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Tulane helps its own and others recover from flood
Alicia Duplessis Jasmin aduples@tulane.edu
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This photo taken in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the week of Aug. 22 shows that many families will be starting over after the recent flooding. (Photo by Cheryl Gerber)
Members of the Tulane University community are helping those affected by the recent floods in Louisiana. From gutting homes to providing school supplies for children, Tulane students, faculty and staff are lending their hearts and hands to the ongoing recovery efforts.
"Volunteerlouisiana.gov is a great resource for anyone who wants to help those affected by the floods."
Katie Houck, associate director, Tulane Center for Public Service
We are compiling a list of opportunities for the Tulane community to get involved. The list will be updated as more opportunities arise.
Help at United Way's Disaster Recovery Center (Aug. 23–26)
Three shifts are available at the Disaster Recovery Center located at 42271 S. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, Louisiana 70403. The shifts are 8–11 a.m., 11 a.m.–1 p.m. and 1 p.m.–4 p.m. For more details, email Mark Davis at msdavis@tulane.edu.
Help Tulane students (ongoing)
A financial donation can be made to the Tulane Emergency Scholarship Fund to benefit Tulane students who were impacted by the catastrophic flooding. Ready to give? Visit the make-a-gift website and enter "emergency scholarship" in the "Other" field. Families seeking assistance from the fund should contact the student's financial aid counselor for further details on how to apply.
Help flooded schools (Aug. 25–Sept. 2)
The Community Action Council of Tulane University Students (CACTUS) and the Center for Public Service (CPS) will collect school supplies for the students and schools affected by the recent flooding. Supplies can be dropped off during regular business hours at the Lavin-Bernick Center bookstore on the uptown campus and the CPS office located in Alcee Fortier Hall, building 17. Supplies will be given to the United Way of Southeast Louisiana and Team Comeback.
Help Second Harvest Food Bank (Friday, Aug. 26)
There are limited seats remaining for this student-only volunteer event at the Second Harvest Food Bank in New Orleans. Registration can be completed here. A Tulane login ID and password are required.
Help by getting dirty (Aug. 26)
From 8:30–5 p.m. Friday (Aug. 26), a group organized by the Cowen Institute will spend the day gutting and clearing homes of damaged items. Volunteers will meet at 1555 Poydras St., in the lobby of Suite 700 and be transported by shuttle to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The shuttle will depart from Baton Rouge at 3 p.m. Volunteers are asked to dress in clothes that can get dirty. Long pants and closed shoes are recommended. Email Liz Santos with questions.
Help for Tulane employees
Affected staff members should communicate with their supervisor to stay up to date about resources available from the university. Optum, the Tulane Employee Assistance Hotline (866-248-4096), has counselors available to help address heightened stress and anxiety. The hearing-impaired should dial 711 before the hotline number. The Employee Assistance Program's website is also helpful. The access code is: Tulane.
Additional volunteer opportunities for individuals are available at VolunteerLouisiana.gov. If your organization has an opportunity to add to the list, please email us with the details.


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author: Josh Newman
Felton Tweaks Injured Pinkie, Hangs Tough in Knicks Win
http://web.sny.tv/media/video.jsp?content_id=25582833
By JOSH NEWMAN
NEW YORK – The way Raymond Felton sees it, the 12 games he missed from Dec. 26 to Jan. 24 with a fractured right pinkie finger were more than enough. If the 28-year-old Knicks point guard can help it, he won't be missing any more time this season.
So, when Felton took a knee to his right pinkie from Samuel Dalembert late in the third quarter of a 96-86 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday evening, it didn't take long for him to decide what his mindset was after the initial pain subsided.
"I wasn't coming out that game, without a doubt," Felton said after he scored 14 points and dished out eight assists. "That crossed my mind for sure with the pain (that something bad might have happened), but once I got over there, the pain kind of went away a little bit. It wasn't gonna stop me from coming back in the game."
Felton iced his hand once he got back to the bench and upon re-entering the game for a final time with 8:10 to play, he showed no ill-effects. Over that final 8:10, Felton shot 2-for-2 from the field, including a back-breaking 3-pointer from the right corner with 4:59 left to extend the Knicks' lead to 10 at 87-77. He was also a key part of a superb defensive effort that held the Bucks to 13 points and 6-for-18 shooting in the fourth quarter.
Felton said he had precautionary X-rays after the game and everything came back good. He also said that he would absolutely play on Saturday evening when the Knicks host the Sacramento Kings.
"I got a pad on it, if I didn't have that pad, there's no telling what might've happened, I might've broke it," Felton said. "Luckily, I had that pad on so it's just a lot of pain. It hurts right now, but it's something I gotta deal with. Put some ice on it, do my same treatment I normally do, get ready to play tomorrow."
The Knicks are now 29-15 and winners of four of their last five. Since Felton returned at the Philadelphia 76ers on Jan. 26, they are 3-1 after going 6-6 in the 12 games Felton missed following his injury at the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day.
Without Felton, the offense stagnated, often becoming isolation-heavy instead of using the pick-and-rolls that marked the team's success early in the season. With Felton back, the Knicks can also become less reliant on Jason Kidd playing heavy minutes.
Knicks head coach Mike Woodson said earlier this week that he would like to have Kidd's minutes stay in the 20-25 minutes range now that Felton is back.
"Hopefully, once I get this break after these next couple games, everything should be healed up," Felton said. "Over the All-Star break, I get a chance to rest up and when I come back, hopefully, I don't have to have it taped no more. We'll see what happens."
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MadKudu Raises $5.5m Series A & Launches New Intelligence Offering
July 13th 2020 News
Another Alven-backed team of ambitious French founders successfully grow from early stage to continued success in the US and globally
MadKudu, an AI-based predictive analytics and marketing operations solution, today announced new product functionality – MadKudu Insights, an intelligence layer that turns data into revenue through actionable reports and dashboards. Leading tech companies have been participating in the beta period, and the product will be available to all customers later in Q3. This announcement follows a $5.5M Series A funding round, led by Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV) with participation from Alven and Partech, to fuel its vision of the modern revenue marketing movement.
MadKudu Insights solves a problem that has been a major frustration for B2B marketers for decades – accurately measuring the dollar value of their marketing pipeline and efforts. Business leaders today measure success in revenue while the CMO is only equipped to confidently discuss and measure leads and conversions. Insights is the first tool of this kind to give these CMOs a forward-looking view of their pipeline and the ability to articulate their value with a metric everybody understands and trusts: expected dollar value. With a user-friendly reporting interface, MadKudu Insights helps marketers visualize and uncover insights easily and in real-time. It empowers B2B marketing teams to make critical decisions about budget allocation, marketing performance measurement, and sales and marketing alignment.
This functionality adds a new layer of intelligence to the already powerful MadKudu solution, which now includes three critical components:
Predictive Engine: Understand the optimal buyer journey and leverage machine learning to develop lead scoring and predictive lead value models customized for each business.
Value-Based Automation: Customize the buyer journey, ensuring activities are optimized for the best fit leads and drive down CAC in the process.
Insights: Measure and optimize funnel performance and acquisition channels used, and accurately assess the impact of marketing on the business.
"We're reaching a tipping point where CMOs no longer hold the riskiest role in the C-suite. With MadKudu, marketing can now accurately prove the future revenue their actions will generate, driving solid alignment with the rest of the organization," said Sam Levan, chief executive officer and co-founder of MadKudu. "This ability completely redefines the position of marketing in organizations and we're excited to be a driving force in the movement."
The new funding will be used to expand go to market functions and accelerate product development and innovations. MadKudu has an ambitious roadmap that will continue to add to its mission-critical marketing operations solution and make the life of B2B CMOs easier.
To drive and support its ongoing growth, the company expanded its board of directors, advisory board, and leadership team.
As part of the Series A funding, Eric Buatois, general partner at BGV, will join MadKudu's board of directors and Sarah Benhamou, an associate at BGV, will join as a board observer.
Two strategic members have been added to their advisory board: Alex Poulos, vice president of marketing at DocSend and Kelly Watkins, former vice president of global marketing at Slack and current chief executive officer at Abstract.
The team welcomed Laura Kendall in April, who joined as vice president of marketing.
"MadKudu is a perfect example of a cross border enterprise 4.0 company, the core focus of our investment strategy," said Eric Buatois, general partner at Benhamou Global Ventures. "The elimination of face to face meetings and in-person events due to the COVID pandemic has further applied pressure on B2B marketing organizations to implement a digital marketing and customer engagement strategy. The solution proposed by MadKudu is a must-have for the B2B digital marketer looking to make data-driven decisions."
MadKudu continues to be recognized in the industry for its growth and innovation. The company was recently recognized as a Momentum Leader and High Performer in the Summer G2 Grid® Report for both Lead Intelligence and Lead Scoring.


