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Before you can start troubleshooting your furnace, you have to understand how it works. Your central heating system is composed of a network of ducts and vents that's connected to an airflow fan. This system is controlled by a thermostat, which can be programmed to turn on and shut off automatically, thus regulating your home's ambient temperature based on a desired temperature setting.
If your furnace doesn't turn on when it's supposed, or if it suddenly shuts off, check to see that your system is receiving power. In some instances, your HVAC system's circuit breaker may have been tripped, which happens when there's a power outage or a power surge. Also, check your thermostat if it's connected to your home's electrical panel. If the breakers have been tripped, reset them to restore power to your furnace.
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Peter Hooker Limited owned an engineering business originally established in 1827 and carried on under the name Messrs Peter Hooker as printers' engineers at 12 Pump Row, Old Street Road, St Luke's, later at Pear Tree Court, Farringdon Road, London EC. The limited liability company was formed to own it in 1900. Operations were moved to Black Horse Lane Walthamstow,  Essex (now in London), in 1901.

There being insufficient business the Walthamstow site (for sale since 1921) was sold in early 1928 and the company was voluntarily wound up by its then shareholders at the end of the same year.

Walthamstow
The Walthamstow site was very big. Twenty years earlier the business had employed around 20 people. Peter Hooker's youngest son, Benjamin (1857–1932), sat on the board of some public listed companies. George Holt Thomas made a fortune from two popular magazines then began to manufacture aircraft. Perhaps there had been a prior link between Thomas and Benjamin Hooker through printing machinery and they decided the skills needed to make printing machinery might be turned to the new petrol engines then to aero engines.

A summary of a recorded interview of Hugh Burroughes (22 December 1883 – 3 October 1985) archived by The Imperial War Museum (catalogue number 7255, production date 1983) during the period he was Holt Thomas's general manager of Aircraft Manufacturing Company at Hendon (1914–1919) refers to the establishment of a factory to manufacture Gnome engines in Walthamstow, London, 1914. Burroughes remained a significant force active in the aviation industry until he retired from the board of Hawker-Siddeley in 1966 aged 82.

Newall Gauges
The original business of Newall Engineering Company of Atherton's Quay, Warrington, was founded about 1890. It was a pioneer in introducing gauges to the engineering trade which enabled the manufacture of interchangeable component parts by a standard limit system.
In 1909 Peter Hooker Limited purchased the complete business: plant, stock, patents and goodwill of Newall. Newall's were by then makers of limit gauges, measuring machines, micrometers, surface plates etc.

During the later part of the war this part of the business was taken over and operated as a National Gauge Factory by the Ministry of Munitions. In February 1919 it was reported in Flight that it had now reverted to Peter Hooker Limited. A new general manager had been appointed R J Bray previously director of the Machine Tool Section, Aircraft Production Department.

The British Gnôme and Le Rhône Engine Company
Peter Hooker Limited used this name on the rotary aero engines it manufactured under licence from the French company, known from the beginning of 1915 as Société des Moteurs Gnome et Rhône. Because the entire engine rotated they had to be precisely balanced, which necessitated precision machining of all parts and they were therefore extremely expensive to build.
 Gnome Monosoupape
 Le Rhône

Expansion 1917
By the middle of 1917 the principal businesses of Peter Hooker Limited, both activities requiring great precision, were the manufacture of aero engines using the name "The British Gnôme and Le Rhône Engine Company" and the manufacture of Newall gauges.

The works of these two businesses at Black Horse Lane, Walthamstow occupied two-thirds of the freehold approximately 26-acre site. At that time numbers employed were workpersons 1,500 and staff 250, a total of 1,750 and the owners were Airco Limited and George Holt Thomas. By this time Peter Hooker Limited needed more capital and went to the stock exchange for it. Financial commentators noted that Hooker's issue of £250,000 of debenture stock to the public in July 1917 met a comparatively poor response when compared with the issue of Straker-Squire Limited, manufacturers of motor vehicles. The Straker-Squire issue was over-subscribed three times but for Hooker's ". . . an appreciable proportion of the amount offered" was not taken up.

 Directors of Peter Hooker Limited at 30 June 1917:
 G Holt Thomas (1869-1929), chairman and managing director of Aircraft Manufacturing Co Limited (chairman)
 A F Thomas (1872-1956), director of Aircraft Manufacturing Co Limited, retired newspaper publisher
 Hugh Burroughes (1883-1985), general manager of Aircraft Manufacturing Co Limited
 G A Peck (1885-1964), assistant general manager of Aircraft Manufacturing Co Limited

Sale to BSA 1920
BSA acquired this whole business from George Holt Thomas and his Airco group in January 1920. It was then discovered that certain contracts with H G Burford & Co and D Napier & Son amounting to more than £1,000,000 were so unremunerative as to involve a probable loss of £250,000. BSA advised they did not intend to carry on the business but would liquidate it.

Under management of the liquidator until assets sold
It was noted by the BSA chairman that the profit of Peter Hooker Limited for the year ended 31 July 1919 had been more than £200,000.  In February 1921 the works at Walthamstow and all the plant & machinery were advertised for sale.
Government and the Air Ministry
In September 1922 a town's meeting at Walthamstow asked that the government disregard the Treasury's regulation that no orders be placed with a company in liquidation and place orders for Peter Hooker's newly developed engines.
Marlborough-Thomas
Peter Hooker Limited made a 1.5-litre 8-cylinder racing car engine to his design for J. G. Parry-Thomas's "flat iron" cars.
Stromboli, a giant aeroplane engine
Newspapers reported that the clerk of the Tottenham Council had asked the Air Ministry to arrange further testing of the giant new engine known as Stromboli for daytime or away from London. The 12-cylinder engine could produce more than 1500 horsepower. Airliners fitted with three of them might well be able to carry 100 passengers at more than 100 mph. This engine was intended for airships.
Profit
In May 1926 the chairman of BSA reported to BSA shareholders that Peter Hooker Limited (in liquidation) was continuing in business at a profit under the control of the receiver appointed by the bank. As the assets far exceeded the value of the amount owed to the bank they were willing for it to continue.

