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Q: how to fetch the data from request body in anguar2 i have created one URL and given to the end-user so when user hit my URL  from other module i want to fetch the the data from the request body and and after fetching the data i am passing these data to my service and then validating and getting the response from my service.
but when user click on my URL and passing the data in URL then
I am able to fetch the data from URL like this
ngOnInit() {
    this.route.params
    .subscribe((params : Params) => {
        this.email=params['id'];
    });

but I am not able to fetch the data from request body when the user hit my URL so that i can fetch the data from the body and pass it to my  service.
I need to fetch the two parameters from the request body.

A: Please first understand that the code you show is not a request to an api so there is no body.
All you are doing here is looking at the current route that shows in the address bar (ie. the current page of your angular app). There is no request body to fetch data from, only the query string params you can see in the address bar.
In other words, this.route refers to the CURRENT route of your angular app showing in the browser.
If you want to call an API and get data then you need to create a service to do that. For example:
@Injectable()
export class StoriesService {
constructor(private http:Http,private constService :ConstantsService) { }

public getStories()
{
    this.http
        .get(this.constService.apiBaseUrl + "/Stories")
        .subscribe ((data: Response) => console.log(data));
}

}
In this example data is the request body returned by the call to [apiBaseUrl]/stories.
I would advise reading this tutorial.

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Work at King's
Choristerships at King's
Life outside Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury Menu
SIR Stephen Cleobury
Conductor & organisT
"If for nothing else, Stephen Cleobury should go down as the man who really recharged the writing of contemporary choral music – not just the Christmas carol, but the fact that his commissioning has affected how people write choral music. In all four corners of the globe people switch on the radio on Christmas Eve and hear a new piece of music." Jeremy Summerly, CD Review, Radio 3, 1 December 2018
Stephen Cleobury has for thirty seven years been associated with one of the world's most famous choirs, that of King's College, Cambridge. His work at King's has brought him into fruitful relationships with many leading orchestras and soloists, among them the Academy of Ancient Music, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Philharmonia, Britten Sinfonia, the BBC Concert Orchestra, and the distinguished ensemble, Endymion, and he has worked with many artists – singers and instrumentalists – of international repute. He complements and refreshes his work in Cambridge through the many other musical activities in which he engages.
"Presiding over the lengthy and well-chosen program was the choir's genial music director, Stephen Cleobury, who occasionally offered some charming informal commentary on the music. And what music! ... The singers have mastered the music so completely that many of them glanced only occasionally at their scores, focusing instead on Cleobury's expressive hands and clear indications." Seattle Times, March 2017
"The restrained and precise, but passionate leadership of Stephen Cleobury, one of the world's most highly regarded choral directors, always kept the music itself centre stage."
Review of concert in Hong Kong, August 2016
"There was a deserved five-minute standing ovation at the end of the performance, and especially for Stephen Cleobury who responded with characteristic modesty." Dream of Gerontius, Cambridge Evening News, June 2016
"Stephen Cleobury – minimum fuss but maximum impact at Seattle Symphony's 'Baroque and Wine' concert." Seattle Times, February 2016
"Stephen Cleobury is on peak form... These are outstanding performances by a great musician." Gramophone Magazine, August 2015
Ophelia Redpath's painting used for the cover of the
Cambridge Summer Music Festival in 2015, which
features prominent Cambridge characters from
Henry VIII to Sir Stephen Cleobury!
Arrangements & compositions
Tweets by @SJCleobury

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Teach Tip Tuesday: 5 tips to complete that impossible task.
Do you have a job that you keep putting off? It's too hard, too complicated or you just never get around to it?
I get these types of tasks all the time. I just can't get started or don't know where to start. This week's Teach Tip Tuesday gives you my top 5 tips to getting that task off your to do list.
1. Break the task down into small task so that they seems manageable.
A task that you don't know how to start is usually made up of many small task. Split your task in 5 smaller tasks so that you can get started.
Each year I have to construct my departments junior profile database. It isn't a particular hard task but it is time consuming. There are currently 5 of these that need to be done. Instead of trying to complete the whole database at once this year, I focused on completing small parts so that they task didn't seem as overwhelming.
2. Work on the task with someone else.
When getting started is too hard or the task is complicated, pair up with a colleague so that you can use your collective intelligence to make a dent in completing your impossible task.
I have a task that I have been putting off for months because it just seemed too big. I decided to form a PLC with a colleague of mine and we smashed out the first part in under an hour. Two brains (or more) are better than one.
3. Schedule time each day or week to complete the task depending on the timelines you have to meet.
Scheduling time to complete a part of a job that you are putting off will help you eventually accomplish the task without needing to spend whole days trudging on until the end.
4. Form an action plan.
Having an outline of the small steps that make up the larger task, with responsible persons and timelines to meet, can make completing the small tasks easy and help you identify others that can help you get it done.
Last year we implemented a new process to assist our students that were struggling with math. The whole program was overwhelming and there just seemed to be too many tasks to complete. I put together an action plan with timelines and responsible staff. This plan ensured that I delegated tasks appropriately and also ensured that I met my deadlines.
5. Just Eat the Frog.
Sometimes there is nothing to be done but to just get on with it. Eating the frog means that you tackle that big job before anything else. By completing the job that you keep procrastinating on you become more productive on those other smaller jobs.
How do you make sure that you complete those impossible tasks? Please share in the comments below or on our facebook page.
I am a Secondary Teacher and Head of Department Mathematics in Education Queensland. I am passionate about the development of pedagogy that engages the 21st century student and love to explore their implementation in the classroom. Disclaimer: The thoughts on this page are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employer.
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Q: Plotting error with ggplot2 I have data with three variables and I am now trying to plot two of them using ggplot2.
library(ggplot2)
x=1:50
y=x^2
z=rep(c("p","sp","n","sn","nt"),each=10)
mydata=as.data.frame(cbind(x,y,z))
ggplot(mydata, aes(x=x, y=y)) + geom_point()

According to the data, the plot should be a curve. However, when I run the code, I get the following figure which makes no sense. Is there any mistake in the code? Thanks a lot.

A: When you create a matrix using cbind it coerces to the most common type, in this case, character. When you call as.data.frame.matrix It will by default create factors, giving you this unusual ordering based on the increasing levels of the factor. The correct function to use is data.frame with several arguments of the columns of your data.
library(ggplot2)
x=1:50
y=x^2
z=rep(c("p","sp","n","sn","nt"),each=10)
mydata= data.frame(x,y,z)
ggplot(mydata, aes(x=x, y=y)) + geom_line()

Have a look at str(data.frame(x,y,z)) instead of str(as.data.frame(cbind(x,y,z)) and note the coercion to factor from integer and numeric modes.


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Royalty and splendour in the House of Lords
Saturday and Summer Opening
Contemporary portraiture in Portcullis House
Attend debates
Watch committees
Westminster Hall debates
Exclusive guided tours focusing on the art and decorative arts of the House of Lords are available on selected Friday evenings throughout 2012.
What does the tour cover?
The finest British artists of their day designed the wonderful frescoes, portraits, statues, thrones, fireplaces and furniture that are explored in a new tour.
The 75 minute long guided tours will run from 5.30pm during spring and summer and offer an exclusive experience after the doors close to the public.
The visit showcases the exquisite craftmanship of A.W.N. Pugin and Charles Barry and the artistry of William Dyce and Daniel Maclise amongst others.
The tour starts in Sovereign's Entrance and follows the Royal Processional Route through the House of Lords and finishes with a glass of champagne in one of the Palace's private rooms.
Virtual tour: House of Lords Visitor Route
Virtual tour: House of Lords Chamber
Times and availability
Visitors attending this tour should arrive at Black Rod's Garden entrance and allow 15 minutes before the tour begins to allow time to pass through security.
Tours are available 16 and 30 March, 25 May, 29 June and 20 July at 5.30pm, 5.45pm and 6pm
Tickets for tours can be booked:
Online on the ticketmaster website
By telephone on 0844 847 1672
Standard: £30.00
A number of simple security measures have been put in place for the safety of all our visitors. Please take note of them before and during your visit.
Searches, similar to those used in airports, will be conducted on entry
Mobile phones must be turned off
Cameras cannot be used
Where do I go?
Find your bearings with our maps of the parliamentary estate and the surrounding area.
Maps of the parliamentary estate
Bags or luggage larger than those permitted in aircraft cabins may be refused entry. Parliament has no facilities for leaving items; commerical outlets are available nearby at Victoria or Charing Cross stations.
Cancelled tours
Please note that tours can be cancelled at any time if Parliament has to meet, eg, due to an emergency.
Need a wheelchair?
A limited number of wheelchairs are available if requested in advance. Call 0207 219 3003.
Tours of Parliament are available to all on Saturdays throughout the year and during the Summer Opening period. Tickets can be purchased in advance or on the day itself (subject to availability).


