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Dickson Magotsi
Dr. Dickson Liyayi Magotsi currently serves as the Undersecretary and Head of Programs for the Kenyan Ministry of Interior and Coordination's National Steering Committee on Peacebuilding and Conflict Management, housed in the Ministry's Conflict Early Warning and Response Unit. Dr. Magotsi also sits on the Kenyan National Committee for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and All Forms of Discrimination. During nearly two decades of public service, he has made contributions to a wide variety of peacebuilding and conflict management initiatives, including having served as Team Leader of the UWIANO Platform for Peace. Dr. Magotsi received a B.A in Political Science and an M.A in International Conflict Management from the University of Nairobi. He recently attended the Global Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Genocide Prevention in November of 2017.
I wish to posit that a combination of preventive actions, policies and approaches is the most effective in the long-term prevention of mass atrocities. In specific, community conversations and dialogue, conflict assessments, awareness raising and advocacy, training of stakeholders, and the domestication of protocols on genocide prevention are particularly effective. Stakeholders and communities at large should be involved to ensure that the actions they plan to not inadvertently provoke or enable mass atrocities. To this end, capacity building and awareness raising for stakeholders should be undertaken. This should happen at all phases of the conflict cycle: upstream, midstream and downstream.
What brought you to work in the field of genocide and mass atrocity prevention?
I have a passion for work in this area. Additionally, my very first deployment in government placed me in the community, where I was at the centre of conflict prevention and resolution. I found myself in an environment that had many stakeholders and actors. Thus, I was charged with the coordination of their initiatives. My learning path, including my educational and professional qualifications, has focused on conflict prevention and the prevention of mass atrocities and genocide.
Could you tell us a bit about your work with the Kenya National Committee for the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and All Forms of Discrimination (KNC)?
I am the Chairperson of the KNC's Policy and Legislation Sub Committee. Currently we are coordinating the development of a legal framework for the Committee. Beyond this, I initiate concept notes and do fundraising as well as support and facilitate trainings for members and stakeholders. I also contribute to research and regularly facilitate meetings and stakeholders' forums.
In the near future, the KNC is planning to conduct a series of community dialogues in selected areas that are being significantly affected by conflict. The forums are meant to enable stakeholders to form a deeper understanding regarding the peace and security context, analyse the conflicts, and propose practical solutions. The forums will also serve to repair relationships that were broken during a fiercely contested electoral period. The KNC is also planning to develop a legislative bill on genocide prevention. To this end, we hired a project consultant, who has already been brought on board. We did our inception meeting with the consultant mid-January 2018 and held a meeting for the KNC Executive Committee during which Edwine (Okuta, Member of the KNC) and myself briefed the meeting on the training we attended last year. At this point, we're set for the full KNC meeting on February 2, 2018. The training of KNC members in various thematic areas and a series of KNC working meetings will be held too.
Could you also tell us about the work you do for the National Steering Committee on Peacebuilding and Conflict Management?
With the National Steering Committee, I focus on the following:
formulating, interpreting and reviewing policies, strategies, programs, laws, regulations, standards, guidelines and mechanisms governing peace building in liaison with stakeholders;
mobilizing resources and fostering collaboration and partnerships in support of peace building programmes;
facilitating research on peace building and conflict management;
coordinating domestication and implementation of regional protocols, agreements, and mechanisms on peace building;
facilitating implementation of the National Conflict Early Warning and Early Response System and the National Information Resource Centre on Peacebuilding;
promoting conflict prevention, management, resolution, national healing and reconciliation processes;
monitoring and evaluating peace building programmes;
providing technical advice on peace building;
advising on National Peace Awards;
facilitating commemoration of National and International peace events; and
planning, budgeting, capacity building and performance management of staff.
What does a day in your job of prevention look like?
Sometimes I realize that whatever I plan to do may be interrupted by calls/demands to respond to needy situations. It then necessitates that I put on hold all the "linear" programmes/activities for the day and initiate action on emerging issues arising from early warning alerts.
Who or what inspires you in your continued work on the prevention of mass atrocities?
The sanctity of human life. My conviction lies in my calling to save lives.


