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By KEVIN McGILL and JEFF MARTINJuly 16, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Depression Barry spared New Orleans and Baton Rouge from catastrophic flooding, but even as it weakened and moved north through Arkansas, its trailing rain bands...
Louisiana couple say 'I do' in unique venue despite storm
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Family members didn't let Tropical Storm Barry wash out a Louisiana couple's wedding day.
Their ingenuity led the bride and groom to an unusual wedding venue: the...
Muggy weather stays, storms overnight cause damage
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hot and humid weather that triggered severe thunderstorms in Minnesota is sticking around for now.
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for the Twin Cities...
The Latest: Louisiana governor 'grateful' storm wasn't worse
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Barry (all times local):
Louisiana's governor says he is "extremely grateful" that Tropical Depression Barry did not cause the disastrous...
Hurricane Barry's rain and floods hammer Gulf environment
By JOHN FLESHERJuly 14, 2019
Hurricane Barry could affect the environment of the Gulf coast and Lower Mississippi Valley in numerous ways, from accelerating runoff of farmland nutrients to toppling trees and damaging wildlife...
The Latest: National Guard trying to rescue family of 5
Weakened Barry rolls into Louisiana, drenches Gulf Coast
By SARAH BLAKE MORGAN and JANET McCONNAUGHEYJuly 14, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Barry rolled into the Louisiana coast Saturday, flooding highways, forcing people to scramble to rooftops and dumping heavy rain that officials had feared could test the levees...
Disaster assistance approved for 18 Oklahoma counties
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved disaster assistance for 18 counties due to spring flooding.
County won't pay to have storm debris hauled away
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Some residents of a South Carolina county hit hard by severe thunderstorms last month aren't getting help from the government to haul away the debris.
Barry strengthens into a hurricane as it nears the Louisiana coast, threatening millions with heavy rains, storm surge
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Barry strengthens into a hurricane as it nears the Louisiana coast, threatening millions with heavy rains, storm surge.
As storm moved in, 1 couple moved up their wedding ceremony
By REBECCA SANTANAJuly 13, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As New Orleans hunkered down ahead of Tropical Storm Barry Friday, news photographers from across the city could be found together in a church, witnessing the wedding of one of...
Louisiana faces triple threat of storm surge, river, rain
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When it comes to water, New Orleans faces three threats: the sea, the sky and the river.
Tropical storms and hurricanes send storm surges pushing up against the city's...
The Latest: Mississippi River won't be as high as feared
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Barry (all times local):
Forecasters expect the Mississippi River to crest about 2 feet (0.6 meters) lower in New Orleans...
'It's powerful': Tropical storm starts lashing Louisiana
By KEVIN McGILL and JANET McCONNAUGHEYJuly 13, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Homeowners sandbagged their doors and tourists trying to get out of town jammed the airport Friday as Tropical Storm Barry began rolling in, threatening an epic drenching that...
Children at LSU-based summer program evacuated to Houston
By JAMIE STENGLE and HANNAH GRABENSTEINJuly 13, 2019
DALLAS (AP) — More than 120 students participating in a Louisiana summer program were evacuated to Texas to escape Tropical Storm Barry.
Students were bused out of the program at Louisiana...
As Barry approaches, New Orleans residents debate evacuation
By REBECCA SANTANA, KEVIN McGILL and JANET McCONNAUGHEYJuly 12, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Go or stay?
It is a question people in and around New Orleans ask themselves every time a threatening storm lurks in the Gulf: a major hurricane like Katrina, which...
New Orleans' levees face a hard test as storm bears down
By MICHAEL KUNZELMANJuly 12, 2019
Even as Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the Mississippi River's levees held up when those in other parts of the city did not.
But as Tropical Storm Barry threatened New Orleans...
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The Journal GazetteChances of storms today through ThursdayJuly 15, 2019
Pregnant woman, son die after car swept away in heavy rains
BOYERTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A series of storms socked the Northeast with heavy rains and strong winds, causing the deaths of a 9-year-old boy and his pregnant mother whose car was swept away by...
Tornado touches down in NJ town for second time in last week
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — National Weather Service investigators have determined that a small tornado touched down in a southern New Jersey town, less than a week after another tornado hit the same...
School to open incubator in Atlantic City to study flooding
By AVALON ZOPPOJuly 12, 2019
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City's vulnerability to flooding may present an opportunity, some officials have long argued, to make the resort an East Coast hub for hands-on research on sea...
New Orleans fears triple threat of storm surge, river, rain
By The Associated PressJuly 12, 2019
Your daily look at late breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
The Latest: Child, pregnant mom found dead in car amid flood
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Latest on flooding and storms around Pennsylvania (all times local):
A Pennsylvania police chief says a pregnant woman and her 8-year-old son have been...
New Orleans area braces for first hurricane of the season
By KEVIN McGILL and REBECCA SANTANAJuly 12, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thousands of Louisianans broke out sandbags or fled to higher ground Thursday as Tropical Storm Barry threatened to turn into the first hurricane of the season and blow ashore...
The Latest: Trump approves federal declaration due to Barry
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on a tropical weather system in the Gulf of Mexico (all times local):
President Donald Trump has declared a federal declaration of emergency...
Torrential rain brings floods, landslides around Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Torrential downpours turned roads into rivers and triggered landslides on Thursday, blocking access to a hospital for several hours and forcing the evacuation of a preschool when...
Business WireTropical Storm Barry Flash Flood Potential Threatens 339,480 Homes, According to CoreLogic AnalysisJuly 12, 2019
Business WireWalgreens Mobilizes in Advance of Tropical Storm Barry to Support Customers, Team Members and Communities in Storm's Projected PathJuly 12, 2019
Greece: Emergency declared after deadly storm hits resorts
By COSTAS KANTOURISJuly 11, 2019
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A state of emergency has been declared in an area of northern Greece after a violent storm tore through seaside resorts, killing six tourists. A fisherman, who had been...
Land Between the Lakes campground reopened following storm
GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) — Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area says a popular campground that was closed after a storm last month has been reopened.
The Latest: New Orleans mayor declares emergency
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says the city's Treme (truh-MAY)...
Federal disaster declared over storm damage in 6 counties
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — Federal officials formally declared a disaster Tuesday in Douglas, Linn and 4 other Oregon counties for severe storms that hit the area in April.
Flooding swamps New Orleans; possible hurricane coming next
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Weather forecasters issue red flag warning for Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Weather forecasters in Alaska issued a red flag warning Wednesday for a large portion of the parched state ahead of expected lightning storms that could spark...
5 dead from storms on northern Greece
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Powerful storms raged over Greece's northern Halkidiki region Wednesday, leaving at least five people dead and 20 injured as trees and electricity pylons toppled. Power...
Missouri officials say flood damage to roads more than $29M
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System could bring rain and winds to Gulf states
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VA Center to host FEMA to assistance workers
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Trump approves 2nd disaster declaration for Missouri
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Thunderstorms cause flooding, tree damage
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NordStar finds a temporary alternative for the embargoed B737 MAX
Posted on August 7th, 2019 by ES in Air Transport, Russia
Russia's NordStar is taking on two additional Boeing 737-800s in the first half of 2020 (CDB Aviation)
Russian regional airline NordStar has found a temporary replacement for the suspended Boeing 737 MAX aircraft it has on order. The airline, which is 100 per cent owned by the Norilsk Nickel MMC mining and smelting giant, was scheduled to receive three of the new, re-engined narrow-bodies in the first half of this year, but since the deliveries have been delayed until 2020 at the earliest, it has opted instead for adding more B737-800s.
One such aircraft, with registration VQ-BAA and configured with 156 seats in economy class and 12 in business, entered service with the Norilsk-based carrier, in early August. Its 10-year history includes service with both Air China and India's now defunct Jet Airways. The aircraft has been taken on a five-year lease contract from CDB Aviation, marking the first cooperation between the Irish-registered subsidiary of the Chinese lessor and NordStar.
"We are very pleased to work with CDB Aviation in adding this aircraft to our fleet, which will improve our overall passenger capacity capabilities in order to meet air travel demand within our network," comments Leonid Mokhov, NordStar Airlines' chief executive.
NordStar currently operates a fleet of eight Boeing 737-800s, a single B737-300 and five ATR 42-500s. According to Russian Aviation Insider's sources, the airline is considering adding two more B737-800s in the first half of 2020. In the meantime, it is not scrapping its Boeing 737 MAX order. Indeed, the airline's technical director Andrey Averyanov earlier told the publication that the newly arriving aircraft will be painted in NordStar's corporate colours.
In the first six months of this year, NordStar, which is ranked as the 16th largest Russian carrier, transported some 570,700 passengers, down by 13.7 per cent year-on-year.
In 2017 the airline successfully underwent an IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) and was therefore added to the IOSA registry. Its scheduled flight network comprises more than 50 destinations, including from its base airports of Domodedovo (Moscow) and Krasnoyarsk.
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The only way to see more info is to enable Quoting debug and find the information in the logs, but the users won't have access to that.
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Q: Store calculated filter banks into spectrogram image with Python I am using the following code to calculate the frequency or the MFCC coefficients of a wavelet signal. When I have calculated my signals (frequency over time) in 2D numpy arrays I am trying to store it locally into a .png images. I am trying to do so with two different possible ways. Firstly, by using:
matplotlib.image.imsave("my_img.png", filter_banks)

