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This small jQuery plugin simply animates the specified image file with a mosaic effect.

![Mosaic Example](img/mario.gif)

## Requirements

* jQuery
* a browser supporting canvas element (any recent version of IE/FF/Chrome/Safari will have canvas support)

## Usage

    jQuery('#myImage').mosaic({
        repeat:true
    });

## Demo

Watch SuperMario World with mosaic effect in all its glory [here](http://warpdesign.github.io/jquery-mosaic/index.html "Demo") ;)

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Das europäische Vogelschutzgebiet Nanoščica - porečje (deutsch: Nanoščica-Becken) liegt auf dem Gebiet der Stadt Postojna im Südwesten Sloweniens. Das etwa 19,3 km² große Vogelschutzgebiet umfasst das Becken des Flusses Nanoščica, das sich im Pivka-Tal bei Postojna am Rand einer großen Senke befindet, die von hohen Bergen aus Kalkgestein umgeben ist. Es gibt im Gebiet starke Karstquellen und das Gebiet wird regelmäßig überschwemmt. Aufgrund der feuchten Böden im Becken ist eine Bewirtschaftung nur an der trockensten Grenze des Standortes möglich. Der Talgrund wird von Feuchtwiesen dominiert. An den Rändern und in Hanglagen kommt auch mesophiles Grünland vor. Der Fluss hat zahlreiche Mäander mit gut erhaltenen Flussbetten, Feuchtwiesen und kleinen Schilf- und Seggenflächen. Weniger als 15 % der Fläche sind von Mischwald und Eichenwäldern bedeckt. Grünland und Ackerland bedecken zusammen die Hälfte des Geländes.

Schutzzweck
Folgende Vogelarten sind für das Gebiet gemeldet; Arten, die im Anhang I der Vogelschutzrichtlinie geführt sind, sind mit * gekennzeichnet:

Siehe auch
 Liste der EU-Vogelschutzgebiete in Slowenien

Weblinks
 Standarddatenbogen für das Vogelschutzgebiet Nanoščica - porečje

Natura-2000-Gebiet in Slowenien
Schutzgebiet (Umwelt- und Naturschutz) in Europa
Postojna
Europäisches Vogelschutzgebiet

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SH3 or SH-3 may refer to:
 SH3 domain, a protein structural domain thought to be involved in the formation of productive protein-protein binding interactions
 Renesas SH-3, a member of the SuperH microprocessor family, used in mobile and hand-held devices
 Silent Hill 3, the third installment in the Silent Hill survival horror video game series published by Konami
 Shadow Hearts: From The New World, the third game in the Shadow Hearts series.
 Silent Hunter III, a submarine simulation developed and published by Ubisoft.
 State Highway 3, a common highway name in many countries
 Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, also known as "Sikorsky S-61", a military helicopter produced by the United States
 Stronghold 3 a medieval castle-building simulation game from Firefly Studios. released on September 30, 2011.
 The sulfur analogue of hydronium (H3S+)


Racer X Asylum - View topic - PGM700 and PGM600 for sale?!?!?!
PGM700 and PGM600 for sale?!?!?!
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i'm not sure... i can read chinese... but not japanese.
i think i better post the links up here.
Detailed information : Ibanez (expansion opening needs) make with thing, origin MR. Model of the guitar list pole gilbert of BIG. As for the body with white, as for shape to seem like the violin, the part of the f hole those of black. The model which it is limited is produced.
It seems all three are WANT ads.
i've sent an email to both of the PGM700 "auctions" (or whatever) but i got no reply so far !
Damn i finally want this guitar man !!!
Too many years of searching now !
well, i am not fluent in japanese..so that would explain the mistake.
If you want one of those, understanding japanese is the least of your problems. The real challenge is beating Eddie to it!
Japanese is easy! I pity the poor bastards who have to learn English as a second language.... Now THAT would be difficult.
It's not! I never took a course and I think I can make myself understood! Try learning japanese on your own!
I've been learning on my own! once you've got the basics down, it's a lot easier than people think.
Unless you were talking about English, in which case, I've been an idiot.


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Q: Spark job in oozie coordinator error - emr: Can not create a Path from an empty string I have a problem configuring a coordinator with oozie in a yarn cluster, it's an spark job, when I run the workflow by console the job is launched and executed correctly by the yarn, but when i call the same workflow from an coordinator.xml i have this error:
ERROR org.apache.spark.SparkContext  - Error initializing SparkContext.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not create a Path from an empty    string
    at org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path.checkPathArg(Path.java:127)
    at org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path.<init>(Path.java:135)
    at org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path.<init>(Path.java:94)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.yarn.Client.copyFileToRemote(Client.scala:337)

And the job never is launched in the yarn cluster, looks like yarn can't receive the .jar correct path from oozie, any idea?
Here the coordinator.xml and the workflow.xml simplified.
<coordinator-app name="Firebase acquisition process coordinator" frequency="${coord:days(1)}"
start="${startTime}" end="${endTime}" timezone="UTC" xmlns="uri:oozie:coordinator:0.5">
   <controls>
...
   </controls>
   <action>
      <workflow>
         <app-path>hdfs://ip-111-11-11-111.us-west-  2.compute.internal:8020/user/hadoop/emr-spark/</app-path>
      </workflow>
   </action>
</coordinator-app>

<workflow-app name="bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb" xmlns="uri:oozie:workflow:0.5">
    <start to="spark-0324"/>
    <kill name="Kill">
        <message>Action failed, error message[${wf:errorMessage(wf:lastErrorNode())}]</message>
    </kill>
    <action name="spark-0324">
        <spark xmlns="uri:oozie:spark-action:0.2">
            <job-tracker>${jobTracker}</job-tracker>
            <name-node>${nameNode}</name-node>
            <master>yarn</master>
            <mode>client</mode>
              <class>classsxxx.Process</class>
            <jar>hdfs://ip-111-11-11-111.us-west-2.compute.internal:8020/user/hadoop/emr-spark/lib/jarnamex.jar</jar>
            <file>lib#lib</file>
        </spark>
        <ok to="End"/>
        <error to="Kill"/>
    </action>
    <end name="End"/>
</workflow-app>

I mean, when I do this; oozie job -config ~/emr-spark/job.properties -run
it works!!, but when I try this; oozie job -run -config ~/emr-coordinator/coordinator.properties It doesn't work.
job properties
oozie.use.system.libpath=true
send_email=False
dryrun=False
nameNode=hdfs://ip-111-11-11-111.us-west-2.compute.internal:8020
jobTracker=ip-111-11-11-111.us-west-2.compute.internal:8032
oozie.wf.application.path=/user/hadoop/emr-spark

coordinator properties
startTime=2017-09-08T19:46Z
endTime=2030-01-01T06:00Z
jobTracker=ip-111-11-11-111.us-west-2.compute.internal:8032
nameNode=hdfs://ip-111-11-11-111.us-west-2.compute.internal:8020
oozie.coord.application.path=hdfs://ip-111-11-11-111.us-west-2.compute.internal:8020/user/hadoop/emr-coordinator
oozie.use.system.libpath=true

A: Referring to resource from the HDFS file system it has to be relative only.
The full/absolute path is computed on demand.
Then the solution was just replace:
hdfs://ip-111-11-11-111.us-west-2.compute.internal:8020/user/hadoop/emr-spark/workflow.xml with: /user/hadoop/emr-spark/workflow.xml
and hdfs://ip-111-11-11-111.us-west-2.compute.internal:8020/user/hadoop/emr-spark/lib/xxxx.jar with /user/hadoop/emr-spark/lib/xxxxx.jar
In the workflow.xml, coordinator.xml or properties.