Sale
Not enough business was found in the 1920s to support the retention of their 40-acre site at Walthamstow with its more than 400,000 square feet of workshops built little more than two decades earlier. Operations had ended when the site's sale was completed in early 1928 and the company was voluntarily wound up by its then shareholders towards the end of the same year.

Premises
Operations finished at the end of 1927 on the agreement of a sale of the Walthamstow works—which had been for sale since 1921. The sale of Straker-Squire's premises at Edmonton was reported in the same item. On 21 January 1928 Messrs Achille Serre, dyers and cleaners, announced they had purchased the premises and they would shortly be employing more than 2,000 people there

Plant to High Duty Alloys
The works manager, Wallace Charles Devereux, and some staff took some of the plant to Slough and began High Duty Alloys Limited.

Newall Gauges
In 1928 this part of the business was bought by Sydney Player who set up a new operation at Ponders End, Essex forming a new company with the old name, Newall Engineering Company Limited. Later, in 1933, he added machine tools to the catalogue of products and transferred operations to Peterborough early in 1935. The principal machine tool products were mechanical lapping machines and thread grinding machines used in all types of precision engineering but particularly in the making of aero and motor car engines.

George Holt Thomas died in 1929. Ben Hooker died in 1932 leaving a substantial estate.

Notes

References

External links
 Newall thread caliper gauge for sale on ebay

Engine manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Manufacturing companies established in 1827
Aircraft industry in London
Companies based in Essex
Defunct aircraft engine manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Hooker
1827 establishments in England

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require 'google/apis/games_management_v1management/classes.rb'
require 'google/apis/games_management_v1management/representations.rb'

module Google
  module Apis
    # Google Play Game Management
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    # The Google Play Game Management API allows developers to manage resources from
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    module GamesManagementV1management
      VERSION = 'V1management'
      REVISION = '20200811'

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end

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I don't want to climb rocks. I have snow clamp ons to help in snow/ice. If it is 12 plus inch snow it could prove to be a little much.
Why NM or CO? You aren't that far from Fort Smith Arkansas where you could hike: Ozark Highlands Trail or Quachita Trail during a cold spell after dropping some fluff.
training for what? backpacking is just walkin' with weight. seriously. what do you mean?
probably just means a relatively easy trail to hike "for fun and experience/trail-legs".
I'm thinking he wants a trail to learn on, but not wear himself out, and risk injury.
done parts of AT,PCT,CDT,and a few others. I have never done more than a 21 day trail hike. I want to get the body and soul ready for a walk across the country....(and I may have my novice niece and son with me).
there are a few others from your area who are members here, that may be able to point ya to some good hiking, I cannot, been gone for years and years and years.
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Many public companies are not finished implementing FASB's new lease accounting standard, and one-third of private companies say they are unprepared to comply with the new standard, according to a new survey.
After filing earnings reports for the first quarter of 2019, 25% of public companies plan to spend just as much time implementing the lease accounting standard as they did in the first quarter — and an additional 24% of companies plan to spend more time now than they did in the first quarter, a Deloitte poll released Monday shows.
Meanwhile, just 30% of private companies participating in the poll said they plan to adopt on schedule in 2020. Public and private companies alike have found it difficult to locate all their lease contracts, identify embedded leases in other contracts, and extract the data needed to comply with FASB's rules.


