First, loose steering. This can likely be the result of wear and tear on the components that connect the steering mechanism with the wheels. Those parts can be ball joints, Pitman arms or tie rods. These parts take a lot of abuse on the road, thanks to railroad tracks, potholes, uneven surfaces: you name it. It's important that they be checked regularly and maintained at Turner's Garage & Transmission.
Recently, manufacturers have been using electric power steering systems that have some advantages over hydraulic systems. They have electric motors that—like everything mechanical—can fail. Sometimes a fuse to the power steering motor will blow, but simply replacing the fuse often doesn't get to the root cause of the problem. A Turner's Garage & Transmission technician can evaluate the system and recommend a solution.


You either stay up late or get up early; everyone falls into one those two categories. Which do you belong to? There are so many opinions saying one is better than the other, but as long as you're getting everything done what's the fuss about?
We did our own investigation to get answers from Jeremy, who wakes up early, and Natalee, who stays up late, to understand some of the differences between these two lifestyles. See what they think of their productivity and what they do with their time. It's always fun to see how the other side lives!
Our answers from the early bird, Jeremy.
What's your favorite part about waking up early?
I don't like to waste the first part of my day, so I wake up and I like to have a cup of coffee before the sun comes up. The best part is not feeling rushed in the morning.
How early do you wake up?
Coffee and then feed the cat. But that all depends on how angry the cat is.
Do you still wake up early on the weekends?
Yes, but not as early. I'll usually sleep in until 5 or 5:30.
Do you feel like you get more accomplished in your day by waking up early?
Yes. It gives me time to get caught up on the news, get to work early, and get things done ahead of time.
How is your productivity at work?
My whole day is productive, but I feel most productive in the morning. Because I start early, I can get focused and in the groove for the whole day. I don't even have an afternoon hump like some people do, but once 5:30 hits I'm ready to be out of the office!
What do you do at times people typically don't?
Whenever I need to do laundry, I always get it done before 5AM. Another thing I'll do is read a few chapters of a book I'm into before getting in the shower. Lastly, I'll occasionally get on my work email at 4:30 for a bit; it lets me have a real time discussion with some co-workers in China.
How long have you been waking up early?
I started getting up at 5:30AM in college because I always worked out before my 8AM classes.
Some people say night owls are more creative, do you agree?
I disagree. My creative juices actually flow most in the morning. I think each person has their own level of creativity, and it hits them at whichever time is best for them.
Our answers from the night owl, Natalee.
What's your favorite part about staying up late?
You can always count on being awake for your favorite new TV shows that air at 10PM.
Anything in particular you do at night?
A lot of thinking, my mind opens up and I'm able to do a lot more critical and creative thinking for work. Being out of the office, I get a different outlook on things.
Do you go to bed super late on the weekends?
Not really, I go to bed about the same time every night unless there's a special occasion.
Do you feel like you get more accomplished in your day by staying up late?
I'll typically revisit work related things at night and take a few notes down, so the next day at work I can hone on that new perspective. Plus, I don't feel rushed getting personal to-dos done because I don't mind leaving the office later.
It's still good, but the mornings are a little rough sometimes just because they're mornings.
Have you seen the grocery lines at 11:30PM on a Wednesday? It's great!
How long have you been going to bed late?
Forever, I think my parents gave up on bed times when I was in elementary school.
I think you can be an open and creative person no matter what time you go to bed or wake up.
Stay tuned for our next blog. It's all about tips for getting up early or staying up late when you need to.


Iowa Sheriff Pays Ticket He Asked Deputy To Issue Him--HUH?
Iowa Sheriff Pays Ticket He Asked Deputy To Issue Him–HUH?
I love this story. In a world seemingly filled with people trying to get ahead no matter how they have to accomplish that goal, here's an Iowa law enforcement officer that did wrong. When he realized what he'd done, he told one of the people in his command to charge him with the offense. Then, he paid the fine.
Webster County Sheriff Jim Stubbs was driving an all-terrain vehicle a few weeks ago, heading for some property his family had purchased. He was heading to the wrong address and when he realized it had to go from a gravel road onto the shoulder of U.S. Highway 169. He soon recalled that driving an all-terrain vehicle on a highway was against the law. A Sheriff's deputy had pulled off on that road and when Stubbs saw him, he pulled up next to him and told him to write him a ticket. That's exactly what happened.
In Magistrate Court Thursday, Stubbs pleaded guilty to operating an ATV on a roadway or highway.
I did it and I hold myself responsible. If I'm going to have people out giving citations, then I need to hold myself to that higher standard as well. And nobody's above the law. I want to make sure everyone's equal as far as the Sheriff's Department is concerned. And that includes me.
I don't know if Stubbs is running for re-election this fall but if he is, he may just have assured victory... even if his wallet is $132.50 lighter thanks to the fine he paid.
I commend your honesty, your integrity, your ethics and your dedication to law enforcement in Webster County.


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IDP Awareness Day: June 25th, 2009. Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada.
The Lobby Gallery at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, Vancouver, Canada.
IDP Awareness Day was a public, collaborative exhibition aimed at engaging Canadians in dialogue about internal displacement. The cross-disciplinary, multi-media public intervention brought together community groups, NGOs, students, and artists who were already committed to internal displacement issues, I organized and curated IDP Awareness Day with Andrea McKinlay and GuluWalk.
The Lobby gallery's mandate is to foster alternative and artistic forms of dissemination of research through critical artistic expression, enabling a space for creative dialogue about global issues. It also seeks to build communication among students, faculty, researchers and the Vancouver public through the exhibition of innovative, engaging and responsible art work. I founded the Lobby Gallery in 2010, and curated 24 exhibitions by students, faculty members, artists, and community groups until 2014. The gallery continues its interdisciplinary programming under new curatorial guidance.
Presence: Exhibiting Anthropology. April 6-August 2, 2018. Peterson Hall, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.


This month - July 2018 - the British Society of Haematology (BSH) have published their long-awaited updated guidelines on the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL).
Targeted drugs like ibrutinib, idelalisib and venetoclax have been transforming treatment for CLL over recent years and the new guidance was urgently needed to show how these drugs fit into the treatment pathway.
Research continues into how best to use these drugs and other new treatments for CLL. Find out more about the latest clinical trials for people with CLL at Lymphoma TrialsLink.


