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Israel eyeing Africa arms exports
(source: HAARETZ)
by Staff Writers
Nigeria has signed a $25 million deal with Israel Shipyards for the construction and delivery of two Shaldag patrol boats. The deal was revealed by Israeli media in the wake of a controversial nine-nation Africa trip — including Nigeria — by Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's foreign minister. Under the deal, Nigerian crews will also be trained — some of them have already done so — in Israel.
Shaldag patrol boat.
The $25 million deal is said to have been clinched through Amit Sadeh, a middle-man implicated in the "controversial sale of air and sea drones by the Yavneh-based Aeronautics Ventures to the Nigerian defense ministry," the AllAfrica Web site reported.
Similar reports in the Israeli press said the boats and intelligence equipment included in the agreement were expected to be used by the Nigerian forces to combat rebels in the Niger River Delta region, heightening allegations that Israel is meddling in the African country's domestic affairs. By some accounts, one of the two Shaldag patrol boats had already been delivered to Nigeria. News of the deal capped a raft of unprecedented trade agreements Lieberman signed during his visit in a bid to boost relations between Israel and Nigeria, one of the largest, wealthiest and most important countries in Africa. The obvious intent of Lieberman's Africa tour — it takes him through Ethiopia, Angola, Uganda and Kenya — aims to extend Israeli help in tackling the continent's plaguing problems of hunger, health and limited water resources. "There is no doubt that the most important need of Africa is countering hunger and water shortages," said Haaretz, quoting Haim Dibon, deputy director of Israel's Foreign Ministry. Still, the less-publicized aspect of the Africa odyssey targets Israel's bid to increase its defense exports, the Israel-based Haaretz daily reported.
What's more, Haaretz reported, the trip also aims to develop cooperation in the field of intelligence gathering, with the aim of targeting militant Islamist elements. A number of Israeli intelligence representatives are accompanying Lieberman on his trip, along with prominent businessmen and diplomats. Israeli trade with Africa is estimated at $3 billion and the Israel Export Institute anticipates Lieberman's latest trip will secure an addition $1 billion in Israeli exports. As a bridge of cooperation, Israelis have eyed connections with the large and influential community of Israeli businessmen in Nigeria. Their activities predominantly focus on the fields of agriculture, infrastructure and arms.
In recent years, Israel and Nigeria have signed a string of arms deals totaling about $500 million, Haaretz said.


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Q: Openinviter not fetching facebook contacts from 1 Oct 2011? I have implemented Openinviter,previously it was working fine but from 1st October 2011 it stops fetching contacts from facebook.can anyone help me for this?

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Wow! Much work has been done since this has been on the market before! New shingles, new wood laminate flooring on much of the main floor, new gas water heater, new electrical service and new wiring in the basement and much new plumbing. The full bath upstairs has been redesigned and makes sense now. 3 bedrooms upstairs and 1 on the main floor. Convenient half bath and laundry on the main floor, all appliances stay in kitchen. Inviting enclosed front porch. Still some beautiful stain glass windows! Detached garage on the alley, makes easy for easy access to backyard. Backyard deck for summer relaxing and grilling.


Assalamu alaikum.Here in S.India where I stay and in major parts of India sighting is always proclaimed by institutions and also witness are Muslims who do Bidaat/wear amulets/even Istigasa etc.Can we start Ramadan/Eid based on their proclamation?There is no other choice.Is there any evidence in Islam we can accept them?Hope you will give proof.Else what to do in such a situation?Reformation movements are strong,yet you know reformation occurs slowly,because of the intolerable way Dawa is done,causing infact more enemity and sticking to their stands of innovations.Salaam.
The jurists conditioned the acceptance of the testimony of the person who sighted the moon (crescent) of Ramadan that he possesses the characteristic of 'Adl (i.e. piety and trustworthiness in the matters of religion). However, they differed about what is exactly meant by 'Adl. The jurists defined it as follows: "One who avoids grave major sins and does not persist in committing small sins"; as mentioned in the Fiqh Encyclopaedia.
The Fiqh Encyclopaedia reads: "The Hanafi and Shaafi'ee Schools of jurisprudence are of the view that the characteristic of 'Adl in sighting the moon of Ramadan should be an apparent characteristic. For them, the sighting of the moon by a slave or a woman is accepted. Whereas, the Maaliki and Hanbali Schools of jurisprudence are of the view that what is meant by 'Adl is the inward characteristic, so a testimony of a person whose characteristic of 'Adl is not apparent, is not accepted as he is not trusted, in the same way the testimony of a dissolute person is not accepted."
There is no doubt that a person who wears amulets other than the Quran and those who seek help from other than Allah lack the characteristic of 'Adl; the least that could be said about them is that they are innovators, so they lack the quality of 'Adl inwardly and outwardly.
This is in general, however, if one is informed by a specific person that he sighted the moon and he knows him enough to trust his statement, then it is an obligation for the informed person to accept his testimony and fast accordingly even if the person who informs him is dissolute.
The Fiqh Encyclopaedia further reads: "The jurists are of the view that if a person is informed by an informer whom he trusts his sighting of the moon of Ramadan, then the informed person is obliged to fast even if the informer is a dissolute person."
Finally, it should be noted that 'Adl Muslim people should seek to see the moon by themselves if they know that those who are appointed to see the moon lack the quality of 'Adl and they accept the testimony of the non-'Adl people.


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ViiV Healthcare announces new grants in support of ending mother to child transmission of HIV
The Positive Action for Children Fund (PACF) is proud to announce 103 grants for 2015 totalling £5 million. 54 new grants and 49 extensions will be funded to support community responses to help end mother to child transmission of HIV thereby delivering crucial services to mothers, children and HIV affected families.
PACF partners with local organisations working to improve the health and wellbeing of women and children affected by HIV, and the communities they live in. All PACF projects work to strengthen ties between these communities, local health systems and governments, so that more families have access to information, prevention measures, testing and care for HIV. Together these interventions safeguard women's and their families' health in an effort to meet the targets set out in the Global Plan (http://goo.gl/jDZfVi) towards the elimination of new infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive.
PACF partners address a range of factors related to mother to child transmission of HIV in their community, ranging from promoting women's and girls' access to education and health services, to testing infants early for HIV, to improving retention of mothers in local HIV services. According to the Global Plan statistics, the total number of new HIV infections in children was halved between 2009 and 2011 in low- and middle-income countries. The Global Plan predicts that by 2015, the number of children acquiring HIV infection can be reduced by 90% from the baseline year of 2009.
In 2015, more than 50 organisations will be partnering with PACF for the first time. Thanks to these new partnerships, PACF will be reaching into previously unsupported countries, including Togo, Angola and Colombia. Their work will extend into 25 countries.
"It has been a rewarding year for PACF in terms of the quality, number and geographical coverage of grants awarded with increased focus on the support of small scale projects," said PACF Board Chair Catherine Peckham.
Of the 103 new and extended partnerships announced for 2015, almost 90 partners are community based organisations focused on smaller initiatives, showing an ever stronger trend towards supporting localized projects. PACF aims to reach key populations that are often in rural areas and are underserved by health facilities.
For those community based organisations in need of support to sustain their work, PACF provides unique capacity-building assistance through one-on-one mentorship with experts in the HIV sector. This special attention enables community based organisations to strengthen and sustain their programming, as well as extend HIV prevention and treatment services, and antenatal care to more people who need it.
"Supporting projects that bring real change for HIV-affected communities is the reason ViiV founded PACF in the first place," said ViiV CEO Dominique Limet, "We are proud to be partnering with such groups across the world that are bringing this to fruition. They can really play an essential role into the mission we share. ViiV Healthcare is absolutely committed to communities affected by HIV and AIDS."


Many people ask which me which is the perfect of the Azores Islands. So, for those visiting the Bahamas for the first time, and even those revisiting, here are the 'High 10' islands in the archipelago, that are additionally those most easily accessible to visitors. The last hurricane to affect Hawaii was 1992, Hurricane Iniki, which directly hit the little islands.
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Q: How do i write a nested for loop with multiple ifs in python? Does anyone know how i can optimise this code?
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basically i am searching each cell for in the dataframe for any string which contains double apostrophe and removing it. I am looking for a cleaner and faster code.


