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Der außerbörsliche Handel (auch Direkthandel, Telefonhandel oder OTC-Handel) bezeichnet im Finanzwesen den Handel zwischen Marktteilnehmern, der nicht über die Börse oder sonstige Handelsplätze abgewickelt wird.

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Der Begriff Telefonhandel ist auch heute noch in Gebrauch, auch wenn der Handel überwiegend durch elektronische Handelssysteme abgewickelt wird. Die Abkürzung "OTC" steht für 'über den Tresen' (). Der OTC-Handel findet statt zwischen Kreditinstituten und Akteuren des Nichtbankensektors und im Interbankenhandel zwischen Kreditinstituten.

Außerdem bezeichnet Over-The-Counter, kurz OTC (auf deutsch: über den Ladentisch / über die Ladentheke)
den Handel von freiverkäuflichen Arzneimitteln in Apotheken.

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Man kann drei Formen des Direkthandels unterscheiden:
 Außerbörslicher Handel mit börsennotierten Wertpapieren. Hierzu gehört der Handel in der Vor- und Nachbörse. Diese Geschäfte werden auch dann als OTC-Geschäft abgewickelt, wenn die beteiligten Marktteilnehmer das Geschäft nicht publik machen wollen. Dies geschieht in stark steigendem Maße und in hohem Handelsvolumen in Dark Pools.
 Außerbörslicher Handel mit Finanzderivaten ohne standardisierte Spezifikationen (z. B. exotische Optionen, OTC-Optionen).
 Außerbörslicher Handel mit Wertpapieren, die zum Börsenhandel nicht zugelassen sind (z. B. Swaps).

Börsen bieten nur standardisierte Produkte an, die aber häufig nicht dem Absicherungswunsch der handelnden Partner entsprechen. Möchte ein Unternehmen beispielsweise die Zinsänderungsrisiken einer Investition absichern, wird es nur in Ausnahmefällen an den Börsen ein dafür laufzeitmäßig passendes Instrument finden. Für einige der am Finanzmarkt gehandelten Produkte ist der OTC-Handel deswegen wichtiger als der Börsenhandel, z. B. Zertifikate.

Durch Onlinebroker haben auch private Anleger die Möglichkeit, direkt Geschäfte mit einem Emittenten oder Makler durchzuführen. Der Anleger stellt hierbei via Internet eine Anfrage über den Preis zum angegebenen Finanzprodukt an seinen Onlinebroker. Der Emittent teilt anschließend den verbindlichen Kauf- und Verkaufspreis für die angegebene Menge mit. Der Anleger muss sich daraufhin innerhalb von einigen Sekunden entscheiden, ob er dieses Geschäft zu diesen Bedingungen abschließen will oder nicht.

Vor- und Nachteile
Vorteile
 Einsparen der Börsengebühren, die bei einem Handel über die Börse fällig würden
 Individuelle Modifikation des gehandelten Produktes
 Schnelligkeit durch den direkten Handel zwischen beiden Handelspartnern
 Geld-Brief-Spanne bietet attraktive Margen für insb. Investmentbanken insb. bei komplexen Produkten
 Hohe Flexibilität ermöglicht schnelle Produktinnovationen
 geringerer Liquiditätsbedarf, da im Allgemeinen kein Margining
Nachteile
 Geringere Kontrolle und Aufsicht
 Eventuell fehlende Referenzmärkte
 Nur teilweise Angabemöglichkeiten von Limit-Orders (nur relevant für Privatanleger)
 Keine Einsichtmöglichkeiten in ein Orderbuch, daher existiert nur eine geringere Markttransparenz
 Zum Teil geringere Liquidität als beim Börsenhandel
 Es entsteht Kontrahentenrisiko, das aber durch Aufrechnungsvereinbarungen und Sicherheiten sowie durch das Clearing über zentrale Kontrahenten begrenzt werden kann (insb. bei OTC-Derivaten relevant).

Umsatzvolumen
Der börsengebundene Derivathandel soll sich in den Jahren 1990 bis 2002 ungefähr verfünffacht haben bei zum Teil leichtem Rückgang in der Finanzkrise 2007–2009. Das Volumen der ausstehenden OTC-Derivate im Bereich der Zins- und Währungskontrakte ist in der Zeit 1990–2009 etwa um den Faktor 120 gestiegen. Zudem haben 1995–2010 auch Kreditderivate erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Um 2010 betrug das Volumen des OTC-Derivate-Markts 450 Billionen Dollar.

Organisierte "außerbörsliche" Handelsplattformen
Es existieren organisierte Wertpapiermärkte außerhalb der klassischen Börsen, die auch zum OTC-Handel gezählt werden und sich selbst als "außerbörslich" bezeichnen. Nach Definition des Begriffs Börse handelt es sich auch bei diesen organisierten Märkten um Börsen, die Bezeichnung "außerbörslich" ist hier also widersprüchlich. Die größte OTC-Plattform der Schweiz wird von der Berner Kantonalbank betrieben. Weitere Plattformen werden durch die Privatbank Lienhardt & Partner sowie das Wertpapierhandelshaus Bondpartners zur Verfügung gestellt. Die Plattform der Zürcher Kantonalbank wurde Ende 2021 geschlossen.

OTC-Handel im Strommarkt

Etwa 75 % des Stromhandels werden nicht über die Strombörse EEX, sondern OTC getätigt. Während die Börse auf den Spot- und Intradaymärkten fast Monopolstellung hat, wird OTC ein großer Teil der Termingeschäfte getätigt.

Im OTC-Terminhandel beschaffen Lieferanten wie zum Beispiel Stadtwerke langfristig ihre Absatzmengen. Kraftwerksbetreiber sichern langfristig das Ergebnis ihres Kraftwerks durch Verkauf des voraussichtlich erzeugten Fahrplans am Strommarkt sowie unter Umständen auch durch Kauf des für die Erzeugung benötigten Gasfahrplans (siehe Kraftwerkseinsatzoptimierung und Spark Spread).

Möchte ein Unternehmen am OTC-Strommarkt teilnehmen, muss zwingend ein Bilanzkreisvertrag abgeschlossen werden. OTC-Kontrakte werden physisch erfüllt, das heißt, sie führen tatsächlich zu einer (virtuellen) Lieferung, d. h. zu einer Buchung aus dem Bilanzkreis des Verkäufers in den Bilanzkreis des Käufers. Dagegen werden die entsprechenden Börsenkontrakte finanziell erfüllt, das heißt, es wird nur eine Preisdifferenz ausgezahlt.

Der OTC-Handel ist weniger transparent. Im Unterschied zum Börsenhandel sind die gehandelten Preise und Volumina nur den Marktteilnehmern bekannt.

Relevanz des OTC-Handels für die erneuerbaren Energien
Für Erneuerbaren Energien in der Direktvermarktung besteht die risikominimierende Strategie in einer Vermarktung aller Mengen am Spotmarkt. Laut EEG haben sie Anspruch auf eine zusätzliche Vergütung in Höhe der Differenz zwischen ihrem garantierten sogenannten anlegbaren Preis und dem Spotpreis (sogenannte Marktprämie). Somit müssen sie kurzfristig über den Spotmarkt vermarkten, um den anlegbaren Preis zu erzielen.

