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Der Begriff Haftungsdach beschreibt den in  Abs. 10 Satz 1 KWG geregelten bankaufsichtsrechtlichen Ausnahmetatbestand. Danach bedarf "ein Unternehmen, das keine Bankgeschäfte im Sinne des  Abs. 1 Satz 2 betreibt und als Finanzdienstleistungen nur die Anlage- oder Abschlussvermittlung, das Platzierungsgeschäft oder die Anlageberatung ausschließlich für Rechnung und unter der Haftung eines Einlagenkreditinstituts oder eines Wertpapierhandelsunternehmens, das seinen Sitz im Inland hat oder nach  Abs. 1 Satz 1 oder Abs. 7 im Inland tätig ist, erbringt (vertraglich gebundener Vermittler)" keiner Erlaubnis der Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin), wenn "das Einlagenkreditinstitut oder Wertpapierhandelsunternehmen als das haftende Unternehmen dies der Bundesanstalt anzeigt". Die Tätigkeit des vertraglich gebundenen Vermittlers wird in diesem Fall dem haftenden Unternehmen (zivilrechtlich) zugerechnet. Ansprüche können folglich nicht unmittelbar auf § 2 Abs. 10 KWG gestützt werden.

Die Bundesanstalt führt über die ihr angezeigten vertraglich gebundenen Vermittler ein öffentliches Register im Internet, das das haftende Unternehmen, die vertraglich gebundenen Vermittler, das Datum des Beginns und des Endes der Tätigkeit ausweist. In dem Register haben ausschließlich die haftenden Unternehmen schreibenden Zugriff. Einzelheiten ergeben sich aus der  Verordnung über die vertraglich gebundenen Vermittler und das öffentliche Register nach § 2 Abs. 10 Satz 6 des Kreditwesengesetzes.

Das Haftungsdach hat im Zuge der EU-weiten Umsetzung der Finanzmarktrichtlinie im Jahre 2007 eine gewisse Renaissance erfahren, da mit der Finanzmarktrichtlinie die bis dahin erlaubnisfrei mögliche Anlageberatung zu einer erlaubnispflichtigen Finanzdienstleistung aufgewertet wurde. Insbesondere so genannte freie Anlageberater scheuten (und scheuen nach wie vor) den hohen finanziellen und administrativen Aufwand einer eigenen KWG-Erlaubnis und machten von der Ausnahmevorschrift Gebrauch.

Ein Haftungsdach stellt einen Rechtsträger für Anlageberater dar, die über keine eigene Zulassung verfügen. Der Anlageberater fungiert als vertraglich gebundener Vermittler (englisch ) im Namen und auf Rechnung des Rechtsträgers. Das Haftungsdach ist verpflichtet, den Berater zu beaufsichtigen und zu kontrollieren. Dafür erhält das Haftungsdach die Provisionen und gibt einen Teil davon an den Berater weiter. Gegenüber dem Kunden tritt der Berater wie ein Angestellter auf, auch wenn er auf selbständiger Basis tätig ist.

Hat der Rechtsträger seine Hauptkonzession in Österreich gemäß § 3 Abs. 2 Z 1 und 3 WAG 2007, können dennoch Berater in Deutschland angebunden werden. Dazu muss dieses Unternehmen bei der BaFin in Deutschland eine Erlaubnis gemäß § 53 KWG einholen. In Österreich wurde der Finanzmarkt schon 1999 reguliert und keine Sonderregelung wie in Deutschland mit dem 34f, vormals 34c, zugelassen. Daher haben auch einige andere große deutsche Finanzvertriebe in Österreich ein Haftungsdach eröffnet und später die Zulassung für Deutschland beantragt.