Montana Gallery Barcelona opens its doors to the Brazilian artist, Cranio (1982, São Paulo), who after passing through Miami, San Francisco, and London, sets foot in Barcelona for the second time.
This exhibition will feature large format canvases and small drawings, all having been inspired by the artist's everyday life. A daily life in which the main ethical issues occurring in Brazil are mixed together, where passion is involved, and where family issues stand out; the joys and sorrows of the Brazilian people.Cranio talks about smoking, the media, the lack of water, and art itself, through a simple, familiar, pictorial language.
His blue, witty, and talkative characters speak truth and bring smiles to our faces.
Opening Thursday, April 9th, 2015 at 8:00PM.
Exhibition runs from April 10th to May 22nd, 2015.
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Update on New Year's Day
Posted by Curator on December 30, 2022 at 11:47am
Dear Members, Friends and Citizens,
Thank you for being here as we begin our 3rd year of exploration of creating a Pagan World on the internet and in life. In 2022, we were able to gain traction, focus and started a Pagan World TV Station that streams 24 hours a day. Combined with our networking site, we have begun the journey to connectedness in the community.
On Dec 31st, 2022, Starting at 8 pm EST, We are having a Live News Years Eve show with Rev. Don Lewis, with personalities from across the Pagan World. We will be broadcasting from PaganWorld.co, Our Roku Station, and live on Facebook and YouTube. This will be a evening of conversation, intentions, and entertainment.
Join us at PaganWorld.co for our celebration of the Secular New Year
Note for New Year, we will be ending our special on Pagan World Citizenship at $29.99 one-time fee, on January 31st, 2023. Here is the link: https://paganworld.ning.com/citizen-special-membership
More to come. Blessings
Ed Hubbard, CIO, Pagan World
2/13/2023 EBSAT Meeting 5:00 PM PDT to 5:30 PM PDT – John Beckett shares Animism: A Foundation for Connecting to Nature
Feb 13, 2023 from 5:00pm to 5:30pm PST
"Animism: A Foundation for Connecting to Nature"
Unlike what some of us were taught in school, animism is not a "primitive religion." It's a worldview: a way of understanding the universe, our place in it, and how we can relate to it all.
(Picture of an invitation to the EBSAT meeting and John Beckett dressed in his Druid outfit…
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Correllian Lustration
Apr 23, 2023 from 12:00pm to 2:00pm EDT
Join us for the Correllian Lustration ceremony! Sunday, 23 April, Year 23 Aq, at Noon Eastern Time!
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HOW DEEPLY WILL IRAN PENETRATE THE EVOLVING EURASIAN ENERGY NETWORKS?
By Robert M. Cutler (3/13/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
BACKGROUND: The European Commission and Iran formed a working group on energy in May 1999, and the two parties soon created a second working group to deal with trade and investment issues. Also in 1999, the European Union's INOGATE program (Interstate Oil and Gas Transport to Europe) established an umbrella agreement for an institutional framework to optimize the use of energy resources to reduce investment risks, increase returns, and promote management practices that correspond with European standards in safety, environment and trade. The basis for this was to be the European Energy Charter, a product of an EU summit from the early 1990s, which encouraged trading Western capital and technology for energy from the post-communist countries in both Eastern Europe and the former Soviet area.
BACKGROUND: The European Commission and Iran formed a working group on energy in May 1999, and the two parties soon created a second working group to deal with trade and investment issues. Also in 1999, the European Union's INOGATE program (Interstate Oil and Gas Transport to Europe) established an umbrella agreement for an institutional framework to optimize the use of energy resources to reduce investment risks, increase returns, and promote management practices that correspond with European standards in safety, environment and trade. The basis for this was to be the European Energy Charter, a product of an EU summit from the early 1990s, which encouraged trading Western capital and technology for energy from the post-communist countries in both Eastern Europe and the former Soviet area. The Energy Charter's purpose has been to diminish Europe's dependence on OPEC and encourage post-Soviet reform by promoting free trade and ensuring access to resources. Its principles were subsequently codified in the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) with its Secretariat in Brussels, now an institution autonomous of the EU, and periodic meetings of the Energy Charter Conference. The ECT has been signed by essentially the entire membership of "OSCE Europe" and ratified by all but a handful of these countries. The United States has signed but not ratified the ECT. Iran is the only non-signatory of ECT to be invited to participate in INOGATE. In late 2000, the EU and Russia began extensive high-level commercial talks about the prospects for European importation of Russian energy resources over the course of coming decades. However, Russia's failure to pursue adequate investment in its natural gas industry would require significant capital outlay from the European side in order to increase imports significantly. In essence, an entirely new pipeline system would have to be constructed in order to satisfy Europe's upcoming energy requirements, whether in gas or in oil. Because it is ecologically cleaner, the EU had taken a policy decision in favor of gas. The European Commission began to look still more definitely towards Iran to satisfy at least some of its long-term gas demand, as well as to put price pressure on Russia.
IMPLICATIONS: Europe has for some time been trying to find ways to tap natural gas from the Caspian region. Nevertheless, the EU opposed the U.S.-backed project for a Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCGP) that would have taken natural gas from Turkmenistan across the floor of the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, whence it could have been further piped to southern Europe. Paradoxically, the discovery of the gas deposit in Azerbaijan's Shah-Deniz field helped to facilitate the most recent developments by exacerbating differences between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan over volume allocation within the TCGP project. Despite EU skepticism about TCGP, it supported the Blue Stream pipeline under the Black Sea from Russia to Turkey (in which European rather than American firms were principal contractors), and declared its readiness to import Turkmenistan's gas via Iran and Turkey. Of course, Ashgabat bears the brunt of responsibility for the TCGP's failure, and Iran is much more interested in exporting its own natural gas than in serving as a transport country for Turkmenistan. Officials of the European Commission have also declared their willingness to import Turkmenistan's gas to Northern Europe through Russia and Ukraine, if Russia allows transit. The EU has used INOGATE to promote an Iranian-Armenian gas pipeline, in order to get Armenia to shut down its Medzamor nuclear power plant for reasons of environmental security. This relatively modest project has had immense difficulties in finding sufficient funding. Discussions about it evoke the possibility of a follow-on pipeline under the Black Sea and through Ukraine, even into Europe as well. Ukraine is historically Turkmenistan's biggest natural gas market, but Iranian gas could also satisfy some Ukrainian demand. Ironically, the EU finds more problems in promoting energy cooperation with INOGATE-member Ukraine than with Iran. Because the latter is not a signatory of the ECT, it is not subject to the international standards and rules of transparency that govern the EU's relations with Ukraine. Greece's role in all this is key. Over the last several years an entente among Iran, Armenia and Greece has developed into increasing trilateral cooperation. Iran's natural gas will reach Southern Europe through Greece, which also funded the feasibility study for shutting down the Armenian nuclear plant. This trilateral cooperation is more economic than military, and branding it as an anti-Turkey axis would be an error. For example, Turkey has not stood in the way of elaborating the project taking Iranian gas to Greece and southern Europe. Like the EU, Ankara pursues its own foreign economic policy in the region, independent of Washington's desiderata. It has for several years not only realized but also acted upon the need to maintain businesslike relations with Teheran in its own interests.
CONCLUSION: The EU and its member-states have initiated energy investment and cooperation with Iran without regard to U.S.-imposed restraints on trade. There is modest progress, motivated mainly by Teheran rather than by the EU, in developing the project to take Iranian natural gas into Pakistan and across Pakistan into India. This project has many obstacles, and much work remains to be done, but the progress to date has been greater than one might have supposed at the outset. Of course, such a pipeline is in direct competition with the project to take Turkmenistan's gas across Afghanistan into Pakistan, to the coast for liquefaction and transoceanic transport, if not to India as well. That project is still only on the drawing-boards, though it has recently resurfaced. In response to these various developments, Vladimir Putin has broached the possibility of a "Eurasian Gas Alliance" since the beginning of the year, most recently at the informal summit meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States ten days ago. With Azerbaijan's President Heydar Aliev unable to attend for medical reasons, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan agreed on the desirability of joint efforts to govern the production and transit of natural gas. Alarms about the birth of a Central Asia gas cartel are, however, exaggerated. The leaders concerned merely agreed to promote discussions about coordinating investment, production and transit. Such cooperation rather appears as an umbrella for protecting Gazprom's interests in the region.
AUTHOR'S BIO: Dr. Robert M. Cutler is Research Fellow, Institute of European and Russian Studies, Carleton University (Canada). He writes regularly on cooperative energy security in Europe and Eurasia, and associated regional problems of geopolitics, interethnic conflict and international cooperation and finance.
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As part of their ongoing environmental work, Year 4 went litter picking in the local community on Wednesday. We collected twelve bags of rubbish and put it where it is supposed to be - in the bin! Although the children were shocked by how much rubbish they found, they had a great time and even rescued some ladybirds from the litter before it was binned. To say thank you for their hard work, the doctor's surgery gave them some biscuits which they enjoyed back in school once they had washed their hands. Thank you very much to Anne Whittaker and her team at the Throckley Village Group for helping us to organise the event and for providing litter pickers for the children to use.


The Senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, Senator Shehu Sani, has faulted the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hire A.U. Mustapha and Co to serve as its counsel in the ongoing election petition tribunal in Kaduna state.
Sani, who contested the 2019 general elections under the platform of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), said that he was kicking against the choice of the counsel, because he is the personal counsel to Governor Nasir el-Rufai, who is also a party at the tribunal.
"INEC has decided to hire Governor el-Rufai's personal lawyer as their counsel; it is suspicious.
Senator Sani said that in view of the life span of the tribunal which is just 90 days, they are not going to challenge the legality of INEC hiring the lawyer, but to bring to public notice on why should INEC of all the lawyers, hire el-Rufai's lawyer.
"We are going to prove our case in court and the massive rigging perpetrated, we will prove our case," he said.
He stressed that Nigeria's democracy can only thrive when the electoral system is free and fair.
"Our democracy can only thrive with electoral system that ensures free and fair credible elections through which leadership that can claim integrity emerges," he said.
The Senator emphasised that the NASS Assembly election that produced the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner was marred with irregularly.
"The election from the onset was geared towards removing some of us and installing a stooge and lackey.
"The best place to contest result is a tribunal and we have done that. Integrity is founded on leadership through lawful and legitimate process. Election that took place in Kaduna was neither free, fair nor credible," he said.
The state INEC Administrative Secretary, Muhammad Auwalu Mashi, while reacting to the Senator's claim said only Abuja headquarters of the commission can respond to the Senator's claims.


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Lovecast Episode 089 – Galen
Galen is one of those DJs whose name you frequently hear accompanied by some kind of praising phrase. When we finally met him in person several years ago, we found that he manages to live up to all the talk. All we can say is that what was told to us about Galen and what we actually witnessed were pretty much the same. Galen has created quite a name for himself, attributed to both his DJ skills and his ability to throw arguably one of the best parties in the country. Since 1994, Galen, Solar and J-Bird of San Francisco, have been throwing a party called Sunset Sound System, and it's grown considerably since its humble beginnings. It's not common to see something like a party brand live out its existence for over 20 years and be as strong or stronger now than its ever been. Impressive is an understatement.
There is much that can be said about a party like Sunset Sound System and a guy like Galen. We figured we'd ask him to make a mix for us and answer some questions to help us narrow down something that's easy to digest. It's not exactly an easy task to summarize a man and a party that have been leading the way for over 20 years. We're gonna give it a try though. Go ahead and press play on the mix and stroll through this interview with the legendary Galen to get a little glimpse into his life.
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Interview with Galen:
Where are you from originally?
Well, let's see here. I was born on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico as my dad was stationed there as a doctor in the Public Health Service. But my parents moved to Mill Valley (just over the Golden Gate Bridge) when I was 3, which is where I grew up before moving into San Francisco when I was 20.
Tell me a little bit about yourself growing up? What was your family life like? Did it revolve around music or was music something you discovered yourself?
At this point I feel like I have had two different lives. I grew up becoming a very serious athlete. I was on a swimming scholarship at the University of Arizona when I started realizing this dedicated life was not for me. The decision to move on was the hardest one I'd ever made and felt like I lost my whole identity. There was a fair amount of pressure from my family to pursue an athletic career even though I had dabbled in music through most of my schooling. A few months before I quit the team, a good friend introduced to me to the rave scene and house music. I could not get the music out of my head. It all seemed so freeing from the perspective of a very structured life. So I dove into the underground music scene, which caused a fair amount of strife in my family. But we've grown from that now as they realized this new passion was going to consume me for some time.
What is Sunset Sound System? When did it start? What was the motivation behind its inception?
Sunset Sound System is a dj collective consisting of Myself, Solar, & J-Bird. We evolved from throwing weekly free parties in various parks and beaches around the SF Bay to now producing various events consisting of boat parties, one day festival picnics, a weekend festival called the Sunset Campout, and parties in various international locations. It all started on the Spring Equinox in 1994 when I maxed out my credit card and took out a loan to buy a sound system so I could dj outdoors on Sundays with my friends. When I first started, it was hard to break into the scene as a new dj so I took matters into my own hands by creating a party I believed in to connect people while also being able to play records outdoors.
What got you started throwing events? As a DJ, it's not easy to produce and event and think about DJing it too. Do you find that you prefer playing the role of the event producer or the DJ more?
Very basically, I started throwing Sunset Parties just so I could dj more and have a cool place to hang with friends after a long weekend out and about. It started so simply and grew and grew and then it became harder to focus on DJing. I do struggle with the dual role of being a promoter/dj. I love the down to earth, no judgement, no ego atmosphere we created at Sunset parties and sometimes I wish I could attend one and even dj through the eyes of the participant. But even with half my brain focusing on the party and the other half on the music it, has provided the most fun place for music I have ever experience anywhere in the world.
How would you say the music scene has changed over the passing years? Have the crowds changed much? If so, how?
At this point I have seen many phases of the electronic music scene, but with the rise of EDM into popular culture, there seems to be more changes in the last few years than the previous 15. There was a point I thought it was all going to phase out from being a fad, but to see this evolution is astounding. I think it's amazing and ridiculous at the same time. I love that more people are enjoying dance music but with that comes the trappings of many more people getting involved for reasons other than the music. Crowds are always evolving and there is some great energy out there. The whole scene is expanding and I find comfort knowing there will always be room for the underground sound.
What are some of your favorite moments DJing and throwing parties?
I've had many magical moments djing either at Sunset Parties, Burning Man, and elsewhere around the world. But my favorite moment is just to dj outside whether it's just a few friends hanging out or to thousands of people in the desert. For throwing parties, the magic happens when tons of hard work and visualizing comes together in real human connected energy. I feel honored that I have been involved in creating truly magical and uplifting moments for people.
Who are some of your biggest influences music wise and party wise?
Well, I have to say I'm pretty discerning on where and how I'm influenced. I love many many DJs for certain aspects of their DJing. But, here's a couple I've thought about recently: Gerd Janson, for his ability to play so many styles of music in one set without losing any continuity & Robag Wruhme, for his technical ability to mix so intricately and seamlessly, while incorporating effects where he seemingly creates new tracks on the fly. For parties, I just resonate with events that are focused on connecting people with the music at the forefront. I have really enjoyed working with the Garden Festival in Croatia and had a great time DJing at the Desert Hearts Spring Festival this year. They seem to have a good foundation with community and music.
Tell us a little bit about your mix?
When I DJ at home, I always play my more moody records compared to many of my live sets where I like to have a bit more energy for the dance floor. I went into it with no real plan but just started DJing with the recorder on and a pile of some of my more favorite tracks right now. I always love to create complex rhythm and bass combinations so combine that with the acid disco vibe I'm feeling these days and voila! here it is…
What events do you have coming up that you would like people to know about?
We are coming into our core season. The Spring Boat Party is about to go down, then we are doing a Sunset Sound System Beach Party in Costa Rica with the Mi Casa Es Su Casa Crew. Then it's our 7th Annual Sunset Island on Treasure Island overlooking the San Francisco Bay. That is our 1 day picnic festival that emulates the view of early Sunset Parties from Berkeley Marina.
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Q: After JSON decode, all the values of one key is become zero I am trying to decode the json encoded data by following way.but it always all the values of post_count key are zero after decode. But actually the json encoded data not contain zero for that array key.
$news_users_data = @json_decode(file_get_contents("http://athavannews.com/?page_id=232365&datefrom=2015-07-02+00:00:00&dateto=2015-07-02+23:59:59"), true);

You can check the json encoded data by pasting above url on browser and can see post_count key not all include zero. but I var_dump $news_users_data, its all post_count key contain zero. Why is that?

A: The decoding works just fine. Please dump the result end watch it carefully. Most of the post_count are set to 0, because you receive this from the website. But, you can find ex.:
 15 =>
array (size=3)
  'id' => int 35
  'name' => string 'Risha' (length=5)
  'post_count' => string '2' (length=1)

If there should be more posts returned in count then the problem lays on the website, but in decoding json.

A: Not all post_count are zero 0. Reka, Risha, Varshini are not zero (0)
Try this
$news_users_data = @json_decode(file_get_contents("http://athavannews.com/?page_id=232365&datefrom=2015-07-02+00:00:00&dateto=2015-07-02+23:59:59"), true);

print_r($news_users_data);
foreach($news_users_data as $data){
    if($data['post_count'] != 0){
        echo "<pre>";
        print_r($data);
        echo "</pre>";
    }
}

Result:
Array
(
    [id] => 28
    [name] => Reka
    [post_count] => 1
)
Array
(
    [id] => 35
    [name] => Risha
    [post_count] => 2
)
Array
(
    [id] => 20
    [name] => Varshini
    [post_count] => 2
)


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La bataille de La Châtaigneraie se déroule le  lors de la guerre de Vendée. Elle s'achève par la victoire des républicains qui repoussent une attaque contre le bourg de La Châtaigneraie.

