to inject equity into the private sector.
Beijing likely wanted to add equity to overleveraged banks in particular – but knew they had to trade at much higher valuations before issuing new shares.
And Beijing policymakers, long considered by the rest of the world to be insecure about their public image, likely wanted a stock rally to add good economic news to China's newsfeed.
If China can create empty cities and empty roads in the middle of nowhere, it can surely create a stock rally from nothing, too.
By encouraging mainlanders to buy stocks with propaganda campaigns, encouraging them to buy even more by opening up margin lending and by lowering the People's Bank of China's benchmark interest rates four times, from 6 percent to 4.85 percent, Beijing got the stock rally it wanted.
Rather than adding long-term investment money to high-quality companies, investors seized the opportunity to make quick profits using borrowed money.
The CSRC inadvertently brought Macau to the mainland.
Farmers, fishermen and laborers opened more than a million brokerage accounts per day at the peak, pouring money into stocks as margin debt rose more than 500 percent in one year to reach 3.5 percent of GDP – which Goldman Sachs says is the highest ratio in the history of global equity markets.
Margin equaled 10-17 percent of the total value of traded shares, by various estimates.
And these are just official margin debts that don't include China's massive shadow margin lending.
Shanghai shares alone rose more than 150 percent, but the banks and steady large-caps — the sorts of companies policymakers most wanted to recapitalize — barely rose.
Investors were too busy chasing quick profits in hot stocks.
Some days, the stock turnover in China's exchanges was greater than the turnover in the rest of the world's exchanges combined.
China went from having a slowing economy and a debt problem to having a slowing economy, a debt problem, a stock bubble problem and a margin debt problem.
The bungled response also worsened China's trust problem — China's biggest economic "keep out" sign by far.
Local investors seemed to trust Beijing at the beginning of the rally — or at least trusted that other investors would trust Beijing, creating an opportunity for quick profits from the crowd frenzy.
But when the bubble began to burst — all bubbles burst eventually — Beijing's frantic desperation to change the rules of the game midway through undermined the confidence of investors both inside and outside China.
Before seeing Beijing's recent behavior, many foreign investors were feeling more optimistic about China.
China's shares were on course for inclusion in world stock indexes.
China was liberalizing its financial markets, seeking greater respect on the international scene.
China was talking about freer capital movements.
Beijing undoubtedly wanted the economic benefit from all these actions.
But taking benefit from a group requires playing by the rules of the group.
The world's investors now know that instead of abiding by international standards, Beijing will attempt to manipulate markets whenever it wants and however it wants.
Foreign investors have withdrawn 40 billion yuan (US$6.45 billion) from mainland shares through Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect since last month.
The number is small only because foreign investment was still small.
Beijing will prioritize short-term control above all else.
It always does when it feels nervous.
But for the benefit of China's economy, the best thing to do would be nothing.
The rest of the world will trust China's stock market — if it's still possible — when they see that mainland investors don't treat it as a casino and that the government doesn't see it as a game the government has to always win.
Any reasonable economist in any country, including China, would agree that a stock market is healthiest when it channels long-term investment to high-quality companies and lets economics determine which companies receive capital and how much.
That seems obvious, but China's stock markets barely do this, partly because investors have learned to profit from erratic government intervention instead of from finding high-quality companies with high-quality management teams.
Such companies often list their shares outside China, because they're better appreciated elsewhere.
One point in Beijing's defense.
Its mistakes and blunders seem normal for any country adapting to a free market after decades of total state control.
Russia, for instance, struggled significantly more 25 years ago — and retrenched.
The Chinese people grasp enterprise and capitalism expertly.
But Beijing seems terrified to admit mistakes for fear that its regime will topple.
This attitude of false perfection severely limits Beijing's credibility with the rest of the world, which didn't grow up reading Beijing's version of history and watching Beijing's version of the news.
Beijing should not seek to promote expensive markets for no economic reason — using propaganda as a tool further disconnects stock valuations from company cash flows (which determine stock valuations in every market but China's).
Beijing should focus the CSRC exclusively on market function — telling it to ignore market valuation — and the CSRC should actively encourage short selling, options and hedging to allow investors to express their economic views.