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Jerusalem Post Business & Innovation
Start-up raises funds for new multipurpose VR gaming chair
The release of such a versatile product is very timely, as it coincides when so many people are confined to their homes due to the widespread outbreak of COVID-19.
By AARON REICH
Children using virtual reality technology to learn about Jewish culture
(photo credit: Courtesy)
Virtual reality start-up Roto VR has raised £1.5 million (NIS 6,701,178) in funding for their new 360 degree gaming chair, making VR more accessible as more and more people are confined to their homes during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Techchrunch reported.
The motorized chair is compatible with most existing VR head-mounted displays as well as with all movies and games, and a number of peripheral controllers such as racing wheels. Furthermore, its auto-rotational feature allows the chair to move where the user looks, allowing full 360-degree viewing.
In addition, the chair can also be used for 360-degree desktop computing, with the built-in desktop supporting keyboard and mouse input.
"Most people sit down to watch movies, work, play games and browse the internet whilst seated and we see no reason why the exciting new medium of VR will be any different," said Roto VR founder Elliot Myers, according to Techchrunch.
The chair is due for an imminent release for both consumers and offices, and will also be marketed to movie theaters and arcades.
In such a crisis, more and more people are turning to video games as a means of escape.
However, many in the games industry have also tried to give back to their players and use in-game social interaction features to foster a sense of community a time where physical social interaction is all but impossible.
This initiative, called the #PlayApartTogether campaign, was started by 18 industry leaders including Activision Blizzard, Glu Mobile, Riot Games and the Israel-based mobile gaming company Playtika. These companies work to provide incentives for in-game social interaction as well as help raise awareness of the World Health Organization's guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Tags virtual reality video games Gaming


Many times, when I sit down to write, I find it very difficult to work on my WIP. So lately, I've taken to using writing prompts, just to write something. Today I got the idea to post some flash fiction - perhaps I'll start doing Flash Tuesdays. (Why yes I did decide that because The Flash is on Tuesdays, though I have yet to watch it.) Anyway...here's the first.
The doctor put his hand on her arm and said gently, "You or the baby will survive. Not both. I'm sorry." Any response she could have given got caught in her throat as the doctor continued, "I'm really sorry to have to tell you that. I'll leave the two of you alone, I know this is difficult to swallow. Take as much time as you need, we don't need the room the rest of the day." She gave the couple a pitying smile and gently closed the door behind her.
"Well, there's that." Jennifer put her hands on her large belly, looking down in shock.
"No, that can't be that. All the medicine today - there has to be a way. I'm not willing to lose either of you." Chad got up and took his wife in his arms and started whispering a prayer for the two most important people in his life.
As he prayed, Jennifer said a silent prayer herself. However, her's was one of surrender. Yes, this was a shock, but not because she had a big decision to make. She had made up her mind the moment the words were out of the doctor's mouth. The only thing she had to decide now was how to tell the man she loved more than life that he was going to be a single father.


