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GEN 4.2 Air navigation services charges
1. TERMINAL AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES
The Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Navigation Services Agency (BHANSA) is responsible for provision of terminal air navigation services within TMA and CTR of international airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina (International Airport Sarajevo, International Airport Mostar, International Airport Tuzla and International Airport Banja Luka).
1.2 CALCULATION FORMULA
As a single operation it shall be considered one landing on and one take-off from the airport concerned.
Terminal charges are calculated in accordance with the following formula:
R = t x n
where R is the charge, t the unit rate of charge, and n the number of service units corresponding to such a flight.
The number of service units shall be obtained by means of the following formula:
where n is the number of service units, and p weight factor.
IFR flights:
The weight factor, expressed as a figure taken to two decimal places, shall be the quotient, obtained by dividing by fifty the number of metric tons in the highest maximum certified take-off weight of the aircraft, referred to in Annex IV point 1.5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1794/2006 of 6 December 2006 laying down a common charging scheme for air navigation services, to the power of 0.7.
p = (MTOW/50)0.7
VFR flights:
Service unit rate
Unit rates are established in BAM, and are as follows:
Banja Luka TMA Mostar TMA Sarajevo TMA Tuzla TMA
For aircrafts whose weight does not exceed 2 tonnes free of charge.
IFR flights 350.00 350.00 505.00 350.00
VFR flights 130.001) 130.001) 130.001) 130.001)
1.3 LEGAL BASIS FOR TERMINAL AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES AND EXEMPTIONS/REDUCTIONS
1.3.1 Legal basis for Terminal Navigation Services
For legal basis for Terminal Air Navigation Services see:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1794/2006 of 6 December 2006 laying down a common charging scheme for air navigation services;
The Aviation Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina");
Regulation on determination on common charging scheme for air navigation services ("Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina");
Decree on Collection of Charges for Approach and Aerodrome Air Navigation Services at the International Airports of Sarajevo, Mostar and Tuzla ("Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina";
Regulation on Determining of Charges for Usage of Facilities and Services of Approach and Aerodrome Control in the Air Traffic of Republic of Srpska ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska").
1.3.2 Exemptions/reductions
From payments of terminal charges in Bosnia and Herzegovina exempted are the following flights:
Flights performed by aircraft of which the maximum take-off weight authorised is less than two metric tons;
Flights performed exclusively for the transport, on official mission, of the reigning Monarch and his immediate family, Heads of State, Heads of Government, and Government Ministers; in all cases, this must be substantiated by the appropriate status indicator on the flight plan;
Search and rescue flights;
Flights performed exclusively for the purpose of checking or testing radio navigation aids and air traffic control;
Military flights of any country;
Humanitarian flights and flights for the purpose of medical aids and fire fighting service;
Customs and police flights;
Flights terminating at the airport from which the aircraft has taken off and during which no intermediate landing has been made;
Training flights performed exclusively for the purpose of obtaining a licence, or a rating in the case of cockpit flight crew, where this is substantiated by an appropriate remark on the flight plan, flights must be performed solely within the airspace of Bosnia and Herzegovina; flights must not serve for the transport of passengers and/or cargo, nor for positioning or ferrying of the aircraft.
1.4 METHOD OF PAYMENT
Charges shall be payable in BAM and EUR, and on payer's request in other currencies. Exchange rate applied shall be the rate calculated by Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the day of billing.
The latest value date by which payment must be received is 30 days from the date of the bill.
The person liable to pay the charge shall be the person who was the operator of the aircraft at the time when the flight was performed. If the identity of the operator is not known, the owner of the aircraft shall be regarded as the operator unless he proves which other person was the operator.
1.4.1 The rate of interest on late payment of Route Charges
The rate of interest on late payment of Terminal Charges shall be the one that is applied by the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation EUROCONTROL.
1.5 INFORMATION
Post: Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Navigation Services Agency (BHANSA)
Ortiješ bb, P.P.96
88000 Mostar
E-mail charging@bhansa.gov.ba
URL: http://www.bhansa.gov.ba
2. ROUTE AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES
Bosnia and Herzegovina applies EUROCONTROL system to en-route charges and conditions of payment.
En-route charges are calculated in accordance with the formula from the EUROCONTROL Conditions of Application of the Route Charges System and Conditions of Payment.
2.2.1 Service unit rate
Service unit rate for Bosnia and Herzegovina for 20202021 is 31.6138.76 EUR, applicable as of January 1, 20202021;
The service unit rate shall be recalculated monthly by applying the average monthly rate of exchange between the EUR and the national currency for the month preceding the month during which the flight takes place.
The exchange rate applied shell be the monthly average of the "Closing Cross Rates" calculated by Reuters based on daily BID rate.
2.3 LEGAL BASIS FOR AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES AND EXEMPTIONS/REDUCTIONS
2.3.1 Legal basis for Air Navigation Services
Legal basis for Route Air Navigation Services are: The Aviation Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina" No 39/09 on 19/05/2009) and Decree on Route Charges for En- route Air Navigation Services in the Airspace of Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina" No 61/04 on 29/12/2004).
In addition to the flights specified by the EUROCONTROL Conditions of Application of the Route Charges System, the following flights shall be exempted from the payment of charges:
Flights performed under VFR rules – VFR flights;
Training flights performed exclusively for the purpose of obtaining a license, or a rating in the case of cockpit flight crew, and where this is substantiated by an appropriate remark on the flight. These flights must be performed solely within the airspace of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and must not serve for the transport of passengers and/or cargo, nor for positioning or ferrying of the aircraft;
Flights performed exclusively for the purpose of checking or testing equipment used or intended to be used as ground aids to air navigation, excluding positioning flights by the aircraft concerned;
Flights terminating at the aerodrome from which the aircraft has taken off and during which no intermediate landing has been made (circular flights).
Charges shall be collected in accordance to the EUROCONTROL Conditions of Payment.
The rate of interest on late payments of route charges applicable from 01 JAN 20202021 is 9.729.67% per annum.
Post: EUROCONTROL
Central Route Charges Office
Rue de la Fusee 96
Telex: 21 173 EUROC B


The World Health Organization recently called for the worldwide use of needle syringes that self-destruct after a single injection.
But changing the practice – especially in poor countries – has proven difficult. In some places, syringes are scarce. Or the dangers are not fully appreciated, despite education campaigns. And sometimes health-care providers can just get lazy.
So how do you stop people from reusing syringes?
How do you remove the temptation?
The WHO has been hunting for solutions for nearly 25 years. Only recently has the technology become feasible – cheap, easy to use, hard to break – for an announcement like the WHO made Monday.
The WHO's quest began in 1987 – just as the spread of a disease called HIV was beginning to cause alarm. At the same time, the widespread switch from glass syringe tubes to plastic ones made reuse even more risky, since glass containers could be disinfected with heat, while plastic melted and warped.
The agency put out a call for syringe designs that automatically and irrevocably stopping working after a single filling and injection. The syringes essentially needed to break after one use.
The WHO wanted to use these shots to deliver vaccines.
One place that took up the challenge was Path, a small international health technology company in Seattle. Staff already had begun playing around with different designs two years earlier. They knew they had to make their invention work with existing plastic syringes to keep costs down, said Steve Brooke, the company's commercialization adviser.
There were examples out there. Patents for single-use syringes dated back to 1960s. But none seemed to fit the need.
Path came up with a plastic syringe with a metal clip inside it that locked into place after the plunger was depressed. A syringe manufacturer licensed the product.
In 1990, the Soloshot hit the market. Since then, it has been used to deliver more than 6 billion vaccine shots.
But the Soloshot was limited to the vaccination market, which accounts for only 5 to 10 percent of all injections worldwide. The product didn't work in syringes with varying dosages, where the plunger is pulled back to different levels.
"People started to realize, what about the other 90 percent?" said Hedman, who is the WHO's technical officer for essential medicines and health products.
Solving that problem would take several more years.
The effort received an unexpected boost in 2000 when the U.S. Congress passed the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, which required steps to reduce the risk of health-care workers accidentally stabbing themselves with needles.
That led to inventions such as the spring-loaded needle, which retracts after use "like a ballpoint pen," Hedman said. And there are syringes with plastic covers that can be slipped over a needle and locked into place.
Although these devices were designed to protect nurses and doctors, they also rendered the syringes inoperative after a single use.
Other designs came on the market. A man named Marc Koska developed the K-1 syringe, with a plunger that breaks off if you try to reload it. He's delivered TED talks about the experience.
Today, there are more than 70 suppliers of non-reusable syringes.
"But it took a long time for industry to respond," Hedman said.
The WHO's call to use self-destructing syringes is seen as a step to pushing for the widespread adoption of the devices. The technology works and is priced on par with regular syringes. The need is greatest in the developing world. But the reuse of syringes remains enough of a problem in the United States that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention runs a One & Only campaign to reinforce the message.
Unsafe medical injections have affected at least 150,000 U.S. patients since 2001, according to the CDC.
Preventing these exposures is as simple as a tiny flange that stops a syringe from being reloaded "like going the wrong way out of a rental car parking lot," Hedman said.
She appreciated the simplicity of some of these solutions.
"They are elegant little things," she said.


