Although Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones allegedly threatened New York Jets wide receiver David Nelson on Sunday, Nelson doesn't think Jones was serious.
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STATEMENT: Mayor Crombie Welcomes Japanese Consul General to City Hall
Mayor Crombie welcomes Japanese Consul General Yasunori Nakayama to Mississauga City Hall.
Mayor Crombie Welcomes Japanese Consul General to City Hall
Mississauga – We enjoy a strong and enduring relationship with the people, businesses and communities of Japan, and it gives me immense pleasure to formally welcome Consul General Yasunori Nakayama to City Hall, Mayor Bonnie Crombie said today.
During the meeting, Mayor Crombie and Consul General Nakayama discussed emerging economic development opportunities between Mississauga and Japan. Mississauga's Economic Development Office (EDO) has identified Japan as a leading target market.
"It is critical that we position Mississauga to compete effectively in the global market place," Mayor Crombie said. "It is my job to ensure our City strengthens connections with existing target markets, like Japan, to attract new foreign-direct investments and retain existing business ventures," Mayor Crombie added.
In March, Mayor Crombie launched the Mississauga International Partnership Program Committee (MIPP) – a working group that is leveraging Mississauga's international expertise and cultural diversity to help the City's economy reach its full potential. Mayor Crombie serves as Honorary Chair.
Mayor Crombie noted that "Over the last year my office has met with the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce; the Mississauga Chinese Business Association; the Canada-Poland Chamber; along with Consuls General from India, China and Poland."
Japan ties with Germany for the largest market for capital investment in Mississauga (after the United States). Mississauga is home to 97 Japanese companies, representing nearly half of all Japanese companies located in Ontario, including Japan Airlines. Mississauga has the largest aerospace cluster (by total employment) across all major Canadian centres.
In the past, EDO and former Mayor McCallion's initiatives for the Japanese market were largely related to business retention and expansion.
"I am committed to building on former Mayor McCallion's practice of participating in trade missions to countries in target markets," Mayor Crombie said, announcing that in the spring of 2016 she will undertake a trade mission to Japan with the goal of generating new economic development opportunities for Mississauga.
Beyond economic development, since 1981, Mississauga and the community of Kariya have enjoyed a sister-city relationship, exchanging friendship and cultural delegations. The Mississauga Friendship Association (MFA) was established in 1993 to promote, foster and maintain this sister relationship. Earlier this year Mayor Crombie welcomed students and teachers from Kariya Kita High School who were visiting from Japan.
In 1992, Kariya Park was officially opened in Mississauga to honour this twinning relationship. "Mississauga is proudly home to the beautiful Kariya Park, which celebrates our long, proud and strong history together, and serves as a popular gathering place for all residents to enjoy."
Mayor Crombie concluded "Working together, we will further promote economic development opportunities; the exchange of knowledge and best practices; and celebrate a far greater appreciation and understanding of Canada and Japan's enriching cultural traditions and shared values."
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'I Want to Rock in Cleveland' Sweepstakes: The Winner Is...
BY Mangesh & Jason
Over 5,000 entries later, we're very excited to announce that Scott Slocum of Essex, Maryland, is the big winner of the 'I Want to Rock in Cleveland' sweepstakes! Scott and his wife will be flown to Cleveland, put up in the Ritz-Carlton, and attend both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and the VIP pre-induction party. Fifty runners-up have won various mental_floss and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame prizes. (We'll be announcing those winners on Monday.)
We'll tell you more about Scott, his guest, and their rockin' weekend in Cleveland next month.
Thanks to all of you who entered. And in case you were wondering about our other big 2009 prize, the five winners of our $50,000 Tuition Giveaway will be announced on April 1st.


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Carole Épée, née en , est une biologiste camerounaise.

Elle est directrice générale de  Willis Towers Watson Cameroun (ex-Gras Savoye Cameroun) depuis le 13 avril 2021.

Biographie

Enfance et formation
Carole Epée est née en 1979. Elle fait son parcours scolaire au Cameroun.  De 1991 à 1994, elle fréquente au lycée Joss de Douala. Après le Cameroun, elle poursuit ses études en France, majoritairement dans la ville de Lille. Elle est élève au lycée Camille Claudel de 1995 à 1997. Après son baccalauréat, elle s'inscrit en faculté de biologie de l'Université Lille-l, elle y est étudiante de 1997 à 2002. Elle passe Polytech'Lille et y fréquente de 2002 à 2003 et  obtient une maîtrise en biologie. Elle est également titulaire d'un Master en Qualité et Marketing de l'Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille. Elle retourne au Cameroun après ses études pour entamer une carrière professionnelle.

Carrière
Carole intègre le Crédit lyonnais Cameroun en qualité de Responsable Qualité, ensuite, elle rejoint Maersk Sealand comme Responsable Marketing. En septembre 2006, elle quitte Maersk Sealand pour AES Sonel en qualité de Head of HSE Reporting. Elle est chargée au sein de l'entreprise de la formation des agents et des cadres de cette entreprise. Elle est promue Apex Supervisor. Avec les mouvements d'AES Sonel, sur Eneo Cameroun en 2014, elle devient Manager Qualité et Organisation chargée de la restructuration, de l'optimisation et de l'amélioration. Après avoir passé dix ans dans la précédente entreprise, en 2016, elle rejoint Willis Towers Watson en tant que Health Manager. Le 13 avril 2021, elle devient directrice Générale de Willis Towers Watson Cameroun.

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Naissance en 1979
Naissance au Cameroun
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1. Who are these people spending thousands at the Nordstrom sale? I don't get it? I would *like* to buy expensive clothes but I don't need them. I mean, teachers generally live in Old Navy and Target because it won't break your heart when you ruin it, no doubt, at work. Same with shoes.
And I'm not going back to work this year anyway.
While I like buying new clothes, I haven't bought anything new in a longggg time (aside from the occasional extra-large $3 workout tank at Wal-Mart) and I'm just thrilled to be able to pull things out of my closet right now that didn't fit a week ago and have them fit now. I don't have to wear Scott's t-shirts to sleep in anymore!
Plus, I will genuinely feel like I have a whole new wardrobe anyway this fall because I haven't worn 95% of my clothes in so many months.
2. I did buy a new purse two weeks ago. $278 down to about $80 because it's Nordstrom Rack. I'm so glad I loved it when it showed up. I initially thought I wouldn't need a purse these days because of the whole diaper bag thing but, in the places we've gone, I just take the diaper bag and leave it in the car or truck. I still need a purse. Plus it's big enough and has enough organization to it to stash a baby thing or two. And for reference, this is the diaper bag we went with and I love it so far.
3. Well, I'm accepting that in order to nourish myself and get back on track (I've lived on milkshakes the last few weeks), I need to eat better. I bought this because the internet loves it.
Does it have all the vitamins and minerals and protein that I want and need?
Is it quick to blend up with fruit, spinach, and almond milk?
No. It tastes absolutely terrible actually and I do NOT recommend it. But I will drink it because it's good for me.
4. I'm going to spend the weekend watching seasons 3 and 4 of UnReal.
Baby pictures are mostly going up on Instagram because my account is private, so if you want to see Wells more often, follow me there!