Terminmarktgeschäfte werden daher von Erneuerbaren Erzeugern wenig getätigt. Vielfach werden aber Verträge mit Dienstleistern abgeschlossen, die die Direktvermarktung über die Börse für diese Erzeuger übernehmen (siehe Dienstleistung EEG-Direktvermarktung). Dies resultiert in OTC-Spotverträgen mit diesen Dienstleistern und erspart den EEG-Erzeugern die hohen Kosten des Börsenhandels.

Nach Ende des Förderungszeitraumes, in der Regel sind dies 20 Jahre, könnten auch für die Erneuerbaren Energien langfristige Absicherungen an Attraktivität gewinnen.

Vorgaben der G20 und europäische Gesetzgebung seit 2007
Der Derivatehandel wird in Europa durch die Europäische Union reguliert. Anlässlich der Finanzkrise, in der die Regulierungsbehörden nur unzureichend auf Verwerfungen im außerbörslichen Handel reagierten, haben die EU-Institutionen neue Gesetzesvorschläge gemacht. Erste Stellungnahmen der Europäischen Kommission bezogen sich dabei explizit auf die Beschlüsse der G20-Gipfel in Pittsburgh (2009) und Toronto (2010). In Pittsburgh wurde gefordert: "Alle standardisierten OTC-Derivate sollten an Börsen bzw. elektronischen Handelsplattformen gehandelt und spätestens Ende 2012 über eine zentrale Gegenpartei abgewickelt werden. OTC-Derivatekontrakte sollten an Transaktionsregister gemeldet werden. Für nicht zentral abgewickelte Kontrakte sollten höhere Kapitalanforderungen gelten." Die Europäische Kommission hat im September 2010 eine Verordnung zum Derivatehandel vorgeschlagen.
Derzeit wird diese zwischen dem Rat der Europäischen Union und dem Europäischen Parlament verhandelt. EP-Berichterstatter ist Werner Langen.

Während die Mehrheit des Europaparlaments den Vorschlag der Kommission begrüßt, geht der Grünen-Fraktion die Regulierung nicht weit genug. So sollen der Europäischen Wertpapieraufsichtsbehörde (ESMA) mehr Kompetenzen eingeräumt werden und der Derivatehandel grundsätzlich eingeschränkt werden.

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Organizations building applications in AWS must be concerned with planning for application scalability. Scalability impacts an organization's application performance and customer experience as well as the cost for AWS. Fortunately, AWS has tools and built-in options to use for effective Auto Scaling. As with most tools, however, some use cases may not be fully addressed. Organizations may need to resort to developing additional internal tools to enhance the AWS functionality to meet business needs.
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In this article, I'll discuss AWS Auto Scaling and elastic load balancing as well as gaps or obstacles an organization may encounter and ideas for handling them.
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"I like that one better?"
Can someone please help me with this phrase. My wife and I disagree (and I am very likely wrong) on how the phrase "I like that one better" should be interpreted.
To me it sounds like you are saying that you are better at liking something, i.e. you have better skills at preferring one thing to another. To my wife it is equivalent to saying "I like that one more".
Which is correct?
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This question may already have an answer here "Which do you like best" or "Which do you like most." ? – Centaurus Mar 21 '15 at 20:00
It isn't quite the same to me as the specific use of best vs better is slightly different. – PlanetWilson Mar 21 '15 at 20:09
In this expression well (of which better is the comparative) is a measure of degree, not competence. We rarely say "I like it well" these days, but we say "shake well before using" and speak of a "well-oiled machine". – StoneyB Mar 21 '15 at 20:59
Some comments have been removed because we're not here for marriage guidance. – Andrew Leach♦ Mar 21 '15 at 21:25
'Better' is polysemous: better adv. Comparative of well : 1. In a more excellent way. // 2. a. To a greater extent or degree: better suited to the job; likes it better without sauce. b. To greater advantage; preferably: _a deed better left undone. _ // 3. More: It took me better than a year to recover. [AHDEL] //// Here, you're coming close to insisting on sense 1 when sense 2a is being used. – Edwin Ashworth Mar 21 '15 at 23:54
I will appeal to descriptivism in this answer, and assert simply that 100% of the time when you actually hear this used, the speaker means "I would rather have that one" (or, as your wife puts it, "I like that one more"), and has no idea whatsoever that anyone could possibly take them to mean "I have had more practice preferring that one [but am not stating which one I would rather have right now]".
I will not address the question of whether the rules of language assert that you should be able to interpret it per your suggestion; I only state that if you do interpret it that way, you will be at odds with what the speaker intended.
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For once, UK usage seems identical to US usage. – Edwin Ashworth Mar 21 '15 at 23:50
More and better, in many situations, are not interchangeable:
*Branden Fraser is a more/better actor than Jason Statham.
Jason Statham fights more/better than Branden Fraser.
Lots more examples, but in general terms, more is a quantitative comparative, and better is a qualitative comparative.(Yes, the second example could either, depending upon the context, but they're definitely different in meaning).
Not so when attached to the verb like. Common North American usage tips the hat to either one, with more being a bit more formal or proper for those with an extra pinch of British blood.
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Springtime in Japan brings one of the most gorgeous events I have ever witnessed... the blooming of the cherry blossoms.. or Sakura, as they are called here.
Sakura season can begin anywhere from the end of March to early May across Japan, depending on where you live. We are on the outskirts of the Tokyo area, so our predicted bloom week was the 1st weekend in April. However, some unseasonably warm weather caused the blooms to open about a week early. So my little & I grabbed the camera after school one day & took a walk around the base to admire the blooms in all their glory!
The first stop on our walk, were the trees right outside our apartment!
The beauty of the sakura is far more amazing than my words could convey.. so I'll let the pictures do the talking!
These little fingers were itching to hold a delicate cherry blossom!
I adore this photo... it captures the delicate beauty of the blossom, but also my little boy who is forever getting his hands dirty on our nature walks.
We also ventured across the base to a housing area with a larger section of sakura lined streets.
Here we walked amongst the rays of sunshine, softly falling petals, and singing birds.
Sadly the beauty of Sakura season is very short lived.
These glorious, but delicate, flowers only last two weeks at best.
We are so lucky to be able to look forward to experiencing this again during our time here.
How gorgeous Ashley!!! I had no idea there were white ones. For some reason I thought they were all pink. It looks like a fairy land. Your photos are beautiful!
Wow, SO gorgeous!! Thanks for sharing!


