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Ukrainian fighter pilots in old jets take on better-equipped Russians
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April 13, 2022 at 2:00 a.m. EDT
Polish air force MiG-29 pilot Adrian Rojek performs during the Radom Air Show at an airport in Poland on Aug. 23, 2015. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)
ODESSA, Ukraine — The fighter pilot known as "Juice" usually just has a few minutes to scramble. When he is on-call, which is pretty much always these days, he cannot be more than a bathroom break away from his cockpit. When a cruise missile or a Russian fighter is spotted moving toward the area Juice is assigned to by the Ukrainian air force, he doesn't even have time to run through standard safety checks before taking off.
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"We're ready to be killed," said Juice, who provided only his call sign for security reasons.
"But we don't want this, of course," the 29-year-old added. "We want to kill Russians and take down their bombers that are killing our cities and our families."
Juice is one of the pilots helping Ukraine pull off the biggest surprise of this war: Its military has kept the airspace over Ukraine contested despite Russia's more advanced jets and superior numbers. But he and other pilots say that's not enough. While Kyiv's forces have perhaps even outperformed Moscow's on the ground, Russia has continued to inflict heavy losses on Ukraine from the sky.
Washington Post Pentagon and national security reporter Karoun Demirjian explains the difficulties of deciding which weapons to send Ukraine. (Video: Joshua Carroll/The Washington Post)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appealed to the United States and other NATO allies to establish a no-fly zone over the country — a step that leaders in the military alliance refused to take, citing fears of touching off a world war with Moscow. Now Zelensky is pushing for more advanced air-defense systems and jets.
But Juice and others have said the weapons that countries have discussed transferring to Ukraine — particularly Russian-made MiG-29 fighters and U.S.-made Stinger antiaircraft missiles — won't help Kyiv's air force tip the scales in its favor. The gap between the weapons Ukraine wants and what Western countries are willing to supply has become a key tension nearly two months into the fighting.
Nowhere is that divide more evident than in the proposed air materiel transfers. Juice flies the MiG-29, which is a Soviet-era staple of the Ukrainian air force. But he said Ukrainian pilots are "just targets" for Russian adversaries who fly far more advanced jets. Obtaining more outdated MiGs would not improve Ukraine's position in the skies, he said.
"We have losses almost everyday in our air force," he added. "You won't see this on TV because everything is classified right now, but actually we have a lot of losses. That's why we need to be technically equal with the Russians. Just our mental advantage is not enough to fight with these technologies."
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Poland last month offered to send a number of MiG-29 jets to Ukraine via a U.S. air base in Germany, blindsiding U.S. officials. In exchange, Poland requested that the United States send it replacement planes, presumably newer U.S.-manufactured F-16s, which would constitute a major upgrade. Washington rejected the plan.
Then on Monday, Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger told reporters that Slovakia will consider providing Ukraine MiG-29 fighters if alternative protection of its own airspace can be arranged.
But for Ukrainian pilots, more MiG-29s aren't the answer. The jets Poland offered to transfer them are even older — some date back to the late '80s — than their current stock.
"I think the Ukrainians are right — you're basically a target in the air if you don't have any of that modern capability," said Herbert "Hawk" Carlisle, a retired U.S. Air Force general. "It's not just an airplane up there. You have to have all of that sophisticated equipment on it to make it really a viable air platform."
Countries have proposed sending Ukrainians MiG-29s in large part because that's what the country's pilots already know how to fly. If they received F-16s, Carlisle said, it's not just the pilots who would have to learn a flight system he described as "significantly different" from Soviet-style jets; personnel on the ground would have to train on how maintain the aircraft and load them with compatible munitions.
But Juice and another Ukrainian pilot, whose call sign is "Nomad," said the learning curve isn't as substantial as it's often made out to be. Nomad, who is in the United States as part of a training program, said it would probably take Ukrainians about two weeks to learn the nuances of the U.S.-made F-series planes.
Many of the pilots already speak English and have participated in joint exercises with the U.S. Air Force, so they're familiar with the terminology of those planes' systems, they said.
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The pilots were also critical of the effectiveness of Stinger antiaircraft missiles, which have been part of U.S. aid packages. Nomad said that "it's almost impossible" to hit an agile, fast-moving Russian jet with the missiles. Carlisle agreed, adding that Stingers aren't designed to take down fighters — they're intended to be used against helicopters and other slow-moving, low-flying aircraft.
If Western countries are hesitant to give Ukraine modern jets its pilots haven't trained on, Juice said they should at least consider sending more advanced air-defense systems. He said those are much easier to learn how to operate.
Military analysts expected Russia to wipe out Ukraine's air-defense systems, airfields and aircraft on the very first day of the war, when Moscow still had the element of surprise. But Rob Lee, an expert on the Russian military and a senior fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute, said Russia "didn't really go for a death blow," and in some cases, their missiles hit the airfield but missed the runway.
Ukrainian pilots were able to improvise from there. Juice said the fight in the sky doesn't feel fair when he's going up against a more modern Russian jet. He often has to just avoid his adversary entirely to stay alive. Sometimes, he and his fellow pilots manage to trick the Russians into flying into an area where the Ukrainians have an air-defense system ready and waiting.
Analysts at the Oryx Blog, which tracks Russian military losses, documented 20 aircraft and 30 helicopters destroyed or damaged in Ukraine.
"We are just trying to do something nonstandard, and sometimes it's successful and sometimes it's not," Juice said. "Sometimes they're just stupid and Russians are just showing their incompetence and underestimating our training.
"But in general, we cannot gain a real air superiority, unfortunately."
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Q: numpy array writing to an existing file I'm confused as to why this isn't wanting to write to an outfile.
I extract data from a txt file using np.loadtxt() I try to write to an existing file, but I'm getting this error 'numpy.float64' object is not iterable' I'm not looping through a float value, rather looping through each element of the array then writing it to an existing file.
Here's my code
mass = np.loadtxt('C:/Users/Luis/Desktop/data.txt',usecols=0)
with open('test','w') as outfile:
    for i in range(len(mass)):
        outfile.writelines(mass[i])

could it be that the function with open() doesn't work with NumPy arrays?
Thanks

A: with open() is a context manager used to work with files (works with all files). The writelines() method takes str as input argument. So you do have to convert to writelines(str(mass[i])). But still the temp variable i is iterating over the line but the max value it takes is length of the file.(length of the file may not be equal to the length of each line in the file). I think this is what you want.
mass = np.loadtxt('/content/sample_data/st.txt',usecols=0)
with open('test.txt','w') as outfile:
    for line in mass:
        outfile.writelines(str(line))

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OFI Crete B.C. (Greek: Ό.Φ.Η. K.A.E.) is a Greek professional basketball club that is located on the Greek island of Crete, in Heraklion. It is a part of the OFI Crete multi sports club. The club's full name is Club of Fans of Heraklion 1925 (Όμιλος Φιλάθλων Ηρακλείου 1925).

History
The club's parent athletic association, OFI Crete, was founded in 1925. The club's men's basketball team won the championship of the Greek 4th-tier level Greek C Basket League in 1998, and was promoted to the third-tier level Greek B Basket League. After that, it was relegated back down the Greek C Basket League, but it returned to the Greek B Basket League in 2008.

The next year, OFI was promoted to the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League, for first time. After a short fall back into the Greek B Basket League, the club returned to the Greek A2 Basket League, and remained there until 2015, when the club was withdrawn from the league due to financial problems.

Arena
The club plays its home games at the 1,000 seat Vardinogiannis Sports Center.

Honors

Divisional competitions
Greek 3rd Division Champion: (2011)
2× Greek 4th Division 2nd Group Champion: (1998, 2008)

Notable players

Head coaches

References

External links
OFI Crete Athletic Club Official website
OFI Crete Basketball
Eurobasket.com Team Profile

