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Armando Galarraga & Jim Joyce Will Now Be Linked Forever
Started by Bandido, Jun 02 2010 10:01 PM
#1 Bandido
Location:Kalida
Sad night in the baseball world tonight and the two people hurting the most are Armando Galarraga and umpire Jim Joyce. Galarraga deserved the perfect game no doubt about that, but Joyce made that human error to rob him of that feat. As I sit here watching TV Espn and stro have been talking about it ever since the game ended. As a Tiger fan of course I feel bad for Galarraga, but to be honest with you I feel just as bad or maybe even a little worse for Jim Joyce. As someone once told me, there was only one perfect man to ever walk the face of this earth and they ended up nailing him to a wooden cross.
#2 dhsdawg06
Location:Defiance
I was EXTREMELY p***** off after that call, but as the night goes on the more I feel sorry for Joyce. It was a simple mistake he made, unfortunately for him it came at the worst time as baseball history was being made. And now this is all he'll ever be remembered for.
#3 lepiota
It's worse than someone making an error on the 27th out, and that one is every fielders nightmare. In his defense, pitcher covering the bag is the toughest call there because you are not simply listening for foot on bag and slap of throw into glove. The timing element makes if tougher but no less painfull
#4 Guest_95 Z Out_*
Reading Jim Joyce's comments after the game make me respect this man in blue. He owned up to his mistake and appears to be heart broken. It's nice to see an ump who realizes the game is bigger than him, especially with some of the recent situations (Country Joe West anyone?).
#5 FrOnT RoW JOE
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#6 labatts69
Location:In a van down by the river
news today is that selig is going to review it and has the authority to overturn the call. i guess we will see if he can fix the mistake made on the field.
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Instant replay would have solved all of this......
Imagine if he had been defiant as other umps have been in the past. He would be getting hammered right now. Roger Clemons, Barry Bonds, are you taking notes?
Selig announced it won't be overturned. I don't disagree with him. It sucks, but it would set a dangerous precedent, and if you overturn this then how do you decide what can and can't be overturned in the future?
At least all of the fans who watched, everyone on the field, and even everyone involved in baseball know this was a perfect game. Whether or not the record books say it for the rest of time or not.
#10 FrOnT RoW JOE
Joyce was behind the plate for todays game, and before the game, Galarraga got a new car....and He also took the lineup card out to Joyce, shook his hand to teary eyed Joyce...as far as I am concerned, class act by everyone. This could have been a bad situation, but the ump took it and said I made a mistake....cudos!
#11 dhsdawg06
QUOTE (FrOnT RoW JOE @ Jun 3 2010, 04:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yep, I can't see any other pitcher being as calm and moving on the way Armando has. And I don't see very many umpires apologizing and being truly sorry for messing up the way Joyce has. It's still a terrible situation and something that needs to lead to improvements, but if any positive can come out of it it's that people are now seeing exactly how much of a class act both of these guys are.
#12 Bandido
Both the player and the umpire have proven that they are class act individuals. How Galarraga remained so cool as to as smile when he heard the umpire say that dreaded word "safe" is simply amazing. And for Joyce to admit that he was wrong and apologize proves to me that he's all man................. Now there is only one thing that needs to be done. But unfortunately the only person that can turn this entire situation around and make it right for the good of the game of baseball won't do it. You see, in baseball they have this commissioner guy named Bud "wussy" Selig who doesn't have the balls to step up to the plate and produce a game winning rbi......... Selig has the power and all his has to do is say that since everyone on earth knows what the real truth is lets give this kid his perfect game. Just one time and this one time only lets just go back to June 2nd 2010 and reverse the call and after this season instant reply or a 5th umpire sitting upstairs reviewing plays will be added to help get it right. Bud Selig won't do this though, he'll just do what he's always done .......... Nothing, nothing at all.


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The Duchess of Malfi
Act 1, Scene 1 Act 1, Scene 2 Act 1, Scene 3 Act 2, Scene 1 Act 2, Scene 2 Act 2, Scene 3 Act 2, Scene 4 Act 2, Scene 5 Act 3, Scene 1 Act 3, Scene 2 Act 3, Scene 3 Act 3, Scene 4 Act 3, Scene 5 Act 4, Scene 1 Act 4, Scene 2 Act 5, Scene 1 Act 5, Scene 2 Act 5, Scene 3 Act 5, Scene 4 Act 5, Scene 5
All Themes Politics and Corruption Love and Male Authority Guilt, Death, and Suffering Religion and Sin Class
All Characters The Duchess of Malfi Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria The Cardinal Antonio Bologna Daneil de Bosola Delio Julia
All Symbols Poison Disease Blood
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Disease Symbol Analysis
References to disease, both figurative and literal, are made throughout the play. In an early speech, Bosola seems to indicate that disfigurement and disease signify a perversion and animalization of humanity. Two clear examples of the way disease is used are the Duchess's pregnancy and Ferdinand's Lycanthopia. When the Duchess is pregnant, it's her morning sickness that alerts Bosola to her pregnancy. And when the Duke is driven insane by his guilt, it manifests in what the Doctor diagnoses as Lycanthropia (werewolf syndrome). In both cases, disease is an outward manifestation of some inward guilt, sin, or secret.
Disease Quotes in The Duchess of Malfi
The The Duchess of Malfi quotes below all refer to the symbol of Disease. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 1 Quotes
A prince's court
Is like a common fountain, whence should flow
Pure silver drops in general; but if't chance
Some cursed example poison't near the head,
Death and diseases through the whole land spread.
And what is't makes this blessèd government
But a most provident council, who dare freely
Inform him the corruption of the times.
Related Characters: Antonio Bologna (speaker), Delio
Related Symbols: Poison, Disease
Page Number and Citation: 1.1.11-18
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What thing is in this outward form of man
To be beloved? We account it ominous
If nature do produce a colt or lamb,
A fawn or goat, in any limb resembling
A man, and fly from't as a prodigy.
Man stands amazed to see his deformity
In any other creature but himself.
Related Characters: Daneil de Bosola (speaker), Castruccio, Old Lady
Related Symbols: Disease
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...it is properly functioning, but if the fountain is poisoned near the head, death and disease flow to the country. The king is also surrounded by council and people who are... (full context)
...closet must be filled with items used for witchcraft, and that he'd rather eat a plague-ridden pigeon than kiss a woman who was fasting. (full context)
...we see anything resembling humans in other animals, but in our own bodies we have diseases that are named for animals. Even though we are covered in a rotten and dead... (full context)
...ask him if he's trying to become wise. Bosola then compares wisdom to a skin disease running all over a body. Simplicity, he says makes happiness, and even the slightest wisdom... (full context)
...which she can never recover. The Duchess replies that this knowledge consumes her like a disease, and she asks to be tied to the dead body so she can freeze to... (full context)
...going on to curse the stars, the seasons, and the whole world. She calls for plague and disease to consume families, and for those families to be remembered only for the... (full context)
...and he responds that he does, and that it's all the more dangerous since the disease is unfelt and therefore undetectable to her. She asks if he knows her, and he... (full context)
...a Doctor discuss the condition of the Duke. The doctor says that Ferdinand has the disease lycanthropia, which causes people to imagine that they are transformed into wolves and to dig... (full context)
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	getDocument(&doc);

	if (!doc) {
		ret = L"";
		return;
	}

	CComBSTR url;
	HRESULT hr = doc->get_URL(&url);
	if (FAILED(hr)) {
//	HRLO(WARN, hr) << "Unable to get current URL";
		ret = L"";
		return;
	}
	ret = combstr2cw(url);
}

void IeThread::OnGetUrl(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	ON_THREAD_COMMON(data)

	const wchar_t* url = data.input_string_;