That leads to:

and the second way using librosa tool:
import librosa.display
from matplotlib import cm
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(..., ...), dpi=1)
librosa.display.specshow(filter_banks.T, cmap=cm.jet)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig("_plot_static_conv.png")
plt.show()

and the result is look like:

My issue is that I am having some white margin over the image which are not desired. How can I have the same size also in the second case and avoid the white margin over the image that I guess is caused by the plt.figure?
EDIT: I tried to use the answer from the following post but it did not solve my issue.

A: probably as a workaround, your white margin is 4 pixel,
could you save your second image with 8 more pixel in height and width.
then crop it using c2v
import cv2
img = cv2.imread("image.png")
crop_img = img[y:y+h, x:x+w]
cv2.imshow("cropped", crop_img)
cv2.waitKey(0)

as proposed in:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/15589825/4610938

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> > several files that start with _ don't register.
> > needed to pick these up or unaware of some filename convention in HDFS?
> follows this rule or even knows about it.


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Przypisy

Melanesobasis
Ważki Oceanii
Gatunki i podgatunki zwierząt nazwane w 1984 roku

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I did a 3-hour webinar last night on this topic and the current madness of U.S. politics.
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Nuland played a key role in facilitating a coup in Ukraine that created a civil war costing 10,000 lives and displacing over a million people. She played a key role in arming Ukraine as well. She advocates radically increased military spending, NATO expansion, hostility toward Russia, and efforts to overthrow the Russian read more
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A Treaty to Ban the Political Use of Religion
As we get ready to celebrate the treaty banning nuclear weapons becoming law in over 50 countries (with hopefully many more to soon be added), another effort to create a global treaty is getting started. This one would ban the political use of religion. Or rather, it would ban the malevolent political use of religion. To be specific, here is part of the draft text (which I imagine may evolve a bit as the process develops):
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package de.ecclesia.kipeto.bootstrap;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;

import de.ecclesia.kipeto.common.util.BaseOptions;

public class BootOptions extends BaseOptions {

	@Option(name = "-d", aliases = { "--data" }, usage = "Local data directory like 'C:/temp/kipeto", metaVar = "DIR")
	private String data;

	@Option(name = "-g", aliases = { "--gui" }, usage = "Display output in fancy GUI")
	private boolean gui;

	@Option(name = "-nsu", aliases = { "--no-self-update" }, usage = "no self Update")
	private boolean noSelfUpdate;

	private static final String[] optionWhiteList = { "-r", "-d", "-g", "-l", "-nsu", "--repository", "--data",
			"--gui", "--debug-level", "--no-self-update", "-pf", "--parameterFile" };

	public BootOptions() {
	}

	public BootOptions(String[] args) {
		parse(args);
	}

	public String getData() {
		return data;
	}

	public boolean noSelfUpdate() {
		return noSelfUpdate;
	}

	public boolean isGui() {
		return gui;
	}

	protected String[] preProcessArguments(String[] args) {
		args = super.preProcessArguments(args);

		List<String> cleanArgs = new ArrayList<String>();

		List<String> whiteList = new ArrayList<String>();

		whiteList.addAll(Arrays.asList(optionWhiteList));

		for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
			if ((whiteList.contains(args[i]))) {
				cleanArgs.add(args[i]);

				if (i < args.length - 1 && !args[i + 1].startsWith("-")) {
					cleanArgs.add(args[i + 1]);
				}
			}
		}