Basketball teams in Crete
Basketball teams in Heraklion
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Cylinder bank
1919 Napier Lion II aircraft engine with three cylinder banks
Piston engines are usually arranged so that the cylinders are in lines parallel to the crankshaft. Where they are in a single line, this is referred to as a straight engine (or 'inline engine').
Where the cylinders are arranged in two or more lines (such as in V engines or flat engines), each line of cylinders is referred to as a cylinder bank. The angle between cylinder banks is called the 'bank angle'. Engines with multiple banks are shorter than straight engines and can be designed to cancel out the unbalanced forces from each bank, in order to reduce the vibration.
1 Number of cylinders
2 Number of banks
3 Advantages of multi-bank engines
4 Radial engines
Engines with six cylinders are equally common[citation needed] as either straight engines (also called 'inline engines') or V engines. For engines with more than six cylinders, the V layout is more common. Engines with less than six cylinders usually use a straight layout.
There are exceptions to this: straight-eight engines were found on some luxury cars from 1919-1954;[1][2][3] a few V4 engines have also been produced, such as marine outboard motors with a vertical crankshaft; and two-cylinder engines (now rarely used for cars) are commonly used for motorcycles in either straight-twin, V-twin or flat-twin layouts.
Number of banks
See also: Engine configuration § Cylinder layout
The most common layout for engines with five or fewer cylinders is for a single bank of cylinders, called a straight (or 'inline') layout.[4] Historically, six-cylinder engines used a straight layout, however a V layout (with two banks of three cylinders each) is now more common for six-cylinder engines in smaller cars as it is more compact externally.[5][6] If overall length is not a limitation, such as for trucks or generator sets, then the I6 remains common. Layouts with two banks (usually in a V layout) are used for most engines with 8 cylinders or more, in order to minimise the length of the engine.[7]
Engine layouts by number of banks
No. of banks
One Straight engine Also called 'inline engine'
Two V engine Some narrow-angle V engines have a single cylinder head shared between the two banks.
E.g. VR engines and Lancia V4 engine.
Flat engine Many flat engines are called boxer engines
Three W engine Either three or four banks
Advantages of multi-bank engines
The main advantages of multi-bank engines are their shorter length and, in some cases, the ability to have less vibration due to better engine balance.[8][9] This balance is achieved when forces from one bank are cancelled out by the force from a cylinder in another bank. It is dependent on the layout of the crankshaft more than the cylinder banks alone: the planes on which the pistons are arranged, thus their timing and vibration, depend on both the cylinder bank and the crankshaft angles.
The shorter length makes it easier to package engines with an increased number of cylinders into the limited space available in an engine bay. It also results in a torsionally stiffer construction for both the crankshaft and crankcase.
Zvezda M503 radial engine
In a radial engine, cylinders are arranged radially in a circle. Simple radials use one row (i.e. one circle) of cylinders. Larger radials use two rows, or even four. However, the cylinders in a multi-row radial engine are laid out quite differently to a typical multi-bank engine; most radials also have odd numbers of cylinders in each row and stagger these between successive rows. This is done to improve airflow over the cylinders of these air-cooled engines.
A few rare radial engines, such as the 1935-1941 Armstrong Siddeley Deerhound[10] and the 1970s Zvezda M503 have arranged their multiple rows so as to align their cylinders into banks.
Engine configuration
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^ "Engine of the Day: Packard Inline Eight". www.jalopnik.com. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
^ "Hemmings Classic Car". Vol. 6 (Issue 5). February 2010: Page 39. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Gimme Five". www.hemmings.com. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
^ "V6 Engine Information". www.itstillruns.com. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
^ "VIDEO: The Pros and Cons of both I6 and V6 engines". www.bmwblog.com. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
^ "Pros of V8 Engines". www.itstillruns.com. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
^ "Is there a difference between inline and V engine configurations?". www.howstuffworks.com. 25 April 2000. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
^ "Engineering Explained: The Pros And Cons Of Inline-Three, VR6, and V12 Engines". www.carthrottle.com. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
^ Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9

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Q: Have HTMLParser differentiate between link-text and other data? Say I have html code similar to this:
Stuff I do want

Stuff I don't want

Using HTMLParser's handle_data doesn't differentiate between the link-text(stuff I do want)(Is this even the right term?) and the stuff I don't want. Does HTMLParser have a built-in way to have handle_data return only link-text and nothing else?

A: Basically you have to write a handle_starttag() method as well. Just save off every tag you see as self.lasttag or something. Then, in your handle_data() method, just check self.lasttag and see if it's 'a' (indicating that the last tag you saw was an HTML anchor tag and therefore you're in a link).
Something like this (untested) should work:
from HTMLParser import HTMLParser

class MyHTMLParser(HTMLParser):

    lasttag = None

    def handle_starttag(self, tag, attr):
        self.lasttag = tag.lower()

    def handle_data(self, data):
        if self.lasttag == "a" and data.strip():
            print data

In fact it's permissible in HTML to have other tags inside an  ...  container. And there can also be anchors that contain text but aren't links (no href= attribute). These cases can both be handled if desired. Again, this code is untested:
from HTMLParser import HTMLParser

class MyHTMLParser(HTMLParser):

    inlink = False
    data   = []

    def handle_starttag(self, tag, attr):
        if tag.lower() == "a" and "href" in (k.lower() for k, v in attr):
           self.inlink = True
           self.data   = []

    def handle_endtag(self, tag):
        if tag.lower() == "a":
            self.inlink = False
            print "".join(self.data)

    def handle_data(self, data):
        if self.inlink:
            self.data.append(data)

HTMLParser is what you'd call a SAX-style parser, which notifies you of the tags going by but makes you keep track of the tag hierarchy yourself.  You can see how complicated this can get just by the differences between the first and second versions here.
DOM-style parsers are easier to work with for these kinds of tasks because they read the whole document into memory and produce a tree that is easily navigated and searched. DOM-style parsers tend to use more memory and be slower than SAX-style parsers, but this is much less important now than it was ten years ago.


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Principal Crown Handler Chapter 3 Anime Film Premieres in April 2023
Team White Pigeon flies again this spring!
Today, we have more information about the long-awaited third chapter of Princess Principal Crown Handler, the film series continuing the 2017 anime. Chapter 2 debuted in Japan late last year, leaving viewers on a major cliffhanger as a malicious force steps to the forefront and starts clearing their way to the throne of Albion.
Check out the new key visual, featuring the Duke of Arkham front and center:
RELATED: Watch First 10 Minutes of Princess Principal Crown Handler Film 2nd Chapter
A new trailer delves more into the intrigue, as the film's cast of spies go undercover in the home of young Princess Mary:
To celebate the impending release of Chapter 3, Chapters 1 and 2 will be released on multiple streaming services in Japan for unlimited viewing.
Princess Principal Crown Handler Chapter 3 arrives in Japanese cinemas on April 7, 2023. In the meantime, the original TV anime and Chapter 1 can be viewed on HIDIVE.
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Prong collars--or "pinch collars," as they are sometimes called--are made with prongs that connect together and provide pressure points all around a dog's neck. According to Ann Marie Falk at the University of Illinois School of Veterinary Medicine (see References 1), "Choke and prong collars can be very effective training tools when used appropriately, and many professional dog trainers use them as part of their training plan." Of the many common mistakes dog owners make while using these collars, one is improper removal of the collar.
Hold the prongs of one link between your thumb and forefinger while using your other hand to grasp the collar next to the chosen link.
Pull the prongs out of the link. The collar is now unfastened, and you can remove it from the dog's neck.