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Pilot schemes seek to help areas where access to cash is lacking
By John Wood2020-06-17T07:15:00+01:00
The Community Access to Cash Pilot (CACP) initiative has announced eight locations across the UK that will be participating in trials to help address challenges of improving cash access and acceptance.
Following applications from across the UK, the successful communities will be working with the banking industry to identify sustainable solutions to keeping cash viable for individuals and businesses.
This will include supporting local businesses to accept and bank cash, ensuring that individuals can access cash, working with local councils to ensure that the right infrastructure is in place, education and support on digital inclusion, and working with new and existing financial services providers to create solutions to meet needs.
The successful communities are:
• Ampthill (Bedfordwshire)
• Burslem (Staffordshire)
• Botton Village (North Yorkshire)
• Cambuslang (South Lanarkshire, Scotland)
• Denny (Falkirk, Scotland)
• Hay-on-Wye (Powys, Wales)
• Lulworth (Dorset)
• Rochford (Essex)
The sites were chosen based on the location, the issues the communities faced, the strength of their submission and commitment to the pilot. A small number of further sites will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
Over the coming months CACP will engage with the leaders of these communities to understand the needs and challenges that local consumers and retailers face around cash. It will then seek tp provide solutions with the support of the banks and consumer bodies, and to ensure that everyone in the local community knows how to access them.
This experience will then enable CACP to recommend solutions which can be adopted on a national basis.
CACP chair Natalie Ceeney commented: "Over the past decade we've seen a massive shift from cash to digital payments, and Covid-19 has accelerated that trend further. But we know that digital payments don't yet work for everyone, and for many individuals and communities, cash remains essential. But the world is changing – we can't just magic back our old bank branch and ATM infrastructure. Instead, we need to use innovation to develop new solutions as well as harness tried and tested approaches to meet people's needs.
"Our aim is both to support communities right now, and also to learn lessons for sustainable solutions which can be used more widely across the UK, particularly as the government considers legislation to support the cash infrastructure".
John Glen, economic secretary to the Treasury and city minister, said: "Digital payments have brought huge benefits, but we know that cash remains important to many people's lives. So I welcome today's announcement of the locations of the pilots, which will help inform the most effective ways of protecting access to cash at the local level, at a time when our communities mean more to us than ever. I look forward to seeing the progress made by the pilots, as the government develops legislation to protect access to cash, and would like to thank Natalie Ceeney for her work on this important issue."
EV chargers on the 'cusp' of becoming more profitable than pumps, claims BP
BP's fast electric vehicle (EV) chargers are on the cusp of becoming more profitable than filling up a petrol car, the company's head of customers and products Emma Delaney told Reuters.
BP wind project partnership to accelerate Scottish EV charging network
BP, together with German energy and charging point specialist EnBW, are to develop a major offshore wind project - Morven - off the east coast of Scotland, which will boost BP's ability to supply and significantly accelerate the expansion of its EV charging network in Scotland to around 4,000 public chargers by 2030.
Buckinghamshire is the best county to own an EV, says new research
Buckinghamshire has been named the best place to own an electric vehicle (EV), based on the number of public charging points available in the county, but the West Midlands tops the scale for the number of registered EVs


A BRITISH couple are the first non-Catholics to have a religious wedding on the Spanish mainland.
Childhood sweethearts Paul Larkin and Toni Mason were married at Carranque, near Coin, in the first Church of England wedding to be held in mainland Spain.
While many British non-Catholics have married in Spain in recent years, the ceremonies have only been civil ones, until now.
The marriage was conducted by David Sutch, chaplain of the Costa del Sol (east) region and archdeacon of Gibraltar.
Rev Sutch – who has recently attained a license to conduct non-Catholic weddings in Spain – held the service in the chapel of 18th century manor house Cortijo Carranque.
The majority of the 100 guests stayed at the recently completed venue.
This is fashion Pete. I know you are from the pre-jurassic period… but long sleeves are de rigeur now.
Who cares, good luck Paul and Toni and congratulations on both your wedding and on making history.
Yeh Peter get off the computer and do some gardening or something lol.
Congratulations to you both! You looked absolutely stunning Toni. What a lovely day!


