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Neighbour heard screams of loving mum stabbed to death at 'cruel' partner's Hendon flat
Ian Levy murdered Elize Linda Stevens in a "frenzied and mindless attack"
Richard DugganEditor of BedfordshireLive, CambridgeshireLive, EssexLive, HertsLive and PeterboroughLive
Ian Levy (inset) stabbed Elize Linda Stevens to death (Image: Met Police)
A beloved mother was stabbed to death at the home of her "cruel and sadistic" partner in Barnet.
Elize Linda Stevens, 51, died as a result of a "frenzied and mindless attack" at the hands of Ian Levy on the morning of March 2.
The savage altercation was heard by a concerned neighbour of Levy's, who alerted police after hearing Ms Stevens screaming for help.
Officers and paramedics descended on the killer's home at Lime court, Great North Way, in Hendon, and found Ms Stevens laying in the hallway; she died at the scene of the vicious knifing.
Levy, 54, who let emergency services into his home on their arrival, was arrested on suspicion of murder.
The killer made no comment to all questions put to him during interview and he was charged the following day.
Ian Levy, 54, must serve at least 21 years (Image: Met Police)
A post-mortem examination carried out on March 4 at Northwick Park Mortuary in Harrow revealed Ms Stevens died as a result of her stab wounds.
On Tuesday (August 20), Levy was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey.
Ms Stevens, who worked as a manager for a board that operates charities for several synagogues in North London, is believed to have first met Levy in February 2018.
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The pair began a relationship several months later and she would stay at Levy's flat at weekends.
Scotland Yard has confirmed officers had not been called to any prior incidents involving the couple, though Levy is believed to have had a history of suffering with his mental health.
Having been found guilty of murder, Levy must serve a minimum term of 21 years before he will be considered eligible for release from prison.
"A wonderful mother and decent person"
Elize Linda Stevens was murdered by Ian Levy (Image: Met Police)
"Through our investigation we've had the privilege of getting to know a little bit of the late Elize," said detective chief inspector Noel McHugh.
"She was a wonderful mother and decent person, always willing to support others in need and totally selfless.
"Behind the locked door of Levy's flat, Elize would suffer a frenzied and mindless attack for no reason.
"Levy tried to erase a beautiful person from our community but he has failed, Elize will always be remembered as a loving mother and decent person.
"By its nature a murder investigation is distressing, it is unthinkable why people stab each other.
"But then you come across someone like Levy, whose actions are beyond comprehension.
"Levy is a cruel and sadistic man. He inflicted multiple injuries to Elize.
"One can never articulate the pain that a family goes through when they lose a loved one to murder and Elize's family have endured a very difficult and distressing trial, which has involved listening to the appalling injuries their loved one suffered.
"I am so grateful and proud of the members of the public who acted so promptly to alert police to Elize's screams; to the officers and London Ambulance Service who fought to save Elize's life; and all the police, officers and staff, who worked tirelessly to piece this case together."

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What really happened with the Twitter hack? The 6 biggest theories
Bernard Meyer
Updated on: 28 September 2021
It was Elon Musk's 4:17 PM ET tweet that seems to mark the beginning of the Great Twitter Hack:
I'm feeling generous because of Covid-19. I'll double any BTC payment sent to my BTC address for the next hour. Good luck, and stay safe out there!
In an attack that's affected everyone from Elon Musk to Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Warren Buffet and even Apple, the internet has been abuzz with what really could have happened to allow someone – or some group – such access to such significant Twitter accounts.
While Twitter is scratching its head and saying nothing much of value, screenshots have been going around the internet showing the hackers' access to various accounts' admin panels:
A Motherboard report seems to suggest that the hack was a result of a Twitter employee providing access to the hackers. The associated Bitcoin wallet that was tweeted out has now gained more than 12 BTC, which is equivalent to roughly $110,000 at the time of writing this article.
However, the rollout of the hack, and the rather disappointing purpose (an amateurish Bitcoin scam) has led many observers to have doubts. Considering the scope of the attack, many in the tech community are searching for the bigger issue.
So let's take a look at the 6 biggest theories surrounding the hack, and what it could mean for all of us.
#1 It was a state-sponsored attack
Twitter's own Support tweets have fueled speculation that this attack came from a state-sponsored actor:
Specifically, defining this as a "coordinated social engineering attack" by "people" (not just one) targeting Twitter employees (not just one) seems to imply that it was sophisticated in its execution. This isn't particularly far-fetched either: In November 2019, two ex-Twitter employees were charged by the Department of Justice for spying for Saudi Arabia.
That level of sophistication, however, does not match very well with the anticlimactic tweets supporting a simple Bitcoin scam. While the proposals vary for why a certain government might have launched an attack on the social media platform, there seems to be a consensus – or confusion at least – of why such an opportunity was wasted on something so relatively insignificant.
After all, a state-sponsored group that had access to American celebrities' accounts – veritable royalty in the country – could with some coordination cause a lot of havoc, especially right before the US presidential elections.
But that leads us into our next theory.
#2 This was a cover for a bigger hack
Much like the final Game of Thrones season, the ending doesn't really make sense here – all that buildup, for this?
But what if this is just a cover – a clever misdirection – for something bigger? But speculation aside, the actual nature of this "bigger" hack is difficult to comprehend without understanding the scope of the hack.
If the attackers were able to gain access to the entire backend system, it's possible they could do a lot of damage. This includes focusing all our attention on the Bitcoin scam – and tweeting out deleted tweets to keep the moderators busy – while they simultaneously scam millions of unaware users, cause civil unrest in another part of the world by coordinating a fake news campaign, or cover up some atrocity happening at the same time that would be drowned out by the Bitcoin scam saga.
On the other hand, if the attackers had some foreknowledge that verified accounts would be suspended for a while – the same verified accounts that have become trusted sources for real-time breaking news – they'd have a considerable amount of time to perform these bad acts or cover up ongoing terror.
But with the post-mortem for the attack not scheduled to arrive for at least a few days, we're still in the land of speculation when it comes to the scope and possibilities of the hack.
#3 The real goal was the DMs
There is some discussion that this hack was a last-ditch attempt to use a vulnerability that would soon be patched by Twitter's upcoming API update, which they had hinted at in a July 14 tweet:
According to this theory, with the impending mid-July API change, the hacker had a short amount of time to achieve the real goal: get the personal DMs (direct messages) from these accounts.
The hacker would then be able to perform simple blackmail, if the DMs or tweets contain sensitive messages (remember Anthony Weiner), or to sell these sensitive messages to interested parties.
However, this theory has a particular thorn in its side: which of these celebrity accounts would actually contain sensitive DMs? With most public profiles from major influencers being run by assistants or social media managers, it's unlikely that there's much sensitive information-sharing going on in there.
Perhaps someone like Elon Musk would have some interesting stuff in his DMs, but given his eccentric character, it may not mean too much.
#4 This was a proof of concept for a future hack
Another juicy theory is that this hack is instead a test or a proof of concept for a bigger client from an independent or state-sponsored hacking group.
Again, the bone of contention here is that the climax was disappointing, and it was a pretty lame effort on the part of this "sophisticated" hacking group. But if this were simply an audition for a larger job, or a test for something bigger to come later (see point number 2 above), either on Twitter or another platform, then this already insane year will indeed be one for the books.
#5 This was aimed at harming Twitter's reputation
Twitter's current positioning as unfiltered direct news has become increasingly important in a polarized world where the mainstream media channels are accused of being fake news. However, in order to filter out the truth from the BS, verified accounts are generally trusted more.
This hack seems to have thrown a wrench in those beliefs, seeing as the verified accounts were the ones used to spew this scam. When Twitter is founded on an issue of trust, and the verified accounts are deemed either untrustworthy, or rather able to be made untrustworthy, the victim becomes the entire platform.
Any company suffering a breach or hack loses some reputation points in the process, but those issues of global polarization and "fake news" accusations could make this a sticking point for Twitter.
In this theory, that was the entire purpose of the attack.
#6 It was an amateur hacker that got lucky
Lastly, and one that cooler heads seem to favor the most is the simplest Occam's razor-esque belief that it was just an amateur hacker that got lucky. He or she discovered a vulnerability and, due to a lack of creativity or experience, came up with a quick Bitcoin scam to exploit the vulnerability.
The consensus here, then, to explain the disappointing third act to such a promising attack, is that one shouldn't attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence. In this theory, there is no "bigger attack" or shadowy group pulling the puppet strings here – it's just plain old stupidity or inexperience – if one can call getting 12 BTC (valued at around $110,000) in a few short hours "stupid."
However, that doesn't really explain Twitter's statement that it was a "coordinated social engineering attack" involving multiple people targeting multiple employees, or the Verge's coverage that implies it was coordinated on the "inside."
On the other hand, it could explain why the hacker(s) used a dead rapper's Twitter account (XXXTentacion) or the non-tweeting Apple account to tweet out the Bitcoin scam.
Also, with Twitter's pithy top-range $20,160 bounty payout for ethical hackers (not including the taxes they'd have to pay), the amateur hacker may have decided that it's better to go the wrong way and earn more money.
Whatever the true situation may be, we won't really understand until Twitter provides a detailed post-mortem of the attack. Even then, many questions will remain unanswered until the Twitter employee, hacker, or hacking group is charged or identified, which may not happen too soon.