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The Stone of Scone: The Strange and Twisted Story of a Special Hunk of Sandstone
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The Coronation Chair at Westminster Abbey was built to hold the Stone of Scone. Source: (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
One large chunk of sandstone that traces its history from biblical Egypt to Scotland, then to England, has become an important symbol of royalty and patriotism. Called the Stone of Scone, this rock is so important that it has been locked away to protect it from war only to have it stolen by a group of college students. Here is a brief history of the Stone of Scone.
Source: thegospelarmor.com
Jacob Used the Stone of Scone as a Pillow
The biblical character, Jacob, gave us our first references to the Stone of Scone in Genesis. According to the story, Jacob laid his head on the stone, using it as a pillow as he slept. That night, he had his famous dream about a ladder that linked heaven and earth. After he awoke, Jacob was certain he was in the presence of God so he took the stone he had used as a pillow and consecrated it with oil and dedicated it to God. Jacob said, "The Lord shall be my God, and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house." Because of Jacob's dream, the Stone of Scone acquired its mythical status.
Scone Abbey in Scotland. Source: commons.wikimedia.org
The Stone Became a Symbol of the Scottish Crown
The stone made its way out of Egypt to Spain and then to Scotland, where it was revered as a symbol of the Scottish crown. The Stone of Scone was housed at the Scone Abbey, a medieval priory that was constructed between 1114 and 1122 AD. Evidence shows that the Abbey was built on the site of an older center for worship and was an important place even before the Stone of Scone was brought to the area in 841 AD by Kenneth MacAlpin, 36th King of Dalriada. From that moment until the late 13th century, the Stone of Scone was the coronation stone for all the Scottish kings.
King Edward I of England. Source: bbc.co.uk
The Stone was Seized by the English
In 1296, English king, Edward I, attacked Scotland as a way to retaliate against the Scottish king, John Balliol, because he would not support the English in their invasion of France. After defeating the Scottish, King Edward I ordered that the Stone of Scone be removed from its place in the Scone Abbey and taken as a prize of battle back to England.
Source: worthpoint.com
Westminster Abbey Housed the Stone of Scone
After its removal from Scotland in 1296, the Stone of Scone was taken to England's Westminster Abbey. The wooden Coronation Chair was built around the Stone of Scone so that all the British monarchs that were crowned in Westminster Abbey would be sitting on the sacred stone during the coronation ceremony.
The bombing of London during WWII. Source: cnn.com
During the Bombing of London, the Stone of Scone was Hidden
When World War II broke out and the Germans became a bombing assault on London, the Stone of Scone was removed from the Coronation Chair and hidden in a secret location safely beneath the Westminster Abbey. The only person privy to the details about where the Stone of Scone was hidden, aside from the people who hid it, was the Prime Minister of Canada. Information about the Stone's whereabouts was sent to the Canadian capital for safe keeping.
The Stone of Scone conspirators. Source: steelgraham.wordpress.com
The Stone Survived the Blitzkrieg But Was Damaged By College Students
After the end of World War II, the Stone of Scone was returned to its place beneath the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey. It resided there until Christmas Eve of 1950. The Stone of Scone was the target of Scottish nationalists who sought to return the sacred relic to Scone Abbey. In the process, the Stone was broken.
The Stone of Scone thieves were never charged. Source: bellacaledonia.org.uk
College Students Hatched a Plot
Ian Hamilton and three of his fellow students from the University of Glasgow, Gavin Vernon, Kay Matheson, and Alan Stuart, hatched a plot to recover the Stone of Scone and return it to Scotland. All four students were members of the Scottish Covenant Association and supported home rule for Scotland. They viewed the removal of the Stone of Scone from Scone Abbey by Edward I as theft and they wanted to recover the stolen property. They drove the 18 hours to London and made their way to Westminster Abbey. In the night, they crept into the Abbey and pulled the Stone from the Coronation Chair. The 400-pound Stone was heavier than they anticipated. They dropped the Stone and it cracked in two.
Ian Hamilton, one of the masterminds of the theft of the Stone of Scone. Source: bbs.boingboing.net
The Students Drove the Stone to Scotland in the Trunk of a Car
Now in two pieces, the students used Hamilton's coat to drag the biggest piece to the waiting car, while Hamilton was able to carry the smaller one. Stuart and Hamilton hid the biggest chunk of the Stone in a field in Kent and Matheson hid the smaller part. The four students then traveled back to Scotland. As soon as the theft of the Stone of Scone was discovered, the border between England and Scotland was closed…the first time this happened in 400 years.
Source: windsorscottish.ca
The Stone's Pieces were Reunited a few Weeks Later
The students waited a few weeks for the heat to die down, then they retrieved the two pieces of the Stone of Scone. In Glasgow, they took the pieces to an expert stonemason, Robert Gray, and tasked him with putting the pieces back together again. Gray used a brass rod to fuse the two pieces together. According to legend, Gray inserted a piece of paper in the brass rod, but what it says, no one knows.
Source: ultimatehistoryproject.com
The Stone was Found in Scotland
A year and a half after the Stone of Scone went missing, police learned that it was at the Arbroath Abbey. It was this site that, in 1320, the Declaration of Arbroath made the case for Scotland as its own country. Upon its discovery, the Stone of Scone was returned to Westminster Abbey. The four students were brought in for questioning. Stuart, Matheson, and Vernon all confessed to their part in the theft, but Hamilton refused to confess. In the end, however, it didn't matter. Authorities decided not to press charges against the students because they feared the political backlash that would create.
Scotland's Edinburgh Castle. Source: getyourguide.co.uk
In a Surprise Move, England Returned the Stone of Scone to Scotland
On November 15, 1996, John Major, the British Prime Minister, suddenly and unexpectedly declared that the Stone of Scone would be officially returned to Scotland. The Stone of Scone is now located in Edinburgh Castle but, according to the agreement between England and Scotland, the Stone of Scone would be loaned out to England and brought to Westminster Abbey's Coronation Chair anytime there was a new monarch to be crowned.
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NBA Owner Says He's Doesn't Care if China Slaughters Uyghurs
UPDATE: Chamath Palihapitiya, part-owner of the Warriors, put out a statement acknowledging he "came across as lacking empathy" without mentioning the Uyghurs by name.
One of the owners of the Golden State Warriors said he doesn't care about China's human rights abuses against Uyghurs.
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Chamath Palihapitiya, billionaire part-owner of the San Fransisco team, made the controversial comments on the "All-In" podcast recently as the United Nations has reported that China has put millions of Uyghurs in re-education camps.
"Nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs, okay. You bring it up because you care and I think it's nice that you care. The rest of us don't care," Chamath Palihapitiya told the "All-In" podcast. "I'm just telling you a very hard, ugly truth. Of all the things that I care about, yes, it is below my line,"
The former refugee who has donated heavily to Democrats questioned whether a genocide is actually happening and also compared the U.S. government to the Chinese Communist Party, which he said isn't a dictatorship.
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Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter Freedom, who is a Muslim, called out Palihapitiya on Twitter for selling "their soul for money & business" instead of standing for justice.
When @NBA says we stand for justice, don't forget there are those who sell their soul for money & business like @chamath the owner of @warriors,
who says "Nobody cares about what's happening to the Uyghurs"
When genocides happen, it is people
like this that let it happen
Shame! pic.twitter.com/27j2GxGhCU
— Enes Kanter FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) January 17, 2022
"When genocides happen, it is people like this that let it happen," Freedom said. "Shame!"
The owner responded Monday night with "clarifying comments, noting that he "came across as lacking empathy."
"As a refugee, my family fled a country with its own set of human rights issues so this is something that is very much a part of my lived experience," he said. "To be clear, my belief is that human rights matter, whether in China, the United States, or elsewhere. Full stop."
A few things…
1) It takes a lot of maturity to respond to public rebuke with thought and reflection. Props to @chamath for listening.
2) It's telling he doesn't mention the Uyghurs by name.
3) He's still drawing a moral equivalence between the US and the CCP. https://t.co/ZBW9LqSEP4
— Michael Sobolik (@michaelsobolik) January 18, 2022
Michael Sobolik, a fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council, pointed out that he didn't mention the Uyghurs by name and is "still drawing a moral equivalence between the US and the CCP."
Watch the full exchange below:
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Kirk Douglas Turns 99! See Son Michael Douglas's Sweet Facebook Post
"I love you," Michael Douglas captioned a shot of him kissing his dad
By Lindsay Kimble
Storied film actor Kirk Douglas celebrated his 99th birthday on Wednesday, and he marked the occasion with sweet well-wishes from his son.
Michael Douglas shared a red carpet photo with the legendary Spartacus star on Facebook in honor of his father's big day.
In the image, Michael, 71, gives his father a sweet forehead kiss.
"Happy 99th Birthday Dad," Michael wrote. "I love you."
Michael has previously praised his father's illustrious career, while thanking him for letting him forge his own path in the industry.
Michael's wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, echoed her husband's sentiments in a sweet birthday post Wednesday.
"Happy Birthday to my dearest Father in Law, Kirk. 99 years young today. I love you with all my heart."
Although Kirk has clearly lived a long life, the Honorary Academy Award winner recently told PEOPLE about how he nearly was a passenger on Elizabeth Taylor's husband's private plane, which crashed and killed everyone aboard in 1958.
The actor's longtime wife, Anne Buydens, wouldn't let Kirk join on the plane ride – and thankfully so, as the Lucky Liz suffered engine failure.
"Why was I spared? I was so grateful," Kirk told PEOPLE. "My wife has saved my life many times."


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Man Takes Lock Off Bathroom Door to Ensure Girlfriend Doesn't Take Hot Showers
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When moving in with a partner, it can take some adjustment getting used to their individual domestic and hygienic habits.
One man took to Reddit explaining his girlfriend takes extremely hot showers, causing his bathroom to steam up — so, he took drastic action to remedy the situation.
The guy explained he's been dating his girlfriend for eight months, and "things have been going so well" that when she got a job near his home, she "decided to stay at my place temporarily rather than do the daily commute," he wrote via Reddit.
Shortly after she moved in, however, he noticed "when she showers, she has the water so hot that steam billows from the bathroom when she opens the door," leaving "everything in the bathroom wet."
"I have been telling her to use the dehumidifier in the bathroom as she showers. She told me that she showers with the window open and turns it on afterwards because the air was too humid for the dehumidifier," he continued, adding that he had enough.
"I put my foot down and told her it wasn't optional, and she ended up breaking the dehumidifier with the steam," he explained.
After the humidifier broke, he demanded she take showers "at a normal temperature like everyone else does."
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He noted she didn't listen to him and that after every time she took a shower, her skin was "red" and the bathroom was a "sauna."
Growing increasingly frustrated, he took the lock off the bathroom door — assuring she still had privacy, however — so he could monitor the temperature of her showers.
Since he removed the lock, he's noticed his girlfriend's demeanor toward him has changed.
"She's started spending weekends at her place and she's slowly been taking her stuff with her. I told her that I didn't do it to be nasty, but the hot showers were damaging my bathroom and probably her health too," he wrote, adding: "She just says 'ok' and 'it's fine.'"
In the comments, users were quick to slam the guy, calling out his controlling behavior.
"He literally goes in and checks the water temperature. That's not the way to treat another adult," one person wrote, while another commented: "You're allowed to take hot, steamy showers in a bathroom. It's normal. Trying to control your girlfriend's shower temperature isn't."
Another user noted the girlfriend is clearly on her way out.
"I think the problem will sort itself out without him having to do anything. The relationship is over," they wrote. "She's moving back into her own place piece by piece, probably nice and slowly so she doesn't set off the unhinged maniac that took the locks off his bathroom door so he can monitor her shower habits and 'catch her in the act' when she dares to have a hot shower."
Source: Man Takes Lock Off Bathroom Door to Ensure Girlfriend Doesn't Take Hot Showers
Filed Under: Reddit


The healthcare referral system is in the middle of a paradigm shift. Today, more people are using online patient reviews — rather than word of mouth — to find their next healthcare provider.
Online endorsements play a critical role in your healthcare organization's reputation and financial success.
However, it isn't enough to deliver great patient experiences and outcomes. You must ask your patients to review you.
Nearly 80 percent of consumers use online patient reviews to select healthcare providers.
There are many healthcare-specific review sites where patients go to get information, such as Google My Business, Facebook, Healthgrades, and Vitals.
2 Do: Make it a routine to ask all of your patients to leave an online review that accurately reflects their service experience.
Ask past patients to submit an online review that speaks to their service experience.
The most trusted reviews are the ones that provide details. Both patients and search engines want to see you've earned accolades for your service and care over a period of time.
However you request reviews — by snail mail, email or in posters on your waiting room walls, let your patients know that you value their honest feedback. This review will ultimately help you improve your services and care.
Patient reviews tell you a lot about what patients think about the quality of your service. Without continual and thorough monitoring, you're left with a serious blind spot. You can mine this wealth of patient experience data to uncover and address recurring quality of care, parking, personnel, food or pharmacy issues, to name a few.
Add those positive reviews to your own website and social media pages. Link reviews back to their original sources. Loyal patients who read these reviews may be inspired to add their own. Post reviews on wall posters or table cards in your waiting rooms. You can also position computer tablets in your reception area to collect new reviews.
It's important to generate patient reviews on a scalable and scheduled basis, not all at once. The power of reviews is cumulative.
Never offer your patients an incentive to write a review or create testimonials. This is unethical and could potentially drive away patients. In fact, review sites are becoming more savvy about false reviews and may remove them.
Negative reviews can put your reputation on the line. But you can control the outcome. Your best defense is a good response.
Patients want to see how you handle the situation when things go wrong. If appropriate, offer to handle the issue offline.
If you can't resolve a patient's issue and turn a negative review into a positive one, let it go.