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Using email to get through to patients: expectations and reality
So, patient centricity. By now, almost everyone in pharma has their own reasons to try and implement this – and the industry has even taken steps. Not that the notion means one and the same thing to all companies – but one thing is clear: the most necessary precondition is engaging patients in communication.
It's symptomatic that a survey conducted in October revealed 100% of respondents (i.e. both pharma and agencies) to believe the industry "could de more" about patient engagement. This covers even those who don't seem to take the issue as one of primary importance (98% said it was) – which is to say, even those who are not actively working through possibilities to complete the HCP-pharma-patient triangle could possibly have some vague ideas. This is, in fact, as understandable as counterintuitive. As life sciences communications are exploring the multichannel universe, practically any type of connection can be tried out for the purpose of reaching the patients. Some attempts will fail, but some will produce reproducible results – in the end, given how pharma is expected to work more with patients after all the talk, a savvy manager has to experiment.
The misinterpreted channel?
Enter email – one of the almost default channels in any strategy. The fact that it's habitual for the audience is a mixed blessing for the marketer – on the one hand, it's easy to get overlooked, on the other (if you act right) it's possible to sew together all the other interactions. Email has generally shown very good results with physician engagement – with 68% preferring to be contacted via this means (compare to 11% who chose talking to reps). Additionally, rep-triggered email practices can help integrate the overall experience.
But you can't use the same methods for patient engagement as you do with HCPs, can you? On the other hand, neither can life sciences act like retail, just emitting promotional mass mailings or even targeted ads – it's not just about marketing, it's about getting insights, interacting and collaborating broadly.
Many have already started emailing efforts to reach patients and overcome the initial misconceptions and naivety. It's time to sum up the experience, contrasting what a manager might expect with what actually happens. In a way, this surprisingly affects the general view of email as a channel.
Starting from the most fundamental assumptions:
Expectation: "It will mean bypassing HCPs somehow"
Reality: It mostly works in very tight collaboration with HCPs
When "extracting" the concept of patient engagement from the confused bundle of ideas several years ago, it was natural to isolate it in its own right, so to speak. Incidentally, "theorists" tended to erase HCPs from the vision altogether. Talking to physicians is one thing, and now there's also that brand new thing – building a productive dialog with the patients, which is completely different. Right?
It turns out, whenever this isolated vision is applied to practice, things become severely limited to OTC and awareness campaigns. Which is not "just the way it is" – given the potential of email as a channel, having the HCPs involved is, in many cases, exactly what a manager will want.
Recently, the PM Society Patient Engagement survey defined the aspects most worthy of consideration:
57% – using patient insight to help shape healthcare professional communications;
51% – using patient insight to help shape brand strategy;
49% – patient advocacy groups.
These priorities are very understandable – and clearly require to plug the HCP's office in, as well.
Instead of simply mass mailing patients, then, one may consider the scenario in which email is used to link pharma & HCP, HCP & patients, and – consequently – pharma & patients. The former two links are already there in place, while the third can be established by providing relative content.
As shown by 2017 research, about 79% physicians use patient education materials provided by pharma (+advocacy groups) – and 56% expect to receive these from pharma. The dialog that reps have established with the doctor can be the starting ground for getting to know what type of content will interest the patients – and can be redirected/forwarded to them by the HCP alongside recommendations.
Expectation: "It is going to be less serious, less professional and more promotional"
Reality: No one wants condescension instead of real benefits
Compared to the heaps of information required to tell a physician about a product – regulatory, legal, MoA, primary/secondary endpoints of clinical trials, you name it – it may seem that very general educational information plus product promotion is enough for patients. In practice, the patient audience is much more demanding than may seem – something that many a manager will confirm.
Just ads, even when targeted, are not enough to establish a dialog – it's not like anyone is going to engage seriously and provide insights because they liked the visuals of an email. Besides, patients can be very serious about trying to know more about their condition and therapy options. Healthcare providers are a primary point of reference, of course – and since it is possible to work in collaboration, the email content may as well be more focused on more than just promise or general trivia.
There are examples of incredibly involved and real-world interactions between pharma and patient advocacy groups, too. A case has been described when insights from IBD patients served to outline – and partially solve – an infrastructure issue. These cases and the like raise the plank for patient engagement so that the cost of patient insights is measured in value-based interactions. That means more serious, informative content for emails.
This also means that targeting needs revision. As of now, 80% enterprises engage in basic database segmentation, and as many as 57% maintain "contact DB hygiene" – while only 36% include multichannel triggers as part of their email strategy. However, as the stakes are rising, the proportion of marketers who rate their success excellent to good is down from 56% to 52%. The most probable reason is the transition to an era of more personalized email messaging.
Expectation: "We'll try and engage patient audiences in bulk with mass mailings"
Reality: May work for some campaigns, but in most cases, personalization levels will beg to be raised
Automation and mass mailing are looming large in marketers' minds now. When selecting an email service platform, 2/3 (66%) of the respondents in a survey listed the possibility of marketing automation in the top three factors they look for. This consideration even overrides user-friendliness, which scored slightly below at 60%. However, this trend mostly comes from DTC marketing – whereas in a case with life sciences, actual engagement presupposes deeper interactions than just clicking an "Add to cart" button.
Once the territory of really sensitive information is reached – or once more responsible issues are at stake – the triggered email from familiar address becomes more important.
What is the nature of personalization in such cases? Unlike the mechanism of personalizing content in automated campaigns, here the content will probably be based on the insights received from HCPs at the initial stage – and then tailored to the patient feedback whenever possible.
This means that using flexible email templates becomes vital. To render the necessary information and/or interaction elements (e.g. survey or feedback) properly, the most productive strategy will be to assemble emails quickly from predesigned components – a job that can be done by a manager, while the agency provides the templates.
Is it all doable? It has just become so.
Bonus checklist: 5 tips for effective patient-oriented emailing
1 Define the principal goal
What is patient engagement for the company? For the affiliate? For this one campaign? What do you hope to achieve? Doing patient engagement just for art's sake is impossible. If, for example, the principal goal is getting insights for aligning professional communications, then it already dictates the content types and email distribution tactics: survey forms in email body and segmentation based on corresponding criteria. Awareness campaigns will gravitate towards incorporated video, etc.
2 How will the email get to the patients?
In some cases, it's better to use email templates as a supplement to the patients' existing interactions with the HCPs, sometimes it's wise to engage via the community/support group. This factor also defines the content of the email.
3 Use flexible, easily adaptable templates
It would be a crazy idea to have agencies produce ready-made 600px-wide email masterpieces for each interaction. To make the strategy work, however, the sensible thing to do is have a library of predesigned blocks (buttons, headlines, footers, carousels, text&pic, etc.) – and a tool allowing to build a shiny new email from these blocks in several minutes.
Also important: testing! Email clients are not created equal and render differently, so it is very important to have a preview (or send test) option.
4 Responsive design and mobile friendliness
We all know it needs to be done. According to statistics, 73% of companies take active steps to ensure mobile friendliness (up from 64% last year) – and for a reason: many too many emails are first opened on a mobile device.
Also, see the "Also" remark from #3.
5 Add interactivity!
Thankfully, by now mobile friendliness does not exclude interactive features like hover effects, embedded features and clickables in an email – and these work excellently for establishing communications. As little as integrating social media widgets can sometimes radically change the output of a campaign. Agencies working for various industries report about 50% surge in demand for interactive emails – and pharma shouldn't be an exception.
To allow for a quick start with these tactics, think of the content and the way to produce it – and if your tech is sufficiently adapted to the goals, adjusting the flow of email will come easy enough. Try out a demo of a powerful email creation tool on a pharma-oriented content platform to see the workings in practice – enabling interactions with patients that were once too good to be true.
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Not everyone who plays real money games is going to win every time – so it's really important to learn how to take the rough with the smooth.
That means knowing how to make the most of the playing cash you have, and making sure the balance stays as healthy as possible.
On this page we'll cover a handful and a half of tips that'll help with bankroll management.
First let's cover the obvious. What is your bankroll?
If you're a seasoned player you'll already know. It's the wad of cash you have in your gambling account with which you can wager.
At the outset, it'll be whatever you deposit from your own cash reserves – added to any bonuses you might have taken advantage of. Later it'll also hopefully include any winnings.
Obviously it's great to have as much as possible to start with. But any amount is a starting point. How to manage it to best effect – whatever its size – is what's important.
Protecting your bankroll – known by experienced gamblers as bankroll management – is a set of approaches you can use to maintain a healthy account balance and ensure you can ride out the losses plus take advantage of the winning streaks when they come.
Bonuses are an integral part of real money gaming. They're offers which give you extra money on top of a deposit – either your first deposit with a new operator (known as the welcome bonus), or maybe on the 2nd or 3rd deposits (known as reload bonuses). You can even get no deposit bonuses which effectively give you free playing time.
Seeking out the highest value bonuses will get you the most value for your money and are very effective for boosting bankrolls.
There are some drawbacks though which you'll need to be careful of. I'll cover those another time.
There are some games (particularly casino games) that will drink your cash quickly and some that will drink it slowly, although every now and then one of them will spit you some out.
The best option for maintaining your bankroll is of course to play on games where you have a better chance of winning, or where strategy or skill plays a big part in the outcome. In the casino, card games are the most likely to fit into this category. Poker is of course worth considering, and the skill game options are probably those which give you the optimum chances of success. Games like slots are ones where you may strike lucky with a big win.
There's some balance needed here. If you want the anticipation and ultimate rush of a big win but want to keep your bank intact, then mix it up a bit between the different options. If you can handle a slow build up of profits then stick to games with a lower house edge.
Not all games can be played with any effective winning strategies. They're games of luck by nature, although there are a handful of them where you can use strategies in certain situations which will improve your chances.
Different types of casino games are a great example here – blackjack, 3 card poker, and Caribbean Stud spring to mind.
With effective attention to playing correct strategy based on the information available (ie the value of cards showing), you can effectively improve your odds of making winning hands and/or beating the dealer.
Real money gambling is best approached as a fun activity. You should be able to enjoy it, and if you play like a madman with solely the aim of making money, you'll most likely end up disappointed.
Take it easy, build some anticipation, have regular breaks. One good way to manage this is to allocate an amount to play with and stick to that amount, which brings us on to the next tip….
Self control is a big part of responsible gambling, and deciding before you play on limits to how long you'll play for, or how much you're prepared to spend, are both important.
Both can teach you a lot about your ability to exercise self-control, and give you practice in doing so.
Simple stuff really. Decide before starting a session on how long you'll play. Some operators will allow you to go into an area of your account and actually set this time period. You'll get a warning when it's up. But a simple setting of an alarm on your mobile will do just as well.
Setting a loss limit is equally straightforward. Set a sensible amount – an amount you can afford to lose without it hurting – and stick to it. If you lose it, don't chase the losses!
Although hitting a good run early on in a session will expand the size of your bankroll, the odds are that you'll give plenty of it back. Even if the game you're playing seems to be a 'hot' one.
If you've followed the previous tips about limiting playing time, playing cautiously, and taking your time, it should be easy to filter some winnings away for another day. In fact, that's a very sensible approach.
It's supposed to be fun, right? No need for stress. Go into a session in the right, relaxed frame of mind. Stress can put you in a a physiological state where your decisions and thought processes are impaired.
That's never a good recipe for an activity where you need to keep a cool head and avoid being impulsive.
And remember, stressful feelings can strike at any time. You might start off clear-headed, and then the dreaded losing run puts you on tilt.
Some professional poker players practice forms of meditation to be able to handle these situations. That may not be needed for all types of cash gaming, but there are plenty of straightforward ways to keep a sufficient level of calmness.
Playing cash prize games is often a solitary exercise. Most players do like to keep it private, and actually it's something you can do at times when there's nothing else going on.
But teaming up with another player – although not necessarily easy to arrange – can of course double your bankroll and you both get the same entertainment. I'd say it even makes winning more fun, and you can keep each other in check too.
The way to do this is probably to talk it over with a friend or family member, and make an evening of it. Cook a dinner, have a small drink, and settle down for a couple of hours sharing the playing time and making joint decisions….
…and hopefully share out the winnings at the end of the night!
These 8 steps to improve your bankroll management techniques while playing real money games are all worth considering.
Individually each one will help, and collectively they'll place you in the best position possible (short of just not playing of course) to enjoy a gaming session to the maximum, not lose too much, and maybe even walk away with more cash than you started with!