(1940-2006) Writer. Peter Benchley was born in New York, New York, in 1940, and died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 2006. He was a graduate of Harvard University and had worked for the Washington Post, Newsweek, and as a speech writer in the White House. He was the grandson of writer Robert Benchley, and son of writer Nathaniel Benchley.
Peter Bradford Benchley was born in Manhattan, New York, on May 8, 1940.
Peter Benchley died in Princeton, New Jersey, on February 11, 2006.
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End elected mayor rumours
Dear Editor, In May the people of Birmingham will be asked whether they want a directly elected mayor.
Dear Editor, In May the people of Birmingham will be asked whether they want a directly elected mayor. This will be a landmark moment in the history of our city.
There will be passionate arguments for and against in the run up to the referendum. Whilst I am campaigning strongly for a 'yes' vote, I believe it is important that we have a proper, city-wide debate about the merits of the case. But let it be a debate based on facts, not rumour or supposition.
One of the suggestions currently doing the rounds is that the creation of a directly elected Mayor will bring an end to Bimingham's long and proud tradition of ceremonial Lord Mayors.
This is simply wrong. The role of our non-political, civic Lord Mayor – representing the city at functions like Veterans' Day to lend support and give thanks to participants on all our behalf – is essential and must continue. The directly elected Mayor, presiding over the political arrangements and the Lord Mayor, representing the city's long civic history, must work together in the interests of Birmingham as a whole.
This is an issue that extends beyond party politics. That's why I have joined forces with Sir Bernard Zissman, who is both a former leader of the Council's Conservative Group and a former Lord Mayor of Birmingham, to bring together a cross-party group of our former Lord Mayors. This group will draw up a framework to govern the relationship between an elected Mayor and the Lord Mayor, ensuring that our civic traditions are protected for future generations and that our city is represented properly, both at a political and ceremonial level.
Gisela Stuart MP, Birmingham Edgbaston
North EastHome Group to create 30 digital jobs to ensure customers can access online accountsThe company is looking to recruit 30 people over the next nine months
North EastRailway revolution: North East has its say on major industry overhaul plansStakeholders met with the Rail Delivery Group to voice concerns about the network
North EastGateshead's Proto offers students chance to work with next generation techStudents will be taught how to work with VR, AR and AI technology
TransportComment: Dear New PM - don't forget the MidlandsMaria Machancoses from Midlands Connect says the region must stop being treated as the 'middle child' stuck between London and the North
Yorkshire & HumberBehind-the-scenes of Hull's new £200m Energy Works plantThe waste-to-energy plant will convert black bin rubbish into clean electricity to power homes
TransportGreat Western Railway to launch 67-minute train journey from Bristol Parkway to London Paddington


We sit down with Allan Bonsall and talk about his latest book Entrepreneurial Intelligence.
Allan has spent a lifetime building brands. As CEO of two of Queensland's largest advertising agencies through the 80s and 90s he worked with some of this country's best known.For the past 8 years Allan has appeared on Steve Austin's ABC radio morning program, The Hidden Persuaders. Allan has just launched his latest book;Entrepreneurial Intelligence looks at the concepts of vision and brand as key attributes of successful entrepreneurs in particularfounder of Di Bella Coffee, Phillip Di Bella.
1. Allan, what do the great entrepreneurs understand about brands?
In a word, everything – they simply get it, because they understand that at the heart of their success is the customer. Anyone who understands the concept of marketing knows that the business of marketing is building brands. In turn, everything that marketing is focused on is an outcome derived by locating the customer at the heart of decision-making. Name any great entrepreneur and then take a look at where their customer is positioned relative to their business. I will be blown away if you say anywhere other than at the very core of that business. But don't confuse what I'm talking about with some service ethic mantra. This is not about saying the customer is always right; this is about a commitment to knowing everything there is to know about your customer, and then utilising that knowledge to understand or anticipate their needs better than anyone else. That's what great entrepreneurs do; that's how great entrepreneurs understand the power of brands.
2. Early in the book Phillip Di Bella is quoted saying that he hoped to move the entrepreneurial thinker to the doers. What separates the two?
The obvious answer of "doing" is too trite, but clearly there is a point of transition where entrepreneurs turn a great idea into a powerful opportunity. The question is how and when does that occur? What is the catalyst that underpins that transition for those who succeed beyond their wildest dreams? And why do thousands of great ideas finish up going nowhere? For me the answer lies in the formula of Entrepreneurial Intelligence; that combination of vision, passion, brand and emotional intelligence outlined in the book. Get all the parts working for you and the transition from thinker to doer happens as a matter of course. Get only part of the formula working for you and the transition may never occur.
3. In the book there is a quote that says every part of the operation has the potential to build or knock down the brand promise… How does one manage the cost vs. fulfilling the promise?
Let me start by offering a caution: if the cost of delivering the promise is too high, review the promise. It's likely that you will never make the business work. The second part to the answer is more pragmatic and it deals with the concept of trade-offs.
The key to understanding customers is to know what they rate as important, and what they don't. I have been a strident critic of satisfaction surveys because of their failure to rate what customer's see as important, rather than what the authors of the survey think. Getting inside your customer's heads will start to identify the things they see as fulfilling their need. Once you understand that you can then begin to identify where to trade-off.
In Brand-aid, the book I co-wrote with Dr John Harrison from the University of Queensland, we used a concept called the "cycle of service" to identify customer interaction points with a product or service. At first glance the list may not appear that long, but step into the shoes of your customer and the list becomes a potential minefield. It starts when they first encounter your message and may not end until they have reason to deal with your accounts department. At each point the cycle of service assesses the likely damage or the positive value of the interaction. At the end of the assessment it is possible to evaluate where experiences need to be strengthened, orwhere trade-offs are required, or even, heaven forbid, when we can rest on our laurels. A word of warning – never rest on your laurels.
4. Why do you think people find it hard to set a vision?
In Entrepreneurial Intelligence I urge people to give themselves the authority to dream. I think people find it hard to allow themselves the freedom to dream. It takes imagination and courage to create a vision but people shouldn't be frightened of learning how from the great visionaries.
In 1963 Martin Luther King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Monument in Washington DC and told the world that he had a dream, a dream to free the black people of America from racial prejudice and hate. Sadly Martin Luther King was gunned down by an assassin's bullet but before his untimely death did more to achieve his vision than any other single American.
A vision is simply a picture you create in your head of a future place where your product or service reigns supreme. It is a future place, which is both aspirational and achievable even though you may never fully realise your vision, and it is a future place which clearly identifies what you need to do to get there.
5. When you are not thinking about branding what do you do to relax?
My wife, Jann and I are fortunate to live on acreage in the Noosa Hinterland and spend the little spare time we have ridding the place of weeds like camphor laurel and replacing them with natives. We are also very involved with our local community and enjoy making whatever contribution we can to the prosperity of the region.
I have to confess that I don't have a hobby as such. I thought writing might fill that void but then that became a part of my business.


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Our client is a fast expanding organisation within the renewable energy field, seeking a technical person to develop within the team.
As part of the Production Technician team, you will be responsible for the whole manufacturing process from receiving component shipments, assembly of product, test of products & assisting with any defect rectification prior to shipment. You will also get involved in lean initiatives.
To be considered for this role, you should have previous experience in assembling electromechanical equipment or working within a production environment. You should hold a relevant qualification (prefer electrical or mechanical) & have good PC / computer literacy. A background in the armed forces, navy, REME, RAF technician where you are working on electro mechanical equipment would also be very suitable.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing, innovative business, with opportunities to develop within the company.
The package on offer for this position includes a basic salary in the region of £24,000-£26,000 (depending on experience), plus company benefits. Working hours are Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm, however a degree of flexibility may be needed occasionally depending on workload & orders.


Despite what you may have heard, last minute flights aren't always expensive. In fact, they can be pretty cheap if you know where to look! Last minute flight deals are offered by all of the major airlines. Sure, you might not end up with a good seat, and you might have to stop for a layover or two, but you can still save money if you have to book airfare a day or two before the departure.
Search across the internet to find a good deal. The best place to start is with Travelocity, since it's one of the more popular sites for travel deals. Whenever the airlines are desperate to sell those last few seats on a flight, they go through websites such as Travelocity.
Since they want as many seats to be filled as possible, the major airlines will reduce the prices a day or two before the flight. They hope that they'll be able to sell those last few seats if the price is lowered. An example of a last minute deal would be a flight from Washington DC to Miami for less than $125. Sometimes you can find last minute flight deals for less than $100 if the two cities are within the same geographical region!
Even though you can't be picky with the departure date, you can still be flexible with the return date. When searching for discounts, try a few different return dates to see if the price is affected any. Also, if you're willing to stop at a layover, you can save even more money.
Just fifteen short years ago it was almost impossible for regular travelers to find cheap, last minute deals. With the advancement of technology, you can be notified the second a good deal pops up! There are plenty of apps you can download on your mobile device so that you can be notified of cheap airfare the second it's available. There are also newsletters you can sign up for. They are delivered to your email inbox daily or weekly and contain details on all of the last minute flight deals!
Another way to save money is by checking out combination packages. If you haven't yet picked out a hotel, you can search for airfare and accommodation packages. You might end up spending less on a package rather than booking the last minute airfare and hotel accommodation separately. Hotels, like airlines, sometimes give huge discounts in order to ensure that all of their rooms are filled.
Now that you know how to find last minute flight deals, you can start searching right now! Good luck!
You can find tons of last minute flight deals at Travelocity. No matter where you want to go, or when, you can find the cheapest deals possible! You can also find discounts on cruise packages, Disney vacations, beach vacations, and more.


