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Lancashire firms planning for job creation
By Lancashire Business View
Almost nine out of 10 Lancashire businesses (86 per cent) are planning to create new jobs in 2015 compared to 68 per cent which had the same intention last year, according to a survey conducted by Boost Business Lancashire.
The Lancashire Growth Forecast 2015 has found that half of businesses (50 per cent) are also planning significant investment in developing a product or service this year, up from 26% in 2014.
More than half (55 per cent) of businesses surveyed said they were forecasting a turnover increase of greater than 20 per cent in 2015. That compares with 24 per cent of businesses who were forecasting the same level of growth in the 2014 survey.
Boost is the £7.2m Lancashire Business Growth Hub delivered by Lancashire County Council and the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership.
Andy Walker, head of business growth innovation at Lancashire County Council, said: "As the economy continues to bounce back, it's great to hear that more Lancashire businesses are achieving growth and have strong intentions to recruit new staff.
"We've worked incredibly hard in recent years to ensure that our business support offer is focused on the needs of those growing businesses that will create jobs in the region, so we're very encouraged by the 70 per cent of people who responded and said they're likely to access public sector business support in 2015.
"The funding for Boost Business Lancashire is due to run out in the summer, so I would urge any growing business thinking about applying for support from Boost to do it as soon as possible."
The Lancashire Growth Forecast 2015 also revealed that the three biggest barriers to growth for Lancashire businesses in 2015 are raising finance (50 per cent), a shortage of skills in the workforce (42 per cent) and compliance with legislation (27 per cent). People responding to the survey said the three biggest opportunities to achieve growth in 2015 are improving sales and marketing (75 per cent), developing new products (48 per cent) and attracting and retaining talented staff (39 per cent).
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মহাপরিচালক-জনাব মুহম্মদ মউদুদউর রশীদ সফদার
যোগদানের তারিখ : ০৮ জানুয়ারি ২০১৮
Director General (Secretary, GoB)
Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB)
Palli Bhaban, 5 Karwan Bazar, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh
Tel. (Office): +88028180002, Fax: +88028180003;
E-mail: dgbrdb@gmail.com;
Date & Place of Birth: 24 August 1960, Chittagong, Bangladesh
OFFICIAL IDENTITY
Batch: Member of 1985 Regular Batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (Administrative Cadre)
Official ID No. 4502; Current Order of Seniority/Merit: 1st (First)
Cell phone: +8801733762692; Personal: maududsafdar@gmail.com
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
►Master of Liberal Studies (Major: Public Affairs), University of Minnesota, U.S.A. (1999).
►Masters in Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (1984).
►Bachelors (Honors) in Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (1982).
►Diplomaed Associate of the Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh (Banking Diploma Part 1 & 2 (1988).
SCHOLASTIC DISTINCTIONS/FELLOWSHIPS
►Regent's Scholar, University of Minnesota, USA (1997), CGPA: 4.0 out of 4.0 (Summa Cum Laude, best distinction for scoring full and highest marks).
►Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow, University of Minnesota, USA (1995-1996), CGPA: 4.0 out of 4.0 (Summa Cum Laude, best distinction for scoring full and highest marks).
►Under-graduate (Bachelors) and Graduate (Masters) Scholar, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh (during 1979-1981and 1982-1984 respectively).
►National Education Board Scholar, Comilla & Dhaka Boards (Chittagong Collegiate School, Chittagong & Notre Dame College, Dhaka, Bangladesh).
March 2019 - Present: DG, BRDB (As DG Grade-1/ Secretary, GoB).
January 2018 – March 2019: DG, BRDB (As Addl. Secretary, GoB).
January 2017 – January 2018: DG, BARD (As Addl. Secretary, GoB).
July 2015 – January 2017: Director (Admn. & Finance), Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, Dhaka (As JS & Addl. Secretary).
June 2012 – July 2015: Director, Office for Dhaka Metropolis, Department of Environment (DoE), Dhaka (As DS & JS).
October 2010 – June 2012: Research Fellow at the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences and Solvay Business School,the Vrije Universitiet Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium (As DS).
May 2010 – October 2010: DS attached to Prime Minister's Office. Provided support in launching the PPP (Public-Private Partnership) initiative in Bangladesh, particularly during August through October 2010.
January 2008 – May 2010: Research Fellow at the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences and Solvay Business School, Vrije Universitiet Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium (As SAS/DS).
January 2003 to January 2008: Head of Economic & Commercial Wings, Embassy of Bangladesh, Brussels (As First Secretary/ Counsellor),
December 2001 to December 2002: Additional Director/ Director (Finance), Bangladesh Television (BTV), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
July 2001 to December 2001: UNO, Sarishabari, Jamalpur, Bangladesh.
July 1999 to July 2001: UNO, Jhinaigati, Sherpur, Bangladesh.
October 1997 to July 1999: Registrar, Turnover Tax Commission, Internal Resources Division, Ministry of Finance, Government of Bangladesh.
May 1995 to October 1997: Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow at the University of California at Davis and University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, USA (As SAS).
July 1996 to December 1996: Member, Expert Working Group, UN Efficiency Board, UN Headquarters, New York, USA.
May 1992 to May 1995: Assistant Secretary /Senior Assistant Secretary ((Administration/ West Europe/ UN Policies & Programme Management), ERD, Ministry of Finance, Government of Bangladesh.
May 1990 to May 1992: Assistant Commissioner (Land), Tejgaon Revenue Circle, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
February 1988 to May 1990: Assistant Commissioner and Magistrate, Dhaka District Administration, Dhaka.
July 1984 to February 1988: Senior Officer and Manager, International Correspondent Banking and Overseas Remittance Desk, International Division, Janata Bank, Head Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
►Received "Recognition Pin" from the UN Secretary General for contributing to managerial reforms in the United Nations while serving as a Member, Expert Working Group at the UN Efficiency Board, UN Secretariat, New York in 1996.
►Received Letter of appreciation and honorarium from the Chairman, Turn Over Tax Commission, Ministry of Finance, Government of Bangladesh in 1999.
►Received Letter of Commendation from the Land Reforms Commissioner, Land Reforms Board, Ministry of Land in 1988.
►Adjudged the Best Assistant Commissioner by the Government of Bangladesh in 1988.
Muhammad Maududur Rashid Safdar
Details CV of Muhammad Maududur Rashid Safdar(DG, BRDB)

