It's Day One of Senator Cory Booker's "Justice for All" tour and it's also Tax Day. Booker focuses on his economic justice and his "Rise Credit" tax plan, which extends the earned income tax credit to the benefit of what the campaign says will be 15 million Americans lifted out of poverty. He pitches an increase in capital gains tax and reversing the Trump corporate tax cuts.
Booker — whose mother was the "daughter of Iowans" — gives a convincing (to Democrats) talk on his economic vision of uplifting the poor and middle class, but before too long he switches gears to talk about his favorite topic: love. He defends his love strategy and makes it not about a naive idea that love makes the world go round. Instead, he imbues his idea of love with toughness and power, not weakness. He sells love as an antidote to the laziness and lack of creativity of hate.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing a public rally at Rudrapur in Udham Singh Nagar district on March 28. Earlier, on March 23, 24 and 26 chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and senior party leaders will be addressing public rallies in various parts of the state.
According to the Bharatiya Janata Party state office, ahead of polling for the Lok Sabha elections, the prime minister Narendra Modi will be arriving in the State on March 28. He is slated to address a large public rally at Rudrapur. In addition to the prime minister's rally, public rallies will also be addressed by senior party leaders from March 23 to 26 in various parts of the state.
The BJP State media in-charge Devendra Bhasin informed that preparations have been started for public rally to be addressed by the prime minister Narendra Modi at Rudrapur. Bhasin further informed that the BJP has decided to hold 500 public rallies across the nation on March 24 and 26 as part of which large public rallies will be held at more than half a dozen locations in Uttarakhand. These public rallies will be spread across the five Lok Sabha constituencies in the state and be addressed by chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, Union minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot, BJP State in-charge Shyam Jaju and former chief minister and MP Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
The chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat will address public rallies on March 23 at Okhalkanda in Bhimtal and Betalghat, on March 24 at Tanakpur, Gauchar and Jwalapur and on March 26 at Deghat in Salt, Purola and Sahaspur. Further, on March 24, the party's State in-charge Shyam Jaju will address a public rally at Gauchar in Chamoli district while former CM and Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar MP Bhagat Singh Koshyari will address a public rally at Sitarganj in Udham Singh Nagar district. On March 26, Union minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot will address a public rally in Karnpur area of Dehradun which falls under the Tehri parliamentary constituency while Shyam Jaju will address a rally in the Dharmpur area of Dehradun which falls under the Haridwar parliamentary constituency.
The BJP State media in-charge further informed that public rallies will also be held on the day when party candidates file their nomination. Senior party leaders will also participate in these rallies.