What if no will can be found? Is probate still necessary?
If a person dies and they have a will, there will have to be a probate proceeding to transfer the assets. As you know from reading the previous blog, a probate is simply the court supervised proceeding to determine who the heirs or beneficiaries are and transfer the assets to them.
If person dies and leaves no will ( ie. they died intestate), there will still have to be a probate. The Court will distribute your estate to your heirs at law to be distinguished from the situation where a will names the beneficiaries you want to inherit who may or may not be your heirs. As an example, if you want to leave money to a favorite charity, you have to name that charity in a will or a trust. Without either, your estate will be an intestate estate and be distributed to your heirs, not the charity you had in mind.
The distinction between a will and no will is simply that if no will is found, the estate will be distibuted according to the laws of intestate succession. In California with a decedent who is single, the beneficiaries will be the children; if no children, then to parents; if no parents, then to brothers and sisters or their children. If none of those individuals exist, then the estate will go to grandparents, if they are still alive. If none of those relatives exist, then the estate will go to the State of California.
If the decedent left a spouse, the community property will be distributed to the spouse and if there are no children, the separate property will also pass to the spouse. If there are children, the children will get a portion of the separate property.
The rest of the intestate probate administration will progress just as it does with a will. There will be a petition filed with the probate court to start the process and the court will appoint someone as the administrator of the estate. The assets will be inventoried and appraised, creditors notified, taxes paid if necessary, and assets distributed to the decedent's heirs at law.
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Valencia MotoGP Test Preview: Rossi, Marquez, Ducati, And The Future
Submitted by David Emmett on Mon, 2012-11-12 23:25
The sense of expectation in the air at Valencia is wound so tight it hums. Tomorrow morning, some time after 10am, some of that expectation will start to dissipate as we get the first glimpses of answers that have preoccupied MotoGP fans for the past few months.
Two things we hope to see: a glimpse of the past and a glimpse of the future. After two long, hard years, the army of Valentino Rossi fans will be hoping to see something they haven't since 2010, or maybe even 2009: a flowing, comfortable, aggressive Valentino Rossi at one with the machine underneath. That was something he never showed while riding the Ducati, the figure in the Rossi replica helmet sitting on the Ducati always looking more like a club racer had sneaked into the back of the Ducati garage to take the bike out for a spin, terrifying himself in the process. Rossi looked stiff, awkward, uncomfortable, his back arched like a cat negotiating a dog-infested yard.
The body language should be enough to judge the success of Rossi's return by. The times may be a little slow on the first day, as he will need to reconfigure his brain again, to learn to trust the front end of the bike, and react more quickly and more smoothly to the things the bike is trying to do. He may have picked up some unhealthy habits in his time at Ducati which take a little while to unlearn and slow him up while he does. But the way he sits on the bike, brakes, attacks corners and walks to his chair after getting off the bike should tell the onlookers enough about whether the Valentino Rossi of old will show up at Qatar.
From the old to the new, and the future of MotoGP will take his first steps on the road which may eventually lead to superstardom tomorrow. Marc Marquez has been groomed, supported and exceedingly well funded on his way to MotoGP, but the teenager's towering talent need not be questioned. He has proven both in 125s and in Moto2 that he learns fast, adapts to new machinery quickly and has the bike control necessary. He also has a merciless aggression, total confidence in his abilities and a hunger, an insatiable thirst for victory. Leaping off a Moto2 with half the horsepower, limited electronic sophistication and rider-friendly Dunlops onto a fire-breathing Honda RC213V and the stone-like Bridgestones will be a shock to the system. But if there is one rider capable of filling the immense void left by Casey Stoner, Marc Marquez promises to be that man.
Marquez has neither fear, nor respect for his peers - at least not while he is on the track - two traits which he may be forced to quickly learn. He will not find the limit of the Honda MotoGP machine immediately, but by the end of the first day he should have at least found his feet. A time to match Stefan Bradl and Alvaro Bautista should be regarded as an excellent debut. A time close to that of Rossi's would be outstanding. A time within a few tenths of Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo would be sensational. With Stoner's old crew chief Cristian Gabarrini overseeing Marquez' entry into the premier class, the boy is in the best possible hands.
At Ducati, the fate of the two Andreas will be fascinating to follow. The two men enter Ducati coming off opposite trajectories, and with completely different backgrounds. In the factory team, Andrea Dovizioso enters with experience of both Honda and Yamaha, experience which may prove to be both a help and a hindrance. The time at Honda exploiting the drive off the corner will help him, as will Dovizioso's strength on the brakes. The confidence gained with the Yamaha's front end will not, however. The front end of the Ducati is a problem to be ridden around, not a strength to be exploited, and Dovizioso will need to recalibrate his brain to cope with that. Fortunately for the likeable Italian, he has just gone through that exact same process with the Tech 3 Yamaha over the past year. He has been told by his friends to prepare for a shock, the question is whether he can cope with the scale of it.
The other Andrea, Iannone, does not require quite so much preparation. The Italian has already spent some seat time with the Ducati at Mugello earlier this year. He comes into the Pramac Ducati junior team without preconceptions of what a MotoGP bike is supposed to feel like, and can just concentrate on trying to ride as hard as possible. Many believe that an open mind is the key to success at Ducati, riding the bike the way it needs to be ridden, rather than hoping to adapt it to fit a preconceived notion. Iannone is an almost entirely instinctive rider, and one who has quickly learned to adapt to the situation at hand. He will need to continue in that vein for the year to come.
A few more hours, and the tension will break, cracked by the roar of 2013-spec MotoGP bikes taking to the track with 2013-spec riders aboard them. The future arrives tomorrow.
When Stoner left Ducati and
Mental Anarchist replied on Tue, 2012-11-13 01:43
When Stoner left Ducati and went to Honda he was immediately fast and topped the first day of testing. I would expect Rossi to nearly replicate that feat.
I think most people are underestimating Rossi's hunger to win and hunger to restore his legacy after the past 2 failed years at Ducati.
I won't be surprised to see Ianone as fastest Ducati at the end of day 1 and am excited to see how Dovi adapts. I suspect he will adapt well and use the desire to prove that he can do some thing Rossi could not to push the bike to where it is needed to perform.
Hedgehog replied on Tue, 2012-11-13 08:42
"When Stoner left Ducati and went to Honda he was immediately fast and topped the first day of testing."
It seems that nobody is expecting him to be that good (though Stoner was only 2nd on the 1st day of testing... it took him another day to get up to full speed).
Fast straight away
wazman replied on Tue, 2012-11-13 04:55
I'm an admirer but not a huge fan of Rossi – mainly because of the excessive adulation and bigotry towards other riders from a portion of his fanbase, and this goes right back to the Biaggi days.
Nonetheless I suspect he will be quick to get up to speed on the Yamaha. The edge may be a little dulled but I'm in no way convinced he has lost his touch as a rider - we saw him turn in some good wet-weather performances on the Ducati, which usually tells you that the rider has potential the bike isn't matching.
To expect Rossi to top the
pooch replied on Tue, 2012-11-13 08:19
To expect Rossi to top the times of the first day of testing is expecting too much from the old fella. He will be fast, but he will not be fastest. If gets under 0.5 of Lorenzo then that would be a great result for him.
Rossi already looking happy
paulj replied on Tue, 2012-11-13 10:06
MotoGP.com has started posting photos, and Rossi looks happy to be back on his M1: http://bit.ly/QDree9
Of course he's happy...
Lowdcahn replied on Tue, 2012-11-13 11:52
he has most of Ducati's cash, a new bike to ride and a whole bunch of fans that will pretend that 2011 and 2012 never happened..
Who's laughing now?
Future: Suzuki? PTR Honda's
morbidelli17 replied on Tue, 2012-11-13 19:05
Future: Suzuki? PTR Honda's Buckmaster just issued a release that is, to be polite, critical of Jules Cluzel. But buried in that release is a comment about Randy DePuniet signing as Suzuki's new MotoGP tester. Did I miss something, or did Buckmaster let something slip?
De Puniet
David Emmett replied on Tue, 2012-11-13 19:51
It's possible, but I'm not sure that Buckmaster knows that for certain.
gsx750f replied on Tue, 2012-11-13 22:56
http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=50290
Brilliant that!
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Q: Laravel - different formats for date/time query I am learning Laravel and I have some small problem on controllers - when I use DB, the query returns date time without timezone but if I use model, the query returns full datetime.
    public function test($switch)
    {
        //return "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.000000Z"
        if ($switch) return Position::select('id','created_at')->orderBy('id')->get();

        // return "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss"
        return DB::table('positions')->select('id','created_at')->orderBy('id')->get();
    }

Why? What I need to dof I want "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.000000Z" on both cases?
Thanks for solution.
thanks for advice

