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Elephant beer going down well in India
Carlsberg's old sudsy stalwart, Elephant Beer, has become a trumpeting success in India.
In 2015, sales increased by 42 percent and the Danish brewery giant is aiming to become second on the Indian market within the next three years. (more…)
Philippines' San Miguel says no longer selling $500 mln banking stake
Feb 13 San Miguel Corp has decided to keep its $500 million controlling stake in an unlisted bank, opting to pursue growth in the sector instead of exiting due to lack of presence, the president of the Philippine conglomerate said on Friday. (more…)
India. Role reversal for Minister
After defending the State's liquor policy, Natham R. Viswanathan flagged off an anti-liquor awareness rally. (more…)
Vietnam. The retailers has sold twice as expensive beer during three days of the New Year
The warming in the provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh has caused an increase in demand and prices of beer. The retailers managed to sell existing stocks of beer during the three-day celebration of the Tet (New Year). (more…)
Carlsberg turns profitable in India, now the country's second largest beer company
In less than a decade of its entry, Danish brewer Carlsberg has turned profitable in the Indian beer market, posting its first profit in the October-December quarter on the back of rising demand for its strong beer brands. (more…)
India. Indulge Beverages sold 2,000 brewing machines in 3 months
Delhi-based Indulge Beverages brand Bonhomia has raised $1 million in angel funding from HNI's lead by Alok Rawat, president of FGWilson and an early investor in Grey Orange Robotics as well as Neeta Mirchandani from Kae Capital and Kanwaljit Singh, the founder of Fireside Ventures among others. (more…)
Japanese drinks groups seek global depth
Asahi Group Holdings' move into Europe shows how eager Japanese drinks groups are to expand beyond a shrinking domestic market. (more…)
India. A question to Congress, on bars in Karnataka
Communist Party of India (CPI) State secretary Kanam Rajendran has questioned the sincerity of the Congress in implementing its liquor policy as the same party was busy sanctioning hundreds of bars in neighbouring Karnataka. (more…)
India. After a period of lull, liquor sale witnesses spurt in Tamil Nadu
After a period of lull, the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (Tasmac) has witnessed a spurt in liquor sales across the State. (more…)
Russia. Beer roams the regions
Small breweries are taking away the share of transnational companies, writes the Russian business newspaper Kommersant. (more…)


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Q: How do I make my bot send a message everytime im gonna be doing an update so that my clients know? (discord.js) I need to know how to make it so whenever im doing updates to  my bot it sends like a message to each server in a channel called announcements and then it lets everyone know that it is being updated and that there will be down time? if anybody knows help please let me know!

A: You can achieve this by checking every server your bot is in for a channel named "announcements", then sending a message to that channel.
This assumes that your bot was initialized under the variable named client.
// Set our message. This can also be an Attachment or RichEmbed
var message = "Going offline due to updates! Be back in 10 minutes.";

// For all the servers this bot is in,
client.guilds.forEach((guild) => {
    // Look for a channel named "announcements".
    var channel = guild.channels.find(channel => channel.name === "announcements");
    // Make sure that "channel" is not null (i.e. it exists)
    if (channel !== null)
        // Send our update message.
        channel.sendMessage(message);
});

Note that if your bot is public and is on other servers that you don't control, this is not advised as it is completely unprovoked and may anger some server owners.

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One business that has had no reason to panic over this announcement by the Prime Minister is the on-demand taxi businesses like Ola and similar Uber-like clones.
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Artists' Trail in the Park
at the Findhorn Foundation & Community
Jonathan Wheeler
Jonathan's vivid style of watercolour painting expresses his passion for the beauty of the Highlands and its architectural heritage. Jonathan is also known for his vibrant still life and figure paintings. He exhibits his work in galleries around the UK and his work has travelled internationally, including to the USA, Canada, Australia and Brazil.
Jonathan was born in Lancashire in 1958 and lived in Australia, Brazil and different parts of the United Kingdom before settling down in the Highlands, living in an ecological house at Findhorn on the Moray Firth where he has his studio.
Jonathan publishes his paintings as limited edition and signed edition watercolour prints, and they are on sale through UK galleries and via his website. Jonathan's original paintings are also for sale and he welcomes commissions – please contact Jonathan at any time.
Jonathan is running a workshop at the Moray Art Centre on Saturday 24 April 2010 entitled 'Colourful Watercolour Buildings'. Jonathan is offering a £10 voucher to all participants that can be redeemed against any purchase made at his studio. For more information see www.morayartcentre.org
www.soulofscotland.co.uk
428 The Park, Findhorn, Forres, IV36 3TA
The studio is open at various times. Call by to see if I am in or telephone for an appointment.
Jonathan's prints are always available for sale at The Phoenix Shop, his studio and his web site. He exhibits his paintings in galleries around Scotland. Local galleries include The Beauly Gallery, Still Life Studio, A'anside Studios, Touched by Scotland and Roger Bell Studio.
Print prices: £24 - £75
Original Prices: £150 - £900
The Artists' Trail is supported by
On the Artists' Trail
Moray Art Centre
the first and only flexible-use venue for visual arts, art education and exhibitions in the wider Moray area
Findhorn Pottery
a visual delight of pottery & ceramics, reflecting the colours of the Moray
watercolour paintings expressing a passion for the beauty of the Highlands and its architectural heritage
Henrietta Rose
watercolours of birds and plants, wood carving
Findhorn Weaving Studio
home of the world renowned Sunrise Panels
To contact individual artists, please click on the links above to go to their page for contact details.
About the Artists' Trail
The Artists' Trail in the Park brings together Findhorn-based artists, two watercolour painters, a potter, and a weaver. All the artists open their studios for craft demonstrations and sales throughout the year. The Moray Art Centre, also a member of the Trail, offers major local and international art exhibitions as well as art education through its programme of workshops & classes. The Artists on the Trail offer a warm welcome to all visitors, whether local, national or international and they are always happy to share, demonstrate and talk about their work. (more..)
The Artists' Trail is at The Findhorn Foundation and Community, The Park, Findhorn, Forres, Moray IV36 3TZ. Please see individual artists' pages for studio opening times. Admission to studios and the Moray Art Centre is free.
For maps and directions, please see here.
Download the current brochure