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Who Discovered Virus?
Who first discovered virus?
In 1892, Dmitri Ivanovsky used one of these filters to show that sap from a diseased tobacco plant remained infectious to healthy tobacco plants despite having been filtered. Martinus Beijerinck called the filtered, infectious substance a "virus" and this discovery is considered to be the beginning of virology.
What is the first virus ever?
As noted by Discovery, the Creeper program, often regarded as the first virus, was created in 1971 by Bob Thomas of BBN. Creeper was actually designed as a security test to see if a self-replicating program was possible.
Who was the first virologist?
Virologists/investigators
1865 G. Mendel Founding of genetics
1883 E. Metchnikoff, P. Ehrlich Founding of immunology
1885 L. Pasteur, E. Roux Development of rabies vaccine
1892–98 D. Ivanovsky, M. Beijerinck First demonstrations of a filterable plant virus: tobacco mosaic virus
Related Question Who discovered virus?
Is virus a cell?
Viruses are not made out of cells, they can't keep themselves in a stable state, they don't grow, and they can't make their own energy. Even though they definitely replicate and adapt to their environment, viruses are more like androids than real living organisms.
When did viruses start?
A key step in the virus evolutionary journey seems to have come about around 1.5 billion years ago – that's the age at which the team estimated the 66 virus-specific protein folds came on the scene. These changes are to proteins in the virus' outer coat – the machinery viruses use to break into host cells.
Which scientist gave the name virus?
The name virus was coined by Martinus Willem Beijerinck. 3. He used the extraction of infected plants and concluded that the extraction can infect the healthy plant.
Who is the father of Indian Virology?
Martinus Beijerinck is often called the Father of Virology.
How did viruses get their name?
Viruses are named based on their genetic structure to facilitate the development of diagnostic tests, vaccines and medicines. Virologists and the wider scientific community do this work, so viruses are named by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).
Where did virus evolve from?
Viruses may have arisen from mobile genetic elements that gained the ability to move between cells. They may be descendants of previously free-living organisms that adapted a parasitic replication strategy. Perhaps viruses existed before, and led to the evolution of, cellular life.
Who discovered protozoa?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the first person to see protozoa, using microscopes he constructed with simple lenses. Between 1674 and 1716, he described, in addition to free-living protozoa, several parasitic species from animals, and Giardia lamblia from his own stools.
When was disease first discovered?
A transitional period began in the late 1850s with the work of Louis Pasteur. This work was later extended by Robert Koch in the 1880s. By the end of that decade, the miasma theory was struggling to compete with the germ theory of disease. Viruses were initially discovered in the 1890s.
How does virus multiply?
For viruses to multiply, they usually need support of the cells they infect. Only in their host´s nucleus can they find the machines, proteins, and building blocks with which they can copy their genetic material before infecting other cells.
Can a virus reproduce?
A virus is a microscopic particle that can infect the cells of a biological organism. Viruses can only replicate themselves by infecting a host cell and therefore cannot reproduce on their own.
Where are viruses found?
[1] Viruses are found in virtually every ecosystem on Earth, and these minute life forms are thought to be the most abundant type of biological entity. [2] The study of viruses is known as virology, a specialty within the field of microbiology. The common concept of viruses focuses on their role as pathogen.
Is a virus a form of life?
When infected, the host cell is forced to rapidly produce thousands of copies of the original virus. Their life cycle differs greatly between species, but there are six basic stages in their life cycle: Attachment is a specific binding between viral capsid proteins and specific receptors on the host cellular surface.
How old are viruses on earth?
They existed 3.5 billion years before humans evolved on Earth. They're neither dead nor alive. Their genetic material is embedded in our own DNA, constituting close to 10% of the human genome.
Who discovered virus NEET?
Virus was first discovered by Dmitri Ivanowsky in 1892. He recognised an infectious agent, which caused tobacco mosaic disease and were smaller than bacteria.
What is absent in virus?
Protoplasm is absent in virus. So the correct answer is 'protoplasm'.
Is DNA in a virus?
A virus is a small collection of genetic code, either DNA or RNA, surrounded by a protein coat. A virus cannot replicate alone. Viruses must infect cells and use components of the host cell to make copies of themselves.
What caused coronavirus?
Experts say SARS-CoV-2 originated in bats. That's also how the coronaviruses behind Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) got started.
What are the types of coronavirus?
How many coronaviruses are found in humans?
Human coronavirus name
SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19
SARS-CoV Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
MERS-CoV Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
HCoV-NL63 Usually mild respiratory illness
When did Covid-19 become a pandemic?
March 11 — WHO Declares COVID-19 a Pandemic
In declaring COVID-19 a pandemic, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of WHO, said at a briefing in Geneva the agency is "deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity" of the outbreak.
Who is the father of bacteria?
Leeuwenhoek is universally acknowledged as the father of microbiology. He discovered both protists and bacteria [1]. More than being the first to see this unimagined world of 'animalcules', he was the first even to think of looking—certainly, the first with the power to see.
Who discovered microbiology?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is considered a father of microbiology as he observed and experimented with microscopic organisms in the 1670s, using simple microscopes of his own design. Scientific microbiology developed in the 19th century through the work of Louis Pasteur and in medical microbiology Robert Koch.
Where do viruses grow?
All other living things also grow or get bigger. A virus does nothing inside its protein coat; therefore it does not grow. But some scientists argue that a virus's growth occurs inside the host cell where parts of viruses are built during reproduction. Plants and animals react to the environment.
Do viruses eat or breathe?
It doesn't breathe, it doesn't eat, it doesn't excrete, and it doesn't grow – so it can't be alive, can it? It hijacks a living cell and uses it to produce so many copies of itself that it bursts the cell – so it can't be dead, can it? What is it? A virus.
Is virus A parasite?
viruses. All viruses are obligate parasites; that is, they lack metabolic machinery of their own to generate energy or to synthesize proteins, so they depend on host cells to carry out these vital functions.
Do viruses evolve?
Viruses evolve through changes in their RNA (or DNA), some quite rapidly, and the best adapted mutants quickly outnumber their less fit counterparts. In this sense their evolution is Darwinian.
Do viruses have energy?
Viruses are too small and simple to collect or use their own energy – they just steal it from the cells they infect. Viruses only need energy when they make copies of themselves, and they don't need any energy at all when they are outside of a cell.
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Pillsbury House + Theatre
As a descendant of the Settlement House tradition, Pillsbury House + Theatre unleashes creativity in servce to our Powderhorn/Central neighborhood and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, because the best way to build positive change in our...
Kubla Khan Productions, LLC
Kubla Khan Productions, LLC is a gay and lesbian video production company dedicated to creating short form issues based documentaries and narrative features that focus on LGBT equality and civil rights.
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Public Arts and educational initiatives
MFA in Community Arts
The MFA in Community Arts (MFACA) prepares artists to use their artmaking as a means of civic, youth, and community development, or to teach at the post-secondary level. The curriculum provides students with a grounding in theory and practice, while...
The Forum Project
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One Voice Mixed Chorus
One Voice Mixed Chorus unites gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people and straight allies to build community and create social change by raising our voices in song. As the largest GLBT chorus in North America, One Voice is known for its musical...
Democracy is founded on robust dialogue, but somewhere along the line, politics replaced sex as the one thing in America we don't discuss in mixed company – even amongst friends and family. Bring it to the Table is a participatory online platform,...
Promethean Community LLC
Promethean Community uses a variety of theater techniques to co-create an environment that allows the community stakeholders to create new ways of relating to each other. This consciousness raising allows the community to create an on-going...
Talking Eyes Media
Talking Eyes Media (TEM) was founded in 2002 by Julie Winokur and Ed Kashi as a 501(c)(3) public interest organization. Since its founding, Talking Eyes has been at the forefront of multimedia storytelling, generating award-winning work on topics...
Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure - Art Tent, 2012
Using large sheets of paper, anyone of the 20,000 Race guests could draw their emotions about breast cancer, honor a survivor or remember someone who lost the fight. After all 10 sheets of paper were covered by our guests, I cut measured 1.5" lines...
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"""entertainment_center.py

Created Date: 20151031
Credits: adarsh0806 @Github
Repo: https://github.com/adarsh0806/ud036_StarterCode
Description: UDND P1. Use following code to generate a HTML file
"""

import webbrowser
import os
import re
import media # user defined media module from media.py

# Styles and scripting for the page
# Use triple single quotes to escape double quotes
main_page_head = '''
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Welcome to my entertainment center!</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.0/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css">

'''

# The main page layout and title bar
main_page_content = '''

            My Entertainment Center

      {movie_tiles}

'''

# A single movie entry html template
movie_tile_content = '''

{movie_title}

{storyline}

'''

def create_movie_tiles_content(movies):
    """Generates HTML content of movie media."""
    # The HTML content for this section of the page
    content = ''
    for movie in movies:
        # Extract the youtube ID from the url
        youtube_id_match = re.search(
            r'(?<=v=)[^&#]+', movie.trailer_youtube_url)
        youtube_id_match = youtube_id_match or re.search(
            r'(?<=be/)[^&#]+', movie.trailer_youtube_url)
        trailer_youtube_id = (youtube_id_match.group(0) if youtube_id_match
                              else None)

        # Append the tile for the movie with its content filled in
        content += movie_tile_content.format(
            movie_title=movie.title,
            poster_image_url=movie.poster_image_url,
            trailer_youtube_id=trailer_youtube_id,
            storyline=movie.storyline
        )
    return content

def open_movies_page(movies):
    """Generates main page HTML file and opens in browser.