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I never dreamt of such success: Michael Kors on the brand's 40 years
In an interview with 'Lounge', the American designer talks about four decades in business, on the changing face of fashion, the brand's outing in India, and lessons learnt from the pandemic
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Michael Kors will open the largest Indian store in Mumbai's Jio World Drive Mall later this year. (Courtesy of Michael Kors by Douglas Friedman)
By Pooja Singh
LAST PUBLISHED 12.06.2021 | 08:02 AM IST
If you look beyond the soft 10-ply cashmere, the shimmering Swarovski crystals and the iconic geometric logo, you will see the vision Michael Kors is sharing through his creations. It's a desire to create something pragmatic that pushes the luxury envelope. It's the skill of turning even an apparently simple turtleneck into a super-expensive object of desire.
It's a dream American designer Michael Kors has been sharing with the world for 40 years. "I always wanted to make clothes but never dreamt of this kind of success," says Kors, 61.
This year marks four decades of Michael Kors in business—a milestone that was celebrated with a live runway show in April, with supermodels past and present walking on the 45th Street of New York in boss-lady suiting, halter-necks, tank gowns and zebra sheepskin parkas against the backdrop of Broadway lights. The presentation, an attempt by the theatre-buff designer to focus attention to the pandemic-ravaged theatre community, included 16 classic looks from the archive (Bella Hadid's lipstick-red turtleneck sweater dress with the patent leather car coat was a personal favourite).
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Naomi Campbell closed the 40th anniversary show in New York. (Courtesy Michael Kors)
In these four decades, the brand has made the world realise that luxury can be comfortable—and it has won him a global fan following. The brand has over 1,000 stores worldwide and after a tough couple of years, it's seeing signs of recovery as economies open up. His seventh Indian outlet—a 2,090 sq. ft space in Mumbai's Jio World Drive Mall—is expected to open in August, becoming the largest, and first, stand-alone store in India to carry men's ready-to-wear, besides a luxe selection of fashion and accessories, including handbags, footwear, jewellery, watches and fragrances. The brand first came to India in 2013.
His leisure-class glamour has won him recognition and awards, including the prestigious Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. He dressed former US first lady Michelle Obama for her official White House portrait in 2009, a moment he describes as a "game changer".
Moving beyond fashion, he has been working relentlessly to fight world hunger. In 2015, he was named a global ambassador against hunger for the UN World Food Programme.
These are still "pinch-me" moments for him, he says. While growing up in Long Island, Kors was surrounded by all things fashion. His mother was a former Revlon model; his grandmother was a fan of the American designer Bill Blass and two aunts "idolised" the singer Cher. A fascination with design took him to the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan but he dropped out after two semesters to work as a window dresser and "sales boy" at a Fifth Avenue boutique where he also started selling his own designs, from blazers to skirts. By 1981 he had started a small business—and his journey to becoming an American icon.
We spoke to the designer about his journey, the changing face of fashion, the brand's outing in India, and lessons learnt from covid-19. Edited excerpts:
Forty years…how do you feel?
Very fortunate. When I was starting out, I was 21 at the time, I never even imagined I would be here 40 years later sharing my collections with the whole wide world and having these stores spread across the world. I feel very fortunate…to be able to do what I love, and do it successfully at such a large scale.
During my starting days, being international meant selling your clothes at (luxury department store chain) Holt Renfrew in Canada and maybe (high-end chain) Selfridges in the UK. But having stores across the world? Never even dreamt of it.
What would you consider your biggest achievement?
There have been a lot of humbling moments but two stand out in my mind. One was seeing the former first lady, Michelle Obama, in a Michael Kors piece for her first official White House portrait in 2009. It was a very proud moment. Second was being named an ambassador for the UN World Food Programme.
For the 40th anniversary celebration, you chose New York's theatre district. Is that location special to you?
New York is my home. It has this power to provide endless inspiration. And I have always been a huge Broadway fan—there's no better way than the theatre to transport yourself to a different place, a different time, a different life. To see the city and the entire theatre industry come to a halt during the pandemic was heartbreaking. I was so honoured to be able to use my 40th anniversary show as an opportunity to give back and shine a light on an industry that has brought so much joy and inspiration to me throughout my career.
You were 12, right, when you started your first boutique?
Iron Butterfly! It was in the basement of my grandparents' house. I opened it in sixth grade and sold handmade snoods and whipstitched leather bags. We opened for a few days, sold out and never reopened. It was the original pop-up shop! I knew from a very early age that I was going to work in fashion.
And you did enter the fashion industry at a fairly young age. Was it overwhelming?
At the time, I knew what I wanted to do, I knew who I wanted to design for and I wanted to do it right away. I am sure there were nerves but mostly I just remember being excited…. I couldn't wait for what was next.
What was it like for you, an American designer, to be the creative director for a French brand like Celine in the 199Os?
In 1997, if you didn't spend a lot of time in Paris, there was this misconception that it was all perfumed madames with jewels and dogs. But when I started designing, most of the women I met were actually quite sporty. They wanted separates and clothes that could keep up with their everyday lives. And that really cemented my belief that sportswear, which used to be inherently American, is really something desired the world over.
How has the fashion industry changed since?
It's no longer an insider's club. People today, thanks to social media, the Net, have more access to designers, to runway shows, to a range of inspiration and influences than ever before. Today, everyone is their own fashion editor and they decide what works for them and their lifestyle.
What is the art of design to you?
To me, designing means creating something that will bring someone happiness each and every day. I never want to design something too precious to use and enjoy in real life.
Your plans for India?
We hope to soon be able to continue connecting with our customers in India, and given the pain and difficulty of the past months, find new ways to be there for them in their everyday lives.
You have this power to make the most simple clothes look regal, luxurious. Has that always been the mantra?
Yes, for me it has always been about the yin and yang of opulence and simplicity, things that are laid-back but at the same time luxurious.
Has covid-19 made you rethink the way you approach fashion?
To a large extent, yes. It gave us all a chance to slow down and reflect on how we have been doing things. And we have made some changes to things like the calendar and our production schedules. We are going to have only two collections per year versus four with the pre-seasons.
What do you think post-pandemic dressing will look like?
I think people are, in many ways, ready to ditch the sweatpants and get dressed up again, so we will see a lot of over-the-top glamour when things return to "normal". At the same time, I think we have gotten used to a certain level of comfort, so for me, when I am designing, it's all about finding ways to channel that comfort into something super luxurious that you can't wait to wear to the office or for a night out.
What are your favourite clothes... ones in which you feel at home? And the most luxurious items you own?
I have developed a uniform that takes me almost everywhere I need to go: jeans or cargo pants, a black T-shirt or crew-neck cashmere sweater, a black blazer and my aviators—they make me feel at home in any situation. The most luxurious item I own, to me, is a sentimental one—my grandfather's wedding ring.
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Celebrating the WASPs: How Women Helped Make D-Day Possible
A small group of women known as the WASPs helped the Allied Forces go on to win Wold War II by rising to the occasion when their country called on them. Here's their story on the 70th anniversary….
Today marks the 70th anniversary of one of the most famous and pivotal battles in history.
On June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord commenced as over 160,000 American, British, and Canadian troops stormed ashore at five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of coastline in Normandy, France.
They were preceded by thousands of American and British paratroopers, and an astounding 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft took part in the invasion.
The landings claimed over 9,000 Allied casualties but marked the beginning of the end for Hitler and his Third Reich.
Less than a year later, the war in Europe would be over.
A small group of often-overlooked Americans played a vital role in the success of D-Day: the Women Airforce Service Pilots, more commonly known as WASPs.
WASPs in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (womenofwwii.com)
American industry was cranking out waves of aircraft, but there was a shortage of pilots to deliver them to the front.
In 1943, America turned to its women, and 25,000 answered the call. Of those applicants, 1,100 were ultimately selected.
The WASPs flew over 60 million miles as they delivered more than 12,000 aircraft–from nimble and sleek P-51 Mustang fighters to the lumbering B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers–to the front lines.
Despite not seeing combat, the WASPs faced a treacherous job ferrying planes all over the world. Thirty-eight women lost their lives, and since they were not actually in the military, their families were not entitled to benefits.
In fact, it was not until 1976 that women were allowed to serve in the United States Air Force. A year later, the WASPs were recognized as military veterans and granted full benefits.
Finally, in 2009, the WASPs received their due as President Barack Obama awarded the women the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their efforts and contributions.
The D-Day landings and the liberation of Europe would not have been possible without the efforts of these women who paved the way for future generations of ladies to serve their country.
So when you reflect upon the events of seventy years ago and the sacrifices made by so many, don't forget to give a tip of your cap to the WASPs.
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Adam Stevinson is a Colorado native and proud graduate of Colorado State University. Baseball was always his first love growing up, and Adam is a die-hard Rockies fan. The Rockies' run to the pennant in 2007 was the greatest sporting experience of his life, and yes, Holliday touched the plate. Adam's love of sports extends beyond baseball to include football (both college and the NFL), tennis, and curling.An avid gamer, Adam practically grew up with games. Some of his earliest memories involve watching his brother play Zelda and Metal Gear on the NES. The first game Adam was ever able to defeat his brother was Goldeneye on the N64, and it's been downhill for The Bro ever since. The Xbox 360 is his preferred console with FPS his genre of choice. Halo is his favorite game.When he's not engaged in virtual combat or bemoaning the current lack of competence amongst Colorado sports teams, Adam can most likely be found reading, either military history or thrillers. He has a passion for history and loves learning about how the past has shaped the present. Other hobbies include movies, softball, trivia, skiing, and exploring this breathtaking state. He will never turn down a game of ping pong.
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Hartman will be Jaco's chief business development officer and will be an owner in the company with Jaco CEO Joshua Kippenberger and president John Walker, who formerly was CFO.
The three would not disclose ownership percentages.
The companies have been talking seriously since November.
"We've explored different opportunities," Walker said.
They looked at doing a joint venture on a project, which led to other conversations.
"It just seemed like a really good combination of abilities, and it allows us to all do what we're really good at," Walker said.
He said Hartman is good at prospecting for new business and putting together deals.
"He's just a good construction guy," Walker said.
Ink's Robert Cadman is Jaco's new business facilities director.
However, Kippenberger said first the two "probably have some work they've got to finish up" at Ink.
Kippenberger said there's room at Jaco's headquarters at 420 S. Emporia for more employees.
Carrie Lindholm is the company's new CFO.
Kippenberger and Walker, both of whom are former Key Construction employees, will share operation, administration and risk management.
"It's never been about getting to a certain size," Walker said.
Now, he said there's more opportunity with someone who is focused solely on new business.
"Just because of that reason, we expect quite a bit of growth," Walker said.
Jaco does a lot of airport work around the country along with quite a bit of hospitality and retail work.
Ink's specialty is retail and restaurants, which also is from a lot of repeat customers.
The company has been in business for two decades, and Hartman said he "had to think long and hard" about making this change.
"I am excited about the next 15 to 20 years of working with these two guys and the opportunities that the three of us are going to have," Hartman said.
Previously, Jaco has done a lot of its work outside the market.
Kippenberger said the three owners are better together.