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Country Road Take Me Home
Posted on December 30, 2016 by crystalburney
My road trip to Tennessee this summer was basically centred around my love of music – beginning with Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton and ending in Nashville with country music. With only a day to spend in Nashville, we stopped at two of the most famous country music places in the world: The Country Music Hall of Fame and The Grand Ole Opry!
We started at The Country Music Hall of Fame, a place I soon learned I needed way more time at. There are always different exhibits moving in and out. While we were there, they had the following exhibits featured: 'Blake Shelton: Based on a True Story,' 'Dierks Bentley: Every Mile a Memory,' and a big Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan Exhibit called 'Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City.' Throughout the Hall of Fame, they also featured staple exhibits like the history of Country music. All those who were big stars in each era were honoured; Hank Williams, Minnie Pearl, and Jimmie Rodgers in the early years; then Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Patsy Cline; then onto Reba, Garth Brooks, and Trisha Yearwood; up until present-day Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, etc. There's also a room for really new and up-and-coming artists. Here, you can find a replica of Taylor Swift's tour bus and a huge guitar. There's also a room that features guitars throughout the years of country music. One of my favourite parts was right next to Elvis Presley's gold Cadillac. There was a viewing area where a film was shown featuring video clips from great country music moments and shows through the years featuring all the old classic numbers and stars. The huge wall of inductees and gold records filled one whole section, with another wall of top hits leading you back downstairs. A country music fan could easily spend a day here looking at everything and reading all the information about the artists found here. The few hours we had were definitely not enough.
From there, we headed over to the Grand Ole Opry. Unfortunately, there was no show playing that night, but we still got to take a tour of the place most country artists dream of one day performing. It's quite the place – such a beautiful building. The Grand Ole Opry show was first heard in 1925 and moved around to various locations in the early years. Then, from 1943-1974, it was hosted in the Ryman Auditorium, where the show still returns occasionally for classic shows. In March 1974, the Grand Ole Opry moved to its current locale, the Grand Ole Opry House. In May 2010, the venue was temporarily closed after being badly damaged by the flooding that took place in the city. Around-the-clock restoration took place and five months later, the Grand Ole Opry house was ready for the show to return. Each Opry performance is made up of official Opry members and guest artists. Currently, there are 61 Opry members.
The tour started with Blake Shelton greeting us onscreen and welcoming us to the Grand Ole Opry. He showed us some clips of performances and inductions, including his own when Trace Adkins invited him to join the Opry. From there, our guide, Rita, took us on a backstage tour. She told us all about Roy Acuff, who was a major contributor to the Opry; so big, in fact, that when his wife passed away, they built him a house right next door! She showed us the star entrance into the backstage area and explained that although they are big stars, most of them live in Nashville so many of them just drive themselves to the show, park their own car and walk up the star path into the security area! If they are a member, they have a mailbox located here for fan mail. We got to see the mailboxes for current, active members and plaques on the wall for anyone who's ever been a member. To become a member of the Grand Ole Opry, you must meet the criteria, promise to keep the Opry going and be committed to performing here. Then we headed down the hallway of dressing rooms. Each room was designed for a different category, with décor that matched. It started with those making their Opry debut and moved on to hosts/comedians. There was one room for those who are Veterans and those who work a lot with the armed forces, like Kellie Pickler. This was followed by Duos, including Rayna and Deacon from the t.v. show "Nashville." Moving along, we came to "Men of Country" and "Women of Country" (whose dressing room was larger with fancier décor!) Then "Friends and Family" and a few others. The final dressing room is "The Wagonmaster" for Porter Wagoner. This room was filled with rhinestones, bright colours and photos of him and Dolly Parton, who got her big break on his show. Each of the rooms were filled with photos of the performers who have been there.
From there, we continued on to Studio A, a soundproof TV studio where "Hee Haw" used to be filmed and where some of "Nashville" is currently filmed. They had a setup with some costumes, posters and scripts from the show and Deacon Claybourne talks all about the show and about filming here and around Nashville. Such a great show!
We then headed back into the Family/Green room. In 2010, the floods that hit Nashville did a lot of damage here, when 4 feet of water flooded the Opry. After the repairs were finished, they put up a marker on the wall in the Green room, showing where the water came to, which is the only remaining sign of the damage.
As the tour came to an end, we got to step past the sign that says "Performing Artists & Staff Only" and head out onto the Grand Ole Opry stage! What a beautiful spot. The Opry holds 4, 400 people. Just standing there, where so many of my favourite artists have stood, looking out at the audience in the bright lights was amazing! The big band is set up in the back and at centre stage is the famous microphone, located in the circle of wood that was taken from the Ryman Auditorium, so that even after they moved to the Grand Ole Opry House, all the stars have been able to stand on this same circle to perform.
What an incredible feeling it was to stand in that circle and look out into the lights as they took photos of us like we were stars. Definitely a highlight of this trip. Now, I just need to come back and see a performance here!
Country Music Hall of Fame Photo Gallery
Dolly Parton at the Country Music Hall of Fame!
Costumes from Dolly's 'Coat of Many Colours' movie
Taylor Swift memorabilia
Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban
Hand written lyrics to Keith Urban's 'Days go by"
Reba McEntire & Garth Brooks
Photo of Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
One of Dolly Parton's costumes
Roger Miller and his many awards
Country stars of the 50s and 60s
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash exhibit
Rock N' Roll meets country in the 50s
Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline & Johnny Cash
County music instruments from the 20s & 30s
Dierks Bentley: Every Mile A Memory exhibit
Taylor Swift's glittery costume
For more info visit http://countrymusichalloffame.org/ Prices vary depending on the tour. For the main, self guided tour it's $24.95.
Grand Ole Opry Photo Gallery
The famous Grand Ole Opry
Guitars at the entrance to the Orpy
The main corridor inside the Opry
Plaques with the names of all the Opry members
Heading down the dressing room hallway
The final dressing room belongs to Porter Wagoner
Cartoon hanging in the Family Room containing many Opry Artists
So exciting getting to pass this sign!
The Grand Ole Opry stage!
For more info about visiting the Grand Ole Opry, visit http://www.opry.com/ You can choose from a daytime tour or a post-show tour. Tours range in price from $24-$29 for adults and can be booked online or at the box office.
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What To Offer On A Home Normally, a lot of vendors will not approve your deal outright, however rather will offer you with a counter offer that alters the rate, the closing date, tenancy due dates, or any conditions you set forth in your deal.
5 ways you can get more property buyer Norcross while spending less.
Property Clubs Northern Front Variety Investors Association Get In Touch With: Michele Larson Telephone: (970) 214-3627 When: Fourth Thursday of every month, doors open at 6:30 pm for networking, conference at 7:00 pm Where: Windsor Rec Center, Windsor.
Residence that are mosting likely to be sold at a Trustee or Sheriff Sale auction will certainly be released in your local paper weekly for a minimum of three weeks prior to the public auction. This will certainly provide you sufficient time to do your research study and also due diligence.
An additional typical means to achieve a no money down bargain is to utilize private cash. This can either be a rich close friend or member of the family or it can be an expert exclusive loan provider or hard money lending institution. If you understand where to look, these individuals are not difficult to discover.
Making An Offer On A Residence Private Sale Competition Yours & the seller's Look at that CMA one last time. The amount of energetic, closely similar comparables are there within that 1/2 mile radius? In addition to tipping you off to whether your market is a purchaser's or a vendor's market, the variety of energetic compensations likewise suggests just how much competitors the seller has. The extra active compensations there are, the extra your seller will certainly fear to obtain an offer, duration, and be open to your offer around or below the sticker price.
Right away after the residence hits the marketplace, there ought to go to least a couple of visits for provings. It may show that regional brokers believe the house is overpriced and also therefore aren't revealing it to their clients if there aren't. Realtors recommend that after a month, if there is really limited passion in the residence, it's not far too late to lower the rate, but it is necessary to act rapidly in order to maintain some interest.
Evaluation pricing is rather depending on the specific market, Brown stated. The cost of an assessment has the tendency to enhance with the age of the home and also the square video of the house. Both variables enhance the moment it requires to complete the inspection, thus the greater price.
Since you have actually evaluated the home, return to your greatest quote rate calculations and factor in any kind of repair work expenses consisting of labor and also authorizations. You might have to readjust your leading quote price to represent the condition of the building.
Going, going Going to auction is a different to reducing the cost - so long as you are prepared to accept its market value on the day. Knight Frank is using this technique to market a fresh-to-the-market brought back Georgian residence as well as farmyard in Devon (guide cost 1.5 million, December 4, 01392 423111). The property was gotten in a run-down state earlier this year and also wonderfully renovated to market on. "It's the first time for 4 years we've thought about an auction for a building similar to this yet sales quantities have been so reduced this year," claims William Morrison, of Knight Frank.
Setting the closing date that is practical to both parties could be challenging, yet could certainly be done. Keep in mind that you might have to wait up until your rental arrangement goes out and the seller may have to wait up until they close on their new residence.


