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Q: How to get a number out of a file name to use in cmd? I have a bat file that automatically runs a server like this:
cd %location_1%\target
start java -jar cm-2.0.1.jar

The name of the jar file will change for new releases:

*

*cm-2.0.2.jar

*cm-2.0.3.jar

How can I change my bat to automatically run the jar file?

My idea was to create a variable containing the version number in the file name, then use that variable to run it, sorta like this:
cd %location_1%\target
copy_file_name > version_number (only the version number)
start java -jar cm-%version_number%.jar

But I'm not sure how to do that.

EDIT:
I got a few answers that rely on alphabetical order of file names. Unfortunately there are other files in here, automatically generated from the build process, such as cm-2.0.1.jar.original, so I don't think this will work in perpetuity.
The only constant is that there will be only one file that ends with .jar.
Is there a way to only target files ending with .jar?

EDIT 2:
I realize my question was misleading. Originally, I asked "How to get the latest file to use in cmd?" What I meant was the latest based on the version number in the file's name, and not how everyone was taking it, as "the latest file created". I have changed the question to more accurately show this. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Edit 3:
Someone asked why not just use the file name, why do you need the number out of it?
The answer is because I have a few jars that I need to start in different places to run my app. But they all have the same version number that corresponds to my app's release. They look like this:

*

*cm-2.0.1.jar

*ss-2.0.1.jar

*ab-2.0.1.jar

*and so on

A: 1. Filter the outputs to get only files ending in .jar, with Findstr /eli jar
2. Define only the first item in the loop.
3. After defined your variable, goto label :run_jar and use your last file:
@echo off

:: code before loop ::

cd/d "%location_1%\target"

for /f "delims=" %%i in ('
dir /b/o-d "cm-*.jar"^|findstr/eil jar
')do set "_last_jar=%%~i" && goto :run_jar

:run_jar
start "" /b java -jar "%_last_jar%"

:: code after run your last jar file ::
For run without define a variable:
@echo off

:: code before loop ::

for /f delims^= %%i in ('
dir /b/o-d "%location_1%\target\cm-*.jar"^|findstr /eil jar
')do start "" /b /d "%%~dpi" java -jar "%~nxi" && goto :eof
Or...
@echo off

:: code before loop ::

for /f delims^= %%i in ('
dir /b /o-d "%location_1%\target\cm-*.jar"^|findstr.exe /eil jar
')do cd/d "%%~dpi" && start "" /b java -jar "%%~fi" && goto :eof

...How can I get just the version number in a variable?

@echo off

:: code before loop ::

cd/d "%location_1%\target"

for /f tokens^=1-3*delims^=-. %%i in ('
dir/b/o-d /a-d "cm-*.jar" ^|findstr.exe /eil jar
')do set "_jar_ver=%%~j.%%~k.%%~nl" && goto:next

:next
echo\cm-%_jar_ver%.jar

:: code after get version ::

// Edit for (so, on)do...()
1. Use only the name of file %%~ni
2. Remove strings :*_= before version.number.s
3. Use a addtional For loop in each (string + -) file name:
@echo off

:: code before loop ::

cd/d "%location_1%\target"

for /f delims^= %%i in ('
dir/b/o-d "*-*.jar"^|findstr/eil jar
')do set "_ver=%%~ni" && goto %:next

:next
set "_ver=%_ver:*-=%"
for %%i in (cm,ss,ab,and,so,on
)do if exist "%%~i-%_ver%.*" dir/b "%%~i-%_ver%.*"|findstr /eil jar

:: code after get version ::

*

*You can also replace if exist .. to 2>nul dir...
@echo off

:: code before loop ::

cd/d "%location_1%\target"

for /f delims^= %%i in ('
dir/b/o-d "*-*.jar"^|findstr/eil jar
')do set "_ver=%%~ni" && goto %:next

:next
set "_ver=%_ver:*-=%"
for %%i in (cm,ss,ab,and,so,on
)do 2>nul dir/b "%%~i-%_ver%.*"|findstr/eil jar

:: code after get version ::

*

*Or with if exist (start) ...

@echo off

:: code before loop ::

set "_file=cm,ss,ab"
cd/d "%location_1%\target"

for /f delims^= %%i in ('
dir/b/o-d "*-*.jar"^|findstr/eil jar
')do set "_ver=%%~ni" && goto %:next

:next
set "_ver=%_ver:*-=%"
for %%i in (%_file%)do if exist "%%~i-%_ver%.jar" (
   <con: start "SS" /b java -jar "%%~i-%_ver%.jar" )

:: code after get version ::

A: List the files alphabetically and get the last one with a for /f loop:
cd /d "%location_1%\target"
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /on /a-d cm-*.jar') do set "filename=%%a"
start java -jar "%filename%"

EDIT dir might also match shortnames (CM-201~1.JAR for cm-2.0.1.jarAnythingElse.
And you said The only constant is that there will be only one file that ends with .jar.
This makes this task quite trivial (no need to sort anything) by using where instead of dir (where doesn't account for shortnames):
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('where /r . cm-*.jar') do set "filename=%%a"
echo %filename%

This give you the Full Qualified File Name (including drive, path, name and extension). See for /?, especially the "Modifiers" section, which explains how to get just parts of that FQFN, for example ...do set "filename=%%~nxa" for just the filename plus extension.

A: List the bare names of the file, order by date ascending and keep the last one:
cd /D "%location_1%\target"
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /A-D /B /O:D cm-*.jar') do set File=%%a
echo %File%
start java -jar "%File%"

A: According to additional information in a comment, there is only one matching .jar file at a time for every different .jar. With this precondition it is not necessary to list all matching files and find the one with the latest modification time or the highest version number in the file name.
You can do it as simple as
cd %location_1%\target

rem If there is no matching file this will do nothing.
rem If there is more than one matching file it will start all of them.
for %%f in ( cm-*.jar ) do start java -jar %%f

There are many ways to improve this basic concept, e.g. add some error checking
cd %location_1%\target

if not exist cm-*.jar goto missing

for %%f in ( cm-*.jar ) do start java -jar %%f

goto eof

:missing
rem do some error reporting or error handling

or save the file name to a variable and use it later.
setlocal

cd %location_1%\target

set cmjar=

rem In case there is more than one matching file, the variable value will be the one found last.
rem If no file was found, the variable value will remain empty.
for %%f in ( cm-*.jar ) do set cmjar=%%f

rem Maybe check for empty value as handle this as an error.

start java -jar %cmjar%

endlocal

Edit as a response to Stephan's comment regarding
for %%f in ( cm-*.jar ) do ...

may give false positives if short names are enabled

As the OP wrote in a comment "There will only be one jar at a time." I assume there will not be a different .jar file that would match the file name pattern by its short or long name.
If the pattern matches both the short and the long name, the for loop will be executed only once for the matching file, not twice with both the short and long names.
To avoid getting false positives by matching a short name, the pattern can be changed to contain two or three dots because short names will not contain mor than one dot.
Example:
for %%f in ( cm-*.*.jar ) do start java -jar %%f

will match e.g.
cm-1.2.3.jar

but not a short name like
CM-123~1.JAR

To avoid possible false positives by matching a short file name, change all patterns cm-*.jar to cm-*.*.jar or cm-*.*.*.jar in the code snippets above.