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By Editor | July 1, 2020 | 0
Breckenridge store building being razed in Tingley in 1992.
This week's photo comes courtesy of the Clair Heyer collection. Clair took pictures in and around Tingley from about 1920 until the 1990s.
William S. Breckenridge opened a grocery and feed store in Tingley in early May 1921. I believe this first location was about half a block east of the site where Breckenridge Store would be for 48 years. Mr. Breckenridge moved to the corner building, previously occupied by W. W. Miller, in late April 1923.
Dry goods had already been added to the stock of merchandise when, in 1927, a meat department was added. Claude Coffman operated the meat department. In 1946, the store went to a self-serve system. In the early years of grocery stores, a customer commonly gave a written list to the clerk and the clerk filled the order while the customer waited.
The store was remodeled in 1953. Hardware, appliances, and dry goods were available as was the grocery stock. Billy R. and Dean R. Breckenridge bought the store from their father in 1962. They had both been associated with the store since their return from the U. S. Army after World War II.
On May 25, 1991, Breckenridge Store celebrated 50 years in business. A history of the business appears in the May 23, 1991 Record-News. The store still offered delivery service at the time of the celebration.
Billy had said he would retire when he turned 65 and he closed the store late in 1991. Billy R. Breckenridge passed away in June of 1992 and his wife Minnie passed in September 1017. The building was torn down in August 1992.
The newspaper records Billy as saying he sold items in his store that his father could not have sold; items such as pet food, bottled water, and potting soil.
I lived in Tingley in 1981-82 and did my shopping at Breckenridge Store and I even had a charge account there. Billy and Minnie were great folks and it was a pleasure to do business with them.
Tingley would have another grocery store. A new building was erected in 1992 and the Tingley Country Store opened in November of that year with Nick Needles as manager. It didn't last 50 years, though.
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Nihar Thackeray Wiki, Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More
Nihar Thackeray is an Indian lawyer and founder-member of Vis Legis Law Practice Advocates. He is the grandson of Bal Thackeray.
Human Trafficking Case
Nihar Thackeray was born on Monday, 24 April 1989 (age 33 years; as of 2022) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His zodiac sign is Taurus. He attended Bombay Scottish School in Maharashtra from 1993 to 2005. He did his junior college at Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics affiliated with the University of Mumbai from 2005 to 2007. He completed a course on International Commercial Litigation at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2011. He pursued a Bachelor of Legal Science & Bachelor of Legislative Law (BLS LLB) course at the Government Law College (GLC), Mumbai, Maharashtra from 2007 to 2012. He is a member of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa since 2012.
His father's name is Bindumadhav Thackeray, and his mother's name is Madhavi Thackerey. His father died in a road accident on 20 April 1996 at the age of 42. His father owned restaurants, an audio company known as Bindatone, and a film company, Neha Films, which produced the film Agnisakshi starring Nana Patekar, Jackie Shroff, and Manisha Koirala. His sister's name is Neha Thackeray, who is married to Dr. Manan Thakkar. Neha is a painter and jewellery designer.
Nihar Thackeray (left) and his wife, Ankita Patil Thackeray, with his father's (Bindumadhav Thackeray) photo in the background
Nihar Thackeray's sister Neha Thackeray (left) and his mother, Madhavi Thackeray
He is married to Ankita Patil, the daughter of Harshvardhan Patil. She is a member of the Congress party. They got married on 28 December 2021. He has no children.
Nihar Thackeray with his wife, Ankita Patil Thackeray
His paternal grandfather's name is Bal Thackeray and his paternal grandmother's name is Meena Thackeray. His uncles are Jaidev Thackeray, Uddhav Thackeray, and Raj Thackeray. Uddhav Thackeray is married to Rashmi Thackeray. Raj Thackeray is married to Sharmila Thackeray. Aaditya Thackeray is his cousin.
Nihar Thackeray Family Tree
Nihar Thackeray, Raj Thackeray, Nihar's wife, Ankita Patil Thackeray, and Raj's wife, Sharmila Thackeray (left to right)
He follows Hinduism.
He belongs to the Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) community of Maharashtra. [1]Hindustan Times
He worked as an attorney in the law firm Jayakar & Partners from September 2010 to October 2014. He worked as an Attorney in the law firm Legasis Partners from January 2015 to April 2017. In August 2017, he founded Vis Legis Law Practice Advocates, a law firm based in Mumbai with advocates as members from all over India. He specializes in Civil & Criminal, Real Estate, Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Arbitration, Securities and Company Law Litigation, and Documentation. He has represented SEBI before the Securities Appellate Tribunal and also worked in international commercial arbitrations involving companies like Al Jabriah Metals Trading Limited (UAE) and CQM Ltd. (Israel). He represented Eknath Shinde's group in a Supreme Court hearing for deciding the side to which group Shivsena's name belongs. He is the director of Ssterling Workforce Enterprises Private Limited along with Supriya Anil Shete and Rahul Narendra Hingmire. He is the co-director of 2 companies along with his mother Madhavi Thackeray acting as director which is Bombay Motels Pvt Ltd and Bindatone Private Limited.
On 10 March 2011, Mumbai police lodged a case against Nihar Thackeray on charges of illegal human trafficking. Police raided the Sangeet bar in western Santacruz and rescued 9 women from the bar. Police alleged that these women are prostitutes, and they are working at the bar on the property of Nihar Thackeray. Police also alleged that Nihar was running bars in other areas of the city as well. However, he was later cleared of any charges. [2]The Telegraph
Nihar Thackeray supported Eknath Shinde when Eknath revolted against Uddhav Thackeray. Nihar said that he felt that Eknath Shinde was following Bal Thackeray's ideology. Nihar said that he might also join politics. While talking to the media, he said,
"If required, I will keep myself available for the bypoll and BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) polls. I will continue to extend support to Shinde ji. Balasaheb had clearly said that he will never join hands with the Congress under any circumstances. For whatever reasons, things happened and Maha Vikas Aghadi government (of the Sena, Congress and NCP) came to power, and then…Shinde saheb decided to walk away." [3]The Economic Times
Nihar's mother, Madhavi Thackeray, left their paternal home Matoshri with Nihar and Neha after the untimely death of Nihar's father in 1996. His family is living independently since then. [4]The Telegraph
Nihar and his family did not get any share of property in his grandfather Bal Thackeray's will declared in 2012 after Bal Thackeray's death. [5]The Pioneer
He also plays football occasionally.
Nihar Thackeray during a football match
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"Stop, you just shot my wife!": Florida mother struck by neighbor's stray bullet during target practice
A Martin County mother of three is recovering from a gunshot wound, struck by a stray bullet fired by someone using her neighbor's property for target practice, according to investigators.
INDIANTOWN, Fla. — A Florida mother of three was recovering from a bullet wound, after she was struck by a stray bullet fired by someone using her neighbor's property for target practice, investigators said.
On Monday, Heather Sitton was awaiting surgery following the incident which happened on Sunday afternoon in Indiantown, Florida.
Jason Sitton, Heather's husband, said there were numerous people in their backyard at the time, including their three young children, when they heard gunfire at a neighboring property. The family also has chickens, a mule, a donkey, pigs and dogs on their property as well.
Sitton said it is common for people in the area to use their backyards for target practice, and to hear gunfire.
On Sunday, however, the bullets came in the direction of the family's property.
"I'm like, what is going on? And I started yelling at the neighbor right next to us like 'hey are you guys doing fireworks?'" Sitton said. "And they're like, 'no, we thought it was you.' "As soon as I said that my wife just dropped." His wife was shot in her shoulder, with the bullet passing through her collar bone and exiting her other shoulder.
Sitton said his friend was right near her when she was shot and immediately started applying pressure to her wound to slow the bleeding.
Their children had to take cover, as a family friend helped them get inside.
"I'm yelling at the top of my lungs, 'stop you just shot my wife! Like, stop! Help! Help!' And they just kept shooting,'" Sitton said.
The mother was flown to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in Fort Pierce, which would have been nearly an hour away by car.
Mark Rutizer, who is a neighbor and nearby business owner, said that he had complained to the sheriff's office just a few months ago about gunfire from the same property.
"I've said it before that someone will get shot and unfortunately yesterday that took place," Rutizer said.
Lt. Joe Kukuvka said the firearm that was used was a high-powered rifle and that a bullet from that weapon "could travel up to a couple miles in some circumstances…so if you're not going to have a proper backstop, you have to have a lot of distance behind you," he said.
According to Rutizer, he said he witnessed bullets flying over his home from about a quarter of a mile away.
"You don't want to call on your neighbors but [you do] when your family has to duck down," Rutizer said.
According to Martin County Chief Deputy John Budensiek, there were four people shooting firearms at the property. An incident report detailed how the owner of the property said that the four people shooting there did not have permission to shoot on his property.
Chief Deputy Budensiek confirmed that the individuals were said to be aiming at a 5-foot berm, but there was a major issue with that he said.
"Unfortunately, it had about 7 or 8 feet of weeds and trees on top of it so the bullets seemed to be passing through the trees and weeds," Budensiek explained. He said the shot that hit the mother of three was fired from about 900- yards away.
Sitton said the shooters should have known there were homes in the distance. "It's obvious that people are here, that we live here," he said.
Heather said in a statement, "I am grateful that it did not hit any of the children. I thank God that my life was spared."
Chief Deputy Budensiek said it is legal for people in that part of Florida to shoot on a property and in a backyard, but precautions should be taken. Budensiek says it might be hard to pursue criminal charges, but an investigation is ongoing.
"We may never be able to accurately determine who actually fired the round. All four individuals fired the gun that we believe shot the bullet that hit the victim," Budensiek said.
This story was originally published by Meghan McRoberts of Scripps station WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida.