    Final HTML page is generated by joining header,
    base-content and movie_tiles_content.
    """
    # Create or overwrite the output file
    output_file = open('entertainment_center.html', 'w')

    # Replace the movie tiles placeholder generated content
    rendered_content = main_page_content.format(
        movie_tiles=create_movie_tiles_content(movies))
    # format() usage: https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#str.format
    # "The sum of 1 + 2 is {0}".format(1+2)

    # Output the file
    output_file.write(main_page_head + rendered_content)
    output_file.close()

    # open the output file in the browser (in a new tab, if possible)
    url = os.path.abspath(output_file.name)
    webbrowser.open('file://' + url, new=2)

movie_i_robot = media.Movie("I, Robot",
                            ("In 2035 a technophobic cop investigates a crime "
                            "that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which "
                            "leads to a larger threat to humanity."),
                            "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Movie_poster_i_robot.jpg",
                            "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL6RRIOZyCM")

movie_big_hero_6 = media.Movie("Big Hero 6",
                                ("The special bond that develops between "
                                "plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy"
                                " Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends"
                                " to form a band of high-tech heroes."),
                                "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/Big_Hero_6_%28film%29_poster.jpg",
                                "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD5OA6sQ97M")

movie_minions = media.Movie("Minions",
                            ("Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by "
                            "Scarlett Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside "
                            "her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take "
                            "over the world."),
                            "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/Minions_poster.jpg",
                            "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8hxFE7RpSg")

movies = [movie_i_robot, movie_big_hero_6, movie_minions]
print('Generating web page of your %d movies...' %  len(movies) )
open_movies_page(movies)

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The NBA's Los Angeles Clippers were recently advertising for a creative manager to help shape their brand. They'll design the team's marketing materials and merchandise. And they'll even get to work behind-the-scenes with some of the athletes!
This sounds like a really fun job, especially if you like basketball. And best of all, the salary could go north of $100,000!
To get hired, you'd need a Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, along with five to seven years of design experience, and high proficiency in a slew of design apps.
That sounds like way too much work … especially if you're looking to change careers like I did.
Sadly, that's the reality of most careers. There's almost always a high barrier to entry.
The job site Glassdoor recently put out a list of the 20 most in-demand jobs that pay over $100,000. Creative manager topped the list, but all the jobs I dug into had similar drawbacks.
And you only need enough technical proficiency to turn on your computer, type your copy in a Word doc, and send and receive email.
Copywriting is also simpler to break into than any of these jobs because there's far less competition.
Patent attorney ranks #10 on the list. It's a great job with a median base salary of $150,000. But as of the publishing of this list, there were only 1,125 positions open in the U.S. The odds of landing one are slim.
Direct-response marketing is a $2.3-trillion industry that's still growing. And there are millions of great clients who need copywriters to write sales letters, emails, space ads, and a host of other projects … and will pay very well for them.
And with online advertising — including social media and mobile — continuing to explode, there will never be enough qualified copywriters to write all the copy businesses need.
The lifestyle copywriting allows for is one more area that can't be beat.
Take pharmacists, for example — #5 on the list.
Plus, consider the hours. Today's pharmacies are usually open nights, weekends, and even holidays. So instead of watching your kids tear open their presents on Christmas morning, or enjoying your Thanksgiving turkey with loved ones, you might be stuck at work for a shift.
This is contrary to what the writer's life is all about. For many freelance copywriters, the single deepest benefit is freedom.
Depending on your income needs and goals, you can work full-time or part-time hours. You're not forced to put in a 9-to-5 workday, five days a week, and there's no boss demanding you come in on the weekend or a holiday.
You want to sleep in one day … or every day? Cut out early on a Friday for a coffee date? Take a really long lunch? You only answer to yourself, so indulge however you see fit.
One final reason copywriting is a more attractive opportunity than the 20 jobs on the Glassdoor list — it's just fun!
No, thank you! Not even for $100K.
But with copywriting, you're constantly writing about new and exciting products, services, and ideas. If you choose to write in a niche you really care about — like alternative health, personal development, or fundraising, for example — your hours of research won't feel like work at all. You'll enjoy becoming an expert, and your passion will shine through in your copy.
Ultimately, that'll lead to better results for your clients … and better fees for you!
Do all copywriters earn a six-figure income?
Not everyone aims to make $100,000 a year. Some copywriters value their time more than the money and would rather work part-time hours if they can afford it. Others just like taking on smaller projects that might not pay as much as, say, a sales letter.
But looking at this list crystallized something I already believed to be true … copywriting is the simplest path to earning a great income on your own terms. You can start any time and quickly take the necessary steps to become a paid copywriter.
All you really need is someone to show you the way. And this "cheat sheet" will show you a clear pathway into this fun, lucrative, freedom-filled career.
Do you have any questions about getting started as a copywriter? Please share your thoughts in the comments below.
How can I find out which industries niches need copywriters the most? Earlier this year I thought I would try the consumer electronics industry. I sent out inquiry emails to over 400 companies and wasn't successful in finding my first client. Later in the year, I joined my local Chamber of Commerce and found my first client. I'm now managing the Facebook page for an insurance client. I'm still trying to decide what industry niche I should pursue as an online copywriter.
Thanks for reading. Here's a link to an Inside AWAI webinar about niches with Katie Yeakle, Rebecca Matter, and Pam Foster. It covers how to choose the best niche for you, and also how to research which niches are viable options. I hope you find it helpful!
"You don't need experience. Once you learn the fundamentals of copywriting, and create a couple of samples to show potential clients you can do the work, you'll be ready for paid projects … And you only need enough technical proficiency to turn on your computer, type your copy in a Word doc, and send and receive email." Wow. Thanks for elevating the career. This is exactly why I regret pursuing writing and editing as a career.