Prélude

Le 10 juillet 1794, le général vendéen Bernard est exécuté par des hommes de Stofflet, alors que le général républicain Bonnaire livrait un combat à Chanteloup. Stofflet place alors le paysan Richard à la tête de la division de Cerizay et décide d'organiser une expédition contre La Châtaigneraie pour détourner la colère d'une partie de ses combattants, échaudés par l'assassinat de Marigny, et pour profiter du départ de Bonnaire, qui s'est retiré sur Fontenay-le-Comte après le combat de Chanteloup.

Forces en présence
L'état des forces en présence n'est pas connu avec exactitude. L'armée de Stofflet est forte de  hommes d'après l'estimation que donne le général Bonnaire dans son rapport. Ce dernier est à la tête d'une colonne de  fantassins et 300 cavaliers. Parmi les troupes républicaines signalées au combat figurent un bataillon du Bec d'Ambès, le  bataillon de volontaires de Paris et le 3e régiment de chasseurs à cheval.

Déroulement
Le 12 juillet 1794, les Vendéens attaquent le camp de La Châtaigneraie par la route de Cerizay. Un premier détachement républicain est mis en déroute près de la ville et se replie dans le camp. Une partie de la garnison panique alors et s'enfuit jusqu'à Fontenay-le-Comte et Niort. À 6 heures du matin, le camp est emporté par les Vendéens qui se lancent ensuite à la poursuite des républicains sur la route de Fontenay.

Cependant, le camp, laissé sans aucune garde, est réoccupé par des détachements patriotes. Le général Louis Bonnaire arrive également en renfort de Fontenay-le-Comte avec sa colonne forte de . Les Vendéens prennent alors la fuite et abandonnent le combat.

D'après les mémoires de l'officier vendéen Bertrand Poirier de Beauvais, une partie de l'armée, et notamment la division de Cerizay, était alors animée par une forte colère contre Stofflet après l'exécution de Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny deux jours plus tôt.

Pertes
Selon le rapport de Bonnaire, 500 Vendéens sur  sont tués contre 100 morts ou blessés pour les républicains. D'après les mémoires de Poirier de Beauvais et de Gibert, les chefs Prudhomme et La Bouëre sont blessés.

Bonnaire rapporte également la rentrée de six soldats, retenus prisonniers par les Vendéens depuis trois semaines.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Bibliographie

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Bigger companies and corporations may be able to stomach some cost increases without sacrificing profits by negotiating lower costs with suppliers. But are small business owners such as restaurants, small retail stores, bars, and mom and pop stores able to adjust to sudden increases in costs and keep serving their most loyal customers without increasing products prices too much?
McDonalds Franchisees have started installing many self-ordering kiosks to help offset some labor costs since 2015. But as small businesses owners, you may think installing new technology may not be cost-effective. Well it depends on what kind of business you have.
There are self-ordering POS systems that can be integrated with your current POS systems. Consult with your current POS vendors. There are many POS vendors offer tablet or iPad based self-ordering apps that do not cost more than $500 including the stands. When your customers come in to the restaurants during the lunch hour rush and see a long line, they can easily open their smartphone or go to the nearby iPad self-ordering kiosk and promptly make their orders.
For a 10 employee quick service restaurant, just two to three self-ordering kiosks will be sufficient to help you reduce your labor costs and make your customers happier because now they don't have to wait 10 minutes just to have someone to take their orders.
If you do not already use a POS system at your restaurant, then you need to invest in them as soon as possible. POS systems will help you keep track of all the numbers including employee hours, sales, cash, and accounting. Many POS software can be integrated with the accounting software your accountant uses. Therefore, it will reduce your accounting bills and make sure no money is lost. Best of all, it will save you a lot of time once you have the system set up to run automatically.
With the banks pushing rewards and travel credit cards in the last decade, it's forcing small business owners to pay up to 3.5% to 4% to credit card processors to accept credit cards payments from their customers. Especially, with virtually everyone paying their food bill with credit cards, restaurants profits are shrinking. And the processing fees are not something that really add any substantial value to your businesses. As a matter of fact is if you run a restaurant, you have to accept credit cards unless you are Peter Luger steak house in NYC.
Fortunately, you now have an option to eliminate your processing costs if you take advantage of the latest changes in payment regulations. Durbin Amendment 2 states that businesses are permitted to offer a discount as an incentive and to encourage customers to pay by alternative methods other than credit cards. Such alternative includes cash. Business are not prohibited from imposing a convenience fee as long as it applies to all transactions.
In fact, gas stations have been using cash discount for many years. And many government agencies charge you extra processing fees if you pay by credit cards.
But if you want to eliminate 100% of your credit card processing fees, you want to hire a company that knows what they are doing to protect your business from all legal risk and customer complaints.
During our research for a legitimate cash discount program, we found WOW Payments, a NYC merchant service company with very positive online reviews and an "A" rated company on Better Business Bureau (BBB) with zero complaints so far. They have several years in experiences to help small businesses implement Cash Discount Program to help businesses cut down credit card processing fees and effectively increasing their profits margins by up to 4%. They offer EMV and PCI compliant credit card processing equipment and without any long-term contract.


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Q: Mysql Stored Procedure: how to handle empty result set I have written a procedure in which one statement is not executing properly:
SELECT thumb_image into v_thumb_image FROM RESTAURANT_IMAGE WHERE
   RESTAURANT_ID = v_restaurant_id

The reason, I investigated is if at any point of time resultset is empty, procedure doesn't run statements further.
Please note that I am calling this within a LOOP.
My concern is not to stop execution if for any v_restaurant_id, resultset is empty.
FULL PROCEDURE:
-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Routine DDL
-- Note: comments before and after the routine body will not be stored by the server
-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DELIMITER $$

CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` PROCEDURE `populate_restaurant_details`()
BEGIN
 DECLARE v_finished_cuisines,
         v_finished,
         v_restaurant_id,
         v_count_discount
 INT DEFAULT 0;

 DECLARE v_cuisines,
         v_thumb_image
 varchar(200) DEFAULT "";

 DECLARE cuisine_title varchar(50) DEFAULT "";
 -- Fetch all restaurant id
 DECLARE restaurant_cursor CURSOR FOR
   SELECT id FROM delhifoodonline.restaurant order by id desc;

 DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER
  FOR NOT FOUND SET v_finished = 1;

 OPEN restaurant_cursor;

 get_restaurant: LOOP

   FETCH restaurant_cursor INTO v_restaurant_id;
   IF v_finished = 1 THEN
    LEAVE get_restaurant;
   END IF;

  SET v_finished_cuisines ="";
  SET v_thumb_image = "";
begin
  DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET v_thumb_image = NULL;

  SELECT thumb_image into v_thumb_image
  FROM restaurant_image
  WHERE restaurant_id = v_restaurant_id
  ORDER BY id
  LIMIT 1;
end;

  SELECT count(*) into v_count_discount FROM restaurant_discount WHERE
    restaurant_id = v_restaurant_id;

BLOCK2: BEGIN

  DECLARE cuisines_cursor CURSOR FOR
   SELECT cuisine.title FROM restaurant_cuisine INNER JOIN cuisine
    ON restaurant_cuisine.cuisine_id = cuisine.id
    WHERE
    restaurant_cuisine.restaurant_id = v_restaurant_id
    LIMIT 0,5;

  DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER
    FOR NOT FOUND SET v_finished_cuisines = 1;
  SET v_cuisines = "";
  OPEN cuisines_cursor;

  get_cuisine: LOOP
   FETCH cuisines_cursor INTO cuisine_title;

   IF v_finished_cuisines = 1 THEN
    LEAVE get_cuisine;
   END IF;

   SET v_cuisines = CONCAT(cuisine_title,", ",v_cuisines);

   END LOOP get_cuisine;
  CLOSE cuisines_cursor;

END BLOCK2;

  SET v_cuisines = TRIM(BOTH ", " FROM v_cuisines);

  IF v_count_discount > 0 THEN
   SET v_count_discount = 1;
  ELSE
   SET v_count_discount = 0;
  END IF;

  UPDATE restaurant SET
                        thumb_image = v_thumb_image,
                        cuisines_list = v_cuisines,
                        discount_available = v_count_discount
                   WHERE id= v_restaurant_id;
 END LOOP get_restaurant;

CLOSE restaurant_cursor;

END

A: From the documentation:

NOT FOUND is shorthand for the class of SQLSTATE values that begin
  with '02'. This is relevant within the context of cursors and is used
  to control what happens when a cursor reaches the end of a data set.
  If no more rows are available, a No Data condition occurs with
  SQLSTATE value '02000'. To detect this condition, you can set up a
  handler for it (or for a NOT FOUND condition). For an example, see
  Section 13.6.6, "Cursors". This condition also occurs for SELECT ...
  INTO var_list statements that retrieve no rows.