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Yogyakarta Tour Packages
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Family Gathering at Drini Hills Jogja
Posted on Wednesday August 17th, 2022 by Tripsona
On 5-6 July 2022, a large family from Karanganyar trusted us to plan and organize their family gathering in the Yogyakarta area. Counting around 40 people, this family wanted a place that was big enough, private, and comfortable to use for group activities and chatting. We then suggested several accommodation options from several locations in Yogyakarta.
Their choice finally fell to Drini Hills, a beach resort and villa in the coastal area of Gunung Kidul, which has just opened for business at the end of 2021. The brand new buildings with fantastic architecture and design are indeed the strong attractions of this villa. And this is how fun the family gathering event we held at Drini Hills was yesterday.
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Surely it's fun! And the fun didn't end here because the next day, we stopped by to visit Drini Beach to relax and play in the water. Before continuing the journey to return to the Karanganyar area, we also had time to stop for lunch on the shores of Indrayanti Beach.
Want to feel the same excitement with your extended family? Contact us immediately and get the best experience with your family in Yogyakarta and its surroundings with us.
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Enrico Libert
Enrico Libert, S.Si., MBA. is an entrepreneur enthusiast who has a myriad of achievements. After always getting the award as one of the best graduates at Universitas Gadjah Mada, both undergraduate and graduate, he then wanted to establish a startup company that employs local resources. This effort is expected to improve the economy of the local people of Yogyakarta and play a role in the betterment of Indonesia.
Enrico knew Mado since he was in high school, and was interested in Mado's desire to be involved in the tour and event management business.Using his expertise in the fields of financial management, marketing, entrepreneurship and information technology, he is serious about developing Tripsona to become a world-class company.
Gilang Ramado
Gilang Ramado, S.E. is a traveling enthusiast and dedicated entrepreneur who finished his study in International Business Management Program at Atma Jaya University Yogyakarta. Since his young age, he already involved in managing and leading many organizations. He started learning his trade in business practices by heavily involved in managing his family business.
His journey with Tripsona started after spending one year traveling all around Australia and before that spending one year working in international hospitality company in Bali. That's where he learns about his passion for traveling and tourism industry. Combining his vast local knowledge and international exposure on hospitality matters certainly raised Tripsona standard in service quality.
Dimas Dwinanda
Dimas Dwinanda is a tour guide as well as a tour consultant who is the spearhead of Tripsona in the field. Equipped with fluent English, skillful in driving, friendly, communicative, and knowing the ins and outs of the city of Yogyakarta, he is a member of Tripsona who is very reliable in all situations.
Before joining Tripsona, Dimas had long been in the event organizer (EO) business in Yogyakarta. Dimas's versatile abilities and the long history of working with Mado and Rico, enable Tripsona's team to be more solid. If you are lucky, Dimas will be your tour guide on your trip with Tripsona.
Amelia Panditanegara
Amelia Panditanegara, B.Sc., MASc. is a person who cares deeply about the local community. After crossing overseas to complete an undergraduate program at APU Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (Japan) and a graduate program at the Australian National University (Australia), she did not forget her identity as a native of Yogyakarta. She wants Yogyakarta to be famous in the world.
Amel's journey with Tripsona began with her encounter with Tripsona's team at some event. Amel, who surprisingly is Mado's friend from high school, then interested in becoming Tripsona's PR in Japan and Australia. Of course with her extensive network, Tripsona will surely progress overseas.


The University of Birmingham, UK, invites applications for scholarship to UG students.
Scholarship Award: The University of Birmingham is pleased to announce one scholarship award of £2,000 for a student, currently studying at KICL, who is applying for entry to an undergraduate programme at the University starting September 2019.
Have received an offer and selected the University of Birmingham as their firm choice for a full time undergraduate programme starting September 2019. The student must be entering the first year of an undergraduate programme based at Birminghams UK campus.
That the students already registered and studying on a programme at the University of Birmingham in the UK, and students applying for MBChB Medicine and Surgery or BDS Dental Surgery or any Engineering and Physical Sciences programmes are not eligible for this scholarship. However, the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences offers a wide variety of scholarships and bursaries for undergraduate students, many of which are open to international applicants.


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Two term Trump? Half expect the President to be re-elected in 2020, most say it would be bad for Canada
One-in-six (17%) hold positive view of the administration, 69 per cent say their view is negative
July 30, 2019 – The marathon that is the United States' presidential campaign is off and running, well ahead of a November 2020 vote to determine the next leader of the free world.
While Democrats prepare for the second round of debates, a new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds Canadians discouraged and resigned over the prospect of the current president's re-election.
As has been the case since he took the oath of office in 2017, Canadians are overwhelmingly negative when it comes to U.S. President Donald Trump and his team at the White House. Seven-in-ten (69%) say they have an overall negative opinion of his administration's performance since January 2017 when he assumed office, and 72 per cent say they are pessimistic about what the next year and a half will bring ahead of the 2020 election.
If, indeed, Trump is re-elected, two-thirds (67%) say it will have a negative impact on Canada, eight times more than those who say it will be positive. The two nations have engaged in tense trade negotiations since Trump's election, while Prime Minister Trudeau has been the target of both condemnation and praise from the brash U.S. leader.
Men continue to be more supportive of the Trump presidency than women, though their enthusiasm is relatively tepid. One-quarter of men (23%) have a positive view of the administration so far compared to just one-in-ten women (11%). Middle aged men, those 35 to 54 years of age, are most positive, while women under 35 are most negative
Quebec, Atlantic and B.C. residents are most concerned that a win for the Republican leader would be negative for Canada, while Albertans are most likely to say such a result would be positive
The percentage of Canadians who are optimistic and hopeful about the Trump presidency has remained consistent since February of 2017, at approximately three-in-ten. Seven-in-ten (72%) say they are currently pessimistic and worried about the remainder of the president's first term
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Canadians negative about administration's performance
Few have hope for rest of term
Most say another win for President would hurt Canada
Four more years of Trump?
As has been the case since the beginning of the Trump administration, Canadians are overwhelmingly negative when they consider how his team has performed. The proportion of those saying their impression is "very negative" remains a firm majority, at 56 per cent, compared to 54 per cent in December of 2017. Overall, seven-in-ten (69%) say their impression is more negative than positive:
While both men and women are considerably more negative than positive when they think about more than two years of Trump, it is worth noting that men are twice as likely as women to view the president positively (23% to 11% overall, climbing to 28% among middle-aged males):
There is one group of Canadians who are more positive than negative when it comes to the Trump administration – past Conservatives. Those who supported the CPC in 2015 are slightly more likely to say they have a positive impression (42%) than negative (35%), while supporters of the other major parties are near-unanimously negative:
Few have hope for rest of the term
Asked whether they have hope for what the final year and a half of Trump's first term holds, just under three-in-ten Canadians (28%) say they are optimistic. Seven-in-ten (72%) lean the other way, saying they are pessimistic about what may happen before the election:
A core group of Canadians, led by Conservatives (58% are optimistic), are inclined to feel hopeful, while the bulk of the population continues to doubt that much good will come from Trump's time in office. Albertans are most positive, while Quebecers are most pessimistic.
The political theatre of Robert Mueller's testimony dominated headlines in the United States last week, with pundits offering competing predictions over what the former FBI Director's presence will mean for President Donald Trump's future. Is impeachment inevitable or dead? Perhaps it depends on which cable news network a viewer is watching.
Canadians are similarly polarized when they think about the future of the Trump presidency heading into a 2020 election campaign south of the border. Asked if they believe today that the President is likely to win re-election, half (50%) say they lean toward yes, and half (50%) say they lean toward no. However, a level of equivocacy pervades their forecasting. Only about one-in-ten on each side are firm in their outlook, with 13 per cent saying they're certain he will win, and 9 per cent saying he has no chance:
As Democrats continue their nomination process, it is notable that recent general election polls have found that both Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders would have a considerable advantage nationally if the election were held today, while other frontrunners Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris would have a tougher road.
Canadians assessing the overall US political landscape have different views depending on where they live. While most regions are divided close to evenly, nearly two-thirds of Albertans (64%) say they expect Trump to win, while a similar proportion of Quebecers (62%) expect him to lose:
If, indeed, the sun rises on November 4, 2020, and Donald Trump continues to be the leader of the "free world," Canadians expect the outcome would have a negative impact on their own country.
The two nations' most intense conflict under the Trump administration has most certainly been the renegotiation of NAFTA. After heated discussions, public attacks on Canada's dairy sector, and the imposition of tariffs on Canada's aluminum and steel industry, Canada, the U.S. and Mexico emerged with a new trade deal last November, and Washington agreed to remove tariffs this past May. Some observers have noted that the new NAFTA looks much like the old NAFTA with a new name – the United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement – but also point out that this status quo may end up being a victory for Justin Trudeau's Liberal government.
The relationship between Prime Minister Trudeau and President Trump has vacillated between amiable and awful at times, with Trudeau recently condemning comments made by Trump toward minority congresswomen that many deemed racist, and Trump calling Trudeau "weak and dishonest" in June of 2018.
Canadians do not foretell good things for this country in the event of another Trump victory. Two-thirds (67%) say four more years of the Republican president would have a negative impact on Canada. Young women are the most pessimistic (81% say negative) while men between the ages of 35 and 54 are the most positive. That said, even among this group, only 13 per cent are positive:
The largest variations in Canadian opinion about the American president are driven by political affiliation. Just four-in-ten past Conservatives (41%) say that another Trump term would be bad for this country, half as many as those who supported the two other major federal parties in 2015.
Conservatives are also five times more likely than Liberals to say that a Republican win in the 2020 presidential election would be good for Canada, while close to zero past NDP voters share this opinion:
For detailed results by age, gender, region, education, and other demographics, click here
Click here for the full report, including tables and methodology
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Ancient records
Iron Age mtDNA from Batman region in SE Turkey ( historic Taron ) shows the presence of Indian population
In the proposed study, the mtDNA HVI and HVII region sequences (354 and 217 bp, respectively) of seven ancient samples collected from Cemialo Sırtı (Batman) excavation site in the southeastern of Anatolia were successfully obtained. The mtDNA HPG compositions of these ancient human samples were determined. The mtDNAhaplogroups of seven ancient individuals were assigned as H1z1, M1a, U2b1, H1a, HV, R2 and R6 and PhyloTreemt (http://www.phylotree.org/) was used for determination of the mtDNA haplogroups. Furthermore the mtDNA HVI - HVII region sequences of seven samples were comparatively analyzed with some modern human populations and various Neolithic populations that were retrieved from databases from Northern Syria (8000 BC), Central Europe (6000-1550 BC)
and Southern Paris (5000-4000 BC), including the Sagalassos population which is an ancient Byzantium population (11th–13th century Common Era (CE)) near from Ağlasun/Burdur in the Southwestern Anatolia. This study is the first study where the questions about the human ancient DNA (aDNA) are addressed in the dedicated ancient DNA laboratory of Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey.
Ancient DNA Isolation and mtDNA Analysis of approximately 2500-year-old Human Teeth and Phalanx Samples from Çemialo/Batman in Southeastern Anatolia by Rehan Yaka
From Ian Logan's GenBank page:
U2b1
EU330890(Thailand)
EU872046(India)
HM156687(India)
JX462726(India-LHON)
U2b1a
AY714020(India)
KF056258(Tibet)
JF742197(Nepal)
FJ004816(Ko5)
FJ004819(Ko31)
GU480018(India)
KM245130(Saudi)
JQ704804
KC577359(Mauritius)
JX289095(Myanmar)
Do this presence of Indian mtDNA means that Indians started to arrive in Taron earlier than was presumed?
However, only in the canton of Taron did the efforts to protect the pagan temples grow into a full-scale, though self-consciously hopeless, insurrection. Most of the rebel force was put up by the Armenian-Indian theocratic principality or, more precisely, a warrior temple association founded by the Indian tribes who migrated to Armenia some two centuries earlier, presumably, during the reign of King Tiridates I (63-88 CE).
Tiridates I had ordered them to settle in this strategically important area and supply his army with trained cavalry and infantry, which they did loyally. By the fourth century these Indians had grown to a population of up to 100,000, and they had already been partially assimilated into the Armenian society:
Armenia's Conversion to Christianity
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NDA Wins the 3rd Annual VEX Robotics All-Girls Showcase at La Reina!
NDA Robotics came home with 2 awards: Tournament Champions and the Build Award. The Build Award is given to a team who constructs a reliable robot with attention to detail and creative use of materials and who demonstrates team work and quality of student interviews with judges.
Also, eight students on the NDA Robotics Team volunteered to help make the event a huge success! Great job R2G2.