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You may think that because of the knowledge and experiences gained from working at the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA), I should have no problem asking my parents and other relatives to get tested for celiac disease. Guess what? I, too, face this resistance.
With the exception of my dad (whose blood test came back negative), my mom and extended family have not been tested for celiac disease. On the occasions when I press the issue, I typically receive one of two responses.
I'm told that they don't have any of the symptoms I experienced, which leads them to believe that they can't possibly have the same autoimmune condition as me.
When I put myself in my family members' shoes, I admit that it might be difficult to initially understand just how much of a "clinical chameleon" celiac disease can be. After all, if their relative (myself) experienced chronic gastrointestinal symptoms that later resolved with a change in diet, it seems relatively understandable that they might only associate celiac disease with gastrointestinal and nutrition-related issues. As savvy celiac disease advocates, you and I know better.
Today, these conversations now remind me of the information NFCA and our partners at The Celiac Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Emerson College learned last spring when we conducted a study on the attitudes and beliefs of persons genetically at-risk for celiac disease – family members are not aware of the variety of ways that celiac disease can manifest itself. In fact, they often associate the disease with only those symptoms that their diagnosed relative experienced.
My request is followed by a chuckle (yes, an actual laugh) when "so and so" family member asks if this is my way of saying that he or she gave me celiac disease. I can't help but name this "genetic guilt." Interesting, right?
As our community drives awareness and education to increase the number of diagnosed patients, I believe it is important to keep in mind the different emotions that come with both being tested and being asked to get tested. It's clear that we still have many emotional and psychological aspects of the celiac disease diagnosis process left to unlock.
In my latest attempts to encourage my grandparents and one uncle to be tested, I left them with the patient and provider educational materials NFCA developed as a result of our research with BIDMC and Emerson College. (To score these resources, head to NFCA's Family Talk section.) The jury is still out on whether they initiated the conversation with their doctor. Stay tuned!