	CComVariant spec(url);
	CComVariant dummy;
	tryTransferEventReleaserToNotifyNavigCompleted(&SC);
	HRESULT hr = pBody->ieThreaded->Navigate2(&spec, &dummy, &dummy, &dummy, &dummy);
	pBody->pathToFrame = L"";

	try{
	if(FAILED(hr))
	{
		_com_error e = _com_error(hr);
		 _com_issue_error( hr );
	}}
	catch (_com_error &e)
	 {
	  LOG(WARN) << "COM Error" << " J[" << hex << GetCurrentThreadId() << "]" << endl;
	  LOG(WARN) << "Message = " << e.ErrorMessage() << endl;

	  if ( e.ErrorInfo() )
		 LOG(WARN) << e.Description() << endl;

		tryTransferEventReleaserToNotifyNavigCompleted(&SC, false);
	 }

	// In the nominal case, the next part of the code to be traversed is:
	// IeSink::DocumentComplete()
	// then IeThread::waitForNavigateToFinish()
}

void IeThread::OnGetPageSource(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	ON_THREAD_COMMON(data)
	getPageSource(data.output_string_);
}

void IeThread::getPageSource(std::wstring& res)
{
	CComPtr<IHTMLDocument3> doc;
	getDocument3(&doc);

	if (!doc) {
		res = L"";
		return;
	}

	CComPtr<IHTMLElement> docElement;
	HRESULT hr = doc->get_documentElement(&docElement);
	if (FAILED(hr)) {
		LOGHR(WARN, hr) << "Unable to get document element from page";
		res = L"";
		return;
	}

	CComBSTR html;
	hr = docElement->get_outerHTML(&html);
	if (FAILED(hr)) {
		LOGHR(WARN, hr) << "Have document element but cannot read source.";
		res = L"";
		return;
	}

	res = combstr2cw(html);
}

void IeThread::OnGetTitle(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	ON_THREAD_COMMON(data)
	getTitle(data.output_string_);
}

void IeThread::getTitle(std::wstring& res)
{
	CComPtr<IHTMLDocument2> doc;
	getDocument(&doc);

	if (!doc)
	{
		res = std::wstring(L"");
		return;
	}

	CComBSTR title;
	HRESULT hr = doc->get_title(&title);
	if (FAILED(hr)) {
		LOGHR(WARN, hr) << "Unable to get document title";
		res = L"";
		return;
	}
	res = combstr2cw(title);
}

void IeThread::OnGoForward(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	ON_THREAD_COMMON(data)
	tryTransferEventReleaserToNotifyNavigCompleted(&SC);
	HRESULT hr = pBody->ieThreaded->GoForward();
	if (!SUCCEEDED(hr))
	{
		tryTransferEventReleaserToNotifyNavigCompleted(&SC, false);
	}
}

void IeThread::OnGoBack(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	ON_THREAD_COMMON(data)
	tryTransferEventReleaserToNotifyNavigCompleted(&SC);
	HRESULT hr = pBody->ieThreaded->GoBack();
	if (!SUCCEEDED(hr))
	{
		tryTransferEventReleaserToNotifyNavigCompleted(&SC, false);
	}
}

void IeThread::OnGetHandle(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	ON_THREAD_COMMON(data);

	HWND hwnd;
	pBody->ieThreaded->get_HWND(reinterpret_cast<SHANDLE_PTR*>(&hwnd));

	// Let's hope we fit into 8 characters
	wchar_t buffer[9];
	swprintf_s(buffer, 9, L"%08X", (long long) hwnd);
	std::wstring& ret = data.output_string_;
	ret.append(buffer);
}

std::wstring getWindowHandle(IWebBrowser2* browser)
{
	HWND hwnd;
	browser->get_HWND(reinterpret_cast<SHANDLE_PTR*>(&hwnd));

	// Let's hope we fit into 8 characters
	wchar_t buffer[9];
	swprintf_s(buffer, 9, L"%08X", (long long) hwnd);
	return std::wstring(buffer);
}

void IeThread::OnGetHandles(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	ON_THREAD_COMMON(data)

	// Iterate over all the windows
	std::vector<IWebBrowser2*> browsers;
	getAllBrowsers(&browsers);
	for (vector<IWebBrowser2*>::iterator curr = browsers.begin();
		 curr != browsers.end();
		 curr++) {
			 data.output_list_string_.push_back(getWindowHandle(*curr));
			 (*curr)->Release();
	}

	data.error_code = SUCCESS;
}

void IeThread::OnGetActiveElement(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	ON_THREAD_COMMON(data)

	IHTMLElement* &pDom = data.output_html_element_;
	pDom = NULL;

	CComPtr<IHTMLDocument2> doc;
	getDocument(&doc);
	if (!doc) {
		return;
	}

	CComPtr<IHTMLElement> element;
	doc->get_activeElement(&element);

	if (!element) {
		// Grab the body instead
		doc->get_body(&element);
	}

	if (element)
		element.CopyTo(&pDom);
}

void IeThread::OnGetCookies(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	ON_THREAD_COMMON(data)
	std::wstring& ret = data.output_string_;

	CComPtr<IHTMLDocument2> doc;
	getDocument(&doc);
	if (!doc) {
		ret = L"";
		return;
	}

	CComBSTR cookie;
	doc->get_cookie(&cookie);

	ret = combstr2cw(cookie);
}

bool isHtmlPage(IHTMLDocument2* doc)
{
	CComBSTR type;
	if (!SUCCEEDED(doc->get_mimeType(&type)))
	{
		return false;
	}

	if (!SUCCEEDED(type.ToLower()))
	{
		return false;
	}

	return wcsstr(combstr2cw(type), L"html") != NULL;
}

void IeThread::OnAddCookie(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	ON_THREAD_COMMON(data)
	CComBSTR cookie(data.input_string_);

	CComPtr<IHTMLDocument2> doc;
	getDocument(&doc);

	if (!doc)
	{
		data.output_string_ = L"Unable to locate document";
		data.exception_caught_ = true;
		return;
	}

	if (!isHtmlPage(doc))
	{
		data.output_string_ = L"Document is not an HTML page";
		data.error_code = ENOSUCHDOCUMENT;
		return;
	}

	if (!SUCCEEDED(doc->put_cookie(cookie)))
	{
		data.output_string_ = L"Unable to add cookie to page";
		data.exception_caught_ = true;
	}
}

void IeThread::OnWaitForNavigationToFinish(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	NO_THREAD_COMMON
	waitForNavigateToFinish();
}

void IeThread::OnExecuteScript(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	ON_THREAD_COMMON(data)

	// TODO/MAYBE
	// the input WebElement(s) may need to have their IHTMLElement QI-converted into IHTMLDOMNode

	CComVariant out;
	int result = executeScript(data.input_string_, data.input_safe_array_, &out);
	data.error_code = result;

	if( VT_DISPATCH == out.vt )
	{
		CComQIPtr<IHTMLElement> element(out.pdispVal);
		if(element)
		{
			IHTMLElement* &pDom = * (IHTMLElement**) &(out.pdispVal);
			element.CopyTo(&pDom);
		}
	}
	data.output_variant_ = out;
}

void IeThread::getDocument3(const IHTMLDOMNode* extractFrom, IHTMLDocument3** pdoc) {
	if (!extractFrom) {
		getDocument3(pdoc);
		return;
	}
	CComQIPtr<IHTMLDOMNode2> element(const_cast<IHTMLDOMNode*>(extractFrom));

	CComPtr<IDispatch> dispatch;
	element->get_ownerDocument(&dispatch);

	CComQIPtr<IHTMLDocument3> doc(dispatch);
	*pdoc = doc.Detach();
}

void IeThread::getDocument2(const IHTMLDOMNode* extractFrom, IHTMLDocument2** pdoc) {

	if (!extractFrom) {
		getDocument(pdoc);
		return;
	}

	CComQIPtr<IHTMLDOMNode2> element(const_cast<IHTMLDOMNode*>(extractFrom));