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In a recent competition of nearly 300 water storage tanks, a legged tank in Destin, Florida, has been named the 2017 Tank of the Year. This annual contest sponsored by Tnemec Company, Inc., an industry-leading manufacturer of protective coatings and linings, showcased water tanks of all varieties from areas throughout the United States and Canada.
The award-winning design in Destin was created by a talented applicator and artist, Eric Henn, who worked with SUEZ Water Advanced Solutions, formally Utility Service Company, to paint the sky-high mural. Based in Dayton, Ohio, Henn travels all over the nation painting memorable murals on water and chemical storage tanks.
The project team agreed that Henn's design mimicked the tranquility and beauty of the local coastal landscape. The team made a few minor changes and then approved the mural's graphic design.
The owners consulted with SUEZ and they determined that the tank was eligible for an overcoat system. The existing coating was in good condition, but the owners wanted to create something more aesthetically pleasing.
He utilized approximately 20 different colors of Tnemec's fluoropolymer coating, Series 700. Series 700 has been applied to water storage tanks in coastal locations around the globe, from Kauai, Hawaii, to Hollywood, Florida, and showcases excellent long-term color and gloss retention.
According to Henn, the mural took him two months to complete, working mostly during the day because of the tank's location.
The end result is a beach scene complete with two chairs in the sand, a few boats on the horizon and some familiar local plant life. According to Henn, the local utility has heard a lot of positive feedback since the water tank has been completed.
Doug Hansen, Director – Water Tank Market with Tnemec, and a panel of fellow water tank enthusiasts chose Destin's tank as the top-honor out of 12 finalists. The tank was selected by the group based on criteria such as artistic value, significance of the tank to the community and challenges encountered during the project.
Other finalists included tanks in St. Cloud, Minn.; Eden Prairie, Minn.; Sunnyvale, Calif.; Port Arthur, Texas; Wichita, Kan.; Coopertown, Tenn.; Auburndale, Fla.; Lisle, Ill.; Paxton, Ill.; Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada; and Gaffney, S.C., which received the most votes during the online ballot period to earn the title of 2017 People's Choice.
Throughout the years, many of Henn's other murals have been finalists or winners during the contest. Notable entries include the apple basket tank in Mount Jackson, Va.; the Emerald Coast elevated tank in Okaloosa Island, Fla.; the "clear" tank in Laurens, S.C.; and the Darree Fields sport complex elevated tank in Dublin, Ohio.
Henn is already working on his next big project: a 21-million-gallon concrete tank in Nashville, Tennessee, utilizing Tnemec's flexible and breathable waterborne acrylate, Series 156 Enviro-Crete. He estimates that this tank will be ready in time for next year's Tank of the Year contest.
The beach-front water tank in Destin is one of four potable water tanks managed by Destin Water Users, Inc. Together the tanks have the capability to handle all peak hour and fire flow demands in the community.


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Q: Updating a field item's value in a Sharepoint form via C# - value not displaying? I'm having trouble with a field on my form displaying. It's a DateTime data type and is being used to track how many days an item has been at that stage of production. I tried converting the item.["DaysInInitation"] to an Int, to see if that would work but nothing displays still. Could anyone point me in the right direction? Here is my code:
                        ClientContext ctx = new ClientContext(URL);
                        ctx.Credentials = new SharePointOnlineCredentials(Username, password);
                        List list = ctx.Web.Lists.GetByTitle(ListName);
                        ListItemCollection items = list.GetItems(CamlQuery.CreateAllItemsQuery());
                        ctx.Load(items); // loading all the fields
                        ctx.ExecuteQuery();

                        foreach (var item in items)
                        {
                            // important thing is, that here you must have the right type
                            // i.e. item["Modified"] is DateTime
                            //item["fieldName"] = newValue;
                            if (item.Id == fo.docid)
                            {
                                item.["DaysInInitation"] = fo.ini_di;
                                item.Update();
                            }
                            // do whatever changes you want

                            item.Update(); // important, rembeber changes
                        }
                        ctx.ExecuteQuery(); // important, commit changes to the server


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New Linda Ronstadt Documentary Recounts The Tucson-Born Artist's Trailblazing Rise To Stardom
By Amanda Luberto
Published: Friday, September 6, 2019 - 1:42pm
Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 4:03pm
Linda-Ronstadt-ts-Web-20190906.mp3
Greenwich Entertainment
One of Arizona's most famous musicians is heading to the big screen.
A biographical documentary of Tucson native Linda Ronstadt called "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice" comes out Friday.
The documentary covers everything from her political activism and her relationship to California Gov. Jerry Brown to her rise to fame and her struggles as a trailblazing female artist of the 1970s.
"The rock and roll culture seems to be dominated by hostility against women. What happens is that they lose the ability to focus on themselves as a person rather than an image, you know?" Said Ronstadt in one clip.
Ronstadt was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2012. She only agreed to let the directors make the documentary if they didn't focus on her diagnosis which has left her unable to sing.
She is featured in the beginning and the end of the film doing some voice over work, but no worries, there are plenty of recognizable faces there to sing her praises: Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Jackson Browne and several members of the Eagles just to name a few.
The documentary also touches on her background as a Mexican-American raised in Arizona. She went on to win Grammys for the many Mexican folk albums she released and has been vocal about border wall issues in the last few years.
Ronstadt became the highest paid woman in rock and roll by the end of the 1970s and is still one of the world's best selling artists of all time. Her documentary "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice" opens Friday in select theaters.
More Stories From KJZZ
Why Do We Enjoy The Music That We Like?
Robrt Pela Delves Into His Linda Ronstadt Record Collection