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Army secretary: Soldiers unconcerned about transgender military service
Esper says he met with six or seven transgender troops
Army Secretary Mark Esper said concerns about trans military service "hasn't come up' in talks with soldiers. (Photo public domain)
The civilian head of the U.S. Army said Thursday soldiers are unconcerned about serving alongside transgender people despite President Trump stoking fear about cohesion in his attempt to ban them from the armed forces, according to ABC News.
Army Secretary Mark Esper said transgender military service "really hasn't come up" as he's traveled to U.S. bases at home and abroad when reporters asked if soldiers expressed concerns about transgender service.
Esper, who's already visited soldiers domestically and abroad in South Korea, Afghanistan and Europe, reportedly said troops are more likely to express concerns about food quality and pay.
The Pentagon is due on Wednesday to submit to President Trump recommendations on transgender service in accordance with his directive in August banning transgender people from the armed forces.
It's unknown what the recommendations will be, or whether Trump will alter his directive after that time. A federal court has issued a document asserting the Justice Department expects to defend a new transgender military policy in court after that time.
Esper, who assumed office as Army secretary in November, said he met with "six or seven" active-duty trans soldiers in his first 30 days on the job and found their views "helpful" on the issue.
Additionally, Esper said he talked with mixed-gender infantry and cavalry units on transgender service. Those soldiers, Esper said, told him the issue boiled down to all troops meeting the same standard.
"Everybody wants to be treated with a clear set of standards," Esper said, adding, "At the end of the day, the Army is a standards-based organization."
Trump's policy banning transgender people from the armed forces is supposed to take effect on March 23. However, multiple courts have issued orders enjoining the military from enforcing Trump's directive as a result of litigation filed by LGBT legal groups.
An estimated 15,500 transgender people are serving in the military, according to the Williams Institute. A 2016 RAND Corp. report estimated a smaller number — between 1,320 and 6,630 — are currently on active duty.
One of Trump's earlier choices for the role of Army secretary, Mark Green, expressed a different view of transgender people. Green said being transgender is a "disease" and as a state legislator in Tennessee spearheaded anti-trans bathroom legislation. Amid outcry from LGBT groups, Green withdrew his nomination, but he's now running for Congress.
Esper's predecessor in his role, Eric Fanning, served as Army secretary during the Obama administration and was the first senior defense official to come out in favor of transgender military service. Fanning has supported litigation challenging Trump's ban and disputed the notions the U.S. military isn't prepared for transgender service.
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The CDC is still not issuing guidance to states on LGBTQ data collection among COVID patients.
Despite requests since the start of the COVID pandemic for the U.S. government to enhance data collection for patients who are LGBTQ, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is still falling short on issuing nationwide guidance to states on the issue, a leading expert health on the issue told the Blade.
With a renewed focus on COVID infections reaching new heights just before the start of the holidays amid the emergence of Omicron, the absence of any LGBTQ data collection — now across both the Trump and Biden administrations — remains a sore point for health experts who say that information could be used for public outreach.
Sean Cahill, director of Health Policy Research at the Boston-based Fenway Institute, said Wednesday major federal entities and hospitals have been collecting data on whether patients identify as LGBTQ for years — such as the National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey, which has been collecting sexual orientation data since the 1990s — but the CDC hasn't duplicated that effort for COVID even though the pandemic has been underway for two years.
"It's not like this is a new idea," Cahill said. "But for some reason, the pandemic hit, and all of a sudden, we realize how little systematic data we were collecting in our health system. And it's a real problem because we're two years into the pandemic almost, and we still don't know how it's affecting this vulnerable population that experiences health disparities in other areas."
The Blade was among the first outlets to report on the lack of efforts by the states to collect data on whether a COVID patient identifies as LGBTQ, reporting in April 2020 on the absence of data even in places with influential LGBTQ communities. The CDC hasn't responded to the Blade's requests for nearly two years on why it doesn't instruct states to collect this data, nor did it respond this week to a request for comment on this article.
Cahill, who has published articles in the American Journal of Public Health on the importance of LGBTQ data collection and reporting in COVID-19 testing, care, and vaccination — said he's been making the case to the CDC to issue guidance to states on whether COVID patients identify as LGBTQ since June 2020.
Among those efforts, he said, were to include two comments he delivered to the Biden COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force in spring 2021, a letter a coalition of groups sent to the Association of State & Territorial Health Officers asking for states to collect and report SOGI in COVID in December 2020 as well as letters to HHS leadership and congressional leadership in spring and summer 2020 asking for them to take steps to encourage or require SOGI data collection in COVID.
Asked what CDC officials had to say in response when he brought this issue to their attention, Cahill said, "They listen, but they don't really tell me anything."
"We've been making that case, and to date, as of December 22, 2021, they have not issued guidance, they have not changed the case report form. I hope that they're in the process of doing that, and maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised in January, and they'll come up with something…I really hope that's true, but right now they're not doing anything to promote SOGI data collection and reporting in surveillance data."
Cahill, in an email to the Blade after the initial publication of this article, clarified CDC has indicated guidance on LGBTQ data collection for COVID patients may come in the near future.
"HHS leaders told us this fall that CDC is working on an initiative to expand SOGI data collection," Cahill said. "We are hopeful that we will see guidance early in 2022. Key people at CDC, including Director Walensky, understand the importance of SOGI data collection given their long history of working on HIV prevention."
In other issues related to LGBTQ data collection, there has been a history of states resisting federal mandates. The Trump administration, for example, rescinded guidance calling on states to collect information on whether foster youth identified as LGBTQ after complaints from states on the Obama-era process, much to the consternation of LGBTQ advocates who said the data was helpful.
The White House COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force has at least recognized the potential for enhancing LGBTQ data collection efforts. Last month, it published an implementation plan, calling for "an equity-centered approach to data collection, including sufficient funding to collect data for groups that are often left out of data collection (e.g….LGBTQIA+ people)."
The plan also calls for "fund[ing] activities to improve data collection…including tracking COVID-19 related outcomes for people of color and other underserved populations," and specifically calls for the collection of LGBTQ data.
The importance of collecting LGBTQ data, Cahill said, is based on its potential use in public outreach, including efforts to recognize disparities in health population and to create messaging for outreach, including for populations that may be reluctant to take the vaccine.
"If we see a disparity, we can say: Why is that?" Cahill said. "We could do focus groups of the population — try to understand and then what kind of messages would reassure you and make you feel comfortable getting a vaccine, and we could push those messages out through public education campaigns led by state local health departments led by the federal government."
The LGBTQ data, Cahill said, could be broken down further to determine if racial and ethnic disparities exist within the LGBTQ population, or whether LGBTQ people are likely to suffer from the disease in certain regions, such as the South.
"We have data showing that lesbian or bisexual women, and transgender people are less likely to be in preventive regular routine care for their health," Cahill said. "And so if that's true, there's a good chance that they're less likely to know where to get a vaccine, to have a medical professional they trust to talk to about it today."
Among the leaders who are supportive, Cahill said, is Rachel Levine, assistant secretary for health and the first openly transgender person confirmed by the U.S. Senate for a presidential appointment. Cahill said he raised the issue with her along with other officials at the Department of Health & Human Services three times in the last year.
In her previous role as Pennsylvania secretary of health, Levine led the way and made her state the first in the nation to set up an LGBTQ data collection system for COVID patients.
"So she definitely gets it, and I know she's supportive of it, but we really need the CDC to act," Cahill said.
Although the federal government has remained intransigent in taking action, Cahill said the situation has improved among states and counted five states — California, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Nevada and Oregon — in addition to D.C. as among those that have elected to collect data on sexual orientation and gender identity of COVID patients.
However, Cahill said even those data collection efforts are falling short because those jurisdictions have merely been public about collecting the data, but haven't reported back anything yet.
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Equality Act, contorted as a danger by anti-LGBTQ forces, is all but dead
No political willpower to force vote or reach a compromise
Despite having President Biden in the White House and Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress, efforts to update federal civil rights laws to strengthen the prohibition on discrimination against LGBTQ people by passing the Equality Act are all but dead as opponents of the measure have contorted it beyond recognition.
Political willpower is lacking to find a compromise that would be acceptable to enough Republican senators to end a filibuster on the bill — a tall order in any event — nor is there the willpower to force a vote on the Equality Act as opponents stoke fears about transgender kids in sports and not even unanimity in the Democratic caucus in favor of the bill is present, stakeholders who spoke to the Blade on condition of anonymity said.
In fact, there are no imminent plans to hold a vote on the legislation even though Pride month is days away, which would be an opportune time for Congress to demonstrate solidarity with the LGBTQ community by holding a vote on the legislation.
If the Equality Act were to come up for a Senate vote in the next month, it would not have the support to pass. Continued assurances that bipartisan talks are continuing on the legislation have yielded no evidence of additional support, let alone the 10 Republicans needed to end a filibuster.
"I haven't really heard an update either way, which is usually not good," one Democratic insider said. "My understanding is that our side was entrenched in a no-compromise mindset and with [Sen. Joe] Manchin saying he didn't like the bill, it doomed it this Congress. And the bullying of hundreds of trans athletes derailed our message and our arguments of why it was broadly needed."
The only thing keeping the final nail from being hammered into the Equality Act's coffin is the unwillingness of its supporters to admit defeat. Other stakeholders who spoke to the Blade continued to assert bipartisan talks are ongoing, strongly pushing back on any conclusion the legislation is dead.
Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said the Equality Act is "alive and well," citing widespread public support he said includes "the majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents and a growing number of communities across the country engaging and mobilizing every day in support of the legislation."
"They understand the urgent need to pass this bill and stand up for LGBTQ people across our country," David added. "As we engage with elected officials, we have confidence that Congress will listen to the voices of their constituents and continue fighting for the Equality Act through the lengthy legislative process. We will also continue our unprecedented campaign to grow the already-high public support for a popular bill that will save lives and make our country fairer and more equal for all. We will not stop until the Equality Act is passed."
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), chief sponsor of the Equality Act in the Senate, also signaled through a spokesperson work continues on the legislation, refusing to give up on expectations the legislation would soon become law.
"Sen. Merkley and his staff are in active discussions with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to try to get this done," McLennan said. "We definitely see it as a key priority that we expect to become law."
A spokesperson Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who had promised to force a vote on the Equality Act in the Senate on the day the U.S. House approved it earlier this year, pointed to a March 25 "Dear Colleague" letter in which he identified the Equality Act as one of several bills he'd bring up for a vote.
Despite any assurances, the hold up on the bill is apparent. Although the U.S. House approved the legislation earlier this year, the Senate Judiciary Committee hasn't even reported out the bill yet to the floor in the aftermath of the first-ever Senate hearing on the bill in March. A Senate Judiciary Committee Democratic aide, however, disputed that inaction as evidence the Equality Act is dead in its tracks: "Bipartisan efforts on a path forward are ongoing."
Democrats are quick to blame Republicans for inaction on the Equality Act, but with Manchin withholding his support for the legislation they can't even count on the entirety of their caucus to vote "yes" if it came to the floor. Progressives continue to advocate an end to the filibuster to advance legislation Biden has promised as part of his agenda, but even if they were to overcome headwinds and dismantle the institution needing 60 votes to advance legislation, the Equality Act would likely not have majority support to win approval in the Senate with a 50-50 party split.
The office of Manchin, who has previously said he couldn't support the Equality Act over concerns about public schools having to implement the transgender protections applying to sports and bathrooms, hasn't responded to multiple requests this year from the Blade on the legislation and didn't respond to a request to comment for this article.
Meanwhile, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who declined to co-sponsor the Equality Act this year after having signed onto the legislation in the previous Congress, insisted through a spokesperson talks are still happening across the aisle despite the appearances the legislation is dead.
"There continues to be bipartisan support for passing a law that protects the civil rights of Americans, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity," said Annie Clark, a Collins spokesperson. "The Equality Act was a starting point for negotiations, and in its current form, it cannot pass. That's why there are ongoing discussions among senators and stakeholders about a path forward."
Let's face it: Anti-LGBTQ forces have railroaded the debate by making the Equality Act about an end to women's sports by allowing transgender athletes and danger to women in sex-segregated places like bathrooms and prisons. That doesn't even get into resolving the issue on drawing the line between civil rights for LGBTQ people and religious freedom, which continues to be litigated in the courts as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected any day now to issue a ruling in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia to determine if foster care agencies can reject same-sex couples over religious objections.
For transgender Americans, who continue to report discrimination and violence at high rates, the absence of the Equality Act may be most keenly felt.
Mara Keisling, outgoing executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, disputed any notion the Equality Act is dead and insisted the legislation is "very much alive."
"We remain optimistic despite misinformation from the opposition," Keisling said. "NCTE and our movement partners are still working fruitfully on the Equality Act with senators. In fact, we are gaining momentum with all the field organizing we're doing, like phone banking constituents to call their senators. Legislating takes time. Nothing ever gets through Congress quickly. We expect to see a vote during this Congress, and we are hopeful we can win."
But one Democratic source said calls to members of Congress against the Equality Act, apparently coordinated by groups like the Heritage Foundation, have has outnumbered calls in favor of it by a substantial margin, with a particular emphasis on Manchin.
No stories are present in the media about same-sex couples being kicked out of a restaurant for holding hands or transgender people for using the restroom consistent with their gender identity, which would be perfectly legal in 25 states thanks to the patchwork of civil rights laws throughout the United States and inadequate protections under federal law.
Tyler Deaton, senior adviser for the American Unity Fund, which has bolstered the Republican-led Fairness for All Act as an alternative to the Equality Act, said he continues to believe the votes are present for a compromise form of the bill.
"I know for a fact there is a supermajority level of support in the Senate for a version of the Equality Act that is fully protective of both LGBTQ civil rights and religious freedom," Deaton said. "There is interest on both sides of the aisle in getting something done this Congress."
Deaton, however, didn't respond to a follow-up inquiry on what evidence exists of agreeing on this compromise.
Biden has already missed the goal he campaigned on in the 2020 election to sign the Equality Act into law within his first 100 days in office. Although Biden renewed his call to pass the legislation in his speech to Congress last month, as things stand now that appears to be a goal he won't realize for the remainder of this Congress.
Nor has the Biden administration made the Equality Act an issue for top officials within the administration as it pushes for an infrastructure package as a top priority. One Democratic insider said Louisa Terrell, legislative affairs director for the White House, delegated work on the Equality Act to a deputy as opposed to handling it herself.
To be sure, Biden has demonstrated support for the LGBTQ community through executive action at an unprecedented rate, signing an executive order on day one ordering federal agencies to implement the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year in Bostock v. Clayton County to the fullest extent possible and dismantling former President Trump's transgender military ban. Biden also made historic LGBTQ appointments with the confirmation of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Rachel Levine as assistant secretary of health.
A White House spokesperson insisted Biden's team across the board remains committed to the Equality Act, pointing to his remarks to Congress.
"President Biden has urged Congress to get the Equality Act to his desk so he can sign it into law and provide long overdue civil rights protections to LGBTQ+ Americans, and he remains committed to seeing this legislation passed as quickly as possible," the spokesperson said. "The White House and its entire legislative team remains in ongoing and close coordination with organizations, leaders, members of Congress, including the Equality Caucus, and staff to ensure we are working across the aisle to push the Equality Act forward."
But at least in the near-term, that progress will fall short of fulfilling the promise of updating federal civil rights law with the Equality Act, which will mean LGBTQ people won't be able to rely on those protections when faced with discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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After some wasted time I realized what a functionality of IDEA can save a lot of time as to me, so to many other people.
It would be a plugin to adjust environment variables for every run/debug entry. I believe it is possible. It is important for projects, in which native code is used (e.g. then I'd be able to store my dlls in test directories and adjust PATH (now I regulary copy it into system path directory)). There would be a benefits for more seldom projects (like our), where java code starts other code, managed by environment variables values.
Is there anybody, who can create such plugin and have time for it?