Mired in a seven-game losing streak and tied for last in the NHL's Pacific Division, the Anaheim Ducks fired coach Randy Carlyle Sunday, replacing him on an interim basis with general manager Bob Murray.
The firing came a day after a 6-2 loss at Philadelphia dropped the Ducks record to 21-26-9. Their 51 points tie them with the Los Angeles Kings (23-27-5) for seventh in the eight-team Pacific Division.
The Ducks were second in the division entering play Dec. 18 with a 19-11-5 record, three points behind the division-leading Calgary Flames. They've gone 2-15-4 since then, including a 12-game winless streak from Dec. 18-Jan 15.
The Ducks minus-55 goal differential entering play Sunday is the worst in the NHL. The Kings are the second-worst at minus-33.
The 64-year-old Murray has no previous coaching experience. He will make his debut as interim coach Wednesday when the Ducks play host to the Vancouver Canucks.
Murray will serve as interim coach for the remainder of the season. A permanent replacement for Carlyle will be hired following the conclusion of the season.
Carlyle, 62, was in the third season of his second tenure as Ducks coach. He guided the team to the Pacific Division championship in the 2016-17 season and the Western Conference finals, where they lost to the Nashville Predators.
The Ducks were second in the Pacific Division last season and swept by the San Jose Sharks in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Ducks were 111-74-35 in Carlyle's second stint as coach. He also coached the team from 2005-11, guiding it to its lone Stanley Cup championship in 2007, five playoff appearances and a 273-182-61 record.
Carlyle's overall record with the Ducks was 384-256-96. He is the winningest coach in the history of the team, which began play in 1993.
Murray joined the Ducks organization before the 2005-06 season as senior vice president of hockey operations. He has been executive vice president and general manager since Nov. 12, 2008.
Murray spent his entire 15-season NHL playing career with the Chicago Blackhawks. He spent the next 10 years as a Blackhawks executive, including as general manager from 1997-99.
Murray was a professional scout with Vancouver from 1999-2005.