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Pokémon GO Release Date Postponed for India, China, and South Korea – But You Can Download APK File
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Pokémon Go is an enormous success, the game should bring up to $1 billion of profit for Niantic by the end of the year, even though the game hasn't launched in some big markets. Some of those markets, like India, The…
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Hacker Explains Why OurMine Took Over 'Pokémon GO' Creator's Social Media Account
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Hackers Shut Down Pokémon GO Servers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans On Sunday, Pokémon GO's online servers were compromised as a result of an attack by three-person hacking group OurMine. In recent weeks, Pokémon GO has overtaken the mobile app industry, far surpassing industry heavyweights — like Twitter and Tinder — in…
Pokemon Go could be putting you and your cyber data at risk for hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Pokemon Go is the most talked-about gaming app nation wide. While it's fun to play, it could be putting you at risk and making your cyber data a target. "If you've already logged into it you can bet your information has…
Pokebank Flooded With Hacked Pokemon Already!
Life has always been a roller coaster ride. Sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down. This applies to highly successful Japanese video game developer, Nintendo. Months ago, a hype on a Pokemon Bank sparked. The Pokemon Bank is a platform where players can save their Pokemon on cloud storage. However, the Pokebank…
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The CalExit plans become deeper and darker.
With recent talks about splitting California into three separate states, Calexit's plan to secede from the Union, and most recently its plan to give half of the Golden State to the Native Americans, I felt it was a good time to talk about one of the "brains" behind Calexit: Shankar Singam.
Last August, Singam did an interview on the Tucker Carlson Tonight show and floored not only the host, but even some Calexit supporters when he said it would be a good thing if the middle class left the state.
Yeah, because that makes sense, right? Singam and others of the same mindset see the state as its own government that should not have to answer to anyone else, especially a president they don't agree with or want. "If it's good for the state we're going to do it, regardless of what the federal law is," Singham proclaimed.
He continued to say that "We're a dominant state. We're a global powerhouse." Hmm, boast much? The arrogance of Californians is beyond comparison. Singam claimed that the huge number of people moving out of the state – in record numbers, by the way – was beneficial because those Californians would go to other states and spread their values.
What kind of convoluted thinking is that? But he wasn't done with his idiotic predictions. Singam said "Soon, Texas will be a blue state," because of all of the Californians moving to the area. Like Texans would even begin to let that happen. People left the state because they were fed up with the state's values, not to go and try to change other states into the same thing they've fought so hard to get away from.
But that is the idiocy we are seeing with all of these plans to change California into whatever each group thinks it should become. Calexit's plan wasn't gaining enough signatures to go onto the November ballot, so it changed strategy and is now planning to give half of the state to the Native Americans – mostly all the federal lands. If this doesn't help them get enough signatures, what's next?
Singam's brilliant idea is to let all the middle class leave in order to make room for immigrants. Okay, who will support these people when they are jobless, homeless, need food, shelter and healthcare? The Native American nation, as it's being termed, isn't likely to have the funding or even the desire to support the New California state. The United States certainly won't want to help a country that turned its back on them.
Perhaps it is time we let California break away and live in their own little delusional world. Fill the state with immigrants and no jobs or housing. Split it into separate states so that they can fight amongst themselves over valuable resources and political standings. Maybe even build a wall around it – at the state's expense – to keep the New Californians the hell out of the United States. ICE can free up a lot of its personnel by leaving the area to concentrate on other states who welcome the support. How's that for a twist?


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Q: Battery indicator is not moving further from 96% I bought a new macbook pro, till the day I bought the battery indicator is not moving further from 96%.
I wonder if there is a problem with the battery because if I unplug my power cable it is still showing 96%.
My previous Mac used to show 100% or "Charged" but in OS X Lion it isn't the same, is it?

A: Over time, a battery will stop holding 100% of its charge. This is normal. After a good 1-2 years of constant use, I have seen this happen on all of my batteries.

A: You probably need to recalibrate your battery. This will essentially tell the OS what the full charge is and in general make the "% remaining" more accurate. You may also need to reset the SMC
Coconut Battery is a great freeware application to give you more info on your battery health.