The Niger State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of a kidnap gang, which abducted Abubakar Umar of Auna Magma Local Government Area of the state.
The suspect, Muktar Abubakar (24), a native of Auna Magma LGA, was arrested by police detectives attached to the Kontagora Area Command following a tip-off.
It was learnt that last month, the suspect and other members of his gang, who are still at large, invaded the house of their victim and kidnapped him.
Northern City News gathered on Sunday that the suspect, alongside the fleeing gang members, demanded N150m as ransom, but were paid N13.5m after several days of negotiation.
Checks revealed that during interrogation, Abubakar disclosed that one Mallam Umaru Aminu and seven other gang members facilitated the kidnap.
The suspect told our correspondent that he ran out of luck when detectives caught up with him in Kotangora as he was perfecting his plans to escape.
He said, "I never knew in my wildest imagination that the police would one day arrest me, otherwise I would have been swimming in millions of naira; it is unfortunate.
The Niger State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mohammad Abubakar, said the suspect used part of the ransom to buy a Honda motorcycle, adding that the operatives had intensified efforts to arrest other members of the gang.
He added that the motorcycle had been recovered from the suspect, who would soon appear in court.
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Barbados recorded the highest increase in visitor arrivals from the United States market last year, when compared to 2014.
This, as the Caribbean came in as the top choice for travellers in 2015, with the region posting record growth and tourist spend for the year when compared to the previous year.
Caribbean tourism grew last year by an estimated seven per cent to 28.7 million visitors, higher than the projected four to five per cent, according to the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO).
Secretary General Hugh Riley said the region surpassed the global rate of growth, which was said to be at 4.4 per cent.
During the period under review, visitors spent approximately US$30 billion in the region, US$1.2 billion or 4.2 per cent more than they did in 2014.
In sharing the results at a media conference this morning at the CTO's office in Warrens, St Michael, Riley said the record growth last year was due to several factors, including consumer confidence in the US, lower oil prices, a strong US currency and increased marketing by individual destinations.
"Other factors include increased air capacity and persistent marketing by many Caribbean destinations and resorts plying for business in the United States," the top regional tourism official announced.
"So 2015 was the second year in a row that the region has done better than the rest of the world, and the sixth consecutive year of growth for the Caribbean," he said.
The US grew by 6.3 per cent to reach 14.3 million visitors in 2015. This accounted for about 50 per cent of all arrivals to the region, with most of them going to the Dominica Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas.
However, the highest growth rates in arrivals from that market were recorded by Barbados (27.6 per cent), Curacao (15.3 per cent) and Trinidad & Tobago (14.9 per cent).
The Canadian market, said Riley, continued to be resilient with a 4.5 per cent increase last year, although its share of total arrivals declined nominally from 12.1 per cent to 11.8 per cent with 3.4 million Canadians coming to the Caribbean.
Barbados was also in the top three for growth from Canada, posting a 17.8 per cent increase, behind Curacao (45.5 per cent) and Suriname (58 per cent).
The European market also made significant gains in 2015, recording its best performance in seven years, the CTO boss said.
"For the first time since 2008 total arrivals from Europe reached the five million mark, a rise of 4.2 per cent [to reach 5.2 million], compared to 2014," said Riley.
From that grouping, the visitors from the UK to the Caribbean grew by 10.4 per cent to reach 1.1 million; arrivals from Germany were up 11.5 per cent; while arrivals from France to the Caribbean were relatively flat only increasing by 0.8 per cent.
The top performers for visitors out of the UK were Cuba, which posted a 25.2 per cent increase, Barbados (14.3 per cent) and Jamaica (12.3 per cent).
Riley revealed that despite ongoing concerns about the high cost of travel within the region, intra-Caribbean travel also recorded its best performance since the CTO started keeping records. In 2015, traffic from the Caribbean market accounted for six per cent of total arrivals with 1.7 million visits among the various states, he said, an increase of 11.4 per cent over the previous year.
He added that despite political and economic challenges faced by many South American countries, that source market continued its rapid growth last year, generating 2.1 million visitors to the Caribbean. This translated into an 18.3 per cent increase over 2014 and 7.2 per cent of overall regional traffic for last year.
The tourism executive also revealed that travel to countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States was up 2.1 per cent, with every other sub-grouping recording growth of at least three per cent.
At the same time, Riley said data revealed that Caribbean hotels performed better last year than in 2014, with the number of available rooms rising 1.6 per cent, while hotel occupancy increased by one per cent.
US$158 and total room revenue jumped by 7.7 per cent.
However, he said cruise arrivals in the region were not as robust as stay-over visitor arrivals, although there was an increase last year over 2014.
"Demand for Caribbean cruises was relatively high in the first four months of the year, averaging a 4.8 per cent rise. There were strong gains also of 3.5 per cent in June and 3.8 per cent in November.
"However, this stout performance was undermined by declines in the summer months associated with the traditional redeployment of vessels away from the region. Consequently, there were an estimated 24.4 million cruise visitors in 2015, an increase of 1.3 per cent over 2014," Riley reported.
Despite these improvements, the CTO Secretary General warned that the Caribbean should not be complacent and he urged regional tourism officials to continue to grow traditional markets, strengthen emerging ones and penetrate new sources in order to reach the 30 million arrivals target.
He said the outlook for 2016 was positive, but that the regional tourism body would continue to monitor "some possible hurdles", including volatility of some economies; China's economic slowdown; continued recession in some markets; as well as other issues, including the Zika outbreak.
The CTO is predicting between 4.5 and 5.5 per cent growth of stay over visitors to the region for this year, and a growth of between one and two per cent in cruise visitors.