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I presented a talk with Benjamin Chaffee at a conference at the University of North Texas this last weekend. After the conference there was a Q&A with the visiting writers: Kyle Minor, Alex Lemon, Vanessa Place, Christine Sneed, and John D'Agata.
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1. Global StrategyEquity Research Asia Sector Strategy 11,January 11, 2012 China Oil & Gas: Gas Reform TrialsS&P 2012 GDP ESTIMATES:China: 7.7%-8.2% Gas pricing trials in Guangxi and Guangdong Amid the positive news of Guangdong. an increase in the windfall tax threshold last week, a smaller, yet potentiallyHong Kong: 2.5%-3.0% as significant, announcement was also made on the imposition of a new gasIndia: 6.8%-7.3% pricing mechanism on a trial basis in Guangdong province and the GuangxiIndonesia: 6.0%-6.5% autonomous region (referred to herein as the "two provinces").Korea: 2.8%-3.3%Malaysia: 4.4%-4.9% Shifting to a netback formula (from cost - plus) Effective Dec. 26, 2011, cost-plus).Singapore: 2.0%-2.5% benchmark gate gas prices were set at CNY2.74/m3 and CNY2.57/m3 inTaiwan: 2.3%-2.8% Guangdong and Guangxi, respectively. City gas gate prices in the twoThailand: 3.5%-4.0% provinces will be based on the benchmark plus respective logistics costs.U.S.: 1.8% This replaces the previous mechanism from a cost-plus basis (wellhead +Eurozone: 0.4% logistics) to a netback formula with reference to a basket of alternative fuels (60% imported fuel oil + 40% imported LPG). The benchmark gate prices are2012 INDEX TARGETS: to be adjusted initially on an annual basis; if successful the mechanism mayS&P 500: 1,400 be rolled out nationwide at a later date.S&P Euro 350: 1,050S&P Asia 50: 3,500 Partially removes a key stumbling block . As noted in our December 2011 block. piece, China O&G: Cloudy 2012, a key impediment to gas price reform is the multitude of gas sources with substantially different cost structures (domestic conventional, domestic unconventional, pipeline import or LNG), and hence the lack of a proper pricing benchmark. Switching to a netback formula allows the NDRC to set key benchmarks on a provincial basis, regardless of gas source. This still leaves the NDRC the headache of setting provincial benchmark prices, but the addition of a pricing basket automates (theoretically) much of this process.EnergyEnergy Netback results = still loss - making (albeit lower) for CNPC 's WEP2 . In our loss- CNPC'sOverweight December 2010 sector note, Reform on the Mind , we calculated CNPC's (PetroChina's parent) average imported gas cost for the second West-EastOil & Gas Pipeline (WEP2) to be about CNY2.02/m3. Hence, netting back from the two provinces' city gas gate prices (assuming a CNY1/m3 pipeline cost), CNPCOverweight would still be losing money from its Turkmenistan gas imports, albeit at a lower level, given previous average city gas gate price of CNY2.27/m3. This is also lower than CNOOC's (parent of CNOOC Ltd) Fujian terminal import costs from Indonesia's Tangguh LNG, but reports from Beijing-based industry consultants 3E Ltd indicate the new benchmark prices are still substantially Halim,Ahmad Halim, CFA lower than CNOOC gas imports from Qatar. Pertamina is also reportedlyEquity Analyst seeking to hike its LNG sales price to CNOOC by up to 109% to USD7/mBtu. Stock Recommendations While the changes should benefit PetroChina, Recommendations. given its dominance in the natural gas distribution business, we believe much of this is in the long term, as wholesale gas pricing reform (although required to secure China's energy needs in future) will take some time to play out. For now, our preference lies with Sinopec Corp (00386, HKD9.02) and CNOOC Ltd (00883, HKD15.18), both at 4-STARS (Buy). Valuations for both are attractive, while Sinopec also offers reform leverage and significant injection opportunities (e.g. Addax, Daylight). PetroChina PetroChina's (00857, HKD10.74) unexciting valuations lead us to a 3-STARS (Hold) call. This report is for information purposes and should not be considered a solicitation to buy or sell any security.Standard & Poor's Neither Standard & Poor's nor any other party guarantees its accuracy or makes warranties regarding resultsEquity Research Services from its usage. Redistribution is prohibited without written permission. Copyright © 2012. All required17th Floor, Prudential Tower d i s c l o s ur e s a nd an a l y st c er t if i c a t io n ap p e ar s o n t he la s t 3 p a g e s of t h i s r epo r t . A dd i t io n a l i nf or m a t io n i s30 Cecil Street, Singapore a v a i l a b le on r eq u e st .
2. January 11, 2012 Global Strat egy Select Integrated Oil & Gas and E&P Performance and Key Capital IQ Consensus Ratios as at January 10, 2012 2012 2 Price Performance PER (x) PAT Growth Market Trading Cap (USD Company Name CIQ Ticker Ccy Share Price mln) 1 Mth 3 Mths 6 Mths FY2011 FY2012 FY2011 FY2012 Integrated O&G Exxon Mobil Corporation NYSE:XOM USD 85.72 410,874 5.4% 12.4% 4.7% 10.0x 10.2x 36.5% -5.4% PetroChina Co. Ltd. SEHK:857 HKD 10.80 288,587 14.0% 19.7% -6.9% 11.2x 9.9x 5.6% 13.8% Royal Dutch Shell plc LSE:RDSA GBP 24.02 236,283 4.7% 13.3% 7.0% 8.0x 7.8x 32.8% 5.2% Chevron Corporation NYSE:CVX USD 109.06 217,191 4.6% 11.7% 4.5% 7.9x 8.3x 43.9% -5.8% BP plc LSE:BP. GBP 4.80 140,867 6.1% 18.2% 4.5% 6.5x 6.4x NM 1.9% China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. SEHK:386 HKD 8.96 105,718 12.1% 26.4% 14.7% 8.3x 7.7x 11.2% 8.2% ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP USD 73.28 97,297 1.8% 9.3% -1.9% 8.5x 8.6x 6.3% -7.7% PTT Public Co. Ltd. SET:PTT THB 324.00 29,254 1.3% 11.0% -2.1% 9.2x 8.3x 22.3% 9.8% Average 6.26% 15.25% 3.05% 8.7x 8.4x 22.6% 2.5% Exploration & Production (E&P) CNOOC Ltd. SEHK:883 HKD 15.30 87,271 3.5% 11.5% -16.0% 7.9x 8.1x 33.2% -2.3% Statoil ASA OB:STL NOK 155.00 82,413 1.0% 16.9% 15.1% 9.7x 8.7x 36.8% 8.1% Suncor Energy Inc. TSX:SU CAD 32.82 50,785 9.9% 13.8% -14.3% 9.6x 9.8x 50.7% 2.1% Anadarko Petroleum Corporation NYSE:APC USD 80.88 40,276 0.8% 21.5% 5.2% 26.1x 23.9x 104.8% 4.3% Apache Corp. NYSE:APA USD 98.09 37,672 0.6% 12.8% -19.1% 8.4x 7.9x 52.5% 6.4% Woodside Petroleum Ltd. ASX:WPL AUD 32.18 26,142 0.9% -9.6% -19.8% 14.9x 13.7x 9.1% 12.5% Hess Corporation NYSE:HES USD 58.56 19,608 0.2% 5.3% -18.7% 9.4x 8.4x -0.1% 10.6% PTT Exploration and Production Public Co. Ltd. SET:PTTEP THB 181.00 18,995 8.4% 22.3% 2.0% 13.6x 11.1x 5.4% 22.8% Average 3.17% 11.80% -8.22% 12.5x 11.5x 36.6% 8.1% EV/EBITDA PBV ROE Gross Margin Div Yield Company Company Name FY2011 FY2012 FY2011 FY2012 FY2011 FY2012 FY2011 FY2012 FY2011 FY2012 Integrated O&G Exxon Mobil Corporation NYSE:XOM 4.7x 4.8x 2.5x 2.3x 25.5% 22.0% 46.40% 47.50% 2.16% 2.27% PetroChina Co. Ltd. SEHK:857 6.3x 5.6x 1.6x 1.4x 14.2% 14.9% 36.42% 36.70% 3.90% 4.39% Royal Dutch Shell plc LSE:RDSA 4.1x 4.0x 1.4x 1.2x 17.6% 16.0% 22.20% 21.90% 4.59% 4.85% Chevron Corporation NYSE:CVX 3.3x 3.5x 1.8x 1.6x 23.8% 19.5% 45.20% 46.00% 2.82% 3.02% BP plc LSE:BP. 3.7x 3.7x 1.3x 1.1x 20.5% 18.2% 18.90% 19.80% 3.75% 4.13% China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. SEHK:386 5.2x 4.7x 1.3x 1.2x 16.8% 16.0% 16.75% 17.14% 3.19% 3.50% ConocoPhillips NYSE:COP 3.8x 3.9x 1.5x 1.4x 17.6% 16.0% 28.30% 29.40% 3.55% 3.82% PTT Public Co. Ltd. SET:PTT 6.7x 5.9x 1.6x 1.4x 19.4% 18.6% 9.06% 9.59% 3.85% 4.12% Average 4.7x 4.5x 1.6x 1.5x 19.4% 17.6% 27.90% 28.50% 3.48% 3.76% Exploration & Production (E&P) CNOOC Ltd. SEHK:883 4.2x 4.2x 2.1x 1.8x 28.8% 23.2% 59.33% 53.10% 4.27% 4.12% Statoil ASA OB:STL 2.2x 2.1x 1.9x 1.6x 24.6% 20.0% 47.05% 48.85% 4.20% 4.46% Suncor Energy Inc. TSX:SU 5.2x 5.2x 1.3x 1.2x 14.6% 12.7% 60.80% 62.40% 1.33% 1.41% Anadarko Petroleum Corporation NYSE:APC 6.9x 5.8x 2.1x 1.9x 5.3% 8.2% 70.70% 71.30% 0.45% 0.45% Apache Corp. NYSE:APA 3.7x 3.4x 1.3x 1.2x 16.9% 15.7% 78.10% 79.30% 0.65% 0.64% Woodside Petroleum Ltd. ASX:WPL 9.7x 7.5x 2.0x 1.8x 13.9% 13.6% 69.90% 68.60% 3.51% 3.67% Hess Corporation NYSE:HES 3.5x 3.2x 1.0x 0.9x 12.4% 11.5% 25.10% 25.30% 0.72% 0.71% PTT Exploration and Production Public Co. Ltd. SET:PTTEP 5.9x 4.9x 3.0x 2.5x 23.3% 24.3% 52.74% 50.76% 2.86% 3.51% Average 5.1x 4.5x 1.8x 1.6x 17.5% 16.1% 57.97% 57.45% 2.25% 2.37% Source: S&P Capital IQ Standard & Poor's Equity Re search