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Rugby Pitch Surfaces
New Zealander's have a real passion for rugby starting at junior club games on cold and wet Saturday mornings to watching the All Blacks. TEAM Sports IRB approved artificial turf surfaces can play a major role in the growth of rugby in New Zealand. No more 'fields closed' signs, no more cancelled trainings and games, just dry and consistent surfaces all year round making for entertaining running rugby. Synthetic turf surfaces allow for around 4 times the use of a natural grass field providing clubs and associations with facilities to cater for a greater number of teams and players.
After installing the world's first dedicated rugby field in 2000 at the Runaway Bay Super Sports in Australia, TEAM Sports has continued the development of this 3rd Generation grass technology in accordance with the IRB regulation 22. In 2007 TEAM Sports Surfaces installed the first New Zealand synthetic rugby surface to IRB standard at Auckland's College Rifles Rugby Club. This new surface has gained acceptance from the players and now provides unlimited use for the increasing number of teams at the club.
"Our synthetic rugby fields are extremely hard wearing and provide a consistent playing surface in all weather conditions. Our rugby pitch with synthetic turf is one of the best things that we have at the centre. There has been an overwhelmingly positive response from people who have used the pitch. At first people don't realize that it is synthetic, they just think that we keep the grass really healthy. Everything revolves around the field, it is the focal point to what we do"
Nick Pye, Managing director – Sports Super Center – Runaway Bay, Queensland, Australia.
IRB APPOINTS SIS/TEAM SPORTS AS ONE OF FIVE PREFERRED PRODUCERS- March 2011
The International Rugby Board's One Turf programme has moved to the next phase with the selection of five Preferred Turf Producers who will oversee the production, installation and maintenance of artificial surfaces around the world to the Governing Body's strict technical, performance and player welfare criteria.
Leading Turf specialists Limonta Sport (Italy), Greenfields B.V (Netherlands), Mondo S.P.A (Italy), FieldTurf Tarkett (USA) and SIS/TEAM (UK/Ireland/Australia/NZ) have been appointed after a rigorous selection process that will ensure the highest possible player welfare and performance standards are achieved.


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Events In African American History For December 31
1. In 1777, 233 Years ago Today, George Washington reverses previous policy and allows the recruitment of black soldiers in the Revolutionary War, only after deposed British governor of Virginia issued The Dunmore Proclamation promising freedom to any slave who signed up on the Royal side.
2. In 1862, 148 Years ago Today, Residents of Rochester, N.Y., joined Frederick Douglass in a vigil in anticipation of the Emancipation Proclamation, which went into effect at midnight. What did they eat the next day? Greens, Blackeyed peas w/hamhocks, yes that's where it all began.
3. In 1935, 75 Years ago Today, Marian Anderson made her Town Hall debut in New York. Her performance was described by Howard Taubman, the New York Times reviewer, as "music making that probed too deep for words."
4. In 1953, 57 Years ago Today, Hulan Jack sworn in a Manhattan Borough president.
5. In 1953, 57 Years ago Today, Spingarn Medal presented to Paul R. Williams for his achievements as an architect.
6. In 1966, 44 Years ago Today, Sixth day of Kwanzaa, Celebrating the sixth of Seven Principles, Kuumba (Creativity)
7. In 1984, 26 Years ago Today, The first nationally broadcast telethon for the United Negro College fund is held and raises 14.1 million
In 2011, President Obama Signs Indefinite Detention Bill Into Law
For Your Information, Know Your Stuff, You better hurry up and know
Birthdays Of Famous African Americans For December 30


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The Legal Profession's Drinking Problem
February 5, 2016 | BY: Patrick Krill
Study finds 28% struggle with depression
First, the good news: the practice of law has always been, and remains, one of the most vital and respected professions in the U.S., or abroad. Nothing you're about to read changes that. Attracting some of our best, brightest and most dedicated minds, the law is a calling that holds society on its shoulders, and regularly finds our troubles at its feet. From our basic civil and physical liberties, to our complex contracts and property rights, nothing about the way we live, or how our world operates, could continue on without the work of attorneys. We are, after all, a nation of laws, and lawyers will forever play an indispensable part.
Now, the bad news: many of those attorneys we rely on to handle such important matters are struggling with alcoholism, depression, and other mental health concerns.
Continue reading the full article, "The legal profession's drinking problem," at CNN.com.
The rates are three times that of the general population
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Shane Patman is urging others to consider becoming blood donors.
He recently completed his 457th donation after reaching the 450 milestone in March.
Mr Patman started donating while he was at university in Sydney, but said it had since become part of his regular routine.
'Once I graduated as a physiotherapist and returned to Perth, I always worked in acute hospitals and was exposed to sick patients, so I have constantly seen the need for donations,' he said.
'I have been blessed to be healthy and to be able to provide a helping hand to those in need of blood.


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\section{Analytical Model for TCO Minimization}
\label{sec:mathAnalysis}
In this section we present a mathematical analysis to minimize the TCO of the drone-based deployment for emergency service support.

\subsection{Mathematical Analysis}
In this analysis, our objective is to minimize the TCO of the drone service, which is a function of the number of drones $n_{dr}$, the capacity increment $c$, and the unit cost $d$ of each drone (Sec.~\ref{sec:deploModel}). The capacity increment essentially determines the additional capacity supported by the RRHs of the drones, as well as the additional capacity that needs to be supported in the fronthaul and backhaul. As such, we define the capacity increment as: $c = c_{base} * (c_{step}-1) * 100$, where $c_{base}$ is the base channel capacity with $c_{base} = 665$ Mbps, and $ci$ is the capacity step with $c_{step} = \left\{1, 2, ..., m \right\}$.

Based on our drone deployment model (Sec.~\ref{sec:deploModel}), we define the total TCO as:

\begin{equation}
	TCO = C_{dr} + C_{sc} + C_{fh} + C_{bh}
\label{eq:tco}
\end{equation}

where $C_{dr}$ are the drone-related costs (e.g. drone cost, drone RRHs costs), $C_{sc}$ is the total cost to upgrade the selected ground small cells, $C_{fh}$ is the fronthaul cost for the increased capacity, and $C_{bh}$ is the backhaul cost for the additional capacity required.

The $C_{dr}$ is defined as:

\begin{equation}
	C_{dr} = 2^{c_{step}-1} * n_{dr} * d
\label{eq:droneCost}
\end{equation}

The $C_{sc}$ is defined as:
\begin{equation}
	C_{sc} = n_{sc} * n_{dr} * smc
\label{eq:scCost}
\end{equation}
where $smc$ is the upgrade cost of each small cell, and $n_{sc}$ is the number of ground small cells that need to be upgraded to support the drone link, and is equal to:
\begin{equation}
	n_{sc} = \frac{city\_area}{\pi * (0.2*n_{dr})^2} = k*\frac{1}{n_{dr}^2}
\label{eq:smNumber}
\end{equation}

The $C_{fh}$ is defined as:
\begin{equation}
	C_{fh} = n_{sc}*[a*\left(fhc +n_{dr}*c\right)^{b} - a*fhc^{b}]
\label{eq:fhCost}
\end{equation}
where $fhc$ is the fronthaul capacity, and $a$, $b$ are network operator specific cost parameters.

Finally, the $C_{bh}$ is defined as:
\begin{equation}
	C_{bh} = bbu*\left[a*\left(\frac{bhc + n_{dr}*c*k}{mux}\right)^b - a*\left(\frac{bhc}{mux}\right)^b\right]
\label{eq:bhCost}
\end{equation}
where $bbu$ is the number of BBUs in the city area, $bhc$ is the backhaul capacity, and $mux$ is the multiplexing gain, with $mux = 1.5$.

Based on the above definitions, our objective function to minimize the TCO is defined as:
\begin{align}
f(n_{dr}, c_{step}) &= 2^{c_{step}-1} * n_{dr} * d +  \frac{k}{n_{dr}} * smc + \nonumber \\
         &\qquad {}  \frac{k}{n_{dr}^2} * a * [\left(fhc +n_{dr}*c\right)^{b} - fhc^{b}]+ \nonumber \\
         &\qquad {}  bbu*a*\left[\left(\frac{bhc + c*\frac{k}{n_{dr}}}{mux}\right)^b - \left(\frac{bhc}{mux}\right)^b\right]
         \label{eq:objFun}
\end{align}
based on the constraints $c_1: n_{dr} \geq 1$ and $c_2: c_{step} \geq 1$. Please note that the unit cost $d$ of each drone only affects the $C_{dr}$ in a linear and monotonic function. As such, the minimum $C_{dr}$ is achieved with with minimum value for $d$, and therefore, we do not further include it in our optimization analysis.