A: You should use the DB::raw
The following statement will convert the datetime value created_at from +00:00 timezone to +10:00 timezone.
You can try this
return DB::table('positions')->select(DB::raw('id',CONVERT_TZ('created_at','+00:00','+10:00'))->orderBy('id')->get();

you can set your timezone that you wants to convert it

A: They are the same data, probably just different classes of date and you can always format your date. Laravel utilizes Carbon date library which is excellent and should be used primarily.
If you try to print out your date class with get_class() for Eloquent Position created_at, you probably got Carbon and DB::table('positions') created_at, you probably got DateTime and that's why the value looks different (but you still got the same date).
If you want to convert your DateTime to Carbon, you can do
$newDate = new \Carbon\Carbon($position->created_at)

A: Thanks Anurat,
I realized this fact shortly after sending the previous question.
... but there is another 'issue' - both times are my local time - time in "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.000000Z" is not UTC time as I expected.
I changed my function:
    public function test($switch = false)
    {
        $data = Position::selectRaw('id, created_at, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(created_at) unix')->orderBy('id')->get();

        foreach ($data as $d) {
            $conv = new \DateTime($d->created_at);
            $d->conv = intval($conv->format('U'));
            $d->diff = $d->conv - $d->unix;
            }
        return $data;
    }

... and result is

0
  id             1
  created_at    "2021-03-18T12:36:59.000000Z"
  unix          1616067419
  conv          1616071019
  diff          3600

As you see, the difference is 1 hour (as my timezone offset). Where is a problem?
Thanks.

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It's a frustrating problem: Your pricing organization must protect the company's margins from eroding, but salespeople have little to no control over the cost of a product — that depends more on the efficiency of your production process.
When the sales team needs some kind of leverage to win deals, salespeople often resort to deep discounts. If this apparent dilemma is causing friction in your company, it's time to take control with discount discipline.
1) Change the game from volume to price: Salespeople are typically given a strong incentive to focus on volume, rather than price or margin. Think about a product's path to maturity and how it applies to your sales team. The push for high volume works in a high-growth market, when you're going after market share. But in a mature market where typically the business goal is to increase margins, volume-based sales targets create an environment in which sales goals do not align with those of the business.
Having a margin incentive in place ensures you're not eating into your own profits as you go after the same pool of people. Without a margin incentive, salespeople aren't likely to comply with discount discipline. Nevertheless, compensation packages focused exclusively on margin have their shortcomings, since much of what goes into that margin lies beyond the control of sales.
The most mature companies, regardless of their market, incentivize salespeople based on the pricing they're offering. When you compensate based on pricing, your discount discipline becomes much more effective and useful to the sales team.
2) Empower salespeople to drive higher prices: When you align incentives with pricing, it gives reps a bigger stake in the part of the sales process where they have the greatest control. They have the power to nudge up a price for an existing customer or go after premium pricing for a new customer.
A good way to support this practice is by providing price recommendations during the sale. Integrating price guidance within your Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Configure Price Quote (CPQ) solutions gives them tools to win the deal through pricing, improving motivation and the adoption of discount discipline.
3) Set clear benchmarks and targets: To ensure discount discipline, reps need to have confidence they're able to win deals without falling back on a discount. Providing clear, data-driven benchmarks, such as prices achieved in similar accounts, helps build this confidence. They're able to quote a higher price to a customer without worrying about their win rate if they know that they or one of their colleagues have won at this price point in the past.
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5) Help reps improve sales offers for each customer: Best-in-class companies leverage CPQ technologies to overcome product knowledge gaps within their sales organizations. CPQ solutions provide companies with a guided sales process that prompts the rep to ask the customer questions related to the problems that they are trying to solve and how the company's product offerings may be able to address their needs. These technologies help reps become more nimble, learn the products more quickly and get the right product to the customer at the right price point without having to rely on experts within the company.
The real value of this guided sales process is that it speeds up the learning curve for new reps. Instead of product proficiency taking months or a year of training, that knowledge is available to reps on the fly as they're developing a quote.
When your sales reps need a lever to drive sales opportunities forward, they have the greatest control over the price. Incentivizing volume invites price erosion, and product cost structures are largely beyond the sales team's control. For example, the same widget produced in a plant on the east coast may have a different cost structure than one produced in a less efficient plant out west. In this environment a rep on the east coast might get the same price for the widget as one on the west coast, but the one with the more favorable margin structure would be incented more.
The way to get away from penalizing the sales rep for internal cost structure, while also encouraging them to care about discount discipline, is by providing the sales person with targeted pricing guidance, regardless of margin. To change the game, make sure you have clear targets and benchmarks that you expect reps to achieve, and use price-based compensation to hold them accountable.


When you stand in front of your family and friends and promise to be together 'until death do us part', you think you mean it – but in the last decade, more than a million couples in the UK have gotten divorced.
Second and third marriages are more common than ever, with over 100,000 couples deciding to go their seperate ways every year. But how can you tell if your relationship is likely to go the distance?
According to staff at The Gottman Institute, who have spend years studying the factors that can make or break a couple, there are four clear predictors that a divorce could be on the cards.
One of the centre's experts, Mike McNulty, Ph.D., LCSW, explains to Cosmopolitan how eye rolling and sneering during a debate can be the precursor to the end of a marriage.
This was found to be the top predictor of an imminent split. Researchers says that contempt, which includes sarcasm, name-calling, mimicking and eye-rolling, makes the other person feel worthless, increasing the potential for divorce.
We all nag about certain (small) things, but when criticism becomes an overbearing part of your relationship, it could be a sign that things aren't working. They warn in particular to be careful of 'corrosive criticism', which is when you criticise your other half's personality.
Mike says that if your partner is constantly making excuses or covering up harmful mistakes, it could be a sign that the end is nigh. It's especially bad when you are 'point scoring', defending yourselves against each other's criticism to the detriment of the other.
Stonewalling, or cutting off communication, is never a good sign, although you probably knew this already. This tends to occur when the previous three issues have become insurmountable, so the key is to address your problems before they get to this stage.
If there's an issue that you really feel you need to address, you should 'complain gently without blaming the other person', he adds. 'These shifts in behaviour are fairly simple but really do make a difference'.


Andrew Demeter of Teen Take interviews John McAfee, on issues of privacy and security. "Security is an illusion… We don't get out of life alive — none of us, so there can be no absolute security. That's the certainty," McAfee told Demeter.