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Yu Suzuki revisits Shenmue in GDC 2014 Classic Game Postmortem
For March's Game Developers Conference 2014, we're announcing one of the most exciting Classic Game Postmortems yet, featuring Yu Suzuki.
For March's Game Developers Conference 2014, we're announcing one of the most exciting game postmortems yet. Yu Suzuki, the influential Japanese game designer famously known for his work at Sega, will be delivering a Classic Game Postmortem on the iconic Dreamcast game Shenmue. Mark Cerny, game designer and lead system architect for PlayStation 4 will be on-hand to translate Suzuki's presentation into English for the audience. Suzuki, currently president of his own studio YsNet, will talk for the very first time about the creation of the console classic Shenmue. Beginning with the origin of the title as a Virtua Fighter-based RPG on the Sega Saturn, he will take the audience through the long journey of the game that led to its ultimate release in 1999 on the Sega Dreamcast. This is an hour-long session - we'll have more scheduling details about the talk as GDC gets closer, but we figure a lot of you would like to get this on your radar! If you can't make it to GDC, be sure to watch the session livestreamed on GameSpot.
More essential GDC details
GDC is in its 28th year, and is the world's largest and longest-running professionals-only game industry event, and will once again take place at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California during March 17-21, 2014. You can register for the event by visiting the info page on the official GDC 2014 website. Early Bird pricing, with discounts up to 30 percent, will remain in effect until January 31st, and some passes including the Indie Games Summit pass have limited amounts, so interested parties should register now. GDC 2014's Main Conference, held on Wednesday-Friday, will contain seven Tracks: Advocacy, Audio, Design, Production, Programming, Visual Arts, and Business, Marketing & Management. We have lots more planned for GDC 2014, including our Independent Games Festival (with over 1,000 entries across student and main competitions) and of course plenty more sessions to be announced. So make sure to mark your calendars now and start planning: GDC 2014 is March 17-21, 2014 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California. More information about Game Developers Conference 2014 is available via its official website. Gamasura and GDC are sibling organizations under parent company UBM Tech
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Trump Slammed for Tweeting Research From Designated 'Hate' Group
Colin KalmbacherMar 13th, 2018, 7:14 pm
President Donald Trump was criticized on Tuesday for tweeting statistics compiled by an anti-immigration organization designated as a hate group by a leading civil rights watchdog.
In the midst of a series of posts about immigration, the proposed border wall and California's legal status as a sanctuary state, at 8:24 a.m. Trump tweeted:
According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the $18 billion wall will pay for itself by curbing the importation of crime, drugs and illegal immigrants who tend to go on the federal dole…
"According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the $18 billion wall will pay for itself by curbing the importation of crime, drugs and illegal immigrants who tend to go on the federal dole…" https://t.co/NdLC6jZwWE
The second aspect of the above claim–regarding the alleged propensity of immigrants to access legal welfare benefits–linked to by Trump is controversial in the extreme.
Originally sourced to the Center for Immigration Studies ("CIS"), the claim is frequently shared by proponents of reduced immigration. In response to the popularity of the claim, the underlying research was debunked as misleading by the Center for Law and Social Policy ("CLASP") in 2017.
But the problem with Trump's use of statistics from CIS is not simply their reliability as a source, according to Vox journalist Carlos Maza who noted the bigger issue in his tweet calling Trump out.
In 2017, CIS was officially designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Maza noted a few instances cited by the SPLC as to why CIS was tagged with their official designation.
Of note, in January 2017, CIS promoted an anti-Semitic article written by Kevin MacDonald which asked why "Jewish organizations" are promoting "the refugee invasion of Europe."
Various additional instances of CIS' racially and ethnically insensitive posture were catalogued as well. In one instance cited by Maza, the SPLC notes:
In June 2016, CIS distributed an article from John Friend, a contributing editor of the anti-Semitic The Barnes Review, claiming that "so-called refugees are committing rape and other horrific crimes against European women and men in increasing numbers." Friend once described the Holocaust as a "manufactured narrative, chock full of a wide variety of ridiculous claims and impossible events, all to advance the Jewish agenda of world domination and subjugation."
In response to the SPLC's designation as a hate group, CIS defended itself. CIS' Executive Director Mark Krikorian insists that CIS' incidents of promoting white nationalists and anti-semites is accidental–that after they are published by CIS, some "writers…turned out to be cranks."
Oppositely, Krikorian has repeatedly defended the work of Jason Richwine, a National Review contributor and blogger for CIS. Richwine once asserted that Latino immigrants are less intelligent than "native whites" and has previously contributed to Richard Spencer's online periodical Alternative Right.
[image via Spencer Platt/Getty Images/screengrab/Twitter]
Follow Colin Kalmbacher on Twitter: @colinkalmbacher
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Calling all Francophiles! What do you love about France? The wine? The cheese? The art & culture? Us too! But did you also know that France boasts more than 1.6 million nonprofits and 3,899 foundations? That's why we're excited to collaborate with TechSoup Global to bring Google for Nonprofits to France.
Ad Grants provides a $10,000 grant for nonprofits to raise awareness and target new audiences online.
YouTube for Nonprofits and Google Earth Outreach provide rich opportunities for nonprofits to create interactive content and visualize their impact.
Google Apps provides a range of enterprise tools -- from email to Google Docs -- that reduce technology costs and encourage collaboration.
Many nonprofits in France are already taking advantage of these programs to recruit new volunteers, fundraise and raise awareness about their work. Google Ad Grants, for example, is one great way to drive more traffic to your site through AdWords.
S.O.S Amitié is an anonymous listening service for those who suffer from loneliness, unhappiness or depression and who may be tempted to take their own lives. Volunteers are listening on the phone and the internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The organization is comprised of 1600 listeners who respond to 700,000 calls per year in France (that's a call every 40 seconds). Through Google Grants, S.O.S Amitié is able to gain better visibility on the web, attributing approximately 80% of their site traffic to Google Ad Grants Campaigns -- nearly 7,000 visits per month. S.O.S. Amité also has increased web applications for volunteers from 18 percent in 2009 to 46 percent in 2013. In addition, the organization has seen an increase in donations thanks to an ad campaign launched through Google Ad Grants.
"This greater visibility on the web, the ability to easily adapt our messages to reach our goals, is a great help to fulfill our mission," said Maxime Bonin, S.O.S Amitié President.
We're impressed already by how nonprofits in France are raising awareness for their organizations using technology. Using the momentum that has been established by organizations such as S.O.S Amitié, we can't wait to continue partnering with organizations in France starting with today's launch.
Visit Google for Nonprofits to learn more about the tools and join the program.
We've revamped our YouTube Channel!
If you've ever visited the Google for Nonprofits YouTube channel before, maybe it's time to take a second look. Over the summer we re-launched our channel to optimize it for our audience - you! To transform the Google for Nonprofits channel, we thought long and hard about the needs of our nonprofit users, and followed several of the basic guidelines from the Creator Academy Handbook.
What we did: We updated the first impression of our landing page by adding a trailer video, added compelling channel art and added social media links.
Tip: Use channel art that is relevant and captivating to help tell your story, demonstrate impact or feature an anthem video, for example. Remember, it takes less than two-tenths of a second for an online visitor to form a first opinion of your brand (source: http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/223150).
Tip: Take a look at the content on your channel and see if there are any themes or similar threads that arise. Creating sections can help consumers find content quicker, which will give them more time to watch your content.
What we did: We cleaned up the raw content on our channel, updated the titles to be consistent in formatting and wording, and ensured the thumbnails gave a glimpse into what the full video was about. For example, in this series of videos, Case Studies: Nonprofits using Google Tools, we edited to ensure that the faces of the nonprofit leaders were featured prominently.
Tip: Tease out the story that your videos tell through the title, thumbnail and description. Think of these pieces, collectively, as your content's billboard. A compelling video billboard can be the hook that attracts new fans who are looking for great videos and channels on YouTube. Check out a good example, here.
Our team continues to work on more advanced YouTube optimizations that we hope will make the content more accessible and relevant to our users. As we continue to learn and iterate, we will share best practices with our community so that you can take some of the learnings and implement on your own channels.
To learn more about YouTube Creator Academy, click here.
Skybox joining Google we have a tremendous opportunity to leverage our imaging satellites for positive change in the world. Yesterday, at our annual Geo for Good User Summit, we announced the Skybox for Good program, under which we will contribute fresh satellite imagery to projects that save lives, protect the environment, promote education, and positively impact humanity.
We've already begun supporting projects such as this, and we wanted to share some of the results. We have been monitoring sites critical to our understanding of global climate change, such as the Helheim Glacier in Greenland.
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative's Signal Program has been using our imagery to help develop tools for Internally Displaced Persons camp management in Africa and the Middle East.
Access to global satellite imagery through Google Earth and Maps has changed the way people see their world - from the cities they live in to faraway places. On the Google Earth Outreach team, we have witnessed the way these tools have changed how our partners do their work and tell their amazing stories.