		return cleanArgs.toArray(new String[cleanArgs.size()]);
	}
}


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"Chasing Smoke: A Wildfire Memoir" by Aaron Williams
Wayne and I are on a Snowbird RV Adventure in California (click here). We've driven through smokey haze as strong winds drove flames through tinder dry foothills.
British Columbia's fire season typically runs from July when the forests dry out through October when fall rains arrive.
Chasing Smoke: A Wildfire Memoir by Aaron Williams (Harbour Publishing, 2018) seemed an appropriate reading choice considering what was happening around us.
Aaron Williams was a BC firefighter with the Telkwa Rangers from 2006 to 2014. Chasing Smoke focuses on the 2014 forest fire season, his last.
Ash layer along Powell Lake shore.
The last major fires along Powell Lake were in 1915 and 1918. We found evidence of the ash layer while digging on shore near our Powell Lake float cabin.
Goat Island disappeared in the smoke.
We do get thick smoke that blows west over the coast range from fires in BC's interior. Everywhere, firefighters and other first responders are putting their lives on the line for all of us.
Through his memoir, Aaron takes us through a summer of preparing for and fighting forest fires. You meet the Telkwa Rangers and learn how they work together to contain some of BC's worst fires like the Euchiniko Lakes fire, the China Nose fire, and two tours on the Chelaslie River fire that became the third largest in BC.
Training begins in May with a Rookie Week for the new recruits, some of whom are students looking for a summer of adventure and a way to earn money. Not an easy way for sure. In telling the story, he gives you a good feel for life at base camp, in camps where firefighters stay during fourteen-day deployments and on the line fighting and mopping up after fires. Life is filled with highs and lows, and a lot of camaraderie in-between. Here's an informative video by CBC's The National.
As the fire season winds down, so does Aaron's career. You don't know what will happen next, but you do know that he will become an author with a strong voice and the ability to carry a tale to it's end.
Chasing Smoke is available online at Harbour Publishing and Amazon. It's also available in bookstores and Kindle format.
If you want to read about BC fires from the perspective of people living through them, here are two recommendations. One is written by an author I've become acquainted with, Chris Czajkowski. The other she co-authored with a friend who lived through the same fire.
Wildfire in the Wilderness is by Chris Czajkowski (Harbour Publishing, 2006). You can read more about his amazing woman on her blog, Wilderness Dweller. The book tells about the life Chris lived in a remote cabin/resort she built called Nuk Tessli and how she lived through and was evacuated from her wilderness home during the Lonesome Lake fire of 2004.
Captured by Fire is co-authored by Chris Czajkowski and Fred Reid (Harbour Publishing, 2019). In 2017, fire returned to the region at Kleena Kleene and Colwell Lake. By now, Chris was living in an off-the-grid homestead. She and her friend, Fred Reid, also a homesteader, both refused to evacuate during the massive fire. The book alternates between their stories about how the fire affected their lives, homes and how it was fought. -- Margy
Wayne and Margy's Snowbird RV Adventure Update
Wayne and I planned for months for our first Snowbird road trip in the RV we purchased last April.
This time of year it gets darker, colder and wetter at our float cabin on Powell Lake. Sun and warmth are calling. Just like the geese, we are migrating south.
An early November departure was perfect to beat snow and ice in the pass between Oregon and California, and we skipped winterizing our RV. That was a win-win.
We picked a Forest River Sunseeker 2250 specifically for this adventure. We like the small size for maneuverability and easy parking. It's been a perfect rig for us even on long trips.
The overall 24'4" length of the Sunseeker packs in a lot of living space.
We've planned a three part trip.
Part 1 - We left Bellingham on November 4. For 43 days we explored and camped our way from Washington to Southern California. In mid-December, we put the RV into storage in Southern California, went to USC for basketball and then flew back to Bellingham for a break. You can reading about this leg of our trip by visiting my Margy Meanders Blog and scrolling down.
Part 2 - starts in early February when we fly south to pick up our RV. We'll drive to Arizona for more exploring and a stay in Tempe for Arizona State University softball. Are you seeing a trend here? College sports? In late February we'll store our RV in Tucson then fly back to Bellingham for a second break. You can keep up with us by visiting my Margy Meanders Blog.
Camping in public parks gives you more privacy and nature.
Part 3 - starts in late March. We'll fly to Tucson to pick up our RV for the final leg. There'll be more ASU softball before heading back north. We hope to make it to Oregon State University for more softball, and anticipate arriving back in Bellingham in mid to late April, after all of the freezing weather has passed.
Private RV parks offer more amenities and full hookups.
Does this sound complicated for a relaxing winter vacation? Maybe, but we aren't the kind of Snowbirds that like to stay in one spot. Our good friend John says we live a complicated simple life. But that's the way we like it.
Come along with us at my Margy Meanders Blog to see what's happening on our Snowbird RV Adventure. I'll write posts along the way when we have Internet. I hope you enjoy our trip as much as we do. -- Margy


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Share this Story: Why America's rush to EVs might kill the entire Canadian auto parts business
Why America's rush to EVs might kill the entire Canadian auto parts business
David Booth: 'Build Back Better' may stimulate the American auto industry, but it will kill Canada's
David Booth, Driving.ca, Special to Financial Post
Dec 01, 2021 • December 1, 2021 • 5 minute read • 39 Comments
U.S. President Joe Biden, centre, met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Mexico's president Andrés Manuel López Obrador this week. Photo by Gigi Suhanic/National Post Photo Illustration
"This discriminatory action" could be the "death knell" of the Canadian auto industry. So says Flavio Volpe, and he should know, since he's the president of the Auto Parts Manufacturers' Association of Canada, the organization tasked with, amongst other things, enticing automakers and their associated suppliers to build their production plants here in the Great White North.
And if he says something could adversely affect the Canadian auto manufacturing business — which employs some 135,000 Canadians directly and another 400,000 in related industries — we should all be concerned.
Why America's rush to EVs might kill the entire Canadian auto parts business Back to video
The discriminatory action in question is the United States' proposed Build Back Better program, a surprisingly protectionist policy (only slightly) disguised as pandemic relief. More specifically, its incentive programs so completely favour American-built BEVs that it would almost completely shut down all Canadian exports of electric vehicles. Indeed, electric vehicles built in any country other than the U.S. would be so disadvantaged that automobile exports — at least moderately priced models powered by batteries — to the United States would virtually stop.
Too extreme a prognostication for you? Well, here's how the program is supposed to work. Decide for yourself how it will affect the Canadian manufacturing industry.
If passed, Build Back Better would, according to Daniel Breton, president and CEO of Electric Mobility Canada, "expand and modify the tax credit programs that encourage consumers to purchase electric vehicles. The proposed new consumer incentives would fully replace the current maximum refundable tax credit system" by:
• retaining the current US$7,500 incentive for the next five years;
• supplementing it with an additional US$4,500 for EVs with final assembly by unionized workers in the United States; and
• adding an additional US$500 rebate for vehicles with 50 per cent of their battery components (including battery cells) made in the U.S.
From 2022 to 2027, this means anyone buying a battery-powered EV would receive at least US$7,500 — and as much as US$12,500, if the battery and car are built in the U.S.
Trudeau weighs auto-content rules as next U.S. trade flashpoint
Biden not budging on EV tax credit shows America still comes first
More troubling — the death knell Volpe alluded to — is that, starting in 2027, this same bill proposes only vehicles with final assembly in the United States would qualify for any part of the program. In other words, after January 1, 2027, electric vehicles built in the U.S. would be eligible for US$12,500 in rebates; anyone buying an EV built anywhere else would receive nothing. Nada. Zip. Not a penny.
As unfair competitive practices go, Build Back Better's EV program would seem an incentive with extreme prejudice. And, in fact, it may very well even be illegal and/or unenforceable. Under WTO rules (which govern most international trade) as well as the recently organized USMCA pact (which covers trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico), such incentives for locally built products might not pass muster. While the incentive for union-assembled vehicles might be feasible — if, in fact, the incentive is offered for union-assembled EVs built anywhere in the world — as Joanna Kyriazis, a senior policy advisor for Clean Energy Canada , explains in our latest Driving into the Future roundtable, basing tax credits on country of origin might well violate trade rules.
The fly in that seemingly comforting ointment is that any such rectification after the proposal passes won't matter. Or, at least, the program will cause significant damage to Canadian auto manufacturing in the interim. Superior political minds to mine predict that, for Build Back Better to pass before the mid-terms — after which, it is predicted, the Democrats will be in a minority position — it will have to clear the U.S. Senate by the end of February. If the EV incentive rules are then challenged — either under WTO or USMCA rules — it would be at least another year, most likely longer, before the case would be heard or adjudicated. Add it up and it would probably be at least a couple of years before there would be a resolution of this dispute.
Canada's auto sector would struggle due to new U.S. policies. Photo by GM
Even if the American proposal is then dismantled, the next two years speak to a significant disquiet for automakers. Where a situation remains unclear, any large corporation will seek the path offering them the greatest certainty for success, and the path to certitude might not include any further investment in Canada's auto sector.
As Scott Mackenzie, senior national manager of external affairs for Toyota Canada, explained during our illuminating Battery Manufacturing in Canada panel, our government has already mandated a complete phasing out of internal-combustion cars by 2035. If the American market is then made inhospitable to Canadian-manufactured EVs, "what exactly are we going to make in the future?"
No wonder Volpe says that "there is no Canadian auto sector if it doesn't have access to the American market."
As an example, Stellantis has announced plans to build two battery-producing "giga-factories'" in North America in the near future, one of which, Volpe believes — as a result of a statement by Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares — could be in Canada. That hopefulness could well get tossed out the window as a result of Build Back Better's fickleness. As Volpe says, "We definitely need to stop this thing. End of story."
The one thing all our panelists agreed on is that this is an urgent situation, and the time for the federal government to act on behalf of our auto industry is right now. Which leaves your (not-so-)humble Motor Mouth in a bit of a pickle.
On the one hand, I've been critical of the Trudeau government for forcing EVs on Canadians too quickly, and have said that 2035 may be too soon to mandate that all cars be battery-powered. On the other, I now find myself admonishing the Liberals for not acting quickly enough to support our native automotive industry in its transformation to all things electric. Like Ridley Scott said, "Politics always leads to conflict." I just wish he'd warned us that so much of it would be internal.
The article first appeared in Driving.ca