As this is a multi-coordinate optimization problem (considering the $n_{dr}$ and $c_{step}$ as our coordinates), we use the coordinate gradient descent approach~\cite{Tseng:2009} to minimize along the multiple coordinate directions. To do so, we first need to find the partial derivative functions over the $n_{dr}$ and $c_{step}$ coordinates. Based on~\ref{eq:objFun}, the partial derivative function $f'$ over $n_{dr}$ is:
\begin{align}
f'(n_{dr}) &= 2^{c_{step}-1}  * d + \frac{1}{n_{dr}^2} * k*smc + \nonumber \\
         &\qquad {} k * a \left\{ \frac{2}{n_{dr}^3} * \left( fhc + n_{dr}*c\right)^b + \right.\nonumber\\
         &\qquad \left. \frac{1}{n_{dr}^2} * \left[ b* \left( fhc + n_{dr}*c\right)^{b-1} \right] +  \right.\nonumber\\
         &\qquad \left. fhc^b * \frac{2}{n_{dr}^3}\right\} +  \nonumber \\
         &\qquad {} bbu * a* b * \left( \frac{bhc*n_{dr} + c*k}{n_{dr}*mux}\right)^{b-1}
\label{eq:derivN}
\end{align}

Similarly, the partial derivative function $f'$ over $c_{step}$ is:
\begin{align}
f'(c_{step}) &= n_{dr} * d * (c_{step}-1) * 2^{c_{step}-2} + \nonumber \\
         &\qquad {} k*a*\frac{1}{n_{dr}^2 } * \left[ b* \left(fhc + n_{dr}*c \right)^{b-1} \right] + \nonumber \\
         &\qquad {} bbu * a * \frac{1}{\left( n_{dr}*mux\right)^b} * \nonumber \\
         &\qquad {} \left[ b * \left( bhc*n_{dr} + c* k\right)^{b-1} \right]
\label{eq:derivC}
\end{align}

Therefore, the gradient descent with respect to each coordindate can be determined based on:

\begin{equation}
\nabla f = \begin{bmatrix}
			eq. 8\\
			eq. 9\\
		   \end{bmatrix}
\label{eq:gradientDesc}
\end{equation}
subject to the constraints:
\begin{equation}
\begin{bmatrix}
		\frac{\vartheta c_1}{\vartheta n_{dr}}		& \frac{\vartheta c_2}{\vartheta n_{dr}}\\
		\frac{\vartheta c_1}{\vartheta c_{step}}	& \frac{\vartheta c_2}{\vartheta c_{step}}\\
\end{bmatrix} =
\begin{bmatrix}
		1	& -c_{step}\\
		1	& -n_{dr}\\
\end{bmatrix}
\label{eq:constraints}
\end{equation}

For our gradient descent analysis we assumed the constants as defined in Table~\ref{tab:constants}.
Figure~\ref{fig:gradDesc} shows the gradient descent of Eq.~\ref{eq:gradientDesc} for $n_{dr} = \left\{ 1, ..., 10 \right\}$, $c_{step} = \left\{ 1, ..., 10 \right\}$, and $step = 0.1$, subject to the constrains of Eq.~\ref{eq:constraints}. Our results show that the TCO is minimized when $n_{dr} = 7$ and $c_{step} = 1$.

\begin{table}
	\centering
	\begin{tabular}{l | p {1.5cm} }
	\hline
	\hline
	\textbf{Constant}				& \textbf{Value}		\\
	\hline
	\hline
	City Area						& $100 km^2$			\\
	\hline
	Drone cost ($d$)				& 9120 \euro			\\
	\hline
	Cost parameter $a$				& $3840$				\\
	\hline
	Cost parameter $b$				& $0.2$					\\
	\hline
	$smc$							& $2550$ \euro			\\
	\hline
	$fch$ 							& $799$	Mbps			\\
	\hline
	$bch$ (per cell)				& $833$	Mbps			\\
	\hline
	$bbu$							& $6$					\\
	\hline
	$mux$							& $1.5$					\\
	\hline
	\end{tabular}
	\vspace{1mm}
	\caption{Gradient descent evaluation constants.}
	\label{tab:constants}
	\vspace{-2mm}
\end{table}

\begin{figure}
  \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{gradDescLatex.eps}
  \caption{\textbf{Gradient descent for $\nabla f$.}}
  \label{fig:gradDesc}
\end{figure}

\section{Conclusions}
\label{sec:conclusions}

The work presented in this paper looks at the deployment costs of a drone-based 5G eMBB provision for emergency services. Different configurations in terms of the centralization options, the number drones per wireless link, the drone unit costs, and the capacity levels have been analyzed in order to find the trends in TCO variations. Due to the high capacity requirements and thus the higher OPEX costs of fronthaul provision, the higher layer split point in centralization produces lower TCO. With higher drone unit costs (be it for higher precision/reliability or higher capacity provision) the lower TCO point occurs with lower number of drones per link, particularly for the $1$ year TCO. For $5$ year TCO, the fronthaul OPEX costs become dominant, and when providing higher capacities it makes more sense to deploy more drones per wireless links in order to reduce the number of small cells requiring fronthaul capacity increments. The key message in all these analyses is that comprehensive cost estimates for different configurations should be done at the system design level, in order to determine the best option.

The mode of spectrum allocation for these \textit{on demand} wireless links is a key consideration, which we address in a parallel paper~\cite{spatioTempPaper}. In terms of further work, it is planned to present this study to emergency services and receive their feedback to improve some of the assumptions made. Also, this study will be taken to the 5G VINNI EU project~\cite{5gVinni}, to investigate the possibility of developing a basic proof of concept trial using one of their 5G platforms.

\section*{Acknowledgements}
This work has been performed in the framework of the Horizon 2020 project ONE5G (ICT-760809) receiving funds from the European Union. The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of their colleagues in the project, although the views expressed in this contribution are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the project.
\section{Deployment Model}
\label{sec:deploModel}

The deployment model is based on using the drones in a flexible manner, to provide 5G eMBB connectivity to the emergency crew on the scene. This will be an \textit{on demand} service, where the emergency service can request this 5G link based on the particular needs and the severity of the emergency. The key requirement is that the 5G connectivity can be deployed to any location within the coverage area of the particular emergency service with the quality of the connectivity guaranteed. In this study, we assume the coverage area to be within a metropolitan city limits.

The deployment model considered in this study is illustrated in Fig.~\ref{fig:droneService}. We assume the use of \textit{Radio Access Network (RAN)} centralization (CRAN), according to which, drones are equipped with \textit{Remote Radio Heads (RRHs)} with the minimum radio kit required for data transmission, and \textit{Base Band Unit (BBU)} processing is carried out at a central unit. To support the drone link, a number of pre-selected ground small cells needs to be upgraded to relay the signal to/from the drones to the BBU processor, and the core network. Thus, \textit{additional} capacity needs to be provisioned both in the fronthaul and backhaul networks to support this service.

\begin{figure}
  \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{droneService.eps}
  \caption{\textbf{Drone-based deployment for emergency service support.}}
  \label{fig:droneService}
\end{figure}

The number of drones used in the wireless link and the small cells needed to support the drone connectivity offer a tradeoff point in the analysis. With a higher number of drones, the reach of the wireless link increases and, thus, fewer ground small cells need to be upgraded and provisioned for additional fronthaul capacity. We assume a good spread of 4G and 5G small cells in the city, so any configuration of drone numbers in the wireless link can be supported by upgrading existing ground small cells. Furthermore, the BBU are assumed to have enough capacity to include new connections from the drone cells.

In this study, the main cost points include the drone unit costs, the costs for upgrading the small cells, and the incremental costs for providing additional fronthaul and backhaul capacity. These individual cost components will vary according to the number of drones considered for the wireless link, the RAN centralization options and the capacity provisioned
in the drone link, as will be seen in the TCO evaluations in the following sections.

\section{Evaluation}
\label{sec:evaluation}

With the analytical TCO optimization in place, we now look at a number of numerical evaluations under different conditions. For the numerical values, we utilize fairly accurate
estimates of the costs related to ground small cells, BBU and the fronthaul/backhaul leasing from the mmMAGIC EU project~\cite{mmMagic}. The costs related to the drone units are mostly assumed, and we evaluate the TCO for a wide range of these values, to cover most of the possibilities. It should be emphasized that the trends seen in these numerical analysis are more reliable than the absolute TCO values, which are mostly indicative to the specific deployment conditions we have set forth.

\subsection{TCO variations for centralized options}
We consider two centralization options as specified by the 3GPP~\cite{3gpp.38.801}, the CRAN split option $7$ which is at the PHY layer, and the split option $2$ which is at the PDCP layer. With split $7$, the drone radio unit needs to function only as an RF transmitter, so its costs will be lower. However for this split, the fronthaul data rates need to be higher which, in turn, increments the fronthaul costs, as well as the costs related to ground small cell upgrades. For split $2$, the processing up to the PDCP layer happens in the drone radio unit, thus the opposite cost factors are effective in this split. The $1$ year and $5$ year TCO variations for the two split options are shown in Figure~\ref{fig:tcoAll}.

\begin{figure}
  \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{tcoAll.eps}
  \caption{\textbf{CAPEX and OPEX costs of the proposed scheme for the first and fifth year of operation and the two splits considered.}}
  \label{fig:tcoAll}
\end{figure}

Our results show that the CRAN split $2$ (PDCP layer) produces lower costs both in the $1$ year and $5$ year TCO. This split has lower OPEX in terms of reduced fronthaul capacity and leasing costs. The results also indicate that the OPEX costs play a major role in determining the TCO for this high capacity, 5G eMBB based connectivity solution.