3. January 11, 2012 Global Strat egy S&P Capital IQ Research S&P Capital IQ U.S. includes Standard & Poor's Research–Glossary Investment Advisory Services LLC; Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services Europe includes Standard & Poor's LLC- London; Standard & Poor's Equity 3 Research Services Asia includes Standard & Poor's LLC's offices in Singapore,S&P STARS - Since January 1, 1987, S&P Capital IQ Equity Research has ranked a Standard & Poor's Investment Advisory Services (HK) Limited in Hong Kong,universe of U.S. common stocks, ADRs (American Depositary Receipts), and ADSs Standard & Poor's Malaysia Sdn Bhd, and Standard & Poor's Information Services(American Depositary Shares) based on a given equity's potential for future (Australia) Pty Ltd.performance. Similarly, S&P Capital IQ Equity Research has used STARS® Abbreviations Used in S&P Capital IQ Equity Research Reportsmethodology to rank Asian and European equities since June 30, 2002. Under CAGR- Compound Annual Growth Rateproprietary STARS (STock Appreciation Ranking System), S&P equity analysts rank CAPEX- Capital Expendituresequities according to their individual forecast of an equity's future total return CY- Calendar Yearpotential versus the expected total return of a relevant benchmark (e.g., a regional DCF- Discounted Cash Flowindex (S&P Asia 50 Index, S&P Europe 350® Index or S&P 500® Index)), based on a EBIT- Earnings Before Interest and Taxes12-month time horizon. STARS was designed to meet the needs of investors looking EBITDA- Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortizationto put their investment decisions in perspective. Data used to assist in determining EPS- Earnings Per Sharethe STARS ranking may be the result of the analyst's own models as well as internal EV- Enterprise Valueproprietary models resulting from dynamic data inputs. FCF- Free Cash FlowS&P Quality Rankings (also known as S&P Earnings & Dividend Rankings Rankings)- FFO- Funds From OperationsGrowth and stability of earnings and dividends are deemed key elements in FY- Fiscal Yearestablishing S&P's earnings and dividend rankings for common stocks, which are P/E- Price/Earningsdesigned to capsulize the nature of this record in a single symbol. It should be noted, PEG Ratio- P/E-to-Growth Ratiohowever, that the process also takes into consideration certain adjustments and PV- Present Valuemodifications deemed desirable in establishing such rankings. The final score for R&D- Research & Developmenteach stock is measured against a scoring matrix determined by analysis of the scores ROE- Return on Equityof a large and representative sample of stocks. The range of scores in the array of ROI- Return on Investmentthis sample has been aligned with the following ladder of rankings: ROIC- Return on Invested Capital ROA- Return on AssetsA+ Highest B+ Average C Lowest SG&A- Selling, General & Administrative ExpensesA High B Below Average D In Reorganization WACC- Weighted Average Cost of CapitalA- Above Average B- Lower NR Not Ranked Dividends on American Depository Receipts (ADRs) and American DepositoryS&P Issuer Credit Rating - A Standard & Poor's Issuer Credit Rating is a current Shares (ADSs) are net of taxes (paid in the country of origin).opinion of an obligor's overall financial capacity (its creditworthiness) to pay itsfinancial obligations. This opinion focuses on the obligor's capacity and willingnessto meet its financial commitments as they come due. It does not apply to any specificfinancial obligation, as it does not take into account the nature of and provisions of Disclosures/Disclaimersthe obligation, its standing in bankruptcy or liquidation, statutory preferences, or thelegality and enforceability of the obligation. In addition, it does not take into accountthe creditworthiness of the guarantors, insurers, or other forms of creditenhancement on the obligation. Required Disclosures In contrast to the qualitative STARS recommendations covered in this report, whichS&P Capital IQ EPS Estimates – S&P Capital IQ earnings per share (EPS) estimates are determined and assigned by S&P Capital IQ equity analysts, S&P's quantitativereflect analyst projections of future EPS from continuing operations, and generally evaluations are derived from S&P's proprietary Fair Value quantitative model. Inexclude various items that are viewed as special, non-recurring, or extraordinary. particular, the Fair Value Ranking methodology is a relative ranking methodology,Also, S&P Capital IQ EPS estimates reflect either forecasts of S&P Capital IQ equity whereas the STARS methodology is not. Because the Fair Value model and theanalysts; or, the consensus (average) EPS estimate, which are independently STARS methodology reflect different criteria, assumptions and analytical methods,compiled by Capital IQ, a data provider to S&P Capital IQ Equity Research. Among quantitative evaluations may at times differ from (or even contradict) an equitythe items typically excluded from EPS estimates are asset sale gains; impairment, analyst's STARS recommendations. As a quantitative model, Fair Value relies onrestructuring or merger-related charges; legal and insurance settlements; in process history and consensus estimates and does not introduce an element of subjectivityresearch and development expenses; gains or losses on the extinguishment of debt; as can be the case with equity analysts in assigning STARS recommendations.the cumulative effect of accounting changes; and earnings related to operations thathave been classified by the company as discontinued. The inclusion of some items,such as stock option expense and recurring types of other charges, may vary, and S&P Global STARS Distributiondepend on such factors as industry practice, analyst judgment, and the extent to In North Americawhich some types of data is disclosed by companies. As of December 31, 2011, research analysts at S&P Capital IQ Equity Research North America recommended 39.1% of issuers with buy recommendations, 57.4% EarningsS&P Core Earnings - S&P Capital IQ Core Earnings is a uniform methodology for with hold recommendations and 3.5% with sell recommendations.adjusting operating earnings by focusing on a companys after-tax earningsgenerated from its principal businesses. Included in the S&P Capital IQ definition are In Europeemployee stock option grant expenses, pension costs, restructuring charges from As of December 31, 2011, research analysts at S&P Capital IQ Equity Researchongoing operations, write-downs of depreciable or amortizable operating assets, Europe recommended 31.5% of issuers with buy recommendations, 50.6% withpurchased research and development, M&A related expenses and unrealized hold recommendations and 17.9% with sell recommendations.gains/losses from hedging activities. 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import logging
from apispec import APISpec