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Downfall of the articles of confederation
What were the Articles of Confederation? The Articles of Confederation was the original binding document of the United States and served as the supreme law of the land from March 1, until the ratification of the… United States Constitution on June 21,
The downfall of the Articles of Confederation was that it limited too much of the power of the central government. This game all states the ability to act as their own government. This caused much fighting between the states.
What were the Articles of Confederation? The Articles of Confederation was the original binding document of the United States and served as the supreme law of the land from March 1, until the ratification of the United States Constitution on June 21, They sought to combine the disparate colonies under a single governmental entity.
They were the first attempt at a government for the United States, but were eventually replaced by the Constitution. Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation gave too much power to the states and not enough to the central government.
There was no president or federal judiciary. Essentially, the colonies could not operate effectively as a nation. The Articles of Confederation was the original binding document of the United States and served as the supreme law of the land from until the ratification of the United States Constitution in It defined the powers of the Continental Congress and provided for a weak federation of autonomous states.
Americans of the time were generally opposed to a strong central government, which they feared would lead to despotism, and the Articles delegated most significant powers to the individual states. The Congress was granted power only over foreign policy, war, and setting standards.
It had no power over trade, could not directly tax the people, could not enforce laws, and could not compel states to cooperate with one another.
As such, the early United States was more similar to an alliance of 13 independent countries than to the federal state of modern times. It was a document that was the predecessor to the Constitution andit made a very weak federal government with strong stategovernments.
What are the cons of article IX of the Articles of Confederation? The articles of confederation establish a weak national government and give the states to much power, Congress is not allowed to force taxes, and the states do not have to listen or obey anything congress puts out. What was the Articles of Confederation?
The Articles of Confederation was the document that organized a"perpetual Union" among the 13 states that had declaredindependence.
Events under the Articles of Confederation, timeline | Timetoast timelines
The Articles were in effect between March 1, ,and March 4,when they were superseded by the Constitution ofthe United States of America.
However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by allthirteen states did not occur until March 1, The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign statesand a weak central government, leaving most of the power with thestate governments.
The need for a stronger Federal government soonbecame apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Conventionin What is the article of confederation? They however failed at doing this. What were the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? The Articles of Confederation created a weak national government with most of the governmental powers retained by the states.
The Articles provided no separation of branches. There was no president or any other independent executive, nor was there a federal judicial branch.
Articles of Confederation - Wikipedia
Congress, the legislature, was the only branch of government. Laws required unanimous votes. Members elected to congress did not vote as individuals, but as states. While congress did have some powers, it could not enforce its laws on the states or the people. States were permitted to coin their own money.
There was no regulation of commerce between the states and states could even enter into treaties with foreign nations and declare war, "with the consent of Congress.
What are the Accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation? The accomplishments that resulted in the Articles of Confederation were the colonies formed a new government. This government was unlike the British government, the people had a say in what they were going to do.
The Articles of Confederation also had many strenghs and weaknesses. And the weaknesses were: Which article states that there will be taxes in the Articles of Confederation?
All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states, in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled, shall from time to time direct and appoint.Many weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation were corrected with adoption of the Constitution was the supreme law of the land in What were some of the differences between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?
However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments.
Downfall of the Articles of Confederation The major downfall of the Articles of Confederation was simply weakness. The federal government, under the Articles, was too weak to enforce their laws and therefore had no power.
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Trade and Assistance Review 2009-10 was released on 16 June 2011. The review contains the Commission's latest quantitative estimates of Australian Government assistance to industry.
The Review also:
identifies recent developments in assistance to industries and sectors of the economy
reports on selected expenditures by State and Territory governments affording assistance to industry
reports on recent international policy developments affecting Australia's trade and disputes settlement in the global trading system.
An errata has been issued with the printed copy of this report - documents available below are correct.
On 2 September 2013, a corrigendum was issued for this report - documents available below are correct.
Trade and Assistance Review 2009-10 (PDF - 1045 Kb)
Trade and Assistance Review 2009-10 by chapters (Word/Zip - 1168 Kb)
Government assistance to industry is provided by tariffs, budgetary outlays, taxation concessions, regulatory restrictions on competition and other measures.
Assistance generally benefits the industry receiving it, but can come at a cost to other industries, taxpayers and consumers.
Some assistance programs, such as those relating to R&D and environmental objectives, can deliver net community benefits if they are well designed and effectively implemented.
For 2009-10, total measured assistance to industries was $17.3 billion in gross terms and $9.3 billion in net terms.
It comprised $9.4 billion in tariff assistance, $3.7 billion in budgetary outlays and $4.1 billion in tax concessions.
The cost to industries of tariffs on imported inputs amounted to $8.0 billion.
In the 12 months prior to the May 2011 Budget, the Australian Government announced budget outlays affording industry assistance of around $700 million, mostly to be expended within five years.
Nearly half of the proposed expenditure ($370 million) relates to carbon emission reduction and energy programs.
The remainder (over $300 million) relates to 'traditional' forms of Government support to industry, research and development and innovation.
Following the 2010-11 floods and other natural disasters, the Australian Government announced changes in funding arrangements for existing programs and new funding to support regions and businesses affected by natural disasters.
Concurrently, the Australian and Queensland governments announced $5.6 billion in support for recovery and reconstruction from floods in Queensland.
To help fund recovery and rehabilitation work, the Australian Government announced it would terminate certain industry programs, including the Green Car Rebate Scheme and the Green Car Innovation Fund, saving around $1 billion.
State and Territory government expenditures on programs and services identified as supporting industry policy objectives are estimated at around $4.1 billion in 2008-09.
These expenditures include not only grants and subsidies, marketing and promotion and agricultural research but also employee and administration costs.
Programs relating to primary industries and resources account for about 60 per cent of this expenditure.
In April 2011, the Australian Government released a major Trade Policy Statement that responded, amongst other things, to the Commission's report on bilateral and regional trade agreements.
The Government endorsed the broad approach favouring domestic reform and non-discriminatory provisions in trade agreements, as well as transparent evaluation processes.
Paul Gretton (Assistant Commissioner) 02 6240 3252
In 2009-10, Australian Government budgetary outlays, tax concessions and import tariffs provided Australian industry with $17.3 billion in assistance in gross terms, according to the latest annual review by the Productivity Commission. After allowing for the cost impost of import tariffs on industries using goods as inputs, the net assistance received by industry was estimated at $9.3 billion.
Trade & Assistance Review 2009-10 sets out the Commission's latest estimates of the Australian Government's assistance to industry. It also documents recent policy announcements and developments relating to industry assistance.
The Review notes that, since May 2010, the Australian Government has announced around $700 million of industry assistance expenditure proposals. Nearly half of the proposed expenditure ($370 million) relates to carbon emission reduction and energy programs. The remainder (over $300 million) relates to more traditional forms of Government support. This support is targeted at primary, manufacturing and service industries, as well as research, development and innovation.
The Review provides an updated picture of state and territory government assistance to industry. Expenditures by these governments on programs and services identified as supporting industry policy objectives are estimated at around $4.1 billion. These expenditures include grants and subsidies, marketing and promotion, and agricultural research as well as employee and administration costs.
Leonora Nicol (Media, Publications and Web) 02 6240 3239 / 0417 665 443
Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Contents and Abbreviations
Overview - including key points
Chapter 2 Assistance estimates
2.1 Tariff assistance
2.2 Australian Government budgetary assistance
2.3 Combined assistance
2.4 Effective rates of industry assistance since 1970
2.5 Summing up
Chapter 3 Recent developments in industry assistance
3.1 Research, development and innovation
3.2 Rural
3.3 Manufacturing
3.4 Broadcasting and communications
3.5 Carbon emissions reduction and energy efficiency
3.6 Infrastructure provision and regional development
3.7 Industry assistance related to recent natural disasters
3.8 Other developments
Chapter 4 State and Territory assistance to industry
4.1 The role of State and Territory governments in industry assistance
4.2 Coverage and approach
4.3 Estimated State government expenditure on industry support
4.4 Some considerations that currently shape state assistance to industry
4.5 Some implications
Chapter 5 Recent developments in trade policy
5.1 Trade agreements
5.2 Dispute settlement in the global trading system
Appendix A Detailed estimates of Australian Government assistance to industry
Appendix B Anti-dumping and countervailing activity
Appendix C Details of State and Territory government outlays supporting industry
Chapter 2 - Tables and figures (XLS - 97 Kb)
Appendix A - Detailed estimates of assistance (XLS - 463 Kb)
Appendix C - State assistance (XLS - 576 Kb)