\subsection{TCO sensitivity to drone unit cost and the number of drones per wireless link}

One of the key parameters studied in the analytical model in section~\ref{sec:mathAnalysis} is the optimum number of drones per wireless link ($n_{dr}$). This number also varies with the unit cost of the drone, which was fixed to a cost of the small cell RRH in section~\ref{sec:mathAnalysis}. Here, we evaluate the TCO with both the drone unit cost ($d$), and the number of drones per wireless link ($n_{dr}$) as variables. We consider the TCO related to the CRAN split $2$, as this split produces the lower TCO.

The drone unit cost is varied in steps of $4000$\euro \hspace{0.9mm} from the minimum cost considered in~\ref{sec:mathAnalysis}. Please note that the TCO includes the same main cost components as discussed in the previous section. The results are shown in Figure~\ref{fig:costAnalysis}.

\begin{figure}
  \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{costAnalysis.eps}
  \caption{\textbf{Experimental TCO for variable  number of drones per wireless link ($n_{dr}$) and different drone unit costs, assuming a fixed capacity increment of $c_{step}=1$.}}
  \label{fig:costAnalysis}
\end{figure}

The results indicate that as the drone unit cost increases, the minimum TCO point moves to lower numbers of $n_{dr}$. This is quite logical, as higher drone costs will offset the
savings on the reduced number of small cell upgrades given by higher $n_{dr}$. The minimum TCO variation also indicates that this \textit{sweet spot} for the TCO will have to be carefully analyzed before the actual deployments take place.

\subsection{TCO sensitivity to capacity increment}

Another key cost parameter in this study is the required capacity that must be provisioned in the wireless drone link. To provide true eMBB services to multiple users, we estimate that a minimum of 665 Mbps link capacity ($c_{base}$) should be provided per drone link. This is for the consumption in both the uplink and downlink, with the use of dynamic TDD~\cite{eIMTA}. The analytical approach in section~\ref{sec:mathAnalysis} returned the minimum TCO for this minimum capacity. Here, we extend this minimum capacity in $100$ Mbps steps to assess the TCO variations, as certain 5G applications would require even higher capacity from the wireless link.

In this study we keep the spectrum allocation for this \textit{on demand} service fixed to 100 MHz. (Details of a separate paper on the spectrum analysis is provided in section~\ref{sec:conclusions}.) Specifically, the capacity is incremented in $100$ Mbps steps by increasing the received SNR in $3 dB$ steps based on the Shannon capacity limits~\cite{commSystems}, as studied in the analytical model (Sec.~\ref{sec:mathAnalysis}). Again, we consider the lower TCO split $2$ option for the analysis. The results for the $1$ year and $5$ year TCO variations for different capacity levels and different $n_{dr}$ is shown in Figures~\ref{fig:tcoYear1CI} and~\ref{fig:tcoYear5CI} respectively.

\begin{figure}[t]
  \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{tcoYear1CI.eps}
  \caption{\textbf{Estimated TCO for different $c_{step}$ and $n_{dr}$ values in year $1$.}}
  \label{fig:tcoYear1CI}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[t]
  \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{tcoYear5CI.eps}
  \caption{\textbf{Estimated TCO for different $c_{step}$ and $n_{dr}$ values in year $5$.}}
  \label{fig:tcoYear5CI}
\end{figure}

Our results show that there are two main factors that determine the TCO, when incrementing the capacity. The CAPEX cost for the drone unit doubles with each capacity increment step, in line with more antenna elements, or better RF power amplifiers. The OPEX costs for provisioning fronthaul and backhaul also increase. The relative significance of these costs can be inferred by comparing the $1$ year and $5$ year TCOs in Figures~\ref{fig:tcoYear1CI} and~\ref{fig:tcoYear5CI}. In Figure~\ref{fig:tcoYear1CI}, the CAPEX component of the drone unit cost is significant, and for higher capacity provisions the \textit{sweet spot} of the lowest TCO attains progressively with lower number of drones per link. These shorter drone links will incur higher OPEX costs in fronthaul provision for a higher number of small cells. However as the TCO contains only the OPEX for $1$ year, this increase is dwarfed by the CAPEX savings coming from the lower number of drones per wireless link. With the $5$ year TCO, the fronthaul OPEX costs (accumulated for $5$ years) are dominant, and when increasing the capacities, the lowest TCO point remains with higher number of drones. However, the TCO gains when moving to higher numbers of drones are diminishing with higher capacities, which indicates the counter balancing behavior of the increasing CAPEX costs of drone units.

\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:intro}

There is a concerted effort in many countries to switch the emergency communications from specialized networks (e.g. TETRA) to wider cellular networks. The ability of the cellular networks to handle larger traffic volumes in major events, seamlessly support mobile IP-based services, while allowing for cost and efficiency savings are the main reasons for this switch. The \textit{Emergency Services Network (ESN)} in the UK~\cite{esn}, and FirstNet in the US~\cite{frn} are prime examples of this transformation, with both deployments expected t run on 4G LTE infrastructure, with additional quality and reliability guarantees. Within this context, it is logical to look at what 5G can offer, and how to provide early 5G access to these emergency communication networks.

5G promises to provide increased data rates, similar to both \textit{enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB)} and \textit{Ultra-Reliability Low Latency Communications (URLLC)}, which can be highly useful in the emergency communications domain~\cite{Markakis:2017}. Downloading interactive 3D maps on the move to an emergency response location and uploading \textit{Ultra-High Definition (UHD)} videos from inside the locations are some of the potential eMBB applications. The URLLC capabilities can be utilized to operate robots remotely in potentially hazardous conditions, for example.

A key question is how to overcome the localized nature of early 5G networks to extend the connectivity throughout an emergency service area (i.e. an area affected by a natural disasters, fire, etc.) In this paper, we propose a drone-based 5G eMBB service, where wireless links are employed to connect the drones to a suitably provisioned 5G and 4G ground small cell network, and subsequently to the emergency command/control center through the network core. In this deployment, we look at the main cost drivers, and develop an analytical optimization model to minimize the TCO of deploying and operating such a service. Additionally, we conduct a detailed numerical cost analysis, considering two centralized RAN options proposed by 3GPP~\cite{3gpp.38.801}. Finally, we provide a numerical analysis on the sensitivity of the TCO to the main cost drivers identified in the study (i.e. number of drones, drone unit costs, capacity increases), giving indications about the best deployment model under certain constraints.

The rest of the paper is organized as follows. In Section~\ref{sec:deploModel}, we present the deployment model and identify its key cost components. In Section~\ref{sec:mathAnalysis} we present the analytical TCO optimization against key cost components identifies in Section~\ref{sec:deploModel}. In Section~\ref{sec:evaluation} we present our numerical results for different TCO variations on the centralized RAN options, and TCO sensitivity to key parameters. We conclude in section~\ref{sec:conclusions} and discuss planned further work.