So your select from restaurant_image table also meets the NOT FOUND state when it returns no rows, and invokes the defined handler which causes leaving the loop.
One solution is to declare another handler for that select by putting it inside a BEGIN...END block:
begin
  DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET v_thumb_image = NULL;

  SELECT thumb_image into v_thumb_image
  FROM restaurant_image
  WHERE restaurant_id = v_restaurant_id
  ORDER BY id
  LIMIT 1;
end;

After all, why are doing that using a stored procedure and cursors which would be slow. You can achieve the same functionality executing a single statement:
UPDATE restaurant
SET thumb_image = (
    SELECT thumb_image
    FROM restaurant_image
    WHERE restaurant_id = restaurant.id
    ORDER BY id
    LIMIT 1),
discount_available = IF(EXISTS(
    SELECT 1
    FROM restaurant_discount
    WHERE restaurant_id = restaurant.id), 1, 0),
cuisines_list = (
    SELECT group_concat(cuisine.title separator ', ')
    FROM restaurant_cuisine
    INNER JOIN cuisine ON restaurant_cuisine.cuisine_id = cuisine.id
    WHERE restaurant_cuisine.restaurant_id = restaurant.id
    LIMIT 0,5)

Or make it even faster by eliminating sub queries for every row:
UPDATE restaurant r
LEFT JOIN
    (SELECT restaurant_id, count(*) AS discount_available
    FROM restaurant_discount
    GROUP BY restaurant_id) d ON r.id = d.restaurant_id
LEFT JOIN
    (SELECT restaurant_id, thumb_image
    FROM restaurant_image r1
    WHERE NOT EXISTS (
        SELECT 1 FROM restaurant_image r2 WHERE r2.restaurant_id = r1.restaurant_id AND r2.id < r1.id
    )) t ON r.id = t.restaurant_id
LEFT JOIN
    (SELECT rc.restaurant_id, SUBSTRING_INDEX(GROUP_CONCAT(c.title SEPARATOR ', '), ',', 5) AS cuisines_list
    FROM restaurant_cuisine rc
    INNER JOIN cuisine c ON rc.cuisine_id = c.id
    GROUP BY rc.restaurant_id
    ) rc ON r.id = rc.restaurant_id
SET r.discount_available = IF(d.discount_available = 0, 0, 1),
r.thumb_image = t.thumb_image,
r.cuisines_list = rc.cuisines_list

Try these sub-queries separately to find a better understanding.


I grew up with 2 brothers and 1 sister who all went on to play University and Collegiate Athletics. We were all gym rats who loved competing and winning. I was always the skinny kid with athletic talent but no strength. I always had a hard time putting on muscle. As I got older, sports became more competitive. I knew if I wanted to succeed I would need to get stronger. That meant eating the right foods and getting my myself into a gym routine. I didn't start weight training until I was in College. I fell in love with the way my body responded to the grueling workouts. My talent was with a basketball. I was awarded a scholarship and I played out my basketball career with The Algonquin Thunder. In my senior year, we finished 5th in the Country. I'm a firm believer that hard work will always pay off. I preach this to my clients because I'm a prime example of it. Now as a certified personal trainer, my goals are to help reach my clients full health potential.


Mount Fuji | Green Tea Shop. | Green Tea Sweets.
Enjoy a range of Green Tea products produced in the Shimizu area, Shizuoka. Our Green Tea's are packed for us direct at the tea farm and are available in Genuine Japanese Gift Box's. Catechin is produced in Green Tea and is the main part that gives you the good health benfits. Our Green Tea sweets are hand made with 160 years of tradition.
Mount Fuji's hometown is famous for producing Green Tea, Coastal Strawberrys & Tangerine Oranages.
The reason is the unique coast line giving warmer water and mild winters compared to most of Japan and the low lying foothills of Mount Fuji.
Enjoy our selection of these 3 fruits, strawberry, orange & green tea candy. All produced from Shimizu, our hometown in Shizuoka.
These are high in catechin which is the healthy part of green tea, to get the catechin out tea it has to be distilled in a huge bowl and the neat catechin, which is very black is collected.
On its own catechin is very very bitter, but these special sweets have a high content which make it ideal for throats as the catechin is very antiseptic. With added mint flavour they can be enjoyed anytime.These hand made sweets have been produced in this unique way for the last 160 years.


Our day 2 in Japan happened to fall on the United States' Thanksgiving holiday. One of my companions (my host in Taiwan) had a particular dream about Thanksgiving in Japan and, since it was one of his main requirements for coming with us on this trip, we decided to indulge him and head to his specified establishment for Thanksgiving dinner.
Yes, you're seeing this correctly: my friend's dream was to have Thanksgiving dinner at KFC. Our feast was everything I expected it to be but not quite what my friend had hoped for. We weren't quite sure of everything we ordered but, since everyone else on social media is posting about their own Thanksgiving dinners, I thought I should follow suit and show a photo of ours.
Fortunately, we were able to meet up with a friend with whom we work in San Francisco who was also vacationing in Tokyo and he pointed us in the direction of a good bar because we all needed a bit of help that evening. We meandered through Shibuya and found ourselves at Craftheads, which turned out to be a very good way to redeem our Thanksgiving day (thanks, Brian!).
There was another American at the bar, too, to whom we were able to wish a happy Thanksgiving and we saw he was being served a dinner of turkey with gravy and mashed potatoes. We didn't see it on the regular menu but decided to inquire and voila, a proper Thanksgiving dinner was served!
This really made our night! After that, we decided to sample some other items on the menu including a 4-cheese white pizza served with honey on the side that was all kinds of deliciousness. The different beers were also good. I say this based on my traveling companions' reactions since I nursed 1 drink through the night (I don't particularly care for the taste of alcohol) but our bill of ¥29,160 speaks for itself.
After having a great few hours at the bar, we decided we should follow it up with an evening of karaoke at the local branch of Karaoke-kan, where Lost in Translation was filmed. We didn't all sing on key and didn't know all of the lyrics but we sang and laughed loudly. Our rendition of "Barbie Girl" was particularly epic.


PRENUPTIAL – PREMARITAL AGREEMENTS – ARE THEY ENFORCEABLE? – Law Office of Kimberly B. Allen, Esq.
Every couple expects, when they marry, that their marriage will last forever. Unfortunately, however, the statistics indicate that at least half of these couples are wrong.
A prenuptial agreement can provide financial stability as well as reduce certain conflicts that may arise in the event the marriage is subsequently dissolved. Typically, they address the division of assets and treatment of future earnings and are most often designed to protect the spouse with greater premarital assets and earnings from losing an unfair part of that wealth in the event the marriage is subsequently dissolved.
Until fairly recently, such contracts were considered difficult to set aside. More and more courts, however, are recognizing grounds for invalidity. Needless to say, a poorly-drafted prenup can be a source of lengthy and costly litigation.
No Independent Legal Representation. Each party should have their own attorney prior to executing their premarital agreement to ensure that both sides comprehend and voluntarily agree to its terms.
Not Properly Executed: The prenup must be in writing, signed prior to the wedding, and witnessed by a notary public. Perhaps one of the most infamous prenup fails was between Steven Spielberg and Amy Irving; they wrote their prenup on a napkin and neither signature was notarized. Ultimately, this little blunder cost Spielberg $100 million!
Involuntariness: If one party is pressured into executing the agreement (duress) or lacked mental capacity (such as being under the influence), the contract will likely be invalidated.
False or Incomplete Information: The agreement is valid only if entered into after full and accurate disclosure by both parties. If one party fraudulently misrepresented a material fact and the other party relied on that information in signing, the agreement will likely be thrown out.
Provisions Against Public Policy: Although divorce judges may not routinely scrutinize atypical provisions, there can be exceptions such as clauses relating to weight gain, sexual relations, or the like.
Too Soon Before Wedding: If executed too soon before the wedding, a spouse may be able to argue that he/she was coerced into signing for fear of cancellation of the wedding.
Unconscionable: Where the court determines that the agreement is so one-sided as to be "shocking to the conscience" it will be thrown out.
Ambiguous: Just as with any contract, if the verbiage is unclear or otherwise subject to interpretation, it may be successfully challenged.
In sum, if you are contemplating executing a prenuptial agreement or are going through a divorce and believe that your agreement may be invalid, you should contact an experienced matrimonial attorney.