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As a swift action, the paladin chooses one target within sight to smite. If this target is evil, the paladin adds her Cha bonus (if any) to her attack rolls and adds her paladin level to all damage rolls made against the target of her smite.
1: Fey Foundling: Benefit: Whenever you receive magical healing, you heal an additional 2 points per die rolled. You gain a +2 bonus on all saving throws against death effects. Unfortunately, you also suffer +1 point of damage from cold iron weapons (although you can wield cold iron weapons without significant discomfort).
At 2nd level, a chosen one's familiar is able to borrow some of her divine energy to heal itself and others. The familiar can use the chosen one's lay on hands ability, including all of her mercies, but each such use consumes two uses of the paladin's lay on hands ability. Starting at 4th level, the familiar can also channel positive energy, but each such use consumes four uses of the paladin's lay on hands ability.
Divine Guidance (Sp): Can cast guidance at will.
Bit of Luck (Sp): You can touch a willing creature as a standard action, giving it a bit of luck. For the next round, any time the target rolls a d20, he may roll twice and take the more favorable result. V can use this once per day.
Whenever an emissary or its master fails a save against a mind-affecting effect that affects only one of them, the other can choose to attempt the save as well.
If this second save succeeds, treat the original save result as a success, and the emissary and its master can't use this ability again for 24 hours. On a failure, both the emissary and its master suffer the effects of the failed saving throw, even if one of them wouldn't ordinarily be a valid target.
I see beauty in others. As a rough stone hides a diamond, a drab face may hide the heart of a saint.
I am peaceful. I come first with a rose rather than a weapon, and act to prevent conflict before it blossoms. I never strike first, unless it is the only way to protect the innocent.
I accept surrender if my opponent can be redeemed—and I never assume that they cannot be. All things that live love beauty, and I will show beauty's answer to them.
I live my life as art. I will choose an art and perfect it. When I have mastered it, I will choose another. The works I leave behind make life richer for those who follow.
I will never destroy a work of art, nor allow one to come to harm, unless greater art arises from its loss. I will only sacrifice art if doing so allows me to save a life, for untold beauty can arise from an awakened soul.
I lead by example, not with my blade. Where my blade passes, a life is cut short, and the world's potential for beauty is lessened.
Aura moderate conjuration; CL 9th; Slot wrists; Price 15,600 gp; Weight 1 lb.
These golden bracers are engraved with images of celestial creatures.
When worn by a paladin, he is considered four levels higher for the purposes of determining the uses per day and healing provided by his lay on hands class feature. Additionally, once per day, the wearer can infuse a use of lay on hands with additional power, providing relief as a lesser restoration spell.


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The 2021 Ford Explorer Returns to The Fold
The Ford Explorer is back for 2021! This year, it's bringing all-new convenience and styling upgrades, top-of-the-line safety features, and the same familiar Ford power we've all come to expect from America's best-selling SUV.
Upgraded Interior and Exterior Features
The 2021 Ford Explorer has received multiple enhancements for the coming model year. On all-new Explorer XLT trims, you'll have access to standard heated front seats and an optional heated steering wheel.
In addition, the Explorer XLT will also offer the available Sport Appearance package, which features 20-inch Carbonized Gray aluminum wheels, a unique mesh grill with matching Carbonized Gray accents, dual exhaust, Light Slade Interior, and much more.
An eight-way power-adjustable front passenger seat will also be available as an option on the 2021 Explorer Limited, ST, and Platinum trims.
Ready for a Chance of Pace?
Designed For Maximum Safety
Last year, the 2020 Ford Explorer was given a five-star safety rating by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
For 2021, the same safety suite returns, this time with forward-collision warning with automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert, and lane-departure warning being included as standard features.
Additional optional features on the 2021 Ford Explorer include fully automatic headlights, adaptive cruise control, and active park assist.
Boasting Impressive Pure Ford Power
The Ford Explorer has always been known for impressive power, and this year's model is nbo different.
On this year's base, XLT, and Limited trims, you'll find a 300-horsepower 2.3L turbocharged four-cylinder engine under the hood. Looking for even more power? Try upgrading to the Platinum trim for access to the 3.0L twin-turbocharged 365-horsepower V6 engine, or the ST trim for a 400-horsepower version of the same engine.
The 2021 Ford Explorer hybrid option will also return for 2021. This model offers the combined power of a 3.3L V6 engine and a high-performance electric motor in order to produce 319-horsepower.
The 2021 Ford Explorer will be making its grand debut on our lot very soon! Until then, click here to take a look at all the impressive Ford Explorer models that we currently have in stock! Interested in taking one of these awesome SUVs for a spin? If so, don't hesitate to contact us online, by phone, or in person at our Coatesville, PA dealership today. Remember, Nobody Beats Brian!


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Q: I want to have both text and figure in same page using achemso package. Is it possible? \documentclass[journal=jpcld,manuscript=letter]{achemso}
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\center\Large \textbf{Simulation A5 : Mixture of $\alpha$ \& $\beta$ aspartyl in 1:2 ratio}

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By running this script I am getting two separate pages of text and after that two pages of figures.
Is there any way to get the figure right after the next?

A: Place the text inside the figure environment.
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Rod Morgenstein is a legendary drummer. On episode 018, Jamie chats with Rod about the formation of The Dixie Dregs in the mid-1970's and their classic fusion album "Free Fall." They also discuss Rod's time in Winger, his 20 years of teaching at the prestigious Berklee College of Music and his collaborations with Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater fame. Rod is one of Jamie's all-time favorite drummers, so this was a very special interview for Jamie. Rod is a monster behind the kit while being one of the nicest guys in the music business.
On Episode 017, Jamie talks with Mike Pride whose projects include From Bacteria To Boys, Drummer's Corpse, I Hate Work, and Locksmith Isidore. Truly one of the busiest drummers in New York, Mike talks about growing up in a musical family in southern Maine, his move to New York and being true to yourself and your vision as an artist. He also candidly discusses teaching the next generation of drummers and being part of the only avant-garde jazz group to ever play a stadium show. Mike is a class-act, a great drummer and is truly inspirational as an artist.
Liberty DeVitto's drumming has been featured on classic albums by Billy Joel that have sold in excess of 150 million copies. On episode 016, he recalls growing up in Long Island, seeing the Beatles for the first time, and joining Billy Joel's band in 1974. Lib is known as "The Songwriter's Drummer" and is a true historian of rock & roll. Lib and Jamie also discuss the great documentary Hired Gun that Lib is widely featured in. This is a highly educational episode for anyone that loves great music.
Bryan Hitt grew up in a town of 900 people in rural, east Texas. On episode 015 of The Drum Shuffle, Bryan recalls his start in his school band and moving to Alaska during high school. Bryan talks with Jamie about his move to L.A. in 1980, his career beginning to grow, and ultimately landing his gig with REO Speedwagon in 1989. Bryan's story is truly inspirational for musicians and anyone that is chasing their dreams. Don't miss this great conversation.