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It is also evident (from the number of such candidates who present themselves at the examination centre) that deferred candidates are not informed in advance about the decision to defer their entry into the examination.
Nursing Education Institutions (NEIs) are reminded of the following provisions in Examination Regulations published by Government Notice No. R.7 of 8 January 1983 (as amended):
"5.(2) The person in charge of a nursing school shall notify the Council immediately, giving reasons, if a candidate becomes ineligible for admission to an examination subsequent to the submitting of an application for an admission to an examination."
"7.(1) A candidate who is absent from an examination on the actual day or days of the examination for a reason acceptable to the Council may apply for admission to the next examination without the payment of the examination fee prescribed by regulation 16(a) or (b).
(2) In the case of an absence referred to in subregulation (1) proof acceptable to the Council of the reason for the absence shall be submitted to the Council within 21 days of the date of the examination from which the candidate was absent."
"16. Subject to the provisions of -
(a) regulation 7, an examination fee per paper for basic courses shall be payable to the Council on application for admission to the examination;
(b) regulation 7, an examination fee per paper for post-basic courses shall be payable to the Council on application for admission to the examination;
(c) regulation 4(2), an application submitted later than the date referred to in regulation 4(1), shall be accepted only on payment of a late entry fee, which shall be payable in addition to the fees prescribed by paragraph (a) or (b);
(d) regulation 7, a candidate shall forfeit examination fees to the Council if any application is cancelled or if a candidate is absent from an examination or a portion of an examination;"
In order to prevent future problems associated with late deferments, the Council will adhere strictly to the measures described below.
Notices of deferment (in terms of 5.(2) of the Examination Regulations) will only be accepted by the Council if received before the date on which preparations for the dispatching of exam materials commences – that is 35 days prior to the date of the first (or only) examination to be written in a particular week
Any notice for deferment received after the date mentioned in 1. (above) will be treated as a case of cancellation and the candidate shall forfeit the examination fees in terms of 16.(d) of the Examination Regulations
Entry into Council Examinations shall not be used by NEIs as a measure to address the NEIs' own administrative issues with a candidate (such as non-payment of tuition fees). Any such administrative issues shall be dealt with in terms of the NEIs policies for addressing such issues.
Mr. Tendani. Mabuda
Registrar and CEO
South African Nursing Council