	CComPtr<IDispatch> dispatch;
	element->get_ownerDocument(&dispatch);

	CComQIPtr<IHTMLDocument2> doc(dispatch);
	*pdoc = doc.Detach();
}

void IeThread::getAllBrowsers(std::vector<IWebBrowser2*>* browsers)
{
	getBrowsers(browsers);
}

bool IeThread::isOrUnder(const IHTMLDOMNode* root, IHTMLElement* child)
{
	CComQIPtr<IHTMLElement> parent(const_cast<IHTMLDOMNode*>(root));

	if (!parent)
		return true;

	VARIANT_BOOL toReturn;
	HRESULT hr = parent->contains(child, &toReturn);
	if (FAILED(hr)) {
		LOGHR(WARN, hr) << "Cannot determine if parent contains child node";
		return false;
	}

	return toReturn == VARIANT_TRUE;
}

void IeThread::OnCloseWindow(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	NO_THREAD_COMMON
	if (FAILED(pBody->ieThreaded->Stop())) {
	    LOG(INFO) << "Unable to stop IE instance";
	}
	if (FAILED(pBody->ieThreaded->Quit())) {
	    LOG(WARN) << "Unable to quit IE instance.";
	}
}

bool browserMatches(const wchar_t* name, IWebBrowser2* browser)
{
	CComPtr<IDispatch> dispatch;
	HRESULT hr = browser->get_Document(&dispatch);
	if (FAILED(hr)) {
		return false;
	}
	CComQIPtr<IHTMLDocument2> doc(dispatch);
	if (!doc) {
		return false;
	}

	CComPtr<IHTMLWindow2> window;
	hr = doc->get_parentWindow(&window);
	if (FAILED(hr)) {
		return false;
	}

	CComBSTR windowName;
	window->get_name(&windowName);

	if (windowName == name) {
		return true;
	}

	std::wstring handle = getWindowHandle(browser);

	return handle == name;
}

void IeThread::OnSwitchToWindow(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	ON_THREAD_COMMON(data)

	LPCWSTR name = data.input_string_;

	// Find the window
	std::vector<IWebBrowser2*> browsers;
	CComPtr<IWebBrowser2> instance;
	getAllBrowsers(&browsers);
	for (vector<IWebBrowser2*>::iterator curr = browsers.begin();
		 curr != browsers.end();
		 curr++) {
			 if (!instance && browserMatches(name, *curr)) {
				 instance = *curr;
			 }
			 (*curr)->Release();
	}

	if (!instance) {
		data.error_code = ENOSUCHWINDOW;
		return;
	}

	// Assuming we found it, release the current instance
	pBody->mSink.ConnectionUnAdvise();

	// And attach ourselves
	// TODO(simon): Are these next two lines doing exactly the same thing?
	pBody->ieThreaded = instance;
	pBody->mSink.p_Thread->pBody = pBody;
	pBody->mSink.ConnectionAdvise();
	if (false) {
		LOG(WARN) << "Failed to advise new connection";
	}

	CComQIPtr<IDispatch> dispatcher(pBody->ieThreaded);
	if (!dispatcher) {
		LOG(WARN) << "No dispathcer after switching";
		return;
	}

	data.error_code = SUCCESS;
}

void IeThread::OnSwitchToFrame(WPARAM w, LPARAM lp)
{
	SCOPETRACER
	ON_THREAD_COMMON(data)

	data.output_bool_ = true;

	LPCWSTR destFrame = data.input_string_;

	pBody->pathToFrame = destFrame;

	CComPtr<IHTMLDocument2> doc;
	getDocument(&doc);

	if (!doc)
		pBody->pathToFrame = L"";