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Home>Society> Juneteenth: America's Black Independence Day
Juneteenth: America's Black Independence Day
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America celebrates one of its most important moments.
It's pretty easy to miss if you're not paying attention. There's no time-old traditions like the Fourth of July, and there's no time off work either. For those whose families suffered the injustice of American slavery, however, June 19th marks a very special occasion in the year.
Juneteenth, a short-hand referral to "June 19th," marks the yearly anniversary that the final slaves in America learned of their freedom in June of 1865. While America shuts down for a day in early July to celebrate freedom from the tyranny of the British, the African slaves at the time were still trapped in their bondage.
However, despite marking a monumental moment in American history, there are many people who are simply unaware of the holiday, and there's no official celebration for the event outside of what a local community might put together. Even now, there are some states that refuse to even acknowledge the holiday whatsoever, those states being: Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and New Hampshire.
Some media figures, like Charlamagne Tha God, have opted to spread awareness of the holiday, encouraging his followers to "celebrate freedom."
In an uncharacteristic event, the Trump White House even opted to share a message to the people this Juneteenth, saying that "Today and every day, we recommit ourselves to defending the self-evident truth, boldly declared by our Founding Fathers, that all people are created equal." Whether you agree that Trump's current policies reflect that or not, it seems we can all agree that there's no chance in hell that he actually wrote that himself.
If you're interested in celebrating Juneteenth, check your communities to see how you can participate.
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What's great about the Purple Autumn Ash?
The tiny dark green leaves turn to become a unique shade of dark purple! This color is quite rare among all trees, and especially unique as an autumn color. Additionally, their small leaves tend to blow away in in the wind since they are incredibly lightweight, leaving sparsely any leaves needing to be raked. This makes for considerably less hours spent cleaning up when compared to other popular shade varieties like heavy-leaved maple trees. Also, Purple Autumn attain a symmetrical globe-shaped form as they grow, making them an appealing option as a sidewalk or street tree.
Purple Autumn Ash trees are famously resilient and can even grow in land which is flooded for three months out of the year! For this reason, Purple Autumn Ash are an excellent choice for erosion control.
Tiny leaves change and become a unique shade of dark purple!
Their small leaves tend to blow away in in the wind since they are incredibly lightweight, leaving sparsely any leaves needing to be raked.
Purple Autumn Ash are an incredibly flood tolerant.
Trees attain a symmetrical globe-shaped form as they grow, making them an appealing option as a sidewalk or street tree.


Just started an idea and discovered your info. Very helpful. I am over 50 and a little late in the tech game because of past jobs that required little or no time in front of a computer. I am a very good writer with many a published article to my name over the years BUT now journal writing by hand does little or no good in the world of tech. When I get this blogging thing going, it is gonna explode.
Fortunately, there are many resources available to help. In addition to the BlogHer events and site, some of my personal favorites for learning tips on writing compelling content, marketing and monetizing are Fizzle.com, MichaelHyatt.com and Problogger.net. All three provide lots of free advice (and more in-depth training and support is available for a fee).
A landing page is just a page on your blog that you don't post in the regular blog section. In this case, however, it might be a really big piece of long form content either about the affiliate product or, better yet, one that just mentions the product as a small but integral part of the whole article. For example, your affiliate product might be a great yoga mat and your article might be a complete beginner's guide to yoga.
Thanks for sharing all this useful and relevant information Jon. The most interesting and surprising lesson was the one where you mentioned that spending a lot of time on social media outlets doesn't really help. I also specifically liked how you set the tone about the fact that you're not just a blogger and that you're an expert…etc. This is some confidence needed to be successful in anything.
Allow readers to purchase your own products or donate to your cause through your blog. If you have an online store for selling arts and crafts, or you create T-shirt designs available through a clothing website, provide links to those sites. Including a PayPal button for quick, safe purchases or donations is a common way to monetize creative blogs, or blogs that provide free advice or assistance to those who can't afford it.
Perhaps the most popular network for placing these types of ads is Google AdSense. With this program, you do not need to be in direct contact with advertisers; you simply place the banner on your site, Google chooses ads relevant to your content, and your viewers click on the ads. There are countless similar programs available if you find that AdSense doesn't work for you, such as Chitika, Infolinks, and Media.net.
Some blogs are focused on getting paid to provide links to news articles, company stores, or other third party websites. The most financially successful of these range from the Drudge, a blog composed almost entirely of conservative-leaning news links, to Smashing Magazine, a site that provides advice and product reviews to help software developers.
The easiest PPC method to get started with is Google AdSense. However, in order to make any kind of decent money with display ads, you'll need quite a bit of traffic. And by the time you get that much traffic, you'll make more money going with an ad management company like Mediavine (minimum of 25,000 monthly impressions) or AdThrive (minimum of 100,000 monthly pageviews).
Affiliate marketing is my absolute favorite way to make money blogging. I love it because it can feel quite passive. You can create just one blog or social media post, which can potentially still earn you money years down the line. Now, you will have to maintain the post and keep generating traffic to it. Still, with affiliate marketing, I can relax a little and enjoy life more, all while knowing that I am earning a great living promoting products that I use and enjoy.
I would much rather go back to cleaning a gym than offering some crappy dieting product that doesn't work. I know a lot of people reading this need to make a bit of extra income quickly, but it's very important to not ruin your blog's long term brand and image over a few quick dollars. Even if you have to work a basic entry job offline for a while it's a much better option.
Please let me know if there is anything that I have missed in this article or if you still feel a little bit confused. I really like learning about what problems you're facing and will do my best to help you out if I can. Also, if you know of an effective way to make money in the early days it'd be great if you could share it. Please leave a comment below and let me know.
Now, I had a question. I am just 14 years old and I am entering the blog-o-sphere as an intermediate. Now, you may check my blog "theartofvk(dot)com." I write how to articles mostly and also try to do videos as I am not a native English speaker it get's difficult for me. When I read post on BBT I find it really interesting but How To articles… umm.. are they nice enough? How To article probably don't keep people engaging do they? I am recently also trying guest post and on my 5 attempt my article was accepted at Hongkiat.
Write content. I like to write an article from beginning to end with no breaks. It may take me an hour to write an article or I may be at it all day. Sometimes, content does span a few days, but for the most part, I like to finish a piece of content in one sitting. I then hand over the content to my editor to fix anything from grammar, punctuation, to the general flow of the article. The only thing she doesn't edit is my monthly income report.