Beijing should allow markets to settle at whatever valuations their cash flows support and redirect its efforts into removing China's many roadblocks to the creation of sustainable economic value.
That's a longer, harder solution than lending people margin money and telling them to buy more stocks.
But it's the only way China's economy will achieve the growth rates its leaders want.
That growth — and the trust that steady profits from well-run businesses would bring — is far more valuable to China over the next five, 10, or 15 years than the loss of an artificial rally.
Beijing wants at all costs for the Chinese people to never question its control.
But if it continues to destroy trust, that's exactly what the people will be doing.
Nobody wants to play cards in a rigged casino.
James Early is chief executive and Alex Pape, CFA, is chief investment officer of Iwaitou.
The full article appeared in the August 2015 issue of Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly.
James Early is chief executive of Iwaitou. Alex Pape is Chief Investment Officer of the firm.


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Analysis: Trump's bold Joe Arpaio pardon breaks with presidential tradition
Gregory Korte
WASHINGTON — Almost everything about President Trump's pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio was unusual.
Trump chose a politically polarizing anti-immigration sheriff as the recipient of his first pardon — the kind of controversial grant of clemency recent presidents have reserved for the 11th hour rather than their first act.
Arpaio didn't meet the Justice Department guidelines for a pardon. His conviction wasn't five years old, he hadn't expressed remorse and he hadn't even applied to the Office of Pardon Attorney.
The day before, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the president would follow a "thorough and standard process" in considering the pardon. That process usually requires seven layers of review and an FBI background check.
More:White House: Trump will follow standard process for Arpaio pardon
Decision:Joe Arpaio says Trump kept him guessing about pardon, too
Related:With Joe Arpaio free, 5 things to know about presidential pardons
No matter. The constitutional authority to "grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States" is arguably the most absolute power a president has.
He has to work with Congress to pass bills, appoint cabinet secretaries or negotiate treaties. But a pardon can be granted with the stroke of a pen — sometimes not even that — and can't be overturned by the Congress or the courts. Once delivered, not even the president himself can take it back.
More:No need for paperwork: Trump could pardon Sheriff Joe Arpaio in a tweet
Despite the absolute nature of the power — or perhaps because of it — presidents are often downright shy about it.
President Harry Truman didn't publicly disclose his pardons. President Gerald Ford pardoned his predecessor, Richard Nixon, on a Sunday morning with no advance warning. President George H.W. Bush pardoned key figures in the Iran-Contra affair only after losing re-election. President Bill Clinton pardoned fugitive financier Mark Rich, two Democratic congressmen, a figure in the Whitewater scandal and his own brother — all on his last day in office.
None of them telegraphed their intentions quite like Trump, who had been openly hinting at the Arpaio pardon for two weeks. "I think he's going to be just fine," Trump said at a campaign rally in Phoenix on Tuesday. But he said he wouldn't announce the pardon then because it would be too "controversial."
"This is just the most in-your-face gesture imaginable for the pardon power," said Mark Rozell, dean of the public policy school at George Mason University and a pardon scholar. "We're going to pardon someone who hasn't admitted that what he's done is a crime, and has shown no remorse."
Indeed, President Ronald Reagan refused to pardon the Iran-Contra figures, including Lt. Col. Oliver North, because it would signal that North had done something illegal that needed pardoning. While a pardon can undo a conviction in the eyes of the law, it can also condemn them in the eyes of history.
"From the very beginning I've said that to consider a pardon would leave — even if I did that — would leave them under a shadow of guilt for the rest of their lives," Reagan said the month before he left office.
In pardoning Arpaio — who had been convicted just last month for defying a judge's order to release from jail people suspected of nothing more than an immigration offense — Trump also bypassed 2,270 other pending applications for pardons, most of which have been waiting for years.
Beyond Arpaio — and reportedly figures in the Russia investigation — Trump seems to have shown very little interest in the pardon power. The Office of Pardon Attorney has no director, and Trump has not provided the office with any guidance about how to process its pending cases.
On Friday night, Trump tweeted one of his reasons for the Arpaio pardon, saying the 85-year-old former sheriff "kept Arizona safe." Opponents said he engaged in racial profiling and physical abuse of Hispanic inmates.