	data.output_bool_ = (doc != NULL);
}

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text:
THE HINDU CURRENT AFFAIRS 20TH DECEMBER 2019
Q.1 Which of the following states is the first to approve a sewage and waste water policy?
A. Maharashtra
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Rajasthan
D. West Bengal
Q.2 Appointment and removal of Chairperson of the State Public Service Commission is done respectively by
A. Governor, Chief Minister
B. Governor, President
C. Chief Minister and President
D. Governor only
Q.3 Which of the following constitutional bodies looks into the matters of Anglo Indians in India?
A. Ministry of External Affairs
B. National Commission for Scheduled Castes
C. National Commission for Backward Classes
D. Ministry of Tourism
CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT 2019
NEWS:Two persons were killed in police firing in Mangaluru on Thursday as protesters across the country took to the streets against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC), which in combination could potentially introduce a religious test for citizenship in India.
Police in the coastal city of Mangaluru lathi-charged and later opened fire at protesters they claimed were trying to set fire to a police station and had targeted police personnel in Bunder area.
ABOUT CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT
WHAT DOES THE ACT CONTAINS?
The ACT seeks to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 by seeking to grant citizenship to undocumented non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan who came to India on or before December 31, 2014.
The ACT says the six non-Muslim communities "shall not be treated as illegal migrant" for violating provisions under Passport Act, 1920 or the Foreigners Act, 1946 that pertains to foreigners entering and staying in India illegally.
The ACT shall not apply to tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura as included in the sixth schedule of the Constitution and States of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland protected by the Inner Line Permit (ILP).
ACT has reduce the time period required for naturalization from 11 years to 5 years for members of these communities.
MOTOR VEHICLES AMENDMENT ACT
NEWS:The Punjab government on Thursday implemented the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, nearly three months after the law was passed by the central government.
ABOUT MOTOR VEHICLE AMENDMENTS ACT
Compensation for road accident victims: The central government will develop a scheme for cashless treatment of road accident victims during golden hour. The ACT defines golden hour as the time period of up to one hour following a traumatic injury, during which the likelihood of preventing death through prompt medical care is the highest.
Compulsory insurance: The ACT requires the central government to constitute a Motor Vehicle Accident Fund, to provide compulsory insurance cover to all road users in India. It will be utilised for: (i) treatment of persons injured in road accidents as per the golden hour scheme, (ii) compensation to representatives of a person who died in a hit and run accident, (iii) compensation to a person grievously hurt in a hit and run accident, and (iv) compensation to any other persons as prescribed by the central government.
Good samaritans: The ACT defines a good samaritan as a person who renders emergency medical or non-medical assistance to a victim at the scene of an accident. The assistance must have been (i) in good faith, (ii) voluntary, and (iii) without the expectation of any reward. Such a person will not be liable for any civil or criminal action for any injury to or death of an accident victim, caused due to their negligence in providing assistance to the victim.
Recall of vehicles: The ACT allows the central government to order for recall of motor vehicles if a defect in the vehicle may cause damage to the environment, or the driver, or other road users. The manufacturer of the recalled vehicle will be required to: (i) reimburse the buyers for the full cost of the vehicle, or (ii) replace the defective vehicle with another vehicle with similar or better specifications.
National Transportation Policy: The central government may develop a National Transportation Policy, in consultation with state governments. The Policy will: (i) establish a planning framework for road transport, (ii) develop a framework for grant of permits, and (iii) specify priorities for the transport system, among other things.
Road Safety Board: The ACT provides for a National Road Safety Board, to be created by the central government through a notification. The Board will advise the central and state governments on all aspects of road safety and traffic management including: (i) standards of motor vehicles, (ii) registration and licensing of vehicles, (iii) standards for road safety, and (iv) promotion of new vehicle technology.
Offences and penalties: The ACT increases penalties for several offences under the Act. For example, the maximum penalty for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs has been increased from Rs 2,000 to Rs 10,000. If a vehicle manufacturer fails to comply with motor vehicle standards, the penalty will be a fine of up to Rs 100 crore, or imprisonment of up to one year, or both. If a contractor fails to comply with road design standards, the penalty will be a fine of up to one lakh rupees. The central government may increase fines mentioned under the Act every year by up to 10%.
Taxi aggregators: The ACT defines aggregators as digital intermediaries or market places which can be used by passengers to connect with a driver for transportation purposes (taxi services). These aggregators will be issued licenses by state Further, they must comply with the Information Technology Act, 2000.
EX-INDRA
NEWS:The air force component of 'Ex INDRA 19', a joint exercise between India and Russia, successfully concluded on Thursday at the Air Force Station in Lohegaon in .
As part of the exercise, the Indian armed forces and their Russian counterparts undertook joint air, land and sea operations. The exercise was conducted simultaneously at Pune, Goa and Gwalior, a defence release said.
The exercise provided an opportunity to enhance the IAF's operational capability, synergise joint operations and improve interoperability with Russian Federation Air Force to operate under the UN mandate.
METER TO MEASURE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE
NEWS:The Construction Engineering Research Foundation (PCERF) has developed what it claims is the country's first indigenous Concrete Maturity Meter that determines the strength of concrete used in construction.
PCERF is a a non-profit organisation that works to introduce new and cost-effective technologies in the sector.
The Indian maturity meter will be able to measure the strength of concrete accurately at a lower cost, to the advantage of the construction sector. The equipment has been tested and is ready for commercial use
The device, which can be directly connected to mobile phones, has been specifically developed to suit the techniques and skills of end users in India.
Despite the importance of concrete in infrastructure construction, its in-place strength is often erroneously estimated by using the cumbersome and time-consuming 'standard cube' or cylindrical tests
The foreign-made maturity meter kit is available in the range of ₹3 lakh to ₹5 lakh, while the India-produced maturity meter kit is priced between ₹50,000 and ₹5 lakh, he said.
He said PCERF had recently filed a patent for the meter. The device will be presented at the 16th edition of an International Expo called 'Constro 2020' organised by PCERF, to be held next month.
NEWS: Kerala is again stepping up pressure on the Centre to immediately release the ₹1,114 crore due to the State for the 12.98-lakh Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) workers that had been pending since July.
Minister for Local Self-Government A.C. Moideen has taken up the issue with Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar seeking his urgent intervention to clear the arrears.
As per the provisions of the Act, the unskilled workers engaged under the scheme are entitled to get their wages every fortnight, failing which they could initiate legal action for securing the dues. But quite often the disbursal of arrears gets delayed, mostly citing minor audit objections.
ABOUT MGNREGA
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), also known as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) is Indian legislation enacted on August 25, 2005.
The MGNREGA provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage.
The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), Govt of India is monitoring the entire implementation of this scheme in association with state governments
Within 15 days of submitting the application or from the day work is demanded, wage employment will be provided to the applicant.
Right to get unemployment allowance in case employment is not provided within fifteen days of submitting the application or from the date when work is sought.
Receipt of wages within fifteen days of work done.
INDUSTRIAL SECURITY ANNEX
NEWS: The Industrial Security Annex (ISA), signed between India and the U.S. at the second 2+2 dialogue in Washington, will open the door for U.S. defence companies to partner with the Indian private sector for several multi-billion dollar deals in the pipeline, including the one for 114 fighter jets.
With this, three of four foundational agreements are through. The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-spatial Cooperation (BECA) is still under negotiation as both sides try to iron out few reciprocal issues.
The ISA is a part of the General Security Of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA), which India signed with the U.S. long back.
After decade-long negotiations, India signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Understanding (LEMOA) in 2016 and third agreement COMCASA last year.
GANDHI PRIZE
NEWS:Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa on Thursday announced the setting up of a Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize while attending the second meeting of the National Committee for the Commemoration Mahatma Gandhi's 150th Birth Anniversary, chaired by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The only foreign Prime Minister to be a part of the committee, Mr. Costa said Portugal would launch the prize in order to promote Gandhi's ideals, a Union Culture Ministry statement said.
Every year, the prize would be inspired by Gandhi's thoughts and quotes, he said, adding that the first edition of the prize would be dedicated to animal welfare. Gandhi had said "the greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated".
ONE NATION ONE RATION CARD SCHEME
The Centre has designed a standard format for ration cards as it moves ahead with 'one nation, one ration card' initiative and has asked State governments to follow the pattern while issuing fresh ration cards.
Currently, the central government's ambitious initiative is being implemented on a pilot basis in a cluster of six States. It wants to implement this facility across the country from June 1, 2020.
Under the initiative, eligible beneficiaries would be able to avail their entitled foodgrains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) from any Fair Price Shop in the country using the same ration card.
The Centre is now in the process of expanding these efforts into a nationwide portability network which is called the 'One Nation One Ration Card' scheme.
It is scheduled to come into full effect by June 2020, after which a ration card holder can buy subsidised grain at any fair price shop in the country.
Migrant workers will have food security through out the nation.
curb corruption and improve access and service quality by removing monopolies.
faster implementation of initiatives to digitise and integrate the food storage and public distribution system.
FIRST EDITORIAL: NOT UNIMPEACHABLE
ISSUE: IMPEACHMENT OF TRUMP
United States President Donald Trump became only the third incumbent to get impeached by the House of Representatives.
On Wednesday, the House impeached him on two articles, one each for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
The first article relates to Mr. Trump withholding $391 million in military aid and a White House meeting unless Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed to investigate the business dealings of the family of Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden — in other words, a bid to discredit domestic rivals through foreign influence.
The second article relates to the charge that Mr. Trump obstructed the Congressional probe into abuse-of-power allegations by urging witnesses not to cooperate and asking federal government agencies to disregard subpoenas.
WILL HE BE IMPEACHED?
Given that a two-thirds majority, or 67 Senators, is required to convict and to remove Mr. Trump from office, and the chamber is split between 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the Democrats, an acquittal is expected.
EDITORIAL'S VIEW
The impeachment is a stain on his reputation and a historic rebuke that will never fade in the annals of infamy.
The impeachment will drive a deeper wedge between the two opposing political discourses of a polarised electorate.
The alternative route may well lead directly to a political purgatory for one of the world's oldest democracies, and that is likely to hurt.