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WAPA releases an update of the Northern Hemisphere apple and pear crop
WAPA, the World Apple and Pear Association, released today the updated Northern Hemisphere Apple and Pear Crop Forecast. As crops have now been fully harvested since the first figures were released in August 2021, minor adjustments were made in different countries, although the new estimates are still in line with the original forecast. As the Northern Hemisphere season is getting into full swing, stocks depletion figures will be provided as well by the Association. To complete the review, the Southern Hemisphere crop 2021 was also updated.
During the month of December, WAPA has been consolidating the forecast of apples and pears production for the Northern Hemisphere released during the month of August. As the season is now in full swing and harvest is completed, WAPA is reporting on the latest development for apples and pears in the Northern Hemisphere, while already looking to prepare the Southern Hemisphere 2022 forecast, which will be announced during the last week of February on the occasion of the WAPA Annual General Assembly. Overall, the countries survey by WAPA covers a production of 81 Mio T of apples and 23 Mio T of pears.
The updated estimates for European apple production of the 21 top EU producing countries and the United Kingdom increased by 160.000 T to stand at 11.895,000 T, which is 1,36% more than what originally forecasted at 11.735,000 T. The forecast for the season is ultimately 11% (or 1.195,000 T) up from the last year. The new figure is influenced by an increase in Poland (+130.000 T to 4,3 Mio T) as well as in Belgium (+48.000 T to 240.000 T) and Austria (+5.000 T to 120.000 T) but compensated by a decrease in France (-12.000 T to 1.363.000 T) and the Netherlands (-5.000 T to 245.000 T). Italy remains stable at 2.044.000 T, with 2.000 T less compared to the initial forecast of August. On the varieties side, the main changes concern Red Jonaprince (+53.000 T to 475.000 T), Jonagold (+26.000 T to 444.000 T), Idared (+24.000 T to 709.000 T), Red Delicious and Pinova (+14.000 T each, reaching 654.000 T and 197.000 T respectively), and Cripps Pink (+7.000 T to 240.000 T). On the other hand, Gala decreased (- 10.000 T to 1.553.000 T). Other EU countries and Switzerand represent around 200.000 T. In the USA, the apple crop is confirmed to be stable at 4,644.000 T (6% down to last year), despite some readjustment within the breakdown by states and varieties. The major varieties in the USA are Gala (863.000 T), Red Delicious (625.000 T), and Honey Crisps (542.000 ). Varietal shift continues in the US orchards, with positive development with new varieties such as Ambrosia and Cosmic Crisp. In the US neighbourhood, Mexico's production in 2021 was down by 2% at 700.000 T, while Canada'´s production dropped 11% to 360.000 T. The Chinese apple crop was estimated in August just below 45 Mio T, dominated by the Shaanxi (12,5 Mio T) and Shandong (9,5 Mio T) provinces, which together account for close to 50% of the Chinese apples production. The crop in EU neighbourhood was set at 8 Mio T, covering Turkey (4 Mio T), Russia (1,4 Mio T), Ukraine (1,3 Mio T), Moldova (600.000 T), Serbia (535.000 T), and North Macedonia (140.000 T). In Central Asia, the apple crop is around 2,5 Mio T, out of which 50% is in Uzbekistan (1.250.000 T), followed by Azerbaijan (300.000 T), Tajikistan (250.000 T), Kazakhstan (200.000 T), and Kyrgystan (150.000 T). Production in India is forecasted at 2,65 Mio T. In the Southern Hemisphere, the final apple crop was set at 5.230.000 T.
In regard to pears, the European pear production is estimated to reach 1.666,000 T in 2021/2022, which is 3,87% (or 61.000 T) above the August forecast. This increase is resulting from an increase in Belgium (+59.000 T to 354.000 T) and the Netherlands (+15.000T to 340.000 T) but compensated among others by a decrease in France (-1.000 T to 56.000 T) and a further decline in the Italian crop due to the severe consequences of the climatic havocs experienced in the main producing regions (-11.000 T to 202.000 T, while the orchard potential is over 700.000 T). On the varieties, Conference is set to increased by 68.000 T to 873.000 T while Abate should decrease by 12.000 T to 53.000 T. Regarding USA pear production, there is a slight increase from 525.000 T to 529.000 T, driven by Oregon and Washington State, while production in California is severely impacted by the lack of water and labour shortage . The main varieties for the seasons are Williams BC (270.000 T), Anjou (170.000 T), and Bosc (60.000 T). Elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere, China reported a forecast of pear production of 18,5 Mio T, Turkey of 539.000 T, and India of 89.000 T. In the Southern Hemisphere, the 2021 pears crop ended with a total volume of 1.346.000 T.
Philippe Binard, Secretary-General of WAPA commented: "This year, given the difficult climatic conditions, forecast of production was not easy to be made, in particular regarding the uncertainties on the impact of frost and other spring weather conditions for the quality and the size of products. Looking back, the work undertaken in the different countries was rather precise, as only limited variations were noted. Those were primarily influenced by the good conditions during the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere". Mr Binard added: "In addition to the apple and pear production forecast, WAPA collects stock figures from the major producing countries throughout the season. As of December, WAPA is resuming the collection of data for the stocks as now the crop is fully harvested and stocks data are now able to be calculated in a reliable manner".
WAPA can reveal that EU apple stocks stood at 4,865,028 T as of 1 December 2021, which is 6.9% above the figure of 2020, which reflects the 11% increase in the crop. On the other hand, pear stocks stood at 654,484 T on 1 December 2021, 26,9% below the volume of 2020, mostly because of the large decrease in Italy. In Europe, the final pear crop is 26% lower than a year ago. For the USA, apple stocks in December stand at 1,909,045 T, down 2,58% compared to 2020. This level is reflecting the lower crop in Washington States this year, which stands at just below 3.000,000 T, 4% less than last year. Pears stocks in the USA stand at 224,278 T, which is 21,6% above last year. Philippe Binard informs: "Once completed, the stocks will be released on a monthly basis.. WAPA will release the stocks level from the 1st of January 2022 at the beginning of February. These figures will be made public on the WAPA website".
In regard to the current season, Domink Wozniak, President of WAPA commented: "Several factors influence the development of this Northern Hemisphere season. The rise in costs for production input, packaging, energy or labour as well as the predicted inflation will have an impact on prodcuer's margins and competitiveness. Moreover, logistics challenges in terms of availability and costs are some of the new factors influencing trade patterns. Mixed fortune is also expected on market access considering for the European exporters the Belarus embargo as of January 1st combined with the on-going Russian embargo. For the USA, the effects of counter-sanctions in the Steel and Aluminium dossiers are affecting in particular US exports to distant markets such as India . USA trade is expected to primarily focus in North America to the Mexican and Canadian neighbours. In Asia, all exporters are confronted with increased burdens to access China due to increased COVID related controls and logistics hurdles in the port". On the global stage, one should consider the role of new players such as Serbia, Moldova, Ukraine, Turkey, or Iran. China is also developing its export potential with exports now exceeding one million tons on apples, primarily to South East Asian neighbourg. Mr Wozniak added: "Overall in the Northern Hemisphere, the local sourcing will remain a priority in many places considering on-going uncertainties on the world market. However, the growth of apple and pear production in the North Hemisphere, in particular in EU neighbourhood and Central Asia, makes it important to continue diversify the variety assortment for taste expected by consumers. Raising the quality and meeting new sustainability expectations of policy and consumers would facilitate a new boost of the consumption of apples and pears. At the same time, the global apple and pear community should continue searching for new opportunities for the apple and pear consumption in many markets around the world".
WAPA is slated to host Prongosfruit in Belgrade (Serbia) on 10 and 11 August 2022, in cooperation with Serbia Does Apples. Information will be provided end of March 2022 on the Prognosfruit website (www.prognosfruit.eu).
The full press release is available at this link.


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Chapter 711 - Chopter 711: Dragon Tower
"Eunuch, take him to the guest room and arrange for some guards outside the door to protect him," The King told the Eunuch to take Long Chen back.
Even though he said that he wanted the guards arranged to protect him, Long Chen knew that it was actually to keep an eye on him.
It was obvious that the King didn't want him to leave, and he wanted the guards to keep an eye on Long Chen.
Long Chen was escorted out of the place by the Eunuch, leaving the Ministers and the Dragon Squad Members inside, discussing amongst themselves.
The Eunuch escorted Long Chen to one of the rooms inside the Palace. He made Long Chen enter the room and arranged for guards all around the room as per the King's instruction.
He had been in the room, and he had seen Long Chen showing his powers before everyone. Even though the King didn't say it explicitly, he understood the King's intention in asking him to have guards arranged. He made it so that the guards were standing fifty meters away from Long Chen's room, surrounding it so that even if Long Chen teleported outside, he would not be able to escape or cause any harm inside the Palace.
Long Chen's power was scary, so they had to keep a strict eye on him.
Long Chen sat on the luxurious bed inside the room as he used his Divine Sense to see outside. He saw the guard formation surrounding his room and smiled.
'Those idiots, they really fell for it. They think I can only leave Teleport within a fifty-meter range. Also, they don't know the limitations of my power. That should be good enough for now,' Long Chen thought as he laid on the bed.
Xun appeared beside Long Chen and sat on the bed.
" What are you thinking? I don't understand how you plan to finish this trial like this. You've arranged for the Aksha King assassination. How would that result in you becoming the King?" she asked Long Chen.
"Hah, sometimes even I wonder how everything will happen. If things go according to my plan, then I would be the King, and everyone would treat me as the King. I'll finish this trial within four months," Long Chen muttered as he sighed.
"Within four months? I'm quite curious about what you're thinking. Can you tell me? Don't keep me in suspense," Xun inquired as she glared at Long Chen.
"You will know when the time comes. It's just the beginning. I'm only borrowing the Sunai Kingdom's hand to achieve my goal for now," Long Chen replied to Xun.
Xun didn't say anything as she glared at Long Chen.
"Did you just use my line on me?" she asked Long Chen.
"Hahaha, you noticed. Yeah. You always hide things and say that I'll know when the right time comes. I thought I did give you the taste of the same medicine," Long Chen said as he smiled.
"You're so bad," Xun snorted as she started looking elsewhere.
"I still need to continue getting stronger, though. I can't be content with the strength I have," Long Chen let out as he stood up.
He stretched his arms as he yawned.
He sat in a meditative position and started Cultivating.
Two days passed. Long Chen had received no information during these two days. He was surprised that the King was delaying so much despite Long Chen insisting that it was an urgent matter. He wondered if they were starting to find plot holes in his stories.
He kept waiting as he spent most of his time Cultivating.
It was the evening of the third day when Long Chen finally heard a knock on his door.
He stopped his Cultivation as he stood up.
He walked up to the door and opened it.
He was greeted by the Eunuch, who stood in front of him.
" His Majesty wishes to meet you. Come with me," he told Long Chen as he turned away.
Long Chen followed after the man who escorted him back to the Chambers of the King, where Long Chen had met the king three days ago.
The same people that stood there three days ago were still there. The only person who was not here this time was Duan Lifeng, who had gone back to his City to manage it. He had brought Long Chen here.
"Long Live Your Majesty," Long Chen muttered as he got down on one knee.
"You man stand," the king told Long Chen.
" We have come to a decision after discussing it with everyone," The King told Long Chen in a grim tone.
" We agree with your suggestion. We can't wage a full war. We don't have enough time. We can only send our Dragon Squad to assassinate their king," the King said to Long Chen.
" I will lead Twenty of Our Dragon Squad Members personally," The Dragon Squad Leader told Long Chen.
" Also, we have decided that you would go with them to help them. Your ability to Teleport will come really handy to them," the King added.
Long Chen heard the King's words and felt elated. He wanted to laugh out loud. The next part of his plan was to ask the King to let him join the Dragon Squad on this mission, but the king had already done that.
The Dragon Squad Leader walked up to Long Chen and gave him a white robe, which had a dragon symbol on it.
"Wear it now. From today on, you're a member of our squad," He said to Long Chen as he patted his shoulders.
Long Chen smiled as he wore the spotless white Dragon Squad Robe.
" Including you, we will have twenty Dragon Squad Members that will be going on this mission. You guys will leave early morning tomorrow," The King told Long Chen.
"You can leave now. I expect success from all of you. Millions of lives might depend on your single mission," he added as he permitted everyone to leave.
"Little Guy, you're coming with me. I'll show you around our Dragon Squad Base since you're a member now," The Dragon Squad Leader Wu Xun told Long Chen as he patted his shoulders.
Long Chen followed after the man. The other people in White Dragon Robes also left.
Wu Xun took Long Chen with him to the Base of the Dragon Squad, which was a tall tower that seemed to be made of white marbles. There was a pattern of a giant Dragon wrapped around the tower.
Wu Xun took Long Chen inside and showed him the Tower. He showed him all the places of significance like the training hall, the quarters of members, and many more places.
The whole trip lasted for three hours. Long Chen was also introduced to the other Dragon Squad Members, who gave him a warm welcome.
After getting to know everyone, Wu Xun took Long Chen out of the Dragon Tower.
Just as Long Chen stepped out of the tower, he saw a handsome green-haired young man walking towards the tower entrance. The young man looked to be in his mid-twenties.
He was wearing a White Dragon Robe as well, but his robe was covered in dirt.
The young man had long green hair. And beautiful blue eyes.
The Young man stopped before Wu Xun and greeted him.
"Ah, right. I forgot to introduce you to him. He is Wu Lan, my son," Wu Xun introduced Long Chen to the young man.
" Lan'er, This is our New member, Long Chen," Wu Xun introduced Long Chen to his son.
Long Chen was quite amused as he looked at Wu Lan. He remembered that he had heard Xun say that if he had chosen a different door for the third Trial, he would be Dragon Squad Leader's son.