Australian Government budgetary assistance by program, 2003-04 to 2009-10 (XLS - 41 Kb)
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Ubiquity, Firefox's Command Line Web Interface, Gets More Natural
Michael Calore
Firefox's unique tool for interacting with web services has gotten easier to use thanks to a new update. Ubiquity 0.5, a project from Mozilla Labs, is a major improvement to one of the browser's most useful add-ons. It now uses a more natural language engine that's closer to human speech, and there's a helpful tutorial […]
Firefox's unique tool for interacting with web services has gotten easier to use thanks to a new update.
Ubiquity 0.5, a project from Mozilla Labs, is a major improvement to one of the browser's most useful add-ons. It now uses a more natural language engine that's closer to human speech, and there's a helpful tutorial for new users. The update also includes support for more languages and more context-sensitive commands.
It's officially a preview release for Firefox 3 and 3.5. It has a few bugs, but those eager to test it out can grab it now.
The Ubiquity add-on for Firefox is a "command line interface for the web". It enables you to interact with web services like Google search, Twitter, Yelp, Delicious and Gmail, as well as perform searches on content sites like Amazon, Wikipedia and Flickr. Ubiquity enables you to perform specific tasks, like e-mail a link to a Gmail contact, post a tweet or check the weather, all with just a few keystrokes.
When Ubiquity was first released last year, we hailed it as a huge step forward for the web's power users. It's even slicker now, but it still has a problem.
It's a command line -- In order to get the most out of Ubiquity, you have to be the type of person who's comfortable typing text-based commands into a text-based interface. Obviously, it's not for everyone.
But the Ubiquity team is closing the gap. Taking a cue from such natural-language tools like Wolfram Alpha and Google's iPhone app that lets you search the web using your voice, Ubiquity now boasts a new engine that's able to guess what you want to do even if you don't give it a specific command or verb.
Previously, you'd have to initiate a task by typing a command like "map" or "translate." With the new update, you can simply plug an address or a French phrase into Ubiquity, and it's now smart enough to discern what you want with a surprising level of accuracy.
Better yet, you can just highlight an address on a page and summon Ubiquity. The window will automatically guess you want a map and fetch it for you.
Same with that French phrase. Highlight it and Ubiquity will assume, since you're using a localized English version of Firefox, you're looking for an English translation.
Hit Enter and the actual French phrase on the web page is replaced by the English version.
Of course, if it fails to guess properly, you can correct Ubiquity by adding specific parameters to your query, and it will do better next time. It also learns your habits. If you're a frequent Twitterer, Ubiquity will eventually assume that any raw text you type into it is intended for Twitter, and it will place that choice at the top of the list of suggested services.
As cool as these natural language improvements are, Ubiquity is still a rather esoteric add-on. Thankfully, the download comes with a very friendly tutorial that walks new users through a few common tasks. It really shortens the learning curve by showing you how to use the new command structure.
The tutorial also shows off the power of context-sensitive searches.
I typed "Pink Floyd images" into Ubiquity. My first options were Google image search and a Flickr image search, each with its own set of thumbnails on display within Ubiquity's little window.
Next, I summoned Ubiquity with a keystroke and typed "cappuccino". My suggested choices: Twitter the word "cappuccino," search Yelp for "cappuccino" nearby, search Google for "cappuccino" and translate "cappuccino" into English.
Twitter popped up because that's one of the things I use Ubiquity for most frequently -- it's learned that. Yelp popped up because Ubiquity gathered that this is a food item I might be looking for, so it's assuming I want to find said item nearby. Google and Google Translate are probably the most logical third and fourth guesses in this circumstance (It means "cappuccino," by the way).
View this functionality with an eye to the near future when the geolocation services are fully integrated into the browser, and you can sense how much more powerful this will get. You won't need to enter any location information. Just type "pizza" or "bookstore" or "weather" and you'll get what you want -- a map, a list or the current temperature -- without having to add "94107" or "San Francisco" to your query.
This Ubiquity update isn't perfect. It's a preview release and still rather buggy. There's a helpful "Reset to factory defaults" button on the help page, which I used a couple of times after Ubiquity kept getting stuck thinking I'd want to post everything to Delicious. Eventually, I removed Delicious from the Ubiquity's list of available services. It also hung a few times, beach balling Firefox and forcing a browser restart.
But the improvements here point towards a whole new standard for easily interacting with web services in the browser, and we'd recommend it as an essential addition to your power user toolbox.
Will it catch on? Are web users ready for seemingly anachronistic text-based interfaces, no matter how useful? We hope so, because Ubiquity proves how powerful they can be.
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How a 'feisty' opposed session with Waratahs could help spark Dragons into NRL success
It's no secret that St George Illawarra have been struggling – not just for the past few years, but for the past decade.
And while an opposed session against a rugby union outfit might not solve all their problems, the Dragons looking outside the box might not be the worst idea.
After showing glimpses of a side capable of playing finals in 2022, the club fell away towards the back-end of the year, finishing in 10th spot and missing the top-eight for a fourth-straight year.
The pressure is already mounting on head coach Anthony Griffin heading into the season, with rumours of a divided playing group and young stars Jayden Sullivan and Tyrell Sloan both seeking releases from their contracts.
MORE: Eels star locks in long-term future | Seibold ready for new chapter
Just last week, Junior Amone and Zac Lomax were involved in a heated scuffle at pre-season training, leading to more headlines for the Red V after the off-season produced plenty of negative talk around the club.
A large majority of the players skipped the Dragons presentation night, leading to criticism from fans, the media and even the club's captain Ben Hunt.
But with the 2023 season around the corner, Jack de Belin believes the break has done wonders for the playing group.
"I think going away for the break and all the boys getting away from footy, and then coming back we've got one goal in mind – and that's success and excellence," he said.
"I think we've all got a clear focus and we are all very united."
The decision from the Dragons to take on the NSW Waratahs in a mixed rules opposed session on Monday – just days out from their Christmas break – is certainly out of the norm for an NRL club.
The two sides dipped their toes in the water of the other code and veteran prop Aaron Woods admits the challenges the side faced while adapting to a new set of rules could be of their benefit next year.
"It was good fun today – it was just different, the games and the styles are different," he said.
"I think the first game we played was the union one and we didn't adapt to the rules – it took us a bit to get going. We were going back 10 metres and you only need to go back one, they played to their strengths – I think Kurtley Beale showed us up a bit there.
"They are both different toughness and fitness and it was really good fun. It got a bit feisty in the opposed session there with the big fella in the middle for the Waratahs, and Jack Bird has always got that push and shove in him, so it was expected.
"I think just the composure – we went to a different game and it took us a while to adapt to it. It's probably something that as a club at times in games, when things go wrong it takes us a while to adapt.
"If we can move on quickly and take our opportunities, it could be a lot better for us."
Woods is one player who has plenty to prove next year, coming off a poor first year with St George Illawarra and his deal with the club set to expire at the end of 2023.
The former NSW and Kangaroos forward is hoping to continue his career – as long as he is enjoying his football and helping the next generation find their feet in the top grade.
"I'll see how I go – I've been enjoying it these last couple of years and I think I've been off-contract the last two or three years," he said.
"As long as I'm enjoying it, I will keep going. I'm doing a bit of media work here and there with Triple M, getting to call some footy, and I'd love to do that when I retire.
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"They are first graders now, they're not just kids who are happy to be there – they've got to own that jersey and we want them to dominate games."
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If you suspect a mental health problem, whether because of depression or anxiety, you should consult a general practitioner first, the general practitioner can provide an initial diagnosis regarding the condition that might be suspected and then can refer you to a specialist to ascertain what mental health problems you are facing.
Psychology is more likely to deal with patients with conditions that can still be assisted effectively with psychological treatment alone. For example, a psychologist will listen to your story first, diagnose, and make a plan that you must apply daily to the problem. This method can include behavioral issues such as addiction, emotional disturbances, phobias, learning difficulties, depression, and anxiety disorders.
While psychiatrists tend to treat people who need therapy and treatment after considering their medical, psychological, and social needs, they are usually people with more complicated psychiatric conditions, such as major depression or major depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. A person who has thoughts or attempts at suicide is also usually referred to a psychiatrist.
Hypnotherapy is a contract of effort, not an agreement of the outcome. Following our code of ethics, we never and should not promise to heal to clients. The healing and success of therapy are determined by the collaboration between the client and the therapist. If you are interested in this method, you can visit Begin to Heal, one of the best hypnotherapists NYC.
An exercise is a form of physical stress for the body. Simply put, with us getting used to doing sports, the body learns to adapt and get used to dealing with physical stress. With this adaptation, your body can easily adjust and survive other pressures. Research shows that exercise such as aerobics performed routinely is associated with a decrease in sympathetic and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal nerve activity. Sympathetic nerve activity and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal are the body's systems that are responsible for responding to stress and causing changes in body function due to pressure.
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An ArcGIS for Defense repository for managing data and tools used in ArcGIS Military Symbology solutions. These solutions are used in sketching, planning, monitoring, and publishing Military Symbology using the ArcGIS platform. This data is used to create ArcGIS solutions that require Military Symbology matching detailed specifications such as MIL-STD-2525.