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Parsons has had a long and varied career in counterterrorism, transportation security, education and law enforcement. He joined the TSA in March 2009 as federal security director at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. In August 2010, he moved into the same position at Los Angeles International Airport where he remained until being hired by the port. Parsons also has extensive experience in the private sector as a consultant on security and business continuity.
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Arthur M. Benshoff received his education in the public schools of Johnstown and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. After serving one and one half years. as interne at Philadelphia General Hospital, he practiced medicine at Rosman, N. C., for one year, then returned to Windber Hospital, where he was associated with Doctor Wheeling for one year. Doctor Benshoff was serving as first lieutenant in the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Ogletborpe, Ga., when the armistice was signed. After the close of the war he returned to Windber and has since been conducting a general practice at that place.
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Rosetta is about 30 now.
When the Dardenne brothers released their second feature in 1999, their title character (Emilie Dequenne) was a teenager saddled with more responsibility and less comprehension than many of her peers - at once an adult (more so than her own mother) and a child, prone to temper tantrums and exasperated confusion as she's asked to play by rules she doesn't even understand. In the end, it appears Rosetta may not even make it to 30, and the raw immediacy of the Dardennes' style and pace (both the character and the viewpoint - trying to keep up - never stop moving, as if they're playing a sort of neorealist video game) make such questions seem irrelevant while you're watching.
Yet afterwards you wonder. Not only Rosetta's age but the world situation and film aesthetics have changed over time - the latter in large part because of this film and others by its filmmakers. The story, simply following Rosetta's desperate search for a job in an often indifferent but sometimes sympathetic Belgian city, was actually criticized by some intellectuals in '99. Why would this impoverished individual actually seek employment instead of defiantly ridiculing or ignoring the capitalist system and its values? Where was her rebellious instinct? Others conveniently reinterpreted the material to celebrate Rosetta's get-ahead mentality, making her a kind of icon of the no-bullshit underclass, but this reading doesn't quite work either because the person she most hurts in her driven quest is Riquet (Fabrizio Rongione), the young man who tries hardest to help her.
Today, the bohemian what-me-work? attitude of the 90s seems utterly out-of-touch. One has to be gainfully employed in the first place to fret over the "alienation effect" of work. Hence, Rosetta seems more relevant than ever and so do its themes - the complexity of "fairness" and "honesty" in a dog-eat-dog world (spoiler: Rosetta tattle-tales on her would-be friend, who is cheating his boss, and she gets his job: scrupulous integrity or selfish gamesmanship?). Rosetta alternately seems ruthless (the above scenario, and also a sequence where she almost drowns the same character) and naive (as she grows upset when being terminated, having foolishly assumed that working hard is all you need to do).
Likewise I found her at times infuriating - her treatment of Riquet is utterly callous and certainly unloyal - and at others admirable, depending upon the situation in which she applied her fairly consistent values. If Rosetta is still with us, I hope she learned how to treat other people honorably. Yet I also hope she maintained her own strong-willed code of ethics, at least to apply to herself; our world needs a sense of honor, no matter how quixotic.
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import graphene

from ....tests.utils import (
    assert_no_permission,
    get_graphql_content,
    get_graphql_content_from_response,
)

PAGE_TYPE_QUERY = """
    query PageType($id: ID!, $filters: AttributeFilterInput) {
        pageType(id: $id) {
            id
            name
            slug
            hasPages
            attributes {
                slug
            }
            availableAttributes(first: 10, filter: $filters) {
                edges {
                    node {
                        slug
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
"""

def test_page_type_query_by_staff(
    staff_api_client,
    page_type,
    author_page_attribute,
    permission_manage_pages,
    color_attribute,
    page,
):
    # given
    staff_user = staff_api_client.user
    staff_user.user_permissions.add(permission_manage_pages)

    variables = {"id": graphene.Node.to_global_id("PageType", page_type.pk)}

    # when
    response = staff_api_client.post_graphql(PAGE_TYPE_QUERY, variables)

    # then
    content = get_graphql_content(response)
    page_type_data = content["data"]["pageType"]

    assert page_type_data["slug"] == page_type.slug
    assert page_type_data["name"] == page_type.name
    assert {attr["slug"] for attr in page_type_data["attributes"]} == {
        attr.slug for attr in page_type.page_attributes.all()
    }
    assert page_type_data["hasPages"] is True
    available_attributes = page_type_data["availableAttributes"]["edges"]
    assert len(available_attributes) == 1
    assert available_attributes[0]["node"]["slug"] == author_page_attribute.slug

def test_page_type_query_by_staff_no_perm(
    staff_api_client, page_type, author_page_attribute
):
    # given
    variables = {"id": graphene.Node.to_global_id("PageType", page_type.pk)}

    # when
    response = staff_api_client.post_graphql(PAGE_TYPE_QUERY, variables)

    # then
    assert_no_permission(response)

def test_page_type_query_by_app(
    app_api_client,
    page_type,
    author_page_attribute,
    permission_manage_pages,
    color_attribute,
):
    # given
    staff_user = app_api_client.app
    staff_user.permissions.add(permission_manage_pages)

    variables = {"id": graphene.Node.to_global_id("PageType", page_type.pk)}

    # when
    response = app_api_client.post_graphql(PAGE_TYPE_QUERY, variables)

    # then
    content = get_graphql_content(response)
    page_type_data = content["data"]["pageType"]

    assert page_type_data["slug"] == page_type.slug
    assert page_type_data["name"] == page_type.name
    assert {attr["slug"] for attr in page_type_data["attributes"]} == {
        attr.slug for attr in page_type.page_attributes.all()
    }
    available_attributes = page_type_data["availableAttributes"]["edges"]
    assert len(available_attributes) == 1
    assert available_attributes[0]["node"]["slug"] == author_page_attribute.slug

def test_page_type_query_by_app_no_perm(
    app_api_client,
    page_type,
    author_page_attribute,
    permission_manage_page_types_and_attributes,
):
    # given
    variables = {"id": graphene.Node.to_global_id("PageType", page_type.pk)}

    # when
    response = app_api_client.post_graphql(PAGE_TYPE_QUERY, variables)

    # then
    assert_no_permission(response)

def test_staff_query_page_type_by_invalid_id(staff_api_client, page_type):
    id = "bh/"
    variables = {"id": id}
    response = staff_api_client.post_graphql(PAGE_TYPE_QUERY, variables)
    content = get_graphql_content_from_response(response)
    assert len(content["errors"]) == 1
    assert content["errors"][0]["message"] == f"Couldn't resolve id: {id}."
    assert content["data"]["pageType"] is None

def test_staff_query_page_type_with_invalid_object_type(staff_api_client, page_type):
    variables = {"id": graphene.Node.to_global_id("Order", page_type.pk)}
    response = staff_api_client.post_graphql(PAGE_TYPE_QUERY, variables)
    content = get_graphql_content(response)
    assert content["data"]["pageType"] is None

def test_page_type_query_filter_unassigned_attributes(
    staff_api_client,
    page_type,
    permission_manage_pages,
    page_type_attribute_list,
    color_attribute,
):
    # given
    staff_user = staff_api_client.user
    staff_user.user_permissions.add(permission_manage_pages)

    expected_attribute = page_type_attribute_list[0]

    variables = {
        "id": graphene.Node.to_global_id("PageType", page_type.pk),
        "filters": {"search": expected_attribute.name},
    }