Following the death of Franklin Roosevelt, who had recently won an unprecedented fourth term as America's president, Harry Truman was sworn in as the country's new commander-in-chief.
This historical newsreel clip, now maintained by America's National Archives, includes that footage. It is followed by highlights of FDR's life and numerous accomplishments.
Newsreel of historical footage, maintained by the U.S. National Archives.
Move the video forward to 00:30 to begin the relevant segment.
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Infosecurity Magazine Home » News » Iranian Group Stole 6TBs of data from Citrix
11 Mar 2019 News
Iranian Group Stole 6TBs of data from Citrix
An Iranian-linked hacking group has stolen terabytes of corporate data from Citrix as part of a major campaign against tech, oil and gas, and government organizations, according to a security vendor.
LA-based security firm Resecurity said on Friday it has shared details with law enforcement of a Christmas 2018 attack on the tech giant by the IRIDIUM group.
"The incident has been identified as a part of a sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign supported by nation state due to strong targeting on government, military-industrial complex, energy companies, financial institutions and large enterprises involved in critical areas of economy," it wrote in a blog post on Friday.
"Based our recent analysis, the threat actors leveraged a combination of tools, techniques and procedures (TTPs) allowing them to conduct targeted network intrusion to access at least six terabytes of sensitive data stored in the Citrix enterprise network, including e-mail correspondence, files in network shares and other services used for project management and procurement."
These TTPs included "proprietary techniques" designed to bypass two-factor authentication systems, and methods to access VPNs and single sign-on (SSO), it added.
Citrix CISO, Stan Black, confirmed the attack in a brief blog post, revealing that the firm was contacted by the FBI on March 6 with details of the raid.
He said the hackers had downloaded unspecified "business documents," adding that there's currently no sign that any Citrix products or services have been compromised.
"While not confirmed, the FBI has advised that the hackers likely used a tactic known as password spraying, a technique that exploits weak passwords," Black revealed. "Once they gained a foothold with limited access, they worked to circumvent additional layers of security."
Ojas Rege, chief strategy officer at MobileIron, argued that it's time firms eliminated passwords altogether.
"Biometric authentication is the starting point because the end user now no longer has to remember passwords," he added. "The back-end credential into enterprise systems can then be made much stronger to mitigate password spraying and similar attacks, all without creating pain for the end user."
Someone's got to pay
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"""Data store proxy for a data server."""

import base64
import functools
import os
import threading
import time
import uuid

import logging

from grr.lib import access_control
from grr.lib import config_lib
from grr.lib import data_store
from grr.lib import rdfvalue
from grr.lib import utils

from grr.lib.data_stores import common

BASE_MAP_SUBJECT = "servers_map"
MAP_SUBJECT = "aff4:/" + BASE_MAP_SUBJECT
MAP_VALUE_PREDICATE = "metadata:value"

def RPCWrapper(f):
  """A decorator for converting exceptions to rpc status messages.

  This decorator should be inserted below the rpcserver.Handler call to prevent
  normal exceptions from reaching the RCP layer. These expected exceptions are
  then encoded into the status message of the response.

  Args:
    f: The function to wrap.

  Returns:
    A decorator function.
  """

  @functools.wraps(f)
  def Wrapper(self, request):
    """Wrap the function can catch exceptions, converting them to status."""
    failed = True
    response = rdfvalue.DataStoreResponse()
    response.status = rdfvalue.DataStoreResponse.Status.OK

    try:
      f(self, request, response)
      failed = False
    except access_control.UnauthorizedAccess as e:
      # Attach a copy of the request to the response so the caller can tell why
      # we failed the request.
      response.Clear()
      response.request = request

      response.status = rdfvalue.DataStoreResponse.Status.AUTHORIZATION_DENIED
      if e.subject:
        response.failed_subject = utils.SmartUnicode(e.subject)

      response.status_desc = utils.SmartUnicode(e)

    except data_store.Error as e:
      # Attach a copy of the request to the response so the caller can tell why
      # we failed the request.
      response.Clear()
      response.request = request

      response.status = rdfvalue.DataStoreResponse.Status.DATA_STORE_ERROR
      response.status_desc = utils.SmartUnicode(e)

    except access_control.ExpiryError as e:
      # Attach a copy of the request to the response so the caller can tell why
      # we failed the request.
      response.Clear()
      response.request = request

      response.status = rdfvalue.DataStoreResponse.Status.TIMEOUT_ERROR
      response.status_desc = utils.SmartUnicode(e)

    if failed:
      # Limit the size of the error report since it can be quite large.
      logging.info("Failed: %s", utils.SmartStr(response)[:1000])
    serialized_response = response.SerializeToString()
    return serialized_response

  return Wrapper

class DataStoreService(object):
  """Class that responds to DataStore requests."""