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The chorus takes on many emotional frames, depicting the colours and shapes inherent in each line of the poetry. This music is "high" but never "serious", just like Shakespeare himself.


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Congressman John Robert Lewis was just 17 when he reached out to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a letter conveying his desire to attend all-White Troy State College (now Troy State University) that was just ten miles from his home. Lewis submitted an application but never heard from the college, and hoped King would help. Instead, he went to Fisk University. Later, Dr. King reached out to him and invited him to visit Montgomery during spring. That was the beginning of John Lewis's relationship with King and his 60 plus year commitment to the civil rights movement.
Congressman Lewis, who died on July 17, exemplified so many things.
Commitment. Resilience. Humility. Goodwill. Good Trouble.
John Lewis died at 80, and there are photos of him, as a much younger man, marching alongside Dr. King and so many others. One of the things that strikes me about this remarkable man is how young he was when he got involved in the movement. As impressive as John Lewis was, he was one of several very young people who put their lives on the line for civil rights and human rights. There is no wonder that he smiled when he visited Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC. That plaza, and the protests after the murder of George Floyd, are direct descendants of protests that John Lewis was involved in during the 1950s and 1960s.
Many of the youth of that era boldly challenged the status quo.
Consider the Little Rock Nine. They were verbally and physically harassed, and in at least one case, experienced economic consequences. The Nine endured a harrowing year. Ernie Green, the best-known of the Little Rock Nine, was the only African American to graduate from Central High School in 1958. The school was closed the following year, and the Little Rock Nine completed their high school education elsewhere.
Just as it is agonizing to think of John Lewis beaten so severely that his skull was cracked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965, it is also painful to think of Melba Patillo, one of the Nine who was kicked, beaten and had acid thrown in her face, or Gloria Ray, who was pushed down a flight of stairs. Elizabeth Eckford attempted to walk into Central High School alone, having missed the others because of a communications snafu. She faced an angry and hostile mob and soldiers who would not allow her to enter the school. Gloria Ray's mother, Julie Miller Eckford, lost her state job because she would not withdraw her daughter from Central High School. These young people, like John Lewis, had tenacity, commitment, and vision.
Consider Dr. Ron Walters (1938-2010), the distinguished professor who spent most of his career as a political scientist at Howard University. He was president of the NAACP Youth Council in Wichita, Kansas, when he organized a sit-in at Dockum Drug Store in July 1958, just weeks after Ernie Green graduated from Central High School, and more than a year before the Greensboro sit-in in 1960. The students who participated in the sit-in ranged in age from 15 to 22. The sit-in lasted three weeks and ended when the store manager said the sit-in was costing too much money.
In 1960, a young Jesse Jackson led a protest at the segregated Greenville, South Carolina library, when he was told he could not check out a book he needed for his undergraduate research. The Greenville Eight, including Jackson, were arrested for disorderly conduct when they visited the library, browsed, and refused to leave. After the arrests, the City Council voted to close both the White and the dilapidated one-room colored library. The libraries reopened about two months later, available to all citizens. Like Lewis, Jackson has dedicated his life fighting for civil rights and economic justice.
In celebrating John Lewis and his remarkable life, we also honor other young civil rights activists who risked their lives to take a stand. They made a difference in the struggle for justice. And just as we celebrate them, we must also celebrate today's young activists; those in the Black Lives Matter Movement, who have mobilized young people to protest police brutality, the myth of White supremacy, and economic injustice.
As I think of John Lewis, his remarkable courage, and the leadership he offered at every stage of his life, I also reflect on the much-discussed generational conflict in the African American community. This conflict is, in some ways, inevitable. In other ways, it is unnecessary.
Black folks of every age want the same thing – social and economic justice. And depending on our age, we approach the struggle differently. Some will put their lives on the line; some will march; others will boycott racist companies and write checks. Some of every age will do nothing. Those of us who are elders must embrace youth leadership in the spirit of John Lewis, Ernie Green, Jesse Jackson, and others.
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[jQuery.FileAPI](https://github.com/RubaXa/jquery.fileapi) jQuery plugin for FileAPI (multiupload, image upload, crop, resize and etc.)

## Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

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And then execute:

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This is my experience: I have never wanted children.
When Iain and I first started talking about the possibility of spending some significant part of our lives together, I told him flatly: "I don't want children. If that's a deal-breaker, I understand, but don't get involved with me thinking you'll change my mind, because I won't." He said, with the obnoxious confidence of a young privileged man dating his first feminist, "It's not a deal-breaker, although I think you might change your mind." I chuckled. Instead, he has changed his.
Part of being a straight cis woman who is childless by choice is that you get asked why—why you don't have children, and, if you are bold enough to say you don't want them, why it is that you don't.
I started saying I don't want children from a very young age—my oldest ladyfriend, the oft-mentioned C whom I have known since I was 11, once described a shocking event by saying, "The only thing weirder would have been you announcing you were pregnant!"—so I've been asked to consider why it is that I don't want children for much of my life, and I've never had a great answer.
I used to say, simply and straightforwardly, "I'm selfish," which is true. I like lots of time to myself, and I relish the particular flexible liberty that can't coexist with obligation, and I enjoy the psychic freedom of never having to stay on top of a child's schedule in addition to my own. But it's more than that. I knew that even when I said it, and I said it primarily because that is what people tend to believe, irrespective of its veracity.
I sometimes say, to people with whom I can be more frank, that it is because I am afraid to be pregnant (true) and that I am afraid to duplicate the same dysfunctions that defined my family of origin (also true). But it's more than that, too.
Not having an answer isn't something that plagues my mind, because "I just don't" is sufficient for my own self-satisfaction, and I have never felt as though I owe anyone a more detailed explanation than that which contents my own curiosity.
But watching the onslaught of legislative attacks on reproductive rights unfold over the last couple of years, something has begun to percolate at the back of my mind—an answer to that question, a response to the why. In the last few weeks, under the oppressive drumbeat of this dehumanization, this thought has crawled out of its chrysalis and inched its way forward toward conscious thought.
I have never been more acutely aware of my reductive purpose as a babymaking machine, more subject to incessant, inescapable, insistent reminders that my personhood is debatable, that I am nothing if I don't use my body to have children, that I am a uterus with some meat attached in service to its reproductive capacity.
And comes the realization from deep down in the darkest depths of me that I do not want children, that I have never wanted children, because of my desperate yearning to be a whole person, to matter, always and only, on the value of me and not the other little people I am supposed to create.
Please understand: I do not judge other women who are parents by the measure of their reproductive choice. I am merely acknowledging my understanding of how society, and some of the particular subcultures and communities of which I am a member, would judge me if I made the same choice—and certainly judges them.
No one, after all, knows better the ways that motherhood can be used to devalue women than a mother.
I have understood, intuitively, from a very early age that, in this culture, in the spaces in which I move, to have children is to dilute one's value as a human, even as it is to enhance one's value as a woman.
To have children, in this culture, in the spaces in which I move, has felt and feels still like a concession to a destiny in which I felt I had no choice, unless I chose childlessness.
This is the thought that the assault on reproductive rights has laid across my consciousness in the past days, weeks: I don't want children, because I so dearly want a choice, because I so ardently want autonomy, because I so desperately want my full humanity. And I have lived a lifetime in spaces—familial spaces, religious spaces, educational spaces, cultural spaces—in which virtually every message I received encouraged me, coaxed me, cajoled me, coerced me into childbearing.
And now it is the endgame: Now they fight to force me.
It should come as no surprise that a movement seeking to limit my choice makes me feel like I don't have one. And still, I am rather astonished to discover that I have simply never felt that having children was ever a choice I believed I could enthusiastically make on my own, without having been compromised by the crushing pressure of procreative, anti-choice rhetoric.
For the first time, I consider the possibility that I don't even really know if I want children or don't want them. All I know with certainty is that I will not have them.


Prof. dr. ir. Omar Hegazy received the B.Sc. (with honours) and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. He obtained his PhD degree in July 2012 (with the greatest distinction) from the department of Electrical Machines and Energy Technology (ETEC), Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), Belgium. Prof. Dr. Hegazy leads the power electronics and electrical machines (PEEM) team in MOBI, where he coordinates the research work in this field in several national and European projects. He is the author of more than 70 scientific publications. Furthermore, he is a member of IEEE and IEC standards. Prof. dr. Hegazy fields of interest include power electronics, electrical machines, electric and (plug-in) hybrid electric vehicles, battery management systems (BMS), power management strategies, control systems, optimization techniques and renewable energy.