    # when
    response = staff_api_client.post_graphql(PAGE_TYPE_QUERY, variables)

    # then
    content = get_graphql_content(response)
    page_type_data = content["data"]["pageType"]

    assert page_type_data["slug"] == page_type.slug
    assert {attr["slug"] for attr in page_type_data["attributes"]} == {
        attr.slug for attr in page_type.page_attributes.all()
    }
    available_attributes = page_type_data["availableAttributes"]["edges"]
    assert len(available_attributes) == 1
    assert available_attributes[0]["node"]["slug"] == expected_attribute.slug

def test_page_type_query_no_pages(
    staff_api_client,
    page_type,
    author_page_attribute,
    permission_manage_pages,
    color_attribute,
):
    # given
    staff_user = staff_api_client.user
    staff_user.user_permissions.add(permission_manage_pages)

    variables = {"id": graphene.Node.to_global_id("PageType", page_type.pk)}

    # when
    response = staff_api_client.post_graphql(PAGE_TYPE_QUERY, variables)

    # then
    content = get_graphql_content(response)
    page_type_data = content["data"]["pageType"]

    assert page_type_data["slug"] == page_type.slug
    assert page_type_data["name"] == page_type.name
    assert {attr["slug"] for attr in page_type_data["attributes"]} == {
        attr.slug for attr in page_type.page_attributes.all()
    }
    assert page_type_data["hasPages"] is False
    available_attributes = page_type_data["availableAttributes"]["edges"]
    assert len(available_attributes) == 1
    assert available_attributes[0]["node"]["slug"] == author_page_attribute.slug

def test_query_page_types_for_federation(api_client, page_type):
    page_type_id = graphene.Node.to_global_id("PageType", page_type.pk)
    variables = {
        "representations": [
            {
                "__typename": "PageType",
                "id": page_type_id,
            },
        ],
    }
    query = """
      query GetPageTypeInFederation($representations: [_Any]) {
        _entities(representations: $representations) {
          __typename
          ... on PageType {
            id
            name
          }
        }
      }
    """

    response = api_client.post_graphql(query, variables)
    content = get_graphql_content(response)
    assert content["data"]["_entities"] == [
        {
            "__typename": "PageType",
            "id": page_type_id,
            "name": page_type.name,
        }
    ]

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Q: eval is not recognised on Windows I am beginner and I'm trying to connect my GitHub profile with my local machine.
I'm following the steps but my git cmd does not recognise eval.
I have generated a key and am trying to add an SSH key to the ssh-agent.
This is the message I get:

'eval' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

The command I run is:
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

A: You are running the command in the wrong console.
Open Powershell, Git Bash console or WSL bash - depending on how you installed Git - because this is just Command Prompt (cmd.exe) which doesn't support even the syntax you're trying (Bash).
Or alternatively, ensure ssh-agent's folder is in the PATH environment variable. Then you'll be able to call it even from a different console, that is, a part of the eval $(ssh-agent -s) command.
What that part does is nevertheless incompatible with the Command Prompt console:
     -s      Generate Bourne shell commands on stdout.  This is the default if
             SHELL does not look like it's a csh style of shell.

and outputs something like this:
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-jR0WcW41z0yX/agent.1918430; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
SSH_AGENT_PID=1918431; export SSH_AGENT_PID;
echo Agent pid 1918431;

which might be worked around by using Command Prompt's SET command like this:
set SSH_AUTH_SOCK=c:\some\path\agent.1918430
set SSH_AGENT_PID=<the number you got>

and then run the commands following that eval $(ssh-agent -s) instruction.

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Q: Unable to deploy a osgi bundle containing a camel route defined via aries blueprint in Websphere 8.5 I created an .eba file (enterprise bundle archive) that contains one osgi bundle having a apache camel route (Java DSL). The camel context definition is done via a blueprint xml file. When I tried to deploy the .eba file in Websphere Application Server 8.5, I got the following exception:
org.apache.aries.application.modelling.ModellerException: CWSAL0126E: An exception occurred while modelling bundle ib-base_0.0.1.SNAPSHOT: org.apache.aries.application.modelling.ModellerException: org.osgi.service.blueprint.container.ComponentDefinitionException: Unsupported node namespace: http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint.
My blueprint xml file is as follows:
<blueprint xmlns="http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/blueprint/v1.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:camel="http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint"
xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/blueprint/v1.0.0
http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/blueprint/v1.0.0/blueprint.xsd
http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint/camel-
blueprint.xsd">

<camel:camelContext id="cbrContext" trace="false">
    <camel:packageScan>
        <camel:package>a.b.c.d</camel:package>
    </camel:packageScan>
</camel:camelContext>
</blueprint>

I am not too sure why this fails in Websphere. The same .eba file gets successfully deployed in Karaf 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT. (This version of Karaf uses Aries Blueprint version 1.0.0).
I guess the same is used or a forked version of the Aries Blueprint 1.0.0 is used in Websphere 8.5.
As per the OSGi specs, any blueprint extension handlers for custom namespaces like camel: are retrieved from the OSGi Service Registry under the key (osgi.service.blueprint.namespace). The value element tells the actual namespace uri .
eg:

<service interface="org.apache.aries.blueprint.NamespaceHandler">
    <service-properties>
        <entry key="osgi.service.blueprint.namespace" value="http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint"/>
    <entry key="osgi.service.blueprint.namespace" value="http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint/cxf"/>
    </service-properties>
    <bean class="org.apache.camel.blueprint.handler.CamelNamespaceHandler">
    </bean>
</service>

I am not too sure why IBM does not honor this spec.
Another interesting point to ponder over is the fact that when I tried to create a blueprint .xml file using Websphere Application Developer Tool, it shows only 4 extensions as shown below:

*

*IBM Blueprint Extension

*JPA Blueprint Support

*Blueprint Transaction Support

*Blueprint Resource Reference support

I ensured that both the camel-core and camel-blueprint bundles are deployed in the internal repository in websphere.
I tried to deploy the .eba file as an asset.
Not too sure, if I have missed something. I would be glad if someone can point me in the right direction.
best regards,
Sriraman.

A: WebSphere does not support custom namespace extension (other than the one provided by IBM). The main reason being it runs on Aries (Blueprint container) isolated runtime. There are two options

*

*Use camel api instead of blueprint tags

*Use other container (for e.g. Karaf) which supports custom namespace extension

Karaf is a friendly container for camel.


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Q: How can I print my output at a new line in PL/SQL Web document? How do I print my output at a new line in PL/SQL Web document?
For learning PL/SQL Web, I try to make a web page to display the list. I make this code to testing:
create or replace procedure aptstaff_information_prn as
begin
htp.print('');
htp.print('<title>Staff Apartment Details</title>');
htp.print('
Staff Apartment Details
');
for Apt_staff in
(select staff.first_name as sfn, staff.last_name as sln, staff.position as sp, rental.rental_no as srn
 from staff left join rental
 on staff.staff_no = rental.staff_no
 order by staff.first_name, staff.last_name, staff.position)
loop
if Apt_staff.srn is not null then
htp.prn(Apt_staff.sfn||' '||Apt_staff.sln||'      '||Apt_staff.sp);
htp.prn('--------------------');
htp.prn('Apartment#');
htp.prn(Apt_staff.srn);
else
htp.prn(Apt_staff.sfn||' '||Apt_staff.sln||'      '||Apt_staff.sp);
htp.prn('--------------------');
htp.prn('Apartment#');
htp.prn('No Apartment Rented');
end if;
end loop;
htp.print('');
end;

I really get a successful Procedure and test it successfully. However, the output is that like this:
Ann Tremble Assistant--------------------Apartment#100104Joe White Assistant--------------------Apartment#100106Joe White Assistant--------------------Apartment#100101Julia Roberts Assistant--------------------Apartment#100103Susan Brandon Supervisor--------------------Apartment#No Apartment RentedTerry Ford Manager--------------------Apartment#100102Terry Ford Manager--------------------Apartment#100105

It did not print output in a new line, I want to print output like this:
Ann Tremble Assistant
--------------------
Apartment#
100104

What should I make a new line for my output? Can I use chr(13)||chr(10) or use
to make a new line?

A: Include HTP.BR calls when necessary.
This procedure generates the
 tag which begins a new line of text.
It performs the same operation as the NL Procedure.