from .namespace import Namespace
from .utils import make_path_chunk

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)

class Api(object):
    def __init__(self, app=None, version='1.0', title=None, description=None,
                 terms_url=None, license=None, license_url=None,
                 contact=None, contact_url=None, contact_email=None,
                 authorizations=None, security=None, doc='/',
                 default='default',  # default_id=default_id,
                 default_label='Default namespace', validate=None,
                 tags=None, prefix='',
                 default_mediatype='application/json', decorators=None,
                 catch_all_404s=False, serve_challenge_on_401=False,
                 format_checker=None,
                 **kwargs):
        self.version = version
        self.title = title or 'API'
        self.description = description
        self.terms_url = terms_url
        self.contact = contact
        self.contact_email = contact_email
        self.contact_url = contact_url
        self.license = license
        self.license_url = license_url
        self.authorizations = authorizations
        # self.security = security
        # self.default_id = default_id
        # self._validate = validate
        self._doc = doc
        # self._doc_view = None
        # self._default_error_handler = None
        self.tags = tags or []

        # self.error_handlers = {
        #     ParseError: mask_parse_error_handler,
        #     MaskError: mask_error_handler,
        # }
        # self._schema = None
        # self.models = {}
        # self._refresolver = None
        # self.format_checker = format_checker
        self.namespaces = []
        self.default_namespace = self.namespace(default, default_label,
                                                endpoint='{0}-declaration'
                                                .format(default),
                                                validate=validate,
                                                api=self,
                                                path='/')
        self.ns_paths = dict()
        self.spec = APISpec(title, version,
                            plugins=['apispec.ext.tornado',
                                     'apispec.ext.marshmallow'])
        # self.representations = OrderedDict(DEFAULT_REPRESENTATIONS)
        self.urls = {}
        self.prefix = make_path_chunk(prefix)
        # self.default_mediatype = default_mediatype
        # self.decorators = decorators if decorators else []
        # self.catch_all_404s = catch_all_404s
        # self.serve_challenge_on_401 = serve_challenge_on_401
        # self.blueprint_setup = None
        # self.endpoints = set()
        self.resources = []
        self.app = None
        # self.blueprint = None

        if app is not None:
            self.app = app
            self.init_app(app)

    def init_app(self, app, **kwargs):
        '''
        Allow to lazy register the API on a tornado application::

        >>> app = tornado.Application(__name__)
        >>> api = Api()
        >>> api.init_app(app)

        :param tornado.Application app: the Tornado application object
        :param str title: The API title (used in Swagger documentation)
        :param str description: The API description (used in Swagger
                                documentation)
        :param str terms_url: The API terms page URL (used in Swagger
                              documentation)
        :param str contact: A contact email for the API (used in Swagger
                            documentation)
        :param str license: The license associated to the API (used in Swagger
                            documentation)
        :param str license_url: The license page URL (used in Swagger
                                documentation)

        '''
        self.title = kwargs.get('title', self.title)
        self.description = kwargs.get('description', self.description)
        self.terms_url = kwargs.get('terms_url', self.terms_url)
        self.contact = kwargs.get('contact', self.contact)
        self.contact_url = kwargs.get('contact_url', self.contact_url)
        self.contact_email = kwargs.get('contact_email', self.contact_email)
        self.license = kwargs.get('license', self.license)
        self.license_url = kwargs.get('license_url', self.license_url)
        self._add_specs = kwargs.get('add_specs', True)

        self._init_app(app)

    def _init_app(self, app):
        '''
        Perform initialization actions with the given
        :class:`tornado.Application` object.

        :param tornado.Application app: The tornado application object
        '''

        if len(self.resources) > 0:
            self._register_view(app, self.resources)

    def get_ns_path(self, ns):
        return self.ns_paths.get(ns)

    def ns_urls(self, ns, urls):
        path = self.get_ns_path(ns) or ns.path
        return [path + url for url in urls]

    def add_namespace(self, ns, path=None):
        '''
        This method registers resources from namespace for current instance of
        api. You can use argument path for definition custom prefix url for
        namespace.

        :param Namespace ns: the namespace
        :param path: registration prefix of namespace
        '''
        if ns not in self.namespaces:
            self.namespaces.append(ns)
            if self not in ns.apis:
                ns.apis.append(self)
            # Associate ns with prefix-path
            if path is not None:
                self.ns_paths[ns] = path
        # Register resources
        for resource, urls, kwargs in ns.resources:
            self.register_resource(ns, resource, *self.ns_urls(ns, urls),
                                   **kwargs)

        for definition in ns.definitions:
            args, kwargs = definition
            self.spec.definition(*args, **kwargs)

    def namespace(self, *args, **kwargs):
        '''
        A namespace factory.

        :returns Namespace: a new namespace instance
        '''
        ns = Namespace(*args, **kwargs)
        self.add_namespace(ns)
        return ns

    def _complete_url(self, url_part):
        '''
        This method adds to url api specifit prefix.

        :param url_part: The part of the url the endpoint is registered with
        '''
        return ''.join([self.prefix, url_part])

    def register_resource(self, namespace, resource, *urls, **kwargs):
        urlspecs = []
        doc = kwargs.pop('_doc', None)
        for url in urls:
            url = self._complete_url(url)
            urlspecs.append((url, resource, kwargs))

        if doc is not None:
            if isinstance(doc, bool):
                if doc:
                    for urlspec in urlspecs:
                        self.spec.add_path(urlspec=urlspec)
            else:
                # TODO handle documentation as string?
                pass

        if self.app is not None:
            self._register_view(self.app, urlspecs)
        else:
            self.resources.extend(urlspecs)

    def _register_view(self, app, urlspecs):
        app.add_handlers(r'.*', urlspecs)

    def definition(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.spec.definition(*args, **kwargs)

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Hill Of The Skull - Joe Satriani - Guitar Tabs
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A|--2-----5----------------|
E|--0-----3----------------|
D5                                                                                D5
G|--4-----7----------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|5-----3----------------|
B                                                                                B
G|--4----------------------|-----------------------|
A|--------6----------------|2-----5----------------|
E|--7-----7----------------|0-----3----------------|
F5                                                                                F5
E|--------1----------------|2-----5----------------|
B                                                                                A5                                                                                B                                                                                A5
D|--4-----4--------7-------|5-----3----------------|
A|--------6--------7-------|5-----3----------------|
E|--7-----7--------5-------|3-----1----------------|
B|--5----------------------|-----------------------|
G|--4-----7----------------|5--------4-------------|
D|--2-----7----------------|5--------5--7----------|
A|--2-----5----------------|3--------2--7----------|
E|--0----------------------|------------5----------|
B|-------------------------|5-----3----------------|
G|--4----------------------|4-----4----------------|
A|--------6----------------|2----------------------|
C5                                                                                C5
G|--------5----------------|4-----5----------------|
E|--5----------------------|-----------------------|
F7M                                                                                F7M
G|--2-----4----------------|4-----7----------------|
E|--1----------------------|0----------------------|
G/B                                                                                A5                                                                                G/B                                                                                A5
G|--5--------4-------------|4----------------------|
D|--5--------5--7----------|4-----4----------------|
A|--3--------2--7----------|------6----------------|
E|--------------5----------|7-----7----------------|
E|-------------------------|0----------------------|
B|-------------------------|0----------------------|
About Surfing with the Alien : Surfing with the Alien is one of the most successful to date . It was released on October 15, 1987 by Relativity Records . The album is the second studio album by American rock guitarist Joe Satriani The album was recorded on a budget of $13,000 . Satriani's equipment was limited by the budget, consisting of two Kramer Pacer guitars and an adapted Stratocaster guitar . "Crushing Day" contains the only solo on the album that was worked out beforehand . Satriani expressed regret for this decision as he felt constrained when playing the song on stage . It had a contribution from notable artists like Joe Satriani. It had an affiliation to bands - Surfing with the Alien. Its music is influenced by genres - instrumental rock , jazz fusion.