  def __init__(self, db):
    self.db = db
    self.transaction_lock = threading.Lock()
    self.transactions = {}
    old_pathing = config_lib.CONFIG.Get("Datastore.pathing")
    # Need to add a fixed rule for the file where the server mapping is stored.
    new_pathing = [r"(?P<path>" + BASE_MAP_SUBJECT + ")"] + old_pathing
    self.pathing = new_pathing
    self.db.RecreatePathing(self.pathing)

  # Every service method must write to the response argument.
  # The response will then be serialized to a string.

  @RPCWrapper
  def MultiSet(self, request, unused_response):
    """Set multiple attributes for a given subject at once."""

    values = {}
    to_delete = set()

    for value in request.values:
      if value.option == rdfvalue.DataStoreValue.Option.REPLACE:
        to_delete.add(value.predicate)

      timestamp = self.FromTimestampSpec(request.timestamp)
      if value.HasField("value"):
        if value.HasField("timestamp"):
          timestamp = self.FromTimestampSpec(value.timestamp)

        values.setdefault(value.predicate, []).append(
            (value.value.GetValue(), timestamp))

    self.db.MultiSet(request.subject[0], values, to_delete=to_delete,
                     sync=request.sync, replace=False,
                     token=request.token)

  @RPCWrapper
  def ResolveMulti(self, request, response):
    """Resolve multiple attributes for a given subject at once."""
    predicate_regex = []

    for v in request.values:
      predicate_regex.append(v.predicate)

    timestamp = self.FromTimestampSpec(request.timestamp)
    subject = request.subject[0]

    values = self.db.ResolveMulti(
        subject, predicate_regex, timestamp=timestamp,
        token=request.token)

    response.results.Append(
        subject=subject,
        payload=[(predicate, self._Encode(value), int(ts))
                 for (predicate, value, ts) in values if value])

  @RPCWrapper
  def MultiResolveRegex(self, request, response):
    """Resolve multiple attributes for a given subject at once."""
    predicate_regex = [utils.SmartUnicode(v.predicate) for v in request.values]

    timestamp = self.FromTimestampSpec(request.timestamp)
    subjects = list(request.subject)

    for subject, values in self.db.MultiResolveRegex(
        subjects, predicate_regex, timestamp=timestamp,
        token=request.token,
        limit=request.limit):
      response.results.Append(
          subject=subject,
          payload=[(utils.SmartStr(predicate), self._Encode(value), int(ts))
                   for (predicate, value, ts) in values])

  @RPCWrapper
  def DeleteAttributes(self, request, unused_response):
    """Delete attributes from a given subject."""
    timestamp = self.FromTimestampSpec(request.timestamp)
    subject = request.subject[0]
    sync = request.sync
    token = request.token
    attributes = [v.predicate for v in request.values]
    start, end = timestamp  # pylint: disable=unpacking-non-sequence
    self.db.DeleteAttributes(subject, attributes, start=start, end=end,
                             token=token, sync=sync)

  @RPCWrapper
  def DeleteAttributesRegex(self, request, unused_response):
    subject = request.subject[0]
    token = request.token
    attr_regexes = [v.predicate for v in request.values]
    self.db.DeleteAttributesRegex(subject, attr_regexes, token=token)

  @RPCWrapper
  def DeleteSubject(self, request, unused_response):
    subject = request.subject[0]
    token = request.token
    self.db.DeleteSubject(subject, token=token)

  def _NewTransaction(self, subject, duration, response):
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        else:
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  def _GetTransactionId(self, request):
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      # No return value.
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        if transid != current:
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        # Add return value to response.
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      except KeyError:
        # Invalid transaction ID.
        pass

  @RPCWrapper
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    if not request.subject or not request.values:
      return
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      # Check if there is a transaction.
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  def FromTimestampSpec(self, timestamp):
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      return self.db.NEWEST_TIMESTAMP

    if timestamp.type == timestamp.Type.ALL_TIMESTAMPS:
      return self.db.ALL_TIMESTAMPS

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    if timestamp.type == timestamp.Type.SPECIFIC_TIME:
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    return mapping

  def _DifferentPathing(self, new_pathing):
    """Check if we have a new pathing."""
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      return True
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      if path != self.pathing[i]:
        return True
    return False

  def SaveServerMapping(self, mapping, create_pathing=False):
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    if create_pathing:
      # We are going to use our own pathing.
      mapping.pathing = self.pathing
    else:
      # We are going to use the mapping pathing configuration.
      # Check if its different than the one we use now and then ask the
      # datastore to use it.
      new_pathing = list(mapping.pathing)
      if self._DifferentPathing(new_pathing):
        self.pathing = new_pathing
        self.db.RecreatePathing(new_pathing)
    self.db.MultiSet(MAP_SUBJECT, {MAP_VALUE_PREDICATE: mapping})

  def GetLocation(self):
    return self.db.Location()

  def GetComponentInformation(self):
    """Return number of components and average size per component."""
    loc = self.GetLocation()
    if not os.path.exists(loc):
      return 0, 0
    if not os.path.isdir(loc):
      return 0, 0
    size, files = common.DatabaseDirectorySize(loc, self.db.FileExtension())
    if files:
      return files, int(float(size)/float(files))
    else:
      return 0, 0