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DAVAO CITY–In celebration of the International Month of Peace, the Ateneo de Davao University is holding a summit on Prospects for Post-Conflict Philippines on September 25, 2013 at the Finster Auditorium of the ADDU Jacinto campus. The summit hopes to present lucid discussions on realistic expectations for the success of the on-going peace talks and focus on two crucial post-conflict requirements for sustainable peace: security sector transformation and economic reintegration.
Regional Peace and Order Council chairperson and Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo P. del Rosario shall deliver the keynote speech. Former Anak Mindanaw party-list Representative Ariel Hernandez shall present some successful examples of successful multi-stakeholder engagements at building and sustaining community peace in Mindanao. There will also be updates on on-going peace processes, as well as lectures on post-conflict reconstruction to be delivered by Fermin Adriano and Nigel Robert of World Bank.
The event is jointly sponsored by the Working Group on Security Sector Reform of the Ateneo de Manila University Political Science Department, the Eastern Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process. The summit hopes to bring together members of the academe, business, civil society groups, donor agencies, humanitarian organizations, the diplomatic community, the security sector, and local governance in the Eastern Mindanao area.
Registration opens at 8:00 am at the 7th Floor, Finster Hall on September 25. The program runs from 8:30am to 4:30pm. Those interested to attend may call 2212411 loc 8351 for inquiries and reservations. (PR)
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How clean should heavy-duty trucks be? This was the crunch question that EU policy-makers and industry leaders addressed at this year's European Transport Forum (ETF), held in Brussels on September 25.
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Alexandre Paquot, who heads the Road Transport Unit at the European Commission's Directorate General for Climate Action, said the 15% target could be met by 2025 using existing technologies. "We made a detailed analysis with stakeholders. What came out from our analysis is that it is not electrification or other futuristic technologies, but simple technologies that will help us meet 15%", he said. "We are really looking at what is feasible and cost effective for operators." Paquot denied that the legislation unduly favoured electrification, insisting that, "We have no particular religion for technology….it is fully up to manufacturers to decide how to meet targets."
But there was also caution from the hauliers, represented by Frank Verhoeven, the CEO of Vos Logistics, which has a fleet of 1,200 trucks. While he backed clean and efficient transport, he said his customers were making choices on the basis of cost. "If we, as a society, want emissions-free transport, we have to decide how to do it", he said. "It comes from the wallet". Verhoeven said he had studied a variety of marginal measures to reduce emissions, including tyre pressure, aerodynamics and driving styles – and with 35% of trucks currently running empty through Europe, one of the biggest steps would be to manage loads better.
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Sorina Maria Grozav (née Tîrcă; born 27 May 1999) is a Romanian handballer who plays for Rapid București.

In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the 20 best young handballers to watch for the future.

International honours
EHF Cup:
Semifinalist: 2016
EHF European Under-17 Championship:
Fourth place: 2015

Individual awards
 Top Scorer of the EHF European Under-17 Championship: 2015
 Top Scorer of the EHF European Under-19 Championship: 2017
 Gala Premiilor Handbalului Românesc Liga Națională Young Player of the Season: 2019

Personal life
She is the daughter of the handball legend Mariana Tîrcă.

She studied law at Transilvania University of Brașov. In May 2022, she married footballer Gheorghe Grozav.

References

1999 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Râmnicu Vâlcea
Romanian female handball players


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Coastal Plain Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research: Florence, SC
ARS Home » Southeast Area » Florence, South Carolina » Coastal Plain Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research » Research » Publications at this Location » Publication #356379
Research Project: Improvement of Soil Management Practices and Manure Treatment/Handling Systems of the Southern Coastal Plain
Location: Coastal Plain Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research
Title: Biochar, soil and land-use interactions that reduce nitrate leaching and N2O emissions: A meta-analysis
BORCHARD, NILS - Bogor Agricultural University
SCHIRRMANN, MICHAEL - Helsinki University
CAYUELA, MARIA - Universidad De Murcia
KAMMANN, CLAUDIA - Hochschule Geisenheim University
WRANGE-MONNIG, NICOLE - University Of Rostock
ESTAVILLO, JOSE - University Of Basque Country
FUERTES-MENDIZABAL, TERESA - University Of Basque Country
Sigua, Gilbert
Spokas, Kurt
IPPOLITO, JAMES - Colorado State University
Novak, Jeffrey
Submitted to: Science of the Total Environment
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/4/2018
Citation: Borchard, N., Schirrmann, M., Cayuela, M.L., Kammann, C., Wrange-Monnig, N., Estavillo, J., Fuertes-Mendizabal, T., Sigua, G.C., Spokas, K.A., Ippolito, J., Novak, J.M. 2018. Biochar, soil and land-use interactions that reduce nitrate leaching and N2O emissions: A meta-analysis. Science of the Total Environment. 651:2354-2364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenc.2018.10.060.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.060
Interpretive Summary: Agriculture accounts for about 60 percent (%) of global anthropogenic nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, largely due to organic and mineral nitrogen (N) fertilizer use and the extended use of legumes either as crops (soy, pea, bean or groundnut) or as green cover. Biochar can reduce both N2O emissions and nitrate (NO3)-leaching. However, refining biochar's use for estimating these types of losses remains elusive. For example, biochar properties such as ash content and labile organic compounds may induce transient effects that alter N-based losses. Thus, the aim of this meta-analysis was to assess interactions between biochar-induced effects on N2O emissions and NO3- retention, regarding duration of experiment as well as soil and land use properties. Data were compiled from 88 peer-reviewed publications resulting in 701 observations up to May 2016 and corresponding response ratios used to perform a random effects meta-analysis, testing biochar's impact on cumulative N2O emissions, soil NO3- concentrations and leaching. This meta-analysis revealed that biochar stimulates an overall N2O emissions reduction of 38% with greater reductions immediately after application. The time dependent impact of biochar application on soil N2O emissions is a crucial factor requiring consideration in order to develop and test resilient and sustainable biochar-based greenhouse gas mitigation strategies. Adding biochar to sandy or coarse textured soils reduced both N2O emissions and NO3- leaching, which reduces soil N losses and presumably improves both N-use efficiency and mitigates climate change. Our results provide a valuable starting point for future biochar-based N loss mitigation studies.
Technical Abstract: Biochar can reduce both nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions and nitrate (NO3-) leaching. However, refining biochar's use for estimating these types of losses remains elusive. For example, biochar properties such as ash content and labile organic compounds may induce transient effects that alter N-based losses. Thus, the aim of this meta-analysis was to assess interactions between biochar-induced effects on N2O emissions and NO3- retention, regarding duration of experiment as well as soil and land use properties. Data were compiled from 88 peer-reviewed publications resulting in 701 observations up to May 2016 and corresponding response ratios used to perform a random effects meta-analysis, testing biochar's impact on cumulative N2O emissions, soil NO3- concentrations and leaching. The overall N2O emissions reduction was 38 percent (%), but N2O emission reductions tended to be negligible after one year. Overall, soil NO3- concentrations remained unaffected while NO3- leaching was reduced by 13% with biochar; greater leaching reductions (>26%) occurred over longer experimental times (i.e. >30 days). Biochar had the strongest N2O-emission reducing effect in paddy soils (Anthrosols) and sandy soils (Arenosols). The use of biochar reduced both N2O emissions and NO3- leaching in arable farming and horticulture, but it did not affect these losses in grasslands and perennial crops. In conclusion, the time-dependent impact on N2O emissions and NO3- leaching is a crucial factor that needs to be considered in order to develop and test resilient and sustainable biochar-based N loss mitigation strategies. Adding biochar to sandy or coarse textured soils (e.g. Arenosols) reduced both N2O emissions and NO3- leaching, which reduces soil N losses and presumably improves both N use efficiency and mitigates climate change. Our results provide a valuable starting point for future biochar-based N loss mitigation studies.