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EPA Refuses to Ban Neurotoxic Pesticide Found in 87 Percent of Newborns
Dr. Mercola's Weekly Quiz
GMO Apples Arriving at Grocery Stores
A petition to ban chlorpyrifos on food was filed over a decade ago. In March, Scott Pruitt, head of the EPA, issued an order denying the petition to revoke all tolerances for chlorpyrifos on food
Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate insecticide known to disrupt brain development and cause brain damage, neurological abnormalities, reduced IQ and aggressiveness in children
Chlorpyrifos is commonly used on staple crops such as wheat and corn, as well as nonorganic fruits and vegetables. With a half-life on food of several weeks, nonorganic foods are a major source of exposure
A study measuring chlorpyrifos levels in women and children living in an agricultural community found measurable levels in 70.5 percent of maternal blood samples and 87.5 percent of cord blood samples
Government-funded studies also show chlorpyrifos poses serious risks to 97 percent of endangered animals in the U.S.
Exposure to pesticides, herbicides and insecticides has dramatically increased since the introduction of genetically engineered (GE) crops. Urine output of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, shot up by more than 1,200 percent between 1993 and 2016.1 Unfortunately, glyphosate is not the only chemical of concern.
Chlorpyrifos (sold under the trade name Lorsban) — an organophosphate insecticide known to disrupt brain development and cause brain damage, neurological abnormalities, reduced IQ and aggressiveness in children — is another.2 ,3 In adults, the chemical has been linked to Parkinson's disease4,5 and lung cancer.6
Chlorpyrifos has been in use since 1965, and is commonly used on staple crops such as wheat and corn, as well as fruits and vegetables, including nonorganic citrus, apples, cherries, strawberries, broccoli, cauliflower and dozens of others. Since the chemical has a half-life of several months and can remain on sprayed foods for up to several weeks,7 nonorganic foods are a major source of exposure.
Importantly, nonorganic, non-grass fed meats are likely to be loaded with this chemical, since conventional feed consists primarily of genetically and/or conventionally raised grains such as corn. This is yet another reason to make sure you feed your family grass fed meats and animal products, especially your young children. Chlorpyrifos is also a commonly found water contaminant, and has even been found in indoor air.8
Children experience greater exposure to chemicals pound-for-pound than adults, and have an immature and porous blood-brain barrier that allows greater chemical exposures to reach their developing brain. Needless to say, the results can be devastating and, indeed, many agricultural and industrial chemicals have been found to affect children's brain function and development specifically.
Decadelong Effort to Ban Chlorpyrifos Fall Through
Permissible uses of chlorpyrifos was limited in the year 2000, at which time the chemical was banned for use in homes, schools, day care facilities, parks, hospitals, nursing homes and malls. However, agricultural use remained, and it can still be used on golf courses and road medians.
Scientists at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actually pushed for a complete ban on chlorpyrifos, as its dangers are well-documented, and the chemical is in fact classified as a neurotoxin, as it disrupts communication between brain cells. Research shows that living within 1 mile of chlorpyrifos-treated fields increases a woman's risk of having an autistic child by 300 percent.9,10
A petition to ban chlorpyrifos on food was filed over a decade ago, and the lack of response from the EPA finally led to a federal court ordering the EPA to issue a decision.11 Forced to act, Scott Pruitt, President Trump-appointed head of the EPA,12 issued an order denying the petition to revoke all tolerances for chlorpyrifos on food in March 2017.13,14 As noted by NPR:15
"That's despite the agency's earlier conclusion, reached during the Obama administration, that this pesticide could pose risks to consumers. It's a signal that toxic chemicals will face less restrictive regulation by the Trump administration. In its decision, the EPA didn't exactly repudiate its earlier scientific findings. But the agency did say that there's still a lot of scientific uncertainty about the risks of chlorpyrifos …
Patti Goldman, from the environmental group Earth Justice, calls the decision 'unconscionable,' and says that her group will fight it in court … 'Based on the harm that this pesticide causes, the EPA cannot, consistent with the law, allow it in our food.'"
87 Percent of Newborns Have Chlorpyrifos in Their Cord Blood
Considering Pruitt's history of championing industry interests and the evidence showing other EPA officials have has taken an active role in protecting chemical giants against rulings that would impact their bottom line, his decision to keep chlorpyrifos on the market does raise suspicions. As noted by USA Today,16 Pruitt "filed more than a dozen lawsuits seeking to overturn some of the same regulations he is now charged with enforcing."
Evidence also suggests Dow Chemical, the maker of chlorpyrifos, pressured government agencies to ignore incriminating studies (see next section). The EPA's earlier conclusion that chlorpyrifos posed a risk to consumers was largely based on research17 showing that exposure to the chemical caused measurable differences in brain function. In one study, compared to children whose exposure to the chemical was negligible, children with high levels of exposure had lower IQ at age 7.18
Research19 published in 2014 showed that pregnant women exposed to chlorpyrifos during their second trimester had a 60 percent higher risk of giving birth to an autistic child. Studies have also shown that genetic differences can make some people far more vulnerable to chlorpyrifos than others.
Moreover, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chlorpyrifos is metabolized in the human body into 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPy),20 which is even more toxic than the original insecticide. Disturbingly, California's biomonitoring program found TCPy in 82 percent of Californians sampled in 2012, including pregnant women.21
Another 2012 study,22 which measured chlorpyrifos levels in maternal and cord plasma of women and children living in an agricultural community, found measurable levels in 70.5 percent of maternal blood samples and 87.5 percent of cord blood samples. According to the authors:
"Blood organophosphate pesticide levels of study participants were similar in mothers and newborns and slightly higher than those reported in other populations. However, compared to their mothers, newborns have much lower quantities of the detoxifying PON1 enzyme suggesting that infants may be especially vulnerable to organophosphate pesticide exposures."
Dow Chemical Requested Evidence To Be 'Set Aside'
Government-funded studies also reveal that chlorpyrifos poses serious risks to 97 percent of endangered animals in the U.S.23,24 This alone ought to be cause enough to ban this chemical, but it appears industry pressure worked its usual magic.
On April 13, 2017, a legal team representing Dow Chemical and two other organophosphate manufacturers sent letters to the three agencies responsible for joint enforcement of the Endangered Species Act25,26 — the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Department of Commerce — asking them to "set aside" these incriminating findings, as the companies believe they are flawed. As reported by USA Today:
"Over the past four years, federal scientists have compiled … more than 10,000 pages indicating the three pesticides under review — chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion — pose a risk to nearly every endangered species they studied. Regulators at the three federal agencies … are close to issuing findings expected to result in new limits on how and where the highly toxic pesticides can be used …
The EPA's recent biological evaluation of chlorpyrifos found the pesticide is 'likely to adversely affect' 1,778 of the 1,835 animals and plants accessed as part of its study, including critically endangered or threatened species of frogs, fish, birds and mammals … In a statement, the Dow subsidiary that sells chlorpyrifos said its lawyers asked for the EPA's biological assessment to be withdrawn because its 'scientific basis was not reliable.'"
Pruitt claims he's "trying to restore regulatory sanity to EPA's work." I would argue the definition of sanity is first not to abandon the EPA's mandate to protect the public health and, further, not to give developmentally crippling toxins a free pass and ignoring loads of unbiased research documenting its toxicity.
At present, the EPA is also in the process of reassessing atrazine, another pernicious and exceptionally toxic agricultural chemical. It remains to be seen whether the agency will finally take a firm stand against this pernicious toxin, or let it slide like chlorpyrifos and glyphosate.
Toxic Exposures Have Robbed Americans of 41 Million IQ Points
Problems with cognitive function that are not severe enough for diagnosis are becoming even more common than neurobehavioral development disorders. In 2012, David Bellinger, Ph.D., professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, published a study funded by the National Institutes of Health where he calculated the impact of toxic exposures on children's IQ.27
He determined that based on a population of 25.5 million children, aged birth to 5, those born to mothers exposed to organophosphates, mercury or lead during pregnancy suffered a combined loss of 16.9 million IQ points. Researchers calculated a collective loss of 41 million IQ points in the U.S. from the same exposures.28 Conventional farmers are reluctant to stop using pesticides as this will put their crops at risk, and pesticide makers will not support a ban for obvious reasons.
But at what point do we say enough is enough? How many children have to be sacrificed for financial profits? Considering the lack of proactive measures from government and industry, it's up to each and every one of us to be proactive in our own lives. One of the most effective ways to reduce your exposure to toxic pesticides, herbicides and insecticides is to buy certified organic foods, or better yet, foods certified biodynamic.
Environmental Toxins Kill 1.7 Million Children Annually, Worldwide
Untested chemicals should not be presumed safe.29 The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that environmental pollution, including but not limited to toxic exposures, kills 1.7 million children every year.30 The top five causes of death for children under 5 are related to their environment.
A recent report from CHEMTrust, a British charity working internationally to prevent man-made chemicals from triggering damage to wildlife or humans, found current chemical testing is not adequately picking up chemicals that cause developmental neurotoxicity.31 Their "No Brainer" report32 evaluated the impact of chemicals on the development of a child's brain.
The report praised the European Food Safety Authority for work on risk assessment of pesticides and recommended their approach be expanded to include chemicals from other sources.33
They also recommended chemicals used for food contact material be routinely tested and screened for developmental neurotoxicity. The report also called for a taskforce to identify and develop better ways to screen chemicals before use. Without a doubt, the U.S. needs to follow suit and take a stronger stance against chemicals suspected of neurotoxicity.
How to Protect Your Family From Toxic Pesticides
According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report on pesticide residues in food,34 in 2014, 41 percent of samples had no detectable pesticide residues. The following year, a mere 15 percent of all the food samples tested were free from pesticide residues. That just goes to show how rapidly and dramatically our pesticide exposure has increased.
Here's a summary of commonsense recommendations that will help reduce your exposure to pesticides, and help you eliminate toxins you may already have been exposed to:
• As a general rule, your safest bet is to grow your own food, followed by buying certified organic or, better yet, biodynamic produce, and grass fed or pastured meats and animal products. See the listing below for sources where you can locate farm-fresh foods locally. If you cannot afford an all-organic/biodynamic diet, focus on buying grass fed and organic pastured meats first.
Next, familiarize yourself with average pesticide loads and buy (or grow) organic varieties of produce known to carry the highest amounts of pesticides. You can find a quick rundown in the Consumer Reports video above.35 Another excellent source, which is updated annually, is the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) shopper's guide36 to pesticides in produce.
• Filtering your drinking water is also important. To remove pesticides, look for a filter certified by the NSF International to meet American National Standards Institute Standard 53 for volatile organic compounds reduction. This will ensure the filter is capable of significantly reducing pesticides.37 Most activated carbon filters will meet this requirement and get the job done.
• Carefully wash all nonorganic produce to remove surface pesticides. According to a recent study,38 the most effective cleaning method, by far, is to wash your produce using a mixture of tap water and baking soda. Soaking apples in a 1 percent baking soda solution for 12 to 15 minutes was found to remove 80 percent of the fungicide thiabendazole and 96 percent of the insecticide phosmet.
• Lastly, if you know you have been exposed to pesticides, eating fermented foods and/or using a low-EMF far infrared sauna can be helpful, especially if combined with an optimal supplemental detox regimen including binders to catch the toxins that are mobilized from the fats. The lactic acid bacteria formed during the fermentation of kimchi has been shown to help your body break down pesticides.
Where to Find Organic Farm-Fresh Foods
If you live in the U.S., the following organizations can help you locate wholesome farm-fresh foods in your area:
Demeter USA
Demeter-USA.org provides a directory of certified Biodynamic farms and brands. This directory can also be found on BiodynamicFood.org.
The goal of the American Grassfed Association is to promote the grass fed industry through government relations, research, concept marketing and public education.
Their website also allows you to search for AGA approved producers certified according to strict standards that include being raised on a diet of 100 percent forage; raised on pasture and never confined to a feedlot; never treated with antibiotics or hormones; born and raised on American family farms.
EatWild.com
EatWild.com provides lists of farmers known to produce raw dairy products as well as grass fed beef and other farm-fresh produce (although not all are certified organic). Here you can also find information about local farmers markets, as well as local stores and restaurants that sell grass fed products.
Weston A. Price has local chapters in most states, and many of them are connected with buying clubs in which you can easily purchase organic foods, including grass fed raw dairy products like milk and butter.
Grassfed Exchange
The Grassfed Exchange has a listing of producers selling organic and grass fed meats across the U.S.
This website will help you find farmers markets, family farms and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area where you can buy produce, grass fed meats and many other goodies.
A national listing of farmers markets.
Eat Well Guide: Wholesome Food from Healthy Animals
The Eat Well Guide is a free online directory of sustainably raised meat, poultry, dairy and eggs from farms, stores, restaurants, inns, hotels and online outlets in the United States and Canada.
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA)
CISA is dedicated to sustaining agriculture and promoting the products of small farms.
FoodRoutes
The FoodRoutes "Find Good Food" map can help you connect with local farmers to find the freshest, tastiest food possible. On their interactive map, you can find a listing for local farmers, CSAs and markets near you.
The Cornucopia Institute
The Cornucopia Institute maintains web-based tools rating all certified organic brands of eggs, dairy products and other commodities, based on their ethical sourcing and authentic farming practices separating CAFO "organic" production from authentic organic practices.
RealMilk.com
If you're still unsure of where to find raw milk, check out Raw-Milk-Facts.com and RealMilk.com. They can tell you what the status is for legality in your state, and provide a listing of raw dairy farms in your area. The Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund39 also provides a state-by-state review of raw milk laws.40 California residents can also find raw milk retailers using the store locator available at www.OrganicPastures.com.
1 JAMA October 24/31, 2017;318(16):1610-1611
2 Lancet Neurology March 2014:13(3); 330-338
3 Time Magazine February 14, 2014
4 Neurotoxicology 2012 Oct;33(5):947-71
5 Environmental Health Perspectives 2006 Feb; 114(2): 156–164
6 Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2004 Dec 1;96(23):1781-9
7, 20 CDC.gov, Chlorpyrifos Biomonitoring Program
8 Environmental Health Perspectives 2017 Mar; 125(3): 333–341
9 Environmental Health Perspectives June 23, 2014 [Epub ahead of print] (PDF)
10 Scientific American June 23, 2014
11, 21 Civil Eats September 9, 2015
12 Christian Science Monitor October 3, 2017
13 EPA.gov March 2017
14 New York Times October 28, 2017
15, 18 NPR March 29, 2017
16 USA Today April 20, 2017
17 Journalist's Resource
19 Environmental Health Perspectives, Children's Health October 2014; 122(10): 1103-1110
22 Environmental Research August 2012; 117: 8-16
23 EPA.gov January 18, 2017
24 The Guardian April 7, 2016
25 Justice.gov, Implementation of ESA
26 EPA.gov, Summary of ESA
27 Environmental Health Perspectives 2012;120(4)
28 The Atlantic, March 18, 2014
29 The Lancet, 2014; 13(3):330-338
30 World Health Organization, March 6, 2017
31 CHEMTrust, March 2017
32 CHEMTrust, No Brainer Report (PDF)
33 Chemical Watch, March 7, 2017
34 Huffington Post November 23, 2016
35 Consumer Reports March 19, 2015
36 EWG.org, 2017 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce
37 NRDC August 24, 2009
38 Science Daily October 25, 2017
39 The Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund
40 The Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund, State by State Review of Raw Milk Laws
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Ben 10 is a Fondant cake. One in picture weighs 4kg but can be made in Minimum weight 3kg.
Ben 10 fans are many all over the world. And why not? This is an American animated series, which is very popular not only in the western countries, but also in countries like India. It is very interesting because an ordinary boy, with the help of watch can transform himself into 10 alien creatures. Hence, the name is Ben 10.
Base: Base is a pound, which is rightly risen and soft and moist. Lovely with some vanilla beans and vanilla essence.
Icing: It's fully ornamented in green, as Ben 10 cartoon series' main color is showcased in green. Ben 10 is shown in the middle of the cake with a tie and in full glory of that of a winner. Behind him are shown stars embellished on different size popsicles on the birthday cakes in Gurgaon. The start are visible in green, yellow and black – the 3 ben 10 colors.
Topping: The Ben 10 logo is portrayed in the side of the cake, with black, green and yellow stars adorning the sides of the cakes too. A real winner among Ben 10 fans.
So what are you waiting for? Order cake online in Gurgaon for your Ben 10 lover's birthday.


Chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, was on Wednesday interrogated for about an hour at the national headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) over his international passport.
The media magnate had been arrested by security personnel believed to have been detailed from the Department of State Service at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, on his return from medical check up abroad last Friday.
On Wednesday, the politician, who was again invited by the Immigration and was questioned at the Comptroller General's Investigation Department. He arrived there at 2.00pm and was released about an hour later after the interrogation.
Emerging from the session, Dopkesi told reporters that Immigration Service demanded for his international passport which he said was in the custody of the Federal High Court.
I just returned from a medical trip overseas last Friday, March 22, 2019, when I was arrested for 50 -55 minutes at the airport. I was told that they have instructions from above to arrest me on my return but after a few phone calls and contacts, the immigration officer at the airport told me that he has instructions from above that I can leave and he gave me back my passport and told me that I should go and that they will reach me subsequently.
On Monday, I received new information and in line with the normal process, I returned my passport to the Federal High Court since I travelled under judicial approval or permission. So I returned my passport and came back and gave notice that I might have to go for a medical check-up so that they will ensure that the operation was successful and that all the organs and everything is properly healed.
So when I got the letter yesterday the 26th, I replied that same yesterday the 26th notifying them that I have returned the passport to the Federal High Court and that it has been duly acknowledged and added all the necessary information and so on. But the officers who interrogated me said that they had expected me to go back to the Federal High Court and obtain the passport with their letter of invitation. I told them that I totally defer from that line of thought.
I have returned, I got the passport from the Federal High Court. I returned the passport to the Federal High Court. If you the immigration service with the instruction from above require my passport then write directly to the Federal High Court and request for the passport. If you like, you can copy me for me to be able to go there and say, look I am supposed to be a courier, has the Court approved it and I will return it clearly, but that did not happen and that made us have altercations and tempers went very high.
But I stood my ground and said, well I am a Nigerian citizen, I have travelled out for my medical treatment. I am back to the country and I voluntarily came back and has handed over my passport to the appropriate authority. They were telling me that the passport was a property of the federal government and federal government has a right to withdraw it at any time.
Granted the passport is a property of the federal government and federal government has a right to withdraw it but I am also a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and there is a judicial process. There is a rule of law, why should we not go through the judicial process and be able to define what is required?
The resolution now is that of course, they said I should go home, but he left with an annotation that should they have any reason to invite me after they had reviewed my statement that I wrote and the letter I sent to them yesterday, that I should honour the invitation when I do receive it.
Is there any indication that they want to impound your passport?


This is a great post. My little Chihuahua Teddy is having separation anxiety issues my wife and I are trying to work through.
I think working with a dog to train him through the process is key., Leave the house for a bit to test him, try a webcam to keep an eye from the neighbors house.


Mirror Plateau Birmingham 1847 by Henry Wilkinson and Co.
A Victorian Mirror Plateau, made in Birmingham in 1847 by Henry Wilkinson and Co.; being circular with bead edge moldings and mounted on shell and scroll feet. Measuring approx. 12.6" (32cm) in diameter.


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Q: FileChannel.open(path, CREATE|CREATE_NEW) without WRITE option throws NoSuchFileException I had the following code:

  @Nonnull
  @SneakyThrows
  private Pair<InputStream, Long> probeSize(@Nonnull final InputStream image) {
    final String tmpId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
    final File probeFile = new File(tmpDir, tmpId + ".jpg");

    try (final FileChannel outChannel = FileChannel.open(probeFile.toPath(), CREATE);
         final ReadableByteChannel innChannel = Channels.newChannel(image)) {
      outChannel.transferFrom(innChannel, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
    }

    final Long fileSize = probeFile.length();
    return Pair.of(new FileInputStream(probeFile), fileSize);
  }

This code consistently threw the following exception:
Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /tmp/4bbc9008-e91c-4f18-b0f2-c61eed35066e.jpg
    at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(Unknown Source)
    at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(Unknown Source)
    at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(Unknown Source)
    at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newFileChannel(Unknown Source)

looking at the javadoc of FileChannel.open(path, option) and the associated StandardOpenOption, there is no documentation that alludes to  the fact that, to create a file, you must also open it for write.
The only options that work:

*

*FileChannel.open(probeFile.toPath(), CREATE, WRITE)

*FileChannel.open(probeFile.toPath(), CREATE_NEW, WRITE)
I only determined this by going through the UnixChannelFactory.newFileChannel and noticed the following:
UnixChannelFactory:

protected static FileDescriptor open(int dfd,
                                         UnixPath path,
                                         String pathForPermissionCheck,
                                         Flags flags,
                                         int mode)
        throws UnixException
    {
        // map to oflags
        int oflags;
        if (flags.read && flags.write) {
            oflags = O_RDWR;
        } else {
            oflags = (flags.write) ? O_WRONLY : O_RDONLY;
        }
        if (flags.write) {
            if (flags.truncateExisting)
                oflags |= O_TRUNC;
            if (flags.append)
                oflags |= O_APPEND;

            // create flags
            if (flags.createNew) {
                byte[] pathForSysCall = path.asByteArray();

                // throw exception if file name is "." to avoid confusing error
                if ((pathForSysCall[pathForSysCall.length-1] == '.') &&
                    (pathForSysCall.length == 1 ||
                    (pathForSysCall[pathForSysCall.length-2] == '/')))
                {
                    throw new UnixException(EEXIST);
                }
                oflags |= (O_CREAT | O_EXCL);
            } else {
                if (flags.create)
                    oflags |= O_CREAT;
            }
        }

Which shows that, unless you specify WRITE option, the file will never be created.
Is this a bug or an intended functionality, that FileChannel.open cannot create a file unless it is opened for write?

A: I'm looking at the JDK 7 Javadoc for FileChannel.open(...).
The doc for the method says:

The READ and WRITE options determine if the file should be opened for reading and/or writing. If neither option (or the APPEND option) is contained in the array then the file is opened for reading.

The doc for CREATE_NEW says:

This option is ignored when the file is opened only for reading.

The doc for CREATE says:

This option is ignored if the CREATE_NEW option is also present or the file is opened only for reading.

Putting these three snippets together, yes, this is expected behavior.


Interpersonal communication training can make all the difference to yielding an inspiring, motivated and creative team atmosphere and avoid a reactive, dissatisfied and problem based team.
What's different about these two statements?
The difference is very subtle, just a matter of tone, of facial expression, perhaps, and certainly of intent.
While both of these statements represent a form of critical feedback, the difference between them is profound. Judgment destroys relationships; curiosity builds them. This is why interpersonal communication training and feedback is so important.
Judgment comes from naysayers. It can cripple an opportunity simply because a self-appointed judge is willing to put someone else down.
As Dr. Tony Hacker points out, "We make judgments when we think we already know all we need to know." The naysayer has all the information he needs (or thinks he needs). Why try to expand on the idea of a colleague (or anyone else) when he can just shoot it down? This, of course, negates future learning opportunities as well as those chances to foster positive relationships.
The second coworker might not necessarily think that the idea will work, but he wants to know more and flesh it out. When someone is curious, he wants to see the other person's idea win. Why not? If the idea wins, the team wins. Instead of tearing down the idea and the person, he wants to build them up.
Think critically about the people on your team. Are they building up or tearing down each other? As a manager, good interpersonal communication training can help you influence and shape this behavior with positive outcomes?
Walt Disney once said, "We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." Those same pathways to innovation and excellence can be just as easily blocked by judgment—if teams and their leaders allow it.
It is critical to keep that philosophy in perspective because it's easy for people to judge what they are hearing instead of add value to it. Leaders need to observe the communication on their team, and individuals have to be aware of the type of feedback—judgmental or curious—that they offer their teammates. The difference can make or break an organization.
Judgment is rooted in past experiences.
Judgment does not involve being present to the ideas of others or trusting in one's teammates or colleagues.
Curiosity is the antithesis of judgment.
Curiosity comes from being present, trusting, and trustworthy.
Rather than impeding it, curiosity facilitates progress.
Curiosity and listening leads to innovation in teams and organizations.
Judgment shuts down innovation faster than anything else.
The impact of interpersonal communication training on your business culture can be the difference between fostering a productive generative atmosphere or a stale and reactive culture!
What culture do you want in your organization?