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The event at the United States Capitol building had a resounding impact around the world, but it didn't deter global stock markets.
Last week, investors weighed the violent disruption of America's 2020 presidential election process against the outcome of the Senate runoff in Georgia, and decided the latter was more significant. Financial Times reported the Democratic party's win in Georgia improves the possibility of additional government relief spending in 2021:
"In turn, this renews the momentum behind trends within equity and bond markets that have been unfolding in recent months. These include rising long-term interest rates and inflation expectations that reflect hopes of an accelerating economy later this year."
Last week was the cherry on top of a turbulent year for investors.
After the $900 billion fiscal stimulus bill was signed on Sunday, major U.S. stock indices moved higher. The Washington Post reported, "The S&P 500-stock index, the most widely watched gauge, is finishing the year up more than 16 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 7.25 percent and 43.6 percent, respectively. The Dow and S&P 500 finished at record levels despite the public health and economic crises."
U.S. Treasuries gained, too, as yields moved slightly lower. Thirty-year Treasuries finished the week yielding 1.65 percent. While government bonds didn't offer attractive levels of income during the year, they "…lived up to their billing as a stock market hedge in 2020. Rates plunged as stocks collapsed in March, and the Treasury market finished 2020 with yields not much above the pandemic panic lows and down half a percentage point or more for the year," reported Barron's.
U.S. stock markets remained calm as a fresh chapter opened in the coronavirus stimulus saga last week.
Congress managed to cobble together a new stimulus package that was acceptable to both sides and pass it. The proposed package included money to help states distribute vaccines, an unemployment benefits extension, $600 checks for eligible Americans, aid for airlines, and other provisions, reported Mike Calia of CNBC.
"…fiscal support is seen as critical to keep the economic recovery from faltering as coronavirus cases rise and cities consider new shutdowns. Consumer spending has flagged, and labor market gains have begun to stall. While the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined last week, it still remains elevated compared with pre-COVID levels," reported Colby Smith and Eric Platt of Financial Times.
Congress is at $900 billion, will they hear $1.4 trillion, $1.4 trillion, governments at $900 billion, who'll go $1.4 trillion, $1.4 trillion…
The stimulus auction continued last week. Early on Sunday, The New York Times reported, "Lawmakers are on the brink of agreement on a $900 billion compromise relief bill after breaking through an impasse late Saturday night, with votes on final legislation expected to unfold as early as Sunday afternoon and very likely just hours before the government is set to run out of funding."
Among other items, policymakers' plan to deliver new stimulus and fund the government is expected to include:
When it comes to beverages, frothy can be delicious.
In what may be the least inspiring description of fizzy drinks ever written, a group of food engineers explained, "Aeration in beverages, which is manifested as foam or bubbles, increases the sensory preference among consumers."
Stock markets can fizz up, too. Share prices bubble, enthusiastic investors invest, and prices go even higher. In a frothy market, share prices often rise above estimates of underlying value. The terms that describe this financial market phenomenon include irrational exuberance, animal spirits, and overconfidence.
Last week, there was speculation about whether some parts of the U.S. stock market have gotten frothy. Eric Platt, David Carnevali, and Michael Mackenzie of Financial Times wrote about an initial public offering (IPO) of stock by a hospitality company. They reported:
When is bad news good news? Take a look at last week.
Major stock indices in the United States hit all-time highs on Friday, despite a lackluster employment report and a surge in COVID-19 cases, reported Lewis Krauskopf of Reuters. During the week, we saw:
The slowest jobs growth since the economic recovery began. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 245,000 jobs were created in November. "…a key sign of holiday enthusiasm – the hiring of thousands of workers to help with the holiday retail rush – simply didn't happen this year. Some of those workers – but clearly not enough – are helping with online shopping duties, filling warehouses around the country, or driving vans from house to house," reported Avi Salzman of Barron's.
New unemployment claims remain steady. More than one million people a week are filing first time jobless claims, reported Dion Rabouin of Axios. On November 14, more than 20 million Americans were receiving unemployment assistance.
Last week, vaccine optimism immunized investors against signs of economic weakness.
In previous commentaries we've written about narrative economics, which holds that popular stories may affect individual and collective economic behavior. Last week, diverse narratives had the potential to influence consumer and investor behavior, but not all did. You may have read that:
The U.S. economy is like a semi-trailer truck. No one likes being stuck behind a semi at a stoplight because big trucks don't go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds. Neither does the U.S. economy.
When the pandemic brought our economy to a near virtual standstill early in 2020, the U.S. government and Federal Reserve (Fed) took extraordinary measures to help the economy get going again:
Congress passed the CARES Act stimulus, which gave Americans and American businesses badly-needed fuel to support economic recovery. Businesses were able to stay open and people had money to spend. That's important because consumer spending accounts for almost 70 percent of U.S. economic growth.
The Federal Reserve paved the road and gave it a downward slope by creating a supportive interest rate environment and implementing special lending facilities intended to support businesses, as well as state and local governments. Some programs were funded by the CARES Act.
Vaccine can be a powerful word. It's worth 14 points in Scrabble (42 on a triple word square) and, last week, it was worth a whole lot more than that to financial markets.
On Monday, a pharmaceutical company and a biotech company announced preliminary trials of their vaccine show it may be 90 percent effective, reported Financial Times. The revelation conjured tantalizing visions of a future in which virus precautions are unnecessary and life returns to normal.
Around the world, pandemic-fatigued populations cheered and markets rallied. CNBC reported:
It's said markets hate uncertainty, but that wasn't the case last week.
Despite tremendous uncertainty about the outcome of the United States election, major domestic and international stock indices moved higher and the CBOE Volatility Index, better known as Wall Street's fear gauge, moved 35 percent lower. Ben Levisohn of Barron's reported:
"By all accounts, it should have been a terrible week for the stock market. At the close of trading on Friday, we still didn't know whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump had won or which party would control the Senate. There was also set to be at least two recounts – one in Georgia, and one in Michigan – with likely more to come. It's the kind of uncertainty that the market is supposed to hate."
Yet, there was little fear to be found in financial markets. Investors' confidence may have been grounded in a wave of positive economic news:
Last week, financial markets and economic data told very different stories.
Reviewing economic data is a bit like looking in a rearview mirror. Typically, it offers information about what is behind us. For example, last week we learned:
The U.S. economy grew by 33.1 percent during the third quarter of 2020. Strong growth helped boost America's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the value of all goods and services produced in the nation. At the end of the quarter, GDP was about 3 percent lower than a year ago, reported The Economist.
Personal income increased in September, and so did spending on goods and services. Americans bought more clothes, cars, and car parts, and spent more on healthcare and recreation.
New claims for unemployment insurance moved lower last week. Unemployment remains high overall, but a slowdown in new claims is positive.
Stimulus talks led investors in a merry dance last week.
So far in 2020, stock markets have been sensitive to fiscal stimulus. Last week, there was optimism a new stimulus package could be negotiated before the election. There also was skepticism about whether it would happen. An expert cited by CNBC stated, "There's a lot of back and forth on stimulus and every headline makes the market move a little bit, but there's no follow-through because we don't have a clear picture on that front."
Economic data didn't provide a clear picture either. Some data points suggested economic recovery was continuing, while other information indicated the pandemic was impeding economic growth. For instance:
It was a turbulent week for investors.
Waves of positive and negative news buffeted financial markets last week:
The financial sector delivered upbeat earnings news
Currently, many financial companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index have reported third quarter earnings and have done better than expected. Despite upbeat earnings, some companies' shares declined because of uncertainty about the path of economic recovery. If recovery continues, some banks may have excess reserves; however, if recovery falters and a double-dip recession occurs, banks may need to add to reserves, reported Barron's.
Yes. No. Maybe?
Markets were sharply focused on the status of stimulus last week. First, it was on. Then, it was off. Then, it might be on. Then, it was off again. There was a big bill. There was a smaller bill. There were stand-alone options.
'Maybe' was enough for investors
Major U.S. stock indices finished the week higher, per Barron's, and global indices were bullish on Friday because of U.S. stimulus talks, reported Financial Times.
"Markets are dizzy from all the talk on both sides about what they want from a deal but believe that something will inevitably happen anyway…Markets are essentially drunk on massive government spending just as they are inebriated from all the Fed quantitative easing and zero-interest rate policy," said an advisory group chief investment officer cited by Financial Times.
Last week, the third quarter of 2020 came to an end – and the fourth quarter delivered a doozy of an October surprise.
President Trump has the coronavirus
On Friday Americans awoke to the news President Trump had contracted COVID-19. Financial markets responded with relative equanimity. After a brief sell-off on Friday, major U.S. indices finished the week, and the third quarter, higher.
Market enthusiasm cooled in September
U.S. stock markets moved higher in July and August. Then, in early September, investors became skittish and major U.S. indices recorded losses for several weeks. The surge of uncertainty may have resulted from changing vaccine expectations, concerns about earnings, fears of a disputed election, and lack of new stimulus, reported Ben Levisohn of Barron's.
For four weeks, the U.S. stock market has sparked and sputtered like a campfire in light rain.
Today, pandemic-driven demand is providing fuel for the investors. The need for certain types of products and services has accelerated and innovation is creating new opportunities. Consider:
Technology. Today, digital technologies support nearly all group interactions, which has accelerated innovation. Traditional video communications platforms are in high demand, and multi-person virtual platforms are emerging. Robotics innovations are racing ahead, too. Robotic dogs enforce social distancing in Singaporean parks, reported Other types of robots sanitize streets and facilitate contactless delivery around the globe.
Consumer products and services. COVID-19 increased demand for staples, cleaning, and personal hygiene products. The virus may have inspired deeper and longer-lasting changes in consumer behavior, too. Accenture reported people are favoring healthier lifestyles, consuming goods more conscientiously, and showing a preference for locally-sourced goods.
Healthcare, drug development/delivery, and medical equipment. Last Friday, 316 COVID-19 treatments and 212 vaccines were in development around the world, reported the Milliken Institute. In some places, humans are collaborating with artificial intelligence to streamline drug discovery processes. Demand for telehealth services has increased dramatically. So has demand for personal protective equipment, reported Pankaj Singh of Plastics Today.
Investors weren't happy with central banks last week.
After the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell confirmed the economy is recovering more quickly than anticipated:
"With the reopening of many businesses and factories and fewer people withdrawing from social interactions, household spending looks to have recovered about three-quarters of its earlier decline…The recovery has progressed more quickly than generally expected, and forecasts from FOMC participants for economic growth this year have been revised up since our June Summary of Economic Projections. Even so, overall activity remains well below its level before the pandemic and the path ahead remains highly uncertain…We remain committed to using our full range of tools to support the economy in this challenging time."
Last week, the Nasdaq Composite Index set another record.
So far, 2020 has been memorable for many reasons, not the least of which is the incredible speed at which some events have been occurring in financial markets. This year, we've experienced:
The end of the longest U.S. stock bull market in history
A global stock market crash
The shortest U.S. stock bear market in history
Multiple record highs for major U.S. stock indices
Last week, we witnessed the swiftest correction on record as the Nasdaq fell by 10 percent in just three days. By the end of the week, the Index had recouped some losses and finished down 4.1 percent. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average also finished the week lower.
Stock markets in the United States retreated a bit last week.
U.S. stocks have been trending higher for months. Last week, they gave back some gains. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 3.3 percent, while the S&P 500 Index fell 2.3 percent, and the Dow lost 1.8 percent, reported Ben Levisohn of Barron's.
It was difficult to pinpoint a specific reason for the market's retreat. Levisohn offered a litany of possibilities that included:
The Labor Day holiday
Corporate earnings guidance suggesting companies are pulling back on tech spending
Anthony Fauci tempering expectations a vaccine will be available by November 1
Fears a disputed election could disrupt stock markets
Congress's lack of progress on a new stimulus bill
The stock market rallies like it's 1986.
August has been a good month for stock investors. At the end of last week, the S&P 500 Index was up 6.8 percent for the month. The Index is poised to deliver its best returns for the month since 1986, when it gained 7.1 percent, reported Financial Times.
The performance of U.S. stock markets is remarkable, in part, because, so far, company earnings – the profit that publicly-traded companies earn and report each quarter – haven't been great in 2020. Earnings were down 31.9 percent during the second quarter of the year, reported FactSet. The decline in earnings reflected the impact of coronavirus closures
The shortest bear market in history is over.
The Nasdaq Composite and Standard & Poor's 500 Indices finished at new highs last week. The stock market is considered to be a leading economic indicator, so strong stock market performance suggests economic improvement ahead.
There was a caveat to last week's gains, though. One large technology company was responsible for 60 percent of the S&P's weekly gains (0.7 percent), reported Ben Levisohn of Barron's. The same large company is also a component of the Dow Jones Industrials Index, which finished the week flat. Without that stock, the Dow would have finished the week lower. Levisohn wrote:
The Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Index finished the week within a whisker of its February high, reported Randall Forsyth of Barron's.
It's a remarkable feat. The stock market has recovered in just 175 days. Historically, comparable recoveries (those following market drops of 20 percent or more) have taken about four years, reported Vildana Hajric, Lu Wang, and Claire Ballentine of Bloomberg Quint.
"The sharpness and speed of the downturn – and the immediacy of the overwhelming liquidity and fiscal response from the Federal Reserve and Congress – forestalled the kind of grinding, purgative action of typical bear markets, which wrings out excesses and resets valuations lower. There was also not the shift in market leadership that usually occurs in the crucible of a bear market," reported Michael Santoli of CNBC.
There was good news and bad news in last week's employment report.
The good news was the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics delivered better-than-expected data about employment. In July, the U.S. economy added about 1.8 million new jobs.
That's about 300,000 more than the Wall Street consensus forecast, according to Jeff Cox of CNBC, who reported, "…there were wide variations around the estimates as the pandemic's resurgence dented plans to get the shuttered U.S. economy completely back online. Forecasts ranged from a decline of half a million jobs to a rise of 3 million…"
Last week delivered a mixed bag of financial and economic news.
As many expected, the U.S. economy did not fare well during the second quarter. COVID-19 lockdowns and business closings caused productivity to fall by one-third. Real gross domestic product, which is the value of all goods and services produced by our country, dropped 32.9 percent during the second quarter of 2020, reported the Bureau of Economic Analysis. During the first quarter of the year, productivity fell by 5 percent.
The Federal Reserve held its Federal Open Market Committee meeting last week. Fed Chair Jerome Powell committed to "…using our tools to do what we can, and for as long as it takes, to provide some relief and stability, to ensure that the recovery will be as strong as possible, and to limit lasting damage to the economy."
Where are we on vaccines and treatments?
During 2020, the United States government has spent more than $13 billion on Operation Warp Speed (OWS), which is focused on accelerating the development of vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, according to The Economist. The United States is not alone. Governments around the world are funding similar research.
The Economist reported, "…with the eagerness of the pharma sector to find treatments, along with the broad range of investments made by OWS (as well as other governments), there has been a lot of progress in the search for tests, drugs, and vaccines…Even the master of caution on vaccines, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, thinks a signal of vaccine efficacy might arrive in September."
Is the United States economy recovering or faltering?
It depends on who you ask and which data you consider. For example, last week, the Department of Labor reported fewer people applied for first-time unemployment benefits during the week of July 11. That could be a tick in the positive data column. Week-to-week the number declined from 1.31 million to 1.30 million. The lackluster decline could be a tick in the negative data column since the long-term weekly average is about 20 percent of that number.
There was positive news about progress on COVID-19 vaccines last week. The hope it inspired was tempered by reports the number of new cases continued to grow in a majority of U.S. states.
Please don't scream inside your heart.
Last week, a reopened Japanese theme park asked patrons to wear masks to help reduce the spread of coronavirus. It also asked them not to scream while riding the rollercoaster. "Please scream inside your heart," park management urged.
During 2020, stock markets in the United States have taken investors on an emotional rollercoaster ride. By late March, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index had lost more than 30 percent. The Index has since regained most of those losses, although there have been many ups and downs along the way.
What a quarter!
Who could have guessed a global pandemic would produce outsized stock market returns? Near the end of last quarter (March 23), the Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 30.75 percent for the year, and it looked like 2020 was going to be a disappointing year for many investors.
Since then, the S&P 500 has gained 39 percent, reported The Economist. It rose 20 percent from March 31 to June 30. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also did well, delivering its second best quarterly showing since 1938. The Nasdaq Composite finished the quarter in positive territory.
Blame it on the coronavirus.
Stock markets in the United States and Europe retreated last week as the number of new COVID-19 cases increased steadily in America. On Thursday, there were more than 44,000 new cases, the highest daily total to date, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control.
"The turn has created a new puzzle for investors, many of whom had started focusing on 2021 earnings expectations as the next performance-driver for stocks. The old market gauges, like manufacturing surveys, jobs tallies, and retail sales, feel like lagging indicators. The new leading indicators deal with the disease. Yet tracking its progress is tricky even for epidemiologists who have studied these issues for decades," reported Avi Salzman of Barron's.
Could it be the upside surprises?
U.S. stock markets have marched higher despite a pandemic, an economic downturn, and social justice protests – and a lot of people have wondered why.
Greg Rosalsky of Plant Money spoke with Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller about, "…the mass psychology of a gazillion buyers and sellers, who each are telling themselves their own stories about why they're making the trades they're making."
Rosalsky and Shiller discussed some narratives that purport to explain recent market performance, including:
The Nasdaq Composite dipped its toes into record territory last week before retreating.
Stock indices in the United States rallied early last week on optimism about the reopening of businesses across the country. The Nasdaq Composite rose to 10,000 for the first time ever, before tumbling lower.
Nicholas Jasinski of Barron's reported, "What caused the rally to sputter this past week? Nothing particularly new or unexpected. On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell emphasized the long, slow path back to previous levels of employment and economic activity, in contrast to the market's lightning-fast recovery. Shocking."
On Wednesday, the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) economic projections showed U.S. economic growth declining 6.5 percent this year with unemployment receding to 9.3 percent. In 2021, the Fed expects economic growth to improve, increasing by 5 percent, while unemployment ebbs to 6.5 percent.
The employment report electrified U.S. stock markets last week.
American stock markets responded enthusiastically to the news U.S. unemployment was 13.3 percent in May. If it seems inexplicable double-digit unemployment would thrill investors, there is a reason. The unemployment rate in April was higher at 14.7 percent, and analysts had forecast the rate in May would jump to 19.1 percent. All in all, that makes 13.3 percent look pretty attractive.
Are those green shoots?
In economic terms, green shoots are signs of improvement. If you were paying close attention, you might have seen some in economic data released last week.
They weren't apparent in the Bureau of Labor Statistics report on the United States economy. Gross domestic product (GDP), which is the value of all goods and services produced in our country, shrank by 5 percent during the first quarter of 2020.
It was a good week for stock markets in the United States, but there was trouble in Asia.
U.S. stock markets rallied last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard & Poor's 500 Index, and Nasdaq Composite all gained more than 3 percent, reported Ben Levisohn of Barron's.
America is reopening, state by state.
That's welcome news for many businesses, but we're far from business as usual. Last week's economic news included unemployment hitting an 80-year high, a record drop in retail sales (-16.4 percent), and an unprecedented decline in industrial production (-11.2 percent).