![Image of Military Features Data](ScreenShot.png)

## Sections

* [Releasability](#releasability)
* [Features](#features)
* [Requirements](#requirements)
* [Instructions](#instructions)
* [Resources](#resources)
    * [ArcGIS Military Symbology Solutions](#supported-solutions-using-this-data)
* [Issues](#issues)
* [New to Github?](#new-to-github)
* [Contributing](#contributing)
* [Acknowledgments](#acknowledgments)
* [Licensing](#licensing)

## Releasability

* MIL-STD-2525: Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited.
* APP-6:
  * APP-6(D): Unmarked, denoting that it is approved for public release and unlimited distribution.
  * Previous Versions: As of promulgation of APP-6(D)(1), the classification markings on all previous editions are invalid and no longer applicable.

## Features

* Solutions targeting Military Symbology in ArcGIS users:
    * Planners and Analysts who sketch complex overlays and plans
    * Operators who visualize real time situational awareness information
    * Users of systems which exchange military overlays with other battlefield systems
* These solutions include:
    * [Military Features](#military-features)
    * [Military Overlay](#military-overlay)
    * [Military Symbology Styles](#military-symbology-styles)
* The source data and tools used to create ArcGIS Military Symbology data and solutions
* Support for MIL-STD-2525 Military Symbology:
    * MIL-STD-2525D (June, 2014)
    * MIL-STD-2525C (November, 2008)
    * MIL-STD-2525B Change 2 (March, 2007)
* Support APP-6 Military Symbology:
    * APP-6(B) (June 2008)
    * APP-6(D) (Version 1, Study Draft 2, June 2016)

## Requirements

Each solution has the following ArcGIS requirements:

* Military Features
    * ArcGIS Desktop 10.3.1+
* Military Overlay
    * ArcGIS Pro 2.1+
    * ArcGIS Server 10.6+
* Military Symbology Styles
    * ArcGIS Pro 2.1+
    * ArcGIS Runtime 100.2+
    * ArcGIS Server 10.6+

## Instructions

**IMPORTANT NOTE:** If you just want to download the supported solution, please download the solution directly from the [ArcGIS Military Symbology Solutions site](#supported-solutions-using-this-data). This repo is primarily for editing, recreating, or logging issues with this data.