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NCAA College Basketball
Was the original basketball court half court only?
It was a full court.
Q: Was the original basketball court half court only?
In basketball How long do you have to get the ball out of your half of the court?
you only have 8 seconds to be in your own half then you must enter the oppositions half within the 8 seconds to not commit a foul
When would a basketball player attempt a half court shot?
A basketball player typically attempts a half court shot towards the end of a quarter, when a player only has a few moments to either take or shot or let the clock run down to the end. Often a player cannot travel more than half the distance up the court, so must take a shot from half court because the clock is running down, and play will stop.
What state court has only original jurisdiction?
The United States supreme court is the only court with original jurisdiction of all states. The United States supreme court is a trial court.
What is the backcourt rule in basketball?
The backcourt rule in basketball is simple. Once a team crosses over the half court line once and they do it again it is backcourt because you have to stay on that side of the court. But if you are passing the ball in you can pass it to the other side of the court and then dribble it over but that is the only exception.
What court has only original jurisdicton?
Original jurisdiction would be held by the first court that heard the case.
What is the 7 poisition of the basketball?
There is no 7th position in basketball. There are only 5 people on the court at once.
Is it a technical foul in basketball if only 4 players are on the court?
Are there breaks in between quarters in basketball games?
no only in half time
Why is the Everglades only half of its original size?
The court of international trade has original jurisdiction only?
What is a back court violation?
A "Back Court Violation", sometimes called "over and back", occurs when an offensive player, while in control of the ball, crosses or touches the half court line only after the ball has been established in the "Front Court." The "Front Court" is a basketball team's offensive half of the court. The "Back Court" is a basketball team's defensive half of the court. After "in-bounding" the ball from or to the back court, dribbling the ball in the back court is allowed until the ball is established in the front court. The Ball is considered in the front court when a player controls the ball and both feet are past the half court line. Also, when a player is "Dribbling" from the "Back Court" to the "Front Court", the ball is not considered to be establish in the front court until both feet and the ball have entered the front court . Once the ball has been established in the "Front Court", an offensive player may play a ball in the back court only if a player on the defensive team controls, touches or knocks the ball in or to the back court otherwise it is a "Back Court Violation".
How can you gain copies of original court papers?
I believe you can only get copies if you were involved in the original proceeding.
What is original juridiction?
the surpreme court can only hear a case after it has gone through the court system.
How many timeouts does college basketball get?
They only get 5 timeouts per half!
Do basketball teams switch goals every period?
Only at half time.
What is the minimum height of a ceiling for an indoor basketball court if the court will only be 60 by 25 feet?
Probably whatever you want it to be
How many players are there on a team in basketball team?
only five can play on the court at once.
When does the US Supreme Court exercise original jurisdiction?
Currently, the US Supreme Court only exercises original jurisdiction in disputes between the states.
Are there 18 players on a basketball court?
While 18 basketball players can fit on a court, only 5 players from each team are allowed on a court at one time, meaning 10 players are on the court at any given moment.
What are 20 rules in basketball?
20 rules in basketball are:-If you stop dribbling you can only pass or shoot no more dribbling.The ball can not go out of the court.Once the ball goes past half court it can not go back.The ball can only be in the key 3 seconds.You can only thake 2 steps with ball unless you're dribling.
Can a court order you to sell a house you only own 50 percent?
If you only own a half interest the court cannot order the property sold unless the court has grounds to take the property rights of the other owner.If you only own a half interest the court cannot order the property sold unless the court has grounds to take the property rights of the other owner.If you only own a half interest the court cannot order the property sold unless the court has grounds to take the property rights of the other owner.If you only own a half interest the court cannot order the property sold unless the court has grounds to take the property rights of the other owner.
Which sport has 5 players per team?
Basketball can only have 5 players on the court at a time.
What is the only federal court that exercises both original and appellate jurisdiction?
The US Supreme Court (formally: The Supreme Court of the United States)
How many seconds does a team have to shoot a basketball once it is across mid-court?
the shot clock is 24 seconds, and it resets when it is shot once they get to the offensive side. So basically 24 seconds. There is no certain seconds where they have to shoot it only across half court
What is the difference between a Court of Appeals and a you s district court?
A court of appeals hears no original cases, it only reviews decisions made by lower courts. A US district court hears original cases, that are in the federal jurisdiction.
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Љубавна прича () америчка је љубавна филмска драма редитеља Артура Хилера из 1970. године. Сценарио је написао Ерик Сигал. Главне улоге играју: Рајан О'Нил, Ели Мекгроу, Реј Миленд, Џон Марли, Кетрин Балфур и Томи Ли Џонс.

Амерички филмски институт сматра филм једним од најромантичнијих (био је бр. 9 на листи) и један је од филмова са највећом зарадом свих времена. Уследио је наставак, Оливерова прича (1978), са О'Нилом у главној улози са Кендис Берген.

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Оливер Барет IV, који потиче из богате и поштоване породице дипломаца Харварда, упознаје и заљубљује се у Џенифер Кавалери, духовиту студенткињу радничке класе, у библиотеци Редклиф колеџа. Они одлучују да се венчају после факултета, упркос неслагању Оливеровог оца, што доводи до краја његове везе са сином.

Без финансијске подршке, младенци се боре да плате школарину на Правном факултету Харварда, а Џенифер је принуђена да ради као наставница у приватној школи. Изнајмљују последњи спрат куће у предграђу Кембриџа, поред локалне перионице веша. По завршетку треће године, Оливер добија посао у угледној њујоршкој адвокатској фирми.

Млади пар одлучује да има децу, али из неког разлога не успевају. После још једног неуспеха, обраћају се специјалисти који, након прегледа Џенифер, обавештава Оливеру о њеној неизлечивој болести од које ће ускоро умријети. Судећи по неким знацима, њена болест је слична леукемији.

По савету лекара, Оливер покушава да настави нормалан живот, скривајући од Џенифер тежину њеног стања. Али једног дана, након тешког разговора са доктором, сазнаје горку истину. Пошто је остало само неколико дана да буду заједно, Оливер и Џенифер одлучују да започну скупо лечење рака. Међутим, Оливер убрзо не може да плати бројне рачуне из болнице. У очају, одлучује да затражи финансијску помоћ од свог оца, а на питање Барета старијег да ли ће помоћи девојци у невољи, Оливер кратко одговара "да", али му не говори целу истину о њеној озбиљности. стање.

Тужан крај. Лежећи у болничком кревету, Џенифер оставља оцу последња наређења у вези са сахраном. Долази Оливер, она га моли да не криви себе за све. Срцепарајућа опроштајна сцена. Загрљени последњи пут леже на кревет. Напуштајући болницу, погођен тугом, Оливер среће свог оца, који се извињава због своје некадашње бешћутности. Оливер у сузама одговара да љубави не треба жалити.