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The King's Own Scottish Borderers
(The Dumfries & Galloway Regiment) in World War 1
By Bob O'Hara
The horror that World War 1 became could not be foreseen at its outbreak on 4th August 1914. Despite some public reticence, it was mostly accepted that there had to be a war to maintain the balance of power in Europe and to contain the expansionist ambitions of Germany and Austria. However, the politicians and generals assured the nation that the Great War would be over by Christmas and that it would be the "war to end wars".
The UK National Archives in London, do not indicate how many enlisted men served in the ranks of the British army during WW1 because of the damage done by a German bomb in June 1940, but some personal records do survive. [i]
Before the outbreak of War, the British Infantry consisted of a number of regiments, each with two battalions. However, although the first flush of enthusiastic recruits was absorbed into this structure, it quickly became apparent that two battalions in each regiment would not be enough and the War Office issued an 'Augmentation Order' which resulted in a vast expansion into what became known as the "New Army". The names of the regiments remained largely unchanged but as many as 40 or 50 battalions were added to some regiments. The King's Own Scottish Borderers, (KOSBs), the regiment of Dumfries and Galloway, reached a maximum of 10 battalions.
At 11.0 a m on 11th November 1996, Armistice Day, the personal records of soldiers who had served in World War 1 were opened to the public at the National Archives in London for the first time.
Approximately 60% of the records of all soldiers who served in WW1 were destroyed by enemy action in WW2. Of those not destroyed, the records of 2.75 million men had been filmed and were immediately available for public inspection. These are known as the 'unburnt' collection and are archived in Class List WO 364. The majority of the surviving records suffer from the effects of fire, smoke and water damage; they have become known as the 'burnt' collection and are held in WO 363. Much conservation work had to be done before the 'burnt' collection could be filmed and made available in the NA.
The filming was made possible by a substantial grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the work on the 'unburnt' collection was undertaken involving a selection in each case from the end, the beginning and the middle of the alphabet. The whole process took six years to complete.
The surviving records of the soldiers of the King's Own Scottish Borderers are amongst those held in WO 364 and WO 363. At the outbreak of war, two battalions of the KOSBs, (like most infantry regiments), were already in service.
The 1st battalion was on duty at Lucknow in India and sailed from Bombay on 2nd November 1914. They arrived in Plymouth just after Christmas, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A S Koe. They joined the 29th Division, and sailed for Egypt arriving on 30th March. By 25th April they were ashore at Gallipoli and engaged in some of the heaviest fighting in that theatre. Before the week was out, 296 of the 1st battalion had been killed including Lt Colonel Koe. [ii] Archibald Stephen Koe was the son of the late Stephen L. and Mrs. Koe; husband of Fanny Gwendoline, of East Woodhay House, Newbury, Berks. He had served on the North West Frontier of India, and the Tirah Chitral Campaigns.
The 2nd battalion, which had been stationed in Dublin, joined the 5th Division which landed at le Havre on 15th August 1914 under the command of Lt Colonel C M Stephenson. On 23rd August they came under fire from the Brandenburg Grenadiers and moved to Petit Wasmes, (a small Belgian village near the French border). The official war diary states that the 2nd battalion sustained heavy casualties.
Amongst the first to fall in WW1, were three soldiers of the 2nd Battalion on 23rd August 1914.
Fred Johnson Dale, son of Joseph and Hannah Dale, of 1, Stokoe St., Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Annie Dale, of 5, Cemetery Rd., Gateshead-on-Tyne.
George Peterkin, who was born in Greenwich, Kent; son of Mr. and Mrs. Peterkin, of 49, Usk Rd., Battersea, London
Robert Storrie who was born in Roxburgh and who enlisted at Berwick.
All three are buried at La Ferte-sous-Jouarre which is a small town about 50 miles to the east of Paris. [iii]
A fews days later, the 2nd battalion was involved in the major Battle of le Cateau. The battalion continued in the front line for the next three months until relieved in a much-weakened state in December by the 2nd battalion of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. [iv]
Subsequently, the 1st and 2nd battalions of the KOSBs joined other British Infantry to break the deadlock of trench warfare. After a seven day artillery bombardment, at precisely 7.30 am on 1st July 1916, the British Divisions on the River Somme attacked the German Second Army. Of course the 1st and 2nd battalions were there. "Going over the top" with them were thousands of amateur enthusiasts who made up the ranks of the 'New Army' including the 6th, 7th and 8th battalions of the KOSBs. [v]
The British lost more than 500,000 men killed or wounded on this one-mile deep, 20-mile-wide section of the front line between July and November 1916. On the first day alone, in the KOSB battalions, 128 soldiers were killed in action, including William Lightbody and John Small who had enlisted in Dumfries and John Ovens who had enlisted in Galashiels. It is known that Private Lightbody is buried at the Beaumont-Hamel British Cemetery, but the whereabouts of the graves of Small and Ovens is not known. The final tally of British fatalities for 1 July 1916 was 21,000 killed with another 36,000 wounded or captured. [vi] It was, and is still, the worst single day in the British Army's history. And the War was to last a further two years.
The National Archives record great acts of courage for which Gallantry Medals were awarded. The most prestigious of these is the Victoria Cross, which was instituted by Royal Warrant in 1856 with the words:-
"It is ordained that this Cross shall only be awarded for most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy". The Victoria Cross could be awarded to any officer or man in the British armed services regardless of rank.
The VC is the most highly coveted and valued decoration, which might be awarded for performing a single act of valour in the presence of the enemy. Bars were awarded for subsequent acts of extreme courage. Until 1942, the medallions were made from the bronze of cannons captured from the Russians in the 1854 Crimean War. The award was made available to Colonial forces in 1867 and to the Indian Army in 1911.
Four VCs were awarded to soldiers of the KOSBs during WW1. The accompanying citations are indicative of the great courage involved:-
Piper D.Laidlaw
7th KOSB. Loos, 25th September 1915. At the outset of the battle, the battalion was confronted by poison gas and heavy artillery fire. [vii] The legendary 'Piper of Loos' led the assault from the trenches, playing the Regimental March and Charge. Although badly wounded in the legs, he followed the Jocks towards their objective until the severity of his wounds forced him to withdraw. Piper Laidlaw's actions were also recognised by the French Government who awarded him the Croix de Guerre.
William Henry Grimbaldston
On 16 August 1917 at Wijdendrift Belgium, Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Grimbaldston noticed that the unit on his left was held up by enemy machine-gun fire from a blockhouse. Arming himself with a rifle and hand grenade he started to crawl towards his objective, and when he had advanced about 100 yards another soldier came forward to give covering support. Although wounded, he pushed on to the blockhouse, threatened the machine-gun teams inside with a hand grenade and forced them to surrender. This action resulted in the capture of 36 prisoners, six machine-guns and one trench mortar. Like Laidlaw, Grimbaldston was also awarded the Croix de Guerre
John Kendrick Skinner
On 18 August 1917, also at Wijdendrift when his company was held up by machine-gun fire, Company Sergeant-Major Skinner, although wounded in the head, collected six men and with great courage and determination worked round the left flank of three block-houses from which the machine-gun fire was coming, and succeeded in bombing and taking the first block-house single-handedly. Then leading his men towards the other two block-houses he cleared them, taking 60 prisoners, three machine-guns and two trench mortars. He was subsequently killed by a sniper's bullet. At his funeral, there were nine other holders of the V.C. from the 29th Division, six of them acting as pallbearers.
Louis, (Lewis), McGuffie
On 28 September 1918 near Wytschaete Belgium, during an advance, Sergeant McGuffie entered several enemy dug-outs and, single-handedly, took many prisoners. During subsequent operations he dealt similarly with dug-out after dug-out, forcing one officer and 25 other ranks to surrender. During the consolidation of the first objective, he pursued and brought back several of the enemy who were slipping away and was also instrumental in rescuing some British soldiers who were being led off as prisoners. Later in the day, while commanding a platoon, he took many more prisoners, but this very gallant soldier was subsequently killed by a shell on 4th October 1918. He was aged 24 and the son of Mrs Catherine McGuffie of 1 North Main Street Wigtown. He is buried at the Zandvoorde British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belguim. There are 1,583 servicemen of WW1 buried in this cemetery of whom 1,135 have not been identified. [viii]
For outstanding bravery by commissioned officers, which does not merit a VC, the Military Cross may be awarded. Some of those officers from the KOSBs who received this distinction include:-
Adam Prentice Nimmo, son of James and Mary Nimmo, of 10, Priestfield Road, Edinburgh. Enlisted 1914 and gazetted in 1915. He also served at Gallipoli as a Mining Engineer. He died on 17th November 1917 and was buried at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery which is situated on the eastern side of the Suez Canal, 160 kilometres north-east of Cairo.
Andrew Durward, son of the late Robert Durward and of Mrs. Durward, of 4, Graham St., Edinburgh. M.A., Edinburgh University. He died 16th October 1918 and was buried at Dadizeele British Cemetery which is located 10 miles east of Ypres in Belgium.
For outstanding bravery by other ranks, which does not merit a VC, the Distinguished Conduct Medal may be awarded. The KOSBs won 152 Distinguished Conduct Medals. B H Cunliffe, W Hillyard, J Milligan and H B Turnbull received bars, (or second awards), to their DCMs.
Some other soldiers who died include:-
Robert Townsend, (another holder of the DCM), son of Charles and Mary Townsend, of 54, Bank St., Dumfries. Born at Hawick, Roxburghshire he died on 21st November 1917 and is buried in the Cairo war memorial cemetery, Egypt.
William McRae, born in Galashiels, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McRae, of 103, High Buckholmside, Galashiels. Private McRae died of wounds on 3rd November 1918. He is buried at the British Cemetery near Peronne in the Department of the Somme.
The case of James Jardine is particularly poignant. [ix] He died on 16th November 1918 from wounds received before hostilities ended at 11.0 am on 11th November 1918. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Jardine, of 39, Moat Rd., Annan, Dumfriesshire; husband of Elizabeth Lauder Jardine, of Longnewton, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire.
Two privates of the KOSBs were shot at dawn for desertion in the face of the enemy. It is now widely believed that many of the men who suffered this fate in WW1 were not cowards but were experiencing stress related illnesses. The Secretary of State for Defence has been asked repeatedly to provide a blanket pardon for over 300 soldiers who were executed in WW1 including the two unfortunate KOSB soldiers. [x]
Thanks to all who supported the campaign. With your help a very stubborn Government has been forced to do an about turn.
The portion of the "butcher's bill" for the whole of the war paid by the Dumfries and Galloway Regiment was over 6,500 killed in action with many more wounded or disabled. For a sparsely populated, agricultural region this was a terrible price. The loss and suffering, not to mention the harvest of 1919 and for many years afterwards, was a heavy burden for those who were left. Their comfort was in the knowledge that the Great War was the "war to end wars".
The Creetown War Memorial. KOSB is the predominant regiment of most of those on the memorial although one of Bob O'Hara's ancestors, Private Robert O'Hara, died in 1917 whilst serving with the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders.
Bob O'Hara is a native of Galloway and had many relatives who served with the KOSBs in WW1. As a schoolboy, he helped to gather the harvest during WW2, in the absence of able-bodied adults.
[i] In the British army, those who are not commissioned officers are referred to as 'Other Ranks' (O.R.s), or enlisted men.Return to text
[ii] WO 95/4311. Return to text
[iii] Much of the information about deaths and places of burial in this article is taken from the National Archives data on 'Soldiers Died in the Great War' and from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Return to text
[iv] WO 95/1552. Return to text
[v] WO 95/1953. Return to text
[vi] For comparison, there were 57,591 US fatalities in the Vietnam War. Return to text
[vii] WO 95/1953. Return to text
[viii] Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Return to text
[ix] TNA - SDGW. Return to text
[x] Readers who wish to comment on this campaign should write to:-
Secretary of State for Defence