* Clone/download the repository.
* Determine the Military Symbology solution [(see below)](#arcgis-military-symbology-solutions).
* Edit and/or use the solution in the desired product.
-or-
* Use the utilities provided in this repo to recreate derived data from source data.

### ArcGIS Military Symbology Solutions

#### Military Features

* [Military Features](./military-features)
    * A solution using the ArcGIS 10 standard symbology model
    * A datamodel for drawing and labeling symbols using the ArcGIS Cartographic Renderer and Maplex Labeling Engine
    * Targets ArcGIS 10 (ArcMap and ArcGIS Engine) and legacy applications/users
    * Data included with the [Military Features solution](http://solutions.arcgis.com/defense/help/military-features/)

#### Military Overlay

* [Military Overlay](./military-overlay)
    * A solution using a complex attribute renderer (the Dictionary Renderer) included with ArcGIS Pro, Runtime, and Server
    * A datamodel for drawing and labeling symbols using the Dictionary Renderer
    * Data included with the [Military Overlay solution](http://solutions.arcgis.com/defense/help/military-overlay/)

#### Military Symbology Styles

* [Military Symbology Styles](./military-symbology-styles)
    * The stand-alone style files used by the Dictionary Renderer included with ArcGIS Pro, Runtime, and Server to render Military Symbols
    * Data included with the [Military Symbology Styles solution](http://solutions.arcgis.com/defense/help/military-symbology-styles/)

#### Military Standard Support

The following table lists the versions of the standard supported by each solution.

|Product||Standard||
|---|---|---|---|
||2525D|2525C|2525Bc2|
|Pro 2.1+/Server 10.6+|Military Overlay| Military Overlay `*` |Military Overlay|
|Runtime 100.2+|Military Symbology Styles|Military Symbology Styles|Military Symbology Styles|
|ArcGIS Desktop/Engine 10.3.1+||Military Features||MyMiscellanea

`*` Note The 2525C Military Overlay is not released with the solution download but is available in this repo

## Resources

* [ArcGIS for Defense Solutions Website](http://solutions.arcgis.com/defense)
* [ArcGIS for Defense Downloads](http://appsforms.esri.com/products/download/#ArcGIS_for_Defense)
* Learn more about Esri's Solutions [Focused Maps and Apps for Your Organization](http://solutions.arcgis.com/)
* The Official Military Standard Documents
    * MIL-STD-2525D (June, 2014)
    * MIL-STD-2525C (November, 2008)
    * MIL-STD-2525B Change 2 (March, 2007)
    * APP-6(B) (June 2008)
    * APP-6(D) (Version 1, Study Draft 2, June 2016)

### Supported Solutions Using this Data

Further documentation and supported downloads can be obtained from the solution page:

* [Military Features solution](http://solutions.arcgis.com/defense/help/military-features/)
* [Military Overlay solution](http://solutions.arcgis.com/defense/help/military-overlay/)
* [Military Symbology Styles solution](http://solutions.arcgis.com/defense/help/military-symbology-styles/)

## Issues

* Find a bug or want to request a new feature?  Please let us know by submitting an issue.

## New to Github

* [New to Github? Get started here.](https://github.com/Esri/esri.github.com/blob/master/help/esri-getting-to-know-github.html)

## Contributing

Esri welcomes contributions from anyone and everyone. Please see our [guidelines for contributing](./CONTRIBUTING.md).

## Acknowledgments

This repository reuses software from:

1. [Joint Military Symbology XML](https://github.com/Esri/joint-military-symbology-xml/)
    1. SVG image files and derived data
    2. Governed by the [Apache License, Version 2.0](https://github.com/Esri/joint-military-symbology-xml/blob/master/license.txt)

## Licensing

Copyright 2013-2018 Esri

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

A copy of the license is available in the repository's
[license.txt](license.txt) file.