We've captured some images of Nagarkovil village in Northern Sri Lanka. HALO Trust previously cleared landmines in this area and used updated imagery to help verify that people are returning, having built 84 houses and cultivating over 40 hectares of agricultural land.
In this beta phase of the program, we will select a small group of organizations and provide the imagery they need to accelerate their work. The images collected for these partners are being made available publicly, under a Creative Commons By Attribution license (CC BY 4.0), for everyone to see and use. We've already started collecting a few images, which you can see on this map. Check out the images in West Virginia, where SkyTruth and Appalachian Voices are monitoring and measuring the rapid expansion of mountaintop-removal (MTR) mining which is devastating forests and communities across Appalachia, visible in the image below, right next to the popular hiking trails of Kanawha State Forest.
Google Earth Outreach gives nonprofits and public benefit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to visualize their cause and tell their story. In the future, we hope to expand the Skybox for Good program to allow many more non-profit organizations and public interest groups to benefit from the use of Skybox data.
For more details visit the Skybox blog.
Follow us @earthoutreach for updates as we expand the program.
With Skybox joining Google we have a tremendous opportunity to leverage our imaging satellites for positive change in the world. Yesterday, at our annual Geo for Good User Summit, we announced the Skybox for Good program, under which we will contribute fresh satellite imagery to projects that save lives, protect the environment, promote education, and positively impact humanity.
Google Impact Challenge. On issues ranging from ecological preservation, to homelessness, sanitation and solar power, Australian charities are proving that digital tools can have a transformative effect on an issue.
That's why today, we're excited to take our commitment one step further by launching Google for Nonprofits in Australia.
Australia has 60,000 charitable institutions, and many of them are already using Google tools. For example, The Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) is using Google Earth Pro's 3D mapping technology to demonstrate their impact to donors, community members, and a global audience.
With twenty-three wildlife sanctuaries across Australia, AWC protects more native Australian animal species than any other non-government organization. Using Google Earth Pro, AWC is now able to take their supporters on a virtual "tour" of their sanctuaries around Australia and provide a broad overview of the scale and diversity of the wildlife and habitats they protect.
Check out our case studies learn how AWC and other Australian NGOs are using Google for Nonprofits, and join the program.
Over the past few months, we've been overwhelmed by the incredible energy and excitement of the Australian charities who have participated in the Google Impact Challenge. On issues ranging from ecological preservation, to homelessness, sanitation and solar power, Australian charities are proving that digital tools can have a transformative effect on an issue.
That's why we're so pleased to be making Google for Nonprofits available here in New Zealand. Starting today, eligible community and voluntary organisations in NZ will now have free access to online marketing and technology from Google worth more than $120,000 each a year.
Up to USD $10,000 of Google AdWords each month, so they can get their site in front of people who are searching for services like theirs.
Last night, we officially launched Google for Nonprofits in New Zealand at the Mental Health Foundation. Various NGOs that are already leveraging some of Google's tools attended and shared best practices and insights into how best to use these tools. One presenter, Judi Clements, CEO of the Mental Health Foundation spoke about how Ad Words delivered a 25% increase in traffic to their website, the largest increase in traffic they have ever experienced.
We want Kiwi charities to be as connected and collaborative as possible, so they can continue to do their great work changing the world. With Google for Nonprofits, they can have the same web tools as much larger, better resourced organisations, so they can do their great work more easily.
For most Kiwi charities, the web is becoming a vital platform for improving visibility, raising awareness, and connecting with donors and volunteers. The big challenge, though, is how to make the most of this technology when there are so many competing demands for funding and resources.
that pre-university exposure to Computer Science education is critically important for inspiring kids to pursue a career in computing.
That's why Google offers the RISE Awards -- grants of $15,000 to $50,000 USD -- to organizations across the globe working to promote access to Computer Science education for girls and underrepresented minorities. Our RISE partners are changemakers: they engage, educate, and excite students about computing through extracurricular outreach. In 2014, 42 organizations received RISE Awards—with projects ranging from coding clubs in Europe to web development camps in Sub-Saharan Africa. In April, we brought all of our partners together for a Global Summit that sparked resource sharing and collaboration amongst organizations.
We're looking for more partners in 2015. Submit your application by September 30, 2014 in English, French, Japanese, Russian or Spanish. All eligibility information is listed on our website.
Technology has the power to change the world for the better, but today far too few have access to the education or encouragement they need to become creators, not just consumers. We know that pre-university exposure to Computer Science education is critically important for inspiring kids to pursue a career in computing.
Google for Nonprofits to Japan.
We're big believers in the Internet's ability to help nonprofit organizations find new donors and volunteers, as well as become more efficient in their work. Japanese NPO Katariba, for example, is an volunteer-led organization that provides career education and counseling for high-school students.
Photo from NPO法人カタリバ | NPO Katariba, an organization using Google for Nonprofits.
Before joining Google for Nonprofits, Katariba's volunteer recruitment process was labor intensive for staff, and outreach required a large portion of their PR budget. Now, Katariba saves time and money by using their $10,000 per month Ad Grant to reach people who are already searching for "NPO job" or "education volunteer" on Google. Since joining the program, the organization has seen 35,000 new site visitors.
We're inspired by Katariba's story and the amazing ways so many more nonprofits are using technology to aid their cause. We're looking forward to supporting the work of more nonprofits in Japan.
Japan has a growing and increasingly impactful nonprofit community—a 1998 NPO law invigorated the sector, and gave rise to the incorporation of more than 49,000 new organizations. Nonprofits like these are doing critical work for people in need, including recovery efforts for the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, and we want to do more to support them. That's why today, we're excited to collaborate with TechSoup Global to bring Google for Nonprofits to Japan.
Canadian Registered Charities, Canadian Federal Nonprofits, and Canadian Provincial Nonprofits can apply to join the program, which offers access to our suite of free products and tools.
Once your organisation is approved, you can get access to free Google Apps to cut IT costs and operate more efficiently, up to $10,000 a month in advertising on Google AdWords to reach more donors, and premium features for YouTube and our mapping technologies to raise awareness of your cause. We've also developed other online resources such as educational videos, case studies and other ways to connect with other nonprofits.
We see the impact every day of nonprofits embracing the web - it's literally transforming the way they work. Samasource has connected women, youth and refugees to meaningful work opportunities over the internet. Kiva funds millions of dollars in loans through online donations to entrepreneurs in need. We're also seeing this in Canada. And Ladies Learning Code is one of many organizations in Canada using web-based tools to run a network of 6,000 volunteers to host code-learning workshops all over the country.
We're inspired and humbled by the amazing ways nonprofits are making the world a better place, and look forward to supporting the work of more nonprofits in Canada.
Today, we are excited to work with TechSoup Global and TechSoup Canada to bring Google for Nonprofits to Canada. Canadian Registered Charities, Canadian Federal Nonprofits, and Canadian Provincial Nonprofits can apply to join the program, which offers access to our suite of free products and tools.
We want to help you optimize your Google Ad Grants account before a crisis occurs, so you can get out information as quickly and widely as possible. We've provided four tips to prepare for future events and to make the most impact for those in need.
Create a separate campaign for disaster relief, with ad groups for each type of disaster, such as hurricanes, earthquakes and floods. By organizing your account this way, you'll have ads and keywords that are directly related to each other, allowing users searching on "hurricane relief" to be shown an ad directly about hurricanes. When a crisis strikes, you'll now have template ad groups ready, so you can quickly edit ad text and add keywords to highlight that particular disaster. Having a separate campaign dedicated to disaster relief also allows you to allocate more budget to that campaign during times of crisis.
You can use Google Trends to find top and rising keywords that people search on, such as "tornado relief" and "help tornado victims". It can help you gather new keywords variations that you might be missing in your campaign to capture the most traffic. When a disaster strikes, you can quickly add more specific keywords to your list that include the disaster name or location, such as "Hurricane Andrew" or "Oklahoma tornado victims".
Google wants to help first responders like you and has created Google Crisis Response to help make your job easier and more efficient. For example, you can embed Google Person Finder in your website or contribute and share data with the Google Crisis Map. Learn more about the tools and resources for first responders at Google Crisis Response.
Google Helpouts is a convenient way to get live help over video. No matter who you are, where you are or what time it is, you can talk to someone who can help you. You can browse categories or search on specific topics, such as help with your AdWords account or your other organizational needs.
If you'd like to learn more about using Google Ad Grants for your nonprofit, check out our AdWords help resources. Or, if you're new to Google Ad Grants, visit our site to apply. Nonprofits receive up to $10,000 per month in AdWords advertising to promote their missions and initiatives via text ads on Google search result pages.
When a disaster strikes, nonprofits organizations like you are crucial in providing relief to people around the world.