On March 26th, movie-producer James Cameron touched the deepest part of the ocean. In the last ten years, Sir Richard Branson through Virgin Galactic shot test pilots into subspace. In that same span, Google, Verizon, Facebook, and Apple have revolutionized the country's social fabric and information technologies. The United States of America is once again exploring and penetrating the Frontier. America is moving. All while NASA retired the space shuttle, the landline telephone declined, and smartphones usurped the Blackberry. All in the space of one ten-year CBO budget projection.
Have current forms of health insurance and healthcare delivery lost too much momentum to recover? If tax treatment was equalized and regulatory burden relieved, we would see government and employer-provided health insurance go the way of the Blackberry– as a niche option for a niche market. Employer-provided health insurance is closer to the Blackberry model, but government healthcare funding is even more inefficient. Government uses someone else's money to buy something for someone else. These programs exist in a culture that is tenably linked to quality concerns by electoral means (a link an upheld Obamacare would shatter with its labyrinth of unaccountable bureaucracies), but not at all to cost concerns, permitting the current structural cost escalators, Medicare's fee-for-service and Medicaid's federal cost-matching, to thrive. Thus, quality deteriorates, costs explode, and the product is crippled.
The news isn't all bad. Innovations abound, such as eICUs for critical care shortages, cancer drugs like vemurafenib, and information-sharing through report cards for doctors and hospitals. But are we settling for Blackberries when we could be surfing the net on iPhones and iPads? Blackberry was a wonder and revolution when it hit the markets. Yet in ten years, something better replaced it.
In a world where FedEx, DHL, UPS, and email can coexist with the Post Office, and landline home telephones coexist with wireless devices, why can't innovative healthcare insurance and delivery models coexist with the safety nets of Medicare and Medicaid? Ham-handed, one-size-fits-all regulation prevents this. Rather than adjusting the regulatory model, Democrats go all in on turning healthcare into another utility, demanding ever-exorbitant funding mechanisms to make it happen. The result is fiscal recklessness supplemented by the Fed's printing presses and China's indulgence. The frictional costs to the economy such as tax revenues to the government, bureaucratic overhead, and opportunity costs are hidden or ignored. But those costs linger like mold inside the walls. As it multiplies it stinks, until it affects your health, until your house is no longer livable. The Tea Party found the mold and started a movement to eradicate it. With Obamacare, the Democrats got caught cultivating the spores in their laboratory.
It's a very real challenge. Republicans won't inspire a majority of Americans with a platform of mold removal. But how do you quantify and articulate the unknowable possibilities of the future as positives? How do you market creative destruction in a way that doesn't frighten the electorate? You use symbols. Symbols such as the Blackberry and the iPhone.
This battle will play out in the 2012 presidential election, whatever decision the court announces on Obamacare in June. If Obamacare is upheld, conservatives will storm the polls for its repeal. If Obamacare is shot down, liberals will clamor for liberal justices to back the next effort at a single payer system. Regardless of the courts, this issue will permeate the electoral landscape for years to come.
"We want to get government out of the way," is a typical Republican line. That's not sufficient. It's an incomplete thought. It's a promise of an action with no corresponding end. "We want to get government out of the way so America's industries can innovate the iPhone of healthcare." That message becomes a vision, something to follow, not a mundane housekeeping task to check off the list.
Without heavy-handed government regulation or massive federal funding, private industry has conquered sea, space, and technology. Where could healthcare go if government got out of the way?
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HomeSportsAnd 2nd final in Greece: In Karaiskakis the Super Cup - OPAP...
And 2nd final in Greece: In Karaiskakis the Super Cup – OPAP Arena advances to Conference!
Terrible news for Greek football, as our country will host two European finals in less than a year – and barring a shocking prospect!
According to reports, the "C. Karaiskakis" won this year's Super Cup finalwhich is scheduled for August 16, 2023 and had been given to AK Bars Arena of Kazan. However, the game cannot be played on punished Russia and the UEFA he had to deal with directly the situation and to change the headquarters. The European federation, in fact, has already announced that the final of the Super Cup will be held at the Faleri stadium and that the match will start at 10 pm!
So, her options were the following:
– Some pitch ready at Germany of those that will host EURO 2024
– Any field available in Switzerland
– Some stadium in an affordable country of Super Cup specifications (35-40 capacity), which has been sufficiently tested at the level of a first-class European competition
It must be emphasized here that it was not a matter of candidacy, nor was there a request for Karaiskakis, nor does the matter have the slightest connection with yesterday's letter from Olympiakos!
From the above criteria, therefore, Karaiskakis was chosen with the thirdsince, also due to UEFA's very good relations with the Greek government at a high level (recently, after all, we had the meeting between Ceferin and Mitsotakis and their contacts on issues of European football), there was also confidence in following fast procedures in all bureaucratic mattersrequired by a country for such an event.
At this stage for UEFA there was not much time for such procedural matterswhich take time and all the procedures to define the new home of the Super Cup final had to be run quickly.
In favor of Karaiskakis were also:
– The important Champions League level matches he has organized
– The very good cooperation in these matches with the UEFA people who had the responsibility of conducting the matches and a very positive view on the specifications of the stadium
– Stadium location, airport, hotels, transport and a city like Athens, which is available for matches on the specific date, since apart from… the Greek summer it is also off due to holidays
– The fact that Greece had not organized a Super Cup final until today
The only minus was that in a few months Greece will host another European final, in OPAP Arenahim Conference final on May 29, 2024. Problem, however, overcome!
The procedures for the first final in the history of AEK's new stadium are progressing normally and it is expected that the announcement about the OPAP Arena will be made at the UEFA executive on the eve of the UEFA conference on next Aprilalong with the other finals
More generally the overall attitude of UEFA with two major European finals in Athens is, among other things, an indication of a good mood both towards Greek football and a result of good relations with the Greek government
Details in a moment…
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Market Madness: What Happened, What's Next
As seen in : The Wall Street Journal — August 14, 2011 By Gregory Zuckerman
Summer roller coasters are supposed to be fun.
But last week's stomach-turning ride on the stock market — including the first time in the 115-year history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average that it moved more than 400 points for four consecutive days — was more like a terror ride on an out-of-control Big Dipper.
Still, despite all of the market's Sturm und Drang, the Dow ended the whipsawed week off just 1.5% — only 175 points from where it began. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index and the Nasdaq Composite took equally wild rides before ending down just 1.7% and 0.96%, respectively.
All three of the major indexes are down for the year: 2.7% for the Dow, 6.3% for the S&P 500 and 5.5% for Nasdaq.
The market's wild ride, which actually began two weeks ago, has left investors torn between worries of another recession and hope that stocks are at bargain-level prices.
The turbulence picked up late last month when European leaders unveiled their latest plan to bolster Greece and some investors began to worry about problems in Spain, Portugal, Italy and even France. By last week, concern focused on large European banks, many of which are holding the weakening debt of the continent's various nations.
Much as U.S. subprime-mortgage problems bled into Europe and the rest of the world in 2008, Europe's mounting troubles are affecting the U.S., which faces its own challenges. Among them: more than $14 trillion of debt, thanks, in part, to two wars and several years of muted or no growth — a burden underscored by the recent downgrade of the country's credit rating by Standard & Poor's.
The ugly political sparring before Washington raised its debt ceiling and agreed to trim the nation's debt raised questions about the nation's leadership and convinced many investors that the government won't take aggressive steps to bolster the U.S. economy. That's troublesome because the economy hasn't been able to grow at a pace of more than 2%. Some hope the Federal Reserve will again take aggressive steps, such as buy bonds, to spark the economy. The Fed last week promised to keep interest rates low until at least 2013, buoying markets. But it's not clear how much the Fed can help spark growth.
So all is lost and investors should dump their holdings? Thankfully, no. As Treasury prices surge, as investors search for safe investments, that's pushed mortgage rates lower, something that could give a shot in the arm to those looking for a home or to refinance existing mortgages. Gas prices also are dropping.
Meanwhile, corporate earnings have been strong lately, while retail sales have held up. Executives have been reasonably upbeat about the rest of the year. Unlike during the 2008 downturn, companies and consumers enjoy much stronger balance sheets. Non-financial companies in the S&P 500 hold $1.12 trillion of cash and short-term investments, according to the most recent tallies, up 59% from the third quarter of 2008.
And U.S. stock prices now are at reasonable levels, some analysts say. That's very different from 2007 when the housing market was in a bubble and stock prices very high.
"U.S. banks don't have toxic mortgages, and there's less leverage in the financial system," notes Stephen Roseman, who runs the Thesis Flexible Fund. "Companies are still reporting good numbers."
One thing seems clear: The U.S. and global economies will grow at a slow pace during the rest of the year, and maybe longer, especially as consumers begin to digest their reduced 401(k) accounts. A U.S. recession may not result but it likely will feel like a recession for many businesses and consumers. At the same time, Europe's debt troubles likely will hound it for the foreseeable future.
Given that discouraging backdrop, it's best to keep ample cash on hand, hold investments that could do well if things deteriorate, and focus on companies and investments that can prosper in a weak environment.
"You want to be less aggressive, which means hold more cash, shorter maturity and higher-grade bonds and large-capitalization stocks," says John Brynjolfsson, who runs hedge fund Armored Wolf. He discourages investors from shorting stocks or using leverage.
Mr. Roseman, who says he has reduced his exposure to companies reliant on the debt markets and on selling to consumers, is a fan of master limited partnerships, which mostly are companies that own and operate pipelines, primarily for natural gas and oil. They usually pay out cash to investors at rates much higher than yields on bonds and have stable cash flows. Teekay LNG Partners LP (TGP), for example, has a yield of nearly 8% and has long-term contracts, Mr. Roseman says.
KKR Financial Holdings (KFN), a specialty finance company that owns various debt and has a yield of 9.5%, is another pick of some investors.
Dan Rice, manager of the BlackRock Energy & Resources Fund (SSGRX), one of the top-performing energy-focused funds over the past decade, is a fan of Range Resources (RRC) and EQT Corp. (EQT), energy companies with holdings in the Marcellus Shale, a rock formation underlying several states in the Northeast that has become one of the most prolific sources of natural gas in the U.S. (For more stock picks, see this week's Barron's Insight column by Andrew Bary.)
Robert Wiedemer, co-author of the book "Aftershock," and managing director of Absolute Investment Management, says investors should have ample amounts of gold-related investments in their portfolios, such as the exchange-traded fund SPDR Gold Trust (GLD). Gold could do well even if central banks become more aggressive because such actions could lead to higher inflation.
"Newmont Mining (NEM) offers something gold itself does not — a dividend of more than 2%," says Darren C. Pollock, portfolio manager at Cheviot Value Management. "And the company has enough ounces of gold in the ground, and a low enough cost of extracting that gold, to make a case for the shares to easily be worth 50% more than the current market price."
The securities discussed in the posted article are current holdings of Cheviot's clients. The viewer should not assume that investments in the securities identified and discussed were or will be profitable and it should not be assumed that recommendations made in the future will be profitable or will equal the performance of the securities in this list. All information is provided for informational purposes only and should not be deemed as a recommendation to buy the securities mentioned. Cheviot closely monitors its positions and may make changes to the portfolio's investment strategy when warranted by changing market conditions. If a security's underlying fundamentals or valuation measures change, Cheviot will reevaluate its position and may sell part or all of its position. There can be no assurance that Cheviot's clients will continue to hold the same position in companies described herein, and their portfolio positions may change at any time.
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DIAMOND Hotel Philippines welcomes the Chinese New Year, which happens to be the Year of the Earth Pig, with a Dragon and Lion Dance, gastronomic celebrations featuring traditional lucky dishes, Feng Shui consultation, and staycation packages.
Over at Corniche, diners get to explore the aromatic flavors of Chinese cuisine from February 2 to 5, 2019, as the hotel's Chinese Chef Yang Yong presents a good spread in the buffet for Php2,880 nett per person. What's more: With a minimum spend of Php5,000, diners are entitled to "Pick-A-Prize" for a chance to win gift certificates from the hotel.
Go for the lunch buffet on February 5, the auspicious day of the Chinese New Year, and catch the Dragon and Lion Dance performed by the Philippine Ling Nam Athletic Federation as well as Chinese instrumental music by Kim Hwa Ensemble. Together, they clear the path for prosperity and good luck in the Year of the Earth Pig. For a minimum spend of Php5,000 at the Corniche lunch buffet on February 5, diners also get a free 10-minute Feng Shui consultation with Angel Macalino.
To complete the Chinese New Year experience, lucky charms that are designed to attract wealth and positive energy in the Year of the Earth Pig are for sale at the hotel lobby for the occasion.
For an even more exciting celebration, Diamond Hotel offers its Chinese New Year Staycation promo at Php8,000 nett per night in a Premier Room from February 1 to 6, 2019. A shou sui "we time" overnight stay includes buffet breakfast for two, unlimited Wi-Fi access, 30% discount at Food and Beverage outlets except Corniche, Room Service, and alcoholic drinks, plus complimentary shuttle service to Intramuros and Mall of Asia during the weekend. On February 5 itself, in-house guests get 20% off on laundry and massage services. Simply use the promo code LUCKY when booking via diamondhotel.com.
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sh*t! Sometimes the FTP-access of the webspace is a little bit strange - and my upload-script cannot read-back and check if all is correctly uploaded. But OK, the webspace is free... Thx again!
I meant the Windows directory. %ProgramFiles% can have spaces ("Program Files") but I don't think that the Windows directory can.
You are right, the Windows directory needs to follow the 8.3 filename convention. I tested just now.
If it doesn't, an error message "The directory name is invalid. Directory names must contain 8 or less valid characters." will appear.
What I meant is that the variables can't have spaces, I wasn't talking about the content of the variables.
And yep, new flash and new script needed.
BTW, mimo, why does the script want rvkroots.exe in hfsvcpack? I slipstreamed with it in the HF folder and MU is happy, it doesn't ask for it.
This is version 7.6.7600.256 of WindowsUpdateAgent, created with the script of the -X-, our Patron.
Credits for that binary go to ricktendo64 and to submix8c for the script that creates it on the fly. I just incorporated it into my UDC script.
BTW, you need to use it with the /wuforce switch to have it install the wuweb.dll .257. Otherwise you will still be prompted to install a small activeX control http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1340811078433 .
I used this WindowsUpdateAgent with the hfslip normally and, in my testing with VirtualBox this don't occurred. After the installation has been completed, I visited the Windowsupdate and wasn't prompted to install another activex.
Take this opportunity to thank everyone for the excellent work!
Flash yet again! I had 11.3.300.270 come through silent update but I don't see it on their website yet.
yes, update will be available asap!