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Interfaith Freedom March in West Bank Spreads Message of Peace and Unity
Tim King Salem-News.com
Event Organizer Frank Romano says residents of the area are ready for a durable peace, even those who were not ready a year or two ago.
Frank Romano on a previous Interfaith Freedom March
(WEST BANK / SALEM) - Voices of peace from multiple cultures will be heard during a special upcoming Interfaith Freedom March that will be held Monday, April 12th, 2010, in West Bank. Good friend of Salem-News.com, Dr. Frank Romano, a noted Author and Attorney, will lead the event as he does several times each year, to exhibit the idea of peace and unity that is possible in this war torn Biblical land.
The group will set out at 2:00 p.m. at the Main Square, Abu Baker Street, Jenin, West Bank. Frank Romano says the work is extremely important.
"My friends, it's no longer possible to say, 'Ah, that's the other side of the World, what does this place have to do with me, my family, my world….'.
"The people in the Holy Land, Muslims, Jews and Christians alike, are enshrouded by deep suffering, terrible restrictions on freedoms, limitation of circulation, restricted access, unfair confiscation of land, etc. Whenever that happens in the World, we all suffer because I truly believe, my friends, we are all connected. "When they are free (of suffering, etc.), only then can we be free!" As so many others believe, Frank says it's time we all do something about it, in an effective, non-violent way.
"Let this march be a precursor to freedom through love and understanding by bringing all people together, as brothers and sisters and as children of the creator, showing the world that all people want peace in Israel and Palestine."
Interfaith Freedom March Details
Frank Romano says everyone is welcome to participate in The Interfaith Freedom March on Monday, April 12th, 2010.
"The marchers will walk in the light of the creator, following the principles of non-violence and respect for all creatures which are common denominators among the Peoples of the Book (ahl al-kitab) who reside in the area, as it is written in their Holy Scriptures of the Qur'an, the Torah, the New Testament, and in other texts. Muslims, Jews, Christians, Sufis, Kabbalists, Buddhists, Hindus, atheists, etc., and members of all faith communities are welcome."
He says the truth is that residents of the area are ready for a durable peace, even those who were not ready a year or two ago.
Romano compares it to the situation in Northern Ireland and other conflict areas. Residents of the area have become fed up with, as well as exhausted and disgusted by the violence. More and more he says, truly seek peaceful coexistence.
"As a result, many are laying down their arms, working on interfaith projects to take religion/spirituality out of the conflict and working within the political system to bring about change in a permanent, nonviolent way."
A purpose of this march he says, is also to counter-balance the filtered and false information about the suffering of the people in the area, notably Palestinians and Israelis.
"Their suffering has become invisible in the face of narratives with no basis in reality and exaggerated reporting on incidents of violence and subsequent retaliation, often dominating the news and distracting the world from focusing on the day to day suffering of the residents in the area."
He stresses how removing most of the West Bank settlements would help in diffusing the tension accelerating since 1967.
"As such, the occupation of the West Bank must end as a precursor to peaceful coexistence on the condition that adequate security measures are taken by both sides to secure the borders and preserve the peace."
Romano wants to see all active freedom/peace/human rights groups in this part of the world continue to work together, and he says the Interfaith Freedom March is dedicated to building humanitarian efforts and improving the education of people in the area in cross-cultural dialogues, mixed student programs, etc., and to improving the economic environment.
This is only the latest such event for Frank Romano, the author of "Storm Over Morocco". He knows the workings of this part of the world better than almost any other person that I know. He knows what it is like to live without freedom, and that is why this event will set up a concerted and consistent effort in furtherance of freeing the area from the terrible bondage of continued conflict.
As stated above, the group will set out at 2:00 p.m. at the Main Square, Abu Baker Street, Jenin, West Bank.
Learn more about Frank Romano and the Interfaith Freedom Marches in the Occupied Territories and Israel:
Sep-10-2009: Israeli Soldiers Threaten Interfaith Freedom March in Palestine - Tim King Salem-News.com
Aug-06-2009: Book Review: Storm Over Morocco Reveals Mysteries of Islam - Tim King Salem-News.com
Aug-18-2009: Oregon Native Announces Interfaith Freedom March in West Bank - Video by Kevin Montgomery Salem-News.com
Mar-24-2009: Interfaith Marches in Bethlehem Deliver Message of Peace - Tim King Salem-News.com
Dr. Frank Romano is the author of STORM OVER MOROCCO, autobiographical narrative about following spiritual path while living with extremist religious sect. You can purchase the book at: amazon.com Storm Over Morocco
Learn more by visiting: frankromano363.com
Storm Over Morocco: http://www.soundauthors.com Frank Romano's Storm Over Morocco
Tim King is a former U.S. Marine with twenty years of experience on the west coast as a television news producer, photojournalist, reporter and assignment editor. In addition to his role as a war correspondent, this Los Angeles native serves as Salem-News.com's Executive News Editor. Tim spent the winter of 2006/07 covering the war in Afghanistan, and he was in Iraq over the summer of 2008, reporting from the war while embedded with both the U.S. Army and the Marines.
Tim holds numerous awards for reporting, photography, writing and editing, including the Oregon AP Award for Spot News Photographer of the Year (2004), first place Electronic Media Award in Spot News, Las Vegas, (1998), Oregon AP Cooperation Award (1991); and several others including the 2005 Red Cross Good Neighborhood Award for reporting. Serving the community in very real terms, Salem-News.com is the nation's only truly independent high traffic news Website. You can send Tim an email at this address: newsroom@salem-news.com
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Dr. Lim holds the Drs. T. J. and Ella M. Arneson Land-Grant Chair in Human Behavior at the University of Minnesota where he is a Professor of Psychiatry and Vice Chair for Research. Dr. Lim began his undergraduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, completing his Bachelor and MD degrees at Johns Hopkins University. He completed a psychiatry residency and fellowship in neuroimaging at Stanford University where he also served on the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry. He joined the University of Minnesota in 2001.
Camchong J, MacDonald AW 3rd, Nelson B, Bell C, Mueller BA, Specker S, Lim KO. Frontal hyperconnectivity related to discounting and reversal learning in cocaine subjects. Biol Psychiatry. 2011 Jun 1;69(11):1117-23. Epub 2011 Mar 2. PubMed PMID: 21371689; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3090521.
Wozniak JR, Mueller BA, Muetzel RL, Bell CJ, Hoecker HL, Nelson ML, Chang PN, Lim KO. Inter-hemispheric functional connectivity disruption in children with prenatal alcohol exposure. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 May;35(5):849-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01415.x. Epub 2011 Feb 8. PubMed PMID: 21303384; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3083458.
Porter JN, Collins PF, Muetzel RL, Lim KO, Luciana M. Associations between cortical thickness and verbal fluency in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Neuroimage. 2011 Apr 15;55(4):1865-77. Epub 2011 Jan 19. PubMed PMID: 21255662; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3063407.
Kanellopoulos D, Gunning FM, Morimoto SS, Hoptman MJ, Murphy CF, Kelly RE, Glatt C, Lim KO, Alexopoulos GS. Hippocampal volumes and the brain-derived neurotrophic factor val66met polymorphism in geriatric major depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011 Jan;19(1):13-22. PubMed PMID: 21218562; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3058412.
Wozniak JR, Mueller BA, Ward EE, Lim KO, Day JW. White matter abnormalities and neurocognitive correlates in children and adolescents with myotonic dystrophy type 1: a diffusion tensor imaging study. Neuromuscul Disord. 2011 Feb;21(2):89-96. Epub 2010 Dec 18. PubMed PMID: 21169018; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3026055.
Franc DT, Kodl CT, Mueller BA, Muetzel RL, Lim KO, Seaquist ER. High connectivity between reduced cortical thickness and disrupted white matter tracts in long-standing type 1 diabetes. Diabetes. 2011 Jan;60(1):315-9. Epub 2010 Oct 27. PubMed PMID: 20980455; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3012188.
Sponheim SR, McGuire KA, Kang SS, Davenport ND, Aviyente S, Bernat EM, Lim KO. Evidence of disrupted functional connectivity in the brain after combat-related blast injury. Neuroimage. 2011 Jan;54 Suppl 1:S21-9. Epub 2010 Sep 17. PubMed PMID: 20851190.
Haut KM, Lim KO, MacDonald A 3rd. Prefrontal cortical changes following cognitive training in patients with chronic schizophrenia: effects of practice, generalization, and specificity. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2010 Aug;35(9):1850-9. Epub 2010 Apr 28. PubMed PMID: 20428109; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3055638.
Cullen KR, Klimes-Dougan B, Muetzel R, Mueller BA, Camchong J, Houri A, Kurma S, Lim KO. Altered white matter microstructure in adolescents with major depression: a preliminary study. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 Feb;49(2):173-83.e1. PubMed PMID: 20215939; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2909686.
Camchong J, MacDonald AW 3rd, Bell C, Mueller BA, Lim KO. Altered functional and anatomical connectivity in schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 2011 May;37(3):640-50. Epub 2009 Nov 17. PubMed PMID: 19920062; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3080691.