P.S. Ruckman Jr., a political scientist who has studied the history of presidential pardons, says Trump's use of a pardon for Arpaio looks more like crass politics than a serious use of an important presidential power.
"This looks more like a stunt," he said. "He'll get the mileage out of it, and the publicity, and rile up the base."
But after dangling the possibility of a pardon so publicly, he said, "it would be bizarre if he didn't pardon the guy."


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Heat conduction in one dimensional nonintegrable systems
Bambi Hu1,2, Baowen Li1,3 1, and Hong Zhao1,4 1 Department of Physics and Centre for Nonlinear Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
2 Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston TX 77204-5506
3 Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 119260 Singapore
4 Department of Physics, Lanzhou University, 730000 Lanzhou, China
11To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email:
Received 17 June 1999
Two classes of 1D nonintegrable systems represented by the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) model and the discrete ϕ4 model are studied to seek a generic mechanism of energy transport in microscopic level sustaining macroscopic behaviors. The results enable us to understand why the class represented by the ϕ4 model has a normal thermal conductivity and the class represented by the FPU model does not even though the temperature gradient can be established.
PACS numbers: 44.10.+i, 05.70.Ln, 05.45.-a, 66.70.+f
††preprint: HKBU-CNS-9904
Heat conduction in one-dimensional (1D) nonintegrable Hamiltonian systems is a vivid example for studying microscopic origin of the macroscopic irreversibility in terms of deterministic chaos. It is one of the oldest but a rather fundamental problem in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics [1] . Intended to understand the underlying mechanism of the Fourier heat conduction law, the study of heat conduction has attracted increasing attention in recent years [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] .
Based on previous studies, we can classify the 1D lattices into three categories. The first one consists of integrable systems such as the harmonic chain. It was rigorously shown [12] that, in this category no temperature gradient can be formed, and the thermal conductivity is divergent. The second category includes a number of nonintegrable systems such as the Lorentz gas model [2, 10] , the ding-a-ling and alike models [3] , and the Frenkel-Kontorova (FK) model [5] and etc.. In this category, the heat current is proportional to N−1 and the temperature gradient dT/dx∼N−1, thus the thermal conductivity κ is a constant independent of system size N. The Fourier heat conduction law (J=−κdT/dx) is justified. The third category also includes some nonintegrable systems such as the FPU [4, 6] chain, the diatomic Toda chain [7] , the (mass) disorder chain [8] , and the Heisenberg spin chain [9] and so on. In this category, although the temperature gradient can be set up with dT/dx∼N−1, the heat current is proportional to Nα−1 with α∼0.43, the thermal conductivity κ∼Nα which is divergent as one goes to the thermodynamic limit N→∞.
These facts suggest that the nonintegrability is necessary to have a temperature gradient, but it is not sufficient to guarantee the normal thermal conductivity in a 1D lattice. This picture brings us to ask two questions of fundamental importance: (i) Why do some nonintegrable systems have normal thermal conductivity, while the others fail? (ii) How can the temperature gradient be established in those nonintegrable systems having divergent thermal conductivity?
The reason for the divergent thermal conductivity in integrable system is that the energy transports freely along the chain without any loss so that no temperature gradient can be established. The set up of temperature gradient in nonintegrable systems implies the existence of scattering. However, the different heat conduction behavior in the two categories of nonintegrable systems indicates that the underlying mechanism must be different. To get the point, let's write the Hamiltonian of a generic 1D lattice as
H=∑iHi,Hi=p2i2+V(xi−1,xi)+U(xi), (1)
where V(xi−1,xi) stands for the interaction potential of the nearest-neighbor particle and U(xi) is an external (or on-site) potential. The origin of external potential in real physical systems varies from model to model. For instance, in the FK model [5] the external potential is the interaction of the adsorbed atoms with the crystal surface. It is U(x) that distinguishs from the two categories of nonintegrable lattices. U(x) vanishes in all 1D lattices having divergent thermal conductivity. We are thus convinced to conclude that the external potential plays a determinant role for normal thermal conduction.