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Q: Can you carry on a $_POST variable?
Possible Duplicate:
PHP Pass variable to next page

Here is my current code:
$search = $_POST['s'];
$search = strtoupper($search);
$search = strip_tags($search);
$search = trim($search);
$search = mysql_real_escape_string($search);

I need to be able to carry on the $search variable to my second, third, etc, pages.
I'm a beginner in php and i'm sort of stuck here

A: It would appear that sessions are your friend here.  In the simplest form, sessions will just put data in cookies that are sent to and from the user's browser.  Make sure you call session_start() before you do anything with the session, this will start or resume the user's sessions.  After that, you can use $_SESSION as a global associative array that will persist between pages.
Xander has already linked you to the docs, Here are some simple examples. Make sure you understand session_start() otherwise you'll have some bugs.
N.B. Do not use this basic session format for sensitive data.  Look into using something like memcache to store the data and simply put the memcache key into $_SESSION.  Also, consider encrypting the sessions.  Those are more advanced things you should think about when dealing with user authentication/login

A: While $_SESSION has been suggested, another option is to use a hidden field (with the same name and filled with the appropriate value) on subsequent generated pages. Then, when those pages are posted back, they too will have the field available in $_POSTS (this time supplied by the hidden field, not the original text field).
Advantages:

*

*"Bound to the current page"; really good for some page context-sensitive stuff! (The session is scoped to the browser, not the page.)

*Avoids the need for session/cookies (which is a non-issue if the session is already required for other purposes).

Disadvantages:

*

*"Bound to the current page": value will be lost when navigated away from outside of back/next context. (As Bert notes, a slight modification can use this "breadcrumb" approach to alter the URL and use GET parameters, which can make the data universally persistent, at the expense of a "less pretty" URL.)

*Data must be treated as untrusted and insecure, just like the original post.

*Requires population of additional [hidden] fields.

Happy coding.

A: Assuming it is a search string, there is only sane method:
First, change the form's method to GET
Next, just pass your search variable in the query string using GET method.
The only modification you have to apply is urlencode()
So, the code should be
$query_string = 'search='.urlencode($_GET['search']);
echo "page 2";

producing an HTML code
page 2

so a user can click this link and you will have your search string back

A: Use session_start() in each of the pages you want to access the search varaible
in the first page
$search = $_POST['s'];
$search = strtoupper($search);
$search = strip_tags($search);
$search = trim($search);
$search = mysql_real_escape_string($search);

set a session variable as
$_SESSION['searchStr']=$search

then in everyother page
session_start(); // at the very begining

if(isset($_SESSION['searchStr'])) {

   $search=$_SESSION['searchStr']
}

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Q: Android webview video player I am trying to create simple web browser but faced with a problem! When I am loading a page with video, it starts playing with default video player. But, as I have seen in other web browsers, video starts playing with custom player. Can anyone tell me how did they implement a custom player into webview?
Thanks in advance!


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Uptown Messenger (https://uptownmessenger.com/2011/11/nopd-walgreens-cashier-foils-attempted-robbery-plot/)
NOPD: Walgreens cashier foils attempted robbery plot
An officer with the NOPD Sixth District searches for fingerprints on a newspaper touched by a suspect in an attempted robbery of the Walgreens pharmacy on St. Charles Avenue. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
An attentive cashier at the Walgreens pharmacy on St. Charles Avenue foiled an attempted robbery when she realized her assailant was only pretending to have a weapon, and scared him off without giving up any of the store's money, police said.
The would-be robber walked into the store around 1 p.m. Wednesday, picked up a newspaper and put it on the counter near the cash register, then approached the cashier with his hand underneath his sweatshirt as if he had a gun, according to the police report. He demanded "all the 10s and 20s" and began trying to open the register himself, but the cashier realized he was actually unarmed, the report states. She backed away and called for help, and the man ran out of the store and down the street.
The attempted robbery call quickly drew a number of NOPD officers and detectives to the Walgreens store. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
The suspect is described as a 5-foot-6, 150-pound clean-shaven black man in his early 40s, wearing a navy blue hooded sweatshirt with white writing on the front and black pants. Investigators are also hoping to recover surveillance video with the man's image.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NOPD Sixth District at 658-6060 or CrimeStoppers at 822-1111 to leave an anonymous tip that could be eligible for a cash reward.
Latest St. Charles Avenue demo request pits neighbors against neighborhood association, splits city panel
By Robert Morris | August 23, 2012
The request by Jack Ryan to demolish a mansion on a lot he wants to buy at the corner of St. Charles and Valence for a new home drew the support of immediate neighbors, but not the St.
Gun seized from man on parade route at Claiborne; five other weapons cases reported on St. Charles
By Robert Morris | February 22, 2012
Police arrested a man on the Claiborne Avenue end of the parade route Tuesday for illegal possession of a gun, and at least six other weapons cases were reported that afternoon along St. Charles Avenue.
Suspect sought in St. Charles Avenue robbery
By Robert Morris | December 22, 2011
Police have released a drawing of a man who robbed a woman walking along St. Charles Avenue early Tuesday and then tried to grab her, and investigators hope the public can help identify him.