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Gate Lodge At The Top Of Mount Austin Road
When hiking up Mount Austin Road toward the peak you will come across the old gatehouse to the former summer residence of the Governor of Hong Kong, Mountain Lodge, known as Gate Lodge. Mountain Lodge was demolished in the 1940s but Gate Lodge remained.
Gate Lodge was originally built between 1900 and 1902 and is a small Renaissance style building. Originally it was the living quarters of the keeper of Mountain Lodge but in 1995 it was declared, as a monument. The inside of the lodge isn't accessible to the public because the staff and caretakers of Victoria Gardens use it as an office and storage space.
Beyond Gate Lodge, as you continue up Mount Austin Road, you will find Victoria Peak Gardens and the peak itself, which have many things for you to enjoy aside from the incredible views over Hong Kong and Victoria Harbour.
You could, for example, visit Madame Tussauds, the Hong Kong branch of the popular Wax Museum in London. There are also many shops and restaurants to enjoy in the Peak Galleria or you could head for the top of Peak Tower, which boasts the highest viewing platform in Hong Kong. Entrance to the tower is free but to reach the rooftop Sky Terrace 428 there is a fee.


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News about Auto Safety, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
The European Union plans to require speed-limiting technology in new cars starting in 2022, its Parliament announced, as part of a push to improve road safety across the bloc.
Concern that cars could be seriously hacked — by criminals, terrorists or even rogue governments — has prompted a new round of security efforts on the part of the auto industry.
The government is considering allowing headlamps that continuously adjust the beam for better night vision, but change may be two years away.
So close to getting their cars, some customers have encountered delays, mix-ups or quality problems as Elon Musk's operation tries to work out kinks.
Winter presents unique driving dangers. Here is some advice and useful gear to keep in the trunk to stay safe on the roads.
That's how long Americans spend driving in a lifetime, on average. Seats may not be the first thing to consider when buying a car, but a good one can mean a better ride.
Fully autonomous cars are years away, but it's the automobile where artificial intelligence could have a critical role for the greatest number of people.
As families mourn, a New York senator wants the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate all limousine accidents to create stricter regulations.
While people will always find a way to distract themselves, the industry is dreaming up new ways to keep drivers' eyes on the road.
For families whose children harbor racing aspirations, quarter-midget tracks offer one of the earliest possible introductions to motor sports — leading some children to race before they can read.


With no changes in VAT the new budget for the 13-14 was presented by CM, Siddaramiah today in the assembly.
Regional Food Testing Laboratories at Mysore and Belgaum will be upgraded.
[OMT] on User Fee-Toll model'' basis with 10 years maintenance period.
It is intended to recast the Rural BPOs keeping viability issue in mind. Further, Government is making efforts to encourage ICT capital investments in the emerging cities of Mangalore, Belgaum, HubliDharwad, Mysore, Gulbarga.
Police Commissionerate will be established at Belgaum.
Safe Cities, infrastructure will be provided over a five year period at an estimated total cost of Rs.150 crore.
To test the skill of the candidates scientifically and accurately before granting them driving license, it is proposed to establish automated driving test tracks at Mangalore, Belgaum and Hospet at a cost of Rs.15 Crore. It is proposed to utilize Rs.4.5 Crore during the financial year 2013-14.
Cess on diesel reduced by 51 paisa/ litre from Rs 16.75 to Rs 15.65.
50 % concession for Maxi Cabs from road tax.
Additional excise duty increased between 16% to 40% across 17 slabs.
Watching cinemas in A/C theatres become more expensive.
Service tax on A/C theatres increased from Rs 1.5 to Rs 3.
This Govt also neglected Madikeri Dist…..


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La Banda Melis è stata una banda di patrioti italiani attiva in Valnerina e nello spoletino tra il settembre ed il gennaio del 1943.

Prende il nome dal comandante, Capitano Ernesto Melis che, insieme ad altri ufficiali del Regio Esercito, costituisce la formazione nei pressi della Forca di Cerro, tra Spoleto e la Valnerina il 19 settembre 1943. Diversamente da altre formazioni partigiane umbre, la Banda Melis si caratterizza per la sua natura apolitica e per il rispetto, da parte dei membri, dei codici e dei regolamenti del Regio Esercito Italiano, e feceva capo al Fronte Militare Clandestino del Colonnello Giuseppe Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo. Una banda irregolare, come tutte le formazioni partigiane di qualunque colore, forse si ispira alla analoghe esperienze in A.O.I. (cfr. Amedeo Guillet) dopo la conquista britannica delle colonie italiane.

La banda arriverà a contare più di 150 elementi ai quali si aggiunge a fine ottobre  una componente slava e britannica, formata da ex prigionieri di guerra evasi dal carcere di Spoleto grazie anche all'aiuto del Direttore, padre dello stesso Melis. Il comando della banda ha sede in località Gavelli, paese della Valnerina sul Monte Coscerno.

I primi scontri con reparti tedeschi sono alla fine di settembre, e le azioni del Capitano Melis assumono grande risonanza popolare.
La banda aiuta anche prigionieri Alleati a superare le linee. Poi, in ottobre i primi contatti con realtà minori della resistenza locale come ad esempio il piccolo gruppo di comunisti ternani di Alfredo Filipponi, le prime divergenze sulla conduzione della guerra e la rottura con un gruppo di slavi capeggiato da Svetozar Lakovic (Toso) che, insofferente alla disciplina militare, da comunista titino era contrario alla fedeltà di Melis allo Stato italiano, abbandona Gavelli.

Le ultime attività della Brigata "Melis" si concentrano fra novembre e dicembre '43. A metà di novembre, infatti, Melis è costretto a sciogliere la formazione a causa della cattura dei suoi familiari da parte delle autorità fasciste repubblicane del Prefetto Armando Rocchi.
I militari del gruppo continuano però a battersi, chi in gruppo autonomi chi confluendo in nuove realtà quali, ad esempio, la Brigata "Gramsci" (che entra in piena operatività da marzo 1944) e nella 4ª Brigata Garibaldi di Foligno.

Tra i membri della Banda Melis figura anche una medaglia d'oro al valor militare: il patriota Paolo Schiavetti Arcangeli.

Onorificenze

Note

Bibliografia
 AAVV, L'Umbria dalla guerra alla Resistenza, Selci Lama 1998, Isuc Editoriale Umbra
 Sergio Bovini, L'Umbria nella Resistenza, 1972, Editori Riuniti
 Marcello Marcellini, La banda del capitano Melis, 2013, Mursia

Voci correlate
 Brigata partigiana italiana
 Resistenza Italiana
 Fronte Militare Clandestino
 Giuseppe Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo
 Birgata Garibaldi "Antonio Gramsci" (Italia centrale)
 Armando Rocchi

Collegamenti esterni
 La banda del capitano Melis (articolo de Il Giornale dell'Umbria, 23 marzo 2013)
 Nell'Umbria rossa la leggenda del partigiano azzurro (articolo di LiberoQuotidiano.it , 8 aprile 2013)

Resistenza italiana


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Q: In IE9, jQuery.ajax does not invoke callback when async parameter is specified as null I spent a while trying to understand why my jQuery.ajax call was not invoking the callback function, even though I could see on the network that the POST request succeeded.
My code looked something like this:
var invokeService = function (url, action, parameters, callback, async, errorFn) {
    var jqXhr = $.ajax({
        async:async,
        type:'POST',
        cache:false,
        url:url + '?action=' + action,
        contentType:'application/json; charset=utf-8',
        data:$.toJSON(parameters),
        done:callback,
        fail:errorFn
    });
};

and I was calling it like:
invokeService(serviceUrl, 'ActionFn', {param:'one'}, successFn, null, failFn);

I couldn't figure out why my callback was getting invoked on other browsers, but not IE9.
I posted the answer that I found so I could find it again if it happened in the future, since I couldn't find the answer here...