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Improving the daily lives of millions of people with TfL
We designed TfL's self-serve ticketing portal. These machines are integral to keeping London moving and receive hundreds of millions of interactions per annum. Failing to deliver was not an option.
Redesign the digital touch screen experience across a varying range of machines.
Better understand the needs and requirements of non-native users, which the legacy interface failed to do.
To design in such a way that encouraged more passengers to self-serve, allowing TfL to put box office staff into ticket halls to better meet the needs of a greater number of passengers.
Understanding what was achievable with the current ergonomics of the machines.
Upfront sketching which aligned TfL's and Foolproof's expectations and vision for the desired customer experience.
Immersion into the customer's world and investment in understanding and mapping the needs of representative user groups.
London's transportation provider
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uses per annum since launch
Increase in sales in the year after launch from Passenger Operated Machines
The problem space
TfL asked us to help improve the user experience of their self-service ticket machines. While the hardware itself would stay the same, we were tasked with improving the user interface, with the aim of helping more people serve themselves at ticket machines in every station in the capital's transport catchment.
TfL's network is used by millions of Londoners every day, from schoolchildren to commuters to pensioners. Almost everyone from outside of London, nationally, or internationally interacts with these machines during their visit. To complicate things, buying tickets can often happen under stress: the noise and bustle of the station, unfamiliarity with the ticketing and payment options, and the impatience of the person behind you in the line.
Evidence driven creativity which delivers
Designing for an audience of this breadth and diversity meant consistency was key. It was essential to devise a set of patterns which users could quickly understand. The vast range of user flows, options, and interactions available meant that nothing less than meticulous attention to detail would deliver a consistent experience which lowered the barriers to use by removing unnecessary friction.
We conducted research in the field at the TfL testing centre with people from across London and beyond who represented the full spectrum of use cases. To capture the diversity of TfL's customers we recruited a wide range of demographics, taking into consideration varying levels of literacy as well as people with physical and cognitive impairments.
depth interviews
Spent with customers and representative stakeholders
Keeping London moving
The ticketing interface we created shows TfL's commitment to improving customer experience. Millions more people now have a successful ticketing experience with the interface saving them immeasurable amounts of time and stress. The experience we created helps TfL keep London moving, with wider benefits for the city and the national economy.
Reacting to design constraints and iterating on design
The technical and ergonomic limitations of the machines had an impact on our design thinking. We realised we needed to provide stronger directional cues to help make for a more intuitive user experience when using the machines. We validated our low-fidelity prototypes through user research, using the insights gained to iterate on early screen designs.
We conducted further research in the field with an interactive prototype. The prototype was presented on a touchscreen display and housed within a mocked-up ticket machine. We then handed off these design specifications to TfL's team.
Providing ongoing support to TfL to integrate the detailed visual and interaction design specifications we defined made for the best possible outcome, we achieved this by closely working alongside their development team.
Qualitative research, sketching, prototyping, information architecture, product design, visual design, interaction design.
Two-weekly research and iterative design sprints.
Cydar
We went into the operating theatre with Cydar Medical in the extraordinary context of live surgery. Our work covered sketches, wireframes and the interface design of the platform for use by surgical practitioners.
AXA XL
AXA XL launched the world's first insurance cover for autonomous vehicles. Design thinking and collaboration right across their business moved the product from whiteboard to launch in three months.
We helped get more customers to use Sony PlayStation for content-on-demand services. Diary study research informed the prototype of a new user experience.


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How people get around
The Silver Line
The Silver Line brings commuters into downtown Pittsburgh starting from Library (South Park), traveling northward above ground through Overbrook and past Carrick before reaching South Hills Junction – a transit center and transfer station – and continuing downtown.
The Port Authority of Allegheny County operates public bus and light rail service – the T – in Pittsburgh, PA including South Pittsburgh.
The Blue Line
The Blue Line provides public transit from the North Shore through downtown Pittsburgh to South Hills Village via South Pittsburgh as part of the T light rail system.
51-Carrick Bus
Carrick & surrounding neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, PA are served by multiple bus routes, most importantly the 51-Carrick bus.
Route 51 Route 88 Intersection
Construction by PennDot resolved nightmarish delays at the heavily traveled intersection of Routes 51 and 88 that plagued motorists during their commutes from south Pittsburgh or the South Hills into downtown Pittsburgh. The intersection is a major route into Pittsburgh for many people. More than 40,000 cars pass through it on weekdays. The project happened from 2013 to 2015.
Saw Mill Run Boulevard
Saw Mill Run Boulevard is the Pittsburgh name for State Route 51. It is a heavily traveled road that passes through South Pittsburgh.
Brownsville Road
Brownsville Road has been referred to as the spine of Carrick. It is a major road through Mt Oliver and Brentwood as well. Brownsville Road provides the eastern border of Knoxville.


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https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Dow-announces-new-business-structure-leadership-6967452.php
Dow announces new business structure, leadership appointments
Published 6:30 am EDT, Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The Dow Chemical Co. today announced a new business structure and executive leadership appointments.
Effective immediately, the company will eliminate the current business division structure and move to a global business unit model that will have business presidents. The business presidents will be fully accountable for generating increased earnings, and the accelerated advancement and execution of the company's strategy.
The business presidents will report to a newly formed executive committee of the company.
The executive committee will set the overall direction and strategy for Dow, monitor and deliver results, and optimize resource deployment across the businesses.
Members of the executive committee include:
Andrew N. Liveris, chairman and CEO.
James R. Fitterling, executive vice president, will have executive oversight of feedstocks, performance plastics, Asia and Latin America.
Joe Harlan, executive vice president, will have executive oversight of chemicals, energy, and performance materials.
Howard Ungerleider, executive vice president, will have executive oversight of advanced materials, which includes coatings and infrastructure solutions, and electronic and functional materials.
Bill Weideman, chief financial officer and executive vice president, will have executive oversight of finance, Dow AgroSciences, and corporate development.
"To accomplish our strategic objectives and deliver increased results in the next stage of Dow's transformation, it will require a different business organization and operating structure than the one that has taken us to where we are today in Dow's transformation," said Andrew Liveris, Dow's chairman and CEO. "We continue to adapt our business model to take advantage of the changing dynamics in the global marketplace. Moving forward, we will have less structure at the top of the company with more deployment and implementation in the markets and out in the field. We will have less centralization and more decentralization. We are putting in place the optimal structure for the next phase of our strategy that will better enable us to intensely focus on our customer and on developing markets around the world."
Liveris added, "Streamlining our business and leadership structure will result in a more agile, flexible and customer-focused company. We have made steady progress in our businesses and have a tremendous foundation to build on as we advance our strategy and achieve our future vision for Dow."
The business presidents will be announced later this week.