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Any business that wants to cultivate, process or sell adult use marijuana in Maine will require a license from the State to do so. No licenses can be issued until the State issues final regulations governing the operation of the industry, including, critically, the rules for how to apply for and obtain a state license.
A new development potentially delays the implementation of those rules, which could lead to significant delay in the awarding of adult use marijuana licenses by the State.
The Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services ("DAFS") announced in December that it had retained BOTEC, a California based consulting company to assist it with drafting those regulations, after a competitive bidding process.
The regulations which BOTEC was engaged to help draft are "major substantive" rules under Maine law, and thus must be approved by the Maine legislature before taking effect. BOTEC was slated to complete its drafting process by April 30, 2019. The Legislature's First Session, as a matter of Maine constitutional law, ends on the third Wednesday of June, this year meaning June 19. If the regulations were delivered to the Legislature in May, 2019 this would give the Legislature a narrow but still workable window to review and approve the regulations.
However, another bidder for the DAFS contract for regulatory consulting services has appealed the decision to grant the contract to BOTEC. DAFS has announced that it will hold a hearing on appeal on February 26, 2019, and that in the meantime, "BOTEC's contract with the state is essentially on hold until the appeals process is over," as the Associated Press reports the acting DAFS Commissioner saying.
This delay could potentially mean that DAFS might fail to complete drafting regulations in time for the First Session of the Legislature to approve the regulations. The Second Session of the Legislature does not convene until January, 2020.
Thus, depending on how the DAFS appeal process plays out, Maine may now be faced with the prospect of not having final marijuana regulations, which will include a process for obtaining the required state license, until early 2020. This would of course delay first sales until some point later in 2020, quite possibly until into the third or fourth quarter of that year.
The Drummond Woodsum Regulated Substances Group will continue to monitor the situation and status of this appeals process.
Last Friday, we reported on a potential delay in Maine's adult use marijuana regulations, including rules and processes for obtaining state licenses. This is an update to that alert, based on new information.
The Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services ("DAFS") had been planning to hold a hearing on February 26, 2019, to hear the appeal of one of the losing bidders for a state contract to assist DAFS in writing the regulations that would govern the adult use marijuana commercial system in Maine.
BOTEC, the winning bidder in the first round, expressed an intent to re-submit a bid and publicly expressed optimism that it could complete its work in time for the Legislature to approve the rules before the First Session adjourns on June 19. If the Legislature fails to approve the rules by that date, legislative approval, and thus the effectiveness of the rules, will wait until January 2020, at the earliest.
DAFS' decision to take this course of action constitutes a marginal improvement over the appeal process the state faced as recently as last Friday, since it allows DAFS to better control the timing of delivery proposed regulations.
Nonetheless, this development still presents significant risks that regulatory approval will be pushed back at least another half-year.