Plitvice Marathon (Plitvicki maraton) 2013 races, which attract hundreds of runners each year, will take place on Sunday 2 June 2013.
This will be the 28th year of Plitvi?ki maraton, annually held in Plitvice Lakes National Park, organised by the National Park's authorities.
The event, which includes three races: 42.2km course, 16km race and 5km run is open to everyone – including professional and amateur runners, adventure racers, teams and families.
Held on the asphalted roads that lead through the forests, meadows and along the beautiful lakes of the National Park, the race and runs are pretty challenging single loops with lot of long and steep parts leading along the most spectacular settings.


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Q: Gradle failed to resolve dependencies I am working with Google API, so I added this script to build.gradle file (inside app/ folder in my project) but I am getting errors "failed to resolve:com.google.apis:
please help.
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {

compileSdkVersion 22
buildToolsVersion "22.0.1"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.example.gmailquickstart"
    minSdkVersion 11
    targetSdkVersion 22
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'),
                'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.1.1'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.3.0'
    compile 'com.google.api-client:google-api-client:1.20.0'
    compile 'com.google.api-client:google-api-client-android:1.20.0'
    compile 'com.google.api-client:google-api-client-gson:1.20.0'
    compile 'com.google.apis:google-api-services-gmail:v1-rev29-1.20.0'
}

A: It looks like you want to have this code in your build.gradle:
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.google.apis:google-api-services-gmail:v1-rev33-1.20.0'
}

reference: https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/java/apis/gmail/v1
Edit:
And as according to the reference, you could also download the jar files there to avoid referencing maven, if you wanted.


When a Native American boy is found dead on her property, Mercy Gunderson can't understand why the new sheriff isn't trying harder to learn why. The teen was a friend of her nephew, so Mercy does some sleuthing herself, using her ex-military skills and contacts from her past. She soon finds herself in a tangle involving real estate developers and fraudulent religious leaders. A shaky relationship with her sister and an unwelcome attraction to Sheriff Mason Dawson add further complications.


In a lesson for many other countries around the world, it takes about a generation (35 years in the case of Iran) with a steady hand at the helm to be considered stable enough to be taken seriously.
Regardless of whether the nuclear deal with world powers pans out or not, the ayatollahs of Iran have proven they can run a steady ship with good popular support.
Israel's genuine irritation with the nuclear deal, and rather desperate attempts at sabotaging it, shows that there are no back-room deals as it has with other Middle East countries.
Perhaps not perfect, but the Iranian form of government has proven itself viable. It is not a monarchy or dictatorship and it is impervious to foreign intervention. And it now commands the world's respect. Not bad!


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British Kebab Awards 2020 Winners Revealed
The Kings and Queens of the kebab industry were crowned last night on the 3rd March at the eighth annual British Kebab Awards, celebrating their £2.8 billion contribution to the British economy.
The British Kebab Awards were held in the ballroom at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel, with an audience of over 1,200 guests including more than 110 MPs and Lords. Guests were treated to a cocktail reception with a three-course Anatolian-style meal.
Labour Party Leader, Jeremy Corbyn; Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan; and Conservative Business Minister, Nadhim Zahawi MP, attended and addressed the event. Amongst over 100 MPs and Lords, were Shadow Home Secretary, Diane Abbot MP; Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, Dawn Butler MP; Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Angela Rayner MP; Caroline Nokes MP; Mark Francois MP; Shadow SNP Leader of the House of Commons, Tommy Sheppard MP; Shadow SNP Spokesperson for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Drew Hendry MP; and Lord Falconer of Thoroton. Also in attendance were the Deputy Mayor for London Joanne McCartney AM and Jennette Arnold AM.
Winners took to the stage triumphing in 16 categories, including Booker Makro's Chef of the Year, Ace4Kebabs Kebab Van of the Year, Just Eat Best Delivery, and eight regional awards for recognising the best kebab restaurants across the UK.
Thousands of members of the public voted for the 150 finalists to face the judges who included the Labour MP Carolyn Harris; Conservative MP David Warburton; British journalist, Ash Sarkar; and Cobra Beer Sales Director, Samson Sohail.
Andrew Kenny, UK Managing Director of awards headline sponsor Just Eat, said: "It's a great honour to have once again sponsored the British Kebab Awards. These awards quite rightly shine the spotlight on the thousands of independent Turkish, Kurdish and Kebab restaurants that are making an invaluable contribution to both their local communities and the UK economy. Congratulations again to all finalists and winners of this year, it's truly a huge achievement"
Ibrahim Dogus, Lambeth-based restaurateur and founder of the Kebab Awards said: "The kebab is an unsung cornerstone of high streets across the country, and the simply superb quality of this year's entries shows that British small businesses can more than compete on a world stage of cuisine. What is also just as important is that we must not let Brexit hinder the UK's flourishing restaurant and takeaway industries, which employ so many people often from migrant backgrounds."
The British Kebab Awards is the only one of its kind to recognise the British kebab industry, which supports 200,000 jobs across restaurants, suppliers and the food industry. Every day, more than 1.3m kebabs are sold across Britain.
A full list of this year's winners can be found here
Photos can be found here
Videos can be found here
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Deborah Koenker
Le Monde / Drawing the World (Paris)
2011-in progress
This series of drawings is evolving from the initial series-- Drawing the World / Le Monde-- which began in Paris in May 2011 when I bought my first copy of the French newspaper Le Monde. Recently arrived in the city, I set up my studio in La Cité internationale des arts in the Marais where I spent the next four months on a Canada Council International Residency. That summer I visited the same newsstand near l'Hôtel de Ville to buy Le Monde from the proprietor, a dignified Roma man. Thus I set out to record all the pictures in Le Monde on a given day, to draw the world – while operating, of course, within the conceit of the grandiose ambit of the newspaper's title, Le Monde. Recent drawings have been produced on residencies in Barcelona and Cadiz, Spain and in Chapala, Mexico; abandoning the conceit of the newspaper to work from my own photographs
Using carbon paper as an interface between newspaper and drawing paper created a sense of drawing 'blind,' the image emerging only after the removal of layers. As I composed and layered images, inventing marks using my fingers, fingernails, and erasures, selecting pencils for their line qualities, varying the speed and pressure of the drawn line, a tangled, interwoven web of images emerged, at times as difficult to process as the world itself.
The process of drawing is determinedly slow in contrast to the tsunami and chaos of daily events, the rapid overload of seemingly random information that makes news. Slowing down may be one of the last radical actions possible, in the art world and in the world generally. Recording these fleeting pictures allowed me to access Paris in a particularly personal way, creating a tangible, tactile record in opposition to the speed of information. These drawings are a paper archive of a newspaper still printed on paper, a rarity as news moves increasingly to on-line delivery.
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© 2017 Deborah Koenker


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Iqbal Masih (Urdu: اقبال مسیح) (Muridke, 4 april 1983 - 16 april 1995) was een Pakistaanse jongen die van zijn 4 tot 10 jaar gedwongen kinderarbeid uitvoerde in een tapijtfabriek. Hij kon ontsnappen en werd hij al snel wereldwijd bekend om zijn strijd tegen kinderarbeid, maar werd hiervoor neergeschoten op 12-jarige leeftijd.

Biografie
Iqbal Masih werd op 4 april 1983 geboren in Muridke, een klein landelijk dorpje buiten Lahore. Kort na zijn geboorte verliet vader Saif Masih het gezin. Moeder Inayat werkte als schoonmaakster maar verdiende amper genoeg om haar kinderen te kunnen voeden.

Op vierjarige leeftijd werd Masih verkocht als kindslaaf voor een bedrag gelijk aan 12 Amerikaanse dollar. Hij moest 14 uur per dag werken in een tapijtfabriek waarvoor hij van zijn baas Arshad drie cent per dag kreeg. Door lange werkdagen, slechte voeding en levensomstandigheden bleef Masih erg klein. Op twaalfjarige leeftijd had hij de lengte van een zesjarige jongen. Zodra hij niet luisterde naar zijn baas werd hij met een zweep geslagen. Toen hij op een dag ontsnapte om voor hemzelf en de andere kinderen een eind aan deze situatie te maken, bracht de dienstdoend politieagent hem terug naar Arshad en vertelde hem dat hij de jongen moest vastketenen.

Op tienjarige leeftijd kon hij definitief ontsnappen en sloot hij zich aan bij de Bandhua Mukti Morcha, een belangengroep die opkomt voor werkende kinderen. Masih hielp bij de bevrijding van ruim 3.000 Pakistaanse kinderen. Ook hield hij speeches over kinderarbeid over de gehele wereld. In 1994 ontving Masih de Reebok Human Rights Award. In 2000 werd hem postuum de Wereldkinderprijs voor de Rechten van het Kind toegekend.

Op Pasen 1995 werd hij in Muridke vermoord toen hij vanuit de kerk terug naar huis liep. Midden op een drukke straat werd hij in zijn rug geschoten met een hagelgeweer. Enkele dorpsbewoners werden beschuldigd van de moord maar over het algemeen wordt aangenomen dat hij door leden van de "Tapijtmafia" om het leven is gebracht vanwege zijn steeds bekender wordende campagne tegen kinderarbeid.

Nagedachtenis
Masihs werk en overlijden inspireerden een twaalfjarige Canadese jongen tot de oprichting van Free The Children, een NGO voor en door jongeren die zich richt op kinderrechten en het beëindigen van kinderarbeid.

In januari 2009 stelde het Amerikaans Congres de jaarlijkse Iqbal Masih Award in voor het uitroeien van kinderarbeid.