Import policy of Peas (including Yellow peas, Green peas, Dun peas and Kaspa peas) was revised from 'free to 'restricted' initially for a period of three months with effect from 01.04.2018 till 30.06.2018 with a quota of one lakh MT. Restriction was extended for a further period of three months till 30.09.2018. Again it was extended till 31.03.2019. These are all available in public domain in DGFT's website: dgft.gov.in.
Several WTO Members questioned India at the WTO Committee on Agriculture as well as in the bilateral meetings on the basis on which India imposed quantitative restrictions (QRs) and its consistency with WTO rules. India has stated that the imposition of QR was a temporary measure undertaken to protect the small and marginal farmers from adverse impact of drop in prices. Thereafter, such measures are reviewed on a regular basis initiatives are taken to support domestic producers.


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A simple system information collector

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Small business seems almost like a sacrificial cow, being plumped and pampered on the eve of unpleasant happenings. Today and tomorrow, a star-studded cast is performing before the National Federation of Independent Business, the largest group representing small business. The playbill includes Ronald Reagan, a clan of presidential candidates or water-testers - Robert Dole, Pat Robertson, Jack Kemp, Bill Clinton, Paul Laxalt, Patricia Schroeder - and other Capitol Hill luminaries.
All this attention is not a sign of how powerful the small business community has become, however. Some critics call it the result of good timing, giving candidates a platform to show support for small businesses just as the presidential race gets going.
The battles are only beginning. Next month, a bill requiring companies to alert and compensate past and present employees exposed to toxic substances will be introduced in Congress. Then, in the fall, comes a drive for a higher minimum wage, mandated parental leave, and mandated health benefits.
Small business advocates are quick to point out that these are worthy causes. It's just that they're so expensive. Unlike their bigger brethren, small companies don't have the size to, say, negotiate with a health care provider for a low-cost health plan.
What has happened, says Allen Neece, who represents small and medium-sized business associations, is that the relative standings of employers and employees have flip-flopped, with the employee now coming out on top. What's more, it has occurred during the Reagan administration - an ironic twist given Mr. Reagan's espoused fondness for the entrepreneur and small business.
To understand how the flip-flop came about, it's worth a look back at the last two White House Conferences on Small Business: in 1980 under President Carter, and last summer under President Reagan.
In 1980, there was ``a lot of pent-up anger'' among the small business community, says Mr. Neece. Fed up with the federal govenment and its regulations, it mobilized forces within the administration and on the Hill. What followed was a series of ``easy legislative solutions,'' he says. During that time, small business sought and got regulatory reform, reduced paperwork requirements, changes in workplace safety requirements, and a tax bill that gave all business a big boost, among other things.
Over the next few years, employees saw their positions erode. Labor unions, worried about their dwindling numbers, became more preoccupied with keeping their members employed than with increasing their wages and benefits. Wages, after inflation, fell for the first time in generations. Meanwhile, the safety net was shrinking, as Congress began to limit spending on social programs. With the budget deficit spiraling out of control, Congress passed the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction bill, effectively throwing any hope for government-funded programs for labor out the window.
So ``the government decided it was better to have business assume the responsibility [for employee programs] rather than the public or government,'' says Mr. Satagaj. Then, at the August 1986 White House Conference on Small Business, Congress was not in session and the President was not in town. The conference also took place in the middle of a presidential drive to abolish the Small Business Administration.
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Infection prevention and control (IPC) is a scientific approach and practical solution designed to prevent harm caused by infection to patients and health workers. It is grounded in infectious diseases, epidemiology, social science and health system strengthening. IPC occupies a unique position in the field of patient safety and quality universal health coverage since it is relevant to health workers and patients at every single health-care encounter.
No country, no health-care facility, even within the most advanced and sophisticated health-care systems, can claim to be free of the problem of health care-associated infections. The need for having IPC programmes nationally and at the facility level is clearly reinforced within the WHO 100 Core Health Indicators list.
A new IPC unit has therefore been set up within the WHO Service Delivery and Safety (SDS) department to provide a comprehensive, integrated IPC function focused on strengthening national and international IPC capacity and implementing safe practices at the point of care.
This unit will build upon the foundations and achievements of the Clean Care is Safer Care programme (2005-2015) and the strong leadership and technical expertise demonstrated by the existing WHO infection prevention team, most recently during the Ebola virus disease response and early recovery work.
The IPC global unit will lead WHO's work on IPC and will work collaboratively with related units in SDS, in particular the Patient Safety & Quality unit and the newly created unit dealing with Quality Universal Health Coverage, as well as with other related departments and units at the three levels of WHO.
Given that unsafe health care practices related to injections include the re-use of injection equipment, the over-use of injections for certain health conditions, accidental needle-stick injuries in health workers, and unsafe management of sharps waste, WHO is committed to promoting safe injection practices.
This work supports a key recommendation to Member States to switch to the exclusive use of reuse-prevention syringes (RUPs) for all injections by 2020. WHO also recommends syringes with sharp injury protection (SIPs) features.
Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
Governance of the IPC global unit is based upon the provision of regular advice and mentorship by the WHO Special Envoy on Patient Safety and on the creation of a Technical Steering Group and of an External Advisory Board.
Infection prevention and control (IPC) is a scientific approach and practical solution designed to prevent harm caused by infection to patients and health workers. It is grounded in infectious diseases, epidemiology, social science and health system strengthening. IPC occupies a unique position in the field of patient safety and quality universal health coverage since it is relevant to health workers and patients at every single health-care encounter. No country, no health-care facility, even within the most advanced and sophisticated health-care systems, can claim to be free of the problem of health care-associated infections. The need for having IPC programmes nationally and at the facility level is clearly reinforced within the WHO 100 Core Health Indicators list. A new IPC unit has therefore been set up within the WHO Service Delivery and Safety (SDS) department to provide a comprehensive, integrated IPC function focused on strengthening national and international IPC capacity and implementing safe practices at the point of care. This unit will build upon the foundations and achievements of the Clean Care is Safer Care programme (2005-2015) and the strong leadership and technical expertise demonstrated by the existing WHO infection prevention team, most recently during the Ebola virus disease response and early recovery work. The IPC global unit will lead WHOs work on IPC and will work collaboratively with related units in SDS, in particular the Patient Safety Quality unit and the newly created unit dealing with Quality Universal Health Coverage, as well as with other related departments and units at the three levels of WHO. Given that unsafe health care practices related to injections include the re-use of injection equipment, the over-use of injections for certain health conditions, accidental needle-stick injuries in health workers, and unsafe management of sharps waste, WHO is committed to promoting safe injection practices. This work supports a key recommendation to Member States to switch to the exclusive use of reuse-prevention syringes (RUPs) for all injections by 2020. WHO also recommends syringes with sharp injury protection (SIPs) features. The IPC global unit will deliver its work based on five main functions: Leadership, connecting and coordinating Campaigns and advocacy Technical guidance and implementation Capacity-building Measuring and learning. The key technical areas of work for the 2015-2017 period are: Hand hygiene Prevention of surgical site infections IPC to combat antimicrobial resistance Injection safety Burden of health care-associated infections Ebola response and recovery IPC country capacity-building Prevention of sepsis and catheter-associated bloodstream infections Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Governance of the IPC global unit is based upon the provision of regular advice and mentorship by the WHO Special Envoy on Patient Safety and on the creation of a Technical Steering Group and of an External Advisory Board.


text:
// Copyright 2016 The Cockroach Authors.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
// implied. See the License for the specific language governing
// permissions and limitations under the License.
//
// Author: Radu Berinde (radu@cockroachlabs.com)

package distsqlrun

import (
	"sync"

	"golang.org/x/net/context"

	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb"
	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/log"
	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/tracing"
	"github.com/pkg/errors"
)