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Health Cyberlab
Pragmatic cybersecurity for digital health leaders
A. Email phishing attack
B. Ransomware attack
C. Loss of equipment
D. Accidental / intentional data loss
E. Attack against medical device and patient safety
10 Practices
1. Email Protection
2. Endpoint protection
3. Access management
5. Asset management
6. Network management
7. Vulnerability management
8. Incident response
9. Medical device security
10. Cybersecurity policies
Data protection: how leaders can minimize information leak
Data protection is about keeping PHI, research data, or other sensitive information confidential. It is like having invisible fences for your confidential data. Threat actors will try to steal and sell confidential information in the …
Data protection is about keeping PHI, research data, or other sensitive information confidential. It is like having invisible fences for your confidential data.
Threat actors will try to steal and sell confidential information in the black market. In a recent article, Vugar Zeynalov (Cleveland Clinic's Chief Information Security Officer) observed increased espionage activities targeted at coronavirus vaccine research [1]. Fortunately, they have a capable cyber security operation center (CSOC) team in place that can identify threats early and take swift actions.
Unfortunately, the threat of data loss or theft is not limited to large organizations. Threat actors are equal opportunity sellers. They will steal and sell confidential information from health organizations of all sizes. The challenge is how to enable small health organizations to have data protection capabilities.
The Health Industry Cybersecurity Practice (HICP) document recognizes the threat of data loss and includes a data protection and loss prevention section suitable for small and large organizations.
This article will look mainly at data protection practices for small-medium organizations described by HICP.
We will look at the services available and the projected cost for adopting data protection practices.
Looking at HICP data protection and loss prevention requirement
The data protection lifecycle involves identifying, locating, classifying, labeling, then protecting the data.
HICP document includes data classification policy, data use procedure, and education. The policy section contains policies for data classification (highly sensitive, sensitive, internal, public), data labeling, and encryption.
The procedure section offers various circumstances to keep the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information. For example, the need to identify authorized users before disclosure, warn and get consent from the patient for unencrypted information, retain and backup only the necessary data, etc.
Finally, the education section suggests having annual training for the policy and procedure.
HICP also contains additional best practices for medium and large health organizations such as data security, backup strategy, data loss prevention, and data flow mapping.
Before diving into solutions, we will look at a few considerations that can help make a decision.
Vendor consolidation and user adoption
Many vendors offer data loss prevention (DLP) solutions, so we need to evaluate which one fits small-medium organizations. One approach would be to consider best of breed vs. platform solutions. However, an essential factor to consider is vendor consolidation.
The idea is to consolidate vendors to a select few. This effort is important to minimize risk, compliance, management burden, cost, training, and maximize user adoption. Without adoption, our investment will not achieve the intended outcome.
With maximizing adoption as a goal, the solution needs to make it easy for users. It has to be embedded in their daily workflow and automated as much as possible without much training. With most staff are using Office 365 and Exchange, it is appealing to evaluate Microsoft solutions.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium subscription includes Azure Information Protection (AIP) Premium P1. The Premium P2 plan targets large enterprises, which focus on automation. However, Microsoft is light on its website when describing features bundled in AIP Premium Plan 1.
I signed up to see what features are available with M365 Business Premium and was pleasantly surprised to see its capabilities. For Premium Plan 1, Microsoft includes Azure Rights Management and Office 365 Data Loss Protection, which we will look at next.
Looking at Azure Rights Management
Azure Rights Management (ARM) allows you to protect files and emails on Microsoft 365 platform by applying labels. This solution consists of two elements: client-side and cloud-side.
The client-side focuses on assigning sensitivity labels and policies to documents and emails. Labels assigned by the client-side allow the cloud-side to take action or enforce policies based on the label. This approach is similar to applying Quality of Service (QoS) in computer networking. With QoS, you assign marking to packets, allowing the network to prioritize packets with higher priority marking.
The newer version of Office Apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) on Windows computers has a built-in feature to set sensitivity label of their documents. In addition, Microsoft provides a downloadable unified labeling client if you have older office apps or other operating systems (macOS, iOS, and Android).
You can configure the label for encryption, add a watermark [2], protect content in Teams, Groups, SharePoint sites. With the policies, you can set which users and groups can see the label, apply the default label, and require the user to apply a label.
Microsoft also provides connectors for windows server file shares, exchange, and SharePoint for existing files on-prem. However, small organizations should avoid being in the "data center business" and use a cloud-first approach to stay agile and minimize the cost of ownership.
The cloud-side of ARM protects files and emails on multiple devices using encryption, identity, and policy based on the labels created earlier. It ensures that only authorized users can decrypt the file; otherwise, it'd stay unreadable. It also allows the admin to track whether the files were accessed [3] and for users to revoke access to files [4].
Looking at Office 365 Data Loss Prevention
In addition to Azure Rights Management, Microsoft also provides Office 365 Data Loss Prevention.
Office 365 Data Loss Prevention allows you to protect sensitive information across services like Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business [5].
Office 365 Data Loss Prevention works by using policies. You need to plan, prepare, and deploy policies to be effective. The policy allows you to define granular rules.
You can specify what and where to monitor, the conditions, and the associated actions. For example, you might want to monitor Exchange Online, Sharepoint Online, and Teams channel for content with drug enforcement agency (DEA) numbers.
When the conditions are met, you can block people from accessing the content. Another possible action is to warn users that they are taking action prohibited by DLP policy.
As a start, Microsoft provides policy templates suitable for country and industry-specific regulations. For example, Microsoft provides a template to match HIPAA rules [6]. This policy will match social security number, drug enforcement agency number, ICD-9, and ICD-10. However, as different organizations have different requirements, you'd have to fine-tune the policies to produce the desired outcome.
Looking at the cost for an FTE physician with 3 support staff
Microsoft 365 Business Premium subscription includes Azure Information Protection (AIP) Premium P1, Azure Rights Management, and Office 365 Data Loss Prevention at no additional cost.
Projected cost so far (1 FTE Physician + 3 support staff): $1,452/year
Data protection and loss prevention tools are necessary for health organizations to keep confidential information.
With cloud-based services, these tools are now accessible even for small organizations.
https://consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/how-cybersecurity-supports-patient-safety-and-reliability-of-care-during-a-pandemic/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/sensitivity-labels?view=o365-worldwide#what-sensitivity-labels-can-do
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/rms-client/track-and-revoke-admin
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/rms-client/revoke-access-user
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/microsoft-365-service-descriptions/microsoft-365-tenantlevel-services-licensing-guidance/microsoft-365-security-compliance-licensing-guidance#information-protection-data-loss-prevention-for-exchange-online-sharepoint-online-and-onedrive-for-business
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/what-the-dlp-policy-templates-include?view=o365-worldwide#us-health-insurance-act-hipaa
Categories 10 Practices, 4. Data protection
About Aldo Febro
Access Management: how leaders can minimize disruption from cyber attacks
Asset Management: how leaders can improve patient safety by using IT assets that are "cyberworthy"
start where you are,
use what you have,
do what you can,
done is better than perfect.
Cybersecurity Policy: how leaders set the expectation for cyber hygiene
Medical Device Security: how leaders can secure medical devices to enhance patient safety
Incident Response: how leaders can prepare for cyberattacks
Vulnerability Management: how leaders can be proactive and ahead of attackers
Network Management: how leaders can secure the network and minimize impact on attacks
Health Cyberlab | 2023


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Grand Rivers City Council meeting held
Pat Thomann, LL Editor
West KY News 7-18-19
Livingston Ledger 7-18-19
West KY News Pennyrile 7-11-19
The regular meeting of the Grand Rivers City Council was held on Tuesday April 8, 2014. The minutes from the March 11, 2014 regular City Council meeting were reviewed and a motion was made by mark Sunderman to approve the minutes and was second by Bud Hunt. All members were in favor of approving the minutes.
A review and approval of the financial reports for the period ending March 31 2014 was made. A motion was made by Pat Gorbett to approve the reports and was second by Mark Sunderman.
In the first order of business, Dan Sills who is the Chairman of the Calvert City Rural Water District, approach the council to discuss the city's waste collection. Mr. Sills informed the council that Madisonville Disposal had filed for bankruptcy affective April 15th. On behalf of Waste Path Management, Mr. Sills asked for the Council's approval to finish out the contract Madisonville Disposal has with the City of Grand Rivers for their waste collection.
Discussion was made among the council members and Pat Gorbett made a motion to allow Waste Path Management to provide services for the city until the present contract is up, the motion was second by Frank Buchanan with all council members in favor.
In other city business, the council discussed the progress on the new Sewer Plant Project. Sealed bids received to complete the work will be opened on April 30th. Property issues have been cleared up and work can begin as soon as bids are awarded.
The painting of the Grand Rivers water tank will begin soon. The City is in the process of securing financing which could include much needed water line replacements in the Lake City area. Grand Rivers Water Manager, Jeff Deweese told Council members that no rate increase will be necessary to replace the lines. "I like to use people's money in a smart way that is cost efficient and not wasteful," said Mayor Tom Moodie. The city will actually be saving money in the long run because of the loss of water going through the present lines.
Mayor Moodie informed the Council that repairs and cleanup have been made to the city's restrooms outside Badgett Theater. During the winter months vandals had broken into the restrooms and caused damage and a big mess for the city to deal with.
After all business was discussed a motion was made by Diane Bingham to adjourn and was second by Mark Sunderman.
The next regular scheduled meeting of the City Council will be held in the Grand Rivers City Hall on Tuesday May 13 2014 at 5:30 PM. Everyone is welcomed to attend.
Livingston Ledger
city, city council, grand rivers, livingston, livingston ledger, meeting


Jet City Burlesque is excited to present some of Seattle's finest performing artists while we come to together to support The Progressive Animal Welfare Society.
PAWS has taken in at least eight bear cubs this year and it costs $70 per wee…k, per cub just to feed them. Bear cubs are much like teenage boys…they really will eat you out of house and home!
With an array of wonderful talent to pull from in Seattle and surrounding areas, Jet City Burlesque often sets out to show you the comical, the sultry, the beautiful and the bawdy with their performance selections. Always looking to help out the community, JCB produces shows that benefit an array of very worthy causes, all while delighting the audience.
Seattle has two great things going for it: A vibrant performing arts community as well as a generous community dedicated to animal welfare. Isn't it time those two come together for an extraordinary night of fun and philanthropy?
Hottie McNaughty will be on hand to keep it tidy and Pinky Shines and Ruby Whiines will be our raffle mavens for the evening.
Tickets will be $27 in advance or $30 at the door. There are a very limited number of couches that are available for $99. Please email Hottie at hottiemcnaughty@comcast.net for details! All other seating is first come, first serve. Everyone receives a door prize ticket and raffle prizes will include a complimentary 3 night stay at Roscoe's Ranch, two art prints by Matt The Photographer, two Jet City Burlesque party packs and more to be announced!