In this paper we would like to study the scattering mechanism and the role of the external potential in heat conduction in the two categories of nonintegrable systems. For this purpose, we choose two representatives from these two categories, i.e. the discrete ϕ4 model (see, e.g. Ref. [13] ) and the FPU model. Both models are the simplest anharmonic approximation of a monoatomic solid. In the ϕ4 model, V takes the harmonic form, and the external potential U(x)=mx2/2+βx4/4, with m fixed to be zero in this paper. In the FPU model, U vanishes and V takes the anharmonic form of (xi−xi−1)2/2+β(xi−xi−1)4/4, and β=1 throughout this paper. In the case of β=0, the FPU model reduces to the harmonic chain.
In our numerical simulations the Nosé-Hoover thermostates [14] are put on the first and the last particles, keeping them at temperature T+ and T−, respectively. The motion of these two particles are governed by
¨x1=−ζ+˙x1+f1−f2,˙ζ+=˙x21/T+−1
¨xN=−ζ−˙xN+fN−fN+1,˙ζ−=˙x21/T−−1. (2)
where fi=−(V′+U′) is the force acting on the i'th particle. The equation of motion of other particle is ¨xi=fi−fi+1. The eighth-order Runge-Kutta algorithm was used. All computations are carried out in double precision. Usually the stationary state set in after 107 time units. We should point out that we have performed computations by using other types of thermostate, and no qualitative difference has been found.
Figure 1: (a) Temperature profiles for the FPU model, the ϕ4 model, the harmonic and the monoatomic Toda model. (b) The quantity J×N versus the system size N for the FPU (solid square) and the ϕ4 (solid circle). That of the harmonic and the monoatomic Toda are shown in the inset of (b). The lines in (b) and its inset are drawn for guiding the eye. T+=0.3, T−=0.2.
Fig. 1(a) shows temperature profiles. In all nonintegrable systems, the temperature scales as T=T(i/N). However, in the FPU case there is a singular behavior near the two ends, which is a typical character of 1D nonlinear lattices having divergent thermal conductivity. In the same figure we also show the temperature profiles for two integrable lattices: the harmonic and the monoatomic Toda models. In these two cases no temperature gradient could be set up and the stationary state corresponds to T=(T++T−)/2, which is consistent with the rigorous result [12] .
In Fig. 1(b), we plot the quantity J×N versus N for the FPU model and the ϕ4 model. The inset shows the same quantity for the harmonic chain and the monoatomic Toda chain. The local heat flux is defined by Ji=˙xi∂V∂xi+1. We found that when the system reaches a stationary state, the time average ⟨Ji⟩ is site independent, it is denoted as J. For the harmonic chain and the monoatomic Toda chain J×N is expected to be proportional to N since J is N-independent. This is indeed the case as illustrated in the inset. In both the FPU and the ϕ4 models dT/dx is proportional to −1/N, the thermal conductivity κ=−J/(dT/dx)∝J×N. Fig. 1(b) tells us that, in contrast to the integrable systems and the FPU model, heat conduction in the ϕ4 model obeys the Fourier law.
Figure 2: The momentum excitation in different lattices. (a) the harmonic chain; (b) the monoatomic Toda chain; (c) the FPU model; and (d) the ϕ4 model. Inset in (d) illustrates the time evolution of the total momentum of the ϕ4 chain.
The heat current J in all nonintegrable systems decreases as the system size N is increased (J∼Nα−1,0<α<1). To clarify the underlying mechanism we decompose the interaction of the thermostat into a series of kicks and study the transport of a single kick along the chain. A free boundary condition is used in our calculation, but we should stress that the results do not depend on the types of boundary condition. In Fig. 2 we plot pi versus i after a long time (t=800) for four lattices: the harmonic chain (a); the monoatomic Toda chain (b); the FPU model (c); and the ϕ4 model (d). The amplitude of the wave profile in the harmonic chain decreases continuously with time, but the global profile keeps unchanged. In both the FPU and the Toda models, we observe a solitary wave separates from the long tail. Initially this wave front is connected with other low amplitude excitations. After a certain time, this wave front, moves faster, separates from the tail and goes forward and keeps its amplitude. In the mean time the tails behind it evolve in the same way as that in the harmonic chain. In the ϕ4 model, the head part of the profile becomes weaker and weaker. The reason is that in the first three cases (a-c) both the total energy and the total momentum are conserved, whereas in the ϕ4 model the momentum conservation breaks down due to the external potential. The inset in Fig. 2(d) shows that the total momentum in the ϕ4 model decreases at least exponentially with time. The decay of the momentum with time indicates a loss of correlation. It is thus reasonable to envisage the energy transport along the ϕ4 chain as a random walk-like scattering.