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Agencies, industry slow to embrace commercial practices
By Mark E. Michels
More than a decade ago, a commission headed by David Packard came up with a novel idea: The federal government should adopt commercial procurement practices. But the Packard Commission's bold notion took a while to ferment. After 10 years of increasingly aggressive legislative and regulatory changes, the dawning of the commercial age of government procurement has arrived.
The road to procurement reform and commercial buying practices began in the late 1980s, but the shift was minimal and was not embraced by the procurement community. Then, in 1991, came Operation Desert Storm, which created an immediate need by the government for commercial, state-of-the-art products. Such urgent operational requirements could not be met through the government's noncommercial buying practices. Instead, the military found itself battling its own procedures. For example, one Air Force supplier of radios would not provide these products because of federal contracting certification requirements. The Air Force instead was forced to buy radios from a foreign company.
The frustrating procurement problems raised during Desert Storm required change, which came initially with the passage of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act in 1995 and the Clinger-Cohen Act in 1996.
The regulatory implementation of these new laws, however, has taken time. Only now are such changes finally becoming more visible, as commercial terms replace pre-FASA terms in requests for proposals and in prime contracts and subcontracts.
The transition from the "old" procurement ways to the "new age" of FASA, has been pain-fully slow. At first, it seemed that no change had occurred at all. Neither government procurement authorities nor federal systems integrators were interested in the concept of a commercial procurement model for the federal government.
During contract negotiations six months after the FASA-implementing regulations were published, a contracting official told me his agency could not apply FASA because the agency had not received the Federal Acquisition Circular containing the regulations "through channels." My company was required to negotiate using pre-FASA contract clauses or risk losing the deal.
Frustration over the time it has taken to implement FASA has been particularly high among technology companies, which often sell their products to the government through prime systems integrators or resellers.
The primes seemed as reluctant as government buying offices to revise their procurement processes and subcontract terms to reflect the statutory and regulatory changes. Asking a prime to shorten its 12-page list of Federal Acquisition Regulation flow-downs to the few required by FASA seemed like suggesting to the Spanish Inquisition that the world was round.
While the dawning of this new commercial age of government procurement has been slow, it is here. Establishment of agency chief information officers, pressure from Congress and oversight upon agencies to control their information technology budgets— as well as the speed of technological change— have contributed to the awareness and implementation of FASA. But like those who didn't believe the sound barrier could be broken, there are still those government agencies and contractors who continue to resist the law by demanding that commercial companies disclose confidential pricing information or by insisting upon unnecessary audits, inspections or compliance reports.
Failure to comply will continue to impede agencies' ability to procure the commercial products and services they need as they enter the 21st century, and it imposes unnecessary costs and burdens on commercial companies. Ultimately the loser is the taxpayer, as changes in technology continue to outpace the changes agencies implement in procurement procedures.
However, each day there are new converts, and we applaud those agencies and government contractors savvy enough to recognize the value of investing in this change and moving forward with FASA.
-- Michels is managing attorney for the Americas at Cisco Systems Inc. He has more than 10 years of experience in federal government procurement and has management responsibility for the delivery of legal services to all of the Americas, including Cisco's federal operations.


Customer loyalty programs have become mainstream in recent years with retailers. From Starbucks to Sears, retailers are finding ways to incentivize and reward customers for their repeat business. But do rewards and incentives create true loyalty to brands? How can auto retailers incentivize and reward customers for their business? How can they create loyalty?
To explore these ideas, we welcome back Bill Playford and DJ Snyder in this edition of AutoConverse ON AIR – Live Weekly Broadcast. The primary talking point in this conversation was about Customer Loyalty, Retention, and Repeat Business for Auto Retailers. We also talk briefly about CDK and partnering with Lyft Concierge on the new Fortellis platform.
Bill Playford is a co-founder at DealerKnows Consulting. He comes with nearly 15 years of experience in the auto industry, working with clients like BMW, Hyundai, and Google. DJ Snyder is an OEM representative at Shift Digital. He brings his take coming from a consumer perspective and a dealer perspective.
Auto retailers face unique challenges when it comes to building repeat business and customer loyalty. From the use of personal data, to understanding inbound and outbound marketing, dealers have opportunities to enhance the customer experience. They also can foster not only repeat business, but referral business too.
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Q: Django URL with dynamic prefix I need to have a dynamic URL prefix for all URLs in my app.
I'm familiar with doing a static prefix, such as url(r'^myprefix/app', include('app.urls')).
Instead, I need the myprefixto be dynamic, such as url(r'^(?P<prefix>\w+)/app', include('app.urls')).
That works, but here's the kicker. I don't want that prefix to be sent as a keyword argument to all of the views. I want to be able to capture it and use it in Middleware or something similar.

To give my specific use case, we have software (this Django project) used to manage various testing labs. The app needs knowledge of which lab it is operating on.
Currently I'm doing this with the following:
class LabMiddleware(object):
    def process_request(self, request):
        request.current_lab = 'lab1'  # Note that this is currently hard coded

The requirement states that the users be able to go to a URL such as http://host/<lab_name>/app where the lab_name would then get used in my LabMiddleware. Because of this, I obviously don't want to have to accept the lab_name in every single one of my views as it's cumbersome and overkill.

UPDATE:
Building on what Sohan gave in his answer, I ended up using a custom middleware class:
urls.py
url(r'^(?P<lab_name>\w+)/', include('apps.urls')),

apps/urls.py
url(r'^app1/', include('apps.app1.urls', namespace='app1')),

middleware.py
class LabMiddleware(object):
    def process_view(self, request, view_func, view_args, view_kwargs):
        lab_name = view_kwargs.get('lab_name')
        if lab_name:
            request.current_lab = Lab.objects.get(name=lab_name)
            # Remove the lab name from the kwargs before calling the view
            view_kwargs.pop('lab_name')
            return view_func(request, *view_args, **view_kwargs)

settings.py
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    # Default Django middleware classes here...
    'raamp.middleware.LabMiddleware',
)

This allowed me to have the lab name in the URL and to add it to the request. Then by removing it from view_kwargs, it doesn't get passed on to the view function and everything works as I intended it.
Also note that the code I have above isn't the most optimized (e.g. I'm querying the database for every request). I stripped out the code I have for caching this as it's not important to showing how this problem was solved, but is worth mentioning that some improvements should be made to this code if you are using it in a production system.

A: You can create a decorator that wraps each view function. The decorator can take care of any processing work you have on the lab name parameter, and every view won't need to see the lab_name param.
def process_lab_name(request, lab_name):
    request.current_lab = lab_name

def lab(view_func):
    def _decorator(request, lab_name, *args, **kwargs):
        # process the lab_name argument
        process_lab_name(request, lab_name)
        # when calling the view function, exclude the lab_name argument
        response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
        return response
    return wraps(view_func)(_decorator)

@lab
def some_view(request):
    return render(...)

And your route will look like url(r'^(?P<lab_name>\w+)/app'