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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
NASA is partnering with a Pentagon research agency to develop a nuclear-powered rocket engine in preparation for sending astronauts to Mars.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday that the US space agency will team up with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to "develop and demonstrate advanced nuclear thermal propulsion technology as soon as 2027."
"With the help of this new technology, astronauts could journey to and from deep space faster than ever –- a major capability to prepare for crewed missions to Mars," Nelson said in a statement.
DARPA is the Pentagon's research and development arm and has played a role in many of the notable innovations of the 20th century including the internet.
NASA said nuclear thermal rockets can be three or more times more efficient than conventional chemical propulsion and would reduce transit time, essential for an eventual mission to Mars.
In a nuclear thermal engine, a fission reactor is used to generate extremely high temperatures.
Heat from the reactor is transferred to liquid propellant which is then converted into gas, which expands through a nozzle and provides thrust.
"DARPA and NASA have a long history of fruitful collaboration," DARPA director Stefanie Tompkins said, citing the Saturn V rocket that took the first astronauts to the Moon.
"The nuclear thermal rocket program will be essential for more efficiently and quickly transporting material to the Moon and, eventually, people to Mars," Tompkins said.
NASA conducted its last nuclear thermal rocket engine tests more than 50 years ago but the program was abandoned due to budget cuts and Cold War tensions.
Citation: NASA, Pentagon developing nuclear-powered rocket for Mars voyage (2023, January 24) retrieved 31 January 2023 from https://phys.org/news/2023-01-nasa-pentagon-nuclear-powered-rocket-mars.html
To safely explore the solar system and beyond, spaceships need to go faster—nuclear-powered rockets may be the answer
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The manufacturing sector is often considered among the last industries to adopt latest technology. Be it the shop floor or the showroom, large manufacturing organisations are cautious about experimenting with new technology and rightly so. In machine-heavy manufacturing, migrating to new technology is not only experimental but also expensive. It is for this reason too that upgrading to suitable, reliable and efficient new technology makes some companies stand head and shoulders over the others. Different scenarios call for upgrading different stages of a product development life-cycle in a company. As a product development partner for automation OEMs, Axcend is ideally poised to contribute at any stage of the product development cycle. When a multi-national original equipment manufacturer in the automotive industry recognised their need to upgrade their instrumentation, control and software system, and were keen on improving the overall system reliability and efficiency they chose Axcend to execute it for them.
The client is a leading automotive OEM, competing with the best in the world. The division we serviced designs and builds, among other things, dynamometer test rigs.
The OEM was losing their market-share to products from international competitors, which were built on newer technology and were compact. The ineptitude of the client's existing instrumentation, control and software technology—mechanical inertia simulation—in configuration, scalability, troubleshooting capability, usability and reporting was costing the client business and competitiveness.
Axcend was appointed to execute the task of migrating their Control & IT systems to the latest technology platform. With our vast experience in Product Development Services we were able to assess and act on the client's requirements straightaway. We assisted the client in conceptualizing and designing their required instrumentation controls, DC drive and PC based systems for the brake lining Test Rig systems. The client conducted an Electrical Simulation of the Test Rig for which the algorithm and a compatible control software application was provided by Axcend. Their performance necessitated a deterministic operating system environment and Axcend was able to provide that system based on the real time platform Lab View. We then moved on to the critical process steps such as scheduling, parameterization, test execution, calibration, reporting, trending & data logging using a specially developed software that was both configurable and had generic applications. Finally, we also extended its services to Onsite Testing, Validation & Commissioning assistance for the intended client.
In order to be powerful enough to meet the performance requirements of the client's business goals, we built the system on LabVIEW, the real-time system design platform and deterministic operating system environment. The solution involved user-friendly reporting features that helped the client in taking informed decisions. There was also a provision for run-time editing of parameters, a feature that was not available earlier. Our solution led to a marked increase in accuracy and precision.
The client witnessed direct business benefits as a result of Axcend's intervention and assistance. They were able to conduct Electrical Simulation of Inertia that resulted in reducing their cost, increasing their compactness and accuracy. The Dynamometer operated in much stable environment and a better control system. The client's Control and IT system was now on-par with international quality. The management had better control over decision making as more accurate and real-time data was now available at their hands. The application was both generic and configurable and hence possessed high reusability, which translated into direct business benefits for the client in terms of profitability.
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Superdry chairman urges boardrooms to hire young people amid online shift
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// New Superdry chairman Peter Williams wants boardrooms to consider the younger generation as retail continues to shift to online
// Williams spoke on the importance of social media at the World Retail Congress
// Williams' most recent role was chairman of Boohoo
Superdry's new chairman Peter Williams has suggested that boardrooms in the retail sector need to consider appointing younger members amid a continuing shift towards online.
Speaking at a forum during the World Retail Congress in Amsterdam yesterday, Williams also discussed how retailers can manage and motivate workers from different generations and emphasised the importance of social media, because "retail is a 24 hour business".
"If you haven't got somebody on the board who gets digital, you're in for trouble," he said.
"It's not necessarily the end of the high street, but there is certainly a shift going on online."
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He continued: "Social media is not properly understood by people my age.
"You need younger people in the boardroom because if you don't give customers what they want, they will look elsewhere."
He added: "People's mindsets have changed and technology has enabled those working arrangements to change because not everybody has to be in the office the whole time now."
The forum marked Williams' first public appearance since he was appointed Superdry chairman in April.
Speaking on how boardrooms have changed since his career began, he said: "I think it's gradually changing for the better.
"There's a lot of pressure today, and quite rightly so, in terms of diversity, sex and background, and that is fantastic because you want the customer in the room."
For 13 years up to 2004, Williams was on the board of Selfridges, initially as chief financial officer and then as chief executive.
His most recent role was the chairman of online fashion group Boohoo, which he joined in 2014 and left for Superdry last month.
Speaking on a chairperson's relationship with the chief executive, Williams said "their relationship is crucial to the business".
"They need to be like-minded and learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses."
He added: "For any business to thrive, you need to pick a chairperson with a youthful attitude – we're in the entertainment business, for Christ's sake."
His appointment as Superdry chairman came after the entire board resigned when founder Julian Dunkerton returned as interim chief executive.
Last month, Dunkerton won the proxy votes cast ahead of a shareholder meeting with a narrow majority – 50.75 per cent voted in favour of his return to the Superdry board.
Meanwhile, Williams gained 50.74 per cent of proxy votes in his favour.
The results prompted former chairman Peter Bamford, chief executive Euan Sutherland, chief financial officer Ed Barker, and chairman of the remuneration committee Penny Hughes to resign from Superdry with immediate effect.
Non-executive directors Dennis Millard, Minnow Powell, Sarah Wood and John Smith handed in their three months' notice and are due to leave July 1.
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The seller, a Spanish company, delivered to the buyer, a French company, shoes with counterfeit ribbons. The holder of the intellectual property right received compensation from the buyer. The buyer brought an action against the Spanish company for reimbursement of the sum of 300,000 francs paid to the victim of the counterfeit and for payment of damages. The buyer's claim was dismissed by the Court of Appeal of Rouen.
The Court of Cassation rejected the appeal lodged against the decision of the Court of Appeal. The Court of Cassation cited the sovereign discretion of the trial judges who found that the buyer could not, as a professional, have been unaware of the counterfeit; therefore, the buyer acted with knowledge of the property right invoked. The Court of Cassation found that the Court of Appeal correctly applied article 42(2)(a) CISG and had properly concluded that the obligation of the seller did not extend to delivering goods free from any intellectual property right.
On the appeal brought to the Supreme Court by Appellant [buyer], a limited liability company under French law, with a principal place of business in Saint-Pierre-du-Vauvray, France, to reverse a ruling rendered on 17 February 2000 by the Court of Appeals of Rouen (2nd Civil Court) in favor of Société M. SL, Respondent [seller], with a principal place of business in Alicante, Spain.
The [buyer] invokes one sole reason for reversal of the ruling of the Appellate Court. [Buyer]'s reasons for reversal are annexed to the present ruling.
Pursuant to the report given by Mr. Lemontey, président, the observations made by Ch., Esq., avocat for the Appellant, and by SCP T.-R. and B., Esq., avocats for the Respondent, the conclusions made by Mr. Sainte-Rose, avocat général, the Supreme Court deliberated pursuant to the law.
- Pursuant to Section 700 of the new Code of Civil Procedure, rejects the demand made by [seller].
The reasons provided by Ch., Esq., avocat for [buyer] are included in the Supreme Court's reasoning.
* All translations should be verified by cross-checking against the original text. For purposes of this translation, the Appellant, Société T� diffusion of France, is referred to as [buyer]; the Respondent, Société M � SL of Spain, is referred to as [seller]. Monetary amounts in the currency of France [French francs] are indicated as [f].
** Catherine Piché is with the Commercial Litigation Section of Weil, Gotshal & Manges (New York office), A graduate of University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (LL.L. 1997), Dalhousie University Faculty of Law (LL.B. 1999), she holds an LL.M in International Commercial Law from New York University School Law (2001). The second-iteration redaction of this translation was by Dr. John Felemegas of Australia.
*** Professeur Claude Witz and Julia Eisengräber are collaborateurs de la Chaire de Droit privé français, Université de la Sarre.