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Reviews & Endorsements
Comparative Cognition
Mary C. Olmstead, Queen's University
Valerie A. Kuhlmeier, Queen's University
"Comparative Cognition provides a clear and comprehensive review and an engaging synthesis of the key topics in this rapidly developing field. Like the other classic textbooks on animal cognition this book integrates knowledge of experimental psychology and evolutionary biology, reflecting the roots of this discipline in comparative psychology and ethology. It also contains a number of novel features, with its enhanced emphasis on both evolutionary function and the underlying neural mechanisms. These include feature boxes that describe key concepts in more detail, and researcher profiles that capture the contribution of some of the major figureheads in the field. A particular highlight is the series of questions at the end of each chapter, which encourage students to think more deeply about the issues raised, and to design experiments to test the competing hypotheses."
Dr. Nicola S. Clayton, University of Cambridge
"Each chapter is richly illustrated with examples drawn from both human and animal studies and the weighting of these examples is very much is a reflection of the current state of knowledge in the topic. In addition, each chapter profiles key researchers in the field adding a personal touch and perhaps providing inspiration to aspiring students. Text boxes throughout provide complementary information to the text in the main body and vary in their content ranging from recent discoveries to real-life applications. Pictures, figures, and diagrams are plentiful and help illustrate points being made in the text. Overall, the volume is very easy to read and pleasant to look at. It is perhaps the first textbook that assimilates knowledge from the rapidly developing, cross-disciplinary field of comparative cognition. As such it will be a valuable addition to bookshelf of both undergraduates and lecturers."
Dr. Culum Brown, Macquarie University
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Salmonella InfectionsAcinetobacter InfectionsClostridium InfectionsEnterocolitis, PseudomembranousSalmonella Infections, AnimalSalmonella Food PoisoningPeanut HypersensitivityVibrio Infections
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Legislation, MedicalGovernmentFood Microbiology
Effects of dispersed recreational activities on the microbiological quality of forest surface water. (1/30)
The microbiological quality of forest surface waters in the Greenwater River watershed was examined to investigate the influence of heavy motorized camping in an area with no sanitary facilities. Indicator densities increased during weekend human-use periods when compared to weekdays. Increases in indicator densities were also noted downstream from heavily used camping areas when compared to upstream sites. Seasonal, weekly, and diurnal fluctuations in indicator densities were observed. This study suggests that potential health hazards exist in this watershed during periods of human use. (+info)
Characterization of the spv locus in Salmonella enterica serovar Arizona. (2/30)
Salmonella enterica serovar Arizona (S. enterica subspecies IIIa) is a common Salmonella isolate from reptiles and can cause serious systemic disease in humans. The spv virulence locus, found on large plasmids in Salmonella subspecies I serovars associated with severe infections, was confirmed to be located on the chromosome of serovar Arizona. Sequence analysis revealed that the serovar Arizona spv locus contains homologues of spvRABC but lacks the spvD gene and contains a frameshift in spvA, resulting in a different C terminus. The SpvR protein functions as a transcriptional activator for the spvA promoter, and SpvB and SpvC are highly conserved. The analysis supports the proposal that the chromosomal spv sequence more closely corresponds to the ancestral locus acquired during evolution of S. enterica, with plasmid acquisition of spv genes in the subspecies I strains involving addition of spvD and polymorphisms in spvA. (+info)
Fatal case of Salmonella enterica subsp. arizonae gastroenteritis in an infant with microcephaly. (3/30)
Salmonella enterica subsp. arizonae is a common gut inhabitant of reptiles, with snakes as the most common reservoir. Though human cases due to this organism are exceedingly rare, it may infect young infants and immunocompromised individuals with a history of intimate associations with reptiles. Gastroenteritis is the most common presentation; others include peritonitis, pleuritis, osteomyelitis, meningitis, and bacteremia. We report a fatal case of S. enterica subsp. arizonae gastroenteritis in a 3-month-old child with microcephaly, with a review of earlier cases and problems encountered in identification of this rare human pathogen. (+info)
Ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica Typhimurium and Choleraesuis from pigs to humans, Taiwan. (4/30)
We evaluated the disk susceptibility data of 671 nontyphoid Salmonella isolates collected from different parts of Taiwan from March 2001 to August 2001 and 1,261 nontyphoid Salmonella isolates from the National Taiwan University Hospital from 1996 to 2001. Overall, ciprofloxacin resistance was found in 2.7% (18/671) of all nontyphoid Salmonella isolates, in 1.4% (5/347) of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium and in 7.5% (8/107) in S. enterica serotype Choleraesuis nationwide. MICs of six newer fluoroquinolones were determined for the following isolates: 37 isolates of ciprofloxacin-resistant (human) S. Typhimurium (N = 26) and Choleraesuis (N = 11), 10 isolates of ciprofloxacin-susceptible (MIC <1 mg/mL) (human) isolates of these two serotypes, and 15 swine isolates from S. Choleraesuis (N = 13) and Typhmurium (N = 2) with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (MIC >0.12 microg/mL). Sequence analysis of the gryA, gyrB, parC, parE, and acrR genes, ciprofloxacin accumulation, and genotypes generated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis with three restriction enzymes (SpeI, XbaI, and BlnI) were performed. All 26 S. Typhimurium isolates from humans and pigs belonged to genotype I. For S. Choleraesuis isolates, 91% (10/11) of human isolates and 54% (7/13) of swine isolates belonged to genotype B. These two genotypes isolates from humans all exhibited a high-level of resistance to ciprofloxacin (MIC 16-64 mg/mL). They had two-base substitutions in the gyrA gene at codons 83 (Ser83Phe) and 87 (Asp87Gly or Asp87Asn) and in the parC gene at codon 80 (Ser80Arg, Ser80Ile, or Ser84Lys). Our investigation documented that not only did these two S. enterica isolates have a high prevalence of ciprofloxacin resistance nationwide but also that some closely related ciprofloxacin-resistant strains are disseminated from pigs to humans. (+info)
Salmonella arizonae in the United Kingdom from 1966 to 1990. (5/30)
Salmonella arizonae are rarely isolated in the UK. Since 1966 there have been sixty-six isolates from humans of whom 35% gave a recent history of foreign travel. Terrapins and snakes are potential sources of infection. (+info)
Case report: Salmonella infection following total hip arthroplasty. (6/30)
A case of a total hip arthroplasty infection with Staphylococcus aureus, co-infected with Salmonella choleraesuis was treated with two-stage exchange and administration of vancomycin and ciprofloxacin. No signs of re-infection have appeared fourteen months after surgery. Cases of salmonella infection of hip prostheses are quite rare, with only a handful of reports in the literature. (+info)
Net replication of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhimurium and Choleraesuis in porcine intestinal mucosa and nodes is associated with their differential virulence. (7/30)
Salmonella enterica is a facultative intracellular pathogen of worldwide importance and causes a spectrum of diseases depending on serovar- and host-specific factors. Oral infection of pigs with S. enterica serovar Typhimurium strain 4/74 produces acute enteritis but is rarely fatal, whereas serovar Choleraesuis strain A50 causes systemic disease with a high mortality rate. With a porcine ligated ileal loop model, we observed that systemic virulence of serovar Choleraesuis A50 is not associated with enhanced intestinal invasion, secretory responses, or neutrophil recruitment compared to serovar Typhimurium 4/74. The net growth in vivo of serovar Choleraesuis A50 and serovar Typhimurium 4/74 was monitored following oral inoculation of pigs with strains harboring pHSG422, which exhibits temperature-sensitive replication. Analysis of plasmid partitioning revealed that the enteric virulence of serovar Typhimurium 4/74 relative to that of serovar Choleraesuis A50 is associated with rapid replication in the intestinal wall, whereas systemic virulence of serovar Choleraesuis A50 is associated with enhanced persistence in intestinal mesenteric lymph nodes. Faster replication of serovar Typhimurium, compared to that of serovar Choleraesuis, in the intestinal mucosa was associated with greater induction of the proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-8 (IL-8), and IL-18 as detected by reverse transcriptase PCR analysis of transcripts from infected mucosa. During replication in batch culture and porcine alveolar macrophages, transcription of genes encoding components of type III secretion systems 1 (sipC) and 2 (sseC) was observed to be significantly higher in serovar Typhimurium 4/74 than in serovar Choleraesuis A50, and this may contribute to the differences in epithelial invasion and intracellular proliferation. The rapid induction of proinflammatory responses by strain 4/74 may explain why pigs confine serovar Typhimurium infection to the intestines, whereas slow replication of serovar Choleraesuis may enable it to evade host innate immunity and thus disseminate by stealth. (+info)
Salmonella enterica subspecies diarizonae bacteremia in an infant with enteritis--a case report. (8/30)
The septicemia caused by the Arizona group organism is rare and usually observed in adults with underlying diseases. In Korea, Salmonella infection is common, but a report of Arizona infection is unknown. We isolated S. entercia subsp. diarizonae from blood of a 6-month-old infant. The serovar was determined as 28:z10:-, a rare one in America. The isolate was susceptible to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, cotrimoxazole and others. The patient rapidly recovered with ampicillin and gentamicin therapy. Clinical laboratories should consider that the infection exists in Korea and should attempt to isolate and identify Arizona organism in certain patients. (+info)