National Law University, Jodhpur, one of the premier law schools in India, is taking successful initiatives for the promotion of areas related to the specialized fields of law. To strengthen the promotion of knowledge, research and legal interaction in the subject of arbitration law, it has established the Centre for Advanced Research and Training in Arbitration Law. The Indian Journal of Arbitration Law is one such initiative of this centre towards the development of this expert legal arena.
The Journal strives to inculcate the prevalent theories in the field of arbitration with their practical relevance. The editorial board seeks to achieve this feat by including contributions from individuals with varied expertise of practicing arbitration and by focusing on developing trends. In this regard, the board would give due emphasis to the rich thought processes of students of law, who bring to the forefront the innovative academic research currently underway in most law schools all over the world. Inclusion of changing regional trends will play a vital part in understanding the scope and extant of this discipline and would therefore find due importance in the Journal.
The Indian Journal of Arbitration Law is pleased to announce its upcoming issue (Volume 4: Issue 1), which is to be published in April, next year.
UNCITRAL Model Law's 30th Anniversary. We also welcome notes on the 246th Law Commission Report.
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Notes: which cover a recent development or are issue - specific. The word limit of such Notes will be 8,000 words.
Comments: which entail a critical analysis of an issue of relevance, including case laws and policy developments. The Word limit of such Comments wills be 8,000 words.
Book Reviews: (only solicited by the Editors). The editors however welcome any suggestions from academicians, scholars or publishers for Book Reviews.
An "Abstract" must precede the body of the manuscript, except in the case of a Book Review.
To facilitate our anonymous review process, please confine your name, affiliation, biographical information, and acknowledgments to a separate cover page. Please include the manuscript's title on the first text page.
If contributing Authors would like to request an expedited review of their submission then, such authors are supposed to make a separate request to the same effect to the Executive Editor.
Author's phone number and e-mail address.
Authors are requested to send the electronic version for their manuscripts to editor.cartal@gmail.com. The subject of the m ail should be "Sub mission".
The manuscripts should be in either ".doc" or ".docx" format.
Manuscripts may be submitted via email to editor.cartal@gmail.com latest by 5th February, 2015.


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editing: thoughts and projects
The first known use of the word editor was in 1649. The first known use of the term copy editor was in 1899.
Weather or not (context drives clarity)
June 22, 2016 June 23, 2016 ~ gberendzen
It's hot today. Hot enough that Nixel — which defines itself as a communication platform that connects public safety, municipalities, school, businesses and residents — sent a text out warning about the heat.
Nixel suggested I stay hydrated. (If you know anything about Nixel, usually its texts advise avoiding I-70 — or some such road — for the next 30 minutes because of a traffic accident.)
The text made me think about the word "hydrated," which is a perfectly good word, especially for short space, but which seems less than conversational. How many times did you mom yell to you before you headed out to the park, "it's hot outside, stay hydrated"?
Yet, I couldn't find any one-word synonyms for "hydrated" on any of my favorite dictionary websites. "Drink plenty of water" isn't exactly thesaurus material.
Mom would probably really yell this: "It's hot out, take a water bottle." That implies a lot but doesn't really say "stay hydrated."
Meanwhile, think of the word "hot." It has plenty of synonyms. Sixty-one on http://www.wordnik.com. But the problem there is that "hot" also has plenty of definitions. (On wordnik.com, 37; on Merriam-Webster online, 24.) And they're not all weather words. For instance, two are "sexy" and "currently liked or wanted by many people."
So as a copy editor, you have to think about context and well as definition when choosing a word. If I asked three people to explain the two-word sentence "he's hot," without context, I might get three explanations. (He has a high temperature; he's extremely attractive; he's angry.)
In a story, the context is probably clear. But that's not always the case in headlines, tweets and other short bits of text. That's why it's important that headlines words that are both strong and unambiguous. (Search the web for ambiguous headlines and you'll surely see this one: "Prostitutes appeal to pope." Need I say more.)
Back to Nixel and the heat advisory text. I couldn't find a better, succinct way to say "drink plenty of appropriate fluids," so "stay hydrated" is fine with me. It's clear and concise, even if it isn't conversational.
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Another test for my class (or learning about digital tools for journalism)
Fact-checking Beyond the News
Checking facts when facts change
For your consideration: What my editing class sees in the future
Is this resource reliable 2.0
I've been copy editing for more than 34 years, so I have a few thoughts on editing.
Right now, I teach editing and other journalism classes at KU's William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications. I previously served as the editorial adviser for The University Daily Kansan (and still mentor students there). Before that, I was a visiting news editor and assistant professor of editing at the Missouri School of Journalism, and before that led the copy/design/web desk at @whignews in Quincy, Illinois.
Most of my journalism career has been spent in editing. (I started as a reporter but admit I didn't like covering the crime beat.)
I served on the Executive Committee of the American Copy Editors Society for 12 years and am a lifetime member of ACES.
Follow me on on Twitter @gerrrib for lots of great copy editing tips and thoughts on journalism.
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Citibank are a very well known name in International banking with offices worldwide. For more information call the Citibank contact number 0844 335 3905 .
Founded in 1812 Citibank was originally called City Bank of New York and is the consumer banking section of the financial services giant Citigroup. Its name was later changed to the First National City Bank of New York before it became Citibank, as it is known today. It has been designed for those who want to have simple and affordable ways of managing their money on a day-to-day basis whether they are at home or travelling abroad. Because of this Citibank have made it their business to ensure that the products and services that they offer are presented with the maximum level of simplicity and offer efficient ease of use. Citibank also pride themselves on offering a level of customer service that they feel should delight f their customers wherever they are when they make contact with the Citibank customer service team. If you would like to talk to Citibank, call them on Citibank contact number 0844 335 3905 .
Citibank offers secure worldwide money transfers to its customers to any other Citibank account and do not charge a transaction fee for this. As well as offering accounts in sterling the bank will facilitate the holding of accounts in dollars and euros and the money kept in any of the different currency accounts can be accessed from the Visa Card that Citibank issue to their customers.
Citibank offer accounts with no monthly fee if the account is credited with at least £1,800 every month and if two direct debits are active on the account or if the account is kept in £20,000 credit. Otherwise a monthly fee of £8 will be charged. If you would like to talk to Citibank about opening an account then call them on Citibank contact number 0844 335 3905 .
Another perk for those who bank with Citibank is the free world wide holiday insurance that is offered to the entire family and which includes cover for winter sports holidays as a standard part of the insurance package. If you would like to talk to Citibank about the holiday insurance they offer then call them on Citibank contact number 0844 335 3905.
With access to accounts around the clock and every day of the year there is a lot of offer with a Citibank account. For all the benefits that are available to those who bank with Citibank then call them on the Citibank contact number 0844 335 3905.


It's not a secret that C/C++ development is much more exacting for code quality than development on Java. Fatal errors are much more likely to be made. In the meantime, collecting information about such mistakes is a non-trivial task, even for experienced developers. In the first part of this talk we will cover existing elaborations: how the built-in Android debugger works, what solutions already exist. The second part is dedicated to a story, how it works under the hood: how to obtain a processor state when an error has occurred, how to unwind a call stack, how to know source code line numbers. We will review stack unwinding libraries such as libcorkscrew, libunwind, libunwindstack. The talk will be interesting to Android developers, whose apps use the NDK, and to everyone else for expanding the horizons.
Senior developer for mobile platforms of Akvelon company. More than 5 years experience in the game industry with specialization on cross-platform development for mobile devices using C/C++ languages. The problem of collecting information about errors in NDK code is known firsthand.