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Kodak portrait photographer of the year 2006, Hoss Mahdavi demonstrates the dramatic effects possible using Superior Seamless background paper from Creativity. Hoss's fashion, wedding and commercial photography takes him across the UK and the world. He has won many awards including Central region Fashion Photographer of the year, National Wedding photographer of the year, Best Image of the Year, London Portrait Group photographer of the year, London and Home Countries portrait photographer of the year, many awards for excellence in Photographer of the Year Award. He also lectures for the BIPP (UK and Europe), MPA, Hasselblad, Photo Training Overseas and has been featured in many magazines.
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The app is part of the latest digital MINI activity to promote the new MINI convertible, Stay Open, and something completely different from the run-of-the-mill motoring iPhone applications available within the iTunes Store.
Drivers of convertibles are more open to new experiences so the MINI Openness mobile application encourages users to explore the unexplored and try new things. By downloading the application, users will have access to an off-beat guide to the UK's major cities, including London, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh and over 400 unusual and spontaneous experiences: from getting a Brazilian to attending a Mexican wrestling match with fetish cabaret, joining a literary salon to jumping on a coach to an unknown destination.
If the experience chosen doesn't tickle your fancy, you can choose amongst many others, simply clicking on NEXT.
Also, if you are not really sure on how adventurous you feel, a simple shake of the iPhone will provide you with a random experience.
The wider digital campaign, Stay Open, is supported by online banner activity, also centred on openness and spontaneity.
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Q: Sharp Memory display via SPI from Arduino Nano RP2040 C++ I have an Adafruit Sharp Memory display connected via SPI to Arduino Nano Connect RP2040. I don't use Arduino IDE nor libraries. I write the code in C++ like I would write for RP2040 on Pi Pico, so I'm using Pico/RP2040 libraries. I'm building it and then just copying the .uf2 file to Arduino.
I'm trying to control the display but without success and I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Here is my code, where I'm sending a command which should clear the display but it does not:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "pico/stdlib.h"
#include "hardware/spi.h"
#include "hardware/gpio.h"

// ---SPI
// Pins for Arduino
#define SCK_PIN  13     // SCLK / SCK
#define MOSI_PIN 11     // MOSI / COPI
#define SS_PIN   10     // SS / CS

// ---Sharp display
#define WIDTH 144
#define HEIGHT 168

int main() {

    stdio_init_all();
    printf("START \n");

    bool vcom_bool_{false};

    spi_init(spi0, 2000000);
    spi_set_format( spi0, 8, SPI_CPOL_0, SPI_CPHA_0, SPI_MSB_FIRST);
    gpio_set_function(MOSI_PIN, GPIO_FUNC_SPI);
    gpio_set_function(SCK_PIN, GPIO_FUNC_SPI);

    gpio_init(SS_PIN);
    gpio_set_dir(SS_PIN, GPIO_OUT);
    gpio_put(SS_PIN, 0);  // this display is low on inactive

    while(true)
    {
        printf("VCOM = %b \n", vcom_bool_);

        gpio_put(SS_PIN, 1);

        // Clear the display
        uint8_t buf[2];
        if(vcom_bool_)
        {
            buf[0] = 0b01100000;
            vcom_bool_ = false;
        }
        else
        {
            buf[0] = 0b00100000;
            vcom_bool_ = true;
        }
        buf[1] = 0b00000000;
        spi_write_blocking(spi0, buf, 2);

        gpio_put(SS_PIN, 0);
        sleep_ms(10);

        sleep_ms(500);
    }
}

Display and wiring are ok, because when I run example code from Adafruit (it is using Arduino's libraries) it works.
I follow this documentation from Sharp: https://www.sharpsde.com/fileadmin/products/Displays/2016_SDE_App_Note_for_Memory_LCD_programming_V1.3.pdf
I also reviewed the code from Adafruit and the SPI communication seems to be done in the same way.
What am I doing wrong?
Is there some issue with using Pico libraries for Arduino Nano RP2040? I did I2C communication in the same way (Pico/RP2040 libraries, .uf2 copied to Arduino Nano RP2040) and it worked.


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Q: SQL Query/Sub-query help needed I am trying to get a list of the last 10 Serial numbers from a table of Test information on SQL Server 2005. I tried something like this:
SELECT DISTINCT TOP (10) Serial, DateTime
FROM [Test].[dbo].[TestInfo]
WHERE (TestedBy = 'JSMITH') ORDER BY DateTime DESC

which returns duplicate Serials:
+---------+-------------------------+
| Serial  | DateTime                |
+-----------------------------------+
| 1114048 | 2011-03-16 11:03:14.000 |
| 1617683 | 2011-03-11 15:07:29.000 |
| 1617683 | 2011-03-11 15:07:27.000 |
| 1617683 | 2011-03-11 15:07:26.000 |
| 1617683 | 2011-03-10 13:16:04.000 |
| 1617683 | 2011-03-10 13:15:35.000 |
| 1617683 | 2011-03-10 13:15:30.000 |
| 1617683 | 2011-03-07 13:42:48.000 |
| 1617683 | 2011-03-07 13:40:32.000 |
| 1617683 | 2011-03-07 13:37:58.000 |
+---------+-------------------------+

Is there a way, either using a query or sub-query to get the last 10 Serials without duplicates?

A: select top (10) Serial, Max(DateTime)
from [Test].[dbo].[TestInfo]
where (TestedBy = 'JSMITH')
group by Serial
order by Max(DateTime) desc

A: SELECT TOP 10
  *
FROM (SELECT
        Serial,
        MAX(DateTime) AS DateTime
      FROM [Test].[dbo].[TestInfo]
      WHERE (TestedBy = 'JSMITH')
      GROUP BY Serial) q1
ORDER BY q1.DateTime DESC

A: Probably something like:
SELECT DISTINCT TOP (10) Serial, DateTime
FROM (
  SELECT Serial, MAX(DateTime) AS DateTime
  FROM [Test].[dbo].[TestInfo]
  WHERE (TestedBy = 'JSMITH')
  GROUP BY Serial
) AS sub
ORDER BY DateTime DESC

A: it return duplicate rows beacuse the datetime is different for each row.
if you need only the serial field you must write only Serial field in the query.