SECOND EDITORIAL: PROTEST AND ORDER
ISSUE: PROTESTS SHOULD NOT BE SUPRESSED
WHY IN NEWS?
The State-wide clamping of prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka are stark examples of the misuse of regulatory power to suppress the lawful exercise of constitutional rights.
The duty of the state to preserve public order should never extend to the suppression of political views contrary to those of the government.
As protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act escalate in several cities and towns, the invocation of Section 144 in a whole State does not seem to be in conformity to the general rule that such a restriction on fundamental freedoms should be "reasonable, least invasive and bona fide".
Restrictions wider than necessary tend to suppress rather than regulate.
A widespread protest may indeed regress into violence, but "the perception of threat to public peace and tranquility should be real and not imaginary or a mere likely possibility," the court observed, while examining the lawfulness of the police action on a gathering of peaceful protesters at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan in 2011.
On the political side, India's leadership will have to respond to the widespread public fears over the implementation of the new naturalisation norms. On the administrative side, however, the authorities should aim to facilitate the exercise of the people's rights, rather than suppress them.
LEAD ARTICLE: IN THRALL TO ITS OWN VIOLENCE
ISSUE: NATURE OF THE SECOND MODI GOVERNMENT
After the 2019 Lok Sabha mandate, the composition and character of the Modi government stand changed. The new team has gone out of its way to convey a new sense of urgency to take up the old priorities. This clear-headedness has turned out to be a mixed blessing.
HIGH STATURE OF PRIME MINISTER
With the passing away of Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley in recent months, the 2019 government has apparently settled into a new working idiom, with a dangerous imbalance at the core of the Indian state.
The Prime Minister stands very tall, much taller than all his ministerial colleagues; with the possible exception of the Home Minister, no Cabinet colleague has the stature or the prestige to introduce a note of caution in the face of any proposed policy recklessness or political waywardness.
The option of conciliation invariably stands spurned. There is a new fascination for aggression, a new appetite for skirmishes and combats. And, this belligerence is deemed to be politically satisfying and electorally rewarding.
HOW MODI GOVERNMENT IS DIFFERENT FROM VAJPAYEE GOVERNMENT?
TOWARDS ACCOMMODATION: During Vajpayee government BJP was inclined to believe that while it was possible for a political party like the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to win a Lok Sabha majority without the Muslim vote, it would be unhelpful to try to govern the country without the cooperation and support of the largest minority.
In the Modi-Shah era, this preference for accommodation and partnership stands virtually abandoned. The tweaked proposition is: not only can the BJP win a majority without the Muslims' vote, it can also govern without their support and can live without their trust or confidence or affection.
There is a calculated confidence that any group , however unhappy or large, can be tamed. The post-Article 370 Jammu and Kashmir is cited as a satisfying and successful application of this no-nonsense, no-weakness, no-accommodation approach.
TOWARDS PROTESTS: On the other hand, any protest or resistance in the streets against the government's policies or politics is branded as inspired by vested interests, or worse, instigated by Pakistan or by 'urban naxals.' Any resistance is seized upon as an excuse for further state violence.
TOWARDS MANAGEMENT OF ECONOMY: Vajpayee government managed the economy well despite American sanctions.
This fascination for violence, aggression, bullying and intimidation has had a particularly telling effect on the government's management of the national economy.
PROMOTING VIOLENCE
During the first Modi government, there was an eager promotion of violence in words; verbal aggression was encouraged not just on social media or in television studios, but it was approvingly looked upon as a sine qua non to tell the whole world that the ancien regime had truly been put in its place.
Now, with 300-plus Lok Sabha seats under its belt, the ruling party has developed a fascination for authoritative violence. Coercion and violence are deemed as a curative instrument of state policy and political control.
A regime that has developed a taste for coercion, however legitimate or legal, and a passion for aggression, ends up squandering the citizens' trust. The Modi regime has ordered its own custom-made Achilles heel.
SECOND ARTICLE: INACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, DRACONIAN REMEDY
ISSUE: PROBLEM OF BLACK MONEY IN INDIA
Author highlights that government's intent cannot be faulted, but since the problem itself was misdiagnosed, the ensuing legislative measures have been bereft of constitutional and economic common sense. They relied too little on persuasion, and far too much on browbeating. The economic results are nothing to rave about.
WHY BLACK MONEY ACT WAS BOUND TO FAIL?
At minimum tax rate of 60%, it gave marginal incentive for the hoarders to come clean.
Lawmakers overestimated the writ of international laws and made no economically persuasive case. Resultantly, as of May 2019, the total untaxed foreign assets mined was ₹12,500 crore. Wholly recovered, this wouldn't even pay Prasar Bharati's bills for four years.
In comparison, Indonesia recovered about ₹25 lakh crore under similar schemes.
WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH LAWS AFTER 2014?
The first relates to retrospective application of tax and penal laws that are so confiscatory and brazenly discriminatory that they walk all over a citizen's right to life, carry on business and own property.
The second is about shifting the burden of proof onto the citizen to establish that he is not an offender.
Lastly, and this is what makes this new policy rather wicked, citizens can be subjected to criminal trial, without the taxman first proving that there has been tax evasion. The results of giving such unbridled powers to agencies have been disastrous.
LACK OF CONVICTION
The Enforcement Directorate, India's money laundering watchdog, secured conviction in less than 1% of case but attached assets worth ₹29,468 crore. In contrast, the agency's equivalents in the U.S. and the U.K. secured conviction in about 50% cases. The Income Tax Department's records were not inspiring either, hovering at near 2% conviction rates in Financial Year (FY) 2016-2017.
WHY SUCH A SITUATION?
In essence, India's foreign black money problem was misdiagnosed and unverified, exaggerated numbers went into satisfying Parliament that draconian financial laws are justified.
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?
The government should give up the belief that being an intrusive, browbeating confiscator enriches Indians. It doesn't.
The draconian fiscal laws must at once be repealed.
Increased international cooperation, technological advances and banking penetration implodes black money more than any law or sermon on patriotism.
India's war on black money can only be won through democratic, persuasive and economically-sound means.
FRIDAY DEBATE
SHOULD GOVERNMENT EXIT NAVRATNA COMPANIES?
Last month, the Cabinet approved sale of the government's stake in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, a navratna public sector company with oil refining and marketing operations.
WHY MODI GOVERNMENT IS DOING THIS?
The effort is primarily to raise revenues in quick time.
It's now clear that even partial disinvestment or even a strategic sale is clearly to mobilise resources to finance the Budget
IS PRIVATIZATION MOST EFFICIENT WAY?
It is not borne out empirically that the private sector is more efficient. Even in post-liberalisation India, a number of studies show a trend towards convergence in performance between PSUs and private enterprises. Even in banking, until about 2011 when the NPA crisis started, we saw a similar trend.
The problem in comparing the two is that only the survivors of the private sector are left standing and you say they are doing marvellously.
WHAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO?
Disinvestment should be done to restructure the rest of the public sector.
Government should have a framework for carrying out disinvestment or privatisation.
Disinvestment Commission under G.V. Ramakrishna was very clear that privatisation should be for strengthening the public sector. So they ruled out privatisation of core industries and highly profitable PSUs, and they also said the proceeds should be used for restructuring other PSUs or spending on rural infrastructure. The receipts should not be used for the government's revenue expenditure.
NEWS:Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said some forces inimical to India were using the borders of friendly countries like Nepal and Bhutan to push "infiltrators."
Addressing the troops and officers of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on its 56th Raising Day celebrations, he said that in the last one year "54 infiltrators, including two Pakistanis," have been nabbed at the Nepal border. These infiltrators were from 24 countries, apart from Pakistan.
The SSB is tasked with guarding the 1,751-km long frontier with Nepal and Bhutan. It was raised in the aftermath of the 1962 Chinese aggression.
MATTALA AIRPORT
NEWS:Sri Lanka's civil aviation authority will develop the southern airport in Mattala, near the strategically located Hambantota port, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Thursday, ruling out earlier proposals of a joint venture with India. However, he invited Indian companies, especially in the IT sector, to invest in Sri Lanka.
New Delhi — with known strategic interests in the airport adjoining the Chinese-run Hambantota port — has in the past discussed a possible joint development plan with Colombo, to upgrade the loss-making facility in Mattala built by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. However, the project did not take off despite multiple rounds of negotiations.
NEWS: India Inc. leaders, including Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, CII president Vikram Kirloskar and Assocham president Balkrishan Goenka, on Thursday asked the government to take measures to augment ease of doing business to "create more freedom for the industry to perform."
In a pre-Budget meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the corporate leaders highlighted several issues, including certain income tax (I-T) matters coming in the way of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or slowing them down.
He said some suggestions about M&A, demergers, NCLT process, certain sections of I-T that were coming in the way of M&A or slowing them down were made.
ABOUT Ease of Doing Business Index:
The Ease of Doing Business Index assesses 190 economies and covers 10 indicators which span the lifecycle of a business.
These 10 indicators are: Starting a business, Dealing with construction permits, Getting electricity, Registering property, Getting credit, Protecting minority investors, Paying taxes, Trading across borders, Enforcing contracts and Resolving insolvency.
Each one of these indicators carry equal weightage.
Ease of Doing Business is released by World Bank.
MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE
NEWS:Rise in headline inflation as well as an inadequate monetary policy rate transmission were cited by members of the monetary policy committee for keeping interest rate unchanged during the first bimonthly monetary policy review in early December, minutes of the meeting showed.
After cutting rates in five consecutive policy reviews, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.15% in the December review.
ABOUT MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE
Decisions regarding Monetary Policy are taken by Monetary Policy Committee.
RBI Act has been amended by Finance Act 2016 to provide for STATUTORY and institutionalized framework for a MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE for maintaining price stability while keeping in mind the objective of growth.
MPC is entrusted with the task of setting benchmark policy rate (repo rate) required to contain inflation within the specified target level.
Meeting of MPC shall be held at least four times a year.
MPC has six members: three from the RBI (Governor of RBI as Chairperson, Deputy Governor of RBI in charge of Monetary Policy, One Officer of the RBI to be nominated by the Central Board) and three members appointed by Central Government.
Three members appointed by the Central Government holds office for period of four years.
Government of India in consultation with RBI has published inflation target at 4(+-2)%.
OPERATION TWIST
NEWS: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will simultaneously buy and sale government securities worth ₹10,000 crore each on December 23 under its open market operations — a move aimed at managing the yields.
Operation Twist is a move taken by U.S. Federal Reserve in 2011-12 to make long-term borrowing cheaper.
The action of Operation Twist by the RBI today is encouraging. There is indeed a need to bring down the term premium because that remains the driving factor for long-term economic activity and addition of new investment stock