The solitary waves in the FPU chain exchange energy and momentum when colliding with each other. It causes the energy loss, and the heat current decreases when the system size is increased. To show this, we start two excitations at the two ends of the chain with different momentum, one moves to the right and another left. Let p1=6, pN=3 and pi=0,i≠1 and N as our initial excitations. We calculate the momentums of the solitary waves (by simply summing up momentums of several lattices around the peaks) and investigate its change before and after the interaction. We find that the bigger one generally transfers part of its momentum and energy to the smaller one, as is shown in Fig. 3(a). The collision takes place at t=850, where a peak is shown up.
Figure 3: (a) The time dependence of the momentum of a solitary wave. (b) The momentum (after collision) versus the phase. Solid triangle represents the results of the case in which both left and right solitary waves have the same initial momentum. Solid circle represents the case of the solitary waves having different initial momentum (see text for more in detail). The horizontal line is the momentum before collision. (c) The maximal momentum gain Δpmax versus initial momentum p0. (d) The ratio of the heat flux of J(400)/J(800) versus the average temperature T=(T++T−)/2 in the semi-logarithmic scale. The results shown here are for the FPU model.
Moreover, the interaction between solitary waves is found to depend closely on a "phase" difference. Here the "phase" difference is defined as a time lag between the excitations of two solitary waves. For instance, if we excite a solitary wave from the left end at time t, and another one from the right end at time t+δ, then δ is the "phase" difference. These two solitary waves, traveling through the chain in opposite directions, will collide with each other after a certain time. Although the physical meaning of the "phase" is not obvious, it is an important and good quantity to describe the interaction. We show paL versus δ for two different kinds of collision in Fig 3(b), where paL is the momentum of the solitary wave from the left after collision. In the first case both left and right solitary waves have the same initial momentum pL=pR=6.27, which is excited by an initial condition of p1=pN=6 and pi=0 for other i. In the second case, the left one has pL=6.27 and the right one pR=3.28, excited by an initial condition of p1=6, pN=3 and pi=0 for i≠ 1 and N. The figure shows that PaL depends on the "phase" sinusoidally.
Other interesting features of the collision of solitary waves are shown in Fig. 3(c), where we plot the maximum momentum gain Δpmax versus the initial momentum p0 for the FPU model. Δpmax is measured by subtracting the initial momentum p0 from the maximum pL in Fig. 3b. First of all, this picture tells us that the exchange of momentum and energy depends on the initial momentum and energy. Secondly, there exists a critical momentum below which no energy exchange can take place. The critical pc0∼1.8 is clearly seen in the figure. For p0<pc0, Δpmax is zero. This result is very significant, it indicates that there exists a threshold for the solitary wave interaction, below this threshold the interaction ceases, i.e. no momentum and energy exchanges between the solitary waves. A direct consequence of this fact is the existence of a threshold temperature below which the FPU chain should behave like a harmonic chain, namely, the excited waves travel freely along the chain without any energy loss, no temperature gradient can be set up, and the heat current remains a constant even though the size of the chain is changed. To testify this argument, we show the quantity J(400)/J(800) versus T=(T++T−)/2 in Fig. 3(d), where J(N) is the heat current flux for the system of size N. In the case of a size-independent J(N) one should get J(400)/J(800)=1, otherwise one would get J(400)/J(800)>1. Fig. 3(d) captures this transition nicely for the FPU chain. The corresponding temperature threshold is about Tc∼0.01. In the region of T∼0.001 the numerical calculations do show that no temperature gradient is formed.