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2014 UUANI Congregational Organizing Training - Bill Rau, member, UU Church of Bloomington-Normal
On August 2nd, 22 members of 11 UU congregations (Bloomington, Chicago [Second], Deerfield, Evanston, Hinsdale, Mt. Vernon, Naperville, Palatine, Peoria, Quincy, and Urbana) met in Bloomington for a training session on how to more effectively actualize UU beliefs on social justice. Rev. Jackie Clement urged us to remember that "sometimes David wins," and pointed us to Marshall Ganz's book with David v. Goliath as its subject (Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement. 2010, Oxford University Press).
Sponsored by the UU Advocacy Network of Illinois (UUANI, pronounced "UU And I") the training was provided by Ryan Walker of the Community Renewal Society (CRS). The CRS is an alliance of over 60 churches that was started by the United Church of Christ 132 years ago.
Ryan covered four topics: (1) charity & justice, (2) power, (3) relationships, (4) team building.
I. Charity & Justice
The distinction between charity (helping people in need; minimizing effects of inequality & injustice) and justice (transforming laws and institutions to eliminate or reduce the causes of inequality & injustice) were well understood. Next Ryan asked whether congregations were more committed to and comfortable with charity work than justice work. It appears that participants believe most congregants and congregations have committed most of their time, effort, and spare resources to charity work.
The issue was then stated as thus: we should continue, support and give praise to the important, ameliorative work of charity. However, can we also generate new sources of energy, enthusiasm, and commitment to justice work? Ryan says yes--if we develop a new understanding of power and a new method of relationship building that can generate and harness values-driven people power.
Quotes on charity & justice:
"Let no one attempt with small gifts of charity to exempt themselves from the great duties imposed by justice." Pope Pius XI, Divini Redemptoris , #49
"Quando dou comida aos pobres chamam-me de santo. Quando pergunto por que eles são pobres chamam-me de comunista." ("When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.") Archbishop Dom Helder Camera
II. Power
One way to counter and hopefully reverse the escalating inequality in American society, and the injustices that feed on inequality, is by organizing people power. Money is already organized; so squeamishness about power, which some of us have, is simply to cede the field to organized money.
As noted by Ryan, power is neither good nor bad in itself; rather, it is shaped by the values of those who use it. It is also a prerequisite to change the status quo to favor justice over injustice.
Ryan then presented a strategy to grow people power through the slow person-by person process of building increasingly dense networks of mutual relationships in our congregations.
"Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love." Dr. Martin Luther King
III. Relationships and One-On-Ones
Experience shows us that neither a "Lone Ranger Activist" nor a committed and effective social justice team of 8-10 people can achieve in the realm of social justice what traditional approaches can accomplish when seeking volunteers for a soup kitchen or monies for a designated charity. A new approach is needed, and what Ryan recommended was to build people power by creating mutual and sustaining relationships through "one-on-ones." A one-on-one has an initiator arranging a 30 to 45 minute meeting with another congregant to "discover shared interests, values, faith, and passion," to learn through shared stories the big things that have shaped another's life, and to seek answers to two fundamental questions: (1) who am I, and (2) what things will move me to action? In terms of the process, here's what one-on-on-ones are and are not
One-on-ones
are: are NOT:
A one to one dyad A focus group or other group exchange
30 to 45 minutes Less than 30, more than 45 minutes
Face-to-face Telephone, email, or text
Intentional, by appointment Ad hoc encounter or small talk
Mutual exchange One-sided interview or interrogation
Stories and sharing Selling issues or pushing an agenda
More generally, one of the purposes of one-on-ones is to intentionally construct a network of public relationships where the web is woven and strengthened through identified values and shared stories. The point is to strive for authentic, deeper connections among our fellows, bonds that cut through superficial small talk and delve into the big things that have shaped our lives and the values and interests that call us to stand up and be counted.
According to Ryan, while a one-on-one has a clear structure and purpose, it cannot have an advanced, detailed script. The questions we ask have to follow and grow out of the stories we tell each other. Tailoring questions to the unfolding stories requires careful listening and alertness.
Quotes on relationships:
"No road is long with good company." Turkish Proverb
"Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments." Albert Camus
I want relations which are not purely personal, based on purely personal qualities; but relations based upon some unanimous accord in truth or belief, and a harmony of purpose, rather than of personality. I am weary of personality. Let us… try to create a new life, a new common life, a new complete tree of life from the roots that are within us. D. H. Lawrence
IV. Building Teams
Building teams through one-on-ones allows congregations to mobilize large numbers of people on short notice when timely action on a social justice issue becomes desirable or necessary. Scott Aaseng cites Unity Temple of Oak Park as an example. After much work with one-on-ones, Unity Temple has created the networks that can turn out 100 people to an event calling for social justice advocacy. Through the slow building of values-driven networks, a social justice action team, now susceptible to burnout, can call on occasional but re-energizing help from an action alert network. And, with the steady extension of one-on-ones, right across all of the pews, Social Justice Committees can call to action a growing number of congregants who, thus far in their lives, have been passive spectators in the social justice arena.
If a number of Illinois UU congregations prove up to the task of stitching together the small, informal groupings--where people in one pew often don't know people two pews removed--in much more densely interconnected networks, then we as a denomination can begin to turn out the numbers that can make a difference. Should we not set as an attainable goal the ability to turn out 500 to 1,000 UUs to stand in Springfield for an increase in the minimum wage?
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I find it awesome in this passage of the scripture, the Lord himself speaking to Moses about how He had chosen men to do His work, and that He had given them the skills both technical and spiritual to do it, and that this is something that was true at that particular time of history and it remains being true even today.
Does God call out the already qualified people? Absolutely. But the greater miracle is exactly how God works his way using pieces of raw materials, like rocks, and is able to polish them into precious, valuable "objects", in a way that shows us pretty clear that it is His doing and not our own, so that people can look and see that it is He, above all and anyone else, who's in charge of "operations".
When God calls us into a ministry, it is He through the works of his Holy spirit that gives us assorted gifts by his grace (according to Ephesians 4), and everyone of them for a main purpose which is to build up, to empower the very body which we are all members of, the body of Christ that is his Church. God doesn't give us some useless gift that will go unused, or that is unneeded of, or that will go to waste.
As a matter of fact, going back to the subject of this post, God is delighted in empowering the ones He has called out. More often than not we see a lot of really good and qualified people just sitting in benches of churches while others that aren't that great nor qualified actually doing something, and by my own experience, and according to this text of Exodus, I know that God qualifies every person that willingly and open heartedly volunteers to do his part, to do a little something in return for all the blessings he/she has received, and do so with joy, giving his/her best while doing it. God then takes this not-so-great and turns into something excellent.
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In Manhattan federal court, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain has blocked a $16.3 million interest payment that is due to COFINA bondholders on June 1 (COFINA bonds are those issued by the Puerto Rico local taxing authority and that are supposed to be supported by Puerto Rico sales taxes). Judge Swain said that future payments also have been suspended until a number of disagreements over who should receive the funds are settled. This marks the first time a payment on COFINA bonds will not be made.
Judge Swain is tasked with presiding over Puerto Rico's Title III bankruptcy case, which is meant to restructure the over $70 billion of debt that the U.S. territory owes. In addition to this latest halt, Swain has decided to wait to resolve two other disputes, including whether COFINA is in default on the $17 billion of debt that is its responsibility and if general obligation bondholders are entitled to receive sales-tax receipts that are backing COFINAs as payment.
Although general obligation bondholders and COFINA holders have been in disagreement over bond payments for some time, fighting also has now erupted among senior COFINA holders and junior COFINA holders regarding how interest should be distributed, with the senior contingency claiming that they should receive full payment before the junior COFINA holders receive anything. Junior COFINA holders want $5 million of the interest on subordinated bonds. They also want their claim on COFINA funds preserved.
To make matters worse, general obligation bondholders want to get paid from revenue tied to COFINA bonds. This bondholder group is owed their next bond payment on July 1. A $277 million payment is due to them on August 1.
The $16.3 million bond payment that is due this week will now be put into escrow until the judge decides to whom the payment belongs. Future payments will be escrowed as well.
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello had tried to get Judge Swain to let the payment go through. His government believes that freezing the funds, per the request of bond trustee Bank of New York Mellon (BK), would place COFINA into default, which, according to Governor Rossello, could lead to more claims.
In other Puerto Rico debt news, the Puerto Rico government has arrived at a settlement with Government Development Bank (GDB) loan and bond creditors. This means that about $5 billion in note, bonds, and loans are being settled. Seeking Alpha reports that creditors were offered approximately 50 cents on the dollar pending Title III bankruptcy court approval. The investment research platform described this deal between the now defunct GDB and the Puerto Rico government as two parties "colluding to provide unlawful recoveries" at the expense of the territory's residents.
Even as the island seeks to resolve its debt problems in bankruptcy proceedings, our Puerto Rico bond fraud lawyers and closed-end bond fraud attorneys are continuing to work with investors in recouping their losses. Thousands of investors are seeking to get back their investments from these Puerto Rico securities.
Many were told that the bonds were safer and less risky than what was reality. As a result, many investors suffered. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas, LTD LLP handles Puerto Rico bond fraud claims against brokerage firms, including those from Banco Popular, Santander Securities (SAN), UBS Puerto Rico (UBS-PR), and others. Contact us today.