A success story in two episodes.
The famous, state-owned media concern awarded GIG a two-phase order for important work relating to the facade design, atrium and glazing of Broadcasting House, its famous headquarters in London.
Phase 1 was completed between 2003 and 2005 and consisted of the facade cladding and windows with additional inner glazing behind those outer windows subject to a conservation order.
Phase 2 is currently undergoing completion and should be finished during 2010. This GIG contract involves conversion and new building work. Two large, multi-storey atria are to be located in the new section of Broadcasting House along with atrium glazing suspended from stainless steel sections. In addition, the old section of the building is to receive new roof glazing. Apart from these three dominating building elements, numerous room-high glass panes are to be installed on the ground floor, the lifts and various side-rooms, along with glass balustrades and spandrel panels.


(Host) Vermont businesses say it's harder – and much more expensive – to buy liability insurance. The reasons for the rate hikes are complex. But in some cases, insurance companies have more than quadrupled the cost of coverage.
(Dillon) As a brand new business, the Morse Farm cross-country ski center outside Montpelier didn't have a record of expensive insurance claims. The ski center opens this week for the first time. Owner Burr Morse says he thought it would be easy to buy insurance.
(Dillon) Morse finally found coverage through a national association of cross-country ski areas. But he says even the trade association had a hard time buying insurance, because it's previous carrier decided to get out of the business. The association ended up paying about 20% more for coverage.
(Dillon) VAST needs the insurance to protect its member clubs and the private landowners that allow the snowmobilers to use their property. Watson says VAST has been sued before, and its insurance company paid out about $80,000 in claims over five years. Still, he was astounded by the increase.
But he says VAST almost didn't get any coverage at all. The group was rejected by 33 companies around the world before it found one to write a policy.
(Dillon) The state Banking and Insurance Department says the last time the country went through this kind of sticker shock was in the late 1980s. Charles Piasecki is the department's chief of market conduct. He says the insurance industry in general was hurt by losses from the September 11 terrorist attacks. He also believes the stock market decline has caused insurance rates to rise. That's because companies kept rates low by investing their premiums in the market. This worked well when the market went up.
(Dillon) Almost every company in Vermont needs liability coverage. According to Piasecki, the rate hikes have averaged around 15-20%, although some companies will pay 50-60% percent more.
(Dillon) Insurance companies file rates for the state to review. But they have broad latitude to charge different rates based on a company's claims experience.


The races that are scheduled for this Sunday the 29th are still going to RUN. This is our 42nd annual race and we have only had to cancel the race two times in 44 years, once because of too much snow and once because of rain .
We have plenty of snow for both of the tracks. It should be an exciting race this year for the Grand Champion High Point Trophy with the new point payout schedule.