Dr. David Freyer is Director of the Survivorship and Supportive Care Program in the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), and is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC). In these positions, Dr. Freyer oversees clinical cancer survivorship and supportive care services and research, including hematology/oncology-related behavioral health, neuropsychology and health education. Dr. Freyer directs the LIFE Cancer Survivorship & Transition Service at CHLA, as well as the LIFE Clinic for Adult Cancer Survivors at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. In December 2015, Dr. Freyer was appointed Co-Director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers Program at the USC Norris, and now participates in the oversight of all aspects of AYA-focused services and research in this integrated program across CHLA and the USC Norris.
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PlayStation Stars - Missed Opportunity for NFTs?
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This past Tuesday, Sony shed more light on the first digital collectibles that will be available as rewards in their PlayStation Stars loyalty program. After looking at the offerings and their initial plans, is this a missed opportunity to harness the power and potential of NFTs?
PlayStation Stars and Digital Collectibles
During Tuesday's State of Play presentation, Sony gave audiences their first look at the digital collectibles that players will be able to earn through the PlayStation Stars loyalty program.
Revealed in State of Play, get your first look at digital collectibles coming to PlayStation Stars. More info, including launch details: https://t.co/uvIUlHHVjo pic.twitter.com/5PhR3HgR8w
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) September 14, 2022
PlayStation recently announced their digital collectibles for PlayStation Stars
The program, which was announced this past summer, is set to roll out in parts of Asia by the end of September. Other regions such as the US and Europe will follow in the weeks proceeding the initial launch.
The program revolves around rewarding players for completing campaigns that celebrate their gaming journey with PlayStation . Players can earn loyalty points by completing certain challenges. These can then in turn be used to purchase items from a special catalog that includes select PlayStation store products. In addition, players will be able to unlock digital collectibles (Not NFTs) for unlocking certain trophies (achievements) or completing campaigns.
This isn't an NFT…
These Aren't NFTs
So in case we haven't said it enough by now, this loyalty point system and the digital collectibles that go along with it have nothing to do with NFTs or Web3. So why the article then?
Firstly, I think it's interesting to point out the adverse reaction to Sony in relation to NFTs and how they positioned the program. When the program was first announced, Grace Chen , PlayStation's vice president of network advertising, loyalty, and licensed merchandise, had an interview with The Washington Post outlining the specifics of the program. When describing digital collectibles, she was asked if they were in fact NFTs. Her response was:
"It's definitely not NFTs. Definitely not. You can't trade them or sell them. It is not leveraging any blockchain technologies and definitely not NFTs" - Grace Chen, The Washington Post, June 14, 2022.
There's no denying that Sony and the people at PlayStation have had extensive discussions regarding NFTs and where they fit in PlayStation's current strategy. I'd also wager that the present mainstream sentiment regarding NFTs probably had more of a role in influencing their decisions as well. It could be as simple as PlayStation feeling that introducing NFTs into their ecosystem just isn't a great move, at least not right now…
Is PlayStation Stars a Miss Without NFTs?
Just because PlayStation isn't integrating NFTs into this iteration of their loyalty program doesn't mean they won't consider it at some point in the future. I think that the message put out by Sony and other outlets misses the point. NFTs aren't just NFTs because they're tradable and can be bought and sold. The main attraction in a collectible for many individuals is the ability to own it. Ownership is important, especially when we're talking about collectibles that are integral to someone's personal gaming journey and how they've interacted (and continue to interact) with PlayStation across multiple console generations.
I think that PlayStation understands this caveat very well. Late during the summer, they went to the trouble of surveying a group of people at EVO (an annual fighting game competition) about what NFTs they would be interested in purchasing. No matter how people feel about NFTs currently, companies are still going to look into areas like the Metaverse and NFTs in order to understand the market. We're still early, and at this stage, it's better for Sony to create a sustainable loyalty program and build it up with as little friction as possible…
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The Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM) UK are proud to host this year's annual Sport and Exercise Medicine conference alongside BASEM at one of the oldest and grandest venues in Edinburgh, The Assembly Rooms, 1-3 October. Both organisations are keen to ensure their Members, Fellows and Students are up to date with the latest techniques in new media as well as Sport and Exercise Medicine.
Both BASEM and the FSEM are providing a packed timetable of challenging and informing topics and included in this is the FSEM sponsored undergraduate session, on Thursday 2 October:
Professor Karim Khan, Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM), will be addressing students during the undergraduate session on social media, technology and electronic media #areyoukeepingup. Once you have picked up a few tips from Professor Khan you can follow and join the conversation on Twitter at the conference using #walk500miles.
Dr Mike Loosemore from the Institute of Sport Exercise and Health (ISEH) will be focused on Exercise Medicine for undergraduates, with a talk about Seven Investments for Health – a message students can spread. Other undergraduate topics worthy of a tweet will include; Orthopaedics – what it can add to SEM, Lessons from the Commonwealth Games, Sports Physiotherapy and Extreme Sports.
There will be a chance to interact with the conference on electronic media throughout the three days when both the FSEM and BASEM include live Twitter updates from the conference on topics such as: Exercise The Way Forward – how to change societies attitude to inactivity, Getting to the Pointe – a talk with demonstrations from members of the Royal Ballet School, New Therapies in Sports Medicine – the ethics and Careers in Sports Medicine – challenges and solutions. You can view the full conference programme at http://www.ba-sem.co.uk/content/conference
There is also a special one-day fee of £40 for students wishing to attend the undergraduate sessions at the conference this year. Students, Members and Fellows and those interested in attending can book online at http://www.ba-sem.co.uk/bookings
Follow our conference tweets @FSEM_UK and @basem_uk using #walk500miles
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In this Decision, the Commission eliminates the retail quality of service rate adjustment plan and the current reporting requirements, except for three indicators as noted below, for incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) with over 25,000 network access services (NAS) as of the date of this Decision. The regime for ILECs with fewer than 25,000 NAS remains unchanged.
The Commission determines that further process is required to develop an updated reporting framework for ILECs with over 25,000 NAS in areas that are not forborne from regulation. Until such a new framework is established, the Commission directs the ILECs with over 25,000 NAS to continue reporting the results for three indicators associated with installation and repair activities.
1. In Telecom Decision 2008-34, the Commission issued an action plan for reviewing existing social and non-economic regulatory measures in light of the Governor in Council's Order Issuing a Direction to the CRTC on Implementing the Canadian Telecommunications Policy Objectives, P.C. 2006-1534, 14 December 2006 (the Policy Direction). As part of the action plan, the Commission identified the regulatory requirements associated with the retail quality of service regime (retail Q of S regime) as a matter to be reviewed.
2. In Telecom Public Notice 2008-4, the Commission invited parties to comment on the continued appropriateness of the retail Q of S regime in local markets that are not forborne from regulation.
3. The Commission received submissions from Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership (Bell Aliant) and Bell Canada (collectively, Bell Canada et al.); the Canadian Independent Telephone Company Joint Task Force (CITC-JTF) on behalf of the independent incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs); MTS Allstream Inc. (MTS Allstream); NorthernTel, Limited Partnership (NorthernTel) and Télébec, Limited Partnership (Télébec) [collectively, NorthernTel/Télébec]; the Public Interest Advocacy Centre on behalf of the Consumers' Association of Canada and the National Anti-Poverty Organization (collectively, the Consumer Groups); Saskatchewan Telecommunications (SaskTel); and TELUS Communications Company (TCC).
4. The record of this proceeding, which closed on 5 June 2008, is available on the Commission's website at www.crtc.gc.ca under "Public Proceedings."
What is the purpose of the regulatory measure, and what are the policy objectives that are relevant to this purpose?
Can market forces be relied on to achieve the telecommunications policy objectives?
Is the regulatory measure efficient and proportionate to its purpose?
Does the regulatory measure interfere with the operation of competitive market forces to the minimum extent necessary to meet the policy objectives?
Is the regulatory measure as minimally intrusive and as minimally onerous as possible?
Is the regulatory measure, to the greatest extent possible, implemented in a symmetrical and competitively neutral manner?