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[8.ee.1] Expressions And Equations: Work With Radicals And Integer Exponents.
Know and apply the properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent numerical expressions. For example, 32 x 3-5 = 3-3 = 1/33 = 1/27.
Use square root and cube root symbols to represent solutions to equations of the form x2 = p and x3 = p, where p is a positive rational number. Evaluate square roots of small perfect squares and cube roots of small perfect cubes. Know that ?2 is irrational.
Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other. For example, estimate the population of the United States as 3 x 108 and the population of the world as 7 x 109, and determine that the world population is more than 20 times larger.
Perform operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation, including problems where both decimal and scientific notation are used. Use scientific notation and choose units of appropriate size for measurements of very large or very small quantities (e.g., use millimeters per year for seafloor spreading). Interpret scientific notation that has been generated by technology.
[8.ee.5] Expressions And Equations: Understand The Connections Between Proportional Relationships, Lines, And Linear Equations.
Graph proportional relationships, interpreting the unit rate as the slope of the graph. Compare two different proportional relationships represented in different ways. For example, compare a distance-time graph to a distance-time equation to determine which of two moving objects has greater speed.
Use similar triangles to explain why the slope m is the same between any two distinct points on a non-vertical line in the coordinate plane; derive the equation y = mx for a line through the origin and the equation y = mx + b for a line intercepting the vertical axis at b.
[8.ee.7] Expressions And Equations: Analyze And Solve Linear Equations And Pairs Of Simultaneous Linear Equations.
Solve linear equations in one variable.
[8.ee.7a] Expressions And Equations: Analyze And Solve Linear Equations And Pairs Of Simultaneous Linear Equations.
Give examples of linear equations in one variable with one solution, infinitely many solutions, or no solutions. Show which of these possibilities is the case by successively transforming the given equation into simpler forms, until an equivalent equation of the form x = a, a = a, or a = b results (where a and b are different numbers).
[8.ee.7b] Expressions And Equations: Analyze And Solve Linear Equations And Pairs Of Simultaneous Linear Equations.
Solve linear equations with rational number coefficients, including equations whose solutions require expanding expressions using the distributive property and collecting like terms.
Analyze and solve pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
Understand that solutions to a system of two linear equations in two variables correspond to points of intersection of their graphs, because points of intersection satisfy both equations simultaneously.
Solve systems of two linear equations in two variables algebraically, and estimate solutions by graphing the equations. Solve simple cases by inspection. For example, 3x + 2y = 5 and 3x + 2y = 6 have no solution because 3x + 2y cannot simultaneously be 5 and 6.
[8.ee.8c] Expressions And Equations: Analyze And Solve Linear Equations And Pairs Of Simultaneous Linear Equations.
Solve real-world and mathematical problems leading to two linear equations in two variables. For example, given coordinates for two pairs of points, determine whether the line through the first pair of points intersects the line through the second pair.
[8.f.1] Functions: Define, Evaluate, And Compare Functions.
Understand that a function is a rule that assigns to each input exactly one output. The graph of a function is the set of ordered pairs consisting of an input and the corresponding output.1
Compare properties of two functions each represented in a different way (algebraically, graphically, numerically in tables, or by verbal descriptions). For example, given a linear function represented by a table of values and a linear function represented by an algebraic expression, determine which function has the greater rate of change.
Interpret the equation y = mx + b as defining a linear function, whose graph is a straight line; give examples of functions that are not linear. For example, the function A = s2 giving the area of a square as a function of its side length is not linear because its graph contains the points (1,1), (2,4) and (3,9), which are not on a straight line.
[8.f.4] Functions: Use Functions To Model Relationships Between Quantities.
Construct a function to model a linear relationship between two quantities. Determine the rate of change and initial value of the function from a description of a relationship or from two (x, y) values, including reading these from a table or from a graph. Interpret the rate of change and initial value of a linear function in terms of the situation it models, and in terms of its graph or a table of values.
Describe qualitatively the functional relationship between two quantities by analyzing a graph (e.g., where the function is increasing or decreasing, linear or nonlinear). Sketch a graph that exhibits the qualitative features of a function that has been described verbally.
[8.g.1] Geometry: Understand Congruence And Similarity Using Physical Models, Trans- Parencies, Or Geometry Software.
Verify experimentally the properties of rotations, reflections, and translations:
[8.g.1a] Geometry: Understand Congruence And Similarity Using Physical Models, Trans- Parencies, Or Geometry Software.
Lines are taken to lines, and line segments to line segments of the same length.
[8.g.1b] Geometry: Understand Congruence And Similarity Using Physical Models, Trans- Parencies, Or Geometry Software.
Angles are taken to angles of the same measure.
[8.g.1c] Geometry: Understand Congruence And Similarity Using Physical Models, Trans- Parencies, Or Geometry Software.
Parallel lines are taken to parallel lines.
Understand that a two-dimensional figure is congruent to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, and translations; given two congruent figures, describe a sequence that exhibits the congruence between them.
Describe the effect of dilations, translations, rotations, and reflections on two-dimensional figures using coordinates.