A: What I discovered was that the async parameter of $.ajax doesn't like a null value being passed in when you're in IE9.
I changed my code to explicitly use true or false for the async parameter and it began working:
var invokeService = function (url, action, parameters, callback, errorFn) {
    var jqXhr = $.ajax({
        async:true, //<--- In my case I could just hard code it, probably even remove this param.
        type:'POST',
        cache:false,
        url:url + '?action=' + action,
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Tate's argument for keeping BP sponsorship secret just doesn't add up
Sep 18, 2014 • 2:15 pm • by Kevin
Liberate Tate's 'Human Cost' performance in Tate Britain.
Today we're in court with Tate over a long running struggle to get them to say just how much sponsorship money they're getting from BP. Working alongside Freedom of Information specialists Request Initiative, we've put a lot of time and energy in to trying to find out this figure, and this is why it's important.
Typical discussion with a random person about oil sponsorship of the arts:
Person A > Don't you think it's a bit concerning that we're allowing some of the most destructive, climate-trashing companies on the planet to make themselves look respectable by buddying up with some of most cherished cultural institutions?
Person B > I hate what Shell and BP are doing to the planet, but isn't it important too that these art galleries stay free to everyone?
There's a widespread assumption, and it's a very convenient assumption for BP, that it's only by virtue of the massive amounts of cash that BP is pumping in to the likes of Tate that galleries are able to stay open and free to the public.
It's just not true!
For one thing, one of the stipulations for the massive amounts of public money that these galleries get is that they stay free to the public. It's our tax money that keeps Tate free, not BP's. It's also stipulated that that they have to find money from other sources – but it doesn't have to be oil money.
Secondly, the amount of money that we think Tate is getting from BP is so small in comparison to their overall budget that it would be entirely possible for Tate to adjust to not taking it without negative consequences for art lovers. According to the information that is publicly available, we think that BP's money represents less than half a percent of Tate's total income.
Tate's argument is that it can't reveal the information as it would be harmful to its commercial interests – that if it revealed this information now, it would harm the value of other sponsorship deals in future.
It's funny though because other cultural institutions don't think that.
In response to a 2008 FOIA request, the Natural Portrait Gallery disclosed that BP had donated £1.25m in sponsorship between 2003 and 2008; it disclosed this information within a month of the initial request.
The Science Museum, in response to a 2009 FOIA request about the museum's sponsorship from BP and Shell, revealed the amounts donated for specific projects.
The Natural History Museum has responded to three FOIA requests in relation to sponsorship. It disclosed that it received £750,000 over two years from Shell for the Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. It also disclosed that it received £250,000 from Anglo American in 2006 for development of the Darwin Centre. Finally, it disclosed that BP (at the time of the request) were corporate members and had paid £27,000 for the financial year 2008/09
What's even funnier is that Tate itself has proudly revealed this kind of information: the amount that Unilever sponsored the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall commissions has been publicly available throughout the 12-year relationship. The agreement shows the incremental price increase through the sponsorship period:
– £1.25m 2000 – 2004 (£250,000 annual sum) through to £2.16m for 2008 – 2012 (£432,000 annual sum)
And Tate has also publicised several funders for Tate Modern's new extension – a £214m project: £50m from the last government, £7m from GLA, £5m from Wolfson Foundation and £10m from shipping magnate Eyal Ofer.
These are not 'Hidden Figures', shrouded in secrecy – these are public bodies being seen to be transparent and accountable about their dealings with the coporate sector. What conceivable reason could there be why Tate can't do the same with BP?
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is one of many calling for an 'apartheid style' boycott of those fossil fuel companies who are responsible for blocking progress on climate change:
People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change. We can, for instance, boycott events, sports teams and media programming sponsored by fossil-fuel energy companies. We can demand that the advertisements of energy companies carry health warnings. We can encourage more of our universities and municipalities and cultural institutions to cut their ties to the fossil-fuel industry.
The amazing efforts and achievements of the divestment movement means that universities and faith groups are at the cutting edge of the paradigm shift that is needed in the fight against climate change: it's high time that supposedly progressive institutions in the cultural sector starting showing some real leadership too.


The Boston College Tour highlights the largest city in New England, which is considered to be an unofficial economic, cultural, and educational center. This metropolis boasts some of the most prestigious and competitive colleges and universities in the United States. Harvard asserts that its acceptance rate of 5.9% holds it well-known Ivy League value, while MIT accepts only 8.9% of their applications with a comprehensive dedication to technology and research. On this Boston college tour, students with high scholastic achievement and testing scores may view this state as an academic playground, rich with history and cultural landmarks.