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THE LIBERAL LEFT'S VULGAR ABUSE OF WOMEN
Here's a premium bit of Liberal hypocrisy, in direct counterpoint to the media-fueled Limbaugh/Fluke controversy.
The angry liberal Bill Maher — who's just another media personality regularly commenting on Washington politics, as does Rush Limbaugh — is known and even CELEBRATED by his Liberal audience for his vulgar and violent insults against women.
Maher regularly refers to women as boobs, bimbos, cunts, twats and much worse. Indeed, Maher is recognized as, perhaps, the most misogynistic personality in American media. He is famously known for referring to Sarah Palin as a "dumb twat," which brought gales of laughter and applause from his Liberal audience.
Will Obama Return Misogynist Bill Maher's Million-Dollar Donation?
In response to the media firestorm surrounding Rush Limbaugh's insulting comments about Democratic activist Sandra Fluke (comments for which Limbaugh apologized), Kirsten Powers writes about the liberal men who have used misogynistic rhetoric without facing the same outrage. Powers notes that "the grand pooh-bah of media misogyny is without a doubt Bill Maher—who also happens to be a favorite of liberals—who has given $1 million to President Obama's super PAC." She continues:
Maher has called Palin a "dumb twat" and dropped the C-word in describing the former Alaska governor. He called Palin and Congresswoman Bachmann "boobs" and "two bimbos." He said of the former vice-presidential candidate, "She is not a mean girl. She is a crazy girl with mean ideas." He recently made a joke about Rick Santorum's wife using a vibrator.
Imagine now the same joke during the 2008 primary with Michelle Obama's name in it, and tell me that he would still have a job.
Although Congressional Democrats are currently URGING Sandra Fluke to sue Rush Limbaugh for slander and libel, there has never been a Congressional recommendation for Sarah Palin to sue Bill Maher.
Rather, and in spite of Maher's truly offensive language toward women, Barack Obama's re-election campaign has ACCEPTED a MILLION DOLLAR donation from Bill Maher. Apparently, there's no controversy in the Liberal-controlled media AT ALL when one of their OWN misogynists attacks women.
Do you seriously think that Barack Obama is going to wax righteous and REFUSE Maher's donation? Hell no, he won't. Because whatever advances Barack Obama's re-election — be it misogyny, racism, socialism, whatever — is FINE with Obama and with his hypocritical, mean-spirited supporters.
This Liberal hypocrisy reminds me in a profound way of the Liberal ACCEPTANCE of Bill Clinton's abuse of women before and during his presidency in the 1990s.
Oh, the Liberals thought Bill Clinton was WONDERFUL, even though he abused and raped women and referred to his female victims as "trailer trash"... Did the National Organization for Women come to the defense of Paula Jones or Gennifer Flowers or Monica Lewinsky (who represent just a FRACTION of Bill Clinton's adulterous sexual conquests)?
More importantly, did NOW hurry to offer moral support to Clinton's WIFE, Hillary, who looked like a complete and compliant fool?
Hell no, they didn't. The National Organization for Women was TOTALLY silent throughout Bill Clinton's worst sexual scandals. It was a travesty that permanently tarnished NOW's credibility.
But, again, THAT'S how Liberals work in America. Women and churches and moral compasses be DAMNED, as far as Liberals are concerned.
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ULAANBAATAR, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Mongolia's Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that Mongolian Copper Corporation (MCC) never had the right to 49 percent of one of Asia's biggest copper mines, supporting an earlier resolution by the government to buy back the stake.
The ownership battle is set against the backdrop of miners scouring the globe for new copper terrain as reserves in Chile, the world's biggest producer, are becoming depleted.
Rio Tinto is among the biggest players in Mongolia, operating a massive underground mine extension at Oyu Tolgoi, but smaller explorers have also been attracted by the nation's potential as a significant copper producer.
Constitutional Court Judge Dulam Sugar said in a webcast that MCC did not have a claim to ownership because of "violations of Mongolian law".
His ruling reinforces a government resolution to buy back the stake, which would give it full control of the Erdenet mine, which produces 530,000 tonnes of copper concentrate a year. The decision, however, runs counter to a supreme court ruling in December.
The constitutional court is the highest authority on constitutional matters and stands apart from a separate three-tier system, topped by the supreme court, the highest authority in non-constitutional matters.
MCC purchased the mine from Russia in 2016. The judge on Wednesday said the government then in power had no right to allow the sale without parliamentary discussion and permission.
MCC has said it will challenge the government's attempts to reclaim the stake.
A spokesman for MCC said in an email to Reuters that it did not consider that the case before the consitutional court affected its "legitimate interest" in the Erdenet mine.


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Adam Schiff Accuses President Of 'Shake-Down' Of Foreign Ally. It's Going To Backfire On Him.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff told reporters Wednesday, that the transcripts of President Donald Trump's conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prove that there was a shake-down of Ukraine.
He compared Trump to a mafia boss and said Trump's conversation asking Zelensky to look into former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden's, business dealings with Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings was a underhanded 'quid pro quo.'
Even though Trump never asked Zelensky for a favor, Schiff, who has been known for his incendiary allegations against the president, lauded the whistleblower. Schiff even questioned if the transcript was real, questioning the integrity of the transcript and if any portion was left out of it.
Zelensky has not made a comment on Schiff's allegations and it is not expected that he will agree with Schiff.
Once again, Schiff is boxing himself in and I predict his statements will backfire on him.
What Schiff should do instead is to call for an open investigation on Joe Biden and the use of his office to 'shake-down' the government of Ukraine in order to get them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating an affair that the Biden's disliked.
Here is the video of Joe Biden describing it in his own words:


Origin has appointed Mark Caffery as manufacturing manager.
Mr Caffery will be responsible for developing the manufacturing capability of the High Wycombe factory by increasing product volume and creating a flexible production system for future products. This move will enhance Origin's 'Your Lead Time, Not Ours' capability, delivering made-to-measure products to customers' deadlines, however short.
Mr Caffery's appointment will be instrumental to Origin's growth and development. He has implemented an innovative 'Flow Line' process, employing similar manufacturing technology used successfully in the automotive industry.
Mr Caffrey has 30 years' experience in manufacturing, having previously worked in the food industry running the site operations in a margarine factory, which processed and packed a number of leading spread brands with a volume of almost 40,000 tonnes per year.
Neil Ginger, chief executive of Origin, remarked: "We are delighted to have Mark on board. He has invaluable experience and knowledge of the manufacturing industry to bring to Origin. With plans to expand into new premises, Mark's input will be key to creating our world class centre of excellence."
Mark has an MBA from the Open University and an MSc in Lean Operations at Cardiff University.


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New union set up to improve rights of workers in Seychelles
Campaigners: Alain St. Ange centre right, with Peter Sinon and other founding members of the new Seychelles Labour Union
A new politically independent trade union has been created in Seychelles.
The Seychelles Labour Union (SLU) was established following a meeting of a group of workers, and the self-employed.
They included teachers, health workers, stevedore workers, landscape gardeners, musicians and entertainers, office workers, taxi drivers, truck drivers and shop owners.
Alain St.Ange, Paul Chow, Bernard Port-Louis, and Peter Sinon addressed the meeting to explain their broad objectives and the reasons why they felt the need to set up a new union.
Alain St.Ange, who was appointed president, said that the SLU will work for the betterment of working conditions as well as campaigning to ensure the right conditions to work for those who are employing workers and venturing as self-employed entrepreneurs.
The SLU will aim to be associated with other important trade unions internationally to benefit from their experience and support.
Mr St. Ange quoted Virgin boss and entrepreneur Richard Branson who had said: "The key to success in business is all about people, people, people. It should go without saying, that if you look after your people, your customers and bottom line will be rewarded too."
Mr St.Ange went on: "Today when analysing who are the people who stand behind politicians, investors, corporations and the economy, it is the working people.
"It is a fact that the Government of the day can propose a new regulation that can better the lives of all its citizens, inclusive of every worker, the self-employed and the business community, as and when they feel the need to do so arises.
"The Opposition in the Seychelles National Assembly can, on their part, propose a Private Members Bill if and when they feel there is the need to bring about better conditions for the citizens, inclusive of every worker, the self-employed and the business community, of the country.
"They have successfully shown that for the Offshore Sector, their Private Members Bill was duly assented to by the Head of State."
Recently, stevedore workers went on strike when they felt their working conditions were not acceptable anymore. Fishing Boat Owners also protested outside the National Assembly to make the case for their own grievances.
Peter Sinon, Secretary General, referred to a quote from Pope Francis, which said: "Trade Unions have been an essential force for social change, without which a semblance of a decent and humane society is impossible under capitalism."
Mr Sinon went on: "Pope Francis is of course right in his analysis. A lot has been achieved by the struggle of labour unions. The more humane societies of the 21st Century are the ones in quick and constant transition and transformation.
"The new Seychelles Labour Union will take this as well as the emerging issues to ensure that its hard working members are 'Recognized, Respected and fairly Remunerated' for their respective efforts. It is the formula to produce a responsible and productive workforce to propel our economy to further prosperity for all."
He went on: "The growing self-employed having followed the call to 'leve e debrouyer' face considerable obstacles and have thus far been left to fend for themselves. This isolation will persist no longer. SLU will contextualise its operations for the society in which we live. It will bring solutions through concrete, innovative approaches and actions."
Officers and nine executive committee members were elected at the meeting. This founding group of officials will be revisited at the next SLU meeting in December.
The Executive Committee of the SLU are: A. St.Ange, President; H. Anthony, Vice – President; P. Sinon, Secretary General; C. Savy, Treasurer; M-F Marie, Secretary.