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package server

import (
	"context"
	"errors"
	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/declarative-resource-client-library/dcl"
	emptypb "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/declarative-resource-client-library/python/proto/empty_go_proto"
	vertexaipb "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/declarative-resource-client-library/python/proto/vertexai/vertexai_go_proto"
	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/declarative-resource-client-library/services/google/vertexai"
)

// MetadataSchemaServer implements the gRPC interface for MetadataSchema.
type MetadataSchemaServer struct{}

// ProtoToMetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum converts a MetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum enum from its proto representation.
func ProtoToVertexaiMetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum(e vertexaipb.VertexaiMetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum) *vertexai.MetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum {
	if e == 0 {
		return nil
	}
	if n, ok := vertexaipb.VertexaiMetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum_name[int32(e)]; ok {
		e := vertexai.MetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum(n[len("VertexaiMetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum"):])
		return &e
	}
	return nil
}

// ProtoToMetadataSchema converts a MetadataSchema resource from its proto representation.
func ProtoToMetadataSchema(p *vertexaipb.VertexaiMetadataSchema) *vertexai.MetadataSchema {
	obj := &vertexai.MetadataSchema{
		Name:          dcl.StringOrNil(p.GetName()),
		SchemaVersion: dcl.StringOrNil(p.GetSchemaVersion()),
		Schema:        dcl.StringOrNil(p.GetSchema()),
		SchemaType:    ProtoToVertexaiMetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum(p.GetSchemaType()),
		CreateTime:    dcl.StringOrNil(p.GetCreateTime()),
		Project:       dcl.StringOrNil(p.GetProject()),
		Location:      dcl.StringOrNil(p.GetLocation()),
		MetadataStore: dcl.StringOrNil(p.GetMetadataStore()),
	}
	return obj
}

// MetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnumToProto converts a MetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum enum to its proto representation.
func VertexaiMetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnumToProto(e *vertexai.MetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum) vertexaipb.VertexaiMetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum {
	if e == nil {
		return vertexaipb.VertexaiMetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum(0)
	}
	if v, ok := vertexaipb.VertexaiMetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum_value["MetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum"+string(*e)]; ok {
		return vertexaipb.VertexaiMetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum(v)
	}
	return vertexaipb.VertexaiMetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnum(0)
}

// MetadataSchemaToProto converts a MetadataSchema resource to its proto representation.
func MetadataSchemaToProto(resource *vertexai.MetadataSchema) *vertexaipb.VertexaiMetadataSchema {
	p := &vertexaipb.VertexaiMetadataSchema{}
	p.SetName(dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(resource.Name))
	p.SetSchemaVersion(dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(resource.SchemaVersion))
	p.SetSchema(dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(resource.Schema))
	p.SetSchemaType(VertexaiMetadataSchemaSchemaTypeEnumToProto(resource.SchemaType))
	p.SetCreateTime(dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(resource.CreateTime))
	p.SetProject(dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(resource.Project))
	p.SetLocation(dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(resource.Location))
	p.SetMetadataStore(dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(resource.MetadataStore))

	return p
}

// applyMetadataSchema handles the gRPC request by passing it to the underlying MetadataSchema Apply() method.
func (s *MetadataSchemaServer) applyMetadataSchema(ctx context.Context, c *vertexai.Client, request *vertexaipb.ApplyVertexaiMetadataSchemaRequest) (*vertexaipb.VertexaiMetadataSchema, error) {
	p := ProtoToMetadataSchema(request.GetResource())
	res, err := c.ApplyMetadataSchema(ctx, p)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	r := MetadataSchemaToProto(res)
	return r, nil
}

// applyVertexaiMetadataSchema handles the gRPC request by passing it to the underlying MetadataSchema Apply() method.
func (s *MetadataSchemaServer) ApplyVertexaiMetadataSchema(ctx context.Context, request *vertexaipb.ApplyVertexaiMetadataSchemaRequest) (*vertexaipb.VertexaiMetadataSchema, error) {
	cl, err := createConfigMetadataSchema(ctx, request.GetServiceAccountFile())
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return s.applyMetadataSchema(ctx, cl, request)
}

// DeleteMetadataSchema handles the gRPC request by passing it to the underlying MetadataSchema Delete() method.
func (s *MetadataSchemaServer) DeleteVertexaiMetadataSchema(ctx context.Context, request *vertexaipb.DeleteVertexaiMetadataSchemaRequest) (*emptypb.Empty, error) {

	return nil, errors.New("no delete endpoint for MetadataSchema")

}

// ListVertexaiMetadataSchema handles the gRPC request by passing it to the underlying MetadataSchemaList() method.
func (s *MetadataSchemaServer) ListVertexaiMetadataSchema(ctx context.Context, request *vertexaipb.ListVertexaiMetadataSchemaRequest) (*vertexaipb.ListVertexaiMetadataSchemaResponse, error) {
	cl, err := createConfigMetadataSchema(ctx, request.GetServiceAccountFile())
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	resources, err := cl.ListMetadataSchema(ctx, request.GetProject(), request.GetLocation(), request.GetMetadataStore())
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	var protos []*vertexaipb.VertexaiMetadataSchema
	for _, r := range resources.Items {
		rp := MetadataSchemaToProto(r)
		protos = append(protos, rp)
	}
	p := &vertexaipb.ListVertexaiMetadataSchemaResponse{}
	p.SetItems(protos)
	return p, nil
}

func createConfigMetadataSchema(ctx context.Context, service_account_file string) (*vertexai.Client, error) {

	conf := dcl.NewConfig(dcl.WithUserAgent("dcl-test"), dcl.WithCredentialsFile(service_account_file))
	return vertexai.NewClient(conf), nil
}


Contacted MPB Photographic to sell my Nikon D60 plus two lenses . They gave me an estimate by email which was much better than other dealers. I accepted and two days later a courier called to collect my stuff. MPB kept in touch through the whole process, received and inspected it and today the money was paid into my bank. It was a stress free and pleasant experience so I thoroughly recommend MPB whose advert I found in Practical Photography magazine.
sounds like very good service. Would you have gotten more with a private sale?
I have used MPB to buy some gear I bought 4 Canon L series lens's and can not fault them in any way at all the service they provide is to say the least excellent.