7. The retail Q of S regime was established in the late 1970s to measure the level of service that ILECs provide to subscribers. The regime for ILECs with more than 25,000 network access services (NAS) consists of 17 indicators and associated performance standards; these ILECs are required to track the indicators and performance standards on a monthly basis and report results to the Commission quarterly. If a standard is not met for three consecutive months, the ILEC is required to file an exception report identifying the problem and a course of action to rectify the problem. This requirement remains in effect until the quality of service standard is met for three consecutive months.
8. Those ILECs with fewer than 25,000 NAS are required to report annually to the Commission on the total number of complaints associated with service provisioning intervals, out-of-service clearing time, customer trouble reports, directory listing errors, and complaints addressed to officers and/or the Commission.
9. A rate adjustment plan (RAP) for the retail Q of S regime was established in 2002 for the ILECs subject to price cap regulation.1 The retail RAP requires that 13 of the 17 quality of service indicators be averaged over the year to arrive at an annual average performance result by indicator. If the average annual performance result is below the established standard for a given indicator, a formula determines the amount of rebate to be paid to all subscribers across the ILEC's operating territory. The maximum rebate payable is equal to five percent of the ILEC's total annual business and residential local revenues.
10. In Telecom Decision 2006-15, the Commission determined that the retail Q of S regime, including the retail RAP, would not apply to exchanges where forbearance from the regulation of retail local exchange services was granted.
11. The competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) are not subject to the retail Q of S regime.
12. According to TCC, the historical purpose of the regulatory measure was to ensure, through regulation, an adequate level of service quality in an environment where local exchange services were provided solely by monopoly providers. The Consumer Groups submitted that the retail Q of S regime ensures that consumers receive high-quality service in areas where there is little or no competition.
13. NorthernTel/Télébec and SaskTel submitted that, even with the elimination of the regulatory measure, the telecommunications policy objectives set out in paragraphs 7(a), (b), (c), (f), and (h)2 of the Telecommunications Act (the Act) would continue to be met.
14. Bell Canada et al. submitted that the purpose of the regulatory measure is consistent with the policy objective set out at paragraph 7(b) of the Act.
15. The Consumer Groups submitted that the current requirements of the regulatory measure meet the policy objectives set out in paragraphs 7(b), (c), and (h).
16. The Commission concludes that the purpose of the regulatory measure is to ensure that Canadians receive consistent, high-quality service in areas where the Commission has not forborne from the regulation of local exchange service (non-forborne areas). The Commission also concludes that, although several policy objectives could be linked to the purpose of the current retail Q of S regime, the regime serves primarily to ensure that the policy objectives set out in paragraph 7(b) of the Act are met.
17. MTS Allstream, the Consumer Groups, and CITC-JTF submitted that in non-forborne areas market forces are not sufficient to ensure high quality of service to consumers.
18. Bell Canada et al., NorthernTel/Télébec, SaskTel, and TCC submitted that market forces can be relied on to achieve the policy objectives in non-forborne areas because wireless, Internet, and/or video services may be used as a substitute for wireline services where available. Where these services are unavailable, the threat of a possible competitive entrant is sufficient to ensure that the ILECs maintain a high level of service.
19. The Commission notes that in non-forborne areas, there is limited or no competition. Thus, many customers do not have the option to choose an alternative service provider when they receive poor quality of service.
20. The Commission concludes that market forces alone cannot be relied upon to achieve the objectives set out in paragraph 7(b) of the Act. Accordingly, it is necessary to assess the retail Q of S regime in light of the other criteria specified in the Policy Direction.
Is the regulatory measure efficient and proportionate to its purpose? Does the regulatory measure interfere with the operation of competitive market forces to the minimum extent necessary to meet the policy objectives? Is the regulatory measure as minimally intrusive and as minimally onerous as possible? Is the regulatory measure, to the greatest extent possible, implemented in a symmetrical and competitively neutral manner?
21. MTS Allstream submitted that the current retail Q of S regime does not need to be altered or eliminated as it is still required in order to protect the interests of those consumers in non-forborne areas who have few or no alternatives to the ILEC provider.
22. The Consumer Groups submitted that the regime is efficient and proportionate to its purpose, and not unnecessarily burdensome.
23. CITC-JTF favoured retaining the retail Q of S regime specifically for the small ILECs. CITC-JTF submitted that the small ILECs' retail Q of S regime is symmetrical and competitively neutral.
24. Bell Canada et al., NorthernTel/Télébec, SaskTel, and TCC submitted that their existing retail Q of S regime is unnecessarily burdensome, inefficient, and not proportionate to its purpose. In their view, eliminating it would create regulatory symmetry and competitive neutrality. Bell Canada et al. and TCC also submitted that the current retail RAP is punitive and contrary to the Act as the magnitude of the penalty goes far beyond that which could reasonably be considered necessary to encourage the companies to provide high-quality service. In addition, Bell Canada et al. submitted that the administrative burden imposed on the ILECs is unnecessarily onerous with significant resources required to measure, track, and report performance, as well as to carry out both internal and external audits on internal procedures and reported results.
2.2 - Repair appointments met.
26. The Commission notes that the retail Q of S regime was established in a monopoly environment and applied to the total serving territory of each ILEC. Today, with a significant number of the exchanges forborne from regulation, the regime applies to a much smaller portion of the serving territory for many ILECs.
27. With respect to the retail RAP, the Commission notes that the rebates paid for the 2002 to 2005 period ranged from $0.19 to $2.73 per subscriber per year, and that there was no requirement to rebate subscribers in 2006 and 2007 as the ILECs met the quality of service standards for those years. The Commission also notes that rebates were paid to all subscribers and not only those who received poor quality of service.
28. The Commission considers that, as more and more exchanges are forborne from regulation, the amount of revenue at stake and the potential number of subscribers to whom rebates would be paid will continue to decline. The Commission considers that, given the small amount of rebates paid since the RAP's inception and the significant resources required for the tracking/reporting function, the administrative and financial burden imposed on the ILECs far outweighs any benefits subscribers derive from the retail RAP.
29. With respect to the quality of service indicators reported by ILECs with more than 25,000 NAS, the Commission considers that several of the indicators and associated performance measurements are outdated and no longer reflect current quality of service concerns. Other indicators have been rendered difficult to administer due to forbearance in many markets and to technological advances, such as the introduction of digital switches, interactive voice response systems, and the Internet.
30. The Commission considers that it is inefficient and onerous to require the ILECs with more than 25,000 NAS to track the performance of indicators that are no longer relevant. However, due to the limited level of competition in non-forborne areas, some form of retail Q of S reporting/monitoring regime is still required to ensure that the policy objectives set out in paragraph 7(b) of the Act are met.
31. With respect to the complaint-based retail Q of S regime for ILECs with fewer than 25,000 NAS, the Commission considers that, given their size and limited resources, this regime continues to be efficient and proportionate to its purpose, and is as minimally intrusive and as minimally onerous as possible.
32. Based on all of the above, the Commission determines that the current reporting requirements for the ILECs with over 25,000 NAS and the retail RAP are not efficient and proportionate to their purpose, nor are they as minimally intrusive and as minimally onerous as possible. Accordingly, the Commission eliminates, as of the date of this Decision, the retail RAP and the current reporting requirements, except as noted below, for Bell Aliant, Bell Canada, MTS Allstream, NorthernTel, Northwestel Inc. (Northwestel), SaskTel, TBayTel, Télébec, and TCC. The Commission also determines that the complaint-based retail Q of S regime for ILECs with fewer than 25,000 NAS is to remain in place.
33. The Commission notes that while Bell Canada et al. submitted an alternative proposal to retain and report certain indicators, the Commission considers that there is insufficient information on the record of this proceeding to deal with this proposal. The Commission considers that it would be appropriate to conduct a further process to develop an updated quality of service reporting/monitoring framework for non-forborne areas in order to fulfill the policy objectives set out in paragraph 7(b) of the Act.
34. Until this new framework is developed, the Commission directs Bell Aliant, Bell Canada, MTS Allstream, NorthernTel, Northwestel, SaskTel, TBayTel, Télébec, and TCC to continue reporting on a quarterly basis the results for the following indicators: (a) 1.2 - Installation appointments met; (b) 2.1 - Out-of-service trouble reports cleared within 24 hours; and (c) 2.2 - Repair appointments met.
parties are to file reply comments with the Commission, providing copies to any interested parties who filed comments, by 23 January 2009.
36. Where a document is to be filed or served by a specific date, the document must be actually received, not merely sent, by that date.
37. The Commission expects to release its decision in this matter within 120 days of the close of record of this process.
 These ILECs are Bell Aliant, Bell Canada, MTS Allstream, SaskTel, TCC, and Télébec.