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I was Born in 1987, and ever since, it was a battle for my life. Have you ever heard the saying All of my life I had to fight? Well, that is the way it was for me.
I was struggling to be born; my mother was in an abusive relationship with a man that was secretly beating her behind closed doors and nearly died when she was seven months pregnant with a Brain Aneurysm. The devil tried to take ME out, but the lord would not let me die.
They were able to save me after I lost 2 minutes of oxygen. They THOUGHT I was dead, but although I SURVIVED, my mother only survived four days after that. She NEVER saw me because she never woke up.
Her great-aunt was so moved by the lost that, after court cases and family strife, she took me away from all that and raised me as her own, but the devil kept coming after me. I was bullied all through school pushed, accused, abused, and knocked down, but I got back UP, and I kept getting back up.
The devil tried to get me to commit suicide seven times; with pills, fire, and mental depression. The devil wanted me never to see the promise in my life. I could not claim the name that I had lived my entire life because none of my documents were in order, and there was another name on my birth certificate. I felt insecure about my Identify because I did not have a secure understanding of who I was.
I ended up in the wrong relationship with a man that was not even sure whether he wanted to be with a man or me, so my security in being a woman was challenged. I was going to clubs with him and Drinking, and in a spiral that I did not understand.
I was a chameleon and adjusted to whatever anyone else wanted out of me. I had no clue who I was. I was LOST so badly that when anyone asked me what I thought or what my opinion was, I did not have one. I lost ME.
He had been in pursuit of me my entire life. My aunt used to pray with me and when I was a child had taught me the LORDS prayer. When I was five or six, she would sometimes pray, but I rarely saw it. I can only remember going to church a few times when I was a kid.
God was calling me, but I wasn't ready to obey, I would pick up my bible here and there and try to read it, but I couldn't get into. However, but each time I would read a little more. I remember my parents were divided among Christianity, their beliefs, and their churches. My mom wouldn't go to church with dad, so I was a momma's girl, so, guess what… I didn't go to church.
But what brought me to Christ is when God stripped me of everything, no job no money no friends and e nothing to do every day but sleep and mess around with social media. I reach a point where I was having visions and dreams of burning the house down. I wanted to set it on fire and walk away and never return. I wanted to take a bunch of pills and end my LIFE. And I called out to god and PRAYED for help.
I felt the weight come off me, and one day I got up and said, "I'm done". I knew to stop looking, stop chasing after what everyone else wanted; stop… and figure out who I was, and I could only do that with him.
So, I was done doing it my way, it was time to do it His way…. I gave it all to him, and that is when he started to do it for me.
When I gave my life to God, my life changed.
I wrote a card, [this is important], I wrote on that card that I wanted "to be HAPPY"; something simple and what I thought would be happiness defined by me. I wrote that list of how I felt my life was supposed to be.
Then he started to work in me. He started leading me to people that had me do activities that would cause me to write and release ALL the pain all the suffering all the things I had been carrying for years.
At the time I was seeing a therapist, and every time I would write a bunch of things out and take them back to her, and she would work them out and walk them out with me. When her job was done she was gone.
I started going to church and separating myself from people and spending time with GOD and letting him talk to me. I learned how to hear God, and to understand what my inner voice sounded like as the Holy Spirit started to work on me. Then I did my first 40 days fast.
When I came out of that experience, I gave every thought Idea, and perspective of my life to God, and I grew. I gave my career dreams to Him, and not long after that, I began to write, and that's when I figured out my ministry and what God wanted out of me.
He took the list of things I wrote about and had me to start building on that. He had a prophecy of the things I was called to do, and I RAN for that, and EVERYTHING came into order.
Every gift, every talent every desire. God gave me a plan for streams of living water he gave me a business; He gave me a career and EVERYTHING I asked.
Then Jesus gave me something unexpected, He gave me knowledge of His purpose for me in the coming years, and I KNOW this is ALL because I gave my LIFE to Him instead of ending my life.
In the END? There is No end and I am only starting.
I have created a business around HOW I came out and use every talent, skill, and everything I went through to lead people out of that Place where they want to die, and into finding their purpose and how to FLY. So, come to Jesus and see how he will truly CHANGE your life.


How will Gov. Culver fix his $576,000 problem?
Tax hikes, bonding, federal funds or an across-the-board cut: How will Gov. Culver fix his $576,000 problem?
(DES MOINES) – Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn today said Iowans need answers on where Gov. Culver will find $576,000 to fill the gap he caused as Iowa secretary of state in his misappropriation of Help America Vote Act (HAVA) funds. Due to the governor's mismanagement, the state now has to repay those funds.
"Gov. Culver is no stranger to deficits and mismanagement, and Iowans need to know how he intends to correct this latest budget fiasco," said Strawn.
Last fall, Gov. Culver took a meat axe approach to the state's budget, slashing funds by 10 percent across-the-board and refusing to call the Legislature back into session. The cuts caused a massive shift to property taxpayers, to the tune of $500 million.
Strawn noted that thus far, $1.8 billion in one-time money has been used to close Gov. Culver's budget deficits thus far.
Gov. Culver has bonded for over $800 million, claiming it as his signature jobs plan. Since they passed it, unemployment has gone from 5.3 percent to 6.9 percent.


I would like to keep the same structure, however it would be nice if the visualiztations would be much closer together. Also if they would be on the same scale. How can I do this?
Right click the each chart axis and set the fixed min and max axis value.


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Zamieszki w Wielkiej Brytanii – trwająca od 6 do 10 sierpnia 2011 roku seria rozruchów i grabieży, mająca swój początek w londyńskiej dzielnicy Tottenham, w północnej części miasta.

Przebieg zamieszek
Wydarzenia rozpoczęły się w wyniku śmierci 29-letniego, czarnoskórego Marka Duggana, mieszkańca Tottenhamu, który został zastrzelony podczas próby aresztowania za handel narkotykami, co wykazano w procesie sądowym w 2012 r. W styczniu 2014 oficjalnie ustalono, iż policja nie złamała prawa i nie przekroczyła swoich uprawnień strzelając do mężczyzny podczas tamtego pościgu.

Lokalne społeczeństwo zorganizowało pokojowy protest. Antypolicyjna demonstracja przerodziła się w zamieszki po tym, gdy rozpowszechniono plotkę, że policja bezpodstawnie zaatakowała 16-letnią dziewczynę, która uczestniczyła w proteście. Zamieszki rozprzestrzeniły się na kolejne dzielnice Londynu: Hackney, Brixton, Chingford, Walthamstow, Peckham, Enfield, Battersea, Croydon, Ealing, Barking, Lewisham i East Ham. W zamieszkach uczestniczyli ludzie z różnych grup etnicznych i różnych klas społecznych, w tym wiele z klasy średniej, co wywołało oburzenie w mediach.

W następnych dniach zamieszki sprowokowano w innych miastach w Wielkiej Brytanii, gdzie również demolowano i okradano sklepy, podpalano samochody, budynki mieszkalne i budynki administracji państwowej. Wszędzie atakowano funkcjonariuszy policji i niszczono wozy policyjne. Jedną z poszkodowanych z powodu płonącego budynku w dzielnicy Croydon na południu Londynu, była Polka, Monika Kończyk, której zdjęcie skaczącej z okna płonącego domu opublikowały media w Wielkiej Brytanii i Polsce.

Poza Londynem zamieszki objęły takie miasta jak: Birmingham, Bristol, Gloucester, Gillingham, Leeds, Nottingham, West Midlands, Wielki Manchester, Liverpool, Wolverhampton i West Bromwich.

W obliczu narastającego napięcia premier Wielkiej Brytanii David Cameron, minister spraw wewnętrznych Wielkiej Brytanii Theresa May oraz burmistrz Londynu Boris Johnson skrócili swoje wakacje.

Brytyjski premier poinformował, że w ciągu pierwszych trzech dni zajść w Londynie zatrzymano 450 osób. Ich sprawy były rozpatrzone przez sądy w przyspieszonym trybie postępowania. Według policji, w ciągu trzech pierwszych dni starć 100 osób postawiono w stan oskarżenia. Po zakończeniu rozruchów na terenie całej Wielkiej Brytanii aresztowano 3423 osoby i ukarano różnymi karami w procesach sądowych ok. 1000 osób. Informacje dotyczące działań sił porządkowych podczas zamieszek opublikowano w raporcie rządowym z 26 października 2011.

Skutki zamieszek

Zniszczenia
Właściciele sklepów tylko w Tottenhamie oszacowali straty na kilka milionów funtów. Ponadto zamieszki spowodowały nieodwracalne zniszczenia dziedzictwa architektury dzielnicy. Ogólną wartość strat na terenie samego Londynu wyceniono na 200 milionów funtów.

Grabieże
Masowe grabieże zostały odnotowane w różnych miejscach i miały charakter działań zaplanowanych i zorganizowanych za pomocą sieci telefoni komórkowej oraz portali społecznościowych.

Straty spowodowane tylko grabieżami w regionie samego Londynu oszacowano na 100 mln funtów. Policja Metropolitalna przydzieliła 450 detektywów do poszukiwań sprawców kradzieży. Fotografie osób dokonujących kradzieży zostały opublikowane na stronie internetowej policji.