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Van Tighem: It's a myth that taxes kill jobs
The action of pulling canadian money out of a wallet.	Denis Pepin - Fotolia
By Kevin Van Tighem
Most of us have a friend or relative who works as a teacher, a nurse, a building inspector or a law officer. Their salaries are paid for from tax revenues – taxes we all pay.
They use their earnings to buy houses, cars, groceries and services from other Albertans. In doing so, our tax money gets recycled further into the economy.
If one is to believe the chorus of protest carefully orchestrated by extreme right-wing groups and think-tanks, that's somehow bad, because their argument is that taxes kill jobs. It's an argument that resonates among those who let others do their thinking for them, but it doesn't stand up to honest scrutiny.
Taxes don't kill jobs: they create jobs. And the people with those jobs live in Alberta, spend most of their earnings in Alberta, and in so doing, support more jobs. Those taxes, in short, make it possible for our neighbours to have jobs and our economy to function even during down times.
Taxes are how we citizens finance the work of the governments we vote for. If taxes are bad, then so is voting
Well-funded corporate advocacy groups would have us believe differently. In fomenting opposition to taxes, these groups aren't working for us. They are working for the shareholders of large corporations. For that special-interest group – one that doesn't include most Albertan families – taxes, regulations and wages are simply overhead costs that reduce profits. Investors want to maximize profit. That's what motivates them and their minions to try persuading us that taxes are simply bad.
Of course, shareholders in those corporations ultimately spend their dividend income and, in so doing, help other people have jobs. But most shareholders don't live in Alberta. Their spending may create jobs, but those jobs are somewhere else.
Which brings us to the current outrage over Alberta's carbon tax. Even though those least able to pay extra for the carbon they burn will get rebates under the Alberta plan, we hear continually from the Wildrose Party and anti-government lobbyists that the carbon tax will kill our economy. At a recent protest rally organized by Ezra Levant's organization, one protester was quoted saying that if he had a job, he wouldn't have been at the protest.
But his job was not killed by a carbon tax – it isn't even in effect yet. What killed jobs in the oilpatch was the decision of Saudi Arabian oil producers to flood the market with cheap oil. The same thing happens periodically in the forestry sector: when mills close, it's not because of taxes or regulations. It's because global markets start demanding cheaper wood products than Alberta can produce. When the beef industry hits the wall, it's not because of taxes; it's because of factors like mad cow disease or trade barriers that drive down the price of beef.
More often than not, it's the marketplace that these anti-tax folks adore that actually kills Alberta jobs. But a lot of other jobs survive those downturns because we still need government services, education, health and regulatory compliance – services funded with tax revenues.
One of the complaints by the special interest groups fanning the anti-carbon-tax movement is that the new carbon tax won't be revenue neutral. In other words, it won't be balanced by reductions in other taxes. But that's a red-herring argument, because it starts with the assumption that taxes are inherently bad. Wrong. Taxes are how we citizens finance the work of the governments we vote for. If taxes are bad, then so is voting.
Carbon taxes won't be balanced by other tax reductions, but the revenues won't go into a black hole either: they will go to jobs for Albertans building our next economy. And unlike jobs resulting from those who want us to swap Alberta tax revenues for higher dividend profits in faraway places, those jobs will be in Alberta. Exactly where we need them.
Kevin Van Tighem is an Alberta conservationist and author of Heart Waters: Sources of the Bow River.
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Countries gather for landmark GEF Council meeting
Amazon | Food Security | Forests | Sustainable Land Management | Sustainable Forest Management | Impact Programs
Key to the $865.9 million work program, which if approved will be the largest single batch of projects and program ever in the history of the GEF, are four "Impact Programs". These set out to bring countries together in an integrated approach directed at tackling the drivers of environmental destruction, and not just its symptoms. Photo: Tetyana Dotsenko/Shutterstock.
New impact programs at heart of largest-ever proposed work program
Delegates are arriving in Washington DC for one of the most important Council meetings in the history of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). It is expected to mark a pioneering shift of emphasis for the organization that was established on the eve of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to help tackle our planet's most pressing environmental problems.
The GEF's 56th Council meeting, hosted at the World Bank's headquarters from June 11 to 13, perhaps more than any of its predecessors, directly addresses the scientific consensus that the natural world, and the Earth's systems, are under serious attack. It is being asked to approve the largest program of work in the funder's history and one that addresses the need for comprehensive and transformational worldwide change more than ever before.
Key to the $865.9 million work program, which if approved will be the largest single batch of projects and program ever in the history of the GEF, are four "Impact Programs". These set out to bring countries together in an integrated approach directed at tackling the drivers of environmental destruction, and not just its symptoms. They have been born of a realization, endorsed by the Council at previous meetings that, while more than quarter of a century of GEF individual projects have many successes, these have not been enough decisively to shift the needle in the right direction, let alone deliver the scale of change the deteriorating state of the world demands.
The Council meets against the background of a series of authoritative warnings about the plight of the global commons, the shared resources that ensure a habitable planet upon which we can all thrive: clean air and water, biodiversity, healthy land and oceans, and a stable climate.
Last month, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services warned that human activities threaten one million species worldwide with extinction. And, the UN Environment's latest Global Environment Outlook report, published in March, concluded that this unfolding "major species extinction event", compromises "planetary integrity and Earth's capacity to meet human needs".
Last year, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showed that rapid and far reaching changes in energy, land-use, cities and infrastructure are needed if global warming is to be kept to the necessary 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times. And at the beginning of this year, the World Economic Forum's Global Risk Report showed that five of the ten top global risks identified by business leaders are related to the environment.
The Council's response stems from its adoption, in 2014, of the GEF 2020 strategy which embraced the need to focus on drivers and systems transformation. It runs through its new $4.1 billion four-year funding cycle, GEF-7, which started in July 2018 and has the Impact Programs at its heart.
These are deeply collaborative, bringing together countries to work on common environmental challenges collectively and cooperatively with direct effects on ecology, economics and societies at regional and global scales. They will robustly involve the private sector – key to the market transformation that will be needed - global expert organizations, and other ministries in national governments – such as those for agriculture, land use and rural development - beyond the environment ones that have normally carried out projects in the past.
The first of the Impact Programs, Food Systems, Land Use, and Restoration (FOLUR), aims at helping to transform food production and land use systems, which are major causes of global environmental degradation. Agriculture now accounts for about a quarter of global emissions of greenhouse gases, some 70 per cent of all freshwater withdrawn from rivers, lakes and aquifers, and is the primary source of the nutrients that run off fields, course down rivers, and end up creating "dead zones" and toxic blooms of algae in coastal waters. Meanwhile waste and loss accounts for nearly a quarter of all food produced, at approximately 1.3 billion tons a year.
Farmers will have to use land and water much more efficiently in an increasingly challenging environment - as climate change takes hold and natural resources are stretched dangerously thin – if food production is to be increased by at least 50 per cent to meet the demands of the up to 10 billion people expected by 2050.
FOLUR will initially focus on 18 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific, encompassing major producers of palm oil, rice, cocoa, coffee, wheat, and cattle. It will help them increase production while resisting further expansion of farmland, erosion of genetic diversity, overexploitation of land and water, overuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and the inefficient practices that lead to deforestation, land degradation, loss of biodiversity, and greenhouse gas emissions.
It will aim to scale up best practices in value and supply chains, influence markets to increase their share of sustainably produced crops and commodities and encourage the adoption of policies and practices that can be shown to be environmentally sustainable. It is expected to result in improving practices over 38.9 million hectares, restoring 1.8 million hectares of land, increase conservation in 1.2 million hectares of protected areas, and mitigating the mission of greenhouse gases equivalent of 209 million tons of carbon dioxide.
The second Impact Program, the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes, seeks to protect one of the most threatened environments on the planet. The Amazon contains both the world's largest rainforest - comprising 40 per cent of the global total – and its largest river system. It is home to over a quarter of the world's terrestrial species, accounts for about 15 per cent of all the terrestrial photosynthesis on Earth and is a major sink for carbon. Yet about 15 per cent of the rainforest - an area larger than France – has been lost since 1970 and deforestation is expected to continue.
Under the previous funding cycle, GEF-6, three nations – Brazil, Colombia and Peru – undertook activities to reinforce existing protection for half of the Amazon and improve the sustainable management of the rest. Under the new program this will be greatly expanded to include Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana and Suriname – so that some 92 per cent of the Amazon basin is covered.
The program will set out to increase the area under effective conservation, reduce deforestation, promote sustainable use and restoration of native vegetation and management of freshwater ecosystems, and ensure the conservation of species, habitats, ecosystem services and cultural values. It aims to improve the management of close to 32 million hectares of protected areas and introduce better practices over another 16 million hectares of landscapes.
A third Impact Program, Congo Basin Sustainable Landscapes, addresses the world's second largest rainforest, one that is still in relatively good health with relatively little deforestation. But it is under threat, including from mining, industrial agriculture, oil exploration and logging.
The program aims to prepare the region to deal with these threats by empowering local communities and pioneering an alternative pathway to development. It sets out to improve the management of 20 protected areas covering more than 7 million hectares and create 600,000 hectares of new ones, while improving practices on another 4.3 million hectares of land.
Finally, the Impact Program on Dryland Sustainable Landscapes addresses some of the most important, and neglected, areas on Earth. The drylands extend over more than 40 per cent of the planet's landmass, produce 60 per cent of the world's food and are home to about two billion people. They also contain some of the most fragile and threatened ecosystems on in the world, and the centers of origin of at least 30 per cent of the world's cultivated plants. They face some of the most urgent environmental and development challenges of all but have generally been passed over for coordinated investment.
The program – which will focus on southern and western Africa and central Asia – aims to avoid, reduce and reverse further deforestation, degradation, and desertification in the drylands, with a vision that they will be sustainably managed on a global scale. It sets out to bring 12 million hectares under sustainable management and restore 1.2 million hectares of degraded land.
In all, if approved, the work program, which also contains major projects on wildlife, toxic chemicals and electric mobility, is expected to benefit some 14 million people in 91 countries.
As part of the 56th Council meeting, the GEF will hold consultations with Civil Society Organizations on June 10. The event this year focuses on plastic pollution.
Other issues on the Council agenda this week include updates on various policies and operational matters, as well as reports from the GEF Independent Evaluation Office and the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP).
For more information, see the 56th GEF Council event page.
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The State of our Democracy
A Conversation with Law Forward, Gov. Tony Evers, and Sen. Cory Booker
On Nov. 16, Law Forward's Jeff Mandell and Nicole Safar, joined by Governor Tony Evers and United States Senator Cory Booker, discussed the fight to protect and expand our democracy here in Wisconsin.
Sen. Booker spoke about the national fight to protect and expand the freedom to vote – because we, the people, choose our leaders.
Gov. Evers spoke about our "self-actualized democracy" and how we have to work together for fair maps and to protect freedoms. Our democracy won't stay healthy if its constituents sit on the sidelines because we know there is a coordinated and well-funded effort to undermine it.
Jeff Mandell noted that on Nov. 8, we congratulated ourselves on holding a free election – and that is a bit depressing, because a free election should be the baseline. It shows how deep the anti-democracy hole Wisconsin has gotten into the past few years.
The reality remains that, under Wisconsin's extreme gerrymander, we do not have fair elections in Wisconsin.
So what can we do? We must move beyond defending democracy to advancing our democracy. We must affirmatively take the steps necessary to build our democracy.
That includes impact litigation tactics that Law Forward is working on, like protecting the freedom to vote from those who seek to take those rights away from anyone who does not look like them.
It also means voting. Because whether it is an issue of gerrymandering or ballot access, on almost any democracy issue these days, when we go to the federal courts primarily what we hear is that we should look to state courts.
We've talked about before how the Wisconsin State Supreme Court's 2021-22 term systemically weakened our democracy, but the right for Wisconsinites to decide who governs us and how remains unchanged.
Our state constitution – unlike the federal constitution – expressly guarantees every eligible Wisconsinite a right to vote. It also provides a remedy against partisan gerrymandering and upholds the separation of powers. But it only works if the State Supreme Court fulfills the promises in it.
For a century, Wisconsin was the model laboratory of democracy in the United States. From unemployment insurance and Social Security to government transparency and healthcare reform, Wisconsin has been a place where those with different views and thoughts worked together to move forward. We've lost that in the last 12 years.
We need to get back to democracy and away from entrenched rightwing power.
As Sen. Booker noted, democracy is not a spectator sport – and it is fragile, perhaps more fragile than many of us thought. Democracy must not only live in the founding documents of our state and country, but in the hearts of every person.
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Oregon's drug decriminalization gets poor marks on audit
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization has had a rocky start, but Secretary of State Shemia Fagan said Thursday in releasing an audit of the program that it's too early to call it a failure.
Decriminalization of personal-use amounts of drugs, approved by voters in 2020 under Ballot Measure 110, was supposed to channel hundreds of millions of dollars of marijuana tax revenues into drug treatment and harm reduction programs. But that hasn't yet translated into an improved care network for a state with the second-highest rate of substance use disorder in the nation and ranked 50th for access to treatment.
"When Oregonians passed Measure 110, we expected that our loved ones battling addiction would have access to treatment and a chance for a better life," Fagan told reporters in a Zoom press conference. "We expected there will be fewer of our neighbors struggling on the streets."
Instead, the funding has been slow getting out of the gate and instances of drug abuse and overdose deaths have increased.
Other states that might consider following Oregon's path — which a few countries including Portugal have taken — will likely assess how well, or badly, it has gone.
Asked in the news conference what grade he would assign the program thus far, auditor Ian Green said "maybe a C." Audits Director Kip Memmott gave it a D and Fagan said she'd assign an "incomplete."
The director of the Oregon Health Authority, which helps establish the measure's drug treatment aspects, blamed the funding delays on "ambitious implementation timelines and stretched OHA staffing resources due to the pandemic," along with a shift in decision-making roles that required building new relationships.
"I recognize that Measure 110's success depends on Oregon's ability to solve many larger challenges in the behavioral health system, such as the need to expand treatment capacity and better support counselors and other workers," said OHA Director James Schroeder, who was appointed this month by recently elected Gov. Tina Kotek.
Schroeder said Kotek has made improving Oregon's behavioral health system and Measure 110 implementation a top priority.
Among the audit's recommendations: The health authority should publish a plan by September on integrating Measure 110 into the state's overall behavioral health system; improve data collection so the ballot measure's effectiveness can be tracked by policymakers and the public; and set clear expectations, roles and responsibilities.
Another setback of the measure is the lack of people with substance abuse disorders who are seeking help after being ticketed for drug possession and given a hotline number.
In the first year after the new approach took effect in February 2021, only 1% of people who received citations for possessing controlled substances sought help via the new hotline.
Keith Humphreys, an addiction researcher and professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, said the audit "is commendably candid in acknowledging the bureaucratic failures that produce insufficient and uncoordinated services, and the reforms proposed to fix that situation are sensible."
"In contrast, the report does not deal adequately with that fact that the statewide effort to use tickets/fines for drug possession to incentivize people to enter treatment was a complete failure," Humphreys, a former senior adviser in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said in an email.
Oregon officials are wrong to assume that increasing access to treatment alone will lead to most addicted individuals seeking drug treatment, he said.
"Without some external pressure, most people will not attempt to reduce their drug use via treatment or other means," Humphreys said.
Fagan, whose brother and late mother had drug dependency issues, said the old system of criminalizing drug possession, combined with a lack of available treatment, simply did not work.
"I was one of the strong majority of Oregon voters who voted for Measure 110 because the status quo had failed my family and people who I love," Fagan said. She described how she and another brother some four years ago tried to find somewhere to take their sibling after he was ready to get treatment.
"My other brother and I called all over, and we couldn't find an inpatient facility to take him, despite the fact that he had really hit rock bottom," Fagan said, adding that her brother is now successfully undergoing treatment.
"Make no mistake, this is a matter of life and death," Fagan said. "Measure 110 must work because real people's lives hang in the balance."
Andrew Selsky, The Associated Press
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Passengers miraculously escape after bus falls into Turkey lake
In a fortunate turn of events, seven passengers aboard abus in Turkey that plunged into a lake after the driver lost controlof the vehicle were able to escape. The local governor says there wereno fatalities, with three passengers being hospitalized for non-lifethreatening injuries.
What could future deliveries of Western tanks mean for the war in Ukraine?
Germany and the United States announced Wednesday that they will send battle tanks to Ukraine, the first stage of a coordinated effort by the West to provide dozens of the heavy weapons.View on euronews
Accused in TTC streetcar stabbing faces attempted murder charge
A 43-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and three more weapons charges a day after she allegedly stabbed a woman on a TTC streetcar. Police were called to the area of Spadina and Sussex avenues around 2 p.m. Tuesday following reports a woman had been stabbed in the face and head. Police confirmed in a news release the accused did not know the 23-year-old who was stabbed. Investigators described the young woman's injuries as "life-altering." On Tuesday, para
5 MIN PUSH UP CHALLENGE - How strong are you? | Selah Myers
Are you ready to test your upper body strength with this 5-minute push-up challenge? Push-ups are a great bodyweight exercise to build muscle in your shoulders, triceps, and chest. With so many variations, they are perfect for all levels. I performed all the push-ups on my knees, however, if you feel up to it, try doing them on your feet. You got this! Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/selahmyers_fitness/ Track: CHPTR , Anna Sophia Henry - Know Me Watch: https://youtu.be/V_bZnabUQvY Stream: https://frequency.lnk.to/knowmeCC Track: KOTOKID - Stare (feat. Joci Oye) Watch: https://youtu.be/PNzmUzfev7s Stream: https://frequency.lnk.to/stareCC Disclaimer: When joining me for this workout video, you need to take some precautions as your health and safety is the most important. To avoid any injury or harm, you need to check your health with your doctor before exercising. By performing any fitness exercises without supervision like with this video, you are performing them at your own risk. See a fitness professional to give you advice on your exercise form. Selah Myers will not be responsible or liable for any injury or harm you sustain as a result of this video. #athomeworkout #getfit #selahmyers #workoutathome #buildmuscle #noequipmentworkout #upperbodyworkout #pushups #pushupchallenge #shoulderworkout #chestworkout #tricepworkouts #bodyweightupperbodyworkout #noequipmentupperbodyworkout
Nova Scotia Liberal Angela Simmonds resigns less than two years after being elected
HALIFAX — Liberal Angela Simmonds says she is resigning her seat in the Nova Scotia legislature effective April 1. Simmonds, who was first elected to represent Preston in the August 2021 general election, was the first Black woman to be named deputy Speaker in Nova Scotia. In a statement released by the party today, Simmonds says she needed to step down to "stretch out the legacy of changemakers" and lift up new voices. She says she will spend the next few months with her family and community wh
On the Ukrainian frontlines in Zaporizhzhia
CBC's Chris Brown joins Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, to witness first-hand the war efforts to push back on Russia's presence there. Military experts say the region is likely the next big battle of the war, as it's important to both countries.
Wrexham eyes Hollywood ending in impressive FA Cup run
LONDON (AP) — The Hollywood owners of Wrexham are still learning the vernacular of British soccer. They don't need guidance, though, to set the scene for this weekend's FA Cup match against second-division Sheffield United. Rob McElhenney, who co-owns the fifth-tier club with fellow actor Ryan Reynolds, joked that he's visited Sheffield and likes the people but "they of course are the enemy now and their tyrannical reign through the Championship must be stopped a la Goliath." Wrexham is lowest-r