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Accept a reasonable number of pests: Since we live in an area with lots of wild, undeveloped land, a stray thrip or two, some whiteflies, etc. are going to land on your property. Of course you don't want them to unduly multiply, so nip the problem in the bud, so to speak, and remove them as you find them, but there is no need to over-react and start spraying everything in sight.
Employ benign methods: There are so many! Knock insects off your plants with a hose or vacuum them off. Set out sticky traps. Bury a few coffee cans with their lips flush with the ground, so insects fall in and can't crawl out; if you want to be fancy, put a piece of ripe fruit on the bottom to entice bugs. (More elaborate homemade traps that don't harm beneficial insect are available, too.) Plant "trap plants" that destructive insects prefer to lure them away from other plants. (Think marigolds, sunflowers, zinnias, and nasturtiums for flower beds, and dill, mustard, chives, and basil in your gardens.) Numerous homemade solutions—made from boiled garlic, castile soap, Epsom salt, Tabasco, or Neem oil— make benign sprays to deter aphids, spiders, spidermites, and caterpillars. Slugs avoid crushed eggshells. Recipes can easily be found by doing a Web search.
Most native plants attract beneficial insects and birds that prey on pests. Put up bat houses: a single bat can eat up to 8,000 insects per night. Do all you can to attract birds: most eat insects, especially during the breeding season; even birds we generally consider seed-eaters offer their hatchlings a primarily insect diet. Prune away disease as soon as it appears, and be sure to wash the tools you used before they touch healthy plants. All my gardener friends in New Zealand—as a group, Kiwi gardens are more "picture perfect" than ours—prune out infestations, hose garden pests off their plants, and kill weeds in yards and sidewalk cracks with boiling water. It is a mark of shame to have to employ artificial chemicals.
Use targeted pesticides only as a last resort, and only products targeted to your pest. In general, non-insects are less likely to eat insecticides in bait traps with small openings than freely spread insecticides; granular formulations are especially attractive to birds. The most important insecticides to avoid, because of their toxicity: organochlorines (e.g., dicofol, methoxychlor), organophosphates (e.g. diazinon, isofenphos, chlorpyrifos), and carbamates (e.g. aldicarb, carbofuran, bendiocarb). [Neonictanoids, such as acetamiprid and chothianidn, are relatively safe for birds and mammals but kill pollinating bees.] Herbicides containing dinitrophenols, such as dinoseb or paraquat, are especially toxic to birds. No matter what product you use, avoid spraying on windy days, and never near a water source.
Join the Pigeon Guillemot Citizen Science Team this summer and spend one beautiful hour on the beach each week observing Pigeon Guillemots flying aerial displays, playing in the water, competing for the top spot on a rock, and/or delivering fish to chicks in burrows.
The 2018 season (Year 6!) for the Pigeon Guillemot Breeding Survey is coming up! Volunteer training will be held on Saturday, May 5, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Nisqually Reach Nature Center, 4949D Milluhr Rd. N.E., Olympia, 98516. Pigeon Guillemots are black birds with a white wing patch and red feet, one of the few seabirds breeding in South Sound. They are a Vital Sign Species, an indicator for the health of Puget Sound. Citizen science volunteers sit on the beach one morning hour a week, June to August, to record social and burrow activity, including fish deliveries to chicks. Volunteers are organized in teams to allow for flexible scheduling. Breeding colonies for this survey are located on Salish Sea shorelines between Nisqually Reach and Totten Inlet, including Eld and Budd Inlets, Dana Passage and Anderson, Ketron, and Harstine Islands.
The BHAS Nominating Committee (Bruce Jacobs, Elizabeth Rodrick, and Bob Wadsworth) announces the following nominees for the Board of Directors who will serve June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2019: President: Open; Vice-President: Elizabeth Rodrick; Treasurer: Bruce Jacobs; Secretary: Kathleen Snyder. Kim Adelson is the current nominee for Treasurer, and if re-elected, will continue to serve until September, when she will step down and become a board member at-large.
Bruce Jacobs, if re-elected, will continue to serve as Secretary until September, and then be appointed Treasurer.
Kathleen Snyder, if elected, will serve as a board member at-large and then be appointed Secretary in September.
Other nominees for Board Members At-Large are: Ken Brown, Steve Curry, Hank Henry, Craig Merkel, Sam Merrill, Paul Moody, Sharon Moore, Deb Nickerson, Bob Wadsworth, and Joe Zabransky. Our bylaws allow up to 16 board members, and the current slate is 13. Any further nominations should be submitted by April 27 to Elizabeth Rodrick, vice-pres@nullblackhills-audubon.org. Please include a short paragraph on why you are interested in serving on the board.
BHAS has a "working" board, which means that we are all active on committees and usually have at least one special project. For those who engage and contribute their skills and experience, the rewards are meaningful and appreciated.
Chapter members will elect officers and at-large board members at the May 10, 2018 program meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the Temple Beth Hatfiloh, 201 8th Avenue SE, Olympia. Members must be present to vote.
The State of Washington Growth Management Act (GMA) of 1990 requires all counties to revise their Comprehensive Plans every 7 or 8 years. Thurston County is in the early-to-mid phase of this update. The process is long and complicated, with many opportunities to comment. In late March, the County held two open houses at which the public could learn about the Comprehensive Plan Update and provide their visions for transportation, housing, natural resource protection, agriculture, and other planning considerations.
In early March, the Thurston County Planning Commission (PC), an eight-member panel of volunteers, had its first vote after a nearly year-long study of mineral land policy. As required by state law, Thurston County mapped its geologic resources: aggregate (sand and gravel) and quarry rock. The PC was charged to determine which of these identified resource lands should be officially designated Mineral Lands, potentially open to future mining. After a citizen survey of potential lands, the county planning staff developed three maps, each with a different filter of what type of lands should be excluded from designation. Map 1, the least restrictive map, designated a total of 141,331 acres. Map 2 had 107.447 acres. Map 3 had 135,765 acres with a caveat that many of these acres were sensitive lands and probably would not meet permit requirements. The preference of BHAS was Map 2, with Map 3 acceptable.
Nevertheless, on March 21 the PC chose Map 1. It also co-designated Long-Term Agriculture Lands with Mineral Lands, against the South Sound Farmland Trust recommendation and most citizen testimony. The chosen option also fails to automatically prevent mining in already identified FEMA flood plains, Marine Shoreline Landslide Hazard Areas, critical habitat, high quality wetlands and more. If this option prevails, county citizens will have to be more vigilant and most likely spend much time and money to ensure that mining permit proposals are correct and thoroughly reviewed.
My interest in birds developed at an early age when our family was stationed on Midway Island (now a National Wildlife Refuge). Later, I was one of the lucky people who turned my passion for nature into a career: as a wildlife biologist, recently retired from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. I continue to volunteer as a citizen scientist monitoring habitat conditions on wildlife refuges. I worked on Bald Eagle nest protection, snag retention regulations, identifying and acquiring critical habitat lands, and wildlife movement corridors. I have been an intermittent Audubon member since attending my first national convention in Milwaukie in 1971 where Roger Tory Peterson spoke. Currently, I work with the BHAS Conservation Committee focusing on state and local habitat protection issues. Also, I have assumed some of the duties of the BHAS President while this position is unfilled.
I also volunteer with the Capitol Land Trust and help build right relations with local Indian tribes. I played several team sports when I was younger and am now a dedicated walker/hiker. I am a native Washingtonian who is fortunate to live on Puget Sound; I like to clam and fish whenever I get the chance. I also love to read, travel, attend concerts, music festivals, lectures, and movies.
Black Hills Audubon (BHAS) is happy to announce that a Settlement Agreement has been completed with Quality Rock Products (QRP, also known as Eucon)! Under this agreement, QRP has signed a Covenant on their mining property adjacent to the Black River National Wildlife Refuge ensuring that neither a concrete plant nor an asphalt plant can be built on that property. This covenant applies in perpetuity and runs with the land. In return, BHAS withdrew its SEPA appeal of the Special Use Permit and five-year review permit concerning QRP's gravel mining and our right to object to further reviews of the same project or help others do these things. But this settlement agreement will prevent two major forms of industrial development that would increase noise levels, expand truck traffic, and increase air pollution and toxic chemicals in the Black River watershed and its productive habitats for wildlife.
The Special Use Permit Hearing for the proposed expansion of the QRP's gravel mine was held at the Thurston County Courthouse. A more detailed article describing BHAS's participation in improving the mine's future operations will appear in the next Echo. By then we will have the County Staff report, which reviews the history of the mine and project, and the final Hearing Examiner decision.