De Italiaanse auteur Francesco D'Adamo schreef het boek Iqbal, geïnspireerd op het leven van Iqbal Masih.

Het Nederlandse jeugdtheatercollectief TG Crash maakte in 2008 de voorstelling 'SuperSobia van rij 5', geïnspireerd op het verhaal van Iqbal.

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Mayor de Blasio planned to kick it with his comrades Friday night — attending a reunion of a group whose humanitarian work helped the Sandinistas in Nicaragua.
Hizzoner will attend a staff reunion for the Quixote Center in Maryland — a left-wing social justice group founded by Catholic leaders.
De Blasio worked for the organization in the late 80s, and, like its leaders, was deeply critical of the U.S. involvement in Nicaragua, where it propped up the contras in their fight against the left-wing Sandinistas. He later traveled to Nicaragua in 1988, and was involved in the Nicaragua Solidarity Network, which raised money for the Sandinista party.
"The Mayor remains committed to the highest ideals of the Sandinistas, such as expanded access to education and health care. He is not blind to their faults," Seth Stein, a de Blasio spokesman, told The News.
De Blasio's support for the Sandinistas, along with a later honeymoon in communist Cuba, became flashpoints in his 2013 bid for mayor. But he defended his work with the Quixote Center and, ultimately, the Sandinistas — saying at the time that the U.S. action there was wrong.
The Quixote Center is still active in Nicaragua, where according to its website it runs a "program of liberating development" called "The Quest for Peace" to establish friendship between the U.S. and Nicaragua.
The program, the website notes, was originally launched in 1985 "as a direct challenge to the Reagan administration's efforts to topple the Sandinista government." The center builds housing and irrigation systems for farms in the country, according to the site.
The mayor will be attending a reunion with people who have worked for the Quixote Center over the last 42 years, his office said, and will come at no cost to the city because the mayor will drive to the event and back on the same day.


Michigan State University Honors College member David Zoltowski is one of 14 students nationwide to be awarded a Churchill Scholarship.
A senior majoring in electrical engineering in the College of Engineering, he is MSU's 17th Churchill Scholar.
Established in 1959, the Winston Churchill Foundation's Scholarship Program offers 14 American students of exceptional ability and outstanding achievement the opportunity to pursue graduate degrees in engineering, mathematics or the sciences in Churchill College at the University of Cambridge in England.
Ninety applications from 59 institutions were received for the 2015-2016 Churchill Scholarship Program, including 19 public universities, 24 private universities, 15 liberal arts colleges and one service academy.
Within those applications, 26 were for a master of advanced study and 64 for a master of philosophy. Zoltowski will pursue a master of philosophy in information engineering at the University of Cambridge.
The applicant group included 35 women and 55 men. The average GPA of the group is 4.129. Zoltowski has a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
One of last year's Goldwater Scholars, Zoltowski hails from West Lafayette, Ind., graduating from West Lafayette High School. He is captain of the MSU Varsity Swimming and Diving team, a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten.
He is a research assistant to Selin Aviyente in the Communications and Signal Processing Lab, a member of MSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Council, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu and an Honors Times Two mentor.
Zoltowski is also the recipient of the MSU Honors College National Scholarship, Walter R. Yates Memorial Scholarship and Arthur J. Harris Memorial Scholarship.
The National and International Fellowship and Scholarship office at MSU, administered by the Honors College, helps interested undergraduate and graduate students to pursue major national and international opportunities by providing information and direct support throughout the competitive application processes. The Honors College serves academically talented, committed students who wish to pursue and achieve academic excellence.
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Rohingya refugees unprepared as monsoon rains, flooding and landslides continue
Published: 18th June 2018
The monsoon rains falling on the Rohingya refugee camps near Cox's Bazar, southern Bangladesh, have caused over 130 landslides, damaged 3,300 shelters and affected 28,000 refugees, Oxfam said today.
A survey of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh carried out by Oxfam before the start of the monsoon season found that more than half were almost completely unprepared for the floods, landslides and disease that accompany the monsoon weather, with women most at risk.
Gabriela Luz-Meillet, Oxfam's Humanitarian Programme Coordinator in Bangladesh, said: "The monsoon rains are causing flooding, landslides and disease outbreaks in the Rohingya refugee camps. Hundreds of thousands of people are living in temporary shelters, on hills of compacted mud which are completely shorn of protective trees and plants. Those hills could melt into the earth. There are refugees alive today who will not make it through to the end of the rainy season.
"Oxfam is working with the government of Bangladesh and the United Nations to relocate refugees to safer areas and to make the remaining areas as weather-proof as possible. It is a race against time. We are doing what we can but there aren't enough safe areas for all the refugees who need to move, so it is vital those who remain in danger know what to do in an emergency."
Luz-Meillet said refugees could anticipate and prepare for the severe impacts of a monsoon in their homes in Myanmar. However now they had fled to Bangladesh they were struggling to deal with the weather.
"Most of the refugees come from small villages where they know how to deal with extreme weather. But now they are living in a huge tent city, disorientated and scared, and they are telling us that they lack the knowledge and resources to survive in this strange new environment. Women are in greater danger than men. They are frequently confined to their homes and do not know how to find shelter or to get help.
"We need to ensure that refugees get the information and resources that they need so they can deal with the bad weather and its consequences. Everyone working on the response needs to consult refugees so they can feel in control of their own lives. Everyone working in the camps is doing their best but we need to make sure that this response meets both the needs of the Rohingya and international humanitarian standards. Work on the ground should be matched by diplomatic efforts by the governments of Bangladesh, Myanmar and others to find long-term solutions for the Rohingya people. We cannot allow these people to endure another monsoon in these dangerous conditions in the camp."
Oxfam surveyed residents of the refugee camps in Bangladesh and found that 59% of women and 53% of men do not know how to ensure the safety and security of their families during and after a disaster.
Only around a quarter of refugees surveyed know where the nearest shelter is in case of a cyclone warning, with two thirds of women unaware of its location. Amongst men, 38% of men do not know the whereabouts of a shelter and 34% say there is no shelter.
Oxfam also ran a series of focus groups. All the groups told researchers that their shelters will be unable to withstand the rains, were concerned they couldn't stockpile food and firewood, and felt reliant on aid agencies. Many thought they would be cut off by the rains and unable to access help, and the female groups feared struggling to feed their families should this occur.
Since last August a camp the size of a small city has been created from scratch, and the scale of the crisis has meant that resources have been mostly focused on the day-to-day efforts needed to supply nearly a million people with food, water, shelter and other life-saving goods.
A total of 200,000 out of over 900,000 refugees are categorized as at risk from flooding and landslides, with around 24,000 of those considered at high risk. So far nearly 25,000 refugees have been relocated to freshly prepared, flattened ground that should be safe from landslides and flooding. Oxfam has worked on water and sanitation facilities in these new areas for around 1500 people.
To ensure that refugees are getting timely information and can also provide feedback, Oxfam has set up user groups for those who rely upon its water and sanitation services. These groups solve problems themselves, and strengthen ties and trust between refugees, helping to keep the whole community safe.
Oxfam is supporting the United Nations in the Ukhia "mega camp", building water and sanitation infrastructure in two out of five new, safer zones. It is also decommissioning and cleaning as many of the full latrines as possible, and building new, longer-lasting latrines.
Oxfam is building deep tube wells that won't be polluted by dirty ground water, and, in the southern Teknaf camp it has built a large ground water treatment plant that will provide nearly 350,000L of drinking water a day. The agency has also been working with refugee communities on hygiene measures to prevent the spread of disease.
Oxfam has emergency response teams ready should a cyclone, heavy rain or a disease outbreak hit the camps where it works. It plans to restore water supplies and distribute soap, shelter equipment and other essentials. Oxfam supports food shops in the camp with a voucher scheme for refugees and is working with food vendors from the local community to ensure that they can still supply the camps in an emergency.
The figures for landslides, damaged shelters and refugees affected are correct as of 15 June 2018.
Oxfam surveyed 383 refugees and 482 households in in the two main refugee areas of Ukhia and Teknaf, giving a 5% margin of error. Oxfam ran a series of focus groups and key informant interviews in Unchiprang and Nayapara camps in April 2018, consulting 109 refugees, of which 46% were women.
Currently Oxfam has provided vital aid to at least 240,000 people and is planning to reach 300,000. It has helped people stay healthy by installing water points, toilets and showers, distributing soap, and talking about good hygiene. Oxfam has installed a sewage facility for 50,000 people, which will rise to 100,000. To help local communities cope with water shortages, it is providing an average of 300,000 liters of chlorinated water daily in the Teknaf area.
Oxfam has provided 23,000 households with vouchers that can be exchanged at local markets for nutritious vegetables and ingredients to supplement their basic rations – including spinach, eggs, dried fish and spices.
Oxfam has a team of 125 staff and more than 1000 community-based volunteers in Cox's Bazar working hard to provide emergency aid in a $25 million response. This is currently Oxfam's third biggest humanitarian program, after Yemen and Ethiopia.
For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact:
Sean Kenny | +880 1864 819991 | skenny@oxfam.org.uk
For updates, please follow @Oxfam.
So far, we have reached at least 240,000 people. You can help us scale up our response to 300,000.
Rohingya monsoon landslides water and sanitation Bangladesh refugees humanitarian


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Ptačí entero-like virusy (ELV)  byly v posledních letech prokázány u mnoha druhů ptáků. Elektronoptickým vyšetřením trusu nebo střevního obsahu byly entero-like virové partikule (podobající se  enterovirům z čeledě Picornaviridae) identifikovány u kuřat anebo krůťat ve  Velké Británii, USA,  Francii,  Belgii,  Malajsii, u  perliček s přechodnou  enteritidou v  Itálii a  Francii, u  křepelek a bažantů ve Velké Briánii. V  Japonsku byly ELV izolovány u kuřat s postiženými ledvinami a u brojlerů vykazujících syndrom zakrslosti a v  Austrálii v trusu a enterocytech volně žijících kakaduů se smrtící (fatální) enteritidou.