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Gaborone, formerly (until 1969) Gaberones, town, capital of Botswana. The seat of government was transferred there from Mafeking (now spelled Mafikeng), South Africa, in 1965, one year before Botswana became independent of Britain. Gaborone is located on the Cape-Zimbabwe railway and is the site of government offices, parliament buildings, health facilities, a thermal power station, and an airport. It is the seat of the University of Botswana (founded 1976), and it also has a national museum and art gallery (1968), which includes departments of natural history, archaeology, and prehistory. Pop. (2001) 186,007; (2011) 231,592.
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This article was most recently revised and updated by J.E. Luebering, Executive Editorial Director.
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…in the booming capital city, Gaborone. The growth of the diamond industry continued in the following decades, and in 2008 De Beers S.A. established a sophisticated diamond-sorting and valuing facility in Gaborone, which at the time of its opening was the world's largest and most sophisticated plant of its kind.…
Botswana, country in the centre of Southern Africa. The territory is roughly triangular—approximately 600 miles (965 km) from north to south and 600 miles from east to west—with its eastern side protruding into a sharp point. Its eastern and southern borders are marked by river courses and an old wagon…
Mafikeng, town, capital of North-West province, South Africa. It was previously part of the not internationally recognized republic of Bophuthatswana, in one of that country's separated land units. It lies close to the Botswana border, about 150 miles (240 km) west of Johannesburg. Before 1980 Mafikeng…
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Canadian field hockey fans can officially mark the following date on their calendar: November 28, 2018 – Canada will face world number three Belgium in the opening game of the 2018 FIH World Cup, in Bhubaneswar, India.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) officially announced the preliminary pools and match schedule for the World Cup this morning. In addition to the Belgian national team, Canada will also face Commonwealth rivals, South Africa and India. Canada will test themselves against South Africa at the Commonwealth Games in a month's time, which will be a good litmus test to see where the team is at heading into the fall's World Cup.
The Canada vs India game poses a particularly mouth-watering matchup. As Canadian fans will remember all-to-well, Canada qualified for this World Cup by defeating India 3-2 in a thrilling World League Semi-Final match last summer. Despite Canada only having one victory against India since the turn of the century, it's a rivalry worth keeping an eye on. That game against the host-nation India takes place on December 8, 2018 at 7PM local time.
Preliminary Pool Play finishes on December 9 with crossover games taking place the following two days. Quarterfinals are scheduled for December 12 and 13. Semifinals are scheduled for December 15. The Gold and Bronze Medal matches are scheduled for December 16. More details and stories to come.


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Single Atom Transistor With Ultra-low Power Consumption
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) researchers in Germany have developed a single-atom transistor that can reduce the power consumption of electronic systems significantly. The device is being developed by Professor Thomas Schimmel and his team at the Institute of Applied Physics (APH). The single-atom transistor switches electrical current by controlled repositioning of a single atom in a gel electrolyte. The device works at room temperature and consumes a very small amount of energy. It also has the potential of opening up an entirely new perspective for information technology.
Single Atom Transistor developed by the KIT researchers
Prof Schimmel, who conducts research at the APH, the Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), and the Material Research Center for Energy Systems (MZE) of KIT said,
This quantum electronics element enables switching energies smaller than those of conventional silicon technologies by a factor of 10,000,
Earlier this year, Professor Schimmel, who is recognized as the pioneer of single-atom electronics, was appointed Co-Director of the Center for Single-Atom Electronics and Photonics established jointly by KIT and ETH Zurich.
The experts produced two-minute metallic contacts with a gap as wide as a single metal atom. The gap was tested with a source-drain current ranging from 1 to 8 µA. With the help of an electrically controlled pulse, they positioned a single silver atom into this gap and closed the circuit. Just when the silver atom is removed from the gap, the circuit is interrupted and the flow of current is stopped. Thus it acts just like a switch and can be used for high-speed electronic switching circuits.
The world's smallest transistor switches current through the controlled reversible movement of a single atom. It's also a contrary to conventional quantum electronics components. The single-atom transistor has a broad range of working temperature from near absolute zero to the room temperature. This can be a breakthrough for future electronics.
The single-atom transistor is made of metal only without any semiconductors. This results in extremely low electric voltages and, hence, an extremely low energy consumption. Previous devices of this category developed at KIT have used a liquid electrolyte, but this latest version uses a solid electrolyte.
The gel electrolyte was produced by gelling an aqueous silver electrolyte with pyrogenic silicon dioxide combines the advantages of a solid with the electrochemical properties of a liquid. In this way, both safety and handling of the single-atom transistor are improved.
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It is rumoured that United's Van Gaal "surprise" signing could come from Real Madrid, with the club about to launch a sensational £60m bid to re-sign their former star, Cristiano Ronaldo. One of the deadliest finishers in the world, the Portuguese international has scored 313 goals in 300 appearances for Los Merengues. So if the fan favourite does return to Old Trafford, it would immediately make the side title challengers. What could be better than that? You don't have to wait on rumours to bloom or die to relive the good old days. Now you can just order the Manchester United F.C. Mouse Mat Retro. It's definitely quicker.
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Introducing Virgin Australia Holdings (ASX:VAH), The Stock That Slid 68% In The Last Five Years
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Income Investors Should Know That XP Power Limited (LON:XPP) Goes Ex-Dividend Soon
Regular readers will know that we love our dividends at Simply Wall St, which is why it's exciting to see XP Power Limited (LON:XPP) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next 3 days. Investors can purchase shares before the 12th of December in order to be eligible for this dividend, which will be paid on the 13th of January.
XP Power's next dividend payment will be UK£0.20 per share, and in the last 12 months, the company paid a total of UK£0.85 per share. Calculating the last year's worth of payments shows that XP Power has a trailing yield of 2.9% on the current share price of £29. We love seeing companies pay a dividend, but it's also important to be sure that laying the golden eggs isn't going to kill our golden goose! That's why we should always check whether the dividend payments appear sustainable, and if the company is growing.
See our latest analysis for XP Power
Dividends are usually paid out of company profits, so if a company pays out more than it earned then its dividend is usually at greater risk of being cut. XP Power paid out more than half (64%) of its earnings last year, which is a regular payout ratio for most companies. Yet cash flow is typically more important than profit for assessing dividend sustainability, so we should always check if the company generated enough cash to afford its dividend. The company paid out 93% of its free cash flow over the last year, which we think is outside the ideal range for most businesses. Companies usually need cash more than they need earnings – expenses don't pay themselves – so it's not great to see it paying out so much of its cash flow.
While XP Power's dividends were covered by the company's reported profits, cash is somewhat more important, so it's not great to see that the company didn't generate enough cash to pay its dividend. Cash is king, as they say, and were XP Power to repeatedly pay dividends that aren't well covered by cashflow, we would consider this a warning sign.
Click here to see the company's payout ratio, plus analyst estimates of its future dividends.
LSE:XPP Historical Dividend Yield, December 8th 2019
Have Earnings And Dividends Been Growing?
Stocks in companies that generate sustainable earnings growth often make the best dividend prospects, as it is easier to lift the dividend when earnings are rising. If earnings fall far enough, the company could be forced to cut its dividend. With that in mind, we're encouraged by the steady growth at XP Power, with earnings per share up 7.1% on average over the last five years. Earnings have been growing at a steady rate, but we're concerned dividend payments consumed most of the company's cash flow over the past year.
The main way most investors will assess a company's dividend prospects is by checking the historical rate of dividend growth. Since the start of our data, ten years ago, XP Power has lifted its dividend by approximately 15% a year on average. It's encouraging to see the company lifting dividends while earnings are growing, suggesting at least some corporate interest in rewarding shareholders.
Final Takeaway
From a dividend perspective, should investors buy or avoid XP Power? XP Power is paying out a reasonable percentage of its income and an uncomfortably high 93% of its cash flow as dividends. At least earnings per share have been growing steadily. Bottom line: XP Power has some unfortunate characteristics that we think could lead to sub-optimal outcomes for dividend investors.
Wondering what the future holds for XP Power? See what the five analysts we track are forecasting, with this visualisation of its historical and future estimated earnings and cash flow
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Q: How to mock boto3 calls when testing a function that calls boto3 in its body I am trying to test a function called get_date_from_s3(bucket, table) using pytest. In this function, there a boto3.client("s3").list_objects_v2() call that I would like to mock during testing, but I can't seem to figure out how this would work.
Here is my directory setup:
my_project/
  glue/
      continuous.py
  tests/
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          conftest.py
      conftest.py