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Ladd Drummond
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Ladd Drummond happens to be American cancer and celebrity husband. Ladd Drummond has gained fame as the husband of Ree Drummond. Likewise, he is also the co-owner of Drummond Land and Cattle company.
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Ladd Drummond was born in the year 1969 and celebrates his birthday on the 22nd of January every year. Likewise, as of now, the celebrity husband is 53 years old. He was born in Nebraska, USA. Moreover, the celebrity husband belongs to American nationality and was born under the star sign Capricorn.
Moving on towards the family background of the celebrity husband, he was born to Chuck Drummond and Nan Olsen. In addition, his parent were countrymen. Talking of siblings, he has two brothers named Todd and Tim. However, his brother Todd died in a car accident. Now, he manages the Drummond Land and Cattle company with his brother Tim. Moreover, as a child, he became familiar with the ranch lifestyle from an early age. The ranchman slowly became efficient in manual labor and driving trucks.
Reflecting upon the educational background of the celebrity husband, he first went on to attend Pawhuska High School. Following his high school graduation, he went on to attend Arizona State University. It has not been revealed any details on which subject he majored in.
The 'Drummond Ranch' is co-owned by Ladd Drummond. His forefathers left him a massive acreage in Oklahoma. It has been passed down through the Drummond family for generations. Moreover, The land is 433,000 square miles in size. On this massive stretch of land, he raises more than a quarter-million horses and cattle.
Drummond Land and Cattle Company' is owned by Ladd, his brother Tim, and his father Chuck Drummond. Likewise, His cousin, Thatcher Drummond, works as an associate there. In the United States, the family is now the 17th greatest landowner. In addition, he and his family are active members of the 'Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association.
Caption: Ladd on his ranch(source: Instagram)
The Drummond family has the 17th most acreage in the United States. The 'Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association' is where Ladd and his family are quite active. The Drummond family opened 'The Mercantile,' a restaurant and retail store, in late 2016.
The store is located in a 100-year-old structure in downtown Pawhuska that the Drummonds purchased and restored in 2012. Despite these accomplishments, some of Ladd's other ranchers have attacked his ranching methods.
Ree Drummond's career
Ree Drummond is a writer, photographer, and celebrity cook who rose to prominence after launching her award-winning blog, The Pioneer Woman, in 2006. She started her blog by sharing what life was like for her family on an Oklahoma ranch, and then she moved on to providing recipes with exquisite culinary photography.
Her millions of faithful readers followed her to the Food Network in 2011 when she started her hit television series, The Pioneer Woman after she penned a pair of books on her personal life and love of food.
The celebrity husband has earned a hefty deal of wealth through his ranch. He is one of the most successful and biggest ranchers in America. As of now, he has a net worth of $200 million. Moreover, he makes on average $30 million per year. Despite his popularity and fame, he has not received any brand endorsement deals as of now. However, it is possible that in near future, he might start to endorse brands.
Ladd is a married man. Likewise, he is married to Anne Marie Smith. She is a television personality, author, blogger, and photographer. The pair married each other on the 21st of September 1999. The couple has four children from their marriage. Their names are Alex Drummond. Paige Drummond, Bryce Drummond, and Todd Drummond.
Caption: Ladd with his wife(source: Instagram)
Ladd Drummond – Body measurements 2022
Ladd is a healthy man. Likewise, as of now, he stands tall 5 feet 11 inches, and weighs over 67 kg. Similarly, he has a pair of green eyes and blonde hair.
Ladd Drummond – Social media 2022
The American rancher is not active on any social media platforms at the moment. In addition, he stays away from the internet and enjoys a quiet life.
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People suffering from alcohol addiction usually have a distorted way of thinking and this leads to denial.
The fact that many people addicted to alcohol still continue to use it even after being fully aware of the negative effects has been the subject of great curiosity in addiction treatment circles. Denial is a major problem when attempting treatment and is seen as part of the alcoholism. Denial as a word isn't used as part of the diagnosis but its meaning is carried in one of the main symptoms which is drinking while being aware of the dangers.
Professionals who are treating people with alcoholism have presently begun to recognise that not all individuals who are dealing with the problem are living with similar levels of denial. Different tendencies to alter their lifestyles exist among them because there are not equally conscious of their alcohol consumption issues. It has been much easier to come up with treatment methods that work for people who are in various stages of addiction thanks to this discovery and this means that even people who are more reluctant to change still have a chance of success. Many people who are addicted to alcohol still however continue to deny that they are addicted and the denial problem is usually more severe in those who are most addicted.
Many of the young and old adults when they reminisce their childhood days and realize that their father, mother, and other relatives suffered from severe alcohol abuse have actually been thrown into a huge chagrin. This was swept under the carpet and people refrained from discussing about it. What makes people refuse to admit they are have alcohol abuse problems to themselves and everyone else is denial that stems from the negative views and misconceptions about alcoholism that have warped society mind set about the problem. It's hoped that in the years to come less people will be coming to the realization that a certain person was an alcohol addict many years afterwards when they can no longer help since addiction treatment experts and other people have spent a lot of time recently trying to change the public's view that alcoholism only happens to people without stronger will power and trying to convince them that alcoholism is actually a disease.
Most times the addict is shielded from feeling the whole outcomes of the kind of lifestyle being lived because of the strong non-acceptance of those surrounding the addict. These people are often motivated by their love and concern for the alcohol addict and therefore, exhibit the protective behaviour but this is referred to as enabling within the medical fraternity because it gives the individual an opportunity to continue consuming alcohol and allowing this disease to progress, to increase the intensity of the symptoms and to let the consequences to become worse for all concerned parties. Enabling is another sign of alcoholism, similar to denial - one that is not shown by the addicts but by their relatives - and which is a clear part of the ailment, though it may not be listed in the criteria for diagnosis. When it comes to helping people who have an addicted loved assist the addict and comprehend their behaviour, mostly by developing the will-power to quit enabling them, specialised groups, such as Alateen and Al-Anon, have been formed to that effect. Overcoming the denial and the enabling is often the initial step toward the treatment of the alcoholic.


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CNN Faces Growing Criticism Over Use of 'Traumatized' Children to Push Anti-Gun Agenda
by JOHN NOLTE
The far-left cable channel CNN is facing a growing storm of criticism over its frequent use of minor children (14 to 17) to further its anti-gun agenda.
Already a number of the children, those who witnessed last week's shooting massacre at a high school in Parkland, Florida, have made countless appearances on the anti-Trump cable network. In furtherance of its anti-gun propaganda push, CNN's anti-Trump pundit, Jake Tapper, will host a town hall Wednesday night featuring these children.
Many, however, see CNN's use of these minors as an act of partisan exploitation that is not only immoral, but also not good for the mental health of children so soon after they have witnessed such a traumatic event.
Appearing on Fox News, the Federalist's Mollie Hemingway said, "There's been unfortunate media handling of these traumatized children. They've used them as ways to enact what they always like to do, a gun control agenda," she said before referencing CNN's upcoming town hall. "These children aren't forcing their ways on to CNN, town halls, or covers of magazines. Media is choosing them to put there, to shut down debate and keep people from having a conversation about gun control."
Truth Revolt also singled out CNN. "[The children's] outrage is more than understandable after witnessing a mass shooting and fearing for their lives, but it's shameful that CNN, and many other leftist outlets, would exploit them over and over again online and on-air to push the media's gun control agenda. "
The Federalist asks, What if putting "traumatized teenagers" on TV is "not healthy?"
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Miami Marlins: JJ Bleday Starting to Look Like the Player we Hoped
By Alejandro Vargas
JUPITER, FLORIDA - MARCH 17: JJ Bleday #67 of the Miami Marlins reacts after striking out against the New York Mets during the sixth inning of a Grapefruit League spring training game at Roger Dean Stadium on March 17, 2021 in Jupiter, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
The Miami Marlins have struggled at times offensively this season. After trading star outfielder Starling Marte at the trade deadline this year, Miami is sporting an outfield combination for the remainder of the season that includes names such as Brinson, De La Cruz, Sierra, and Jesus Sanchez who returned to the lineup on Monday night.
However, Miami continues to be inconsistent offensively. While they have a myriad of pitching prospects with high hopes, their batting prospects are timid to say the least. The Marlins are hoping some of the players they traded for such as Alex Jackson develop to become offensive assets.
In the minors, Griffin Conine became the first Marlins prospect to hit 30 HRs under the age of 25 since Giancarlo Stanton. The issue with Conine is his strikeout rate of 37% which is high, but this just may be the player he becomes – a high home run, high strikeout player.
Miami Marlins prospect JJ Bleday showing improvement in Double-A.
The player that many Marlins fans would have hoped would be farther along in their development is 2019 fourth overall pick, JJ Bleday. For the majority of his minor league career, he has been underwhelming for the caliber of player the Marlins hoped they drafted.
Bleday as of late however has been more of the player the organization needs right now. In the last seven days, Bleday has slashed .250/.385/.700, and includes a season slash line of .199/.315/.370.
This fish can fly!
Marlins No. 2 prospect JJ Bleday legs out an RBI triple for @BlueWahoosBBall. pic.twitter.com/j0qbiruTN7
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) August 15, 2021
The slugging percentage is the most interesting part of this whole thing. Bleday was drafted out of Vanderbilt as the home run king in college, and the production has been thin in that area so far. In Bleday's first 251 at-bats this season, the 23-year-old outfielder hit 7 HR's. Across his last 71 at-bats, Bleday has hit 4 HR's.
Next. Remainder of Season Key for Elieser Hernandez. dark
This has been a fortuitous development for the Marlins, and they need to start hitting on some of these offensive prospects, especially the ones drafted so high in the draft. Hopefully this becomes a trend for Bleday, and becomes the everyday slugger the Marlins desperately need in the outfield.