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Q: cloud functions-firestore: how to get tokens from 2 queries I want to send notifications to 2 different types of users when a client document is created. First, I have to search providers collection for nearby providers who want nearby clients, and for remote providers who don't care about distance so that I can send notifications to all of them. I tried to implement these 2 queries, and send notifications, but failed. The error message was Registration token(s) provided to sendToDevice() must be a non-empty string or a non-empty array. What is wrong with this following code?
exports.clientRegisterNotification = functions.firestore
.document("crews/{crew}/clients/{client}")
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    const clientGeopoint = snapshot.data().g.geopoint;
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    const nearCollection = geofirestore.collectionGroup("providers");
    const remoteCollection = firestore.collectionGroup("providers");

    const query1 = remoteCollection.where("wantNear", "==", 'false')
        .where("field", "==", clientField);
    const query2 = nearCollection.near({center: clientGeopoint, radius: 10}).where("wantNear", "==", 'true')
        .where("field", "==", clientField);

    const tokenArray = [];

    const [remotePro, nearPro] = await Promise.all([query1.get(), query2.get()]);

    remotePro.docs.forEach((doc) => {
        const token1 = doc.data().fcmToken;
        tokenArray.push(token1);

    nearPro.docs.forEach((doc) => {
        const token2 = doc.data().fcmToken;
        tokenArray.push(token2);
      });
    const message = {
      "notification": {
        title: ...,
        body: ...,
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    admin.messaging().sendToDevice(tokenArray, message);
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(error);
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});

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Q: How to retrieve value from series created in pandas dataframe in python This is about using python and pandas to read excel file, I have not been able to find a working example.
My file's name is something like:
2018 Historical Banking Record For Branch 12345.xlsx

The Excel has content like below (sorry I don't know how to attach the file to this post):
 2  CD ABC PRODUCT
    MA  RI  NH  CT  VT  CA  CR  DE  PHI NJ  ON  FL  WA  DX  HW  AK  MI  IL
01/01/18    1.01    1.61    1.80    1.46    1.69    1.73    1.64    1.64    1.74    1.71    1.68    1.74    1.68    1.87    1.77    2.04    2.05    1.76
01/08/18    2.01    2.61    2.80    2.46    2.69    2.73    2.64    2.64    2.74    2.71    2.68    1.73    1.67    1.84    1.74    2.06    2.04    1.76
01/15/18    3.01    3.61    3.80    3.46    3.69    3.73    3.64    3.64    3.74    3.71    3.68    1.74    1.68    1.86    1.75    2.06    2.04    1.76
01/22/18    4.01    4.61    4.80    4.46    4.69    4.73    4.64    4.64    4.74    4.71    4.68    1.76    1.74    1.73    1.66    1.93    1.84    1.87
01/29/18    5.01    5.61    5.80    5.46    2.01    5.73    1.82    5.64    5.74    5.71    5.68    1.74    1.72    1.71    1.62    1.91    1.82    1.85

My code is something like below:
import pandas as pd
xl = pd.ExcelFile("../data/sample.xlsx", engine='xlrd')

I am able to get the first row cells's value with
xl.book._sharedstrings[0] ~ xl.book._sharedstrings[18]

What I need to do is how to loop all the rows and get all the cell's value?
Eventually I need to generate a new dataframe with the structure like below:
product p_date region p_value c_date eom
CD ABC PRODUCT 01/01/18 MA 1.01 18/10/24 18/10/31

All the fields are explained as below:

*

*product: for this sheet, it is always the same: CD ABC PRODUCT

*p_date: should be from the first column:
01/01/18
01/08/18
01/15/18
01/22/18
01/29/18

*region:
MA
RI
NH
CT
....

*p_value: the decimal under each region, e.g. 1.01

*c_date: today's date, 18/10/24

*eom: the last date for this month, 18/10/31

there are 18 regions in this sheet, meaning 18 records will be created for the new dataframe.
I am able to get all the cells except for the first column for p_date:
01/01/18
01/08/18
01/15/18
01/22/18
01/29/18

It seems to be from a "Series" as shown below, but I don't know how to retrieve value from it.

I can use list(df["MA"]) to convert Series df["MA"] to a list, but I still cannot get the p_date.
Ideally I need to loop each row when generate/append the dataframe
cur_row=[wampproduct, wamp_date, wampregion, rsp, wamp, date_pull, eom]
df_row = pd.DataFrame(columns=cols, data=cur_row)
df = df.append(df_row, ignore_index=True)

Thank you very much.

A: This type of operation is called a melt. It is essentially the inverse of pivoting a dataframe. Also, as Mathew pointed out in a comment, using the read_excel is a bit simpler since it directly returns a dataframe. The following code block runs the melt.
fname = ../data/sample.xlsx''
date_pull = pd.to_datetime('2018-10-18')
eom =  pd.to_datetime('2018-10-31')

# get product name out of excel file
product = pd.read_excel(fname, nrows=1, header=None, usecols=[1])
product = product.loc[0, 0]
product

# load data from excel fail
df = pd.read_excel(fname, header=1)

# rename index to p_date and make a column
df.index.rename('p_date', inplace=True)
df = df.reset_index()

# add product to df
df['product'] = product

# melt
df = pd.melt(df, id_vars=['product', 'p_date'], var_name='region', value_name='p_value')

# add c_date and eom to data frame
df['c_date'] = date_pull
df['eom'] = eom

A: With @alexdor's code plus my own code I am now able to generate the needed result like below:
,product,p_date,region,p_value,c_date,eom
0,CD Short-Term WAMP,2010-01-01,MA,0.8763918845487475,201812,2018-12-31
1,CD Short-Term WAMP,2010-01-08,MA,0.8600652449166932,201812,2018-12-31
2,CD Short-Term WAMP,2010-01-15,MA,0.8593079486202981,201812,2018-12-31