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As El Salvador returns to peace after more than a decade of civil war, Eduardo Sosa, an unemployed sociologist, becomes fascinated by a homeless man who lives in a beat-up yellow Chevrolet parked across the street from his sister's apartment. An unexpected turn of events causes Sosa to assume the other man's identity. When he becomes the driver of the mysterious yellow Chevrolet, Sosa discovers that it is home to four poisonous snakes. With the snakes as accomplices, Sosa unleashes a reign of terror on the city of San Salvador. Dance With Snakes is a macabre high-speed romp in which violence and comedy become almost indistinguishable. The non-stop action raises provocative questions about social exclusion and the role of the media, but this novel by the author of the acclaimed Senselessness also evokes the tenderness of relations among those on society's margins.
Horacio Castellanos Moya has published eight novels and is now living in exile as part of the City of Asylum project in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Prison writing has a long and illustrious history in the United States -- home of the modern correctional system. In the first decade of the 21st century, this country also garnered the distinction of having more prisoners per capita than any other nation in the world. From poems, to stories, to novel excerpts, to reportage, to personal essays -- and a few drawings -- Honor Comes Hard depicts what can happen to people who are given, as Clarence Darrow expressed many years ago, "a chance to live." The work is drawn from writing classes that Lucinda Thomas helped organize in the Honor Yard of the California State Prison over several years, and from workshops conducted by Luis J. Rodriguez on most Sundays, for eight hours a day, through eight months in 2007 - 2008.
Lucinda Thomas is the Arts Education Director at the California State Prison, Los Angeles County.
Luis J. Rodriguez is a acclaimed essayist, poet, memoirist, children's book writer, novelist, and short story writer. He's founder/editor of Tia Chucha Press.
Set in 1952, this is the story of a tragic overnight train journey that unfolds in an environment at once carnivalesque and sinister. Beginning near La Paz, Bolivia, the austere Andean plateau serves as a surreal backdrop for most of the trip before giving way to a winding descent to the Chilean coast. Ricardo Beintigoitia, a recent high school graduate from a prosperous La Paz family, unwittingly becomes ensnared in the personal drama of one of his peers, a captivating girl named Gulietta Carletti who has been forced into an arranged marriage with a man she despises.
On the Andean Express, everybody wants something and no one is exactly who he seems. Recacoechea's lean, elegant prose crackles with sharp dialogue and entertaining exchanges among a disparate cast of characters, each with his own ax to grind. The train is a microcosm of Bolivia itself, with people from all walks of life, from peasants to politicians, forming a circus of personalities and intrigue in which tragedy seems inevitable, and improbable liaisons become reality.
Juan de Recacoechea was born in La Paz, Bolivia, and worked as a journalist in Europe for almost twenty years. After returning to his native country, he helped found Bolivia's first state-run television network and dedicated himself to fiction writing. His novel American Visa won Bolivia's National Book Prize, was adapted into an award-winning film, and was translated into English and published by Akashic Books to great critical acclaim.
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Homeboy Industries traces its roots to Jobs For A Future (JFF), a program created in 1988 by Father Gregory Boyle while he was serving as pastor of Dolores Mission parish in Boyle Heights. Begun as a jobs program in 1988, offering alternatives to gang violence in one of the toughest neighborhoods in the city, the program soon grew beyond the parish. Homeboy became an independent nonprofit in August of 2001, and has since grown into a national model. This year, we will celebrate our 20th anniversary as an organization in our new headquarters located in downtown Los Angeles, just two blocks from Union Station.
The Homeboy fundraiser is called Lo Maximo 2009 and will be held on Saturday, April 25, beginning with a Mass at 5:30 p.m., cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m.; dinner at 7:30 p.m. at beautiful Union Station, Los Angeles. For reservations and ticket information, call Homeboy at 323-526-1254 ext. 312 or 313.
From noon to 4 pm, enjoy free admission and family-friendly programming that celebrates children from around the world. At the Denver Art Museum, the Denver Public Library, the Colorado History Museum, and the Byers-Evans House Museum.
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HIstorical analytics deals with the analysis of past events. We do this often as every time we meet with a prospect or a new client we run their website and digital marketing strategy through a basic audit to see where they've been and the basic status of their site. We also run reports up to 3 years back form when we begin working with their website to establish a baseline from which to measure our progress.
This is where we dig in a little as to why the events in the past occurred. We look at patterns and outliers specifically in analytics tools (typically Google Analytics and social media tools) to bring to light any major issues or big successes.
At this stage, we start to map out a strategic marketing plan based on the previous three stages of analysis to affect growth and change. These actions could spread far and wide from new content on your website, subtraction of platforms not showing results, adding new platforms, new campaigns, and the list goes on. Once we begin to take these actions, we stay in this cyclical strategy of analysis and measure, adjust, measure, adjust continually.
We haven't quite seen analytics from a digital marketing perspective described in the words above before, but it really works for us and how we approach our strategy! We like to look at every project as a science experiment: research to be done, data to be measured, and actions to be taken to affect change!
What are the percentages of organic, direct, social, etc. referrals?
Why are people leaving the website?
From which page are people are leaving the website?
What channel is generating the most conversions?
Are your marketing efforts generating results?
Basic demographic of users and those converting.
How many visits turn into a conversion?
Which products have the highest/lowest conversion rate?
Which content has the highest/lowest conversion rate?
What content is driving the most conversions?
Analytics are various tools and platforms that give visitor interaction data insight as to what is or isn't effective on a website. Data from your website visitors helps understand how your online audience in consuming content on your website. Sometimes patterns or certain metrics can help diagnose issues that can be remedied with changes, or testing. Analytics help website owners see their website from their visitors or customers point of view.
What metrics should I look at in analytics?
Most website owners look at sessions to understand the number of visitors that reach their website. Session data can be viewed based on days, months or years, and if your visitors came from a search engine, another website or typed in your name directly. Other useful metrics commonly used is time on site, pages per visit, bounce rate (landed on one page and left), entry pages and exit pages. All of this data can also be segmented by times of day, geographic locations, and more common click paths your visitors might use when consuming content on your website.
Why can't I see my keywords in Google analytics?
This is a frustration for both website owners and marketers. Google used to share a lot more information about keywords to website owners. Ever since they moved their data resources to more secure settings they do not share most of the keywords used to discover your website. Although, additional keyword data is shared via Google Search Console (aka Webmaster Tool Kit), keep in mind even this data is not exact and is not always updated in real time. There are costly platforms which try to predict keywords utilized by users, ultimately there is no simple way to gain visibility to your keyword data. Of course, why it is important to utilize professionals to continuously mine and optimize around performing keywords that you or your competitors are benefitting from.


If you are in your twenties and fresh out of undergraduate school, there are a number of investments that you should make today that will pay off handsomely tomorrow. No, I am not talking about particular international ETFs or municipal bond funds. I am talking about specific things you can do now that can pave the way for a brighter future.
Invest some of your time and money into a side business. It does not have to be anything fancy. It could be a hobby of yours or something as simple as selling ads on your blog. Whatever it is, it is good to invest in it now when you have the time, assuming you are not yet married and do not have kids. Building a separate income stream can mitigate the impact of a layoff. If you decided to try to monetize a passion of yours, the advantage of doing so now is that you already have a paycheck and health insurance, and so can afford to spend a few years building your business while taking in relatively little income. Another advantage is that your business could take off and you could spend the rest of your life doing something you love, and reporting to no one. Even if full-time entrepreneurship is not for you, an investment in a second income now can buy you security and peace of mind.
There is no better time to take advantage of graduate school, especially if your employer offers tuition reimbursement. A few years out of undergrad, your study skills have not completed atrophied. And while you may have to cut back on club hopping, you'll find yourself meeting and making a lot of new friends. Contrast this to going back to school in your thirties and forties when you have a spouse, kids, and a mortgage; imagine going back to a classroom filled with kids in their mid twenties who are far more likely to recall how to calculate the partial derivative of a function and be able to pull all-nighters. Get your masters degree or law degree now, while you still have enough energy where it does not become a burden. It will separate you from the pack, in an era where increasing numbers of job seekers have college degrees.
Liz Pulliam Weston has written a compelling article about why you should always have at least $500 dollars in the bank. Even a modestly funded savings account ensures that minor unanticipated costs don't become major financial setbacks. You do not want to dump all of your cash into an investment because something like a busted muffler could force you to sell low. Plus, getting into the habit of living below your means now will stand you in good stead if by some unfortunate circumstance, you have no choice but to do so later.
But by no means use $500 dollars as a rule of thumb. Conventional wisdom suggests saving three to six months – or more – worth of living expenses.
It is tempting now that you are on your own to let yourself go – barhopping every weekend and dining out every day you can afford to. But these kinds of things can have serious ramifications for your health later on. If you are successful enough to make it to the C-suite by fifty, forty, or even thirty or twenty, you do not want an ailment like heart disease to cut that short. Invest now in a regular aerobic exercise routine as well as a healthy diet. You do not necessarily have to join a gym: jogging around your neighborhood can easily reap sizable dividends. Check out Fitnessqq.com for latest fitness guides!
Even if you are between jobs, always have a business card handy. You never know who you might meet or how they might impact your career. It's also a good to purchase your name as a domain name and route it to an online resume, such as a LinkedIn or VisualCV profile page. Clean up any potentially embarrassing information about yourself online. You may just be in an entry-level position, but there is no better time to begin to manage and build your reputation.