TAUNY's next Community Contra Dance will take place on Friday, March 29th from 7:00-9:00 pm at the First Presbyterian Church on the Park in Canton (17 Park Street). Beth Robinson will call the dances, and there will be lively music by fiddler and North Country Heritage Award recipient Gretchen Koehler and "Jam Packed," the Community Contra Dance Band. There is a suggested donation of $5-$10 for this program. Beginners are welcome and all dances will be taught throughout the evening. There is also an introductory lesson at 6:30 pm, before the dance begins at 7:00 pm. This is a family-friendly event.
The Community Contra Dance Band has been a special project this spring, as part of a year-long celebration of the 25th anniversary of the North Country Heritage Awards. To form this ensemble, TAUNY and band leader Gretchen Koehler have invited interested community members to join in preparing a selection of traditional tunes and arrangements, with a focus on learning the best techniques for playing for social dancing. TAUNY has been pleased to offer this opportunity to join a Heritage Award recipient in celebrating—and helping carry on—the long-intertwined North Country traditions of social dancing and old-time fiddle music. Learn more about TAUNY's North Country Heritage Awards at www.tauny.org/ncha.
The Community Contra Dance is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.


Question: What pond management services do you offer for pond and lake owners in Mississippi and Alabama?
Answer: We offer pretty much any type of services that needs to be done to a pond, whether it be fish stocking, aquatic weed control, dredging; basically any service you can think of. Fountains, aeration; we even do wetland services. Basically, if you've got a pond and you need something done with it, that's what we do.


We have various types of scorecards like acquisition, behaviour, income, collection etc. The purpose of building a behaviour scorecard is to monitor the performance of booked accounts, i.e. accounts which are already in Bank's books. We use the scorecard to predict the performance and transition of accounts across various delinquency buckets and how they are performing over a given time horizon (known as the performance window (derived from vintage analysis) during model development process and we also monitor them during the post-performance period as well as the Out-Of-Time period to check the performance of our model).
The behaviour scorecards are used by almost all the banks to predict the probability of default of a customer and the key decisions are made based on the behaviour scorecard. Most of risk analytics projects are around the development and validation of behaviour scorecards. An advance level of the same concept can be applied to develop the rating scale, similar to the one used by S&P or Moody's where AAA rating indicates low risk of default (hence better rating) compared to BBB rating.
AUROC gives the area under the ROC curve. It is plotted as a graph between sensitivity and 1-specificity, which we can get from the confusion matrix. An ideal model will have AUROC very close to 1.
Sensitivity is the ability of a model to correctly predict y=1 and specificity is the ability of a model to correctly predict y=0.
Sensitivity is calculated as True Positive / (True Positive + False Negative) while specificity is calculated as True Negative / (False Positive + True Negative).
The KS statistic gives us the separation power of the model. It is calculated as the maximum of the absolute value of the difference between cumulative non-event and cumulative event. A good model will have a KS > 30. A high value of KS will depict over-prediction in the model.
We have two important concepts of Gains and Lifts which we can get from the KS table.
Gain: Gain at a given decile level is the ratio of cumulative number of targets (events) up to that decile to the total number of targets (events) in the entire data set. It can be Interpreted as the % of targets (events) covered at a given decile level.
Lift: It measures how much better one can expect to do with the predictive model comparing without a model. It is the ratio of gain % to the random expectation % at a given decile level. The random expectation at the xth decile is x%.


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2. Depart from Vientiene at 10:00 am and change to VIP bus and arrive at Vangvieng at 13:00 pm.
3. Shuttle service is available 30 minutes before scheduled departure time.


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DWP plans a massive XP upgrade despite the pilot roll-out disaster
The Department for Work and Pensions is pressing ahead with plans for one of the world's biggest upgrades from Windows 2000 to...
Published: 13 Dec 2004 11:02
The Department for Work and Pensions is pressing ahead with plans for one of the world's biggest upgrades from Windows 2000 to XP, although a test in November went disastrously wrong.
The upgrade of 128,000 machines is scheduled to go ahead between February and June 2005.
The department initially told Computer Weekly that the project was on hold after a pilot involving 30 PCs brought down 40,000 machines last month. A spokeswoman subsequently said the upgrade would go ahead subject to the results of an "impact analysis" of the crash.
The DWP is upgrading to Windows XP because its multibillion-pound IT-based modernisation strategy requires that where possible it buys packaged software rather than bespoke systems.
The packages it wants to buy require the department to run XP. The newer operating system also offers better security and stability, the DWP said.
The upgrade will only go ahead if the department is assured by EDS, which leads the Affinity consortium running most of the department's IT systems, that there will be no repeat of the crash. A DWP spokeswoman said the impact analysis by the supplier would gauge whether "we are secure to carry on with the upgrade and make sure we preserve business continuity.
"If our suppliers found something that gave us cause for concern we would reassess the position and if necessary reassess the timing of roll-out, but we are not expecting that to happen."
November's crash happened in part because of the power of remote upgrade tools which allow technicians to modify tens of thousands of machines using simple routines at a single terminal. It is believed that an EDS operator allowed Windows XP to be installed on 40,000 computers instead of the 30 in the trial.
A configuration issue between Windows 2000 and XP caused the machines to crash on Monday 22 November and it was not until Friday of that week that all systems were fully functioning.
Procedures have been strength-ened to ensure that a single operator cannot perform a remote upgrade accidentally, EDS said.
Some of the DWP's welfare systems run in part on Fujitsu mainframes that date back more than a decade. In its strategy documents, the DWP said all of its equipment could not be feasibly replaced with fully integrated systems in the short term.
The DWP is the largest employer in central government and spends £1bn a year on IT systems and services. EDS runs most of the IT services and systems for the department under an "Accord" which was awarded under the private finance initiative. Contracts awarded to EDS under Accord have a total value of £4.5bn representing 85% of DWP business by value.
But since Accord was signed in 1999 the DWP has decided to move away from PFI under the umbrella of a series of framework arrangements called "Unity." It said it is reducing the proportion of business with EDS and has let contracts to IBM, Accenture, Fujitsu, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Xansa.
No need to rush XP upgrade
Many corporate users are not rushing to upgrade from Windows 2000 to XP as support for the older operating system is available until September 2010.
Rakesh Kumar, senior analyst at Meta Group, said he expected 60% of Meta clients - mainly blue-chip companies - to upgrade over the next three to four years.
"If everything is working [on Windows 2000] do not move unless there is a technical reason to upgrade," he said.
Read more on Microsoft Windows software
Troubleshooting Windows 7 errors
By: Ed Tittel
Could DWP loss be first of many for HP/EDS?
Fujitsu wins £300m DWP deal with pledge to slash desktop costs
HP loses DWP desktop contract as Fujitsu named as preferred bidder
EDS to speed up CSA case transfer – ComputerWeekly.com
EDS admits operator error caused DWP crash – ComputerWeekly.com
MPs demand action on DWP mess – ComputerWeekly.com


What does the student status code mean on my invoice?
The code that appears on your electronic Statement of Account (eSOA) or Payment Reminder under student status identifies how you pay your tuition fees (student contribution) for each unit of study.
Student status does not appear on your electronic Statement of Account (eSOA) (invoice).


The Monte Carlo 5WF52WHD-L Weatherford Deluxe 52 in. Outdoor Ceiling Fan - White adds sleek style and lots of air flow to your outdoor living space. This 52-inch ceiling fan has three speeds and a quiet yet powerful induction motor that is precision balanced for wobble-free operation. The body and sleek blades have an all-weather white powder-coated finish to match the matte opal glass shade. This ceiling fan includes a light kit that requires two 13-watt medium base bulbs, included.
. Due in part to the efforts and design standards of the Monte Carlo team, ceiling fans have become indispensable additions to home decor. Transform your room with ease by adding a ceiling fan. Or update your existing fan with the addition of Monte Carlo lighting kits or glass shades. The Monte Carlo Fan Company has a reputation that's built on a long history of bringing you the best. When it comes to ceiling fans, Monte Carlo is ahead of the curve.
Beautiful fan! We had it installed in our outdoor covered porch. We purchased a downrod since the ceiling is 13ft tall and it works very well. It gives off a nice breeze and even on hot days make the space feel very comfortable.
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package org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider;

import org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority;
import org.springframework.security.core.authority.AuthorityUtils;
import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

import java.util.*;