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/* TEMPLATE GENERATED TESTCASE FILE
Filename: CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__char_file_printf_18.c
Label Definition File: CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String.label.xml
Template File: sources-sinks-18.tmpl.c
*/
/*
 * @description
 * CWE: 134 Uncontrolled Format String
 * BadSource: file Read input from a file
 * GoodSource: Copy a fixed string into data
 * Sinks: printf
 *    GoodSink: printf with "%s" as the first argument and data as the second
 *    BadSink : printf with only data as an argument
 * Flow Variant: 18 Control flow: goto statements
 *
 * */

#include "std_testcase.h"

#ifndef _WIN32
#include <wchar.h>
#endif

#ifdef _WIN32
#define FILENAME "C:\\temp\\file.txt"
#else
#define FILENAME "/tmp/file.txt"
#endif

#ifndef OMITBAD

void CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__char_file_printf_18_bad()
{
    char * data;
    char dataBuffer[100] = "";
    data = dataBuffer;
    goto source;
source:
    {
        /* Read input from a file */
        size_t dataLen = strlen(data);
        FILE * pFile;
        /* if there is room in data, attempt to read the input from a file */
        if (100-dataLen > 1)
        {
            pFile = fopen(FILENAME, "r");
            if (pFile != NULL)
            {
                /* POTENTIAL FLAW: Read data from a file */
                if (fgets(data+dataLen, (int)(100-dataLen), pFile) == NULL)
                {
                    printLine("fgets() failed");
                    /* Restore NUL terminator if fgets fails */
                    data[dataLen] = '\0';
                }
                fclose(pFile);
            }
        }
    }
    goto sink;
sink:
    /* POTENTIAL FLAW: Do not specify the format allowing a possible format string vulnerability */
    printf(data);
}

#endif /* OMITBAD */

#ifndef OMITGOOD

/* goodB2G() - use badsource and goodsink by reversing the blocks on the second goto statement */
static void goodB2G()
{
    char * data;
    char dataBuffer[100] = "";
    data = dataBuffer;
    goto source;
source:
    {
        /* Read input from a file */
        size_t dataLen = strlen(data);
        FILE * pFile;
        /* if there is room in data, attempt to read the input from a file */
        if (100-dataLen > 1)
        {
            pFile = fopen(FILENAME, "r");
            if (pFile != NULL)
            {
                /* POTENTIAL FLAW: Read data from a file */
                if (fgets(data+dataLen, (int)(100-dataLen), pFile) == NULL)
                {
                    printLine("fgets() failed");
                    /* Restore NUL terminator if fgets fails */
                    data[dataLen] = '\0';
                }
                fclose(pFile);
            }
        }
    }
    goto sink;
sink:
    /* FIX: Specify the format disallowing a format string vulnerability */
    printf("%s\n", data);
}

/* goodG2B() - use goodsource and badsink by reversing the blocks on the first goto statement */
static void goodG2B()
{
    char * data;
    char dataBuffer[100] = "";
    data = dataBuffer;
    goto source;
source:
    /* FIX: Use a fixed string that does not contain a format specifier */
    strcpy(data, "fixedstringtest");
    goto sink;
sink:
    /* POTENTIAL FLAW: Do not specify the format allowing a possible format string vulnerability */
    printf(data);
}

void CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__char_file_printf_18_good()
{
    goodB2G();
    goodG2B();
}

#endif /* OMITGOOD */

/* Below is the main(). It is only used when building this testcase on
   its own for testing or for building a binary to use in testing binary
   analysis tools. It is not used when compiling all the testcases as one
   application, which is how source code analysis tools are tested. */

#ifdef INCLUDEMAIN

int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
    /* seed randomness */
    srand( (unsigned)time(NULL) );
#ifndef OMITGOOD
    printLine("Calling good()...");
    CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__char_file_printf_18_good();
    printLine("Finished good()");
#endif /* OMITGOOD */
#ifndef OMITBAD
    printLine("Calling bad()...");
    CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__char_file_printf_18_bad();
    printLine("Finished bad()");
#endif /* OMITBAD */
    return 0;
}