Ptačí ELV jsou odlišné od virů  aviární encefalomyelitidy,  hepatitidy kachen typu 1 a 3,  infekční nefritidy i  hepatitidy krůt. Jejich bližší klasifikace vyžaduje další biologickou, fyzikálně-chemickou a molekulární charakterizaci. Ekonomický význam infekce ani možnost jejich přenosu z ptáků na savce nejsou známé.

Literatura

Nemoci ptáků


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Q: Jmeter with latest mysql driver return error I am trying to connect Jmeter to MySql but getting error
Here is my config:

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*Windows 2019 Java 11

*MySql version 8.0.30-commersial

*mysql-connector-java-8.0.30.jar placed as required in jmeter lib folder

*Jmeter 5.4.3

When trying to start jmeter plan an Error appear -> java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
What driver should I use?

A: I don't know "what driver should you use", given you

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*Restart JMeter to pick up the .jar

*Properly set up driver class name

*JDBC URL

*And the validation query
you should be good to go with your setup.
I can tell for sure that JMeter version you're using is kind of violating JMeter Best Practices, you should upgrade to JMeter 5.5 (or whatever is the latest JMeter version available at JMeter Downloads page)


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Tauscher goes to St Petersburg for missile defence talks
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WASHINGTON, August 10 (Itar-Tass) —— U.S. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher will visit St. Petersburg on August 11-12, the Department of State said on Wednesday, August 10.
Tauscher plans to meet with Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov to continue the discussion on cooperation in the field of missile defence.
She said earlier that the United States was preparing for talks with Russia on further nuclear arms cuts, seeking to consolidate positive results achieved in this field
Tauscher recalled that two years ago in Prague U.S. President Barack Obama had declared America's commitment to "to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons."
The two years since then have been "exceedingly productive", Tauscher noted. And yet, she made it clear that "we will not rest on our laurels".
"I can tell you with certainty that President Obama and Secretary Clinton will not let us do so. Despite the many pressing global challenges, the President has directed us to keep up the momentum and lay the ground work for additional progress," she said.
Among successes, Tauscher named the ratification by Senate of the New START Treaty with Russia in December 2010.
"We have exchanged more than 1,000 notifications since February. We also have begun conducting on-site inspections. To date, we have conducted seven inspections inside Russia, while it has done five here," she said.
Access and information required by the treaty will "provide important predictability and stability in the U.S.-Russian nuclear relationship", the diplomat stressed.
She believes that "without that access and information, the risks of miscalculations, misunderstandings, and mistrust would be greater".
Tauscher also noted the importance of entry into force of one of the agreements signed earlier this month by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. She referred specifically to the protocol on the extension of commitments to dispose of excess weapon-grade plutonium. Each country to dispose of no less than 34 metric tons of excess weapon-grade plutonium, which represents enough total material for "approximately 17,000 nuclear weapons", she said.
According to the undersecretary, as the U.S. is implementing New START, "we are preparing for further nuclear reduction negotiations with Russia. Under the President's direction, the U.S. Government is reviewing our nuclear requirements. The Department of Defence and other agencies will consider what forces the United States needs to maintain strategic stability and deterrence and consider factors such as potential changes in targeting requirements and alert postures."
At the same time, she confirmed that Washington's intention over the next ten years to invest 85 billion U.S. dollars in the upgrading of "nuclear infrastructure", including both Lawrence Livermore and Sandia national laboratories.
"It may seem counterintuitive, but these investments will allow greater reductions because the same infrastructure is used to eliminate warheads, and with greater confidence and capability in our infrastructure and people we will not have to keep so many spare weapons," Tauscher said.
According to the Department of State's fact sheet, Russia has 1,537 operationally deployed warheads on 521 carriers, and the U.S. has 1,800 warheads on 882 vehicles.
New START that entered into force on February 5, 2011, allows each country to have 1,500 deployed warheads and 700 intercontinental ballistic missiles, sea-based ICBMs and bombers on combat duty.
The new START Treaty was signed by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Prague on April 8. The previous Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) expired on December 5, 2009.
Following the ratification of the treaty, Medvedev said Russia and the United States should continue nuclear arms reduction and should not stop at New START.
U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed in early February that his country hoped to begin negotiations with Russia on the reduction of tactical nuclear weapons not later than a year after the New START treaty enters into force.
"The United States will seek to initiate, following consultation with NATO Allies but not later than 1 year after the entry into force of the New START Treaty, negotiations with the Russian Federation on an agreement to address the disparity between the non-strategic (tactical) nuclear weapons stockpiles of the Russian Federation and of the United States and to secure and reduce tactical nuclear weapons in a verifiable manner," Obama said.
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180-16-162 Strike defined—Presumption of approved program operation—Strikes—Exception—Approval/disapproval of program during strike period—Work stoppages and maintenance of approved programs for less than one hundred eighty days not condoned.
180-16-164 Work stoppages and maintenance of approved programs for less than 180 days not condoned.
180-16-191 Programs subject to basic education allocation entitlement requirements.
180-16-195 Annual reporting and review process.
180-16-200 Total instructional hour requirement.
180-16-220 Supplemental basic education program approval requirements.
180-16-225 Waiver—Substantial lack of classroom space—Grounds and procedure.
180-16-003 Authority for rules. [Order 6-71, § 180-16-003, filed 10/13/71; Order, filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66; No. SBE, filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65.] Repealed by WSR 84-11-043 (Order 2-84), filed 5/17/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.754(6).
180-16-005 Regulations pursuant to RCW 28.41.060(4) and 28.41.110. [Rules, WAC 180-16-005 (SBE section 16-4), filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65 (repealed before publication in WAC).] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-006 Purpose. [Statutory Authority: 1990 c 33. WSR 90-17-009, § 180-16-006, filed 8/6/90, effective 9/6/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.754(6). WSR 84-11-043 (Order 2-84), § 180-16-006, filed 5/17/84.] Repealed by WSR 02-18-056, filed 8/28/02, effective 9/28/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(4), 28A.305.140, 28A.305.130(6).
180-16-010 Apportionment of current state school funds to school districts—Educational unit basis. [Rules, WAC 180-16-010 (SBE section 16-4), filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65 (repealed before publication in WAC); Finance Regulations (part), adopted 2/21/55, filed 3/24/60.] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-015 Apportionment of current state school funds to school districts—Administrative interpretations. [Rules, WAC 180-16-015 (SBE section 16-4), filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65 (repealed before publication in WAC); Finance Regulations (part), adopted 2/21/55, filed 3/24/60.] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-019 Special service unit basis—Regulations pursuant to RCW 28.41.010(3). [Rules, WAC 180-16-019 (SBE section 16-4), filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65 (repealed before publication in WAC); Finance Regulations (part), adopted 2/21/55, filed 3/24/60.] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-020 Special service unit basis—Allotment of funds for special service units. [Rules, WAC 180-16-020 (SBE section 16-4), filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65 (repealed before publication in WAC); Finance Regulations (part), filed 3/24/60.] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-025 Special service unit basis—Typical duties of personnel in each field. [Rules, WAC 180-16-025 (SBE section 16-4), filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65 (repealed before publication in WAC); Finance Regulations (part), filed 3/24/60.] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-029 Special service unit basis—Minimum standards and schedule of minimum funds—Regulations pursuant to RCW 28.41.090. [Filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65; SBE 16-4-6 (repealed before publication in WAC).] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-030 Minimum standards—Teachers salaries. [Rules, WAC 180-16-030 (SBE section 16-4), filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65 (repealed before publication in WAC); Finance Regulations (part), adopted 4/9/45, filed 3/24/60.] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-035 Minimum standards—Schedule of minimum funds. [Rules, WAC 180-16-035, (SBE section 16-4), filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65 (repealed before publication in WAC); Finance Regulations (part), adopted April 21, 1947 with modifications automatically resulting because of subsequent legislative enactments: Amended March 31-April 1, 1958, filed 3/24/60.] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-040 Minimum standards—Junior high support. [Rules, WAC 180-16-040 (SBE section 16-4), filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65 (repealed before publication in WAC); Finance Regulations (part), adopted 6/24-25/47, filed 3/24/60.] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-044 Minimum standards—High school support. [Filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65; SBE 16-4-70; Finance Regulations (part), adopted 6/24-25/47, filed 3/24/60.] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-045 Minimum standards—Equalization level of a school district that establishes a high school. [Rules, WAC 180-16-045 (SBE section 16-4), filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65 (repealed before publication in WAC).] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-050 Minimum standards—Attendance credit for apportionment purposes in case of nonattendance. [Rules, WAC 180-16-050 (SBE section 16-4), filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65 (repealed before publication in WAC); Finance Regulations (part), adopted 2/24/60, filed 3/24/60.] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-055 Minimum standards—More than 180 days school operation during any one school year—Summer school programs. [Rules, WAC 180-16-055 (SBE section 16-4), filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65 (repealed before publication in WAC); Finance Regulations (part), subsection 1, adopted 4/9/45; subsection 2, adopted 6/10-11/46; subsections 3-6, adopted 4/3-4/59; subsections 1-6, filed 3/24/60.] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-057 Approval or nonapproval of summer school programs for apportionment credit. [Rules, WAC 180-16-057 (SBE section 16-8), filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65 (repealed before publication in WAC); filed 7/11/63, effective 8/12/63.] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-060 Approval or nonapproval of summer school programs for apportionment credit—Allotments to school districts with an excessive annual increase in enrollment. [SBE 16-4-63, 16-4-630 and 16-4-631, filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65.] Repealed by order filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.
180-16-065 Junior college apportionment units. [Adopted 11/3/41, filed 3/24/60.] Repealed by order filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65.
180-16-100 Intermediate school districts—Regulations and formula for the allocation of state funds. [Order 2-69, § 180-16-100, filed 6/27/69; SBE 16-20-2, filed 6/20/67, effective 7/21/67; SBE 16-20-1 and 16-20-2, filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66; subsection 1, filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65; subsection 2, filed 7/20/65; filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65; Adopted 6/9/59, filed 3/24/60.] Repealed by Order 6-71, filed 10/13/71.
180-16-101 Intermediate school districts—Budgets—Request for allocation. [Order 2-69, § 180-16-101, filed 6/27/69; SBE 16-20-3, filed 6/20/67, effective 7/21/67; SBE 16-20-3, filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66; filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65.] Repealed by Order 6-71, filed 10/13/71.
180-16-102 Intermediate school districts—Allocation of funds—By superintendent. [Order 2-69, § 180-16-102, filed 6/27/69; SBE 16-20-4, filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66; filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65.] Repealed by Order 6-71, filed 10/13/71.
180-16-150 Federal funds, channeling of for education—Policy statement. [SBE 16-24-1, filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65; Rules (part), filed 3/24/60, adopted 5/13-14/57.] Repealed by WSR 82-20-054 (Order 5-82), filed 10/1/82.