These kind of Sunnis who actively pledged allegiance to the Mullah regime are exactly the kind of "Sunnis" Tehran loves. The rest of their lives the will (and have to) chant for Khomeini and his revolution. Among Iranian Sunnis this kind of "Sunni" is also called TWELVER Sunni (Sunniye Isna Ashari).
Shiites form a tiny minority of 5% (some sources state even less). There is no doubt that they face oppression from a government that is pushed by strict Sunni clergies. The difference is the honesty, Saudi scholars are at least straight forward and declare Shiism as a deviation and heresy as it was done decades by classical Sunni scholarship. The Iranina Shiite regime on the other hand claims islam and brotherhood, yet suppresses its Sunni minority. Having said that, Saudi Shiites are still in a better position than Iranian Sunnis. Saudi Shias own an entire neighbourhood in the "Wahhabi" stronghold Madinah Al-Munawwarah. An entire Shiite tribe (the Nakhawilah) run a Husseiniyyah (self-flagellation temple), graveyard and centre inside Madinah. In the recent years even public Ashura rituals such as chest beating have been noticed. On the other hand, Iranian Sunnis are never allowed to show any visible presence in Tehran or other Shiite cities of Iran.
Kuwait is a majority Sunni country, yet Shiites are represented everywhere, in the captial they run massive Husseiniyyat (Shiite places of worship and self-flagellation). The Kuwaiti parliament represents several Shiites including ministers. Rich businessmen own estates and businesses, something Iranian Sunni businessmen can only dream of in Shiite run Iran. Shiite MPs are so common that Kuwaits parliament even has a number of Shiite clergies as MPs, again something impossible for Iranian Sunni clergies. Shiite places of worship became just recently under target, but then, extremist groups even bombed Sunni Mosques and military, more than once in Saudi Arabia.
Shia killings are still common in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but this rather goes back to the aggressive Anti-Sunni nature of Shiism (reviling revered Sunni figures in the most vile form possible is an essential part of Twelver Shiism that is widely practiced by Shiites) and extremists who can't control their anger and resort to violance. However, whereas Iranian Sunnis can't run a single bookshop in major Shia cities (like in the capital), yet there are dozen Shia Husseiniyyahs (self-flagellation temples) in Sunni strongholds, including the Pakistani capital and Karachi and many other Sunni cities.
As for the political power that Shiites hold, then is it not enough that Pakistan's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was an Ismaili by birth and a Twelver Shia by confession, though not a religiously observant man. His coreligionists played an important role in his movement, and over the years many of Pakistan's leaders were Shias, including one the country's first governor-generals, three of its first prime ministers, two of its military leaders (Generals Iskandar Mirza and Yahya Khan), and many other of its leading public officials, landowners, industrialists, artists, and intellectuals such as Yasir Wilayati and several other top ranking Pakistani politicians and generals such as Mushaf Ali Mir, Tanveer Naqvi, Yahya Khan, Muhammad Musa and Iskander Mirza. Two later prime ministers, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and his Radcliffe-educated, daughter, Benazir Bhutto (her mother was an Iranian and her husband from a big Shia landowning family. He had a zeal for Sufi saints and shrines, especially that of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, the widely popular Sufi saint of Shia extraction whose tomb is a major shrine in southern Pakistan.), were also Shia. Not in a million years can Iranian Sunnis dream to hold any such positions, yet strangely many dishonest Shiite propagandists love to compare Iranian Sunnis to Pakistani Shiites, having the audacity of claiming that Sunnis of Iran have more right than Shiites of Pakistan.
As for Afghanistan, then one only needs to type Ashura or Muharram and Kabul into google to be exposed to endless pictures of Shiites who are involved in savage Shiite self-flagellation rituals in the Sunni capital of Afghanistan which is Kabul. Every Ashura, streets in Shia areas of Kabul are lined with black flags – as a symbol of the community's mourning. Such signals of their faith were scarcely in evidence until 2001. After the collapse of the Taliban regime and the freedoms that ensued, they extended their mourning ceremonies to non-Shia neighbourhoods, driving long convoys with flags and loudspeakers blaring religious songs.
Where do Iranian Sunnis have such freedoms? Of course Sunnis are not involved in any pagan self-flagellation rituals as Shiites, neither do they ever want to, the point here is that Sunnis are barely allowed to show any presence in majority Shia cities like Tehran, yet Shiites of Kabul publically self-flagellate themselves and perform several other Ashura linked religious rituals. Tehran is the only capital in the entire world (even Greece's capital and major Zionist cities in occupied Palestine are doing better) that has no Sunni run Mosque. The Shiite authorities prevent Sunnis of having a proper Mosque, run by them, according to their Fiqh (there are just few prayer houses in Tehran and they get ever so often raided and are under heavy pressure by the officials) yet the Shiites of Kabul (Sunni captial of Sunni Afghanistan) built one of the biggest Shia Mosques of the entire country, he Abol-Fazl Mosque in Kabul in 2008 (i.e. just recently!).
As for the political power Afghan Shiite hold then Iranian Sunnis can only dream of having 1% of the power of Afghan Shiites. Take for examples the Hazaras (the infamous foul mouthed Shiite cleric Allahyari from Ahle Beit TV is an Afghan Hazara). As Afghanistan's only substantial Shia population, the Hazara share a strong connection to Iran that stretches back centuries. Ethnically, they represent Afghanistan's third largest minority, comprising 10-15 percent of a population of 28 million; they are neither Persian, Pashtun, nor Turkic, but are believed to be Mongol in origin (left overs of Jhengis Khan's army). Their traditional homeland, referred to as the Hazarajat, lies in the Hindu Kush mountains of central Afghanistan. There are also enclaves in West Kabul, as well as in refugee communities in Iran and Pakistan.
The Sunni Pashtun president of Afghanitan, Karzai appointed six Hazaras Shiites to his cabinet, Ahmadinejad and the curent Iranian president Rouhani appointed zero Sunnis.
An eye-reach shows that Shias enjoy an absolute freedom in these two countries; as vice president, some governors and ministers are Shiite in Afghanistan. The president of Pakistan belongs to Shia community, there are some other important public figures belong to Shia community in Pakistan even in Army and intelligence services. Religiously, Shias enjoy full freedom, as there are many Shiite worship places in Kabul and Islamabad and wherever they live from small to big cities.
After all these facts, is there any doubt that Sunni Iranians are treated can only wish to enjoy half of the religious and polticial freedom of Shiites (in Sunni majority countries)? In sha Allah the just will judge with justice in particular in the light of Iran being so mouthy claiming Islamic unity and accusing others of secterianism.


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Match Report – Rangers 6 – 0 St. Joseph's
Junior Hoilett's piledriver secured a third Premier League win for the Bluebirds
By Dan Long
Neil Warnock was full of praise for his Cardiff side after they came from behind to beat Wolves 2-1 in the Premier League
Neil Warnock praised the resilience of his Cardiff side after they secured a 2-1 win over Wolves on the eve of his 70th birthday.
Matt Doherty's close-range finish put Wolves ahead after 18 minutes, however, Aron Gunnarsson's scruffy effort levelled matters for Cardiff after 65 minutes.
Junior Hoilett's stunning long-range curler turned the game on its head 12 minutes later and moved Cardiff out of the relegation zone after recording back-to-back top-flight home wins for the first time since 1961-62
Warnock, though, felt his side deserved all three points at the Cardiff City Stadium, having been unfortunate to end the first half a goal behind.
Aron Gunnarsson netted an acrobatic equaliser for the Bluebirds
Speaking to Sky Sports after the full-time whistle, Warnock told the Friday Night Football panel of Kelly Cates, Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher: "I was really proud of them tonight. We were 1-0 down at half-time – I didn't think we deserved to be, but that's how it was. I thought, second half, we were on the front foot, most of the time, really.
"Gunnars [Aron Gunnarsson] knows he made a mistake; we'd just told him about Doherty pulling off and making sure to get the second ball but he's apologised. I thought, second half, we had some good opportunities. Yes, we could get caught on the break but I thought we wanted it more tonight."
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Doherty's first-half strike means Cardiff, alongside Newcastle, have now conceded a joint-Premier League-high seven goals from set-pieces this season and Warnock admitted his frustration at the statistic, with his team having prided themselves on defensive solidity since he took over in October 2016.
He added: "It was our strength last year, but no matter what you say and no matter how much you work on it, you can't do anything about it if lads don't [do what they are supposed to do]. But they are all doing their best and you can't have a go, we've just got to work harder to make sure we defend even better.
"In the first half, I don't think we picked up enough second balls and we were waiting for things to happen. We were a little bit, not in awe, but a little bit apprehensive. I said at half-time, 'We're in the Premier League, let's have a go at them! Let's close them down, let's play in their faces And I thought we did that.
Warnock was delighted to see his side climb out of the Premier League bottom three
"Not just getting the ball, second balls, we wanted it that second half and I'm so pleased for them."
Man-of-the-match Hoilett has struggled in front of goal this term following an 11-goal haul in the Championship last season and, though Warnock joked that deploying the Canadian at left wing-back caused him "sleepless minutes" last night, he praised his impact across the pitch.
He said: "I must admit, last night, I did have a few sleepless minutes because I had Junior Hoilett and Victor [Camarasa] as wing-backs! But we wanted to have a go. Last year, we beat them up at Molineux, but down here last year they dominated us from the back, the centre-halves had possession and we never got amongst them, really.
"I spoke to Junior before the game – he's not had a great time this season – and I spoke to Vincent [Tan, Cardiff's owner] in Kuala Lumpur and he said you're not having enough shots. I said to him, 'Vincent, I'm playing Junior at left wing-back, he's going to shoot from everywhere!'
"That is a great goal and I think he showed – not just attacking but defensive-wise too – he did a great job tonight."
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Up to 239 jobs at risk at London City Airport
The airport was closed for nearly three months from March 25 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
London City Airport has announced it is cutting up to 239 jobs as part of "crucial restructuring plans".
The proposals mean 35% of roles could be lost across the airport.
A consultation has begun with staff on ways of reducing costs, including through voluntary redundancy.
We are not immune from the devastating impact of this virus Chief executive Robert Sinclair
Scheduled flights are currently operating to 17 destinations but passenger numbers are well below normal levels.
London City said in a statement that the proposed job losses are part of "crucial restructuring plans to safeguard the airport in the face of the coronavirus pandemic".
It has already "cut all non-essential spending", including pausing its £500 million development programme.
The airport's leadership team has had a 25% reduction in pay since April, while chief executive Robert Sinclair has seen his salary reduced by 30%.
The aviation industry has been badly hit by the pandemic, with thousands of UK job losses announced across airports and airlines.
Demand has been affected by the requirement for arrivals from many countries to self-isolate for 14 days.
There have been growing calls for airport testing to be introduced as a way of easing quarantine requirements.
Mr Sinclair said: "It is with huge regret that we are announcing this restructuring programme today and our thoughts are with all of our highly valued staff and their families.
"The aviation sector is in the throes of the biggest downturn it has ever experienced as a result of the pandemic. We have held off looking at job losses for as long as possible, but sadly we are not immune from the devastating impact of this virus.
"Our focus in the coming weeks is to help all staff through this exceptionally difficult period. We are committed to playing our part in rebuilding a stronger local and national economy once the worst of the downturn passes and believe that the difficult decisions we are taking now will enable the airport to bounce back in a better shape when growth returns."
London City was the UK's 12th busiest airport last year, handling 5.1 million passengers.