To remove the sequence number which will cause issue later, set the index=False as below:
df_csv.to_csv(physical_file, index=False)


Today's institutions and individuals are also affected by the changes while the age of our technology has rapidly been developing. Especially after 2000's, various significant developments such as 3D metal printer, artificial embryos, smart cities, artificial intelligence have caused many fundamental changes on daily lives and services offered by the government. These changes and developments also affecting the public administrations have made the efficient and productive use of public resources and natural resources of the public more important. Accordingly, in-service training is the most essential tool of making public officials and individuals adopt to changes. In order for public officials to keep pace with the changes and improve their knowledge and skills regarding their responsibilities, they are required to take updated training events in respect to the services they offer. The way to do that is the in-service training programs provided before and during the service. In the study prepared within this context, the attitudes of public officials in Isparta province regarding in-service training were generally tried to be measured. In the research, the findings obtained from the survey data applied in Isparta were evaluated by taking conceptual and theoretical frame into account. As a result of the study, it is seen that the participants have a positive attitude towards in-service training, trainers, organizations regarding the training and acquisitions of the training. Moreover, it is highlighted that opinions of public officials receiving in-service training regarding stated sub-categories tends towards negative as they get older.


This is going about as I expected… it is only day three, but I also only have 300 words on His Wings. Yeah, I decided to start over so I technically went into the negative. There's been something like 6000 words on Crop though. So I guess I have that going for me.
I had removed Crop and Harvest from my plan, they were just going to be spare books, but if I finished Crop in January I'm certainly not going to count this month as failed.
I also have a three-day weekend coming up and I plan to hit His Wings hard. I can write over half a book in three days, if I set goals and keep focused.
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Army Reports 1,248 Cases of Cease Fire Violations So Far This year, Says Defence Minister
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Appropriate retaliation to the ceasefire violations, as required, has been carried out by the Indian Army, Defence Minster Rajnath Singh said.
Updated:July 1, 2019, 11:04 PM IST
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New Delhi: The Army reported 1,248 cases of ceasefire violations (CFVs) and four casualties along the Line of Control this year, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Monday.
In a written response to a question in Rajya Sabha, Singh said January saw 203 cases of CFVs, followed by 215 in February. There were 267 cases of CFVs in March and the Army reported three casualties. April and May reported 234 and 221 cases of CFVs, respectively.June recorded 108 cases of CFVs with one battle casualty.
Appropriate retaliation to the ceasefire violations, as required, has been carried out by the Indian Army, Singh said.
"Also all violations of ceasefire and infiltration are taken up with Pakistani authorities at the appropriate level through the established mechanism of hotlines, flag meeting, directorate generals of military operations talks as well as diplomatic channels between the two countries," the Defence Minister said.
In response to a separate question, the Army said it sustained 34 fatal casualties in its counter-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir from 2016 to June 2019.
Twelve casualties were reported by Assam Rifles/Army from 2016 to June 2019 during counter-insurgency operations in northeast India.
Replying to another question, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said during the last two years (2017 and 2018), 36 members of Parliament had applied to purchase Army's disposal vehicle.
The vehicles were made available to all the members who had applied.
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Design (UX and UI Design) and hybrid development of iOS and Android app for the french music streaming platform Wavlive.
We built the app around an existing API. The navigation is managed by React Native on both OS and more complex features such as playing or downloading music in native programming languages.


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Miller's attorney Ed Garland filed a motion to modify his sentence last month, in which he argued that the director had shown model behavior but also was experiencing deteriorating health. Judge Anthony Harrison has yet to rule on the motion.
Miller plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespass in March, following the Feb. 20, 2014 Georgia train accident on the set of "Midnight Rider" that killed camera assistant Sarah Jones and injured eight others. He was sentenced to two years in Wayne County jail and eight years probation as part of a plea bargain. As part of that agreement, charges were dropped against his wife, Jody Savin.
Jones' father, Richard, already has written to the court, opposing his early release.
At the time he was sentenced, Garland said that he expected that Miller could be released after one year, given the discretion of the sheriff to release inmates for good behavior. This motion, however, was for his release sooner than that point.
News of the prosecutor's opposition was first reported by Deadline.


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It's officially spring, which means warmer weather, blooming cherry blossoms, and house cleaning! Tis' the season to be scrubbing floors, removing clutter, and dusting every square foot of your dwelling. Unfortunately, we spend ample amounts of energy polishing our homes, but often ignore the body when it's crying for a fresh start.
Buckwheat is a soft and nutty grain. Though technically a seed, buckwheat is tasty cooked, like in the summer sweet pea dish, or raw. This recipe bakes the raw groats with rolled oats and cacao nibs to make a deliciously crunchy breakfast granola.
This breakfast dish is a digestion reset. After a weekend of indulgences, this can often be the Monday morning meal that can put you back on track.
Saint Valentine's Day falls on February 14th, which marks the celebration of love and affection. There's often an abundance of flowers, sweets, and chocolate. However, it doesn't necessarily have to be Valentine's to add some good quality chocolate to your day.
Many would argue that anything topped with guacamole will taste heavenly, and I may be one of those people. However, this black bean shiitake mushroom filling is delicious on its own too! This meal is simple, filling, and nutritious.
Brussels sprouts belong to the cruciferous vegetable family, which are known for their anti-cancer properties and estrogen detoxifying actions.
Soups are a staple winter dish. This recipe uses aromatic spices to enhance the flavour of the yam, which is a grounding root vegetable.
Potatoes tend to get a bad rep and I honestly don't like the taste of them very much. Yet, this dish speaks to how delicious and nutritious they can be without added butter and cream.
A powerful phytonutrient called betaxanthin is responsible for giving red beets their amazing colour. Betaxanthin is an antioxidant that protects the body against harmful molecules called free radicals.
Homemade bone broth is a rich source of protein, calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, and many other trace minerals. It also contains glucosamine and chondroitin, which are components of cartilage.
By choosing a whole grain flour and improving the quality of the sugar, these cookies offer some nutritional benefits and taste delightful! This recipe is inspired by Andrea Potter of Rooted Nutrition's Chewy Ginger Snaps. Happy Holidays!
In the spirit of Halloween, I threw together this recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds. After all, I like to get the most bang for my buck so why not utilize those tasty seeds post-carving?
Kale chips are an extremely popular and healthy snack. Unfortunately, store-bought brands are usually pretty pricey. This recipe will save you money and is super easy to make.
If you're in the habit of making your own nut milk, then you know what it's like having extra pulp around. Try making these crackers to prevent the leftovers from going to waste!
This recipe puts a vegan Thai spin on a traditionally cheesy Italian dish by pairing coconut's decadent texture with a punch of fresh lime juice and basil.
The leaves are changing colour, scarves are back in rotation, and best of all, squash are here in abundance! I've created this seasonal dessert to celebrate Thanksgiving and welcome fall.
This homemade veggie burger puts store bought varieties to shame. Not only does it taste better, but you get to decide what goes into the patties. There's no preservatives or unnecessary ingredients and you can customize the flavours to your appetite.
Holy guacamole! How delicious are avocados? I would eat them everyday if I could. These nutrient dense fruits add creaminess to everything. They're great in smoothies, dips, dressings, salads, spreads, you name it!