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New group helping former intensive care patients recover in Ipswich
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People recovering from time spent in intensive care at Ipswich Hospital can share their experiences, thoughts and fears at a new, monthly support group.
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ICU (Intensive Care Unit) Steps is held on the first Wednesday of every month at Bluebird Lodge in Ipswich, between 6pm and 8pm, and brings together patients from all walks of life.
Led by nurses Claire Gray and Tamasin King, the informal, confidential group which meets next on 6 February, is open for people to come and go as they please and share as much or as little information as they like.
Jonathan Jenkyn, 42, from Ipswich, who spent time in intensive care three years ago after suffering a cardiac arrest in his sleep, said: "It is comforting to hear that other people have gone through similar experiences and to understand how their life has changed as a result of being in intensive care.
"We are part of an eco-system so listening to how other people's families have recovered from such trauma too and being able to impart some of those stories and lessons on to my family is really valuable.
"You don't have to say much, just listen. I am happy to talk about my entire experience but other people just like to listen and that is OK and can be part of the healing process as well.
"You can share as much or as little as you want with the group, everything is completely confidential, and we are happy to talk about things in a very candid, sympathetic way."
Fellow member Ian Mackay, 62, from Stowmarket, who spent time in intensive care after collapsing in March last year, said: "I have found ICU steps very interesting, it has helped me along the way and has allowed me to understand more what was happening to me in hospital by listening to other people's experiences.
"If you have spent time in intensive care please come along for a free cup of tea and a biscuit. It will start to make your life an awful lot easier by understanding what other people have gone through. You are not on your own."
Tamasin King said: "Up to a couple of years ago there was no real follow-up for people after they had been discharged from intensive care and many patients can leave with ongoing psychological issues, so we looked at how we could help them post-discharge.
"I would like people to have more access to rehabilitation psychologically – it's a huge problem among survivors of a critical illness and hopefully attending ICU Steps can lessen the burden that some people may have long-term."
Claire Gray said: "I don't think there is any better way to get support than from listening to someone who has gone through a similar experience."