The code continuous.py will be executed in an AWS glue job but I am testing it locally.
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import boto3

def get_date_from_s3(bucket, table):
    s3_client = boto3.client("s3")
    result = s3_client.list_objects_v2(Bucket=bucket, Prefix="Foo/{}/".format(table))

    # [the actual thing I want to test]
    latest_date = datetime_date(1, 1, 1)
    output = None
    for content in result.get("Contents"):
        date = key.split("/")
        output = [some logic to get the latest date from the file name in s3]

    return output

def main(argv):
    date = get_date_from_s3(argv[1], argv[2])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(sys.argv[1:])

my_project/tests/glue/test_continuous.py
This is what I want: I want to test get_date_from_s3() by mocking the s3_client.list_objects_v2() and explicitly setting the response value to example_response. I tried doing something like below but it doesn't work:
from glue import continuous
import mock

def test_get_date_from_s3(mocker):
    example_response = {
        "ResponseMetadata": "somethingsomething",
        "IsTruncated": False,
        "Contents": [
            {
                "Key": "/year=2021/month=01/day=03/some_file.parquet",
                "LastModified": "datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 5, 17, 5, 11, tzinfo=tzlocal())",
                ...
            },
            {
                "Key": "/year=2021/month=01/day=02/some_file.parquet",
                "LastModified": ...,
            },
            ...
        ]
    }

    mocker.patch(
        'continuous.boto3.client.list_objects_v2',
        return_value=example_response
    )

   expected = "20210102"
   actual = get_date_from_s3(bucket, table)

   assert actual == expected

Note
I noticed that a lot of examples of mocking have the functions to test as part of a class. Because continuous.py is a glue job, I didn't find the utility of creating a class, I just have functions and a main() that calls it, is it a bad practice? It seems like mock decorators before functions are used only for functions that are part of a class.
I also read about moto, but couldn't seem to figure out how to apply it here.

A: The idea with mocking and patching that one would want to mock/patch something specific. So, to have correct patching, one has to specify exactly the thing to be mocked/patch. In the given example, the thing to be patched is located in: glue > continuous > boto3 > client instance > list_objects_v2.
As you pointed one you would like calls to list_objects_v2() to give back prepared data. So, this means that you have to first mock "glue.continuous.boto3.client" then using the latter mock "list_objects_v2".
In practice you need to do something along the lines of:
from glue import continuous_deduplicate
from unittest.mock import Mock, patch

@patch("glue.continuous.boto3.client")
def test_get_date_from_s3(mocked_client):
    mocked_response = Mock()
    mocked_response.return_value = { ... }
    mocked_client.list_objects_v2 = mocked_response

    # Run other setup and function under test:

A: In the end, I figured out that my patching target value was wrong thanks to @Gros Lalo. It should have been 'glue.continuous.boto3.client.list_objects_v'. That still didn't work however, it threw me the error AttributeError: <function client at 0x7fad6f1b2af0> does not have the attribute 'list_objects_v'.
So I did a little refactoring to wrap the whole boto3.client in a function that is easier to mock. Here is my new my_project/glue/continuous.py file:
import boto3

def get_s3_objects(bucket, table):
    s3_client = boto3.client("s3")
    return s3_client.list_objects_v2(Bucket=bucket, Prefix="Foo/{}/".format(table))

def get_date_from_s3(bucket, table):
    result = get_s3_objects(bucket, table)

    # [the actual thing I want to test]
    latest_date = datetime_date(1, 1, 1)
    output = None
    for content in result.get("Contents"):
        date = key.split("/")
        output = [some logic to get the latest date from the file name in s3]

    return output

def main(argv):
    date = get_date_from_s3(argv[1], argv[2])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(sys.argv[1:])

My new test_get_latest_date_from_s3() is therefore:
def test_get_latest_date_from_s3(mocker):
    example_response = {
        "ResponseMetadata": "somethingsomething",
        "IsTruncated": False,
        "Contents": [
            {
                "Key": "/year=2021/month=01/day=03/some_file.parquet",
                "LastModified": "datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 5, 17, 5, 11, tzinfo=tzlocal())",
                ...
            },
            {
                "Key": "/year=2021/month=01/day=02/some_file.parquet",
                "LastModified": ...,
            },
            ...
        ]
    }
    mocker.patch('glue.continuous_deduplicate.get_s3_objects', return_value=example_response)

    expected_date = "20190823"
    actual_date = continuous_deduplicate.get_latest_date_from_s3("some_bucket", "some_table")

    assert expected_date == actual_date

The refactoring worked out for me, but if there is a way to mock the list_objects_v2() directly without having to wrap it in another function, I am still interested!

A: In order to achieve this result using moto, you would have to create the data normally using the boto3-sdk. In other words: create a test case that succeeds agains AWS itself, and then slap the moto-decorator on it.
For your usecase, I imagine it looks something like:
from moto import mock_s3

@mock_s3
def test_glue:
    # create test data
    s3 = boto3.client("s3")
    for d in range(5):
        s3.put_object(Bucket="", Key=f"year=2021/month=01/day={d}/some_file.parquet", Body="asdf")
    # test
    result = get_date_from_s3(bucket, table)
    # assert result is as expected
    ...