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Large discrepancies in accounting for the funding sources of some UK patient organisations
Large discrepancies in payments disclosed by patient groups and major drug companies are highlighted in a new report published today—Sunday 20 September 2020. The research, which appears in BMJ Open from an international research collaboration led by University of Bath academic Dr. Piotr Ozieranski, analysed the disclosure of payments made […]
Large discrepancies in payments disclosed by patient groups and major drug companies are highlighted in a new report published today—Sunday 20 September 2020.
The research, which appears in BMJ Open from an international research collaboration led by University of Bath academic Dr. Piotr Ozieranski, analysed the disclosure of payments made by drug companies and patient organisations covering a period from 2012—2016. The research is covered exclusively in The Sunday Times.
It covers a large sample of 425 patient groups registered as charities in the UK, campaigning on issues ranging from disease awareness, research into new treatments, to patient support; and a sample of 87 drugs companies signed up to the Code of Practice of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI).
By comparing and contrasting drugs companies' own reporting of payments made, against how much patient groups claimed they had received, the study reveals large discrepancies between the two. In total, it found drugs companies disclosed 3235 payments worth over £54 million. By comparison, patient organisations, disclosed just 772 payments worth over £33 million—a shortfall of over £21 million.
Although 63 drug companies reported payments, 84 were mentioned by patient organisations. In addition, drug companies disclosed payments to 425 patient organisations, yet only 200—less than half—reported receiving such funds.
Reaching these conclusions required the research team to spend hundreds of hours trawling through 220 disclosure reports published by drug companies, as well as 1,428 annual financial accounts published by patient organisations.
Their analysis raises important questions about transparency in patient organisation finances, which the team say requires swift policy action. They say this should focus on creating a single state-run, permanent database which would integrate payments reported by both drug companies and patient organisations in order to eliminate any underreporting and provide full clarity about funding sources.
Dr. Ozieranski from the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy at the University of Bath explains: "Whilst aspects of this report might appear technical, these are transparency issues which affect us all given how much patient organisations can influence and shape decisions about how diseases should be treated, including new drugs that can have huge cost implications for the NHS.
"Patient organisations play an important role and we expect them to be their true, authentic voice. This is why their members, policymakers, individual and institutional donors, as well as the broader public, need to know about who funds them as funding relationships can create potential conflicts of interest. The same applies to any expert voices in public debates."
Marcell Csanadi, a study co-author from Syreon Research Institute in Hungary, noted: "In the current economic climate, it is unavoidable that patient organisations accept drug company funding. But especially in this context, transparency is a powerful way of reassuring everyone that the receipt of industry support is managed carefully. This is important because perceived conflicts of interests may be just as important as the 'real ones'."
In their conclusions, the authors suggest that careful disclosure of funding information represents good governance and the general ability of patient organisations to report their finances transparently. It also best demonstrates that a drug company and patient organisation is serious about potential conflicts of interest.
As an interim step towards a state-run unified system, the researchers suggest the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (the trade group representing drug companies in the UK) could create a single database of payments which companies following its Code of Practice make to patient organisations. This solution would be much more user-friendly than allowing individual companies to publish payment reports on their websites, they say, and a similar, industry-run, centralised disclosure database of payments to patient organisations is already in operation in Sweden.
Finally, the team suggest charity regulators could introduce tailored solutions related to reporting corporate funding in annual accounts. This could include a simple template which might comprise a short payment description, its value, and donor name in order to help standardise the process. Patient organisation websites should report this information separately or include clear signposting to the annual accounts, they also argue.
Analysis reveals extent of drug industry funding of UK patient organizations
Piotr Ozieranski et al, Under-reported relationship: a comparative study of pharmaceutical industry and patient organisation payment disclosures in the UK (2012–2016), BMJ Open (2020). DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037351
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A year into using The Essential Planner and on the cusp of a New Year, I thought it might be fun to share how I've used my planner this year. At the heart of The Essential Planner is a a weekly double paged spread with a blank list on one side and a blank page on the other. This was the page I was really yearning for when I created the planner.
So from the outset it's pretty clear I don't use my planner for diary management. In fact, I try to avoid the need for 'diary management' at all. By this I mean, I don't over schedule my life. I avoid back to back appointments like the plague, even if those appointments are with myself. The things that do get diaried go into iCal in a couple of different calendars, one of which I share with my husband. For me the ability to be able to share and edit a calendar is so much simpler I honestly don't see the need for a paper calendar.
So why do I have a paper planner at all, I hear you ask. Well I love to write things down; my reminders, my dreams, my ponderings. There are two reasons I love the act of writing; one is that I swear if I physically write something down I am more inspired to do it, and two because there is strong evidence to suggest that writing things down actually has an effect on the way our brains interact with those things ie. it makes our dreams way more likely to become a reality.
At the end of every month I sit down and note any key dates into my monthly calendar spread. This year I've added a specific section for noting down special occasions. I quite like having these all together in one clear place (helpful for remembering birthday cards and parties).
I would love to say I sit down at the beginning of every week, with my blank weekly spread and map out the whole week (that would be very type A of me, wouldn't it?), but in truth I'm a bit more go with the flow than that. I do usually sit down on Monday morning and write down anything I know I really want to do that week. Often that is only one thing at the start of the week but I add as I go, by which time I've usually having ticked off some of the earlier items. I honestly find that if I give myself one thing to do, it gets done and then they next day I see where I am. Some weeks my list has been empty, other weeks I've had twelve things on the list, but I've yet to fill all seventeen spaces any week this year.
For anyone who is wondering, how the list can be empty, the answer is this; some weeks just keeping the normal stuff running has been enough and so I haven't added extra weight. To be clear the things I never put on my to do list are: laundry, food shopping, tidying. These things are everyday requirements and I systemise all of this (I'll write a full blog post on this in a couple of weeks). Many weeks these regular requirements, plus my work hours, plus taking care of my kids is more than enough.
As for the blank page I use it differently every week, and that's exactly why I've left it blank. The varying things I've used this page for in 2018 include; work ideas, self care thoughts, manifestations for the solar eclipse. So, pretty varied.
Many of you would probably be surprised to see how blank my planner actually is but that is precisely the point. Blank means I'm giving myself a bit of space, some free time, because as you know, if you have a business/job, a family and home to take care of, you always have enough going on.
The Essential Planner is a little piece of organisation in my full life; a tool to keep everything I do want to do together in one (luxuriously bound) place.
Let me know your questions about the planner, my organisation tactics or anything else you'd like to know.


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Юсуф б. Караман () — правитель бейлика Алайе в первой трети XIV века. С Юсуфом встречался Ибн Баттута, когда в 1333/34 году посетил Алайе. Юсуф-бей признается историками основателем бейлика Алайе.

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Согласно Анонимному «Сельджукнаме», в 1292/93 году , сын Карамана-бея, отвоевал Алайе у крестоносцев. До смерти Махмуда в 1308 году город, вероятно, оставался вассально зависимым от Караманогуллары. Кроме того, из отчеканенных монет следует, что, хотя с 1292/93 года проповедь читалась от имени султана мамлюков, влияние в Алайе в конце века имели ильханы, особенно во время правления Газан-Хана.

После смерти Караманоглу Махмуда-бея источники упоминали как правителя Алайе Юсуфа-бея. Связь между Махмудом и Юсуфом точно не установлена, но, предположительно, они были братьями. Аль-Умари, передавая сведения от венецианца Дориа, писал, что Алайе принадлежал Караманидам и находился под управлением бея по имени Юсуф, назначенного Караманидами. Он не упоминал происхождения Юсуфа, тогда как Ибн Баттута называл Юсуфа «сын Карамана». В источниках нет информации о том, когда и как Юсуф-бей приехал в город. Считается, что это могло произойти либо после смерти Гюнери-бея в 1300 году, когда Махмуд стал беем Караманогуллары, либо после смерти Махмуда-бея в 1308 году. В 1333/34 году, когда Ибн Баттута посетил Алайе, город всё ещё находился под властью Юсуфа. Со слов путешественника, Юсуф был уже в преклонном возрасте и был независимым правителем. Ибн Баттута встречался с Юсуфом, к которому прибыл вместе с кади Джалаледдином: «В субботу мы сели на лошадей и отправились на встречу с Караманоглу Юсуфом Беем, султаном Алая. Бей означает правитель. Его особняк находился в десяти милях от города. Я нашёл его сидящим в одиночестве на берегу реки, на холме на берегу моря. Его визири и командиры расположились ниже, а его солдаты были справа и слева. Его волосы были окрашены в чёрный цвет». Юсуф интересовался у Ибн Баттуты, откуда тот прибыл, и послал ему после встречи дары. Караманоглу Юсуф-бей признается историками основателем бейлика Алайе.

Сообщения источников о доходной торговле древесиной, смолой, шёлком и рабами, которая обогащали Алайе, сосредоточены между 1300—1334 годами. Процветание и богатство региона связываются с периодом правления Юсуфа. По словам Ибн-Баттуты, торговля для Алайе была самой важной деятельностью. Чтобы обеспечить ей безопасность, необходимо было иметь хорошие отношения с Кипром и хорошо ладить с мамлюками, которым они продавали свою продукцию. Слабость мамлюкского флота давала королю Кипра Гуго IV преимущество. Он начал собирать пошлину с туркменских беев на юге Анатолии, Юсуф тоже платил ему ради обеспечения безопасности торговых путей.

В связи с малым количеством источников датировки начала и конца правления Юсуфа неизвестны. И. Узунчаршилы не упоминает Юсуфа, турецкий историк М. Аккуш датирует начало правления Юсуфа 1308 годом, а начало правления Алаэддина, сына Юсуфа — 1350-ми годами. Турецкий историк И. Сари называет 1300—1337 годы как период правления Юсуфа.

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Правители бейлика Алайе
Караманиды