One Life Alliance is a global peace initiative founded in response to the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack that took the lives of Alan and Naomi Scherr, long term community members of Synchronicity Foundation for Modern Spirituality.
Master Charles Cannon and Kia Scherr, wife and mother of Alan and Naomi, compassionately forgave the terrorists and along with other Synchronicity survivors, co-founded One Life Alliance to educate, inspire and engage people of all cultures and religions regarding the oneness and sacredness of life.
When we honor the sacredness of life as ultimate value, we live with love, compassion, kindness and peace.


The subterranean lake of St-Leonard is located in Switzerland, along the Rhone valley, between Sion and Sierre in the heart of the Swiss Alps.
With a length of around 300 meters this is the largest natural underground lake in Europe which can be explored by boat.
During a 30 minute boat trip on the crystal clear water, you will enjoy the peace of this amazing place while your guide explains all sorts of fascinating details about the origin and the history of the underground lake.
Duration of the tour is around 30 minutes and the temperature in the cave is 15 Celsius.
Tours start all day long, every 20 to 40 minutes.
No prior booking needed for individual travelers. Groups over 20 people might book in advance.
In the morning, the first tour starts about 20 minutes after the first visitors arrive.
All tours are guided tours on a boat with explanations in English, French and German.
Other languages on request depending on availability.
Pictures without flash allowed. It is not possible to access the cave on foot. Swimming and diving are not permitted.


Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Two people have been killed and 45 others were wounded when clashes broke out during anti-government protests in Thailand's capital, an official said.
Pornthep Saeheng, from the city's Erawan emergency center, gave CNN the updated toll — which was double the number reported on Saturday, when the violence occurred.
At least one of those killed was a university student who was shot inside Ramkhmhaeng University, according to a spokesman for the center.
The incident occurred on the same day that 2,000 members of the armed forces were called in to protect government buildings after demonstrators stormed a number of them, according to Lt. Gen. Paradon Pattanathabut.
Saturday's violence came after weeks of heightened tensions. On Friday, hundreds of protesters stormed army headquarters in Bangkok to demand help overthrowing the government led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Yingluck's critics accuse her of being the puppet of her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, a telecommunications tycoon and former premier who was ousted in a 2006 coup. Yingluck denied that charge in an interview with CNN's Anna Coren on Friday.
Yingluck survived a no-confidence vote in parliament Thursday.
But a spokesman for Yingluck's Pheu Thai Party said she would not resign or dissolve the parliament.
"She will stay in power," Prompong Nopparit said.
Thaksin was a polarizing figure who was removed from power by the military in 2006, while he was in New York. Except for a brief return in 2008, he has lived in exile since. Thai courts have convicted him of corruption and sentenced him in absentia to two years in prison.
Courts have also frozen billions of dollars of his assets, but he is believed to still have a great deal of money held elsewhere.
On Monday, protesters in Bangkok stormed the finance ministry building and converted it into a command center.
The protests started as a response to a government-backed amnesty bill that could have extended a pardon to Thaksin Shinawatra and opened the door for his return to Thailand.
The Thai senate rejected the bill on November 11, but opposition demonstrators have called since then for Yingluck's government to be replaced.
At various points during the past few days, demonstrators have surrounded the foreign ministry, the agriculture ministry and the interior ministry.
Yingluck had said authorities will "absolutely not use violence" to disperse the demonstrators. But the situation is delicate after Thai police issued an arrest warrant against protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban.
On Thursday, protesters pulled down electricity wires to the National Police Headquarters.
The protests evoke the 2010 clashes in Bangkok between security forces and Thaksin supporters who demanded his return. Some 90 people, many of them civilians, were killed.
(CNN) — The death toll from this month's Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines has spiked to 5,235, a national agency reported early Saturday.
That figure — posted at 6 a.m. (5 p.m. ET Friday) on the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council's website — marks a significant increase from counts earlier in the week. On Thursday, for instance, the toll stood at slightly more than 4,000.
The same agency also reported that 23,501 were injured due to the epic storm, with 1,613 reported missing. The missing amount is 31 higher than a day earlier.
The monster typhoon left behind a catastrophic scene after it made landfall on six Philippine islands on November 8, leaving many without immediate access to food and medical care.
It flattened some communities and displaced about 3 million people.
(CNN) — A Russian jetliner crashed on landing in the city of Kazan, killing all 50 aboard, authorities there reported Sunday.
Tacloban, Philippines (CNN) — The official death toll in the Philippines in the wake Typhoon Haiyan rose to 3,621 Friday, according to national disaster agency spokesman Eduardo del Rosario.
The toll of those injured stood at 3,850. At least 77 people are reported missing in the wake of the storm that ripped up a group of the nation's islands with winds more than three times stronger than those of Hurricane Katrina.
The fright-filled scramble to survive the storm's fury, to keep heads above the wall of ocean waves it drove, has faded away with Typhoon Haiyan's winds.
But now, a week later, sickness, hunger and thirst have settled in with the sticky, humid heat and stench of rancid flesh hanging over the apocalypse the cyclone left behind.
Traumatized survivors under improvised shelters watch over bodies of husbands, wives and children who perished and are rotting in the sun.
More bodies keep emerging from under the rubble, as the cadaver collectors' cohorts in debris-removal crews uncover them while they heave away wreckage from the roads.
Juvelyn Taniega tried to keep busy. She collected old dishes and cleaned them up, crouching on the ground near the spot where her home once stood and the place where she last saw her husband and six children alive.
She's found the bodies of three of her children, but three of them are still missing. In days, she said, no one has come to help.
"My children are decomposing," she said.
There are many like her, looking in disbelief over fields miles long of crushed wood and stone that once stood as houses, wondering if her missing loved ones are buried in them.
But the bodies that Haiyan had flung everywhere are becoming a scarcer sight, as cadaver crews pull up in trucks to collect them for mass burial in nameless graves.
Officially, 801 bodies have been counted in Tacloban by Friday morning, but thousands are feared dead here.
Whole neighborhoods were swept out to sea.
In Tacloban, children have stayed children in spite of the wretchedness around them left behind when one of the strongest storms on record roared over the Philippines a week ago.
They wandered the streets Friday, satisfying their curiosity. Parents were often nowhere in sight — if they are even still alive.
Children are most vulnerable, UNICEF spokesman Kent Page told CNN's Anderson Cooper. It's hard to keep them safe, and to give them so much that they desperately need.
"Health, nutrition, getting them clean water, good sanitation, protection, and we have to consider education also," Kent says.
Many families are getting their children out of town. Their mothers are evacuating them, while their fathers are staying behind to sort through the remains of their destroyed lives, Tacloban's mayor Alfred Romualdez said.
He advises other families to follow their example.
As many mouths as possible should be fed elsewhere, where there is more food and water, and children need to be in safety.
Major streets have freed up in Tacloban, once home to 220,000 people, but the hum of delivery trucks ferrying out aid is conspicuously missing. The fields of rubble have become a ghost town.
Many of the city's haggard survivors have concentrated at the airport.
A line of people eager to catch a flight out of the tragedy snaked around it.
As naval ships pushed up on beaches like gray whales and drop their loading bay gates, people carrying over their shoulders whatever possessions they could rescue, strode into the bellies of the arks taking them to safer ground.
At the convention center, the hungry stood for hours in the sun in long lines awaiting the next load of food and bottled water landing in bulk pallets from around the world.
Some are there, because they have nowhere else to go.
"We really don't know what we're going to do next," said 30-year-old May May Gula, whose family a sharies what was left of a room on the convention center's ground floor with eight more families.
Reaching all the victims and assisting the survivors — including more than 2 million people in need of food, according to the Philippines government — are both priorities now.
Romualdez feels like his town is turning its first corner towards recovery. The mayor compares Tacloban to boxer who was knocked out.
After lying on the mat for a long time, it is just now coming to and trying to get back on its feet.
The relief efforts took a lunge forward Thursday, when the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier teeming with 5,500 crew, pulled into Philippine waters.
It's accompanied by eight more ships that, together, have 80 aircraft, including 21 helicopters that can deliver supplies to inland villages where roads have been obliterated and eyeball pockets of people in despair from above.
Endless debris keeps them locked in with their misery and slows down aid from reaching them.
Some typically called upon to help need help themselves.
Ryan Cardenas has helped with recovery efforts in the Philippine Navy after two cyclones in the past two years that left hundreds dead.
But when Haiyan slammed into the Tacloban naval station where he's based, he and other sailors clung to rafters in their barracks.
Their commanding officer, who was in a separate building almost demolished by the storm, stayed alive by clutching a palm tree's trunk.
Afterward, sailors helped retrieve some bodies, according to Cardenas. One found his mother sitting dead against a wall.
Now, they're sorting through the wreckage of the naval station and awaiting orders.
There have been reports of the threat of violence by groups looking to steal relief aid, but the U.S. military has said that violent crime is less of a problem than the debris blocking roads to those who need aid the most.
A Philippines senator said she's learned of reports of rapes and other crimes against women, some allegedly perpetrated by convicts who escaped prison in the typhoon's aftermath, the state-run Philippines News Agency reported.
Sen. Nancy Binay particularly expressed alarm after women said on TV that the situation had become worse, with assailants going so far as to break into people's homes.
Jericho, a boy whose mother, aunt and nine cousins were killed in the storm in Tacloban, tells his father he wants to leave the city on one of the planes he's seen flying overhead.
His father tells him they have to stay.
Another man whose wife and child died said he can't stop thinking of seeing his family drown in the storm.
Over the past week, he admits he's often thought of killing himself.
But he hasn't, he said, because he still has one child who needs him.