Suma strat
Ogólne straty materialne na skutek m.in. pożarów nieruchomości, grabieży, demolowania, wstrzymania ruchu turystycznego i transportu, w przemyśle – wywołanych zamieszkami w całej Wielkiej Brytanii między 6 a 10 sierpnia 2011 r., wyceniona na ok. 1 miliard funtów.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Relacje z zamieszek na stronie BBC

2011 w Anglii
Historia Londynu
Wielka Brytania
Wielka Brytania

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DIRECTIONS: apply a uniform layer of product to the perfectly cleansed face skin. Leave on for about 15 minutes, then clean the treated areas with plenty of water. Remove residues of product with a cotton swab. Repeat the treatment at least 2 times a week. Avoid contact with eyes and mucous membranes. Do not apply on damaged skin.
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Claiming itself to be one of the last-standing honky-tonks Chick Hall's Surf Club is really a mix of everything and every kind of music. You wouldn't expect to hear hip-hop at a honky-tonk but it's entirely possible at Chick Hall's. It's a comfortable divey bar that hasn't changed much since its inception despite the changing neighborhood around it say the regulars.


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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair (RYA.I) said it would cancel up to 30 of its 290 Irish flights on Thursday as a result of a planned pilots' strike, limiting the disruption to high frequency British-Irish routes but warned further disruptions could not be ruled out.
Pilots directly employed by Ryanair and who are members of its Irish trade union voted to go on strike for the first time after the union said last week that the budget carrier had failed to meet demands over new working practices.
"These coordinated strike threats are designed to cause unnecessary disruption to customers and damage Ryanair's low fare model, for the benefit of high fare competitor airlines in Ireland and Germany," Ryanair said in a statement.


Spectral networks are certain decorated graphs drawn on a Riemann surface. I will describe a conjectural picture in which spectral networks can be viewed as analogues of Hermitian-Einstein metrics on vector bundles, and in which holomorphic differentials on the Riemann surface arise as stability conditions on certain Fukaya-type categories. This talk is based on various joint projects with Fabian Haiden, Ludmil Katzarkov, Maxim Kontsevich, and Carlos Simpson.


If you're in the process of choosing commercial furniture in Perth or Adelaide, you really should take some time to ensure you're getting the right furnishings to suit your exact needs.
Hospitality furniture can be quite specific in style and design. This is especially true for cafes, restaurants, hotels, and bars. Sourcing a reliable wholesaler that is able to supply a wide range of furnishings designed specifically to suit the hospitality industry can be crucial.
Patrons of any cafe or restaurant need to be seated comfortably during their meal. They also need sufficient space on the table to ensure there is plenty of room for the number of diners present. These things can dictate what shape, size, and style of table you will need, along with how many tables can fit into the space available.
Commercial furniture designed for the catering industry or for large-scale use, such as providing for functions or events, won't necessarily be restricted by style or design. Instead, it comes down to durability and functionality.
Any furnishings designed for frequent and heavy use need to be constructed from extremely durable material. Ideally, dense polycarbonate plastic or reinforced polypropylene can be used, along with legs and chair frames made from either aluminium or stainless steel. The right materials can prolong the lifespan of individual pieces, making them less likely to need immediate replacement. They also make the pieces more cost effective in the long run.
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Choosing commercial furniture for indoor use isn't just about finding tables and chairs to place in an establishment. The decor and theme of the business need to be accounted for as well. This can mean deciding on particular colours and shapes of individual tables and chairs that will complement the overall theme. Some commercial establishments opt for the more social seating choice of arm chairs and sofas. This can create a more relaxed atmosphere for patrons to enjoy, especially in a hotel or bar.
Changes in the smoking laws across WA and SA have led many establishment owners to embrace the concept of outdoor areas in and around their premises. This may be for al fresco dining, for customers to enjoy the glorious Australian climate, but it also applies to hotel owners with a need to supply outdoor "beer garden" areas for those patrons who do wish to smoke.
Outdoor chairs and tables need to be able to withstand prolonged exposure to the elements during any season. They also need to be functional. Patrons do need to use this furniture, so they need to provide a level of comfort.
With hotels, the use of outdoor bar stools and tables is required for outdoor beer garden locations. This gives patrons a place to put drinks and even ash trays, if necessary, but also gives them a place to sit while they socialise.
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GVSU women's basketball races past Lake Superior State
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The Grand Valley State women's basketball team won its 13th straight game on Thursday with a 78-21 victory over Lake Superior State.
The Lakers picked up another GLIAC win and advanced to 11-1 in the conference and 18-1 overall.
All 12 Lakers that saw action in tonight's game scored for GVSU. The Lakers also had a season-high 46 points off of the bench. Sophomore Joslyn Brennan led the way for the Lakers, scoring a career-high 14 points and grabbing seven boards, followed by sophomores Rylie Bisballe and Ellie Droste who scored 10 points a piece. Kaylee Bakker (Zeeland West) had two points, three rebounds and two assists.
More:Ellie Droste's binocular focus leading GVSU women's basketball into national prominence
GVSU was off to a hot start tonight, going on an 18-0 run to start the game and only giving up one point in the first quarter. The Lakers shot 61% in the first quarter and led 33-1 going into the second. Grand Valley outscored LSSU 15-6 in the second quarter and were able to hold Lake Superior State to single-digits in the first half.
The Lakers started the second half with a 48-7 lead and extended their 41-point lead to a 50-point lead, closing out the third quarter 62-12. GVSU shot 53% and outscored LSSU 16-9 in the fourth.
Grand Valley women's basketball is back on the road this Saturday as they travel to Big Rapids to play local rival Ferris State for the second time this season.


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Rescue Dog Story
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Hi my name is Monty and this is my story
About four years ago we decided to adopt a dog for our son who was going through a difficult emotional time…but little did we know that it would turn out that I would be the one who needed a dog most.
We found Monty (a black Lab mix) through The Pet Rescue Center (The PRC) in Mission Viejo, CA. When he was pulled from a local shelter, he had kennel cough, wouldn't walk and was a day away from euthanasia. He was afraid of everything (the car, the stairs, the brush, the hose). After three weeks of the gentle and patient volunteers working with him, Monty was able to walk … and a few weeks later he was made available for adoption.
When I saw his picture online, it was love at first sight! We met him and were chosen to be his forever family and brought him home on March 15, 2011. However, within a few months, I began having some serious nerve issues in my neck and arm. And in December of that year, I underwent a two-level cervical spine fusion.
Monty had always slept in his crate, but for 30 days after my surgery, he slept next to me in bed. He would spend hours sleeping in my lap (he's 70 pounds) and giving me the comfort that only an animal can give. He knew what I needed … and it was really ME that got rescued.
Monty received the AKC Canine Good Citizen certification in 2013, and we are members of a dog walking group – we sometimes take a rescue pup from The PRC along with us for socialization.
Having Monty join our family was a life-changing experience. Understanding that he was scheduled to be euthanized when he was saved by The PRC, gave me a true heart for supporting their efforts to rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home dogs and cats. I began volunteering for The PRC in the fall of 2011, and in October of 2012, I began working for The Pet Rescue Center as Director of Development. Monty often accompanies me to speaking engagements – he is a great ambassador for animal rescue. Follow @montytotherescue to see more of this amazing rescue dog. #rescuedogstory
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Yes, no problem - the XL1, XL1s and XL2 (and H1) have the same bayonet mount and all lenses are interchangeable.
Look at it this way, if you keep the 16x lens then you have a backup lens in case anything happens to the 20x. I have the 16x manual lens for my xl1 but I kept the 16x stock lens as a backup. Better to have it and not need it then to not have it and need it.
Get the 20X lens. It has flourite coating on the elements, does focus and zoom presets, 2 ND filters, and a tad better OIS. You'll like the reach of the lens too.
The XL1 CVF is not separately fused.
The XL2 CVF is listed as a 2" TFT, ~200K pixels, better color & faster, but still back lit.
Given that the back lighting dominates the power consumption, the XL2 CVF at nearly 3x the diagonal size may well use several times more power than the XL1 CVF.
Its image sensor was listed as three 1/3", CCDs, 250K effective pixels using pixel shift technology.
So it is likely the XL1S or XL2 lens would give a somewhat better image, but whether or not it is worth paying significant money for in this age of HD is something you need to decide for yourself given that the products are no longer supported.


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I am requesting that my meter be tested for accuracy. I understand the terms set forth above.
I would like I would not like to be present at the time of testing.


I had a challenging time with this chapter at the beginning. I wanted to convey the feeling that I initially had when I first walked into the psychiatric floor, but I didn't want it to sound like a horror movie or a fantasy novel. My intention was to put the reader in my shoes, to make them feel what I felt; the fear, how uncomfortable I felt walking in such alien territory, per say. Here is a brief excerpt of the beginning of the chapter, which I hope gives you a thirst for wanting to learn more.