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Michigan State football gets commit from 2021 three-star safety from Miami
Kirkland Crawford
Michigan State football continues to add to its 2021 class.
On Saturday afternoon, the class of verbal commits grew to three with Miami Gulliver Prep safety Gabe Nealy, who tweeted his pledge to MSU.
Nealy is a three-star recruit and the No. 133 player in Florida for 2021, according to the 247Sports Composite. The 6-foot-4, 175-pounder had offers from Miami (Fla.), Cincinnati and Louisville, among others.
According to 247Sports, both MSU head coach Mel Tucker and Harlon Barnett, whom Tucker brought back to the Spartans after a two-year stint at Florida State, were the co-recruiters for Nealy.
MSU reportedly offered Nealy a scholarship on March 26.
Nealy now joins East Lansing offensive lineman Ethan Boyd and Oak Park running back Davion Primm in MSU's 2021 class.
There is no player in MSU's 2020 class, recruited by former head coach Mark Dantonio, from Florida, one of the most talent-rich regions in the country.
Contact Kirkland Crawford: kcrawford@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @HiKirkHere.


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Title 26. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
Subtitle F. Procedure and Administration
Chapter 77. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 7529. Notification of suspected identity theft
26 U.S. Code § 7529 - Notification of suspected identity theft
(a) In generalIf the Secretary determines that there has been or may have been an unauthorized use of the identity of any individual, the Secretary shall, without jeopardizing an investigation relating to tax administration—
(1) as soon as practicable—
notify the individual of such determination,
provide instructions on how to file a report with law enforcement regarding the unauthorized use,
identify any steps to be taken by the individual to permit law enforcement to access personal information of the individual during the investigation,
provide information regarding actions the individual may take in order to protect the individual from harm relating to the unauthorized use, and
offer identity protection measures to the individual, such as the use of an identity protection personal identification number, and
(2) at the time the information described in paragraph (1) is provided (or, if not available at such time, as soon as practicable thereafter), issue additional notifications to such individual (or such individual's designee) regarding—
whether an investigation has been initiated in regards to such unauthorized use,
whether the investigation substantiated an unauthorized use of the identity of the individual, and
(C) whether—
any action has been taken against a person relating to such unauthorized use, or
any referral has been made for criminal prosecution of such person and, to the extent such information is available, whether such person has been criminally charged by indictment or information.
(b) Employment-related identity theft
For purposes of this section, the unauthorized use of the identity of an individual includes the unauthorized use of the identity of the individual to obtain employment.
(2) Determination of employment-related identity theftFor purposes of this section, in making a determination as to whether there has been or may have been an unauthorized use of the identity of an individual to obtain employment, the Secretary shall review any information—
obtained from a statement described in section 6051 or an information return relating to compensation for services rendered other than as an employee, or
provided to the Internal Revenue Service by the Social Security Administration regarding any statement described in section 6051,
which indicates that the social security account number provided on such statement or information return does not correspond with the name provided on such statement or information return or the name on the tax return reporting the income which is included on such statement or information return.
(Added Pub. L. 116–25, title II, § 2007(a), July 1, 2019, 133 Stat. 1005.)
Pub. L. 116–25, title II, § 2007(d), July 1, 2019, 133 Stat. 1006, provided that:
"The amendments made by this section [enacting this section and amending section 432 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare] shall apply to determinations made after the date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [July 1, 2019]."
Public-Private Partnership To Address Identity Theft Refund Fraud
Pub. L. 116–25, title II, § 2001, July 1, 2019, 133 Stat. 1001, provided that:
"The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) shall work collaboratively with the public and private sectors to protect taxpayers from identity theft refund fraud."
Information Sharing and Analysis Center
Pub. L. 116–25, title II, § 2003(a), (b), July 1, 2019, 133 Stat. 1001, provided that:
"(a) In General.—
The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) may participate in an information sharing and analysis center to centralize, standardize, and enhance data compilation and analysis to facilitate sharing actionable data and information with respect to identity theft tax refund fraud.
"(b) Development of Performance Metrics.—
The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) shall develop metrics for measuring the success of such center in detecting and preventing identity theft tax refund fraud."
Single Point of Contact for Tax-Related Identity Theft Victims
The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) shall establish and implement procedures to ensure that any taxpayer whose return has been delayed or otherwise adversely affected due to tax-related identity theft has a single point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service throughout the processing of the taxpayer's case. The single point of contact shall track the taxpayer's case to completion and coordinate with other Internal Revenue Service employees to resolve case issues as quickly as possible.
"(b) Single Point of Contact.—
"(1) In general.—For purposes of subsection (a), the single point of contact shall consist of a team or subset of specially trained employees who—
have the ability to work across functions to resolve the issues involved in the taxpayer's case; and
shall be accountable for handling the case until its resolution.
"(2) Team or subset.—The employees included within the team or subset described in paragraph (1) may change as required to meet the needs of the Internal Revenue Service, provided that procedures have been established to—
ensure continuity of records and case history; and
notify the taxpayer when appropriate."
Examination of Both Paper and Electronic Statements and Returns
Pub. L. 116–25, title II, § 2007(b)(1), July 1, 2019, 133 Stat. 1006, provided that:
"The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) shall examine the statements, information returns, and tax returns described in section 7529(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by subsection (a)) for any evidence of employment-related identity theft, regardless of whether such statements or returns are submitted electronically or on paper."
Underreporting of Income
"The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) shall establish procedures to ensure that income reported in connection with the unauthorized use of a taxpayer's identity is not taken into account in determining any penalty for underreporting of income by the victim of identity theft."
Guidelines for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Cases
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [July 1, 2019], the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate), in consultation with the National Taxpayer Advocate, shall develop and implement publicly available guidelines for management of cases involving stolen identity refund fraud in a manner that reduces the administrative burden on taxpayers who are victims of such fraud.
"(b) Standards and Procedures To Be Considered.—The guidelines described in subsection (a) may include—
"(1) standards for—
the average length of time in which a case involving stolen identity refund fraud should be resolved;
the maximum length of time, on average, a taxpayer who is a victim of stolen identity refund fraud and is entitled to a tax refund which has been stolen should have to wait to receive such refund; and
the maximum number of offices and employees within the Internal Revenue Service with whom a taxpayer who is a victim of stolen identity refund fraud should be required to interact in order to resolve a case;
standards for opening, assigning, reassigning, or closing a case involving stolen identity refund fraud; and
procedures for implementing and accomplishing the standards described in paragraphs (1) and (2), and measures for evaluating such procedures and determining whether such standards have been successfully implemented."


Nhaqosa had watched as Elad landed in the pavilion, cutting down first the lord and then his guards. The sheer audacity of the attack had amazed him, but Elad's survival could no longer be a concern of his. He retrieved his maul and strode back towards the gates that led into the caverns beneath the pits. The gates were remarkably flimsy wooden affairs. Nhaqosa took his maul to them, splintering wood under the force of his blow. A second strike smashed through. Nhaqosa kicked the remnants out of the way, seeing two guards waiting on the other side, nervously facing him.