Sesderma is a cosmetics brand created in 1989 by a team of professional dermatologists and pharmacists, with the aim of solving the basic needs of their patients in the care of skin problems.
Innovation is one of the main characteristics of this brand, which can even boast of being the first laboratory in Spain to develop creams with glycolic acid. In addition, the use of nanotechnology and innovative formulas in the anti-aging sector has allowed this laboratory to expand internationally and has become a reference in the cosmetics sector. In fact, in 2014, pharmacists Spaniards chose one of their products - Acliclic liposomal serum - as the most innovative in the anti-aging sector.
The range of anti-aging treatment of this brand offers the most advanced products on the market in this sector. They are aimed at reducing stains, preventing the loss of firmness and the appearance of wrinkles, as well as reducing the dehydration that characterizes mature skin.
Among the products in this range we can highlight C Vit liposomal serum, C Vit cream gel and, above all, the full range Acglicolic 20 moisturizer that includes some of its most emblematic products: the classic gel, body milk and ampoules intensive.
Sesderma also offers anti-stain treatments designed to solve all types of hyperpigmentation. Among them, the Fenalderm capsules (for a treatment from the inside), K Vit cleansing gel or K Vit serum anti-clogs stand out, which makes it possible to conceal the dark pigmentation in the eye area that so ages the look. Nor can we forget Azelac Ru, both in serum and gel cream, which directly fights both the spots and excess melanin and its dispersion in the skin.
Sesderma puts the most innovative skin treatment methods at your fingertips, so you can show off perfect skin both on face and body.


Iomart, the Glasgow-based cloud computing and web hosting company, is on track to deliver another year of solid sales growth alongside "consistent, strong profitability and cash generation".
In a pre-close trading update, the group said that it expects to report annual revenues of about £104 million, which would be comfortably ahead of the previous year's £97.7m.
Adjusted underlying earnings for the year to 31 March are set to top £42.2m, up from £39.8, while adjusted profit before tax was flagged at £25.3m, up from £24m.
The firm, which is quoted on London's Alternative Investment Market, said that over the past 12 months it had "reinvigorated" its sales and marketing function.
The group told investors that the adoption of cloud computing services by businesses and organisations remained a "long term trend" and, as a result, its market opportunity was "large and widening".
Chief executive Angus MacSween said: "Iomart has delivered yet another year of growth with strong profitability and cash flow underpinned by our recurring revenue business model, diverse customer base and attractive market position.
Recapping its second-half investments, Iomart said it had completed the acquisition of LDeX Group for an initial sum of £7.5m, with a further maximum contingent consideration of £3.5m. LDeX provides data centre and connectivity services in the UK from central London and Manchester locations.
Meanwhile, the group purchased the freehold interest in its Maidenhead site for £5.4m. "This investment, along with the extension of our London lease earlier in the year, and the LDeX acquisition, brings long-term certainty to our data centre infrastructure," Iomart added.
The group expects to report its results for the year to 31 March on 11 June.
In December, the firm reported revenue growth of 8 per cent to £50.9m for the half-year ending 30 September, a figure it strongly anticipated would rise to £100m for the full-year.
Profit before tax was £12.4m, up 7 per cent year-on-year.


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using Jint;
using Jint.Native.Object;
using Oxide.Core.Configuration;
using Oxide.Core.Libraries;

namespace Oxide.Core.JavaScript.Libraries
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A datafile library that allows JavaScript to access datafiles
    /// </summary>
    public class JavaScriptDatafile : Library
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns if this library should be loaded into the global namespace
        /// </summary>
        public override bool IsGlobal => false;

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the JavaScript engine
        /// </summary>
        public Engine JavaScriptEngine { get; }

        // The data file map
        private readonly Dictionary<DynamicConfigFile, ObjectInstance> datafilemap;

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the LuaDatafile class
        /// <param name="engine"></param>
        /// </summary>
        public JavaScriptDatafile(Engine engine)
        {
            datafilemap = new Dictionary<DynamicConfigFile, ObjectInstance>();
            JavaScriptEngine = engine;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a datatable
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        [LibraryFunction("GetData")]
        public ObjectInstance GetData(string name)
        {
            // Get the data file
            DynamicConfigFile datafile = Interface.Oxide.DataFileSystem.GetDatafile(name);
            if (datafile == null) return null;

            // Check if it already exists
            ObjectInstance obj;
            if (datafilemap.TryGetValue(datafile, out obj)) return obj;

            // Create the table
            obj = Utility.ObjectFromConfig(datafile, JavaScriptEngine);
            datafilemap.Add(datafile, obj);

            // Return
            return obj;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Saves a datatable
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name"></param>
        [LibraryFunction("SaveData")]
        public void SaveData(string name)
        {
            // Get the data file
            DynamicConfigFile datafile = Interface.Oxide.DataFileSystem.GetDatafile(name);
            if (datafile == null) return;

            // Get the table
            ObjectInstance obj;
            if (!datafilemap.TryGetValue(datafile, out obj)) return;

            // Copy and save
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            Interface.Oxide.DataFileSystem.SaveDatafile(name);
        }
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}

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This installation traces connections between electricity, the supernatural and magic and is based upon investigations conducted during Irene's time as Research Fellow at the Bakken Museum of Electicity and Magnetism, Minneapolis USA, October 2013 and ongoing, practice based research into electricity, mesmerism and magic.
The installation utilizes technology originally developed by Alessandro Volta in 1800. Each Battery is made from 36 separate units, test tubes that are held in a specifically designed wooden frame. Each tube contains a strip of copper and a strip of zinc that are wired together in series. When salt water is added to the tubes enough electricity is generated to power an LED. The LED is housed in a small copper tube with a lens at one end and a slot to take a tiny, 6mm slide.