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UPVTC wins over SPSPS, completes set of quarterfinalists in the Intercollegiate Federalism Debate
TACLOBAN CITY-The University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College (UPVTC) triumphed over St. Paul School of Professional Studies (SPSPS) in the 2ndmatch of the Preliminary Rounds (Tacloban City/Leyte leg) of the 2018 Intercollegiate Federalism Debate hosted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) at the 2nd floor, Student Center, Leyte Normal University on March 21, 2018.
Leonardo Dimatangal of UPVTC also stood out among other debaters by bagging both the Best Debater and Best Speaker medals.
The teams argued on the following proposition, "Resolve that the country shall adopt a unicameral legislature in a federal system of government", with SPSPS taking the affirmative stand and UPVTC tasked with the negative viewpoint:
The UPVTC team was composed of Brandon Ian Dela Cruz, Leonardo Dimatangal, Jeffrae Isaac Albert Damayo, and Gio Martin Ocfemia, with Prof. Dakila Yee as the coach; while the SPSPS team was composed of Jejomar Bru, Glydel Jain A. Tacad, Joshua V. Baldo, and Gil Kristopher C. Rosillo, mentored by Atty. Jose Aguinalde.
Prof. Arvin de Veyra moderated the debate, which aired live over DyVL Aksyon Radyo Tacloban and on the DILG Region 8 Facebook page.
The panel of judges were from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines – Leyte Chapter: Atty. Karah Jane A. Tamboong, Atty. Vincent Q. Piga, and Atty. Romeo Dax Calamaya.
UPVTC will be joining the quarterfinals with the rest of the winning colleges all over the region. The quarterfinal rounds of the debate are scheduled on April 2 for the match between Leyte Normal University (LNU) and Maasin City College (MCC); April 4 for Visayas State University (VSU) vs. Naval State University (NSU); April 11 for the match between University of Eastern Philippines (UEP) and Eastern Samar State University (ESSU); and April 16 for the debate between UPVTC and Samar College. The semi-finals and grand finals are to be scheduled within the same month.
The 2018 Intercollegiate Federalism Debate is one of DILG Region 8's responses to the President's task to the department to lead the information campaign on Federalism. Recognizing that the youth predominantly compose the voting population, the DILG-8 decided to gear many IEC activities towards this age group.
A debate on the merits and details of Federalism hopes to bring about improved awareness, knowledge, discussion, and appreciation of Federalism and other forms of government, and at the same time promote a culture of discussion on Federalism and relevant issues among various audiences tuning in. (PR
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This years edition of Tuttobene presents five international and eighteen Dutch design studio's. Objects on display vary from a cupboard made of domino, a table constructed out of garden hose, lampshades of horsehair to a porcelain computer. What these items share is the sustainable quality of their design. The common denominator is determined by its ecologically and socially sound production and use.
"Sigmund Freud contends that aggressiveness is a fundamental human instinct whose inhibition is a necessary obligation of social life. These umbrellas combine a symbol of gentlemanly refinement--the full-sized, black umbrella--with an element from more manly sword-bearing times. The umbrellas offer brief psychological respite from the dictates of social amiability.
Next also designed by Bruce and Stephanie Tharp of Materious.
Next is a clock that addresses smokers addiction and their association of time with their next cigarette. But rather than a mere marker of this connection, it can also be used to regulate cigarette consumption. Place the cigarettes in the holes for the desired smoking times, and remove to smoke."
Adieu designed by Bruce and Stephanie Tharp of Materious along with Greg Bethel. "Adieu is a set of ceramic gas-fireplace 'logs' for the ardent modernist. The six individual 'logs' are cast from the legs of past furniture styles like Queene Anne, Shaker, Chippendale, and Colonial. Set within the fire, they mark a derision for, or weariness of, our stylistic past."
yes it was. in soul caliber 3 couple years ago ahahahahaha.
hasn't the weapon umbrella thing already been done?
Indeed same designers (Stephanie and Bruce M. Tharp of Materious)--we designed them as a set and Kikkerland has chosen to manufacture just the "Samurai" for now (www.kikkerlandshop.com). There is a bit of a debate over the name, as "Umbrellas for the Civil but Discontent Man" is commercially challenged (though conceptually cogent).
Thanks for looking out for design (over imitation).
Those umbrellas are a really unique idea.


This has been a chapter of denials, where we finally acknowledge that the universe evolves only in obedience to laws that have been in existence since the moment of its birth—the purpose of which, if pre-programmed by some external deity, can never be discovered. We acknowledged also that life can arise and progress with no purpose apparent. The first life (wherever and whenever it arose) formed from atoms and molecules because conditions were conducive, and it has since evolved to become what exists today for exactly the same reason. When our star dies, so will our home, and all life that remains at home.
Some readers may find this Part of the book distressing. Such bold statements about the triviality of life and our species are not enjoyable to read. The real state of affairs is that there is no candy coating. There is no Father-in-Heaven looking down and caring for or about us—our prayers serve only to console ourselves. It is sobering to confront such truths, but are they really that much of a surprise? Haven't we all previously, at least briefly, suspected as much, deep down inside, at one time or another?
Much as we might like it to be otherwise, we are truly alone and adrift. Alone, but accompanied by all the other life forms that this universe contains. Adrift, but slowly finding our way from ignorance to wisdom. Constantly moving from the past, when life knew nothing, to the future, when life will know almost everything. God, if He ever existed, cut us all free when He released the universe. That was when free will began, and this is exactly what free will entails: facing up to the facts, recognizing that we make the bed we lie upon, and taking the responsibility to make decisions rationally as we travel along the evolutionary pathway.
But, what a journey it is! Especially now, when we are at the cusp of understanding and controlling so much. So many possibilities, so many choices; the future can seem overwhelming—indeed frightening—at times. But life can become glorious and wonderful again, bright from a new guiding light—once we build the beacon.
I think that there is much to gain by adopting life's evolutionary consequence as a surrogate purpose, and using that to guide our decision making. Part Four examines some reasons for thinking so, and suggests what might be done with the visions such a choice generates.
But, before we rush ahead; what if these conjectures about life's outcome are fantasies? No one wants to be misled by yet another set of assumptions, inventions and falsehoods. Although life may well have learned how to control some things, is there any plausible reason to think that it will continue to do so? From where does this ability to learn and to apply such learning come, and is this source a permanent feature of life?
When I was able to step back from my "revelation" (see Creativity, Free Will, And A Revelation) a decade or so after it happened, I began wondering what could possibly cause evolution itself to evolve. Why should it change from being just a passive "reaction-to-events" process, to becoming an active "determinator-of-its-own-future" process? I knew of none; however, such a transformation has happened, so there must be a cause to be discovered. The next chapter explores one possibility.
↑ See Creativity, Free Will, And A Revelation.