180-16-160 Nursery school operation. [Order 3-77, § 180-16-160, filed 6/1/77; SBE 16-6-1, filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65.] Repealed by WSR 82-20-053 (Order 7-82), filed 10/1/82. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.34.010.
180-16-165 Minimum approval requirements for purposes of apportionment. [Order 3-77, § 180-16-165, filed 6/1/77; Order 2-76, § 180-16-165, filed 3/23/76; Order 5-73, § 180-16-165, filed 9/6/73; Order 4-72, § 180-16-165, filed 8/29/72; Order 7-70, § 180-16-165, filed 6/9/70; Order, filed 4/26/67; Order, filed 7/27/66.] Repealed by WSR 78-06-097 (Order 3-78), filed 6/5/78. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.130 and 28A.58.754.
180-16-166 Entry age. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.190. WSR 79-06-047 (Order 2-79), § 180-16-166, filed 5/22/79.] Repealed by WSR 83-13-004 (Order 5-83), § 180-16-166, filed 6/2/83.
180-16-167 Kindergarten operation on ninety full-day school year basis—Approval provisions. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.130 and 28A.58.754. WSR 78-06-097 (Order 3-78), § 180-16-167, filed 6/5/78; Order 4-72, § 180-16-167, filed 8/29/72.] Repealed by WSR 79-02-048 (Order 1-79), filed 1/30/79. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.750.
180-16-170 Adult education. [SBE 16-12-4, filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66; filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65.] Repealed by Order 6-71, filed 10/13/71.
180-16-180 Vocational-technical institutes, state support of. [Statutory Authority: 1990 c 33. WSR 90-17-009, § 180-16-180, filed 8/6/90, effective 9/6/90; Order 3-77, § 180-16-180, filed 6/1/77; Order 6-71, § 180-16-180, filed 10/13/71; Filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66; SBE 16-16-4, 16-16-40, 16-16-401 and 16-16-402, filed 12/17/64, effective 7/1/65.] Repealed by WSR 98-08-039, filed 3/24/98, effective 4/24/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(4).
180-16-190 Community colleges, state support of. [Reference 16-16-8, filed 5/3/66, effective 6/3/66.] Repealed by Order 7-70, filed 6/9/70.
180-16-205 Classroom teacher contact hours requirement—Waiver. [Statutory Authority: Chapter 28A.630 RCW and 1995 c 208. WSR 95-20-086, § 180-16-205, filed 10/4/95, effective 11/4/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220, 28A.320.200, 28A.150.260 and 1992 c 141. WSR 92-17-053, § 180-16-205, filed 8/17/92, effective 9/17/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220 and [28A.150.]260. WSR 92-05-047, § 180-16-205, filed 2/13/92, effective 3/15/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.04.127 and 28A.41.140. WSR 86-21-020 (Order 15-86), § 180-16-205, filed 10/7/86. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.754(6). WSR 84-11-043 (Order 2-84), § 180-16-205, filed 5/17/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.01.010, 28A.04.120, 28A.41.130, 28A.41.140, 28A.58.754, 28A.58.758, and 1979 ex.s. c 250. WSR 79-10-033 (Order 10-79), § 180-16-205, filed 9/12/79. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.130 and 28A.58.754. WSR 78-06-097 (Order 3-78), § 180-16-205, filed 6/5/78.] Repealed by WSR 01-24-092, filed 12/4/01, effective 1/4/02. Statutory Authority: Chapter 28A.630 RCW.
180-16-210 Kindergarten through grade three students to classroom teacher ratio requirement. [Statutory Authority: Chapter 28A.630 RCW and 1995 c 208. WSR 95-20-086, § 180-16-210, filed 10/4/95, effective 11/4/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.130. WSR 89-01-039 (Order 24-88), § 180-16-210, filed 12/14/88; WSR 87-12-043 (Order 12-87), § 180-16-210, filed 6/1/87. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.754(6). WSR 84-11-043 (Order 2-84), § 180-16-210, filed 5/17/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.01.010, 28A.04.120, 28A.41.130, 28A.41.140, 28A.58.754, 28A.58.758, and 1979 ex.s. c 250. WSR 79-10-033 (Order 10-79), § 180-16-210, filed 9/12/79. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.130 and 28A.58.754. WSR 78-06-097 (Order 3-78), § 180-16-210, filed 6/5/78.] Repealed by WSR 11-24-033, filed 12/1/11, effective 1/1/12.
180-16-215 Minimum one hundred eighty school day year. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(4). WSR 02-18-053, § 180-16-215, filed 8/28/02, effective 9/28/02. Statutory Authority: Chapter 28A.630 RCW. WSR 01-24-092, § 180-16-215, filed 12/4/01, effective 1/4/02. Statutory Authority: Chapter 28A.630 RCW and 1995 c 208. WSR 95-20-086, § 180-16-215, filed 10/4/95, effective 11/4/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.01.010, 28A.04.120, 28A.41.130, 28A.41.140, 28A.58.754, 28A.58.758, and 1979 ex.s. c 250. WSR 79-10-033 (Order 10-79), § 180-16-215, filed 9/12/79. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.130 and 28A.58.754. WSR 78-06-097 (Order 3-78), § 180-16-215, filed 6/5/78.] Repealed by WSR 11-24-034, filed 12/1/11, effective 1/1/12.
180-16-221 Assignment of classroom teachers within districts. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(4) and 28A.410.010. WSR 98-01-031, § 180-16-221, filed 12/8/97, effective 1/8/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(6) and 28A.410.010. WSR 97-04-083, § 180-16-221, filed 2/5/97, effective 3/8/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.70.005. WSR 87-12-040 (Order 9-87), § 180-16-221, filed 6/1/87. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.754(6). WSR 86-13-015 (Order 5-86), § 180-16-221, filed 6/10/86.] Repealed by WSR 99-07-054, filed 3/16/99, effective 4/16/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(4).
180-16-222 Exceptions to classroom teacher assignment policy. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(6) and 28A.410.010. WSR 97-04-083, § 180-16-222, filed 2/5/97, effective 3/8/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(6). WSR 94-24-040, § 180-16-222, filed 12/2/94, effective 1/2/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. WSR 93-07-102, § 180-16-222, filed 3/23/93, effective 4/23/93; WSR 92-04-044, § 180-16-222, filed 1/31/92, effective 3/2/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.754(6). WSR 86-13-015 (Order 5-86), § 180-16-222, filed 6/10/86.] Repealed by WSR 99-07-054, filed 3/16/99, effective 4/16/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(4).
180-16-223 Temporary out-of-endorsement assignment criteria. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. WSR 94-20-054, § 180-16-223, filed 9/30/94, effective 10/31/94; WSR 93-07-102, § 180-16-223, filed 3/23/93, effective 4/23/93; WSR 92-04-044, § 180-16-223, filed 1/31/92, effective 3/2/92. Statutory Authority: 1990 c 33. WSR 90-17-009, § 180-16-223, filed 8/6/90, effective 9/6/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.754(6). WSR 88-08-045 (Order 9-88), § 180-16-223, filed 4/4/88; WSR 86-13-015 (Order 5-86), § 180-16-223, filed 6/10/86.] Repealed by WSR 97-04-083, filed 2/5/97, effective 3/8/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(6) and 28A.410.010.
180-16-224 Second and third year temporary out-of-endorsement criteria. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.754(6). WSR 86-13-015 (Order 5-86), § 180-16-224, filed 6/10/86.] Repealed by WSR 97-04-083, filed 2/5/97, effective 3/8/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(6) and 28A.410.010.
180-16-226 Superintendent of public instruction annual report to state board of education. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.754(6). WSR 86-13-015 (Order 5-86), § 180-16-226, filed 6/10/86.] Repealed by WSR 99-07-054, filed 3/16/99, effective 4/16/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(4).
180-16-227 Implementation timeline for WAC 180-16-220(2). [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(4), 28A.305.140, and 28A.305.130(6). WSR 04-04-093, § 180-16-227, filed 2/3/04, effective 3/5/04; WSR 02-18-056, § 180-16-227, filed 8/28/02, effective 9/28/02.] Repealed by WSR 06-23-011, filed 11/2/06, effective 12/3/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220, 28A.305.140, and 28A.305.130(6).
180-16-230 Definitions—Basic skills areas. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.130 and 28A.58.754. WSR 78-06-097 (Order 3-78), § 180-16-230, filed 6/5/78.] Repealed by WSR 79-10-033 (Order 10-79), filed 9/12/79. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.01.010, 28A.04.120, 28A.41.130, 28A.41.140, 28A.58.754, 28A.58.758, and 1979 ex.s. c 250.
180-16-231 Assignment of principals and vice principals within districts. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.754(6). WSR 86-13-015 (Order 5-86), § 180-16-231, filed 6/10/86.] Repealed by WSR 99-07-054, filed 3/16/99, effective 4/16/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(4).
180-16-235 Definitions—Work skills. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.130 and 28A.58.754. WSR 78-06-097 (Order 3-78), § 180-16-235, filed 6/5/78.] Repealed by WSR 79-10-033 (Order 10-79), filed 9/12/79. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.01.010, 28A.04.120, 28A.41.130, 28A.41.140, 28A.58.754, 28A.58.758, and 1979 ex.s. c 250.
180-16-236 Assignment of educational staff associates. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. WSR 94-01-103, § 180-16-236, filed 12/16/93, effective 1/16/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.754(6). WSR 86-13-015 (Order 5-86), § 180-16-236, filed 6/10/86.] Repealed by WSR 99-07-054, filed 3/16/99, effective 4/16/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(4).
180-16-238 Assignment of persons providing instruction of braille to students. [Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010 and 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 § 501 (2)(j). WSR 96-11-111, § 180-16-238, filed 5/20/96, effective 6/20/96.] Repealed by WSR 99-07-054, filed 3/16/99, effective 4/16/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.220(4).
180-16-240 Compliance with other program requirements. [Statutory Authority: 1990 c 33. WSR 90-17-009, § 180-16-240, filed 8/6/90, effective 9/6/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.754(6). WSR 84-11-043 (Order 2-84), § 180-16-240, filed 5/17/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.01.010, 28A.04.120, 28A.41.130, 28A.41.140, 28A.58.754, 28A.58.758, and 1979 ex.s. c 250. WSR 79-10-033 (Order 10-79), § 180-16-240, filed 9/12/79. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.58.750. WSR 79-02-048 (Order 1-79), § 180-16-240, filed 1/30/79. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.130 and 28A.58.754. WSR 78-06-097 (Order 3-78), § 180-16-240, filed 6/5/78.] Repealed by WSR 99-10-091, filed 5/4/99, effective 6/4/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.250, 28A.150.260 and 28A.15.220 [28A.150.220].
180-16-241 Remote and necessary small school plants—Purpose and authority. [WSR 05-13-061, recodified as § 180-16-241, filed 6/10/05, effective 6/10/05. Statutory Authority: 1994 sp.s. c 6 § 502 (i)(e). WSR 02-14-113, § 180-24-400, filed 7/2/02, effective 8/2/02; WSR 95-20-055, § 180-24-400, filed 10/2/95, effective 11/2/95.] Amended and decodified by WSR 06-17-038, filed 8/8/06, effective 9/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.305.130 (5), (10), 28A.315.015 (2)(e), 28A.315.175, 28A.315.195(4), 28A.315.205(3). Recodified as § 392-349-005.
180-16-242 Remote and necessary small school plants—Criteria. [WSR 05-13-061, recodified as § 180-16-242, filed 6/10/05, effective 6/10/05. Statutory Authority: 1994 c 6 § 502 (i)(e). WSR 02-14-113, § 180-24-410, filed 7/2/02, effective 8/2/02. Statutory Authority: 1994 1st sp.s. c 6 § 502 (1)(e). WSR 97-21-069, § 180-24-410, filed 10/15/97, effective 11/15/97. Statutory Authority: 1994 sp.s. c 6 § 502(i)(e). WSR 95-20-055, § 180-24-410, filed 10/2/95, effective 11/2/95.] Amended and decodified by WSR 06-17-038, filed 8/8/06, effective 9/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.305.130 (5), (10), 28A.315.015 (2)(e), 28A.315.175, 28A.315.195(4), 28A.315.205(3). Recodified as § 392-349-010.
180-16-243 Remote and necessary small school plants—Review committee. [WSR 05-13-061, recodified as § 180-16-243, filed 6/10/05, effective 6/10/05. Statutory Authority: 1994 sp.s. c 6 § 502 (i)(e). WSR 02-14-113, § 180-24-415, filed 7/2/02, effective 8/2/02. Statutory Authority: 1994 1st sp.s. c 6 § 502 (1)(e). WSR 97-21-069, § 180-24-415, filed 10/15/97, effective 11/15/97. Statutory Authority: 1994 sp.s. c 6 § 502(i)(e). WSR 95-20-055, § 180-24-415, filed 10/2/95, effective 11/2/95.] Amended and decodified by WSR 06-17-038, filed 8/8/06, effective 9/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.305.130 (5), (10), 28A.315.015 (2)(e), 28A.315.175, 28A.315.195(4), 28A.315.205(3). Recodified as § 392-349-015.
(1) In support of improving student learning and growth, the purpose of this chapter is to establish the policies and procedures for state board of education approval of school district programs for entitlement to state basic education allocation funding.
(2) The authority for this chapter is RCW 28A.150.220(4).
For the purpose of WAC 180-16-162, the term "strike" shall mean: A concerted work stoppage by employees of a school district of which there has been a formal declaration by their recognized representative and notice thereof provided to the district by such representative at least two calendar school days in advance of the actual stoppage.
Work stoppages and maintenance of approved programs for less than 180 days not condoned.
Nothing in WAC 180-16-162, 180-16-163 or 180-16-191 through 180-16-225 shall be construed as condoning or authorizing any form of work stoppage which disrupts the planned educational program of a district, or any portion thereof, or the maintenance of an approved program for less than the minimum number of school days required by law except as excused for apportionment purposes by the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to RCW 28A.150.290.
Programs subject to basic education allocation entitlement requirements.
The requirements, procedures and other provisions set forth in this chapter shall apply to kindergarten programs and to such portion of the grade one through twelve program, including related vocational instruction, as a school district provides for students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve.