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Title IX Training
What's Changed
Definitions and Key Terms
Education Program or Activity
Intake and IHE Response
Supportive Measures
Informal Resolutions
Investigations/Investigative Reports
Technology for Virtual Hearings
Sanctions and Remedies
Bias and Conflicts of Interest
Interactions with Other Laws
Anyone can report sex discrimination, including sexual harassment (whether or not the reporting person is the alleged victim). § 106.8(a)
Both formal complaints and reports that don't qualify as "formal complaints" require IHE action.
Actual Knowledge and Duty to Act
IHEs with actual knowledge of sexual harassment in an education program or activity of the IHE against a person in the United States must respond promptly in a manner that is not deliberately indifferent, meaning not clearly unreasonably in light of the known circumstances. § 106.44(a).
Which employees count as having "actual knowledge"?
For postsecondary institutions, the regulations limit actual knowledge to only when a Title IX Coordinator or an official with authority to take corrective measures has notice. § 106.30(a).
This standard is not met when the only official of the IHE with actual knowledge is the respondent. § 106.30(a).
The mere ability or obligation to report sexual harassment or to inform a student about how to report sexual harassment, or having been trained to do so, does not qualify an individual as one who has authority to institute corrective measures on behalf of the IHE. §106.30(a).
Determining whether an employee is an official with authority to institute corrective measures depends on the IHE's operational structure and the employee's roles and duties. (p. 30039).
IHE response must treat complainants and respondents equitably. § 106.44(a).
Burden of proof and burden of gathering evidence sufficient to reach a determination regarding responsibility rests on the IHE, not the parties. § 106.45(b)(5)(i).
IHE must follow Title IX grievance process before imposing disciplinary sanctions or other actions that are not supportive measures against a respondent. § 106.44(a).
Regulations require "reasonably prompt time frames." § 106.45(b)(1)(v)
Colorado statute requires good faith effort to complete the adjudication process, exclusive of appeals, within an average of sixty to ninety days. § 23-5-146(3)(d)(I), C.R.S.
IHE may need to undertake some degree of investigation or inquiry at outset to determine whether allegations fall under scope of Title IX.
Initial Response to Report of Sexual Harassment
Upon receipt of a report of sexual harassment falling within the scope of Title IX from anyone, Title IX Coordinator must:
Contact complainant to discuss availability of supportive measures, with or without a formal complaint;
Consider complainant's wishes with respect to supportive measures; and
Explain to complainant the process for filing a formal complaint.
§ 106.44(a).
Formal Complaints
Formal complaint triggers IHE's obligation to initiate formal grievance process. § 106.44(b)(1). To be a formal complaint, a report must:
Allege sexual harassment;
Be made by a person (or the parent of a person) who: (1) allegedly experienced the conduct complained of, and (2) is participating or attempting to participate in a program or activity;
Be a document filed by a complainant or signed by a Title IX Coordinator;
Be made "against a respondent"; and
Request an investigation.
Reports covered by Title IX but without a formal complaint
When a complainant has not made a formal complaint, yet the alleged conduct falls under Title IX, the Title IX Coordinator must either:
Close the report – if, for example the complainant does not want an investigation; or
Sign a formal complaint and initiate the Title IX grievance process.
Some circumstances may require the Title IX Coordinator to initiate an investigation and adjudication of allegations in order to protect the IHE's educational community or otherwise avoid being deliberately indifferent to known sexual harassment. (p. 30132).
Notifications required after a formal complaint made
Notice of the IHE's grievance process that complies with this section, including any informal resolution process.
Notice of the allegations of sexual harassment potentially constituting sexual harassment as defined in § 106.30, including sufficient details known at the time and with sufficient time to prepare a response before any initial interview. Sufficient details include:
the identities of the parties involved in the incident, if known,
the conduct allegedly constituting sexual harassment under § 106.30,
and the date and location of the alleged incident, if known.
The written notice must also:
include a statement that the respondent is presumed not responsible for the alleged conduct and that a determination regarding responsibility is made at the conclusion of the grievance process.
inform the parties that they may have an advisor of their choice, who may be, but is not required to be, an attorney, under paragraph (b)(5)(iv) of this section, and may inspect and review evidence under paragraph (b)(5)(vi) of this section.
inform the parties of any provision in the IHE's code of conduct that prohibits knowingly making false statements or knowingly submitting false information during the grievance process.
If, in the course of an investigation, the IHE decides to investigate allegations about the complainant or respondent that fall within the scope of Title IX and are not included in the notice provided pursuant to paragraph (b)(2)(i)(B) of this section, the recipient must provide notice of the additional allegations to the parties whose identities are known.
§ 106.45(b)(2)(i)(A), (B), and (ii).
Mandatory Dismissal
Must dismiss a complaint from Title IX process if the alleged conduct:
would not constitute sexual harassment as defined in the regulations;
did not occur in the IHE's education program or activity; OR
did not occur against a person in the United States.
§ 106.45(b)(3)(i).
Discretionary Dismissal
May dismiss a complaint from the Title IX process, at any time, if:
complainant notifies the Title IX Coordinator in writing that the complainant would like to withdraw the formal complaint or any allegations therein;
the respondent is no longer enrolled or employed by the IHE; or
specific circumstances prevent the IHE from gathering evidence sufficient to reach a determination.
§ 106.45(b)(3)(ii).
Dismissal Requirements
Upon dismissal from Title IX process, IHE must:
promptly send written notice of dismissal and the reason to both parties, and
offer an appeal based on procedural irregularity, new evidence, or conflict of interest/bias.
§ 106.45(b)(3)(iii).
Discretion to Address non-Title IX Misconduct Pursuant to IHE's Community Standards
Dismissal from Title IX proceeding does not preclude action under another provision of the IHE's code of conduct. § 106.45(b)(3)(i).


Combine the softened cream cheese and the 1/4 cup juice reserved from draining the fruit, until well blended. You want it to be thick because even the well drained fruit will have some juice to thin it down and you don't want it to be soupy. Stir in fruit.
I like to add chopped fresh apples and bananas when I have them. Fresh grapes would be really good mixed in as well. This would also be good with all fresh fruit. This is a great way to dress up canned fruit in the winter, when fresh fruit prices are really high.
If you use the fruit canned in fruit juice, or at least a light syrup, it's better for you than fruit canned in heavy syrup.
My kids LOVE this! And so easy! The hard part is remembering to take the cream cheese out of the fridge!


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François Remetter est un footballeur international français, d'ascendance yéniche, né le  à Strasbourg et mort le  dans la même ville. Il évolue au poste de gardien de but de la fin des années 1940 au milieu des années 1960.

Formé au RC Strasbourg, il évolue ensuite notamment au Club Sportif Thillotin, au FC Metz, au FC Sochaux, aux Girondins de Bordeaux et au Limoges FC où il finit sa carrière professionnelle.

Il compte 26 sélections en équipe de France et dispute deux Coupes du monde : en 1954 et en 1958 (terminant troisième de la compétition avec les Bleus).

Biographie
François Remetter était considéré comme un « fou génial ». Il fut d'ailleurs longtemps attaquant avant de devenir gardien de but sur le tard, à force de servir de sparring-partner lors des entraînements du groupe professionnel au cours de son premier passage au RC Strasbourg en catégorie jeunes. Son entraîneur, Émile Veinante, le bombarde alors gardien de but de l'équipe réserve du RC Strasbourg. Cependant, il lui arriva de porter les couleurs du Limoges FC au poste d'attaquant, lors de rencontres de championnat professionnel.

Transféré au Thillot dans les Vosges, il connaît alors sa première sélection en équipe nationale avec l'Équipe de France Militaire qui remporte la coupe du monde militaire en 1949 à l'issue d'une finale à Colombes devant . Il devient ensuite le gardien de but de l'équipe de France amateurs.

Transféré en 1950 au FC Metz, où il retrouve son entraîneur Émile Veinante, François Remetter est sélectionné pour la première fois en équipe de France A en 1953. Le « voltigeur » Remetter passe ensuite à Sochaux puis à Bordeaux, qui évolue alors en D2.

Remetter participe aux Coupes du monde 1954 (dont il était le dernier joueur vivant depuis 2017) et 1958 avec l'équipe de France. Lors du mondial suédois de 1958, Remetter participe à deux matches, contre le Paraguay et la Yougoslavie. Il ne joue pas les derniers matches qui voient la France obtenir la troisième place.

Remetter est sélectionné pour la dernière fois en équipe de France en 1959. Il poursuit ensuite sa carrière pendant une dizaine d'années à Limoges, au Havre, au RC Strasbourg et chez les Pierrots Vauban (Strasbourg).

Il meurt à Strasbourg le  à l'âge de 94 ans.

Palmarès de joueur
 Champion du monde militaire en 1947
 26 sélections en équipe de France A entre 1953 et 1959.
 Vice-Champion de D2 en 1951 (FC Metz)
 Finaliste de la Coupe Drago en 1961 (RC Strasbourg)
 Coupe de la Ligue française en 1964 (RC Strasbourg)

Annexes

Source
 Voir sa biographie détaillée au sein de l'ouvrage de Bertrand Munier, Lorraine Etoiles du Sport, Éditions Serpenoise, 2008

Bibliographie
 Jean Hurstel, « François Remetter », in Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, vol. 31, p. 3163

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Statistiques de François Remetter sur pari-et-gagne.com

Gardien de but international français de football
Joueur du Limoges Football Club
Gardien de but du Grenoble Foot 38
Gardien de but du Football Club de Metz
Gardien de but des Girondins de Bordeaux
Gardien de but du FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Gardien de but du Racing Club de Strasbourg
Personnalité alsacienne liée au sport
Naissance en août 1928
Naissance à Strasbourg
Décès à 94 ans
Décès en septembre 2022
Décès à Strasbourg


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Genoil Inc, (GNOLF), the publicly traded clean technology engineering company for the petroleum industries, has announced compelling economics for the Genoil Hydroconversion Upgrader (GHU), for installations where there is existing infrastructure. As well as being more affordable for the shipping industry, the unit, which can produce one million metric tons per year of 2020 compliant low sulphur fuel oil, can also provide a return-on-investment in as little as three months with current market spreads, the company said
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