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The Natural History of the Chicken
Investigate • 54m
Through the use of re-enactments and interviews, eclectic characters tell stories about the role of chickens in their lives. Exploring the history behind one of America's most popular foods, the film portrays these birds as being far more than just a source of nutrition. From supernatural stories of resuscitation and headless running fowl to a woman who prefers their company to their taste, The Natural History of the Chicken paints a far more nuanced picture of poultry than one would imagine.
Men of the City
Men working in the City of London make money out of money or from its proximity. But what do they feel about their life and jobs? We follow brokers, a cleaner, a Bengalí separate father, etc. In Men of the City, follows the lives of workers in the City of London during the global financial meltdo...
Calais The Last Border
While the British perceive Calais as the gateway to Europe or a place to buy cheap alcohol, others see it as the last frontier in the quest for a better life in England. This character-driven film follows the lives of refugees and migrants who have come from afar only to be stranded so close to t...


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The A4 is available in Premium, Premium Plus, or Prestige trims. Standard amenities include auto-leveling xenon headlights with LED daytime running lights and LED taillights, 17-inch alloy wheels, power adjustable heated mirrors with integrated LED turn signals, and heated windshield washer nozzles. Inside, 3-zone automatic climate control, tilt/telescopic steering wheel, leather seating with 8-way power adjustability, one-touch up/down power windows, aluminum inlays, power sunroof and ambient LED lighting as standard. Standard technology includes Audi's MMI infotainment system with a 7-inch color display, Bluetooth hands-free connectivity, cruise control, a rearview camera, rain-sensing wipers and lights and a 10-speaker stereo system.
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It was March 2010 and I was sitting in one of the uncomfortable, steel chairs of my college's study hall, looking at the decomposing scraps of snow on the sidewalks below and tapping my finger like a metronome against the mouse. Every now and then, I would gaze at the cover letter on the screen in front of me.
Why did I want to work at Company X? Well, since infancy, I had dreamed of selling whatever Company X made, or doing whatever Company X wanted me to do. Right. And I vastly admired that Company X did whatever Company X's website said it did.
After slapping on a custom-tailored resume to my heartfelt letter, I emailed it, straight down to the bottomless wishing well where all my applications seemed to go – dropping down without even a splash.
It was on to the next project – a fellowship application to a political magazine. It included my resume, a cover letter, multiple essays, critiques, and I think I even included a drawing I did in MS Paint. I had started it in early February and worked on it two hours a day, five days a week, for three months. A month after I sent it, I finally heard back – I got the gig!
But I did end up lucking out in April. After the morgue-silence from so many "employers," I finally stumbled upon a responsive company through Craigslist. So, yes, I was one Craigslist ad away from taking an unpaid internship.
I happily took the offer of "Under $30,000," because I knew I was one of the lucky ones – one poll found that 52% of the class of 2010 moved back home with their parents. The boomerang generation, we're called. Composed of nasty, embarrassing, pathetic creatures that have to be "avoided" like rabid animals.
Welcome to the world of the new Bachelor's degree, which will get you in front of doors but not open them anymore. We're supposed to be the "most educated generation in history," but that's the problem. Everyone'seducated these days. The market is saturated. To employers, Bachelor's degrees are worth about a dime a dozen. To students, they're worth $24,000. To parents, the cost is much, much more.
I also hope that, if you majored in any kind of humanities, you had time to rigorously practice HTML, Photoshop (retail price: $649.99), Dreamweaver, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, Micrsoft Excel and Word and Powerpoint, and dabble in at least a few Content Management Systems.
Sound like too much to do while you're taking classes and doing homework? Too bad. You should have majored in Engineering or Economics if you wanted to start off with a salary above $30,000 a year. Employers aren't going to train recent grads. There's such a bountiful river of people looking for jobs right now that they can dredge better experience, skills, and educational degrees with the same entry-level net.
It seems that Bachelor's degrees are becoming – or have already become – the new high school degrees. These often $100,000+ investments now elicit a "Oh college, okay, what else ya got?" from companies. So, this Educational Product is in very high demand, even if college grad salaries are stagnating while tuition is rising. And, consequently. the pyrmaid of higher education starts to get fatter in the bottom.
MBAs are next. No, sorry, make that law schools. My mistake…PhDs are the ones to watch out for.
So, really, Bachelor's degrees are the biggest product affected by peer pressure. You don't earn one to be cool, you earn one because it's "the next step." Because that's the route to success, even if everyone is taking the same road now and making the journey is far less impressive than it used to be.
I would suggest that a liberal arts education or a humanities degree isn't all it's cracked up to be in this job market, but I did learn a lot. It's just information that no one wants to know. But I think in the near future more people will start to get a little less elitist when it comes to the next crop of liberal arts majors and a little more realistic.
It's possible to combine some real-world training with a liberal arts education, but it seems like – currently – most colleges are too afraid to sully the pristine and completely intangible knowledge gained from this degree with some hands-on experience in anything. And preferably stuff that isn't rigged.
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What: All Issues : Aid to Less Advantaged People, at Home & Abroad : H.R. 6. Energy/Vote on Amendment to Strike from Energy Bill Section Creating a Federally Funded Research and Development Program for Uranium Mining. (2005 house Roll Call 124)
H.R. 6. Energy/Vote on Amendment to Strike from Energy Bill Section Creating a Federally Funded Research and Development Program for Uranium Mining.
house Roll Call 124 Apr 21, 2005
In this vote, the House defeated an amendment offered by Tom Udall (D-NM) to strike from H.R. 6, The Energy Policy Act of 2005, a section creating a federally funded research and development program for uranium mining. Making the Progressive argument, Udall called the relevant section of the bill "a $30 million giveaway to dangerous uranium mine technology." He expressed concern over polluted water supplies that could result from uranium mining, and attacked the provision as "corporate welfare" that would unduly and negatively effect the Navajo population of his home state, New Mexico. Udall summed up the effects of the provision: "At its worst, this section targets a minority community with a dangerous technology and uses them in an experiment. At best, it is an unwarranted giveaway to the uranium mining industry." Republicans countered that uranium mining was an essential component for domestic nuclear power production, which in turn was an important source of domestic fuel. In addition, they stated that the fund in the bill would enable researchers to discover more "environmentally sensitive" ways "to feed the growing demand for nuclear power." (Joe Barton (R-TX).) The House defeated the Progressive position when it voted down this amendment 204 to 225, with 24 Republicans and 23 Democrats crossing party lines to vote with the other party. Thus, a $30 million research and development program for the uranium mining industry was left in the bill.
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AID TO LESS ADVANTAGED PEOPLE, AT HOME & ABROAD — Native Americans
CORPORATE SUBSIDIES — Nuclear Energy Industry
ENVIRONMENT — Nuclear Energy
GOVERNMENT CHECKS ON CORPORATE POWER — Nuclear Industry