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Jenny Leong MP's Winter Recess Activities
Jenny Leong MP, Member for Newtown gives a rundown of what went on during the NSW Parliaments Winter Recess, including speaking at Politics in the Pub in Surry Hills, and at the Greens Reboot conference, watching Blackbreaks play their final gig for a while at The Townie, attending the Lord Mayor's Citizenship Ceremony, speaking at the Affordable Housing Conference, attending the Aurora Ball and much much more.
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Ms JENNY LEONG (Newtown) (17:32:37): I inform the community that makes up the Newtown electorate what really happens during the winter recess. People know that Parliament rises for a very long period. Some may call it the "winter break" but it is clear to the community I represent that a lot of things happen during this time. Rather than do this by way of a community recognition statement, I wanted to outline some of the amazing opportunities I have had to participate in activities in my local community and to raise issues that my community cares about more broadly.
I had the opportunity to speak at Politics in the Pub in Surry Hills and at the Greens Reboot conference. I had the pleasure of watching Blackbreaks play their final gig for a while at The Townie. Although the event often clashes with the sittings of Parliament, this year I was able to attend the Lord Mayor's Citizenship Ceremony. It was wonderful to be part of the celebrations and to welcome so many new citizens to this country. It was a pleasure to speak with the Lord Mayor of Sydney and with representatives across the political spectrum at the Affordable Housing Conference. Also, I attended with my Greens colleague Janet Rice the Aurora Ball, an incredible event that raises funds for important lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer [LGBTIQ] community charities and activities across New South Wales. At Addison Road Community Centre I was able to speak at an amazing refugee night-time food market and concert that demonstrated the connection of our community to national and global issues. It was a truly remarkable and festive occasion. Despite the cold weather people were very happy dancing and listening to some incredible performances in the hall.
During the winter recess we celebrated NAIDOC Week. The theme "Because of Her, We Can!" resonated throughout the Newtown electorate. I was able to participate in events at the Redfern Community Centre and the Langton Centre in Surry Hills. I was also able to attend the AbSec NAIDOC event in Marrickville just outside my electorate as well as a Community Drug Action Team event at the Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre. It was an incredible celebration where they showed a powerful film that allowed everyone to reflect on the contribution of Aboriginal women towards achieving change in our society.
I was pleased to be able to join a wonderful snap action protest at the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre for the Make Renting Fair campaign where people were allowed to tell their stories about why it is important for them to have a safe place to be rent. I went to Newcastle to speak at the National Women's Student Association conference as part of a panel of other speakers. I then enjoyed participating in a banner drop on the M4 highlighting the disastrous impacts of WestConnex. I also participated in the Surry Hills public housing forum at Northcott, as I do regularly. I acknowledge the City of Sydney councillors and Lord Mayor Clover Moore for their work with those forums.
It was a pleasure to be part of the Chinese Australian Forum farewell to Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane, whom people would have seen give a significant lecture recently reflecting on his time at the Human Rights Commission. I enjoyed hosting a Reclink trivia fundraiser at the Sydney Park Hotel and having my football knowledge tested. I also travelled to Byron shire and participated in a waste‑free event with a number of incredible community members. I must say it is rare to hold a forum in a tent. At Newtown we mostly hold them in public halls, but at the community centre in Mullumbimby we were outside under a beautiful covered area and it was absolutely wonderful.
I recently joined a hackathon hosted by Jess Miller at the University of Technology Sydney to look at air quality and how we can use new technologies to address the challenges we face. Sadly, I also attended the farewell event for Gould's bookshop. I hope people will appreciate it was the first Sydney University Young Labor event I have ever attended. I assure everyone it was only because I very much wanted to recognise the contribution of Gould's bookshop and the historic connection between the values of those organisations and where Bob Gould stood. Finally, I was pleased to join PACT Salon last Saturday night and also to join the Women's and Girls' Emergency Centre earlier this week for a Homelessness Week morning tea.
MEDIA RELEASE: Redevelopment of Elizabeth Street, Redfern will be a sell off of public land for private profit
Today's announcement from the NSW Liberal National Government to redevelop empty land across from Redfern Oval, that until 2013 was 100% public housing, will see more public land flogged off for private profit. The plans announced today propose to build 300 new apartments at the site, of which none appears to be public housing, only one third would be for community housing and the vast majority for private development.
Greens call to end to rent bidding immediately, with genuine protections for renters
Rent bidding must be banned alongside genuine protections for renters including ending no grounds evictions, freezing and controlling rents, and banning intrusive rental applications. Commenting on reports today that the NSW Fair Trading Minister is looking into reform that would ban rent bidding, Greens spokesperson for Housing and Renters and Member for Newtown, Jenny Leong MP said:"Rent bidding should absolutely be banned, but we don't need an investigation to tell us what we already know – dodgy agents and landlords are exploiting and profiting from the rental crisis. "Conversations with people on the street, and endless stories in the news, show us just how bad the power imbalance between renters and their real estate agent or landlords has gotten. "This is not a new problem and the Liberal Nationals have had 11 years in power to fix the rental crisis, instead they have ignored the renters in their communities and prioritised the interests of investors, real estate agents, and landlords. "The Greens welcome the government's focus on banning rent bidding, but let's not hide under the cover of an investigation when we know it's a problem right now. "Every single day renters are being hit with massive rent increases they're too fearful to negotiate or treading on eggshells to ask for basic repairs because of the threat of being evicted. "At a time when more people are renting than ever before, and for longer, we need to fix the conditions that have made chronic insecurity part and parcel of renting. "The Greens had a bill that would have addressed the crisis faced by renters, but Labor and Liberal shamefully teamed up to block it. "Rent bidding must be banned alongside genuine protections for renters including ending no grounds evictions, freezing and controlling rents, and banning intrusive rental applications."
MEDIA RELEASE: Greens call for urgent action to get rents under control
The rental crisis will not get better without a freeze on rents and an end to unfair, no grounds evictions. Data released today in the Annual Rental Affordability Index shows that rental affordability is worse than ever before, and people are struggling to make ends meet between the soaring cost of rent, food and electricity. Greens spokesperson for Housing and Renters, and Member for Newtown, Jenny Leong MP said: "Politicians cannot continue to sit on their hands and ignore the renters in their community who are being forced to make the difficult choice between rent they can't afford or eviction. "The rental crisis isn't going to get better until we freeze rents and get them under control, end unfair no grounds evictions, and stop the special treatment of landlords and investors profiting from the housing crisis. "Renting in Sydney is now considered "critically unaffordable" and it's snowballing into regional communities, as more and more people are driven out of the city and into the regions. "No one should have to choose between paying their rent, putting food on the table, paying their bills on time, or getting Christmas presents for their families. "Just weeks ago, the Greens pushed to end no grounds evictions and give renters security by Christmas but it was shamefully blocked by the Liberal Government and NSW Labor. "Leaving renters to struggle with astronomically high rents and minimal protections is a political choice, and it's time for politicians to work together to genuinely fix the rental crisis ," Ms Leong said.
MEDIA RELEASE: Nothing snug about intrusive third party rental services exploiting renters
The Greens are calling on the NSW Government to take immediate action on the pervasive use of third party rental services. Greens MP and Housing Spokesperson Jenny Leong said: "Renters need urgent protections from third party services who are preying on and profiting off the housing crisis. "Reports today that third party rental services could be actively facilitating rent bidding, and contributing to the soaring cost of rent, are deeply disturbing. "And we know from the countless stories from renters in our community that these third party services regularly try to sell additional, and unnecessary, services like background checks to profit off renters desperation. "Alarm bells should be ringing that these third party services have an immense amount of power, and an immense amount of personal information. "Too often renters are given no choice but to hand over huge amounts of personal information, dating back years, to these services just to be considered for a rental property. "Renting in NSW is stressful enough, without the added - and very legitimate – fears around personal information that recent high profile data breaches have exposed. "The NSW Government needs to step in and take immediate action to review, regulate and provide much needed oversight to the pervasive use of third party rental services. "We need to ban rent bidding, stop intrusive rental applications, and massively strengthen renters' data protections."


NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Mitt Romney says he isn't worried about those living in poverty since they have government assistance programs to fall back on. Instead, he wants to focus on helping the middle class.
But not everyone is so sure that the nation's lifelines are truly protecting those who need it.
Saying the nation had a "very ample safety net," Romney cited Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers as examples of government programs that protect the poor.
"I'm not concerned about the very poor," the Republican presidential candidate said on CNN Wednesday morning. "There's a safety net there, and if it needs repair I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich, they're doing just fine. I'm concerned about the heart of America, the 95% of Americans who are right now struggling."
The federal government spends hundreds of billions of dollars to feed, shelter and care for those in poverty, which hit a record 46.2 million people in 2010. Demand has skyrocketed as a result of the Great Recession.
A record number of people are now receiving government assistance. Roughly 1 in 6 Americans depend on public programs, with the largest two being Medicaid and food stamps.
Spending on all the government's income-based programs, such as food stamps, has increased by one-third to $900 billion under President Obama, according to the Heritage Institute.
Federal outlays on Medicaid was an estimated $275 billion in fiscal 2011, according to the Congressional Budget Office. On average, some 56.3 million people received Medicaid benefits each month that year, though millions more who qualify don't sign up.
Romney, one of the richest candidates to run for president, supports turning Medicaid into a block grant and letting states control the funds. But advocates for low-income Americans worry that could result in lower federal support for the program and, ultimately, cuts in benefits and eligibility.
As for food stamps, the federal government spent more than $75 billion in fiscal 2011, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Nearly 45 million people got help buying food, receiving an average monthly benefit of $134.
Still, about one-quarter of those eligible for food stamps don't receive them, experts say. And for many, the monthly check is not enough to cover all their nutrition needs.
Housing vouchers cost the government another $18.3 billion in fiscal 2012. This program, which shelters 2.1 million households, is the largest federal rental aid initiative. Overall, the government puts a roof over the heads of 5 million Americans through various rental assistance efforts at a cost of $34 billion.
But unlike food stamps and Medicaid, housing assistance is not an entitlement. The amount is limited by the funding granted by Congress.
Only one-quarter of eligible families receive federal housing aid, according to Doug Rice, senior policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a left-leaning group.
So while lifelines do exist for the poor, more can be done to assist the needy, experts said.
"It is a common misconception that we don't have to worry about the very poor because they are covered by existing programs," Elizabeth Lower-Basch, senior policy analyst at CLASP, which advocates for low-income Americans. "In fact, our safety net has many holes."
What will become of Romney's fortune?


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India Can Win More Olympic Medals In Athletics: Anju Bobby George
Legendary long jumper Anju Bobby George on Saturday said India has the talent to win more Olympic medals in athletics after superstar javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra opened the country's account by winning a historic gold in the Tokyo Games. Anju, the lone World Athletics Championships medallist Indian with her bronze in 2003, said the athletes need proper guidance to achieve success.
"Indian athletes are good in technical events in Olympics but are yet to reach that level to win medals in sprinting and long distance running," she said at the TV9 'What India Thinks Today' Global Summit.
"We can win more Olympic medals in athletics. We need good coaches and facilities at grassroots. Through Khelo India Games, we are putting in effort but it will take time," Anju said.
"Slowly, we will see the changes. Things are moving in a positive direction," she added.
Chief badminton coach of the Indian badminton team Pullela Gopichand said India can fight for gold medals in all categories in the coming 4-8 years.
"To achieve that strong planning and execution and a scientific approach are needed," he said.
"In the last eight years, Indian sports have grown a lot. Structures laid down by the government have started to show results. But still a long way to go.
"We have to identify talented players. Consistent scientific training with international exposure should be provided to them. The first step towards it is to identify players keeping in mind their physicality and talent," Gopichand said.
Former India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia said the country should target individual sports like China has done to win more medals.
He said India realistically should target 14 medals in the 2024 Olympics but winning 50 should be a long-term plan.
"Shooting is the biggest medal prospect at the Olympics. Badminton, wrestling and archery are also huge prospects," he said.
On private investment in sports, Bhutia said academies set up by sportspersons is the way forward.
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Stikeman Elliott is one of Canada's most active class action defence law firms, dating back to the very first class action proceeding in Canada. Our national Class Actions Group works closely with clients to help them understand and evaluate their options in light of their business and develop an aggressive defence for current claims as well as a crisis management strategy that minimizes present exposure and risk of future claims.
The Group leverages a critical combination of the substantive legal expertise required to effectively evaluate the legal basis of a claim – and an in-depth familiarity with the procedural aspects of class action legislation in multiple jurisdictions. This leads to the development of effective strategies at each stage of defending a class action, from preliminary motions and defence of certification, to negotiating and implementing creative settlements, including securing court approvals across the country.
The national team, based in Montréal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, and Vancouver also provides clients defending class actions commenced in multiple jurisdictions with a seamless, one-firm approach across Canada. On cross-border matters, our excellent working relationships with lawyers and experts in other jurisdictions enable us to deliver integrated legal solutions.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals in a proposed class action against the company and its subsidiary, Afexa Life Sciences, relating to its popular cold and flu remedy, Cold-FX in regards to allegations that Valeant mispresented that the product offered short-term relief of cold and flu symptoms.
Fairhurst v. De Beers – acting for multiple defendants in respect of class actions in British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Quebec alleging anti-competitive conduct in the pricing of gem-grade diamonds.


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$Signed a minor-league contract with the Mariners in December of 2018.
Knapp signed a minor-league contract with the Mariners.
Knapp began his career with the Marlins' organization, but he was released after hitting just .247 with 13 extra-base hits in 283 at-bats between Low-A and High-A. He'll now look to carve out a role in the Mariners' organization, though being a 24-year-old with no experience above High-A hardly makes him a noteworthy prospect.