<snip>
LOOP
  IF Apt_staff.srn IS NOT NULL
  THEN
     HTP.prn (
        Apt_staff.sfn || ' ' || Apt_staff.sln || '      ' || Apt_staff.sp);
     htp.br;
     HTP.prn ('--------------------');
     htp.br;
     HTP.prn ('Apartment#');
     htp.br;
     HTP.prn (Apt_staff.srn);
  ELSE
     HTP.prn (
        Apt_staff.sfn || ' ' || Apt_staff.sln || '      ' || Apt_staff.sp);
     htp.br;
     HTP.prn ('--------------------');
     htp.br;
     HTP.prn ('Apartment#');
     htp.br;
     HTP.prn ('No Apartment Rented');
  END IF;
END LOOP;
<snip>


Steady weight loss is the key to long-term success.
2 How Long Will it Take to Lose Weight After Cutting Calories?
3 Which Is Better to Lose Weight: Counting Calories or Cutting Carbs?
Calories in versus calories out is about as simple as it gets. Weight control -- loss and gain -- is based on the number of calories you consume and burn every day. You take in calories with the food and drink you consume. You burn calories through exercise, but also in the normal course of living every day. Knowing the average number of calories you burn in a day can help you maintain your current weight and make adjustments for weight loss or weight gain.
The average number of calories needed on a daily basis varies from person to person. This is based on a number of factors specific to you: your weight, your height, your age, your physical activity level and your gender. A simple equation, called the Estimated Energy Requirements equation, can determine the amount of calories you need on average, based on your specific parameters.
There are two EER equations: one for men and one for women. Choose the correct equation before entering your variables. For men 19 years and older, the equation is as follows: EER = 662 – (9.53 x Age) + Physical Activity x [(15.91 x Weight) + (539.6 x Height]]. For women 19 years and older, the equation is EER = 354 – (6.91 x Age) + Physical Activity x [(9.36 x Weight) + (726 x Height)]. For this equation, you need to calculate your height in meters -- divide total inches by 39.37 -- and your weight in kilograms -- divide your weight in pounds by 2.2. The physical activity factor for men is 1.0 for sedentary; 1.11 for low activity; 1.25 for active and 1.48 for very active. For women, it's 1.0 for sedentary; 1.12 for low activity; 1.27 for active and 1.45 for very active.
If you aren't used to working with long equations, you'll need to understand what is called order of operations. This states that you should work from the inside, that is, do everything in the parentheses first, followed by everything in the brackets. When working from the inside out, do any multiplication before addition and subtraction. If you've done the math correctly, you should get an answer between 1,200 and 5,000 calories.
Once you've determined the average number of calories you consume in a day, you can calculate the calorie deficit or surplus you need to lose or gain weight. To lose weight, you need to take in fewer calories than your EER and/or increase your physical activity level. It takes a deficit of 3,500 calories to lose one pound of weight. Safe weight loss is about 1 to 2 pounds per week.
If you are looking to gain weight, increase the amount of calories consumed or decrease your physical activity level. When doing so, make wise food choices and activity changes. For example, eat a variety of foods from all the major food groups and avoid foods that contain high amounts of saturated and trans-fats. Don't reduce exercise levels to less than 30 minutes of moderate activity five days of the week to decrease your chances of chronic diseases related to inactivity.
Dr. Brandy Ferrara is a Doctor of Chiropractic who has taught college level nutrition since 2010. As a chiropractic intern, she treated patients using nutrition-centered, holistic care. In 2009, she graduated from the University of Bridgeport with a Master of Science in nutrition.
Does the Calorie Counter on a Treadmill Take Into Account the Basal Metabolic Rate?
How Many Calories Daily at 200 Pounds to Lose Weight?
Is It Possible to Gain Weight From Eating 1,500 Calories?
What Is the Calorie Burn to Calorie Intake Ratio Supposed to Be in Order to Lose Weight?
Do You Count the Calories Burned in Your Total Calories for the Day When Trying to Lose Weight?
Do You Count Everything Including Walking When Counting Calories?


text:
August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel (* 1. August 1775 in Ernsbach; † 25. Dezember 1813 in Wertheim) war ein deutscher Mediziner und Botaniker. Sein botanisches Autorenkürzel lautet "".

Leben
August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel studierte in Jena Medizin und wurde 1797 promoviert.

Wibel wirkte zunächst als Arzt in Wertheim und später als Leibarzt, Hofrat und Physikus des Bezirks Wertheim. Er starb in Wertheim an Typhus in einem russischen Lazarett.

August Wibel ist Erstbeschreiber zahlreicher botanischer Taxa.

Ehrungen
Johann Jakob Bernhardi benannte ihm zu Ehren die Pflanzengattung Wibelia aus der Familie der Davalliaceae.

Schriften
 Dissertatio Inauguralis Botanica Primitiarum Florae Werthemensis Sistens Prodromum. Goepferdt, Jena 1797 Digitalisat
 Primitiae Florae Werthemensis. Goepferdt, Jena 1799 Digitalisat
 Beyträge zur Beförderung der Pflanzenkunde. Ersten Bandes erste Abtheilung. Mit 2 Kupfertafeln.  Guilhauman, Frankfurt am Main 1800 Digitalisat

Literatur
 Jan-Peter Frahm & Jens Eggers: Lexikon deutschsprachiger Bryologen, 2001, S. 559–560
 Erich Langguth: Dr. August WIBEL und Dr. Wilhelm EICHHORN. Weihnachten 1813 – Gedenken an zwei Ärzte. In:  Erich Langguth: Aus Wertheims Geschichte. (Veröffentlichung des Historischen Vereins Wertheim; Bd. 7) hrsg. vom Historischen Verein in Verbindung mit dem Staatsarchiv Wertheim aus Anlass des Jubiläums 100 Jahre Historischer Verein Wertheim e.V. (1904–2004), Verlag des Historischen Vereins Wertheim e.V., Wertheim 2004, ISBN 3-00-015709-3

Weblinks
 OCLC WorldCat Identities: Wibel, August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph 1775-1814

Einzelnachweise

Mediziner (18. Jahrhundert)
Mediziner (19. Jahrhundert)
Botaniker (18. Jahrhundert)
Botaniker (19. Jahrhundert)
Bryologe
Deutscher
Geboren 1775
Gestorben 1813
Mann