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Scotland - Northern Ireland bridge: Boris Johnson to revive £20bn plan
Boris Johnson is set to defy his critis and revive plans to build a £20 billion bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
By Kevan Christie
10th Feb 2020, 7:55am
One version of the plan would be modelled on the Oresund Bridge (pictured) in Denmark. Picture: Daniel4021/goodfreephotos.com
The Prime Minister is seeking to sanction a series of grand infrastructure projects to cement the legacy of his rule – despite opponents of the move previously describing it as 'pie in the sky' and a waste of public money.
The results of a feasibility study into the construction of a combined bridge and tunnel connection at the narrowest 20-mile gap between the British mainland and Northern Ireland will be reviewed by Mr Johnson.
Leo Varadkar - UK must pay for bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland
The Oresund crossing was the setting for The Bridge, a popular BBC series starring Sofia Helin and Kim Bodnia as detectives investigating a gruesome murder.
Mr Johnson has refused to be dissuaded against the project by warnings about spiralling costs for a project that could rival the feats of the great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
The bridge would most likely run between Portpatrick in Scotland and Larne in County Antrim, and engineers are understood to have come up with the idea of a bridge-tunnel split as a way of dealing with Beaufort's Dyke, the
United Kingdom's largest offshore dump site for conventional and chemical munitions after the Second World War.
It lies seven miles off Portpatrick and the Ministry of Defence estimates there are one million tons of munitions at the bottom of the deep trench, including 14,500 tons of 5in artillery rockets filled with phosgene gas, in addition to two tons of metal drums filled with radioactive waste which was dumped there during the 1950s.
Under one version of Mr Johnson's plan, the bridge would run from the Scottish coast over the trench, before becoming a tunnel for the final stretch to Northern Ireland.
The Scottish Government has expressed scepticism about the idea, citing 'an obvious number of practical obstacles and challenges' and the need for 'a robust assessment of the costs or benefits'.
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Q: TypeScript - How to properly create our own types with predefined list of possible values? I want my Template.FOLDERS to define a list of possible values (like an enum, but with strings). I want to be able to refer to these possible values to type my variables, so the compiler would warn me if I don't use one of the possible values.
Here is what I've done so far, but I think I got it wrong:
export class Template {
    public static FOLDERS: TemplateFolders = {
        CONTAINERS: 'containers',
        LAYOUTS: 'layouts',
        PARTIALS: 'partials',
        PAYMENT_METHODS: 'paymentMethods',
        MAIN: 'main'
    };
}

export interface TemplateFolders {
    CONTAINERS: string;
    LAYOUTS: string;
    PARTIALS: string;
    PAYMENT_METHODS: string;
    MAIN: string;
}

Then, in another class I use this:
protected TEMPLATE_FOLDER: string = Template.FOLDERS.MAIN;

But that's not what I want to do, I would like to type the TEMPLATE_FOLDER so that I can only set one of the predefined values.
How do I achieve that in TypeScript?

A: With an enum TemplateFolder
I suggest an enumeration or a const enum with a helper toFolderName:
export const enum TemplateFolder {
    Containers, Layouts, Partials, PaymentMethods, Main
}

var toFolderName = (function () {
    var names = ['containers', 'layouts', 'partials', 'paymentMethods', 'main'];
    return function (tf: TemplateFolder): string {
        return names[tf];
    };
})();

console.log(toFolderName(TemplateFolder.PaymentMethods)); // paymentMethods

With a class TemplateFolder
class TemplateFolder {
    constructor(private name: string) {
    }
    public toString(): string {
        return this.name;
    }
}

var templateFolders = {
    CONTAINERS: new TemplateFolder('containers'),
    LAYOUTS: new TemplateFolder('layouts'),
    PARTIALS: new TemplateFolder('partials'),
    PAYMENT_METHODS: new TemplateFolder('paymentMethods'),
    MAIN: new TemplateFolder('main')
};

console.log(templateFolders.PAYMENT_METHODS); // paymentMethods

Of course, the variable templateFolders can be static in the class Template.

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if you are in CA, then there is the Dream Act for undocumented students. in order to qualify you will have needed to have attended a CA high school for 3 years and have had graduated from a CA high school. you will also need to go to the admissions office of the school you want to attend (has to be a CA juco or cc or univesity) and have the admissions office verify your AB540 status before you can enroll and pay in-state tuition. you can also apply for the BOG wavier which should take care of your tuition. you can also rent textbooks from Chegg.com or other sites and that will help with the cost of books as well.
Left Usa 2007, Obtained Visa B-2, Residing In The Us With Permit Is Dream Act Still Possible?
Is There A Loophole Around The Arizona Driver's Licenses Ban?
if you have family in CA, i would go there to get a DL. they dont ask for address verification or anything like that. all you need is your EAD and to know your SSN. dont need to show the actual SSN card. you would just use your family's CA address and you'd be good to go. that way when you do go back to AZ and if you get stopped while driving, you just say that you're visiting. from what i understand, there are no loopholes in the AZ law. the DMV will look at your EAD to verify the category and if they see that it say "33" like it does on our EADs then they will deny you a DL/ID, no matter what DMV office you go to.
Preparers Info . Can Anyone Answerr???
even though you're helping her, i would have her read and go over the applications after you filled them out but BEFORE she signs them to make sure that all her info is correct. also, i wouldnt fill out the preparers info, in my opinion, it would cause too much confusion is something were to go wrong.
is your case open or closed now? either way, it would be best to include all the records from the case in your evidence so that USCIS doesnt issue you a RFE.
did you ever do your bios??
if you already have a state ID or DL, then there is no need for you to carry your EAD with you at any time. only when you are offered and accept a job offer, and doing the initial paperwork for the job will you need to show your EAD. there have been too many people who have lost their EADs because they carry it around with them. one SHOULD NEVER, EVER carry their EAD and SSN with them. if they are lost or stolen you will need to pay the $380 fee again in order to get another one. also, if you do lose your SSN, you need to put a hold on it with the SSA in order to assure that no one else can use it.
if you get denied, first you need to make sure the reason why. if it was an admin error on part of the USCIS, then one can apply and will not have to pay the $465 again however, if one is denied and it reason was the fault of the applicant (lack of evidence or such) then one can reapply but would still need to pay the $465 again. what is best, is to make sure that you have all the main requirements of DACA met. remember that you can not use affidavits for the main requirements. one can use affidavits to cover small gaps of time within the 5 year period between 2007 to 2012. even if it takes a while, it is always better to send as a complete evidence package as possible to avoid receiving a RFE. there have been new reports that people have used video gaming logs such as from XBOX as evidence. so take the time to look into every avenue possible in gathering evidence.
Almost A Month And Still Waiting?
calling would be faster. it can take at least 2 weeks in order to get a response back if you email them. make sure you have the correct date in which the RFE was received by your lawyer and the date that your lawyer sent it out. also, how did your lawyer send it? priority mail with confirmation or just regular mail? it should have been sent priority mail with confirmation.
seeing how it hasnt even been a yr yet since DACA first come into effect, the whole renewal process is yet to be seen. i do not see the point of submitting all the same evidence we did when we first applied. we may need to provide evidence for the 2 yr time period in which we were first approved. also, the possibility of the funding being cut for DACA is a little unrealistic just because there is no one department within the USCIS that is solely dedicated for DACA applications. therefore, the funding for it can not be cut unless the USCIS as a whole closes.
any important key to job hunting is to follow up on the job applications and resumes that you have sent. call about 2 days after you filled out the application or sent a resume and simply state your name and that you were just touching base on the application you filled out or the resume you dropped off. if you have the time and the places are local, try going in person with a resume and asking to see the manager and introduce yourself and ask if they will take your resume. a lot of the times, filing out a job application online just sends the application into the human resource black hole and not to the individual store you want to work out. so put yourself out there and remember that it is a very competitive job market. it's not only us looking for work but so many others as well.
there are 2 approval letters that you need. the approval letter for the I-821D and the approval letter for the I-765. they will look similar to each other except for the fact that they are for different applications. the letter that the EAD card is attached to when it is received in the mail, is NOT the approval letter. it is just a letter explaining the EAD card. most likely you will need both approval letters for either renewing DACA, if and when the time comes, or if and when reform passes you may need to show that you have been approved for DACA. if you have not received the approval letter for the EAD, all you need to do is call USCIS and state that you never received the I-797 for your approved I-765 and ask for it to be sent again.
no, you dont get your money back.
Arrested For Felony Never Convicted?
New Middle Name On Ead Card??
if your name on your BC and/or passport matches the name on your EAD, then no, you shouldnt be worried. there are many of us who either have 2 last names or such who have used shorten names in school or other things. but for USCIS purposes, they go on what is stated on your BC/passport. So, from now on for legal purposes (DL/ID, SSN, etc) you will need to use the name on your EAD assuming that it matches your BC/passport.


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Challenges at the Interface of Mental Health, Criminal and Family Law (live stream)
Tue 13 August | 4:00PM - 6:15PM | Your desk or on your portable device
This seminar will focus on the issues that are at the forefront of the interface between mental health, criminal and family law.
An eminent Australian expert and a prominent New Zealand practitioner will outline the Australian perspective in comparison to the situation in New Zealand with a view to starting a dialogue that will aide in finding solutions that may assist us to move forward.
Gain a better understanding of unfitness to plead and how it could affect your process.
Receive practical insights into supported decision-making and the developments in mental health law in Australia and internationally.
Learn more about the alternatives to coercive practices in mental health services.
This seminar will be beneficial to lawyers who practice in the areas of mental health, disability, family and criminal law.
It will also be beneficial to mental health professionals and administrators.
Dr Piers Gooding
Dr Piers Gooding is a Research Fellow at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute and a lecturer at the Melbourne Law School, at the University of Melbourne.
He researches disability and mental health law, policy and practice. He is the author of A New Era for Mental Health Law and Policy: Supported Decision-Making and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and is on the editorial board of the International Journal for Mental Health and Capacity Law.
Dr Gooding has worked internationally with the UN Special Rapporteur for the Rights of People with Disabilities, and he is a consultant to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of the Asia Pacific (UNESCAP).
Kate Diesfeld
Professor of Health Law