/**
 * Base implementation of {@link org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.ClientDetails}.
 *
 * @author Ryan Heaton
 * @author Dave Syer
 */
public class BaseClientDetails implements ClientDetails {

	private String clientId;

	private String clientSecret;

	private Set<String> scope = Collections.emptySet();

	private Set<String> resourceIds = Collections.emptySet();

	private Set<String> authorizedGrantTypes = Collections.emptySet();

	private Set<String> registeredRedirectUris;

	private List<GrantedAuthority> authorities = Collections.emptyList();

	private int accessTokenValiditySeconds = 0;

	public BaseClientDetails() {
	}

	public BaseClientDetails(String commaSeparatedResourceIds, String commaSeparatedScopes,
							 String commaSeparatedAuthorizedGrantTypes, String commaSeparatedAuthorities) {

		if (StringUtils.hasText(commaSeparatedResourceIds)) {
			Set<String> resourceIds = StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToSet(commaSeparatedResourceIds);
			if (!resourceIds.isEmpty()) {
				this.resourceIds = resourceIds;
			}
		}

		if (StringUtils.hasText(commaSeparatedScopes)) {
			Set<String> scopeList = StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToSet(commaSeparatedScopes);
			if (!scopeList.isEmpty()) {
				this.scope = scopeList;
			}
		}

		if (StringUtils.hasText(commaSeparatedAuthorizedGrantTypes)) {
			this.authorizedGrantTypes = StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToSet(commaSeparatedAuthorizedGrantTypes);
		}
		else {
			this.authorizedGrantTypes = new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList("authorization_code", "refresh_token"));
		}

		if (StringUtils.hasText(commaSeparatedAuthorities)) {
			this.authorities = AuthorityUtils.commaSeparatedStringToAuthorityList(commaSeparatedAuthorities);
		}
	}

	public String getClientId() {
		return clientId;
	}

	public void setClientId(String clientId) {
		this.clientId = clientId;
	}

	public boolean isSecretRequired() {
		return this.clientSecret != null;
	}

	public String getClientSecret() {
		return clientSecret;
	}

	public void setClientSecret(String clientSecret) {
		this.clientSecret = clientSecret;
	}

	public boolean isScoped() {
		return this.scope != null && !this.scope.isEmpty();
	}

	public Set<String> getScope() {
		return scope;
	}

	public void setScope(Collection<String> scope) {
		this.scope = new LinkedHashSet<String>(scope);
	}

	public Set<String> getResourceIds() {
		return resourceIds;
	}

	public void setResourceIds(Collection<String> resourceIds) {
		this.resourceIds = new LinkedHashSet<String>(resourceIds);
	}

	public Set<String> getAuthorizedGrantTypes() {
		return authorizedGrantTypes;
	}

	public void setAuthorizedGrantTypes(Collection<String> authorizedGrantTypes) {
		this.authorizedGrantTypes = new LinkedHashSet<String>(authorizedGrantTypes);
	}

	public Set<String> getRegisteredRedirectUri() {
		return registeredRedirectUris;
	}

	public void setRegisteredRedirectUri(Set<String> registeredRedirectUris) {
		this.registeredRedirectUris = registeredRedirectUris;
	}

	public Collection<GrantedAuthority> getAuthorities() {
		return authorities;
	}

	public void setAuthorities(Collection<GrantedAuthority> authorities) {
		this.authorities = new ArrayList<GrantedAuthority>(authorities);
	}

	public int getAccessTokenValiditySeconds() {
		return accessTokenValiditySeconds;
	}

	public void setAccessTokenValiditySeconds(int accessTokenValiditySeconds) {
		this.accessTokenValiditySeconds = accessTokenValiditySeconds;
	}
}

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Q: Autolayout and UIPopoverController I created a panel with some subviews in it and used a NSLayoutConstraints to achieve positioning.
I would then display it in a UIPopoverController. Before setting it, I would call [UIView layoutIfNeeded] command to force it to size itself (the overall size is based on the size of an image in it that can be different sizes).
PhotoDisplayPanel *panel = [[PhotoDisplayPanel alloc] initWithPhoto:cell.photo isAddPhoto:cell.isAddPhoto];

DLog(@"BEFORE | panel.frame: %@", panel);

[self.view addSubview:panel];

DLog(@"MIDDLE | panel.frame: %@", panel);

[panel layoutIfNeeded];

DLog(@"AFTER | panel.frame: %@", panel);

log:
DEBUG | -[LoginViewController viewDidLoad] | BEFORE | panel.frame: <PhotoDisplayPanel: 0x7878a3f0; frame = (0 0; 0 0); layer = <CALayer: 0x7878a7e0>>
DEBUG | -[LoginViewController viewDidLoad] | MIDDLE | panel.frame: <PhotoDisplayPanel: 0x7878a3f0; frame = (0 0; 0 0); layer = <CALayer: 0x7878a7e0>>
DEBUG | -[LoginViewController viewDidLoad] | AFTER | panel.frame: <PhotoDisplayPanel: 0x7878a3f0; frame = (-358 -245; 578 289); layer = <CALayer: 0x7878a7e0>>

Previously, I would add the [panel layoutIfNeeded] call before adding it to a view. This worked fine. But with iOS 8.1, they changed how layoutIfNeeded works and if you call it before adding my panel to a view, it freaks out and starts breaking constraints to make it work properly.
My issue is that working with a UIPopoverController, since I can not call layoutIfNeeded my panel has no size, so it uses the popover's default size:

While the panel looks like:

I create the UIPopoverController, set the panel as its view, and then set the preferedContentSize property to the panel's size:
UIViewController *viewController = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
viewController.view = self.currentPanel;
viewController.preferredContentSize = CGSizeMake(self.currentPanel.frame.size.width, self.currentPanel.frame.size.height + 00);

Since the panel has not been sized, it is (0, 0).
My question is now, how can I force my panel to size itself based on the constraints?

A: The solution is to calculate the preferredContentSize based on your constraints.
Note : Your constraints have to be pinned (left/top/right/bottom) to the view controller view in order to be able to calculate the total width/height of the view.
The way to do it, add these lines in your viewWillAppear:
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewWillAppear:animated];

CGSize resultSize = [self.view systemLayoutSizeFittingSize:UILayoutFittingCompressedSize];
self.preferredContentSize = resultSize;
}

A: Swift version 4/5 of Tanguy G.'s working answer:
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    let resultSize = view.systemLayoutSizeFitting(UIView.layoutFittingCompressedSize)
    self.preferredContentSize = resultSize
}

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Thursday - A lovely BBC Good Food meal that's healthy and tasty. The boys hate bits so they will have carbonara.
Friday - Again BBC Good Food, this one is tasty and a little different to beef tacos. The boys will have this but rice and turkey will be separate they can build their ow,.
Saturday - Spaghetti Bol for dinner tonight. They love spag Bol so will be having the same.
Sunday - not sure going to see what's on offer and think a roast or cheeky ready meal.


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If you have stopped by Wesley's Admissions Office recently, you may well have been warmly welcomed by 2ndyear Master of Divinity student worker Marcela Jarman.
Marcela is also a Licensed Local Pastor, appointed as Associate Pastor of Sterling United Methodist Church in Sterling, VA. She is responsible for the church's Amigos' Ministry, serving the Latinx community with two Bible Study groups and a worship service in Spanish every Sunday. Her Wesley studies are part of her preparation for ordination as an Elder for the Virginia Conference.
The path to Wesley was an unexpected one for Marcela, as was her call to a second vocation. Born in Bogota, Colombia, Marcela grew up in Cali, Colombia. Her life-long love of drawing led her to earn a Bachelor of Architecture (University of San Buenaventura, Cali) and was working as a professional architect in Colombia when a trip to visit her cousin-a Wesley grad, Rev. Luz Marina Zuleta (M.Div.'10) in Virginia changed the direction of her life. During that six-month visit, she met Todd, who would propose marriage to her just as she prepared to return to Colombia.
Her cousin, Rev. Zuleta, again played an important role in her path to Wesley, when Marcela, then a Roman Catholic, was looking for a church home with her husband Todd, a Methodist. Her cousin suggested a church she knew - Floris UMC, in Herndon, VA. "We loved it and stayed a long time," she recalls of her church home where she converted to United Methodism. Her pastor was Rev. Tom Berlin, who is chair of the Wesley Board of Governors. Marcela soon found herself in charge of Latinx ministry at Floris, translating Rev. Berlin's sermons into Spanish during Sunday services. "I felt very called at those times to ministry. I sat and talked with Tom, about what I was feeling God was telling me." A book about discerning a call to ministry given to her by Rev. Berlin confirmed for her God's call on her life.
Further discussions led to talk of seminary, and Rev. Berlin recommended Wesley for her studies, but she was concerned about funding her studies. "One day, I received in the mail a letter that told me I have received the Wesley Governors' Scholarship, so I came to Wesley. I couldn't believe it. It made all the difference, as I didn't know how I would afford seminary," she recalled. "I had small children and I was thinking of paying for my children's college education, but then the letter said to me "Ok, God, you have really given me this path, to be educated, to see how we can build the Church in another language.""
Marcela's bi-national experience has informed her passion for Latinx ministry. "My call is to be a bridge between the two cultures (Latinx & American) because I live in two cultures – I married an American and I feel at home in the Latinx community - I love them both, and I want each to understand the other culture, to know it and be part of it, "she said.
Marcela feels that in order to bridge the two cultures, we need to share common experiences, move beyond assumed stereotypes on both sides. "We need to get to know each other. To get to know each other's stories. What is it that you love? What is it that breaks your heart? What is it that makes you happy? What is your goal in life? It's about conversations, it's about relationships," said Marcela.
Something we don't know about Marcela? Discovering her first career as an architect may be news to some; yet another thing is that she loves to dance salsa. "Cali, the city where she grew up, is the capital of Salsa dancing so I used to dance Salsa a lot!,' said Marcela.
The Scripture that inspires Marcela - 2 Timothy 1:7 - is found prominently in her email signature. 'Porque Dios no nos dio un espíritu de cobardía, sino más bien un espíritu de poder y de amor y de autodisciplina.' "For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline."When I was first beginning to study seriously to serve the Lord, I was afraid of what it meant to do what I was doing, so I have this in my email signature. It's often a struggle for me, but I know that the Spirit of the Lord makes me strong in all aspects of my life," said Marcela.
#Latinxministry #crossingcultures #architecture #salsa #facesofWesley
Join Marcela in pursuing a Master degree at Wesley. We are currently accepting applications for Master of Divinity, Master of Theological Study and Master of Arts programs. Wesley provides many scholarships to make seminary affordable - learn more here.