text:
LuxLeaks anniversary marked with protests, calls for action
Protesters took to the streets to commemorate the launch of ICIJ's investigation into corporations slashing tax bills by billions.
By Hamish Boland-Rudder
Image: Photo: Christian Aid
The anniversary of the publication of ICIJ's Luxembourg Leaks investigation prompted protests and the release of new tax reports on tax policy failures in Europe, as civil society and politicians continue to pressure authorities for more action against corporate tax avoidance.
On November 4 and 5, 2014 ICIJ and more than 30 media outlets around the world began publishing stories that revealed how secret agreements between Luxembourg authorities and some of the world's biggest multinational corporations had allowed more than 370 companies – including Disney, IKEA, Pepsi and Deutsche Bank – to avoid billions of euros in taxes on profits they channeled through Luxembourg.
At the time of release, the investigation led to calls for the resignation of then newly-elected European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who had previously served as Luxembourg's prime minister at the time many of these tax rulings had been agreed to by Luxembourg authorities. A special committee was set up by the European Parliament to investigate the revelations, and European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager said she would use the documents, published by ICIJ in an interactive online database, to help with ongoing and expanded investigations into corporate tax avoidance in Europe.
Read more about the impact from ICIJ's investigations
However on the anniversary of the publication, politicians and activists across Europe took the opportunity to criticize the European Union for not doing enough to crack down on multinationals' tax-avoiding activities.
On Wednesday protesters gathered outside the European Parliament in Brussels, the Treasury building in the United Kingdom and other locations around Europe to mark the occasion, and held up signs and blew whistles to show their support for the whistleblowers, including former Luxembourg PricewaterhouseCoopers employee Antoine Deltour, who are currently facing trial for allegedly leaking tax documents.
#Tax campaigners deal EU blow a year after #LuxLeaks @HeardInEurope https://t.co/90vvAraLm6 https://t.co/hWkYKeUaPj @eurodad @toveryding
— Heard in Europe (@HeardInEurope) November 4, 2015
In the U.K. a group of politicians and activists marked the anniversary with an open letter calling on the European Union to enact new rules, including country-by-country reporting of corporate activities and taxes paid. The letter, signed by more than 30 current and former British and European politicians, academics and transparency activists including renowned economist Thomas Piketty and shadow U.K. chancellor John McDonnell, said action against tax-dodging was essential for "reigniting economic growth" in Europe.
"A year after the scandal of LuxLeaks, European citizens and responsible businesses cannot wait any longer for meaningful action," the letter read. "It is high time for member states to learn the lessons of LuxLeaks, finally put an end to multinationals' tax-dodging, and start working towards a fair system of company taxation."
Earlier in the week, a coalition of non-government organizations known as the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) released a new report that accused the European Union of broad failures in its attempts to tackle tax evasion.
Titled Fifty Shades of Tax Dodging, the report named Germany alongside Luxembourg as the worst culprits when it came to options for concealing money, and criticized the UK and France for blocking developing countries from taking part in discussions on how to improve global tax standards.
"Although tweaks have been made and some loopholes have been closed, the complex and dysfunctional EU system of corporate tax rulings, treaties, letterbox companies and special corporate tax regimes still remains in place," the report said.
"Defence mechanisms against 'harmful tax practices' that have been introduced by governments, only seem partially effective and are not available to most developing countries. They are also undermined by a strong political commitment to continue so-called 'tax competition' between governments trying to attract multinational corporations with lucrative tax reduction opportunities – also known as the 'race to the bottom on corporate taxation'. The result is an EU tax system that still allows a wide range of options for tax dodging by multinational corporations."
The report also took aim at ineffective transparency measures introduced since LuxLeaks, and highlighted the plight of whistleblowers who, to now, have been the primary source of public information about the tax practices of multinational companies.
The special European Parliament committee established to investigate the practices revealed by the LuxLeaks investigation will hold its final meeting on November 16 before releasing what is anticipated to be an extremely critical report on the issue. The committee has again invited several multinational companies to testify, after most refused to appear at earlier hearings.
In October, EU regulators ordered multinational corporations Starbucks and Fiat to repay up to $30 million each in back taxes to Luxembourg and the Netherlands following an investigation of their tax practices. The ruling is expected to be the first of many as probes into other corporate giants including Apple and Amazon continue.
ICIJ's Luxembourg Leaks project has been credited with preparing the ground for a "fundamental change" in tax policy across Europe. The six month investigation by a team of 80 reporters who dug through more than 28,000 pages of complex tax documents has been honored with multiple journalism prizes, including sharing the George Polk Award for Business Reporting and a Data Journalism Award for Investigation of the Year.
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A Tale of Two Leagues: Expansion Plans for NWSL, Silence on the Topic from the WNBA
By: Casey Dobson
Image courtesy of lastwordonsports.com
With women's sports riding an unprecedented wave of growth it's unsurprising that the topic of expansion is on everyone's minds and all over the timeline. If you're a business or investor, it simply makes good sense to get into the women's sports game because women's sports can do one thing that men's sports can't; get bigger. So, if the fan interest is there and the money could be easily brought in, what's the roadblock?
The easiest way to answer this is to look at the two dominant women's leagues in North America, the WNBA and NWSL and their approaches and history with expansion, or lack thereof. The former has been a league of 12 since 2010 while the latter saw their tenth team come in this season, with two more on the docket for 2022.
NWSL's 11th Team: Los Angeles
The NWSL made waves last year when they announced they would be bringing women's pro-soccer to LA and showed us who they would be doing it with. The LA team, named Angel City FC, were backed by the largest female ownership group in US sports history, boasting names from the sports world like Abby Wambach, Serena Williams, Candace Parker, Lindsey Vonn, and Mia Hamm, just to name a handful. On top of the world class athletes, Angel City FC was also being brought to life in part by some of Hollywood's biggest A-list celebrities like Natalie Portman.
League commissioner Lisa Baird has always been vocal about the cautionary approach the NWSL takes to expansion, saying that "the growth trajectory is incredibly exciting, but we need to be strategic and thoughtful about how fast we expand and the communities we partner with."
So why bring the action to LA? Baird acknowledged a large part of the decision was the league fanbase that already exists in the area and the massive general interest in women's soccer. And when you've got an ownership group like the one club president Julie Urhman was able to pull together, you'd be hard pressed to turn away the opportunity.
NWSL's 12th Team: San Diego
Earlier this month, the league caught many off guard when they announced that their twelfth club would compete out of San Diego, also starting in 2022. The league had actually already made the announcement of the twelfth franchise but it had originally been given to Sacramento. The ownership group behind the club had put forward a request for a change in territory rights back in April.
Given how selective the NWSL has been in allowing new groups to join, it was surprising to see an expansion side essentially relocate before having kicked a ball. But Baird was honest in saying that "growth has to be done thoughtfully and deliberately. That's exactly what we've done here. San Diego NWSL has all the hallmarks of a successful expansion club: a committed ownership group with the resources required to invest in the success of our league and our players, in a community full of soccer players and fans, in a region that has been underrepresented in our league. I can't wait to watch it all come together."
With the relocation announcement came the news that the club had hired two-time Women's World Cup winning coach, Jill Ellis as their president. Ellis, who had admitted to being unsure of where her future in the sport lay after she left the USWNT program, made a statement indicating she aims to hire a female head coach as well as an all-female executive staff. Former Manchester United women's coach and England national star, Casey Stoney, has been linked to the bench boss job but Ellis would not confirm the rumours.
A crucial element to the future success of both southern California expansion sides is the passion of the fans that has been in place long before the arrival of the club. Even Commissioner Baird illuminated that fact when speaking about the choice of cities, making it seem potentially more important than any other element. So, if passion can drive soccer expansion, why is a different story being written in basketball?
The WNBA
The fan consensus is there for WNBA expansion which is what makes it so head-scratchingly confusing that there hasn't been any growth in the last few years. And the truth of the matter is that there is no real, concrete, agreed-upon reason for this.
Every analyst and expert has their own hypothesis for the league's reticence, but it isn't like commissioner Cathy Engelbert is letting anyone in on those discussions. "Expansion is certainly on the list of things I've been thinking about down the road," said Engelbert on a media call, "it is interesting to note how competitive and how deep the talent in this league is and so it's certainly something that as we come out of this pandemic, hopefully next year, that we'll prepare to start talking about it.
She hit the nail on the head by pointing out that the talent is there, and that's why so many people are calling for expansion. Beyond expanding the league to solve this problem, many have floated the idea of roster expansion, but that seems like an even more distant dream. "I think that roster expansion is probably further down the road in the next CBA" admitted Engelbert. She followed up by reiterating the intention to start the conversation on expansion "in the next couple years, We'll be talking about the different cities where we think the WNBA could thrive."
Should these new NWSL teams pan out the way they are currently tracking to, both from an ownership financial and league perspective, that should show the WNBA that expansion isn't some dark and foreboding distant future, but the next logical step for the ever growing industry of women's sports.
For more soccer thoughts and opinions, check out Casey's author page or Twitter.


The collective experience of KAKUTE's team over 23 years is our strong relationships with trusted colleagues around the world allow us to identify and engage key people to working with us on different projects, programs and field assignments.
Over the past 23 years, we have worked on the ground in East Africa to create a strong network of practitioners in private companies, government, academia and non-governmental organizations that we can tap into.
2012 to Date: Facilitating and working in collaboration with Mobisol GmbH to pilot and scale project Mobisol's business model in Tanzania. The plan includes reaching 20 regions of Tanzania, and electrifying 55,000 households in 59 districts. KAKUTE is mainly responsible for the advocacy and lobbying with government leaders and community in general.
2008 to Date: Member of the Tanzanian Renewable Energy Association (TAREA), and host to their Northern Zone branch in Arusha. The branch is taking care of Kilimanjaro, Arusha and Manyara regions to identify RE-related practitioners interested in a TAREA membership to strengthen the association in northern Tanzania. By now, 118 potential members have been identified in this area for further follow up.
2012 – 2015: Initiated the EmbarkEnergy program which promoted clean energy entrepreneurs to develop their business plans for financing. Curriculum and training material were made and piloted to 15 entrepreneurs who produced viable business plans.
2012 – 2014: Through REA and Energiebau GmbH, KAKUTE initiated a project in Longido district through LRTC 2012 Program. The project has installed 10kw Solar Photovoltaic System for Lerang'wa Health Centre and that provides enough energy to run the facility. This enabled effective and efficient health services, reducing child- and maternal-mortality, and increasing immunization coverage within the area.
2011 – 2014: For three years we worked closely with SNV Netherlands Development Organization, offering business development services (BDS) to 19 biogas contractor enterprises for Kilimanjaro and Tanga, Arusha and Manyara regions. We have been accepted as a partner in the organizations' pool of local capacity builders.
2010 - 2016 Successful supported technology and business innovation the Pay as you Go solar business model in Tanzania in collaboration with MOBISOL UK Limited.
>> The business innovation development program.
>> Mobisol Pay as you Go business model in Tanzania.
2013 - 2015 Coordinate Embark Energy business program in Tanzania and East Africa. On line Renewable energy business development program.
2009 - 2015 Establishing and running a volunteer program in Tanzania in collaboration with DTP and TAREA.
The renewable energy school program.
18th December 2008 KAKUTE changes it's mandate to a limited company by quarantine without share capital, and changes name to KAKUTE Projects Company Ltd.
>> Active member of Tanzania renewable energy association.
>> Decentralized off grid solution.
>> The money maker pump in Tanzania.


We envisage that by 2020 land stewardship will become a widely accepted land management approach,which will be applied on all kinds of landscapes all across Europe. It proves to be a valuable tool that contributes to the preservation of Europe's natural beauty and resources.
Insects, plants, birds and mammals return to carefully, sustainably managed lands which were once common living grounds, shared by humans, plants and animals. and equally and sustainably used by all of them.