Professor Jonathan Gruber, of MIT, is on his way to becoming a household name after multiple videos emerged in which the Affordable Care Act designer admitted that provisions in the law were designed to deceive the American people.
In the most direct video, Gruber states that exploiting "the stupidity of the American voter… was really, really critical for the thing to pass." He was arguing in favor of the lack of transparency with which the federal legislation was created and pushed through to become a law.
In one video, from a 2012 Honors Colloquium at the University of Rhode Island, Gruber proclaimed, "It's a very clever, you know, basic exploitation of the lack of economic understanding of the American voter." Since the video came to light, URI has removed it from YouTube and its own Web site.
This week, attention has turned to the fortune that Professor Gruber has made helping to design and implement the Affordable Care Act (known colloquially as ObamaCare). Writing in the Washington Examiner, Byron York reports that individual states paid Gruber hundreds of thousands of dollars for consultation as they set up the health benefits exchanges created by the law. Deroy Murdock puts Gruber's known total take from ObamaCare at $5.9 million, but his list is incomplete.
One missing number on the list is the total in contract fees that Jonathan Gruber collected from the state of Rhode Island. UPDATE (11/19/14, 4:27 p.m.): According to a spokeswoman for HealthSource RI, the payments to Mr. Gruber totaled $40,000, as a subcontract with Wakely Consulting Group. According to the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity's RIOpenGov vendor-payments application, Wakely has received over $4.6 million in both fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013 and $1.4 million in fiscal 2012.
Dr. Jonathan Gruber worked with RI to model different scenarios of take-up rates of the uninsured, as well as to estimate rates of individuals moving between private insurance and Medicaid or the Exchange. This work resulted in estimates of the numbers of Rhode Islanders that will be enrolled in Medicaid, the Exchange (subsidized, unsubsidized, and SHOP) and private insurance in 2014.
Failing to achieve its projected volume of customers left HealthSource struggling to justify its budget to state law makers during the budget process earlier this year. Ultimately, the federal government stepped in to buy the exchange another year without local battles, but not before it became reasonable for observers to feel like they weren't getting the whole story about the costs of the exchange or its intended objectives.
Meanwhile, Medicaid accounts for the majority of the $66.2 million by which state agencies are overspending their budgets, this year, according to a recently released report.
The revelations concerning Jonathan Gruber's willingness to deceive the American people in order to pass legislation raise the question of how pervasive his attitude is throughout government at the state and federal levels.