His pregnancy was a shock to me, but God really knew what he was doing! He is the perfect addition to our family and I love having the kids close in age now that they're older.
When I was pregnant with him my greatest fear was I wouldn't be able to give him the attention, holding, or love I had given the other two. So I made a mental commitment to not let that happen, and I would say we were quite successful. This child has been loved, held, admired, adored, gazed at, read to, talked to, and praised just as much as any only child or oldest child. He is the most affectionate, loving little thing so it's easy to dote on him since he enjoys it so much. His idea of a good time is cuddling on the sofa and watching Rescue Bots.
He woke up, and woke all of us up, just before the sunrise and loved discovering the decorations and opening his presents.
I ran out to Dunkin Donuts which the kids were overjoyed about!
We met McKay's very best friend, Evrett, and family at Kidz World of Play around 11 and I think we stayed until 2:30. The kids love that place. It's right up there with Disney and Chuck E Cheese! McKay was thrilled to see his best friend again after two months of summer separation. We love Evrett; he's a great kid!
We ran home, changed, decorated a cake, packed the car, and headed to Ft DeSoto for McKay's family party. McKay choose the beach because, "Mimi will be so happy if she sees a dolphin!" Such a thoughtful little guy!
Over to the beach to cool down and escape the mosquitoes…..
So happy that Gramma's age, which is 88 1/2, never holds her back! Her health and abilities are an inspiration!
Happy birthday to the sweetest 5 year old in the whole world!


Thank you for your email. This is Ankita from Google AdWords and I will be helping you with your query.
John, I am glad to hear that you wish to participate in our survey and give feedback regarding our AdWords account.
Your opinion is greatly appreciated. I have forwarded the suggestion to the team concerned and they will definitely look into it.
John, thank you for your valuable feedback. It is only with your support and co-operation that we can provide you with the best advertising service possible. If you have any other ideas or feedback regarding AdWords, please do feel free to let us know and our engineering team will look into it.
Sarah was very professional and friendly. I had no problem with her as a support representative. My concern is with Google's policy of abruptly taking an entire ad campaign offline, with no explanation offered either before or after the campaign is taken offline as to why there needs to be a review. That is very cavalier. An advertiser would want to know what triggers a review so s/he can avoid repeating the questionable behavior.
At 2:30 pm today, I checked the two ads created yesterday and awaiting approval, and both had been approved. I'm very glad to see that the occupation ad isn't being treated like the Captain Uncut ad.
Thanks for your patience. I've confirmed that your account is out of the review and your ads are now running on Google.
We apologize for the disruption to your ad delivery and thank you for your understanding.
So they did send a notification. Good. I'm glad.
And then this: I received an email today from Google AdWords that was dated Wednesday, December 31, 1969.
We are writing today to ask you to complete a brief survey about your experience with Google AdWords. The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete and your responses will be kept confidential.
Your feedback is critical in helping us understand the challenges and opportunities you face every day, so we can prioritize the tools and services that will best help you. To get started just click on the link below, or cut and paste the link into a browser window.
I was surprised that they wanted feedback, since they're so big they don't need it. I noticed that the email was from the Google AdWords Research Team, while Sarah's email had been signed the Google AdWords Team. I picture the two departments going at it, launching attacks and counterattacks via email and texting. Or not.
About the googleratings.com survey, I would feel better about going to a subdomain of google.com, like survey.google.com. The googleratings.com domain could easily be a phishing site. Or it could be no more than Google handling its accounting like Mitt Romney handles his, but I still would be reluctant to participate in the survey if that were the case.
I appreciate very much your interest in learning about users' experience with AdWords. I'm willing to participate in the survey, but even if I'm assured that it's a genuine site, I'm reluctant to participate at googleratings.com. It's like (how should I describe it?), it sounds like the piano needs tuning. It doesn't ring quite true.
At 1:11 pm today, I created an AdWords ad that read "End the Israel Occupation. Here's why: The Talpiot Find, a novel. Find out." At the moment it's 3:50 pm and the ad is still under review. Most of my other ads are more neutral or come out against the Bible, and those ads have taken less than an hour to be approved. At 3:58 pm I created another ad of the same type (text rather than Flash). This ad reads "Ebooks should be free? The Talpiot Find, a novel by John Evan Garvey. Find out." A very culturally neutral ad. I'm curious how long it will take this one to be approved.
I'm sorry about the inconvenience caused to you because disruption to the ad serving. I've escalated your account to expedite the review process and will update you in the next 1-2 business days.
I understand your frustration and I'll pass on your feedback to our specialists and we will keep these suggestions in mind if any future changes happen.
Having said that, I also wanted to point out that account reviews are necessary for various reasons, including account security and billing verification purposes. We conduct reviews as quickly as possible, so that your account can get back up and running. However, due to account volume and the time-sensitive nature of each review, we're unable to proactively notify customers about individual account reviews.
Per our Terms and Conditions (https://adwords.google.com/ select/tsandcsfinder), ads can undergo review at any time, and we do not issue credits or refunds for this period of inactivity.
-A few ads may have triggers for potential policy violations and they may need specialist review, while others may not have those triggers and will be approved sooner.
In any case we try and complete these ad reviews within 3 business days and if there are any ads that take longer than this, please feel free to write us and we will have them reviewed for you.
Also, please be assured that all ads are reviewed diligently and we ensure that they are in accordance with our advertising policies. I'd assure you that we do not consider any other factors for an ad review other than the policy guidelines. Here's some more information about the ad review process and hope this explains.
Officialspeak. Companyspeak. Sarah reflects the company image. You maintain their goals to live by. Shine your shoes, let's keep a neat haircut now that you're— A coat and tie? Jeans and T-shirt. But anyway. Ms. Sarah, say Ms. Sarah, I have seen you go through a day. You're everything a robot lives for. Walk in at— 9-to-5? Hardly. But anyway, robo-reflecting the company image can come in all shapes and sizes.
I've considered replying again, but I'm just one of, how many?, tens of thousands? of AdWords users, and nothing I say in an email is going to affect corporate policy. I would only annoy a few customer assistance facilitators. The people who actually make policy and design the user experience are safely buffered by customer assistance. If I suggest that, when they take a user's campaign offline, an automated email be sent to the user to inform them, that suggestion would go no further than the customer assistance facilitator who reads it first, and probably not Sarah next time. It's interesting that expediting the review process will still require 1-2 business days for her to get back to me. It's also interesting to read that, if the review of any ads takes more than the expected 3 business days, I should feel free "to write us and we will have them reviewed for you." Did she mean that, if they aren't reviewed in 3 business days, they aren't going to be? Are they left in a pool of unreviewed ads, to be retrieved only for those advertisers who care enough to contact them? That's a great policy. Another suggestion I would offer them, instead of abruptly taking a campaign offline so it can sit in a queue for days, would be rather to wait until a reviewer is available and then take it offline. But would that suggestion reach any influential person? Doubt it.
Sarah assures me that they do not consider any other factors for an ad review other than the policy guidelines. And maybe that's true for her and the group she works with. But given the subject matter of my ads and the history of protectionism and exceptionalism of those associated with the subject matter, I think it's very likely that somewhere in enormous, labyrinthine Google are individuals who've never been taught to think outside the box, never been allowed to think outside the box, who follow an agenda that differs somewhat from that of their employer.
About 10:00 pm tonight, I discovered that my ad campaign was back online. From the number of impressions, I could tell that it hadn't been up for long, maybe an hour. No email from Sarah. No explanation of what they were looking for when they took it offline. No warning that they were going to take it offline or notification when they let it go back online. Google doesn't follow best business practices simply because they don't have to.
I contacted Google AdWords Help on July 17 to find out why the number of impressions for my ad campaign had dropped to zero after generally having been between 1k and 5k impressions per day. I received the following reply July 18.
We're sorry to hear that you're experiencing difficulties with your AdWords account. It appears that you have some questions about why your ads aren't showing. We checked your account and found that it's currently under review by our specialists. In an effort to provide the best experience for our users and advertisers, some accounts are submitted for review to ensure that they comply with our policies. Your ads won't show during this time, but they'll automatically be eligible to show again as soon as our review is complete.
If an advertising account is taken offline to be reviewed, the advertiser should ALWAYS be notified. That is just basic business practice. I interpret from your email that I received this notification only because I contacted AdWords support. I should have been notified of the review before my account was taken offline.
From my experience with individual ad approvals, I've learned that ads of a certain type will languish indefinitely "under review," actually for a week or so, while the rest of the submitted ads are approved within minutes. I interpret this discrepancy as the individual(s) responsible for approval and rejection of ads being unable to reject an ad because it complies with company policies, but because they find this type of ad personally distasteful, they will leave it "under review" until the advertiser gives up and deletes it, effectively rejecting an ad for which a rejection would not otherwise be permitted. I anticipate that my account will undergo the same quasi-rejection as some of my ads have received.
I believe that the activites described above are a serious breach of company policies and that they would be grounds for dismissal of an employee should the activities become known by management. Unless, of course, management is directing the activities.
What I had been promoting with my AdWords campaign was, primarily, my novel The Talpiot Find, which takes a reasonable approach to examining the controversial topics of the divine inspiration of Scripture and Israel's traditional claim to the land. The "certain type" of ads that languish indefinitely "under review" are those that promote a T-shirt design I'm selling through Zazzle.com. The design includes an image of a superhero named Captain Uncut who has the title "Defender of Foreskins." At the top of the design is text that reads "No foreskin left behind!" I had developed the design while working on the graphics for Sherwin Carlquist's photography book Uncut, which playfully discusses the medical and social aspects of circumcision and advocates that the custom be abandoned. I thought that a T-shirt displaying the graphic I created for the book's cover would help promote the book. I got my AdWords campaign for my novel up and running in March of this year, and in June I included ads for a few of my items on Zazzle, including a page of assorted Captain Uncut items. Every other ad I created in my AdWords campaign was approved within minutes. Captain Uncut, however, remained under review for about a week, when I contacted customer assistance. The facilitator moved the ad through the system within a few hours. A few days later, I decided that the ad should point to only one item, the T-shirt pictured in the ad, and I changed the URL and resubmitted, thinking that whatever holdup there had been before had been removed by the facilitator. More than a week later, I decided just to delete the edited Captain Uncut ad, which had gotten stuck again "under review."
I could be making a wrong connection between my ad, which could be called anti-circumcision, being blocked and then my entire ad campaign, which primarily promotes my end-the-Israeli-occupation novel, being blocked. But there at least appears to be a unifying theme.
Tune in tomorrow for more AdWords fun.