The different scattering mechanism in the FPU chain and those chains having normal thermal conductivity leads to a different temperature dependence of thermal conductivity κ(T). In Fig. 4 we plot κ(T) for a FPU chain with an external potential of form U(x)=−γcos(2πx) for four different values of γ=0,0.01,0.05 and 0.1. The chain size is fixed at N=100. As pointed out above, in small γ regime such as γ=0 and 0.01, the energy transport is assisted by the solitary waves, the system has a large κ which decreases as the temperature is increased. However, in the opposite regime (γ=0.05 and 0.1), the energy transport is diffusive and obeys the Forier law, κ increases with temperature, because more phonons are excited.
Figure 4: The thermal conductivity κ(T) for the FPU chain with an external potential U(x)=−γcos(2πx).
In summary, by studying two classes of 1D nonintegrable lattices, we have answered the two questions raised at the beginning: (i) The multiple scattering of the excited modes by the external potential leads to a decay (at least exponentially) of correlation, so that a diffusive transport process can be reached, and the heat conduction obeys the Fourier law; (ii) Although the interaction of solitary waves makes it possible to set up temperature gradient in the FPU and alike nonintegrable models, the momentum conservation prohibits the diffusive transport and consequently leading to the divergent thermal conductivity. In addition, we have uncovered an important fact in the FPU model, namely, the existence of a threshold temperature, below which the FPU mode behaves like a harmonic chain.
BL would like to thank G. Casati for useful discussions. This work was supported in part by Hong Kong Research Grant Council and the Hong Kong Baptist University Faculty Research Grant.
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Message of the UN Secretary-General to the 32nd session of IFADs Governing Council
Message of the UN Secretary-General to the 32nd session of IFAD's Governing Council
I am delighted to send my best wishes to the thirty-second session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
You meet at a time when the global financial crisis is compounding the impact of the food crisis, making the challenges facing the world's most vulnerable people all the more difficult.
We know that world poverty cannot be reduced without improvements in agriculture, especially smallholder agriculture. Most poor people are farmers. Most farm work is done by women. Their efforts contribute greatly to the domestic product of poor countries. Poor farmers can raise their productivity, and double, or even triple, their output. The United Nations system must play its role in ensuring they do so.
The Comprehensive Framework for Action of the High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis stipulates two urgent and complementary priorities. We must address the immediate needs of the world's hungry. We must also contribute to longer-term global food and nutrition security by building resilience to challenges and crises, including climate change, that endanger the hard-fought development gains we have achieved.
IFAD is a crucial ally of the world's smallholder farmers. As an innovative partnership between OPEC, the OECD and developing countries, it is an example of the global collaboration that is necessary to achieve our collective goals. I note in particular that during these difficult times, IFAD's membership has responded to the effective reforms the Fund has undertaken and recognized the Fund's crucial role by agreeing to the largest replenishment of resources in IFAD's history.
I would like to thank President Lennart Båge for his leadership of IFAD and for his wider contribution to the United Nations system. Notable in this regard were his chairmanship of the Chief Executives Board High-Level Committee on Programmes and his strong contribution to my task force on the food crisis. It has been a pleasure to work with him and I look forward to working closely with his successor. I also look forward to the steps IFAD's Governing Council will take at this session to give further impetus to our efforts to eradicate hunger and poverty. Please accept my best wishes for a productive session.
Rome, 18 February 2009


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Singing in the Rain & The Magic of Wet Weather Adventures
From torrential downpour, sporadic showers to light drizzle, at an inflatable water park not only does it not matter if you are getting wet, it enhances the fun!
A wet Wednesday in August. This is a sentence that can still spike my stress levels even seven years after it's impact was first felt. Growing up in a county steeped in tourism, I had many, many, many frantically busy summer jobs catering to this industry. The population of my small village triples in size every summer season. Overnight, the campsite that stretches along the length of the local beach will turn from entirely empty into a full and thriving site. Like swallows returning to roost, the tourists will return for their season in the sun. The sun, however, does not always keep such a faithful promise.
I served ice-cream to families who were standing in front of me on the harbour wall, staring in utter bewilderment at the torrential rain splashing off their flip-flops and chocolate flakes. I poured coffees and the most decadent of hot-chocolates to families, frantically marching around picturesque villages during downpours, as they strived desperately to somehow keep the morale high. I would watch as teenagers sullenly traipsed behind parents, who were gritting their teeth at the weather and trying to keep a firm hold on soggy children whose pent-up energy could not be abated by the sight of yet another fishing boat. I thought, as I served lunch and dinners in cafés and restaurants across the county, that I had seen and handled it all when it came to hundreds of people whose dream and desire for a fun and relaxing holiday had been drowned by the Great British weather. That was until I worked at one of the UK's biggest tourist attractions, The Eden Project.