Missing teeth can have an impact on your self-esteem and confidence as well as interfere with speech and chewing. If you have missing teeth and are considering visiting a Dentist in Ahwatukee AZ for dentures, there is another option; dental implants. Dental Implants in Ahwatukee, AZ are prosthetic teeth that are designed to look and feel like your own natural teeth.
The process for getting dental implants starts with a consultation with your Dentist in Ahwatukee AZ. During the consultation the dentist will take x-rays to make sure you have the correct bone density and structure for the implants. You will then schedule an appointment for the installation of the implants, which is a two step process. During the first appointment the dentist will install titanium screws into the jawbone. You will have to wait about 6 to 8 weeks for the area to heal before the second part of the process is completed. After your jaw is healed, the dentist is inspect the screw to make sure it is correctly implanted.
If you are healed correctly, porcelain caps will be installed over the screws. Unlike dentures, dental implants are permanently installed, so you do not have to worry about taking them out to clean or uncomfortable fits. Dental implants are made with porcelain materials so they must be treated as though they are natural teeth. Avoid biting on hard foods and candies, brush twice each day and floss daily to prevent damages to the implants. It is recommended that you visit the dentist at least once each year to make sure the dental implants are securely in place and in good condition.
Dental implants can be installed to replace one or more teeth as well as be installed to serve as an anchor for a bridge. Most insurance policies do not cover the cost of implants; however, many dentists offer a payment plan and/or financing options to cover the cost of implants. It is important to discuss your options with the dentist during your consultation. If you are having other dental work done, your dentist will discuss which procedure should be done before the installation of the implants.


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Do toi have a friend ou loved one who has a real passion for cooking but is trapped in an outdated, nonfunctional ou just plain ugly kitchen? Now's your chance to nominate him/her to receive a cuisine worthy of a gourmet chef! We are currently casting dynamic and outgoing homeowners who l'amour to cook but are in desperate need of a completely new kitchen. We're also looking for YOU...our accomplice in this mission. If selected, toi would help our team install a state-of-the-art cuisine for your frustrated foodie. If toi feel like toi deserve a new kitchen, toi must find someone to nominate you. This person should be excited and willing to participate in the program.
Tell us why toi are nominating this person. We want to hear about his/her l'amour of cooking, favori type of nourriture to cook, favori restaurants, favori chefs - and what she/he doesn't like about their current kitchen. The plus personality/detail the better!
Only emailed submissions including all of the above will be considered. Please send to kitchenmakeovershow@gmail.com. Please put the name of your city in the subject line and where toi saw this posting.
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Businessman Donald Trump announces that he is running to be president of the United States during an event in New York, NY, June 16, 2015.
As regular readers know, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution doesn't leave much in the way of wiggle room: the rights of American citizenship are given to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States." The principle of birthright citizenship has been upheld by the Supreme Court many times since its enactment following the Civil War.
But Trump has a problem with the constitutional language – and soon after, roughly half of the GOP presidential field expressed their own opposition to the 14th Amendment's guarantee.
There are all kinds of angles to a story like this – legal, political, social, and moral – but it's also hard not to wonder about the practical considerations. If the Constitution says those born in the United States are citizens of the United States, what exactly does Trump intend to do about it? Last night, as Politico reported, the answer came into sharper focus.
Under the 14th Amendment, [Fox News' Bill O'Reilly] told Trump on "The O'Reilly Factor," mass deportations of so-called birthright citizens cannot happen.
As ridiculous as this may seem, don't just roll your eyes at this and move on. Trump's wrong, but his argument is poised to become a lot more common.
Indeed, many assumed that Trump envisions a constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship. He does not. What Trump actually has in mind is a court fight in which he and his lawyers challenge the legality of constitutional language.
Politico's headline, "Trump to O'Reilly: The 14th Amendment is unconstitutional," is probably excessive, but only a little.
There's an apparent contradiction at the heart of Trump's immigration plan: he says he'd never break up a family, but he also says literally every undocumented immigrant must be rounded up and deported. Since some undocumented parents have U.S.-born children, those tenets are in conflict: a Trump administration would either separate children from their families or it would end up deporting American citizens.
The GOP candidate went on to say "some very, very good lawyers" – he didn't name any – agree with Trump that some people born in the United States "do not have American citizenship," even if the 14th Amendment says otherwise.


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Home/Chen Guangcheng
Chen Guangcheng is a self-taught "barefoot lawyer" who has long worked on human rights issues in rural areas of the People's Republic of China. Blind since childhood, Chen taught himself law in his 20s and has since been a tireless advocate for persons with disabilities, environmental issues and the welfare of the poor.
Chen gained international recognition for seeking redress against local authorities in Linyi, Shandong, for using unlawful methods to enforce China's one-child policy, including forced abortions and sterilizations. As a result of his advocacy, he was placed under house arrest, followed by a formal arrest on charges of creating a public disturbance. During his trials, the attorneys hired by Chen were forbidden access to the court, as he was convicted and sentenced to prison for four years and three months. After serving his full sentence, he was released from prison but kept under brutal, illegal house arrest at his home in Dongshigu Village, with guards watching him around the clock.
In April 2012, Chen escaped house arrest and fled to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. After negotiations with the Chinese and US governments, Chen decided to leave China for the United States. On May 19, 2012, Chen, his wife, and his two children were granted U.S. visas and departed Beijing for New York City.
Chen was named one of world's 100 most influential people by Time Magazine in 2006, and in 2007 was a recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership. In 2012 he was awarded the Human Rights First Award and the Lantos Foundation Human Rights Prize.
He lives and works in the United States.
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Elizabeth Gillmor is the president of Energetics Consulting Engineers, a solutions oriented energy and daylighting consulting firm in Denver. Elizabeth comes to the land of energy modeling with a unique perspective: As a graduate of the University of Colorado's Architectural Engineering program with a focus in Illumination and minor in Applied Math, she started her career as a lighting designer, which led to a focus in energy efficiency, daylighting design, and eventually whole building energy modeling. Now she specializes in energy consulting for LEED, Enterprise Green Communities, utility rebates, and energy code compliance. She is a Professional Engineer in Colorado and Louisiana, a certified ASHRAE "Building Energy Modeling Professional", "Lighting Certified" by the NCQLP, and is on the Board of Directors for the USA chapter of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSAUSA).
As energy codes get more and more stringent, and teams seek higher levels of energy savings, capturing lighting energy savings is more critical (and unfortunately more complex) than ever before. If you are a lighting designer, what can you do to make sure that your energy modeler "gets" the efficiencies of your lighting and daylighting design? If you are a modeler, how can you get a better understanding of the intents and opportunities of the lighting? This interactive seminar, led by a former-lighting-designer-turned-energy-modeler, will give you the insider's view from both perspectives.
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Q: Does this violate the semantics of `restrict`? NOTE - This is very similar to restrict qualifier and pointer arithmetic , but is not a duplicate. The author of that post assigned the result of operations on a restrict pointer to the same pointer, while I assigned the result of operations on a restrict pointer as an argument to a restrict function parameter.
I understand the meaning of restrict for the most part, and I'm beginning to get in the habit of declaring function parameters restrict whenever applicable. But I'm unsure whether I'm abusing it here or not.
struct DynArray
{
    void* data;
    size_t elemCount;
    size_t len;
};

void dyn_append(DynArray* restrict dst, const void* restrict src, size_t srcLen, size_t elemSize)
{
    size_t oldElemCount = dst->elemCount;
    dyn_setElemCount(dst, dst->elemCount + srcLen, elemSize);    // might write to `*dst`
    if (dst->data)    // `dst->data` is set to `NULL` if reallocation fails.
        // The next line might violate "restrict-ness" of `dst`.
        memcpy((char*)dst->data + elemSize*oldElemCount, src, elemSize * srcLen);
}

Specifically, I'm referring to (char*)dst->data + elemSize*oldElemCount in the call to memcpy. If I had passed dst itself rather than the above argument, I know it would be valid, as I would be assigning it to a parameter of a function that is itself restrict. Does the fact that the argument is the result of operations on dst rather than dst itself change things in this case? My reasoning is that the guarantee that the argument won't be aliased is contained within the guarantee that dst won't be aliased.