// tableReader is the start of a computation flow; it performs KV operations to
// retrieve rows for a table, runs a filter expression, and passes rows with the
// desired column values to an output RowReceiver.
// See docs/RFCS/distributed_sql.md
type tableReader struct {
	readerBase

	ctx context.Context

	spans                roachpb.Spans
	hardLimit, softLimit int64

	output RowReceiver
}

var _ processor = &tableReader{}

// newTableReader creates a tableReader.
func newTableReader(
	flowCtx *FlowCtx, spec *TableReaderSpec, output RowReceiver,
) (*tableReader, error) {
	tr := &tableReader{
		output:    output,
		hardLimit: spec.HardLimit,
		softLimit: spec.SoftLimit,
	}

	if tr.hardLimit != 0 && tr.hardLimit < tr.softLimit {
		return nil, errors.Errorf("soft limit %d larger than hard limit %d", tr.softLimit,
			tr.hardLimit)
	}

	err := tr.readerBase.init(flowCtx, &spec.Table, int(spec.IndexIdx), spec.Filter,
		spec.OutputColumns, spec.Reverse)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	tr.ctx = log.WithLogTagInt(tr.flowCtx.Context, "TableReader", int(tr.desc.ID))

	tr.spans = make(roachpb.Spans, len(spec.Spans))
	for i, s := range spec.Spans {
		tr.spans[i] = s.Span
	}

	return tr, nil
}

// getLimitHint calculates the row limit hint for the row fetcher.
func (tr *tableReader) getLimitHint() int64 {
	softLimit := tr.softLimit
	if tr.hardLimit != 0 {
		if tr.filter.expr == nil {
			return tr.hardLimit
		}
		// If we have a filter, we don't know how many rows will pass the filter
		// so the hard limit is actually a "soft" limit at the row fetcher.
		if softLimit == 0 {
			softLimit = tr.hardLimit
		}
	}
	// If the limit is soft, we request a multiple of the limit.
	// If the limit is 0 (no limit), we must return 0.
	return softLimit * 2
}

// Run is part of the processor interface.
func (tr *tableReader) Run(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
	if wg != nil {
		defer wg.Done()
	}

	ctx, span := tracing.ChildSpan(tr.ctx, "table reader")
	defer tracing.FinishSpan(span)

	txn := tr.flowCtx.setupTxn(ctx)

	log.VEventf(ctx, 1, "starting (filter: %s)", &tr.filter)
	if log.V(1) {
		defer log.Infof(ctx, "exiting")
	}

	if err := tr.fetcher.StartScan(
		txn, tr.spans, true /* limit batches */, tr.getLimitHint(),
	); err != nil {
		log.Errorf(ctx, "scan error: %s", err)
		tr.output.Close(err)
		return
	}
	var rowIdx int64
	for {
		outRow, err := tr.nextRow()
		if err != nil || outRow == nil {
			tr.output.Close(err)
			return
		}
		if log.V(3) {
			log.Infof(ctx, "pushing row %s", outRow)
		}
		// Push the row to the output RowReceiver; stop if they don't need more
		// rows.
		if !tr.output.PushRow(outRow) {
			log.VEventf(ctx, 1, "no more rows required")
			tr.output.Close(nil)
			return
		}
		rowIdx++
		if tr.hardLimit != 0 && rowIdx == tr.hardLimit {
			// We sent tr.hardLimit rows.
			tr.output.Close(nil)
			return
		}
	}
}


Walter James, the Member for East Perth, made several attempts to persuade Parliament to give women the vote. But the idea was not well received. The Premier, Sir John Forrest, was not convinced that women were really interested in voting.
One of the other members went so far as to say that `ladies, like cats, were best at home'.
Opposition was not confined to political conservatives. There was also concern that women's suffrage would greatly increase the voting power of Perth and established country centres relative to that of the more radical Goldfields, where there were very few women.
But the resolve of WA's pioneering women was undeterred. From 1896 the WCTU campaigned for the vote with increasing vigour, writing to newspapers and holding public meetings in Perth, Bunbury, Northam and York.
In July 1898 The West Australian came out in favour of women's suffrage.
Then in 1899 the WCTU joined with other women's groups, including the Karrakatta Club, to form the Woman's Franchise League. Another petition was circulated and presented to Parliament on 26 July 1899. The pressure mounted.
At last, in August 1899, both Houses of Parliament passed a motion in favour of women's suffrage.
The Constitution Acts Amendment Act was passed on 16 December 1899 and proclaimed on 18 May 1900, giving women the same voting rights as men. This didn't mean that all women over the voting age of 21 were entitled to vote: Aboriginal Australians, Africans and Asians (male and female) were all excluded unless they were substantial landowners.


text:
Bullshit: "Menswear Dog" Owners Make $15K a Month Off Their Shiba Inu
Aleksander Chan
10/20/14 10:30AM
Filed to: Memes
Meanswear Dog
the internet is people
Bodhi, a Shiba Inu you might have seen dressed in J. Crew gingham on a photo you scrolled past and smiled at on Tumblr, is another dog forced to live his life as a meme. He enjoys only the meager restitution of being a dog and his owners? They make about $15,000 a month off him, Fast Company writes in a new profile, which is about $15,000 more than you make from just having a dog.
The Shiba's owner, Yena Kim, and her boyfriend, David Fung, told the magazine that they're making such a haul from owning a dog that they were able to quit their jobs last year and focus on owning a dog full-time. Really!
Someone Free This Poor Dog From Her Indentured Servitude as a Meme
You might not have realized, but you probably know Bailey, the five-year-old golden retriever that…
"We don't really see it as a business, because we're not really businesspeople," Kim tells Fast Company. (She's not wrong.) "We just sort of go with the flow. We're more excited about trying different projects, and just trying different things with different brands." These brands include:
Self-described "crazy dog people," Fung and Kim have carved out a formidable niche for Menswear Dog among aesthetes, and not just online. There's Instagram (148k followers), Facebook (91k likes), and Tumblr (224k followers), sure. But since going all-in on Menswear Dog, Inc., the family of three have shot campaigns for (in no particular order): Coach (the first brand to reach out to them), Victorinox Swiss Army, Ted Baker, American Apparel, Brooks Brothers, Salvatore Ferragamo, ASOS, Hudson Shoes, Revlon, Todd Snyder, The Tie Bar, Polyvore, Purina (which they have a monthly contract with), Korean department store Comodo Square (for whom Menswear Dog is their unofficial mascot), and many, many more.
But Menswear Dog has four-quadrant appeal, it would appear:
Then, there's the expanding list of publications Bodhi's whiskers continue to grace, including GQ, Nylon, Time, Esquire, Refinery 29, and, now, Fast Company. Menswear Dog is also available for bookings, having made appearances at a handful of New York Fashion Week parties. In February, he launched his own Capsule Collection for Menswear Daily. And also in the works is an official Menswear Dog book, which, if all goes as planned, will be published next November.
When writer Chris Gayomali presses them on their Bodhi-supplied income, they admit they "haven't seen less than $10,000 in 'quite some time.'" Fuck. Gayomali then wades into matters ontological, free of irony (emphasis mine):
And yet, outside of Bodhi's miraculous ability to sit still and gaze wistfully away from a camera at just the right angle, the most remarkable thing about Menswear Dog is just how much he is a dog. He likes peanut butter. And bacon. He's good with kids, and plays nice with other animals.
"He's just a regular dog. Hangs out. Sleeps a lot," Kim tells him. "He'll do whatever he wants."
Good to know...not helping your case here, guys, that you are getting rich off nothing but dog ownership. The couple told Fast Company that they saved Bodhi from an Upper East Side pet store five years ago. How could they have known that buying a dog while living as broke designers in Harlem would one day be their path to financial solvency?
Record scratch.
But wait:
They seem to know that having the financial cushion of a (mildly) famous pet certainly won't last. Yet they felt they couldn't pass up the opportunity to try something weird and new; something fun, creative, and perfectly zeitgeist-y.
Enough. These people, as well as the owners of Bailey the "I Have No Idea What I'm Doing" golden retriever and Grumpy Cat, are sick. These poor animals not only have no idea what you're doing to them, they also do not posses the cognitive wherewithal to understand how much money they're losing out on! Because they are animals! All they have is the day and the night, the food you scoop out of a bag for them, and the walks you deign to take them on. But fine, if we're going to go ahead and brand pet ownership, then no more whining about how Kim Kardashian got famous for "literally no reason." Because you did too, you lousy fucks.
[Image via Instagram]


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date: '2016-03-31'
title: "Bonny Bridal Bonny Unforgettable 1701 Plus Size Wedding Dress"
category: Bonny Bridal
tags: [Bonny Bridal]
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Who Puts on a Better Show?
Is theater more enjoyable in London because of the age-old tradition of drinking before a play?
Perhaps it's more fun for the drinkers, but no fun for actors. We hate when the audience is bombed before a play, because they always get sleepy.
—Molly Ringwald, actress (West End production of When Harry Met Sally)
Do theatergoers in New York and London behave any differently during a play?
In New York, you have the horrible standing ovation. It's ludicrous. If you don't get one in New York, it means you're actively disliked.
—Benedict Nightingale, Times (U.K.) drama critic
Who has fiercer critics?
London. They've become addicted to put-down criticism. It's partly Ken Tynan's fault—he gave the public a taste for it.
—Kenneth Cranham, actor
Is there an equivalent in New York to the National Theatre?
No, and this is the most serious difference between the two cities. The Public and Lincoln Center produce very good work, but there's no continuity or sense of tradition. Hence actors, directors, designers and writers don't get a chance to develop their work. Every show is a new start.
—Sir Richard Eyre, director
Which city has the best post-theater scene?
Londoners have to travel far away to home, so there's less community spirit. In New York, nobody has to get back to Wimbledon.
—Kenneth Cranham
Arriving in London next week?
Here's Times drama critic Benedict Nightingale's top picks for visiting New Yorkers:
'John Gabriel Borkman' at the Donmar Warehouse.
'The Entertainer' at the Old Vic.
'Sizwe Banzi Is Dead' at the National Theatre.
'Porgy and Bess' at the Savoy.
'Boeing-Boeing' at the Comedy Theatre.
'The Glass Menagerie' at the Apollo.
'Billy Elliot' at the Victoria Palace.