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Dubai fintech startup Cashnomix acquired by Singapore firm
The Dubai tech startup Cashnomix, a cloud based platform that allows small businesses to collect money early on their invoices, has been acquired for an undisclosed amount by a Singapore-based capital provider.
ApexPeak, a relatively young company on the lending scene, who ease the cash flow problems of small and medium-sized enterprises and multinational corporations, covers a market in Southeast Asia and Africa. This 100% acquisition of Cashnomix will be their first foray into the Middle Eastern market, and solidifies Hatcher's suite of financial services for the region. Hatcher is also an investor in Dubai gateway and merchant finance platform Telr.
The brain child of Sujith Kurup, Cashnomix began its life in Ireland, with Kurup bootstrapping his algorithm that buys invoices. "It's the first time a platform like this has come to the Middle East," says Kurup. The purchasing of invoices, which charges the receiver between 2-3% a month on the invoice, means that a small business can receive within 72 hours, money that they would normally have had to wait 90 days for.
"Ultimately we are giving funds cheaper than banks," says Kurup. "Small enterprises in Dubai will be able to upload an invoice onto the ApexPeak platform, and get a rapid decision supported by our scoring algorithm." Seen as alternative access to finance in a region much in need, it adds to ApexPeak's suite of financial services aiding small businesses. "Credit data on companies are sparse, so making an underwriting decision is labor-intensive. The algorithm we have built collects signals from a large variety of sources to determine a score and a confidence index for each invoice," adds Kurup in a statement.
Kurup's decision to headquarter his startup in the UAE was largely due to his realization that short-term capital was largely hard to come by, and the SME market was a fast growing one - in 2010 SMEs were making up 94% of businesses in the UAE. He tells Wamda that he arrived at Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority in September 2014 to put out the feelers and connect with SMEs.
"Everybody thinks the Middle East is flush with cash," said Kurup in a statement from ApexPeak. "While it is true to some degree, that cash does not readily reach small businesses. The process for small businesses to get short-term finance is difficult." Kurup added that the cost of borrowing from traditional lenders is high, usually between 18 and 30% a year.
With a financial background (Kurup was an operations director at Aztec Money), and a long-standing relationship with ApexPeak (Aztec Money is a partner), the path leading to full acquisition was not fraught. However, it didn't come without its challenges. A lack of understanding of the difference between lending and buying meant that people were skeptical of the service to start with. This type of 'on-demand funding' is a common service in the US "but not popular here," he said, "People [here] are used to traditional bank loans, it was a novelty."
The Dubai move proved a success though and Kurup managed to build a deal book of about 15 companies, covering the digital, manufacturing, advertising, and potentially the healthcare sectors, creating a value of just over $2 million - a key element in ApexPeak's decision to take them on board. What began as an idea for a small pilot scheme grew into something significant.
"What was attractive to ApexPeak was the deal book built in UAE, a part of the world where we wanted to open an office," says Anthony Coundouris, manager of marketing and sales at ApexPeak. "In UAE, credit reports are seldom available. So making underwriting decisions is difficult." Coundouris explained to Wamda that the algorithm created by Kurup is one that they would like to integrate with their app Invoice Advance, a pairing that would mean a smarter app capable of scoring an invoice in a faction of the time it takes now.
Cashnomix is eying other markets as well. In a video made by Cashnomix they said that "for businesses in Chile, India, Indonesia and Singapore, we are going to revolutionize SME finance."
Moving forward Kurup will be taking on the role of managing director of Middle East operations for Cashnomix, and will oversee the roll out of ApexPeak's suite of working capital products, in the Dubai market first, before exploring growth in other parts of the UAE. Cashnomix services will also be available in Africa and Southeast Asia.
With ApexPeak now firmly establishing a foothold in the region, their key investor, Hatcher, is clearly being strategic in growing their portfolio of fin-tech in the Middle East. Can we expect to see an amalgamation of Telr and Cashnomix's services in the future?
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Percolation segregation of fines in multi-size and multi-component mixtures was quantified and compared with continuous mixtures. In addition to size; shape and density also affect the number of multi-size components needed to predict the percolation of fines for continuous mixtures. Processing condition such as strain rate also played the role in determining number of components needed to predict the percolation of fines in continuous mixture.
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The very worrying standoff in Tripoli must be ended by peaceful means UNSMIL chief Martin Kobler told Libya's neighbours adding that the country's situation had become increasingly delicate in the last seven months.
Kobler was in the Niger capital Niamey yesterday talking to the ninth ministerial meeting of countries bordering Libya.
He condemned the takeover of the Rixos premises of the High State Council in Tripoli. "Attempts to create parallel institutions and obstruct the implementation of the Libyan Political Agreement will generate further disorder and security" he said, "This standoff should not escalate into violence. It has to end peacefully".
"Libya is at a critical stage" he warned, "These next few weeks will show whether Libyans are able to chart a way together towards peace or risk slipping into renewed conflict. Either we move together united or we fall divided".
Kobler's speech was particularly downbeat for a man who has seemed inexhaustible with his endless flying between talks in an uncomfortable UN aeroplane. He made a point of mentioning his recent visit to the Fallah migrant detention camp, which had clearly shaken him.
"I saw the abominable and unacceptable circumstances in which the migrants were kept. Everything is lacking, water, hygiene and even air" he said, adding "The only things that we can find in abundance are diseases and despair. Libya is certainly not a country where migrants can return safely".
He praised the EU's migrant training for Libyan coastguards but said it was not enough. The international community had to do something about the humanitarian situation in the detention camps and better finance repatriations undertaken by the International Organisation for Migration. It should also work with the countries from which the migrants came in order to address the reasons that they chose to leave in the first place.
"Irregular migration", said Kobler, was one of three problems that had to be tackled as a matter of urgency. The others were organised crime and the fight against terrorism.
On this last, he said there was hope. "Libyans have and continue to show resolve to improve their situation. From Sirte to Benghazi, progress is being made in the fight against terrorism. Da'esh (IS), which only months ago was expanding its territory, is now a shadow of what it once was".
Kobler said that the Presidency Council had been unable to extend its control and govern the country because for the last six months the House of Representatives had been unwilling to vote on the Government of National Accord. In addition, too many Libyan "security actors" were operating autonomously. There continued to be no progress on creating the security structures envisaged by the Libyan Political Agreement .
The PC was also still struggling to establish an effective system of governance. This had resulted in a decrease in basic services which was compounded by a worsening economy.
"Daily life for Libyans is becoming more difficult" he said, "With oil production well below its potential, inflation of the Libyan Dinar is at nearly 20%, food prices are increasing and the lack of liquidity means that cash is becoming scarce".
He urged the PC and the Central Bank to tackle these problems and ensure that Libya's resources were used effectively for its people.
Kobler told his ministerial audience in Niamey that it was incumbent on them as Libya's neighbours to support the Presidency Council and the LPA and to encourage the HoR to endorse the new GNA cabinet when it was presented to them.
Kobler said he was heartened by the coordinated frontier control and joint training exercises established by countries bordering Libya. This was vital to stem irregular migration and the flow of illegal weapons.
He noted "Despite the weapons embargo there are an estimated 26 million weapons in Libya. These weapons do not fall from the sky, they come from land and by sea. I urge all member states to abide by the arms embargo and to control their borders".


text: Late papers will have points deducted. The PLAGIARISM PROGRAM IS ON. I will not grade any question that has been plagiarized and you will lose ALL points for that question (2). You are to write a long paragraph to 2 paragraphs for the following. NO BULLET POINTS. Use only the criteria discussed in class and provide a brief explanation of the theory you are using as a lens through which you conduct your analysis. Each question specifically lists CRITERIA and has a thesis and ONE_SIDED Conclusion. Your analysis must prove your position with proof and evidence from the case study. The ethical criterion must analyze a single moment in the case study. Nothing is broad. You are not to take photographs or copy any of the questions. You will be liable for these actions. 1– A depressed septuagenarian with terminal cancer wants to stop all treatment. Should he be allowed to, or should his depression be regarded as rendering him incompetent to make such decisions? Discuss the options through a lens of Bioethics (autonomy/beneficence). In terms of utilitarianism, what will be the effect of either decision? (Discuss from the answer you gave to the first part) Cite criteria and show application; be specific. Which option is more ethical (not religiously)? Why? 2– John G. Rangos, Sr., the founder of Chambers Development Co., a waste management firm, demanded bottom-line results. When executives reported to him in 1990 that profits would fall short of projections, he is quoted to have said, "Go find the rest of it." And so they did, until an outside audit in 1992 found that the company had falsely reported strong profits in every year since 1985, although it was losing money all the time. Former employees say that, in the pursuit of growth, manipulated numbers were tolerated, or perhaps even encouraged. One former employee who found discrepancies in 1988 was told, "This is how the game is played." Applying Virtue Ethics, how does this example demonstrate unethical behavior and on the part of whom? Cite criteria and show application; be specific. Why is the whistleblower ethical? Explain. 3–Since 1891, the concepts of purity, high quality, and natural ingredients had served as the foundation of its corporate culture and had been a consistent marketing theme. What had caused Beech-Nut to stray from its heritage and reputation? What, exactly is considered to be unethical? Why? Perhaps some portion of motive can be inferred from a report President Neils Hoyvald wrote to Nestle, the company that had acquired Beech-Nut in the midst of his cover-up. "It is our feeling that we can report safely now that the apple juice recall has been completed. If the recall had been effectuated in early June [when the FDA had first ordered it], over 700,000 cases in inventory would have been affected…. Due to our many delays, we were only faced with having to destroy 20,000 cases." Beginning in 1977, the company began buying a chemical concoction, made up mostly of sugar and water, and labeling it "apple juice." Sales of that product brought Beech-Nut an estimated $60 million between 1977 and 1982 while reducing material costs about $250,000 annually. When various investigators tried to do something about it, the company stonewalled. Among other things, they shipped the bogus juice out of a plant in New York to Puerto Rico, to put it beyond the jurisdiction of federal investigators, and they even offered the juice as a giveaway to reduce their stocks after they were finally forced to discontinue selling it. In the end, the company pleaded guilty to 215 counts of introducing adulterated food into commerce and violating the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The FDA fined Beech-Nut $2 million. In addition, Beech-Nut's president Neils Hoyvald and its vice president of operations John Lavery were found guilty. Applying the ideas of Corporate Social Responsibility, analyze why the behavior was unethical. Include in your argument the ethical decision of the court and the FDA. Cite criteria and show application; be specific. Do NOT BE broad!