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4 England Football Managers Who Had Success Abroad
What's it like to coach England football managers? For some managers, it's the pinnacle of their career. You might remember the names of certain England football managers, but do you know what happened to them after they left the English National Football Team?
This list looks at four managers and where they ended up after their stint in charge of the Three Lions. From lower league clubs to top-flight European teams, these England football managers had varying levels of success as they pursued new challenges in different countries and leagues around the world.
England Football Managers: Roy Hodgson
Roy Hodgson is one of the most successful England football managers in history. After managing several teams in England, he moved abroad to manage teams in Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, and Norway.
During his time abroad, he achieved many successes, such as leading Sweden to the 1994 World Cup, winning two Swiss Super League titles with FC Zurich, and taking Norway to their highest-ever FIFA World Ranking. Hodgson also had great success managing Premier League side Fulham, leading them to the UEFA Europa League final in 2010.
Hodgson was eventually appointed England manager in 2012 and was praised for getting the team out of a complex qualifying group. Despite not achieving any major success during his four-year tenure, Hodgson's international managerial career will be remembered for its accomplishments.
Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle is one of the most renowned England football managers of all time. Hoddle achieved great success abroad during his managerial career, particularly in France with AS Monaco. During the 1994-95 season, he managed Monaco to a 3rd place finish in Ligue 1, as well as helping the team reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
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This success earned him a lot of recognition in France and England. Following this, Hoddle managed Chelsea in England before returning to Monaco for a second spell as manager. His impressive record with Monaco led him to be appointed manager of England in 1996, a position he held until 1999.
England Football Managers: Terry Venables
Terry Venables is one of the most successful England football managers in history. During his time with the England national team, he led them to the semi-finals of the 1996 European Championships, their highest finish since the 1966 World Cup victory. He also managed two other teams at an international level, Australia and Spain.
Venables had great success in his career as an England manager. In the 1995-96 season, England won every game they played and earned a place in the semi-finals of the Euro 96 tournament. Despite losing to Germany in the semi-finals, Venables had a lot to be proud of, taking the team from 15th in the world rankings to 4th.
Venables' international management career began when he took over Australia in 1995. He spent two years in charge and successfully guided them to qualification for the 1998 World Cup, where they eventually finished in the top 10.
In 1997, Venables was appointed manager of Spain, becoming the first English manager to manage a foreign national team. Under his leadership, the team reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2000 before being eliminated by Italy on penalties.
Despite his successes abroad, Venables' main legacy will always be his achievements with England. He helped to revive England's fortunes after a long period of mediocrity, leading them to a new level of success that hadn't been seen since Bobby Robson's reign in the 1990s. Terry Venables was a true pioneer in international football management and a great example of how a foreign manager can bring success to a national side.
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England Football Managers: Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan is one of England's most successful football managers abroad. After starting his career with Scunthorpe United, Keegan succeeded in Germany, Belgium, and England with Newcastle United, Fulham, and Manchester City. As an England manager, he led the Three Lions to a 2-0 victory over Germany in Euro 2000.
He also led Newcastle to the Premier League title in 1996, the last time they won. Keegan was known for his attacking style, often using two forwards up front and flooding midfield with attackers.
His teams played with great enthusiasm, and his tactics earned him numerous accolades throughout his career. His knowledge of the game was impressive, and he left a lasting legacy in the English game.
Keegan was a significant influence on the other England football managers to follow in his footsteps, encouraging them to bring their brand of tactical nous and energy to the team.
He showed that England could compete with the best teams in Europe and had a significant hand in developing the talent of England's future international stars. Fans will never forget his legacy of the England national team, which lives on today through the next generation of England football managers.
In conclusion, England football managers have had a lot of success in various countries worldwide. Four of the most notable examples are Sir Bobby Robson, Terry Venables, Sven-Göran Eriksson, and Steve McClaren.
Each of these men has enjoyed success domestically and abroad, showing that English managers can lead teams to great heights. Clearly, England has some of the best coaches in the world, and they can undoubtedly bring success to any team they manage.
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MOD Corsham (formerly Basil Hill Barracks) is a Ministry of Defence establishment located between the towns of Corsham and Box in Wiltshire, England.

History
The War Office bought a section of the Pockeridge estate to provide space for Basil Hill Barracks in 1936. The barracks were used by 15 Company Royal Army Ordnance Corps as the administrative headquarters for a Central Ammunitions Depot serving the south of England, known as CAD Corsham or CAD Monkton Farleigh. The depot closed in 1964, although the site was retained by the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and was still used as the headquarters of their Territorial Army section in the 1980s.

The site had two significant older buildings. Pockeridge House, to the east of the site, has origins in the 18th century, with additions including coach houses, stables and a walled garden; it was used as the Officer's Mess. Sandhurst Block is a substantial two-storey office building which was built in 1938, reputedly in the style of a monastery to disguise the site's use.

From 1998, Corsham was the headquarters of the newly created Defence Communication Services Agency, taking over from the Navy, Army and RAF which had dealt with their own communications. The site was then sometimes called DCSA Corsham. In 2007 the DCSA was subsumed into Information Systems & Services (ISS) within Defence Equipment and Support.

In 2019 Information Systems & Services and a number of organisations were brought together as Defence Digital, with an annual budget of over £2 billion and about 2,400 staff including military, civil servants and contractors, led by the Ministry of Defence chief information officer Charles Forte.