Liquid T Lead samples for Krome !
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This is the Jordan Rudess' famous "LiquidTLead" sound for KORG KROME based on KURZWEIL waveforms!


Why eat your dessert and drink your booze when you could do both AT THE SAME TIME? The newly reopened Ivy Room's Mayan Decadence manages to be both sweet-tooth-satisfyingly chocolatey, seriously boozy, beautifully layered, and remarkably sophisticated, with none of that milkshakey heaviness you often find in dessert drinks — just a healthy base of Chinaco Añejo tequila; the subtly herbal hit of xtabentún honey and anise liqueur; sweet and spicy molé and chocolate bitters; and an orange peel to cut a bit of the richness, served over ice. This is a dessert drink for grown-ups, or maybe it's not even a dessert drink at all. Either way, it's worth a trip.


Rare & HTF 17" Sitting Jane Bradbury doll LE Original VGC Gorgeous!
Barbie & Friends Doll Lot of 17 Dolls + bodies, heads & Accessories as Shown !
Ever After High 17 inch Large Madeline Hatter Doll! Beautiful!! Blue Hands!
2 Vintage Hard Plastic, Vinyl, & Cloth Dolls~1 Mad. Alexander/Genius?TLC~16"&17"


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Volkswagen Golf Sportsvan - компактвен німецького концерну Volkswagen AG, що прийшов на заміну Golf Plus.

Sportsvan заснований на модульній платформі MQB від Volkswagen Golf 7. Об'єм багажника складає 498 л, а при складених задніх сидіннях — 1500 л.

Попередній продаж почався 19 грудня 2013 року. На ринку автомобіль з'явився навесні 2014 року. Ціни починаються від 19 625 євро.

VW Golf Sportsvan є одним із найбезпечніших компактвенів на ринку: по результатам краш-тестів Euro NCAP модель набрала 5-зірковий рейтинг безпеки. З 2016 року модель доступна із спортивним пакетом R-Line, однак без потужного двигуна від Golf R.

В серпні 2017 року Golf Sportsvan отримав рестайлінг, що наблизило його дизайн до актуальних хетчбеків Golf та Passat.

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Mr Irfan Khan is one of our well regarded, well qualified and highly experienced surgeons here at Sthetix Cosmetic Surgery Clinic.Mr Khan began his career in surgery in 1986, and has worked in plastic surgery since 1994.
Specialist in Rhinoplasty Mr Khan has many specialist interests, but one of particular clinical interest is Cosmetic Surgery including. Rhinoplasty (commonly referred to as a 'nose job'). A good Rhinoplasty is often said by medical professionals to be a great testament to a skilled plastic surgeon; please click here to see our gallery of before and after Rhinoplasty images at Sthetix.
Professor Hossam Foda was the keynote speaker and presented his wide range of experience performing a large number of Rhinoplasty procedures.
Special topics were discussed including: management of a large nose, nose with a wide alar base, Revision Rhinoplasty and 'crooked nose'.
Although already very experienced in performing Rhinoplasty procedures, Mr Khan expressed how insightful it was to listen, participate and contribute to the lengthy topics that were discussed with the world's leaders in Rhinoplasty Surgery.
If you are considering Rhinoplasty or a 'nose job', and would like to learn more about the procedure, or book a consultation with Mr Irfan Khan at Sthetix Cosmetic Surgery Clinic, please click here to contact us.


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The Marathon
'The Marathon' is a feature film which contains humour in combination with impressive drama. The garage of four jass playing, smoking and beer dri ...
Starring: Frank Lammers, Martin van Waardenberg, Marcel Hensema, Stefan de Walle, Georgina Verbaan
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.
Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.
The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
Yellowbird lives in the ruins of an old house. He lacks the confidence to leave his home, no matter how much Bug, his labybird friend, tries to convince him to go out into the world. Attempts to toughen him up have had little success, so Bug seizes an opportunity that leaves Yellowbird unexpectedly finding himself the new leader of the flock that is migrating to Africa. Still, lacking faith in his own abilities and with danger and imminent failure lurking around every corner, our feathered hero is forced to either find the strength required to work with the team or bow out and stay hidden away forever.
Kiss Me You Fucking Moron
Some teenagers are ambitiously setting up a famous Jon Fosse-play. They hire a well known actor to be their mentor, unaware that he's going through a life crisis. Their new mentor chooses Vegard, promising footballer and local douchebag, to play the leading role.


What did your reading look like this year? By all means share your own list, and perhaps a memory associated with each, here or on your own blog.
1. Night by Elie Wiesel. Started the year in Sisters, Oregon at Caldera reading it. I was NOT ready for that book and had to take breaks. Devastating.
2. Spent nights by a wood stove with Frida Kahlo: The Paintings by Hayden Herrera.
4. Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling by Bret Hart was my flight companion to and from Portland. Also, I swear Bret looked on somewhat unimpressed from the cover as I worked out in my A-frame.
5. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin. Damn what eloquence and cohesion of thought, brilliantly expressed. Passed it to my roomie in Nebraska City who loved it too.
6. Ex-lover lent me a copy of Watch My Back by Geoff Thompson. Something stuck with me long enough to inspire a few lines of a short story.
7. Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi. Umph! This one. Dennis raved about it. Saw it at The Strand and scooped it up. Such beautiful, insightful prose.
8. Read parts of Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains of The Day to Ex-lover on the train because I'd found something possibly more British than him.
9. The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Still not sure if this was a hate read? Compelled to finish but disliked execution of plot so much.
10. All About Skin: Short Fiction by Women of Color. Full disclosure, I have a story in it, but loved Patricia Engel's, ZZ Packer's stories, among others.
11. The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticatt. Thanks to Angie's suggestion, read this at the height of this year's DR/Haiti immigration fuckery. Apropos.
12. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. How I realized I love an "unlikeable" female protagonist.
13. Two or Three Things I Know For Sure by Dorothy Allison. Nighttime bed reading at Hedgebrook.
14. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. Will be eternally grateful to Adrienne who went to the shelf, plucked this out, and put it in my hands at Hedgebrook. Shifting.
15. We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo. I loved and laughed and was so moved by those kids' misadventures.
16. Animal Crackers by Hannah Tinti. I couldn't even read this as a writer to study craft because it was so good and strange and skillful I just abandoned myself to it.
17. The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami. So rich. I stayed up until 4am to finish it the morning I was leaving Hedgebrook at 8am. That wonderful.
18. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. I was in it for the first 100 pages. Then I read 100 pages too much waiting for it not to be terrible. Then I quit. If anyone ever puts out a draft of my work, as this obviously was, I will find you.
19. Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older. Got the feels on the 2 train at a particular page and had to casually wipe a tear. I was like damn you, Daniel. Damn you.
20. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay. Found one night on a Brooklyn stoop by divine providence. 100 pages to go. So much yes. Like who doesn't wanna grow up and write with this much depth and humor and care and intelligence?


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Missed the £89 HP TouchPad? Five Other Alternative Tablets (inc. the iPad 2) To Consider
By Desire Athow 2011-09-09T16:05:00.251Z
Now that the dust has settled from the commotion caused two weeks ago by HP's sudden and stupefying decision to cut the price of the HP Touchpad by 80 per cent, it is time to look at potential alternatives for what increasingly looks like a one-off fire sale that only happens every couple of years or so (ed: the last one we remember is the Joggler, an Atom-based tablet from O2 that went on sale for £49 in March 2010).
The best tablet so far (bar the HP TouchPad) is the Hannspree Hannspad, a tablet that's truly unexceptional except for the pricing. It costs only £155 including delivery; true, that's nearly twice the price of the TouchPad, but on the other hand, that's less than half the price of the Motorola XOOM. You can find out more in this article.
If you're not that fussy about the screen, check the Arnova 7C G2. It has a small screen (7-inch), a low resolution (800x480 pixels) and the display is resistive. But, it is cheap at £145 and, more importantly, can make phone calls (via Skype or Fring), has GPS and comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is possibly the best Android tablet out there simply because of its capability to transform (hence the name) into a laptop, thanks to an optional keyboard docking station that doubles the battery life and adds a few nifty other features as well. At £329, the Eee Pad Transformer is still a great deal.
Last but certainly not least, the Apple iPad 2 deserves a worthy mention. The iOS-based tablet is expensive but not that pricey compared to the competition out there, at £389 (use the code TDX-KLH4 at Tesco to get £10 off) for the 16GB model with Wi-Fi only. That's still nearly five times the price of the TouchPad though, which is not much consolation to those who missed out.
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In 1922 an incident broke out in the Balkans in a place called Chanak in Turkey. By the terms of the treaty ending the First World War, Britain was committed to maintaining troops there to protect the strait linking the Mediterranean to the Black Sea. When Turks threatened these British troops, Britain sent out a call to its Dominions for assistance.
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King sent a cable to Westminster saying that he would have to consult Parliament before sending troops. This was a signal that Canada was no longer automatically at war on Britain's demand. Fortunately, the crisis passed before there was any further involvement, but the incident is important as an example of Canada's increasing independence from England.