If I started listing all the ones I really like we'd be here all night. Back when my hearing was a lot better I enjoyed nothing more than playing my guitar and singing...Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Tom T. Hall, Alan Jackson, George Jones, Stonewall Jackson...oh, heck!...you get the idea. But one of my all time favorites is relatively new, Long Black Train by Josh Turner. I still pick and sing a bit, but not nearly like I used to. I have some difficulty hearing the chords. I wish I could hear better. I really miss my music. Toward the end of my Senior year in high school my Choir director told me I had won a full four year scholarship in music to Georgia Southern University. A couple days later he told me they had further checked my academic records and found I have a half credit too many to qualify for the scholarship. Truth was...politics. Even back in 1964 it was sometimes WHO you were and who your parents were that mattered more than talent. That hurt, and I ended up enlisting in the Air Force. Didn't do too badly, though. Retired as a Master Sergeant after 23 years active duty. Still, I miss being able to make music like I could when I could hear a lot better.
No, I'm not Mormon (I don't judge you if you are), I will not accept challenges to my faith. This song just makes hairs stand up on my body and put me into praying mode every time. Thanks for listening to it and paying attention to its message.
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"Forever is as far as I'll go". Alabama. One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I used to sing it for Sandy. Also Alan Jackson's "I'd do it all over again".
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Well, I would say that Kansas' "DUST IN THE WIND" is, but there are a lot of songs of different genres I like. I might change my mind tomorrow.


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THP believes that some of the best reviews come from the people out there playing golf and one of our slogans is "For the consumer, by the consumer". What better way to find out about the latest and greatest in the world of golf equipment than from other golfers from different handicap levels. TaylorMade Golf is getting ready to release a new iron line to the world called Tour Preferred and it is made up of 3 different sets of irons. The MB, MC and CB irons each are geared towards different skill levels and each have characteristics in terms of performance/forgiveness. Here is a brief video with the company shot by THP explaining the new sets.
10 golfers from the THP Forum were chosen to get a set of irons and work on a long term review. Each golfer has been given the task to work with these irons over many months and update their thoughts in an ongoing review thread on the forum for the world to follow and decide if these are the right set for them. You can follow along with these reviews that will be filled with pictures and thoughts by clicking on the links below associated with each set of irons.
Amazing job by TM to put these into the hands of some great people here at THP. Looking forward to the reviews!
Reviews and testing like this is what makes this site so great! I am excited to hear the thoughts on these as they may find their way into my bag!
VERY informative video, good on ya' THP, can't wait for the reviews !
Again, Taylormade steps up to the plate and gives real golfers the chance to give feedback on their gear. They are a step ahead when it comes to bringing the average golfer closer to the industry.
Great idea to have these irons tested by ordinary golfers….. Other club manufacturers should follow this lead…..
Oh man have I been loving these irons! Please do feel free to stop by the MC thread and ask anything you want. We are seeing some pretty amazing things with these irons for sure. If you live in my area or are in my area, feel free to hit me up if you want to take a few swings with them.
Cool stuff – I was intrigued when I caught a glipse of TM's forged offerings. Will be interesting to follow.
How do i get to be picked for something like this???
Taylor Made makes the best equipment for the masses!


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Халід ібн Бармак  — значний політичний діяч Багдадського халіфату часів династії Аббасидів. Походив з перської родини Бармакидів.

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Був сином Бармака, представника знатної жрецької родини з Балха (сучасний північний Афганістан) та доньки князя Саганіана. В момент народження Халіда його родина вже мешкала у Басрі, при цьому не переривала зв'язків з іранськими аристократичними родинами. Відомо, що Халід отримав гарну освіту. У 747 році взяв участь у повстанні Абу Мусліма проти Омейядів. Надав суттєву допомогу, спираючись на свої родинні зв'язки з перською знатю, майбутньому халіфу Ас-Саффаху Аббасиду. Халід ібн Бармакі взяв участь у битві при Забі, в ході якої вирішувалося протистояння між Омейядами та Аббасидами. Його призначають розподіляти отриману військову здобич.

У 749 році Халіда ібн Бармакі призначають головою дивана хараджа (органу, який займався земельним збором). При ньому ця посада стала дорівнювати посаді міністра. Він відрізнявся адміністративними та військовими талантами. За часів халіфа аль-Мансура Халіда призначають губернатором Фарса (Парса). Водночас Халід ібн Бармакі бере активну участь у внутрішніх інтригах родини халіфа, змусивши сина халіфа Ісу ібн Мусу відмовитися від прав на трон.

У 765 році Халіда ібн Бармакі призначають також намісником Табаристану (північ Ірану). На цій посаді він підкорив князівство Масмуган, після чого мешканці Табаристану стали зображувати його на своїх щитах. До того ж тут він заснував місто Мансуру. Водночас займається розбудовою Багдада, використовуючі для цього будови Ктесифона.

У 769 році халіф призначив Халіду ібн Бармакі значний штраф (3 млн дирхамів), який допоміг останньому виплатити майбутній халіф Аль-Махді. Незабаром послуги Халіда знадобилися для придушення повстання курдів. Успішно виконавши це завдання, халід ібн Бармакі став губернатором Мосула, а його син Яг'я ібн Халід Бармакі — Азербайджану. На цій посаді Халід здобув як прихильність місцевого населення, так й збільшив статки своєї родини.

У 773 році був одним з військових очільників походу армії халіфату проти Візантійської імперії. Арабські війська дійшли до Босфору, проте захопити Константинополь не змогли.

775 року новий халіф Аль-Махді призначив його валі Фарсу. Тут відзначився перерозподілом податку на землю та скасуванням обтяжливого податку на сади. Невдовзі отримав у володіння Шаммасію (біля Багдаду). Тут звів палац, що став резиденцією роду Бармакидів та ринок, який отримав ім'я Халіда ібн Бармака.

780 року разом з сином Яг'я брав участь у поході арабського війська на Візантію під формальним командуванням спадкоємця Гаруна. Відзначився при захопленні фортеці Самалу. Помер невдовзі після повернення з походу.

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 Cyril Glassé (ed.), The New Encyclopedia of Islam, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, revised ed., 2003, ISBN 0-7591-0190-6, Excerpt from: pg 6: «The 'Abbasid dynasty ruled with the help of the Barmakids, a prominent Persian family from Balkh who, before their conversion, had been priests in the Bhuddist monestary of Nawbahar».

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Yet higher religion, which is only a search for a larger life, is essentially experience and recognized the necessity of experience as its foundation long before science learnt to do so.
The standpoint of the man who relies on religious experience for capturing Reality must always remain individual and incommunicable.
That is why, according to this newer psychology, Christianity has already fulfilled its biological mission, and it is impossible for the modern man to understand its original significance.


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Robert Glynn (Boogie) Hayes
Published 8:00 pm Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Graveside services are at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at New Palestine Cemetery for Robert Glynn (Boogie) Hayes, 31, of Picayune, who died Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006.
Burial is in New Palestine Cemetery under the direction of McDonald Funeral Home.
A native of Picayune, he was a truck driver.
Survivors include his parents, Robert V. Hayes of Carriere and Glenna R. Brimm of Picayune; two sisters, Penny Carter of Picayune and Christina Brimm Chacoyoa of Chino, Calif; a brother, Steven Brimm of Chino; four children, Kaitlyn Brooke Hayes, Brittany Nicole Hayes, Robert Kade Hayes and Allison Marie Hayes, all of Picayune; maternal grandparents, Laura Marie Seal and Huey L. Seal of Picayune and paternal grandparents, Martha Nell Davis of Picayune and R.V. Hayes of Wiggins.
Visitation is 6-10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, at the funeral home.
Susan B. Moran
Memorial services are at a later dated for Susan B. Moran, 59, of Carriere, who died Sunday, Oct. 29. Arrangements... read more


Porto-Vecchio has about 11,000 inhabitants which makes it the third largest town on Corsica and the center of tourism in the island's southeast. It sits on a hill at the inner end of the eight kilometers long Gulf of Porto-Vecchio and consists of the old town, enclosed by a Genuese Fortress, where tourists mingle during summer, and the waterfront around the marina and ferry terminal. Worth seeing is the well preserved citadel with its beautiful city gate Porte Genoise, once the only entrance from the harbor to the old city. With 8,000 hectares the largest cork oak forest of the island is located in Porto-Vecchio's hinterland.


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