Today

Located on the former Basil Hill Barracks site, MOD Corsham is the product of a £690 million development project that was completed at the end of 2011. The site is home to the Ministry of Defence's Global Operations Security Control Centre (GOSCC), the Joint Security Co-ordination Centre (JSyCC), and Defence Digital. In 2012, GOSCC monitored and managed over 500,000 configurable IT assets in its "Operate and Defend" mission over MOD networks.

For the Army Reserve, the site has two multi-service units under JFC DD which recruit nationwide: the Land Information Assurance Group and a Joint Cyber Unit.

Corsham New Environment Programme
The Corsham New Environment Programme was initiated in 2001, to modernise the three sites around MoD Corsham with their 118 old buildings and  of underground facilities. The programme was approved in 2004, business case approved in 2006, and a 25-year £690 million Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract placed in 2008 with the Inteq Consortium, a joint-venture between John Laing and Interserve. Two sites – the manor itself at RAF Rudloe Manor north, and Copenacre – were sold and the more efficient new site required 370 fewer operational staff.

Construction began in 2010 and the first staff moved in in 2011. The new Global Operations and Security Control Centre (GOSCC) building was built over the capped large Queen Mary vent to the underground facilities below. New accommodation for 180 service personnel and a sports hall were also built. Remediation works were carried out to the underground facilities. About 2,200 personnel, including industry partners, were expected to work at the site.

The programme was part of the Defence Equipment and Support 'PACE' (Performance, Agility, Confidence and Efficiency) business improvement programme to consolidate many of its staff within the Bristol and Bath area around its major MoD Abbey Wood site.

The south-west of the site, both under and above ground, formerly part of RAF Rudloe Manor south, has been used to house data centres by Ark Data Centres and their joint partnership with the UK Government, Crown Hosting Data Centres.

Other units
In addition to GOSCC, JSyCC and JFC DD, MOD Corsham is home to several more MoD units, among them 11th Signal Brigade's 10th Signal Regiment including its reserve unit 81 Signal Squadron; and 233 (Global Communication Networks) Signal Squadron (now part of the re-activated 13th Signal Regiment. The United Kingdom National Distribution Agency (UKNDA) and Electronic Messaging Service (email and secure dial-up) are also on the site. The site served as the headquarters of the British Army's 2nd (National Communications) Signal Brigade until it was disbanded in 2012.

In April 2016, a new Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) "to protect the MOD's cyberspace from malicious actors" was announced at MOD Corsham, with a budget of over £40 million. The Operations Centre was to work alongside the planned civilian National Cyber Security Centre.

Airbus Defence and Space (previously Paradigm Secure Communications) have a base a few hundred metres north of the site to support the Skynet 5 private finance initiative satellite operations contract, in partnership with Defence Digital. The Corsham Computer Centre, a Royal Navy submarine support unit, is a few hundred metres north-east of MoD Corsham.

Scheduled monuments

A number of the underground facilities under MOD Corsham are scheduled monuments relating to Cold War history, including parts of the Central Government War Headquarters (CGWHQ). Additionally a number of underground murals painted by Olga Lehmann during World War II are Grade II* listed. East to west they are:
Tunnel Quarry
Slope Shaft (Emergency Exit) A
Kitchen, Canteen, Laundry, Dining and Washroom Areas
Prime Minister's Rooms and Operations Rooms
Radio Studio
GPO Telephone Exchange
Lamson Terminus Room and associated Fan Room
Quarry Operations Centre (QOC) Murals

References

Military communications of the United Kingdom
Installations of the British Army
Installations of the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
Corsham
Military history of Wiltshire
Scheduled monuments in Wiltshire
1936 establishments in England


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This returns a None, no error or any sort.Am running this on a Linux cmd line and as such using the pyvirtualdisplay. When I do a screenshot it doesn't show that anything happened but when I do a debug using the pdb.set_trace() to step through the code it works. I have looked at the examples on StackOverflow and elsewhere but I couldn't find anything similar or helpful. Can someone tell me what am doing wrong?

A: I think you are missing a # as your css_selector is basically using the element id. Try the following:
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By the way, once you get through this, it's hard to drink very much fluids. I think I got "burned out" on everything and have to remind myself to drink.


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Sorry for the late post guys, had to go out early. Lagos traffic is not even funny.
I went to the doctor last week, just to do a bit of checkup. I checked my blood pressure and it was 100 over 60 which the doc told me was good, he said its because I exercise regularly (meanwhile the guy keep staring at me each time I go there, he sef shock at the weight loss, lol!), that's why it has remained so. I have maintained that rate for over 6 months now. I like to check, not that I am prone to a high blood pressure, I just want to feel safe. While pregnant, my bp was always around 120 over 80. I lost my brother due to renal failure, I'm just playing it safe.
There are many ways one can use to reduce a high blood pressure without drugs. Regular exercise is one of them. Please take out time to workout at least 15 mins a day, you'll feel fantastic! Exercise is for everyone, not just people trying to lose weight, even kids need it.
Talk to your doctor, let him/her check you and let you know what your ideal pressure should be. Stay safe and stay happy.
Love ya and God bless!
Lagos traffic is on a major level. Not even funny. Thanks luv.


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Moara Brasil
Moara Brasil (°1983, Belém, Brazil) makes paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations. With the use of appropriated materials which are borrowed from a day-to-day context, Brasil presents everyday objects as well as references to texts, painting and architecture. Pompous writings and Utopian constructivist designs are juxtaposed with trivial objects. Categories are subtly reversed.
His paintings demonstrate how life extends beyond its own subjective limits and often tells a story about the effects of global cultural interaction over the latter half of the twentieth century. It challenges the binaries we continually reconstruct between Self and Other, between our own 'cannibal' and 'civilized' selves. With Plato's allegory of the cave in mind, he absorbs the tradition of remembrance art into daily practice. This personal follow-up and revival of a past tradition is important as an act of meditation.
His works are a drawn reflection upon the art of painting itself: thoroughly self-referential, yet no less aesthetically pleasing, and therefore deeply inscribed in the history of modernism – made present most palpably in the artist's exploration of some of the most hallowed of modernist paradigms. By examining the ambiguity and origination via retakes and variations, his works references post-colonial theory as well as the avant-garde or the post-modern and the left-wing democratic movement as a form of resistance against the logic of the capitalist market system.
His works directly respond to the surrounding environment and uses everyday experiences from the artist as a starting point. Often these are framed instances that would go unnoticed in their original context. By applying a poetic and often metaphorical language, he tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
He creates situations in which everyday objects are altered or detached from their natural function. By applying specific combinations and certain manipulations, different functions and/or contexts are created. By contesting the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, he uses references and ideas that are so integrated into the process of the composition of the work that they may escape those who do not take the time to explore how and why these images haunt you, like a good film, long after you've seen them.
His works are an investigation into representations of (seemingly) concrete ages and situations as well as depictions and ideas that can only be realized in painting. By demonstrating the omnipresent lingering of a 'corporate world', he tries to approach a wide scale of subjects in a multi-layered way, likes to involve the viewer in a way that is sometimes physical and believes in the idea of function following form in a work.
His collected, altered and own works are being confronted as aesthetically resilient, thematically interrelated material for memory and projection. The possible seems true and the truth exists, but it has many faces, as Hanna Arendt cites from Franz Kafka. Through a radically singular approach that is nevertheless inscribed in the contemporary debate, he wants to amplify the astonishment of the spectator by creating compositions or settings that generate tranquil poetic images that leave traces and balances on the edge of recognition and alienation.
His works appear as dreamlike images in which fiction and reality meet, well-known tropes merge, meanings shift, past and present fuse. Time and memory always play a key role. With a conceptual approach, he makes work that deals with the documentation of events and the question of how they can be presented. The work tries to express this with the help of physics and technology, but not by telling a story or creating a metaphor.
His works never shows the complete structure. This results in the fact that the artist can easily imagine an own interpretation without being hindered by the historical reality. Moara Brasil currently lives and works in São Paulo.