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I then run the report and publish to server. Then login with different users and the row level filter in not being applied. Can you please guide. Has anyone worked on a similar requirement. Please advice.
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Q: Starting Rails app on EC2 with passenger appears to stop immediately with no error mesage I have deployed a Rails app to EC2 with a RDS databse. When I try to start the app with passenger in production mode I get the following:
ubuntu@ip-172-31-25-219:~/tubettmedium48$ rbenv sudo passenger start -a 0.0.0.0 -p 80 -d -e production
=============== Phusion Passenger Standalone web server started ===============
PID file: /home/ubuntu/tubettmedium48/tmp/pids/passenger.80.pid
Log file: /home/ubuntu/tubettmedium48/log/passenger.80.log
Environment: production
Accessible via:

Serving in the background as a daemon.
Problems? Check https://www.phusionpassenger.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Standalone.html#troubleshooting
===============================================================================
ubuntu@ip-172-31-25-219:~/tubettmedium48$

Does anyone know why this happens? It appears to start and then immediately stop by itself. Thanks.
The output of ps aux | grep passenger is:
ubuntu     742  0.0  0.0  10464   928 pts/2    S+   11:44   0:00 grep --color=auto passenger
root     31939  0.0  0.0  33812   984 ?        Ss   11:16   0:00 PassengerWebHelper: master process /var/lib/passenger/standalone/4.0.48/webhelper-1.6.0-x86_64-linux/PassengerWebHelper -c /tmp/passenger-standalone.q1dgzu/config -p /tmp/passenger-standalone.q1dgzu/
root     31945  0.0  0.0   8584   420 ?        Ss   11:16   0:00 /var/lib/passenger/standalone/4.0.48/support-x86_64-linux/agents/TempDirToucher /tmp/passenger-standalone.q1dgzu --cleanup --daemonize --pid-file /tmp/passenger-standalone.q1dgzu/temp_dir_toucher.pid --log-file /home/ubuntu/tubettmedium48/log/passenger.80.log

passenger.80.log is below:
ubuntu@ip-172-31-25-219:~/tubettmedium48/log$ tail -f passenger.80.log
App 6792 stdout:
[ 2014-08-14 15:07:15.9520 6760/7fb9a22f0700 Pool2/SmartSpawner.h:298 ]: Preloader for /home/ubuntu/tubettmedium48 started on PID 6792, listening on unix:/tmp/passenger.1.0.6756/generation-0/backends/preloader.6792
App 6822 stdout:
[ 2014-08-14 15:15:08.3452 7076/7fce04c3d780 agents/Watchdog/Main.cpp:538 ]: Options: { 'analytics_log_user' => 'root', 'cleanup_pidfiles' => 'L3RtcC9wYXNzZW5nZXItc3RhbmRhbG9uZS4xOTBuMXZ6L3RlbXBfZGlyX3RvdWNoZXIucGlk', 'default_group' => 'root', 'default_python' => 'python', 'default_ruby' => '/home/ubuntu/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p353/bin/ruby', 'default_user' => 'root', 'log_level' => '0', 'max_pool_size' => '6', 'passenger_root' => '/tmp/passenger-standalone.190n1vz/locations.ini', 'passenger_version' => '4.0.48', 'pool_idle_time' => '300', 'prestart_urls' => 'aHR0cDovLzAuMC4wLjA6ODAA', 'temp_dir' => '/tmp', 'union_station_gateway_address' => 'gateway.unionstationapp.com', 'union_station_gateway_port' => '443', 'user_switching' => 'false', 'web_server_passenger_version' => '4.0.48', 'web_server_pid' => '7075', 'web_server_type' => 'nginx', 'web_server_worker_gid' => '0', 'web_server_worker_uid' => '0' }
[ 2014-08-14 15:15:08.3511 7079/7fbf40b44780 agents/HelperAgent/Main.cpp:649 ]: PassengerHelperAgent online, listening at unix:/tmp/passenger.1.0.7075/generation-0/request
[ 2014-08-14 15:15:08.3560 7084/7f9e71dc8780 agents/LoggingAgent/Main.cpp:321 ]: PassengerLoggingAgent online, listening at unix:/tmp/passenger.1.0.7075/generation-0/logging
[ 2014-08-14 15:15:08.3562 7076/7fce04c3d780 agents/Watchdog/Main.cpp:728 ]: All Phusion Passenger agents started!
App 7123 stdout:
[ 2014-08-14 15:15:13.6123 7079/7fbf40a4d700 Pool2/SmartSpawner.h:298 ]: Preloader for /home/ubuntu/tubettmedium48 started on PID 7123, listening on unix:/tmp/passenger.1.0.7075/generation-0/backends/preloader.7123
App 7139 stdout:

A: Try reprovisioning or recreating the instances when ever really unexplainable things happen with cloud instances when ever possible.
I have had cloud instances just degrade randomly after 4 or 5 years of running, and one of the things that happens is daemon processes just stop without warning or any errors, which included passenger.
Wasted hours banging my head against the wall trying to trace down what was happening. Resized the instance down for unrelated reasons, and everything started working again. Turns out there was something wrong with the cloud server instance, and resizing forced the creation of a new one.
I assume this same type of behavior could happen on a bad deploy of a cloud instance also, though my experience was on rackspace.

A: As  vladdruzh stated: passenger was still running, just running in the background.


Whether you are a current digital nomad or are looking to transition into this lifestyle, there are many reasons to want to connect with the digital nomad community. Before I became a digital nomad, I had no idea where to start in terms of trying to connect with this group of people, who was dispersed across the world. Since this lifestyle is increasing in popularity, there are more and more resources which allow you to connect with other digital nomads, online and in person. Below are some great resources to help you connect.
Being a digital nomad can be lonely and it's nice to find other digital nomads that "get you" and that you can work and explore countries with.
These are great places to get advice about this lifestyle and finding jobs as well.
Diving into this community will make your transition into life as a digital nomad less overwhelming.
I found that once I entered into this digital nomad community, it was much easier to find remote job positions.
Digital Nomads Around the World is a large Facebook group that you can request to join. With almost 8,000 members, it's an easy way to connect with other digital nomads. If you search "digital nomads" on Facebook you will see other groups as well, such as, Webworktravel - Digital Nomad Network and Digital Nomad Girls.
Hashtag Nomads is based on Slack. If you are not already familiar with Slack, you should familiarize yourself with it. It's a common and popular communication platform that divides conversation topics into "channels". Hashtag nomads covers a variety of topics related to life as a digital nomad, from specific locations (Bali, Thailand etc) to housing, jobs, legal, blogging etc. There is a one-time fee of $65. That gives you a lifetime membership to http://NomadList.com (find places to go), https://HashtagNomads.com (chat), http://NomadForum.io (ask questions) and https://NomadTrips.co (plan your trips and meet others at the places you go). It's well worth the one time fee, in my opinion.
Nomadbase is a real-time map of where digital nomad are around the world. You can select people based on location and view their short profile and contact information. This gives you a chance to reach out to people nearby or in locations you are interested in. Friends will show up in green and other nomads will show up in grey.
Poligon coworking space. Located in Ljubljana, Slovenia (my favourite coworking space to date).
Locus coworking space. Located in Prague, Czech Republic (great city for a digital nomad lifestyle).
Dojo coworking space. Located in Canggu, Bali. (I went to visit this location but never got a chance to work from here. It has a really cool vibe though - and a pool!).
Hubud coworking space. Located in Ubud, Bali. (this was too expensive for me but apparently has a great reputation).
Do you know of even more great places to connect with digital nomads? Leave it in the comments section below!