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Jordan plans consulate in Western Sahara amid flareup
The Jordanian consulate will reportedly be located in Laayoune, the largest city in the disputed region.
A United Nations car drives past the Mechouar square on May 14, 2013, in Laayoune, the capital of Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara. Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images.
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Jordan plans to open a consulate in Western Sahara amid fresh hostilities between Rabat and a pro-independence group in the contested desert region, Morocco's Foreign Ministry announced Thursday.
The consulate will be located in Western Sahara's largest city of Laayoune and will make Jordan just the second Arab state with a diplomatic mission in the Morocco-administered area. Earlier this month, the United Arab Emirates opened a consulate in the region, joining 16 African countries with representation in Western Sahara.
Jordan's decision to open a consulate followed a phone conversation Thursday between Morocco's King Mohammed VI and Jordan's King Abdullah II. According to the Moroccan readout of the call, the Jordanian monarch "welcomed the decisions taken by His Majesty the King to secure the movement of people and goods in the region of El Guerguerat in the Moroccan Sahara."
Morocco last week deployed its military to a UN-patrolled buffer zone in order to to clear a highway blockade near Western Sahara's southern border with neighboring Mauritania. Morocco blamed the road closure on supporters of the Polisario Front, a group that fought Morocco for control of the territory between 1975-1991.
Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Algeria-backed Polisario, announced Saturday that his group's 29-year cease-fire with the country was over as a result of Morocco's recent border operations. A decree issued by Ghali announced an end to the truce and a "resumption of armed struggle in defense of the legitimate rights of our people."
A spokesperson for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the UN chief was gravely concerned by the recent hostilities and "remains committed" to ensuring the 1991 cease-fire does not collapse.
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