It transpires that this is one of the places that families and visitors flock to on rainy summer days. Peak flocking occurs in August, in the middle of the week, when the only place that seems remotely appealing on a rainy Wednesday, is the place of big bubble shaped shelters. I was there the summer that Eden also threw an incredible and slightly terrifying dinosaur exhibit into the mix. By the end of such a day, about ten thousand people will have been on site, marching through the biomes like rainforest ants. Children will have been lost and found, baobab smoothies will have been bought, hair will have frizzed from the humidity of the rainforest biome, people will have fainted from the heat, souvenirs bought, pasties bought, plants bought (and tree frogs probably not seen as we allowed them to hide after being poked so many times) and inevitably tempers newly frayed at the stress of so many people exploring an enclosed space.
It really is an interesting, educational and fun place to visit. Except, on a wet Wednesday in August. Then it is a very niche and particularly humid kind of hell.
The thing is, what makes that place seem like the perfect solution to a rainy holiday is actually the problem – running and hiding indoors. Instead, the very best thing to do is embrace it! What is the perfect thing to do on a rainy summer holiday in the south-west? When the weather is wet, hit the water! For a day out in Dorset this summer holiday, you can have fun activities with kids, friends and family with your own outdoor Dorset adventure. When you are outside, even the busiest of peak seasons do not feel as overcrowded as they do when you are doing indoor activities. Everyone still has room and fresh air to breathe. Swap battling with an umbrella for zipping into a wetsuit provided at Dorset Adventure Park and play in the rain.
From torrential downpour, sporadic showers to light drizzle, at an inflatable water park not only does it not matter if you are getting wet, it enhances the fun! Wet weather makes for the perfect pairing for a water adventure. You can dive into the lakes, comforted by the watchful eyes of trained lifeguards, you can battle each other on our total wipeout inflatable course, and you can charge through the mud obstacle course on our mud trail. When it is raining it only heightens the excitement, hilarity, drama and fun of playing in the mud. Slip, slide and splash your way through a wet and rainy day, at an outside water park, you'll do it all with a genuine smile on your face.
The rain is something that can make a day, a moment, a memory and an experience better. When we stop fighting against it and embrace it, that is when those magic moments in life can really happen. Don't believe me? Then I present to you, Exhibit A: Movie Moments Made By Big Rain Scenes. Snappy title, I know.
The rain scene in this film prompts the emotional outpouring of the lost lovers finally admitting their teenage romance STILL ISN'T OVER. A scene so iconic it burnt into the brains of '00's girls the western world over and became the movie poster.
Another movie moment so seminal that it is one of the scenes most associated with the film and again, makes the movie poster. The liberation of the character in that moment is epitomised by the rain running on his face, skin and outstretched arms. There is nothing more liberating than the freedom found in embracing the rain with open arms.
This may not be such a classic example and yet it is arguably one of the most epic movie moments in what is quite literally, an epic movie franchise. The Battle at Helms Deep is a turning point in the story and one of the most dramatic moments in the three films. The first big battle of good vs evil and just as the two sides are about to face off and the tension is drawn tighter than Legolas's bow string, the rain begins to fall. The rain releases all that pent-up tension and heightens the drama of such a high stakes and wild movie moment. You can barrel through the mud obstacle course in Dorset Adventure Park and really imagine battling through the mud against the Uruks and Orcs of Mordor!
Singing In The Rain
A movie scene so magical that it is the movie title. The legendary Gene Kelly dances down the street in a torrent of rain. His euphoria, excitement and bliss can not be contained and needs to bubble out like the rain running down. He sings and splashes into puddles with aplomb and performs the most iconic dance scene in movie history. It says a lot when a tap dance is still stuff of awe and legend.
Let these magical movie moments inspire your own splash adventure and don't stress about searching for indoor things to do with kids, friends and family but make your own water world at Dorset Adventure park – perfect for a wet Wednesday in August.
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