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Q: Bigquery - Window function - Sum over last 3 months I am looking to sum a column over the last 3 months using WINDOW function.
An example of what my data structure is as follows
Date       Customer_id Amount
01-01-2020 A           100.0
01-02-2020 A           100.0
01-03-2020 A           100.0
01-04-2020 A           100.0
....
My current approach is to create a WINDOW function as follows:
WINDOW
90d_rolling AS (PARTITION BY customer_id ORDER BY date ROWS BETWEEN 89 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW)

This proxies 3 months as 90 days - but I was wondering if it is possible to sum over last 3 months USING A WINDOW FUNCTION i.e. for the date of 01-04-2020 -> it would sum up till 01-01-2020.
Note that I know that a way of doing this is via
left join to itself where a.date >= date_sub(b.date, interval 3 month) and a.date <= b.date

(but i am just curious if there is a another way)

A: Below is for BigQuery Standard SQL
#standardSQL
SELECT *,
  SUM(amount) OVER(
    PARTITION BY customer_id
    ORDER BY DATE_DIFF(`date`, '2000-01-01', MONTH)
    RANGE BETWEEN 3 PRECEDING AND 1 PRECEDING
  ) AS rolling_3m_ammount
FROM `project.dataset.table`

Note: based sample data in your question and comments - I assume all dates are first day of month!
You can test, play with above using sample/dummy data as in below example
#standardSQL
WITH `project.dataset.table` AS (
  SELECT DATE '2020-01-01' `date`, 'A' customer_id, 1.0 amount UNION ALL
  SELECT '2020-02-01', 'A', 2.0 UNION ALL
  SELECT '2020-03-01', 'A', 3.0 UNION ALL
  SELECT '2020-04-01', 'A', 4.0 UNION ALL
  SELECT '2020-05-01', 'A', 5.0 UNION ALL
  SELECT '2020-07-01', 'A', 6.0 UNION ALL
  SELECT '2020-09-01', 'A', 7.0
)
SELECT *,
  SUM(amount) OVER(
    PARTITION BY customer_id
    ORDER BY DATE_DIFF(`date`, '2000-01-01', MONTH)
    RANGE BETWEEN 3 PRECEDING AND 1 PRECEDING
  ) AS rolling_3m_ammount
FROM `project.dataset.table`
-- ORDER BY `date`

with output
Row date        customer_id amount  rolling_3m_ammount
1   2020-01-01  A           1.0     null
2   2020-02-01  A           2.0     1.0
3   2020-03-01  A           3.0     3.0
4   2020-04-01  A           4.0     6.0
5   2020-05-01  A           5.0     9.0
6   2020-07-01  A           6.0     9.0
7   2020-09-01  A           7.0     6.0


Prof. Eugene Kontorovich testifies before the House to unlawful and discriminatory European Union policies.
The Tower has a write up on the full scope of the hearing.
You really must watch Prof. Kontorovich's lecture on The Legal Case for Israel, which methodically over 40 minutes lays bare and refutes almost every BDS talking point you have heard about "the occupation" and alleged violations of international law. Many of those talking points have become (false) common wisdom that infects U.S. and European policy towards Israel and Judea and Samaria.
The fourth section of Prof.Kontorvich's written congressional testimony is particularly important, because we often hear BDS advocates — particularly among European governments — claim that boycotting and/or labeling products from Israel and/or Judea and Samaria is required by international law.
A major contention of the economic campaign against Israel is that its control over the Golan Heights and parts of the West Bank violates international law and that it is also illegal for Jews to live in these areas (the claim of "illegal settlements"). As a result of this alleged illegality, they further claim that it is illegal for Israel to conduct business in these areas, and that third parties have a duty to boycott such illegal businesses.
Even assuming, for the sake of argument, that Israel has no claim to these territories, these contentions have absolutely no basis in binding international law. They contradict fifty years of state practice, the opinions of all courts to have ruled on the issue, and all relevant treaties.
The evidence for this is overwhelming, as I survey at length in a newly published article in the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Economic Dealings With Occupied Territories. The evidence that such activity is legal is overwhelming, and only some broad points can be mentioned here.
First, there is state practice. U.S. companies, like those of countries around the world, have long been active in occupied territories like Western Sahara (Morocco) and Northern Cyprus (Turkey), without any objections from the State Department, or any calls for boycotts.
The United States occupied West Berlin until 1990, in a situation that at the time seemed of indefinite duration. No one raised an eyebrow when Burger King opened a branch in the American Zone. The United States does not recognize the legitimacy of the Turkish presence in Northern Cyprus, which has occupied the area since invading it in 1974 and populated it with tens of thousands of settlers. Yet this has never been thought to be a barrier to companies doing business there….
In the international arena, the Fourth Geneva Convention explicitly countenances business in occupied territory, and the employment of people residing there in factories and other businesses.
In 2000, the Deputy Secretary General of the U.N. was asked for a legal opinion on oil exploration by a U.S. and French company in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara. His opinion surveyed existing international law and concluded that there is no prohibition on doing business in such occupied territories, even against the objections of the occupied people. The same position was recently adopted by the Legal Adviser to the European Parliament. And just last year, the United Kingdom Supreme Court and a French appeals court ruled that companies do not violate international law by doing business in Israeli-controlled territory in the West Bank. There are simply no cases to the contrary.
To put it simply, occupation is not uncommon. Leaving aside the question of whether occupation accurately describes the status of Israel's presence in the territories, the economic warfare directed at it is unique.
In the next few months – possibly as early as September – the European Commission plans to adopt a measure requiring special labeling for Israeli goods related to "settlements," as well as other restrictions, including the outright exclusions on some agricultural products.
These are not general measures applying to trade with what the EU considers occupied territories; rather, they are special sanctions aimed solely at Israel. Thus the statements of European officials show that these actions are another step in a systematically implemented series of increasingly serious trade restrictions against Israel. Proposed future steps include restrictions on all Israeli banks because of their operations in disputed territories.
In other words, the EU is self-consciously attempting to pioneer a new model for trade with Israel and relationship to the areas under Israeli jurisdiction that fundamentally differs from its relationships with other countries.
The proposed EU measures are unlawful trade barriers against Israeli products. They violate European duties under multilateral and bilateral trade agreements. In particular, the proposed measures raises strong claims by Israel under articles 2.1 and 2.2 of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, as well as the Articles IX, X and XIII of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs, Article 2.3 and 5.6 of the Agreement on the Applications Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, among others.
Nor is there any merit to the EU's contention that its trade obligations to Israel only apply to what it regards as Israeli sovereign territory. There is no principle in trade law restricting the application of trade agreements to sovereign territory. Trade agreements often apply to areas where sovereignty is not recognized or disputed, such as Taiwan, the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), and the Palestinian Authority. Indeed, the EU itself includes occupied Western Sahara within the territorial scope of its treaties with Morocco, undermining its contentions about Israel.
It recently passed, and Obama signed, trade legislation making opposing BDS a primary goal of the U.S.-E.U. free trade agreement currently under negotiation. That was viewed as a huge victory against BDS and as facilitating an end to the upcoming EU economic war on Israel. Then the State Department appeared to signal that at least as to "occupied territories" it would not honor the congressional mandate. Prof. Kontorovich addresses this development in his appearance (see video above). As of this writing, the administration's position is uncertain.
All these provisions are well within the zone of past congressional and executive policy, and simply update boycott laws to confront current challenges (while at the same timing adopting a softer and less restrictive approach than the 1970s laws). Nothing in the Constitution, U.S. law or policy, or international law, interferes with Congress acting on this enumerated power to prevent insidious discrimination, strengthen an ally, prevent actions to prejudice a negotiated solution, and defend the integrity of the international trading system.
In coming months we will highlight congressional proposals.
Keep in mind the proposals seek to level the playing field internationally against dishonest and unlawful attempts to single Israel out using standards and sanctions not applied to any other country, much less any of of our allies.
Europe cannot be trusted to do the right thing. As history and current events prove.
That would be the European Union.
Interesting food for thought, believe it or not.
Why not fight them in kind. End the sales of 100% of all Israeli technology, software, medical and agricultural science of all kinds from Europe? Let Europeans sort it out for themselves.