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Operations in Afghanistan
Sergeant Jonathan Mathews of The Highlanders killed in Afghanistan
It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Sergeant Jonathan William Mathews of The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland who died on 28 July 2008.
At the time of his death, Sgt Mathews was attached to 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment Battle Group in southern Afghanistan, serving as a mentor and trainer to the developing Afghan Army.
On 28 July 2008, Sergeant Mathews was on a joint foot patrol with the Afghan Army which was helping to protect Afghan Police in a town near the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. Just after 10 am, the patrol was warned by local civilians that Taliban fighters lay ahead. As the patrol went to investigate, a single shot struck Sergeant Mathews.
Sergeant Jonathan Mathews of The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (All rights reserved.)
He was evacuated to Camp Bastion but despite the best efforts of the medics, died of his injuries.
Sergeant Jonathan Mathews
Sergeant Jonathan 'Jon' Mathews was born in Edinburgh on 6th September 1972. At the age of 21 he decided to join the 1st Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) and on completion of basic training was posted to Fort George, Inverness.
A few years later, he moved to Glencorse where he met his wife Shona, later marrying her in Edinburgh Castle. A proud Scottish warrior, he climbed the ranks swiftly, undertaking demanding military courses at Brecon and Warminster along the way.
Quickly singled out as a man with significant potential, Jon was selected for training as a Sniper and a reconnaissance soldier. With experience on operations in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Kosovo behind him, he moved to The Infantry Training Centre in Catterick as a recruit instructor, a job for which he was tailor-made.
In July 2006 he was posted to The Highlanders in Fallingbostel as a rifle platoon sergeant in D Company. He made immediate impact, quickly earning a strong reputation as a capable soldier with a compassionate touch.
When the call came for the Battalion to provide mentors to serve alongside the Afghan Army as part of the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment Battle Group, Sergeant Mathews was quick to step up. He knew the importance of the role and was determined to employ his now vast experience and play his part; his enthusiasm was unstoppable. He died doing the job he loved, leading others by example.
Beyond the Army he was a keen sports parachutist, a canoeist and a hill walker, all sports that captured his love of the outdoors and his sense of adventure. But more than anything else, Jon was a family man who was passionate about Edinburgh, his wife and his family.
Lieutenant Colonel Jamie Campbell, Commanding Officer The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland paid tribute:
The death of Sergeant Jon Mathews has come as a great shock to the Battalion. A hugely popular man, he was a fine senior non-commissioned officer who loved his job and cared deeply about those in his charge. An experienced field soldier and a simply superb trainer, he rose quickly up the ranks.
He always led from the front, inspiring others to follow and with his operational background and determination to make a difference, was ideally suited to the demands of Helmand province. An absolute professional, he was courageous, reliable to the core and unwaveringly loyal to all.
But his love of soldiering could never be matched by his absolute devotion to his wife Shona and his children, William and Meghan. No matter where he found himself he always found time to keep in touch with them.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this sad time. He will be sorely missed by all."
Sergeant Rab McEwan 4 SCOTS was Sergeant Mathews's best friend:
I've known Jon for gone on near 14 years since I joined the Royal Scots at Fort George in 1994. He was the first man I met when I joined B Company.
"Throughout the years he did not change. Jon was a soldier and would go anywhere and help anyone. His death was a devastating blow to the team and he will be sorely missed by all. None more so than me.
You were a good mate Jon and my deepest heartfelt sympathies go out to your wife Shona and your family. You are gone from this earth but you are not forgotten. Rest in peace mate.
His family paid the following tribute:
Jonathan trained all his life for the job he was doing, loved what he did, died doing what he loved, he was well respected.
Loved by his wife Shona, daughter Meghan and stepson William and all the family. A lover of the outdoors, an army man through and through, we will miss him, but it gives us great comfort knowing he died doing what he trained to do - he would not have had it any other way.
Des Browne, Secretary of State for Defence, said:
Sgt Mathews was, by all accounts, an exemplary soldier; a true professional in every sense of the word. He was a committed and brave individual who was making an incredibly important contribution to the defence of our country.
"I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to his family at this very difficult time."


Syrian refugees arrive on a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos, Sept. 7, 2015. A year and a half later, thousands of asylum-seekers remain stuck on Greek islands uncertain what their future holds.
Omar Ahmed, 27, carries the heavy burden of bearing witness to horrific things.
He saw public beheadings after ISIS stormed his home city of Mosul, Iraq.
Later came an attempted coup in the country he escaped to, Turkey.
"Helicopters were shooting, F-16 jets were bombing the parliament — it was terrifying," he recalls of the incident in Turkey last July.
Now, Ahmed is on the Greek island of Samos, hoping to gain asylum in Europe. As he relays frenetic accounts, yachts and fishing boats are bobbing in the glistening Vathi harbor. But a lengthy limbo on this picturesque island is not easing his mind.
Ahmed is in detention along with more than 1,000 other migrants and refugees, in a squalid ex-military facility with capacity for barely 600 people. For five months he has lived under a plastic canopy. Most others are in either tents or metal containers. They are some of the reported 14,000 migrants still stuck on the Greek islands after a historic exodus to Europe.
The shelter in Samos, Greece, where migrants have to await the authorities' decision of what to do with them next.
If their asylum is denied, a deal between the European Union and the Turkish government dictates that Greece will deport them to Turkey. Leading humanitarian groups have condemned that agreement for "prolonging and exacerbating suffering" of refugees.
For many, this uncertainty is taking its toll. Mental health is one of the latest casualties of the refugee crisis.
That's especially evident on Samos, where there were 12 suicide attempts and six instances of self-harm in the detention center in January alone. Ahmed recalls it painfully well.
Migrants went on hunger strike recently at the Samos shelter.
In late March, a 25-year-old Syrian was found hanged in an apparent suicide at Greece's largest port of Piraeus. He had asylum application papers on him.
Despite the purgatorial misery in Greece, fear of deportation stalks migrants here. Turkey could also send them back to their countries of origin, including Syria and Iraq.
Dr. William Gorman, a clinical psychologist at the Marjorie Kovler Center in Chicago, has worked for decades researching refugee trauma and treating survivors or torture. Last month he visited Samos and found many of the people in detention were in a disturbed state.
"The most common reactions of refugees I have witnessed on Samos include post-traumatic stress disorder with acute and pervasive anxiety symptoms and major depression, with grief and loss, guilt and remorse, helplessness, and hopelessness, at times accompanied by thoughts of suicide," Gorman says.
At its shortest point, the forbidding cliffs of Turkey's Mount Mycale are barely half a mile across the Aegean Sea from Samos. Some refugees have been known to swim across to Greece. But most are smuggled there on boats, now for as little as $200 per person, compared to an average of $1,200 during the peak flows of 2015.
The small stretch of water between the Greek island of Samos, left, and Turkey.
The small stretch of sea claimed the lives of at least 434 asylum-seekers in 2016, according to the International Organization for Migration. In the year since the EU and Turkey reached the resettlement deal, drownings have sharply decreased, although 11 Syrians, including five children, lost their lives after their raft capsized off Samos' coast last month.
In March 2016, when European leaders were desperate to prevent more of the record numbers of migrants from rushing in, they hastily signed the agreement with the Turkish government. In exchange for 6 billion euros in aid and visa waivers for Turks to travel to Europe, Turkey would increase sea and land border patrols and accept migrants deported from Greece.
Turkey is host to the world's largest population of refugees — almost 3 million. Most of them fled the six-year-long conflict next door in Syria. The Turkish government insists it is working to integrate Syrians into its society. But many arriving in Samos speak badly of their time in Turkey, and of getting trapped in an intolerable web of exploitation and segregation in the workplace.
Majd Thabet, a 24-year-old from Damascus, used to fly around the world as cabin crew for an international airline, until Syria's war broke out. His negative experience in Turkey propelled him to sail to Europe to rebuild his life and career.
This corner of the world is steeped in historical significance and poignancy. During the sixth century BC, a wave of artisans and thinkers flocked to the island of Samos to help construct its thriving commerce and architecture, some remains of which still stand. Many of those newcomers arrived from Mesopotamia and Assyria, the same blood-strewn regions that hundreds of thousands of exiles escape from today.
Ahmed, the Iraqi asylum-seeker, recalls vivid details of the days when Mosul fell to ISIS, and of the campaign of gruesome executions, incessant religious harassment and plummeting economic conditions that followed.
As European-Turkey relations deteriorate over disputes related to foreign campaigning for Turkey's upcoming constitutional referendum, senior Turkish cabinet members have made a series of belligerent statements seemingly threatening the refugee deal.
"I'm telling you Europe, do you have that courage? If you want, we'll send the 15,000 refugees to you that we don't send each month and blow your mind," Turkey's interior minister, Suleyman Soylu, told a crowd of supporters last month.
Could the breakdown of Europe's refugee deal wreak havoc on the Greek islands? Vangelis Orfanoudakis of the Samos branch of Doctors Without Borders thinks so.
Andrew Connelly reported from Samos, Greece.