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HomeNewsBillionaire Al-Amoudi reportedly released from Saudi Prison
Billionaire Al-Amoudi reportedly released from Saudi Prison
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Ethiopian born Saudi Billionaire, Mohammed Al Amoudi, is reportedly released from Saudi Arabia prison.
Addis Fortune, local news source, reported today that it has confirmed from various sources that Al Amoudi is released. He was arrested by Saudi Arabian authorities in November 2017 as the Kingdom mounted crackdown on corruption.
The circumstance under which he is released remains unknown and it is unclear if he is in Ethiopia.
There had been reports in the past the Saudi Arabia started talks with Billionaires arrested at the Riz Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, including Al Amoudi, with aim to release the prisoners in exchange for huge sum of money to be paid to the Saudi government.
Al Amoudi was among those billionaires who refused to give up a big chunk of his wealth to secure his release from prison, according to reports in January 2018.
He has a huge business empire in Ethiopia estimated over three billion US dollars. Last year, the Ethiopian government declined to renew his gold mining license after residents in the area lodged complaints on grounds of environmental pollution.
He has also lost plots of land he took for redevelopment in Addis Ababa.
wedinakfa January 27, 2019	At	8:15 pm
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Postmodernity is commonly perceived as a stage of late modernity or late capitalism that follows modernity, whereas postmodernism is understood as a theoretical trend that attempts to unsettle a number of key concepts associated with the Enlightenment, such as grand narratives of progress, a linear unfolding of history, and traditional notions of reason and rationality. Within the discipline of International Relations (IR), however, late modernity is used interchangeably with postmodernity/postmodernism. Postmodernist/poststructuralist accounts in IR emerged in the 1980s, drawing their inspiration from authors identified with poststructuralism, such as Jacques Derrida, Jean-François Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard, and Julia Kristeva. Three important themes can be identified in the development of a set of concerns that shaped International Political Sociology (IPS) as a subfield of IR: the self-understanding of IR and its relation to broader sociopolitical structures and institutions; limits, borders, and frontiers; and the emergence of a concern with practices of power perceived as acting in various sites, such as security and citizenship. The concretization of a different set of research preoccupations that are associated with IPS has resulted in some of the more significant developments in postmodern IR theory. Nevertheless, there are a few issues that deserve further consideration in social research that would help decenter the Western frame of IR, including the need for postcolonial discussions concerning the project of Enlightenment.
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In Totally Spies! Totally Party Sam, Alex and Clover decide to room together in their "dream house." Life couldn't get cooler, until they've unwittingly made their home right above an Underground Secret Services Center. To prevent a catastrophic security leak, Jerry, the Center Chief has no choice but to take on them as special agents. The game is primarily based upon a series of mini-games distributed around 10 boards and a showroom. On each board, 1 to 3 players will be able to face-off with a "bad guy." The players must win the mini-games in order to gain popularity points and lay traps against the bad guy. Watch out, the bad guys can also lay traps!
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The analysis of 22 industrialized countries found that the largest "happiness gap" between those who have kids and those who don't can be found in America thanks to dearth of family-friendly workplace policies.
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TUESDAY, June 28, 2016 (HealthDay News)—Parents in the United States are not quite as happy as their childless peers, a new report reveals.
The analysis of 22 industrialized countries found that the largest "happiness gap" between those who have kids and those who don't can be found in America.
That's thanks to the dearth of workplace policies enabling employees of U.S. companies to have a more flexible schedule or take paid time off for illness, vacations or the birth of a child, the researchers said.
"The United States, without any standard paid leave available to mothers or parents—or any standard vacation or sick leave to support raising a dependent child—falls strikingly behind all the other countries we examined in terms of providing for parents' happiness and overall well-being," said researcher Matthew Andersson. He is an assistant professor of sociology at Baylor University, in Waco, Texas.
For the report, researchers from Baylor, the University of Texas at Austin and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., compared data from the United States, European countries, Australia, New Zealand and Russia.
The research revealed that countries with government-mandated paid leave policies have a smaller "happiness gap" between parents and couples who don't have kids.
"In fact, in those places [with leave policies], parents might be slightly happier," Andersson said in a Baylor news release.
After considering each country's economy and fertility rate and testing theories that could take a toll on parents' happiness—such as unexpected births or large families—the researchers found these variables were insignificant.
"Another striking finding was that giving money to parents in child allowances or monthly payments had less effect on parental happiness than giving them the tools such as flexible work time," the researchers said in the report.
The researchers said programs like subsidized child care actually improve the happiness of society as a whole, "with an extra happiness bonus for parents of minor children."
The findings were published June 22 in the American Journal of Sociology.
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According to the Florida Today Newspaper, a Plant City man was killed and three others were injured following a July 29, 2011 accident. Evidently, the accident occurred at approximately 11:50 p.m. when a 2008 Toyotal Tundra traveling northbound on I-95 in Port St. John, Florida just south of the State Road 528 interchange, veered onto the shoulder of the highway, struck a parked trailer and overturned.
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