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California's latest undergrad project? More aid for campus moms and dads
by Adria Watson September 29, 2019 September 29, 2019
Full-time college students Bianca Rojas and Jose Yat of South Gate with their children Adeline, 2, and Jasper, 18 months.
California has increased awards to up $6,000 for UC, Cal State and community college students with children, but delays and funding limitations are making it clear that for "nontraditional" students, more must be done.
Like most college students, Bianca Rojas has a lot to balance — classes, papers, exams, research. Unlike most of her peers, though, the 25-year-old Cal State Long Beach sociology major also has two extracurricular obligations: Jasper and Adeline, her toddlers.
Each semester, she said, she carefully budgets her financial aid, calculating the credits she can afford, given the needs of her family. It's stressful: Last semester, she and her partner, a student at Cal Poly Pomona, had to take turns skipping classes, if necessary, to tend the children.
"I had to seek counseling because I was just overwhelmed," Rojas said. "It was a really difficult time because it was just not enough resources available. You find out too late, like, 'Oh there's not going to be childcare for you at this time.' It's like then what do you do? Not go to school?"
Students with children "are increasingly becoming the norm," said David O'Brien of the California Student Aid Commission, which administers Cal Grants.
Students such as Rojas were who Gov. Gavin Newsom had in mind this year when he injected millions of dollars into the state higher education budget to increase financial aid for young parents attending the University of California, California State University and the California Community Colleges.
More than 300,000 California students are supported by the state's main financial aid program, known as Cal Grant; last year, about 32,000 of them were also parents. Newsom's budget, among other things, increased awards to up $6,000 for UC, Cal State and community college students with children, promising "real relief to our parents who are getting an education at the same time."
But high demand and administrative delays have slowed that relief, and made it clear that more work remains to improve state aid for so-called "nontraditional" students. Those students — who are completing degrees later in life as opposed to right after high school — have become a policy focus as California seeks to boost college graduation rates amid a projected shortfall by 2030 of 1.1 million bachelors-degree-holding workers.
Students with children "are increasingly becoming the norm," said David O'Brien, director of government affairs for the California Student Aid Commission, which administers Cal Grants.
"It's why the Student Aid Commission is at the forefront of an effort to modernize California financial aid to better serve the needs of the student of today as opposed to what was the traditional student of 30 or 40 years ago."
Bianca Rojas and her partner Jose Yat, part of a growing cohort of 'nontraditional' college students, get their two toddlers fed, bathed and ready for bed. Photo for CalMatters by Iris Schneider
So far this year, room for improvement has revealed itself in at least two areas of that effort. For one, the allocation of the additional grant money is structured in a way that still makes it hard for students with children to qualify. The state guarantees Cal Grants for eligible students attending college right out of high school, but aid for nontraditional students comes out of a more limited grant pool for which applicants must compete, and most students with children fall into that nontraditional group.
In the 2017-18 budget year, only 25,750 competitive grants were available for the more than 340,000 qualified applicants, according to a report by the California Budget and Policy Center. Newsom's appropriation this year increased the number of competitive grants to 41,000, but the demand still exceeded 300,000 — meaning the new money for nontraditional students is still comparatively hard to get.
The grant money for parents has also been delayed by procedural glitches, according to state officials.
"We hope to have the initial round of grants distributed by this November or December," O'Brien said. "That's just sort of a slight delay due to the rollout of the new program, the programming of the awards into our legacy system, which we're in the process of upgrading."
Students have already received their standard grant awards and if they qualify, they will also get the first portion of the increased access award when the Student Aid Commission rolls it out. After this semester, the awards will be disbursed along with the regular schedule of Cal Grants and other aid the commission administers, O'Brien said.
I'm happy to hear that, finally, someone thought about us 'cause I feel like we're kind of just in the corner."
— Bianca Rojas, Cal state Long Beach student and mother of two
Rojas said that while it's great that the money will be available to student-parents during the holidays, a time she says can be stressful financially, getting it earlier would have been even more beneficial.
"It could've been helpful if we had it from the beginning — that way people would feel a little bit more relaxed with how we are going to be able to budget to complete school," Rojas said, noting that finances at the start of a semester often determine how many units a student takes.
"If there's actually aid that could help you get through a whole semester full-time without having to work, that's golden," she said. "But if not, then you're over here thinking 'I'm going to take less units, so it's going to delay graduation.' It's like a domino effect."
Transferring to CSULB from Cerritos College last semester wasn't easy, said Rojas, but she did it because she wants to continue taking care of her family and believes getting her four-year degree will help. She and her partner Jose Yat, who live in a garage apartment behind his parents' home in the Los Angeles suburb of South Gate, had to take out loans for the first time while going to school this year. Yat also decided to stop working to make time to finish school and help care for 1-year-old Jasper and 2-year-old Adeline.
They eventually were able to get childcare off-campus this semester, but Rojas said she wished she'd known more about available resources for student-parents. She said she did not know about the increase in aid, and neither did the students she knew at CSULB and Cerritos College.
"I just feel like there's not enough information of what else they can provide for student-parents," Rojas said. "It's just kinda like go through CalWORKS, get on welfare, go through all that… I appreciate that but what about scholarships for us? What about additional financial aid? I'm happy to hear that, finally, someone thought about us 'cause I feel like we're kind of just in the corner."
Robert Shireman, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, a progressive, nonpartisan think tank, seconds the need for more outreach. Last April, the foundation released a report recommending sweeping changes in the state's financial aid system, including better communication and less complexity.
Shireman, whose focus is education policy, says the amount of assistance needs to be gradually ramped up, too, to about $2 billion per year in grant aid for low-income students.
"We are hoping and working to encourage a budget next year that has a much larger increase in investment in Cal Grants to address the gaps that we're seeing," he said. "First of low-income parents, but also other low income students as well."
Tagged: California Community Colleges, California State University, Gavin Newsom, Higher Education, University of California
Adria Watson
adria@calmatters.org
Adria wrote for CalMatters while she was a senior at Sacramento State University majoring in journalism. She wrote and served as co-news editor for The State Hornet and freelanced for The Sacramento Bee.... More by Adria Watson


Saison Information Systems Streamlines Data Integration, Visualization, and Reporting with HULFT - HULFT, Inc.
Japan's enterprise systems and operations powerhouse reduced reporting time and costs in just one month.
Saison Information Systems encompasses key sectors such as financial services, retail, and technology. With an overarching goal of optimizing key business processes, the company set out to create a reporting and visualization solution that would give team members the tools to extract deeper insights from big data. From pipeline information to cost management, it was imperative that the solution provide comprehensive, project level reporting to generate consistent insights from across the organization to achieve ultimate visibility.
Traditionally, Saison Information Systems relied heavily on Excel for reporting. However, reports were not intuitive, did not contain real-time data, and were time consuming to produce. Standard report formats were unsubstantial, making it difficult to understand reports from various departments. Standardizing and visualizing these reports on a corporate level was a daunting task.
In order to generate reports to keep the business moving forward and streamline processes, it was time to move beyond simple Excel reports and into a solution that would visualize reports in an easy, digestible manner. However, with Salesforce Automation and customer resource management, it typically took at least three months to introduce and adopt tools to the company's needs.
Since employees were already familiar with Excel, and retraining them on another reporting tool would require extra time and resources, Saison decided to adopt a standardized Excel format for each business department for report preparation. Next step was to identify a compatible visualization tool as well as a framework that could flexibly integrate with mission-critical systems, such as project cost, attendance management and self-service BI. The team chose Tableau – known for its ease-of use — for report visualization; and HULFT Integrate to serve as the data integration and consolidation platform between the backend systems and Tableau.
Now, HULFT Integrate serves as the center of the new design, acting as the integrator and automatic report generator for all databases, such as Oracle, and other critical systems, such as SAP and SQL Servers deployed on Microsoft Azure. Reports are prepared in Excel using the standardized format, imported into HULFT Integrate, and visualized using Tableau.
Upon rollout, the team initially started small with a standalone setup and a visualization of the target reporting layout for business reports, such as pipeline information and cost management for each project, including the status of activities before orders are received. While a standardized format in Excel is currently in use, the company has future plans to implement kintone, a cloud-based business platform creation application, so staff can enter data directly into the environment.
The company successfully completed the entire framework, from selection of HULFT Integrate and Tableau to actual operation, in just one month. The ability to generate subsequent sales report visualization came shortly after. With the advanced adapters and integrators available within HULFT Integrate, data extractions instantly became easier, and the platform allowed Saison to respond to changes flexibly without writing code, which dramatically reduced human errors after release.
Today, team members can quickly prepare reporting visualizations for management meetings – overall reporting workload has been reduced by 90 percent. The combination and intent of these tools are more than transactional. It enabled Saison Information Systems to break down data silos between departments, creating more efficiency and agility that not only make everyone's job easier, but allow the company to create data-driven decisions and measurable outcomes. The new platform has made data much more accessible even without running reports, giving employees unprecedented access to data and allowing them to quickly relay raw numbers to upper management. Not only are executive and planning meetings more efficient, this new accessibility has fostered an environment of transparency between staff and management, creating a nimbler workplace that can quickly respond to data insights.


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There are a few shows coming up. The Pygmalion Festival is happening right now in Champaign. I think I'm gonna check out a couple of acts there. Namely Salaryman and Headlights. Most of the bands there I've never heard of and don't really need to hear. Next Monday is the Cursive show in Chicago and I'm definitely going to that. I don't really know how I feel about the new Cursive with the horns and stuff but should be a good show. Then, there's a free Matmos show in Chicago next month. Still undecided on that. Jenny Lewis is playing sometime next month in Chicago also. I'll probably goto that.


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