Last month, the FBI announced another harrowing, 11th-hour capture of Americans plotting to join "ISIS" and launch attack within the United States. The case of two Illinois men, Army National Guard Specialist Hasan Edmonds and his cousin Jonas Edmonds, ostensibly involved the former going to Syria to join ISIS there while the latter stayed in the US, plotting to attack "scores" at a military base.
Right on cue, the American media publish dressed-up FBI press releases about the "disrupted" plot, complete with balaclava-wearing stock photos: "FBI Disrupts Plot to Kill Scores at Military Base on Behalf of Islamic State" was theWashington Post's headline (3/26/15).
"The likelihood of Al Qaeda or ISIS launching a massive attack inside the United States is "infinitesimal," according to the Washington Post, yet a recent poll found 86 percent of Americans now see ISIS as a threat to U.S. security.
But the case of Tounisi and Sheikh cannot "underscore the global reach of ISIS recruiters and propagandists," since the only recruiters and propagandists these men met online were the FBI's "OCE" – Online Covert Employees. In the case of Abdella Tounisi, the FBI went so far as to create an entire fake Al-Nusra website, complete with a fake Al-Nusra training video and a fake Al-Nusra email list, as the DOJ's complaint explained.


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Race for a Healthy Estuary
WIN $1,000 AT THE GREAT BAY 5K!
If the race winner (male/female) beats the existing "All Comers" New Hampshire state record times for a 5K (Male: 13:53 by Alene Reta at the Cigna 5K in 2009, and Female: 15:28 by Lynn Jennings at the Couples 5K in 1993) at the Great Bay 5K, they will earn an additional $1000.
The Great Bay 5K course is certified (USATF certificate NH18007BK), but the drop from start to finish of this point-to-point race is too steep for finish times to qualify for an official state record. The good news is that the net-downhill course will help runners go faster! If the winner beats the existing NH state records, they won't establish a new official state record, but they'll have bragging rights, and will be $1,000 richer!
Great Ways to Win at the 2021 Great Bay 5K:
FINISHER AWARDS
The awards for the top 3 male/female runners are $200, $150 and $100.
The awards for the top 3 male/female competitive walkers are $200, $150 and $100.
The awards for the top 3 male/female wheelchair racers are $200, $150 and $100.
NEW COURSE RECORD
A $100 award to the male/female runner who breaks the course record (14:34 by Adam Martin [2019] or 16:32 by Rachel Schilkowsky [2019]).
MACKENZIE MILE AWARDS
A $50 bonus to the first male/female to reach the 1-mile point (assuming they maintain a similar pace for the balance of the race).
Teams with at least 5 members can qualify for the following awards:
– Team Award (female and male teams): Pizza party for 30
– New England Oyster Cup (if a member of a team with at least 3 men and 3 women): Special Oyster Cup trophy
AGE GROUP AWARDS
9 and under, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-70, 80-84, 85-89, 90-94, 95-99, 100+. There will be unique awards for the top 3 finishers (male/female) in each age group.
Awards for the Virtual Great Bay 55K Challenge include:
– $50 gift card to Deciduous Brewing Company for the first female and first male participant to complete the 55K challenge.
– $50 gift card to Deciduous Brewing Company for the highest number of miles completed.
One prize each for the first male and female finisher.
Countdown to the GB5K!
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