Understand that a two-dimensional figure is similar to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations; given two similar two- dimensional figures, describe a sequence that exhibits the similarity between them.
Use informal arguments to establish facts about the angle sum and exterior angle of triangles, about the angles created when parallel lines are cut by a transversal, and the angle-angle criterion for similarity of triangles. For example, arrange three copies of the same triangle so that the sum of the three angles appears to form a line, and give an argument in terms of transversals why this is so.
[8.g.6] Geometry: Understand And Apply The Pythagorean Theorem.
Explain a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse.
Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to determine unknown side lengths in right triangles in real-world and mathematical problems in two and three dimensions.
Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between two points in a coordinate system.
[8.g.9] Geometry: Solve Real-World And Mathematical Problems Involving Volume Of Cylinders, Cones, And Spheres.
Know the formulas for the volumes of cones, cylinders, and spheres and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
[8.ns.1] The Number System: Know That There Are Numbers That Are Not Rational, And Approximate Them By Rational Numbers.
Know that numbers that are not rational are called irrational. Understand informally that every number has a decimal expansion; for rational numbers show that the decimal expansion repeats eventually, and convert a decimal expansion which repeats eventually into a rational number.
Use rational approximations of irrational numbers to compare the size of irrational numbers, locate them approximately on a number line diagram, and estimate the value of expressions (e.g., ?2). For example, by truncating the decimal expansion of ?2, show that ?2 is between 1 and 2, then between 1.4 and 1.5, and explain how to continue on to get better approximations.
[8.sp.1] Statistics And Probability: Investigate Patterns Of Association In Bivariate Data.
Construct and interpret scatter plots for bivariate measurement data to investigate patterns of association between two quantities. Describe patterns such as clustering, outliers, positive or negative association, linear association, and nonlinear association.
Know that straight lines are widely used to model relationships between two quantitative variables. For scatter plots that suggest a linear association, informally fit a straight line, and informally assess the model fit by judging the closeness of the data points to the line.
Use the equation of a linear model to solve problems in the context of bivariate measurement data, interpreting the slope and intercept. For example, in a linear model for a biology experiment, interpret a slope of 1.5 cm/hr as meaning that an additional hour of sunlight each day is associated with an additional 1.5 cm in mature plant height.
Understand that patterns of association can also be seen in bivariate categorical data by displaying frequencies and relative frequencies in a two-way table. Construct and interpret a two-way table summarizing data on two categorical variables collected from the same subjects. Use relative frequencies calculated for rows or columns to describe possible association between the two variables. For example, collect data from students in your class on whether or not they have a curfew on school nights and whether or not they have assigned chores at home. Is there evidence that those who have a curfew also tend to have chores?
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Drawing on the success of previous years' events and the results of the independent evaluation carried out by Ansa1, the French Banking Federation (FBF) is once again organising its "I invite a banker to my class"2 initiative for year 4 and 5 junior classes. The event is organised thoughout European Money Week3, which is taking place from 12 to 16 March 2018.
At a time when young people are faced with budgeting issues at an increasingly young age, the initiative aims to raise awareness among them about the basics of secure payments, savings, loans, and so on.
Children aged 8 to 11 take part in a one-hour workshop led by their teacher and based on a game designed by an edutainment specialist. The children are placed in real-life every-day situations where they must make budgetary choices. A guest banker is present to help the teacher and provide explanations if necessary. The bankers take part in accordance with the written agreement of the head teacher and a clearly defined ethical framework, which is naturally strictly non-commercial.
93% of students' enjoyed the game, including 77% who enjoyed it enormously. All teachers are satisfied.
According to Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, Chief Executive Officer of the FBF: "The FBF has been strongly committed to budgetary and financial education for many years. It is a vital task, aimed at giving each and every person the capacity to be more autonomous and responsible and have more peace of mind regarding their choices and finances. Through this programme, banks give 8- to 11-year olds the first keys to achieving this. We are stepping up the initiative in 2018, with more bankers and more establishments than ever before, providing us with strong motivation to continue our efforts."
This FBF initiative meets the recommendations of the French national strategy for financial education, introduced in December 2016, which champions financial education from a young age at school, with an impact assessment. For almost 15 years, the French Banking Federation has been developing a financial education scheme strongly approved by the associative sector, called "Les Clés de la banque" (Keys to Banking).
1 Ansa: Agence nouvelle des solidarités actives - a French non-profit organisation working to eradicate poverty and promote inclusion.
2 Over 10,000 year 4 and 5 junior students were sensitized at the previous three initiatives.
3 European Money Week is an initiative led by the European Banking Federation since 2015 (www.europeanmoneyweek.eu).
4 In 2016, "les labos de l'Ansa" (the Ansa labs), organised with the help of experts and players in the field of financial education (Banque de France, French Ministry of Education, etc.), came to a consensus regarding the principle behind and relevance of the measure.