A: This is fine, but it doesn't really do anything because there's no time when aliasing the dst pointer would cause different behavior.

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Home/Crypto/Judge Dismisses $200M Damages Claim in SIM-Swap Crypto Lawsuit Against AT&T
Judge Dismisses $200M Damages Claim in SIM-Swap Crypto Lawsuit Against AT&T
Bitcoin.comSeptember 11, 2020
A California judge has dismissed the $200 million in damages claim against the telecom giant AT&T for alleged negligence and fraud. The judge still ruled the telecom company had to answer the lawsuit by Michael Terpin for enabling the theft of $24 million worth of his cryptocurrency after a company agent gave his sim card to hackers. Terpin filed the lawsuit in 2019.
According to a report, Terpin accused the telecoms giant of "allowing hackers to swap his SIM card, in what appears to be an elaborate scheme by fraudsters." Terpin, a crypto entrepreneur, also claims that AT&T's lax security "allowed hackers to enter his wireless account and steal crypto coins worth roughly $24 million."
For its part, AT&T argues "that it is not responsible for a series of recent SIM-swapping complaints." Still, the telecom giant details the security thresholds it applied specifically to Terpin's account and they include placing the "account on a higher security level with special protection."
According to AT&T, this security threshold "included requiring a six-digit passcode (known only to Terpin and his wife) of anyone attempting to access or change his account settings or transfer his telephone number to another phone."
In his lawsuit, however, Terpin "attributes the incident to AT&T's willingness to cooperate with the hacker, gross negligence, violation of its statutory duties, and failure to adhere to its commitments in its privacy policy."
In its findings, however, the U.S. court "recognized that AT&T disclosed the limits of its security protections and that its privacy policy explicitly states it cannot guarantee that customers' personal info will never be disclosed as the result of unauthorized acts by third parties."
Although it is unclear exactly how the thieves replaced Terpin's mobile SIM, the "lawsuit suggests they impersonated him to AT&T's customer service agents and requested that the phone number be transferred to their own device."
After gaining access to his phone number, the criminals were able "to request a password change and reset the security on many of his accounts." The hackers then "changed the password on his cryptocurrency account and initiated the transfer of digital assets to their own wallets."
What do you think of the court's ruling? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below.
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The Rise of Empathy
In episode 153 of the Futurized podcast, the topic is: The Rise of Empathy. Our guest is Sophie Wade, author and futurist in discussion with host Trond Arne Undheim (@trondau), futurist and author.
In this conversation, they talk about how the topic got...
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In this conversation, they talk about how the topic got of empathy got on the agenda again, key topics such as burnout, generations, new social contracts at work, hybrid work environment, we discuss empathy habits, team performance, organizational psychology, brain science, and what all of this means for the future of work.
Empathy is one of those topics that rises to the agenda every now and then but probably deserves to always be discussed, given that the future of work is one where we will need to be highly attuned to both humans and machines, and might need to amp up our emotional repertoire and antennae to compete with both.
If you like this topic, you may enjoy other episodes of Futurized, such as episode 124, Cultural Agility, episode 113, Tech in Tomorrow's Learning Organizations, or episode 93, Orchestrating the Freelance Economy. You can access each episode by typing in Futurized.org/episode number. Hopefully, you'll find something awesome in these or other episodes. If so, do let us know by messaging us, we would love to share your thoughts with other listeners.
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Work futurist, international keynote speaker, author, and authority on Future-of-Work issues
Sophie Wade is a work futurist, international keynote speaker, author, and authority on Future-of-Work issues. She is the host of the widely popular Transforming Work podcast and 450,000 learners have taken her four LinkedIn courses which cover Future-of-Work skills, empathy, and Gen Z. Sophie is the Founder and Workforce Innovation Specialist at Flexcel Network, a Future-of-Work consultancy. Sophie's executive advisory work and transformative workshops help companies futureproof their work environments and attract, engage, and retain their multigenerational and distributed talent. She helps corporations maximize the benefits and minimize the disruption in their transition to talent-focused new work environments.
Sophie has held senior management, strategy and finance roles around the world—in Asia, Europe and the U.S.—working in media, technology, and venture capital for companies such as IMG and Yahoo. With a strategy and finance focus for her first career, she assisted entrepreneurs and major corporations identify, develop, and execute strategic initiatives, build teams and ventures and create partnerships.
Her first book, Embracing Progress: Next Steps for the Future of Work, has been an Executive MBA Program textbook and required reading for several management school leadership courses. Sophie served on the Board of the New York City chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) as chapter President 2015-17, and a member of NAWBO National's Presidents' Assembly Steering Committee 2016-19. She is on the NY Advisory Board of Common Sense Media. Sophie has a BA from Oxford University and an MBA from international business school, INSEAD.
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Sharpen your pencils: St Paul looking for more sidewalk poems
Euan Kerr February 17, 2010, 11:45 AM Feb 17, 2010
As City Artist in Residence Marcus Young doesn't beat around the bush when asked what he wants from the third annual Sidewalk Poetry Contest in St Paul.
"We want your back-of-napkin poems, your classroom poems. We want your deepest secrets in poetry form. And then we will publish your poems in the sidewalk, in the public realm, to create these delightful moments of out door reading," he says. "We live in a very big blank book, so this is the time to begin writing in our blank book."
The idea is quite simple: write a poem of 250 characters (including spaces.) It can be a maximum of 10 lines, with a maximim of 40 characters in a line. Once your piece is polished yo your satisfaction submit it to the contest by March 28th.
If you are one of the winners chosen by the judges, your piece will be transformed into a giant stamp, which will be applied to new sidewalks being installed around the city this summer. (One caveat, the contest is only open to St Paul residents. Would-be sidewalk poets elsewhere should talk to their own city public works departments about poetic possibilities.)
"Right now we have 261 poems installed around the city from a collection of 26 poems," Young says. "It's quite interesting how often people see them, although they are not everywhere. I'm just surprised that people notice them, and enjoy them."
I mentioned that I had stumbled across some of the poems as I was out walking in my own neighborhood.
Don't say stumble," Young laughs. "The Public Works Department doesn't want a trip hazard. You'll get me in trouble."
OK, so I have happened upon some of the Sidewalk Poetry, and it has always come as a surprise, or even a shock, given that the pieces I found were a little on the dark side.
Young (at left with a poem about to be stamped into wet concrete,) says the idea is to create a gentle surprise as people are out and about.
"I mean how many times do we in our lives do we get such gentle pleasant surprises that are just meant to hopefully spark something in your imagination, or create a moment of joy, simple joy."
Young says some people wonder if the poetry is vandalism, or something that the homeowner has done. He likes that mystery.
Some people wonder who is paying for it, and Young likes to poinbt out there are many sources of funding including The Public Art Saint Paul's program fund, the City of Saint Paul, and Readings by Writers; and is produced in collaboration with the Department of Public Works.The project also receives support from several local foundations.
The City of St Paul replaces about 10 miles of sidewalk each year, and Young aims to get about 100 poems printed in cement each summer.
Now he wants more. The winners will be announced in May. Young encourages allcomers to submit a poem.
"We have funny poems, we have thoughtful poems, we have dark poems. You just have to be concise," Young says.
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SOLD OUT – The waiting list is now closed but there are still places available for his teaching in Lerab Ling. For further information and online booking click here.
—What are the main challenges and opportunities for Buddhism in the Modern World?
—How can the tradition of Tantric Buddhism, as found in the Tibetan tradition, co-exist with a society increasingly dominated by individualism and the rejection of gurus?
—Are there risks in the trend to secularise Buddhism?
—What dangers are inherent in the rejection by some Buddhists of teachings on rebirth and karma?
Important: Attendance of the teaching is by advance booking only. Places are limited. We regret that we will not be able to admit anyone who arrives at the door without a confirmed booking.
The teaching will start promptly at 3pm on Saturday 10th March.
Doors will open at 2pm; please try to arrive early.
We will deduct 15% bank and admin fees if you require a refund. If this is required within a week of the event, we will deduct 50%. Thank you.
This event finished on 11 March 2018.