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Recall petition filed against Groves councilman
Published 7:56 pm Friday, May 4, 2018
By Mary Meaux
GROVES — A petition to recall a Groves city councilman after his nude photos were made public began circulating in the city Friday.
William Howlett filed the necessary paperwork and has 20 days from May 4 to collect signatures from 10 percent of the city's registered voters or about 953 signatures.
"Thank you to all the members of the Groves City Council. Each one of you has accepted the huge responsibility of making decisions that affect our community, and I'm confident that you all take this responsibility seriously. Unfortunately, one member, Mr. Cross Coburn, has publicly demonstrated actions unbecoming a Public Official, compromising the integrity of his office, and fracturing the trust of the citizens of Groves. Therefore I, William L. Howlett, wish to initiate a recall petition to remove Cross Coburn from the Ward 1 Groves Councilmember position," the petition reads.
Howlett also agrees to withdraw the petition prior to collecting the required number of signatures if Coburn were to resign.
Howlett included the following email address: grovesrecallpetition@yahoo.com
Howlett announced Monday during the City Council meeting that he would file the petition Friday. He said he learned from the news media a few months ago about how nude photos of Coburn surfaced from the internet. He felt it showed poor judgment on Coburn's part.
Coburn has been in the public eye since March after local media and the city of Groves each received an anonymous folder in the mail showing the openly gay Coburn clothed and shirtless as well as photos of a male sex organ taken from a dating site called Grindr.
Coburn believes he is the victim of a political smear campaign after being identified as gay and has secured a New York- and Boston-based consulting firm to advise him on his 2019 re-election campaign. Consultant Jonathan Scott of Boston said he signed on to help Coburn after Jill Pierce, Coburn's Port Arthur attorney, contacted him.
"We found it unfortunate that a political opponent chose to politicize this in a negative way after an injustice was done against Councilman Coburn," Scott said via phone Friday night. "As far as the petition goes, we are in a holding pattern. There is a lot of detail that needs to be paid attention to when one presses a recall election."
Pierce, he said, would be assessing the issue closely in the coming 48 to 72 hours."
In a telephone interview Wednesday, Scott said that Coburn had been tricked by political opponents into believing he was involved in an online relationship through a gay dating site. Later, Scott said, nude photos and transcripts of online conversations, which Coburn said he thought were private, were sent to Groves City Hall and to The Port Arthur News in March.
Scott suggested that older voters nowadays might not understand how younger people date, especially through online communications. The story made national news and was frequently distributed in gay publications.
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Flemming Dahl is Senior Vice President and Head of Quality at Novo Nordisk. He serves as a member of the Senior Management Board and heads up the global Quality Management team. Mr. Dahl is responsible for the quality strategy including Novo Nordisk's Quality Management System (QMS) which covers all units in the company. A key focus area in Mr. Dahl's role is a focused drive for more simplicity and agility across the company whilst ensuring continued strong quality performance. Other priority areas include global regulatory harmonisation on GMPs and pharmacopoeias. He has been with Novo Nordisk since 1994 and held several leadership positions in the production area, including working nine years as Senior Vice President in biopharmaceutical production. Mr. Dahl is a member of the Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Leadership Forum (GPMLF) and was a keynote speaker at the ISPE 2016 Annual Meeting on "Workforce of the future". In 2016 he accepted the "Company of the Year Award" from ISPE on behalf of Novo Nordisk. Mr. Dahl is educated as a chemical engineer at the Danish Engineering Academy.


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VIPS Leader Larry Johnson Nails British Intelligence as Driver of Failed Russiagate Coup
March 29, 2019 (EIRNS)—
"The conspiracy against Donald Trump, in my opinion, originated with British intelligence and persons connected with the Clinton Campaign. The provocation/dangle of George Papadopoulos was the result of electronic intercepts by [British intelligence's NSA equivalent, General Communications Headquarters] GCHQ targeting people working on the Trump campaign. The collection effort generated hundreds of highly classified 'SIGINT' messages that were disseminated in the U.S. intelligence community. Those messages led to the unmasking of more than 100 Americans whose names appeared in those reports. And this 'intel' dump from the Brits became the predicate for launching a counter intelligence investigation of Donald Trump and his campaign," patriotic former CIA officer Larry Johnson, now active with the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), wrote on March 27, in the blog of Col. Pat Lang (ret.), "Sic Semper Tyrannis."
Johnson gave that precise identification of the origination of the assault on the Presidency in his posting, "Time for Clapper To Go Under Oath." The posting makes clear Johnson is not speaking as someone "out in the cold."
"When the tale of the plot to destroy Donald Trump's candidacy and Presidency is told, Jim Clapper will be proven as a key player in the conspiracy. Clapper was not a passive observer," Johnson wrote.
"I am told by friends who had direct dealings with Clapper during his tenure as the Director of National Intelligence that he was helping coordinate the activities of the CIA, the NSA and the FBI in the collection and dissemination of information on Trump and his associates."
Johnson reviews the implications of recently released texts connecting "congenital liar" Clapper and then FBI agent Peter Strzok. But Strzok is not the key player, he argues; only "an important cog in the anti-Trump conspiracy machine" who was in regular contact with Clapper. Johnson suggests that Strzok, in fact, "could be considered a dupe," who "accepted the British intel at face value and then was reinforced in his beliefs by the lies of MI6 officer Christopher Steele."
Clapper, however, is no dupe. "When the investigation of this mess is completed, I believe Jim Clapper will emerge as a puppet master in pulling FBI strings and putting Trump under a cloud," Johnson wrote.
Pat Lang, for his part, suggested on his blog March 26 that prosecuting Obama's former Director of National Intelligence might generate useful intelligence since "Jimmy Clapper would quickly cave under pressure and seek to throw someone under the bus to save himself," if he faced possible jail time. Clapper recently claimed that "Obama told me to do it."


So i guess this is her dressing up as a…demon? I don't know how to design it better. Something is totally throwing off the pose though; I need to sleep on it.
Short twintails? More like terrible. I am constantly reminded of my inability to draw anything well, sigh.
Just kidding. I stole junkpuyo's coloring again. But yeah, I never drew Sonico before, but the stream suggested her, and it turned out to be not a bad idea…sort of. Lots of pain was still involved. Back to homework tomorrow!


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Psychology is the study of the human mind and behaviour. Psychologists study and design experiments to find out what is normal human behaviour and then carry out research into abnormal behaviour. They use the information learnt to address social and personal problems.
You will investigate a range of topics covering many aspects of human behaviour including eye witness testimony, the effects of institutionalisation on attachment bonds, biological explanations of criminal behaviour and the cultural bias in diagnosing pathological disorders. The course offers a broad range of topics that lead well into Higher Education and further study of the subject.
Students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of psychological concepts, theories, research studies, research methods and ethical issues in relation to the specified Paper 1 & 2 content
apply psychological knowledge and understanding of the specified Paper 1 & 2 content in a range of contexts
analyse, interpret and evaluate psychological concepts, theories, research studies and research methods in relation to the specified Paper 1 content
evaluate therapies and treatments including in terms of their appropriateness and effectiveness
Paper 1 & 2 content includes Social Psychology, Memory, Developmental Psychology (attachments), Psychopathology, Approaches and Research Methods
Skills gained in year 1 will continued to be enhanced in year 2 by extending Research Methods comprehension and introducing statistical analysis. Students are required to conduct a small scale piece of research on a subject of choice. Extended topics for exploration include Forensics, Aggression and Schizophrenia which will stretch written skills of evaluation and analysis.
Exam Board : AQA
Paper 1: Introductory topics in psychology, including Social Influence, Memory, Attachment, and Psychopathology. The written paper lasts 2 hours and makes up 33.3% of the total A2 marks. Each section includes multiple choice, short answer and extended writing. The exam has 96 marks in total.
Paper 2: Psychology in context, including Approaches in Psychology, Biopsychology, and Research Methods. The written paper lasts 2 hours and makes up 33.3% of the total A2 marks. Each section includes multiple choice, short answer and extended writing. The exam has 96 marks in total.
Paper 3: Issues and debates in psychology, Gender, Forensic Psychology, and Schizophrenia. The written paper lasts 2 hours and makes up 33.3% of the total A2 marks. Each section includes multiple choice, short answer and extended writing. The exam has 96 marks in total.
Head of subject: Mrs L Cookson
Minimum of 6 in English, 6 in Maths & 6 in Science oveall.
Are you interested in: Why people behave the way they do; Exploring theories to explain behaviour; The scientific processes involved in measuring behaviour?
Leading to a career in: Chartered Psychologist, Therapy (Occupational, Art, Drama, Paediatric, Educational and others), Business & Marketing, Management, Nursing, Police, Prisons, Sports & Exercise.
This subject goes well with: English, Maths, History, Politics, Sociology, Business, PE, Science, Philosophy
"Psychology has really helped me to understand other peoples' behaviour and my own."