When Harvest Portfolios Group Inc., CEO Michael Kovacs founded the company in 2009, global markets were in the middle of their worst stretch in two decades.
Stocks were nearing the end of a 17-month bear grip that saw the S&P 500 index lose 50% of its value from peak to trough. Extraordinary interventions by governments and central banks helped stabilize the financial system, but at the time, the outlook was anything but bright.
While the industry was shaken, Kovacs was optimistic about the way ahead. He recalled the lessons learned during the Crash of 1987 when he was starting out in the investment business. That gave him a map to follow and confidence in the future.
On October 19, 1987 the Dow shed nearly 22% of its value, the biggest one-day percentage loss in history. Amid the Black Monday panic, Kovacs decided to focus on the fundamentals of value and wealth creation. Among his readings and research was to follow the writings of Warren Buffett. The more he read, the more he realized that 'The Buffett' way was simple. Buffett bought great companies and held on to them. Over time their share prices rose and they paid dividends. Those twin energizers added up to excellent returns over time. These insights shaped the evolution of the Harvest way. Kovacs believes the best recipe for success is through ownership of the biggest global players, with deep pockets, strong businesses, dividend flows and opportunities for growth. This is the core of the Harvest philosophy and these views have been reinforced through all the crashes and subsequent recoveries since 1987.
In 2016, Harvest adopted the ETF structure for its products. Harvest uses a quantitative and fundamental process to select and manage its suite of ETF portfolios. The mandates are transparent and simple for clients to understand. Harvest chooses global leaders, or the biggest and most dominant companies in their industry. They have financial staying power and a history of profitability and rising dividends. These features mean the companies protect investor capital while providing growth.
The philosophy was put to work in 2009 with the first fund, the Harvest Banks & Buildings mutual fund, which has since also been launched as an ETF. The ETF version of the fund offers investors a convenient and lower cost way to get at Harvest's longest running income strategy. Both funds invest in a portfolio of mainly Canadian banking, other financial and real estate companies, REITs and up to 25% in similar US holdings. Over the nine years ending Dec. 31, 2018 the original banks and buildings fund had an average annual compound return of 8.64%. Someone investing $100,000 investment when it was launched "during the smoking embers of the financial crisis," at the end of the financial crisis would have doubled their money and more. "That's a pretty good return," Kovacs says.
The Harvest Healthcare Leaders Income ETF invests in an equally weighted portfolio of 20 of the largest global healthcare stocks. It offers a monthly income and is enhanced by a covered call strategy.
The Harvest Brand Leaders Plus Income ETF is a globally diversified fund that invests in 20 companies selected from the world's top 100 rated brands. It also offers a monthly income and benefits from the covered call strategy.
In January 2019, Harvest launched two more ETFs, the Harvest Global Gold Giants Index ETF (TSX: HGGG) and the Harvest Equal Weight Global Utilities Income ETF (TSX:HUTL). These are examples of the strategy at work.
The Harvest Equal Weight Global Utilities Income ETF focuses on 30 large cap global utilities in the telecom, electricity, pipelines, oil and gas storage and transportation sectors. The portfolio is equally weighted and uses a covered call strategy to generate additional income and pays a fixed monthly distribution.
The companies in the ETF are monopolies or oligopolies and are considered essential services because they provide such things as electricity and water. They have pricing power and are defensive assets that pay a steady income in all conditions. They trade actively and have options, which plays to the Harvest strength.
Harvest enriches its returns with a covered call strategy that adds to the basic return. Harvest is second largest option writing firm in Canada with 8 of its 12 ETF's having option writing strategies. The company has made it their specialty and area of the market focus. Harvest believes the process is a low risk way to increase returns and its funds have returned 8% or 9% a year consistently. The strategy creates tax advantaged income through an active covered call writing process. The tax advantage comes from the premium income created by the call writing. It is treated as capital gains.
Kovacs believes Harvest products have broad appeal. Younger investors might want to see the conservative growth as a way to accumulate wealth and increase returns by using its dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPS). As they reinvest the dividends, the power of compounding helps their money grow by paying dividends on dividends. Kovacs says those nearing retirement or in retirement are looking at fixed income returns of 2% or so. In this environment, it is hard to generate income and not dip into capital.
A decade ago if you had $1 million and put it into GICs, you might have seen a 4 to 5% yield, or $40,000 to $50,000 a year. GICs are currently yielding somewhere between 1.8% and 2%, so the income has dropped to $18,500 and $20,000. Unless investors adopt a different strategy they are faced with drawing down their capital.
So how would Michael Kovacs summarize the Harvest way?


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EU supports Kazakh programme to educate Afghan women
By Georgi Gotev | EURACTIV.com
"Empowering Women in Afghanistan" conference in Astana. [@EUinKazakstan Twitter]
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini on Wednesday (5 September) announced a new €2 million programme that will train and educate Afghan women in Kazakhstan.
Mogherini announced the EU contribution via a video message to the regional "Empowering Women in Afghanistan" conference in Astana.
HRVP Federica Mogherini: EU announces a new €2 million programme that will train and educate Afghan women in #CentralAsia, empowering them economically and making them more independent #euinkz #afghanistan @FedericaMog @eu_eeas pic.twitter.com/ej23T0lqjb
— EU in Kazakhstan (@EUinKazakhstan) September 5, 2018
As Kazakhstan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Abdrakhmanov said, since 2010, Kazakhstan has been running a project of educating 1,000 Afghans in peaceful professions such as engineers, doctors, agricultural specialists and nurses.
Under this project, Kazakhstan has provided $50 million of its own money to educate the Afghans but now the EU is expected to join in the financing and focus on educating Afghan women.
The main advantage of the project is that in Kazakhstan, a secular but also Muslim-majority country, the Afghans who come to study feel at home in a friendly cultural environment.
The programme had proven its effectiveness because 100% of the Afghan students who have studied in Kazakhstan return home and three-quarters of them found a job after returning to Afghanistan. Conversely, Afghan students in Western countries tend to remain there.
.@FedericaMog at Astana Conf. on Empowering Women in #Afghanistan: "Women empowerment is not only a matter of human rights & social justice. It's about development, human growth & fulfilling the country's potential. #EU will continue to be the strongest supporter of ?? women." pic.twitter.com/WwyprltxrM
— Adam Kaznowski (@AdamKaznowski) September 5, 2018
In his welcoming address to the conference, delivered by State Secretary Gulshara Abdykalikova, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that the agenda of the conference "puts emphasis on the special role of women in the modern world and their invaluable contribution to addressing many political and social challenges, settling conflicts, maintaining peace and security, improving the life and welfare of the society."
#afghan women still kidnapped, raped and suffer from human rights violation. What international community and #Kazakhstan could do to change the situation? The regional conference to tackle practical issues of #development coop towards stronger women and society in #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/YMJOCW7YsB
Nazarbayev reminded that since Kazakhstan gained its independence in December 1991, the country has dedicated sustained efforts to achieve the highest world standards in gender policy and strengthen the role of women in the public and political life of the country.
Kazakhstan has ratified all fundamental international instruments on gender equality, Nazarbayev said.
The president underlined that Kazakhstan, as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2017 and 2018, has placed emphasis on ensuring security in Central Asia and Afghanistan. In this process, he said, the empowerment of women is of paramount importance.
"Commending the steps taken by the Afghan government to improve the situation of women in the country and ensure gender equality, we stand for the early achievement of peace on the Afghan land, including through the concept of 'for Afghans and by Afghans'," the address said.
According to the president, international meetings such as the Astana conference help to join the efforts of the international community and, taking into account a wide range of opinions, allow for the open discussion of the world's most pressing issues.
The Astana conference was organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan jointly with the European Union, the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the Eurasian Media Forum.
The event brought together high-level delegations from Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the United States, Uzbekistan, and the United Nations.
#Tajikistan MP Gulnora Boboyeva: Tajikistan supports the #EU projects on education for #Afghanistan women and girls, given common cultural historical ties btwn Tajikistan n Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/qAFBQog9pg
Among the various video messages was that of Ivanka Trump, daughter of the US president, who acts as his advisor.
Press conference on the outcomes of Astana Conference on women empowerment in #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/5aoW7se56J
EU-Kazakhstan relations
Kairat Abdrakhmanov
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Un jardín en clima subtropical húmedo: Lluvia en el jardin..
Very pretty camellia wearing jewels of rain.
Camellias are gorgeous plants I can't think of living without them!
Raindrops on flowers are pure magic!
yes Kris, few things are more beautiful than a garden after the rain!
How wonderful to combine Magnolias and Camelias with Mozart's music. It fit's perfectly.
yes! Love Camellias, Magnolias and Mozart!