#endif


At MWC, Asus showed off its 2018 Zenfone lineup. Most of the attention fell on the 5Z and 5, with their display notches and fresh designs. Perhaps left to the wayside was the lower-end device of this family, the Zenfone 5Q (or Lite, depending on where you are). It doesn't resemble its brethren whatsoever, right down to even lacking a notch.
Back at CES, Asus showed off a follow-up to the not-so-old Zenfone 4 Max, which was a phone that ultimately disappointed me. Attempting to capitalize on the love for big batteries, the Taiwanese company decided to spin off the Zenfone Max line into its own device family. These phones will offer large batteries and many of the latest smartphone trends for budget prices.
Asus just announced its Zenfone 4 family of devices a couple of months ago, creating a convoluted and confusing portfolio. To kick things off, we have the Zenfone 4 Max on the lower end of the group. For $199, you get budget-level specs, except for the massive 5,000mAh battery. Besides it just being large and providing a lot of life, the Zenfone 4 Max's battery can also charge other devices. Cool, right?


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Histanocerus wallacei es una especie de coleóptero de la familia Pterogeniidae.

Distribución geográfica
Habita en Indonesia.

Referencias

Wallacei
Coleópteros de Indonesia

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Markets Article
Derrimon to acquire distribution and retail outfits in New York
Jan 11, 2021 - 2:45 min read
Derrimon Trading Company Limited on Friday, January 8, 2021, announced an agreement to secure a controlling stake in FoodSaver New York, Inc (FoodSaver), a wholesale food distributor, and Good Food For Less, LLC (Good Food NY), a specialty supermarket.
The Jamaican company indicated that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire control of the Brooklyn, New York-based entities.
Derrimon said it has also incorporated a New York subsidiary, Marnock LLC, which will acquire the Brooklyn-based operations of FoodSaver NY and Good Food NY as a going concern.
The consideration for these acquisitions will be in the form of both cash and shares, with Marnock LLC issuing a 20 per cent minority interest to Oralcrys LLC, an entity beneficially controlled by the former owner-operator of those businesses.
Derrimon indicated that the overall consideration upon completion should be at a value between US$8.9 million and US$9.1 million.
Prior to entering into the agreement, Derrimon said it conducted detailed due diligence on both entities, and it expects that the acquisitions will be completed in the first quarter of 2021.
"Good Food NY's products are tailored to the needs of the African and Caribbean diaspora located in the New York tri-state area"
Derrimon will finance part or all of the cash consideration for the acquisitions from the net proceeds of an additional public offering (APO) of new ordinary shares now underway.
The APO is fully underwritten by lead broker and arranger Barita Investments Limited.
Expansion in retail
FoodSaver New York, Inc FoodSaver NY is a wholesale food distributor located at 402 East 83rd Street in New York, across from the Brooklyn Terminal Market, which carries a full line of grocery supplies and produce.
FoodSaver NY's meat processing facility is USDA certified and serves both standard and customs cuts of meat as well as fresh fish and frozen seafood.
Chairman and CEO of Derrimon Traders Derrick Cotterel (Photo: Jamaica Observer)
"The company has been in operation for over 23 years and is a recognized and reliable wholesale food distributor to restaurants in the New York tri-state area," Derrimon stated.
Located at 412 East 83rd Street in New York, USA, Good Food NY is a specialty supermarket.
"Good Food NY's products are tailored to the needs of the African and Caribbean diaspora located in the New York tri-state area," Derrimon outlined in its release.
Derrimon's Jamaican portfolio
A Junior Market-listed equity on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, Derrimon is a distributor of dry and frozen bulk commodities.
It also operates a retail division through its seven Sampars Cash 'N Carry locations. Derrimon also sells its own brand of products under the brand name Delect.
The company also operates Select Grocers Supermarket, located in Upper Manor Park Plaza, Saint Andrew, pursuant to a joint venture agreement that gives it a 60 per cent ownership interest in the operations.
Select Grocers Supermarket in St Andrew, Jamaica, is one of Derrimon Trading's portfolio companies in Jamaica (Photo: Paul Allen/Caribbean Business Report)
Derrimon, additionally, owns approximately 62.02 per cent of Caribbean Flavours and Fragrances Limited (CFF).
The Jamaican company also owns 100 per cent of issued share capital of Woodcats International Limited, which manufactures and distributes wooden pallets and other by-products of wood such as mulch and plastic pallets.


Payor as ERISA "Fiduciary" offering protection from draconian payment practices?
Contributed to by: Richard Zimmerman, Esq.
Today's newsletter is more of an academic assessment of a growing legal argument being raised in challenges against certain conduct by third party payors. So, this topic may not be of interest to all, but for those of us working with carriers, we thought you might appreciate a peak behind the "appropriate conduct" curtain and the standards carriers are held to – which recent trends indicate will hopefully be set at a higher bar. The bar we are hoping will be set is to establish that third party payors are, in fact, fiduciaries and subject to the onerous and many requirements set forth under ERISA, which is the federal law governing pension plans in private industries.
Should carriers qualify, they would be held to the status of a "fiduciary" on behalf of plan participants and their beneficiaries, with the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to them. As a fiduciary, carriers would be limited in the criteria they may apply to claims that are submitted, and would have strict regulations for the appeals process that they would be obligated to establish and follow. This is particularly significant because appealing a rejected claim by a private insurance carrier is virtually always an uphill battle for the practitioner, as the carrier has every incentive to make the appeal as difficult as possible. If they are held to the status of a fiduciary, however, the payor will be responsible for acting in the interest of plan beneficiaries, as opposed to just themselves. Practically speaking, the payor would have less justification for denials, meaning, the shenanigans some of you may be facing in payment disputes, prepay reviews and post-payment audits would be less tolerated and it would be easier to be paid!
Many actors involved in an insurance plan are considered fiduciaries under the law – including administrators, trustees, investment managers, and other individuals who have the power to exercise discretion over the administration of the plan. If the same status is applied to the carriers of the plans themselves, it would have a profound impact on the audit process, making it much more favorable to insurance beneficiaries – as well as healthcare providers – as a result. We are addressing this topic because recent case law has indicated a growing trend towards reliance on the "fiduciary" concept in fighting insurance companies in adverse determinations, in particular as related to post-payment audits.
While we are not convinced the ERISA challenge is a "slam dunk", we are hopeful progress through the courts will allow practitioners to avail themselves to this line of reasoning to garner more protections.
Certainly, we will keep you apprised of developments.