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Islamska skolastika naziv je srednjovjekovne islamske filozofije stvorene obradom filozofskih problema koji nisu dovoljno jasno razriješeni u Kuranu (pitanje o slobodi volje) pod jakim utjecajem ostataka helenističke filozofije (Sokrat, Platon, Aristotel). Islamska skolastika nazočna je na dva područja, istočnoislamska filozofija je oblik posthelenističkog razvoja iranske misli, dok se maursko-španjolska skolastika kasnog Srednjeg vijeka razlikuje.

Predstavnici škola

istočnoislamska, iranska

 Al Farabi (870. – 950.), Iranac iz Faraba
 Ibn Sina, Avicena (980. – 1037.), Iranac iz Buhare
 Suhrawardi (1155. – 1191.) Iranac iz Alepa

razvijena iranska skolastika

 Al Gazali (1058. – 1111.)
 Fahraddin Razi (1149. – 1209.)
 Nasiraddin Tusi (1201. – 1273.)

maursko-španjolska islamska skolastika
 Ibn Rušd (lat. Averroes) (1126. – 1198.) rođen u Španjolskoj
 Ibn Arabi (1165. – 1240.)

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 Srednjovjekovna filozofija
 Skolastika

Izvori

Islam
Povijest filozofije
Srednji vijek


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Over the last few years, the federal and many provincial governments have weakened incentives for entrepreneurs by raising personal income taxes. This budget season, which includes the Trudeau government's 2019 budget next week, provides an opportunity for governments across Canada to reverse this trend and introduce tax policies that would attract, encourage and retain entrepreneurs.
In 2015, the federal government introduced a new 33 per cent tax bracket for entrepreneurs, professionals and successful business owners. Similar tax changes in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and several other provinces compounded this higher federal tax rate. Consequently, the personal income tax rate imposed on these Canadians now exceeds 50 per cent in seven provinces with the remaining provinces within a hair of 50 per cent.
In addition to higher personal taxes, new and expanded federal and provincial regulations have made Canada a much less hospitable and attractive place to start a business, expand an existing business, or invest new capital.
Consider a recent study that analyzed provincial data from 1984 to 2015, which found that higher top income tax rates discourage entrepreneurship and decrease the rate of small business startups—a commonly used measure of entrepreneurship. And that a one percentage point increase in the top rate can prevent up to almost 700 new businesses from being started. (Remember, some provinces have experienced a more than eight-percentage point increase in their top tax rate when the federal increases are included.)
Moreover, the decision about where to locate a new business is, in part, influenced by differences in income tax rates between jurisdictions.
Take the example of an engineer who's considering whether to start her new firm in Canada or the United States. Among several factors, the differences in personal income tax rates between the countries stand out. Despite taking on considerable personal risk, she would face a combined top tax rate between 47.5 and 54.0 per cent in Canada compared to a low of 37.0 per cent in the U.S. Her time and effort in starting the new business provides a much lower reward in Canada. She will likely decide to live and work in the lower tax jurisdiction.
Indeed, the U.S. is Canada's largest and most direct competitor in attracting and retaining entrepreneurs. A recent study demonstrated that Canada's personal income tax rates are markedly less attractive for entrepreneurs than rates south of the border. For instance, the list of 10 jurisdictions with the highest combined tax rates at $150,000 of income among the U.S. states and Canadian provinces are exclusively Canadian provinces. In other words, no U.S. state—including high tax jurisdictions such as New York, California and New Jersey—have higher personal income tax rates at this level of income. Canadian tax increases come at a time when the U.S. government has implemented sweeping tax reforms to push tax rates down for business owners and entrepreneurs.
To make matters worse, Canada's top combined personal income tax rates are among the highest in the industrialized world. Out of 34 OECD countries, Canada had the seventh highest combined top tax rate in 2017. This should be eye-opening for policymakers, as Canada is at a huge tax disadvantage for attracting and retaining entrepreneurs who we rely on for innovation, employment growth and general economic prosperity.
Clearly, high personal income tax rates have made Canada a less desirable place for entrepreneurship. During this year's budget season, the federal and provincial governments must reduce personal income tax rates to create an environment conducive to entrepreneurship, risk-taking and growth.
Jake Fuss
Associate Director, Fiscal Studies, Fraser Institute
Milagros Palacios
Director, Addington Centre for Measurement, Fraser Institute
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Erik Sahai: Novel Mechanisms of Cancer – Stroma Crosstalk and Implications for Therapy
Erik Sahai: Novel Mechanisms of Cancer - Stroma Crosstalk and Implications for Therapy
10. 5. 2018, University Campus Bohunice
We will present data on the mechanism of cooperation between cancer cells and stromal fibroblasts. Many tumors show an initial response to targeted therapies before genetic resistance emerges, however little is known about how tumor cells tolerate therapy before genetic resistance dominates. We show how the ECM generates a 'safe haven' in which melanoma cells can tolerate targeted therapy [1]. This supports the population of cancer cells from which genetically resistance emerges. In particular, we demonstrate a key mechanism fibroblast – cancer cell cross-talk via the ECM that depends on integrin β1, FAK, and Src signaling to support melanoma cells in the face of targeted therapies.
We have recently uncovered a novel mechanism of tumour – stroma cross-talk involving a pathological heterotypic cell-cell contact. In normal skin, epithelial cells and fibroblasts do not contact because they are separated by a basement membrane. However, a signature feature of tissue damage and invasive squamous cell carcinoma is breakdown of the basement membrane, epithelial cells and fibroblasts can then contact each other. This heterotypic can transmit force and enable invasion [2]. More crucially, it triggers dramatic changes in chemokine, cytokine, and other inflammatory modulators triggering anti-microbial and anti-viral responses. We propose that this cell adhesion interface represents a tissue level damage sensing mechanism.
[1] Intravital imaging reveals how BRAF inhibition generates drug-tolerant microenvironments with high integrin β1/FAK signaling. Hirata E, Girotti MR, et al., Cancer Cell. 2015
[2] A mechanically active heterotypic E-cadherin/N-cadherin adhesion enables fibroblasts to drive cancer cell invasion. Labernadie A, Kato T, et al., Nat Cell Biol. 2017
Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Head of the Tumour Cell Biology laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute in London.
Obtained his PhD with Richard Treisman in London studying RhoGTPases and their effectors.
Carried out post-doctoral work in both London (Chris Marshall) and New York (John Condeelis).
Set up his own group at the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute in 2004 and then transferred to the Francis Crick Institute in 2015.


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Q: Booting ubuntu-20.04-live-server-amd64.iso on VMware virtual machine fails I am trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 on a VMware virtual machine, using ubuntu-20.04-live-server-amd64.iso as the boot image, and installing via VMware Remote Console, but without any success.
When trying to boot, I get the ISOLINUX status line, the (unhelpful) graphical screen with the keyboard and human logos, but then:
Sometimes I get the language selection, can select "English", and then get the list of boot options, but my keypresses seem to be ignored at that point, so cannot proceed further.
On some other occasions, the keyboard/human screen remains for at least a minute, and then eventually the boot process falls back to a text console and displays various errors:
piix4_smbus 0000:00:07.3: SMBus Host Controller not enabled!
sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
ln: /tmp/mountroot-fail-hooks.d//scripts/init-premount/lvm2: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /cow on /root/cow failed: No such file or directory
Checking integrity, this may take some time
Connecting to plymouth: Connection refused

The boot process then just seems to hang, seemingly indefinitely (although the progress (or lack thereof) dots continue). It seems that it does not have super cow powers, unfortunately.
It eventually turns out that, after waiting approximately 20 minutes, the lack-of-progress dots come to an end, and then, finally, the text mode installer starts (and can install successfully). I wouldn't regard this as a proper solution, however. I was considering installing a minimal 18.04 and then upgrading from there as a work-around instead.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar or have any advice?

A: Just finished installing a bunch of these, and had an error that occured in all due to missing UUIDs of disk being exposed to the VM.
To fix, I had to

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*open vSphere

*power down the VM (cannot do this if powered on)

*edit the VM (Right click, Edit Settings...)

*go to the VM Options tab from the top

*open Advanced section

*Click Edit Configuration in "Configuration parameters"

*click on "Add configuration params"

*add option with disk.EnableUUID as name and TRUE as value

*restart the machine

*Ok, save etc and restart

A: Rather than mounting the .iso to the VM on the console from your machine, upload the .iso as a Content Library Object.  Then mount the .iso to the VM you are creating via the newly created CLO.  You will still receive the message above of Plymouth: Refused to connect etc., however it will finish its check much more rapidly.
For me, the check went from 10-15 minutes (or about what you appear to be experiencing) down to ~10 seconds.

A: I found this on old version
https://whitehatty.com/2012/09/30/vmware-fusion-5-fix-ubuntu-linux-12-04-host-smbus-controller-not-enabled/
How to fix it:
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

add the line:
blacklist i2c-piix4

reboot

PS. You might also want to try add more ram, CPU and video by
Got to Settings>System>Motherboard> Base Memory:
Settings>System>Processor> CPU:

Add Video memory up a bit to see if its help (On server version it won't be needing much I guess.)
Settings>Display>Screen>Video Memory: try to increase it like 32mb,64mb and so.

Hope this help